KKV. DK.TALMAGE
Thk Hk'x'Klvn Divine's Scn
iav Sermon.
Xrxr "I wi" P" "-'1 see htm before I
(5,p Genesis slv., 'J?.
,ja"ch had Ion? since passed the hundred
rear mi!-3ton'. In those tim3 people were
illttlncuiphed for longevity. In the centuries
uterward persons lived to ereat a?e. Oalen,
th.ft rrost oeleliratei physician of his time,
took jo little of his own medicine that he
)'A to 140 years. A man o undoubted
Tni"ity on the witness stand In England
swore tb.it he remembered an eveut 150 years
before. I.orl Bacon sneaks of a countess
who had 'it three sets of teeth and diet at
40ye;ir. Joseph CMe. of Pennsylvania,
lived HI years. In 1357 a book was printei
containiuK the nraes of thlrty-ssven per
Fon? who lived 140 yea if. an I the nam" of
e'e.en. persons who I've I 150 year.
t- AnionB 'he irrand old people of whom we
have rc-or I was Ja"oh. the shepherd of the
tjt. Hut he had a had lot of boys. They
Wpre leniousand ambitions and ev?ry way
iiD Tm"iple d. Joseph, however, seemed to
he an e xoeption, but he had been (fone mmy
yenr. and the probability was that he was
ri"a I. A sometimes now In a house j-ou
will find kept at the table a vacant chilr. a
riat knife, a fork, for some deceased
mem' er of the family, so Jacob kept In his
heart a plap for his beloved Joseph. There
Fiiotlieol l man. the flock of 110 years In
tliir flicht havintr a it'hted long enough to
lav" th niariis of their claw on foreheal
and ch"idi and temple. His Ions beard snows
down ever his i-hepf. His eyes are some
bnt dun. and he can see farther when they
Rrpr!ni., than when they are open, for he
ran clear t-nolc Into the time when beauti
fy I ha -hel. his wtTe, was living an 1 his chil-dr-n
hook the oriental abode with their
n;ernu!''Dt.
t- The centenarian Is sitting dreimin over
the past when he hears a wagon rumbllnjf
tcthe front door. He eets up and goes trf
the i!"or to see who has arrived, and his
'on? a' .-cut sons from Esrypt come In and
announce to him that Joseph instead of be
in? lfMd is still living in an Esyptian palace,
with nil the investiture of prime minister,
B-xt to the kirn? in the mightiest empire of
all the world! The nws was too sudden
and too lad for t he old man, and his cheeks
whiten, and he has a dazed look, and his
fal falls out of his hand, and he would
have dropped ha 1 not the sons cauffht him
and led him to a louusre and put cold water
ca face and fanned him a little.
. In that half delirium the old man mum-Me-
something about his son Joseph. He
tjy. 'You don't mean Joseph, do you
rry dear son who has been dead so long?
Veil don't mean Joseph, do you?" But after
they had fully resuscitated him and thennws
wis 'onflrmed the tears begin their winding
wiy dow n the crossroads of the wrinkles,
an I the sunken lips of the old man quiver,
and ba IriiiKs his bent fingers together as
he say "Joseph is yet alive. I will go and
fee him before I die."
Tt did not take the old mm a great while
In t"t ready, I warrant you. He put on the
tettelothesth.it the shepherd's wardrobe
could afluid. He got into the wagon, and
thoiiKh the aed are cautious and like to
ride dow the wagon did not get along fast
enough for this oil man. and when the
w il-ou with the old man met Joseph's chari
ot o:nlna down to meet him, and Joseph
trot out of the chariot anl got into the wag
on and threw his arms arouud his fat tier's
neck, it was an antithesis of royalty and rus
ticity, of simplicity and pomp, of filial affec
tion and paternal love, which leaves us so
rotn-h in doubt about whether we had better
lunch or i ry that we do both. So Jacob kept
the resolution of the text, "I will go and see
him I sfore I Tiie."
W hut a strong and unfailing thing is par
ental attachment ! Was it not almost time
for Jacob to forget Joseph? The hot suns Of
ninny summers had blazed on the heath ; the
river Nile had overflowed and receded, over
flowed und receded again and again , the
ep I had been sown and the harvest reaped ;
Ftars rose and set . years of plenty and years
of famine had passed on. but the love of
J.voh for Joseph in my text is overwhelm
ingly dramatic. Oh, that is a cord that is
not snapped, though pulled on by many de
cades ' Though wheii the little child expired
the pirents may not have been more than
twenty-Jive years of age, and now they are
event v-flve yet the vision of the cradle, and
Hie childish face, and the first utterances of
the infantile lips are fresh to-day, in spite of
the passage of a half century. Joseph was
as fresh in Jacob's memory ai ever, though
itt seventeen years of age the boy had disap
peared from the old homestead. I foun 1 in our
family record the story of an infant that had
ilied fifty years before, anil said to my
parents. ''What is this record, and what
does it mean?'' Their chief answer was a
long, deep si"di. It was yet to them a very
tender sorrow. What does that all mean?
