TJIE WINE or EIFE
'Tlie poet mcay sing of the blood-red wine,
Ho limy cluiiit the chaniis of the purple vine j
Hut the vinne T ])ri2e all others above
Is the wine of life, and its uame is love.
From a ruby chalioe this wine overflows,
Furer than crystal, as sweet as a rose;
It gladdens the soul, yet never can dim,
Though thousands quaff, it is full to the brim.
It bubbles and sparkles with iuM'ard fires,
Which kindle to fame of noble desires j
It strengthens the week, makes the timid
bold;
On the darkest lot ’its a gleam of gold.
Makes sad hearts gay, is the rainbow of tears,
Giving hues of hope to the opening years,
0 rarer and dearer this wine of wine,
Than any that flows from the purple vine.
Ye who have tasted the jueiest of the wine
Whoso clusters are hung thick by the River
Rhine,
Or have sought to quicken lives again
In draughts of Tokay, Madeira, Champague.
And have found the nectar ye crave and drink
Like apples which grew on the Citspiau’s
bi-ink,
Could ye taste this wine ’twould new life im
part:
’Tis the wine of love—its chalioe the heart.
DYSPEPTICS TO THE FRONT
ance lecturers are a nuisance, and
that all teetotalers drink when
they get a chance ; and that en
tire ■ abstinence is unscrijjtural.
Paul having advised Timotliy,
with a dormant liver, to take
little wine for his stomacli’s sake.
“ Resolved, secondly, tliat the
land is full of drunkenness, not
withstanding the labors of these
reformers, and that if they are
going to clear the land of intem
perance, it is higli time they do
it.
“ Resolved, thirdl}', tliat a copy
of these lesolutions be sent to
Jolin B. Gough, John Stearns,
and the condition of his epider
mis. The world, no more tlian
the church, has an interest in the
deliberalions of the approacliing
Convention of Dyspeptics.—Dr.
Talmage in Christian at Work.
A STOBY WITH A MOBAI,.
At a recent Home Missionarv
Anniversary in London, Mr. Spur
geon, at the close of a powerful
address, in wliicli lie urged per
sonal devotion to tlie cause of
Christ, and an intense personal
enthusiasm in missionary work
on the part of every lover of tlie
and all otlier temperance fanatics^ ;
> 1 will finish with a little story
We have just read the an
nounceraent tliat'as last summer
tliere was a meeting of liay fever
victims in the White Mountains,
so we are tliis summer to liave a
convention of dyspeptics. Most
appropriate. If tliere are any
people wliom we jiity, these are
they. May sometliing be done by
ilie approaching meeting for tlieir
alleviation ! Some man, no doubt,
with throe breakfast - undigested,
will be clio.seii as chairman. He
will rise, witii liis hand on tlie pit
of his stomach, and say: ‘‘ Gen-
tloiiieii of the coiivenrion, come
(o order iniiiiediatuly, or I will
fiiiig this gavel at your head.
The sexton vvill ploa.so jierempto-
I'ilv jiick out all wlio are not dys
peptics. Put those sleek, fat, and
oleaginous men out of the liouse.
liut all yo cadaverous and tliin
and wasted and choleric people
will take your seats.” It will
give snap and explosion to the
meeting if there be no ventila
tion. The sexton will keep the
doors and windows closed.
We can imagine what the spirit
•of the resolutions will be. When
the'subject of Health is proposed,
some one will rise and say :
“ Resolved, first, that man is a
failure, and the inheritor of innu-
nierablo ills for wliich there is no
medicament. He comes into the
world with a pang and goes out
of it with a groan.
“ Resolved,' secondly, that ev
erything is out of joint: the sky
too blue, the earth too green, the
morning too gaudy, and the night
too dark; and the sooner the torch
is applied to the world for its final
conflagration, the better'.
“ Resolved, thirdly, an ever
lasting war against chicken salad,
lobsters, spices, clams, lemon pie,
and gravy.
“ Resolved, fourthly, that these
resolutions be sent to ,all the
boarding-house keepers in the
land, and also published in The
Crumhleton Advocate and The
Hardscrabble Observer.”
If the subject of Temperance
should be presented for discus
sion, there will be an exciting
scene. Some one may rise and
offer the following :
“ Resolved, first, that temper-
and also be published in The Jug-
town Inquirer and The Brandywine
Chronicler.”
If the subject of Eeligion should
be brought before this conven
tion, some one may rise and offer :
“'Resolved, first, that the church
is a collection of hypocrites, and
ministers preach only for the sal
ary paid them, and that church
property ought to be taxed
well as any other property.
“Resolved, secondly, that the
world is getting worse and worse
under the preaching of ecclesias
tics, and that the Millennium is a
humbug.
