REV. DR. TAD! AGE.
- I
TliK IiKOOKIiYV DIVIN'K'j SL'.V
DAY SKIIMOX.
Subject: "Kubics Surpassed. "
Tsxt : " ir;: .;-
ruh rV
rraTri3 vill., 11.
You h.iv nit s.-.in tlin jir- oi i'i i !'n 'im
mouir tl:i rntr. Jt i of rir
ikr. Tb' Iltt.'i mrr-i.'S niil-:i nf It. I'
if!oV4 in tl: 'lr- row of til? !'i.F:l priest'
I rtp .. I''i1-r iitw';:ir c irnt it stool
in lh wait of hi'v -Ii. .I"r-':niiili co;r.f.irs
1k niAdy 'J-.''c oil)-.. Ni..irit titlierubr.
Jtct'jl pointi it out !n tim ro1.1" of the king
or Trr. T'-iir t' (: 4,-i Soloiinn tis it -ft
STBit.ol !'V
ion. niviy- i'
riiliit-s.
prfwoii-i -f w
thought 1 !:.'' R'i'
to '-xt-l w.iom or rMii;-
Its v:i!u? as t."ttT thiit
t nyrf" a5 t.i how tlf
form-!. Thp ancient
-it w rr, i lo of rlror. rl
r'Tfir; i.:i of t
il'irai oti" w;;s sum om.i to h ;i v d ro : n 1 fro-n
n stor'iili'iil. 'J !i i;jifr;i!'l wa s.ii ! to
liava ho -n Pi't'io of th tin-fir. The lupii
IaxuH wjs thfi;r':it to Iny l-"-n horn of t ric
err of I:rii'.'i (.-i int. Au-i mo-lf-rn min
erJo:ts mt i i.rtt t hn jri-iioiis mr-nps with
Juii'lit of 'nfs ."-ri'l liqu-'li. To rn Hi rut-y
ivjii: likf a ;i-ir; from tins nivil of the st
tin hun,
'riio tiorn-i of tTi-' :r Ttiin r-;:y is liiimnli.
nn-1 ixty mil - fro-n its -Mi-it-i'. wht-ro Iivim
:n! ri'-ru th" rui'-r. i'.-i':-1 '-J.orlof th"
Hulii:." I':i I t a ri-.rirl O-.v-tuiiv tital
ir-1 rir-" t'u'- .-t'n;i i" i-sn.-s of ru'--y k"tr.
ItarHy h m:y f--r 'i.'luT v it- 1 th"n. V.'h-'n
r;l y -I ! ir y ijw y n dis-'ov-T-'l. if y:m
liro;lL;lit ftrtri vvi'li '.'.' )Or:ittj f-Tt"D'':i', a
Iir'rfC'js-:o:i w !"n,-'l. iin-I, w;tii nil han-n-r;'i
t;o:iij, t:ii it :rv truur-l nii'l iriuPly nt
1 cfnUilits, tit-- t-:u w.n i roni.'lit to the kiu"?
iiatn'
Of pf'-at vri!il"
is ti:o ru-y, rnu 'h rrioro sr.
: s j iiii!:irii-4 anl jt-wt-lpr
An f.vjri'rt on this suij--';i
of iMTT'-i-t -o)or wi'hin
thn ilirupor.
will tfil yon.
writw, 'A rii:
II v carat is wort h
Til'- TT"i"!lt (i;iv t-n
ti:n as n-iu-h h- n
.on I or 'jirii wfi'it.
It WKH a ii.-k-t'T w;
th rny li wis i
iritljlSoi. fr w.s
Itulohm II o: A ii si i
;.'s t!io Dol.l lo-t
af tlm l.attle ol
i: If! :i-n ; wh-n
if"-) a rilSv from
-. J; w.i t hoii -lit
-.trini;
a rr'Vi
: i in1:1
i'o.V.I'-"
bin sister, t r.i-
to hnv 1m 1 Ii
Hiu-y V. ;A l'j
Ai'iui'o'.ir.
it is tlf f.v: 1.
th lri't rui-y
li to
iio witn t?:o victory ol
it into hattlo o
' 'in 1; :ssf-in ootirt to own
fi tti worl t, rri-stnt'i1 hv
lu.slaru 111 to t
it runs r'lhy . It
anil tlii-ra urn U:
io !:n-:.'in l 'ipr-'-s. Woii
:is : '-tr.-' i'!;t. ri.-t'Tlstir,
n'.itiira ''o:i,.r''--"-l in its
i(uhlt! six .si'h i fr:- i-s. V,'hat ii;iil I eall
it? It is fr ..oi tir.' ! It is p-iriih' I blood:
In a!i tlio world tlit-r- is only oq tiling morf
Visual-!'', r.n 1 mytevf h-ak-'s ttin o:ijp:irisoa
Wisiloni in ht-ti-r tiinn rahies."
UtX it is iiiip' -sii lo to ronij :iri two thint?
to 'I'tll'T u
ir'-orn po'n's o. siiu
i::''T''lie. I a:n trlar
iiftritv mm w !! a-, of
then? is notion
more heantifni
la'ntiliL.-li't than
li-re. The riihy i
iiirht an-1 mi'ler t'if
it is tirei'iTre 1 tot
Hoii' tl;e r'li'i'S ir'o.
ta- :irl'ts li:r tl?.- .lar :
IV '
rvninij ii'l'ini"!'
an 1 i'tira ::n I II i
Ilfs ! ( :ir i. r.;;"
a ruhy tint law
Slr'.lo'n, Jl.in-i
ler of In i y:.r- :
of Chin i had a r
bright as -i.iv. 1
moil, uir i'T i
his eeitar p ii.-i.
liiir jrlow "I I ' " r
of a swor I. or I i
.: j . Ml !
i
ll t.
in :
.TI1--1 ti
. tie
- li I
I tr.i
that K
:i:a"
II!
r I 'Inly is frit
ia iips :hnt iilaai n'
.'lit. tiot 1 the I I
s it look" 1 ill t':o il .
s- "!.l of tile il'
liolstery.oi!
Willie he Wa
tlw eT--l! a
Hi'tl ill til'' li
ill if
1 lii.'
o m e Iiaiit
" S i-t. . t'ln" o.
ii -rio i as etiii-iij
:n 1 he eri 's cat
iiink in nt t.
fair iio.ir r'
lit of tro'i.i!.'. :
iS.lmn is l.itt'T ti; in ru m
Oh, ys, it is a troo i t!i:ri to liuv r 'iiion
While tie Mill of prose. -r.iy ri 1-4 hiuM an-;
verythini? is hriili.ini in hrtime, in health,
in worldly favor. V'l yi:l -:in m s..e( t -er
harlly ti'H h.e.v l!;ll -li of ii is I; ;l.;r.ti ; i
nnee anl lio-v . i; 'i .. " it s I in. :ri.-. ,, . ,,,
l!ut let tin son - r, a;.! t';.- --.la'i.'.vs ava
lanehe ti: p. i:ti, aa-l l i" tii.-'I: 'larkn-.-s o'
liikii'-s or "- rly or ; ''rs'-'iif ion or ini'iit i;
pxiianlon J;1! tie- oul an l till the lions,
nn.l till the w.-rM ; tl;--ti y.n 't -Jovvn hy tin
liu'itp of (i'i-1 s wor.lt a'i l un ii-r it li-ht tin
ooruiolntiol.S Of tile 'osp.'l coitie o:it ; tilt'
p"ee of (I'l l w''ii''ii piS'iinll un li-p-tm :.
iBtf appears. ion u'vr fi
their powr until i i t.: "I
ttao liiTine I.a-'iin r"e i:.-.l
I'ar!fl niei na.'-i ";'-is
rlis for tiie niLr.
All o tho l.c.oUs of tho V,
om wnr th asa iL.-' in-'iit
Of ttse 1"'0 pllir.s i i iavi.1
nllll lrt to troiil ! j ;i to
Tory wiiel. nn i t-:i' in e
pnn:;9 in evi-ry l.-' iri. It v..
posil to i-ari tlie pi-, -.i-t. i
lily :.ppr" at- I
ni',"it of ironMf
t'e'ir ex.p;i-ite
for the.i.iy, t.u!
