X
, TALMAGE.
SUNDAY
,! tllfrnlnrr-rvll Pnli
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In run
run rrl.on nncl In.
n (' Dr. Talmage sends
Lrt of n clieourc, w hich
ii.p wlin have ,m nil-
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ii.Mii in 'hp "election l
.... text. Act xix,
',', ,) which lined ouri
ii'llicir himhn together and
nil mm. '"' tliey
r nf tlli'TIl mid found it
loVnne P KpliP-ii" Willi
'Ln. ill"'"! tl,e "' "',nt
;,l,e more important remilt
' , tie citizens lirmifilit nut
i.ariil in n mililio place made
' , I (( the people enniinq
.": ,,;, full "f l'.plicsian liter-
,.u- it into 'I"' tll'llK'H. I
-i wlin in Htandiuir In
'X'. ivs-lc! Here arc l7."MHI
.., ' p,i veil propose to Imni
1 1. v.,ii' ! .n"t uniit to read
... iill 111' in." "Xo." said
( tin. Iimi'Uk nre nut yood
,r,, noi l!"Oll
tor nnvliodv
,i,a! atati 1 find watch ""til
rx, l.ir'ii ii to amies, i ucy
i n.iivl of harm; and they
, iIki harm." Hear the
'. ,, rear!
,,,!,, one of the wants of
,!!,,!( Imnfire of bad books
. ',(. hnve enoui-li fuel
llt ;m feet hiith. Jluny of
.. ,ni.;. would do well to
ii'lae their entire stock nf
the insuflerahle trah
Vi.i llie liie and let it bo
'l'.rrnre of (tod and angels
. r,m me niiinK to rid your
.'n.vrtoppiiiK nn(' underlying
.Itati. literature.
,-f. is the tniilliticst siren
',. 'pitiil and for evil. Tho
.j., Cu.pi'l HtandiiiK in the
.ii.mlile position, but I
, i; i ns responsible as. the
fditnr or a publisher. At
piint nf time, at what far
,,.rnty. will erase the in
rrv ' l.ayniond or a Hor
,rf .Limes d'ordon ll"nnett,
or an I'.iastus, liiooks,
Km-el!.i ? Talie the over-;.-tir
ni the circulation of
wlc'v newspapers aiid then
,n, how Mr up and how fai
t far out reaeli the influ
bTrimi printing presneni.
ic tin issue of all tliisl
ItiI intends the printing
ita mean for the v.-orldV
ii-i.('lial!'ri. and 1 thinli
t li. hit lie of the world
::;!it with swordx anil mills.
..-.ml Mrs-ex, a purifid and
tniu.ipliinir over, tramp
1 n;ilar" out forever thai
-ivfd. The only way to
,a literature is W seatter-
: rii'i'h is healthful. May
? ivliii'lers of an holiest, in-..T-ive
Christian printing
i you tliat the creates!, bless
: rime to the nations is that
! lit.T.ittire, and the iiroat-
Kn'n that of unclean liter-
j.t lus it victims in all
il ilciartmeiits. It lias
munc asylums and pene
n'niwlioues and dens of
aiits of this infection lit
and in the trraves, while
lintf tossed over into a
Tne London plague wa
Di;it I'uiiiilcd its vieiinis b
this Duiilern pest ha al
i :t millions into the ear
xmimiliy dead. The Ion::
fUT ran over the triu-kf
'id'.iih nr lariie enoii'jli to
mis- and the putrefaction
' ntli(Tcd up in bad boohs,
in t lie last twenty yeinv.
-;J such eircuinstaiKvs that
n nf overmastering ir.i m:--y.v.i-.'
families. W!;;;'.
"Mncis shall we i-f:.d?
p iVn: I 'cther. A news
a Imo!; in a swifter aud
and the saine rules
1 "il: nadini; will np'dv
:;'iia-'. What shall we
I'liiuis he the reccit:iel- of
' Ji le.iihor has a mind t;i
ifie !u no distinet'on be
' 'Jt liie and the Iree o;
e stiii.ti (f,iwii and drim
.liiidi the ivichedncss i
'.b piilluliou and sliaiiie';
i inimrity and chase fan-mvi-:
a; r(tss the swamps
' wii'k in the blooini'i-i
I'll, no! For the i-ake
'I everlastini; welfare we
intelli jt nt and Ctirioi inn
(la. in chin-ileep fieti
li'f (mention that vouie:
i-1. "Shall v.e read liov
'wi''' are novels that art
"l-i'i. clcvatiiiK to tht
" tc: the 11 To. but 1 have
''" Hi. I I believe that
M leil novels in this !u
' ili-tr.ietive to the last
K'irii of liclioii is history
" Il is a history o!
v.iih the licenses am'
s oi pa. t, y. The world
'Ir'a which it owes tr
r t i . 1 1 as Haw Ih'irne and
uialuii and Hunt anil
' ivlui.0 Haines are famil
' Win s of hiuli lif,. werf
'i"l than by Mis Kdiie
'"'iwiif the nasi wercncvoi
Mwed thaii in the writ
''"it. t'oupcr'ti novels r.rt
;' viih the breath ol
" Ine an' of the American
;.ai;-sh.y has smitten thf
'orld and led n trreat
le the poetrv of hoiini)
""hI.'h and fresh air
'f.uul work i carieatur
" t" iientilily and liiuli
hiiilt his own iiionu
ivliuli are n plea for thf
Wla-ina of injustice, and
Hovel istie peim to-da
,r' for (JoU and righteous
kl like these, read al
""I in riuht tiroiiortion
miinnt help but be eiv
'"V'ii, hut, alas, for tin
we literature that lias
H of nm-.a., l;l, c....l...