“Resolved, thirdl}^, that a cop'v
of these resolutions be sent to the
“ Tom Paine Club,” of Boston,
and the Frofhinghamite infidels,
of New York, and a copy publish
ed in The Beehebuh Spy and The
Darwinian Herald.”
0 if some skilled Christian hu
manitarians could break in upon
that convention, throwing back
the shutters to lot the sunlight
enter, and would give the dele
gates a brisk horseback ride be
tween the sessions, and take them
through a course of healthlifts
and gymnastics, all such resolu
tions as we have mentioned would
be voted down, and the tide of
feeling would be turned; and af
ter a breakfast on breakfast the
convention would open with the
Doxology, “ Praise God from
whom all blessings flow,” and res
olutions of good cheer would pass
by acclamation and with applaud
ing hands and feet. They would
move something like this :
“ Resolved, first, that, through
grace, man is a success, and on
his way to conquest.
Resolved, secondH, that re
formers are to bo encouraged and
prayed for and in every wa'v
helped, and that their names are
to be held in everlasting remem
brance.
“Resolved, thirdly, that, in or
der to good health, it is import
ant to take bright views of things;
that the world is a very good
place to live in, and will yet be
come a paradise, and that it is
every one’s duty to help make it
so.
“Resolved, fourthly, that these
resolutions be published in The
Morning Chronicle and The Halla-
lujah Quarterly, and that a copy
of them be sent, by way of cure,
to every grumbler in the uni
verse.”
In other words, our view of
things is much affected by the
condition of our physical health.
We can in public assemblages
generally make up our mind what
kind of a speech a man will make
by the appearance of his diaphragm
It is a story that took place at
my Orphanage last year. I was
sitting down with one of the trus
tees, and some boys were playing
around us. A little mite of a fel
low came up and said:
“Mr. Spurgeon, I want to speak
to you.”
“xill right,” I said, “what is
itr
“Well,” he said, “first I should
like to sit on that ’ere chair be
tween you two gentlemen.”
I then put him upon a stool,
and he delivered himself in the
following way :
“’Spose now, sir, there vos
a horphanage, and there vos a lot
o’ little boys that lived there.”
“Yes, Bob,”
“Well, once a month their
mothers come’d and their aunts,
and brought ’m some oraiigers,
and some apples, and sweets, and
some pennies.”
“Yes,” I said, “that’s very
nice.”
“But ’spose there was a little
boy there that hadn’t got no
mother, nor no aunt, nor nobody,
and ever so many times when
people come’d and gave the other
boys sometliing, nobody never
gave this boy nothing. Don’t
you think, Mr. Spurgeon, some
body ought to give him a penny 1”
Because, Mr. Spurgeon, you
know that’s me.” [Much laugh
ter.”]
I wiped (and so did my friend)
a little drop out of our eyes, and
gave the boy a sixpence, and then
he was as happy as a bird in the
air. He had given me a good
story, and I should like, whenev
er you hear that Jasus Christ has
saved a soul, that you should
be able to say, “That's me,” and
that when it is said “Therefore
that soul ought to love Him,”
you might say “That’s me.” I
should like you to feel, if there
is anybody in the world that is
under an obligation to the Sa
viour, “All, that’s mo.” And so,
if there is anybody here that
means to do much for Christ, to
bring others to Him, to spend and
be spent in His service, I should
like you to say “I am that one ;
I desire to do it, and by God’s
help I will.”
SAYING AGAINST STAVING.
A Young man, a bank clerk,
apiplied to a distinguished mer
chant and asked him for his in
fluence to got liis salary raised.
Tlie merchant said to liim:
“How much is your salar}'-now
“Twelve liundred dollars,” was
the answer.
‘Hovv much do j'ou save a
year *’
‘Not one dollar ; with a wife
and two children I can only just
make both ends meet.’
‘What! don’t save an3'thing ?’
‘No, sir ; I can but just exist.’
‘I make it a rule to assist no
one wlio does not save something
every year. No matterliowsmall
liis pa}’, something sliould be
saved. How many cigars do you
smoke—and their cost V
‘Well, some three a day ; cost
ing, togetlier, about twenty cents.’
‘Do you go to tlie theaters, and
liow often ; and how many per
sons witli j'ou f’
‘I go lialf a dozen times during
tlie winter, witli my wife and sis
ter, costing, including railroad
fare, say $30.’
‘Do you drink ardent spirits,
wine, beer, etc. V
‘I generally take two glasses of
wliisk}' dail}’ and some times a
glass of ale, witli my wife, at the
gardens in tlie evening.’
‘Do you say j’ou cannot save
anj’tliing ? while your unnecessa
ry 3’early expenses for cigars,
drinks and amusements, by your
own sliowinj;, cannot cost less
than $200. Until you begin to
save, raising your salary would
do 3’ou no good. Begin to-day
to save, if only five cents a da}’.
