KEY. DR. TALMAGR
l'JK CROOK LiYJI DIVISE'S SUIt
DAY SERMOX.
Subject: "Fairest of the Fair."
Text: "He is altogether lovely." Solo
tnon's Sons v.. 16.
The human rsco his during centuries bean
Improving. For awhile It deflected and do
(rejieratod, and from all I can mod for agm
the whole tendency was toward barbarism,
but under the ever widening and deepenlnq
Influence ot Christianity the tendency is now
In the upward direction. The physical ap
penrance of the hunmn race Is seynnty-flve
percent, more attractive than in the six
teenth, seventeenth and eighteenth oonturitss.
From the picturns on canvas and tbefaotvand
forms in suulpture of those who were consid
ered the Rrand looking men and the attrac
tive womea of 200 years ago I conclude the
superiority of the men and women of our
time. Such looking people of the past cen
turies as painting and sculpture have pre
sented as fine spnimens of beauty and dig
nity would be in uur time considered deform
ity anil repulsiveness complete. The fact
that many men and women In antediluvian
times were eight and ten feet high tended to
make the human race obnoxious rather than
winning. Such portihle mountains of hu
man flesh did not add to the charms of the
world.
But in no climate and in no age did ther
ever appear any one who in physical at-tnv.-tlvonis
could be compared to Hira
whom my text celebrates thousand of years
beiore H put His infantile foot on the hill
back of Bethlehem, lie wiis ami is altogether
lovely. The physical appearance ot Christ
Is, for the most part, an artistic Kuess. Some
writers declare Htm to have been a brunette
or dark complexioned. St. John, of Damas
cus, writing 1100 years ago, and so rnu ?h
nearer th;in oursolvcs to the time of Christ,
and hence with more likelihood ot accurate
tradition, represents Him with be.iri black,
and curly eyebrows Joined together, and
"yellow oomplexion, and long flnirora like
His mother." An author, writing 1500 years
ago, represents Christ as a blond : "His hair
is the color ot wine and golden at the root,
straight and without luster, but from the
level of the ears, curling and glossy, and
divided down the center after tho fashion of
the Kazarenea. His forehand is even and
smooth. His taoe without blemish and en
hanced by a tempered bloom. His counten
ance ingenuous and kind. Nose and mouth
are in no way faultv. His beard is full, of
the mra color as His hair an 1 forked in
form ; His eyes blue and extremely brill'
lant."
My opinion Is, It was a Jewish face. His
mother was a Jewess, and there Is no wo
manhood on earth more beautiful than Jew
ish womanhood. Alas that H i lived so long
before tho daguerrean anl photographic
arts were born, or we might have known His
exact features. I know that sculpture and
palming were born long before Christ, and
they might have transferred from olden
times to our times the ferehend, tho nostril,
the eye, the lips of our Lor I.
Phi Has, tho s 'uij.tor, pat I'o-vn his ohlael
of enchantment EO'I years bc.'ore Christ came.
Why did not some one tuke tip that chisel
and give us the site fa re or lull face of our
Lord? Polygnotls, the painter, put down
his pencil 400 years lieforo Christ. Why did
not some one taue it up and give us at" least
the eye of our Lord the eye, that Sovereign
of the face' Dionysius, the literary artist
who saw at H liopolls, Egypt, the strange
darkening of the heavns at the time of
Christ's crucifixion near Jerusalem, and not
knowing what it was, but d-STibiug Has a
peculiar eclipse ot the sun, ami saying,
"Kit her the Diety suffers or sympathises
with some sufferer," that Plonyeius might
have put his pen to the work an 1 drawn the
portrait of our Lord, liut, no ; tho tine arts
were busy perpetuating the form and ap
pearance of the worl fa favorites only, and
not the form and appearance of tho poubantry,
among whom Chirst appeared.
It was not until the iifteenth cnrnry, ot
until more than 1 100 years after Curist. that
tnlented painters attempted by pencil to give
us the t'Un of Christ's face. The picture
before that time were so offensive that the
council at Constantinople foroa le their ex
hibition. Iiut Leonardo da Vinci, in the fif
teenth century, presented Christ's face on
two canvases, yet the one was a repulsive
and tho oth'-r an effeminate face, ltaph
nel's face of Christ is a weak face. Allwrt
Iiurer's face of Christ was a savage face.
Titian's face of Christ Is an expressionless
face. The mightiest artists, either with pen
cil or chisel, have made signal fuilure in at
tempting to give the forehead, tho cheek,
the eyes, the nostril, the mouthof our blessed
Lord.
But about His face I can tell you somethlns?
positive and beyond controversy. 1 arn suro
it was asoulTuf fare. The face Is only the
curtain of the soul. It wis Impossible that
a disposition like Christ's should not have
demonstrated itself In His physiognomy.
Kindness as an occasional impulse may give
BO Illumination to the features, hut kiud.iess
as the lifelong, dominant habit Will pro iu-59
attractiveness of countenance as certainly as
the shining ot the sun produces flowers.
Children are afraid of a scowling or hard
vlsaged man. They cry out if he proposes to
take them. If he try to caress them, he
evokes a slap rather than a kiss. All mothers
know how hard it is to get their cnlldren to
go to a man or woman of forbidding appear
ance. But no sooner did Christ appear In
the domestic group than there was an in
fantllo excitement and the youngsters began
to struggle to get out of their mothers' arms.
They could not hold the children back.
".Stand hack with those children I" scolded
some of the disciples. Perhaps the llttleones
niay have been playing in the dirt, and their
facts may not have been clean, or they may
not have been well clad, or the disciples may
have thought Christ's religion was a religion
chiefly for big folks. But Christ made tho
Infantile excitement still livelier by His say
ing that He liked children better than grown
people, declaring. "Except ye become as a
little child ye cannot enter into the kingdom
of God."
Alas .'or those people who do not like chil
dren 1 They had better stay out of heaven,
for the place is lull of them. Tnat, I think,
Is one reason why the vast majority of the
human race die in infancy. Christ is so
fond of children that He takes them to Him
self before the world has time to despoil and
harden them, and so they are now at the
windows of the palace and on the doorsteps
and plnying on the green. Hometimes
Matthew or Mark or Luke tells a story of
Christ, and only one tells it, but Matthew,
Mark and Luke all Join in that picture of
Christ girdled by children, and I know by
what occurred at that time that Christ had u
lace lull of geniality.
