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REV. DR. TALMAGi THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN DAT BCilAION. Text: uTlie shepherds said one to an other: Let us now jo tnenunto Bethlehem, tnvl sec this thin'j which is come topass. I.uko x?:ii., V.'. Ont'-ou--and yare of the world's exist roM -dio. nfuHv ami wearily along, and ro Cl-ri-fc- T-o thousand years, and no 'hr,V Three thousand years, and no Christ. Four i hoa.-..-:::tl wars, and no Christ. ' Give t:s a ( liri-it," had cried A-syrian and Persian i.nil Tul-kan and Egyptian civilization, but t hv hKi i tin? earth ami tin lips of the sky ma a no answer. 'J he world had already l'iiaiKucnt of genius. Anions poets had appeared J!...mer and Thspis and Aristoph anes and .Soj.-hoek-s and, Kuripides and Alexis J Is hy Jus. yet no 'hrist to be the most pontic flput-s o: liw cc-isturii-s. Anions historians h-id aepc.ned Herodotus and XenopLoii and Ttr.ieydidcs. but no Cl.rist frctn whom all i h:.s:ory v.ns to uato backward and lorward J!. (J. mid A. D. Air.ijn;' tho conquerors 'n:iiirm.! and Mini km aul llcgulus and !Xa;itippus si'i.l Hannibal and fccipio and I'ompcy and (.':; -vir, yet no Christ who was t be cou :r,( ior ni earth and heaven. j 'lit tho slow century and the slow year I c0 having overheard two Confederate Gen nd tho hlow ijioHth and the slow hour at I eral3 Jn conversation, in whIch they'd ast an ived. J ii.j world had had matins or ' , r.u f..f .!,, i:,i conce rt m the morm , arrisburg Rttd thislreporfced to Governor cu-tsiatiivevain:': bat now 'JTw Curtin, the Federal foives started to meet 'r;';Tn " '," r ,,V?n '" opponents at Gettysbnrz. And the Gutters j-i a .v.-m,;,. -r nigl t were th own , lLaj Qf tUay is to decide all the great bat ,!;n. an-1 otth.3 besl,M-eisof a world t,s m,,.e ai, the laws, Fettle allthe desti- wln-i e i . 'i.'V an s.ng -sioo i TiiL-re, ana puitin b:: 1: the dri ver' of cloud, chanted a iieaea i.nth' m, uniil all t' e echo.: of hill and val ley applauded and encored thy liallelujan choiii:. At last tha wo: Id has a Christ and just the Christ it nee-Is. Come, let us go into that Christmas so-!,o as though we had never be fore wcii::pp"d at tiio inang'-r. Hero is a Mauouiut .-ortl looking at. I wonder not 1 i:;it t ho iiio.-t i i '.;.!': t name in all lands and in ail Christian ciamt! ie.s is lAixry. And there a:e Marys in p dn'-cs nd Mt-rys in cabins, and th'iagh Ci id n mi 1 Fj'cncii and Italian and i-'p'i; sh a.d Kirili.'di pronounce it diirer ent'y, th-3- a: f.a'il nn mesakos of tho ono whom vo t:iid on tt i.ed of si raw with her p-le face ugai'.sr. the y.'l't !..; of (.'hri.-t in the night of t hi-X.tti . i:y. yii tiij great painters have tried e i canvas to present iiary and her ciiiM aul th incidents of that most famous- nijht of the world's hi-.-tory. i l..il:;ti i in three. different masterpieces celebrated 1hein. Tintoret ; n I CitiHanjo siii j.ii--s I thernsnlves in the l,A 'oi-.-.ti- :i t ?.UtgL" Ccrregio needed to U i-.o:ldi.0- na.'.o tl.aa his "Aladonna"' to beeunio iitimor! -J. Th' "Madonna of, the 1ly.' by l.o:i"rdnda Vinci, will kindle the admiral 'on rf ,'!! a.es. ?iuriil- never won i;:( a'- r t imir.ii hy h:s oiK-il than in his j r.. -a! itioi; ri' the "Holy j'aniily." But all ih - ;;-ilii !-ies ef ! i :fi l 'ii are forgotten when I think of !he Rrna.il room of that ga'lery con taining Hi ) " i-'isiino Madonna." Vet all of tSicia w ro copi..-? of r-t. Matthew's "Ia d iii'ia"' and l,i;!;o's " .Madonna," the inspired Jiiidoim i f th- )M Bofk 'hi.h we had put into our h:.n:!s ivii-u v.e wer. infants and that we hoje t laue uiiul-i- our hoads when we die. Ili-hoM, in the f, r.-t place, thru on the first night of Christ's life s.to I hono:-l the Iruto crvation. V'.ii caanot get into that Bethle hem b u n without g 'iitg p ast the camels, thu mules-, tho d i.;s. th; o.cen. Tho brutes of tiiat stable beard tho first cry of tho infant l.oid. r'.om of the old jiainfers represent ih' o::eu and c-anu-is kticviiog that night be !oio tho ! e v l orn babe. And well might i hey k;- !. Have yo:i ever thought tint hi ist caiiv, among other things, to alleviate the Hitt'eriugs of tho brtile creaticm? 'Was it not a; jir.-pri to that ho should during tho lirsttVw liiys.'i'd i'ghts of II. s life on earth ba surrounded by tho duiab beasts wln se moan and li iit and bellowing have for agt-.s l.-evn a vi-ayer to Col for tho ane;L.'ng if thvir" tortures and the lighting o t!te:r wii!g.sJ It did not na ivly "uappen so"' that tho unintelli gent creatures of Cod should have been that night iti elvso nri .'.hij-u-liood. Not a kennel in ail the tviit.nie;, noi a bird's ne.it, not a worn out ho-s.- ea towpath, not a herd freez ing in the '(:': I? biii.t- V j en. not a freight i-.-.r in summer t.?::te I ritiging tho beeves to market without water Ihrough a thousand lailes of agony, not a surgeon" s room witness ing the sting'.dt.s.of fox or rabbit or pigeon or cloy; hi the h-Tror.i of ivise:-tion LUt has tin interest iu !li -1 tot that Christ was bom in a sf at hi surro'tm-led i-y t ruths, lie remvr.i bers th?tnighv, and the prayer He heard in their pitir'nl ni' a;i He will answer in the pan ish.'nent of "tl;o-o who maltreat the dumb brutes. They surely have as much right in this -world as we have. in tho tirst chant-a- of Genesis you may sea that they were placed on t ha earth before man was", the fish a-id io.vl creaU-d the fiftii rlay, and too oua drupe i the morning of the sixth day, and man not until the aiternoon of thai da;. The whale, th-i c-aile, tho lion, and all tho les.-er ereairae; of their kind were j.ivdee .-.-;.o-s f the buiaan family. They have th. world bv right of )iosse.-:fj:'on. They have aNo paid r nt for the vla.es they occu pied. 'h..s an ai my : f dele ico till over the land are th: fii'taful watch dogs. And who can tell what tho world owes to boive, an 1 came!, aa l o:c for transjjerta tio'i' And rob-u a al 1 irk have, by tho cantatas vi&h wln'.