5 j
itreiif
2R Use
mum.
;.y-ont
328 .miiiiiiiiiin nil
nils.
ve used Ayer'a Hair
iueilf or many years
1 ''J f J been very satisfactory
ui.a,tyy 1 fc,ve
hard, nita to great m,ny
i'lf'i ricndi ani tbey have ill
"fleetly satisfied with it."
I ij , A. Ednrards, San Fran
'al, ill., Feb. 9, 1899.
'al i niini n iiinmnrm
tBbout It
3 lit yanHMMnaiMW
ltave";s always trie way witb
le of ir Vigor. When per
et' l it they are always so
pleased with it trut they
ir friends about it.
gR9 our hair is short, too
ij'iits at the ends, is rough,
ben (ing out, our Hair Vigor
i"" ectly satisfy you.
-0 (
io mil.;
ur hair is just little
sor perfectly white, Ayer s
in tgor r;ng bade t0 it
' appdarlc, rich color it had
ied i years ago. Vi.l
ititj w mm mw i
rrite the Doctor
" not obtain nil the henrflta you
mbetm the usu of the Vljnir, writo
n 10:
r about It. He will toll yon just
Bil I'sa the Hair and Scalo If you
MA s Auurm,
" ,tr. J. C. Aver, Lowell, Mam.
I UlMWMMWiaWMM
80 V
lbeli1a'a new laboratory 011 Illi"'i
0 kI 'K. woollen structure, with a bit
after-
called to the very usi'fii.
' . alDed In the premium Ht ot th
RlUg Tohacpo Co.'h iidvnrtisemenl
he c I'luK Tobacco in nuother col
j i,e paper. It will pay to wive tin
KB (tun o hikb nfiviiniaire 01
llOi
Viol:
ever Issued by the HtiirTobanoo
cape.a last year Missouri sold 19,000,
Uo eo Spit lad Knioka Tour lire Away,
lysl baooo eoaily and forever, be mat'
rece: aerve and vigor, take No-To
dor-worker, that make weak mca
druggist, COo or 1 1. Cureguarun-
let and aumple free. Address
11 rindy Co., Cblcaeo or New York,
ain eaU her wheat crop In thlr
pma,100 Kawarri. SI IO.
11 rs of tbla paper ill be planned U
uul tera ia at want 0110 dreaded die
br Lenre haa been able to cure in all
.1 fiidtbatlaC'atari'h. Hall'sCatarrb
1 1 inly positive cure now know j tc
Kent. fraternity. Catarrh being aoon
....(lineane, requires a oouatttutional
HU lall'a Catarrh Cure in taken Intar.
lOIUf directly upon the blood anil mu
q l().sof the avhtcm, thereby deBtroy.
13 1 idatlon of the disease, and Riving
tlkatrenxth by building up the oon.
d asnletinu nature in iloinir Ite
proprietors have so much faith In
sirs' power that they offer One Hun.
( for any cans that it falls to cure
ulr'iof testimonial. Address
call- F. J. Chunky & Co., Toledo, 0.
ii.ruiKltB, TSo.
",ckally rill are the best
llg 1:
..Mwkiun to estnblilsli telenhonf
wllh Mllau mill IIoiiip.
UN's Hows, of Atlant 1, tin., are tin
"lukfnl Dropsy Hpeidnlists In tin
:Ue I their liberal offer in advertise
j0rither column of tills papur.
lid Crates Renator Haiisltronvh acqiitr
)QW. tlm In a newspaper ottice.
t b ar Constipation Poravr,
8e'rt Cunily Calhai'tlo. loo ortSa
e'y f" 10 Ura' (Jr"Kt,"'u' ro'UQd muueii
;od fid, London, la In no fewer thui
;)liai
1'' cored of hemorrhnRe of lung
Ck lire for Consumption. Louis
re , Bstkany, Mo., January H, 18tl.
Idee that one-truth of thu world li
0red.
1 1 1, j .
" An Tour Kldneyi f
tuKpar.i Pllluoureall kidney Ilia.
iStUi;- SKrilug Ueniedy Co., Culcmjoor N. f
I wa:,anefte fishermen left Santa Mon
azit; open, llat-lHittnmud skill's, line
llg t.Oile iitilvedity without u mU
iuil li ;
he L no iperienne to dva with Tut-
Ksa nu HI.,,., I- f,n.- -
,,e dy ! all that' neoessury. bold
ocor
I'tiii
.umnbor of women over ulifhtimi
mpkiyed In the fuutorles mu
ot the British Isles Is abou
lort- ;
n'ffii Y?"" B,"' w"h Hiearau.
o'u'ithBrt c. our constipation forever
,1 11UU. O. full, druuKlsis refund money
5oT'on' largest fiiiuiIy"coiislst 01
uve'dren.
oo '
lirt 1
iinit'1
ami" " c"Fn Cold at once,
0fu''BOM,rs Croup wllhnut i.ii
OUJhe U .,t fur Hroiu lulu, l.iippe,
nti .1 ' ,""!l"'iK-i oiiah. and
,he "re of ConumDllon.
11 ' . '."fl01-" Prescribe It
of r "re result.
) Dei
RTTJ JillUiK.!'J.lii.i
k.j-i 1-i-iiiir.n.iii-F
;tipation
... "r "' l-wels. not belnu .hi. ,Z
ixcoiiL nv 11. 1, 1..., .- .
"? "''r""' being able to
,.v. ,. , union not wmer lulecilona
Ue'i1.'.".1 .',u year, plaa .ile In
aitar . . tUlu Ulu I Old er-
l.,u . i'ht,n,"ur rVuud " relief, . "b
, , """"or eaL'b uoveiueuti II
f1- Avi.iitui. Hunt
f V" Ku.iioU bl iJetrull, Ulob.
