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Tuk Irwin County News.
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. G. OeLOACH, Editor and Prop'r.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ryy v. story,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
Sycamore, Georgia.
A AUK ANTHONY.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
Sycamore, Georgia.
Will be looted for the present at tho Dod
>n House. Patronage respectfully sol.cited.
rp W. ELLIS,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
Ruby, Georgia.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
I respectfully solicit a share of the public
jiatvonags Office in B. H Cockrell’s store.
jyit. JT. F. GAUD NEK,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
A sub urn, Georgia.
Cads answered promptly day or night.
(^"Special bud children. attention to diseases of women
RENTON STRANGE, M, D.
SPECIALIST.
Cordellic, Georgia.
Diseases of women, Strictures, Nervous
and all priva o diseases. Strictures dissolv¬
ed out in 2 to 5 minutes by a smooth current
of Galvanism, without pain or detention
from business; and given to patient in a vial
of alcohol. Correspondence solicited and
best references given, Office north-east cor¬
ner Suwauee House.
B. M, FU1ZZELLE,
LAWYER,
McRae, Georgia,
Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
Real Estate and Criminal Law Specialties.
yy A. AAIiON,
LAWYER,
A suburn, Georgia.
Collections and Ejectment suits a. Special¬
ty. KTOffice, Room No. 4, Betts Building.
/ V 4 W. FUJL WOOD,
i.
LAW, REAL ESTATE & COLLECTIONS,
Tifton, Georgii.
Prompt attention given to all business.
jgf'Oftiee, Love Building, Room No. 1.
J OMK HARRIS.
SHOEMAKER,
A shbuk.v, Georgia,
My prices are low and all work strictly
Guaranteed.
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DIRECTORY.
I CIT Y OF SYCAMORE.
FCouncilmen—W. ifayor—J. G. DeLoach. Dasher. L. Murray
B I.
l: -f iirior ' Cockrell. E. B,. Smith, J. P. Fountain, April
Courts—First Monday in
•r O. C. Smith, Judge, Hawkins
tor General—Tom Eason. McRae,Ga.
Clerk Superior Court—J. B. D Paulk, Ir
grinville. Ga.
nhei iit—Jesse Paulk, Rubv, Ga
Deputy .-heriffs—C. L. Piescott Irwin
viln-. Ga.; Win. —Monthly VauHouteu, o yea more. Ga.
County C urt session, second
Monday; Quarterl April, July session, and second October. Monday J. B.
in January. irwimille,
Clements. Judge, Ga.
County Court Bailiff—William Rogers, Ir
ivinville, Go.
County Commissioners’ Court—First Mon
dnj lencii month. M. Henderson. Commis
j, Tnaiy’s Ocilla. Court—First Ga. Monday in each
a. Dauiet-Tucker, Ordinary, Vic, Ga.
jpl Commissioner—J. Y. Fletcher, Ku
jb. Bceivei—D. Treasurer—W. R. Paulk, Irwin
A.Melnnis, Vie. Ga.
^Hir—M. Hliector—5V. Paulk, Ruby, Ga.
B—Daniel Barites, Minnie, Minnie, Ga. Gn.
BFof Education—jno. H ill,
Clements Chair
■yvvihvide, Ke, Ga.; Henry T. Fletcher, L. Ir- D.
_'r, Gn.; L. R. Tucker, Vic, Gn;
Jrivinvile, Ga.; B. E. Coleman,
Win, Justice Gn. Courts—901 Dist. G. M, Second
Saturday in each mouth. Marcus Luke. N.
I', and ( X-ofli, J. P; Wm. Rogers, Bailiff,
IrwinvTle. Ga. M S’coii'l Saturday in
1421 District G. P —. Kiss>
each month. J. H. McNeese, J. Ocala, , Gn.
mee, Ga. James Roberts, Bailiff,
1388' Disk G. M., Third Saturday in each
JjSOlltl. if. V. Hanley, J. P ; David Troup,
Bail.ff, Minnie, Ga. in each
US ;i Dist G. M., Third Wednesday Gi.;
nioiiih. C. L Royal, J. P.. Sycamore,
A. Jones & R Royal, Bailiffs, Sycamore, Gn.
982 Dist. G M.. D. A. Roy, N. P. & Kx
oflicio J. P.. Sycamore. Ga.__
LODCK DIRECTORY
SvCrimoiv, Lfvdve. No. 210 F. & A. M. W
Regular communicati-ms. 2nd Saturday.
