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r > RELIGIOUS_READING. THE HOPE OK THE GOSPEL. If it were not for the hope of the gospel, ~ Our hearts would be broken to-day, For tbe sorrow and losses ami crosses That have burdened us al! our way. r Our footsteps surely would falter. L Our hearts ne'er could endure the pain, ft For the darkness would cover completely, p ^Sor could smiles ever win us again. If it were not for the hope of the gospel To chcer. to sustain and to save, k We should look not for joy or for comfort, Save in silence cf death and the grave. No looking forward and upward To a home in the Heavenly land, No thought that in choirs angelic, We might with redeemed ones stand. If it were not for the hope of the gospel, The light would go out from our soul. We should live for the moments now pres1 ent. Nor seek for Heaven as our goal. We should not have the courage to battle Nor to hear the ill fortunes of life; If it were not for the great revelation In the wonderful Book of Life. ^ -pin. H. C. Carter. MAS'S TRl'E VALUE. The true wav to estimate the value of a man is to sit him over against the cross. Look at the cross first to see bow much he cost, and then look at the man apart from his condition and environment, and you will see how much lie is w< rth. In this way we shall learn to regard men not by what they are worth to the country or to the community, or even to themselves, but to God. I Look at the sinner through the eyes of your [ Master, and you will see a very different & person from the one you see when you look at him through the ey<s of the work!, in the one case you will see underneath all the EH soiled nnd married exterior a precious im i mortal sou), for whom Christ uieu. In the tf >* other you will see only a miser able, worth| less wretch?a tramp.? [Rev. J. II. Hoadley. One day a gentleman in India went into his library and took down a book from the W??f shelves. As he did so he felt a slight pain ill I his linger like tlie prick of a pin. He ' 'thought that a pin bad been stuck by some careless person in the cover of the book. But soon his finger began to swell, then his arm and then his body, and in a few day? he died. It was not a pin among the books, but a small aud deadly serpent. There are many serpents among the books now-a-days. Thjy nestle in the foliage of some of our most fascinating literature; they coil around the flowers whose perfume iutoxicates the senses. Wc read, are cbarmea witn ine piot 01 me eiuiy, uj me skill with which the characters are sculptured or grouped, by the gorgcousness ot ths word paintit'e?we hardly feel the pin prick of the evil that is insinuated. But it st-ngs and poisons us. When the record of human souls is made up, on what multitudea will he inscribed, "^oisoned by the serpents amone the books 1" ? i LINCOLN S RELIGIOUS LIFE. This extract from the Hay and Nicolay j history, now in successive numbers of the | Century, makes it dear that the martyr! President,though connected with no church, j lived the life of the spirit: Tr- ?or*nroniotn?1 ?if i I I1C i;i ? UV/U iiitu mj^^VVH?*VM? ? their highest value, the prayers of good peo| pie. The pressure of the tremendous problems by which he was surrounded; the awful moral signiticauce of the conflict in which he was the chief combatant; the overwhelming sense of responsibility, which never left him for an hour?all contributed to produce, in a temperament naturally serious and predisposed to a spiritual view of t life and conduct, a sense of reverent acceptance of the guidance of a superior power. From the morning when, standing amid the falling snow flukes on a railway car at Springfield. he asked the prayers of bis I neighbors in those touching phrases whose echo rose that ni^lit in invocations from mousanus 01 iamiiy :uiars, iu iuc memujar-^Dle hour when on" the steps of the Capitol he humbled himself before his Creator in the sublime words of the second inaugural, there is not an expression known to have come from his lips or his pen but proves that he held himself answerable in every act in his career to a more august tribunal than any on earth. A CHRISTIAN STATESMAN'S PEATII. In an nge when it was fashionable to avow skeptical sentiments. Patrick Henry w:'sal1 ways ready to defend the Christian faith. A member of the Episcopal Church according i--- 1.,? IW BIS laicst Uiuglfl|'lllli i ivitsoui injiui, 41V not infrequently received communion. On such occasions liis habit was to fast until be had been at the* Lord's Table, aud then to spend the day in retirement. One hour, at the c!ose of the day, he spent in private prayer and meditation, and during it no one "was snflVred to intrude upon his privacy. While lie was Governor of Virginia he was so alarmed at the spread of infield sentiments among tbc young aien of the State, that he printed at his own exjense, an edition of Soamc Jcnvn's "View of the In- ! ternal Evidence of the Christian Religion,''! and an edition of Butler's Analogy. Wlien j he met a young man of skeptical tendencies, | he would give him one of those books. j I>ouhtUsS the fact that the book was pre- j sented