II SECRET SOCIETIES, Rev. Dr. Talmage Preaches on Or ganizations That Work for Hnmanlfy'a Service. WHY SILENCE IS SOMETIMES BEST. ICoorrtfht MOM Washington, D. C A practical que tion which it asked in mott hotise and (or many yean in here asked hy Dr. Tal mut and answered; text, Proverb x.:v,' ( "Discover not a tecret to another." 'it appear that in Solomon' time, aain iU subaeqiient period of tlie world, ther were pP'e to much disposed to tell all they knew. It wan blab, blob, blub; phy sician revealing the case of their pa tient, lawyer exposing the private af fair of their client, neitthhor advertising the fault of the next door reaident, pre tending friend betraying confidence. One-half of the troulHe of every com munity come from the fact that o many people have not capacity to keep their mouth shut. When I liar something dis rrKing of yon, my first duty i not to (ell you, but if I tell you what somebody has aaid against you and then go out and tell everybody clue whnt I told you, and they go out and tell other what I told them that I told you, and we all go out, tome to hunt up the originator of the itory and other to hunt it down, we dhali get the whole community talking shout what you do and what you did not do, and there will be a many acalpa taken a though a band of Modoc had wept upon a nclplesa village. We have two ear, but only one tongue, a phyaio logical tiggetion that we ought to hear a good deul more than we tell. Let u join a conspiracy that we will tell each other all the good and nothing of the ill, and then there will not be such awful need of lermona on Solomon' word, "Discover not a secret to another." Solomon had a very large domestic cir cle. In hi earlier day he had very con fused notion about monogamy and poly- famy, and his multitudinous asaociutea in he matrimonial state kept him too well informed as to what was going on in Jeru salem. They gathered up all the privacies and poured them into hia ear, and his family became a sorosi or female debat ing society of 700, discussing day after day all the difficulties between husbands anil wives, between employers and employes, between rulers and subjects, until Solo mon, in my text, deplores volubility about affairs that do not belong to us and extols the virtue of accretiveness. By the power of a secret divulged fam ilies, churches, neighborhoods, nations, fly apart. By the power of a secret kept charities, socialities, reformatory move ments and Christian enterprises may be advanced. Men are gregarious cattle in herds, fish in schools, birds in flocks, men 111 gucitii ctictvw. iou may ny cue uis charge of a gun scatter a Hock of quails or by the plunge of an anchor send apart the denizens of the sea, hut thev will gather themselves together again. If you by some new power could break the asso ciations in which men now stand, they would again adhere. Und meant it so. He ha gathered all the flowers and shrubs into associations. You may plant one forget-me-not or heartsease alone away off upon the hillside, but it will soon hunt up some other forget-me-not or heartsease. Plants love company. You will Hud them talking to each other in the dew. You sometimes see a man with no out branchings of sympathy. His nature is cold and hard, like a ship's mast ice glazed, which the most agile sailor could never climb. Others have a thousand roots and a thousand branches. Innum erable tendrils climb their hearts and bios torn all the way up, and the fowl of heaven sing in the branches. In conse quence of this tendency we find men com ing together in tribes, in communities, in churches, in societies. Some gather to gether to cultivate the ai ts, some to plan for the welfare of the state, some to dis cuss religious themes, some to kindle their mirth, some to advunce their craft. So every active ccmmunily i divided into as sociations of artists, of merchants, of bookbinders, of carpenters, of masons, of plasterers, of shipwrights, of plumbers. Do you cry out against it? Then you cry out against a tendency divinely implanted. Your tirades would accomplish no more than if you should preach to a busv ant hiH a long sermon against secret societies. Here we find the oft-discussed question whether associations that do their work with closed doors und admit their mem bers by passwords and greet each other with a secret grip are right or wrong. I answer that it depends entirely on the nature of the object for which tiiev meet. Is it to puss the hours in revelrv, wassail, blasphemy and obscene talk or to plot trouble to the state or to debauch the in nocent, then I say with an emphasis that no. man can mistake, "No!" Hut is the object the defense of the rights of any class against oppression, the improvement t!e mind, the enlargement of the heart, the advancement ot art, the defense of the Government, the extirpation of crime or the kindling of a pure hearted sociality, .Vifn h ""y Wlth iURt much emphasis, ies. ' There ia no need that we who plan for the conquest of right over wrong should publish to all the world our intentions, lhe general of an army never sends to the opposing troops information of the com ing attack. Shall we who have enlisted lu the cause of God and humanity expose our plans to the enemy Ho; we will in secret plot the ruin of all the enterprises of Satan and his cohorts! When they expect us by day, we will fall upon them ty night. W hile they are strengthening their lest wing we will fall on their right. By a plan of battle formed in secret con clave we will come suddenly upon" them rr3jl"f(,..'