-ill yon charge me for 1 : Tetterine? 1 know 11 to j Teine,ly for the cure of ftm"nl wonld like to .Jo Mrs. Emma l'ltira- i n't Kef-p 1 ' nt M S.vnunali, (in., for a l os. ,t jf.w Kascnllonar. '"new cxcutlonor, Joseph L ,trong man of an athletic . of the best known ath l city. He 1" a nephew of Lutioner and obtained the 'nit nineteen competitors. lirop. ...er. been getting the drop . Uont has a dron too Lj nobody ever Knew him to liquor nimseu: l-ieirou fMrrM Arlieanu Hum? trvoursnoeS Alien s r oui-r.nsi-, a . ibe leet. It makes tlKht ot Inlrary. Cures Corns, llunlnns, ..ions"'- old by a" druifRlcts . m m. Kamnle sunt I'llKK. 'j 8. Olmsted, I.eKoy, N. V. Wntis Long-lHstanco Anto ,1T . thn nam" of a million mrMi'iitly Incorporated ill KIIk- I. l f,;n,rSnnlllin,T nympiur ,-nii'irmi IH1tflllUII'KUllllt,it-'iti';iiis niimin- I.juid, cum wind colic, aic. n Iwtiln I .h, 168,000 InlinMtnnts whleh the Miami 50,000 Mexicans. ilievel'iflo's Cure for Consumption ill lor eouirlis anil colds. John l' ult) HprHiKS. Ind Fob. 10, 1'JOO. j inrolaftold output for 1899 nmount- SK.uii. Lcnrr Cnl1 ,n ,n, nT' 1 Q,.nun III'DJINK 'I'ASl.KTN. All Uind ill" in.iimy 1( it fulls to cure. Ail aifuatura la on each box. U&o. Cooper t'lilon. runlua, In Now York city, had if last year of $38,489.78. Its .its were $."!.0s7.03. LOOD TROUBLE till loellni! blood lucks vitality .mi, aud lisuce you feel like n lug-. :i; and onn't rested ut night. itjp;irllla will cure you hnonune Wore to tho blood tlio qualities It .oiirlab, strungtheu and Eustnin .0, nerves and organs of the body, iwt, refreshing sleep nndlmptirls ud vigor to every function. H Feeling "I had that tired fuel- railncues. Whs more tired In ;li(t tbna wlion I went to bed, and filnwl me. Hood's Bursapurllla ri Pills nave oureil me nud made Mjenrs youii(rr." It. Soheulicin, ileU'liiee, Brooklyn, N. X. li's Sarsaparilla pwMtdidne Money Can Buy. Pru- '-i. mum K t p.. Ijownn, mass. Mil (oo(i for floldler. rtcent war concert la London lit auspices of Lady Lansdowno i the enormous sum of 155,000. be, Pattl was the principal at- k mil the London papers vie kh other In declaring that she younger than ever in a beautl- p blue tllk gown covered with ii, emeralds and turquoises. Pattl was accompanied during n by Mr. Frank Watkls, who 'i In constant attends t't linger throughout all her nee 1S93. Ills tnur-h la r,H- constant ripple of extraordl- wmt and delicacy. The nlano "' ItSelf. as It Tin vat novo. ite voice unaccompanied. Such mme. rattrs needs a most 'i lecompanist one who can varying emotions of the ier IDrotiehout all her rnnnria beislve cadenzas, and Mr. Wat- p '"weeded wonderfully In H tr. JULTH OF YOUNG WOMEN tm Helped by Mrs. riukhcm their Letters. f(Mii8. Tinuii am : I am sixteen J;a and am troubled with iny ."ickness. It is very irregular, V only OIlc in t p wi also very painful. I also "'Ml LTUtnnu fl nl niwm 1 ...1,1 A me in the heart and I have lU'lKWhl.H If 1,,. ..n.! f -. ,,,,. inaii biiui( fr mi., 1 will gladly follow f Ptos, y 3i, !1MH8. oliv. netter :ofreme. VH both l'ink- 'Ketable Tnm. ; ...i ... " v- "u lllooi !':.. r ' "1Ul antl K" Ter no pain. I .i.i 1,16 uest ""V suf- 'W.. July 6. 1800. r, . UIMV 11 Mm, ?,...,... 4 1 if. -10 yU for the freat I - ..-iveu irom the UKe of fc, 1 '"kham-s Vcsretabla Com. wZ"0, trom ter- f . , cuius, was nervous Sci ' ' tried different kinds .akin, 7l ey aa fttiled entirely. bottl08 ot Vegetable Htht i ree of Blood Purifier I 1 :,t vm -cannot thttnk yu enou?h , 'r rt'medies have done for b,r. i.T"-DA- Itox 18, "is,, jnna 111. una - "u'd IBUtf, imt i L1 A. b. I " Is Sh " D"r"n Pts of Mm rwtj. i . Uorm ftyf au ibta ! i,V, "rm4ttono b.obUlnlby kfcZr11' . .ii . . . . "Ofonl, u. l "uuorj, isi i . REV. DR, JALMAGE, THE EMINENT DIVINE'S SUNDAY DISCOURSE. Subject: Tim Sitnilnr if Heavenlinn'. nrr l:xllc.l Our Iilnns illny lis of tli Homo mi HIkIi, They Aro Vnr Whorl of tbo KpRlliy Wht Awnlls Us. (CiipyriKlit 1WKI.1 Wasiiinotum, I). C 111 this discourse Dr. Talinan.0 lifts tho curtain from nternnl fnllclllHS and In an iiniisunl way trnnts of the heavenly world; text, I Corinthians, li., 11, "Eye liutli not semi nor cur linard, neltlipr have Biitereil Into tho linnrl of man the things which UoU Until prepanid tot them that lovo Him." The city of Corinth has licon culled "the Paris of antiquity." ludwil for splendnt the world holds no such woinlcr lo-duy. Il stood on an Isthmus washed by two sons, tho one sea brliiKinu; the commerce of Eu rope, tho other shu hriiiKlmt the commercf of Asia. From bur wlmrfs, In tho con struction of which wliolo kingdoms hnil boon absorbed, irnr uullcys with thref linnks of onrs piislied nut anil confouniled the navy yards of all llio world. Hugf handed inachlimry such as modern Inven tion cannot equal lined ships from thn sen on oneslde nml tnuisportod them on trucks across tho Isthmus und set lliein down Id the sea on tho othr side. The revonin' oftli-ers of the city went down through the olive Knives Unit linoil