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CURSING AND SWEARING.
niiv. nn. talmaqe Discourses
THE HAUIT Or PROFANITY.
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Ttiern In 'i lixriiMi lor 11 M lint Wo
llnvn Kuril n Mimiilllelcnt l.niiRiiiiRt'.
II dime (rum Inllriully of Temper
ml (tin l'rnfue lion of It) words.
HnooKi.Ytf, April &-O110 of tlio hymns
unRntthoTiilMrnnolo till iiioiiiIuk Ik-hIim
with tho wonlsi
Ho let our lips nnd llrrn express
Tlio It"')- losel wo profess.
After nvulliiR tlio appropriate passages of
Scripture, tho Nov. 'l DoWltt TuIiihiro, I).
D preached 1111 tlio Imhlt of iMirftitiK nnd
wearing, lils tot was from tlio llixik of
Jolt, II, 7, Hnnil ti "No went Hittnn forth
front tlio presence of tlio Iiord, unit sinoto
Job 1 1 1 1 sore boll from tlio solo of hi
foot unto his crown. And lio took hint n
potsherd to Kriiio himself withal; nml ho
cnt down iiinoiiK tho ashes, Then Mild his
wlfountnhlni, 'Dust thou Mill rrtulti thlno
Integrity! Curoo (lod, mill dlo,1"
A story oriental 11ml marvelous. .Toll wns
thorlchost mnnliinll tho oust. Ho had cam
els nud oon nod asses nud shivp, nud, whnt
would luivo inndo him rich without nuytliliut
else, seven sons nud three daughter. It win
tho Imhlt of these children to gather together
for fmitlly reunion. Ono day Job In thinking
of his chlldroii m gathered together nt 11 ban
quet nt tho older brother's homo,
AVhllo tlio old mint li sented nt his tent
door ho sees sonio 0110 running, evidently,
front hli inniincr, brliiKliiR li now. Whnt
iithniiintU'riiowl "Oh," nays tho messen
ger, "11 foraging party of Habonns linn
fnllcn upon tho oxen nud tho onsen, nud
destroyed them nml butchered nil tho sor
vnttts except mynolf." Htnud iisldo. Another
incwcngcr rumilug. Whnt la tho mutter
now! "Oh," says tho man, "tho lightning
hns struck tho Mice)) mid tho shepherds, nud
nil tho shepherd nro destroyed except my
self." Htnml aside. Another messenger run
ning. What l ho matter now "Oh," ho
gays, "tho Chnldenni hnvn rnptured tho
rninoli nud slain nil tho camel drivers oxcept
tuysoif," Ktnnd nsldo. Another mewenger
mulling. What I tho nintter now! "Oh,"
lio says, "iv liurrirnuo struck tlio four cor
ners of tho tent whero your children wero ns
rcnibled nt tho bnncjuct, nud thoy nro nil
dond."
I 2.it tlio chnpter of calamity 1ms not ended.
Job ivim smitten with olepUinUnili, or tilnck
leprosy. Tumors from head to foot--foro-ltond
ridged with tubercle oyolnsltca foil
out nostril oxeorlntod voice destroyed
intolernblo exhalations from tho entire body,
until with noiio to dross his wires, he slta
down In tho ashes with nothing but plows of
liroken pottery to uso in tho surgery of his
wounds. At this tnoment, when lio needed
nit cncourngeiiipnt, nud nil consolation, his
wife come in, in a fret mid n rago, nud snys:
'This Is Intolernblo. Our property gone,
our chlidrou slnln, nud now you covered up
with this lonthsomo nud disgusting disease,
Why don't you swear! Curse (lod nud diol"
Ah, Job know right well thnt swvitring
would not euro ono of tho tumors of his ngo
lit zed body, would not bring Ixick ono of hla
destroyed rnntols, would not restore ono of his
dead children. !lo know thnt profanity would
only ntiiko tho pnln more unlcnrnblc,nud tho
poverty inoro distressing, and tho Itonvivo
ment inoro excritulntlug. Hut, Judging from
tho profmtity nbrond in our day, you might
corao to tho conclusion that Micro was boiiio
great advantage to bo reaped from profmtity,
Blasphemy is nil nbrond. You hear It in
every direction. Tho drayman swearing nt
his cart, tho sowing girl Imprecating tho
tangled skein, tho accountant cursing tho
long lino of troublesomo llgures. Hwearlng
nt tho store, swearing in tho loft, swearing
In tho cellar, swearing on tho street, swear
ing lit tho factory. Children swear. Men
wear. Women swearl Uwearlug from tho
rough calling on tho Almighty in tho low
restaurant, clear up to tlio rcckleta "Oh
LordT'of a glittering drawing room; and
tho ono is as much blasphemy ns tho other.
