REV. DR. TALMAGE. THE BROOKLYN IMVIXE'S SUJr DAY SERMON. Subject: "Shortened Lives." Tiit: "The riyhteout it taken away from th evil to come. ,r Isaiah Wil, i. We have written for the last time at the head ol oar letters and business documents the figures 1993. With this day closes the year. In January last we onlebrated its tirth. To-day we attend its ohaeqnies. An other twelve months have been cat out of our earthly continuance, and It is a time for absorbing reflection. We all sjwnd much time In panesyrio of longevity. We consider it a graat thing to live to tie an octogenarian. If any one dins in juuiu, we say, -wnat a pity I Dr. Muhlenberg in old age said thai the hymn written in early life by his own hand no more expressed his sentiment when it said : I would not live slwsy. If one be pleasantly clronmHlam-eil, he never wants to go. William Cullw Bryant, the s;reat poet, at eighty-two yeaw of age, standing in my house In a festal group read ing "Thanatopsis" without spectacles, war just as anxious to live as when at eighteen years of age he wrote the immortal threnody. Cato feared at eitrhty years of aee that he weald not live to ieurn Greek. MonnJ'lesco at 113 years, writing the history of his time, fearod a collapse. Xheophrastus writing a book at ninety years of age was anxius to live to complete it. Thurlow Weed at about eighty-six years of age found life as great a desirability as when he snuffed out his first politician. Albert ISarnes, so well prepared for the nert world, at seventy said he would rather stay hero. So it is all the way down. I sup pose that the last time Methuselah was out of doors fn a storm he was afraid of getting his feet wet lest It shorten his days. Indeed I some time ago preached a sermon on the blessings of longevity, but In this, the last lay of 189.1. and when many are filled with sadness at the thought that another chapter of their life is closinir, and that thev have Mo days less to live, I propose to preach to yon about the advantages of an abbreviated jartji ly existence. If I were an agnostic, I would say a man is blessed in proportion to the number of years he can stay on "terra flrma," because after that he falls off the docks, and if he is ever picked out of the depths it Is only to be "t up in some morgue or the universe to see if anybody will claim him. If I thought God made man only to last forty or fifty or 100 years, and then he was to ga into annihila tion, I would say his chief business oui?ht to be to keep alive and even in good weatherto be very cautious, and to carry an umbrella aud take overshoes and life preservers and bronze armor and wtapous of defense lest he fall off into nothingness and obliteration. But, my friends, you are not agnostics. You believe In immortality and the eternal residence of the righteous in heaven, and therefore I first remark tnat an abbreviated earthly existence Is to be desired, an i is a blessing because it makes one's life wrk vry compact. Sume men go to 1iimiis at 7 o'clock in the morning and return at 7 in the evening, others go at 8 o'clock and return at 12. iniiers go at 10 and return at 4. I have 1 fiends who are ten hours a day in busines", others who are live hours, others who are one hour. They all do their work well they do their entire work, and then they re turn. Which piitiun do you think" the niOHt desirable? You say, other things being erual, the man who is the shortest time de tained in business and who can return hox.e t.'ie quickest is the mo-tt blessed. Now, my friends, why not carry that good p-f.se into the subject of transference from tlds world? If a person die in childhood, he gels through his work at t o'clock in the morning. If he dieat forty-five years of ace, be gets throueh his work at 13 o'clock noon. If he die at seventy years of age, he gets through his work at b o'clock in the after noon. It he die at ninety, he has to toil r.ll the way on up to 11 o'clock at night. The sooner we get through our work the better. The harvest all in barrack or barn, the farmer does not sit down in the stubble field, but. shouldering his scythe and taking his pitcher from under a tree, he makes a str.iii.-ht line for the old homestead. A't we want to be anxious about in to g.'t our work done aud well done ; the nii-'fcer the better. Again, there is a blessinc in an abbreviated eartiily existence in the fact tht moral dis aster might come upon the man if he tarried longer. A man who had been prominent in churches, and who had been admired for his generosity and kindness everywhere, for for-f.-ery was rent to State prison for 11 rteen years. Twenty years before there was no more prob ability of that man's committing a-'oimnercial dishonesty than that you will commit com mercial dishonesty. The numberof men who fall Into ruin between fifty and seventy years of ai,-e is simply appalling. If they ha I died thirty years before, it would have been better for them and better for their families. The shorter the voyage the loss chance for a cy clone. There Is a wrong theory abroad that If one's youth be right, his old aire will be right. You might as well say there is noth ing wanting for a ship s safety exoept to get it fully launched on the Atlantic Ocean. I have sometimes asked those who were school mates or college mates of some great de fruuleri "What kind of a boy was he? What kind of a younir man was he?' and t hey have s-iid : "Why. he was a &p!endld fellow. I hail no idea he could ever go into sucr. an outrage." The fact is the great temptation of Hie sometimes comes far on in njidiife or In old age. " The first time I crossed the Atlantic O lean it was as smooth as a millpond. aud I thought the sea captains and voyagers had slandered the oi l ocean, and I wrote home an essay for a magazine on "The Smile cf the Sea," but I never afterward could h;;ve written that thing, for before we got home we got a terrible snaking up. The first voy age of life may tie very smooth ; the last mav be a ouroelydon Many who start life in great prosperity do not end It in prosperity. The gnat pressure of temptation comes sometimes in this direction : At anout forty live, vears of age a man s nervous svstem ehnnges, and some one tells him he must t ike stimulants to keep himself up until the Ki:r.ulants keep him down, or a man has been going along for thirty or forty years in uusuceessiui business, ana here is an open. ing where by one dishonored action he can lift himself anil his family from all Huan-ial emharrassmeut. lie