THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY £0, 1898. GOOD AND BAD CLUBS. Dr. Talmage Preaches a Sermon on Them. Domestic Shipwreck Often Follows Club Membership-The Man Who Spends His Evenlugs at Home Leads the Happlest Life, In the following sermon the popular Washington divine gives some good ad- vice to those who frequent clubs. His text is: II. Samuel, 2: 14: “Let the young men now arise and play before us.” There are two armies encamped by the pool of Gibeon. The time hangs heavily on their hands. One army pro- poses a game of sword fencing, Noth- ing could be more healthful and inno- cent, The other army accepts the chal lenge. Twelve men against twelve men, the sport opens. But something went adversely. Perhaps one of the swords men got an lip, or in some way had his aroused, and that which opened in sportfulness ended in violence, each one taking his contest ant the hair and then with the sword thrusting bim in the side; that that which opened in innocent fun ended he massacre of the 24 rtsmen. Was better illustration of then, is true now, th cent may be At this season o unlucky « ire by 80 : 1 nm t all Sp there ever a what was true that which destruct 11 is 1nno made ive. the houses of * towns and cit full play » found out 1 an illegi In is a legitimate and of the club house. may like t text when other case it body, min¢ these the + healthful he 24 egan their the become { + £ 4 BL OF § 2» contes they t men pia) hecomes in the il, B85 contest some 1 stro honest Ireland, ted States years, ill the 4] of world institut born on * » 3 "2 ogether and I © EXPO Se of caters tter than the dinary hotel or Ix house? t now i ob of club houses of a Pp ail CUSS rn borate CRIM PS DOO with its hook and arousing forest i with its hunt; like the Cen- tury club, lik the the the Comu club the lub ub elub, the Libera Travelers £ the Palette « Gang lub, the Amateur ] clubs, the sizes, the clubs « good 1 can as bad can be, club ing the day places read dust | morals, clubs and « nnumerable as As Foo ubs as bad Dur r lazy an aged man an en are compar and there love ng up tain of then r asten up, Wh are at an im See! here pariors I the upoistery of the Kremlin are dining halls ment 4 aff Tuilleries; and here that challenge you to that the are galleries iuxury cannot with lithe the ana here seulptu and painting, and ogra draw 8 from and and best art 5 1 psey, ber Hart, every impassioned over stad and mood Charen pictures for are or ! a the ses: She day trees: f« sunlight ridan’s ride the aeer or the noon farmers under the pursued by the hounds in the Adirondacks, or the sheep on the side there are readin you find all news papers On that side there is 8 you find all books {rom meneuties to the fairy tale. Coming in and out there are gen- tlemen, some of whom stay ten mine utes, others stay many hours. Some of these are from luxuriant homes, and they have excused themselves for a while from the domestic circle that they way enjoy the, larger sociability of the club house. They are from dis membered households, and they have a plain lodging somewhere, but they come to this club room to have their chief enjoyment. If the dissipating e¢lub houses of this country would make a contract with the inferno to provide it 10,008 men a year, and for 30 years, on the condition that no more should be asked of them, the club houses could afford to make that contract, for they would save homesteads, save fortunes, save bodies, minds and souls. The 10,000 men who would be sacrificed by that contract would be but » small part of the multi- party of mming lawn On this ¥ rooms Ww and nere magazinas library, where hei tude saorificed without the contract. | But I make a vast difference between clubs. I have belonged to four clubs L] and- club, » ball club and two literary clubs. I got from them physi oal rejuvenation and moral health, What shall be the principle? If God will help me, I will lay down three principles to which you hawe been in- vited. Pirst of all I want you to test the club by its influences on home, if you have a home. I have been told by a promi- nent gentleman in club life that three- fourths of the members of the great clubs of these cities are married men. The wife soon loses her influence over her husband who nervously and fool ishly looks upon all evening absence as an assault on sticity. How are the great enterprises of art and to be carried on dome liter ature and benificence if every man is to have his world bounded on one side by his front door step, and on the other side by his back window, knowing nothing higher than his own attic, or nothing lower than his own cellar? That wife who be- comes jealous of her