RET. DR.TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE’S SUN
DAY SERMON
Subject: “A Llt© Church.*
Text : “ Unto the angel of the Church in
Smyrna write: These things saith the first
and the last, which was dead, and is alive.' 1
—Revelation, ii., 8.
Smyrna was n city of the ancients,
bounded on thre? sides by mountains. Jt was
the central emporium of the Levant ine t rade.
In that, prosperous and brilliant, city there,
was a Christian Church established. After it
had existed for a while, it, was rocked down
by an earthquake. It was rebuilt. Then it
was consumed by a conflagration that, swept
over the entire city. That Church went
through (Ire, and trouble, and disaster, but
kept on to great spiritual prosperity. The
fact was, that Church had tne grace of Cod,
an ever active principle. Had it been other
wise, all the grandeur of architecture and all
the pomp of surroundings would only have
been the ornament of death—the garlands of
a coffin, the plumes of a hearse.
It may be profitable to consider what are
the elements of a live Church.
I remark in the first place, that one char
acteristic of such a Church is punctuality in
meeting its engagements. All ecclesiastical
institutions have financial relations, and they
ought to meet their obligations just as cer
tainly as men meet their obligations at the
hank. When a Church of God isnot as faithful
in its promises as the Hank of England, it
ceases to be a Church of God. It ought to lie
understood that prayers cannot 'paint a
Church, and prayers cannot pay the winter’s
coal bill, and prayers cannot meet the insur
ance: and that, while prayers can do a
thousand things, there are a thousand
things that prayers cannot do. Prayer
for any particular Church will never
reach heaven high unless it goes down
pocket deep. In my Church at the West,
there was a man of comfortable means, who
used to pray for his pastor in such elongated
style that, he became a nuisance to the prayer
meeting: asking God, in a prayer that was
almost without ceasing, that, the pastor might
be blessed in his basket and in his store, while
the fact was he never paid anything. If wo
pray for the advancement of the Church, and
do not out of our means contribute for its ad
vancement, our prayer is only mockery.
t.be Church of God then meet, its obligations
on the outside, and let, the members of every
congregation meet the obligations on the in
side, and the Church will be financially pros
perous.
Let me say. also, that there must be punctu
ality in the'attendance on the house of the
Lord. If the service begins at half past ten
in the morning, the regular congregation of
a live church will not come at, a quarter to
eleven. If the service is to begin at half past
seven in the evening, the regular rongiega
tjon of a live church will not come at a
quarter to eight. In some churches I have
noticed the people are always tardy. There
are some people who are always late. They
were bom -too late, and the proliabilil y is t hey
will die too late. The rustling of drosses up
the aisle, and the slamming of doors, and
the treading of heavy feet, is poor
inspiration for a minister. It requires great,
abstraction in a pastor’s mind to proceed with
the preliminary exercises of the Church when
one-naif of the audience seated are looking
around to see the other half come in. Such
a difference of attendance upon the house
of God may be a difference of time-pieces;
but the live Church of which I am speaking
ought to go by railroad time, and that is
pretty well understood in all ouf communities.
There is one hymn that ought to lv* sung in a
great many Christian families on Sabbath
morning:
*'EarJy, my God, without delay,
1 haste to seek Thy face. ’
Another characteristic of a live church is
the fact that all the people participate in the
exercises. A stranger can tell by the way the
first tune starts whether there is any life
there. A church that, does not sing is a dead
church. It is awful to find a cold drizzle of
music coming down from the organ loft,
while all the people beneath sit in silence.
When a tune wanders around. lonely and un
befriended, and Is finally lost amid the arches
because the people do not join in it, there is
not much melody made unto the I/>rd. In
Heaven they all sing, though some there
cannot sing half as well a* others.
The Methodist Church has sung all around
the world, and gone from conquest to
conquest, among other things because it is a
singing church; and any Christian church or
ganization that with enthusiasm performs t his
part, of its duty will go on from triumph to
triumph. A church of God that can sing, can
do anything thit ought to be done. We go
forth into this holy war with the Bible in one
band and a hymn-I took in the other. Oh! ye
who used to sing the praises of the Lord and
have got out ot the habit,, take your harps
down from the willows. ] am glad to know
that, as a church, we are making advance
ment in this respect’ When I came to be your
pastor we had an excellent, choir in the iittle
chapel, and they sang very sweetly to us Sab
bath by Sabltath; hut ever and anon there was
trouble, for you know that the choirs in the
United States are the Waterloo** where the
great battle© go on. One Sunday thev will
ring like angels, and the next Sunday they
will be mad. and will not sing at all. We re
solved to settle all the difficulties, and have
one skillful man at the organ, and one man
to do the work of a precentor: and now, fr«.m
Sabbath to Sabbath, the song corn** up like
♦he voioe of mighty thunderings.
44 Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But children of the Heavenly King
Should speak their joys abroad.’’
On the way to triumph that never ends, and
pleasures that never die—sing!
Another characteristic of a live church is a
flourishing Sabbath-school. It is too late in
the history of the Christian Church to argue
the benefit of such an institution. The Sab
bath-school is not a supplement to the Church:
ft, is its right arm. But you say there are
dead churches that have Sabbath-schools.