Tr}’ saving for six months and
report to mo the result.’
At tlie end of tlie time tlie
3’oung man, brouglit tlio mercliant
his expense book, sliowing a clear
saving of $104.20. Tliis induced
tlie mercliant to take liini cordial-
!}’ b}’ the liaiid, down to tlie in
stitution, and urge tlie president
to increase liis salarv’ from $1,-
200 to $1,.500. In anotlier six
montlis his savings amounted to
almost $300. Tlio mercliant on
this sliowing said to liim : ‘Young
man, 3’ou are now on the road to
wealth and position.’ Tliis 3’oung
man is now worth some $30,000
—all due to tlie savings of the
first $100.
sinking into tiie water iinmediate-
iy afterward as low as tlie mail -
chains. At Piobamba, in Soutli
America, on the 5tli of January,
1797, the bodies of many of the
inliabitants were tlirownj by this
vertical action, upon tlie lull of
La Cullca, which is several lum-
dredfeet liigli a id on the opposite
side of tlie river. During some
of thjse convulsions in Ital}-, pav
ing-stones have been tossed into
tiie air and found with tlioir lower
sides uppermost; and at tlio time
of a late convulsion in South
America, tlie rising of tiie groiiiul
caused the sea to retire, \\ hich re
turned like a wall in a])j)earance,
carr3'iug before it inland vessels,
tliat liad only a few minutes be
fore been left dr}’, town ami peo
ple being overwhelmed by there-'
sistless recoil.
NORTH CAKOJ.INA AT TIIH
CENTENNIA L EXPOSITION.
LIFTING EFFECTS OF EARTH-
QEAKES.
Another feature of these phe
nomena is the upheaval of the
ground observed during the nre-
valence of most earthquakes,
which is one cause of the sea re
tiring, another being the suctitn
of tlie approaching wave when tlie
centre of the convulsion has been
removed from the shore. During
tlie great eartliquako at Lisbon
the bar at the mouth of tiie Ta
gus was laid bare by the upheav
al, and tlie master of a vessel, ly
ing in that river at the time, stat
ed that his large anchor was
thrown up from the bottom, and
seemed to swim on the surface of
the water. Other results or the
upward movement during this
catastrophe were abserved else
where. The water in a pond at
Dunstal, in Suffolk, was jerked
up into the form of a pyramid.
At some places tlie water was
tossed out of the wells. At Loch
Lomond a large stone was forced
out of the water. Pocks were
raised into the air from the bottom
of the Atlantic, and on a vessel,
about forty leagues from the is
land of St. Vincent in the West
Indies, the anchors, which were
lashed, bounced up, and the sai
lors thrown a foot and a half per
pendicular trom the deck, the ship
An honor of no ordinary matTni-
tude belongs to Wallace Bros” of
Statesville, N. C., for one of the
largest exhibitions of the Medici
nal Plants of the State, tliat has
ever been seen at any of the ex
hibitions ; first is (>50 pressed
plants, giving their locality and
time of flowering, the parts used
medicinally, and tlieir medical
properties, besides some 300 va
rieties of the fruits of the above
plants ; 150 var.etiei of medical
timber, showing cac'i sc ction of
wood, bark, etc., be,ides 400 va
rieties of the c ii le n,aterials
taken from their general stock';
also, Mosse.s, len s, and Botanic
cui io.'ities, the n hole forming a
beautiful display of the Matena
Medica ot the'Ohl Noth State.
From tlieir coui'toous exhibitor,
Mr. M. F. Hyams, I learned that
new articles are constantly dis
covered ill that Slate, and made
available by the Pharmacists of
the world. Such a novel display
is creditable to this firm, and will
give them a world-wide fame,
which they truly deserve. North
Carolina can be proud of these
eiiterprsing gentlemen, who have
spent a great deal of means and
of time to get up tin's Medical ex
hibition, to their interest, and the
interest and welfiire of the State.
Their sales last year exceeded one
million eight hundred thousand
pounds of roots, lierb.s, barks,
seeds and flowers, which has
p'.'oved a large source of revenue
to the State.—I). K. in Masonic
Journal.
A Happy Fireside.—Home is
the residence not merely of the
bod}-, but of the heart." It is a
place for the affections to unfold
and develop tliemselves—for chil
dren to love, and learn, and play
in—for husband and wife to toil
smilingly together, and make life
a blessing. The object of all am
bition should be to be happy at
home. If vve are not hajipy there,
wo^ cannot bo liapjiy elsewhere.
It is the best proof of the virtues
of a family circle, to see a liaiipy
fireside.
Illinois has 200 cheese facto
ries, to which 2,000,000 milch
cows make daily coatribiiious.
x\ simple flower imi}- he shelter
lor a troubled soul from tlie storms
of life.