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jp ': " ?Hk PULPIT. ?Z . give hist ' A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY tlch REV. W. T. BEST. fitte I depi Subject: The Higher Criticism. the 1 stro E Remsen, N. Y.?The following ser- "Bil mon by the learned divine, the Rev. the W. T. Best, was recently preached e*P( here with telling effect. The subject icisi of the discourse was "The Higher one Criticism, Its Advantages and Disad- wro vantages." Dr. Best said: Higher criticism is defined as fol- "Th lows: "The discovery and verification of the facts regarding the origin, form and value of literary pro- Firs ductions upon the basis of their in- anfl ternal characteristics and contents." ^nd Dr. Harman defines higher criticism thus: "Higher criticism is a phrase at * used to express all investigation re- ^en specting the genunineness. authen- .houi o r? rl i rx f tier fit V nf OTl/?if*T?t Htpr- (' ary work, especially the various aeo1 books of the Bible. . F. There are three classes of critics. *cs First, the radical, who reject the su- moT] pernatural in Scripture: second, the a?ai conservative, who admit it; third. e, the conservative-radical, who hold a it i half- way position. Pr?v There are four principles upon istec which the higher critics seek the exod origin of the* books of the Bible. First, literary treatment: second, his- cr^* torical settings: third, religious ancI thought: and fourth, cumulative facts force of combination of principles. Jai,S . On almost the same basis the critics' *stei are divided as to their aims; some etchave purely literary aims, others sim- vers ply historical aims, while by far the me^ larger class have religious aims. vesti The advantages and disadvantages the of higher criticism may be viewed "eye from two different standpoints: as Bibl they affect thf> critics and as they af- (1 feet the church. nami I. As they affect the critics: If T the higher criticism is an enemy of cy"c the Bible, then every other enemy of a11 the Bible is its friend and it has the stai? advantage of whatever aid they may P?1*1' lend it. But is the higher criticism lied i an enemy? For one, I believe it is, *hey though I do not wish to imply by this that every form of criticism is wrong, ^ani k or that every higher critic is an en^ emy of the Bible, for many are its |? ? warmest friends; but taking the mat- *estl ter as a whole and judging by its 1S a' fruits, I believe higher criticism to a? E 'he an.enemy of the Word of God. 1. Advantages. ** As an enemy of the Bible, It Is ** , easy to be seen that the higher crlti- ,n cism has the following advantages: <1) The devil. J\Jgb The devil was the first person to tfie onestion the authority of God's Word. He was the first person to in .' dispute Moses. If there is no preach- . ' ing in hell, It will not be because the , devil does not known anything about / the Bible, but like the higher critics 'argl he never quotes it correctly, but al- . sc ways leaves out those narts which Jn 0 appear to him unreasonable. He will . cr< coroe to you as an an ge t of light and tell you that Moses did not write the Pentateuch, Isaiah only wrote a part tll0r' of the book that, bears his name, the a book of Daniel is a falsehood, Jonah lon? is a mvtb. the sons of Solomon is a matt drama, the book of Job is only a (5 , parable, etc., etc., and J>y the time ence you have taken everything out of the T1 Bible that he may tell you la a false- calle hood, you will be qualified to jstand Mini before the world upholding its empty the lids and say: "Of course I believe in do tl the Bible; the only thing I am op- not posed to in it is the supernatural." to t (2) The flesh. drop The fact that so many Christian The people do not enjoy the blessing of prea *" . holiness is one of the strongest critii proofs that the flesh is a higher critic (2 and does not believe in those portions Wor of the Scripture that refer to the Tl -higher life. to tt (3) The world. but The world is one of the most ear- (4 nest and enthusiastic friends of hlsh- the a er criticism. The very supposition W that it is superior to the Bible, com- the ] ^ -ing from men who are looked upon whel K as the greatest scholars and religious He ^ "leaders in .the world, is one of the and ^ most comforting thoughts to the dout mind of the hypocrite. The poli- (j IMan wlin wTipn he Is at home has nf ft one "wife, is a deacon in the church T) and Sunday-school superintendent, Proi but when he in Albany has three acle? * wives and does not know where the grou churches are, will find great consola- stro: tion in knowing that the Bible is tives not all true. The accomplished young be tl iady, who is a member of the church, 2. but does not see aDy harm in danc- "w ing, will be ple&sed to learn that men look who know so much more than her rule: pastor does, have decided once and as tl for all that the Bible is not afways ten to be relied upon. A young man. 1)ear who is a graduate of one of our lead- bPer] lng schools, said to me some months (?