,nefe have the art or dwarf l0 mere shrubs, and of culti L,, in a similar way. The l""1 . J.ll.hl I.. AV...I.. grPiH iit'iiftiii. in iiu'ir iriienfl. which rrquirg u .iener to keep them down to limits. The author of On ;,re to Japan,' writes: "A L garden ls Kenr"' """"i iph i", park and demesne, with 'fflff house, temples, trees, all , and all In keeping with tho , nvallnlile. The lake is Llong and full of small gold- . Ibe border hiuii"" iu m:e, (IjMoen Inches hlRh and fltty beneath Its shade ls a tern- 0t of ono piece of stone, ;s0 brick. On alofty cr.ig ..oand a half feet stands a le tree, rrfect In form and years old and twelvn ;iuiure trees later a maple, Hid a bamboo clump each :,tffB years old and eighteen o two feet high, growing !n dlshfs. Wo were told of a .garden, contained In a fchal dnzon wine case. Everything .jrc down to the flsli In tho jfotof water only a few Inches ,n,l ti,c foot brldRes over tnc U!(S, Tea houses there were, ,?ro"s trrc3 of various kind, at six in hes high. Old as the but full f vitality, and yet nJlDg blCRor." Mother's Tears. jCry Every Time I Washed My Baby." " ', ;M . raw J harTV i .Iwuulil cry, reullzhii; what pain .. His pitiful walling was lu'tirt I hvl about (jlvon up hopo ol iwiu'iil was ur,!,l to glvo hint tMirillu, all other Iroiitnuitit M. I washed tho soi-xm wll'i Wicnte.l Soap, nppllud IIooil'.i :aent and gavo Mm Hood's Kiir- Ttie ;lii I tt ueemod to gut better .mil very noon the chniigo was ..'(stito. Tho dlseharge grow Ii.'mh :nn went down, tho skin took on ooior, aul thu raw Hush began to -r aud a thin skin tormod as tho p,e,l off, Less than two bottles i Sarsiirinrlllii, aided by Hood'ti I Soup and Hood's Ollvo Oint niflijiieil this womlorfiil euro, I fMise llmm modlulue.4 half Mn. (iueuiNoT, 37 ilyrtlo St., r.X.Y. v tMtlmoiiliil Ii vory muoli oon :m Mrs. (iiorlnol'.t letter. As tiers will be lntoronted in read .11 letter, wt will ftoud It to niiy !'nJs ruipiust o ua ou a postal -alloa thin paper. EXICAN NIGHTINGALE. 'wrlcin OrnltlinliigUt Anxlou To Sn-ure One. a Johnson 0f lioonevllle, N. 1 of the most earnest and jiro- . Americas younger ornitholo 1 visiting this city, says tho P'st. "I am now on my way lie said, "whtre I will -flaps two months studying ! of that latitude and securing ! lor my iKg collection. I am Ji many of the birds of lower 'main unclassified principally are no wild. A species ot that tings with remarka ;ness has proved so utterly un :ille that not a single Bpeci " ever been captured, and, as uionully Hitting glimpses of It H It has been so variously 1 'oat no authentic data eon 'lare to bo found In ornlthn- "lords. It is tnv linnn tn ha wire a live ,.,!, i,,,t nr Mare not build upon it great- task I lmvo set myself la luo"3, but if I should bo for "0URh to get one I would be st ftllow In the world." And livtr clasped -iis hands In Uio thought. S JIKALTII Lctt.nra iit i,.n , "u"i vv union tto-f-M Pam by Mrs. Plukham. 11 1'iMiiiAM : ltL-foro I "ll to till;.. v,,i,i. .11. I 'twil.K. stalo, wishin'r HiVM-lf '"any times. Every iart 1.',' Seeei..,! !.. ... ... . . - . ivj ini:ii Jll bJinu 11 tlti.e uf m.. ." m '.:(! '.1' ,JI liiv ,lu4 "wtiilnjf terrible. 1 was no cure for me, but ' n several bottles of Eydiu Ve, v.i.. ', .,, ViT ""iu v.uiupoun(i nu n (roue, i , now ' TJ'uggoodl.eHHh. Ishull """o your medicine." Mns. M III.KU I!,... , .... ! Roubles Overcome -1 inkiiam:-! had female J .""'"'""eh trouble. About .l!.?,,,l,wl to Pk,lt "p a --ujue.i an advertisement 1 mkl,i,,.0 M ,vl, t i-getauie torn u "lien T v.,o.i i n i Ule l uw i jiuu WeVth',l,,?hUtn,igl,thulP Max... 'll9,m1' 1 f, v n "-iiii am now feeling . jt 1 wis.h to tbank you for - --uii;iiiu nits been to lu s'l'iKUKK, Diller, Neb. mS Pre Pain ' li tl "ln n'y menses first rrr,.,i iWurB Vo,-y irregulur. h a u oft,'u Bnil did not i week m. x . , the.: ,v; ,l ttlwny8 i v""va wiwi terrible 4ek and abdomen. Would lr tjvernl .1,.... i.i vdi I raWonal at tiines. I mkhllI's Vegetable l l w, ""es became reguli lar -Mis. K. entirely.' !liile. Wis. ' ' 1 ThomDson't Ey Water REV, DrWaLMAGE. TIIE EMINENT DIVINE'S SUNDAY DISCOURSE. jul .,!! lt-)iKliiii, t rurila 1 rirn For tlit Doing Ay With tlin l,,gmllr mill For the Suli.iltiillnit of n Crued I'oiiiiiIkiI on I'lilth luCtiiltU (('neyi'tcllt llHHI.1 VTshixotom, O. C At a tlmo when the lid illseusHloii of eremlH Is being vigorously ml soiiiuwhnt bitterly revlvad tills (lis sonrso of JJr. Talmngo bus a spechil In :rst. Tho text Is Jobu xl., 44, "Loost; aim and lot hlin go." JlyJJIbie Is, at tho plneo of this toxt, written nil over with bind penell marks made nt Itotlmny on tho ruins of tho homo :f Mary and Martha snd t,n.arus. W dls mountoil from our horses on the way up from Jordan to the Dead Sea. llothany was tlin summer evening rotreat of Jesus. After upending tlin day In the hot olty of lortisaliini