by the Governor of the State se / cured it an attention irom the young \ ir- i ginian. which he muht not Lave paid had I it been distributed by a more humble colporteur. Patrick Henry wrote an elaborate answer ! to Pnine's "Age of lte;isor<," but being impressed l?v tbc replies to Paine then appearing in England, be directed his wife, shortly before bis death, to destroy the manuscript, j which she did. In his last will, written by his own hand, he concluded thus: "This is all the inheritance I can Rive to my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed." On the Gthof .Tune, 1790, his kindred being sent for found him sitting in a large, oldfashioned arm chair. He was dying from an incurable internal disease. B^L His phvsican, l>r. Cable, was about to administer a preparation of mercury. Taking a vial in his hand, the dying man said "I suppose, doctor, this is your last resort." "I am sorry to say. (jovernor, that it is," replied the doctor. Acute inflammation of the intestine has already taken place, and unless it is removed mortification will ensue, if it has not already commenced, which I fear. "What will be the effect of the medicine, doctor?" "It will give yon immediate relief, or?'' the doctor did not finish the sentence. "You mean, doctor." said the sick man, it rrivo rnliof nr nrnvr* fntnl im. mediately." "You ".an only liv?* a short iiiac without ' "Excuse nie, do(,torTttrf i?-^TT nroraents." said Patrick Henry. <lr-nvM?^ over his eyes the 8iiL cap lie wore. Holding the via., he prayed alone for his family, his country, and for bis own soul. "Amen!" said he, and swallowed the medicine. Dr. Cable, who greatly loved the old patriot, had gone out upon the lawn where, throwing himself under a tree, he wept bitterly. Mastering himself he returned to the house, and found the patient calmly watching the blood congealing under his finger nails. The old orator fixed his eyes on Dr. n'limn hi? }i*?M rrv r? . Hie. I .School: Father, if Tliou uc wining, re- r move this cup from Me; nevertheless, not , My will, but Thine, be done. 18 Supt: 'Who guided those who took Jesus? w School: Judas, one of the twelve. ai Supt.: What followed the betraj-al? School: They took Jesus, and led Him to the high priest's house. Supt.: On what charge was Jesus con- C demiiea to death ? 0j School: For blasphemy, in saying that He was the Son of Goa. ai Supt.. Why did the council lead Jesus to tl Pilate!- g? School: That he might order Him to be crucified. Supt.: What did Pilate say after he had K examined Jesus? a] School: I find no fault in this man. J Sunt.: To whom did Pilate send Him? School: As soon as he knew that He belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent al Him to Herod. te Supt,: What did Herod do with Jesus? Schooi: He mocked Him, and arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him again to ^ Pilate. . b Supt.- What did the Jews say when Pi- ~ late would have released Him? School: They cried, saying, Crucify Him, 113 crucify Him. lc Supt.: What did Pilate do? pj School: Pilate gave sentence as they re- i quired. 11 Supt.* What superscription was placed ei over Jesus on the cross? fi School: This is the King of the Jews. Supt. What events occurred during the crucifixion? ^ School: The sun was darkened and the Vi veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 0 Sunt. Whac were the last words of Jesus? School: Father, unto Thy hands I com 8 mend My spirit. tl Supt.: What did the'angels say to the tl women at the sepulchre? Sl School: Why seek ye the living among the , dead? He is not here, but is risen. " Supt.: To whom did the risen Saviour n first appear? ^ School: He first appeared to Mary Magrlnlpnp. P Supt.: What instructions did He give to 0 two disciples on the way to Emmaus? tl School: He expounded unto them in all f the Scriptures the things concerning Him- i self. $ .Supt. Did these disciples know who was v talking with them? rj School: Their eyes were hofclen that they should not know Him. P Supt.* What took place as He sat at meat n with them? School: Their eyes were opened, and they knew Him, and He vanished out of their sight. 61 Supt. What charge did He give to the o apostles'' School: That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. il Supt.: What occurred forty days after g( the resurrection ? School: He led them out as far as Bethany, Cl and while He blest them, He was parted & ' from them and carried up to heaven. p Supt.: What did the disciples then do? _ School: They returned to Jerusalem with great joy. and were continually in the tem- u pie, praising and blessing Goa.?Westmin- n dVC4 yivtoniz/k JVVVf** I 11( The Climate of Southern California, p There are no sudden changes of sea- a son here. Spring comes gradually daj p by day, a perceptible hourly waking to tl life and color; and this glides into a b summer which never ceases, but onlj li becomes fired and fades into the repose a of a short autumn, where the sere and c brown and red and yellow hills and the t] purple mountains are waiting for the si rain clouds. This is according to the d process of nature; but wherever irriga- p