Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-06

the moon, and You must remember 1t was
more Of an orb than it is now It is a
burnt out world now, a dead world now,
an extinct world now, a corpse laid out in
state in the heavens, waiting for the judg-
ment day TO bury il. But on the day OF
which | speak the moon was probably Il
living world. yet it halted at the wave Of
Joshuas GGEer, Stand thou stillr' Do
not bulge an inch until Joshua finishes
those five kings, who are there tumbling
over the rocks, sword Of man slashing
them, h.ilstoncs out OF the sky pel;ing
them
And there is the cavern of Makkedah
where they fed for safety, and where they
were nlterWari locked in, and from which
they were taken cat to be slain, and in
which they were aftcrwarl buried. and you
do well to examine that cavern, for within
few hours it became three things which
no other cave ever was--fortress, prison,
sepulcher
AN OLD TIME RoDDER
Now we pass the place whore once lived
one Of the greatest robbers Of the century,
Abou Gosh by name. From this point you
see he could look over the surrounding
country, and long before the travellers
cameup to him the plan for taking Of their
money or their life, or both, was consum.
mated. He one day found company of
monks who would not pay, and lie smoth-
cred them to death in hot oven In his
last days lie lived here like an oriental
prince, and had his attendants and admir-.
ers 10 whom he told the stories of brigand.
age and assassination, So lite as when
our eminent and beloved American, VIII
lam C. Prime, passed through, Abou Gosh,
the scoundrelly BedO,sin, sat ut his door
way smoking Lis pipe. His Geseeatlqnts
live in this village, and probably are no
mora honest than their distinguished an,
cc!itor, but marauding and murder are not
as safe 4 business now as when all this
route to Jerusalem was subjected to out
RACES pundcmoniac.
Here we pass the village Of l.atrun, home
of the penitent thief, the village, Il few
houses on steep hills, rising
from the valley Of .\ialon. Up these steep
hills in his earlier days the thief hal cur
ried the s3oils Of arsoH ald lnr.slary, and
down them lac had borne thc heavier bur
len OF guilty heart. But hi her than
ehcse hills he rountcI after re had G.
ruutad, from TIE tlHns.iXcd pos urc On the
cross to the bosom Of forGivinG Col
\ wv we come to the brook iElah, from
which little David took the sm 10Th stones
with which he FRUSTRATED Goliath There
is II hi lyc spanning the rayine, but at the
season we crossed there is not II drop of
water in the brook. We went down into
he rlyine and walked amid the pc5'lc>.
chat hal been washed smooth, very smooth
~ the rash Of the waters through all thl .
ages There Is where David armed him
self re walked around and picked up
live of these polished pebbles lie got
them OF j lst the right size. flc prepared
himself for dive vOiicys. 50 that if the giant
scapes the first he will not escape the
whole Eve he Topography OF the place
50 corresponds with the Bible story that
coEli see nc memorable fight 10 on. II
is the ouls fight ever did watch
Pu&ilian ubhor; but l.ere were two cham
pions-tLc ore God appointed, the other
Satan appointed, and ,.cuiding he destiny
OF nation, the destiny Of a world 1t was
u Marathon, an Arbcla, n Waterloo, a Eicn
helm, II Sedan, c1naentcrel into two right
lrms. Here are two rid res of mountains
500 feet high, the Philistines on one ridge,
the lsraelitcs on the other ridge The fight
IS in the valley between, at that season
shaded and sweet with tercbinth and AGA,
cia, David the champion for the Israel
tics, Goliath the champion FOR the Phili'
zines, David untlcrsi2ed and almost efTcmi.
nate, only a m0uthful for Goliath, who was
nearly ten feet high.
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
They advance to meet each other. bat the
Billie says that David made the first step
forward. Neager and nearer they co,ac.
but do not think David will wait until
he comes within reach of GoIiath's sword.
for that would be fatal and David hns n
ycai,on with which he can G,rht ut lonp
range. Closer and closer they come. bur
David ADVANCES the more ripi Nv "Co,ne
20 me, said the linnt "and | win rive thy
,psh unto the fowls of the air and to the
BEASTS of Tie Geld" You sec Goliath 90
me- 20 rive David fer "A banquet TO the
.lturp and ilcknl lie. the uouptain nt
lcsh. Will fail over OH that little hilIock
np,r him lauish throa..h the noutbnince
If Lis helmet. He viii toast The little
yhiffct on the top of his long sword. He
viii call all The crows for breakfast
Come to noe, you contemplate little fe
ow, and | will make quick work with
Ou' HH isS't thttt Z" iANN-lNV'ti SHotlu
larc to come out against II tcn-tooterl Let
,he two armies looking down from the
'idges watch mel" David responded, 81
,onc TO thee in the name of the Lord of
-Iusts!" Aha! that is the right lind of
jattle shout. "ln the name of the Lord of
Iostsw
How that cry rings through the Wady,
,s-Sumpt! He who fights in that spirit
wins the day. The almost Israeltish dwarf
,nlarges into omnipotent proportions. The
moment to strike has come. David takes
his sling, with IL stone in it, and whrls it
uunG anl round his head until he has
lut the weapon iuto sufficient momentum,
md then, taking sure aim, hurls il. The