SELECT SIETISG9.
The police patrol wagon and the po
lios telephone system are Chicago
At the present time nearly all col
larj used on work horses in Belgium
are made of iron.
Taris has a fat men's club, member
ship in which is acquired by tipping
the beam at 100 kilogramme?, or 220
pounds.
For a journey of 200 miles or bo, a
Bound reindeer can travel at the rate
of about t:venty-five miles an hour on
good road3.
It. W. A. Sunday ia pushing an
evangelical campaign in Indiana, and
lightening his clerical duties by occa
eionally acting as umpire in baseball
games.
The Russian military authorities
have concluded that the sheepskin caps
worn by the soldiers are injurious to
the eyesight, and will put them in
helmet?.
The Baying "Help me to salt, help
me to sorraw," is common among the
Highlanders, and the majority of them,
always decline the article with a wave
of the hand.
Frenchmen take the neatest boots ;
Scotchmen take the largest, but they
cannot compete with Lobengula,
whose size was twelve inches long and
eight inches wide.
Maurice Courant is authority for
the statement that the invention of
printing is duo to Iltal Tjong, King
of Korea, who had movable types cast
i tarly as 1 10 i.
Lewis John, an old colored man
v,ho was kicked to death by a mule at
Charlotte, N. ('., the other day, went
through the war as body nervant to
Colonel J. Y. I'rice and left behind
him thirty-six living children.
A great proportion of the cucumber
pickles used in tho East aro grown in
one Maine County. Over 100 acres are
given up to pickle growing in the vi
cinity of the town of Camdeu. The
crop is a profitable one, usually yield
ing an income of $100 to $lo0 an
acre.
Tho cleaning up of tho mint at
Fhila lolphia will net Undo Sam about
$30,000 in gold dust. Tho gold dust
is from tho floor sweepings for one
year, which are collootod every day in
n barret kept for tlio purpose. Tho
pol l is tli.-n extnute I by the mint as
m ver.
T!i" ClinsliiT Vine,
71; 5 ivy ilifTi-rs from'ordinnry plants
fn Living rootlets on every stem, thn.3
rendering it almost independent of its
mtiu proaud roots. Its notorious kill
ing action upon growing trees when it
takes possession of them is mainly
due to absorption of their juices. If
there js any moisture in i-foue or
brick wallr, tho ivy will have it.
Mra. r. C. AdaoiA.
Thousands of women, especially In th
prlng of tlie ypar, are nervous, tired, have
headHflie. Mt k btornacli, fainting spells, dlz
ilnrsi ', ranty or profile's m?nRe, weak back,
constlpit'on; their HilB, nlionlilers and limbs
a-he constantly-In fart, they suffer from
general debility of the whole system. The su
perior tonic qualities of McKlree's Wine of
Car Jul ma';o it the lendinu reniely for this
clat of troubles.
Mrs. P. ('. Adams, Chattoopavtlle, Oa.,
writes: "Two yeir- a-;o 1 wai taken sick with
Induction, fainting f pells, constipation, fall
ing cf tho womb, and various other symptoms,
and kept ifttirte; wore and vror.-e. After
taking four bot'lm of McElree's Wine of Car
dnl In connection with Thedford's B'ack
Dranght tea I nm a'.ita lo do any kind of work
that a woman can 1."
D. L. Oktr. Ch ina, Fla.,?ays: "McEIr's
Wine of i'itriiui brought rosy cheeks back
le one cf my couiins u'.tr xhe was given urto
die by tvroo! the lest Kh6ulani.
ihe Tnist After No-To-TUe.
Chicnpo special. Keported liore to-day
that n larRe emu of money had been offered
for tho famous tobacco habit cure called No-To-Bne,
by a ryndirate who want to tako it
off the innrk-t. Inquiry nt tho general
rfllcfp icvenled the (net that No-To-Bac was
not for rah to the trust at ny price, No-Tc-Ilac's
flier-.'-;- marvelous. A Inn opt every
DrupKtst tn Amcria pells No-To-r.no under
guarantee to euro tobacco habit or refund
money.
Mrs. Window's Poot hlns Syrup for children
teething. aoftnsthe k'uin. reduces inflatnoia
llon. allays pain, cures wind colic. -'Sc. a bottle.
There Is rieasnre an I 1'reflt
did atif action In abating tronblesome and
painful Ills by uiins Parker's Ginger Tonic.
And Matte Meaey At It.
If yon only knew it, the trouble Is with Ton?
6tgeitton. tf i hut whs goo! yon would sleep
Letter, wake bo ter, work better, and make
more tnonry r.t it. How can one "iret on"
when the whole system W alugglsh? But pto
jile don't rel ie what i the trouble. A boi of
Klpans Tubules mukes life worth living. At
draijL-t.
Theirs wilt be aa enonaeut patefe tod tm
the State of Waahlnxtoa this jear. ... w . .
Is Your
Blood Pure
If not, It Is Important that you make It
pure at once witb the great blco J purl3e
Hood'a
Sarsaparilla
Because with Impure blood you are In C0Q
rtant danger of erious illness.
Hood's Pills "ig&.yga
H G H E ST AAVRD
WORLD'S FAIR.
WISH
The BEST
PREPARED
IFC00
SOLO EVERYWHERE.
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UNPARDONABLE SIN.
NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TI3IE.
The Rev. Dr. Talmase Comprelienalvc
y Explains an Important Theme.
