bE. TALHAGES SERMON.
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject: "Cling to the Cross"—Tlie Mul
tiplicity of Opportunities For IJoins
Good Tliat Men of Talent Have Within
Their Reacli—-Bravo Stay-at-Hoines.
TEXT: "Thou art worth 10.0C0 of us."—
II Samuel xvlil., 8.
One of the most wondrous characters of
his time was David. A red haired boy, he
could shepherd a flock or carry "ton loaves
and ten slices of milk cheese to his brothers
in the regiment," or with leathern thong,
stone loaded, bring down a giant whose
armor weighed two hundredweight of
metal, or cause a lion which roared at him
in rage to roar with pain as he flung it,
(lying, to the roadside, or could marshal a
host, or rule an empire, or thumb a harp
t o skillfully that It cured "Saul's dementia
—a harp from whose Strings dripped pas
torals, elegies, lyrics, triumphal marches,
benedictions. Now, this man, a combina
tion of music and heroics, of dithyrambs
and battle fields, cf country quietudes and
statesmanship, is to (It out a military ex
pedition. Four thousand troops, accord
ing to Josephus, wore sent into the field.
The captains were put In command of
the companies, and the colonels in com
mand of the regiments, which were dis
posed Into right wing, left wing and
center. General Jonb, General Abishai
and General Ittai are to lead these three
divisions. But who shall take the field
as commander in chief? David offers
his services and proposes togo to the
front. He will lead them in the awful
charge, for he has not a cowardly nerve
in all his body. He did not propose to have
Ills troops go into perils which ho himaelf
would not brave t , ajjd the battlefield re
quired as mnch courago then as now, for
the opposing forces must, In order to do any
execution at all, come up to within posi
tive reach of saber and spear. But thero
came up from the troops and from civilians
a mighty protest against David's taking
the field. His life was tt>o important to
the nation. If he went down, the empire
went down; whereas, if the whole 4000 of
the ranks were slain another army might
be marshaled and the defeat turned into
victory. The army and the nation practi
cally cried out: "No! No! You cannot
goto the front! We estimate you as 10,000
wen! 'Thou art worth 10,000 of us!' "
That army and that nation then and
there reminded David md now remind us
of the fact which we forget or never ap
preciate at all that some people are moral
ly or spiritually worth far more than
others, and some worth far less. The cen
sus and statistics of neighborhoods, or
churches, of nations, serve their purpose,
but they can never accurately oxpress the
real state of things. The practical subjeat
that I want to present to-day is that those
who have especial opportunity, especial
graces, espoeial wealth, especial talent,
especial eloquence, ought to make up by
especial assiduity and consecration for
those who have less opportunities and less
gifts. You ought to do ten times mora for
God and human uplifting than those who
have only a tenth of your equipment. The
rank and the file of the 4000 of the text
told the truth when they said, "Thou art
worth 10,000 of us."
In no city of its size are there so many
men of talent as are gathered la the capital
of the American nation. Some of the States
ore at times represented by men who have
neither talents nor good morals. Their
political party compensates them for parti
san services by sending them to Co»gross
or by securing for them position in the war
or navy or pension or printing depart
ments. They were nobodies bf-fore they
left home, and they are nobodies here, but
they are exceptional. AH the States of tho
Union generally send their most talented
men and men of exemplary lives and noble
purposes. Some of them have the gifts and
qualifications of ten men, of a hundred men
—yea, of a thousand men—and their con
stituents eould truthfully employ tho
words of my text and say, "Thou art worth
10.000 of 11s."
With such opportunity, are they aug
menting their usefulness in every possible
direction? Many of them are, some of them
are not. It is a stupendous thing to have
power—political power, social power, of
ficial power. It has orten been printed and
often quoted as one of the wise sayings of
tho ancients. "Knowledge is power." Yet
it may as certainly be power for evil as for
good. The lightning express rail train has
power for good if it is on the track, but
horrible power for disaster if it leaves the
track and plunges down the embankment.
