Pike County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 October 1889 — Page 4

IVbrtbe subject of a reoaffWmon iu ■^the Brooklj u Tabernacle R>t. T. DeWitt Talmag* look: “The 8huru ks>ck* of 8amu’.’ ilia lest was: » atni, and ace where n hi* treat strength Iqr what means we may prevail •t him, that we way Wad. him to aU let .and we will gi ro thee every oh* of na i hand ed pieces of stiver. —Judge* xvi, &. (tee thousand pounds, or about five thousand dollar* of our- money, were thus offered for the capture of a giant. It would take a skillful photographist to picture 8ainson as he really was. The most facile word* nre not supple enough to dcscribti him. He was a giaut and a child; the conqueror aud the defeated; able to si:.ap a lion’s jaw. and yet captured by Iho sigh of a maiden. He wa* ruler aud «'lave; a commingling of virtue and vice, the sublime and the ridiculous; sharp enough to m*ke a good riddle, and yet weak euough to be caugh: la the most isnyerftcial stratagem; honest euough to settle hi* debt, and yet out* rageously robbing maudi-dv rise to get the materiat to pay it; a miracle and a acofflig; a crowning glory and a buruiug aliamn. There he stands, looming up above otbtr men; a mountain srttflesb; nls arm* hunched with muscle u5fi can lift the gate of a city; taking nn attitude defiant of armed meu aud wild beast*, lit* hair It ad never been cut, aud U rolled dowu iu seven great plaits over hiq shoulders, adding to his fierceness aud terror. The Philistines want to conquer , him. and therefore they must flud out where the secret of hi* strength lie*. There is a woman living tu the Valley of ttorek by the name of Delilah. They appoint h rr, the ngent in the case. The I’btltstiuei are secreted lu the same building, tied theu Delilah g >es to work and coaxes 8 imson to tell what is the secret of Ms strength: "Well,” he says, "if you should take seven green withes, such as they fastru wild beast* with, and put them around Die, I should be perfectly powerless." So she binds him with the seven green withe*. Then she claps her hands, and soys; "Tiey c»nie — the Philistine*!" aud he walks out at though there were no impediment. She coaxes him again, aud says: "How tell me the secret of this great strength," aud he replies: "If yon should take some ropy* that have never beeu used, aud tie me with them. I shoul I be j i*t like other iu*n." 8he Ilea him with the rapes, clapa her hands and shouts; ••They come—the Philistines!’’ He walk* out as easy-w he did before—not a single oludfur\ion. 8he coaxes him again, aud bo *0,8: "How, if you should take these seren loug pl.ill* uf h»jir, and by this house loom weave them luto a web, I could not getaway." So the bouse loom It rolled up, and tlie shuttle files backward aud forward, a m* '.he loug plaits of hair are iuws .u„m a web. Theu she clap* her and says: ‘They come—tlie Phi* Stines!" He walks out,as easily as he ^ltd before, dragging a part of the loot® with him. But after awhile sho persuades him to tell the truth, tie say*: "If you Should take a rstur, or shear*, and cut efff this long hair. 1 should be powerless, aud la the bands of my enemies." Samson sleeps, and, that she may hot wake him up during the process of shearing, help is called lu. You know that tile barbers at the East hive such a skillful way of niinnipulating the head to thin Tcty day, they will put a man. wide awake, asleep. 1 hear the blades of the sliour* grading against each other, and 1 see the long lock* fulling off. The shears, >r rar-r, see nipli-hir* what green wit lies, nl new rope*, and l ouse loom cotfld not do. Suddenly she clap* her handn and say*: "Tlie Philistine* be apou thee, Samson!" He rouse* up with a strugglo, but hts strength is at) gone. He is lit tills hand* of hi* eaeini**! 1 hear the;groaa of the giant as they take his eyes mu>, and theu I see turn staggering on tui hi* blindness, feeling hi* way a* he goes ou toward Ossa. The prison door h opened and the giaut i* thrust tu. He sits down aud pui* his bauds ou the mill crank, which, with rxhaustiug borixontnl uioitdu, goe* day after day, week after werk. mouth after month—work, work, work 1 Tie consternation of the world in eaptivitr, hi* lock* shorn. bis eye* punctured, grinding corn in data. In a previous sermon on Ihi* cliaraeter i learned some lessons, but another elass of lesson1* are before ns now. Uearn first bow rery strong people nrp sometim s coaxed into great imbecilities. Samson bad no rig lit to reveal the secret of hts strength. Drlilah’s first attempt to flud out Is a failure. He says: ••Green frithes will bind me,'* nut it was a failure Theu he say*: "A uew rope will bind me." but. that also was a failure. Theta he says: "Weave my lock* into a w«b au l that will laud me,” yet that also was a failure. But, at last, yon tee how she coaxed It out of him. Uo-tu.p-rtaiit sellout iu life that Involve no moral principle may without Injury be subjected to ardent persuasions, but a* soon as you have come to the line that separatei right from wrong; ao -inducement or 'blandishment ought to make yon atep over i«- Suppose a tuau has been brought ip In a Christian household and sacredly do observe tbe Sabbath. Sunday «**»*«sj fot :raut 'resh air. Tcmptatt«n says: get awt up ant A* for« k. ■^.i.-i with ll