-h they have filled orchard r.ad forest, more t h ia 1 for the few grains I hey hao ick-d v.p :n-taeir sustenance. When yon a!-!:s. any creatu-'o of God yoi t-tnivo its ei-ea'or, and yw insutt the Christ who, though he might have been welcomed into irrelor p.-:n -.-s, and t.-vtien his lirst in taoti ij siuinbir a add lyrian plush ami canopied coueh.-i nut ripping waters from royal a'pu'dacls dr:t-piiig into basins of Ivory nn.d pearl, ohe to be born ou the te ei wnii a i.i.t s dogV no-stril, i!;,. lion of brutal iai'u or a camel's hoof, or might be the aMevia ; '.- woil as the ro h. ueemer oi. man. Standi. i - thea as T imagine now I do, in that Uu tilt-hem i.i.hc-wtih an infant Christ on the or.e sid.- r.n 1 1 ho sp :ec'a!e-s creatures Pi' God on t!.s o!h I crv; Look out how you strike lite rouoi- i d that horse's side. Taka cif i hoi curb -d bic ! i om. t h it hleeding moutli. ! :i:o-.e thai saddle from that, raw back. Mi.iot. not for t'uu that bird that is too small for fo d. Fcrg.'t net to "put water into the ea .-e of t hat ea eiry. Throw out some crumbl to 1 he e-b r 's can dib too far- north in tha winter's in a--!i(aer. Arrest, that man who is makip-r tliat ono liors- draw a load heavy ei:oa,-h br three.. Itus'i in upon vimt scene "here boys a:-o torturing a cat or transfixing l.'tttor.'iy ra.d lj-.- s .o ; er. Drive not off that oil robin, i-,- her ne.,t is a mother's erad o. a :d un !oi- her w.ng there may be three or feue prima donnas of the sky in training. And in your families and in your K-hoo!s tr-ach tho coming generation more le.er.-y t'i;i; the pr.. tit generation has ever fIkv.mi in ill .j ituiH-i ! .)n : JJiblo picture of the Mativit, while yoti po'nt out to them tho Btigel, rty.vr t (?-.: n also t!:o came!, and v.-hilo they War t'.i celestial chant lot. them also bear th-- eow'.s moan. Ivi nt-moiid Christ t h -w in"' res" in the betniieal world when ho said: oai ler th'1 biios,-' than its showed Nj-tnp.it hy f-r th. ornithological when be s: :.l: "Heboid the "fowls of the air,'. and tho qun.lnipe.lal wcrld when lie allowed Liuis it to oo cailed in one place a lion and iu another place a lamb. Meanwhile, may tho Christ of tho P.. ddehem cattle pen have mercy on the suffering stock yards that are preparing diseased and fevered, meat for our American households. l'ehold also in this Bible scene how on that Christmas idirlit Cod honored child hood. Christ night have mad His first visit to our -w or!. I in a .cloud. In what a chariot of illamined vapor he might have i-oho.f down th sky escorted by mounted 'ayaU-y with lightnin? of drawn sword. r!i:;di had a cani.iee of fro to take him up, whyitot !eius a c arria -e of fir. to fetch Him clowti? Or over the arched hrid-.ro of a rain bow tho Lord ml-ht !rn-o defended. Or Christ rni.'at have ha I his mortality built .ii'".n-.iiuu-nni its.) unst or a garden, as was Adam, m fu I manhood at tw sfirr without the inti-o,l,v-tor - i-oel.l ' - s of in fancy. ( !lol C itildhoo I w .s to he hon- cred by that advent. Ifo must have chd.i's lie-lit limb--, and chids dimmed1 emms uin.pie-i band, and a child's boaini- child's raven hair, an 1 babyhood was' eye, and a to be iioaore-t ior an time to come, and a cradle was to morm more than a grave. Mightv t-od! May the reflection of that one child's face be in ail infaatilo face?. Enough have ad thosj lathers and moth. re on hand if they havo a chill in the house. A throne, n crown, a se.oi a kingdom under charge!' Be can-fnl bow you strike him across th head, .nirring the brain. What yon sav to lam will be centennial and millenial, and a hundred years and a thousand years will not s.o.p t.ie ectio and re-echo. Do not sav: "It is only a child.-' Rataer say: 'Itisonlyanim- mortai " It is only a masterpiece of Jehovah. It is only a being that shall outlive sun and moon and star and ages q'uadrillennial. God has infinite resources -and he can give pres ents of great valu-i, but when ho wants to five tha richest possible gift to a household e looks around all the worlds and all the universe, and then gives a child. The great est present that God gave our world he gav.i about 1887 years aco, and he gave it on a Christmas night, and it was of such value that hoaven adjourned for a recess, and came clown and broke through the clouds to look at it. Yea, in all ages God has honored childhood. He makes almest every picture a failure unless there be a child either playing on the floor, or looking through the window, or seated on the lap gazing into the face of i's mother. It was a child in Xaaman's kitchen that told the- great .Syrian war rior where he might go and get cured Ol the leprosy, which at his seventh plunge in tue Joruai., was left at th bottom of the river. It was to the cradle of leaves in which a child was laid, rocked by th.3 Nile, that God calle 1 the at tention of history. It was a sick child that evo'ced Christ's curative sympathies. It was a child that Christ sat in the midst of the squabbling disciples to teach the lesson of humility. AVe'are informed that wolf and W.rrd n lMion shrill vet be so domesticated that a little child shall lead them. A child fa decided Waterloo, showing the army ot I '.lusher how they could- take a short cut throuah the fields, when, .if the old road had been followed, the Prussian gen eral would have come -up too late to save the destinies of Europe. It wa3 a CMK1 cuac aeciueu oeuj.suui, nies and usher in the world's salvation or destruction. Men. women, nations, all earth aad all heaven, behold tha child ! Is there any velvet so soft as a child's cheek? Is there any sky so blue as a child's eye Is there any music so sweet as a child's voice? Is there any p!umo so wavy as a child's hair? Notice also that in this Bible night sceno God honored science. "Who aro tho three wise men kneeling before tho diving infant Not boors, not ignoramuses, but