THE GOOD SHEPHERD
ATALiMAGE SERMON THAT PIC:
! TUIlS GREEN PASTURES j
YhA mmincrnUhed Dlvl e Discourses of
tbe Shepard' Plaid, tbe Shepard's rook,
The Shepherd's Doff, the Shepherd's Pas-
tare Grounds and Flocks
" in this wintry season Dr." Talmage
refreshes us . wl th this glowing pastor
al until we can almost hear the bleat
ing of the flocks in . fgreen pastures.
-The I text Is Pfealmd xxiii, 1, "The Lord
Is imy Shepherd
"What with post
and, rail fences and
mr nrlde In Southdown. Astrakhan
and! Flemish varieties of sheep,, there
is no use now of the old time shepherd,
, Such a one had abundance of opportu
nity of becoming a poet, being out of
hours the day,' and of ttimes
waking up to the i night on I the hills.
.If ) the stars or the! storrenj or the sun
or the flowers had anything to say, he
wad very apt to hear it. The Ettrick
: Shepherd of Scotland, who afterward
.took h5s seat in the brilliant circle of
Wilson and Lockhart, .got his wonder-
poetic inspiration in. the ten years in
which he was watching. the IflocKS of
Mr 4 Laidlow. There &st often! a sweet
poetry in. the rugged prose of the
Scotch snepherd.
One of these Scotch
. shop herd s lost b:
19 only sop, aad-'ns
i knelt down in prayer and .. as ;ve.ri'
; heard to say, "O Lord, it has seemed
good in thy provfidence to take from me
thei staff of my right hand at the time
when to us sand blind mortals I seem
ed to be most In ljeed of It, arid how T
shall climb up the hill of -sorrow and
auld age without! it thou mays'- kn,
but T dinna." ,
! DAVID, THE SHEPHERD BOY.
David, the shepherd boy, lis wafcch-
tag his father's sheep. They are pas-
turing on the very Wills where after
ward a Lamb wajs born of which, you t
have heard muchlL'Uhe Lamb of God,
which taketh away : the sinr of the
world
David, tr
e shepherd ; boy, as
beautiful, brave,
musical and paeu?.
I think he often
forgot the sheep-' in
his reveries. - TJhere In- the solitude he
struck-the harp string that 4s thrillin
through all ages, i David the boy was
gathering the material for Day id the
poet ana iavia cne man. jurKe other
boys, David was fond of using bi3 knife
i among the saplings, and he had no feed
the exuding of the juice, of the tree,
. and when hie became a man. he said,
"The trees of the Lord are full of sap.'
David the boy like Other jboys had
been fond of hunting' the bird's nests,
ana 'he had driven the old stork off- the
i nest to find how many egg were under.
j hei, and when hej became, man he said,
"Ah for the storkj, the fir trees" are he-
house." In boyihO'od he had heard the
terrific thunderaYrm .that 'frightened
the red deer inCA premature siiclcaess,
and when he ,'beiame a main he said,
"The. voice of the Lord make th. the
hinds , to calve." i David the i 'boy bad
lain upon hisbaok looking up at the
stars and examining the sky, i and to
his boyish Imagination the sky! seemed
like a apiece of divine embroidery, t'h
alvtoe fingers, working in the ith reads
of light and the beads of stars, and he
became a man and wrote, i "When I
consider thy heayens, t)he work of thy
fingers." When he became an old jmtn
seemed to hearj the bleating of his
fatht-r's sfae&p across many j years and
ty think of the time whm'jhe ti-ndrd
them on the Eethlehem hills, and he
cvjes out in the text, 'The Lord is my
,snepn(-ra." ., ;
in.uoi Vvil ibelp me, I will talk to
yfiu of the shepherd', plaid,; the shep
herd's .crook, the shepberd'si dogs, the
sncpherd's pasture grounds, andthe
shvpherds flecks,. .- j , i.
I THE SHEPHERD'S PLAIT
And
the'
shepherd's plaid. It
would be preposterous for a man going
out t uuigh and ibesoijing work! to nut
on splendid apparel: The potter djes
nt work in velvet.: The. servant nis id
does no: put -on satin whole1 toilikg at
her duties. The J shepherd ! does not
.v ear', a sr 1 an d id robe .in which rr go
out ami the storms, and the i rocks
una the nettles; he puts on 1 the rough
apparel appropriate to his exposed
work. The Lord our Shepherd, cominfr
out to hunt the
t sheep, puts : on' no
regal apparel bi
t the plain garment
of i our humahityJ
There was no thing
pretentious about
,it. I know" the old
painters represeni
a halo around the
do not suppose that
babe Jesus, but
there . was any.
ore halo about rnat
child than about the head ofl anyi other
babe that f was born that Christmas
eve in Judea
wore a seiinless
ecoming a man, he
arment. The! sols
sors and needle had ! done nothlne- to
make It grAcef ul. I take it i to j have
been a sack with three holes' In it, one
ror,the neck and two for the arms. Al
though the gamblers quarreled over it,
that is . n&, evidence of its- value, i have
seen . fiwd ragpickers quarrel' over the
refuse of. an ash barrel. No; in the
waru ro'oe or neaven he left the sandals
of i light, the girdle of beauty; the robes
ori! po-.wer. and dug on the besifiled and
of our humanity.
Sometimes he did not even wear the
seamless robe. What is that hanerinir
about the waist of Christ? Ts it a
badge of authority? P Is It a royal coa't
of arms? No; it
as a towel, r The dis
ciples feet are filthy i; from the walk on
the long way and
are not fit to be put
upon the sofas oh which they are to
recline at the mea
es tbelrj feet and
and so Jesus wash-
gathers them sup in
them. The work of
the towel I to dry
saving this world was rough work,
rugged j work, habd work, and Jesus
put on the raimeit, the plain raiment
04 our nesn. uhe storms were to beat
hjm, ' the crowds were to jostle him.
the dust was to sprinkle Mm, the ! mobs
were to pursue him: O Shepherd of
israei, leave at home thy bright arrav!