Thero nro times when wo must cry out to
tho Lord by reason of our physical ngony or
our mental distress, and that is only throw
ing out our weak hand toward tho strong
arm of n father. It was 110 profanity when
JntiK A, Oarllold, shot In tho Washington
depot, cried out: "My God, what does this
meant" Thero Is 110 profanity In calling out
upon God in tho day of trouble, in tho day
of darkness, in tlio day or physical nnguisu,
In thoday of tiercnvenient; but I nm speaking
nowof tho triviality mid of tho recklessness
with which tho liamoof (lod is sometimes
managed. Tho whole land Is curbed with it.
A gentleman coming front tho far west sat
In tho car day after doy behind two persons
who were Indulglug In profanity, and ho
mado up his inltnl that ho would mako n
record of their profanities, and at the cud of
two days several sheets of paper wore cov
ered with these imprecations, and nt thocloso
of tho journey he handed tho manuscript to
ono of tho persons lu front of him. "Is it
possihlo," wild tho man, "that wo havo ut
tered so many profanities tho last fow
days!" "It Is," replied tho gcntleninn.
"Thou," said tho man who had taken tho
manuscript, "I will never swear ngaln."
But Is n comparatively unlniortaut thing
if n man makes a record of our improprie
ties of seoch. The inoro mcmornblo consid
eration Is that ovory Improper word, every
oath uttered, has a record lit tho book of
God's romombroneo, and that tho day will
como when all our crimes of speech, if unro
pentedof, will lio our condemnation. I shall
not today deal in abstractions. I hato ab
straction. I nm going to hnvo n plain talk
with you, my brother, about a hoblt that
you admit to be wrong.
Tho habit grows in tho community In tho
fact that young people think it innnly to
wear. Ltttlo children, lutrdly able to walk
straight on tho street, yet havo enough dis
tinctness of utterance to lot you know tbut
thoy aro damning their owu souls or damn
ing tho souls of others, it is an nwful thing
tho first tlmo tho llttlo feet aro lifted to hnvo
tbemsctdownon tho burning pavement of
belli
Between 1(1 and SO years of ago thero Is
npt to como a tlmo when n young man is as
much ashamed of not belug nblo to swear
gracefully as bo is of tho dizziness of his first
cigar, lio has his hat, his boot and his coat
of tho right pattern, and now, if ho can
only swear without awkwardness, and as
woll as his comrades, he believes ho Is in tho
fashion. Thero aro young men who walk in an
atmosphere of imprecation oaths on their
lips, under their tongues, nestling In their
shock of hair. Thoy abstain from it In tho
elegant drawing room, but tho street and tlio
club hou&o ring with their profanltlm. Thoy
havo no regard for God, although they havo
great respect for the ladles) My young
brother, thero Is no manliness lu that, Tho
most ungentlomonly thing u man can do is to
swear.
Fathers f ostor this great crime, Thero nro
parents who nro very cautious not to swear
In tho presence of their children ;iitn moment
of sudden anger they look around to ceo if
the children nro present whon they Indulge
to this habit. Do you not know, oh father,
that your child is aware of tho fact that you
wear! lit overheard you in the next room,
or some ono lini Informed him of your hnlilt
Ho Ii practicing now. In ton years ho will
swear 111 well ns you do. Do not, oh
father, lm under the di'linlnn that you may
Kwonmud your sou not know It. It Is mi
nwful thing to start the habit lu 11 family
tho father to lio profane, nud then to havo
tho echo of hlsuxnuiplo itimo back from oilier
generations; ki that generations after genera
llom rurf-o tho Iord.