Yes, but the Sabbath-schools are dead, too.
It is a dead mother holding in her arms a
dead child. But when superintendent, and
teachers, and scholars come on Sabbath after
noons together, their faces glowing with in
terest and enthusiasm, and their songs are
beard all through the exercises, and at the
close they go away feeling that they have
been on the Mount of Transfiguration—that
to a live school, and it is characteristic of a
live Church. There is only one thing 1 have
against the Babbath-schools of this country,
and that is, they are too respectable. We
gather into our schools the children
of the refined and the cultured,
and the educated; but alas for the
great multitude of the children of the
abandoned and the lost! A few’of them ore
gathered into our Sabbath-schools; but what
about the 70'DO destitute children of New
York, and the score of thousands of des
titute children of Brooklyn, around whom
are thrown no benign, ami heavenly, and
Christian influences! It is a tremendous ques
tion, what is too become of the destitute chil
dren of these cities! We must act on them
or they will act on us. We null either Chris
tianize them, or they will heathenize us. it is
a question not more for the Christian than
for the philanthropist an I the statesmen.
Ohl if we conld have all these suffer
tog little onee gathered together, wlwl
• scene of hunger, and wretchedness
and rags, and sin, and trouble, and
darkness! If we could sou those little
feet on the broad road to death, which
through Christian charity ought to I*
prearfng the narrow path of life; if we could
hear those voices in blasphemy, which ought
to be singing the praise* of God; if we could
m& those little hearts, which at that age ought
not to he soiled with one unclean thought, in
coming the sewers for every abomination: if
wecouJd see those suffering little ones, sacri
ficed on the altar of every iniquitous
paatao and baptized with fire from the
lava of the pit, we would recoil, crying
out: “Avaunt, thou dream of hell!’’ They
are not always going to he children. They
are coming up to lie the men and women of
this country. That spark of iniquity that
might now be put out with one drop of ths
water of life, will become the conflagration of
every green thing that God ever planted in
thesoul. That which ought to have l»een a
temple of the Holy Ghost will become a
scarrod and blasted ruin—every light quenched
and every altar m the dust. That- pet/, y thief,
who slips into your store and bikes a yard of
doth from your counter, will become the
highwayman of the forest, or the burglar at
midnight, picking the lock of your money safe
and blowing up tne store to hide the villainy.
A great army, with staggering step, and
bloodshot eye, and drunken hoot, they
are coming on—gathering recruits from*
every grog shop and den of infamy in the
land, to take the ballot-box and hurrah at, the
elections. The hard-knuckled fist of ruffian*
ism will have more power than the gentle
band of intelligence and sobriety. Men
bloated, and with the signature of sin
burned in from the top of the forehead
to the bottom of the coin, will look hon
est men out of countenance. Moral corpse®,
which ought to bo buried a himdred feet deep
to keep them from poisoning the air, will rot
in the face of the sun at, noonday. Industry
in her plain frock will be unappreciated,
while thousands of men will wander in idle
ness, with their hands on their hips, saying:
“The world owes us a living.” O, what a tre
mendous power there is in iniquity when un
educated, and unrestrained, and unblanched
it goes on concentrating, and deepening, and
widening, and gathering momentum until it
swings ahead with a very triumph of desola
tion, drowning like surges, scorching like
flames, crushing like rocks! What aro you
going to do with this abandoned population
of the streets! Will you gather them in your
Churches! itis not the will of your Heavenly
Father that, one of these little ones
should perish. It' you have ten respectable
children in your class, gather in ten that are
not respectable. If in your Bible-class there
be twenty young men who have come from
Christian homes and elegant surroundings,
let those twenty young men go out ana
gather in twenty more of the young men of
the city who are lost to God and lost to so
ciety. This outside population, unless ed
cated and restrained, will work ter
ror in ages that are to come.
Years ago, at New Orleans, when the cholera
was raging fearfully, a steamboat put out just
before nightfall, crowded with passengers
who were trying to escape from the
pestilence. A tier the boat had been out a
little while the engineer fell with the cholera.
The captain, in consideration, went
down among the jmssengers and asked:
“Is there any one here who knows
anything about, engineering!' 1 A Swarthy
man repliod: “I am an engineer.” “Well,”
said the Captain, “I would be very
glad if you would l ike charge of this boat.”
The man went to the engine. The steamer
moved more rapidly, until, after awhile, the
Captain and some passanger were alarmed,
and they went to tea what was the mat
ter, and they found that, this was a maniac
engineer, and that he was peeping
down the safety-valve; and, ns they
came to him, he said: “I am commissioned of
Baton to drivothis steamer to hell!” and he
nourished his pistol, and would not com©
down. But after awhile, through some
stratagem, he was brought from his position,
and the lives of the passengers were saved.