For thee, what streams to ford, what
mgnts an .unsheltered! He puts upon
him the plan rainjentiof our humanity,
wears our woes, and while earth and
heaven and hell $tand amazed at the
a on egation wraps around I him the-
shepherd's plaid. i .
Cold mountains and the midnight air :'
Witnessed the fervor of his prayer. '
; THE. SHEPHERD'S CROOK.
Ncrt I mention the shepherd's crook.
This was a rod with a curve at the end,
-which when a sheep was going, astray
-was thrown over jits neck and in that
way it was f pulled back. When- the
sheep were not going astray, thev shep
herd would often1 use it as a sort of
crutch, leaning or It, but :whenthe
sheep were out of the way the crook
was always busy bulling them back.
All we, like sheep, have gone astray,
and had it not. ben for the shepherd'sx
crook we ,would have lallen long ago
over the precipices
tHere is a man who i mji.ifin' tvn
much money.
He Is getting very yaln.
He says: "After awhile I shall be In
dependent of all the world. . O my soul;
eat, drink and be merry!" Business
disaster comes to him. What. Is God
going to do with hrm? Has God any
grudge against him? Oh, . no! God Is
throwing over htm the shepherd's crook
and pulling him back Into better pas
tures. Here is a man who has always
been well. He has never had any sym
pathy for invalids. He calls them
coughing, wheezing nuisances. . After
awhile sickness comes to- him. He
does not understand, what God is gor
ing to do with him.. He says',. "Is the
Lord amnry .with: me?" Oh, no! Witbfl
the" shepherd s ctook he has been
pulled back into better pastures.; Here
is a happy household circle. The par
ent does not realize the truth that
these children 'are" only loaned to him,
and he forgets from what source came
his domestic blessings. Sickness drops
upon- those children and death swoops
upon a little one. He says, "Is God
angry with me?" (No. His shepherd's
crook pulls him back, in to better pas
tures. I do not; know what would
have becom?. of us if it had not been
for the shepherd's crook. Oh, the
mercies of our troubles! You take up
a p r ' es and plums j from u ader th1 h ade
of ir-e trfe, and "the very bestj fruits
of Christian character we find ia the
lejp liad of trouble,
USES OP.ADVEP.SITT. j
"VV hen I , was on the si i-.amer i coming
across the ocean, I igot a cinder in my
eye, and several persons tried to get it
out. very : gently,' but it could .not be
taken out In thati way. I was told that,
the engineer had a facility in such
cases. I jwent to 'him. He put his large;
sooty hand 1 on me, took a knife and
wrapped, the-lid of the eye, around the
knife. 1 expected , to be -hurt very
much but without i any pain sand in
stantly he removed the cinder. Oh,
there come times in our Christian life
when our spiritual, vision is being
spoiled and all. gentle appliances -fail!
Then there comes some giant trouble
and black handed lays hold of jus and
removes that which would have ruined
our vision forever.- I will gather all
your joys together! in one regiment of
ten companies, and i win put tnem
under Colonel Joy.' Then I will gather
all your sorrows together in one regiment-of
ten companies and put them
under Colonel -Breakheart. Then I
will ask, Whidh of these regiments has
gained for 1 you fthe greater spiritual
victories? Certainly that under Colonel
Breakheart. j ' I ' !
In the tim of war, you may remem
ber at the south j and north, the quesn
tlon was whether the black troops
would fight but. wheri. they were put
into the struggle on both sides they did
heroically. In the. great day of eterni
ty it wil belfounii that it was not the
white regiment of joys that- gained
your greatest successes, but the black
troops of trbuble, misfortune , and dis
aster. Where yoti have gained one
spiritual success 'from your prosperity,
you have gajined ten spiritual successes
,from your adversjity. , '
.There is ,no Eindmial that struggles
more violently than a sheep when you
corner' it and catch hold of it. Down in
the glen I se a group of men around
a lost sheepi A pjlowman come along
and seizes the shfep'and tries; to pac
ify it, - but it is more frightened than
ever. A miller comes along, puts down
his grist and' caresses the sheep, and
it seems as if iUwouia die of fright.
After awhile some one breaks through
the thicket..5 He says, "Let me . have
the poor thing." Jle comes and lays
his arms around the sheep, and it is im-
wTSt &mes? It is the shepherd. AJh,
my friends, be not. afraid of the- shep
herd's crook! It is never used" on you
save in mercy, to pull you back. The
hard, cold iceberg of trouble will melt
in the warm gulf stream of divine
sympathy. 1 I j i
There is one passage I- , think you
misinterpret, "The bruised reed he (will
hot break." ; Do you know that the
shepherd in olden- times played upon
these reeds? They (were very ' easily
bruised, but when ' they were i bruised
they were never mended. The shep
herd could so easily make another one,
he would snap the old one and throw it
away arid get another. The Bible says
it is -not so' with our Shepherd. When
the music is gone; out of a man's soul,
God does not snap him in twain and
throw him away. He mends and re
stores. "The bruised reed he will not
break.".
When In the o'erhanging heavens1 of
. ; : fate . j : . . h :
The threateningj clouds of darkness
dwell, i -
Then let us humbly, watch and wait,
It shall be well,, it shall be well.
And when the storm has passed away
And sunshine smiles on flood and
. fell j . : . .
How sweet to think, how sweet to say
It has been well, it has 'been well!
THE SHEPHERD'S DOGS.
'lext'I speak of the shepherd's dogs.
They watch the straying sheep ana
drive them back ragain. Every shep
herd has his dog from the nomads of
the "Bible times down to the i; Scotch
herdsman, watdhing his' flocks ori the
Grampian hills. ' Our Shepherd ) em
ploys the criticisms and persecutions
of the F world as his dogs. . There are
those, you know,, whose whole work it
is to watch the inconsistences of Chris
tians and' bark atj them If one of
God's sheep j gets; astray, the! world
howls. With -more avidity than a slfep-
herd's dog ever caught a stray sheep
by the Hanks or lugged it 'by the ; ears
worldlings se'ize the Christian astrtty.
