The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, September 14, 1886, Image 3
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DITTALME'S SERMON
THE MIDNIGHT REVEL.
[Prenchcd at Monona, Wis.]
Text: "In that night was Belsliaz.zar, the
King of the Chaldeans, slain." Daniel v..
SO.
Feasting has beon known in all ages It
was ono ol the inu?t exciting times 111 English
history when (Jucen l'.lizabeth visited
Loxxi Leicester at Kenilworth Castle. The
moment of her arrival was considered so important
that all tlie clocks of tho castle wore
stopped, so that th? hands might point to
that ono moment as being tho most signiticaut
of all. JSlio was greeted to tho gate
xtivii uuaiiii^ iMiuuL's uuu torcnes tmci tne
thunder of cannon and tiroworksthat sot the
night ablaze, and a great burst of music that
lifted the whole scene into perfect enchantment
Thou she was introduced ii^a diuiug
hall, the luxuries of which astonished the
world; -100 servants waited upon tho guests;
the entertainment, cost $,r>,0(M) oach day.
Lord Leicester made that great supper in
Kenilwortb Castle.
Cardinal VVohey entertained the French
ambassadors at Hampton Court Tho best
cooks in all tho land prepared for tho banquet;
purveyors went, out and travelod all
the kingdom over to find spoils for tho table.
The time came. The guests wore kept during
the day hunting in the King's park, so that
their appetites might bo keen; and then, in
ths evenixtto the sound of the trumpeters,
they were introduced into a hall hung with
silk and cloth of gold, and there were tables
aglitter with imperial plate and laden with
the rarest of meats and a-blush with the costliest
of wines; and when the Becond course
of the feast came it was found that the articles
of food had been fashioned into the
shape <of men, birds and beasts, and groups
dancing and jousting j arties ridinz against I
^ eavh other with lances. Lords and Princes I
and Ambassadors, out of cups filled to i
tho brim, drank the health, first of the i
King of England and next to the !
King of Prance. Cardinal Wolsay prepared
that great supper in Hampton Court
JBut my text takes us to a more exciting
banquet. Night was about to come down
upon Babylon. Tho shadows of her 260 towers
began to lengthen. The Euphrates rolled
on, touched by the fiery splendors Of the setting
sun; and gates of brass, burnished and
jj'ittorinsr, opened and shut like doors of .
ilanio. .The hauginggardens of Babylon, wet
with heavy dew, began to pour from starlit
flowers and dripping leaf a fragrance for
rnianj miles around. The streets and squares
were lighted for dance and frolic and promenade.
The theatres aud galleries of art invited
the wealth, and pomp, and grandeur of
the city to rare entertainment*: Simno.
riot and was-uil wore mingled in every
street, and godless mirth and "outrageous oxoess
and splendid wickedness carno to the !
;Kiug'd ptUaco to do their mightiest dents of !
darkness. A royal feast to-night at the
King's (alace! Hushing up to the gates ;
[ire chariots upholstered with pro- j
cious cloths from Dedan and drawn '
by firo-oyed horses from Togarmah,
that rear and neigh in the grasp of the
cnariotecrs, while a thousand Lords dismount,
and women dressed in all the splendor of
Syrian emerald, an i the color blending of
agate, and the chasteness of coral, and the
sombre glory of Tyrian purple, and princely
. embroideries brought from afar by camets
across the desert and by ships of Tarshish
across tho sea. Open wide the gates and let
the guosts come in! The chamberlains and
cup bearers are all ready. Hark to the rustle
of the silks and to the carol ol the music!
fc'ee the blaze of the jewels! Lift the banners!
Kill the cups ! Clap tho cymbals!
Blow the trumjets! Let tu3 might go by
with song and dance and ovation, and Qet
that Eabylonish tongue be palsied, that will
not say: "'O Kicc Belshazzar, live for ever!"
Ah, my fr.'ends! it was not any common
banquet to which these great people oatne.
All parts of the earth bad seut tiheir richest
viands to that table. Brackets an 1 chandeliers
flashed their light upon -tankards of bur..i-X.-wJ
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uiouuu jjuiu. rruiis, ripe ana .luscious, in \
baskets of silver, entwiued with .leaves,
plucked from, royal conservatories. Vases
inlaid with emerald and xldged -with exquisite
traceries, lilled *viith nuts tUrtt were
threshed from forests of distant leauLs. Wine
brought from the royal v.ats, foaming in the
decanters au.l bubbling iu the chalices. Tufts
of cassia and fi-aukincenso wafting their
sweetness from wall and table. Gorgeous
banners unfolding ia the breeze that came
through the opened window,'bewitohsd with
the perfume of hanging gardens. Fountains
rising up from inclnsures of ivory in jets of
crystal, to fall in clattering rain of diamonds
and p?arls. Statues of misrhty men looking
down from niches in the wall upon crowns J
, and shields brought from subdued empires. J
Idols of wonderful .work standing on
pedestals of precious -stones. Embroideries
drooping about '.the windows aud
* wrapping pillats of cedar, .and drifting
on tioer.s inlaid <witb ivory and agate.
Music, mingling the thrum of harps, and 1be
clash of cymba s, aud tlip blast of trumpets
in ono wave of transport that went :rippling
along the wall and bi\eathtng among the* garlands,
and pouring down the corridors, aud
thrilling the sou's of a thousand banqueters.
