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THE FARMVILLE HERALD
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Honor FOR THE PAST, HELP FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE KOR THE FUTURE.
VOL. XII. FARMVILLE. VA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER i.HXH. V). r>.
CITY DIRECTORY.
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- W. I'aulett. Jr.
? Keveline 1'. H. C. Ric*.
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ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
KAKM VI U.K. Va.
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JAMES LYONS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Law Office and Residence,
Buckingham Courthouse, Va.
Nolan Piil.lle suth Seal for Buckingham
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ll VV. TLOURNOY,
\ I 1"KNKV-AT LAW.
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?ard and adjoining count les.
iittiee over Hie postolBeo, Karniville, Va.
dy.
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r C FRANKLIN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
PAMPI.1N CITY, VA.
Practices in Appomattox, Pr I nee Bdward
and Charlotte coontie* Buprosas court of
Virginia and I'. K. Cooria.
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K \ KM V II.I.K, VA.
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lia. and United suite- tour! at Richmond,
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rupu-y.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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KAKM VI U.K. VA.
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joining cou ii Ilea.
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H. C. (JRUTE,
PURE DRUGS AND
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KAK.MVll.KK. VA.
NOTICE!
When you ku to Kichmond, don't fall lo W
R. FRANCENE'S
PLACE..
It ls one nf Um riM-l PI.ACKH In tile
walk. Beeiaoraat ob th? rniopsaii pian.
and Liquor*. Importsd ami domestic
0*Sk ra mu iii. year round, a specialty.
Half-didl, i^-r tl.i/.eu, ju eeots
Pry, Meeala
Half* fry, Jil .nil-..
i'l CeOtS alni Joeelita
Ham ami Emgt, i eeota.
Porterhouse Steak, r> cent*.
BverjrthlDg in seai-Hiii.
905, 907 E. Broad St.
Ralf bloch frt.ni the City Hall,
_ Rtehaeood, Va.
JOBPRlNTUlu
AT REASONABLE PRICES
AT HKRAKI) OPTICS
AROFT AMUSEMENTS.
Dr. Talmage Lays Down Some
Guiding Principles.
Bow lo ll.,-ld.- Whether tny Rrt-rr
atlou la lt Ik I, I or U rnii.-Spnri
rn Mean*. Not an Ind ?\\ nra
Ing lo > uinii; Men.
[Copyright, tail, by Louis Klop ch N Y ]
Waahlngtoi May i?.
This discourse uf Hr. Talmage is in
accord svith all Innocent hilarities,
while it reprehends amuscmcnti tioit
belittle 01 deprave; text ll, Sainu.-]
ll. 14: "Let the yoting unit univ arise
ami pla*- before uv"
There are two armies encamped tn
Hie pool of Gibeon. Die time
heavily on their hantls. One army
proposes a frame of ssvord fencing.
Nothing could !>e more helpful anti
innocent. The other anny accepts
the challenge. Twelve men
12 men, the sport open-. I'.ut some?
thing went adversely. Perhaps .me
of the swordsmen put an unlucky
clip or in some was bad his ire
aroused mu! that which opened in
Sport fulness ended in violence, cai i
tabing his contestant by the hair
and with the sword thrusting him in
the sitle, so that that Which opened in
Innocent fun ended in the nu,
of all the .'4 sportsmen. Was there
es. r a better illustration of svhat was
true then is true now that which is
innocent may be mads destructive?
What of a worldly nature is more
Important and Strengthening iinil in?
nocent than amusement, snd yel
what has counted mure victims? I
have no sympathy with a straitjacket
religion. This is a very bright sim .!
to me. and I pro]ose to il" all I ran
to make it bright for others. I never
Could keep step to a dead mardi. A
book years ugo issued -ass thal a
Christian man lias ii right to some
amusements. For instance, if he
comes home at night weary from his
work and feeling the need or recrea?
tion, puts on his slippers anti goes
into his garret anti walks lively
around the Hour several times there
can be no harm in it. I believe the
church of God made a prent mistake
in trying- to suppress the sportful
if youth and drive out from
men their love of amusement. If Ood
ever Implanted anything in us, he Im?
planted this tlesire. Hut Instead ol
providing for this demand of our na?