(j> ago: "Science has not fully settled d0'n; the question as yet, whether Enoch ma^ was translated or noxt." Mormonism, ^ anarchism, atheism, spiritualism and seen all the other isms are friends of the jjas . -higher criticism. Bibl 2. The disadvantages. all \ There are many disadvantages; now we can only name a few of them. 0f (1) The Bible will not stay tv.Q 1 "put." ~(: As soon as they get the Book of Vreuesis uacu up *,jic yvclj iucj liiiiin ?jit ought to be, somebody over in ther Chronicles says or does something lai, that upsets the whole plan, so they |hoi^ "have either got to destroy Chronicles are or change their former position. By j the time they dispose of all the wit- ,, nesses throughout the Bible that tes- M tify against their position, the Book . of Genesis has gotten back to where . it was in the first place, and the work _ has all got to be done over again. The Bibte is like a cube of granite; you may upset it as many times aa r~ tyou please, and it is always right I . side up. J'* ^ (2) The principles of higher crit- ? ics are not to be relied upon.' Dr. Harman says if they were ap- ear. plied to American history they would V make havoc of it. If you apply them proc to the Declaration of Independence clsn; they would place that document It about the year 1S65, as all men were case not looked upon as equal, nor did Chri they enjoy life, liberty and the pur- tbar 8U1L UJ. net in>i Jica? uuui auci uiai time. Applied to the tombstone of befo Jefferson, it could be proven that it latic was another Jefferson that was Presi- iard dent of the United States, for while cans all the great acts of his life were as I recorded it was not said he was Pres- ing Ident. Bishop Warren, in his book, sciei "The Bible in the World's Educa- it s tlon," says: "It is the higher criti- and cism applied to Shakespeare that has in t< produced the idiotic assertion that evai his works were written by Lord fore Bacon. The laws of historical criti- use cism applied to Napoleon have quir proved that no such man ever lived." mat The same principle applied to a Jet- post ter written from a husband to a wife, stan might prove that the first part of the and letter was written by a husband. Lor< H while the latter part was written by are < r " c lover. The chief difficulty with the ( critics is, they forget that a man may higl possess a variety oi gifts. Julius A sar was at 'one and at the same s a general, a statesman, a law>r, a jurist, an orator, a poet, an oriau, a philosopher, a mathemaiii. an architect, and was equally d to excel in any or all of these artments. 3) The theories and methods of higher criticism exclude and dev each other. >r. Milton S. Terry, author of jul'cu rvirxiiaiitJULitre, lias ucvuicu greater part of one chapter to jsing the fallacies of higher critn. Here it is clearly seen that if critic is right the others are all ng. But who can tell which one ight? Dr. A. C. Zenos, author of e Elcme/.ts of Higher Criticism," vs that there are two leading difties in the way of the critics: t, the field of operations is vast bewildering in its complications, second, the science of higher critn is born of strife. "Bauer laughs 'aulus, Strauss laughs at Bauer, an laughs at Strauss, and the "-glass laughs at them all." 1) Recent discoveries of archogists. rom the outset the literary critinstinctively felt that the testiy of archaeology would be nst thpm ami thev endeavored vade it by deprecation or denying n advance. Archaeologists, by ing that the art of writing exl in Egypt a century before the ius, have taken the very foundastone from under the higher cism. Every little while the pick shovel are bringing to light as 5 the very things that the critics hed at as myths, such as the exice of Kruder-Laghamer, Menes, Dr. A. H. Sayce, of Oxford Uniity, says -that the archaeological lod is the scientific method of inigating history and is, therefore, only critical method to establish md doubt the genuineness of the e. > ) The last disadvantage we will e is the testimony of experience, bousands of men. women and Iren in all parts of the world, at ages, and in different circumces, are proving by practical ex;nce that the Bible is to be reupon. It matters not whether place their faith on a passage in Epistle of Peter, the Book of lei, or even the mifch disputed ateuch; God is faithful and true lis promises. This method of ng the truthfulness of the Bible so open to the higher critict, but tishop Warren says, very few of 1 wish to use it. . As they affect the church. Disadvantages. will be seen at a glance that tever is an advantage to the er critics is a disadvantage to church. But as these are the iral disadvantages we will name lis division the particular ones. L) The difficulty of mastering science. le higher criticism, as yet, is jly in the hands of college protrs, and it requires constant study rder to keep up with the ever jasing opinions of different critIt is said that very few pastors i