(eLIGIOUS REAJMG.
So few women know how to usdry
goods after they get them. ,
crciors FACTS.
4 " 3
tttE ;;pp:batio OF THE S7IBIT.
. T Trolo "the Bible is simply literature"
f.f- 'Ilia.. (nv oa o cnL'?PStion
'"r -t". US.linlatry. is not true. Literature
' liU- Scripture is the letter inspired
' tVr t What J-su3 said in justiflca
tnV doctrine of the new birth is equally
'-tfl llM UULIUUC f" -
'bat ivh
vh i born of the flesh is flesh, and
, r'(. ,u-v'lop anil rtrt'ne the natural man-V'vi.iL'h-st
possible -point, and-yet he is
l."aMiritualman; till througn tne new
"' 0 of literature, however elevated . its
" ,' '. .-Jtv it thnncrht. it is not
f.v.' liiffnci 7 ' . j 11.1
. t irit ol tioa. iub auwuvDw U4J
'r. rom anv writing constitutes the ini
v ... if Mwwn it and Scripture. Our
UT" in :-akins of his own doctrine uses
t 'ir-itt-ue-S ironr cumuiuu ic-civ-wau,
'"i"1- " . i. .... !. frl,.
hioti lie employs auove . w main, mo
-tiiiCtion or tne new man. xit? xi,
r.irit that ouickeneth : the flesh profit-
h n thintr ; the words that I have spoken
into you are spirit uml nrc mc
V ) Yor13 mey were, ttuu iuok io.k
r.rure; but words divinely imbreathed,
mi tlf -re fore Scripture, In fine, the cne
laOt WillCIi miia-co i.vv . " 1 .
ook, standing apart in soiMary beparaitii.-B
rem all. other writings, .13 mat wmcn aiso
arts off the man of God f;:om common men
the indwelling ol the lioiy unost. xnere
re we. may tay truly of the Bible, not
prl . but it is insnired :
iutvi nun ii , r ,
hat the Holy Ghort breathes within it, mat-
i l1wl4n-Tii in ita HrvAt'iMr'f
fD0 It HOC Olilj clUtUUllKiUt'J 1U uuvii.uv,
ut life-giving in its substance, so that they
rbo rtceive its' promises by faith have 4ibeen
Uf ....rnii.ti). p Jhrnncrh t le ora 01 liOU.
jwhkli liveth and abideth" (1 Teter 1:23, 11.
n.j. x roin me jiinisi.r uj. me ciiit.
Thp f'ollowinsr dav I strove to make amends
fortiie lost time, but in vain. The deep peace
and renewed power for service yesterday was
Mattered.' Another and another day passed,
md I did not realize that this solitary way
sprang from the faithlessness and disobedi
ence which had grieved my loving Lord.
Then' cold settled on my lungs, and I lay
down for suffering work wnicn is still ser
vice, though it does net challenge the envy
or admiration of men ; but these services re
mained veiled save in the results until "the
day flail declare it." One night in my sleep
I seamed to wander in a dark pine wood ; the
branches, interlaced above me, left the mid
night sky visible at intervals as the wind swept
through them. The deptii of the forest was
illumined bv a lamp, suspended from the sky
between two golden chains ; it oscillated with
the exactitude of the' pendulum ofa clock
n eve a white marble monument. The light
gieamedd'righter in the darkness, and I ap
j r-aeh'-d it and read in large black charac
ters: -To the Memory of Wasted Hours."
Years have gone by, but I have never forgot
ten the sepulchre of the departed minutes,
nT the sin-ae of loss I experienced in that
n idnight dream. 1 was restored to peace ere
1 w;is laid down to suffer. I knew whom I
hail believed : but oh, how I longed for the re
storation of those wasted hours that the cank
er-worm and the palmer-worm had eaten .'
An-a bhipton, in .4 -The Hearing Heart."
. GET CUT THE GOOD.
