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Sam Jones’ Saying?, flora are a few gems from ser mons recently delivered by R.y. ■ ■ •’ i Joins in Mississippi: C’linstianity is tlie science of life. kjci boys keep quiet or gel out. WifJi a co nsec rated go si old rno liior it is impossible lor children to bo dragged to hell. God pity the child that bus u giddy', Godless mo ther. now, don’t you lee! mean, you old devil, you. lo bo saved means to be put in harmony with God, and lobe put in harmony with God means the dischaige of every Christian duly, A preacher who does not hold family prayer ain’t tit lo be pastor cfa litter of pups. Where there is Glirislianity, ♦J o e you will dud life. Some ol you v, ill go off and criii vise. :ou bladder mouthed fools, v, ho cares what you think? Salvation is some! ting that niak a mai look at a thing and ask i! it is right, and if it is wrong he will rather die than to do it. Brother Black there don’t want any more members in his church, for half oi those he's got ain’t worth killing. I tell you a cross is something to die on. The only diiTerence between the Baptists and the Methodists is the difference between high cock-a-lo rum and low-cock-a-highrem. Being baptized amounts to noth ing unless it means something. If any one don’t believe what I say, and will tell me so lo my face i will give him a hat, and some dentist a job of replacing his teeth tram wisdom tooth down. I, ihe biggest fish that swims. The penitent sinner is the man who falls down, jumps up, rubs his shins and goes a-runnitig. Doing good to others and being unselfish is the best evidence of a Christian. You are all black-mouthed dev ils who belong to the church, and when the yellow fever came were white witn fear. The religion needed is that which is left and acted at home. I don’t know anything too bad for you old mangy hounds who re fused to vote against the damnabte whisky traffic. ' The reflex inlluence of a kind act has more of the power of religion in it than any revival meeting you ever attended. I don't know who is this fellow’s spiritual daddy. Do net frown upon and condemn the erring; have patience with each others’faults —You old skunk, you! We must help each other and work together as brot her* —I don’t care whether people like my illus trations or not, so they come to Lear me. The important point is to get them to take the medicine. If 1 was a physician, and a fellow came to me with coated tongue and a bilious appearance, I would pro se riLe calomel; and he might say that he l l ad no more confidence in it than chalk, hut if I could get about ten grains of it down him, day would break early for him the next morning,—We want that re- iligien that will make us stick to a brtlhertill the world burns down. —A bigh-liconse preacher w o \’t be in hell ten minutes before the dev il will have him saddled and bri dled, riding him around ami exfiib iting him as a curiosity.—What w need is every Christian to work Barents can not be too careful of the character of the books their 1 children read.—lf any merchant hero keeps open during these meet ings, it will be some little fifteen eonts-jkin-a ilea for-his- hide ancl taliow .member of some church.— It you eee a drunken man, go not spurn him, but take him up, carry him home and just take care of him and try lo reform hiru.—Just mash their mouths and you’ve got ’em,—The Lord can catch these in fidels/ the only trouble is, he hard ly has a hook small enough lor them to swallow.—The conscious ness ot doing good to others is the happiest and most consoling feel ing a man can have.—l can put a hundred of these little infidels in my vest pocket and nsver know they are there except I fall for my tooth-pick.—Selfishness is the bane of life.— VVJiat are you old Presbyterians kicking about—you old possum-eared hounds? Live ones kick—dead ones don’t. If a man was to come lo my town and talk about my church like I have yours, I would either cowhide him or build anew church,—Find me a man who is not after money and I’ll swallow him whole. General Mews. The black vomit has made ifs appearance at Vera Cruz, New Mexico.—Emperor William's re view of (he English fleet off Spit head, has been fixed for August 5. —The town of Zbaraz, in Austrian Galicia, -was almost entirely de stroved by fire recently. Many liv es were lost—The total amount of contribution* received by Governor Beaver of Harrisburg, for fha flood of the Johnstown sufferer* ta date is about $700,000. —Three of Capf. Wiseman’s steamers are reported to have been lost on the Benadeir coast. German-men of-war have gone in search of ihe missing ves sels.—A dispatch front the City of Mexico says: The roof of the Merc ed market fell in Friday, burying nearly forty persons. Four dead and fourteen wounded have al ready been taken out. Soldiers are removing the rubbish and search ing for the bodie*.—Lieut. Frank Reeves Heath, U. S- N., died at Mare island naval hospital, near San Francisco, Cal., last month. He was one ot the survivors of the wrecked-man-01-war, Yandalia, al Samoa, He had been suffering for weeks from disease contracted at Apia, and a week ago was taken down with an attack of compound pneumonia.