the bench to collect a tiuiir from all na tions. The mlrt'i of all pnnplii sported In her Isthmian names, and the Iwiuiy of nil lands sut In her thentres, walked In lint portico and threw ltseir on the altiir of her stupendous dissipations. Column and slutue mid temple bewildered the behold, or. There were while marble fountains Into which, from apertures at the side, there- 1-unhed wnteri evcrywlmr.1 known for health giving qualities. Around these basins, twisted Into wreaths ol stone, there were nil tho beauties of sculpture and iirehlleeturo. while, stand ing, us If to guard the costly display, was a statue of Hercules of burnished Corinth Ian brass. Vases of terra cottu adorned the cemeteries of the dead vases so cost ly that Julius Ciesnr was not sullslled nutll he had captured them for Home. Armed oulclals, the Corluthurli, paced up and down to see that no statue was defaced, no pedestal overthrown, no lias-relief touched, l'l-oiu the edge ot the city a hill arose, with its miigiillleent burden of col umns towers and temples (1000 slaves waiting ntono shrine), and a citadel so thoroughly Impregnable that Gibraltar Is a heap ot sand compared with It. Amid all that strength and magniflueuce Coriutli stood and delled the world. Oh, It was not to rustics who had never seen anything grand that I'iiiiI uttered this text. They li.i-l heard the best music that had some from tho best Instruments In all tho world; they had heard songs floating from morning porticoes and melting In evening groves; they hint passed their whole lives among pictures and sculpture and architecture and Corinthian brass which had been molded ami shaped until there was no chariot wheel In which It had not sped, and no tower iu which it had not glittered, and no gateway that It had not adorned Ah, It was a bold thing tor Paul to stand there ami I all that nud say: "All this Is nothing. These sounds that come from the temple of Neptune are not music compared with the harmonies of which I speak; theie waters rushing In the basin ot I'yreue are not pure; these statues ot line chus and Mercury are not exquisite; your citadel ot Acroooi lutbus is not strong com pared with that which 1 offer to the poorest slave t jut puts down his burden at that brazen gate. Your Corinthians think this is a splendid city; you think you hare heard all sweet sounds and seen all beauti ful sights, but I tell you eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered Into the henrt of man, the things which (iod hath prepared for them that love Him." You see my text sets forth the idea that, however exalted our Ideas of heaven, they come far short of the reality. Home wise men have been calculating bow many fur longs long and wide is the new Jerusalem, and they have calculated bow mauy Inhab itants there are on the earth, how long the earth will probably stand, and then they come to this estimate that after all the nations have been gathered to heaven there will be room for each soul, a room sixteen feet long and fifteen feet wide. It would not be large enough for you; It would not be large enough for me. I am glad to know that no human estimate Is sufficient to take the dimensions. "Eye hath not seen nor ear heard" or arithmeti cians calculated. I first remark that we can get no Idea of the health of heaven, Wheu yon were a child and you went out in the morning, bow you bounded along the road or street. You bad never felt sorrow or sickness. Terhnps later you felt a glow In your cheek and a spring lu your step and an exuber ance of spirits aud a clearness ot eye that made you thank God you were permitted to live. The nerves were harp strings, and the sunlight was a doxology, and the rus tling of the robes ot a great crowd rising up to praise the Lord. You thought that you knew what it was to be well, but there Is no perfect health on earth. The dis eases ot past generations came down to us. The nlrs that now float upon the earth are not like those which floated above Para dise. They are charged with Impurities and distempers. The most elastlo and ro bust health ot earth, compared with that which those experience before whom the gales have been opened, Is nothing but sickness and emaciation. Look at that soul standing before the throne. On earth she was a lifelong Invalid. Hoe her step now and hear her volee now. Catch, It you cm, ono breath ot that ee:ostlai air. Jicaitn, in an ine pulses, health ot vision, health ot spirits immor tal health. No making cough, no sharp pleurisies, no consuming fevers, no ex hausting pains, no hospitals of wounded men. Health swinging iu the air; health flowing lu all the streams: health bloom ing on the banks. No head aches, no side aches, no back aches. That child that died iu the agonies of croup, hear her voice now ringing lu the anthem; that old man that went bowed dowu with the in llrmitles of age, see him walk now with the step of an immortal athlete, forever young again. That night when the needlewomnu fainted away In