The ocean steamer has power for good,
sailing in right direction and in safe waters
and under good helmsman aud wide awake
watchman on the lookout, but indescrib
able power for rfvil if under lull head
way It strikes tha breakers. As steam
power or electricity or water forces may
Iw stared in boilers, la dynamos, in reser
voirs, to be employed all over a town or
city, BO God sometimes puts in one man
enough faith to supply thousands of men
with courage. If a man happens to.be thus
•ndowed, let him realize his opportunity
and improve it. At this time millions of
men are a-tremble lest this nation make a
mistake and enter upon some policy of
government for tho islands of the sea that
will founder the republic. God will give
to a few men on both sides of this question
faith and courage for all the rest. There
are two false positions many are now tak
ing, false as false aan be. The one is that
if we decllno to take under full charge
Cuba and Porto 8100 and tho Philippines
we make a declination that will be disas
trous to our nation, and other nations will
take control of those Brchipelagoes and
rule them, and perhaps to our humiliation
and destruction. The other theory is that
if we take possession of those once Spanish
colonies we invite foreign interference and
enter upon a career that will finally be the
demolition of this government. Both posi
tions are immeasurable mistakes. God has
set apart this continent for free govern
ments and the triumphs of Christianity,
and wo may take either the first
or the second course without ruin.
Wo may say to those islands, "We
do not want you, but we have set you
free. Now stay free, while we see that the
Spanish panther never again puts Its
paw on your neck." Or we may invite
tho annexation of Cuba and Porto Bico and
say to the Philippines, "Get ready by edu
cation and good morals for free govern
ment, and at the right time you shall be
ono of our Terrttorierj, on the way to be one
of our States."
And there is no power In Europe, Asia or
Africa, or all combined, that could harm
this nation in its world-wide endeavor. God
is on the side of the right, and by earnest
imploratlon for divine guidance on the part
of this nation we will be led to do the right,
Ytfe are on the brink of nothing. There is
no frightful orlsis. This train of Republi
can and Democratic institutions is a
through train, and all we want Is to have
the engineer and the brakemen and the
conductor attend totheir business and the
passengers keep their places.
A vast majority of men have no surplus
of confidence for others and hardly
enough confidence for themselves. They
go through life saying depressing things
and doing depressing things. They chill
prayer meetings, discourage charitable In
stitutions, injure commerce and kill
churches. They blow out lights when they
ought to be kindling them. They hover
around a dull flro on their own hearth and
take up so much room that no one can
catch the least caloric, Instead of stirring
the hearth into a blaze, the crackle of
whosf backlog would Invitfb the whole
neighborhood to come Into feel the
abounding warmth and see the transfigur
ation of the faces. As we all have to
guess a great deal about the future, let us
guess something good, for it will be more
encouraging, and the guess will be just as
apt to come true. Wnat a lot of lngrates
tfie Lord has at His tablel People who
have had three meals a day for fifty years
and yet fear that they will soon have to
rattle their knife and fork on an empty
dinner plate. How many have had—win
ter and spring and summer and fall—
clothing for sixty years, but expect an
*mpty'wardrobe shortly! How many have
lived under free Institutions all their days,
but fear that the United States may be
telescoped In some foreign collision! Oh,
but tho taxes have gone up! Yes, but
thank God, It Is easier with money
to pay the taxes now that they
are up than it was without money to pay
the taxes when they were down. We want
a few men who have faith in God and that
mighty future which holds several things,
among them a millennium. Golumbanus
said to his friend, "Detcolus, why are you al
ways smiling?" The reply was, "Booauseno
one can take my God from me!" We want
more men to feel that they have a mission
to cheer others and to draw up the corners
of people's mouths which have a long
while been drawn down, moro Davids who
can shepherd whole flocks of bright hopes,
and can play a harp of encouragement,
and strike down a Goliath of despair, and
of whom we can say, "Thou art worth 10.-
000 of us."
I admit that this thought of my text
fully carried out would change many of the
world's statistics. Suppose a village is
said to have 1000 inhabitants, and that
'one-half of them—namely, 500—have for
years been becoming less In body, and
through niggardliness and grumbling less
in soul. Each one of those is only one-half
of what he once was or one-half of what
she once was.
That original 500 have been reduced one
half in moral quality and are really only
250. Suppose that the other 500 have
maintained their original status and aro
neither better nor worse. Then the
entire population of that village is 750.
But suppose another village of 1000, and
500 of them, as tho years go by, through
mental and spiritual culture, augment
themselves until they aro really twice the
men and women they originally were,
and the other 500 remain unchanged and
are neither bottemor worse, then the pop
ulation of that village is 1500. Meannosi
is subtraction and nobility is addition,
According as you rise In the scale of holi
ness and generosity and consecration, yon
are worth five or ten or fifty or 100 or iOOO
or 10,000 others.
