REV. DR. TALMAGE. THE BROOKLYN DIYINE'S SUNDAY SERMON. Text: "JFfc?n shall I awake t I will seek it yet again." Proverbs, xxiii., 35. With an insight into human nature such as no other man ever reached, Solomon, in my text, sketches the mental operations of one who, having stepped aside from the path of rectitude, desires to return. AVith a wish for something better, he says: "When shall I awake? When shall I come out of th:s horrid nightmare of iniquity!" liut seized uro:i by uneradicated habit, and forced down hill by hio pissions. he cries out: '"I will 'seek it yet again. I will try it once more." Our libraries are adorned with an elegant literature addressed to young men, pointing out to them all the dangers and perils or life, complete maps of the voyage, showing all the rocks, the quicksands, the shoals. But suppose a man has already made shipwreck; suppose he is already oil' the track; suppose he has a:ready gone astray, how is he to get back? That is a field comparatively un touched. I propose to addre-s myself this evening to such. There are thos3 in this au dience who, with every passion of their agonized soul, are ready to hear this discus sion. They compare themselves with what they were ten years ago, and cry out from the bondage in which they are incarcerated. Now, if there be any in this house, come with an earnest purpose, vet feeling they are beyond the pale of Christian sympat hy, and that the Fermon can hardly be expectm to address them, then at this moment I give them my right hand and call them brother. Look up. There is glorious arid triumphant hops for you yet. 1 sound the trumpet of Gospel deliverance. The church is redy to spread a banquet at your return and the Lierarcbs of heaven to fall into line of ban nered procession at the news ol your emanci pation, ilo far as God may help me, 1 pro jose to show what are the obstacles of your return, and then how you are to surmount those obstacle. The hist difficulty in the way of your re turn is the force of moral gravitation. Ju-st as there is a natural law which brings down to the earth anything which you throw intc the air, so there is a corresponding moral gravitation. In other words, it is easier to go down than it is to go up; it is easier to do wrong than it is to do right. Call to mind the comrades of your boyhood days some of them good, frome of them bad. Which most affected you? Call to mind the anecdot.s that you have heard in the last five or ten years some of them are pure and some of them impure. Which the more easily sticks to your memory ? During the years of your life you have formed certain courses of con ductsome of them good, some of them bad. To which style of habit did you the more easily yield! Aht my friends, we have to take but a moment of self inspection to find out that there is in all our souls a force of moral gravitation. But that gravitation may be resisted. Just as you may pick up from the earth something and hoid it in your band toward heaven, just so, by the power of God's grace, a soul fallen may be lifted toward peace,toward pardon.toward heaven. Force of moral gravitation in every one of us, but power in God's grace to overcome that force of moral gravitation. The next thing in the way of your return is the power of evil habit. I know there are those who say it is very easv for them to give up evil habits. I do not believe them. Here is a man given to intoxication. He knows it is disgracing his family, destroying his prop erty, ruining him, body, mind and soul. If that man, being an intelligent man, and lov ing his family, could easily give up that habit, would he not do bo ? The fact that he does not give it up proves it is hard to give it up. It is a very easy thing to sail down stream, the tide carrying you with great force; but suppose you turn the boat up stream, is it so easy then to row it? As long as we yield to the evil inclinations in our hearts and our bad habits, we are sailing down stream; but the moment we try to turn, we put our boat in the rapids just above Niagara, and try to row up stream. Take a roan given to the habit of using tobacco, as most of you do, and let him resolve to stop, and he finds it very difficult. Twenty-one years ago I quit that habit, and I would as soon dare to put my right hand in the fire as once to indulge in it. Why? Because it was such a terrible struerzle to tret over it Now, let a man be advised by his physician to give up tne use or tobacco, lie goes around not knowing what to do with himself. He cannot add up a line of figures. He cannot sleep nights. It seems as if the world had turned upside down. He feels his business is going to ruin. Where he was kind and oblig ing, he is scolding and fretful. The com posure that characterized him has given way to fretful restlessness, and he has become a complete fidget. What power is it that has rolled a wave of woe over the earth and haken a portent in the heavens? Ht has treed to stop smoking. After a while he says: "I am going to do as I please. The doctor doesn't understand my case. I'm going back to the old habit." And he returns. Everything assumes its usual composure. His business seems to brighten. The world becomes an attractive