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DR. TALMAGE'S SERIN. : : ') i The Brooklyn Divine Preaches at ' ' .'.^Waseca,' Minn. Subject of Dl?com?ei "Meeting Onr Friends in Heaven." f '' ? < * *' * Text: shall go to him."?II Samuel xii., 23. There is a very sick chil J in the abode of David the King*. Disease, which stalks up the (halt June of the ptor ani puts its smothering hand on lip and nostril of the wan and wasted, also mounts the palace sta:rs and-bending over the pillow blows into the'faee of a voting Prince the frosts of pain and death. Tears are wine to the King of Terrors. Alas! for David the King. He can neither sleep nor eat, and lies prostrate on his face, weeping and wailing until the palace rings with the outcry of woe. What are courtly attendants or victorious armies or conquered provinces under such circumstances? What, to any parent, is all splendid surround 1115 when ins cunu is sicsr Seven days have passed on. There iu that great house two eyelids are gently closed, two little hands folded, two little feet quiet, one heart still. The servants come to bear the tidings to the King, but they cannot mnke up their minds to tell him, and they stand at the door whispering about the matter, nnd David hears them nud he looks up and says to them: "Is the child dead':" "Yes; ho is dead." David rouses himself up. washes himself, puts on new apparel, and sits down to food. What power hashed that tempest!* "What strength was it that lifted up that King whom grief had dethroned? Oh, it was the thought, that lie would come again into the possession of that darlingchild. rfogravedigger'sspade could hide him. The wintry blasts of death could not put out tho bright light. There would be a forge somewhere that with silver hammer would weld the broken Jinks." In a city where the hoofs of the pale horse never strike the pavement he would clasp his lost treasure. He wipes away the tears from his eyes nnd he clears the choking grief from his throat and exclaims: "I shall go to him." Was David right or wrong? If we part on earth will we.meet again in the next ...ll'j ii\\' ,-Jl n ??o onma nna k Q t. QPf>m I AVUrUl.* ? C?l, XI y .7 oviuu vav, ? ?.?? v???? to bo ati impossibility. Heaven is so largo a place ve never could find our kindred there.'' Going into some city, without having appointed a time and place for meeting, you might wander around for weeks and for months, and perhaps for years, and never see each other; and heaven is vaster than all earthly cities together, and how are you going to find your departed friend in that country? It is so vast a realm. John went r.p on one mountain of inspiration, and he looked off upon the multitude, and he said: "Thousands of thousands." Then he catne upon a greater altitude of inspiration and he looked off upon it again, and he said: "Ten thousand times ten thousand." And then ho came on a higher mount of inspiration, and looked off again nnd he said: "A hundred and forty nud four thousand and thousands of thousands." And he came on a still greater height of inspiration, and he looked off again and exclaimed: "A great multitude that no man can number." Now I ask, how are you going to find your friends in such a throng as that? Is not this idea we have been entertaining after all a falsity? Is tbis doctrine of future recognition of friends in heaven a guess, a myth, n whim, or is it a granitic- foundation upon which the soul pierced of all ages may build a glorious hope? Intense Question. Every heart in this audience throbs right into it. There is in every soul here the tomb of at least one dead. Tremendous question. It makes the lip quiver, and the cheek flush, nnd the entirenature thrill. Shall we know each other there? I get letters almost every ncbinor tr*ft HicoilfiS this SIlhiecL f get a letter in a bold, scholarly hand, on gilt-edged paper, asking mo to discuss this question, and I say: "Ah, that is a carious man, and he wants a curious question solved." But I get another letter. It is written with a trembling hand, and on what seems to be a torn out leaf of a book, and here and there is the mark of a tear, and I say: "Oh, that is a broken heart, and it wants to be comforted." The cbiect of this sermon is to take this theory at of the region of surmise and speci ion into the region of positive certair People say: "It would be very p' ?nt if that doctrine were true. I hope > iay be true. Perhaps it is true. I wish were true." But I believe that I can bring ,n accumulation of argument to b?ar upon this matter which will prove the doctrine of future recognition as plainly as that there is any heaven at all, an l that the kiss of reunion at the celestial gate will be as certain as the dying kiss at the door of the sepulcher * Now, when you are going to build a ship you must get the right kind of timber. You lay the keel nnd make the framework of the very best materials, the Keelson, stancuions, plank shear, counter timber-knee, transoms alt of solid oak. You may build a . ship of lighter material, but when the cyclone comes on it will go down. Now we may have a great many beautifnl theories about the future world, built out of our own fancy, an I they may do very well as long as we have smooth sailing in the world, but when thj storms of sorrow come upon us, and the hurricane of death, we will be swamped?we will be foundered. We waut a theory built out of the solid oak of God's eternal Word. The doctrine of future recognition is not so often positively stated in the Word of God as Implied, and you know, my friends, that that is,after all, the strongest mode of nffirmation. Your friend travels in foreign lands. He comes home. He does not begin by arguing with vou to prove that there are such places as London and Stockholm and Paris and Dresden and Ber.in, but his conversation implies it. .And so this Bible does not so positively state this theory as, all up and down, its chapters take it forgrante i. AN hat does my text imply? "I shall go to him." What consolation would it be to David to go to his child if he would not know him? AVould David have been allowed to record this anticipation for the inspection of all ages if it were a groundless anticipation? A\'e read In the first book of the Bible, Abraham died and was gathered to his people. Jacob died and was gathered to his people. Moses