Tho ciinio Is alio fontenil by master
mechanics, bovi cnriH'titers, I how Mho moat
tho head of men in hat factories, and In dock
yard, and at tho head of great buslncsi
establishments. Whim you go down to look
nt tho work of thoKcairoldlug, and you find
It Is not 1I0110 right, what do you say! It Is
not praying, li It! Tho employer swears
his employe i tompUil to swear, Tho man
says: "I don't know why my employer,
woith t.VMHK) or UX),OM, should havo any
luxury I should lie denied simply bccnUMt I
am poor. Hcciiuno I am xMir mid dependent
on n day's wages, haven't I as much right to
swear ns ho lias with his largo Income!"
I'.iupliiycn swear, and that makes so many
employes swear!
Tho habit nlso roincs from Infirmity of
teniK'r. There nro a good many people who,
when they nro at K'iicc, havo rlghtcoiifiucKS
of NHech, but when angered thoy blaze with
Imprecation. 1'crhaps all tho rest of tho
year they talk In right language but now
thoy pour out tho fury of a whole year in one
red hot paragraph of five minutes. I know
of it man who iixcuwd himself for the habit,
anylngi "I only swear onco in a great while,
I must do that just to clear myself out."
Tho habit rniiicMidio front tho profuso iiko
of bywords, Tho transition from a byword
which limy lie perfectly harmless to Impre
cation and profanity, Is not a very largo
transition. It Is "my stars!" and "morey on
Jiiol" and "good grnclousl" and "by George!"
mid "by Jovul" and you go on with that n
little while, mid then you swear. Thcto
words, iorfoctly linriulcwi In themselves, nro
noxt door to Imprecation nud blasphemy, A
profuso uso of bywords always ends lu pro
fanity. Tho habit Is creeping up into tho
highest 'styles of society. Women havo no
imtlcnco w 1th Hat mid unvarnished profanity.
They will order a man out of tho parlor in
dulging in blasphemy, and yet you will
sometimes find them with fairy fait to tho
Up, and under chandollors which bring no
blush to their cheek, taking on thoir lips, tho
holiest of names In utter triviality,
Why, my friends, tho Kngllsh languago Is
coniprehouslvo nud capable of expressing nil
shades of feeling and every degree of en
ergy. Aro you hnppyl Noah WVbstor will
givo you ten thousand words with which to
express your exhilaration. Aro you right
eously ludlgiinutl Thero aro whole nriuics
lu the vocnhulnry, righteous vocabulary
whole nrmlcH of denuueintion, mid
scorn, nud sarcasm, mid irony, mid cari
cature, nnil wrath. You express your
self against somo inennnosi or hypocrisy
iu Ml tho oaths that over smoked up from
tho pit, nud I will como right on after you
mid glvo a thousnudfold inoro emphasis of
denunciation to tho same tneuunesH and the
santo hyitocrliy lit words across which no
si I mo has over trailed, nud Into which tho
llros of hall hnvo never shot their forked
tongues tho pure, tho Innocent. God hon
ored Anglo-Baxou in which Milton sang and
John lluuynit dreamed nud Bhakosiearo
dramatized.
Thoro Is no oxcuso for profanity whon wo
havo such a magnificent Innguiigo such n
How of good words, jKitcnt words, mighty
words, words just to suit ovory crisis and
overy cn.se. Whatover bo tho cnuse of it,
profanity Is on tho Increase, nud If you do
not know it, It i because your ears have
been burdened by tlio din of imprecations so
that you nro not stirred and moved ns you
ought to bo by profanitiori In these cities
which nro enough to bring n hurricane of
tiro like that which consumed Sodom.
