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t gp. £ . 3 & Clay County Retort 5*1 ' :‘ A Iff R. S. B. WEAVER, Editor. VOLUME I. REV. I)R. TALMAGE. rilK BROOKLYN DIVIVF/S SUN* DAY SERMON, Subjects “Heavy Weights” (Deliv¬ ered at San Francisco). Tot • “Ca*f thy harden upon tho Lor.1, Rod H«* shall sustain tha«."—I**alms Iv 22. , David was hero taking his own medicine. If anybody had on him heavy wolghte, Da¬ vid had them, an l yet out of his own experi¬ ence be advises you an l me as to the best way of cutting rid of burdens. This is a world of burden bearing. Daring the past few dsrs tidings came from across the sea of • mighty Holy and good man fallen. A man frill of the Ghost was he, his name the «y* nonym for all that is goo 1 and kind and gra¬ cious and beneficent. Word comes to us of n s c ot r gs ■weepin? off hundreds and thou¬ sands of people, end then is m burden of sorrow, Sorrow on the see end sorrow on the land. Coming into the house of prayer there may )>e no s’gn of sidness or sorrow, but Where is the roan who has not a cou* Hid? Where is the soul that has not a strug¬ gle? An 1 there is not a day of All the year •nd When there mv text is is not gloriously aud truce appropriate, the plan never nn assembled ou ri where tho text is not gloriously spproprlste, Lord, and “<’n*t thy burden upon the H»* shall sustain thee.” In tho far Hast w<»!ls of water are so in¬ frequent has that when a man owns a well he sometimes n property of very great value, and battles have been fought for the possession of one well of w’atcr, but there is one wdl thnt every man owns, a deep well, a perennial burden well, a well of tears. If a man has not s on this shoulder, ha has a bur¬ den on the other shoulder, »*rh« day I loft home to look after myself gn l for m)*self, in the wagon my father sat > driving, an.l lie mid that day so netliing which has been with me all my life ■ t have “Da Witt, It is always safe to trust Go 1. I many a time come to a crisis of diffi¬ culty, Yon may know that, having been *lek for fifteen years, tt was no easy thing for mo'to support a family, but always God flrtme to the res ue. I remember the time,” he said, “when I didn’t know what to do, and I saw a man ou horseback riding up the farm lane, and he unnouived to mo thnt I had I been nominated for tho most lucrative olfieo in all the gift of the people of tho counl v, nn i to that ofileo I was elected, atul God in tlint way met all mv wants, and I toll J-ou it Is always safe to trust Him.” Oh, my friends, wluit we want Is a practi¬ cal religion ! 'l’ho religion people have isso high tip yon cannot reach it. I ha 1 a friend Who entere I the life of an evangelist. He K* 1 '’” "P a lucrative business iu Chicago, and \ he an i his wife finally came to sovero want. He told me thnt in the morning at he said • “O Lord, Thou knowest we have Hot a mouthful of too l in the house! Help me, help us I” And iio started out on tho street, and a gentleman met him and said: “I have hse» thinking of you for a good While. You know I am a flour merchant. If yon won’t be offended, I should like to scud you a barrel of floor." Ho oast his bur¬ den on the Lord, nnd the Lord sustained him. Now, that Is Hie kind of religion wo Want. In tho strait of Magellan, I havo boon told, there ts a place where, whichever way s wind ship captain puts Ills ship, lie finds the all against him, and there nre men who their lives have been miming in the teeth of the wind, and which way to turn they this do not know. Homo of them may bo in assemblage, and l address them fnea to faco, not perfunctorily, but ns ono brother talks to nnother brother, “Cast thy burden upon tho Lord, and He shall sustain tlioe.*’ Thcro nro a great many men who have hostness burdens. When wo seo a man wor¬ ried and perplexed and annoyed in business have life, we are ant to say, “He ought not to attempted to carry so much." Ah, that man may not bo to blame at alt! When a man plants a business ho does not know What Will bo its outgrowths, what will be its mots, what will ho its branches. There is many a man with keen foresight nnd largo business faculty who has boon flung into tho dost by unforeseen circumstances springing Opoa him from ambush. When to buy, when to sell, when to trust nnd to what amount to credit, what will bo tho effect of this new invention of machinery, what will bo the effect of that loss of crop, nnd a thousand other questions perplex business men until the hair is silvered and (loop wrinkles arc plowed by mountains in the and cheek, and down the by stocks valleys, go and up go they drunken are at their wits’ ends and stagger like men. There never has been a time when thero Jk«aw4»ecs. such rivalries in business as now. It Is hardware against hardware, books against book**, chandlery against chandlery, imported thousand articles against Imported articles. A stores in combat with another thousand stores. Never such advantage of light, never such variety of assortment, never so much splendor of show window, never so much adroitness ot salesmen, never so much acuteness of advertising, and amid all these severities of rivalry iu business how the many shoulder! men break down! Oh, tho burdon*on You Oh, tho burden on the lienrt! hear that it ts avarice which drives these men of business through the street, and that Is the commonly accepted idea. I do not believe a word of it. Tho vast multi¬ tude of these business men arc toiling on for other*. To educate their children, to put wing of protection over their households, to have something left so wnen they pass out of this life their wives and children will not have to go to the poorbouse—that is the way I translate