CAMrw
1 L CATHARTIC
1 '
of
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d "oMAaa RioitTiaio
'aii'
,1iil,
nllnitr... ---es. luu, JUC. uw.
"IIHE CONSTIPATION
.to'Vi!!?'"' i. i.'"aa
alt:
plev
Is food for thouirht
REV. DBJALMAGt
TTIB EMINENT DIVINE'S SUNPAY
DISCOUP5B.
Bubjenti rillrior.uoke-.Trlalaof TrnlU
Kxproaseil With n lllbllcal Hymliol-.
The flurrsrlii; of lh Church of tlod
1'owerfnlly flat Forth.
(Copyright, Louis Klopsch. lflH.)
WAsnmoTotc, D. C The trials tlirotili
whleh tha truth Ims strugKlod nre l-y Dr.
TnlmnKH here set forth tinder a illlilesym.
bol of (treat guKRestlveness nnd power;
text, Holomon's Honp;, itl., 6, "Who Is this
Ihnt cometli out of the wilderness llkd
pillars of smoke?"
The architecture of the amoks Is won.
drons, whether Ood with Ills lliiRer
curves It Into a oloud, or rounds It Into
a dome, or points It In a spire, or
spread It In a wliiR, or, as In the text,
hoists It In a pillar. Wutnli It wliidlnR
up from the conntry farmhouse In the
warlv rooming;, showing; that the pn
tora'l industries have begun, or see It
asnandlnu from the chimneys of tin
olty, telling; of the homes fed, tho fsc.
torles turning out valuable fabrios, tin
printing presses preparing book ami
newspaper and all the 10,000 whoeli
of work In motion. On a clear day tltU
vapor spoken ot mounts wllh inch buoy.
rdi'V, and spreads lucti a delicate veil
aoross the sky, and traces such graaelul
lines of clroifl and semicircle, and waves
nnd tosses and sinks and soars and scattrrs
with such affluence of shape nnd color and
siiRRestlvenoss that, If you have never no
ttred It, yon nre like a man who has all his
Ills lived In l'arls and yet nevir seen the
Luxembourg, or all Ills life in Home nnd
never seen the Vatican, or nil Ins IKo at
I.ookport and never seen Niagara. Forty,
four times the Dllilo speaks of the smoke,
and It Is about time thnt somebody
preached a sermon reeok'iilr.lug this
strange, weird, beautiful, elastic, clinrm
Ing, terrillc and fascinating; vapor. Across
the Bible sky Hosts the smoke of Hinnl, the
smoke of HoiIo d, the smoke of Al, the
smoke of the pit, the smoke of the volcanic
hills when God touches them, nnd In my
text the glorlouschurch of God eomlnjr up
out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke
In the first place, these pillars of smoke
In my text indicate thu suffering the
church of Ood lins endured. What do I
mean by tho church? 1 mean not a build
ing, not a sect, but those who in all aire
nud all lands ami of all beliefs love Ood
and nre trying to do rlRht. For many cen
turies the lienvims have boon black with
tho smoke of martyrdom. If set side by
side, you could Kirdlo the earth with tin'
llres of persecution Mowlam! Taylor
burned at HudlelRli, Latimer burned ut
Oxford, John lingers burned at Hmltlifleld,
Tohn Hooper burned nt Gloucester, John
Hubs burned nt Constance, Lawrence
Suunders bur nod nt Coventry, Joau ot Arc
burned nt Houeu.
1'rotestauts have represented Catholloa
as having a monopoly of persecutors, but
both Frotestnnt and CatUolin have prac
ticed infamous cruelties. The Catholics
during the reign of Hiiuneric were by l'ro
lestnuts put to the wors: tortures, stripped
of their clothing, hoisted In the ulr by
pulleys with weights suspended from their
feet, then let down;, and ears and eyes,
nosa nud tongue wero nmpiitntnd. ami red
hot plntos of iron were put against the ten
derest part of their bodies.
George linncrott, the historian, says of
t lie Htute ot Maryland: "In the land which
Catholics had opened to I'rotestnuts mass
might not bo said publicly, no Cathr.lbi
priest or bishop might utter his fallh in a
voice of persuasion, no Cathollu might
tench the young. It a wayward child ot
a papist would become 1111 apostate, the
law wrostcd for him from Ills parents a
share ot tholr property. Much wore the
motuods udoptod to prevent the growth of
popery."
Catholicism, ns wel( as Protestantism,
has had Us martyrs. It does suein us ii
when any ouesect got completo domiuuncy
In uuy land tho devil of persecution and
cruelty took possession ot that sect. Then
see the Catiiolios after the Huguenots. Hon
the gentiles alter the Jews in Touraliie,
whore n great pit was dug and lire lighted
at the bottom nt the pit, nud 100 Jewish vic
tims werecousuined. Heethe Presbyterian
parliament of England, more tyrannical
In their treatment of opponents than had
been the criminal courts. 1'ersecutiou
against the Iiapltsts by Pindo-Baptists, per
secution of the Established Church against
thu Methodist Church, persecution ngnlnst
the Quakers, persecution against the Pres
byterians. L'ndor Emperor Dioalutian
144,000 Christians were massacred, und
700,000 more of them died from banishment
und exposure
Witness the sufferings of the Waldunscs,
ot the Alblgeuses, ot the Nestorluns. Wit
ness Ht. Bartholomew's massacre. Witness
the Duke ot Alva driving out of lite 18,000
Christians. Witness Herod and Nero and
Declus nud Hlldebraud nud Tori(Uomudn
and Earl ot Moutfort aud Lord CliiverJ
house, who, when told that he must give
account lor his oruelties, said, "I have no
need to account to mnu, und as for Ood I
will take Him in my own hands." A red
line runs through the church history of
l'JOO years, a llnu of blood. Not by the
hundreds of thousands, but by the millions,
must we count thosuslalu for ChrlHt's sake.
