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DR.TAL.MAGE'S SERMU The Eminent Divine's Sundt Discourse. ^ Subject: "Tito l'otrer or l'er?ev*ruiie?" Tlie SuocRSRtul Are Not tlto Mont Hrl limit, Kut Those Who KvcrliislJug Stick to One Line of Knilenvor. Tkxt: "But when tho children of Isra oricd unto the Lord, tho Lord raised tho tip a deliverer, Ehud the son of Oera, Benjt'.niite. a limn loft handed; and by hi the children of Israel sont a present tin Eglou, tho kiujj of Moab."?Judges iii., 1 Ehud was a ruler in Israel. Ho was lo handed, aud what was peculiar about tl tribe of Benjamin, to which lie bclongc therefore in it 700 loft Handed men, anil y so dexterous hud they all become in the u of tlie lrit band tliat the Bible shy%.th eon Id sliinr stones lit n linlrliroinltn .i,,,! ?. miss. Well, there was a king by the nan of Eglon, who was an oppressor of Isrni He imposed upon them a inokt outrngeo tax. Ehud, the man of whom I llrst spok had a divine commission to destroy th oppressor. He came preteudioR that 1 was RoiiiR to pay the tax and asknil to s ErIoii. lie was iold that he was in the sui mor house, tho place to which the kiiiR r tired when it was too hot to sit in t! palace. This summer house was a 'pin surrounded by flowers nnd trees and spriu InR fountiilnn nnd warbliiiR birds. Eh\ eutered the summer house aud said Eglon that he had a. sec ret errand with lili Immediately all the attendants were waiv< out of tho royal presence. KIur ErIi rises up to receive tho messenger. Elm the left hauded man, puts his left hand his right side, pulls out a dnggor hi thrusts Eglon through until the shaft we In after the hlnde. Eglon falls. Eht comes forth to blow a trumpet of liber amid the mountains of Ephraim, and host is marshaled, and proud Monh su inits to tho conqueror und Israel is fr< Ho, l> Lord, lot all Thine enemies perls bo, OLord. lot all Thy friends triumph! I learn llrst from this subject tho pow of left handed men. There are sotuu m< who by physical organization have much strength in their left hand as in tb< right hand, but there is somethiug lit tl writing of this text which implies tli Vli.i.l I? l,l? -I ?>. t I.... which compelled him to use his left. O the power of left handed men! Genius often self-obsorvnnt, careful of Itself, n given to much toll, burning Incense to i own aggrandizement, while ninny a mi with no natural endowments, actually d feetive in physical aud mental orguuiz tion, has an earnestness tor the right, p tlODt industry, all consuming ltersovc anoe, which achieve marvels for the kin dnm of Christ. Though loft liaudo I Khud. they can strike down a sin as gre and imperial as Eglon. 1 have seen men of wealth 'gather ubo them nil their treasures, snutttug at t world lying In wickedness, roughly orde tng Lazarus off their doorstop, sundii their dogs, not to lie'e his sores, hut hound him off their premises; catching r the pure rain of God's blessing into tl stagnant, ropy, frog inhabited pool their owu selfishness?right banded in worse than useless?while many a mi with large heart and little purse has o of his limited means mado poverty leap f joy and started an inlluenue that overspa the grave aud will swing round and roui the throne of God world without en Aii, me! It Is high tlmo that you lc handed men, who have been longing f this gift and that eloquence and the oth man s wealth, should lake your hands o of your pockets. Who made all these ru roads? Who set up all these cities? Wl started nil these churches and schools ai asylums? Who has done the tugging ai running and pulling? Men of no wondc fill endowments, thousands of tliem a know lodging themselves to he left haiide and yet they were earnest, aud yet th wore triumphant. iJul I do not suppose Hint r.iiuu, me nr timo he took :i sllug >>' hi" '"ft hand con throw n stone tit it hair-broud'.h ami 11 miss I suppose it was practice that gu him tin* wonderful dexterity, tio forth your spheres of duty and bo not diseon aged if. Iti your tlr.