."-l'he BWOI1 f the Lord and of Uideou! Secrecy of plot and execution la wrong only when the object and ends are nefarious. Kvery family is a secret so ciety, every business firm and every bank ing and insurance institution. Those men who have no capacity to keep a secret are unfit fpr position's of trust anywhere. There are thousands of wen whose vital need is cultui iiig a capac ity to keep a secret. Men talk too much, ana women, too. There is a time to keep "m as well as a time to speak. Although not belonging to anv of the great secret societies about which there has been so much violent discussion, I nave only words of praise for those asso ciations which have for their object the nuuntenance of right against wrong or the recantation of inebriates or, like the score of mutual benefit societies culled by dif ferent names, that provide temporary re lict for widow and orphan and for' men incapacitated by sickness or accident from earning a livelihood. Had it not been for e secret labor organizations in this country monopoly would long ago have under it ponderous wheels ground the iiioring classes into an intolerable scrvi vuue J. he men who want the whole earth Ihi k,3"!VM ould hllv K' before this had it not been for the banding to- J.iU 1 fx "ecn!t organization. And, been Zn. V manY ihin tlmt nave n" hf Ahemi their existence is a t - JeUv I ' . itheir Intimate sphere dis ( od TtcJ hy tha Providence of niisY ".""mization. are trying to dis who ar. i ""-'ition all members chaos "rhl "ii of a1arVhy 1,d 80"''l t hfn, hike tLT" ra,lutty cease any and I w ll fVni.1 v.y,0v.er lheiv "'embers, shillings and ix pence for the first offense, five .lulling, for the .econd, ton shilling for the third and if .til) persisting .mill be dealt with a. the committee think proper. Let any Christian wife rejoice when her liuulmud consecrate evenings to the ser. e of humanity and of Uod or anything levatiug, but let no man Mcrif.ce bomS mo to secret society life, as many do I rinJ,.Tt ?ut t0 'ou, reat my ""me. ,f men who are guilty of this sacrilege. Ihey are a, genial a angel, at the wc.ct, room, and a. l(,ly ,t home- T, are generou. on all subject, of wine .up. pen. yachts and flua hon.es. but they are t.i.gy about tUir wiW dress.-, and the which might be a healthful ir.fluenra a usurer of 'hi. affection,, Kd hU "U',!H.j 1)9 US guilt v my,-,,) ly tTnlertTinr nrftces mf-wirr; tvnatrveT 'Tier features, become uninteresting and homely. He become critical of her, doe not like the dress, does not like the way she arrange her hair, is amazed that he ever was so unromantic a to offer her hand ftod heart. There are secret societies where member ship alwav involve dometic shipwreck. Tell I me that a man ha joined ft certain kind and tell me nothing more about him for ten years and I will write hi. history if he be still alive. The man i a wine guzzler, hi wife broken hearted or pre maturely old, hi fortune gone and hit home a mere name in the directory. I!.ere Bre nl 'cellar night in the week. "What ahull I do with them?" nv the father and the husband. "I wi!I give four of these nighta to the improvement and 'ntertainment of my fnmilv, either at home or in good neighborhood. I will de vote one to charitable institution. I will devote one to my lodge." I congratulate you. Here i a man who sav. "Out of the six secular night, of the week I will de vote five to lodges and clubs and associa tions and one to the home, which night I will spend in scowling like a March squall, wishing I was out snending it ss I have spent the other five." That man', obitu ary ia written. Not one out of 10,000 that ever get so far on the wrong rond ever stops. Oradually hi henltb will fail through late hours, and through too much stimulants he will be first-rate prey for erysipelas and rheumatism of the .rt. The doctor coming in will at a glance see it is not only prespnt disease he rmst fight, but years of fast living. The cler gyman for the sake of the feelings of the family on the funeral day will only talk in religion generalities. The mei who got his yncht in the eternal rapids will not be at the obsequies. Thev have press ing engagements that dnv. Thev wi'l send flower to the coffin, will send their wives to utter word of sympathy, but they wU 'have engagements elsewhere. They never come. Another test by which v,i can f.nd whether your secret society i right or wrong is the effect it ha on your secular occupation. I can understand how through such an institution