? . IkhiU of decency and
llity me coining from
I'i'lelirated publishing
i1 your centre table tc
''" nil blast with thru
Oration, uiilioru. Vos
'.'1 t ie Wtf of !.. .fTnn!
VOlino mini in til
Hie 'table of the hotel
1(HI Kee A hirlif in vnm
,,',,,,.f'iK,lt- Vou mul'-fenlj
'Mint are you doing?"
, "lint are you reodinuy"
-hd yo it?"
. there are ulwayii those
Uioii i? '"lm ivour "on or
i kwywhere, every
''"literature! I chaw
3,""i, "f 111.000 iinmurtiil
)" Will;
lie up to the iuagni
' " the first place, to
, br'oka that Kive false
, ! ' "either u trane.ly
1 ienot all either knavei
e neither anneU noi
w. y'm lepended upon
""lure of the day, you
1, '''f life, instead of hii
,.! 8onietiiM pructi
i wntuHiic mid cxtruva
a, i"""'y P'epared are
" wonian for the lu
, , "'"t last uiKht wadiim
.J"" descriptive of
kl"": ;''UedneM! The
"," "I" Ions for hi
'"Hiitii, y 11,0 fo,,. ' t'"
1 1 " ri',"""' nml lle wil1
t, I," 'i I bu dissatisfied.
'! Kc,,"l' to fie india
Is 01 novels will bo nerve
C"""'ee. wil l)e tit
s the .hop, nor the
l ,1 lf.,Vei herself up to
mZ, '"s ot ""vein will
-Wim U wiieiuotherj
ister. daiiuhtrr. Tiere she is, hair di
heveled. countenance vacant, cheeks pale,
hand" trenibliinr. burstinit into team at
iindnipht over the fale of fnnie nnforlii
nate lover; in the davtime. whrn nh"
oiiBht to busv. ularini! bv the half hour at
nothing: biting- her tinner nails into the
ipiiH; The carpet that was plain hrfore
will be plainer alter havinu wnndered
(hrouuli n romance all nicbt Inn in tr-isel-lated
halls of castles. And vour indiw
trions conipiinion will lie more unatt'-ae.
live than ever, now that vou have walked
m th romance throned park, v.itd
plumed Miuee.sos. nr Inungrd in the arhoi
with nohdied desncrado. Oh, the so con
lirnied no- 1 readers! 'J'hcv are unlilled
lor tins lifp. which is n tremendoin dis
cipline I'lipy kuo-.v not how to
thioimh the furnaces of trial throiiKh
w hn h they must tas. and thpv arp un
lit ted for n world wh.-rp pvprvthinit wp
Kain we achieve by hard and loiiix continu
um work.
ain. abstain from all those hooki
which, while they have some unod thinus,
have also an admixture of evil. You have
read books that had two elements j.
them the oi..l nml 1 1, Whicli
struck you? The bail. The heart ot mn-t-pponlp
is like a sieve which lets the small
particle., ol eohl fall tluotmh. ,t keeps
the rrcnt cinders. Once in awhile there is
a mind like a hniNtone which, rduiiyed
amid steel and brass lillinirs. rathcrs nn
the steel and rencU the brass. Hut jt is
ifcnerally equity the opposite. If vou
attempt to plnnue throujli n hcib-e ' of
burs to net ne blai Uberrv, vou will (ret
more burs than blackberries. ' You cannot
chord to read a bad book, however nod
you are. You sav. "The infl-ienee is itisi -.
Hiftr-iint." I tell y.m that the scratch ot
n pin has son o, ices pr.idrecd lock jaw.
Alas, if thronuli i nriositv. manv' do.
you prv into an evil book vour curiosity
I" as danitcroiis a thai ol the man whn
Would take n torch into a min-i'ivdcr mill
to see whether it would really blow no
or not!
In n nienarerie in New York a man
Put his arm thrnuuh the bars ot a blaek
leopard's eayc. The nii'imil'H hide looked
so sleek and hriuht aud beautiful, lie just
stroked it once. The monster s-ized him,
and he drew forth n hand torn and man
(tied and bleedini;. Oh. touch not evil
with the faintest stroke! Thounli it mav
jlin kIossv and beinliful. touch it not lest
you pull forth your soul torn and bleed
r7 under the clutch nf the leopard.
"Hut." you sav, "how cau I lind out
whether n book is (rood or bad without
reading it?" There is alwavs somclhiin:
suspicious about a had book, I never
knew an eecptio:i something suspicions
in the index or style of illustration. This
venomous reptile alwas carries a wurniuu
tattle.
