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T1AGE' SERMON. SALUTATION FROM TILE CHARIOT, The Searching question: "Is Thine Heart Right." TEXT: "Is thine heart right ?"-II. Kings X., 15. With mettled horses at full speed, for h-' was celebrated for fast driving. Jehu. the warrior and king, returns from i-attle. I:ut seeing Jehonadaib. an acquaintance, by the wayside, he shouts "'Whoa: whoa" to the latiered span. Then. leaning over to Jehon adab, Jehu salautes him in the words of the text-words not more appropriate for that hour and that place than for this hour and place. Is thine heart right; I should like to hear of your physical health. \Vell myself, I like to have everybo I- else well; and so :ight ask: Is your eyesight right, your hearing right, your nerves right, your lungs right, your entire body right? But I am busy to (lay taking diagnosis of the more important spiritual conditions. I should like to hear of your financial wel fare. I want everybody to have plenty of morey, ample apparel, large storehouse, and comfortable residence. And I might ask: Is your business right, -our income right, your worldly surroundings right: But w hat are these financial questions compared with the inquiry as to whether you have been able to pay your debts to God: as to whether you are ruining yourself by the long credit sys tem of the Foal! I have known n.-n to have no more than one !oaf of bread at a time. and yet to own a government bond of heaven worth more than the whole material un verse. The question I ask you to-day is not in re gard to your habits. I make no inquiry about your integrity, or your chastity, or your sobriety. I do not mean to stand on the outside of the gate and ring the bell: but coming up the steps I open the door and come to the private apartment of the soul: and with the earnestness of a man that must give an account for this day's work. I cry out: - 0 man, U woman immortal, is thine heart right:" I w : not insult you by an argument to prove. nat we are by nature all wrong. If there be a factory explosion and the smoke stack be upset, and the wheels be broken in two, and the engine unjointed, and the pon derous bars be twisted, and a man should look in and say that nothing was the matter. yon would pronounce him a fool Well. it needs no acumen to discover that our nature is all atwist and askew and unjointed. The thing doesn't work right. The biggest trouble we have in the world is with our souls. Men sometimes say that though their lives may not be just right, their heart is all right. Impossible: A farmer never puts the poorest apples on top of his barrel: nor does the mer chant place the meanest goods in his show window. The best part of us is our outward life. I do not stop to discuss whether we all fell in Adam, for we have been our own Adam, and have all eaten of the forbidden -frtj-andhave ben turned ont of the para dise of holiness and peace: and though the eamino sword that stood at the gate to keep us outhas changed position and comes behind to drive usin, we will not go. The Bible account of us is not exaggerated wnen it says that we are poor and wretched and miserable and blind and naked. Poor: the wretch that stands shivering on our door step on a cold day is not so much in need of bread as we are of spiritual help. Blind: why, the man whose eyes .erished in the powder blast, and who for these ten years has gone feeling his way from street to street, is not in such utter darkness as we. Naked: why, there is not one rag of holiness left to hide the shame of our si. Sick: why, the leprosy has eaten into the head and the heart and the hands and the feet, and the maras mus of an everlasting wasting away has al ready seired on some of us. First we need a repenting heart. If for the last ten, twenty or forty years of life we have been going on in the wrong way it is time that we turned around and started in the opposite direction. If we offend our friends we are glad to apologize. God is our best friend, and yet how many of us have never apologized for the wrongs we have done Him: There is nothing that we so much need to get rid of as sin. It is a horrible black mon ster. It polluted Eden. It killed Christ. It has blasted the world. Men keep (logs in kennels, and rabbits in a warren, and cattle in a pen. What a man that would be who would shut thema up in his parlor. But this foul dog of sin, and these herds of transgres sion, we have entertained for many a long year in our heart, which should oe the clean est, brightest room in all our nature. Out with the vile herd: Beyone, ye befoulers of an immortal nature: Turn out the beasts and let Christ come in. A heathen came to an early Christian who had the reputation of curing diseases. The Christian said: "You must have all your idols destroyed." The heathen gave to the Chris tian the key to bis house, that he might go in *and destroy the idols. He battered to pieces all he saw, butstill the man did not get well. The Christian