iBEn.o-jo
ELOQUENT DISCOURSL
I lU ItoHe, Bitakraptcy Bad Tool
, goal. From His Troablae Tlraie.
KofOthera May B Similarly Sawed
.1 am MMIUhl t(h k akin vf
d, JoD XIX., iW,
L gad n""11- What w,tn bolto n1
Hn-mfOt and bankruptcy and a fool
r k wished he waa dead, and I An
fume Uim. His flesh, was gone, and
...m wrs dry. Hia teeth waited
trnlil nothing but the enamid seemed
Herri out, "I am escaped with the
'has ln some difference
..,. hout this passage. 8t. Jerome and
Lkds and Drs. Good and Poole and
. .11 trlH thai,
Li twin. Vou deny my Interpretation
Cur "What did Job know about the
L.i'of tlie teeth?" He knew every.
ft about it. Dental surgery la almost
Sj in the earth. The mummies of
thtfunil s of years old are found to
a.Mit and Holomon and Moses wrote
Lithrte important inriors oi ine Doay,
P . ...Itlnn ..1 I-. .. T.W 1
r hn aililed an exasperating tooth'
L tnil. lU"i ins uuuu aKllint IUO
Lgnl !. I"" wy. I am escaped with
U;oImyu'Biu.'
I narrow escape, you say. for Job
V ' . . I I..., ,l.uu ... . ). 1 .
fellQlIfOUli im. lunu HID IIIUU9UUU9 UI
fbo mw unrruw escape ior
wtil. Thre was a time when the
k'un imiwwh iiinin nnu ruin was
Ltd thau a loom a enamel, nut as Job
Li UikI!
r,!Minssi9 the same idea by a differ-
jiairirhen no says mat some people
nnila uy ore. - a vessel at sea Is
Vsm, inn go 10 me sr.rn oi the ves.
Ilie uoais nave siioveu orr. rue
.advance. You can endure the heat
urr on your face. You glide down on
ii o( til" vessel and hold on with your
n until ineiori.Hu longue oi ine lire
to lick the baelc or your hand, am
il that vou must full, when one o
i!rboats pomes back, and tho imsson.
attney iiniiK mey nave room lor ono
. The uont swings under you. Vou
into it you ore saved. Bo some men
jgwuiil by temptation until they are
v consumed, put anor an get on
-Jmdv lire."
ill like the llgure of Job a little bctte:
till of 1'iiul, because the pulpit has
ltd it out. ana i want to snow vou. if
rill lnlp, that some men make narrow
tor tlH'lr souls ana are saved
Athe skiu of their teeth."
an easy for some peopie to look to
msi as ior yon to look to this nuln It
tftitli", trnetnhlo. loving, you exnuct
to bei-ome Christians. You go over
more arm siiy, "ir randon jollied 1 1
a rwn'ruay." xour inisinoss oom
ay: "lliat is just what might huv
ipi'ti'd. He nlwaya was of that
ilmlnil. in youth this person whom
nw was always good, llo never
lliiogs. Ho nevor laughed when It
irnpT to laugh. At seven ho oouli!
lour in church, porruetly ciuint. look
iih'T to the right hand nor the left
raiKht Into the eyes of the minister,
mil lie understood the whole dls-
i alKiut tlm eternal decrees. Ho
ui't tilings nor lost them. Ho
iiotdtlin kingdom of (lod so graduall v
i to uncertain just when the matter
wiat'il.
Is another one, who started In life
uni-ont Tollable, spirit. Ho kept tho
In an uproar. His mother found
liking on llieodgo of tho house roof
il he could balunco himself. Thero
) horse that ho darod not ride, no tree
mum eniuii. Ills DOyilOOU WOS a
ries of predicaments, his manhood
less, bis midlife verv mwnr.1
wh is converted, and vou uo over
niireaurtsay, "Arkwrlghtjolncd the
uraieruuy. i our rrienils hiiv? "Ik
fualble. You must be joking." You
.V;Itellyou tho truth. He joined
rcn. 'liien thoy reply, "Thore is
rany oi us ir old Arkwright has bo-
mn.-uun. in otnnr won a u-o
ait tlmt it is more difficult for somo
nwin inegosnel than fur nlhnr.
iy b preaching to some who have cut
cnurcnes and uibles and Hun
mi wno no intention of becoming
uim themselves, and vet
von hinvn tliiu
nun ine skiu or vour teeth.