-?t attempts you miss tl mark. Khud missed it. Take anoth stone, put it carefully into tlio sling, swii it around your head, take bettor aim iti tlo? next timo you will strike the eonli Tito fl 1st time a mason rings his trow upon tho briek ho does not expect top in a perfect wall. The first time a earpe ter sends the piano over a board or drlv a bit through a beam ho does not oxpe to una lie perfect execution. The tit time a hoy attempts a rhyme lie do not expect to chime '*Lalla Rookh,'' a "Lady of tho Lake." Do not surprised if Jin your first offorts at doii Rood you are not very largely succussft Understand that usefulness is an art, a si once, a trade. There was au oculist pi forming a very difficult operation on t human eye. A young doctor stood hv ai said: "How easily you do thnt; it dot seem to causo you nuy trouble at all "Ah," said tho obi oculist, "it is very en now, but i spoiled a hatful of'eycs to lea that." Bo not surprised if it takes sor practice before we can help men to mot eyesight and bring thein to a vision oft cross. Left handed men, to tho wot Take the gospel for a sling and faith ai repentance for the smooth stone from t brook, takosureaim, God direct the wea on, and great Oolinths will tumble befo you. When Garibaldi was going out to bntl he told ills t rooms what I10 wanted them do, and after iio lmd described what wanted tlioni to do they said, "Well, no oral, wbat are you going to givo us for ; this?" "Well, lid replied, "I dnn't knr what else you will get, but you will g hunger, and cold, and wounds aud dont Ilow do you like It?" Ills men stood 1; fore hi in for n little while In silence ni then they threw up their hands and crie "We are the men! We are the men!" T Lord .Jesus Christ calls you to Hlsservh1 I do rot promise you an easy time in tl world. You may have persecutions, ni afterwards there comes an eternal welg of glory, and you can hear the wount and the bruises, and the misrepresent tlotis. If you have the reward nltcrwui Have you not enough enthusiasm to c out, "We arc the men! We aro the men Wo laugli at the children of Khlnar f trying to build a tower that could reach the heavens, hut I think if our eyesig were only good enough wo couid see Ilahe! in many a dooryard. Oh. the stru glo i,s fierce! It Is store against stoi house against house, street nguinst stret nation against nation. The goal forwhii men are running is chairs and ehandelie and mirrors and houses and lands at presidential equipments. If they got wh they anticipate, wlial have they? Men a not safe from calumny while they live, an worse than that, they are not safe aft they are dead, for I have seen swine ro Il|l KUIvr.y dim. VMin II * ?.-? ? into publicity, and the world ilws. hi honor, nnd people climb into aycnino trees to watch him an lie passes, and as I goes along on the shoulders of the poop there is a waving of liats'aud n wild buzz To-morrow ttie same man is caught h t ween the jaws of the printing press at mangled and bruised, and the very sail persons who applauded htm before er "Down with the traitor! down with liirn llolshnzzar sits at thn least, the mlgh ire a of Dnhylon sitting ail around hit Wit sparkles liko tlio wine and t!t?> wii like the wit. Music rolls up among tl chandeliers; the chandeliers flash dov on I lie decanters. The breath <o' bangle gardens floats in on t lie night air. Tin* v??i of revelry floats out. Amid wreaths tape.?try and folded banners a On;? write*. Tiie march of a host is hoard the stairs. Daughter catches la tl throat. A thousand hearts stoji le-atin Tli hlow is struck. The blood on I 1 ! is richer lined tlinu the wine on t tatil". Tiie kingdom has departed, ih slia v/.ar was no worse perhaps than hu \ > 1 - ? ureds of people in BAbylon, but his position slew him. Ob, be content witb just such n position as God bus placed you inl ,v It na-'v net bo said of us, "He was a great y general," or "He was an honored ohieftain," or "He was mighty in worldly attainment," but this may he said of you and me. "He was a good citizen, n faithful ? Ohrlstain, a friend to Jesus." And that in I- the Inst day will bo the highest of all euloly giums. I learn further from this subject that death comes to the summer house. Eglon el did not expect to dlo in that Sine place, m Amid all the flower leaves that drifted like a summer snow Into the window, in the m tiukle and dash of fountains, in the sound to of n thousand leaves flutiug on one tree 5. branch, in the cool breeze that cninoup ,f? aliaba ?l>a ? ,v . ...v, IHCII3II KUIIKIU Ulli OI 1110 ie j kind's locks -there was nothing that spake d, ! of dentil, but there he diodl In the winter, et when the snow is a shroud, and when the sc wind lf> u dirge, it is easy to tliiuk of our uy mortality, hut when tlie went Iter is ot ploasant and ull our surrouudlngs are eJ agreeable, how difficult it is for