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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. fATUANTA. GA* TUESDAY JUNE 23 1886,
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TALMAGE’S SERMON
PREACHED YESTERDAY IN BROOK-
LYN TABERNACLE,
■no* f*f Nr**d--H. Correct* MB. Klattst*.
manta About Hla xmlth-TU Eimbtl.
■hip sc El* Cbuaai attticua.
Bxooklyk, N. Y., Jane 20.—[Spade!,]—A*
D repatt bed been pnbUehod In meny pepori
that the Rev, Dr. T. DeWltt Talmago wee in
poor health, be told hla congregation In the
Eroohljn Tabernacle today that he had, In
(he thirty yeara of hla ministry, mined bat
one Sabbath through 111 health, and that Sab
bath was tsventy-four years ago. He said
that he had never been In as robust health u
at present. Dr. Talmage has beem in Brook-
Iyh seventeen years. The ordinary state of
things St the Brooklyn Tabernacle on Sunday
mornings it that 6,000 people assemblo Inside
and multitudes are not able to get in. At a
sanest meeting of the session thirty-eight new
members were recoired, making the communi
cant membership of this chnroh abont 3,400.
The opening hymn today wee:
.“Though troubles assail and dangeis affright,'
Though Mends should all fall and foes all unite,
Yet one thing aaaoraa ns, whatever betide,
; The Scripture assure, ns—'The Lord will pro
vide.' "
The aohject of the sermon today was “The
Tattle for Bread,” and the text was takon from
I.-Kings, ch. xvil, r. 6: “And the ravens
brought him bread and Huh In the morning,
nnd bread and flesh In the evening." Dr.
Talmage said:
The ornithology of the Bible la a very inter
esting 'study. The stock which knowoth her
appointed time The common sparrow
teaching the lesson of Ood's providence. The
ostriches of the desert by careless incuba
tion, Illustrating the reckleesneas of parents
who do not take enough pains with their chil
dren. The eagle symbolising riches whloh
tako wings and fly away. The pelican em
blemizing solitude. The bat, a flake of the
darkness. The night haWk, the osaifrage, the
cuckeo, tho lapwing, the osprey, by the com
mand of God in Levlttona, flung out of the
World’s bill of fare. I would like to have been
With Andnbon as he -went through the woods,
with gnn and pencil bringing down and
sketching the fowls of heaven, nia unfolded
portfolio thrilling all Christendom. What
wonderful creatures of God the birds are!
Some of them, this morning, like the songs of
heaven let loose, bursting through the gates
of heaven. Consider their feathers, whloh are
clothing and conveyance at the tame time; the
nine vertebrae of the seek, the three eyelids
to each eye. the third eyelid and extra certain
for graduating tho light of the son.
Some of these birds scavengers and seme of
them orchestra. Thank God for null's whis
tle and lark’s carol and the twitter of the
wren, called by the ancients the king of birds,
because when the fowls of heaven went into a
n contest as to who oeold fly the highest, and
the eagle swung nearest the mu, a wren on
the back of the eagle, after the eagle was ex
hausted, sprang up unch higher and so was
called by the ancients the king of birds. Con
sider those of them that have golden crowns
nad crests, showing them to bo feathered Im
perials. And listen to the hamming bird’s
serenade in the ear of tho honeysuckle. Look
at the-belted kingfisher, striking llko a dart
(Tom sky to inter. Listen to the voice of the
quarlum or aviary Is the best altar from
which to worship God.
There is an incident in my text that' bailies
nil tho ornithological wonders of the world.
The grain crop had been cut off. Famine wai
lb the land. In a cave by tho brook Cherlth
Bat a minister of God, Elijah, waiting forsome-
thing to eat. Why did ho not go to tbe neigh-
bora? There were no neighbors; It was a wll-
S
they would have been dried np. 'Seated one
morning at tho mouth of his oavo thh prophet
looks into the dry and pitiless heavens ana he
sees a flock of birds approaching. Oh. if they
were only partridges, or if he only had an ar
row with which to bring them downl Bat as
they oome nearer he finds they are not
comestible bat unclean, and the eating of
them sronld be spiritual death. Tho
strength of their beak, the length of
their wings, the blackness of their
color, their load, harsh “ornok! crock!” prove
them to bo ravens. They whirr around abont
the prophet’s hand, and then they oome on
flattering wing and panto on the level of his
lips, and one of the ravens brings bread and
another raven brings meat, and after they
have discharged their tiny cargo they wheel
past, and othsrs come until after awhile the
prophet has enough, and these black servants
of the wilderness table are gone. For six
are gone. .
