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VALUE OF MORAL sUAsIoN. .

The victim was tailor, stalwart man,
who in the outset of his drunken career was
not devoid of good qualities Of head and
heart. he had gone on, however, from one
stage of dissipation to another, until he was
a bloated wreck, without credit, without
clothing and without friends. In the village
in which he resided, and where he had be-
come an eye-sore to the better class OF
citizens, there was hourishing division OF
the Sons Of Temperance. He was persuaded
to apply for membership in the Order. He
was warmly championed by Colonel james
N. Ramsey, who afterward commanded the
First Georgia Regiment in the late war. To
this regiment, our own company, the Gate
City Guards was attached. Ben. Hill was
present at the meeting and spoke kind word
for the applicant. With some reluctance he
was admitted to membership. For months
there were fears of his relapse, but year after
year he continued faithful to his pledge. He
united with the church and became a
prominent official member. During these
ten or more years of sobriety he accumulated
property, and his family was happy and re-
spected There was arumor that for short
while during the war he became somewhat
Incorporate, but again rallied, and died
several years ago a sober man and a church
member. er.-AtLanta Constitution.
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LIVELY FUN FROM THE sMK-Box.


and being foated were held in position
by lead sinkers attached to the frame.
The strong point in favor Of these profile
decoys lay in the fact that the ducks,
frame, rope and sinkers could all be
packed up and carried in an ordinary
handbag.
Most of the eastern duck shooting is
done from 'ssink boxes" The best way
for the man who wants fun and has not
much time to spare is to 60 to some
ducking center adjacent to his locality
and hire professional who has decoys
and can tcall." These men are to be
found in an wood ducking districts.
The outfit of the Chesapeake Bay men,
collectively, is said to represent value
of 100000. The pay for the men aver
ages about $5 day, with outfit, the
prices ranging from So to $40, according
to the locality.
Never 60 out without good field
glass; it will save many long tramps and
much rowing. When the birds are sight
ed keep silent and as still as possible;
if you are in a constrained position re-
main 80 until you move to shoot, and
then move quietly and steadily. There
is plenty of time, and lot of moving
can be done in a second. :. In firing at
ducks, remember to shoot we'll in front
of them, as they fly from sixty to 15O
miles an hour.
If they come across you, about three
feet in advance is enough, and if direct
to you, from one foot to three, according
to the distance they are off. After
storm ducks take lee shore where they
can rest and lay quiet to recruit. When
found sitting do not fire if their breasts
are toward you, for unless hit in the
head they will escape. It is the best
plan to get close to them and wait until
they strike the air, You will then catch
them under the wings. .:
One of the most curious methods of
duck shooting is to be found in the lands
or marsh districts of France, in the
neighborhood of La Rochelle. The local
p1overb runs: "Who comes from La
Rochelle smells of mud" and it is so.
The boots of the peasant, and the cat
tie, horses, dogs, and carts are all plen'
tifully bedaubed with it. The narshe.
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81 Harkess stood behind him with saucer

81 HArke6S stOoQ Deuluu ulm Will eoueeA-
like eyes
1t was Tom refers. Tom Peters look
ing very frail, but with as clear eyes as
ever met his friends. His voice was also
quite clear as he said, deliberately:
Curse to your hearts content. every
curse you utter will return upon you with
terrible-with overwhelming force. My
willis made. In the presence of all here,
I repeat, it was always my purpose to
give the greater portion of my property
to Rose Parker; now I give it all to her.
Giles Brockle stood confounded-
craven, like the wretch he was.
II advise you to leave the place, said
his uncle.
Then Giles made movement. AS he
turned, those nearest HIM beheld he
turned ashen gray, then greenish color.
His eyes stood out in his head; his Jaw
fell. =,
And command him to stand still. l
charge him with an attempt to muir
der mel"
1t was the face. the voice, Of Alexander
Rutledge. =.
Those who witnessed this extraordinary
scene we're silent. The lawyer was pale1
than usual, but otherwise there was no
change in his appearance, save In his al
tire.
Il shall enjoy the privilege Of taking
you in charge myself and turning you
over to the deputy" said the lawyer, ad.
vancing resolutely as he spoke.
But Giles Brockle was prepared Tor
this emergency. Ere any one surmised
his intention. he thrust a hand in his
pocket, pulled out pistol and holding
It over his heart, fred, falling dead at the
feet of the man he thought he had mur-
dered.
1T is as we'll" said Alexander Rutledge,
solemnly, as the group stood awe-stricken.
1T is the end I e1pected-and often
predicted, said Tom Peters.
The manner in which Alexander Rut-
ledge was rescued was as wonderful as
any of the thrilling experiences related OF
the great food. After being drawn under
o vortex of water twice, he was pulled out
on the roof of house, only to float down
the river. He was exhausted when car.
ried to 9 farmhouse. and lay there three
days before he was able to return to Johns
town in wagon.
Tom Peters will never be the same
man again. The news of the great dis
aster gave him fresh lease of life, the
doctors say; but he is SC feeble that he
is ready to Co." to use his own words,
any time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Somers are abroad. After
helping all who required immediate as.
sstance, they carried out their original
plan.
It is Si Harkess who has a mo Won
derful story-ten times mo- wonderful
story-dan de food to tell," as he relates
the death Of Giles Brockle.
1.-THE end
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Cereal YitalitY.

