RB7. DR. TALUA.GE.
fTDE BROOKLYN DIVINES SUN
DAY MORNING DISCOURSE.
Euttfecti "The Baring Look."
. Text: "Looking unto Jems.' Hebrews
xu,, z. . . .
In the Christian life Tve must not go slip
hod, This world was not made for ns to rest
in. In time of war you will find around the
streets of somo city, far from the scene of
eon aire, men in soiUierr uniform, who have
right to be away.' They obtained a fur
lough and they nre honestly and righteously
off duty; but I have to tell you that in this
tfi ; . i . t . . i i .
viu isunu wnuici, oeiween tue ursi moment
. when we enlist under the banner of Christ,
and the last moment in which we shout the
victory, there never will be a single instant
. ....... " - " mMm tww.i&uv w w v. L UUVJ
Paul throws all around this Christian life the
excitements of the old Roman and Grecian
- games those games that sent a man on a
fana w i t K mnK utiwtnk
i w. " tat . autu Mm BUVIVU VI ut i w
. and muscle, that sometimes when
ne came tip to ine goal, he dropped
down ( exhausted. Indeed, history tells
us that there were cases where men came up
and only had strength just to grasp the
goal and then fall dead. Now, says this
apost le, making allusion to those very games,
we are all to run the race, not to crawl it,
tot to walk it but 'Tun the race set before
us, looking unto Jesus," and just as in the
olden times, a roan would stand at the end
t of the road with a beautiful garland that was
to be put around the head or brow of the
successful racer, so the Lord Jesus Christ
stands at the end of the Christian race with
the garland of eternal life, and may God
grant that by His holy spirit we may so run
as to obtain.
The distinguished Welliston, the chemist,
wa3 asked where his laboratory was, and the
Inquirers expected to be shown somo large
apartment filled with very expeusivc appara
tus; but Welliston ordered his servant to
.bring on a tray a few glasses and a retort,
nd be said to the inquirers: 'That is all my
laboratory. I make all my experiments with
those." Sow. I know that there are a great
man j who take a whole library to express their
'theology. They have so many theories on ten
thousand things; but I have to say that all
niy theology is compassed in these three words ;
' Looking unto Jesus," and when wo can
understand the height and the depth and the
length and the breadth and the infinity and
: me immensity or mat passage we can under
stand all.
, I remark in the first place, we must look to
Christ as our personal Saviour. Now, you
know as well as I, that man is only a blasted
ruin of what he once was. There is not so
much difference between a vessel coming out
of Liverpool harbor, with pennants flying
and the deck crowded with good cheer, and
the guns booming, and that same vessel driv
ing against Long Island coast, the drowning
passengers ground to pieces amid the timbers
of the broken up steamer, as there is be
tween man as he camo from the hands of
God, equipped for a grand and glori
ous voyage, but .afterward, through
the pilotage of the devil, tossed and driven
and crushed", the coast of the near future
strewn with the fragments of an awful and
eternal shipwreck. Our body is wrong. How
, easily It is ransacked of disease. Our mind
is wrong. ' How hard it is to remember, and
how easily to forget The whole nature dis
ordered, from the crown of the head to the
sole of the foot wounds, bruises, putrefying
sores. "All have sinned and come snort of the
glory of God." "By one man sin entered
into the world and death by sin,
ATlfi i BA Hsvaf.H hfle nn., nil
men for that all have sinned.' There
is in Brazil a plant they call tho "murderer,"
for the simple reason that it is so poisonous it
kills almost everything it touches. It begins
to wind around tho root of the tree, and
coming up to the branches reaches out to the
ends of the branches, killing the tree as it
goes along. When it has come to the tip end
of the branch the tree is dead. Its seed fall
to the ground and start other plants just as
murderous. ,
' And so it is with sin. It is a poisonous
plant that was planted in our soul a long
while ago, and it comes winding about the
body and the mind and the soul, poisoning,
poisoning, poisoning killing, killing, killing
as it goes. Now, there would be no need of
my discoursing upon this if there were no
way of plucking out that plant. It is a most
inconsiderate thing for me to come to a man
who is in financial tiouble and enlarge upon
his trouble if I have no alleviation to offer.
It is an unfair thing for me to come to a man
who is sick and enlarge upon his disease
if I have no 'emedy to offer.
But I have a right to come
to a man in financial distress
or physical distress if I have financial re-enforcement
to offer or a sure cure to propose.
