The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, May 01, 1890, Image 4
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BET. DB. TALMAGi
The Noted Brooklyn Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
Snbjecti "Dalles and Responsibilities of
Business Men."
Tf\t: "W is naught, it j.i naught, r.aith
the buyer; but when he is gone his ten;/, then
?ir boasiith."?Proverbs xx.. 14.
falaces are not such prisons as the world
imagines. If you think that the only time
kings and tpieens come forth from the royal
gates is in procession and gorgeously attended.
you are mistaken. Incognito, by day
or by night, and clothed in citizens' apparel
or the dress 01 a working woman, tnej come
out aud see the world as it is. In 110 other
way could King Solomon, the author of my
text, have known everything that was going
ou. From my text I aui sure he must, in
disguise, some a ay have walked into a store
of ready made clothing, in Jerusalem, and
stood near the counter and overheard a conversation
between a buyer and a seller. The
merchant put a price 011 the coat, aud the
customer began to dicker and said: "Absurd!
that coat is net worth what you ask
for it. Why, just look at the coarseuess of
the fa' >' "See that spot on the collar! Besides
tha\ it does not fit. T wenty dollars for
that? Wh.v/jt isn't worth more than ten.
They have a better article than that, and for
cheaper price, down at Cloathem, Fitem <fe
Brothers. Beside that. I don't want it at
any price. Good morning/' "Sold," says
the merchant; "don't gooff in that way. I
want to sell you that coat. I have some payments
to make am'. I want the money. Come
now, how much will you give for that coat?"
"Well." says th'?custom?i\ "I will split the
difference. You asked twenty dollars, and I
said ten. Now. I will give you fifteen."
"Well/'says the merchant, "it's a great sacrifice:
but take it at that rrice." Then Solo- 1
inon saw the customer with a roll under his
arm start and go out aud cuter his own place
of business; and Solomon, in disguise, followed
him. He heard the customer as he
unrolled the coat say: "Boys, I have made
a great bargain. How much do you guess I
gave for that coat ?" ' 'IVell," says one, wishing
to compliment his enterprise, "you gave
thirty dollars for it."' Another says, "I
should think you got it cheap if you gave
twenty-five dollars." "No," says the buyer
in triumph; "f got it for fifteen dollars. I
beat him down and pointed out the imperfections
until I really made him believe it was
not worth hardly*anything. It takes me to
make a bargain. Hal Ha!" Oh, man. you
got the goods for less than they were worth
by positive falsehood; and no wonder, when
Solomon went back to liis place and had put
off his disguise, that he sat down at his writing
desk and made for all ages a crayou
sketch of you: "It is naught, it is naught,
saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way,
> then he boasteth."
There are no higher styles of men in all
the world than those now at the head of
merchaudise in Brooklyn and New York and
in the other great cities of this contjneut.
Their casual promise is as good as a bond
with piles of collaterals. Their reputation
for integrity is as well established as that
of Petrarch residing in the family of
Cardinal Colouca, and when there was great
disturbance in the family the cardinal called
all his people together and put them under
oath to tell the truth, except Petrarc^, for
wnen ne came to swear ine carumai puu
away his book nud said: "As to you,
Petrarch, your word is sufficient."
ypver since the world stood have there
been so many merchants whose transactions i
'can stand the test of the Ten Command- I
-roents. Such bargain makers are all tho |
more to be honored because they have with- j
ftood year after year temptations which have i
flung many so flat and flung them so hard
they can uever recover themselves. While
nil positions in life have powerful besetmeots \
to evil there are s pacific forms of allurement J
which are peculiar to each occupation and I
profession, and it will be useful to speak of I
the peculiar temptations of business men. j
First, as in the scene of the text, business '
meu are often tempted to sacrifice plain
truth, the seller by exaggerating the value of
goods, and the buyer by depreciating them,
w? cannot but admire an expert salesman.
Bee how hj first induces the customer into a
mood favorable to the proper consideration
of the value o? the goods. He shows himself
to be an honest and frank salesman. How
carefully the lights are arranged till they
fall just right upon the fabric!
Beginning with goods of medium quality,
he gradually advances toward those of uvore
thorough make and of more attractive pattern.
How he watches the moods and wbitns
of his customer! With what perfect calmness
he takes the order and bows the pur- j
chaser from his presence, who goes away I
having made up his mind that he has bought |
the goods at a price which will allow him a !
living margin when he again sells them. The {
goods were worth what the salesman said
thev were, and were sold at a price which j
will not make it necessary for the house to I
fail every ten years in order to fix up things, j
But with what burning indignation we j
Lr At* ininHtfane cfnafaiva ns Kxr
goods are sometimes disposed of. A glnnce
at the morning papers shows the arrival at
one ol our hotels of a young merchant from
-* one of the inland cities. He is a comparative
stranger in the great city. and. of courjp, he
must be shown around, and it will be th9 duty
of some of our enterprising houses to escort
him. He is a large purchaser and has plonty
of time and money, and it will pay to be very
attentive. The evening is spent at a placeof
doubtful amusement. Then they go back to
the hotel. Having just come to town, they
must, of course, drink. A friend from the
same mercantile establishment drops in, and i
usage and generosity suggest that they must
drink. Business prospects are talked over,
and the stranger is warned against certain
dilapidated mercantile establishments that
are about to fail, and for such kindness and
magnanimity of caution against the dishonesty
of other business houses, of course, it is
expected they will, and so they do, take a
drink.
Other merchants lodging in adjoining
rooms find it bard to sleep for the clatter of
decanters, and the coarse carousal of these
"bail fellows well mbt" waxes louder. But
they sit not all night at the wine cup. They
must see the sights. They stagger fortu
with ch6eks flushed and eyes bloodshot. The
cuter ^ates of hell open to let in the victims.