us to )1, I appreciate the truth that we are mortal! us I And yet my text teaches that dentil does o, ] sometimes come to the summer house. He at ! is blind and eaunot see the leaves. He is ho ! deaf aud cannot hoar the fountains. Oh, uo j if death would ask us for victims we n- could point him to hundreds of people who o- would rejoice to have him come. Push he back the door of that hovel. Look at the ce little child?cold, and sick, and hungry, ir- It has never heard the name of God but in id blasphemy. Parents iutoxtcatod, stngto goring around its straw bed. Oh. death, u. there is a mark for thee! Up with it into (id the light! Before those little feet stumble an on life's pathway give thorn rest, d, Here is an aged man. He has done his to work. He has done it gloriously. The id companions of bis youth ull gone, his nt children doad, ho lougs to l>e at rest, and id wourily the days nnd the nights pass. He ty says. "Coino, Lord, Jesus, come quickly!" u Oh, death, there Is a mark for theel Take b- from him the start" and give him the soepm. ter! Up with him into the light, where h! eyos never grow dim, nnd the hair whitens not through the long years of eternity, er Ah, Death will not do that. Death turns an buck from the straw bed and from the aged as raau ready for the skies and comes to the sir summer house. What doeat thou herp, in thou bony, ghastly inonstor, amid this at waving grass and under this sunul light sifting through tho tree li, branches? Children are at play, is How quickly their feet go and their ot locks toss in the wind. Father and mothts er stand at tho side of tho room looking in on, enjoying their glee. It does not seem possible that tho wolf should ever break a- into thut fold and carry oil a lamb. Meana while au old archer stauds looking >r- through the thicket. He points ills arrow jr. at the brightest of the group?he is a suro ns marksman?the bow bends, tho arrow at speeds! Hush now. The quick feet have stopped and tho locks toss no moro in tho nt wind. Laughter has gone out of the hall, ho Death in the summer house! r- Here is a father la midlife. His coming ug home at night is the signal for mirth. The to children rush to the door, and there are ill books on the'evening stand, and tho hours l,e pass away on glad feet. There Is nothing of wanting in that home. Religion is there an and saorlliees on the altar morning nnd in night. You look In that household and ut say, "I cannot think of anything happier, or I do not really believe tin* world is so sad us a place as some people describe it to be." id Tho scene changes. Father is sick. 'The doors must lie kept shut. Tho ileathwatch It chirps dolefully on the hearth. Tho e'.ul(,r dreu whisper and walk softly where once or tlicy romped. Passing the house late at nt night, you see the quick glancing of lights R. from room to room. It is all over! Death lio in the summer house! tui Hero is an aged mother?aged, but not id infirm. You think you will have the joy of r vnruiK inr uer WIllllS II gOOU WI111C VOt. AS ,( . she goes from house to house, to children dt nn<l grandchildren, li?*r coming is a dropoy ping of sunlight in tho dwelling. Your children see her coinlnit through the lane, st and thoy cry. "Grandmother's cone!" M Caro for you has marked upon her face ot with many a deep wrinkle, and her back ve stoops with carrying your burdens. Homo to day she Is very quiet." She says sho is not ir- sick, but something tells j-ou you will not lie much longer have a mother. She will sit or with you no more at tho table nor at the ug hearth. Her soul goes out so gently you ul do not exactly know the moment of its gore. ion- Fold the bands that have done so el many kindnesses for you right over tho nt heart that lias beat with love toward you n- since before you were born. Lot the piles grim rest. Sho is weary. Death in the iet summer house! st Gather about us what we will of comfort es and luxury. When the pale messenger or conies, ho does not stop to look at the bo architecture of the house before no comes ug In, nor, ontoring, does he wait to oxil. amine the pictures we have gathered di. on tho wall, or, bending over your >p. pillow, he does not stop to see ho whether there is color In tho cheek or 1,1 gentleness In the eye or intelligence in i't tho brow. Hut what of that? Must we I." stand forever mourning among the ?iy graves of our dead? Nol No! The people rn In Bengal bring cages