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t CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDW, DECEMBER 2i 18S8. 1 1. u ; -fc TSIN AS A TASKMASTER. HOW THE WORLD'S TROUDLE3 ARE I DORNE QY MEN. MLUtr! Troin tho Itrlrk Kllim" Tlio Heath lied of llio liillilcl .Men tt'lm Am lull-i1t-t Am Men Without Hope What Ho- ; llgluii Does fur Mini mi Curtti. Illtnout.YN, Dee. I( -The Iti'v T Do Witt Tailing' dicourso todnv win entitled, "Lifted from tlio Uriel; KiIih." llH tost wnm "Though yo havo hln tinning tlio pots, yet shall yo Ik? ns tlio wings of n dove covered with silver, mill licr rciilher tilth yellow Kol(l."-IViltin Ixvlll, III lie said: 1 fiipxiv you know whnt the l-srnclitcs illil down In Kgyptlninlnverv. Tlio) made bricks. Anilil tlio utensils "if the luu-k I.iln lliero tveto alio other litcuul of eisihi rv tlio kt'tc tics, thu pots, the vitn, with which they pre pared their ilally food and when those xor flaves, tired of tlio day's work, lay down to rest, lliey lay ilown ntniil tlio Implements of cookery mill the Implements of hnrd work. When they nroso in tlio morning they found their gnrinciiUcovircd wllh the clay mul tlio tmoku mul tlio dint, pud besmirched iiml Ih grimed with tlio iitonMN of eool.erv lint nftern whilo tlio l.tird broke up that shivery, mid he .ikI; theso poor slaved Into n laud where they had bettor garb, bright mid clean mid l?nntifiil npparel. No nioro bricks for them to maka lot I'hnraoh make his own bricks When David In my text comes to dcscidxi the transition of theso poor Israel ites fl Din their bondage mind I he brick klliii into Ih? glorious einaiielpation for whleh Uoil had prepared them, ho says: "Though yo liii'o lain mining the pots, yet shall yobo ns thu wings of ii dove covoicd with silver, nnil li'T feathers with yellow gold " Minn Whately, tlio mithor of n eelolirnteil book, "Life In ICgypt,'' mid she sometimes saw p-oplo III tho cast cooking their food on the lops of houses, anil Hint she had often seen, just before sundown, pigeons, doves, which had, during tho heat of tho day, been hiding; among tho Lett os mid tho pans with which th" food wan prepared, picking up tho crtihittt that they might llml Just about tho hour of sunset would spread their w lugs nnil fly heavenward, entirely unsolled by tho region In which thoy had moved, for tho pigeon is n very cleanly bird. And as tho pigeons (lew away tho setting sun would throw silver on their wings mid gold on t' eir brenst, Bo you tee it was not u fur fetched simile, or mi unnatural comparison, when Da vid In my text says to theso emancipated Is raelites, mid says to nil those who mo brought out of miy kind of troublo Into any kind of spiritual joy: "Though yo have lain among tho pots, yet shall yo bo ns tho wings of n di-ve covered with silver, mid her feathers with yellow gold." now bin wuimiH uroN man's bouu tJlu is tho hardest of nil taskmasters. Worse than I'haraoh, it keeps in trudging, trudging, in n most degrndiug service; buc after t. whllo Christ comes, mid ho says: "Let my people go," mid wo pass out from among tho brick kilns of sin into tho glorious liberty of tho Oopcl; wo put on tho clean roboj of a Christian p. jf- ' ', and '.unit kib. wosonr ' nwny to tho warm nest which Ood has pro vided for id in heaven wo shall go fairer than u dove, Its wings covered with silver, and Its feathers covered with yellow gold, I nin going to preach something which some of you do not behove, and that is that the grandest possible adornment Is tho relig ion f Jesus Christ. Tticro are a great many people who hip.iuse that religion is u very different thing from what it really K Tho - reason men condemn tho liiblo I.i Ire.iuso they do not understand tho lilblo; they havo not properly examined it. Dr. .lohusou said that lliimo told n minister in tho bishopric of 4jjfDurhnm that hanovor apparently examined BKtk'a'New' .Testament, yet all his life warring hgnilnst it, ilalley, tho nstronoincr. mi gjuioiiiiccd his Ekepticism to Kir Isaac Newton, and Kir Is-inc Newton