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.X TALMAGE'S SERMON. THE STRIKE EPIDEMIC LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. "The Hjre Cannot Say Unto tlio llnmli J Have Jfo Need of Tlioo" From Hie Fit-it Hook of Corinthians , Chapter 121 Verio 21. Fifty thousand workmen in Chicago ceasing work in one day ; Brooklyn stunned by the attempt to halt its rail road cars ; Cleveland In the throes of a labor agitation , and restlessness among tellers all over the land have caused an epidemic of strikes , and somewhat to better things , I apply the Pauline thought of my text. You have seen an elaborate piece of machinery , with a thousand wheels and a thousand bands and a thousand pMlleys nil controlled by one great water wheel , the machinery so adjusted that when you jar ono part of It you Jar all parts of It. Well , human so- cloty is a great piece of mechanism controlled by ono great and ever-re volving force the wheel of God's providence. You harm one part of the machinery of society and you harm nil parts. All professions Interdependent. All trades interdependent. All classes of people Interdependent. No such thing as Independence. Dives cannot kick Lazarus without hurting his own foot. They who threw Shndrach Into the furnace got their own bodies scorched. Or to como back to the fig ure of the text , what a strange thing it would be If the eye should say , I oversee the entire physical mechanism. I despise the other members of the body , If there Is anything I am dis gusted with , it is with those miserable , low-lived hands. Or , what if the hand should say , I am the boss workman of the whole physical economy ; I have no respect for the other members of the body. If there is anything I despise , it is the cyo seated under the dome of the forehead doing nothing but look. I come In and I wave the Hag of truce between these two contestants , and I say : "The eye cannot say to the hand , 'I have no need of thee.1" That brings me to the first sugges tion , and that Is , that Labor and Capi tal are to bo brought to a better un derstanding by a complete canvass of the whole subject. They will bo brought to peace when they find that they are identical in their interests. When one goes down , they both go down. When ono rises , they both rise. There will bo an equilibrium after awhile. There never was an exception to the rulo. That which Is good for ono class of society eventually will bo good for all classes of society , and that which is bad for ono class of society will eventually and In time bo bad for all. Every speech that Labor makes against Capital postpones the day of permanent adjustment. Every speech that Capital makes against Labor post pones the day of permanent adjust ment. When Capital maligns Labor , It Is the eye cursing the hand. When Labor maligns Capital it is the hand cursing the eye. As far as I have ob served , the vast majority of capitalists are successful laborers. If the capital ists would draw their gloves , you would see the broken finger nail , the scar of an old blister , the stiffened finger Joint. The great publishers of the country for the most part vere bookbinders , or typesetters , on small pay. The great carriage manufacturers for the most part sandpapered wagon bodies In wheelwright shops. While , on the other hand , in all our large manufacturing establishments you will find men on wages who once employed a hundred or flve hundred hands. The distance between Capital and Labor is not a great gulf over which Is swung a Niagara suspension bridge ; It Is only a step , and the capitalists are crossing over to become laborers , and the la borers arc crossing over to become capitalists. Would God they might shake hands while they cross. On the other hand , laborers are the highest style of capitalists. Where are their investments ? In banks , No ! In the railroads , No ! Their nerve , their muscle , their bone , their mechanical skill , their physical health are mag nificent capital. He who has two eyes , two ears , two feet , two hands , ten fin gers , has machinery that puts Into nothingness carpet and screw and cot ton factory , and all the other imp'e- ments on the planet. The capitalists were laborers , the laborers were capi talists. The sooner we understand that the better. Again : There Is to come relief to i the laboring classes of this country thtough co-operatlvo associations. I am not at this moment speaking of trades unions , but of that plan by which laborers put their surplus to gether and become their own capital ists. Instead of being dependent upon the beck of this capitalist or that capi talist , they manage their own affairs. In England and Wales there are 813 co-operutlvo associations. They have 340,000 members ; they have a capital of $18,000,000 , or what corresponds to our dollars , and they do n business an nually of 63,000,000. Thomas Brassoy , ono of the foremost men In the British parliament on the subject says : "Co operation Is the ono and the only re lief for the laboring populations. This Is the path , " ho says , "by which they arc to como up from the hand-to-tho- mouth style of living , to reap the re wards and the honors of our advanced civilization. " Lord Deroy and John Stuart Mill , who gave half their lives to the etudy of the labor question , be lieved in co-operatlvo Institutions The co-operative institution formed In Troy , N. Y. , stood long enough to illus trate the fact that great good might como of Etich an Institution , It It were rightly carried on and mightily de veloped. "But , " says some one , "haven't these Institutions sometimes been a failure ? " Yos. Every great movement has been a failure ut some time. Ap plication of Uio steam power u failure , electro-telegraphy a failure , railroad- ng n failure , but now the chief suc cesses of the world. "But , " says some one , "why talk of surplus being put by laborers Into co operative associations , wbcn the vast miHkiulo of tellers of this country arc struggling for their dally bread , and have no surplus ? " I reply : Put : nto my hand the money spent by the aboring classes of America for rum and tobacco , and I will establish co- opcratlvo associations In all parts of this land , some of them mightier than any financial Institutions of the coun try. We spend In this country over MOO.OCO.OOO every year for tobacco. Wo spend over $1.500,000,000 , directly or Indirectly , for rum. The laboring classes spend their share of this noney. Now , suppose the laboring man who has been expending his money In those directions , should Just add up how much he has expended during these past few years , and then suppose that that money was put into co-operative association , and then suppose ho should have all his friends in toll , who had made the same kind of expenditure , do the same thing , and that should bo added up and put into a co-operative association. And then take all that money expended for over dress and over-style and over-living on the part of tolling people In order that they may appear as well as per sons who have more Income gather that all up and you could have co-op- eratlvo associations all over this land. I am not saying anything now about trades unions. You want to , know what I think of trades unions. 