said to him: "There must be some idol in your house not yet destroyed." The heathen confessed that there was one idol of beaten gold that he could not bear to give up. After a while when that was destroyed, in answer to the prayer of the Christian the sick man got well. Many a man has awakened in his dying hour to find his sins all about him. They clambered up on the right side of the bed, on the left side, and over the headboard, and over the footboard, and horibly devoured ~the souL Bepent: the votee ce~estial cries, ~5~ Nor longer dare delay : .The wretch that scorns the mandate dies, And meets a fiery day. Again, we need a believing heart. A good many years ago a weary one went up one of the hills of Asia Minor, and with t wo lo--s on his back cried out to all the world, offering to carry their sins and sor-rows. They pur sued him. They slapped hint in the face. They mocked him. V. hen he groaned they groaned. They shook their fists at him., They spit on him. They houndel him as though he were a wild beast- His healing of the sick, his sight giving to the blind, his mercy to the outcast silence I not the roveng of the world. His prayers and benedictions were lost in that whirlwin:1 of e-tecratio.,, Away with him! Away with him! AhI it was not merely the two pieces of wood that he carried; it was the transg'res sions; ot the race, the anguish of the ages, the wrath of God, the sorrows of hell, the stu 'ndous interests of an unending eternity-. to wonder his back bent. No wonder tlie blood started from every pore. No wonder that he crouched under a torture that made the sun faint, and the everlasting hills tremt -.ble, and the dead rush up in their windling sheets as he cried, '"If it be possible, let this cup pae-. froma axe.- but tne cup did not ~pass. None to comfort. -There he hangs! What has that hand done that it should be thus crushed in the -palm? It has been healing the lanme and wiping away tears. What has that foot been doing that it should be so lacerated: It has been going about, doing good. Oif what has the victim been guilty: Guilty of saving a world. Tell me, ye heavens andI earth. was there ever such anothier crimninal! Was there ever such a crime: On that hill of carnage, that sunless day. amoid those howling rioters. may not your sins and mine have perishedi I believe it. Oh. the ransom has been paid. Those arms of Jesus were stretched out so wide that when Ho br-ought the-:n together again they might embrace the world. Ob, that I might, out of the blossoms of the spring, or the flaming foliage of the autumn, make one wreath for my Lord! Oh. that all the triumiphal arches of the world could be swung in one gateway. where the King of Glory might como' in! Oh, that all the harps and trunots antd or gans of earthly music might. in one anthemn, speak his praise! But what were earthly flowers to him who walketh amid the snow of the white lixies of Heaven! What were arches of earthly man sonry to him who hath abouit his thronme a rainbow spun Out of everlasting sunshine! What were all earthly muts'e to him when he hundred and forty and four- thousand1 on ce side, and the chet-ubim. and seraphim. nd archangels stand on the other side. and 1 the space betwveen is filled with the dox logies of eternal jubilee-the hosantna of eemed earth, the hallelujah of unfallhn gels, song after song risintg about the hrone of God and of the Lamb. In that au-e, high place, let him hear us. Stop: arps of heaven, that our poor cry may be leard., Again, in order to have a right heart it ust be a forgiving heart. An ol writer vs: "To render good for evil is God like: lo'od for good is man like; evil for good devIl ike." V. hich of these natures have wve. Christ will have nothing to do with us as angas we keep any old grudge. We have bencheated and lied about. There are should come down to poverty and disgrace. they would say: "Good for him: Didn't I I tell you sof' 'They never have understoo d us, and never will. They do not understand u<. Unsanctitied human nature says: '\Wait till you get a good crack at him, and when at last you find him in a tight plac give it to him. Flay him alive. No <luarter. Leave not a rag of reputation.. Jump on him with both feet- Pay him in his own con-sarcasi for sarcasm, s:orn for scorn, abuse for a'u-e." But. my friends, that is noit the right kind of heart. No man ever did so Imlean a thing toward us as we have done toward God. And if we cannot forgive others, how can we exueet God to forgive us: Thousands of men have leen kept out of heaven by an unfor gving heart. here is sonic one -ho says: "I will forgive that man the wrong he did me about that house and lot: I will forgive that man who overreached me in a bargain: I will forgive that man who sold me a shoddy overcoat: I forgive them all-all but one. That man I can not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keep my hands off of him. If my going to Heaven (iends on my forgiving him, then I will stayv o;t." Wrong