Texts: "All manner of sin and blasphemy
shall be forgiven unto men. but the blas
phemy ascainrt th Holy Ghost shall not bf
forgiven unto men. And whosoever paketh
a word against the Son of Man it shall be for
given him. but whosoever sreaketh against
the Holy Ghost it shall not b forgiven him,
neither in this world, neither in the world to
come." Matthew xii . 31. 32. "Ha found no
plaoo' of repentance, though he sought it
carefully with tears." Hebrew xii., 17.
As sometimes you gather the whole family
aro'ind the evening stand to hear some book
read, so now we gather, a great Christian
family group, to study this text, and now
may one and the sam-J lamp cast its glow on
all the circle.
You see from the first passase that I read
that there ii a sin againgtthe Holy Ghost for
which a man is never pardoned. Once
having commute 1 it, he is bound hand and
foot for th dungeons of despair. Sermons
may be prache 1 to him. songs may be sung
to him, prayers may be offered in his behalf,
but all to no purto He Is a captive forthis
world an 1 a captive for the world that is to
nome. Do you suppose trat the is any one
here who has co-nmltfod that sin? All sins
aro against the noly Ghost, but mv text
speaks of one especially, u jq very clear to
my mind that the sin ac:ain.t the Holy Ghost
was the ascribing of the works of the spirit
to the agency of the dvil in the time of the
apostles.
Indeed the Bible distinctly tells us that. In
other words, if a man had sight given to
him, orif another was raised from the dead,
an-l some one standing thero should eay,
"This man got his sight by satanlc power
the Holy Spirit did not do this; Beelzebub
accomplished it," or "This man. raised from
the dead was raised by satanii? influence,"
the man who said that dropped down under
the curse of the text and ha I committed the
fatal sin against the Holy Ghost.
Now, I do not think it is possible in this
day to commit that sin. I think it was pos
sible only in ap-)stolie tim But it is a very
terribln thing ever to say anything against
the Holy Ghost, an I it is a marked fact that
our race has Uen marveloiisly kept back
from tluit profanity. You hear a man swear '
by the name of the eternal Go ', and by the
name of Jesus Christ, but yon never hear A
n an swear by the na-ne of the Holy Ghost.
Th"re ar Uio.hh here to-day wo fear they
am guuty or the unpardonable sin. Have
you such nnxi-ty? Then I hava to tell you
positively that yo:t have not committed that
sin, bm-aus.; the very anxiety is a result ot
the movement ot the gra :io:is Spirit, and
your anxiety is proof positive, as certainly as
anything that can be demonstrated in math
ematics, that you have not committed the
in that I have been sneaking of. I can look
otr upon this Riidieneo nud feel that there is
salvation for all. I' is not like whn they
Putoutwiththo.se lifeboits from the Loch
K im for the Ville ile Havre. They knew
t here was not room for all the passengers,
but they were goin lo do Wdl as they
"Mild. But to- lay w ? man the lifeboat of
the gospl, an i w irv out over tho sea,
'Koom for all!' Oh, that the Lord Jesus
Chris!: would this hour bring you all out of
the floo 1 of sin an 1 plant you on the deck of
t h glorious old gospel craft!
But while I do not think it is possible for
us to commit th particular sin spokeu Of in
tho first text I have, by reason of the second
text, toc.'ill your attention to the fact that
there are nius which, though they may be
pardoned, are in some respects irrevocable,
and you e.m fla t no placo for repentance,
though you seek it carefully with tears.
Esau ha 1 a birthright given him. In olden
times it nrvint not only temporal but spirit
ual blasting. Oae day Esau took his birth
i ight a. 1 1 tra led it off for something to eat,
Oil, the folly! But lot us not be too severe
upon him, for some of us have committed
the samo folly. After he had ma le the trade
he wanted to get it back. Just as though
you to-morrow morning should take all your
notes aud bonds and Government securities
and should go into a restaurant and in a fit
of recklessness and hunger throw all those
securities on the counter and ask for a plate
of food, making that exchange. This was
ihe one Esau made. He sold his b'rthright
for a mess of pitt-ige, and he was very sorry
about it afterward, but "ha found no place
for rep.nt-in . though hs sought it care
fu'ly with tears."
Thero is an impression in almost every
man's mind t':it somewhere in the future
here will bo a chance where he can correct
ill his mistakes. Live as we may, it we
only repent in time Gol will forgive us, and
then all will ba as well as though we had
never committed siu. My discourse shall
come in collision with that theory. I shall
now vou. my friends, as Go I will help me,
that th re is such a thing as unsuccessful
epenlance; that thero arethingsdone wrong
hat always stay wrong, and for them you
may so,,k some plaee of repentance and seek
t carefully, but never llnd It.
Belongiug to this class of irrevocable mis
take is the folly of a misspent youth. We
may look back to our college days and think
how we neglected chemist rj or geology or
o dany or mathematics. Wo may be sorry
about it all our days. Cau wo ever get the
discipline or tho advantage that we would
have ha 1 had wo attende t to those duties in
early life.' A man wa'cs up at forty years
of age and flu Is that his youth has been
wasted, an 1 he strives to get back his early
advantages. Does he get them back the
days ot boyhood, tho days in college, the
days under ht father's roof "Oh." he say3,
"u l com I only get tnosotimea d.ick again,
how I would improve them!" My brother,
lyou will never get them back. They are
gone, gone. You may be very sorry about
it. and Go l may forgive, so that you may at
.last reach heaven, but you will "never get
over some of the mishaps that havi come to
your soul as a result of your neglect of early
duty. You may try to undo it; you cannot
undo it. When you ha I a boy's arm, and a
boy's eyes, aud a boy's h-j-art, von ought to
have attend ' 1 1 those things. A man says
at fifty years of age, "I ,0 wish I coull get
over these habits of indolence." When did
you get thcniV At twenty or twenty-five
yeai of age. You canuot shake them oil.
