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DAY SERMOJf.
Subject) "Heavy Weights" (Deliv
ered at San Francisco).
TEXTuTnst tii v burden upon the Lont,
and He'shall sustain tllee." Psalms to., 23.
David was hare tutting his own tncdiclno.
If anybody had on him heavy wehrhts, D.
vld had them, and yet out ot his owir experi
ence he advises you and mo as to the best
way of ffpttlncr rid of burdens. Iliia.is a
world of burden bearing. Dnrlnir the past
few ilny? tidinRS eame from across the sea of
a mighty and cood man fallen. A man full
of tlie Holy Ohost was he, his name the sy
nonym for all that is good ami kind and era
cious and beueileent. Word comes to us of
a scource sweeping off hundreds and thou
sands of people, and there is a burden of
sorrow. Sorrow on the sa and sorrow on
the land, ("ominj Into the house of prayer
thcr.i may be no siirn of sadness or sorrow,
but win-re is the man who has not a con
flict V Where Is the soul that has not a strujf-(-ie?
And there is not a day of all the year
when my txt is not clorlously appropriate,
nnd there is never an audience nssembled on
the planet where the text is not gloriously
appropriate, Cnt thy burden upon the
Lir I, and He shall sustain thee."
Jn tho far East wells of water are so In
frequent that when a man owns a well ho
lias a propei ty of very preat value, and
sometimes battles have been fousht for the
possession of one well of water, but there is
one well thst every man owns, a deep well, a
perennial well, a well of tears. If a man has
not n burden on this shoulder, he has a bur
den on the other shoulder.
The day I left home o look after myself
and for myself. In the waon my father sat
driving, and he said that day sometime
whi -h has been with me all my life :
'IM Witt, It is always safe to trust Go 3. I
have tcauy a time some to a crisis of diffi
culty. You may know that, hnv'ng been
aiok for llfteen years, it was no easy thl .c
Tor me to support a family, but always God
:ame to the rescue. I remember the time,"
be saldt "when I didn't know what to do,
tnd I saw a man on horseback riding up the
farm lnne, nnd he announced to me that I
had I been nominated for the most lucrative
o.'llce in all tho Rift of the people of the
county, and to that office I was elected, and
(lod iii that way met all my wants, and I tell
yon it is always safe to trust Him."
Oh, my friends, what we want is a practi
cal religion 1 The religion people bavelsso
hitrh up yoii cannot reach it. I had a friend
who entered the life of an evangelist. Ho
lave np a lucrative business in Chicago, and
ae an I his wife finally came to severe want.
He told me that in tho mornlnir at prayers
he sal I r "O Lord, Thou kuowest we have
not a mouthful of food In the house! Help
me ; help us 1" And he started out on the
street, and a pentleman met him and said
I have been thinking of you for a coo l
wiiile. You know I am a flour merchant.
If you won't be offended, I should like to
send you a barrel of flour." He cast his bur
leu on the Lord, and the Lord sustained
him. Now, thut Is the kind of religion we
want.
In the strait of Magellan, I have been
lold, there is a place where, whichever way
ship captain putshls s'jlp, he finds the
wind against him, and there are men who
ill tli-ir lives have been running In the
;oeth of the wind, and which way to turn
they do not know. Some of them may be in
:his assemblage, and I address them face to
face, not perfunctorily, but as one brother
talks to another brother, "Cast thy burden
upon the Lord, nnd He shall sustain thee."
There are a Rreat many men who have
Mi-mess burdens. When we see a man wor
ried and perplexed and anneved in business
life, we nre opt to say, "He outfit not to
have attempted to carry so much." Ah, that
niau may not be to blame at all ! When a
man plants a business he does not know
what will bo its outgrowths, what will be its
roots, what will le its branches. There Is
many a man with keen foresight and large
rusinoss faculty who has been flung into the
:lu-t by uuioreseen circumstances springing
upon him from ambush. When to buy,
when to sell, when to trust and to what
amount to credit, what will be the effect of
:his n"W invention of machinery, what wlllbe
the effect of that loss of crop, and a tbousan 1
other questions prrplex business men until
t'ne hair is silvered and deep wrinkles nre
plowed in tho cheek, and the stocks go up
by mountains nnd go down by valleys, and
foV nre at their wits' ends and stagger like
.ruuken men.
There ne-er has been a time when there
have byn such rivalries In business as how.
It is fiarlwnre against hardware, books,
aiint books, chandlery against chandlery.
Imported articles agaiost imported articles.
A thousand stores In combat with another;
thousand stores. Never such advantage o
light, never each variety of assortment,
never so much splendor of show window,
nevr so much adroitness of salesmen, never
?o much acuteness of advertising, and amid
all these severities of rivalry in business how
many men break down ! Oh, the burden on
the shoulder ! Oh, tbe burden on the heart I
Y ou hear that it is avarlee which drives
these men of business through the street,!
an 1 that is the commonly accepted idea. I
do not believe a word of it. The vast multi
tude of these business men are tolling on for
others. To educate their children, to put
w .i.ii of protection over their households, to
have somethla left so wnen they pass out of
11 is life their wives and children will hot
have to go to the poorhouse that Is the way
I trauslate this energy in the street and store
the vast majority of that energy. Grip,
Gouge .t Co. do not do all the business.
Some of us remember when the Central
America was coming home from California
it was wrecked. President Arthur's father-,
in-law was the heroic captain of that ship
and went down with most of the pnssengers.
Some of them got off into lifeboat?, but therg
was a young man returning from California
who had a bag of gold in his hand, and as
the last boat shoved off from the ship that
was to go down that young man shouted to
a comrade in the boat . ''Here, John, catch
this gold. There are 43000. Take it home
to my old mother ; it will make her comfort,
able In her last days." Grip, Gouge Co.
do not do all tho business of the world.