No wonder Joliu Milton put the groans of
ttieinurtvrs to au Immortal tuuo, writing:
Avenge, o Lord, Thy slaughtered saints
whose hones
Llo scattered ou tho Alpine mountains
cold.
The smoko ot mnrtyrs' homes nnd
mnrtyrs" bodies it rolling up all at ouce
would have eclipsed the noonday gun aud
turned tho brightest day the worid ever caw
iuto n midnight. "Who is this that
eomoth up out ot the wilderness like pil
lars of smoke?"
Hub persecution censed? Ask that young
mau who is trying to be a Christian In a
store or fuctory, whore from morning to
night he is the butt of all the mean wit
ticisms of unbelieving employes. Ask that
wife whose husband makes hor fondness
for the house ot Ood nnd even he kneel
ing prayer by the bedside n derision and
is no more fit for her holy companionship
than a lllthy crow would be lit companion
for a roblu or a golden oriole. Compro
mise with the world aud surrender to Its
conventionalities and it may let you alone,
but all who will live godly In Christ Jesus
must sillier persecution. Ilea theatre going,
curd playing, wine drinking, round dancing
Christian and you iiiuy escape criticism'
nud souliil pressure. Hut bo nn up am!
down, out and out follower of Christ, and
worldling will wink to worldling as lid
speaks your name, and you will bo put In
many it doggerel and snubbed by those)
not worthy to blacken your oldest shoes.'
When the bridge at Ashtabula broke au I'
let down thu most ot the carload ot pas
fceugers to Instant death, Mr. P. P. Bliss
was seated on one side of the aisle of the
cur writing down u Christian song which
lie was composing, nud on thu other side
a group' of muii were playing cards.
Whose landing place In eternity would yoU
prefer that of P. P. Bliss, the gospel slug
vr, or ot tho card players?
A great complaint comes from the then.
Ires about the ladles' high hats because,
llioy obstruot the view ot the stage, and a
lady reporter asked me what I thought,
about it, nud I told her that it the Indecent
pictures of actresses lu the show windows
were accurate pictures of what goes on iij
many ot the theatres night by night, tuoii
it would be well It the ladles' hats were i
mile high, sous to completely obstruct thu
vision. It professed Christians go to suoli
pluces during the week, no one will eves
persecute them tor their religiou, for they
have uone, and they are tho Joke of hell.
But let them live a consecrated and Chris
tian life and they will soon run against
(neerlug opposition.
For n compromise, Christina ohnrncter
an easy time now, but for consecrated be
havior, grimace nud cnricaluie. For the!
body, thank to the Ood ot ires America,
there are now no swords or llery Siiikes,
but for the souls ot thousands ot the good.
In a figurative souse, ruck and gibbet und
Torquemadn. The iymbol ot the domestic
aud soolnl und private und public sulTorlng
of a great multitude of Ood' dear chil
dren, pillars of smoke. What au exciting
soene In Iudia when, during the sepoy re.
bullion, a regimnut of lilghlauders came up
und found the dead body ot one ot General
Wheeler' daughters, who had been Insult
ed aud mauled and slain by the sepoys.
Ho great was the wrath ugulnst these
murderer that tho H.iotoh regiment sat
down, aud, outtlng oft the hair of this
dead daughter of General Wheeler, they
divided it among them, aud onoli one
eouuted the number ot hair given him,
nud eauh took an oath, which was execu
ted, that for each hair of the murdered
daughter they would dash out tbo Ufa ot n
bestial odqv. hut aawa look; ovur tba
story ot tnosa wno tn an ages nave annernd,
for tha trutb, while we leave vengeance to
the Lord, let ua band together la one
solemn vow, one tremendous oath, after
having counted the host of the martyrs,
that for onoli one ot those glorious men
and women who died for the truth nn Im
mortal shall live, live with Ood and live
forever.
But, as T alroady hinted tn the first
sentence of this sermon, nothing ran be
more benuttful than the figures ot smoke
on a clear sky. You can see what you will
In the contour of this volntile vapor, now
onchauted castles, now troops of horse
men, now bannered procession, now
winged couriers, now n black nngel ol
wrath uudor a spenr ol the sunshine
turned to an angel of light, nnd now from
horizon to horizon the nlr is 11 picture
gallery filled with masterpieces of which
Ood Is tha artist, burning clouds nt smoke
born In the sunrise and evening clouds
ot smoko laid In tho bUrnMied sopuluhers
of the sunset,
'Vl'lie beauty of the transfigured smokn Is
Kdlvlne symbol of the beauty of the
nlinrch. The fairest ot nil tho fair Is she.
Do not enll those persecutors of whom I
spoke the church. They nre the pnrniltes
of the church, not the church Itself. Her
mission Is to cover the earth with a superna
tural gladness, to open all the prison doors,
to balsam all tho wounds, to moss all the
gravos.to burn up the night In the llreplacc
ot n great morning, to change Iron hand
cufTs into diamonded wristlets, to turn the
whole race around nnd whereas it fnaod
death, commanding It, "lilght about face
for heaven!" According to the number ol
the spires of the churches in all our cities,
towns and neighborhoods nre the good
homes, tho worldly prosperities and tha
pure morals anil the happy souls.
