The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, September 21, 1886, Image 3
DR. TMABE'S SEffiOK :
NON-CHURCHGOERS,
{Prcached at the Hamptons, Loog Island.]
Text: "Other sheep I have, which aro not
of this fold."?John x., 10.
There is no monopoly in religion. The
grace of God is not a little property that we
may fonco oif and have all to ourselves. It
is not a king's park, at which we look
through a barred gateway, wishing that wo
might po in and soj the doer and the statuary,
and plu'.:k thj> flowers und tho fruits in
the royal conservatory. No; it is the Fathers
orchard and everywhere there aro bars
that wo may let down and gates we may
swing open.
In my boyhood,next to tho country schoolhouse,
there was an orchard of applos.owned
Dy a very lame mail, who, although thoro
were apples in the place perpetually decaying
by scores and scores of bushels, never
would allow any of us to touch the fruit. Ono
day, in the sinfulness of a nature inherited
from our iirst parents, who were ruined by
the saino temptation,some of us invaded that
orchard,but soon retreated,for the man came
after us at a speed reckless of making his
l&menois worse, and cried out: "Jioj*s. tirop
tiiose apples, or I'll set the dog on you!"
Well, my frionds, there aro Christian men
who have the church under severe guard.
There is fruit in this orchard for tho whole
world, but thoy have a rough and unsympathetic
way of a?eooting outsiders, as though
they had no business here, though the Lord
wants thom all t j come and take tho largest
and tho ripest fruit on tho promises. Have
you an idea that becauso you wore baptized
at thirteen months of ago, and Iw-'aus? you
have all your life bsen uuder hallowed influences,
that therefore, you have a right to ono
whole sido of the Lord's table, spreading
Iourself out and taking up tho entire room*
tell you no. You will have to haul in your
elbows, for I shall to-day place on either sido
of you those whom you never expected would
sit thoro; for, ns Christ said to the Jews long
ago, so he says to you and me: "Other sheep
I nave, which are not of this fold."
MacDouald, tho Scotchman, has four or
live dozen head of sheep. Some of them ar*
browsing on the heather, some of them lire
lying down under the trees, some of them
are in his yard; they nro scattered around
in eight or ten different places. Cameron,
his lseighbor, comes over, aud says: '*1 see
you bave thirty sheep ; 1 have just counted
them." "No,'' says MacDonald, "I have a
great many more ?hce '> than that. Some
are here, and some aro elsewhere. They are
scattered all around about. I have 4,U00 or
5,00J in my (locks. Other sheep I have, which
are not in this fold."
So Christ says to us: Here is a knot of
Christians and there is a knot of Christians,
but they make up a small part of the flock.
Here is the Episcopal iold, th9 Methodist
.fold, the Lutheran fold, the Congregational
fold, the Presbyterian fold, the liaptist and
the l'edo-Baptist fold?the only difference
betwocn these last two t>eing the mode of
?heep-washing; aud so they are scattered all
over, and wo come with our statistics, and
say there are ?o many thousand of the Lord's
sheep; but Christ responds: ' No, no; you
have not seen more than nnn mit. nf n
and of my flook. They are scattered all over
the earth, and 'other sheep I have, which
are not of this fold.'"
Christ in my text was prophesying the
conversion of'the Gentiles with as much confidence
as though they were already converted,
and he is to-d:<y, in the words of my
text, prophesying the coming of a great multitude
of 'outsiders that you never supposed
would come in. saying to you and saying to
me: "Other sheep I have, which are not of
this fold."
1. In tho first place, I remark that the
Heavenly Shopherd will find many of his
sheep amid tho non-churchgoers. There are
congregations where they aro all Christians,
and they seem to he completely finished, and
ithey remind one of the skeleton leaves which,
by chemical preparation, have had all the
greenness and verdure taken off of them,
and are left cold and white and delicate,
nothing wanting but a glass case to put over
them. The minister of Chri.it has nothing to
do with such Christians but to come once a
weekv-and with ostrich feather dust off the
accumulation of tho last six days, leaving
.them bright and crystalline as before. But
the other kind of a church is an armory with
perpetual sound of drum and life, gathering
recruits for the Lord of Hosts. We say to
every applioant: "Do .you want to be on
Godfe side, tho safe side and the happy side ?
.If so, come to the armory and get equipped.
Hprfl isn hnl h in whir-l> tn "
? ? m.vu w gou vicauaua. xici ?
is a helmet for your brow. Hero is a breast
plate for your breast. Here is a sword for
your right arm, and yonder is the battlefield.
Quit yourselves like men."
Thereare some here who say:* "I stopped
foing. to phuroh tea or twenty years ago."
ly brother,, is it not strange that you should
be the first man I should talk to today? I
know all your case; I know it very well.
You have not been accustomed to come into
>a religious assembly, but I have a surprising
announcement to make to you. You are
igoing to become one of the Lord's sheep.
"'Ohl'Kyou say: -"it is impossible; you don't
.know bow; far l am from anything of that
kiBd." 1- know all about it I have wandered
up and down the world and I understand
your c aso. 1 have a still more startling,
announcement to make in regard to you.
You are not only .going to become one or the
Lord's sheep, but you will become one to
aay. xou will ga from this service to talk
vwith some one about your soul. People of
God, pray for that man. '*L)ther sheep I
have, which are not of this fold."