Blessed be God that among the mountains of
ur sin there rolls and reverbrates a song of
salvation. Louder than all the voices of
bondage is the trumpet of God's deliverance,
founding. "Oh, Israel, thou hast destroyed
thyself, but in Me is thy help." At tho
barred gates of our dungeon, the conqueror
knocks and the hinges creak and grind at
the swinging open. The famine struck pick
up the manna that falls in the wilderness
and . the floods clap their hands, saying:
."Drink, oh thirsty soul, and live for
ever," and the feet that were torn and
deep cut on the rocky bridle path of sin
now come into a smooth place, and the
dry alders crackle as the panting hart
breaks through to tho water brooks,
nn1 frid fart!- Ttirrltf i Via cnul fuffrine
t crow gray with the morning, yea to
purple, yea to flame, from horizon to
norison. me turneries or temptation sil
enced. Troubles that fought against us
captured and made to fight on our side. Not
as a result of any toil or trouble on our
part, but only as a result of "Looking unto
Jesus." "But what do you mean by "'Look
ing unto Jesusf " some one inquires. I mean
faith. "What do you mean by faith?" I
mean believing. "What do you moan by
believing?" I mean this: If you promise to
do a certain thing for me, and I have con-
fklenco in your veracity if you say you will
give me such a thing and I need it very
raudi, I come in confidence that you are an
. honest man aud will do what you Bay. Now,
' the Lord Jesus Christ 6ays: "You are iu
need of pardon and life and heaven, you can
bave tnem if you come and get them."
You aayj "I can't come and ask first.
I am afraid You won't trim it tn mtv"
- Then you are unbelieving. But you say: "I
will come and ask. I know, Lord Jesus,
Thou art in earnest about this matter. I
- come asking for pardon. Thou hast prom
ised to give it to me, Thou wilt give it to me,
Thou hast given it to me." That is faith.
Do you see it yet? "Oh," savs some ono, "I
, can t understand it." No man over did,
without divine help. Faith is the gift of
God. You say: "That throws the responsi
bility off my shoulders." No. Faith is the
gift of God, but it comes in answer to prayer.
. , ', ' All over plortous Id my Lord
- ' He niu.it foe loved aud yet adored;
Ills worth i. -.. ihe nations know,
;.. a Sure the whole earth would love Him, too.
T iqi vt p a rnin fliAf ... m ... .4- 4 T ,
as an example. Now, a mere copyist, you
know, is always a failure. If a painter go to
a portfolio or a gallery of art, however ex
quisite, to get bis idea of the natural world
from these pictures, he will not succeed as
well as the artist who starts out and dashes
the dew from the grass and sees the morning
jmt as God built it in the clouds, or poured it
- rpou the mountain, or kindled it upon the
sen. Ixp1e wondered why Turner, the
famous English painter, succeeded so
well in sketching a storm upon the
ocean. It remained a wonder until it
wns found out that several times he had boon
lashed to the deck in the midst of a tempest
and then looked out upon the wrath of the
sea, and coming home to his studio, he pic
tured t he tempest. It is not the oopvist who
Mictwta, but. tlw man who confronts the
natnrnl tvorlti. ho if a man in literary coru
jinwU'Mi rc' lvpg that ho will imitate tho
wi(OMt,n"-s (f VI lison, or the merged vior
f ("rrh I t-r x'0. weirwlness of fmraw. nr
U:7 i "-'vie of Ralph Waldo F.nrr-
or), i. , ; Lot succeed as well us
that man who cultures lii own na
tural style. What is true in this
respect s is true in respect to char
acter. There were men who were fascinated
with Lord Byron. lie was lame and wore
a very large collar. Then there were tens
of thousands of men who resolved that they
would be just liko Lord Bvron, .and they
limped and wore large collars, but they did
not have any of his genius. You cannot suc
cessfully copy a man whether ho is bad or
good. You may take the very best man that
ever lived and try and live like him, and you
win mate a failure. There never was a
better man than Edward Pavson. Manv
have read his biography, not understanding
that ho was a sick man, and they thought
they were growing in grace because they
wore growing liko him in depression of
spirit. There were men to codv Cowner.
the poot, a glorious roan, but sometimes
afllicted with melancholy almost to insanity.
The copyists got Cowper's faults but none of
his virtues.
There never was but one Being fit to copy.
