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THE --PULPIT. |
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY StRMON BV
DS, OTHO F. BARTHOLG W.
Kubject: The Limitations of Llf*.
? Brooklyn. N. Y?Dr. Otl;o F. Barth
. olow, pa-tor of tin- .lanes M. E. Church,
preached Sunday on "The Limitations
wt Life." Tilt* ext was choscn from
Colossiaus iv:lS: "lit number my
bond?." Dr. Bartholow said:
It is hard to conceive bow the glowing
and compivhensiv * wtements of
the Srst three chapters of Paid'a Epistle
o tbe Cor Jans could be reinforced.
Each sentence is so full of
dvvine truth, it fairly overflows witli
lis .Miriiuy abvdan >. Yet with the
words of our text Paul id most positively
and b -utifill; reinforce every
other sentence of this intensely spiritual
epistle. He did it in that charmingly
inferential way that added the
warmth of the heart to the purely
logical statements of the mind. In writing
to the Colessiaus of Christ's divinity
and of the complete and joyous
loyalty every soul-should render to
Him. Paul in the few words of our text
delicately refers to the example "found
in his own experience. "Remember
auy bonds." This was an infusion of
experience to all the preceding precepts
that developed rn incalculable
force in that, unlimited element of
sympathy which were at once operative.
Paul had no intention of glorifying
himself or his sufferings, neither did
he sentimentally long for human com
fort. This very brief allusion to him
I5CJI in our xexi was ui i iu sucugmru I
f and confirm that feelirg which would
exalt and glorify Christ Jesus the Lord.
What Christian in Coiosse could have
. read or heard Paul's letter and not
% have felt when he came to the words,
* "Remember my bonds," this man
writes out of life's experience and of
what he knows?not like so many of
the religionists :iud philosophers of
that time oat of his imaginations and
dreams.
Yet another inference is contained in
out text. It is that which emphasizes
the fact of life's limitation. In wilting
his advices and directions to the
ColossianBvFaul did the very best his
nncitiAii fillnTO- liim fn <1f>- Hi?
wished and prayed to do move. That
more was to be with them iu person,
to give them all that he felt was in
personal effort for Christ and His
kingdom. 0<rer against this wish,
this desire, this prayer, was his physical
imprisonment?a limitation. Pani
was chained. The things he would do
be could not do.
The fact of life's limitation, its recognition
and resolution are suggestively
presented in these words of the heart.
The fact of limitation ia apparent
everywhere, in everything and everyperson.
CJo to the uttermost boundaries
of space?to the sun and stars,
limitations are there, their boundaries
are fixed that they cannot pass. Gravitation.
chemical affinity and other
agents of law bind them with invisible
chains to tlieir limits. As with
these mighty spheres, so with the tiniest
r.tom; the plane of activity and expression
is fixed. The reign of law
marks insuperable barriers.
In persons as well as in things the
fact of limitation is strikingly manifest.
The body in which we live is
clearly confined in bonds. Each body
has an amount of nervous and muscular
energy which limits all that may
be received or given. The bonds of
place and heredity bind each man to a
very narrow zone of physical and
mental activity. That a man is what
lie eats and where he lives is a certain
degree manifestly true.
The spiritual in man is limited in
all its expression and life by the presence
of the carnal. Paul's pathetic
cry: '*0, wretched man that I am:
who shall deliver uo from the body of
this death?" is applicable to all the '
children of Adam's race. These distinctions
are the marks of a general
limitation, the bonds that all men in
their investigations and experience
must remember because they are of
themselves. Within the general limitations
there are special and personal
Jimitations. Mental endowments, disposition,
health and grace are largely
determinative in establishing the individual
bonds that cannot be passed.
This fact is so around us, within
?ns and above us, it is indeed strange
that we should be i-aJIed upon '.o remember
it. Yet when wc consider
Josses and pains in other lives and in
our own life, also the misfits in positions
and office because men will persie-t
in trying to do things to which
they are forbidden because of bonds
(limitations), we are sure that wo need
give to this injunction a careful and
continuous attention.
The nervouj prostrations, the brain
fag, the strokes of apoplexy, the creep
ing lassitudes that seize so many of our
bright arid energetic people ate in a
great majorh" of instances but evidences
of faiiure to know or remrmber
the physical and mental limitations
to which life is conditioned.
The cause of the failure of tho religion
of Christ in many lives may be
discovered hero. The world is so much
A\jtli the people, all energies are so
completely exhausted by its business,
its society, its ambitions and its pleasxires
that the purely spiritual exercise
has but little to draw upon.
The spirit may be never willing
and favorably inclined, it matters not.
when the limitations are readied there
can be but little or no response to the
high calls and privileges of Christ.
