REV. DR. TALMAGE.
TIIE BROOKLYN DIVINE S SUNDAY
SERMON.
Text: u Oh , that one would give me drinh
0/ the water of the well of Bethlehem , which
by the gate!" —2 Samuel, xxiii., 15.
War, always distressing, is especially ruin*
ous in harvest time. When the crops are all
ready for the sickle, to have them trodden
down by cavalry bones and heavy supply
trains gullying the fields, is enough to make
any man's heart sick. When the last great
war broke out in Europe, and France and
trermanv were coming into horrid collision. I
rode across their golden harvests, and saw the
tents pitched, and the trenches dug in the
very midst of the ripe fields, the long
scythe of battle sharj>ening to mow
down harvests of men in great
#inrows of the den 1. It was at this season
of harvest that tlio army of the Philistines
came down upon Bethlehem. Hark to the
clamor of their voices, the neighing of their
chargers, the blare of their trumpets, and the
clash of their shields.'
Let David and his men fall back! The
Lord's host sometimes lose; the day.
Put Pavid knew where to hile. lie
had been brought up in that country.
Boys areinqu.siti .-e. and they know all about
the region where they were born and brought
up. If you should go back to the old home
ttend, j f ou could, with your eyes shut, find
your way to the meadow, or the orchard, or
the hill back of the house, with which you
were familiar thirty or forty years ago. * So
David knew the cave of Adullam. Perhaps,
in his boyhood days, he had played “hide
and-seek’’ with his comrades all about
the old cave; and though others
might not liavo known it, David did.
Travelers say there is only one way of get
ting into that cave, and that is by a very
narrow path; but David was stout, and
stoady-headed, and steady nerved; and so,
with his three brave staff-officers, he goes
along that path, finds his way into the cave,
sits down, looks around the roof and the
dark passages of the mountain, feels very
weary with the forced march; anti water ho
must have, or die. Ido not know but there
may have been drops trickling down the side
of the cavern, or that there may
have been some water in the
goat*skin slung to his girdle; but
that was not what he wanted. He wanted a
deep, full, cold drink, such as a man gets
only out of an old well with moss-covered
bucket. David remembered that very near
that cave of Adu'lam there was such a well
as that, a well to which he used to go in
boyhood—the well of Bethlehem; and he al
most imagines that ho can hear the liquid
plash of that well, and his parched tongue
inove3 through his hot lips as he says: “Oh.
that one would give me drink of the water of
the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
It was no f ooner said than done. The three
brave stnff-offlce'-s bounded to their feet and
start. Brave soldiers will take even a hint
from their commander. But between them
and the well lay a host of the Philistines: nnd
what could three men do with n great army?
Yet where there is a will there is a wav. and,
with their swords slnshing this way and that,
they make their path to the well. While the
Philistines are amazed at. the seeming fool
hardiness of these three men. and cannot
make up their minds exactly vdiat it means,
the three men have come to the well.
They drop the bucket. They bring
up the water. They pour it in the
■nail, and then start for the cave. “Stop
them!” cry tho Philistines. ‘Clip them witn
wour swords! Stab them with your spears!
Stop those three men!” Too late! They are
gone around tho hill. The hot rocks are
rploshed with the overflowing water from
the vessel at it is carried up the cliffs. The
three men go alone the dangerous path, and
with cheeks flu-hed with the exeitemuit, and
nil out of breath in their hast/? they fling their
swords, red with the skirmish, to the side of
the cave, nnd cry out to David: “There.
Cepfain of the host, is what you wanted; a
drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by
the gate.”
A text Is of no use to me unless I can find
Christ in it; nnd unless I can bring a Gospel
out of these words, tint will arouse and com
fort and bless, I shall wish I had never s°en
♦hem; for Jhmr tim« would be wasted. and
against-my soul the dark record would Iw
made that this day I stood before a great au
dience of sinning, suffering, and dying men.
end told them of no rescue. By the cross of
the Ron of God, by the throne of the eternal
r'udgment. that shad not Ik-! May the Lord
Jesus help me to tell you the truth to-day!
You know that carrier pigeons have some
times letters tied under the wing, and they
fly hundreds of miles—one hundred miles in
an hour—carrying a message. Ro I have
thought I would like to have it now. Oh,
heavenly Dove! bring under thv wing
to-dav, to my soul and to the souls of this
people, some message of light, and love, and
peace! *.
It Is not an unusual thing to see people
gather around a well in summer-time. Th**
husbandman puts down his or.vlloiit the well
curb. The builder puts down his trowel The
traveler puts down his pack. Th*-n on<- dr a w>.
the water for all the rest, himself taking the
very last. The cup is passed around, and
the fires of thirst are put out; the traveler
starts on bis journey and the workman take 3
up his burden.