Midi "Now, sir, 1 havo examined tho subjo 't and you havo not, mid 1 urn ashamed that you, professing to bo n philosopher, consent to condemn it tiling you never havo examined." And so . liieuj'ojoet tho religion of Jeus Christ" bo cause they really havo never luvustlgateiiik. They think it something InTpructiea,!, souio thing Hint w.ll not work, se.iiethlng Peek snillhii, something hypTcrltlcal.Vymctlilng repulsive, wliou ft is so bright nhiiso beauti ful you might eo in pa re it ton cliiilllnch, you " might compare it -to u robin redbreast, you might coiniiaro It to a dove, its wI:i;ts cov ered with silver, and its foathcrj with yellow gold. Hut how is it If ft young man becomes n ChristlunI All through tlio club rooms whom lio associate-), nil through tho business circles w hero ho Is known, then' Is commis eration. They hay;fiU hut a pity that a young man who had such bright prospects should so havo been dcsjioilod by thojo Chris tians, giving up all his worldly prospects for something w Inch is of no particular present worth! Hero is a young woman who In comes n Christian, her voice, her face, her manners thu charm of thu drawing room. Now nil through tlio fasluouablo circles tho whisper goes: "What n pity that such a bright 'light should havo been extinguished, that biich n graceful gait should bo crippled, Hint such worldly pi oapucts should bo oblit erated!'' All, my frieiuU, it 'can be shown Hint religion's ways nro ways of pleasantness nil I that nil hor paihs nro pence; that leli glen, instead of lieiug dan.', mid doleful, mid Iiumi'viuosv, and repulsive, is bright mid beautilul, fairer than a dove, its wings cov ered with silver and Its feathers yellow with gold. Sic, In tho first place, what religion will do for a man's ho trt. 1 caro not how cheer ful a man may naturally bo beforo conver sion, conversion brings him up to a higher standard of cheerfulness. I do not tay ho will iiiugh uuy louder, 1 do not say but ho may stand back from some, forms of hilarity in winch hoonco Indulged; but thero comci into his soul an immense sat.sfuction. A young man not a Christian depends upon worldly successes to keep his spirits up. Now ho is prospered, now ho has largo salary, now ho has a beautiful wardrobe, now ho has pleasant friends, now ho lias nioro money than ho knows bow to spend; every thing goes bright nud well with him, Hut troublo comes tliero nro many youn uioii in tho liouso this morning who can testify out of their own exjierieuco that sometime to young men troublo does conio his friends are gone, his alary is gone, his health Is gone; goes down, down, llo becomes sour, cross, queer, mis anthropic, blames tho world, blames society, blames tho church, blames everything, rushes perhaps to tho Intoxicating cup to drown his trouble, but Instead of drowning bis troublo 'drowns his body and drowns his soul. Till! I'AUT OK A CIIUISTIAN, Iliit hero is a Christian young nmn. Trouble comes to him. Docs ho givo up? No. ilo throws himself back on tho resources of heaven. Ilo says; "(I od is my father. Oat of nil theso disasters I shall pluck ud van tage for my soul, All tho promises nru initio, O.irist is mine, Christian companionship is m uc, heaven is mine. What though my ap parel bo worn out! Christ gives men robo of riglitemniu'&s. What though my money bo gouul I have a title deed to tho whole mil mrso In tho prouilfo, '.Ml nro joui-s.' What though my worldly friends fall au: I Liu- (storing nugola nro my body guninl, What though my faro bo poor nud my bread to (cnutf i sit r.t the King's banquet," Oh, wli.it n floor, shallow stivani la worldly enjoyment coiiiutiI with the deep, broad, overflow 1113 liter of (IihI's h'.iit, rolling mid way III the Christum heiittl Sometimes) on have : ore out on the Iron bound liciich of the set when there tins been n storm on tho ocean, nud you tmeMin the Mites dash Into whllo foam M jour feit. They did liutthi you tiny harm. Whilo thern, yon thought of the chapter written I y the I'salmlr.t, nud k.'s hup J on i-iclti-il