either the time or means to oughly investigate the subject, ,t best, can only accept the opinof men who make a study oi the er. !) The uselessness of the scito the average pastor, le preacher of the Gospel Is id to the work of saving racn. sters who are carried away with higher criticsm generally fail to lis work. They become a burden only to their congregations, but hemselves, and sooner or later | out of the ministry altogether, pastor of to-daj^ might better ch the Gospel and let the higher cism alone. I) It destroys reverence for the d of God. le man who believes in it goes ie Bible, not in a reverent spirit, in a critical spirit. t) It has a tendency to destroy mthority of the Bible. hen a critic reads, "Thus saith Lord," he has to stop and decide :her God says anything or not. becomes an interrogation mark is compelled to live a life of >t. >) It questions the inspiration ie Bible. tie fruits of this principle are: )hecy is set aside altogether, mir5 are explained on natural nds, the unity of the Bible is dered, and several Biblical narrai, like that of Jonah, are said to ie products of imagination. The advantages. hile the higher criticism may be ed upon as an evil, God has overil it for good. Criticism is as old ie Bible. Before John had writhis Gospel, the agnostic had aped on the scene. The Bible has t overthrown, demolished, explodetc., etc., and now it has to be over again. The fact of the :er is, the oftener it is supposed ie overthrown, the harder it is to overthrow it. Many a man run his head up against the e, but history proves it has been ;he worse for his head. Let us look at a few of the advantages ie higher criticism, as they affect Christian Church. L) The inability of the critics to at the truth. he Holy Ghost wrote the Bible, efore, the Holy Ghost must exn it. The majority of the critics, igh they may be scholarly men, unconverted. How can such men srsiana ine muie: 2) Higher criticism lias very 3it.0 boast of. n idiot with a knife in hand, let e in an art gallery, can destroy e in an hour than Raphael could te in a lifetime. It is an -easy ter to criticise and tear down, a hard matter to build up. Many he supposed new discoveries of ter criticism, such as the "docut hypothesis," the age of the h, etc., are centuries out of date. 3) The higher criticism will be luctive of the true Biblical critii. . may be truly said that, in most !S, higher criticism has driven istian men to the Bible, rather i away from it. A Biblical critii is now in nror.ess of formulation. ire which mere theory and speeu>n will disappear as did the Spans before the guns of the Ameri!. Such a criticism will embrace. Dr. Mendenhall said, the followcharacteristics: [a] It shall be ntific in method and results; [b] hall be Biblical in spirit, scope influence; [c] it shall be historic ssts and material; [d] it shall be lgelical in tone, character and q; [e] it shall be rational in its of facts, non-theoretic in its inies and authoritative in its ultie decision. The Bible is not op:d to reverent criticism, for its ^ inttifoflnn ic "Pomo nnw IU1I1& lurivuviuu i?j? vumv, *!%/ , let us reason together." The 1 Himself has said, "My people consumed for lack of knowledge." 4) A call for the retreat of the ler critics has sounded. . reaction has taken placo in Ger < r . 4 many against the hlghor criticism. Many of the pastors of the country nro Hf?nnnnoine- it from their Dlllnits. Book after book is being written against it. One of the most inn* portant victories on the side of orthodoxy is the fact that Professor Harnack, the star of Berlin University and one of the foremost leaders of higher criticism, has so changed his opinions regarding the dates of a number of the New Testament books, as to favor the traditional view. A revolution among the critics will undoubtedly be the result. (5) The Almighty God has declared that not one jot or tittle o* the law shall fail until all be fulfilled. A curse has been pronounced upon the man who would add to or take away from the sacred words of Scripture. I am aware that the devil does not like the Bible. He has always been urging his followers to stamp it out. Porphyrius tried it by his philosophy, Celsus by his brilliancy, Lucien by his ridicule, Dioclitian by the power of the Roman Empire, and thousands of others have tried it by this means and that, yet, "It shall stand in its beauty and its glory." It has withstood the storms that have covered the ocean of time with shipwreck, it has outlived the mythology of Greece and s?en the downfall of the Roman Empire. It has withstood the attacks of ridicule and buffoonery, the criticism of scientists, the intrigue ot diplomacy, and the agonies of the Inquisition. It has stood the test of fifty-eight centuries; her trophies are the conquests of the nations, and her crown of glory the benediction of a thousand generations; and as the ages come and go,, she will abide, while the lamp of her glory, as the Pharos of the world, will burn and shine, "until