Caspar, ilel thasar and J.Ie'.chior. men who knew all that was to be known. They v. ere the lssac New tons and Herschels and Faradays of their tima. Their alchemy was the forerunner of oar sublime chemistry, their astrology the toother of our magnificent astronomy. They b id studied stars, studied metals, studied physiology, stil l ed everything. And when I see these scientists towing before the beautiful babe, 1 see the prophecy of the time when all tho telescopes and microscopes, and pH the Leyden jars, and all the electric batteries, and all the otscrvatorie", ana all tho universities shall bow to Jesus. It is mu-li that way already. Whore is the college that c'o.s not have morning prayers, thus bowing at the manger Who have been the greatest physicians? Omitting the names of the liv Hig, lest we should lie invidious, have we no' bad atnoti'' them Christian men like oar own Joseph C. Hutchinson, and Rush, and Valen tin? Mott, and Abercrombic, and Alemethy? A"ho have been our greatest scientists? Jo seph Henry, who lived and died in the faith cf the Gospel, and Agassi z, who, standing with his students among the hills, took olf bis hat and said: "Young gentlemen, before we study those rocks lot us pray f or wisd mi to tho God who made tho rocks.'' To day the greatest doctors and law3ers of" Brooklyn and INew York, and of all this land, and of all lands, revere the Chris tian religion, and arc not ashamed to say so before juries and legislatures and senates. All geology will yet uo-.v before tho Itock of Ages. All botany will yet worship the Hose of .Sharon. All astronomy will yet recognize the ytsi" of Bethlehem. And physiology and anatomy will join bands and say: "We must by the help of God get the human race up to the perfect nerve, and perfect muscle, and perfect brain, and perfect form of that per fect chiUl before whom nigh twenty hundred years ago Caspar, and Belthasar, and Mel ch or bent their t.red knee in worship. Behold also in that first Christmas night that God honored the fields. Come in, shep herd boys, to Bethlehem andseothe child. '"Mo," they say; "we aro not dressed goo I en ought to come in." "Yes, you are, come in." Sure enough, the storms and the night clew and the brambles havo made rough work with their apparel, but none have a better right to come in. They were the lirst to hear the music of that Christmas night. Tho tirst announcement or" a Saviour's birth was mado to thosj men in the fields. There were wise acres that night in Bethlenieni and Jerusalem mi oi-ing in dep sleep, and there were sal aried otlicers of government who, hearing oil it afterward, may have thought that they ought to have had the first news of fucli a great event, some one dismounting l: o:n a swift camel at their door and kno -k-in till at some sentinels question: "Who em?3 there f the great ones of the palace might have been tO;d of the celestial arrival : INo; the shepherps hoard the first two bars of the music, tho first in tho major key and tho last in the subdued minor: "Glory to God in tha highest, and on earth p?ae, good will to men." Ah, yes; the fields were honored. Toe old febepherds with p'ai l and crook havo ior the most part vanished, but we haeye graz ingon our Uuited States pasture lields an 1 prairie about forty-five million: sheep and oil their keepers ought to follow the shephetdi of my text, and all those who toil in the field s, all wine ciressors, all orchardists, all hus bandnjen. Not only that Christmas night, but ail up and down the world s history God has been honoring the fields. Nearly all the messiahs of retorm, and literature, and elo quence, and law, and benevolence, have como from the fields. Washington from tha fields, Jefferson from tho fields. The presi ddntial martyrs, Garfield and Lincoln, from the fields. Henry Clav from tho fields. Haniel Webster from tho fields. Martin Luther from - tho fields. And before this world is right tha overflowing populations of J oer cro wded cities will have to take to the ti-.-Us. instead or ten merchants in rivalry as to who shall seil that one apple, we want at leat eight of them to go out and raise apples. Instead of ten merchants desiring to sol! that one bushel of wheat, we want at least eio-ht of thoni to go out and raise wheat. The world wants mora hard hands, more bron:od checks, more muscular arms. To the Sel ls! God honored them when lie woke up the shepherds by the midnight anthem, and He will, while the world lasts, continue to honor t lis lields. When the shepherd's c rook was that famous uighfc stood against the wall of the Betolehe-n kahn, it was a prophecy or tho time when the thresher's llai!, and farmer's plow, and woodman's as, an 1 ox's yoke, and sheaf binder's rake shall surrender to the Oioi v ho made the country as mm made tho town. Behold also that on that Christmas night God honored motherhood. Two angels on their wings might have brought an infant 'saviour to Bethlehem without Mary's being thers at all. AVhen the villagers, on the motningcf Dec. 2u, awoke, by a divine ar rangement and in some unexplained way, the child Jesus might have been found in some comfortable cradle of the village. But no, no! Motherhood for all time was to be consecrated, and ono of the teuderest rela tions was to be the maternal relation, and one of the sweetest words "mother." In all ies God has honored cood motherhood. John Wesley had a good mother, St. Bernard had a good mother, Samuel Budgett a good mother, Doddridge a good mother, "H alter S.