died and was gathered to his people. AVhat people? AVhy, their friends, thoir comrades, their old companions. Of courso it means that. It cannot mean anything else. So in the very beginning of the Bible four times that is taken for granted. The whole New Testament is nu arlior, over which this doctrine creeps like a luxuriant vine full of the purple clusters of consolation. James, John and Peter followed Ghrist into the mountain. A light falls from heaven cn that mountain and lifts it into the glories of celestial, Christ's garments glow and His face shines like the sun. The door of heaven swings open. Two spirits oome down and alight on that mountain. The disciples look at them and recognize theni r.s Moses and Enas. Now, if tho e disciples standing on the earth coul I recognize these two spirits who had been for years in heaven, do you toll me that we, with our heavenly eyesight, will not bt able to recognize those who have gone out from among us only live, ten, twcuty. thirty years ngo? " Tin* Bible indicates over and over again that the angels know each other, and then the Bible says that we are to be higher than the angels; and if the angels havo the power of recognition shall not we, who are to be higher thun they in the next realm, havo as good eyesight and as good capacity? What did Christ mean in His conversation with Mary and Martha when Ho said, "Thy brother shall rise again?" It was as much as to say, "Don't cry. Don't wear yourself out with this trouble. You will see Him again. Thy brother shall rise again." 'lho Bible describes heaven as a great home circle. Well, now, that would do a very qu>er home circle where the members did not know each other. Tho Bible descriocs death as a sleep. If we know each other be!ore we go to sleep shall we not know each other after we wake up? Oh, yes. We will know each other a great deal better then than now; "for now," says the upostle, "bve see through a glass darkly, but then face to face." It will be my purified, enthroned and glorified body gazing 0:1 your purified, enthroned and glorified bod)*. Now I demand, if you believe the Bible, that you t ike this theory of future recognition out of the realm of speculation and surmise .into the region of positive certainty, and 110 more keep saving: "I hops it is so, I have an idea it is so, t guess it is so." Be able to say, with all th<* concentrated energy of body, mind and soul, "I know it is so." There are in addition to these Bible argumcnis other rra?o:is why I accept this theory. In the first place because the rejcc tiou of it implies? the entire obliteration of our memory. Can it be possible that wo shall forget forever those with whose walk, look, manner we have b-e.a so long familiar? Will death come, and with a sharp, keen blade Uew away this faculty of meinorv! Abraham said to Dives: "Son, remember." If the exiled and lost remember will not the .enthroned remember!1 v You know very well that our joy in nny circumstance is augmented by the companionship of our friends. AV'ocaijuot sea a pic-? ture with less than foifr :eyes'^r hiar a song* with less than foura6aty> JTerwant some one beside us with wlidm to exchange glances and sympathies, aijtl I suppose the Joy of heaven is to be augmented by tho fact that we are to have our friends with us when there rise before us the thrones of the blessed, anil when there surges up in our ears the jubilate of tho saved. Heaven is not a contraction; it is an expansion. If I know you here 1 will know you better there. Here Isejyeu with only two eyes, but there the sotd shall have a million eyes. It will be immortality gazing on immortality, ransomed' spirit in colloquv with ransomed spirit, victor beside victor. When JoinuEvans. tho Scotch minister, was seated in his study his wife came in and said to him: "My dear, do you think we will know each other in heaven?" Ho turned to her and said: "My dear, do you think we will be bigger fools in heaven than wo are here?" > .Again I accept this doctrine of future re cognition because the worms expectancy a:firms it. In all lands and ages this theory- is received. What form of religion planted it* No form of religion, for it is received under all forms of religion.. Then."I argue, a sentiment. a feeling, an anticipation, universally planted, must have been Hod implanted, and if God implanted it is rightfully implanted. Socrates writes: "Who would uot part with a great deal to purchase a meeting with Orpheas and Homer* If it be true that this is to be the consequence of death I could even bo able to die often." Cicero, livihg before Christ's coming, said: "Oh,glorious day when I shall retire from this low and sordid scene to associate with the divino assemblage of departed spirits, and not only with the one I have just now mentioned, but with my dear Cato, the best of sons and.the .most faithful of men. If I seemed to bear his death with forti'aide it was by uo means that I did not most sonM'bly feel the loss I had sustained. It was because I was supported by the consoling reflection that we could not long be separated." c The Norwegian believes it. The Indian b'elieves it. The Greenlander believes it. The Swiss believes it. The Turk believes it. Under every sky, by every river, in every zone, the theory is adopted, and so I sav a ' principle universally implanted must be God | implnute 1, and hence a right belief. The ar| guinent is irresistible. Again I adopt this theory because there | are features of moral temperament and fentr I ures of the soul that will distinguish us forever. How do we know each other in this world? Is it merely by the color of the eye, J or the length of the hair, or the facial pro: portions? Oh, no. It is by the disposition I as well, by natural affinity, using the word in the very best sense and not in the bad sense, and if in the dust our .ho ly should 1 1 i iu fViorn Irl Iperisu, an i ne nieri-nia-in, u.m vuy>vaKv?t. 6e no resurrection, still the soul has enough | features and the disposition has enough features to make us distinguishable. I cau un! derstand how in sickness a inau will become I so delirious that ho will not kuow his own \ friends; but will we be blasted with such insufferable idicicy that, standing beside our best friends for all eternity, we will never ' guess who they are? ; "Again, I think that one