The wings of lost souls flit among the lights,
and the steps of the carousers sound with the
rumbling thunders of the damned. Farewell
to all the sanctities of home! Could mother,
sister, father, slumbering in the inland j
home, in some vision of that night catch a j
glimpse of the ruin wrought they would ,
rend out their hair by the roots and
bite the tongue till the blood spurted, !
6hrieking out: "God save him!"
Whnt cnnnnta rrui will pnmn nnnn citr?V?
- 1 oMt,p/ov J v??, "?? VWUIW OUVH I
business estaolishments? and there are hundreds
of them in the cities. They may boast
of fabulous sales, and they may have an unprecedented
rim of buyers, and the name of
the house may be a terror to all rivals, and
from this thrifty root there may spring up j
branch houses in other cities, and all the part- I
ners of the firm may move into their mansions
and drive their full-blooded span, and
the families may sweep the street with the
most elegant apparel that human art ever
wove or earthly magnificence ever achieved.
But a curse is gathering somewhere for those
men, and if it does not seize hold of the pil- (
lars and in one wild ruin bring down the tem- j
pie of commercial glory, it will break up their I
peace, and they will "tremble with sickness
and bloat with dissipations, and, pushed to j
the precipice of this life, they will try to hold ;
back and cry for help, but no help will come; j
and they will clutch their gold to take it along j
with them, but it will he snatched from their ,
grasp, and a voice will sound through their j
soul, "Not a farthing, thou beggared spirit!" |
And the judgment will come and they will
stand aghast Defore it, and all the business
iniquities of a lifetime will gather around j
t hern, saying, "Do you remember this?" and,
"Do you remember that?" And clerks that j
they compelled to dishonesty, and runners |
and draymen and bookkeepers who saw be
hind the scenes, will bear testimony to their
nefarious deeds, and some virtuous soul that
once stood aghast at the splendor and power
of these business men will say, "Alas! this is
all that is left of that great firm that occupied
a block with their merchandise and .
overshadowed the city with their influence, j
and made ngtiteousness ana iruwi aim wunu* ,
fall under the galling fire of avarice and
crime."
While we admire and approve of all acuteness
and tact in the sale of goods," we must
condemn any process by which a fahrior
product is represented as possessing a va in
which it really does not have. Nothing but
sheer falsehood can represent as perfection 1
boots that rip. sitks that speedily lose their t
lustre, calicoes that immediately wash out, i
stoves that crack under the first hot fire. ! i
books insufficiently bound; carpets that un I
ravel, old furniture rejuvenated with putty i
.
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and glue and sold a; having been recently i
manufactured, gold watches made out of 1
brass, barrels of fruit the biggest apples 0:1 c
the top, wine adulterated with strychnine, f
hosiery poorly woven, cloths of domestic c
manufacture shining with foreign labels, im- ^
ported goods represented as rare and hard to t
get, because foreign exchange is so high, r
rolled out on the counter with matchless dis- 1
play. Imported, indeed! but from the fac- e
tory in the next street. .A pattern already 3
unfashionable and unsalable palme I off as a 8
new print upon some country merchant who t
has come to town to make his first purchase i 8
of dry goods and going homo with a large 8
stock of goods warranted to keep. *
Again, business men are often tempted to 6
make the habits and customs of other trad- c
ers their law of rectitude. There are commercial
usages which will not stand the test '
of the last day. Yet men in business are apt c
to do as their'neighbors do. If the majority ,
of the traders in any locality are lax in priu- 1
ciple, the commercial code in tint commit- 8
nity will be spurious and dishonest. It is a I
hard thing to stand close by the law of right '
when your next door neighbor by his loose- t
ness of dealing is enabled to sell goods at a 1
cheaper rate and decoy your customers. Of *
course you who promptly m?et ali your 3
1 : * "OT-iii T- ivIipii von 1
uuaiutras u.-, . promise
to pay, will find it hard to compete '
with that merchant who is hopelessly in debt I
to the importer for the goods purchase:!,and
to the landlord whose store he occupies, and
to the clerks who serve him.
There are a hundred practices prevalent in '
the world of traffic which ought never to be- t
come the rule for honest men. Their wrong s
does not make your right. Sin never Vie |
comes virtue by being multiplied and admit- i
ted at brokers' board, or merchants1 c\- i
change. Because others smuggle a fe.v d
things in passenger trunks, because others t
take usury when men are in tight places, b;- g
cause others deal iD fancy stocks, becauso g
others palm off worthless indorsements, be- f
cause others do nothing but blow bubbles. g
io not therefore, be overcome of temptation, a
Hollow pretension and fictitious credit and a
commercial gambling may awhile prosper, c
but the day of reckoning comctli, and in ad- t
dition to the horror nn l condemnation of g
outraged communities the curse of God will
come, blow after blow. Go.i's will forever a
and forever is the only standard of right and s
wrong, and not commercial ethics. e
Young business mau, avoid th9 first bus!- s
oess dishonor, r.nd you will avoid all the rest, t
The Captain of a vessel was walking near the t
mouth of a river when the tide was low, an I t
there was a loug, stout anchor chain, into one i
of the great links of whic 1 his foot slipped, s
and it began to swell and h? ciuld not with- s
draw it. The tide began to rise. The chain i
could not be loosen'i nor filed off in time, &
and a surgeon wascaliol t> a nnotate the ?
limb, but befcre the work could be done the
tide rolled over the victim and his life was 6
gone. '
And I have to tell you, young man, that f
lust one wrong into which you slip may be a i
link of a loi.g chaiu of circumstances fro:n J
which you cannot be extricated by any in- {
genuity of your own or any help from others, 1
and the tide:; will roll over you as they have c
over many. When Pompey, the warrior, y
wanted to take possession of a city, and they
would not open the gates, he persuaded them J
to admit a sick soldier. But the sick soldier '
Hfter a while got well and strong, and he *
threw open the gates and let the deva^tat- '
ing army coma in. One wrong admitted '
iuto the soul may gain in strength until f
after awhile it flings open all the avenues of
tho immoral nature, and the surrender is ,
complete.
