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    TALMAGEVS SERMON.
WASHINGTON FOR GOD" LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
Ooldro Trxt: "Heglnnlnff at Jtromlem"
Lk xxiv, 4? The Spread of Christian
Orc Should ltefflo. at th Xatloa's
HERE It is." said
the driver, and wo
all instantly and
excitedly rose in
the carriage to
catch the 11 r s t
glimpse of Jerusa
lem, so long the
joy of the whole
earth. That olty.
eoronetted with
temple and palace
tnd radiant, whether looked ud at from
thv valley of Jehoshaphat or gazed at j
crtm adjoining hills, was the capital j
of la great nation.
Clouds of incense j
fcrad hovered over it.
Chariots of kings I
'5tid rolfcjhrough it.
Battering-rams
enemies had
There Isaiah prophesied, and Jeremiah
lamented, and David reigned, and Paul
preached, and Christ was martyred.
Most Interesting city ever built since
masonry rung its first trowel, or plumb-
,.. , .,i ow
mcaoui cu lid ui ai nan. vi x uj .j
iung its first scepter. What Jerusa
leni was to the Jewish kingdom, Wash
ington is to our own country the capi
tal, the place to which all the tribes
rome up, the great national heart whose
throb sends life or death through the
body politic, clear out to the geographi
cal extremities.
What the 'resurrected Christ said in
my text to his disciples, when he or
dered them to start on the work of gos
pelization, "beginning at Jerusalem," it
eems to me God says now, in his Prov-
idence, to tens of thousands of Chris-
iians in this city. Start for the evaja -
g'Mization of America, "beginnin. at
Washington." 'America Is gqfcng to be
ta!cn for God. If you ji& not believe
It. take your hat nowand leave, and
give room to some nvan or woman who
does believe it. As'surely as God lives,
nd he is able to do as he says he will,
thi coujitry willbe evangelized from
the mouth of the.potomac to the mouth
of the Oregon, from the Highlands of
the NeversinkAo the Golden Horn,
from Baffin's Bay to the Gulf of Mex
ico, and ChrLfet will walk every lake,
whether besjrmed or placid, and be
transflguftQ on every mountain, and
the nightskies, whether they hover
-over grcfres of magnolia or over Alas
,gtacier, shall be filled with angelic
'Xerture of "Glory to God and good-will
to men."
Again and again does the old Book
announce that all the earth shall see the
salvation of God, and as the greater in
cludes the lesser, that takes America
gloriously in. Can you not see that if
America is not taken for God by 'his
consecrated people, it will be taken for
Apollyon! The forces engaged on
both sides are so tremendous that it
cannot be a drawn battle. It is com
ing, the Armageddon! Either the
American Sabbath will perish and this
cation be handed over to Herod s, and
Hildebrand3. and Diocletlans, and
. Neros of baleful power, and alcoholism
will reign, seated upon piled-up throne
of beer barrels, his mouth foaming with
domestic and national curse, and crime
-vill lift its unhindered knife of assas
sination, and rattle keys of worst bur
. glary, and wave torch of widest confla
gration, and our cities be turned into
Sodoms, waiting for Almighty tempests
of fire and brimstone, and one tidal
wave of abomination will surge across
the continent, or our Sabbaths will take
-on more sanctity, and the newspapers
will become apocalyptic wings of bene
diction, and penitentiaries will be aban
doned! for lack of occupants, and holi
ness and happiness.twin son and daugh
ter af heaven, shall walk through the
laid, and Christ reign over this na--tion
either In person or by agency so
.glorious that the whole country will be
one clear, resounding echo of heaven.
It will be one or the other. By the
throne of him who liveth forever and
ever, I declare it will be the latter. If
the Lord will help me, as he always
does blessed be his glorious name!
I will show you how a mighty work of
grace begun at Washington would have
a tendency to bring the whole continent
to God, and before this century closes.
Why would it be especially advan
tageous if a mighty work of grace
started here, "beginning at Washing
ton?" First, because this city is on
the border between the north and south.
It is neither northern nor southern, it
commingles the two climates. It
brings together the two styles of popu
lation. It is not only right, but beauti
ful, that people should have especial
love for the latitude where they were
born and brought up. With what lov
ing accentuation the Alabamian speaks
of his orange groves! And the man
iron Massachusetts la sure to let you
know that he comes from the land of
'-the Adamses Samuel, and John, and
John Quincy. Did you ever know a
'Virginian or Ohiolan whose face did
not brighten when he announced him
self from the Southern or Northern
tat of Presidents? If a man does not
tike his native clime, it Is because while
he lived there, he did not behave wen.