:l.ie attempt it
of misfortune
at h-a-t nirit't
are s:iiin,'s ii.
ery hroi), an:
ori .'iietily pro
it's r. ..-ie-e al
naxliai;ton "i 'l- 1
tlv Mansion." l.-it
the war of lM an 1
- ' or "the 1; '.-lilt
'Wis T r. iv.'.l ir
nit in w:;s paint.' !
ll'I'S of tile Sil'olil!
white to eover tip t ii
nn.i fire that ha t hla -k v
ilenee it was ea!! '.l '!'
Most OfthillU'S I:.,iV wMt
I I ll.i Sloie' W liis.
. V. i.it- Hoes'.'
i: I' a'tra aiv-'ii'-t
WT" OIH'i' til.'l-'K Wi' I .'.t- .-t'T.
What the wori'i a .-I i i- is tl." eoiis.a
tory, nii'l lu-re it M'i s. ..-ir holy reliirion
with both ban-Is full of alio iya 's an l e In
tives anJ hals-in.s, as in T tua-i's titn- to stoji
months bonme; as m s i:i-ira h's tine f .
ool blait Pima.-, s ; as in i.' ki'-l's ti'iiet-;
olisolo eaptiiity; as in St. . John's tiaietc
unroll an apm a:yps.. ., r ro.-ky ih soiatiotis.
Hear its i-o.,thiii vui-'' as it .i'-eiares
'Weepini; may ensure f. r a lii'ht, but .'03
ometh in t.,e irn -r ii t li " ihe luoiitaiii!
hnll ilopart iiiei tie; hlils I f r'Mrov.'.l, but
My lovin r kla.he'-. s'.ii not th-part frotn
you." tt'la.in the le r I l .v. tli He ehas
teneth." f p.'y sha 1 hnn 't-r no more,
urither tlii 1 t any more, in itin r shall thf
11m lii,'ht on th."ii, nor any le-af. tor th'
l.iktnb wlii-'h is in th-i i,-i li of tlie thron
shall li-a.l th":i to living fount. ..ins of w.itor
anl (io 1 sh.a.l w i"' awi.y a 1 t -ars 'ro a tieT
eyis."
Tlio n.ost whoI''corne t'on oil earth is
troipile, if n.i-t in Christian iarit. To n:al
raul what 1." was it tor,!; ship wr.'-'k. an i
wbippii!!; on tie i-aro 1 :ii'k, an.i penit'-ntiary,
ninl pursuit of wil l nioi-s. an.l tile swor l ot
leeapitation. To mako I ivi l what lie wa
lttookallth.it Ahithophi'l an l Siinl an.l A'
flaloin an.l tioiiatii anl all the riiilistini!
hosts eoui'l ilo a r.ilnt hi:n. It to ik llor.i rt
Chamhers'i roalioniiiili.-n oT feet 10 inai-:
llim the literary ''' ti-iu 'ror.
It was her-'iivi'ii.' nt that brought William
Haworth.of W.i.-v's tun", from wi''k.'iu"ss
to an evangelism tint H"ii many t honsan In
for heaven. Th" w .rlo woui.l never have
known what h-'r 'i' -tulf l.i.ll.-v was nia bi of
hail not tho I'r 'S Pern k in lle.l arouml hi;
fis-t, an-l not likiii'j; t iiis biow wrk ho erie-1 :
'I eunr.ot i.urn. I."t t he lire eo;ne to ine. 1
cannot burn." rl h.ink ( i that there are
peius that unfol l t ii.-i r --t iriorie 1111 ler tiie
lampli ht ! '1 1 ink io I for tin? ruoy.
Moreover, 1 a a sure Soiomou w.is ritr'.it in
?ayin that relijon or wis iom is t..-tter tiian
ruhi's, fro'n t ui.'t th.it a th.in is worth
wiiat it will I'-trh. l:e!li.-iou will fetch soli.l
haptiiiiess, an l the ru! y will n-t. In all
your observation .ii 1 y .ti ever fln-l a j-erson
tlioron-hly (elieitat ' l I y an Inerustmeiit ol
jewels VcU -n. w niore of yourself than
any ono el-", nr" y.u hapiai-r now with
worl.liy a.l. 'rii meats aii'l su-'.-. s-i's thpn be
fore you won t li'Vii.J li'i -s tiie pi-'ture that
cost you hiiii'lr.'.! or t housan.ls of tioilars on
your Willi I. riu you :: mu.-li tsalisfaetion a?
th eiiravin t hat at the exp.-iis.. 0f rf 5 w,,t
hunt; upon tiie wail wh ai you iirt Peic iu to
keep lioiweV
lo all tie- eiiilerv ,ri 1 r ire plat- that slit
ter oil y.eir .'XO'ii-i"ii ..::u;: t.P'le. sarrounil
1 by liiili'-r.n.: a -sis, .-..a; iui more of r-ei
bliss than tiie piaiu are. of yo;r lirst t'liile,
at whieh sat "ley two? I o s a war irolif
crow. lei w it ti e.-llv at t i r- oiv. you :nor
Batishi' t ion tli 111 your lii -t .''ot'i'-s eios.-t
with its four or live p-..-- I'M a.t t" piain
rinu set oa t li tii.r 1 h a - r of t 1 1 .'; a in 1
on the .lay of y.eir l ot ' ' .i -.v m-.r ' i i
nesdthan tie' in. y te ;: t. .v .-lit f j'i 1 on
tUo thir l lla,-.'r of your n- t uats it
If in this i
anythin r. w - !n
neither with its
ptitis'v the -oil!.
Witnesses as ( ;v
testify that bo
-y of li:. we hare learnM
I 'irte-1 that tin's worhl,
t' 'u ii'-tiis nor cains, cao
V v. her." eonie as matit
sh to eall to the stand t'c
re hiiT'a heaven and th
worl-1, in eo Tipanioa-hi
nn.i a iroo i hop of le a
that all the resourcs 0:
to express, s.-iin.'tini.'s
1 with .Tes,i, Christ
. en. th -y feel a joj
their vocabulary fal
it evi.lenee.s itself io
ejaculations ol hosaaua tsoiiu.'fimi 9 in doxol-
oy ; soaiftiaics in t"ars. . converted n.l
tive of In lia in a !"tp r s ii 1 : How I Ion a
for my be !, not that I may si -en I He attain
often and l ui-bnt to ho!J sweet comma
Dion with my (Io 1."
If so tniis-hty is wor! I'y jor fiat .Tilling II,
hearinc his nrmi' S w.-ro triirnphant. ex
jiire.l. 11 r. I if Talvti. 'e-arli, that the I'.oaian
senate h idoiecr-e 1 iii-ii an honor, rxpir),
and if Iiioaysius an I Sonhoeles. ovt'reom
of joy, expired, an ! i' a shipwrecked pur
ser. Wiiitini on the e . 1 -t or iluineiiin want
and starvation at the siiri.t ol a vesse
brincinir relief. f.il dead from shock of uo
light, is it aiiv surprise 10 you that tho joyt
of pardon and heaven rolling over th soui
should sometimes h nltno-t too mneh for
tho Christian to endure nn l liv? An at;ed
nunt said to pie:"Ie AVitt. turns times I
have fainted dead away under too jrroat
Christian joy. It was in all tares ea-tea at
the holy communion."
An emin"nt Christian man while In prayer
aid : "Stop. Lord : I cannot bear any mow
of this pladuHss. It is too nin 'h for mortal.
Withhold! withhold:' We have, heard of
jioor workmen or workwomen irettini; a let
ter suddenly telling tiietn that a fortune had
been left them, and how they were almost
besitje thernaelyes witji gleftaking theflrt
Up to claim the estate." Bui, on, wiiat It la
to wnke up out of th stupor of a sinful life,
and through pardoning graoa And that alt
our earthly existenoa will ba divinely man
aged for our best welfare, and that then all
heaven will roll in upon the soul !
Compared with (bat spring morning li
lupid. and an August (unset la inane, and
aurora has no pillared splendor, and a dia
mond baa no flash, and a pearl no light, and
a bery no aquamarine, and a ruby no raddi
nesa. My gracious Lord ! My glorioni
Qod t My precious Christ I Roll over on tu
a few billows of that raptnre. And now
I ask you, as fair minded men and women,
lecustomed to make comparisons, is not
luch a joy as that worth more than anything
one can have in a jeweled casket ? Was not
Solomon right when he said, "Wisdom Is bet
:er than rubies?"