tion brings moisture to the fertile soil, p the green and bloom are perpetual the p year rcuud, only the green is powdered c with dust, and the cultivated flowers A have their neriocls of exhaustion. tl I should think it cvoll worth while to ? watch the procession of nature here ii from late November or December to p April. It is a land of delicate and brilliant wild flowers, of blooming shrubs, r strange in form and wonderful in color, o Before the annual rains the land lies ic Si a sort of swoon in a golden haze; the : 0 slopes and plains arc bare, the hills yel- I a low with ripe wild-oats or ashy gray jj with sage, the sea-breeze is weak, the 6, air grows drier, the sun hot, the shade u cool. Then one day light clouds stream a up from the southwest, and there is a q gentle rain. "When the sun comes out q J _ !IJ Al_ _ 1 .1 * again us rays are muutrr, 1110 muu is re- u freshed and brightened, and almost im- a mediately a greenish tinge appears on g plain and hill-side. At intervals the j, rain continues, daily the laudscape is ]( greener in infinite variety of shades, a which seem to sweep over the hills in j waves of color. Upon this carpet ol 0 of green by February nature begins to \ weave an embroidery of wild flowers, j white, golden, pink, indigo, scarlet, j changing day by day and every day more c brilliant, and spreading from patches in- ^ to great fields, until dale and hill and E table-land are overspread with a refine- f ment and glory of color that would be ( the desDnir of the c&rDet-weaver3 of Das- f -Ugileij.?llurper a Magazine. \ ?.T?e A Tricky Skyo Terrier. ' j An Englishman tells of a fun-loving c Skye terrier that he once had. He used c to be very foud of catching flies upon C the window panes, and if ridiculed when c unsuccessful was evidently much an- \ noyed. On one occasion, in order to see 1 what he would do, I purposely laughed s immoderately every time he failed. It 60 t happened that he did so several times iu f succession, partly, I believe, in consequence of my laughing, and eventually he became so distressed that he positively pretended to catcii the fly, going through all the appropriate actions with his lips 0 and tongue and afterward rubbing the * nround with his neck, as if to kill the ^ r> victim. lie then looked up at me with 0 a triumphant air of success. So well * was the whole process simulated that I * should have been quite deceived had I 8 not seen that the fly was still upon the * window. Accordingly I drew his atten- n tion to this fact, as well as to the absence of anvthinfr uuon the floor, and when he 11 ml O -"IT - / rsaw that bis hypocrisy had been detected 1 he slunk away under some furniture. n evidently very much ashamed of himself. a ?PiUtbw.-g Dispatch. e i a A worLD-^BE stliclde said he "blew out i1 the gas becraee he had blown in all his s money. ^ t > , ... Bf _ / Fatent romances. , UGE FORTUNES REARED FROM TRIFLING INVENTIONS. ! Conors and Emoluments for the , Originators of Valuable Ideas? The "Drive AVell" Paid Ite Inventor $3,000,000. ( i "There is," says an eminent author- , y, "scarcely an article of human con- < jniencc or necessity in the market toiy that has not been the subject ot a itent in whole or in part. The sale of ; *ery such articlc yields its inveutor a , :ofit. If we purchase a box of paper | )llars a portion of the price goes to the ] iventor; if we buy a sewing machine the robability is that we pay a royalty to ! many as a dozen or fifteen inventors { ; once." Lord Brougham often said 1 lat he would gladly have exchanged his anors and emoluments for the profits and mown of the inventor of the perambutor or sewing machine. We are not , ishful to lead our readers to covet what re termed "large fortunes" as really jnducive to happiness or usefulness. Fortune" is itself a heathen and not a hristian word. But "invention" is aniher thing, and th3 renumerative results 1 e a fitting element for consideration in lese days. Howe, the originator of the , swing machine, derived $500,000 a year , and from their mechanical improvelents the celebrated Wheelter & Wilson :e reputed to have divided for many ears an income of $1,000,000, while the < ithor of the Singer sewing machine left ; his decease nearly $15,000,000. The , slephone, the planing machine and the lbber patents realized many muuuus, bile the simple idea of heating the last in iron smelting increased the ealth of the country by handreds of lillions. The patent for making the ?wer ends of candles taper instead of arallel, eo as to more easilj t the socket, made the present aormous business of a well-known rm of London chandlers. The "drive eU" was an idea of Colonel Green, hose troops during the war were in rant of water. He conceived the notion . f driving a two-inch tube into the round until water was reached, and aen attaching a pump. This simple con- , ivance was patented,and the tens of thoumds of farmers who have adopted it have een obliged to pay him a royalty, esti- { ? . AO AAA Ai?A A 1 j latea at <j>o,uuu,uuu. a large piuuu as realized by the inventor who ^ atented the idea of making umbrellas < ut of alpaca instead