Why, it means our children departed are ours
yet, and that cor J of attachment reaching
a.-ross the years will bold us until it briegs
us together in the palace, as Jacob and
Joseph were brought together. That is one
thing that makes old people happy. They
realize it is reunion with those from whoai
they have long been separated.
I am ofieu nske I, as pastor, nn 1 every
rtstor is asked the question: "Will my
children he children iu heaven and forever
hildren? ' Well, there was no doubt a great
change, in Joseph fro.n the time Jacob lost
him and the time when Jacob, found him
Mween the boy seventeen years of age and
the man In mid life, his forehead developed
with the cr-it business of state but Jacob
w:i tla I to get i,,.ij Joseph anyhow, and It
did imt make much differeune totheold man
whether the toy looked older or looked
ctiui.-ei. And it will be enough
ley lor that parent if be can get back
that 'n. that daughter, at the gate
"(henveii. whether the departed loved one
fhall eo'iie a cherub or in full grown angel
hood. There must he a change wrought by
that ceioti'il climate and by those supernal
'wars, hut it will only be from loveliness to
tin re loveliness and from health to more
radiant health. O parent, as you think of
'he darling panliug and white in membrane
ous croup I want you to know it will be
Furiously le tter in that land when there
has never 1 ecu a death and where all the In
hal'itants will live on in the great future as
long as ; Joseph was Joseph, notwlth
Mandingthe palace, and vour child will be
yeur child notwithstanding all the reigning
splendor of everlasting noon.
What a thrilling visit was that of the old
ft'epherd to the prime minister Joseph! I
sethe old countryman seated in the palace
looking around at the mirrors, and tbe foun
tains, unl tho enrved pillars, and. oh, how
h wishes that Kachtd, bis wife, was alive
and he could h ve come there with him to
their son in his great house! "Oh."
ays the old man within hims -I, "I do wish
niche! could be here to S"e all this!"
1 visite.t fHrmhouse of the father
of lili;ird Fillmore when the son was
''resident of the United States, and
'he octogenarian farmer entertaln
me until 11 o'clock at night, telling me
what great things h saw in his son's house
' Washington, and what Daniel Webster
"'l to him. and how grandlv Millard treated
nis father in the White House. The old
nans face was illumiued with the story
"mil almost the midnight. He had just
n visiting his son at the capital. An i I
'irposo it was something of the saint jo?
"it thrilled the heart of the old shepherd
"r 5,00,1 m ,n palace ofthe prime minis
It is a KrPflt day with you when your old
rsrents come to visit you. Your little chil
stand around with great wide opeu
pondering how anybody could be so
v i, 1 he P:,rents cannot stay, many days,
"hey are a little restless, and especially
l nightfall, because thev sleep better In
fir own hoj. but while they tarry you
- xefcow foel there is a benediction In every
-oa in th9 house. They are a little
iih Rn" -vou makfl it as easy as vou can
Hliv Wi yOU '"a"'' bf,Y m Prob-a-a'i
n0t viit ou verv o'ten perhaps never
"on go to their room after they
" retire.i Rt night to see if the lights
im i rrnr,r'y rut out. for the old people
th. ."n'1 eandle aud lamp better than
m"i"rn apparatus for illumination. In
hi lrrnr""!--. with real interest tn their
m,'.'u, " ask 'hem how they rested last
t V ""'""Ph. in the historical scene ofthe
did not think any more of his father
'"an
n ou ,lo of vour nirent The nrohabil-
tty
To'il' r they 1fnv your bon9 ta,y half
llw i Kinaness. urana-
i0. ,ran grandmot her are more lenient and
''S'nt to vour ohildr -n than they ever
ve'L"!1 vo"- Ka what wonders of re
"I1Pn !n the bombazine pocket cf the one
and the
home
whm rfc.i-1 ow: "leased Is that
aver fl I 8t,"nvPSrent9 come to Tlstt !
Whatever
architect
palace
. . '"cj came. It IS a
ih!3-thr? u t"r visit
yon i
visits
fifty
v " most memorable
w!lbi3!l?Ar9taM th 't. Those
two pictures
STi nan,? ,n tn haU of your
while memory lasts, and you will
memory w
remember
they
sat
mj luuKog, ana waere
, and what they said, and at what
figure
thev n
nrf Zui. . Bn,a at wnat "oorsill
parted with you, giving you the final
iny. tior t AmKaM.j i
of k. . 1. ...
good by,
miner
come to town and he have the man-
I f hA nAnhAi1 J m
ners
i of
come
to J u 7 nt motce''
sign
y me d in ner nat no
of costly millinery. The wife of the
?ror Theo losiu ssi.t !o .ti
Empi
she s
i said
------- iuiuij wnen
latelv
roiunmoer wnat you
were and remember what you are and
bethankful
By this time you all notice what kindl
provision Joseph made for his father, Jacob.
