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REV. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
CARES OF BUSINESS BRING
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Trials and Temptations to the Husbands
and Fathers Struggling to
Make a Living.
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fem.” —Isaiah x1., 2 7 Y ig
' What an awful six weeks in commercial
eircles! The crashing of banks from Sag
Francisco to New York and from ocean te
ocean. The complete uncertainty that has
halted all styles of business for three months
and the pressure of the money market for the
year have put all bargain makers a
their wits’ end. Some of the best men in
ay ie
whose hands have blessed eve rea
The church of tod can “afford te
extend to them her sympathies and plead be
fore heaven with all availing prayer. The
schools such men have established, the
churches they have built, the asylums and
beneficent institutions they have fostered,
will be their eulogy long after their banking
institutions are forgotten.
Such men can never fail. They have their
treasures in banks that never break and will
be millionaires forever. The stringency ot
the money market, I am glad to say, begins
to relax. May the wisdom of Almighty God
come down upon our National legislature at
their convening next month in Washington
and such results be reached us shall restore
confidence and revive trade and multiply
prosperities | Yet not only now in the time
of financial disaster, but all through life, out
active business people have a struggle, and 1
think it will be appropriate and useful fox
me to talk about thelr trials and try to offer
eome curative presoriptions.
In the first place, I have to remark that a
great many of our business men feel ruinous
trials and temptations coming to them from
small and limited capital in business, It is
everywhere understood that it takes now
three or four times as much to do business
well as once it did. Once afew hundred dol-
{ars were turned into goods—the merchant
would be his own store sweeper, his own
salesman, his own bookkeeper. He would
manage all the affairs’ himself, and every-
thing would be net profit. Wonderful
changes have come. Costly apparatus, ex-
tensive advertising, exorbitant store rents,
heavy taxtatlon, expensive agencies, are
only parts of the demand made upon our
commercial men, and when they have found
themselves in such circumstances with small
capital they have sometimes been tempted to
run against the rocks of moral and flnancial
destruction.
This temptation of limited capital has
ruined men in two ways. Sometimes they
have shrunk down under the temptation.
They have yielded the battle before the firs
shot was fired. At the first hard gun the
surrendered. Their knees knocked togethe}.
at the fall of the auctioneer’'s hammer. The
blanched at the financial peril. They dij
oot understand that there is such a thing a
beroism in merchandise, and that there are
Waterloos of the counter, and that a man
can fight no braver battle withthe sword than
be can with the yardstick.
Their souls melted in them because sugars
were up when they wanted to buy and down
when they wanted to sell and unsalable
goods were on the shelf and bad debts in
their ledger. The gloom of their counte-
nances overshadowed even their dry goods
and groceries. Despondency, coming from
iimited capital, blasted them. Others have
felt it in a different way. They have said:
“Here I have been trudging along. I have
been trying to be honest all these years. I
d it is of no use. Now it is muke or
break.”
The small craft that could have stood the
stream is put out beyond the lighthouse on
the great sea of speculation. Stocks are the
dice with which he gambles. He bought for
a few dollars vast tracts of western land.
Some man at the east living on a fat home-
stead meets this gambler of fortune and is
persuaded to trade off his estate here for lots
{in a western city with large avenues and
costly palaces and lake steamers smoking at
the wharves and rail trains coming down
with lightning speed from every direction.
There it is all on paper! The city has never
been built nor the railroads constructed, but
everything points that way, and the thing
will be done as sure as you live. And that
{s the process by which many have been
tempted through limitation of capital into
labyrinths from which they could not be ex-
tricated.
I would not want to chain honest enter-
prise. I would not want to block up any of
the avenues for henest accumulation that
open before young men. On the contrary, I
would like to cheer them on and rejoice
when they reach the goal, but when thereare
such multitudes of men going to ruin for
this life and the life that is to come through
wrong notions of what are lawful spheres of
enterprise it is the duty of ministers of re-
tigion and the friends of all young men to
atter a plain, emphatic, unmistakable pro-
test. These are the influences that drown
men in destruction and perdition.
Again, a great many of our business men
are tempted to over-anxiety and care. You
know that nearly all commercial businesses
are overdone in this day. Smitten with the
love of quick gain, our cities are crowded
with men resolved to be rich at all hazards.
They do not care how money comes. Our
best merchants are thrown into competition
with men of more means and less conscience,
and if an opportunity of accumulation be ne-
Fiected one hour some one else picks it up.
rom January to December thestruggle goes
on. - Night gives no quiet to limbs tossing in
gestlessness, nor to a brain that will not stom
¥hinking. The dreams are harrowed by
imaginary loss and flashed with imaginary
gains. Even the Sabbath cannot dam back
the tide of anxiety, for this wave of worldli-
ness dashes clear over the churches and
leaves its foam on Bibles and prayer books.
