Daily Republican., 1886-05-04

Icrowns. Laughter Nine gamblers
out Of ten come from so-called Chris
tian homes. Generally they are nice.
clever gentlemen. Don't allow your
boys TO learn gambling at home, and
then you, in hypocritical old age, go
round bewailing their fate. A woman
in Chicago told me that her husband
worked hard all day, and she played
cards with him every night to amuse
him. told her to ship him to an asy-
lum, for there they play cards for
amusement. Laughter. A game of
cards is the game of starvlings, ment-
ally and spiritually. Sisters, you who
have such husbands, tell you what
to do. Buy him a tin horse and tin
horn. Laughter. Make him strad-
die the tin horse and go all over the
house and blow the horn for him.
Laughter Sister, don't let the chill
dren laugh at him. Loud laughter. ]
Tell the children that their little papa
has worked hard all day and wants to
be amused. Sister, sister, get him a
tin horse.
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Husband did you ever look at your
wife till you saw her? Did you ever
hold class meeting with herr Did you
lever ask how she was getting alongi
fWife, did you ever look at your hus.
band till you saw him? A husband
land wife should be deeply interested il
leach others spiritual welfare.
ave can never bring our country
Iup to what it should be lest we sane
fifty our homes. Talk about the tariff
Iquestion and the colored race, why the
biggest question in the world is taking
care of the children of our homes
| Applause. Look at your children
There are mothers in this land vino
could stand on the corners at midnight
land awake the sympathy of angels by
their plaintive melody of "Wherc Is
my wandering boy tonight" Lei
levery man be the priest of his own
home. Let every mother be force
for good. A man that is not interested
in his children is twice dead. Watch
the association of your children. Do
not allow your boys to 60 with young,
rich debauches simply for the money.
i applause. Why some of these
scoundrels can get drunk Saturday
might, and then on Sunday evening 20
to church with the sweetest girl in the
family. We need some old fashioned
ldaddies who would meet these young
bucks at the door and kick them clear
out in the street. (Applause.) Some
girls in Southern city married a lot
of fellows TO reform them. That town
soon had batch of whippoorwtl
widows. (Laughter.)
1 LOOK AT YOUR CHURCH.
81 am Methodist for the same rea
son l am Jones. l was born so.
l moved in a community would looA
at all the churches before / selected
one. The church that would take tn
best care OF my wife and children
f. would choose. am Methodist unit
|, find church that's got more git vi
and git about it. lLaughterl.
II LOOK AT YOUR CITY.
"Did you ever count the bar-room
, in your city? There are ten saloons t
every church; $40 are given to liquo
y to 81 for God. In my town We pu
= |, legs on all the barrels and demijohr
: and made them get out, [Applausel
! Soon the whole of Georgia will be fire.
: from whisky" [Applausel.
In concluding his sermon Mr.. Jont
0 related touching incident of the lat
5 war. Said he: 81 do not want
7 bring up any unpleasant menorle
= We are all loyal to the old flag nov
l The boys that wore the gray will figl
u for the old flag as quickly US boys Thu
: wore the blue. Loud applause].
!, was at the battle of Franklin, Ga
u that General Hood stood watching
/ fort in a locust grove. From the 70
there streamed volley after volley upo
y his men, hewing them down like gras
c General Hood sent his adjutantgener
u first after one general and then aftt
. another, with his compliments, to tab
' the fort in the locust grove. One wt
J reported dead and the other missing
!, Finally General Hood said: Go, wit
l my love, and ask General Cockerill
y take the FORT The old generals hea
l was melted. Compliments had turne
y to love. Soon the good news cam
Y back that the fort in the locust grow
n had been taken. Now, my friends,
= come as the adjutant of spirit to pr
sent His love, and ask the surrend'
of every fort of sin in Baltimore"