DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. Subject: Labor Strikes —A Question of l'reaent Import Treated In a Way Aimed to Brine About a Better Feeline Between Employer and Employe. [Copyright Wuo.] WASHINGTON, D. C.— At a time when in various districts labor troubles are exist ing or impending the efforts Dr. Talmage makes in this discourse to bring about a better feeling between both sides of this difficult question is well timed; texts, Gala tlans, v., 15, "But If ye bite and devour»one another, take heed that ye be not con sumed one of another," and Fhlllppians 11., 4, "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on tho things of others." About every six months there is a great labor agitation. There are violent ques tions now in discussion between employers and employes. The present "strikes" will go into the past. Of course the damage done cannot immediately bo repaired. Wages will not be so high as they were. Spasmodically they may be higher, but they will drop lower. Strikes, whether right or wrong, alwayß injure laborers as well as capitalists. You will see this in the starvation of next winter. Boycotting and violence and murder never pay. They are different stages of anarchy. God never blessed murder. The worst use you can put a man to is to kill him. The worßt enemies of the working classes in the United States and Ireland aro their demented coadjutors. Years ago assas sination—the assassination of Lord Fred erick Cavendish and Mr. Burke in Plueuix Park, Dublin, in the attempt to avenge tho wrongs of Ireland, only turned away from that afflicted people millions of sympathiz ers. The attempts to blow up the house of common, In London, had only this effect —to ttrow out of employment tens of thousands of innocent Irish people in England. In this country the torch put to the factories that have discharged hands for good or bad reason, obstructions on tbe rail tracks In front of midnight express trains becuuse the offenders do not like the president of tbe company, strikes on shipboard tbe hour they were going to sail, or in printing offices the hour the paper was togo to press, or in the mines the day tbe coal was to be delivered, or on house scaffoldings so tho builder fails in keeping his contract—all these are only a hard blow on the bead of American labor und cripple its arms and lame Its feet and pierco its heart. Traps sprung suddenly upon employers and violence never took one knot out of the knuckles of toil or put a farthing of wages into a callous palm. Frederick the Great admired some land near bis palace at Potsdam, and he re solved to get it. It was owned by a miller. He offered tho miller three timos the value of the property. The miller would not take it because it was the old homestead, and he felt about as Nabotli felt about bis vineyard when Ahab wanted it. Frederick the (Great was a rough and terrible man, and he ordered the miller into bis pres ence, and the king, with a stick in his hand —a stick with which he sometimes struck tbe officers of state—said to tho miller, "Now, I have offered |you three times the value of that property, and if you won't sell It I'll take It anyhow." The miller said, "Your majesty, you won't." "Yes," said the king; "I will take it." "Then,'' said the miller, "if your majesty does take it I will sue you in tho chancery court." At that threat Frederick tbe Great yielded his infamous demand. And tho most imperi ous outrage against the working classes will yet cower before the law. Violence and defiance of the law will never accomplish anything, but righteousness and suumls sion to tho law will accomplish it. But gradually the damages done the laborer by the strikes will be repaired, and some Important things ought now to be said. The whole tendency of our times, as you have noticed, is to make the chasm between employer and employe wider and wider. In olden time the head man of tbe factory, the master builder, the capitalist, the head man of the firm, worked side by side with their employes, working some times at the same bench, diniDg at the same table, and there are those here who can remember the time when the clerks of large commercial establishments were ac customed to board with the head men of tbe Ann. All that is changed, and the tendency is to make the distance between employer and employe wider and wider. The ten dency Is to make the employe feel that he is wronged by the success of tbe capitalist and to make the capitalist feel: "Now, my laborers are only beasts of burden. I must give so much money for so much drudgery; just so many pieces of sliver for so many beads of sweat." In other words, the bridge of sympathy is broken down at both ends. That feeling was well described by Thomas Carlyle when he said: "Plugson of St. Dolly Undershot, buccaneerlike, says to his men: 'Noble spinners, this is tho