Joseph did not say "I can't have the old
man around this place. How clumsy he
would look climbing up these marble stairs
and walking over these mosaics! Then he
would be putting bis hands upon some of
I?!!6 'r!8coes' Teople would wonder where
that old greenhorn came from. He would
shock all the Egyptian court with his man
ners at table. Besides that he might get
sick on my hands, and he might be querulous
and he might talk to me as though I were
only a boy, when I am the second man in
all the realm. Of course be must not suffer
and if there is famine in this country and
I hear there Is I will send him some pro
visions, but I can t take a man from
Padanaram and introduce him into this
polite Egyptian Court. What a nuisance it
is to have poor relations !"
Joseph did not sar that, tint ha n.vi
to meet his father with perfect abandon of
affection, and brought him up to the palace
and introduced him to the emperor, and
provided for all the rest of the father's days,
and nothing was too good for the old man
while living, and when he was dead Joseph,
with military escort, took his father's re
"i?11..10 the fami'y cemetery. Would God
all children were as kind to their parents !
If the father nava lnroa rmnarv .i u-
be wise enough to keep it in his own name,
he will be respected by the heirs, but how
often it Is when the son finds his father in
famine, as Joseoh found .Tncnh in fumin.
the young people make it very hard for the
Old man! They are so surprised he eats
with a knife instead of a fork. They are
chagrined at his antediluvian habits. They
are provoked because he cannot hear as well
as he used to, and when he asks it over
again and the son has to repeat it he bawls
in the old man's ear, "I hope you hear that !"
How long he must wear the old coat nr th
old hat before they get him a new one ! How
chagrined they are at his independence of
the English grammar 1 How long he hangs
on ! Seventy years, and not gone yet !
Seventy-five years, and not gone yet ! Eighty
years, and not gone yet ! Will he ever go?
They think it of no use to have a doctor in
his last sickness, and go up to the drug
store, and get a dose of something that
makes him worse, and economize on a coMd,
and beat the undertaker down to the last
point, giving a note for the reduced amount,
which they never pay. I have officiated at
obsequies of aged people where the family
nave oeen so inordinately resigned to Frovi
dence that I felt like taking my text from
Proverbs, "The eye that mockethat its father
and refuseth to obey its mother, the ravens of
the valley shall pick it out, and the young
eagies snail eat it. in other words, such
an ingrate ought to have a flock of crows
for pallbearers ! I congratulate you if you
have the honor of providing for aged par
ents. The blessings of the Lord God of
Joseph and Jacob will be on you.
l rejoice to remember that, though my
father lived in a plain house the most of his
days, he died in a mansion provided by the
filial piety of a son who had uchieved a for
tune. There the oetogeuirian sat, and the
servants waited on him, and thore were
plenty of horses and plenty of carriages to
convey him. and a bower in which to sit ou
long summer afternoons dreaming over the
past, and there was not a room iu the house
where he was not welcome, and there were
musical instruments of all sorts to regale
him, and when life had passed the neighbors '
came out and expressed all honor possible
and carried him to the village Maubpelah
and put him down beside the Rachel with
whom be had lived more than half a cen
tury. Share your successes with the old
people. The probability is that the principles
they inculcnted achieved your fortune. Give
them a Christian percentage of kindly con
sideration. Let Joseph divide with Jacobthe
pasture fields of Goshen and the glories of
the Egyptian court.
And here l would like to sing the praises
of the sisterhood who remain unmarried
that they might administer to aged parents.
lhe brutal world calls these sacrificing ones
peculiar or angular, but If you have had as
many annoyances as they have bad Xan-
ippe would have been an angel compared to
you. It is easier to take care oi nve rollick
ing, romping children than of one childis i.
old man. Among the best women are those
who allowed the bloom of life to pass away
while they were caring for their parents.
While other maidens were sound asleep
they were soaking the old man s feet or
tucking up the covers around the Invalid
mother. While other maidens were in tho
cotillon they were dancing attendance upon
rheumatism and spreading plasters for the
lame back of the septenarian and heating
satnip tea for lnso nnia.
In almost every circle of our kln lreathere
has been some queen of self sacrifice to whom
jeweled hand after jeweled hand was offered
in marriage, but who stayed on the old
place becauso of the sense of filial obligation
until tho health was goue and the attractive
ness of personal presence had vanished.
Brutal society may call such a one by a nick
name. God calls her daughter, and heaved
calls her saint, and I call her domestic mar
tyr. A half down ordinary women havenot
us much nobility as could be found in the
smallest joint of the little finger of her left
hand. Although the world has stoo 1 6000
years, this is the first apotheosis of maiden
hood, although in the long line of those who
have declined marriage that they might be
qualified for some especial mission are the
names of Anna Boss and Margaret Breckin
ridge and Mary Shelton and Anna Etherldge
and Georgians Willetts, the angels ofthe
battlefields of Fair O iks an I Lookout Moun
tain and Chancellorsville, and though single
life has been honored by the fact that the
three greatest men of the Bible John and
Taul and Christ were celibates.