Story, W. M.; A. D. Ross, Secretary.
OciJla Lodge, V. & A. M.—Regular 4ik Sunday com
mumeutiuu 'ihursdny before the
in each month. J. A. J, Henderson, W. M.;
D. W. M. W hitley, Beo’y, Ocillu, Ga.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
BYCAMOUJi CiliOUIT.
Sycamore—2nd Sunday and Sunday night.
Cydometa—Fourt h Sunday.
Dakota-Third Sunday.
Ashburne—- 1st Sunday and Suudny night.
T. D. STRONG, Pastor.
UNION PRIMITIVE BAPTIST.
Bi uffiey Crock—4 h Sunday and Satur jay
before. Creek—2nd Suuday and Situr
Sty Cetore. geon
day ilopeweil—1st Sunday & Saturday before.
Salem—3rd Sunday and Saturday before.
Eld w. H. Harden, Pastor.
Little River—3rd Buuday and Saturday
*7unier’s before Meeting House—2nd Sunday and
Saturday "Grove—ith Sunday and Saturday
Oaky
before Sunday and Saturday before
Emaue—l»t RU>. James Gibbs, Pastor.
notice,
Parties are warned that no bunting or Ash-
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA„ MARCH 16 1894.
GENERAL NEWS.
General Summary of the Nsws off the Week
Gathered from Every Q uarter,
A large part of the city of Dead
wood, S. D., was bunted. The lire
started in a saloon.
The resignation of Gladstone as
premier and the appoint merit of Lord
Uosebury as bis successor, aro con¬
firmed.
It is announced that ifie new battle
ship, Indiana, has started from
Cramp’s ship trip. yard, Philadelphia, Pa.,
ou her trial
The marriage of Robert E. Lee,
son of the great Confederate leader,
at Wacfiingt Garter ou. D. C.. is announced.
Miss Julia of Virginia is the
happy bride.
Later advices from Rio do Janeiro
report the death of Signor Bertol, the
Italian consul, of yellow fever. The
disease continues to spread, and 200
cases are Deported.
Judge J. B. Hoyt of Atlanta, Ga.,
is dead. HD was a native of Blount
county, Tent'., and has been closely
idnetified with Atlanta’s history and
growth for ft Tty years.
At Battle C reek, Mich, two ladies,
who attemptei l to cross the track of
the Michigan -Central in front of an
express train, Jn a buggy, were struck
by the engine and killed.
Advices from Rio de Janerio bring
the news of two notable deaths from
yellow fever. Captain Stangis of the
Norwegian stea.mehip Santuit, and G.
M. Rollins, a banker of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. .Hemnmbergor, two
aged Germans, were cruelly beaten
by burglars at HillsboLN), Iowa. Mr.
Ileneiiberger is expected to die from
his injuries and his - wife is fatally
hurt.
The funeral services of Moore Ba¬
ker’s young wife and child who were
murdered by two negroes at Somer¬
ville, N. J., were attended by 10,000
people. It is estimated 1 , that 400 car
rieges were in the procossiou.
Mr. D. II. Lee, formerly a railroad
conductor, but now out of work,
fainted in the rotunda of the Kimball
house, Atlanta, Ga., hastily from starvation.
A collection was taken up for
him and he was sent to tlie Grady hos
pilai.
Governor Foster of Louisiana has
accepted the resignation, of Senator
White, lately appointed justice of the
supreme court, and has appointed N.
C. Blanchard, now in hhe house, to
the vacant seat in the United States
senate.
The war ship, Montgomery, lias
been completed and accepted by the
secretary of the navy, to toe delivered
by the builders as soon as
at the Norfolk navy yard, where she
will receive her armament and be put
in commission.
Another attempt has been made to
burn the remaining buildings of the
World’s Fair, resulting in the arrest
of a man who says his name is Mi¬
chael Murphy. TJie policemen be¬
lieve him to be one of the gang who
have used ihe torch so disastrously
heretofore.
In one of the mines at Siera Moja
da, Mexico, a tiie premature explosion
occurred just as last shift of the
day was leaving, and three miners
were killed and several wounded. The
superinlendent of the mines has been
arrested, charged with responsibility
for the accident.
