: r j.O J l Volume XVII-Ne. 271. LANCASTER, PA., FEIDAY, JULY 15. 1881. Price Twe Cents. ' ... mt MlHULKll'S UEim H1TTEU8. A 1'KOriIET .13 NOT WITHOUT J. Hener suvt; in Ids own country." True ami yet like meat truisms it has its ex ceptions. The most striking illustration el this is leuiitl in tile reputation acq u I ret by Mishler's Herb Hitlers during the twenty five; yours it has been before the people. Grewing from small beginnings as simply n local remedy, it has steadily worked its way e the foremost rank among tlie standard medical preparations el the age ; yet nowhere is it mere highly regarded than right here at home, in the scenes ei its earliest victories ever diease. Veu can scarcely 11ml a man, woman or child in Lancaster county, who, at home Units or ether, has net u-cd it, and the testimony of all Is given in Us pratsc. 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The subject is the Christian religion, of which the one is as devoted a professor as the ether is n vio lent opponent. Like-knights of old, each cheeses a motto, and waving it in the face of the ether fights as best he can. The impassioned lauguage of Colonel lugcr lugcr sell is devoted te an exposition of the views which he has already made familiar is almost the same language, and his arti cle partakes of the nature of an orator's appeal rather than that of the critic. Col onel Ingersoll's motto is : " In the pres ence of eternity the mountains ate as transient as the clouds." Judge lllack Hies this quotation from the "Merchant of Venice :" "Oratiane speaks an infinite deal of nothing, mere than any man in all Venice ; his reasons are us two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ; you shall seek all day ere you find them ; aud when you have them, they are net worth the search." tirj argument 01 tnc tatter is set lertit thus ; The request te answer Cel. Inger.sell comes te inc, net in the form but with the eirect of a challenge, which I cannot de cle without scorning te acknowledge that the religion of the civilized world is an ab surd superstition, propagated by impos--ters, professed lry hypocrites, and believed only by credulous dupes. 15ut why should I, au unlearned aud un authorized layman, be placed in such a predicament? The explanation is easy enough. This is no business et the priests. Tlieir prescribed duty is te preach the Werd, in the full assurance that it will commend itself te all geed and honest hearts by its own manifest veracity and the siugular purity of its precepts. They cannot afterd te turn away from their proper work and leave willing hearers un inslruclcd while 1 hey wrangle in vain with a predetermined opponent. They were warned te expect slander, indignity, and insult, aud these arc among the evils whichthey must net resist. It will be seen that 1 am assuming 110 clerical function. 1 am net out en the forlorn hope of converting Mr. Itigersell. 1 am no preacher exhorting the sinner te leave the scat of the scornful and come up te the bench of the penitents. My duty is mere analogous te that of the policeman who would silence a rude disturber of the congregation, by tclliuir him lliat his clamor is false and his conduct an offense against public decency. Ner is the church in any danger which calls for the special vigilance of its ser vants. Mr. Ingetsill tbinks that the rock-founded faith of Christendom is giving way before his assaults, but he is grossly mistaken. The first sentence of his essay is a preposterous blunder. It is net true that " a jtrofeunil change has taken place in the world of thought," un less a mere rapid spread of the gospel and a mere faithful observance of its moral principles can be called se. Its truths are everywhere proclaimed with the power of sincere conviction, and accepted with de vout reverence by uncounted multitudes of all classes. Solemn temples rise te its honor in the great cities ; from every hill top in the country you see the church spire pointing toward heaven, and en Sun day all the paths that lead te it are crowded with worshipers. In nearly all families parents teach their children that Christ is Ged, and his system of morality absolutely perfect. This belief lies se deep in the popular heart that, if every written record of it wcre destroyed te-day tlie memory of millions could reproduce it te-morrow. Its earnestness is proved by its works. Wherever it gees it manifests itself iu deeds of practical benevolence. It builds, net churches alone, but almshouses, hospitals and asylums. It shelters the peer, feeds the hungry, visits the sick, consoles the afliictcd, provides for the fatherless, comforts the heart of the widow, instructs the ignorant, reforms the vicious, aud saves te the uttermost them that are ready te perish. Te the common observer, it docs net leek as if Christianity was making itself ready te be swallowed up by Infidelity. Thus far, at least, the premise has been kept that " the gates of bell shall net prevail against it." Thcre is, te be sure, a change in the party hostile te religion net " a profound change," but a change entirely superficial which consists, net in thought, but mere ly in modes of expression and methods of attack. The bad classes of society always hated the doctrine and discipline which reproached