. Men who are living on salaries or by the
culture of the soil cannot understand the
wear and tear of body and mind to which
our merchants are subjected when they do
not know but that their livelihood and their
business honor are dependent upon the un-
certainties of the next hour. This excite.
ment of the brain, this corroding care of the
heart, this strain of effort that exhausts the
spirit, sends a great many of our best men in
midlife to the grave. They find
that Wall street does not end at the East
River. Itends at Greenwood! Their life
dashed out against money safes. They go
with their store on their back. They trudge
like camels, sweating from Aleppo to Damas-
cus. " .ev make their life a crucifixion.
Standing behind desks and counters, ban-
ished from the fresh air, weighed down by
carking cares, they are so many suiaides.
Oh, I wish I could to-day rub out some of
these lines of care; that I could lift some of
the burdens from the heart ;that I could
give relaxation to some of these worn
musclesi It is time for you to begin to take
it a’ little easier. Do your best, and then
trust God for the rest. Do not fret. God
manages all the affairs of your life, and He
manages them for the best. Consider the
lilies—they always have robes. Behold thé
fowls of the air—they always have nests.
Take a long breath. ~Bethink betimes that
God did not make you a pack horse. Dig
yourselves out from among the hogsheads
and the shelves, and in the light of the holy
Sabbath aay resolve that you will give tothe
winds your fears, and your fretfulness, and
your distresses. You brought nothing into
the world, and itis very certain you can
carry nothing out. Having food and
raimant, be therewith content,
The merchant came home from the store.
There had been great disaster there. He
opened the front door and said in the midst
of his family circle: “I am ruined. Ev-
erything is gone. I am all ruined!” His
wife sald, “Iam left,” and the little child
threw up its hands and sald, “Papas, I am
here.” e aged grandmother seated in the
room satd, ‘Then you have all the promises
of God beside, John.” And he burst into
tears and sald: ‘God torgive me that I have
been so ungrateful. I find I have a great
many things left. God forgive me.”
Again, I remark that many of our business
men are tempted to neglect their home duties.
How often it is that the store and the homa
seem to clash, but there ought not to be any
collision. Itis often tha case that the father
the mere treasurer of the family, a sort of
agent to see that they have dry goods and
groceries. The work of family government
be dces not touch, Once or twice in a year
be calls the children up on a Sabbath after-
noon when he has a half hour he does not
exactly know what to do with, and in that
nall nour he disciplines the children and
chides them and corrects their faults and
gives them a great deal of good advice, and
then wonders all the rest of the year that his
children do not do better when they have the
wonderful advantage of that semi-annual
castigation.
The family table, which ought to be the
place for pleasant discussion and cheertul-
ness, often becomes the place of perilous ex-
pedition. If there be any blessing asked at
all, dt is cut off at both ends, and with the
hand on the carving- knife. He counts on
his fingers, making estimates in the inter-
stices of the repast. The work done, the hat
goes to the head, and he starts down the
street, and before the family has risen from
the table he has bundled up another bundle
of goods and says to the customer, “Any-
thing more I can do for you to-day, sir?”
A man has more responsibilities than those
which are discharged by utting competent
instructors over his children and giving
them a drawing master and music teacher.
The physical culture of the child will not be
attended to unless the father looks to it. He
must sometimes lose his dignity. He must
unlimber his joints. He must sometimes
lead them out to their sports and games,
The parent who cannot forget the severs du-
ties of life sometimes to fly the kite, and
trundle the hoop, and chase the ball, and
Jump the rope with his children ought never
to have been tempted out of a crusty and un-
redeemable solitariness,
If you want to keep your children away
from places of sin, you can only do it by
making your home attractive. You may
preach sermons and advocate reforms and
denounce wickedness, and yet your children
will be captivated by the glittering saloon of
sin unless you can make your home a
brighter piace than any other place on earth
to them. Oh, gather all charms into your
house! If you can afford it bring books and
pictures and cheerful entertainments to the
housvhold. But, above all, teach those chil-
dren, not by half an hour twice a year on the
Sabbath day, but day after day. and every
day teach them tnat religion 1s a great giad-
ness that throws chains of gold about the
neck ; that it takes no spring from the foot,
no blitheness from the heart, no sparkle from
the eye, no ring from the laughter, but that
‘her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all
her paths are peace.”
I sympathize with the wark being done in
many of our cities by which beautiful rooms
are set apart by our Young Men's Christian
Associations, and I pray God to prosper them
in all things. But, I tell you, there is some-
thing back of that and before that. We need
more happy, consecrated, cheerful Christian
homes in America.
Have you ever ciphered out in the rule of
loss and gain the sum, ‘What shall it profit
a man if he gain the whole world and lose
his soul?” However fine your apparel, the
winds of death will flutter it like rags.
Homespun and a threadbare coat have some-
times been the shadow of coming robes
made white in the blood of the Lamb. The
pearl of great price is worth more than any
gem you can bring from the ocean, than Aus-
tralian or Brazilian mines strung in one car-
canet. Seek after God, find His righteous-
ness, and all shall be well here ; all shall be
well hereafter.