husband's atten- tion to art, « religion, or charity is breaking her own scepter wr literature, or I know an instance her hushand nights to Chris service, to Cone of conjugal power. where a wife thought was giving too many tian to prayer meetings, and to religious vocation. him away and ison a service, charitable ically decoyed no destruction, She systemat attends church, to money Let her Oo the untii he rapid gone, way his morals his and, I fear, his soul tian wife rej consecrates evenings God, thing elevated man life to club i , lean names of gone, any Chris hs gone. when sband oc service of or to charity, t, or to any- sacri point men no fice home out to you a great guilty are club 1018. sacri an who lege. gels ugly erous on all ] VRC and fast are They at ns sir aus ns and nre SUPPers, house, They nts gv about gy ut 's shoes the stin the reation an usurper he has married it, and still er, his urely tune gone and his Here werk 8 Inere name secular shall I dow and the { those six in “What father four improvement and ent family, either neighborhood; 1 institutic ith § . By nem RAYS the husba nd will give O nigl ertainment « at home « £111 foe ‘eo . wiil devote one charitable devote one to the club congrs Here is a man a different BAYS make division ‘ take three for the for other purposes.” 1 six nights. 1 will lub and three one to the h in Hike ner ng Was out spend wishing spend] 3 sr five That Not one ous far on hat ever gets so | URLY man's obi of ten thousand the wrong road ever stops his health will fail, and through much first-rate prey and rheumatism of the doctor coming in will at not fight, | clergyman, r the of the the only The eternal rapids will 1 hey gagement flowers to the Grad through late He Loo stl for heart. Hins will be erysi a gla } diseasd mist The is only present ut Hivi of the funeral years of fast sake day will ties family, on talk in religious generali t In at the men who got his vach not be obse- en send have day. They will ffin-lid, and send their of sympathy. but gemenis elsewhere. quies will pressing wives to utter words they have enga They Bring me mall ariel will never o« me chise and 1 tombstone that the d YOu Say will cut on the “Blessed are ad ! “No,” Or epitaph that Let me die die in the Lowe would not be appr f the righteous, and let my like His." “No.” wonld not be appropriate.” ate the death o t 14st end be you say, “that Then ms cut an honest epitaph vieti the Lie mallet and chisel, “Here lies the club house! | by ratic give m of a dissipating think that damage is often done some nristox to house the sions o hese Peop © humbler classes long to the tting the fact that many and grandsons of the large commercial establishments of the last generation are now, as tomind, to body, diseased; as to morals, rotten. They would have got through their property long ago if they had full possession of it: but the wily ancestors, who earned the money by hard knocks, foresaw how it was to be, and they tied up everything in the will, Now, there is nothing of that nnwerthy descendant but his grand- father's name and roast beef rotundisg. And yet how many steamers there are which feel honored to lash fas’ that wort-eaten tug, though it drags them straight into the breakers Another test by which you can find whether your club is legitimate or il legitimate the effect it bas on your secular occupation. I ean understand how through such an institotion a man ean reach commercial success. I know some men have formed their best busi. ness relations through such a channel. if the club has advantaged you in an honorable ealling it isa legitimate club, But has your credit failed? Are bar gtinmakers more cautious how they trust you with a bill of goods? Have the men whose names were down in the commercial agency Al before they en- tered the elub, been going down ever since in commercial standing? Then look out! You and I day know of commercial establishments going to family, who one of ating iu s. soming up { it an feel club, from honor to be forge of the sons same imbecile: as had the | mans | who | | other and I will \ ns | gen- | are | ne | to | ours las | The | fe elings | | and | and I have heard | dooked | as ruin through the soecinl excesses of one or two members, Their fortunes beat en to death with ball players’ bat, or cut amidships by the front prow of the regatta, or going down under the swift hoofs of the fast horses, or drowned in large potations of coguac and Monon gahela. Their club house was the “Loch Earn.” Their business house was the “Ville du Havre.” They struck, and the “Ville du Havre” went under Which would you rather have pressed to your lips in the closing moment, the cup of Balshazzarean