months, and some say a whole year, moinli
‘ Vanda to
dug
| beu
Bounded as these ravens rang ont on the air
their “crack! crock!” Gneas where they got
the food from. The old rabbins say they got
it from the kitchen of King Ahab. Others
Bay that the ravens got their, food from plont
Obadiab, who was in the habit of feeding the
persecuted. Some say that the ravens brought
the food to thalr young ia the trees, and that
waa carrion and it would not have been It for
the prophet. Some say they wars not ravens
at all, hut that the woida translated “ravens"
in my text ought to have been translated
, ‘Aiabe;”so that it would have read; “The
Arabs brought bread and flesh in the morning,
and bread and flesh'in the evening.” Any-
thing bnt admit the Bible to be true.
Haw array at this miracle nntll all the mir
acle is gene. Go on with tho depicting pro-
ccss, but know, my brother, that yon aro rob
bing only ona man—and that ia younelf—of
one of the moat comforting, beautiful, pathet
ic and triumphant lessons in all the egee. I
can tell yen who these purveyor* were: they
were ravena. X can tall you who
freighted them with provisions: God.
I< can- tell yon who launched
them: God. I can tell yon who
taught them which way to fly:God. lean
tell you who toldthou at what care to swoop:
God. I can tell you who introduced raven to
prophet ondrvqphet to raven: God. There Is
one nisage 1 will whisper in year eer, for I
would not went to of er It eload.lert elm* ono
should drop down nnder Its power: “ If eny
man shell take sway from the words of the
nropheoy of this book, God shall take away
hla part ont of the book of life nnd ont of tbo
holy city.” While then this morning we
wnteh tbo mens feeding Elijah, let the swift
dove of God’s spirit sweep down the sky with
diving food, and on oolapraad wing pans* at
the lip of every seal hungering for comfort.
On tho banks of what rivers hava boon the
wrest battles of the world? While yon ere
looking over the msp of the world to
answer that, I will tell yon that tho greet
conflict today is on the Theme*, on thn
Hudiou, on the Mlsaisdppi on tho
Keumlicc, on the Ssveoneh, on the Rhino, on
the Flic, on tho Gangs*, on the Hoanr-llo. It
Is a battle that haa boon going on for six thou
sand years. The troop* engaged in it ere
fourteen handled millions, end these who
hive fallen are vseter in numbers than those
who march. It tin battle for brand. Sentl-
mentalnu ait in a cushioned chair, In their
pictured study, with tbeir slippered feet on a
damask ottoman, and say that this world la a
great scene of avarieeaadgiaod. It does not
■eem so to me. If it wflrs net for the absolute
necessities of the cases, nine-tenths of the
Mores, factories, shops banking houses of the
lend a ould be closed tomorrow. Who ia that
man delving in the Colorado hills? or toillag
in a New England factory? or going thronjh a
nil or bills in the henk? or measaring a fabric
on the router? Be ia a champion ant forth
in bt half of somt borne circle that has to bn
cared for, in bnhalf of nemo chnrch
of God that baa to he aonoortnd, in behalf of
gotta asylum of merey that haa to be sustain
ed. Who la that woman bending over the
wiring machine, nr carrying thn bundle, or
sweeping thn room, or mwAng tbo garment,
Or sweltering at the wash tub! That ia Da-
onooftarlff,
anything to tax. Tho
tbo vast mi' ' ‘
borah, one of tho ILord’e [heorinoe, battling
against Amaiekitiah want, which eomts down
with iron chariot to ornah her and hors.
Tho great question with tho vast ma|orlty
of peoplo today is not “Homo Rule," bnt
whether there shall bo anyfhome to rule; not
riff, bnt whether they thall have
to tax. The great question with
gjority of peoplo is: “How shall I
support my family? How shall I moot my
notes? How shall I pay my rant? How shall
I giro food, clothing and education to those
who are dependent upon me?" Oh, If God
would help me today to asalet yon Id
the eolation of that problem tho hap
piest man In this house sronld be
yonr preacher. I have gone oat on a cold
morning with expert sportsmen to hnnt for
C lgeons; I have gone ont on thn meadows to
nnt for qnail; I have gone ont on the
marsh to hnnt for rood birds; bnt thti morn
ing I am ont for ravens.