reason why wo ought to accept this doctrine is because we never in this world have an opportunity to give thanks to those to whom wo are spiritually indebted. The joy of heaven, we are told, is to be inaugurated by a review of , life's work. These Christian men and women ' who have been toiling for Christ, have they seen the full result of their work? Oh, no. In tho church of Somerville, N. J., John VredaAurgh preached for a great many year^Wfte felt that his ministry was a failj ure, although he was a faithful minister, preaching the Gospel aJl the time. He died, and died amid discouragements, and went homo to God; for no one ever doubted that : John Vredenburgh was a good Christian minister. A little while after his death there came a great awakening in Somerl ville, and one Sabbath two hundred souls I stood up at the Christian altar espousing tho cause 01 jurist. among iuciu mj w>tu ia?uc> J and mother. And what was peculiar in rej gard to nearly all of those two hundred souls was that they dated their religious imj prcssions from the ministry of John Vrodenj burgh. Will that good Christian man boi fore the throno of Cod never meet those j souls brought to Christ through his instrumentality? Oh, of course he will know tham. ' I remember ouo Sabbath afternoon, borne down with the sense of my sins, and know[ ing not God, I took up Doddridge's "Rise j and Progress." Ob, what a dark afternoon I it was, and I read the chapters, and I read ! the prayers, and I tried to make the prayers j my own. Oh, I must see Philip Doddridge. ; A glorious old book ho wrote. It is out of ! fashion now. There is a mother before the throne of God. You say her joy is frll. Is it* You say there can be no augment -.'.ion of it. CauI not there be* Her son was a wanderer and a I I vagabond on the earth when that good moUMrifej. He broke ber old heart. She died wPving him in the wilderness of sin. She is before the throne of God now. Years pass and that son repents of his crime.? and gives his heart to God and becomes a useful Christian, and dies and enters the gates of heaven. You tell me that that mother's joy cannot be augmented? Let them confront each other. 1 he son and the mother. "Oh,' she savs to the angles of God, "rejoice with me. The dead is alive again, and the lost is found. Hallelujah! I never expected to see this lost one come back." The Bible says nations are to bo born in a day. When China j comes to God will it not know Dr. Abeel* j When India comes will it not kuow Dr. John i Scudder? When the Indians como to God will they not know David Brainard? I see a soul entering heaveu at last, with covered face at the idea that it has done so little for Christ and feeling borne down with unworthicess. and it says to itself, "I have no right to do hero." A voice from the throne says: "Oh, you forget that Sundayschool class you invited to Curist. I was one i of them." And another voice says: "You forget that poor man to whom you gave a j loaf of bread and told of the heavenly oread. I was that man." And another says: "You forget that sick one to whom you gave medicine for the body and the soul. I was that one." And then Christ, from a throne overtopping all the rest, will say : "Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of tlies?, you did j it to Me." And then the seraphs will take j their harps from the side of the throne an I j cry: "What song shall it be?" Aud Christ, j bending over the harpers, shall say: "It j shall be the 'Harvest Home.'" One more reason why I am dispose 1 to accept this doctrine of future recognition is that so many in their lost hour on earth have confirmed this theory. I speak not of persons who have been delirious in their last moment and knew not what they were about, but of persons who died in calmness and placidity and who were not naturally supei*stitious. Often the glories of heaven have struck the dying pillow, and the departing man has saicl he saw and heard those who ' had cone awav from him. How often it is ! in the dying moments parents see their de1 parted children and children see their departed parents. I camo down to the banks j of the Mohawk River. It was evening and I wanted to go over tne river, and so I waved my hat and shouted, and after a while I saw 6ome one waving on the opposite bank and 1 hoard him shout, and the boat camo across and I got in and was transported. And so I suppose it will bo in the evening of our life. We will comedown to the river of death ami give a signal to our frieudson the other shore j and they will give n signal back to us, and j the boat comes and our departed kindred are the oarsuien, the fires of the setting day tingeing the tops of the paddles. Ohv have you never sat by such a deathbed? In that hour yon hear the departing soul cry, "Hark! Look!" You hearkened and you looked. A little child pining away because of the death of its mother, getting weaker and weaker every day. was taken into the room where hung the picture of her mother. She seemed to enjoy lookin gmt it, and then she was taken away and after awhile died. Tit the last moment that wan and wasted little one lifted her hands, while her face lighted up with the glory of the next world, and cried out "Mother!" You tell me she did not sec her mother? She did. So in iny first settlement at Belleville a plain man said to me: "What do you think I heard last night? I was in the room where one of my neighbors was dying. He was a goo 1 man, and he said he heard the angels of God singing before the throne. I haven't much poetry about me, but I listened and I heard them, too." Said i, "I have no doubt of it." Why, wo are to be taken up to heaven at last by ministering spirits. Who are they to be? Souls that went up from Madras, or Antioch, or Jerusalem? Oh, no; our glorified kindred are going to troop around them. Ilenven isnot a stately, formal pine ?. ns I sometimes hear it described, a very i rigidity ofrsplendor, where people stand on cold for / mall ties and go around about with heavy crowns of gold on their heads. No, that is I not iny idoa of heaven. M y idea of heaven is more like this: You are seated iu the1 eveningtide by the fireplace, your whole family there, or nearly-all J^hegi there. .Wftila you are seated talking dnd enjoying the evening hour there is a knock at jthedoor and the door opens, and thjare^ conies in a brother that has been long absent. 