-ott a good mother, Benjamin West a good mother. In a great audience, most of whom were Christians, I asked that all those who had been blessed of Christian mothers arise, and almost the entire assembly stood up. Don't you see how important it is that all motherhood be consecrated? Why did Titian, the Italian artist, when he sketched the Madonna, make it an Italian face? Why lid Rubens, the German artist, in his Madon na, make it a German face? Why did Joshua Reynolds, tin? English artist, in his Madonna, make it an English face Why did Murillo, too Spanish artist, in his Madonna, make it a Spanish face? I never heard, but I think the)' took their own mothers as the typ- of Mary, the mother of Christ. When you hear socio one in sermon or oration sn-nt in ii " " u-,a laamui, iicnest Klthcr' 5:Ur eyes, Up th teur5 wlli!e "'' L tUrSolf : J,haLwas. W mother. the abstract of a cood, faithful, honest "ui.u n euil'l Ulcers IS apC TO 1)3 VMothw'" -ld maQ irl 3 dV'ing f'i-eam oai "Mother! mnthn T V " l!ot whether aina i,., "uT . ' ."l'wr, 3 U.vin.Vi o" n.-"K,"..luf sur" c vii, aim in aiiiuens iioine. i.nd was dressed appropriately with refer ence to the demands of modern life or whether she wore the old-time cap 'and great round spectacles and apron of her own make, and knit your socks with her own ttee lies seated by the broad fireplace, with groat back log ablaze on a winter eight. It matters not how many wrinkles crossed and recrossed her face, or how much her shoulders stooped with the burdens of long hie, if you painted a Madonna hers v. ou.d be the face. What a gentle hand sha had when we were sick, and what a voice to soothe pain, and was there any ono who roul I so fill up a room with peace, and purity, and light? And what a sad day that was when we came home and the oould greet us not. for her lips were fortver stilL Come back, mother, this Christinas day, at.d take your old place, and as ten, or twentv, or fifty jears ao, come and open " tho old Bible you used to read and kneel in the Bame place where you used to pray, and look upon us as of old when j ou- wished us a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year. But no ? That would not Le fair to call you back. You had troubles enough, and aches enough, and bereavements rnouh while yon are here. Tarry by the thi-oii", mother, till we join you there, your t.rayers a'l answered, an I in the eternal i ome-tead of our God we shall again keep Christmas jubilc3 together. But sjak from voar thicues, all you glorified mothers, and civ to ail those, your sons and daughters. Words of love, words of warning, words of cheer. They ne -d vour voice, for they have Iravelel far and with many a heartbreak P"nce von left them, and you do well to call from tho heights cf heaven to tho valleys of earth. Hail, enthroned ancestry! we are com ing. Keen a place for us right beside you a the banquet. Slow footed years! More swiftly tun Into the sold of that unsettiag sun. , Iloaiesicic we ari for thee, . v Calm land beyond the sea. The Game of Proverbs. Ono of the company having left the room, say3 the Boston HcmlJ, the rest select some proverb in his absence. On his readmittaiicc, lie must ask random questions of all the party in turn, who, in their replies, must bring in the words of the proverb in succession. Th2 first person who is addressed will iiitroduco the first word of the proverb in the answer; the second person the second word, and so on until the proverb is ex hausted. For instance, "Honesty is the best policy" is the one selected, and. suppose tho first question to be: "Have ycu been out to-day?"' The person questioned might "Yes, I have, and very nearly answer, lost my purse; but it was picked up hy a boy who ran after me with it, and whose 'honesty' I was very glad to reward." He then p isses ou to the next, and says: '"Were you in the country last summer?" "Yes, in a most lovely place, where it is 'very' mountainous." Of the next one he asks: "Areyou fond of reading?" "Oh, yes, it is one of 'the' sweetest of pleasures." Of another: "Which do you prefer, summer or winter?" "Doth are so delightful that I do not know which I like 'best.' " Of the last: "Can you tell me if there arc any more words in this proverb?" "I will give you the laet word, hut I would show better 'policy' if I refused to answer you. " The person must then guess it or pay a forfeit, ;;nd the one whose answer tirst gave him the idea what the proverb was must take his turn of being guesser. Fol lowing is a list of proverbs: A false friend is worse than a bitter enemy. A penny saved is a penny gained. A man is known by the company ho keeps. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. All is not fcold that glitters. A friend iu need is a friend indeed. A good name is better than wealth. A goad work costs nothing. A little rain lays much dust. A little spark makes a great fiamo. A bird in hand is worth two in bush. Letter late than never. Harking 'logs seldom bite. Cut your coat according to your cloth. Empty vessels make tho most sound. Example isbi tter than precept, l-'riends are plenty when the purse is fulL Oivat cry and little wool. Haifa loaf is better than no breath 1 loar twice before you speak once. In a calm sea every man is a pilot, bile folks have the least leisure. It's an id wind that blows nobody good. ! t' kx thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. It's a s id heart tint never rejoices. Least said is soonest mended. Let them laugh that win. Look before you Ion p. Long looked for comes at last. Make hay while the sun shines. Many a slip between the c up and theiip. Mako the l et of a bad bargain. Of two ov ils, choose the least. One goo I turn do-erves another. Lenny wise and poun 1 foolish.. I revotitio a is better than cure. Pride will have a fall. Slavic rcwkoaingH make long friends, tati ike while the iron is hot. Still waters run deoM. Th best part of valcv is discretion. . Waste not, want not. Where there's a will LhcreValways a way. Wilful wi.sre makes svoeful want A Ifwash Indian's Pot-Latch. - The rno?t coiimtis thing about the Siwash, writes Julian Kalph, is their habit of "pot-latching" their money away after it lias taken a lifetime of work and sc!f-dcni;v! to get it or after it has been suddenly ami Itickly golteti at the end of long-endure! poverty, as