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T.U. ill fciu'U ofcbintt woik. I Q Q 1 Th: CrLltlvatsr 1897 ani f -COUNTRY The b ft of this ACSIGULTUAL WEEKLIES. Dovo: -1 to Ftrm Crpanl Pr.v..vjtl'rtrctilture Wilt It : la li icia'l mlnr.Jervrtnnt of ... w ..... . .., .1. . I L'nfnm. . . . ...... llrm rwr. Vtur o-n i:.-?iit. Farm iJiona ana An- tnlJ.unurt'f Nw "-f te It 4 T- ltr.rur arp u.vjaAi:r oiinpiete, and iiiu.il affn'i n U i tte Vnpt of the imi'.rtaat ? q i..t.op m o 7jr aaa in.. ft .v.i It U Ui-rattT jl.taaratea, and TneSib rtp;i.n IVi. e Ui Ir jear but we CLUB RATES FOR 1897 ftt-r. Kn!r:ntiom. ia one n m' ttanct. i Ti-n S-iIrlMion d" ! 15 r-r.atl NKir .s-V-riVr w 97 la a.ff a'.r we will ntl Ihe papr tfcN I.Y.rowor actrr rtw"44J JJarfJl3.t Wifnt rr.r-. i tffffpfciiiica tpie Free. AJaresa . LUTHER TUCKER &S ON, PubtUbera, ALBAXT, N. Y, ASIC the recmrertd a of ucercrv thuiu. the t&ercorial diiui xii.ftt now intr covered health, cheer. fni tnmu ana jwa PMtne; thejr will tell MOS LIVER RfcGU U4TOR. I TIm Cheapest. Prrrt Ml Belt Family - Medlclaa la World I For DYSPEPSIA. CON'STIPATIOK. Tatrn- Dvren of Spmta, SOUK STOMAL H. Heartburn, ate. Tbia tinriralled remedy ia warranted cot to contain a a.njr a Prticla of ymtUKY, or any mineral aubatanca, but U PURELY VEGETABLE, containitz thoaa Sontbern Root and Hfrb wbub an all-wi Proridenca baa placed in eountriet where Mrer Diseases most preraiL It will curt all Disease caud by Derange ment of the Liver mad Bewels. The SVMKIOilS of Liver Compla nt are a fitter or bad taste In the mouth; Pain In the hack. S:de or Joints, often mistaken for Kneu matifcin; 3our Stenacb; Loaa f Appetite; bowels alternately cortire and Ua Headache: Losa U iiemory, with a painful aensation of Itavictc failed to do aomethinjf which ought to aave been done; Debility; Low 3plrlts, a thick yellow appearance rf the Skin and Eyes, a dry Coujch often mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the dieae. at others very few; but the LIVER la (renerally the seat of the disease, and if cot KeulatH in time. Rreat suffering, wretched ee and DEATH will ensue. The following highly esteemed persons attest to the virtues of Siromona Liver Regulator: Oen. WT. N. Holt, Pres. Oa. S. W. R. R. Co.; Rev. J. K. Felder. I-erry.tia.; CoL E.K. Sparks. Al bany, (ia. ; C. Masterson, Es-, Sheriff Bibb Co Oa ; Hot. Alexander H. Stephens. -Wa have tested its virtues, personally, and know that for Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Throbbscg Headache it is the best medicine the WoriU fTI IW r. v u 'J - before Simmons Liver Regulator, but none gave .. . i : . V. . uA Lrcrt, as more man uniTOiTit, -p.- TtLXORAPH Afo Wessenoer, Macon, Oa. f ; MAMLTACTUREU 0!LY BT .-!. DIRECTOItr. r;t nKrrr Mavor.- Charles C. Too!. Couuniiiiiiers Palemon John, Thos. i ('.inmiiii1ir Alsnn B. yeelny. D; Fmnk t Sfienco and Win. W. Uripcs Clerk -I has. A Banks Treasurer (;.. W, Cobb; nstaiiie ana t-niei of llit Win. Brooks ; Street Com. nifcsiotipr Keutien w. Berry; rir (;oinini!sionera Allen .Kramer and Fred Ii;Zieler. ! Colleotor o(( ustoms jas.tj. uroo.u Postmaster E. F Ijimb: rv.ni;n!ni Knriron of l'ensions I)rs. J .IK. Wood, W.W. rJriKirs and w t t imiviinn Alpt on the 1st anu ,14 J ijuiii.-t.". , , i-.i u'nusiiimnf psch month at the Corner tf lioad and Church Streets. Churcht. Methodist, Kev. j.n.iiau, Pastor : services every Sunday at 11 a. Bantit. Kev. Calvin S BLvrkwell, iastor; services every Hiimlav'at 11 a. m. and 7 p. in. Pres hvterian, Rev. F II. Johnston, pastor; srvices every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:13 p. m. Episcopal, Kev. L,. L. Wil liams, rector; services every Sunday at 11 a in aiul 4 p. m. "Eureka Iodire io. 317, Pr. I W. W. Oriw, W. M. ; . JV. Brother, S. W.; 31. 11. onowuen j. n tir-i.ifonl Spp.'tvandB. F. Spence, Treasurer. Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday nitfhts.1 ' . ' , Odd Fellows: Achoree icuge o ti. M. BiirBe. X. G.; W. U. Uallard. V. (I.; 11. O. Hill. Fin. Secretary; Wescott Treasurer. Mets ,-very Friday at 7:30 p. in. ; Hov.il. Arcanum : Jioer v.ruik v:. io,vv II n HillRecent: D- A. Morgan. Vice Kegent; v, uuumu, ...w it wwllr Sfp.rvtarv: r . M. CMk Jr.," Collector; W, J.Wowlley, Treasurer. Meets every isi anu oiu Monday niht. rw t ir.it.ri,t .f Honor i R. R. lute, Pic tator;J: II Engle, Vice Dictator; T. .f. Jor.lan, Reporteri T. R. Wilson, I i nanctKeiHrter, J. C. Benbury, rreas urer. Meets 1st und 4th Friday in ..... 