The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, July 24, 1891, Image 18
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
I TllC BROOKLYN DIVINE7S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: “Gleaners In Life's Field.”
(Preached at Glen wood. Col.)
Christ’s anguish beat against
eternity,to be echoed back b]
Text: “And the ivent and came and
gleaned in the field after the reavers; and
her hap axis to light on a part of the field
belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kin
dred of Elimelech."—Ruthsi., 3.
Within a few weeks I have been in North
Carolina. Virginia, Pennsylvania, New
York, Ohio, Michigan, Canada, Indiana,
Ulinon, Kentucky, Missouri, and they are
one great harvest Reid, and no season can be
more enchanting in any country than the
season of harvest.
The time that Rath and Naomi arrive
Bethlehem is harvest time. It was the
old custom when a sheaf fell from a
load in the haraest field for the rearers
to refuse to gather it up; that was to be
left for the poor who might happen to
come that way. If there were handfuls of
grain scattered across the field after the
main harvest had been reaped, instead of
raking it, as farmers do now, it was, by
the custom of the land, left in its place, so
that the poor coming along that way might
glean it and get their bread. But, you say,
“What is the use of all these harvest fields
to Ruth and Naomi? Naomi is too old and
feeble to go out and toil in the sun; and can
you expect that Ruth, the young and the
beautiful, should tan her cheeks and blister
her hands in the harvest field?’
Boaz owns a large farm, and be goes out
to see the reapers gather in the gi ain. Com
ing there, right behind the swarthy, sun-
browned reapers, he beholds a beautiful wo
man gleaning—a woman more fit to bend to
a harp or -sit upon a throne than to stoop
among the sheaves. Ah, that was an event
ful day I
It was love at first sight. Boaz forms an
attachment for the womanly gleaner—an
attachment full of undying interest to the
Church of God in all ages; while Ruth,
with an ephah, or nearly a bushel of bar
ley, goes home to Naenai to tell her the
successes and adventures of the day. That
Ruth, who left her native land of Moab in
darkness, and journeyed through an un
dying affection for her mother-in-law, is in
the harvest field of Boaz. is affianced to one
of the best families in Judah, and becomes
In after time the ancestress of Jesus Christ,
the Lord of Glory l Out of so dark a night
did there ever dawn so bright a morning?
im in the first place from this subject
louble develops character. It was be-
pent, poverty and exile that developed,
^ted and announced to all ages the sub-
jf Ruth’s character. That is a very
ite man who has no trouble. It
>w that made John Bunyan the
and Dr. Young the better
O’Connell the better orator, and
l the better preacher, and Have-
[ better soldier, and Kitto the better
1st, and Ruth the better daughter-
ked an aged man in regard to his
was a very brilliant man • “Why
your pastor, so very brilliant,
veso little tenderness in his ser-
WeU,” he replied, “the reason is
has never had any trouble. When
comes upon him his style will be
After awhile the Lord took a
that pastor's house, and though
r was just as brilliant as he was
the warmth, the tender-
|is discourses: The fact i*
ble is a great edl •
see sometimes a musician sit
instrument, and his execution
>rmal and unfeeling. The rea-
1 his life he has been prospered,
^rtune or bereavement come to
d he sits down at the instru-
t u discover the pathos in the first
eys. Misfortune and trials are
?rs.
tor comes into a sick room
wnei'e~T^MV a dying child. Perhaps he
is veryEfeugnfc bis prescription, and very
rouglyfn his manner, and rough in the feel
ing vu the pulse, and rough in his answer
to/the mother’s anxious question, tut
e years roll on and there nas been one
Read in his own house, and now he comes
' into the sick room, and with tearful eye he
looks at the dying child and he says, “Oh,
how this reminds me of my Charlie!”
Trouble, the great educator! Sorrow—I
see its touch in the grandest painting; I
hear its tremor in the sweetest song: I feel
its power in the mightiest argument.
Grecian mythology said that the founda-
tw»n of Hippocrene was struck out by the
loot of the winged horse, Pegasus. 1 have
often noticed in life that the brightest and
most beautiful fountains of Christian com
fort and spiritual life have been struck out
by the iron shod hoof of disaster and ca
lamity. I see Daniel’s courage best by the
flash of Nebuchadnezzar’s furnace. I see
Paul’s prowess best wnea I fiud him on the
foundering ship under the glare of the light
ning in the breakers of Melita. God crowns
His cniloren amid the howling of wild beasts
and the chopping of blood splashed guillotine
and the crackling fires of martyrdom.
It took all our past national distressas,
and it takes all our present national sor
rows, to lift up our uaiiou oa that high
career where it will marcn along after the
foreign despotisms that have mocked and
the tyrannies that have jeered shall be
swept down under the omnipotent wrath
of God, who hates oppression, and who, by
the strength of His own red right arm, will
make all men tree. Ana so it is individually,
and in the family, and in the church, and in
the world, that through darkness and storm
and trouble men, women, churches, nations,
are developed.
Again, I see in my text the beauty of un
faltering friendship. I suppose there were
plenty of friends for Naomi while she was
in prosperity. But of all her acquaint
ances, how many were willing to trudge
off with her toward Judea, when she had
to make that lonely journey? One—the
heroine of my text. One—absolutely one.