happened -not long ago when one poor chap sold a piece of land for a h'-ojc1 sonic sum. The "pot-lat-. h," as Micy.cai! it, is a festival cele ba ted when a man of the ttibe has got a large sum of money and wants to throw it all away. Five thousand dollars is the usual figure which, once attained in dol lars, tits a man for inviting his friends to a "p d-Iatch." Eefore doing so he builds a large house, plainly, in the form of a shed, stocks it well with liquor, showy calico and cloths and blankets, with nice and useful little knick knacks, like pockct-kni.e; and pipes and ribbons, or whatever he knows the Si wash arc fond of. The day set having arrived. all Siwash for miles around come to the big new house and eat, drink and divide the spoils. When they have gone aad the pot-latch is over, which may not be uutil the close of a second day, the man who gave the fowl is almost as poor as the day he was bora, lie has nothing except his roof and the clothes on his back. Ah! but he is" richer than ever in another way. He is ennobled by his own generosity and takes a high rank above his' fellows. He is apt to work on just as he did before the pot-latch, but he need not to do so. He need not do anything. His tribe has become proud of him and will see that he never wants. The Tsimsheaus of the more northerly coast, including that of Alaska, and the once fierce Ilydahs of tho islands off the coast, all celebrate the pot-latch, aad I was very much surprised to iind when I got to Tacotna, in Washington Territory, that the Indians theie alo indulge in the cu-tom, though many of them, if I mistake not, are Flathead. Staggers in the horss is a rpecies apoplexy, THE BRUISER KING. The Whole World Fay, lloinase to Sulli van, Our ."-uliivau. John It. Sullivan, whose success has been creater than that of any visitor to England except " Buffalo Bill," is a typical American in that all of his successes have been won by "hard knocks." . , Boston may hug herself with positive unc tion in the knowledge that three. representa tives of her peculiar culture have won un usual social recognition in England Lowell, Holmes and Sullivan. According to tho English idea, the "greatest " of these is Sullivan. The phlegmatic English populace is seldom "enthased" to the point of "unhitching the horses from the carriages of a popnjarjdol, white excited men wrangle for the honor of a chance at tha rope which is to drag it through the streets. It well illustrates the power of mind over oatter! Sullivan, dined and wined by the nobility, followed and cheered by surging masses of 4 we, the people," drawing crowded houses at his exhibitions, must be sated, if one of his stamp can be, with adulation and ap plause. It would be a sad "blow" to him if he ehonld be "knocked out" in his coming contest with the English champion. The best of Athletes reach, sometimes early, a point at which their powers begin to wane. Over training of ten produces serious efTe-ts. John C. Heenan died in the prime of life, wasted away with what is called consump tion. A post mortem examination in many of these casss has revealed that it is tho pri mary organs, the kidneys, liver and heart, that are most affected by athletic over train ing. If they are taken care of, there is little danger. Harry Wyatt, the celebrated English trainer and athlete, says:. "1 consider Warner's safe cure invaluable to all who are training for out-door sports. I have given it to many whom I have trained for the athletic world with great benefit." Sullivan is beyond question tho present "Athletic King," and if ho follows Wyatt s advice, he will no doubt long remain at the bead of the "profession." The Watchman's IJcport. There was a serious accident to one of the largest a'td mostly costly bridges on the line of the Dakota & Great Jlidland Koute, a Dakota railroad managed by a local company. The following is an ex tract from the bridge watchman's re port to the President of the company : "I was approaching the cast end of tho bridge from my house," writes the watch man, "when suddenly I saw the jack rabbit c oming dow n the line towards tha bridge right between the rails and run ning very rapidly. Ilculi.icg the disas trous effects his crossing would have on : lie bridge I ran-as fast as possible to .ithcr stop him or in some way induce aim to cross on a walk, but I was too late, and the frightened animal rushed past me and onto the bridge, taking jumps almost as long as the raits. The structure trembled, swayed violently, and just as the rabbit reached the mid dle, the bridge, together with the abut ments and the rabbit himself, crashed ;n to the abyss below. I barely escaped with my owa life, but retained presence of mind enough to direct my wife to take the piece of red flannel oil the baby's sore throat and go back up the track and signal the 7:10 limited Pullman express. I now have both hiied men at work re pairing the wrccir, but it will be severil days before travel can be resumed. I would recommend that strong gates be placed at the ends of the other bridges ou our road to keep tha rabbits off, as they seem to be jumping remarkably high this season, ;md unless something is done half of our best budges are liable to be kicked down before spring. -C'i'riCio Tribute. A Silver Hand. Daniel Goodwin, of Weymouth, ha3 a German sili er hand, and, not withstand ing the fact that there are no lingers on it, he is able to keep pace at his trade that of carpentering with those blessed with the customary number of digits. An injury to 3Ir. Goodwin's own haud necessitated its amputation. It was not unt 1 he had invented a substitute, which he hoped would enable him to sup port himself and family, that he would consent to having it amputated. His scheme consists of a socket, reaching halfway to the elbow, into which socket the stump is placed, and at the other cud of which a hole is drilled and a thread cut. The