from the ‘ k r; “I uCVer ' "wands,y is just like other days; now don’t b« bigoteil; we will ride forth among he works of God; the whole earth ts ’Ilia temple; we will not go into an]T dissipation*! come, now, 1 nave the i carriage eugaged. and we aball be back ■voii enough togu to church in the even* ing; don’t yield to Puritanic notions; yon will be no »orge for a ride in the country; the blossom* are out. aud they aay everf thing la looking gloriou-i.” ‘•Well. I will go to please you.” is the response. And out they go over the street, conscience drowned iu the clattor of the (wift hoofs and the rush of the resounding wheels. That tempted man may have had moral character enough *•> break the green withe* of ten thousand Philistine allurements hut he ha* been overcome by cosxiug. Two young men passing down this street cioue opposite a drinking saloon, Willi a rod lautarn hnng out froi door to light men to perdition. “bet ui go iu.” says one. ”N«; 1 wou’t,” says the other go to stti h places.’1 ■ ''Now, you don’t say yon are as weak as that. Why. 1 have been going there f»r two years and it hasn’t hurt me. Corns; ce me. now, be a man. If yon cau’t stand any thiug stronger, take a little sherry. You need to see the world as it l*. I don’t believe iu iatemperanco any more thi a you. 1 can slop drinking just when I want to. Yon shall go. Now, gome right along.” Pert us s ion had conquered. Samjon yields tc the coesing and there is carutvai in h«ll that night amoug the PhUls* tinea aai they short: “Halts! We’ve got him.” 1 who have the kindest and most lattstic natures are the most iu danYi ur very disposition to please rs will be tba very trap they aet. If l warn cold and harsh and severe in Jure you would not be tampered People never fondle a hedgehog. 1 sentimental Greenlanders i an iceberg. The warmth aud IHy of your nature will eatbe siren Though strong look ont ter Dolilah’i scissors. who jfrtt fits overcome by coaxing.