place to live in. His children, seeing the dif ference, hail the return of their father's genial disposition. What wave of color has dashed blue into the sky, and greenness into the mountain foliage, and the glow of sapphire into the sunset? What enchantment has lifted a world of beauty and joy on his soul? He has gone back to smoking. Oh, the fact is, as we all know in our own experience, that habit is a taskmaster; as long as we obey it, it does not chastise us; but let us resist, an? we" find that we are to be lashed with scorpion whips, and bound with ship cable, and thrown into the track of bone breaking Juggernauts. During the war of 1812 there was a ship set on fire just above Niagara Falls, and then, cut loose from its moorings, it came on down through the night, and tossed over the falls. It was said to have been a scene brilliant beyond all description. Well, there are thousands of men en fire of evil habit, coming down through the rapids and through the awful night of tomptition to ward the eternal plunge. Oh, how hard it is to arrest them. God only can arrest them. Suppose a man after five, or ten, or twenty yars of evil doing resolves to do right. Why, all the forces of darkness are allie.l against him. He cannot sleep nights. He gets down on his knoes in the midnight and cries: "God help me!'' He bites his lip. He grinds his teeth. He clenches his fist in a da termination to keep his purpose. He dare not look at the bottles in the windows of a wine store. It is one long, bitter, exhaustive, hanlto hand fight w:th inlawed, tantaliz ing and merciless habit. When he thinks he is entirely free the old inclinations pounce upon him like a pack of hounds with their muzzles tearing away at the flanks of one poor rein leer. In Paris there is a sculptura 1 representation of Bacchus, the god of revelry. He is ridinj on a panther at full leap. Oh! how suggestive. Let every one who is speeding on bad ways understand he is not riding a docile and well broken stewi, but he is ridiug a moaster wild and bloodthirsty, go'.nz at a deata leap. How many there are who resolve on a better life, and say: "When sb-ill I awake?" but, seized on by their old habits, cry: "I will try it once more; I wid seek it yet igain!" Years ago, there were so-re Prince ton students who were statin an I the ice was very thia, and some on warned the company back from the air hole, and finally warned than entirely to leave the place But one young man with bravado, after all the rest had stopped, cried out: One round more P He swept arounl, and went down, and was brought out a corpsa. My friends, there are thousands and tens of thousands of mm losing tneir souls in tnat way. It is the one round more. 1 have also to say that if a man wants to return fr m evil practices society repulses him. Desiring to reform, he says: 'J.ow, 1 will shake off my old associates, and I will find Christian companionship." And heap pears at the church door some Sabbath day, and the usher greets him with a look as much as to say: "Why, you here? You are the last man I ever expected to see at church! Come, take th:s seat right down by the door." Instead of saying, "Goal morning; i am giau you are nere. uome, 1 will give in :t nrsu raue seac, rignc up oy tne pulp.t." Veil, the prodigal, not vet discourased. en ters u prayer meeting, and some Christian man, with more zjal thai common sense, says: "G!ad to se you; the dying thief was aved, and I suppose there is marcy for you." The young man, digustei, chilled, throws himself on his dignity, resolved he will never eater into tha house of God again. Perhaps not quite fully disaourag id auout reforma tion, he sides up by some highly respoctable man he used to know, going down the street, and immediately the respectable man has an errand, down soma other street. Well, the prodigal wishing to return takes some mem ber of a Christian association by the hand, or tries to. The Christian young man looks at him, looks at the faded apparel and the marks of dissipation, instead of giving him a warm grip of the hand, offers him the tip end3 of the long fingers of the left hand, which is equal to striking a man in the face! Oh! how few Christian people understand how much force and gospel there is in a good, honest hand shaking. Sometimes, when you have felt the need of encourage ment, and 8omi Christian man has taken you heartily by the hand, have you not felt thrilling through every fiber of your body, mind and soul encouragement that was just what you needed? You do not know anything at all about this un'ess you know when a man tries to return from evil courses of conduct he run? against repulsions innu merable. We say of so. no man,ha lives a block or twj from the church, or half a mile from the church. There are people in our crowded cities who live 10 JO miles from church. Vast deserts of indifference between them and the house of God. The fact is wa mu3t keep our respectabilty, though thousands and tens of thousands perish. Christ sat with publicans and sinners. But if there cams to the house of Go 1 a man with marks of dissipation upon him people almost threw up their hands in horror, as much as to say: "lea'tit shock ing?'' How these dainty, fastidious