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% JJlflllBI Buuui / ^ Discourse. .git* af Alfolinl"-'Tli ))rnukni'il'< Vnf Depleted in Siron Cotom^Kuin'sWllsslou i? ! ? Dcstro All Uood?A Cn\tv CIii'ImIIiiiu. Text: "'Anil ther?^hnfl lm u tiren' cr throughout till the Bud o( HgypJ."?Ex odus xl., ?. 1 This was (ho worsBof tho ten plagues The destroying nniuil|ii midnight nappe his wing over the Inn I, and there was out dead in each houses Lamentation ant mourning and won (through all Egypt That destroying angll lias (led the earth hut u far worse Pal eome. Ho sweep? through tin so cities. A It Is the destroying angel of stroug drink A Farwurso devastation wrought by this Vtcoud than l y the llrbt. The calamity in America worse than the calamity in Kgypt-l Thousands of the slain, millions of the slnf >. Xo arithmetic can calculate their mini I tor. Once upon a time four flerdi-met ? 4,*~ lost tf"-1'1 "" ?? ?. xuey resolved llint tin' people of our earth were too happy, aud these four Infornals came toitli to our earth on embassy of mischief. The ouo ilen<1 said, "I'll tako charge of the \iue>nrdf." Ai.other said, "I'll take charge of the grata fields." Another said. "I'll tiiko charge of Iho dairy." Another said, "I'll take charge of the music." The four Heads met la Iho great Sahara desert, with skeleton lingers clutched each other ia handshake of fidelity, kissed enoh other goodby with lip of \ hluo flame and parted on their mission. Tho Pond of Iho vineyard caiue in ouo i lnight morning amid tho grapes and sat down on a root of twisted grapevine in sheer discouragement. The Head knew not how to dnmugo tho vineyard, or, through it, how to datnagn tho world. The grapes weto so ripe and beautiful and luscious. They bewitched the air with their sweetness. There seemed to he so much health In every Lunch, and while the fend tat there in alter Indignation ami disappointment lie clutched a cluster and squeezed It In perfect spite, and. Jo! his hand was red with lh? hlood of Iho vineyard, and the flood said: "That reminds me of tho blood <>l hroKcn hearts. I'll strip the vineyard, and I'll squeeze out all the juice of the gruj es, and I'll allow the juices of the grapes to stand untlllhey rot. aud I'll call the process fermentation." And there was a great vat prepared, and people came with their caps and their pitchers, and they dipped up.thc , hlood of I he grapes, aud I hey drank *und i drank and went away drinkiig is lid tliev diank until tin-v ?..<> >o 'I'm wiii/iV"iiV?".|!" ,,',i,7'i!,1m's nf?!,,,it,r1 ; win; I cit to rot urn t i V V ' v'?u?yiir.l h" sioiI.H ; m i' ,!?wn iiiiii.i ? "M / '-'irtM.s.H tinil , stheiiloail. krenl causeway oj j '' I'M lllO second (Ii>n<l . ! f r bffndry and 11?ri<"ty homes. lie thrust Ills vc long arms Into t !?? gruinttul-I, and ho pulled up the grain and threw it Into tlio water, and ho made beneath it great tiros?llre> in lighted with a spark from tils own heart? hi and there were a grinding aud a mashing in and stench. and the people came with their ri bottles, and 'they dipped up the llery liquid. ^ and they drank, and tliev lilnsphomed, and > ' they staggered, and they fought, and I hey <u rioted, and they murdered, and the (lend ol p. tiiepit, the 11 ?