'He has been absent, for years you have not seen | him, and no sooner do you make up your mind that it is certainly he than you leap up, j and the question is who shall give him the ! first embrace. That is my idea of heaven?a j great home circle where they are waiting for us. Oh, will you not know your mother's voice there? She who always called you by your first name long after others ha?J given, yop j the formal "Mister?9 You vfete n?ver 'ah/- | thing but James, or John,' or George, or Thomas, or Mary, or Florence to her. * Will vou not know your child's voice? She of the bright eye and tho ruddy cheek and the quiet | step, who came in from piny and flung her- | sen into your lap, a very shower of mirth I and beauty? Why, the picture is graven^n j your soul. It cannot wear out. If that little one should stand on tho other side of some ' heavenly hill and call to you, yon would hear j her voice above the burst of heaven's great | orchestra. Know it? You could not help J but know it. ; ,* . I Now 1 bring yon this'glorious consolation | of future recognition. If you could get this theory into your heart it would lift a great many shadows that are stretching across it. When I was a lad 1 used to go out to the railroad track and put my ear down on the track, and I conla hear the express train rumbling miles away-antf oomingon; and to* | day, my friends, if we only had faith enoqgu j we" could put our ear dOWn to the gravo of | our dead and listen and hear in the distance the rumbling on of the chariots of resurrection victory. O heaven, sweet heaven! You do not spell heaven as you used to spell it. You used to spell it h-e-a-v-e-n?heaven. But now when you want to spell that word yoif place side by side the faces of the loved ones who are gone, and in that Irradiation of light and love and beauty and joy vou spoil. it as never before in songs and hallelujahs. Ob, yo whose hearts are down under the sod of the cemetery, cheer up at the thought of this reunion. Oh, how much you will have to tell them when once you meet them! How much you have been through since you saw them Ihstl On the shining shore you will talk it all over. The heartaches, the loneliness, the sleepless nights, the weeping until you had no more power 'to weep, becausp the heart was withered and dried .up. Story of vacant chair and empty cradle, and little'shoe only half warn out, never | to be worn again, just the shape of the foot that once pressed it. And dreams when you thought that the departed had come back again, and the room seemed bright with their faces, and you started up to greet them, and in the effort the dream | broke and you found yourself standing amid room in the midnight?alone. Tal ting it all over, and then hand in hand wnlking up and down in the light. No sorrow, nc tears, no death. 0, heaven, 6eautiful heaven 1 Heaven where our friends are. Heaven where we expect to be. In the east they take a -cage of birds and bring it to the tomb of the dead, and then they open the door of the cage ana the birds, flying out, sing. And I would to. day bring a cago of Christian consolations to the grave of your loved ones, and I would open the door and let them fill all the air with the music of their voices. Oh, how they bound in, theso spirits before the throneb Some shout with gladness, some ; break forth into uncontrolable weeping for joy, some stand speechless in their shock of I delight. They sing, they quiver with exces- ' sive gladness, they gaze on the temples, on ] the palaces, on tne waters, on each other, j They weave their joy into garlands, they spring it into triumphal arches, they strike it on timbrels, and then all the loved ones gather in a great circle around the throne of God?fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, lovers and friends, hand to hand around about the throne of God? the circle ever widening?hand to hand, joy to joy, jubilee to jubilee, victory to victory, "until the day break and the shadows flee away. Turn thou, ray beloveJ, and bo like a roe or a young hail; upon the mountains of : Bethcr." Oh, how different it is on earth from the way it is in heaven when a Christian dies! We sav, "Close his eyes." In heaven they say, "Give him a palm." On earth we say, "Let him down in the ground." In heaven thev say, "Raise him on a throne." On earth it is, "Farewell, farewell." In heaven it is, "Welcome, welcome." And I see a ! Christian soul coming down to the river of , death, and he steps into the river and the water comes to the ankle. He says, "Lord Jesus, is this death?" "No," says Carist, j "this is not death." And he wades still ^ j , deeper uuwu mw mo wai^iis iiuuu iuo uw\i comes to the knee, and he saysj "Lord Jesus, tell me, tall me, is this , death?" And Christ says, "No, no; this is [ not death." And he wades still farther down until the wave comes to the girdle, j and the soul says, "Lord Jesus, is this < death?" "No," says Christ, "this is not." ' And deeper in wades the soul till the billow | strikes the lip, and the departing one crios, "Lord Jesus, is this death?" "No," says Christ, "this is not." But when Christ had lifted that soul on a throne of glory, and the pomp and Joy of heaven came surging to its i feet, then Christ said, "This, oh transported soul, this is death." -*? NOTES AND COMMENTS The oldest living preacher in the Un'.'.ul States is the Hcv. l)r. John Atkinson, who lives near Be.ton Harbor, Mich. He was horn in Fleiuington, X. J., in 1797, and was licensed to preach in 1B14. lu reviewing his life the other day the old gentleman said: ''I knew Jesse Lee, the first missionary appointed for the New England States, and heard him preach; I knew Joseph Hit more, 0:1c of the first, two missionaries sent by Mr. Wesley, irom me i.