Notice, In tho first place. In tbs story of my
text, that these winged caterers came to Eli
jah directly from Goa. “I have commanded
the ravens that they feed thee,” we find God
saying in an adjoining passage. They did not
como out of some other cave. They did not
jolt happen to alight there. God freighted
them, God launched them, and God told them
by what cave to swoop. That la tho aamo God
that la going, to supply you. Ho ia yonr
Father, lou would liava to mako an a lab*
orate calculation before yon could toll me how
many pounds of food and how many yards of
clothing sronld ho necessary for yon and your
family; bnt God knows withontany calculation.
Yon have a plate at Hla tablo and yon
are going to bo watted on, unless yon
act like » naughty child and kick and scram
ble and pound aeueily theiplato end try to
npset things. God baa a vast finaHy, and ev
erything Is methodised, and you aro going to
be Mired If yon will only wait yonr turn.
God haa already ordered all the suit* of
clothes yon will ever need, down to the last
auitln which you shall be laid ont. Godhu
already ordered all the food you will ever
cat, down to the last crumb that will be put
in your mouth In tho dying sacrament. It
may not be just the kind of food or apparel
we would prefer.' The sensible parent de
pends on his own judgment as to what ought
to be the apparel end tho food of tho minor in
tbo family. The ohild would aay: “Give mo
sugars and confections.” “Ob, no,”. says the
patent, “you must have something plainer
Id eayi
child
sronld
flat,” Tho
“Ob, give me then great
blotches of color io tbo garment.” “No,"
■ays the parent, “that wouldn’t be suitable.”
Now, God la our Father and sra are minora,
and He ia going to clothe and fead us,
although Ho may not always yield to oar In
fantile wish for sweet* and glitter. These
ravena of tho text did not bring pomegranates
from the glittering platter of King Ahab.
They brought bread and meat. God had all
tho heavens and tho earth before Him
and nnder Him, and yet be sends this plain
food, because it waa boat for Elijah to have it.
Ob, be strong, my hearer, In the fact, that the
same God is going to supply yon! It Is nerer
“herd tune*’’ with Him. His ship* nevsr
break on the rocks. Hla banks never foil.
He be* the supply for yon nnd he
bus the means for sending It. Ho has not only
the cargo bnt the ship. If it wore necessary
Ho would swing out from the heavens e flock
of ravens reaching from His gate to yours,
until tbo food would bo flung down tho sky
from beak to beak and from talon to talon.
Notice again in tbla story of thotoil that
the ravena did not allow Elijah to hoard up a
surplus. Thoy did not bring onough on Mon
day to last all the week. They did not bring
juat enough for ono time. Yon
as I, that the great fret of tho world la that wo
want a surplus—wo want tho ravena to bring
enough for fifty years. Yon havo more confi
dence In the Fulton bank or Nassau bank or
bank of England than yon have in tho royal
bank of heaven. Yon say :“AU that Is very pootlo
bnt you may have the black -ravens;- give mo
tho gold eaglea," We had better bo content
with Just enough. If in the morning yodr
family eat up all the food there la lu the
bouse, do not ait down and cry and aay;
“I don’t know whore tho next meal
la to oome from.” About five or six or seven
o’clock in the morning, Jnat look np and yon
will see two black spot* on the iky, and you
will hear the flapping of wings, and Instead
of Edgar A. Toe's insane raven slighting on
the chamber deor, “only this end nothing
more,” yon will And Elueh’s two ravens, or
the two revens of the Lord, the one bringing
bread and the other bringing meat—plumed
hatcher end baker.
God la Infinite In resource. When the city
of Rochelle tree besieged end the inhabitants
were dying of the famine, the tide* washed
np on the beech aa never before, and as never
•ince, enough shell flab to food the whole
city. God le good. There ia no mistake
about that. History tells ua that in 1555 in
England there we* a great drought. The
crop* failed, but in Essex, on tho rucks, In a
place where they had neither sown nor cul
tured, a greet crop of peu grew until they
filled a hundred measures; end there were
blossoming vines enough, promising as unoh
Incident, Some gauaratlona bock there was a
great drought In Connecticut, New England.
The water disappeared from the hills, and the
farmers living on tho hills drove their cattle
down toward the valleys and had them sop-
plied at tho wallaaad fountains of tbs nelgU-
Bnt these, alter awhilejbejan to fill,
and the neighbors said to Hr. Birdseye, of
srbom I shall speak: "Yon must not Mud yonr
Hooka and bards down bore any more, onr
wella aro glviag ont," Mr. BlrdMye, the old
Christian men, gathered hi* family at the altar,
and with his family he gathered the slaves of
the household—for bondage waa then In vogue
In Connecticut—and on their knees before God
they cncd for water: and the family story
Is, that then waa weeping and gnat Bob
bing at that altar that tho family
might not perish for lack of water, and that
tho horde and flocks might not perish. Tho
family rote from the altar. Hr. Birdnyo, the
old man, took hla staff and walked ont over
the hllla, and In a place where ho had bean
•cores of times without noticing anything par
ticular, he saw tbs ground was very dark, and
be took hla staff and turned np tho ground
and water started;and he beckoned to hUMrv-
ants, and they came and they brought petit
and backets nntil and all the
family and all tha flocks and the hard* were
cared for, and then thoy mad* troughs reach
ing from the piece down to the homo and
barn, and the water flowed end it lea living
fountain today.