Not only w:is Christ altogether lovely in.
His countenance, but lovely in His habits. I
know, without being told, that the Lord who
made the rivers and lakes and oceans was
cleanly in H'9 appearance. Ha disliked the
disease of leprosy not only because it was
distressing, but because it was not oiean, and
His curative words were : "I will. Be thou
clean." He declared Himself In favor ol
thoroughly washing and oppose 1 to super
ficial washing when He deuounced the hypo
crites for matting clean only "the outside ol
the platter," and He applauds His disciples
by saying, "Now are ye clean," and giving
directions to those who fasted, among other
things. He says, "Wash thy face," and to a
Hind man wnotn He was doctoring, "Go,
wash in the pool ot Slloam," and He Himself
actually washed His disciples' feet, I suppose
not only to demonstrate His own humility,
but probably their feet ne3ded to le washed.
The fact is, the Lord was a great friend ol
water. I know that trom the fact that most
of the world is water. But when I tlad
Christ In such constant commendation ol
water I know He was personally neat,
aitnongn lie nungtod niucn bxou verj
rough populations and took such lon-j
tourneys ou dusty highways. He wore His
i air long, according to tho custom of Hit
land and time, but neither trouble nor old
age had thinned or tnjnred His locks, which
were never worn shairiry or unkempt. Tea,
all His habits of persona! appearance ver
lovely.
Sobriety was also an established habit 01
His life. In addition to the water. lie drnnli
the fa Ice of the grape. When nt a wed din ;
jiarty this beverage gave ont. He ma le gal
lons on gallons of grape juice, hut :t w is as
unlike what tho world makes In our time us
health Is different from disease and ns calm
pulses are dllTeront from the paroxysms ot
delirium tremens. Thero was no strychnine
In Jhat beverage or logwood or nnx vomlcv.
The tipplers and the sots win no-.v quote
tho winemalelng in Cana of Oalilee as an er-
onse for the tlery and damning beyera- of
tne nineteenth century forget that the wine
nt the
charae
. ' w i'i.aifui weaaiuv ni i two :
raaraoter.slios tha on-) that thfl Lor 1 nvi U t
it and the other that it was
mri'la our t-.f ' I
- I
t that kin I anl
drink it at least three times a day and send a '
barrel of it round to my cellar.
You cannot make me believe that h
blessed Christ who went no and down he il
lug the sick would create for man that style
of drink which is the cause of disease mor.i
than all other causes combined, or that H-
who calmed he maniacs Into their rigat
mind would create that style of drink which
does more than anything else to fill insane
asylums, or that He who was so helpful to
yie poor would make a style of drink that
crowds the earth with pauperism, or that He
who came to save the nations from sin would
create a liquor that is the source ot most of
the crime that now stuffs the penitentiaries.
A lovely sobriety wss writted all over His
face, from ths hair line of the forehead to the
Vottom of the bearded ouln.
f
Domesticity was also Hla habit. Thouua.
too poor to have a home of His own. He
i went oat to spend the night at Bethany, two
or throe miles' walk from Jerusalem, and
1 over a rough and hlllv road that made it
equal to six or seven ordinary miles, every
morning and nhrht going to and fro, I would
rather walk trom hers f o Central Park, ot
walk from Edinburgh to Arthur's Seat, or in
London olear around Hyde Park- than to
walk ttat road that Christ walked twioe a
day from Jerusalem to Bethany. Bat He
liked the quietude of home lite, and He was
lovely in His domesticity.
How He enjoyed handing over the resur
rected girl to her father, and reconstructing
homesteads which disease or death was
breaking np I As the song, "Home, Sweet
Home," was written by a man who at that
time had no home, so I think the homeless
Dees of Christ added to His appreciation of
domesticity.
Furthermore, He was lovely in His sym
pathies. Now, dropsy is a most distressful
complaint. It inflames anl swells and tor
tures any limb or physical organ it touches.
As soon as a case of that kind is submitted
to Christ, He, without any use of diaphor
etics, commands its cure. And what an eye
doctor He was for opening the long closed
gates of sight to the blue of the sky, and the
yellow of the flower and the emerald of the
grass 1 What a Christ He was for cooling
fevers without so much as a spoonful of
febrifuge, and straightening orooked backs
without any pang of surgery, and standing
whole choirs of musio along the silent gal
leries of a deaf ear, and giving healthful ner
vous system to cataleptic ! Sympathy I He
did not give them stoical advice or philoso
phize about the sclenae ot grief. He sat
down and cried for them.
It is spoken of as the shortest verse in the
Bible, but to me It is about the longest and
grandest, "Jesus wept." Ah. many of us
know the meaning ot tnat ! When we were
in great trouble, some one came in with vol
uble consolation and quoted the Scripture in
a sort of heartless way and did not help us
at all. But after awhile some one else came
in, and without saying a word sat down and
burst into a flood of tears at the sight of
our woe, and somehow it helped us right
away. "Jesus wept." You see. it was a
deeply attached household, that of Mary and
Martha and Lasarus. The father and mother
were dead, and the girls depended on their
brother. Larirus had said to them : "Now,
Mary, now, Martha, stop your worrying. I
will take care of you. I will be to you both
father and mother. My arm is strong. Girls,
you can depend on me !'
But now Lazarus was sick yea, Lazarus
was dead. All broken up, tho sisters sit
disconsolate, and there is a knock at tho
door. "Come in, says Martha. "Come
In," says Mary. Christ entered, and nejust
broke down. It was too much tor Ulm. He
had been so often and so kindly entertained
In that home berore sickness and death dev
astated it that He choked up and sobbed
aloud, and the tears trickled down the sad
face of the sympatbetlo Christ. "Jesus
wept." Why do you not try that mode of
helping, lou say, "I am a man of few
words," or "1 am a woman of few words."'
Why, your dear soul, words aro not neces
sary. Imitate your Lord and go to those af
Qletad homes and cry with them.
John Murphy I Well, you dll not know
him. Once, when I was In great bereave
ment, he came to my house. Kind ministers
of the gospel had come and talked leuti-
tuuy and prayed with us and did all tney
oould to console. But John Murphy, one of
the best friends I ever had, a big soule 1,
iorlous Irishman, came in and lookol into
my face, put out his broad, strong hau 1 an 1
said not a word, but sat downand cried witu
us. I am not enough of a philosopher to say
how It was or why it was, but somehow from
door to door and from floor to ceiling tno
room was tilled with an all pervading com
ort. "Jesus wept."