feeling: If a man lie to n' one, I am not called to trust him again. If a man betray me once, I ant not called to put contidence in him again. But I would have no rest if I could not offer a sincere prayer for th? temporal and everlasting wel rare of all men, whatever meanness and outrage they have inflicted upon mI. % if you want to get your heart right, strike a match and burn up all your old. gru !ges and blow the ashes away. "If von forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses." An old Christian black woman was going along the streets of New York with a basket of apples that she had for sale. A rough sai:or ran against her ai"' upset the basket. andh stood back expecting to hear her scold fri...:fully: but she' stooped down and .picked u:i the aples and said: "God forgive you, my son, as I do." Ti' sailor saw the meanness of what he had done and felt in his pocket for his money. and insisted that she should take it alL Though she was black he called her mother and said: "Forgive me, mother: I will never do anything so mean again." Ah! there is a power in a for giving spirit to overcome all hardness. There is no way of conquering men like that of bestowing upon them your pardon, whether they will accept it or not. Again, a right heart is an expoet:nt heart. It is a poor business to be building castles in the air. Enjoy what you have now. Don't spoil vour comfort in the small hous be cause you expect a larger one. Don t fret about your income when it is :; or 4 per day because you expect to have after awhile ;10 per dayor $10.0.'t a year, because you ex pect it to be :-0,t000 a year. But about heav enly things, the more we think the better. Those castles are not in the air, but on the hills, and we have a deed of them in our posss sion. I like to see a man all full of heaven. He talks heaven. He sings heaven. He prays heaven. He dreams heaven. Some of us in our sleep have had the good place open to us. We saw the pinnacles in the sky. We heard the click of the hoofs of the white horses on which victors rie. ani the clap ping of the cymbalsif eternal triumph. And while in our sleep we were glad that all our sorrows were over, and l urdens done with, the throne of God gr-,w i h:ter. whiter and whiter, till we opened our eyes and saw that it was only the sun of the earthly morn ing shining on our pillow. To have a right heart you need to be till-d with this expec t-ny. It would make your privations and annoyances more bearable. Soie talk of heaven as though it were a handsome church, where a few favoredi spir its would come in and sit down on finely cushioned seats all by themselves and sing psalms to all et 'rnity. No. no. "I saw a great multitude that no man could number standing before the throne. He that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and it was 1: 0)0 furlongs"-that is, 1,500 miles in circumference. Ah! heaven is not a little colony at one corner of God's do minion where a man's entrance depends upon what kind of clothes he has on his back and how much money he has in his purse. but a vast empire. God grant that the light of that blessed world may shine upon us in our lact moment. The roughest time we had in crossing the ocean was at the mouth of Liverpool harbor. We arrive I at nightfall and were obliged to lie there till the morning waiting for the rising of the tide before we could go up to the 'ity. How the yes-el pitched and writhed in the water: So sometines the last illne of the Christian is a stiggle. ie is almost through the voyage. The waves of temptation toss the soul, but he waits for the morning. At last the light daiwns and the tidies of joy arise in his soul and he sails up and casts anchor within the veil. Is thy heart right! What question can comipare with this in importance.' It is a business question. Do you not realize that yoa will soon have to go out of that store: that you will soon have to resign that partnership: that soon among all the millions of dollars' worth of goo Is that are sold im New York you will not have th-' handling of a yard of cloth.or a pound of sugar. or a p.?n nyworth of anything: that soon if a confla g-ation should start at Central Park and sweep everything to the Ittery, it would not disturb you: that soon if every cashier should absecond, and every insurance com p any should fail, it wvould not affect you? What are the questions that stop this side the grave compared with the .questions that reach beyond iti Are you making losses that are to be everlasting! Are you making pur chases for eternity! Are you jobbiing for timte when you might be wholesaling for eternity? What question of the store is so broad at the base and so altitudinouts and so overwhelming as the question: "Is thy heart right?" Or is it a domestic question ? Is it some thing about father, or mother, or companion. or son, or daughter, that you think is coat parable with this question in importance? Do you not rc:Gize that by universal and inexor able law all