North Carolina Newspapers

i. : : A Microscopic Kepnblie. The smallest republic known is that oc Tavolara, an islaal about eight miles distant from Sardinia. It has a population of fifty-fire persons, all told. This domain was aicorde 1 in 1836 to the Bartoleoni family by King CharleB Albert. King Paul I gov erne I this microscopic kingdom for fifty years or more, lie died in 1682, and then expressed the desire that thereafter his subjects 6Loull govern themselves. No pretender for the roval succession appearing, the in habitant! of Tavolara in 18-"j pro claimed a Kepublic. which in the year following was duly recognized by the Italian Government. This Republic is poverned by a President, who is elected for the term of tix years. The constitution accords also to women the full right o! euilrag Clevintvl f itron of the tramp are alarmed r.vr Uf .' IT-1 of Chticfo and Nt York for four of !v l;itiJ' b-st playrs. (.'hlongo of-tef- f I'") f"r Yurit; and V'hllds ami New York t!;-sirr.- f-uru fvr J:urktt and M?Kan. IWe if ii'.'.'.fO to t.-e ha 1 for four player?. 1VX5K TIIK LOTELLS. T- Ti.em BIoreTliftn to Other la Dae ths rlr Fly A-ror!-.l to AVlie!ma. Trim the becinnlns of cycling la thie ouotry the mik r Imvo been its strongest Vulwsrka, mid t 'j t hm is due th credit for the prowi position rM-M of th bicycle hold. To the me:nh-rf of the trad, therefore, we owe inufb, s it wa thHr plunk and their money tbat have mado for us cur position. COT.. r.ESJ. B. LOVK!.I Amonn th mn wno early felt the bennflta .' cvclin', and did not hfitat to expand moriHy, is Colonel Ii:n. S. I.ov11, of Huston, TriaHurr of tho John 1. f.ovHl Arnw Con Miny, ,f that city. Tli"ir firm nam his tc-n a familiar ne for over fifty year?, hav ing teii eftaiilislied in IHtO. dolnt; a spoit Inif poods and Run business. Uelnc in a kindred trade, jt wa3 but nntural that the) 8'oul I enaratTH in th makins and Bellini; of bicycle?. Their success has been unbounded. jvs they havo mado a name for the Lo veil Diamond Cycles that Is a familiar house hold one in every hamlet in the laud. It Is not possible to have done that without coet, and a conniderablo one, too, as readers of current literature will admit, for hnve not all of iiB encountered the symbolic words "Lovell I'iamonds .'" To estimate the trross nmount that ban been expended for advertls fng would be a difficult ta.sk, but it is said that considerably over fKM.OOO was spent by them during All the hip Kastorn dailies had entire paes. lii--'i cunt lots of money, nnd the inaira:'.iui.'S lilled many pages exploit ing f.ov.Vl i;im.nd Cy.de. C.ni it To wondered ut, then, that cycling I as lii".i:i,i popular, when men li k Colonel J. well f end siii-h sums to make it so? C doied !. .veil is Treasurer of the John P. l.ov'dl Arms Company, and is a man of r ire iiusiiief rttaiiuneiii, acquired bv long ex- iierit'lice ; I'l l nil apt it u le possessed by few. ii private life he has won the respect and es teem of every "no ho has been brought in contact wtli, while his public record is equally :..o.l. on lite different occasions rep-l-Fit mi; hi l.iwa in the l.e;i.l.'iture, serving in 1-oMi brauehi-y. lb served on the staff of :-:viii r Lou; for three consecutive years, nnd is now a memberof Governor (Ireenhalges f.a:T. It" has lecii a delt-Knte to four National oiintio:js, nu I there is n;t an office in the put of his townsmen which would not beat liis disposal wep it not for his groat business responsibilities. There no man in the l.icyde bu-.iue.ss more respected than Colonel Lcnj. S. Lovell. and no tietter tacycle is ma la In the world than the Love'L.'--''"H- i - The I.dlf,. Tl eplM!ant effect and perfect safety with hitU ladlrs msy u.e the California liquid las- tive, Syrup of Flp, under all conditions nmk-s it their favorite remedy To get the true and genuine srt Me. look for the nameof ho ( Mifornin rig Sj rup Co., printed near th bottom of t lie raiknce. Always Cures Induction. DyspHOMi,. Ba4 Hreath, nehlll- AVri-V",lAt'."n:ah- T a?.t of Al'Pettte. HistreM ATter KHttnir. and nil evils arising from a .Kr ,i,s,:r,J'rl stommh. It bnilds nn from the rlrt dese. and a bottle or two wifi enre the wert cades, and Insure a Kood anne. tite . ex. ellent diifcation and resnlt in viljor nua hetlth and buorancTof spirits. There is ii?.. b'V7 ?.y ,n 'sre rood health and a lom life than to Irerp the Momarh riRht. rji e. , nynepla Kemly is gmiranteed to do tMs lhP Tranrtuilizinjf After-Uinner IVi" ,,isal'n',)l'uKi?t?- Ma nu fat lured cy t . O Tyner. Atlanta. tTerjr .".IotUn Should Always rr.i i lrottlo of Tarkor's (Jimrer Tonic. Nothing so od for pain, wen knes!. ilds and idee pi 'Mat-is Wife used "Mother's Fkiknd before first rhild - was quickly relieved: suffered hut little, recovery rapid K. K. Johnston. Kufaula, Ala. I nsr ! lo s Cure for Consumption botl n mv family and pr.-utiie- Iir J V V kt rt:KSJ, Ink-t.r, Miih, Nov. 5. ls-i'i If afflict rd witlortcsuse 1 r. Nunc Thomn on-s Eye water. lJrutsitsstdl at pci bottU Always Tired Dejerlbe a dangerous condition, because it means that the vitality is becoming exhaust-' ed by reason of impoverished blooJ. OiveJ new life to the vital fluid and the nerves and j mus?les will grow stronger. Hood's Parsa-' rarilla gives streoarth, bsvaus? it makei' pure, rloh blood. K?meniber Hood's Sarsaparilla Is ths only true blood purifier prominently In the public eye today. ?1; six for ?3. Hnnrl'c Pi lie ,h ffer-ainBr U! and' wwm w w ramiij illj cutharttc. S ;r.T the tjest d a 7 n D 1a iBe norM. Svnd i IX A dm J K CoiUT.blin Agrncy. PlDhanil n.N V c".r free. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR The best FOR Dyspeptic.Delicate.Infirm and AGED PERSONS JOHN CARLE A S0.N5. New York. m-HUf. til (ICC llili Bt Coiixh Syrup. Taates Good. Vrt in iiipi eoiq py a rwirima. "TTT Mi 1 r- 7 J L BUSINESS TROUBLES. ELOQUENT REV. DR. TALMAGE Preaches a TlmelySermon on Baiinets Caret, Trials and Temptations. Tri1 rts 'j XVe n :t:. i::ij-. v?fiT t!iv rarlia'its fa ft!l a:p -.p-nin2 d?or o! rvtumiaq; Nationa' r r;?;.-rity. The ominsr '"rops. the re-j-t:i'j!is,in"nt of publi: confid ;uce nd, abc'.- al'. th bieinsof God vri!! turn in upon all ."t'onr of America the widest. frr?.f- 't r'jrp -rity this country ha3 ever s,n. IJ : h i floor of su?-.-e?s is net yet fully '.j ,".. in 1 thou-s.inds of tju'inea'; men riru yet "- lif Tifj from th distressing times !Urc!i'h rrh:eh re hiv b ' n pasin?. Seme of Hi t st rn -n in th'j land have falfr-d. m'-a -ho ; hats are enlisted in every 1 "r.r'-: 1 whov? hands hava K1e.;? 1 ev?ry trea r.h-trity. Jhi :hurch of Got e?.n afford to exCm 1 to them her sym pathies i-id f le.t b :for i heaven with all availing p rave;. ' Th-' schools such men havo tiib!ish th i hurch-- they have built, the fLsyl't r-s and "n?fl -Mit institutions they have fist- 1 ttiII b- t'lir eulogy Ion after their bn'cin ia.-t itutlons ;tr-j forsretten. S'ich rn -n en n-r fai'. They have their treasury in bank' that never break and will t-e million--re: f-rr-".-r-r. liut I thought it tvouII brj apprii-riat ? to- lay an I useful for rr.f; to talk about th-; trials aui temptations tjl our busings.- m-u and try to offer some cnative prriptions. In th" flt pi i '. t have to remark that a jfreat mariyd on- bu-iner-s mn feel ruinous trial and terr.pl at ij ' omin.: to them frem small and limitet epital in busions. It is everyvh';r" vn Irsoo 1 that it now takes t hre- or fouv tim f- ;: inu di to do b'isin.' vell than ii ' n"" di 1. O-je ; a few hundred dollar-v.-er 1 urn& I int )'1.-. The mer 'hant woiil I be his own s'k'pT, hia owu alesman. hi 'wu booUke"! er. He would mena'-'" e!i t'1- aff-ur-i liims'Mf, an i every thing "-onl I 1" n t profit. Wonderful I'han"? ha V eome. o-tiy a'f-aratn-'. ex-t"ii-iv i a-1 viiistii.'. oxor'iit mt stor rents, heavy taxation, ev-.oijaive a'-encied are only parts i I t!ie demanl ma b upon ".ir com pit' ial men, and when they have foun 1 the ns' I v'i in ielt ' r" j'ii t tris w th small ei(.ia! they have sometimes bn tmrted lo run aaiiit the ro-'s of moral an-1 financial te?tru"tioi. J'his temptation of limited capital has ruin I m"n in tw- ways. Sirae tims they havt shrutik down under the temptation. Thcv hav. yielded the battl before th first shot was fin 1. At th lirst hard dun they sur-i-n lered. Tlvir knees krio -ked toi;etfi"i af the fall of the au-tion-er- ha'iirn"!'. They blanched at the tlnao- inl peril. J 'r-y did not understand that there is s;i'-h :t thin a- h'-roism in mer-ihnu- lise and that there are Waterloo of the eon nt"r and that a man aa lixht no braver battle with the .-word than he can with the yardstM-. Their souls melted in them be cause suirars1 ven- u when they wanted to fitly an I loVa when they wanted to sell, and unsalable goods were on the shelt and bad debt;- in their le ln. The gloom ot their eouutfrn-iri''"S overshadowed even tneir dry goods nnd groceries. Despondency, eoming from limited capital, blasted them. Others have felt it m a different way. They havo said: ' Ifer'; 1 have been trudging along. I have been trying to be honest all the'i years. I find it is ot no use. Now it is make or break," The smnll craft thit could h ive stood the stream is put out be yond the lighthouse on the great sea of spec ulation, lie borrows a few thousaud dollars from friends who dare not refuse him, an 1 ho goes bartering on a large scale. He reasons in this way: '-perhaps 1 may stteeeed, unl If 1 don't I will Vie no worse off than I am now, for i 100.000 taken from nothing, nothing remain.'-. "' i Stocks are the dice with which he gam hies. He bought for a few dollars vast tracts of Western land. Some man. at the East. liv ing on a fat homestead, meets this gambler of fortuno and is persuaded to trade off his estate for lots in a Western city, with large avenues, and e tly palaces, arid lake steim ers smoking at the wharves, and rail trains eoming down with lightning speed from very direettoD. Thri it is all on p iper! The city has UTer be n built nor the rail roads constructed, but everything points that way. and the thing will be done as sure a9 you iive. Well, the man goes on, stopping at no fraud or outrage. In his splendid equipage he da-hes past, while the honest lribon-r I -oks up and wipes thi sweat from his brow and say. "I winder where- that man got all hi.