Ha would come out Ihero almost very evening to. the Iioush ot Ills three friends. I think tho occupants of that houseware orphans, for tbo father and mother urn nut mentioned. Hut the son md two daughters must bavo Inherited property, for It must have been, judging from what I saw of tbo foundations mid the size of tho rooms, an opulent homo. Lazarus, tbo brother, was now at tho head M tho household, and bis sisters depended on him anil were proud o( him, for ho vii.i very popular, and everybody liked him, and thexeglns were splendid girls Murllia a llrst rate housekeeper and Mary a splr Uoelle, somewhat dreamy, but nDcetlonnto, and as good n girl as could bo found in all 1'alestine. Hut ono day Lazarus got s ek. The sisters were In consternation, i'a her gone and mother gone, they feel very lor vous lest they lose, their brother also. DIs iUMdiditN quick work. Il.iw tho girls bung over bis pillow! Not much sleep about that bouse no sleep at all. 1'roni the characteristics otherwise de. voloied I judge that Martha propared the iiiedlelnes and mado tempting dishes of food lor thu poor appetite of the sufferer, but .Mary prayed anil subbed. Worse and worse go's Lazarus until tho doctor an nounces that bo can do no morn. The shriek that went up from that household when the last breath had been drawu and t lie) two sisters wero being led by sym pathizers into tho adjoining room all those of us ean Imagine who bavo bad our own hearts broken. Hut why was not Josus there, as He so often bad been? Tar away in the eountry districts, preaching, healing other st.lt, bow mi fortunate that tills omni potent doitor had not been at that do mestic crisis In Hethany. '.When at last Jesus arrived In Uutliany," J.azarus had been hurled four days, and dissolution lind taken place. In that ellmato the breath less body disintegrates more rapidly than III ours. If Immediately artei- decease the body hud been awakened Into lite, unbe lievers might hnvo said ho was only in a comatose ttalo or In u sort of trance and by some vigorous manlpubit Ion or power ful stimulant vitality bad been renewed. Ne! l'our days dead. At tlio door of tho sepulelier Is a crowd of peonle, but tho three most memorable are Jesus, who was tho family friend, and the two bereft sisters. Wo went into the traditional tomb one December day, and ll Is deep down ami dark, and Willi torches wo explored it. Wu round It ali-ipiiet that afte'uooa of our vl-.it, but the day spoken of In ttio Wide them was present an ex. cited multitude. I wonder what Jesus will do? Ho orders tlio door of tho grave re moved, and then Ho hei-lns to descend the steps, .Mary aud Martha close after lllm and tho crowd after thorn. Deopor down into tho shadows and deeper! The hot tears of Jesus roll over His cheeks and plash upon the backs tt His hands. Were ever so many sorrows compressed into ho small u space as In that group pressing on di. wn alter Christ, all tho tlmo bemoaning that Ho bad not come before? Now all the whispering and all tbo cry. lug and all the sounds of sliullling feet are stopped. It Is tho silence of expectancy. Death has couijuered, but now tho van quisher of death confronted tho seune. Amid the awful liusli of tho tomb the la inlliar name which Christ had often had upon Ills lips in tlio hospitalities of tlio vil lage homo camo back to Ills tongue, and with a pathos and an almlghtlncss of which the roMirreetlon of tlio last day shall onlv be an echo lie cries, "l.a.unis.como forth!" The eyes of tlio slumherer open, and lie rises anil comes to the foot of tho rteps and with great dlllioully begins to ascend, for the cereiuenl.1 of the tomb are yet on lilm, and his foi-t Are fast, anil his hands are lust, and tho loipj limi'tils to all his movu luents are .so 'reat that Jesus commands: "Take olf theso ceroments! llemove those hindrances! refusion these gravoclothc.s! Loom) him aud let him go!" Oh. I am so glad that artor the Lord raised Lazarus lie went on aud commanded I he loosening of tho cords that bound bis feet, so that ho could walk, and the break ing oft of the cerement that hound his hands, so that he could stretch out bis arms In . salutation, uud tlio tearing off of tho bandage from around his laws, so that ho could speak. What would resurrected life have been to Lazarus it ho had not been freed from nil those crlpplemeuts of bis body'.' I am glad that Christ com manded his complete emancipation, say ing, "Looo hliikund lat htm go." The unfortunate thing now Is that so many Christians are only half liberated, They have been raised from the death and burial of sin into spiritual life, but they yet huve tho graveclothes ou them. They ara like Lazarus, hobbling up tho stairs of tho tomb bound hand uud foot, aud the object of this sermon is to help freo lliolv body and freo their soul, and I shall try to