these relations will be broken up? Your father will be gone, your mother will be gone, your companion will be gone, your child will be gone, vou will be gone: and then this supernal ques'tion will begoin to harvest its chief gains, or deplore its worst losses, roll up into its mightiest magnitude, or sweep its vast circles. What difference now docs it make to Napoleon III whether he triumpThed or surrendered at Sedan? whether lie lived at the Tuileries or at Chiselhurst: whlether he was Emperor or exile? They laid him out in his coffin in the dress c-f a tield nmarshtal. D)id that give him any better chance for the next world than if ~ he hail bieen laid out in a plain shroudi And seon to us what will be the difference whether in this world we rode or waiked, were bowed to or maltreate1I, were applauded er hissed at, were welcome-d in or kicked out, while laving hokl of every mo meut of the great future and burning: in alt the splendor of grief and overarchitng and undergoing all tiuie ant all eternity is the plain, simple, practical, thrillin;:, agong .n; overwheming question: "Is thy heirt rigat Have you within you a ret entant heart, an expectant heart? If not i must wvrite upon our soul what George Whitefield wrote pon the window pante with his diamond ring. He t.-rried in an elegant house over night, but found that there was no Gods recognized in that house. Be-fore lie left his room in the morning with his ring he wrote upon the window pane: "One thing th~ou lackest" After the guest was gone theC housewife came up and looked at the wvin dow and saw the inscription and called her husand and her childt'en, and Goid. thirou--b that ministry' of thle window glass. b rought them all to .Jesus. Though you mayv to-day be surrounded by comfor:s andl luxuries. ail feel that you 'have nieedl of nothing. if you are not the children of G;od, withi the signet ring of Christ's love, let min scribe upon your sois: "(One thing thI ackest." I pray you that. whlatever' else vo may miss, you may not miiss heiven. Iti too bright a home to hio,. Y'our soul has been bought at to-) dear a pri *e. I rpreatch to on of th-e blood that ceins--th from ali in Casting all your sins bhinid you, I b-g of ou to starut this morning for the kingdom Y es "vou say, "I will start, but not now W.illaia IlI made proclamation. n hen there was a revolution in the north of Scotland. that all w-ho came and took the oath of alle gance by the :;tst of D~ecember should be pardoned. Macian. a chi--ftan of a pronmi net clan, resolveid to return with the rest of the rebels, but had sonme pride in bieing the very last one that should take the oath. He postponed starting for this purpose until two days before the expiration of the term. A snow storm impeded his way, and before he got up to tak'e tne oatn ana receive a paraon from the throne the time was up aid past. While the others were set free. SMacIan was miserably put to death. He started too late and arrived too late. In like mnanncr some of you are in prospect of losing forever the amnesty of the Gospe-l. 31any of you are going to be forever too late. Rtemember the irrear'able mistake of 31aclani: THE library. furniture, etc.. of the late King Ludwtg, of Bavaria. at Linid-nhoif, whih cost $l1.000, haive just lbeen sI-i for 64000. His c'arrlage's and sleighs have been sold to a circus manager, and i erani GOPHER HOLLOW CORRESPO\D ECE. 1:Y A. eERES F'RITeI. ( FER HOLLER, Illinoy. Misteor Ed:adittur: )EEu Srn-I have hed my Hands sc full uv pressin dooties laitly, that I coodnt find no time for tu Indulge my taiste fer litterairy pursoots; Els Ide a rit a letter ti yoor Papre afore this. Too wood naterally spose that a man like Me, whats been so obvyusly faverd by prot idens with all them Uriivant and Engagin ewalitis what is kalkilated ier tu maik Him okkipy a Promenent persishun in the komunety,' yoo wood Naterally spose, I say, that setch a man wood Endevver fer tu Bust thrue them sliackels what onkind fate Has bin a chainin his Inteleckt down With. yu mite Recko:i, too yuse a figger uv speach. that setch a man Wood shaik his maine like a r. tsted lyon and, with Flari Iballs and heevin chest, make a dive fer the hale fence what onfaver abel sircumstances has bin erectin rite acrost the rode uv his kareer, and wh::t is a henderin the Bose uv his mind from unfoldin and Blossunin out as it orter. Setch however is not the Case, or Leastways, even ef a man did fist round Niliddlin lively, a Tryin tu kleer away the Bale fence afoursaid, the chances air that his Endevvers woodnt be crownd with no sucksess. and that he Wood so tu speck, cum out uv the littel eend uv the Horn. the tallented and faimous french Liter, Mical Angeelo, kn wed what he was taukin about when he sed: I tell yoo what, Horashio, thare is sum things betwickst hevven and Airth what us fokes haint got no neshun uv in our filosifv. Now, I clame wone of them things is the Wether. what ken be moar onexplainabel than the drouth we have