a man can reach com mercial auccess. I know some men have formed their best business relations through such a channel. If the secret so ciety has advantaged you in an honorable calling it is a good one. But has vour credit failed? Arc bargain makers 'now a.iAiiMin im,w wicy irtisi vou wun a bale of goods? Have the men whose name were down in the commercial agency Al before they entered the society been going down sine in commercial standing? Then look out. You and I every dav know of commer cial establishments going to rum through the social excesses of one or two mem bers, their fortnne beaten to death with ball plover's bat or cut amidships with the front prow of th" regatta or going down under the swift hoofs of the fast horses or drmvned in the lnri;e potations of cog nac Monongahela. The secret society wa the Lneh Knrn. Their business was the e "e Havre. The;- struck, and the V ille rte Havro went under! The third test by which vou mnv know whether the society to which vou belong is good or bad is this: What is its effect on vour sense of moral and religious obli- "1U",i'?, nn'4 if 1 noultl fnko the names of all the pronle in this audience and put them on a roll, and then I should lay that roll back of this organ, nnd n hundred years from now some one should take that roll and call it from A to '.. there would not one of you answer. I sav that anv so ciety that makes me forget that fact" is a bad society. Which would you rather have in vour hand when you come to die-a pack of cards or a Bible? Which would vou rather have pressed to your lins in the cosing moment the cup of Belssr.zarcan wassail or the chalice of Christian com munion? Whom would you rather have for your tiallhearers-the elders of a t nnstian church or the companions whose conversation wa full of slang and inuen lo. Whom would you rnther have for your eternal companions those men who spend their evenings betting, gambling, swearing, carousing and telling vile stories or your little child that bright girl whom the Lord took? Oh, yon would not have been away so much nights, would vou, if you had known she was going away so soon? Dear me. your house has never been the same place since. Your wife has never brightened up; she haa never jnt oyer it; she never will get over it. How long the evenings are with no one to put to bed and no one to whom to tell the beautiful Bible stories! What a pity it is that you cannot spend more even ings at home in trying to heln her bear that sorrow! You can never drown that grief in the wine cup. You can never break away from the little arms that used to be flung around your neck when she used to say. "Papa, do stav with me to-night do stay with me to-night!" You will never be able to wipe awav from your hp, the dying kiss of your little girl, the fascination n a bad secret society is so great that sometimes a man has turned his back on his home when his child was dying of scarlet fever. He went away. Before he got back at midnight the eyes had been closed, tho undertaker had done his work, and the wife, worn out with three weeks' watching, lay unconscious in the next room. Then the returned father come, up stairs, and he sees the ! l? tl,e Vdgment day he will find out what was the matter. Oh, man astray, Ood help vou! I am going to make a very stout 'rope. You know ihnf ... : , -""rumen a ropemaner will take very small threads and wind thc.a to gether until after awhile they become a vJe ii Ai"l-1 am Boi" ' Mb o"e very small delicate thread and wind them together until they make a very stout ,.,.. i w tnke a the m"mry of the marriage day-a thread of laughter, f, ll".ed of Itght. thread of music, thread of banqueting, a thread of cougrat-ulatton-and I twist them together, and I have one strand. Th.-n I take a thread of . thread "nff ?d"nt V a tliieai of tho darkness that. Preceded ht B ,1 H ?ftthe beaulj'l earf that little child used to wear when she bound ed out at eventide to greet you, and then a thread of the beautiful dVes, in which y-u laid her away for tho resuiVction and then I twist all these thread, to get her and I have another strand. Then 1 take a thread of the scarlet robe of a suffering Christ, and a thread of the white raiment of your loved ones before the throne and a string of the harp seraphic, and 1 twist them all together, and I have a third, strand "Oh von 'say, "eith strand is enough to hoia fast a world " . 'A'11 teke the8e "traud,, and I will twist them together, and one end of that rope I will fasten not to the communion t'ible, for it .hall be removed; not to a pillar of the organ, for that will crumble in the ages, but I wind it round and round the cross of a .ympathizing Christ, and having fastened one end of the rope to the cross I throw the other end to vou. Lay hold of it! Pull for your life! Pull for heaven! "labor W6hloT . There nr.