When i the Atlantic went to pieces on Mara
Rock and the people clambered up on the
beach, why did not that heroic minister of
the gospel, of whom we have all read, sit
down and take care of those men on the
beach, wrapping them in tlanne's, kindling
Ores for*thenv?eetog that they got plenty 6t
rfood? .Ah! he Knew that there were others
who wotlld do that! He says: "Yonder are
men and women freezing in the rigging of
-that wreck. Boys, launch the boat!" And
now I see '.the . oar Jblades bend under the
strong pull; but (before they reach the rig:ging
a woman is frozen and dead. She
was washed off, poor thing! But he says:
''There is aimanto save," and he cries oat:
"Hold ob live minutes longer and I will
-save you. rfiteady! Steady! Give me
your haad. Leap linto the lifeboat.
Thank God, lie <is saveJ." So there
are those here rto-day -.who are safe ou the
iihore of God1* mercy, but I see there are
SOme WhO anefreftaintr in t.hn riiriTlnrr r\F tfin
^-0 ? ?^ - ?t5b*"b U4M?
Mid surrounded .by perilous storms. Pull
away, my lads! Lit us reach them. Alas,
oue is washed off and gone! There is one
more to be paved. Let us push out for that
one. "Clutch the rape, < >dying man! .Clutch
it with a death-grin. Ktoady, now, on the
slippery places. Steady! There! Saved!
Saved!" Just as I thought. For Christ has
declared that there are some still in the
breakers who shall come ashore. "Other
sheop I have, which are not of this fold."
Christ commands his ministers to bo fishermen,
and when I go fishing 1 do not want
to go among other churchcs, but into the
wide world; not sitting along a small creok
where eight or ten other TM?rsons are sitting
with hook and lino, but, like the fishermenttf
Newfoundland, sailing olf and dropping net
away outside, forty or fifty miles from
shore. Yes, there afo noa- churchgoers hero
v?ho will oome in. Next Sabbath tlioy will
neain bo in tho rflliorimu T'mw ??
? "O""** ' "w* * "* w
this moment being swept into Christian ossouiation-i.
Their voices will be heard in public
prayer. Tliey will die in peace, their b^d
nurrounilod by Christian sympathies, and bs
carrie:l out by devout men to ho b iried, and
on their graves be chiseled tho words:
"Precious in the sight of the Lord is tho
death of his saint*." And on resurrection
iay you will get up with the dear children
you have already buried, aud with your
Christian paronts who have already won th?
Calm. And all that grand and glorious hte?
>rv l>egins now. "Other sheep X have,
which aro not of this fold."
2. f remark again: The heavenly sheph?rd
in going to una a groat many of his sheep
among those who aro positive rejectors or
Christianity. I do not know how yon earn*
to reject Christianity. It may have bean
through hearing Theodore Parker preach, off
through reading Ronan's "Life of Jesus," of |
cNi ^'< '* .(' -'A- jRi
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through tho infi-lel ta'k of some younr man f
in your store. It may havo boon through j
tho triclcery of some profess mI Christian man j
who disjmestod you with religion. I do not ;
ask you how you became so; but vou frankly j
tell jne that. vou do reioct it. You do not !
believe that Christ is a divine* being,although j
you admit that lie was a crood man. You do .
iiot believo that the Bible wns inspirod by |
God, althouzh you think that there are some ,
very duo things in ife. Yon believe that tlvi I
scriptural descrintion of Eden was only au |
: allegory. There nre fifty things that I bolievo i
i Ihnt you do not believe.
And yet you are an aecom*uo lating n-ai !
I Everybodv that knows vou says that of you \
: If I should ask you to do a kindness for mo j
| or if any one ebe should nsk of you a kin 1 !
noss. you would do it. Now, I havo a kind j
I ness to nsk of you to-day. It is something ,
that -will cost; you nothing and will give mo j
| great, delight. I want you by experiment to
, iry Hi? power u> v_ unsi, sreligion. n 1 snuuil ;
i ronie to yon nnd you were very sick, and <!o~- !
tors had given you un and said there wns no i
chance for yon, and I should take out a littlo i
bottle and Ray: "Hore is a medicine that will :
cure you: it 1m* cure 1 fifty peoplo and it will J
euro you," you would say: "I have no confidence
in it" I would snv: "Won't-yon take
it A> oblige mo?" "Well," you would say, "if
It's any accommodation to you I'll take it."
My friend,will you bo just as accommodating
in mattors of religion?
There are some of you who have found
out that this world cannot satisfv your soul.
You aro liko the man who told me after the
cervine was over: "I have tried this world j
and found it au insufficient portion. Toll '
me of something hotter." You have come I
to that. You are sick for tlio need of divine |
medicament. Now, I come and toll you of !
a physician who will cure you, who has j
cured hundreds and hundreds who wore sick
as you are. "Oh," you say, "I have no confidence
in him!" But will you try him? Accommodate
me in this matter; oblige me in
this matter; just try him. I am very certain
he will cure you. You reply: "I have
no special confidence in him; but if you ask
me as a matter of accommodation, introduco
him." So I introduce him?Christ, th?
physician who Aas cured more blind eyes,
and healed more ghastly wounds, and bouud
up more broken hearts, than all the doctors
since tho time of ^Esculapius.