1 . ,.l..Af 1 i Pasquotank Tribe o. 8, 1. O. it. 31 I).' W. Bt lanja. Prophet ; J. P. Simpson, -.u-heiii; W. il r-anioru.or. os'ri A-.n ,i.ro Jr. Raeamore: James rpirt s,C. of R ; S. II. Murrel K. of W. Meet ewrj eunesuay uiKt. niTiWra. Commissioners ly. ii i.--.. y i-imirm.m: F. M. Godfrey, i w Willlomu. SbritT. T. P. W llcox. siiperior Court Clerk, John l Over man; Register of Deeds, M D. Culpep- iht: Treasurer, jonu o. iuuuw I.-.. ...:.. IJnetnn I'OOI. .S-. Atlantic coneRiaio iuu ate, L. Sheep, President m Select School. I. N. Tillett, Pnnci- VV:iizalath City Public School, W. M IIS. . lri,ifl Itnl. Siate'Colored Normal, P. W. aloore. Principal. ".., tr JiAJ.' . 11 f ...... - - ..i.:., lniil.nf .Ino. It. UOOU, . i-- k'ir xni 11111:11 . vjiiik.. it... i .M....t Wm. T. Old. Cashier. M. R. (iriflln. Teller. Directors: L .t. Imb.rXR- Bradford. J. l. r iorav,i. ... White. Jno. O. WoOtl J. i. iiau-, v,. II. Robinson. : r .1. U. Blades. Presi- lent, G. M. Scott, ice President, D. It Bradford, Sec'ty, rioan . nunw v TtM CO. I- UraUlimi, l rrsr d.nt; Ii. S. Blades, Vice-President; Fr-l Davis Secretary Vdr,TrC.RS,,,irt," TK r.Anrrrrmrnt Co. E.I-. Aydlett, 'resident; T. G Skinner, Vi ice Presi- lt-nt : i II. IJobinson, Secretary and A. City Cotton MiU. President, Or. O .Hi-Mullan. Vice President. Geo. M Scott, So. anl Treas., u. i. uniuiu..., it' v Directors: Dr. y). n'll'i lit a . - - - MeMulUn.G. M. Scott, E. F. Aydlett, J. W. Sharber, J as. ifc isiaaea, Robinson.' Thos. li. Skinner, C. , fc. Ksamer. J. B. Flora, li. b. ommi anu I). B. Bradford. ? . i.V.iraZi?rr. W. J. Griffin, Lieu tenant jcomnmnding; J. erelt,Te- Lieutenant Junior uraue; u a. vnc;rTn TtArmtftr Drill each Tues davnichu Arms: 40 Macazine Ritles; 12 avy Itevoivers; i uuasses; - Pound Howitzers. ;5uufAm Express Company. M. II. Qnnutan . cent. ' . J.nInl ami Steamboat Mail train KoinR Xorth, leaves 8 a. ra. and 2:45 p. m.f going South, 11:40 and 1 m r m t Steamers for Newberne leave at 6 p. m. 8tamer Newton, leaves Eliza beth City for . Cresswell on Mondays and Torsdays at 9 : 30 a. m. Re turning will leave Elizabeth Hty follow ininiar ut m ii. m. SteAiner Har- biDRer. will leave Eizabeth City for Hertford Wednesdays and Saturdays of O M i . m VHraIvth CitV for Nor folk yuredays and Mondays p. m a. FOR THE SKEPTICAL. REV. DR. TALMAGE PREACHES ON "A SHATTERED .FAITH." An Old Missionary In Command of the Ship Theological Theories and Common Sense r acts Seizing on the First Thins; That Offers In Time of Peril. De Foiak Sprlngs, Fla., Feb. 21. After many years of invitation Dr. Tal- mage preaches today at this great Chau tauqua. From jail parts of the south the people arc assembled, ine sermon is inihtilr helpful for those who find it hard to Volieve everything. Dr. Tal- niage rerurns this week to W ashington. The subject of " this sermon is "A Shat tered Faith" and the text Acts xxvii, 44, "And some on broken pieces oi the ship." I Never off Goodwin sands or the Sker ries or Capo Hatteras was a ship in worse predicament than, in the Mediter ranean hurricane, was the grain ship on which 276 passengers were driven on the coast of Malta, five miles rrom we metropolis of that island, called Citta YVcchia. After a two weeks' tempest, when tho ship' was entirely disabled and captain and crew had become complete ly demoralized, an old missionary took command of the vessel. He was small, crooked backed and sore eyed, accord ing to tradition. It was Paul, the only unscared man aboard. He was no more afraid of a Euroclvdon tossing the Med iterranean sea,' now up to the gates of heaven and now Binkmg it to tne gates of hell, than ho was afraid of a kitten playing with a string. Ho ordered them all down to tako their rations, first ask ing for them a blessing. Then he insur ed all their j lives, telling tnem tney would bo rescued, and, so far from los ing their heads, they would not lose so much of their hair as you could cut off with one click of tho scissors nay, not a thread of it, whether it were gray with ago or golden with youth.' "There shall not a hair fall from tne neaa oi any of you." ; ' Paul In Command. Knowing that they can never get to WnWred nort. they make the sea on tho fourteenth night black with over thrown