THE SCRAOTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, MARCH 12. 1898.
in
FROM FROST LAND
TO ROSY BOWERS
A Railroad Journey from Cold Winter
Into Budding Summer.
DELiai'TFUL JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH
Tho ilonutlfiil Hconory of tho "liniul
ol tho Sky"--Asliovlllo and III Attractions.-Uulirouil
UnglnaerliiK
Fents--Strny Notes oi n C'liiirmhic
Ititiornry. .
New Orleans, . March .While
crusts, of' Ice cover streams, while
waterspouts nro choked and overcoats
are in demand In the coldish North,
dowji South roses are climbing vlneclnd
balconies and the latest summer fash
ions are belnir studied. When tho
fierce, chilling, penetrating cold-pro-ducltiR
winds of blowy March begin to
be rarnpant, Northeners begin to sigh
for the summer skies, tho soft air and
tho "Dolce far nlente" of the land of
oranges and cotton. Although tho
ManH Grns, which only tho other day
Illuminated and bedecked New Orleans,
was the Immediate cause-of the ad
vance rush toward the region of the
equator, yet the actual army of depar
ture does not fairly start until after
the first of March. Then all the rail
road companies whose locomotive
headlights are turned Southward have
all they can do to move the Immense
traffic that Is thrust upon themj and
those folks who go South at this time
of the year are not tho ordinary travel
ers; they have leisure, they have
means, and they have traveled every
where. They demand, and are will
ing to pay for the best service that
can be-given by tho modern perfection
or railroad transportation.
A FINE IIOUTE.
Among the many corporations whose
tremendous dyers rattle down toward
Florida and to New Orleans none has
proved Itself more able to handle satis
factorily the great crowds and please
everybody than that enterprising, lib
eral, progressive and thoroughly up-to-date
system of railroads known as the
Southern railway. Practically em
braced In this system may be included
the Pennsylvania railroad, whoso
tracks are used as far as Washington,
wheie begins the Southern railway It
self, which then takes In, before tho
rfulf Is reached, the following other
railroads: Western railway of Alaba
ma, Louisville and Nashville railroad,
New Orleans and Northeastern rail
road and Alabama Great Southern rail
road. It may be a matter of Interest
to state that the Southern railway op
erates, controls or has the privilege of
tracks amounting In all to over live
thousand miles. As an Instance of
what this company can do It may be
said that their through trains run
from Philadelphia to Florida In twenty-three
hours and to New Orleans In
thirty-six. Their service to Florida
has not only gained a reputation among
tourists to tho orange groves, but the
remarkable equipment of Its various
trains, their superb appointments,
splendid conveniences and unheard of
comforts have given them a fume that
Is now spreading to the four corners
of this country, nnd has also gained
the attention of all Europeans visiting
here. Recently the International
League of Prqss Clubs, which is com
posed of all the Journalistic clubs of
America, held a convention In the city
Of New Orleans, and the northern
delegates traveled to New Orleans by
tho way of the Southern railway, and
the route followed going nnd coming
made one of the most pleasant, pictur
esque and enjoyable trips ever mapped
out by1 any railroad In this country.
ENGINEERING FEATS.
On the trip southward tho train flies
through Baltimore, Washington, Dan
ville, Charlotte, Atlanta, Montgomery
k.-'sJUid Mobile, and the time of departure
from tne xortn is so llxed that the
most beautiful scenery along the route
burst forth to view during daylight
hours. Coming back from New Or
leans a detour was made, the train
taking the tracks of the New Orleans
and Northeastern railroad as far as
Meridian, then going through Birming
ham, Chattanooga, and making a stop
at that famed winter resort, Asheville,
JM. C, which hangs on the tops of the
mountains llko a grand lamp In tho
skies. Here nature has provided a
throne for herself and shares her king
dom with her sister, het th.