There ii also something in the deep ear
mine of the ruby that suggests the sacrifice
on which our whole system of religion de
pends. While the emerald suggests the
meadows, and the sapphire the skies, and
the opal the sea. the ruby suggests the blood
3t sacrifice. The most emphatic and start
ling af all colors has the ruby. Solomon, the
luthorof my text, knew all about the sacri
fice of lamb and dove on the altars of the
temple, and he knew the meaning af saeri
lela! blood, and what other precious stone
jould he so well use to symbolize It as th
ruby? Keel, Intensely red, red aa the blood
)f the greatest martyr of all time Jesus ol
:he centuries ! Iirive the story of the cruel
Ixlon out of the Bible and the doctrine ol
:he atonement out of our religion, and there
would be nothing of Christianity left for out
worship or our admiration.
Why should it be hard to adopt the Bibli
ilieory that onr redemption was purchased
y blood? What great bridge ever sprung its
Irenes, what temple ever reared its towers,
what Nation ever achieved Its Independence,
what mijrhty (rood was ever done without
aerifies of life? The great wonder of tht
xorld.tbe bridge that uaites these two cities,
tost the life of the first architect. Ask the
ihipyards of Glasgow and New York how
nany carpenters went down under accidents
vfore the steamer was launched ; ask the
hr.-e great transcontinental railroa'ls how
nany in their construittlon were buried un
ir eruinhiiug embankments or crushed un
i"r timliersordestroyed by the powder blast.
Tabulate the statistics of how many mothers
lave been martyrs to the cradle of sick chil
Ireu. Tell us how many men sacrificed nerve
ind muscle and brain and fife in the effort
.0 support their households. Tell us how
nany men in England, la France, in Oer
nauy, in Italy, in the United States, have
lied lor their country. Vicarious sulTei-ins;
s as oi l aa the world, but the most thrilling,
he most startling, the most stupendouf
iaeritleeef all time and eternity was on a
iuiT ba"k of Jerusalem when one lieinir too
ipou Himself the sins, the agonies, the per
1 it ion of a great multitude that no man can
lu nlier between 12 o'clock of a darkened
joon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, purchaa
ji s' tiie ransom of a ruined world.
Dive in all the seas, explere all the mines,
rowMr all the mountains, view all the
rowned jewels of all the emperors, and find
1111 any gem that can so overwhelmingly
ivmholize that martyrdom as the rutty,
'.lark you, thers are many gems that are
.omewhat like the ruby. So is the cornelian.
10 is ttie - iruet, so is the spinel, so is the
ilaa, so the "fetus brought fro n among tiie
.rave.s of Ceylon an i New South Wal, but
iiere is only one genuine ruby, and thai
oiiies from the mine of Hiirmaa. An lthert
s only one Christ, and H5 eotni'S from
teaven. One lledeemer, ohh Kanso-n. on
ion of God, ouiy om 11 ine fjiven uni-ti
e iven among men hy which we can be
iv-1."
Ten thousand times 10.000 beautiful imita
.ions of that ru'.y, but only otie ruby. Christ
ui 1 no descendant. Canst had no counter
jtirt. In the lifted up grandeur and glory
ind love and sympathy of His character Hn
s the Incomparable, the Infinite One! 'The
inly wise God. our Saviour." Let ail hearts,
ill homes, all times, all eternities, Ikiw low
.-core Him! Let His bauner be lifted in all
fear souls 1
In olden times Scotland was disturbed lj
reehooters and pirates. To rid the sea;
m i ports of these desperadoes the hero
ivilliam Wallace iittod out a merchant ves
lels, but filled it with armed men and put
jut to sea. The pirates, with their flair in
1 Tihed ef a death's head, thinkim; they
;von' 1 art easy prize, bore ilowu upon
:iie S 'ottish iiiTehantman, wh-n the. nruied
iicii of Wallace boarded the era't of t.ie
e ratt s and put them in chains an I then
iile.1 for port under tiie Seoteii Hag living.
u l to our bouls, assailed of sin and ili'iuh
in 1 hell, thruii'-rh Christ are rescued, an 1---to
i-lai'k Hag of pin is torn down, aud,t!io
'triped fii; ol tne cross Is hoisted. Illessed
.e Cod tor any siirn, for any signal, for an
ir-eious stone that brings to mind tile prict
. aid for aileli a rosoue.
I like tho erf 1. for i( stems th soli.liffel
''.nil of breakers, and I like the jasper, for
t '-'attiers seventeen colors in'o its
oo'i', an 1 1 like the jet, for it coaipresses
ite s ha lows of many midnights, arid I like
ii" eniyopras? because its pui plo is iliu
ui! e 1 with a small beaveu of ars, an 1 I
a-:.- tiie ciiry-oiite for its wav?s of color
ivii'eii seem 011 lire. Hut this morning noih
'1 r so i-npr v-s -s me as ttie ruby, for it de
it typil'.es. it suj:;" ts "i'lie bloo 1 of
I"u hr.st ti; it ei"au-'..;h fro'n all sir.'
Without tne shed iin 01 iiloo i tier' is 111
-iii;ss:oii." Yea. isoio-non was r.g't wii.n
11 my ! xt he s ai I, iVis lo:n is lietter than
r.l'ti'-S."
'J'o i.rinL; oat a eontr.i-U that will illiistrat"
rtiyt'-xL, i put before you two last e.irtiily
s 'i-u"j. Tut' on.' in in 11 roo.u with ru itif.-s.
ut no reijo;0n, an I the other 111 a roo.n
with religion, hut no rubies. You enter the
lirst pin 11. wiiere an affluent aud worldly
man is ai'eiii: to quit this life. There is a
ri .y on file mantel, p tssihly a 110.1 r tli
'f a- 's. 'Tui-rc is a ru .y in the Ilea lur ?s or
I ae q iei lily wile.
tin the liuoer of the dying man tii.T! is a
ru y. Tiie pres"iic;. 0f thesi ru ilea miplie
i pii.cnire o. n.l kinds. The piciiire- oa the
wiilis are heirlooms or the tropiiies ol Ku
r...ji 111 travel. The curtains ar fro. a iore.trit
i in s. The ruirs are from Liamascus vt
liioro. Tiie solas nr stuffed with eas nnl
.oie'tii !. Tiie ro.'king chairs roll back
w..rl and forward on luilabies. Tli" piliow
tir t xipi siiciy eiiioroidcred. All tiie ap
j'o.ntMients oi the room are a peroration to tt
le.- s ul cotninercial fir profrss.on il l-fc
Cut tint man has no relio,oii, never r.ns iia
iie I never profis.se 1 to hav I'lier is n ;
a itiiii or one religious boo ; in the roo 11.
1 t"j uepart ill r man leeis that his eartiilv
car .t Is ende.r. nn 1 nothing opens beyonl.
'iVie r 1 he wiil land steppingofT from this life
is ti mystery, or whether he will land at all,
for it may tie annihilation. He has no
prayer to offer, and he does not know how to
t.ra .-. No hope of meeting again in another
si an of ex.stenee. He Is through with this
ii'e iin I is sure of no other. The ruby on
the mantel and the ruby on the wasted fln-e.-r
of fie deputing one say nothing of the
Miisuiuiiig blood which thiy so mightily
tvpi.y. So far as giving solace or Illumina
tion to a lien irting spirit, they are a d:i I
fiilnr'. Midnight of utter hopelessness
uroi's ou all the scene.
Another room of mortal exit. TSeligiori
iti 1 no rubles. She never had nta"' enouc, 1
.0 buy one of these exquisites. Soin"tilll's
shebtopped at a jeweler's show window ail 1
-aw a row of th 11 incarnadining the velvet-.
She had keen taste lo appreciate tUosa gems,
hut she nver owned one o't them.1 Hhe w is
nr.f jea oas or unhappy because others ha I
nihis wail.t she had none. Hut she had a
richer tr-'t'surcr. and that wtit th itr-itu o'
io 1 tlrnt had comforted her along the way
laiid bereavements and temptations and per
il unions and Bickncss and privntions an 1
rials oT all sorts. Now shs fa gointj out of
i'e.
The reorn Is bright, not with pictures? 01
fatiies. not with upholstery, not with anyof
he irems of mount aia or of sea, but there is
1 strange and Vivid glow in the room. Not
:he li -flit of the chandelier or star or noon
lay sun. it something that outshines all of
-.h-in. It must be the pnsenee of super
l itura's. From her illumined face I think
ihe must hear sweet voioes. Yea. she do s
ie,ar swest voicis voices of departed kin
Ire 1, voices apostolic- and prophetic and
vangi'lie, but all oT them overpowered by
he voice of Christ, saying, "Come, yeblessji
jf My Father, inherit the kingdom.'