"The spirit is willing, but the flesh
Js weak." was the loving explanation
of Christ for the sad future of the disciples
to watch with Him in that daflc
hour of Geth^mane. But why was the
flesh weak? Was it not because all its
energies had been exhausted in other
4linn in Mia n-i'a'i f /\ii a fnr
v net uiicrio mail m mc vnv ivi
;which they should have been conserved?
Failure to record and recognize personal
limitations and to be affected by
them causes not only lapse and disaster
in our service to Christ, but ofttimes
the essential breaking of the
moral law. Our fathers were accustomed
to keep the commandments, to
worship Cod and reverence His day
by preparing hours in advance for that
most solemn and imperative duty.
Saturday preparation of body and spir- |
it was. in the thought of our Puritan
ancestors, essential to the real keeping
of those commandments that enforce
our duty to Cod. They had a
fine recognition of the limitations inherent
in the body. Their preparation
for the Lord's day was a "remembrance
of bonds." It is only the fashion in
these progressive days to ridicule the
religious practices of these fathers of
our country. With nil of which ridicule
we have no sympathy, continuing
SP believe that our grip on God. for
Royalty to Christ and His law tliey
^ntinue to be the most inspiring and
examples. They certainly shed
% helpful light concerning the meeting
limitations in the keeping of those
"SoavmandmeatSj that refer to God and
day.
They made religion n life and found
Ifligbt in It. largely k&c:\use they re*
monibered their limitations. They re- r
fusotl to nil) (.\>d by the
world ami its activities to so rush in
upon them during six days that there
was nothing for the Sabbath hut physi- "J
oal weariness ami dullness. In yet
another relation it is imperative that
wo remember our own and others' limitations.
In relation to others wo
should be quick to ask: Are we understood
and do we understand V
Hclieving fuliy that -very man is
more than auytJiing lie does or says,
we are led to heJieve that all avenues 1
of expression and reception are to a J
degree limited and incomplete?"are < '
in bonds." Every man has in him a !
best and a worst, neither of which 1
fairly represents him. Many, however, i
are to them final fi :u their experi- 1
enee of one or the other phase of life. o
When l read Cardinal Newman's t
"Lead, Kindly Light," I think ol: a ?
highly intellectual, devout ami enantable
character. On the other hand, t
when I read his bigoted and narrow
estimate of ?rius, especially his state- r
ment "that a publisher of heresy e
(meaning, of course, anything contrary t
to Lis religious denomination), should li
be treated as if he were embodied n
evil." I think naturally of a narrow, n
unsympathetic and bigoted man. It is v
very evident that any fair estimate of v
the cardinal as a character cannot be ?
obtained from either or both of these t
writings. He had his limitations. They }
must be remembered. Not until they s
are estimated can there be a substan- t
tin I understanding of i..e ptrson back ,n
of the utter.'noes. n
Bui: are we understood? We. too, 11
commonly a>sume thr. we are. Think- t
ing we fully understand wnat we say f
and mean, we naturally infer that ti
others do. But do i.iey? "Oh, the
trouble, the heartaches, the disasters s
and the deaths to happiness and peace j
that have come to this old world sim- e
ply because people have not understood n
one another," exclaims the writer of 11
an hundred years ago. Human na- b
ture has naturallychanged since that t
day. An appeul to experience must o
convince even the most ruperticial ob- ii
server that this is deeply true, even C
iu the everyday experience of life. Ac- s
knowledging .he fact or i.aiitaiion and
realizing its force iu life, we fiud the I
only sure approach to its resolutiou h
is ill the Christ of Paul. v
Our Saviour entered our limitations, a
He took upou Himself the form of u ti
servant; He became obedient to death, o
even the death of the cross; He emp- o
tied Himself; He was in all points v
tempted as art? we. He remembered tl
our bonds. Limitation itself brought d
trophies to His feet. Christ made it r
minister to His eternal glory by living:
(1) The simply life?a life of fore- c
thought and order. In Him there was &
no trespassing of body upon mind, or n
mind upon spirit. Each was kept to1 ti
its sphere. There was in His soul no
conflict in the duties owed God, man
and self. p
The temptation in the wilderness is a y
perfect presentation of His clear and s
simple recognition of these duties that ti
Irtmrcc- no nnnfnciiin in tho miml nf tlll> V
disciple. In Christ was 110 haste, no d
confusion whatever. He had for each k
and everything the full measure of its a
claim. In His speech I-Ie gave line
upo>. line, precept upon precept. He ii
did nothing in secret. (2) The chari- v
table life. Christ ever made allow- 11
anco in ail human equations for the v
elements of ignornnce. inheritance and y
condition. He remembered the bonds d
of men, their limitations. Thus we s
Slid Him dealing with the -individual n
as the wise and loving parent does a
with the child, as the teacher with the e
pupil. lie built on that best possible a
interpretation of each man's nature, h
which required ever and always a com- y
plete knowledge of limitations. b
He healed some in public because t<
their bonds would stand it; others He y
withdrew to the quiet place alone. He k
recognized conditions best for the in- y
dividual. When two of His favored tl
disciples desired to burn those men o
whom they judged heretics; when Pet- p
er followed afar off and at last alto- ?