<e(aus (r.ng.auuj i omcn-nn- hi 1747 to the province of North America, and I attended his funeral in Philadelphia. I was converted under the ministry of Joseph Tottcn, and joined the Church under John Walker, of Trenton circuit. I want to tell you a story about Joseph Totteu. One day lie rebuked two young ladies, daughters of a prominent lawyer, who made it a point of disturbing the services by entcring^thc churcli late. He said: 'There you conic prancing iu with the devil's tov-shop on your heads and hell's bells iu your ears.'" The euormous wool industry in Australia has been largely stimulated by mortgage and finance cnmpinics, as well as by the banks. An individual or a firm desiring to raise sheep and to grow wool in any of the Australian countries can- usually secure capital, or at lcas't large advances on his stock, by agreeing that the clip shall be handled, fo .warded and sold by either the banks or the mart- j gage companies. Thus, of the total import of Australian wool into (Jrcnt Brit- j ain in ltW), of nearly 1,210,000 bales, j about twelve per cent, was consigned for : sale through the banks, aud about thirty- | one per cent, through the mortgage and ( finance companies. The business is done on a much larger scale, or rather in a ! more conceutrated manner, than in this j country. Single firms own larger ntim | hers of sheen than any corresponding firms or individuals iu the United States, j "Iuhiuation, not politics, is what we ci Arizona arc most interested in," sai l Judge James B. Wright, ot that Territory. 4'Ten years ago svstcm.itic irrigation began, and it has been and will con tinue to be pushed unceasingly. As the result of the past ten years' work, nearly one million acres, 'then barren and unpro ductivc, have been reclaimed and con verted into a high state of cultivation In the Salt Rivet Valley alone over J00, 000 acres have been reclaimed, and * stranger going there would unhesitatingly declare it to be the Garden of Eden restored. Lemons, oranges, dates, ' almonds?in fact, all the products and more of Southern California--are grown in the Salt River Valley, and it is the most beautiful spot in the country. 1 When the whole Territory lias been reclaimed, aud it will be, it will be the Italy ofJiic new wprl<L" li II *1 ONE OF THE FIRST NAPOLEON'S) " MEN.- | i ; flow Ho Lort Sonic of HI? Master's Finery Jn Western Pcnnitylviuila. - . "Writing of - the settlement of the ' northwestern part of Pennsylvania, a Pittsburg Dispatch contributor says: i The Bobor, plodding pioneers were ' now and then wakened up by the appearance in their midst of people about j whom there was the interest of mystery J or the charm ef romance. Oh a slip in Land-Agent Gaslcell's book, interlaced between the montion of "a panther ! measuring eleven feet from tip to tip which Adam Long shot yesterday," and ; an acoount of David Postlethwait's en- , terance into a den of wolves back of his place the fall before,.which he .says - in i parenthesis (was a far braver feat than 1 that of "Old Put"}, he makes brief , reference to a certaipjCoJ. Egmont and life wife, -who appeared in upper Jeffer- ! 8"&i in the earliest days. There is no da'e to the slip,' but the Egmonts must ; have arrived about 1816. This is their | ^ i . 1: stpry as near as h can uu rwuucu. Gol. Egmont bad charge of Napoleon's traveling chariot and baggage van at . A^aterloo. "When the battle was lost ; and the fight was on, the Emperor ex- ! pressed the Lope that he might find ' pcUsage on an American ship. Fgmont ; said, with the expectation of'joining his chief in tho United States, he, vrith the . help of I so^no soldiers, got out of the van at- ! tachcd to the carriage such boxes of j plkte, linon, etc., as conld be hastily |! seized, and, barely escaping capture, i made his way-to;the coast and got on a [ schooner bound for America. He did not know/the Emperor had been inter- J cepted and put on ..board the Bellero- c phon until be landed in New York, and, , as lie bad not received his pay, and the , Emperor was theu- on his way to St ; Helena, he concluded to make the goods j supply his tetqppraiy^ necessities. ? He | waited in Now York' until' his wife ar- i rived from Bordeaux. Ho sold some thjngs before he left the'city, and with I the rest ho and his wife came into the r woods. With the little money he.had [ helengaged from the agent a small, T partly-improved farm "up the Mahoning Crjeek, but he new . nothing of labor. j Some of the tiiWe linea inhte possession was of exquisite- fineness, and,had the letter "N," Surmounted by the im- ! perial crown, embroidered on each. j piejcfc ^fter Mme. Egnront 'had carefully picked out the embfoidety he sold -part of ft to some. appreciative housewives neir' tjie agency who hdtT seen better i days. An "old Jady, whose daughter still has several napkins, said that the outlines of the.N and crown, were plainly visible afler ieveYil' washings; Egmont, ad well a$ his: wife,' seemed always anxidns and xto the alert-. The cabin' was' kept carefullydosed and the contents of several chests were never displayed, but the use of several richly chased gold drinking cups, in the tender of hospitality to some of tho neighbors who had been kind to them, led to the belief that the chests contained valuable plate belonging to Napoleon. To the refined and sensitive French woman the wilderness and isolation of their retreat became insupportable. She so pined for sunny France that the place was suddenly disposed of and with few leave-takings, the Egmonts loft Jefferson and were never heard of more. PnllUnnaa. II is not an nnnsusl comment of visiting foreigners that we Americans are lacking in politeness?not in onr homes or society, but out of doors. Americans jostle each other ou the street, stare strangers out of countenance, are quick and peremptory in transacting business, and in a hundred other ways lack that courteous air which distinguishes ordinary life abroad. No gentlerc an in Continental Enrope ever enters or leaves a Bhop without raising his hat and bowing, and it Is an invariable cus tom to salute fellow-guests at tho table d'hote, although everyone may be personally unknown. Bakers' and butchers' boys in Paris, ignorant and ragged though they may be, salute as they pass, and ea:h is eager to yield the right of way. In the great apartment houses every lodger bows and passes the time of day on meeting any othor lodger, and even a gendarme says "sir" when asking you to "move on." This courtesy is a trait of tho Latin races. We of Anglo-Saxon lineage may bo braver or more bonest, bnt we are certainly not polito to strangers. Perhaps there is nothing in which we are more ill-bred than in out streetcar manners. There, it is every one for themselves. In Mexico, we might learn something on this score. "The manners of the people of Guadalajara," says a recent travolor, "uro