The signal is driven, aud the.lordsand ladies,
the mighty men aud women of the lanQ.eome
muuuu tue ttu e. roar <out the wine! Let I
foam anil bubble kiss the rim! Hoist every
one his cap, and drinkto the senti;i;ent: "Oh,
- King Iklsha/^ar, live for ever!" Bestowed
headband and carca.net .of royal beauty
^lcam to the uplifted riha2ioee,! as .again and
again and again they aite emptied. Away
with care from the paJa.-.e! Tear royal -dignity
to tatters! Pour out more wine! Give
us more light,wilder music, sweeter perfume!
Lord shouts to lord, captain ogles to captain*
goblets clash, decanters rattle. QJhere
comes in the obs ene song and the drunken
J-Liccouph nnd tha slnverirm lu> and the eutfaw
Of idiotic laughter bursting fromrtho ilips?of
Princes, flushed, reeling, bloodshot; while
mingling with it all I hoar; "Huzaa, .huzza,
:for great Kelshazzarl"
What is that on the plastering of the wodl?
:1s it a spirit? Is it a phantom? Is it Gc>d(
The music stops. The goblets fa'.l from the
.nerveless group. There is & thrill. There is
a-start. There is a thousand-voiced shriek <Jf
horror. Let Daniel be brought in to read
that writing. He comes in. He reads it:
1 ".Weighed in tho balances, and art found
wanting." Meanwhile the A?syriana, who
for two years had been laying a siege to that
city, took advantage of that carousal, and
icaine in. I hear tho feet of the conquerors
on the palace stairs. Ma?*aere rushes in
with ,a thousand gleaming knives. Death
(bursts.upon the scene; and I shut the door of
that .banqueting hall, for I do not want to
look. 'There is nothing there but torn banners j
and broken wnaths, and the slush of upset ,
tankards, and tli3 blood of murdered women. |
and Uie.kicko 1 and tumbled carcass of a dead \
King. Kor in that night was Belshazzar j
ylfl in '
L I learn from this, that, when God writes
anything on the wall, o man had better read
it as it is. Daniel did not misinterpret or
modify the .handwriting on the wall. It is
* all fuolishueig to expect a minister of the gospel
to preach alwavs thiners t.hnf-. tlm
like or the people choose. What sha)( I
preach to you .to-day f Shall I tell you of the
dignity of human natureShall I tell you of
the wonders that our race has accomplished 1
; "Oh, no!" you say, "tell me the message that
came from OocL" I will. If there is any
handwriting on the wall, it is this lo3son:
"Kepent, acvept of. Christ aud be saved." I
migbt talk ol a preafc many other things, but
that is the message, and so I declare it. Jesus
never flattered those to whom he preached.
,He said to lho*o who did wrong and who
were offensive in his sight: "Ye generation
Of Vipers! ye whited sepulchres! how can
tye escapotho damnation of hell ?" Paul the
Apostle preached before a man who was not
ready to bear him preach. What subject did
he.tanof Did he aay: "Oh, you are a good j
mntl A. Vflrw flna ">?" 1 '
_ ? j tuau, a, vojy uouie mane
Ho: ha preached of righteousness, to a man
who was unrighteous: of temperance, to a
man who was the victim'of bad appetites; of
* the judgment to come, to a man who was
unfit for it. So we must always doclare the
message that happens to come to us. Daniel
must road it as ft is. A minister preached
before jJabio* X. of England, who wai James
-W wis?* ;
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| VL of Scotland. What subject did ho take
Tho lviug was noted all over tho world loi
beiug unsettled and wavering in his ideas
What did tho minister preach about to this
man wuo ?tu James 1. of England am
Ja:ncj V'i. of iScotiaud? lie too!< lor his text
James i.. o: "Ho tuat wavereth is like u
wave of the sea driven with tho wind am.
to^od." Hugh Latimer oneuded tho Kni{.
by a sermon ne preached, and the King said
'Hugh 1-atitner, come and upologize."
wisl, said iiugn Latimer. So tho day wai
itppoiufcjOe a.uJ 'iio King's uiiapei wa:
full of Lords anl Dukes, und the
mighty mou and wutucn o. tue country, loi
liut;h Latimer wns to apologize, iio Legal
his sermon by saying: "llugu i-atimer, be
think thco! 'inou urt in tho pretence oi thin*
earthly King, wlio can destroy thy body
liut uethsiik thee, Hujrh Latimer, t..at thoi
art iu ttio urodeaco of tho li-ing of Heavel
au.l earth, who cau destroy both body am!
soul iu bell lire. Uh. King, cursed be tb>
crimes!"
J. Another lesson that comes to us: rher^
is a great difference between the opening oJ
tho banquet of sin and its close. Young mau
it' you had looked iu upon tuo banquet in tUt
lirst few liour?, you would bave wishet
you had been invited there un;l could sit a
tho feast '"Oh, the grandeur of lielsliazzari
feast," you would have said; but you
lc dc in at the close of tho banquet
and your blood curdles with horror.
The King of Terrors has the.e a ghastliei
banquet: human blood i-i the wine and dyinj
groans are the music. Sin has made itself t
xk.ing in the eai th. It has crowned itself. Il
has spread a banquet. It invites all tb(
world to come to it! It has hung in its ban
quoting hall the spoils of all kingdoms anc
The banners of all nations. It has strewr
from its wealth the tables and floors anc
arches. And yet how often is that banquet
broken up and how horrible is its end! iivci
and anon there is a hn ml writing on tho wall
A King falls. A greet culprit is arrested
The knees of wickedness Knock together,
God's judgment, like an armed host, breaks
in upon the banquet, and that night is Bel
bhttzzar, the King of tho Chaldeans, slain.