Meet meat any depot the world over, nnd
with mv eves nlosoil tHko me liv the liuml
nnd lead me so thnt my Feet will not stum- I
bio, nnd without my once looking down ot '
looking on tho level take mo to some high
roof or tower und let me see the tops of
tho churches, and I will tell you the pro
portion of suicides, ot arsons, of murders,
ot thelts. According ns the churches are
numerous nre tho crimes tow. According
ns the churches urn few tho crimes are nu
merous. The most beautiful organization
tho world ever saw or ever will see Is the
much mnllgnod church, the friend of nil
good, the too ot all evil, "fair ns tho moon
nnd clear ns the sun." Beautiful In hi-t
Author, beautiful In her mis Ion, the hero
ine ot the centuries, the bride of t'hrlut,
the queen of the nation"!
Men may desecrate it, ns Cramwell.who:'.
ho stabled bis cavalry horses in St. P, nil's
Cathedral; or break olT the Imago of
Christ, ns did tho Iconoclasts In York min
ster; or hurl against it august literary an
tipathies, ns did Olbbou; or plot its over
throw, us do pome lu every community
whose pride nud hate and debauchery uro
reproved by tho Ton Commandments
which it thunders nud the surmon 011 the
mount which its breathes. But It will
stnud as long us the earth stands, the
nine unique ami wonder working and
beat I lie and miraculous thing for
which God decreed It. Hmnll wits tux
their brain to say things that will put
her at disadvantage, but ninny of them
will send for Its condolence when dy
ing, and their ehlblren will be gathered up
under its b 'iiedlctlons after the parental
curse lias been removed. Through het
gates will march all the liiiluenccs for good
that shall over reach our world. Take hot
membership as a iiiiifb. not speaking of the
ueknowledged exceptions, they uro the
noblest, grandest, kindest, best men nnd
woman of the ages, lint for them the
earth would long ngo have been a burned
out volcano. They have been thu salt that
has kept the human race from putrefac
tion iustiffuruble either to human ornngulla
olfactories.
You lying and hypocritical world, shut
up those slanders about the church of
Christ, an institution which, far from being
what It ought to be nud never pretending
to be perfect, Is 500 limes better than nny
other Institution that t he world ever saw
or over dreamed of. The highest honor I
ever bad nnd the highest honor I shall
ever receive and the highest honor I ever
want is to have my name ou her records
rnt 11 member. At Inn- altars I lepeuted,
A.t her sacraments I believed. In her ser
vice let nie dlo. From her doors lot mo be
burled. O church of God! Thou home ot
Hie righteous! Thou harbor from tempesi!
i'hou refuge for the weary Thou light
house of many nations! Thou type ol
heaven! I could kiss thy very dut with
ecstasy of uffuctiou.
For her my tears shall full,
For her my prayers ascend,
To her my tolls and cures bo given
Till toils und cares chilli end.
Oh, come Into tho church through Clirisl
the door, a door more glorious than that
of thu temple ot Hercules, which had two
pillars, and one was gold und the other
emerald! Coino lu to-day! Tho world
you leave behind is a poor world, nud it
will burn und pass oh like pillars ol
smoke. Whether the Hunt conflagration
will ttart lu the coal mines of Funusyl
vanlii, which In some places have for many
years been burning and eating Into the
heart of the mountains, or whether it shall
beglu near Ibo California geysers, 01
whether from out tho furnaces ot Cotopnxl
and Vesuvius' and Htromboll It shall
burst forth upon the astonished nation i
make no prophecy, but all geologists
tell us that we stand ou the lid of a world,
the heart ol wlil'jh in a raging, roaring, aw-'
ful Hume, and somo day God will let thu
red monsters out of their imprisonment ol
centuries, and Now York on lire in 1H35,
and Charleston ou lira in 18155, and Chicane
ou tiro in 1H72, und Boston on lire in 187.)
were only like one spark from a black
smith's forge as compared with that
last universal lilazo which will be seen
lu other worlds. Hut gradually thu
Humes will lessen, und the world will
become n great living coal, aud that
fvlll take on ashen hue, and then our ruined
planet will begin to smoke, nud the mount
itins will smoke, and tho valleys will smoke,
and the islands will smoke, and tho sens
will smoke, and the cities will smoko, and
the live continents will be live pillars of
smoke. Hut the black vapors will boglu to
lesson In height nud density, and then will
become hardly visible to those who look
upon it from the sky galleries, and after
awhile from Just ouo point there will curl
up a thin, solitary vapor, aud then even
that will vanish, aud there will be nothing
left except the charred ruius of a burned
out world, tho corpse of n dead star, the
nshos ot nn extinguished planet, a fallen
pillar of.'smoko.
Hut Unit will not Intel fero with your in
vestments if you have taken Christ ns your
Kavlour. Hecure heaven a your eteruul
home, and you can look down upon a dis
mantled, dlsru pted und demolished earth
without auy perturbation.
When wrapped lu lire the realms of other
glow,
Aud heaven's Inst thunders shake the earth
below.
Thou, undismayed, shnlt o'er the ruins
smile
And light thy torch at Nature's funeral
Idle rT
The disoovory of a case of tha bn
bonio plague on a vossol which au
oeeileii in rouoUiiia; the New York
(iiiurniitine grounds, is not a wurraut
for much fi'itr 011 that ground, lint
it i alarming thnt the pluKtie should
huvo untile ita appearance in Jirii7.il,
nnd hIioiiIi! have been topped ub the
gates of New York by a vury elfuctive
(narantir.e system. But what about
other ports where the (pinraiitine a
not so strict, and what about other
vessels, whose captains donotbuppen
to bo sick, and whoso crew or passen
gers uuiy be allowed to slip ashore ?
The incident, though, exceptionally
enforces the necessity of the strictest
Hurveilluuce over all foreign trude a'
nil our ports.
It is estimated on good authority
that the graud total circulation of
American newspnperj and publica
tions iB 3,Cl)J,0()U,00() copies. They
contain 20!),()l)0 advertisements iu
each collective issue, and oust the ad
vertisers each year $100,000,000.