-money r' After a while the bubble bur-Is. Creditors rush in. The law r-hll.'llMC V.nl llnJu im'hin-. i ifo n-iar. TkA men who were swindled say. '"I don't know how I could have ever been deceive i by that man," and tho pictorials, in handsome wood cuts, set forth the hero who in ten years had genius enough to fail for loO.OOOf An 1 that isth process by which manv h:iv I -en tempted through limitation of eapita! tirushiuto labyrinths from which theyi oul l not be extricate 1. I would not want to chain honest enterprise. I would ti t want t5 blo.-k up any of the avenues for hone( a -cumulation that open before young men. On the contrary. I would liketo cheer th:n on and rejoic when they reach the goal, but w'vv.i th?re are s i -h multitudes of men going to ruin for this life anithe life that i- to com throush wrong notions of what ar lawful spheres of enterprise it is th-duty of the church of Ood. anithe minister-; of religion, an l the friends of all oung men, 1 utter a plain, emphatic, unmis takaVe protest T'tese aro tho influences that dro-.vn mn in de-tru-Mion an I per dition. Again, a great many of our tiasiness men ire temptel to overanxiety and care. You know mat n any a i u jr.i.ixHx.ai iu.;.a-.-i.v'.. are overdone in thi:-- d.iv. s nitte i with th love of rpii-'k gain, cif'tie. ar cro.vl! with men resoKe I to b rich at ad h inr I?. They d.nrt car - lov tuxi'.-cns i'. i only omes. Oar besi m-i.-ch.int. are tliDT I into f-omjrH'tit on with men of in ore ra-iu and less eoei .a' ? ii i it aa oppirtuuttv of acumu'atio:! ... uoele-tel cue h v.ir some oa-i els- picks it up. F-on January t le.;mb"r the struggL; g ,e, :u. Night give, no quiet to limb; t n lug in rc.--tle-sn-s nor to a brain that w ill not stop thinking. The dr.-a ns are harrowe I by imaginary loss an I flushed with imaginary gain. Lven the Sib bath cannot dam ba.-k thotiJ-o of anxn-t ,-, 'or this wave of w orl -1 lines.-? dash.-s clear over the churches an I leaves its foan on Dibits anl prayer book". Men who ar living on salaries or by the eu'.tivatiou of tho oil cannot understand" thwe.ir anl t-M.-oi the body an i mind to which our m-r-'ien' re subjected when th-v donotknov but that their livelihood an 1 their buin.--j honor are dependent upoa ths ua.'rttintie-, 'f the next hour. This excitement of the rrain. this corroiing care of the heart, this 'train of effort tha exhausts the snirit. -ends a great manv of our best men in "mi 1 dle life into tv gr tv., their life da' 1 o-, kainst money safe. Thev go with th ''---tore ou their t-i -k-. ' hey trnige like c .ml PV'Mtiu. frm Aleppo to l:miM. Kiev mske th-ir life m eru M'ixion. Srani lug behind ltk? and counter-, baui-s'i- 1 Ironi the Irish air. weighed down by i'ti .x; car.. th a-- 5. . m nv s-jiei 1 s." () I wish I t-vuld 10 dav rub cut som of th l-cts ...f oar-: that i c?uM lift s -mo of fw -:-i c ; tr).i! t!i :i.tr-; tu.i 1 could giv-. -"a :i'i- n to o f hs v,-ira m-.i '!es. j J. I .t:- -.-..11 t lie'm tot .V.. it n l..l.. iv... r. J 1 I- r th.- r-r. the i.rt.rrs ur et aui then t.-j-tOil ? r.ot fr,-t. Go 1 manag a'! I ollr life nn.l r ...... ; in-ni t-.ri!!(!.f..i. Consider the lilies Thev tJwavs ha ve roles. j UelKdd the fowls of the air! Thev alwr.vs : haenst. Take a long breath. "Bethink ; betimes that Jod did not make you for a pack horse. Lug yourselves out from among ; the hogsheads an t the shelves, and in th- i lighted the holy Sabbath dav resolve that vou will give to th-winds vour fears, and vour fretfulness. anl vcur "distresses. ' You brought nothing int o the world, and it Is ; verycertain you oan earry DOtaifl. ut ! Having food and raiment, be therewith .-oi- ' 'uiRt' 'nt came home from th i lHr; 1 ",?rest aasi there. Everything is gone. I am all rained." His j wife said -l am left - and th Utile chUl i i,.u t."8 i -Papa. I am ; iiere. The aijed grandmother, seated in j jt he room, said. 'Then you have all the prom ises of God bes,de, John." And he burst in to tears and said: -God forgive 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 iiw tempt! to neglect their home lUtieS. IT. iW off on it Jiome clash but there ought not to l any dlision. It is often the cmm that the father isthe mere treasurer of the familv. a srt of ajentt j see that they have drr sooii and gro?2rter. iai scot?, o: tan'.lr government hedoe not tone!. Oa?? or tvricj iu a year Q3 calls the children up on a Sabbath s'ter noon. when he has a hall hour he dc?3 n ot exactly know what to do with, and in that half hour be disciplines the hitdr?n vd chides them and corrects their faults and Zives them a great djal cf good a lvic. and then wonders all the rest ot the year that hi jhildren do not do better wheu they havt. the wonderful advantage of that smi-;cnual jastigation. The family table, which ought to be the place for pleasant discussion and cheerful aesa, often becomes the place cf peril oil xpedition. If there be any blessing asked t all, it is cut off at both ends and with the land on the carving knife. He counts on lis fingers, making estimates in the inter stices of the repast. The work done, the hat toes to the head, anl he Efcarts down the street, and before the family have arisen !rom the table he has bound up another jundle ot goods and says to the customer. 