i ha Ho» whim one day plunged o« «*w« from the thicket utterly succumb* to the silken n»t which Delilah weave* for the giant. He who had driven an army in riotous retreat with the bleached jaw bone, smiting them hip and thigh with great slaughter, now falls captive at the feel of an unworthy woman. Delilah in the Bible stands in the memorable company of Adah, and Sitlab, and Bathaheba, and Jesebel, and Athaliah, and Herod ia«. How deplorable the 1b finance of snch in contrast with Rebecca and Phoebe and HoMah and Trypbona and Jepbtba's daughter. and Vary the Mother of Jesus. While the latter glitter in the Armament of God's world like constellations with steady c'leeriul holy light, the former shoot like baleful meteor* aeross the terrified heaven*, ominous of war, disaster and death. It there la a Divine yover iu the good mother, ber. fsce bright with parity, an unselfish l«ve beaming from her eye, a gentleness that by pangs and snfferiugs and holy anxieties has been mellowing and softening for many a year, uttering itself In every syllable, a dignity that can not be dethroned, united with the playfulness that will not be checked, her hand the charm that will iustanlly lake pain out of the child** worst wound, her presence a por|>etiial benediction, her name onr defense wheu we are tempted, her memory nu otitgushiug well of tears and congratulation and thnhksgirln?, her hearen a palm-waving aud » coronal: then there Is just as great au influence in fhe opposite direction in the bad mother, her brow beclouds,I with uugoverned passion. her eye flashing with nnsauctified Are, her lips the fountain of fretfulness and depravity, her example a mildew and a blasting, her name a disgrace to coining generations, her memory a signal for bitterest auathema. her eternity a whirlwiud aud a suffocation and a darkness. Oue wroughead *d. wronghearted mother may ruin one child, an l that one child, grown up, may destroy a hundred people nnd the hundred blast n tbousnud. and the thousand a million. The wife** sphere i« a realm of honor ami power almost unlimited. What a blessing was Sarah to Abraham, was Deborah to La pidoth. was Z.pporah to Moses, was Uuldah to Kballnm. There are multitudes of men iu the marts of trade whose fortunes have beeu the result of a wife’s frugality. Four hands have been achieving that estate, two at th« store, two at the home. The burdens of life are comparatively light when there are other hnud*to help ns lift them. Th» greatest difilcullle* have often slunk away because there were four eyes to look them out of countenance. What core you for the hard knocks in the World ns long as you have a bright d« m««lie circle? One cheerful word iu the evening tide a* you come in has silence*! ihe clamor of uupaid notes aud me disappointment of poor investment*. Your table may be quite frugally spread, but it seems more beautiful to you than many tables that smoke with venison aud blush with Burgundy. Peace meets you at the door, ait* beside yen at the table, lights tip the evening and slugs iu the nur-ery. You have seeu an aged couple who for scores of years have helped each other on in life's pilgrimage going down the steep of rears* Dong association has made them much alike. rej deed at the same advent, they iTul ever tht siftue cradle, they wept at same grave. Iu the evening i^hey nit qcieliy thinking of the past, mo.thsr knittiug a* the stand, father in his armchair at the fire. Now and then a grandchild comes, aud they look at hint with affection untold and route well-nigh spoiling him with kindnesses. The life currents beat feebly In their pulses, nnd their work will soon be done, and tbe Master will call. A few short day* ntay separate them, but, pot far apart iu tunc of departure, they join each other on the other side the flood. Hide by side let Jacob aud Rachel be buried, bet one willow overarch their graves, t. -t their tombstones stand alike matked with the same Scripture. Children aud grandchildren! will route in the spring lime to bring flowers. The patriarch* of the town w 11 cuute and, drop a tear over departed worth, .Hide by side 4at the mart iage altar. Hide by side iu tbe tong journey. Hid- by liU» in their graves. After life's fitful fever they slept Well. , Rut there are, as my subject suggests, domestic scenes not so tranquil. tVhat a curse to JobAnd Poliplmr were their coin (mutant, to Ahab was Jex*bel, to Johoram was Athaliah, to John Wesley was Mrs. Wesley, to Rantsou was Delilah. While ihe most excelent and trinmphaut exhibitions of characters we find among the womeu of history, aud the world thrills with Ihe uatttes of Marie Antoinette and Jo.epbine, aud Joan of Arc and Marla Theresa anl hundreds of others, who have ruled iu the brightest homes nnd snug the sweetest cantos anleuchaulo.l the nations with their art aud swayed the mightiest scepters, on the other hand the names of Mary the First of Raglan 1. Margaret of Franc**, Julia of Rune, aud Eiix ibeth Petrovna of Ros-ia, have scorched the eye of history with their apoiiiiiiatioiit, ami their Haute-, like baulshed spirit-, have gone shrieking aud cursing through the world. Iu female biography we And the two extremes of excelence and crime. Womau stand* nearest the gale of Heaven or ucare.sfthe door of bell. While adorned by grata; -he reaches a jwaiit of Christian elevation which tuau can not attain, aud when blasted of crime she sink* deeper than man can plung *. Yet i am glad that the instances in which woman makes utter shipwreck of character are comparatively rare.

« some cym 11 spins wua« no you d»with tho^s words ill Ecv-lesiate* where Solomon says: Itehotd, th>» here 1 lo«nit, snllh Ihe pir.u'hrr, couuiluy one by one to Bud out lb* account; wbicb jwi wj soul srekelh, but I Hud cot: t>uv m»u raom! a thousand burr 1 found, but n woman among nil thus* hare 1 not found! My i* that if Solomon bad bebnvod himself with common decency auJ kept «nt of infamous circles he would uol hare Usd s » much difficulty in flodiug Jo* Icgrliy of character and never would hare uttered such a tirade. Ever since my childhood 1 have heard speakers ad* minus Diogenes. thecyuical philosopher who lived iu a tub, for going through the streets of Athens in broad daylight with a lantern, and when asked what he did that for said: \ 1 sin looking for'aa honest man. Now, I warrant that that philosopher who hud snch hard work to find an honest man was himself dishoaesl. 1 thiuk he stole both the lantern and the tub. So, whea I hear a man expatiating on the weaknesses of women. 1 immediately sue* pect him, and say there Is another Solomon with Solomon’s wisdom left oat. Still, 1 would not have the illustrations 1 bare given of transcending excelenoy in female biography lead yon to suppose that there are no perils In woman’s pathway. Mod’s grace alone can make an Isabella Orahatn, or a Christina Alsop, or a Fidelia Kiske. or a Catherine of Siena. Tempiajtions lurk about the brightest domestic circles. It was no unmeaning thing when God set up amidst the splendors of Hu word the character of the infamous Delilah. Attain, this strange story of the text leads me to consider some of the ways in which strong men get their locks shorn. Mod, for some reason best known to Himself. made the streugth of Knutson to depend on the length of his hair; when the shears dipped It his strength was gone. The strength of man is variosly distributed; Sometimes it lies in physical development, sometimes to Intellectual attainments, sometimes in heart force, sometimes In sodal position, sometimes in financial accumulation: and there Is always a sharp shears realty^ to destroy it Every day there are Samsons nngianted. 1 saw a yonag man start in Ufe under the most cheering advantages. Bis newts mind was Trt—homo in nil seientific dominions. Hs reached note only nil ragged attainmentt, bat by delicate app'oeiatioa ho could catch the tinge of the cioud and the sparkle of the wave and the diapason of the (banders. U« walked forth tn. life head and shoulders above others la mental stature. He could wrestle with giants in opposing systems of philosophy, and carry off th<» gates of opposing schools, an t smite the enemies of troth hip and thigh with SIt&tllllltfkttf Hat W| Kawan (a tffmDAf