obey the Master's command that comes to nfo and comes to every minister of ro llglon, "Loose lilm and let J 1 1 ill go." Many are bound hand and foot by re. liglous creeds. Let no miiu misinterpret nio us antagonizing creeds. I have eight or ten of them ti creed about religion, a creed about art, a creed about social life, a creed about government, and BO on. A creeil ls something that a man believes, whether It be written or unwritten. Tho rresbylerlan Church Is now agitated nbout Its creed, homo good men iu It aro for keeping it because It was framed from the belief of John Calvin. Other good men in It want revision, I am with neither party, instead of revision I want substi tution, I was sorry to bavo tlio question disturbed at nil. The creed did not hinder us from offering the pardon and tho com fort of the (iospel to all men, and the West Inlnsler t'onfesNlou has not Interfered with nio one minute. Hut now that theeluitrh! lights have been turned on thu Imperfec tions o! that creed-anil everything that III ii ll fashions Is imperfect let us put the o 1 1 1 creed respectfully aside and get a brajil new ono, It Is Impossible that people who ilvod hundreds ot years ago should fashion an appropriate creed for our times. John Calvin wus a great anil good man, but he died 3J0 years ago. i could call the names ot twenty living l'reshytorlan ministers of religion who could mako n better creed than John Calvin. The nineteenth century ought hoc to be called to nit at the feet of the sixteenth, "lint," you say, "it Is the samo old I51hlo, and John Calvin had that as well ua the present student of tho Hcrlpttircs." Yes; so It is tne same old sun la the heavens, but iu our tlmo It has gone to making daguerreotypes aud photographs, it is the sumo old water, but in our century It has goue to running steam engines, it Is the same old electricity, but In our time II has beaom n lightning footed errand boy. Ho It Is the old Jilblo, but now appllestlouB, uew uses, ubw Interpretations. You mrvd romeinber that during the last 1100 years words have chniigod their meaning, and some of theui now mean mors uud some loss. I do not think that John Culviu believed, as some say Le did, In tliedamnatlou of in fants, although some of thu recent hot dis putes would seem to Imply that thore Is such a thing as the duiunaUou of iufauts. A man who believes in the diminution of Infants himself deserves to lose heaven. I do not think any good man could admit such a possibility. What Christ will do with all the babies in the next world I con elude from what Hu did with tho babies In I'alostiuu wheu He hugged them and kissed them. When some of you grown people go out ot this world, your doubtful destiny will bo an embarrassment to ministers oftlclatlng at your obsequies, who will have to bo oautlous so as not to hurt surviving friends. Hut when the darling clilldreu go there are no "lfs" or "buts" or guesses. We must remember that good John Cal vin was a loglolau and a uiutaphysiolaii aud by the proclivities ot his nature put some things lu an uufortuuutq wuy. Login lius Iti use, aiid metaphysics has 'its u7e, but they are not good nt making cree l.. What a time we have had with the dogmatics, the apologetics and the her meneutlcs! The defect in some of the creeds Is that they try to tell us all about the decrees of (led. Now, the onlv human being that was ever competent to handle that subject was l'aul, and he would not bavo been competent had lie not been In spired. I believe In the sovereignty of Hod, and I believe In man's free agency, hut lie! oue can harmonlzo the two. It ls not necesnnry that wn harmonize thnm, Kvery sermon that 1 have ever heard that attempted such harmonization was to me as clear lis a London fog, as clear as mud. My brother of the nineteenth ecu. tury, my brother of tho sixteenth century, give us Paul's statement aud leuvo out your own. Hotter ono nLnpter of Paul on that sub. jeot than all ot Calvin's Institutes, able and honest and mighty ns they nre. Do not try to measnro olther thethroiio of Ood or tho thunderbolts of God with your little steel pen. What do nu know about tho decree? You cannot pry open the door of (Unl s eternal counsels. You cannot explain the mysteries of Ood's government now, much less tho mysteries of Ills government live hundred qulnllllion ye ars ago. i Hut now that the old creeds have been put under public scrutiny something radi cal must be done, Some would split them, some would carve them, some would elon gate them, some would abbreviate them. At tho present moment in the present shape they nre a hindrance. Laz-irus is alive, but li ii in i ii-reil with the old grave clothes. If you want one glorious church, free and unincumbered, lake oil the cere ments ol old ecclesiastical vocabulary. Loose her, nnd let her go! Again, my lext lias