"pw 10 waste this hour T hnvS
"iisko 0 I Irom I nriA Mi. t
na drop their nets oud nftor nwhilo
. puuing in the nets without
'MRht a single ilsh. It wus not a
IV.Or tllCV hud not Min rll.f f
1. - J .OUIf BIIIU U
out we exnect nn m.,.l. Uv.,i...
Tue wiuvrisfull of Ilsh, the wind
n?iit direction, the gospel net is
tnfl I I 1 nilI' moa nd
V us now to oust thenct
iflit side of tho ship!
1''.'?ou',!comlnif ood will have
"'I't'i-ai notions. It Is uso-
101110 to snv llmrn n.,.l ....,...
Itoso who rejoct the Christian re
iannotmiv mini,
'I tern itatlon ortriul ,.r l,..(,..,i
cotneto your present state I know
o gains to your nature
-..." ueiiu ana tho gate of the
kiiiu nr vmm h..n.l 4 ,
" Mil Imra tl.i.f i
nbn..b I.. " "igei
lMllvn,.'lV I B'" OI 7OUf D,!Hrt
, H,'l'ons, you would meet me
r' It WOUld hurnr,l
blood !, . .. rU"a t0r W0,lnd '""
t oi ""flcoineand knock nt
lthi;. ,'" you I",nit nnu
1,ti..i . " n your parlor.
BOW!"atKu"inent.
Fl answer tin wit I.
C,f,Un0uM 8nwormewltl
Lrt Zan,ihuo t the door
hth,.; . . " ftQdsay. "Como
fcTl."'.mB know
----- "VIHfU, "
,r tllr," questions. Are
l'llKl?ieC1,rl8.tlHnr,'liion7
Ixl In w il .1, . "urcn travel
h,i " h ou now travel.
tiMV,iw,lsvr1n;'o?.sed,tio
I'Jvnn V , "m ""la or the gos
t m tot like to live the same
old " iKion. it
Wni r"111" tn,lt tn"
in.".,1" ' lite are evimeaeen
Rd .LTt.,h.,!tlt't be com!
("m that ... u nnve B Iult
.42, ,,:aiT?"LdbeUPP!r
mny"whom I
faith , MTuo,r,neonnr!h
Pand lnb urB 1 uovmt my
fi .i",,0t! deathbed m
ball I a w.'ion thBr8 ' notl'
'"keutui 0.thut 1 nve not
M "Ptlclsm is a dark nn.l ,li!
;- y that this Bible is either
I' It be tlii88' wo 8re we"
the wlckelness of its disciples. C admit
some of the charges against those who pro
fess religion. Home of the most gigantia
swindle of the present day have been car
ried on by members of the church
There are men standing In the front rank
In the ehurehes who would not be trusted
for ti without good collateral security.
They leave their business dishonesties in
the vestibule of the church as they go in
ana sit at tne communion. Having con
eluded the sacrament, they get op, wipe
the wine from their lips. go out andtakeup
their sins where they left off. To serve the
devil Is their regular work, to serve Ood a
sort of play spell. With a Sunday sponge
they expect to wipe off from their business
slate all the past week's Inconsistencies,
ion nave no more right t3 take such a
man's life as a specimen of religion than
you have to take the twisted irons and
split timbers that He on the beach at Coney
isinnu as a specimen or an American ship,
It is time that wo draw a line between re
ligion and the frailties of those who pro-
less K.
Do you not feel that the Bible, take it all
in all, is about the best book that the world
has ever seen? Do you know any book that
has as much in It? Do you not think, upon
the whole, that Its Influence has been bene
ficent r I come to you with both hands ex
tended toward you. In one hand I have
the Bible and In the other hand I have noth
ing. This Bible In one hand I will surren
der forever Just as soon as in my other hand
you can nut a book that is better.
I invite you back Into the good old fash
ioned religion or your rntners, to the Ood
whom they worshiped, to the Bible they
read, to the promises on which they leaned,
to the cross on which they hung theireter
nul expectations. Y'ou have not been happy
a day since you swung off. You will not be
hnppy a minute uutll you swing back
Again, there may be some who in the at
tempt after a Christian life will have to run
against powerful passions and appetites,
l'erhnps it is a disposition to anger that
you nave to contend against, and perhaps,
while in a very serious mood, you hear of
something that makes you feel that you
must swear or die. I know n Christian
man who was once so exasperated that he
said to a mean customer, "I cannot swear
at you myself, for I am a member of the
shnroh, but If you will go downstairs mv
partner in business will swear at you." All
your good resolutions heretofore hnve been
torn to tatters by explosion of temncr.
Now, there is no harm lu getting mad If
you oniy get mad at sin. Vou need to
lirtdlo and saddle those hot breathed nn
slons and with them ride down injustice
and wrong. There are a thousand things
in tho world we ought to bo mod nt. Thero
19 no harm in getting red hot if you only
uring to ine lorge mat wnteu noeds ham
mering. A man who has no power of
righteous indiguntion Is an Imlmcile. But
be suro It Is a righteous indignation ami
not a petulaney that blurs and unravels
and depletes the soul.
lhere Is n large class of persons la mid
die lire who have still in them appetites
that were aroused in enrlv manhood, nt n
time when they prided themselves on be
ing a --iiuih rast,'- "high livers," "free nml
easy," "hull fellows well met." They nro
now paying lu compound Interest for
trouDlus they eolleeted twentv venrs nim
Home of you are trying to escape, and you
will, yet very narrowly, "as with tho skin
of your teeth." Ood and your own soul
iinij kiiow wnai me struggle is. Omnlno
tent gruce lias pullod out many a soul that
was iKiener in tlio in re than vou are. Thee
line the beach, of heaven the multitude
whom (lod has rescued from tho thrnll of
suicidal habits. If you this day turn back
on tho wrong and start anew, God will
help you. Oh! tho wenknnss of human
help! Men will sympathize, for a while and
then turn you off. If you nsk for their par.
don, they will give It and snv thov will trv
you nguin; but, falling away again under
mo power or temptation, they cast you
off forever. But Ood forgives seventy
times suvon; yen, seven hundred times:
yea, though this bo tho ten thousandth
lime, no is more earnest, more svmna
thetio, moro helpful this Inst titno thun
wnen you took your llrst mistep.
ii wun nu me iniiuences iavorauln for a
right llfo men make so many mistakes,
how much harder is it when, for instanne
somo nppetlte thrusts its iron grapplo Into
mo luum oi me tuiig-iu and puns a man
down with hands of destruction? If. under
such circumstances, he breaks away, thero
ui uo u spun in mo undertaking, no
holiday enjoyment, but a struirirln In n-hih
mo wrestlers movo from sido to side and
bend and twist mid watch for an oppor
tunity to get In a heavier stroke, until with
one llnal effort, in which the muscles are
distended and the veins stand out and the
blood starts, the swarthv habit fiillu nn,u
tho knee, of tho victor escaped at last us
"Willi the skia of his teeth."
Tho Bliln Emma, bourn) from r.r,tin.,i,.,.
to Harwich, was Bailing on when tlie man
ou me moKout saw something Unit ho
something on it that looked llknasen mill
but wus afterward found to be n wnvim
handkerchief. In the small boat tl.
pushed oat to the wreck and found that It
was a capsized vessel, nud that throo men
had been digging their way out through
tbo bottom of tlie ship. When tlio vessel
capsized, they had no means of
The captain took his penknife nud-dnu
away through tho plunks until his knife
uriiKc. ineu an old nnu wan fnun. u-ni,
which tboy attempted to scrnne their
i urn, ui mo iiurhuess, ettl'll OUO Working
until his hand was well nicrh
nn lie same nueic faint and sick. After
ong and tedious work the liirht i,ri,..