I suppose when Naomi’s husband was liv
ing, and they had plenty of money, and all
things went well, they had a great many
callers. But I suppose that after her hus
band died, and her property went, and she
got old and poor, she was not troubled very
much with callers. All the birds that sang
in the bower while the suu shone have gone
to their nests, now the night has fa'len.
In this world, so full of heartlessness and
hypocrisy, how thrilling it is to find some
friend as faithful in days of adversitv as in
days of prosperity! David had such a
friend in Hushai; the Jews had such a
friend in Mordecai, who never forgot their
cause; Paul had such a friend in Onrsiph-
orus, who visited him in jail; Christ had
such in the Marys, who adeered to Him on
the cross; Naomi had such a one in Ruth,
who cried out, “Entreat me not to leave
thee, or to return from following after thee;
for whither thou goest, I will go; aud where
thou lodgest I will lodge; thy ]>eople shall be
my people, and thy God my God; where thou
diest will I die, and there "will I be buried;
the Lord do so to me and more also, if aught
but death part thee and me.”
Again, I learn from this subject that paths
which open in hardship end darkness of ten
come out in Diaces of io v. When Ruth
*rom Moab to warn Jerusalem, to go along
»ith her mother-in-law. I suppose the people
Aid: ‘•Oh. what a foolish creature t<* go away
from her father's horse, to go off with a poor
old woman toward the land of Judea! They
won't live to get across the desert. They will
be drowned in the sea, or the jackals of the
wilderness will destroy them.” It was a
very dark morning when Ruth started off
with Naomi; but behold her in my text in
tbe liar vest field of Boaz, to be affianced to
>ne of the lords of the land, and become one
of the grandmothers of Jesus Christ, the
Lord of glory. And so it often is that a
C th which starts very dandy ends very
ightly.
It was very hard for Noah to endure the
■coffing of the people in his day, while he
was trying to build the ark, and was every
morning quizzed about his old boat that
would never be of any practical use. But
when (he deluge came, and the tops of the
mountains disappeared like the backs of sea
monsters, and the elements, lashed up in
fury, clapped their hands over a drowned
world, then Noah in the ark rejoicad in his
own safety and in the safety of his family,
and looked out on the wreck of a ruined
earth.
Christ, hounded of persecutors, denied a
pillow, worse maltreated than the thieves
on either side of the cross, human bate
smacking its Ups in satisfaction after it bad
been draining His last drop of blood, the
sheeted dead ours ting from the sepulchers
at His crucifixion. Tell me, O Gethsemane
and Golgotha! were there ever darker times
than those? Like the booming of the mid-
the i
the gates of
by all the thrones
of heaven and all tbe dungeons of helL
But the day of reward comes from Christ;
all the pomp and dominion of this world are
to be bung on His throne, uncrowned heals
are to bow before Him on whose head there
are many crowns, and all the celestial wor
ship is to come up at His feet like the hum-
mmg of the forest, like the rushing of the
waters, like the thundering of the seas,
while all heaven, rising on their thrones,
beat time with their scepters: ' “Hallelujah,
for the Lord God omuipotent reigneth "’
Again, I learn from my subject that events
which seem to be most insignificant may be
momentous. Can you imagine anything
more unimportant than the coming of a poor
woman from Moab to Judea? Can you
imagine anything more trivial than the
fact that this Ruth just happened to
alight — aa they say — just nappeneu
to alight on that field of Boaz? Yet
all ages, all generations, have an interest in
the fact that she was to become an ancestress
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all nations an d
kingdoms must look at that one little inci
dent with a thrill of unspeakable and eternal
satisfaction, bo it is iu your history and in
m ne - events that you thought of no impor
tance at all have been of very great mo
ment. That casual conversation, that ac
cidental meeting—you did not think of it
again for a long while; but how it changed
all the current of your life!
It seemed to Be of no importance that
Jubal invented rude instruments of music,
calling them harp and organ, but they
were tbe introduction of all the world s mm*
strelsy. And as you bear the vibration of
a strineed instrument, even after the fingers
nave oeen uiaeu away from It, so all music
now o' lute and drum and cornet is
only the long continued strains of
Jubal’s harp and Jubal’s organ. It seemed
to be a matter of very little importance that
Tubal Cain learned the uses of copper and
iron, butthatrude foundry of ancient days
has its echo iu the rattle of Birmingham ma
chinery and the roar and b**»g of factories
on the Merrimac.
Again, I see in my subject an illustration
of the beauty of female industry. Behold
Ruth toiling in the harvest field under the
hot sun, or at noon taking plain bread with
the reapers, or eating the parched corn
which Boaz handed to her. The customs of
society of course have changed, and without
the hardships and exposure to which Ruth
was subjected, every intelligent woman
will find something to do. I know
there is a sickly sentimentality oa this
subject. In some families there are
persons of no practical service to the house
hold or community, and though there are
so many woes all around about them in the
world they spend their time languishing
over a new pattern or bursting into tears at
midnight over the story of some lover who
shot himself! They would not deign to look
at Ruth carrying back the barley on her
way home to her mother-in-law, Naomi.