attempts tojeap the CJ'ism, ari'l no latls into it. Then it fs in after lilo that the great temp tntion of success comes. If a man makes i lertune before thirty years of age. tie gener ally loses it before forty. The solid and the permanent fortunes for the most part do not eoine to their climax until midlife or in obi nge. The most of the bank president have wrute nair. Many of those who have been i.trgeiy successful have been full of arro gance or worldliness in old age. They may not have lost their integrity, but they have 1 oine so worldly and so selilsh under the ii.iluenee of iarre success that it is evident to everybody that their success has been t-'M.poral calamity and eternal damage. Concerning many people It may tin said it :ns as if it would have been better If they oiild have embarked from this lite at twen ty or thirty years ol aire. Do you know the i. ason why the vast majority of people die l.efore thlrty-flvey It is because they have n 't the moral endurance for that which is t-eyond the thirtv, and a merciful God will n i allow them to be put to the fearful strain. A jam, there is a blessing in an aU'-revi-:tt.-ii earthlv existence in the fact that one is the sooner taken off the defensive. As soon . - one is old enough to take care of himself, : is put on his guard. Bolts on the door to s'ep out the robbers. fireproof safes to :e-p otT the names. Life Insurance and fire nominee against accidents. lieceipts lest u have to pay a debt twice. Lifeboat iramst shipwreck. Westinghouse airhrvak igamst railroad collision. There are many r v fv to overreach yon and take all yon have, li.-fense airainst cold, defense against heat, defense Rgalnst sickness, defense against the world's abuse, defense all the way down to t 'ie crave, and even thetomhetone sometimes is not a a sufficient barricade. If a soldier who has been on guard. Viiver Ing and stung with the cold, pacing up and biwn the parapet with shouldered musKet, is :-l id when someone comes to relieve guard :i I he can go inside the fortress, ought not t if man to shout for joy who can put down !. s weapon of earthly defense and gointo the . '.".g-s eistic.- who is irt more tortumte. . soldier who has to stand guard twelve i Mrs. or the man who has to stand guard -'X hours? We have common sense about v-'rv-t 'iing but religion, common sense abont v -rything but transference from this world. Again. ther is a blessing in an abbrevi-it-d earthly existeuee in the fact that one es "ip"s so many bereavements. The longer v.. live the more attachments and the more eni'i Or Stin.lered. If n mun 1 1 fa An tn II'FI l' rtr llllfV F.VI.a nl a .... kin.v n. n .. r ives Arrt e!ft nt litu f...V In lii.l Innn -neb of time father and mother go. brothers :id sisters i?o children en. L-ran.lchihlren personal friends outside the family circle . horn they had loved with a love like that of 'vid and Jonathan. B-side-) that, some men have a natural - nidation about dissolution, and ever and i" during forty or lifty or sixty years this rror of their dissolution shudders through i I anl body. Now, suppose th'e lad gives : sixteen years of age. IJe escapes fifty '-rals, fifty caskets, fifty obsequies, fifty . Ill Wi-AnnlilmM .til.. 1... T. I. V. j enongh fornsto'learlneTra'epsrtnre, bnt Is It not easier (or us to bear their departure than, for them to stay and bear fifty de partures? Shall we not, by the grace of Cod, rouse ourselves Into a generosity of bereave ment which will practically say. "It is hard enough for me to go through this bereave ment, but bow glad I am that be will never have to go through it 4" 80 I reason with myself, and so yon will ftnd.lt helpful to reason with yourselves. David lost his son. Though David was king, he lay on the earth mourning and Inconso lable for some time. At this distance of time, whlchdo yon really think was the one to be congratulated, the short lived child or the long lived father? Had Davled died as early as that child, be would in the first place have that particular bereavement, then be would have escaped the worst bereavement of Ah. salom, his recreant son and the pursuit o' the Philistines, and the fatigues of his mili tary campaign, and the jealousy of Saul, and the perndy of Ahithophel, and the curse of Shimei, and the destruction of his family at Zlklag. and, above all, he would have es caped thetwo great calamities of life, tai great sins of uneleanness and murder. Davie lived to be of vast use to the church and the world, but so far as his own happiness was concerned, does it not seem to you that it would have been better for him to have gone early? Now. this, my friends, explains some things that to you have been inexplicable. This shows you why when God takes little children from a household he is very apt to take the brightest, the most geninl. the most sympathetic, the most talented. Whv? It is because that kind of naturesulTers the mo-t when It does suffer and is most liable to temptation. God saw the tempest sweeping up from the Caribbean, and He put the deli cate craft into the first harbor. "Taken away from the evil to come." Again, my iriends, there is a blessing in an abbreviated earthly existence in the fact that It puts one sooner in the centre of things. All astronomers. Infidel as well as Christian, sgree in helieving that the universe swings nround some great centre. Any one who has ftndied the earth and studied the heavens knows that God's favorite figure in geoin etry is a circle. When God put forth His baud to create the universe. He did not strike that hand at right angles, but H- waved it in a circle, and kept on waving it in a circle until systems and constellations and galaxies and all worlds took that mo tion. Our planet swinging around the sun, ther planets swinging around other suns, hut somewhere a great hub around wine 1 the great wheel of the universe turns. Now. that centre is heaven. That is the capital o; the universe. That is the great metropolis of iinmensitv. Now. does not our common sense teach ns that in matters of study it is better for us to move out Irom the centre toward the cireum-leren-e. where our world is? We are like iiose who study the American continent wane stan tiug on the Atlantic beach. The w;ty to study the continent is to cross it or go to the heart of it. Our standpoint in tins world is defective. Wo arc at the wrong end of the telescope. The be-t way to study a p:ee of miicninery is not to stand on th loorstep and try to look in. but to go in