bin faverd with, goin on 4 months? And its jest this saim drouth whats kept me from ritin so fur. The pertater Bugs has got tu be took stricktly in hand and made tu kno Whoo is the lord uv the sle. in them dry seesons all the varmint whats Ordiuarilly bad enuf, is 10 Times wuss nor yoosuel. It taiks konsidderahel time and work fer tu karry out this undertakin. Then nioast wells and sisturns up our Way has giv out. and thei wimmin fokes is a clam merin fer water tu wash with and mop ilores and setehlike. It keaps , p ia feller trottin back and farrards, tu and from Mud Laik. evvrv day. Seti manyooel labur as the abu. ~ r menshuned, fils up my Leshure - hours tu overflow in. Tu top o.l with,the old wum m a n is enjoyi iniserabel ielth St h i s summer; whitch maiks her extry cross. But as I konsider it my bounden dooty as skule Dereckter and Path master, to go ahed and set a shinin eeksampel tu My naburs and feller sittisens, in evvry thing in the Intclleektooel and Edgo kashunel line; I have took my freed Mosus ( rumbelbee's advise. Ses lie tu me. !aitly, with a thortful Eckspreshur hoverin acrost his kountinance: -1)an yell, even ef it cums rutther oncon venient, konsider yoor dooty and per sishun amung"t us. Hoo is thare hear abouts thiat ken do enny Thing fer the mentil elevashiun uv the masses, of tant J'anyell Green?" themns the words lie 'sed and thay went strate tu mav Hart and konshenee. Acting uonh's ad'ise, I detarmined tu rite sum l'oatry for the (ofer Holler Demn ikratie Bugle Horn, and my Efforts took so amaazinlv with the refined klass uv the reedin ~publiek, that I kon klooded tu faver your papre with sum uir it. I inclaose a fue stanzers whitech 1 giv yoo P urmishun tu print intu yoor valooable papre. hieare thay go: THLE iUnoVTIT. Evury nite the cows cum ihoami a bellerin fur watur. caus thay hed tu go dry in tho raster a good d-.el longer than tatiyd orter. I'm ure f~u set fn l'ei iiarcifuli andt givmn the critters plenty uv water. atho I say it myself, what hadenit orter. DIa an 1ease is feelin uinkumifortabui fer The "ardeni -ins Aint prosperini as it orter, ovar av. v p.u ken see the fokes startin fer theo laik 'er bairri!s uv water7. W ic iti hre lio.,ty, anid 1.hay aint doin no .car than they orter. inerthe thur-1. The~ Hi anmd harly krop is a faley-ure, owin tu But I reckon .s,:tn' uv thiem. is a kuttin thare 1f-a Cule thanm they orter. cans' it i do nrw sumn imear, , ' We shood hap p.. ti git sum1 w.ater. We air all ur us hopin fur Ranio mand sum av its ia yin maar uanlius wmords than they -rter Lu wil pureeeve that tihe abuv pe0ce is rit intu Hexomators, whiitch is the kind ur Meeter Homer picked onto when he was a ritin his illyad. as it~s gitin lait and I have tu git up airly in the '\lorning tu go tu the mill, I wil loase for this Time. My wumman sends her Respecks and I remane yoors troolv, I A NYE LL ( 1:EEN, Skule Dercekter, path master, and whiitch was a running fer justis of the Pees. Florrir Nitrhtingal te The ab v~e isL a portrait of Florence rcnl:repte .l by th'e Enhgish hapers. .V 1 Ni" htinai was" b orn t Fiorencne. I.ay in 1 I. Shi early cobmenced a :l eer of pra cticaml b1nicence by or iiauizin- -oem io ins of bum~i nur-es for :he En'-ihrrmy hospitais in the Crimnea during' the wa wiith Ihu'ssa, aind acted as supecrintentdent. Later a national tetimonial oif M5OI0.000, presented to her in revog'nit ion of her noble servicca, wa at her re u'-t devoted to the formia ton aind m i nt nance oif an inlstittion for the t rainingt and em:pic:i ng of public urs for the sle k. A Fine MIemory. Brow-"WVhat have you got that string around youir fingecr for, Rlobinson ?" lobinson-"To remind me of some thing I am to get for my wife; and, by Geoge, Prve forgot what it was !"--Kew BUFFALO BILL ABROAD ! A Little Love Afrair-What the Cowboys Think of It. The stcecess of "our own' Buffalo Bill-W. F. Cody-in England is very gratifying to his thousands of admirers on this side. There was more truth than many imagined In his reply to the inquiry: "What are you doing in England" "Chiefly paying poker with Duchesses." The Englih nobility quickly "cottoned to" Buffalo Bill, because they recognized that he belonged to a higher order than their own -Nature s nobility. Despite his wild life he early managed to acquire an education and the polish which makes him easy even in royal society. His polish is the bitter fruit, it is said, ef a young love experience. When a young man on the plains, wild, woolly and unkempt in appearance and character, ha fell in love with a dashing little school teacher. Full of pluck and faith in himself, he proposed to her. She laughed at him and he-collapsed. After a time he braced up, bought some books, and began to study. His defeat proved his victory. The girl was his mascot, and his successes are due to her. Magnificent specimens of manhood though they be "Bill's boys" are not perfection. Under date: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Co.. London. Sept. l9, 