r the chalice of the communion? Who would you for your pall-bearers, the elders of a Christian church,or the companions whose con- versation was endo? wassail o Christian rather have and innu- Who would you rather have for your eternal companions, men who spend their evenings betting, gambling, swearing, erousing and tells ing vile stories, or that bright little girl whom 1 took? Oh! you would not have much nights, would known she Dear me, the same never brightened up. it: she long the evenings are, w put to bed, tiful Bible that you cannot at home sorrow! full of slang those vour little child, the Lor been away so if you had wn? you, WHS going away so se been has i} got How to beau~ it is evenings Ip her bear that drown that You can never | iat has never Yours She your house piace since, has over never will get over it ith and no one to tell t! What a pity spend no one story! more in trying to he You L grief in the wine cup break from used an never away 10 be when she used to arms ul 1 | 7 fiung 1nd neck “Papa, do stay home to-night--do stay home to-night.” You w fre never pe pe away Your Httie girl, he ascii nof adi pating that pommel back Id was dying : to Hn Je 81 sant mes a man on nis Home men k1 * ROW what ooo households in this hour h seated at f the f Brriv the rest « an tha 5 Hat TE — AMERICAN PUMICE STONE, Practieally Pure, nnd Likely to Command the Trade, The use of pumice stone as an abra- glve or polishing material has in- creased very rapidly In this country with the development of our manu- facturing Interests, The supply has been obtained almost exclusively from Italian sources until quite recently, but now an American product is not only becoming known, but bids fair to command the trade, An excellent quality has been found in pulverized forms in western Nebraska. Here some seven different deposits have been discovered, comprising in all about 400 acres, with approximately 800,000 tons In sight, according to a re- port made by Prof. R. D. Balisbury of the University of Chicago. The pum- fee stone found In these deposits has been pronounced practically pure, but of several degrees of fineness, ranging from an impalpable powder to a grade that would make a medium coarse glass paper. These deposits were ac- quired by a Chicago company, who also purchased considerable tracts of land surrounding them, so as to control any new finds. They also desired lump pumice stone, and, after much search, found a deposit in Utah, 245 miles south of Salt Lake City, near a branch of the Utah Central This property comprises 120 The company claim that they have the pumice stone deposits known in county. The Utah deposit ly a mountain of Iu i of quali acres now only this virtual- is ruding Blances works in Chic forty of grade : ora company AEO, with tons per pumice handle in produc 1 chantable deiphia He CHORUS OF WHIPS {| Queer Contests Held hy Citizens of a Small French Town. cked th 1! the effect rospecta? | son will a will shove he out hear ear the night idnight titution is not qu strong as yours § i ti} ligqu drinks is ] than that + will will light his cigar, and he will the club he and 3 nothing of him until y« key in the or after his physical eo Lo NE, ou w wb m jut te 80 ww he irugged drink, , and 80 he you on the road to death, though vou got sucha ong start of hi both go to hell . and so you will together The way to conquer a wild beast ia to the way for mpiations, my back them keep your eye on him. but you to your conquer friend, is to turn our on fiy for your life Oh, my heart aches! I see men | struggling against evil habits and they knelt them ery and then we have risen, and he has put one hand on my right shoulder, and the hand left wulder, into my with an infinity of the judgment day no power to make me forget, has cried out with his lips in ruin, p mel™ there help except in Almighty. 1 am going stout You know a rope-maker will threads and na them together until after awhile they become ship-cable. And | am going to take some very small, delicate threads, and wind them together until they make a very stout rope. I will take all the memories of the marriage day, » thread of laughter, a thread of light, a thread of music, a thread of banquet ing, a thread of congratulation, and I twist them together, and | have one strand. Then, | take a thread of the hour of the first advent in your house: a thread of the darkness that preceded, and a thread of the light that followed. and a thread of the beautiful scarf that little child used to wear when she bounded out at eventide to greet you, and then w thread of the beautiful dress in which you laid her away for the resurrection. And then I twist all these