Chris tians in all our churches are going to get into heaven I don't know, untesi they have a special train of cars, cushioned and uphol stered, each one a car to himself. They can not go with the great horde of publican? and sinners. Oh! ve who curl your lip of scorn at the fallen, I tell you plainly, if you had been surrounded by tha same influences, in stead of sitting to-day amid the cultured, and the refined, and tha Christian, you would have bean a crouching wretch .in stable or ditch, covered with tilth and abomination. It is not because you ard naturally any bet ter, but because the mercy of God has pro tected yox Who are you. that, brought up in Christian circles and watched by Christian pantage, you should ba so hard on the fallen i I think men also are often hindered from return by trie fact that churches are too anx ious about th?ir membership and too anxious about their denomination, and they rush out when they sea a man about to give up his sin and return to God, aad ask him how ha is go'.nto bi baptized, whether by sprinkling or immersion, and what kind of a church he is going to join. Oh ! my friends, it is a poor time to talk about Prosbyterian catechisms, and Episcopal liturgies, and Methodist love feasts, and baptistries to a man that is com ing out of the darkness of sin into .e glori ous light of the gospel. Why, it reminds me of a man drowning in the sea, and a life boat puts out for' him, and the man in the boat ys to tha man out of the boat: " Now, if I get you ashore, are you going to live on my street.'" First get him ashore, and then talk about the non-essentia's of religion. Who cares what church he join if h? only joins Christ and starts for heaven? Oh! you ought to have, my brother, an illumine! face and heart v grip for every one that tries to turn from his evil way. Take hold of the same book with him though his dissipations shake the book, remembering that "he that con verteth a sinner f ro'u the error of his ways shall save a soul from death and hida a mul titude of sins." Now, I hive shown you these obstacles be c&usalwant you to understand I know all tne difficulties in the way; but I am now to tell you how Hannibal may scale the Alps, and how the shac'tles raiy be unriveted, and how the paths of virtue forsaken may be re gained. First of all, mv brother, throw yourself on God. Go to Him frankly and earnestly, and tell nim these habits you have, and ask Him, if there is any help in all the resources of omnipoteut love, to give it to jrox. Do not go with a long rigmarole people call prayer made up of "ohs and "ahs," and "forever and ever.amens!" Go to God and cry for help! help! help! and if you cannot cry for help, just look and live. 1 remember in tha late war, I was at Antietam, and I went into the hospitals after the battle and said to a man: "Where are you hurt?" He made no answer but held np his arm, swollen and splintered. I saw where he was hurt The simple fact is, when a man has a wounded joul, all he has to do is to hold it up before a iympathetic Lord and get it healed. It does aot take any long prayer. Just hold up the wound. Oh, it is no small thing when a man is nervous and weak and exhausted, coming from his evil ways, to fel that God puts two mnipotent arms around him, and says: 'Young man 1 will stand by you. The mount lins may depart.and the hiiis be removed, but I will never fail you." And then as the soul ;hinks the news is too good to be trua, and jannot believe it. and looks ud in Gal's face. Sod lifts his right hand and takes an oath, in affidavit, saying: "As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth." Blessed be God for such a jospel as this. "Cut the slices thin," said the wife to the husband, "or there will not be enough to go ail around for tha children; cut the slices thin." Blessod be God there is a full loaf for every oae that wants it! Bread enough an 1 to spare. No thin slices at the Lord's table. I remember when the Mastar Street Hospital, in Philadelphia, was opened during the war, a telegram cams, saying: "There will be 303 wounded men to-night; be ready to take care of them;" and from my church there went in soma twenty or thirty men and women to look after these poor wounded fellows. As they came, some from one part of the land, some from another, r.o one aked whether this man was from Ore gon, or from Massachusetts, or from Minne sota, or from New York. Thera was a wounded soldier, and the only question was how to take off the rags the most gently, and put on the bandage, and administer the cordial. And when a soul comes to God, He ioes not ask where yoo cama from or what your ancestry was. Healing for all your wounds. Pardon for all your guilt Com fort for all your troubles. Then, also, I counsel you, if you want to get back, to mit all your bad associations. One unholy intimacy will fill your soul with moral dlstempar. In all the ages of the 3hurch there has not been an instance where man kept one evil associata and was re formed. Go home to day, open your desk, take out letter paper, stamp and envelope, ind then write a letter so nehing like this: "My Old Companions;-1 start this day for heaven. Until I am persuaded J'ou will jnin aie