Ah, my friend, do you say that God does
not care anything about your worldly busi
ness? r tell you God knows more about it
than you do. He knows all your perplexi
ties:, io knows what mortgage Is about to
foB"...iose, He knows what note you cannot
pny;Ho knows what unsalable goods you
have on your jhelves ; Ho knows all your
trials, from tho day you took hold of the
llrst yardstick down to that sale of the last
yard of ribbon and the God who helped
Iiavid to be king, and who helped Daniel to
be prime mlaister, and who helped Have-Jo-k
to be a roldier will help you to dis
charge all your duties. He is going to see
you through. When loss comes, and you
Hint your property going, just take this book
mid put it down by your ledger and read of
the eternal possessions that will come to yoa
through our Lord Josus Christ. And when
your business partner betrays you, and your
lriendsturn against you, just take the in
suiting letter, put it down on the table, put
your Ihble beside the insulting letter, and
then rend of the friendship of Him who
"sticketh closer than a brother."
A young accountant in New York City got
his accounts entangled. He knew he was
honest, nnd yet he could not make his ac
counts come out right, and he tolled at there
day and night until he .was nearly frenzied.
It seemed by those books that something ha'1
ben misappropriated, and he know before
(Jo 1 he was honest. Tho last day came. He
knew if he could not that day make his ac
counts come out right ho would go Into dis
grace and go into banlshmenf from the busi
ness establishment. He went over there very
early before there was anybody in the p:aet
and he knelt down at the desk nn I said t
"() Lord, Thou kuowest I have tried to be
lionest. but I cannot make these things com
our right I Hlp me to-day help me thfs
morning.' The young man arose, and bard
J.v knowing why he did so opened a book
that lay on the desk, nnl there was a leaf
containing a line of figures which explained
everything. In other words, he cast his
burden upon tho Lord, and the Lord sus
tained him. Young man, do vou hear that!
Oh, yes, Ood has a sympathy w.th anv-
ro.iy that is in any kind of toll ! He knows
how heavy is the hod of bricia that the
workman carries up the ladder on tho wall,
xi a nears i t'ne pTegnx of tno miner down in
tho coal shaft. He knows how strong the
tempest strikes the sailor at masthead. He
sees the factory girl among tho spindles and
knows how her arms ache. He seosthesew
Ing wotnaa in the fourth story and knows
how few pence sue gets for making a gar
ment, and louder than all the din and roir
of the city comes the voioe of a sympathetio
God. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
Ho shall sustain thee."
Then there nre a great many who have a
weight of persecution and abuse upon themj
Sometimes society gets a grudge against sj
man. All his motives are misinterpreted,
n 1 all his good deeds are deprecated.
With more virtue than some of the honored
and npplaudoj, he runs only against raillery
and sharp criticism. When a man begins to
go down, he has not only the force of natural
gravitation, bat a hundred hands to help
him in the precipitation. Men are perse
cuted for their virtues and their successes.
Germanic js said be had just as many bitter
ntagonists as he had adornments. The
sharacter sometimes Is bo lustrous that the
ITtjak eyes of envy and Jealousy cannot bear
It was their Integrity that put Joseph la
he pit, and Daniel In the den, and Shadracu
a the Are, and sent John tho Evangelist to
losolate Fatmos, and Oalvin to tbe castle of
persecution, and John Huss to the stake,
ind Koran after Moses, and Saul after Da
rid, and Herod after Christ. Be sure, if yoa
aava anything to do for church or state, and
rou attempt it with all your soul, the light
ling will strike yoa.
The world always has had a cross be
tween two thtevee lor the one who comes to
lave It. High and holy enterprise has nl
iravs been followed by abuse. Tbe most
rublime tragedy of self-sacrifice has come to
itfrlesrftra The graceful gait of virtue Is
llways followed by gooff and grimace and
trv8ty. The sweetest strain of poetry
rver.wittanba9 conrst q tldloss naxolv.
uiu asvug on tnereartTVirrheaim riguteorft
I6ss in the world there will be-something
'or iniquity to grin at. All along the lino
f the ages and in all lands the cry has been "
'Not this man, but Barabbas. Now. Bar
ibhas was a robber."
And wnnt makes the persecutions of life
worse is that they come from people whom
rou have helped, .from those to whom you
oane 1 money or have started In business or
arhora you rescued in some great crisis. I
think it has been the history o( all our lives
the most acrimonious assault has come
from those whom we have benefited, whom
ire have helped, nnd that makes it all the
harder to bear. A man Is In danger of be
Jomiug"cynlcal. A clergymnn of the Universallst church
went Into a neighborhood for the establish
ment of a a church ot bis denomination, an t
tie was anxious to fin I some one ot that de
nomination, nn 1 he was pointed to a certain
house and went there. He said to the man
3f the house: "I understand yoa are a Uni
versallst. I want yoa to help ra , in the en
terprise." "Well." said the man,' "I am a
fjniversalisf, but I have a peculiar kind of
Unlversalism." "What Is thatif" asked the
iilnlster. "Veil," replied the other, "I
lave been out In the world, and I have been
jheated and slandered and outraged and
ibused until I believe in universal damna
tioa r
The great danger is that men will become
:ynloal and given to believe, as David was
tempted to say, that all men-ure' liars. Oh,
my friends, do not let that be the effect
apon your souls! If you cannot endure a
little persecution, how do you think our
fathers en lured persecution? Motley, In his
"Dutch Republic," tells us of Egmont, the
martyr, who, condemned to be beheaded,
unfastened nis collar on the way to toe scat
fold, and when they asked him why he did
that he siid "So they will not be detained
In their work- I want to be ready." Oh,
how little we have to endure compared with
those who have gono before us '
Now, if you have come across ill treat
ment, let me tell you you are in excellent
company Christ and Luther and Galilei and
Columbus and John Jay and Joslafi Quincy
and thousands of men and women, the best
spirits of earth and heaven.
Badge not one inch, though all hell wreak
upon yoa its vengeance, and yon be made a
target for devils to shoot at. Do you not
thfhk Christ knew all about persecution?
Was He not hissed at? Was He not struck
on the cheek? Was He not pursued all the
days of His life? Did they not expeciorato
upon Him? -Or, to put it in Bible
language. "They spit upon Him." And can-,
not He understand what persecution is?
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He
shall sustain thee."
