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"tie talmage seem. The Brooklyn Divine Preaches on the "Power of Testimony." Preached In Open Atr at Beatrice, Xeb.j to an Immense Congregation. Test: "We are witnesses."?Acts iii., 15. In the days of George Stephenson, the perfector of tho locomotive engine, tho scientists proved conclusively that a railway train could never bo driven by steam power successfully and without peril; but the rushing express trains from Liverpool to Edinburgh and from E linburgh to London, have made all the nations witnesses of tho splendid achievement. Machinists and navigators rroved conclusively that a steamer could never cross the Atlantic Ocean; but 110 sooner had they successfully proved the impossibility of such an undertaking than tho work was done, and tho passengers on tho Cunard and the Iuman and the National and the White .Stir lines arc witnesses. There went up a gull'uw of wise laughter at Professor Morse's proposition to make the lightning of heaven his errand boy, and it was proved conclusively that the thing could never bo done; but no-.v all the news of tho wide world, by Associated Press Iiut in your hands every morning and night, ias made all nations witnesses. So in the time of Christ it was proved conclusively that it was impossible for Him to rise from tho dead. It was shown logically that when a man was dead he was dead, and tho heart and the liver and the lungs having ceased to perform their oflices the limbs would bo rigid beyond all power of friction or arousal. They showed it to be an absolute absurdity that "the dead Christ should over get up alive; but no sooner had they proved j this than the dead Christ arose, and the disciples beheld Him, h-nml His voice and talked with Him, and thev took the witness stand to prove that to bo true which tho wiseacres of tho day had proved to bo impossible; tho record of the experience uu l of the testimony Is in the text: "Iliin hath Go I raised from tho dead, whereof we are witnesses." Now let me play the skeptic for a moment. "There is no God," says tho skeptic, "for I have never seen Him with my physical eyesight. Your Bible is a pack of contradictions. There never was a miracle. Lazarus was not raise 1 from tho dead, au J water was never turned into wine. Your religion is an imposition on the credulity of tho ages." There is an ngod man moving over rnnHpp ns thniifli ho would like to lVSDOlld. , liero are hundreds of people with faces a | " littlo flushed at thw'e announcements, aud all through this assembly there is a suppressed feeliug which would like to speak out in behalf of tho truth of our glorious Christianity, as in the days of tho text, cryiDgout, "Weare witnesses!" The fact is that if this world is ever brought to God it will not bo through argument, but through testimony. You might cover the whole earth with apologies for Christianityaud iearneJ treatises in defense of religion?you would not convert a soul. Lectures on the harmony between science and religion are beautiful mental discipline, but have never saved a soul and never will save a soul. Put a man of the world nnd a of tho church against each other and the man of the world will in all probability get the triumph. There are a thousand things in our religion that seem illogical to the world nnd always will seem illogical. Our weapon in this"conflict is faith, not logic; faith," not metaphysics, faith, not profundity; faith, not scholastic exploration. But then in order to have faith we must have testimony, and if five huudred men, or one thousand men, or Ave hundred thousand men, or five million men get up aud tell mo that they bavo felt the religion of Jesus Christ a joy, a comfort, a help, an aspiration, I am bound as a fair minded man to ? ?? T - fv. tucu ICdUUlUU). X nuiib juai vj put before you three propositions, the truth of which I think this audience will attest with overwhelming uuanimity. The first proposition is: We are witnesses that tho religion of Christ is able to convert a soul. Tho Gospel may have had a hard time to conquer us, wo may havo fought it back, but wo were vanquished. You say conversion is only an imaginary thing. We know better. "We aro witnesses." There never was so great a chango in our heart and life 011 any other subject as on this. People laughed at tho missionaries in Madagascar because they preached ten years without ono convert; but there aro &,000 converts in Madagascar to-day. Peoplo laughed at Dr. Adomram Judson, the Baptist missionary, because be kept 0:1 preaching in Burmah live yeare without a single convert; but there are 30,000 Baptists in Burmah to-day. People laughed at Dr. Morrison, in China, for preaching thero seven years without a single conversion; but there are 25,000 Christians in China to-day. People laughed at tho missionaries for preaching at Tahiti fifteen years without a singlo conversion, and at the missionaries for preaching in Bengal seventeen years without ) a single conversion; yet in all thoso lands there are multitudes of Christians to-day. But why go so far to find evidence of the Gospel's power to save a soul? "Wo aro witnesses." We were so proud that no : man could have humbled us; wo were so | hard that 110 earthly power could have I melted us; angels of God were all around I about us; tney could not overcome us. isuc | one (lay, perbans at a Methodist anxious j Beat, or at a Presbyterian catechetical lec- | tura, or at a burial, or on horseback, a 1 power seized us, and made us get down, and I made us tremble, and made us kneel, iri I j made us cry for mercy, and wo tried to ! wrench ourselves away from the grasp, but j wo could not. It flung us flat, and when wo arose we wero as much changed as Gourrk the heathen, who went into a prayer meeting j with a dagger and a gun to disturb the meet- i ing nnd destroy it, out tho next day was I found crying: "Oh, my great sins! Oh, my i great Saviour!" and for eleven years j preached the Gospel of Christ to his fellow mountaineers, the last words on his dying lips being "Freo Grace!" Oh, it was free , grace! There is a man who for ten years was a j hard drinker. The dreadful "appetite had I sent down its roots around the palate and I the tongue, and on down until they were interlinked with the vitals of tho body, mind and soul: but he has not taken any stimulants for ten years. What did that? Not temperance societies. Not prohibition laws. Not moral suasion. Conversion did it. "Why," said one upon whom th? great tuauge had come, "sir, I feel just as J though I were somebody else!" Thero is a sea captain who swore all the way from New York to Havana, and from Havana to San Francisco, and when he was in port he was worse thau when he was on the sea. What power was it that washed his tongue clean of profanities and raado him a psalm singer? Conversion by the Holy Spirit. There are thousands of people in this assemblage to- lay who are no more what they once were than a waterlily is a nightshade, or a morning lark is a vulture, or day is night. Now, if I should demand that all those people here present who have felt the converting power of religion should rise, so far i from beiug ashamed th y would spring to their feet with more alacrity than they ever sprang to the dance, tin tears mingling with their exhilaration as they cried, "We aro witnesses!'' And if they tried to sing tin old Gospel hymn thoy would break down with emotion by the time they got to tin second line. A?lnnnJ of Jcsuj, that dear Friend O* whom my hopes ot heaven djpendf No! When I b'ti-h, b.- this my slurnc; That I no more revere llis na-ne. Again I remark that wo aro witnesses of tho Gospel's power to comfort. Thero are Christian parents hero who aro willing to testify to the power of the Gospel to comfort. Your son had just graduated from school or college and was going into business, and tho Lord took him. Or your daughter liad just graduuted from the young ladies' seminary, and you thought she was going to bo a usolul woman and of long life: but the Lord took her, and you were tempted to say, "A'l this culture of twenty years for nothing!" Or tho little child came homo from school with tho hot fover that stoppe 1 not for tho agonized prayer or for tho skillful physician, and tho little child was taken. Or the babe was lifted out of your arms by som) quick epidemic, and you stood wondering why God over gave you that child at all, if so soon Ho was to take it away. An I yet yon nro not repining, you are not fretful, you are not fighting against God. Wnat has enable.! you to stand all the trial? "Oh," you say, "I took the meiicme that God gave my sick soul. In my distress I threw myself at tho feet or a "sympathizing God; and when I was too weak to pray, or to lookup. He breathe 1 into mo a peace that I think must be tho foretasto of that heaven where there is neither a tear, nor a farewell, nor a grave." Come, all ye who have been out to the grave to weep J there?come, all ye comforted souls, get up of! your lcnoos. Is thoro no power in this Gospel to soothe the hoart? Is there no power in this religion to quiot the worst paroxysm of grief? Thcro co nes up an answer "from comfortod widowhood, aud orphanage, and childlessness, saying: "Ay, ay. we are witnesses!" When a man has troublo the world comes in and'says: '"Now get your mind off this; go out an l breathe the fresh air: pluuge deeper into business." What poor advice! Get your mind off it! When everything is upturned with the bereavement and everything romin<Ls you of what you have lost. Get your mind off it! They jni^ht as well a huso yon to stop thinking. You cannot stop thinking, and you cannot stop thinking in that direction. Take a walk ia the fresh air! Why, along that very strcot or that very road she onco accompanied you. Out of that grass plat she plucked flowers, or into that show window sho looked, fascinated, saying: "Come, see the picture?,J Go deeper "into business? Why, sho was associated with all your business ambition, rtinl since she has gone you liavo no ambitiou left. Oh, this is a clumsy world when it tries to t ?4. _ t 1 u ?l t ? rv*.. COmiurtn uruituu 11 ;;uw a uiu uaiiu u \,wilear'sengine, I can paint .1 Raphael's "Madonna," I can p'ay a Beethoven's "Eroica Symphony" ns easily as this world can comfort a broken heart. And vet you have been comforted. How was it done? Did Christ como to you and say "Get your inial 01T this; go out and breatho fresh air; plungo deeper into business?" No. Thoro was a minuto when He catno to you?perhaps in the watch of tho night, perhaps in your place of business, perhaps along the streot ?and Ho breathed something into your soul that ga* 0 peace, rest. iuQnite quiet, so that you could ?ako out the photograph of the departed cue and look into tho eyes and face of tho dear one and say: "It is all right; she is better off; I would not call her back. Lord, I thank Thee that Thou hast comforted my jioor heart." Again, I remark that we aro witnesses of tho l'act that religion has the power to give composure in tho last moment. I never shall forgot tho first time I confronted death. YAj wont across the cornfields in the country. I was led by my father's hand, and we came to the farm house where the bereavement bad come, and we saw the crowd of wagons and carriages but there was one carriage that especially attracted ray uoyish attention, and it had black plumes. I said: "What's that? What's that? Why those black tassels on tho top?'' and after it was explained to me I was lifted up to look upon tho bright face of an aged Christian woman who three days before had departed in triumph; tho whole scene mado an impression I never forgot. In our sermons and in our lay exhortations we are very apt, when we want to brin^ il1.4'Ifinf trm-noti to cro hAi-h to I 1U3UUVIUUJVi V?.7 v. some distinguished personage?to a John Knox or a Harriet Novell. But I want you for witnesses. I waut to know if you liuvo ever seen anything to mako you believe that the roligion of Christ can give composure in the ilual hoar. No.v in the courts attorney, jury and judgo will never admit mere hearsay. They demand that the witness must have