in this, farewell." Then sign your name and sand the k-iiar by the first po3t. Gi ve u.a your bad com panions or give up heaven. It is not tea bad sompanions that destroy a man, nor five bad companions, nor thr?e bad comnm'oas, nor two, bad companion, but one. What chance Is there for that young man I saw along the street, four or five young man with him, halting in front of a grogshop, urging him to go in, he resisting, violently resisting, until after a while th?y force him to go in' It was a summer night and tho door was left open, and I saw the process. They held him fast, and they put the cup to his lips, and they forced down the strong drink. What chancs is there for such a young man? I counsel you, a'so, seek Christian advice. Every Christian man is bound to help you. If yeu find no other .human ear willing to listen to your story of struggle, come to me, and I will by every sympathy of my heart, and every prayer, and every toil of rav hand, stand beside you in the struggle for reforma tion: and as I hope to have my own sins for given, and hope to be acquitted at the judg ment seat of Cnrist, I will not betray you. First of all, seek God; then seek Christian couucil. Gather up all tha energies of body, mind and soul, and, appealing to God for success, declare this day everlasting war against ail drinking habits, all giming prac tices, all houses of sin. Half and half worlc will amount to nothing; it must be a Water loo. Shrink back now and you are lost. Push on and you are saved. A Spartan general fell at the very moment of victory, but he dipped his finger in his own blood, and wrote on a rock near which he was dying: "Sparta has conquered." Though your struggle to get rid of sin may seem to be almost a death struxgle, you tan dip your finger in your own blood, and write on the Rock of Ages: "Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" Oh! what glorious news it would for some of these young men to send home to their parents in the country. They go to the post oUce every day or two to see if there are any letters fro:n you. How anxious they are to hear ! Nothing would pleaso them half so much as the news you might sen-t home to morrow that you "had given your heart to God. I know how it is in the country. The night comes on. The cattle stand under the rack through which bursts the trusses of hay. The horses jut having frisked up through the meadow at the night fall, stand knee deep in tha bright straw that invites them to lie down and rest The perch of the hovel is full of fowl, their feet warm under the feathers. . In tha old farm house at night no candle is lighted, for the flames clap their hands about the great backlog, and shake the stadow of the group up and down the wall. Father and mother sit there for half an hour, saying nothing. -I wonder what they are thinking of. After a while the father breaks the silence and says: "Well, I wonder where our boy is in town to-night ;" and the mother answers: "In no bad place, I warrant you; we always could trust him when he was home, and since he has been away there have been so many prayers offered for him we can trust him still." Then at 8 o'clock for they retire early in the country at 8 o'clock they kneel down and commend you to that God who watches in country and in town, on the land and on the sea. Some one said to a Grecian general: "What was the proudest moment of your life?" He thought a moment and said: "The proudest moment of my life was when I sent word home to my parents that I had gained the victory." And the proudest and most brilliant moment in your life will be the mo ment when you can send word to your par ents in the country that you have conquered your evil habits, by the grace of God, and become eternal victor. Oh! despise not parental anxiety. The time will come when you will have neither father nor mother, and you will go round the place where they used to watch and find them gone from the house, and gone from the field, and gone from the neighborhood. Cry as loud for forgiveness as you may over the mound in the church yard, they will not answer. Dead! Dead! And then you will take out tha white lock of hair that was cut from your mother's brow just before they buried her, and you will take the cane with which your father used to walk, and you will think and think, and wish that you had done just as ibey wanted you to, and would give the world if you had never thrust a pang through their dear old hearts. God pity tha young man who has brought dis grace on his father's name. God pity the young man who has broken his mother's heart Better if he had never been born better if, in the first hour of his life, instead of being laid against the warm bosom of ma ternal tenderness, he had been coffined and sepulchred. There is no Lalm powerful enough to heal the heart of one who has brought parents to a sorrowful grave and who wanders about through the dismal cemetery, rending the hair and wringing tho bands, and crying: "Mother! mother!" Oh, that to-day, by all the memories of the past, and by all the hopes of the future, you would yield your heart to God. May your father's God and your mother's God be your God forever. Philanthropist and Beggar. TV. W. Corcoran's benevolence sub jected him to all kinds of impudent begging letters. There was one which he received with his large ma:l one morning, which made hira laugh, and he showed it. The writer said she was a young girl who had never had a silk dress, and lhat she had heard of his kindness and generosity, and she would be 8o happy if he would send her a blue silk dre?s. He had it bought and sent. Although he felt the impudence of the request, yet he could not resist the pleasure of imagining the girl's del-'ght in owning and wearing a b'.ue silk dress. Cuban ladies do not talk to each other when they go shopping. They do not regard a store as the proper place ia wWch to entertain their friends; - Piedmont Air Line Route. Richmond & Danville Railroad. 