Let the ungrateful world sneer at the
maiden auut. but God has a throne bur
nished for her arrival, and on one side of
.bat throne in heaven there is a vase con
taining two jewels, the one brighter than the
Kohiuoor of London Tower and the other
larger than any diamond ever found in th9
districts of Golconda the one jewel by the
lapidary of the palace cut with the words,
"Inismuch as ve did it to father ;"' the other
jewel by the lapidary of the palace cut with
the- word?. "Inasmuch as ye did it to moth
er." "Over the Hills to the Foorhouse" Is
lhe exquisite ballad of Will Carleton, who
found an old woman who had been turned
iff by her prosperous sons, but I thank God
I may find in my text "Over the hills to the
palace "
As if to disgust us with unfllial conduct,
the Bible presents us the story of Mlcab.who
stole the 1100 shekels from his mother, anl
the story of Aalon. who tried to dethrone
bis father. But all history is beautiful, with
stories of filial fldeli'y. Eoaminondas. the
warrior, found his cbier delight in reciting
to his parents his victories. There goes
.fcneas from burning Troy, on his shoulders
Anchisep. his father. The Athenians pun
ished with death any unfllial conduct. Thera
goes bpautiful Buih escorting venerable
Naomi across the desert amid the howling of
the wolves and the barking of the jackals.
John Lawrence, burned at the stake In Col
chester, was cheered in the flames by his
children, who said. "O. God. strengthen
Thv servant and keep Thy rromisa And
Christ in the hour of exoruciation provided
for His old mother. Jacob kept his resolu
tion, "I will go and see him before I die."
and a little white after we find them walking
the tessellated floor or the palaoe. Jacob and
Joseph, the prime minister proud of bis
shepherd. .
I may say in regard to the most of you that
your parents have probably visited you for
the last time or will soon pay you such a
visit, and I have wondered if they will ever
visit you in the King's palace. "Oh." you
say, 'I am in the pit of sin !" Joseoh was in
the pit "Oh." vou say, "I am in the orison
. tninnifV i" Josenh was once in pri
son. "Oh. you say. "I didn't have a fair
chance. I was denied maiernai Kimnm:
Joseph was denied maternal atten lance.
"Oh " vou sav. "I am far away from the
land'ot" inv nativity !" Joseph was far from
i bome "6hC. Tou sar. vl-have been be
trayed and exasperated !" DlcTnot Joseph's
brethren sell him to a passing Ishmaelltish
earavan? Yet God brought him to that em
blazoned residence, and If you will trust His
grace in Jesus Christ you, too, will be em
paaced. Ob, what a day that will be when the old
folks come from an adjoining mansion in
heaven and find you amid the alabaster
pillars ofthe tbroneroom and living with the
King ! They are coming up the steps now, '
nd the epaaletel cuard of the palac
rushes in and says "Your father's coming !
Tour mother's coming !" And when under
the arches of precious stones and on the
pavement of porphyry you greet each other
lhe scene will eclipse the meeting on the
5oshea highway when Joseph and Jacob
fell on each other's neck and wept a good
while.
But, ob, how change 1 the old folks will
ie ! Their chek smoothed into the flesh of
i little child. Their stooped posture lifted
'nto immortal symmetry. Their foot now so
'eeble, then with the sprlghtliness of a
hounding roe as they shall say to you. A
ipirit passed this way from earth and told
js that you were wayward and dissipated
ifter we left the world, but you have rs
pented, our prayer has been answered, and
you are here, and as we used to visit you on
sarth before we died now we visit you in
your new home after our ascension." And
lither will say. "Mother, don't you 6ee
Joseph is yet alive?'' And mother will s ty.
'Yes, father. Joseph 13 yet alive."
And then they will talk over their
earthly anxieties Jn regard to you, and
the midnight supplications in your
behalf, and they will recite to each other th
old (Scripture passage with which they used
to cheer their staggering faith. "I will be a
God to thee and thy seed after thee." Oh,
lhe palace, tbnp'ilaee. the palaoe ! That is
what Richard Baxter called "The saints
everlasting rest." That is what John Buv
yan called the "Celestial City." That is
Young's "Night Thoughts" turned into
morning exultations. That is Gray's "Ele
gy In a Churchyard" turned to resurrection
spectacle. That is the "Colter's Saturday
Night" exchanged for the Cotter's Sabbath
morning. That is the shepherd of Salisbury
Elains amid the flocks on the hills of
eaven. That is the famine struck Padana
ram turned into the rich pasture fields of
Goshen. That is acoh visiting Joseph at
the enteral! castle.
Left a Rich Prize Astern.
A prize which may have been worth
$50,090, wasleft astern by the schooner
Martha T. Thomas, which arrived at
the Delaware breakwater the other day
from Mantanzas, says the Philadel
phia Kesor J. Captain Smith passed a
dead whale, over sixty feet long, off
Hatteras. The dead fish bore no ovi
di'nc of violence, and death wa prob
ably caused by the presence of am
bergris on the intestines, causing the
loss of all vitality and ending in a
swelling of the body similar to that
caused by a dropsicnl affection of the
human race. Ambergris gives buoy
ancy and prevents the sinking of the
carcass until decay.