Amid the envlronmei a of cloud
kissed Asheville we fine some of the
most phenomenal railroad engineering
In this country. Tho rails that run
up the mountains and run down the
mountains wore placed there in the
face of the most extraordinary hind of
difficulties. It may be mentioned that
the average post per mile of construc
tion was sixty thousand dollars, re
quiring In time an additional outlay
of forty thousand dollars per mile, One
llttlo stretch of rails, covering but a
distance of three hundred yards, and
familiarly known as "Mud Cut," has
cost tho company In round figures four
hundred thousand dollars. Here the
mountain towered one hundred and
eighty feet above the track, and after
the first girders had been laid It was
found that the bed Bhowed quicksilver
reformation and everything began to
slide like a thermometer. A force of
J one hundred men was employed night
and day for years In order to keep tho
tracks In an absolutely secure position.
. Everything Is all right now, ns tho
mountain washed back for two hun
dred yards, leaving the tracks In a
positively safo and secure position and
free from any possible encroachment
upon them. The men employed to do
this labor were secured under contract
from tho North Carolina penal commis
sioners, and the price paid for tho work
of tho convicts was therefore very low,
but as tho total amount expended was
four hundred thousand dollars, It Is
casljy reckoned how much labor was
enlisted In order to clear the tracks.
TUNNELS.
In and' about tho region of Asheville
we find the, grade Is about 12 feet to
the mile for a run of twelve miles. Nino
largo tunnels are whirled through by
the various trains, and tho longest of
theso tunnels, 1,800 feet, was cut and
constructed at the tremendous e:ost of
ono. million dollars. One-third of this
tunnel was pleroed through solid rock
and the rest was arched with solid
brick, the whole affair being certainly
a triumph of modern railroad eglneer
lng. This tunnel Is known as tho
Swannanoa, and haa bocomo historic In
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Tho line hero twists and turns llko a
long snake; nt one point seventeen
portions of tho track may be seen at
once, while there In a grand curve
Which Is known as tho "Ucall Horse
shoo." THE LAND OF THE SKY.
Ashevlllcl It In simply a mountnln
dream It is different from any other
mountain resort In the world; It Is
uniquethere Is nothing to compare
with It except, perhaps, If we allow
our minds to travel across ocean and
land to far-away Switzerland, and
even then tho unprejudiced tourist will
give his verdict In favor of Asheville.
There Is no better evidence of tho
beauty of this region than the fact
that this Qod-favored spot was selected
by Georgo W. Vundorbllt as u resi
dence for himself, after ho had travel
ed all ovor the world and had visited
every noted picturesque region. Hero
his millions have been nn Aladdin's
lamp, which has erected on the moun
tain side tho most superb mansion that
can be found on the Americnnt conti
nent, and whore he has laid out a mag
nificent estate of 140,000 acres. His ar
chitect must have been a fairy who
evolved beauty from tho clouds and
sprinkled everything with .diamond
dew. The Vnnderbllt estate, which Is
known ns "Hlltmore," Is assuredly tho
finest private estate, the boundaries of
the United Stntes hold. Its owner had
millions, of course, nt command, and
money can do anything, but without
the rare, superb beauty nnd natural
surroundings of Asheville his millions
would have been as naught.
Asheville Is well termed "Tho Land
of the Sky," nnd tho drapery of heaven
almost envelops Its site letween the
Allegheny mountains on the west nnd
Hlue Rldgo on tho -east, the city Itself
capping nn elevation of 2.C0O feet above
tidewater, surrounding mountain tops
even pressing tho sky at a higher alti
tude. Hero you will find the bubbling,
sparkling, gurgling French Uroad
river, which Is tho natural shed water
of tho region and which flows along at
nn elevation of 1S00 feet for 40 miles.
In this delightful region pulmonary
and throat troubles are put to flight
by the balmy nlr In this section, tho
consumptive here renews health, for
gets nil about the rigors of Northern
winters, and a new lease of life Is
signed, sealed and delivered ns tho
whistle of tho locomotive Is heard on
Its approach to Asheville.