Madame de Stael did a world of work in
her time; and one day, while she was
seated amid instruments of music, all of
which she had mastered, and amid manu
script books which she had written some
one said to her, “How do you find time to
attend to all of these things?’ “Oh,” she
replied, “these are not the things I am
f rond of. My chief boast is in the fact that
have seventeen trades, by any one of
which I could make a livelihood if neces
sary.” And if in secular spheres there is so
much to be done, in spiritual work how vast
the field! How many dying all arounl
about us without one word of comfort!
We want more Abigails, more Hannahs,
more Rebeccas, more Marys, more Doborahs
consecrated—body, mind, soul—to the Lord
who bought them.
Once more I learn from my subject the
value of gleaning. Ruth going into that
harvest field might have said: “There is a
straw and there is a straw, but what is a
straw? I can’t get any barley for myself
or my mother-in-law out of those separate
straws.” Not so said beautiful Ruth. She
gathered two straws and she put them to
gether, and more straws until she got
enough to make a sheaf. Putting that down
she went and gathered more straws until
she had another sheaf, and another and an
other and another, and then she brought
them altogether and she threshed th'jm out.
and she had an ephah of barley, niarh a
bushel. Oh, that we all might be gleaners!
Elihu Burritt learned many things while
toiling in a blacksmith’s shop, Abercrombie,_
the worldVenowned philosopher, was ^•phy
sician in Scotland, and begot his philosophy,
or the chief part of it, while as a physician
he was waiting for the door of the sick
room to open. Yet how many there are
in this day who say they are so busy they
have no time for mental or spiritual im
provement; the great duties of life cross
the field like strong reapers and carry off
all the hours. and there is only
here and there a fragment left that is not
worth gleaning. Ah. roy friends, yim could
go into tbe busiest day and busiest week of
your life and find golden opportunities,
which gathered might at last make a whole
sheaf for the Lord’s garner. It is the stray
opportunities and the stray privileges which
taken up and bound together and beaten out
will a£ last fill you with much joy.
There are a fewmoments left worth the
gleaning. Now, Ruth, to the field! May
each one have a measure full and running
over! Oh, you gleaners, to the field! And
if there be in your household an aged or a
sick relative that is not strong enough to
come forth and toil in the field,t'ien let Ruth
take home to feeble Naomi this sheaf of
gleaning. “He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubt
less come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him.” May the Lord Go i of
Ruth and Naomi be our portion forever!
PEARLS OP THOUGHT.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON* FOR
AUGUST 23.
Lesson Text: “Christ the Breatl of
Life,” John vi., 20-40—Golden
Text: John vi., 34—Com
mentary.
23. “Jesus answered them and said. Verily,
verily, I say unto you. Ye seek Me, not be
cause ye saw the miracles, but because ye
did eat of the loaves and were filled.” Having
fed the hungry thousands He sent His disci
ples away by boat across the sea while He
went away alone into a mountain to pray.
Later He went to them walking on the sea,
in the midst of a great storm, and as soon as
they received Him into the boat they were
at the land. Next day the multitudes re
turn across the sea seeking Him, and having
found Him they ask, “Rabbi, when earnest
Thou hither?”
27. “Labor not for the meat which per-
isbeth. but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man
shall give unto you.” We are reminded of
the question in Isa. lv., 2, “Wherefore do ye
spend money for that which is not bread?
And your labor for that which satisfieth not?
Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that
which is good, and let your soul delight itself
in fatness.” Also Ps. Ixiii.. 5. “My soul shall
be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness.”
“For Him hath God the Father sealed.”
This is given as the reason why the Son of
Man is qualified to give the meat which en
dureth.
28. “Then said they unto Him, What shall
we do that we might work the works of God?’
He spoke of giving them enduring meat as
His gift. They talk of doing something, so
blind were they and so blind are we to
God’s way. How much had they done in
the matter of being fed a little while before
on the other side of the sea? Just so much
could they do and no more in reference to
obtaining this enduring meat.
£9. “Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe on
Him whom He hath sent.” They spoke of
doing the works of God. He speaks of the
work of God, for it is impossible for God to
work through instruments which He does
not control. To believe on Himis to receive
Him (John i„ 12), and no amount of knowl
edge of Him will give life apart from re
ceiving Him as God’s gift to us.
30. “They said, therefore, unto Him
What sign showest Thou, then, that we may
see and believe Thee? What dost thou
work?’ It does not seem possible that those
who had so recently witnessed the multipli
cation of five loaves and two fishes to feed
five thousand men could ask for a sign, or
that those who had seen so many of His
mirecles (verse two) could say, “What dost
Thou work?’ Had they not seen enough?
And yet they ask that they may see. Are
they blind? Yes, truly! their heart is waxed
gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and
their eyes they have closed lest they should
see and hear and understand, and be con
verted and healed.
81. “Our fathers did eat manna in the
desert; as it is written, He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.” Reminding Him that
in the wilderness the people were fed with
manna every day, and doubtless saying in
their hearts, “You fed us yesterday, it is
true, but now feed us again to-day, as Moses
did our fathers.” Thus they proved that the
testimony of Jesus concerning them was
true (verse 26), that they sought Him only
because He fed them with food for their
bodies.