The latest market quotations for
ambergris, according to cable advices
from French perfumers, who use it in
making fine perfumes, is $50 per
ounce. In an ordinary whilolike that
Been by the Thomas, there is often
found 600 or more pounds of amber-
The Chinese have a god for every
disease and a sod for every accident
A MIRACLE IN VERMONT.
THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF
A HELI, KNOWN CHELSEA NAN.
trirken with Iararahle Disease maf
ret Cured. His Personal State
ment In Detail.
(from the Argus and Patriot, MoHlpelier, VI.,
This is an age of progress and everything
that hails the advance of new ideas for the
goo 1 of humanity is hailed with delight.
It is the province of newspapers to watch
for strange events or phenomena of any kind
and to immediately investigate a reported
case out of the line of regular community
happenings. So when the story of Mr.
George Hutchinson, of Chelsea, Vt., and
bow he had been raised from a bed whore he
lay stricken with a supposedly incurable dis
ease was told, the Argus and Patriot de
tailed a reporter to look up the reported
racts of the case, to whom Mr. Hutchinson
made the following statement.
"I am a native of Massachusetts, a wood
worker by trade, and forty years of age, and
for the past fifteen years have been working
in various sawmills in Vermont and Massa
chusetts. Eight years ago I moved from
Bradford to Chelsea and bought the sawmill
of which I am now proprietor. I was in per
fect health and known throughout Chelsea
and vicinity as one of the strongest men or
my weight in that section. December 10th.
1892, 1 was hurt bv a piece of flying board as
I was at work in the mill. After that, I be
gan slowly to lose my strength and became
incapacitated for work or effort of any kind.
The seat of my trouble seemed to be my
back, but it gradually extended downward.
I consulted all the local physicians and was
treated by two of them, but the medicines
they administered were not of the slightest
avail and did not check the disease in the
least. In fact, I was a miserable victim of
locomotor ataxia and was conscious of a
steady advance of the insidious disease. My
back ached continually and my legs began
to grow numb and to be less and less usable.
By the 15th of April I could absolutely do
nothing and was scracely able to stand. My
physicians advised me to go to the Mary
Fletcher Hospital, at Burlington, to tie
treated, and I took their advice. When I
left home my friends bade me good-bye,
never expecting to see me alive again. The
physicians at the hospital told me that my
case was a serious one, and I was complete
ly discouraged. I remained at the hospital
seven weeks and took the medicines which
the doctors gave me. I felt better at the hos
pital and thought that I was recovering, and
went home to continue their treatment,
which I did for two months, and also had an
electrio battery under their advice. The im
provement, however, did. not continue, and
1 began to give up hope. August 1st, 1893, 1
could not get out of my chair without as
sistance, and if I got down upon the floor, I
could not get no alone. About this time I
chanced to read an account of the wonderful
curative powers of Or. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People in cases similar to my own.
I did not have any faith In the Pills, but
thought a trial could do no harm, so I
bought some without telling anyone what I
was going to do. After I had been taking
them some time I surprised myself by get
ting out of my chair without assistance, and
found that, for the first time in months, I
was able to walk down to the postoffloe, and
my neighbors began to discuss the marked
improvement in my health. As I continued
the medicine I continued to improve, and
soon recommenced work in the mill, at first
very lightly, and increasing as I was able
and as I gained in health ana spirits, and
now for the past three months I have been
working ten hours per day almost as stead
ily as I ever did. I feel well, eat well and
sleep as well as I ever did, and I nave no
pain anywhere."
The reporter talked with several other
eentlemen in regard to the case ot Mr.
Hutchinson, who is a well known citizen ot
Chelsea and a Justice of the Peace, and they
corroborated his statements as far as they
were familiar with the case and stated that
he was known to be a reliable man, and any
statement he might make would be entitled
to entire credence.
An analysis of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
shows that they are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Titus' dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the af
ter effects of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, alt
forms of weakness either In male or female.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, (50 cents
a box or 6 box for $2.50 they are never
sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr.
Williams' Medicine Comnanv, Schenectady,
n. y. .. "
The Sandwich lLtft.
The London sandwich men are a dis
tinct class peculiar to the great metro
polis. They are the peripatetis who
advertise the latest novelties in thea
tres or wardrobes, and they spend
their lives, so to speak, between the
boards. They are for the most part,
broken-down folk, who have lost other
employment through evil habits; bnt
there are some of a better class who
are thoroughly respectable and trust
worthy. They are selected by bill
posting agencies, which make a busi
ness of supplying employers, and the
applications are always in excess of
the demand. A general election is al
ways a time of harvest to the sandwich
men. In Liondon at a Parliamentary
election as many as a hundred of them
have been employed by each candidate,
and an instance is mentioned by the
Graphic where "each side sedulously
sought to make the sandwich men who
were proclaiming the virtues of the
opposition candidate digracefnlly
drunk. Both sides succeeded, and
two hundred drunken sandwich men
were on exhibition that day in the con
stituency, to the amusement of the friv
olous and the horror of the serious
minded among the lieges." The pay
on election days is doubled, and hence
if four hundred men are required at
least eight hundred can be had. A
nobleman, a member of an old British
family, recently won a wager by pa
rading Picadilly as a sandwich man,
dressed in a shabby coat and battered
hat. Frank Leslie's Weekly.
