The Pulaski Citizen from Pulaski, Tennessee • 1

8te A 1 my VOL. XXXI. PULASKI, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1889. NO 45 13 A iv 1 C-- 1 II .11 MM Ii ROME AND TEE HOLY IAN13 DB.

TALMAGE GIVES SOME LESSONS APROPOS TO HIS TRIP ABROAD. Tl Voyage from Time to Eternity There Matt Be aa Anchor of Hop Sure and Stead but, Enthualaeaa Mut Fill the Souls moA God'. Holy Spirit the Pilot. New York, oi Board the City or Paris, Oct 29. The Rev.

T. De Witt Talmage, D. of Brooklyn, on hia, embarkation for the Holy Land by the steamer City of Paris, addressed his 1 millions of friends through the press, taking for his text Acta xx, S8: "And they accompanied him unto the ship." His sermon is printed below at full lengths lo the more than twenty-five million people in many countries to whom my sermons come week by week, in English tongue and by translation, im-ougn me junaoess or we newspa- er press, I aa areas itxem words. I ictute them to a stenographer on the eve or my departure for the Holy Land, Palestine. When you read this sermon I will be mld-Atlantia I go to be gone a few weeks on a religious I journey.

I go because 1 want for my- i WHi and hearers and readers to Bee lem, and Calvary, and all the other unccs connected with the tumour ifo aixl death, and so reinforce mvself fpr sermons. I go also because I am writing the 'Life of Christ," and can 1 be more accurate and graphic when I have been an eyewitness of th sacred places. lYay for my auccessf ul jour- neving and my safe return. 1 wish on the eve of departure" to pronounce a loving "benediction upon all my friends in high places and low, upon congregations to whom my ser- mons are read in absence of pastors, upon groups gathered out on prairies and in mining districts, upon all sick and invalid and aged oneswho cannot attend churches, tut to whom. I have 1 i At nnig auniinmerea tnrougntne printed pnge.

My next sermon will be addressed to you from Iiome, Italy, for I feollike Paul when he said: 'So. as much as in me is, I am ready to preach nio vj yuu iutti art? at xvome al so." The fact is that Paul was ever moving about on land or uea. He was an old siiilor not from occupation, but from frequency of travel. I think ho could have taken aveBsol across the Mediterranean as well as some of tho ship captains. The sailors never seolred at him for being "land lubber." If Paul's advice had been taken, the crew would never have gone aahoro at Melita.

THE MAttlSKB'S HOPE AND CONFIDENCE. When the vessel weni scudding under bare poles Paul was the only self possessed man on board, anu, turning to the excited crew and despairing passengers, he exclaims, in a voice in in, sounos aoovo ine inunaer or tne tempest and the wrath of the sea: "Bo of good cheer." The men who now go to tea with maps and charts and modern compass, warned by buoy and lighthouse, know nothing oi the perils of ancient navi- Sation. Horace said that the man who rst ventured on the sea must have had a heart bound with oak and triple brass. People then ventured only from headland to headland and from island to island, and not until long after spread their sail for a voyage across tne sea. Before starting, the weather was watched, and, the vessel having been hauled up on thp shore, the mariners placed their shoulders against the stern of the ship and heaved it off, they at tho last moment leaping into it.

Vessels were then chiefly ships of burden tho transit of passengers being the exception for the world was not then migratory aa in our day, when "the first desire of a man in one place seems to be to get into another place. The ship from which Jonah was thrown overboard, and that in which Puul was carried prisoner, went out chiefly with the idea of taking a cargo. As now, so then, vessels were accustomed to carry a flag. In those times it was inscribed with tho name of a heathen deity. A vessel bound for flvmcuse had on it tho Inscription "Castor and Pollux." The ships were provided with anchors.

Anchors were of two kinds those that were dropped into tne soa, and those that were thrown up onto the rocks to hold the vessel fast. This Inst kind was what Paul alluded to when he said "Which hope we have as an anchor of the sou, both sure antL, steadfast and which entereth Into tiat within tjis vail." That was what the sailors, call a "hook anchor. The rocks and sand bars, shoals and headlands, not being mapped out, vessels earned a plumb line. They would drop it and find the water fifty fathoms, and drop it again and find it forty fathoms, and drop it again and find it thirty fathoms, thus discovering their near approach to the shore. OOD'8 WONDEBS IN THE PEEP.

In the spring, summer and autumn the Mediterranean sea was white with the wings of ships, but at the first wintry blust they nied themselves to the nearest harbor, although now the world's commerce prospers in January as well as in June, and in mid-winter, all over the wide and stormy deep, there float palaces of light trampling the billows under foot, and showering the sparks of terrible furnaces on the wild wind and the Christian passenger, tipneted and shawled, sits under the shelter of the smokestack, looking off Upon the phosphorescent deep, on which li written, in scrolls of foam and Are: "Thy way. God, is in the soa, and thy path in the great waters 1" It is in those days of early navigation that I see a group of men. women and children on the beach of tne Mediterranean. Paul is about to leave the congregation to whom he had preached and they are come down to see him off. It is a solemn thing to part There are so many traps that wait for a man's ieet The solid ground may brvak through, and the sea hew many dark mysteries it hides in its bosom 1 A few counsels, a hasty good-by, a last look, and the ropes rattle and the sails are the planks are hauled in, and Paul is gone.