good advice concern ing any Christian hampered mid bothered and hound by fear of his own diss ilutlon. To such the book refers woee It ppeakj of those who tlir lugli fear of death were all their llf'-tlino subject to hond.U'-i. Tim most ot us, even It we have the Christian hope, are eowanrs about death. Hacked up by the icaehlngi of your lllble, list look through the telescope some bright night and see how ninny woilds there are and relleet that all you have soon, eoui pared with tho number of worlds in exist cues, ure less than I lie lingers of your right hand as compared with all the lingers of tho human race. How foolish, then, for us to think that ours Is tlin only world lit lot us to stay lu. One of our first realizations in getting out of tills world, I think, will be that In this world wo wero very much pent up aud had crumped apartments and Were kept on thu limits. The most, even of our Miiall woi Id, ls water, aud the water miys to the hum-in race, "Don't come here or yo.i wl'l drown." A few thousand feet up the at mosphora Is uninhabitable, and the at mosphere says to tho human race, "Don't come up here or you cannot breathe." A few miles down the earth Is a furnace of lire, ami the lire says, "Don't come here ot you will burn." The caverns of the mount ains are full of poisonous gases, and tint gases say, "Dou'.t come here or you will be asphyxiated." And piici.montns and pleurisies ami con sumptions and apoplexies go across this earth in Hocus, lu droves, lu herds, and It Is a world of equinoxes and cyclones mid graves. Yet wo are under tlio delusion that It is the only place lit to slay In. We want to stick to the wet plank lu midocean while the groat ship, the City ot (lod, of tlio Celestial line, goes sailing past and would gladly take us up !u a llleboat. .My 'Christian friends, let me tear olY your dc spondenelcs and frights about dissolution. My Lord commands me regarding you, Baying, "Loose lilm, and let lilm go." Heaven Is nlnetv-llvo per cent, better than this world, a thousand per cent, bet ter, a million per cent, better. Take the gladdest, brightest, most jubilant days you over had on earth aud compress tliem all Into ono hour, and that hour would bo a requiem, a fast day, a gloom, a horror, as compared with thu poorest hour they have hail 111 heaven since the lrst tower was built or Its llrst gates swung or Its llrst song caroled. "Oh," you say, "Hint may be trno, but mil so afraid of crossing over from this world to the next, and I tear the snapping of the cord between soul aud body." Well, all tho surgeons and physicians' ami scl ent Istt declare that there is no pang at the parting oi me iiouy ana soul, aud nil I lie restlessness at tlio closing hour of life Is involuntary and no distress at all. "Hut," you cay, "1 fear to go because the future Is so full of mystery." Well, J will toll you how to treat tho mysteries Tho mysteries have ceased bothering me. lor 1 do as tlin judges of you r courts often do. They hear all the urg iuients lu the case, and they say, "i will take litest papers and glvo you my decision nc;t week." Ho I have heard all the arguments iu regard to tho next world, and some tilings are uncertain and lull of mystery, and so I fold np tlio papers and reserve until tho next world my decision about tliem. 1 can there sludy all the mysteries to better advantage, for the light will be better and my faculties stronger, and I will ask tlio Christian philosophers, who have had all the advantages of heaveu for centuries, to help me, and i mny Un per mitted myself huniblyto ask tho Lord, and I think Hum will bo only one mystery left; that will bo how ono so unworthy as liiysclt got into such an enraptured place. Tho only part of thu journey I made years ago to Palestine that i really dread ed was tho landing at Joppa. That is the port ot entrance for tho Holy Land, and theroaro many roeks, and lu rough weath er people cannot laud at all. Thu boats taking tho people Irom the sloamer to the docks must run between reefs that looked to me to bn about llfty font apart, and one inlsstroke of an oarsman or an unexpected wave has sometimes boeu fatal, and hundreds bavo perished along tho.su reefs. Uesldes that, as wo left Port Hald tlin ovenlug before, an old trav eler said: "Tho wind Is just right to give you ll rough lauding at Joppa; indeed 1 think you will not bo ablo to laud at all." The fact was that wheu our .Mediterranean steamer dropped anchor near Joppa iinij wo put out for shore In the small boat, the water was ns still as though it Lad been sound aslee,) it hundred yens, ami we landed as easily as 1 catered tills pulpit. Well, your fours bavo pictured for you an appalling arrival at thu end of your vovage of lite, and they say that the teas will run high and that tho breakers will swallow you up, or that If you roach Cauaau at all it will be a very rough lauding. Tim very opposite will be true If you have the eternal (lo.l for your portion. Your disembarkation for the promised land will be as smooth as was ours at l Palestine. Christ will meet you far out at I sea and pilot you Into complete saletv, and , mill I.....1 1,1. .. .. 