It lo ymii'sclf while tho storm wns unking commentary upon tho passage "Coil Is our refuge nud stiength, n very pivont h ;i In I. me of trouble There fore will I not fenr though the earth lo ro. moved, nud though the Mountains bo car ried li to tl.e midst of the c.t. though the wnters then-of ro.ir mul be troubled, though the mountains shako with the swell lug thereol Kel.ihf Oh, how iuileH-lnl cut the ril. gum of Christ makes n man of worldly mmivh nud worldly clr fitmntniHit' Nelson, Hie night beforo bis Inst linttle, said "Timionow I shnll win cither n peemgeor a grave In Westminster Abbey " And It does not make inuoli illirer etico to the Christian whether he rises or falls in wordly matters, ho lias inerlisllng ro ii'iun any way Uther pluiuiigu may Ui torn ill the blast, but that soul udortied with Christian gir.ee Is fairer than the dove, its wings covered with alitor, and it-s feathers with J i How gold. You and I have found out that people who pretend to I c happy niv uot itlwn.ts happy. Ijook nt Hint J cling man caricaturing tho Christian icligiou, smiling nt everything rood, goln Into roistering drunkenness, dashing the champagne liotlle to the floor, rollln;; thegl.-.sxcs from llio Uir room counter, laughing, shouting, slumping the floor, shrieking In ho happy ' I will go to his midnight pillow I w i.i see him turn the gas off. I will ask mt self if tho pillow on which ho sleeps Is as soft us the pillow on which that puro young man sleeps Ah 1 no. When he opens his cj os in the morning, will the world Ik iu bright to Hin us to Hint joung man who retired nt night sajing his prnyers. In voking (Jod's blessing M) his own soul mul tho souls of his comrades, nud father nud mother and brother mil sister fiirawnyf No, no. His laughter will ring out from the sa loon so that you hear It us you pass by, but it Is hollow laughter; in it it tho mapping of heart strings nud tho rattle of prison gates. Happy! that young man happy! I't lilni All high the bowl, ho cannot drown nil upbraid lug coiiFcienca let tho balls roll through the bowling alley; thodecp rtimblouud the sharp cruel; cannot overpower tho voices of condemnation, l't him whirl In tho dunce of (in nud temptation and death. All tho brilliancy of the m-oiio cannot inako him for get tlio last loo'; of liis mother, ns ho left home, when she said toluini "Now', my tun, ton will do right, 1 nm sure you will do right; you will, won't yotil" That young man happy? Why, across every night there lilts shadows of eternal dark ness; thero nro adders collr 1 up In every cup; tliero nro vultui3 of de-p.ilr striking their iron beuk Into his heart; tliero nro skeleton lingers of grief pinching nt tho front. I conio In umlil tho clickln"-' . ..u..-s a. .'. .-....'. . ,1m flashing of tho chuii'V Hers, nud I cry ''..' ool ..-ool Tho way of the ungodly r1k.II peri li. There Is no pence, Faith my Cod, to the wicUed Tho t.ny of trnusrosiori is hard." Oh, my friends, llieio li moro joy in one drop of Christian satisfaction than in whole rivers of sinful delight Uther wm;s may be drenched of t .e I'orin an I sp!.ai!icd of the tempest, but u . dote l!i..t conies in through tho window ! ih.i heavenly nrk bus wings llko the dove cimied with silver, nud her feathers with yellow gold. Again I remark, religion Is an adornment In tho stylo of usefulness into which it in ducU a num. Hero nivtwo young men. Tho buo hits flue culture. i'.-t;usito waidrobe, plenty of friends, gre.il tun Idly success, but ho lives for hlm'clf Ills chief caio is for Ills own comfort lie lives uselessly He die." unrcgretted. Hero Is another young man Ills apparel may uot lie s ) good, his educa tion mny not lo so thorough. Ho lives for others. His happiness is to make o'.hers happy, llftis nssolf denying as thatiltiiig soldier, falhjig in tho ranks, t.hea l.o said "Colonel, thero is no need of those, boys tlr lug themselves by carrying mo to tho hos pitul; let mo die Just where i mil." So this young man of whom I speak loves God, wants nil tho world to love