I expect to sail over dome of the same waters over whioh Paul soiled, but before going I want to urtre you all to embark for heaven. The church is the drydock where souls are to be fitted out for heaven. In making a vessel for this voyage, the tirbt need is sound timber. The Hour timbers ought to be of solid stuff. For the want of it vessels that looked able to run their jibbooms into ths eye of any tempest, when caught in a storm have been crushed like a wafer.

The truths of God's Word are what I mean by floor timbers. A war with your lighter materials. Nothing but oaks, hewn in the forest of dlviue truth, are stanch enough for this craft OOCRAGKl COCRAQEl CHRISTIAN V0T-AOKKH. You must have Love or helm, to guide and turn the craft Neither Pride or Ambition nor JV.vriee will do for a rudder. Love, not only in the heart, but flashing in the eye and tingling in the hand Love married to Work, which many look upon as so homely a bride Love, not like brooks, which foam and rattle, yet do nothing, but Love like a river, that runs up the steps of mill wheels, and works in the harness of factory bands Love thai will bv aa th other Md thieves near Jericho, not merely say- 6 ng, "roor fellow 1 you are dreadfully lUrt" but like the" c-ood Bamaritan.

pours in oil and moe. and pays his board at the tavern. There must also be a prow, arranged to cut and override the billow That is Christian perseverance. There are three mountain surges that sometimes dash against a soul In a minute tho world, tne flesh and the ddvil; and that is a well built prow that can bound over them. For lack of this, many have put back and never started again.

It is the broadside wave that so often sweeps the dock and fills tne hatches; but that which strikes in front is harmless. Meet troubles courageously and you surmount them. Btand on the prow, and as you wipe off the spray of the split surge, cry out with the apostle: "None of these things move me." Lot all your fears stay aft The right must conquer. Know that Moses, in an ark of bulrushes, can run down a war steamer, Have a good, strong anchor. "Which hope we have as an anchor." By this strong cable and windlass hold on to your anchor.

"If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father." Do not use the anchor wrongfully. Do not always stay in the same latitude and longitude. You will never ride up the harbor of eternal rest if you all the way drag your anchor. But you must have sails. Vessels are not fit for the sea ijntll they have tho flying jib, the foresail, the topgallant, the Bkysail, the gaffsail and other canvas.

Faith is our canvas. Hoist it and the winds of heaven will drive you ahead. Sails made out of any other canvas than faith will be slit to tatters by the first northeaster. Strong faith never lost a battle. It will crush foes, blast rocks, quench lightnings, thresh mountains.

It is a shield to the warrior, a crank 'to the most ponderous wheel, a lever to pry up pyramids, a drum whose beat give strength to tne step or tne. neaveniy soldiery, and sails to waft shins laden with priceless pear la from tho harbor of eartn to the harbor of heaven. THE BIBLE IS YOUR CHART. But you are not yet equipped. You mustUiave what seamen call the running rigging.

This comprises the shins bracos, halliards, clew lines and Buch like. Without these the ards could not be braced, the sails if tednor the canvas in anywise managed. We have prayer for the running rigging. Unless you Understand this tackline you. are not a spiritual seaman.

By pulling on fhese ropes, you noisi tne sans oi iaun ana turn them every whither. The prow of courage will not cut the wave; nor the sail of faith spread and flap its wing, unloss you have strong prayer for a JiaLJiara. One more arrangement, and you will be ready for the sea. You must Jutve a compass which is the Bible. Look at it every day, and always sail by it, as its needle points toward the Star of Bethlehem.

Through fog, and darkness, and storm, it works faith-tfully. Bearch the Scriptures. "Box the compass." Let me give you two or three rules for he voyage. Allow your appetites and. passions only an under deck passage'.

Do not allow them ever to come up on the promenade deck. Mortify your members which are upon the earth. Never allow your lower nature anything better than a steerage Let watchftilness walk the decks afan armed sentinel, and shoot down with promptness anything like a jnutioy of riotous appetites. Bo sure to look out of the forecastle for icebergs. These are cold Christians floatiuig about in tho church.

The frigid i lone professors will sink you. Steer oficebergs. Keep'a log book during all the voyage an account of how many furlongs you make a day. The merchant keeps a day book as well as a ledger, lou ought to know every night as well as every year, how tilings are going. When the express train stops at the depot you hear a hammer sounding on all the wheels, thus testing the safety of tho rail train.

Bound, aa we are, with moro than express speed toward a great eternity, ought we not often to try the. work of self examination! SHOW YOUR CHRISTIAN COLORS. Bo sure to keep your colors up I You know the shins of England. Russia, France and Spain by tie ensigns they carry. Sometimes it is a lion, sometimes an eagle, sometimes a star, sometimes a crown.

Let it ever bo known who you are, and for what port you are bouud. Let bo written on the very front with a figure of a cross, a crown and a dove; and from the masthead let float the streamers of Immaituel. Then the pirate vessels of temptation will pass you unharmed as they say: "There goes a Christian, bouud for the port of heaven. We will not disturb her, for she, has too many guus aboard." Run up your flagon this pulley: "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for.it is the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation." When driven back, or laboring under great stress of weather now changing from starboard tack to larboard, and then from tarboard to starboard look above the opga Hants, and your heart shall beat like a war drum the streamers float on the wind. The sign of the cross will make you patient, and the crown wfU make you glad.