their wickedness aud frighten ed them by threats of punishment in an other world. Aforetime they showed their contempt of Diviue authority only by their actions ; but new, under new leadership, their enmity against Ged breaks out into articulate blasphemy. They assemble themselves together, they hear with pas -sienate admiration the bold harangue which ridicules aud defies the Maker of the univprse ; fiercely they rage against the Highest, and loudly they laugh, alike at the justice that condemns, and the mercy that eilers te pardon them. The orator who relieves them by assurances of impunity, aud tells them that no supreme authority has made any law te control them, is applauded te the echo and paid a high price for his congenial labor ; he pockets their money, and flatters himself that he is a great power, profoundly mov ing " the world of thought." There is another totally false notion ex pressed in the opening paragraph, namely, that " they who knew most of nature be lieve the least about theology." The truth is exactly the ether way. The mere clearly one sees ' the graud precession of causes and eflects," the mero awful his rcvcrcnce becomes for the author of the " sublime and. unbroken " law which links them together. Net self-conceit and rebellious pride, but unspeakable humility, and a deep sense of the measureless dis tance between the Creater and the crea ture tills the mind of him who leeks with a rational spirit upon the works of the All-wise One. The heart of Newton re peats the solemn confession of David : " When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy lingers, the moon and the stars which Theu hast ordained ; what is man that thou arc mindful of him,' or the son of man That thou visitcst him ?" At the same time the lamentable fact' must be ad mitted that " a little learning is a danger ous thing " te some persons. The scielist with a mere smattering of physical knowledge is apt te mistake himself for a philosopher, aud, swelling with his own importance, he give out like Simen Magus, " that himself is some great one." His vanity becomes inflamed mete and mere, until he begins te think he knows all things. He takes every occasion te show his accomplishments by finding fault with the works of creation and Providence ; and this is an exercise in which lie cannot long continue without learning te disbelieve in any Being greater than himself. It was te such a person, and net te the unpretend ing simpleton, that Solemou applied his often quoted aphorism : " The feel hath said in his heart there is no Ged." These are what Paul refers te as " vain babblings and the opposition of science, falsely se called ;" but they are perfectly powerless te step or turn aside the great current of human thought en the subject of Chris tian theology. That majestic stream, supplied from a thousand unfailing feun- tains, rolls en aud will roll forever. Lnbit'trcl Inbtlur inemnc vebtbilis actum. Mr. Ingersoll is net, as some have esti mated him, the most formidable enemy that Christianity has encountered, since the time of Julian the Apestate. But he stands at the head of living infidels, " by merit raised te that bad eminence." His mental organization has the pe culiar defects which fit him for such a place. He is all imagination aud no dis cretion. He rises sometimes iu a region of wild poetry, weits he can color every thing te suit himself. His motto well ex presses the character of his argumenta tion " mountains arc as unstable as clouds " : a fancy is as geed as a fact, and a high-sounding period is rather better than a logical demonstration. His inordi nate .self-confidence makes him at once ferocious and fearless. He was a practical politician before he "took the stump" against Christianity, ami at till times he proved his capacity te " split the cats of the groundlings. ' ami make the unskill ful laugh. Tin' i'i n:!e before us is the least objectionable .' all his productions. Its style is higher, .tud better suited te the weight of the theme. Here the violence of his fierce invective is moderated ; his scurrility gives place te an attempt at sophistry less shocking if net mere true; and his cearse jokes are 'excluded al together, or else veiled iu the decent ob scurity ei general terms. Such a paper lrem such a man, at a time like l.'ie pre sent, is net wholly unworthy of a giave contradiction. He makes certain charges which we an swer by an explicit denial, and thus an issue is made, upon which, as a pleader would say, we put ourselves upon the country." He avers that a certain " some thing called Christianity " is a false faith imposed en the world without evidence ; that the facts it pretends te rest en are mere its doctrines are its requirements arc that its sanctions arc inventions ; pernicious that that and unreasonable ; cruel. I deny all this, and assert, en the contrary, that its doctrines are Divinely revealed ; its funda mental facts incentcstably proved ; its morality perfectly free from all taint of error, and its inilucuce most beneficent upon society in general, and upon all in dividuals who accept it and make it their rule of action. llexr shall this be determined '.' Net by what we call Divine revelation, for that would be begging the question ; net by