My friends, we come to day around the
Gospel well. We put down our pack of bur
dens and our implements of toil. One man
must draw the water for those who have
gathered around the well. I will try nnd
draw the water to day; and if, after I have
poured out from this living fountain for your
soul. 1 just taste of it myself, you will not be
grudge me a “drink from the water of tho
well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate.”
This Gospel well, like the well 6pok *n of in
the text, is a well of Bethlehem. David had
known hundreds of wells of water, but he
wanted to drink from that particular <n**,
“f 1 *, thou « ht nothing could s’ake bis thirst
like that. And unless your soul and mine can
get access to tho Fountain open for sin and
uncleanness we must die. That fountain is
the well of Bethlehem. It was dug in the
night. It was dug by the light of a lantern
the star that hung down over the
manger, it was dug not at the gate of
♦ a-sar s palaces, not in the park of a Jeru
salem bargain maker. It was dug in a l>arn.
I he camel s lifted their weary heads to listen
as the work went on. The shepherds, unable
to sleep because the heavens wore filled wdh
♦ amis of music, came down to see the op-n
mgof the well. Theaagelsof God. at the first
gush of the living water, dipped their chalices
or Kir into it. and drank to the health of
earth and heaven, as they cried: “Glorv to
»;°d in the highest, and nn earth peace.”
Rornct lines in our modern barns the water is
brought through the pipes of the city to the
very nostrils of the horses or cattle; but this
weji in the Bethlehem barn was not so much
for the leists that perish as for our race,
thirst-smittten, desorb travel**! and s. moon
struck. Oh. my soul, weary with sin. stoop
wefi” aUd drUlk l ° day out of tbat Dethiebeiu
‘‘As tbe heart panteth after the water-
IT 0 ?.. 8 ’ 8001 P*nteth after thee. O
i # would « et a understand
Ing of this amidst tbe Adirondacks in sum
mer-tlnie. Here comes a swift-footed de r.
The bounds are close on tbe track; it has
h-aperi chasms and s oled cliffs; it is fagged
°ut* its eyes are rolling in death:
;<*»**£ to tolling from its foaming
SSftJSST.* Sr- tiuter tteTgi!
until it plunge* into Hcbroon Lake and tin*
hounds can follow it, no farther, and it puts
down its bead and mouth until tb, nostril hi
'WsUui.l it . Aatlwbaart puitoh t-,r the
n nZ,^'A‘, k ‘ r my KJU| as-r llim .
'l bri ?* I"” “" t " r ,ron '*•">* ""I'
Uttfe cMlil who ku learnixl of j n
!!**. bring me some of
that living water. OTrf man. who
flffjr yearn ago -1i.1.t fln.l tin. w..||
nrinft me mme of that, water. Htriwrer in a
«r»nr>i land who n«H to huir ’"trie j„ the
Highland. (rfHonUand. to tho turn of ' Hon
nlnlloon, 'Tho Utar, lh- Hlar of Rath In
hem, hi-iug ma mum of Hint wat»r, Wtenu
ever drinketh of that water shall never thirst.
“Oh that one would give me drink of the wa
ter of the well of Bethlehem which is by the
gate.”
Again, this Gospel well, like the one rpoken
of in the text, is a captured well. David re
membered the time when that good water of
Bethlehem was in the possession of his ances
tors, His father drank there, his mother I
drank there. He remembered how the water \
fasted when he was a boy. and came up there
from play. We never forgot the old well we
used to drink out of when we were bo vs orgirls.
'here was something in it that Blessed tne
V.os nnd refreshed tho brow better than anv
thing we have found since. As we think of
that dear old well, the memories of the past
flow into each other like crystalline drone,
sun-glinted, nnd all the more ns we remember j
that the hands that used to hold the rope, I
and the hearts that beat against the well
*urh are still now. iVe never get ove r th<“se •
reminiscences. George P. Morris, the I
ri-oat song writer of this country, |
>nce said to me that his song. *
“Woodman spare that tree.” was sung l
n a grout concert hall, nnd the memories of i
?arlv life were so wrought upon the audience l
ov that song that, after the singing was done, i
»n aged man arose in the audience, over- l
whelmed with emotion, and said: “Sir. will !
you please to tell me whether the woodman i
really spared the tree?” We never forget the j
tree under which we plaved. We never for- i
get the fountain at which we drank. Alas I
for the man who has no early memo ries. *
David thought of that well, that boyhood |
well, and he wanted a drink of it. but he re- |
memhered that the Philistines had captured ;
it. When those throe men tried to come up
to the well in behalf of David, they saw 1
swords gleaming around about it And this j
L> true of this Gospel well. The Philistine* j
have at times captured it. When we come to I
take a full, old-fashioned drink of pardon and
comfort, do not their swords of indignation J
and sarcasm flash? Whv, the skeptics tell
us that we cannot come to that fountain!