wit 1 the engineer and t ike our place rignt amid the s-iws an I cylinders. We wctr our eyes nit and our brain out frora the fact that w 1 ire t inlying under such gre it disadvantage. Millions of dollars for o is.irvat iries to tuily things aboutJLhe moon, about the sun. ll'O'it the rings of S iturti. about transits an I eu'tatloris and eeiipses. simply ie'r-tusc our tud.o, our ohservatory. is poorly s.tuated. V e are do-.vu in th-ceiiar trying to stu iy the italaee of the universe, wtitie our ileparte 1 i Christian friends have goue up sla.rs ami 1 :h" skyiights to sm iy. Now. when oue i-.in sooner g.'t to the eulre of thiugs, is he not to l.e eongra'.u .atod? Who wants to be always in the ir sh nan class? We study God in this word by :h Biblical photograph of Him. but we nit iaow we can in live minutes of interview with a friend get more accurate idea of bun :hn we can by studying him lidy y. ais through pictures of words. The liitle chil ! hat died last night to-day knows more r.f ji' I than a'.l Andover, and all Prin-eton. an 1 ill New Brunswick, and all Edinburgh, an I ill the theological institutions in Christeu-io-n. Is it not better to go up to the vei v ie-1'iquarters of knowledge? Iio s not our common sense teach us that t is better to he at the centre than to be dear out on the rim of the wheel, holdinr lervousiy fast to the tire lest we be sud leniy liurlel into light hu 1 eternal teii-ny? Through ail kin Is of optical instruments rying to peer in through pie cracks aud the ;eii'!-'.s of heaven. 'itra'.il that both do -rs i" 1 he e.h'.tisl mansion will be sung w; . p -n before ourentrai i vi.-ion rustnn r ir-eiit the apot he -ary shops oftiiis worle, A-on iering if this is g,.od for rheumatism, in I that is good for neuralgia and " tic hing else is goo i for a l-ad -oiigh, bM w e .-u ldenly usliere 1 into a ian 1 of everlnst ng iiea'tli. wiiere tile inhabitant never says, I am sick." What fools we all are to prefer the eir 11 -n fen-nee to the centre ! Wiiat a dr 'ad f til .mug it would he 11 we should be suddeuiv ls'inred from this wintry world into tin layiime orcnarus or neaven, an t 11 our lauper-sm ol sin and sorrow should be sud leiin- nroKen up iiy a presentation of an mp"ror's castle, surrounded by parks witii springing fountains and paths up and down -ni vi angels 01 tin 1 wain two and two. ne stick 10 tne worm ns tc.ougn we pre- erreii coin iirizzie to warm na'iitaUon, dis- ord to cantata. sack"!oth to royal purpi is though we preferred a p.ano with four or 1ve keys out of tune to nn in-trument fully mii ie i as tnougn eartn and neaven had .v. mage. 1 appar 'i and earth Had taken 01 ridal array and heaven had gone into dee uourning, all its waters stagnant, all its larps broken, all chalices cracked at the dry veils, all the lawns sloping to the river lowed with graves, with dead nngels under he .urrow. Oh. I want lo break up mvown nfatuation. and I want to break up your in- aiuaiion lor mis world. 1 tell you it we an ready, and if our work is done the soone we go the bett.-r, and If there are blessing n longevity. I want you to know right wed here are also blessings iu an abbreviated ;art hlv existence. If the spirit of this sermon is true, how ;ono!ed you onjrht to feel al'Oiit members of four lamiues that went ( arty. ' Taken fro a :he evil to come, this book says. What ortunate escape they had ! How glad jugiu 10 leoi mat mey will never nave to go hrough the stnargles which we have had 10 ro through. They had just time enough to let out of the Cradle and run up the spring time hills of this world and se bow it looked and then they started for a better stopping place, xney were like sh. . s that put in at Bt. Helena, staying there long enough to let passengers go up and see the barracks of Napoleon s captivity an 1 then hoit sail for the port of thair own native land. Thev only took this world "in transitu." It is hard for us, hut It is blessed for them And if the spirit of this sermon is tnie.then we ought not to go around sighing and groaning because another vear has gone. But we ought to go down on one knee bvtno milestone and see the letters and thank God that we are 3ii5 miles nearer home. We ought not to go around with morbid feelings ahout our health or about anticipated demise. We ought to be living, not according tothat old maxim which I used so hear in my boyhood. that you must live as though even- dav were the last ; you must live a though you were to live forever, for you will. Do not be ner vous lest you have "to move out of a shanty into an Aihambra. One Christmas morning on of mv neigh bors, an old sea captain, die 1. After life had departed. Tits face was fTbiminnte I as though he were just going into harlKir. The fa 't was. he had already gon- through the Nar rows." In the adjoining roo n were the Christmas presnts waiting for life disfibu- tion. Long ago. one snghf. when he b id narrowlv es aped with his ship tron being run down by a great ocean steamer. h h id made his peae- w.th Go I, and a kiniier neighbor or a better man vou would not find this side of heaven. Without a moment's warning the pilot of the heavenly harbor had met mm Just oil the lightship. Ihe captain often talked to me of the goodness of God. and esp-ciaiiy of n ti ne when he was about to go in W.y York b ir bor with his shin from I.ivern ool. nn 1 he w is suddenly impr-os-d that be ought to put back to sea. Under the protest of the crew and under their very threat, he put back to sea, fearing at the same time he was los.n.- hls mind, for it did S'lem so unreasonable mat wnen they could get into harbor that night they should put back to s -a. But they put back to sea. and the captain said to ins mate, "You will call me at 10 o'clock at night." At 12 o'clock nt night the eanlain w is aroused and said : "What does this mean? I thought I told yon to call me at 10 o'clock, and here it is 12." "Whv." said the mate. I did call vou at 10 e'clock. and von .... looked around and told me to keen right on his same course for two hours, and toon to call yon at 12 o'clock." Paid the captain 1 Is It possible? I have no remembrance of that." At 12 o'elock the camain went nn doct m I through the rift of the cloud the moonlight fell upon the sea and showed him a shio- wrecic with 100 struggling passengers I neiped tnem oif. Had he tiecn any eir i -r , or any later at that point of the sea he woii d nave leen of no service to those drowning people. On board the captain's vessel they oegan 10 nana together