him, is not ashamed to carry a bundle of clothes up that dark nlley to tho poor. Which of those young men do you ndiuiro thu better! Tho ono a sham, tho other it priuco imperial. Oh, do j on know of anything, my hearer, that is more beautiful than toteo a yijung man start out for Christ? Hero is some ono falling; ho lifts him up Hero Is a vagabond boy; liu introduces him to amission school. Hem isn family freezing to death; ho carries them a scuttle of coal Thero nro eight hun dred millions (lerishlng in midnight heathen durklicss; by nil possible menus ho trios to send to them the Gospel, lie may bo laughed at, and bo may bo sneered ut and ho may bo caricatured, lint bo is not ashamed to go every where, saying: "I nm not ashamed of tho Gospel of Christ. It is tlio power of God nud the ui-domof God uiitosalvatiou." Much it young man can go through everything. There is u force on eartli or In hell that can resist him bioNinr.vYr KPncT.vct.us in iiistuiiy. I show j on three spectacles. Kpeotiiclu tho flrt: Napoleon passes by with tlio host that went down with him to IJypt, mid up with him through Uussia, nnd crossed tho conti nent on the bleeding heart of which ho bot his Iron heel, and across tho quivering flesh of which ho went grinding tlio wheels of his gun carriagos in his dying moment nsking Ids nttcudunts to put on his military hoots for him. Hpecticlo tho second: Voltaire, bright nud learned nud witty mid eloquent, with tongue mid voice nnd stratagem infernal, warring igaltist God and poisoning whole kingdoms with his Infidelity, yet applauded by tlio clapping bauds of thrones and empires nnd continents -his last words, in delirium sup posing Christ standing by tl.o bodsido-his lost words, "Crush that wretch I'1 Kpcctuclo tho third: I'nul Haul insignifi cant in crsou, thrust out from nil rellued as sociation, scourged, sput on, hounded like a wild beast from city to city, yet trying to uiako the world good and heaven full; an nouncing ri'Mirreet on to thosu who mourned nt tho barn d rates of tho dead, speaking con solations which light up tho eyes of widow, hood and orphanage, mid want with glow of certain and eternal relearo; undaunted be fore those tt ho could take his life, his cheek Hushed with transport and his e eon heaven; with ono baud slinking dell.ineont all the fo.-s of earth and nil tho principalities of hull mid with thu other hand beckoning messen ger angels to conio nud bear him away, ns ho snys: "l nm novi ready to bo offered, nnd thotimoof my departure Is nt hand; I have fought tho good light, I have lliiished my course, I hate I cpt tho faith, heiicefoith there is laid up for mo a crow u of righteous ness which the Uird, tho ilghtoous Judge, will gito inc." Which of t o three spectacles do j ou most ad iiiro! When tho wind of death struck tho conqueror and tho uilldel they tvcio tu-xil I. i.o tea gulls in a tempest, dieiiched of i e wave mil itu of tho hurilcano, their ilUinnl voices heard through the nrrrlnstlug itorm, but when tho wave nud the wind of death struck I'uul, like nil albatross, he nindo a Hi roue if the lnnet, nud one day floated away Into tlioentm, clear summer or heat en, brighter ihaii the dote, In wings rovuvd with Rilvcrmid l s feathers with yellotv gold. Uh.nrotoi in. 1 1 1 lute wit li such u religion-n religion Unit ran do so muc'a lor it man while ho livrs, nud so much for n mini when he comes to die' I mipjmmo yen mny have no ticed the iiMtmst I iot ween tho dcp.i'ture of n Christian n i I fie departure of mi inlldrl. Deoilorus djin-, i i cliarl'i Iteeallio he could not conisise n Joke cq ml to the J ike uttered nt the other end of his labia, ZmixIh, dying In it III o' l:iu;liter nt the sketch of nil aged woman i tt.itih undo li his own Imitd. Mnr.'irln, dvlug playing cards, Ids friend hoMlug bis hands locau t he was unable to hold them hlui-elf All Hint ou one side, ctimpaivr with the departure of thcHeoteh uiiiiistrr, wlio stud to Ins Iriendsi "I have no interest ns to win i her I live or die. If I die I shall lie wllli