-n"d of tlio gruiulleld, was so u pleased with thelrbehavlnrtliat lie changed || Ills resideuco from the pit to a whisky bar- u rel, and there he sat hy the door of the hi buughole laughing in high merriment lit |i the thought that out of ni?ytso I.arm- w less as the grain of the flehl he might turn $| this world into a seeiuing pandemonium. ?, Thj^Jjajj! ^ir^rrrT.e ifiury saw the ecwseoii lug iflHonni from (Ire pasture Held, lull u< dereflmi. and us then.aid milked lie sabl, "1' MH^soon spoil all that mess, I'll mid to brandy, sugar and nutmeg, and I'll stir into a milk punch, aud children will drlii it and some of the temperance people wl drink it, and it I can do them more bar I'll give llicin a headache, and then I' hand them over to the moro vigorous Hem of the satunle delegation." And then t! Heed of tlio dairy leaped upon tlio she and danced until the long row of sliinin milkpans almost quaked. Tlio (lend of the inusfc entered u gro; shop, and there were but few customer rinding few customers, he swept the el euit of tlio city, and he gathered up 11 musical instruments and after nightfall I marshaled a hand, and the trouibnm blew and the cymbals clapped and tl drums bent and the bugles called and tl peoide crowded in. and tliev swnmr aroiii ill merry dance, each one with n wiuegln in Iiit* bund, mid (lie ilnr.ee became wild imil stronger and rougher, n itll the roo shook itml tlie glassescracked anil the fto< broke and the eroxvil dropped into hell. Then the lour llciids?the llond ot tl vineyard ninl of the g rain held itlnl of tl dairy ai.d of the inii.?ie hail - went back i their home, and they held li'gli earniv because their work had I i ea -1? well don and Mitaii rose from his throne and a noiineed I hat there was no danger of tl earth's redemption so long as these foi Herds eouhl pay such tax to the iliaholi And then all the demons and all the sprit* and all the llend* tilled their glasses in eliekoil fhoin and eried: "Let us drink drink to I lie everlasting prosperity of tl liipior trnflle! Here's to woe and ilurkue and murder ami death! Drink! Drink!" Hut whetaer l?y allegory or by ajipalii statistic this Mihjeet is presented you kno as well as 1 (hat it is iinpossiMo to exit gorato the evils of strong drink. A plagu A plague! In the first place the fimbria suffers from the loss of u eood name. Oi lias so arranged it that no man loses h reputation except hy his own act, Tl world may assault a man. and all tl powers of darkness may assault hi in?t hi cannot capture him so long as his heait pure and his life is pure. All the powe of earth and hell cannot take that (libra tar. If a tnnli is right. a'l the homhnr tv.eul of the world for f>, 10, 2.1, -10 yea will only gtrcngthen him in his positio that all yon have to do is to kei yourself right. Never mind the world. I, it ?rtiy what it will. It inn do you l damage. Hut as soon as it Is whiVperc "He drinks," and it enn he proved, I begins to go down. What clerk can get position with such a reputation? Wli store wants him? What church of (?i wants him foi a member? What dying mi wants Inn: for an executor? "Jle drinks I stand before hundreds of young tnen and 1 pay it not In flattery?splendidyoui nion who liave their reputation as tin only capital. Your fat her gave you a goi education, or as good an education as I could atTord to give you, lie started yi ill city life. Ho could furnish you I means, but lie has surrounded you wi Christian in II nonces and a good memory the past, Not* young man, under God y< are with your own right arm to iiebie yottr fortune, and as your reputation your only capital do not bring upon it su jiicion by go'tig in and out of liquor estu llshnients or l>y an oilor of your hrenth l?y any tflnre of your eyo or l>v any 111111:1 oral flush 011 your cheeks. Vou ioso x o retaliation iiiul you Ioso vour I'upitiil. The inu'uriiUo auiiers also 111 lli?? met lux loses lils self respect, and wliou you i stroy n man's self respect there Is not 11111 left