Then there are others who carry groat bur
dens of physical ailments. When sadden
sickness has come, and fierce choleras and
malignant fevers take the castles of life by
storm, we appeal to God, but in these chronla
ailmnts which wear out the strength day
after day, and week after week, and year
after year, how little resorting to Go I for
soiaeel Then people depend upon their
tonics, and their plasters, and tb,elr cordials
rather than upon heavenly stimulants.
Oh, how few people there are completely
well I Some of you, by dint of perseverance
and care have kept living to this time, but
how you have had to war against physical
ailments I Antediluvians, without medical
college and infirmary and apothecary shop,
multiplied their years by hundreds, but he
who has gone through the gauntlet of disease
in our time and has oome to seventy years of
age is a hero worthy of a palm.
The world seems to be a great hospital,
and yoa run against rheumatisms and con
sumptions and scrofulas and neuralgias and
scores of old diseases baptized by new no
menclature. Ob, how heavy a burden sick
ness is It takes the oolorout of the sky, and
the sparkle out of the wave, nnd the sweet
ness out of the fruit, and luster out of the
night. When tbe limbs ache, when the res
piration Is painful, when the mouth Is hot,
when the ear roars with unhealthy obstruc
tions, how hard it is to be patient and eheer
ful and assiduous 1
"Cost thy bur Ion upon the Lor L" Does
your head ache? His wore the thorn. Do
your feet hurt? His were crushed of the
spikes. Is your side painful? His was struck
by the spear. Do you feel like giving way
under the burden? His weakness gave way
under a cross. While you are in every pos
sible way to try to restore your physical
vigor, you are to remember that more sooth
ing than any anodyne, more vitalizing than
any stimulant and more strengthening than
any tonlo Is the prescription of the text,
"Ca3t thy burden upon the Lord, and He
will sustnin thee."
We hear a great deal of talk now about
faith cure, and some people say it cannot
be done and it is a failure. I do not know
but that the chief advance of the church is
to be in that direction. Marvelous things
oome to me day by day which make me think
that If the age of miracles is past It Is be
cause the faith of miracles is past.
' A prominent merchant of New York said
)o a member of my family, "Mv mothes
wants her case mentioned to Mr. Talmage.
This was the case. He said- "My mothej
had a dreadful abscess, from which she had
suffered untold agonies, and all surgery had
been exhausted upon her, and worse and
worse she grew until we called in a few
Christian friends nnd proceeded to pray
about it. We commended her case to Go I,
and the abscess began immediately to be
cured, fiho is entirely well now and without
knife and without any 6urgery." So that
ose has come to me, an 1 there are a scorf
ol other cases coming to our ears from a!
parts of the earth. Oh, ye who are s'efc, gc
to Christ ! Oh, ye who nre worn out wilt
agonies of body, "Cast thy burden upon tli
Lord, and He shall sustain the.e '"
Another burden some have to carry is thi
burden of bereavement. Ah. these are tn
troubles that wear us out I If vro lose out
property, by additional industry perhaps
we may bring back tho estranged fortune.
If we lose our good name, perh aps by re
formation of morals we may achieve again
reputation for integrity, but who will bring
back tho dear departed"?
Alas, me, for tlieseempty cradles and these
trunks of childish toys that will never be
used again I Alas me, for the empty chair
and the silence iu tho hnlls that will never
echo again to those familiar footsteps I Alas !
for the cry of widowhood and orphanage I
What bitter Marahs in the wilderness, what
cities of the dead, what long, black shadow
from the wing of death, what eyes sunken
with grief, what hands tremulous with be
reavement, what instruments of muslo shut
now because there are no fingers to play on
them! Is there no relief for such souls?
aye, lot that soul ride into the hurbor of my
text.
The flout that on Jesus hftth lrnel for repose
t will uot, I will not iteert to fva.
That soul, th jugh all bell hu enocavor to shake,
rr -er, no cever foraike.
Now, the grave Is brighter than the nn
;lent tomb where the lights were perpetually
kept burning. The sacred feet of Him who
was "the resurrection and the life" are on
the broken grave hillock, while the voioes of
ingels ring down the sky at the coronation
Jf another soul come home to glory.
Then there are mnny who carry the bur
lenofsln. Ah, we all carry It until in the
ippointed way that burden is lifted. We
aeed no Bible to prove that the whole race Is
ruined. Whnt a spectacle it would be if wo
jouia tear ott tne mask or human defilement
jr beat a drum that would bring up the
whole army of tho world's transgressions
the deception, the fraud, and the rapine,and
the murder, nnd the crime of all centuries!
lye, U I could sound the trumpet of resur
rection in the souls of the best men in this
in Hence, and all the dead sins of the past
ihould come up, we could not endure the
light. Bin, grim nnd dire, has pat its clutch
lpon the immortal soul, and that clutch will
lever relax unless it be under tbe heel of
Him who came to destroy the works of the
lovil.
Oh, to have a mountain of sin en the soul !
to there no way to have tho burden moved !
Dh, yee. "Oast thy burden upon theLord.'
Che sinless one came to take the consc
iences of our sin t And I know lie Is in
lamest. How do I know it? By the stream
ing temples and the streaming hands as He
lays, 'Come unto Me, all ye who are weary
ind heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
Why will protHgals live on swines" husks
vhen the robe, and the ring, and the
father's welcome are ready? Why go wan
lering over the great Sahara desert of your
tin when yoa are4nvlted to the gardens of
3od, the trees of life and the fountains of
dvlng water? Why be houseless and home
less forever when you may become the sous
ind daughters of the Lord God Almighty?
Find a man wbo Las no liobb r and
you will find one who is not happy.
An office is tbe glue I hut makes a
politician stick to Lis party.
Tbe real character of a man is fonnd
out only by bis auitiscmonts.
Ibe man wbo takes the cake thinks
be is only receiving his dessert.
FARM NOTES.
FEW KEEP GUINEA FOWLS.