This canital stands where.by its locality
end its political Influence, It stretches
forth one hand toward the north and
-the other toward the south, and a
'miehtv work of grace starting here
would probably be a national awaken-
in. Georgia would clasp the hand or
New Hampshire, and Maine the hand of
Louisiana, and California the hand of
New York' and say, "Come, let us go up
and worship the God of Nations, the
Christ of -Golgotha, the Holy Ghost of
the pentacostal three thousands." It
has often been said that the only way
the north and the south will be brought
Into complete accord, Is to hv wa
with pome foreign nation, in which both
sections, marching side by side, would
forget everything but the foe to be over
come. Well, if you wait for such a
foreign conflict, you will wait until all
this generation is dead, and perhaps
wsit forever. The war that will make
the sections forget past controversies is
a war against unrighteousness, such as
a universal religious awakening would
declare. What we want is a battle for
souls, in which about forty million
northerners and southerners shall be on
the same side, and shoulder to shoulder.
In no other city on the continent can
such a war be declared so appropri
ately, for all the other great cities are
either northern or southern. This is
neither, or, rather, it is both.
Again, it would be especially advan
tageous if a mighty work of grace
started here, because more representa
tive men are in Washington than in
any other city between the oceans. Of
course there are accidents in politics,
and occasionally there are men who get
in to the senate and house of represen
tatives and other important places who
are fitted for the position in neither
; head nor heart; but this Is exceptional
i nd more exceptional now than in other
' dats There is not a drunkard in the
national legislature although there
; were times when Kentucky. irginia,
Delaware. Illinois, New York and Mas-
: sachusetts had men in senate or house
Of representatives who went mau,dlin
i and staggering drunk across those high
; places. Never nobler group of men sat
' in senate or house of representatives
than sat there yesterday and will sit
there to-morrow, while the hi.gh.fcst
' Judiciary, without exception, -has now
I upon its bench men beyond criticism
for good morals an$ l&ental endowment.
; The soul of a.Taan who can bring a
thousand .or 'ten thousand other souls
Into tils' kingdom of God is worth a
; thousand times or ten thousand times
i6re than the soul of a man who can
, bring no one into the kingdom. A
great outpouring of the Holy Spirit in
this capital, reaching the chief men of
America, would be of more value to
earth and heaven than in any other part
of the nation, because it would reach all
the states, cities, towns, and neighbor
hoods of the continent. Oh, for the
outstretched right arm of God Almighty
in the salvation of this capital.
Some of us remember 1857. when, at
the close of the worst monetary dis
tress this country has ever felt, com
pared with which the hard times of the
last three years were a boom of pros
perity, right on the heels of that com
plete prostration came an awakening
in which five hundred thousand people
were converted in different states of the
Union. Do you know where one of its
chief powers was demonstrated? In
Washington. Do you know on what
street? This street Do you know in
what church? This church. I picked
up an old book a few days ago, and was
startled, and thrilled, and enchanted to
read these words, written at that time
by the Washington correspondent of a
New York paper. He wrote: "The
First Presbyterian church can scarce
contain the people. Requests are daily
preferred for an interest in the prayers
offered, and the reading of these forms
one of the tenderest and most effective
features of the meetings. Particular
pains are taken to disclaim and exclude
everything like sectarian feeling. Gen
eral astonishment is felt at the unex
pected rapidity with which the work
has thus far proceeded, and we are be
ginning to anticipate the necessity of
opening another church." Why, my
hearers, not have that again, and more
than that? There are many thousands
more of inhabitants now than then. Be
side that, since then the telephone, with
its semi-omnipresence, and the swift
cable car, for assembling the people. I
believe that the mightiest revival of re
ligion that this city has ever seen is yet
to come, and the earth will tremble
from Capitoline Hill to the boundaries
on all sides with the footsteps of God
as he comes to awaken and pardon and
save these great populations. People
of Washington, meet us next Thursday
night, at half past seven o'clock, to pray
for this coming of the Holy Ghost not
for a pentecostal three thousand, that I
have referred to, but thirty thousand.