sentiment, taste. or temper, for these are as likely te be false as true ; but by induc tive reasoning from evidence, of which the value is te be measured according te these of logic which enlightened aud just men everywhere have adopted te guide them iu the search of truth. We can ap peal only te that rational love of justice, and that detestation of falsehood, which fair-minded persons of geed intelligence bring te the consideration of ether impor tant subjects when it becomes their duty te decide upon them. In short, I want a decision upon sound judicial principles. Gibsen, the great chief justice of Penn sylvania, ence said te certain skeptical friends of his : " (live Christianity a common-law trial ; submit the evidence pre and con te an impartial jury under the direction of a competent court, and the verdict will assuredly be in its favor." The deliverance, coining from the most illustrious judge of his time, net at all given te expressions of sentimental piety, and quite incapable of speaking en any subject for mere effect, staggered the unbe lief of these who heard it. I did net kne v him then, except by his great reputation for ability and integrity, but my thoughts were :.trengly influenced by his authority and I learned te set a still higher value upon all his opinions when, in alter me, 1 was honored with his close and intimate friendship. Let Christianity have a trial en Mr. Ingersoll's indictment, and give us a deci sion secundum allegata ct prebata. I will confine myself strictly te the record ; that is te say, I will meet the accusations con tained in this paper, and net these made elsewhere by him or ethers. His first specification against Christian ity is the belief of its disciples "that there is a personal Ged, the creator of the mate rial uuiverse." If Ced made the world it was a stupendous miracle, and all miracles, according te Mr. Ingersoll's idea, are " the children of mendacity." Te admit the one great miracle of creation would be au admission that ether miracles are at least probable, and that would ruin his whole case. But you cannot catch the leviathan of atheism with a hook. The universe, he says, is natural it came into being of its own accord; it made its own laws at the start, and afterward improved itself considerably by spontaneous evolution. It would be a mere waste of time and space te cnumerate the proofs which show that the uuiverse was created by a pro pre existent and self-conscious Being, of power aud wisdom te us inconceivable. Conviction of the fact (miraculous though it be) forces itself en every one whose mental faculties are healthy and tolerably well balanced. The notion that all things ewe their origin and their harmonious ar laugcmcut te the fortuitous concurrence of atoms is a kind of lunacy which very few men in these days are alllicted with. I hepe I may safely assume it as certain that all, or nearly all, who read this page will have sense and reason enough te see for themselves that the plan of the uni verse could net have been designed with out a Designer, or executed without a Maker. But Mr. Itigersell asserts that, a't all events, this material world had net a geed aud beneficent creator ; it is a bad, sav age, cruel picce of work, with its pesti lences, storms, earthquakes aud volca noes ; and man, with his liability te sick ness, suffering and death, is net a success, but, en the contrary, a failure. Te de fend the Creater of the world against an arraignment se foul as. this would be almost as unbecoming as te make the ac cusatien. We have ueithcr iurisdictien nor capacity te rcjitdge the justice of Ged. Why man is made te fill this particular place in the scale of creation a little lower than the angels, yet far above the brutes ; net passionless and pure, like the former, nor mere machines, like the latter ; able te stand, yet free te fall ; knowing the right, and accountable for going wrong ; gifted with reason, and impelled by sclf-Ieye te exercise the faculty these are questions ou which we may have our speculative opinions, but knewledge is out of our reach. Meantime, we de net uibuiuuii. our uicuiiu iuucn:uuciicc uy lad ing it for granted that the Supreme Being has done all things well. Our ignorance of the whole scheme makes us peer critics upon the small part that comes within our limited perceptions. Seeming defects iu the structure of the world may be its per fect ornament all apparent harshness the tendcrest of mercies. "All discord, harmony net understood, All partial evil, universal geed." But worse errors are imputed te Ged as moral ruler of the world than these charged against him as creator. He made man badly, but governed him werse ; if the Jehovah of the Old Testament was net merely an imaginary being, then, accord ing te Mr. Iugersell, he was a prejudiced, barbarous, criminal tyrant. We will see what ground he lays, if auy, for these outrageous assertions. Mainly, principally, first aud most im portant of all, is the unqualified asser tion that the "moral cede" which Jehovah gave te his people " is iu many respects abhorrent te every geed aud tender mau." Dees Mr. Ingcrsell knew what he is talk ing about ? The moral cede of the Bible consists of certain immutable rules te govern the conduct of all men, at all times and all