Are there not some in your circle to whom
you naturally betake yourself in times of trial
and -orrow? They always seem lo speakthe
rid:; word, to give the very counsel yau are
longing tor you do not realize, however, the
c '?r which they had to pay ere- they became
skillful in binding "up gaping wounds and
IryiLg tears. But if you were to investigate
their past history you wou.id iihd that they
l ave suil'ered n:ore than most. They have
watched the slow, untwisting of somejsjlvei
rd on which the lamp of life hungr They
have s' tn the golden bowl of joy dashed to
their ft et -and its contents spilt. They have
steed by ebbintr tides, and drooping gourds,
and not n sunsets : but all this has been nec
essiry to make them the nurses, the physi
cians, the priests of men. The boxes that
come trom foreign climes are clumsy enough;
i'Ut they contain, s-pices which scent theaii
with the fragrance of the Orient. So suffer-n-'
is ri.ugh,at:d hard to bear; but it hides
l" i: nth it discipline, education, possibilities
w.::c;r not only ,eave us nobler, but perfect us
to ht dp ethers. Do not fret,or set your teeth,
ct AVi-.it doggelly for the sufTering to pass;
i:"tv i't of it all you cat , both for you r-
- M d :-t your service to your generation,
a-'-Mdmg to the will of God. Kev.F.B.Mey
T1CTOEIE5 OF LIFE. V
a man conquers his adversaries and
nies u is. net as n ce never liaa en
U.tered them. Their power, still kept, is
h;s future, lire. They are not only
'-t-i m hi j,i,st liistory, they are elements
- i hi- i n stnt character. His victory ii
' ' Lv. it h the harb struggle that won it,
-i ,.f i7j:ss is always mingled with tire,
this peaceful crust of the earth
" . 'v,ne:' " we - live. with its wheal
; : 1 vincysrdsand orchards and floret
fv.il still of the power cf the
. :'!- that wrrugbt it into its
" : t -Lapp, of "the fuo.'.s and vo cances
-r which have rent it or drowned
' rtlm-d it. Just as the whole fruitful
t . ". ".' T5' ic its I-( :irr is still mingled with
p"--''U:n;ng( U.e that is working cut
r--,';:;'.;.:''!''ai 55 for its work, just so the
j'. V 1 b.H n overturned and overturned
lr:" ;';Q,io-90l!- filled with the
. , (,'.v.titttr.y-iviwts of suffering, puri
. . ' ' ' tror'w of tern p. atiou. keeps
---tiiia jjiW- --t :r, "JILa:
Gisefplinfe the deepest growths of the most
sunny and inxuriant spiritual Ufe that it la
ever abie to attain rmlJips Brooks.
if "xo DO GOOD."
Thb wrts the j.racticul creed of Thomas.
1 an e, who was alseiy accused by all '-truly
good people" of his time with doing only
evil. Let us all go forward in imitating his
nob.e example. Our sphere mav be a very
restricted one, but it is alwavs large enou-'b.
to contain holy thoughts and nobie actions.
It is possible for us everv dav to live to help
some one in need, to -comfort" the despondent
and downcast. There is trouble enough
everywhere around us to give us an oppor
tunity to lend some forlorn spirit
a beiping hand. Encouragement is
needed by somebody all the time.
Trouble is ail about us all the time. But
what we do is not to be cone for the sake of
being s. en of men. That is a selfish spirit
rather than: one of se.f-sacrHiee. We are to
do good by word or iee,i continually and
when we are done with the activities of this
world we snail receive a feindly welcome
from the All'ather. who is onlv love. It is
an error to declare that a good deed is not
accer table to Him as well as commendatory to
the sense of mankind. 'It will never be dis
approved on high, provided it is done from a
pu. emotive. -
VISITAXTS FE03I THE DEAD. ,
That the dead are seen no more I will lot
tindeitaketo maintain against "the concur
rent testimony ,pf all ages and all nations.
There is no people, rude or unlearned,among
whom apparitions of the dead are not re
lated and believed. This opinion, which
prevails as far as human nature is diffused, '
could become universal only by its truth ;
tho?e that! heard of cne another would not
have agreed in a tale which, nothing but ex
perience could make credible. That it is
doubted by single cavillers, can .very little
weaken the general evidence, and some who
deny it with: their tongues confess it with,
their fears. Dr. Johnson.
Earthquakes in the natual world, commo
tuns in the! social, religious and political
world, all betoken the rapid approach of the
i i:d 'of the age,
TEMPERANCE.
M IHFFETIEXT XA.MES
reath froira drinking intoxicant i civen
different names, about as follows: If the un
fortunate victim is worth
ei.000.000. . . . . ... .."...! d Nervous chill
nOO.OOa I .Nervous prostration
200.000. . L .......... I ..... Coaeestive chill
100.000.. u. .....L Rheumatism
50.000; - .1 . .Stomach complaint
10!000. . L . L . . . . . Inflammation of stom acli
'Prominent statesman. Blood poison
Sneaker of the House. . ;. Overwork
Poor but resoectable . . J Alcoholic poison
Poor laborer!. .... .Delirium tremens
TramD, .i Jim-jams
- p ! : The Banner.
i THE ' DSrXZ VtlD'S WIFE. '
The dninkard in his bed tossing anlroa
ing, with i throat that cracks with its rasp
ing ' thirst, 'and blood that crawls like a
migration of maggots along the ftaec 11 vein?,
and breath that sickens and stinks and mak(s
one look for red crested grave worms to
crawl out of lips and eyes and nostrils and
burrow into' the puffv cheeks of the cadaver,
sloughing visibly. Still the same scene,
the night; wears on; children sit up in bed
and mock the lone, sleepless watcher by cry
ing, "Drink, .mamma, drink."' TLie la-np
burns low goes out. i The darkness turns
gray. The hot evening horror has boiled
down, arid the tortured ones are still at last,
like flies; in: tar. Out of the shadow a form
stoops and! searches for live coals in the
ashes vainly. -It is the drunkard's wifo;
God pity heir.