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
It is due to the Southern rnllwuy to
say that It has been an Important fac
tor In building up whnt Is now known
ns the new South. Its efforts have not
been entirely confined to the mere
transportation of passengers, but have
been a great aid In the movement of
that Increased freight trnllle which
has sprung into existence since tho
introduction of Northern capital In the
Southern states, and which bus result
ed in the building up of large factor
ies, particularly In the cotton growing
states, where the manufacturers are
rivaling New England states In the
matter of production, a fact which has
been noted and extensively commented
upon during the past few months In
the Northern papers. This prosperity,
for which the South has been so nnx
jously waiting, has certainly been
brought about In a great measure by
the liberal and progressive methods
which characterize all the Intents and
purposes of the new olllclals of tho
Southern railway. They have realized
the colossal material wealth of tho
state below the Mason and Dixon line,
nnd have mapped out a well-defined
and concentrated programme, whose
one purpose Is to develop that material
wealth to the fullest extent. New
blood has been recently Infused Into
this once amost dlsltegrated system
and a once non-paying property has
been put firmly, safely and surely on
Its feet, nnd where once was a deficit
to be noted there is now a dividend as
sured. FROM ALASKA TO THE MINT.
How Klondike Gold Finds Its Wnv
Into llnltcd States Trensiiry.
From tho Boston Evening Transcript.
Ever so much has been written about
the gold that comes from the Klondike,
but nobody seems to have thought of
inquiring as to what becomes of It af
ter It has left the placer mines and the
Yukon region. Of course the miners
bring It Into the United States by
steamer, done up In canvas bags and
all sorts of other packages. And the
bulk of It thus fetched to Seattle,
which Is a convenient port. In Seat
tle there Is no trouble in converting the
raw materiul into the ordinary curren
cy of the realm. The merchants ac
cept It, by weight, as readily as any
other form of money, und the banks
are always ready customers for gold.
Most of the miners laden with the
yellow wealth, take It directly to tho
Seattle banks nnd deposit It, Just as If
it were dollars. They receive credit
for It In the same way; but ordinarily
tho banks act simply ns agents for the
sale of tho gold to the government.
Uncle Snm, you see, advertises to buy
all gold that is offered, with no limit on
the quantity. His purchasing office,
nearest to Seattle, Is nt Helena, Mont.,
So tho banks, which eventually get all
the gold accepted by the merchants,
forward the stuff to the assay ofllce at
Helena and there It Is received and
paid for. Tho payment Is made Im
mediately on its receipt by Treasury
checks.
If, then, you nro a miner Just re
turned from tho Klondike with a bag
of gold, you may convert It Into every
day money at very short notice. Tho
.treasury check returned to you through'
tho bank is for only OS per cent, of the
estimated valuo of the dust and nug
gets. That you get without any delay
at all, beyond the time required for ex
pressing the stuff to Helena and for tho
return of tho check by mall. The bal
ance duo to you comes ns soon as your
gold hns besh subjected to tho neces
sary nstay. You have a right, under
tho law, to receive gold coin for your
check, if you choose to ask for It. If
you make no such demand the treas
ury will give you paper money, but the
cheek Is really payable In gold If you
want it. The idea back of this Is that
any man has a right to offer raw gold
to tho United States government and
to receive gold coin In return.
This legal obligation Is fulfilled nt
considerable cost by the government.
Every gold coin contains its full face
value In that metal plus a percentage
of copper added to harden it. Tho
minting of It costs somelhlng, nnd for
this nothing Is charged. In other
wort's, I'nrlo Sam gives a manufac
tiued article of money In return for
raw material. Furthermore, It must
be considered that gold pieces mffer
appreciable loss tiy abrasion while in
circulation. Even yold coins in bags nt
the treasury lose something of their
value by being Jostled about. This is
a dead logs to,, the trovernmbnt. wMcli
protects itself only by fixing a "limit
of tolerance," as It Is called. When
moro than a certain fraction of a gold
piece hna beci'n lost by abrasion, It is accepted-only
by- weight
It Is a rulher Interesting fact that a
Sunday Sclool Lessoa for Marcli 13.
The Wheat aed the
Matt. XIII; 24-30, 36-43.
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL. D
Secretary of American Society of Religious Education.