1 , . 1 J" vi, i laii'i Willi a jiosailllU ou out, SI, 10 ol' you uud a halleluiah on tho other. "Land ahead!" Its fruits are waving O'er the hill ot fadeless greeu And tho living waters laving (shores where heavenly forms nre soon. Hocks and storms I'll fear no more When on that eternal shore. Drop tlio anchor, furl the sail! 1 am safe within the vclll the saijIjatji school; INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 29. (South Africa,' Lafayette. Col. de VIllebolB-Mareull, Gen. Jou bcrt's chief of staff, tho Frenchman to whom undoubtedly the Iloors owe a largo measure of the success that has attended their campaign against the Drltish, la 62 years old. Ho was gradu ated from the military academy at St. Cyr ln 1808, and began his career as a lieutenant of the marine Infantry, serv ing In Cochln-China. Later lie was transferred to the chasseurs, and as captain took part ln the Loire battles In 1870. He wbb severely wounded at Blols, and for gallantry displayed ln that action he received a docoratlon. Some years later he was mado a major and acted as chief ot the staff ln Al giers. After 30 years of service be re signed, but was only out a short tlmo when he resolved to use his experience ln behalf ot the Boers, who call him the "South African Lafayette" and "the Von Moltke ot the Boers." He ls said to have personally commanded the troops at Colenso, and Is now with the Boera who are confronting Lord Roberts. Fnlect: ,Tcn and .Tolin the Itinllnt, I.nks vll., IH-'iR (Jnldcn Tpxr, Mark tII., ,17 Memory Versps, as Cmninentnrj nn the Iiny'g Lesson. 1h. "Disciples of John showed him." John was conllned In prison lu tho fortress ot Machn'rus, on the southern border of I'enea. His confinement was not of the olosest kind, as his disciples were allowed Interviews with him. "Of all theso things." Tle ml.'inios which Jesus bad performed, and. perhaps, na account of some of His publio discourses. lit. "Art thou Ho that should eomo." Rome suppose that John sent this message for his own Information, others think that his purposo was to confirm the faith of Ills disciples lu Jesus as the Messiah, while nil agree that John wns anxious to have Him declare, openly. His Mesiahs'.ilp. John had been In prison now about six months, and during all of that time Jesus had beeu enjoying tho greatest liberty nnd lind per formed mnny miracle, nnd John mny have been under a strong temptation relative to the Mnsslahshlp of Christ. II Ho were the Messiah why would Ho allow His forerun, nor to languish so long In prison? Why did Ho not openly declare Himself? Those wore question that might seem mysterious to John. Hut he took tho proper moans to get rid of his doubts, If doubts ho lind; his message ls straightforward and open, and Is addressed directly to Jesus. "Or look we for another." John bad confidence in the Integrity ot .Tesn.s, and believed that If He, lifter all, wero only a forerunner, like himself. Ho would ny so plainly. '2ft. "The men worn eomo unto Jtlm." These disciples of John needed encourage ment. It was a severe tost to thnm to sen John In prison so long. 'il. "Iu that same hour Tin cured mnny." They lind Jesus In the midst or Hlsmlraeu Inus activity. Honin supposn that theso disciples only remained with Josus ono hour. "And of evil spirits." In the nc ?ount of the sick hero healed, Luke, thu physician, distinguishes tho demoniacs from naturally sick persons. Ti, "(lo your way and tell John." Jesus kept tliem long enough to show them tho remarkable cures which Iln was perforin ing. Chrl-'t would have men judge of Him and of others, by their works. Tills Is the only saTe way of judging. A man Is not to bo credited because ho professes to know, but because ho demonstrates by Ills conduct thnt his pretensions am not vain. Josu.s answered John's Inquiry sim ply by a clearer presentation of tho great truths of His gospel, and mom miracles performed, each one of which was tvplcal of the spirit and power of the gospel. It was precisely the sauie evidence that con vinced the apostles and tlio multitude nt believers. Tlio argument 1 as potent now as In the time of Christ. ''Tlio blind see." In His reply Jesus combined the highest wisdom with tho highest power: Ho ap pealed to Ills works bv which John could not fail to recognl.e llim as the .Messiah. "The dead are raised." They probably witnessed I lie raising of tho widow's sou at Nain. "To tlin poor tlin gospel 1 preached." ThlsJIs tne crowning proof of His Messlahship. Tlio preaching of the gospel to the poor Is the highest signature for thn divinity of the gospel. Tho groute-t nvrey and the. greatest miracle of all. Jesus set out the same old truths Willi new clearness, In a uew light, so wn need expect no new truths, but the same old trul lis and promises, with now depths of meaning the old liible In a new light. 