32. “Then Jesus said unto them. Verily,
verily, I say unto you. Moses gave you not
that bread from heaven; but My Father
givethyou the true bread from heaven.” He
would direct their thoughts not to Moses,
nor even to Himself, but to the Father in
heaven. This He always did.
33. “For the bread of God is He which
cometh down from heaven and giveth life
unto the world.” Bread is mentioned in this
chapter sixteen times,and at least ten times it
refers to the True Bread. By considering
verses 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 48, 50, 51, 58 and
their context, it will be seen that He is Him
self the True Bread, and that we are to eat
Him, or eat His flesh and drink His blood
.^verses 53-56), which, by comparing verses 54
and’47, “Will be seen to mean that we are to
believe on Him, for there are not two ways
of obtainii ‘ ' ’
TEMPERANCE.
AXD THE RIGHT SHALL WIN.
We arefizhtinga mighty b-ittie
'Gainst liquordom’s drea i array;
j We are waging a deadly conflict,
But we know we shall win the day!
| Though the odds are often against us,
I We’ll labor and work and pray;
i Our rallying-cry soars above war's din—
I We fight for the right, and the right shall
win!
We have captured some spoil from our foe-
men.
Borne citadels counted so strong;
We are battering still at his strongholds.
We will conquer them all yre long!.
We have planted our flag on his ramparts,
’Mid music and shout and.^feong.
Our triumph means victory o’er drink-caused
sin,
We fight for the right, an<J the right shall
win! ;
We fight gainst the desscration
That marketh God’s holy Ray;
We fight ’gainst the daily traffic
In poisons, that myriadKlay.
We fight ’gainst the drinl^ng customs—
The customs that lure astray,
'Gainst the foes of our friends, our kith and
kin—
We fight for the right, and the right shall
win!
—National Temperance Advocate.
—
TWO CHTLDREW KILLED »T WHISKY.
At Walkerville, Montana^ one night re
cently, two children, Michael. J. and Mary
Ellen Downey, aged four and three years re
spectively, died from the effects of drinking
whisky. That morning Mrs. Downey stepped
out to a neighbor’s house. A neighbor called
during her absence and saw on the kitchen
floor a demijohn of whisky. The boy and
girl had been drinking the liquor. When the
mother returned the boy was quite intoxi
cated and soon fell limp to the floor. Emetics
were given and a physician applied restora
tives to keep the heari beating. The girl
died about 11:30 at night and the boy
breathed his last an hour later.
DRINKING AND LONGKVI: Y.
A medical authority, says an English pa
per, has advised life-insur mce companies to
issue policies to reformed inebriates only at
the same rates as to old men in order that
financially they may be prcperly guarded.
It is held that a man of forty-eight who had
been a hard drinker, but had abandoned the
practice, would probably have longevity so
far impaired as to warrant a life-insurance
company in dealing with him as though he
were from sixty-five to seventy years old.
It will be seen from this that the chances of
longevity are promoted by abstinence in
early life as well as in later years; that in
the matter of using strong drink it is better,
as Dr. Cuyler with much pertinence has said,
to “stop before you begin.”
STRYCHNINE VS. ALCOHOL.
An analysis of the vaunted Russian speci
fic for the redemption of inebriates has con
firmed the fact that total abstinenca is, after
all, tbe best cure, as well as the best pre
ventive of alcoholism. The plan of Dr.
Fedor Portugaleff consists in treating topers
to a subcutaneous injection of a fluid which
now proves to consist of a rather strong
solution of strychnine. Experience seems
to show that repeated doses of the antidote
actually beget an indifference, and at last a
positive aversion, to alcoRol, but also that
the patient becomes dependent upon the
tonic effect of the counter-poison. In other
words, the supposed reimidy delivers the re
formed toper into the hands of another
poison habit. We might as well recommend
the introduction of French roulette to pre
vent the spread of the baccarat epidemic.—
Voice.
NON-ALCOHOLIC TREATMENT OP DISEASE.
The Board of Managers of the London
Temperance Hospital, iu their annual report
for 1890, give the number of in-patieats ad
mitted to the hospita 1 during the year as
753, of whom 390 were cuped, 256 were re
lieved, sixty were unrelieved and forty-five
died; a mortality of not quite six per cent.
(5.98). From the opening tif the hospital to
night
against the rock, the surges of
To be selfish is to be ignoble.
Amusement to an observing mind
is study.
AVe may give advice, but we cannot
give conduct.
Behavior is a mirror in which every
one displays his image.
Laughing cheerfulness throws sun
light on all the paths of life.
Fighting is a variety of fruit better
nipped in the bud than picked after it
is ripe.
He removes the greatest ornament
of friendship who takes away from it
respect.
A man who is not ashamed of him
self need not be ashamed of his early
condition.
It isn’t safe to estimate the quality
of a man’s time by the size of his
watch chain.
It is by presence of mind in untried
emergencies that the native metal of a
man is tested.
There is nothing in which men
more deceive themselves than in what
they call zeal.