Here is a young man who says: ul can
not sao why they make such a fuss about thi
intoxicating cup. Why, it is exhilarating
It makes me feel well. I can talk better
think better, feel better. I cannot see whj
people havo such a prejudice against it." A
few years pass on and he wakes up and find;
himself in the clutches of an evil habit whict
he tries to break, but canuot; and he criei
out: "Oh Lord God, help me!1' Itseems ai
though God would not hear his prayer, anc
in an agony of body and soul Jro cries out:
biteth like a serpent and it stingeth like
an adder." How bright it was.at the start
How b!a?k it was at the last!
Here is a man who begius to road French
novels. ''They are so charming," he t>ays: "J
will go out and see for myself whether all
these things are so. " He-opens the gate of o
sinful life. He goes in. A ninful sprite meets
him with her wand. She waves her wand,
and it is all enchantment. Why, it seems as
if the angols of God ha.i poured out phiah
of perfume in the atmosphere. As he walks
on he finds the hills becoming more radiant
with foliage, ?nd the ravines more
resonant with the falling water. Ob, wbal
a charming l&ndscaue he sees! But that
sinful sprite with 'her wand meets him
again; and now she reverses the wand
and all tho enchantment is gone. The cup
is.full of poison. The fruit turns to ashes
All the leaves of the bower are forkec
tongues of hissing serpents. Tho flowing
fountains fall back in a dead pool stenchfu:
with corruption. The luring songs become
cursss and screams of de.-nonia; laughter.
Lost spirits gather about him and feel fo:
ihis heart, and beckon hiin on with: "Hail,
brother! Hail, blasted spirit, hail!" H<
'tries to get out. .He comes to the front dotil
wher? he entered and tries to push it back
but the door turns against him; and ia th?
jar of that shutting door he lie irs these
\words: "This night is B.'lsha&ear, the Kim
of the Chaldeans, slain!' Sin may opei
"bright as the morning; it closes dark as th<
UlgUl'.
o. I learn further from this subject tha
death sometimes breaks in upon a bauquer,
Why did he not go down t ? the prisons ir
Pabylou.' There were people there tha
wouldliketo have died. 1 suppose then
were menand wom?n in torture m that c.t}
who would havo we.coined death. But h<
comes Tto the palace, and just at thetimi
when the mirth is dashing to the tipt.q
Eitch, death breaks in at the banquet. Wi
uve often seen thj same thing illustrated
Heieisa young man just come lrom col
lege. He is kind. He is loving. He is en
'thusiastic. He is eloquent. By one spring
he may bound to heights toward which iuam
men havo been struggling for years. A pro
fession opens before him. He i3 establishef
in the law. His friends cheer him. Kminen
men encourage him After awhile you ma]
see him standing in the American Senate, oj
moving a popular assemblage by bis e.'o
uuence. as trees are moved in a whirlwind
Some night he retires early. A fever is 01
iliiin. Delirium, like a reckless charioteer
seizos the reins of his intellect. Father an<
mother stand by and sefc the tides of lit
igoing out to the great ocean. The 1 anque
is coining to an end. The lights of though
and mirth and eloiuence are being extiu
^guifh?d. The garlands are snatched fron
the brow. .The vision is gone.
'We saw the same thing on a larger seal
illustrated at the last war in this country
Our whole nation had been sitting at a na
rtional lanquet?North, South, East ant
West. What grain was there but wo crev
'it on our hill?* What invention was then
but our rivers must turn the new wheel ant
rattle the strange shuttle J What warm fur.
but our traders must bring them fron
tue Arctic if What tish but that oui
nets must sweep them for the markets
What music but it must sin; in ou:
halls' What eloquence but it mus
spsok in our Senates? Ho! to Jthe nationo
banquet, reaching from mountain to moun
tain and from sea to sea! To prepare tlia
banquet the sheepfolds and the aviaries o
the country sent their best troasurea Th
orchards piled up on the table their 6weetoo
fruits. The pres?e^ burst out with new wines
Te .tit at that table came the yeomanry o
New Hampshire, and the lumbermen o
Maine, and the tanned Carolinian frotn th<
rice swamps, and the harvesters of Wisconsin
and the .Westell) emigrant from the pines o
Oregon; and we were all ibrothres?brother
at a banquet. Suddenly the feast ended
What meant those ; mounds thrown up al
Chickahominy, Shiloh, Atlanta, Gettysburg
.South Mountain? What meant those goldei
grain fields turned into a pasturing groum
for cavalry horses? W'hat meant the corn
fields gullied with the wheels . of the heav~i
supply trail)? Why those -rivers of tears
'those lakes of blood? God was angry. Jus
tice must come. A handwriting on the wall
The nation had beeu weighed aud found
-wanting. Darkness! Darkness! Woe tc
the North! Woe to the South! Woe to thi
East! Wo3 to the West! Death at the bnn
quet!
4. I have also to learn from tho subjecl
that the destruction of the vicious and o:
those who despise God will be very sudden
Tho wave of mirth had dashed to tha highest
point when that Assyrian -army brol?
through. It was unexpected. Suddenly, al
most always, conies the doom of those whc
despise God and defy tho law* of men. How
was it at the Deluge. Do you suppose it camt
through a long northwestern storm, so tha*
people for days before were sure it was coin
ing* No: I suppose the morning was bright
that calmness brooded on the waters: that
beauty sat enthroned on tho hills, when sud
denly the heavens burst and the mountains
sank like anchors into tho sea, that dashet
clear over the Andes ?nd the Himalayas.
The Red Sea was divided. The Egyptians
tried to cross it. There could be no danger.