- o7,5JJ iiostofllco em ployes In Loudon, Machinists at Peoria, 111., have do-cliu-od their gtrika oil. Tho ClKuriiiukoTs' Intornutiouul l.'nlcu now bun a lili'inliertjliiji of 3-1,-VW. Tliri'o thousand threulieiH In Illinois liuvu organised a Protective Assocla lion. Curpcntt-i'g in MusHachiiKt'lls have gt'iimully obtained ;m eight-hour iluy without a strike. About 200 of tho employes of Hie Ulluoii) Central ltiillion-.l luive juttt been, retired on puuglouti. Tlio strike, of the H.IOO uulou fisher men ngulnst (he fifty sulniou cunuerieg on the l''raer Klver, B. C, bus been settled. Labor Commissioner Wright places the number of Idle men in tho United estates who uro wllliujr to work nt a.500,000. More than 2000 workers 111 the Na tional Tuba Works, at McKuetport, Peuu., have Joined the AiuulKumated Aswcluttou. Tclephoue operator In Columbus, Ohio, have lnul their salaries raised twenty pr tent, uutl the workauy reduevd to nine liouru. THE SABBATH SCHOOL International Lesson Comments Auga t 4. For Subject: Abrsm and Lot, Ceo. x 111., !-!--Ooldes Text, Matt, vll., 12-Memory Wilts, 7-9-Commentary oa til Day's Lesion. I. "Up out of Egypt." In the language ot the Jew the direction to Jerusalem trom every quarter was upward; besides, Egvpt wa. a ow-lying country and the traveler would j1Rve to ascend on hi way to the hilly country of Canaan. "Into the south." JNot the south of Kgypt, but the southern region of Palestine. A certsin part of the country was called the south before the times of the patriarchs. u 3.u i.'V'ry rioh, " Abrm " Lot haH both been greatty prospered and were very rich. The property ot these time did not consist in flock only, but also in silver and gold. Abr.tm wss very rich, and yet very religious. As piety is a friend to out ward prosperity (1 Tim. 4: 8), so outward prosperity, if well managed, is an orna ment to piety, and opportunity of doina o much the more good. 3. "Kven to Bethel." Abratn returns to the place of his altar in Hethel. In like manner Cnristian settlements c.uster around their churches. Nothing can sat isiv (.od, n reference to a wanderer or backslider, but his being entirely restored. Between Hethel and Hal." Stanley well ilesrribcs this point as a conspicuous hid, its topmost summit resting on the rocky slopes, and distinguished by its olive groves offering a natural base for the al tar, and a lilting khado for the tent ot ths patriarch. 4. "Called on the Lord." This im plies more than an ordinary prayer; h re entanli,dicd public worship. .L5'. ''Went Abram." It seems plain that J.ot was from the very beginn-rg borne onward rather by Abram's inf't ejee and example than by his own fuiiii in Cod. C. "Xot ab!e to bear them." "Their Hocks and herds had grown too numerous to find pasture there. An ina'nilitv, more over, of n moral kind may be implied." hubstance was great." As tneir taniiiie increased it was necessaiy their fKU should increase aisn, as frcm those Horki t'ley derived their clothi lg, food and dr.nk. ijany also were offered in sacrifice tn God. 7. "A strife." The oc-asion ; their ru.irrel was their riencs. The qunnel orig inated in the scarcity of herbage for the subsistence of their flocks, "and in their ei.genicss for the posCFsion of the wcils, or icuntains of water, which in that rockv, mid region have a value unknown to tiio inhabitants of a country like ours." "Uwell then in the land." ' The Pcrir'.iie-i are not mentioned in the table of nutio is. Chap. IU, Their origin is obscure. Tin Canaiiiiitts were the original occupants of the soil. 8. "Abram said." lie Prst let Lot ta!:o his chr.iep, and then left Cod ta choose for him. This was heavenly wisdom. This is what faith ever docs; it allows Cod to fix its inheritance, and is always satis.'ie i wit'i the portion which Cod gives. "No strife." There is a special danger of quarrels in t!ie family and among kindred. The love of Coil in the heart; is a sure cure for nil strife. "We are brethren" (It. V.) We ore of the same fami y, worship the same (iod in the same way. have the same p-o-.i-ises, and look for the same end. Why then should there bp strife? 9. "The whole land." Tho liraven'v principle of forbearance evidently ho t't the supremacy in Abram's breast. I s walks in the moral atmosphere of the Ser mon on the Mount. It was an unscn'sh act for Ah rani to give up h!s rights and renounce his own interests for Lot. It was the act of a true man oi God. "Sr i urate from me." Hi proposal to sp'iai'aio arises f om his love of peace, not fro.n any llish retard to, his own interest. 111. "Lifted un his eyes." 'J'hers s n crisis in every man's hislory at which it will assuredly be made manifest on wha; ground he is resting, by what motives he is actuated, and by what o'jecis he is an mated; thus it was with Lot. "Plain of Jordan." Lot chose the Jordui Vallev north of the Dead Hen near t ie city cf Sodom. Lot seems to have had nothing in view but his temporal convenience nd advantage. He c'oes not inqu're into t'le character of the inhabitants, nor docs he appear to express any reluctance in leav ing Abram. "Before destroyed." The face of the country was altered by the de struction of these cities. "(Jaro'en of tiie Lord." He knew of its fame as the garden of E(!en; no crust of salt, no volcanic con vulsion had as yet blasted its verdure. 