through the bottom of the ship. A hund-
Kercuiei wns nomted. Help cumo. They
wcru ihkcu on Hoard tno vessel nn.l
saved. Did overmen oomo so near a waterv
MV.l trltii. .1 ..... ..1 J.... iAn 3
TTiiuvuv uiujiiuif( miu nf now nar
rowly mey escaped escaped only "with
the skin of their teeth." There uro men
wuo uuvo ouen capsized or evil passions
and capsized midocunn, and they ore a
tbousund miles away from any shore of
and Ridley were not the greatest martyrs,
but Christian men who went up Incorrupt
from the contaminations and perplexities
of Pennsylvania avenue. Broad street, Ktate
street and Third street. On earth they
were called brokers or stock jobbers, or re
tailers, or importers, but in heaven Chris
tian heroes. No fagots were heaped about
their feet; no inquisition demanded from
them recantation; no soldier aimed a pike
at their heart, but they had mental tor
ture compared with which all physical
consuming is as the breath ot a spring
morning.
I find in the community a large class ot
men who have been so cheated, so lied
about, so outrageously wronged, that they
have lost their faith In everything. In a
world where everything seems so topsy
turvy they do not see how there can be any
Ood. They are confounded and frenzied
and misanthropic Elaborate arguments
to prove to them the truth of Christianity
or the truth ot anything else touch them
nowhere. Hoar me, all such men. I preach
to you no rounded periods, no ornamental
discourse, but put my band on your shoul
der and invite you into the peace of tho
gospel. Here Is a rock on which you may
stand firm, though the waves dash against
it harder than the Atlantlo, pitching Its
surf clear above Eddystone lighthouse.
Do not charge upon God all these troubles
of the world. As long as the world stuck
to Ood Ood stuck to the world, but the
enrth seceded from His government, and
hence all theete outrages and all these,
woes. Ood is good. For many hundreds
of years He has been coaxing the world to
come back to Ilim, but the moro He has
coaxed the more violent have men lieen In
their resistance, and they have stepped
back and stepped back uutll they have
dropped Into ruin.
Try this (lod, ye who hnve had the blood
hounds after you, and who hnve thought
that Ood had forgotten you. Trv Him and
see if Ho will not holp. Try Illm'and see if
He will not pardon. Try Him and see if
He will not save. Tho flowers of spring
hnve no bloom so sweet as the (lowering of
Christ's affections. Tho sun hath no
warmth compared with tho glow of His
heart. The waters hnve no refreshment
like the fountain tlmt will slake the thirst
of thy soul. At the moment the reindeer
stands with bis lip and nostril thrust iu the
cool mountain torrent, the hunter mny be
comliigthroiighthnthicket. Without crick-
nnga stick under his foot, lie comes close,
by the stng, alms his gun. draws the trig
ger, nnd the poor thing renrs In Its dentil
ngouy nnd falls backward, its antlers crash
ing on the rocks. But tho panting hart that
drinks from the water brooks of Ootl's
promise shall never be fatallv wounded nnd
shall never die.
Ibis world Is a poor portion of vour soul.
O business ninnl An eastern king had
graven on his tomb two fingers, represented
as sounding on each other with a snap, nivl
under them tlie motto. "All is not wortli
that." Aplclus Cndius banged himself he,
causa his steward informed him that ho
had only H0,00i) sterling left. All of this
world's riches make but a small Inheritance
for n soul. Itobesnlerro nttemnted to win
tlio applause of the world, but when he wns
dying a woman came rushing through the
crowd, crying to him, "Murderer of my
kindred, descend to hell, covered with tho
curses of every mother In France!" Many
who have exnect ed the iilniidltsoftliH world
have died under its anathema nianuiuthu.
Oh, llnd your peace In (lod! Make one
strong pull for heaven. No hair-way work
will do it. There sometimes coihes a tlmo
on shipboard when everything must be
saerll'.eed to save the passengers. Tlio
cargo is nothing, the rigging uothing. Tho
captain puts tho trumpet to his lips and
shouts, "Cut away tho mast!" Homo of you
havo been tossed and driven, and you have,
in your effort to keep the world, well nigh
lost your soul. Until you have .decided
this matter let everything olsu iro. Over
board with all those other anxieties and
burdens. You will hnve to drop the sails
of your prido and cut away the mast. With
ono earnest crv for hell) nut vour cnuso Into
i no nuud or mm who Helped l'nu.1 out of
tho breakers of Melita, nnd who, above the
shrill blurt of tlio wrathiest tempest that
ever blackened tho sky or shook tho ocoan,
can hear the faintest implication for mercy.