But I must have a word with those whe
during the present commercial calamities
have lost heavily, or perhaps lost all their
estate. If a man lose dr property at 30 or 40
years of age, it is only asharp discipline gen-
erally by which later he comes to larger suc-
cess. It is all folly for a man to sit down in
midlife discouraged. The marshals of
Napoleon came to their commander and
said, ‘We have lost the battle and we
are being cut to pieces.” Napoleon took
his watch from his pocket and said: “It
is only 2 o'clock in the afternoon. You have
lost that battle, but you have time enough
to win another. Charge upon the foe!”
Though the meridian of life has passed
with you and you have been routed in many
a conflict, give not up in discouragement,
There are victories yet for you to gain. But
sometimes monetary disaster comes to a
man when there is something in his age or
something in his health or something in his
surroundings which make him know well
that he will never get up again.
In 1857 it was estimated that for many
years previous to that time annually there
had been 30,000 failures in the United States.
Many of those persons never recovered from
the misfortune. But let me give an word of
comfort in passing. Thesheriff may sell you
out of many things, but there are some
things of which he cannot sell you out. He
cannot sell out your health. He cannot sell
out your family. He cannot sell out your
Bible. He cannot sell out your God. He
cannot sell out your heaven. You have more
than you have lost.
Sons and daughters of God, children of an
eternal and all loving Father, mourn not
when your property goes. The world is
yours, and life is yours, and death is yours,
and immortality is yours, and thrones of im-
perial grandeur are yours, and rivers ot
gladness are yours, and shining mansions
are yours, and God is yours. The eternal
God has sworn it, and every time you doubt
it you charge the King of heaven and earth
with perjury. Instead of complaining how
hard you have it, go home, take up your
Bible full of promises, get down on your
knees before God and thank Him for what
you have instead of spending so much time
in complaining about what you have not.
Some of you remember the shipwreek ot
the Central America. This noble steamer
had, I think, about 500 passengers aboard.
Suddenly the storm came, and the surges
trampled the decks and swung into the
hatches, and there went up a hundred voiced
death shriek. The foam on the jaw of ths
wave ; the pitching of the steamer as though
it were leaping a mountain ; the dismal flare
of the signal rockets ; the long cough of the
steam pipes; the hiss of the extinguished
furnaces ; the walking of God on the wave!
Tos steamer went not down without a strug-
gle.
As the passengers stationed themselves in
rows to bale out the vessel, hark to the
thump of the buckets as men unused to toil,
with blistered hands and strained muscle,
tug for their lives. There is a sail seen
against the sky. The flash of the distress
gun is sounded. Its voice is heard not. for
it 1s choked in the louder hooming of the sea.
A few passengers escaped, but the steamer
gave one great lurch and was gone! So
there are some men who sail on prosperously
in life. All's well, all's well. But at last
some financial disaster comnes—a euroclydon.
Down they go! the bottom of this commer-
cial sea strewn with shattered hulks.
But becauss your property goes do not
let your soul go. Though all else perish,
save that, for I have to tell you of a more
stupendous shipwreck than that which I
have just mentioned. God launched this
world 6000 years ago. It has been going on
under freight of mountains and immortals,
but one day it will stagger at the cry of fire.
The timbers of rock will burn, the mountains
flams like masts and the clouds like sails in
the judgment hurricane. Then God shall
take the passengers off the deck, and from
the berths those who have long been asloep
in Jesus, and He will set them far beyond
the reach oi storm and peril.
But how many shall go down? That will
never be known until it shall be announced
one day in heaven-—the shipwreck ofa world.
Oh, my dear hearers, whatever ycn lose,
though your ncuses go, though your lands
go, though all ycur earthly possessions per-
ish, may Almighty God, through the bioo:l ot
the everlasting covenunt. save all your scuula.
C—O C—O
_Trrrre has been an advance in the price
of timothy hay of from $1 to $1.50 per ton
recently, and there is no assurance that the
hichest notch has yet been reached.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FORSUNDAY,JULY 30.
¥Paul at Ephesus,” Acts xix, 1-13
Golden Text: John xvi, 13.
Commentary.
1. And it came to pass that while Apollos
was at Corinth Paul, having passed through
the upper coasts, came to Ephesus.” - From
Corinth, where we left Paul in the last les-
son, he returned to Antioch in Syria, taking
with him Priscilla and Aquila as far as Ephe-
sus, where he left them, promising to return,
the Lord willing (18-21). After some time
at Antioch he started on his third tour, and
passing through Galatia and Phrygia,
strengthening the disciples, came in due
time to Ephesus. This Apollos of Alexan-
dria, eloquent and mighty in Scripture, had
meantime passed through Ephesus and had
been greatly helped and enlightened by
Aquila and Priscilla. How wonderfuily the
Lord provides teachers tor those who are
seeking to know Him! Consider the cases
of Cornelius and the man of Ethiopia.