Wlion Kudyard Kipling rubbed us
down with his "White Man's ISurdeo,"
he did not include in bis uient-al
vision the liners of HoutU Africa, who
are as white as wo are, and who want
to divide the burden with the people
of Great Iirituin, '
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
'NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT.'
FOR DECEMBER 24.
Sulilert: Christ's Comlns f'o-etolil,
lx., 3.7r)uldin Text: l.uks II., It.
Memory Verses: Ins. Ix., fl, 7 Com
inenlary on tlie Day's I.esami,
9. "The people that walked In darknos.'
Tho people ot Judah. They were n; thlf
time under a two-fold darkness; (1) Til
darkness of ontwnr I trouble, Hoe VI King'
15:37; lil:4-S, 17; i Clirou. 21:5-11, (2) Thej
wero In mornl darkness. They wero at
tacked by the king of Iruol and by the
king ot Damascus, and afterward by the
king of Assyria. Groat multitudes were
cnrrlod captives, or wore slain. In this
rioop affliction ot tne Jcwi-ili nation her old
f-jin rose up against hor. Tho Kdomltes,
on the southeast, and the Philistines, on
the southwest, poured In tholr troops upon
the devoted laud and ailde.1 to its calami
tlss, Tho Philistines took permanent pos
session of the territory which thoy had
ovnrrun, occupying It an I adding it to their
dominion, Judah was In Heed "brought low
and mnde nnked." 2 Citron. 2-I.1H. Hor
eon ut ry was desolate, her cities were burned
with lire; hor land strangers devoured It
lu her presence, Isa. 1:7. The territory that
rnmalneil to hor was truly but a very
small remnant, and oven that was threat
ened. To escane trom these troubles klug
Aliar. appealed to Tlglath-Pilesor II., of
Assyria, for help. Ho came, and the result
was that Ahna had to rob the templo and
bis palace ot tholr treasures in order to pay
tho required tribute; and, still moro, he
sncrlilcod tho liidepoudouco and honor of
the realm Itself. Polottbet.
.1. "Thou hast multiplied th nallon."
The pr iphet shows thoin the Messiah and
His times. Ho would movo them to hope,
awaken faith, arouse to righteousness, by
the vision ot good times coming. The only
way to such a blessed consummation was
by tho path of holiness, obodleneo and
faith. "Thoy Jov before Thoo." The pro
phet notes it to be a rollgious joy because
It is said to ho before God that is, in His
presence nnd with a grateful acknowledg
ment ot His bonollts. This seems to duooto
that the events predicted would bo the
source of greater Joy to nil true Israelites
than any of their former deliverances;
though, nt tbo samo tlmo, the unbelieving
Jews who constituted the bulk of the na
tion would ho driven Into darkness, ns they
were, both as to their outward miseries nnd
their dark nud bllrdod state iu respect of
spiritual coneorus.
4. "Thou hast broken the yoke." The
Tews wero successively delivered frjm the
burdensome und galling yoke of the Assy
rians, Chaldeans. Persians nnd Macedon
ians; but these dellvor.incos were only a
shadow of redemptlou from tho yoke of
Satan; and that redumption semns here
especially predicted as If already accom
plished. "As In the day ot Mlilinn." As
Gideon with a handful ot men conquered
the hosts ot Mldlan, so Messiah, the
"child" (v. (i), shall provoto bethe "Prlnje
of pence," nud tho small company under
Him shall overcome the mighty hosts of
Antichrist, Sou the sums contrast lu Use.
S: 2-5.
5. "For every battle." It was the cus
tom ot antiquity to pile the nrms of pros.
trato enemies, the spoils ot lei value, aatt
their spotted garments, Into aheap nud
then biru tho:n. All that belongs tower
shall lie swept away; the war itself shall
dlo. Tho Messiah abolishes nil war; but
not until Ills foes aro either swept away by
His Judgments or molted Into penitence and
won over to submission by His lore. These
promises wero n groat comfort, not only
for tho promise of victory over the then
threatening enemy, but from tho ussur
ance of dual triumph ami success.' The
tldo from tho ocean of tutiiro blessings
llowod back upon tho present. The light
from Jesus Christ shone bick 011 Judah ull
through the seven hundred years that lay
between, Tho best things In life aro bat
dimly soon und partly Uuowu.
0. "Unto us." The prophet spake of the
predicted blessings as if already communi
cated. Angels say, "Uhto you," but this
child wns born fur the benefit of us men,
of us sinners, of 11 11 believers, to tho end of
the world, lu t no far distance tho prophet
foresaw tho U nloemer of tho world. It is
Interesting to notice how this promise
gruduully dawned upon tho world through
the pro diets. A little later came the
vlslou of tho sutforlng Saviour (Isa. 53);
then the town where Ho should bo bora
(Mieah C:3); u more complete revelation
came through Daniel. These prophecies
wero so spread abroad that at thu time of
His coming there prevailed throughout
tho entire Fast nn Intense conviction that
ero long a powerful inouurch would arise
iu Judca and gain dominion over the
world. Virgil, who lived a little before
this, owns that a child from heaven was
looked for, who should rosters the golden
ago aud take away sin. "A bon Is given,"
God's gratuitous gift, npoa whluh mau
had no claim. John S ill. A gift of love,
of Joy, ot unlvorsnl Illness to our needs,
of eternal enrichment, ot forever Increas
ing value; nnd this gift Insures nil other
gilts, ltom. 8:32. As Hon of man Jesus
was "a child born;" as Hoa of God he wis
a "Son given." "Government." The en
sign of government, the sceptre, the
sword, or key, was borne upon or Iiuag
from tho shoulder. All government slmU
be vested in him. "His name." A niimo
ituuds for nil thnt Is in the ra.iu his
liuniotor, his principles und bis property.