hundredth thousand we have gained, wherein I mean to dwell and plant my vineyards. Tbe hundred thousand pound is mine; the daily wage was youis. Adieu, noble spinnersl Drink my health with this groat easb, which I give you over and above.'" Now what we want is to rebuild that bridge of sympathy, and I put tho trowel to one of the abutments to-day, and I preach more especially to employors as such, although what I have to say will bo appropriate to both employers und em ployes. The behavior of a multitude of laborers toward their employers during the laßt three months may have induced some em ployers to neglect the real Christian duties that they owe to those whom they employ. > Therefore I want to say to you whom I confront face to face and those to whom these words may come that all shipowners, all capitalists, all commercial Arms, all master builders, all housewives, are bound to be lpteresjted Jn the entire welfare of their subordinates. Years ago some one gave three prescrip tions for becoming a millionaire: "First, spend your life in getting und keeping the earnings of other people; secondly, have no anxiety about the worriments, the losses, the ((disappointments ;of others; thirdly, do not mind tho fact that your vast wealth Implies the poverty of a great many people.," Now, th£re"is not a man here who would consent togo into life with those three principles to earn a fortune. It is your de sire to do your whole duty to the men and women in your service. First of all, then, pay as large wages as are reasonable and as your business will afford; not necessarily what others pay, certainly not what your hired help say you must pay, for that Is tyranny on the part of labor unbearable. The right of a laborer to tell bis omployer what he must puy implies tbe right of an employer to compel a man Into a service whether he will or not, and either of those ideas is despicable. When any employer allows a laborer to Bay what he must do or have his business ruined, and the employer submits to it, he does every business man in the United States a wrong and yields to the principle which, carried out, would dissolve society. Look over your affairs and put your solves in imagination in your laborer's place and then puy htm what before God and your own conscience you think you ougl»t to pay him. "God bless yousl" aro well In their Elace, ljut they do not buy coal nor pay ouse rent nor get shpes for the children. At the same time you, the employer, ought to remember through what straits and Btrnins you got the fortune by which you built your store or run the fa'ctory. You are to remember that you take all tbe risks aud the employe takes none or scarcely any. You are to remember that here may be reverses in fortune and that some oew style of machinery may make your machinery valueless or some new style of tariff set your business back hope lessly and forever. You must take all that into consideration and then pay what U reasonable. Do not be too ready to cut down wages. As far as possible, pay all, and pay prompt ly. There is a great deal of Bible teaching; on this subject. Malaohi, "I will be a swift witness against all sorcerers and against all adulterers and against those who op pose the hireling in his wages." Leviticus, "Thou shalt not keep the wages of the hire ling all nigbt unto the morning." Coios sians, "Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven." So you see it Is not a question between you and your employe so muoh as It is u question between you and God. Do not say to your employes, "Now, if you don't like tbls place, get another," when you know they cannot get another. As far as possible, o'ace a year visit at their homes your clerks and your workmen. That is the only way you can become ac quainted with their wants. You will by such process And out that there is a blind parent or a sick sister be ing supported. You will find some of your young men in rooms without any fire In winter ana in summer sweltering in ill venyiated apartments. You will ilnd much depends on the wuges you pay or with hold. Moreover, It is your duty as employer, as far as possible, to mold the welfare of the employe. You ought to advise him about investments, about life insurance, nbout savings banks. You ought to give him the benefit of your experience. There nre hundreds and thousands of employers, I nm|glud ;to say, who are set tling in the very best possible way the des tiny of their employes. Such men as Mar shall of Leeds, Lister of Bradford, Akroyd of Halifax and men so near at home It migbt offend their modesty if X mentioned their names—these men have built reading rooms, libraries, concert halls, afforded croquet lawns, cricket grounds, gymna siums, choral societies for their employes, ivnd they have not merely paid the wuges on Saturday nigbt, but through the con tentment and the thrift and the good