1'." D. W. Shoemaker of the Cowboy Band, writes: "Some weeks ago I was sutfering from great disorder of the liver and kidneys and general prostration. I was forced to quit work and take my bed. I called in a physician, who only afforded temporary relief. A friend induced me to take Warner's safe cure, which afforded almost instant relief, and after taking three bottles. I find myself in as good health as at any tame in my life." Two other members of the Wild West show. Mawe Beardsley, pon ' express rider. and Jim Mitchell. a cowboy. add to this statement of Shoemaker's, that in their long experience on the plains, from change of water, climate and mode of life, and severe .'iding, they became subject to liver and kidney diseases, and they have found a sure remedy for these troubles in Warner's safe cure. Mawe Beardsley says: "I constantly recommend it to my friends." Buffalo Bill has pluck end courage and hard sense, and not only controls all the wild elements that make up the Wild West show, but controls himself. His experience as a scout makes him wary, discreet and shrewd. He quickly learns the best way to secure results, and, like a true man, has no prejudice against anything that prove; its merits. Buffalo Bill is so popular in England he may come home a "Sir William." But if not be wili probably enjoy himself quite as well, having secured a fortune ample enough for all his wants, title or no title. 0:d-Time 11angings. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries our method of executions was most brutal, says a writer in the Gen tIman's Maganne. There was the long ride of the criminal in an open cart, with his coffin by his side, either to Tvburn or to the spot where lie com mitted the murder. The cart was stopped under the gallows, the rope was fastened around the criminal's neck, the carman gave the horse a lash, and the poor wretch was left swaying to and fro, kicking. If lie had friends they would try to shorten his agony by hanging on to his legs and beating hit breast, a shocking sight. But hanging then was looked upon as a holiday spec tacle, in which we find the lower class took great interest, and evinced much sympathy with the deceased. For in stance, Claude Duval, the celebrated h:ghwayman, lay in state at the "Tangier" tavern in St. Giles in a room hung with black cloth, the bier cov ered with escutcheons, and with eight wax candles burning around. He was buried by torchlight, and was followed to Covent Garden Church by a numer eus train of mourners, mostly women. Mission, a French writer who visited England in the reign of William III., says: "ie that is hang'd or otherwise executed first takes care to get himself shav'd and handsomely drest, either in mourning or in thme dress of a bride groom. This done, he sets his friends at work to get him leave to be bury'd, and to carry his coffin with him, which is easily obtain'd. WXhen his suit of cloaths or night-gown, his gloves, hat, perriwig, nosegay, coffin, flannel dress for his corps, and all those things are bought and prepar'd, the main point is taken care of-his mind is at peace, an~d theni he thinks of his conscience. Generally hie studies a speech, which he pronounces under the gallows and gives in writing to the sheriff or the minister that attends him in his last moments, desiring that it may be print' ed. Sometimes the girls dress in white, with great silk scarves, and car rv baskets full of flowers and oranges, scattering these favors all the way they go. IBut to represent things as they really are, I must needs own that, if a pretty many of these p~eop~le dress thus gayly and go to it with such an air of indifference, there are many others that go slovenly enough and with very dismai phiin'es. I remember one day I sawi in thme park a handsome girl, very well dress'd, that was then in mourning for her father, who had been hang'd but at month before at Tyburn for false coina~e. No many countries so many it.s hions. Air and Exercise. Pure air is of the greatest import, ance to the body. The blood wants it, the tissues demand it and life cannec go on w'thout it. Pure air oxygenatei or purities the blood, burns up wasta ma'tter, allows the heat of the body t4: be kenmt uo and keeps going all our v. tal or~gn. Dad air means low vital ity, retention of waste in the system, with cosequent disease and early Ideath. Imupure air is thme cause of all our~ 4iseases of the respiratory organs, r tehi as coughxs, colds, influeizas, sorc thslroats, enlarged or inflamed tonsils. loss of voice. catarrh, pleurisy, bron' chmt s, inflammation of the lungs andl even consumption itself. Be careful therefore to always breathe pure air; hive your sitting rooms and your bed room windows open (lay and night, in all seasons and in all weathers, abou two inches. The absence from colds, coughs, etc., that you will notice ir yourselves is an experience once gained will never be forgotten. Recolleci that you spend a third of your lives it your bedlrooms, and if you breathe bad air there it shortens life and causes dis ease. Always insist on pure arr, and ibe sure you get the best you can. (;ur muscles require exercise to de velop them and to keel) them in proper condition. 