of liiin. Then a mini will <to things would not do othorwise, to will say thin ho would not say otherwise. The fact that man cannot stop or ho would st now. IIo Is bound hand and foot by t Philistines, and I hoy have shorn his *loe and put his eyes out and made him rrri '"-J11 the^mllls of a ftrcnt horror. After lie tliree'ourtlis In this slavery tho II thing he will bonnxlousto impress you wl Is that ho nan slop any tlmo ho wants 1 His family beoouiu alarmed la regard him, and tley say; "Now, do stop th After nwlillo it will got tho mastery of yoi "Oh, no!" he says. "I can stop at a time, lean stop now. I can stop to-nn ; You bad better stop." "Ob. no!" he sn\ I "I can stop at nuy time. I can atop now He goes on further and further. Ho o.i uot stop. I will prove it. He loves bin 10 self, nod be knows nevertheless that strou i: drink Is depleting liliu In body, mind an v soul. He knows ho is going down; that li hns less self control, less equipoise ni ten per, than lie used to. Why does lie u< x- stop? Bceuu-o he cannot stop. I will piov It by gofug still further. He loves Id wife and children. He goes tha lit habits are bringing disgrace upon his home Tbe probabilities urn ilicy will mill his wif I r.nH disgrace his children. lie sees all this mid he loves them. Why does be not stop! I He cannot stop. Oh, my young friends. I want lo tel! you i that there Is a point In inebriation beyond which if a man go he cannot stop! But ! sometimes a man will be more frank than that. A victim of strong drink suid to a reformer: "It Is Impossible for mo to stop. I realize it. lint if you should tell inn I couldu't have a drink until to-morrow night unless I had nil tny lingers cut off, I would say, 'Bring on the hatchet aud cut them off.'" 1 luiiB a very dear Irieud lu Philadelphia whose nephew came to lilin and was talking about his trouble and confessed it. He confessed he could not step. My friend said, "You must stop." He said: "1 can't stop. If there stood a cannon, mid It was loaded, and there was a glass of wine in tho mouth of the cauuon, aud I knew you would lire it olT If i approached, I would start to get that i glass of wine. I must have It. 1 min't 1 ,M>t rl.l -? ..v> vi i ins niiuit. I on n't get away from it." Oli, it Is uwfui for a man to wake up ami feel that lie Is a captive! I hoar him soliloquizing, saying: "I might iiiivo slopped tbroe monthsago, hut 1 cun't stop now. Dead, hut uot burioil; I am a walking corpse. I am an apparition oi what I once whs. I am a engod Immortal ami my soul beats against tho wires of my cage on this side ami beats against the wires of my oaga ou the other shle until there Is blood on tho wiros and blood on tho soul, but I can't Ret out. Destroyed without remedy!" See the attendants stand back from that ward In tho hospital where the Inebriates are dying. They cannot staud it. The keepers come through it and say: "Hush up, now! Stop making this uoise! Do still! You are disturbing all tho other patients. Keep still now!" Then the keepers pass on, and after they get j<a?t then tho poor creatures wring their hands and say: "O God! Help, help! Oivo mo rum, give me rum! O Ood! Help! Take tho devils oIT of me! O Ood! O Ood!" And they shriek and tlioy blaspheme and they cry , for help and then they ask the keepers to slay them, say ing: "Stab me, strangle me, ( smother me!" O Ood! Help, help! Hum! Hvotuorum! O Ood! Help!" They tear | >ut their hair by tbe handful, nud they ite their nails Into the quick. This is no ~ uney picture. It ic transpiring in a hoslitnl at tjils moment, it wont ou last : lijH.i >vii|fe you slept, and more than that, \ I nrfOotin.! , o you will die uii- i j igoous things; nltl SHll tl,?m all int i , I rons ^riiiW, Tli?rear? huudre^ I rerlastliiR captivity i tm" " .? been I ?,| thousan. s o o . ,,'oaklng of n > I MP .? %J*.