The Guinea fowl is ono of tbe moA
beautiful specimens of accurate fcatbci
marking known among gallinaceoui
fowls. There are two species, tbe b!ac'd t
anu wane spaueu ana me pure wain
treed. Few keep guineas, on account
of their noisy ' manner, which at tima
grows tiresome; yet chicken thieves hole
them as great enemies, as they give at
alarm even at midnight, if strangers com
among them. New York Independent.
TREATMENT OK TOMATO PLAM9.
The succulent vegetable, the tomato
oucp despised ij now the subject o!
great attention. Tho following la good
advice in tbe treatment of the plant : Sei
out plants when six inches high and hit
up well until the height of a foot ii
reached. Train tbe branches apart.
Throw around tho plant wood ashei
which will at once act as a fertilizer sad
a poison to bugs and disease. The ruott
will be thrown out by the hilling procesi
and growth forced. The hill acts as s
good bed for tho frut to rest on and
prevents rot. American Agriculturist
ROTATION IN THE GARDEN.
It is a good thing in the cultivation o I
garden not to grow the eatno vegetable;
or plants year after year on the same spot,
nor even two years in succession on th
came. It is liable to generate diseasi
and to exhaust thut poition of the soil it
which the plant feeds or to remove th
peculiar elements wbich it nee Is. Roots,
deep-feeding and shailo-fecdin plants
should succeed each other. A strict
system of rotation is always safest.
Where a mixed lot of vegetables it
giown, the same "rouud inuy bo worked
lor an almost indcliuite length of titut
by changing the location of each kind
from year to year. Where cabbages,
cauliflowers, radishes, turnips or othci
members of this s imo family were grown
last year plant tomatoes, egg plant, pep
pers, etc., t ':. r -l", mi I sveet eon oi
viues next, and so uj. Cliic igj Tioiui.
SIZE ASI WEIGUT OF JACKS.
Jacks vary in size and weight con
siderably. A medium size is li hauds,
and SOD pounds; tiio largest aro 16 hand;
&nd upward, and 12)0 to 13J0 pound.
A jack recently sold la Kentucky lot
1300, was lfj bands, an 1 weighed 1250
pounds. Tbe measurements of this ani
mal were: 121 inches from the nose to
the root of tail, 33 J iache) from tip ta
tip of ears, head 3i inches, girth C(5,
ktiec to ankle 12, around arms 2(3 J, and
around stifle 33 inc'.ies. This is not so
large us one sold previously for $3250.
The American jacks surpass those of any
other country in all respects, but the
French and Spanish blood has been used
liberally in their improvement. Tbe
best of these animals are reared in Ken
tucky and Tennessee. Ordinary mule!
sell in those States for $100 to $250 pel
head, according to size. New York
Tiutes.
HOW TO SMKE A HOT BEl.
Where the farmer or gardener is too
fur temoved from business centers to bu;
plants cheaply of tho seedsmen, a hot
bed will be found convenient for starting
many kinds of plants. Tbe liist step tc
be taken is getting rea ly tbe manure
with wbich to supply the required bot
tom heat. Fresh horse manure mixed
thoroughly with one-third to one-half its
bulk of leaves, or straw used for bed
ding, or other manure that has bcea
heated once, are the materials preferred.
As soon as this compost begins to fer
ment turn it again and let remain until
Eins appear of a second fermeatatioD.
Make an excavation about two and
one-half feet deep and of a size to suit
tbe fash on band or number of plants re
quited. Locate this pit in a ury spot,
facing south or east. One sash will gen
erally give early plants cuoug'a for a
largo family. The frame for the sash or
eashes may be made ot boards nailed to
small posts at the corners. Tbis frainti
ought to bo about eighteen inches high
at the back and twelve inches in front,
to give the proper s'ope to catch the
lunlight. To facilitate the opening and
ihuttijg of the frame, cross-pieces s'.iould
be plaacd for the sash to slide on.
When all is ready tread the manure
down firmly in tho pit, to tbe depth of
two and a half feet; put on the sash and
keep the pit closed until the heat risc3.
In two or three days spread on top soil
to a depth of six or eight inches. In
this seed may be sown in drills, two or
threo inches apart, for early tomatoes,
egg-plant, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce,
neppcr, etc.-i-.Xew York World.
The Biggest ischoollunso.
A schoolh juse to cost $200,000, capa
ble of seating 2100 pupil3, is being built
in New Yoik City. The structure will
contain four floors and an attio. The
first floor will be used for a playground
nod will be so arranged that it can be
thrown into an nuditoaium 60x120 feet
for lectures and evening classes. The
attic is to be devoted to manual training
and a gymnasium. The three floors be.
tween are to be divided into classrooms.
San Francisco Chronicle.
rarental Influence
As a general rule a child's taste, opin
ions, character and trend in life, and
even its permanent destiny, aro practic
ally shaped before the child is seven or
eight years of age. The failure of the
parents rightly to instruct ajid train it in
those early years, bath ''by teaching and
example, by constant watchfulness and
loving care, can never, be made good by
a lifetime 'of devctcdrvess la later years.
Detroit Free Fress. -
Reports from New Orleans show that
tho Louisiana sugarrcrop 'reached last
year 189,500 tons,' upon which tbe
bounty will be $7,So0,000, as against
$,82,590 paid in bounties Jaat year.
Opportunity.
Flora I have just found a dojlai
and am hesitating whether! to give It
to the missionary society orjbuy some
ribbon for dear little Fido. Frank
Ah, I see! Undecided whether tc
"point a moral or adorn a tall."
Truth.
An Advancing Community
'Won't you think society in New
York is improving?" don'tiknow
about that," was the reply. But J
have certainly noticed a marked and
steady elevation in the social tone ol
f-inu' Sing." WashUiston Star.x
A Future State.
Dr. Fourthly You believe thert
can be more than one future state,do
yi.ii not? Westenberg Oh, yes;
there are Arizona and New Mcaico,
btitl have my doubts about Ctah.
Kate Fic:d's Washington.
'A l'ossihle Complication.
Parker It will lead to trouble if
Roscbery should marry the.daughtet
:n me j i nice in ivuies. .Darner
tuM be awkward for Hoscbery If lus
f lirty should ever call uponStoim U.
abolish his own father-in-law Puck.