as to whatthevshf uld pay lor the rescue and what thev hn..IH n-.v I for the provisions. "Ah," savs the captain, j " lUe lrnta Which it knows. "my la ls, yon can't pay me anything. All I Circumstances form tha rharaeaVn have on boar.i U vours. I leal too nMil.'lmtliU .,.1 "-"o"n honored ol Ood in bav.ng saved you to tiki : any pay." Just like him. He never eot anv pay except that of his own applauding con- I science. tbut J '"On, ttiat th old captain's God mtM be my God and yours.' Amid the stormy of this Hie may we hare always some-oaa aa tenderly to take care of as as th captain took care of the drowning crew and the passengers. And may we come Into tbe harbor with as little physical pain and with as bright a hope as be had, and U it abonld happen to be a Christmas morning when the presents are being distributed and wears celebrating the birth ot Him who rams to save oar shipwrecked world, all the better, for what grander, brighter Christmas present could we have than heaven? California'! Gold Product. Expert miners and prospectors pre diet that the new South African gold fields, of which tha wonderful eit of Jobannisberg is the commercial cen tre, will, when fully developed, prove to be the richest ever discovered. The character and extent of the deposits in that territory, says the New York Herald, certainly warrant the expec tation that further operationa will place it among the moat famous min ing regions in history, - its output al ready exceeding that of any other dis trict of similar geographical area with the single exception of California. It is to California, indeed, that his torians mnst turn for the standard I witn wnicn to ascertain tne compara tive richness of all other gold fields. The record of that State in the yield of the precious metal stands without parallel in the history of mankind. No other territory ever developed gold deposits so extensive, ao rich, or kj enduring-, nor has any ever wit nesseil profitable mining operations extending over such long periods of time. The gold produced in California since 1850 exceeds$l,250,000,000. and the yield at present amounts to about 13,000,000 a year, or perhaps $7, 000,000 more than that of any other State. The output has decreased some what in recent years, but the decline is not due to any general exhaustion of the territory, but to the suspension of the hydraulic mines, which of them selves turned out something like $10,- 000,000 annually. These figures wt a high mark for boomers of the South African gold tit-Ids. They represent a contribution t the wealth of the world never equaled by any similar area of terri tory on the face of the earth. And California, notwithstanding the diver sion of vast sums of her energy ind capital to profitable mining opera tions for other minerals, is still turn Jtr,' out more thau one-third of the giid produced in the United States. Anlmal Talk. It will be remembered that when some tune as-o Professor Garner went to Africa to study the monkey lan guage there were many newspaper jofs perpetrated at his expeuse. But Paul flu Chailltt, who has spent much of his life in Africa, believes that Garner is right in histheoiy of the ex istence of a monkey language, al though he does not commit himself to the notion that it is possible for man to Rdinire that language. When there are so many instances of horses, dogs and other animals learning so much of human language as to promptly obey commands given, it would be unrea sonable to suppose that they had not some kind of a language of their own. The warning notes of danger that r hen gives to her chicks hen a hawl is near, the warning that some snakes give to their young, upon which the latter take refuge do-vu their mother's throat, aud many other instances prove the existence of au animal lau gUHo, but that does not prove that man can acquire it. Chicago Herald, FOOL) FOU THOUGH"!'. Haste is of the deviL Peace is rarely deuied to the fid. peace- K-'cp cool and you command eve rv bedy. The "ladv life insurance agent" is becoming one of the features of busl uese life in Lon Ion. The man who fears beinir taken nt I his ir.ie value it aiwavs on ttie alert 1 for slight. lie who bas complete control at all tiin h over his powers and passions is a uuru nut 10 cruc l Success nt first doth mauy 1 jjas undo uieu ut 111.1 u Choose sucU pleasure as recreate much ana cott little. lou cannot tell how sharp a dog's iceiu are oy tue way ne barks. Tudgmeat is forced upon as by I perience. fcmbtlety nmy deceive you Integrity never will. They who never make mistakes never maKe an v thing. Good manners is simply good estate puiifueii up urigLU A woman is a more a woman that is a wife, und more a wife that is mother. On every small pretext the nolf sei zes tlie sueep Discretion in speech is more elo quence. A speck of gold weighings millionth part of a graiu may be easily seen by the naked eye. After long eiiierience in the world I nil ir in liefure Hod. that I never knew rogue who was not unhappy. One-seventh of the land owners in Greut Britain are women What is mind? o matter. What is mutter Never mind? A---- ... ice is a s no nee wnicn sucks in honor and gives tint tears. .luuigs don t turn np in the world until comebody tarns them ud. r ame, 10 a ueau man. is of lust about bsuiucu import tnce asaiegaey. " i.- tue want 01 merit mat makes a man bsshf 11 1 and it is too much merit nt niukes him modest, Speak sell of your friends of vour euemiea hjieaK noiumg. There is no killintrthe suspicion that icceit lias once negotten. A man lout to shame is no worse than brute. A woman lost to shame is no oetter than a liend A good thing to do on clondv .lira ... . 1 . 1 , , : ' irv 10 pusu me cionus away from u 1 n u 1 .. nlurn 7 " v.j ciouo H1UUUW Marringe is a lottery authorized ky me ouiicj in wnicn every one is snp prssd to draw a prize. 