PRELIMINARY. Wo huvo now como
to "tho great parable chapter," n Lu
ther calls It. Tho word, parublc, literally
Mlgnltlos, to put one thing before or be
side, another. This mndo of teaching wus
held In high favor among tho ancients, be
cause It was a form of Illustration that
excited thought, awakened pleasurablo
emotion, and helped tho memory. It wns
alike agreeablo nnd prolltablo to tho
lenrned and the unlearned, There is a
harmony between the natural and the
spiritual worlds, the former being n wit
ness to tho latter. Al lovers of truth
readily recognlzo llicso harmonies nnd tho
force of arguments derived therefrom. To
them tho things en earth aro copies of
things In heaven. Christ moved In tho
midst of what to many seemed a worn
out world, but He mndo 11 tell out the se
crets of man's belns. He made It an
swer with stranuc nnd marvelous coiro-
spondences to another nnd Invlslblo
world, to lu-tp to the birth great thoughts
of the heart, long struggling to bo born.
Tho parables of Jesus display His ac
quaintance with the sensuous and tho
superscntuous realm nnd enable men to
pass moro readily from one to the other.
SOWING. In His first parnblo (verses
1 to 23). Jesus mado His tcnchlng turn
upon tho character of tho soil. A man
had gono forth with good seed, but the
product varied In tho harvest according
to the ground upon which It fell. In the
parable before us Ho presents tho same
man faithfully depositing good seed, pre
sumably In good soil. Ills work was well
done and ho repaired to his home to rest,
expecting that In due courso of tlmo ho
would reap (verse 24). Hut when tho
night came on, while ho slumbered, his
enemy camo stealthily Into tho field.
Having sown tares In the same ground
where tho wheat had been cast, he went
away (verso 23). The act was wholly un
known. It was done out of pure mischief.
There could be no benefit or pleasuro to
him who did It, except the pleasuro de
rived from tho reflection that an injury
bad been done. It Is a strango condition
of human nature, when a man takes de
light In nnroylng another. Tho spirit Is
devilish In tho extreme.
GROWING. Roth the wheat and tho
tares germinated, being Influenced by tho
simo moisture and the Fame sunlight and
nurtured In the ramc soil (verse 26). For
a considerable time no one could have dis
tinguished the one from the other. Even
tho practiced eye of the fnriner was de
ceived. Locking over the Held ho must
have thought the grain was unusually
thick, thrifty and promising, and he may
have congratulated himself on tho abund
ant yield. Rut after awhile, when tho
grain heads out, the tares aro known.
Hateful and noxious weeds they were.
Volney, writing of the darnel, which prob
ably our Saviour had In mind, says lie
experienced 111 effects from eating Its
heeds (Trav. II. 306). The "Inmates of tho
Shellleld workhouse were attacked some
years ago with serious symptoms sup
posed to bo produced by their oatmeal
having been ndulterated with lolium."
which Is very much the same as tho
darnel of Arabia (Eng. Cycl). It was
therefore u very great disappointment to
tho owner of the Held to discover this
weed among his grain, and his servants
expressed their surprise, knowing that
good seed had been cast Into the ground
(verso 27).
PROPOSING. The explanation was not
far to seek. Tho quantity and extent of
good deal of gold from Australia Is now
coming Into this cou:ltry by way bf
San Francisco. It goes directly to ths
mint In that city, and 13 there convert
ed Into coin. Rut whatsoever the source
of the raw gold, the treatment It re
ceives on reaching the mint or assay
oillco Is the s-ame. Each lot of Klon
dike dust, with its sprinkling of tiny
nuggets, in put into a closed vessel
ailed a crucible. The crucible la placed
In a furnace, and whn the metal Is
mlted It Is poured Into a mouU, which
foims It into a brick called a "bar."
While In the crucible the molten yellow
stuff Is stlred constantly nnd thor
oughly, so that nil the materials it con
tains may be distributed equally
through the bar. For, of course, tho
raw gold Is apt to bo combined with
more or less of silver, copper, and
even lend.
The bar, when cool, Is sent to the
weighing room, where tho assayer
chlp from It u very small scrap, nnd
this scrap Is put through an elaborate
process, for the purpose of determin
ing exactly how much gold It contains.
Eventually It Is reduced to a bit of ab
solutely pure gold, and the weight of
this bit gives to the nssayer his data
for reckoning the exact value of the
bar. On this reckoning the payment
check Is made out. The gold brick,
being now the property of Ucule Sam,
Is subjected to a chemical treatment,
by which the silver and other Impuri
ties are separated from It and the yel
low metal Is obtained In a perfectly
pure state. In this state It looks moro
like red gravel than anything else, and
nobody would think of stopping by tho
wayside to pick up a handful of such
siuff.