the lird, mul If I lite the luil shall be wi,h me " Or the lust words of Washington "Is It well." Or the histwoiil of Mcintosh, the leururd nud tho gienl: "Ilapij I" Oi thu Inst tioid of llauuali More, the Chi Utluii pcu'tess ".loy I" Or those tliouvtliils of Christians who have gone, faying- "Lord .lorn, receive my spirit. Conic, lird .lisus, couio quickly." "O denthl where Is thy sting? O gravel where ii thy tictnryi" Heboid tho con trust. I'ehold tlio charm of the one, bo hold the darkness of the other Now, I know It Is very popular In this day for touug men tolbiuk there Is some' lung uiorocharni lug In skepticism than In religion They me ashamed of the old fashioned religion of Urn cross, and they pride themselves on their fi-co thinking on all these subjects .My tou.ig friends, I want to tell you what I know Iroui observation tint while ski ptictsiu Is abeam I fill land fit Hie start, it is tho groat Sahara Deselt nt the last. A HTOIlV WITH A nnu.u Veins ago ii minister's son went off from home to college At college he formed the ucqiiniiituuco of u JouiM man whom I shall call r.lluon. Allison wi.s fin liilldel. Illhson scoffed nt religion, mid tlio inlnlMor's son soon learned from lilm the iiifldebty, mid when ho went homo ou his vacation broke bis father's heart by bis denunciations of Christianity Time passed on mid vacation came, and the minister's sou went off to hm'hI the vacation, iii.d wns on a Journey nud came ton hotel The hotel keeper said: "I nm sorry that to night 1 shall have to put jou in n room ml Joining one where there Is a very sick nud dying man. lean give you no other uccoui inodatlou." "Oil," said the joung college student find minister's sou, "that will in.tko no difference to me, exc pt Hie matter oi sympathy with anybody lint is suffering" The young man ictlrcd lo his room, but could uot sleep All ulghl long he heard the gunning of the sick man, or tho step of the tt ateliers, and Ids soul trembled He thought to lumseil' "Now, tliero Is only a tl'in wall bctueui mo and a departing rplrit lt ' if Hilisou should know bow I fcclf Ilo w if I..: 'on should Hud out how my heart flutters? Wlu.t would IClllson hay If lie knew my skeptici-m five ttnyf" He slept not. In the Morning, eon. tig down hoK.nl to the hoti ' l.o ;er: "llow Is tho sick man?" "0:i,"kiiiI Hie hotel l.oeier, "ho Isdead.poor fellow I Tlio doctors tol I us ho ciuld not last through the night." "Well," i thl the young man, "what was Hie sick on ' iinmo? Where is lie from?" "Will. ' i.-tld tho hotel keeper, "lie nfrotn Provide!, oiollego." "IVovldo.ic- e.:iil What Is I s i. ho?" "Kllison." "i; I si nl" Oh, how t o t ting man was sin null It was hit oil e lege mato deed without wiy iiope. It was I any hour- befoie the ti u'l." i....n could lei.ve Unit hotil llegot ou hisbor 'hiiiiI sturteil h uio waril, mid nil thew.-i lo heard soraei uug saying to bun: "Do nil l.t Dead I l stl" Ilo came to no sat.Hl..ct.u i until he oul'Tid the Christian life, until he uiitensl theCluis tiau ministry, until ho I eenmo one of tlio most eminent iuiiioiiuiios of the cross tlio greatest Haptist miss onnry thu world has ever sren since tho days of Haul uusupi rlor to Adouirnm Judson. Mighty on o: rth, mighty in heaven Adonlrain Jin'sou. Wh eli do you like the best, .liulsou's s.;e tn ism ur Judsou's Christian life? Jiul oil's suircriug for Christ's sake, JiiiIsou'h uliuost martyrdom! Oh, young innii, tako your cholcu between theso two kinds of lites. Your own heart tells you this morning the Christian life Is inoie ndmirnble, more peace ful, inoio comfortable, nii.l more beautiful. Oh, If religion dies so much for n man on earth, what will it do for him In heaven? That Is the thought that comes to iiio now. If a soldhr can afford to shout "II117.1I" when ho goes into battle, how much more Jubilantly he can nllord to shout "Iluszal" when ho has gulned the victory I if leliu'ion is so good a thing lo havo hero, how bright a thing it will bo in heaven! I want to sec Hint young man when the gloiies