Now, I call that old grandfather, Elijah,
and 1 call that brook that began to roll then,
and ia rolling still, the brook Cborith; and'
tbo lesson to fate and to all? who hear it. In,
when yon are ia great etnas of circumstances
and dig, dig and pray, and pny
dig. How doe* that pa*.
pray
and
sago go? “Tbo mountains shall depart and tha
tills bo removed, but my loving kindness shell
not fail.” If jour merchandise, if yonr mech
anism, If yonr husbandry fail, look ont for
ravena. If yon havo in yonr despondency
put God qn trial and condemned Him as gall-'
ty of cruelty, I move this morning for a now
trial. If the biography of yonr life is ever
svr’tten, I will tell you wbat the first chapter
and tho middle.chapteT and the last chapter
will bo about, if it is sulttan accurately,- Tha
lint chapter ebont mercy, the middle chapter
about mosey, Ur* lest chapter about more?.
The mercy that hovered over yonr cradle.
The mercy that will hover over your grave.
The mercy that will cover ail bat ween.
Again, this story or the text Improasee me
that relief came to this prophet with the most
unexpected end with Mmingly impassible
conveyance. If it hed bran a robin-
redbreast or a musical meadow
lark or a meek tnrtladova or a anblima ala-
hatrosa that bad brought the food to Elijah,
it would not hava baas «o surprising. Bat no.
It waa a bird so flares end issue pleat* that sra
have fashioned one of oer meat forceful and
repnlai7* creeds ont of It—ravanoos. Teat
bird haa a Marion for picking ont tha eyes of
mca and of aaimala. It Iotm to maul th*
tick and the dying. It ewsllewa with _vul-
tironegnaale everything It can put itt book
am; tad yet all the food Elijah gets for six
months or a year is from ravens. 8# year
supply is going to com* from an unexpected
fool yonr Independence, end
bio before God, and yon cry i
in heaven. Tho black provrdi
source. Yon think some great-hearted, gen
erous men will com* along end give you hie
nemo on tho back of yonr note, or ho srlll go
security for yon in some great enterprise. No,
he trill not. God sril! open tho heart of oome
Shylock toward! yon. Year relief will oome,
from tho moet unexpected quarter. Tho
Providence which teemed ominous will be to
you more thaujthetlwhich seamed auspicious.
It will not be a chaffinch with breast and
wing dashed with white end brown and cheat-
nut; it trill be e black raven.
Here If where we all make our mistake, and
that Is in regard to tho color of God’* provi
dence. A white providenco oome* to ua and
wo say: “O, It is mercy!” Then a black prov
idence comes toward ns and wo aay: Ob,
that it disaster!” Tho white provideno*
cornea to yon, and you havo great baainoai
anoeesa, and yon have fifty thousand dollars,
and yon get proud, and yon get independent
of God; and yon begin to fool that the prayer,
“give me this day my daily breed,” lx inap
propriate for yon, for yon havo made provision
for a hundred years. Then a black provi
dence cornea; and it asreepa everything away,
and then you begin to prey, end yon begin to
independenoe, and begin to be hum-
out for treasures
Jones brought yon
salvation. Tho white providence brenghFyou
ruin. That whloh scorned to be berth and
fierce and dissonant srhs yonr greatest matey.
It waa a raven.
There was e child born In yonr hones. All
yonr friends congratulated you. The other
children of the fomlly stood amazed looking
at tho now comer, and asked a gnat many
question!, genealogical end chronological.
Yon laid—nnd yon said truthfully—that s
white angel flew through tho room nnd left
tho little ono there. That little one stood
with its two foot in tho very center of yonr
sanctuary of affection, nnd with
its two bands it took hold
of the altar of yonr aonl. But one day thoie
came one of tho three aeonrgM of children—
scarlet fever, or croup, or diphtheria—and all
that bright scene vanished. Tho chattering,
tho strange ooeatlons, tho polling at the
dresses as yon crossed the
floor — alt ceased. Aa the great
friend of children atooped down and leaned
towards that cradle, and took the llttio ono
in bis arma and walked away with it into tha
bower of eternal anmmer, yonr eye began to
follow Him, and yon followodth* treasure He
carried, and yon bavo been following thorn
evor sine?; and instead of thinking of heaven
josly once a week, aa formerly, yon are think
ing of It nil tho time, and you aro more pure
and tender-hearted then you used to be, end
yon ere patiently waiting for the daybreak.