threads together and | have an- other strand. Then 1 take a thread of the scarlet robe of 8 suffering Christ, and a thread of the white raiment of your loved ones before the throne, and a string of the harp cheruble, and a string of the harp seraphie, and I twist them all together, and I have a third strand. “Oh!” say, “either strand is strong en to hold fast a world.” No. Iwill ¢ these strands, and I will twist them sogethar, and one end of that rope I will fasten, not to the communion table, for it shall be re- moved--not to the pillar of the for that will erumbile in the ages, wind it ‘round and ‘round She out want help. 1 have beside them, for help, on my al and face earnestness which will have he scorched “God he For such the Lord God to make a very that take Is no rope sometimes very small ww New Process of Making Mosale facture f Floors, within ¢ i and satisfa {vend ] aa wdust an WOM ing are treated frst the the few nites both {ler a taken out compietely cooled and are is necessary that be present wou nee » ment from being absorbed into res of the wo red moss ds used WOO gd an! dyes dine Oho! are with the she rmed notwithstar FY process is It sald hardness, then tl thi before its I ] oh the perfe parti Cov ar ding perfor iw COmponnt it of floor me and private portant an being vanaf temperatur of wood, thus [4 adaptation { i As a in the Et 10 filings Cane ( adv ciaimed for nt hanges Monthly od by & fentifh ny o TRie © Odd Tax The reason why the tax on beer was fixed at $1.44 a barrel Instead of at round figure, was for the sake of « venience In mathematical ealeula That figure is 8 multiple of 2. 4. 4, and 12, which are the divisions Ly the brewers in the sale of heer computing the frag paris of a barrel, the a half bar rel of beer will be 2 cents, the tax on a quarter of a barrel 36 cents, « A third of a barrel 24 cents, on the sixth of a barrel 24 cents. on an ¢! “hth of barrel 18 counts Neasons for an ate, a Of on La tee] In (AX0R UDOND inx on Oldest Poplar Tree In Prance, she citizens of Dijon, France, re cenitly voted a sum of money for put ting a railing round a tree stand ng within the city limits. The tree bers label which informs the sightsesr that it is the oldest poplar In France The town council has record tracing the history of the tres since the ye rp 722 A. D. It Is 122 feet In height, and forty-five fest In circumfereace at the base. Easy Money in London, The London County Council Is bor rowing $10,000,000 at 2% per cent In terest. No bonds will be sold below par. This loan shows that floating a must be plentiful In BEagland At this rate of interest the return from $20,000 oapital is about equal to tie wages of a street car conductor, YOUR CHILD. Mark How Thin, Pale,? Puny tho Little One Is. SAVE Words of Wisdom by a Well Known Physician, A wel and run-down children, Mr. and Mrs. this writer, of Peckham St. lage, Fall River, them strength, leas growth, sickness, be and harm na hs every Tervous and How You Can Make It Well and Vigorous. I-known physician writes a very Interesting article in regard to what to | give children, especially weak, nervous | in order to make them strong, vigorous and well Thomas Hallows, says N Globe Vi Mass., thank Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem ody for restoring the health and proba hare tier, gorous free of cha TERROR OF CHILDREN. The One Disease Which Every Intelligent Mother Dreads. M Yor Child Ts Kot Well, You Ehould Cure It Before the D) ead Disease | fels In, De Not Ignore First Bymptoms. There are no more dreaded diseases by parents than fits, epilepsy and Bt. Vitus’ dance, Cure the child when the first sy mp {toms appear. Watch the infant oF {child and see if it manifests sny ner vous symptoms, if it is nervous, rest. | less, wakeful, cries out, grits its teeth or tosse 5 about in sleep, has twitching of muscles, limbs or eyelids, if its {tongue is eoated, breath bad, with ir- (regular appetite and bowels, See if it |is pale, puny and does not grow and develo , if it tires easily and does rit ye ‘ After try ith out oblain Dr. Greene remedy benefit after taki her rheuma- Lism was i Her appe tile retur: dv is 4 st 14th » NewY ork rms of nervous and chronic comry rge, personally or by letter. he prescripti at = J Olaatiadaadaadaadidasiandostssistbidaaisabidoits ald di ib bd TOY IF YOU W ANT THE BES SKCHLER & CO., DUSH BELLEF HOUSE ONTE, BLOC K, PA © Nd MAM SM AM dD LEH Boxe STANDARD PRICE -. $50, The Standard Bievele is high grade in every particular, soothe and easy running. There are other Standards, but this is THE STANDARD It will pay yon to see it befere you buy. Rend for catalogue. 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