O, mv friends! that steamer had no such
peril as our institutions are threat
ened with, if the ignorant and
unrestrained children of this land shall
come up in their ignorance and their crime
to engineer our civil and religious institu
tions. and drive them on the rocks. Educate
this abandoned population, or they will over
throw the institutions of this land. Gather
them into your Sabbath-schools. I con
gratulate you that, many have been
gathered. Go forth, teachers, in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and
on the coming Hablmth may there bo
found gathered scores and hundreds of these
wanderers, and instead of eighteen hundred
in the Sabbath-school, we shall see three
thousand or four thousand, and the graee of
God will come down upon them, ami the Holy
Spirit, will bring them all into the truth.
Another characteristic of a. live church is
one with appropriate architecture. In the
far West and amid destitute population, a
Jog church is very appropriate—the people
living in jog houses. But in communities
where people live in comfortable abodes, a
church uuoommodious or lacking in beauty is
n moral nuisance. Because (’hrist was bom in
a manger is no reason why we should worship
Him in a barn. Jet th:* churches of Jesus
Christ Ik* not only comfortable, but ornate.
Years ago we resolved to have a comfortable
church. We resolved that it should be amphi
thentrieal in shape. The prominent archi
tects of the country, after figuring on the
matter a good while, said that such a church
would not Ik* • hurchly, and they would have
nothing to do with the enterprise.
But after awhile we found an architect, will
ing to risk his reputation. He put, up for us
the fli*st tabernacle, in ninphitlieatrical style.
We liked it. All who came liked it. This
building followed in the same style. We be
lieve it is appropriate and adapted. An an
gular church will have an angular theology.
The Church of Jesus Christ ought to be a great
family circle, the pulpit only the fire-place,
around which they are gathered in sweet and
domestic communion. But when our first
tabernacle went up. O the caricature and the
scoffing! They said: “It’s a hippodrome!
It’s a holy cirdus ! It’s Talmage’s theatre ! ”
But the Lord came down with power upon
that.old building, and made it, a gats of
heaven to a great many. And this building
followed. That we were right in persisting
in the style of architecture is proved
by the fact that now there tire sixty or
seventy church** in the United States
in the same style. Indeed, our tabernacle has
revolutionized Church architecture- in this
country. A live Church must have a com
modious, a comfortable, an adapted building.
“How amiable arc Thy Tabernacles, O Lord
of Hosts! I would rather l*c a door-keeper in
the house of my God than to <1 well in the tents
of wickedness.”
Again, the characteristic of a Jive church
must, l)e that it is a soul-saving church. It
must be the old Gospel of Christ. “Oh,” say
sonic people, the Gospel of Christ allows blit
a small swing for a man’s faculties, and some
men have left the ministry with that, idea.”
One such aaid to Rowland Hill: “I have
left the ministry because 1 don’t want to
hide my talents any longer.” “Well,” re
plied Rowland Hill, ‘ I think the more you
hide, your talents the letter.” Why, thereto
no field on earth so grand as that which to
open before the Gospel ministry. Haveyou
powers of analysis # K x haust t hem here. Have
you unconquerable logic! Let it grapple with
Raul's Epistle io the Romans. Have
you strong imagination! Let it dis
course on the i'sulms of David, or
John’s Apocalyptic Vision. Have you great
l>ower of pathos! Exhaust it in telling the
story of a Saviour’s love. Have you a bold
•tyleof thinking! Then follow Ezekiel’s whesl,
full of eyes,ana hear through his chapters the
rush of the wings of the seraphim. All ye
who want a gran \ field in which to work for
God, come into the Gospel ministry. At
any rate, come into Christian circles,
and somewhere and somehow declare the
grace of God. Pardon for all sin. Comfort
for all trouble. Etcriv’-i life for all the dead.
O, Any soul! preach it for ever. It has been
my ambition, ami I lielieve it lias l*en yours,
my dear people, in these years of my
ministry, to have this a soul-saving Church,
and w© never yet, threw out tho Go*pal net
but we drew in a great multitude. They
have come, a hundred o’ a time; and two
hundred and fifty at a time; and I expect
the day will appear when, in some service,
thoro will bo thre* thousand souls accepting
the offers of eternal life. I wish I
could tell you the circumstances
that have come under my observation
proving the fact that God has blessed the
prayers of these people in liebalf of souls im
mortal. t could fell you of one night, when
I stood at the end of iheplatform, ami a gen
tleman named me. his cheek bronzed with the
sra, amt ns he went into the inquiry-room
ho said to me: * ! am an Englishman.*’
1 sa»d: “1 am very glad to s*-** you; walk in.”
That night Is* gave Ins heart tothe Lord. It
was a clear case of quick hut thorough con
version. Raising out at, the close of the in
quiry meeting, 1 said: “How long have you
been in this country?” Hesaid: “t arrived by
Steamerthto morning nt eleven o’* Jock.” I said:
“How long will you In* in the city!’ He said:
“f Hire to morrow for Canada, and thence I
go to Hulifax, and thence to Europe, and I’ll
never bt here again.” 1 said. “I think you
must have come to this country to hare youi
soul saved.” Hesaid: “That certainly wat
the reason.” In that other room, one night,
at the close of the service, there sat among
other persons three persons, looking so
cheerful that I said to myself: “These
are not anxious inquirers.” I said to the man:
“Aro you a Christian?” Hesaid: “lam.”
1 said: “When did you become a Christian?’