Much nf the impure pictorial literature
is most tremendous for ruin. There is no
one who can like irood nielures belter
than I do. The ipiiekest and most con
densed -wav of itnpressinu the public mind
is by n picture. What the painter does
by bis brush Tor a few favorites tin" on-travel-
docs by his knife for the million.
What the aulhor i nnplishes bv fifty
panes the artist docs ly a Hash. The be.'t
part, of a nuiutiiiK that costs i?lll.(nil) you
may buv for ten cents. Kine paintings
beiom; to the deinoeraey of art. You
do v.eil to (father ood pictures in your
homes.
Hut what shall I say of the prostitution
of art to purposes of inicpiity? These
death warrants of the soul are at every
street corner. They smile the vision of
I he yoiiriK man with pollution. Many
1 yoiniK man hrying a copy has houuhl his
eternal discomfiture.
T here may be enoiiuli poison in one bad
picture to poison one soul, and that soul
may poison ten and fitly and the fitly
hundreds and the hundreds thousands
until nothing but the measuring liuht of
eternity can tell the height and depth and
nhastlincsH and horror of the (ireat undo
ina. The work of death that the wicked
author docs in n whole book the bad en
(fiayer may do on a half side of a pic
torial. I'ndcr the cuise of pure mirth the
yniinir man bins one ol these sheets, lie
unrolls it before his companions amid
roars of lauuhler. but Ionic after the paper
is (jimp the result nrnv perhaps be seen in
the blasted imaginations of those who
..iw it.
The oiicen of death holds n banquet
every ninht, and these periodicals are the
invitation to her (rticsts.
Youtnr man. Imp- mil this moral strych
nine for your soul! Tick not mi the nest
of coiled adders for your pocket! Pat
ronize no newsstand that keeps them!
Hive your room bright with (rood cn
jravitis, but for these outrageous piciori
lis have not one wall, one hun.au, not
one pocket.
A man is no better than the pictures
he loves to look at. If your eves are not
pure, your heart cannot be. At a news
stand one can i;oess the character of a
man by the kind ol pictorial be pur
chases. When the devil fails to n't. a man to
read a had book, he sometimes succeeds
in (fettini; him to look at a Pad picture.
When saliin iioes a-lishint. lie does not
care whether it is a lonir line or a short
line if he only draws his victim in. He
ware of lacivious pictorials, 'younn man,
in the name of Almighty !od, 1 charge
you !
Cherish irood books and newspapers;
beware of bad ones. The assassin of Lord
Kussell declared that he was led into
crime by readout one vivid romance. The
consecrated John Anc,ell .lames, than
whom Kmiland never produced a better
man, declared in his old ane that he had
never tiot over the evil elfeets of having
for fifteen minutes once read n bad book.
Hut I need not no so far off. I could tell
you of a comrade who was (frcat-hearted,
noble and ircticrous. lle was hIuiIviiik ful
fill honorable profession, but he had ail
inlidcl book in his trunk, and he said to
me ojie dav, "l)e Wilt, would you like
to read it?" 1 said, "Yes; 1 would." 1
took the book ami read it only for a few
minutes. 1 was really startled with what
1 saw there, and I handed the book back
to him and said, "You had better destroy
that book." No: he kept it. lie lead it.
lie reread it. After n while ho (rave up
reliuion as a myth, lie ituve up (od as
n nonentity, lie nave up the liilile as n
fable, lie cave up the church of Christ
as a useless institution., lie uuve up good
murals as lieinn unnecessarily xtriuneiit.
I have beard of him but twice in ninny
years. The time before the last 1 heard
of him he wan a confirmed inebriate. The
last I heard of him he wax coining out of
an insane asylum, in body, mind and soul
an awful wreck. I believe that one infidel
book killed him for two worlds.
(o home to-day and look through your
library, and then, having looked through
your library, look on the stand where you
keen your pictorials and newspapers and
apply the ( hnstmn principles 1 have laid
down tins hour. If there is anything in
your home that cannot stund the test, do
not give it away, for it might spoil an
immortal soul. Do not sell it, lor the
money you get would bo the price of
blood, but rather kindle a fire on your
kitchen hearth or in your back yard and
then drop the poison in it, and the bon
fire in your city shall be as consuming
on that one in Kphcuus.
M iron'ii Tiee-rittntlng Ryuteni,
Mayor Smith of Macon, Oa., has set
In motion a bright plan (or the sys
tematic planting of trees In that city,
the middle of whose streets are
adorned with parks. The city sets a
tree for every person who contribute!
25 cents, and protects it with an Iron
box, on which Is cast any name desired
by the donor.
A Untuning- Heuntor.
Senator Thomas Staples Martin of
Virginia, has never yet mado a set
speech In the senate, though ho has
been a member for six years. On the
stump ho is an orator of front rank,
but in the senate, for some reason
known only to himself, he has elected
to enroll himself among those who
listen but do not talk.
Fertilising the. Iluiert,
No fewer than 12,000,000 acres of
land have been made fruitful la tbe
Sahara desert, an enterprise represent'
lng perhaps the most remarkable ex
ample ot irrigation by means of ar
tesian wells which can anywhere, bo
found.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMVENTS
I FOR AUGUST 3.