Before you gain port you will smell tho land breeses of heaven, and Christ, tho pilot, will meet you as you come into the Narrows of Death, and fasten to you, and say: "When thou passest th rough tho waters I will be with thee and trirough the rivers, they shall not overflow thee." Are you ready for such a voyaget Make up your minds. The gang planks are lifting. The 111 rings. All aboard for Heaven 1 This world is not your rest The chaffinch is tho silliest bird in all the earth for trying to make its nest on the rocking billow. Oh, how I wish that as I cm-bark for the Holy Land in the east, all to whom I preach by tongue or type would embark for heaven! What you all most need is God, an.d you need him now.

Some of you I leave in trouble. Tilings are going very rough with you. You have Lad a hard struggle with poverty, or persecution, or bereavement Light alter light has gone out and it is so dark that you can hardly seo any blessing left May that Jesus who comforted the widow of Nam and raised the deceased to Kfo, with his gentle hand of synipUhy wipe away your tears I All is welL, STRENGTH OCT 0 WEAKNESS When David was fleeing through the wilderness, pursued by bis own son, ho was being prepared to become the sweet singer of Israel. The pit and tho dungeon were the best schools at which Joseph ever graduated. The hurrtcaue nut upset tne tent and killed Job's children prepared the man of Us to write the magnillcent noem that has astounded tlte ages.

There is no war to get tho wheat out of the straw out to thresh it There is no way to purify the gold but to burn it Ik at the people who havs always had it their own way. They are proud, discontented, useless and unhappy. If you want to find cheerful folks, go among those who have been purified by the fire. After Eos- si til imd rendered uuam ieu j.co five hundredth jima, a company of musicians camo under his window in Paris and serenaded him. They put KL- v.w txi Rnf" nmfffsf.

iiTT fTio on. TlatlS ftnil nfllllRinm tiivrxwl to a friend and said "I would give all this brilliant scene for a few day of youth and love." Contrast the melancholy feeling of Rossini, who had everything that this world could give him, to the joyful experience of Isaac ii aiun, nuuso miMorwiues were innumerable, when he says The Hill of Zion yields thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields Or walk the golden streets. Then let our songs abound, And erery tear bedry; We're marching through Immasuers ground. To fairer worlds on high. ENDURE BADNESS AS GOOD SOLDIERS, It is prosperity that kills and trouble that saves.

While the Israelites were on the march, amidst great privations and hardships, they behaved well. After awhile they prayed for meat, and the sky darkened with a large flock of quails, and these quails fell in great multitudes all about them; and the Israelites ate and ate, and stuffed themselves until they died. Oh my friends, it is not hardship, or trial, or starvation that injures the soul, but abundant supply. It is not the vulture of trouble that eats up the Christian's life; it is the quails 1 it is tho quails I I cannot leave you until once more I confess my faith in the Saviour whom I have preached. He is my all in alL I owe more to the grace of God than most men.

With this ardent temperament, if I had gone over-! beard I would have gone to the very depths. You know I can do nothing by halves. to grace bow great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to bet I think all will be welL Do not be worried -about me. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and if any fatality should befall me, I think I should go straight I have been most unworthy, and would be sorry to think that any one of my friends had been as unworthy a Christian as myself. But God has helped a great many through, and I hope ho will help mo through.

It is a long account of shortcomings, but if he is going to rub any of it out, I think he will rub it all out And now give us (for I go not alone) your benediction. When you send letters to a friend in a distant laud, you say via such a city, or via such a steamer. When you send your good wishes to us, send them via the throne of God. We shall not travel out of the reach of your prayers. There is a scene where spirits dwell, Where friend holds intercourse with friend; Though sundered far, faith we meet Around one common mercy seat.

And now; may the blessing of God come down upon your bodies and upon your souls, your fathers and mothers, your companions, your children, your brothers and sisters and your friends 1 May you be blessed in your business and in your pleasures, in your joys and in your sorrows, in the house and by the wayl And if, during our separation, au arrow from the unseen world should strike any of us, may it only hasten on the raptures that God has prepared for those who love him I utter not tho word farewell it is too sad, too fonnal a word for me to speak or write. But considering that I have your hand tightly clasped in both of mine, I utter a kind, an affectionate and a cheerful good-by 1 TJnclo Bichard ReitL, colored, is about 70- years oltL-iuid, is a Baptist minister in aetive service. He has fifty-one grandchildren, the oldest 19 years ami the youngest five weeks. He has fourteen children living, and eight dead, making twenty-two in all. He is now living with nis second wife, who reads the newspapers for him.

Abbeville (Ga.) Times. A. Dog That Waits for "Amen." W. S. Wells, of Wilkesbarre.

Is tho possessor of a beautiful black and wmto cocker spaniel, which for intelligence i3 not surpassed by any dog in the state. Every morning, as soon as Boss hears his master stirring, ho brings his slippers, after which he scampers to the front porch for the morning paper, always being careful to close tho door after him. Boss never thinks of retiring for the night without first saying his prayers. lie places his front feet upon a chair bows reverently, closes nis eyes and nothing but "amen" pronounced by his master will induce him to cease his devotions. One evcrirng as Mr.