I Bhall close this sermon feeling that
somo of you who havo considered your
easo ns hopeless will take heart airnln. nnd
that with a blood rod earnestness, suoh as
you have never experienced More, you
will start for the good lund of the gospel
at last to look back, saving: "What a
great risk I ran! Almost lost, but snvedl
Just got .through, and no morel Escaped
by tlio akin of my teeth."
THOUGHT HE WAS A HERO.
DIUmaaaaof t Has Who Held aBirst
Bathtab Together.
One of the most ridiculous situations
trhk-n at the time bring the coldest
went out of & man's brow, and ever
after remain with him ad a constant
ource of mirth, occurred to a SUeltoa
merchant a few days ago. II thought
ho would take a bath, and as his flat
Is rulnua one of the char requisite for
the Job a bathtub be externporiii
ono out of a suuiU wasutub and en
joyed a cooling ablution.
llo had -Just concluded and stepped
from the tub for the towel, when sud
denly the top hoop of tho tub burst
with a sharp report, and tlie man saw
to bis horror that tlio whole contents
of tho tub would soon be flooding tlie
floor. At the same moment he thought
of tlio store beueath nnd the amount
of damage the wuter would do as It ran
down through the celling. He Is a man
of quick Uiouglu, and lu a. moment he
did the only tiling possible, throw him
self down beside the tub and, clasping
his arms around It, held the already
fast swelling wtaves together. He was
successful lu kevplue the water In but
what a situation. He dared not yell,
for he was hardly In a condition to
receive callers. esecially ns he knew
that all In the block at the time were of
the gentler sex, imd he realized u
once that the ouly thing left for hUn
was to stay In tlmt position until the
return of his wife, who was out ou a
shopping expedition.
Like the boy who saved Holland, ho
manfully remained In hli most uncom
fortable position until relief In the
sliiilM of his wife np pea red. Then to
rap the climax, when he asked her to
get a ropo or ituy old thing U) tie alioiit
the tub, she, nfter a long tit of uncon
trolhible laughter, asked him why he
didn't carry the tub nnd conti-nts out
to the sink room and ixmr out the
water. Willi a look that froze the
smile on her face he did iih she said,
and without a word donned his clothlug
and wandered out Into the cold, unfeel
ing world, a crushed and luiiiillluled
man. Anaonla Conn., Sentinel.
ICE CAVES IN COLORADO.
Masses of Ice Wonderfully Adorn the New
Discoveries.
Further discoveries have been mndo ol
urn. I tho wonderful ice caverns onened nn nl tlm
nouneed n vessel bottom un. There nn foot of Cow Mountain, about tm mil...
irom uiiiett, uol. Three remarkable cham
l.eriliavo been opened. Tho llrst Is about
fourteen by sixteen feet, heavily hung with
Icicles in every conceivable form, resemb.
ling stalactites. From tho llrst cb
small pnssago lends to still another more
wonaerrui and beautiful in which tho Ice
blends iu varied colors, under tho liirht nf
k candle, reflecting tho rays as from the
race or a thousand mirrors.
lTom this cave a passage scnrnnlv Inn
enough to admit tho body of a mun was
discovered leading down nt nn angle ol
nbout forty degrees to a largo cavern per
haps 200 by 30 feet. CHutflnif to tlm eell.
Ing nr.) great masses of lee like billows, and
unused uiong tlio sides of the wulls many
feet In thickness are tons of ice aklr.i nn
the most grotesque forms Imaginable and
casting awesome shadows.
in the center of the room thero l a Intra
nijoui tony ny sixty-IIvo feet, clear ns crv-
stal uml quite deep. There must be some
outlet, for water drips constantly from the
.iiniiK, yei iiiuiuveioi mo uody never rises
nor overflows. The water is sweet nml
Curious Lands In I-'lorlda.
rnyno's Trairle, three miles south of
(Ills city, covers an area of 50,01X1 acres.