1 reckon that two hours a da fbdly work or exercise will keep a person off thme sick list, three hours daily will put him in fair health, while four or more will keep) him in good health. Those whose ]ivesare sedent ary must walk from six to eight miles a day; this may be taken in the morning or'in the evening. It is a good plan to walk to and from business if possible, or where t his is impossible to have a good walk at night after tea, or late dinner. Tihis causes sound sleep, good spirits, a hecalthy'. body and a contented nr.~d. Young ladies are requested to observe that they must follow this ad vice just as much as their brothers or nale friends have to; it will make you rosy, merry, cheerful and natural. ITeflING l' LEs.-Symp;toms-Moisture : in. tense itchinog nnd stinging ; worse by scratch ing. If allowed to continue tumors form. which often leeud and uleerate, becoming yery sore. SwAYNE's OINTMiENT stops the itchint andl bleeding. h~als ulceration. and in many cases removes the tumors. It is equally emenccious in curing all skin Diseases. DR,. SWAYNE & SON, Proprietors. Phila. By mail tor 50 cents. SwATcE's OINTMENT fom A ROMINENTMERC AT WRITES. I Was Bound to Keep Trying as Long as Life Lasted. WoRTrVtLE. N. Y.. Sept. 19, 1$. Dr. K.lmer, D-ar Sir-I wrote you some tim: ago about my case,without the least faith that you could do anything for m^. as I had six [if ferent physicians and got no relief.and was re peatedly told that I road not b" cured, but I wasb iu-id to keep trying as long as lifelasto 1. I was urged by my wife to write you about my care as I did in the spring. You wrote me to try your Swamp-Root Kidney, Liverand Itlad der cure. I usd it as directed and t he result was, before I hail taken the third bot tle I was entirely cured, and have be-n gaining ever since. My cast was a Hemorrhage oft he Ba'I der, wh'ch had ben draining my life for two years, and I can say to-day that I c in eat. sleep and work better than I have before in twenty years. I say God bless y ou, and may the af 'licted do as I have done. Us- Swamp-Root and be healed. Yours truly, CEO. ). MAt OMBER. Don't neglect early symptoms. At druggists $1.00 per bottle. 6 hottles S-.00. or by expres, Dr. Kilmer & Co, Binghiamton. N. Y. The Hardin county. Ill., vindetta. which threatened to depopulate two counties a few months ago. has broken out again, and two more desperate man-hunters have been rush ed hence without having an opportu:ity to I remove their loots. The cemetery record shows a total of 1:1 killed, live of whom have tnken their departure this year. "The Proper Study of .Mankind is Man." Says the illustrious Pope. If he had included woman in the list, he wotuhi have been nearer the truth, if not so poetical. Dr. R. V. Pierce has made them both a He study, especially woman, and the pe;uliar deran;ements to which her delicate system is liable. Many wo nen in the land who are aciainteti with Dr. Pierce only through his "Favorite Prescrip tion," bless him with all their hearts, for he has brought them the panacea for all those :hronic ailments peculiar to their sex: such as leucorrhcea, prolapsus and other displace ments. ulceration."internal fever." tendency to internal cancer, and other ailments. Price reduced to one dollar. By drurgists. Prohibition has been generally successfn in the Missouri local option contests. Blowing I p licit Gate has been a laborious and cost ly work, but the end justifies the effort. istruction in any important channel means disaster. Obstrue tions in the organs of the human body b ing inevitable dis"ase. They rust be cleared a'vay. or physical wreck will follow. Keep the liver in order, and the pure blood courses through the body. conveying health, strength and life: let it beconne disorderei and the channels are elogged witi him-'mrities. which result in dis ease and death. .o other medicine equals )r. Pier-e's %"olden Me:!ieal Discovery" for act inl., upon the liver atil ;:irifying the blood. The Grand Rabbi of Imdia won first prize at the Bothschill welling. in Paris, lately. for the greatest show in dianonds. his ex hibit was worn in his turban. and was valued at a quarter of a iniliion, No Trouble to swallow Pr. Pieree's "Pellets" the original "little liver pills") and no pain or eriping. Cure sick or bilious heauache. sour stomach, and cleanse the systt tl howel et. (m a vial. 1IArrT is tee tan to loves sauerkraut no adulteration there. The Leading Features on the YotHrr's Cio sNios Announcement for ds- ust publislil are its six illustrated Serial Stories, by Trowbridge. St-luhens, and others. its two hundred Short Stories and Tales of Ad venture, its articles by eninent writers, ii cluding the Right lion. Wi. I. Gladstone. Prof. Tyndallt;en. Lord W'olseh-y. Louisa M. Alcott. (en. t;eorge ('rook. and one hundred therpopularauthors.Thie<'oisiwatux has two Million Readers a week. Every family should take it. By sending your subscription now. with $l.75. yo will reet-ive it free to Jan.1. l.A and a full year's subscript ion from that date. Consumption .