— Philistiaei of doubt, imI darkness and despair were up >n him. U» died to a very prUon of unbelief, hU eye* out Pur back In the country dislrl&s-juat whore I pnrimneiy omit to »ajr—there was bora one whose fume will lust us Ion{ us American institution*. His name wus u terror to htl enemies of free government. He stood the admired of willlous; the Natlnw uncovered in his presence, end when he spoke senates sat breathless under the spetf the plottors against good government attempted to bind him »1th gteeu withes and weave his lacks in a wets yet he Walked forth from the enthrallment, not knowing he had burat a bind. Bat from the wine cnp there arose a destroying spirit that came forth to capture his soul. He drank until his eyes grew dim ond his kuees knocked together and his strength failed. Kthansted with life-loug dissipations, be went home to die. Ministers pronounced eloquent eulogium*. and poets snug, and paiulers sketched, and sculptors chiseled the majestic form into marble, aud the world wept; tmt everywhere it was known that it was strong drink that came lik? the infamous Delilah, and his locks were shorn. From the hdand of Corsica there started forth a nature charged with unparalleled energies to make throuea tremble and convulse the earth. Piedmont, Napljjs. Bavaria, Germany, Italy, Austria and England rose up to crash the rising man. At tho plunge of his bayonets bastiles burst open. The earth groaued with the agonies of R voli, Austerlits, Saragossa and Eylau. Fire million men slain in his war*. Crowns were showered at his feet, and kingdom* hoisted triumphal arclies to let him puss uud r, and Europe was lighted up at the conflagration ef consuming cities. He could almost bare made a causeway of humaa bones between Lisbon and lliscow, Mo power short of Omnipotent O.Ai could arrest him. ltnt out i f the ocean of human blood there arose a spirit in which the couqueror found more iuau a match. The very ambition that rocked the world was now to be hts destroyer. It grasped for too lunch, aud in its effort tost ail. He reached up Sifter the scepter of universal dominion, but slipped and fell back into desolation and banishuieut. The American ship, damaged of the storm, to-day puts up iu 81. Helena, and the crew go up to see the spot where the French ez'le expired iu loneliness and disgrace, the mightiest o!' all Samsons shorn of bis locks bv ambition, that most merciless of ail Delilah*. 1 have not time to enumerate. Evil associations, euddetr successes, spendthrift habits, miserly proclivities and dissipation are the names of some of the shears with which men are every day made powerless. They have strewn the earth with the carcasses of giants and filled the great prison house with destroyed Samsons, who ait griudiog the milts of despair, their lock • forn and their eyes oni. If parents only Knew to what temptations their children were subjected they would be more euuest in their prayers, amt moreHtarefuflu their example. No young man escapes having the patlfway of tin pictured to bright colors before him. The first time 1 ever saw a city—it was the City of Philadelphia—l was a mere lad. 1 stopped at a hotel, and I remember to the eveutide a corrupt man plied, me with hit infernal art. He saw I was green, lie wanted to show me the sights of the town. Ho painted the path of sin until it looked like emerald; hut 1 was afraid of him. I shoved back from the basilisk. I made up my mind he was a ba-i’isk. 1 remember how he reelel his c iafr aronud in front of me and with a cmcontraled and diabeticil effort attempted to destroy my soul; but there were good t.ngelt in the air vhat night. It was no good resolution on my park but it was the all-encompassing grace of a good G >d that delivered me. Beware! Beware! Oyouug man. * There is a w ay that seemeth right unto a man. but the end thereof is death. If alt the victims of an impure life in aii lands and ages eonld be gathered together. they would make a host easier than that which Xerxes tod across the Hellespont, than Ti'no'ir led across India, than William the Couqueror led across England, than Abou-Bjkr led across Syria; and iif they could be stretched out in single flic across this continent, I think the vanguard of th« host would stand on the beach of the Pacific while yet the rear guard stood on the beach of the Atlantic. 1 say this not because 1 expect to reclaim any one that has gone astray ia this fearful path, but because 1 want to utter a warning for those who etill maintain their integrity. The cases of reclamation of those who have given themselves fully ap to an impure life are so few, probably you do not now one of them. I have seen a good many start onl on that road. How many have 1 seeu come back? Mot one that 1 now think of. It aeemu as if the spelt of death is on them and no human voice or the voice of God can break the spell? Their feet are hoppled, their wrists are handcuffed. They hare aronud them a girdle of reptiles 1 uuchcd at the waist, fastening them to an iron doom; every time they breathe the forked tougues etrike them and they strain to break away until the tendons sunp and the blood exudes; and amidst their contortions they cry ont; ••Take me back to my father's bouse. Where is my mother! Take me home! Take me home!’*