'Anything more I can do for you to-day, lir?" A man has more responsibilities than iiose which are discharged by putting com petent instructors over his children and giv ng them a drawing master and a music tfiachtr. The physical culture cf the chili rill not be attended to unless the ather looks to it. He must some rimes lose his dignity. Kr- must unlim er his joints.-s.He must sometimes lead hem out to their sports and game. Tae jarent who cannot forget the severe duties f life sometimes, to fly the kite and trundle he hoop and chase the ball and jump tho rope with his children, ought never to havo oeen tempted out of a crusty and unredeem ible solitariness. If you want to keep your children away from places of sin you can tinly do it by making your home attractive. Tou may pre ich sermons and advocate re forms and denounce wickedness, and yet your children will be captivated by the glit t ring saloon of sin unless you can make your home a brighter place than any ither place, on earth to them. Oh. gather all charms into your house. If yon can afford it, bring books and pic i u res and cheerful entertainments to th household.. But above all teac'j thrse rhildren. not by half an hour twice a vear on the Sabbath day. but day after day r.ud every day teach them that religion is a great gladness; that it throws chain of gold about the neck; tint it take? no spring from the f oot, no blitueness from the heart, no sparkle from the eye, no ring from the laugh ter, but that ''her ways are way? of pleasant ness, and all her paths are pea ie." I sympa thize with the work being done in many of our cities by which beautiful rooms are set apart bv cur Young Men's Christian Associa tion?, nnd I pray God to prosper them in all ithings. But I tell you there is something bask of that and . before that. We need more happy, consecrated, cheerful Christian homes everywhere. Agaiu I remark that a great many of our business men are temptei to put the attain ment of money above the value of the sou'. It is a grand thing to have plenty of money. The more you get of it the better, it it come honesty and go usefully. For the lack of it sickness dies without medicine, and hunger And.-; it coffin in the empty bread tray, and nakedness shivers for lack of clothes and Are. When I hear a man in canting tirade against money a Christian man as though it bad no possible use cn earth and he had no in terest in it at all, I come almost to think that the heaven that would be appropriate for htm would be an everlasting poorhouse. While, my friends, we do admit there is such a thing as the lawful use of money a profitable uso of money let us ec ognize also the fact that money cannot satis fy a man's soul: that it cannot glitter in the dark valley; that it cannot pay our fare aiross the Jordan of death; that it cannot unlock tho gate of heaven. There are men in all occupations who seemto act as though they thought that a pack of bonds and mort gage could be traded off for a title to heaven and as though gold would be a law ful tender In that place where it is so com mon that they make pavements out of it. Silvation by Christ is the only salvation. Treasures in heaven are the only incorrupti ble treasures. Have you ever ciphered out in the rule of loss and gain the sum, liVhat shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" However flee your apparel, tho winds of death will flutter it like rags. Home spun and a threadbare coat have sometimes besn the shadow of Coming robe3 made white in the blood of the Limb." The pearl of great priea is worth more than any gem you can bring from the ocean, than Australian or Brazilian mines strung in one carcanet. Seek after God, find His righteousness, and all shall be well here all shall be well here after. Somof you r?m?mber the shipwreck of the Central America. That noble ship had, I think, a'oout 503 passengers aboard. Sud denly the storm came, and the surges tramped th3 decks and swung into the hateaes. and there went up a hundrei voiced d.ith shriek. The foam on the jaw of the wave. The pitching of the steamer as though it were leaping a mountain. The dismal flaw of the signal rockets. The long cough of the steam pip3s. Thahiss of extinguished fa-nai. The walking of God on the wave! The steamer went not down without a strug gle. As the passengers stationed themselves in rows to bail out the vessel, hark to the thump of the buckets, as men unused to toil, with blisterol hands ani strainei muscle, tug for their lives. There is a sail seen aalnit t'ao sky. The flash of the distress gun is notic?!; it voico heard not, for it is chokal in th-i louder booming of the sea. A fe-v pa ?s?ngtfr3 escaped, but the steamer givo om great lurch and was gone! So t 'i.re a- sotv men who sail on prosperously ij life. All's Wdll. all's well. But at last sjrne Hnn-ual dis ister comes i euro?lydon. Do .vn t:i iy g Th bottom of the commer cial ! is strwa with shattered hulks. But beruj your proo-rty gr, n nt Jet your There are some vegetable? thit ci scarcely be distiagnisha ) frjti a-ii-mals, and foiiis animals that seen to live all the cb r.i?teristic of a vege table. Illinois has prjJue.l in one jeir 325,003,003 bushels of corn, in which she leads; 59,033,003 bushels of wheat; 100,003,000 bushels of oats. 60UTHKKN RAILWAY CO. (Eastern ktsteu.) Catm Tlm at rdimblt and rt Jforfu Northbound. Apitt St. 1893. No St,fo 19 No 39 '-'lly Dly Daily I.v. JacVfoavii:e Lv. Savinr.ma . Ar. Coiumb a. . 