The Sword of Ethan Allen.
The sword of Ethan Allen, pre
served in the National Museum at
Washington, is an old-fashioned blade
about twenty-seven inches fa length
and slightly curved. The handle is
made of horn or bone, and is some
seven inches long. The mounting is
of silver,' marked with gold, but tho
latter is partially worn off. A dog's
head of silver forms the end of the
handle, and from this to the guard
runs a silver chain. On one of the
silver bands of the venerable leathern
scabbard is the name "Ethan Allen"
engraved in large letters ; on another
band, 'E.' Brasher, maker, N. York ;"
while on a third band appears the
name "Martin Voaburg, 1775." Phil
adelphia Ledger.
The existence of only two copies or
the first edition of the "Pilgrim's
Progress," which was issued in 1673,
are known. Both are in Emdand.
It Is Not
What We Say
But whnt Hood's Sarsnparilla does that tell
the story. The great volume of evidence in
the form of unpurchased, voluutary testimo
nials prove beyond doubt that
parilla
Be Sure to Get X&S
Hood's
Hood's Pills cure habitual conBtipatioa
BIDE
Hoys' and Girls" 2t-26-m.,cuhfon tires
Beauty for FJoys, 24-in., enshion tire .
Prize, convertible, 21-ln., enshion tires .
Iters' Diamond. 2i!-ln., cushion tires . .
Prize, convertible, 26-ln., enshion tires .
Blizzard, boys, ?4-ln., pneumatic tires
Girls' Diamond, 26-in., pneumatic tires
Boys' Diamond, 26-in., pneumatic tires
Youths" Diamond, 28-in., cushion tires
Kxcel C, boys", 24-in., pneumatic tires .
Excel D, girls', 21-in., pneumatic tires .
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40.00
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Tornado, youths', 26-in.. pneumal k- tires, 50.00
Queen Mab, misses", 26-in., pneumatic
tires 60.00
Excel A, youths', 2-iti., pneumatic lires . 70.00
Excel B, misses', 26-in.. pneumatic tires, 6A.OO
Slortet 1C, 30-iii., cushion tires, gents'. . . 55. OO
Model 4C, 29-ni., enshion tires, ladies' . . 55. OO
Model 7C,2S-iii.,cttsliloiitires,convertible 55.0O
Model IT, 30-iii., pneumatic tires, gents' . 60.00
Model 4P, W- in., pneumatic tires, ladies. 60.00
Model 7P, 23-in., pneumatic tires, con
vertible 60.00
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"Have yon ever noticed how certain
callings in life seen to impress them
selves on the faces as well as the gait
of those who follow them?" asked
John H. Smalley, of Providence, R
L "We can understand how the sailor
cannot discard his rolling walk when
on shore, and a peculiarity of gait is
noticeable in the jockey, the cowboy
and the trainman for the same reason.
But how can the facial characteristics
observable in some craftsmen be ac
counted for? The tailor has a dis
tinctive type of face. I think it is due
to the fact that he works his jaws in
time with Ms shears. Watch one cut
ting a piece of cloth, ani you will see
that the jaws and shears keep exact
time. Nearly all jockeys and gro.im
have a peculiar set of the mouth and
chin, which gives to the physiogno
mist an unfailing index to their call
ing. The drill sergeant shows com
mand in the mouth and eye ; the
horseman shows it in the eye. The
brakeman has a visage cf his own ; bo
has the locomotive engineer, the ma
chinist, the cobbler, the molder, al
most all craftsmen, iu short The
professional gambler has a marked
face. The crook cau be told by his
facial characteristics ou sight by a
skilled detective, anl some expert
thief-takers can come nearly telling
what particular lay he works, whether
ho is a sneak thief, highwayman, pick
pocket, burglar or confidence man."
St L mis Globe-Democrat.
THE DISCOVERY OF AEXEfHCA
by Columbus brought
enlightenment to the
world. Kew fields of
enlightenment in this
century are in the lines
ui science, ine triumph
of Conservative Surg
lerv is wiIl lllnsfntt
'by the feet that
RUPTURE Er
teaWtf cured without the
trnifo oni m-i.l......
Clumsy, chafing trusses
- . curt uui oiu-n ln-
.?! Innm matlon. strangulation and dratb.
TUMORS. Ovarian. Fibroid (Uterine) and
,""'' many others, are now removed
without the perils of cutting- operations.
PILE TUMORS howevrr 1ar Fa
i 11.1. iwkiuiic, and other disesses of the
lower powcl, are permanently cured without
pnin or resort to tho knife.
STONE !n the Bladder, no matter bow
' ' large. Is crushed, pulverized, washed
out and perfectly removed without cutting.
STRICTURE of "T Passage ia also
w uni. removed without cutting in
Hundreds of cases. For pamphlet, references
and particulars, send 10 cents (In stamps)
& r,difL?toPeosarf Medical Association,
663 Main Street, Buffalo. N. V.
iGEXTS wanted snd lyr. f.r sample. panl-n!rn.