soon with his own eyes or heard with his own ears, and so I am critical in my examination of you now; nnd I want to know whether you have seen or heard anything that makes you believe that the religion of Christ gives compo^re in the final hour. "Oh, yes," you say, "I saw my father.an I mother depart. There was a great (Inference in their deathbeds. Standing by the one we felt more voneration. By the other, there was more tenderness." Before the one you bowed perhaps in awe. In the other case you felt as if you would like to go along with her. How did they feel in that last hour? How did they seem to act? AVere they very much frightened? Did they take hold of this world with both haudsas though they did not waut to eive it un? "Oh. no." von sav. "no. I remember as though it were yesterday; sin had a kiud word for us all, aud there were a few mementoes distributed among the children, and then she tol l us how kind wo must be to our father in his lonliness, nn 1 then she kissed us good-by and went asleep as calmly as a child in a cradle." What made her so composed? Natural courage? "No," you say, "mother was vory nervous; when the carriage inclined to the 1 ~ ??ao/1 cVirt wnnhi nvvr nnf* shn W.ll always rather weakly." What, thou, givo hor composure? Was it becausj sho did not care much for you, and the pmg of parting was not great? "Oh," you say, "sin showered upon us a wealth of aireetion; nom >tlnr cvcrlovel hor children more than mother loved us; she showoi it by tin way sin nursed us when we wore sick, and sho tnilo 1 for us until her strength gave out." What, then, was it that gave hor composure in tin last hour? Do not hide it. Be frank an I lot mo know. "Oh," you say, "it was because she was so good; sue made the Lord hor portion and she had faith that sho would go straight to glory and that we shoul 1 all meet Lerat last at the foot of the throne." Hero are people who say, "I saw a Christian brother die and he triumphe 1." An 1 , some one else, "I saw a Christian, sister die J aud sho triumphed." S >mo on! else will say, "I saw a Christian daughter die an I sin triumphed." Come, all yo who have seen the last moments of a Christian, and give testimony in this cause on trial. Uncover your heads, put ycur hand on tin old family Bible from which they usoi to road the pro:i*isos, and promise In tin presence of high heaven that you will tell tin truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. With what you have soeu with your owa eyes, and from what you have heard with your own oars, is there power in this Gospel to give calmness aud triumph in the last exigency? The response comas from ail sides, from young and old aud middle and aged. "We are witnesses!" You see, my friends, I have not put before you to-day an abstraction, or chimera, or anything like guess work. I present you aflilavits of the best men and women, living and dead. Two witnesses in court will establish a fact. Here aro uot two witnes es, but thousands of witnesses?on earth millions of witnesses, aud in heaven a great multitude of witnesses that no man can number, testifying tlia* there is power in this re 'igiou 10 cuuvert we bum, iu gtvcuuuiiui i> iu trouble anil to afford composure in the last hour. If ten men should coruo to you when you are sick with appalling sickness, aud say they had the same sickness, and took a certain medicine aud it cured them, you would probably take it. Now, suppose ten other men should come up anil say, "Wo don't believe there is anything in that medicine." "Well," I say, "have you ever tried it?" "No, I never tried it, but I don't believe there is anything in it." Of course you discredit their testimony. The skeptic may come and say, "Thero is 110 power in your religion." "Have you over tried it?" "No, no." "Then, avauut!" Let me take the testimony of the millions of souls that have been converted to God, and comforted in trial and solace 1 in the last hour. We will take their testimony as they cry, "We are witnesses!" Some time ago Professor Henry, of Washington, discovered a new star,and the tidings sped by submarine telegraph, and all the observatories of Europe were watching for that new star. Oh, hearer, looking out through the darkness of thy soul to-day, canst thou see a bright star beaming on thee? "Where?" you ay ; "where? How cau I find it?" Look along by the line of the cross of the Son of God. Do you not see it trembling with all tenderness and beaming with all hope? It is the Star of Bethlehem. Deep horror the i ray vitals froze, Do.ith struck. 1 coaled tho tide to stem, When su hleulv a star arose? it was the tar of ik'thiehem. Oh, hearer, pet your eye ou it. It is easier now for you to become a Christiam than it is to stay away from Christ and heaven. When Madame Sontag began her musical career she was bisse.l off tho stage at Vienna by the friends of her rival, Amelia Steiningor, who had already begun to decline through her dissipation. Years passed on, and one day Madame Sontag. in her glory, was riding through tho streets of Berlin, when she saw a lit tle child leading a blind woman, and she said, "Come here, my little child, come here. Who is that you are leading by the hand?'' Aud tho little child replied, "That's my mother; that's Amelia Steininger. She used to be a great singer, but she lost her voice, an 1 she crie 1 so much about it that she lost her eyesight." "Give my love to her," said Madame Son tag. "and tell her an old acquaintance will call ou her this afternoon." The next weolc in Berlin a vast assemblage gathered at a benefit for that poor woman, an 1 it wat said that M t lame Sontig sang that night as she had never sung before. Aud she to Tea skillel oculist, who tried in vain to give eyesight to th j poor blind woman. Until tiio day of Amelia Steininger's death Madame Sontag took caro of her and her daughter after her. Thai was what the queen of song di I for her enemy. But, oh, hear .a morn thrilling story still. Blin I imiaortal, poor an 1 lost, thou who, w!,en the world aul Christ were rivals for thy heart, didst hiss thy Lord awa"?Christ comes now to givo thoa sight, to give-thee a home, to givo thoo heaven. With raoro than a Sontag's generosity Ho co:ne3 to moot your need. With more than a Sontag*s music Ho comes to oload for thy dehvoranco. SCIENTIFIC! AND INDUSTRIAL. Electricity can now be used'to operato a machine for mining coal. Electric hoisting engines for dock use are among the latest'devices introduced. . A new electrical coal cutter is being brought out in Boston. It makes two four-inch cuts in iivc miuutcs. A silver lode, yielding forty-five per cent, of pure metal, has been discovered in the bed of the RiverJ)onetzin Southern Russia. The longest crane iu the world has just hnr>n romnlctcd bv the Jlorwin Engineer ing Company, of Alliance, Ohio; it will lift 150 tons. By a new method of cementing; iron the parts cemented arc so elfcctually joined as to resist the blows even of a sledge hammer. Tests in Germany of a new electrically controlled steering apparatus show that the Captain can control the rudder from the bridge or from any point about the deck. Coffee is found to have a remarkable anti-septic power, its effect in destroying microbes seeming to be due to e:npyreumatic oils, developed in roasting, and not to caffeine. It lias lately been shown that if two coins are placed ou opposite sides of u plate of glass aud electrified for two minutes they will leave a perfect image of themselves upon the glass. The perfected target for tiring at the small-arm ranges is worked by electricity. By means of contact and a battery there is communication with the indicating apparatus at the firing end of the range showing which section of the target has been struck. In the new audio-telephone that has recently appeared in Rngland the principal characteristic is the mouthpiece,the particular advantage of which is that it titnncifinc tVin smind waves, mnkiiin' it IIIH-HPIUVM ? O " possible to carry on a conversation in an ordinary tone of voice. The new eye-piece for the Lick telescope, in California, is fifty per cent, larger than any leus of the kind yet constructed. The light from the heavenly bodies, seen through the Lick telescope with this new eye-piece, will be 200'J times es bright as that seen with the naked eye. Professor Elihu Thompson says that in the near future railways will be run by electricity. By this he means not only the small roads for cities and suburbau districts, but the large oues connectiig cities, and he looks for a higher speed than is now attained with the steam locomotive. In order to keep machinery from rusting take one ounce of camphor, dissolving it in a pound of Inrd; take off the scum nnd mix as mucli nnc utacic leau as will give it iron-color. Clean the machinery and smear it with this mixture. A.fter twenty-four hours, rub clean with soft, linen cloth. It will keep clean for months under ordinary circumstances. In Canada there is a nickel company which has a nickel mine. The ore is mixed with copper and after the dross is taken of! the alloy is called matte, which contains about seventy per cent, of nickel ind thirty per cent, of copper. This is shipped to Gcrmauy and Swansea, in Wales, where the secret is jealously guarded of the process by which the two metals are separated. Itnmic spinning mills have now increased to four in Franco, being operated by La Societe Generalc do la Ramie of Maulany, Simmonet of Warnerville, Givclle-Briere of Lille, and the Societe La Ramie Francaise, who have two establishments, one at Essonne.s with 2030 spindles and a doubling plant, and one at Entraygers with 5000 spiudles. The last-named company is the mo3t important, nnd besides spinning is also engaged iu weaving. They have twenty looms at work for ramie cloth, ten machines for curtains, etc. An Electrical Whirl wind. Mr. Charles F. Hcefer's farm on the Monticello road, about four miles from this city,was recently the scene of rather a remarkable occurrence. Mr. llopfers attention was attracted by several loud reports, which he likens to the discharge of a guu, at the edge of some woods bordering his cotton Held. Immediately a whirling column of dust and debris was seen to take a circular cuurse iruui tuu iujuujjii ^wv ton field and back to the woods agaiu, sweeping aloft everything in its path. A colored man employed in the liell fled for his life, but caught enough of the force of the whirlwind to blister his back, so he said. On examination it was found that nil along the track of the whirling column the leaves of the cotton had been scorched a3 if by fire, but no other damage was done. ? Columbia (S. C.) Register. Soma Enormous Hammers. Sightseers in St. Louis, Mo., always take a lively interest in the monster triphammers used in the various large iron works, which, although as large as anything of the kind to be found within the limits of the United States, are but pigmies when compared with those used in the great rolling mills and gun foundries of Europe. At the Terni works in Italy there is a hammer which weighs fifty tons. It was cast in 1S73, and is said to have taken ninety days to cool sufficiently to admit of being set in - n j 1.: 1 position. Aiexunuruvaaj, xvuasia, uao one ten tons heavier that was cast in 1S74. At the Crcnstot works in France there is one of eighty tons. It was made in 1S77 and sets on an anvil block of ICO tons weight. The Cockerille works in Belgium have a 100-ton hammer, and the Krupp gun works at Essen, Germany, have one of 150 tons. The last named hammer is the largest now used in the world.?Commercial Advertiser. St. Louis- Mo., claims to manufacture more wagons than any other city in the country. JI JO AVA oqj ni nxotu jnd uojjo sjojoo j 'hiai V I[)IAY 3{.l0.tt. 0<J AY IIOUI 9JT1 SaaAAYVJ Ti k Ciiino-e nr.