Sulijerti Jco. unit the Children, Mntl.
will,, l-l I (1,en 1ot ! x., 1
Memory Verses, 11-1 I roniiiienmry
on the l)nj l,en.
I. "At the same time." After IVtn- li.nl
returned imni paving tribute. "Who is
the greatest:'' Piich jM I 1 1 1 1 1 human na
ture; always desiring to he made promi
nent. A spirit of jealousy was prolmhlv
croc ling in. T hey bad seen I'cter specially
tn vi red: and I'cter. .lamps nil. I JhM ,;,,1
alely been honored above the rest l.y
being with Hun in tu. mmint. "In the
kiindotii of heaven." Thcv still view the
kingdom of Christ as a temporal one. and
the real import ot their ipustion U. Whom
do you expect to honor bv giving the lirst
place in your government? What seduc
tive dreams oi (treat ne and glory arose
before llir-p (hililcan lishermcii as the
nearest followers of the great King! Ami
yet the greatness ol which they talked
was small indeed when compared wit h the
greatness Jesus ac tually put upo i them
-'. "Called a little child unto II mi." The
child was old enough to walk. .Icstis pro
poses to teach them ,y means ot an oh
jeet lesson. He col n et's their false ideas
about, greatness, ami shows them that
spiritual cM cllcuce and not nut w aul splen
dor or authority constitutes line greatness
in Mis kingdom. "If any man desires to
be lust, the same shall he lasl of all, mid
scrvanl of all." The very desire to he
lirst makes him last in the vcrv nature of
thing-. The sell-seeking spirit leads to
Satan's kingdom, not l,, ( hrist's. It is
the spinl that leads downward instead ol
to heaven. It is our duly, however, to
do the cry best we can "in everything,
anil to seek by every possible means to in
crease our iiselulncss. No one should be
willing to be a ( ipher in I ! oil's w ork.
"Set him in the midst. ,lens then took
the child in His arms. Tins made the
lesson very forcible. The little child was
then- teacher. A child is completely Irco
fioni tolly, and the miinia for glory, and
from envy, and contentiousness, mid all
such passions.
X "Kx.ept ye be converted." The word
here rendered "be e:-. veiled" leans
'turn about so as to face in the other di
rection." It always sigmlies a radical
mid complete change in method, spirit, or
course. "Ami become as little children."
Humble, teachable, obedient and trustful.
"c shall not cnler." There is no wav
into the kingdom of grace only bv I lie
door ot humility. The proud and haughty
cannot, enter, TTey must humble them
celves. 4. "U'hosoev.r." All have e.pial privil
eges. "Shall h.imble himself." None but.
the lowly nr,. in the kingdom, nml (he
lowliest in the l iiigd' in are the gnatc1.
To be hnuible is noi to dip.irae one's
sell. In I to use whatever we have in the
huiiilile-t service. " The same is giva . ;t."
Sclli-lin. m is ho ion! f all sin. H
"dinm the ciowr i.nd diminishes the
throne ol those who would otherwise be
grea,." Tree humility is nr.. i i t!i - surest
marks m tn,,. greatness.
f. "Whoso shall receive." Thai hi, shall
show kindness to, -hall help mid ear. for.
"One such lit If child." T his relcrs not
only to actual children ll.tike !I:I8I. but
also to Christ's icillowcrs w ho have a hum
ble, childlike spirit, "in My name." Out
ol love to .Me and for My sake, "lieceiv
clh Me." .'cstiH considers Himself treated
us we treat His little ones.
'I. "Shall olVcnd.'' W hoso shall cause
one of My little ones to stumble and to
fall into .sin. Our Lord docs not mean
vexing them or making thein angry; but
tempting them or leading them into evil.
There are many ways, such as templing
to lie, to di ink inloxicatinc- drinks, sug
gesting religious doubts, breaking ih "i re
ligious ha'i.is, sneering at the strictness
of Siibbath'kecpmg and of obedience lo
parents. "It were belter.' This shows
the heinon .ness of the offence. "That u
millstone." A very large s .one. "About
l:i.s neck, cle." Drow ning in I he .cu w as a
punishment used among the ancieols. The
condemned persons either had heavy
stones tied about I heir necks, or were
rolled up 'i- sheets of lead. Il v is a
dreadful an ! inevitable ruin.
7. "Woe i.nto tiie world." Or. alas, for
I lie world. It is the opinion of sonic that
this word is t:.-cd lo t xpiv.s; sorrow ;.ud
concern. "Ihcause of occasions of stum
bling. ' ill. V) Htvause there are so many
temptation.', a I stumbling blocks put be
fore men so many things to lead men
downward. "It must needs be." in this
world that is s-o full of sin anil wickedness
those who serve Christ will be tempted;
there will le i.ll sorts of teliiplal ions pre
sented to tilt in. "Woe to that man
tliiciiijh wh itr the occasion comet h." (."..