The Israelites had just gone through; where
they had gone, Why not the Egyptians? Oh,
it was such a beautiful walking placo] A
pavement or tinged siiollt and pearls, and on
either sida a great wall of water, solid.
There can ba no danger. Forward, great
host of the Egyptians! Clap the cymbals
and blow the trumpets of victory! After
them! We will catch thorn yet and they shall
be destroyed. But the walls of solidified
water begin to tremble. They roclc. They
fall. The rushing waters! 'The shriek of
drowning men! The swimming of the war
horses in vain for the shore! The strewing
of the great host on the bottom of the sea, or
pitched by the angry wave on the bra?h?a
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t battered, bruised and loathsome wre:dt! Slid- |
* deuly destruction ea:ne. One hair hour before
they could not havo believed it.
i lam just setting forth a fa t which you I
1 have noticed as well a? I. Ananias coihoj to . i
, the apostle. The apostle say--: "Did you j i
i sell the laud for so much?" lie says: *'Yes." j
I It was a lie. Dead! As qui.k as that! ]
; ; Sapphira, his wife, comes iu. "Hid you sell .
: the lau 1 for so much"Yes."' It was a lie, ]
L j and ?juick as that she was dead! ( rod's ;iudg- |
5 ' uients aro upon those who deipi :e aud defy !
j i llim. They oo:no suddenly.
> j The destroving angel went throu**h Eirvpt. j
! Do yoa suppose that any of tli ??eople Knew >
l I that he was coming? Did Ihev hear tin flap ?
- j ui ijis grvui> wni^-i: / u: i\o: suatieuiy, ;
i j unexpectedly, ho came.
1 j Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot a J '
i | bird standing on a sprig ntnrby. If they
a , aresk'lled, they pride tlicimoive-" ???i t:tking
i jit on the wing, and they wait tiii it starts.
' ! Death is an old sportsman, and h i loves to
! take men Hying under the very sun. lie '
j : loves to take them on the wing \
j j Are there nuy here who aro unprepared
, for the etornal world? Are there any hero
j ; who 1 avo been living without God and with- ]
I uut hope? Let me say to you that you bad bet6
| ter accept of the Lord Jo^us Christ, lest suds
d.nly your iast chance begone. The lungs | j
| will cease to breathe, the heart will stop.
; 1 The time will come when you shall go no ]
j more to the office, or to the store, or to the
j shop. Nothing will l>e left but death, and
r j judgment, ana eternity. ( Hi, flee to God this J
[ hour! If tlu-re be one in this prcsencowho
t has wandered fur nwny from Christ, though
3 he may not have heard the <a!l of the gospel
. for mauv a year. I invito him now to come
I and be saved. Flee from thy sin! Flee to
tho stronghold of the gcsj:el!
[ To-Jay I in vita you to a grander banquet
1 than auy I have mentioned. My Lord, the
^ King, is tho bauqueter. Angels are the cupbearers.
All the redo3med are the guests.
The balls of eternal love, frescoed with light, '
and paved with joy. and curtained with unlading
beauty, are the banqueting place. The
1 harmonies off eternity are the music. The
* chalkes of heaven are the plate; and I am
one of the servants coming out with both
" hands filled with invitations, scattering them
3 i ever}*where; und of that, for yourselves, you
might break the seal of the invitation and <
? read the words written in red ink of blood |
7 by the tremulous hand of a dying Christ:
L "Come now, for all things are ready."
s After this day has rolled by and tho night
1 has come, may you have rosv sleep guarded
i by Him who never slumbers! May you
3 awake in the morning strong and welll But,
f oh, art tbou a despiser of God? Is the coming
night tlie last night cfn earth# Shouldest
J thou be awakened in the night by something,
thou knowest not what, and there be
shadows floating in tiie room, and a. hand
L writing on the wall, aud you feel that your
| last hour is come, and there be fainting at
1 the heart, and a tremor iu the limb, and a
1 catching of tbe hreath?then thy doom
1 would be but an echo of the words of my
> text: "In that night was Belshazcar, the
| King of the Chaldeans, slain."
' An Editor's Coolness.
? Mr. McRoJotnts, now editor of the
; j Leeds (Eng.) Mercury, was at one time a
1 j reporter in this city. He was the most
, | argumentative and, at the same time, the
j calmest man that ever struck the town.
. j He would stop work at a fire to argue.
1 j Mr. McRoberts was on his way home
early one morning, when an American
citizen suddenly popped tip with a pis'
tol, leveled at his head and said:
: "Throw up yer hands!"
J "Why?" asked Mr. McRsberts, undisA.
1- - 1
t ilurocu.
* j ''Throw"them up.**
i i "Eat, what for?"
t ( "Put up yer hands,'"'insisted the foot.
j pad, slinking tte pistol. "Will you do
? j what I tell you?"
s "That dipends," said Mr. Mclioberts. ;
> "If ye can show uie any reason why I !
i should pit up ma hands, I no say bat 1
^ what 1 weell; but yer mere re^uaist wad j
be no justification fur me to do sae ab- j
* i surd a'.thing. Noo. why should you, a
; \ complete stranger, ask me at this 'oor V? !
the mornin\ on a public street, tae put 1
i up ma handsc"
' "Dash you!" cried the robber, "if you i
r don't quit gabbiri' and obey orders, I'll i
" blow the top of your head off!"
j " Whnat! Faith, man, ye must be oot |
\ o1 yor heed. Come, noo. puir buddy," '
e I ?wr.d Mr. McRobGTts, soothingly, coolly j
\ i catching the pistol and wresting it wu'h
- a quick twist out of the man's hand, ;
1 ''come, noo, and I'll show ye where 1
e they11*tnke care 'o ye. Ilech! Dinna ye '
* try tae fech.t, or>ceod I'll shoot ye. By i
i 1 the way, ye might as weel put up yer aan
j j hands,-an' jist walk ahecd o'me. "That'?