Wells was closing tne house for the night Boss camo in with what his master supposed to be a bone, but when ordered ou with it refused to obey, and insisted upon delivering to Mr. Wells what ho held In his Upon examination Mr; Wells found, to his great surprise, not a bone, but his spectacles and case that he had dropped by accident in the barn while attending to his horse. Boss is not for sale. Philadelphia Press. Tho "regal red poppy" has-recently been found to have tho valuable power of binding with iU roots the soil in which it grows in such a manner that it will prove most valuable in supporting embankments.

Already French engineers have undertaken the sowing of railway embankments witb poppies. Ad Anecdote of Wendell Flilllips, This reminds mo, without any special connection, of an anecdote or himself which Wendell Phillips once told mo. A number of years ago a poor niun, whose case, for some reason or no reason skill fully presented, had excited a g(l deal of sympathy among Boston philanthropists, conceived tho idea of having an entertainment given for his IxMielit, and prevailed upon Mr. Phillips and the Eev. William R.

Alger, both of whom were at that timo extremely popular speakers, to give liiin what would" bo known in theatrical circles as a benefit The affair was very well advertised, men being even employed to carry, placards about town, a means of advertising more novel then than now, and it was expected that Music hall, the place chosen for the exercises, would bo crowded. But from some causo or other, the weather, rival attractions, or what not tho patronage was so light that tne amount received for tickets was not sufficient to pay the expenses. On the day following the lecture Mr. Phillips received a call from the beneficiary, who informed- him thai tli expenses were $20 more than the receipbi, and, just as the orator opeued Ins lips to express his regrets, the visitor added coolly: "I suppose that of course you and Mr. Alger will be responsible for the balance, really did pay that deficit I do not know, out the incident pretty well illustrates tho moral attitude of the people who live by the sympathy of the community.

Arlo ilutes in Book Buyer. Tfc Sparrow's Family. i The fecundity of the English sparrow is enormous. As computed by the department of agriculture the progeny of a single pair in ten years would number Snarrows accommodate themselves with groat ease to the home of their adoption, and seem well pleased with all parts of our country, possiblv because living is easier here. Mr.

John Colam, secretary of the Royal S. P. (X 1 told tne writer that Lho sparrow in England not polygamous. New THE SINGING REEDS. Twas a piper gaunt and poor.

Piping at a palace door, bang his pipiai so Round and clear. All the nobles turned to hear. "Long ago, she loved me dear. She that slew and laid tne here; Low she laid me down to rest With a wide wound in my breast, Lady, will ye never take Pity on the dead that wake? Take tue hence, and let me sleep In the graveyard dark and deep. For the ripples running chill Keep rue, waking, wa'ang, still I am waking, waking, yet i Let me sleep, May-llargaret Said the olJ king, bent and gray: "Doleful airs thy pipes do play; Where get ye such playing reeds?" "In yon bonny water meads, Where the swaying, sighing wslq by the river's edge: I have lout my piping skill.

For they play but as tby will." And the princess in her place Lifted up her lovely face, Tis my lover, false and fair" (Spoke she thus), "that Moth there; Bear him thence, and let him sleep In the graveyard, dark and deep. Lay him down, and let there be 1 By his side a place i Longman's Magazine. H0LD-UP3 WITH VARIATIONS. The Troublous Experience of Road Agents in Mexico. About a week has elapsed since three bandits attacked a diligence in the state of Vera Cruz.

Among its passengers were a number of Americans. The driver, at the command of the highwaymen, who were backed by three revolvers which covered him, brought his horses to a standstill. He was made to dismount and in the usual stj-le was made to stand at one side of -the roadway with his hands pointing heavenward. The paM Hongers tlien requested to step out of -tho coach and tali in line with tho driver. One of tlieFAmericans was one" of the first to obev the mandate "of" the hold-ups.

TIs however, on dismounting did not leave his Winchester behind, and hod hardly touched 'mOtRer" earth when lie commenced to pump cold lead into the highwaymen with a skill that put them to flight. The day following this episode-, and in tho same the identical gang tackled the stage again. They succeeded in relieving the passengers, who were nil Mexicans, of everything of value on their person and left them doing duty in line with their hands above thou- heads. Flushed with the success that hud attended their exploit, the highwaymen -had not gone far before tbey fell in with two mule drivers, and at the point of tho revolver proceeded to despoil everything they had packed upon their animals. One of tue mule drivers, not relishing the treatment, remonstrated, and lie fell a victim to the wrath of tho hold-ups.

He was tied, thrown to the ground, and his nose buried in the sand. companion kept a discreet silence during the disposition of his goods and was not molested. For some reason or other, after tho robbers had completed their workr one of them remained behind. The mle driver, who had kept quiet, said to him "Yo tecouoseo." "Well, I will fix you so you won't know me," replied tho highwayman, and he pulled his revolver, and commenced shooting at the driver7 who kept dodging until the shots in the revolver had been fell upon the hokl-up with a rock, saying to him "Yo me toea, a mi" (now it is my turn). The first blow with the missile' knocked the skin off the robber's face.