Again, business men .aro sometimes j
tempted to throw off personal responsibility
uoon the moneyed institution to which they 1
belong. Directors in banks and railroad an d f
insurance companies sometimes shirk per- (
sonal responsibility underneit'a the action of I
the corporation. And how often, when some *
banking hous9 or financial institution ex- (
plodes through fraud, respectable men in the ]
board of directors say: " Why, I thought all t
was going on in an honest way, an 11 am nt- <
terly confounds I with this misdemeanor!" (
The banks, an d the fire and life and marine i
insurance companies, an d the r.aiiroad cooipa
iies, will not stan i up for judgment in the <
last day, but those who in them acts I right- '
eonsly will receive, each for himself, a re- (
ward, and those who acted the part of n?- \
gleet or trickery will, each for nimself, re- |
ceive a condemnation. I
Unlawful dividends nre not clean before <
God because there are those associated with i
vnn whn imih insK n<s lii<r n. nile as von do.
fee who countenances the dishonesty of the
firm, or of the corporation, or of the association,
takes upon himself all of the moral
liabilities. If the financial institution steals,
he steals. If they go into wild speculations,
he himself is a gambler. If they needlessly
embarrass a creditor, he himself "is guilty of
cruelty. If they swindle the uninitiated, he
himself is a defaulter. No financial institution
ever had a money vault strong enough, or
credit stanch enough, or dividends large
enough, or policy acute enough to hide the ,
individual sin of its members. The old J
adage, that corporations have no souls, is
misleading. Every corporation has as mary i
souls.as it has members.
AgaiD, many business mca have been
tempted to postpone their enjoyments and
duties to a future season cf entire leisure.
What a sedative th9 Christian religion would
be to all our business men if, instead of postponing
its uses to old age or death, they
would take it into the store or factory or
worldly engagements now! It is folly to go
amid the uncertainties of business life with
no God to help. f
A merchant in a New England village was
standing by a horse, and the horse lifted his :
foot to stamp it in a pool of water; and the '
merchant, to escape the splash, stepped into 1
the door of an insurance agent,ah.1 the agent j
said: "I suppose you have come to renew t
your fire insurance." "Oh,".said the merchant,
"I bad forgotten that." The iusur- c
ance was renewed, and the next day tho t
house that had been insured was burned. J
Was it all accidental that the merchant, to f
escape a splash from a horse's foot, stepped j
into the insurance office? No, it was provi- dential.
And what a mighty solace for a busi- '
ness man to feel that things are providential! t
What peace and equilibrium in such a con- j
sideration, and what a grand thing if all business
men could realize it!
Many, although now comparatively strait- 1
ened in worldly circumstances, have a goodly I
establishment in the future planned out. j
They have in imagination built about twenty j
years ahead a house in the country rot diffi- ,
cult of access from the great town, for they *
will often have business, or old accounts to 1
settle, and investments to look after. The o
house is large enough to accommodate all j
their friends. The halls are wide, and hung .
with pictures of hunting scenes and a branch 1
of antlers, and aro comfortable with chairs i
that can be rolled out on the veranda when
the weather is inviting, or set out under c
some of the oaks that stand sentinel about
the house, and rustling in the cool breeze,
and songful with the robins. 1
There is just land enough to beep them in- c
terested, and its crops of almost fabulous r
richness springing up under application of '
the best theories to be four. J in the agricultural
journals. The farm is well stocked with 1
cattle and horses, and sheep that know the i
voice and have a kindly bleat when one goes ]
forth to look at them. In this blissful abode i
their children will be instructed in art and
science and religion. This shall be the old (
homestead to which the boys at college will l
direct their letters, and the" hill on which ths ]
house stands will be called Oakwood or Ivy
Hill or Pleasant RetrS2? or Eaglo Eyrie. May 'J
the future have for every business man hero
all that and moro besides! But aro you post- 1
poning your happiness to that time? Aro t
you adjourning your joys to that consumma- (
tion?
Suppose that you achieve all you expect?
and the vision I mention is not up to the f
* ?- III i
reanty, Decause tne iounuuus win ue ui iguw. , j
the house grander and the scenery more pic- (
turesque?the mistake is noue the less fatal. i
What charm will there be in rural quiet for .
a man who has thirty or forty years been '
conforming his entire nature to the exeit- f
ments of business? AVill flocks and herds j
with their bleat aud moan be able to silence ,
the insatiable spirit of acquisitiveness which .
has for years had full swing in the soul? Wil '
the hum of the breeze soothe the man who <
now can find his only enjoyment in the stock j
market? AVill leaf and cloud and fountain
charm the eye that has for three-tourths of
a lifetime found its chief beauty in hogsheads
and bills of sale? AVill parents be competent i
to rear their children for high and holy pur- 1
Rose, if their infancy and boyhood and girl- (
ood were neglected, when they are almost ,
ready to enter upon the world and have all
their habits fixed and their principles stereo
typed? No. no; now is the time to be happy. (
Now is the time to serve your Creator. Now f
is the time to h? a Christian. Are you too (l
busy? 1 have known men as busy as you are ?
whe had a place iu the store loft where they !l
went to pray. Some one asked a Christian v
sailor where he found any place to pray in. !
He said: "I can always find a quiet place at c
masthead." And iu the busiest day of the .
season, if your Heart is right, you can find a
place to pray. Broadway and Fulton street i:
are good places to pray in as you go to c
neet, your various engagements. Go
lome a little earlier and gel introluced
to your children." Be not a galley
;!ave by day and night, lashed fast to the oar
>f business. Let every day have its hour for
vorship and intellectual culture and recrea-.
ion. Show yourself greater than your busiless.