It ought to do us good to know that we
are thuis watohedi It ought to; put us
on our guard. They cannot .bite usif
iwe stay near the Shepherd. The 'sharp
knife of worldly assault will only trim
the vines until they produce barter
grapes. T The J more you pound mar
joram and rosemary, the: sweeter jthey
ismelL The ihore d'gs take . after ;you,
the quicker you wijll get to the g-ate..
You have j noticed that' dirrerent
flocks of sheep have dafferent marks
upon them; sometimes a red ;..maik,
sometimes a ( blue S mark, sometimes, a
straight; mark'and Sometimes a crooked
mark. - The Lord our Shepherd -has a
mark for his Isheep. It as a red! mark
the mark of "the cross. "Blessed are
they that are! persecuted for righteous
ness' sake, foi theirs .is the kingdom , of
heaven." " r ' ' i
Furthermore, consider :the shepherds'
pasture grouijds. The old shepherds
used to take itjhe sheep upon the moun
tains in j the aummer and dwell in a the
valleys In theLwinter. The. ' sheep , being
out of doors, perpetually, , their wool
was better than if they had been kept'
in the. hot aftmosphere .of the sheep
cot. Wells w
rtre dug for the sheep
and covered w
lith large stones, in order
that the, hot
.Kveather might not, spoil
the water. And when the shepherd led.
his flock wherever; he would; nobody
disputed his r
L So the Lord bur
Shepherd has
a large pasture ground..
He takes us in' the summer to ..the
mountains and in the winter to the val
leys. Warm days of prosperity come
and we stand on sun silt Sabbaths,
and on hills of transfiguration, and we
are so high up we can catch a g-Limpse
of the pinnacles of the heavenly cty.
Then . cold, wintry daya of. trouble
come, and we go down into the valley
of sickness, want and bereavement
and we say, '"Is there any sorrow like
unto my sorrow?"". But, .blessed be
God, the Lord's sheep can find pasture
anywhere. Between tfro rocks of
trouble a tuft, of succulent promises:
green pastures beside still waters;
loner, sweet . grass between j bitter
eraves. You have noticed the ? struc
ture of the sneept mouth?. It 4s so
sharp that it can tale up a blade of
exass or dover top from the very nar
rowest spot. And so uoa's sheep can
nick ut comfort where others can
gather none. 'TThe secret of the Lord
is with them that fear, him-".; ,Rich
Pasture, fountain fed pasture, for all
the flock of the Good Shepherd !
.The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets; i
Before' we, reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
THE SHEPHERD'S FOLD.
Lastly consider the shepherd's fold.
The time of sheep shearing was a very
glad tSme. The neighbors gathered ' to
gether, and they poured wdne and
danced for joy. The sheep were putt in
a. nlace inclosed by si wail, where it
was very easy to count them and know
whether any of them had been taken
by the jackals or'dogs. The inclosure
was called the sbeepf old. Good news I
have to tell you, dn that our Lord they
"Shepherd has a sheepfold, and those
who are gathered in" it shall never be
struck (by the storm, shall never be
touched by the jackals of temptation
and trouble. It has a high ' wall so
high, that no- troubles can "get in, so
high that the joys cannot get out. How
glad the old sheep will be to find the
lambs that left them a' good many
years ago! Mfl'lions of children to
heaven! Oh, what a merry ; heaven it
will make! Not , many long meter
psalms there! They will.be in the ma
jority and will run away with our song
carrying it up to a still higher point of
ecstacy. Oh, there . wail tbe snoutmsi
If chlildrert on earbb; clapped their
SERCVION Gal 3 !
hands and . danced for joy,, I what will
they , do when to the gladness of .child
hood on earth ds -added the gladness of
ohildhoodan heaven? ; . , .j ,, .- ...... ...
It is time we got over these morbid
ideas of how we shall get out of this
world, i You make your religion an un
dertaker planing- coffins and1 driving
hearses.. Your religion smells of the
varniish of a funeral casket. ; 'Rather
let your religion today come out and
show you the sheepfold that uoo. mas
provided for you. Ah, you say, xnere
is a rtver between this and that! I
know it. but that Jordan lis only for the
sheep washing, and they shall go up on
hi other banks snow white. They
follow the 'great Shepherd. They heard
his voice long ago. They are safe now
-rone fold and one Shepherd! . -
'Alas, for those who are finally found
outside the inclosure! The night 'of
their sin howls wtith jackals. They
are thirsting for their blood The very
moment that a lamb may be frisking
upon the bills a bear may be looking at
it from the thicket. ;
WHAT WAS THE SONG?
The musician can scarcely conceive how
it is possible for a human .being to be so
devoid of musical ear , as not to know one
tune from another, but Instances of suah
a AfioiAncy a.r--xceedingiy cojnmon. An-
S W era CI ts au am usnig cao.i1 0 -' "
Two sailors, returned from a ifvnia: vov-
a ere. strolled into a public house near the
docks. Above the rumble of; the traffic
on the street could be heard at intervals
the loud, unmusical voice of a huckster.
After listening intently for a minute one
Of the sailors turned to this companion
and said :
"Eh, Jack, lad; It's a long time since
we heard that song.
"What soner?''
"The one that . fellow's singing ' in the
street 'The Light "of; Other Days.
; "Stow it!" ejaculated the other,? gruffly.
"That fellow aint singing 'The Light of
Other Days' at all, man. I've been list
ening to him. . He's a-piping 'The Banks
VP A Hon WntcT " .It
Each sailor was certain hei was right,
and with characteristic contempt for
money a wager was' made-na month's
wages depending on the result.
"Here, Tommy!" called outjone of the
men to the little son of the landlord, "run
Out and get' to know what that fellow's
singing.'
Tommy departed On his errand, which
did not take many minutes:
"Well,'! demanded Jack, i when the
youngster returned, . "which of i us is.
right?" i
"'Nayth.er of ye," replied Tommy, grin
ning. "The fellow's not singing. He's
hawking fly. papers.. 1
A LIBEL ON THE SILVER VOTERS.