Later advices from the scene of the
riots in West Virginia say that nearly
all the ringleaders have been arrested.
The boy, Jackson, who revealed the
dynamite plot, is at Fayette undet
ample protection. The state troops
remain on the-ground. The coroner’s
inquest is not yet completed.
Thirty negroes hound for Africa
left Atlanta, Ga., the other day.
They go via Savannah and New York.
At New York Ihey are to join others.
The party was organized by Gaston,
the notorious excursion worker, who
for a year has been collecting the pas¬
sage money in installments.
Dr. Talmage having been informed
that the trustees of the Brooklyn tab¬
ernacle have gotten out of their finan¬
cial embarrassments, has, upon their
urgent solicitation, withdrawn his res¬
ignation and announced that he will
remain their pastor. The Doctor is
to leave in June for an European
trip.
J. O. Boyd, a prominent negro pol¬
itician of the vecinity of Clarksville,
Tenu., horsewhipped dressmaker, a in Mrs. her store. Ellen
Boyce, a the tho
On a second visit to place
quarrel was renewed, and tho woman
drew a revolver and fired twice at
Boyd, but missed. He had a narrow
escape.
u *°z ’ -• IT.?,:?, „„„ Gained ^ Tsao insur’ ooo
i’Zpl; and «U 000 The
Prof. Doyle, the president and owner,
insisted on payment of the insurance
money. Whereupon the insurance
men caused his arrest on the charge of
burnino- “ the nronerty himself.
Advices from Africa have , been , re
ceived slating tAat the West Indian
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
determined effort to retake the place
by storm. Many of the natives were
killed. The white soldiers had nine
wounded. The whole surrounding
country is hostile to the British.
Prepartions arc on foot for a re¬
union of the “blue and the groy” par¬
ticipants in the battle of Shiloh, to be
held on that historic field on the 6th
and 7th of April. Many Alabamians
first breasted there the storm of shot
and shell. There is a regular Shiloh
Battle Field association, the southern
members of which are General
Wheeler of Alabama, Gen. Basil
Duke of Kentucky, Senator Harris of
Tennessee, Gen. S. D. Lee of Missis¬
sippi, and perhaps others.
A prize fight, witnessed by 300
people, came off at Thunderbolt driv¬
ing park, Savannah, Ga., in which
Thos. Silverthorn amused the specta¬
tors by slugging .Tames Duffy. Daf¬
fy was knocked down three times in
the eighth round. When the ninth
round was called the referee declared
it inbumau to allow the fight to pro¬
ceed, and declared Silverthorn the
Winner.
Another Central American revolu¬
tion is on the tapis. This tjrae it is
Costa Ilica, and the conflict is, between
the liberals and the Catholic’ union or
church party. A battle has been
fought in which the liberals, under
Senor Iglizias, secretary of state, de¬
feated the church party under Trijos
and captured their leader. The Arch¬
bishop of Cosla Rica and seventeen
priests have bedn imprisoned; martial
law has been proclaimed, and Presi
dedt Roderiguez is supreme dictator.
Senor Mendoca, the Brazilian min¬
ister resident at the capital, has made
public the following cablegram from
the minister of foreign atiairs of Bra¬
zil: “The election was tranquil
throughout, resulting in the election,
by a lurge majority, of Dr. Prudentc
de Moraes as president and of Dr.
Manuel Victorino Pereira as vice pres¬
ident. These men are tire candidates
of the republican or constitutional
party.” Senor Mendoca says the
term of the new officers does not be¬
until Nov. 15.
At Kosiusko, Miss., an impromptu
duel was fought to the death, with
pistols, between Hon. Samuel A Jack
son, of the State legislature, and
W. P. Ratlille, editor of the Alliance
Vindicator. Mr. Jackson was killed
by a shot in the head. Samuel Rus¬
sel, a bystander was shot in the mouth
and fell dead. Will Sanders, another
young man living a few miles in the
country, was shot through the thigh
and is supposed to be mortally wound¬
ed. The uufortunote affair grew out
of personalism in politics
Godey’s Magazine.