I it- Trudge away, noo "
^ And so Mr. McRoberts marched h.i? !
I'
r man to :thc city prison and handed him .
p over to Captain Douglass.
t "Jt wuddna be a bad idea tae pit him I
I in a strait-jacket," he said serenely to j
t j the officer. "There's little doot but the :
| ! buddy'e.dnft.'' |
? I Ana iie resumed nis interrupted home- ,
f | ward walk.?San Francisco Pout.
b 1 It i? cuid that -the great glacier o!
I Alaska ie moving at the rate of a quarter ,
s of a mile per annum toward the sea. The
[ front presents a wall of ico some 500 feet
, in thickness, its breadth varies from j
j three to ten miles, and it is about one
hundred and fifty miles long. Almost !
every quarter of an hour hundreds of ;
tons of ice in large blocks fall into the
I* sea, which they agitate in the most vio
lent manner, the waves being such as to
I toss about the largest vessels that ap- ,
nroach the glacier as if they were small
\ boats.
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t i iiipariniii to .Mcreliaul Tailor*.
? M. von Keller & Co.. successors to Keller.
" . & Huhi. at th-* old Cioth House. corner Arm '
* and Wil!iim St*., New York city, are doing
r an extensive busines by means oV furnishing i
J to the Merchant Tailoring trade thioughout ;
J the United States, complete sample eollee- !
| j tions of their Woolens in season, and receiving i
\ I and executing orders receive 1 through thn i
' i samples. Whenever rt style has been soldi
out, ihey notify their customers to tfcut effect, '
j so that the par'ti-sboldinjc their samples are'
1 always properly informed a< to whicn styles ] ;
they* can offer to their patrons. 'Hie Mer ;
chant Tailor is thus placed in a position to i
' sliow a large veriety of styles without encnm- | !
bcring himsslf with a large utoek. "Wo un- :
der fand that any Merchant Tailor desiring |
such collection of samples can have Mine I :
fro<? of cliftrifp. Aridpocc v/vn !
Kt-ilw & Co.
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Last year $02,584,000 was piid by the
property owners of the country to the insurance
companies. In the five years
ended December 31, 1885, the fire premiuma
amount t.o the enormous tax of
$413,501,000. \ 1
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Over 100 works written within the
pr.<t century have placed the time for i
the beginning of the millennium between !
ISS5 and 185)0. ' I l;
A Marechal Niel rose tree nt London, j
nt., is a peculiar one. Oil one side the !
roses are erim on,and ontheother white, j c.
The tree bus not been grafted, "budded," j ?
ar tampered with in any mannei. j II
Robert Smith, of Lexington, Ind., j
lost his nice blavk hair as the result of j
typhoid fever. Now his head is.eovered j ?
with hair three inches long, very kinky ' f<
like a negro's, but as white a* snow. !
n
l")r. E. J Jancway, of New York Cit}', j a
acting on the suggestion of a countyr ?
practitioner, has given frozen milk to
patients whose stomachs did not tolerate
ice-cream, and speaks highly of its use
in fevers. ^
To be a Roman citizen was a great b
honor and privilege. The Romans were (a
very liberal in granting this favor. First
they gave it to all the free men of Rome;
then to all the dwellers in the province s
of Latium, in which Rome stood; then
to all Italy; afterwards it was given to ^
many people in conquered cities and pro- t
vinces. 11
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The mint julep is an old colonial \ lrginian
drink. It was invented in Virginia f
by a wealty planter, who had a company
of friends at his house. A great liailBtorm
came up; he gathered the hailstones,
and on the inspiration of the 0
moment, concocted that beverage which
we call mint julep. Its fame sprcid, but ]
at first they never made it except when *
it hailed. s
The evidences of the presence of the
Mound Builders in this country are almost
everywhere, except, perhaps, upon
tho Atlantic coast. They consist of
mounds, sometimes of imposing size, and
other earthworks so numerous that in
Ohio alone there are, or were until quite
recently, estimated to be 10,000 of the
mounds, and 1,500 enclosures of earth
and stcne, all evidently the work of the
same people.
Farmer Kroll, living near Hastings,
Neb., got drunk on a quart of alcohol
and scared his family nearly to death
with his revolver. His brother-in-law
appeared, sund, when Kroll flourished the
pistol, slapped the drunken man's face
sharply witsh his open hand. The man
dropped as if shot, and never stirred
again. The Coroner's jury thought the
blow ''sent the blood and alcohol to
KrolPs 'brain," and thus killed him.
A ourious feature in the National
Museum in Washington is the zoological
section, or the department devoted to
birds'-eggs. It has about 42,000 birds''
eggs .packed away in little trays placed
in cases along the walls of the building.
T3?e eggs in the collection vary in size
from tbat'of the tiniest humming-bird to
that of the giant bird, whose remains are
found in Madagascar. There is a little
egg-of a tiny humming-bird lying in a
diminutive nest. The humming-bird ]
that made the nest and laid the egg is ;
Hie -smelliest bird in tne wKjrici. me i
little egg has a length or long diameter "
eff "threeitenths of an inch and a-short
diameter of three-hundredthsof an inch.
The neet is one-twentieth of an incii i
morose-one way and 92-100 the .oilier.
Newspaper Progress.