Such a fire as that would kindle a light
that would be seen from the sledges
crunching through the snows of Labra
dor to the Carribean sea, where the
whirlwinds are born. Let our cry be
that of Hebakkuk, the blank verse poet
of the Bible: "O Lord, revive thy work
in the midst of the years, in the midst
of the years made known: in wrath re
member mercy." Let the battle-cry be.
Washington for God! the United States
for God! America for God! the world
for God! We are all tire'd of skirmish
ing. Let us bring on a general engage
ment. We are tired of fishing with
hook and line. With one sweep of the
Gospel net let us take in many thou
sands. This vast work must begin
somewhere. Why not here? Some
one must give the rallying cry, why
.may not I, one of the Lord's servants?
By providential arrangement, I am
every week in sermonic communication
with every city, town, and neighbor
hood of this country, and now I give the
watchword to north and south, and east
and west. Hear and see it. all people
this call to a forward movement, this
call to repentance and faith, this call
to a continental awakening!
From where the seaweed is tossed on i
the beach by the stormy Atlantic, to the j
sands laved by the quiet Pacific, this j
country will be Emanuel's land, the j
worn Deginnlng at Washington, if we
have the faith and holy push, and the
consecration requisite. First of all,
we ministers must get right. That was
a startling utterance of Mr. Swinuock's,
when he said. "It is a doleful thing to
fall Into hell from under the pulpit.
but. oh! how dreadful a thing to drop
thither out of the pulpit." That was
an all-suggestive thing that Paul wrote
; to the Corinthians: "Lest that by any
meaw, when I have preached to others.
I myself should be a castaway." That
was an inspiring motto with which
Whitefield sealed all his letters: "We
seek the stars." Lord God! Wake up
all our pulpits, and then it will be a3
when Venn preached and it was said
that men fell before the Word like
slacked lime. Let us all, laymen and
clergymen, do the work. What Wash
ington wants most of all is an old-fashioned
revival of religion, but on a
vaster scale, so that the world will be
compelled to say, as of old, "We never
saw it on this fashion!" But remem
ber there is a human side as well as a
Divine side to a revival. Those of us
brought up In the country know what
Is called "a raising," the neighbors
gathered together to lift the heavy
frame for a new house, after the tim
bers are ready to be put into their
places. It is dangerous work, and
there are many accidents. The neigh
bors had gathered for such a raising.
and the beams had all been fitted to
their places except one, and that verj
heavy. That one, on the long pikes ,
of the men, had almost reached its ;
place, when something went wrong, and '
the men could hoist it no higher. But j
If it did not go in its place it would fall
back upon the men who were lifting it.--It
had already began to settle - back. ;
The boss carpenter shouted, "Lift, men, ;
or ale: ah ipgexneri yo neave: .
With mightief'push they tried to send !
the beam to it J place, but failed. Still !
they held on, all the time their strength '
lessening. The wives, and mothers, and
daughters stood in horror looking on. t
Then the boss-carpenter shouted to th
women. "Come and help!" They came. '
and womanly arms became the arms of j
giants, for they were lifting to save the j
lives of husbands, and fathers and sons,
a6 well as their own. Then the boss-
carpenter mounted one of the beams ;
and shouted, "Now! Altogether! Lift ;
or die! Yo heave!" And with a
united effort that almost burst the ;
blood-vessels, the great beam went to
its place, and a wild huzza was heard.
That is the way it sometimes seems in
the churches. Temples of righteous- j
ness are to be reared, but there is a halt, '
a stop, a catch somewhere. A few are
lifting all they can, but we want moro '
hands at this raising, and more hearts.
More Christian men to help, aye, more .
Christian women to re-enforce. If the .
work fail, it means the death of many 1
souls. All together! Men and women
of God! Lift or die! The topstone must
come to its place "with shoutings of
grace, grace unto It." God is ready to
do his part; are we ready to do our part
There Is work not only for the knee of j
nvr hnt for the shoulder of up- '
'
heaval.
And now I would like to see this hour
that which I have never seen, but hope
to see a whole audience saved under
one flash of the Eternal Spirit. Before
you go out of any of these doors, enter
the door of Mercy. Father and mother,
come in and bring your children with
you. Newly-married folks, consecrate
your lifetime to God. and be marrievi
for eternity as well as time. Young
man, you will want God before you ge:
through this world, and you want him
now. Young woman, without God this
is a hard world for women. One and
all. wherever you sit or stand, I lift my
voice so that you can hear it, out in the
corridors and on the street, and say, in
the words of the Mediterranean ship
captain, "Call upon thy God, if so be
that God will think upon us, that we
perish not."