In New Guinea the natives uso t
comb that has but two prong, anc
scrape their wool with it only once i
Hoir Cvreaft'Trtops Are Drilled.
On the recent arrival at Chemulpi, 1
Corea, of tho United States ateamei
Marion, Commander Gridley, ' accom-)
panied by three of his officers, paid at '
official visit to Seoul, where they wert
the guests of United States Minister An- (
gustine Heard, at whose request Hit ,
Majesty, King Li Fin, granted s privat
audience to the'officers and assured th '
commander of his friendship for th j
United States. The officers were also in.
vited to witnesr the drill ol a battalion
of Corean soldiers, whose military bear-'
Ing was specially noticeable, as were also (
tho preclaioa and excellence of theii.
driil. !
Two companies of 139 men each took
part f n the evolutions, which were per
formed according to Upton's tactics.
The manual of arms, wheelings and
t, i t-i .1 i .3 vi
marcmn in quick uuu iu uuuuia tuui
were admirably performed. ..The file
closers all carried long handled clubs, ot
paddles, instead of rifles, like the rest.
Th nrfiwiTa miriositv rerardin!T the use
of these paddles was soon satisfied. A
poor devil In tbe rear rank, who brought !
nis piece to "shoulder arms" instead ol i
order arms," was instantly pounced
upon by two burly file closers, knocked
down and given a beating that mas I
have made his bones ache for a month. !
lle made no mora mistakes that day.
This interesting diversion was repeated
icveral time3. New York Herald.
-me lcadlnsr metallurgists in . this
countrv and in EuroDO have for some
, i
tune oeen enueavoring to cnusi eiecinc-
itv into their service. I
It has" been shown bv Nathan that tl'" '
addition of a small nronortion of niiro- !
m.i..i.i . ik. f -,,;
Hv-wu, """"" i v
results in tho formation of more alcohol
41 I I
man ubuai.
- -
Dr. Kilmer's Siiit-llooT cars
all Kidney and Bladder troubls. ,
l'amphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory .Qlnit-bamton. N. Y.
A child was rwen tly Imrn in An
tananarwo, Madagascar, with two jier-fct-lly
developed tins instead of arms.
It is bright aud pretty, and bids fair
to live.
W e will clve $1W reward for any case of ca
tarrh tliat eiuinol be cured with Hall's Catarrh
Cure- Taken internally.
F. J. Cuk.nkv & Co.. Proi., Toledo, O.
Ail enumeration of the imputation of
Aggprshuus, Norway, in 170;1, showed
that 150 couples had been over eighty
years married.
Pklloh's Cars
1b sold an a guarantee. It cures Incipient (Jon
nmption; It ib the Bmt Cough Cure: 3&c 50c, St
A horse got so tightly wedge in a
SeiUliu(Mo.) kitchen that it was neces
sary to knock a hole in the wall to get
him out.
Rich, red blood as nalurHlly results from tak
ing Hood's SartMiparilla as personal clcauliueits
results from free use of pimp and water. This
great purilicr thoroughly expela scrofula, salt
rheum and all other impurities.
Hood's Pills are purely vegetable.
One must have traveled 1000 miles
in a straight line before being eligible
to the new British Institute of Travel
ers. Heart dbeaso is most common in
England and most entirely unknown
in Mexico.
The University of Michigan sent out
a class of 7ol lust year, the largest
?ver graduated from au American uni
rersity. H'JO
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to pcrsnnnl enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's lc6t products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the valuo to heulth of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable nnd pleas
ant to the taste, tho refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feverr
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free front "
every objectionable substance.
PvruD of Fies is for sale by all dnitr-
plsti in 50c and l bottles, hut it is man-
ufat-tured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name ia printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig.
ana Deing wen nionneii, sm v.
accost any substitute if offered.
FREE!
I Keen sssrssue
TH1& KNIFE! 'of, 'strong hDiie.
miii fe la excBit ' !" B,d
fr.
11 I.lnn Corti-fl WrnptH-rm nn.l a zent rump
JW T posture,
Write f"r lit f our nth" ftue lre
nuunia.
WUUL3UN Sfltt UU.,
iJi Uurua tiW TuUDO, O.
GREAT EASTERN
Furniture & Mattress Mfg. Co.,
Also I'pholsterers and Decorators,
laSO-RIDGE AVI3.-1320.
Pot. Green Si Spring Garden Sta., rtillada.. Pa.
II not-
why not purchase your Furniture, Par
lor .ults
arret. ie
edlii!K. ilattlni. tots. Hal
Hand. Hide Itoardn,
s. Tables, Cbalra. Hefrlarertft
torn, llaby t'arriaKe. Etc., of tbe manufacturer
niitft. 1, ct new poods, it pay. We save you
74. t'ajl and tie convinced.
A few prices: IX pieces, (Ink Suit. Crib anil Mat
tnM thrown In K4.7.V Parlor Suitu, S17.ua up
wards Koi kers, fl.fiO; Chairs, i:c.; Spring, IMu ;
1 S t of Pillows and llolater, 11.00. Awningi,
Shades and Parlor Suits to order.
tjood shipped all uwt the countrv.
Choice Orange Grove JTL""
tcrniita.'syiat ruilroiui ceuter.ltox 27, Archer.Fla
Unlike the Dutch Process
Xo Alkalies
OR
Other Chemicals
are used in tho
preparation ot
W. BAKER & CO.'S
which 4a ahtoluteli
I.
rW It has mnrethttn three timrg
t f wettrenytn ol cocoa mixea
iwiiu ntarcn. Arrowroot or
' Sucror, and is far mure eco
nomical, cuHimj lens than one erne a cup.
t ii dellciou, nourishing, and easxlt
XI(JESTEI.
Sold by Grorers eierinhtr.
W H AITES. ACXi. nombaatr Vaaa
i
Hood's is Good
-IT
Makes Pure Blood
SCROFULA THOROUGHLY ERADICATED.
'C. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass:
"It hi with pleasure that I give yon the details
ot our little May's sickness and her return to
health by the use of Uood'a Barsaparilla. Bhe
w as taken with
fever and a Bad Couffh.