-%*> , uM.v.fMj^jprxcu, UIIM'III|'l, UIl ojnl-ed, 011 every patch c i: ilieir"Tade<i uress nn<l on evorv wrinkle 0 1* their prematurely old countenance, wit II would have beon iu the house of Clod tlii |l morning as well clad as you had it uo it la-en that strong drink drove their parent k down into penury and then down into th II uravo. Oh, rum, rum, thou despoiler c in homes, thou foe of Ood, thou rccruitin II ofllcer of the oit, 1 hate thee! Is riut my subject takes a deeper tone whei 10 it tells you that the inebriate sutlers th If loss of the soul. The Hibio intimates tha g if wo go Into the future world unforgive the appetites and passions which wer ?- regnant here will torment us there. I suj s. pose when ihe inebriate wakes up in th r- Jest world there will be mi infinite tbir# in clawing upon him. In this world lie eoul 10 get strong drink. However poor hewn pk in this world, he eould lieg or lie eoul ic steal live cents to get a drink that woul for a little while slake his thirst, but I id eternity where will the rum come from ss 1 Jives wanted one drop or water, but eoul M not get it. Where will the Inebriate g? III the draft he so much requires, so much dt t>t mauds.' No one to brew it. No one t 111 ik it. No one to pour it. Xo one t ic fetch It. Millions of worlds now forth ic dregs that were thrown 011 the sawduste lo floor of the restaurant. Millions of world a! now for the rind Hung out from the puuc! e, howl of an earthly banquet. Dives eallci a- lor water. The inebriate calls for ruin, ic Jf a fiend from the lost world should com ir up 011 a mission to a grogshop and. Iiavin e. finished the mission in thegrogshop, slioul es co ne back, taking on the tip of his win id one drop of alcoholic beverage, what e\ ? citcment it would make all through th ic world of the lost, and, if that one drop c -s alcoholic beverage should drop from th wing of the lleiiil upon the tongue of th ig inebriate, bow lie would spring up under) iv "That's ii! That's It! Hum! Hum! That' g- it!" And alt the caverns of the lost woul ! echo with the cry: "Give it to me! Hun te liuni!" Ah, my friends, tin* Inebriate's soi >d row in tlio next world will not bo the ah is soiico of (iod or holiness or light; it will h lie the absence of rum. "I.ook not upon tli 111 wine when it is red when it ntnvetli ilon y aright in the cup, for at tho last It bitot is Ilka a serpent, tttul It stingeth llko an n<! rs tier." I- Hut I must not dwell 011 generalities; d- must como to specillos. Are you nstrii) rs If there Is any sermon 1 <lislikt\ it is u sei ?. moii on gene: alities. I want personullio.< Bp Art< you astray? Have you gone so far yo ' t think you cannot gut back? Diil I say to few moments ago that a man might go t <1. a point In inebriation where lie could nc In* -top? Yes, 1 said it, and I leiteratn i a Hut i want you also to understand thn ist while the man himself,of Ids own strengtl >d annot stop, (Soil can stop any mat tn Vou have only to lay hold of the slron arm of the lord (Soil Almighty. Ho en ? stop you. Many summers ago I wet g over to New York one Sabbath ovei ir ing?our chureli not yet being open t< "I tho antumnal nervines. I went Into It* room in the Fourth Ward, New Yorl >11 where a religions service was liein 10 li.dtl for reformed tlrunknrds. nnd !b heard a revelation that night that I lia "f never heard betora?llftoon orjt wont y ine 'ii -tamliiig