Great Britain is naturally proud Of hey
mummy wheat and mummy pea, the
former of which has been re-embalmed
in immortal verse by an American poeta
According to amateur Gardening the
wheat grains that sprouted and multis
piled after an imprisonment of 5000
years were found by Sir Gardener WIKI
enson, not in a mummy's palm, but in an
Egyptian vase. The peas introduced I'd
Europe in 1871 by General Anderse3
were, however: taken from the rigid
hands ofmummies whose cerements wers
closed for back in the bead roll of ths
centuries before the Christian era begani
Yet when planted in the soil Of, North
ern Europe they, too, germinated, blosi
somed and increased. II
In order to check the growth Of any
undue vanity IN Boston, let US say that
the mummy is a pea-not a bean. AND
even Britannia may moderate her cre3
scendo notes when we tell her Of rare
botanic find now deposited in the Allei3
gheny tPenn. Conservatory. C It has not
vet been classified or identified, but its
history affords fresh proof OF the won1
derful vitality which interes in the yege3
table world. This is the narrative: j
"During the summer one OF party OF
gunners brought down crane. It was
a beautiful specimen, and the taxider;;
mist of the party set to work to mount
it. In the BIRDS craw were found several
seeds. With view to learning If the:
seed was killed by the bird eating 1t they
were placed in water. In few days the
seeds sprouted. They were planted in
loam and kept in warm room. Edward
V. McCaudless took charge of it. The
plant was an object of interest to MIR!
McCandless and his botauist friends, and
its development was closely watcheda
Last week it was transferred to the conj
servstory. The leaves ore long and
broad and heavy, not unlike species o.
palm"
The plant is believed 30 be tropical,
and is being cultivated on that presumpj
ton. Perhaps it may be seen in bloom;
at next year, flower shows. f
What an inspiring argument the sur9
vival and new birth of these seeds at3
fords to pastors for buttressing the doc
trine of the souls immortahtyl-Ne9
York Ieleordm. 7' ... :
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Sixty-six New York saloons are kept by
women.
The Queensland (Australia) union has
about twelve hundred members.
The free use of liquor on the tower OF
Babel may have caused the confusion OF
tongues.
The Illinois Woman's Christian Temper
once unions gained twelve hundred actye
members in 1890. This does not include
men, who are honorary members only.
"he special census agent for wines says:
ARIZONA is the coming sherry-making region
of this country, and will one day be TO US In
that respect what Spain is to the world to-
day."
The Oueen has sent to General Booth, Of
tbe Salvation Army, message Of sympathy
and announcement in his entieavor to relieve
the misery which abounds in darkest Eng
land"
The New York Sun mentions drunkard
in that city forty-fve years old Who has
drunken father seventy years old and
drunken son twenty-five years old. Alco-
holism and heredity.
Saws the London Christian World, refer
ring to England: Nearly all the opposition
to the Salvation Army comes from the pub
lic-house element, General Booths followers
being regarded as the deadliest foes OF the
liquor traffic."
The board Of lady managers OF the Colum-
bian Exposition includes several leading
white.rib5oners. among them Frances T..
Willard, Mrs. NJ. B. Carse, Mrs: II. NJ; Bar
ker. of South Dakota, and Mrs. l.. NJ. n.
Stevens, Of Maine.
DR.. jacob, OF New York City, in recent
discussion before the section on Children,s
Diseases of the New York Academy OF Medl-
cine, said: THAT nursing women require
malt liquors is an ancient and very popular
belief, which does not rest, however, on any
solid foundation"
Last year Norway had but one temperance
uuion-now it has three and 10Y members
Where Denmark then counted only one union
it now counts four. These are the results OF
faithful seed-sowing for the last two or three
years by one Of the worlds organizers, MISS
Charlotte Gray. She mastered the Scandi-
navian tongue that she might do this WORK.
She is still among them.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