110 bravely dares must sometimes risk a full. The world deals good-naturedly with good-natured people. Friendjhip that is bought is too val ueless to be sold again Many'a young man has a great future ahead of him. The great diflculry is tnat is persists in keeping there. We ought not to iudire of neonta'a merits by their abilities, but by tbe use tiiey mako of them. TLre1 " D fit search after truth ".nH.?nl all, begin to "l ..2.: 7 0 Ol J vtu Poverty may excuse a shabhw ,.t it is no excuse for shabby morals. BUSINESS ODS. MSTH- fmrnmy U 7 DmHI ts Becow aa OitMssraat tfce tWik Kaehaag. The old gentleman bad been trylna to Instill Into bis son some Idea of. usloeaj thrift, sayi the Detroit Free Press, and to belp tbe lessons aloDgj be brought borne a toy bank. - I "Sow, Tomtuy." be said. "I'll ba prealdeot of this bank, and you'll be saabler. .. .Your mother and sisters will be stockholders. Christmas we'll open it and declare a dividend. We'll put something in it every day." The old gentleman put in a dime, Tommy and bis sisters a nickel each, ma his mother a d me. "WelL.?let what I put In represent tne interest on the other deposits, went en the old gentleman. "You keep track of what tbe others put in, tna when we oceu tbe bank tbe la terest will ss divided proportionately among toe depositors." Tommy said be thought be under- itood aad put down in a book what lacta one bad deposited. For a, couple) of weeks all went iraootbly. Every morning after breakfast each member of the family was called upon for something to de posit lb tbe bank. But one evening tbe old gentleman bad to go down town and discovered he bad no street- ear fare nothing less than a tie bill be recalled the change in the bank. He abstracted a dime and went his way. The next morning when deposits were called for Tommy announced that the bank was busted and closed Its doors. "Why, Tommy, what do you mean?" asked tbe old gentleman. "The president's been monkeying with tbe finances," said Tommy, "and more s a shortage." "But that was only a temporary loan," explained the old gentleman, coloring up a little. "Oh, yes:, that's what they always say." said Tommy. That's tha usual custom." - "But It will be repaid at once." "No use," said Tommy, shortly. "Why ngt?" Huh! t guess you don't know any. thing about banks," exclaimed Tom my. "When tho president gets to monkeying with the funds the cash ler guts the bank while he bas the chance, 'cause be knows be won't have It long. Onlr a fool cashier 1 going to let tbe president get ahead of him." "Tommy," said tbe o'd gentleman severely, as be looked in the direction of the woodshed, "do yon know whnt happens to the cashier if he it caught?" "VeD." replied Tommy, promptly. "He generally compromises so as to put the bajik on Its feet again. I'm willing to pay ail the depositors in full without interest Seeing as the president put up the interest ciise, x guess be ought to lose 'specially as I've only got 15 cents of It left," : It was compromised ea that basis. and the old gentleman bas reached the conclusion that Tommy Is des tlned to Le a Wall street broker CoIaMiwsj Oak wltk Aaaanoula. Some of the best specimens of oak for decorative woodwork are now ob tained. It la stated, by fumigating the material with ammoniur.il vapor. which effective! produces the dark coloring so much desired. In accom pushing this the method consists of placing the material to be darkened lo an appioximateLv air-tight room. in which no light enters; or for small work a packing box will suffice, the joints or cracks to be well pasted over with paper. In this room or recep tacle for aeposltiog the furniture or other articles Is placed a flat porcc lain or earthen vessel Oiled with am monfa. the vessel containing the liquid being, of course, set on tbe ground or floor, that tbe fumes or vapor may strike to advantage the articles to be darkened. If the apart ment, is large, two or more vessels containing ammonia may beemploycd uuu aiiuwra 1.0 reujaiu until uic ue sired effect is secured. Tbe ammonia docs not touch tbe oak, but the tras that proceeds from it acts in a pe cullar manner upon tbe tannic acidl contained in tbe. oak, browning it S'rl deeply that shaving or two may actually be taken off without reruov ing the color. Tbe depth of shade depend upon tbe quantity of ammonia used and the duration of exposure. tew York Sua. Sb paly Half Triad. Modern children Americas chil dren, especially are a bright race, but now and then they blunder la uicDtably, as In the following In. statics, where the boy attributed to bis mother conduct of which she never could have been capable. Th tory is borrowed from Good News. Mamma," saia a boy or ten or twelve, "did you tell papa I'd got to bave a bicycle?" "Yes, I told hint, but ba said he couldn't afford It" "Of Course he'd say that; but what did you do?" "1 told him haw badly )on wanted It, and argued in favor of it, but be refused." "Argued! Huh! If it bad be something you wanted for your owi toll, you'd cried a little, an the VOU'd got it." Tha S'araa Hand. Tou can secure! tbe best wages, create a demand for your services, and be as contented as with any oth er occupation, "by simply following this rule make yourself Indispens able to your employer. Every farm laborer should aim to so understand his duties as to create an interest in the success of the farm, and to make It so that the employer feels that be cannot do without him. Of the two, it is more dialrable to see an old horse that bas got considerable of the colt, than to see a eolt with too mnch old horse in him. ssw "German Syrup" I simply state thatll am Druggist and Postmaster here and am there fore in a position to judge. I have tried many Cough Synips but for ten years past have found nothing equal to Boschee's German Syrup. I nave given it to my baby for Croup with the most satisfactory results. Every mother should have it J. H. Hobbs, Druggist and Postmaster, Moffat, Texas. We present fact. living facts, of to-day Boschee's German Syrup gives strength to tbe bod. Take no substitute. OSTID ON lfn Chan. A. Stalker West Walworth, X. Y. Diseased Bone Alter an injury to mv right le cauaet! me Biui'h luffiTiiiif. I was laid up a year and in a buttal at Rochester anutuer year, where 1 uudrrwent seven surrfral oerationa, the la-t biking away the limb at the hip. My rase wi prouounrcd hupelew. April, s2 I commence. I taking liood'a fetntaparilla. After the aecon I bottle the wound at the hip entirely heal e. I. A third bottle mailt: me feel well as ever an. I built up mv svstem." i'ihs. A. Stalk m, West Walworth.'N. Y. HMl-S CURES. Hood's PIIU are purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, always reliable and bcneSi'lal. English Oaflnltlons of "Pluck." This Is the one that won: "Fighting with the scabbard when the sword is broken." The following are some of the best deflnitlons sent In: Moral Backbone. The power a man has to say "no when he knows his wife wants him to lay "yes." Fearlessness free from foolhardl 1 ess. Tbe chivalry of nature's knight bood. That which enables one. when fighting against ad verse circumstances and knocked down, to rise and