51) II So a I 4 j a 3 45 p Lv Charleston At Columbia .. 3 3J p 13 10 p Lv Augusta . . ' Grviitevllle " 'ir nloa. Joirs?en . WrO pj 1 41 p 11 1 It. At Z ? !1 n 231 p i2 a' t 4. ty a1 4 21 p ii .1 . in. 1 At c -lumbi Lv CMumfcU Winniboro " CaesTrr. " J'oc'c Hill . 4r Chirlotte. . " Lf.vtlle. . .1 M 4 4) m M i 4 49 a in a 0J a 7l . ( p , 7. p j O s 11.40 P 11 a Ilkhmonil. 4) pi t0 J I 0) a Wai! ilnc'oa .. i xore J te pMa ..I 3 pi tjj p 0 42 i l-ltln;r railace dMi l-u fin .W pi IfO a 3m t 300 fclio.a V York i v -J i o XJ ovitUbounit. Xo SsjNo I No 31 DaUj Dally Daily Lv.New York-.. " Pfi'aielphl " Baltimore-... Lv.Wasiuntioa .. I2.1Snt; T.20 a. 12 lonti 4 Vt p 7 20 a 6.55 p 4-i f-M p 11. CI a1 10.43 p 169 pi II 06 a 9 41 a. a n a. LT.Riciasotid. tv.Danri!!... vChar o:t Roc it um " C-eer .. 'flncsbor ... .r-Columbia...,. Lv.Colambia .... Joins loos " Trenton Oraol:eTiJle. Ar. August Lv.roIumMa . Ar Charleston Lv .Columbia Ar.Sarannah . Jat ksoBnia 130 m, 5.4fi a. WJO a1 . Mil go. Though ail elss pertsa, save that, for I have to tell you of a more stupanious shipwreii thin that which I just mentioned. Goi launchei this world 603) years a?o. It has been going on under freight of moun tain ani immortals, but on day it will staler at tho cry of fire. Tho timbers of rock will burn, the mountains flame like masts, and the clouds like sails in the judgment hurricane. Then Goi shall take th passengers off tha de?k. and from the berths th 04? who havd long been asle?p tn Jeau?, an 1 Hi will set them far beyond the reach of strm and peril. But how many ehall go down will n?v?r bo known until it shall be aunouncad one day in heaven. The phipwreck ot a world' So many millions Mvcil to many millions drowned! Oh, my dear hearers, whatever you lo, though your houe-, go. thougn your lands go, though all your earthlv possessions perish, mav Goi Almighty, through tha blood of the evcrlanic,' covenant, sava all your souls! BILL ARP'S LETTER. IIB DISCOURSES UPON TIIE SUD JECT OF BABIES. H It Much Pleased that Womankind Lore Them so Much. That was a pretty Persian rhvme which laid: "A new-born child lay crying While all around were smiling; An aged man was dying And peacefully wis cm-line While all around were crying." Bir William Jones put it in be t'er verse: "On parent kn t, a naked new-b- rn child Lay wetping, while all around it smiled. 8o live that. sin'iiEg in :hv Iv t Ira? sleep Calm thonraiyest em le wh le all around thee weep." What is more wonderful or more beautiful than the maternal instinct what nn attraction does a birth in the family havo f-T all th sei, the women and children, girl chilir n I mein, the men and the boya th v no firea conctrn. The Lute i would have a I a d an perilous time if entrusted to them. Ba'e4 are bo--n tvery day, every hour, by the thousand. It i-i the ice st common and universal event that con cerns our humanity. It is more comm n than death, for more come into the world tha i go out it tvery year, and yet th excitement of a birth goes on and is a bis; thing with matron and with maids. For a few da-s i ast I have sit in my veranla and ruminated, i'or the women come and go and the ne ghbon fend fl)frs and kind messages and the giil ch ldien come to see the baby, ani the tiniest one wanti to hold it in ht-r armi. Vtrily, it looks like this was the first and the last one that ever was born. The three great ev nts of our Jife, our bii th and marriage and death, are ministered to by woman. What a Bad affair would either be without her presence, her care and symp ithy. The wonder is that she cm go through the nr deal that Providence l as assigned her, and be bo contented, eo calm and serene. What moth er ever harbors tl-io iiv fears or for. bodings about her infant child? How hopefully they look upon the future, how happy in the love of her oft.- ting. The poet says: "A mcthc-r is a mother still," The holiest thing alive." And she is. I wi n that I was as good, as true and a3 loving as the average mother in this land. I wish that I was as ute of heiven. Mo-t of thtm have a ch 1 1 up there, and they still treasure every s uile, every dimple, every song, and in their waking dreams realiz; what the poet so beautifully said: "Ob, when a moth r meets on high The babe the lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fea; 8, The day of woe, the wa'chful n ght, For all I er sorrows, all her tears An ovetpayment of dtlighi?" The ma'einal ins'inot! The never fading love of ch l lrcn. My wife is ferenely happy now for there is another child to L ok after, and she mov-s around with lier old alacrity. I used to help hot- with her own, but my time is out. As old man Calder Faid after the first battle of Manitsas. T have fit enough." I used to lote the little chap around tha room tcmetiraf s half the nu?ht and sing my little song unt 1 1 wore it out, and at times I felt like the tired parent who hugged bis little boy to his bosom and said: T wouldn't take a mil lion dollars for you no I wculdn'.' but I wouldn't give a nickel for another." It u a weary business nursing and caring for a Utile child. But it is a part cf the bargain, and has to be doue, and it has Its rewards. The more the fatlrr helps