ture the church of Hod has for the
main part Ignored it. As In a riot the
mayor plants a battery at the end of
the street and has it tired off. so that
everything is cut down that happens
to Matu! in the range, the pood a
Well as the bad, so there are men in
the church who plant their batteries
of condemnation and fire away Indis?
criminately. Everything is con?
demned. Put Paul the apostle rom
mends those who u-e the world with?
out sbuaing it, nnd in the natural
world 'iod has dune everythll
please and amuse ii... Tn poetic fig?
ures we sometimes speak of natural
objects as beinp in pain, bul it is a
mere fancy. Poets jay the clouds
weep, but thej' never yel shed a far.
and that the winds siph. but they
never did have any trouble, and thal
the storm howls, but it neser lost its
temper. The world is a rose and the
universe a garland.
And I am plad to know that in all
our cities there are plenty of places
where we may find elevated moral en?
tertainment. Hut all honest men and
pond women will agree with me in
the statement that one of the WOTSl
things hi these cities is corrupt
amusement. Multitudes have piinc
down lintier the blasting influence
never to rise. If we may judge of
what is is going on in many plat
amusement by the pictures on board
fences ant! in many of the show win?
dows there is not a mu?h lower
depth of profligacy to reach. At
Naples, Italy, they keep such pictures
locked up frnm Indiscriminate inspec?
tion. Those pictures were exhumed
from Pompeii and nre not fit mr pub?
lic pa/e. If the effrontery of bad
places of amusement in banging out
improper advertisements of sshat
the] are doing night by nipht prows
I in the same proportion, in .Mi
villis -onie of our modern cities will
beat Pompeii.
I project certain principles by which
you may judge in regard to an j amuse?
ment or recreation, lindinp out for
yourself whether it is righi ur wrong.
I remark in the first place, thal
can j'.idpe of the moral character of
any amusement by its healthful result
or by its baleful reaction. There are
people who seem made up of hard
facts. They are a combination of
multiplication tables and statis
ymi show them an exquisite picture
they will bogia to diseUSS ihe pig?
ments Involved In the coloring. If sou
Show them B beautiful rose tbl
submit it to a botanical analysis, which
is utily the post-mortem examination
of ;i tloiicr. They luise no rebound
in their nature. They neser do any?
thing more than smile. There are no
greal titles of feeling surging np from
the depths of their soul in billot!
billow of reverberating laughter.
They seem as if na! ure had built them
ntracl and made u bungling joli
out of it. Hut. blessed i>?- God, there
hie people in tbs world who baw
bright faces sud whose life is a song,
un anthem, a paean >'f victors. Erei
their troubles are Ike l he s rn - 'ha!
Craw] up the aide of *. <cr ol
the top of which the sunlight siis ami
the soft airs of .summer bold perpetual
carni-al. They are the people smi like
lo have come to your house; thej un?
people I like to have come toms house.
If sou but touch the hem of their gar?
ments you are healed.
Kow, it is these exhilaraal an
pathetic and warm-hearted people
thal are most tempted tn pernicious
kiuuaeuiv-uia. ia "jjo^ortiuu us a ship
fl il grants s strong helmsman,
in proportion as a boras ls gaj \\ mints
i driver, and these p.-..jiie of
exuberant nature will do well it. look
al the reaction of all their amuse?
ments. If HU ainu.-eliieiil semis
you home at night nervous, ho !
that you cannot .sleep, ami
ri-e up in the morning not because you
are slept out, but because your duty
you from ymir elna
luise been where you OUghl not to have ,
ben. There are amusements thai
send a man next day to his work with
his eyes bloodshot, yawning, stupid, :
nauseated, and they are wrong kinds
of amusement, They are entertain?
ments thal give a man di-gu-! ss ith the
drudgery of life, with tools beeauas
tins gre imt swords, ssiih working
apron- because they arc aol ruin-,
with cattle because they are nnt in?
furiated bulls of the arena. If any
amusement send-* you borne longing
fnr a life of romance and thrilling ad?
venture, lore that takes poison and
shoots itself, moonlight advent ure*
anti hair-breadth escapes, yon mas de?
pend upon it that you are the sacri
tietl victim of unsanctified pleasure.
Our recreations are intended to build
us up, and if they pull us down aa to
mir nmral ur as to our physical
Strength you may come to the con?
clusion that they are obnoxious.