Act not as though after death you
vould enter upon an eternity of railroad
tocks and coffees and bonbons. Roast not
:our manhoods before the perpetual tires of
uixiety. With every yard of cloth you sell
hrow not in your soui to boot. Use firkin
md counting room desk nud hardware crate
is the step to glorious usefulness and highest
Christian character. Decide once and for,'ver
who shall be master in your store, you
>r your business.
Again, business men are often tempted to
et their calling interfere with tin interests
>f the soul. Gocl sends men into the business
vorld to get educated, just as boys are sent
o school and college. Purchase an J sale, loss
ind gain, disappointment and rasping, prosier
ifcy, the dishonesty of others, panic an 1
>ank suspension are but different lessons iu
he school. The more business, the more
neans of grace. Many have gone through
voidest oanic unhurt. "Are you not afraid
mu will break!'" said some one to a merchant
n time of great commercial excitement. He
eplied: "Arc. I shall break when the fiftieth
Psalm breaks, in tin fifteenth verse: 'Call
ipon me i.r the clay of trouble anri I will deiver
the?.'"
The store and the counting hous? have de eloped
some of the most stalwart characars.
Perhaps originally they had but little
prightiiness and fore?, but" two or three
iar.1 business thumps woke them, up from
heir lethargy, and there came a thorough development
in their hearts of all that was good
md holy aud energetic and tremendous, and
hey have become the front men in Christ's
;reat army, as well as lighthouses in the
;roat world of traffic. But business has been
icrpetual depletion to many a man. It first
lulled out of him all benevolence, next all
imiabiiity, next all religious aspiration, next
ill conse. ence, and though he entered his vo:ation
with largo heart and noble character
le goes out of it a skeleton, enough to scare a
;host.
Men appreciate the importance of having
l good business stand, a store on the right
ide of the street or the right block. Now,
very place of business is a good stand for
.piritual culture. God's angels hovor over
he world of traffic to sustain and build up
hose who are trying t" do their duty. Tonorrow.
if in your placo of worldly engagnent
you will listen for it, you may hear a
ound louder than the rattle" of drays and the
huffi? of feet and the clink of dollars stoalng
into your soul, saying, ".Seek ye first the
LiagJom of God and His righteousness, and
Lil otner inrags saau ue aaaeu uui/j you.
Yet SO.T19 of those sharpest at the bargain
tre cheated out of their immortal blessedness
>y stratagems more palpable than any "drop
jame" of the street. They make investnents
in things everlastingly below par.
They put their valuables in a safe not fire
)roof. Thoy give full credit to influences
hat will not be able to nay one cent on a
lollar. They plunge into a labyrinth from
vhich no bankrupt law or "two-thirds euactnent"'
will ever extricate them. They take
nto their partnership t he world, the flesh and
he devil, and the enemy of all righteousness
vill boast through eternal ages that the man
vho in nil his business Jife could not bo outvoted
or overreached at last tumbled into
ipii itual defalcation and was swindled out of
leavan.
Perhaps some of you saw the fire in New
fork iu 1S35. Aged men tell us that it beg;ared
all description. Some stood on the.
lousetops of Brooklyn, and looked at the red
uin that swept down the streets and threatsned
to obliterate the metropolis. But the
jotnmercial world will yet bo startled by a
jraater conflagration, even the last. Bills of
ixchauge, policies of insurance, mortgages
)f bonds and government securities will be
xmsumed in one lick of the flame. The
Bourse and the United States mint will turn
a ashes. Gold will run molten into the dust
jf the street. Exchanges and granite blocks
>f merchandise will fall with a crash that
vill make the earth tremble,
The flashing up of the great light will show
;he righteous the way to their thrones,
rheir best treasures in heaven, they will go
jp and take possession of them. The toils of
business life, which racked their brain and
asped their nerves for. so many years, will
iave forever ceased. "There the wicked
?ease from troub.ing, and the weary ore at
est.''
Is Work n Pleasure?
AQ B. MAX, writing in
?P"?, the Detroit Free
fig A?,, jw m Press, makes some
IB fj soasihlo remarks
R 'ffl Q touching this subg
ject. He says lliat
j iJHmI X. tliose amiablo
p?xSkfriends of tiie hu-jrVjg^
- " -|yg?man race who work
Say\yi by way of killing
time) when the impulse
moves them,
are in the habit of
assuring us that no
Aj| hpfiyiW pleasure equals that
V 11 'ft' w h i o h is derived
from work.
In one set of circumstances that is
rue. In another set of circumstances
t. is radically untrue. The writer says
hat after sitting at his desk for eight |
lours, a foot-race, a club-eswingicg
natch or any physical labor is a luxlry,
a literal rest' from weariness. Of
ourse pleasure is the accompaniment
ind the product, of work so performed.
3e says he has not discovered that |
.here is much work of the drudgery
liud that is in itself pleasurable.
Primarily (and scripturally) work is
ailed n curse; yet Newton delighted
n the work which dominated his l:Io
md often made him forget his Englishnan's
dinner. We hear of composers
lia'dc ecstatic by their work and oblivous
of the ordinary demands of the
tody in. presence of their own creaions
of cutraneing sound; but it is
it tie to the purpose to point out the
ixceptional and abnormal persons who
ivc in a kind of sweet delirium, which
he big world of toilers can neither feel
ior understand.
It is true that work is often a source
?f pleasure, the degree of vliich. defends
upon the worker's capacity for
deasurc. This capacity in its turn
lepcuds on one's environment, habit,
ind education; but work in the abitract?the
work that is done on compulsion,
which is true of most work?
s moro pr.inful than pleasurable,
However, even dull plodding and
lopelesslv monotonous drudgery bc ome
an inspiration and a joy when
mdcrtaken at the command of love.
S'o merely selfish joy ever equaled the
oyof (hat worker who bends his back
inder the heaviest burdens of tfts
vorld that the objects of his love and
solicitude may be the gainers by his
mdeavor and sacrifice.