Tbo Divine Physician is here. Aro you
not ready to try him? Will you not, as a
pure matter of experiment, state your case j
utimro jLiiui uuwj noiuing noLning DncK j
from Him. If you cannot pray, if you do !
not know how to pray any other way. say
**Oh, Lord Jesus Christ, this is a, strange
thing for me to do! I know nothing about
the formula of religion. These Christian
people have been talking so long about what
thou canst do for me, I am ready to do whatever
Thou comraandest me to do. 1 am ready
to take whatever Thou commandest me to ;
take. If there be any power in religion, as
theso people say, lot me have the advantage
of it."
Will you try that experiment? I do not a*
this point of my discourse say that there -is
anything in religion; but I simply say try it
?try it. Do not take my counsel, or the
counsel of any clergyman, if you despise
clergymen. Perhaps we maybe talking professionally;
perhaps we may be prejudiced
in the matter; perhaps we may bo hypocritical
in our uttorances; perhaps our advice is uot
worth taking. Then take the counsefrot'eome
very respectable laymnn?as John Kilton,
the poet; as William Wilberforco, the states|
man: as Isaac Newton,, the astronomer; as
I Robert Boyle, the philosopher; as Ix>cko, the
; metaphysician. Thjy never preacfaed or
| pretended to preach; and yet putting down,
o$e his telescope, aud another his parliamentary
scroll, and another his electrician's
wire, they all declare the adaptiveness of
Christ's religion to the wants and'troubles
of the world. If you will not take the
recommendation of ministers of the
gospel, then take the xeaomraondation of
highly respectable lay mon. Oh, men, skeptical
and struck through with uuro?t, would
you not like to have some of' the peace which
broods over our souls to-day? .1 know all
about your doubts. I have been through
them all. I have gone through>^ill the curriculum.
1 have doubted whether there is a
God, whether Christ is God. Lhavedoubted
whether the Bible was true. !I have doubted
the immoriality of the-soul. I have doubted
my own existence. I have doubted everything,
and yet, out of -that hot desert of
doubt, 1 have come into the<broad, luxuriant,
sunshiny land of gospel hope, and peace, and
comfort: so I have confidence in preaching to
you, and asking you to come in. However
often you may have spokenagainst the Bible,
or however inucih you may have carioaturod
I religion, step ashore from that rocking and
I tumultuous sea. If you go away adhoringto
your infidelities, yoa will not sleep one wiuk
to-ni^bt. Yoa do not want your children to
come up with your skepticism. You caunot
afford to die in that midnight darkness, can
youf If you do not believe; iu any thing eh-e,
you believe in love?a father's love, a mother's
love, a wife's love, a child's love. Then
! let me tell you ?bat God loves you more than
' thev do. Oh! VOU must pnmftin Vnn will
I como in. The great heart of Christ aches to
1 have you come in, and Jesus, thi; very moment?whether
you-sit or stand.?looks into
your eyas and says: "Other sheep I have,
which are not of this .fold.:>
3. A?ain, I remark, that; the Heavenly
Shepherd is goimgtto finda great many sheap
Qnong those who .have <be3n ilung of evil
habit. It makes me fceltmad.to seo Christian
people give up -a prodigal as Jest. There
I aro thos3 who ttalk as though the grace
I of God were a chain of forty or fifty
| links, an.l alter ;th?y had run out there
] was nothing to touch .a very bad case. If
they were hunting and got off the track of
' the deer, they would look longer among the
banks and the bushes fo:* rthe lost game choc
i they have been looking lor that lost soul.
' People tell us that if atnan Ibas delirium tremens
twice that he cannat'be i eclaimed; that
i after a woman has fallen from her. integrity
I she cannot be restored. 'J he Bible has distinctly
intimated tfcat?he Lord Almighty it
ready to pardon 490 times: ithat is seventy
times seven. There one men before the throne
of God who have wallowed in every kind
of siu: but, saved by the graae of .tfesus, and
washed in his blood, they stand there radiant
now. There are those <who plunged in
the very lowest be 1 of abomination,iwho for
the tenth tim9 have been lifted tup, and,
finally, by the Grace of God. rlhey stand in
Heaven gloriously rescued by the grace proraI
ised to the chief of sinners. I wantta tell you
I thatGod loves to take hold of a verybod ease.
I When the church casts you off, *nd.when the
club-room casts you off. and whan society
casts you off, an<l when business : associate*
cast you off, and when father casta you off,
Mid when your mother casts you off, and
when everybody casts you off, your first crj
for help will send the eternal Godclean down
into tt? ditch off yoar suffering and sha?*\
The Good Templars cannot save you, although
they are a grand institution. The Sons ol
Temperance cannot save you, although the;
are mighty for good. Signing the temperanci
pledge cannot save you, although I beliovo is !
it. Nothing but the grace of the eternal God
can save you, and that will if you will throw !