A few centuries ago He came out through
humble surroundings, and with a gaitand man
ner and behavior different from anything the
world had seen. Among all classes of people
Ho was a perfect model. Among fishermen,
He showed how fishermen should act. Among
taxgatherers, He showed how taxgatherers
should act Among lawyers, He showed how
lawyers should act. Among farmers
He showed how farmers should act.
Among rulers, He showed how rulers
should act. Critics tried to find
in His conversation or sermons some
thing unwise or unkind or inacculate:
but they never found it. They watched Him,
oh how they watched Him ! He never went
into a house but they knew it, and they knew
how loner Ho staved, and when He came out
and whether He had wine for dinner. Slander
twisted her whips and wagged her poisoned
tongue anu set ner traps, out could not catch
Him. Little children rushed out to get from
Him a kiss, and old men tottered out to the
street corner to see Him pass.
Do you want an illustration of devotion.
behold Him whole nijjhts in prayer. Do vou
want an example of suffering, 6ee His path
across Palestine tracked with blood. Do you
want an example of patience, see Him abused
and never giving one sharp retort. Do you
want an example of industry, see Him with
out one idle moment. Do you want a speci
men of sacrifice, look at His life of self de
nial, His death of ignominy, His sepulcher of
humiliation. Oh what an example! His feet
wounded, vet He submitted to t.hn -ioiirnpv
His back lacerated, and yet He carried tho
cross. Struck, Ho never struck back again.
tonaemnei, yet no rose nigher than
His calumniators, and with wounds
in His hand and wounds in
His feet and wounds on His brow and wounds
in His side. He ejaculated : "Father forgive
thorn, they know not what they do." Ah,
my brethren, that is the polo by which to set
your compass, that is tho headland by which
to steer, tuat is tue ngne Dy which to kindle
your lamps, that is the example that wo
ought all to follow. How it would smooth
out the roughness in our disposition, and tho
world would be impressed by the trans
formation and would say: "I know what is
tho matter with that man, he has been with
Jesus and has learned of-Him.
Alexander was going along with his army
in Persia and the snow and ice were so groat
that the army halted and said: "We cau't
march any further." Then Alexander dis
mounted from his horse, took a pickax, went
ahead of his army and struck' into tho ice
and snow. The soldiers said: "If he can do
that we can do it," and they took their picks
and soon the way was cleared and the army
marched on. So our Lord dismounted from
His glory, and through all icy obstacles hews
a oath for Himself and a path for us, saying:
"follow Me! I do not ask you to go through
any suffering, or fight any battles where I
do not lead the way ! Follow Me !"
Again I remark, that we are to look to
Christ as a sympathizer. Is there anybody
in the house to-day who does not want sym
pathy? I do rot know how any one can live
without sympathy. There are those, how
ever, who havo gone through very rough
paths in lif o who had no divine arm to lean
on. How they got along I do not exactly
know. Their fortunes took wings in somo
unfortunate investment and flew away. The
bank failed and they buttoned np a penniless
pocket. Ruthless speculators carried off tho
fragments of an estate they were twenty
fivo years in getting with hard work.
How did they stand it without Christ?
Death came into the nursery and thoro was
an empty crib. One voico less in the house
hold. One. fountain less of joy and laughter.
Two hands less, busy all day long in sport.
Two feet less to go bounding and romping
through the hall. Two eyes less to beam with
love and gladness. Through all that house
shadow after shadow, shadow after shadow
until it was midnight. How did they get
through it? I do not know. They trudged
the great Sahara with no water in the goat
skins. They plunged to their chin in the
slough of despond and had no one to lift
them. In an unseaworthy craft they put
out into a black Euroclydon.
My brother, my sister, there is a balm that
cures the worst wound. There is a light that
will kindle up the worst darkness. There is a
harbor from tho roughest ocean. You
need and may have the Saviour's sympathy.
You cannot get on this way. I see your
trouble is wearing you out body and mind
and soul. I come on no fool's errand
to-day. I come with a balm that can
heal any wound. Are you sick? Jesus
was sick. Are you weary? Jesus was weary.
Are you persecuted? Jesus was persecuted.
Are you bereaved? Did not Jesus weep over
Lazarus? Oh, yes, like a roe on the mount
ains of Bether Jesus comes bounding to your
soul to-day. There is not one passage of
Scripture, every word of which is a ueart
throb: "Uome unto me, all ye who are
eood: iast my
He will sustain thee." Oh, there are groen
pastures where the heavenly shepherd leads
the wounded and sick of the flock.