this energy in the street and store —the vast majority ot that energy. Grip, Gouge Jk Co. do not do all tho business. Borne ot us rtunember when tho Central America was coming homo from California it was wrecked. President Arthur's father in-law was the heroic captain of that ship mid went down with most of tho passengers. Borne of them got off into lifeboats, but there was a young man returning from California hA ' 1 * of ff°ld in his hand, and as «Hb fPfc last boat shoved off from tho ship that to 80 '' OW11 that young man shouted to IrVpgold. Ja wv-xr.ide In Tfa« the boat: $9000. “Here, Take John, catch home re are it to my old mother; it will make her comfort¬ able in her last days.” Grip, Gouge A Co. alt the business of the kaavtbbg y friend, do you say that God does ^fcell about your worldly busl you God knows more about it He knows nil your perplexi knows what mortgage is al-out to He knows what note you cannot Hn knows what unsalable goods you your shelves : Ho knows nil your gEgK ■yardstick from tho down day to you that took sale hold of the of last the ■I of ribbon and tho God who helpeo ||Hld ^^Bwtoie to bo minister, king, an and l who who helped helped Daniel Have- to to be a soldier will help you to Uls Htarge ■m ail your duties. Hois going to see ■ad through. When loss comes, and you your property going, just take this book ■ad put to down by your ledger and read of Kbe f eternal possessions that will come to yo ■ r through our Lord Jesus Christ. And wbe rj four business partner betrays just you, nnd your in¬ friends turn against down you, take the sulting Bible tetter, beside put tt the insulting on the table, and put your then read of the friendship of letter, Him who “sticketh closer thau a brother.” A young accountant in New York City got a aooonnit entangled. He knew he was meat, and yet he could not make his ac gouats come out rig ht. and be toiled at them day and night until b*» was nearly frenfcled. It seamed by those books that something had been misappropriated, and he knew before Ood ha was honest. The last day ca ne. He knew tf he could not that day make bis ac¬ counts come out right ha would go into dis¬ grace and go into banishment from the busi¬ ness establishment. He went over tbeke very eariy-ribefore *»• there was anybody in the place hnelt down at the desk and, said : fecaniL ‘‘O Lord, hut Thou l know«st I have tried to be essuwt Maks these thing* coma 0 ’ V, $&«■- %* * : FORT GAINES. GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 1. 1894. out right! TT«;p me to-day—help ran this ly morning.” The yoan* man arose, and hard¬ that knowing why he did so opened a book lay on the desk, an 1 there was a leaf containing a line of figures which explained burden rytbfng. Io*other words, he east his upon the Lord, and the Lord sus¬ tained him. Young man, do you hear that? Ob, yes, Ood has a sympathy with any¬ body that Is in any kind of toil! He knows bow heavy Is the hod of bricks that the workman carries up the ladder on the' wall." He hears the pickax of the miner down in the coal shaft. He knows how strong the tempest strikes the sailor at masthead. He sees the factory girl among the spindles and knows how her arms ache. He sees the sew¬ ing woman in the fourth story and knows how few pence she geds for making a gar meut, an 1 Ion ler than all the din and roar of the city comes the voice of a sympathetic Ood, ‘‘Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” Then there nre a great many who have a weight of persecution and abuse upon them. Sometimes society gets a grudge against a man. All his motives are misinterpreted, and all bis good deeds are deprecated. With more virtue than some of tho honored and applauded, he runs only against raillery and sharp criticism. When a man begins to go down, he has not only the force of natural gravitation, him in tho but a hundred hands to help cuted for thoir precipitation. Men are perse¬ virtues and their successes. CUrmanieUs said he had just as many bitter character antagonists as lie had adornments. Tho sometimes is so lustrous that tho weak oyes of envy and jealousy cannot bear to look at It. It was their integrity that put Joseph in tho pit, and Daniel In the den, an 1 Hhnirach in the tire, and sent John tho Evangelist to desolate Patmos, and Galvin to the castle of persecution, Korah and John Huss to tho stake, an l after Mosos, and Saul after Da¬ vid, and Herod after Christ. Bo sure, if you have anything to do for church or state, and you nttempt it with all your soul, tho light¬ ning will strike you, Tito world always lias had a cross be¬ tween two tblev.es for tho one who eomos to snvo it. High and holy enterprise has al¬ ways been followel by abuso. Tho most sublime tragedy of self-sacrifice has come to always burlesque, followed The by'scoff graceful gait of virtue is and grimace and travesty, The sweetest strain of poetry ever written has come to ridiculous parody, and ns long as there ate virtue and rightoons ness in the world thcro will be something for iniquity to grin at. All along tho line of the ages nn 1 in all lands tho cry has been : “Not this man, but Barabbos. Now, Bar abbas was a robber.’* And what makes tho persecutions of life worse is that they come from people whom you have helped, from those to whom you loaned money or have started in business or wjiom you rescued in some great crisis. I think it has lf9on the history of all our lives —the most acrimonious assault has come from those whom wo have benefited, whom we have helped, and that makes it all tho harder to bear. A man is in danger of be¬ coming cynical. A clergyman of Ihe Universalist church went into a neighborhood for the establish¬ ment of a a church of his denomination, and ho was anxious to find some one of that de¬ nomination, house and he was pointed to a certain and went there. He said to the man of tho house t “[ understand you are a Uni versalist. I want you to help me in the en¬ terprise." Universalist, “Well." but I have said the peculiar man, “I kind am of a a Universalism." “What is that?’