up ami giving testimony such a re 1 had never heard given. They not onl In lest I Itud that their hearts hail lieen change s* by the grace of Oml, but that the grace 1 h- (lot) had extinguished their thlrs*. Tin or went on 11> say that tliov luid reformed 1 d- different times belore, but iiumadiatel ur fallen, because t hoy were doinir the who s work in tlifir own strength. "Hut ns soc "l as wrt gave our hearts (<> <iod," I hoy sail ".mil l!u! love of tlio Lord .testis Christ hi i i'hiiiii into our soul tIn* thirst hits nil gon Wo Itnvo no mom disposition for stron K" drink." Oil, if yon oould only hoar Intern permit ?l' vv11!i drunkards' bones ilrnmntiiiK on tl :-i|ioftlio wiiii" cask llio "Dead March" ( '' iitiinorlul souls, you would go homo an . knoid down uimI pray (Sod that rather tha ls tour i-ltildroii should ever become tl r.*.1 victims of litis evil lianlt you might oitri 1,1 lluuu < ut to tint cemetery and put the * town lit i lie last sluiiiber, waiting for tl " tlowers of spring to eotno over th? grave -wi'i-t proidieeles of the resurrection. 11 c ' _ iuitli a balm for such a wound, but whi "y tlower of eoinforl ever grow on the blastt Jl" heath of a drunkard's sejiuIchor/ s? A tor ertryniili^ IS no. *' I 7 \. plcmant. is it? But *r j!j A\ that's what you are 11 V <T-^tfcsaaJf (' Vi. U doing, " you don't buy nj V W. \V ~9 here. Did ypu think it i & .:Vt:'-vE Ai ^possible to buy a $50.00 ,l PJiycle for $18 75! Cat"' V Price. f 18.75. nlogue No. 59 t-lls all ' '- > about Bicycles, Sewing ' *? Machine-.. Organs and Pianos. J "* * What 'to you think of a fine , s Y suit ?'f t..I thing. madiHo-yt.jr- 7? Jy> < s Y nie?#u.c, ;;u ?i untccil to fit and ? v. Y rr/ins-i 1 diil to your station j, Y for $5.50? Catalogue No. 57 A f \ 1 Y ?ho?s 3a samples cf clothing Ar*v ) 2 Y a"d shows many bargains in / 1 Y Shoes, ll.its ami Furnishings. Nn^Jl ? *j Lithographed Catalogue No. A ~^t\ 1 Y 47 shows Carpets, Rugs, Por- \ 1\ 1 Y tieres and Lure Curtains, in j\ 1 \ ^ Y hand-painted colors. Il'e ptlU ? Y Y b'l'Ciyllt..sew carpets free, and fl\ *J( Y furnish lining without charge. fl Y X _r.j. Jill What do you I X I i ltn^^k7^>a Solitj Oak '/a i X j | Dry^aur K.m- jjrUtyj' viiv ui over 8000 bar- A i Ka'n* contained in our Gen- A i <? I tJj 'j era' Catalogue of Furniture A ' " TlrJ alu' "0,,sc',0'*l Goods. a I ?. We save you from 40 to 60 A V Cm per cent, on everything. Why J, buy at retail when you know A A of us ? Which catalogue do A I A Price, $3 95. you want? Address this way, A ' ;j;JUUUSHINSS A SON. Baltimore, Md. Dept. 301 ? ! v v > > > W'O > w-w > y.1 O'l* >% > BAD " BLOOD "CASCAItETS do nil claimed for then and are n truly wonderful medicine. I have olten wished for n tnedlclno pleasant to take and at last have found It In Cascarels. Klnce taking thom. my 1 blood has been purified and my complexion has improved wonderfully and 1 feel much better In every 1 way." Alibi. SaLLIC K. Sti.i.A us. Luttrcl). Tcun. ( CATHARTIC ' TftADI MARK RlQI3TgW?P. S. Pleasant. Tatatabie. Potent. Taste Good. Ho 8l Sood Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 25e. 60c ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... It.rllng R.acrfy CnmpaaT, fhlnr*, Montreal. Xrw York. 310 *1' lift Tfl Bid Hold and guaranteed by nil riruglU'lu'BMlj gists to < ~U it K Tobacco Habit. Spalding & OFFICIAL jjj; League bm BaM Ilgnp^. > ACCiil'T NOU^PRsliri Ti'M. If a (train- il?>?*^^|HP^arrr S| ?liHn?'