Do you know that this trivial uso of God's
name, results in perjury I Do you know that
pcoplo who tnko tho iimuo of God on their
lips in recklessness and thoughtlessness are
fostering tho crimo of )orjuryf Make tho
itanto of God n foot ivall iu the community,
nud It has no jxiwer when in court room uud
in legislative assembly It is employed in
solemn adjuration I Bee the wny sometime,
they administer tho oath: "S'help you God
kiss the book!" Hmuggllug, which is always
a violation of tho onth. becomes iu some
circles n grand joke. You say to n man:
"How is It possible for you to toll those goods
so very cheap! I can't understand It." "AIM"
ho replies, with n twinklo of tlio eyo, "tho
.custom house tnrill of these goods iui't ns
much its It might be," An oatli doea not
mean ns much as It would were tho iimuo of
God used in reverence nud iu solemnity.
Why is it that so often jurors render unac
countable verdicts mid judges give unac
countable charges, nud useless railroad
schemes jmikh in our state capitals, mid thero
uro most unjust changes made lit tarllfs
tariu lifted from ono thing unci put upon
another.
What linn onth! Anything solemn! Any
thing that calls upon tho Almighty! Any
thing that marks an event in n man's history I
Oh, no) It is kissing tho bookl Thero Is no
habit, I tell you plainly aud I talk to hun
dreds and thousands of men today who will
thank mo for my utterance 1 tell you, my
brother I talk to you not professionally but
just as 0110 brother talks to another on somo
very important theme I tell you thero is no
lmblt that to depletes n man's nature ns tho
habit of profanity. You might as well try
to ralso vineyards and orchards on the sides
of belching Btromboll as to raise anything
good on n heart from which thero jwurs out
the scoria of profanity. You may swear
yourself down; you cannot swear yourself
up. When tho Mohammedan llmls a pleco of
paper ho cannot rend, ho puts It nsido very
cautiously for fear tho name of God may bo
on it. That Is 0110 oxtremo. We go tho
other. Now what Is tho cure of this
habit! It Is ft mighty habit. Men havo
struggled for years to get over It, There aro
men iu this house of God who would glvo
half their fortuno to get rid of it. An aged
man was iu tho delirium of n fever. He had
for many years lived n most upright life niui
was honored in nil tho community, but whon
ho canio into the delirium of this favor ho
was full of Imprecation nud profanity, and
thoy could not understand it. After ho cmuo
to his right reason ho explained it. Ho said:
"When 1 was a. young man I was very pro
fane, I conquered tho habit, but I had to
strugglo all through llfo. You haven't for
forty years heard mo say an improper word,
but it has lieen an uwful strugglo. Tho tlgor
is chained, but ho is nllvo yet"
If you would get rid of this habit, I wnnt
you, my friends, to dwell upon tho useless
ness of it. Did u volloy of oaths over start a
heavy load! Did thoy over oxtirpnto mean
ness from n customer! Did thoy over collect
n lad debt! Did they ever cure n toothache,!
Did they over stop tho twinge of the rheu
matism! Did they over help you forward
ono step in tho right direction! Como now,
toll mo, yo who havo had the most experi
ence lu this habit, how much hnvo you made
out of it! l'lvo thousand dollars lu nil your
llfo! No. Ono thousand! No. Ono hun
dred! No. Ono dollar! No. Ono cent!
No. If tho habit bo so utterly useless, awnv
with It.
Butyousify: "I havo struggled to over
come tho habit a long whllo, nud I havo not
boon successful." You struggled lu your
own strength, my brother. If ever n mnn
wants God. It Is In such n crisis of his history.