They sav the water is not fit to drink any- !
how. “If you arc really thirsty now. there j
is the well of philosophy, there is the well of ;
art, there is the well of science.” They try !
to substitute, instead of our boyhood faith, a !
modern mixture. They say a great ,
many beautiful things about the soul, i
and they try to feed our immor- •
twl hunger on rose leaves, and mix
a mint julep of worldly stimulants, when |
nothing will satisfy us but “a drink of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, which is at |
the gate.” They try to starve us on husks, i
when the Father's banquet is ready, and tbe j
Pest ring is taken from the casket, and the 1
sweetest harp is struck for the music. I
and the swiftest foot is already lifted I
for the dance. They patronize I
heaven and abolish hell, and try to measure
eternity with their hour-glass, and the throne
of the great God with their yard-stick! I ;
abhor it. I tell vou the old Gospel well is a
captured well. 1 pray God that there may
be somewhere in the elect host three an
nointed men, with courage enough to go
forth in the strength of the omni
potent God, with the glittering swords
of truth, to hew the way back
again to that old well. I think the tide is
turning, and that the old Gosnel is to take its
place again in the family, and in the univer
sity, and in the legislative hall. Men have
tried worldly philosophies, and have found
out that they do not give any oomfor* and i
J.at they drop an arctic midnight upon the !
death-pillow. They fail when there is a
dead cnild in the house; and when the soul
comes to leap into the fathomless ocean of i
eternity, they give to the man not so much
as a broken spar to cling to. Depend upon I
it. that well will come into our possession ;
again, though it has been captured. It there
be not three anointed men in the Lord’s
host with enough consecration to do the work,
then the swords will leap from Jehovah’s
buckler, and the eternal three will descend—
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy
Ghost—conquering for our dying race the
way back again to “the water of the well of
Bethlehem, which is by the gate ” "If God
l»e for us, who can be against us?” “If God
spared not his own S’on,but freely gave him up
for us alt,how shall he not with him also freely <
give us all things?” “For I am persuaded
that neither height, nor depth, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come,” shall take from
us, into final captivity, the Gospel of iny I
blessed Lord Jesus Christ.
Again, the Gospel well, liko the one spoken '
of hi my text, is a well at tho gate. The
traveler stops the camel today, and gets
down and dips out of the valley of the East,
some very beautiful, clear, bright water, and
that is out ot the very well that David longed
for. Do you know that that well was at
the gate, so that nobody could go into
Bethlehem without going right past it? And
so it is with thi« Gospel well—it is at the gate. !
It is, in the first pla«*e, at thegateof purffica- I
tion. We cannot wash away our sins unless I
with that water. I take the responsibility
of saying that there is no man, woman, or i
child in this house to-day that
has escajjei sinful defilement. Do veu 1
say it is outrageous nnd ungallant 1
for me to make such a change ? Do you |
say: “ I have never stolen—l have never
blasphemed—l have never committed un
ehastity—l have never been guilty of
murder ?” I reply, you have committed a
sin worse than blasphemy, worse than un
chaatity, wors ? than theft, worse than mur
der. We have all committed it. We
have by our sins ro? crucified the Lord, and
that isdeicide. And if there be any who dare j
to plead “ not guilty” to the indictment, then j
the hosts of heaven will be empaneled as a
jury to ren ier a unanimous verdict against j
us; guilty one. guilty all. With what a slash- j
ing strode that one passage cuts us away
from all our pretensions. “There is none j
that doeth good—no. not one.” “Oh,” says
some one, “all we want, all the wants, j
is development.” Now I want to tell you j
that the race develops without the Gospel into (
a Sodom, a Five Pointo, a great Salt Lake ,
City. It always develops dowaward, and
never upward, except as the grace of God lays J
hold of it. What,t hen, is to become of our soul ;
without Christ? Banishment. Disaster. But
I bless my Lord Jesus Christ that there is a
well at the gate of Purification. For great i
sn. great pardon. For eighty years of trans- ,
grco -Kin, an forgiveness. For crime
deep as hell, an atonement high as heaven;
thatwheresin abounded,so grace may much
more alxjund; that as sin reigiled unto death,
even m* may grace reign through righteous- |
ness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ, our
Lord. Angel of the Covenant, dip thy wing
in this living fountain to-day, and wave it
over this solemn assemblage, that our souls
ii ay l»e washed in “the water of the well of
Bethlehem, which is by the gate.”
Further, I remark that this well of the
Gosp*l is at the gate of comfort Do you
know where David was when he uttered the
words of the text? Ho was In the cave of
Adullum. That is wlure some of you are *
wow. lias the world always gone smoothly
witn you? rius it never pursuer] yon I
with slander? Is your health always
good? Have your fortunes never
perished? Are your children all alive and
well? Is there no dead lamb in the fold?
Are you ignorant of tbe wav to the cemetery?