I think that is what makes Christ such a
popular Christ. There are so many wao
want sympathy. Miss Fiske, the famo'is
Nestorian missionary, was in the chap il one
day talking to the heathen, and she was in
very poor health and so weak she sat upon a
mat while she talked and felt the need ot I
something to lean against, when she felt a
woman s lorm at her back and near 1 a
woman's vole saying, "Lean on me." Sho
leaned a little, but did not want to be too
cumbersome, when the woman's voice said,
"Lean hard ( if you love me, lean hard."
And that makes Christ so lovely. H.
wants all the sick and troubled and weary to
lean against Him, and He says, "Lean hard ;
If you love M, lean hard." Aye, He Is
alose by with His sympathetio help. Hod
ley Vicars, the famous soldier and Christian
of the Crimean war, died because when he
was wounded his regiment was too far off
from the tent of supplies, ne was not mor
tally wounded, and it the surgeons could
only have got at the bandages and the medi
cines he would have recovered; So much
of human sympathy and hopefulness comes
too late. But Christ is always close by if
we want Him, and has all the medicines
ready, and has eternal life for all who ask
for it. Sympathy I
Aye, He was lovely In His doctrine. Self
sacrifice or the relief of the suffering of
others by our own suffering. He wasthe only
physician that ever proposed to cure His pa
tients by taking their disorders. Self sacri
fice I And what dl l He not give up for
others 1 The best climate in the universe,
the air of heaven, for the wintry weather of
Palestine, a scepter of unlimited dominion
for a prisoner s box in an earthly ceurtrooat,
a flashing tiara lor a crown of stininr
brambles, a palace for a cattle pen, a throno
for a cross. Self s:ieriflce'. What Is more
lovely? Mothers dying for their children
down with scarlet fever, railroad engineers
going down through the open drawbridge to
save the train, ilremen scorched to death
trying to help some one dowu the ladder
from the fourth story of the consuming
house. All these put together only taint an I
insufficient similes by which to illustrate tao
grander, mightier, farther reaching solf sac
rifice of the "altogether lovely."
Do you wonder that the story of n,s self
sacrifice has lei hundreds of thousands to
die for Him? In one series of persecution
over 200.0DO were put to death for Christ's
sake. For Him Blandlna was tied to a post
and wild boasts were let out upon her, an 1
when life continued alter the attack of tooth
and paw she was put In a net, and that ut
containing her was thrown to a wild bull
that tossed hor with Its horns till lite was ex
tinct. All for Christ ! Huguenots dylnij "or
Christ ! Albigensos dying for Christ ! The
Vaudols dying for Christ I Smithtteld .Ires
endured lor Christ I The bonus ot murtyrs,
If distributed, would make a path of molder-
In? life all around the earth. The lovolineea
of the Havlour's sacrifice has Inspired all the
neroisms and all the martyrdoms of sun
quent centuries. Christ has had more m
and women die for Him than all the other ia-
habitants of all the ncs have had die for
'bora.
Furthermore, Tl" was lovely In His ser
mons, ite knew when to oeirln, when to
stop and just what to sav. The longest ser.
men Ho ever pp'a"hod, so far as the Jtihlo
reports Him namely, tho sermon on tli
mouut was nbout sixteen minutes In delivery
at the ordinary rate of speech. His Ion!?'
eet prayer reported, commonly called '"Th
Lord's Prayer," wns ahout half a minute.
Time them by your wat"h, and you will fin
my estimate accurate, by which I do not
mean to say that sermons ouht to be onlv
sixteen minutes Ion? and prayers only half
n mlnnte Ion. Christ had such infinite
power of compression that He con Id put
enonirn ljito 111s sixteen minute sermon nn
His half minute prayer to keep nil the fol
lowing aes busy in thought and action. No
one but r. "' '- ouid afford, to pray or
preach as short as that, but ne meant to
" a'- - us compression.
At selma, Ala., the other day I was shown
i corion press ny wtilcn cotton was put In
such shape that It occupied In transporta
tion only one car where three cars were for
merly necessary, and one ship were three
ships had been reoulred. and I imagine that
we all need to compress our sermons and our
prayers into smaller spaces.
And His sermons were so lovely for senti
ment and practicality and simplicity and Il
lustration. The light of a candle, the crystal
of the salt, the cluck of a hen for her chick
ens, the hypocrite's dolorous physiognomy.
the moth in the clothes closet, tho black
wing of a raven, the snowhank of white
lilies, our extreme botheration about the
splinter of imperfection in some one else's
character, the swine fed on the pearls,
wolves dramatizing sheep, and the perora
Hon made up of a cyclone In which you hear
the crash of a rumbling bouse unwisely con
structed. No technicalities, no spitting of
uairs uetween norm ana nnrtnwest side, no
dogmatics, but a great Christly throb of
helpfulness. I do not wonder at the record
which says, "When He was come down from
Ihe mountain, great multitudes followed
Him." They had but one fault to find with
His sermon. It was too short. God
help all of us in Const Ian work to set down
ofT our stilts and realize there is onlv one
th nir ham haM " .v. . .
wound of th wr.ri.r- sin an l at-t.
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T aw ' uonnua ui illtj kT" k
nel Wh T , , , .u
plaster on the found. All sufficient is tho
plaster on the mound. All sufficient i the
I gospel if it Is only applied. A minister
' preaching to an andlonce of sailors oonern
Lig the ruin by sin and the rescue by the gos
pel accommodated himself to sailors' vernac
ular and said, "This plank bears." Many
years after this preacher was called to see a
dying sailor and asked him about his hope
ani got the suggestive reply, "This plank
Vara."
Yea, Christ was lovely In His chief life's
work. There were a thousand things for
Hm to do, but His great work was to get
our shipwrecked world out ot the breakers.
That He came to do, and that He did, and
Ha did it in three years. He took thirty
years to prepare for that three years' activ
ity. From twelve to thirty years of age we
hear nothing sout Him, That 'ntervening
fitYhfnSa years I think hi was m India. Bui
Hs oaoM baok to Palestine and crowded
ssai J thing Into three years three winters,
stores springs, three summers, three aut
amns. Oar life k short, but would God we
Bilght see how ranch we could do in three
years. Concentration I Intensification t
Three years of kind words I Three years of
living tor others I Three years of selt-sacri-V
I Let as try It.