I'.eil Help.
"I will strengthen thee," says God:
"yea, I will help thee; yea, I will up
hold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness." Can there be a morp i
gracious promise? Can there be one
more absolutely suited to the needs of j
human nature? Long centuries since
it was found out that it is not in man :
who walketh "to direct his steps," and
the intervening ages have only fur
nished additional proof that it is human
weakness and human perversity which
stand in th way of human happiness.
FASHION NOTES.
What are called "French zephyrs"
are fine soft ginghams made on Scotch
looms.
Pique dresses for small girls are made
with the plain round waist and skirt
with a wide hem, and worn over a
white gimp.
Collars and revers of cream-white-open-work
embroidered batiste over
white satin are a novel and showy
trimming for black satin capes.
Feathery horse-chestnut blossoms
look very pretty on pale yellow straw
hats trimmed with bronze-brown velvet
ribbon rosettes and yellow lace.
New beautiful creamy French batistes
are used by many dressmakers in the
fashioning of poetic-looking toilets for
summer, in preference to the less dura
ble chiffon textiles.
The more you make people believe
your advertising, the more your adver
tising will make them believe in you,
and the more you will believe In adver
tising. If people exercised as much care and
shrewdness when investing in adver
tising as they do when Investing in
banks, mining stocks and real estate,
there would be more believers In the
value of printers' ink.
In hard times the advertisements of
sharp merchants contain many great
bargains. The failures of vrnsuccssful
firms give stronger ones chances to buy
goods cheap and sell them under the
usual prlcer Some people's misfortunes
are other people's opportunities.
In our own daj' the name of feicny
as a kingdom has for the first time
been wiped from the map of Europe by
its Incorporation with Italy a country
in Which the vicissitudes of rule have
been scarcely less checkered.
To "pile5 on agony" Is popularly sup
posed to be an Americanism. It Is.
however, found in one of the letters of
Charlotte Bronte, and was u-d In
English popular literature before th
beginning of the present century.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VIII., FEB. 23 FAITH IS
ENCOURAGED LUKE 8:4-3-55.
Golden Taxt: "Thy Faith lias Made
Whole : Go In Peace" Luke 8:40
The Scoffers Kepulsed by the Great
Redeemer.
OR TO-DAY'S L.ES
son we have two
more of Jesus mira
cles. Time, Autumn
28 ,A. D. Places,
Capernaum, the Sea
of Galilee and vicin
ity. Jesus was now
closing the sec
ond year of his pub
lic ministry. The
raising of Jairus
daughter took place
while Jesus was on
his way to the
house of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue,
one of the leading laymen, something
like our trustees, who had general charge
of the synagogue, its services, and its
schools. His daughter was very sick, nigh
at
otti
unto death. Knowing that Jesus was
a feast in the house of Matthew, whom
Jesus had lately called to. be a disciple,
Jarius went-te him, and besought Jesus
to come to his house and restore his
slaughter. He had not quite the faith of
the Roman centurion in our last lesson,
but even If Jesus could heal his daughter
without coming to his house, it would be
feomforting to have Jesus in the family
Ind in the presence of the dying girl.
Moreover, he knew that in most cases
fesus came into personal contact with
Lhose he healed. The full text of today's
lesson is:
43. And a woman having an issue of
blood twelve years, which had spent all
her living upon physicians, neither could
be healed of any,
44. Came behind him, and touched the
border of his garment: and immediately
her issue of blood stanched.
45. And Jesus said. "Wlio touched m?
When all denied, I'eter and they that were
with him said. Master, the multitude
throng thee and press thee, and sayest
thou. Who touched me?
f. And Jesus said, Somebody hath
touched me: for I perceive that virtue is
tone out of me.
47. And when the woman saw that she
was not hid, she came trembling, and fall
ing down before him, she declared unto
him before all the people for what cause
she had touched him, and how she was
healed immediately.
4S. And he said unto her. Daughter, be
of good comfort: thy faith hath made
the whole: go in peace.
49. While he yet spake, there cometh
one from the ruler of the synagogue's
house, saying unto him. Thy daughter Is
dead; trouble not the Master.
r0. Rut when Jesus heard it, he an
swered him, saying. Fear not: believe
only, and she shall be made whole.
SI. And when he came into the house,
he suffered no man to go in, save Peter,
and James, and John, and the father and
the mother of the maiden.