Have vou never heard the" Ml toll when it
Memea as if every stroke of the iron clapper
beat your heart? Are the skies ns bright when !
you look into them a« they used to lie
when other eyes, now closed, used to !
look into them? Is there some trunk or
drawer in your bou:e that vou go to only on |
anniversary days, when there comes (mating I
against your soul the surf of a great «k * an of
agony? It is the cave of Adullam! The cave
of Adtillnm! Is there some David here
whose fatherly heart wayward AhMoin has
broken? Is then? some Abraham here who is
lonely Matine Harab is dead in the fainily
plot of Ma' , hpclah? After thirty or forty
years of companionship, bow hard it was for
then) to part* Why not have two wata in
the liord’H chariot, so that Initli the old folks
might have gone up a? once? My aged mother,
her lust moment,said to my father:“Father,
wouldn’t it U? nice if w« could l«tb go to
gether?” No, no, no. We must part And
there are wound*! bearers h**re to day. The
woriu cannot comfort you. What can it
bring you* Nothing. Nothing. The naive
t hoy try to put on your wounds will not stick.
They cannot, with their bungling surgery,
mend t||*. broken bone*.
.Jfow the NnamuUiite, and Hilda*) the
F jplute, ami KiipUax the It-nuunUt, come in.
and talk, and talk, and talk, but miserable
comforters are they all. They can not pour
light into the cave of Adullam. They can
not bring a single draught of water from
the well of Bethlehem, which is by
the gate.'* But, glory be to Jesus
Christ, there is comfort at the gate!
There is life in the well at the gate. If you
give me time, I will draw up a promise* for
every man, woman and child in this house.
Ay, I will do it in two minutes. I will lay
hold the rope of the old well. What is your
trouble? ,f Oh,” you say, “I am so sick, so
weary of life—ailments after ailments.’’ I
will draw up a promise: “The inhabitants
will never sav ‘I am sick.’” What is your
trouble? “Oh, it is loss of friends—bereave
nient,” you say. I will draw you up a
promise, fresh and cool, out of the well. “I
am the resurrection and the life; he that be
lieveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall
he live.” What is your trouble? You say it
ia the infirmities of old age. I will draw you
upa promise: “Down to old age I am with
UN, to hoary hairs will 1 ca: ry that*
What is your trouble? “Oh,” you sav, “I
nave a widowed soul, nnd my children cry for
bread.” I bring up this promise: “Leave thy
fatherless children—l will preserve thorn
alive, and let thy widows trust in me.” I
break through the armed ranks of your sor
rows to-day, and bring to your parched lips
“a drink of the waters of the well of Bcthle
hem, which is by the gate.”
Again, the Gospel well is at the gate of
hoaven. I have not heard yet one single in
telligent account of the future world from
anybody who does not believe in the Bible.
They throw such a fog about the subject that
I do not want to go to the skeptic’s heaven, to
the transcendentalist’s heaven, to the worldly
philosopher’s heaven. I would not exchange
the poorest room in your houso for the lino*
heaven that Huxley, or Stuart Mill, or Dar
win ever dreamed of. Their heaven has n«
Christ in it; and a heaven without Christ,
though you could sweep the whole universe
Into it, would be a hell. Oh. they tll us
there are no songs there: there are no
coronations in heaven—that is all im
agination. They tell us wv* will do
there about what we do here, only
on a larger scale—geometrize with
clearer intellect, and with alpenst<x*'c
fjo clambering up over the icebergs
nan eternal vacation. Rather than that. I
turn to my Bible, and I find John's picture
of that good land—that heaven which was
your lullaby in infancy- that heaven which
our children in the Sabbath-school will sing
ebout this afternoon—that heaven which has
a “well at thp gate.”
After you have been on a long journey,
and you come in. all btxiusted and tired, to
your home, the first thing you want is ie
freshing ablution, anil I am cf»d to know
that after we get through - the pilgrim
age of this world—the hurt dusty pil
grimage—we will find a well at
the gate. In that one wash, away
will go our sins and sorrows. I do not
care whether cherub, or seraph, or mv own
departed friends in that bless*?! land' place
to my lip? the cup, the touch of that cup
will be life, will be heaven? I was read
ing of how the ancients sought for the
fountain of perpetual voutb. They thought
if they could only find and drink out of that
well, the old would become young again, tlie
sick w'ould be cured, and everybody would
have eternal juvenescence. Os course, they
could not find it. Eureka! I have found it!
“Tbe water of the well of Bethlehem, which
Is by tbe gate.”