God alono by Ills grace ran cmnnelpnto you
from that trouble. Call upon him day mid
night thnt yon may bo delivered front this
rrlinp. Iltimemlier also in tho cum of H1I1
habit that It arouses God's Indignation. Tho
lllhlo reiterate from chapter to chapter, nud
verso nfter verso, that it is nccurscd for this
llfo nud that it makcH u man miserable for
eternity. Theto Is lint ft sin lit nil tho cata
logue that Is so often ierempUrlly and
suddenly punched In this world as the sin of
profanity. Thero Is not n city or n village
liutcau givomi Illustration of a man struck
down at the moment of Imprecation. A
couple of years ngo, briefly referring to this
In a sermon, I gave some Instances lu which
God had struck swearers ilcnd at the Miomeut
of their profanity. That sermon brought to
mo from many parts of this laud mid other
lauds statemeiiU of similar cases of install
taueous isitntioit from God upon blas
phemers, .My opinion ii that such eases
occur soinow hero overy day, but for various
reasons they are not reported,
lit Hcotland a club assembled overy week
for purpose of wickedness, and them was n
coiiiH'tttlon as to which could uso tho most
horrid oath, and the man who succeeded was
to lio president of tho club. Tho competition
went on. A man uttered ait oath which con
founded all his comrades, and ho was mado
president of tho club. His tongue liogmi to
swell, aud it protruded from hli mouth, mid
ho could not draw it iu, and ho illnl, and the
physician sold: "TI1I1 ii tho strangest thing
wo over saw; wo never saw any account In
tho liooks like unto It; wo can't understand
it," I titidritaud it. Ho cursed God uud
died.
At Catsklll, N. Y., n group of men stood
lu it blacksmith's shop during n violent thun
der storm. Thero emtio 11 crash of thunder,
and somo of tlio men trembled. Ono mnn
said: "Why, I don't seo what you nro afraid
of. I am not afraid to go out In front of
tho shop and defy tho Almighty. I nm not
afraid of lightning." Aud lie laid 11 wager
on tho subject, and ho went out, mid ho
shook his list at the heavens, crying: ".Strike
If youdarol" Aud Instantly lie fell under a
bolt. What destroyed hint! Any mystery
about it! Oh, 110. Ho cursed God nud died.
Oh, my brother, God will not allow this
sin to go unpunished. There are stylos of
writing with manifold sheets, so thnt a man
writing 011 ono leaf writes clear through ten,
fifteen or twenty sheets, and so every pro
fanity wo litter goes right down through tho
leaves of the book of God's remembrance. It
is no exceptional sin. Do you supixiM) you
could count the profanities of last week the
profanities of ofllco, store, shop, factory!
They cursed God, thoy cursed his word, they
cursed Ills only begottou son.
On morning, 011 Fulton street, as I wns
passing along, I heard n man swear by tho
uamo of Jesus. My hair lifted. My blood
ran cold. My breath caught. My foot
halted. Do you not supposo that God is ag
gravated! Do you not suppose that God
knows about It! Dionysius used to have n
cave In which his culprits were Incarcerated,
nnd he listened nt tho top of thnt cave, and
ho could hear overy groan, ho could hear
every sigh, nud ho could hear every whisper
of those who wero imprisoned. Ho wits n
tyrant. God li not n tyrnut, but ho bonds
over this world mid ho hears everything
overy volco of praise, ovory voice of Impre
cation, lie hears it all. Tho oaths win to
dlo 011 tho air, but thoy hnvo eternal echo.
Thoy como back from tlio nges to como.
Listen 1 Listen I "All blasphemers shall
havo their place in the lake which burnetii
with lire and brimstone, which is tho second
death." And if, according to the theory of
seme, 11 man commits iu tho next world tho
sins which ho committed iu this world If
unpardoned, unrcgenerutod think of n
man's going on cursing in the name of God
to all eternity I
Tho habit grows. You start with n small
onth, you will como to tho largo oath. I saw
a mnn dlo with an oath betweon his teeth.
Vol Cairo only gradually caiuo to his tremen
dous Imprecations; but tho habit grow on him
until in the last moment, supposing Christ
stood nt the bed, ho exclaimed: "Crush that
wretch I Crush that wretch l" Oh, my
brother, you liogin to swenr and there u
nothing impassible for you in the wrong di
rection. Who is this God whoso nnmo you nro
using in swearing! Who Is he! Is lie 11
tyrant f Hits ho pursued you nil your life
long! Has ho starved you, frozen you,
tyrannized over you! No. Ho has loved
you, ho has sheltered you, ho watched you
last night, ho will watch you to-ulght. lie
wants to lovo you, wants to help you, wants
to save you, wants to comfort you, Ho was
your father's God and your mother's God.