2. “And finding certain disciples he said
unto them, Have ye received the Holy
Ghost since ye believed? And they said
unto Him, We have not so much as heard
whether there be any Holy Ghost.” There
are many like these to-day who have heard
of the love of God and of Jesus as a Savior
from the wrath to come, and they have re-
ceived Him and are children of God (John i.,
12), and therefore have the Holy Ghost in
them as believers (I Cor. vi., 19; xii., 7). but
yet know little or nothing about the Holy
Spirit and never have received Him as their
power for life and service. Compare John
xiv., 17, with Luke xxiv., 49.
3. “And He said unto them, Unto what,
then, were ye baptized? And they said,
Unto John's baptism.” This was as far as
Apollos had taught them (18-25) and would
include repentance, remission of sins and
fruits meet for repentance and should have
included an expectation of a baptism of the
Holy Ghost (Luke iii., 3, 8, 16). It certainly
meant salvation, but not necessarily special
power for service.
4, ‘“‘Then, said Paul, John verily baptized
with the baptism of repentance, saying unto
the people that they should believe on Him
which should come after Him—that is, on
Christ Jesus.” It was John's delight to ery.
“Behold the Lamb of God!” and to point all
to Him whose way he came to prepare (John
i., 18. 21. 29, 3), iii., 28-30: Math. iii, 11.)
People are apt to follow the human leader,
as did the Corinthians (1 Cor. iii., 4,) and too
often the human leader loves to have it so.
But such is not the spirit of Christ, for even
He did not His own will nor sought His own
glory, but ever sought the glory of the Father
(John vi., 28 ; viii., 29, 50 ; xvii., 4.)
5. “When they heard this, they were bap-
tized in the name of the Lord Jesus.” They
had received the truth which they had heard
and were living up to the light which they
had received, and therefore were ready for
more light. Now, when additional truth is
brought to them they readily receive it and
turn heartily to Him of whom John was the
forerunner.
6. ‘And when Paul had laid his hands up-
on them the Holy Ghost came on them, and
they spake with tongues and prophesied.”
Being baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus did not necessarily bring the gift of
the Holy Spirit (Acts viii., 16). That seems
to have been given in answer to special prayer
and laying on of hands (Acts viii., 15, 17),
though in the case of Cornelius and his com-
pany the gift of the Spirit was bestowed
while Peter was speaking (Acts x., 44-46),
and it was afterthat they were baptized. There
seems to be no set way of receiving Christ or
of being filled with the Spirit. The great
thing is to receive Him the best way you
know how, then trust Him to fill you with
His Spirit as He pleases. Only ‘‘be filled"
(Eph. v., 18).
7. ““And all the men were about twelve’ '—
as many as those whom Jesus chose and
called unto Himself (Mark iii., 13-15); as
many as the sons of Jacob, the tribes of
Israel , as many as the gates of the New
Jerusalem and the foundations of the same
(Rev. xxi., 12, 14). It is the heavenly and
earthly perfect numbers 3 and 4 multiplied.
The full significance we will see some day.
8. ‘And He went into the synagogue and
spake boldly for the space of three months,
disputing and persuading the things con-
cerning the kingdom of God.” He made no
apologies for the truth, but believing all
things written by Moses he spake boldly in
the power of the Spirit (Acts xxiv., i4;iv.,
29). Disputing means reasoning out of the
Scriptures, as in chapter xvii., 2, while per-
suading indicates tender and loving entreaty.
Thus he patiently and prayerfully opened to
them the word of God concerning Jesus as
the Christ.
9. ‘But when divers were hardened and
believed not, but spake evil of that way be-
fore the multitude, he departed trom them
and separated the disciples, disputing daily
in the school of one Tyrannus.” When truth
is rejected, the heart becomes hardened, and
when once the heart is turned away fromthe
only light in this dark world the only pros-
pect is the outer darkness where light never
comes. Yet Jesus has taught us that only a
portion of the seed will fall on good ground,
and that tares will grow among the wheat
uatil the harvest.
10. ‘‘And this continued by the space of
two years, so that all they which dwelt in
Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both
Jews and Greeks.” The province of Asia, in
which were the seven churches of Revelation,
is distinguished from the other provinces of
Asia Minor in chapter xvi., 6. In thissection
of the country he testifies that for three years
he ceased aot to warn every one night and
day with tears, teaching publicly and from
house to house, keeping back nothing, and
all the while with his own hands ministering
to the necessities of himself and those who
were with hin (chapter xx., 31, 20, 34). Thus
earning his own living he would have nooc-
casion to fear losing a portion of his salary
(f the truth he preached should happen to
hit some of his hearers rather severely.
11. ‘‘And God wrought special miracle= by
the hands of Paul.” Whether it be a mir-
acle of healing of the soul or of the body,
“it is God who worketh” (Phil. ii, 13).
Whether it be wisdom or knowledge or faith
or gifts of healing or miracles, it is all the
work of the one self same Spirit dividing to
avery man severally as He will (I Cor. xii,
7-11). We will know His power more when
instead of seeking Him to use Him for God
we allow Him to take us and use us as He
pleases.
12. “So that from his body were brought
into the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and
the diseases departed from them, and the
evil spirits went out of them.” There must
have been some good reason for these spe-
cial manifestations of the power of God in
this unusual way—some special form of un-
belief or deviltry which needed just these
manifestations—ior the Spirit does nothing
amadlesslv. —Lesson Helper
Riding and Hitching.