yourself on it. A man said to me: 'Unlesi
God helps me I cannot be delivered. I have j
tried everj'thing, sir; but now I have got intc
the habit of prayer, and when I come ito a
drinking saloon I pray that God will take me
Bafely past, and I pray uubil 1 am post. He
does help mo." For every man given io i
strong drink thoro are scores of trap^set,
tand no one but the everywhere present God |
i can soo that man through. Oh! they talk :
I uuuui ma caiacombs of .Naples, and the cata- ;
combs of Rome, and the catacombs of Egypt
i ?(the burial places under the city whore the j
dust of a great multitude lie?but I tell you ;
New York has it3 catacombs, Nashville has
its catacombs, and New Orleans its catacombs,
and Boston its catacombs, and Phila>- '
delphia its catacombs, aud every town and j
city neighborhood its catacombs. They are !
tho underground restaurants, full of dead i
men's bones and all uncleanness. Young !
man, you know it. Qod help you! Thero
is no need of going into the art
gallery to Bee in skilllul sculpture that
wonderful representation of a man and his
sons wound around with serpents. Thero
are familim mnriwmM in " *
. r- ?" iiinau iieiTO VD(It
I are wrapped in tho martyrdom of fang and
s.ale and venom?a living Laocoon of ghastllness
and horror. What are you to dof
Do not pnt your tru3t in bromide of potas*
viom, or to Jamaica ginger, or Anything eb*
?'* .,?'*' ; ?*!?
-,C .>/. '
that apothecaries can mix. Put; your trust
only in the eternal (Jod, and ho will tea yon
through. Some of you do not have tenipta
tion every day. It is a periodic te/nptaiioi
that comes every six weeks, or every tlire<
months, when it seem? ub if the powers oi
darkness kindle around about your tougui
the tires of the pit. It is well euou^h ut sucl
a titno, us some of you do, to .seek medica
counsel; but your first aud most importunate
cry must be to God. If the liends v.ii
drag you to tho slaughter, make then
do it on your knees. O (Jod! nov
that tho paroxysm of thirst is comin;
again upon that man, l.elp liim. Fling bael
into the pit of hell the fiend that assaults hi
soul this moment. Oh! my heart aches t<
see men go on in this fearful struggle with
out Christ. There are hero those wtlO.se hand
so tremble from <!i station that they cai
hardly now a book; and yet J h ve to tel
you that they will yet preach the gospel, am
on communion days carry arouuu the conse
cralol bread, acceptable to everybody, he
causo ot their holy life and their consecratoi
behavior. The Lord is going to save you
Your home has got to be rebuilt. Your phys
ical health has got to ba restored. I'ou
worldly business has got to be reconstructed
The church of Uod is going lo rejoica ove
your disciplosliip. "Other bheop 1 have whic
aro not of this fold."
While I have hope for all pio-lignls, ther
are some people for whom 1 am not so hopt
fill. I menu those who huvo been churcl
goers all their lives, who have maintained oul
ward mol ality, but who, n Jtwithstandin
twenty, thirty, forty year.s of Christian at
vjsntiige.-, have never yielded their hearts t
Christ. They are gospel hardened. A soj
mon has no more effect upon them than th
shiniug of the moon on the city pavemeni
As Christ says: "The publicans aud harloi
will go iuto the kingdom of Cod befoi
them. ' They have resisted all the importi
nities of divmo mercy, and have gone, du
ing these thirty years, through moit powe
Jul earthquakes of religious leeling, an
they are larther away from God tha
ever. After a while tbey will 1
down sick, and some day it will be tol
thay are dead. No hope! But I turn to ou
siders with a hope that thrills through m
body and soul. Other sheep 1 bavo, which ai
I not of this fold." You are not gospel har<
enetl. You have not heard uiany sermor
! thrt Inct. fow vom-o A ?> va.? ? ???
into a religious meeting to-day overythiu
WQ8 uovel, and all tho sorvioes are suggesti>
of your early days. How sweet the openir
hymn sounded iu your ears, and now bless*
it is in this place! Everything suggests
of Heaven. You do not weep, but the sh jw<
is inot far ofT. You sjgfc, and you have n
tcced that there is always a sigh in tLe wic
before the ruin falls. '1 horo are thoio hei
wLo would give anything if they could hi
relief iu tears. They say: "Oh, my waste
life! Oh, the bitter past! Oh. tho gravi
over which I have stumbled! Whither sha
I fly? Alas for the future! Everything
dark?so dark, so'dark! God help me! Gt
pity me !" Tbaukthe Lord for that, last u
terance. Yon have begun to pray, and wh(
a man begins to petition, that sets all heav<
flying his way,-and God steps in and bea
back the houiids of temptation into the Ice
nd, and around about the poor woundedsoi
Euts the covert of his pardoning mere
lark! I hear something fall. What wi
that! Itis the bars of tho fence around t!
sbeepfoid. Tbe shepherd lets them dow
and the hunted sheep of the mountain boui
in; some of them, their (leece torn with tl
brambles; some of them, their feet lame wi
the dogs; but bounding in. Thank Go
"Oth?r sheep I have which are not of ti
fold."
I "
How General Lee Courted Death.