Aye, Christ was lovely In His demise. H
oad a right that last hour to deal in anathe
matization. Never had any one been so
meanly treated. Cradle of straw among
goats and camels that was the world's re
ception of Him I Rooky olifT, with ham
mers pounding spikes througn tortured
nei iw thif w the world's farewell saluta
tion I The slaughter of that scene sometimes
hides the loveliness of the sufferer. (In ler
the saturation ot tears and blood we soon
times rail to 3ee the sweetest face of earth
and heaven. Altogether lovely I Can cold
est criticism And an unkind word Hj ever
spoke, or an unkind action that He ever per
formed, or an unkind thought that He ever
harbored?
What a marvel it Is that all the nations ot
earth do not rise up in raptures of affection
for Him I I must say it here and now. I lift
my right hand In solemn attestation. I love
Him, and the grief of my life is that I do not
love Him more. Is it an impnrtinenoe for
r&XSZZXl
your nature? Have you committed your
children on earth into His keeping, as your
children in heaven are already ia His bosom?
Has He done enough to win your confidence?
Can yon trust Him, living an 1 dying and for
ever? Is your back or yonr face toward Him?
Would you like to have His hand to guide
you, His might to protect yon. His grace to
oomfort you, His sufferings to atone for you,
His arms to welcome you. His love to eucir
lo you. His heaven to crown you?
Ob, that we might all have something ot
the great German reformer's love for this
Christ which led him to say, "It any one
knocks at tho door of my breast and says,
Who lives there?' my reply Is, Mosus Const
lives here, not Martin Luther. " Will it not
be grand if, when we get through this s'aort
and rugged road ot life, wo can go right up
into His presence and live with Him world
without end.
And if, entering the gate of that heavenly
Sity, we should be so overwhelmed with our
nnworthiness on the one side, and ths super
nal splendor on the other side, we got a lit
tle bewildered and should for a fow moments
be, lost on ths streets ot gold and among th j
burnished tomplee and the sappblrethrones.
andtake us out or our Joyful bewilderment, t ' "'"x '" i"vii-.j mm uai (iiuua
and perhaps the woman of Nain would say, ! My was a borrowed phrase, Ycr
MCorae, let me take yo i to tho Christ who hughtcr 'Dologize." tho DOTS did.
raised my only boy tj li e " Aad Mirtli a
would say, "Come, 1st me take you to thu
Christ who brought up my brother Lazarus
from the tomh." Aud one ot the disoiples
would say, 'Come, an 1 let me take yon
to the Christ who saved our sinking snip
In the hurricane on Oennasaret." Au i
Paul would say, "Come, aui lot ran
load you to the Christ tor whom I die I
on the road to Ostla." And whole groups of
martyrs would say, "Come, let us show you
the Christ for whom weratttod the chain and
waded the floods and dared the flres." An I
our own glorified kindred would Hock aroun I
us, saying, "We have been waiting a goo I
while for you, but before we talk over old
times, and we tell you ot wnat we have en
Joyed since we havo bees here, an l you tell
us ot what you havo suffers I sine j vrc parte 1,
come, come and let us show JOJ the groat out
light in all the place, the most resplsa lenc
throne, and upon It the mightiest oa'uror,
the exaltation of heaven, lae tuaiu ot thu
Immortals, the altogether great, the altogeth
er good, the altogether fair, the altogether
lovely t
Weil, Cs .letlcblrn! mere will onms
When mvooor L-i-a wilt brluic mo home,
Aa 1 tn all uu ro.
thea. with my Saviour, Unjihar, rrle&J,
A Xt.rit M-ro ty I'll ope I 'I,
Trianpasat la ilia gTMW.
Mr. II. . Cole
Friends all Surprised.
It the Wonderful Ilrnrflt From IIuu!
Sartmpiar tlla.
MlllvilU-, N.-w Jersey
4C. I. riood & Co., I.owrll, Mass.:
"'ientlcnien: Wl.unf vcr I meet frien.la no;
ffhom I have not seen for some time, the t'.r-t
ihing they generally remark concerns my fttMi
-nrt heftlthy a p. eft ran re. They ask what I tin
xen doing, 1 have one nwer for all: "d
lothine only taking Hood's Sar-nparilla I hav
een afflicted for thirty years with
Scaly Eruption of the Skin,
iffecting at times my entire body. The ki-j
hieb had been a solid mn of dry bcule J. f
rears, broke out about a year no into running
res. At one time I had as many n nine 01
ne limb which were about the size of a silv.
n cent piecn. They caused me great incoi.
Hood'sSaprCurcs
lenience and siiflL-rlnir by their constant and ir.i
ohTable itching. I wn advNvd to take Hoe 1
larsaparilla and after using nine bottles co:i-i .
ir myself cured. The son s have long since di
ippesrcd, tho scal arc all gone, and my skin I
u smooth as any one can wish. I have pained n
vcight from IJu to l:u pounds. U. K. Cule, Hi
Imith St., Millvlllc. N'. J.
Hood's PIIU cure Constipation bv restorinJ
lie peristaltic action of the ulim-lltary canal. .
Ci.o I and Hail Society.
Mrs. John Sherwood, in reply V a
;orrespondcnt who asked her jvhal
was meant by the terms "nojd soi
:lety" and "bad society," sp.ys "thai
society Is had whose members, how.
sver tenacious they may le of form!
ot etiquette and elaborate cercnionii
aN, have one code of manners for thos.i
whom they deem their equals, and an
other for those whom they esteem to
be of less Importance to thena by rea
son of ape, picuniaty position or reK
ative social influence." Had manner
aro apt to prove the concomitant of n
mind and disposition that are 110114
too good, and the fashionable woman
who si itrhts people because t!icy can
Vic minister to her ambition, chal
lenges a merciless criticism of her
own moral shot I comings. A you in
girl who is impertinent or careless in
her demeanor to her mother or her
mother's friends; who goes about
without a chaperon and talks slan:
Who is careless in her bearing toward
youngmen. permitting them tolrcal
her as if she were one of themselves
who accepts the attention of a younj
man of bad character or dissipatcc
habits because he happens to be rich
who is loud in dress and rou.'h ir
manner such a younn girl is "b:id
6ociety," be sho the daughter of ar
earl or a buicbp'-
It's a rather knotty question to ask a
girl to be tied to you for lifo.