cargo, so that when tho ship strikes it will not Btrike so heavily. At daybreak they saw a creek and in their exigency resolved to mako for it. And an thev cut tho cables, took in the .two paddles they had on thoso old boats-and hoisted tho mainsail bo that tney mignt romo with 6uch force as to bo driven high up on the beach by some fortunate billow. There, sho goes, tumbling to ward tho rocks, now prow foremost, now stern foremost, now rolling over tn tiiA srarhfmrd. now over to the lar board; now a wave dashes clear over the dooV, and jit seems as II tne Ola crait him rrono forever. But up sho comes again. Paul s arms arounu a masc, no cries: "All is'welL God has given me nil thoso that sail with me," Crash went tho prow, with such force that it ' . r. 1 X it.. broko on" the mast. . crasn wem. mw timbers till jtho seas rushed through from sido to sido of the vesseL no nnrtu amidshiDS. and into a thousand fragments tho vessel goes, and into the waves 270 immortals are preciuiiaicu. Some of thenl had been brought up on hft seashore iind had learned to swim, and with their chins just above the waves and by' tho strokes of both arms and propulsion of both feet they put nnr. for tho beach and reached it But .!. w tViosn others 1 Thev have never learned to swim, or they were wounded by the falling of the mast, or tne nerv ous shock was too great for them. And others had been weakened Dy long sea fiiclrness. ( . nh Trrint 1 will become of them? "Tako that piece of a rudder," says 1 4Tjilrn that fragment Of a spar," says Paul to another. "Take that imairo of Castor and .roiiux. 4 Tako that nlank from tho lifeboat." 'Tni- nnr-tbini? and head for- the beach. " What a struggle for lifo in the - A. breakers I Oh, tho merciless waters, how thev sween over tho heads of men. women and children I Hold on there 1 Almost ashore Keep up your courage, nrmember what Paul told you. There tho receding wavo on tho beach leaves in th Rand a wholo family, lnero rrnwla nr out of tho surf the centurion. There another plank comes in, with a lifo clinging fast to it There anotner tho shattered vessel, with its freightage of an immortal souL They must by this time all Do saveo. lea; there comes in last of all, for he . had Hoc n overseeing tho rest, the old mis sionary, who wrings tho water from his gray beard and cries out, " xnanjc taoa, all are here! ' Uow They Escaped. Gather around a fire and call the rblL Paul builds a fire, and when the Vmnrflrtof stick's berin to crackle, and. Kt.mrlinsr and sittinsr around the blaze. tho TvuisonErera becin to recover from their chill, and tho wet clothes begin to dry, and warmth begins to come into nil tho Khiverinir rjassemrers, . let the purser of the vessel go round and see.if any of the poor creatures are missing. Vnt nnn of tho crowd that were plunged Into the sex How it relieves our anxiety as we read: "Some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land.". Having on previous occasions looked at the other passengers, I confine myself today to. an examination of. those who came in on broken pieces of the ship. .There is something about them that ex cites in mo an intense interest I am not so much interested in those that could swim. They got ashore, as I ex pected. A mile of water is not a very great undertaking for a strong swim mer, or even two miles are not :. 'But I cannot stop thinking about those on broken pieces of the ship. . The great gospel ship is the finest of the universe and can carry more pas sengers than any craft ever constructed, and you could no more wreck it than you could wreck the throne of God Al mighty. I wish all the people would come aboard of her. I could not promise smooth voyage, for of ttimes It will be tempestuous or a chopped sea, tm i could promise safe arrival for all who took passage on that Great Eastern, so called by me because its commander came out of the east, the star of the east a badge of his authority. But a vast multitude do not take reg ular rassaze. Their theoloev is broken in pieces, and their life is broken in pieces, and their habits are broken in pieces, and their world and spiritual prospects are broken in ;pieoes, and yet I believe they are going to reacn tne shining shore, and I am encouraged by the experience of those people who are spoken of in the text "Some on broken pieces of the ship." One object