The present number of newspapers -and '
periodicals in the United States is 14,100,
a ^tain of 000 over the last year. In 1885
thetnot gain over the previous year wat
823. Avhich was 157 more than the gain
this year. The most prominent examples
ofigrowth are in comparatively new
and sparsely settled sections, as is evinced l>y
an incrense of 117 in Kansas, 25 pei ^
cent., of .the entire number of publications j _
imithe State; while in Nebraska there k
an increase of 58, or 18 per cent, of the .
whole. Massachusetts shows nn extraordinary
increase of weeklies, 45, and a }
diminution of 8 monthlies, indicating <
growth dn the rural press, and decline in 1
magazines, necessarily published at so.
cial centres. Illinois and Iowa exhibit *
sua increasoof 48 and 44 respectively, and ,
Indiana only 5, althcjugh they are in the [
same geographical section, and have j
similar characteristics. Other States J
that denote marked newspnpsr progres,
are xsew *orK, 3U; Michigan, SO; Wis- {,
contin, 25; New Jersey, 28; Ohio, 21; 5
Minnesota, 21.; Missouri, 20; North Car- oliua,
17; Kentucky and Georgia, 1C I
each; Arkansas, 15; West Virginia, 11; *
Connecticut, 10; California, 9; Florida,
0; Maine, 5; Texas, 3. The District ol
Columbia has increased 0; Vermont anil
Maryland, 3; Nevada, 2; Virginia, 1.
Little Delaware remains unchanged. The
total number of dailies now published in
the republic is 1,21C?an increase over J
1885 of 38. New York State has 4 more I
dailies than lr.st year, find Pennsylvania j
3 loss. The increase in monthlies in this j
State is 23, the largest by far of any
State in tho union?another indication
that the literary centro is steadily tending
hither. There ligurers are taken
from the "American Newspaper Directory."?Neus
York Commercial.
Electricity is now applied to the
bleaching of cotton and linen fabric?.
Tho color produced by Buckingham's Dye
'or. the Whiskers, is permanent and natural.
To promote digestion, to keep tie body
lealtby and the mind clear, take Ayer's pills,
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The virtues of St. Jacobs Oil, asprocluiiuftd I
y millions of restored sufferers, shuuM
iduce everyone to supply his household wtih
ins great specific. It conquers pnin.
"I>y their wjr'ts simi! ye kuowy.rthem"?
ratchet;. * .
'"It. >s jisharmless as it isetTeera^,"1 is what
; ?--aitl of I ted Star Cough Cure hy 1 >r. tf. K.
ox, D. 1>., Analytical Chemist, \Vashiiigton,
?. C. Trice twenty-live cents.
The Conservative Association of Belfast !
tvuc.ll'InHn, Ptxrl^S, I
>% < v ?? .?? %-v ?.?> wiin..ou v?v/*ui umciiu u tupy '
f a resolution which they have adopted re- |
retting that. ljord Randolph Churchill ami
,ord Salisbury had expressed disapproval of 1
lie conduct of the 1'eifast constabulary in !
lie recent riots.
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For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression
f spirits and general debility in their va- '
ions forms, ali>o as a preventive against!
2ver and ague and other intermittent fevers, i
lio "Ferro-l'ho^phoratv'd Elixir of Calisaya," |
lude by Caswell, Hazard <!c Co., New York, i
nd sold by all Druggist", is the bent tonic; j
nd for patients recovering from fever or |
tiier sickness it has 110 equal.
I11 hats the latest novelty consists in having
lie crown different from the brim.
If 3*011 are suffering from Chronic Cough,
Ironchitis, Asthma, or Loss of Voice, Dr.
liliner's Indian Cough Cure (Consumption
)il) will relieve quickly?remove the cause
nd cure. Price :i5c, 50c and $1.00.
A high novelty is an Astrakhan bourette j j
uiting in bright cardinal. j|
Extraordinary but nevertheless true. Wo I "
efer to the announcement of B. P. Johr b >11
!; Co., of P.i'jhmond, in which they proposo
o show working and energetic men how to
nake from $700 to ?2,500 a j*ear over and
hove expanses.
The more yeu cheque a spendthrift the
aster he goes.
IliiKft to ConoumpUvcH.
Consumptives should use food as nourishing (
id uu1 uc null, ujju ill IX SL1UIKJ LKUtli Will DttSL | I
igree with the slomucb and taste of the pa- ,
icnt. 1
Out-door exercise is earnestly recommended. I j
f you are unable to take such exercise on <
lorseback or on foot, that should furnish no (
excuse for shutting yourself in doors, but you j
honld take exercise in a carriage, or in some <
>ther way bring yourself in contact with the
ipen air. 1
Medicines which cause expectoration must
>e avoided. For flve hundred years physinans
have tried to cure Consumption by using
,hem, and have failed. Where there is great
lerangemcnt of the secretions, with engorgement
of air-cells, there is always profuse exlectoration.
Now Piso's Cure removes the
engorgement and the derangement of the sejretions,
and consequently (and in this way
>nly) diminishes the amount of matter expectorated.
This modieine does not dry up a
X)Ugh, but removes tl?e cause of it.
When it is impossible from debility or
ither causes to exercise freely in the open air,
ip&rtments occupied by the patient should be
? ventilated as to ensure the constant acces?ioo
of fresh uir in abundance.