One mode of transportation among
the poor whites of Southern West
Virginia is known as ‘riding and
pitching.” It 1s resorted to when
two travelers find themselves with
nly one horses and they are going
too far to ride *‘double.” In ‘riding’
and ‘‘hitching” one traveler takes the
norse and goes a mile or more, while
the other foots it bekind. The
squestrian naturally makes faster
speed than the walker. So after he
nas ridden his share he dismounts
and hitches his steed to a tree by the
roadside and pushes on afoot. In
time the other walker comes to the
hitched animal, mounts him, and
rides on until he has overtaken the
first rider and got some distance in
front, when the operation is repeated.
Thus each rides alternately and the
dorse gets a breathing spell.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS.
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A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Towaxpa—The boiler in the Towanda
nail works exploded Tuesday afternoon.
Andrew Benjamin was instantly killed. Ross
Hatton fatally injured and a man named
Bennett severely burned aud bruised. An-
other man named McGovern is missing and
thought to be in the ruins, Within a few
minutes after the explosion the whole plant
was in flames and the buildings were com-
pletely destroyed. The plant was owned
by W. H. Godcharles and the loss is esti-
mated at $25,000 about half covered by in-
.surance.
————
DROWNED IN EACH OTHERS ARMS.
BrAppock—Two small boys, Stanison ana
Harry Peterson, aged respectively 8 and 10
vears, sons of a Pole employed at the Ed-
gar Thompson Steel works, were drowned
here in the Monongahela river. The re-
mains were brought up from the river with
very little trouble, the little chaps clasped
in each others arms, and taken to an under
taker’'s establishment.
—— a
ANOTHFR CIGARETTE VICTIM,
Brappock.—Charles lewis, of Denver,
was suddenly attacked with heart failure on
the street and fell to the pavement uncons-
cious. The young man, who is only 18
years old, stated to his physician that his
trouble was caused by excessive cigarette
smoking. He is in a precarious condition.
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OLD-FASHIONED POTATO BUGS BACK.
WasningroN,—The old-fashioned potato
bug, which was some time ago crowded out
by the modern striped-jacket bug, has again
made its appearance in Franklin township
and is devouring all the potatoes, cabbage.
and other growing plant tops in sight.
Rn
Oscar Kratzer and Dr. Bagnal, fishermen,
of Warren, claim the prize on a spoon-bill
sturgeon 2 feet long, They pulled it out of
the river just below the bridge, but envious
people are skeptical, and charse the lucky
fishermen with putting up a job by fasten-
ing the sturgeon to a line betore it was
thrown into the Allegheny river. However
that may be, the catch is in Warren on ex
hibition.
A PRINCESS was born on Blue Island. neat
Monongahela, last Tuesday night. She 14
a Bohemia: princess, her mother being a
gypsy who claims to be in the royal line.
Dr. Charles Scott, who was called, suggested
that the child be called Mary Queen of
Scott, but the parents said the cnild would
be named Eulalie.
Tur State Supreme Court granted an in-
junction to restrain the Mavor from inter.
fering with the plans of the building of City
Hall at Philadelphia, This completely
knocks out the Penrose bill, which wasa
bone of contention at the last sessign ot the
Legis.ature.
Tur Pennsylvania railroad supported the
surviving 1 eople and animals ot Main's
circus during 10 days’ idleness after the
wreck, built a triin of 13 new cars, paia for
all repairs, completed the original number
of wagous and also paid Mr. Main $75,000
in cash.
A youxs farmer of Huntingdon township,
Westmoreland county. has been fined $20
for misinforming a keeper of 1 tollgate as
to the distance he was going, thereby saving
about 3 cents toll.
ANNIE BYRANT, of Ridgeview, near Derry
station was bitten four times by a copper:
head snake yesterdav. All efforts to produca
sleep have failed and the victim struggles
violently.
BELLEFOXTE citizens have organized a
boycott against members of the town coun-
cil who pasced an ordinance making it un-
awful for cows to stray about the streets.
Tue name of the place known as Bethel,
on the Somerset & Cambria railroad has
been changed to Holshopple. It.s hard to
see where the improvement comes in.
Jorn Casper, the 10 year old son of a
Jeanuette grocervman, took his father's
loaded revolver from a bureau drawer,
played with it and is expected to die.
Assessors’ returns in Washington county
show 51,056 acres short of the number of
acres that ought to be taxed. Where the
missing land is, is a mystery.
J. A. SutHErLAND, of Beaver, claims to
have the champion pumpkin vine, since
by actual measurement it was found that it
grew a foot in 24 hours.
Ax~iE KRreIpeEr, of Lancaster conoty,
whose parents and four brothers and sisters
were murdered in Dakota last week, is on
the verga of insanity.
THE colored people of Pennsylvania will
hold their second annual State fair in Har-
risburg, opening October 16 and continuing
until the 24th.