in this 6ermon 13 to en courage all those who cannot take the whole svstem of relic-ion as we believe it but who really believe something, to come ashore on that one pianK. I do not underrate the value of a great theological system, but .where in all the Bible is there anything that says: Re.liflve in John Calvin and thou shalt be saved? or, believe in Arminius and thou shalt be saved? or. believe in synod of Dort and thou shalt bo saved? or, be lieve in the Thirty-nine Articles and thou shalt be saved?. A man may do or thodox and tro to hell, or heterodox and go to heaven. The man who in the deep affection of his heart, accepts Unrist is saved, and the man who does not accept him is lost . One Central Fact. I believe in both the Heidelberg and Westminster catechisms, and I wish you all did, but you may believe in nothing they contain, except the one idea,.tnat Christ came to save sinners, and that you are one of them, and you are in stantly rescued. If you can come in on the grand old ship, I would rather have you get aboard, but if you can only find a piece of woe as long as the numan body, or a piece as wide as the out spread human arms, and either of them is a piece of the Cross, come in on that piece. Tens of thousands of people are fcndav kent out of the kingdom of God because they cannot believe everything. I am talking with a man tnougntrai about his soul who has lately traveled through New England and passed the night at Andover. He says to me, i cannot believe that in this life the des tiny is irrevocably fixed; I think there will be another opportunity of repent ance after death. " I say to him: ' 'My brother, what has that to do with you? Don't you realize that the man who waits for another chance after death when he has a good chance before death is a stark fool? Had not you better take the plank that is thrown to you now and head for shore rather than wait for a plank that may by invisible hands be thrown to you after you are dead? Do as you please, but as for myself, with pardon for all my sins offered me now, and ull the joys of time and eternity offered me now, I instantly take them, rather than run the risk of such other chance as wise men think they can peel; off or twist out of a Scripture passage that has for all the Christian centuries been interpreted another way.!' You say, "I do not, like Princeton theology, orew Haven theology, or Andover the ology. " I do not ask you on board either of these great men-of-war, their port holes filled with the great siege guns of ecclesiastical battle, but . I do ask you to take the one plank of the gospel that you do believe in and strike out for the pearl strung beach of heaven. Says some other man, "I would at tend to religion if I was quite , sure about the doctrine of election ancTfree agency, but that mixes me all up." Those things used to bother me, but I have no more perplexity about them, for I say to myself, "If I love Christ mrt live a eood. honest, useful life, I am elected to be saved, and if I do hot. love Christ and live a bad life I win he damned, and all the theological sem inaries of the universe cannot make it any different ' ' I floundered a long while in the sea of sin and doubt, and it was as rough as the Mediterranean on the fourteenth night, when they threw the Brain overboard, but I saw there was mercy for a! sinner, and; that plank I took, and I have been warming myseix by the bright fire on the' shore ever since. Douht Overruled. While I am talking to another man about his soul he tells me, ' 'I do not be come a Christian because I do not be Hr thpre is anv hell at all." Ah, don't you? Do all the people of all be liefs and no belief at all, of good morals oiiii v,ai morals, cm straierht to a happy heaven? Do the holy and the debauched have the same destination? At mia night, in a hallway, the owner of a house and a burglar meet They both fim. and both are wounded, but the burglar dies in five minutes, and the owner of the house lives a weeic aiier. Will the burglar be at the gate of heav en, waiting, when the house owner comes in? WiU the debauchee and the libertine go right in among the families of heaven? I wonder if Herod is playing on the banks of the river of life with the children he massacred. I wonder if Charles Guiteau and John Wilkes Booth are up there shootiong at a mark. I do not now