It Is not self righteousness iayou to acknowl;
edge that you are a better mu than yen usod
do be. Yon ere a better woman than yon used
lobe. Whet wee it that brought you th*
reunifying blessing? Oh, it was tbo dark
shadow on the nursery; it waetbodarkahadow
on tbo abort grave; it was tha dark shadow on
your broken hoart; it was tho brooding of e
greet black trouble; it was* raven—it was a
raven! Dear Lord, teeoh this people that
wlille providences do not always mean ad-
vancemant, and that black providences da
not always mean retrogression.
Children of God, get np ont of yonr despon
dency. The Lord neverhad to many ravens
as bo has this morning. Fling yonr fret ud
worry to tho winds. Sometime* under th*
vexations of llfo yon feel like my little girl
of four yetra, who laid nnder eome childish
vexalion, “Ob, I wish I conld go to heaven
ud sen God ud pick flowers I” He will let
yon go when tne right time comes to pick
flowers. Until then, whatever yon went, prey
for. I suppose Elijah prayed pretty much all
the time. Tremendous work boulnd him.
Tremendous work before him. God hat no
•pare ravene for idlers or for peoplo who aro
pnyarlett. I put It In the boldMt shape possi
ble ud I am willing to risk my eternity on
It; ask God in the right way for what yon
want, and yon shall havo it If'it is beat for
yon, Ur*.' Juo Tithoy, of Chicago,
a well-known Chriatlen woman, was
left by bar husband * widow with on* half
dollar and a eottago. She was palaled ud hU
a mother ninoty year* of age to support The
widowed toul every day aeked God for all
that was needed in the honsehold, and the
servant even waa aatonlahed at tho precision
with which God answered th*
u, item by Item, item by item. One day
rising from the family altar the eervant said:
“You have not asked for coal ud the coal ia
ont” Then they stood ud preyed for the
coal. Ona hoar after that tha Mrvut throw
open the door ud said; “Th* coal haa ooma.”
A generous mu, whose namo I conld give
you, bad s*nt—aa never before ud never
•ince—supply ofcoaL Yu cannot under
stand It. Ido. Ravena] Ravena!
My friend, yon have a right to argno
from precedent that God la goleg to take
car* of you. Hu Ho not done It
two or three times every day? That
ia moat marvellous. I look beck end I wonder
that God hu given me food throe times a day
regularly all my lifetime, never mUsing bnt
onoe, end then I was lost in tbomouotainej
bnt that very morning nnd that very night I
met tbo ravent.
O, the Lord U to good that I wUh ail thU
people would trust Him srith tho two IIvm—
the lilt yon an now ltvlng ud that which
every tick of the watek ud every stroke of
tho clock Informs yoniU approaching. Broad
for yonr immortal tool comas today. Sea!
Thoy alight on the platform. They aught oe
the backs of all the pewe. They awing among
tho arches. Ravens! Ravens! “Biassed are
n thet hunger after righteousnees, for they
bo filled." To all the sinning and the
sorrowing and the tempted, dellvoranoo comee
this hour. lawk down, and yon eu nothing
bnt your spiritnel deformities. Look baok end
you us nothing bnt wetted opportunity. Cast
yonr eye forward and yon havo a fearful look
ing for of Judgment and' fiery indignation
which shell devour the adverury. Bnt look
np and yon behold the whipped ehonldon of
as Interceding Christ and tha fee* of a pardon
ing God and tbs irradiation of an opening
heaven. I hear the whirr of their wings. Do
yon not feel the rash of tho sir on yonr cheek?
Hatch •! Havens!
There U only one question I wut to uk:
now many of this audience aro willing to
trust God for the supply of their bodice, and
trust tbo Lord Jena Christ for tha redemption
of their Immortal aouU? Amid tha clatter of
tbs boofo and the clang ol tha whaaU of tha
Judgment chariot tbo whole matter will be
demonstrated.
Only One of u Thousand.
Nicholson, Ge, Jane 15,1888.—The Swift
the utire surface from the knee to the ankle.