The "red grovel" l pressed by hy
draulics power Into big cakes, resem
bling angel-food cakes in shnpe, but
much bigger. These cakes nre worth
about $80,000 apiece. Next the material
of which the cakes are mado is melted
again In crucibles, with the addition of
10 per cent, of copper, and the stuff Is
cast In bars for coining. Each bar Is
sliced ty a machine Into several etrips,
which aro put under a powerful roller
nnd squeezed to just the required
thickness for the coins. Then tho
strips are passed beneath a punch,
which cuts out of them tho blanks for
the gold pieces that are to be. Various
n'f.chanlcal processes requiring no de
tailed description here, nre gono
through incidentally, but at length the
coin blanks are put one by one in n
stamping mnchlne, which gives to them
tho beautiful designs that make tho
gold pieces of the United States cur
rent at face value all over the world.
SOMK BRITISH NF.WNPAPEUS.
Strnngo Titles Inflicted Upon Ccitain
Publication in Englnnd.
London Letter in the Sun,
A rule that applies principally to
newspapers in Kngland Is to the effect
that the less Important the paper the
longer its name. Unless ono has looked
over the lists of British papers he may
not believe this, but It Is true, ns the
following names will show. In London
these titles are borne and possibly en
Joyed: The Hornsey and Flnsbury
Park Journal and North Islington
Standard and tho Northwestern Dis
trict Advertiser and Camden and Kent
ish Town, Hampstead Hlghgate, Hal
loway nnd St, 'Pancras Gazette, which
latter, as its name Indicates, is Con
servative In its politics, It's all right
to be Conservative If you're built that
way; but think of asking your local
newsman for that paper, especially the
day after election, when you're In a
hurry for news. But perhaps you don't
buy this paper for the news. Now,
this ugly growth negatived the supposi
tion of un accident. The householder In
ferred that an enemy had done the work.
Borne evil Intelligence lies back of every
planned wrong. Hut what shull bo done?
Is thcro any remedy? Jt was proposed
that the tares should bo gathered (veiso
28), a method gcnernlly followed when tho
number of weeds Is less, Thompson In his
"Land and Rook," says that women nnd
children engage In tho work In the orient,
as In this country they pult weeds In tho
garden. Rut the mnn In tho parable saw
this was Impracticable. Tho tares wcro
so numerous, they grew In such close re
lation with tho wheat, that to pull up ono
was to destroy tho other. "Let both grow
together." Two crops In tho same field,
tho ono valuable, tho other pernicious,
tho latter spared for the sake of tho
other. This was tho wisest policy under
tho circumstances.
HARVESTING. Tho tlmo will come,
however, when tho wheat and tho tares
will bo separated. They grow together
but for distinctly opposlto purposes.
When tho harvest Is gathered the former
ntono Is valuable, nnd Is stored carefully
lit barns for uso (Matt, ill, 12). That
wheat may bo converted Into flour, and of
that bread may bo mndo for tho support
of mankind. See whnt multitudes live
upon the millions of bushels of grata
raised In the western states of this coun
try 1 It was for tho wheat that tho far
mer sowed his field. But tho tures nro
worthless, and worse than worthless. No
uso can bo mado of them. They are an
Injury ns well as an Incumbrance. They
must therefore bo burned (verse SO). So
tho farmer Instructed his servants who
were required to watt until tho appointed
time. Looking out over tho Held ono may
see stalks growing nnd support what will
yield life, and strength, nnd the other
stalks growing only to become fuel. Ml
shall bo gathered Into Its appropriate
place, the storehouse or tho flames.
INQUIRING. What does all this
mean? It was evident that Jesus would
not relate an Incident llko this merely
to make known what mlc-it happen nny
time In the history of Palestine. Ho In
tended to teach rather than to gossip.