The Son of God stands by the tomb of Laza
rus and will gloriously break it open at the
right time, Genesaret cannot toss its waves
so high that Christ cannot walk them. Tho
cruso of oil will multiply into an illimitable
supply. After, the orchard seems to havo
been robbed of all its fruit, the Lord has ono
tree lert, full of golden and ripo supply. The
requiem may waii with gloom and with death ;
but there comeih after a while a song, a
chant, an anthem, a battle march, a jubilee,
a coronation. Oh, do you not feel the breath
of Christ's sympathy now, you wounded
ones, you troubled ones? If you do not, I
would like to tell you of the chaplain in the
army who was wounded so he could not walk,
but he heard at a distance among the dying
a man who said : "Oh, my God !" He said to
himself: "I must help that man though I
can't walk."
So he rolled over and rolled through his
own blood and rolled on over many of the
slain, until he come where this poor fellow
was suffering and he preached to him the
comfort of the Gospel, and with his own
wound he seemed to soothe that man's
wound. It was sympathy going out to
ward an object most necessitous, and
one that he could easily understand. And
so it is with Christ, though wounded all
ever Himself, He hears the cry of our
repentance, the cry of our bereav
ment. the cry of our poverty, the cry of our
wretchedness, and He savs: "I must go and
help that soul," and He rolls over with
wounds in head, wounds in hands, wounds in
feet, toward us, until He comes just where we
are weltering ia our own blood, and He puts
His arm over us and I see it is a wounded
arm, and it is a wounded hand and
as He throws His arm over us I hear Him
say: "I have loved thee with an everlast
ing love."
Again, we must look to Christ as our final
rescue. We cannot with these eyes, however
good our sight may be, catch a glimpse of
the heavenly land for which our souls long.
But I have no more doubt that beyond the
cold river there is a place of glory and of
rest, than we have that across the Atlantic
Ocean there is another continent. But tho
heavenly land and this land stand in mighty
contrast. This is barrennfss and tbatvver
dure. These shallow ftrams if earth Which
a thirsty ox miht drink dry, or a mule's
hoof trample into wiro, compared with the
bright, crjstalii.-.e riv.r from under the
throne, on the banks of which river the ar
mies of heaven may rest, and into whose clear
flood the trees of life dip their branches,
These instruments of earthly music, so
easily racked into discord, compared with tho
harps that thrill with eternal raptures, and
the trumpets that are so musical that they
wake the dead. Those streets along which
we go panting in summer heat or shivering
in winter's cold, and the poor man carries his
burden and the vagrant asks for alms, and
along which shuffle the feet of pain and want
and woe, compared with those streets that
sound forever with the feet of joy and holi
ness, and those walls made out of all manner
of precious stones, the light intershot with re
flections from jasper and chrysolite and
topaz and sardonyx and beryl and emerald
and chrysoprasus.
Oh, the contrast between this world, where
wo struggle with temptation that will not
be conqtiered, and that world where it is per
fect joy, perfect holiness aud perfect rest!
Said a little blind child: "Mamma, will
I be blind in heaven?" "Oh, no, my dear,"
replied the mother, "yon won't be blind iu
heaven." A little lame child said :
"Mamma, will I bo lame in heaven f
"No," she replied, "yon won't be lame
In heaven." Why, when the plainest
Christian pilgrim arrives at the heaveuly
gate it opens to him, and as the angels
come down to escort him in, and they
spread the banquet, and they keep festival
over the august arrival, ana Jesus comes
with a crown and sajrs: "Wear this," and
With a palm and says: "Wave this," and
points to a throne and says: - 'Mount this."
Then the old utizons of Aenven come around
to hear the newcomer's recital of deliverance
wrought for him, and as the newly arrived
soul tells of the grace that pardoned and the
mercy that saved him, all the inhabitants
shout the praiso of the King, crying: "Praise
Him! Praise Him!"
Quaint John Bunyan caught a glimpse of
that consummation when he said: "Just as
the gates were opened to let in the man, I
looked in after them, and behold the city
shone like the sun: tho streets were also
paved with gold and in them walked many
men with crowns on their heads, and golden
harps to sing praises withal. And after that
they shut up tho gates, which when I had
seen I wished myself among them."
DR. TAiJlAGE'S APPEAL FOR AID.