One curious 'effect of the war scare is
seen in the fact that some of the. so
called conservative, element in the com
munity, while deprecating war . talk
themselves, change upon the "silver
party" the purpose 'of exciting; war. They
intimate that the silverites would . wel
come was as a means- of forcing the
shyer standard . upon the country.
This is the wildest and most incredible
notion that has come to the surface
through the shaking up which the Maine
disaster hag produced. It implies that a
party numbering nearly one-half of the
citizens of this country is plottink against
tne general welfare in order i to compass
a political end. But the fact is that the
6,506,835 men who voted fer Bryan are
as true patriots as the 7,104,244 ! who voted
for McKinley. They have the safety of
tnis country as closely at. heart as any
or their fellow citizens. ! i
There is no reason to charge these men
witn seeKlng to embroil the United States
in war. Like the rest, they "suspend
judgment, and the silence of Mr. Bryan
'nrmseit on the question is a. dignified pro
test against any such suspicion. Boston
Post. !
FROM A PRACTICAL POINTl OF VIEW
. He stood long before a representation
of the. Venus of Milo. i n
VI see that you appreciate i art," said
another visitor to the gallery.' t
"Appreciate art!" he exclaimed.. ;'SaV!
I can hardly tear myself away from that
stature, it l only had it " I i ...
1 suppose you would never tire of
looking at it."
Td have It up in the store I window in
just about two shakes if I had it. i Why,
sir, you couidn -t get a hner or more ap
propriate figure on which to exhibit the
sleeveless undershirts we- are putting on
me marKet. unicago-ost. ! ; i
i . , WHY? i
. Why isn't a medical glass a sanitary
measure?
Why isn't the bookkeper'si lunch the
Dite ol an adder?
Why shouldn't the sailor's accounts
be. cast up by the sea?. j !
. Why shouldn't the man; who is a
rake succeed as a Gardner?
Why does a man always promise to
be good when he's too sick to be bad?
Why don't some bad debt agencv
undertake to collect the living the
world owes a man?
. Why does the .man that is always
blowing always find It difficult to raise
the wind?
AT A FUNERAL.
The case jQ j the state against Miles
Washington Frank Cathey . at Dal
las court lastvfceek looked simple! enough
on the dockeit tut there are more things
in a court r.:ee. than the docket ever
dreams of ua'til .they are brought out
The case abc fj mentioned resulted rrom
an affray andOiooting scrap at acolored.
church neat ielmont i not long ago. A
colored brpUfV who was .a Jlethodist,
died and w4j; juried. A large concourse
of friends 'attxl relatives from far and
anear attend ,lhe obsequies to pay their
last trjtbutettfrespect to xne oeaa. xne
teams ana. i!f-KOiis were on nana as ul
the . regulai . thurch services. The - of -
nee or quaaii;4ineraj orator was sieuiu-
lv ibornft b : Uaotlst neighbor. Allies
Washihgtonli fho had already- received
eisewbere.-Hjsriguisnea menaoa m inese
irwl limns '.' -. i"
The crkVad been .filled and the
mound macef'Auid the sad hour for the
departure of iie living had arrived. By
way of con$oVtKn to the bereaved lam
and satisiatfysry opinion" that tne soui
hebin," Andithere the trouble began
Frank Cath&!-a deacon In Washington's
rftiurr.h. in-mose wool the dye was a
little morelfi5fily set than it was in -the
orator's, opcvly remonstra.tea against
such rank; 1 5 frresy. tsays'he, , "Jticu on
Brer WashIriaion, you're sayin' too much
tot mon teiXs .: nov&r rn t iindr -water.
UUb " 4 :
It required & It a few more words to ar
rav rh frieMs .of the deceased Metho
dist brotheand the partisans- of the
Baptist oratikt on one side and the fol
lowers of ?;;hey and the defenders of
the faith 'if on the other. They soaa
mixpd un -iSh nistols and rocks were
brought qui Uy . into requisition.. In the
fticiiio H'i'vvrjtnr was of. course, dis-
posed to iiaje peace if possible, for it.
was no pro e 1;oecasion for a deadly con-
met. But s fWfsnington may ten m& vwn
setory :1: li.lilS ' j - -:'"--'v-L -
'-VI tole ,'tjijlt was no proper occasion
iW.' r.llf '.tlttf T,n T iTl't wa nt TJoth-
in tft rift ttJcf'fat but I didn't kyeer noth
in' about shoot in' a little ontwell
uey got tOiSsfotin' todes my mule. Den
I hoops outiV pistol,: fer dey was Shoot
In' rierht t-x4" mv mule! Dat uz when
lev mun A'i: -TTift and killed me twice
p.arT twicil'iead d:idri't know nothin'!
TT'nst -ttmfiiilftWtiz knocked down in my
life. Den ijr&'jn' I come to I wuz 'saluted
four timesMui? times. See dat, and dat,
and dat (Sflfczing knots on his head and
face;) and tSf er.ere (turning his upper
n nVo, q 'K"K top-nfi. siiiisflErft fiETa.lnst his
nose i andft(?"?y (pressing' his hands de
jectedly a4&ist his tummy) hit me ter-
noie nerejf (
Meanwniief'.tfte fusillade kept vigor
ously on. -A.fi bullets and other missiles
went flying Titfter ana tnitner, tne spec
tators an r combatari'ts1 ' did .likewise.
.Some dodg 'behind, trees, or teams, or
wagons. anvMiothers found' safe shelter
behind tomb$ones; while no denial has
yet come ti $ind that some of the dusky
warriors lrtyptehlnd more recently made
grave mqrncpj and, thus protected, de
livered ba'-.itlj to . their opponents across
'these, strar lfji breast works.
The;. turhXifa'hid -the shouting dies. The
noise of afeie is hushed, thfe warriors
are 'now, departed, and white-winged
peace horvi over the lately disturbed
city of thedji-d. Washington and Cathey
have beer ;. Bxulea Into court and' nave
received -t. respective sentences; but
is still 'a drrpted point, Gas tonia Gazette
Mm
THEofDEMNITY PEACE !