Mr. Reagan gives mc a new faot i
QcBcr.il Lee's history which is not g-e
era'.Iy known in the North. He said tb
toward the close of the downfall of tl
Confederate government there was a ve
geKCral impression among the high ol!
ciels .of the Confederacy that Ge?ei
Lee intended to lose his life on the tie
i . . ?
| of buttle. The impression was shar<
by the officers of Lee's army. Gener
Lee never lo-t an opportunity of placir
himself in a position of dirnger. Gener
Reagan says that lie drove out from Ric
mond to see Lee on the day the princ
| pc.1 battle of Cold Harbor was fougl
As he cam-.: up near where be could s
Lee's headquarters, he saw the she!
bursting continua ly around his lent ai
plowing up the ground in front 'Of liii
Some of the officers asked ?.lr. Keagj
to try and persuade General Lee to mo
! bis headquarters behicd a piece of tii
j ber near by. All felt that h? was expo
I ing his life too much. Mr. Reagan-sa
I tc General Lee: "I do mot iircsume
i ^ vise any Gereral in the midtt of a ba
| tie, but are you not exposing yoursc
too much? Ought you not goback near
i your reserve?" General Lee said he he
! do reserve. lie had only one line of me
I He did not dare t<j shorten J is line fi
| foer it would be turned, and did not da
I to. thin it for fear it would be broke:
I General Lee evidently soughidecth mar
j times during the c'osing days of tbewa
I That was the view of the Southern lea<
| ers-.then, and is still believed bymany.j
Wash'uigton Letter.
Thoroughness.
Ev^ry-day religion is the foundation ?
thoroughness, which is another word fc
truthfulness or honesty. Workmen wh
light -.their work, whether they mat
shirts for. a living, or sermons, buil
housee or-ships, raise flocks or familie
will be some day or ether found out. Y)
: want ck>the3 which will not. rip, vesse
[ which will not leak, and bridges whic
; will not break down. So we wai
rhuractprs which will stn.nd temntatior
nnd will .not snap asunder under th
sudden pressures of life.?Neio Yor
\ Evangelist.
Important no ."Uerrhunt Tut I or*.
M. von Keller & Co.. successors to Kell<
& Kuhl. at the old Cloth House, corner An
and William St*.. New York city, are doin
an extensive taurines by means of furnishin
to the Merchant TaJ-oring trade thronghoi
the United Btates, complete sample col'e
tions of their Woolens in season, and racoiviv
and executing orders received through tl
samples. Whenever a style has been sol
out, they notify their customers to that eflfec
so that the parties holding their samples ai
always pr&j?erly informed as to which styl
thej can offer to their patrons. The Me
nhoilf Toiln? t'u fUtiu n r? ?/itt i
v ?*? **W ? mru *."7 limn |iinv III a LIVIt <
show a largo veriety of styles without encun
l*?rin? himsslf with a large stock. We ui
tier, tarnl that any Merchant Tailor desirir
such collection of sample* cnn have san
pent fret* of charre, * Address JfesnM. M. v<
Keller & Co.
"It 5s worry, not wortc, that is killin
me," said the tramp, sadly, as he tried 1
worry down a slice of bread and butt*
without any jam spread 09 it.
': . ' ;> " ' ' ' *: ' "v.- ,
; Essence of Business Law.
' It is a fraud to conccal a fraud.
? I Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
f ! iNotcs bear intcrcstonly when so stated,
J j A receipt for money is not always coa- '
j j :iusivc.
i ; Signatures made with a pencil are good '
, , .n law.
r The law compels no one to do impossi- j
I i ailitics.
s | Principals are responsible for the acts
. )f tlieir ai* nts. I
s [ No consideration i.? snflicicnt iu law if i
I It he illegal in its nature.
1 The payee should be distinctly named '
_ ! in the note, unless it is payable to bearer, j
i I A bill may b? vitten upon any paper !
^ ' jY substitute <*r it, either with ink or
r pencil.
r | A note obtained by fraud or from a
k 1 person in a state of intoxication cannot
e | oe collected.
I Notice of protest may be sent either to
t- ihe place of business or of residence of
p the party notified.
o j An indorsee has a right of action
r" ! )gainst all whose names were on the bill
c. ' when he received it.
j The time of payment of a note must
x- not depend xipon a contingency. The j
r- i nrnmicn nuicf nhcnlnfn
r- 1
id j A note made by a minor is void; a con .n
tract made with a minor is void: a conie
i
IU tract made with a lunatic is void.
^ If the drawer of a check or draft haa
y ;
ro changed his residence the holder must
| use all reasonable diligence to find bin.
10 I An agreement without consideration
'8 i is void; a note made on Sunday is void;
i<r 1 contracts made on Sunday cannot be en!
forced.
,'0
ir j Each individual in a partnership is responsible
for the whole amount of debts
re ! of the firm, exccpt in cases of special
' partnership.
?s j A note indorsed in blank?the nam*
N : of the indorser only written?is transxi
: ferable by delivery, the same as if made
: payable to bearer.
jo I If the letter containing the protest ol
43 | non-payment be put in the post office, any
al ; miscarriage does not affect the party giv
j' sni' notice.
as
bt. : If a note is lost or stolen it does not
^ ! release the maker. He must pay it if
lj0 tlie con-ideratiou for which it was given
to and Che account can be proven.
,ic "Value received" is usually, and
shoold be, written in a note, but is not
essential. If ntft written it is presumed
by law, or may be supplied bj
in Proofn.
An oral agreement must be proved by
R. 'evidence. A written agreement provec
'itself. The law prefers written .to oral
ry evidence, because of its precision.