From her illumined face, I think she must
a"nr r ipturous music. Yei, she does hear
rapturous music, now soft as solos, now
hiiuderous as orchestras; now a saintly
voice alone, now the hundrel an 1 forty and
'our thousand in eoniert. From her illii
nined face, I think she must breathe redol
uiee. Y'.'a. she does inhale arotna fro n off
he gardens whose flowers never wither and
rom the blossoms of orchards, every tnie 0
viiich bears twelve manner or fru:f. From
jit illumined fa"e, I think she must see a
r'ortous siirlit. Yeu. she sees the wall tiiat
has jusper at the base an I amethyst at the
fop and blood red ruoies lietween. Goo 1 by,
weet soul ! Why should you longer stay?
Your work ill done, your burdens ail carried,
votir tears all wept! Forwiri into the
light ! Cp into the joy 1 Out into the
jrandeurs! Aud a ler you have saluted
Christ and your UinJreJ, search, out him of
he palaces of Le.ianon cedar and tell him
hat you have found to lie gloriously true
what thousan Is of years ago he assert e 1 in
his morniuir's text. "Wis lo. 11 is belter than
rubies."
In those burnished palacs of our God may
ve all meet. For I con'ess to you that my
thiet desire for heaven is not the radiance',
jr. to take the surge! ion of the text, not the
ntoescence of tha soene. My oue Idea of
heaven is the .place to-meet o: 1 friends, God,
our beet friend, and our earthly irien Is al
ready transported. Aye. to meet the millions
whom I hav never seen, but 10 whom I
have administere 1 in the gopl week by
week by journalism on both sides of the sea,
ind throughout Christendom, and through
. .a is yet Mmibamanc.
For the last twenty-thres years every blast
if injustice. against me has multiplied my
readers ail the world over, and the present
naiignaney printed an 1 uttered beeaue our
:burih is in financial struggle after having
rwo great structures destroyed by fire and
ire compelled to build three large churches
I say the present outrageous injustica In
tome quarters will multiply my audience in
ill lands if I can keep in goo 1 humor and
tot light back.
A gentleman tapped me on the shoulder
rummer before last on a street of Edinburgh
Scotland, and said, "I live in the Shetland
Islands, North Scotland, and I read your ser
nons every Sabbath to an audience of neigh
ors, and my brother lives in Caps Town,
South Africa, and he reads them every Sab
atti to an audience of his neighbors." And
i hear and now say to the forty millions of
:he earth to whose eyes these words will
rome, that one ot my dearest anticipations
Is to meet them in heaven. Ah, that will be
betterthan rubies.
Coming ujj from different continents, from
different hemispheres, frool opposite sides
af the earth, to greet each other in holy love
In the presence of the glorious Christ who
made it possible for us to get there. Our
lins all pardoned, our sorrows all
vanished, never to weep, never to
art, never to die! I tell you
.hat will be bolter than rubles. Others may
lave the crowns, and the thrones, and the
scepters ; give us our old friends back again,
Christ, 'the "rieml who sticketh closer than
a brother," and all the kindred who have got
op from our bereft households, and all our
friends whom we hsve never "et seen, and
"lietter'ttiin rubles."
Instead of tho dying kiss whea ihey looked
0 pale and wan and sick.it would be the
kiss of welcome on lips jubilant with song,
while standing on floors paved with what ex
juisiteness. under cellin rs hung with what
jlory, bounded by walls facing us with what
ipleudor, amid gladness roliing over us with
what dorology far belter, infinitely better,
averlastingly better than rubies ! .
PAER-COVERED NOVELS
A Ileal T Mnk? Itotli Iin, Is of the II ashless
I'ay Cheap Iteailin? in Demand.
There are KOi'd proiits to le made
liy cloaiino in second hand l ooks in a
city like New York, an.l one dealer
has found out how to "eat his cake
and have it too," which careful
mothers tell the children cannot he
done. This dealer, with an eye to
the j ennies, will take a piij er-covered
novel, published at nil c nts, but
which he has bought for .V, an 1 sell
it for .'15 cents, with the understand
ing that the buyer is to return it
when read. When the book comes
back lie pays 20 cen s lor it, and puts
it lor saie again at 3) cents. The
second buyer returns the book and
receives 15 cents and for a third
time the book is on the shelves, this
time market 20 cents. A "fain it
coaies ba' k, the reader takes 10 cents
anil th book, if by careful pat'diin
it can be kept in decent ionditicu,
will change owners half a d izen
times, leaving to the dealer a j rollt
ot a nickel e.cry time it comes to the
store, llooks have often, through
ca'eful handling, piid200 per cen'.
on the original investment and at
the end found their way back to tiie
shelves of the dealer, who has the
pro'ltsand the book.
Another system then comes into
play. Hooks will be sold on the "two-for-one"
plan. In this scheme a buyer
will take two books at, say, .'10 ceuts
each, paying 40 cents in cash; when
these have been read they a-e return
able, and too dealer will give any 20
cent book in the place for tho two
brought back. When this 20-cent
book is returned a 10-cent volume
may be taken in exchange, and when
this last comes back a nickel and the
book will bring out another 10-ccnt
I 00k. This process may be kept up
as long as the buyer sees fit. The
thrifty dealer is always ready for a
trade.
Of course, it sometimes happens
that a buyer in the Urst- instance will
keep the book, but as the store caters
to a class of customers who can hard
ly be termed collectors, but wh like
highly seasoned literature, thechanc;:
of a diminution in profits in this way
is exceedingly slight. In this par
ticular I ranch of the second-hand
book business the tlemind for l ive
stories ami "blood-anil-thunder"'
literature is large and steady. Hux
ley, Tvnda!!, Kiuerson, or Swinebtirne
tind little favor anion ; the reade.s
a d scant ceremony on the shelves
but "Old Cap Collier" is a tan; h
favorite, while (iaboriau, Fergus
Hume, Oman Ioyle, Zola, A. C. Gun
ter, an 1 Sylvanus Cobb always com
mand a respectful hearing from the
itiL-n and bo.vs. The girls and there
are lots of them who are ready cus
tomers favor "Tho 1 u -hess"
"Ouida," Mrs Southworth, aud
Laura .lean Libbey.
Once in a while some of the jei
liw covered "UeadVs Iime Novels"
of thirty years ago r-tray into the
pla e, but they sbiy there only a
short time, as ".- naky Snodirrass. the
r-orrowful Scout,"' and "J'ainted
l'ete, the Pottawatomie Prisoner,"
are ouiVkly dragged away to lighten
the gloom of a winter's night and to
form the Jbasis of many a castle in
Spain inhabited by maidens in dis
tress surrounded by a .hideous crew
of yelling varmints" or "redskins."
Common, every-day Indians were
never good euouuh for the yellow
novel heroes to kill.
An idea of the magnitude o" this
ou:-of the-way branch of trade may
be gathered from the fact that on the
shelves of one of tho two "sto e"
run by this enterprising tradesman
arc no less than ''.OOO pape -covered
novels, and in addition to this thev
are piled away in corners, stacked
against the walls, and one room in
the rear of. the place is practical!
given over to them for a repair shop
OlMi'rration Cultivated.
A novel method of cultivating tho
faculty of observation in children has
been introduced by a teacher an an up
town kindergarten. She tells her pu
pils that she is about to have
a call from someone who
will remain only three minutes;
that no one must directly starj
at him, but that the pupil who
gives the best description of him af
ter his departure will receive a prize.
The other day her father, a (Jrand
Army vet ran in uniform, performed
the part of caller, and some of the
personal descriptions after he had
bowed himself out denoted unusually
quick and accurate attention to do
tail. One boy had counted all his
buttons and gave the number cor
rectly, another not icd an almost in
visible scar on his face, and various
others gave details of the color and
s ape of his beard, hair and uniform.
The one who re -eived the pri.e was a
little girl, who declared he had "an
express'on on his face." Philadel
phia Hecord. . Vi i.'.. ;;
A Dark Secret.
Algy I say, Charley, Low' do rou
manage to get such nice-fltCiig
Jiothes, don't ye know?