Secretar jf lherman is quoted as saying
that if Sp;jYs responsibility for the de
struction .f-thfe Maine is established, the
government Fr: tne uniteo. estates will oe
. . .3 u i f ia :i ...
Heaven j.o'.oid! I
On th a hitfJ ffround of. "business" alanp
what -is tlip fjbod of "indemnity" that will
not indemi.j:. of "satisfaction" that can
not satisfy; a settlement that will set-
tie nothinjt;? ! .
000 of bloofir'omthe Spanish turnip, who
would (betH better for it?, "Would it
ImmortaliV ,lfhe martyrdom of our dead
- . J"- UUl. lXlIIllCU.O-
urable insHUi o our flag? Would it give
iwiilwii, m .otnmerciaij ana otherwise,
with SpairikShould we not be const
ed to sendSadother battleship tb Havana?
wouia noKrte enforcement of' our neu
trality lavricontinue as now a heavy
expemse t(jfjir treasury and a constant
-source or iirntat-ion to our people?
iiNO! Air. '?rman, this is one of those
affairs of bpr and sentiment that do
not -admit: fi-a "cash" settlement. In
tne matter.: a great international crime,
perpetrated gainst liberty in the inter
ests or . tj'fjf iiny; the American people
have a sou s bov'e the 'do-llar mark Mark
.iiaruia to r Vi contrary notwithstanding!
ilt .is falSeAnd futile to say that the
uesiru-cuon ey.the Maine has no relation
to the gove?ament of ! Cuba. Why was
the bafttleshj-i sent to Havana except to
protect Am? Bean citizens against the
threatened; Outbreak Of Spanish sav
agery? Whf iwas the Maine blown -up
and two hUi5(.3red and sixty Qf her crew
murdered in : heir' sleep exort)t ns an py-
pression of; g knlsh hate? Will this "sav
agery 'be fssined, will this hate be di-
mimsneo, w tne idanger of. .a war to
which theeBtlng situation exposes us
be decreaseT.; -by exacting ' a cash indem
nity and leaf fig . the Cuban question un
settled? s& ' ; -
National . I- hor and dignity and self
interest; thejvnevitabte sympathy of our
people' with heroic struggle' for freedom;-
the. hjrbr and indignation with
which: we hfe jtoo long and too pass
ively wltne "the barbaric cruelty of
a War-of elimination- against a brave
people closed our southern shores all
these unit6 demanding freedom for
Cuba. r'.
This is tbe-'igily atonement for ai crime
without precfeent; This1" affords the sole
security foriffie- future!. This "alone will
. satisfy :thet i a American spirit and the
national sen -rof justice. It . will be a
settlement tt '.will go into .history as
the most uh -Jflsh and the most glorious
in an tne a?ais of time. ' - .
Ereedom fCjOuba means peace forever
between
opt .j1 a.nix tne umtea wtaxesj
Let the indeemty for the Maine be peace
tnrougn ,tr&em m;; JNew I York World.
'HOW THEtWtTNESS. CAME TO TIME.
What tim fjwas it." t asked a rvrin
lawyer, sajs?-the Atlanta Constitution.
when you oSiicovered the nrisdner com-
Well, suriJ replied the witness, "ef 1
aoan aisreme; jber, hit wuz co'n-plantin'
IIUIC,. ! T-.I. . t . t .
'I mean wf-it o'clock! was it?" '
; Uar waJtitrno clock t there, suh. Dar
wuz a clock f?r, but hit wuz one er dese
he&h instasit nt-olan clocks, what vou
fails to meAtsjfe notes On, en dey comes
en takes hi fway, en you lose all. what
' Ybu biotas ead. you " exclaimed the
lawyer, "I i ied, you to tell what was
the hour o t," e day." 1
VWell, suIj.V;'replied the witness. Vsence
you so ha'd onderstan,' I'll make the
matter plaii,;t'4r you: Oomin' en gwine
das way en ; d; way long en short, hit
wuz erboutfcahours en a half by sun!"
' h.- . '.( v.' .... . - .
DIETtfjefj ON THE SIDE .
A certain 3stut lady Iresolved
suit a phyilid, in - about her coroulenw.
She had niK-Previous fixrinft y. with
"banting" of .fhy sort. The doctor
up a careful letary for her. She i must
eat dry to$s$ plain boiled beef dnd a
few other tiii jrssof the same lean snrt
and, in ama.i return and renort the re
sult. ' -i s-m - . i t-
At the enritiH.the time the, lad v I came
and . was sol s'ut she could harmv t
through the ddJr; The doctor was aghast
;Did you - eii what I told, you,?" he
asked. yJLf .-'"-' i
"Religiouslx1,1! she answered. ; v
His brow wWhkled in Derolexiv. ? RiWi-
deniy he had flash of inspiration.
JV" wt,-iijftnLu eiser ' ne asked.
Why, my Hrdinarv meaiss!'? aM
lady. Parson-Weekly. .
1 rf-4 f ,
There is ho: for the bov
ever his faiUiit, still reveres his mother.1
asaviue u jistian - Advocate.
PUSI
PEPPER. SPIGF, : GINGER !
500 POUNDS BLACK PEPPER,
25 BOXES GROUND PEPPER-
800 POUNDS SPICE.
. 50 POUNDS NUTMEGS.
50 BOXES CELLULOID STARCH.
200 BOXES PIEL'S Lump Starch..
EOBT. R. STONE & CO
WHOLES ALE GKOCEIiS,
5 and 7 SOUTH WATER.: STREET.
P. S.-Wehave oar load, Genuine Early
Rose' Potatoes just arrived; bought at
low prices. v ma 3;
1 tANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA
RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE 4.
To Take Effect Sunday, November 28, 1S97.
r-AT n M. " ; " '
Supersedes
Time Table 3.
24, 1895.
of October
And Supplements Thereto.
Eastbound.1
Westbound.
No. 3.
I No. 4
Pass'ger
Jc'ass ger
Dally
STATIONS.
Daily
Ex; Sun.i
A,MP.M
Ex. Sun
A.MIP.M
7 10
;3.40
Lv. ....Goldsboro
Lv. ....Kinston...