of birds to the graves no of their dead, and then they open the cugos al and the birds go singing heavenward. Ho ho I would bring to the graves of your dead >lt{ all bright thoughts und congratulations ad and bid them sing of victory and rehu demotion. I stamp on the bottom of p. the grave, and it breaks through into ru tho light and the glory of heaven. The undents used to think that the straits ;10 I onterlug the Bed sea were very dant0 ' gorous places, and they supposed tuat the 110 ! wrecked that have gone through those n. i straits would be destroyed, and tliey were 111 In tho habit of putting on weeds of mourn>,v lug for those who had gone on that voy, age, as though they were actuallv dead, n. Do you know what they called those ie! straits? They called them the "Gate of aj Tears." d, After the sharpest winter the spring dishc mounts from tho shoulder of a southern e. gale and puts Its warm baud upon the lis earth, ami In Its nnlm tlinr., !.*. [ill grits.", and there comes the (lowers, nnd lit ?loil rends over tho poetry of bird aud brook Is, and bloom and pronounces It very good, a- What, my friends. If every winter had not d. Its spring, nnd every night Its day, and ry every gloom Its glow, and every bitter now 1 ' its sweet hereafter! If you have boon on or the sea, you know, as the ship passes In the to night, there is ft phosphorescent trnok left lit behind it, and as tho water rolls up they 111 toss with unimaginable splendor. Well, g- across this great ocean of human troubles e, Jesus walks. Oh, that in the phosporos>t, cent track of His feet we might all follow *h I and he illumined! rs j There was ft gentleman in a rail car who id saw In that same car throe passengers of at very different circumstances. The drat re was u maniac. Ho was carefully guarded d, I by his attendants. His mind like a ship or dismasted, was beating against a dark, ot desolate coast, from which no help could ip come. The train stopped and the man was m taken out into tho asylum to waste away re perhaps through years of gloom. Tho secio | ond passenger was a culprit. The outraged le I law had seized on him. As the car jolted a. ! the chains rattled. On his face werecrime, n- depravity and despair. The train halted,and id lie was taken out to the ponttontlury, to ne which in* hud been condemned. There was V, I he third passenger, under, far different !" circumstances. Slio was a bride. Every ty hour was as gay as a marriage boll. Idfo u. glittered and beckoned. Her companion lie was taking her to h**r father's house. The lie j train lu lled. The old man was there to ru | welcome her to her new home, nnd his ig' white locks snowed down upon her as lie < <> i scab-it Ms word with a futhflr'a kl??. Quickid i ly we 11 y* towar.l eternity. We will soon be r I there. Some leave Ibis* life condemned cul>:i j |wit:*, iinti tliov refuse to pardon. Oh, may lie ! it bo with u- that, leaving this fleeting life c. | for tln> noxi, wo may llntl our Father ready In- to groof ?s to our new homo with Him forho over! 'I'liat v/ili bo a marriage banquet! j| Fat tier's welcome! Father's bo9om! Father's u- j kiss! Ilonron! Heaven! A Feeling' Episode. Did she sing lier song feelingly?" Well, rather. She was feeling for the key all the way through."?Philadelphia Bulletin. Howard of V'20,000 OITcrrd. A wealthy lady recently lest a satchel containing Jewels worth 9 l.Vi.OOO, and now offers a l-ewa-U of tCO.OOO car h to the tinder. The lost ol health 1b far more serious than the lo?a ol jewels. nnU yet it. can be recovered without paying big rewards. A Utile money invested in llcs'etier's Stomach Hitters will restore strength to the. weak. purlf> the tilood. establish re?nla?|ty of the bowels and help the ijtoiiincli to properly dig- st the food taken | Into tt Man wanders In vain from one battlefield to another, ilroamini; of 1'eaee. So-To-lisr for llfly Cent*. | Guaranteed tobacco iiebit cure, makes weak | tuea siroai;, blood pure. &0c. #1. Ail druggists. j The uumher of people at present who speak j r.itKiinii i> Mi.u id lie j ?1)0 YOU j '"waul Consumption? We are sure you do UOli I Nobody wants It. But it comes to many thousands every year. Itcomes to those who have had coughs and colds until the throat is raw, and the lining membranes of the lunaa are inflamed. Stop your cough I when it first appears, and you I remove the great danger of I future trouble. 