of gingham, and 1 le patentee of the improved ' 'paragon 1 :ame" (Samuel Fox) lately left by will \ 850,000 out of the profits of his in- ^ ention. The weaving, dyeing, lace and ( bbon making trades originated and ce- J end for their existence upon ingenious lachinery, the result of an infinity of j lventive efiorts. The discovery of the perforated sub- ; tance used for bottoming chairs and foi 1 ther purposes has made its inventor a , lilUonaire. George Ycaton, the inventoi j i question, was a poor Yankee cane-seatei l Vermont. He first distinguished him;lf by inventing a machine for weaving me, but he made no money out of it, 3 some one stole his idea and had the rocess patented. After a number ol ears' experimenting Ycaton at last hit pon ttus invention, wmcn consists 01 a umber of thin layers of boards of dif- i :rent degrees of hardness glued together | ) give pliability. He formed a com- 1 any. aud to-day he has a plant valued i t $500,000, and is in the receipt of a rincely annual revenue derived from lis invention. Carpet beating, from i eing an untold nuisancc, has become a lcrative trade through inventive geniui nd mechanical contrivance. Even natural uriosity has been turned to account in lie number of automatic boxe3 for the lie of goods of all kinds, and fabulous ividends have been paid by the comanies owning the patents. The most rofitable inventions have been the imrovements in simple deviccs, things of very-day use. that everybody wants. tvx-vnn tUn niimlwr of nnt.pnts fnr small [lings may be mentioned the "stylorapliic pen," and a pen for shading 1 different colors, producing $200,000 er annum. A large profit has been eaped by a miner who invented a metal ivet or eyelet at each end of the mouth f coat and trousers pocket to resist tho train causcd by the carriage of picccs f ore and heavy tools. In a recent legal ction it transpired in evidence that tho iventor of metal plates used to protect oles and heels of boots from wear sold pward of 12,000,000 plates in 1879, nd in 18S7 the number reached 143,00,000 producing realized profits of a uarter of a million of money. Another scful invention is the "dai ling weaver," device for repairing stockings, undcrarments, etc., the sale of which ? very large and increasing. As irge a sum as was ever obtained for nv invention was enjoyed by the inven or of the inverted glass-bell to iiang iver gas to protect ceilings from being >lackcned, and a scarcely less lucrative latent was that for simply putting emery >owder on cloth. Frequently tirao and :ircumstances arc wanted before an in ention is appreciated, but it will be een that patience will be well rewarded, or the inventor of the roller skate made >ver $1,000,000, notwithstanding the act that his patent had nearly expired jefore its value was ascertained. The gimlet-pointed screw has produced more vealth than most silver mines, and the Lnffir&SS Tritf nrsr~?noirgn\Lof putting opper tips to children's shoes is as'Tf^'.i.t iff as if his father had left him $2,000.100 iu United States bonds. Upward f $10,000 a year was made by the inventor of the common needle-threader. ?o the foregoing might be added thouands of trifling but useful articles from rhich handsome incomes are derived or or which large suma have been paid. A Tree on ft Courthouse Tower. "One of the unique sights I have seen n my travels," said Arthur Thomas, of few York, "is the old courthouse in ' * * "I -At.-i.i. Xt. _ rreencastie, ina. i was m uiul iuwo me tlier day, and my attention was called o a full-grown tree. Now, the curious hing about this tree is that it did not tow on terra firma but on the tower of be courthouse. The tree sprouted years * ? ? " ~ ? ? kwirtl-'f r\ f go iruin 11 urcviuc m tuu uuv>i\o ui owcr, and it developed year after year, util now it is a foot or more in cireumerence at the trunk. It is one of the aost curious tree growths I have seen nvwhere. It will have to go soon, howver, for the county is going to construct new courthouse. It seems a pity that t cannot be preserved, for it is a fine pecimen of erratic tree growth,"? Cininnati Commercial Gazette. -,jLi;-;V .-r. "--.v . ?' ", ' >>ik _ We'll write it down till everybody sees it Till everybody is sick of seeing it Till everybody knows it without seeing it? that Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst cases of chronic catarrh in the head, catarrhal headache, and " cold in the head." In perfect faith, its makers, the World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo, N. Y., offers to pay $500 to any one suffering from chronic catarrh in the head whom they cannot cure. Now if the conditions were reversed?if they asked you to pay $500 for a positive cure you might hesitate. Here are reputable men, with years of ' ' 1 1' 1 honorable aeaung; inousanuij of dollars and a great name back of them and they say? "We can cure you because we've cured thousands like you?if we can't we'll paj you $500 for the knowledge that there's one whom we can't cure." They believe in themselves, Isn't it worth a trial? Isn'1 any trial preferable to catarrh! . ^TH^OREA^ENOIIS^REMEDY^lj BEECHAM'S PILLS