Tae new directory of Johnstown places
the population of that place at 24544, and
of Johnstown and the surrounding boroughs
at 36.144.
WirLiam Macky, of Woodside, Fayette
county, has a potato stalk that measured
five feet and is coming out in bloom.
Tromas Wrrsox, carpenter. fell off the
barn of A. T. Polliard, near Rimersburg. a
distance of forty teet and was killed.
Joun C. Bowers, of Bedford,aged 40 years,
fell asleep on a track and 60 cars passed over
his legs. He died in a few hours.
Tuomas A. SEATON, of Bolivar, who was
bitten by a copperhead last Saturday, died
I'riday is in terrible agony.
State Superintendent of Schools Schaffer
has decided that the free text book law goes
into eifect at once,
YENovo has 250 cases of typhoid fever and
the number is steadily increasing.
R’'s*Honor's #ild Protest.
Hickman County, Kentucky, has a
judge who is so exceedingly slow tao
anger that hc does not appear ta
know ‘‘contempt of court” when he
sees it. During the trial of a case
Lefore him recently two lawyers got
mad and went at each other fist and
skull. Quiet was restored at last,
but soon the belligerents were a
it again. When the second riot had
been quelled and the frightened spcce.
tators had returned tc the court-room
his honor mildly observed to the
Sherift that *‘it seems to me there is
entirely too much disorder in the
court-room.”—Indianapolis News.
Diphtheric Poison from Apples.
Attention is called to the fact that
apples stored in cellars or elsewhere
are invariably covered with mold or
mildew—often invisible, but just as
real. The mold consists mostly of
microscopic plants, including numer-
more or less poisonous. Physicians
say they have traced cases of diph-
theria in children to the use of
moldy apples. Mothers are in the
habit of giving little children apples
to play with, and the babies try to
eat them. In such cas2s the mold
should be carefully removed from
the apples.—Troy Times.
ous species of fungi, all of which are ;
SOLDIERS COLUMN
THE SWORDS OF GRANT AND LEE
pee
“Fame hath crowned with laurel
The swords of Grant and Lee”
ethinks to-night [ catch a gleam of
steel among the pines,
And yonder by the lilied stream repose the
foemen's lines;
The ghostly guards who pace the ground a
momentstop to see
If all is safe and still around the tents of
Grant and Lee.
‘Tis but a dream; no armies camp where
once their bay’ nets shone;
And Hesper’'s calm and lovely lamp shines
the dead alone;
Ae et chirps on yonder rise beneath a
cedar tree
Where glinied 'neath the summer skies the
swords of Grant and Lee.
Forever sheathed those famous blades that
led the eager van!
They shine no more among the glades that
fringe the Rapidan;
To-day their battle work is done, so draw
them forth and see
That not a stain appears upon the swords of
Grant and Lee,
The gallant men whosaw them flash in
comradeship to-da
Recall the wild, impetuous dash of val’rous
blue and gray;
And 'neath the flag that
above a Nation free,
They oft recall the missing braves who
fought with Grant and Lee.
proudly waves
They sleep among the tender grass, they
slumber "neath the pines,
They're camping in the mountain pass
where crouched the serried lines;
They rest where loud the tempests blow,
destructive in their glee—
The men who followed long ago the swords
of Grant and Lee.
Their graves are lying side by side where
once they met as foes,
And where they in the wildwood died
springs up a blood-red rose;
O’er them the bee on golden wing doth flit,
and in yon tree
A gentle robin seems to sing to them of
Grant and Lee.
To-day no s'rifes of sections rise, to-day nc
shadows fall
Upon our land, and ’'neath the skies one
flag waves over all;
The Rlue and Gray as comrades stand, as
comrades bend the nee,
And ask God s blessings on the land that
gave us Grant and Lee.
Bo long as Southward, wide and clear, Poto
mac's river runs,
Their deeds will live because they were Co-
lumbia’s hero sons;
Bo long as bend the Northern pines and
blooms the orange tree,
The swords will shine that led the lines of
valiant Grant and Lee.
Methinks I hear a bugle blow, methinks I
hear a drum;
And there with martial step and siow, two
ghostly armies come;
They are the men that met as foes, for 'tis
the dead 1 see.
And side by side in peace repose the swords
oi Grant and Lee,
Above them let OLp GrLory ware, and let
each deathless star
Forever shine upon the brave who lead the
ranks of war;
Their fame resounds from coast to coast,
from mountain top to sea;
No other land than ours can boast the
swords of Grant and Lee.
—Blue and Gray, of Philadelphia
ee
A Northern Soldier's Prison Life.
Jur captors did not allow us to see their
newspapers, but, happily for us, a true
Union lady lived next door to the jail, and
in the evening when all was quiet, she read
the news aloud for our benefit. This Jasted
about a week, and then was re orted te
headquarters by one of the guard. We were
cut off irom our evening readings, but soon
one of the men (of course he was a Yankee)
said, “Keep quiet, boys, and we’ll have a
paper and read it ourselves to-night.”