They then grappled and fell to the earth, pelting -xsich other, without mercy. During; the struggle tho other driver managed to free himself from the ropes with which he had been tied, and with a in hand he fell upon tho beating him a jelly. The victorious drivers then took their prize and tied him to ono of the animals and escorted him to an adjacent hamlet, where he was shackled to another prisoner. By some means or other the two men effected their escape from the room in which they were confined. A posse went in pursuit, and a running fire was opened.

The iiisn shackled to the highwayman was killed by one of, the shots. He was picked up by tho gamy robber, who made good his escape, notwithstanding the burden ho was carrying. Two or three days afterward, about three miles from where the fight occurred, the. body of the man who was shackled to tjhe hold-up was found in a hut with his le cut olf, but the robber was 1 lie highwayman, who was: recognized in tlifl is known as a vei-y desperate character. City of Mexico Cor.

St. Louis Ulobe-Demoorat. A Nut Oil Corner. 4 Several, known commission brokers were' rifnniug about. Chinatown est.

u-day, afternoon and. fjut evening euuV.ivoring to control' the Chinoso nut oil market. Just.at present there is a corner in this particular Chino60 delicacy. Heretofore the monthly importation of nut oil from China "has averaged 100 boxes or When-ihe ia4 China steamer arrived tlie amount imported was not over sevcufy-five boxes, a decided reduction-over the previous month. Scarcely anv nut oil arrived at this port yesterday on the China steamer Belgic, and in a few hours' lime the price of oil jumped upward several notches.

A inoutii ago Chinese nut oil Sold iu the total market at $7.30 a case. Yesterday afternoon 11 was tho price asked. A leading Chinese merchant t-old a reporter last night that the entire supply of oil now in the San Francisco including tho importations received by the steamer yesterday, would not amount to over 100 boxes. Ho said the price was quite liable to advance within the next thirty days to $1 or $15 a box. Nut oil is a sweet substance used by tho Chinese, rich and poor alike, iu about the same manner and -quantity as the Italian? use olive oiLSan Francisco A Notable Coloml Woman Dim.

Aunt Judy Huson died Sunday, October 6, aged 79 years. Who that ever broke bread iu the dining -room of the "old Husou does not remember Aunt Judyf Governors, United States senators, congressmen, legislators and other distinguished men have been kindly availed on by this fkituf ul servant so long at the head of the prtiH'ijaI hotel in mi city. Old men now alive will feel saj when they hear of Aunt Judy's death. She worked welL filled her mission faithfully, and has gone up higher to enjoy the reward rf good dceih done in tho body, Milledgeville (Ga, liecord. A Badly rrinteBo4 IU.

Mr. J. P. ltushin was waked the other night by a bright flash of 'light in his room, which lasted but a second and went out As the light died away ho heard a rat running like a frightened quarter horse. It teems that a match had fallen on tho hearth and the rat frot hold of it during the night and struck it Mr.

Rush in is of the opinion now that a largo per cent of the fires that are termed incendiary are the result of rats and matches. Marion (Ga.) Patriot -T A Postal Mission. I had a bright1 idea, the other day and I want to pass it along as we do the dishes at tho table. "I had been reading about a postal autograph album, composed of many postal cards from different parts of tho country, each having a sentiment and the name and address of the sender written upon it, and all made into a little book with tinted cardboard covers, by means of narrow ribbon. And thought why wouldn't it bo nice to have a postal mission! That is, when we know'of some one who is in special trouble or sick, or; is an invalid, we niight "write tho sweetest and most healthful sentiment either proso or poetry, that we chance to know, perhaps accompanied by a Bible text on a jxjstal card and send it to the afilicted one.

We all know how eagerly we look for a message from some one through the postolliceand how pleased we are when one comes, so I think we may lie able to give much pleasure in this, thoughtful and inexpensive way, I myself am an invalid and know just how a sweet verse of poetry, coming as the kindly thought of a friend, can help ono and makea dark day bright. lA-t me whisper a little secret to you: For every effort' 6u '-inakolo give others pleasure, you vourself will receive an equivalent For every cent's worth of pleasure you give (a postal card costs a cent you know), no doubt you will receive ten cents' worth for yourself. It is God's geometrical ratio. "Givo and it shall bo giveu unto you; good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over." Daisy in Springfield Homestead. Tht of tlio IJly.

Once, long ago, when tho earth was young, an angel was wandering its verdant fields searching for a flower to make an offering to his heavenly father; Rich' was "the color and sweet the perfume of these earthly stars, but how grudy they were in comparison totheonethat was in his mindl "A pure.wbito flower," he murmured; but, though he searched longtxnd diligently he could not find one. Disappointed, and weary ho sat down upon a stone and wept The crystal tears fell down his robe and sank into the ground. Immediately a lily sprang up so pure and sweet that tho angel, with a joyous burst of song, straightway gathered it and ffew on high to the throne of God, and kneeling, laid tho offering at his feet His creator, beholding the graceful white flower, said to his faithful servant: "Because of thy zeal in my service, this Unwcr shall henceforth grow all ovor the world, aud when sinful man looks upon it he will think of thy fer-' vor and imitate it" Reader, have you ever looked upon a pure white lily and not felt an indefinable sensation pass over you? A breath of perhaps; a glimpse of tho divino purity! Gertrude B. Dufiee. What Rare Stamps are Worth.