with the children the belter he loves them and the more they lovo him. The country peo ple, as a rula, havo no nun-es for their children except the membtrs of the family, and their devotion to the little help esi n-s"is beantiful. The baby in a Country homo is common prop erty. All nurs9 it and tho father does his share when lie comes f om the fi Id. Go to a country church o:i Sunday and B e how mmy fathers are not asbanvd fc "iote the chi'd aud keep it while preaching i going o . Why 6houldn t he? It thows his love to tl e child and h.s loyalty to hi 4 wife. Jho average farmer bas rot a very wide f e'd for his ambi tion. Ho is n t Keeking lame or cities or riches. He ha n lungiu .s for goin? to New York or Washington or cross 'm the ocean. His hope and deg-re is limiti d to li s family and his farm, ami ho lo iks t G d for rain and sun shine. Theie i-i i;o hing that weans him from his wife and chddr. n or that ce's between him and them. S ime'imes he taks the famiiy to town in the bi wago:i, an 1 sometimes the chil dren go with biin to the mill, anl cn Sundavs all go to meet in i, and s the weeks and monti s roll on -piovin ; the truth of the poe 's lines "Happy the man who?e wish and care A few paternal acre bcund." It is givt n to but few m: n in this world to do snycreat ihinc; but all can le I appy if th y will be content with tl eir Lumble lot.. I used to envy tho rich and great, liu I do not now. As a general ru'e grief and s-urow are tho per quisite of riches an l -f fime. Great men are rarely blessc-d with !ov:n child'tn. Net lm ago enc of o:ir mb'.rst n eti f iun 1 himself face to 'ace at Delmm co' with a dmnken son. His mortification was intense and ti e lin- s of trouble still lin r mi his fac?. Tne pressure of pnblic affa'r.4 and t e constant struggle to keep up socially and politically con-umed the time that should have been devoted to his chilJrtn. In suc'i ca cs the m th. r is their oulysaf f.mrd. S';e may Jo all ehe can, but she car.n it a'ch her bs wlen ihcy get in their tt-en. She can 1 vj anl pray and chide, but till tl ey will h ray away, it is pitiful to see the Ireaking c f a mother's heart over a 'on who is on trial fcr h;s life. How closely does she cling to h m when all the world is.agaimt him. I remember o-.icj a widow who sold ber cow and her little furniture and then went from storo to store beKgu.s fo-a little more money to tflk her to Aikansas to see her son who was in jiil for murbr. Her devotion saved his life, but not his liberty, and she was thankful, for she found fome work near by and could visit him in hi prison and comfort bin with her love and blesiing. What an awful thing it must to io h ive no ono Jo 1 ve you, and yet the e are thrill and cf snch m the prisons of the land. Nothing wn so touching in Gover nor Atkins -n's tfn ctin'han his respite of a man who was to be hang his tender thought while on the brink of the Rrave of a PPr wretch who was begg ng for his life. Dan Voorhees ouco hurried lo a distant s'ate to de fend a young man a-cn ed of murder, and ho taved him fur bis widowed mother's sake, be cause ber father had b?en j.od to him when h was young and rxnr. If we me do not hava love in our hearts like a mother's, we honor it and rere 't it and admire it all the more. Bin Arp in Atlanta C'onatituti n. 4 Trn-Inc!i Vcruitiorui Appro-!!. . Recent nnatornicil investigation? 1 rove that th.3 gorilla his a ten in:h vermiform appendix, bnt no mention H ns le as to whether that animal tnCVrs iroin the fashionable complaint of ftppendictis or not. The great length of the appendix wonU tead to disprove the f apposition that ii man it is an outcome of civiliziticn andin crcasiog in size with each generation. The opposite theory, that the aseles3 appc ndngo is breeding oat, receives e'Vjyjxt. New Orleans Picavuae. Nearly one-half of oar voting strength m 1831 w, either foreign born, American bora of foreign parents or colored. AN ACTOR KNIGHTED. Henry Irving Receives Evidence of Queen Victoria's Favor. The honor that waa recently con ferred on Henry Irving is one that his friends have long expected for him. Various explanations why he has not received it before have been made. He was born with the patro nymic of Brodribb and assumed the more picturesque name of Irving'foi stage purposes. As an explanation why Irving was not knighted when Augustus Harris and Arthur Sullivan had been so hon ored, it was said that it was contrary Jo precedent to dub a man a knight by any other name than that which his father had carried before him. If a popular choice for the honor had been made among English actors for the roast ten years there is little doubt that it would have fallen to Mr. Irving went on the stage in 1356, bun it was not until his appear ance as Matthias in "The Bells," in 1871, that he achieved a success that placed him easily in the front ranks of his profession. Critical opinion has differed widely as to the artistic merit of Irving's Matthias, but there has never been any reason te doubt it3 effect on an audience. When he appeared at the Lyceum in 1873 as Richelieu he gave a perform ance that added to his fame, though he was severely criticized. In 1874 Irving took the boldest step in his career, and played Ham let