Partial culture rnn to the ornate;
extreme culture to simplicity.
Tho highest friendship mnst always
lead us to pleasure.
A tree seems more polite in winter
becus9 you cin see its boughs.
The devil liss tr.mblo in introducing
himself to people who are busy.
Womsn is like a cigar you cianot
judge tho filling by the wrapper.
Debt is the only tliimr known tho'.
enlarges the more it is contracted.
. .
iemembratice is the onlvnarailiwo nnt
of which we cannot be driven away.
Let us be silent that we mtv hear the '
whisper of the gods.
Consideration is one of the
creafoftt
claims a person can have.
To retain one's friend! one most also
respect their social rights.
Every vounir man and vnimn ah on 1.1
be educated for usefulness.
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XTREME, CHRONIC, TORTURING CASES 0
NEURALGIA
ARE CURED BY ST. JACOBS OIL. PROMPT AND SURE.
Settled by Arbitration
The outline of tho postofflce had
become Indistinct in the feathering
darkness and the streets in th
vicinity were filled with people hur
ylng homeward, when the reporter
abscrved a man with a fltubbv beard
who with some difficulty was holding
position on a corner, solemnly shak
ing hands with a lino of newsboys.
Some of tho passers-hy, discouraged
in their pedestrian efforts for rapid
transit, 6toippd to watch the wo.
cecdinss for the sight was unusual
Had some local celebrity chosen this
Mnifi nml nl:ico in twibl a rocorttim9
j 16 ?PP" so th. small
autnber Of truest!.
The true significance ot the little
icene, however, was understood only
av those who were earlier on tiie
ipot.
There had been a fierce altercation
j .vtween the man and one of the txivs
'and the companions of the latter,
j coming from all directions, lell upon
'the man with so vigorous an onslaught
that an old Irishman said afterward
that he thought they'd "murder him
fro:n head to toot." Hut Just as thu
j outcome ot the alTairseemed probalilo
!a ragged little fellow appeared on the
scene and ruled tho proceedings out
of order.
"Youse fellers ain't givin' do bloke
i square deal," he said. "The:e
wouldn't a' been no scrap If Joe
hadn't cheated," and he followed
with an argument tint was evidently
n,.nini..
for when he finished his
ucluaily.
Kacb side conceded something anl
ihe handshaking followed; and al-
j ;liou:ih a couple of idlers moved awav
i omewh.it reluctantly, disappointed
, In not seeing a light, and while some
of the spectator laughed at the lit
j tie peacemaker, the last in the l'ne,
extended a grimy little hand to Ik-
! rlasped in the larger on half a sore
'ji hvarts beat lighter because ot li s
pica for justice. Huston Journal.
I'ots lin1 Infection.
! "Do 1 believe that cats and d g.-
.nay-carry from one bouse to another
' contagious disea-e I think the iUia
simply silly. My little girl likes tn
fondle pretty kittens, and I mean id
teach her to bve dumb animals,"
said a young mother, when a fiiciiii
suggested the letting alone cf a vis.
itor, a pretty bundle of gray fur, very
: much alive, and evident ysumebo ly'j
! pet
j The scarlet fever was raging in tha
neighborhood, and tho mother had
most carefully guarded her little girl
, from exposure to contagion, having
; for weeks escaped it.'
l'.aby and kitty had a fine play to
I jether, and when pussy ttmk hei
leave, straight to the house contain
ing three cases of scarlet fever sho
went. I'.aby's subsequent attack ol
j fever was not attributed to playing
mm nit: K'-i fciiien, iiiiiiiu'II bile 11. 1' I
ao other chance of infection.
During the rcin of the inilueii-a.a
aandsomc cat. much petted by every
mcmoer 01 ino iaiuiiy, was lomi or
sittins unon mv master's writitnr
! desk. Minnette Grey toes otitinued
her attentions to Mr. C'livc while he
wrestled with an attack of the grip.
Ilefore many hours had elapsed al ter
his attack poor pussy's throat became
iore and very inflamed, her eyes red
and watery, and violent snee.inif, al
ternated with coughing added to her
arilictions, proving beyond dispute
that disease may be transmitted from
ihe human being to the lower animal,
ir vice versx
A dainty, e'ean, cunning kitten
looks innocent enough, but it is well
to know just where it has been be
fore permitting the children to fondle
1U The mcasels, whooping cough,
scarlet fever, with other contagious
liseases, have mado sad vacanies in
home circles so carefully guarded ihat
there lias been no ''known" possible
:hance for infection. Cats should bo
kindly treated and dogs also, but
both arc given to visiting. Is it well
to permit the children to foudl"
it-range pets?
Chinese In tho Photographer's
Chair.
Thev are the most obedient sub
,ccts that the photographer has ever
had. They seem to be in awe of the
big camera when It is pointed at
them and apparently aro leady to be
.ieve that picture taking is a process
in which they are as likely to bo re
quired to stand on their beads as not.
They awkwardly try to tlx themselves
in positions suggested by tho photog
rapher, and ronie of their efforts
have grotesque results. .Nearly all of
them pose with tlxed faces and star
ing eyes, if in their posing they
wero trying to bring about the pro
duction of pictures In which it would
be impossible to distinguish one
Chinaman .from another they could
not select more effective methods.
Thositowhom proofs have been
give 1 a t like delighted children
when the rolled sheets ocarlng the
counterfeit prescutments of them
selves are submitted to them. Some
it them, who do not seeui to have
individual prejudice against comely
ing wilh tbo law, act as though
they feel that in tho picture-taking
they have taken another degree in
becoming "Melicau man." I'rovi
euce Journal.
Only One Way..
It takes a small boy to express a
thing with unconventional force and
accuracy.
"The water In this spring is awful
good," said a little boarder froa tbo
ity.
"Is it?" answerd his mother.
"Then I'll take some. Where Is tbo
;up?"
"There isn't any. You havo to lio
iown and drink UDhilL" Good
News.
The Church of St. Basil.