Cholly (nivsteriouslv) lon"t yu
leli:
''P011 honah."
"I have 'em made in this country."
-ew 1 oili , eck.y.
. Will Getther Miss Howe, you
:now the language of Uower: do o;i
tnd any hidden ineanin;r in this
simple little clover leaf?
Annie Howe A clover leaf? Lot.
ine sea One, be loves me; two, be
loves rue not; three, he loves mi?:
Oh, Will, this is so sudden! ruck.
I now tiie ntis:tan AfJlt stamps.
1 Americans who chance tj receive let
ters from Russiit are usually surprise i to
find the foreign postage staup on their
envelope used a a seal ilHtel, that U
to say, to the centre of the side opposite
to that on which the ad Iress. is written.
Sometimes 1J lsjiahi settling in the
Uaited S'.afe; continue the practice ac
q i red at lioui-, much, of course, to the
annoyance of United States postofBce
ptriftials. A cae of this kind occurred
recent! in Xesr York State, but it was
explained quite inadequately by a writer,
who aliened tbat the colonists sealed
their letters with the postage stamp be
cause communications fro u the United
States were usually opened in the Rus
sian postoflieo before delivered. As a
matter of fact the habit is di (Fused all
through Russia, and limply means that
distrust of the Imperial po3to3ice is
widespread. 2e York Commercial
Advertiser.
IHE . CLEEGYMAN'3 STORY.
JMtfMllNEX 1' lllMMlilt KF1.ATE.
' iiih i;f.ii i:k a bi,k ixrtiti.
K.MEWIlll Tilt Gltl i'l'E.
Bow be was Arrr.cTrD ixD now ne wis
CUBED AS A3TK LE THAT EVEET O'B
SHOt'LD I:ri AND HE3IEUBF.B.
(JV01H His rii i'afefphia Hern.')
Iv. Thomas L. Lewis, who resides at
5ot9 XeCt Straet, Is Pastor of the Richmond
Baptist Church. He Is an alatnnn? o! Back
nell College at L?wis'mr?, IV, where he at
tained the docree of Master of Arts. With
his other work, he e lits an 1 publishes The
Iiichmond Eaptist, a monthly journal de
voted to the interests of the church. He
looks upon the practical side of life, both
preaching and puMishlnfT the importance of
icood heaitb, an 1 when asked to tall what
Br. Williams' Pink Pills ha 1 done for him,
ho wont before Eu cne Ziegler, Kotary
Tul.lic at 2738 N-1T Street, and cheerfully
madenHliIavit to the following narrative
'I heg.m takinir Br. William' Pink Pills
for Pale People two weeks atro this Sunday.
I had the grippe for more than two week.
I had (Treat trouble during that time with my
y.-s rn 1 !ead. Tho disease also affected my
appetite and my slomicli.
''In a week's time the effects of the grippe
We re completely removed. Ithen continue I
the remedy on account ot my stomach diffi
culty, fcin: confident that It would rumovi
that. I want to recommend the use of Pink
Pills to all those who are affected as I have
been. I beileve they will build up grippe
jiatieiits.
"As for myself, I cannot say too much foi
tiietn. 1 went on the scales two weeks aco
to see whHt 1 weighed, end araln to-day,
wnariii'Tlhe same ciothlne. I found I bad
gained two pounds a pound a week.
''On account of the sedentary habits na'
ttral 10 my occupation, and to'some Internal
injuries sustained years ao. I have had a
severe stomach afiectioD, and have ben
trouble1, beside, a irreat deal with indiges
tion. Since taking the Pink Pills my uppe
tito lias improved, my digestion is better,
nn l my stomach hits been relieved of its
pain.
'X was struck accidcntal'y in the stomach
t.y an iron liar and once I was kicked by a
mule in the same place. It was 20 years airo
when I was hurt lirst. Sincethat time I suf
fered from stomach diffli-ulti's. I was treated
frequently, but not cured. I teel belter now
thau at any time sinco I was hurt, and I aril
so pleased with my improvement that I am
glad to let the public know of my bettered
condition. I have heard of otuer curie
effected by the Pink Pills, Lut I prefer to
ipeak only of my own case.
''I'hos. Ij. Lewis."
Pworn and subscribe I bsiore ine this 29th
lay of April, A. 1)., 18'JX
Ecokne ZlCOI.EB,
seai A'utarv J'ubtie.
The discoverer of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People certainly deserves the high
est tribute that pen can frame. His medlcino
has ilone more lo alievinte the sufferings ef
humnnity than any medicine known to sci
ence, and his name should be handed down
to future generations as the greatest savant
of the present age.
Messrs. Smith, Kline 4 French, the well
known wholesale druggists, said that Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills have an enormous saie
In Philadelphia, and that from all quarters
coaie in glowing reports of the excellent re
sults lo lowing their use. In nearly every
case the good work has been accomplished
alter eminent physicians had failed and pro
iiouured the patient beyond the hope of hu
man aid. An analysis proves that Dr. Will
iams' 1'ink Pills contain, in a condensed
form, all the elements necessary to give new
Ine au l richness to the blcoi an I restore
shuttered nerves. They are an unfailing
speettlc lor siieh diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, bt. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
the alter effects of la grippe, palpitation of
the heart, pale and sallow complexions, that
tired leclmg resulting from nervous prostra
tion : all diseases resulting from vitiated hu
mors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic
erysipelas, etc. They are also a specitlc for
IruuliU-s peculiar to lemales, such as sup
pressions, irregularities and all forms of
weakness. Tin y build up the blood and re
siore the glow ol health to pale and sallow
cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure in
alt cases arising from meutal worry, over
work or excesses of whatever nature.
Tuey are now manufactured by the Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Sonenectady.
X. V., aud llrockville, Out., and are sold in
box's (never in bulk) at 50 cents a box, or
s x I oxes fur V2.fl, and may be had of all
dingy. sta.
Anxious to Please.
lie You dance like an angel.
She INhaw! Can't you say any.
Ihiiig prettier than that? The peo
ple from the other place are supposed
to he the better dancers.
Hi; Well, you dance like thedevil,
.hen. Truth.
Had a Pull, Probably.
I-ditor's Son I asked papa when
tlie millennium was. comiu' an' if
Vars w as inhabited an' if it was ko
ng to rain next Fourth of July an
fie aid he didn't know. 1 don't see
low ho ever got to be a editor.
Glood News.
Mane in Eden.
Kve Addy, my dear, I'm going
hopping this morning. Can you let
nir have 100?
Adam Orrat heavens, Eve! You
icetn to Leiieve the report that I'm
uade of dust. Harper's Bazar.
The Deceived llusband.
Actress So you are dlssattefled
with 11 1 y acting?
Manager Yes. you don't die na
turally enough. You must die as if
rou really meant to accommodate
lour husband and put him in pood
humor. You must die so that he will
tie deceived. Texas Sittings.
Ills Keason Why.
.She Why in the world does he
Mil his foot poetic?
I.c Uteause.they go to meet her,
fou know. Life.
August
Flower'
My wife suffered with indigestion
j and dyspepsia for years. Life be
1 came a burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
; one of your books, I purchased a
j bottle of August Flower. It worked
I like a charm. My wife received im
I Mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. C. II. Dear, Prop'r Wash
insrton House. Washington. Va.
Mr. A. H. Smith
Catarrh in the Head.
Kin Years of SuflVrlug Ended bj Hood's.
'I have been sufferer from that dreaded di
sease, catarrh, tor the past nine years my head
tnd nasal pasHai have been clogged up, and
in consequence 1 was
I'nahle to Brratbe
through my noe. Mr breath became very bad
ind ortensive. I tried most everything In search
ifacure. I had rend cousi.ierableabout the tf(Mw
feeing done by Hood's rarsaparilla aud decided
Hood's-Cures
M Kive It s trlnl. 1 hud not taken more thsn one
ottle before I hcuan to feel benefit and after
ntkiiift two tiottlcs uiy exjiertiitions were reali
ted. Itseff-cti have'been wonderful for I feel
like a new man." A. li. Smith, h North Twelfth
Street, St. Louis, SIo. Get only UOOU S.
Hood's 1'llla are purely vegetable, and do
bot purite, ptiin or gripe. Sold by aU drugg-ints.
Tlie Mjster of lrIint Scs.