Still further, these amusements sre
wrong which lead you into expendi?
tures beyond your means. Money
spent (a recreation is not thrown
assay, lt is all folly for US to come
flinn a place of amusement feeling
that we have wasted our money ami
time. Van may by it have made an
Investment worth more than the
transaction that yielded you hun?
dreds of thousands of dollars. Put
how many properties hase heen rid?
dled by costly amusement-.
The first time I eser saw the city?
it ssa- the city of Philadelphia I ssas
a mere lad. I stopped at a lintel, and
I remember la the eventide one of
these mea plied me with his Infernal
int. Ile saw I was green. Ile Wanted
tn -how me the sights nf the Inls n.
He painted the path nf sin until it
looked like emerald, bul I ssas afraid
nf him. I shoved back from the bas*
sili.-k I made up my mind he sva- a
basilisk. 1 remember hosv he silo eled
his chair round in front of me, anil,
svith a concentered and diabolical ef?
fort, attempted to destroy ms soul,
but there sven- good angels in the sir
that night. It was nn good resolution
un mv part, but it was the all en
eomps e nf g good 'iml that
delivered me. Beware, beware, o
young tuan! "There is g ssay that
seenuth right unto a man, but the
end thereof is death."
The lalde has been robbed to pay
the club. The champagne has cheat?
ed the children's wardrobe. The ca?
rousing party has burned up the
boy's primer. The tablecloth nf the
cnrner saloon ls in debt tn the ssife's
failed dress. F.xcursiona thai in n
flay make a tour around a whole
month's wages, ladies, whose lifetime
business it i- to go "shopping."large
bets on horses, have their cmintcr
s nnedueated children, hank*
ruptcies that shock the money mar?
ket and appall the church snd that
send drunkenness staggering across
the richly figured carpel of the man?
sion and dashing into the mirror aral
drowning out the carol of music svith
the whooping of bloated son-* rome
home to break their old mother's
heart.
I Baw a beautiful home where the
bell rung violently late at night. The
son had been off in sinful indul?
gences. His comrades were bringing
him home. They carried him to the
door. They rang the bell at one
o'clock in the morning. Father ami
mother came down. They were wait?
ing fnr the wandering son, and then
the comrades as soon as the door
was opened threw the prodigal heat!
long into the doorway, crying:
? I h. re he is as drunk as a fool! Ha.
h;i!" When men go into amusements
that they cannot afford, they first
borrow what they cannot carn, and
then they steal what they cannot
borrow. First they po into embarrass
men! and then into lying and then
into theft, and when a man gt
far ai that he does imt stop shnrt nf
the penitentiary. There is nnt a pris?
on in the land where there are not
victims of unsanctitied amusements.
iiant. is there a disarrange?
ment in your gCCOOntSf Is tliire a
,? iii your money drawer'.' Did
not tin cash account conic mit righi
j hi? I ssill tell ymi. There is u
voting man in ymir store vs andi ring off
into bad amusements. Thc salars
vou give bim maj meet lawful expend
itiins. but imt the sinful indulgences
in which he has entered, aid he takes
l.v theft that which you do imt gise
him in lawful salary.
I go further and aay thnse are un?
christian amusements which become
the chief bu-ine.-s nf a man's life. Life
eames! thing. Whether sve are
born in a palace nt -hovel, whether we
are affluent cr pinched, we have to
ssurk. If you do nnt ssveat svith toil,
ymi will -weat with disease. Vmi have
a soul that is to >e tranalgured amid
the pomp "f a judgment day, anti after
thc sea has sung its last chant and
ths mountain shall have come down
la an avalanche of ruck ynu ssill li vi?
and think and act, high on a throne
Mhere seraphs gtng or deep tn a duu
geon where demo s howL in a world
mIuic there is so much to do for
? lies anti so much lo do for
others Ood pity that man ssim has
oothing tn dn.
1 to further and say that all Ihosi
smnaeeaents are wrong which bad Into
luid company. If you go tu any place
ssh.!.- you hase ti associate with the
intemperate, wilh the uni'ltan, with
the abandoned, however well they aaa]
be dressed, in the name of (Jot! quit it.