Aether denied Him, with what divine d
consideration He remembered their y
limitations and forgave them! With n
Christ there was neither Greek nor
Jew. circumcision or uncircumcision. fi
R-ii'lini-ion .Vnvtlii-iTi hnml nm* frpp hp- n
cause His charity understood and c
eliminated all differences that such distinctions
implied. a
I'd) The triumphant life. Christ saw ti
the crown above the cross, life beyond g
death, and lived in them. Hope, with g
all its expectancies, was His. He saw
the morning when it was midnight. He
knew the Father knew. The triumphant
life of Christ was lived for us. ..
and so i^vjame vicarious. We could
not live it ourselves, bccause of an an- a
natural bondage?the awful bondage J*
of sin. hrist, how. ver, .ives it for I"1
us, and Fhares it with us. making it ji
possible for us to lutv-? His simple,
loving and triumphant life. "I live, ei
yet not I but Christ liveth in mc." C1
Oh, what comfort there is to the
poor, wounded heart that is struggling *?
to do its best against sin and trial in 11
uie narrow suaus me iu uuu ,
realize, "He remembers my bonds." He j
took them upon Himself. Simple faith
in this truth brings relief and ultimate
triumpl This gracious truth sugests
another limitation that we speali of
with profouudest reverence, the limit- .
ation of Uod Himself in the matter of _
bestowing pardon, peace and love upon 1
the heart of man. God has, according
to the revelation He has given us, limits
that He cannot pass in the salva- 01
tiou of man. The salvation in Christ
marks the boundaries of God's ab^.ily w
to save the human soul. o
God cannot force the soul's will to n
accept of His Son Tor salvation. lie
presents Him with all love and power,
for He will have all men to be saved
and to ^orae unto the knowledge of the
trutb. Beyond this lie cannot go. j,
God is bound oy His gift of free will. n
Christ the God cried: "I would but ye f(
would not." ;1
May Cod help all of us to rceog- j,
nize and act vpon the limitations to 0
which Cod has committed us.
Mroncui ror io-uay. a
God promises strength to enable us ti
to do our present duty. If wo believe ci
that, and act accordingly, w shall ii
ue7er, never fail. "As thy days, so a
shall thy strength bo." That is the
promise?a promise that never fails, q
Yestevd. r has gone, not to return. To- v
morrow Jias not come to us. and it may ti
never come. To-day is our day. and it tl
is the oniy portion of time that is.
'.Men who regret that they did not do
their work of yesterday, lose their pros- r'
eut time because they are not giving *
their whole strength to it. Men who J?
fear that they will not be able to do J
to-morrow's work are losing to-day,
and ure not getting ready for to-nior h
row. (.iod does not promise strength \
for yesterday which is gone, nor for s;
to-morrow which may never come, but j h
for to-day, which is here. Let us s
therefore, trust, and use, while we <
have It, >d's promised strength for a
to-day. ,:Sutticieut uuvo the day is
the evil (and the good) thereof."?
Sunday School Times.
? V
Like Teter, when a disciple is warm- tl
ing himself, he is often in danger of 1<
denying his Lord.?Edward White. tl
The infidel howls at the Bible uiiracles,
but he aims at its morale.
CUE GREAT DESTKOYEI
10ME STARTLINC FACTS ABOU'
THE ViCE Of INTEM??RANCE.
cii;e Fei*ran?l*H Imprpxtivr 1Vor<Js VTlie
sentencing si Youth So Thirty 5 eavi
Iinnriminniriit lror ji Murder Com
initio I While Intoxicated.
There wits an i]iij)io?si-o scene in th
'ircuit Court at Ottawa. Hi., who
iu!ge Farm lid sentenced Thomas Rut
y to thirty .years' imprisonment iu tli
oiiet penitentiary, Jiuntly. wlio i
iut twenty-one years of age, had bee
mlicted for ti'e murder of Adolphu
took, of Stivatov. TJie eriine was tli
utcome of a drunken row. Bund.v or
ereil a plea of guilty and threw bin
elf on the mercy of the conrt.
