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L VT.--NO. 42. TALLULAII, MADISON PARISII, LA.; SATUDAY. NOV'.EMI;l 12. 1,88. I'F--·'!.oo I., AR.
g'SE OF YOUNG MEN."
A. dod aome a Mighty Defense
for a Young Man.
S Defase Is Industrious Habit-Be
s.too lea to Gain Wealth- Their Is No
u ls hufaocess, Except Through Toll
mer df e Read or Hand-Young Man
pnt Tear Own Battle Ad Through, and
Taethll Have the Victory.
Dr. Talmagan' Sermon.
Noau Tli, N. Y., Oct. 1.-Six thouesad
Ssilttloe and standing in the Brooklyn
ofte and aul the adjolinng ooms pack
4Am' people turned awatv Buch was the
iaeday. The coagregaLto sang:
.Awake. my sune. strrtch every nerve,
, . . 4lresm wthtlrr oa."
.: . Sigbs. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D. preach
e dat eteMjeetl "Defense of Young Men,"
sad tsk b text from II. Kings, chap vi, v.
Its Ad the Lord opened the eyes of the
ylaase." Hie said:
e merealg in Dothan a young theological
gisaeS was scared by finding himself and
Jlish the prophet, upon whom be waited,
smrremded by a whole army of enemies. But
reswable Elsha was not scared at all, beeause
bemw themountains full of defense for him,
ia ederids made out of fire, wheels of fre,
"sbosrd of fre, and cushion of fire, drawn
by toes with noetrils of re, and mane of
be, and haunches of fire, and hoots of fire
-- supernatural appearance that could
aet be seen with the natural eye. So the old
ulaster prayed that the young mlnlister might
a them also, and the prayer was answered,
ead the Lord opened the eyes of the young
ass, sad he blso saw the fiery procession,
teklag rovewbat, I suppose, like the Adiron
- decks r the Alleghanies in this Autumnal
i see.denee.
)many young men, standlng among the ,nost
aendus realities, have their eyes half abshut
er entirely closed. ay old grant that my
eermoa may open wide your eyes to your safe
sy, your opportunitr and your destiny.
A mighty defense for a young man is a good
home. Some of my hearers look back with ten
der satistaeton to their early home. It may
have btien rude and rustic, bidden among the
bll, Uad architect or upllolsterer never plan
lied r adorned it. But all the fresco on
wsrleelv walls never louked so enticing to you
those rough hewn rafters. You can think
i so park or arbor of trees planted on fashion
able country seat so attractive as the plain
arpak that ran In front of the old farm house
said ang under the weeping willows. No
hared gateway, adorned with statue of
htf and swang open by obsequlous porter
to fAt dress, has half the glory of the swing
ets. Many of you have a second dwelling
a, your adopted home, that also is sacred
fwver. There you built the first family altar.
Theb e your ehildren were born. All tlhose
trees you planted. That room is solemn, hb.
ems once la it, over the hot pillow, flapped
th wYir of death. Under that roof youa
=set when your work Is done to lie down and
isa You try with many words to tell the ex
i a ey o the place, but you fall There is
oane word in the language that can de
oniy mesaing. t Iti bose.
Now, I declare it, that young man is com
set afe who oea eut into the world
tbh a m like this upon him. The memory
of parental apli e, watchi plnnitag and
paying, wtll be ohimnl a and a shelter.
I never kew a man faithtbb to his early
n d adopted home, who at i time was
dme. over to any gross form of dissipation or
widledness. He who seeks his enjoyment
eblhar from outside assoclation, rather than
uem the more quiet and unpresuming pleas
ares et which I have spoken, may be suspect
ed t1be on the broad mad to ral. Absalom
J' lw ssd his father's house, and you Know his
tctory of sin and his deth of shame. If
onr seem unnmeessarlly Isolated from your
kindred and former seociates, i there not
some room that you can call your owne I tto
it gather books, and pictures, and a harp.
lave a portrait over the mantel Manre un
godly mirth stad back from She threshold.
(foisecrate some spot with the knee of prayer.
By the memory of other day., a father's coun
sel, and a mother's love, and a dster's con
dees etall it bae.
r defee for a young man is in
dustrous habit. Many young men, in startin4
upon life in this age, expect to make theirway
tbhrough the wu by h e ad their wit
rather im t he tod ther had A chlild
sow goes to the city and fails twice before he
is aol his father was when be first saw
the spires t the greit town. Sitting in som,
e'ated at a thousand dollars a year, ha
Is for the bank to declare Its dividend,
or g ainto the market expectJng before night
to be made rich by hes rulalug of the stcks.
But luck seemed so duil be resolved on somen
other tack. Perhape he borrowed from h;s
mpoyer's money drawer, and forgets to put
it b for merely the purpose of improv
ing his pa asip makes a copy-plate of a
m-rebts _tIwe. Nevre mind, all is
right Wde. Isome dar ht there may
ems ia his dreams a vision of Blackwelli'e
or l Ming Dlmn but It soon vaishes.
le thie be wil be ready to retire frma,
the bhy woral, ad amad his Socks and herds
miter the domestic virtues. Then ths,
mew ones wesw his scoolmaetrs,
aUd %yk rthan to gage a bones:
. .gumgs -m th thefr ox-teams to draw
bl wad with their hard hands bhel
haWa his castle This is no faey pletare.