A largo proMrtlon of the prairie Is now
covered with water, but there are thou
sands of acres around the borders of
the lake which has been formed on
which horses and cattle graze. There
Is no way of estimating the number of
cat tie, but there nre many thoiisamls,
and they ore In line condition. The
prairie, or savanna, which It really Is,
oi'i-asionally goes dry, tho water pass
ing out through a subterranean pas
sage called the sink. Where the wuter
goes to lias never been determined.
Wheu the sink Is open tho lake goes
dry, and when tho outlet becomes
gorged or choked, a lake from five to
seven miles wide ami about eighteen
miles long is formed. When the waters
of the lake suddenly leave it, thousands
of alligators, snakes, fish, nnd turtles
are left with nothing but mud for their
places of ulsxle. The fish and turtles
perish, but the sauilans ami reptiles
seek and fliul other quartern. For miles
along tho northern border of the hike
thero Is a succession of sinks, averag
ing In depth all the way from 113 to MO
feet. (Subterranean passages run lu
every direction, leaving tlio ground in
the shape of a honeycomb. The ground
Is liable to give way at any time, cre
ating a new sink. The scenery around
tho lake, especially on the north side.
Is unique and grand, nnd Is nn attrac
tive feature to strangers who visit this
city. The sink lias for many years
been a popular resort for citizens of
Claluesvllle, who go there to Ilsh, boat
ride, nnd in other ways enjoy them
selves. It Is said that this vast area of
land could be drained at trifling ex
pense, and were It drained It would be
tho largest as well as tin- richest tract
of productive land In l'lorlda. It Is for
the most part u bed of muck. The land
Is owned by various individuals.
Ualnesville Sun.
help, lliev have for veurs been trvin i I mire, nnd ns enld rln i,..,,.t...i . n.. ..,
uir iin-ii no; uui. iuey nave uoon digging I iu room in wiuuu It Is
away nnu digging away, hut they can never
on uunrereii unless now thev will hnkr.
Hjou in ouble has
insistent '"Vuaoa Christianity
It? v n?ourcter of some
W-"8alayor. In your
"" TheE.'"" tne taw?
' ""on In M unskilled and
"odlitf n ? h' anything
'eUrStL J8001", .then, the
UMln up0a fjariatlanhy
I us is
some Biguui or distress. However ir,.,.b
and foebio it mny bo, Christ will seo it nml
bear down upon tho helnloss craft m.i ,.!,
vueiu uu uouru. and it win im knnutt,
eurth and in heaven how narrowly they
have escaped "escaped as with tho skin of
ineir teem
There are others who lu attomntina to
uwniu mum run uoiwocn a great
uuiiy Mii.tiuosH iieriuexiiies. ir n nnm
uc iu uuaim'n) ui. iu o ciock in tne morn
ing and come uwav at 8 o'clock In n,,,n,.,.
noon, ho has somo time for religion but
mi itu jruu uuu uiuo ior ruiigious cou
tomplntion when you ur drlvnn from uim
rise to sunset nud have been for five years
going behind in business and are frequcnt-
j uuuucu uy creuuors wnom vnn nunnt.t
pay, and when from Monday morning until
Saturday night you are dodging bills that
situated. 2(1.1 fear
underneath tho surface of tho trrniiml
Thero are undoubtedly other caves which
uuvo not yet peon opened.
1200 CHER0KEES TO MARCH.
Thy Will Invade Kentucky to Do Ilono
to due of Their Ancient Chiefs.
Early In September 1200 Choro
will tako tho road In tlm I llllllin Ttirrltm
nnd will march into Kentucky, accompanied
by Captain llalclgh of tho United Stutes
Army.
A strong and muscular man, with high
cheek bones and copper countenance, was
scon on tho streets of Frankfort K
contly. but few realized that he was an
Indian, though he was the full-blooded
Cherokee, Charley Tarker, a nephew of the
celubrated chlof (Juannah Parker. He was
uiuuuiu on a Denuiirui pny thoroughbred
you cunnoTmeetY VouD waikXy da'in & T 'rrUner ?' of
uncertainties thnt have kept your l.raln on ii'lnC"!!'?' n?d Wft8 i'ere
; , - .--. . . . .uv; mi uiifcor Ken
tucky at 8hawueetown and march to a
place about three miles from Ilussellville.
wIllirA tllttlt will H.J . '
V, . : v.J ",,u 1,1,0 sruve or a great
chief of tho Cherokoos who was killed In
!'.nttl .wlLh th" HIwnoes in 1749. There
they will do his memnrv linnnr Ti.n,
tie took place on a prairie near Pond lllver
and the old chief was wounded and carried
back into what is now T.nffnn Cmmt.
where he died and wns buried.