Ar
Ar.
11 05
10 12
8 57
8 00
6 00
.9 14
4 32
,1 30
5 45
7 02
P.M
Lv. ...New Bern... Ar.
Lv. .More'h'd City. Ar.
10 47
3 51
7 42
8 15
P.M
a:m
AM
S. LJ DILL,
Superintendent.
JQIIN GILL, RECEIVER .
Schedule in Effect January 23, .1898.
South n
Bound
Daily
No. 11
7 20 p m
4 10 p m
4 00 p m
3 55 p xa
2 36 pm
North
Bound
MAIN LINE.
Daily
No. 2.
Ar... Wilmington ...Lv
Lv... Fayetteville ...Ar
Ar... Fayetteville . . . Lv
Lv Fayetteviiae Jun Lv
900am
12 10 p m
12 18 p m
12 25 p m
1 48 p m
Lv;.... Sanford ...,.Lv
12 45- p m
ILv Climax. ...... Lv
3 47 p m
12 17 p m
11 55 a m
Lv... Greensboro ...Ar
4 2Q p m
4 30 p m
Ar... Greensboro ...Lv
11 06 a m
Lv... Stokesdale ...Lv
Lv. Walnut Cove ..Lv
5 17 pm
5 47 p m
6 15pm
7 45 p m
10 33 a m
10 04 a uiitj... Rural Hall ...Lv
- 40 a mftiV..... .Mt. Airy .....Ar
South
Bound
Ddily
No. 3. .
North
Bound
BENNETT SVILLE.
Daily
'No. 4.
t 7 l5 p m
t 6 15pm
' 5 43 p m
5 07 p m
4 0 p m
Ar. . Bennettsville . .Lv
Lv..... Maxton Lv
Lv.. Red Springs ..Lv
Lv... Hope Mills ...Lv
Lv... Fayetteville ...Ar
8 00am
9 07 a m
9 35 am'
10 20 a m
10 40 am
Noi. 15.
South
Bound
Mixed. .
. Daily
Ex. Sun
No. 16.
North
Bound
MADlSON BRANCH
Mixed.
j Daily
Ex. Sun.
6 10 p m
4 25 p mi
3 15 p m
2 45 a m
1 25 p m
12 35 p m
Lv...
Lv. . . .
Lv. .'.
Ar. . .
Lv...
Lv....
Ramseur .
. . Climax ..
Greensboro
Greensboro
....Lv
....Lv
...Ar
...Lv
..-..Lv
6 40 a m
8 30 a m
9 17 a m
9 35 a m
11 07 a m
11 55 a m
Stokesdale
Madison .....Ar
Freight trafn No. 8 on the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley now leaves Wilming-,
ton at 4:45 p. m.; arrives at Fayetteville
at 11:15 d. m. Passenger car oil this
.traim . ' . . r . l
Connections at- Fa.yttvllle i with At
lantic Coast Line, at 'Maxton. with the
Carolina 'Cen tral Railroad, at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Bowmore Rail-r
road, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air
Line, at (Juif with the Durham ani Char
lotte Railroad, at Greensboro with the
Southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk ; and Western
Railway.
J. W. FRY,
Gen'l Manager.
W. E. KYLE,
Gen'l Pass. Agent.
domjuEArnvSEjicf
TO AT Ij POINTS.
Schedule In Effect May 30, 1897.
Train 41. Leaves Wilmington 1:20 p. m..
arrives Lumberton 5:26 p. , m.J Pembroke
5:46 p. m., Maxton 6:12 p. m.. Laurlnburg
6:23 j. m., Hamlet 6:53 p. m. Connects at
Hamlet 'with train 41 for Charlotte and
Atlanta, and with train 402 for Ports
mouth, Richmond, Washington and points
North. .-
Train 41. Leaves Portsmouth 9:20 a. m.
arrives Weldon 11:41 a. m., Raleigh 3:30 j
m., Sanford 5:03 p. m., Hamlet 6:53 prm.
Rockingham 7 :39 p. m.. Wadesboro 8 :11"; p.
m., Monroe :iz p. m.. Charlotte 10:25 p.
m., Athens 3:45 a. m. and Atlanta 6:20 a.
m. Connection at Weldon with train from
Richmond and all Northern points. Pull-
man sleeper, Portsmouth to Nashville.
Tenn. . ,
Train 403. Leaves Washington 4:10 d. m..
Richmond s:w p: m., Portsmouth 8:45 p.
m. Arrives Weldon 11:10 p. m.i Raleigh
2:07 a, m., Sanford 3:35 a, m Hamlet 5:10
a. m., Rockingham 5:23 a. m., Wadesboro
5:54 -a. m.. Monroe 6:43 a. m., Charlotte 7:50
a, m., Lincolnton 10:20 a m., Shelby 11:18
a. m., Kutherrordton 12:30 noon. Athens
1:15 p. m., Atlanta 3:50 p. m. Connections
at Atlanta ror all points South ! and .West.
Pullman Sleeper. Washington t Atlanta,
ana Jortsmouth to Chester. t
Train 38. Leaves Hamlet 8:20 a. m. Ar.
rives Laurlnburg 8:46 a. m., Maxton 9:05
a, m., Pembroke 9:31 a. m., Lumberton
9:53 a.' m., Wilmington 1:05 noon. Con
nects at Hamlet with trains from Wash
Ington, Portsmouth, Charlotte and At
lanta. - , ( . :
Train 402. Leaves Atlanta 1:00 0. m. Ar.
rives Athens 3:16 p. m., Monroe 9:30 p. m.;
Leaves Rutherfordton 4:35 p. m., arrives
Shelby 5 :o5 p. v m., Lincolnton 6:56 p. m.,
Charlotte 8:18 p. m.. Monroe 9:10 d. m '
Wadesboro 10:31 p. m., Rockingham 11:05
p. m:, Hamlet u:20 p. mr. Sanford 1:02 a.
m., Kaieigh 2:16 a m., Weldon 4:55 a m.,
jtui isiuoum i a. m., ticnmona e:is a.
m., j Washington 12:31 noon. Pullman
bieepers, Atlanta to . Washington and
unester to Portsmouth.