in keeping with the cheerfulness and frien llinoss of the city. Imagino yourself entering a street-car in any city of the United States, taking your scat, bowing, lmt in hand, to your fellowpfbsongers, none of whom yon have ever before soen. Then suppose yourself nrrrived at yonr destination. You rise, smile a friendly farewell to the car in goncral, shake hands with the conductor, and with a polite inclination ol the head, take leavo of the driver. The number of times I liavo witnessed sucb exhibitions of politeness convince me that it is one of the customs of the country." Imperfect Itoforinntlon. "Josiah," said Mrs. Chugwater to the head of tho family, "I bolieve our Johnny is turning over a now leaf and is going to he a better boy. He asked inc a little while ago if ho could take the family Bible up to bis room for aD hour or two." About the sumo time a boy of Johnny's size was seen to outer a cigar store iu the vicinity, opon a big book and lay it on the counter. "Do you sec this entry?" ho demanded, addressing tlio proprietor in thunder tones. "You said I wasn't sixteen. Look at this: 'John, bom May 5, 1874.' Gimme fivo boxes oj cigarette*, and bo quick aboutit. Blame yer gizzard!'' It is belter for a young man to have his trousers bag nt the knees than to have his brains bag at the cars.?Boston Traveller, Get The Best In a Ro.nl inolt) to follow In buying a medicine, as well us In everything else. By the universal satisfaction It has given, aud by the many remarkablo cures It ha? aeeoniplUhod, Hoo t's Sarsnparllla has proven Itself iric<|ualed for bulldlugnpaud strengthening (he system, ahd for all diseases arising from or promote t by Impure blood. Be sure to get only Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. {1; six for $5. Prepared only t>y C. J. IIO'JI) * CO., Lowell, Mnss. 100 Doses One Dollar American Women. . I A European cannot spend an evening in an American drawing room without perceiving that the attitude of men toward women is not that witji which he is ' familiar at home, writes Professor Bvrce in The American Commonwealth, The average European man has usually a slight sense of condescension when lie talks to a womaa on serious subjects. Even if she'i6 his superior in intellect, in character, in social rank, he thinks that as a man he is her superior, and consciously or unconsciously talks down to her. She is too much accustomed to this to resent it. unless it becomos tastelessly palpable. ! Such a notion dees not cross an American's rilind. He talks to a woman just as lie would to a man, of course with more deference of manner, and with a proper regard to the topics likely to interest hex,.but giving her his intellectual'best, addressing her as a person whoso opinion is understood by both to be worth as much as his Own. Similarly, an American lady does not expect to have conversation made to her. It j is just as much her duty or her pleasure to lead it as the man's is, and more often 1 than not she takes the burden from liim rliiv^mrv mUli n /?<t? ?MtvAAti?v I uaiuuy mm a Yivauitj which pnts to shame his slower wits. 1 The respect for women'which every . American man either feels or is obliged by public sentiment to profess has a wholesome effect on his conduct and character, .and serves to check the cynicism which other peculiarities of tho country foster. The nation as a whole owes to the active benevolence of its women, and their zeal in promoting social reforms, benetT-s which the customs *of Continental Europe would ; scarcely have permitted womon to confer. Europeans.have of late years liegun to render the well-deserved admiration to the brightness and vivacity of American ladies. Those who know the Work'they have done and are doiDg in many a noblo' cause will admire still i more their energy, their courage, their self-devotion." No country seems to owe more to its women than America docs, por to owe them so much of what is "hiest in social institutions and in the beliefs that govern conduct. i . ,... " r?r! Kissing Mother. , . 'How many young Indies of to-day would laugh at the absurd idea, as they express it, of kissing mother, but yon canrrot, dear girls, imagine how it will brighten her1 dear jface.' Besides,, von owe : her* a-: kiss or two. Away back, when yon were ^-little girl, she kissod ;you when no one else was tempted by. vour fever-tainted breath and swollen face. You were not so attractive thon as you are now. And through thooo years of childish suoshine.and shadows she was always ready to cure . by tho. ; magic of a. mother's kiss the little,dirty, chubby hands whenever they, were in: jnred in those first skirmishes with tho rough world. And then tho midnight kisses with which sho routed so many bad dreams as she leaned above your restless piHow have all been on interest these long, long years. Of course, she is not so pretty ftLd kissable as you are, but if you had done your share of work these last ten years the contrast wonld not be so marked. Her faco has moro wrinkles than yours, and yet if youweie sick that face would appear far more beautiful than an angel's as it hoverod over you, watching every opportunity to minister to your comfort, and every one of those wrinkles would scera to bo bright wavelets of sunshine chasing each other over the dear face.?Locomotive Firemen's Magazine. Tlin Star* and Strlpo*. Gazley?A great deal of fun is made of Delaware for retaining the whippingpost, but there is something patriotic about it. Snooper?Indeed ? Please explain. Gazley?"Why, the culprit is made to see starB when the stripes are well laid on .?Texas Cartoon. A popular soprano is said to have a I Toice of fine timber, a t illowy figure', ' cherry lips, chestnut hair, and hazel eyes. She must have been raised in the lumber region. One Thonsnnd Dollnre. I will forfeit the above amount, if I fail to prove that Flomplexion is the best mediciucin existence for D}spepsin,Indigestion or Biliousness. It is a certain cure, nnil affords immediate rcliof.in eases of Kidney and I.ivor Com- i plaint, Nervous Debility and Consumption. Floraplcxion builds up the weak system und | cures where other remedies fail. Ask your ! druggist. for it and pet well. Valuable book , | "Thing Worth Knowing," also, sample bottle sent free: all charges prepaid. Address Frank-' lin Hart, 83 Warren street, New York. Nobodv