lucks of whose strength ere boiug toyed with, let me lell jr<*u to escape lest the shears of destruction take your moral and your spiritual integrity. Do you hot see your sandals be.'ihning to curl uu that red-hot path? This day. in the name of Almighty God. I tear off the beautify* tug rail and the embroidered mantle of thie old hag of iniquity, and I show you the ulcers and the bloody ichor nnd the cant ered lip and the parting joints, and the macerated limb*, aud the wriggling putrefaction and 1 cry out: Oh. horror of horrors! In the silliness of this 8abbath hour 1 lift a warning. Remember it is easier to iturra bad habits than to get clear of them; (a one minute of time you may get into a sin from which all eternity can not get you out. < Oh, that the voice of Gi>d’s truth might drown the voice of Delilah. Come into the ways of pleasantness and the paths ol peace, and by the grace ota pardoning G«d start for thrones of hdtfor and dominion upon which you may reign, rather than travel the road to a dungeon where the destroyed grind in the mills of despair, their locks shorn and their eye* out. REMOVING PAINT, Rew Method I That Are Fur : eagh Thaw the Old rrwm The ordinary process of scraping old paint or horning it off is hardly expeditions enough for irenersl purposes sad is also laborious. Soda aadqaicklime are far rnorw thorough, and the paint Is mors quickly removed. Tim solution of halt soda and half quicklime to thus made, The soda is dissolved in 'ratal, the lime to then added, and the soivtloe can be applied with a brush to tha *ld paint A law memento to snOMent to remove the coats of paint, which may bo washed off with hot water. Many preparation!! ore told for the removal of paint, aU c>t them having some basis of alkali A pel to of potash and strong lime is far more effectual In operation, and tha oldest paint can bit removed by Ik After ward a coaling ol vinegar or sold should be used to cleanse the surface before re. Fir removing varnish, spirits ol Is used, but it to a alow prooess, and neveral applications are^ncecssary ptojed**buTlt Mu'totoM carefully by ‘ bands, or the surface of the

British Government 8135,000 a year *or the pi ivilege of piaoing o soap ami pill advertisement Ott the postage stamps. the advertisement to ho put on at ton time the can* oeliug is doae and tog too same machine. Tub total production of Bessemer stool in* gets in the United States in toe grot half of 1880 amounted to 1,MM86 gross tons of 8,840 pounds. The quantity of all kinds of siSos of Bessemer Meet rails rolled in this country in the Bret half of 1880 was 643,473 areas tons. A merman industry has sprang up near Albany, N. Y„ since 1888, that of supply ing crushed stone for asphalt and macadamised roads. The quarry from which toe stone is | taken is operated night and day. One thou- | sand tons of rock a day are crushed and 390 ! | cars are used in transporting the fragments i of rock to all parts of the country. A scums is on foot to combine toe fruit dealers of ail the principal cltica of the country intoaoorporation which shall absorb the Florida Grange crop, build bouses for ) packing the name on the peninsula, and dlsj tribute and sell fruit throughout the ooun- ' try. The business is now said to suffer ; from irregular and uneven distribution of ' the product. A srsnicvrs of Chicago and Philadelphia | fruit dealers will plant at Pomona, Los Angeles County, Cal., the largest figorchsrd in the world. Two hundred acres will be put into the choicest Smyrna and j , Syracuse fig*-, The syndicate expect to pro- I ducc dried figs fully equal to the best imported varieties. The fig grows in CaliS forma from Shasta to San Diego, and gen- j orally produces two crops n year. IH niso the last “cereal year” there were loaded and cleared from San Francisco 381 | sailing vessels with flour nod grain, ninety- ! three more then last year. Most of those j were laden with wheat for Europe. Three i cargoes of oarley came to this port; four of wheat went to Kio Janeiro, three to Callac and one to Valparaiso; six of wheat, one of barley, and one of wheat, barley and oau went to Australia, and one cargo of flour was sent to Hong Kong. Tax waters of Scotland were productive ' \ of a large revenue last year. The value of . the cured flsh is put doivu by the fishery : I board at 111,334,873, while the fresh tish sold ! ; for use brought £717.057. Shell flsh pro. j ducod a return of £71,728, making a gross | : total of £3,113,157. The value of salmon is estimated at £340,018, making the grand j ; total of the sea and salmon fisheries of : Scotland £3,353,173. In these* fisheries the S total cured herrings are credited with j £1,174,815, and fresh haddock with £333.134. • The number of lives lost was fifty-nine, against 156 in 1887, and the loss sustained in ; boats and fishing material amounted to ; £49,836._ FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS; Pkotauoius, n Greek philosopher, was at • first a common porter. Axxnsiok, the author of “Pleasures of 1 Imagination,” was the son of n butcher in j Ne\voasile-upon-Tyne. CuiNtucs, a philosopher, was a pugilist, and also supported himself at first by draw- | tng water and carrying burdens. ^Esor, Publius, Syrus, Terrence and Epictetus- alt distinguished men in ancient times—were serfs at their outset lu Ufa Banpoccin, one of the learned men of the sixteenth century, was the son of a shoei maker, and worked for many years at the : same business. Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury, who 1 flourished* in the sixteenth century and distinguished himself by opposing the schemes of Charles I., was the son of a doth-worker at Guildford. Oxixi, a celebrated Italian writer, began i life as a tailor, and although he rose to I eminence in literature, never forgot his ' original profession, which he took pleasure ; in tnenllctoMtop his lectures. Ammkmi s Saccomutvs, founder of the Mystic Philosophy at Alexandria, was born ; in poverty, and originally earned his sub- | sistence by carrying sacks of wheat— whcuce the latter part of his name. D'Alxmbsht, the French mathematician, was left at the steps of a church by his parents, and was brought up by a woman as a foundling, yet arrived at great celebrity, and never forgot or abandoned his nurse. Tux elder Opie, whose talent for painting was well appreciated, was originally a working carpenter in Cornwall, and was discovered by Dr. Wolcott (otherwise Peter Pindar) working as a sawyer at the bottom of a saw-pit Amyot, a French author of some celebrity for bis version of Plutarch, Uved in the sixteenth century, and was at first so poor as to be unable to afford oil or candles to assist his studies, which he had to carry on by fire-light, and allthcsustenance his parents could afford him was a loaf of bread weekly. Phot. Ustsx, of Gottingen, one of the greatest classical scholars of his own or aar otber age, was the son of a poor weaver, and for many years had to struggle with the most depressing poverty. The efforts of this most exceUent man of genius sp. pear to have been greater and more protracted than U ose of any other oa record, but he was finally rewarded witn the highMi honors.