controvert it, aitnougn i must say that for such a miserable heaven I have no admiration. But the Bible does not say, "Believe in perdition and be saved." Because all are saved, accord ing to your theory, that ought not to keep you from loving and serving Christ Do not refuse to come ashore because all the others, according to your theory, are going to get ashore. You may have a different theory about chem istry, about astronomy, about the at mosphere from that which others adopt,' but you are .not therefore hindered from action. Because your theory of light is differ ent from others do not refuse to open your eyes. Because your theory of air is different you do not refuse to breathe. Because your theory about the stellar system is .different you do not refuse to acknowledge the north star. Why ihould the fact that your theological theories are different hinder you from icting upon what you know? If you hare not a whole $hip fastened in th theological drydocks to bring you to wharfage, you have, .at least a plank. Some on broken pieces of the ship.". "But 1 1 don't believe in ifeTivabj!'. Then tro to your room, and all alone. vith your door locked, give your heart to irod, and joint some cnurcn wnero the thermometer never gets higher, than B0 in the shade. i ; ' But I do not helieve in baptismr' Come in without it and settle that mat ter; afterward. "But there are so many Inconsistent Christians!" Then come In and show them I by a good example how professors should act "But I don't believe: in the Old I Testament I" Then pome in on the "New.; "But I don't like in-iia Vw-intr rf Ryimina " Then come in s,4-4- awak asvMni ; 1 . on 3Iatthew or Luke. Refusing' to come to Christ, whom you admit) to be tne iSaviour of the lost because you cannot admit other things, you are like a man but there in that Mediterranean tempest and tossed in the Melita breakers, re fusing to come ash6re until h can mend the pieces of the broken ship I hear him sav? "T won't po in' on any of these blanks until I know in what; part of the Ehip tney belong, vvneu i pan uw windlass in the right place, and the sails set, and that keel piece where it belongs, and that floor timber right, 'and these ropes untangled, I, will go ashore. I am an old soldier, and know; all about ships for 40 years, and as soon as I can get the vessel afloat in good shape I will come in: " A man ariiting Dy on a piece of . wood overhears him and says: , You will drown before you get that ship re constructed. Better do as I am doing. I know nothing about ships, land never saw one before I came, on board .tnis, and I. cannot swim 'a strokeL but I am going ashore on this shivered timber," The man in the omng, while- trying to mend his shin, eoes down.! The man who trusted to the plank is saved. Oh, my brother, let your smashed up system of theology go to the bottom' while you come in on a splintered spar I "Some on broken pieces of the ship,- ', v ; J The . victorions Banner, Yon mav ie-et all your difficulties set tled as Garibaldi, the magnetic Italian, got his gardens made. ;,. When tne war lietween Austria and Sardinia broke out he was living at Caprera, ajvery rough and uncultured island home, nut ne went forth with his sword to achieve the liberation of Naples and Sicily, ; and gave 9,000,000 people free government under Victor Emmanuel, j. Garibaldi, after being absent two yeatrs from Ca prera, returned, and when he approach ed it he found that his' hoipe had, (by Victor Emmanuel; as a surprise, been Edenized. Trimmed ' 'shrubbery : had taken the place of thorny thickets, gar dens thQ. place of barrenneiss, and the old rookery in which he once lived had given way to a pictured mansion. And I 'tell you if you will tme : and enlist nninr fho hatinfir of onis Victor Emman uel and follow him through thick and thin and fight his battles and endure his sacrifices you will find after awhile that he has changed your lieart from a inTKTio of thorn v skpntibism into a gar den all abloom with luxuriant joy that wrrri VlQTTQ TIOVPT" flrfia rAed bf from a J UU UUTU 5 ; i T , tangled Caprera of sadness into a; para dise of God. . j I do, not know how your theoiogical crc-cfom tt-pnr. to nieces. It may be that. -Ufa cfnTl vHti with only one niflnk. and vou .believe little or, noth ing. Or- they may havje been too rigid and severe in ; religious discipline and crackedyou over the head wjith a psalm book. It may be that; ome partner in hnainpss who was a member of an evan- oiiVi-rhnrr.h Tilaved bn vbu a! trick that disgusted you with religion. It mnvbo that vou have: associates who have talked against Christianity in your presence until you are 'fall at sea," and you dwell more on things Jthat you do not believe than on tjiings you do be lieve. You are in one respect like Lord Nelson, when a signal wai lifted that he unshed to disreeard land! fhe put his ioca t- Ma Wind We and said. "I really do hot see the signaL" On, my , .4. 