has ever built a liottso tlmt time I couldn't overthrow. For washing ffrnuW'.DobbinR's Electric Soap is rnarv?lnw. Blankets and woolens washed with it look like i.nr. and there is absolutely vii 'hrinklmj. No other soup in the world will do such )Ki/ect work. Uivo it u trial now. The place of charily, like that oJ God. is everywhere.? Unfit. yjACOBSQjf Backache. Backache, iiifliBackache. Martinez, Gal., Octobers, 188S. I could hardly walk or lie down from lameback; nude red several weeks. St. Jacobs Oil Sermarirntly cured mo, other remedies haylg failed to do so FltED. H1TTMAN. Cloverdnle, Ind.. Feb. 8,1887. From a bad cold pains settled in my back and I suffered greatly; confined to bed and could hardly move or turn. I tried St. Jacobs Oil, which cured me. I do not fear recurrence. mrs. p. m. keinheimer. ~F0R MALARIA, BILE BEANS. It affords mc giont pleasure to add my tesiiraony f frtthA vnlnn nf smiih'i Kil?? Mnnm ? thov urn ror. ? tninly an excellent medicine for biliou* attacks and cold. J Iihvc Riven them a ihorou^h trial utni cau cousclent ousiy recommend them. W. J. C'AitDWELL, Irondalc, Ala. (Try "BILE BEANS SMALL" (40 littlo beans in each bottle). Very small -easy to take. Price of either size, 25 cents. tfB'JY OF YOUR DRUGGIST. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL FiLLS fv RED CROSS OIAMONO ORANO. \ .X Safe ?n<1 alwar* reliable. La<tlc^ A .VA a*k l>r?*z1?t Air Diamond /fraud. In J&\ H'&krrd* metallic boxrt. a^mlcKl with blue A#V\ Wwrlbtoo. Take no oilier. All pill* \w lo pantrboar.l boiiw, pink wrapper*. arc \jjy | nr dongcrou* counterfeits. Send *tc. V VJ (utanipc) for particular*, testimonial* and 13 MKcllef for Ladles," in letter, by return /.r mull. Name Paper. r Ud.bwUr CbcB'l Co.. IsdUoa Sq? Pblliw. ft. in I prescribe and fu'ly e?- c dorse nir (i as th' only J Am^Con*In specific (orthecerUu cure JBrt TO 6 daTB.tm of this disease. 11 rotuutw- not un Q. II. INC.* It A HAM, M. P., an? eaoMfltrtcure. * Amsterdam, is". V. ESl xrdomly byth. We have sold Jllg ti lor Ktl iw...rv.?,t?l (V many years, and it has MHUTtniCniTBlaUOd^^clven the best of nails- Clnctnnaaxaraa faction. * omo^TW D- K- CO..^ *^^^ ^^^1*91.00. Sold by Druggists. Look out for the mai who is always boasting of his own.gf^i I news. . . rSMag.u a Falls. A trip .to Sja^ivt Falls i-j /intlclpatetl nt some thuol'y many, but few ever have the opportunity owinr-m.ifn ytoaiae'.t of lunds. We.arc lo'd that the >cent> is sublime, and when once wltndJsW'is-never'forgotten, ihorefflDi^t.^oins to be.oae of theohj-rts ot cur life to w tness the grand scene. M ny of us Imve tlcc'detl tO'fnk'o the-trip if a low mt? of lam wns.eVer offered, and tire appjitunrfy has now arrived, ns we notice that the Pehnrylvatrla-Raii Road liavenilv rtised two special ex ursions trom Wash n-ton and Baltimore, (July 31-tand August 21vt,) and hav p!nced the f re nt, tho low rate of ten dollars for tho round tr p, which is ind Vd very low; The Ira n.'will enve Washington, R ilt:niore and J'otomnc Dei ot nt 7:10 a. tn,; Baltimore, Union Station, tit 8:20 a. in. The ticketsare'sood for. ten dnv?, inc udiugdate of i xi-ur.s.on, ii.so tostopoff at Wniktns (x len within the limtt. Tlic lorrist Arent an I I'iinpoton wi'l accompany t!?e pst'tr, which will make it very enjovab e. '1 lie fare is indeed low, and douotless many will take advantage of ilie oppoituriity to v.sit and view the wonders o.f nature. If you always do good ns you have opportunity,'you wi I never lie Id e. l'loasc ITon't Forget If. That Dr. H. Jtunes' Cannabis Indira is pre. pared I" Calcutta, India, trom flic nurest and i>est Nn.ive Hemp, and is the only remedy itlier in that country or this that will post imu'ij ami iiiruiiiiiniiiv rmu \,'n;r hw/.cw##, fjrniiclt t.M, .1 tiiin t. Xumi Cutm ) ii and Xrirt.n* Dchi it!/ or brnik up a fresh cold in twenty-four liour.s. 3^.i)0uJbnttle. three bottles for 5U.5I. Craddook <& Co., Proprietors, Utti Kacc street, Philadelphia. . , . . The man who lives oniy for what he can see is v?.ry short-sighted. KITS stopped free by Dn. Kite's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's use. Marvelous eurjs. Trentiso and S2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. Kit Area St.. Piiila., Pa If some of pur la nds were not so big, our hearts would grow faster. ,E. B. Walthall & Co., Druggists,Horse Cave, Ky., say: "Hull's Catarrh Cure cures every one that takes it." Sold by Druggists, 75c. The man who lias a high opinion of himself don't know himself. Bercham's Pil s uct 1 k) magic o:t a Weak Stomach. fc The man who is always lcoking for mud never sot-s th- sky. ;:on? j Both tho method and results when ! 8yrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant apd refreshing to the taste, and acts ' gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanse3j.be system effectually, dispels colw| headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its Kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for salo in 50o and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any auDstitute. CALIFORNIA FIR SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. L'EW YORK, H.t, BBJ PIbo's Remedy for Catarrh Is the SB' Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. Kg 0 Li SIS ^ 0 PENSION Bill! f LNd IUWd is PassBd.5&2? j ???? m nnil Fathers are en1 Itli d Id S12 > mo. Fee (10 when vnu tret your money. I Blanks free. tOSKril II. lU'.M'KU, Ally, nullsxloo, 0. C, PiljP!~AXLE rESW&EbanppiPr IIEST IN TIIF, WORLD Ui ii LJ1 V# L UT Oct the Qecuinc. . Sold Everywhere^ 06fm h r a n whiskey habMii g M i,| ] TS cured at home wilhtl a B HHUS 01,1 T'**0- Book of peril Peas' 91 k'0 tlcnlars (cnt FREE I Jlii I V?- B. M. WOOLLEY, H. D* ATLANTA. Ga. Cilice 66* Whitehall 8t D[H-PjnH? HEW LAW CLAIMS. r L ii 01U ii 5" k" i'o B. t tevens & C). Attorney*. I I If) I'St.. Washington. D. G'. 15ranch Office.". Cleveland, Detroit,Chicago. . LOVELL HIGH CHADE ~ *D!AIKOK?? 8AF5TY. ' Diamond Frame. Steel Drop Forcings, steel Tublnft. <o Idju-.talilo Ball Bearings to all r.uuiilni: I'f.rts. In- 'i hiding lV.lnls, Suspension Saddle, l'lnest material 5 noney can liny. Finished In enrmel and nickel. ? iTHICTI.Y Hlfill ohadk IN EVERY PARTICULAR. 