Notice, my friend, that this David, war
rior, strategist, minstrel, master of Idaalc
verse and stone slinger at the giant, whom
the soldiers of the text estimated clear up
into the thousandfold of usefulness on this
particular occasion, staid at home orin his
place of temporary residonoe. General
Joab, Ooneral Ablshal and General Ittal,
who commanded the boys in tho right wing
and left wing and centre, did their work
bravely and left 25,000 of the Lord's ene
mies dead on the field, and many of the
survivors got entangled in the woods of
Ephraim and mixed up in the bushes and
stumbled over the stumps of trees and fell
into bogs and were devoured of wild beasts
which seized them in the thickets. But
Dnvid (lid his work at home. We all huzza
for heroes who have been in battle and
on their return what processions we
form and what triumphal arches we
spring and what banquets we spread and
what garlands wo wreatho and what ora
tions we deliver and what bells we ring and
what cannonades we fire! But do we do
justice to the stay at homes? David, who
was worth 10,000 of those who went out to
meet the Lord's enemies in the woods of
Ephraim, that day did his work in retire
ment.
Won. the world needs a day of judgment,
to give many of the stay at "homes proper
recognition. Iu tho different wars the sons
went to the front and on ship's deck or
battlefield exposed their lives and earned
the admiration of the country, but how
about the mothers and fathers who through
long years taught those sons the noble sen
timents that inspired them togo and then
gave them up when perhaps a few words
of earnest protest would have kept them
on the farin and in the homestead? The
day of llnal reward will reveal the self
sacrifice and t'ce fidelity of thousands who
never in all their livos received one word
of praise. Oh, ye unknown, ye faithful
and Christlnn and all enduring stay at
homes! I have 110 power now to do you
justice, but I tell you of one who has the
power aud of the time when the thimble,
and tho ladle, and tho darning needle, and
the washtub, and the spinning wheel, and
the scythe, aud the thrashing machine,
aud tho hammer, and the trowel, aud the
plow, will come to as high an appreciation
as a seventy-four pouuder, or the sword,
or thaiattering ram that pounded down
the wail or tho flag that was hoisted on tho
scaled parapets.
The warrior David of my text showed
more self control and moral prowess in
staying at home than ho could have shown
commanding in the field. He was a na
tural warrior. Martial ilrs stirred him.
The glitter or opposing shields llred him.
He was one of those men who feel at home
iu the saddle, patting the neck of a paw
ing cavalry ho*so. But he suppressed him
self. He obeyed the command of the troops
whom ho would like to have commanded.
Some of the greatest Sedans and Aus
terlltzes have keen In backwoods kitch
ens or In nursery, with three children
dowu with scarlet fever, soon to join
the two already in the churchyard, or
amid domestic wrongs and outrages
enough to transform angels into devils, or
In commercial life within their own count
ing rooms in time of Blaok Friday panics,
or in mechanical life in their own oarpen
ter shop or on the scaffolding of the walls
swept by cold or smitten by heat. No tele
graphic wires reported the crisis of the
conflict, no banner was ever waved to cele
brate their victory, but God knows, and
God wilt remember, and God will adjust,
and by Him the falling of a tear is as cer
tainly noticed as the burning of a world,
and the flutter of a sparrow's wing as the
flight of the apocalyptic archangel.
Oh, what a God we have for small things
as well as big things! David no more
helped at the front than helped at home.
The four regiments mobilized lor tho de
fense of the throne of Israel were right in
protesting against David's expose of his
life at the front. Had he been pierced of an
urrow or cloven down with a battleax or
fatally slung for snorting war charger, what
a disaster for the throne of Israol! Absalom,
his son, was a low fellow and unfit to
reign; his two chief characteristics were
his handsome face and his long hair—so
long that when he had it out that which
was scissored off weighed "200 shekels,
after the king's weight, 't and when a man
has nothing but a handsome face and an
exuberance of hair there is not much of
him. The oapture or slaying of David
would have been a calamity irreparable.
Unnecessary exposure would have been a
crime for Davia, as tt Is a crime for you.