.'hey will hang to you to the very day of
our death. If a young man through a long
iourse of evil conduct undermines his phvsl-
' health and then repents of it in afterlife,
th 3 Lord may pardon him, but that does not
bring ba.k good phvsical condition. I said
to a minister of the gospel one Sabbath at the
cloe of the service, "Where are you preach
ing now?'' "Oh," he says, "I am" not preach
Jng. I am suffering fromthe physical effects
of early n. I can't preach now- I am sick."
A consecrated man he now is, and he mourns
bitterly over early sins, but that does not
arreot their bodily effects.
' The simple fact is that men ani women
often take twenty years ot their life to build
up Influences that require all the rest ot
their life to break down. Talk about a man
beginning life when he is twenty-one years
of age; talk about a woman beginning life
when she is eighteen years ot age! Ah. no!
In many respects that is the time they cjosr
life. In nine caes out ot ten all the oues-
! tlons of eternity are decided before that,
j Talk aMut a majority of men getting their
! fortunes U'tweon thirty and fortv vearsi
They get r lose fortunes between tenant
twenty. When you tell me that a man. i?
jut beginning life. I tell you h is jus clos
ing it. The next fiftv years will not tc of
much importance to him as th first t writ v.
Now. why do I h:iv thi-? Is it for the
auu oyance of thoe who havs only a baleful
retrospection? Yon know that uot my
wav. I sav it for th benefit of young men
an I women. I w int them to understand that
eternity is wrapped up in this h ur. th.it tho
i-ins of youth we never get over; that yo i ar
nw fashioning tho mold in wiii-'i your
greit futur is t run. that a nvnute. in
stea I of beiu.: sixty S'Vjn Is loug, Ismail
io oi ov:nlmm j a;?-. Y.m can s- what
I bruit v aril imp.irlan-o ih.'3 rim tt the
life ot all our young folk. Why, in th?
light of this subjt life is not sjmHhin.g to
be frittered nwav. nt sotn-thlu? to be
suiirkel about, not something t b danel
out, but something to te weig'ael in the
balances ot eternity. Oil. young man. the
! sin ot yesterday, th. 9iu ot'to-morro will
i racn over 1 .o0J vear aye. ov-r th groat
an I uneu ling eternity. Yon may after
awhile say: "I am very sorry. Now I havi
gt to bts thirty or forty y ars'ot ag. ail I
do wish I had never comnaitte 1 tho sins."
What dos that amonat to.' G1 miy par
don you, but undo those thin; you never
will, y ou never can.
In this same category ot irr?vo?i"'i mis
takes I put all parental negle-t. Wib?gin
the eiuiMon of our children tola'. By
the tinit th-y gt to bet n orfl'tea wwi'te
up to our mistakes an I try to eraliate this
1 bad habit and change thxt. but it U too Ufa.
That parent who omits tn the first tea years
of the child's life to mita an eternal impres
sion for Christ never makes it. The chil I
will probably go on wltn a'l tho disadvan
tages, which might have bean avoidel by
parental faithfulness. Now you sao what a
mistake that father or mother makes who
pats off to lata life adherens to Christ
Here is a man who at fifty yeara of age says
to you, "I must b3 a Christian," an I ha
yields his heart to Go 1 an 1 sit3 In the pla-i
of prayer to-lav a Christian. Nono of us
can doubt it. He goes home, and he says:
"Here at fifty yeara of age I have given my
heart lo the Savioilr. Now I must establish
ft family altar." What? Where are your
children now? One In Boston, another in
Cincinnati, another id New Orleans.an t you,
toy brother, at your fiftieth year going to
establish your family altar? Yery well, bet
ter late than never, but alas, alas, that ycd
did not do it twent-v-flc vmih mo
When I was in Chamouni, SwiUerlan I,
I saw in the window of ono of th- shops a
picture that impresse 1 my min i very ran -b.
It was a picture of an accident that occurrel
on the side of one ot tho S wi3 mountains.
A company of travelers, with fcniie?, went
up some very steep places places which but
few travelers attempteJ to go uo. They
were, as all travelers are there, faUeno I to
gether with cords at tho waist, so that if one
slipped the rope wouli hold him, the rope
fastened to the others. Tassing along the
most dangerous point, one o! the gui le)
slipped and they all startei downth3 preci
pice. But after awhile one more muscular
than the rest struck his heals into the ice
and stopped, but the rope broke, and down,
hundreds and thousands of feet, the rest
went.
And so I see whole families bound to
gether oy ties or atTnon an 1 in m my cases
walking on slippery plac.s of worl lliues?
and sin. The father knows it, aud tho
mother know3 it, and they are bound all to
gether. After awhile thy begin to slide
down steeper ani steeper, ani the father
becomes alarmed, and he stops, planting his
feet on the "ro"k of agep.'' Ho stops, but
the rope breaks ad 1 those who were once
tied fast to him by moral au l spiritual in
fluences go over the precipice. Oh. there is
such a thing as coming to Christ roon enough
to save ourselves, but not soon enough to
save others.
How many parent.? w.te Up in the latter
part of life to fin l out the mistake! Tho par
ent says, "I have been too lenient' or "I
havu been too severe in the discipline of my
children. If I ha I the little one? around me
again, how different I would do!" You will
neter have them Around nim ill Tho work ic
donej tne bentto the char.vter is given; tho
eternity is decided. I say this to young par
ents, those who are twenty-five and thirty
or thirty-five years of age have the family
altar to-night. How do you suppose that
father felt as he leaned over tho couch of his
dying chil l, and the expiring son said to
him: "Father, you have been very good to
me. You have given me a flne education,
and you have placed me in a fln-3 sojial po
sition; you have done everything for mo in
a worldly sens"; but, father, you never told
me how to die. Now I am dying, and I am
ftfrai I."