of heaven havo tobed mid crow ned him. I viut to hear I nu slug when all huskiiieso of earthly colds is gone, mul ho rises up with tho great doxology. I wmit to know whnt standard ho wnl carry when marching under urclicsof peail in thu finny of banners. I I it nut to know what company ho tyill keep In n kind wiuro they aroitll kings tin I qtiet'ns lorotcr linn iter tr i nave induced ono ol you this morning to begin a better life, then I want to know it. I may not In this world clasp hands with you in frioiuMiip, I ma) not hear Irom your own lips the story ol temptation and sorrow , but 1 w ill olnsp bunds with jou it hen tho sea Is passed ami the gates are culci id. IF VU HAD HUT A rOIIHTABTU OK 113 WCN. Thnt I might woo jou to a ltter li'e, mid that I might show you tlio glories with which God eiotlies his dear ctilldrcu in henvi n, I wish I could tins morning swing back one of tho twi ho gates that tin i-o might dash upon your car one shout of the triumph, that theie might llamo upon your eyes ouo hlnai of the splendor. Oh, when I speak of t i-it good land, jou involuntarily think of tomo ouo tliero lh.il you loved -father, mother, brother, sister, or dear iittlu child g.rnered already. You want to know what they nro doing this morning. I will tell you what thoy nro doing. Singing. You warn to know what thoy wear. 1 will tell you what they wear. Coronetsof triumph. You wonder why oft thoy look to tho gnto of tho temple and watch mid wait. I will tell jou why thoy wntch and wait nud look to tho gnto of tho temple. Tor your coming, I shout upward tho uows today, for I nut suro somo of you w ill repent nud start for heaven. Oh, yo bright ones Iwftiro tho thiono, your girtlily ft lends nro coining. Angels, posing mid air, cry up tlio name, Oato l;coior of heaven, send forward the tld lugs. Watchman ou the battlements coles tlal, tluow the signal. "Oh," you say, "religion I nm going to havo; it is only u question of tune." My brother, I am afraid that you may lose heaven the way l.ouia I'hillpo loot his em ph-e, Thu I'misinu mob camo around tho Tullerles, Tlio national guard stood in do fenso of tho palace, nud tho commander bald tolmls I'lulippo: "Shall I Hreuctv? Khali I order the troops to Are? With one volley we can clear the place." "No," said Iaiuis I'lulipiH', "not yet." A few minutes passed on. mil then 1. nils I'hil.ppe, seeing thocaso was liopelcrs, said to tho goner I . In the time to Hie." "No," said the general, "it Is too Into now, ('on't you soethnt tho sob dim nru onchniigliig arms with thu cltt rent! It Is loo Into." Down went llio tlirotn of 1 ,011 Is I'lilllpiHt Awny fnim Hieoii'lh went I ho homo of Orleans, nnd nil boomi-o the king saldi "Not yef, not yet." May God forbid Hint nny of you should nil Journ this gieat subject of ivllglou, and should postpo'ienss'illlilg your spiritual foes until It Is too kite too bile, you losing n thr.uui In heaviii the way that litlls Hilllpo lol n throne n i r-iith When fie .bill reiWcrnd In might, Clnt'iiil I.i 1 1 jivtynmllUlit: Wli'-n i tie enit.i Rliull iiunlie ttlili fivtr, Wheiv, I) trliens will lliinin)Hvtrr SHORT AND TO THE POINT. A niere f iIIpii cupiiiv may rise again, hut thoieconclleiioiielstruly vanquished, Hclill lor Maryland's oyster navy costs over (iW.tXH) it year The Rln-jle Item of Mowers for entertain meiiln kIviiu by u New York inlllioiinii'u mul his w lie in 111000111111) of it j enr amounted to flft.tHXI. If witter containing lead Is passed through a (liter of phtuphutc or lime the lead Is com pletely removed ns nu Insoluble phiwplmto. A llller of nuimal charcoal can he used nd fiintageously for this put pose, rIium It con nsls largely of calcium phosphate I' H Gilmore, the noted band master, gives this terse iilltoblogriiphyt "I lliMt mw Hie light In the bogs of Comiemnrn, but I wns born in Huston In tho HUh year of my uga" According to u statement made by Gen. Mnltland n Lougrldgo wire gun undo nt Woolf. ieh has tluottu a shot twelve and ll half miles, with mi Initial velocity of k'.IICO