And nil wml snit hpwailpil hr Trmt
he said. Weep not; she is not dead, but
sieepeth.
,Vl A nH
they laughed him
to scorn,
knowing that she was dead.
54. And he put them all out, and took
her by the hand, and called, saying. Maid
arise.
55. And her spirit came again, and she
arose straightway: and he commanded to
give her meat,
j Explanatory notes for some of the above
verses are as follows:
45. "And Jesus (turning around. Matt.)
' said, Who touched me'."" Jesus asked the
question probably to draw, the woman to
" a higher and spiritual healing. This alone
would give the highest value to what he
had done. Rut this question astonished
the disciples, who knew that people were
touching him all the time. ''Press thee."
The crowd was fo great that he was being
crushed, like grapes in a wine press, as
the original word means. Rut Jesus knew
that there was another kind of a touch
than that of the crowd. "Flesh presses,
faith touches."
; 4J. "For I perceive that virtue is gone
out of me." R. V.. power had gone forth.
' It drew on his strength to heal; it was
exhausting. "It was not by any magical
virtue in his garments, or his body itself; ,
but from the center of his spiritual be-
i ing. and in answer to faith in him as th 1
! Phvsician. that the power had Kone
forth." Bliss.
lie knew, for the healing
act. Yet it was "a work i
was his own act
It seemo like a miracle spilt over from the I
fulness of his divine life rather than a j
uilLUllstluuai aiiu uiiciu Laoj; Ilia k i
miracle put forth. Itev. A. t . uordon, D.
D.
49. "While he yet snake." to the woman
he had cured. Jairus was walking with I
Jesus toward his own home when a mes
senger from his house met them, "saying.
Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the
Master." They did not dream that Jesus
j could do anything under these clrcum-
stances, not probably having heard of the
i raising of the young man in the distant
village of Nain. Jote how Jairus' faith
was tried: First, by the delay to heal a
woman who could as well as not have
waited a little longer; how could Jesus
linger, when Jairus heart was hot with
haste and a life hung in the balance?
Secondly, by the results of this delay,
since his daughter had died in the mean
time. It required much more faith to be
lieve that Jesus could help now than
when she was living and only very sick.
50. "When Jesus heard." The words,
though not spoken to him, were spoken
In his presence. "Believe only, and she
shall be made whole," saved, and restored
to life. There was no limit to Christ's
power; the only danger was that Jairus
faith should fail, and he not be worthy
to receive the earthly blessing, because
he had not accepted the spiritual blessing.
In all this Jesus was increasing and de
veloping the ruler's faith.
51. "He suffered no man to go in, save,"
etc. It was no place for idle curiosity.
The crowds, without faith, could gain
nothing, and hinder much. Jesus never
did anything for show. "And the father
and the mother," as the most interested,
the best witnesses, and the ones best pre
pared to receive spiritual blessing.
52. "Went and bewailed." The weeping
consisted of dolorous cries, and the wail
ing, of beating the breast, rending the gar
ments, tearing the hair, with outcries.
There were minstrels (Matthew), and all
together made a great noise and tumult
(Mark).
"toiie is not dead, but sieepeth." "Christ
uses exactly the same language concern
ing Lazarus, Our friend Lazarus sieepeth.
The reality of the death is not denied,
but only the fact implicitly assumed that
death will be followed by a resurrection,
as sleep is by an awakening." Trench.
The expression was especially fitting, in
view of the fact that she was soon to ba
alive again.
LATEST PROVERBS.
Justice never weeps.
True love often uses shocking gram
mar. An imaginary blessing is only part of
a blessing.
There is hope for anybody who is will
ing to unlearn.
All things come to him who knows
when not to wait.
To many men do their dreaming in
heir waking hours.
Cupid promises more than his vio
tims are able to perform. (
OJfK OK SfATlRE'S OODITIBS.
The Bos that Watts Seventeen Yean
for Ita Tranaforniatlon.
The late I.. I... I.angstroth when a
boy was a close observer of insect life.
Once he was whipied for wearing
holes In his trousers by too much
kneeling on the ground to observe
ants. Between the ages of eight and
twelve he made a thorough study of
cicadas, including the "seventeen-year-locusts,"
as they appeared in Center
Square, Philadelphia.' This is his ac
count of them:
"The larvae of these insects come
out of the ground late In the afternoon,
and I noticed that the holes out of
which they crept were almost as
smoothly bored as though made with
an augur. As soon as an insect
emerged it made for a tree or some
other object. If suddenly approached
while in the act of mounting, it would
often drop to the ground as if dead.