In this category of irrevocable mistakes I
place also the unkindnesses done tho de
parted. When I was a ooy. my mother use 1
to say to me sometimes. "Da Witt, you will
be sorry for that when I am gone." And I
remember just how she looked, sitting there
with cap An 1 spectacles and the old Bible in
her lap, and sh" never said a truer thingthau
that, for I have often been sorry since.
While we have our friends with us we say
unguarded things that wound the feelings of
those to whom we ought to givts nothing but
kindness. Terhaps the parent, without in
quiring into the matter, boxes tho child's
ears. The little one, who ha3 fallen in the
street, comes in covered with dust, and a.1
though tho first disaster were not enough she
whips it. After a while the child is taken,
or tho parent is taken, or the companion ii
taken, and those who are left say: "Oh,
if wo could only get back those unkind
words, those unkind deeds! If we could
only recall them!" But you cannot get
them back. Y'oit might bow down ovei
the grave of that loved one and cry and
cry and cry. The white lips would make no
answer. Tho stars shall be plucked out of
their sookets, but these influences shall not
bo torn away. The world shall die, but
there are some wrongs immortal. The
moral of which is, take care of your friends
while you have them. Spare the scolding.
Bo economical of tho satire. Shut up in a
dark cave from which they shall neverswarm
forth all the words that have a sting in them.
You will wish you had som? day very soon
you will, perhaps to-morrow. Oh, yes.
While with a firm hand you administer par
ental discipline also administer it very
gently, lest somo day thero be a little slab
in the cemetery and on it chiseled. "Our
.Willie," or "Our Charlie," and though you
bow down prone in the grave and seek a
place of resentence and seek it carefully
with tears, you cannot find it.
There is another sin that I place in the
class of irrevocab e mistakes, and that is
lost opportunities of getting good. I never
cometo a Saturday night but I can ee dur
ing that week that I have missed opportune
ities of getting good. I never come to my
birthday but I can see that I have wasted
many chances ot getting better. I never go
home on Sabbath from the discussion of n
religious theme without feeling that I might
have done it in a more successful way. How
is it with you? If you take a certain number
of bushels of wheat and scatter them ovt ra
certain number of acres of land, you expect
a harvest in proportion to the amount of
ieed scattered. And I ask you now, Have
the sheavee of moral and spiritual harvest
corresponded with the advantages given?
How has it been with you? You may make
resolutions for the future, but past opportun
ities are gone. In the long procession of future
years all those past moments will march, but
the archangel's trumpet that wakes the dead
will not wake up for yon one of those privi
leges. Esau has sold liis birthright, aud then
is not wealth enough in the treasure housei
of heaven to buy it baek again. What does
that mean? It means that if vou are going tc
get anv advantage out of this Sabbath daj
you will have to get it before the hand wheel.'
around on the clock to 12 to-night. It mean?
that every moment of our Ii fe ha? two wings,
aud that it does not fly like a hawk iu tir
cles, but in a straight line fron eternity to
eternity, It means thn though other
chariots may break down or drag heavilv,
this one never drops the brake and nver
ceases to run. It means that while at other
feasts the cup may be passe I to us and we
may reject it, and yet after awhile take it,
the cupbearers to this feast nev?r givo us but
one chance at tho chalice, and rejecting that
we shall "And no placs for repent aact,
though we s?ek it carefully with tears."
Thero is one more clas of sins that I put
in this category of irrevocable sins an 1 1 rit
is lost opportunitiej ot usefulness. Your
business partner is. a pronlra in. In ordi
nary c ire umst an. 'es say to him. Believe in
Christ," ani he will say. "k'on minlyjur
business and 111 min i mine." But ther ha?
been affliction in the household. His heart
i -tender. He is looking aronnl for sym
pathy an I solace. Now is your timo Spoa":,
.ipeak, or forever h td your pen h. Th-ro U
a time in farm life, when y u plant tho c rn
an t when you sow thsoel. Lot tha g- by,
an I the far.ner will wring hi; hanlswhilo
other hnsb.aadm"n :tr i!brio i. Ss
she.aves. Yon ar? in a reiigiou? meeting,
and thre is an oj.n i.-tunity for you to speak
j ji i ior oris, i vi say, "i must d it.
Your cheek flushes with embarrassment.
You rise half way. but you ower before nii
whoso breath is in thir notriLs. and yen
sag Wk, an I the opportunity is gone,
and all eternity will fevl " the effect
of your nlene. Try to get bacfc
that opportunity! You' cannot find it.
You might a well try to fin 1 the fleece that
Gideon wa'.chel. or take in yvur hand tho
dew that came down on the locks of the
Bethlehe.ii shepherds, or t o find the plume ot
the first robin that w?nt across paradise. It
is gone it is gon forever. When an oppor
tunity for personal repentanro or of doing
good passes away, you may hunt for it; vou
cannot fln I it. You ray fish for it; it wi'.t
not taketh hook. You may dig for it; you
cannot bring it up. Remember that there
are wrongs an I sins that can never be cor
rected ; that our privileges fly not in circle",
but In a straight hn?; that the lightnings
havenot aj swift feet a; our frivileyes when
taey art; gone, ana tet an opportunity of sal
vation gaby ua an inrh the one-hunirrtt
part or an in-h. the thousanlth part of a j
inch, tha millionth part or aa inch ani no
man can overtake it. Flrewingel seraphim
cannot come up with it. The eternal God
Himself cannot catch tL
I stan I before those wao hava gloriom
birthright. Esau's was not so rtei as yours.