Following this a sore came on her right side be
tween the two lower ribs. In a short Ume an
other broke on the left Me. Sb would take
snellsof sore mouth and when we had succeed-
tackflof ultfh fever and ex tel blood v looktnK
corruption. Iter head wan alrtcted and matter
oozed from her ears. Alter each attack she be
Hood's5 Cures
f"""' "" and all treatment failed to Rive her
relict until we be-san to use Hood a hanaparllla.
After he imd taken one-huir bottle we could m
""lt 8,18 WM better. We continued until she
hud taken three bottle. We continued until
she had taken three bottles. Now she looks like
Th' "" "f Youth.
ami is fat as a pig. We feci grateful, and cannot
,y too much iu favor of Hood s Harsuparina."
M. a. m. a dams, luman, Tennessee.
Mood's Pills act easily, yet promptly and
I viucivuu, un iuc liver anu oowcis.
TALK'S CHEAP.
There's lots o qaJnt ol' sayin's
Tve noticed in my day
Big truths" and solid principles
Told In the shortest way.
My father nst to hava one.
An this is how it ran:
Talk's cheap, my boy," he nst to say,
'But money buys tbe Ian'."
I own the sayin's homely.
Undignified and rough;
But then it tells jest what you mean.
An tells it brief enough.
An' when you git to thinkta
How sVrt is life's thin span.
It's well . Bain' "that talk Is cheip
But money buys ths Ian."
'T won't do to beast an' bluster
An' brag an' try to bluff;
An' don't you git to think in'
This world "ain't up to snuff."
It is; an while you're blowln
Your own bazra, my man, -There's
some one snesrin', "talk Is cheap.
But money buys the lan'."
Chicago News Record,
IIUMOK OF THE DAT.
unostentatious gift A loan.
An
Fun.
Mistress of the situationThe servant
girl. Life.
Consumed with curiosity Unfamiliar
viands. Truth.
Gets down to work The pillow
maker. Truth.
A man never finds how dull he ia till
he tries to live by his wits. Life.
Carver "I'm but a hewer of wood."
Marine Painter "And I but a drawer
of water."
She "Are these Cotven all. nature!"
lie "Ye?, all except the price.."' Chi
cago Inte?-Ocean.
In a fight botsveen a porcupine and a
bull dog recently, t ie latter was severely
outpointed. Puck.
She "Diamonds aro like women's
hearts the richest jewels in creation."
lie "And the h tr Jest." Fun.
Did you ever go to Bins, the tailor!"
"Yes. Uat two suits from 'him. One
dress suit. One law suit. Very expen
sive man." Waif.
It is curious how much faster a street
car bumps along when you are running
after it than when you are riding on it.
Richmond Recorder.
"Goodness me, Johnny! VThat are
: l ' . i - f
you vrviujf huuuv uuwi vawc
Tommy dreamed about tat in pie last
mgbt and I didn't." Indianapolis Jour
nal. "Why did jour hired girl leave you!''
'She didn't like the extra work."
What extra work did sho hnvc to do?"
"Collecting her wages." Harper's
"Weekly.
Merchant "Now here is a piece of
goods that speaks for itself." Uncle
Hayseed ""Well, that wouldn't suit
Mandy. She likes to do her o.vn talk
in." Inter-Ocean.
Father "A hundred dollars for a
suit of clothes I I never paid that for a
suit in my life." Son "Well, you'll
have to begin now, father; here's the
bill." Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Bingo "Dear, after this you
I must wear a dress suit down to dinner."
Bingo "What fori Mrs. Bingo
'"Our new girl has been used to it."
Clothier and Furnisher.
j He "Do you love me, darling?" She
.s0molimes I think I do; aud then
,aain when you have that ladeous, baesry
' new overcoat on, I doubt the strength of
( j my affection." Tid-Bits.
Trotter "I hear that Gre Willouirh-
! by is encased to a real live lord." IUr-
. " t i.iiui "u . au.t, asu
"I've seen him several times and I'm
j rather scentical." Voirue,
, -
"Xow we can fix him in this way."i
6aid tno.Iawjer. "Ob, talk is cheap,'
aaid tbe)client. 'TYell, wait till you get
throughwlth this, and see whether taik
is cheap or not." Now York Press. I
"Don't ;ou find , him just as I repre- v
scntcd nimi Lmj (indignantly)
"No, sir. You said he was a bird dog,
and he hasn't sunr a.uote yet, and lVe
had him two weeks!" Chicago Inter
Ocean. At the Chemistry Exam: "Which is
the best-known iusulatort" The Candi
date (a yonng student, pale and thin,
with a bilious complexion: and a savage
look about him) "Poverty, sir!" Lo
Monde Illuatre. ,
Mother (putting .the boy out of the
pantry) "IJow many ore times will I
have to tell you to, keep" out of the pri
serve jart" SmalltBoy '(sobbing) "No
more, mamma;' they Jte 'all gone." De
troit Free Press.
Sport "My watch loses something
every night aad.seldoDiJmakes it up dur
ing the day. What ails it?" Jeweler
(reflectively) "Evidently it is trying to
conform to tho habits oflils owner.
Jewelers "Weekly.
Prisoner "Yes, youi Worship, I
committed the theft wlthwhJch I am
charged entlrely.thrbughltbeilinstigatlon
of my medicar'adviser.'? Magistrate
"You mean to saylhatln tarrying ut
an experiment in hypnotism he sug
gested the crime tofyoul" Prisoner "I
don't know about that; but, one thing is
'certain, he told me to take something
before going to bed.,' Agenda Prin-
temps.
"gcramc AMbTNPrsTKUc.
Mexicans have been using 'ttS
of black spider, as cus for typhus
''The .vera, weight of the circulating
blood in the body is about twenty-eight
ft.. ..r.finn of the electric .park
does not exceed the nt-tWa thou
. " .u .,k f a second, and a bullet in
flight has been 9gnp b7 mma
of tbis soark. .ma'rvelous development of
mnprn science.
i .tmAsnhere. where the
changes of temperature are Blight, Is tne
most favorable for persons suffering from
rheumatism. The worst place i is one , In
which the air ia the dryest and the cll-
mato the most changeable.