try another round. The heart of a lion in the body of a man. ' The best remedy for despair. The force which converts an ordi nary man Into a hero. Honest daring without caring. The absence of fear In the presence f danger. ' The courage to do the right thing it the right moment. lrrcp-e?sible stout-hearted ness. That which keeps a man up when lie is down. The offspring of courage and tho m ther of success. Moral grit London Tit-Bits. It is stated by authorities in naval architecture that a steel vessel can carry twenty per cent, more than an iron ship. THE MOST PLEASANT WAY in this! 0f lrevcntinS the Rrippe, colds, hcad osa it, aclu'9' anU fevers to use the liquid ; j laxative remedy Syrup of Figs, when ever the system needs a gentle, yet ef fective cleansing. To be beneotal one must get the true remedy manufac tured by the California Fig SyrULi Co. only. For sale by all druggists iu oOc and fl bottles. The rei of Brazil is au imaginary coin, no piece of that denomiuatioii being coined. Ten thousand reis equal 15.45. Ilow'a Tala ! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for anyca.-eof Catarrh that cauuot be cured by liall'a Catarrh Cure. K. J. Car.vr.Y & Co., Toledo, O. the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for t he last b years and lelieve him Per foctl.' honoratile in all hnsine8 transact ionst an 1 tlnane ally ahlp to carry out any obliga tion made by the r firm. Wbut 4c Thi ax, Wh ji.wale Drnmrlata, Toledo. Ohio. Waliuno. Kisjvav A Marvis, 'Wholesale) DruKKlsta, Toledo, Ohio. Ha l's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act In directly upon thehlool and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c. per Lottie, tol l by all Drutk'nta. In China gold and silver are merely commodities, whone price is regulated by the Kws of supply and demand. ForCongUs and Throat Ulaordrre Ue Brown's Hkom hial Trochss. "Hn.ve never hanged my mind resecti'ji; them, except I think better of that which I began by thinking well ot." Rev. IJcnry Ward Beecher. Sold only In boxes. Since the establishment of our life saving service, in 1871, DOSS persons have been succored at the stations. POST A L. Ol'lnK FOlC 189.1 Contalnlnlnc all the post office arriniti1 af. pliabetlcally. In States and Counties, with al". other matters relating to post office afUiis earn be ordered from B. Sai.iNosk. P. O. Hex. US'. Philadelphia. . Ne business man should b linout it. Price 2.0 paercover wiUiiuouiuly; K Miclolb cover Kiln monthly. The first war vessel captured by art American ship was the Edvard, taken by the Lexington, April 17, 1777. Ann man that puts an article in reach otover- woi'ket women to lighten her labor is certainlr a benrartnr. (Tax hi A Co., surely rem under this head In makiuit liohhtns' Kleetnc Soau so cheap that all can u.-e it. l ou utvejt a trial. A gentleman must kiss every lady he is introduced to in Paraguay. It is the custom in that country. The tortures of dyspepsia, the nufferings of scrofula, the agonizing itch and pal of sail. rheum, the disHgreeshle symptoms o catarrh, are removed by Hood's Saraaparllla. liood'a Pills are the best after-dinner pills. assist digestion, prevent constipation. Texas is first in cattle and cotton, fl second in sugar, sheep and mules, sev- entli in cows, eighth in hogs. !j Beei-ham's PIIU Instead of sloshv mineral wa. ters. Beecham's no others. 2- cts". a box. Indium is third in wheat, fourth in corn and hoes, seventh in cattle and railways, eighth iu coal. If afflicted with soreevesuse nr.luuThamn. 0D'Kye.waler.liruKEi9tssell at a. pet bottle. Stonn Telephones. Tbe telephone is aoout to have a new application namely, that of fore telling storms. Anew tllscoverv bns bec-n made as to one of the nmperties of this means of transmitting sound. ay placing two Iron bars at seven or eight metres distance- from each other, and then puttint; them in coin. munlcation on one sido by a copper wire covered with rubber, and on tho other side with a telephone, a storm can, it is said, be predicted at least, twelve hours ahead through a dead sound heard In the receiver, Accord ing as the storm Sufvances tho sound resembles the boatltnz ,f hall-stone against the wlndotfs. Every flash or ghtnlng, and of course rvery clao of thunder that accompanfa. the storm, produces a shock similar lo that of s. stone cast between th diaphragm nd the Instrument. The use of cavalry as irrfnaliv was orougnt to the highest perfection dur ing the Civil War. The first naval expedition on rectotd was that of the Argonauts, probacy pirates, B. C. 12C3. a ..... ..." - I For over 500 years the Ir-ptl.n monjirchs maintained a strong, boil W CALLINQ HIM DOWN. rne ManWltb. the lattle Boxes Made I Mistahe This Tin., lie was a professional gambler, tie tad two dice boxes and two clay narbles. Ue called tbe boys around, jlm and proceeded to manipulate his, narbles and boxes on tbe bar. "Now. gentlemen," said he, "I'm; 10 worker of miracles; I can' beal the tick nor raise tbe dead, but I'll put; ;his marble under tbe cup and bet; you a twenty it ain't there; or, i 11) bet you a twenty It's under tbe other cup. Come, who'll open the ball? Speak lively," 1 Silence followed. Then a flashily Iressed cohfederafe of the (rambler slbowed his way to the front. Til bet she's there," he said, and laid down his money. 'And there she is," exclaimed the rambler. "Here you are forty in the long green. Once in a while I'm caught just In that way. Come, hur rah, boys who's next Here's tho marble you can see it go under the :up. Now, I'll bet you either wav." Three rough hands were raised with three twenties, when a husky voice ihouted at the edge of the crowd: "Hold in yer bronchos, boys. I'm the first man to bet." A burly In dividual in a blue shirt and broad brimmed bat pushed his way to tho bar. "2Jow, professor, I'm ready for ve. Lift up yer box. There's the ball, dead to right seo it, fellers?" The "boys" answered affirmatively. "Ttere's a twenty.perfesser," went in the husky-voiced man, "an 1 bet the ball's under that cup. 'Caue why? 