I tbink we had better make a bargain w ith
those who leave us, going out of this world
from time to time, as to where wo will meet
them. Travelers parting appoint, a place of
meeting. They say, “we will meet at
Rome, or we will meet at Stock
holm. or Vienna, or Jerusalem, or Bethle
hem.” Now, when we come to stand
by the death-pillow of those who are
leaving us forth© far land, do not; let us weep
as though we would never see them again,
but let us, there standing, appoint a place
where we will meet. Where shall it be? Shall
it be on the banks of the river* No. Tho
banks are too long. Shall it l>e in the
temple? No; no. There is such a
there —ten thousand times ten thousand.
Where shall we meet the love*! ones? Let us
make an appointment to meet at the well by
the gate. Oh, heaven! Sweet heaven! Dear
heaven! Heaven, where our good friends
are! Heaven, where Jesus is! Heaven!
Heaven!
But while I stand here there comes a revul
sion of feeling when I look into your ey*« and
know there are souls hero dying of thirst,
notwithstanding the well at the gate. B<“-
tween them and tho well of heaven there is a
great army of sin; and though Christ is
ready to clear away to that well for them,
they will not have his love or intercession.
But I am glad to know that you may come
yet. The well is here—tba well of heaven,
fjome; Ido not cart* how fe<#)le you are. l.et
me take hold of your arm, and steady you up
to the well-curb. “Ho, every one that,
thirsteth. come.” I would r;Hth* r win on' smi
to Christ this morning than wear the crown
of th-» world’s dominion. Do not let -my
mar. go away and say I did not invite luni.
Mh. if you could only just look at mv Lord
once: if you could Just see him full in the sac .
ay, if you could only do as that woman did
whom I read about at the beginning of the
services—iust come up behind him and
touch his feet—methinks you would live. In
Northern New Jersey, one winter, three lit
tie children wandered off from horn* in a
snow storm. Night came on. Father and
mother said, “Whereure the children:" They
could not be found. They started out in
haste, and the news ran to the neigh
bors, and liefore morning it was said that
there were hundreds of men hunting tho
mountains for those three children, but
found them not After a whilea man imagined
there was a place that had not been looked at.
and he went and saw the three children. He
examined their bodies. He found that the
older boy had taken off his coat
nnd wrapped it around the younger one. the
baby, and then taken off his vest and put it
around the other one; and there they nl*
died, he probably the first, lor he had n«.c<*at
or vest. Oh, it was a toachingscene when that
was brought to light! I was on the ground
a little while after, and it brought the
whole scene to my mind, and 1 thought to
myself of a more melting scene than that:
when Jesus, our older brother, took off the
robe of his royalty and laid nsi ie th«* l ist
garment of earthly comfort, that he might
wrap our poor souls from the blast. Oh, the
height, and the depth, and the length, and
the breadth of the love of Christ 1
Czar ajid Beggar.
There is a story that is going around in
the French papers about the Czar. While
he was stopping receutly in the Castle of
Fredensborg he was fond of taking little
walks in the neighborhood, t ’ue day he
w’as accosted by a beegar woman wdth a
child in her arms. In pure Punish and
in the roughest manner possible he told
her to go away and to be pretty quick
about it. Tho poor woman, terrified,
started off, but was followed by an of
ficer. “Here,my good woman,”said the
officer, as he put some pieces of gold
into her hand, “it is the Czar who sends
you this, and he h that you will for
give his apparent rudeness of a moment
ugo. The fact is, he has just returned
from a visit to his children, who have
the scarlutina, and was afraid that he
might bring the contagion to your child,
if he allowed you to approach his per
son.”
A well has been discovered in Mobile,
Ala., which sprouts forth sparkling
water heavily charged with carbonic
•rid gas. When the water is swe*>tcn**d
with syrup it is said to make a delectable
heveruqot unlike »pda water.
Married In His Hat.
It was tho German's turn to relate his <
marriage experiences, :t ceremony which
occurred in the Black Forest. “I was
ready,*’ he began, “my bride looked ro>y
and beautiful in her wedding garments,
an*l I had doffed the green forrcstci’s
jacket for a splendid black coat of broad
clo’h, and my soft felt hat for a high
silk one. We drove in a closed carriage
to church, and on the road I w as getting
up from iny seat to open the w indow,
forgetting that I am over six feet high.
My tall hat came with a tremendous
crash against the roof the carriage, an<L
in a second all was done; the hat had
gone down over my face anti my whole
head stuck tightly in it. 1 pulled nnd
shouted, and screamed* and groaned.
The bride, weeping and terrified, as
sisted with all her power. We got out
and got the driver to assist. It was all
in vain; the hat stuck fast. At the
(hutch door our friends had each a pull,
but the clergyman arrived, and the hat
still hi Id mo in bondage. *1 cannot
marry you without seeing your face,’ he
shouted through the hat into my car, and
after one more long and desperate strug
gle I decided to make an end of it.