The discharge of bloody inter was oontinual,
end I suffered the moet intcnu pain for many
Jean. I conld not sleep •ctreely at
night end a greater portion of
the time I conld not walk except
on crutches. In tarn I need ebont ell the
selvee, ointments, sarsaparilla* and Mood pa-
riflert that I could hear or, and waa treated by
a number of physicians without obtaining re
lief. A pasting commercial traveler advised
me to try Swifi'a Specific. I finally did to. I
bgve used only half dosen bottles, and my lag
U sound again, and than it scarcely eny sign
of my terrible and long protracted sanction
left. I can walk aa well at evor, without the
use of e cane even, and occasionally spend a
day in plowing. My neighbor* all know of
my affliction and will join me in bearing Wit
ness to the greet cure wrought by 8.8. 8.
I). B. Moholy.
We witnessed a foul proceeding from the window
ofnur office one dag tht» week. A ban walked by.
—Newnun Independent.
The Debility Prednred lay |M*leris
end thedlaeeu ttaelf ere elfcctoallg remedied by
the Liebig Co.’l Coes Beef Tonic. Bewore of imt-
tattoos. "Mg patients derived marked and decid
ed benefit from It,” Mgs Professor If. K. CARXO-
CHAN. M. D., LL D, aamaoq-ln-cMtf N. Y. BUM
hospitals. He., ace. Invaluable In dgipepet*. bU-
BEISY HAMILTON
Viattn White path, and Telia What 8ha Saw at
That l’Xaee.
Me and Cousin Fink and Caledonoy, nnd
amongst nt, ia all boon off on another “big
tear,” as pap calls it. You too, wo.waa in At
lanty, and n gang waa gwlne np to Whito
Path, and nothin' would do ’em but wo’ns
moat fine ’em and go, too. Nairy ona of aa
didn’t know no moro’n tho man in the moon
whar White Path was, and I was about to
blab it ont, when Ca'odony she nudged me
not to let on-flowed if wo didn’t toll it folk!
wouldn’t know it. “I toll yon, Betty,” My*
she, “when I’m in a crowd of town folk*, I
never let* on like I don’t know nothin'.
They inginnoriy thinks they’ve got ell the
Muse that’s s gwinc, and I, for one, beio’t n
gwine to pleasure ’em by expleyln’ of my ig-
nonce.”
An nobody couldn't ’or tell bnt what Cal.
had been tbar many a time.
White Path It at the send of the Marietty
end North Georgy toed, sway np yandar,
ninety miles above Atlanty. And hit’s abont
as pretty a place when it haint n rainin’ as
yon ever sot yonr eyes on—'pntt mo in a mind
of Chandler*! springs, with its oool, shady
branch, end the water Is the best that ever
went in yonr month. One Spring is Iron end
'tother freestone—both of ’em foe cold to bold
yonr hand in. They say folks don’t git sick
np thar, and if they go ther sick, the
well ’fore they know it, and It pushes
•omen to git enough for ’em to eat.
We went to Marietty, nnd thar we taken
the Marietty and Georgy kare—loaetwaya, tha
kars taken us. Well, n big crowd jlnod us
thar, and wo had a band of mutio In a kar
behind, and Cousin Pink ah* ’lowed was “a
hood of the muilo”—Cousin Pink moat login-
nerly is.
Folks kep’ a gittln' on nil the way along,
and Caledony the kep’ on a wonderin’ whar
Mis' Robertson woe a gwino to nnt ’em all to
Sleep; and when we got thar, Mis’ Robertson
ebo wondered, too, and tho folke wondered,
and soma of ’em took it ont wonderin’ nnd
wondored around all night, ’kin sho nevor
bed room to bed ’em all; yon lee, ebo novor
got her bade end things from Atlanty—they
•cut her the stida without the elate, and aba
had to pot tho folks on tho floor to sloop, nnd
it reined when they fetched the mattreMes
from the train, and got ’em wot, and thoy had
to ileep on wet beds, and it 'peared to throw a
damper over ther fcoline. Bat eome of nt
had to much fon nothin’ oonldn't hurt onr
feelins. There wasn't hat fifteen In oar
room, countin' of tho ehillen, and laavla’ ont'
the (angof.gale that atreamad in and ont all
night. We’une piled around ever which svay
on the bed* and on tho floor and tried to sleep.
i chlllun. Bt
billon that
_ light
Hit' Italncrow’s, bnt evor body that
come in ran agin tha oot, and thorn wasn't no
sleep for her nor nobody else. The gang in
tbe Mttln’ room waa obieeged to Mt up. They
had no place to sleep, and long as they
conldn’t sleep, they detarmln nobody olso
shouldn’t sleep nuther, so they played on
tbst orgin ell night, and Cal. she 'lowed if
anybody conld sloop with that ’ere orgin a
twine, Mvcn claps of thunder and a siclono to
boot, wouldn’t wake ’em, end if that totber
crowd snug, ebo waa a gwine to ting, too. So
ber end I end Cousin Pink, end - amongst ns
Mt np a opposition song, end you could or
hcatn us * milo.