lor years and years in . the past
many of our readers have looked ea
gedy for the monthly visits of this
old family friend. Its association
with the dear pleasures of home in the
days that ate gone gives the very
name a charm. It gives us therefore
genuine satisfaction to lay before our
readers the information conveyed in
the following extract from a, circular
letter sent out by toe assignee of the
Godey Publishing Company:
“It is my purpose to sell at public
sale the plant and good will of what
is known as “Godey’s Magazine” at
an early day—probably within two
weeks’ time,”
“I am advised that a syndicate is be¬
ing formed for the purpose of pur¬
chasing said plant and good will and
conducting tho publication of said
magazine with new capital and im¬
proved facilities. In (his event the
February number will, I understand,
bo sent to those subscribers who have
not already received it, and the March
number will appear, although some¬
what later than usual; and tho other
magazines and periodicals to which
you may be entitled under combina¬
tion subscriptions which may have
been made by yon through tho me¬
dium of the old company will also be
regularly forwarded.
Yours truly,”
Benjamin S, IJarmon.
Assignee.
Thc Mriti.i. Repui.ed.
A dispatch from Bathurst says:
The man-of-war bombarded Gonjor,
the great stronghold of Chief Fodisi
lah, today. After shelling Gonjor
from daylight until 10 o’clock in the
day a British boat approached the
scene and attempted to make a iand
iug. The occupants of tho boat Were
received with a hot fire from the en
emy, who were posted behind a sand
bank, which was surmounted by dense
brush. Many of the enemy were arm
with Martini rifles. The British
boat was forced to retire and the bom
bardment of the stronghold was again
begun, continuing until 1 o’clock in
the afternoon.
_____
Fatal stabbing nt Nasbrlile.
a Nuh,m«, Toiin., mulatto, .p.ol.l. -JJ. the
Mauey Hall, young in of the
employ of Treasurer Ambrose
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Loins
railroad, was seriously and porhaps
fatally stabbed in the abdomeu on the
7th instant bv lesidin/in George Bartell, a young
waf East Nashville,
gta bbing an outcome of 9
AT THE CAPITOL
A Synopsis of What Is Being Said and
Done at Washington from Day to Day,
Sixty-Seventh Day.
House. — Several private pension
hills passed’—The house, in commit¬
tee of (he whole, took up the pension
appropriation bill and discussed it
until 5:30 p. in., when the committee
rose, and, after passing a bill to pen¬
sion Hannah Lyle, a daughter of a
revolutionary soldier, at $12 a month
the house adjourned until Monday.
Sixty-Eighth Day.
Senate. —The seigniorage bill was
received from tho house.—A resolu¬
tion for a change of rules of the sen¬
ate was offered by Mr, Allen of No
braska, and referred. It mako9 it the
duty of committees to report within
thirty days bills referred to them, and
provides that, after the lapse of thirty
days, the senator having charge of any
bill in the hands of a committee may
demand a report on it within five
days.—A resolution was offered by
Mr. Platt of Connecticut, and agreed
to, calling for a statement from tho
treasury department as to the repay¬
ment of interest paid by tho govern,
meat on state bonds for the Chicka¬
saw funds, and as to what stales are
in default and in what amount—Mr.
Voorhoes reported from the commit¬
tee on finance a compilation of tho
coinage laws from 1780 to 1894, by
Mr. Dire fee, late clerk of the com¬
mittee, which he spoke of as of great
value, and asked that it bo printed as
a public document. It was so order¬
ed. A petition against the increase of
the tax on alcohol was presented and
referred, and the vice-president pro.
ceeded to lake from his table the bills
thereon and have them referred.
When he reached the seigniorage bill
objection was made by Mr. Stewart,
who offered, as an amendment, a bill
for free coinage. Objection was made
to the second reading of the bill and
it went over, to bo taken up at the
pleasure of the vice-president.—A res¬
olution by Mr. Peffer, providing for
open executive sessions, was taken up
and referred—Then privato pension
bills were passed.—After a short ex¬
ecutive session, tire doors were opened
and Mr. Morgan offered an a mend,
ment to the tariff bill, providing for
the appointment of a board of tariff
revision, which was referred to the
finance committee, and, at 3:20, the
senate adjourned.
Hocse. —The house began tile sec¬
ond year of the 53d congress today
at noon, with prayer by Dwight L.