the garret a wave ot the heavenly air resuscitated her forever. For everlasting years to have neither ache nor palu nor weakness, uor fatlguel "Eye iiatb aot seen It; ear hath not heard It." I remark further that we can In this world get no Just Idea of the splendors of heaven. John tries to describe them. He says "twelve gales are twelve pearls" and that "the foundations ot the wall are garn ished with all mauner of precious stones." As we stand looking through the telescope of Ht. John we see a blaze of amethyst aud pearl;; aud emerald and sardonyx aud obrysoprasus and Bapphiro, a mountain ot light, a cataract ot color, a sea of glass aud a city like tbo sun. John bids us look again, and we seo thrones throues ot the proph ets, thrones of the patriarchs, throues of I he angels, thrones of the apostles, thrones of the martyrs, throne of Jesus, throne of Uod. Aud we turn round to sue the glory, and it ii thrones, throues, t.vi nesl John bids us look ng'ilu lud see the great procession ot the r-deemed passing, Jesus, on a white horse, loads the march, and all the armies ot heaven follow on white horses, lulinlte oavaloade passing, passing; empires pressiug into line; ages fallowing ages; dispensation tramping after dispensation; glory lu tbo track of glory; Europe, Asia, Africa, North and Houth America pressiug Into Hues; Islands of the sea shoulder to shoulder; genera tions before the flood following genera tions after the flood, and as Jesus rises at the head of that great host and waves Ills sword lu signal ot victory all crowns are lifted and all ensigns swung out and all chimes rung aud ail halleluiahs chanted, aud somo cry, "Olory to God most high!" nnd some, "Uosnnna t tho son of Davldl" nnd some, "Worthy Is tho Lamb that was Biainl" till all exclamations of oiidnarmeut nud homage In the vocabulary of heaven are exhausted and there comes up surge after surge of "Amenl Ameul aud Anieul" "Eye hath not seen It; ear hath not heard It." Hkim from the summer waters the brightest sparkles, nud yoa will get no Idea of the sheen ot the everlasting sen. Pile up the splendors of earthly cities, and they would not make a stepping stone by which you might mount to the city of God. Every house is a palaon; every bouse Is a triumph; every -eoverlug of the head a coronation; every meal is a bauquelg every stroke from thn tower is a wedding beli; nvery day Is a Jubilee, every hour a rap ture and every moment au ecstasy. "Eye hath not seen it: ear uatn uot beard .It." T remark further we can get no Idea of tho reunions of heaven. If you have ever been across thn seas and met a friend, or even an acquaintance, In some strange land, you remember how your hlood thrilled and how glad you wore to seo him. What will bo our joy, after wn have passed tho sens of death,' to meet In tho bright city of the Lord those from whom we have long been separated. After we have besn away from cur friends ten or fifteen ye ir-i and we come upon the n we see how dif ferently they look. Their hair has turned, and wrinkles have come iu their faces, nnd we say, "How you have changcdl'' Hut, oh, when we stand before the throne, all cares goni from the face, nil mnrks of sorrow dlsappeare I, and, fenllnu the joy of thnt blessed land, melhlnks we will say to each other, with an exultation wo can not now Imagine, "How you hnve chnngedl" A little child's mother had died, and they oomrorted her. They said: "Your mother has gone to heaven. Don't cry." Anil tho next day they went to the grave yard, and they laid the bodv ol the mother down Into the ground, nnd the little girl came up to the verge of the grave and, looking down, snld: "Is this heaven'" Wo have no idea what heaven Is. It Is I he grave here, It Is darkness bore, but there is merrymaking yonder. Methlnks when a soul arrives some nugel takes it around to show it the wondcts of that blnssod place. The ushor angel says to the newly arrlve l "T!ion me the martyrs that perished ul Piedmont; these were torn to pi -s at the Inquisition; this Is tho throne o the great Jehovah; this Is Jesus." "I am going t( He Jesus," said a dying boy; "I mn going losoe Jesus." The missionary said: "Yon are sure you will seo Him?" "()'i, yes Unit's what I want to go to heaven l.lr." "Hut ." s i lil I he missionary, "sup p ise Jooi , should go away from heaven --whu! t'len'.' ' "I should follow him." said thedylu-.r biv. 