1 Ayer's 1 {Cherry I pectoral stops coughs of all kinds. It does so because it is a soothing and healingremedy of great power. This makes it the greatest preventive to consumption. j Put one of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters over your lungs I A who/a Medical I Library Froe. I For four ".out* In xt&irips topny ro?N age, w* will seud you tlxtecu medical I buukn. H Mod/oal Adrtorn Fran. Wo havu the exclusive services of soiuo of the tnoit eminent physicians In the United States. Unusual oppnr tunllles and Iouk experience eml0 nently fit them for pivinsryou medical 9 advice. Write frerlv all the partlcJH tilars In your ruse. Vou will receive a emm prompt replv. without coat. V ' Address. 1)11. J. 0. AYKR, W V Lowell, Mas*. 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Aii address In Burmese from the inj habitants of Myitkylna, recently preI scnfed to the Viceroy, begun as folI lows: "In exerclne of the powers for | the ad ministration of the general affairs of the countries which hare beeti aud are coining under the British rule conferred on him by her Most tiraclous Majesty the Queen-Kmpress of India, wlio is Mistress of the hundred kings ruling the (ireat South Island of Jamhudipa. his Excellency the Viceroy, who lias adhered to the laws which it is incumbent on kings to practice and possess the cardinal virtues as firmly as a stone umbrella. ano nas compassion on ills subjects as on lils own clilldion. has, after visiting nil the countries, come to Myitkylnn. We. the people of Myltkylna town, are as happy as if we had discerned a full moon surrounded with luminous stars; and we pray for the long life of the Queon-Kmpress and the Viceroy."- Allahabad Pioneer, India. French and Our Own Army Mortality. The statistics of mortality among the French troops, recently published by M. Noel in the Revue Scientlflque, show tlint the death rate of the troops in France amounts to tl.OS: in Algiers, 12.27, and in the colonies, to PJ.i)."* per cent. When we comparethesesintlstics of nn army at peace, and those of the mortality rate among our own soldiers In the war with Spain, whicli was something like 2 j>er cent., including those who fell iu battle as well as those who succumbed to disease, it Js only fair to ask whether the jjreat outery against tlie excessive death rate In our own armies is wholly warranted. -Medical Iteoord. One Advantage. The Alahnina girl who has married a convict can congratulate heraelf on one thing. She knows where her hushaud is nights.?New Orleans Picayune. 44 La Creole * " II IMl CU VaLUI*'-THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIG is due not only to the originality an< simplicity of the combination, but alw to the care and skill with which it ii manufactured by scientific processe known to the California. Fio Syrui Co. only, and we wish to impress upoi all the importance of purchasing the true and original reined3'. As th< genuine Syrup of Figs is manufacture! by the California Fio Syrup Co only, a knowledge of that fact wil assist one in avoiding the worthiest imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the Cali fornia Fio Sykup Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfactior which the genuine Syrup of Figs hat given to millions of families, make: the name of the Coinpuny a guaranty of the excellence of its reined3'. It it far 1q advance of all other laxatives as it acts on the kidnc3's, liver anc bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe not nauseate, in order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name oi the Company ? CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. AN FRANCISCO, OnL LOUISVILLE. ef. few YORK. N. V l^VERY SUCCESSFU1 I farmer who raises fruits vegetables, berries o grain, knows by experience the importance of having ; large percentage of Potash in his fertilizers. If the fei tilizer is too low in Potash th harvest is sure to be small, an of inferior quality. Our books tell about the proper fertilize for all crops, and we will gladly send the free to any farmer. OERriAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Politeness in St. bonis. While Mrs. I"). Y. Van Dyne was 01 tcrtnining her fashionable friends well-dressed stranger appeared at tl door and without ceremony said ii desired to use the parlor while h had a lit. Somewhat astonished. Mrs. Va Dyne ushered the stranger in and the retired front the room, wondering site were being made the