The greater part of the ocean bed d
pitch dark. ,:ss,.
There are at least ten million nerve
fbres in the human body. -
The blood of clans, HOLSTERS and
nearly all other Invertebrates contains no,
red cells but only white.
There are hundred chances that any
boy or girl will be struck by lighting for
every one chance of having hydroa
phobia. !
A novelty of an electrical exhibition
at Frankfort, Germany, is to be the
transmission of 500 horse power to disd
tance of 140 miles. 4
By a new device, pieces of metal may
be shaped with great rapidity by being
forced under dies while rendered soft OF
elastic by an electric current.
One cause given for the failure of the
peach crop in Delaware and Maryland is
that the elements of the soil required bYt:
the peach have been exhausted. !
The use of electricity for slaughter5
ing hogs is proposed. It is claimed that
the current will not only kill the hogsa
but will kill trichine at the same time.
A few insects are viviparous, a fa.f
miliar example being the flesh fy, which,
lays eggs which hstch at the instant Of
their extrusion and deposition upon
meat. 81
The Roman city of Cissa was last men-E
toned in 879; and even its site has lonG
been forgotten. Submarine ruins lately
found indicate that the island was sunk
by some catastrophe.
It has been shown that the blood ,con.I
tains less sugar during life than after
death, and greater proportion in perl
sons suffering from cancer than in healthy
persons, or In those having any ether
disease. -
An elaborate system of war telegraphj
ing is being arranged between the Brit
ish Admiralty and the Postofice. Withinl
forty.eight hours it will be possible to|
connect every telegraph station on the
coast directly with the Admiralty.
According to a paper to the British
Association by Professor Newton, the
fauna of the Sandwich Islands is underj
going modification, and the native anij
mails are liable to be exterminated by the
changes which are taking place. in the
vegetation. Es
The suns perpendicular rays do NOT
illumine the depths of the sea at all or|
anything like it. On the contrary, they
only penetrate, at the very outside, some
two hundred fathoms down into the
world of waters, beyond which distancd
all is utter darkness. s5,..:s
Data of the trials of three large steam!
ers, showing the comparative merits OF
large and small screws, show that propelii
lers of small diameter have in each case
proved the more economical and effecl
tive, both increasing the speed end de1
creasing the coal consumption. "a
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arpet-Weaying In India.