4-V.ia -GnlArrlckaa nf the jEWTSTiel Ileal Ui, pUll , lOJO upiugilfuu yj. . O no longer to your! blind;, eye, and say, I cannot see, but put it tq your omw eje the eye of faith, and you will see Christ, nnT ho la nil von need tb see. v ! If you I can believe nothing else, you certainlv believe in vicarious suffering, for you see it almost every iday in some shape. The! steamship Knickerbocker of the Cromwell line, running . between New Orleans and New York, was in great stormis, and the captain and crew the schooner Mary Di CJranmer of Philadelphia in distress. The weather cold, the wives mountain hjign, the first officer of ithe steamship and lour, men rsnf nnt iri a lifeboat to isave the crew of the schooner, and reached the vessel and - . . i a 'i ! ill - A m Vs4 towed it put oi aanger mp .wmu om-i-n tr so tha. ithe schooner was saved. But the five men of the steamship opming ToV fVioi v ! hoat cansized. ! yet nanieu again and came on, the Bailors Coated cr-ith ioA The boat cadsizeid arain, and three times upset and -jvas frighted, and a line was thrown the poor; fellows, but their hands were frozen so theyjcould not grasp j it and a gyeatjwave tolled over theni, and they "went! down, jnever rt rian Qo-in fill the sea ves-up its dead. Appreciate thatlierpism and sell saT-ince of the brave fellows all who and ; can we noti appreciate the Christ who out out into a more biting cold and! into a morer otervvhelming enrfrfl to brinir us out bf infinite j peril into AverlAstincr safety? The wave pf hu- mflTi hate Irolled over him from one side and the wave of hellish: fury rolled oyer him on the other side. Oh, tne uuc ness of the night and the thunder of the tempest! into whic$ Christ plunged for our rescue 1 : i CUne to the! Croaa. Come in on one'narrpw beam of the cross. Let ill else go and cling to that; arid' with the ear- npstnftss of a swimmer struggling tat his life nut out for. shore. I There is a! great fire of welcome already built and already many, whd were as far out as von ftre.l are standing in ,its genial and heavenly glow. The angels of God's rescue arer wading out Into tne sun clutch your 'hand, and they know hew exhausted you are, and all the redeemed prodigals of heaven are on the beach with new white robes to clothe all those who come in on broken pieces of tho ship. ; , i ?.;. ' My irmDathies are for such all the more because I was naturally skeptical. disposed to question everything about this life and J the next and was la dan ger of being jrarther out to pea than any iof the 276 in the Mediterranean Dreax ers. and I was sometimes tho annoyance of my theological! professor becauie I asked so many questions. Hut i camo in on & nlank- I knew Christ was the Sari our of sinners and that I was a sin ner, and I got ashore, and I do not pro- Dose to firo out on that sea again.- l have not for 80 minutes discussxl the contro verted points of theology in 30 years. and during the rest of my lire 1 ao not propose to discuss them for. 80 secondA I would rather in a mud scow try k weather the worst cyclone that ever swept up from the Caribbean, than risk my immortal soul In unless and perilous discussions in which some of my brethren in the ministry are indulg ing. They remind me of . a company or sailors standing on the liamsgate pier head ' from which . tho lifalxwit-s ; are usually launched, and coolly-discussing the different styles of oarlocks and now deep a boat ought to sot in the water while a hurricane is in full blast and there are three steamers crowded with nassenfirers eolnc to pieces in tho offing. An old tar, the muscles of his face work ing with nervous excitement, cries out: 'This Is no time to discuss such things. Man the lifeboat! - Who will volunteer? Ont with her into the' surf! Pull, my