It Is evert-day ife I sbould iot wonder
if them ware some rotten beams In that
bmatnl saes. I sbould nt wooder
. f 4 jlUm.neue hoail- emit through
.I. t eng man, or if Glod should pour Into,
hism8pe Uife da ught that would thrill hina
With enh-eraleay. I bould ,et wonder
IhMseabins ailI bae to blhm a living
.,e, bkie his bhams ajist ad a disgrce.
, ass , WI beyond iti et the a of
s l teeay, ent wrd to his father
rinh T .f~e, watchin the betttl
In gwU a . .Let elb
I sb r, if God will, I de
abe d hi with all Its hboors."
S eIn battle all through.
. Ir nse nis neeoe
Ib ip rth ha
anl d good fat,
5s to lIve by bthi
lih set e er.. it.
ndad therefore
ser and hril
•l work, se.r.
Ig nder the l
f azt whria de
n s ee rk hade
h aee nmo o tnot
roarll I" or meets with his hands In his poe
kets Do not demand that your toll always I
be elegant, and cleanly and refined. There is
a certain amount ot drudgery through which I
we must all pass, whatever tle our occupation.
You know how men are sentenced, a certain
number of years to prison, and after they
bhave suffered and worked out the time. then
they are allowed to go free. Abd so it is with
all of us. GoId pa.sed on us the sentence:
"By the the sweat of thv brow shalt thou eat
breed." We must endure our time of drudi
err, and then, after a while, we will be allow
ed to go into comparative liberty. We must
d be willingr to endure the sentence. We all
know what drudgery is connected with the
beginning of any trade or profession, but this
does not continue all our lives, if it be the
student's. or the mechanic's life. I know vou
Ihave at the beiintnIg many a hard time, but
after a while these things will beome easy.
SYou will be your own master. God's sententence
- will be satisfied. You wilt be discharged from
a prison. Bless (lod that you have a brain to
think, and handl to work, and feet to walk
with, for in your constant activity, O young
man, Is one of your strongest defenses Put 1
your trust in i;oi and do your level best That
chblld had it riight when the hones ran away
with the load of wood and he sat upon it: I
When asked if he was frightened, be said: I
"No, I prayed to God and hung on like a
beaver." "
Again, profound respect for the Sabbath
I will be to the young man a powerful preserva
l tire against evil. God bha thrust into theb
toll and fatigue of life a reereative day, when
the soult is especially to be fed. It is no new
tangled notioin of a wild-brained reformer, but
an institution established at the beginning.
God has made natural and moral laws so
harmonious that the body as well as the soul o
demands this institution. Our bodies are
saven-dar clocks, that must be wound up as
often as that, or they will run down. Failure
must come sooner or later to the man who
breaks the Sabbath. Inspiration has called it
the Lord's Day, and be who detotse it to the i
world is guilty of robbery. God will not let
t the sin go unpunished either in this world or
the world to come. This is the statement of
a man who had broken this divine enactment:
"I was engaged in manufacturing on the I
Lehigh River. On the Sabbath I used to rest,
but never regarded Go In It. One beautiful I
SSabbath, when the noise was all husbaed and
the day was all that loveliness could make it,
I sat down on my piama, and went to work
inventing a new shuttle. I neither opped to I
eat or drink till the sun went down. By that
time I bhad the invention completed. The I
next morning I exhibited it. boasted of my
day's work, and was applauded The shuttle
was tried and worked well, but that Sabbath
day's work cost me thirty thousand dollars
We branched out and enlarged, and the curse I
of heaven was upon me from that day on
Sward."
While the divine frown must rest upon him
who tramples upon this statute, God's special 4
favor will be upon that youg man who scrup- I
ulously observes It. This day, properly obh
served will throw a hallowed Influence over
all the week. The song and sermon, and I
B sanctuary will hold back irom presumptuous~
scenes. That young man who begias the du
f ties of life with either secret or open disr- 1
r spect of the holy day, I venture to prophesyar, I
will meet with no prominent successes. God's
curse will fall pon his ship, his store, his of.
SSfee, hib studio b body, and his soul. The
way of the wicked He turneth upside down. 1
In one of the old fables it was said that a won
derful child was born In Bagdad, and a magl
clan could hear his footsteps six thousand
miles away. But I can hear in the footstep of
I that young man, on the way to the house of I
worship this morning, step not only of a life
time of usefulness but the eomlng step of
eternal Joys of heavens yet millions of miles
away.
Again, a noble ideal and confident expecta
tion o approximating to It, will nfallibly ad.
vane. The artist completes In his mind-the
Sreat thought that he wishbe to traster tothe
eantim or the marble beaere he takes up lb
crayon or the chisel. The arhitect plansoout
the entire structure before he orders the work
men to begin, and though there may for a long
t while seem to be nothlng but blunderinag and
rudeness be has n his mind every Corthin
thins wreath, and Gothie arch and Byzantine
capital. The poet arranges the entire plot be
a fore he begins to chibme the rat eanto of
tingling rhythms, And yet, stranger to us,
there are men who attempt to build their char
actir without knowing rwether in the end it i
shall be a rude traitorta's den or a t. Mark's of
Venice. Men who begit to write the Intri
cate poem of their lives without knowing
whether It shall be a Homer's Odyssey or a
rhymestmers botch. Nine hundred and ninety.
nine men outof a thoussnd are living without
any great life-plot. Booted, and sparred, and
plumed, and urging their swift courser In the
hottest baste. I come out and ask: "Halloo.
man, whither awayrP His respon#e Is: "No
where." Rush into the busy shop or store of
many a one, and taking the plane out of the,
Smans hand anI aving down the yard-stle
t says "What, nan i all this about, so much
stir and sweat?' The reply will stumble and
rbreak down between teeth and lipe. Every
day's duty ought only to be the following up of
the main plaan of existence. Let man be con
sistant. If they prefer misdeeds to correct
courses of action, then let them draw out the
design of knavery, and cruelty, and plunder.