Hesaid: “To-night.” His wife sat next to
him. I said to her: “Are you a Christian?”
She said: “I am.” I said: “When did you
become a Christian?” *She said: “To
night.” I remarked: “Is this young
lady your daughter?” They said: “Yes.”
I said to her “Are you a Christian!”
Shosaid: “Yes.” I said: “When did you be
come a Christian?’ She said: “Tonight.” I
said to them: “From whence came you?”
They said: “We are from Charleston, South
Carolina.” I said: “When did you came?”
They said: “We came yesterdaj T .” “How
long are you going to remain?’ We
So to-morrow. Wo have never been
ere before, and shall never be here
again.” I have heard from them since.
They are members of the Church of Jesus
Christ,, in good and regular standing, eminent
for consistency and piety. And so God has
made it a soul-saving Church. But I could
tell you of a tragic scene, when once at
the close of the service I found a man
in one of these front, seats, wrought upon
most mightily. I said to him: “What to the
matter?’ He replied: “I am a captive of
strong drink; I come from the West; I
thought, perhaps, you could do me some good;
1 find you can’t do me any good; I find there
is no hope for me.” I said: “Come into this
side room and we will talk together.” “Oh,
no!” he said, “there’s no need if mj
going in ; I am a lost man ; I have a beautiful
wife ; I have four beautiful children ; I had n
fine profession ; I have had a thorough edu
cation ; I hart every opportunity a man eves
bad, but I am a captive of strong drink ; God
only knows what I suffer.” I said : “Be
encouraged ; come in here, and we’ll talk
together about it.” “No,” ho said, ‘ i
can’t come; you can't do me me auy good. I
I was on the Hudson River Railroad yester
day, and coming down, I resolved never again
to touch a drop of strong drink. While I sat
there a man came in—a low creature—and
sat by me; he had a whiskey flask, and he
said to me: * Will you take a drink I said no:
but oh how I wanted it! and as I said no. it
seemed that the liquor curled up around the
mouth of the flash and begged: ‘Take me!
take me! take m* 1 !’ I felt, I couldn't resist, it,
and yet I was determined not to drink, and I
rushed out on the platform of the car, and
I thought I would jump off; we were
going at the rate of forty miles
an hour, and I didn’t dare to jump;
the paroxysm of thirst, wont off, and I am
here to-night.” I said: “Come in. I'll pray
for you, and commend you to God.” He
came in trembling. Some of you remember.
After the service, we walked out anil up the
street. I said: “You have an awful
struggle; I’ll take you into a drug
store: perhaps the doctor can give you soma
medicine that will help you in your struggle,
though, after all. you will have to depend
upon the grace of God.” I said to the doc
tor: “Can you give this man something in
help him in his battle against strong drink?’’
“I can,” replied the doctor, and ho pre
pared a. I >ottle of medicine. I said:
“There is no alcohol in thto—no strong
drink?’ “None at all,” said the'doctor.
“How long will this last?’ I inquired. “It
will last him a week.” “O,” I said, “give us
another l»ottle.” We passed out, into the
street and stood under the gaslight. Tt was
getting late, and T said to the man: “I must
part with you. Put your trust in the I*ord,
an<l He will see you through. You will make,
use of this medicine when the paroxysm of
thirst comes on.” A few weeks passed away,
and I got a letter from Boston saying: “Dear
friend, I inclose the money you paid for that
medicine. I have never used any of it. The
thirst for strong drink has entirely gone
away from me. T send you two or
three newspapers to show" you what
T have been doing since Team© to Boston.'
1 opened the newspapers and saw accounts
of meetings of two or three thousand people
to w hom this man had been preaching right
eousness, temperance, and judgment, to
come. T have heard from him again
and again since. He is faithful now,
and will lie, I know, faithful to the last. O.
this work of soul saving! Would God that
out, of this audience to-day 500 men might
hear the voic<\ of the Son of God bidding
thorn come to a glorious resurrection!
All the offers of the Gospel aro extended to
you, “without, money and without price,”
and you arc conscious of the fact that these
opportunities will soon be gone forever.
The conductor of a rail-train was telling me
of the fact that he was ono night standing
by his train on a side track, his
train having been switched off so that
the express train might dart past unhindered.
He said while he stood there in the darkness,
beside his train on the side-track, he heard
the thunder of the express in the distance.
Then he saw the flash of the headlight.
The train came with fearful velocity,
tenrer and nearer, until after awhile, when"it
came very near, by the flash of the headlight,
he saw t hat the switchman, either through in
toxication or indifference, had not attended to
his duty, and that the train, unless something
were done immediately, would rush on the
side track and dash the other train to atoms.
He shouted to the switchman: “Set up that
switch!” and with one stroke the switch
went back, and the express thundered
3n. O, men and women, going on toward
the eternal work!, swift as the years, swift as
the months, swift as the days, swift as the
hours, swift as tin* minutes, swift as the sec
wida—on what track aro you running? To
ward light or darkness? Toward victory or
Jefcat? Toward heaven or hell? Set up that
iwitch. Cry aloud to God. “Now is tne day
>f salvation.”
Nature's Groat Wash-Tubs.