Train 18. Leaves Hamlet 7:15 p. m., ar
rives Gibson 8:l0j). nv Returning, leaves
uioson i:uu a,.m., arnvea Hamlet 7:50 k. nv
nain i .weaves Hamlet 8:40 a.! m.. ar.
rives Cheraw 10:00 a. m. Returning, leaves
uneraw &:uu p. m., arrives Hamlet 6:20
All trains daily except Nos. 17 and is
Trains make Immediate connections r
Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or-
ieaaia. leias, c;auionua, Aiexico, Chatta-
uooga, jNasnvuie, Memphis, Macon,
For Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to
THOS. JX MEARES,
Gen'l Asrent. WUmlnctnTi vm n
E ST. JOHN, '
vice President and Gn'i nnaa.
H. W. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager "
V. E. McBEE. Gen'l 8unAr1ntAn?AnV
T. J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
IQukiD
valley
Railway
SOUTH
mm
First Car of Potatoes.
The first car of 'our famous Early Rose
and Early Ohio i Seed Potatoes has or-
rived. Let us have -your' orders for
prompt shipment, - . . ; : a, ; .
50,000 H0N0GBAI1 'CI61E8.
The leading 5c ' Cigar of North Caro
lina. A trial order wiU convince you.
B. :F. : KEITH . CO.,.
Wholesale Grocer, Wilmington, N. C
ftTLttlHTIG GOftST LINE.
i::.i:;!UVl ---.
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Schedule r in : Effect Feb. : 27, 19S, ,
Departures from Wilmington.
NORTHBOUND.',
DAILY No. 4S Passengers-Due Mag
9;35 A M. nolia-H:02 a. m., Warsaw 11:11
i a. m..i O-oIftehorn t2:(fi n m..
Wilson 12:55 p. m.i Rocky
Mount 1:40 p. m., Tarboro 2:31
p. m., Weldon 4:33 p. mi., Peters
burg 6:22 p. m., Richmond 7:U
p. m.,; Norfolk 6:05 p. m., Wash
ington 11:30 p. m.; Baltlmor
i:im a, m.. Philadelpnia 3:50 a.
m., New York 6:53 a. , m., Boa
ton 3:00 p. m.
DAILY No. 40 Passenger-rDue Mag
7:15 P. M. nolia 8:55 p. m., Warsaw 9:10 p.
m., Uoidsboro 1Q:10 p. m.,- Wil
son, 11:06 p. m., Tarboro 6:35
a. in., Rocky Mount 11:57 p. m.,
Weldon 1:42 a. m., jNor folk 10:30
a, mM Petersburg '3:14 a. m.,
Richnj'd 4r00 a. mi, W'hlng
ton 7:Vi a m., Baltimore 9:03 a.
m.. Philadelphia 11:25 a. m..
New York
2:03 p. jm., Boston
9:00 pi m.
DAILY No. 50 Passenger Due Jack
except isonville 4:13 p. m., New Bern
Clinton & Jfl tr tm . . . r - J v
2:25 p.i m. . i' J- ,
SOUTHBOUND.
DAILY i x. i 55--Passenger-Due i Lako
.4:00 p. m. Waccamaw 5:09 p. nr., '-Chad-
bourn 5:41 p. m., Marion 6:43 p.
m., Florence 7:25 p. m.. Sumter
9:10 p. m., Columbia 10:30 p. m.,
i Denmark 6:12 a. m.!,' Augusta
7:55 a. m., Macon 11:15 a. m.,
i Atlanta 12:25 p. m., iCharleston -
i 10:50 p. m., Savannah: '1:50 a, i m.,
Jacksonville 7:30 a. m St. Au
i . gustine 10:30 a. m., Tampa 5:25
p. m. .f7- -,;
ARRIVALS AT WILMINGTON FROM
' THE NORTH. 1
DAILY No. '49-Passenger Leave Bos
5:50 p. m. toh 1:03 p. m.. New! York 9:00
i p. m., Philadelphia 12:05 a. m.,
, Baltimore 2:50 a. m. Washtng
i , a. m Petersburg 3:12 a. ' m.,
m., Petersburg 10:03 a. mi, Nor-'
i ' r loiK s:4u a, m.. Weldon 11:52
i m., Tarboro 12:12 p. I m., Rocky
Mount 12:47 n. ?m.. Wilann ! 2:37
p. m., Goldsboro Z2 -. i m.,
i Warsaw 4:11 d. ml, bxagnoha
DAILY INo. 1 41-Passeng tr Leave . ,os-'
9:30 a. ra. ton 12:00 nighty New York 9:30
' a in., Philadelphia ! 12:09 p. m.,
' Baltimore 2:?5 p. m..i Washing-
i ton 3:4t . m.; Richmond 7:30
p. m., Petersburg, j 8:12 p. ! m.,
jNorfolk 2:20 p.' m., Wel
don 9:43 p. m.. Tarooro 6:01 j.
m., .Rocky Mount ! 5:40 a, m.,
' - leave Wilson 6:22 a. m., Golds
boro 7:01 a. m., Warsaw 7:53 a.
m., Magnolia 8:05 ,l m. S.
h DAlji No. 51 Passenger I Leave New
except Bern, 9:00. a. m., j Jacksonville
Sunday, 10:26 a. m. j L i
12:15 p. m. FROM, THE SOtPTH.
DAILY No. 1 54 Passenger ieave Tam
1:20 p. m. pa 8:10 a. m., Sanford 3:27 p. m.
Jacksonville 7:40 p. m., Savan
nah 1:45 a. m., Charleston 6:33
. a. m., Columbia 6:45 a. m., At
lanta 8:20 a, m., ' Macon 9:00 a.
m.. Augusta 2:30 tp.i m., Den
m'ark -4:25 p. m., Sumter 8:12 a.
m., Florence 9:53 a. m., Marion
10:36 a. m., Chadbourn 11:38 a,
::;! m., Lake Waccamaw 12:09 p. m.