Ho has housed fJiem from tho blast, uud ho
wants to shelter you. Will you spit iu his
face by nn imprecation! Will you ever
thrust him back by nn oath!
Who Is this Jesus whoso nnmo I heard lu
tho imprecation! Has ho pursued you nil
your llfo long! What vile thing has ho dono
to you that you should so dishonor his unmol
Why, ho wns tho Lumb whose blood sim
mered iu tho llres of sncrlfioo for you. Ho is
tho brother that took otr his crown that you
might put it on. Ho has pursued you nil
your life long w lth merey. Ho wants you
to lovo hint, wants you to servo him. He
comes with streaming eyes and broken heart
mid blistered feet to avo you. On tho craft
of our doomed humanity he pushed out into
tho sea to tako you otf tho wreck.
Where Is tho hand that will over lio lifted
lu imprecation ngaln! Lot thnt hand, now
blood tipped, lie lifted that I may sou it. Not
ono. Where is the voice that will over be
uttered In dishonoring tho name of that
Christ! Let it speuk now. Not one. Not
ono. Oh, I nm glad to know that all those
vices of tlio community, nnd these crimes of
our city will be gone, Society is going to bo
bettered. Tho world by the power of Christ's
gospel is going to be saved, nud this crimo,
this iniquity, nnd nil the other iniquities will
vanish before the rising of tho sun of right
eousness upon the nation.
Thero was ono day In Now England motnor
nble for storm and darkness. I hardly over
saw such mi evening. Tho clouds w hlch had
boon gathering nil dny unllmlcrcd their bnt
terlos. The Housatonlo, which llows quietly,
snvo ns tho paddles of pleasure parties rattlo
tho oar locks, was lashed into foam, nud tho
waves hardly knew whero to lay themselves.
Oht what u tlmo it was I Tho hills jarred
under tho rumbling of God's chariots, mind
ing sheets of rain drove the cattle to the
bars, or beat against tho window pnno ns
though to dash it In. The grain Holds throw
their crowns of gold at tlio feet of tho storm
king. When night cmuo iu it was a doublo
night, IU mantle was torn with tho light
nings, nud Into its locks wero twisted tho
leaves of uprooted ouks nud tho shrodi of
canvas torn from tho masts of tho beached
shipping, It was such n night ns makes you
thank God for shelter, nnd oxm tho door to
let In tho spauiol howling outsido with terror.
We went to sleep under tho full blast of
Leaven's great orchestra, tho forests with up
lifted voices, In chorus that lilted the moun
tains, praising tho Lord. We woke not until
the fingers of the sunny morn touched our
eyelids. Wo looked out tho window nud tho
llousntonlo slept as quiet as nn infant's
dream. Pillars of clouds sot against tho sky
looked like thu castles of tho blest built for
heavenly hlorurchs on tho beach of the azure
sen. All tho trees sparkled ns though there
had lieen somo great grief in Lenvon, and
each leaf had been God nptoint(sl to catch nn
augers tear. It seemed us If our Father had
looked iion tho earth, His wayward child,
and tooHd to her tenr wet check and kissed
it. No will the dfirkiicsx of sill nud crime
leave our world licforothoihiwuof tho morn
ing. The light shall gild tho city spire and
strike the forests of Maine nnd the masts of
Mobile, mid all letwccii. And ono end rest
ing oil the Atlantic coast and tho other rest
ing on tho l'aclllo lieaeh, God will nprlng n
great rainbow arch of jicaeo, In token of ever
lasting covenant that tho world shall 110 ver
more seo a deluge of crime.
"Hut," says some one, "preaching ngnlnst
tho evils ot society will accomplish nothing.
Doymi not Ms that the evils go right on?''
I answer, we are not at all discouraged.