? athletic pood* it your name aiiii adilro^ to J|K (aii<^^v||^^^oo) for a cujiy of our handsomely P^^A. C. SPALDING A BROS.. ^ | ?w Vork. Ocnvw. ('hiraco, A Hairy Tree. J. \V. TJoach, who lias been down in 1 Madison county, has made a discovery a that is a revelation to us, says 'the t ('arnesville IGa.i Advance. He l>rittK^ s with him a line siteeimen of hair that (f appears to be as line as human liair g and very strong. It is as blaeU as jet and as straight as a line. It grows on black Jack trees and very luxurlanfly. t It was found on the land of Dr. (J. W, n West brooks, near 11a, and it promises ? much for utility. It can be used for weaving into cloth, stuttiug collars, :t buggy cushions and various other pur d poses for which strong hair is used. II (j seems that in its discovery I>r. West ,j brooks has become the owner of u very n line piece of property; ami when it h I fully developed its uses will be many. Wo will watch with much interest the .. result of this discovery. ^ During the year 1S0S i.-lh.'l permits I for the erection of new buildings and s alterations in old ones were Issued In II Brooklyn, against (1,807 for the previ1 ous year. The number of new bollda ings actually completed during the K year was ii.O.V,), d f? - Awful Advertising. ^ Is there auythinj; more awful thar if the dental sign of a big molar or tlu fanciful nn alignment of false teetli >hown in an outside ease??Pliiladel s pliia Times. .1 ? ? ,i A?k Your Denier For Allen's Foot-Krrp, r- A powder to shake Into your shoes; rest! i- the feet. Cures Corns, bunions, Swollen it! Sore, Hot, C)dlous, Aching, Sweating Feel e and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-East If makes new or tight shoes easy. At all drug It gists and shoe stores, '25 ets. Sample mallet I- FUEE. Atlr's Allen S. Olmsted,Loltoy, N.Y X Pistachio nuts eome from Syria, and tlu ' i reeks were very fontl of them. Chest nut' ' orm a portion of the daily food of the Med t rraiiean nations. though in America the] ' ire not ground into tlour, but are eaten aim 11 fly as uuts. o To < tire a Cold in One liny. >t 'lake I.iiintlvo P.rrino (jtiinlne Tablets. At ' l rritind tnrnry tf It falls to euro. 39o l, There are 1.5'XI submarine telegraph cable! i. in (lie world, in length covering ITOttO'J mile jf and eost.in.' approximately S'f'iO.OOO.tXXt. Ovei (1 f>,lXXt,tKKl messages are annually transmitted J'_ Tto-To-Ilac for Fifty Cents. )r Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, tnalccs weak tnen hiroug, b!ood pure. toc.fcl. Alt druggists. ' Manv a girl lives to regret the day sin j married her ideal man. at Mrs. Winslmv's Soothing Syrup chtldrer ,, I in- K III-. II'II IIOCW I II IIIIIMMIU' B Hon.allays pain.cures wind eo'tio. ?>e. a bottle \ Mis permanently cured. No fits or nervous " ih ss alter first day's use of Dr. Kline's (irea f Nerve l.'cstorcr. tpi trial t.ottleand treatise free >y l?u. If. II. Ki.inr. I.td., Ml Arch St.. 1'lilla., l'a |ly Havana wrappers make Rood smoklni |J (tickets. Kiluente Tour ltowols Willi CuscnretR. Cntuly Cathartic, cure constipation forever it 10c,35c. If (!. C- C fail, druggists refund money !Dreams and weather predictions usual); tro l?y contraries. 10 i To cure, or fl I Tbe X ocean ifted. cu k insta^^^^^^^^^^^^^Vowt nvverboarri^^^^^^^^^^^^Mj. was during ni<sH^^^BT7(X> uiilcs. vnot tfint over near Nantucket was founa^512 days later, J pit the coast of Scoth^d. Another, i.tailing from Cape CodTwrought up I lit Cornwall, having trnvetid 2,500 > luilos in 000 days. ? Some bottles, however, have Jkowu I'.u average speed of thirty-one miles j?er day, while others have tra\|eled I'.long at the slower rate of twenty-six, fourteen, and even four miles per day. j 11 the I'ncillc ocean there are fewer j i hances of the bottles being picked up, I but