* asked the minister. “Well," replied the other, “I have been out in the world, and I have been cheated and slandered and outraged and abused until I believe in universal damna¬ tion 1" The groat danger Is that men will become cynical tempted and given to believe, as David was to say, that all men are liars. Oh. my friends, sou’s! do not lot that be the effect upon your If you cannot endure a little peweeutiou, how do you think our fathers en lurc 1 persecution? Motley, in his “Dutch Republic,” tolls us of Egmont, the martyr, who. condemned to be beheaded, unfastened his collar on the way to the scaf¬ that fold, ho and whou “So they asked him why he did sair they will not bo detained in their wo,- k. I want to be ready.” Oh, how little we have to endure eomparod with those who have gone before us! Now. if you have come across ill treat¬ ment, let me tell j’ou you are in excellent company—Christ and Luther and Galilei and Columbus arid John .Tay and Josiata Quincy and thousands of men and women, the best spirits Budge of earth and heaven. not one inch, though all hell wreak upon you its vengeance, and you be made a target for devils to shoot at. Do you not think Christ knew all about persecution? Was He not hissed at? Was He not struck ou the cheek? Was He not p irsued all the days of Tils life? Did they not expectorate upon Him? Or, to put it in Bible language. "They spit upon Him.” And can¬ not He understand what persecution is? “Oast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” Then there are others who carry great bur¬ dens of physical ailments. When sulden sickness lias come, and fierce choleras and malignant fevers take the castles of life by storm, ailments we which appeal toGoJ, but in these chronic wear out the strength day after day, an 1 week after week, an l year after year, how little resorting to Go 1 for solace! Then people depoul upon their tonics, an l their plasters, un i their cordials rather thau upon heavenly stimulants. Oh, how few people there are completely well! Some of you, by dint of perseverance and care have kept living to this time, but how you have had to war ngainst physical ailments! Antediluvians, Infirmary without medical college and and apothecary chop, multiplied thetr years by hundreds, but li ^ _____has gone through the gauntlet of diseas ft in our time an 1 has come to seventy years of age is a hero worthy of a p ilm. The world seems to be a great hospital, and you run against rueumatisms and con sumptions and scrofulas and neuralgias and scores of old diseases baptized by new no meuclature. Oh. how heavy a burden sick rhT.pVr^tro'm^xr^v^h.'V-eS. the and ness out of fruit, luster out of the night. When the limbs ache, when the res tions, how hard it is to be patient and oheer ftil and assiduous ! “Cast tby burden upon the Lord.” Does your hsad ache? His wore ths thorn. Do your feet hurl? His were crushed of the spikes. Is your side painful? His was struck by the spear. Do you feel like giving way under the burden? His weakn*s? gave way under a cros«. While you are in every pos Ing than any anodyne, more vitalizing thau any stimulant and more strengthening than any tonic is the prescription of the text, “Cast thy burden the?.” upon the Lord, and He will sustain We hear a great deal of talk now about faith cure, nnd some people say it cannot ...... but bedouenui that . the chief it .. is . a advance failure. ,___1 of Ido the not church know is •to bo in that direction. Marvelous things come to me day by day which make me think that it the age of miracles ia past it is be to a member of my family, “My mother wants her case mentioned H« to Mr. Talmage.” This was the case. said ■ “My mother had a drea '.fill abscess, from which she had suffered unfold agonies, and all surgery had been exhausted upon her, ami worse and worse she grew until wo called in a few Christian friends and proceeded to God, pray about it. We commended her case to and the abscess began immediately to be cured. She h entirely well now and without knife and without any surgery.” So that case has coma to me, and there are a score oi other cases coming to our ears from all parts o’! the earth. Oh, ye who are sick, to Christ! Oh, ye who are worn out with agonies of body, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, Another and He shall sustain thee !** is the burden some have to carry bujdep of bereavement. Ah, these arc the “The Voice of the People is the Voice of God.” troubles that wear us out If we loss onr property, by additional industry perhaps we may bring back the estranged fortune. I If we lose our good name, perhaps by re¬ formation of morals wo may achieve again ! reputation for integrity, but who will bring back the dear departed? Alas, me, for these empty cradles and thest ' trunks of childish toys that will never be , and used the again silence | Alas iu me, the halls for the empty chair j that will never echo again to those familiar footsteps! Alas2 | for the cry of widowhood and orpbanag^e What hitter Marahs in the wilderness, what j cities of the dead, what long, black shadow ' from the wing of death, what eyes sunken ! with ffrief, what hands tremulous with be* reavement, what Instruments of music shut | now because there are no fingers to play on . them! Is there