After briefly reviewing the evidene
he judge said:
"Last January, at Dixon, a youn
uan of your age stood before me to r<
eive his sentence on a plea of guilty t
lie crime of murder. What 1 said t
lim then 1 want to. in part, say to yo
iow; be was intoxicated when he con
tiitted the crime, as I believe you wer
irben you committed the offense t
vhieh you have entered-tbe plea o
niltv Intoxiention is no defense i
his case. The young man who, a
our age, has become a frequenter o
aloons, and a habitual drinker of ir
oxicating liquors, is almost certain o
noral death before he reaches matur
nanhood. Could I speak to the youn
nen of the nation, 1 would beg of thei:
o shun the saloon; let not its shadow
all upon you; they will blight an
nally destroy your young manhood.
"There are two great lights wliic!
hould always control the court. Firsi
ustice; second, humanity. I have gi\
n much thought in my effort to detei
nine what justice demands, what hu
aanity asks, in this case. We canno
ring back the dead. A life has bee;
aken by you, and the lifeless body o
ne has been laid in the grave, and i
t comes again it must be ouly whe:
Jod commands that the earth aud th
eas give up their dead.
"We are to deal alone with the living
hiring the progress of this trial ther
as been a picture constantly before u
t'liich has caused the court to thin
eeply of the mystery of life and th
tagedy and sorrow of death. Upo:
ne side the father and mother of th
ne Tyho sleeps; upon the other, thos
trim 1 AV/\ ?on oil L<ni*nAirin<y> cnmA fA
lie dead, others for tlie living, and it i
ifficult to determine which of the soi
owing ones suffer the greater grief.
"All this 1ms come because of you
ruel net, but through and beyond th
orrow and tears of grief, the cour
uist look alone to the evidence an<
tiere search for .the light which lead
a the right.
"You are a young man, having jus
assed your tweuty-lirst year. In la\
ou have recently stepped from th
cenes of childhood to the more digni
ed and responsible one ol' manhood
et with mental powers sufficient t
iscern and follow the right and t
now the consequence of such a crim
s you have committed.
"Under the sentence I am about t
npose you shall have ample tim
fhile in prison to think of the past aui
leditate on the future. Day by daj
reek by week, month by month, ani
ear by year, uutil the sands in tlv
ial of your life have run low, yo:
linll a /if 4 1*
Litiu nrru tut* ^(Ui; ui ?l }HiCUiiCl , iu
arrow walls of the coll shall lie you
biding place. When the iron gate
lose behind you, the beauties of lif
nd the grandeur of nature shall b
iddon from you, and home and jnothe
ill be only memories. But let then
e sweet memories. Remember tb
?achiDgs and virtues of that mothei
,iiose heart you have broken. He
>ve will follow you and bless you ii
our darkest hours. I sometimes fee
tint a mother's love has in it the spar!
f divinity. I know not the time o
lace when or where the love of a pur
lother will not enfold ber child. Ur
er the intluence of that love prepar
et to live according to her prayers ani
er teachings.
"There is a God in heaven whose in
nite power and tender mercy can an*
rill penetrate the gloom of a prisoi
pll.
"His power enables Him to spare]
nd know the human heart. You linv
*!1 nROTpftfcufl 1-Tic 151 XT*t T-Tt? olr.no r.o:
ive you solace in the coming years o
rief."
Canada Less Temperate.
The consumption of in toxica tin;
(luovs in Canada is increasing. Tlx
mount oil beer, wine and .spirits used
er head of the population in 1004. wa
venty-three per cent, greater than thi
verage for the live years preceding
'h increase in convictions for drunk
uncss in 1003 (the last year for whici
rirninal statistics are yet available
as thirty-six per cent, over the aver
ge for the preceding tive years. Thii
icrease is shown in every proving
'itli the exception ol Prince Edwar<
Bland and Quebec, which show i
ight decrease. In Ontario ibe ir.
ease is sixty per cent.
Tempcranco Notes.
The total production of distilled soir
s in th^ United States for the las
seal year was 353,250,379 gallons.
Sir I-Ienry Campbell-Bannerman says
We desire to keep the public lian<
ii the liquor traffic."
Some one lias figured that the eco
<mic loss through the non-product ivit:
1' 20,000 drunkards for ten years ii
una! to one Chicago fire, involving
200.000,000.
Tlr. Kreiver. of lhe SI. Viiicont Tnsli
ttioi), in St. Louis, says: "It can In
sserted with great errlninty that tIii
oy who commenced to use cigarette!
t ton will drink beer and whisky a
jurteen, t:ike morphia at twenty-five
ml spend the rest of liis lifetime alter
ating between eccain, spirits aiw
piuiu."
The leading business men of Stephen
illo. Texas, have signed a statemen
"> the effect: that under prohibition
onditions in the town have great!:
nproved. Tliev say business is bette:
ml more satisfactory.
It is illegal to ship Jiqucr into Iowj
'. (). D., and the purchasers can alter
ard recover the money they paid fo
lie liquor, according to a decision o
lie Iowa Supreme Court.