morals of their employes they nre paying wages from generation to generation for ever. Again, I counsel all employers to look well after the physical health of their sub ordinates. Do not put on them any un necessary fatigue. I never could under stand why the drlvors on our city cars must stand all day when they might just as well sit down and drive. It seems to me most unrighteous thot so many of the female clerks in our stores should be compelled to stand all day and through those hours when there are but few or no customers. These people have aches and annoyances ana weariness enough without putting upon tbem addi tional fatigue. Unless these female clerks must go up and down on the business oi tho store, let them sit down. But above all I charge you, O employers, that you look after the moral and spiritual welfare of your employes. First, know where they spend their evenings. That decldos everything. You do not want .around your money drawer a young man who went last night to see "Jack Shep paid!" A man that comes into the store in the morning ghastly with midnight rev elry is not the man for your store. The young man who spends his evening in the society of refined women or in muflical or artistic circles or in literury improvement is tbe young man for your store. Do not say of these younc; men, "II they do their work In tbe business hours, that is all I have to ask." God has made you that man's guardian. I want you to understand that many of these young men nre orphans or worse than orphans, flung out into society to struggle for them selves. Employers, urge upon your employes, above all, a rellgiouß life. 80 far from that, bow Is it, young men? Instead of being cheered on the road to heaven some of you are caricatured, and It is a hard thing for you to keep your (Christian Integ rity In that store or factory where there are so many hostile to religion. Ziethen, n grave general under Frederick the Great, was a Christian. Frederlok the Oreat was a skeptic. One day Ziethen, the venerable, white haired general, asked to be excused from military duty that he might attend the holy sacrament. He wiis excused. A few days after Ziethen was dining with the king and with many notables of Frussia, when Frederick the Great in a jocose way said, "Well, Ziethen. hotv did that sacra ment of last Friday digest?" The venera ble old warrior arose and said: "For your majesty I have risked my life many a time on tbe battlefield, and for your majesty I would be willing any time to die; but you do wrong when you Insult the Christian religion. You will forgivo me If I, your old military servant, cannot bear in silence any insult to my Lord and my Saviour." Frederick the Great leaped to his feet, and he put cut bis hand, and bo said: "Happy Ziethen! Forgive me, forgive me!" Ob, there are many being scoffed at for their religion, and 1 thank Go'd there ore many men as brave us Ziethen! Goto heaven yourself, O employer! Take all your people with you. Soon you will be through buying and selling, and through with manufacturing and building, and God will ask you: "Whore are thoso people over whom you had so great in fluence? Are they bore? Will tiicy be here?" 0 shipowners, into what harbor will your crew sail? Oh, you merchant grocers, are those young men that under your care are providing lood for the bodies and families of men togo starved forever? Oh, you manufac turers, with so many wheels flying and so many bands pulling and so many new patterns turned out and so many goods shipped, are the spinners, are the carmen, arc the.draymeu, are tbe salesmen, are the watchers of your establishments working ou,t everything but their own snlvatlon? Con It be that, having those people under your care five, ten, twenty years, you have made no everlasting impression for good on their immortal SOUIB? God turn us all back from such selfishness and teaoh us to live for others and not for ourselves. Christ sets us the example oj sacrifice, and so do manj of His dlgglpfss. »-■ . One sunfmer in California a gentleman who bad juet removed from the Sandwich Islands told me this Incident: You know that one of the Sandwich Islands is devoted to lepers. People getting sick of the lep rosy on the other islands are sent to the isle of lepers. They never come off. They are in different Btages of disease, but all who.die on that Island die of leprosy. On one of tno islands ttere was a phy sician who always wore his band gloved, and it was often discussed why he always had a glove on that hand under all circum stances. One day be came to the authori ties, and ho withdrew his glove, und ho said to the officers of the low: "You see on that hand a spot of the leprosy and that I am doomed to die. I might hide this for a little while and keep away from the Isle of lepers, bit I am a physician, and I con goon that island and udminlster to tbe