A Vnlnue Jubilee. .
A midwife at Htolne. nenr nnriin n.
many, celebrated tho 6000th oocnsi'on on
which her services bad been required by
inviting nil the children .ho i.-'.i i
the world to dinner at her house, Thoy
afterwurd formed a torchlight procession
and marched through the town.
lire lor the oast three venrii UnmU -m.
less business troubles than you have gono
crazy. The clerk has heard a noise In the
back couutlng room uud gono In and found
tho chief man of the firm u raving mnninc,
or the wife has henrd the bang of a pistol
In the back parlor and gone in, stumbling
over the dead body of her husband a
suicide. Thore are men pursued, harassed,
troddon down nnd seal pod of business per
plexities, and which woy to turn next they
do not know. Now God will not be hard ou
you. He knows what obstacles are in the
way of your being a Christina and your
llrst effort In the right direction He will
crown with suooess. Do not lot satan, with
cotton bales, and kegs, and hogsheads, and
counters, and stocks of unsaluhle goods,
block up your way to heaven. Gather up
all your energies. Tighten the girdle about
your loins. Take an agonising look Into
the face of God, and thun say, "Here goes
one grand effort for life eternal," and thea
bound awav for heaven, mnanlnir " with
, . J r II - TI . . .
the skin ot your teeth."
k I... J I . ... . . . ..
uu mi uny u win De round mat
. Florida's New Intln.tr..
Estimates nlnna h. !,... 1
tnn-iAm .ui- uiMiuuu crop ot
Florida this year as the r i u
State's hlstorr. Tt miu k. w
linntlMtl (h.i.j ii . wyorai
uah Latimer, and John iw 'VnT nT.. niTiZ -"J"f: "
Where the Office (Sought the Man.
Talk About I'oo Ha ha, ltcpm.cn t.t tire
King of Utah claims to curry the prize
for ofllccholding.
"I once held six offices nt the same
time," he said yesterday to a reporter.
"Lu tlio early days of I'illuiore City, In
my Btate, we actually had more olll.vs
than num. consequently I was City
Assessor and Collector, City llccordcr,
City Attorney, Comity Attorney, mem
ber of the Board of Education, and
member of tlie State Legislature. That
was a pretty good handful for a .voting
innn not 22 years of age." Washlut'tou
rust.
In a country town, when a man buys
n new suit, people guy him for a week.
State or Onio, CittopTolbdo,!
I.I'I AM COHNTV, I
Frank J.Cukney makes onth that he Is tint
Si iilor partner of the tlrm of K. J. CHrNKV &
('o.,ilniiigbiiftinessin the City of Toled o,('oiinty
nnd SUte HforeKHld, anil thai suid linn will pay
the sum of iisk HCNintBIi doi.i.ahs for each
nnd every cane of l ata nun that cannot be
cured by tho use of it au.'s CATAiinH I'l'iiK.
KlIANK J. ClIKNEV.
Rworn to before ms nnd subsoribrd in my
presence, this Uth day of December.
A. 1. ISSd. A. V. Ol.KAHON,
Mutant J'lJiir.
Hall's Catarrh On re Is taken intrmillv. nml
acts directly on the blond and niucouH aurfoces
or lue system. Kend ror testimonials, free.
F. .1. nr.xir & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Jflc.
HaU's Family I'ills are the best.
TryCraln.Ot TryGraln.Ot
Ask your grocerto-day to show you a pack,
age of Graln-O, the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. Tho children may drink
It without Injury as well as tlie adult All
who try it like IU Ornln-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but It is mad from
pure grain, nnd the montdellrate stomach rc.
cnivus it without distress. Une-ipiarter the
price nf coffee. 1ft eta. and cts. per package,
bold by all grocers.