Alter wo hashed e elngln’, then Celedony
•he ’lowed: “Gale, my right bond etches,
wbat’s that the sign of?” and Miu Whitt-yon
msy-call-her, over in tothor cordnor, jumnt
np and ran teroM and aback hand* with Csl.,
and 'lowed; “Why, hit's a sign you're a
gwine to shako bands with a stranger, and
I’m the stranger,’’ and her end Cel.. shuck
binds for ever etch a time. Then Cel,’• left
hind sot Into cachin’, nnd sho told Cal.toepit
In it and pat it in hor pocket, and she'd be
ihbre to git a present* Cousin .Pink eh*
.'lugedebe Snowed a tree sign, end all hands
ris up to hear it. “Well, it’s this,” says she,
“Kf wo'nne stay awako ail night, it’s a shore
sign we will be esrake in themorainV’
“Lcse all both end go to slcep,"Mys Celt-
dony/end when wo all hnihed, ebo was the
foM to speak, end that’s the way It went on
all night.
Wo’Ona kep’ a tight a hornin’ In onr room
(Conein Pink eho can’t sleep in the dork).
Once they taken the light ont end she most
taken a fit, end yelled plain tel they fotahed
taken s fit, and yelled pram tel they fotahed
It back. That gang in the Mttln' room kep* s
perusin' in and ont of war room all night, a
lain' of their bangs and a fillin’ of their
facts plum foil of chalk, and evory Urns
they’d torn np the light Mis' Hmitb, over in
tho cornder, would give a groan anaeaytho
light sra* a killin’ of ber eye*.
One of the gals wanted spin, end tother
wanted s hairpin, and Caledony aha ris np
qulok and gin it to 'em and turned down tho
Baht, to try to aloap, and ia a minute thoy
was both back again and wanted southin'
Iso, and Cousin Pink the groaned and
owedjJ’In the language of old Mias Eresh-
ura, Thar’s no rest for tho wicked;’” And
letll ris up and rang another long, and kep'
ua aalngin’ and a tingin’, and then set Into
tcHiss’ fanny things, end Caledony end Conein -
Pink Jlat tried they fool Mlves to see what all
they eoold do and aay to heap t’other* awake,
and we’nna laughed and wont on thar plom
tel bread open daylight*
All that time tho gang In tbs Mttln’ room
wta e alngin' and a playin’ on tho orgin, and a
Markin’, and a talkin', and a courtin', and
didn't know nor didn’t koer what time o'
it It waa,
irt of the crowd went to Ellljey that
night throngbtbo mndand rain; but thoy
coma beak next merain’ to the sale. It trad-
a bad time to Mil, bnt tbe Iota wont from fltfl
to (50, and they aay White Path ia gwino to
bnild np. and the ruu thing a body knows it
Will bo tbe Sarrptogy of tho south.
Mis’Bobenon’a done added savers 1 condi
tion! to ber houM, and lot* of folks ia a gwine
op tber to drink tbst water end look et tho
mountings, and hnnt and flab, and ant her
fried chickens, and live cheaper then they
can at homo.
Them folks np thar la Iky Roberson's kin-
nery, nnd Celedony 'lowed tbst wae tho rea
son they was so clever. Iky be fetched us
the invite, end tbe trip never oostne nothin'.
Some of ’em ’lowed if it. hed we wouldn’t
cr went. Bnt that trip is worth paying for
Rat to tee tha pretty country from the kare.
We seed tbe clouds below the mountings, and
the gale most Ubem a fit over thorn big while
rhododendron bioeeomi on the creek at White
Path. Wo’nne gathered a whole ptaMl of’em
end fetched ’em book to Atlanty, end cornin’
along on tbo kare, warns mighty aleepy, and
I and Caledony nodded, and them beers, Cep
Dewberry ona Iky Bobenea laughed at us
and tormented ua,and wonldn’tlat ns nod.