Rt Basil's Church is onoof the most
jxtraordlnary buildings in tho whole
world. Its architecture is simply
amazinir. and tho cnlorlnir nf itarlif.
rronl, itrmcrt mintprl .na ther m in
red. oracee. uurDle. ereen. hi -.in.
vi"Iet. a.3 strangely blended Into one
pictures iue mass like a fantastic
iiastio uiaae or prisms. JNa 12 of
ik.. ci.i,i,,h a , c.i . . v
;Ured if you would loot uDomthls
ohoto. Read on rjasre 13 how to trot
me. '.
If a woman's intuition were repLued
y reason, she would be wearing wuia
k rs iiiHide of sixty days.
Zoologists say that all known vtiecics
I of wild animals are gradually diininish-
4 ing in size. '
GIRLS AS STENOGRAPHERS.
Some Advice to Those Who Intend Study
ing Short-Hand.
Of the many Celds of usefulness
now open to women, one has proved
p easant and profitable to many, and
may prove 6o to many more stenog
raphy, or short-hand, says a wo nan
in the Country Gent eman. True
there are numbers already la the field,
but there is room for good stenogra
phers, and will be for years to e me.
liusiness men are daily comii.g to ap
preciate their need of stenographers,
and are learning the real worth of a
good one and the utter use essness of
a poor one. There a. e many incom
petent stenographers, and they pro e
a great hindrance to those really pre
pared for their work. A business
man who decides to employ a short
hand writer, and so ures the service
of a poor one to start with, is not
apt to be favorably impressed with
stenographers as a class, and perhaps
can scarce y be persuaded to make
another trial.
A word of warning to those about
to undertake the study of short
hand: It is not more difficult to
master than many other studies,
neither docs it ro juire peculiar adap
tat'on, as many suppose, but It does
need a thorough English education
tack of it. I'nless girls are familiar
with the rules of grammar, composi
tion, spelling, and the studies of this
kind, their time will be more profit
ably spent acquiring this knowledge
than Inioring over the outlines ol
short-hand. A good plain hand
writing is also essential, or at least
advisable, though many think that
If they are able to operate a type
writer rap. Idly, the nature of thcii
penmanship Is of little importance.
We tlnd girls plenty of them
who have passed through a course at
a business college, and can show
diplomas stating their ability tc
write a certai.i number of words a
minute, and yet these girls will as
sure you that they wasted their time
in the study, since they have b'en
unsuc essful in securing posit'ons
Of course they were unsuccessful. 1;
it to be supposed that a busines
iii u ri wants such elr s? Let us peep
over their shoulders as they work.
Yes; they can write 150 words a
minute, but here is a girl who writes
in such haste that she cannot read
her notes orrectly, and is not to be
relied on: here is another who nevet
mastered her spell mr-book, and
makes unpardonable errors in spell
ing; there i-i another who is in a
state of bewilderment as to where
the capital letters and punctuation
marks belong, and is continually set
ting her sentences into a hopeless
tangle. Common sense should tell
one that there is no place in a busi
ness oflleo for such girls, and it is
worse than folly for them to aspire
to such positions until they aro llttea
for them.
The girl who cannot only secure a
position, but retain it, is the one
who can write her notes with moder
ate rapidity, can transcribe them
accurate y, write neatly either with
Ien or typewriter, and can hand tc
iter employer a letter the sentences
of which are correct In construction,
punctuated as they should bo, and
coiiltiitiinir no misspelled words oi
misplaced c jiitals. .a uir vb is in
tell gent, possesses a common school
education, is levol-hea led and dig
n lied, is the irl to 'it. herself for of
fice work. She will a l.ipt, herself tc
her surroundings see th things that
need to be done and pt-r orm them
i.uietlv and witho it Hurry, and ere
1 n:i her employer will w;.nder how
ihe oilice work was done without her.
For such giris there is yet a wide
Held of labor, and they need have
little hesitancy in preparing for. the
work. Let me repeat that thorough-!
ness of preparation is necessary in
this as in every undertaking, for the
time has gone by when shoddy l.ibur
will be accepted in any department.
Hut with ordinary intelligence, care
ful preparation and honest eilort,
success is not far distant for the
wo.ild-be girl stenographer.
Testing a Storaun Battery.
A novel test was lately applied to
a storage battery by a London police
man. Anarchists, as a rule, arc fairly
on their good behavior in London, a;
tho Fngllsh laws have been excep
tionally lenient to them; I ut the out
rages that bavo recently taken place
in England have considerably changed
the public temper, and the police
have been actively engaged in dis
covering and following up every clew
that seemed to po'nt to the exist
ence of bidden bombs or infernal ma
chines A mild and inolTensive
student of electrical engineering was
passinsr along Regent street the other
day with a small accumulator under
liis arm, when two stalwart members
of the police force came up, and he
was seized from behind by the shoul
ders and hustled Into a side street
Tho student was overwhelmed with
surprise and fear, and thought of all
the sins he had ever committed in
trying to account lor li s wretched
plight, in dispair be was about to
exclaim that he would "go quietly"
when tho zealous limbs of the
law deuiandcd that he should
show the contents of his mysterious
package. With a fearlessness with
which idi cy was strongly blended,
they tapped and shook the case, and
then permitted tho student to un
screw the top of the awful box and
diclosc to v ew tho plates and the
acid solution. One of the policemen,
anxious for promotion, was not satis
tied. He tilted the accumulator and
some of tho solution raa onto his
hand. The box was banded back to
the student in double-quick time,
and, to the accompaniment of a suc
cession. of vehement and heartfelt re
marks, the policeman executed a
lively dance on the sidewalk. The
crowd cheered, and the second police
man, muttering an apology to the
mild student, lead his too enterpria
in? comrade away-
llcr First Opportunity.
Faithfulness to the memory of the
lost is one of the most amiable of
hutiian traits.
"Why, liridget," exclaimed a lady,
Es sho met an old servant unexpect
edly, "for whom are you in black?"
For poor Tim, me furrst husband,
mum. When he died I was that
poor I couldn't, but I said if I lver
could I would; and me new man,
Mike, is as generous as a lord."
Life.
Dr. Quintard, of France, has inven
ted a delicate surgical instrument foi
gauging the trembling of nervous peo
pie.
Since October 1, 1820, there have
been 17,113,079 immigrants from for
aigu counfrie8 to the United State
SLAVES IN NEW ENGLAND.
rhey Were Firs laoporte la pbe Sttv
tsenth Century.