Mono Lake is another sheet of water
that is full of soda, borax, and other
minerals in solution. The waters of both
Owens and Mono lakes is a natural deter
gent. The dirtiest and greasiest of cloth
ing is made clean in half a minute by
simply rinsing the article in the lakes.
It lathers naturally when agitated. When
there is a high wind a wall of suds three
or four feet in height is seen along that
shore upon which the waves beat. This
quivering wall—in which are seen all the
colors of the rainbow and as many
beauties as arc shown by the kaleidos
cope—would grow to a height of ten oi
twelve feet before toppling over, but that
when it attains a certain height the wind
catches it up and wafts great balls of it
far inland. Some of these floating bal
loons of lather are as big as a flour barrel.
As the prevailing winds arc from the
west, all vegetation on the eastern shore
of the lakes is killed for a distance ot
many rods. When there are unusually
high winds the balls of suds are blown sc
far inland as to reach clumps of willows
and other bushes, the leaves of which are
then seen to lie scorched as though by
fire. The water, just as it comes from
the lakes, would make an excellent sham
poo for the use of barbers, and the solid
matter resulting from evaporation would
inake a tine washing powder for laundry
use.— Virginia City Enterprise.
A White Weasel.
A white weasel, which is regarded as a
very rare curiosity, was trapped recently
in the vicinity of Missouri City, Mo., by
a young lad named Frank Foley. Thto
is the first one of thto color ever seen in
that sectionJland the hide is in the jios
acfwion of the boy yet, held as a curiosity.
An ohl trapper, speaking of white wea
sels, laid flint just one in every thousand
was whit© and the were of a uniform
color. —(Jlvbc Democrat.
A Peep into the National Library,
In an article on “Uncle Sam’s Book-
Case” in the Cosmopolitan, Frank G.
Carpenter says;
The library is lighted by skylights. Its
framework is of beautifully carved iron,
painted in cream and gold, and it is one
of the most beautifully decorated rooms
of the Capitol. The workers in it are
men, women, and children, and they are
of all conditions and professions. Dur
ing my visit I saw two judges of the
Supreme Court, Harlan and Bradley, work
ing away at one tabic, while Senator Hoar
of Massachusetts sat at another, and be
tween them a school boy was busy read
ing a story. In another corner George
Ticknor Curtis, the biographer, was
grinding away with a lot of historical
books before him, and near by a young
Washington lawyer was looking over the
great bound tiles of The National Intel
ligencer of the year A. D. 1800. A cabi
net minrster’s wife stood at the table in
the centre of the room, behind which Mr.
Spofford gives out the books, and behind
her a plainly-dressed girl, who looked as
though she might make shirts for a liv
ing. A half-dozen librarians were rush
ing here and there carrying great armfuls
of volumes, and the stout man in charge
of the newspaper-room was bringing in
file after file of heavy newspapers. The
whole formed a busier scene than the cor
ridors of the Congressional Halls, and
each cf these human bees seemed busy
gathering honey from the intellectual
flowers of the past. _
Odd Discovery of an Invention.
The way in which the process of vul
canizing rubber cam* 1 to be discovered by
the Goodyears was told to a Times re
porter some years ago by John Dixon,
one of Goodyear’s employes. The men
had a habit of chewing rubber much as
the modern schoolgirl chews gum. One
day, while Dixon and an Irishman were
carrying some rubber on an iron hand
barrow to (lie oven, the Irishman was
taken with a fit of coughing as he passed
a barrel of sulphur, and involuntarily
spat out his rubber cud. Tt fell into the
barrel. Setting down the barrow, lie
made a grab for it and recovered it. The
sulphur, however, adhered to its moist
surface, and he threw it down with an
expression of disgust. It. fell upon the
barrow, and was put into the oven with
it. When the barrow was taken from the
oven Dixon saw that the little piece oi
Rubber had assumed ft new appearance.
He examined it carefully, and became
convinced that he held in his hand the
key to the discovery Air. Goodyear had
been searching for. He took the little
thing to Mr. Goodyear, who, wh©n he
saw it became much excited. Dixon told
him the circumstances under which the
change had been effected, and Mr. Good
year set his son and Dixon at work ex
perimenting. It was several months be
fore they succeeded, but they finally
learned the .secret of making vulcanized
rubber. —New Yorh Times.
Proverbs.
For n coquette —Flames too soon ac
quire strength if disregarded.
For an old beau—A bow long bent
waxeth weak.
For a glazier—No gains without panes.
For a man with gray hair Never say
rl ie.
For a cribbage board Two can play
at that game.
For an umbrella Lay by for a rainy
day.
For a modern novel Bad beginning,
bad ending.
For a ntatue of liberty- By the hands
of many a great work is made light.—
We. ‘ __
Slaughter of Deer in Oregon.
T. S. Kenney informs the Jacksonville
(Oregon ) Sentinel that within two months
he has purchased 11,078 pounds of deer
hides, lr would require about 1,300
pelts to reach that weight. Other par
ties in Southern Oregon have purchased,
showing that in all about 2,600 deer had
been killed for their skins only. Still
there is a law against such practice.— San
Eraneisco ('h)•<>■<’>?i<.