When it began to grow dark he tied a board:
nail to a small string and threw it from the
crated window into the Union lady’s yard.
In a few minutes he had a bite,hauled in his
line, and draggling from the nail was the
Charleston **Mercury.’’ After that we went
fishing every night, and always with suc-
cess.
Some curious experiments were tried by
those who were sufficiently daring to at-
tempt to get to the Union lines, and some
times these desperate movements met with
success. One fellow who was acting as
nurse told the men that 1f they would put
him into a blanket and carry him to the
dead house, which was outs. de the guard,
and nail him carelessly in a coffin,he would
take care of what followed. Accordingly,
the thing was done, and the next morning
the old darky whose task it was to carry
away the corpses of those who had reached
the end of their sufferings during the night,
started with his load for a burial place out-
side the city. When a safe distance had
been reached, the nurse gave the coffin lid a
kick and arose! The darky gave one fright
ful yell and fled toward Richmond, while
the dead man went on his way rejoicing. —
Blue and Gray for July.
S.mebody’s Father
Ithink that one of the saddest incidents of
the war which I witnessed was after the
>attle of Gettysburg. Off on the outskirts.
ieated on the ground, with his back to a
ree, was a soldier, dead. His eyes were
‘iveted on some object held tightly clasped
n his hands. As we drew nearer we saw
t was an ambrotype of two s nall children
Man though I was, hardened through those
ong years to carnage and bloodshed, the
ight of that man who looked on his chil-
iren for the 1 st time in this world, who
wway off in a secluded spot had rested him-
ielf against a tree, that he might feast his
ryes on his little loves, brougnt tears to my
syes which I could not restrain had 1 want-
3d. There were six of us in the crowd, and
we all found great lumps gathering in our
throats, and mist coming before our eves
which almost blinded us. Sve stood looking
at him for some time. I was thinking of
the wife and baby 1 had left at home, and
wondering how soon, in the mercy ot God,
she would be left a widow, and my baby
boy fatherless. We looked at each other and
instinctively seemed to understand our
thoughts. Not a word was spoken, but we
dug a grave and laid the poor fellow to rest
with his children’s picture clasped over his
heart. Over his grave, on the tree against
which he wassitting I inscribed the words:
“Somebody’s Father,
July 8, 1863,”
—BLUE AND GRAY for July.
— mn
Twain Lied,
The following story is told of Mark
Twain py a gentleman who lives near
his residence at Hartford: One day
Mark answered the telephone, and,
after hallooing for some time with:
sut an answer, he used some language
not generally seen in print, but wbich
was certainly picturesque. While
thus engaged he heard an answer in
astonished tones, and recognized the
voice of an eminent divine whom he
knew very well. “Is that you, Doc-
tor?” questionel Mark; “I didn't
hear what you said. My butler has
been at the telephone and said he
couldn’t understand you.”
ABATTLE WITH OUTLAWS.
Four Brothers Hold a Kilitia Company
at Bay and Kill Half a Dozen
Soldiers. Ons Outlaw Lost.
Word comes from Pikeville Ky. of a
bloody conflict across the State Hine in Wise
county, Va., some days ago between the
State militia and outlaw Flemens's boys.
Half a dozen or more were killed.
“Dee” Taylor.one of the gang, was caught
some months ago and hanged. and the
brothers. Tour in number, are wanted for
complicity in the murder. Two weeks ago
they were located in Wise county, and the
Governor of Virginia sent a company of 60
soldiers to assist the sheriff. The outlaws
were surrounded and a bushwhacking siege
of three days ersned. Calvin Flemens was
mortally wounded and captured early in the
fight, but the three other brothers killed a
half dozen militiamen and succeeded in
getting higher up in the hills, where friends
are reported to be going to their assistance.
As the Flemens and their friends are all
dead shots and desperate men, the ultimate
result is a matter of anxious speculation.
For years the Ileming boys and an in-
numerabie following of relatives have ter-
rorized the mountainous regions of south-
west Virginia and southeast Kentnckv, de
fying alike the authorities of first one State
and then the other. The family stands
charged with almost all the crimes on the
calendar from murder and stealing down to
moonshining. Every men.ber of the famil
is utterly fearless and all are well arm
Their strongholds in the caves of the Cum-
barland mountains are many and almost
inaccessible.
Abouteight months ago a family of three
were attacked in their cabin, the nan shot
at the dour, his wife brutally treated ana
then shot, as was also their child, They wera
left for head, but the woman lived long
enough to ma e an ante mortem statement
to the effect thatthe Flemens were the
guilty parties. Iora long time no effort
made to arrest them. Finally the sheriff ot
Wise county secured the co-operation of
the State, and, backed by militia 60 strong
and each member sworn in as a deputy, tried
to capture the Flemens, but failed.
starboard anu iLArvoard.