MITES OF MERRIMENT. “This is the prop her position,” said a young man, as he placed his arm around a maiden’s waist. CcsTonen-'-OiTe me a doses fried oysters.” Waiter-“Sorry, sah, hut we’s all out o’ shell-ttsh, sah, Veptin’ eggs.” AVusn a young lady begins to manifest an interest in the arrangement of a young man's cravat his bachelor days are num. be red It is time to begin to hoard money. “Weil, Unde Cicero, what makes you look so glum I” “Well, sah, to tell you the trufe, my ole woman has begun to make buckwheat cakes and she hasn’t got into the swing of It yet, sah.” Gestaout claims to have discovered a substance that is three hundred times an sweet ns sugar. It is not known what that substance is, but it is supposed to be about eighteen years old and to have n fondness for ioc-cream. Father (on n steamer)—UI don’t know what to do with that hoy. He aggravates me terribly. He needs severe chastising, but this is no* place to do lk” Mother (equally oppressed!—'-Take him up on deck, Henry. 1 heard the captain say just now that there was a spanking hraaac op." THE MARKETS. / MHa mt 4 30 tt 4* S3 tt IB an tt 4 4> an • 4 so 4B >1 40 i» a New Yoke, Sept. It tStt CATTLE—Native steers..IIU tt* » » COTTON-Middling. tt 1H| FURR-Winter wheat.- Stt d 4t> WHEAT—No 8 Red..... MO CORN-No 8.. 4*H s 41 Si OATS—Western Mixed. 81,* » PORK—Mesa (new). tt 83 « t* tt ST. LOUIS. OOTTON-Middlm*. BKEVKS-Kxport Steers. .... Snipping ** HOGS—Common to Select.... SHEEP—Fair to Choice. FLOUR—Patents. XJCX to Choice. WHEAT—No 8 Red Winlcr.. CORN—No 8 Mixed. OATS—No. 8... KV K—No ... TOBACCO Lius* (Missouri).. Leak Bar e}. HAY—Choice Timothy tnew).. BUTTER—Choiee Da.ry. Pt>RK—Standard Mess inew >' BACON—Clear Rib. LARI) -Prime Steam.. WOOL-Cho.ee Tub.. CHICAGO. CATTLE-Shipping.. 3 TO HOGS—Good to Choice.. IK SH EEP—Good to Choice...... S W FLOCK-Win ter...s.. 4 00 Patents ... —. 4 »l WHEAT-No. X Spring . «!* CORN-No 8. OATS-No S White.... 18 PORK-NewMesa...... .... KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers— 8 » HOOs—Sales nt.. 3 83 WHEAT-No 8... *4 OATS-Not. CORN-No 8.........-..... *4 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR -High Grids. .. 3 40 a 4» S^g^ WestiriV..;. ;. « S S HAY-Choee. tt <0 • 14 w PORK—New Mess.... vs *1 BACON—Ctnar Rib. • TCOiiON -Middling. ...... .... tt WH LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—No 8 Red. ■ ...» . «•«, tt CORN-No 9 Mixed OATS—No B Mixed.