The more laborer is a despairing or a
stolid slave. The true worker must,
rnve underlying his life some clearly
lefined objeet for which he works.
Without it, his energies early become
wnkrupt, and his struggle bears
ilKnit the same relatiou to work in its
loblcr sense that the suasmodic and
rain elutchings of the drowing man
jear to the .strokes of the bold and
;asv swimmer who disports himsell
:or pastime.
It is said bv experts in the West ilia*,
trobablv the most laborious as well as the
nost regular mining for gems is done by
he ants in Arizona and Colorado.
Either because the ants want the pebbles
s an outer covering for their hills, or bcause
they object to them inside, they
rcqucntly make about their dwellings a
flittering spread of stones of all sorts,
mong them amethysts, topazes and other I
aluablc jewels. People in the neighbormods
where sucli ant works arc carried
hi take the hint very often aud, collectng
the stones, send them to the East,
isually to New York city, where they aio j
if ten sold at good oriccs. . 1
THE LIMIT OF VISION.
Distance at Which Objects Can Be
Seen from the Earth's Surface.
It is often a matter of interest and importance
to know how far one can see
from any given height, or, converselv,
how far one must be above the earth to
sec au object at a given distance, says
the Popular Scieucc News. The exact
calculation of these figures would require
the use of very complex formula, but for
practical use two very simple rules will
suffice:?The distance ir. miles at which
an object upon the surface of the earth
is visible, is equal to the square root of
one and one-half times the height of the
observer in feet above the surface: and,
conversely, the height in feet to which an
observer must be placed to sec a distant
ohject is equal to two-iniras mi; squiiiu
of the distance in miles.
For instance: the observer is in the
rigging of n ship 100 feet above the water
?how far distant is; the horizon??that
is, how far could ar- object floating in the
water be visible before being h'aden by
the convexity of the earth ? One and a
half times 100 is 150, and the square root
of 150 is, approximately, 12J; therefore
the horizon is twelve and one-half miles
distant. As the deck of smaller vessels,
like pleasure yachts, is rarely more than
ten feet ahove the water, it follows, that
the limit of vision from that point is less
than four miles in every direction. An
illustration of the second rule may be
given as follows: A building is thirtythree
miles away?how high a hill must
one climb in order to be able to see it?
As the square of the distance equals
l,08fl, nnd two-thirds of that number
equal 72G, it follows that we must climb
a hill 72(5 feet high before we are able to
see the building, evcu with the most
powerful telescope.
Usually, however, the height of the
object, as well as that of the observer,
must be taken into consideration, but this
simply requires the duplication of the
problem. For instance, the Washington
Monument is 552 feet high. At what
height must an observer fifty miles away
be, in order to see the top of it? Supposing
the observer to .'land upon the
ground, we find by the first rule that he
could just see the top twenty-five miles
away, and to overcome the remaining
twenty-one miles, due to the convexity
of the earth, he would, by rule second,
have to climb to the height, of 294 feet.
If we apply similar calculations to the
Eiffel tower?the highest artificial structure
in the world?we obtain some interesting
results. Assuming the height
to be just 1,009 feet, we find that, standing
at the top, we enjoy a circle of vision
bounded by u horixan thirty-nine miles
distant, and that, if another similar tower
should ever be erected, it could be placed
over seventy-eight inilcs away before the
rays of the electric lights on their summits
would be eclipsed by the intervening
earth. From the summit of Mount
Evrest in the Himalayas (27,000 feet),
one could see nearly 200 inilcs, provided
the air was clear enough, whicn would
rarely be the case.
Could Forgive, But Not Forget.
An amusing story concerning Prince
Bismarck and the Into Field-Marshal von
Wrangel is now currant at Berlin. In
1864, during the war with Denmark, old
Wrangel was in command of the allied
Prussian aud Austrian forces. There was
at one moment some fear at Berlin that
the Western Powers might object to the
allied troops entering Jutland, in consequence
of which a telegram was sent to
the Field-Marshal, bidding him advance
e .1 1?r_ I tl
uu JUJiui'i. niuu^i'i uiLjwucu
back to the Emperor William that "these
diplomatists, who spoil the most successful
operations, deserved the gallows.'"
Bismarck took care to ignore Wrangel's
presence whenever he met him on Inter
occasions, which could not fail to annoy
him. One day, however, they met at
dinner, having both been invited to the
King's tabic. It wis a peculiarity of
Wrangcl that he always called everybody
"du," or "thou: " au:l, turning to Bismarck,
who was seated next to him, he
said: "My son, canst thou not forget?"
"No," was the curt reply. After a short
pause, Wrar.gel began again: "My son,
canst thou not forgive?" "With all my
heart," answered Bismarck, and the
two remained fricuds till Wrangel's
death.
Fallen Nobility.
A Lusignau descendant i?f the kings of
Jerusalem died miserably lately in a hospital
in Milan. A marquis descendant
from the Doges is selling matches in the
streets of Venice; in the same city a
porter atone of the most splendid palaces
keeps the door of the house when he
hi 4?
IHIgJll IU IJC U1U91UI.
At Naples the Duo ia Lerma, grandc? of
Spain, is a lawyer's clerk. At Palermo
the Due do Santa Crosc goes about the
streets picking up cigar ends and anything
else to be found. The Princess Pignatcili
is a singer in a cafe chantanl in
llcrlin.
At Buenos Ayrcs there is a lovely
flower girl about twenty, who, when
asked where shecamc from, remarked that
she was a Lombard, but that her parents
were Romans of the name of Pecci. The
girl, whose name was Lconildha Pecci,
when asked if she was a relative of his
Holiness said that she did not know, but
in her family it was believed they were
nearly akin.?[Philadelphia Inquirer.
Kind-Hearted.
Mrs. Simkins has just heard that
her husband ha3 been drawn to serve
on a jury.