no relief for such souls? Aye, let that soul ride into the harbor of my text. The son’ that on Jesus hath leaned for repose I will not, I wlil not desert to foes, That soul, th'iugh all hell shall endeavor to shake, I’ll never, no never, no never forsake. cient Now, the grave is brighter than the an¬ tomb where the lights were perpetually kspt burning, rhe sacred feet of Him who was “the resurrection aud the life” are on the broken grave hillock, while the voices of angels ring down the sky at tho coronation of another soul come home to glory. Then there ara many who carry the bnr den of sin. Ah, we all carry it until in the l appointed way that burden is lifted. We i need no Bible to prove that the whole race is fume 1. What a spectacle it would be if we could tear off the mask of human defilement or beat a drum that would bring up the whole army of the world's transgressions— the deception, the fraud, and the rapine,and the murder, and the crime of all centuries! Aye. if I could sound the trumpet of resur¬ rection in the souls of the best men in this audience, and all the dead sins of the past should come up, wo could not endure the sight. Sin, grim and dire, has put its clutch upou the immortal soul, and that clutch will never relax unless it be under the heel of Him who came to destroy the works of the devil. •Js Oh, there to have a mountain of sin on the soul! 1 no way to have the burden moved Oh, yes. “Cast thy burden upon the Lord.” The sinless one came to take the conse¬ quences of our sin! And I know He is in earnest. How do I know it? By the stream¬ ing temples and the streaming hands as He says, “Come unto Me. all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Why will prodigals live on swines’ husks when tho robe, and tho ring, and the Father's welcome are ready? Why go wan¬ dering over tho great Sahara desert of your sin when you are invited to the gardens of God. the trees of life and the fountains of living water? Why be houseless and home¬ less forever when you may become the sons aud daughters of the Lord God Almighty? A Tired Engine. * “We often hear engineers say that their engines are tired or sulky,” said Reynold Chase, of Louisville, to a re¬ porter for the St. Louis Globe-Demo crut. “I never realized exactly what they meant or how much truth there was in the practical aspect of the question until one of the three engines in the large electric power house in our city absolutely refused to work, although it was identical in every re¬ spect with tho other two, which worked perfectly. The expert en¬ gineer, who had put up the engines under a guarantee, after trying re¬ peatedly to make the ill-tempered en¬ gine start, suggested that it be left alone for a few days, when—he was quite certain—it would quit being contrary and work like a charm. He proved perfectly correct, and now all three engines are working uniformly well. Mechanical engineers have a most interesting explanation of this apparent absurdity of moods and whims of inanimate objects. They at¬ tribute the tired * feeling which loco¬ motives and tools are known to exhi¬ bit on certain occasions to molecular action, holding that the constant vi¬ bration and possible extremes of heat and c6hl interfere with measurements, not sufficient to be appreciated by any measuring instruments now iu use, but just enough to upset the most careful calculations of the designers. Resting a machine or a tool for a short time al lows the necessary recontraction or re-expansion to take place, aud the article is good as new. In electrical machinery, concerning which there is a great difference of opinion and a great deal yet to be learned, atmos¬ pheric and other conditions easily ac¬ count for any difficulty that mar arise, but in steam machinery, which is much better understood, the mole¬ cular theory seems to be the only so¬ lution of the problem.” Wood as Food. -Did you ever hear of wood being used for food?” inquired Amion L. Vaudevvate, of Pensacola, Fla., of the c , ^- T j0U1S ___• Globe-Democrat t,__ hotel re¬ porter. “I traveled rather extensively through Siberia a few’ years ago, and folmd that among ° the natives along 5 the ,, northern .. coast , wood , in certain , . torm is a most common, and constant article of diet. The natives eat it be plentiful <-—u-vnk.it it forms part s™»**.«* of the evening meal, as many cleanly stripped larch io *vr people Know by experience that the fact of their eating wood arouses the sympathy of strangers, and shrewdly use it to exite pity and to obtain gifts of tea and tobacco. They scrap * off thick . , , layers immediately . ,. , . under the bark of the log, and chopping it fine, m i x it with snow. It is then boiled in -kettl,. Sometime a little fish roe, milk, or butter is mixed with it. A Patent Hen’s Nest. Charles Johuson has invented a patent hen’s nest that is a very great convenience to “Biddv,” and it is an _ iR . oa i&tic .. persuader for her ti do a good work. When the hen approaches the nest a wicket door gently opens, the -d.fter.hep^esin hen has private apartments it dose, all .nd to herself. The egg of its own weight opens a trap door and rolls noiselessly out of sight, Then when the hen arises, puts her hands in her pockets and gets ready to walk out, not seeing the egg, she thinks she has made a mistake and lays another. This sort of thing is repeated until the heft of the chicken buds in the box below touches off a spring and Biddy is fired out of the apartment. Mr. Johnson anticipates earning a large fortune by the manufacture and sale of hens’ nests, and he richly deserves ■■ succeed . Hfvnujb*! (Mo.) Journal. J — m BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Stuck to Her Colors—An Open Ques¬ tion—Not Recognizable In Paris —Too Much of the “Gif tie,” Etc., Etc. The name of the maiden was Grav, But And when the name had of. tremblingly the youth was Brown, he said his say Do you think the fair darnel turned Brown? She Nay, nay. heartlessly turned him down. —Chicago Tribune. AN OPEN QUESTION. “Isn’t it nice when man and wife are of the same mind?” “Whose mind?”"Hallo. TOO MUCH OF “THE GIFTIE.” He—“Why do literary people bore iif pr4rT JU‘, nennls sn’” ,,, kb® -*-b e y e&cn show , the , other , how literary people bore other per¬ Bf)ng ” Life NOT RECOGNIZABLE IN PARIS. ‘Is Smartler just right iu saying that he speaks French without any noticeable accent?” “Yes, indeed. Without even a French accent.”