Some people think It Is a brl« kt thing to
put themselves in unnecessary peril. They
like to walk up to the edge of a precipice
and look off, defying vertigo, or go among
contagions when they can be of no use but
to demonstrate thetrown bravado, or with
glee drive horses which are only harnessed
whirlwinds, or see how can walk
in front of a trolley oar without being
crushed, or spring on a rail train after it
has started, or leap off a rail train before it
has stopped. Their life is a series of
narrow escapes, careless of what predica
ment their family would suffer at their
sudden taking off or of the misfortune
that might ooine to their business partners
or the complete failure of their life work,
if a coroner's jury must be called into de
cide the style of tjieir exit. They do not
take Into consideration what their life is
worth to others. Taken off through
such recklessness they go orimlnals.
There was not ono man among
those four full regiments of four
thousand Israelites that would have so
much enjoyed being in the fight as David,
but he suw that he could serve his nation
best by not putting on helmet and shield
and sword, and so he took tbeadvioeof th«
armed men and said, "What seemeth tq
you best I will do." I warrant that you
will die tiooa enough, without teasing and
bantering casualty to see if it can launch
you into the next world.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
Take a Drink?—Whiit Alcohol Does to the
User—lt is Foolish to Boy an Ounce
of Present Pleasure With a Pound of
Future Pain—.Abstinence is Saiest.
Take a drink? No, not I!
Reason's taught me better
Than to bind my very soul
With a galling fettor.
Water, sweet and cool and free,
Has no cruel chains for me.
"Blteth Like a Serpent."
l'ew things are so much dreaded as ser
pents. They ore so stealthy, and, except
the rattlesnake, so silent, and some of
them, at least, are so deadly. There ia no
cure known for the bite of somo snakes;
the only chance is to cut out the piece of
ilesli which has been bitten or to burn it
out with n red-hot iron, and even this will
bo of no use unless it 1« don# directly after
the bite is received. Now, this is very like
what alcohol does to the drinker, who has
only a very faint chance of getting rid of
his thirst for drink when that thir3t has
once been formed in him. His only chance
is to get the drink out, and keep It out of
his body. He cannot cut It out or burn it
out; he has patiently to abstain from It
until he has ceased to long for it. Some
times it is many years before this can be
done, and sometimes the thirst comes back
time after time for the whole of a man's
life, and keeps him in danger and anxiety.
What good reason we have to avoid being
bitten by this serpent of strong drink.
The mischief comes at last like many
other bad things, tho drink comes to ub with
a smiling face; it is pretty to look at as it
sparkles in the glass; we see some of our
friends taking it; we know that many good
people not only take it, but even praise It.
If we wore to take some, very likely at first
it would seein to be doing us good, and we
might think it a useful thing to take. But
it would all be a mistake; overy kind of
stroDg drink is "a mocker," and soon after
wo had got into the habit of taking it we
should find that we had mora or loss diffi
culty in leaving it oil. The first prick of
the serpent's tooth would be felt, and if we
had wisdom enough left we should cast the
habit awny from us in fear and horror. If
we did not the tooth would enter more
deeply and the poison would flow through
our veins; we should become the prey of
the serpent. Wise men look well ahead,
and so do wise boys and girls; they do not
ask whether a thing is pleasant or unpleas
ant just now; they want to kuow how it
will be in tho end. They know better than
to buy an ounce of present pleasuro with a
pound of future pain. It is because the
worst of drink comes at the last instead of
at the first that we so hate and fear it.
I It must bo terrible to feel the poison
I spreading through one's body after tlie bite
I of n snake. In some casus iu about n quar
; tor of an hour it is all over, and death has
| <!ome. But It is worse still to live the liv-
I ins death of a drunkard, to feel one good
thing after another going out ql you, that
i you love those about you less and have less
I of their love: that your good name is go
j ing, that you are lu every way getting
worse and worse, further and further from
God and goodness and everything that is
beautiful and pleasant, that you are surely
dying not only iu your body, but your seal
as well. Better by far be killed by a ser
' pent than endure such a fate as this. But
; if you neglect the warning of the motto, if
I you break your pledge, such a fate may be
! yours.—Futher Hathew Herald.
Beer aixl Wine and Intemperance.
It should not be forgottoa that the use
of malt liquors and light wines has not
been found in Europe to be a means of
checking intemperance. The French for
generations have used light wines in largo
quantities, and within the last two or three
decades have been considerable consumers
of malt liquors; but iu spite of this, since
lßTOthey have developodja taste for distilled
spirits which threatens, if continued, to
convert those who were formerly consid
ered, in the absence of intosi*fti6n, a tem
perate people, into a nation al aruukards.