Tho high prices which the rarest specimens of stamps now realize will explain how it is that tho trade in for-i gerics has become what it is in these days. The 1840 English stamp, V. RJ (black), with tho letters in the upper corners, will easily fetch 10 used and; 3 unused. The black stamp, without' tho letters V. can be sold for one' penny and two pennies each.

The red penny English stamp heads are not worth much more" thaiiwaste paper price. The Btanding prices are for tho rarest stamps. CabuL complete i'300i S2 1947, Mauritius. 800 4 1S52, Sandwich Islands. 300 i 8 IttVV, British Guiana 120 4 1850, British Guiana 100 1 Katal, first issue 100 5 1800, Capeof.Good 40 8 Buenos 85 Bergedorf 80 6 1850.

Canadian 80 10 1850, Brazil, perforated 10' jt Globe. i She Knew. At air evening party recently a young lady was asked to parse tho' sentence, "He kissed me." She reluctantly consented. "He," sho com-' menccd, with uuneccesary emphasis and a fond lingering over the word that brought crimson to her cheeks, "is a pronoun, third person, singular number, masculine gender, a gentleman pretty well. fixed, universally considered a good "catch.

Kiss is a verb transitive, too much so, regular every evening, indicative mood, indicating affection; first aud third persons, plural number and governed by circumstances." Montreal Star. Very Likely. Johnny I 'wonder why I can't make my kite fly. Elder Sister Perhaps tho caudal appendage disproportionate po the superficial area. "I don IT think that's it I believe there isn't weight enough on the tail." Texas Sif tings.

A forge Foot, Rather. America's champion "Big Foot John" has been unearthed in the wilds of North Carolina, and ho has his shoes made in this city. He is a di-vino and a gentleman of color, being properly known as the lie v. John W. Farnham, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Charlotte.

The sizo of his boot is 35, which necessitates a sole of 20 inches in length and "7 inches broad. The Rev. Farnham stands 6 feet 1G inches in his sizable stockings and weighs 410 pounds when stripped of his impediments. When he strides up tho sanctuary aisle the foundations rumble as if under the influence of an earthquake shock, and the stranger within the gates jerks round expecting to seo Gabriel and the last day hand in hand. The enforced itineracy of Metho-distic clergymen has caused Brother Farnham no little annoyance, for no sooner does he find in one town a cobbler that can fit his feet than he is hustled olf to another far distant Recently, however, the problem has found a solution.

The dominie has had a quantity of mammoth lasts and uppers, sufficient to liist till doomsday, manufactured and sent to a shoe house on Eighth street in this city. Thus provided he can rise superior lo his big footed ate by having the finishing touches added whenever there is need. The 'privilege of half soling the reverend's boots is counted a rare one. Philadelphia Record. Hie rower of Muic How many of the people who are fond of mtlsic and recognize its great power over the human organitan ever stop to seek the source of that powerf How many ever go beyond the melodious sound to seek out its real sniritt There not many.

The combination "of sounds into chords of various kinds, with the elaborations known as musical floriture, pleases the ear, and through the ear the spirit "But the real alliance between the human soul and the soul of the composition is seldom recognized. There is the closest kind of alliance between the two. It is this affinity that links all humanity and all musk together. One can realize the bond on the plantation, in the ranch, iu the lumber camp, even in the desert Music holds its power under all circumstances and fu all con-ditious. Master Geoffrey in Detroit Free Press.

EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR. hough a Man May Lire Long to the Land Ha Is Never Done Learning. The school of experience is often a costly one, but it is generally a thorough one. Lessons learned from experience are frenerally more lastingly and effectually impressed upoi the mind than thoso which are merely theoretical, and a young man's education is never complete, or at least never actually on the road to completion, until he has studied in the varied and ever expanding school of practical experience. Theoretical education, however thorough, however well taught never fit a man to begin a practical business life with any assurance of success, anywhere but at the foundation.

Theory is undoubtedly the foundation of all practical knowledge, but, without the actual practice and experience, is of little value. This Is a fact which too many young men at the present time ignore, and which sooner or later proves their ruin. They are wont to think that, because passed a successful course at school or college, aud have mastered the theoretical problems, they are fitted to enter upon the practical application of theory without further study, and make a success of their undertakings. A man's education is never complete, and thoso who have tho sense to see and acknowledge this are the ones who will be most sure of becoming successful. Tho longer a man lives, the more thoroughly he becomes im- Erossed with the fact of his limited nowledgo, and ho is never more easily and thoroughly impressed with this than when he begins a practical business life.

He starts in with the idea that he knows it Theory has taught him cause and effect and he has only to follow out his calculations to attain the desired end. The fallacy of this kind of reasoning is too evident to need further comment, and examples of its results are not wanting to warn any ono against pursuing such a course. still how futile 6eem the efforts of Those who are able to advise to impress these facts upon tho minds of those younger in years, and who have never learned from the school of exiwrience. TI13 theoretical school is the one in which the young mind should first be taught, because it is then that it is more susceptible to such teachings, and less able to profit by experience requiring stronger physical developments; Dut this mental training should be supplemented by one combining both tho theoretical and tho practical, and it is in this that exie-rience proves itself a most thorough and able educator, and no young man's education at tho present time should be considered complete until he has been thus taught Then, no matter what conditions surround him, whether ho be the son of wealth or heir to a humbler inheritance, he is, at least, fitted to take his position in life with a knowledge of what life is, and bo able to provide for himself and those who may bo dependent upon him for life's necessities. Boston Budget Wrlta Slowly.