* an industrious p l->, and yet tbjv li^vo a great deal oi idol time, Do Right forRight's Sake. j We are in receipt of a letter askiDg | us, "What makes people do right?" ; How under the sun does the writer of this epistle suppose we know what causes influence people in doing right? ?if, indeed, anvbodj does do right, which we might Ibe seriously inclined to doubt if we "took stock" in the universal cry about the wickedness of this day and generation. We have asked some people of our acquaintance the question, and find j that most of them do light because j they expect to be rewarded for it. At j least they have quoted to us innumer- j able texts of Scripture bearing on that point, and all poin ting toward the re- i wards of the just. Now, it strikes us that this is an in- \ finitely selfish way of doing things. If ; you feed Mrs. A., wlio 13 starving, oe- 1 cau30 you expect, either in this world ! or the next, to be rewarded for it, you ; are only selling your good deeds for a price. You are not pitiful of her suffer ingu, you are not charitable toward her ; beoauso it is your duty, but simplv i because you exjrect that you will realize "benelit from voir benevolence. Is this true charity ? Is this love i toward your neighbor? Is this the spirit of the Divine Master, who taught j us to do unto others as we would they j should do un to us ? It seems to us that the only true way | of doing right is for right's sake. With- i out an eye to the rewards, or to the punishments, which mav await us, to 1 deal justly aud mercifully with every living thing, to do no act of malice, to wound the feelings of no one intentionally, to let no seltish love of ease, or pleasure, deter us from what we deem is right. Yes, that is our idea of the way to do right. We may be in error, but it strikes ua that it is rather a little soul which is continually looking out for rewards, or dreading tho punishments. It is like making a bargain, and saying, if I will be good you will reward me, thus and so; and if I am bad, then I must look out for chastisement. We do not like that kind of doctrine. We want to do right, not becauso it i* respectable; not because wo shall fare better for so doing in this world; not because we shall be happier hereafter for it; not because people will talk about us if we do not; not bpcauso wo tialrvrirr fn fVia Minrcli and mil- minister preaches it, but because it is right to do right, and because God has commanded us to do it. And to the man properly constituted there is no happiness like that which comes from right actions, guided by right motives. And whatever may be that man's theology, he is on the right road if he does right, for right's sake.? Kate. Thorn, in New York Weekly. You Never Can De Certain. Judge E. B. Hoar, of Concord, Me., relates the following remarkable instance of mistaken identity: A man was tried for highway robbery at East Cambridge, Mass.,* some forty years ago. He had no counsel, belonged to the class of habitual criminals, and as the evidonce went in you would have said the case was hopeless. The person robbed identified him with absolute certainty. Other witnesses, ' "? v 1__ . ___ /I ?_ii wno nnu Known nun ior^ ana intimately, testified to seeing liim in the neighborhood ot the place where the robbery was committed just before it occurred, aad others who know him equally well heard his voice at the time 6i the outcries, and saw him running away from the scone of the crime. As the Government ended the examination of each witness, the Court asked the prisoner in the deck if he wished to ask any questions. To which ho uniformly answered: "Yes, one question," and, being told to ask it, it was each time: "Are you sure it was me? " To this each witness replied: 1 "Certainly; I know it was you." When the Government's case was closed, the Judge asked the prisoner if he hnd any evidence to offer or wished to say anything to the jury. He had seemed to be very cold and unmoved during the trial, making no comment on his failure to disturb the confidence of any adverse witness, and to the Judge's questiou replied: "I should like to call one witness." "Call him, then?" said the Judge. fa flow* Pnlilanu in nnnvf iM anirl flin I prisoner, and there stepped forward i the well-known master of the house of correction, with his record book of commitments under his arm. "Do you know me ?" asked the prisoner. "I should think I did," replied Capt. "Robbins. "Will >ou look in the record and tell the court where I was on the 14th of last December?" (the day of the crime on trial). Capt. Robbius looked in his book. "You were in the house of correction at South Boston, serving out a year's sentt ace for larceny." "That's all," said the prisoner. The Judge said to the jury that the Jefense, though r.ot especially creditable, seemed to be conclusive if they believed Capt. Bobbins. Of course the man was acquitted. Not tlio Same. Into the store of a Boston stationer one day recently there came a man in the dress of a workingman, who was evidently at once a foreigner and not livi11innf>v nf l'ntollopf J > UI ?IAIGVI MiWU wr* He made up to one of the clerks, and with an air of hesitation, as if doubtful whether he had come to the right place, asked in broken English for Borne "overalls." "Those you will find at the clothing store just down the street," the clerk said. The customer looked puzzled. "I did gone there," he said, "and I did request them for envelopes, and here is it that they do send me." The clerk was quick enough to see where the trouble lay, and good-natured enough to explain to the foreigner the difference between envelopes for letters and envelopes for the legs oi laborers, and the man went back to the clothing store where, no doubt, he for nd what he wanted. ' Health and Strength Soon replace weakuess and languor IT that rellabia medicine, Hood'sSarsapArllla, Isfalrlyand faithfully trlol. It Is the best medicine to overcome that tired feeling, purify the olood and cure scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia and nil other disease) arising fron impure blood or low state of the system. Give It a trial. Hood's Sarsaparilla SolC by all druggists. $1; six for Si. Hrcpare.l only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell. Mass. LQQ-Do.ses On? Dollar Washington's Graatness. ; As a soldier, it is easy now to see ; that his greatness consisted largely in the way he received disaster. He