Let every day's falsehood and wrng-doing be i
a added as coloring to the picture. Let bloody
I deeds red stripe ta canvas, and the elouds of
wrathful God hang down heavily over the can
Svas. resdy to break oat in elemorous tempest. i
SLet the waters be ebafed, a froth-tangle, andl
green with immeasurable depths. Then take
a torh of haburning plteh and aeorteh Into the
Sframe of the pclure the right name for iat;
namely, the oaul's Bucide. If one enterlng
a upon the sinfal direetions would only in hLi
mind, or on paper, draw out in awful reality
this dreadful future, be wouldrecol from it,
and say: "Am I a Dante, that by my own
life I should write another InferoP'" But If
you are resolved to live a le subh as God and
good man will sprove, do not let it be a vrsgu
dream, an nlodelnite determination, lbut In
Syour uind or upon paper sketeh it In all its
minuatiae. Youa eannot know the ebages to
which you may be subject, but you may know
what always will be right aid always will be
a wrong. Let gentleness, and charity, ad
veraltty, sad faith stnad in the heart
Sof the ketegk. On some still Irook's
bank make a lamb and lion lie
down together. Draw two or three of the
tres of life. not frit-tricken nor ie-glased,
nor windstripped, but with thick verdure
- wavi;ng like thie palm, of beavs. On the
darkest cloadl place the rainhow, that billow
of the dying stonrm. Youn n,.est not burn the
title on the frame. 'ii dullest will eastab the
r destrn at a lane , ad snc y: UThere is the
road to heaven." Ait. mel On this sea o
Slife what innamrrl- shlips. heavily-laden
Sand well rilqgedl, yet sane bhond fot another
Sport Swept evern a liiher of wnd and wave,
hbey t by the mlontzln, they go down by the
blllows, and ar- :at tleir wit' end They
uall by no chsrt, the . wateh no star, they log
a for no harb(r. I i. every younl m t-day
SD draw oat a sketch ofr whit, by the greas of
I God. lie means to lie, thoutlh In excelleace so
high that y cannot reset it Hle wrho startrs
out inalife wiib a hih ,de.,l of character, and
faith In its attaiininit will finad himelI ena
casd from a tbousaul I temptatlOS
SThere are niaf:icent poselblilties hleu
Seach of yoa younc in,-n 'f toe stonut hartsd
Sthe buoyant step and Ihe boundinsgrtk I
I wouma marshal yos io- irrand aehevmLt.
SGoa-mew oiise rr ., the eet, and the
I aro. aas tlhe ft . i,. h,us: nhoison the
"edfidl"et The n' .*...f the sonave lan
aseeS ttom i, ,.n-'" , "hmn agalast the
- e on d f . their tuemls.
I aId. om e my . .... r hess alows la
the face. They ' t ius5i.nd, you are
,: 5*nilijmedded. .-r " i,·i ateh is evesa."
a Thtspeh gav .e aaen n vicetary. Be not,
a (y .bearer, sdisu,a.i : ny time by what
- seems ah immense ,Lils aga :syo. Is flor
ais w at a a edieatloa. aremen, sre dlvls
Sgathsat you, though the analtltudes of earth
r. and hell coanfroat ot, staad up to the charge.
SWilth a milUeion alainst you, e mateh
ti jIust eve. Nea, vou h·ave a dcided ad
. vantage. If God be for us. whoa a aast
u as Thus proteted. you need not spend
>mch time Ia answerlng yer essaIlsts
a Many years ago wo ans to me that two
I impoue es;sme s lsdws, ad been
a atma ti h
K 4. .3ou
He smiled and said: "Do not waste your time
a by chasing these men. Go home sad do your
a work, sanl they can do you no harm." I took
i his counsel and all was welL Long ago I
made up my mind that it one will put his
a trust in God and be faithful to duty, le need
y Got fear any eviL Have God on your side,
a young man, sad all the combined forces of
t earth and bell can do yonu no damae.
And this leads me to saythat the mightiest
t of all defense for a young man is the
possession of thorough religious prinel
pie. Nothing can take the place of
t L He may have manners that would put to
I shame the gracefulness and courtesy of a
e Lord Chesterfield. Foreign languages may
a drop from his tongue. He may be able to die
Scuss literature. and laws, and foreign customs.
a lie may wi- Id ., pen of unequalled polish and
t power. lii ',itknesa and tact may qualify
him for th, I ,j le-t salary of the counting
e houses. If. nm : lie as sharn as Herod and as
a strong as .-un-,.n. with as fine locks as those
i which hun, .ail·,~n: . still he is not safe from
Scontaminaii, . I he ,nor elegant his manner,
Sand the man,. fascinating his dress, the more
SperiL .Satan does not care much for the alle
t glaaceof a cosard and illiterate being . He
! can ting him Into edlcient servige. But he
loves to stori that castle of character which
Shas in t the morst spoils and treasures. It
a was not soniie craty craft creeping along the
coast with a valueless cargo that the pirate
attacked, but the, ship, full-winged, and fag
ged, plying hi tac, great ports, carrying its I
a million of specie. The more your natural and
acquired accompli-hments, the more need of
rthe religion of Jesus. 'hat does not cut In
ut pon or hack up any smoothness of disposl
Stion or behavior. It gives symmnetry. It ar
rests that in the soul which ought to be arrest
Sed and propells that which ought to be pro
a pelled. It till-u up the gulleys. It elevates and
a transforms. To beauty It gives more beauty,
to tact more tact, to enthusiasm of nature
more enthusiasm. When the Holy Spirit im
t presses the image of God on the heart he does
anot spol the canvas. If In all the multitudes
t of young men upon whom religion has acted
ryou could find one nature that has been the
least damaged I would yield this proposit on.