'Cause I'm a rational man, an' we're all rational men we believe what we sec. We seen the ball under that cup an it's got to be there an I'm bettin'lt is there. If it ain't there, they's been a hocus-pocus and that kind o' work don't go down with this tiyer community." The husky-voiced man produced a six-shooter about as long as a Winchester. "In my opin ion I'm bettin' on a dcadsure thing. Lift the cup, pcrfesser." The six-shooter was cocked with an ominous "click" and the husky-voiced man looked the "pcrfesser" squarely in the eye. The gambler smiled, in a sickly way, coughed, hesitated and would have said something had not a p.iir if determined, steely-gray eyes given him fair warniDg. He raised the box the ball was there, "I thought so," said the husky-. voiced man, as he pocketed tli'S money. "If you want to take ani more bets, pertesser, I reckon th boys'll accommodate ye." But he didn't. Ho laded out i the saloon and Anaconda Knew bin 00 more Cinnamon. The ciftrvatioTi of cinnamon 11 something like that of. a willow copse,' straight young shoots springing uj round the stump of the plant pre viously cut. These shoots In their turn are cut every second year thtit is to say, when they are about Ave feet high and two Inches in circum ference. A good many of these, aro told as walking slicks, and Mud a ready market on board the steamers among the passengers, who think there in ust be a special charm in a cinna mon stick, though in truth it is bar 1 to distinguish it from our common hazel. But of course the real thing to bo ecurcd Is the highly aromatic Inner hark. First of all, the leaves are Urlpped off. and then the bark Is split from end to end with a sharp inife, which has a curved point; with this, aided by the Angers, the bark is ca e fully removed in long nieces. These :ire heaped up and left ro sodden, so as to tlcllitate the next process that of scraping oil theoutc rind. In order to do this, each piece of the bark Is placed on a round piece c! wo kI and carefully scraped with the knife, the almost nude brown work ers sitting on the ground and usint; their toes as an extra hand to steady the end of the stick. Tbe bark is then left to dry In the sun, wnen it rolls itseli up into t:jht juills. These are n"atly sorted a id packed, three 01 four Iiwide of one unit her, and arc inncle nn into bales ovcred with clotii, and ate then rea ly for export. Cinnamon Issocxtraordintirilyscnsi tive that great care has to betaken .vith regard to its surroundings on xiard shin, as a bale of very fine cin laiuon will l-a much of its delicitc iroma if packed among bales of oarser bark. Various expedients .iae t:een tried to remedy this. The Portuguese and Dutch Isolated tho .lales by packing them In cocoanut 1ber, or in cattle hides; but It is bund that the only real safety ruard Is to pacic bags of pepper be tween the bales. Things Olrl Should Learn. She should learn to handle a goblet by Its stein, and not by Its bowl. She shmild learn how to mako a pretty bow. She should learn as she learned tier alphabet that a gentleman should always be presented to a lady, never a lady to a gentleman. She should learn that It Is bad form to congratulate a bride at a wedding, One congratulates tho bridegroom and wishes the brido happiness. She should learn that it Is the worst of bad taste to appear thoughtful or absent minded in company. 1 r-ne snouia team, ad in Die, 10 uip n 1 v. -... . . v. . 1. uei euup nuui iici , iu uw uci lura only in the fish course; to lay knife and fork asido when sho passes her plate; to eat out of tho side of be. spoon and to fold ha. napkin. EnoourairlnB; Perjury. Judgo Can you give an instance 01 Inciting a person to commit perjury? Law Candidate Yes; for instance, when you ask a woman bow old she ii A prominent clergyman of Mississippi re comaiends "Golden "Medical Discovery'' to suffering humanity every where. Tbe ''Dis covery "builds up tho strength and solid flesh vhen reduced below a healthy standard. OITCPEPSll AUD GENERAL DEBILITY. Bev. A. H. IsVlVS, of Friar's Point, Coahnmt Co., MwtatnppU writes: " Having suffered for a number of years with dyspepsia, torpid liver and seneral debility, and having tried sever al pbysiofans with UUie or no benefit, I resolv ed, as a last resort, to consult your ipeaUllaU at the world's Dispen sary. Being advised by them to use Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Dis covery. 1 did so, and after using several net tles, I feel entirely re- a k l.k ilav. A. H. Kara, j take great pleasure to ffeccmmendlag your medicines to suffering busMetty everywhere." T3( CVStS MH AIL ILSI rslU. Q Sn-s. Twtss oooa. Css r1 rr l tux., Vf rimrc'ju. Irf FOR SORENESS OR STIFFNESS FROM COLD, USE ST. JACOBS OIL IT RELAXES, SOOTHES, HEALS. CURES. HOW GEN. SEDGWICK DlZD. fhe Tro- Story or Ilia Kllllnsj Told ts Print for the First Time. The Xinth Corps, under Burnslde, lay on the left of the Sixth Corps, un der the Brave Cen. John Sedgwick. His sterling worth was combined wi h an almost feminine modesty, and he never posed for public ap nlause: but his achievement at Saleic Church, above Fredericksburg, when he fought Lee's victoriom troops foi flve hours with a single corps, and then safely tranferred his men acros the river under the Ore of the re:l I guns, was not surpassed in tha foui i years. But, alas! his cool braverj omy served him nce, as a manyr His corps wasorclereci to mmc iro.n the right to the left toward North Anna Kiver, passing the Ninth Corps to the rear of it. The writer was with others commanding the pickel line. Lo?ated immediately in our front, In the arms of a large oak that ros ubovp. the second growth of timbei that was skirted with our pickets, who were in skirmish lines, was a sharpshooter who had played deali havoc on the lines of both the Sixth and Ninth Corps, dealing death tc every otMcer espee ally who came within range. 1 bad been obliged all dav to avoid bis aim by lunging close to the fine timber just back of out line. Gen. e Igwick had been exam Ining hurouta of marcn. which must be made In the night, when lie came i through the open pine woods where 1 was. Seeing him approaching an open space he was warned of the dan ger. He smilingly replied: 'Captain, have you been out here 10 long that your knees are week Can we not dislodge the reb with a 'shell? Let mc see." I Kidinr out to where the view was ciear he halted his horse, lilted his Held glass to his eyes and sat thu !.. haps a half a minute, when his I s'ght went out forever. One of the sharpshooter's ininnie balls shrieked , across the open and pierced his fore- hea l. Hi-i death was init.iiitaneous. Iuring the day an Indian nam li Silverhecls, belonging to the artillery, wasshoton the skirmish line. Hi" liMit mate, named Ilatt! sn ike, was much bereft at the los. He wasc'o-: by when Gen. Sedgwick fell. He wa a great lover of Sedgwick, who ha I made hi:n several presents for dati icr .us service. j Coming to where I was Rattlesnake said: "1 '00 mush! too mush, dat: He :lic or me die," painting to the sliarp- :l"rfcrtnr Covering himself w'th pine boughs he ventured cautiously into the oje:ij j Heid, stood still like a bush when the ' reb was tirit'g on tile Ninth Corps j moving swiftly when his gun smoke spouted toward the Sixth. Almost 1 breathlessly I gladly saw him ent r I (li woods. A few minutes only and I the crack of the rifle la the trio 1 ceased forever, and Sedgwick and bil- j erlieels were revenged. One lot;.' 