It doesn’t take a shipbuilder long to
learn that it is the fleetest yacht which
has the quickest sale.
It is safer to be silent than to reveal
one’s secret to any one, and telling
him not to mention it.
How difficult it is to get men to be
lieve that any other man can or does
act from (^sintercstedness.
It is Eot work that kills men; it is
worry. Work is healthful; you can
hardly put more upon a man than he
can bear. Worry is rust upon tbe
blade.
Content is the best opulence, be
cause it is the plea-antest and tbe sur
est. The richest man is he who does
not want that which is wanting to
him; the poorest is the ihiser, who
wants that which he has.
34. “Then said they unto Him, Lord, ever
more give us this breed.” Like the woman
at the well, wno said. “Sir, give me this
water, that I thirst not, neither come hither
to draw” (chapter iv., 15), she thought only
of natural water, and they think only of
natural bread. Our temptation is to think
more of the gifts than of the giver, and to
be ever asking Him for that which we have
in Him.
35. “And Jesus said unto them, 1 am the
bread of life, he that cometh to Me shall
never hunger, and he that believeth on Me
shall never thirst.” Continuing the thoughts
of the last verse that He is our forgiveness,
cur peace, our assurance, our salvation, read
such words as Eph. i., 6. 7; ii., 14; II Tim i.,
12; Isa., xii., 2, and do as the people did
with the words of Hezekiah, rest yourself
upon these words (II Chron. xxxii., 8) and
you will know the meaning of this verse of
our lesson. “Hunger and thrist” is a phrase
embracing all individual needs and unsatis
fied desires of man, in all their variety.
36. “But 1 said unto you. That ye also
have seen Me and believe not.” “Tnere are
some of you that believe not.” “Ye will
not come to Me.” “How often would I, and
ye would not.” “In returning and rest shall
ye be saved, and ye would not.” “They de
spised the pleasant land; they believea not
His word.” “They could not enter in be
cause of unbelief” verse 64; chapter v., 4">;
Matt, xxiii., 37; Isa. xxx., 15; Fs. cvi., 24;
Heb. iii., 19). fe’uch is the sad refrain aB
through Scripture, while the loving, tender*
heart of God is seen in such words as these:
‘Ob, that My people had hearkened unto
Me, and Israel had walked in My wavs! * -* *
He should have fed them also with the finest
of the wheat, and with honey out. of the
rock should 1 have satisfied thee” iPs. Ixxxi..
13-16).
37. “All that the Father giveth Me shall
corae'fc Me; and him that cometh to Me I
will in no wise cast out.” The last part of
this verse is familiar to all Bible readers aud
gospel bearers, and has given rest to many a
soul which, having come to Christ, has gone
on rejoicing and saying, “Thank God I am
not cast out, I have* His word for it; and if
not cast out I am cast in, I am savari.” But
the first part we do not hear so much about,
for it seems to teach an election, some given
and some not given, and this troubles many
who will not open their eyes to see the whole
truth.
38 “For I cane down from heaven, not to
do Mine own will, but the will of Him that
sent Me.” He sought not His own, will but
tbe will of God the Father, which He de
lighted to do (Ps. xl., 8). He sought not His
own glory, but in all things glorified God
(chap, viii., 50; xvii., 4).
39. “And this is the Father's will which
hath sent Me, that of all which He hath giv
en Me I should lose nothing, but should raise
it up again at the last day.” The elect will
not enjoy perfect redemption till the resur-
rectien of the just at the coming of Christ
for His saints (Lukexiv., 14; I Thess. iv., 16-
18). They may have perfect peace here and
now; they will have at death as perfect bliss
as an unclothed spirit can have, but only
at the first resurrection will they have a re
deemed bodv and fully enjoy perfected re
demption (I John iii., 2; Rom. viii., 23).
40. ‘‘And this is the will of Him that sent
Me, that every one which seeth the Son and
believeth on ilim may have everlasting life,
and I will raise him up at the last day.” The
Lord is not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance (II
Pet. iii., 9). He has provided redemption
for all in the gift of HisSon, that whosoever
believeth should not perish, but have ever
lasting life (John iii.. 16).—IJesson Helver.
the end of last Dec am
were 6896, of who
428 died; a mortal!
patients’ departmen’
patients in 1890 wer
gate since the o)
36,284. In the treai
bor al (Hggyfif
hospital practice
istered in not more
but in none of these
Referring to the
year, the managers
“Nfithing has arisei
anything likely to an
seding that institution
the in-patients
cured and
In the out-
ospital the new
king an aggre-
he hospital of
large num-
to general
been admin-
dozen cases;
efficacious,
of the past
n we imagine
,ble of super-
rd to its own
the treat-
cases without
of alcohol,
the ravages of
and it must be
a medi-
his hospital
, to say the
hat holy war
forces of dis-
!d benevolence
person
:fies bis facul
ty drink is re-
Ihe total number
conscience forbids he first s
ties. The courage inspire]
sponsible for nine-tenths of
of crimes that stain humamUy-
“It is well known that alcohol deadens
the voice of conscience, and, people deliber
ately make use of it for this jpurpose.’
D NOTES.