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FREE Furthermore, .ray trial year mbterftar. for I cither of the p.per will rcceire f le bym.il our new frOO pattern Stamping Outfit. Trial year subscrintions will be received for either of the papers a. follows : 1 subscription and 1 outfit, ll't eeota; Si subscriptions nd Ii outfits, if scut at one time, S& cents: 4 subscriptions and 4 outfits, if sent at one time, St.. For t' send a dollar bill, but for less, send lenC postage stamps, liettcr at once get three friends to join yon, at 2S eeota each f you can do it in a few minutes and they will thank yon : pa per, will be mailed regularly to their separate addresses. Whils trial year subscrilieis are served for much lea than, Cost, it prove, the rule that a very large proportion of all who read either paier for a year, want it thereafter, and are willing to pay the regular price of 7S cents a year; through this, as time rolls on. we reap a profit that satisfies us. PDCi" I '1 be trial year subscriptions arc almost free, rnfcfc "d tl,'the Kesral Queen of Mtanspw '" " ins Outfits the best ever knows U en tirely tree. It ia the . greatest and beat offer ever made to the public. Iarze sixes of patterns every iie that can be desired is included ; all other outfits surpassed, by this, the best, the most artistic, the Uriels I tueea. lielow we give a list of a few of the patterns; space is too-valuable to admit ofnaming.il: 1 Topple, fur Scarf. 71-2 inch; 2 l i ly design.7 j-2 inch ; 3 Splendid Tinsel design, S inch ; 4 Golden Kod, 4 ineh -, S 1'ond Lilies : 6 Panne. : 7 Muss Itose Bads; 8Tubeltos.: VWheat; lOOak Leaves; 11 Maiden Hair Ferns; U Boy; 13 Girl. Head; 11 Bird; IS 8trawbemes; l'iOwl;17 beg. 18 Butterfly; 19 Apple Blossoms; 20Calla Lily ; 21 Assehort 22 Morning Glories ; 23 Japanese Lilies : 24 Babbit ; 25 Bnnch For-ret-me-nots; 2ti Fuchsias ; 27 Bell Drop.; 2sFan; 29 Clown's Head .ft Cat's Heat 1 a other splendid patterns are included in this JCesral loeen of atamping outfits in all 14Mi pattern.. Sale delivery guaranteed. Possessing this sunlit any lady can. without expense, make home beautiful ia many ways, eaa embroider ehildrrna' and ladies' clothing in the most charm ingmsnner.andreadilynaakcmonew by doing stamping. Lustre, Kensington and lland painting for others. A good stamp ing outfit is itidiTeii3a.ble to every woman who care, to make home beautiful. This outfit contain, pattern, for each and every branch of needle work, flower painting, ete., and the Homes of Instructions make, all clear and really ran. 'I bis outfit will do more for Home and LaDIKSlh.n many tiroes the smount of a trial year subscription spent -otherwise; no horns should be with out it. The beautiful deeigns of this Kr.iiat, Vl'ECX of outfit. ar.I AU. THB lung wherever sera; when ever one or two reach a locality tbeir fame spreads, aud many TuiAL YE4R suHsr-ription usually follow. Many wuohavs paid from SI to S3 for outfit sand were satisfied until tbeyaasr our designs, bare secured onr outfit and laid aside forever the others. '1 hose who snbacrioe will find the papers well worth several times tlis triflingcoet of s trial year subscription, and the majority will make up te as the loss, that this year ws bsesr, through such s low price, by continuing subscribers, yearaf.rr rear.at the regular price, which all will be willing to admit is low enough. Tha money will gladly be isrVnnsd to any ous eyho is not fully aatiafied. Address, &o&G sxi2io03 Co., $ox ut TomtMajum C Fame's elery inbound WW A TTeb-footed Girl. A gentleman living in Albina, Oregon, tells "the Albina Courier man of a girl born at Eola near Independence, who ii web-footed, for a fact. The girl is now nineteen years of age and lives at a littli town on the Oregon Railway and Navi gation. She is a handsome girl, wears I small shoe, and, with the exception ol the webs between the toes, has as shape ly a foot as any young lady. Chronic Cvagka and Colds. And all diseases of tho Throat and Langs, can be cured by the use of SCOTT'S . Esrt:L sion, as it contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophotipbites in their fullest form. Is a beautiful creamy Emulsion, pal atable as milk, easily digested, and can be taken by the most delicate. Please road: "1 rvintirW Kraf t's. Kmtilsion the remedy par- excellence in Tuberculous and Strumous Af fections, to say nothing of ordinary coids and throat troubles." -W, It. S. Coxnkix, M. D., Manchester, O. Hevereat heartily when tired to death. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets Possess Powerful Potency, Pass Painlessly, Promote Physical Prosperity. A Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the fii'st ever organized in Mexico, has re cently been formed in the City of Mexico How to Select a Wife. Good health, good morals, cood sense and good temper are the four essentials foT a good wife. These are the indispensables. After tbem come the minor advantages of good looks, accomplishments, family posi tion, etc. With the fii st four, married life will be comfortable and happy. Lacking either, it will be in more or less degree a fail ure. Upon good health depends largely good temper and good looks, and to some extent good sense also, as the best mind must be af fected more or less by the weaknesses and whims attendant on frail health. Young roan, if your wife is falling into a Btate of in validism, first of all things try to restore her to health. If she is trouble with debilitating female weaknesses, buy Dr. Pierce'6 Favorite Prescription. It will cure her. It was Franc's Bacon who said "Knowledge is power." CoBBOenotloo tMsreljr Co real. To the Editor: Please inform your readers that 1 have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured . I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their Express acd P. O. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM. M. C. 181 Pearl St, N. Y. 0 GUElE FAYS! Wken I ssj csrs I da uot moan merely o atop thssV Inr a Uses sad thon have tbaran return strain. I mean a radical oar. J base mads ths dtssase of PITS. KPUV EPST or aTatXINO SICKNKSS slUsJona; study. 1 ar arrest say rsmedy to car the worst esses. Borssos stbea hues) failed is no ressvm for not now roostviog ore. Send at ones for a treat lex and a Frao BotUo ml say Isfailrbls reLasdr. Jive Express and Post OfBso. 0.0. ataJOT. AI. C... 1 8U Poors sic Mow fosrC 8.N.U-16 flflf A Live at home and make more money working fur as t hail VsaWI at anvthing else in the trnrld Kithrr srr twtlv outfit rjtfcE. Terms KLK Address, Tea r C o., Augusta. 'Maine. Photoe of Actresses, and 1 cabinet of Mrs. I.ang try lUc. Eatsle Photo Co., North Chatham, h. Y S5 99 a ty. Sample worm siJO, riUUl OS not andor tho horse's f Aft Writ fcsstr Rafottr Kia Holder Co.. H0U7, Kid, HUGHES' TONIC sj CEBT .llf RKMEDT FOB (hills and fever IT WILL Cure the Most Obstinate Gases. As an A LTEICAT1VE, It cleanses the system a .d relieves Bilious disordei a. Asa TONIC it gives tone and strength. TRY IT! Proprietors have many letters testifying to tho merit ot this valuable remedy. In Malarial dintrirtts every family should have It in the house a. ways ready for use. Price per bottle, $1. 6 bottles, S3. 1 or sale by Di uargists nd Oenenl Memhints. -The Only , m jS ht ,1IlLmTO-,oryoma,l'B Peculiar ment, eold by dnisrirfets. under a positive Ruarantee, from the manufacturere THE OUTGROWTH OP A VAST EXPERIENCE. InvalS?lioteiman,d SiSST SnSBuffXV' an1 aistressin ailmente peculiar to female, at the remedfcs f or tteure T oPwoni So. V88t eiperienCe mocly adaPS thoroughly ttmg Dr. Pierce's Favor ite Prase ri niton iatho outgrowtli, or result, of thia preat and valuable experience. Thousands from n!lt.iint.1 And f mm nhiraioiona ipK. have tasted it in the more aggravated and obstinate cases which had bailled their skill, rove it to be the most wonderful remedy ever devised for the relief and cure of suf feringr women. It is not recommended as a cure-all." but as a most perfect Specific for woman's peculiar diseases. a puweriui. in visToratlusr tn (. it. imparts strength to the T wnote system, ana to tne OtCIS. I utorU8 or orab and its iai. rwr vrcrwiirxttl, worn - out," run - down." debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seam stresses, "sbop-irirls," housekeepers, nurs ing mothers, and feeble women generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being u 11 en ualed as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. It promotes digestion and assimilation of food, cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloating and eructations of gas. IM HUWil To Won, I iii!?n I a POWERFUL. -ao-a-as-sssssasaroaoaoj TREATING THE WRONG DISEASE. anothem' Ur one from dyspepsia, another from heart diaso. they all present alike to theWrveTand their n SnKnt JrIr ",!i0iher with here or th. nd in this wsy he P11 his pills and potions, assuming thenf toS suchTwhen Sfheimf0 aD? disUnct diseases, for winch disorder. The physician, ignorant of the cause of euffenne SiW h vdi ai', symptoms caused by some womb patient gets no better, but probably worse bren of the dehtvrn tV ""'i1 bi8 e "ade. The suffering medicine like Da. Pikrces Favorite PrescriwIon. dtr to waJui ThESS 1 coPsnt eompiications. A pp-i-t pelungall those distressing symptoms, and instituting contort instead o?lonedtertntirely rtmoved tbe disease, thereby dts- 13 Physigiws Fum. mrs. is. r. jhoroait, or JTo. 71 Lexinaton St Eat Boston Ma says: " Fiveyeara agol was a dreadful sufferer from uterine troubles: Having exhausted the skill of thr.4 phylil cians. 