: Checks and drafts should be presentee
aj during business hours, but in this coun
Id I :*ry?except in eases of banks?th?
;(j i time extends through the day and eveaul
j iQglg
If one holding a check as payee o:
al . otherwise transfers it to another, he haj
h. a right to insist that the check be pre
:i- | sented that day or, at the farthest, tb?
it. | day following.
ee No evidence may be introduced to con
lis i 'f ro/liot nr vorv n rxr rit f on y?rmfrtU'f 1m
IfiitUlV/l' VI ' J ?? ? IVbVU t?Vy Vj MU
id such evidence may be received in ordei
n. | o explain the contract when it is inne?
an ; of explanation.
ve | The maker of an accommodation bil
n- .or note?that is, one of which he has re
s- ! ceived no consideration, having lent bii
id i name or credit for the accommodation ol
to the holder?is as fully bound to ail othe:
>t- :parties as if there were a good consider*
slf ,tion.
er |
1(1 ; Facts About the Stars.
Q* j Alpha Centaurii, the leading star in
or : ithe constellation of the Centaur, is the
re j nearest star to the earth,so far as known.
Q* ! Jts distance is usually placed at from 20,W
000,000,000,000 to 20,000,000,000,000
r* imiles from the earth. A star called
Sixty-one Cygni is classed as second in
~~ ! ..distance, being put at 54,780,099,000,000
| miles distance from our globe. Most of
t-V?n afawo awncapo mill mno af 4-!mna
I iiu ?i u j c?i u aiiuiuuo vi tiuui/B
I farther away from us than these. Light
^ j (travels about 180,000 miles in every second
of time, and yet with this inconceivable
rapid velocity it would take
light about twelve years to traverse the
^ space separating us from that star. From
i the greater portion of the stars light
r' would ba many centuries in reaching us.
^ That is to say in these particular in1
stances, the stars which we see are not
i the stars as they exist to-night, but as
1 : they existed before Columbus sailed on
; his voyage of discovery, or even before
the creation of Adam.
VJ Thankful fop One Thinj.
"Vasilievitch," said the Czar of Russia
to a servant the other morning, '-have
you looked under the carpet for nitro?r
i glycerine and examined the hair brush
n for dynamite bombs and tested the coffee
' for strychnine and made the cook eat
it ! part of the rolh and looked down cellar
! for barrels of gunpowder and sent orders
for nil the auspicious persons arrested
^ ! around the palace last night to be hung?"
re I "Yes, most noble sire!" answered the at^
tendant. "Then help me on with my
to woven steel-link ulster and call the pla?
toon of police to escort me across the hall
ii/t V? <r\ iw!n ?aam> '^1* ?- --
*s ; tuv uuiiiig luum, i uuiu is uut xuuuxi
1 enjoyment in this kind of a life but I
thank heaven every day now that I don't
live in Chicago."?Estelline (Dale.) BtVg
i * "
;o ; For removing dandruff nnd curing all
scalp diseases, use Hall's Hair Rcnewer.
Ayer's Ague Cure is acknowledged to be.
th) standard remedy for fever and ague.
fiip&S rjl'i"" "v?i- <fv.'V " vifi > V*'V
The name* of Miss Francis E. "VYillard
and Mrs. Hannah "White*! Smith, of this
country, have been placed on the Executive
Committee of the International Co*i'^cs
of the Socjal Purtau Fcueratiou f
that met recently in London.
j
A hugo derrieli-pole fell and severely injiiml
the foot of mechanical engineer K. R. j
Hoyfc at th?! New Orleans Kxposition, ami
after only three applications of iSt. Jacobs Oil,
ail the swelling and pain disappeared.
- The
entire- assessment of Dakota Territory 1
is $i:i<) (MIUXKI.
The most astonishingly benelicinl r?^u!ts
have followed the use of Red Star Cough '
Cure by those aft'e? ted with throat ami lung
troubles. Price, twenty-live (,-ents.
Ciiief John Smoke Johnson (lied at his residence
on the reserve at lirantford, Out, recently.
Deceased was it I years <il age, bjing
the oldest Indian of the Mohawk Tribe. He
fought in the American war of 1812.
If you have numbness in arms or limbs, |
heart skips beats, thumps or flutters, or you
are nervous aud irritable?in danger of't
shock? Di\ Kilmer's Oceax-Weed regulates, '
relieves, corrects and cures.
A professional beggar die J recently in Rio ;
Janeiro and left a fortune of $'2<Mi,(KJU.
In every community there aiv a number |
of men whose whole time is not occupied, j
such as teachers, ministers, farmers1 sons ami j
others. To these classes especially we would i
say if you wish to make several hundred dol- '
lars during the next few months, write at |
once to B. F. Johnson & Co.. of Richmond, |
Va.. asul they will show you how to do it.
" i
There are six poets in the British House of j
Lord?, Tyson, of course, heads the list.
SonictbinK About Cntnrrh.
A great many people are afflicted with
Catarrh who <lo not know what; ails thems
and a great many more continue sufferer: |
who might l>e tTired.