R For Bilious anil Nervous Disorders; I "Worth a Guinea a Box" but sold E for 25 Cents, S BY ALL DRUGGISTS.' g A TPHIT^ F. A. LRHMANN, PATElllTo WMhlnirton, D.C, ? W S?SfD FOB CmCDIAR tf cant Death Not to Wear a Dress Coat. A good thing is told of Barrios, the Guatemalan dictator, in connection -with :he dress of the men attending the opera. Formerly the little short jackets that :ome just under the armpits were worn oy many, but when the President went ibroad he saw how those in other parts jf the world dressed, and on his returr issued an edict compelling all the men tc jither appear in a full-dres3 coat or a Prince Albert. They dressed as directed. To disobey might mean death.?Saz Francisco Chronicle. Guaranteed Ave year elifbt per cent. First ?Iortfjagos on Kansas City property, interest myaole every six months; principal and inter:st collected when due and remitted without ?xpense to lender. For sale by J. H. Bauerleic K- Co.. Kansas (,'itv. Mo. Write for particular* pDWAYT (I READ* RELIEF. fHE GREAT C0HQUER01 OF PAIN For Sprains, Br nines, Bnckuchc, Pain it the Cheat or Siidea, Headache, Toothache or any other external pain, a few appllcn tions robbed on by hand, act like ningic causing the pain to inatantly atop. For Congestion*, C'olda, llronchitia, Pnen nionia, inflammations, Uheninatiatn. Neu ralgia, J<umbago, sciatica, more thorougl anil repeat ed applications are neceaaary. Ail Internal i'alns, Diarrhoea, Colic Kpaama, Nausea, Fainting Spells, Nervoua ness, (Sleeplessness are relieved Inatantly and quickly cured by taking inwardly VI to fill drops lu hair a tumbler ol water 50c. a bottle. All Druggists. DADWAY'S ? PILLS, ad excellent and mild Cnthnrtie. t'urel Vegetable. TheSnlest and Best iU'dicin in the world lor the Cure ol all Dltoider ol tho LIVER, STOMACH OR OOWELS Taken according to directions they wil rCBlOrU Ut'illlU UHU - CUtMT * 11 111 11 j ? Price 25 cts. a Box. Sold by all Draggist* I F^JTjfl CAIN | taf ONE POUND 5 A GAIN OF A POUND A PAY IN THE j CASE OF A MAN WHO HAS BECOME "ALL S RUN DOWN," AND HAS BEGUN TO TAKE J THAT REMARKABLE FLESH PRODUCER, SCOTT'S i Fmulsion OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH i Hypophosphites of Lime & Soda 1 IS NOTHING UNUSUAL. TlIJS FEAT j has been performed over and over | | again. Palatable as mii.k. En- | 2 dorsed by physicians. Soi.d by all j ) Druggists. Avoid substitutions and | ^ imitations, Ho-^To""^ A FEW Is th? motto and tcfichinf?s of the Brrt Poultry months 25 cts. Cash or stamps. Sample free, j fcHOTHWCONEADTu li w,tL I IF YOU CAN'T GET IT 3 It Is Absolutely Pare. Illifbly Concentrated. Moat 1 Not a Food. You can buy or mine food as cheap ad w> more than gold when hens are Mooltlnsr. ' On? larR* Winter," says a. customer. For sale by druggist*, (cro? We will send post-paid by mall as follows:?A new < RAISING GUIDE" /price 25 cents. Contains a daily p Powder for COc-ntii or, 009 large 21-4 pound can fa Dt? for $1.00. Six larce cani, express prepaid, *5.00. I ceal a dfiy per hen. Tettijaocifll^sent free. LB. JOH k :? ? -. i : "Why rub, and tni'. and wear out yourself and your clothes on washday,when, ever since 1804, Dobbins's Electric Soap ha3 been offered on purpose to lighten your labor, and eavo < > your clothes. Now try it. Your grocer has it. The Atchison claims 0600 miles of rail, 3000 in Kansas; IIow's Thin? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot bs cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. < Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him < perfectly honorable in all buiness transactions, and financially able to carry out any 1 obligations made by tlieir firm. West & Tucax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, K inn an & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- , i tog directly upon the Wood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. ' Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. i Vermont is orderin? npples from Michigan. 1 A Itcinai'knble Offer. For several years a well known Boston business house has made persons keeping poultry, few or many remarka-da offers of premiums P3yable in gold, some as high as fifty dollars to the flr3t and not less than five dollars to any winner of a premium. The best thing about those offers was that the premiums j have always been promptly paid as agreed in gold coin. Fifty dollar premiums do not ? "grow on every bush" as the old saying is,an I we have no doubt to many who competed for ; mem, me umuuiii incivcu tauic iu xiHuuj im help pay the necessary bills of a hard winter, I or if not, buy some luxury that ths family ab. solutely needed, but otherwise could not afford. The same firm, I. S. Johnson & Co., 22 Custom House St., Boston, Mass., authorize us i to state that they havo prepared an offer of similar premiums this year, with one very im? ! portant improvement and that is, so that the first winner stands a fair chance with others i of Retting one hundred and fifty dollars in gold premiums. Why! tb*t is as good as fifty ; dollars per month for the three winter months. It's worth trying for anyway. JohnI son & Co., will send full