The ono absorbing object of this breathless age seems to be rapidity. In putting down ideas on paper, no other quality seems to bo taken into account Tho typewriting machine that can bo mado to writo 144 words a minute crows over the machine that can compass only 12C words, juuainutc. There are indeed some kinds of work, I concede, in which utmost rapidity is tho paramount requisite; such work as copying, taking notes, reporting, belongs to this class. And I plead a native bias toward rapid work in penmanship as strong as anybody's; ui fact, if my own experience had" not demonstrated thoroughly that in some kinds of work, and especially in" original composition, tho moro haste the less speed, I should be driving -my pen as fast as it could possibly go, for that is indeed my impulse. As a matter of fact however, I purposely 'put on the brakes: I am writing this, with an old fashioned quill pen partly, ierliaps, because I have come to like the squeak of it, and find it the easiest to the fingers of any pen in the world, but principally because it compels somewhat slower and more deliberate work.

Why, then, seek for slowness? Because their is an interval between the first inception of tho sentence in tho mind and its final form on paper, whioh to him who has learned to utilize it is tho most valuable moment of composition. I would not take a great deal for that interval the time that I lose therein is time gained. For in that brief time all the mechanical and grammatical questions are debated and settled. In every sentence I have here made, such as it is, while my quill has been squeaking through one word after another, my thoughts have been constantly running ahead, and taking care of the verbs and the pronouns, and the commas snd the semicolons; so that when the old pen caught up its exact work was ready for it Professor "Genung in Writer. tVoad Mending.

There are comparatively few per-so, ns outside the carriage and boat building interest that know to what an extent the wood bending business is. carried, and the management that is necessary to' carry on a well arranged wood bending establishment Few know that the fine carriages they ride in aro very largely made of bent wood. The felloes of their wheels are bent and mado in two parts. The framework of coaches and heavy carriages is nearly all made of bent stock. They aro not only better, but more cheaply made.

The frames of most of our pleasure boats are bent and so are many of the frames of some of our finest sailing yachts. Furniture of many kinds has bent frames. Theobiectsof bending are, saving of time and stock, stability and strength of work anu beauty of form. It is a business that needs to bo well understood, however, to make a success of it Simple as the work seems to be, yet it is full of little details which must be strictly attended to, else the result is a miserable failure. New York Telejrram.

Too Much Iet How many persons have declared that the more they saw of men the more they liked dogs! And it is claimed that of all creatures tho dog improves most upon acquaintance. The longer you know a dog the better you love iu Possibly tins is not the dog's fault, maybe it is just because the superior animal is satisfied aud content with that unselfish devotion a dog always renders its master. May be there is not muen in a aog, out a great many great men havo found them good companions. When any one says "I don't like dogs," there are many who would answer, "I am sorry fur you, you miss a great deaL" Of course, seriously ipeakiag, every ooe dots not like doec but just as seri- Lously, it is because they have not given the uogs a nance 10 prove wnai sort of friends they can be. The other day a lady declared she didn't like dogs because the had too much of them.

If she had not given a reason for her dislike the remark would have caused no astonishment But really now what sort of dogs has she too much otl And if she thinks so little of dogs, according to Wilkie Collins, bow much lea must the think of men. New Picayune. ODDS AND ENDS. The German military estimates for 1891 call for 120,000,000 marks for munitions of war. A citizeu of Wellsville, now 74 years old, boasts that he has never paid a cent to a lawyer or doctor.

All tho miners of Great Britain have decided to go on strike if the demand for an eight hours workingday is not conceded by Jan. 1st Give me tho liberty to kuow, to think, to believe and to utter reel according to conscience, above ail other liberties. Milton. Upwards of 2,300 miles of main for conveying natural gas have been laid in the United States, and the total capital invested in the business exceeds $50,000,000. For the year ended March SI, 1S89, the net profits of the English postof-fice alid telegraph office, exclusive of the packet service, were within a fraction bf 4,000,000.

Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science, which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. Loi-J Mcauhiy. Lord Charles Bercsford, having telegraphed his inability to obey a com-v maud to dine at Marlborough house, added to the "wire" the laconic postscript: "Lio follows by post" Caviare is mado of tho roe of the sturgeon, salmon, cod and other large fish. It is a Russian delicacy which is imported in kegs. It is often served spread on slices of toast.

In Russia when coffins are covered with cloth, the color of tho coverin is, to a certain extent distinctive. Din being used wheu tho deceased is a child or a young person, crimson for women aud brown for widows, but black is in no case employed. Taverns maybe traced to tho Thirteenth century. According to Spel-man, in the reign of King Edward III, only three taverns were allowed in London. Taverns were licensed in England in 17C2t i.

'J A remarkable, fun has just been purchased by the Princess do Ligue at Brussels. It was painted by Walteau for Louis XIV, who presented it to tho Buchess of Burgundy, and it remained in tho possession of tho royal family until tho revolution, wheu it was stolen and conveyed to Germany, and nothing moro was heard of it until tho other day, when it appeared amomr a collection which was offered for sale at Brussels. A few days ago a largo hog lndoiig-ingto Lo Roy Hardy, of 'otark, while tho family wero all out of Hie house, went into the house, and after climbing upon a feather bed proceeded to tear tho bed and clothing into doll rags. His hogship thought ho had found a beautiful play house, and in his delight and playfulness tore things up When tho inmates of the houso came in tho lloors wero literally covered with feathers, and the festivo brut ran from tho houso looking more like one of the feathered tribo than a fat porker. Mr.