Thickening of the membrane which lines j
the nnsal passages, thus making breathing
difficult: a discharge from the nostrils, more I
or less copious, watery or thick, according to |
the stage of the disease; a sense of fullness in '
the head; a constant inclination to spit: and, 1
in nrivanced cases, a dropping of intensely
disgusting matter into the throat., are a few
of the prominent symptoms of Catarrh.
Deafness, inflamed eyes, neuralgic pains,
sore throat and a Ires of sense of smell, are
very often cause 1 by Catarrh.
All these troubles are cured by Piso's Remedy
for Catarrh. Relief is had immediately
after beginning its use, but it is important
that it be continued without intermission
until the catarrhal virus is expelled from the
system and healthy secretions replace the
diseased action of the mucous membrane,
i Manifestly it is unreasonable to expect a
1 cure in a short, time of a di ease that has
I been progressing for months or years.
! This uuest ion of time is nrovided for in the
putting*up of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. It
is so concentrated that a very small close is
directed. The quantity in one package is
sufficient for a long treatment, consequently
the expense is a mere trifle, and there is no
l excuse fur neglect nor reason for it but forI
get tuhsess.
| A cold in the head is relieve 1 by an ' applcation
of I'iso's Remedy for Catarrh. The
comfort to Ik? got from it in this way is
worth many times the cost.
The. following letters are specimens of
those received every day, testifyingj to the
worth of Pise's Remedy for Catarrh:
Allegheny, Pa., Kept. 10, 1SS5.
I'iso's remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders
forme. I believe it will cure any case of
Catarrh, if used according to directions.
Mils. F. JOHNSON,
-19 E. Diamond fSt.
Spring IIill, W. Vn.. Oct. 30, 18S5.
Enclosed find on e dollar for two packages
of Piso's Remedy f or Catarrh. The sample
l>ackage received in June, gave perfect satis)
faction. GILL. MESSER.
Hakfohd Mlls, N. Y., Aug. S, 1SS.*?.
I have used a liittle over half a package of
Pi; o's Remedy for Catarrh, and it has helped
mo more than any of the different medicines
I have used. 1 feel confident that it will
cure me.
I can and do recommend it to others who
j are troubled with the disease.
Rev. A. DAMON.
Cyrus Fillmore, the brother of President
Millard Filtnore, is still living in Indiana.
A Knaedy for Lnnt Diiensei.
Dr. Robert Newton, late President of the
"Eclectic College of the city of New York, and
formerly ?f Cincinnati, Ohio, used Dr. Wm.
Hall's Balsam very extensively in his practice,
as many of his patients, now living, and
restored to health by the U6e of this invaluable
mcdiclne, can amply testify. He always said
that so good a remedy ought to bo prescribed
freely by every physician as a sovereign
remedy in all cases of lung diseases. It cures
'Consumption, and has no equal for all pectoral
complaints.
Henry Ward Beecher is to lecture in this
country next winter on Ireland.
The pure-st, sweetest and beet Cod Liver
Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh,
healthy livers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely
pure and sweet. Patients who havonoe
taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
have decided it superior to any of the
other oils in market. Made by Caswell, Hazard
A; Co., New York.
Chapped hands, face, pimples am. "->ugh
akin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made
by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York
A Mexican village is to be exhibited in
Horticulture! Hall in Boston, in October"Nothing
Ijlke It Known."
Among the 150 kinds of Cloth Bound Dollar
Volumes given away by the Rochester
(N. Y.) American Jiural Home for every $1
subscription to that 8-page, 48-col.. Hi-yearold
Weekly, (all 5x7 inches, from COO to 900
pages, bound in cloth) are:
I Law Without I^aw- Danelson's (Medical)
I yers. Counselor.
Family Cyclopedia. Boys'Useful Pastimes. I
Farm Cycloi>edia. Five Years Before the
Farmers anil Stock Mast. i
breeders' Guide. People's H story of
Common Sense in United States.
poultry Yard. Universal History of
World Cyclopedia. all Naitons.
Popular His. of Civil War (both sides).
Any <me book and paper ono year, postpaid
for #1.15 only! Satisfaction guaranteed.
Reference: Hon. C. R. Paifons, Mayor Rochester.
forll years past. Sample papers '-'c.
Rukal Homk Co.. Ltd.. Rochester N. Y. |
JJJPiko's Peak, Col., has been climbed by 1,2.19 |
persons this season.
D A T ? (Vf ~f~ C Obtained. Son<l stnmu for |
r.T^. ??,..? *? Inveiiinr's OnWo. L. Uinq- I
ham. l'at?-nt: Lawyer, Washington. d. C.
feSglgf i
P In I
UT H Tb%VISn BBAVD BLTI
D A lOt? ? t-> t Mil the harden norm. T
I* i\ U D U R vi M coyer*tbaentlrafwltll
g Dn** Brand" tnwle-tu?rk. 1
W O ME N
???'?'<] lllfT rOM'lVi><l f. n.l... n
- w ...v?? ? puuvr imm
liil!rniltlcH uci'ullur (o their ncx? Mtiould try
^ ITtjg
Tiiis medicino combines Iron with pure vcretnblo
ti-nicH. mid io invnlu.iMo for DiseoetB peculiar to
\Vomciu mi'l ml who lead sedentary liven. It I0nriclii-N
nti'l I'ariliON tho Kloml, Stimulate*
ilio Appetite, StrciiKtlifn? the JliiKrlcN and
Nerves iu fact. th<in>uiclily I itvifroriU***.