contrivance is a great success. Mr. Goodwin has a surprisingly large number of useful tools that lit into this tapped hole, and he cau drive nails all day with a hammer that is held in place by a check nut screwed against the end of the socket. As soon ns he sits down to dinner he pulls a tabic knife out of one of his pockets with his left hand, screws itiuto the sen kef, and proceeds to business. JJeslon lid ai l. The Value of a Whale. The owners of the bark Stamboul havt brought suit in the I'niled States Dis trict Court against the Pacilie Steam Whaling Company, owner of the bark Wanderer, toieeover 7,000 for the loss of a whale. Plaintiffs claim that they had harpooned the whale, which Iheie up n swam under a lield of ice and came to the surface a mile away, and that the crew of the Wanderer then captured the same animal, ar.d, iu order to give a shadow of claim, substituted their7" own harpoon for that of defendant. It i.- claimed that for forty years it hid been the recognized custom that when a crew had once harpooned a whale it was entitled td the full ownership of the animal. San Fiindco Examiner. Queen Christina has signed a decree reu'at mg the manufacture and imi tation ' of alcohols into .Spain, and prohibitum the manufacture and sale of impure alcohols for drinking purposes. Oft obscure tho road that leads to health, Unmarked by board or sign ; Wisdom avails not, powerle.-s is wealth To soothe those ach. s of thine. But do not despair, with life there's hope The cloud conceals the sun ; ' With Pierce's Favorite Prescription at band Your life's full coursi may run. More tru'li than poetrv in these lims. fls thousands of ladies all over the land now blooming with health, testify to the givat curative powers of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Tre tcription, adapted by much research and careful study to the happy relief o: idl those weaknesses and ailment iecmlir to females. All druggists. . "A Xcw Race or Pconle." Sir C eorg, Trevelj n, M. P., in Lis spee-.-h at Carnarvon the oth.r .lay, referred to the Uictd.oncf liquor trattic. lie sa d that on I is estate there bad len no public-house for tiijity j ears, and the cousequen.-e was there bad grown up a race of eoj le who are as di..ereutas icssible from those who live w Lei e drink is sold. Theie is no pauperism, and absolutely there is no discontent with the system. Thirty years ego everybody Ued to b.ame his predecessor for h's ilol cy but now it is envied in the i eighlioi bocd.' by, he esked, i-hould not the people be al owed to do for themselves what Le and his had clone for tl.e.n. C'onuniptin Surely Cured. To the Editor: Please inferm your readers that I have a positive remedv for t ho above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been jcrmanentlv cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy fres to any of your readers who havo consumption if they will send me their Express and P. O. address. lUpectfullv T. A. SJAJCyil. 1L ft, 11 Pearl St,f. Y. Tlie Sweetest Gitl In School. ' 'She's the sweetest girt in school" ! enthu siastical! v exclaimed ono young miss toon other, as 'they passed down the street logeth cr "L-d thiSo kind, and Rentle ana nn S'jfish, every one likes her. And she has lovely golden hair and pretty eyes. Jsn t t a pity her complexion is so bad; it spoils her VoS And then she has such dreodlul head aches"! The girls skipped along, but it bap pened Edith's mother had heard what they said. It tct her thinkuig. AV hat could be done for those headaches and the rough mud dy complexion, that was such a trial to ber centle daughter. She recalled what she had read of Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical lnscov erv, and on the spur of the moment she slip red into a drug wore and liought a supply. Edith took it faithfully, with the resuii that it cleared her disordered bl-xl, relieved the headaches, made her skin soft, fair and rosy, and now she is not only tho "sweetest girl in school," but the most beautiful. Three bald eagles of great size, which for five years past baoe p. eyed upon the herds and flocks of lllouat County, Ala End caused the f.-itinc.s great loss a id mnoyance, were rccenty caught in trap, by two young men i;u:ned McJ'oy. . The largest of tha eagie measured twelve feet from tip to tip of the wing-. C'-U-o-o ! C-h-o-o ! ! C h-o-e ! ! ! Don't sneeze, sneeze, nwk, hawk, s it, blow, and disgust ever liody with youreffen sdve bieatb. Jf you hve acrid, watery dis charge fr m the nose and eyes, throat disease can ihjf clicking sensations, cough, rina ing noises in head, splitting headache and cither symptons of nasal catarrh, remmler that the m oiufacturers of Dr Sage's Cctarih li'-medy offer, in gvd faith, 00 reward for a case -f catarrh which they cannot cai. The Heme ly is sold by druggists at only 50 cents Prohibition sentiinont is very strong in Colorado. IVublo, the- second city in the State, has an anti-saloon government, and many smaller towns have local option iu f ml force. "Taylors Hospital Cure for Catarrh" can now b i Lad on t-n days trial without charge from the City Hall 1'hai in icy, v(Vl Broadway New York. '.Ml who suffer from this di . ai should wut theie at once Free pamph let. Cold Waves Are i..re!.". tel with rellubio accuracy, and people liable to ilia i;iins ami aches of rhtunatism dread every cli.siisa to damp or stormy weather. Although wo 1 net claim ll.jod's Sar.sapai-UU to be a positive npvi;io for rlK'UiimUsm, liie remarkable cures it has effccte l show tliat it may 5;o taken Tor rheumatis n with returnable c-.-rtainty cr luefit. IH actl jn la neutr!Izi!is thcneklity or tht bbol. wliic-h II the cause of r!ie!iin:itim, c institutes tho mx-ret of tho suceess of H'-hmI's Sar.ap:-rai- in curing thi coal l.laiut. If you siurerfrum rhuumati-m, b'ive Hood's .Sarsapai ilia, a lair trial; we believe it will do you gKl. llo suro to et Hood's Sarsaparilla RuM by all driirf-jist-c 1 ; six for $1. lYoparol on'y by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Ap .thecarios i.o.vell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar' s. x. r.