‘Take a sharp knife,* I shouted to a
friend, and cut a hole around iny face
into the hat; hut see that you do it well,
for I cannot allow this expensive hat to
be spoiled.’ The hole was cut, the
t lergyraan saw that I was thi* right mau,
»nd I was married with the hat over my
face. Afterward, when I got cooler, 1
managed to get out of it. My wife
sewed the place in agaiu, and 1 have
worn it for many a year.”—Art* York
Tribune*
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Portraits of I incoln and Jefferson
have been put iu the East Room of the
' Gdte House.
We aro all liable t » err and every one is
who <l;»es not realise th** full valueot Taylors
Hospital Cure for Catarrh. Paisphl-1 fm»
at O*! Broadway, New York.
('flnxnmriian Snrrlr (‘Hird.
To the Editor:—l‘leas*' inform vour rwi<l.*rs
that 1 bare a positive remedy for th>» above
immed disease. By its timely us** thousands
of hopeless ease- have hem |ieriiianoiit!j>
cured. I shall tie *!»«.! to solid two |w>ttb*s
my remedy khf.k to any of your me lor > who
lutveconsumption if tlnev will »u:d mo their
Express a»d I*. **. address. Itcsinvtfuhv.
T. A. SLOCUM. M. i .. tel IWI St. N. Y.
Back aid Shsulders
Ar- Im» |«rlo usually utc » k.* I r:»** i u *tl •». «*1
the the km*es, .»u‘sl«'-, hi.-s «■ ;.*. .»r•
! alyosomeUmM affivtsl. Tin* cause «f r.» *i.n »l» >*«
Im lactic a> , l>i dKikiatin; with th * hhwi wiifc'ti nt
Iwki tbo jobttaad i i> patas ast a.-'o-s ,»•
he disease. Hour* Sir j|>irllla punflei rvl « 1
il-hcs th** Wool an.l has |>ro.oll a w«m I -r.'ut rv.nc
lor ihcumatlsai.
“I was troubled verv much with rheumatism l»;
nyr btpu, a ikies »»*•! irrlsw; lu fad. I e-*ul I bar '
**alk and was coutUo il mv tel a c*»d .1 mv
tune. I was ala* very bltkni* and sußen*-t se%« r*-lv
! was racoannende i t«> try Hood's* wr.vii ar«! >
. lilch 1 did I have tak— f...ir t • «»1. > «*•. «a..- >
I £ladlv rvrammMht 110 *.ls bdrsn.«riila. W t
Woo®, lU(M>mluKt<ui. 111.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Solti by all drug?!*!*- ; d v for 31. V. l‘repat'e-1 •* il *
tIS t*. I. HOOD A CO. A |e.it hoc ar lev Lnwel*. Mas*.
100 Doras On© Dollar
N « -*».
ely’s CatarrH
CREAM BAL!fp|^7f3|
ti i; nn sis 1 ii. WIA WAM BWJfitl
Nasal
Allays l*ain au.;P^^ c ‘ 0 /2^e , ’tADj
I n II a iiiiaatiim.rHAYFEVEßfL
llcals t!ie Sure.lK,
gestures 11>. ..
Senses of Tasll
anJ Smell.
TRY the CURLhR’-fever
1 A nar»l *le Is «|>|>lt*-d lnto«*a*-h n*»*sirll and Kagreeable
Prl<-e .oeent-iit druai;<vtK:hr inatt.recrister*«l • nt»
ELY L’HontLHs. ;v.r.cnwrh M.. N. u \..tk.
MARVELOUS
MEMORY
DISCOVERY.
%%’lit*llr uutike arilrtrial unirmi.
Auj book leurneil In nne rm4ln«.
Recommended by Jlsuk Tw»:i, r.n juttn |*t.i.'roa
ike Bdeattet, Hons. W. W. \*r >«. Jrn*H t*
■t.*t, Dr. Ml nob, Ae. Cli.s»f l«M iMhuiW* ?4«r j.(«v
dent! ; »e tl Merl.teu ; Lo al S«»r*N| -h ; XO at J
PIMKI: tnPOcUrtgrtnf gucarh ai Vale, «J* at Ut*l
vmlty ot Pern*. Pklla.: kr* at WeUr»lejr I •dlrtc* mi 1
|tarc« Urge rUiwn M ChaUia«|u* lunmliy, Ac.
Prospect ii* inwt mm from
POOIT. LDtSKTrO. Xu kirui A*e., K#w York.
OPIUM **
U| lum Ur. J. luttasi, I«Um4.UIiU
" ***• aam « , le-* |i ami
2191 Unenn-rt uu-l-r the hiuao 1 * r. .-i. Wnie
WW RMWMer Safety Itdn ».. Id. » Oc. t.’ dly. Ml.«k
OOI.U 12 worth |»n per l»» Rye sal«e la
worth bui u wdd i>7< « l»>a by Ucnbm
GO WFLORIbAK^
free ktilde maps - r Ir.ub abKti IM
write <». VI. i If O** It V, w Fra iklm si., V.