You may now have enough strengh of charac
s ter to repel the various temptations to gross
wickedness which assail You. but I do not
I know In what strait you may be thrust at some
I future time. Nothing short of the grace of
the cross may then be able to deliver you from
c the lions. You are not meeker than Moses,
nor boliher than David, nor more patient than
t Job, and you ought not to consider yourself
Sivinalaerable. You may have some weak point
r of character that you have never discovered,
Sand in some hour when you are assaulted the
1 Phllistines will be uptn thee, Samson. Trust
not in your good habits,'or your early train
log, or your pride of character; nothing short
of the arm of almighty God will be sufficient
to uphold you. Yon look forward to the
a world sometimes with a chilling despondency.
i Cheer upl I will tell You how you all make a
Sfortune. "Seek first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness and all other things will be
r added unto you." I know you do not want to
I be mean in this matter. Give God the fresh
noes of your life. You will not have the heart
to drink down the brimming cup of life and
then pour the dregs on God's altar. To a
Saviour so infinitely generous you have not
r the heart to seat like that. That is not brave,
that is not honorable, that is not manly. Your
greatest want In all the world is a new heart.
In God's name I tell you that. And the
Blessed Spirit presses through the solemities
and livileges of this holy hour. Put the cup
I of lie eternal to your thirsty lipe. Thrust it
not beck. Mercy offers Iti.bleeding mercy,
Slong-suffmering mercy. Reject all other friend
ships, be ungrateful for all other kindness,
prove recreant to all other bargains, but de
Sspiese God's love for your immortal soul-don't
you do that.
I would like to see some of you this hour
press out of the ranks of the world and lay
ie you conquered spirit at the feet of Jesus.
This hour is no wandering vagabond
5 staggerlag over the earth, it is
Sa winged messeager of the skies whispering
mercy to thy. soul Life i:; smooth now but
e after a while it may be rough, wild and pre
1 clpitate. There comes a crisis in the history
- of every man. We seldom understand that
a turning point until It is far past. The road is
forked and I read on two signboards: "This is
I the way to happines," "This is the way to
ruin." How apt we are to pass the forks of
the road without thinking whether it comes
out at the door of blils or the gates of dark
fqess
I- Many years ago I stood on the annIversary
I platform with a minister of Christ who made
this remarkable statement:
"Thirty years ago two young men started
t out In the evening to attend Park Theatre,
I New York, where a play was to be acted in
which the cause of religion was to be placed
in a ridiculous and hypocrltical light. They
came to the steps. The conscleeces of both
d smote them. One started to go home but re
0 turned again to the door and yet had not
k courage to enter and finally departed. But the I
I other roung man entered the pit of the thea
I tre. It was the turning polut in the history of
I those two young men. The man who entered
Swas caught in the whirl of temptation. He
- sank deeper and deeper in Infamy. He was
t lost That other young man was saved, and
c he now stands before you to bless God that for
twenty years ago he was permitted to preach
a the GospeL"
' "Rejoke. 0 young man, In thy youth, add
f let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy
youth; but know thou that for all these things
God will bring thee into judgment"
Japanese Children
The children are a great feature of
a Japanese life. They swarm every
where; the houses are full of them.
They seem a blessing vouchsafed in a
Speculiar degree to the Japanese. Little
tots hardly able to walk themselves.
carry, fastened to their backs, tiny in
Sfants, for whose heads Ioften trembled,
as they are allowed to hang down in
such a fashion as to seem at the point
t of breakoing off any minute. The rising
generation of Japan seems to delight
in mere existence; those tiny atoms of
hunianity sport in the sunshine, as a
e rule most sanitly clad, roll over in toe
Sdusts run and skip, all overflowing with
Sthe Jolliess mirth. Their parents seem
e to i' olse them; nowhere have I seen
t so any men occupying themselves
with ohildren as I did int Japan. The
whole character of the people is child
5like espeoially in the inter!or, where
Sthey have hadt no chance to be infected
by tihe superior knowledge of their
I western brethern.
In the villages men nan be seen car
Srying in their arms babes, leading one
Sor two at the same time. The smallest
hamlet has shops were nothing else is
Ssold but toys. and these luxuries are
lavished on every Japanese baby. The
children are, as a role, pleasant to loook
e upon, with tlhei little round and plump
e faces and short hair-which on boys'
Sheads is allowed to grow all around the
Shabd aborn to about two or three inches
a in length, with a round spot in the
center on the top of the crown shavedo
bars. The dolls that come to our toy
' stores from Japan are faithful images
et their children. Flying paper drag
* ons is one of their favorite games, and
Sthe skill expended on the ornamenta
Stion is the hoisting of an immense
Spaper fish, painted elaborately, on a
Sol in frot of a houne where-a baby
Sborm.-- e Owred ul fonU.