"John Simkins on the criminal
jury!" exclaimed Mrs. Simkins. "Well,
all / can say is that I congratulate (he
criminals."
"Why, Mrs. Simkins? Is vour hnsb&nd
a very merciful man ?"
"Merciful? Why, John Simkins
wouldn't hang a pictur", much less a
door, unless lie was jest made to!"?
Youth's Companion.
Don't Get Caught
Tli s spring. a? vo.i iniy bave bc?i before, wltU
your blood full of Impurities, your ingestion Impaired,
appetite poor, lei Iney.s no I. liver torpid, and
wlioV- system liable 11 be prostrate l by disease?but
get yourself into goo I condition and ready for tho
changing ami warmer weather, by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla. It stand* une^ualc-l for purlfyiu f tiio
blood, giving an appetite, and for a regulating aud
general sproi; m; liciue. lie sure to get Hood's.
"For five year, I w,n sick every spriusr, but last
year began in February to take llool's SarjapirillaJ
used live bottles and have not seen a sick day
since."?(J. W. Sloan, Ml I ton. Mass.
"My sou was allliclel with the worst type of
scrofula, and on the recommendation of my druggist
I gave him Hood's SarMparMln. To-day he Is
scum! an ) well, notwithstanding It was said there
was no: enough medicine In Illinois to effect a cure."
?J. C.imsrtAN, IIModK HI.
N. 1". l'c sure So get
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 41; six for V.. Prepared only
by C. I. H'JOH Jt CO., Apot'o?ca; les, Lowell, Mass.
. IOQ Doses One Dollar
Lm
Compressibility of Water. f
The latest volume of the reports of tho
"Challenger" expedition contains a determination,
by Professor Tait, of the
compressibility of fresh and salt water at
different temperatures and pressures. It
Ls shown that the depth of a sea about
six miles deep is reduced 620 feet by
compression. If the ocean were incompressible,
the level of the surface would
1)e 11G feet higher than it is at present,
and about 2,000,000 square miles of land
would be submerg; 1. The average compressibility
of salt water is about 0.92 of
that of fresh water. At atmospheric
pressure, the temperature of minimum
compressibility of fresh water is 140 degrees
Fahrenheit, and of salt water 133
degrees. The temperature of the greatest
density of water is reduced to freczicg
point under a pressure of 2.14 tons
per square inch, the freezing point then
being 27.88 degrees
"Ark matches made in heaven, pa?"
inquired a young hopeful. "Some kinds
ore," replied the old man, as liesavagoalashed
his twenty-fifth match across
the stovepipe in n vain attempt, to get ;
blaze enough <o light the lamp. "These
were evidently made in H ?alifax,"
A Clear Statement ot'Trntln That Sfcauld
be Carefnlly llc.nl ami Remembered.
A tew years ago it was very rare indeed to
find any but old or middle acted people afflicted
with Kidney or Bladder Difficulties,but to-day
not only are these troubles prevalent to an
alaMniiiperrieiitftmon? the matured, but oven
our children between 5 and .10 years of age. are
attacked and die suddenly from that insidious
destroyer of human life. Brights Disease. It
f.s but a step from the ordinary, common Kidney
disorder, to the more advanced Bright's
Disease, and it is the slight and early symptom
when neglected that leRds to the fatal end,
hence extreme watchfulness is essential in order
to see that the Kidneys arc performing
their function (work) in the right manner and
to detect the first departure from health.
Therefore it is the manifest dnty of all to investigate
and know what course to pursue and
what means to use.
A voted Phps'cian uri a.
I liavo prescribed the great specific "Dr. Kilmer's
.Swamp-Roet Kidney. Liver and Bladder j
Cure," in a great many very, very bad cases (
(acute and chronic) and in every instance the j
reiiult was highly satisfactory. J Have louna
it to be a wonderful InviQorating tonic in cases j
of broken down constitutions; in incipient I
stages of Brljht's Distatc, diabetes and u> friary [
troub'.cs in general. Ill fact. Id all my experience
of ttceulu-flve gs n* as ail active physician J
in City and Country, 1 have never prescribed 1
any preparation that can compare with it. If
taken occasionally it. will keep the Kidneys in a
lica-.lhucondition and insure one against a sudden
attack.
? H. C. McCorxick, M. D., Ph. G..
Jan. 2d. 1800. Pen Argyle, Pa.
The above remedy has a home ana world
wic e reputation for true merit. It is prescribed
ana recommendc:l-by the very best Physicians,
and has the largest sale of any special kidney
remedy that we know of. II is sold in two sizes,
50c. and $1, being guaranteed to give satisfaction
or money refunded.
Agents wanted in every locality where the
above remedy is net sold by druggists. With
a little effort you can insuro for yourselves a
liberal profit and extend a helping hand to
your sick friends and neighbors. We send free
six beautiful Cards, sheet of Music and "Guide
to Health," to any address. When writing for
Agency mention this paper,
i Db. Kilmer & Co.,
Bingham ton, N. Y._
A obiter can't > e sijleu "well r.-t." until
it has been boiled.
Oh. how ran a fair maiden smile aud by gay,
Hi lovely aud loving and dear.
As sweet as a. rose and as bright as Ihc May
When her liver is all out of gear?
Slic can't. It is impossible. But if she will
only take Dr. Pierce's (-'olden Medical Discovery,
it will cleanse and ilimnlafe lier disordered
liver, purify her blond, make her complexion
soft and rosy, her fweath wholesome,
Jier spirits cheerful and her temncr sweet. All
druggists.
Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust
everybody with your offensive breath, but uec
uv. cage s inarm nriRcay unu eiui u.
An early spring? Jurnping out of bed at
5 o'clock. _____________
The Ladle* Delighted.