They ssill despoil your Balure, Phej
ssill undermine ymir moral charact. i
They will drop sou ss hen you are de?
stroyed, Thc-) will nut gil* cue acut
to suppl.i ? rom .diilili-? ii ss hi i
are di gd li m ill sst i p not ol ?
at s mir billia I.
I bad u friend in I I rare
fl illa Ile WaS nile el I ll' ti I - i to SS . 1 -
come nie Iii ms in u limn.-, loll
snnal appearance he ?
itv. franki.. or of nat in I
made tnt love him like a brother. Put
evil people gathering around
him. Tiny came np from ihe saloons,
frmn the gambling lull-. Thej
him v. ith a thousand arts. Thej
upnn his social nu: ure, and he
mu stand the charm. Thej dn
on thc rocks, like a ship, full a
shivering nn thc breakers. 1 used io
gdmonlah him. I ssmild sui: "Now,
1 wish you would qui! thosi had habits
and become a Christian." "Oh," he
WOUld reply, "I Would like to. but I
hus,, gone so fut- I don't think ll
any way liack." lu his moments nf ri -
pentanee he ssmili! go home uml take
his little girl nf lied! years and em?
brace her cults ulsively and cover h> r
with adornments snd strew around bi r
pictures ami toys and everything thal
could make hi ?? happs, and then, as
though hounded hy an evil spirit, he
would gn mu to the in tl a m ing cup. uml
th* house of shume, like a fool in the
? ction of the slocks.
I wai summoned lo his deathbed. I
hastened. I entered tbe room. I found
him, in my surprise, Is ing in full curs -
dm dress on I he lop of Ihe couch. I
put out my band. Ile graspi d
cit .div and said: "Sit down, Mr. Tal
mage, right there." I tal down. He
said: "Las! Bight I suss ms mother,
ssho h:i
sat just ss h. rc sou sii now. I' wss no
m. I sva- s\ Ide ass uki'. I lu
no delusion in Ihe matter. 1 -ass lur
just us plainly u- I see you. W
wish you would luke these strli
me. There an st ringa spun all around
ms boils. I wish you Would take i lu m
nfl' me.*1 I-uss ii was delirium. "Oh."
replied Ibe wife, "my dear, lhere i
nothing th.re, i here ii nothing l
IL .Mut on and said: "Just wh< re sou
sit. Mr. Talmage, my mother sat. She
said lo me: 'Henry. I do wish sou
would do better.' I gol out of bed. put
my arma around herandaaid: 'Moth?
er, I si an! lo tlo Itel ter. Won't vi nt help
me IO do better. Won't s oil ht lp Itu."
No mistake about it. no delusion. I
saw h.r the cap ami apron and Ihe
.'?le-, ju-t u- the used to look 2(1
year- ugo. Hut I do ssi-h ynu Would
take these strings away. Thej anno,,
me sn! I can hardly talk. Wi i
luke them assay'.'" I knelt (iou tl and
prayed, conscious of Ihe fad lhat he
did not realise ss hui I wai saying. I
gol up. I sud : "(iood-lis. I In
vv ill be bel ter -non." lb sa i.i:
bs, goiid-b\."
That night his smil neut up lo the
(inti who gave it, Arrangementa were
made for thc obsequies. Borne
"Don't bring him in the church; he i
loo dissolute." "Oh." I said, "bring
him. lie wai a good friend of mine
ss hilt- he wus alive, and I shall stand
liv liim mni lhat he is dead. Bring him
to the church."
As I sut in the pulpit und saw his
body enming np through the elsie I
felt as if I could weep tears of blood.
I told the people thal dui! "This mun
had his virtues, ami a ginni many of
them. Ile had his faull-, und a good
many of them. Bul if illili isa man
in this audience who ii withoul sin.
let him cast the Brsl stone al this cof?
fin lid." On nne side thc pulpit -at
that little child, rosy, sweet fa.
beautiful as anj child thal sal al ymir
table this morning, I warrant yon. She
looked np wistfully, not knowing thc
full sorrows of an orphan child.
Oh. her countenance haunts me to?
day, like soinc twee! face looking up?
on us through a horrid dream. <>n the
other side of the pulpit sure the mi n
wlm hud destroyed him. There thej
sat, lund visaged, some of then
from exhausting disease, some of them
flushed until ii
of Iniquity flamed through Ihe ?
and crackled thc lips. Tins were the
men w ho hail bmind him hand snd foot.