vletim of practical joke. The stranger entered n slile parlo lav down on the floor and had his li hen it was over lie thanked his Itos ess and departed, without giving It name.?St. Ixtuis correspondent of Tl: Chicago Times-Herald. .Methodical. Despairing Lover?Bortha have vc nothing to say in answer to tho lett< I wrote yon last Thursday? Do yo know that all my future is bound u in your reply to that letter? Washington Maiden?I haven't lool ed at it, Horace. Next Tuesday is m day for . opening sealed proposals.Chicago Tribune. neanty la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. N beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy (,'ntha tic clean your blood and keep it clean, b stirring up the lazy liver and driving all in purities from the body, begin to day t banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead and that sickly bilious complexion by takin Cascarets,?beauty for ten cents. All druj gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Its time-table folders eoct tbo Boston Maine Kail road last year $!80.tMI0. -Imph cheaper forms are heinv used thi* year, an give, it is said, bettor -atisfaetion io . ho pa rons of tlie road. To Cure a Cold In Oiih f'sy. Take I.nxattve Itromo Quinine Tablets. A Druggists refund money if it falls to euro. Co \Vft11s?I am In fnviir nf Amarir. l,,ln!n hand* with Urcat Britain in potidnK tli world. Potts?Goad idea. There is a lot < money in the police trade if proporly fo lowed.?Indianapolis Journal. Sdncate Toar Ilowel# Wltn v-'ascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forove: 10c, 26c. If C. C. C. fail. drugKikts rcf und mono! Cultivate the field of life clear up to tl corners. Kits permanently cured. No fits or nervott nese after first day's use of I)r. Kline's Urei Nerve Restorer. ? trial l>ottle and treatise fro Da. R. H. Ki.inr, Ltd.. 931 Arch Ht.. 1'hlla . Pi I could not Ret Along without Piso's f'ui for Consumption. ItnlwayscnrAs.?Mrs. K. < Moultos, Needhatn, Mass., October 23, 189 j Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Syrup forchlldre I teething,softens the uuin*. reduces inflammn i tton.allays pain.cures wind colic. 2.V\ a ixittU War is a fatal fallacy, even under its mm beautiful mask of patriotism. To Car* Constipation Forever. Take Cast arets Candy Cathartic. 10oorS5< If C. C. C. fail to oure, druggists refund tnoncj The Christian runs ahead of the con mandments.? Ram's Horn. " Ilair Restorer is a Perfe mmmamme* mmmmmmmmmmrnKm?rnrn Saarkrast as aa Appetiser. reporter who spent come time re cently among the Pennsylvania tier mans of Liancaeter County dlscovere< what will probably be to most peopl a distinctly new use for sauerkraut, i native production of old Lancaster and a staple article of food. He hn< called to see an old frlond who keep a dairy, and found the dairyman In tin act of taking groat bunches of sueou j lent cabbage from a barrel In the eel f lar. The odor pervaded the neigh , horliood, and in/ftle glad the nostril: of every true and loyal Ponnsylvaul: "Dutcbmnn" within a distance ol 5 annul mill n iiiin*. i iitr ivijvi iui ?? ?; astonished when the dniryinnn picket 1 up a bucketful of sauerkraut and ear !> ried It to his cow stables. The secoui 8 animal In the lone row of stalls wai 8 a big, strong-boned cow. IleV hear was hanging low under the manger although there was a plentiful supply of hay in the rack above. Her ears had a dejected droop, and her oyo? were half closed. She was ovldeutlj a very sick cow at a time when sin should have been In good spirits, foi among the Pennsylvania Germans li is still a popular belief that on Christ mas Eve the cows In their stalls maj be heard to talk to each other of tin great event the day commemorates The bucketful of sauerkraut wn; dumped Into the manger. The cow. b; some peculiar system of feeling, firs gave evidence of her appreciation b: slowly switching her tail, which hat before hung limp and lifeless. Thei she raised iter head, poked her groa muzzle into the kraut, and slowly be ? pan to munch the stulT. Fifteen in in utes later she looked quite happy. Sh? had eaten all the kraut, and was tnk Iiir great niouthfuls of tlie hay. Tb< dairyman said sauerkraut had Ion; L been known ns ouo of the best thing: In the world to give a sick cow an ap -* petite. l> .Misleading. j. Mr. Linger?Do you suppose tha Miss Kittish meant it ns a hint? e Mr. Spntts?Meant what as a hint Mr. Linger?She said, "Marry Christ ^ mas."