Y.) Woe to the man who is gtiiltv o the
aw ful crime cf leading others down to
hell, lle Ihiil sins imself it weak; bu..
he that leads ollu -s into sin is devilish, it
is u bond's business. How this applies to
the saloon-keepe;', as well as to many oth
ers, and what i answer to the old excuse
thai if I do not do the wrong thing iimic
body else will. Kach loan is personally re
sponsible for his own Hi-lions.
5, !l. "If thy hand. fool, eyj causeth
thee to stumble." 111. .) If objects as
dear to thee as these most valuable and
precious members of (he body cause thee
to stumble and to fall into sin. "Cm them
off and east them troui thee." No hall
way measure will answer. The pleasing
thing, if hurtful, must be given up ami
renounced. It is of no use to fy to regu
late ami moderate; safely lies only in en
tire abstinence. Other people may retain
the limb, but you cannot. If the thing
burls your religious life, oil' with il. lle
is a fool who insists on keeping a mortilicd
limb, which will kill bun. "Into the lied
of lire." (1!. Y.) The literal I iebennr
was a valley to (he soulh of Jerusalem, r
former scene of .Moloch worship, and later
the place where the refuse of the citvwar
burned Willi perpetual tires. This tire is
the symbol of terrible torment, which is
awaiting the finally impenitent : and it
will be an "everlasting." "eternal" lire.
. P). "Despise not." As though thev were
beneath your notice. "Little ones." The
weakest and most lowly of those who be
lieve in I hrist. "In heaven their an
gels." The angels in heaven, who behold
the face of the I'ather have u peculiar
charge over them. How near must these
"bltle ones" be to (Tod and how great the
peril of those w ho offend them. ,
II. "Son of .lan is come." Jesus came
to save sinners. Thin verse ix omitted in
K. V.
12. "One of them be gone astray, etc.
The lost sheep is a type of one straying
nway from the fold of Christ into ain. Ho
immediately leaves the ninety and nine
in u place of safety, and goea into tho
mountains, into the dilhcult and danger
dub places and seeks the straying one.
IX "iln rejoiceth more.' That sheep
was oi no more value than the other
sheep. It was its rescue that caused the
jov.
Teachings. Those things that seem
great to men are very tuuail in the sight
of Ciod. There will never be any conten
tion about greatness rmong those who
have right views concerning .it.
The Sea Tumi Illuck,
Great consternation has been caused
at Santa Cruz by the sea turning sud
denly black. Up to that moment there
had been a big school of salmon In the
bay, and many rich hauls had been
effected. Now that the water has be
come discolored not a single UbIi will
strike at the sardines that hide the
book. It looks as though they had
all disappeared. The San Frunctsco
Examiner says there are many theo
ries as to the cause ot this remark
able change. One man thinks It Is
due to the tides. Another gays the tur
bid waters are tho result of a subma
rine upheaval In tho blue mud of the
channel. A third believes the water Is
full of anlmalculite the whale food.
Keullrrlng tli lut.
"Young Sammle Spender Is carrying
cut his governor's wishes faithfully,
.Isn't br "How's that?" "Why, the
old gentleman W.K Instructions In bis
will that after his death bis dust wu
to bs scattered to Uie winds."--Life.
LONELIEST WOMAN OF ALL.
81m U From Wnnlilneton nml I.I Ten an
ftrnl lulnncl.
Without ilotibt the loneliest woinnn,
Hint Is to miy, the one farthest rp
moved from lift- kind, in nil these
rnltcil States of America. Is Mrs.
Clink, of Washington, lint wife of Ma
jor K. W. (Turk, (lovornnieiit nRent
of the I'rlbjlor or Scut Islands In the
Itering: Sen, says the Washington star.
This croup, composed of the two small
Islands of Si. Paul nml St. (ieorKo,
ntv tho homos or nearly nil the seals
remaining In existence, nml they nr"
about 1SiMi miles west of the piitranrn
of I'tigct Sound, and nbout 2IH) north
West of tho Aleutian Islands, begin
nlng at I'lilmak Tnss. St. Ooorjre,
which Is the finaller of the two, lie
ing about six or twelve miles in extent.
Is forty miles from St. Paul, and It
bus n population of about 100 Aleuts,
ami four or live whites, a physician,
nml two or three clerks or the North
American Cnniiiierekil Company, which
controls the sea business nml bus
stores nml warehouses on both isl
ands. The lit (If village of St. (lcore
contains twi-iity-llvo or thirty houses.
Including the cciiniuiiiy'H buildings, the
ngront's. bouse and a (Ireclc church.
There are no oilier houses on the Isl
ands ami Mrs, ('lurk Is the only white
woman. 1 !-r home Is a small cottage
"f lour l ins, very cozy and comfort
able, with books .mil pictures (i ml IV
tine out bud; over the sen. She does
no cooking In her own bouse, as the
Coveriiineiit ollickils take their meals
at the company house, near by. Mrs.