December. 1880, wrote O. L* Hathaway,
Fall River, Mass., “Was greatly afflicted with
rheumatism: tried St. Jacobs Oil:all pain left
me ” October, 10, lSßfi, he writes: “Have
not been troubled with rheumatism since.”
A new process of deodorizing furs makes
certain kinds much more desirable.
Janies McEllen, Rorfc Huron, Mich , writes:
“Had severe pains inside. Alter taking Red
Star Cough Cure the pains ceased entirely.”
Price twenty-five cents. At Druggists.
We must learn, soys George Eliot, to ac
comodate ourselves to the discovery 1 hat some
of those cunningly fashioned instruments
called human souls have only a very limited
rango of music, and will not vibrate in the
least under a touch that fills others with
tremulous rapture or quivering agony.
If you have catarrh, use the surest romndy
—Dr. Sages.
There are six lady medical student* in Ed
inburgh College.
flow Pule You Are!
is frequently the exclamation of one lady to
another. The fact is not a pleasant one to
have mention, hut still the act may b© a
kindly one, for it sets the one addressed to
thinking, apprises tier off the fact, that she is
not in good health, and leads her to seek a
reason therefor. Pallor to almost always
attendant upon the first stage* of consumtion.
The system is enfeebled, and the blood im
poverished. Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical
Discovery” will act us a tonic upon the system
will enrich the impoverished blood, and restore
roMB to the < heek.
Regard not. dreams, tor they are hut the
the images of our hopes and fears.
“I Lovelier llrtter Ihun Life.”
Well, then, why don’t you dp something
to bring back the roses to net' clic ks arid the
light, to her eyes i Don’t you see she is suffer
ing from nervous debility, the result of female
weakness? A bottle of Dr. Pierce’s “Favor
ite Prescription ’ will hrigbten tiioee pale
cheeks and send now life through that wasting
form. If you love her, take heed.
Dignity docs not consist in possessing hon
ors, but ii» deserving them.
Fori Hue’ll KiMuriicH.
are those who court fortune—those who are
always looking out for and investigating the
opportunities that arc offer**!. Keinl vom
addrew to Hafictt A Co., Portland. Maine,
and they will mall you, free, full particulars
about work that you rati do while living at
home, wherever you ara located, and earn
from *5 to #25 |>©r day nnd upwards. Cap
ital not required. You an* started free.
All ages. Home have earned over #fiU in ;i
single day. All to new.
When sorrow is asleep, wake it not. *
A m»n In Folk County, Goorßin, is living
pleasantly with his eighth wife.
Daushtera. Wire.. Mother..
Bend for Pamphlet on Female !»***«•*' r «>
securely sealed. t>r. J. B. MarchW. Utica,. • •
Bronchitis is cured by frequent snml! doses
of Plso's Cure for consumption.
The'coUeges of this country contain 1,000 |
female students.
This btaiul aril, preparation has by 1U peculiar ;
merit and its wonderful cures won the confl- j
donee of the people and is to-day the most popular .
Nim blood purifier and spring medicine, j
m O b if you have made up your mind to
buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla do not be Induced to take
any other. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla, j
which is peculiar to Itself.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla sold by druggists. $1; six for
fS. Prepared by C. L HOOD ft CO., Lowell, Matt
100 Poses One Dollar
_ S&m FORjrATALOGIfSSf. \
s x r--.IT
wa«|| nA ■ DR. WILLIAMS
PILtS " Indian Pile Ointment
8 Qbaw ■ willcufe any case or Itch
ing, Bleeding, Ulcerated or Protruding
Pile?*. CURE GUARANTEED. Prepared
for Piles only. (Physicians’ .tars by express, ore
paid, W.50.] Price per box. 50c. and *l. Sold
by druggists or mailed on receipt of price by
LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR, Agents Atlanta. * a.
SSMEOALSAWARDED-TOI
98 ■ Ctirrs Plenrlsy, 9[ tt Ml
SrLfMV BtieTMiiAiiem, Ltuntafro,
Bscka'-hA, Wesknats, Colds la I
.Arties
of imitations
'K&HBf . B-jnndlnKnames. Ask roa :
Pksrfff
1 THE BEST IN IHEyOHLO
I was cured hefiorJ
lb.: iccrn.rf I,nlor ofWI iml
Ely's Cri:am fjr.J
was exhausted. 'Hz
was troubled withWltiy FFVER O)
chronic colon-/, .Ul 3 ' ' --V,®
(lathering in A' .v'
difficulty in bivath-slm s *'B^ J h®g
inrj “nd
from >/ ra rs. -- ■
j f'hcshiut. St . Hi z7
! A particle Is applied VEH|
| into each nostril and is ■ n
| Price »» cents at druggists by mail,
I registered. cts Circulars free.
ELY DROTHKKB. Druggists. Owego. V.Y.
shorthand
o^K , sr c ?,.r o &“t e .VHV v i p FEEr o^^v
ȣt|nyour name on a postal card and receive fre< a
lOlltVKlcopv of sheet music, ttaughtman >V White
linden. Ohio.
@ ATLANTA
JL SAW WORKS.