Moody, the evangelist.—The senate
resolution appropriating $5709 for
publishing the Hawaiian correspond¬
ence was passed.—Mr. Joseph of New
Mexico called up the bill to enable that
territory to become a state. No quo
rum votum, Mr. Joseph withdrew his
morion.—The penson appropriation
[jjjj taken up and the time of the
seesion occupied chiefly by Mr. Hep
tunn in criticisms ou tho south, and
Mr. Cannon on the policy of the ad¬
ministration, and by Mr. Enloe of
Tennessee and Black of Illinois, in de¬
fending them. The house at 5:40 ad¬
journed.
Sixty-NIntb Day.
Senate.— Mr. Hill offered a .resolu¬
tion instructing the finance committee
to frame amendments to the tariff'bill
omitting the internal and direct taxes
now in it and instead thereof,providing
for sufficient revenue by taxing for -
eign imports and otherwise revising
the tariff without creating a deficiency.
Laid on the table for the present.—
A motion to rakt up the seigniorage
bill for a second reading. Its consid¬
eration was suspended for some length
of time by remarks of several senators
on a question of personal privilege,
relating to certain newspaper reports
as to their attitude on tho tariff' bill.
The seigniorage bill was resumed and
discussed until 2 o’clock. At that
hour it was laid aside to ho again
brought up for a second reading to¬
morrow. —A conference on the urgent
deficiency bill was ordered.—Two
private pension bills were passed, and
at 3:20, after a brief executive ses
sion lhe eenate
A resolution was offered in the
house by Mr. Money of Mississippi
authorizing the secretary of the navy
to appoint a cadet from the fifth dis
trict of South Carolina. This grew
out of a case of failure on the part of
the representative of that district to
make an appointment, and Migappoint
incu?*'1)y the secretary of the navy,
of a cadet from Alabama for this va
eancy. After some coloquv the reso
Iudon was withdrawn.--The resoln
tion authorizing an investigation of
the Amous order issued by Judge
Jenkijas in. the Northern Pacific re¬
ceiveilship case, was called up and
passe4—Mr. Carolina Strait of the fifth South
district offered a resolution
declaring the appointment made by
^ Y ’ wh ,? W „„ aS ^credited y lo
’tiVIY' 10zcd - “ n< * VOidl
? e house went into corn
* nl “ ee ‘ . he wl ole 11,6 en8i
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appropnaiiou under an agreement to
close general debate at 3 o’clock to
morrow. The subject was discussed
until 5:30, when the commits? VOW
$ 1.00 a Year in Advance.
SeVentleth Dnj-.
Senate— A bill was passed appro¬
priating §15,000 for raising the wreck
of the Kearsage and her equipments,
provided that not more than §10,000
should be expended if the attempt
should fail.—Mr. Morgan, from the
committee on foreign relations, re¬
ported a resolution requesting the
president to inform the senate, if not
inconsistent, whether the government
of Great Britain had occupied B.ue
fields or any other place in the raus
quito region in Nicaragua; to state
the character and strength of such
force and the claims of authority on
the part of that government so to
occupy that country. Agreed to.—
The seigniorage bill was read a second
time. A proposition by Mr. Harris to
take up the bill, consider and dispose
of it, was discussed until 2 p. m.,
when the subject gave place to the
unfinished business,—A bill for the
purchase of a site for the government
printing office. A motion to lay that
bill aside and take up the bill to
change the limits of the judicial dis¬
tricts of Florida, was defeated, Mr.
Harris then moved to proceed to the
consideration of the seigniorage bill.
Agreed to, and the bill was before tho
senate as a committee of the whole.
The, proceedings on the bill were inter¬
rupted to have the conference on the
deficiency bill presented and concurred
in. A motion to refer the hill to the
finance committee had been made. A
vote was now taken and the motion
defeated. The bill was read in full,
and the chair said the bill was open
to amendment; no amendment being
offered, the bill passed the third read¬
ing; now came the questiou, “Shall
the bill pass?” Mr. Allison moved to
reconsider the vote by which the third
reading was passed; pending this
motion, the bill was laid over until
to-morrow, and, after an executive
session, the senate adjourned.
House.— A resolution was passed
askiug the secretary of the treasury to
ihform the house by what authority
the bureau of engraving and printing
submitted a bid for engraving postage
stamps.—A resolution was also passed
asking the postmaster geueral for all
the information in his department
respecting the and bids for award printing post¬
age stamps the of the con¬
tract—The peusiou appropriation bill
after the limit of debate under the
five minutes rule had been reached,
was passed and at 4:10, the house ad¬
journed.