Clark's nearest neighbor Is the wife
of the agent on the St. Paul, who Is
less lonely bei ausi- she has with her
two children, Mrs. Clark's children be
ing grown mid having their own
homos In the States. There Is no com
munication htTwtcn the Islands except
by one of the compmiy's ships ami by
reemie cullers, us oilier ships are not
pei inilteil to visit I ho islands. These
ships conic only in the summer, aud
from (holier until .Mine Mrs. Clark
docs not expert, to see' nny o u-
hear .inyibiug from the Tinted Slates,
or to send word home, no matter what
happens. Sickness, ilcalli, disaster
may come to licr ft: i- oil' in Hint for
bidding sea, or may visit her own at
home, but no Avoid may come or go
until navigation Is resumed. St.
d'oorge Is absolutely without trees,
but Its rolling surface and mountains,
iniiil feet high, are beautifully green
with coarse grass and moss, mid
wild (lowers of brilliant lines dot the
level tlivtclii'S near the sea. IUue foxes
abound, and over the rocks at the
water's edge thousands mid thousands
or seals in ceaseless activity disport
themselves nolslessly day and night
from .lime until llecembcr, -while mill
ions of water fowl till the air and ;he
sea and llutter about the clllls. Three
hundred days in the year the weather
is dark and dismal, and fogs hide the
Islands for duys'iit a time. The cold
Is never excessive. Inn the winter
storms are severe d tcrrlllc gales
sweep over the sea and laud. There Is
no harbor and ships come to anchor
a mlie or more from shore. Philadel
phia Incpiiicr.
Cliliu-na Relocation Lmtlca tarktrnrtl.
1. Z. Sliellieltl, In writing of "The
Clvillziiiion of China" in the forum,
says: "It Is said that when the first
I'.mpcror of the Chin dynasty two
centuries before Christ attempted to
destroy the classical literature, the
scholars restored It from their memo
rles. Certainly the scholar. ol' any
clly In China could now rewrite, the
leading; classics from memory. Nut
only are Confucian scholars saturated
Willi these writings. Inn the more
striking sayings have passed down
Into the common speech, so dial those
who are blind with their eyes open'
(the uneducated) are eouslaiitly mint
ing; them without thought ol' their oil
gin. The common speech is loaded
with proverbs that relied the thoughts
of the ancients. Scholars competing
for honors must present In their es
says the traditional Inlcrprclnt ion of
the ilocl lines of Hie sages. If they
should presume to set forth views of
their own not in harmony with this In
terpretation they would be sirlpperl
Icy the public examiner of honors al
ready conferred and would lie exclud
ed from competing for literary dis
tinction. Thus the ediicatloual system
of China has not served to lead nien'n
minds into new lines of thought or into
fresh fields of Investigation; rather
lias It served to routine the thoughts of
?ach generation of scholars wlihlnthe
limits of undent Instruction, and to
stifle Independent thought aud lu
iiuiry. Klltl Too Much For tha Cunurlui,
All oflicrr of a Highland regiment
arrayed In a kilt created a sensation
In I.as Pulmiis recently and narrowly
I'seuped arrest for being Improperly
attired. lie had landed from the trans
port Lake Erie, and on the prouicuado
and ill the hotels the unusual sight of
a "iniiu-pettlroat" caused a flutter
among the ladles.
"(ilrls turned their heads away on
seeing him pass," says the l'.l Tele
grafo of Las l'alinus, "and screamed
us If they had seen u poisonous rep
tile, Wo noticed that certain ones
amused themselves with an Insane
curiosity us to bis Scotch Htocklugs."
After describing the Highlander us
weurlug a garment which, "from tho
waist downward wus a kind of loin
cloth that exposed half his thigh," the
El Tclegrnfo censures the Town Coun
cil for ullowlug auy one to appear lu
such guise. Loudon Ually Mull.
A Sad HI Intake.
A good story comes from Irvlim way,
which may bo taken with a pinch of
salt. On one of the vessels tit the har
bor there is a young son of Erin who
acts us cook, etc. Tho crew Is not
large, and evldeutly of u frugal turn
of mind, and lu consequence the cook's
duties never varied since his arrival
a mouth ngo from the work of clean
ing and gutting herring (at least so
the story gocsj. Tho skipper when up
town decided on a chuuge, and pur
chased u (luautity of sausages. Thcsu
ho handed over to tho cook to pre
pare, and tho crew walled with iin
putleucu on the dinner. At lust It was
ready, uud the boy proud of his
efforts, served tip tho dainties, 'i'ha
enptuin looked for the suusugca, but
the pun contained only a muss of
HklusI The boy, following bis usual
custom, bud treuted them tho samo
as tii'ringsu-r)asgo0w. Uvi-'juldic .Tliucjj.
t'Killllnntt! Juwvtrjr.
Earrings have become quite th
fashion, but they ere very small, and,
if not In screw form, set very close
to tho ear. The only bracelets po8
Bible with the long sleeves are thost
of the loose, flexible kind, with pend
ant hearts, charms or other drooping
ornaments. Brooches are still of th
long pin type, or In Louis Seize de
signs, with fine lattice work set with
t'.ny cer.i?.
o-i-c
When n pr. nratlon hns an advertised rpp
Utatlon that Is world-wide, It menus that
preparation Is meritorious. If you go into
ft store to buy an article that has achieved
universal popularity like. ( nsenrets Candy
Cathartic for eximple, you feci it has the
endorsement ot the world. The judgment
of the people Is Infallible l.ecnuso it Is lin
peronal. Tho retailer who wants to sell
you "something else" in place of the nr
lleie you ask for has nn nx to itrind. Don't
It istand to reason Il.i's trying to sell
something that Is not what ho represents It
to be. Why? llepinisc lie expects to de
rive an extra profit out of your credulity.