... Daily except Sunday. s i t
Trains on the Scotland Neck Branch
Koaa aeave
Weldon 3:55 p. m.. Halifax
4:ai d. m..
arrives Scotland! Neck at 5:20
p. m., Greenville 6:57 p. m.,' Knston 7:55
p. m. Returning leave Kinston; 7:5Q a. nL.
Greenville 8:52! a. m., arriving Halifax at
11:18 a, m., Weldon 11:33 a. jm.j daily ex
cept Sunday, i i ' f' '
xiaiiis on w asmngton jaranch leave
Washington 8:20 a m. and 2:30 p. m. ar
rive Parmele,9:10 a. m. and 4:00 p. m., re
turning leave Parmele 9:35 a. m. and 6:30
p. m., arrive Washington 11;00 a. m. and
7:20 p. m. Daily except Sunday.
Train leaves ! Tarboro, N. C... daily ex
cept Sunday 5:20 p. m.. Sunday i4:15 p." mi..,
arrives Ply rnoii tn ':4U p. m. and 6:10 p, m.
Returning leaves Plymouth idaily except
Sunday 7:50 a. im., and Sunday 9:00 a. m.,v
arrives Tarboro 10:05 a. m. and 11:00 aV m!
Train on Midland N: C. Branch leaves
Goldsboro daily except Sunday 7:10. a, m..
arriving Smithfieid 8:30 a. vd. Returning"
leaves :Smithneld i:00 a., m.i; krrives at
Goldsboro 10:25 a. . . . -
Train on Nashville Branch leaves
Rocky Mount at 4:30 p. m., arrives Nash
ville 5:05 p. m.. Surins Hoda fi?sn n m
Returning leaves Spring Hope at 8:00 a
m., iiMuvuio o;w a. m., arrives at Rock
Mount 9:05 a m., daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves War
'f.aE or clinton daily except Sunday,
11:20 a. m. and 4:15 p. m. Returning leave
Clinton 7:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m.i
Florence Railroad : leave Pee Dee 10-09 "
a. rm.i arrive fLatta 10:2S a, I m.. Dillon
10:38 a. m., Rowland 11:54 a. m.; returning
leaves Rowland 6:13 p. m., arives Dillon
6:33 p. m Latta 6:46 p. m., . Pee Dee 7:10
p. m. daily. I ' . I ' ! -
a Trains on Conway Branch ! leave Hub
8:30 a. m., Chadbourn 11:43 aJ m., arrive
Conway 2:03 p. m leave Conway 2:45 p
m., Chadbourn 5:45 p. m.. arrive Hub 8-2S
p. m. Daily except Sundav.
. Central of South Carolina Railroad
leave Sumter 6:27 p. m.. Manhine- ' r
o n. a 111VCS Carres cjo p. m., leaves Ljea
Sumter 9:37 a. m. daily. ' 1 . ' .
w.w ill.- Aiil III 11 H IrA -m nr4A
Georgetown ! and i Western 1 Railroad
Leave Lanes 9:30 a. m. and 7
rive Georgetown 12:00 m., 9:14 p. m.. leave '
Georgetown 7:00 a, m. and 3:M n m 0Z
rive. Laiies 8:25 a, m. and 5:25 h im
except Sunday! - ' ' .
xrains on C. & D. R. R. leave Florence
daily except Sundav i 9:xi n i i o.-TI
Darlington 10:28 a. m.. Cheraw 11:40 a. m.
Wadesboro ' 12 :35 p. m. Leave 1 Florence
daily except Sundav s-on ini:!
Darlington 8:25 p. m.. Hartsvilie 9:2fp xZ .
Bennetteville 92; p. m., Gibson 9:45 a? m
Leave Florence Sunday only ! 9:55 m'
arrive: Darlington 10:2? a. m ! w - i.TTf
11:10 a. m. . h . v".1"-
Leave Gibson daily excent s..;.!,;, .
a. m.. Bennettsville 6:59 a. m.. arrive Dar
lington J:50 a m. Leave Hartsvilie T dill v
exceptSunday 7:00 a. m., arriD4n
ton :4a a. m., leave Darline-rnw a-r.r
arrive. Florence 9:2ff a . m r,o nTlrrl
boro daily except Sunday 4:25 p. m
raw 5:15 p. m..i Darlington fi rV
rive Florence 7:00 p. m. Leave HartsVilie
Sunday only 8:15 a. m.. Darlington 900
m., arrive Florence 9:20 a. m. '
-! a yetteville Branch leavs
Wilson 2:20 p. m.. 11:16 o. m rJLl?
ma 3:15 p. m Smithfieid 3:22 VT r "
4:ou P. m, Fayetteville 4:47 p. hiT
m., Rowland 6J13 p. m., returning leave
Rowland 10:54 a. m., FayettevUlemTp
'10.:ln p- Dun 1:01 P. m.L Smith
?v ? 1:3o9 P- m- Selma 1:47 p. jm., arrive
Wilson 2:3o p. m., 12:09 a. m 'X6 .
Manchester Sr. a
leave Sumter 4:29 Tm BHi
m., arrive Denmark 6:12 a. m " Returning
maVLSSi m:,.Cres5n
o -vr i-auy. ,
Pregnalls-Branch trains leave Creston
ZZ .ives Pregnalls S 8:U i a! "n? .
Returning leaves Pregnalls 10 00 a7 m
arrives Creatan s-sn r;,"" m-
Sunday. 7- - ?" excepi
nSi81!?1!.6 jch trains. I leave El-
mmmJmM O,. III.. M TI l ' VII rt w
arrive
"utJUJw i.w p m. and
ninf. leaverLucknow 6:te j ml and
.00 p. m. arrive Elliott 8:25 a m-'and 3:JJ
m. Re-
" ii7fi tM3' ejLcepx sunday. ! i ?
- . vcin ouuuay, 'ounaay only
, H. M. EMERSON,
General PajtaAnmr Ivan .
J. R KENLY, General Manager.
T. EMERSON. TaffU .
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