Seveury-flrfft Day.
discussed Senate.—S everal bills were briefly
and laid over. Numerous
pension bills were passed, including
one giving $50 a month to the widow
of General Hitchcock; also the house
bill to transfer Morris island life sav¬
ing station to Sullivan’s island.—At
2:40 the vice-president laid before the
senate the unfinished business, being
the segniorage bill, the pending ques¬
tion being Mr. Allison’s motion to
reconsider the vote ordering a third
reading. The question was discussed
until 5:40, when the senate went into
executive session, and, on opening the
doors, adjourned.
House.— Under unanimous consent
several bills passed, among them the
senate bill extending for ten years the
act of March 2, 1885, for the protec¬
tion of fisheries on the Potomac river.
—The conference report on the defi¬
ciency hill was agreed to.—The bill
abolishing the oflices of commissioner
and deputy commissioner of customs
was passed. The committee reporting
this bill estimated that its passage
would save to the government $80,430
annually.—After a brief discussion in
committee of the whole on the Dis¬
trict of Columbia appropriation bill,
the house at 4:50 adjourned.
BATTLE OF *1111.011.
The Snrvivov-, Mine and Gray, lo
unite on the Fauioiie Field,
Headquarters Mississippi Division,
United Confederate Veterans,
Columbus, Miss., March 7, 1894.
General Order No. 18. (Extract).
11. The Shiloh Battlefield aisocia
tion, organized April 1, 1893, by the
surviors—north and south—of that
battle, have recommended that con¬
gress purchase said battlefield and
make it a grand national memorial
park, like Gettysburg and Chicamau
ga, and on the anniversary of the bat¬
tle—April 6 and 7 next—a reunion
will be held on the battlefield under
the auspices of said association, which
extends through these headquarters
to members of the several camps and
unattached veterans of this division
an invitation to attend.
By order of S D. Lee.
Major-General Commanding.
E. T. Sykes, Adjutant-General,
[Official.]
The Colorado Leul-lntnre Adjonroo-It
Cost $73,000.
Both branches of the legislature
have adjourned sine die. The extia
session called by Governor Waite had
continued fifty-two days at an expense
of $75,000 without giving life to any
of his pet projects or doing anythiug
to aid the unemployed. freon passed.
Muiy » fcmt biRf ware
VOL. IV. NO. 44.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB
MARCH 18,
Lesson Text: “Wine n Mocker,’*
Frov. xx., 1 7—Golden Text:
Prov. xxi—Commen¬
tary.
Wine is,-i moeker because it allures the
Weak. It makes great promises. In sick¬
ness it promises renewed strength. In sor¬
row and affliction it offers consolation. In
festive seasons it pretends to heighten the
joy and to take its place as a cheering friend.
All these attractive traits are aggravated
with the weak, with whom there is little
power of will and judgment to resist Its al¬
luring influence. Wine is a moeker because
it deceives the unwary. The danger that
lurks in the cup is not seen at first. The
sparkling wine looks innocent and Inviting.
The evil it produces comes onbyslow andin
sidtous stages. No one ever thinks of
becoming a drunkard on first tasting
intoxicating intemperance drink. Every victim of
was once an inno¬
cent child. Every one who has gone to tho
greatest excess was at first a moderate drink¬
er. No one can be sure that he will be so
Wary as to keep out of the snare that has
been fatal to many who were once just as
free and solf-eonfldeut as he now is. Wine
is a mocker because it brings ruin on its vic¬
tims. How many it has allured, deceived,
ruined. How many it has robbed of their
virtue, their beauty, their strength, their
fortune, their peace, their reputation, their
hope, their life. It is no feeble enemy that
can be disregarded, even though it comes in
the garb of a friend. When once it gets hold
of its victim, it never releases him. It de
stroys him, body and soul, for time and eter¬
nity. This is the work of the wine that
sparkles in the cup. Beware of this mocker ;
give no quarter to this deceiver. “Look not
upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth
its color in the cup. when it goeth down
smoothly : at last it biteth like a serpent and
stingetk like an adder. ”—Westminster Quar¬
terly.
1. Wine. The Scriptures used several
terms that are translated wine. It cannot
be doubted that some of these terms refer to
preparations of the juice of the grape that
were not intoxicating. Here, however, the
reference is to intoxicating wine. A mocker.