On the morning of the day on which the
foregoing sermon was to have been delivered
by Dr. Talmage, his church, the Brooklyn
Tabernacle, was completely destroyed by
fire. Dr. Talmage has issued the following
appeal for aid to all his friends throughout
Christendom :
To the People:
By a sudden calamity we are without a
church. The building associated with so
much that is dear to us is in ashes. , In be
half of my stricken congregation I make ap
peal for help, as our church has never con
fined its work to this locality. Our church
has never been sufficient either in size or
appointments for the people who come. We
want to build something worthy of our city
and worthy of the cause of God. We want
$100,000, which, added to tho insurance, will
build what is needed. I make appeal to all
our friends throughout Christendom, to all
denominations, to all creeds and those of no
creed at all, to come to our assistance.
I ask all readers of my sermons in the world
over to contribute as far as their means will
allow. What wo do as a Church depends
upon the immediate response made to this
call. I was on the eve of my departure for a
brief visit to the Holy Land, that I might be
better prepared for my work here, but that
visit must be postponed. I cannot leave until
something is done to decide our future. May
the God who has our destiny as individuals
and churches in His hand appear for our de
liverance. Response to this appeal to the people may
be sent to me. "Brooklyn, N.Y." and I will,
with my own hands, acknowledge the receipt
thereof. T. Du Witt Talmage.
A TABERNACLE IN ASHES.
Dr. Talmage's Ulg Church in Brook
lyn, New York, Burned.
The ffeL"3ous Brooklyn Tabernacle, of which
Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage is pastor, was, for
the second time in its history totally destryed
by fire. At 2. 15 o'clock A M. a policeman
discovered fltmM issuing fromthe small win
dows over the main entrance, and, rushing
to the nearest signal box, ssnt in an alarm.
The firemen found the Are had assumed large
proportions, aui additional alarms, calling
all available apparatus, were at oocj sent in
It became evident that the edifice was doom
ed. It burned like a tinder box, and the fl . e
men, despairing of saving it, directed their
efforts to the adjoining property.
But while thi tirem ;n and policeworked for
the salvation of property and persons, the
doomel church buihiing was being rap'dly
consumed, and in an hour's time only totter
walls remained. Dr. Talmage was on the
scene soon after the first alarm, and did not
leave until he had seen theedffico, whic i bad
been his pride, laid ia ashes. Then he re
turned sorrowfully home. All day crowds
visited the spot and gazed upon the ruins.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The sex
ton of the church denies tho rumor that fires
had been lighted in the furnaces, and thus
exyloies the defective flue theory. Edison's
men were in the building until 5 P. M. ar
ranging a new electric plant,and it is thought
that during the thunder shower which pre
vailed during the night lightning had been
carried into the building by the wires they
introduced and which ran arouod the gallery
about on a level with where the flames were
first seen.
The loss on the church bulldinj, including
the organ, which was one of the tinest in the
country, is $ 50,000. It is said to be covered
by insurance in a number of companies. The
building was of fourteenth century Gotbio
Hrchitecture, and was dedicated February 22,
1874. It was of brick, with stone trimmings.
with a frontage of 150 feet and a depth of 113
feet, to which h"d recently been added an
extension 60 feet w de and i2Jdeep. The seat
ing capacity was 2,800, and it was always
fully taxed at the Sunday services. The pre
vious structure, which was built of curru
gated iron, was destroyed by lire on Sunday
morning, December 23, 1S73, which was also
of unexplained origin. The losses on adjoin
ing property are small.
APPOINTED TO OFFICE.
Several Judicial and Internal Reve
nue Appointments Made.
The President has appointed John 8. Bug
bee, of California, to be United States dis
trict judge for tho district of Alaska, and
George W. Bartch, of Utah Territory, to bo
judge of probate in the county of Halt Lake,
Utah Territory.
Joseph P. Throop, of Indiana, to be col
lector or internal revenue for the Seventh
districtof lndiaua; Michael Kerwin, of New
York, to be collector of internal revenue for
the Second district of New York; Lynne S.
Metcalf, of Missouri, to be appraiser of mei
chandiso for the port of St. Louis; Charles
F. Wenneker, of Missouri, to be collector of
internal revenue for the 'irst district of
Missouri.