'Mint It Jesus went down to he!l -wiii: then?" The dying bov thought for a m inent ami then said, "Where Jeu l ther.i Mil lie no hell!" Oh," to stand In bis pres. enee! That will lie heaven! Oil, to pit our hand into that hand which was wo ia le 1 for us on tho cross, to go around anil I the -roups of the redeeme I and sluike Miiu-ls with the prophets and apostles and mar tyrs and with our own dear beloved one! 1'hat will bo the great reunion. Wo cannot imagine it now. Our loved oues seem so far away. When wo are in trouble and lone some, they don't soem to come to us. We g. on to the banks of the Jordan and call across to them, tint they do not seem to hear. We say, "Is It well with the child, Is It well with the loved ones','" nud we listen to hear If any volee comes back over tlx water"! None, none! Unbelief says, "The are dead, and thev are annihilated," but, blessed be God. we hnve a lllble that tell." us different. We open It, nnd wo find thej are neither dead uor annihilated, thnt tliej were never so much alive as now. Unit tliei are onlv waiting forour coming and thai we shall Join them on tho other side of tin river. Oh, glorious reunion, we cniinni grasp II nowl "Eye hath not seen, nor eai heard, neither have entered Into the heart ot man, tho things which God hntli pre pared for them that love Him." What a place of explanation It will bn! I see every day profound mysteries of provi dence. There Is no question we ask often er than why? There are hundreds ol graves in Greenwood and Laurel Hill thai need to be explained. Hospitals for tht blind and lame, nsylums for the Idiotic iiih' Insane, nlmsiiousns for the destitute and n world ot pain nud misrortune that demand more than human solution. God wll' clear It all up. In the light that pourf from tho throne no dark mystery can live Things now utterly luscrutab'lo will bt Illumined as plainly as though the au swer were written on tho jaspor wall or sounded In the temple iiuthem. liar tlmeus will thank God that ho win blind and Joseph that he was cast Into tin pit and Daniel that he denned with thr lions and Paul that be was liump-backeO nnd David that he was driven from Jem salem and that Invalid that for twentj years he could not lift his head from tin pillow, and that widow that she bad suet hard work to earn bread for her children The song will be all the grander for earth'i weeping eyes and aching heads and ex hnusted hands and scourged backs am martyred agonies. liut we can get in Idea of that anthem here.. We nppreciati the power of secular music, but do wn ap predate the power of sacred song? Then Is nothing more Inspiring to me than t whole ooogrogatlon lifted on the wave of holy melody. When we sing some of those dear old psalms and tunes, they rouse all the memories ot the past. Why,' some ol them were oradle songs In our father'! bouse. They are all sparkling with tin morning dew of a thousand Christian Sab baths. They were sung by brothers anc sisters gone now, by voices that were agei' and broken In the music, voices none tin (ess sweet because they did tremble nu break. When I hear these old songs sung, II teems as If all the old country maetlug houses joined In the chorus and city ohuroli and sailor's bethel aud western onblns un til the whole continent lifts the Doxologj and the soeptera of eternity beat time In the music Away then with your starvel ing tunes that chili the devotions of the innctuary and mako the people sit silent when Jesus Is marohlng on to victory When generals some back from victorious wars, do we not cheer them and shout, "Huzza, huzza?" and when Jesus passe along in the conquest of the earth shall we not have for Him oue loud, rlngiug sheer? All bail the power of Jesus's name! Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem Aud crown Him Lord ot all. But, my friends, If music on earth Is k sweet what will it be In heaven? They all know the tune there. All the best singers ot all the ages will join it, choirs of white robed children, choirs of patriarchs, choir! of apostles. Morniug stars clapping thoii cymbals. Harpers with their harps. Great anthems of God roll on, roll on, other em pires Jolnlug the harmony till the thrones are all full and tho nations nil saved Anthem shall touch anthem, chorus joiu chorus, and all the sweet sounds of earth and heaven be poured into the ear of Christ. David of tlie harp will be there. Gabriel ot the trmnpe: will bo there. Germany, re deeiuod, will pour Its deep, bass voicu Into the song, and Africa will add to the music with her matchless voices. I wish we could anticipate that song. 1 wish in out closing hymn to-day wo might catch an echo that slips from thogates. Who knows but that when the heavenly door opens to day to let some soul through there may come forth the strain ol the Jubilant voices until we catch It? Oil, that us the song drops down from heaven It might meet hall way a song coining up from earth! Tlioy rise for the doxology, all the multi tude ot the blessed. Let us rise with them, and so at this hour the Joys of the church on earth aud the joys of the church iu heaven will mingle their chalices, and the dark apparel of our mourning will seetn to whiten Into the spotless raiment of the skies. God grnrt that throug'i the mercy of our Lord Jusus we may all et thurel Weight or 1'racMliiit There Is a story reported as having been told by Col. Fred N. Dow of Port land, Maine, which shows well how customary usage "broadens down from precedent to precedent." And no less plainly does It show the weight of the exceptional precedent. Colonel Dow once