11. "Lot chose him." The choice was sciush. He should have been generous to ward his uncle, insteud of greedily taking the best for himself, and then, the choice was made for worldly advantage without regard to spiritual things. "They separ ated." It is not thus with l!ll vielw.a nf grace or of glory; the mors we have of them the cIobct it unites us. 12. "Pitched-toward Sodom." lie ad vanced toward it till he came near, but was probably prevented from entering by the well-known character of its inhabit ants. He who keeps bad company, in dulges in doubtful pleasures, or allo-v wrong and selfish acts to influence bis life is pitching his tent towuid Sodom. 13. "Wicked and sinrers." The me i of Sodom were sinners of the first magnitude. The greatest depravity is often found among the inhabitants of the most fertile lands. Lot has fallen into the very voriex 0: vice and blasphemy. Lot chose- the co-nnany of sinners. One is safe with wicked men so long as he is endeavoring to make them good, but is never saTe when he chooses their company. 14. "Look," etc. He is to make a full survey of the land in all directions, and ha is assured that it is hi to inherit, and a title deed is given to hi in for his seed for ever. God says to every believer, lnol; from the placo "where thou art," and "the land" the spiritual good, "which thou seest" which thou dost see promised to thee in SIv word, "to thee will I give it." 15. "All the land." Uod repeats iris promise, for the support of the faitn cf His servant. "Will I give it." He wio wa willing to give up everything for the honor of Ood and religion received the. blessing of the Lord, but be who sought this world lost all. 16. "Thy seed as the dust." That is, they shall increase incredibly, and, take them all together, shall be such a great multitude as no man can number. 17. "Walk through." Survey the land: enter and take possession of it for tliyself an d thv posterity. 18. "In Hebron." Thi i, the first men lion of this name; it was anciently Kir jath arba. It is one of the most ancient cities in the world. Here Kartth and Abram died. "An altar." This wa, the third altar Abram had built. Lot might choose Sodom, but as for Abram he soug'ut and found hi all in God. NEWSY CLEANINGS. KIkus of a ear famine are now imuiifi'hc in the West. Gorman tariffs are to be-ruined by the new law to satisfy the tigrarl uns. The new directory shows that Chi catto has more tlmu 2,000,000 Inhabit ants. , Virginia Prohibitionists have nomin ated O. C. lluckcr, of Bedford, for Governor, An order to cut municipal expenses has been glveu lu every department at Chicago. The Spanish Chamber of Deputies haa adopted without debate un ap propriation for the purchase of quick lirliig guns. A stump duty of 120.000 has been paid to the British Treasury on Car neulc'g lO,t)oo,ooo gift to tho Scot tish universities. Disorder and lawlessness huvo great ly lucreaseU in Pekiii since the pol Ic ing of the city was restored to the Chinese authorities. The llrltlsh AdmlraHy have Just ordered tlfly-fo :r sets of wireless tele graphy gear, to tie uuide according to their own specification and systou. Cf RISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS. Aagnst 4-"0,inlnf By Losing." Mark x. MM. Brrlnttirp Veri T erll A- Ts., i xtIIi. 12; xxll. 4; Matt v. 5; j'vlll. I ; x x in. vi; i,uk i. 41. oi'; xviii. 14; t'lill. II. 0 11; ,1ns. Iv. 10; Peter v. 0. lesson Thoughts, We can have only oue life a selfish, slDful, worldly life, which Is ours by ostnre; or a "life hid with Chrlut 1n Ood." We rannot have both, but wt nray begin the latter at once by he death of the former. In the business world transactions are sometimes made with actual loss to the merchant. In the hope of rcmilt Ine future Rnln which will more than balance the loss. The eternal gain f heaven may be purchased by the sacrifice of the short pleasure that the world may offer. Selections. .Many Christians at the present time eoill truly nay to Ood, "Some of self and some of thee," and that Is the reason why their lives are no Joyless and powTles. But when a Chris tian has reached the Wage where lie ra;t say to bis Lord. "None of self, but all of thee," then It Is that his soul will lie flooded with Joy that Is unspeakable and full of glory, and a divine power will be made manifest In his life to all those that come Into contact with hint. It Is not hard to see, as other lives are studied, thnt blessedness entered them In proportion to the fulness of the surrender, Just aw the sunlltrht floods a room according to the num ber of the windows that are ready to receive It. Our Savior hath told you, the seed that would srrow, Into earth's dark bosom must fall Must pass from the view and die away, And then will the fruit appear; The praln that seems lost In tho earth below Will return many fold In the car. By death comes life, by loss comes gain. The Joy for the