1 was completely discouragedanaso alone. I began taking' Drr Pierce F. Medical Adviser I commenced to imnrovA t . i. months I was perfectly cured, and have Tid nct tnre? wrote a letter to my famUr paper briiflV ltro,lt)le Vncc' 1 health had been restored, and offSrinJ xSJKSPP ""T to anyone writing mo for them, find 7i7i for i 1 have Sl mfrYJS t!n rcP,r' nestly advised them to Mo likewi -U8od- ?nd have received second letters of tffi gritS? m.5?!: ""'i17,1 have menced the use of ' Fa vorite pSnH .ltat, theyl na1 -required for the Medical Advd0n:'nad the l- treatment so fuUyand pUUruV lafd rtot ri1 aPPIlrd the local better already." 7 uua d0wa therein, and were much JV., wrif" DrpfcrSS 122 Orc,ani. great deal of good, i Zti L,Tcriptton ha ""ne me a for which rtooktwo UrtU-f mi7Tetr2,Tcr?n Gf tn terns, am now feeling mA ol PPtion.-and I repiy. i nave received over four 'hmirinSi tZzrT:nveinrc ave described my case and thSS-. Jn rcP,r. Doctors writes: juur r a von re Frencrinrinn t ,,-a Iw J . 11 owm fndtwo of the Golden Medieairi'i t.hreo bott,p of " botatH'ysitMt, Cruel. T! a fiTWof immesitijn did S?rib- i rncsu " "u" . Sble's last novel leave on your mmd f itival Author ".None wnaie.cr, it left one of fifteen hundred copiei on the publisher's bands, I hear. Iteblas- Piles. Symptoms-Moisture; intense itching and stinging: worse by scratching. If allowed to continue tumors form, which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. S WAYNE 8 Ointment stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumors. Equally efficacious in curing all Skin Des.R. SWAYxNE & SON, Phil adelphia. Sent by mail for 50 cts. Also sold by druggists. The first eclipse of which there i men tion was a lunar one, and occurred, ac cording to Ptolemy, March 49, 721 U. C. An ugly complexion made Nellie a fright, Her face was all pimply and red, Though her features were good, and her blue eyes were bright, "What a plain girl is Nellie!" they said. But now, as by magic, plain Nellie has grown As fair as an artist's bright dream: Her face is as sweet as a flower new-blown, Her cheeks are like peaches and cream. As Nellie walks out in the fair morning light, Her tieauty attracts every eye. And as for the people who called her a fright. Why, Nellie is handsome they cry. And the reason of the change is that Nellie took Dr. Pierce's Goldn Medical Discovery, which regulated her liver, cleared Her com plexion, made her blood pure, her breath sweet, her face fair and rosy, and removed the defects that had obbcured her beauty. Sold by druggists. The Mikado of Jap in w the 121st of his race and is believed by himself and subjects to be descended from the gods- xDMPnYAMiTPERMAEMTsY fTDrl!GCIST5 ANFAlErsHBqWrlE! The Gkas-A-Voseler tJD'BwTn-Mo- f WELLS' HAIR BALSAM LS. WILLS. Jersey as7,at. J. ROUGHonC ATARRH worst chronic eases. CnauoaJed for Cktaurhal throat affeeflord, foul breath. orTcnaivo odors, sore throat, diphtheria, eold In tho bead. Ask for "Kocea OO CATaaaH. 50c. Drusr. E. S. Wsxia, Jersey City, if. J. LOOK YOUNG ss tons; aflyoo eaa, prsv vent te-udency to wria klrs or afreaoa; of tho skin by using LEAURELLE OIL Krmovee and prevent ness of Klh or skin ; pi rm i 1 is a. 2rowrttf.il, plump, f revh cundiuoa of the features: re moves pimple, clears the complexion, tho lonlv snhstauiee known (that will arrest a as sre- svst tesOraeyts wrlaktas iL iirotnristsor Exp. B. R, Wil l. Ctssesl Jrrsey til 7, I. J. Copyright. 17. 1 A? a soothing ana strcuetlieiiiiiir nervine, "Favorite llptiusux I prescription" is une I1ERYIKL I 8uall nd is invaluable u iuu;iii)i BU1U bUUUU ity. irritability, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distrasing nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organ-Ic disease of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety aud de spondency. t.r. f iere' FaTorlte Prefer I p. tlon I a legitimate medlciue, Pflfi,rc.mp2un41 fcy an cxiierienced and skillful physician, and adapted to wom?n s delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and lerfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. In pregnancy, "Fa vorite Prescription" is a " mother's cordial," relieving nausea, weak ness of stomach and other distressing symp- condition. If its use is kept up in the latter months of gestation, it so prepares I Voice Fed Guifoxxul par Qire oj asm V Y. 1 II sal color. As JzJ I I eleRantoreaiv 5J J . II inr, softens 'it 1 I and beauunco jTsV r I Kogrea.se nor 1' ' -"f oil. A Touio I nftrlj I J A lteatorativo. N rfnljl I tf iTeventa haii V Vf4 tlh) I TT cominjr out ; vl Iswijj 1 I etrengthena. If .jt JTflt jrlr cleanaeg and 1 sZtfv5a"afl ll heals BcaJp. A Mother's "1 have had none of these. I also had womb complaint so bad tfcaf i could not walk two blocks without the most severe pain, bi.l before I had taken your Favorite Prescription two months. 1 could walk all over the city without inconvenience. All iv troubles eeem to be leaving me under the benign influence f your medicine, and I now feel smarter than for years before. My physicians told me that I could not be cured, and therefore you will pleaee accept my everlasting thanks for what you have dune for me, and may God hlera you in your good works." Later, she writes: "It is now four years since 1 took vour Ta yorlte Prescription. and I have had no return of the fecials trouble I had then." "fell as I Ever ITasv-Mrs. John Stewart, of Chirr' rout, lVis writes: "I wish to inform you that 1 am na well asr ever was, for which I thank vour medicines. I took four bottl.