A well-known solicitor, moved by tin
i'vival in Wales, it is said, has decide*
;> give up taking cast's on behalf o
roweries. By this decision lie sacri
cod ?2000 a year.
Kmperor William Las ordered tliat fll
is chauffeurs must be total abstainers
Vlien automobiling ho insists ori i
peed of not loss than forty miles ai
our. If the Emperor should attcmp
uch speed as a regular thing in tlii;
ountry he would experience consider
bio trouble with the police.
The distilleries of Peoria County. I!
nois, pay the Federal (Jovcrnmen
3,000,000 revenue per month. One o
lie six distilleries produces C>ij,0<X> ?al
r.s of alcohol per day. Japan an*
lio United States consume a grea
uantity of this product iTj Uie mauu
ticture of gunpowder.
j rroin a NcbrnftUa ]? pi cure.
* The bosom of .a mallard duck. stowed
<lo>vit until there are uo juices going
r. :<> waste, a baked potato about the
size of a goo*e egg, two slices of Boston
brown bread riglit out of tlie oven
and spread with butter that has no
? athletic reputation, a spoonful of rasp*'
berry jelly, a cup of Young Hyson of
' moderate strength, a piece of pumpkin
pie. man's size, and you have a dinner
e that ought to keep you in a good liu?
mor until curfew rings.?Nebraska
e State Journal.
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Your J 905 Sales.
j The total distributive sales for 3005
n exceeded
t
f 8200,000,000.
,f This tola] is realized from the sale
e of fresh meats (beef, mutton and
? pork), provisions, produce (poultry,
a butter and eggs), soaps, glues, oils,
d bones, fertilizers, feathers, casings,
t hides, wools, pelts and other by-prodr,
ucts derived from cattle, sheep, hogs
'' and poultry.
^ Margin ofl'roGt.
j The industry is operated on a marf
gin of less than 2 cents to each dolu
lar of sales. Swift & Co. do not sell
e at retail. Their entire output is sold
r> at wholesale to many thousands of
e dealers in various parts of the world.
? There are hundreds of local slaughtere
ers throughout the United States, who
n buy their live stock in competition
? with the packer doing an interstate
r and international business. Likewise
8 the packer must sell in competition
with the local slaughterers. There are
r no secret processes in the industry, no
? complicated and expensive factories,
^ | and as live stock can De purcnasea jji i
s almost every hamlet and city, and tlie
preparation of meats^is simple In tlie
v extreme, local slaughtering will long
q remain a factor in the production of
|* fresh meats and provisions.
Economic AdvantAge;.
e The large packing houses will, however,
always have these advantages:
p Locations at the chief live stock ceni
ters, with the opportunity to buy the
j best live stock; manufacturing in large
e quantities, at the minimum of ex11
pense; utilization of all waste matet
rial;' refrigeration; mechanical appli1
a ances; highly efficient business management.
These advantages are re?
fleeted in ihe quality of the packer's j
1 I
ii j output, a quality that lias reached its j
e highest development in the products:
* bearing the name and brand of
n I "Swift."
1
I; I'nrchanir.g Live Stock.
* The principal live stock centers are
i- Chicago, Kansas City. Omaha, .St.!
e 1
^ The sale of typewriters has been forbidden
by tlie police in Russia.
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f Short Breatli, Goa on
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petite?A feeling of fullness, weight and
? pain over the stomach ami heart, some- }
* times nausea and vomiting, also fever and
B eick headache?
> What causes it? Any one or all of these:
s Excessive eating and drinking?abuse of <
e spirits?anxiety and depression?mental effort?mental
worry and physical fatigue?
* bad air?insufficient fooA?sedentary habits
?absence of teeth? bolting ol looci.
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Invitations to weddings in Wales are
f very business-like.
r FITS permanently cured. NoDt*ornervou?ness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer,$2trial bottle andtreatisefree
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In London about 4000 persons regularly
P | make a living by begging.
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p Druggists are authorized to refund money I'
1 Pazo Ointment fuils to cure in C to 14 davs.50c.
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The annual coal bill of the i'ennsylva- i
nia Kailroad system is J18,000,000.
1 Kobberi in Church. j
Just think what ao outrage it is to be
i robbed ->t all the benefits ot the services
1 by continuous coughing throughout the
t congregation, when Anti-Gripine ts guarans
teed to cure. Sold everywhere. 25 cts.
!. K W. Diemer, 1A. D., manufacturer,
Springfield. Alo.
There has been a great demand for pure
* bred cattle in Argentina recently.
^ Plso's Cure letho best medicine we ever used, "
for a.11 affections of throat and lungs.?Wm 1
1 O. Endblet, Vnnburcn, Iud., Feb. 10, 19 (D I
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~ Each season Dundee sends her whaling C
fleet to the Arctic, ~^d
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Coeducation.