tear, the peace for the pain! No pnln suffered, nor service render ed, nor work done for Christ Is lost. . . . The poorer we become for Him, the richer we shall grow. The mnn we forget ourselves, the more wil He remember us. iTWOSTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS Aii-usl 4 ""Gaining By Losing." Mark x. 28-30. The soul IioIiIm lhe secret of values. The in I li 1 s t lies of commerce, schools, civilization, mid all devices of human Renins are of no avail, unless In some way they contribute to the furnishing of the soul. Self sullicieticy Ik always Insuffic ient. Peter said, "We have left all." What had Peter IcrtV "(July a few oid boats mid fishhooks. It was In finite gain to Peter when he lost his selfishness. Hut he did not lose that till he found Jesus. That discovery made hi in rich. Tor It made hlin an heir to God. Gain und Loss. The acquisition of good Is the only real gain. Posses sions that hurt the soul Impoverish. The wealth of the world Is rubbish when balanced aain;-; the soul. When he dies a man cannot take with him what he has. but only what he Is. Kmpty-hiinded he caiue; empty hand ed he must go. Metier starve the body and feed the soul than to feed the body and starve the soul. Metter lose gold and land than to lose God and eternal life. It is not easy to ex change the seen for the unseen. Hut that is tln run. lit ion of wealth. It Is the road ,nc student must travel to culture. He pays the visible, mater ial dollar tor tlx- invisible. Immaterial Idea. If lie ualus culture be must p'1-" .iii coin. If lie secures hlirh iioiu.is lie must give up low pleasure:?. The whole process' of education Is a process of giving up.' It Is giving the Inferior to gain the superior. God' plan always pays, no mutter what It costs. This gem from Thomas O. Selby Il lustrates Ille true principle of "gain ing by losing:" "The mountain I'lreams of a certain district lu Cen tral Asia are charged after heavy rains with little diamonds, and the natives of the country are accustom ed to put on straw sandals and wade In the hireams. The little diamonds are caught by their rough edges lu the plaits of the siiinlal, anil the sandals me then burned, and the little points of ellierealie.l sunlight are picked up out of the ashes. .Vow. the mail tempt ed to perpetual grounding at the waste of shoes would be quite un worthy of the treasure gathered by the opera l lull. No possessor of com mon sciir'e would count one or a hun dred jut Irs of grass sandals against these little bits of choice cherished stones." So we cnu afford to lose the staff and sand. ib' that helped us on our pil grim way If thereby we gain the scepter, throne and crown. RAMS' HORN BLASTS HERB la no night where there Is no light A light tongue often makes a heavy heart, Wo are disci plined to prayer by our distres ses. K V. I Jt :. mug Willi YSjrj tria&k out life will only iVVV result In living ' without nracttce. Only those who have tent at the cross shall be raised to the throne.' Thore may be charity without love but there cannot bo love without charity. . There are no heavenly chariots to those who have not run as Clod's foot men. You can never rule with profit till you have learned to submit with patience. A man's Interest In the church will depend on the amount of principle he has In It. A"book of plana la a good hlng to build a house by but a poor thing to build It out of. The human animal has neither borna nor tusks and doesn't mlsa them since It has a tongue. Some Christians Imagine that they prove themselves to be of the tree ot life by their bark. You cannot kick and haul at the same lroe, . - i Horror of Journalism. "Speaking of nothing in particular," began the information editor, "why is a good man like a dose of castor oil?" "Hard to keep him down," replied the rxchange editor. "Why is the new chief of the fire department " "Good man. Hard to keep him down. W hy is" "Don't be in a hurry. You've made me lose it. Why why is the new chief's job" "Soft thing? Pudding. Hasty pud ding. Of the Mitsham ilk" "Quit I It isn't a hasty pudding. Been waiting for it nearly half a century. Why is the new chief's job like a doc tor's receipted bill?" "Because it's no sign o' cure. Why is a (fan of sand in your eye " "That's the old one about the profes sor in the ladies' seminary. Stuck on the pupil. What is the difference be tween" . "It isn't an old one. Why is a grain of sand in the eye like calling a man a liar?" "Likely to be the beginning of a bad 'rape. What is the difference between a tornado " "And a college amusement? They're about the Same. One's a hurricane and the other's a cane rush. Why is the Chicago City Railway" "It's in league with 'L.' What's the difference between an ice dealer and a cashier at a department store?" "That's too easy. One gives yon short weight and the other cives volt a long wait. Why is a city council like an acre of cockle burrs?" "Bad lot. Why is a fountain pen " "Like a tramp? That's too simple. How would you go to China overland?" "Take