?Judge. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tour I.lfe Anny. To quit tobacco easily nn<1 forever, be inag nctic. full of life, nervo aiut vigor, take No 'l'o Bac, the wonder worker. that makes weak mcr strong. All druggists, 50c or Jl. Curcguaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York If a pun is the lowest form of wit it mus ?_ be the foundation of it. too Reward, mho. C The readers of this paper will he pleased t . learn that there isatleast ouedrendi ddl?eas Q that science has been able to cure in all it stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrl Cure Is the only positive ?tiro now known ti the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a eon stitutional disease, requires a eonstitutiona rs treatment. IluU'st atarrh 'tire is taken inter nal y. acting directly upon t iie blood and nm m cotis surface^ of the system, thereby destroy ing the tounilation of the disease, and givini tlie patient strencth hy building up 1 heeonsti iut ion and assl-ting nature in ?iof ng its work The proprietors have so mip-li faith in ts cur i ntive powers that they offer One lliwidrei Dollars for any case that it fallstocure. bom for list of testimonials. Address F. .! CtlKNKV A- Co.. Toledo. O. Sold by Hrugglsts. 7"?e. d" Hall's Family Bills arc the best. |||r WILL DYE FOff YOU. We bar lBathe largest plant III llie Sotltb. Ml ktml IC WW of Cleaning and Dyeing done. Write fo > WW prices. Kxeelnlor Steatn live Wiirlo ' .Vt Decatur St.. Atlanta, Oa. W. li. llayne. Met licDC M ih rt fc. a ?? The Little Valve Whi i Years Prevented t i-| in the Ai is ?? > > Phjklclann WitncM the Death to Reach flic Diseased I1 Made Created by \'al ehiul Tub W EPUlLOTTIfl^^^pi|| I taM*rxr*z It is uow ticknowlod,cd i>y nil medical * tis, has effectively preveatnd theeurootGi *" respiratory organs for hundreds of yonrs. 1 windpipe that nil li(|uid medicines, no mat . ! minutely divided by sprnys or atomi/. 'rs, ni ?. I or lungs; yet, if It were not for this little vali ;,1 ! and cause instant strangulation and deatt t- passage of air to the lungs, but so construct causes it to close over the opening to the wi from entering tho passages which loml to i same time and you will see how porootly t U then, that tho uumbor of persons afflicted c. have steadily increased every year, and th excited over the discovery of a dry air gor K rled to all parts of the head, throat, and h mont or medicine has ever created such a pr interest is being incroased hourly by the wo Not alone among the medical profession hi men and women throughout the I'nltedSti onced by the knowledge that their money r. test id this new remedy, been cured, and a ' tiielr friends and acquaintances. There It In the minds of medical men astotheefflca ,e Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Catarrhal lioafne and mothers who nro acquainted with ttie " In Introducing "HYOMKt" are not doing r II do uot tost this new treatment, which cost tested free In all large cities. ' "HYOMKI" CIIKKS BY INIIAb/ through the air you breathe. There is no fails to relieve. I "Hyoinei" Inhaler Outfit, 91.00. Extr wonderful healer, 25e. Can be obtained ol " Pamphlets, consultation and advice free. SPECIAL OFFER PAl'Elt, a complete I1YOMKI Trial Outfl Wire Dropper, bottle of Hyomd snlTlciont for using. We will also send FRKK "Th? of Hyooiei Halm, the wonderful anti--tcptf< sprains, scalds chafing. saddle sores, ecr.o Send At once to MAIN UFKICK ANi THE R. T. BOOTH ict Dressing: an<l Restorer. : 1 OUR TRMJE EXTENDS'''*:; > MOUND THE WORLD. ? $3.50 j t O fa "or* **ts 0*k I I fil?it sj "!.?? Kxtxnoiun Tst>1?, S O JH tu1 lin*l? fln atronglj I I W oC5>" Wig.. construct".!. I? mmig.M 5 i | QM ilT J <9iK mrhr-vhandwl, I I ^ Vl.0 Knllgtifwlnivpwrf. ^ | Thousands of bargain* like thi* table can be . . * * found in our general catalogue containing Fur{ 1 nitore, Bedding, Crockery, Stoves, Baby Car- { | ? . . riages, Refrigerators, Sewing Machines, Mir- . , " * rors, Pictures, Clocks, Silverware, Upholstery " ' I O Coods, lamps, etc. We save you from 40 to I I f X 60 per cent 011 everything. , . We pnblish a lithographed rata4 ' r loguc which shows exact designs tfywwmgJl * ' J ^ of Carpets. Rugs. Art Squares, l-ice lVttfiWHBl ( ) Curtains and Portieres in hand- Ij 1111J fl i ' painted colors. We sew Carpets I ||||f I ' I 1 tree, furnish lining free and pi epay f mil f < | freight. V ' f * ' r Rentemlier, we con save YOU * I | 1 L money, no matter where you live. ( | f Why enrich yotirlocal dealer when '' J^-T.7] 1! O you can buy from the mill? l)o * T.