/clists prefer to
>lic-houses and
[stainers.
convention at
ire decided to
id temperance
larolina has set
[n North Caro-
id treatment of
Be systematic in whatever yoa do.
Nothing can ever be accomplished by
spasmodic attempts. System, no less
than order, is one of the first mandates
of the Creator. A well-defined plan is
absolutely essential to the material
success of every undertaking, whethei
it is to throw up a mountain or a mole
hilL In the regimen of life, write
"system” at the head of each list of
things to be undertaken and accom
plished.
xtte was tne nrst person in me news
paper business; at least she was an Ad.
•olicitor when she wanted the cld man
to try the apple..
T&arERAXCE NEWS A
According to Wheeling
patronize coffee-shops to ij
the majority of riders are
The temoerance women
Lake Bluff, near Chicago,
“combine the newspapers'
work.”
The Legislature of Nort
aside a portion of the We;
lina Hospital for the car^j
inebriates.
The Caicago Public Lib^ry 18 opsmu:
free reading rooms in diffe® nt parts-of the
city, hoping that they may i 0 an antidote to
the saloons.
A bill for the suppression ^P* inebriety is
being prepared for the Gsrm?u Parliament.
It is said tnat the Emperor ta^® 8 the liveliest
interest in the scheme to check drunkenaess.
The story comes from Vinc ;Qne& > Indiana,
of a saloon- keeper who becam® crazed by the
closing of his saloon on Sunday- ,/tit had
been one of his customers ^ no had been
crazed by leaving it open on 8 la: lay- nobody
tvruiM hava thrill;-tit anvthins' about it.
jrts the great
sembly held
West, Mrs.
Holmes and
women were
I in the exer-
would have thought anything
Miss Mary Allen Wesff
success of the ChautauA
recently in Chester, IlL|
Zerelda Wallace, Mrs.
other well-known W. C.
in attendance and took
rises.
Alcohol has not any mid
total of its mortality will
bmed effect of all the b
ever passed tbe microscop
oped in the culture-tube <
gut. The subject is now
ning to receive some of thi
eervoe.—Sooular Science
| but tbe grand
‘ the com-
fia that have
Id or devel-
ie hactariolo-
wever, begin-
ientkm it de-
thlg. ....
Calls for Domestic Animals.
In controlling the movements of do
mestic animals bj the voice, besides
words of ordinary import, man uses a
variety of peculiar terms, calls and inar
ticulate sounds—not to include whistling
—which varies in different localities.
In driving yoked cattle and harnessed
horses, teamsters cry “get up” (usually
“git ep); “click, click” (tongue against
the teeth); “gee,” “haw,” “whoa,” or
“wo,” “vhosh,” “back,” etc. All of
the above are used in English speaking
countries. In Continental Europe the
same terms are expressed as “arri,”
“juh,” “jah,” “;/io,” etc. In the United
States “gee” directs the animals away
from the driver, hence to the right; but
in England the same term has the oppo
site effect, because tb^e “drive side” is
different to what it is here. In Virginia
the mule drivers “gee” their teams with
a cry of “hey-yee-ee-a.” In Norfolk
“woosh-we” is used to the same effect.
In France “hue” aud “hu-haut” turns
the team to the right; in Germany the
words “hott” and “hotte,” while in
Russia the term “haita” serves the same
purpose. To direct animals to the left
another series of terms is used. In call
ing cattle in the field the following cries
are used in the localities given: “Boss,
bosse,” “sake, sake” (Connecticut);
“coo, coo” and “sook, sook” (Virginia).
In Maryland they saj’, “sookey” and
“sookew.” “Kope, kope” is the com
mon call for horses over most of the
United States. Iu Maryland and Ala
bama they say “kope-nanny” when they
call sheep.—St. Louis Republic.
“Japan Wax.”
“Japan wax,” as it is called, is ob
tained from a tree, the Rhus Succcdunea,
which grows in Japan, China aud the
East Indies. The Japanese call it Haje,
or Haze. The tree commences to bear
fruit when five or six years old, and in
creases its product every year, till, at the
age of fifty years, a single tree will pro
duce 350 to 400 pounds of berries, from
which seventy to eighty pounds of wax
i can be obtained. The wax is formed in
the middle of the berry, between the
skin and the seed, like the pulp of a
grape. It is extracted by boiliag the
berries iu water and allowing it to cool,
when the wax separates from the skin
and seed, sinking to the bottom of the
vessel in a solid cake. The specific gravity
of the wax is 0.970, and its melting
point 131 degrees Fahrenheit. It is
largely used, either alone or mixed with
tallow, by the Chinese in the manufac
ture of candles. This tree should not be
confounded with the “tallow tree” of
China, which has a pith of solid tallow
in all trees that have fully matured.—
Picayune.
Fire Thousand Tears Old.