fret K.'r second Ivlsslug is not hji mitteil to form u (xirtlon of courtship scptsiHles In ,liiun. Truly, no land liuiler the sun fs nioro In need of mis nlonarliNt - I'lltsbmg Hulloliii. The sales of public lauds In this country reached ou y (J"i,(K),),o:mi for two years pre ceding IKS.VMI. (tl.lMHMKO were realized for thu year nfler nud for last year, IHS7-SH, Cdl.lKKJ.IXXI. Mlssimi'iry Wulkur, deserlblnjr his bill of fare In Central Africa, says he occasionally has white nuts ns a delicacy, mid likes them very much, though it lakes some time to get over the lisdliu of icptigiiauci) whleh nuts at lll-st excite ns an article of dick A coniiipoiiileni scuds thu New York World the folloe lug problem, find nsks If It can lie worked out: A man has twenty seven turkey n lo kill In six days, ho is to kill mi odd number every day. Cassell's M i ;n.i.ie tells iibotit a new elec tric Invention, it h ulcctrio lighlod specta cles for surgical examination Tlio rim shuts out other light mid u small ho'iiu falls oil the sH)t under i xiiniiuntlou j There Is said to bo nothing In nil lairoim lo ' equal Hie extent nud beituty of the flower gardens and fiuit oich'iriU surrounding tlio now I loud del Monte, at Monterey, Cak, which nro said to hnve cost the railroad cuiiijuiny- owning the establishment f loO.OOO. The original iuteu'tor of the bell punch sold his patent for fill), .'.lid t!ie eooiiianv purchasing it made hundreds of thousands of dollars out of it. It is not known what the original inventor of thu whisky punch sold his patent for, tint hundreds of thousands of dollars have boon made out of that, too, Norristowu Herald Souiootio liast.ald. "The crop whleh makes the prolll Is Hie one that lioau the average " An exchange says: "Wo want tourouse pub lie utteiitioii to this fact. If fanners wero less niixious to buy luoro laud, nud inoi-o anxious to cultivate it lint they Pate up to tlio highest possible point of fertility, It would mid iiii-nlftiluhly to our national re sources. We mil too proud of liroul acres, nud hate not enough ambition in tlio liuoof deep acres," Tho inspector general of publ o works iu Franco has recently inado an ofllclal icport to the minister of agriculture, drawing at tention to the vast advantages of the Judi lions employ nu tit ul llio irrigating facilities iu augmenting material lesuurccs and thu wealth of a country. Ilo says the gain is not to Imj measured by- millions, but by milliards. In 1'rniico throe cuttings of hay nro seemed by.it annually. Iln lliuggeil Hin Mialiii, (Uillsoi. .lolly, a well kiioitu negro of tlrceiie coutity,,was iiltficked by a largo rat tlesnake n bou l three Hides from here. He threw his bundle down mid madu for the nearest troe, which hapjciicd to lo a persim mon lieu loaded witn uj-o f 1 mi, into which ho quickly clilillied, l.lioekiug olf souio of the iihj Hrsiiuinoiis as he iiiaile Ins way up into the l-eo. When tho snake arrivid at the foot of t ie tree instead' of climbing up after tho negro ho lii-gun to eat the fruit tvlueli had lalluu to tho giouiid. After tho snake had lluisheil devouring nil tlio persimmons in sight ho began to coil himself around the Heo preparatory to climbing It. Tho flight oiled uegio, seeing tlio siuil.o hud eaten tho fallen porBinunon.i, g.ituu oil a handful and throw liietii to thu i')o..iid; then tho sniiUo uncoiled from 1. round tne trev and liegnu to enl tlio fruit tho d.i:..y had tliiowu down. This was lejx itod sit,rul tuni, when thu ii Hi. bi'lhou.'iil liiiiisiii of a small vuil of morphine tt iuc.i ho wus ou 1 y ing home to Ins nek vtife. Ilu spill. on 11 si'vi nil iersllitluoiis undciuptiiil the contents of iIk-vi.,! ujii them nud droptcil them to tho soul.o, ul.it iinuicdl itely itto thein. 