places, in their private and personal relations with one another. It is entirely separate aud apart from the civil polity, the religious forms, the sanitary previsions, the police regulations, aud the system of international law laid down for the special and exclusive observance of the Jewish pcople. This is a distinction which every intelligent man knows hew te make. Has Mr. Ingersoll fallen into the egregious blunder of confounding these tilings? or, understanding the true sense of his words, is he rash aud shameless enough te assert that the moral cede of the Bible excitcs the- abhorrence of geed men; In fact aud in truth, this moral cede, which he reviles, instead of being abhorred, is entitled le, and has received, the profoundest respect of all honest and scnsible persons. The second lable of the Decalogue is a perfect compendium of these duties which every man ewes te himself, his family, and his neighbor. In a few simple words, which he can commit tti memory almost in a minute, it teaches him te purify his heart from covetousness ; te live decently, te injure nobody in repu tatien, perheu, or poverty, and te give every one his own. By the poets, the prophets, and the sages of Israel, these great elements are expanded into a volume of minuter rules, se clear, se impressive, and yet se solemn aud se lefty, that.ne pre-existing system of philosophy can cempaic with, it for a moment. If this vain mortal is net blind with passion, he will see, upon reflection, that he has at tacked the Old Testament precisely where it is most impregnable. Dismissing his groundless charge against the moral cede, we come te his strictures en the civil government of the Jews, which he says was se bad and unjust that the Lawgiver by whom it was established must have been sis savagely cruel as the Creater that made storms and pestilence ; and the work of both was mere worthy of a devil than a getl. His language is recklessly" bad, very defective in method, aud altogether lacking in precision. But, apart from the ribaldry of it, which I de net feel myself bound te notice, I found four objections te the Jewish constitution net mero than four which are definite onengh te admit of au answer. These relate le the prevision.- of the Mosaic law en the subjects of (I) Blasphemy and Idolatry; (2) War ; tj) Slavery ; (4) Polygamy. ' In these re spects he pronounces the Jewish system net only unwise but criminally unjust. Here let me call attention te the diiii culty of reasoning about justice with a mau who has no acknowledged standard of right aud wrong. What is justice ? That which accords with law ; and the su preme law is the will of Ged. But I am dealing with an adversary who does net admit that thcre is a Ged. Then for him there is no standard at all ; one thing is as right as another, and all things are equal ly wrong. Without a sovereign ruler there is no law, and where there is no law there can be no transgression. It is the misfortune of the atheistic theory that it makes the moral world an anarchy ; it re fers all ethical questions te that confused tribunal where chaos sits as umpire aud " by decision mere embroils the fray f " But through the whole of this cloudy pa per there runs a vein of presumptuous egotism which says as plainly as words can speak it that tha author holds hiimelf te be the ultimate judge of all geed and evil ; what he approves is right, aud what he dislikes is certainly wrong. Of ceurse I concede nothing te a claim like that. I will net admit that the Jewish constitution is a thing te be condemned merely because he curses it. I appeal from his profane malediction te the con science of men who have a rule te judge by. Such persons will readily soe that his spe cific objections te the statesmanship which established the civil government of the Hebrew people are extremely shallow and de net furnish the shade of an oxcuse for the indecency of his general abuse. First. He regards the pupishment iu lliuted for blasphemy and idelatary as bo be iug immoderately cruel. Considering them merely religious offenses as sins against Ged alone I agree that civil laws should notice thcin net at all. But sometimes they affect very injuriously certain social rights which it is the duty of the state te protect. Wantonly te shock the religious feelings of your neighbor is a grievous wrong. Te utter blasphemy or obscenity in the presence of a Christian woman is hardly better than te strike her in the face. Still, neither policy nor justice re quires them te be ranked among the high est crimes iu a government constituted like ours. But Ihiugs were wholly different under the Jewish theocracy, where Ged was the personal head of the state. There blasphemy was a breach of political alle giance ; idolatry was an overt act of trea son ; te worship the gods of the hestile heathen was deserting te the public enemy aud giving him aid and comfort. These are crimes which every independent community has always punished with the utmost rigor. Iu our own very recent history, they were repressed at the cost of mero lives than Judca ever centained at any ene time. Mr. Ingcrsell net euly ignores these con sideration?, but lie gees the length of call ing Ged a religious persecutor and a ty- nuit because he docs net enceurage and