The programme of the sanitary exhibit
k. fcM In connection with the Chi
cago Exhibition defines its purpose to bo
to Abo w as adequately as possible the
psition in which the theory ana pra.
tice of hygiene stand at the present day.
Copper and brass can be melted In an
Imn not because their fusing point is be
low that of Iron, but most metals are
melted io earthen pots crucible is tne
technical name. These are earthenware
jars of various sires and shapes which
stand tremendous degrees of heat.
One of the latest ideas for illumlnat
ing towns is to suspend in tbe air a largo
balloon shaped like a tara3p jtde
of thin aluminum, filled with a suitable
quantity of gas and having . rotating fan
to keep it steady. The light can be de
rived either from a number ofcjg lamps
attache I to the ends or sides, or from
incandescent lamps wi'-a;hich tho out
side of the balloon can be covered. The
height of the balloon above tho ground
would be regulated by the length of
cable employed.
Profcs?or Joseph Leidy placed the fact
berond doubt several vears azo. that
algte existed in the tissues of fresh water
mussels. Professor John A. Ryder
noted green about the heart of oysters
In the aquaria, at Sea Isle City, and
which coloratkn, noted also in Europe,
has been asctVied by Professor Dccaisne
and others ia France to phycocyanin ab
sorbed fr ''li certain diatoms. Professor
Ryder inclines to the belief that Dr.
Liedy's discovery, as abovo noted, foruii
a more probable explauation.
Wolves In Russia.
Wolves arespeclallv activo this winter.
Even in France accidents have been re
ported, and Government has thought it
necessary to urge the Louvetters to exert
themselves. Dreadful stories have
reached u from the plains of Eastern
Europe, where the inhabitants are used
to reckon wolves as an abiding peril ol
the winter season, and take no great ac
count of the victims whose lives aro lost
in the accustomed manner. ; But it ii
many years since a town even at
'towns" go in R'iii t-u actually be
sieged by these tuitnals. Eucb, we are
told, is the fate or Tikhvin, in tbe Pro ,
vince of Novgorod. They quarter .-;
neighborhood in large packs, and make
forays into the streets, seizing any living
thing they can catch. The women
stay indocrs, and the men only go out
armed to the teeth. This tale is not to
bo dismissed as a mere fable. It raaj
probably be exaggerated by legendary
incidents handed down from the time
when there was no safety outside the
towns. The Governor is said to have
despatched a battalion of infantry, asot
cia of Cossacks, and three hundred Chas
seurs to make war upon the enemy. Such
a force may protect Tikhvin, but it ii
not be hoped that tho wolves will suffer
, much. They will be driven off ta prey
upon the country districts. Those wbo
know nothing of the matter are ept to
regard it as another evidence of barbar
ism that these creatures should be al
lowed to flourish. Why does not the
Government or tho people exterminate
them? The answer is that it cannot b;
done, even in France, though they might
be reduced to a triding number there If
the Louvctiers were in earnest. But
wolves are migratory. Many of those
which are beleaguering Tikhvin may
have traveled from Siberian watei.
London Standard.
One of the times whea man begins
to li v and sigh that all men are uot hou
est ii when ho gets tba wron hat.
Kam's Uot a.
" Well, I've been miking a goose of
myself," said tbe hen, when the egijs on
which she had been sitting hatched into
goslings. Truth.
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STAMPED OUT
blood-poisons of every name and nature,
by Dr. Itarce's Golden Medical Discovery.
It rouses every organ into healthy action,
purines and enriches the blood, and through
it cleanses and renews tbe whole system.
AU XiLiod, S'l:i;l, fci.d S:; Dibuuses, from
a common blotch or eruption to the worst
Scrofula, are cured by it. For Tetter, Balt-
rneum, eczema, erysipelas, nous, ana
Carbuncles, the
Discovery" is a direct
remedy.
Mrs. Caroline Wbek
LKY, of tiimry, lUihl
vin Cn., Ala., writes:
"1 suffered for ono
quarter of a century
with '"fever-eore" (ulcer)
on my lcfr and eczoma
tous eruption Dd fravo
up all hope of ever bciDir
will agniit. But I am
rappv to (wy tbat your
Dr. Vierce's Golden Med-
"i led I Discovery made a
Caholihb Wiutir. mrnts, althouft-h I had
tried different doctors and almost all known
remedies without cllect.
PIERCER-CURE,
The Marked Success
of Scott's Emulsion in consump
tion, scrofula and other forms of
hereditary disease is due to its
powerful food properties.
Scott's Emulsion
rapidly creates healthy flesh
Jeopcr weight. Hereditary
taints develop only when the
system becomes weakened.
Aoti in the world
of medicine has been
so successful in dis
'iscs that are most
w earing to life. Phy
siciuns everywhere
prescribe it.
Prpr1 l,y Solt k Wawho, TC. T. All drarrirta.
iiuH.,1 n uautn
UUIfcSLM.ki.H. lot P.M.
PATENTS
I unlU faieal ol
aoblnvton. D. a. Kn .,- tiLZ
oblalueii. Write for InTrnnr' llui.i.
ii inllja and mm.i.
who bare weak Inngaor Asth
ma, anonld dm Piao's Cure for
Consumption. It has cared
thoaauda. It has not Injur
ed one. It It not bad to taaa.
ltutae baatoouftairrup.
Si
aVtaaaJ M I all i f
Cures Permanently
r h FJUMAT I S M .
.,'!,af?n? the Appetita.
together too fJSi
MPSddrinkWhatDaiuf; dues are al.
we shall drinic. J ja many
fs tWs the case "where there are jounj
nS growing children. Thej r gather
Un all that is goln3 on abou them
Lt eating seems to be the principal m
Kit of Se family and fj-.
isnofrdifflculttosee to what this win
lead The little appotites are pampered,
nd the minds are ffied with fast dlous
notior.8 about dishes and the way to
serve them. . .