particulars free to any person sending them their address on a r postal card. These premium offers are made in connection with the us? of Sheridan's ConJ dition Powder to make hens lay. | "Children's Liven Saved for SOCts." Thousands of children die annually of croup. Now, mothers,if you would spend 50 cents and always have a bottle of Dr. Tobias's Venetian Liniment in the house you never need fear 1 losing your little ones when attacked with this complaint. Dread croup even as you would a ' thief in the night, and be prepared to save > your darlingsl It is now upward cf forty years since this liniment was first offered to the " nf rmrnq hiivft hppn rennrtftd from tlie uee of this valuable remedy, and never has a home been known to have been robbed of one of its treasures where the above preparation was used. Those who have tested ana know the value of Dr. Tobias's Venetian Liniment state they would not be without it even were the price $10 per bottle, instead of only 25 or 50 cts. Sold by all druggists. LeeWa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harm* Jess in effect, quick and positive in action. Sent ->repaid on receipt of 81 per bottle. , Adelei Co.,52a \Vyandotte st.. Kansas Clty.Mo ' Timber, Mineral, Farm Lauds and Ranchaj - in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, bought and sold. Tyler <fc Co.. Kansas City, Mo. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomn! eon's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle Two Giants t On the one hand?Scrofula, the ancient disease, mown tno worm ovit, guawm^ ui uio niato ui every natton, exlstlnj In tho blood of nearly every family?descended to us from our fathers or ao 1 quired by our wrong habits and Indulgences. I On the other hand?Ilooa'sSarsaparllla. tho mod, crn medicine, tho preat enemy of Impure blood, accomplishing the most wonderful cures of scrofula, salt rheum, ctc. If you suffer at all from the Giant of Disease conquer him by the aid of the Giant of Health, Hood's Sarsaparilla Gold by all druggists. $1; six for $1 Preparedonly ; by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. IOO Pases One Dollar -VASELINEFOR A ONE-DOIjLA 11 B11, L sent us by mail Tre will deliver, free of all charges, to any persoa la the United State3, all of tho followluj artlolw, cary fully packei: | One two-ounce bottlo of Pure Vaseline. . 10 cts. One two-ouace bottle of Vaseline Pomado, 13 " > One Jar of Vaseline Cold Cream, 13 44 i One Cake of Vaseline Camphor Ice, 10" One Cake of Vasellno Soap, unscented, . 10 " > One Cake of Vaseline Soap, exquisitely scented, 2J " One tws>-ounce bottie ox White Vaseline, iJ ? ' Or for postage stamps any sinjle article at tkt price named. On no aooount be persuiiei to aooep t from l/ourdruQpist any Vaseline or preparation therefrom unless labelled with our name, because you will car> tainlyreceloe an Imitation which has little ornooalus t Chcuobrough .Hl'ir. Co., U4 State at.. M. V. HI "K-WREN" tilC Wm C(>r<;n BALSAM AXD |W Awg TllOtHIESPOSITIVELY. Cures (.'ou-'Iim, Colds anil a 1 Throat und Ere . H. Papp, of Hoboken, X. J., sny.-: "The wo derful K-WREN' r jw remedies cured my boy ofacr^upy L TRY "K-WREN, ' ALL DRUGQ BrTildTlzB GISTS, or address M. H. KEEP & ? i;o., Sole Agent', H3 E. IStli St., X.Y. /^~5^\ /1CNES\ , / TON SCALES \ / OF \ $60 BiNGHAMTQN \ Beam Box Tare Beam/ W, Y, a^/ j FSSlJFii r?S.?51,EE1gRp*g& 3 BEST IN TnE WORLD ?I> W 2 tsT Get mo Genuine. Sola Everywhere. SPARC HEESI j THE BEST HOME (iAHE. ! For 20 years on the market and excels all other* Price $1.(J0 each, mailed postpaid. ftielchow &. itiytimr, 41 John St.. New Yo-lt i PATENTS ISErS? j I I Q hand-boot of la> ( lormatlon. J. II. CKALI.E dfc CO., ( Wunhinstoii. D. C. | MCMCIAMJOHN W,.QORR!S ! |J&ndlV#ni Washington, D.C. ( mr Successfully Prosecutes Claims. i Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. J | 3rraiu last war, 15ad,judicatiug claims, atty since. f T&fEXICAN NEKVE PILLS, the great Nerve, Drain J ItJ. and Blood Tonic, for Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Indlt gestlon, Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Nervjuj { Prostration, Low Spirits, Trembling, Ac. By mail, $1. ] Mexican Kemedies Co., Box 13111, Boston, Moss. g An elegant and useful Christmas gift. ? I "PUNLAP PEN CO.. BOSTON. MA88." ! V*T ANTED?Active nu-n can earn SluOp.r mo. to sell I it N'nr-crv Mock. O. D. (Jreen&Co.. Syracuse. N.Y. INSTANTLY. rron fit. New York Prlco CO cte. ?52?j Qalce 2^023.e3r -rJftH / HEN S Paper publisher!. Qnly Rl* i \dJres?FARM-POULTitY Box 2118, L!v^:oii.'1fu^s.