Fits nermanen tl y cured. Vo fl ts or nervous
ness after tlmt day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve ltrstorer. i trial bottle and treatise free
!. 3. H. K1.1MM, Ltd., IM1 Arch St.,Pntl.,Pa.
K Partlqalar.
"Tbey oem quite panlcularlnrarls
aald an attache of the state depart
ment, "about having the French lan
guage used by any representative of
the United States."
"Tea," replied Miss Cayenne: "I nn
demand they go so far as to Insist on
putting Freuch labels on American
wines." Washington Star.
Without KfTort.
Anxious Mother I don't understand
bow it Is, Uertle, that you are always at
the foot of your class.
Bertie I don't understand It myself;
but I know It's dreadful easy. Boston
Transcript.
Gcttlna- at the Root of Thlnca.
Lea (sadly) I don't know what to do
with that boy of mlue. He's been two
years at the medical college, and still
he keeps at the foot of his class.
Terrlns (promptly) Make a chiropo
dist of him. Tld lilts.
Tahoaj aad Kteadlk Oald Fields.
Parties Intending- to vUit tH Klondike Gol4
Fields or Invert In stuck coinpaiiiea nperatiuc
la that country, are at Im-d tngrt the Cana
dian (tovvmiiivnt Alankan Hnuudnry Com.
miuioner. Prof. (v-iWlr'. Kooorton the Ya.
konand Klondike tiuld Fields, before ilniu as.
This U Uie oSirial rouort made last uprlnc
which an nobiundcii the Canadian 4ovenuiienT
that they did not puhlUh it till I'rof. (yilTl
muHrmMl It pnrMinally on hia arrival in Otta
wa. The rert Is very rxtoniv, altoundins
In Photttgravureii and Maps and giving taa
mimt n-llahlr infnrniatinn mh tn routeit.-liiuate
ami Uie Imlewrtlinlile wealth awaiting the
miners. Sent. p"-tiitr paid. n receipt of Sue.
In fitanips. by the Toronto N'ewapaiMr I'nloii
1'ublUhers, 44 ttajr St., Toroulo, Cauada.
Try Allen's Foot-Kaae,
A powder to tie shaken Into the nhoes. At this
senou our fret feel two Hen and hot, and gel
tired easily. If you have amartiug feet ot
tight shoe, try Allcu'a Foot-Ease. It cools
the fm-t and luakus walking eaay. Cures and
prevents swolleu and sweatiug feet, blisters
ami callous spot. Kelierea cnrn at.d buniuus
ot all iain and gives reft and comfort. Try it
to-dtiy. Sold cy all druglnts and shoe stnrea
for lj cent'. Trial package FKKK. Addreaa,
Alles h. Ulmstko, beltiiy. N. V.
I have found Plso's Cure for Consnmptloa
an unfailing medicine.- F. It. ItOTz, UJi ticotl
St., Curington, Ky., Oct 1, IStt.
Pistols and Pestles.
The duolline pistol now occupies its proper
place, in the museum of the collector of relics
of barbarism. The pistol ought to have besido
it the pestle that turned out pills liko bullots,
to be shot like bullets at the target of tho
liver. But the postlo is still in evidouco, nnd
Vill be, probably, until everybody hns tested
the virtuo of Ayer'a sugar coated pills. Thoy
treat tho liver ns n friend, not a3 nn enemy.
Instead of driving it, they coax it. They are
compounded on tho theory that the liver does
its work thoroughly nnd faithfully under
obstructing conditions, and if the obstructions
are removed, tho liver will do its daily duty.
When your liver wants help, got "tho pill
that will,"
Ayer's Cathartic Pills.
"an- , x S V V v v v v - - y V V.
r x " JT' S a' TN. yTV Ps. - x
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The list price of a Columbia Bicycle
means just what it states one price to
all We do not list at one price and sell
for anything we can get ; when the price
changes it changes for all alike
1897 COLUMBIAS $75
STANDARD OF THE WORLD.
1896 COLUMBIAS
1897 HARTFORDS
HARTF0RDS Pattern 2, . .
HARTFORD Pattern I, . . .
HARTFORD Patterns 5 and 6,
$60
50
45
40
30
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ays pain, cures wind f Tllo.aie.a bottle.
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