Heaven's last thunder shakes the world." Cheering Influences. In the mountains of the Tyroi it is the custom ot the women and the children to come out at the close of day and sing. Their husbands, fathers and brothers answer them from the hills on the way homeward. On the shores of the Adriatic a similar custom prevails, the wives of the fishermen coming down to the beach about sunset and singing a melody. After singing the first stanza they listen for awhile for an answering melody from over the water, telling that the loved ones are almost home. Thus the weary fishermen are cheered by song when the task of the day, through its long continuance, is becoming most burdensome. And so ever a cheery Christian praisefulnu.3, a hearty optimism, a burst of melody that floats over the waters of life, heartens up a toiler and makes all work or warfare light.?Ram's Horn. Difficulties. I have known a brother wanting to go abroad to preach the gospel to the heathen, but a great many diflftculties have been thrown in his way, and therefore he said: "I can see that I am not called to go.'/ Why not? Is no man called unless his way Is easy? I should think myself all the more called to a service if I found obstacles in my way. The course in. true service never did run smooth. I should say, "The devil is trying to hinder me, but I -will do it in spite of all the devils in hell." Will you al-, ways be wanting to have your bread buttered on both sides? Must your road be graveled and smoothed with a garden roller? Are you a carpet knight, for whom there is to be no fighting? You are not worthy to be a soldier of Jesus Christ at all if you look for ease.?C. H. Spurgeou. Opportunities. A fall is an opportunity to gel up again. A disappointment opens the way to achievement. Many a man, overwhelmed with the sense of his own failures, and his own weakness, drops hopelessly down wherever he is, and wonders how his neighbor ever manages to keep up in the face of o Btarfiini? vnrietv of hard trials. He cannot see how it is that, when things look so dark in the affairs of that most singular neighbor, he goes about with a cheerful face'and head erect. But the neighbor has character that costs in the making,- and counts always for more than it costs. He has his hours of weariness and his momentary sinking of heart, but never overwhelmingly, for he trusts in God and does his very best.?< Ram's Horn. God's Reviving Power. Walking along the street one day a gardener passed a heap of rubbish, partly burned thrown into the road. He noticed" a root that seemed dead and withered, but he took it home, examined it and tended it after planting. It prospered and grew, till, c2ter years of care, a majestic vine covered with clusters of grapes was the result. No one is so dead in trespasses and sins but may, under the Gardener's care, become* a fruitful vine. No human life is hopelessly lost while the love of God seeks the unsaved.?Ram's Horn. With God's Help. Wendell Phillips said that at the beginning of his Christian life he asked God that whenever a thing was wrong it might have no power of temptation over him, and whenever a thing was right it might take no courage to do it. "From that day to this," he said later,in life, "God has answered that prayer." This, then, is the chief reason why the name of Wendell Phillips lives to-day. He wqc a man nf strnnfT will and that will was i'or justice and righteousness. Soul an Absorbent. I believe philosophers have not noticed one thing ? the absorbent character of the soul. Marvelous is its power of receptivity. It is a wonderfully impressionable substance. An hour in the company of saints is enough. The whole heart is revolutionized. All Scriptures bear testimony to this blessed influence.?Keshub Counder Sen. False and Deceptive Thoughts. Avoid diligently those false and flpppntiup tlinusrhls which sav. Wait a little, I will pray an hour hence; I must first perform this or that. For, with such thoughts, a man quits prayer for business, which lays hold of and entangles him, so that he comes not to^pray the whole day long.?Martin Luther. Ivingsley's Prescription. "Make a rule and pray God to help you to Keep it; never, n possiDie, to lie down at night without being ablq to say, I have made one being a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day. You will find it easier than you think, and pleasanter." This was Charles Kingsley's pre? scription for happiness. i Jf \ ' \> THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OP INTEMPERANCE. The Saloon and Drunkenness?Facts From a Massachusetts Official Report?Pauperism and Insanity Caused by Liquor. Under the authority of an Act passed by the Massachusetts Legislature of 1894, the Bureau of Statistics and Labor was instructed to make a thorough investigation of the liquor traffic in that State as to drunkenness, pauperism, crime and insanity. The collection of information occupied twelve months, closing wjth August, 1895. We give a summary of the results