"Wonderlul.." liecatse His 11 a turn was
both human nnd divine. Wuoovor refuses
to believe In tho supernatural must pause
at the manger. Ha van go no farther.
How Godhood and manhood eould be kult
together lu the person ot Christ Is beyond
us. Hut things Incomprehensible are not
Incredible. All divine works are wonder
ful. There are marvels enough lu 11 drop
ot water to bowildorthe wisest. "Counsel
lor." . Ouo who hns wisdom to guide himself
md others. Jesus was the embodiment of
iheWlsdomof Ood. "MlghtyGod." God the
mighty One. As He has wisdom, so He has
llrougth; He Is able to save to the utter
most; and such Is thu work of the Mediator
'.hat uo less a power than thnt of the
ilghty God could accomplish It. He has
sontrol ot all forces for thu salvation of
men; He cau conquer all nuemios, make
His kingdom triumphant over all obstacle,
tan always stand before and above Ills
people, loading them on to higher end
higher developments. "Everlasting
I'ather." Expressing the divine love and
pity for mon, a love thnt can nevor (all, for
it Is everlasting. The Father pliiotb His
children thnt are weak la knowledge, and
instructs them; p'tlos thuin when they ure
Iroward, sud bears with them; pities them
when they nre sick, and comforts them;
when thoy nre fallen, aud helps thom up
again. "Prince ot Ponce." As a King He
us III
pence both keeps the hearts of His people
nnd rules iu them. Hi is the Author o. all
tiint pence which Is the present nud future
bliss of His subjects. Peace is used to ex
press all the blessings that come to a
kingdom where there H ponco from out
ward enemies, pence between rulers and
ruled, pcauo between the dill'erent mem
bers of the kingdom; uo disorders, uo Idle
ness, uo criminals.
8 mall 1'ralse.
A young man who hud dlsttpolnted
Ms grandfather by displaying no fond
ness for New Knglund farm life made
his wuy through college, and the law
school, and in tlmo became a Judge.
His grandfather watched his progresj
with a sort of unwilling pride, but
never by word or look gave young
John the loAst encouragement or
praise. When the appointment to the
judge's bench at lust came, the grand
sun took heart and asked for the old
man's congratulations. "Aren't you
Clad for me, grandfather?" he asked,
almost wistfully, glancing at the stub
born old face beside him. "Well, yes,
I am glad for ye, John," admitted the
octogenarian la a grudging tone. "1
am glad for ye, hut I don't want you
r.hould feel set up and imagine you
amount to any great shakes Jett 0:1
nccount of being made Judge. I want
you should always recall when any
thing like this comM to ye that there'
plenty of folks that when they're to
need of a stopper and haven't got any
cork, they'll make shift with a corn
cob! You jest bear that In mind."
KEYSTONE STATE.
I.ATKST NKtva OI.KANKI. tJIOM VAftl.
Ota PAItTsl.
OVER ICO DEER KILLED.
In the ?.i,ri. .mill A Honed for Hunting
inilie Niiirlsinpii Also Hugged n,IM'"
Uunll mill Many itahhlts nud I'liciisiints -.Miner's
l.ntnpMcIs I Ire to Ills Oll-Noalii'd
I lollies Olhrr l.lve Mens.
Tho hunting season In Centre county just
closed, has been the best tills section "f the
Hlato experienced In years. During the one
month for killing deer fully double the num
ber of fleet-rooted animals were secured that
has been killed In any season for ten yenrs
past. No nceurato count has been obtaina
ble, but conservative rstimates place the
number nt not less than 100. Averaging this
number at just 123 pounds weight apiece nnd
there Is given tho aggregate of from five to
six tons of venison secured by sportsmen In
Centre County grounds. Aside from the
doer killed small game hns been unusually
plentiful. There literally was 110 end to rab
bits and phosnnts, while for wild turkeys, tho
woods wore full of them, aud tho number
killed was quite large. Probably the best
sport Indulged by tho most experienced
hunters was quail shooting. The bringing
to Centre County of quail by the Nlttany Gun
Club not only gave thnt organization good
shouting on Its Nlttany Valley preserve, but
tho birds have spread throughout tho entire
eastern section of tho county, so that quail
shooting was quite as good on lands adjacent
to the preserve as It was In tho valley, and
outside nlmrods proved just as successful ill
bugging the birds as did the most expert of
the club's members. It Is a sato estlmnto
that not less thau MM0 quail and upward
were secured In Centre County during the
two months of tho open season, nud there
are still loft plenty of the birds for the Spring
hatching, providing they weather the Win
ter In good shape. Among the most success
ful of tho hunting clubs was the Modoes, of
lloalsburg, who secured seven deer, ono
bear and n wagon load ofsmullgamo la a
two weeks' hunt in tho Hoven Mountains
Coul Miner liii'liiernted.
John McMillan, a miner at the Dorranee
colliery of the I.elilgh Valley, met a horrible
death. He was at work in tho mines when
his oil-soaked clothes caught lire from his
lamp, and before tho (lames were extin
guished by others who henrd his cries he
was horribly burned about the head ami
body. He was removed to City Hospital,
where he died a few minutes after being ad
mitted. The man's body was burned almost
to a crisp. He was fit) years of ago and loaves
a large family.
Two Struck by Trains.
One killed nnd another fatally Injured is
the railroad accident record tn the vicinity
of Greensburg. Frank Alexander, 18 years
old, of Donohoe, was walking on the track
when ho was lilt by a fast express and killed
Instantly. Ktewnrt Hendricks, 110 years, was
caught on a crossing east of llriulcnvllle with
a wagon and team, when he was struck by
an express and hurled forty feet. He was
fatally hurt aud the horses were killed.