- i .s -
Jamagp Jburnr
>l * , (· IILCI
* WESTERN GROWTH.
k
I What Inyentions Pave Done For
The Farmer, Tradesman And
Traveler
The Imaweree of Ivent"eUs er The t
* llCvUllat et the West.
it A half centurg ago the American "
Indian &thased the deer over the prai
ries were now stand thriving cities t
connected by great railway lines. The'
iron horse has displa.ced the Indian
Y pony. The palaces of the rich and
g the dwellings of the tillers of the soil
stand where the red man built his
a wigwam in our fathers' boyhood. In a
1849 the journey across the plains
was an undertaking perilous, occupy- I
ing montheof time and leading the
e traveler int/ unknown dangers. To- 4
b day the journey is safely performed In
the course of a few days, and with ! i
the comforts and safety of modern i
railway travel. The prairie "schooner" '
and the lumbering stage have given
, away to the vestibule train. No hap
n pier or more prosperous and enlight
ened people inhabit the globe, than I
the dwellers in the great Mississippi i
Valley.
d \ (2
dl
1e To account for the transformation
, which has occurred in this valley with
, in the last half century, would be to
take into consideration the character
of its inhabitants, the influence of our
I, form of government and the unceas
e ing and irresistible energy of the
American people. But if we may
rt single out one factor which will be
it recognized as having exerted more in
e fluence than any other, it will be the
influence of inventions in the me
4 chanical arts.
o Take into consideration the soil and
,. cimate of this section so varying that
rt vgetation like corn and the hardy
cereals find their natural home in the
)t North, while the cotton plant and
e, sugar cane are almost indigenous to
i the South. Consider that these pro
, ducts form a large part of the food
s and clothing of the people of the
' globe. Then the question presents
It itself, How can these staples of life
i- be profitably produced and placed in
, the hands of consumers?
The genius of the inventor solves
the problem. First he provides suit
ar able machinery for tilling the soil.
' No more striking example of progress
la is seen than in the manufacture of
is agricultural implements. The "Plow
a of the Ancients" compared with the
e- "Plow of To-day" makes plain the
ry giant strides of inventive talent.
i From the crude implement drawn by
i.. oxen with a pole lashed across their
to horns, and effective only to the extent
' of scratchinggthe surface of the ground,
. has been envolved the wheeled riding
plow so common among farmers of
ry the West with which three or four
le acres of ground are thoroughly pre
id pared for the seed by a day's work.
In
md
BT
he
. From the reaping hook of our an
cestors has sprung, step by step, the
cradle, the wheeled reaper which drop
ped its swath in the wake of the
I sickle, the self-raker, which deposited
its bundles of grain out of the way of
the machine, and last of all, the self
binder with its bundle carrying attach
ments; whereby one man riding on a
,of spring seat, cuts binds, and bunches
twelve or fifteen acres of wheat in a
n For no class of workers has there
a been such lightening of labor, such lIn
le creased capacity of production as for
a, the agriculturalst. He plows, sows
n- and reaps his harvest by machinery.
A few hours now suffices to do the
in woik which formerly required from
t daylight to dark. In productive power
alone, man's capacity has been in
Scressed a hundred fold by the inven
t tion of labor-saving machinery.
•f But the question does not end here.
a The time was in Indiana and Illinois,
e when corn was so plentlfl and cheap
th and the cost of marketing it so great,
m thatit was used fueL But here
In comes in cheap tirasportation. Na
e tural water-ways wre not adequate,
he and canals oueld only be used to sup
di plement them. Theneeds of the grain
re and so~ raisets of the West was for
d means whereby their products could be
ir profitably ecbg for the mann
factures of the Dst and the sugar of
r the South. The ralread came, and
oe the thing w drs not instantly, but
itby degr. The a~lway of iron rails,
Sof craupam drawa by small en
- gines Is not the srailwa of today. The
so invention of Bessemer whereby pig
a metal is converted into steel has made
y tbelronrail athi of the past. He
swo watches the light of the fast
mai, or Mnds while a solid train of
rs fsere ems uro e , carrying from
the plafas ad 1ls the West the
p dressed beef Uhig the East and
Eeomg wheL sa roei by a trai,,
"ltm L '.
FACT AND FANCY.
Nelsona Reed, of Stanhope, N. .T.. has rakIed ,,.
several pumpkins aggregating 431 i pounds it at
Weight. The largest one weights ~i l1iulllti.
During the month of August $ttA,0U)c wort ;
of goods were sent to the United Stat,'s b.: P
the manufacturing village of St. Elitintn. ji
France. Most of the goode counsited of al
dloves.
A careful grammarian will sac, "lIe at no t,
the same seat witfh Tom," not "Ile sit on the tc
same seat as Tom;" and "This is the san: eor- ij
ror that has been refuted before," not "Thin .e
the same error as haa been refuted iL fore. !l
The trumpet is to take the place of the V'
Greek cross as a symbol on the utl.,frm of the
Boston firemen; and thus will pass away ai i
other of the things which have cinilutted to
ward making that town the Atheus of Amer
le ." l
A London advertisem..uit interesting to ad
!nirers of Dr. Johnson offers for sale the "
bouse in which he was born 17i ye r.. io, de
Sscribing it as a "large subls ltjially built, and
1 i commodious dwelling-house. with draper's
shop."
An East Liverpool. 0., g:s- lriller has inau
Sgurated a new use for u.ttur.tl .as hb puttiog
out the fire under tie engilne. ,.:n;' ini the
c boiler of water, and illling it w;th i s. Vituen
j the gauge registers seventy p in I. h : turus il
on the engine, and he says it wo,:s to a
charm.