—Camillo Bougatti, awaiting trial in Now York city for the murder of Francisco Sanevifo, whom he killed on the 22nd, of May, committed . suicide in the Tombs by hanging, last month. With a piece of rope taken from his bed-tick, he made a noose and at taching one end to a sewer pipe run ning across the ceiling of his cell he stood on bis bed, placed his bead in the ro-se ami swung <ff A Chicago paper con-aim the fol lowin paragraph; “The anrvivorsot t ■ Johnstownflood are throwing then flibiai and openly cßaGaiming any !.s lief in divine providence. Men a:d women, who saw their loved ones swept away and drowned, have in their desperation, 4nrned their batksonre iigion. The great eu amity has made more atheists thuu a century of lager soiistu could have dono.” A dispatch from Tnscon, Arz., save; “The preliminary hearing cf the parties who robbed Pay mas’er YVhann, was commenced Wednesday afternoon. Gilbert and Wilford Webb, M E. Cunningham, Matt Fo’latt, Ly man Boihtt, Thomas Lamb ami Dr vid Itigera were held to anr-wer before the graud jury. Edward Follet was discharged. All the parties held were i iemifed and a large amount of eir eunest: n'ial evidence adduced against them. Other partite will probably be a rested toon.” A Grand Sight ot the Czar’s Army at St. Petersburg—Armed Mca Re viewed by the Emperor. If you wish to sea military Russia in all its glory and epic luxury, you must take your place in the first days f April on one of tbote tribunes which rise at the extroinity of the Camp de Mars on both sides of the imperial pavilion. Society meets there to assist at the grand spring leview. All the gnard is massed fcofoie us — 2U.000 meu at least, and perhaps more. Other states may pride themselves ou a military force equivalent to thi, but none can show a force so magnificent and picturesque ia aspect. All the races and ail the arms @f this varied empire are abont to defile before our eyes, Irons these nb!e Chevalier guards, who sevru to h tvo bo?n resus citated from the romantic Middle Ag es, down to the Kirgheez of the Asiat ic steppa, who are still pagans. “At tention!” Thousands of voices have transmitted the same wor tof com mand. “The Emperoi!” He appears yonder at the corner of the Camp de Mars. The moment he has sees all the flags flutter, all the band* join in one formidable chorus to send Heaven ward the sounds of the national hymn “ood sa T e the Czar.” The emperor arrives at a gentle gallop. Behind him follows an escort which snakes many hearts beat amongst the fair public of the tribunes. It is a gath ering of the most illustrious nams and the fines', horsemen of the Russian nobility. All the armies of the world have contributed to form this staff The Hungarian magnate rides aide by side with the Japanese military at. tache, the French kepi salutes thefez of the Mussulman bey. The Master passes along the front ef his troops; the empress follows in an open bar ouche. At the approach of tbeir ma jesties the baud of each regiment re sumes the hymn with wild fury—a hurricane of harmony, whioh accoaa panics and envelopes the imperial pro cession. The traditional salutati ms are exchanged between the ezar and hie soldiers, “good day, children.” “We arc happy to do well for your Irn perial Majesty.” The sovereign stops before the tri bune of the graad Duchesses; he giv<s the signal, and the march past begins. At the head are the platoons of the Asiatic eeaert, eastern and wild Mns sia, Mussulmans from Khiva and Buk hara, Tcherkesses, Persians, Mongols and Caucasians. These primitive war rors, armed with lances and 6'eel (Contiaued on fib page.) Ifm !\/r:n s|* AVsW il 0 W JsVdoAhLJLiJaLklX|y) d Qj* . 9 James T. Comer, Maysville, :::::: GEOiGI a Has Employed A First C.ass CVvO 'wv- P VAVvVk V VwV \krW yVv w *\ -.jJ With a New Stock of Hat* from New Y ork am! Baltimore of tie • attc.t styles, from the finest to the cheapest. Also hue llreea Good*. Rib hem aud Laces, Kid Gloves, Embroideries, Corsets : all kinds. In fact a Complete monk bt fanev notions. Shops, jiats nd Clothing, lobacco, Stapiv Giofccr ies, and Harness and Leather. All Kinds of Drugs and Patent Medicines, COMER’S GUARANTEE CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE, S'andard *nd Pacific Kerocene, Maohine and Castor Oil*, by tb# bo-tle r gallon. Agsnt fjir Athens Factory goods, and msy mori. A D. Boone’s Georgia Test and Acid Work’s Pure Bone, Kerman’s Soluble Bone aud Ksia ical Guano. The beet line of gnanos in the united states, prices as cheap as the cheapest. Boeder of fifteen varieties ot fancy Ducks, Chickens and Geese. Eggs for sale. Gunnels, Power & Cos., ,— * —LIARMON7- GROVE/ — ■— * DEALERS IN ? m Plantation Supplies. awl We Keep in stock & full supply of good and fresh goods. W# can not he surpassed in Quality and Duranility. We buy at lowest market figures; we defy competition in prices. We want only a living profit on our sales. We do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we wish to accumulate their fortune*. We are receivine dailv, a full supply of our Customers every day want*. g£F“ Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Prices. Hardman & Comp’ny, HarMONy GrOVE DEALERS IX HardwarE & Cutl’rY. Our Lino of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, Ee., cannot be tcuid in better Quality and Durability, Elsewhere. We&Uo keep a good line ot guns for the fall trade. Cali and examine our stock and prioos. 19