The same statement holds true of Switzer
land, where the people have for a long
time past used both beer and light wines,
but are now finding the Inducement to re
sort to distilled spirits almost Irresistible.
Even iu Germany, the home of beer and
also light wines, the official reports an
nounce that there is a material growth in
the average consumption of distilled
liquors—a statement which we believe also
holds true of the kingdom of Belgium,
Felt He Was Strong.
A brilliant young man, thirty years ago,
was beginning to form the habit of indul
gence iu the wine cwp. He ki)ew that other
men were drunkards, but he telt that ho
himself was strong, and would never bo
unythlng but clear-eyed and strong of
nerve and firm of flesh. The years went
by. He has had honor and position. Ho
has become a drunkard, with it all, and
his honors have been for nothing. Whisky
and wine have done for him what they
have done for all the rest, and what they
will do for all who are foolish enough to
bo deceived by them. If he coujd he would
deter young men from following in his
footsteps, but he will not influence them.
They will think of him simply as an old
drunkard, and say that he was a fool sot to
have controlled himself a little. And they
will follow him onto death.—Herald and
Presbyter.
A Toast That Touched Their Heart*., I
Colonel Thomas W. Higginson said that
at a dinner at Beaufort, 8. C.. where wine
flowed freely and ribald jests were bandied,
l)r. Miner, a slight, boyish fellow, who did
not drink, was told that be could not go
until he hud drunk a toast, told a story or
sung a soug. He replied: "I cannot sing,
but I will give you a toast, although I
must drink It In water. It Is, 'Our
Mothers.'" The men were so affected and
ashamed that some took him by the hand
and thanked him for displaying courage
greater than that required to walk up to
the mouth of a cannon. This, Colonel
Higginson says, was the bravest act he
witnessed during the Civil War.
Bismarck Denounced Beer.
Those people who have been looking
with favor upon the Increased consump
tion of beer in this country as an indica
tion that that drink is dUplaolng whisky
will hardly be comforted by a remark of
Prince Bismarck, related by his physician,
Dr. Busch, in his recently published boob,
"Bismarck: Some Secret Pages of His His
tory." Dr. Busch tells how some one at
table once lamented the absence of beer,
and the Iron Chancellor replied:
"That is no loss! The eaoesslva con
sumption of beer Is deplorable. It makes
men stupid, lazy and useless."
Note* of the Crusade.
There were 19,000 arrests for intoxica
tion in New York City last year.
Eradicate every dive to-day and the
saloon will create new dives. The dive
will always exist as long as its cause, the
liquor traffic, exists.
Drunkenness darkens the homes of the
people, and is one of the greatest enemies
of "peace on earth."
Magistrate Henry Bristow, of Brooklyn,
recently said: "We have in the police
courts every grade of wrongdoing, from
the nursery squabble up to murder, but
ninety per cent, of all the cases are the
outgrowth of intoxication. Rum is re
sponsible for all this crime."
Beer-drlnklng is the principal entrance
into the mammoth cave ot drunkenness,
through whleh the majority of the youth
of each generation pass. While some go
but a short distance, a very large number
go more or less rapidly toward tlfe river
Styx, the way getting darker and darker
as they go. ]
HINTS FOR HOUSEWiVES,
To Preserve the llooki.
Artificial lieat of all kinds is dam
aging to book bindings. It not only
cracks the leather but tlie paste. A
large bowl of water placed in a loom
containing books will moisten the air
sufficiently to prevent the drying of
tho leather.
Tli« Utility Box.
Tho utility box is the child of nec
essity and invention, and is the evolu
tion from the pasteboard bos filled
with •rifles of lace and ribbon stowed
nway in an obscure corner. The util
ity boxes come in different shapes and
sizes—round, square, oblong aud
are covered with pretty cretonnes,
tapestries, leather or brocatellc, ac
cording to taste or purse. Some of
them are tr infilled with ornamental
woods and brass and nickel fittings.
The prices vary from about two or
three dollars to ten or fifteen, and
even higher, according to the value of
the cover and trimmings. Some of
tliem are made to lit into the window
to takS the place of wiudow seats, and
form n delightful proxy, helped with
the inevitable and ever-present sofa
cushions. One can keep no end of
things in these utility boxes—shoes
or liats, or books, or what the New
England housekeeper graphically de
scribes as "carpet rags," in which
generic term seems to be included
everything, from tin pans to eider
down quilts.
The 01<I-Fa«liionecl Kiik*.