__ j 9 ^HERiDANiJ CONDITION POWDER (EAR HOME, SEND TO I'S. Economical, because such small doses. Strictly a Medicln#. ecan. Prevent* and Cures all dispones of Poultry. Worth can saved me |40, send alx more to prevent roup this *rs, general store and fecd-dealore. No other made like It eltwantly Illustrated copy of the " FARMERS' POULTRY oultrr account worth the price), and two small package* of r |1.30 (regular price) and Guide free. Sample pacEj Sfic^, Send it&mpfl or cft&n. in qnanutj cora iokj uiau uuowi?u i NBON dt CO., 23 Custom-House Street, Boeton, Mam, Do YwEver Speculate' Any person sending us their namaani ai. 3rcss will receive information that will leal to a fortune. Benj. Lewis & Co, Security Building, Kansas City, Mo. "Woman, her diseases and their treatment." A. valuable illustrated book of seventy-two pages free, on receipt of 10 cts. for cost of mailing, etc. Address. P. O. Box IOC*}. Phila., Pa. Money invested in choice one nundred dollar building lots in suburbs of Kansas City will pay from live hundrod to one thousana per cent, the next few years under our plan. $&3 cash and S3 per month without interest con* trolsadesirablelot. Particulars on application. J. H. Bauerlein & Co.. Kansas City. Mo. FITS stopped free by Dk, Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after first day's u*3. Marvelous curds. Treatisj and trial ojtutj free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa. cussions about the Christian religion. "Doctor," said b<\ with great tenderness, "I wish you to observe how real and beneficial the religion of Christ is to a man about to die." lie then breathed so gently for a few minutes that those around him" knew not when he breathed out his spirit.? [Christian Statesman _ WHISKY AND PNEUMONIA. Another fond delusion has been shattered by the relentless data of science. Whiskyhas long been regarded as of value in the treatment of pneumonia, but a comparison of the results attained in different hospitals J by its use in this capacity shows that its emLr ployment is not desirable. It is found that I In the jNew York hospitals sixty-Sve pet* cent, of the pneumonia patients (lie undT alcoholic treatment, while in Lcndon, at the Object Lesson Temperance hospital, only five per cent. die. ' Bumptious Lawyer?When I began uay profession I hadn't a penny to call my own, sir! Cynic (quietly) ? And :hav# you now ? _ ' SABBATH SCHOOL. ' INTERNATIONAL) LESSON FOR B DECEMBER 28. Last Quarterly Review?Golden Text: H Rev. v., 13. REVIEW EXERCISES. Superintendent: How did Jesus represent the privileges of the Jewish people? Sciiool Under the figure of a vineyard. Supt.. TV hat doom did He pronounce upon them for their rejection of Him? v< School: The Lord of the vineyard shall <J. destroy them and give the vineyard to others. " Supt. At the Lord's Supper, what did Jems say to His disciples when He gave pi them the bread? C( School: This is Mv body which is given for " IE you. Supt.: What did He say when He gave pi them the cuy? as School: This cup is the New Testament iu Mv blood, which is shed for you. Supt.: What was the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane? % _ h< OklahomaGuide Book and Mapsentaoy wliarj on receipt of SOcts.Ty ler & Co., Kansas City', Mo. P ONB ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headAnlion o-rt/3 ^V\rrn>HJ on/1 mivno nvuco ouu ityuo auu vuxco uauiiuaA constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its Kin.! ever produced, pleasing to the tuste ana ao? ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances^ its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most poDular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8AH FRANCISCO, GAL UUISVILLE, KY, . HEW YORK, N.V. $[,000 REWARD! The above roW&rd will be paid for proof of the existence of a better LINIMENT than MERCHANT'S GARGLING OIL or a better Worm Remedy than MERCHANT'S WORM TABLETS. Sold everywhere. JOHN UODGE, Sec'y, Merchant's Gargling OU Co., Loclcport, y. Y? U. S. A. IfiCUTC UfftUTCn IN every town to AGENTS WAfllfcU sell hotchkiss medicateo couuh drops. Sample by mall, 5 cents. iL J. HOTCHKISS, New Haven, Ct. up STUDY. BoofrXeoolar, Bmlaeu For.n? HUWlt^enmanahlR ArltomaUj, iaarc-nii, >dj. moronjiiiy taugat by MAIU Circular! tras Bryant's Gollcsfflt 457 Mali * Bufltlft H & OR. SCHENCK'S Mande STANDARD FOR 0 ^kFAlWFFIl Cure Indigeatloi HI i"W 11 bhll burn, Flatulency,< 1 1 the Stomach; Owl Diarrbcea, Piles, an ? _ - m ^ Congestion, Bllioui TbhUHI" Headache, Giddim I UHIU deriDg Pain*, Ma ' and all Discaaca ar Sluggish Lirer. ' la a Positive Cure for coata, reduce gor? tions, break upstu DYSPEPSIA store free, healthy give the system a And all Disorders of the Di- and strength. Th gestivo Organs. It is likewise a Corroborative or Strength- PURELY V cning Medicine, nnd may be CTDIfTI A taken with benefit in all casea 3 of Dehility. For Sale by all andABSO Druggist.'*. Price,Si .00 per Lottlo. i)r. Schenck's New Book For Sale by all I on Lungs, Liver and Stomach per box; 3 boxes mailed free. Address, mail, postage fro Dr. J.H.Schenck & Son. Phila. Dr. J. II .Sehenck rgg piSO'S REMEDY ^FOR^C. M ColdSnC*i?e Head It has no equj ft, ' We win r?fluH tke MOMiofnylliutl office monrv order. f-Tore?s money order T5 * V?a/iV or ba::li rraTt. Mo fo our order. fiaDOUCiS PLEASAfVr-AND SAFE. I Neuralgia and CONTAINS^- . . ? NO ANTIPVRIN. , . -j-/ TRIAL 4 *1- SOLO BY ALL DRUGtil SIZE ' V vlSi ef mailed on reulot of r-JSE;K ^PX Chichester-s English, / $14 K ON e Ladle*, fk DrujriM for Chichuter t 8*i boxen waled with blut ribbon. Tokeaoi All plll? In pMttboird boxe?, pin* wr?p| 4c. la ?l?mps for p*rtlcntmr?, fc*ilmoni?lJ 10,000 TVitlmonUlt. Same Paptr. Hold by all Loc*l l)ro?liU. - ___________________________ 1 for cur#vf Stiffnesssotecfcs^ness " SYS U-50 snrrm tl EWIS' 98 & LYE 1 Powdered and Perfumel >: (PATENTED.) The strongest and purest Ljs _. :.