His words were always so serious that
all who heard knew that they carried
Homo lmportnnt lesson. The disciples
most of all knew this, but they did not
Immediately ask him to explain. Not un
til Jesus had sent tho multitude away,
and He had gone with His followers
Into the house did they npproach Him
(verse 30). There was much wisdom and
delicacy In their method. They rightly
assumed that He did not propose to un
fold mysteries In the presence of men
who cared not for them (Matt, xl, 2.1).
They understood that private Intimacy
and personal contact, . as well ns re
sultant affection between tho teacher and
the pupil, are needed In order to tho re
ception of tho higher truths (Psalm xxv,
14). The little group, gathered In tho
home of Peter requested "Declare unto
us," with the emphasis on the pronoun.
An eager, select, retired class of pupils
may learn.
EXPLAININO.-U must have been
with much satisfaction (John xvl. 12)
that the Great Teacher explained His
parable (verses S7 to 40). Tho sower and
tho enemy represented tho Son of Man
and the devil, two persons, tho latter as
truly as the former having a real exist
ence, tho one benevolent, tho other malic
ious. The field was the world which be
here's another: The Eastern Argus and
Borough of Hackney Times, Borough
of Bethlem Green Times and Borough
of Shoredltch Times; and this one, a
pretty nice selection for a great city:
The Country Gentleman, Sporting Ga
zette, Agricultural Journal and the
"Man About Town." You can take
your choice when you get that paper.
But London isn't the only place
where the papers have portmanteau
titles; In the provinces, too, they have
them, though perhaps not so complete
ns In the city. Here Is .a country
paper's name: The Altrlngham Divis
ion Advertiser and Bowden, Lynn, Sale
nnd Cheadle Gazette. And here's an
other of equal volume: The Rossen
dale Division Gazette, with which is
incorporated the Bacup and Rossen
dale News and Hasllngton Gazette. It
will be noticed that a very large pro
portion of the papers aro named' "Ga
zette." It must be that the same lack
of any sense of humor that allows tho
English to give such long names to
their papers forbids them to choose ap
propriate names. Almost every paper
in England seems to bear one of these
names: "Times," "News," "Adver
tiser," "Gazette," or "Echo." Of courso,
there are others; but they nre few and
far between. At Kidderminster, to be
sure, there is n Shuttlp, which is ap
propriate because Kidderminster Is a
great spinning place, and at Ross the
paper has to be called the Man of Ross,
but almost everywhere there Is a dull
level of dismal names that is most dls
henrtenlng to nn American.
Here are two more to wind up with;
one Is Scotch, the other Welsh. Tho
Scotch Is this: The Banffshire Jour
nal, Aberdeenshire Mail, Moray, Nairn
and Invernes Review and Northern
Fanner, and this Is the production of
Taffys imagination: Tho Mumble Ob
server and News Record of the Gower
Peninsula.
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longed to Christ (Col. I, 10, In which Ho
had deposited tho seed of righteousness,
the truth spoken by Him (Luke vlll, 11),
which produces good men (verso 3S), tho
children of tho kingdom, Into this Held
tho devil enters slyly nnd unseen, and
deposits falsehood (.(Jen. Ill, 4), ns the
father and author of lies, when como
children of wickedness. Tho harvest. Is
tho end of tho world (Rev. xlv, 15), somo
say tho end of tho age, the closing up
of tho present order of things, Tho
reapers nro tho nngels, tho messengers
of God, thoso who behold this mixed
condition on tho earth and wonder and
wait until tho order shall go forth de
claring tho end, thoso sinless beings who
minister now to tho righteous, but shall
administer Justice to tho wicked.
APPLYING. Tho terminology having
been thus mado plain Jesus proceeded to
apply His teaching (verses 41 to 43). Ho
showed that tho present mixed condition
of affairs In this world, the mingling of
tho righteous and the wicked, will bo
brought to an end. A definite tlmo has
been fixed, unknown to men (Matt, xxlv,
SG), styled tho end of tho world frequently
mentioned In Scripture. It will bo ush
ered In by phenomena of a startling char
acter. Tho rightful sovereign, who has
so long nnd patiently endured the pres
enco of evil In Ills kingdom (Hch. xlll,
3), will then exchange Ills attltudo of
mercy to ono of Justice. Ry tho Instru
mentality of angels whom Ho will send
firth Ho will gather out of Ills .klng
dom nil who offend. They will bo doomed
to destruction. Shall wo call It figura
tive language, ns many do, or shall wo
hold It to bo a literal account of their
fato7 They shall bo cast Into a furnace
of fire! This Is tho statement of the
meek and lowly Jesus. However tho
words aro understood tho destiny Is cer
tnln nnd nwful (Rev. xlx, 20). After this
fearful visitation shnll como a better era,
n. better world. "Tho righteous shall
shine forth as tho sun" (Dan. xll, 3),
fulfilling tho prediction of the prophet.