-s of the 4 Favorite Inscription'' and one bottle of your Diet-over) and four bottle of the 'Pellets.' All of the bad symptoms ha" disappeared. I do all mv own work : am able to be on iny feet an day. My friends tell mo'l never looked so welL" VT Favorite FreBcriptio it Sold by Druggist the IVorU Overt Zarge Bottle $1.00, Six for $S.OO. CrTSend ten cents In stamps for Dr. Pierce's lartre, illustrated Treatiso (160 pages, paper covers) on Diseasss of Women. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, No. 663 Main Street, Bctfalo, N. Y. ""L'Jll1 rarticuiars Why I7e Win Because Hood's SaraaparilU 1 tho best sp,; medicine and blood purifier. Because It Is a concentrate 1 extract or the b. alterative and blood purifying remelies of tt9 , etable kingdom. Because, by a peculiar combination, propor, and preparation, it po3ses3ej curative power pemij to Itself. Because It is tinea ualed for ths cure of crcrJiJi Salt rheum, bolls, pimple, humor, etc. Because it is the only medicine of will h can tru! bi said "100 doses oao doilar," aa unans werable gument as to Strength and Economy Because it effects rem riable cures where othr preparations totally r jiu Becausa there U nothing eqnal to it for curing dyspepsia, biliousne-u, sick headache, indigestion. Because it rouses the kiJneys anl liver and ia-ep, these organs in healthy condition. Because every article entering int- it! cirefiiiT scanned, none Lut the betti used, and all the r and herbs are gr unJin our owndru j mtll a la,. make; impossible tite tiseof anything impure or d. leterious. Because It is not advertised to do anj toing which, it has not already accompli hed. Because Hood's SaraaparilU is an Honest Medicine and every purchaser receives a fair equivalent for his money. Because we ask f n'y a fair price, and do not 1,3. pose upon the public confidence by absurdly i k- r. tislng Hood's Sarsaparilla as "worth" more thou sell It for. Because its advertising is original and not d p-ni, ent upon the brains of competitors. Because it Is a modern niedicino ; the ripe fru t 'if the industry and study of exie leutfd pharm.tr-Uti, under who-e personal dir.ctioult is still prepare! Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1 ; six for 3. Prepared "n'j by C. L HOOD & CO, Apothecaries, 1 .0 well, M.im. IOO Doses One Dollar Tho 131 YEKB GUIDE ia issued March and Sept., .each year. It is an ency- iciopeuia 01 useiui infer. 'mation for all who put- chase the luxuries or tha necessities of life. We can clothe you and furnish you with all tho uecessary and unnecessary appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleep, eat, fish, hunt, work, go to church, cr stay at home, and in various sizes, styles and Quantities. Just figure out what is required to do all these things COMFORTABLY, and you can make a fair estimate of the value cf the BUYERS' 3UIDE, which will bo sent upon -eceiot of 10 cents to pay postage, MONTGOMERY WARD A CO. 111114 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 11L HIBrVDtl.. Great Fnglish Gout m DiUll Sr IllSi Rheumatic Remedy. Oval Itox, 31i round, 14 I'ill. DR.ICILMER'S AieO ITMPTOMS ANII CONDITION! This Kenedy Will Kelteve aad Vmrr. If Ynnr heart tliuinjisaftersiidflcuoffort.sliips II lull I boats or tl utters, if you have heart disease, faint spells, fits or Fpasms, If Yftt feel as thouph wator was gathering 1 1 I U(J around the heart, or liavc Iiuart Uropa, If" Vni have Vertifro, dizzy attacks, rinjrinir ia II IUU ears, dis-prx-d to nervous prostration, appoplexy, shock or sudden death, If Ynil have Neuralgia, Numbness In arms or II I UU limbs, durtiuir pains like lthcumatism, Ocean-Weed curesanu prevents g-oinf? to heart rreoarcd at IMapeasary. "Cl'IHE TO HEALTH." Heat Free, lilac hasatwis, N. Y. imrouiSTs. raicn $1.00. the system for delivery as to greatly lessen, and many times almost entirely do away with the sufferings of that trying ordeal. "Favorite Pre- (I,,... loeription" ia a UUi.ES THE I I'e euro for V03ST Gases. tue nicrsi compitcan-u and obstinate eass of leueorrhea, er flowing at monthly periods, painful men struation, unnatural suppression, prolap sus or falling of the womb, weak buik, female weakness," anteversion. ret rot tr eion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation, and tilerati n J womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with internal heat." IsaasBaaaaasasasas "Favorite Pre.rii Tlnn ertt- ion, when taken in con rOH TKt nection wiih tb use of Ir. y Pierce's Golden Medical lis- HnXFYS covery, and small laxative doses of Dr. Pierce's Pur-""T"1""-gative Pellets (Little Liver Pills, cures Liver, Kidney and Uiadder dis eases. Their combined use also rcmovi blood taints, and abolishes cancerous aud Duviuiuus uuuioiTi irom tne sytii'iii. Mrs. Ed. M. Campbell, of Oahland, Cali fornia, writes: "I bad been troubled all my life with hysterical attacks and par oxysms, or spasms, and ix riooica) recur rences of severe headach. but since 1 have rwv'Ti lisiinar rr... t. ...... ... I