\&j made. Willmako tue&es?par- ^.5 filmed Bard SoaD in 20 mia* ~A Iutes withoutboiling. It laths best for disinfecting ?ink% closets,drains, washingbottle* f barrels, paints, etc. PENNA, SALT MTG CO *??? Agf.. Phlln., Pa. DIPCV Vlicrc POSITITBLT HKXEDIEB. DAUU! iVllLLu Oreely Pwt HtretdwA Adopted by stodonts at Harvard, Amherst. and other College*, also, by professional and business men erenr* where. It not for sale In yoar town send 33?. to JB. J. GBEELY, 7H Washington Street, Bo?totu_ A XMAS HEALTH GIFT _ -:"f (Exerciser Complete $5) Is Best or All. Circular Fkeb. /y I . r ' Books: For "An Ideal Complexion /V . & Complete Physical Development," J i If 39 Ills 50 cts. "Health & Strength Physical Culture," 40 Ills 50 cts. Chart of 1^. m j 39 Ills for Dumb Bells & Pulleys, as cts. . Mm 111 Ad. JNO. E. DOWD'S Vocal & Physical #\U1| Culture school, 116 Monroe St. ChicaflO Ji I preicrtb# and folly?a? dorse Big O u the omly ^E^Pcur?Jn^^H specific for thecartalncur# Jt ^ Fi TO 6 daTS.^ oi tbls dlHeaM. _ *E iiot O. ILLNGBAHAM.lt DBm e*w8Wrw- * Amaterdam, N.T. ^ jfl fif nra<mi7by?a WebavaaoldBfrGfc* ra^o^fc-avsykr1..'-!? | nk ClnalnnatiJI^M faction. . __ D. R. DYulti^ k, CO^ ^ Tnd!^^B8^Urkl$l.eO. Sold by Druggltta. Si JHENCK'S Jl||l '? SmJBsL VER HALF A CENTURY II uny|^ i, Sour Stomach, Heart- M*IBM BWMUllla 3olIc, and all Diseases of I _ lirencss, Inflammation, d Diseases oftlie I!owels; _______ sness, Jaundice, Nausea, ? m I6S, Nervousness, Wan- CVlcIlP Inila, Liver Complaint. W I VlUl ising from a Gorged and rhey clean the mucou? . :ed or congested condi- Will Care hhnrn /?nmnHratinnii. re- ^Al LJ O I HC action to the organs, and T.T*** clianco to recover tone 8 . eyuro THROAT AND Ll)NGS. Tt is pleasant to the taste, EGETABLE, and doe* not contain a particl* r on iadi r of opium or anything injnri' ntLIABLLi ous_ Jt Is the Test Cough MedLUTELY SAFE icineIn the World. ForSalt " by all Druggists. Price $1.00 )ruggijt?. F:ice 25 ctg. per hottlo. Dr.Sohenck's Book for 00 cts.; or sent by on Consumption and its Core, e, on receipt of price, mailed free. Address .t son, IMillaricIphla, Pa. Or. J.H.Schenck & Son, Phlla. AMERICAN M r>-6Stem Wind & Stem Set, i 1 ONLY $1.00. jgwf The r.ew American In Handsome flb?8 r ^ji J.V 7 PnKcrn Hunuug Coeo, a correct ilia*" WA hntvln fhi.mi/ivrrtij^ IMJN2J 3 'J liS IJ ment, is now ready and by placing a rery ' ' ' " fey V* If lirj e order we Iiavo seen red the exclusive ^~JfL wile for the United States and Canada. \ r&JAk It l*a itrm Tvlmlor rjju item aetter ,1 iff la with patent adjustment, and Is fitted with I In IB? new patent item winding arrangement t ill /fl found on no other. It Is hunting caae, ilionutlftill j* cu craved of the new ?tyl# l/wl shell pattern, as buown in cut, plated wttU Ta liure polU on solid yellow metal (scm*> II IJ tunes called aluminium), and In appear* 11 /? ancciaslmilartoaKold wiitcb. Thecry* k tal Is double thick polished french p1"**. ^ nnd ail the coif wheels, piaions and Tbe?r(4 Intra arc perfectly made by the mo?t KM \R 1/9 Improved and expensive machinery, and \T_JjJ each part i? carefully titled by Allied Sittw 7t&/\ workmen. Each onotocarefally inspected. &J? l/m&w regulated and tested before leaving the <n?mmlil III factory, and fully warranted by us for /# "vo Jearslf uw-d wlth'reaaonuble care. Offer New .American SUm MjrjEf '7* V indcr and Stem Setter, wuh a ijrnutl. 1; fill tcoM piutcd chain nnd charm, Efm-\ 11 Ijjl all packed iii on elegant latin lined c.ise. JPFTCB la?JJ ou receipt of out* Sl.OO bill, money iRjIg T/WfflL order. Pontage stamps or postal note, pro- > . 'iaSS lr&\X\ 'hied tue pencil recelving it will faithfully TZStg iff IE premise tosei.d i: . as many order* from B? A I $ their locality as possible. Our.V'ewCatK&f VI /J n lopuo of vVntchis, representing one of '/tyy t the Inrpcftlluiflto be feund In any Catfr " alogtioviU bo sent with each order. W? II M one pood agent In every town to '18 Is take the agency for the salo of o?sr rellabl* ?mm. ?>/><11t:jrt.rateiii.Siar('Mt" nloffiic at prices frciii$2.i'0ut;?uia.jy# " rt] wuiUliemtoallr*rt?orMi<,lr!:?ilsiUf SoT /JV by mail and ?sxt>r *9. Sh?>D pi OO AT 7y\ ^g/ ONl'E and we will forwardfk-NvwAm*rl> i.nn by mall, poet-pa: ?- * o?r order ^ rvlll be fillet! iW'diiTwc recelT* lolled cusf ?.aer. s?nd Sl.ooUy re-utei'ed letter, port & Co.. 35 & 37 Frankfort St.. N. X. . i bm achE i Nervousness consider bromo* i n?l tWWIIWJ SELTZER a God-send OuiftiiiTcc ^ thoso subject to MINUTES Nervous Headtcht. kKINQ ' C. S. MOSHER. Balto. SELTZER ISTS, EMERSON DRUG CO. orica. Sola Prowletors, BALTIMORE, MB. ?ed Cross Diamond Brand a r a K ^ WlUUC A\ iRU ^ i iuug TUf oaly Safe. Bare, ud rtiUlie Pill far salt. \W lUik Diamond Urand Id Red lid J?id mctallls \y ather kind, f.tftut 3vht<tuti*rj and Imitation*. v wi, k laiictr?ai> ennltrfVIU. It DntdUtJ, ?r ?esd * i. aid "Belief far Ladle*," <n letter, by retain Mall. CH.CHMTCI, CHCM.CA^Co^M^i-^ar* mm