Mr. Flenders Petrie has made another
important discovery in Egypt, at Medum,
where he has untombed the oldest dated
Egyptian temple yet found, and the only
pyramid temple known. It was buried
under forty feet of rubbish, and belongs
to the old Empire. Hieratic inscriptions
in black paint within the chambers fix
the name of the builder as Suef ru, a King,
connecting the third and fourth dynas
ties, and sometimes placed in one or the
other (4000 B. C., or earlier). Mr. Pe
trie thinks the rubbish choked up the
entrance about three hundred years after
is
siti
IS
seding
definite and appropriate
ment of medical and surgi’
the ordinary administral
Every hospital testifies to
strong drink in social 1
wise to encourage ite
cine, if, as the experlen
goes to show, such a disuse;
least, not inimical to success
which is carried on against tl
ease by the forces of science
combined.”
ALCOHOL DEADENS THE CONSCIENCE.
Tolstoi, the Russian novelist, in Contern-
porarg Review, writes: People explain
their use of stimulants ant^ftarcotics, such as
brandy, wine, beer, ^ffbacco, hashish,
opium, morphia, ether, etch by saying ‘It is
pleasant; every one drinks;' it keeps up the
spirits;’ or ‘Totlrive away ' melancuoly; the
habit is universal; everyoddy smokes,’ etc.
But it must be very evident that the man
who, placed by circumstances or hiS own
acts, iu a position that forces him to choose
between the infliction of hardship aui misery
upon the family that is dedv to him, on the
one hand, and absence froif 1 stupify:ng stim-
ulantsand narcotics on the-other, chooses the
former alternative, is impdhod to the choice
by something far more pptent than the de
sire to keep up his spirits, (or the speculative
consideration that every V ne e l se does the
same. ^
“Thereal reason for the extensive use of
these stimulants and narcOf * cs is that they
stupefy and deaden the con; science, and con
ceal from one’s self its record 8 - .
“A sober man scruples to d° that which a
drunken man will execute wi thout hesitation.
People enjoy stimulants and narcotics either
for the purpose of stiflin; > remorse after
having performed an actioii* disapproved of
by their conscience, or else ib order to induce
a state of mind in which thi®? shall be capa
ble of doing something contrary to the dic
tates of their conscience, a n d to which the
animal nature of man is implehing him.
“A sober man has conscientious scruples
about stealing or committing murder. A
drunken man, on the contrary, is troubled
with no such scruples. HenO®. it is that if a
wishes to do something which his
ffety Bridges.
Next to minipg disasters railway acci
dents have done most to counterbalance
the partiality of nature in exempting
large portions of the Temperaate Zone
from the earthquake and tornadoes of
the equatorial regions. In the United
States alone the perils of the iron high
ways have proved more destructive of
human life than the wrath of hostile ele
ments in the tropics of the entire West
ern Hemisphere, and, since the invention
of air-brakes, no other contrivance has
promised to do as much in diminishing
those perils as the device by which a
French engineer now proposes to in
sure the safety of railway bridges. This
apparatus is founded on the principle
that a weak link in the construction of
8'ispensicn bridges, etc., will betray it
self by yielding more readily to a uni
form strain, and will greatly lessen the
possibility of such disasters as that of
the Ashtabula express and the Swiss ex
cursion Lain.—New York Voice.
The Mikado's American Soldier.
A soldier of fortune who has had an
interesting career in the Orient is Colonel
Wasson, the first American officer ever
admitted to the Japanese army. The
Colonel is a tall, distingue and well pre
served man. He went into the Civil
War a private aud came out a major,
going afterward to Japan, where his ser
vices in reorganizing the Mikado’s army
procured him a colonelcy^ In one.of the
Japanese insurrections he was sentenced
to be beheaded, but he escaped, was re
stored to favoi, and is now high in the
Mikado’s esteem.—Chicago Post.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., Propra. of
Hall's Catarrn Cure, offer JUKI reward tor any
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by tak
ing Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send tor testimoni
als, tree. Sold by Druggists, 7oc.
Russia’s harvest, it is said,will be tbe worst
on record.
FITS stopped free by Da. Kline’s Great
Nerve Restorer. No nts after nrst day’s use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and #2 trial bottle
tree. Dr. Kline, U31 Arch Sb. Rhila., Pa.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
'A .l
; OICE
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taAeu; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidney
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys*
tem effectually, dispels colds, head*
aches and fevers and cures habituai
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its Kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in xts
effects, prepared only from the most
COPVR/GbT 189/
Every one suffers
from Catarrh in the Head. Those
who don't have it suffer from those
who do. It’s a disease you can’t
keep to yourself.
Here are some of the symptoms:
Headache, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery, aud acrid,
at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody, putrid, and offen
sive ; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness*; offensive breath; smell
and taste impaired, and genera’ de
bility. But only a few of these
likely be present at once.
The cure for it—for Catarrh it
self, and all the troubles that come
from it—a perfect and permanent
cure, is Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy.
The worst cases yield to its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties. A record of 25 years
has proved that to its proprietors
— and they’re willing to prove it
to you.
They do it in this way If they
can’t cure your Catarrh, no matter
how bad your case, or of how long
standing, they’ll pay you $500 iu
cash. Can you have better proof of
the healing power of a medicine ?
“August
Flower”
Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca,
Mo., during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: “My food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe
tite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and I had
such pains in my left side. In the
morning when I got up I would
have a flow of mucus in the mouth,
and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and I had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. I ached
all day under the shoulder blades,
in the left side, and down the back
of my limbs. It seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and -whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and I could pet no sleep
at all. I tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. It has done
me a wonderful deal of good during
the time I have taken it and is work-
(3)
Ingenious Cup and Sancer.