Sell it once, and you sell it for -ver. I r
mamber thr story of the lai on tho rctio
some years ag the lad Btewart Holland.
A vessel crash-d into the Arctic in the tim
vi a fog, and it wa found that the ship
rnut go down. Some of the pasa-ngri
got off in the lifeboats, some got off on
rafts, but 300 went to the bottom, Darin
a.', those hours of calamity Stewart Hol
land stood at the signal gai an I it sui)l
across tha sea boom, boom! Tho h-1 air
man forsoo'c his place; tho engineer w.n
gone, and some faiute l, aal somo prayed,
and some blaspheme 1, an I the pow ler wai
gone, and they could no mow set off the sig
nal gun. The lai broke ia the magazine an I
brought out more powder, and again the guu
boomed over the sea. Oh, my friends, tossed
on the rough seas of life, some hava taken
the warning, have gone off in the lifeboat,
and they ar 6afe, but others are not making
any attempt to escape. So I stand at this slg
nal gun of the gospel, sounding the alarm,
beware, beware! "Now Is the accepted time.
Now is the day of salvation." Hear it thit
your soul may live.
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
IVILLIAM CANNOT KI5KP A WAV
FROM THE L.AND OF FLO WKR
'le Writes of Mia-'umnier Life In th
Tropics.
Away np In the pI!ot house. T nsd to ca'l
t the 'whevl-hou'e when I wja yon an I Hie
hctl is up there yet Just the same aud the
'. pe that is wound around the hub ant mas
1 jwn nisyteriously to the rudd r and guides the
na big boat. The captain invite 1 me up
:h re and let me turn the wheel a little to see
bow eaoly 1 coU'd change the course. A g rl
;ould manage it on an open sea like thore wa
fr m Tampa to Emont lighthouse. It was a
lovlyday aud the s.'eflery charming. What a
relief to get off tho dusty train after a 000 mile
j midey and walk the deck of a pretty steamer
nrtl stretch yourself or climb the iron ladder to
ihepilot-hoUse and ga upon iha green shores
and tho islands and pases and white sa ls of
parsing vessels. There is but Irttle comfort in
traveling on the cars, so farts sight-seeing is
concerned, but it is splend d on a river boat in
F.orida. You can take in miles and miles at a
glance and if a man only had another eye in
the back of his head his organism would be
comp'ete. But then he would have to have an
other ppectae'e when he got old and that would
bo a bother, and if he was in church he couldn't
lia'cn to the sermon, for he would b looking at
Ihe p-etty girls behind him. It is hard to do
now when the choir is full and eits in front of
you. And then the breeze, the balmy bie SJ
that is ever breathing on you as you sit npon
the deck make yon fe?l so calm and serene, a
fteliug of "innocuous deiuetnde," or worls to
t hat effect. Folki don't i alk much on a steam
boat. They look and think and enjiy in a
sw.et and restful silence the ever-changing
scenery. Even the qnivering throbs of the
steamer make it seem like a thing of life an I
remind you of your own heart beats that the
poet says
Still like muffled drums are beating
Funeral marches to the grave."
We touched at Petersburg and from there
s eamed away to the q laraiit'ne island, near
Egr.iont. '"What do we stop here for," said I
to a sociable drummer, "uh, tobi fumigUd,
of course," said he. I pondered that in my
mind for a minute until convinced that he lei,
and then I Joined iu the laugh that followed.
These drummers are always lying or joking and
thty select me for a victim when I am ahont.
Tho o'.d quarantine d ctor was a portly Cuban,
a dark brunette, dresstd in a navy n-guVion
t-uit wiih gilt braid on his cap. H had good
manners and was well fed ami lcoke I like an
educated gentleman. The great barn of a bonsa
was full of boiler and tanks and tubes and
chemicals for disinfecting the mails or the
clothing of the passengers in tim'S of podi
lence. Of course we on'y stopped this time to
take on and put off Uncle Sam s little pouches
of mail matter and some freight. Thi light
house just below loomed up like a thing of
beauty. Graceful as a bird in form, and as
white as the clouds, it etanls solid upon its
swelling base, and every night ligh's the mari
ner tafe through the narrow passos to deeper
and cafer waters. These are the things that add
majesty and strength to the nation. Tne
quarantine, the lighthouses, the forts, the ltfe
eavin service, the men-of-war, all inipr ss you
and deepen your patriotism and canso you to
submit more willingly to tho burdens of taxi
tion. Our next stop was only a minu'e's panso in
the channel and a girl came swiftly from the
land in her tiny boat, and when along-ida she
to sed tho little mail bag np to the ciptain and
lie to sed one down by her side. She said goo 1
morning and then good-by nnd was oil as
quickly as she came.
I es she get paid for that?" said I-
"Oh, yes," said the captain.
"Well," said I, "she is the first female mail
boy 1 ever saw. What is it thee modern, eelf
made girls cannot do? I ace by the pipers lhat
they have betn practicing as conductors of the
h r et ars in Rome and the men aro doing lots
of riding."