the Q if you've got the pull. Why is the mercury in a thermome ter" "Oh.' salivate yourself with it! Why does a soft corn " "Cut it out! Why is a ball of twine" "Wind it up, I say!" Which, in view of the weather and the protests of the innocent bystanders, they proceeded to do. Tho Apnrtmeiit House. "Where arc you ladies going?" "Wc arc going to give Mrs. Bender a piece of our minds. She is the cause of us being arou.scd between midnight and dawn. We can't stand hearing her hus band stumbling upstairs." "But why don't you go to him?'' "Because she is to blame. Ii she didn't sprinkle tacks on the stairs he'd take his shoes off." Musle In the Km hen. Mr. Housckccp My dear, here arc a couple of new songs I wiut to teach Bridget to sing. Mrs. Hoitsekecp What nonsense! Mr. Housckccp Not at all. If she must sing at her work, let's stop those doleful tunes of hers. Now these are lively, and if she keeps time to them she'll get through her work quickly. Tho I-'Irst. When their first son was born Adam is thought by some critics to have re marked not without much acerbity. "Red hair! Wouldn't that jar you?" "Well, I'm not presenting you with any gold-headed Cains, if I know my self!" retorted Eve, affecting indiffer ence, albeit secrctlv mortified to death. Puck. nitln't l ove Her. She (petulantly) I don't see whv von should hesitate to get married on 600 a year. Tapa says my gowns never cost more than that. He But, my darling, we must have something to cat. "Oh, William! Always thinking of your stcniacii! Hard t.lnes. Drummer It is pretty hard to get a drink in this town, isn't it? Landlord (Kansas hotel) You bet. Why, you can't even work the snake bite racket any more unless you carry the snake to the drug store and let him bite you in the presence of a commit tee! Puck. It fays to lie Amiable. "What do you do," asked the one who had been married oniy a few months, "when your husband conies home late at night?" "I pretend not to notice that he isn't on time and pretty soon he asks me if I wouldn't like to go to the roof garden or somewhere to-morrow afternoon." The Good At an. Mr. Goodart Why don't you endeav or to convert Mr. Badden? Rev. Farrassy I don't like him. Mrs. Goodart Is that any reason why you should let him die in his sins? Rev. Farrassy Well, I should hate to have to associate with him during eter-nitv. mi riv 1 v ' i u t . Wtch eur next dvertlomnt,' Just try a package the reason of its popularity. Marriage by Advertisement, Marriage by advertisement seems to be much in favor in Vienna. A diligent in quirer has counted no less than 508 matrimonial advertisements in the two leading middle-class papers of that city in the course of a week. It is only the middle classes who arrange their matri monial affairs in this way, arrd it is curi ous to notice that the number of women who advertise is almost equaled by the number of men. The compiler of this list makes some sad reflections upon the levity and venality of the age. Young men and young women, he says, are no longer ashamed to regard themselves as objects of merchandise which may be put up to the highest bidder. London Chronicle. Kest Thing. Miss Milliccnt Darlington, who, when Mr. Smithcrs proposed, had told him that she was to wed Mr. Coldcash, was moved to pity as Mr. Smithcrs stood ir resolute, with his hat in his hand. "I hope you will conic and see us some time," she said, for she didn't know what else to say. "But you will be married and will have born to you a beautiful daughter," answered Smithcrs with much emotion; "then I will conic and engage as your coachman, and if fortune is with mc elope with your daughter." Then Smithcrs walked slowlv out the yard and toward a monastery. 11 requires no experience to dye with Pr. MM Fapkliss Drcs. Kimply boiling your ?:.-ods in the dye Is all tk.it is necessary, bold ly all druggist. The man who reduces salaries is a sort of revenue cutter. From a cliff 1000 feet hiiih one with clear vision csn see a ship at a distance of forty-two miles. I.ndloa rsn Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Font Ease, a powder for tho feet. It mekes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat ing, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At nil drngrists and shoe store. L'.'ie. Trial package KitEE by muil. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Itny, N. T. A suimr-coatcd compliment is often hard to swallow. Heat For tlio Uowel. Ko matter what nils yon, headacho to a rsncer, you will never got well until your bowels aro put right. Cascaiikts holp nature, curs yon without a gripo or pain, produce ensy natural movements, cost yon just IP cents to start getting your h-5.il t !i bock. Cas cabkts Cundy Cathartic, the gcuntno, pnt up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C stamped on it. Beware of imitation:). The lawyer believes in words, hut the real estate man is known by his deeds. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervmis mi'S after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. t2 trial bottle aud treatise fro ).'r. H.H.Klisk, Ltd., t'Sl Arch St., l'hila. I'u The muu who stutters knows all about the parts of speech. Dyspcpaia. In its most aggravated form has been crTectu itllv cured with small closes of Crab Orchard Water. John Silence married Mary Teace in s KanBu town the other duy. He advt. of Shithdeal's Boris shs Coli.hox Scientists say the sun is moving further away from the earth. irr. Wm.ilow'sSoothin; Srrnp forohildrst ifethin, soften the gums, reditu' inflamtna jioti, allays pain, cures wind colic llij a bjttls It seems queer that bad habits jrov. strongest on the weakest man. l'iso's Cure is tits best medicine we ever nserl or all affections of throat and lung. Wit. O. Knoslkv, Vanbtiren, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. France bought $8O9;J0O worth of toy of Germany in 1900. Itsv. H. P. Carson, Scotland, Dnk., wivs: '"two bottles ot Hall'sCautrrh Cure complete ly curd my little girl." Bold by Iruggiit, 76c. Xo one has invented any summer milli nerv for the eutnniobjlH, I lhe oldest and only Wiminean college in Va. own tag its buililiUK grand new one. No vacation, l.atiiea &l getnlrmen. Biukkeepiug, Shorthand, .typewriting, Penmanship, le!e(rphy, c. Leading business col lap a' south of the Potomac . rntta. lienor raptor . Audreae, G. M. htnithdeal. President. Kic .mond. Va. ASTHMA-HAY FEVER k) FREE.TR1AL BOTTLE. I i H - H tB am f JLnU IUM ppntss DBJArT.79 t.l30?ST-N.Y CiTY 'TVi'sruieiThompson's Eye Water J LURED HY 7,TX 7- i A LUXURY WITHIN THE REACH of LION COFFEE and HairSplits "l have used Ayer'i Hair Vigor for thirty year. It la elegant for a hair dressing and for keeping the hair from splitting at the ends." J. A. Gruencnfelder, Crantfork, 111. Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the hair splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting has begun, it will step it. II.M I .'. All (nqrlst. If yonr drnrelst esnnot imnpty yon, send as ono d"ilsr and we will expreaa you a bottle. H sure andtrlva the nam of your nearest express cRite. Addreas, J. C. AYKR CO., Lowell, Mas. i Sick Headache ? Food doesn't digest well? Appetite poor? Bowels constipated? Tongue coated? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills; they cure dys pepsia, biliousness. 25c. Alt druggists. Win! your ninustiirlte or bemrd a bautliul hrown or rich blnrkV Then ne BUCKINGHAM'S DYEtfcS&r. 0 f rn, r PoitrtBUTt, WW P. Mu 4 . (Imi M M DYSPEPSIA yields to nature'a medicine, tw)T euro Ir"pepln and ntnTnrh, liver, kidnry uurl bnwnl (iioorderfl. An on rlvnllfid rtiiorimit nti UxhIItp; hwlttornim Und lonrn the uhol trr-ten. A natural Kntnr nf tfi hiffitftt lnofliclnal Talae, coo and ctionpr-r to khtiil. imitlft is Aqua tn l trftUoai of uncoo(ivnpftl wiilor. Hold iij rlmjrffiMi mrmrr.n frhftre. OrRh opil trad-1 tllD ATlii UV A H.nr niarit on avery hottl. CRAB ORCHARD WATER CO., Louisville. Ky. AGENTS WASTED for thai Brohard Sash Lock and ' Brohard Door Holder Artiv worker vtrywlire can earn big nnoBy: iwHvg a etHsMly dnumuil for our trooda. Biiiipla aaah lock, witU prinw, term, etr., frrrt tor Sc lUmi lot potlKfw. TUT flKOIIAlCI) CO. Matlou "u," 1'biUilelpkiMt WILIS PILLS BIGSEST 0FFE1 Ell MABL For only lOOnl ws will senft to p. t. tl. drets, In tUya' trtutmnnt uf tlis 144: inn.llutj.ua rsrtlt. and put y,m 011 tits trunk I10-.V u m.ilt Hon ey rlltt itr your h'titiK. A(Mrwi all or.lor to '(' H. Ii. VIIU tloill.'lfi ntniMiiiy, 2. I.IUs. hfllist., llHserstawn, .ll. lirnneh OiHoeti lltOlnfliaiin Av., VVuahlnjclun, l. (J. TREES be nT Ttst-77 VEAR5 a SIMM l.tKH.T Ntli-tcrj. STARk BROS, LomislsM. Mfci UsauvWa, AI!!eiJ ntinncV"" DI8C0VERT; ri"i 1 J f I quick rolls' and oura wnrM nal. Bikis ol IMUmontala ml Kldliys' troatniaos kra. Dc. OSLM SSOSS. Sal S. AUa.ta,. Eltlb Rsa'Jt 9011 r orsrsrvntwriutlon H11I. 3 OULtO ,( t)riinlwil. it um.fr Hi km a Cbvlca at .BibTiaottit. la 'The sc that maris Wrst Paint rnsajo." MclLHENN Y'S TABASCO. Use CERTAIPiiSS' CURE.?? IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE III THIS PAPER. UN IT., 1 OF ALL! CTARK .nil 1 r jiS"3 J tulftil?iis? ta hpJ Best Couuh rup. Tartcs uut.u. Use rl Lj In tirr.e. H"l.1 It tlrtipsiata. Wv "The Handwriting on the Wall" The hnd Ihst traces on the w.iU Those word's of import great, Confers a boon on one and all By mentioning the date, September first will surely be Ked-letter day indeed, When the new I'remlum Lilt w le By the Lion suamnteed. Tis best to bear lhe dale in mind. So that it won't be missed, Che day on which we fiist thall find The Istcit Premium List Of useful preterm rich and rare. For adull and fur young, For LION COFFEE ilrlnlcert ihar Who 'isve his praiaci sung. September first your grocer For Lion' latctt List; If be' without, 'tis briefest tatk To wrile 111 and insist. Inclose a two-cent stamp, and wj ' The List will send to you, , Vou reap a big reward, you lee. And I"!'1" have to do. you will understand WOOLSON tPICE CO., TOLt'DO, OH'Oi
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