A well-known university professor
lms a dilemma in which he is wont to
entrap advocates *of coeducation.
"If you lecture to twenty boys and
twenty girls in tlie same room," he
asks, "will the boys attend to tie lecture
or to llie girls V"
Of course ihe coeducationist. to lie
consistent, must say that they will listen
to tlie lecture.
"Well, if tbey do." replies tlie dean,
"they are not worth lecturing to."?
Harper's Weekly.
v i It & (
T nnic C+ C?4- T>o ill nr.A Fort I
A-zvujo, oi, u-wzjjuf QI. J. u I?I ??"
Worth. The same methods of purchasing
cattle, sheep and hogs prevail at
fill cities. At Chicago, which is the
largest market, there are about two
hundred and fifty buyers, representing
packers, local slaughterers in various
cities, and exporters. Of this number,
less than a score are employed by
Swift & Company.
The farmer ships bis live stock to
Chicago, consigns them to a commission
firm at the Union Stock Yards,
who sees that they are unloaded and
put in pens. Tlien the buyers inspect
them, make their offers to the commission
dealer, who abcepts or rejects as
his judgment dictates. All buying must
be finished at 3 o'clock each day, and
the buyer must pay spot cash. If the
commission man has no satisfactory
offers, he can hold his stock orer to
the next day. He gets bis commission
from the farmer, and naturally strives
to o-pt tlip Uiehest Dossible nriec for Lis
client
Wholesale Distributing Rouses.
A wholesale distributing bouse Is a
giant refrigerator, but instead of
shelves there are trolley rails, from
which are suspended books to bang the
carcasses. Some of the bouses cost as
much as a hundred thousand dollars to
build and equip. As a rule they are of
pressed brick, the inside6 being linedfloor,
walls and ceiling?with bigbly
polished hardwood. The floors are covered
daily with fresh sawdust and all
are kept spotlessly clean. There are
over three hundred of these wholesale
bouses in various cities of the United
State?, and the public is always welcome
to visit them.
Fucking n.ir.tK.
All tie Swift & Company plants are
located at the great live stock markets,'
in the heart of the" great agricultural
sections, where can be purchased the
finest grades of cattle, sheep and hogs.
We have seven packing plants, employing
at each from two to eight thousand
persons.
The following gives the locations
and sizes of the different plants: J
Germs Hxto Sen Water.
Disease germs on the deck of a ship
soon die. This fact has been scientifically
demonstrated by an Italian physician.
He found by bacteriological investigation
that even the most hardy
germs were removed and destroyed by
simply washing the decks with sea
water.
a despairing woman.
IVeak, Nervons and Wretched From
Wasting Kidney Trouble*.
Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Main and |
Glarst Sts., South Bend, Ind., savs:
A "When I began
i'nfflr using Doan's Kid-1
ney Pills I was so |
weak I could J
e hardly drag my-1
Cjy |Sj|* self across thej
| Lr room. I was j
wretched and ner-1
vous, and had i
bncknchc, bear-!
ing-d?v\'n pair.
lieadnclJP, dizzi-1 j
jSjr.ciW/' noss and weak j i
*'*'/ eyes. Dropsy sett!
n and bloating of tlie chest choked 1
ne and threatened the heart.. I had ! I
ittle hope, but to my untold surprise j.
loan's Kidney Tills brought me relief'
ir.d saved ray life. I shall never for- L
fet it."' I j
Sold by all dealers. ."0 cents a box. j
'oster-Milbnrn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Because of the growing scarcity of
imber. matchcs are now being made i
e 1
?f paper.
To Cure n (.'old in One Pay j I
rake Laxative l'roino Quinine Tnblets. i \
)ruKRists refund money if it fails to cure. 1?. *
iV.Grove'ssitjniiture on each box. 25c. |.
Jiancer In Pur? Water. j
it is not ouen mat cujuiuujui a* lu.hu:
>f wator being too pure. Rut {lie Bir- i
ningham correspondent of the Medical
Record says:
"I hear that the -water brought nt
ra6t expense from the Welsh hills is- so
;oft that it has a serious effect on ga! anized
cooking vessels, in conseliicnce
of which the Health Corr.mil:ee
has decided to ask manufacturers
o recall any such utensils which they
lave sent out for sale in that city."
out ar;
Lumbago ani
Nothing reaches the
quickiy a
PUTNAM
.'olor more poods brighter find faster co!or? tliar. any nt
ye any tfaruieut without riytuur uvui t. Write for free i
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A!r For Firemen.
A Oalifornian, Ciiiirlea E. Ciiai
has invented a breathing apparatus
i firemen. It is composed of a h<
lined with oiled siik. and an air cy!
ck-r, strapped to The back, and earryi
an hour's supply of air. A rubl
tube brings the air to the Lead-pie
The exhaled air goes out by a va
in front of the mouth. The wh
thing weighs twenty-three poun
The wearer can get ouly air enoi
to till his lungs reasonably. He e
not use it all up in a little time.