An ingenious cup and saucer has been
devised for the special purpose of keep
ing the food of invalids warm when re
quired. The cup is molded with three
feet, allowing an air space of about half
an inch between its bottom and the
saucer. In the centre of the saucer is a
rimmed depression, within which is
placed a piece of lighted charcoal,
which is supplied at a cheap rate in the
form of tablets. From this there are no
fumes or unpleasant smells, and the *ood
of the invalid, of whatever nature it
may happen to be, is kept warm for fully
an hour.—Chicago News.
the most pop
Syrup of Figs is for sale"
and SI bottles by all leading drug*
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
users vi Lit. *►. new york tt.t.
bust
1 itet tne Genuine;
II A V CCUCD CUHED 70 STAY
llyt I C £ f Lll We want the name and ad-
aressof every sufferer in the
& A QXU Ml A U. S. and Canada. Address,
HOI niVIH f. Harold Zsjes. M.D., duffilft, tfTT.
SICK
roe.
Weak, Nervous, Wretched mortals?st
well and keep well. HeaUh Heiper
tells now. 'octs. a year. Sample sojf
l»r. J. if. DYE, Editor. Buffalo, N. Y.
—ELY’S CREADfl E£!!.M—cleanses t,5e N.-snl
w», Allayc P: Jn ai- 1
< Passages,
I the Sores,
1 -.flamma.-on. Heals!
Restores Vasle anO Smell, ~>nd Cures)
New York has four coroners receiving
$5000 each, and four deputies, who are
also physicians, getting $3000 each, be
side three clerks, a messenger and a
stenographer.
QLDmHt&l
fmEs |M
’at once for Cold in Hear,
S Apply into the Koetr ie. t* ^u.cklv Alxorbed.
150c. DroggiBtB or by mall. ELY BROS., 6e Van-en £>L, N. S
Tried and True
Is the positive verdict of people who take Hood's
Sarsaparilla. When used according to directions
the good effects of this excellent medicine are soon
felt In nerve strength restored, that tired feeling
driven off, a good appetite created, headache and
dyspepsia relieved, scrofula cured and all the bad
effects of Impure blood overcome. If you are In
need of a good blood purifier or tonic medicine do
not fail to try
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, fl; six for $5. Prepared oolj
by C. JL HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
U NCH says
-xiaF^^u^hH’o be done ? r n
ff'Wr" ,—. Ouighl* stands for nothing
The house oughH’o be cleaned-
wit-h Sapo/io.Trya.ca.ke inyour
nexl- house-cIee.nin^e,nd be convinced.
jKCOPVAtOM-r :•
Fur Internal and External Fse,
Stops Pain, Cramps. Inflammation in body or limb,
like magic. Cure* Croup. Asthma, Colds, Catarrh, Chol
era Morbus, Diarrhoea. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lame-
buck, Stiff Joints and Strains. Kullpartirulars free. ITice
tocts. post-paid. L S. JOHNSON ik Co.. Boston, Mesa.
N Y h U—34
ABOUT Earn Tenneeaee’ft FINE
CL1.UATE aud great kesockces in
KNuAViLLe SENTINEL: uaily 1 mo.
! aoc.. wee Ely l year, »1. sample*
DONALD KENNED?,
Of Roibuiy, Mass, says
Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep-
Seated Ulcers of 40 years’
standing. Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, ex
cept Thunder Humor, and
Cancer that has taken root.
Price, $1.50. Sold by every
Druggist in the United States
and Canada.
From the “Pacific Joumal. , *
“A great invention ha* been made by I>r.
Tntt of New York. He has produced
Tutt’s Hair Dye
which Imitate* nature to perfection; It act*
lp»tantapeoo*ly and la perfectly harmleaa. *
Price, ax. Office, 39 *41 Park Place, N.Ki
of the law excuses no
man,” and ignorance »
no excuse for a dirty house or greasy kitchen. Better
clean them in the old way than not at all; but the modern
and sensible way is to use SAPOLIO on paint, on floors, on
windows, on pots and pans, and even on statuary. To be
ignorant of th* uses of SAPOLIO is to be behind the age.
F ISO’S REMEDY Foil CATAlattL-nest. su.-,izst X) u£a.
Cheapest Iteliel is immediate. A cure is certain. For
Com in the Head it has no equal.
It is an Ointment, oi which a small particle is applied to the
nostrils. Price. 50c. Sold by druggists or sent oy mail.
Address. KT. Hazeltinl. Warren. Pa.
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Pierre is tbe Commercial Metropollsand Capital of
this state, aud the must promising of all the young
Western Cities. Foktvnes will be made on small In
vestments In Heal Estate In Pierre in the next few
years. 1 give a t uarantee of profit with warranty deed
to lots In Pi -rre. Pop information and special qu da-
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'|k|C W.TIOItRIS,
.raoiuni WaahlUKton, 1>. 4 .
, ’Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner U S. Pension Bureau.
I 3 yr«iii laat war, i3 adjudicating claims, ally since.
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