visited friends at Quebec, and while seeing the sights ot the city and Its surroundings, he took a public car riage to visit the Falls ot Montmor ency. . At a half-way house on the road the driver pulled up bis horses and remarked, "The carriage always stops here." "For what purpose?" asked the colonel. "For the passen gers to treat," was the reply. "But none of us drink and we do not Intend to treat." The driver had dismounted, and was waiting by tho roadside Drawing himself up to his full height he said, Impressively, "I have driven this carriage now more than thirty years, and this has happened but once before; Some time ago I had for s fare a crank from Portland, Maine, by the name of Neul Dow, who said J wouldn't drink; and what was more to the point, ho said he wouldn't pay foi anybody else to drink." The aon found hlmBelf occupying the same ground sr that oa which hit father bad stood. THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT? FOR MAY 20. Subecl: The I'nrslile of the Sntrer, Matt, xlll., I.K; IH-U.l-flnlden Text: I.iik vlll., 11 Memory Verses, 'J, '1.1 Coin, menlarv on the llny's l.csson. 1. "The samo day." The day the ser mon was preached that is recorded In the preceding chapter, "i'ho house." reter'f. house, where he was accustomed to dwell In Capernaum. "Hat by tho seaside." Jiy the sea of Guillen. Jesus snt lu the boat Witb the multitude standing ou tho shore. 2. "Great multitudes were gathered to gether." The Pharisees had beou labor ing by bnse calumnies to drive the people away from Jesus, but they still flocked after Him as much as over. Christ will he glorllled iu spite ot nil opposition; He will be followed. 8. "Iu pnrnldes." This was the first of Christ's parabolic utterance. A parable Is au allegorical relation or representation of something real in life or nature, from which n moral Is drawn -fur lulruetion. Christ's parables area comparison of spir itual things Willi natural In order that the spiritual things may be hotter understood. "A sower went forth so sow." Whoever sowctli the word of God in the h uirts ot tho people Is represented liy the sower 111 the parable. (1) Jesus Christ, who came to sow Urn good seed in this evil world. (2) The nposllos who scattered over the world, (il) All who go forth, in public or In private, to tench or to preach the truths of the word of G id. ( I) All whoso holy example Illustrates nnd Improve those Irulhs. Wo must " forlli" and llud the fields and not wait for tho Melds to comu 10 us. I. "When he sowed." A sower would sow in the proper season. "l-VM by the wayside." There) are four kinds or ground ineutione.l. The Mrs: Is the wavside, where no plow had broken II up. "Tim ordinary roads or paths in the East load often along I ho edge of the fields, which are unen closed." Tho seed that fell on this ground was not covered, ami was at oueo devoured by the fowls, 5. "Upon stony places." Luke says "upon ii rock." The rocks or Palestine and Hyrla are mostly limestone, with many Hut slretehes, covered with an inch or so of soil. This Is the second kind of ground. "Forthwith they sprung up." A thin sur face of soli above a shelf of rock Is like a hot-bed; the stono keeps tho heat and stimulates the growth. 6. "They withered away." Luke says "It lacked moisture." The hot sun soon dried up the little moisture and scorched the grain. 7. "Among thorns."' The third kind of soli was good, nud thero was hope of a bar vest, but the grouud was tilled with pur Uieloiis seeds. . "Good ground." The fourth kind of soli wna rich and well prepared. Notice tho gradation in respect to these four kinds of soil. In tho first, the seed perishes without even sprlnglcg up; lu the second, 11 springs up, but withers away; in the third, II springs up nnd beurs fruit, but not to perfection; lu the fourth, it yields a harvest of perfect grain. "Homo an hun dredfold." This represents the highest degree of friiitfulness. Other seeds only lioro sixty or thlrtyfold. The return of a hundred for oue is uot unheard of In tbo East, though nlways mentioued as some thing extraordinary. 18. "Hoar ye therefore" This form of discourse seemed so strange to the dis ciples that they asked Him why Ho spoke In parables. Ho replied that It was not glveu to the multitudes to understand tbo mysteries ot His spiritual kingdom, but it was given unto them. He therefore at once proceeded to unfold the parable. 19. "Hearoth the word of the kingdom." The truth of the Gospel. All hear; God speaks to every person. Tho four kinds of soli represent four classes of Individuals. The wayside hearers are those who do not understand because they do not pay proper attention. Bin has so hardened the heart, worldliness has so deadened the feelings, sinful pleasures and desjros have so dulled the conscience thnt God's truth makea no impression, more than a passing dream, or a pleasant soug to be honrd and forgotten. Evil habits, profanity, unclean thoughts have tramped It solid. "The wicked oue." Mark says "8atan," and Luke, "tue devil." He Is always arouud watohlng his elinnoe to destroy any Influences for good that may exist. "Catchetb away." CarelesB, trifling hearers are an easy prey to Hatau. As tho birds pick up the seed by the way sido so the devil will rob us of the word, unless wo tnke oare to keep It. 20. "With Joy recelvetb it." The stony ground bearers go farther than the llrst ulnss; they not only bear, but believe, and receive the trutb, nnd the seed springs up. They take upon themselves a profession of religion. 