reward the service and dovotien paid by his enemies te the false gods of the pagau world. He professes te believe that all kinds of worship are equally meritorious and should meet the same acceptance from the true Ged. It is almost incredi incredi ble that such drivel as this should be ut tered by anybody. But Mr. Ingcrsell net only expresses .the thought plaiuly he urges it with the most extravagant figures of his llerid rhetoric. He quotes from the commandment, in which Jehovah claims for himself the exclusive worship of His people, and cites, in contrast, the premise put in the mouth of Brahma, that he will appropriate the worship of all gods te himself, and reward all worshipers alike. These passages being compared, he de clares the first " a dungeon, where crawl the things beget qf jealous slime ;" the ether, "great as the domed firmament inlaid wi.th suus." Why is the livitig Ged I rf"f A A rM a&- k fca A1 A I a rt Ax A J A k w 4 A whom Christians believe te be the Lord of liberty and Father of lights, denounced as the keeper of a loathsome dungeon '? Be cause he refuses te enceurage and reward the worship of Mammen and Melech, of Belial and Baal ; of Bacchus, with its drunken orgies, aud Venus with its wan ten obscenities ; the bestial religion winch degraded the soul of Egypt and the "dark idolatries of alienated Judah," polluted with the moral filth of all the nations round about. Let the reader decide whether this man, entertaining such sentiments and opinions, is fit te be a teacher, or at all likely te lead us in the way we should go. Second. Under the constitution which Ged provided for the Jews, they had, like every ether nation, the war-making power. They could net have lived a day without it. The right te exist implied the right te repel, with all their strength, the opposing force which threatened their destruction. It is true, also, that iu the exeroise of this power they did net observe these rules of courtesy aud humanity which have been adopted iu modern times by civilized bel ligerents. Why ? .Because their enemies, being mere savages-, did net understand, and would net practice, any rule whatever; and the Jews were bound ex necessitate ret net merely justified by the lex talienis te de as their enemies did. In your treat ment of hestle barbarians, you net only may lawfully, but must necessarily, adept their mode of warfare. If they come te conquer you, they may be conquered by you ; if they give no quarter, they are en titled te none ; if the death of your whole population be their purpose, you may de feat it by exterminating theirs. This suf ficiently answers the silly talk of atheists and semi-atheists about the warlike wick edness of the Jews. But Mr. ingcrsell positively, and with the emphasis of supreme and all sufficient authority, declares that "a war of conquest is simply murder." He sustains this posi tion by no argument founded in principle. tie puts sentiment in place of law, aud denenuces aggressive fighting because it is offensive te his " tender and refined soul;" the atrocity of it is therefore proportioned te the sensibility of his own heart. He proves war a desperately wicked thing by continually vaunting his own leve for small children. Babes sweet babes the prattle of babes are the subjects of his most pathetic eloquence, and his idea of music embodied in the commeuplaco ex pression of a Hindu, that the lute is sweet only te these who have net heard the prat tle of their own children. All this is very amiable in him, and the mere se, perhaps, as these objects of his affection are the young ones of a race in his opinion mis created by an evil-working chance. But his pJiilopregenitiveness proves nothing against Jew or Gentile, seeing that all have it in an equal degree, and these feel it most who make the least parade of it. Cor tain -ly it gives him no authority te malign the Ged who implanted it alike in the hearts of us all. But I admit that his bcncvolence becomes peculiar and ultra when it extends te beasts as well as babes. He is struck with horror by the sacrificial solemnities of the Jewish religion. "The killing of these animals was," he says, "a terrible system." a " shedding of innocent bleed," " shocking te a refined and sensitive soul." There is such a depth of tenderness in this feeling, and such a splendor of refinement, that I give up without a'struggle te the superiority of the man who merely pro fesses it. A carnivorous American, full of beef and mutton, who mourns with indig nant sorrow because bulls and goats were killed in Judca three thousand years age, lias reached the climax of sentimental goodness, and should be permitted le dic tate en all questions of peace and war. Let Grotius, Vattcl,Jaud Pnffenderf, as well as Moses atid the prophets, hide their di minished heads. But te show hew inefficacious, for all practical purposes, a mere sentiment is when substituted for a principle, it is only necessary te recollect tha Mr. Ingersoll is himself a warrior who staid net behind the mighty men of his tribe when they gathered themselves together for a war of conquest. He took the lead of a regiment as cager as himself te spoil the Philistines, " and out he went a-coleneling." Hew many Amalc kites, and Hittitcs, and Ameritcs he put le the