To make the old-fashioned braided
rugs of fifty years ago, prepare three
large balls made up of strips of list
ing, broadcloth, flannel or any other
heavy woolen stuff sewed together with
stout linen thread like carpet lags.
These strips should be about a half
inch in width. The three various
strands are then tightly braided to
gether, making one long strip. When
yards and yards of this plait are in
readiness, the work of sewing togeth
er is The end of tho plait is
either doubled back on itself for two
or three inches, making the founda
tion for an oval mat, or it may be
sewed round and round with long line
stitches from the under side. Such a
mat is excellent work for rainy days,
e\eu the boys and girls being invited
to take a hand in its evolution. A
pretty color combination is to have
two of the balls a dark gray or black,
and the third of blue or red flannel.
Needless to say, the wearing qualities
of these braided rugs are of the best,
quite repaying one for the time spent
in the making.
Ilygiuiiu of tlie Red.
The Vied is the place where we
spend about one third of our lives A
woman who lias reached sixty has
spent twenty in bed. Many bad hab
its and bad positions are formed dur
ing sleep. Some persons assume an
attitude which cramps the chest so
that respiration is not full and com
plete. The shoulders should not be
drawn forward or tlie arms folded
tightly over the chest. A narrow bed
is preferable for growing girls,so they
will uot have room to sprawl over a
large space, nor to assume a dozen gro
tesque shapes. The pillow should bo
small and Lard. A large, soft pillow
should not be tolerated by any girl
who desires to have her head well set
on lier shoulders.
The bed clothing should be light
but warm, of such a nature as to al
low the air to pass through it freely.
If the air in a bed, which soon be
comes saturated with the perspiration
from our bodies, does not pass off, it
makes us uneasy and restless, and
sound sleep is impossible.
Some women say they can sleep
only ou one side. If so, then there
must be something wrong with them.
One side is probably not evenly de
veloped with the other. A healthy
woman or girl can sleep, and should
sleep on one side aud then on the
other, even changing unconsciously in
the night. Some women twist and
contort their face;, during sleep, and
thus form wrinkles which continue
during their waking hours. The rea
sons for this are various. Indigestible
food in the stomach is one cause.
Going to bed in a depressed state of
mind causes the corners of the mouth
to be drawn down and gives a sad ex
pression.—Journal of Hygiene.
Recipes.
Hickory Nut Macaroons —One pound
of pulverized sugar, one-half cup
flour, one pint of powdered nuts,
have them as fine as possible; whites
of six eggs; mix dry ingredients, last
ly the egg; grease tins and flour them;
let cool before removing them.
Browned Turnips—Pare tlie turnips
and cut them into dice, cover with
boiling water aud boil thirty minutes.
Drain in a colander. Put two table- i
spoonfuls of butter in a fryingpan;'
when hot add the turnips and one ta
blespoonful of granulated sugar; stir
and turn until the turnips are nicely
browned. Dust with salt and pepper
and serve.
Fruit Biscuits—As these are for
supper, set the sponge in the morning
with one pint of warm milk, one-half
yeast cake, dissolved, and one pint of
flour. When light add ouu cup pre
pared currants, one cup sugar, a little
salt and flour for dough. When light
mold into biscui 8 and whei light
again glace with sweet cream or melt
ed butter and sugar; bake and serve
warm.
Plum Porridge Old-fashioned plum
porridge may be made either of wheat
flour or Indian meal. When it is
made of the meal it will take a longer
time to prepare, as it requires at least
two hours to cook it thoroughly. When
the porridge is done add the stewed
plums. Prunes or raisins can also be
nsed. Stir the fruit in slowly to pre
vent it breaking and serve with sugar
and cream.
The Shortcut Way.
The shortest way out of an attack of
neuralgia is to use St. Jacobs Oil, which
affords not only a sure relief, but a prompt
cure. It soothes, subdues and ends the
Buffering.
The inventory of the effects of the late
John W. Keely, of motor fame, fixed the
valuation ut $1536.
Beauty tm Blood Deep.
Glean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
The national debt of France is over
$6,000,000,000, being about sll6 per capita.
Catarrh C'aiiimt be Cured
With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
it you must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is ..aken internally, and acts di
rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one ol' the best physicians in
this country for years, and is a regular pre
scription. ft is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the bestblood purifiers,
actinic directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingrcdlcuts is
what produces such wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Rats and rabbits are becoming a plague
in the Azores.