tlie othdi.!..? ? >.,,v..uanm arc tried there , with fair success. As the work goes ' on, the number of bottles used Is lu- J ' creasing, and the captains and skip- | pers are becoming accustomed to tind- | lug the liottles and reporting them to ! the bureau.?St. Nicholas for April. ^ . /Coald Apply the Parable. | It Is not always safe to talk lu parables to the young, as the following j I school uonrd story shows. '"A correspondent states that one of his pupils caused him some annoyance by uuToutbuess of speech, dirty boots and so >n, so, says our correspondent, "I drew i verbal portrait for the class of the nan who did not shine in the world of i lollte society. 'You cannot full to j 8 ;uow him,' said I, 'for he never cleans ( P lis boots, nor washes before meals, lie ] a peaks and drinks when his mouth is ull, and generally uses his knife in B lace of his fork.' Gradually the lad \ I liom this story was desigued to proiit | I lowed an awakening interest, and put I it his hand to speak. In reply to my 1 I uery, 'Well'?'I know him,' said he. j fj Ie's our lodger.' "?London Chronicle, j | Bcnaty Is Clean blood means a < H auty without it. C'ascarcts, clean your blood and to ritng up the lazy iiver unr(^^Pfi J ? i-i.pads ritieo from the k, he. HcIWFb. blackheads ntsh piint>hjjifeiv bilious complexion by;tas & Ahati * Rareto>?ueauty lor ton cents. All drug, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. vise man never questions n child in pubnless he is sure of the answer. M. I,. Thompson ?fc Co.. I)ruK?ist?, Condorsport. l'a.. say Hall's Catarrh Cure is the best and only sure cure for catarrh they oversold Druggists sell it. 75\ Pisa's Cure for Consumption hns no rqua as n Coutth medicine.?k. m. Abrott, 383.-caeca St., llulTalo, K. Y.. May 0. 1891. About the easiest thing to lose is a diary. 11 Is hard to keep one for any length of time. To Car* Constipation Forever. Take Caeearcts Cuudy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. t "Those who dwell where are mountain: without valleys have joys without sorrows. THE EXCatENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to the originality and i simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientilic processes known to the Cai.ifoh.nia, Fio Syrup Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchusing the i true and original remedy. As tlie ; genuine Syrup of Figs isi manufactured i by the Cai.i count a Fio Syrup Co. only, a knowledge of that fuct will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other parties. The high standing of the Cali' forxia Fig Sykpp Co. with the medi? cal profession, and the satisfaction j which the genuine Syrup of Figs has - given to millions of families, makes 1 the name of the Company a guaranty ! of the excellence of its remedy. It is ) far iu advance of all other laxatives, 4 as it acts on the kidneys, liver and r bowels without irritating or weuken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nuuseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the nuinc of l the Company ? CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ' san FRANCISCO. cfil r I.Ot'ISVILLIC. Kj. I'KH VVIIE.N.V. Eye-Witnesses. "While I was out West," said the man in the mackintosh, "I saw snow , , drifts more than (>U<> feet high." "I don't doubt it," replied the man with the cinnamon beard. "When I ! ; was out there a couple of weeks ago I saw drifts ttint couldn't have been less - | than QUO leet deep." 1 ! "If you hadn't been in such a hurry to tell a bigger lie than you thought 1 could tell," rejoined the man in tlio * mackintosh, "1 would have explained i that the drifts I saw were t'?OU feet uii ' on the side of a mountain." "That's all right," said the other P "The drifts 1 saw were at the bottom of a JXXMfoot gorge."