Are you easyV Hou't you see through his
little game'.' The man who will try and sell
yon Msurstttnt" for ( nseap ts Is ft fraud.
Beware of hlin ! lie Is trying to steal the
honestly earned beiiellts ot a reputation
willed another business man has ( aid lor,
and If his conscience will allow hbn to go
so fur, ho will go farther. If he cheats
his customer In oim way, he will In nn
other, nud it Is not snfe to do business with
him. llewnre of the ( a-curet substltutor!
ltemembor Casenrets are never sold In
bulk but In metal boxes with the long
tailed "C" on every box and each tablet
stamped ('. C, c.
Thn Tennessee convict eonl mine Is a pay
ing Institution. Il Is estimated that the en
terprise will show a, nrollt of over 1 1011,001)
for the past six months.
I.ailliis ( an Wear Slut.
Onn slzn smaller after using Allen s 1-oot-Kase,
a powder for the, teet. It makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating, selling feet, Ingrowing nails,
orns ami bullions. At ml drm-glst" ami shou
stores, li.V. Trial package l ltKE bv mall,
Address Allet
I'll H. Olmsted. I,e Key, N. Y.
Hill llominzii.
Tlv's la n famous mine that is some
times referred to us the Consolidated
Virginia. It has had an enormous out
put, being one of the richest silver
mines In America. It Is located at
Virginia City, Nov., and has the record
of having produced $10,0UU,0uu of sil
ver within a year.
Lwsii
:r or
Vegetable Compound
cures tho ills peculiar to
women. It tones up their
general health, eases
down overwrought
nerves, cures those
awful backaches and reg
ulates menstruation.
It docs this because It
acta (lirsoily cn tho fe
male organism and makes
It hsslthy, relieving and
curing tsIJ inflammation
end tfisptescmcnism
A'othimg elso is Just as
good and mzny things that
may ko suggested ara
dangerous. This great
medJcino has cs constant
record of cure. Thou
sands cf vcmcst testify to
It. Rszd thefr letter a con
stantly appearing in this
paper.
It nrfllc-te.l with
sure eyan, tutu
Thompson's Eye Water
without them. You will find
you will be well by taking
25c. 50c.
To any needy moiUl suffering from
SsnmEB
Pin
my ssb i m ra tma m p jgsa
j ! I l 1 il i H L
i -
10c. SS
Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertiwment and paper.
r
on't
keep forever taking harsh cathartics, as salts,
laxative mineral waters, and unknown mix
tures. The way to cure constipation, bilious
ness, sick headache, dyspepsia, and other liver
troubles is to take laxative doses of the best
liver pill you can buy, and that's Ayer's.
Ayer's Pills will never
Abuse Your Liver.
They arc laxative pills, purely vegetable;
they act gently and promptly on the liver, pro
ducing a natural, daily movement.
25 cenO n box. All druggists.
' For ten yean I suffered terribly with stomach trouble. 1 never
could retain all my food and had many hard hemorrhages from the
stomach. 1 then began taking Ayer's Tills. They promptly cured
me, and I feel extremely grateful to yon." Jchim (loots I'to
prictor Washington House, Washington, la., Mjrch It, looo.
1
Senator Hoar ot aiasaacnusetts, when
iiskt recently what he had been read
Inn of late, replied: "For serious work,
'Diivid Hurum"; for light reading and
amusement, I've been going through
Gibbon ra!a."
1'FtMAM 1'HI'KI.ISS Itks do not stuln
thn lian.lu or spot tho kettle. Sold by all
druggists.
Within the Inst twenty years the nnmber
of American and i'.iigllsh f'emalo physicians
In Asiatic countries has Increased from
twenty to two hundred and twenty.
The He-it l'iPsri'lillon for Chills
nrl l'cTi-r Is n bntn,i c,r (Iiiovk's Tastki.sss
( u:i I. Tonic. It Is simply Iron nn.l quinine In
e:siclo lorm. Nu tuici-no pay. I'vtco Sou.
Prosperity, due to lis great Turcica trade,
has led to the increased use or meat as food
in r.ngliiiul.
dev. II. p. ni'wim, scothiii'l, Huk., s:.s:
I Wollottlcsof llllll'sl'litill l bl'lilei pleie
ly cured my I it lieu irl." oi.i py ) irugglsis,
The great wall of China, portions nf w hich
lire still in evidence, was completed ill II. C.
II. II. I in mi n'n Sons, of A limit i. (i.i , are the
only suit, "wtul I Imps y Specialists In the
world. Sec their liln-ral oll'.riii advertise
ment In another column of this oaper.
All the Itoston and New York electric curs
are to bo equipped with eleetrie heaters.
Mrs. Wlrislmv'sSontliliic vriipfnr eh!Mri
lrtliltiir,Mftelis the iru Ills. re.lllcl m-1 minium v
I. ( II, allujb pain, cures w In.l .-ol le. Sk. n until.
The first thimbles were made In Holland.