It seemed liiigtillleant for Mojo tostretch
his hand ner the ltcd sen. What power
could that have over the waters! Hut tho
cast wind blew all night; tho waters gath
ered into two glittering palisades 011 either
side. Tho billows reared as God's hand
pulled back Ukiii their crystal bits. Wheel
Into line, oh Israeli .March I march I Pearls
crash under their feet, Tlio shout of hosts
mounting the bench answers the shout of
hosts mid seo, until, ns thu last lino of thu
Israelites have gained tho ticach, the shields
clang mid tho cymbals clap, and m tho wa
ters whelm tho pursuing foe tho swift lin
gered winds on the white keys of the fonm
play tho grand march of Israel delivered,
and the awful dirge of Kgyptiim overthrow.
Ho wo go forth: mid stretchout tho hand of
prayer nnd Christian cllort over these dark,
boiling wntcrs ot crimo and sin. "Alml
Alinl" say the deriding world. Hut wait.
Tho winds of illvlno help will begin to blow;
the wny will clear for the great army of
Christian philanthropists; tlio glittering
treasures of tho world's bciicilccuco will lino
the path of our feet; and to tho other shore
wo will bo greeted with tho clash of nil
heaven's cymbals; whllo those who resist
and deride aud pursue us will fall under tho
sea, aud there will bo nothing loft of them
but hero nnd there, cast high and dry tixm
the beach, the splintered wheel of n chariot,
nud, thrust out from tho surf, thu breathless
nostril of 11 riderhMS charger.
MULTUM IN PARVO.
Tlio cuirass is to bo abolished in tho Ger
man nrmy.
Ills holiness tho jiojio received during tho
jubilee 1 1,000 pairs of slippers.
Terms havo licon arranged for a railroad in
Blain from Hangkok to.tmiuc.
The doctors of Ixiudon hnvo started a club
of their own. Thoy cnll it the Galen club.
Tho Meknrskl compressed air engines nro
being used on tho JjOikIoii street cars. Thoy
promise well.
Ilellulng works have lieen erected at Santa
Paula which prodttco n tine quality of illumi
nating kerosene from California etroleuin.
In one district of I aiiuIou, containing 200
public houses, 7,0 U children wero seen to
enter their doors within tho space of three
hours.
The liook "Hen Hur," iu its brief lifoof
seven years, has had nil exceptional sale, be
ing now in the two hundred nnd twonty-flvo
thousandth.
Mario Antoinette's scissors and pcnknlfo
wero recently sold nt miction for $1!!0. Tho
relics wero terribly suggestive of tho Instru
ment which caused her death.
Tho profession of "chlrrupper" 1ms been
brought lieforo tho courts. A chirrupcr on
courages thu singers iu utttsio halls, mid ono
has been sent to jail for blackmail.
At i meeting of tho Cork trndo3 council it
wns proposed to hunt tho Juwu out of tho
city, on tlio ground that they nro ruining
honest trade. There uro about !W0 Jews iu
Cork.
A convention of lawyers will lw held In
Washington on May 1 to form a uationni
bar association and to urge upon the iocvnl
states tho adoption of uniform luarrino end
divorce laws
Ilcccnt parties visiting the volcano I'or -eatapctl
report increasin nctUity ii
crnter, w it 1 1 clouds of sum!; 9 and iulphu"".i 1
fumes. Iteports from Centivl America t'. .
that rovcnil olcauoos are uumibtaUably 1.1
renewed activity.
Iu Mexico City n fow days ngo, they tried
ft man's courage bj shutting hint up iu a
room with six rattlesnakes. At tho end vf
six hours they opened the door and ho nj,
standing in ft w iudow sill, ami tho snakes hrd
fought and killed each other.
llov. Dr. It. W. Dale tells of a sagacious,
deacon, who said, concerning his minister:
"Tho trouble is not that our minister isn't
orthodox, or that ho isn't earnest, but when
he is earnest he isn't orthodox, and when ho
is orthodox ho isn't earnest."