edge of the sword, hew many wives he widowed, or hew many mothers he " nnbabed " cannot new be told. I de net even knew hew many droves of innocent oxen he condemned te the slaughter. But it is certain that his refined and tender soul took great pleasure in the tcrror.conllagra tcrrer.conllagra tcrror.cenllagra ration, bleed aud tears with which the war was attended, and in all the hard oppres sions which the conquered pcople were made te suffer afterward. I de net say that the war was cither better or weisa for his participation and approval. But if his own conduct (for which he professes neither penitence nor shame) was right, it was right ea grounds which make it an inexcusable outrage te call the children of Israel savage criminals for carrying en wars of aggression te save the life of their government. These inconsistencies arc the necessary consequence of having no rule of action and no guide for the con science. When a man throws away the golden metewand of the law which Ged has provided, and takes the clastic cord of feeling for his measure of righteousness, you cannot tell frpm day te day what he will think or de. Third. But Jehovah permitted his chosen people te held the captives they took iu war or purchased from the heathen as servants for life. This is slavery, and Mr. Ingcrscll declares that " in all civilized countries it is net only admitted, but it is passionately asserted, that slavery is, aud always was, a hideous crime ;" therefore he concludes that Jeho vah was a criminal. This would be a non scquilur, cveu if the premises were true. But the premises are false ; civilized coun tries have admitted no such thing. That slavery is a crime, under all circumstances and at all times, is a doctrine first started by the adherents of a political faction in this country, less than thirty years age. They denounced Ged and Christ for net agreeing with them in terms very similar te these used here by Mr. Iugersell. But they did net constitute the civilized world ; nor were they, if the truth must be told, a very successful portion of it. Politically they were successful ; I need net say by what means, or with what effect upon the morals of the coun try. Doubtless Mr. Iugersell gets a great advantage by invoking their passions and their interests te his aid, and he knows hew te use it. I can only say that whether American abolitionism was right or wrong under the circumstances iu which wc wcre placed, my faith and my reason both assure me that the infallible Ged proceeded upon geed grounds when he authorized slavery in Judca. Subor dination of inferiors te superiors is the groundwork of human society. All im provement of our race, in this world and the next, must come from obedience te some master better and wiser than our selves. There can be no question that, when a Jew took a neighboring savage for his bend servant, incorporated him into his family, tamed him, taught him te work, aud gave him knowledge of the truoGed, he conferred upon him a most beneficent been. Fourth. Polygamy is another of his ob jections e the Mosaic constitution. Strauge te say, it is uet there. It is neither commanded nor prohibited ; it is only discouraged. If Mr. Ingersoll were a statesman instead of a mere politician, he would see geed and sufficient reasons for the ferbearance te legislate directly upon the subject. It would be improper for me te set them forth here. He knows, probably, that the influence, of the Chris tian church aleue, and without the aid of state enactments, has extirpated this bad feature of Asiatic maimers wherever Us doctrines were carried. As the -Christian faith prevails in any community, in that proportion precisely marriage is conse crated te its true purpose, and all inter course between the sexes refined and puri fied. Mr. Ingcrsell get his own devotion te the principle of monogamy his own re spect for the highest type of female character his. own belief iu the virtue of fidelity te ene geed wife from the exam exam ple and precept of his Christian parents. I speak confidently, because these are sen timents' which de net grew iu the heart of natural mau without being planted. Why, then, docs he threw polygamy into the face of the religion which abhors it ? Because he is nothing if net political. The Mormons bcliove in polygamy and the Mormons are unpopular. They are guilty of having net only many wives but much property, and if a war could be hissed up against them, its fruits might be mero " gaynefull pilladge than wee dee new cenceyve of." It is a cunning maneuver, this, of strengthening atheism by enlisting anti-Mermen rapacity against the Ged of the Christians. I can euly pretest against the use he would make of these and ether political interests. It is net argument ; it is mere stump oratory. Concluded Te-morrow. m I'felty Geed. Ine. Raeen, I-aperte, Ind., writes : " Yur 'Spring Illosseni' w all you cracked it up te be. My dyspepsia hatall vanished ; why don't you adverti.se it; what allowance will you make if I take a dozen hettlen, st that 1 could oblige my friends occasionally?" 