- nilF !T r *l' "f* *?+**■
UMCWr.fU.iel thnrasuM* la i«),i Bjr mmu. Clr
•nl*r*frre Ml Or« i »U»»Oh OwV. 4. 1
HOW THEY PALL, BEniND.
There is really no
profit in recom
mending the worth
less, for the reac
tion in the minds
of those who buy
nnd nrc deceived le
pointedly against
everything sold by
such a dealer.
-Ar
Hence, the forceofthc following voluntary let
ter, wLDhl*ase«l upon the conscientious con
viction to». irsl from the long and cautious
experieuc** of a lending drug house of Boston,
represents n every line a most important
anti valued revelation: “Boston, July 11,
15*.-,,-"?ie Charles A. Vogeler Co.-Gentle
men: tty preparaiions arc placed before
tbe pubt * and for a time at least they have
a large but temporary sale—large, because of
the extensive advertising; temporary, as the
suffering class soon realize that the com
pound possesses hut little merit. Not so with
set. Jacobs Oil. Its success has been constant
from the start, and to-day we regard it as one
of those standard remedies that our trade
consider as absolutely essential to always
carry in their stock.’ Personal experience
an<l the good words of the druggists of New
England all tend to prove that e.ach year will
add to its sale and well deserved popularity.
Signed. Doolittle A. Smith.” Taking the
many cases of cure, published by the pro*
pnetbrs, examples are given of its unvarying
effects in the worst chronic cases, and there
is nothing ir trade which can approach ill
efficacy- '
KIDDER’S
A SURE CPICK FOR
INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA.
OnrWW Physician* bac* sent u* their Appro**! nt
DIORTYI.IN. *ayln« MijA It I* th** Iw»*t pieparatioa
fer !odl|icsU.-»n tho thrv have ever used.
We have never heard of a ease of Dyspepsia whera
DIUBSTYI.IN vw liken that was not cure.!.
FOR CHOLERA IRFARTUM.
IT WILL CORK TITF. MOST AOORA VATED OASEIV
IT WII.LBTOP VOMITIN'** IV PHEONANCY.
IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION.
Tm Hammer rnmplalnh* ami 01ir*»nte Dlurrho***,
which are the direct result* of lm)*erN*ct
niOIBSTYt.IV will effect an Immediate cure.
Tak® DYGESTYUN tor all palua And dlaorders of
(heatomach; they *»| <*ome fr***n lndlp**stl«in. Ask
yeardnintsl for DIOKSTVLIN iprhx* ft per large
nettle), if he does not have It send one dollar to 11s
•ad we will send a bottle to you. eipreea pre|*ai<l.
Iw met hesitate to aen<l your our house U
wUtMi Ketahlished 1 went? flv* y-ars.
WM. F. KIIMIKR A* TO.*
■Mifacioriai Chrnil«u,B3d4boßt.« N.T.
rri We will tW. • Solid Oold
Watch nnd Solid Gold
LQ _ Queen Fob Chain
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t v.iaielnln (Solid Gold)
V w'ir - AVntch and Chain
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rarv.il; height, ii» in* lies. Address at once, K.
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WHAI
AILS
YOU?
Do vou fo<*l dull, languid, low-spirited, life-
Icpv, and indescribably miserable, both physi
cally and mentally; experience * sense of
fullness or bloating after eating, or rrl gone
n**K.V’ or einpMffefis of stomach in tho more-
I j»g. tongue routed, bitter or bad tut.«s in
mouth, irregulur a|>peflte, dizzinesfl, frequent
h- aduenes, blurred eyesight, “ floating specks ”
i before the eves, nervous prostration or ex
' hiutetion. irritability of temper, hot flushes,
' alt* mating with chilly Honsatloiw, sharp,
i biting, transient paina here and there, cold
I Sect, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or
«!isttirt)ed and unrefreshiug sleep, constant.
' indescribable feeling of dread, or of impend
i ing calamity ?
If voi: have all. or any considerable number
of these symptoms, you are suffering from
. that most common of American maladies—
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
i with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
i <i»mplicnb d your dteease has become, tho
greater the number nn*l diversity of p.ymp
loiim No matter wlmt stage It has reached,
Ur. Pierce’s Golden iTEcdlcal Olscovery
will subdue it. if taken according to direc
tions for a reasonable length of time. If not
cured, complications multiply find Consump
tion of th** Lungs. Hkiu Disefiset, Heart Disease,
Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
maladies are quite liable to set in ami, sooner
or later, induce a fatal termination.