sufferings of those who are further gone in the disease, and I should like togo now. It would be selfish In me to stay amid these luxurious surroundings when I might bo ot so much help to the wretched. Send me to the isle of the lepers." They, seeing the spot of loprosy, of course took the man into custody. He bade farewell to bis family and bis friends. It was an agonizing farewell. He could never see them again. He was taken to tbe isle of the lepers nnd there wrought among the sick until prostrated by bis own death, which at last came. Ob, that was magnificent self denial, magnifi cent sacrifice, only surpassed by that ot Him who exiled Himself from the health of heaven to this leprous island of a world that He might physician our wounds and weep our griefs and die our deaths, turn ing tbe isle of a leprous world Into a great blooming, glorious garden. Whether em ployer or employe, let as catch that spirit* HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES. To Take Grease from Wall Paper. Lay a sheet of thick blotting paper over the stain and then press a hot iron over it. As soon as the blotting paper becomes greasy move it; bring ft clean part over the stain, and then ipply the iron again. Repeat this un sil the stain has quite disappeared. The Perfect Kitchen. To provide perfect kitchen equip ments requires a special intelligence gathered only by experience that shall enable one to meet the exactions of .ndividual conditions. If the young wife lacks practical experience she :annot do better than apply to the alders of her acquaintance for advice is to V .tations, rather than abun lance of supplies. At every house 'urnisher's shop she will be presented ivith a list of household vessels, in jluding every essential for the kitchen, closets and dresser, but not one of the jatologues will tell her what she can lo without and not be incommoded. Linen Coucli Covers. We are bound to pause and bestow A pleased glaune upoa the new linen 2ouch covers. Large enough to covet entirely, not to mention reaching fairly to the floor, are the most gener ously proportioned divans, these covers are in the natural liuen color with a border of red, or blue or dull green. They are fringed out all around the edge to the depth of a couple of inches. In addition to their comfort-giving qualities, the frugal housewife has the satisfaction of knowing that the upholstery underneath thein is being well preserved from the plentiful Bun shine and the dust. ltnSMian CaiidleMttcks. In our fervor to find out old things tve fall with glee upon the reproduc tions of candlesticks in Russian brass. One treineadous thing, surely a whole yard in height, with a pattern ?ngi aved in quite the Russian idea, suggests the poor subject of the great white Czar staggering to bed undei this mighty weight. And this also leads one to think that all Russians goto bed sober, unless they have ap» pointed masters of the caudles. Seriously, however, there are smaller candles, which will doubtless serve for carrying about. Say what you will, and even if the house is lit with both gas and iucuudesoents, it does ook fetcliiugly quaint to start off to one's lied chamber with an individual light, for all the world like one ol those admired wise virgins. Candles are nicer than lamps, so much so that one can ouly hope the much-admired ten had maids to handle the oil and to rub off the wicks. Laundering Table-Oloths. Tho beautiful laundering of table cloths is the test of an ironer's skill. Ibey mm; bave just enough body not to seem iiinp, the pattern must >"> "brought out," ancl there should be a satiu-iinished surface. The right bodj may be given to table-linen by adding a uuart of starch to the last rinse water—a good tubful. Whether that is done or not they must be made Tery wet in the sprinkling, and ironed until perfectly dry. No matter how smoothly they are ironed, if they are moist when hung on the bars they will acquire a "rough-dry" appear ance. A special cloth for "best occa sions" may be dried after rinsinp without Btarch in the water,) then wet entirely and run through the wringer, then laid on a sheet (or two run to gether), and rolled up tightly ovei night. It will take a weary long tinu to iron that cloth until perfectly dry, but it will be like new, only hand souier. —Woman's Home Companion Keel pea. Tripe—Parboil till tender; then foi a pound put two tablespoon fills buttei in saucepan and a little chopped onion, a tablespoonful vinegar and a few cara way seeds, if liked. Lay tripe in, coveriug it. Cook slowly 10 to If minutes, according to the time at dis posal. Sprinkle with salt and jaeppei and serve on hot plates. Raised Cake—This is from a cook book of "'the good old times." Tw< cups light sponge, one enp t-ugar, one half cup butter, two well-beaten eggs, one cup stoned raisins, floured, half t nutmeg, grated, one-half