The shawls and carpets of India have
long been famous for their color. Their
popularity is partly due to the brilliancy
and permanence of the dyes employed,
and partly to the harmonious tints into
which the colors are blended. The fig
ures, except when they are geometrical,
are apt to be rudely drawn.
1t is matter of surprise to learn that
work so artistic as the weaving of the
wonderful fabrics which cannot be
eoualed in our mills, is every part done
on the rudest OF looms and by little boys
of less than twelve years of age. Mrs.
King describes the work as she saw it
done in one of the hill towns near the
borders of Kashmir.
"We passed through an archway into
a large, deserted-looking enclosure full
of rubbish heaps, and having deep
colonnade of mud bricks running all
round. Under this were erected rude
looms, of Which there nust have been
over fifty, but at the present time only
six are being worked, owing to trade be-
Ing sldCh'
1.-THE carpets are most beautiful in
color and design; all intended for the
London market. We saw one, measur-
ing twelve feet by ten, which was nearly
!! finished. Six little boys, varying in age
from eight to eleven years, were working
it, while one of them read out the pat.
tern from slip of paper. Their small
brown fingers worked so nimbly, knot.
ting on the various colored woods and
cutting off the ends with knife, that
one could hardly see what they were do
ing. 1t seemed amazing that such
young boys could have attained such
dexterity. Their pay is from eight to
twelve shillings month.
"We are told that they could make a
carpet of the size they were then working
in month, so that the actual cost of the
making would be about three pounds,
and as the carpet would sell here for
] over thirteen pounds, there must be a
handsome profit over and above the cost
of the wool aud the interest on capital
spak." ----.-
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Ten expert woodsmen have been cut
ting the tree since March 10. As this
tree was taken from the midst of dense
forest, it was found necessary to build
road for four miles, as nothing but trail
existed, leading from the tree into the
country road. In clearing way nearly
400 ordinary sized trees had to be cut
down, huge rocks had to be blasted, a
number of bridges built, and many other
obstacles had to be overcome in order to
land this giant of the forest at the
nearest railroad point.
Part of the tree has been cut out and
placed on hinges, so as to swing open
and shut like door. The interior has
been followed to accommodate visitors,
of whom over 100 will be able to enter
and remain inside of the tree trunk at
the same time. This exhibit will have $50
incandescent electric lights.-Times-
Democrat.
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What a narrow escape she had made.
Intuitiyelv she arrived at the truth. In
some manner Giles had learned the con-
tents of his uncle's will.
True-his curse had not been idle
words. Such woe as had overtaken her
not one woman in million--in tens OF
millions-had experienced; but there
was 1oy, too, she said to herself as she
looked at her husband.
You do not feel like killing Giles now?"
Tom Jerrold said, with a smile.
NO" said Somers, I will leave him to
reap his reward. 1t is as sure to come as
day follows night. My wife and have
talked it all over. She thinks, and l
agree with her, that his fate will be worse
than the death he sent US to deliberately
when he flung us back into the water"
But this viii, Mr.. Jerrold-where is
the real will?"
Jerrold shook his head. Nobody
knows. Alexander Rutledge is dead, his
Office and his house we're swept away, not
a vestige of either left"
Then the property is not mine, even If
Mr.. Peters does die"
IF Mr.. Peters is never able to write
his signature to another will, I'm afraid
Giles will get all-that's the law. If the
LAWYER was alive-but he is dead.
20, yes, that is all quite plain" said
Somers; we do not need Mr.. Peters
money; We can manage to get along, l
think, without it."
Mars Somers, an 20, too, here 81
Harkess confronted them suddenly
Mars Broadhurst sent me up to tell you
gemmen dat Mr.. Rutledge wants you
down right away, fo' it gets dark"
"Rutledge! What
He means Mr. Rutledge's brother. BE
has come here to identify his brothers re-
mains" said Somers, quickly.
Whereupon they all descended the
mountain-side quickly.
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PRACTICAL CHARITY.
By NARY SHAW.

bow often in life do we judge our friends
wrongly
Suspicion s dark glances at them we direct;
Take care-do not sentence, 10 matter how
strongly
Circumstances hint guilt Of what We suspect.
Huw Oft, in our minds, do We try, judge and sen.
tence,
For wrongs we suppose have been done to our
selves.
Dear friends to whom give we no chance for re-
pcntance,
We are, in our manner, 30 cold to themselves.
Let's give them chance to prove their SINGER
ity,
Let's for once repay seeming evil with good
By manners most kind show true Christian
charity,
And see if, once more. they will not do as they
should.
And say not that true friendship is something
IDEAL
That truth and devotion are something un-
known; . .
The heart that deems each friends sentiments
unreal
Has something unsound at the core Of its own.
MARION N. c.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE WOE OF THE wINE-BIBBER.
L. l. l. i Il 8 -.

THE WOE OF THE w1NE-B1BBER.
Oh! dark is the night and the wild storm
doth rattle
And swift falls the cold, driving sleet;
And the white pavement groans with thi
dull, heavy shuttle
OF poor drunkard's slow-moving feet.
Oh! It's wine in the cup with its bold, subtle
glitter,
And its foam like the crest on the wave,
Bearing many young man whom it foats
Over its foam to a.wine-bibber's grave.
Oh!-dark is the nigat, and a poor dying
mother
sorely grieves as the long moments drag;
And the worn, helpless form of child she
doth cover .
With its poor scanty clothing of rags.
Oh! tits wine in the cup with it's bold, subtle
glitter. ''...
And its foam like the crest on the wave,
her bosom
Over itsfoam to a lone pauper's grave.
Obi dark is the night and poor aged
father
Sadly peers through the deep falling
gloom;
And his heart fills with dread as the form Of
his uarlluS
Totters home from the cursed saloon.
Oh! tits wine in the cup with its bold, subtle
glitter, .
And It's foam like the crest on the wave,
Bearing poor dying souls where they float
Ike bubble
Over its foam to wine-b!bber's grave.
Oh! dark IS the night, and the hands of q
nation
Press the curse to the lips of their sons
Till their once noble forms fall from honor's
high station,
And their truth and their manhood are
gone. 49,.
Obi It's wine in the cup with its bold, subtle
glitter, &c..
And it's foam like the crest on the wave,
Bearing many poor souls where they float
like bubble
Over its foam to wine-bibber's grave.
Il. H. Euans, in Temperance Advocate.
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Houseless Men.