The pleasant effect and the perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid fruit
laxative. Syrup of Figs, under'all condition?
make it their favorit i remedy. It is pleasing
to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual
in actingon the kidneys, liver and bowelsSword
fcwallowers ouglu to try saws
awbi.e. 'J liey wou d be niorr toothsome.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
contain .Mercury,
as Mercury wi 1 surely destroy the sense of
smeii and complete.y derange the whole
system whou entering it through the mucus
surfaces. Such art c es should never be
used except on prescriptions trom reputable
phys c:ans, as the damage they will do are
ten fold 10 the goo 1 you c in poisihly derive
lroni them. H ill's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney He, Co., Toledo, 0., contains
no mercury, and is taken interna ly,
and acts directly upon the b ood and mucm
surfaces of toe system. In buying Hall's
Catnrrh Cure be sure to get the genuine, it [
is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, |
by F. J. Cheney & Co.
'tSf'Sold by Druggists, price75c. per bottle. 1
_:rr, rmr-. l-1
I If l|-?r Mill liUir> ? " IIVII iV hlSVMWuwn I
iv.13 worth about orly cent
Six .Ynvcle Free. sent by Cragln <fc Co? Phlla., I
Pa., to any one in U. S. or Canada, post pairl, '
I npon receipt of 25 Dobbins's Electrical Soan ]
wrappers. See list of novels on circulars arouua
each jar. This soap lor sale by all grocers. I
Even the humblest to) or in the land can
resolve to live tor n hire purpose.
FITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's
use. Marvelous enres. Treatise and S3 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Mystery lends a charm to a most everything
except n-r mince pic.
Jfnffllclpd with sore eyes usel!rI<Kno.Thomplon?eEyeWater.
Druggists sell . it.i'is.i'f r bottle
Th* switchmen 6 interest in t e railroads
they reprebt it seems to l?c (lagging.
None equal "Tansili'? I'nnch" Sc. Cigar.
Everyday isn fine one to the police Justice.
After 22 Years,
7 . . cttred a man of chro$.
ClfATtP iu Pa',"i from sutl'
t /J^VJ vJiJpJ stroke, which took the
Cj f t^r form of chronic
J OIL HEADACHE,
which was completely cured as follows:
Paragon, Ind., July SO, 1888. ,
I suffered with pains in my bend from sun- ;
i ttrnk-r on vpnrs. Thev wore cored bv St. Jacobs
I Oil and have remained so four years.
saml'kl b. .sliirlor. f
At DmranisTs and Dealers.
j THE CHARLES fl. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Md. ,
A Long-Delayed Wedding1 Fee. \
Three years ago, said a well-known/
j San Francisco journalistic clergyman!
I to ou:r reporter, I was called on to
unite ?; young couple in marriage. I
received no fee at the time, but the
groom, with whom I was acquainted,^
promised that he would not forget me.;
1 saw him several times afterward, bin
i he never recurred to the subject of the!
fee, and the matter passed from my
mind, lmt this week I received a $I(j
bill from him, with this brief but sig-'
niticaiit explanation: j
"Dear Mir?During the three year$
of my mariied lifo the extravagance.'
| and wastefulness pi my wife, to whom;
' you so kindly united me. was such:
j that I was kept constantly in debt. A/
month ago I obtained a divorce from'
her, and am now able for the first
time to fulfill my promise regarding
the weddi ; fee. With thanks and
excuses, I remain faithfully yours,
n_* ?
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Said Sarah to Mary: ' yi
" Tray, toll mo, dear cousin, what can bo the natter?
Sure, a few months ago you were fairer and fatter.
Now your cheeks, onco so rosy, aro 6unken and 6allow,
Your thin, trembling hands arc as huelees cs tallow;
Your nerves arc unstrung, your temper is shaken, .
And you act and appear liko a woman forsaken."
, v
Said Jfari/ to Sarah : *
" Your comments seem rough, butj.hejfacts are still rougher,*
f or nouocy Knows now acute.y i suiter.
I nm sick unto death and well nigh desperation,
With female disorders and nervous prostration,
I've doctored and dosed till my stomach is seething ;
And life hardly sterns worth tno trouble of breathing." >
Said Sarah to Mary:
" Forgive me. my dear, if my comments seem crusty.
And, pray, try a cure that is certain and trusty.
'Tis needless to suffer, to murmur and languish
And pass half your duys in such pitiful anguish,
For ' female disorders' of every description
Are certainly cured by Picrcc's Favorite Prescription."
?/Iary heeded this good advice, bought a ! to the whole system. As a sootbifig nervine supply
of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Proserin- I it it is uncqualed. See guarantee printed
tion and it wrought a perfect cure. The ! on bottle-wrapper and faithfully carried out
listory of her marvelous restoration to ! for many years.
aealth is similar to that of thousands. A Book "of 160 pages, treating of Woman
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the i and Her Diseases, and their Self-cure, sent
world-famed .remedy for all those chronic : in plain sealed envelope, to any address, on
weaknesses and distressing derangements so : receipt of ten cents, in stamps,
common to AmeT tean women. It is a most Address, World's Dispensary Medical
potent, invigorating, restorative tonic, or I Association, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo,
stmnpth cover, imairtinr tone nnH vicnr t N. Y.
r^l"1SICK HEADACHE,
ij ' Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, Indigesjj
fL ' Hon, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the stomach and
J bowels, are promptly relieved and permanently cured by tht use of
BR. PIERCE'S PELLETS.
? w Purely Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless.
L??? anrW As a T.TV/^irt FIXiIj, IJneqnalod!
OP FE&&'BT ft. BQ3B? OTAqaSS-.fl'lHgg?'
r"" V/Kl'' -N|:' )SraI
QRATEPUL?COMFORTINO.
To Restore Tone linnfHfl l|||flAl
and Strength MTw II VUvUA ' '3
to the System when breakfast.