CougliM Lend to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Goto your druggist to-day and got
a sample bottlo free. Sold in 25 and 50
cent bottles. Go nt onco; delays are dan
gerous.
The Indian population of tho United
States is 245.310.
Don't Tobacco Spit anil Smoke Tour l ife Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. lull of life, nerve and vipor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
I strong. All druggists, 50c or 11. Cureguanin
j teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
j Sterling liemed."' Co., Chicago or New Yorli
I Every continent on tho globe, with the
exception of Australia, produces wild roses.
I .lieu anil Women Wlto Work
! Need not give up when attacked with a
I severe congestive eold, if Hoxsie's Disks'
j aro used. Thoy check any cold. 25 cents.
Phonographic clocks and watches aro in
use in Switzerland.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's nso of Or. Kline's Great
: Nerve Restorer. trial bottleand treatise free
' IJu. K. H. Ki.ine. Ltd..931 Arch St..Phila.,Pa.
j During the present century about 30,-
j 000,000 men have lost their lives in war.
; Found immediate relief in one bottle of Dr.
Seth Arnold's Cough Killer—Mits. S. 'A'.
! Hatch, Box 450,VVollaston. Mass..Auk. 17.1898.
A fish has been found in nudson Bay
which absolutely builds a nest.
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cones.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wean
men strong, blood pure. 50c. sl. All druggists
When a man Is his own worst enemy it Is
generally a rather one-sided fight.
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it falls tooure. 30c.
In 1879 tho first electric railway was
operated in Berlin, Germany, by Siemens.
.Mrs. Wiuslow'sSoothlng Syrup for children
teething, softens t lie gums, reduces intlamma
tiou, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2oc.a bottle
Tho screw alone of an Atlantic liner
costs about $20,000.
We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
thcouly medicine for Coughs.—,l ennie Pinck
•uiD, Springfield, Ills., Oct. 1, 1894.
Silk is nearly always dyed before it is
woven.
Cough away if you want to, but if not, use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pike's Toothache Drops t ure inonc Minute.
A Presbyterinn church has been built in
funeau, Alaska.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candv Cathartic. 10c or 25c
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money
There Is a twelve-acre field of carnations
in Itedondo, Col.
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j War with Spain raT £
M thousands of them, aTe suf- ,
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[U th . e Boys of '9B may take |M I 1 \5)
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fZ Pink Pills for Pale People /fll 5 L;/S Pa
Win driving out
rheumatism and other
diseases contracted during their d*ys of hardship
ton 4 ic pr ,:v h , rcii h . , ." m> '- Th< » *** ««*•«•«« |
C? Asa Robinson, of Mt. Stirling, IM., is a veteran of the Civil war, having (ff*
* served in the 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. He went to the war a vigor
fs ous farmer's boy and carae back brokeu in health, a victim of sciatic rheu- jj»
U matism. Most of the time he was uufitted for manual labor of any kind.
and his sufferings were at all times intense. He says : "Nothing seemed *if
to give me permanent relief until three vears ago, when my attention was
1 called to some of the wonderful cures effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills £*
for Pale People. I had not taken more than half a box when I noticed an fl*
CO improvement in my condition, and I keep on improving steadily. To them
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7} bo*, by th« D«. rtcOiiirt* Co., B«« V,ScW«r\«ct»dy.H.Y.
The Pot Called the Kettle Black Because
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Sure
Cure for I
Colds
When the children get their
feet wet and take cold give them
a hot foot bath, a bowl of hot
drink, a dose of Ayer's Cheny ,
Pectoral, and put them to bed.
The chances are they will be
all right in the morning. Con
tinue the Cherry Pectoral a few
days, until all cough has dis
appeared.
Old coughs are also cured;
we mean the coughs of bron
chitis, weak throats and irritable
lungs. Even the hard coughs
of consumption are always
made easy and frequently cured
by the continued use of
Am
Cfterrg
Every doctor knows that wild
cherry bark is the best remedy
known to medical science for
soothing and healing inflamed
throats and lungs.
Put one of
Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
Plasters
over your lungs
Tha Dost Medical
Advice r rso /
We now have some of the moat emi
nent physicians in the United States.
Unusual opportunities and long experi
ence eminently fit them for giving you
medical advice. Write freely all the
particulars in vour case.
Address, Dr. J. C. AYER,
Lowell, Mass.
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