Jompa
Packing FJants.
TuiFTPIT' Floor
' i . ! : Buildings, Spate, Lar
Acres. Acres. Acr
Chicago 44% 87% 47
Kansas Ci1y 7% 30 3?
Omaha G 2G 2J
St Louis 7% 39% 31
St Joseph <ivi 25Vi 1*
St raul 5 32 K
Fort Worth 3 35 22
Employco.
The total Dumber of persons ei
ployed in all the Swift packing plan
and brauch houses aggregate o\
2G,000 persons. Conditions for ei
ployes in the various manufacture
and operating departments is contin
ally improving with the construct
of new buildings and the insta!lati<
of new and up-to-date equipment.
Sanitation and Hygiene.
The housewife makes no greater <
fort to keep her kitchen clean than
do to keep in sanitary and hygiei
condition our abattoirs. They a
thoroughly scrubbed at the close
each day's operations, and automa
appliances are used wherever possit
in order to eliminate the personal har
ling of meats. Rigid rules governi
tbese points are strictly enforced; Is
ity means dismissal.
Visitors Always TTelcomc.
No other industry in the world giv
such a cordial rreicome to visitors
Swift & Co. We keep open house t
year around, and maintain a corps
specially trained guides, with spec
elevators and rest rooms. In one ye
we have entertained over a quarter
a million of men and women; in o
day?Grand Army Day, 3901?we <
tertained 23.000. Among our visitc
have been ambassadors from forei
governments, princes, noblemen a
distinguished citizens from all Ian
and eminent folks from every State
the Union. We wish to familiarize t
public with our methods, and the b<
way to do that is to lot the public s
for itself. We have 110 secret process
or methods in any department.
TTnrn ? and Bacon.
n*v in o * - v ?
Swift's Premium Hams and Bac
The collection of postals is more ol
craze in England :Lan anywhere els<
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, )
Lijcas County. j *
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheneti
Co., doing business in the City of Tolet
County and State aforesaid, and that sj
firm w'iil pay the sum of one hundred dc
lars for eaeh and every case of catab
that cannot be cured by the use of Hali
Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney
Sworn to before me and subscribed in r
. , presence, this 6th day of Decei
\ seal, f ber, A.D., 188G. A.W.Gleason
' ?' Notary Publ
Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,a;
acts directly on the blood and mucous sn
faces of the system. Send for testimonia
free. F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, 0,
Sold by all Drugcists. 75c.
Take hall's Family Fills for constipatic
Glass batli tubs are now coming in
general use. N.Y.?5.
Wanted.
Vld defaulted or tmflftleuble stocks and bow
Remainders of estates bought. All unquoted or n
lifted securities dealt in. No rharire tor vain ins,' c
securities Valuable hook on old securities pi
=ented to holder of any extinct stock uot mention
iherum. It. ,il. S.il V'THL'. iCootu 452, Pr
iluec Kxrlmn?o, i\cw l ork.
| ftp lor ot < worth of leadiDtr novelties 111''hoi
11 |u eat Garden Srec.s. J1'8 worth ol I'rJvnn] Pi
IU inlum Coui i us free with c\ery order
b< >1 .< ? IA XO'S SEED STOKE, BALTIMORE
That Baby of Yours
S'eeos Hoxsle's Croup Cure for Couvlis,Colds, Croi
t Pneumonia. It prevent* Membranous Croup ai
Diphtheria. 60 cents, at Drujfgists or mail.
A. 1\ HOXMI&. BIIllalo, X. V.
I PAY SPOT CASH
For IWfl!tar.v Bounty LrikI M nrrniit* i?sn<
oscld-er" v! any war. write aitiaf oli':e b'KANJ
ii. ki:<;rk. atf xthi s .. i>k\vi-:k,<:?ii
^ NEW DISCOVERY
gives quirk relief aad cur
rnrtt cn?e?. Hook of testimonial* and iOOuvn'trritiifi
Tree. Dr. H. II. CREEVH bOBox B, Atlanta tii
SldldziadLLdaidil#
CURES WHERE ALL USE FAILS.. PTT
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use 6^
In time. Sold by druggets.
PRICE,^,25 Cts m ?|
fin
fKlNONEDAY g%
iWRIPINE || "si
HAS MO EQUjAL F0R"H'D^G)E forD> ?
id disables like
i Sciatica .
t trouble as
F A D E L E
her dye. One It. *l:R<re color* all fiber*. Thej'
booklet?How to Dw .cli *nd Dolors. U
San Francisco man put tills apparitor
''n> on, worked for an Lour in n room filled,?':?
for with the fumes of burning sulphur, >1 j
>0(1 aud was all might in lungs and throat;^!