"By a thorough knowledge of tho natural laws "\ > .; <
weakened OV whlcn eovernthi operation! of digestion and autH"
tlon, and by a careful application of the line'properTo
n^i?? o ties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided
lja UTippQ our breakfast tables with a dollcately flavoured h#r. . ->
erage which ma/ save us many hoavy doctors' ol'la. <? ?*
Or anv other It Is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet
?r that a constitution may bo gradually built up until
Til,,... I strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
liineSS, ' Hundreds of subtle maladies ore floating arooad 04
1 ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point ?J
ouoo iaoi.IIIo I We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourV0
S ?3 B S ?4 13 I B11 selves well fortified with pure blood and a properly
j nourished frame."?"OrtT Service Gazette.
ic r-inciifiimlTT Mmtl? simply with boiling wator or milk. Sold
IS positively ouij in tialf-p >und tin1, by Grooors, labelled thus:
? . J A 31 KM EPl'S ?fc CO.. Ho nceopathle Ohemlsta,
unequalled. - ; lqspok. eml^d. ^ _
bsd\iAII< SUUK . Oil All. or NO PAY.
Get the BZDSTe ! ' C'ldlUff a N. w. Fitzgerald, Atfy, Wash., D. C.
Prepared by j ! |
Life W. W? Ayer &, vOij j Qn3^COMBINING5ARTICL?^^ftj22^SM
Lowell, Mais. I . |
We retail atUie IjukU lJ'iS"pnrF
) mhtlanle/artory priecs,/Kw%jj&jLr..5:z. FRFF
1 ^PilTT't* 11
ra?^0fl5ffi 1 H fll iHnjCKuaryc. Co., us ?!. oti st??kiw?Ji?
! SMMILSMOSTHEBN PACIFIC.
: ||L0W MICE RAIL3?AD UHOS S
iff hb^I I j^l S^j pp|i|i CAD r. i ii)l lea tioD h avi t l/rrfape de?crlbta?S
BwaBgW Wb9 Btalbay I! W* K a3 ( CHII run beet Agricultural, Grazing andTt??
( ber l*m'ln uow open to Settlor*. Sent free. AddreM
inMfMgMMHMHMBaMMKaBgglllfclliM ( ntiio n I iBJBABM Land ComuiUelocer.
j QUA*. B. LampUnw, st. Paoi, Mia?.
DOES CURE <?Si&s r^Bsu2ia zttstohe C0217 punra
j J Warranted tha t?*t corn dropper and moil
1 \?AP r'cct force-feed fertllurdistributor la !*
CONSUMPTION i ^|gfs:
I In its First Stages. j Sen! forlatv<?T.llnst retort catalogue.
? I im AT.t. mm fail -
J CONSULT UK. I.Oiln, .140 North Fifteenth
I ) ; Hireet, I'blluilelphin. Twenty years' experience >
' in special Ulsc >?ej; cures the worst cases of Ne irons
' Complaints, Blood i'olcoiifng, Blotches, Eruption*
j Piles, Cntairli, Ulcers, Sores, Impaired Memory,
Pesp'Uilency, Dimness of Vision, Lung, Lire*
. Moniach, Kidney tBriglit's Disease); confidential
or write for question list and hook.
Make Your Own Rugs.
KS^^?e8ii8*9 ; "a'S^'A
^ i F" K? * C?' ,Jro'c<'0'
They bare been tried for over, fifty years, and ^^
aro to-aay me meet popular in tup. -ma*- anjoxiia. wa. ???*< ??.n "?imuu ov
Your fathers tad mother, usca them. They sre j _ ___
' the Safejt, Parcrt, acd Beit Betned.v far Liver i Cj* ?3 ^ f?y 8J
and Stomach Dlsoasea ever compounded. j JpS K& ma S gS ?&
I For Sale hv all Druggist*. Prlra 2h rt?. per I>ot , j fi U 3 lr (a ted ?i3 u'? ?r Q 5? A Q C
8 boxes for 05 cts.; or pent by mail, postage fre?, on ' ST IN THE WOEIfP U II b fl V b
receipts! prlco. Dr.J. II.ScU?>rl;&8on, .PlijlaJ'a. ! jv Oct the Genuine. _ Sold Everywhere^
IIAHIT. Ouly Certain ud
To cure Biliousness. Sick Headache. Constipation, an ? _ ?. - ?
Malaria. Liver Complaints, tako the safe l?30n6V IB1 V/il CKCHS
and certain remedy. SMITH'S i iwiusivj iei viiivnviiw
BILE BEAMS 77 A apis
Use the SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to the hot- /J f \ WW inP^S '
tie). They nre tbo most convenient: suit all agea / v/ T J*1 1 h,ltIn,an^nrklnr^rSS
Priceof either sire. 25 cents per bottle. / "V
BCIQQIMO at 7. 17, 70: Photo-jrraynro, years. It ImicIimi yon how U
HivJUkl^M panel 6lte of this picture for 4 Detect and Cure Disease*: to Feed
cents (coppers or btampa). for F.$nr? and also for Fattening:
t qvittt a- (*c\ i \ wliirii I owls to have for Breeding
VflV,ft A# ownflbS?IiV ot \t* ' * Purpoara: and c:verythUM^Jftdoo^
I fon should hnr.w on thi? subject to make it profit
1111)1 will ( I. it I'. MF P93^?>Al'1iS? ?0 o DATS .^58 r,f this tilSMSJ.
/r+. A A. E"iHJ1 JBw&cW,'fy'''SAC 2g?8ranafj<l ;sl ?fl G.ILiNUUAlJAM.M. D.,
CATARRHW^ss-^
HY USING !?- S? vr&aijlyfo -tvd ?Pb*?
Ely's Cream Balmf sjtfk fasSWs
AnnlvHaim Into each nostril '^rfrti OMo^^xJ .' *- > ciTicaf, UL
H.Y bb;a.. i* Warrea ii,. N. <t ?** ! .SaU-tff ^*tt8L10