It was defnotutralel by Amirlcai
.otanisls several years a 0 tiiat w'ae'hir
flowers were male or femi!e wa? wai!ly
a matter of nutrition. Wnera tin re
productive cells at the time of ferti. Na
tion were so situated as to be ab!a tj
avail themselves of abundint nutrition
femals flowers result. Waere tli 033 ells
are not advaotageomly situate 1 ia 'i"s
respjet, tb.8 result U male flowers. Oas
of the strongest demonstration of to's
fact is furaishei by coailleroji tre.js.
Tho female, or coat,-ifearia, fljwerj are
borao oa tho strjnj uai vi-orjm
branche3, fully exposed to theliga1;, aid
the most advantageously situated oa tin
upper portioa of tho trae. These on
tiaua ti bear, year af'er year, fe.-nile
lowers. Bat waea these branches c m 1
in time to bs wea r, as t'0,37 di by s n l
ing, or tlie weakejio-jT ot their poTtor to
olr.ain full nutrition, t'aey proJucj raila
Sowers only. Uadsr this lav taera
ou-ht to be cases on tho boundary line,
where tha balance of nutritive power
should bo so even, tint a tendeaoy t
nermaptirodis n, or at least a closer re
lation batween the separato sens sinni I
exist than is usually the case in conif
erous and related plants. This closet
relation is often s?en in tba India 1
sorn, where soma of the male flowers
pr.id-.ri9 pistils as wait as sta nsas, aai
lue.i orains oT co:a u ::nr i:; t ie tas-ijl or
siii'.se ot m'x.e l! ver. 11 Jt it is no5
often ta-it co iifcr; 1 1 trees themsolves
furauh t.10 illu-tri:ioa. Bit Japai
botanical magazine has coaie across ai
instance which it Azures. Tao piui
;one is formed as usual, but froa thj
aper of the cone proceeds a splits n'
male flowers giving the pino cone soiae
what the appearance of a pineapple wit 1
the tuft of steou leaves at fia apex.
These occasioaal departures lrom normal
types nre eagerly lojked for by rmdara
biologists as furnishiaij tha material b7
which various bypothesos are tc3tel.
Now York Independent.
An Important Difference.
To make it ainrcnt to thoiia.indfs,
who think themselves ill, that they nre
affected with any disease, hut that the
system simply needs cleansing, is to
liriii); comfort homo to their heart's, as
a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Fijrs. Manufactured by
the California Fij; Syrup.
liocal telegrams are now being trans
mitten through pneumatic tubes in
most of the principal cities of Great
Britain.
State or Ohio. fiTV hfTolido, t
, LfCAS t'OCSTT. f
Fiiank J. 'm:NEir inftke oath that he is the
senior partner ot the tirm of F. J. C'hkney fc
i 'o., doing business to tlie City of Tolixln,
County and State afore-aid, and that said firm
will iv the Finn of ONE HL'NIiKKI IOL
LAHs or each aud every ease of V itarrh that
cuinot be cured by lUausenf II ALf.'8 'atakkh
L'CKE. FHANK .1. CtltSBY.
Mromtn efore me and miliecribed in my
presence, thU6ih d.iy f iieremhT. A. I. 1-xxi.
. , A. W. liLEASOS,
HEAL
1 , Xitlru Plib'fe.
ilaU'sCatarrh Cure ia taken internally and acta
directly on the blood and mucous surfaced of
tile system. Send for tet.montala, free.
F. J. C'HENr.v & Co., Toledo. O.
IVSold by Druggists, Tic.
There are eighty-six fish hatcheries
ta North America, sixty-six of them in
the United States. Last year they pro
duced more than one billion voting
tish.
Japanese Tooth PwJer, Genuine.
A lnrce V.x mailed for tO cent?, l-an".' lru
Co-, l'hiladcli'liia, l'a.
In a Berlin medical piper Pr. Laz
arus describes a case of cholera con
tracted in a hospital by an assistant
physician who was makingexperiments
with the bacilli. He recovered.
MAN'S FALL.
Since the original fall of man we
nave had some signal cxampksof great
falls not to include Ningara or the
Immense fall in values whieh the times
aave brought aliout in the nature of
accidents which waylay men at all
times. One such is that of Mr. George
W. Lord, Olanta, Fa., who says he fell
down stairs and suffered f mr weeks
with a sprained back. The use of St.
Jacobs Oil completely cured him. Mr.
U. Boeder, (id'J S.'lTth St., Omaha,
Neb., relates that he jumped from his
engine in collision and sustained a very
bad 6prain to li is ankle; he had to use
a cane for weeks, but was finally curel
by St. Jacobs Oil. Never fall out with
to good a thing.
Tomdik "Do you think that Ameri
can women arc growing taller 1'' Ilojack
"I don't knovv about that, but tbey an
keeping Amerieaa mea &a short ai ever.'1
New York Tele jran.
Trotter "Womea have very littla
appreciation o.' anything that ia roully
funny." Carlffw "l don't know a'jout
that look at Cholly de Void, lie secjfu
to be very popular with tone." Voju?.
"I really think," said McGazeeea Bard
lets, "that my poetry is quite a3 good a)
Teanvaon's." "Anyhow," said the
' young woman soothingly, "it certainly
I looks just as well." Washington Star.
Mrs. Crimsonbeac j "Look here,
John ; thin toy traup I bought for John
nie, I have wound up threa times, bu it
won't work!" Mr. Crimsonbeach "It
must be an excellent imitation of a tramp,
then."
She "Why is it when doctors get UI
they never attend to their own caseJ
He "I don't know; but I should say it
was because they can t charge thenuelves
for it." Tft-Bita.
! if afflicted wltti soreeyesuse Dr. Isaac Thomp
son ' Kj e-wnter. Druggists sell at2Sc. pet bottle,
K Little dogs bark the most because
; that is au they can do.
rrnait Kenan.
The lata Orientalist Kenan, with
all his learning, afocars to have been
something of a Bohemian, as uucon-j
. 1 i.ta frinml ITeine. and 1
veutiouai " . , 1
.constitutionally au verse i ,
formalities. On the conference Czvs j
1 A u a ..iHnn-vii Vcmcaiso he niaue
I Jl l"U .iv '."'" . '
Mt a rule to come too late for tne in
troductory srweches, and on meeting j
' an acquaintance on the street aUy.ijs .
opened the cm ver-aiiou (
mot or a b,t or banter. He was an
accorupli-lied Arab scholar, and on
his ocMSiotiai visus i ' -
now and tli--n treated bim.'elf to the
fun or taking a seat on a beuch alonz
side or a Syrian peddler. a:id aton
isniiu the poor Mussulman by sud
denly addressing him in his native
tongue. On his way home he gener
ally managed to lug along an ac
quaiutance for table-talk purposes.
"No excuse; I can't spare vou," ho
rnl the nrotesU of his
friend fcandeau, "the cackle, of
iny womenfolks has to be spiced .
with rational speecn.- in mo
heat of a controversial soiree he would
sometimes f rtfet the lapse of time
till 1 1, a ..illAe nf t.hft
ana arue aaj i-" "" - v-
market wagons announced the d iwu
or the morning twii gnt. jh me .
casion or that kiol he extolled the
superiority of Averroes and other
Arabian savanta, at the expense of
the Grecian philosopher, but h i re
spondent, Mons. rrudhoinuie, had
6trong convictions of his own, and
tho dispute oontinucd till Trud
bomme suddenly took a peep at his
viatch. "Look here; it's 5 a. m., and
your stove is getting cold; if you don't
adjourn our debate, well have to
burn the works of Averroes to keep
from freezing."
Too Murfa Ice.
"I wish," 6aid an experienced phy
siciaD, "that I could impress on mv
patients and the public generally the
fact that iced food and beverages are
slaying their thousands and tens of
thousands in tho large citie3 of this
country every vear. There are few
things in which the majority of peo
ple indulge that are so deadly in their
effects. Of course, things taste well,
and no injurious results are ot served
immediately, but all the same the
deadly cold is doing its work by sap
ping the vitality and entirely under
mining the whole system. The pow
ers of the human family are limited;
and, as a natural consequence, when
there is a continual draught on the
vitality, there must come a time
when it shows signs of failure.