Don't hawk, hawk, . •varybody with jour Offensive use Or. Bage’a Catarrh Remedy —At Decatur, To*., on a Saturday, a man was tried in trict Court for horse theft, room Is used on Sunday as a worship. Sunday morning dui services the jury returned a The prisoner was brought in arn sentenced to fire years in U»* jaw iteotiary, after which the services w« e resumed. 1 . Unequaled s* a health sod Finest Watering Place H The waters will posttiw., and Liver Diseases, Dys, Female Complaints, Skin For handsomely illustrated desn iptlvs wmphlet, apply to F. Cncsbixa, O. ’& T. L, "Wabash Line,” St. LouteTSo. 2is Prince of Warns ts showing a n»Loo to make himself Useful as t ell as Ornamental. He has invented ft velvet Iress coat. Hav* you suffereFloug by. reason of Malaria; tried everything, "ami finally < ometo 3all men are larsl" the conclusion that a Send one dollar to Dr. A. T. Shall™ lerger, Rochester, Pa., and get abottieof hi i Antidote for Malaria. If not cured in t week, say so, and the money will be lmui< listely returned to tou. 1 Ur to the end of August 1 ♦.■486,001 ickets were taken at the Paris Kx^ositi «. In 1 STS the number was only 7.135,0 Those who use Dobbins' Electri i Soap (OMt ihtir name it it/ion) save their ,'lothes and strength, and let the wap do til* work. Did pan ever try ill If not, d* to no it Mon dsyntre. Ask your grocer forth A ccusMuvsn Samoan beauty ts « American widow, thirty-six years « d, am has 150,000 acres of land. the Paradise «f Farm. rs. Mild, equable climate, certain and n,l undent crop*. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock wintry in the world. Full information free.. iddress Oregon Immigration Board.Portlain] Oregon Los pox and Paris railroad str et-cars 1 and omnibuses are allowed by law I > carry only a certain number of passenge r w Toe hardly realtie that it Is medico c.when taking Carter’s Little Liver Pills; t hey are very small; no bad effects; all troub es from torpid liver are relieved by their uit i. A tamjt seeing saves much lot ittle speaking saves much talking Work for workers 1 Are you randy to work, and do you want to rnakt money! Then write to B. F. Johnson & Co.,, of Rich, mond, Va., and see if they can not I etp you. to young men will not believe nthemIves no man or woman can bis tevo in For a Cough or Sore Throat the hr st medlcino is Hale's Hooey of Horehound vndTar. Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. DoxT indulge in the luxury «f strong pinions in the presence of your elii ws. Pits in the Sidenearly always an les from * disordered liver and is promptly re ieved by Carter’s Littie Liver Pills. Don’t foi get this. RxwsmucR impertinence isn’t ' fit, any more than insolence is brUlianey. Extirb freedom from iniuriousdru rsmakes "TausiU’s Punch” 5c. Cigars mos t popular. Hr who waits to do a great den at will seldom do any thing at all. Rest, easiest to use and cheapo.! ' Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. By druggist ♦. 35c. 0*ATrm>» ts the music of the ha ut when its chords are moved by kindness Ir afflicted with Boro Eyes use >r. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists ell it. 33o Bistort is not fable agreed tpon but truth disagreed upon. 5’JAcobs oh For Swelling, Braises, Cots and »ounda

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The Liver I And knlnejy am ani*oa wfodi it ta Uopor sfcoald b® kept to rood condition, and I*» *•! oraraorkad amt abaMd *y nearly aroryaody.» •key MeoM «•»•«, ®lo«t«d ia or Aw Boetfa Sarsaparilla car** all di^patttM .> thank to healthy actios. “ I Kara Dana Minx Hood’s Sarsaparilla for fostion aad Ilrar trouble. It has greatly base ■a. and 1 think It H tally aa rood a aMdlata claimed." B. s. Cusuro, ehlot aaslsaar dept.. Stoninxton. CtHood’s Sarsaparil Sold by all drawls**. Ill six fort). Prepared by C. L lllAlB l CXX. Lowell, Mane. loo Doses One Dollar

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SOU)*? BYTHE GRATEFUL-COMFORTIN BREAKFAST. .isissstt ssgg&ueg triiton, snd by ft careful ftMUwlwn of properties of vtlKwtKHd To«i. lh. Etylded oar breakfast table* with * t TOttied berer**e which hist mt» us m: doctors’ bill*. It i» by tbft Judicious uj articles of diet tb»* a constitution may b ly built up until strop* enough v> resist ly built up until strong enough V' resl deucy to disease. Huhdrcdsof subtle on touting around u* ready to attack wher Is a weak point. We nisr escape tnany a by keeping ourselves well (united with and a properly nourished Irante.‘—“I Made' simply with boiling water or only In half-pound tins, by lirocers. Is be JAMES EPPS* CO., Homnopathic tondon, England. i