obtained. The Bureau made a careful investigation and comparison of the arrests for drunkenness in License and No-License cities and towns. Of the 353 cities and towns of Massachusetts there were 53 which were under License policy during the year, and 260 that were under No-License, while there were 40 which, owing to a change of policy, were partly under License and partly under No-License. The first group contained one-half of the total population of the State. The License cities and towns showed 36.24 arrests for drunkenness to every 1000 of the population; the No-License communities showed 9.94 such arrests to every 1000 of the population. Arrests for offenses other than drunkenness were 23.34 to each 1000 of the population in the License cities and towns; in the NoLicense cities and towns they were 10.26 to every 1000 of the population. Another comparison, fairer in its conditions than the foregoing, because it deals in each case with the same communities, is that of arrests in given cities and towns during License and No-License periods. Of the towns which changed their policy, the larger number showed more arrests for drunkenness ar.d other crimes under License than under NoLicense, and in cases where the reverse was true the difference was slight and the whole number of arrests was small. The five cities which changed that year were Haverhill, Lynn, Medford, Pittsfield and Salem. In Haverhill the average number of arrests for drunkenness per month under License was 81.63; under NoLicense, 26.50; in Lynn, under License, 315; under No-License, 117.63; in Medford, under License, 20. 12; under No-License, 13.25; in Pittsfield, under License, 93.25; under No-License, 36.75; and in Salem, under License, 140.50; under No-License, 29.63. These figures point to a direct connection between the open saloon and drunkenness which no advocate of License can explain away. The Bureau's statistics of paupers, where the inquiry covered all the persons found in the State institutions during twelve consecutive months, show that, excluding minors, about seventy-five persons in every 100 among the paupers of the State were addicted to the use of liquor, and three-fourths of these used a]l kinds, or at least two kinds of liquor. Nearly one-half of the paupers had one or both parents intemperate. About thirty-nine in every 100 attributed their pauperism directly to their own intemperate habits, and about.five in every 100 attributed their pauperism to the intemperance of their parents. In the case of the insane, the Bureau found that indirect methods of inquiry were necessary, for obvious reasons, and on that account the statistics of this subject are less complete. With reference to insanity, about 1800 cases were investigated, with such thoroughness as the circumstances permitted. In sixty-nine cases in every 100, where the facts could be determined, one or both of the parents of the insane person were intemperate; and in twenty-five cases in every 100 the intemperate babits of the person himself were considered the cause of insanity. Fiftyone per cent, of the adult insane was caused by the saloon. Appalling Barmaid Traffic in England The Joint Committee on the Employment of Barmaids of the British Parliament has just issued its report. It appears that more than onefifth of the girls employed in the rum holes of England as barmaids are less than twenty years old. The following tabulation of ages of these girls are giveu; Between 10 and 14 25 Between 14 and 15 134 Between 15 and 20 6,069 Between 20 and 25...- ... .12,023 Between 25 and 35 7,S21 Between 35 and 45... .... .. 1,183 Between 45 and 55... - 3J2 Between 55 and 65. ..; 107 Between 65 and 75. 20 Over 75 o Total 27,707 In London alone there are 1442 o* these child barmaids. The report points out that out of 350 newspaper advertisements for barmaids examined, 220 called for barmaids of twenty years and under. Profit Without Service. Dr. W. B. Palmore says that liquor Is profit without service. "Eight cents cleared on a ten-cent drink is a tremendous profit, but it is of no service to any but the great enemy of the human race, the destroyer of both body and soul. The sooner we cease to call such a traffic 'business,' and designate it by its right name of crime, the better it will be for the world." A Depressing Business. The saloonkeeper cannot roll out of bed in the morning with a clean taste in his mouth and rejoice like a strong man to run a race, as ne proceeds to open up his place and fill his bottles for the day. Railways Bar Drunks. No man is eligible for employment In the operating department of a trunk line of railway who drinks al coholic beverages in any quantity or even who frequents places where they are sold. The Making of a Drunkard. Some men can drink with well defined and well guarded moderation. Some can keep it up a life time and apparently get no harm, but such men are rare and no man knows himself to be of that kind until he has tried the experiment, and it is in trying that experiment that drunkards are made. Fifteen thousand medical men?? the flower of the profession in Great Britain, joined a while ago in a memorial to the government asking for temperance instruction in the public schools. ? s 7 I ' * * k ' ? . . . 