- 3 ely's CatarrH I siit'i'rif nun fti tarih tiri lii' ut tirs. 7i lrt'iiiij !.' .'i throat ft-cc mauzcat 31 if i:o?e bint ol iiito riiiHii. Hi nee 1h fiivt ,l,tg K.-;- rf Elf; Cream Hal hi have hat i:i blcctlitt'j, the .",-. urst i i ntiri lif or flffi tf IK li. ! i.Noil, : the j:sf,. H,t,ijct. HAV-FEVER A .nrtfe!e isniiHi'. iiilorarh nostril and Is agreeable Ti-ii-c .Mi-i'iits at ilnti,'u'ists:lv i!i:iil.r--'Kt-ri'd tin cents ELY lUCti l ilElts, ii.,cir.'. uwii-li M.,'.New York. i UyLlrt2 Wneo sT cir 1 i!o !!. tn(An merel to loi tham for a tirn and then have them return tirain. I mean a M.hralcure. 1 hav. nia.i t!i di.-wfe li FITS, EP1L H'.SY or FALLING MCKXhSS a lifluug stndy. I rrat my remedy to cur t'.i-i wors cavs. Ilemaae Oili-ttbaro failed in no n.-.in f.r m t u--.r rveivinir a care. SendUom o :'.,r .-. 1 ri;-; :s Jud a Free Kottl ef EiTinf&lbhUremm'T KxTir,..g an I Post OiEce. BOOT. .-: .ls;:t l...rl New VrL 'The Only that rXllSi SSSS 'PiUTe from tho manufacture Leon rrinto.1 on ti.o U.lllrl.S' Favour Pkksciuption. This uarant , -fau THE QUTCmOWTH OP A VAST EXPERIENCE remedies for tbo euro of woman's peculiar matadhi. " anorded a ast experience in nicely adapting and thoroughly t.tir Dr. Pierce's F.nnr. Ite rrcscription is the outgrowth, or re-suit, of this RTcafc and valuable exnerioiiff.. Tli.nKin.ia from patent and from phveiciaiH who liai.' twsicil it in ttio more ayr-ravat!d ami oostmati caws which L.kI bafilod their Bkill, pjrove it to lai the tnijt wonderful retucilv t ver devised for t lie relief aud cure of suf fering women, it is not recommended sis a cure-ali, .t as a most perfect Sitcciuc lor woman s oeeuli.-ir i!i."iK.c as a powerful. In. visorutins toni, it imparts strength to the whole system, and to the uterus, or womb aud its appcndit)r"S, in particu lar. l-'ilP lll-iru-iiFbul h POffFRFUL Toma worn-out. "run -down," debilitated teachers, niiUinors, dressmakers, seam f tresses, sho'v-rirls," housekeepers, nurs Jriir mothers, and feeble women generaliv. JJr. I ii -rce's Favorite Prescription is tlie prcatest eartl:ly lKion, iM-inir unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic Jt promotes digestion and assimilation of food, cures nausea, weakness of stomach, lridijrpsiion, bloating and eructations of gas. j A Booh I I To Women. I tasmaKsia XSLHiLXHSTGr .Many ti:ne3 women call on their fmii,. another trom liver or kidney disease, another f Ami nervoTis t ihHb Ima?ine. one they all present alike to themselves and th -ir "ii" ild Si?r ProstraUon. am he prescribes his pills and ootu.ns. !.s,in.-' l i.Ln V'Jn"?.diffrrn or over-busy do Mrs. V.. V M rort -3 Giiv!i!mi!i EtuA ifH. "liw" rays- -Fiw Sf? was a dreadful surroreVfrorn'u VntroSSei! I laving exhausted the skill of three XhvJt eiane. f was r-nmnif.t,,!,, ...l"r!J pnjsi- Failed. alone. I bejr in lisiiiir tlie In.'.-., I t .Medical Adviser I co-nmeneed to mpmve t m," 7Tnso health had been restored, and offS- PontT?".." how T to any ono writinjf ma for thorn and li8? tlj fii!l particulars for itn!.. J ,avJ receive.! ni; '2J" . ""ipednrefo I jiavij n-eeived over fb 1 wT2lrt.fampBPe,n' ie describ.il my nv. an.i thr. iX,- l"1 I'trers. In reply y advised then todo likewise FmmV,"M' fnd ved second i.tt.r 'VuV'i? .r r h irreit mn I h. have U"-3' J .I'ni.-v-u neni to "do likewiso Viw . r"u uv ear reecived second letters of ttwnks." Rt,Hn man-T 1 nve menced tho use of 'Favorite Pcrim on hat thev had com- reoim-;.H fr.w i, nr.j:... . . . iT1,VrlPtlOn. had unf m -"icai Aaviser. na 11. ii-.inei't, so iuuy una plainly laid dnwn better already." 1 ia,a down JV-S' writef PS n.."Up"S:rrS- hifp, of Crah On-hard. Kreat d-al of I M,Jivont0 PTPtion has don7mcTa for which I took two iJ- n1 frorn xtroversion of th am now f eclin? Srito Iffi,? foclor Failed t 7: fl"oredViththwCoVHio?; 21 jv. these parts, and I p-rew worsSntn I Zt tI,e heet doctors in nsinc: your 'Favoritn Prrrintirin rete to you and beiran ''"'I w of the H;olden Mrtiea ?i;J U6od tnr bottles o?Vt SP? t,,ft 'Purwtlre Pel Iru ' itF' one naVhrif be n tlI' a?d am in better hSdth ??hJ? ?Tk and sew and in thi, world again. x 0wo ft than I ever gggjto : ' . . (Celery jornbound For The Nervous The Debilitated Ct The Aged I ORES Nervous Prostration.NervousHead- I I ache.Neuralgia, NcrvousWeakness, 0 Stomach and Liver Diseases, and all " affections of the Kidneys. AS A NERVE TONIC, It Strengthens and Quiets the Nerves. AS AN ALTERATIVE, It rurifies end Enriches the Blood. AS A LAXATIVE, II acts mildly, but rarely, on the Bowels. AS A DIURETIC. It Regulates the Kid neys and Cures their Diseases. Recommended by professional and businessmen. Trice $x.co. Sold by druggists. Send for circulars. WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietors, BURLINGTON. VT. MARVELOUS nnrnnTn DISCOVERY. Wkcllr nllk artificial nicmi Any laaracd la aae reading. Boommnded by Hakk Twin, Richard Pbocvob. Ol Scientist, Hon. W. W. Astor, Jim ah P. Bum a., ui Dr. llcwoa. . ' Cla.s of 100 Columbia Law stu- VHQF. LOISKTTK, til Elftfc A- New York. S tbESM AN WASTED! Position pernin nfiit aftvr at davs mu-cewif ul trial. The Kureka Key hole Guard, Greater Invention of the aire. Every -Uxlv uw theui. 8.' to $10 dally, easily niadeat home. Outfit mailed with Instructions on reaelpt m W eta. Kuiiire Co.. 12 Chambers St., N'ew York, iH.n.-n.iiiiiai.kw.i.'Hiiiinini $5 t S3 m 4m j. Samples worth tXSi, TCLU Lines not uuler the borse' feec Writ a Brewster Safety Rin Holder Co, Holly. Mich G OLD Is worth $S00 per lb. ettlt't Eye Sal-re u worth l,uuu. out u aula M Sc. a oox ty dealer. KERBHAHD FIFTH WHEEL Ky&Sffl bnprevrient. I1ERBKAND CO.. rremoakO. SOLDiERSi w relieved 22 venns all set Pensions. If 'i disa bled; OfJircra' travel pay. bounty collerted; Dearrtrra relieved : 22 venns rtraetlce. Suceess or no fee. Law scut free. A.W. McConaick & Son. WliliiSioji, l.C S230 A XOXTB. AgenUWanted. 