I The Kim Remedy Co.. ISA E. 3Jd Si.. N. V. CH :
Twe "Lightning Calculators."
The late George Bidder, at the ag3
of eight year3, could answer almost
instantaneously how many cents
there would be iu auy sum under SI, -000,000,000.
Zerah Coburn wa3 an
other lightning calculator of the same
generation. While yet a small school
boy he was asked to name the square
of 999,999, which he instautly stated
to be 999,998,000t001. To further il
lustrate his powers he multiplied the
above sum by 49 and the product by
the same number. lie once calculate I
the cube root of 413,9) J,3 13, ?77 in
exactly five seconds. St. Louis 'Republic.
.Ja .VJ
LOVELL!
DIAMOND
THE BEST. ALWAYS IN THE
The Lightest, Strongest and Most Durable Wheels M&da
A Wheel That You Cart Place Confidence fa.
As 4 Hifl Climber It Is Teerlesa A a Roedstat It Has Nf Equal
As a Racef It Is Saperior.
THEY STAND WITHOUT A RIVAL.
WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Did you ever know a Tidcx of a Lovell Diamond who wxuld
exchert&e hit wheel for any other t
The riders of the Lovell Diamond, novr and b lie past, are
tfietr fcest advertisers.
ABE THE UNIVERSAL FAVORITES. J
A Lot of Jxcortd-Hand Wheels for Sale Very Low With Them a Few Preunatica for Ladies j
and Gents at the Lew Price ot $45.00 Each.
pREE.-4QfPage Illustrated Catalogue. Send 10 cents inmmTrlu''""
aMaaaa This new Mammoth Catalome. which ii worth full, ten times the txrU "1 firm H, Wnsr-ates rrl
gives prices of a " tbrrusnd and one useful and desirable articles lh not Uil to send for out.
AcenHea for the Lovell Diamonds are In Nearly Kvery City ami Town. Call and He Them. If n Agent
in Vour i lncc. Send to IT.-
JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,
Dealers in Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes, Guns, Rifles. Cutlery, Fishing Tackle.
A Full Line cf Base Ball and Sporting Goods cf Every Description.
147 Washington Street BOSTON, HASS. 131 Broad Street.
Agents Wanted in nil Cities
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Govt Report
' ln ftossiaa tioveriaent has appointed a
Court ot Honor to relate dueling la the
army.
OVER FIFTY. TEAKS OF SUCCESS.
Natnfclc t'arerr at Ike J aha P. l.evell
A rata i'aataaar
For over half a century the John P. Lovell
A rms Co. has been lonke 1 to as an authority
on sportim? roods. a:id no one who ever hd
IrtitMirss (it-aline wit h tin well known firm
hasrver had cause to conilain of unfair treat
ment. After S5 suTessful yean this hona is now
known throughout the country, and the very
mention of the name John P. I.-vpll Arms Co.
is f nnnvm of I nteely and reliability.
John I. Ijovell. Ibe founder of the Company,
nltliomcli 4 )eaT4 oid, is invariably at his desk
every day t overlook the rapidly increasing
besinesK.
No sharp practice in Ir.vie can be laid up
atfaiiit him. Hisrer-ord for honesty and in
tegrity is irreproachable.
ForlmiHtely, Mr. Ijovell his some sturdy and
boinrxslike Mint whom he early associated
with him.
Col. lien tamin S. l.ovell. who i endowed
with raie business ability, tills the portion of
treasurer of the Company in a inoft thorough
manner. Hpi attached to the (iovornor of
Massachuvtt-. M.iff. as was he from 1) tt
ISM'; wax aitle-d. -c.imp to lien. Johu C. Robin-,
t-on in t-CT-lRT. and wrved on staff of (fell.
Ki-e!l A. Alger in l, and with Uin. 1'almer
in IW.
Thos. I. Ixjvell anl H. U 1,-iveU are the
Colonel's valuable assistants in keeping the
Company to the front.
Tim John P. LoveU Arms Company hava
every facility w hich money, a thorough knowl
edge of the huHtne, ami the greatest skill
mechanii-m ran produce to make the "Lovell
Diamond" the best bicycle in tho world.
Fvery year tince its first appearance this bi
cycle has been improved, until now it is nu
surpasbed in point of material, workmanship,
finish, safety, Fpce.l, beauty and easy running
qualities.
Not only is the iie of the Lovell iJiamoud
fcecominn more widespread in thir. touniry,
but foreign ilealerj are not slow in recogniiunt;
tbe merit of this machine.
The "Lovell Diamond" has tbe field, and it
lias already demonstrated that it is the king
of bicycle.. As the mountains of New Eng
land stand for nil that is substantial in ha
ture. eo doe ih John V. Lovell Arms Com
pany represent all that is solid and perma
nent in the business world. .Boston Hrrabl. .
T Tux District of Columbia has over 11,000
more women than men.
WANTED to loan money to e w? body ; to t:0C;
ft p. c. liitttrest; easy parmeoti: I'ms death bsn
et t for old and young not exceeding $VSJ; roM SI.