Andrew Camegio will establish in Pittsburg one of the finest public libraries in tho country. It willhe a very comprehensive institution, including what will bo known as tho Academy of science, tho various departments of which will be under the chargo of the different scientific and investipa- societies of western Pennsylvania. ino cost oi tne building was originally placed at $500,000, but Mr. Carnegie now states that ho will give or moro for tho purpose, and that nothing shall bo lacking that is needful to secure the most complete success. Harriet Hosmer's Work.

Some one was saying tho other day that tho reason why Harriet Hosmer, who is now in this country has produced nothing noteworthy in sculpture for a long time past is that she has given herself over for years to the pursuit of something perilously like that ignus fatuus, perpetual motion. She devoted herself while in England at the house of Lady Ashburton to tho Invention of some mechanical contrivance which was always to be perfect in the course of the next woek or two. Meeting Story, the sculptor, one afternoon, sho told him that in a fortnight her machine would be ready for exhibition. Tho time passed, but her mechanic had disappointed her something was not quite as it should be. Most of her fortune, this informant surmised, was eaten up by the machine.

When Miss Hosmer camo to America her machine was to follow by the next steamer. It did not come and she took ship again and went back after it to England. What has bo-come of it since was a point not elucidated. St Louis Post-Dispatch, Iwarf Japanese Ttb. One of the interesting things seen at the Paris exposition are the dwarf trees which the Japanese horticulturists are showing, and which are attracting much attention, says a writer in The Pittsburg Dispatch.

Pines, thujes and cedars, said to be 100 or 150 years old, are only eighteen inches high, and with such specimens it would be easy to have a coniferous forest on a balcony. These arboreal deformities are produced by great labor, and if tho truth is told about their ages, this work of arresting the tree's development and forcing it into contorted forms must be persisted in by several generations of foresters. All this painstaking is hardly paid for by the beauty of the resulting abortions, but a look at these trees will explain where tho fantaetio forms corno from which serve as models for the plants wo see on lacquered trays, bronses and embroideries which come from Japan. Who the Other fellow Was. "Joe, you were up with Mia Jenkins until 12 o'clock last night" "Yes.

I was trrinir to outsit an-' ii I "Oh, that waA it, ehl Pve been there myself. Who waa the other fellow?" "Her father. Epoch. The phylloxera lias attacked the Grecian currant Greece's great staple, threatening grave dinasU to Greek finalcc, as. the xHri duty on the currant is one of tho most important elements in the revenue.

Bishop F. D. Huntington, of Syracuse, N. refuses to occupy the town residence provided for him by hisdiocese, preferring an unpretentious house in the country. The secretary of war has decidixl to accept tho offer of the Indian Rights association to purchase a tract of land in North CUr-oliim forficrontmo'a hand of Indian, uuw con lined At Mount Vernon barracks, and to estiblinh them in a mora civiliml mode oi A Corgsoo Liar.

"Steward," he said, feebly, iu the small hours of the stormy night trying to turn over in his berth; "steward, what's that," "The sailor on deck, wr, "Yes, but what did he ay just now!" 'All sir." "My, what a liar And then he turned over and moaned a mal de mer moan. Ocean. What Infants' and Childran'a Com nl llona ef Mother hltnu CtoriT I Ts Curritm F. EST. BfiTLTJKTOH.

IN PIOT wagon Sprine Tooth and Soothe Folding Harrows. Table and Pocket CUTLERY, mtivrtiuia mm euiKy uinimg wows, and ECT ALL KIND3 OF FAMILY GB0CERJ12CT.JS THE Clothiers i Furnistes Are apain In the lead witli a new stock of Fall and Winter CLOTHING! AT Old Eeiablle Clothing Sand, NEXT DOOR TO GOOD FLOTJR. GOOD BILE AD. GOOJD MIOA. 'I'HKl'EOPLKOK ILK8 COUNTY will rr, iWr oi.

w.ih ,1 thai of their children, by Ding Floor Irom ths Pulaski Roler Mills. oiaim that onr Klonr ishsslthist, mors mriifMi, rlsos tiotUr I si Ixtui brtsd thsn soms fancy liranJs which mi II IiIkW. HmM It n.a I nJ therefore i lieno r. We ak gor norohsxer of K.o'ir in 1lo county loi I U.r "RICHLAND? or "PERFECTION? evert time. All merchants In (JiU county krop it, or will te-p It.

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Fmi J. A WHITE Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. MULES, H0BSESA ND BUGGIES FOR 5 ALE We prepare ''v Mul anl Hiiro. (J.ll il near jh SotilSwest Corner If fMjua-i-. Siuxtt MOORE, DALY KING, SUCCHSMOUS TO DEALERS IN Hardware, toves Farm Implordents WE keep en hsnl a full stock of ko In a fWii-cL hoeie eai r.petfuliy solicit the pstronspe of ths ifio ton In need of ta tj line.

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