They hud kindled thc tires. Thej had
poured the wormwood and gall into
that orphan's cup Did Hus weep?
No. Did Ihey i igh repentinglj
Did they say: "What a pity lhat such
a brave man should be slain?" Vo.no;
not one bloatl d hand ssu- lifti
arlpa sway a tear from a bloated chet k.
Ihey sut and looked at the coffin like
vultures gaxing al thc cat
lamb whose hesrl tiny hail ripped out.
I cried in their . ais ai piaInlj
could: "There gre s God and i
men! day." Did Ihey tremble? Oh,
no, no. They wen! back frnm Ihi
house of imii. and thal night, though
their victim lay In Oakwood pi meti rj.
I was inhl thal tins blasphemed,and
they drank, and they gamb I
thei' ss us not io ? ?. un r in gi]
the bonsei of iniquity. Th!
man wai I Samson in physical
strength, bul Delilah sheared bin
the Philistine* of ?? v iI companionship
dug hi- ey .- mit a lld th re ss him inti i tin
prison of evil habits. Bul in the hour
of his ti. nth he rose np and look hold
of thc two pillared cur-.- ..f (....i
againsl drunki nness and uni ?
.md threw hiin-elf forward until
down upon him und his companions
there came tin thundt
catastrophe.
Agu in. iiny amusement that
you a distaste fur dome-tie !
b;itl. How luaus bright t>.
cl.s have been broken np by -
amusements! 'I be fathei
the mother sven! off. the chili'
off. Then I o-daj thi
? me of blasted households. Oh,
if ymi lune wandered away. I would
like to charm you back bj the -
of thal one word, "home." li
imt kiiosi that smi have bul
Iliorc tillie tn give to 'i"
l?o vmi lier, that
m.Ul ebiMren are -nun lo gn mit into
the world, and all the influence fnr
?
mUSl han- BOW? Death will bi ?
mi youl conjugal reis! d alas
if ymi lune ta stand ?
uuc who perished from ymir nef
,_,4-^0
SPata
THAT HATEFUL SCAR.
| ..I H..ss lt t Hiiir I pun a Lillie
Uri's l I..el. kihi thr lt*-r..r?.a
I n.ii lt \\ riiutbl.
"(? father, don't; please, don't, o'
Shs king himsell loose
Lom hi- ii.nighter the Intoxicated
fathei raised lu- arm and brought
liossn bia clenched ti-i with terrible
: p.ii his child's upi or ned, tear
stained face, knocking her senst
mi ihe ground, and causing ihe bin.ni
in large ipiantfcv lo ooze frmn her
mouth
re, now,* he remarked.edd
?ing bia daughter, "thal will teach you
hi." und without further .not ice
he hurried nut of th.- lu ni se. ba ni-ttl I he
him. anti hied him lu ihe
inure-! public house lo obtain more
ol the poi-mi that had a lie inly in flu med
anti impassioned him. a ntl w li ich a lune
via- resp, maible fm' thc cowa rd I j ami
contemptible gel he hail ju-t commit?
ted.
l.iilf an hour Mabel Williams laj
in a ss. ;tk ami faintingcondltiol
im i-i u n ci ui sit.a, when ber mother ar?
rived, and. tn lier grce! ainu/eiiienl
ami grief, found her 12-year-old
daughter ly ing on ihe floor in ga camel
au d condition.
"My child. mjf child. whai is ihe mat?
ter? Whose hand bath done thia?" The
poor mother shrieked in anguish.
'Jinn -In- bathed and washed her
daughter'i face, applied rest ora ti vee
ami ".inly placed her mi Ihe mu-- ol
si run iiml rags that did duty as s bed.
In u little while Mabel returned to
consciousness, and related i<> her
mother thr -tors of her father's ter?
rible sin. Mrs. Williams listened with
KNOCKED HER sknski.lss OM THK
FLOOR
i.-h heartburn lo thi itorj of her
? i nd! i. a ml -ccret ly pray rd
for -' i aug! h uml grace lo dn the right.