THE WOBK OF ISTEIirZIlAXCE.
The following graphic portrayal of tn?
evils wrought by alcohol was drawn by the
Rsv. Lawrence Murphy, of Canada, in a tem
perance address delivered by him.' "Ale
hol,' stiid Father Murphy, 4,is the stumbling
block of; youth, the wreck of manhood, the
despair of old age. It crowds the prisons,
populates the asylums and poorhouses and
Alls the untimely grave. It silvers prema
turely the hairs of fathers and mothers,
breaks the hearts of loving wiv.s, cruelly
outrages the innocence of childhood, .while
it banishes God and the angels from the
sacred precincts of the soul. Show me pov
erty, show me erime, snow me anguish of
soul and body and i wiil show you that
three-fourths of it comes directly or indirect
ly out of the wair-ky bottle.
"It is the cause of : three-fourths of our
spiritual ailments and physical diseases. It
keeps the doctor busy in his office, the priest
weary in the confessional". It is darkness in
the home, a cloud in the church and night in
the heart of man. It blights the sweet roses
. of charity, withers the; adorable blossoms of
love,' darkens "the sublime radiance of the in
tellect, phases every sunbeam of happiness
from the human heart, extinguishes every
lamp pf holiness in th-d lighthouse of the hu
man conscience and makes of the soul a
sovereign in prison, Napoleon looking out on
the sad and solemn sea. It is the giant evil
of all evils, the greatest force out of hell, the
greatest ;enemy of humanity, the greatest
desecratbr of godliness and olGod. It wastes
God's gifts to man." ,
Surely,i as; Father Murphy said at the con
clusion of his address, it tvhoves the entire
community to do all it possibly can to iessea
the power and influence of an agency capa
ble of generating such dep and wldspreal
evils. ! ;
Yncatan exports hammocks.
m Iowa boasts a wooden shoe mill.'
The skeleton of a whale weighs twen-tj-fivo
tons.
English clergy adopted silk gowns
for church use in 1534.
Tho pupils of one grammar school
in New York City represent twenty
nine nationalities.
A huband should wear mourning
for his deceased wife for a year. The
children six months.
English market reports show that
eggs are becoming scarcer in that
country from year to year.
Barrier Reef is a coral reef extend
ing along the northwest coast of Aus
tralia for nearly 1300 miles.
The last of the Cornish tin mines,
the Botallack, ,whch runj out under
the sea, is to shut down soon. .
It has been computed that in Great
Britain there are 2,000,000 dog owners
and 20,000 exhibiters and breeders of
dogs.
Almost without exception the
American leaders in the Revolutionary
"War were thin while the British gen
erals were stout men.
Horse meat as an article of food is
not new to the people of Oregon. The
old missionaries from 1833 to 1844
used it as a regular diet.
It is estimated that $1,000,000 worth
of butter could be made from the
whey produced annually in, the manu
facture of cheese in New York State
alone:
In some parts of Japan at a wedding
the bride, as a sign of her subjection,
kneels and washes the feet of the
bridegroom after he has trodden uponv
raw eggs.
It is said that the largest nnsrget of
gold ever found was taken in 1872
from Hill End, in New South Wales.
It weighed 640 pounds and was worth
8148,000. J
Elizabeth, N. J., has a lamplighter
who travels on his route on a bicycle,
and who is so expert that he tights the
lamps with his torch without dis
mouning. To open an account in the Bank ol
England a person must deposit not
less than $2500, and the .authorities
I require the depositor to be introduced
by a customer.
The women of savage Nations rarelv
pay much attention to the dressing of
their hair, while savage men, on the
contrary, regardtheir coiffures as of
the utmost importance. .
If Hertfordshire (England) girls are
lucky enough to find a pod containing
nine peas they lay it under a gate and
believe they will have for a husband
the first man that passes through it.
Theron iapp and Miss Emma Bfech
tol, of "Wabash, Ind., are married at
last. The only notable thing about
the affair is thit their friends have
been wondering tor thirty-one year3
when the wedding was coming off.
The custom of writing "Present,"
"Addressed," "Kindness of" and
"Favored by" on letters, sent "by a
private messenger, is said to be going
rapidly out of fashion. The name
of the person, the street and number
are all that is now usually written.