!?"- when he came out. If it does what it >3
i"g is described as doing, it is a necessity ,;|8
')(ir for every tlreman.?"With the Vroces^Ji
ce- sicn." Everybody's Magazine. I
?^e The cattle of Somaliland, eays a
lls- cent official report, are fattened On |3
'S1' date stones, and milch animals fed pny-;~f|
an' such a diet are said to produce better ;-J?
A J and more copious milk thrn others. J| *
rly
are more widely and favorably known S?|
i(1 than any other brand. Their popularee!
ity is due to the uniform quality and 7-1
flavor of the meat, ana to'their fine |
% appearance when received from the,yM
? dealer. Each piece is branded on the T
% rind, "Swift's Premium U. S. Inspect%
ed," and wrapped in cheesecloth and. ypB
> white parchment paper. \
! Look for the brand, "Swift's Premium,"
when buying han,s and bacon.
Q- Swift's Silver Leaf Lard
its Is a strictly pure lard, kettle rendered, ,'^g
er and put up in 3, G, and 10-pound pealetl .; |j
m- pails. It is America's Standard i.ard, ^
ng and enjoys a lHgh reputation and ai? f
u- j enormous sale.' '>
Swift's Soap*. ,
An interesting feature fit a tr?p ;v^|
through the Chicago plant is a visit to .
the soap factory, one of the largestiJaB
and most complete in this country.' \-}*j
Tliere we manufacture numerous toilet .
lie and laundry soaps, and washing powof
Among which are:
tic Wool Soap, widely and favorably yj|lj
>le known; for toilet and bath, and was&-v^|
id- ing fine fabrics.
ng Crown Princess Toilet Soap, highly ^
ix- perfumed.
Swift's Pride Soap, for laundry and
household use.
Swift's Pride Washing Powder,
es surpassed for all cleaning purposes.
as Swift's Specialties.
110 Swift's Premium Ham , t
of Swift's Premium Bacon
ia: Swift's Premium Sliced Bacon '^j
ar Swift's Premium Lsrd 9
of Swift's Winchester Ilam
ue Swift's Winchester Bacon
?n" Brookfleld Farm Sausage
,rs Swift's Silver Leaf Lard
^ Jewel Lard Compound
Swift's Cotosuet
'?s Swift's Jersey Butterine
in Swift's Eeef Extract .,
be Swift's Beef.Fluid
Swift's Premium Milk-Fed Chickcn?
Swift's Soaps.
5<?s Wool Soap
Scented Toilet Soaps
Swift's Pride Soap
on Swift's Pride Washing Powder. .
!ld Good Teeth Good Temper .Jj
eLh Are characteristic of the I
L'a Atfyins Saws always. |
ay That is because they are ; ,^8
m~ made of the best steel in the
^ world ? Silver Steel ? by ; .'ji
;r- men that know how.
Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor Scr?pei?,
etc., ate told by ail good hardware "v-Js
,jj_ dealers. Catalogue t a request, ' JggjjH
t0 E. C. AT11INS <ZL CO. inc. j ['
Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World 1
! ?? lkI
M Factory and Executive Offices, Indianapolis t
Kkanchus?New York, Chicago, Minneapolis I
Portland (Oregon), Seattli, San Francisco , -,'IS
Memphis, Atlantaaad Toronto (Canada) '
T Accept no substitute? Insist oMhe Atkins Brand F '' Jj
if; I -J *&?
>M f| SOLD DY GOOD DEALERS H
rt* UviWUMVAIV.H1VMAMVU,AA''V1?.V>i^MW**m^'m MfiMJtm ?M
1" That Delightful Aid to Health 1
; JDaxtwe
I Toilet Antiseptic
Whitens the teeth?purifies
mouth and breath ? cures nasal
catarrh, sore throat, sore eyes,
and by direct application cures
.-ill inflnmpH. ulrpratfri anri- ? i
j H catarrhal conditions caused byla
M feminine ills.
1 Paxtine possesses extraordinary
9 cleansing, healing and germi.
9 cidal qualities unlike anything
1 else. At all druggists. 50 cents
g LARGE TRIAL PACKAGF FREE
The R, Paxtoa Co., Boston. Mass.
ITI-GRIPlNl
5 GUARANTEED TO CURE
ID QOLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA.
Antl-tirlplne to h dt-aJer-who won't OuMrnntec 1%
ur MONEY BACK. IF IT DCENN'T CUBE. I
enter, Manufacturer, Springfield, 31a
OIL |il
PRICE. 2Sc. AND 50c. JB j
: S S DYES I
dye in cold water better than any other d>-8. You c*o
tUNuUL UUUli CO.. Lfuionvitte. Missouri*.
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