1'lfty-rmir Killed In a Year.
Edward ltrenmin, Inspector of the Seventh
Anthracite Mlulng District, has Issued his
annual report. It shows llfty-four fatal and
eighty-four nou-fatal accidents. The deaths
resulted In thirty-two widows and sevonty
nino orphans. Most of tho fatalities were
caused by falls of top coal and slate and pre
mature explosions. The number employed
In the district for lH9s was l'J,5!57, as against
21,050 In 1897, n decrease of Mill. The coal
production will run up to 6,1)00,000 tons, a
large Increase over last year.
Wife Murderer Sentenced.
Isaac lilrrilo, who was convicted at the
November term of court for the murder of
his wife at lllossburg on July 5 by setting
lire to her clothes ami holding her hands
while she burned, was brought Into court at
Wollsboro for sentence. Jleforo Judge
Mitchell pronounced his doom lilrrilo pro
tested his Innocence. He received the sen
tence of death with composure.
Disastrous l'lre.
The most disastrous mlno (Ire lu the his
tory of tho Clearlleld coal region occurred
at Morrlsdule, wheu tipple, derrick engine
and holler house of the Morrlsdule Coal
Company shaft Number 1, wi re destroyed.
The loss Is about 475,000. Four hundred
men are thrown out of employment. The
origlu of llro not known. Should tho tire
from tho burning timber which falls down
the shaft set lire to tho coul, the loss will be
much greater.
To Hebulld llllrnnd Asylum.
A fund was startod for tho rebuilding ol
tho Western Pennsylvania Institute (or the
Dent and Dumb which was destroyed by lire
at Edgcwood Stutlou, Pittsburg, omolalsol
the Monongohela Traction Company set tho
movement going. Mayor Dlehl has con
seuted to not as treasurer for the fund. The
Insurance ou thu building was but 75.0OJ.
(ilrl Accidentally Killed.
A girl named MUihonskl, residing nt the
Polish settlement ou East Creek, was In
stantly killed by tho accidental discharge ol
a guu. Tho weapou had been left lying ou
Hie table by her brother, und the girl was at
tempting to pick It up, when it was dls.
charged. Tho bullet passed through her
body.
Constables Claim e 1,000.
The constables of Huntington county (lied
bills at the present term of court amounting
to almost Hl00 for services rendered by
themselves and assistants In putting out for
est fires wiliiln the last niiiety days. The
taxpayers aro up in arms agniiiBt the law
uudor which these exoosslve bills are filed.
Illust Ilium Man to Pieces.
J. Oswald Parsons, 23 years old, was liter
ally blowu to pieces nt the United States
slate quarry at Pen Argyl. Parsons was
preparing to set oil a blust when powder that
had been scattered by the high wind found
Its way into a crevice iu the rock uud became
Ignited.
Iron Merchant Dies.
Edmund I.osey, tho head of the llrm of
I.osoy A; Co., Irou aud steel merehunls of
liastoii, died after snlTering from a compli
cation of diseases for some time, Ho wus 02
years of age. A widow survives him.
Ills House a Distillery.
Internal lteveiiue Oflloers Evans, of far
boudale, and Hluck, of Charleston, W, Va.,
have seized au illicit distillery lu Pike
county live miles from Hawley
Foreman Fatally llurncid by Kxplosloii.
William Hiofert, Jr., foreman at tbe Hub
bard Furnace, Sharon, was fatally burned by
a cinder explosion.
Woman Drops Dead.
Mrs. Addle Johnson dropped dead at
Doylestowu. She was the widow of the late
John Johnson aud was about 50 years of
age.
Natural Oat la Englind.
Natural gas found nt Ilcnttiildd, Pu
sex, la being used to light tho rullroml
station there. It is said to be tho llrst
practical use to which uatural gns has
Wq put in Europe,
If silverware is kept clean it does not often have
to be polished. After using the silver it should always
be washed with a suds, made by dissolving some
shavings of Ivory Soap in warm water, then wiped
dry and rubbed lightly with a soft paper, a chamois
skin or a piece of flannel.
All highly-polished metal surfaces will retain their
polish much longer if this plan is followed and rubbing
with compounds avoided as much as possible.
OOPVfllQMT UH IV THI PRAOTtR A OAMILl 00. OINOfNNATt
SAVE
YOUR
STTJfRl TAGS
"Star" tin tags (showing small stars printed on under side
of tag), " Horse Hhoe," "J.T.," " Good Luck," "Cross Bow,"
and "Drummond" Natural Loaf Tiu Tags are of equal value in
securing presents mentioned below, and may be assorted.
Every mau, woman and child cau fiod something en tbo list
that they would like to have, and cau have
TAON.