2:1. ".Shall not be nllended In .Me.J Christ's oducatlon at Nazareth. His resl donee In (ialllee, the humble lib) pf Mis family and relations, His poverty, and tho lowliness of His followers these and tho like were stumbling-blocks to mnny; lio Is blessed that is not overcome by these things. See 1 Pet. .!. N. 21. "Ho began to speak unto tlin peo ple." In answer to their thoughts and s. eret questionings. They might Imagine from John's message that the Huptist wa vered in his faith, and that Ills Imprison ment had shaken his constancy. Our Lord, therefor", reminds them of what John was. "What went yo out for to sue?" This Isn reference to John'searly ministry, when tho whole country went to hoar and son him. Mutt. .'):". "A r I shaken with thn wind." Tho reed of l'alestlnii Is it very tall cane, growing twelve feet high, with a magiiillceut blossom at the top, and so tender and yielding that It will He per fectly Hut under a gust of wind, and Iniine diately rc.-nn.iu Its upright position. So far from being n reed shaken by the wind of popular opinion, or ullllctlou, John was a rock a man ot inflexible resolution and Invincible eourage, that stood unmoved though beaten by many storms. 2". "A mini clothed lu soft raiment." A second excellency ot John was his sober, self-saerillelng life. (lorgeous raiment was the mark of elfcmlnate persons; John was clothed with n eaniel's-lialr garment. A preacher of the gospel should havenoth lag about him that savors of worldly pom i. "Are lu kings' courts." If you desire to sou gorgeous apparel nnd delicate living, go to Herod's palace. Christ's forerunner did not resemble any of tlin great persons that lived lu kings' courts. Tlio wilderness prophet was entirely separated lroiu tho worldly spirit of bis time. 211. ".Much mom than a prophet." 1. Heoauso be was himself tho object of prophecy. 2. Heeauso ho pointed out tbo Messiah, whom others foretold, and saw iliiu whom kings and prophets desired to sue. 3. Ho was forerunner ns well ns prophet. It was his mission, not merely to foretell the coming of the Lord, but to pre pare the peoe to rocelve lilm. Ho was a prophet, a teacher, n man divinely com missioned to point out Josus mid Ills sul vatlou.and ho was more exoullent than any ot the old prophets, because lie had tlin honor of dying for that sacred truth which he so boldly proclaimed. 27. "Of whom It is wrlttoa." In Jfal. 3:1. Au nlluslou to one who wont before u king to remove all obstacles out of thn way and propnre for His coining. (See third , lesson ot llrst quarter.) John was tlin In. Htriiment ln tlio Lord's hnuds of preparing the hearts of tho people to receive Jesus. 2H. "Sat u greater." Keo ou vorso 2ft. No one In any age has been superior to John ln greatness ot soul, in self-denial. In disinterested and herolcal devotodness to tho service of Ood, and to the Interests ot the kingdom of Ood. "Ho that is least In tho kingdom of Ood." lly the klngd Jin of tiod Is meant tbo fulness of the bin: slugs of the gospel of peace, which win not knows, till after Christ bad boon crucified, and bad risen from t'.;e dead. Now thu least iu this kingdom who preaches n crucified, risen uud glorified (Savior, is greater than John, who wiib not pormlitod to live to sea the fulness of gospel grace, lie Is greater than Johu not In personal character, but he lives lu a bettordi6pou.su,. tion aud bus greater .privileges. EXTERMINATING WILD HORSES firmit llnnils of tho Northixiit Arc Itapl.lly yielding i 1 1 vllli ition. Tlio wild horse ot tho west seems Ceslincd to fehure tho fate of the buf falo, Slowly, but surely, the great htrds of these beautiful animals which roam the plains of Washington, Idaho and Montana aro being decimated. In the last two years at least C5.000 head of horses have been removed from tho ranges of eastern Washington alone. Their disposition has been approxi mately us follows: Shipped to Chicago and other eastern markets 20,000, sent to Alaska during Klondike rush 8,000, canned Into horse meat at Linton, Oro., fur shipment to Franco 9,000, driven to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colo rado and Utah, largely for pack and saddle horses 10,000, broken for use by new settlers in Washington 10,000, died In tho lust two winters 8,000. This loa has been double the nutural Increase, reducing the numtier of wild horses in that state from about 125,000 to 80,00(1 or 90,000. At this rato of decreaso they would last for some years, but the fa.d Is. that the horses are being confined to a