OloarB the ccmploxion. ana muUns the ukin smooth.
It does not blacken the teeth, cause heartache, or
produce constipation? ?i// m/nr trim mttlichic* In.
Mibb k. .1. Thompson, HI Columbia Ave.. Haitimore,
.Mil., says: " 1 have Buffered ereatly with Female
Weakness nnit r?nt.irnH ?< ?? ' ....*.1 t
used Brown's Iron Bitters. Tivo butt ion b?vu cured
mo. I heartily lecominend it."
Mns. L. O. CUAI'LINK, 1BI Fourteenth St .. "VVheolW.
Va? says: " I suffered with Femnln Weakness.
Bad obtained Krenter relief from the use of
Brown's Iron Bitters than any medicine I ever u:>od."
Genuine has above Trado Mark nnd cropand red lines
on wrapper. Taitc uo other. Made oul.v by
HllOWN CIIKMICAL CO.. RALTIMOHC. MI>.
Efl __ ? _ to Soldiers *& Heirs. Send stamp
r">- Circulars. COL. I,. IJINti
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BtJFFALO, IT- TTl
Orfn1i?d -with m fall Stair mt ?I|Umb
Kxpcrlaaced And Btelliral rhjilclaw;'
ud Bargeom f?r Ike treatment of /
all Chrenle Disease*.
! OUR FIELD QF SUCCESS.
Chronic Nana] Catarrh, Throat ant
linuv Diseases. Liver and K. Id nay
Diseases, Oladfler Dlaoancs, Dlnoaata
' olWomon.Blood DUcnsoauud Nervoua
Affections, curctl hero or Rt home.
; with or without seem?? tho pattern. Come and
i see us, or Bona ten cents in stamps for ou*
i "Snvttltda> Guide Book," which gives
i all particulars.
.I, NcrvomS)oM!lty,Impo>
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t UELlCflTE and nil Morbid Condition*
R caused by louthlul FoU
' lll^FAIC^ lieN and I*ortilctntiw Soil*
, uioi.noK.Cia j tary iM-aciicoi r.re speedily
??mma permanently curod oy oui*
Specialists. Book. post-paid, 10 ct?. Ir. stamps.
tluptiire, or Breach, radically
cured without the knlfo,
without tmeses, without pain,
and without dasher. Cares
Guaramcod. Book Kent for
i ten cents In stamps.
' PILE TJJMORS and 8Tlt!CTL'KE?
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Disprnsaky Medical Association, &J3 Main
I Btreet, Buffalo, N. Y. "=.
. , .1 . The treatment of many
n,?r, Br? nw thousands of cases of tho??_
1 DISEASES OF diseases peculiar to
' Women WQ^ewt' '
( nuffltn. invalids' )U;tol and1
?mmmM Surirical Inetitute, has af-J
j forded large cxpcrleuco in adapting remedies
for their cure, and
D5*. PIER CITS . i
iff" _ *> i ?
i-avorue prescription
! la the result of this vsist experience. jj
It io a powerful IICNtomtiro Tonlo
and Nervlue, Ira part a vicor and ctrength
to the system, and cures, as if by mnp-lc. Leu*
corriioo, or "white?." cvceitalve
flowing, painful iiiCKxirciailon, uu?
i natural nuprrctRloiiN, prolapsus or. v
(ailing of tlio ulci-iiH, uenii back,
antovemion, retrovorsfon. bearing,
i down aenantlonR, chronic '-oiiffes*
; tion, inflammation au<l u Ireration ;
of the womb, inflammation, pain
and tenderne** in ovaries, internal
beat, and "female wcakucsu."
It promptly relieve# and curt-e Nnnua
and weakneu of Stomach, Indigestion,
Bloating, NcrvoiiH Prostration,
and SleeplosuueaB, in either vex.
PRICE $1.00, U82SS1 ^
old by Druggists everywlier^ Send
ten cents in stamps for Dr. Heu-ev large ?
Treatise on Diseases of Women, ii* unrated.
World's Dispensary Medical Assouan,
608 Main Street, BUFFALO. ?N. T.
SICK-HEAOAcW^
Bilious Headaeha,
L . VL Dizziness, Constlpatlon,
Indigestion*
jHwaly^ and Bilious Attacks*
mfmm promptly cured by Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant
Wy Purgative Pellets.
onnt# m vial, by DruinrM*
$700 to S2500^K
expense, can be made working for us. Agents
; preferred who can furnish their own horses v
I and give their whole time to the business. S
I Spare moments mnv Vw> r>mfH?Kivr ?i
j , -J viupiojuu ,
! also. A few vacancies 111 townH nncl citiee,
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1013 Main St., Richmond, Va.
Skunk, Raccoon, ftflink, h
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E. C. BOIUVHTON, 44 Bond St., New York. \
nR Kll MFR"5 One of every five we
_ ? b meet has some form of *
| Heart Disease, and is in conlK?SSS&Ai]SSl.T
I
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vilhll Coat. i. 1
"TKEnit warranto^ vrat'rproof, and will kr*p you dry In 1
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r. Ii?\r?ro of Imitation*. Nona rennlno without tb? "PU1?
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