"Many of our recipes give directions
for covering this, that and the other
vegetable with chopped ice, pounded
Ice or shared ice anything to lower
the temperature; or the food is pre
pared for the table and placed in the
Ice-box or on the block of Ice until it
is thoroughly chilled; and then prob
ably coming in from the intense heat
of a summer day. people sit down to
j the table and part:i!co freeiy of these
1 things, orten eating immoderately,
! because it is so cool and rerreshing.
as they say; then deluging the stom
ach with glass after glass of ice-water
or iced tea, they arise from the table
with a long breath of satisfaction,
ana declare that they feel so much
better.
"Well, probably they do for the
moment, and they never seem able to
comprehend that when some hours
after thev feel overtaxed and hvc a
headache and nausea and blind spells,
that they arp paying tlie legitimate
penalty for their over-indulgence in
such abomination's.
"1 venture the assertion, and I am
! sure my brethren in the pro'essio.'i
j would sustain me, that half the dis
eases- inciueiib 1.1 1 ne summer sea on
are produced or aggravated by eating
cold food. And it seems so hopeless
to try to impress this 01 the minds
of the people generally, that I have
almost given up in despair, and have
concluded that unless the sufferers
are persons over whom I have author
ity, it is a waste or time toexpre.-s an
opinion." New York Ledger.
19tl ltus. V.VIient l-ro n Tuo Acres.
Th'a rma:kiblo yii-ll van r:-mrted br
Franfc C'Io3e, M'n-iesota, on I .vo aiivs of Mar
Ted Sprinir Wheat. Sp.akilir of liii-i when,
this new sort takes ilie cake. Il is tlie irr.-atest
croipiiiir sarins wheat in tiie world. F.irmeri
whs tried it the jiast s-asoti bel'eve seventy
five to one hundred bushels cu i be grown
from o le sere, nn l are iroinir to tct t i's ylelvt
f r IHJi. At such yield wheat piy at o ie a
bushel. Pa'z.-r is the largest uroirer of vetrc
tuh'.e and farm seed in the world.
IF TOU WlLLCt TTIII-i Ol T AND SEND IT with
7c noatnire ti the Joh i A. Salzr Seed Co., La
LVosse, Wis., you w.ll get iree thsir niamuiotli
catalogue ami a pjicicae o' ah-ire spring
wheat. a
Falm leaves on the Amazon grow
thii tv feet long.
Trusts and combinations are unpopular. But
there is one form ol tni-t acainnt which no one
has anything to s.iy. That Is the trut the public
reposes in IIooil's Parsaparillai because they
know HOOD'S CUBES.
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable.
Tokio, Japan, has followed the ex
ample of Bangkok, the capital of
riiam, and constructed an electric rail
Dad. A sonn that Is soft Is fult of water, half or two-
thirds its weight probably, thus you imv seven
or eight cents inr pound for water. Oobblns'
r.lertnc noap is oil soap anil no aauiieration.
therefore the eheapttt and itvtt. Try iMjbtitt'.
The only source ot the great lakes is
the rain that falls within their basin,
which averages 40 inches per year.
No Safer Kcuirdy can be bad tor Coughs and
Colds, or any trouble of the Throat, than
lirownt Bronchial Trochet. Price 25 cts. &td
ia boxes.
A new storage-battery 6treet-railway
line has beea inaugurated in Taris,
running from the Bastille.
Heecham'a rills correct bad effects of over
eating. Beecbam'e do others. 25 eta. ft box.
An electric motor runs a gatling
gun.
WELCOME WORDS TO WOMEN.
Many tim women call on thf ir family rhy
dciAn, suffering, as tliey Imagine, one from
dvsueDsia. another
from heart disease,
another from liver
or kidney chaise,
another with pain
hero or thero. ant
in thir way th- y ail
rrseni io i:inir
'-froinir doctor.
pa rate diseasrs.
A; lor wmcn no pre
Jo5 ncriles, assuming
5Jr.iiKm to ue sucu,
when, ia reality.
rtrwy are an oniy
by some womb disorder. The sufferlnfr pa
tient gets no better, but probably worse, by
reason of tho delay, wrong tmrtment anil
consequent complications. A proper medi
cine, like Dr. l'ierce's .Favorite Presttiptlon,
directed to the cause would have promptly
cured the disease.
Mrs. Harrt Tappat, of RrynnMs, Jefermn
Co., A6., writes : For two years I was a
sufferer. A part of this time had to be carried
from my bed. Was racked with pain, bad
byHteria. was very nervous, no 'appetite and
completely discouraged. A few bottles of
Favorite Prescription' effected a perfect
cure." Bold by aU dealers In medicines.
ST Irs' 1 Ti 1
M -uutni brrup- Tuim (ioua. Cm Ft -fffjj
In tiniL 8old by drngglata. In
ST. JACOBS OIL
IS THE MASTER CURE FOR
PAINS and ACHES.
;OMMON THINGi
Give mis fear Lor ', Thy magic cotimoi
things,
tviiich aU caa Bee, which aU may
Sunlight anl dewiropJ, srassanl slari aid
Nothing nn q -e or new, aai mis nj rara.
Jast dai'ci, tmp-weeJ, wind mixoas th
thorns;
Some cloads to cross the bins o.d s-y
above;
nain, winter fire.', a ose-ul haa, a hs r!
The com-nou glory o." a wonau' 1 v .
Tben. when my fee: no lojer traiJ oil
paths
(Keep them from fouling sweet thin 3 in
where). Write oneold epitaph in trraca lit w ir l
'Sain things looi fairar fiat he s j vjrnl
here." , . , ,
The Spectator
Bins calls his doa:or h.s b'.orsym
for the reason that he is at work u.ion
his life.
You never can judo a man from his
appearance in a wedding; suit. Hartford
Jotirja'.
Samson wa? the first man oa record to
br.ngdowa the hou2. Unioa CjJii-y
Standard.
Out in Chicago they refer to the urv
Columbian coins as their "better halvu."
Statesmen.
The man who aspires to make a &nv
cessful pic'ioojket should study fi-3-hand
drawing.
"Whenever tuere is any doubt abo j; a
dog's sanity an ounci of leal is worth a
pound of cure. Mercury.
Men most liberal in thoir views give
away their opinions freely b3fore tuey are
asked. Detroit, Free Pre.
George "Why do you frowa ut n
my suit I" Maisie "Becauss it's ready
made." New York Telegram.
Ignorance isn't b'.iss by auy mens
when the schoolmaster is rjctttag out the
old ratiau. So nerville Journal.
A carpenter is kno.vn by his csips
but a baroer is knowa by His shingim
and shavings. Mail and K-:prcs.
One frontier industry has beiu ru'mel
in Idaho, llorjes in that new State arj
too caeap to steal. Cjlorali 5u '.
A photographsr is one of the most in
do.ieu lent of uiea; he uevor hesititei tfj
prifscat his vi'j.vs. Lowell Courier.
Ir ia; laay're calle 1 cr.irsiags bfJ-cvi-ic
iiicir condition is ejojga t mi a
j'.-ople cros3. ?-ii'.alelp'aia li:zti.
Every time a iniu gets a'j.ue I by
other men it streugth'.'m nil ms.u ir for
11a es aul facts. A.tcais in G;o2.
An upright ju lge nee la't bfj as aa n : I
ot bis sentsr.cffis ev.:n ia tho prejeaoj :
tlie Jtricfeit grainmariaa. Troy Prei-.
Pjw i3o:"I wish my iccj:;ie was liivS
tba Golden Rale, Slimtus." "VeiJ
Way ?" "Then I coaldu'c liv;; u; to it."
Wneu a man inherits a p irtioa o'
goodly estate ho has no trouble in tH
ing pcoj'.e rcaly to "take his part."
Gaz-Jttet
There ara sai l to bo fifty t'n mi I
mu-c.es in an elephant's trua'.v. It nunt
have btsii pac'ted by a wonaj. f'j:.
ueasee T.viu ltn gs.
It is fortunate Jor vvo.nva tiiat s'l? am
n better aim ia life thi'i tfii ojj s 13
talies whau sar.i.vin a stoae at a raia
hou. Xeiv York Tcleraui.
Ethel " I'hey say tho Hov. Dr. Cls'io-;
roueirsis all his si'ran 11 bsforehnnl."
Clara "That is quite rigin; he practices
what he preaches." The Club.
' That will do for tho present," as ths
yoang man renarked as be paid for a
box of cheap candy for his sweetheart's
birthday gilt. Philadelphia Record.
He (proully) "My love has noeal."