smaller area oaeh successive year, thereby Increasing their chances of de struction. At least 0,000 horses died ot starvation last winter la the dis tricts north and south of the Snako river. New York Journal. THE "PIGEON CURE" IN PAIRS. A Curious l'epnlnr Crun I root as II Is HffillselevD. If tho following facts wero not vouched for by a highly distinguished physician, Dr. O. Legue, it would bo permissible to regard them ns nn In vention suggested by sundry of tho marvelous "cures" In vogue in the mid dle ages, says a Paris correspondent of tho Tall Mall Gazette. Dr. Leguo was put on tho track of his curious discovery by ono of his patients, who Informed him In tho most casual in-inner, and as If thore were nothing ex traordinary about tho stutement, fliut Kho had tried the "pigeon cure" for meningitis and for tho first tlmo with limited success. Dr. Leguo had to confess his entire Ignorance of tho cure In question and to ask for an explana tion of Its nature. It was then reveal ed to him that In this skeptical age nnd In Paris, of all places In the world, there arc people who believe In tho cfllraclouHiioss, as a remedy for certain maladies, of tho blood of a freshly killed pigeon, Tho head of the patient to bo treated Is shaved and then tho breast of the pigeon is ripped open by tho "operator," and the warm and bleeding t-arcars Immediately applied tor the bared skull. The believers ln this cruel and senseless cure Itnaglno that all fever Is drawn out of the body by the hot lifebUiod and tho quivering llesh of the pigeon. Tlin extraordinary thing is that faith in the cure Is wide spread nnd recourse to It frequent. Dr. Legue, who has thoroufhly investigat ed the matter, has been ablo to obtain the address of a shop iu the Central market at which nothing else Is sold but live pigeons destined to tills ftr.'inge purpose. The business done Is so brisk that the late proprietor, Mme. .Michel, has been able to retire, after malting n small fortune. Her successor declares that tho pigeon euro Is consid ered a sovereign remedy for influenza, Mince the appearance of which she has bten unable to meet the demand that has arisen for birds. They are also used, It seems. In cases of typhoid fe ver, but In this Instance two p. germs trc lieccyniry. AU Your Dwnlnr Knr Allefi'N Font-Hue, A powder to shake Into your shoos; rests the foot. Cures Corns, jhinlons. Swollen Sore, Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating I-'eet ajnl Ingrowing Nails. Allen's foot-F.uso makes new or tight slums easy. At all drug gists and shoe stores. 'J.', els. Sample mailed i liLK. Adr's Allen S. Olmsted, l.elioy, N. V. The Ii.e-ton 1'oor lcpnrt;uont expended Ins-, year ; 17". 1:10. To ('urn n Cold III 1lll IIIT. Tslie T ax ati vk Huomo (jriNiNK Tadi.fts. AU rtriu''l-f- rnlutlil III,, m ,ley If it falls to euro. K. W. Uhovs's bluauluru Is uu rucu Ijol. iio. There arc nearly 2,1100 stitches in a pair of hand-sew, d boole. Hall's Cntai rti Cure Is a Ibiulil and ls taken Inlernally. ami nets turret ly upon the bi I and iniiciuis surfaces or t ho system. Send for testimonials, fieo. .-nll by lirugglsts, ',fie. V. .1. i iii-.m:v - Co., Prop-, Toledo, ii. In some parts of Cicrmany schools have closed for want of coal. l'lso's Cure for Coiisiimp! Ion Is an infalli ble medicine for coughs and colds. N. W. Sami 1:1., Oeenn drove, N. J., I-'eh. 17, 111 10. There are J. 000 bank shares iu New Yoik city, assessed at h.VI0!i,H!i',. Ill's to'inii in-ill ly cured. No Ills or nervous, i u-ss ui tor tirst 1 1 iv's useoi lir. I line's 11 r,-at Nerve Itistorer I r in I bolt leu 11,1 1 1 en Use free Hu. It. II. ki.iNi:. I.ld..,:il Aroii M., I'bila., Pa. Tlio Mississippi river each yearvaslns u'.vny an alarming amount of shore, equal lo 10 square miles of territory Nil feet deep. I't'-iSAM Fapfm ss livr: produces Iho fa-test and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. Hold I y all di uggists, Tho cost of constructing a cable system is about i 2.00(1 per mile and the tuial amount invested iu submarine Hues at present is iq -ward of ? Jlii),ii"(l,li0O. Ml"- W I nslow's Soothing Syrup for chlldr-i-i ti el l.l 111 . Mil ti ns the Ml ms, re, bjoinci Illinium i l.i 1,, ii l.a) s in, in. i ui-i-s wind t blie. ".c. a no M.1 ... I Tlio second largest automobile plant lu I America Is projected at Indianapolis, lad. 'Idle ItcHt Creel Ipll, ,11 fr ( hills fllld I-'ever is ll hotlh, ,,f liHOVK'S Tastki.fss Hi 1 I I, Tonic, ll Is simply iron uud 11 me In a Ittslolobi lonu. Nu cure 110 pay. I'llcu fjoo. The entertainment of royalty costs Hritlsh o,'icty each year fully 10,000,000. The cakes of Ivory Soap arc so shaped that they may be used entire for general purposes, or divided with a stout thread into two perfectly formed cakes for toilet use. For any use put to, Ivory Soap is a quick cleanser, absolutely safe and pure. .t.. m WO,R,D .OF vVARNINC.