I hey were brought to I'.iiglaml In liinft.
Have you ever experienced the jovful sen- I
satlon of a good uppcliic? yu will If vou
chew- Adam's Pepsin Tuitl I'rutti. ' ,
Jlenry Irving will call Ids play of the St.
Partholoiiiew massacre, "Charles IX."
1 am sure I'lso's Cure for Consumpf Ion saved
my life threo years ago. Mas. Tims, llon
niNs. Jlnplost., Norwich, N. Y., l'cb. 17, Hhio.
Albert Salezu has boon engaged to slag; in
this country next season.
H'l'P perimuientlyciired. Notltsor nervou i.
m ss niter Hi st clay's use or Dr. K Hue's (lre.it
Nerve Kcstorcr atrial 1...I Uetin.l treatise freo
lm. H. II. Iw.isi'.. Ltd.. nn Arch t I'lnia., Pa.
Astronomers tell us that in our solar sys
tem there are at least seventeen million
comets of nil sizes.
To Cure n Cold In Ono Put.
T I.AXATIVR HltOMO QintMNH TABl.imi. All
driiirglsw refund ih in.,n,.y if it tails i cure.
.. W. (jkovk niguaimu j ou oacU box. liao.
Among the exhibits at thn l'ai-U l'vc.s!
Hon is a si t of t-11 cups, tho cbeape,i ,
which is valued at iW).
ere It ht
Want tn lea it) ;iM tilhmt n At
Horse? II. iw to 1'i. lt Out u A
liooi.Ont'? Know Inii.('rfcf- 1 1 ' 1
ttntiw nml ho OiiiirJ ui4uthMt Yv
Kruihlr lK'ti'i-t LMwetiKH nml ' 'tl """H
i:tlct u Curt wht'ti r-uino in i
IH.ssilik'r '1.01 the Ann hy V S
tliH'I'eoth? What to cull tho lHirMvnt PnrM of thu
Aiiinml.' Mow to Hhoo u IL.rso l'rt.p"ity.' All thin
and other Valuable liiiornuitlnii ntu lie oMnnitM bv
re:iilMi(; our IOO-IVW.K 1 1,1,1 Tlt ATI.I)
IIOUSK HOOK, which wo will loi'iviml, ot
liaiil.omweipt of only ld eviil Ih HtauijiM.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE,
CI I l.coimril Ml., N. Y.CIly.
wonder why
all your other disorders commence
THE IDEAL LAXATIVE
bowel trouble and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will tend a bos free. Addrea
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Willi Mil llHTrt, 111 I'llljT fUll' 1ll.lt S.., (CTM1-
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the most healthful locution lu nil tho Buuoy
South, la located
The Shenandoah Normal College,
the oldest uud bent orhool of Its kind in thn
South. It olTers iipeclal ndVHKagea lo youii
ladies and ucnllomcu toHc-ipilrn a thorouirh.
praeiical ccluciilioa at Ktnail co.st, iiihuv i-tu-ih-ntu
pay their own way; Iiuh a n-uular eoursd
of iiistruetinn in Literary. Seimitillo, Com
mercial uud Music lieiPiirtinoiits.
Our Free Catalogue
tells all nbout it. Write for one hefuro you
, duclclci on a school lor next year. Address,
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! WILLS PILLS - BIGuSr OFFER EVER MADE.
I'or cnly IO rt'iiti wu will M'til to imy v o. a I-
j (llfH-., lit il:V lli'.ttillfllt ol lll'l iHiit niedli'lll on
cm in, and mi vou on i no u i. now 10 muun .ihiii
vy I'lht nt vniir home, A.tiifi"- .ill onlein lo Tin
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HDADGV NF.W DISCOVERY:
11 J Cfl I quick rtlin( ami cure wore!
eiM. It. to ot tniitiitioiouli H'I IO lliy' trttlun
I rei. l)r. U. U. UHLE.N BHUHB. Ho , AlUat. Ufc.
That Little Bcok For Ladles,
I Al.lt i; MASON, HociiEiHrr n, N. V.
bUHlh Wftliit ALL ILht hMLii.
Ilest i.ii(:h Syrii). Tuti s iooil. ViQ f
In Dun. P"!! t'v dniL't-'iif.
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No matter how pleasant your surroundings,
health, good health, is the foundation for en
joyment. Bowel trouble causes more aches and
pains than all other diseases together, and when
you get a good dose of bilious bile coursing
through the blood life's a hell on earth. Millions
of people are doctoring for chronic ailments that
started with bad bowels, and they will never
get better till the bowels are right. You know
how it is you neglect get irregular first
suffer with a slight headache bad taste in the
mouth mornings, and general "all gone" feeling
during the day keep on going from bad to
worse untill the suffering becomes awful, life
loses its charms, and there is many a one that
has been driven to suicidal relief. Educate your
bowels with CASCARETS. Don't neglect the
slightest irregularity. See that you have one
natural, easy movement each day. CASCA
RETS tone the bowels make them strong
and after you have used them once you will
it is that you have ever been
to get better at once, and soon
ALL
DRUGGISTS
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