A Boston druggist has hen tIltld $10 for
selling a s-cent cigar on Sunday. il, claimed
that according to Webster a drug is lt at
which is intenl-,d to reltev' pain or suif.rint. ,
and that tobacco camne und.r tl:s he.s 1. The t
court could not see the point, and tin appial
has been taken.
David Maudlin, of Gaddistown, G i. is get
ting tired of being a target for sole unlukown
Smarksman or nlarkanmel. The uo:hr day lihe
was shot at for the third time and hlit in the
0 leg by a rifleman hid in the bu-hes. Mr.
r Mauldlin is quiet and peaceable, and hasn't
It an enemy to his knowledge.
The colored people of Boston experience
0 great difficulty it renting decent tenements
y in desirable localities. Some of the real-estate
o owners and agents are republicans and old
i- abolitionists, and say that they have no objJe'
e tion, "but the neighbors find a great deal
of fault, and we respect what they like and
dislike."
d One of the attractions at the mechanic's fair
It in San Francisco was a fountain that riushld
y forth Angelica wine free to, anyone who wished
0 to drink. In another department of the exhi
d bition was a table eight feet high and four
teen feet across, which had been imade fromn a
single transverse section of a Hlumboldt couu
d ty tree.
S undown is the naime of a quaint little
place near Big Inlian, in theit Ca'skills.w.here
the people witness the setting of the. suio at 3
P. M. and the rising at 9 A MI. Four inoull
tainls nearly surround the settllii'li Tle
people are generally healthy. anI thosell who
have lived there for a long time have an otl
i- Ilk faculty of seeing in the glohim.
L A resident of Iarltord, ('utll., is the In
I ventor of a novel apparatus fir titnlig horses.
A clock with three hands--miiiu '.. stecoid,
W and quarter second-is star"1 I,. tile lcniea
10 timer. When the winning hbse toulches the
A wire the clock is stopped by electricity. At
.t the same instant the current opens a cam-ra.
which photographs the horse and the clock
it lace.
it A citizen of ('har!otte Centre is the istuigi
d log-stock of Chautauqua rulnt!y, New York.
SHe declared that he had swal!owved his teeth,.
and on Tuesday went to Buffalo to consult
ar eminent surgeons and a stomach pump. blut
soon after his arrival in that city received a
dispatch stating that his teeth had been foundi
near his house, where he had uncounseiously
dropped them.
The government of the state of Yucatan.
Mexico, is making experitents nu a inew
species of silk. produced by a w.i i silkwortn,
which is closely allied to the d:'ni-sti' silk
worm. The silk on the cocoons is elastic and
of ezcellent qualitv, though rather ulncertain
In color, varring from white to pale brown.
but one difficulty is that it is covered with a
gum which is very difficult to lltesilye.
In Newport, England, there i- a confeetioni
er who for several nglihts ree.nlicr mln.eil
10 from his bake house dainty more·rs of pa-trn
Id and candy. He set a watch. i: i a form rc
of sembling that of a boy was e,-i ste:lthll v
ef creeplng along the roof of the ad iiiiniin b.ke
h- bouse. No attention was pail to crris to
a come down. and a gun was t'ie4l. The nun
e was goaod, and a dead monkey riled frJto the
a roof into the road.
In Portland, Oregon, a man beifriended a
SChlonaman who fell as though fr.,m exlastiton
. betore his door. (in the followini, dar, while
a friend was pralsing the te.ndlr hearted
man for his good deed, the sam. Chiltnant
agalia fell sprawlinlg in front of them. The
kindly daisposed resldent lifted the lr<otrate
mas to his feet and sent thhn re&iit with a
Stremeadous kick. r.'tuarkiug that a line ltuat
be draw saomewhere.
A woman told MIr. ihell. at the Greenwich
police court lately, thlat she hadl b en twice
married, both ltusbands being sons cf one
. mother, but not the satrl' fathl r. E rllnt.en
Smonths after the death of th,- fII:- slte miarried
IP the slecond, who refused to sa!mprt iue.r lindI
t, she desired the magistr;ate's atlties on the
re legality of the marriage. Te Elirllsli law
a- does not allow her to marry two brothetrs, but
e, whether she has done so is a ligal conundrum.
p Edgar Howard, a reaitlent of Randlph.
[i Nova Scotia lost his votce in T ,i after lhar
or la sulfferel somne time from a s.-vre throat
be disease. He was thought to lae only a cohl,
u- but continued to get so mitch w',r-s tIha
doctors made an examlnation. A sitv.r tilte
d was inserted in his throlt, andt ht w:ts r,.hevrd.
STreatment at the Malsachl;etls genr:al
bosepital did not cure him, and he was renr,l
hto ls home, wherehee died Friday. Tl plot
amortems examination developed the fact that
he died of uklcerative larvangitis.
One of the worsmt misers in the west in J. M
Douglass. of Virginia City. Nev. He is wrorth
000,000. Recently be was summrnoned a; a
witels in a trlial. He told the constable that
he woulda't apnear, and he didn't. Then the
instlee had him arrested and braought into
oert. Asked why he hadn't speared befor'.
Douglss saild he hall for gtti::, and diltn't
eare nyway. At that the uirt'ee fluel him
l100 and twenaty-four hour"s mprlsonttnt.