0 No Bkttkh Maciii.nk Maui: at asv 1'niei:. ? LOVELL l jADIES' and BOYS'SAFETY. | !3= I 20-1ITC*! VKEEL. STEEL DEO? FEAJIE. Caly st?vl <lrop frame "S-lneh machine In the market t fiat. I'c sure ,vou set a 2S-iueli wheel. Take another. IF YOU WANTISM ioods. C2"Scnd aiz cents in stamps Icr 1 TV.is Catalogue u ?o Urge the ; JOHN P. L0VS 47 WASHIXOTON STREET, ('< The Youth' Companion wy? f tl;.< w -il-l.iior.-ii i;. -in:i < tartness f<-r llfty years, ami i! !? : 1: Is lirynuil <|nrs ire Arias, etc., laAmcricr., ami juii e-:s led j-erfeeily cure;! Among the nameless heroes, none are more worthy of martyrdom than he who rode down the valley of the Conemaugh, warning the people ahead of the Johnstown flood. Mounted on a powerful horse, faster and faster went the rider, but the flood was swiftly gaining, until it caught the unlucky horseman and swept ou, grinding, crushing, annihilating both weak and strong. In the same way is disease lurking near, like unto the sword of Damocles, ready to fall, without warning, on its victim, who allows Ills system to become clogged up, and his blood poi soned, and thereby his health enciaugcred. To cradicato these poisons from the system, no matter what their name or nature, and save yourself a spell of malarial, typhoid or bilious fever, or eruptions, swellings, tumors and kindred disfigurements, keep the liver and kidneys healthy and vigorous, by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It's the only plood-purifier sold on trial. Your money is returned if it doesn't do exactly as recommended. A concentrated vegetable extract. Sold by druggists, in large bottles, at $1,001 PENSIONS ?A PENSIONV Invalid, Widow's or Minor's, or are you drawlnj 1tn> thnn s 12.00 per month ? Rave you n claim pending hut want relief?noict . " Write us nnd receive by return mall appropriate blank nnd full Instructions for yourca e, with a copy of the new und liberal Law. W.NOSIIAW ft BALLARD, References given. Eox 4f>, Washington, D. C. IT Ton WIHH A II I \-% REYK%R * purchase one of the cele- itS, ? P. a JfV bra ted SMITH * WESSON jrme. The flnaat small arms in. over manufactured and the U, )] ]l BmI Drat choice of all experta. fifflf Manufactured In calibres 32,38 and tt-lud 8in- M gleordouble action, 8afety Hunmerlcaa and \59' Target mouela. Constrnctiyt ontlrely of beat <u|. Ity wrought ateel, carefully lnipected for ratmunship and stork, they are unrivaled for finish* durnblllrr nnd nccurncy. Donotbedeceivedbjr cheap mnUenblo east-Iron Imitations whloi are often sold for the genuine article and are^ai cnlv unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH k WESSON Revolvers are all (tamped upon the bar. rela with Cnn'a name, addroea and dates of patepi and are guaranteed perfect In every detaU. IBslat upon navlng the genuine article, and lfrou* dsaler cannot supply you an order sent to addnai below will receive prompt and careful attentUKL DaauipUveoatiloamo an! nrtoas furnisho I upon a?> SMITH & WESSON, WMaation this ptrxr. Sarluaileld. Ola r WM. FITCH StTcO.7 102 Corcoran Building, Washington, D. & PENSION ATTORNEYS - . ??Knr^eRHfuliy Dro?ft cu.oTpV^!o^d dalinVoTalf tnd. in shortest posslt, c lime. ty-No l'F.E t xi.ess gpccEssrPL. nn?ATTENTION T KlfMEN and BOYS! I BWifl'. J Don't run your Boots and Shoos | KiJbJ over at the Heel. Buy a pair of ~~WKgpM M Orion's Count cr X fled Htlfk jjf _B f oners from your dealer, or sond \ 'tamps and receive a pair St.. nL-i^-U hy molt Wo guarantee them to *' J6j^ 3B"kecp the IIccI straight. lla<l? In ^ ?U elzes for ladles', children's - vCfs|EW and men's wear. Giro size or ?TV j XO?3 "hoe. Any boy can put them on. SIT MORTON HEEL STIFFENER CO ll^i?^lffKfgtYW39 Chambers St., ficw York. dTpendIntpehsionIIll has become a law. SI'.2 PEIt iTIOKTII to au honorably discharged Soldiers anil Sailors of the lata war, who are Incapacitated from earning a support Widows the some, without regard to cause of death. Depeudcnt Parent* und Minor Children also Inter cstcd. Over 20 year*' experience. References In all parts of the country. No charge If unsuccessful. Write nt once for "Copy of Law," blanks and fall Instructions am.fiike to H. ,1lcA IjI.ISTKIC & CO. (Successors to Wm. CoDnrd 4 Co.), F, O. Box 713, N nMliliigtou, I). t'? /<J0NE8\ / TON SCALES \ / OF \ $60 BINGHAMTON] VBeam Box fare Beam ] v& N. Y, kJ Vt. ixxstw y $ jy flFMIIAA HABIT. Only Certnln and ciutr OI.KK In the World. l?r. Ui lOMbB J. L. STEPHENS*, I.cbnnon,0 MIW DC^vllVJ I AW ? 3011,1)00 names to ??T rClOlJ.1 LAJt s |y> added to the Pension list. Reject (1 aud Delayed Claims allowed. Technlcjlltios wiped out. 11 avo your Claim settled w tbout delay. ratrlc<< U'Fnrred, Washington, u. u, bnu :io Money in Chickens ?/\ If you know how to properlv car* I* f for'xcm. For23 cents In stamp* I I yy yoi. can procure a loo-PAGK BOOK /'/ / \ giving the < iporlence of a?practlI / * ral t- ultry llaiser?not an arnag ^ S teur. but a man working for tfol5, h lain and cents?during a jiertrd of years. It teaches you bow to ^ . <? * ^>tect and Cure Diseases; to F? d 1 P l~r Eggs and also for V. ttening; I 1 which Fowls to Have for Breeding I | 1'urpoHi s; and everything, .ndced, von should know r n this subject to make It profits able. Sent postpaid for 2$e. 1IOOK f'UU* tlOlbt. 131 Leonard Mi eel. N. Y. ClUf SWiFT OOUBLE'iiGTiCW REVOLVER. 3tf CATTBRE. 3 (Using ms. n \v.c. ja t;lc Action Revolver In tiio 3 PRECE, S2???0. *32$ r SWIFT AUTOMATIC | HAM MERLESS REVOLVER. | I ? j C. K. Cartridge.) I <07 \^!^\ *} I I.itrst and Rest I7ar.i- V. J J vri^-Ju ~ I mrrlM* Revolver lU tbO Nfc=^3*v MtejtflA ? ""price, *m.qgia ib? I ^ ! Plato! Crip Stoelt. Pntmt Pore-end Fantcn* ins. Double IJolr. Insist upon getting the "Cbam? I on." if jnurdeiilorhasu'tlt. aeautoua. PLAIN SIT. EI, BARRELS. Imported TWIST BARRELS. 1t8 Core. 011.25 S13-QO. 10 Ilorc, 12.00 14.25. Sent C. O. D. on receipt of S3 to guarantee ex. charges. 7~\ Fine Steel Blades, Strong Corkscrerr, White Handle. Firmly put together. Warranted the best hnife that can be bought ror the money, e. Rcrolrer, Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Blcyclo, ires. B::sc Ball, Gymnasium, Skates, Pallet) iOC-pnco ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. toslu-ie it I-m on it costs 5 cents. LL ARMS CO. )1{. 15RATTLE, BOSTON, MASS. oarcrn ?"Tl!i: .TOHN* IV J.OVF.M. AIIMS TO. have been li :u. T!:ry sr- n::i?:r; tin- l.irco.-t ili\il? r- ?:i Sport.,; Goods, tat any 50yds crdvrcd of this linn will j-.st a- represented,*'