?Chicago Tribune fidUHlid ililniillll Id money refunded by your 3 wonder it has fifty happy years back of it. Get a bottle today of ^which ?a?lc 3?rs?p?nii? wmouBj mi? hi?r?in munrn i T^*^****"*^ All Drucgists Sell Ayer's Saksaparilla. $1.00 a Bottli. i Ants Not So Smart After All. I ^ r"> p n Professor Itetho of Strasburg doesn't XXV* X. VLvlOXX bollevo the tint Is so intelligent as he seems, lie cleansed the ants taken from one hill in a solution of alcohol. ^ jUP.M tOfl dipped tlieni in a decoction made of * ants from another hill, and placed them lu the strange hill. They were 1 . 1 . r *?. not attacked as strangers, even when thorough Study of the Silt* of different color and conformation. . 1 , r .. On the other hand, ants treated in this jcc^ proven that crop fail? manner when put back in their own , . hills were not recognized by their urcs can be prevented by using tribe, but at once attacked and killed. f Professor P.othe infers from this that fertilizers Containing a large ants must give out some liquid whose odor guides them, and that each colony percentage of Potash; no must have Its own peculiar smell. ; Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke W l ife Auay. blant Cai1 brrOW without Potasll. To quit tobacco easily ami torover. be lnag nctic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No To- Wc have a little book on the subject of > IlllP. the \Vdlnit?r \V(lPlfl?r Ihnt inillinu uonh man t! . I.. . ... , i" ............ roias.ii, wrmen Dy authorities, that wo strong. All druggists, 50c or 51. Cure cuaruti. ... . , . . tcod. UooUlet und sample free. Address would like to send to every farmer, free of Sterling licmedy Co., Chicago or New York, cost, if he will only write and ask for It. The man who has little nnd wants less is . ...nn?c richer than the man who has much und ucknan kali wukksi wan to more. 93 Nassau St., N?w York. DR- mqffett s m Regulates the Bowels, WISS I CCTUIM aft " i f f 3 H SII 5m T 111?1 of ' '%! 'W Jl Children of Adj Age. teethin6 powders 1 boilerfee#vetpi'('duceo- schainless bicycle: Aftntowr?. A,?. | 25SS* SSSfilf: WoV!oTr?J rirh, \ ALA bsS and FITTINGS. KN- - vi,j * ,)Kn lii.NKS, Hoii.Kits. Mii.i.suiid KKI'AIKS. <J ord, ?f 250 cousocutlve dally # T , JX wIT ipr, , n ^ centuries. Always roady to* Lombard Iron Works & Supply Co., Z fid*. Nothing toeutuugi* or J A UQl'STA, (iA. . Boll the clothing. ! use certain corn cure. fgolurlbia dlm m? ! sii dccdipcd amt Embody the results of 22 years'Z L.LB nL.rillllL.nHll I ! *# experience In the application* ' , r? . .IL J 55 of the best methods of cycle* IO over 20 degrees colder than IAP J hulldino IN nurd In refrigerator* Just like lis P DUIIUing. " h iicrlrrl snhsllUite lor w , iHartiorfls and vedettes, i *!?? Flunliinii Avenue, HHOOKLVN, N. V. wwwwaavva -v/s, _ __ - , * The new flnrtfords have radi-* GOLDEN CROWN J J cal Improvements everywhere.* _ ? ? ?% * * **#* * Vedettes cannot be equaled for* ; LAMP CHIMNEYS i?.rrs-. ?j i Are ttie bout. A*k for them. Co*t no more ?luitlbi# Chain, IBOj HartfordO,e than couimon chimney*. All dealer*. $30; VodettOS. $30 and $20. 2 1'ITTSIIUKG < I.ASS CO., Allegheny, Ta. Z ' . , ' . . .. . , . Z ' : catalogue of any Oolombiadealer,or ' Z by mall for una H-cent iitainp. m l IV ANTBO?C*M of h?<i health that UlfAN t Z ?? will not benefit Sen.i 6 eta. to Itlpani Chemical ! ePOPE MHO. CO., Hartford, Conn.* . to, Newlork, for lo natn^le* and looo teettuiuuiala. ,