The natives of Lapland have tradi.
ton that when the Great Spirit visited
earth in thuuder-cloud, the ancestor OF
the Swedes took refuge in rooted house,
while the original Lap provedh his superior
valor, by remaining in the open air. But
for all that houselessness has since become
O concomitant of extreme barbarism.
The only nations of the present world
who habitually dispense with tents and
houses arc the bushmen of the upper
Orange River, and the ape-like Veddahs
of the Ceylon coast-jungles.-Mew York
Voice.
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sHER,rF ANp rR1soNEa paUNK.

Passengers who came to the city over the
Short Line yesterday afternoon were wit
nesses to rather unusual proceeding. The
Sheriff of Magoffln County had in his charge
a prisoner sentenced to ten years in the peni.
tentiary for murder. The prisoner was q
notwithstanding mountaineer. and was Sc
curely handcufed. The Sheriff, a big, strap
ping, rough man, carried Winchester, abig
revolver, and jug Of whisky. Officer and
prisoner drank Of it deeply, and before the
train reached Lexington the guard and his
prisoner were helplessly drunk, and if he
been sober enough the convict could easily
have escaped. The Sheriff was brandishing
his firearms rather promiscuously, when one
Of the passengers disarmed him and let him
sleep with his handcuffed prisoner on the
floor of the coach.-Loaisuille Courier-IoIr-
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SIGNS OF PROGRESS.

A marked change has occurred In the
business world during the last thirty years
in regard to drinking habits. Formerly, II
a man was not an habitual drunkard, the
fact that he used liquor didn't hindsr him
from getting employment as q mechanic,
engineer, or foreman in factory. But 1t
is common thing now for merchants,
manufacturers and railroad men to prohibit
the use of liquor by their employees, and ar,
applicant for business position, known to
serious obstacle to his getting employment.
Security for the people in travel and labor,
and the progress Of business, require the
suppression Of the saloon.-Congregat gationot-
iat.
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The Walrus Almost Extinct.

AS to that enormous but Comparatively
HELPLESS beast the walrus, its doom 10
likewise sealed. Before the weapons OF
those who pursue it to get its hide toy
boats and leather, its tusks for ivorya
and its whiskers for opium pipe pickss
it is quickly disappearing. The method
adopted by the hunters is to approach 9
group of walruses on the ice. and after
picking off the more alert bulls from 9
safe distance with rifles, slaughter the
herd at leisure. 1t was in somewhat ths
same way that the great Arctic sea-cow,
now long extinct, was utterly snnihil!
ated.-Philadelphia Inquirer. ::
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THE LOTTERY AND THE SALOON.

Congress passed an nti-Lottery bill and
Il did well. The press and the country has
done we'll in procfaiming so generally and 50
amphatically against the lottery. But great
ss Is the lottery evil in its economic and
other aspects, far greater is the saloon evil.
Where the lottery wastes thousands the sa-
looms wastes millions. Demoralizing as Is
the lottery the saloon decentralization Is In
anitely greater. While the one should be
prohibited the other ought not be fostered or
Advocate.
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A : Section of q Monster Tree.

The section of the big redwood tree
for exhibition at the Worlds Fair at
Chicago IS from the largest and most per.
feet "Big Tree" in California, cut for
the purpose from the mammoth forest in
Tulare County, Cal. Itmeasures ninety
nine feet in circumference at the base.
The height Of this monster specimen
was 312 feet, being 172 feet to the first
limb, which limb measures three feet in
diameter. The tree is supposed to be
nearly 5000 years old, taking each con-
centric ring to be of one years growth.
It is to be taken from an altitude of 1926
feet above the sea level, and thirty three
miles from the nearest railroad.