1 Vstoti Pox 56
S Kll'fe, one tilsde. ood stefll
5 Hcl-sers. incite aft
4 ('lillil' Het, Knife. Fork ami Sn Hi
6 Halt slid !eptr Het, ttiieench, quad
ruple plsle on while metal M
Kfiich Ilrlsr Weed Pipe 3ft
1 llagor, liullew itruunU, flue Knidish
steel 60
butter Knifa, trii'U plats, best
quality so
9 Huunr Shell, tni'la plate. Wat qual. . litl
lu H'atnp flux, sterling silver 70
II Knife. "Keen Kuttr,"lwe Wail".. 76
13 liittchsr Knife, "Keen Kutter," B In
lilB'la 7
15 Shears, "Keen Kutter "S-lnch 76
14 Nut Het, Oia. ker and Picks, sliver
pliled so
16 lla.e Hall, " Association," best qual.llKl
15 Alnrin clock, nickel lfto
l; HI 11 Uoimlne Hegers' Teaspoon., ImjhI
I l.'iled oi1n 1 Ml
IS Wa'cii, nickel, stein wind and net . . 3tsi
19 ('irvers, guml steel, bilckhorn
linmlli-. SOU
9U Hit llMtiulne Holers' Tahiti Spoons,
1'fit plated iMmdn 360
31 Hit each. Knives and I'urk, buck
ltom handles STSI
33 Six each, Oentline ItnuerV Knives
and I'urka, best plated good. 60(1
TAOS,
31 Clock, a-rtay. Calendar, Tlterinnni
eter, H-Tiiiueter sell
94 dun -ae, leather, lis tietler made. 60S
116 lle.olver. atitoiuatlc, diallila action,
3er asciilllier SO
X) Tool Set, nut playthliiu-a, bat real
tools
97 Toilet Het decorated porcelain, '
very handnoliie SOO
is Itemiiiutnn Hide No. 4, UJor si cal . aw
l!S Watch, merlins- sliver. bill jeweled Haw
UO liresa Halt ('awe, leather, liaudaume
and durable 1000
31 Hewing Machine, first rlusi, with
all attachments 1000
3J ltevolver, Cult's, SS calilier, blued
sleol 110
ft) ltlne. Coir.. lS-nhnt, 33-calllMtr IKS)
34 Oultar (Wanliburil, rouwood, in
laid NO
Xft Mandolin, very handaome too
3D Winchester lteieatinf HI'ot l'"n.
I. i:ue 3000
37 lteuilnuten. ilonble-btrrel, ham
mui'HUot Guu. lour Usauits 300
llicycle, standard make, ladles or
fc-elils 3MW
as
33
40 Hen I in Mil.lc Uox, Is Inch DI.C.J
Hhet Ottn, ItemliiKton, double Bar
rel, haiuilierlsHH 80UO
THE ABOVE OFFER EXPIRES NOVEMBER 30m. 1900.
SnApial Notion I Plain " Htar " Tin Tai-s tthat is. Star tin tatts with no srtull
jpnumi nuiiua I ,t.v, printed on under el.le of taiti. are not m,ii far ,rr.M.,
lint will he ald for In CAHH on the bams of tweuty cants pw
hundred, if received livu.nn nr before Mi-ch l-f. 19 10.
I sr-ll KAK IN .11 1 M) llmt a dime's worib ol
STAR PLUG TOBACCO
will Inst looser anil nflonl mare pleasure than a lime worth of any
iti.crb.nnd. MAKETHETE8TI
Sendtaqsto ( OMiMIM'AI, TO 11 C O 0., SI. Louis, Mo.
A -k it ir k -k -k it k k k k k k k
Mario Curulll's "Xiieluia" lias been drama-tl.uil.
Beautjr la Dlood Deep.
dean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cuscarets, (Jandy Cathar
tic clean your blood aud keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all
Hiritics from the Iwdy. Begin today to
miiish pimples, tioils, blotches, blackheads,
and that Biekly bilious complexion by takinn
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
Sinus, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
1'dwln Anion Is loading man of a Chteago
slock company.
"A Great Blessing," says Mr. J. S. Cook
Mr. John H. Cook, of Atlanta, (la., a front
utTnrer from dyspepsia and Indigestion, writes:
"1 bare been suffering with dysjiepaia fur
ten years. I beeau taking Tynor's Dyspepsia
Ksiiiedy aud gained .Ifum pounds In thirty
lays. It Is a great blessing. I eau eat snoper
go to bed and sleep llko n bntio aoinelblug
onild not do before. Jons t. cool.''
1'rlce AO centa a bottle, at all druggists : or
sent for price, express paid, by Tyner liyspep.
lu Kuuiedy Co., 43 Mitchell tit., Atlanta, tin,.
Fanny Plea has a now play called "A Won
derlul Woman."
Vitality low, debilitated or eihaustrd onrrd
liy lr. Kline's luvigoratlug Ti nlc. r'liKK 1.
trial bottle, for X week's troutnient. Dr. Kline,
l.il,, mi A r cli St., Philadelphia. I'uuuded
Mr. Orau says be lost '-'6,U00 on his Chi
cago season of grand opera.
Acts gently on the
Kidneys, Liver
and Bowels
cuan5e5 the ystem
-ft Cd tr r I UALLY,
OVERCOMES Xrfti rC
Hab,tualCoNsT,PAT,ON
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BW7 TH6 ftetiUINt - MaMT 0 By
UlvRNIAlTGl.SYI?Vr(S
run sau s au Muturi rmu K ruawu..
N
O crop can
grow with
out Potash.
Every blade of
Grass, every grain
of Corn, all Fruits
and Vegetables
must have it. If
enough is supplied
you can count on a full crop
if too little, the growth will be
" scrubby."
Send for our books teHing alt about cotapasMaa a
fertilizer! bcil adapted for att crop. Taay cast fmm
nothing.
GERMAN KALI WORKS.oj Naia.St.,N.- Tar.
Personally
Conducted
California
Excursions
Via tha Santa Fe Route.
Three times a was from Chloaf 0 aaat
Kanaaa Olty.
Onca a w k frogs St. Lonta.
la iinprov 1 wlde-vaetltralad
Pullman tourist aleeplug ears.
Bttter than aver bafore, al lavaat
poaaibla ratal.
Kiperlaaao! aicnrsioa oondnote ra.
Alan dally sarvlua batwaaa UUiaa-ga
sad California.
Corraapoa.laua aoUoltad.
B. P. BDKNCrT, O.B.P. js
Tba Atohlson, To?ka 4 Santa Fa Kail tray,
TT OAOWAV, NIW VOMK, N.Y.
ARNOLD'S
COUCH
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