3' The angry millionaire was takin to, the ,.,unty
_- all, struggling and swearing as he we:t:.
g- The folliowlig letter It dtef,.on of gatnllin,
e as recently written by a San Frallcisei
!e " smher of the profession to-the editor of ITe
_t Rmisuer: '.Patting aside the question of
of wa it iet ta to learna profession, who, I ask,
i carnies the greatest benefits on thlie world
il li lawyer or the proleeltoaal gamaliler: The
ud lati, uaqistionably. Fer the lawyer gets
i lb bl s peoile who are commouly
wle we, while the gambler makes a
s" :lggg dMsgelbe tbam thoese wbs ae
~B
,Amateur Surgery. t,
The wo! il is so full of ever-present to
,en-at on, occuuolrring upon and after at
another, that it is strange thatsome one ! di
ha:s not written a book on the philo,,- -
pihy of ira.he. Why should society be
Iiv;lded at one season by an unconquer
able desire to go on roller skate-. at
lIother to sn :to the base ball; now hI
t,, flock to lectures on literature. now :,
to give. it, mind to concertelI cookery ? P
Like mIoL other social i)hellnomenai: it is t
probableti that rages are the resul utof i
very conlmp!e can:-es, acting with d I4tbr- tt
::t degrees of force on ditfferent people. ':
'll're mu<-it always be a krl'll't of rea:l It
t'iihu-i:aslll out of which l-the 3iil \vel nllt tl
begils to ogrow. a:nd it must hIo sulppiotd n
that even riukini and acrl-itic _itusi ng e
were firlt nivented by pelople who thoi'- li
,uit.hl htlieved in themi. This enthi t
4 allin as tIhe fever which infects otlhers, tl
predisposedl in a hundred wayy -by a
dle:le0si, by the "inlnense enlnui" of .
modern life, by the pa:ssion of emiula-s'
lion, or by that exceptionally imodrii ti'
nvention.th tlhe esire of siniultaneoutiv i
inimprovin oneself and other 1people. d
l'l ' coo(lkiing rage was a very genuine I I
mn .; it nct all these needs, and even for
the moment held up before the Ameri- a
t can housekeeper and her cook a pros
pect of real progress. It became cvident I
that something might be done with the a
cold mutton, and that other rule; might
be admitted into the kitchen than the c
rule of theft and waste. But in due
time the fashion faded away. and its
place has been taken by a more serious
occupation altogether.
The present excitement in the great
cities is what is called the ambulance
t class, and for the moment the a:tm of
feminine ambition is to dress the le, I
1 not of slaughtered chicken, but,
of wounded man. In six lectures
1 you are guaranteed a knowledge, if not
ii complete and scientific, at least enough
r for practical purposes, of veins and
d arteries, of muscles and membranes, of
j shin bones and collar bones and shlould- I
i- er blades, and are put in a position to
deal at a moment's notice with any of
Sthese that may accidentallv go wrong
in your presence. Moreover. there is
le nothing disagreeable in the experiened,
. which the unhappy med:cal student
3 has to purchase at the price of many
unpleasant sights and sounds. The
' whole thing is done in such a manner
as to spare the feelings, while it sharp
ens the faculties.
In London this was tried years ago,
L and not, wholly without success, and,
1, taking the cue. we see that it is com
"' ing into vogue both in Philadelphia
and in this citr. Presently we may
look to see it in other cities. Then
k look out for a big fight and flurry
among the doctors.
If, ant;cipating the row and rumpus
among the learned pundits of our med
t fcal school, one comes to ask himself
it whetiher there is anything in this amlu
a ' bulance class movement, or whether it
i is merely a fashion, an off-hand answer
is not so etsv. To do its authors
justice. they do not presume to suppose
, that they will after s;x lectures turn
out their students accomplished sur
geons. able to dispense with the doe
I tot's aid. They wish, as they say, to
n confine their object to "lirsthelp,"'' that
n is, to such help as will give the sufferer
a better chance than he usually has di
rectly after his accident, and before be
, can be put in the doctor's hands. Cer
r tainly for this purpose some excellent
- hints are givel. for instance, that a
Ss;mple fracture may easily be turned
to into a compolnd one by incautious
in lifting, and that in case of a limb
•e broken in a street accident, to borrow a
couple of umbrellas and three or four
a pocket-liaandkerchiefs may have the
i use.ful douIble result of providing a; very
d good templorary splint anti disiersiug
, a crowd. Everybody, too, ought to
be know how to proceed to recover the
te I apparently drowned, or persons half
a suff,,cated.
t It seems from the experiment, as far
-t as it has been tried, in this city for ex
ce amlile, that the greater part of the can
n· didates for this kind of impromptu str
-n gery are ladies. This is natural. But
d women jumnp at conclusions, and those
t who have learned their lesson by watch
, ing a few examples, are apt to think
ut that what they are studyling is far
m. more uniform thitan it Iusually is. A
b. surgeon knows that two cases are
v- hardly ever alike, and that what is
' really valuable is the skill which can
1, exactlr adapt the bandage to the
,u wound whatever and wherever it may
d. be.
r Probably the good done by th's am
, bulance teaching will be exactly in pro
Sportion to, the modesty of the students
S and their aims. There is certainly no
more reason for women to learn these
th things than for men, the latter be~ng
Sfar the more likely to be of use in case
at ofacedent. Nevcttheless the former
he may well g:in in this way the radli
to ments of a knowledge which they may
, often find usoful in nursing their chil
im dren or any on, else n ho may be de
t. pendent on theru. A woman w:il he
ity none the worse for hiving learned the
nature of :a bin] .ge before silte is ever
n: called upon to uie ,:ne in real earnest,
, provided thlt she does not sttuppose
,,f that the knowledge acquired in sis lee
sk, tures will enable her to supersede the
1- doctor. Another class, too, that can
he not help derivin', pro!it, is tije police,.