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Every family sb ) genuine on hand at all times, to edy is required. Please to rememl cup of Figs is for sale in bottles o reputable druggists, and that full n; California Fig Syrup Go., is plainly : every package. Regular price, 50c 9RNIA Fig Syru "gfcn Franciico, CM. FADELE ather dya. One 10c. package colors all fibers. They <1 Xree booklet?How toDve, Bleach and Mix Colors. 3 Par and Pa. A stock broker whose mind was always full of business was asked a few days ago how old his father was. 'Well," said he, abstractedly, "he's quoted at eighty, but there is every prospect that he will reach par and possibly be at a premium."?New Orleans Times-Democrat. The best paid British governor, with the single exception of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, is the Earl of Minto, vho, as viceroy of India, receives a salary of $75,000 a year.. An Experimental Government. Mr. Russell says of the New Zealand Government in his "Soldiers of the Common Good," in Everybody's: "Many of the ideas that they have siuce put into practice were very vague with them when they began, but one thing seemed clear enough. They believed that most of the evils of the world resulted from the uneven distribution of wealth, and that they ought to do something to help the men who were getting too little to get more. A primitive way to help was to keep them in good physical condition; so the campaign of the new government opened with bills to improve health." To save Andover Seminary it is proposed to make it a great training school for missionaries, home and foreign. j ., N.Y.?51. X IP /VU HAIII Y* nn I YOU W | ' ALWAYS KEEP ST. JAC ? IN THE H0U5E AND I QUICK. SAFE AND SUI Z WHERE YOU CAN GET | PRICE 25c 4 gPS^WfiP I? mo ! f< 'Z' XXprope ?"V| ? // jr V\ inad;q C? J f Nj need i ^ PERI | Oil IJ (Equipped wltli : K9 It will heat a room in no time and Q ated as easily as a lamp and perfi I TOO mgu ui tuu ww. w><?? ? with unique smokeless device. C; which cannot be done with an or Perfection Oil Heater is superb heaters and is an ornament to at two finishes?nickel and japan. B tifnlly embossed. Holds four qu; nine hours. Every heater warran dealer's write nearest agency for d Lamp '1 1 lamp. Made and nickel-plated. Equipped wi * ? ? m Durner. tvciy uu^ ^a. *.u. gpl room whether library, dining-ro KjJ room. Write to nearest agency if I STANDARD ( j > 'r^m " C ' ' #1 X 1 , r ^ ;tO * ' --vViv'. >- - lOKEp^ lonorsofthe ?' '^..y in a remedy g iacaatta-?^4 md as a rear S^vv*-" > . conducive to ft,> tend to one's B ' ^/.rtV| s, headaches, '^i*7i .'tfiJr laxative, to ke the ever alifornia Fig I-' s the system I - / y unpleasant M the internal s assistance, lal organs in Bp* V^I 3 or injurious Br * > v"l i the figs in nniir^ jhysicians to Bp gdy has met H; ; rVf'&i L a fact well ? :p*J F PIGS approved by K* - lions of well " of uncertain . iould have a fl tttfiVfi'l use when a ber that the B^v"" f one size ame of the dm , printed on , i fl per bottle. af"u" IU .1 . - fi-b , <c'i SS DYES re In cold water better tiun an/ other dm. Youoao ION ROB PRUQ CO., UUirrilto. Mlimri Voting on a Play. ' M. Boggiano's voting apparatus at | the theatres has received scant notice. When the spectator leaves hla seat lie is presented with a disk, which he throwij into a certain -ap- t erature if he considers the piece good, and into another if he thinks it bad. ?Paris Journal des Debats. ????? A portrait of King Charles's dwarf, by Dobson, which, at a sale in 1823, failed to realize more than $37.50, was sold by auction in London recently for $1260. It goes straight to the mark Hale's Honey ? of Horehound and Tar | Quickly Cures Coughs I and Colds ! = ' ' -4 | Pleasant, effective, harmless I . Get it of your Druggist | ? Pike's Toothache Drops Cure In One Hinirts mamm^tmmmmmmbm - . - > A BOTTLE OP Z OBS OIL YOU WILL HAVE A 2 IE REMEDY FOR PAIN J AT IT WHEN NEEDED. 7 AND 50c ? > m ' ffilffipgB!53ig^p^gBHBi|?dwjP^ st houses there is a room without r heating facilities?to say nothing Kfl illy hallways. Even though the R if your stoves or furnace should be B uate to warm the whole house there ! lot be one cold spot if mou have % > FECTION Heater Smokeless Device) n will keep it warm and cozy. Oper- (fsjj ctly safe. Wick cannot be turned nfi o smoke or smell because fitted B in be carried about, Ka dinary stove. The j?j| pr to all other oil I \\ k iy home. Made in ' ( A K rass oil fount beau- ^ v E irts of ojl and burns / \ R ted. If not at your / \ i lescriptive circular. ( _ M K is the safest and best ^ all-round household 9 of brass throughout f- ?j K th latest improved v W An ornament to any fr; om, parlor or bednot at your dealer's. j Rjj HI . ? x*. ; /