The Secretary of the Treasury bas
made the following appointments in the
internal revenue service; Aram V. Miller,
storekeeper and gauger. Twelfth Pennsyl
vania; Charles D. Wells, gauger, Twelfth
Pennsylvania; Thos. H. Ljgun, storekeeper,
Twenty-third Pennsylvania; Otto A. Stoltz,
gauger. Twenty-third Pennsylvania; John
T. Slush. T, gauger, Sixth Virginia,
a J
A hornless Texan steer, which had escaped
from a slough tar house, created greatexci'
meni in the vicinity of Madison Square, New
York. After tramping a number of Xiopls
under foot, and causing a panio amour wo
men and children iu the square, the. animal
was Nilled by twelve policeman. wh. fuxd at
him from a site distance. One is ,ot fired
from a window at tb steer teriouMy wound
ed b&Qb&teu, a baker,
"War 1ft the Postofflce. 1 ,
Several years ago-when -John S.
Thurston, the "well-known Republican
leader of Nebraska, was stumping the
State in an important campaign, says
the New York Tribune, he included
its extreme western part, then a decid
edly wild region, in his cirouit. He
was proceeding by stage to Sidney one
day when they stopped at a little sta
tion to change horses. While this im-
Sortant operation was going on, a large,
etermined-looking man, whose most
conspicuous article of clothing was a
big revolver, approached the . stage
catitiously, and, while occasionally
glancing nervously at a smaU building,
some hundred yards away, with a large
sign of "postoflice" on it, he inquired
for Mr. Thurston. That gentleman
made himself known, and thvi stranger
said :
"You speak down at Sidney to-night,
I hear."
"Yes, I expect to."
"I reckon I'll come down with my
partition and do a little work."
"What is rour petition for?" in
quired the judge.
"The postoflice up there," and the
man pointed at it with his thumb.
"Is there good prospect that you
will get it?"
"You bet I'm sure of it, but I lowed
a few more names wouldn't do no hurt.
When I get it there's goin' to be dog
gondest biggest change you ever seen
in a small place."
"How's that?"
" Why, I ain't had a letter out o' that
air office for over two years."
"Why not?"
"The dinged critter that has it now '
pays he will shoot me on sight, and you
bet he'd do it, too, so I lay mighty low.
When a letter comes fer mo he nails it
to the door, shoots it full of holes, sends
word fer me to come and get it, and
watches fer me out o' the winder."
'How comes ho to have such a dis
like for you ?"
"Claims I stole one of his steers. I
didn't touch none of his steers till he'
hooked two o' my calves, and I can '
prove it. But jess you wait till my
commission gets here and I get bold of
that office, ill wad the hrst letter
that comes fer him into my shotgun and
lire it down the well. Just wait a lit
tle, jedge; he'll find that I can pound
stamps with one hand and cover the
front door with a tix-thooter with the
other jess as well as he can. My name
is old Jim White, and you bet when
I've got my boots on I can tie up the
Eastern mail with teeth and hold a gun
on the gen'ral deliv'ry and money
order winder both at the same time.
Old Jim White an't no rabbit when it
comes to ho'.din' a gover'ment position
an' looking out fer his rights."
The Drend Unknown.
A patrolman on Bivard street came
along lo a gioeery on his beat about
eleven o'clock the other night, and
found a large w aterrnelon on the plat
form; Mhile, leauing against a post a
short distance away, was an aged col
ored man. The street was deserted,
and the officer could not understand
what kept the melon and the negro
apart.
"Isn't that a temptation to you?" he
asked the man.
"I dun reckon it is, boss. I'ze bin
lookin' at dat mellyun fur de last half
hour."
"And why didn't you take it ?"
"Bekase, sah, I'ze had some 'speri
ence wid white folks in my time.
Might possibly be dat de grocer dun
forgot to take dat mellyun in when he
closed up, but it's a good deal mo' pos
sibler dat he poured in a dose of jalap
an' left it out yere to be walked off
wid."
"But how are you going to know?"
"Dat's what makes my heart ache,
boss. If de mellyun ar' all right, den
I'ze lost a golden opportunity. Jf it's
bin dosed, den I hain't bin played fur
a sucker. It's de osartinty dat's kept
me around here till my knees ache an'
I feels like hevin' a chill." Detroit
Free Prens.
Dark, the sound of many voices
Jubilant In gladest s n ,
And full m-tny a nuurt rejoices .
An the chorus floats along:
44 Hail th Favori e Prescription.'
How the happy voices blend.
44 Wonderful beyond description
Woman's best and truest friend.