1'riee .11) cents. Fer sale at II. IS. Cochran's Unur Steru. i:!7 -.'erth Queen street, Lancaster. Kminent I'liysieiaim are prescribing that tried and true remedy Kidney-Wert for tlie worst cases el" bilious ness anil constipation, as well as ler kidney complaints. There U scarcely a pursen te be round that will net bu tjreally hciictltcd by a thorough ceurse of Kidney-Wert every spring. It you Iticleut et sorts, and don't knew why. Wysi package of Kidney-Wert anil you will leei liUeanew creature. Imlianaimiis Senti nel, jyj-lwd&w l'roer resltive. We have tha most pesitH-e and convincing proof that Themas' Eclectric Oil is a most cl lectual speciUu ler bodily pain. In cases of rheumatism and neuralgia it gives instant re lief. Forsiileat II. 15. Cochran's Drugstore, 137 North (iiieen street, Lancaster. YVliei; There's a Will There's: "Way. Anyone who has the -will te try Themas' Kc lectric Oil will surely li nil the way te re'jii.st heal 111, in cases et bronchial affections', sere threat, pains, etc.: anil as au Internal remedy. It Is invaluable. Fer sale at II. B. Cochran Drug SterCj 137 N'erlh Queen htrcet, Lancaster. MEDICAL. JLOCHEll'S Renowned Cough Syrup! A rieasant, Safe, SpeudyandSiiru Ueincdy for Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness, Asthma. Inllu enza. Soreness et the Threat anil Chest, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Spit ting of Blend, Intlammatieu or the Lungs, um'all Diseases or the dies tan d Ai r l'assages.? This" valuable preparation combines all the medicinal virtues of these articles which long experience has proved te possess the most sate and efficient finalities ler the curt; of ail kinds of Lung Diseases. 1'rlcci'i cents. 1're parctl only ami sold by CHAS. A. LOCHER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST NO. 9 KAST KINM STKKKT. elOtl II UIJS DRUGSTORE FISHING TACKLE, RODS, REELS, &c, -OK K V K II V I) EH CHI I' T I O A' . Ne. 15 WEST KIN STREET, au-s-iytil LANCASTKK, l'A. K' l)NKV WOK'., DOES WHY? WONDERFUL. CURES. ISetansc It actHeii theLIVKK, BOWKLH ami KIDNKVS at the mme time. Because it. cleanses the system et the poison ous humors that develop in Kidney and Uri nary Discuses, Biliousness, Jaundice, Consti pation, Biles, or in Bhcumatism, Neuralgia, Nervous Disorders and Female Complaints. SEE WHAT TKOrLI', SAY: Eugene B. Sterk, of .Junction City. Kansas, says Kidney Wert cured him alter regular riiysicijiis hatl been trying ler lour years. Mrs. Jehn Aruall, of Washington, Ohie, says her boy was given up toil lis by tour prom inent physicians and that he was alterwards cured by Kidney Wert. M. 31. B. Goodwin, au editor in Chanlnn, Ohie, says lie was net expectetl te live, being bleated beyond belief, but Kidney Wert cured him. Anna L. Jarrett. of fcenlh Salem, N. V.. says that seven years suirering from kidney troubles and ether complications was ended by the use el Kitley Wert. Jehn n. Lawrence, et Jacksen. Tcnn.. suller ctl for years from liver and kidney 1 reubles and after taking " barrels el ether medicines," Kidney Wert math: him well. Michael Cole, et Montgomery Centre, VI., sutlercd eight years with kiiluey tlilliculty and was unable te work. Kidney Wert matlc him "well as ever." KIDNEY WORT BEISMANENTLY CUItES KIIbY DISEASES, LIVER COMl'LALM'S, CONSTIPATION AND TILES. It is put up in Dry Vegetable Ferm, in -Wtincans, one package of which makes six 3-'luartsef medicine. 3" Alse in l.i qui tt Ferm,vory Concentrated JKhtev the convenience et these who cannot 3 readily- prepare it. it acts with equal MO efficiency in either form. GET IT OF YOUR. DBUGGIST. 1'BICE, 1. WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Prep's, Burlington, Vt. (Will send the dry pest-paid.) dcc27 lydftwl MEDIC AC. S,LV KB JKWKLKY. LACE PINS, EAR RINGS AND BRACELETS, NECK , CHAINS AND HAIR l'. .u STUDS, KVK Wj g SILVER. AUGUSTUS RHOADS, Ne. 20 East King Street, Lancaster, l'a. MEDICAID -1ATAKRH. UATAlilill, COLD IX THE HEAD, HAY FEVEU. CATAUUIIAL DEAFMKSS, CAN' BE CUBED. niRECTIONS. Fer Catarrh. Hay Fever.Ceidin tlieHtsut 4c. Insert with HtUe tinner a particle el Balm Inte the nostrils : draw slreng breaths through the, nose. It will be absorbed, cleansing and liculliitf the diseased mem brane. FOB DEAFNESS-. pplv a particle Inte the ear. ELY'S CREAM BALM, having gained an enviable local reputation, displacing all ether preparations iu the vicin ity et discovery, is. en its merits alone, recog nized as nwendcrtnl remedy wherever known. A fair trial will convince the most skeptical of its curative powers. It effectually cleanses the nasal passages of catarrhal virus, causing healthy secretions, allays inflammation antl irritation, protects the nienibranal linings et the head lreui attditieual colds, completely heals the sores anil restores the sense et taste , and smell. Benellclal results are realized by a lew applications, a inoreugn ircauueni. as directed, will cure Catarrh. As a household remedy for cold in the head it in unequalled The Balm is easy le use anil agreeable. Seltl by druggists ut 50 cents. On receipter 50 cents will n.alt a package. Send ter circular with full information. 1.1 'S CUEAM BALM CO., Owego. S. Y. Fer sale by the Lancaster druggists, and ,by wholesale druggists generally. til tmiced.tw IV YOU AltK A MAN OK BUSINESS, weakened by the strain of your duties, avoid stimulants antl take HOP BITTERS I ir you area man of letters, toiling ever your midnight, work, te restore brain ami nerve waste, ttike HOP HITTERS ! 