Jawgrek Manufacturers of and in
Jag*®, Saws and Saw-Hill Snpplies.
i Repairing a Hperialty.
KtSSfKfcSßr A*sr.tafor h Powxßd Conra?rrs
Wood Working Machinery.
Largs and complete stoek. Wnl*
for cata'ogue. Atlanta. Ga.
Rflexican War Veterans.
write me for circular showing whether v.,u ore
entitled to pensions under recent act of Congress
pensioning soldiers of the Mexican War.
T. H. Kit man. Box 31, Washington. D. C.
MAURY The CorrcMDonrirnf. an S-pngc
3TIMIIII B paper, devoted to marriage, contains
RDont .<"•■ requests in each issue for correspondents
No charge for advertising. Mailed | months for IO-
Mlver. Address The Correspondent, Cincinnati. O.
SHOW CASES. WALL CASES,
DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES.
....... for filnatratod Pamphlet.
. 1 LBBY SHOW CASJE CO.. Nashville, Ten*
O xs: 31. JS.-XXT 3ST
Tho Croat K artery of
PEBCHERQN HOUSES.
ti L'tK > 1 nivnrtcd IJroiul Man’s
° fCauit '
300 »o HH> f.n.’OISTKD ANNUALLY
■ f*-< r-inre.r.l! -or Jedl'vltherteiMlnt pedigree* In th*>
I ir*wjvnetud Vnnk* , 10. 1. eeh* ion i.thecaly draft
i i -red rtf Ki • p.. ~e, Pv '* *ed hook thnt has tlm
l < my enfl'-rM-nviU of {»,*. Kn-neH raiment,
.m l i»i lj|>.p» G o Oitafcteoe, ilfci/tnuton* hy Km
ft). V;. DUNHAM,
Wsywe. DuPftff# Co., Illinois*
mnmtUUIIDKUCKkBU mmiM w»»**im* ', -*-» fc~j» y»w Ory hi
fflr/CFI w*r% A M\J rs< * •♦««». TUo I.'W ’• tt,. u* •t- ...» r 1
£y§RON
EfTONIC
Will purify tho Bl OOD rego.ate
tlrn LIVEF .ad KIDNEYS and
)tcf*TQi:r theHEALTHandVIG
• TbiTiT f OK of TOUT** J>m**raio,Want
of Appetite, Indfemdion.Lackof
TgEfflljq, Strength and fired Feeling ab
aoiateiy cured: Boom, mna
d*i and neryre recgva new
fore. J idivcT.* toemind
and sopplir* bruin Spvyr
1 „ tr rir - from eompThtatn
! LADIES {ssil-fisssasfiiatf
■ fesS.fast:
i
1 mailed cn receipt oi two cantata postage, f
T» “ DR.HARTER MEDICINE COMPANY
St.Uvit. Ma.
OQ9 COLUMBUS
/ilu _ CflttttosA manure spreaders
A ftOARM WAfinNS«Mtk.flr*ym
i ITWTIm cheapest Spreader out end tho
rf|TS|*i,i Zm only hind that can be at.
W-J f to old wagona.
V* All are warraat^L
mmitmm Brartk Hmm, Uageeefw, Maryland
One Agent (warchant only) wanted in every town for
<s£mi2iD
Your “Tanslll's Punch” aro tho !>est sc. cigars’we
ever handled. Olascott & Brago, Monroe. Wla •
We think, without doubt, that your * TanstllV
Punch” are the finest 5--. cigar* we hive ever had.
Wm. L. Davis A Co., Druggists, Worcester. Mass.
Address R. W. TAX*ILL dr CO.» Chicnge,
M A Obtained. Rend etr.mt* fn
IP A rEi Is fi o Inventor-* Guide. L. Bi*io
I ham. Patent Lawyer. Washing ton. i>. C. _
i HtAK MhH, Wm WOKEN, ’BgSSfi.7
: Dr. BAIRD’S ili.OOi) (dMM'I.ES ar«*
; marvelous, the sensation of the hour. Thousand*
have used them nnd not one tut is enthusiastic over
' their wonderful properties. 23 cents: 5 boxer, ft.
Os Druggists or by mall, postage prepaid. All in
' valids should send account of rase, symptoms, etc.,
with order and we will Do YOU GOOD. Addres*
Dr. WM. M. HAIKP, Washington. N. J.
■ to Soldiers A Weir*, a* **d a i mp
I ady sz.
I_7„h Snnnorur. Send gl.COfor samp ea and ac*n<*
MPViAIU if HR SOLDIERS and their Widows,
cULAfLATI W tlfl Pcn-:i**n*now for yen all. A»J
--m dr. -< B. H. Grief W A « <».. Washington.P.C.
oikk-- raruran i.oot ißjjg
I I A'iES. *J.V. Makes A gallon* I»f » delicl sia
; sparkling temperance beverage. rt«-engtl»enj and
; a? fir
s, , TT , f
asand ,TTIE
wvfe.aV.Wo LjVEH
° PILLS.
I nr.fr Ahe of i'n ta tioxv. alwa rs
ASK FOU HRs PIERCtTsS PET.I ETS, OR
LITTLE SUGAR-COATED PILLS.