John Williams wa- a drunkard "lo
}iuil fallen from a g.1 position, ami
lion In- home ssa- u one-roomed cellar
dwelling, ninnis! barren of furniture.
ai emitr;i-i iii the well-fur?
nished silla to sshi.h 14 year- ago he
hail taken his bride. The exodus fnun
o slum life ssas occasioned bj
ii ri uk. Por drink, one after another ar
' furn il ure found its was tn the
bop, and drink alone ssas re
sponsible fnr the degradation and
squalor in which sve now timi him.
lt hutl nnt always been sn. Thc Irs!
ms. years of their wedded life had been
v.ry happy and comfortsble. The
birth of their only child. Mabel, mus a
source of great joy lo her parent-, and
time Bil was peace ami i'<ml. nt
m.-tit. with never a though! or sign nf
the Wi leno ians t hal Intuited
iii thc distance. Tbe story of Williams'
downfall which timis its counterpart
daily in thc lin- Of muns people?is
sunn told.
John williams was ? master black?
smith in a village ju-t outside a north?
ern city. Re s\it- w.-ll known iii tht
district, and his business was s good
one. ii iwai highly respected by
hbo rs, vs as a sober ami religious
iiiini. and even held office In the little
in chapel. Some ci ch! v. a rs b. -
? Itorj commences, a political
c'tili had been founded in the village.
and Wi ia ma being Jin ardent politi?
cian, wu- appointed it- s. cr. tarj. The
committee determined npon tbi
of intoxicating liquors, and William*
auk U illl the nu mb. r-.
The habit grew upon him, and be fort
i' he -> .in. d powerless. He pg
I frmn an occasional lo an In*
? liker, anti hi- dowafs
quick .'iiul sun-. Fir-i. he wa- removed
frmn office at the little chapel, and
soon a f'< r a nesv -cert tars in his Stead
w.t- appointed for thc club. He got
behindhand with his rent, ami con
unber nf debts in the to* ii.
lu up. Then he
l ? M.mehi -ter. ami amid new
surroundings snd companj resolved
? ml promised to reform. Hut he hst!
reckoned ssithmit hi- ht.-I. 'l'he devil
? i nt grip nf liim. and I
? fused lo sign the tem
i il ene up I In- drink
tforts H( reform were
?\ be sssa loo idle
I., m. I Wife had lo gO nut
IC bread for her?
od .len him. <bi the
itorj he returned
Peting tn find his wife, and
hud not returned and Mabel had
ii epa red there a
ii the hon-, ht commenced
1.1 n air! both Mabel and lu r
I sinking tn pacify him ihe
little her father.
| hod of his hand anti look
r in hil Ibee, she said, with
ir, We
. : ? r has nut
abel! better not have
ipoken. Instesd ol pecifying hai
'uih.-r. it luiil called forili in b
ind furs .am li ti him tn r
terrible crime with which
-ninitii ncc-.
Mrs. Williams w u- eia stlj n
;ii her bush
tack upon their Innocent child. lt wai
ihe rir-t time he had struck hi- i
?
his drunken caret r. H. r .up was in?
deed a very hitter one. Sow ll
? tended to Ibe wants of hi
I one, .-he dropped upon ber km ?
prayed i srnestlj thst Hod a make
: her faithful ami help her to bear ps*
1 liently th.- sorrow snd ahsmi
her husband, bj his -ins. ssa- bi
anon her. Tbi prayer Issuing from
that bruk
went straight to ihe Mercj -
lins a li. inti He vs ||.i-iier- pi
eal thc petition of His handmaid.
Then abe rosa from her knei s, tidied Ihi
room, ami look frmn her bi ski
of bread which she had brought ssith
lur ami pre pa ri d tea. Jusl a- Ih
ready, thc door opened and h< ?
band staggered lato the room.
Mts. Williams poured some ??
her husband and hamil ai ll to him. Sin
did mit even refer tn what had hap
pe n eil. and a- he did not allude in ii. nm
one word smi- said on the subject. In?
ti ced, the mea! wai partaken In all
ihe child ls iia?_r :t-!i ep iiii the bi d
Hams atc but lil
gone, and well il iiii?_? lit. for li?
llee n drinking sari lousily i '
when thc meal ssa- uni In Bgsin went
OUt. For once he bad no! .
wife for nuuiey to get drink, ai I as hi
had nniie nf bli own, instead of re
turning to the public lmu-e he walked
about the lt ree tl. By nine o'clock !n
returned home practical!.* lober. .Ins!