^V 1* A >'ou think we would advertise our L I I jT catalogues in every corner of the *- * ' V world if they were not worth hav- ?,, , n ' I 4 A inK- Which do you want? Ad- s>olf<f OaK, ^ j T dress this way, *" [ 2 T_i: TT* a n _ - r 1 : SMS MS SOU i 301. BALTIMORE, ND. O HEADACHE ,, "Hotli my wlfo and ntyxrlf liavefeaca using CASCAltETS and tbw arc the beat 1 medicine we have ever hud In the house. Last . weolt my wlfo wm frantic with headache for two days, she tried sonic of your CASCAKETS, t and they tailored the pain in her head almost Immediately. We both recommend Caacareta." CHA3. HTEPKFORD, Pittsburg Sufa & Deposit Ca, Pittsburg, Pa ? MS CATHARTIC ^ trade mark registered ^ | Pleasant, r.-i'.-.tal lr>, Potent. Tnste Good. Po < Good. Never Sicucii. XVoaten, or Gripe. 10c. Xx). 60c. ? ... CURS CONSTIPATION. ... . ! 8U rllajr llrnrd; Cnmpmi., < Sit .go, Moatrral, H.w Y?rt. ITT MO-TO-BftC gg;,d,?r^YfcT?&,flL{5y ^^FAR #SEEDS\. Xalrer's Sm4i BiBjUrractid lo Produce. t ,Mahlon Luther, F. Troy, Fa.. an *nlehed the world^S^k l?y (rowluc IV) bovhrli Big Fo ir Oat* ; J. Bret4er, CV NlibiCAlt, Wle.. IT J bueh. Ur'cy, iu J II. Ur^jof, ^^B Led Wing. Minn . be growing 3."t bull. fcalrer'a otr? ^B per aert. If you douhi, write thriu. We wlab to |&li p| *00,(00 utw ouitoiu. re, hence will Mbd ou trial IB o mm 10 DOLLAR8 WORTH FOR 10o. fafl m IB pVg? of rare f?~m wMi. Sail ftu?h. Hone for Rhaep, j B1 the $<000 Cora. * Big Four Oat*," UMflleil Barley, ^^B Bromus Iuermlt ? yielding 7 tone liar per acre en dry JVB w^L soil*,etc.. "tOo. Wheal,' lorludlr.R our roammoih S~-4 Catalogue, telling all about onr Farm ftv eeede, etc., all mailed >?u upon receipt of but roeiase. juiellleely worth fli?. u? get a /?v IA" AAn bbla.Hced I'otatv< * jQy at+l.f and upabbl. ifflf : Dowir ??i?. ?i ^ rVv1 Ulcluc Alona.ic. ('ATAi.oo(.'km of thousanoh of SKNT Fit KF. SUNT FRKE S.mtif-Ht ,\M<iHnrnt In Ihr W.irl 1. All kind, | i'I It. ttk. for Hoiiitf Amiifleniont.. lurltolliii? loo Ntw - I ruy. .11,At Iwiiiol. riiariolM, Rn'ltiti.. i'Mltlreir, PlkTA (> N.'tirn Plivi, Ihftloiftn*., Mm .1 .t r 11? \ '. IVni Work,, I'tlrj ri.iv- I'nnor S.-ru n. I'Hva lor Maltt ? li, r.:,r< only, Tnlil",!!, Vlvniii, Mnko 1'ii Mntoriul-. Aimlrur', liuld, " l.t llo* Stai*t*. liiiolo to Svlorilnj-"How lu M?k, Up.* ' saii1ki. fhkm ii, \Vf.i ',"? ) Sirorl, - Nrw York cur. IT IS. ch Has for Hundreds of he Cure of Diseases r Passages. of Thousands Annually, Unable 'urltt on Account of This Ob* Lure to Protect Ibc Rrono? nud Lung*. 1 men that this little valve, called the epiglotjnsumptlon end all deep-seated diseases of the It Ik due to its pre^enoe at the out ranee of the ter in what form they are administered ir how o |>rovent?d from entering tho bronchial tuhee re, liquids and food would enter these passages i. Tito epiglottis is always open to permit the ed that the slightest contraction of t lie throat ndpipe, and prevent the least drop of moisture the lungs. Try to hrenthe and swallow at the his little valve doas Its work. Is it any wonder, with Catarrh, Bronchitis and Consumption at t lie medical profession should have become tniclde, tho first ever found, that can bo ear ings in the air you breathe? No other troatofound interest among the doctors, and thin nderful recoveries made under their own eyes, as this been felt, but hundreds of thousands of ites. through free treatments glvon, and influwoulii be returned in case of failure, have re to-day recommending "HYOMKi" to all as been for months NO DOUBT WHATEVER ey of "HYOMKI" in tlietreatment of Astluna, ss, Bronchitis and Consumption, and fathers honest method used by The R. T. Booth ()o. Iglit by themselves, or their families, if they .? nothing if it falla to give relief, ami can be VTION. Ills Nature's own remedy. given danger, no risk. Your money is refunded if It a Bottles "Flyomel," 30c. "Ilvoraoi" Balm, a ' your druggist, AT OFFICE OB BY MAIL. We will mall to every person sending us 25a. in ntampn or cash, mentioning THIH It, consisting of on Abl'MINUM Inhaler, to last two weeks, gauge nod full directions > Story of Hyomel" and n SAMPLK EtOX j healer and cure for piles, bruises, burns, ma and ail surface irritations. I> f j A lt(> It ATOKI KS of I CO.. ITHACA. W.Y. Price $1.00.