By and by we entered the broad exp n Hn g
mouth of tha Manatee river, a river named for
he curious aquatic animal of that mmo that
u ed to bo found in its watois. Tlia naive
called it a pea cow, for it gives birth to its
young and breathes air like a whalo a soru of
half )ioie an 1 half alligator creature and h is
a ail like a beaver. It is a link be won the
ictac aatid the pachyd rmata or words to
that effect. Many museums l ave fosil r -in
iins T th s animal and the oil s Ulo s till
tell about s-.eing th' m in the river. Mana'o
county was named for th s riv r and Brad n
towti is the county pea. Iu going up the river
a looe and lofty tree was po nte 1 out, I h it stood
on the north shore. It was a date palm an I is
still mourning fx its mate thit was de tr -ycd
a f jw ye irs ao by a storm or some c isutlty
an 1 since, then this tree has never borne a
bloom or given a single fruit. "Tli-'y b ar frnit
in pairs," said the captain. "They f r il z
ac'i other and when one dies tha other era os
to fruit and in a few years grieves itso.f to
death." I have great respect for the date palm.
It is more loyal to its mat than some p ople 1
know.
A i B adentown the river is about a mile and
a half wide and the pretty village of Palmetto
i u ight opposite. A little r!aisy of a naptha
I much crosses every ten or fifteen minute and
cait c paiscugers. Tne b g boat tin K'Hsi
inec that we weie aboard crosses twice t very
dav in i carries freigl.4 and pas enters. So
t! t so towns and F.lleiiton and Manatee, which
re only three miles further np on oipo-ite
M 1 i, tfrd practically the 8 u bails ot BradiD
own. J ho river is not in the way, but is
a n r h pleasure and a sport. Ev -rybody ia
pro-i 1 of i heir river and if the old sett!crj do
not claim to have made it they do claim to
Ii a ve found it. All along the coast on either
side aro to be seen pretty residences embower
ed in the shade of tropical trees t r surrounded
by orange groves. Not many of these aro
merely winicr hr-mea of northern people, but
most of them are oc.-upie I all tho year round
by permanent settlers. They have long ince
found out that the summers are as tolerable
here as in New York or Georgia, but they say
they can't m ke our up-conntry people believe
it nnt-il they try it.
Woll, I hive "spent thr weeks of the ranth
of June m that p wtlon of Florida that lies b -low
th; Lei: below Tampi and. can truthful
ly savi a n not anywhere nffer from ppr..a
ive fi a. Wnilo a Bradentowu I rolo out
with J i Ige Cornwall several mi'cs in the after
nom and ncxtdty crossel ovr to IVmit'o
and spmt the morning in ri ling to the grov s
an I the h mmock truck farm ani to E len'on
and did not get at ail wearicl frnaa Ihe summer
beat I f n!ul a gentle breezi blowing evtry
where and tho had waspleasint. Those truck
firms wore a revalotiou lo me th ir extent
an I pr-dnc lvenes. '1 ha season for hipping
is over, rf c ur8", nt there aro t'lousinds of
bnhel of to u a'o s still in the fields goin; to
d cay. Tlier wra i-hipped the last sea on
rbnut 2W.IMI c at a of vegetables and thero
will lw shipped thi winter probab'y jn.OA)
toxrs vt orange. The tr.es are leanU fully
green nd loa l- d ith ha'f griwn fruit. They
say tiny sympat'dz with the growers in north'
mi Florida, and I reck n th-y do, but tbey
c r'ainty rrj-.ice in the pn.fpct cf getting
from t3 to $i a box fa- their oranges- That
th-y h v te n grcitiy blc9edand hava abcan
tifu! an I a'uactire coun'ry every one admit
ho visit theni.
H-tne Englishman rail fee did rrd lke this
c ua:rr b? ame it b I no rninn. Pr'. Cop-,
d th - Inn y It una Uuivrsit-, said in a rtc nt
c ter to the N;w Yxk Hral 1 fba. there w n
tut w we!i-pre erveil upeeiroeus id th-rtv-hi-toric
man hi th w .rid. O e wa found at
N-Biidcithw and tl oilier near Sarasota, in
Hanate county. F:o i la. ani that each of
' ese fossil were at 1-ast JO.fXr) y--r old.
That ong t tn be old enough for Johhnnv Bui!
ov any o:h r B ill. 1 he Herald ay thai rrcf.
C pe is regar I d as tha most l?araM and ivlia
i!e s i?ntit n w -ivinr, bat I eonldu'i find bnt
oue man don i i that region who had ever
hea--d f this Saraota man. Professor Row
ley M l me ti.at he he.rd of a foaii mau b-ng
dog np ther many y-ars ago. bnt ha In
i!nn d ita enppjmhl axe or wlnt was done will
the brines. 1 ot n plecte 1 ancestor. If Ma k
I wa n wept otr the lorab of Adam what won d
he h ve done ever von?
At Elenton I vis" ted the prand old m-n i-n
of Dr. OtmbK It hefcg tironia' wi h its
large round two-elory columns, and everything
bnlt of concrete I rick whi e I rick mad of
l:mo and shell molded in cement. Inaroon
in this old mansion Jn la'i Benjamin, th at
torney general and afterwards secretary of -ate
cf the Confederate State-, wa concealed fr
manv dvs whilft he w making bisescipolo
Cub. The federals blew np the immeue t
sugar bou- and desttoyei tl mschia ry. bn
did Dot fl .d Mr. Benjamin. The very min of
all these concrete walia ani the brok n wheel
and boi'ers abow oa what a fcranl scale this
great sugar farm of 3,00 acres was condne'ed.
There were in ante ldlnm day hundreds of
laves at work here aud ol I Graudmo lu-r Tut
ton, who Mill liv.g at over four-ecoie y an. s'i I
lires to teiiof those halcyon days and of Mr.