In the sixteenth eetury the sys
tem of slavery was fast disappearing
from Western Europe, as being In
consistent with their duty far Chris
tians to hold Christian! as slaves,
says Jane Da Forest Snellen In Har
per's Magazine, But this charity
did not extend to heathens and lpfl
dclsl In the latter part of the seven
tee nth cen'ury the African slave
trade was considered the most profit
able part of the British commerce.
New Fngland naturally followed the
bead ot older countries, and ber ex
change for humanity of rum, mo
lasses, and other commodities ac
ceptable oa the Guinea and Gold
coasts began. In 1638 Samuel Mav
erack or Massachusetts bought Afri
can slaves and in lt50 "a neager
mayde 25t" appears in an Inventory
In Hartford. Ere long every well-tc-do
family had its quota of negroes
for necessary domestic service and
labor ou tho "plantation" of the
northern agriculturalist, not in large
numbers, as later on the cotton plan
tations of the South, but one or two,
or even seven or eight, in a family.
The slaves imported were in various
colors, tribes and physiognomies,
(some were Jet black, with features
iipproachlng thoso of the European,
home we e of a tawny yellow, with
tlat noses and projecting jaws. These
latter, coming from tho Delta or the
Niger, were noted for an indomita
ble capacity-for endurance, and there
fore esteemed the best slaves. A
few were Mohammedans, among
were occasionally found persons of
soma education, who knew Arabic
and could read the Koran. But tho
great mass were pagans, in a condi
tion of gross barbarism.
Origin or Death Valley.
Tbo Indian legend regarding the
origin of Death Valley, in Mayo
County, California, is an interesting
one.
I rom tho outer edge of this vast
furnace it is 300 miles square aud
loo feet below tho t? ea level one ma?
sec far off, tremulous through .tbo
shimmering waves of heat, a sort of
butte that has the form of a ruined
castle. The story goes that in the
old days, be 'ore the Amargosa Iliver
ceased to water the valleys, the place
was the site cf a powerful city ruled
by a princess as beautiful as Cleopatra
and as imperious as Elizabeth. An
embassador to tho reigning Aztec
monarch descri1 cd to her on bis re
turn the glories of the king's palace
in the City of Mexico.
Kesolviug to equal the magnifi
cence of ber neighbor she began the
erection of a vast building. All the
laborers and artisans of the city were
employed and the work was pushed
kiight and d.Ty for within twelve
mouths tho Az.iec rulor was to be her
f,fue-t, and sho wished to welcome
dim to a palace as splendid as bis
owa 6he exhausted the resources ot
her realm, men went mad with toil
and hunger, and at last the high
prlet protested, lie was ordered to
exocut on, and, dlng, cursed the c ty
lor the princess' sake. That night
the earth shook and sank, the river
dried up and the morning sun poured
0own a flood of heat. All perisheJ,
and now the ruined walls of the pal
ace alone remain.
The Amargos.i, by the way, is a
most erratic stream. It flows south
ninety miles from its fountain head
in tho western Sierras, vanishes at
Resting Spring Mountain, is in evi
dence again for fifty miles, disappears
for a space, then bobs up and rum
along turbulently tor lOu miles. All
trace of it is lost at Death Valley.
The Skill and Knowledge
Essential to the production of the most
perfect and popular laxative remedy
known, have enabled the California
Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a great suc
cess in the reputation of its remedy,
Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be
universal laxative. For sale by all
druggists.
In Mongolia, Asia, there are no
Hotels. -Monasteries, however, are
numerous, nnd they alwys aei-oinino-dato
travelers.
Sufrrrrrn from C'oiicIin, vnrr Throat, otc.
should try -llrutrn't Ih nnrhutl 7V'Am," a tdiii
ple but uro reiiu'dy. tiilil ; in br, i. l'rii-c
J5 cti.
Schumann wrote an 0nra when he
was only twelve years old.
Dr. Kilmer's Swakp-Root cures
all Kidney and Iliad, ler troubles,
l'nmphlet nnd Consulfition froo.
Luor.;lu. . .".i.-L:tiiituu. .-. Y.
The sea sericut with two eyes at the
end of his nose and a valve in the top
of his bead, like that of a porpoise,
has been discovered in Lake Sutierior.
The mate of a schooner, who vouches
for the truth of the story, says that
the serpent made several unsuccessful
efforts to climb on tho deck of his
vessel.
TIow's This t
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fm
nny r.xsn .f t'auirrk that cauuot be cured by
lliUi'b t-atarru i'ure.
F. J.Chkwkt & Co., Props.. Toledo, O.
We, the undrrRiirned, have known F. J. Che
ney for iho lust 15 year, and believe him per
ftly honorable in all business transaction!!
nnd liuanc'ally ablo to carry out any obliga
tion mde by thetr firm.
West Tbcajc, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Waliiino. Ki!tvAtt A Marvis, Wholesale
- I iruiririHts, Toledo, Ohio.
Ha' l's t 'atarrh Cum in taken Internally, set
tlor directly upon the biood ami mucous kut
f.ices of the system. I'riee, ?"h:. per bottle, bold
by all lruggiais Testimonials tree. '
Eev. Thomas T. Stone, D. D., whr
is new residing in Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, recently completed hif
ninety-third year. He is the oldes!
living graduate of Bowdoin College,
Maine, and has served seventy years
in the ministery.
"Grace up" Is a tantalizing admonition to thost
Uo feel all tired out, without appetite and dl
couraged. But the way In which Hood's Sarsa
parilla builds up the tired frame and gives s gooc
appetite, is wonderful.
Best family cathartic. Hood's Pills.
One of the oldest families in Vir
ginia, a branch of which residea in
Brooklyn, have for generations spelled
their surname Enroughty, but they
iiOnounce it Darby.
Shlloa's Care
L' sold en a gnarantss. It cures Incipient Uon
bu Jiptiou; It is the Best Couch Cure; 25c-, SOc, tl
The man with two artificial arms, one
artitiicial leg and one glass eye lives in
Mayville, Mo. He is pretty comfort
able, considering how little there is
left of him.
If afflicted with soreeyes use Dr. Iiaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. DruntUts sell at25e. pet bottle,
A sickle blade found at Karnack,
near Thebes, and believed to date from
about 2000 B.C., is regarded as the
oldest bit of wrought iron in the world.
f.lit SIHtBf ill HSl FiUS.