proved his nobility in rising above defeat, in wrenchingsnccess from failure; in keeping an immovable front against reverse, detraction and infamous abuse. ' His lifo was one long struggle?not, as to a superficial view it might seem, a series of moro fortunate successes. High character, rather than "good luck," was his immortal equipment. Cut it is as a citizen that Washington gives what may be thought to be the most valuable lesson of his career ?the lesson of absolute honesty, absolute disinterestedness. Let those who preach, who teach, who vote, make tho contrast on all occasions between tho tone of Washington and that of every public man of to-day who falls below his standard. Tho standard is not * r\r\ lWrrli fr\v ontT m n Wflulii'nnrlnn was no angel, saint or demigod. We have a right to exact from every man who takes public service equal public virtue, The people do this theoretically, if not practically, already; but we will not have city, State or national government what it should be till we make the demand in practice as well as in theory.?The Century. VVhito ami Doaf. Mr. Harrison Weir, President of the National Cat Club, England, says in his book, "Our Cats," that a white cat of the long or short haired breed is likely to be deaf. Should it have bine eyes, the fancy color, it is almost certain to be deaf. Mr. Weir, at a cat show, purchased a white cat, a beauty, loving and gentle, for the low price of two guineas. When he got it home the cat proved to be "stone deaf." Then the trouble began. If shut out of the dining-room, its cry for admission could be heard all over the house, for, being deaf, it did not know the noise it made, though its owner often wished that it could hear its own cry. When it called out as it sat on his lap, it called with ten-cat power, and its commanding voice caused it to be named the "Colonel.". One day a friend saw the "beauty," and admired it so much as to accept it as a gift, even after being told that it was "stone deaf." A few days after Mr. Weir received a letter from the friend, offering to return the loudvoiced cat. "Give it to any one you please, but don't return it to us," was the reply. The "Colonel" was given to a deaf old ladv. and both were happy. The man who marries for money has one advantage over those who marry for other considerations: ho can know what he gets; if he can feed upon husks and chaff, it is competent to him to see that his trough is filled. Don't try to drown your sorrows in a jug; troubles are good swimmers. . Children Enjoy Tho pleasant flavor, gontie action and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a laxative and if the father or mother he costive or bilions the most gratifying result* follow its osc,80 that it is the best family remedy known and every family should have a bottle. The man who is always looking for mud never sees th* sky. Niagara Falls. A trip to Niagrn Falls is anticipated nt some time by many, but few ever have the opportunity owing mnin'y to alack of funds. We are told that the ecene is sublime, nnd when once witnessed is never forgotten, therefore it seems to be one of the objer ts of our life to w.tness the grand teene. Mmy of us have decided to take the trip if a low rate of fare was t ver offered, nnd the opportunity has now arrived, ns we notice that the Pennsylvania Rail Road have advertised two special excursions Irom Washington and Baltimore, (July 31-t and August 21st,) nnd haw placed the f-<ro at the low rale of ton dollars for the round tr p, which Is ind-ed vory low. Thetranwiil eave Washington, Baltimore and Potomac Depot at 7:10 a- m.; Baltimore, Union Station, at 8:23 a. m. The tickets are good for ten clave. Including date of excursion, also tostopoff ntWatkins Glen within the limit. The Torrist Aeent an 1 I'liaperon win accompany me party, wwci will make it very enjoyable. 'J he faro is . indeed low, and donotleas many will take ad van tape of Hie oppoitunity to v.sit and view the wonders of nature. If you always do eood as you have opportunity, you will never lie id e. One TUoitsnnil Dollars. I will forfeit the above amouut, if I fail to prove that Floraplexion is the best medicine in existence for Dyspepsia.Indigestion or Biliousness. It is a certain cure, and affords immediate relief.in cases of Kidney and Liver Complaint, Nervous Debility and Consumption. Floraplexion builds up the weak system and cures where other remedies fail. Ask your druggist for it and get well. Valuable book "Thing Worth Knowing," also, sample bottle sent free; ull charges prepaid. Address Franklin Hart, 88 Warren street, New York. Nobody has ever built a house that time couldn't overthrow. FITS stopped free by Dr. Kmne's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. 921 ArcU St.. i'iiila.. IV The man who lias n high opinion of hliuBel f don't know himself. More diseases are produced by using: brown and perfumed soaps than by anything elre. uliyrun such terrible risks when you know Dobbins's Electric Soap is pure and perfect. Dobbins's prevents hands from chapping. If some of our heads were not so big, our hearts would grow !aster. J. A. .lohnson, Medina, N. Y., says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me." Sold by Druggist.'. 75c. The man who lives only for what ho can see is very short-sighted. JJaDllcted with FOr?eyes use Dr Isaac Thompicr/FEyeWater. Druggists soli ati?o.per bottlo Look out for the ma t who is always boasting of h:s own goo in ess. JTJACOBS OIJ CURES PERMANENTLY SPRAINS and STRAINS. Athletes l'rulse It Highly. G56 Minna St., San Francisco, Cnl., May 3,1SS7. Some timo ago, while a member of the Uivmpic AtniCUC tiuu, l sprumcu jny Alice severely nnd suffered agony, l?ut wus speedily and completely cured by St. Jacobs Oil. JOHN" GAI'JJl'TT. Jumped from Engine. 609 S. 17ti St., Oninlm, Xcb., Sept. 22,1SS3. I jumped from nn engine in collision, and strained my ankle very badly. I used canes for weeks. St. Jacobs Oil completely cured me. U. KOEDEH. At dftrgr.i?t.s and Peaj.frs. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Baltimore. Htf. DEPENDENT PENSION BILL has become a law. 8l'A PER MONTH to nil honorably discharged Soldiers nnd Sailors of the late war, who are Incapacitated from earning a support. Widows the same, without regard to cause of death. Dependent Parents anil Jllnor Children also Inter* | ested. Over 20 years' experience. Deferences in all ' parts of the country. No charge If unsuccessful. Write at once for "Copy of I.aw," blanks and full Instructions am. FitKKto it. .McAl.I.IMTKU ?Sk C'O. (Successors to Win. Conard & Co.), 1*. O. Hox 71.1, \N nsliiiigioii, I). 1'. B I j.rc-cnbp and fu'ly wodorse lllg U as tie only iOnmtn ~swj specific forthocertai cure AgKyX TO 6 DAYS.^3 of this disease. WjSarBearanfd pot aB G.U.INGRAHAM.M. D-, fjfiw eaawStrlttur*. Amsterdam, K. Y. SSm Hraontybytha Wo have sold Dig G (or XBKL Clnjlr.n?tl,>-pJTMl faction. D. R. OYCITR A CO.. 81.00. Sold by Druggists!, r [ rack under seat for carrying pare J ^>om on Seat THE FINEST ON EMRTH mediately for our large illustrated scription of this Oart and the world renowned MURRAY S55.95 WILBER H. MURRAY "MURRAY BUILDirC," 139 Vi PH IWfF- WORTH A Gl For BILIOUS & NER Such as Wind and Pain in the Stomaci Dizziness, and Drowsiness, Cold Chilli Shortness of Breath, Costivenoss, Set Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Ner\ THE FIRST DOSE WILL CIVE R BEECHAtVS PILLS TAKEN AS DIRECTED R For Sick Headache, W* Digestion, Constipation, tlicy ACT LIKE MAQIC, Strengthening tlio mv plexlon, bringing buck tho keen edge ofapf HEALTH tho whole physical energy ol the 1) t to tho Nervous and Debilitated la tlint BEECI ANY PROPRIETARY MEDICINE IN THE WOR I'repiirtMl only by TIIOS 11EKCH A Sold b)j Driiiifffstsgenerally. B. F. ALI Sole Airenta ft>r the United Slates, irho (if j/?i ~ ---- -- ? ? l' ^' ' C' To cure Biliousness. Sick Headache, Constipation. Malaria, Liver Complaints, take the uTo and certain remedy, SMITH'S Blue BtAnd Use the SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to tho bottle). They are the most convenient: suit all age* Price of either size, 25 cents per bottle. If IQfiIMP at 7. 17, 70: Photo-gramre, IVIOOIIIm par.el site of thi* picture for 4 oeata (ooppers or stamps). J. F. SMITH 4 CO.. Maker*of "Bile Beans." St Louis, Ma WALLPAPER BARGAINS! We will guarantee all these clean new goods Jasc made, and full length?3 yards to the roll. An S-yd. roll White bnck Paper. 3 to 0 . in S-yd. roll Gilt l'upcr. 3 to 10c. I n S-yd. roll Embossed Gilt Pnper, 8 to 1.5c. jillt Borders. 4, to 18 Inches wide, 'I and 3c. per yard. Borders without Gilt. 2 to 0 inches lc. per yard. Send tc. In stamps for samples of tho best and freattst bargains In the country. P. H. OADY, 303 111GIJ hTREET, Mention this paper. Providence. R. I. JLTHE WOMDERrULlr* \?S\ UjBlllG\CHAIRfel%0V^l fl[y^C01tBININC5ARTICU3)i^ ifrre?mor f"Rniture. We retail at the torn* LCBUita MFG. 00_, 145H. 8lh St. ruitta,A DROPSY TREATED FREK. Positively Cured svltb Vegetable lfriucdlos. Have cured thousands of cases. Cure patients pronounced hopeless by best physicians. From IIret doso symptoms disappear; lu ten days at least two-thirds ' all symptoms removed. Send for free book testimonials of miraculous cures. Ten days' treatment free by mall. If you order trial, send !0c. In stamps to pay postage. Da If. 11. Quees A Soxs, Atlanta, Oa. WM. FITCH & CO., 102 Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C. PENSION ATTORNEYS of over 25 years' experience. Successfully P > -0' i cute pensions and claims of all k nds iu snortest possible lime, iff So j-EK I'XI.rss sitcesshl. Make Your Own Rugs, Trice List of Hug Machines, Hug 11,items, Yarns, etc., FREE. A cents Wanted. E. If OSS X CO.. Toledo, Ohio. EFSB B BRS Bnd whiskey HABMMaBRB B aw?a ITS cored at home wdh?2 FV M H QhwI or.I pain. Book of par - &IE9H 3 ucl"ori? PCDI t-Ktt. > ELffi 1H Liuun H. ,M. WOOLLEY, M. L>. I ATLANTA. Ga7 OCic* UM Whitehall St. ! I DOt terms which render most Doctor itooks so valuelrs , Intended to be ol Service in the Fninlly, auit e 1'AJtT I contain" Information on (,'enernl i>ist u Anatomy auil Functions?covering Erysipelas*, Iter! ci i'rlckly Heat, Measles, Small l'ox. Chicken Vox, Wnri J ami Cttre. Fifty paxes on tho it ft A I N ami N HI t Fits, Dizziness, Delirium Tremens, Epilepsy, l'aintini Neuralgia, Diseases of Spinal Cord, Lockjaw, St. Vitti ? Tnflnmmntinn. Cnfnrnfl. ? pages on tiio KA It?l'enf- _ ~ 2 Noises lu, to Extract Foreign rSnETa die NOME? Weeding, C'n- pK Ka jy? Fifteen napes on the KA C'E, jn **'55 Jm ?I TEETH - ( racked IJps, 8 ^ l> ?!3 1-1 2 Gum Boll,Ac. Eighteen pages V ? ?/ sm i ? PI I'K?bronchitis, Dlphthe Mumps, Ulcerated Sore PROFUSELY II on ], IIXI1S?Consumption, i ? Spitting Dlood, Stitch In Side, Ac. Twelve pages i 2 <>f, Ac. Forty-four pages on A IIDO.M INA I, ('a luarrhcrn, Dysentery, Dyspepsia, Heartburn, Hall ?! (lie very Important I. riiuirv tint! tfcnitnl Ore mi Hon of Illadder, Ac. Fifty pages on Diseases .lebllity. Fevers of all kinds, Malaria, Gout, Kheiimat a Fart II relates to Diseases ol iVsineii -Menu Fart III Isdevortd to children and Tlieit* I s Information mothers constantly need. Tl'ls pari aim 2 Fart IV covers A eridenlw ??? 2 Household surgery, Poisons and ?, mm _ . e 1'art v?tCriiernl 11y- ^2 p c\a 5 9 and Guide to I,ong. Healthy Eire. ^ I inn* Answered | valuable Yon W?v Ne?r1 2 all topics relating to Health lou may neea 2 l'ART Vll? For the perusal i ~ relations of Man and Wife; for llie Newly Married. Faut VIII?I'oukcrj* and Dainties for the S Fart IX?ludictitious ol Disease by Apnea 2 Part X?.Medicines?Their Preparation au'l L>. ? Fakt XI?Hotanienl Medical Practice; lust 2 Over 1'iOO LINES OP INDEX to guide y. J ranged alphabetically. A most valuable wori*, wiiic , on receipt of 00 cents In eash or Ic. and iic. po?ia ;e BOOK. PUS. HQUS ist think! only a i 1.75 for the JLA \j RRAY"IMPROVED ' ' 5ANT ROAD CART, A' * v5; tore illuatrat- Af'j, |l\ ' ^T\L ; l $r\ is Acknowl-1 jB /'?Tm!r^ \/jg, edged to bo fejgfSS" , . J^^practical bl V a;?fFB Road Oart -A MMM on mar" ket. Every "?Doctor in / I &rWf the C0UIltr7 \ I I M v should havr \/ I / ? one. The y II 3 bundle rack l / jJ gS serves as a j !? carry their ^?s. /'? I medicines ||g^s y ^ yl and instruj, Write imfree catalogue containing full de BUGGIES and $5.95 HARNESS MANUFACTURING CO., FRONT ST., CINCINNATI, O HAM'c rtlL Sepfbctuai^ JINEA A BOX.'