Reins entirely Ycjg'-tnT'Sr, they /'p
j rrate without disturbanee «!»•• s - struT. «***♦.
i or occupation. l*ut up m gla?h via to. heriu**tt
eally penh d. Always fre.-i r* As
h htvative- alterative. *>- i%*« cat*'
these lit»l»* reflets pive the
! satisfaction.
1 SICK HEADAOM, , v m.
Bilious Sle^da^hr*
llizziitcoti. Con-tipg* T*>
lion, Intlixesiioit. V ft
Billons Atta*k«*.andoll ll rlfP
i deranaronacuta of the protn- jff \
' ach and bowels, arc* prompt “ L Wj/i*
! ly relieved tuid permanently '> *
cure*! by tin* ufo of fir.
Pierce's Pler.sjiut I'tirgriiTr PellctL
' In explanation of the remedial tiov.-erof thesr
! Pellets over vo great a variety of disease*, ’t
may trntiifuUy 1- s&id that th* ir action upon
j the system to universal, riot a *riand or r»ss»t»*
1 escsiping their panati\< tnflueooe. eold hv
druggists,Shunts a \ iaT. Manufacture*! at th*»
i rhetni«:al Laboratory of Worn i>V I»isrx>sa r y
i Medical A.- ociAlio.\ iiulla! *. N. V.
| to off* , rcd bv »he ntanufactm
jfy - en«oi Dr. Nage’s I'atarr'i
Ueroedy, for a ease cf
{ Sai Chronic Nasal Catarrh which
r"% /* they cannot cur»*.
SYMPTOYIS OF CATAKBIV^-Dull,
heavy headache, obstruction of the
passages, discharges fulJing from the iiesd
into the throat, sooietim* I ** profuse, vvnicrY.
• and acrid, nt others, thick, tenadotie, mu* out.
| purulent, t*!oo»1y and put rid: the eyes j.d
i weak, watery, and inflamed: there to ring::ie
• in the eara. d(*afuef«. luc kiug »»r coughing to
clear the throat, expectoration of, ofi*t;fo»
matter, together v/irh scot-s fro?:*, ulcers, th*
i ! voice change*!! utid b:i- a nasal twang, the
breath to offensive: a null ami teste are im
paired; them »s a sensation of dizxincs*. with
mental depretv* un, x lur ki:::’ r* ugh and gen
j enl debility, inily a few ot th aborc-nained
1 symptoms are likely I- t*c pr- -ent in an> “ne
! cose. Tliouands *-f car* « annually, without
| manifesting ha!f c.f iho nbor e syinptoms. re-
I suit in consumption, r.nd cud m tn*‘ grave.
1 No diseas*) to *o *'omna :\, ni**re deceptive and
1 dangerous, or by physdctsnp
| Hy its mild, soothing, and h**n:ing projirrfies.
T»r. hag- to <'at ti ; llem* be worst
ease*of Catarrh, w cold #n the head,*’
C’oryzn, an*l Uutarrhal Xlcadaelte.
t Hold by «’.ruggictn everywhere: 50 cents.
“Untold Agony from Catarrh."'
Trof. w. ITai*s>er. th*- famous inesmerM.
I of Ithaca, X. Y., writes: “Some *« n years ago
I suffered untold ugtmy fixuj chronic
catarrh. My tuintly plij'sician pave nu* up as
Incurable, and I must die. My case was
; such a bad one, that every day, towards enn-
I set, ray voice would become so itc4in*« 1 couW
I barely speak alxnrc a whisper. I n the morning
1 my enugrhing .and t ienrmg of my throat would
! nhnord strangle me. Uy the use of Dr. Sag* s
Catarrh Ilemedy, inthse months, f was a well
| man, and the cure has been »h r«u.ncoL."
“Constantly ami Spitting.*’
1 Thomas .1. Btsmvq, EmJta} Pine StreA.
j Nf. I,uni*. .V'»„ Writes: “I wazn gr«-af sufferer
j from catarrh for time rear*. At times l could
i Arc ty breathe, and was constant I v hawking
[ and spitting, and tor Die la*: <-ig\it m**nths
i could not breathe the ri*wtrtls. I
■ thought nothing coiiki t<? tfono f»*r in*-. I.ucli
! »ly, I n/ivtaed t*> tr>' I»r. , v :rc'« fatarrh
j lli-ineij’, «n«l I am now a W'cil tuan. I believe
j it. to be the only «"r© romedy for catarrh now
funnutactun'*), :uul on*; baa only io gt'f- U a
j fair t.* ini to experience Utounduig results and
Ift (x rmanent cun'.’’
Three Bottle* Cure Catarrh.
Eli ItoBniN;;, Runyan p. 0.. Columbia o>.,
T*<|.. ftnya: “My daughter ha*! • atarih when
sii«* w«a five year* very bedly. I saw Dr.
Hug**'# Catarrh Remedy ««(rertis*'d, aud pr*v
cmed u butit*? ftw hit, and iw**>n saw that It
help**l h“r: a third t*cttl !> riTfotrd a pernw
nrnt cure. ta now t ta ycafV old and
sour. 4 and hearty."