The surface of the body should be sponged
es often as every third day with tepid water
ind a little soft soap. (This is preferable to
uiy other.) After thoroughly drying, use
Priction with the hand moistened with oil,
Cod-Liver or Olive is the best. This keeps
the i>ores of tbe skin in a soft, pliable condition,
which oontributes materially to the unloading
of mmsto matter from the system
Dhrougn tiak organ. You will please recollect
we cure this disease by enabling the organs of
the system ito perform their functions in a
nwrmal way, or, in other words, we remove
j Instructions, while the recuperative powers
i>f the system cure the disease.
"We will here say a word in regard to a
cough in the forming stage, when there is no
constitutional or noticeable disease. A cough
mayor may not foreshadow serious evil:
take it in its mildest form, to say tlie least, it
is a nuisance, and should be abated.
A Cough is unlike any other symptom of
disease. It stands a conspirator, with threatening
voice, menacing the health and existence
of. a vital organ. Its first approach is
in whispers unintelligible, and at first too
often unheeded, but in time it never fails to
tnake itself understood?uever fails to claim
the attention of those on whom it i alls.
If you have a cough without disease of the
the lungs or serious constitutional disturbance,
so much the better, as a few doses of
Piso's Cure will be all you may ueed, while if
yrou are far advanced in Consumption, several
bottles may bo required toetfect a permanent I
jure.
Talk of i nvying Jay Goulil his miillions?
be is not even free: he is a regular bondman.
How to Secure Health.
SCOVILL'S K. A RS A PA R1 LLA AND STILLINUIA
Jll HLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP will rertcre perfect
liealth to the physical organization. It l?,. indeed, a
strengthening syrup, pleasant to take, ami ban often
proven lt??elf to be the b^st Blood Partner ever dia overed,
effectually curing Scrorula, Syphilitic dlsinlern,
Weaknessof the Kidneys, Krysipelan, Malaria,
ill Nervous disorders and Debility, Bilious Complaint*,
and all diseases Indicating un Impure condition
of the Bloo<l, Liver, Kidneys, Stojuoch, etc. It
orrects indigestion. especially when the complaint
s of an exhaustive nature, having n tendency to leu
>c? tne vi^or t?f the brain and uervuns fqrstcm.
Policemen on their vacations feel very
lonely. They miss their club.
1 have used fur,I
bottles of 1l/U,^WCREAM
"ream Balm a>,mrcC0\^1
? n s i cle r .nyselM^^Mu^ 1
ured. I tniffered^^V^^Co/J^f ^ADl
U) years from Ui A
arrh and cafrr/m/pH^YFEVEft jjie c?Mk
leadacJte and f/mMK' &? ^/9i
? tJie first reinedt/Hfe*- / SFA?" r^U
hat afforded y/
lIajyinsdu, 1 4
Lake. Street, C'hi?iio,
iu. WSr^>^ us*1
A particle Is nppliciI?P'5^-=? i,?>#? pV
nto unch nostril and I^Lfl A^r ?F EVER
trrtvutjle -to UK. I'ricc |r* * * mm 1
0 eta. by mall or at ilmgfrtet.o. Sonci for circular.
ELY HHOTHI'IN !>-. ?? > ? 1
*"M,snirvr,VM?rKi', 1.
D A T P M O Obtained. Semi xtanip for
\ "t 0 Inventor's Guide. L. L'ixoJutf,
1 stent Lawyer, Washington, 1). C.
DR KILMER'S *?i?P ttmt Cold, Cough,|
'tr1 ftn(1 'ffckJing in tbo Throat!
V VW Arrest that Catarrh, HronAKLSJnk
cbitist or Asthma. Tills
KWlxBi Remedy relieves quickly.
Cures permanently. It
yrflUM!H?HI:HI prurents LHtliue, KigliC-Sweata
AaadaUlMijM and death from Comuim pi Ion.
BmnjllOVH ra^I'repanxl DC DH. KILMKH'S
oierKKMRT, DiiiKbainton, N. Y.
I^'ttcreof inquiry anirwrml.
Guide to Health ( Sent Free).
^^ESY0U^^t7j^jSol^bTjBrB?rl?U^^
jvLj3LJa.XjI]Nr Magazine
For larga nr until game??ll iEui, Tba itrongcit thootlcp ri
wconuy gr<?rmnlrt<l, and th? only ahroloUly ?*< till* on lbs I
BAI ^AItU GALLERY, 8PORTI.VQ AND TARGET
JlluUraUd Catalogue. MARXIN FIRE AI
iSsncs
Km>? c?no!an nnUM Don't mute yoor money on a gu
Usipeil witb lh? abovt U .h.f.iMf.io. ' " m
.. V < A. ?- -4' ' v
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mm,
^^BROWS
BITTERS
Combining IRON trlth PUKE Y EG ETA III,K
TONICS, quickly and completely CLEANSES
and ENRICHES THE BLOOD. Qtiickcns
the action of tho Liver and Kidneys. C!t:ars I tie
complexion, makes the skin Hmooth. It duos not 4
Injure tho teeth, cause headache, or produce conHtlpation?ALLOT1IEIC
IKON MEDIUM* )?>.
Physicians nnd Druggists everywhere recommend it.
Mil, Y. Adamb. l'.W UiniH iy St.. Balto.. Md? uyi:
" I hud a bud coat) of Scrofula xvhicb caused an erup1
ion of thu skin on my fnra. I wiih pernar.rtp'l to n
Xr jwn'? Iron Bittera. Four bottles have completely
curod mo."
Mrh. M. w. Sale, filo S. Pine St.. Richmond. Va.,
ntys: " My littlo boy wiis FutTering fr.cn a very
serious attack of blood poisoning nnd tho doctor
not benetitinK liim in tho least, I tried Brown'*
Iron Bittern. Two bottles cured him. although
hiii blood waB in a torriblo state. It i? coittinly t
treat tonic and puriHor and 1 heartily recommend it.