—Chicago Record. A rLATTERER. Wee Woman—“Mr.Nicefellois a sad flatterer, isn’t he?” Aunt/— “What has he been saying?” Wee Woman—“He said he thought I was ten years old, and I’m only eight.” —Puck. THE POOR POET. Penfield—“You have no soul, wo¬ man ! Instead of choosing a poet, you should have married a sausage-maker. ” Mrs. Penfield—“In that case I should; at least, hare had enoagh to eat. ’’—Truth. EXPLAINED. She—“I think that a great many foreign noblemen are awfully plain¬ looking men.” He—“Yes, and that is why their sovereigns feel called upon to decorate them so often.”—Judge. SOULPULNESS. “Do yon know how beautiful you are?” he whispered as he clasped her iu his arms. ‘Tt is . enough, if you know, she murmured, and dove head foremost into his whiskers. —Detroit Free Press. JUST BUDDING. Young * Husband —“Amy, what makes that baby yell in that way?” Young Wife —“His teeth, dear.” Young Husband—“Oh, if that’s all, I’ll run for a dent st and have them pulled out.”—Boston Home Journal. REPARTEE IN GOATVILLE. Mrs. Groganey (indignantly) — “Your goat have been eatin’. Shamus’ washin off the line.” Mrs. O’Riarty (with ire) — “The poor craychur ! An’ it’s payin’ for it you’ll be if he dies.”—Chicago Rec¬ ord. COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER. White (who is being treated by Black)—“Here’s to your health, my friend. They call you Black, but I say you are white.” Black—“Thank you. Why shouldn’t I treat you? You have always treated me, White.”—New York Press. A MASCULINE INDICATION. ‘I’m afraid Miss Primm is getting strong minded,” said Mr. Bloobumper to his wife. “Mercy! What makes you think that?” “I see that this note yon received from her to-day has no Pack. A LOGICAL MIND. Teacher—“Now. Johnny, we have . heard , , how this , , . penniless .. , boy, who started out as a rail-splitter, grew up to be President. What lesson do we learn from this story . Johny— ' That we ought to split rails an’ get to be presidents.”-—Chicago "Record 3 HIS NARROW ESCAPE. It was in the far West. “Darling!” he whispered, “After I left you last evening! walked on air !” She met his words with a look of wonder and amaze. “Well, I declare!” she exclaimed. “Who cut you down, Hank?’*—Town Topics. NOT WHAT HE MEANT TO SAY. Mrs. Cobwigger—“You must meet with many conceited pupils—those who think they know it all.” Professor Strum “That is to be expected, madam. But I can tell you that after they get through with my course of lessons they don t know so much.”—Judge. MtiEiTs. “It seems too bad,” said . Mr. Easy well, “that authors and reviewers do not get on together better. ” “Yes,” replied his wife; “the world seems to be quite wrong. Judging by what one reads, the critics should !• all be novelists aDd the novelists all critics.”— Washington Star. ONLY. “I’ll work my fingers’ ends off to support you if you’ll only have me. ” “But I don’t want a slave. * “Ah, considerate girl ! -What do you require?” “Only—” “Love?” “No; $ millionaire.’’—Boston Ga zefcte. An* CONSOLATION. Jinkins wouldn't pay. Forty peoplg had tried him on various amounts, with tho invariable result. One day he fell into the river and a creditor fished him out. “My dear fellow,” he said, as he stood shivering on the shore, “I owe you my life.” “That’s all right, old man,” was the reassuring reply; “you'll never pay it.”—Detroit Free Press. IMPERFECT MECHANISM. “Say, Alary, where does this un¬ screw?” asked the bad little brother, nearly twisting his sister’s arm off. “What do yon mean, you horrid boy? Don’t! You hurt me.” “Why, papa aud mamma were talk¬ ing about how badly you behaved at the party last night, when papa said you had a screw loose somewhere, and mamma said she would take you apart and talk to you.”—Arkansas Traveler. LOCAL, PRIDE. “How are you?” said the New York man to his Chicago friend. “First-rate ; things booming; every¬ thing growing to be the biggest of its kind on earth.” “The popular side got a little the worst of it on the rapid transit ques¬ tion?” “Yes. But I’ll bet you anything you like that our trolley will kill two people to your cable road’s one. ” — Washington Star. A poet’s EASY TIMES. Mother—“Do you mean to tell mo that your husbaud is out half the time until after midnight?” Daughter —“More than half.” “And you never scold?” “Never.” “I am amazed.” “You forget that my husband is a poet.” “What of that, pray?” “When he comes home early he al¬ ways insists ou reading his poems to me.”—New York Weekly. A VALUABLE PATENT. The man with a patent lock saluted the President of the bank, and the President did not manifest great pleas¬ ure iu his caller’s presence. “I would like to show you, sir, a patent lock which I—” he begau. “Don’t want to see it, ” interrupted the President. “We have all the burg* lar-proof locks we want.” “Ibeg your pardon,’’said the caller, “but this isn’t a bnrglar-prcfof lock; it’s a cashier-proof lock.” “Oh—ah—urn” replied the Presi¬ dent, apologetically, “let mo look at it.”