Bast Couch SrrupVTuua liooo. Ui
in tuna poia py arpssma.
Ill
If your nearest, best nnd most osteomsrl
neighbors btul written tho following letters
they could bo no mors worthy of your con
fidence than they now are, coming, as they
do, from well known, intelligent und trust
worthy citizens who, in their several neigh
borhood, enjoy tho fullest cxjnfidonco and
respect of all.
Mrs. F. L. Inman, of M.".nton, Wcrford
Co., Mich., whoso portrait heads this article,
writes as follows: "I lieean taking Dr.
Pierce's Favorito Prescription about a Tear
ago. For years I have suffered with falling
and ulceration of tho womb, but to-day, I
am enjoying perfect health.
I took four battles of the ' Prescription
and two of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. Every lady sufforins from female
weakness should try the 'Prescription' and
Oolden Medical Discovery.'"
Miss Mary J. Tanner, North Lawrence,
St. Lawrenco Co., N. Y., writes: "I was
sick for four Tears. For two years I could
do no work. 1 had live different physicians,
who pronounced my case a poor or impov
erished condition of tho blood, an.i uterine
trouble. I suffered a great deal with pain in
both sides, and much tenderness on pressing
over the womb. I bloated at times in my
bowels and limhs ; was troubled with leu
corrhea. I could not sleep, and was troub
led with palpitation of tho heart. Suffered
a preat deal of in in my bead, temples,
forehead and eyes. I bad a troublesome
couRb, raised a great deal and nt times ex
perienced a good deal of pain in my chest
and lungs. My voice at times was very weak.
I suffered excruciating monthly, periodical
pains. Sinco taking seven bottles of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription some timo ago,
I have enjoyed better health than I hare for
more than four years previously ; in fact,
for several months past I have been able to
work at sowing. I have gained in weight
thirty-nine, pounds since taking your medi
cines : the 6nreness and pain have disap
peared. Yours truly,
ii tim
ISYDL'R FAMILY
Lire DEAR TO YOUf THEM D0H7 BE WITHOUT
A CASE OT THE EE5T CHEAPEST TABLE
MINERAL WATER IN THE MARKET.
TiTr I PR rVHf
SfflPLE BOTTLES 5ENT FEES
son lUUR BH0CERDH
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Also I'pholsterers and Decorators,
iii-iti ix; i: AVK.-iaa.
Bet. tireen 4 Spring Garden Sts,, I'hllada, Vil.
If not why not purchase your Furniture, Tar
lor Suits Carpets, fieddtng. Mattlnu. Cots. Hall
Staud". side boards. Tables, (. hairs, liefriuera
tors. Haby Carriages. Ktc., ot the manufacturer
direct, (iet new goods. j pavs. We save you
from l" to 'f. Cull and be convinced.
A few prices : Oak suits. Sl2..'iup: Parlor Suits
pi.Ou upwarlV Koclier-i. si. rt: Iiiniuc Chain, 4-i
fl 7.V.: springs, tux-.: i r, f Mattresses,
t !.-: 1 Set Pillow and UoM,r. Sl.o. Window
Awiiinits, shades and l'arlor Suits to order.
floods snipped all over the country. Cash or
LOUS DAN1KLS, Propr.
PER CENT
INTEREST
PAID ON SHALL AJIOrSTS.
fSFTTRITY AMPI.K.
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w. T norouds s.i shoe
t enuals custom work. r(t ini from
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i stamped on the bottom. Every
r warranted. 1 ake no substi.
ite. bee local papers for full
B(frTVuWTTr.1JsV description of our complete
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r-Lbo5l
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der by mail. Postapefree. You can get the best
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MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
haa twn nuA hv at itit.- -r a,
f..r tl,.-lr children while Teething . fo?15I5
- 1 ifty Years. It soothes the child, softens tha
r". ins. m1 la all naln mim .1. I .1 , -. 1
Is the Usu'remed) for dlarrBtra. I
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The strong! and purest T.ys
mails, Lniike other l.re. It beliia-
Una powder sod lack! In tew
with removable lid. ths contents
are always ready for o.e. will
make the (test perfumed Hard Soan
In i minutes wlthonl bo-Hinar.
It to fthe et for cleansing- waste
pl. dllnfecUna; sinks, closets.
waJldmr bottles, paints, trees, tuu
PENEA. SALT MTO CO.
Uetu Agts., Phils,, r. '
Jjrrsiu last war, li adj udlcauug claims, atty aluee.
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SAPOLiO
Mrs. Alei. Robertson, of Half P.cc'j, Mer
cer Co., Mo., writes : "For twenty years, I
suffered with womb disease and most of tta
timo I was in constant pnin which rendered
life a great burden, I cannot express what
I suffered. I had eigbt doc-tors and all the
medicine I bad froiu them foiled the one
after tho other.
I was nervous, cold bands and feet, palpita
tion, headache, backache, constipation, leu
corrhea and no appetite, with li.riiig-down
pains. 1 got so weak I could cot wulk
around. I liad to keep my bed, thinking I
would never get any better.
One day my huslond got one of your little
books and read it to mo. l!o said thero was
nothing doing mo any good. I said I would
try Dr. Pierco's Favorito Prescription. I did
try it. After the first few weeks my nppe
tite was better ; I was nble to sit up in Le"
I wToto to the World's Disnensary Jlliflk-ul
Association, at Buffalo, . ., and described
my case ; they sent me a book on woniun's
diseases. I read carefully nnd followed the
directions as near as I could and t:ok tb3
medicine for two years. IVith the blessing
of God and your medicines, 1 am entirely
cured. That was three years ago."
Yours truly,
" Favorite Prescription" is a positivo cum
for the most complicated and obstinate cases
of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful men
struation, unnatural suppressions, and irreg
ularities, prolapsus, or fulling ot the womb,
weak back, " fomlo weakness1 anteversiou,
retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chron
ic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of
the womb. Inflammation, pain and tendernet j
in ovaries, accompanied with " internal heat."
The Book (1C3 pages. Illustrated) referred to
above, is sent sealed secure from observation
in plain envelope for ten cents in stamps, tc
pay postage. Write for it. The Book point."
out toe means of successful Home Treatment
for all the peculiar weaknesses and distressing
diseases incident to women. Address World's
Dispensary Medical Association, Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, X. Y.
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