A school boy of Insterburg, Germany, re
cently wroto to the emperor of China asking
for some Chinese p stage stamps for his col
lection. A fow days ugo the Chinese em
liassyiu Herlln forwarded to him a letUr
from the emperor Inclosing thu stamps which
he desired.
Kighty-thrco members of tho natlon.il
house of representatives wero Union soldiers,
anil almost all ot tnem aro cutiiiixi to wear
tho Grand Army button. The leading Grand
Army state, as represented iu congress, is
Kansas, nil of her seven representatives be
ing members of the order.
A pamphlet condemning in modcrato terms
Russian reactionary policy nnd predicting
intcriinl disasters Is being circulated in tho
highest circles lu St, Petersburg. Tlio
pamphlet is rcmnrkablo for tho elegance of
its language. Tlio ixrfico havo so fur failed
to discover the authors of the work.
CALIFORNIA'S
Finest : Production.
Mitro Coincidences, but Odd,
Tho other day, bolng in ono of thoso con
venient marts whore everything Is sold from
n cnrjK't to n corkscrew, I purchased tho lat
ternot from any real necessity, but liccauso
I thought it might "como handy" In tho
house, although I was not ot housekeeping,
and had plenty of those convivial suggestions
lu my deserted mansion by tho sea. How-
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door, whero I met a very dear friend with n
parcel, which in shape and hulk seemed to
suggest ft companionabloaptltudo to my owu.
"Dour friend, I havo brought you a bottlo of
very choice wlno," said tho bundle owner;
mid so tho two were at once united. Hero Is
another of a very dllTerent character: I had
Invited, a summer since, a friend to pass
(Sunday with nto nt a country hotel, where I
was iu tho habit of going front ti mo to time.
Wo left town togither uud arrived at tho
village from whence we wero to take n stago
for tho hotel, somo two miles distant. After
wo were seated lu tho coach a eoHlu was
brought forth nnd placed on tho top, not a
cheerful traveling companion for thoso on
pleasure lient. Nevertheless, it accompanied
us on the journey to the very cud, wns taken
otf nt tho hotel nud proved to Ixi tho last re-
ccptaclo for ono T , who had died the day
before, mid whoso uarno was the samo as that
of tho friend w horn I had invited out! Whnt
would tho htierbtltious! Every male mem
ber of my friend's family has since died, uud
thu iiumu Is extinct. Corrciondent Boston
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Jarvis' California Pear Cider.
This delicious summer beverage Is made in California, front very ripe mellow
Hartlett Pears. In the height of the ripening season many tons of penrs become too
ripe for shipping or canning purposes, they can then be utallrcd by pressing them Into
cider. The fresh juice Is boiled down two gallons into one, and it, then strained through
piileried char coal. This heating, condensing and straining cotnpietcly destroys for
mentation, nnd the cider ever afterwards remains hwect and good ami Is a most healthy
nnd nutritious article for family use.
Knowing there nre many spurious ciders sold In this market we offer the above
explanation with the eminent testimonial o( Prof. J. II. Long. Very Respectfully,
Til 15 G. M. JARVIS CO., Sole" Proprietors,
San Jose, California. 39 N. State Street, Chicago.
' Chicago, July 7th, 1887.
TIII5 G. M. JARVIS CO., Gentlemen:
I have mndc made a chemical examination of the sample of Jarvis' Pear Cider
submitted to me a few days ngo, nnd would report these points among others noted.
'1 lie liquid is non-alcoholic and has a specific gravity of 10.65. The total extrac
tive matter amounts to 10.25 tier cent., containing only .02 s per cent of free acid. The
tests show this acid to he malic acid as usually found in fruit juices. I find no other
acid or foreign substance added for color or tlavor.
I believe it, therefore, to coniist simply of the juice of the Pear ns represented.
Youis truly,
J. II. LONG, Analytical Chemist,
Chicago Medical College.
THE G, M, JARVIS C6 i
San Jose, Cal.
THE G, M JARVIS CO,
39 N. State St. Chicago.
W. B.HOWARD, Traveling Salesman.
FOR SALE BY ALL
Druggist and Leading Wine Merchants,
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