at the Lyceum with an original conception of the part. The critics resolved themselves into two parties and waged a fierce battle ia the pub lic prints over the merits of Mr. Irving's Hamlet. Public opinion may still be divided on that subject, though there is no doubt that Irving has admirers enough of hi3 Hamlet to fill his theater when he chooses to play it. His harmonious stage management added not a little to his success. In his tours through this country he has been received with favor, and by his scholarly mind and pleasant per sonality he has won many friends who will rejoice with him in his new honor. Too Many Americans. It is not quite safe to criticise Americans in the higher circles ot British society unless the critic has studied thoroughly the pedigreo of those whom he addresses. So many American girls nowadays aro becoming a part of the effete aris tocracy of the old world ! 'ot long ago, at a reception given in Rome at the British Embassy, an Italian baron, who was presented to the Duchess of Manchester, sighed deep ly, as with relief, and said to her : "Ah! How glad I am to get awa from those Americans there ! We come across them everywhere, don'l we, duchess? You can't imagine how happy I am to converse witV you there is such a contrast be tween the manners of English and American women." The duchess lot him go on a? long as he liked in this way, ano then said with a gracious smile : "Perhaps you are right, baron, but being myself an American, I aro no doubt incapable of judging.'' The baron wished that the floor would swallow him up, and reflectec" that he should have known, as everj one else did, that the Duchess ol Manchester was a Xew Yorker. Brand New Round Game. If you want something to wake u the company at an evening partj try this: Put a dinner plate in th oven till it gets heated just enougb so that it is uncorrfortable to hold ! and yet not hot enough to burn, oi course, and put a handful of nuts, popcorn or the like on it. Then an nounce how the game is played, thus: Let the company sit in a cir cle; hand the warm plate to one a the players and say: "Have somi nuts" or "Have some corn," as th case may be. The one you hand it to must bow and say : ' Thank you I will." at the same time taking j nut or kernel and passing the plat on to his neighbor with the invita tion, "Have some nuts.,' etc. So ii goes round from one to the next Each-one mu-t say, "Thank you. 1 will;" take one, then take the plate: sav "Have some nuts:" let the npv ; player take one, and then hand hirt . the plate. If a player drops any ol j the nuts off the plate or says any thing but the words given he mul pay a forfeit. Don t tell anyone tha. the plate is warrn. and the surpri of all concerned will make lots fun. There were 249.273 Indians in thil country at the last census. The natives of Northern Alaska and Siberia have co knowledge of money, and tourists to that country have to exchange the same into barter coo la. Ammonia is extracted from the Thames mnd, and the residnam, aftr the operation, is mixed with iron ore and made into brown paper. The British Admiralty ha? place 1 orders for cine torpe lo boat destrav tra to make thiitjr kuota aa hour. Irving. SIR HENRY IRVING. WISE TT0BDS. Poets write few poem to their wives. Children need muscle more than money. Beauty may palliate porertr, but ii can't pay house rent Women may change their mindf of ten, bnt not their hearts. A sermon should be aa short as the way is narrow it preaches of. Women ate aweet, but not sweet enough to preserve secrets in. If a man buvs on credit, he does not know when he is living within his means. Matrimony which makes the woman a plaything and the man a paymaster ia wrong. After a man has been kind several times, it is regarded as a part of his plain duty. tv. or i nn thino everT man can give without decreasing his own stock happiness. It is unjust and mean, but natural, for the weak to hate the strong and despise the great. The first thing a girl does when another girl calls on her is to ask to put on her new hat. A man in a position higher than his capacity suggests a cripple contesting with the fleet of foot. Thoughts in the fewest words are generally more forcible than if dressed in elaborate rhetoric. A man should give Lis best moments to himself ; for a cultivated self is your best gift to your fellowmen. Possessing real estate should make a man a better citizen, ownership in creasing interest in public affairs. The world means to move ; make it move wrongly, there is notoriety; make it move rightly, there is celeb rity. Never under any circumstances in terrupt a man who is telling of his complaints; not even if his house is t lire. Mauy a man is well-to-do simply because he is too well to be done by the enterprising projector of specious projects. A llojal Collector. The Czar of Russia devotes a large part of his leisure to his collection of birds' eggs and postage stamps, in which he takes as keen an interest as a school boy. Many of the eggs he secured himself when a lad. He was a most daring and expert climber, and on more than one occasion he narrow ly escaped death while engaged in clambering some cliff or tree in search of his treasures. W o - xewor. n X&&s!