After fastening its sharp claws into
some chosen surface, it remains mo
tionless for n short time. When first
leaving its hole the body of the larvae
- tePte-fliiite hard but soon becomes soft
as clough. Then it can no longer crawl.
and if prevented, before becoming
helpless, from getting a iirm hold on
some object, it could not emerge from
its shell; but, fastened firmly by the
claws. It soon begins alternately to
contract and expand its body, until
what at first resembles a little crack
on its back opens wider and wider, dis
closing moro of the emergitijr insect.
At last it raises its head and the lower
part of its lunly from the shell, then
the legs, and rests no while until its
claws become strong enough to enable
it to climb out altogether and cling to
the rough surface of the tree. Its
wings, which are narrow and thick,
now thin out gradually, like a piece of
dough over which a roller is continu
ally passing. Ileaching their full ex
pansion, they remain flattened until
quite dry. when suddenly they assume
. the position for flight.
"As the transition from hard to soft
, conditions is very short, it is obvious
that the holes in 1 he ground from
which they emerge, often bored
through hard ground, must be made a
considerable time before they are re
quired, to enable the Insert to push
quickly through the little space that is
needed to let it out when its instiwts
teach it that the time is at hand for its
coming changes.
"The locust lives only a short time as
a flying Insect, when the female loreR
holes into the extremities of small
twigs In which she inserts her eggs.
The larvae, when hatched, feed upon
the twigs until the latter wither and
fall to the ground. When the young
cicadas penetrate the earth to "roach
the roots of trees, by sucking the juices
of which, with their sharp, hollow pro
boscis as was discovered not many
years ago by a distinguished lady) the
Rpecies live for seventeen years."
! Returning to Thiladelphfa in his for
tieth year. Mr. Lanes troth. It being lo
cust year, collect ed larvae from trees
in Independence Square and sat un
until midnlerht with his daughter and
some school companions to show them
uihmix en;tns just uescniK'n; lUT
-from loyish recollection he could have
dcscrilKMl them almost as vividly and
accurately before as after the later oK
servatiens. Country Gentleman. .
thivks sin: was oxen a cat.
Slla Wlieeler W ilrov Ilolieven In Iie
Reincarnation Tlieorjr.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox believes
In reincarnation. She thinks, possibly,
she was a cat once. This is due. prol
ably, to the fact that she bestows
much of her surplus affection, her iu-
terest and the unanswered wondering
Of her heart upon Banjo.
Iianjo js her cat Ht, , f (,ourso
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lenuiiKuuit? specimen or iih
feline nice that ever scampered after
m.,.. , , .,
a. iiuinriiup iiuinm ui ineu 10 einse lis
own tail. Banjo is an aristocrat and
he is intelligent. One characteristic
that Mrs. Wilcox points to with pride i
is Banjo's love of mice. Other cats j
may be afraid of mice, but Banjo is i
j composed In their presence. At night
he slumbers on a downy pillow in n
warm room, furnished exclusively for
his comfort. Mi's. Wilcox declares that
Banjo was not always a cat. She lias
an idea that In some former existence
she and Banjo were friends. It is her
theory that the soul goes into the veg
etable and mineral state from time to
time, and that occasionally it passes
into animal life human beings, for In
stance. By centering our forces at a
given point. Mrs. Wilcox thinks, we
can tell in advance the next stopping
place of our souls.
"Over three-fourths of the inhabi
tants of the globe." she says, "believe
In reincarnation. I do not call myself
a theosophist, because theosophv is
only a branch of a mighty tree of truth
under which my soul finds shelter and
satisfaction. There are too many doc
trines in the world and not enough be
liefs. I am satisfied with my name
less religion the reincarnation theory.
I believe there is n possible Christ in
each of us. and the more unselfislilv
we live the more quickly we attain to
it by lessening the future incarna
tions and hurrying on to the goal."
New York Letter, in Philadelphia
Press.
Rest and Itecrrnllon.
Busy women continually resolve to
"take things more easily;" "to rest on
their oars for a season," and drift on
the River of Indolence, if only for one
hour a day. We embark on the dally
voyage fully intending to do this, but
before nightfall ralize that we have
been shipwrecked on the Seylla of du
ties, real or Imaginary, or engulfed In
the Chary bdis of social hurry.