21. "Not root In himself." Ho did not count the cost, Luke 11:25-33. "His soul Is not deeply convinced of Its guilt nnd de pravity," His emotions are touched, but the truth has not entered Into Ills Inner llfn. "Dureth for a while." While every thing goes smoothly and lie Is surrounded by influences thnt hold him up, "When tribulation or persecution nriseth." Luke says, "Iu tho time of temptation fall away." They hnvo no power to resist liny opposing Influences. "Ho long as they aro lu the populur current and thure is noth ing to test their principles tiny appear all right; but as toon as any real tost cornea they fall away." "He Is offended." "Hit Is utumhled." Ho is not able to endure for Christ. . ' ' "Ii. 'T'he care of this world." The thorny-ground hearers go farther than either of those mentioned in the former Instances, They hnd root iu themselves and were nble to enduro tho tribulations, persecutions nnd temptations that came upon them; but still they allowed other things to cause them to become unfruitful. First, the caro of tills world. Anxieties about worldly success; too grent attention to the labors of dally life; the desire for worldly goods and honors; the being absorbed iu things thnt aro right in them selves to a degree that Is wrong, "Deceit fulness of riches." This Is the second weed that chokes tbe word. Itlchos claim to be able to beBtow blessings, and honor, and happiness, but they ounnot give one of these things. They harden the heart; steal away ail the life of God; 1111 the soul with pride, anger and love ot the world, and mako men ouumies to self-denial and the cross of Christ, Luke mentions a third weed, the "pleasures of this life," and Mark a fourth, "the lusts of other things." These tour weeds, allowed to grow, are enough to choke the word and cause tho henrt to become unfruitful, 23, "Into tbe good ground." This was ground thoroughly prepared. "Hcareth the word." Who are they who brought forth fruit to perfection? 1. They heard the word. They diligently attended to the ministry ot the word. 2. They understood It. That Is, they earnestly oonsldered and searched out tue Important truths of the Gospel. 3. They kept It. Luke 8:15. They did uot allow It to slip away from them, 4. They brought forth fruit out of au honest and good heart. A heart that seoks and welcomes truth. A heart cleansed from sin. A Sarprliad Cat. - Several d;tyg ago, says tbe Philadel phia Times,, five or six sparrows were pecking away in the gutter Immediate ly In front ot an engine bouso wbon a cat crejit across the street and pounced uion one of them. Instantly tbe vlctlm'n companions sent up a war try, which was as Instantly answered. From boutetop and tree, the sparrows Cocked to the scene. With whirring, hissing cries of noisy rage, they fear lessly attacked tbe offender. For about thirty seconds tbe dazed cat en dured the blows from perhaps a hun dred beaks and twice as many beating wings. Tben,( still holding her prey, she struggled way from the Infuriated birds and ran Into the engine bouse. Tbe plucky I-tie fellows followed her InBlde, but soon gave up the chase, leaving Iter with ber dearly bought dinner. s aafder but a wiser cat. Wfas In New South Wales, In New South Wales the government has fixed Ibe minimum wages of rail way laborers at seven shillings, or about H-76 a day. AN ODD CASE. It Will Linger Long In the Memory or fturgfton. "What wssj the strangest case I ever nad?" said ono of the surgeons iu at :endanco at tho late convention, re peating the question of n reporter with whom be was chatting, according ;o the New Orleans Times-Democrat, "Well, let me see. I believe tho jddost incident of my career occurred In but bold, on secoud thought 1 .lon't care to give any names or dates. The facts, if you like, were these: 1 was called by messenger to a cheap boarding house one evening to attend a man who was said to have linen hurl iu a fight. I found a yonug fellow ot twenty-five or thereabouts, half dazed, with a bloody contusion on oue of lu cheeks and a badly broken nose. The bridge was sinashod almost flat with the face, and I saw nt onco that tlir rase would need very careful liatidlin lo jirevot great iliaugnre'uent. Xol lo bother you with leciitiicnt dutail", I connued myself that night to ft superficial dressing and deferred further proceedings until next day. When I called the following tnoi'iiitit liie young man hn.l ciuito recovered his senses, and although Iiih clot ho were shabby and all his surround ings. poor mill mean it was evident from his hands, tall; ami bearing thai lie had never doiio any hard work, nud was a person of education nnd rclliieineiit. I took liim for the black Hbeei) f some good family, but niadn no comments, and explained briellj lhat I would try to restore his nose as far as posaiblo by performing t slight operation an inserting an m ti flciul support. To my astonishment ho objected flatly, and insisted on lettiug it heal exactly as it was. 