—Washington Star. AN AUTHORITATIVE INDORSEMENT, Lady—“I should like to look at a flat which I see is for rent in this building; but no one has answered my bell.” Man—“I’ll show it to you. Right this way, mum.” “Well, this is something like. The rooms will suit, I am sure. What sort of a janitor have they here?” “The very best in the city, mum. it “Obliging?” “The kindest-hearted gentleaiau to be found anywhere, mum.” “Honest?” ‘As the day is loug, mum.’ “Is he attentive to his duties?” “He’s just workin’ himself to death, mum. Always thinkin’ up some new thing to make folks comfortable.” “Well, I declare! I wouldn’t lose this flat for the world. Where is the janitor now?” “I’m him, mum.” —New York Weekly. Men-ol-War Launched in 1893, The following list of man-of-war launched by the different nations dur¬ ing the year 1893 will no doubt inter¬ est our readers: Tons. Argentine Republic—One frigate. ... 1,183 Austria-Hungary—One cruiser au 1 one trigate.................... 5,600 Brazil—Five torpedo boats ... , 620 Chile—One cruiser.......... 4.400 China—One cruiser. ______ . 1,010 Denmark—Two torpeio boats. . 243 France—Two first-cSass frigate? .. . 23,620 ! France-One secood-elas? trig:toe.....6.610 France-Two gunboats.............2,852 France—Three torpeio boats ......... 833 Germany—One cruiser................ 5,000 Italy—One cruiser................2,235 Russia—One first-class frigate .......12,003 Russia—One thirl-ciass frigate ..... 4,126 Russia—Three gunboats....... • 1,200 United States—Three first-class fri gates ................ . .30.600 United States—Two cruisers. . .. 9,450 Hayti—Two gunboats......... 520 Great Britain—Of ail classes 1 . 28.920 France has launched the greatest tonnage, then the United States, then England and then Russia. Chile aa l Argentine are represented in the race for increasing their navy, which they have been sunning for several years.—• New York Herald. The Biggest Umbrella. The biggest umbrella in the world is now being built in Lon.Ion for a certain king in Africa. In many of the tribes of that country the umbrella is the insignia of royalty, and to cap¬ ture the king’s umbrella is the most humiliating punishment that can be inflicted on him. The umbrella mak ; ing in London has a staff fifteen feet long, with brass ribs some ten feet in length. It will be covered with col ored silk, and when extended wil be i large enough the cover the king and all his prominent officers. The pre¬ mier, or some other exalted officer, will have the honor of carrying tha umbrella over ths king, and will wear for the purpose a strong leather belt, with a sqcket for the end of the staff. How he will macage it in a wind re j mains to be seen.—New Orleans Pick* vase. . The increase of schools ia every country bos generally been attended by | decrease of crime. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. NUMBER 2. THROUGH T1IE SOUTH ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED FROM SOUTHERN STATES. Culled and Condensed From Our Daily Dispatches. The city council of El Paso, Texas, has passed an ordinance forbidding women from wearing on the streets of that city what is known as the divided skirt. Governor Stone, of Mississippi, has offered a reward of $250, payable on conviction, for each of the murderers of Henry Smith and Will James, col¬ ored, hanged by a mob near Clinton. Congressman Breckinridge andE. E. Settle, one of his opponents, appeared at Owenton, Ky., Monday afternoon iu joint debate and addressed a crowd of 2,000 people. The court-house was found inadequate and the spaking was held In the yard. The meeting occurr¬ ed in Mr. Settle’s own’s county and he was received with great enthusiasm. The severest and most damaging hail storm that ever occurred in west¬ ern Texas is reported from Buchel county. The ground was covered to a depth of six inches with hail stones, some of which were as large as oranges. Crops were totally destroyed and many sheep and poultry were killed outright. The roofs of build¬ ings were riddled. Monday afternoon the immense wholesale grocery house of Preston & Stauffer at New Orleans narrowly es¬ caped destruction by fire. Damage to stock is $60,000, and to the building $10,000; fully insured. While several firemen were on a shed, a lineman cut an electric wire which was in their midst. Captain Fahart and Pipeman Robert Burke fell to the stouo pave¬ ment, and were seriously injured. THE ROADS EUCHRED. They Lose the Famous Social Circle Short Haul Case. In the United States circuit court of appeals at New Orleans, Tuesday, Judges Pardee, Locke and McCormick gave the following decision on the long and short haul ease, tho title being: “The interstate commerce commis¬ sion vs. the Cincinnati, New Orleans aud Texas Pacific Railway Company, the Western «fc AtlanticRailroad Com¬ pany and the Georgia Pacific Railway Company: Appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Georgia. “Ordered. That the decree of the circuit court be annulled, avoided and reversed, and that this case be re¬ manded to the said circuit court, with instructions to enter a decree in favor of the complainant, the interstate commerce commission, and against the defendants, the Cincinnati, New Or¬ leans and Texas Pacific Railway com¬ pany, commanding and restraining the said defendants, their officers, servants and attorneys, to cease aud desist from making any greater charge iu the aggregate on buggies, carriages and on other freight of the first class carried in less than carloads from Cin¬ cinnati to Social Circle than they charge on such freight from Cincin¬ nati to Augusta; that they so desist