-urely CUred. To the Editor:-Pk e inf.rm your readers that I have a lto-tivc r-med: for the above named lisease- I inlv use taoisands of hopelless cases have 1 ein t.er matnently cured. I shall be glad to seni two w 'l't s of mny re:nedy FREE to nay of .'i 'tus. who have con iu-tier n t i ' ms.ll 'tie their Expreas and ' 0. adlrIss. hl,:1~ :nIv. T. A. l l'l li 1t'..st R-arl St, N. Y. "Taylor's Hospital Cure" is a positive, pleas ant and p- inlei,s in -<hiv for Catarrih. Sent on t-l dav's trial. 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ALL SKIN HUMORS CURED BY - RO -GH-ITC "Rough on Itch" Ointment cures Skin Hu mors. Pimples, Flesh Worms, RinzWorm. Tet ter. Salt Rheum. Frosted Feet. Chilblains, Itch, Ivy Poison, Barber's Itch, Scald Head. Eczema. 60c. Drug. or mail. E. S. WELLs, Jersey City. i ROUGHBPILES Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids. Itching. Protrud-. ing, Bleeding. Internal and external remedy in each package. Sure cure. 50c. Druggists or mail. E. S. Wzur-s, Jersey City, N. J. t e Invlidi' Hotel anSurgica Intit Buffao . _Y., ing and !thorouhly tI cure of wo)man's peculiar maladies. Dr. Pierce's favorite Prescriptioni is the outgrowth. or result, of this great and valuable experience. Thousan dt oftestimo nials. received from patients and from physi cns who have testedl it in the more aga ited and cobstinate casees which had a1ed the ir skill, prove it to be the most wonderful re'medy ever devis'ed for the relief and cure of sulIerig woen. It is not recommended as a "ue-all." but as a most perfect Specific for woman's peuliar ailments. Ar. a powerful, in isoratinig tonic, it iiipairA strengrt hto the whole system, and to the womb ant its appendages in particular. Fo~r overworked. "worn-out," "run-down, debilitutedl teachers, milliners, dresackers. s,'amstress'-s, "shop-girls," house keeprs. nuirsin mnothe-rs, and feebie women genrail. hr. ~ieree's Favorite Prescription is the gr-eatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. As a sootlhing and strengthaeing nervinec "Favorite Prescription ' is une uale'd and. it invaluabl.' in allaying a'sub uing nervous excitability. irritabili( ex haustion, prostration. hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms comn monly attendasnt upon functional nnd organic disaise of the womb. It induces refreshing sileep andI relieves mental anxiety andde sp. ndeerrce'sl Favorite Presc'IptiOfl is a legitimlate mnediines carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful Iphysiian. and adapted to woman's delicate orgnz:tion. It is purely vegetabIg in its composition and perfectly harmless in Its efects in any conenition of the system. For morning sicknuss, or nausea, fromr whatever cause arising. weak stonmacn, inog.stuon, dys p:psa and kindred retmptome, its use, in emai doses, will prove very benelltical. " Favorite Prsrpto is a Posi. tire eure for the most (ciimpliested and ob Stiate case-S of le-ucorrhien. excessive flowing, reanful men strciition, unntu'rat suppressions, brarpuis. oir fatting (f the womb, weak back, "feale wceknesst." anteVersinnl. retroverston, beari::-down s::tsationis, chr'nic congestion, intammation atnd ulceration of the womb. in Iamration, pain and tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with "intern'al heat." -, As a regulato~r and promoter of fune ienal actioni. at that critical period of change from girlhood to womanhood. "Favorite Pre sc-ription "is a pe-rfe-etly safe remedial agenut, and ean produce oniy good results. It is e. 'ally ellcacimtis andf valuable in its effects wen 'tak'n for' thiose disorders and derange ments ineident to that later and most critical period. known na- The Change of Life." "rtvorite Prescriptio,"when taken in cnnuect ion with the use of Dr. Pierce's G;oldn Medical Discovery. and small laxative doses ocf Dr. Pieree's Purgative Pe-llets <Little Liver P'illsc, cures Liver. Kidney and Bladder dis.ses. Their combin:ed use also removes blood taints, and abo lishes cancerous and acrofeilous humors from the system. " Favorite Prescription " is the only medicin'- for women, soldi by druggists, under a posiitive guarantee, from the manu facturers, that it will gie- satisfaction in every ease, or money will be refunded. This guaran t.-- has been~ printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithtfully carried %zt for many years. Large bottles i(00 ..jses' $1.00, or six bottes for $5.00. For largc-, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of Women lti pages. paper-covered), send ten cents in stamps. Address, World's Dispensary Medical issociation, 663 Mainf St., BUFFALO, N. 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