Too much Importance cannot be at
tached to good, plain cooking and the
erprco.r.ti'noffooJ. but e.ting
should not at any time lorru . I
...Ktnk nf p : mversation. It is not I
considered good form to talk about one s
food while at table; there are topics of
conversation much mora durable, nnd
Bome pains should be taken to introduce
some agreeable and interesting subject
ht the outset of the meaL Do some-thin-,
do anything to avoid the unceal
w tirade about what to eat and how to
prepare it. That sort of thing is well
Enough in its place, but is by no mean,
a proper subject for general discussion
The Ledger.
Tallest Structures In tbe United States.
Tbe tallest structure now existing in
ae United States is tbe Washington
Monument, the memorial shaft erected at
the National capital in honor of the
memory of tlie "Father of His Country."
It is 550 feet in height. . Next after the
Wasbipgtoa monument, the tallest struc
ture is the'towcr on the Madison Square
Garden, near M'idisin squire, New York
City. Tbe lookout gallery at tbe sum
mit of this tower is tbe highest point of
vantage in NeT York City, and with the
exception of the summit of tho Wash
ington monument tbe highest ia the
country. From tho p-.vement to the
electric lights cn the forehead of the
gilded Diem, which until recently
crovrne 1 tue structure, there was an in
Utv.i1 of 311 feet. Xew York Press.
1 T..nr,; i. 41,7b In
about one-quarter of the tima allowed in
Europe.
BEECHAM'S PILLS
(Vegetable)
What They Are For
r.iiiousncss
dyspepsia
sick headache
bilious headache
indigestion
bad taste in the mouth
foul breath
loss of appetite
when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and c
sti'.ation is the most frequent cause of all of them.
One of the most important things for everybody
learn is that constipation
ncss in the world; and it
the book.
Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, Xew
j York, for the little book on Constipation' (its causes con
sequences and correction); sent free. If you are not with
reach of a druggist; the pills will be sent by mail, 23 cents.
f Sell on S-i j5i - -
LOVELL QIAHD CYCLES.
f . Hlh Grade In Every l'artloular
4 LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. 1 ift uttct uicircro
Ml
UICYl'lEriTlinr. i-aatft Light KaadUrr, Ht. H lbs.
JMCHCRADE BICYCLE WR 35
areclasjiuoutat tho alwve low Mrkv, a 0'M''arl make ana hhrh r" culmv wbl h
A mmm i mmwmT """ing.
t JKRMS
"Don-t p, off Tiii:morrow the..,,-
BuyaCateof Ut'eSO,To-":l
SAPOliq
R. R. R.
MDWAY
11 1! READY RELIEF,
CURES ASD rr.F.VF.STS
Colds,
Coughs,
Bore Throat,
Iloarsenrss,
WlfT Xf-rk,
Itronchltls,
Catarrh,
llradal'Hr,
Toothnchr,
Ithrnmstlim,
Kenralcl) Asthma.
Qmlkrr Than Auy KM.Umrilf.
No mBtterlmw violent or cieriirlatlnl tin- j.il'i t
l;liu.-iiiti lte.lri.Wen. Iiillrrii. r..p.-l. S-rv..
Heuralic. or i.rotraIl Willi dtoea.- umv -iJ
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF
Will Afford Iimlnnt Kusr.
1NTERNAIJ.V-A Imlf to l ' -i"'iinil In 1
a uiiuliler of watT will In n le v iiiiuut -
CmtntM. Sm, four uiii-li. N '""
11,-artleirn. NerVOUSIiefH. M.--.e-te l-.i 11'
liiarrhiKi, Colic, llatnlni-y uti.l uil i
'"Malaria In Its vartnm formf-m .! nn 1 .r.- i.'
'I h-rv in not a n ineillal iu: -nt In tie- ei i i
willeur- Fever ami A-'ie are I u!l "i.e-r lev- r. . t
I ... W A I.VV A VH I'l 1.1-S) H'MiUlUiy J!3 l-Al'-.
llEAUV Ki:i.IKK
boI.D BY ALL UBrtlOISTH. 1'rW V ' .it
A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever.
12. T. FEUZ SCJ2ATO'S
DSIENTBL CREBJH, 01 piSGIGjlL BESSTIFIE3
Rmnreis Ian.
'roriclM. Pim
ple. Moth-
PrtU'Iift-t. RsUh
Rim sfciu a s
eftsei. and
everv blen
ih oh bi';ty
andd Lisr;n
triton. J rj
Its virtue U
bi litm
test of 41 m.;
no other dm,
nnd 1 s a n
t.f it to t
eur?lt!pri
erly Lit ad.
Accept no
CMiintrtelt'-f
s'liii.arnnmw
Th& fTsLmetiifihed Or. L- A. Snvr i,d to a Ltdy of
Ihe Kaut-tom paticnti: "A Vru irrtu swtil t thrr.i. I
Teemnmmd 'tiourawt't fVim" : fir t'at fiamut of
mlt tfSktn prrjxir at One Lottie will laat six
month, using it every day. Also pom. re SuM
remove wprfuMin hair v. ni'-:it t-ury to the n'n.
hfcUD T.IIOPK IN. Prop.. 37 "ire-it Jon t,.N .
For Rate nv all I-ruaistsnntl Fan.y (i'H.d-1 denier
U.r'.MK.irmi the t S.. Canada, and Kur-p.
ff Kewareof Pwo imii!.n. lf-l Reward rot
in est and proof of any one sellitg tte san-e.
rw .-wrw
FOR FIFTY YEARS !
MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRU?
baa be-n tmert by Igllllon of MntheM 5
Fifty Year. It eoo'bet th" cnlM. f uns tte
(turn, ailay an iw-in. cnni -m uv.auu.
b the t --t rerna for dl-urr- ja. 5
Twenty-uve tents a uon:ct f
sallow skin
pimples
torpid liver
t'epression of spii
in
causes more than half the sick
can all be prevented. Go by
"3 - --
"una iaa amount, tea cu
: CfX, BOSTON, MASS
. YOUR rAHllYBFtst rnvnuy ,e TTTrtr"
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