1 1 you arc young, and suirering lrem any luuiscretioiieriiissipauon, ian HOI HlTTERSl If you ant married or single, old or young. Millcriug from peer health or languishing en a bed of sickness, take HOP HITTERS! Whoever you are, wherever you are, w ben ben ever you feel that your system iiectts cleansing, toning or stimulating, with out intoxicating, take HOP HITTERS! Ilave you tlfftjwpsia, l-idnei or urinary com plaint, disease et the stomach, bowel, bleed, liver, or nerves ! Yeu will be cured if you hike ' HOP HITTERS! . II you are simply ailing, are weak antl low spirited, try it! Buy It. Insist upon It. Your druggist keeps it. HOP HITTERS! It may save your life. It has saved hundreds. Hen Hitters Mauiiraclnrlug Company, lieciicster. New Yerk, and Terente. Ontario. e3-lvdMWFAw Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham, ef.lynn,:mass.. Has Hafle k Discovery ! Her YcgetaJile Compound the Savier of Her Sex. Health, Hepe and Happiness stored by the use of Be- LYDIA K PINKHATVTS Vegetable Compound, The Fealtive Cure Fer All Female Complaints. This preparation, as Its name aiguilles, con slsts et Vegetable Properties that an: harmless te the most delicate invalid. Upen ene -trial the merits tif this com pound will he recognized as relief is lmmedi:ite;and when its nseis con tinued, in ninety-nine cases iu n hundred. a permanent cure iscflcctcil, as thousands will testily. On account of Its proven mcritx.it is t-.Iay recommended antl prescribed by the best physicians iu the country. It will cure entirely the worst form of falling of the uterus, Lcucorrhcea, Irregularaiid pain ful Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles, In In tlammateou and Ulceration, Floedings. all Dis placements and the consequent spinal weak ness, antl is especially adapted te the Cinnge of Lilt;. In lact it has proved te be the ;;reatcflt and best remedy that has ever been discovered. It permeates every portion of the system, and xives new lite anil vigor. It removes faintness, llululer.cy, destroys ail craving ler stimulants, and relic virs weakness of the stomach. It cures Bleating, Headaches, Nervous Pros tration, General Debility. Sleeplessness, Ilc Ilc m'Cssien anil Indigestion. That lecllng of bear ing down, causing pain, weight and backache, is always permanently cured by its use. It will at all times, antl under all circumstances, at-t in harmony with tlie law that governs tin: female system. Fer Kidney cemptaiuti; or cither sex this Compound is unsurpassed. lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound sj prepared at 2l ami 2Xi Western Avenue Lynn, Mass. Price $1. Six bottles for $.'. Sent by mail iu the form et pills, aLse in the form of lozenges, en receipt el price, $1 per box, for either. Mrs. I'lNKlIAM Ircely answers ail let ters of inquiry. Send ler pamphlet. Address as above. Mention this paper. Me family should be without LVDIA E PINKHAM'S L1VKK PILLS. They cure Con stipation, Biliousness and Torpidity of 'lie Liver. '15 cents per box. Johnsten, Holleway k Ce., General Agents, riilladelplila. Fer sale by C. A. Lecher, '. East King street and ice. W. Hull, 15 West King street, YSI-lYdcGd&w K YI-.S. EYES! This morning a Irie of patients, from Bead ing, Philadelphia anil Etlgcwoetl, Bucks county, each related their unfortunate, isxpcr l':nccs under the treatment et their eyes by the Oculists, Drs. erris, Levis ami Straw bridge, of Philadelphia, and their decided im provement under my practice. One et them came te me totally blind : the second nearly blind, and the third with almost constant neuralgia in and around the eyes, with im paired vision. A fourth patient. Miss Lizzie Brubaker, of Lititz. said : "My dyspepsia and -ether afflictions et long standing lelt me iu a ahtrt time after going under your charge, and my glasses, worn since I was fourteen years et age, were laid aside as useless, and my vision is natural." Xe Oculist in this country or Europe can preduensuch results witheutthey discover my remedies and applications, or similar ones. Persons wearing U lasses for far and nearsightedness or ether diseases of this organ em usually have them removed inside el two menthsand the vigor et their eyes re stored te its normal contliUeu. .Names of per sons cured et Astigmatism given upon appli cation, a diseased condition et the eyes that no oculist ever pretends te cure. Alse Cataract cured by absorption without using the knile. Send for or call anil get (free) four pamphlets. One en cures of diseased eyes; one en catarrh ; one en emniparity, antl the last oentalnlng a large number et names el jiersena cured et every variety of disease. Mat 4, 1881. BR. O. A. GREENE, Ne. 146 EAST KJftO STKEKT, OtltlM-WFJtSl Lancaster. Pa. -rl KAI THIS 2 Lascasteb, 1A April 28, 1981. Tl-'B KIDMEVCURA JIK'O liOMPAHY. O'fnttlt gives me much pleasure te say thit after using one pack el KIDN'EYCUBA I have been entirely cured et a severe pain m my baci: and side, of Ien? standing, and that, tee, after trying various known remedies. 1 have every confidence in your medicine, cheerfully recommend it.andknewtuatmany of my lricnds who have used it have been benefited. PETER, BAKEB, nilWlyd Foreman Examiner and Express.
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