The Italians derived ‘‘starboard”
from que-ta borda, ‘‘this side,” and
“larhoard” from que!la borda, which
means “that side.” Abbreviated,
these two phrases appear as sta borda
and la borda. Their clo e re.emb-
lance cau ed so many mistakes that
the admiralty ordered the *larboard’”
to be discontinued and ‘port’ substi-
tuted. “Port” for *larhoard” is
said to be first used in Arthur Pitt's
“Voyage:” in 1580.
MARKETS.
THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW.
GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED.
WHEAT—No. 1 Red....... $ 68 @$ 69
No.2 Red. .... Eirdaieas 3
CORN—No. 2 Yellow ear... 49 50
High Mixed ear.......... 48 49
No. 2 Yellow Shelled.....
Shelled Mixed....
OATS—No. 1 \White.. . 38
No.2 White.......... .. 37
No. 3 White... . 35
Mizxed......... : 34
RYE—-No. 1 ............. , 6)
No. 2 Western, New...... 57
FLOUR—Fancy winter pat’ 40
Fancy Spring patents.....
Fancy Straight winter. ...
XXX Bakers....... No...
Rye Flour.....
ht
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ol
C0 TY STOO C0
ZEETSESSLSITSGRT2ULRERS
HAY —Baled No. 1 Tim'y.. 1675 1
Baled No. 2 Timothy..... 00 1
Mixed Clover. ............ 00 1
i 18 00 21+
Ww 6 50 7
7 50 8
No.1 WhMd@®T 17 00 17
Brown Middlings....... . U4 15
Bran, sacked....... ee: 15.50 14
Bran, bulkk......:.......... 1300 13
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BUTTER—Elgin Creamery 23 25
Fancy Creamery......... 17 19
Fancy country roll...... . 12 13
Low grade & cooking.... 8 10
CHEESE—Ohio fall make.. 8
New York Goshen........ 9 10
Wisconsin Swiss....... .. 14 15
Limburger (Fall make)... nn 12
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
APPLES—Fancy, # bbl... 300 3
Fair to choice, @ bbl.... 250 3 00
BEANS—
NY & M(new)Beansi@bbl 2 00 2
Lima Beans,............. 4
POTATOKS—
Fancy Rose................ 225 250
Choice Rose. ............... 175 2 00
Sweet, per bb.... 4 00
POULTRY ETC.
DRESSED CHICKENS—
Spring chickens @ 1b..... 20 22
Dressed ducks #1... 10 1
Dressed turkeys @ Hh.... 14 15
LIVE CHICKENS—
Spring chickens........ 30 50
Live chickens R pr....... 5 85
live Ducks # pr....... a a0 55
Live Turkeys $#h....... . 6 7
SGGS—Pa & Ohio fresh. ... 14 15
LATHERS—
Extra live Geese ® b..... 55 60
Nol Extra live geese®1b 48 5)
Mixed. . 25 35
4 5
4 5
LDS-—Clover.............. 8 25 8 50
Timothy prime.......... 210 220
Bluegrass... .............. 140 170
RAGS—Country mixed.... 1
JdONEY—White clover.... 17 18
Juckwhear,.............. 10 12
MAPLE SYRUP, new crop. 60 100
CIDER—country sweet@bbl 5 00 5 00
BERRIES—per quart
Blackberries. ......... 8 9
Raspberries, black 8 10
> red..... 10 12
Huckleberries........ 9 10
Gooseberries . ......, 7
Cherries. i... .. 0, 8 10
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR sis $2 20@ $3 10
WHEAT—No. 2 Red........ 60 6L
BYE-No 2.............. ." 50
CORAN—Mixed............. : 42 . 4%
DATS .....cc..... oooh . 32 33
GGS...............ccha..e 11
BUMMER... 0 wi, i4 22
PHILADELPHIA, 7
FIOUR—.......... sei. $2 70@ %4 25
WHEAT—No. 2. Red....... 69 78
CORN-—No. 2. Mixed........ 48 4%
DATS—No. 2, White........ 38 39
BUTTER—Creamery Extra. 22 28
EGGS—Pa., Firsts.......... 15 16
NEW YORK. To
FI.OUUR—Patents,........... 2 00 4 60
WHEAT—No 2Red.r...... 72 73
RYE—Western.......... eave 57 58
COBN—No. 2.-......... ve . 48 49
OATS—Mixed Western..... 37 38
BUTTER—Creamery........ 15 18
EGGS—=State and Penn...... 14 15
LIVE-STOCK REPORT.
RAST LIBERTY, PITTSBURG STOCK YARDS.
CATTLE.
Prime Steers..... Sean aives $ 485to 500
Good butcher ........ 3 75to 4 60
Commin........... 300to 350
Bulls and dry cows. 200to 325
Veal Calves. ...... : 5 50to 6 25
Fresh cows, per hea
SH
Prime 95 to 100-1 sheep....$3 4 50to 4 60
Good mixed... ...... Li... 4 25t0 435
Common 70 to 75 tb sheep... 3 00 to 3 50
Spring Lambs.............. 3 350to 550
6 10to 6 15
Common Yorkers. 5 90 to 6 00
Roughs seese.edeee i. 4 50to 5 00
Pigalle aa 5 50to 573