Btnjtroiira e'eape to the Bahama rn th:
French sloop of Ciptain Tr ky. Th w ire
sorne grand oil luius a EUenton, and some
hallowed memories around th m. I'nx Aar
in Atlanta Constitution.
Loadin? an Ocean Liner.
To. watch the loading of grain cither
from an elevator or a lighter into one
of the mammoth vessels engaged in ita
transportation is to witness one of the
chief operations in the movements of
the world's commerce, says a writer in
Donahue's Mngaxine. It is carried in
long pipes, with a funnel-shaped mov
able appendage at the end, which is
shifted by means of a rope from ono
part of the hold to another, according
as the stream of grain fills up the
spaces reserved for it. Tho ttrep.m
enters the vessel with the noiso and
velocity of a torrent, and sends a dense
volume of dnst and chaff npward, ob
FCTjriDg the depths beneath, and mak
ing the men attending the stowage be
low look like ghosts in the rUing
mitt.
The "trimming" of the prain in tho
holds is an important part in its stor
age. After several thousand bushels
have been Etreamed into the hold, a
dozen or more men are delegated to
shovel the down-ponring column in
between the vessel'd beams, a job for
which they are paid at the rate of one
cent a minute. In vessels of tho Ca
nard stripe, it takeB between 12,000
and 15,000 bushels to fill a hold, and
these vcFsels average 50,090 bushels iu
the total cargo. Ships carrying grain
alono can take as high as 125,000
bushels, nnd when it is considered
that from 4000 to 7000 bushels can be
stored in an hour, every forty bushels
weighing a ton, an idea can bo had of
tho force of the torrent directed iuto
the vessel.
Large vessels hare four or five holds.
and a distinction is made in storing
the cargo in them. Grain, from its
compact and dead weight, is reserved
mostly for-the centre of the voted,
while cured provisions are packed rts
far forward and as far aft ne possible,
for their better preservation from tho
heat of the ship's firep. In 6omo ves
sel., like the great Cunarders, which
carry passengers as well as freight,
the heaviest weight is stored in the
lowest hold ; this is to btcady the ves
sel, and is called in the technical par
lance of the stevedore "stiffening" the
ship. It takes about 1500 tons to
"stiffen a great Cunarder, and when
this is done the lower hold is fastene 1
and battened down, and work is bj
gun on the next.
A Curiosity In L'aucs.
E. R. Waito- has recently become
the owner of a cane that i a gem in
its way, and a veritable curiosity. II
is made from the stock of a youn
orange tree, and tho portion of the
root which forms the handle is cirvel
to re-present a 6hoe, and so perfect it
it in every detail that one's first im
pression ia that a miniature piece of
footgear has been slipped over the
head of tho cane.
On a closer inspection, however, it
is seen that the whole thing is mado
from a single piece of wood, and so
carefully has every line beeu drawn,
and the parts of the shoo stained to
represent the real article, that the de
ception is almost perfect.
The heel is worn off at a corner, a
heavy patoh is pegged over one side of
the sole, while two "invisible" patches
decorate tho sides of the ehoe, where
it would naturally be worn. Even
the eyelets aro perfect, while the
tongue looks wrinkled enough to have
seen service for at least six months.
The shoe shines like a piece of patent
leather, while the insiile and the soles
look to have stolen their tints from
the real material. All in all it is a
very ingeniously wrought piece of
work. Mr. Waite does not know by
whom the cane was made, it having
pnesed through several hands before
it became his property. San Bernard
ino (Cal.) Stu.
The Siamese huve a great horror of
odd number, and were never knawu
lo put li7e, seven, nine or eleven win
dows in a house or temple;
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
(ASTERN BYSTKU.)
Eastern Tlv at rwlwmkln aad Fts !Torth
Northbound. No 88 ! in Kn as
April tl. iaa. Dally Dally Dai j
Lv. Jacksonville B4p. . Tro
y. Savannah 13.14 p 11
Ar. Columbia 2 4) a a.tft p
Iv CharlastoB 5 31 p "
Ar Columbia 10 10 p
hr. Anrusta ... t0.e p 1 4)
- Graniuvllle n.u p ? n
Z Jrtuton ii p 2J1 p
" Johnstons 13 it a, z
tr Columbia 220a. 4 21 a
V Columbia 8 i 4A) I
" Wransbore 4 49 a 4 49 a 6 2
" Cneaw Ilii a 6 40 a
- Rock Hill 04 a e I 7 20 I
Ar CharlolU 7.00 a Too a ro
" DanvUlo 11.40 p n.40 a'l: 0al
Klchmoad 4 (Up 4 0 p (OO
" WashiitOB 99 p tJJ P 0.4X
Z fHtoon ujs pin M p gra .
- PhUolphta... ni i ao iUrs a
Kow YorH 4-23 al 0 23 a IIM a
DaUy Dally Dolly
tv.New York. 1215at215at 4 AO a
Philadelphl.- TJdJTiO a e K I
Baltlmoro. t.j a! ic a t.20 a
Ly.Vf aahinioo uji a.lij)l a 10.43 p
Lv.Rlctnnoad. Let p LM pi 12.05
ty.raaTlla 0.10 p ait a s 4A
y-CUr:otto.. 11 pi 11X6 v tx
Z Roe UU1 IIM pilMl pD.i
" Oor 12AaLUAobii4 a
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r. Colaibla..- 119 a 3 20 a xn a
flmabU... 4 JO a 1 45 a
"Joaastoaj- it2a SJ a
Z Ire"m::; 42 9
- OrmaiievUSo TJi a 4.00 p
At. Aucttata J0O a 4 p
LvXolninbla 4 44 a 20
ArCtaarlestoa.. aj o p
Lv .Columbia 1J0 a 12 10 a
AraTmaaah.. a 44 a .. ... 424 m
JatksaayUlo 19 JO 7 . . . . tip y
As It Bm'i ryt.