To Cleaate the 9rmtem
Effectually yet ceatly.jwhea cotire orJbil.
ious, or when the blood i impure or lugsh
to permanently cur hibitul constipation,
to awaken the klinern an I liver to a healtar
i
activity, without irritating; or weakening
them, to dispel headaches, cold or levers, use
Si rap of r Urs. : I
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A He is a relation of yours by marriage, 1
believe? B Yea, he married my girl.
f ' ii fi.wi.ii i.i i- iiinmii'iii
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Tobacco Destroys Vitality.
Nervous system paralysed by nicotine
means lost manhood,; wekk eyes, and a
general all gene look and feeling that robs
life of its pleasure. Tobacco is the root of
many an impotent symptom, and No-To-Bao
a guaranteed cure that Will make you strong,
vigorous and happy In more ways than one.
No-To-Bau guaranteed and sold by Drug
gists everywhere. Book, titled "Don't To
bacco Spit or Smoke Your Ltfe Away.M Ad.
Sterling Eemedy Co.., New York or Chicago.
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In tha bicycle business theffreaTertt e num
ber of sales the greater the failing oft
AUjnst Family Difference.
Bad temper is often merely bad digestion.
Many quarrels attributed to perverse dispo
sitions are due to disordered livers.
Rip.m Tatmles adjast family differences,
ana would ifrevent them, which is better, II
tken in time. I
Ktpans Tabules, taken after meals, mornina
ana evening, for.a wnile, reguhtte the 8jteio
. and sweeteu.the temper
Think how a man wearing fide whiskers
would look in a marb ej monument
ix. Kilmer SwiMP-ltooc arm
Ell Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory BlnffhamVn. N. i.
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' Mi-8 Oldun t'd like; to see any man alive
kiss me ! Mr. Sharpe-j-I guess you woud.
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Everyoue Kuo ilow it la
to suffer with corns, and they are not conduc
ive to walking; remove t4ein with tiindercorns
Wa nut logs are shipped from Missouri
direct to furniture makers in Scotland.
For the Consideration of Bicyclers.
m i
Dr. George Herschell, of London, a
rising specialist on . neurotic com
plaints and consulting physician to the
hospital for heart disease, has an arti
cle in the Lancet upon cycling as the
cause of heart disease, which ought to
receive the attentive consideration of
cyclists. His recommendations em
brace the following: The use of a low
gear ; the maintenance of the upright
position in riding, and the avoidance
of kola, cocoa or other preparation
which by numbing the sense of weari
ness enable excessive work to be done
without the kiowledge of the rider.
Stop when you feel tired, and don't
take anything which will prevent you
from feeling tired, is, in short, Dr.
HerschelTs advice to the cyclist- The
same precautions would be useful to
men engaged in sawing wood.
I could not get along' without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. It always cures. Mrs. E.
C. Moclton, Needham, Mass., Oct. 22, 'yi.
Laura 1 he riding is lovely, but R-gg
But what ! Laura Am I on the horse
t-trattfht?
Mrs. Winslow's ?cothJns Syrup for children
teething, sol'iens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2oc. a bo til
! ashaway ren't you spruced up a good
deal, Unce Ebony Ye, san. Mah wifa hai
clone go: work.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acts dtrec.ly on the blood and
mucckis surfaces -f the system. Write tov tes
timonials, free. Manufactured by
F. J. Cueney & Co., Toledo. Q.
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Brazier How did that bank clerk friend
of yours come to be crooked? Lazrey He
a-od to rie a bicycle, j
IHanylnfluencea Cora blue to Reduce Health
to the danger limit, like reviving properties
of barker's Ginger Tonic overcome these ills.
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Profesor Johnnie, did "Willie Jones leave
Iheroom? Johi n (sinart toy) Yes, sir.
Did yer s' pone be too fit with 'tm ?
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's i. e-rwater. Druggists sell at zoc per Lome
thel Do vou allow! Charles to kbs vou
when you are not engage 1 to Mm ? Maud
I; isn't aa allowancei He cal s It a prere-qui-ita
,
if You are Tired
; r
All the time, without special exertion, at
tired in the morning its when you retire at
is impure and is lacking in vitality. That la
why it does not supply strength "to nerves
and muscles, Yo'u need
Hood's Sarsaparilla
To purify and enrich your blood. A few bot
tles of this great medicine will 'pive you
strength and vitality because it will make .
pure blood. Get Hood's.
Hood's Pill? g sassf
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR
IT IS
The BEST
I0OiO
FOR
DvspeptiCiDelicateJnfirm and
AGED PERSONS
A ntiX CAHLI? & 1SS. New Ycrk.