*? ? VOUS DISORDERS b, Fullness and Swelling after Meals, ( i, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, C irvy, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed I 'ous and Trembling Sensations, &c. ) :elief in twenty minutes. / ESTORE FEMALES TO COMPLETE HEALTH. ) iak Stomach, Impaired ( Disordered Liver, etc., ) iscular System, restoring long-lost Cow- S letlte, and arousing with the ROSEBUD OF C mail frame. One of the best guarantees / IAWS PILLS HAVE THE LARGEST SALE OF ) LD. S .11. Si. Helen., I.nncii.hlr*. England, / LEN CO.. 365 and 367 Canal St.. New York, ) ir druBci.t doe* not keep tlietn) WILL MAIL v A NEW PLAN FOR INVESTORS. NO RISKS. SURE PROFITS. 70/ Guaranteed Bonds for Small Sums. /0 Wrlic for Full Information. Unquestioned References East and West. The Arapahoe Investment Co. Incorporated:?Capital, 200,000 F. B. HILL, - ~ President. ' cnAS. H. WOODMAN, Vicc-Pres. 11 AS. It. SA OF., - Treasurer. WM. LLOYD, - Secretary. ' FRANKLIN PL ATT, - Counsel. Lock Box 2063, DgVlVER, COLO. Here It Is! VVant to leern oil about o At , . Bono r Bow to pick Oct a A Good One? Knowlmpcrfeo^/'S'^-' tloos and 10 Guard against \ - J\ Fraud7 DetectDlseaaeand XT'" "/ \ Effect a Cure when same It / \ / possible? Tell the age by <# \. I \ he Teeth? WbattocaU^h D.fferent Porta of tha Animal? How to'Shoe a Ho-so Properly 7 AO thli and other Valuable Information can bo obtained bj reading our lOO-PAGE ILLUSTRATED IIUIIME HOOK, wh'.oh we w.ll forward, push 1'A.O, Oil m.TipiW out J CCll 1 B I M BOOK PUB. HOUSE. i 534 Leonard Sf.\ f.'ew.York City. fcf]CURES WHERE ALL ELSE'FAILSL nn Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use Uj in timo. Sold by druggists. El . fmzlfi? BEST IN THE WORLD W II LnVw Cy-QettheOanulnc. Sold EverytrhOMb BNU!i9 sssimsh^ I LiliUB yi ? yw isPass6(J.nid?wt,?.ui. ???? i ii er? and Fathers are entitled to $12 a mo. Fee $10 wlien you get vour money. Clftnlta free. 10SKPH II. HITTER, Ally, Waihlattoa. 0. L rtfllllAJ HABIT. Only Certain and i/*l83Kra easy CI ItE In the World. Dr} Wl lUIfl J. L. STEPHENS, Lebanon,O Etnair STU I) Y. Hook-keeping, Business Fornix f-gUnlC Pcumaiigliip, Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc., "thoroughly taught by 31AII. Circulars free. Bryant's I'ol fjr. <1.17 31:iiu ot., buffalo, K. Y P^3 ?1*1 ^ S ffl 'free!0Dc?rrteM reUcCarmlck A Soni, Waihlnjton, D. C , d Cincinnati, 0. "fir ANTED?Unliable men to sell Wursery^torlc, loir cal or traveling u.D. Ureon & Co. oyracuie, N.Y. Money- in Chickens X If you *110w now to propertv can 1*/ for them. Fori 3 cent a In Btamja II A you ran Procure* IOO-1'AOE BOOS / / / \ giving tie . xjierieuce of a practl* I ""-V / \ cal P nltry Italser? not an anv X \ ,<Mir- tint u man working for dalI ^lais and cent?during a perlrd of . -*' * years. It teact.es you how to X. mm* I>tect and Cure Diseases: to Fe-d I 1 i"r Egga and also for F ttcnlngj A I 1 ? l Jcli Fowls to bars for Dreodlaa 14 Purpoai a: and very thing. ndeea, yon abonld know on this subject to make it profits V able 8ent postpaid fo i4c. DOCK PllM, 1 IlOLSt. 134 Leonard Mi eel. N. V. ClUti ITOR'SBiLLSli SAVE HEALTH!: r knowing how t* take eareof your dear ones when ? rst attacked by disease. Tilii TI.UH TO 1IKCK. ILl.NKSS IS IS ITS 1NCIIMEN-* V; tut .how many |>ersous know what to do In* ich a ease. Not one In a thousand. Do you 7 If J jf, you nt<yl a physician to tell you : and you don't nerally have n doctor at hand In the middle of the <tht. or nt a moment's notice, and In nny event bis * rvkv:; are oxpousivo. A Book containing tho in dilution you "mil ruu ue m uiuw, uunvTvi. ...... ? you lire wise will bo at hand. Such a book ' we offer you (or only mmm~?? ] * ami If you nre prudent J v>OCi will send for It by # ? .* return mall. Its title ? ^ 7j roscpaid. is "EVERY MAN Postpaid. 1I1S OWN DOC- '* Oft." It ia the labor of J. HAMILTON AYER8, .11.. M. D., and Is the result of ? life spent In light- ? J n disease In every lorm. It la written In plain jf erj -day English, nud Is free from the technical s to the generality of readers. This Hook la J Is so worded na to lie readily understood by all. 9 .o< and consists of 80 pages on the S Iv IN, Its* r's Itch, Tetter, Scalp Diseases, Ringworm, Rashes, is. Corns, Ac., Ac. Showing how to Prevent, Arrest itVKS?covering Apoplexy, 'franco, Congestion,* Headache i, Ilktougli, Hypochondria, Insanity. ? is'it Dance, Palsy, Ac. Nineteen pages on the EYE Squinting, Stye, Ac. Ton o ncsa, Earache, ltumilng of, fj] OP r*1ft fin Podles Ac. Eight pages on ! uA St tA tarrh, I'lcerntcd, Tumor, Ac. I FjA mps,mouth, jaws, r r3 MB rj ? S y Canker Mouth, Toothache, OaAvyiiSSkr onTHRUATaud WIND? rla. Hoarseness, Influenza, 2 iLUSTRATED, Throat, Ac. Eighteen pages# ?^ ? Asthma, Cough, Pleurisy, ' i?n 11EARTjI'alpllntlon, Enlargement, Dropsy* vity?Cholera "lorbus, Colic, Costlvenesa, Cramp, 2 tones, Jaundice, Piles, &o. Twenty-six pages ou 2 *?Gravel, Diabetes, lTlvate Diseases, inflamma <i< lirnrrnl styatein?Abscess, Cancer, Dropsy, ism, Ac. Everything treated In detail. c .'nation, Womb, Pregnancy, Confinement, Ac. 2 llisenscs, from birth, and Is tilled with just the 2 to Is worth many times the price of the work. Innd Emergencies, including* their Antidotes, Ac. Invaluable. glene?1'reservutlou of Health 2 - ? ? I l onimog ijurn t? wi.vt I miscellaneous Information on* It lC-XMlgnt. | auil Disease. Filled with Hints. ' < of thinking young people; the I Useful kuowledgo for all contemplating marriage. ? ic't i; nom?An Invaluable section for housewives. * ruuce?Temperaments, Ac. Worthy close study. ios; Prescriptions, Receipts, Ac. Extremely useful. ructions for preparing and using Common Herbs. J utt instantly to the Information you want. Ar- * : should bo In every household. Sent postpaid stamps. ^ E. 134 Leonard St. New York. I ~ i