:t- he entered 'he door, Mrs. William*
wa- bathing Mabel's face, snd Ihi
knowledge of what he had .lone ssiih
lightning-like rapidity pierced hi- sm;
like a two-edged sword. Thi light that
ed him a us .mc that ss ill live In
hil mind io long si hi- memorj re-tain*
lu-r acet. Tl BM eli -!? ii. .! iii tin i s i -
nf his wife, and Mabel flu-he tl upon hi tv
ii bink of such tenderness and pit j thal
he fairly quailed before ber.
gazed upon the child, her f. ?
pale, minus icversl fronl teeth, lui
nose swollen beyond all propoi
and ssiih a terrible scar upon lui
cheek ss hich cun mst r b.
completely unmanned him. Palling
down before lur he burs! into
anti fur a long t Ibm sn! ss it h hi- I
his banda, sobbing like a child
wife, seising Ihe opportunity, . ? '
placed Mabel upon his knee and quietly
w ii hiiiass fiann i ht mom.
Twining lur itiin- sround his mil,
and ki--inp the teur- fruin his fa Cl
Mabel said: "Don'l cry, father, don'!
cry. li wasn't jrou thst did lt,but the
tiii-ly drink. You won'I drink snj
more, father, will tim'.'" John WI
Hams pressed his child lo hil bosom,
and ssiih terrible anguish of mil
ned: "God help me.find belp mi, I
though! it WOUld collie In !l)i-."
He then placid her gently upon Ibe
beti nnd commenced pacing to snd fr"
in the ronm. A great struggle s
ing mi in hi- mind. Angela and
alike watched thal struggle, which
lasted -cv. ral min ti ic-. At length cami
the decision. Stoopingsnd ki-**
child. .1.>liii Willismi fell upon hi
knees snd prayed for di lisa rsi ?
begged, he pleaded, ht promised; tai
while still praying hi- wife returned
A sudden bmind of jos Hill ii I ?
snd. instantly kneeling beside herhna
build, -lu mingled her praj en rn ith bit
Hiilf nu hour passed, ami still thej
prayed, and then came Ihe victory
There was j,,y in the presence of tin
? r one sinner i hat had re
jiented. John Williams rose frmn hi*
a changed man. Snd in tbal hum?
ble cellar dwelling that evening
was born a sew creature. Thi founda?
tion nf a useful career wai laid, and
from that time tn th. present Jobi
Williams has "gone about doing :?
To-day he i- u arv bu-y nnd happs
man. Prosperity hai rewarded many
Min- nf herd work to regain his
former position, ntid sow he has s
splendid home. Hi- wife and ?
ter are very happy,and Koree of nun
point their conversion lo hil ri
nnd ninnis appeal. The (CST U|
daughter's face ii ci er sn
ber fsther to work for the reels ms lion
of drink victims, nnd Thal H
Scar" lui- formed ihe theme of msnj
an el or pu nt ap pi a ss hi eh hil- ri
in many llgning I lu- tempi
Fred llodgi r, In N
vncste.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A Louisville judge say* he hat never
seen g young criminal whom
were not stnilie.l yellow. I In?
ls corroborates. Chicago rribuiie.
Cocaine sniffing i- on tba int
in th.- -oiith am- The
drug is sniffed up the nose and the
results produced are somewhat the
-ame u- those obtained by sun
au opium pipe.
Hoax "Look il! ! lie bea
linn bushley is iii. Well, ssell
nico are born fools!" .in.iv
Sud -nine achieve fonli-li
ot hei - have a foolish th rat
them. bushley collie- alua
hiail-." Philadelphia Record.
In a public milli.'-- the Ol bl
the archbishop ot ' anterh
marked thal only three y<
ut "odd" man who did I
ilulge in intoxicating liquors, bul thal
public opinion In England ssa- -..
bili changing thal it seemed
ihat before long tbe "odd" pian
be he who dui thu- indulge.
??taro tm Dtetlllvr,
Fis.- months ego Ihe Bible Temper*
une ass i.-i.ttinii offered I
to any chemist who would beft
competent commit lei
ounce of alcohol from any <| iuii! itv
nf grain, grape- ur ot Ino- rej
? nice in il- ? pro
*.ieed by nature. So far no response
as been received to the offer.
rigorous I.ni.1
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