'Bal you will bo frightfully disfigured,' 1 protested; 'I doubt if your best friend would recognize you.' Strange to say. that assurance seemed to render bin only tho firuior, and I was compelled to let him havo his way. It was nearlj three weeks before he was well, and, in I anticipated, he looked exactl) like some battered bruiser of the prize -in g. I never saw the man again, bill six months later I was shown tht photograph of a haudsomo young jhnp who was 'badly wanted for a big embezzlement. I put my finger over the nose and recognized my late patient. He had walked aboard ship eight under tho eyeB of the detectives and sailed for tho Argentine Republic. They had bis photo, but never dreamed t connecting it with the caved-in :ouutcunueo of that particular pas lenger." "Did ho got somebody to orcuk hia nose ou purposo?" asked the reporter. "I never ascertained," iuid tho surgeon. Kansas City Girl's ICssny. A sweet girl graduate iu a Kansas lown was asked to write au essay ou the subject "Beyond the Alps Lies Italy." This is what she wrote: "I do not care a cent whether Italy lies beyond the Alps, or even in Mis souri. I do not expect to set the river on fire with my future career. am glad I have a good, very good jduoatiou, bnt I am not goiug to mis use it by writing poetry or essays about the future woman. "It will enable me to correct the grammar of any lover I may have should he speak of 'dorgs' in my presence, or say he went somewhere, t will also come handy when I waut to figure out how many pounds of soap ii woman can got for three dozeu sggs at the grocery. I do not be grudge the time I spent iu acquir ing it. "But my ambitions do not fly bo high. I just want to murry a man who can Mick' anybody of his weight in the township, who cau ruu an eighty-aore farm, and who has no fe male relatives to come around aud try to boss the ranch, "And I will agree to cook good din ners for hitn that wont send him to au early grave, and lavish upou him a whole lot of wholesome atlectiou, aud see that his razor hasn't been used to cut broom-wire when he wants to shave. In view of all this, I don't care if I do get a little rusty on the rule of three and kindred things as the years go by." Changing the Russian Calendar. It is no easy matter to ohauge a calendar. Russia is experiencing this fact. Tho committee of the Ht. Petersburg Astronomical Society is having no eud of trouble iu its elforts to have dropped tbe excess of eleven days in the Julian method of reckon ing so that Russia may come iu with the rest of tho civilized world undot the Gregorian calendar. The people do not waut it. They feel as tho peo ple did in England wheu the chauge was made there a hundred nnd fifty years ago. They say that the Govern ment is trying to cheat them out ot eleven days of life; that to call the first of the month the twelfth is rob bing them of just that much time, Then they object to tbe upsetting oi their religious aud secular festivals, and say that the days will all be wrong under the proposed change, and thai they will lose their effectiveness. But the ohange is to be made, and the plan is to use both dates until the people become familiar with the new style. The law will make compulsory the use of both dates on all private and publio documents. A Mew Tiling In Picture I'ostcanl. One of the strangest examples of the popular craze for picture post cards iu Italy has receutly been pat ented. The inventor, Higuor Volpini, of Milan, has made a picture postcard with changing colors, somewhat sim ilar to the shot silks worn by women which at different angles refloat dif ferent colors. Not only do these col ored picture postcards change under varying conditions of tho atmos hire, but by their changing foreshadow a ohange iu the weather. It must be something very new in postcards, which, illustrating a pretty scene, will foretell tho weather either by a brightening of its color or a darken ing over of its sky. I.ona anil Short Lives, It seems that clergymen are, on the whole, the longest aud medical men the shortest livers. A well-known autlirvil.T crives the following eniinln. sions ou the subject: The average age of clergymen is sixty-live; ot mer chants, sixty-two; clerks nnd farmers, sixty-oue; military men, fifty-nine; lawyors, fifty-eight; ariist3, fifty seven; medical men, fifty-six. ' si A:i BilfS? 