t>r. Pierce’* Golden Medical Dls-*
covers’ nets powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great Mood - purifying organ,
cleanses the system of all blood-tamls and im
purities, from whatever cause arising. It is
equally efficacious in noting upon tli3 Kid
neys. and other excretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
nn appetizing, restorative tonic, it nromotss
digestion and nutrition, thereby bnfJding up
both flesh and strength. In malarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
Dr. Pierce’* Golden Medical Dis
covery
CUBES ALL KUKJORS,
from n common Blotch, or Eruption, to tho
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, Fever-sores,
Scaly or Bough Skin, In short, all disease*
caused by bad blood are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invigorating medi
cine. (.rent Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence. Especially has it manl
fested its potency in curing Tetter, Eczema,
Erysipelas, Hoi!s, Carbuncles. Sore Eyes, Scrof
ulous Sores and Swellings, lllp-joint Disease,
“ White Swellings,” Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. S«*nd ten cents in
r-tamps for a largo Treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same u:nount
for n Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
“FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."
Thoroughly- el**anse it bv using Or. Pierce’*
Golden >I« dh al Discovery, and good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
etrengtli and bodily health will be established.
CONSUMPTION,
which is Scrofula of the Duns*, is arrested
ar.d cured by this remedy, if taken in tho
earlier stages of the disease. From its mar
velous |x>wer over this terribly fatal disease,
win n first offering this now world-famed rem
eily t« • tin- public, Pr. Pierce thought seriously
of < idling it his “ Consumption Citre,” but
abandoned that name as too restrictive for
a inoflieine which, from its wonderful com
bination of lonic, or strengthening, alterative,
or Mood-cleansing, anti-bilious, pectoral, and
nutritiv properties, is unequaled, not only
as a remedy for Consumption, but for all
( ikrouic DtecattCM of thv
Liver, Blood, and Lungs.
For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood. Phort
n**ss of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh. Bron
chitis, Astluna, Sever** Coughs, and kindred
affections, it. is an efficient remedy.
Sold by Druggists, nt or Six Bottles
for #r,.00.
Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce’s
book on Consumption. 2\ddrese,
World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
063 main St., BUFFALO, N. V.
CURETheDEAF
HPacu'o P*t»*t lotkohb Cnawrt*
e,k DuvkM Perfectly Restore th«
Hea rI n »bw d-*?**» *• tmami
hr roMi, frvm or Injoriit to tk« natoral
dwnu. InrWblr, oomforUkK ateW*
In wremon. Mn-tr, ronwenrttM, wkte
prt* hranl dWhlrtly. W« ifS!?
oMitK thrm. WrHr to F. HTSCOX, 851
l ror. Uth H.. N-w TwC,far
illuttrated book of proof*, FRKC.
PHItADOPHIA '- SEND STAMP FOR CATALOGUE.
I CURE FITS!
Whec t ny cir® I do not mean to Otop the*
for a time and then have tti**m r**tnrn amip. I
radical curt*. I havo madt* tb** dJaaoan of FITS, EFUf
K»*SY or FALLINC. SK'K N liRS a lifelong ttudy. I
w.n. ;it.t my r**m***ly to euro tbe wo»>* caeee. Itecaaaa
othora have failed is no re.taon for not now reewiTing •
cure. S*?nd at on«:e tor a treatise ana » Free Bottle
of my infallible remedy. Give Fipretw and Poet Offloe.
U. 6. HOtFl’a ill, C\. IPearl St. New \ ork.
T. - :'.: Ve ■« *FC v^
wp
vN? Dl£ ?N THE untiSM 7
Ocno Whe**c tho Woodbine Twinetb.
j Rats nr<» smart, but “Pouch oa ftete” l*eufs
then* Clears out Rate. Mk*c, Roocties. Water
Inure, Fliea. B « ?!•'«, Moths, Ante. M«>w|Ult*>**«,
bed-bugs, Hen Lieu, Insects, f’otttto Bugs,
bparrown, Hkunks, Wtmwi, Qopberw, <Toj>-
tilur.lcs. Mobs, Mu < liote. Jack RaldiiUt,
Hquinvls. I.’*c nu<! Xc. Druggwts.
“ BOUGH ON I'AJN” 1 Taster, Pororcd. 15c.
“ ROUGH ON OOUGTia** Coughs, colds, 25c.
~I .ITsKI N’ lIUMOR3 cuilkd nY
ROUGH^ITCH
“Roach on Itch” Ointment cures bkin Hu
mors, Pimples, Flesh Worms, RtngWorm,Tet
ter, Salt Ithenin, Frosted Feet.ChtlMulns, IL b.
Ivy Poison, Barber’s Itch, B**sld Head. Kczema.
6tkr. Drug, or mail. E. 8. Wtcu*. Jersey City.
ROUGHIPBLES
Cures Piles nr Hemorrhcdds, Itchlr; :>utred
ing, Hl. «H!ing. Interns! and external remedy
• Id each package. Hum cure, BOc. I‘rugettts
or mail. L 8. Wkixs, Jer***y c>«y.N J.