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■JEW GOODS OF EVERY KINO, TOv .Ml hedirects attontlott. Hi* DRY GOOD* ere BreleUes,e«d the slock Is E ats, Gaps, Boots, Shoes and Notions. GIt« i ilm a ceil ud yon will be convinced the. ho to giving BARtsAlNS on hu entire stock, SOLID GOODS AT LOWPRICRS._ — ■ ^ ' . *': ■ " EUGENE HACK. ANTON SIMON. -Proprietor. THE EAGLE BREWERY, VINCENNES. INDIANA, Furnish the Best Artiole of Beer the Market Affords * and soicrr orders from all dealers BOTTLE OR KEG BEER SUPPLIER TO FAMILIES! On Bale at All Saloons. THE OSBORN BROTHERS I Have removed to their elegent Hew BuUdiq|oa Maty Strop, whoro they have n luge end boots and shoes, l or Urn. Women end Children. We keep R. I. Stevens* end Kmmerson*e Brands i w < “■ Qf Ki„e Shoes. OSBORN BROTHERS, Pet oi*sburg, • * ■ * * * IndianaC. A. BTJRGER & BRO., Fashionable merchant tailors, | f Petersburg, Indiana. / of Late Styles of Pta Ms, Consisting of the very host Buttings end Broadcloth*. j Perfect Fits and Styles Guaranteed. Prices as Low as Elsewhere. BOCK .Kpnilfi, SHORT-HAND, TELEGRAPHY, PENMANSHIP, ETC. Svory loung Man and Woman Wfet desires to hotter hie er her oonditlon he life, mhomld write tor the Catalogue et the V [YANT & STRATTON ^SSSSSfiss., HO. 400 THIRD RTRHT. LOUISVILLE,.KT.

la 4Ha « Jwt ana »o«* pcru'ar teirntmo ard macbaat sat paper pubn.hed aad baa the tarreat sew. K.T. ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS ft Edition tf Scientific American. O . A are, i lutMos. K*rh Iwse runtntna retnrad tiHiaum due iilatea of eoantr « i>n>l «W» raalf*»• eea W i ubiie buildin*.. .'>»»«■'«• eaerarlbm ana tall plan* and »ooo**r«>i..ns fortlie u-e «| »Aui iduavni* bniltiluK. rrlc* tf M a jear, Seta, a tan. MINN * CO* list nutans m.»ba*r rd bj .ppf ins lo Ml.IS A Co.. »•>» ha»M'"d « jeera* experianca and bara mad* o»ae Ml Ml application. tn» Aaierlean aw* f“<»i» 1 patents Hand for Handbook. Cvlrea- ‘ at rlctly eoctiinntlal. TRADE MARKS. Pi«« a fear nark t» not ran leiorad In Ik# Patant on cm apply to Mesa A Co* and pruevia tanked ata protection. rend for Handbook. Oil* rRIIJIITS for books charts naps Kc. an icklj procured. Addrena Hi' tJt 4t CO.. Cairo! PalltHars (iiautuinri: si iutuaovar. K. I REAL ESTATE AGENCY. P. W. CHAPPELL, PETERSBURG, AU Is ill* and town land, fo • »ate will ba adverlii _ Omci —tTp-atair or er city Dni* Store. property pissed la my l vertiapn free or ohapge

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PATENTS, ('a vests and Trade-Marks obtained, and aPntent biw nru eonduoted tor Modern'* ffeee. Our office is opposite V. S. Patens OMoe, anil we ran secure patents in less Hate than those remote from Washington. „ Send-modVl. drew ns or photo, with description. We advise It patentable,or not tree of charge. Our lees not due till patent is secured. A pamphlet. "How to Obta&TPatent*.'' with names of actual clients in /our State, county or town, sent free. Addrcsy C. A. SNOW & CO., Opposite Potent Office, Washington, D. 0. DR. HARTLEY'S CATARRH REMEDY Is the best remedy known tor the cure of Cm tarrta nnd Its attendant ailments! It Is sate, painless, and never falls to g ve relief. This remedy cleanses the nose, head and throat of all unhealthy secretions, and soothes sad heals the inflamed parts. Wuea the remedy is once tr od the beneltela! results are so prompt and sal sfactory that the sufferer never falls to eon 11 -me the treatment unt I permanent relief is obtained. DO ROT HEGLEOT A BAD GOLD. Use Hartley's Catarrh Remedy tor Us lea mediate Cure. ;REERS 6P‘ :fg£o'eS V ECl'PSE ' LIN IM ENT, ECLIPSE- LlOER ‘-ILLS ECLIPSE UERMIFt :CLIPSL.fi!T ! n.gb; r-T € 0 . f A WISE WOMAN Bwttht the SplWMlid I HIGH ARM I JUNE SINGER 8EWINO MACHINE BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST*

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