5til'ed rli'e shot down low in C:c woods was all that came to our ears. Hattlesnake reappeared, proud, erect, fearless, and hastened to me. . His hands were red in spots, so was his tiosom. I was afraid he bad bec:i wounded himself. Ho only said s'ow ly and in bad Englis'.i: "Malor, he no want scalp," allud ing to the commander of our battal ion. I said, '-Ah, no: that too muchy like Injun." lie said, "No more s'looty Sedg wick." lie had a Sponcer rifle and 100 rounds of new cartridges. He told with many gesticulations how ho had crept to w ithin a few feet of the tree, took deadly aim, and then s.iid, "Drop dat shooter." The rebel dropped his gun and his car tridges. Then he jumped to the ground and offered to go anywhere. Rattlesnake examined him to see that he had no other weapons and l.eald: "Go, go." The sharpshoot er was not long in obeying. After he hatl gone a little way the Indian cried out: "Hello, reb; halt." The reb stopped and turned when Rattlesnake said "Sedgwick," and the sharpshooter's deacly work was ended. I always had my suspicion as to how that blood came on his shirt bo 50m, but I do not know. One thiti is certain, Rattlesnake did not go to the hospital for any wound to be Jrcssed. New York Press. A Wonderful Telephone. The people of the south of Franco are noted for a slluht a very slight tendency to exaggerate. A native of that favored clime was present re cently when sonic one waB describing a telephone which had been con structed between a town In France and one over the border In Spain. Oh: that's nothing." commented the native, not to te overcome hv r trifling a circumstance; "you should ! sec the one I've just invented. By j using tnai, you iaiK trench in the receiver at Marseilles, and it comes cut Spanish at Madrid." It Was Before E-pocI.Py lor Farmers, Miners 7 r rt,- 1 SmmmmmJu'''1 'menu inlerior anicla SAP They Used lo Say "Woman's Work Is Hoer Dene." Save the Forests. It often happens the farther we go abroad the more forcible are the iilus. trations that we find to guide us in our action at home. The conduct of commercial rivals may SDmetlmes afford strong hints as to how we hould manage our own business. Some years ago the Government r,f Bavaria sent a skilled forester to study tlie condition ot timber growth in the Tnited States. While here he made the remark, as it speaking or a matter generally known and ac. ceptc-d: In aftyycars you will h.ne. t0 jni, port your tirnl er.and as vou w ill pro!,, ably prefer American kinds, we shall begin to grow them, in otdor to be ready to send them to you at the proper time." What an instanceof scientific fore, thought, and withal what a warning: l'erhaps it Is not yet too hue t, grow 0:1 our own lands the timber w shall need a generation or two hence; lut if we are to do so, It is time to take rigorous steps to stop re.-kl.-v, forest destruction and to ca our.iy.j bcientitic forest culthation. Ahile our government sd s ou -right its forest lands for r,o an a re. t ranee obtains almost exactly ths same sum yearly from each acre of its forest land by sales of timber. V e spend our capital; Fiance makes in income, and safeguards its capital. Talissy, the famoiisKrer.cn pAter, who was wise in other things as well as porcelain, declared that the neglect of forests in hi day was "not a mistake, but a calamity an la cur-e for France." That country has since learned the lesson. When will ours follow its example? Youth's Com panion. raid tbe Farmer for His Trouble. A f irmer in China, Me., recently bea d smothered squawking in h's benhouse and 'twas midnight. When Jie went out he found the l.enhoti-e jloor ajar, and sounds indicated that, the Intruder was still within. There frre the farmer slammed the door, bolted it. and posted himself outside 1 he !ieniinu-e until morning did ap t'enr. Then he looked in the window 300 discerned a neiKhtior, who came ontritely forth an 1 pni 1 the. farmer i- for time, loss of sleep, etc. Mio people s.iy there is no money in farm 'n'g! Lewiston (Me.j .lourcaL The Naval Asylum of the. T'nited States was established in s3o near I'liiladi lphia. Copper shc.it !tin-,' was first used fur ve.-S'ds of the English navy about the vear 1770. w Mothers Friend 99 mm CHILD BIRTH ESSY. Colvin, La., Dec. 2. 1830. My wifo tised iIOTHEK'3 FRIEND before her third onfinexnent, and says sho would not t; v.thout it for hundreds of dollars. DOCK MILLS. Pent br eprvss en rccr;pt of p:ce. $1,50 per hot -Ie. Buolc "lo Moth-crs '' mailtd iitau BRAORIELO REGULATOR CO., VAu.onuatvsT. ATLANTA Q A To m"?t the print Hat r Tiiiir nti t-nrnirr) v.c Alii sfll t em dire' l lor i'jisi l IVl T 1 .71-I M Ml t Nr il!- TIMES FlCDTIf I7TD0 t'mlUw.mrorn r-.-- J-eriilirri fr tr u.-k.n ; pml trvm 'J-rrn Tora. , p .tnii at IMisinsr (ni(iilur; I-rii i izerw f-r tol.o o, n rcul ir. InRt-i.T . ru.t M .f p-i- u. W. Jfc Co., Fertilizer 3ir.. lij..tiu.or . id rJ r'ssrw rrr srsrtrr Nstr w FOR FIFTY YEARS! MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP! has IWn usM h? Million- of Mother '. L'r. V..n i .1 liii V - . cunis, alia? all pnln. cur lnd colic, a-ad Tiren?y-Uve Cent a RotiJe r.s4sr AN IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINE? I tomplrxion, 4tlTt-ii.lv Brent Z inn au disorder ol ino bbOQ rsj.sj.r-.nd Bowel. 1 . RIPAN9 TABU" Eft ?.vt (fratlyrrt pron.;llT. Forf I I riireitj'.ti friinwn th.rue. e-.:,i B tor ft-pp Rumple a.Mr' flalff ftlfTI lr ""Tonedoubta that i BLOOD PGSSOa i wa cancans them it b ctinate ruse in 11 to iiaya, Jft him wr to for 1 A OrtWALI I. J cato our nsliab Ht. our allill'WPUygi ?.n'nrtl taking; is m H oo.wto. v. hen mrT curv o :M potfts1nm, aarsap.rillaor UntPnrinc fatl, i- to ra:ilee a curv-ai.fi or.r Ma-'ia t. jT'hileno thson r ;:i-T thfit w.il care permanently, p Mtlre rruof atuV ':IwL froe. t ool KKEr Co.. CMc-jjCO. IU, Crdi -. from h !:( iarfcWVJ tfwn. Mn. IRIS Ji . " ""sion. si U --- t).HIMHB( Msll llUCC. ihe Day of OLIO ureex mercenaries.
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