Wo beam some Yankees a talkin' abawt
"White Perth” and “Atlantar” sad “Ala-
banner,” and ona of ,am 'lowed tbo southern
folks was all laay; and I tall yon, that waked
Caledony np. Bba waa mad, and wanted to
tell him it wasn’t ao, but ah* Mid sho kuowed
thar waa a heap of truth In It. and aha
wouldn't try to argyfy tbo pint srith him,
■kaso ho didn’t know none bnt tho rlob, laay
folke, and be sot it down that they waa all
laay, bnt ir he conld *eo how hard wo’nns
oil worked at bone, tho pile* of cltthea mo
and ber washed and bong out tha day bafor*
we left home, and if he could see bow tired
buddy and pap came* in aometimM from th*
cornfield; ba’dehasgc bis tan*.
I Ml yon, tho Yankee* knows how to
work. A woman on tha train knit all the
way. She never loot no time. Well, wo v*
got to go homo nowand goto work, toe, to
l >y op for this frolic. But wo ere bound to
goto White Path epriogs again. If we git
aich another chance. Barov Hamilton,
BOBSPOBD’ii ACID PIIOXPIIATK.
Advantageous In Djrspamln.
Dr. G. V. Dotsxr, Plqul, Ohio, Myi: “I
havo need it ia dyspepsia with vary marked
benefit. If there la deficiency of add n the
stomach, nothing effort* more rolled while the
action on tho ntnrooa system U decidedly
beneficial.*
2S?
BULL’S SARSAPARILLA,
jTHE LIVER DYSPEPSIA
*.™* * Ikf'BTlMVr appetite; faint qnawfng fnflnp
cleans* Imparities of tie blood. Bp /fr -i at pH of the stomach, heartburn, wind in th*
rtgolarttp In Us action or sutptntons Utomach. bad breath, bad taste in th* mouth.
" J?J un r Ctl0 u? Ue H* P 0,,0n * “• Hood, »/wr spirits, general prostration. Then it
causing jaundice, sallow completion, meat | no form of disease more prevalent than Dvt-
OTOO. bilious diarrhoea, a languid, near/ J pepsia. and it can in all cateo be traced to
fooling, and man/ other distressing strop- f an enfeebled or poisoned condition of tho
toasgeporall/termed liter troubles, these\ blood. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA b/ cleansing
br cf BU . U fl andpurif/ing the blood, tones up the digsL
SARSAPARILLA the great blood reentrant j tire organs, and relief 1$ obtained at Saco.
yon? IumHmS to !>• tbdWl
luffocturpiifor tb«enroot ficro/u)*
tCoES JAMES MOO BE, LoutorttM, Xy.
, KIDNEYS JPTYVfYnl EOHOFULA
Are the great secretor/ organs cf \ SDi-iK-I^JXJ I Is a peculiar morbid condition of
^J&Z£5X!!*A _THg"lW l«‘ •rctcm.-cauuddrect,/ ft
tuning poisonous matter taken from thes/s- Mt
tern. It tho Kidncjsdonotactproptrl/ ihis to
matter Is retained and poisons tho blood, atl
THE
• system, cc
purities bs
impurities In tho blood or
of sufUcent nourishment furnished
. . the e/stem through the blood, usual!/
i retained and poisons the blood, affecting \ the glands, often resulting, in
adache,weakness,paininthesmall swellings? enlarged Joints, abscesses, sere
/loin*, flushee of heat, chills, with eras, blotch/eruptions on the face or neck.
disordered stomach aid bowels. BULL'S Erysipelas isahntoitandlseftenmistaken
SARSAPARILLA acts as a diuretic on tho for Scrofula as it comes from the same cause,
Kidnert and bowels, and direct!/ on the Impure blood. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA b/.
blood ao well, • causing the dreat or- porif/ing tho blood and toning up tho e/ttem
gone of Me bod/ to rosumo their natural forces the Impurities from the Hood and
funotiene, and health Is at once restored. cleanses the e/etea through the regular
9n.JnwwllmA—IhaveaMdltmiWSsauTfe channels,
TH08.HIIXHTLIlY.llo.evIlle.nl. ISalBgtjl
BULL'S 8AR8APARILLA. natenta. ornmT^
BULL;3 WORM DESTROYER. ' tJt We „ Mata Street Louievlfle.Kr
BULL'S SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP*? , at prst BOTTLE,'
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Merchant! and Farmers treating Ginning Machinery con save consldorablo money by
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MUST BE CLOSED OUT
a tan early date. Onr Machine* aro all
P I li S "T - GLASS
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THE SOUTHERN AGRICUTURAL WORKS, Atlanta, Ga.
June 6-W
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(Established In ItlS-L .W* 8*hoql ln th.
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at price* io atilt tha tlmea, _
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