and refrain within five days after the entry of each decree, and in case they or any of them shall fail to obey said order, condemning the said defend¬ ants, and each of them, to pay $100 a day for every day thereafter they shall so fail, and denying the relief prayed for in relation to charges on freight from Cincinnati to Augusta. The said defendants to pay all costs of court.” GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Situation as Reported for the Past Week. The review of the industrial situation in the Soutli for ilie past week shows that business in the coal regions of Alabama and Tennessee is somewhat unsettled in consequence of the miners’ strike, aud the output or the furnaces has been diminished. Contrary to previous expectation it has not been necessary to close down any furnaces, as fuel supplies furnished by negro aud convict Dbor hive been suffi¬ cient. There i3 an increasing deni ed for pig iron, and ptices are irregular. Textile mills tlirougiiout the South arc running on full time with plenty of ord rs anl encouraging obtained pros¬ pects. Lumber producers have lower freight rates to the North and West, and are doing more business than heretofore. Prices, however, are low, and in many in-dances do not fcfford a reasonable profit. -Furmeis report that crop prospects ate not very encouraging and truck farmers have done well thus far, as high¬ er prices have, to some extent, offset the short¬ age in early crops of fruit. , Forty-three new industries were established or incorporated during the week, among which may be mentioned the Keystone Creamery Company, of Alexandria, Va., Iberia capital $60,000; Baton large sugar refineries at New and liouge, La.; a $50,000 construction company at New Orleans, La., and the Buckley High Bp ed Eevator Company, capital $50,000, also at New Orleans, Brick warns are tube estaidisbed at Weston, W.Ya.; bottling works at Chattanooga, Term.; canning factories at New Orleans, La., Tupelo, Miss - ;Corsicana, Tex., and Arcb Mills; Va., and cotton compresses at Luverne Ala., and flearne, Tex. A new cotton mill at Beau¬ fort, S. C-; electrical plants at Ocala, Fla., West Point, Miss., and Victoria. Tex.: flour and grist mills at Woitman, N. C., and New Castle, Va., and fcrdlizer works at Abb.ville. Ala. Foundr es are to be built at Palatka. Fla , and Louisville, Ky., and a ma¬ chine shop at San Antonio, Tex Cotton seed ml mill! will be established at Clint< n, Ln., and L berty, 8. C-, and a tobacco factory at Mt. Airy, N. C. New woodworking establishments are reported at Huntsville, Walnut* Ala., Ft. White and Interlachcn, Fla., Cove aud Wilming¬ ton, N. C n Scnm’on, Miss., Er»in and Mem¬ phis, Va., Tenn., Fredericksburg and Manciiester, and Sutton, W. Va. Water works will be built at Quincy, Fla., Waihalia. 8. C., Bowie, Texas, and Weston, W, Va. Among the enlargem n s of the week ere aspring be Whitehall! I factoiy at Houston, Newberry, Tex., cot¬ ton mills at Ga., and 8. C., and o 1 mills at Union. 8. C., and Cuerro, Tex- The now buildings reported for the week include s bmk building at New Braunfels, Texas; business house; at Orlando, Fia., Val¬ dosta. Ga., Mnrphy, N. C- H cston, Texas, and Blutfiald, W. Va.; eknrcUfcs at Cloverport, lious> Ky., and Kxrnes Columfcu*; Cby Tex.; C.; a $40,000 $44,f 00 ichool conrt at a 'building at Ashland, Miss.—Tradesman. Ky., ami ouu ti’coet (Chattanoo¬ $42, 000 at Jackson, ga, Tean) ' **• - Fear has no power to hindes us from doing what we believe to be right whep prompted through loye fc? 4® RELIGIOUS READING. HEROES OF BIBLE HISTORY. Man is the noblest work of God, created in his own imago. Broad-shouldered, full¬ chested, gracefui-limbod, noble bearing, fine countenance, wonderful strong and his intelligent. is The mechanism of nature un¬ the seen , tho knitted bones, the flowing the blood, beat¬ network of nerves and muscles, ing soul; heart, the five senses, tho never-lying but though unseen. all are Working in harmony for ” the well¬ being man, developing in him strength, grace, dignity, beauty aud power, making him a splendid nobleman, the embodiment of a hero, a fit subject to have dominion thing over the creatures, and every crented upon the earth. He subdues the creatures with his indomitable wil 1 , ho forces his subsistence from the earth, he scours its deep recesses for ho gold and fuel, and other commodities, utilizes the sea aud the laud for his own con¬ venience. What can he not do, with his wonderful mechanism of nature, and his pow¬ erful reason. Surely man is tho noblest work of God. If this is true, wluit sadder sight on earth than man deformed, a blind, man with bereft shrivelled of limbs, halt, lame sadder and than or these is moral rea¬ son? But even deformity, a man with and a line, small, strong, shrivelled well developed Bible bearing and a every-day soul. In story story we find ail kinds,of men in the land, stalwart men with large souls, small men with small souls, stalwart men with small souls, small men with large souls. And where among them alt shall we find our heroes? Not always among the stalwart, not always among the always small, never among the large- the small-hearted, hearted, brave-hearted, but among tho true-hearted. the For who, by taking thought, can add one cubit to his stature; but who cannot, by tak¬ by ing care and thought, add inch Ids by soul Inch, cubit But cubit unto the stature of ? the soul Is invisible and who cun judge of it ? In ancient story the stalwurtness and strength of a man often became the standard of his heroism. The first king of Israel was chosen for his commanding height, for he was head and shoulders above the ordinary man; but