"' A little learning of this kind my often
, I preot a broks legged bicklayer be
se lag hntled aleag as though he were a
ijljjjA is ~ jrjkj mIa&mkve
the policeman's breast, lead ultimately
to a diminution of the ctees in which
r an epileptic lit is mistaken for a fit of
1 drnnkenress, and treated accordingly.
I -Amiertc,ai Cu'licator.
Fruits as Food and Medicine.
)f all tihe fruits withl which we are
I ,lced. i. I i peach is the most delicious
:uvl di. gettihle. There is nothing more
p.la:tahle. wholesome and medicinal
i than good ripe peaches. 'They should
be ripe. but not over ripe and half rot
ton: and of this kind they may make
part of either meal, or be eaten be
I tween meals; but it is better to make
them part of the regular meals. It is a
mi.ta lien idea that no fruit shculd be
eaten at breakfast. It would be better
to eat less bacon and grease at break
fast and more fruit. In the morning
there is an ac I state of the secretions
ani nothiin_ is so well calculated to
I correct thi. :, cooling, sub-acid fruit.
4sillI as p" cehes, apples, etc. Still,
In imt of in arve been taught that eat
v ing fruit before breakfast is highly
ldanigerous. How .he idea originated
e I I do not know, but it is certainly a
r great error, contrary to both reason
i- a'd facts.
T'lhe apple is one of the best of fruits.
It Baked or stewed apples will generally
e agree with the most delicate stomach,
and are an excellent medicine in many
o cases of sickness. Green or half-ripe
t applles stewed and sweetened are pleas
sI ant to the taste, cooling, nourishing and
Is laxative, far superior, in many cases,
to the abominable doses of. salts and
i oil usually given in fever and other
e diseases; raw apples and dried apples
)f for constipation are better than liver
pills.
t Oranges are very acceptable to most
s stomachs. having all the advantages
ot of the acid alluded to; but the orange
h juice alone should be taken, rejecting s
d the pulp.
f The same may be said of lemons, ,
pomegranates, anti all that clas. s:
to Lemonade is the best drink in fevers,
of and when thickened with sugar Is
better than syrup of squills and other-i
is nauseous things in many cases, d
, cough.
nt Tomatoes act on the liver and
bowels, and are much more pleasant
Sand safe titan blue mass and "liver
regulators." The juice should be used
alone, rejecting the skin.
The small seeded fruits, such as
o, blackberrie,, figs. raspberries, currants
d, and strawberries, may be classed
among the best foods and medicines.
a The slgalr in thelm is nutritious, the
yacid is cooling and purifying, and the
n1 seeds are laxative.
ry e should be much the gainer if we
would look more to our orchards and
tie gardens for our med cines, and less to
,l. our drug store. To cure fever or act
,If on the kidneys, no felbrifuige or diuretic
ii is sutmerior to watermelon. which may,
it with very few excelt:ons. Ie taken in
er sickness and health in :lhnost unlimited
irs quantities, not only without injury, but
s with positive benefit. But in using
r them the water or juice should be
ir- taken, excluding the pulp; the melon
,, should be fresh and ripe, but not over
to ripe and stale.
at It is curious, but true, that the tables -
er of the day laborer in town, who does -
I.- not own a foot of land, and whom the
he country man contemptuously declarms.,
,r "lives from hand to mouth," Is m re
ot bountifully suppled with vegetables
a and fruit than that of the farmer in the
ed midst of his broad acres. The IltterI
us gives a variety bf excuses for his neg.
nb lect; and at a neighoor's with his
ra mouth full of his second help of delk
ur cious greent peas, will declare a
he "don't pay," and as he backs np his
ry plate for another quarter-sectioa
mg strawberry short-eake, will weind
to how his host can lind time to "potr
he with small fruit," regardless of or lm
alf different to the fact that no are of his
farm will yield so much good lIving,
far and do so much to promote his heitL
,x and happiness, as a quarter-are gaIq.
w- den spot, intelligently tended.
ar. Even so small an area has laliIb
ut possibilities to be developed into a rid
Sreward when we are edunested up II
sh. the right standard; that thinklng whid
nk leads us to seek less to hoard mI
far for a possible "rainy day." than to .
A joy life's pleasures and privileges
are day.--Practmical Farmer.
:an Probably Had. 0
the "Have you heard the newsP
ay queried, as they stortl waiting for IIh
car.
m "Something special?"
ro- "I should say so! Mrs. - of ear
nts street, is to have a new sealahkl thi
no winter!"
ise "N-o!"
ng "True as you l;ve, Isn't that awIfal:
zse "Well. 1 shoulil say it was, aud R
ner won't rest untill I have my hnsbia
eli- examine the county records sad ma
:av they have mortgaged tlheir place. |0
il- must have something to take her dtn
de- with the first day she wears ltL"
be " " ]
the Not Fully Off with HIs 01
ver Trade.
sat, A barber lately re:gnedl his pos
ose in the shop to accept. a position .
lec- brakeman on a roadl running from 3e.
the falo to Bellevue, Ohio. One night
:an- the train was approaching Biellev -
ice. was taking a quiet sleep, as most
Iten men do When the whistle sounded
be- the station he mae sleepily .s -
,ea .ot *Netr' for the mIi !
I -n.s r