-Tltere nre manv whito sn,rv enrh rrprtsrntrd to r "Just as (rood ' r : . "".V 7! "7; like " counterfeit,, lack tlx peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Sap and Insist upon (putlng It. COPYRIO.Hr IROS BV TMt PROCTIR k OAMBLI CO CINCINNATI A BLIND RAILROAD PORTER. Ilniullra Freight, I'ula Out tho Kivllcli I.lg bin anil Ural Freight fnra. There Is u blind negro employed at the Yazoo & MlH.siKSlppi Valley Htntinn tit Shelby, Miss., who is certainly a wonder, says the Memphis Comnierrlul Appoal. Tho darhey's name la Marshall KriRlit. He Is totally bereft of the power of nlglit. Notwithstanding this physical hindrance Marshall attends to nil the duties of 11 potter around the Blation. lie handles freight, puts out Fttitcn lights anil seals freight cars as correctly ns any person could do who ! Is blessed with Ronil sight. In fixing I the switch lights In the evening ho adjusts the flame of thn lamp by pass ing his linger over the blaze. His sense of touch Is so ncuto that he can tell Just when the lampwiolt In prop, erly adjusted, llright. has been em ployed nroiind the station for a num ber of years and although he i.i con fitantly around the rnilroad tracks h? has hatl but one mishap. Several years ago, bcrore he became thoroughly fa- I miliar with tho trains, he was brushed ' off tho track by n slowly movltn; train In i-iir r.f tlio onrlHft hurhincpmnr rtprinit an ffiinlly Kiin liHlU'iitinti n Diitl fwltnrf of .u Itiiiil tlftirL'Mioti. ftimy hwhIIuwo oi Roctbcer Inm Iwt for n pprinr; tnnir n1 for n mimmrr IwVthk"-. f ll.tn f. -ft !.!. M rim for fWf&Tv. ,,ltlu,; ......r-rt ;.,, f,. I.h..,, VVMv 'IW ft ti W. L. DOUGLAS S3 & 3.50 SHOES Jion ."Worth $4 to 46 compared . j wiin oiner muxes. ) liii.orsi'il ly over CHOICE Vegetables will always find a muly market but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the rreat secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8,; Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GI-:UM.N KALI WORKS, iA1 Nassau Si., Ni-w Ytirk. 'A HI A Vv i list V; ummi 7 f Jl l.ooo.oiio mciiicih. ij i t;i iiiin nave w. i i u f ) n.imo nnd iri, c V?- A 3 rlllln nu si ' a ! 1 sho. rfi rtiinit-cl on bottom, 'I ,ke MS, M tin substitute i l.iiinti. tn Lo '" j x jc.nxi. Ymir dealer A Vi-.-houM kern tbr-m ''vV !i.i, we win semi .1 p.w " m ret nut ol uri.-e mnl sl Jextr.i lor cnrrUKi'. kiiut r lia titer, t'Mr-t', and wintli, pi nn or cm toe. k ,it. tree. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Maf.w WILLS PILLS BIGGEST OFFER EVER MADE! l-'or i'hl IO Cciii wv will i inl to mtv I. t. l tin lni,tK' 1 iviil incut i t he Ih-1 uh'1 iho oil iiirtli nnd iit ymi on tin- trm k lior t untie .inn- vy i i. lit nt onri A'btrt nil ord.-i- to Tim If. II. UiIIn If rtliWitc 4 miliums, iM I It n- Ilt'llt .. llllUI'I'xIOM II. till. KtillM il OffHTMl I M I ml lit nu . ,, uiliiiiutoiu I. ('. 1 nn ls:n IIS 1(1 llltll'lltllltilil V. Sl,",,l !,' '' I ii von,, i.' I'M i:. uii.it ii. sTi:vi:s a .. ',. ni I nil sr .. it i.-niiiMi,,,,. ll. JlriiMrlti-r. I lilc; ,ll D.M.Hl. AI'IMt IIM: N.ll.l Jir-.t sMlli). II V,M ill--ir- I., !, I M.ii. n.ils It 1-1,., '- I' ,,., !. 1,'Ik -s. I ulli's till, I IViUl.s. Ii ri 1 ll . I- ll i. .', I,. . itl I t ihkI I uriiij',, i'liiht,', ii. I :,; , ..: i-ii, in,,, ,:, in t. s.'ii'l,. Mil.. I. BINS. u A i: I. K, ; 1 1 ii ii iii -in., i. it ,ii in ii. II N U l;. DROPSYiSS (Mi, timift ol UtMlitnottifti mid lddliya trttAlniaiik re. Dr. u. a. uklin atiowa. Box u, aluui, u Im , UliHtS Writitf All tlSt lAlLSnftf . ..o vohmm j unm'ji iti mil. use I oi i mm. Mini nv finn-t'Wt. i BILE Causes bilious head-ache, back-ache and all kinds of body aches. Spring is here and you want to get this bile poison out of your system, easily, naturally and gently. CASCARETS are just what you want; they never grip or gripe, but will work gently while you sleep. Some people think the more violent the griping the better the cure. Be careful take care of your bowels salts and pill poisons leave them weak, and even less able to keep up regular movements than be fore. The only safe, gentle inside Spring cleaner for the bowels are sweet, fragrant CASCARETS. They don't force out the foecal matter with violence, but act as a tonic on the whole 30 feet of bowel wall, strengthen the muscles and restore healthy, natural action buy them and try them. You will find in an entirely natural way your bowels will be promptly and permanently put in good order for the Spring and Summer work. CURED BY 10c. NfS; ' izXPteV ALL 25c. 50c. if 1rl:lT,1 .lHn? DRUGGISTS To tny needy mortal suflerlrig from bowel troubU mi loo poor lo buy CASCARETS w will send box (rc. Address Suiting Remedy Compiny. Chicago oi New York, mentioning advertisement and Fpr. :l
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