1 iio ilru; iii-ttil iil.eu cliurin upon thu snake, nud bo wns bomi ly mj bolj lenNUHJii the ground The negro i liinlieddowu Mid inn to u hoiisu near by mid sei urod help, nud rot 111 ned nud dispatched tlio siul.o, lying lielpIeMt .roin llio elfeels of tho morphine. Tho snake was eighteen feet long, sis iuelios in diunioti r, mul h.i I forty-four rattles and a button on the end of his tail, mid hud Iteen. tho terroi of Tubb's creek s.tnmp for tho past twentv live or thirty years, -li.iiuc&villu lAlu 1 Messenger. A ItemiirUiililo Uiiihrulla. Among tlio many curio collectors Iu Now York city there is ono old gentleman who de clares his umbrella to bo hn greatest treasure. It is his inseparable companion, nud ficcom panics him wheiover hogoes. Tliu linudlu is inado from 11 piecu of tho Charter Oak, 111 which is set ii small triangular piece of stono shpinsl from l'h mouth Itoek, tho stick is inado from a branch of the old 11111 ticunt C.iiubridgo under tv Inch Washington assumed command of tho colonial 11 rimes, the brass capon tho loner end of tho stick is made (10111 the triiuuun0sof a sword sc.1hu.1rd once iisetl by len. (iiant; the green covering originally served as- the lining of a coat worn on state occasions by tho suave uml courtly Aaron Dm r; tho ribs, springs and other metal trapping wero inuiiiifiictiired from a small steel camion captured by the Americans from tho Hessians nt thu battl j of llrnuilywiiie, Bight oblong pieces of brass have been Inserted iu us many subs of tho octagonal handle. They wire inado from buttons cut from tho military couu of eight gcnernU fniuotis in the Revolutionary war. Vhooituer of this uuiipio umbrella values it nt fUOO, docs not bellovo In keeping his treasure under look nud key, but nukes free use of lit Interesting osossion, llostou Truuscript. New Year Calling Cards. As thU beautiful nulom of cnllliij; on New ViMrVday Is lo be more gcnernll.v oassrvml tlt.in lionsloforu, Tlio Wentol I'rlntlnx Co., Iirm received ii lino of Hip finest CALLING CARDS over ltown in the Cltt . Tne line com ulscs a vnilely of thu finest nud iiieu nrttsilo delgu, ranging In pihe fnun $111 lo fioiipcr hundred. FOR BUSINESS MEN wo lmve 11U0 n line line oi New Year .SoiivcnlcrH lo scud by mull. Those, arc ImiiiUoinely llltimlna'cd, li no eiivcloics and urc pet feci hioiIcIn of nit. We slmll he pleased to quite price, or .end agent If requested. Telephone J53. Wessel Printing Company, CoiJiiicis1 Oi'i'iou The lock now being new mid coniplcle It would he well for patrons to call early before tho lusoitincnt It broken mid butt designs nro taken. Most Popular Resort in the City. ODRLL'S DINING HALL, fl MONTIiHMIJKY IILOCK, 1 1 19, 1 121 and 1 iy N Street. Meals 25 ets $.1.50 per week. JT VKKr- ?A H&i73?6' JZfWA Wheic nil .tlnds of Buggies, Carriages or Saddle Horses, Can be bad at ant uc, Day or Nielli, on short notice I I'rses Hoarded and .jiken care of at Reasonable Rates Call and see us, 1027 Q street, or give all orders by Telephone 1.J7. From Mother Goose To Herbert Spencei IS THIS RANGE OK HOOKS AT .H, W. BROWN'S, CALL AND SlilJ TIIK.M. 1:7 S. ULIJVBNTII ST. COOPER'S Merchant Tailoring , ESTABLISHMENT, Webster & Hriscoe Hlock, uq South nth Street. J.W.SMITH, Representative. We carry a 1'ull and Complete line of Fotoijjn mul Uotncstic Cloths in all .Shades and Colors. Alout Mrmliila, III , Am at ii. III, and .)(., la. "OUR MOTTO" Kit 10 VoiMc, Corroot Stylos, Popular Prices. MAX MEVEI cSc BRO,, LINCOLN PIANO PARLORS, C. M. HANDS, Manager, Healers In high Krnile I'Iiiiiim: Ihe stniulaAl Sleinwnv A Son's, Chlekerlut; mul KiuiIhi , Co. lie elegant lla-lir Urns. A Co. and Vine .4 Sou, the durable James M. Slurr .t Co., the celelirnted Story ('lurk ni-giuis. I'lutios sold on Installments or for eitsh. Old iiistnuueiils taken In ex change. An hivltnliun exteiidisl to all to examine these liisiiiiiiientMiud get prices that you can not get elsewhere. 12 22 O ST. CAPITAL Steam Dye and Cleaning Works, S. R. MANN, Proprietor. Ladles nnd Gents' Clotliluj Cleaned, Dyed mul Ucp.thcd on Short Notice. Twenty five per cent discount on all IMuuhes, Velvets and Sealskins Steamed for the next Sixty Days. v A'tnr nun it m.oci'. FINEST LIYERY RIGS In the City nil ionic from the Graham Brick Stables 1027 Q STREET, xi North nth Street. I 2 2 2 O ST. w