teaspoonfu) soda dissolved in a little water. Makf into a loaf or loaves, and when light bake in rather slow oven, as it scorches easily. Chicken Livers—Clean, remove gal! bag and green liver adjoining; cut ii small slices. Dredge with salt.peppe) and flonr and saute in butter. Be move, add one teaspoonful butter, on< level tablespoonful flour, one half cuj chicken stock, stir till thick, add twe tablespoon fills mango chutney, ant pour it over the livers. Potato Soup—Take sis good-sizec potatoes and four onious (or less, i strong flavor is disliked), tlice then and put onto boil in two quarts o water. When cooked soft put al through a sieve, add half a cup o milk, stir in a tnblespoouful of flou' smoothed in milk-just enough t< "bind" the puree—add a tablespoon ful of butter in small bits and sal and pepper to make palatable, bu' leaving opportunity for individuals t( season at table. Indian Bannock—This is from i very old family recipe book anc marked "A delicious breakfast dish.' It is equally good for luncheon, anc nice with milk for those who drini the beverage. One pint cornmeal, on< quart milk. Boil half the milk anc scald the meal with it; mix with this while hot a piece of butter the size o an egg and a little salt; beat thret eggs, add these and thin off with th< cold milk. Bake in shallow pans. Bathing in I« Olde Tymei. In these days of universal tabbing, it is interesting to read the curious notions abont bathing, in vogue in former generations. In' a sketch of the childhood of Lonis XIII., in the Atlantic Monthly, his tntor writes un der date of August, 1608: "The Dauphin was bathed for the first time; put into the bath, and Madame, his sister, aged six, with him. The Dauphin was seven years old at the time." Iu his fourth year he had his feet washed with a damp cloth; when he was six, they "washed his feet iu tepid water in the Queen's basin for the first time." It's peculiar that the biggest ex penses in married life are the little ones. The number of families living in one room in London covers 400,000 persons. To Cnre » Cold in One Day. 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BILE IN THE BLOOD PNo matter how pleasant your surroundings, health, good health, is the foundation (or en joyment. Bowel trouble causes more aches and pains than all other diseases together, and when I you get a good dose of bilious bile coursing through the blood life's a hell on earth. Millions of people are doctoring for chronic ailments that started with bad bowels, and they will never get better till the bowels are right. You know how it is—you neglect —get irregular —first suffer with a slight headache—bad taste in the mouth mornings, and general "all gone" feeling during the day—keep ongoing from bad 10 worse untill the suffering becomes awful, life loses its charms, and there is many a one that has been driven to suicidal relief. Educate your bowels with CASCARETS. Don't neglect the slightest irre ularity. See that you have one natural, easy movement each day. CASCA RETS tone the bowels—make them strong — and after you have used them once you will wonder why it is that you have ever been without them. You will find all your other disorders commence to get better at once, and soon you will be well by taking — To any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will —a box free. Aidre* Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement paper. 4U What Sliall We Have For Denerll This question arises in the family daily. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared In 2 min. No boiling! no baking I Simply add a little hot water&set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At grocers. 10c. The average telephone girl has a,large collection of rings. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever ie a bottle of GKOVK'S TASTSLISS CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price 50c. There are 30,000 more exhibitors at the present Paris fair than there were lu 1889. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—MRS. 'I HOS. ROB BINS, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17,1901. Uncle Sam issued 2,500,000,000 two-cent stamps in 1898. What do the Children Drink? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O ? It is delicious and nourishing and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-0 you give the children the more health you distrib ute through their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee but costs about as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. Try Crain-O! Insist that your grocer gives yon GRAIN-O Accept no imitation. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERT; gives ■ quick relief and cores worst capea. BOOK ot testimonials and lO days' treatment Froe. Dr. a. a. QKEm'»»o«g, Box B, Atlanta, a*. 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