Every bee Iam two Idndi of eyea
id two Iaxge eompou&d onw, look
inglike hemisphere, on either aide,
and the three simple, or single ejes,
whioh crown the bead. Each com
pound eye (as one would naturally
appose from tho term which desig
nates it) is really an immense aggre
gation of eyes, each being composed
of 3500 facets, which means that every
eye seen has its image reflected 8500
times in the bee's tiny brain. Every
one of these facets is the base of an
inverted hexagonal pyramid, whose
apex is fitted snugly to the head.
Each of these pyramid faoets may be
termed a perfect eye, for each has its
own iris and optlo nerre. Chicago
Times-Herald.
There are some vegetables that oan
scarcely be distinguished from ani
mals, and some animals that teen to
have all the characteristics ot a tege
table. Like all people with whom the beard
is ecanty, the Indians regard it as a
blemish and pluck it out
After Dinner.
After the heartiest dinner a dose of Tvir's
Dyspepsia Rbmkdv will remove all OOP1';
ant feelings, aid digestion, and build D jour
health. As an after dinner drink tt is far su
perior to all other remedies, as it never disap
points, and leaves an appetite for the next
meal. For sale by Druggists. Manufactured
by Chas. O. Tvher. Atlanta. Oa.
Tallaliatta Springs, Ala.
It cureil me of a very annoying caseof Piles
i n few days. I have sold a good many boxes
of Tctterino for the common Itch, and it has
never once failed to cure. It's all that's
claimed for it. T. 1j- Bndsale. Sent by mall
for WW-, in stamp3. J. T. Shuptrine, Savan
nah, tia.
Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat an-l
Lung trouble of three years' standing. E.
CADV, Huntington, Ind., Nov. 12, IS'iL
Conductor E. D. Loorats, Detroit, Mloh.,
says : " Tho effect of Hall's Catarrh Cur ia
wonderful." Writs him about it. Sold by
Druggists, 75c.
It la Sa Easy la RHfT Coraa With
Hlndercorna, we wonder aomaoyendure them.
Get it and see how nicely it takes them off.
Tne citybf Kid, Germany, twenty years
ago bad only 87,XX) infa abltanta. To-day the
number exceeds 100,000.
A colony of 5000 farmers, front the North
weetern States and California, are gotag to
Korth Carolina to locate.
You can carry the
little vial of Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pel
lets right in the vest
pocket of your dress
suit, and it will not
make even a little
lump. The "Pellets"
are so small mat 42 to
44 of them go in a vial
scarcely more than an
inch long, and as big
round as a lead pencil.
They fur constipa
tion. One "Pellet" is a
laxative; two a mild
cathartic. One taken
after dinner will stim
ulate digestive action
and palliate the effects
of over-eating. They
act with gentle effi
ciency on stomach,
liver and bowels.
They don't do the
work themselves.
They simply stimulate
the natural action of
the organs them-selves.
ohi)
USE NO, SOAP
fyith Pearlinci'Twould be absurd. 'it
yf isn't necessary.' Pearline contains evcry-
thing of a soapy nature that's needed or that's
good to go with it. And Pearline is so much
better than soap that it has the work all done
before the soap begins to take any part.
You're simply throwing away money. It's a
clear waste of soap and soap may be good fur
something, though it isn't much use in wash-
mg ana cleaning,
fertilizers
should contain a high
inenro flin lirvart v.Aldl
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, will make and save you money. Address, , r-
j GERMAN KALI WORKS. Kam Strert, NeYk.
SET.T. OTVT STraTTrt
Lovell Diamond Cycles.
KIQH GRADE IH EVFRY
, utivviiau 1
nAvr TorLfc5?EIiT8' "0HTEST WEIGHTS!
wbetl aa lelnth worla thBPVLrtl! JWaaionrl. that tht" Uno UlU'
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Boyal Collector.
The Oaar of Bussia devotes w
part of his leisure to his collectioj S
birds eggs and postage BUtnrs. !
.via V 1-1. 1 . . . U
wxuou v ic9 axea aa 1 nte res M
. .V.nl 1f nl V .
a school boy. Many o! the egn t!
secured himself when a lad. Be
a most daring and expert climber, m
on more than one occasion h carrot
ly escaped death while engageju
elamberisg some clifi or tree in teir
of his treasures.
Both the method and results
Syrup of Fig3 is taken; it 13 jileasaut
and refreehino; to tho ta.cle, and acts
gently yet promptly on the KiJnej,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the vtl
tem effectually, dispels colds, foil
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tie
only remedy 01 its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the Btomach, prompt ia
its action and truly beneficial ia its
effects, prepared only from the mo;t
healthy and agreeable substances, iu
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for Bale in 50
cent bottles by. all leading drug
gist. Any reliable druggist itfo
may not have it on Land will pro
cure it promptly for any one nbo
wishes to try it. Do not accept uj
substitute. ' 1
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAl.
LOUISVILLE. Kf. HEW V0RK, N t.
inmnii I'lllI.I. NI FF.VlltTOMC
Ovrtm joa to ent bottl If t rnr y,
to4 not a tins' ent onl U aoo.
Wkrt don it ore
1st. lil'ls and rater.
lt. Kilina Ker.
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when Fearhne's around.
tor all Crops J
percentage of Potash to M
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