Send s amp for particulars. A ireiit wanted. Mu
tual Benefit AsHM-tatHtn, Klcnmond, Va. Jo:ah Hy
land, Jr., Pre-, (ic. And. of Va.i
Treated frf a.
.itiJ, nana
.th Trfhl. '
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d ety thfwt,
1 cav pro-
. Trm first df;ewr",'p'1vd'srr.
I fvo-thirrli of all svmftctr rt mttm-Kl.
oraiJIs of iw.!til'.irt FREE.
11 PAYS TREATMtBT rURRICHIO FREtbymail
Cmaimptlvee and people
wbo have weak Innti or A (ta
na, should nH Ptao'sCnr for
ConanmpUoa. It has ewrea
lk..iuB. It aaa not Injur
ed on. It Is not bad to take.
It is tb J Nt ooagh ayro a.
Bold everywhere. Sac
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BICYCLES.
ard Towns where we have bob
PURE
American Watches as Good as Any.
Some folks still believe that only
the Swiss watch is to be depended
npon, but retail watch dealers say that
the best American watches are as good
as any. The most expensive Swiss
watches have a more complicated ma
chinery than American watches, and
it is more difficult, therefore, to have
them properly repaired in this eottu
try than the American watch. New
Jork Sun.
The Laaiee.
Tbe pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladles may nse the California liquid lax
ative. Syrup of Fig, under all conditions
makes it their favorite remedy To get the
true and genuine article, look for the name of
the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near the
bottom of the package.
Tax population of Chattanooga, Tenn., isj
8423 leas than in 1892.
Haifa Catarrh Car
Is taken internally. Trice 75c
Tmi total wheat area this year is 35,180,000!
acres, against 88,601,000 last year. -j
Karl's Clover Root, the great blooi purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation, 23 cU., 5t its., fl.
It Is probable that the corn pack will be)
considerably reduced the present season. J
If afflicted with aoreeyen ne tr. Isaac Thomp
son's Ere water, Druggists sell at J5c per bottle
$I2td$35
Caa kessaae w.rhlac few
a. yard prafarrad wha eaa
furaish a Dora, and lral
A WEEK
throngfe la. aoaatrri a Isanw
faoaaa, la aot pniarv. A
raw vacaaolM la town aot
exceulloaal opportunity for proAtabla euf
a orawal. 8ra Boors mar be aa1 to (onri adraa
tag. R. F. JOIIKMOI V CO.,
11th aaa Mala bla., KtchaaaaA a
W. L. Dcuclas
0J CUrtET ISTHCBCST. .
V) WnWiasNOBQUCAniNa.'
5. CORDOVAN,
FRENCH& ENAMELLED CALF
FlNECALf &KAN6ARQ!
3.?POLICE.3SOL?.
2.l7JBOYSSCHO0liH0E3l
LADIES
uf,(nAiieLa(.
BROCKTON, MASS.
Tea eaa save money by weariag the
W. L. Deatlaa 83.00 Shoe,
ftecnaae, we are tha largest manufacturer, of
this grade of shoes la the world, and guarantee their
Tains by stamping the name aaa price on tha
bottom, which protect you against high prices and
tbe middleman's profits. Our aboea equal custom
work la style, easy fitting and wearing qualities.
We have them sold everywhere at lower prices for
the value given than any ofhr make. Take no sub
stitute. If your dealer cannot supply you, we caa.
H N U.- .18
Cur Aim It it Snl I'f AiJn.
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Mod.l 1. Hn.ln., cushion tires, gntls- . . 70.0O
Model , ." In., rut, bion tires, Luties' . . . 70.00
Modfl . M-ln ensbion tires, convertible 70.00
Model J. an-hi.. pneumatic tires, gents' . 75.00
Model . 2H-ln , pnciim.tlc tires, ladlfS" . 75.00
M'h I !. Z-m.. pnen. tires, convertible . 75.0O
Moikl IO.".fl-3fl-ln.,pnetirostictrres.geiits 90.00
M. riVI 1 1. 2 :i-ln.. pneumatic tires, gents 90.00
Model 12. an-ln.. cushion tires, (rents . . . Hrt.OO
Mo.lcl I. -JS-Iim h. pneumatic ttres. Isdies OO.OO
Model 14. 2-ln., cu.l.km tires, ladies' . . KS.OO
ModH li. 2-m.. pnenmntic tires, conver-
t.iie eo-on
M'H 16. JH-In-, cushwra tire.. etjiivertilile rlft.OO
Model 17. 58-In., pneumatic tires, track
mcer . . . . ' I25.0O
Model 17. VH-in.. pneumatic llrrs. sml-
racer HM.Ot
Model 1. 2 auh. pneom.itic tires. luM
r.adier 11. LOO
Mod! P. 2-in.. pneumal le tires, full
rosdtfer 1
Mod"! Ji. JS- in., reeumarlc tires, ladies' 1 1 5.0
Model 2I.TH.m., pnen. tires, convertible . 1 15 OO
Giratje, in., pnenuatic tlts 15.00
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