S'.ie (quickly; "Hasn't it? Well, you
want to make a limit mighty quick. Let
ii en i with me and go no further.''
Yj.,u-:!.
Wife "Dctor, mj husband m sj'j
jec; to fits. What shall I do?" Payjt
c.an "Tell him, madam, to order UU
clothes in London.'' Clothier and Far
nisher.
'I knows why bees never sit uowa,"
said Walter. "Why, my dear?" askeJ
his mother. ' 'Causd they has pin3 io
f icir coat tails and they'a afraid to."
Mercury.
For "really elegant" English, ii
would be difficult to surpass the fol
lowing from the pen of a roport--n f the
Providence Journal. "At the '.no ia
the speech the cjmpany emphaiizd the jf
appreciation of the sentiments by resort
to manual and pedal agitation." New
York Post.
"I heard Suappington blowing up that
hare-brained son of bis again," said tho
womau who lives next door. "Yes,"
replied the husband, "it's strange ho
much easier it is to keep up the supply
of feud and foal than it Is ot food and
fuel." Washington Star.
V ara Lbt iajnrerit ir rem -rw of
Barley. Com. Cluver Timothy. Oraotwf. Potautf.eU.. in enormoiwinantities. l.t-oo. ,
000 Rums and Plant. 3& pktfs. earlirst irttt)i stt-ds, nouph fur a (rardn, po; I
paid for SI OOl ltt pkirs. late VKPtatilewf-df, A0c. Say. our Clrvat Northern Cats
ytetded 21ft bash from one bu-h. knl Iid yueTcr harth like Pice of thUOarsI
Ilia. ':-;. WT', Vjaai-T.'-; .
Rubber nootrarrrMHfv t1,11' 9TA1MTY. Tbo.iffaudi. of
your dler kok aVHt ? 5 i .h? "EST thfy ASK
it UJ-AliEB tOHl Hfcai and don't be perauaded iLto an lctorloi anie:
Use the Uoans and Heaven will Give yen the Blessing '
Never Neglect a Useful Article Like
SAPOLIO
A morion Moroco Leather.
Very little morocco leather U norim.
poKe i Into this country. Up to abojt
the vear 1S3J nine-teaths of the morocc
uei was imported, and the anim
manufactured here was quite s.nai!. inn
proportions hiva been about reverie 1
the last twj'va years, and noar the nn;.
put of Philadelphia, Wilmington, li 13.
ton aud Lvna is far greater t mn tli j
total consumption was at f.ie tinn
named. There ia absolutely no ro isoa
why any of t lis article suo.ild bo im
ported at all, aad tha home-ai lie graiei
are really better oa tho average thaa gu
tuat cau bo imported. One Amerlca-i
houie now turns out 4),0UU or 5 ),0J0
skins a day, aid the slaughter of gnt,
for the purpose is quiio extensiva. It ii
estimated that as uiaiy at 31,0JD,(K;.I
.roats are elaugjterei tor their sshu
every year, and this is probacy tru,
although mtit p3o wo i!d bsoptt .
doubt whet.er Hi re ars as miuy of
these interesting animals in existent
Detroit Free Press.
"Farmers loo fre.innntly force thrir
cows into disonse. They are anxto'i
to cct nil the milk i-o-sil.le, and 1,,
forcing them with grain, mid milkiti
them ju-it as long as possible be." t.
calving, thev outrage nnture and w - i
them out. This process rapidly d,
develops any impending disease, 111 1
the cow is soon entirely worthless."
"HOTHER'S
FRIEND
is a PcientiCcally prepared Liniment
and harmless; every iugredkut is c;'
recognized value ami iu constuiit us
by the medical profession. It short
ens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminish; -Danger
to lifo of Mother tmd Chili:.
Kock To Mothers" mailed free, co::
tuiuir.g valuable information aul
voluntary toM irnonials.
Sent ly express, charges preraiii, on reci-ii I
of price, $IM jx-r lxituc.
EHADHELD FiECULATOf! CO., A!lsnt3, Ca.
Sold by all Uruggists.
?m WORLDS
FAIR
feSlTV-'u MEDAL S
Rnd oi l- lull"'" ", for itraul.i.
Ktrrnelh " "1 liW"'
I.,-'- ."iiijui ut .e
jjy, tiei-n S"ld (tiriTl
"-i-Si-ii(t al (inn.- in
irirl lo i:ie r'-r-''
- ,nr our curat'!' I
'raiil"L'i" I" ' ev-ry kiml ot
t-tii.'li Knrcn'im.also hm-k
OrmA. atsu. ,,f f -.i liinuuvls. llii-y rf ti- .
ALLIANCE CARRIAGE i.C , vINCINNATI. Q.
t itrtw-x-", 'vr. r.. rorc.i.As tMn.
rimltf-y ft ! $'S 'KV vi,l"c 1,jr ''
MtlUltf t in tlie win 1.1. Name and pn.-e
VJF1T stainjn:il on the biutnm. Eiav
ntH, -V pj'.r warrant, d. Take no ul-tl-"MCaMeSj
I Srel.aliut" f"r f 1
K-iw ' V. di-'criptioiiiit uurcompVc
Dm5KrlATHP?flVai I.,r ladin and p a
- ''Ot' xfw ilmn or send f'r
C.l-'LATtiT STTtiif llOW tdOf.
derbvmail. Postai-e fn e. V cm pet thebt'
bargains ol' dealer who push w biioci.
FOR FIFTY YEARS I Ji
MRS. WINSLOW'S !
SOOTHING SYRUP
I j..r tm-ir 'lili'i.m ulnii' K- i!ilns f"i ov.-r I
J.ftvVtur II s.--.Ti'is cnil'l. wn ii'iio tne y
, K'.ni. rl'.tvi pi; loin.ruivs wiu-l toiHcam
liliieliit ri-ii'i '!' tnn!i;.ir "i. ?
Twenty-flee C'i'nts n Hot:.
JiairttU L'UMS . .tniir-; no fnm l: .'v. rv la lv
netd-iit. LADIES EMfO-HUM, St. LouiJ, Hi.
T'TTANTKD -fSali'vmen to catry a line of our
jVIl, IKipulurcMTiir nnd shI! nHinplflot. Hi ir I'm.
1)1X1 E CKiAll CO., Winston, X. c.
S3
lllrr.UrUlrrJ III nE I 12 Jl V afZ
PillL..fA. K-.in.-. i.n..r.r'.i.,(ir)r.i.?fr.rribriiu-.
ttit.'tv w fti, k(i1 r-Tnmu j'i'. ri,m, lJi- at. 1 FruirU
ouiclu30. beDd ha sircalkr. OlSc Lura. A H. S I'M.
ti A OH l To meet t,e l'rni Hard
llAnjl ITitiu) on litin:r
I Ifll IU w tu w.n em dirt lor i
TIMES
ir 1 Kcrt:li.fi9 t uie f-l-lrlwf:
! Frrtillrrr for r rn rtt
too Aiul ia,utM at I :i. -111.
FERTILIZERS
1 l riiltvr fur triicKiti
Hrntl twi J-rni eriH m a t p -tMiof at ll.
tinet munipa lor Krriiti z-r for tottnot o,
i-irrtilar. nat A irult at f I -1 cr Ion.
W. a. i'owll 3l Co.. FerUliior HUn., Bti.tiiuorr. MJ.
Katnre Mild Urmrdr, frubiiry' Sonp
Rnrk, a a upr.iy an1 jrnrlt- w ill clranae. i.llay (rr.
tatioq an henl tne ll-f:ia itictiibraii'. S-n 1 nny
rent, i-tstt.1 . t or va-nr. t' aniI lwtr to
Embury hrinirHl rUw, j'rovldcnr R.I.
'Succoosfully Prosecutes Claims.
principal Examiner U S. i'enslon Ountu.
3jraulaat war, ldatudicailiigclauuaattjaliico.
ROYS AND CiRLS -Zr'
W I J nnnie autl we will t II you how; no money
wanted. HiciiAitD Stayer Qj , WoviMenre, R.
m rtFlDCCf U. N I KM oi Bn hoi,irr-.(lro.i'..
nUUnCdt) W v.... . yu x.t L (nh, Kaumm an.a
f Sen. fci.iir.ne. VV. V. A f;, lt-x 1 1, Lnver.
Sure r-!i-f t ninnii .
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lO iar.etowu. Mass.
4
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