Tho Implication hero Is thnt the pres
ence of the ungodly prevents the saints
from appearing In their true glory.
CONCLUSION. Our lesson suggests
somo difficult questions. Whence camo
tho evil that Is In tho world? Why Is
tho evil permitted to remain? How long
will It continue? These nnd other In
quiries of llko Import havo engaged tho
minds of tho thoughtful In all ages and
lands. Many volumes havo been written
In tho attempt to answer, but nothing
satisfactory has thus far appeared, and
men nro left to speculato nnd wonder.
Thcro Is ns much mystery hero as In the
realms of physical science, probably no
more. Rut the teaching of Jesus sheds
light on tho subject, and wo do well to
remember what he has Bald. Tho evil Is
here through the work of a mallgnnnt
spirit. It remains only by permission for
tho sako of tho good. Somo day, In tho
tlmo of Infinite wisdom, and by Divine,
flat and power. It will bo cast out. A
bright nnd glorious morning will dawn
upon a world of righteousness (Isa. xl,
9), when they who love tho Lord will bo
seen In nil their excellence (Rev. Ill, G),
clad In white robes. All hall, blessed
day! And what need men do, but to
chooso the right nnd hate tho wrong, to
stand In their lot and place, assured that
what Is now so mysterious will bo mado
plain. The world Is under government.
The Ruler Is working out His plans, and
His name will bo glorified and His win
dow displayed In tho result (Rev. xlx,
1-2).
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Determined to restore health to a man stricken
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for hard workers. f '
This Is a plain, straightforward account
of a farmer who worked too hard, who
became helpless through a stroke of pa
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The farmer is William Stimpson. His
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Like thousands of others he worked
through fair weather and foul to provide
comfortably for his household.
Like thousands of others, on arriving at
the age when the strain of toil should
slacken up and rest begin, the grim enemy
paralysis, clutched him.
His cure was so unexpected, so rapid and
complete, that it is a neighborhood wonder.
" While gathering a heavy fall harvest,"
he says,"I worked early and late. My
hired help left me and I finished the fall
work alone, but the end of the harvest
found me exhausted.
"About the first of December I had a
stroke of paralysis. Wc called in the doctor.
He said overwork had caused my trouble.
My left leg was dead and helpless j my
right leg was fast falling into the same con
dition. " After treating me a week without any
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Tho Mbses Bell, of No. 7 Filth Avenue. New
York, now ofler the public generally 11
Complexion Tonlo which they have to long .
Used successfully in personal treatment. ;
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gain, my doctor became uneasy. He did
something (or which I can never thank him
enough.
" He brought me a box of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People and told me
they would do me more good than any
thing he knew of. He had used them with
great success In a case similar to mine.
The case in question was that o! L.
Phillips, of Petersvllle.
"In all I took nine boxes of the pills. I
need not go over my gradual recovery in
detail, but you must imagine my joy and
relief when, alter two months of helpless
ness, I felt life and strength return day by
day to my dead limbs, when I had taken
the ninth box I was completely cured.
"I am hile and hearty to-day, with no
traces of my awful experience, and I give
all the credit to Dr. Williams' Pink Pilb
for Pale People. They probably saved me
from the grave."
Mr. Stimpson, to give more strength to
his story, made affidavit to its truth before
Abner Norman, a Notary Public at Rugby.
The power of Dr. Williams' Pink Pilb
for Pale People in the vast number of dis
eases due to impure or poisoned blood or
to derangements of the nervous system, has
been demonstrated in thousands of in
stances as remarkable as the one related
above. No one who Is suffering can right
fully neglect this way to restore health.
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Pink Pilb for Pals People.
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