he did not live tho life of a hero, and he died the death of a coward. Parents delighted in their sons who were well-favored physically. As late as the sixteenth century tho strong sons were knighted, while the weak sons were only thought fit to learn to road. Even now, iu this enlightened day, it is the first impulse of human nature than to judge heart. from outsfde appearance rather tho A hero-worshiping people stand and cheer the strong man on the heights who have gained victories, while they pass unnoticed the small men in tho valleys who are just as bravely gaining the unseen victories of lib?. Tho true iiero does not seek for worship; he he cares more lor God’s service in which lias enlisted than for self-aggrandizement. He does not shrink from danger, hardship or toil, nor the sneers of tho world. Whether physically small the or large, of he his daily soul, adds develop¬ cubit by cubit unto stature ing into a fuller image of God, a splendid nobleman, a true here. With this standard in mind, let the pano¬ rama of Bible story pass before you as given in tho eleventh chapter of Hebrews: By faith Abel lived and died; also Joseph, Enoch, Moses. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joshua. And what shall I say more, for time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Samuel, David, oiples, and Elijah, thousands Daniel, of the others, prophet*,'the who through tliH faith have subdued kingdoms and wrought righteousness, who havo earned their title ns horoes in the ranks of the lion-hearted, tho brave-hearted, the true-hearted. i’m ■ too busy. A merchant sat at his office desk : various letters were absorbed spread in before the intricacies him; his of whole his being was business. A zealous friend of man had entered tho office. “I want to interest you a little in a new effort for the temperance cause,” sahl the man. % The merchant cut him off by replying: “Sir. you must excuse me, but really, I’m too busy to attend to that subject now.” “But, sir, intemperance is on the increase among us,” said his friend. “Is it? I’m .porry; but I'm too busy at pres¬ ent to do anything." shall call again, sir?” “When I “I cannot toll. I’m very busy. I’m busy every day. Excuse me, sir, I intruder wish you good of morning.” Then bowing the out his office,ho resumed the study of his papers. The merchant had frequently repulsed No the friends of humanity iu this manner. mat¬ ter what was tho object, he was too busy his to listen to tbeir claims. He had even told minister he was too busy for anything but to make money. But ono morning a disagree¬ able stranger stepped very softly to his side, laying a cold, moist hand upon his brow, and saying, “Go homo with me.” The merchant laid down Ids pen ; his head grew dizzy; his stomach felt faint and sick; he left the counting room, went home and re¬ tired to his bed chamber. His unwelcome visitor followed him, and now took bis place by the bedside, whisper¬ 1, ing ever and anon, “You must go with me. A cold chill settled on the merch vnt’s heart ;dim spectres of ships,notes,houses and lands flitted before his excited mind. StiJi his pulse beat slower, his heart heaved heavily, thick films gathered over his eyes, his tongue refused to speak Then the merchant knew that the name of his visitor Death. Ali other claimants on his attention, ex¬ cept the friends of Mammon, had always found a quick dismissal in the magic phrase, “I’m too busy.” Humanity, Mercy, Beligion. had alike begged his influence, means, and attention, in vain. But when Death came, the excuse was powerless; he was compelled to have leisure to die. Let us beware how we make ourselves too busy to secure life’s great end. When the exc isecomes to our lips, and we are about to say we are too busy to do good, let us re¬ member we cannot be too busy to die. A CHEAP TONIC. A woman who had gone through much lOr- feel row said to a friend once, “Whenever I especially sad, or lonely, I just go and do something I particularly dislike to do—some duty I shrink from. The effort to do it I find is the best tonic the nerves can laave.” The speaker’s heart, we knew was broken to all earthly pleasure, but the she world, stiU keeps up a cheerful front to and goes on trying to do her earthly task right and left, always longing,- as she says, for the gates to be open that she may join her beloved. But her recipe for nerves Is one that many might use with ad¬ vantage. Instead of indulging in vain re¬ grets or selfish sorrow, go difficult and help others. Do something you find and unat¬ tractive. It will brace you up. Work is God’s tonic. We need consult no doctor, only bend in prayer to our ever-present and loving Father to guide us right. His grace will help us, His arm steady us along the thorny road. His voice says, “Be Strong, be faithful, and I shall lead you homa”—The Quiver. CHILDREN ATTENDING CHVRCB. Rev. Dr. Strong, in the New Era, speaking “Ideas of regular attendance atchureh.says, of duty are not strict now as formerly, ana men therefore more readily yield to inciina tioa. The present generation of young peo¬ ple have had a training very different from that which their grandparents or even tbeir parents received. In most families the rod, like Aaron’s rod, has budded and brought forth almonds and sugar plums ot ail sorts. Children are hired and coaxed Instead of being commanded and required, and accord¬ ingly grow up to consult inclination rather than Obligation. considered Attending chiwh sacred is duty. not now commonly feel like it; a and for great People go of if they people do not a variety reasons moat like it” It is hard to talk religion with people haveho religions experience. ES®