-s' ABSOLUTELY PURE SowctI Tares for Hay. Quite a number of farmers near Cornelius, Ore., have sown tares for hay. Tares are becoming yery popu lar with the farmers where they have been tried, making an excellent pas ture for pigs and producing four or five tons of fine hay per acre. Neif York Post. Tobacco Stinking Breath. Not pleasant, to always carry arcund, but It don t compare with tho nerve-destroying power that tobacco keeps at work night and day to make you weak and impotent. Dull eyes, losa of interest in eweet words and looks tell tho story. Iirace up quit. No-To-Lac ia a sure quick cure. Guaranteed by Druggists every where. Book, titled "Don't lobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away," free. Ad. Sterling Keniedy Co., New York City or Chicago. Mtlce. I want every man and woman In the United States interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to have one of ray looka on theseala eaaefl. Address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Oa-, Box 31. and one will be font you free. Every Cause Bat the Right One. - Tonr headache: You lay It to every causa put the true one indigestion. 8o few people Know what, indigestion really is. Hardly know they have it. The cure In Ripans TabuW A Blnele one Klvea relief. Ask roar drucid&t. Tfow Is the Time to fare Yur Cera ith llindercorns. It Ukes them out perfect ly and gives comfort. Auk your druggist. 13c. .kARood' To'". 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It reaches the cngin of the trouble and corrects it. JhiXhausted Soils w are made to produce larger and better crops by the fa O use of Fertilizers rich in Potash, fy O Write for our Fanners Guide." a 142-page illustrated beck. v It V is brim foU of useful information for fanners. It will be sent free, and & p will mate and save you money. Address. " ' . A V GERMAN KALI WORKS, J Kuua Street. New York. 0 CCLCT (jVem Cie Courier-Herali, Sijini', It was .publicly talkel all over CV County, Michigan, for some tims bf0r, .Cmiricr-IferaMsent a reporter to Lovt' fully Investigate the Coulter matr. finally went, and we publish to-lay his f-i report. Tha Coulters ara proTnin 'at r-v,uv though Mr?. C. in response to ths q ' whether she objected to beinj iatrvi.Tl salJ, 'Certainly not." Hfr strv f.;-0Tv I About 14 years ago w? deii t- tv np our aboi9 in Dover aal evervthi- Jong smoothly for several y--r, f progressed, ani beinjr of a eavin? to-nr ment we accumulated qu'te a-i amir.. q family In ?reis el as th? years roll i ra"j. we now ha78 5 ?hiHrea Uvln?, th ! ; ; youngest?, but si:iaes3 ina li its ,V1.- Ja. oar houBoholJ, aid doctors' u :'. .Ij upon us, until wa havo nothing 1-'; ' home and thes-i S've-t chil Ir-'n. K-. went to satisfy tb- claim of ;.h. "About threa yea-s a; o I In 1 a ;: . feeling at th bac'i of mv e.irj. n: .- r, t ', becanno paralyzed an 1 th? nr.iK;;. , '., 1 ed to mv arm an I throat, an 1 w my head aui eye. svnin f M would lose my siij'it, my fa w.u lifeless as it wer.my in-- v.i iI.ma- :m I r.r..l cide, aDd I present? 1 a pitia'-l .r -, and never espsrtin? to rf.v.-i v:. i. i lri facial expressions. I employ? 1 t!i t t.T.. cicians that coul I b- prov.ir. I. : T. hjj thousands of dollars forthir s-r i ?. ( u, could not obtain relief. At la-?t. th-y v. ;-... case was beyond th- rea.h of m-.-1 -.-ii s'ji and it would ba but a short time unii th- .l would come. This certainly n t vrv encouraging to me, but I n?vtr :w a' hope.' In connection with reiviiu th? v.. tendance of physiciana I hive tri 'l tv?rr rnedicine known to th apith -iry 1-: nvr received any relief until Lr. Willing Puii Pills for Pale People cam to mv a-',-- n'f Before I had taVn halt of th" tlr.-t H.xth; deforaiity in my face bad lft m uu I ) r four boxes had been consume 1 t!i ri'v.. had disappeared entirely, anl mi ;i v surprise 1 felt like nv worni-i. I .iT not taken any nv Ji'.'iu mu-; 1 1- - nr.?. Just about a year n;-?. and my tr -; ! h. not appeared sine?. I oivj mv b- t'.'h, rev life tolr. Williams' Pink I'iU-. I "A short time sin-.'i my litt! I n- J;hr. was afflicted with tt. Yit n a could not walk tin r- ih i n. pistance, iu fact he would fall all .-vr hlx pelf, but after tiUiu few lx f jv Williams Pink ril!. St. Vi'uV ,! ..! - .-r.t-ly left hire, and u tra-? of th at"!'. i f a is left. ThS3 Pill are wirtii th -.r w .ht ia gold. You may say in ili f.uiii" ti-.i thai I n tn willing at any 'tiui t mak .h.! I iv.t u the truth of thes- c-f :iim nt-. ual f ir hr rnore, I will annvrr any oommunii-?!! a a cerning ray oae. a I c 'iM'l-r it n-.thinj more than righ an I jut that I h ii 1 n ?u. eufferlng huuiMniiy. ' Dr. Williams' Pink r.W on un !! th elements nec-jssary tft kivi. n-.-w li!" an 1 rich ness to tha blou I anl ii s! ri -U i'tT-i nerves. They are t-5r s ilo by nil dr-ic.sts. or may bo had by mail Irjm lr. Wi11i,-it.' Medicine Company, S?huue -ta ly. N Y . fir CO cents per box, vr six boxs Kr d2.r0. Ou the ( hiiral I'oid..-, They have narrow roads in Chitral. TIiav iir -iiist. wiilrt rnmiili fur I'-mmli j to walk iu single file, aud when oue of his camels fell dead ou the mirch Colonel Kelly was obliged to Mowths carcass up eo that tho rest couKl pass. -New Orleans Picayune. 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