Why not really make up onr minds
that one hour daily shall be devoted
to iecreation or resting in some man
ner? Either we will walk an hour, lie
down an hour, sew, knit, do fancy
work .visit or chat with n congenial
friend for an hour. In short, we will
overturn our common methods for ono
brief space daily. The result of a
month's fair trial of this plan will en
courage to further effort In the sanv.
direction, and In faithful observance
of some such system we shall renew
our "youth like the eagles." while
many of the worn and toilsome places
will take on new beauties "and blos
som as the rose." Jenness-MIHer Magazine.
Corns Xft tor loor 8ea.
That' what we say, because It's the
best. Salzer's Wisconsin grown seed
are bred to earlinese and produce the
earliest vegetables in the world. Right
alongside of other seedsmens earliest,
hit are 20 days ahead! Juat try his
earliest peas, radishes, lettuce, cabbage,
etc! He is the largest grower of farm
and vegetable seeds, potatoes, grasses,
elovers, etc!
If yon will ant thU oat and send
It to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis., with 10c postage, you will
get sample package of Early Bird Rad
ish (ready in 16 days) and their great
catalogue. Catalogue alone 60 postage,
eluding above oats, free. w.n.
Manifests itself in many different ways, like
goitre, swellings, running sores, boils, salt
rheum and pirnples and other eruptions.
Scarcely a man is wholly free from it, in some
form. It clings tenaciously until the last yestiga
of scrofulous poison is eradicated from the blood
by Ilood's Sarsaparilla. Thousands of voluntary
testimonials tell of suffering from scrofula, often
Inherited and most tenacious, positively, per
fectly and permanently cured by
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $L
Prepared only by C. I. Hood Si Co;, Lowell, Mass.
mm rtsif act iiarmoniously with
llOOCl S PllIS Hood's Sarsaparilla. 25c.
The Greatest flcdical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, CF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to acommon Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He'lias now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
Shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears In a
week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of it
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
:arliest
APOTATO
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DO YOU KNOW . . .
That the finest vegetables In the world are
rrnwn from allicr I seeosr v nyr xe-
cause they are Northern-Brown, bred to
earliness, and sprout quickly, trow rapidly
mrtA nrnitnr ennrmanslvl
55 Packages Earliest Vcg-etable Seeds, $ 1 .
POTATOES IN 28 DAYS!
Just think of that! You can have them by planting-
Salzer's seed. Try tt this year 1
LOOK AT THESE YIELDS IN IOWA.
Silver Mine Oats 197 bu. per acre.
Silver King Barley, 85 bu. per acre.
Prolific Spring Rye, 60 bo. per acre.
Marvel Spring Wheat, . . . 40 bu, per acr.e.
Giant Spurry, S tons per acre.
Giant Incarnat Cover, . . 4 tons hay per acre.
Potatoes, 500 to 1 ,100 bu. per acre.
Now.above yields Iowa farmers have bad. A ful 1
list of farmers from your and adjoining states,
doing; equally well, is published in our catalogue.
CIiOVKIl SHED.
Enormous stocks of clover, timothy and grass
seeds, grown especially for seed. Ah, it's fine!
Highest quality, lowest prices!
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
With 12c. In stamps.you will ret our big catalogue
ana a sample oi rumpnui icuow nunnKiuu
sensation. Catalogue alone, 5c., tells howto get
that potato.
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.,
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IA CROSSE. WIS. 1M
So One is
to Blame
but yourself, if your ticket
to St. Joseph, Kansas. Qity,
Denver, Deadwood, Helena,
or Butte does not read via
the Buriine-ton Route.
The local ticket acreat ban
tickets via the Burlington to
these and all other southern
and western cities. He will
furnish you with one if you
ask for it. But yon must
asK lor it.
Letters of inquiry address
ed to the undersigned will
receive prompt attention.
J. Fhaxcis, Gen'l Pass'r Agt, Omaha, Neb.
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Pine Army Duck, with side gp.ln. N S1.4IO. Good
Heavy Duck, with Buckle. 65e. t-ent pvenald on
receipt of price. Send Me of boe and measure of
alx of leg. L. C. HUXTIXGTON A.BOJ. Omaha.
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Write for catalogue of Sprlns Faahloaa, free.
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Morphine Habit Cored In 10
to20)T. No par till cored.
OR. J. STEPHENS. Lebanon.Ohio.
If afflicted with
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