90 best snll Ina articles In the world. 1 sample Free. Add ress JA Y BROXSON. Detroit. JUick. II f) IIP Tl'WV. Hook-keepln?, Penmanship, Arithmetic nUMfa Shorthand.. te..tliorou(rhlytaiiriit by mail. Clr ealanfree. BHt A.T8 t'OLLtUC, til Mtim he, BitVaU. U. T. FREE By retara man. Fall Baaarlactoa Maedr'a Jfew Taller jwm mt rw C.ui-. KOOBT 00, CiMiaaati. . PENSIONS 1 E. II. UBL to Soldiers and Heirs. 8end far dr enlars. No fee naleea mgimii fnt UEL8TUX Ac CO.. WashlnaUm. V.C 1)4 Bajilaaaa Collate, rkfia. Pa. Rttia tlona faralabed. Life aholfahlp, 40. Wrtf. V. I.. KOrCIiASSI Snor.ti arfalnal niidicily band-sewed welt i shoe fa the tvoilil, rqaals riintem made aaud-eewed (bat coat Iron 86 ta 89. L, DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. Tho only S3 SKAMLKSSl Riiiw in me world, w out tacks or nails. Firest Calf, perfect C nd warranted. Congress,. i.uiioii ana Lace, all styles toe. As stylish . and durable as those costing $j or J.ltoys ni wear trie w. I.. l'OlGLAS. 91 Mioe. NMaliiHiaSltKl called f.-r heavy wear. If not sold by your dealer write W. L. UOVGULS. Brocktea. Mass. COFYRIGUT. Ia87. 1 As a soothing and atrcugtliciilnsr nervine, Favorite rrcseriotion " ia nrw h Soothing Lt1niML I "iJ is invaluable 1 ,n auyinjy subdu sc.- . . , . . "'f nervous jcxcitabil t. irritability, exhaustion, prostration, ujsteria, spasms and other distressinir nervous symptoms commonly attendant ypon lunctioiial and orgranic disease of tin. womb. It induces reireshinir sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de spondency. tr. Pierce's Favorite Preacrip. ion is a legitimate medicine, ee!j iliMrC,m',?llndt."d b' an expcrieneed ci.d skillful physician, and adapUnl to vom.ms delicate orjfauization. It is pudy vegetable in ita composition and IK-rfectJy hartnlesa in its effects in any condition of tho svstem. In pretrnaney. "Fa vorite Prescription " is a "mother's cordial." Mother's PftnnEii I relievin,F nausea, wcak- "ouranuj ey ii) p- condition; If its use-is kept up in the 8wuuu, jt bo prepares IV 7 IB erMTi run ywk z tiTM. aPAa v4 THE WRONG DISEASE '"'-kr r " , ' h Voice I FfiOU CAUFORXIil . , - " ' "fiiiis .mur ravorite i-nt-crii".. have had n ono of these. I also had womb comidaint so l a i t"1 1 cotiid not walk two block b without the most severe pain. -' 1 h,ad ??ken yoVr 'orite Prrseription ' two inenii ?. ' r,?,'w'alk aI over the city without inconvenience. -Ml wl iroubles seem to be leaving me under the benign intlucnn-; your medicine, and I now feel smarter than for vears bcler.-. M.v p-iT8u',Ian8 tol1 me hat 1 uld not be cured, and then-fete ?"u will please accept my everlasting thanks for what vou have iVni ior me, and may God bless you in your good works."" letter, she writes: Jt is now four years since 1 took vour 'Fa vorite Prescription., and I have had no return of the l trouble I had then." xSreU-M 1 ETer Waifc-Mrg.'JOHW Stfwart. of Chi?!" rails. I rut., writes: "I wish to inform you that 1 am n v ;i -jf ' Xl.r, w??; for which I thank vour medicines. I took four . ?r the 'Favorite Prescription" and one bottle of your 'l:se- ' and four bottles of the pellets.'. All of tho bad sympto if ,. disapneaml. I do all my own work : am able to be on my 1- t aay . My friends tell me I never looked eo well." X37rhrorUe Prescription i Sold btf Druggists the f:'-rH Orerf Zarge Bottles $1.00, Si for $5.00. 'T&&?VtJen in stamps for Dr. Pierce's large. ii:u- ;:rJ xTeatise (i) papea, paper covers) on Diseases of Women. Address, World's Dispensary Iflcdlcal Assoolat: No. 663 Mala Btreet, BrrrALO, ' 1 ' viw ck. tne local therein, and were much iQEXIGANSK -wn, MEXICAN BUST CURETheOEAF i P...., Iupihtiii I r. intra rerrecny nesnr H earin g.'k" " . by cold, fercn or injorie t LU Mt, iraau lariiilile, eomforUM, Is Mtdon. Mm!, '" '., rcrt k d dlrtily- Wewlwlin Krdr, . Mtk ft.. Ultutrstwl book of praob. FtxJk O S Go o cl TLThOTtvp sor FHlMDEtPHlA" Send stamp for Catalcsis Blair's Pil!s. Oval If ox, 31 1 raand, 14 I'll is. ',' ROUGHonGATARRHs!1 worst chrome eases. I ne iualed for cturrijii i- atfectlora, foul breath, oitenslve odors, s.rrit-t j' diihiheiia, eold in the l.t-ad. Ask for !. rr I I ' C'ATAtu a.' M)c. Urusr. E. S. Weixs, Jersey O'j f. f LOOK YQuW i Ivent t nd-nf y t. - f as lone-asveii rar r - ki-s or Sfirsu J !"kin by usinjr , LEAURELLEC; Hemov.sond t k Wrinkle, and :.. 5 nr-i of I'itt-h ' f -. frw4-rves a ji-u'l'i (tliimp, fie.h co.i:::; I or trie lestur-, i moves jiimpli . t-. ' the comr-leii--!. : -t only suiwutfir.. n . tlit will arrrU i4 ,-.r ,ot I ?n4lB., t. rri. . l'm.-!s:..(,rL; - ' K l i i !., a tiij. 11 ... R. Willi Jrrj t i the system for delivery as to pmitiy lessen, and many time almost entirc-lv do away with the sufferings of that trving ordeal. ' "Favorite Pre aeripiioit-' i a positive cure fr the most complicated and obstinate cases of lcucorrlica. ct n..i(,, liowing- at monthly periods, painful men struation, unnatural suppression, prolap sus or fulling of the womb, weak Ink. lemale weakness," anteversion. rctrexer ston, bearing--down sensations, cbn nic congestion, inflammation, and ulccraticn or the womb, inflammation, pain aid tenderness in ovaries, acconipanit i "'h internal heat." Favorite PresciP" lion," when taken in con nection with the use of l'r- v i-icrce s tic.idcn 31edu-.:i i' ?- KICKEYS. I XL'-t .X Pills, cures Liver, Kidney and Madder dis eases. Their combined use also rcuevej blood taints, and atiolishes cancerous wiuiiuuus numors irom the system. :i5. vnjni-Dr.Ll ,11 wim.irii'. ' . fonna, writes: "I had been troubled aU my life with hysterical attacks and ;ar oxysms. or spasms, and pc riodual n renees of 6evere headache, but since 1 l aye i I no) 'eu-: : I 1 mm Cures tke Worst Cases, Ax 7
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