A deceiver ; that which utterly fails to fulfil
its own promises or the expectations that
men have, in its use. Dr. Arnot enumerates
the deceitfulness of strong drink as follows :
1. Large quantities of precious food are de¬
stroyed or wasted in its manufacture. 2. It
really possesses next to nothing of which the cura¬
tive or strengthening properties peo¬
ple ascribe to it. 3. It deceives the nation
by the vast amount of revenue which it pours
into the public treasury, is
after all but a small fraction of the loss
and expense chargeable to its use.
4. While it seems to promote good fellow¬
ciety. ship, it really is a foe to friendship and so¬
5. It promises pleasure, but usually
ends in a deadly tyranny that drags men to
ruin and despair. In every respect, then,
wine is a lying demon that can never be
trusted. Strong drink. Probably palm
wine, a fiery liquid much more intoxicating
than ordinary wine. Raging. Boisterous,
i. e., it renders men boisterous or violent,
robs them of their senses, and makes them
either noisy fools or outrageous wrong¬
doers. It is well known that almost all the
crime of our day, as well as almost all the
poverty and wretchedness from which men
suffer, is due to the use of strong drink. De¬
ceived thereby. Literally, “is made to stag¬
ger or reel thereby.” The man who permits
himself to use strong drink is practising a
deception upon himself. Especially is this
the case now, when the dangers attending and
the drink habit are so well known the
evils of intemperance so widespread. Of all
fools he is the worst who allows himself to
be deceived by strong drink.—Baptist Quar¬
terly. It
The Effect of Alcohol on the Body, 1.
weakens the muscles. 2. It injures the
nerves. 3. It inflames the stomach and in¬
jures digestion, i. It destroys a pure, na¬
tural healthy taste. 5. It exhausts the
strength, and shortens life. C. It damages
the health of the whole system. 7. It pro¬
duces drunkenness, gout, and delirium tre¬
mens.
The Effect of Alcohol on the Mind. 1. It
takes away the reason, 2. It inflames every
bad passion. 3. Tt deranges every faculty.
4. It produces insanity. 5. It diminishes
the accuracy and acuteness of thought. 6.
It deadens the moral nature.
Illustration. “A story- is current in the
Orient of a wise old sheik, who gave to a
young Arab Prince, from whom bade ho him was
about to part, a list of crimes, and
choose the one which seemed least harmful.
The young prince turned in horror from
the murder, patriarch tliel't, and would loss choose of virtue, iutemperance. and told
he
‘You have chosen that,’ said the wise old
man, ‘which will bring you all.’ ”—Pelou-
The Pillar of Science. Science, investigat¬
ing tho effects of alcohol upon the human
body, finds that it injures the body, weakens
its powers, renders it more liable to disease,
harms the nervous system, the brain and the
stomach and so shortens life.
The following has been signed by upward
of 2000 medical men, including many of the
lending members of the profession : 1. That
a large proportion of human misery, includ¬
ing poverty, disease and crime, is induced
by the use of alcohol or fermented liquors as
beverages. 2. That the most perfect health
is compatible with total abstinence from all
such intoxicating beverages, whether in the
form of ardent spirits or as wine, beer, ale,
porter, eider, etc. 3. That persons accus¬
tomed to such drinks may with perfect safety
discontinue them. 4. That total and uni¬
versal abstinence from alcoholic liquors and
intoxicating beverages of all sorts would
greatly contribute to the health, the pros¬
perity, the morality and the happiness of the
human race.—The Four Pillars of Temper¬
ance.
Wino is a Moeker. The old poets spoke of
the drinking cup as a cup of poetry and elo¬
quence ; but that delusion has died. The
tongue thickens, the words lose their sharp
outline, the flash dies out of the eyes under
even the best of wines. Tne wine cup is an
thought.—Professor eclipse of the intellect, a paralysis of
Swing.
One Hundred and Six Anarchists Ex¬
amined.
The examining magistrate, Mayer,
and Judge Espinas completed, in
Paris, France, tho examination of 106
Anarchists, comprising nearly ali who
have been arrested recently. Of the
whole number examined, thirty-four
were held for further examination or
trial and the others were released for
want of evidence sufficient to justify
their detention.
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Bioycling has become an important
industry as well as a rare good eport,
remarks the New York Tribute, aoi
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