lads; pull for the wreck! Ha, ha! Now we have them. Lift them m and lay them down on the bottom of the boat Jack, you try to bring them to; Put these flannels around their neatis, ana feet and I will pull for thp shorn God help m"e! There! Landed! Huzza!' When there are so many struggling in the waves of sin and sorrow and wretch edness, let all else, go but;salvation for time and salvation forever. ; A Safe Plank. ? - T bethink mvself that thero kre some hero whoso onDortunity or whose life! is a mere wreck, and they have only a small piece left You started in youth with all sails set. and everything prom ised a grand , voyage, but you have sailed in the wronflr direction or have foundered oh a rock.. You have only a fratrment of time left.' Then come in on that oneplank. : "Komoon uroKeu piwus of the ship. " You admit vou are all JDroicen up onA dorado or vour 11IO koii uy, uvj . - r V, : i.A decades, three decades, four decades, a half century, perhaps three-quarters oi 'a -s Jl a.1 a century gone. The nour nana ana m vonr clock of ' life are almost narallel. and soon it wm wio 111"-" v : . - 1-i:l .lrt and your day ended. Clear discouraged ard -rtra? I admit it 19 a saa inuig r , a 1 il. Z pive all of oui lives that are worth any thin? to sin and the devil and then at last make, God a present or a urst rate corose. But tho past you cannoc -recovix Get on board that old ship you never wiTl. Have vou only one more year left, one more month", one more week, ono more day, one more hour -como' in on that Perhaps if you get. to neaven uou may let you go out on somo , great niis- sion to some Other world, wnero you . . . i i,' . $ can somewhat atono ior jw lawi.ui service in this. . ' "Prom many a deathbed .1 have seen th hands thrown up in deploration TOmething like this: "My life has been xxrnjated ' I T had ?ood mental lacuixiea and' fine social position and great oppor tunity, but through .woridmess anu neg lect all has gone : to waste save these few remaining hours. I now accept, of Christ and shall enter heaven througn his mercy, but alas, alas, that when I might have entered the haven of eternal rest with a full cargo, and neen greeieu by the waving hands of a multitude in whose salvation I had bbrno a blessed part I must confess I now enter the harbor of heaven on broken pieces of the ship" - v ': ;. ;r S Six Kentucky Marriages. At. the viilacro of I Kolev one day not loner aero there were six couples mar ried. In the morning there was a triple wedding in the .church, in the airer noon three other couples were wedded within an hour 1 of each other at the homes of the respective brides. All six of the couples were entertained at the home of Uncle, Bob. Tucker, who, after ho diffprent marri aires, was closely re lated to all the principals thereto. Now ebme some of the singular features of the . case. Uncle Bob, before tho wea- Ainx. had in the lot of 12 individuals a daughter, a son, three granaaaugiiw-m, one niece and. one nephew.' In tho 12 there were a brother and sister, two sisters, two brothers, three cousins, two nnUa i gn' annt. f rr.r nieces anu two nephews, and yc r one of the 12 per- sons married any ; related to him or herself. Another ;iny feature is that s there were two .vo Dun bars, two , tvo McWhbrtfrs,, before the wed " HopkinP, two Tuc! named Chelfs, one Pendleton ai. no Hood.. After the Omelet was done, he Dunbars and Hop- kinses had gained two, the Pendletons, m,Aifa and MeWhorters had been exS VliVAAJ ' ' ' m terminated, the Hoods had been m hv one. and the Tuckers had held their ground. Ever since the wed ding day thegossips have been .figuring on the probable kinship between the several brides andlgrooms and their mu tual relative Uncle Bob Tucker. Co lumbus (Ky. ) Spectator. I DIckena Valet, Tor.t-oon Jordan forsome time the yalet of Charles Dickens,Sceletrated his eighty-sixth birthday on Jan. 8. ' Dick ens picked him up in New Orleans, and he was in the service of the author when the "American Notes" were-writ ten later accomoanvincr him home to England. At present he is steward of tne sream&nip vupiiu, rumuug San Francisco and China, and he ex pects to sail for many a day yet, though he can rememDer wnen mere were vmj two stores in San; Francisco and wnen I fold raining had not been begun: THE CATS IOF 8IENA. A rmTwdlae el the rlle la TTala Itallsaa - 1 ' ' : ty. ,'!; . '.j, r'" Strangers in Siena often -rpeak of the great quantity of pet cata' to be seen there. At each doorway open- in s directly on th atroet rita a pet cat, staid and reetpectable, with a ribbon or eome piece of ' color ued alout.ber neck to ahow that she do longs to a human family. ; Workmen in their little ahopa hare a cat to keep them company, aomeumea sit- . ting on a low counter at the;. win- dow. All are within reacn oi r any , teasing band, but il never aaw a cat chased or tenaod in any way, and it Is plain that theyjfeel perfectly ae- cure and do not expect any injury. , Personally I found them unsodablo and that when I apoke to them they took no notice and made no reply, even when I learned an Italian word or two to Bay to them. They were happy at bomo and did not noed to mako newfrienda. , . In Naples . there are men wbone business it is to food cats every day . at noon. People; with economical ' tables BubecTibe a small sum to have, their cats provided for by the catn' food man. The cats begin to feel quite, hungry about noon and stroll out from the ahopa in all tliose crowded Btreets to watch for their ; dinner. ' I could not Imngino what was the excitement among them the first "day I was out .at that hour. Presently I saw a part pf , ihe daily distribution on bustling Chiaja. Tliero were cata there who Bcemecl to watch what was dpalt out to them very critically, as if they lntendeij to make a complaint If their dinner was not as good ai it ought to be. In Florence the cats enjoy the freedom they lovo, and never did I eeo one chased or looking timid and anxious as if uncertain whero to run v to. I remember a cat I usel to pass ' near tho old Medici church of Kan Spirito. ! Sho eeemod to livo on one of the' upper floors of a tall house, and she could only look, up to her window by sitting in the middle of the Btreefe She would never answer my greeting, but continued to look up as if watching her friends or per haps signaling to them that she was ready to go home. . ! There is a special cat church in Florence San Lorenzo, the church in which so many Medici are buried. I don't know whether that family was particularly fond of cats br bow it happened, but the cloisters of San Lorenzo are reserved for homeless cats, whether they come there by Ahomselvcs or are brought by people -who want to dispose of them. I ! I ha1 read in my guidebook j that these animals are fed every day at noon from scraps brought in by ieo- pie in the neighborhood, bo , I was particular to time my first visitat noon and was disappointed to, hear that for Bome reason the breakfast hour bad been changed to 0 a. in. There Js a large, raised green center': in the cloisters, on which growome shrubs and troes, and asleep tinder the bushes or loitering around the stone ledge that inclosed the green were a dozen or two of the charity cats. Legend says they .'are; witcbes, who haye consented to take this harmless shape and to keep out of mischief. They were rather a dilaril i idated looking lot, bu t s till interest ing, because .all . cats have a great deal f individuality and when pos sible of independence also. . I cannot envy the horses and dogs of Italy; and -certainly-not the birds, but if I had to bo changed into an nni mal I might.choose to Ixi an.Itiilian cat. Our Animal Friends. . : There is an'uncertainty about half informed people. You cannot count on them. You cannot tell what their way of thinking may be. They vary from day to day perhaps with the last book they hare read. Mill. ; Tho Phcenicians were the first to erect fortified cities on the Iediter- k-anean sea. I From Washington to Algier th voyage is 3, 425 miles. , drawer. - 60 lnebea loaf and O laebes deep; Dpeau jmoe, (Orderf promptly ilUed.) You will and over 1000 bargains Itj our new catalocue. U eon talo all kinds of Furniture, Cant Ba Car r1aes, Eefrlgrrator, Beddhi. fitorea, , Fancr Lampi, Laoe Curtains, eta. Tou Ire iyuooal dealer, double oor prlcea. Drop postal now for our money-MTlns; eatalorue which i we mall free of all charge. Dea with Um man ufacturer and your dollar doubles It buying power. , JuliusnihcsCSon, n AirraoiiB, m d. i i j rse ' K, .3 ! ) : . '.il . t
The Weekly Economist (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Feb. 26, 1897, edition 1
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