Well may it be called woman's best friend,
f inoo it does for her whtt no other remedy has
been hi to d. it cures all those delio ite de
rangements and weaknesses peculiar to fe
male. Cures them, understand. Other pre
parations may aiford temporary relief, tut Dr.
ricroo s Favorite Prescription efTerts a perma
nent curt. It is guaranteed t do this, or the
money paid for it will be promptly refunded.
It is the great remedy of the age.
The worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter of how
long standing, is permanently cured by Dr.
Bage's Catarrh Hemedy.
Virt ue is Hb own reward, and no questions
ask id.
Is hellered to be caused by poisonous miasms aris
ing from low, marsbp loud, or from decaying veg
etable mattsr, and which, breathed Into the lungs,
enter and poison the blood. If a healthy condition
of the blood 1b maintained by taking Hood's Saraa
parJUa, one Is much less liable to malaria, and
Hood's Saraaparnia bas cured many severe cases of
this distressing affection.
N. B If yon decide to take Hood's Sftrsaparilla
do not be Induced to buy any other.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
BoW by all druggist. $1; sir for $5. Prepared only
by C. L HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mast.
IOO Doses One Dollar
OPIUM
HABIT. Only Certain
easy C 17 IMS In the World. Ir.
J. L. BTEril KK 8, Lebanon, O
PEERLESS PTES AS'.'ftgSS
li i ii r Btr D'ft riant latu
PENNYROYAL PILLS
nre uia Biway miai. khiic
red. miMtc Wft, mled with bltw t
, . V: nt. a n Kiiia y
ninwa. ilic win cr . y
ia pfctibrt&rd boie. pltok wrapper. "r
(pttnpt) for particular. frtlmeralt anl
fcKelieT for LudlM," in Utter, kj rctar
anil. Nam Pmptr.
I prewrtbe and fq'ly en
dorse Big ii as th only
specific fort he certain cure
of this disease.
a. H.1HOKA HAM, Mi !.,
to DATS.
J auM iuiaai. m Ameteraam, i. Y.
I r a irb Cjs We nave wild Bi g G for
1 . many years, and It hi
trvn Ctelc ;- , i v7 the best of bo.us-
CUu?'iMtf " taction.
i- . . : Chicago, III.
1,00. SoWtylTKb':'1
iU alalia
Not enjovmont and not sorrow '
Is our destined end or wavj
,: But to act that each to-morrow
, Find ua farther than to-day.'
Tha sentlmeutso aptly expressed by the poet
ought to sound like a trumpet lo every el uggluu
soul, and animate them to new and vigorous
efforts to Improve their condition. To all thoso
who have tho desire to press forward, but w ho
are not sure of the way, we say, write to B. .
Johnson Co., Richmond, Va, and they will
be of service to you,
A man must, be pretty sick ot work when
he throws up his jon.
Did ycu ever go within a mi'o of a soap fac
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soup r. Dxt-bins's Electric Soap factory b as
f vm from odor a chair factory. Try it once.
Ask your grocer for it. Take no imitation.
The man who ia rlht Is se'dom left.
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Mild, equable climat?, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun
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dress Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, Portland. Ore.
The blacksmith welds iron with sealing
whacks.
Many imitate, none equal. "Tanslll'B
Punch'' America's finest 5c. C.gar.
Some strong holes Safe deposit vaults.
Ely's Cream Balm
is the best remedy for chil
dren suffering trom
COLD in HEAD
OR
CATARRH.
Apply Balm Into each nostril
L bbob.. M Warren St., N. k".
SMITH'S BILE BEANS
Act on the liver and bile, clear the complexion, cure
biliousness, sick headache, costivenesn, malaria and
all liver and stomach disorders. The small size are
most convenient for children very small and easy
to take. 11-106 of either size 25c. per bottle.
A panel size PIIOTO-IJIIA VlJREof the above
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When you see one? Know
whether he is free from Spavin,
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troubles to which Horses are
liable?
And if you can detect imper
fections, do you know how to
treat the animal so as to do
away with the trouble and thus
freatly increase, the value of the
orse?
Do you even know the prefer
name of the different parts of .
the animal, such as Pastern,
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hive learned by experience that the only waterproof
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changed at once to an ordinary coat. Jost try
one, they cost but little and will prevent colds,
overs, rheumatism, and oiher retulte to exposure
to the weather. Beware of worthiest imitations,
every garment stamped with Fish Brand ' Trade
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