1 UK IT. . i V ! ft 1 How fe tlie children this spring? Complaining good deal of head- 1 ache, cant study as veil ts usual. easily fall asleep, and are tired all the time? And hoV is it wit ft yourself? Is your strength slipping away ? Do yon tfemble easily, are youf nerves all unstrung, do you feel dull and sleepy. and have you lost all ambition ? That's W Spring Poisoning Nearly every one needs a good spring medicine: a medicine that will remove impurities from the system, strengthen the digestion, and bring back the old force and vigor to the nerves. A perfect Sarsaparilla is just such a medicine: a Sarsaparilla that contains the choicest and most valuable in- H gredients ; a Sarsaparilla accurately and carefully made, and one that experience has shown is perfect in every way. f' That's AVER'S "The only Sarsaparilla made under the persona! svprrvisicn ot three Jraduntcs : a graduate In pharmacy, n gradual: h chemistry, nnd a graduate in medicine." $1.00 a bottle. All Drurfiiti "I m perfectly ronfident that Ayer's S.irnaparilla sna Pilli have Lived my lifi by taking them every fall and ipiinp. I have krpt thrm in the huuie for th: fait twenty yean." Eva N. Hast, Buffalo, N. V., Miiih 2y, 1900. SMuauiaillMHMiHNiiaMuii Mwas1 mmi isssi -ssuf u I.HTlBhneaa of a Young King. The young king of Spain always In sists on having his pockets filled with coppers before going for a drive, and scatters the coins among the many beggars who crowd around his car riage. Dreslau has a paper chimney fifty feet high and perfectly fireproof. Each package nf I ptmam Kadf.itss Hvk colors cither Milk, Wool or Cotton perfectly at ono boiling. Hold by ull druggists. The native dress of the better class of Japanese ot both sexes Is a loose wrapper, open nt the chest aud at the waist conllued by a girdle. J. C. Simpson, Marquess. W. Va.. savs: "Hall's Catarrh uie rul ed 1110 of a very hint case of catarrh." druggists sell It, ',."n Tbe Dank of Netherlands holds 95,000,000 more gold than it held a year ago. The lteit 1't-rsc-rlptlon for (Mils and Fever Is n bottle of Gnovt's Tastiu.xss I hiii, Tonio. It Is simply iron nnd uiiinlne In k tasteless lorni. No euro 110 pay. I'lic SUc. Thirty-stx Mormon missionaries are at work lu Georgia. Carter's Ink Is the Heat Ink made, hut no dearer than the poorest. Has the largest sale of any ink in the world. Warsaw Is the center of the watch trade for Itussia. !fj9?33i.333'ii9&cl 1900 There in every good reason wny I St. Jacobs Oil should cure RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA LUMBAGO SCIATICA for the rest of the century. One par amount reason is it doea cure, SURELY AND PROMPTLY WimriinMniisiiMiiM' TWO hundred bushels of Potatoes remove eighty pounds of "actual" Pot ash from the soil. One thou sand pounds of a fertilizer con taining 8 "actual" Potash will supply just the amount needed. If there is a de ficiency of Potash, there will be a falling-ofT in the crop. We have some valuable books telling about composi tion, use and value of fertilizers for various crops. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nataau St., New York. Rich by Investments Investors are ninde ro only wheu (hoy know just what to invest in and wheu. Alluring stateinentsof gold or silver mines are put out to entice innocents to part with their money, bnt bonds and stocks of nolveut and financially solid railroads, and some industrials, properly purchased, will yield large returns iu tho near future. To discriminate is just what the ordi nary investor fails to do from lnck of necessary experionoo aud Knowl edge of what is going ou daily in the financial world. An experience of over twenty years in buying and selling securi ties for customers has given us inval uable information in regard to proper ties that are safo aud sure for invest ment aud those that aro best to let a I oue. We know of oevernl railroad stooks which can now be safely purchased and sold later 011 at a very large profit. They nro as sure as any thiug in this life, oven as taxes, paying their interest regularly and earning a great deal more. We shall bn pleased to furnish by mail full information, al:io to state how a ((l'HK) investment can bo sooured for $100, wo lonuing thobnlauco, Corre spondence solicited. Direct wire from office to New York Kloc'c Exchange, connecting Philadelphia, Baltimoro aud Wash ington by cxelusive private wire. Kendall &Whitlock, ,V2 llioadwny, Nerr York. 4S 8. Third Hi., Philadelphia. 10 South Si.. Ilalllmore, Mil. W. L. DOUCi L AS $3 & 3.50 SHOES made! Worth $4 to $6 compared. wnn oiner manes. luilnrstrd hy ovflf l.OOO.OOO nuureri. Th otnuiue hive W. L. I (ouxlatft' ihiint and prkt I lUmpcd on bollnm. Like) no ubBtitule chimed to b A ctind. 1 our dealer Mtould Iterp them it, lint, we will rnd a pair oi) m.fiit of wire and ate. extra for carrue. .Slate kind of leather. Mie, and width, il.iin or cap toe. Cat. Iiec, W. L DOUGLAS &H0E CO., Brockton. Mm. OS aiV KXHIUUU '.fc.-V' WILLS PILLS BIGGEST OFFER EVER MADE. Fernnly IO Cents w. will semi to any P. 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