Elaine Bloxiiam. Ploasant Dale. W. Va.. say,,:
" I Uavo usod Rruwn'n Iron Bitten* for Chronic Koroma?
bo pronounced by my physicians? with most
beneficial olfect. I cordially recommend it "
Mr. Mai.tin McRae. Lumber Bridgo, N C., mys:
" I had a humor in my blood, something like Tetter
or King Worm. Brown's Iron Bittern has cured ine."
Uonuine has above Trade Mark and crossed rod lines
on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by
UUIIWN CHEMICAL CO., UALTIMOKK. .Mil.
Ph to Soldlero & Heirs. Send stamp
PpncinriQ f,,r ciuuum. <.01.. u bin?
I GllwlUHw HAM Att'v.Wa hlii|;ron,. D.c.
CURES ALL HUMORS,
From a common Blotch, or Eruption,
to the worst Scrofula. Salnrhcum.
MFever.?ore?,? Scaly or Ronglt Skin,
In short, all diseases caused by bad blood are
conquered by this powerful, purifying, and
Invigorating medicine. Great Ealing UU
cera rapidly heal under its benign influence.
Especially has it manifested Its potency'in
curing Tetter, Boao Rash, Bolls, Carbuncles,
Sore Eyes. Scrofulous Sores
and Swellings, Hip-Joint Disease.
White Swellings, Goitre, or Tlilclt
Neck, and Enlarged Glands. Send ton
cents in stamps for a large treatise, with colored
plates, on' Skin Diseases, or the same
amount for a treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."
Thoroughly cleanse it bv using Dr. Pierce's
Golden Aedlcal Discovery, and good
digestion, a fair skin* buoyant spirits,
vital strength, and soundueis of
constitution, will be established.
CONSUMPTION,
which is Scrofnlona Disease of the
Lpngs, is promptly and certainly arrested
and oured by this God-given remedy, if taken
ueiore iuu jaw huiutcs 01 ue uiHtaw are reacnea.
From it? wonderful power over this terribly
fatal disease, when first offering' tbia now celebrated
remedy to the public. Dr. Piercti
thought seriously of calling it his " Consumption
Cure," but abandoned that nam*
as too limited for a medicine which, from ita
wonderful combination of tonic, or strengthening,
alterative, or bJood-clconsing, anti-bilious,
pectoral, and nutritive properties, is unequaLed,
not only as a remedy for consumption of tba
llinM hiif fnr all
CHRONIC DISEASES *
or TUB !;
Liver, Blood, and Lungs,
If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, hart
sallow color of skin, or yellowish-brown spots
on face or body, frequent headache or dlzxW
ocas, bod tasto in mouth, internal beet or chilli, . ...
alternating with hot flashes, low spirits an<f "
gloomy borcbodings, irregular appetite, and
coated tongue, you are suffering from India
geation. Dyspepsia, and Torpid Liver*
or "Biliousiioita." In mauy caw.'s only
part of these symptoms are experienced. Aj
a remedy for all such cases, Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has no
equal. o
For Weak Lunn, Spitting of Bloody
SbortnoM of Breatlt, llroiicliitiSj
Severe Congha, Coninmpilon, and
kindred affections, it Is a sovereign remedy.
Bend ten cents in stamp* for Dr. Plerceg
dook on uoosumpuoD. soifi Dy iiruggliti,
PRICE $1.00, .
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Proprietors, 663 Main St., Buttalo, N. Y.
LITTLE
?'?vkp?fi2?v5
?V pi\\e1B ptt.i.b
ANTMIVLIOV9 and ( ATSMKTIC.
Sold by OruKgiait. 25 cents a vuii.
M fc$500 REWARD
jHfc is offered by the proprietor*
Vf/HUl of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
wO f for a case of catarrh which they
mm t. cannot cure.
M \ rf If y?u have a difcbu^e from
Rmu /-Jf the nose, offensive or othertSFy
wise, partial Ioab of smell. taste,
or hearing-, weak eyes, dull pain
or pressure In head, you tiave Catarrh. Thousands
of coses terminate in consumption.
I*. Sag-e's Cat a nun Rujipy cures ttya won*
cases of Catarrb, "Cold In tlio Head,**
and Catarrhal Headache. M eenta
S700 to S250Q,:wot5
expenso, can l?e made working for us. Agents
preferred who can furnish their own horses"
und give their whole time to the business.
Spare moments ma}' be profitably employed
also. A few vacancies in towns nml cities.
d. r. duninnuA <v uu.,
1028 Main St., Richmond, Vn.
I Pimple*. Blotches. Bculy ?r Oily Phlri,
Blemlahea and all HUln OUeuir* Cured
and Complexion Beautified by
Beesoo's Aromatic Hum Sulpbor Soap,.
Sold by Druggist* or nent by mall on wclpt of I
25cents by WM. OREVDOPPBL, Manu-0
factnrer* 20SNorth Front St, fblladalplila. Ha. I
bbbbhbmS
H N U?33
air to fmrprMo; how;
much 1 aa*'%-rl >u quality
and price on
Engine, Saw-Mill,
Grist-Mill, CottonGin,
Feeder, Condenser,
Cane-Mill, .
Machine ^OU ^ra?j^othwr
Covington, On*
fcfflBEiftf BE8T ^
fla nuulo. <
nuukiu v T n**IiEfrvTorM?rnowaw
B*ad *7, j V >
iM? CO., New llaven, Conn*
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