'l think they are most beneficial In some direc tions , and they have a specific object , and In this day , when there are vast monopolies a thousand monopolies concentring the wealth of the poplo Into the possession of n few men , un less the laboring men of this country and all countries band together they will go under. There Is a lawful use of a trade union , but then there Is an unlawful use of a trade union. If it means sympathy In time of sickness , if It means finding work for people when they are out of work , if it means the Improvement of the financial , the moral or the religious condition of the laboring classes , that is all right. Do not singers band together in Handel and Haydn societies ? Do not news paper men band together In press clubs ? Do not ministers of religion band together In conferences and asso ciations ? There Is not in all the land a city where clergymen do not como to gether , many of thorn once a week , to talk over affairs. For these reasons you should not blame labor guilds. When they are doing their legitimate work they are most admirable , but when they como around with drum and fife and flag , and drive people off from their toll , from their scaffoldings , from their factories , then they are nihilistic , then they are communistic , then they are barbaric , then they are a curse. If a man wants to stop work let him stop work , but ho cannot stop mo from work. But now suppose that all the labor ing classes banded together for ben eficent purposes in co-operative asso ciation , under whatever name they put their means together. Suppose they take the money that they waste in rum and tobacco , and use it for the eleva tion of their children , for their moral , Intellectual and religious improve ment , what n different state of things wo would have in this country , and they would have In Great Britain ! Do you not realize the fact that men work better without stimulant ? You say , "Will you deny the laboring men this help which they get from strong drink , berne down as they are with many anxieties and exhausting work ? " I would deny them nothing that is good for them. I would deny thorn strong drink , if I had the power , be cause It is damaging to them. My father said , "I became a temperance man in early life becaufo I found that In the harvest field , while I * was naturally weaker than the other men , I could hold out longer than any of thorn ; they took stimulant and I took none. " Everybody knows they cannot en dure great fatigue men who Indulge in stimulants. All our young men un derstand that. When they are preparing - paring for the regatta , or the ball club , or the athletic wrestling , they abstain from strong drink. Now , suppose all this money that Is wasted were gath ered together and put into co-oporativo institutions Oh ! we would have a very different state of things from what we have now. Let me say a word to all capitalists. Be your own executors. Make Invest ments for eternity. Do not be like some of those capitalists I know who walk around among their employes with a supercilious air , or drive up to the fac tory In a manner which seems to Indl cate they are the autocrat of the uni verse , with the sun and moon in their vest pockets , chiefly anxious when they go among laboring men not to bo touched by the greasy or smirched hand and have their broadcloth In jured. Bo a Christian employer. Re member those who are under your charge are bone of your bone and flesh of your flesh ; that Jesus Christ died for them and that they are Immortal. Divide up your estates , or portions of them , for the relief of the world , before - fore you leave it. Do not go out of the world like that man who died 1.1 Now York , leaving In his will $40.000,000. yet giving hovr much for the church of God ? how much for the alleviation of human suffering ? He gave some money a little while before he died. That was well ; but in all this will of $40,000,000 how much ? Ono million ? No. Five hundred thousand ? No. Ono hundred dollars ? No. Two cents ? No. One cent ? No. These great cltlea groanIng - Ing In anguish , nations crying out for the bread of everlasting life. A man In a will giving forty millions of dollars and not one cent to God. It is a ills- grace to our civilization. Or , as lllus tratcd In a letter which I have concerning corning n man who departed this Ufo , Icnvlug between tlve and eight millions of dollars. Not ono dollar was left , this writer says , to comfort the aged woXtmen and workwomen , not one dollar lar to elevate and Instruct the hundreds of pale children who stilled their child ish growth In the heat and clamor of his factory. Is it strange . tat the curse of the children of toll follow such Ingratitude ? How well could one of his many millions have been disbursed for the present and the future benefit of those whoso hands had woven literally the fabric of the dead man'e princely fortune. O ! capitalists of the United States , bo your own executors. Bo a George 1'cabody , If need he , on a small scale. God has made you a steward- discharge your responsibility. My word Is to all laboring men In this country : I congratulate you at your brightening prospccte. I congratu late you on the fact that you are get ting your representatives , at Alouny , at Harrlsburg , and at Washington. I have only to mention such a man of the past as Henry Wilson , the shoe maker ; as Andrew Johnson , the tailor ; as Abraham Lincoln , the boatman. The living Illustrations easily occur to you. This will go on until you will hnvo representatives at all the headquarters , and you will have full Justice. Mark that. I congratulate you also at the op portunities for your children. I con gratulate you that you have to work and that when you are dead your chil dren have to work. I congratulate you also on your op portunities of Information. Plato paid ono thousand three hundred dollars for two books. Jerome ruined htrneolf financially by buying ono volume of Orlgen. What vast opportunities for intelligence for you and your children. A working man goes along by the show window of some great publishing house and ho sees a book that costs five del lars. He says , "I wish I could have that information ; I wish I could ralso five dollars for that costly and beautiful book. " A few months pass on and ho gets the value of that book for twenty- five cents In a pamphlet. There never was such a day for the workingmen of America as this day and the day that is coming. I also congratulate you hecauHo your work Is only prefatory and Introduc tory. You want the grace .of Jesus Christ , the Carpenter of Nazareth. He tolled himself , and ho knows how to sympathize with all who toll. Get his grace in your heart and you can sing on the scaffolding amid the storm , In the shop shoving tha plane , In the mlno plunging the crowbar , on shipboard climbing the ratlines. Ho will make the drops of sweat on your brow glit tering pearls for the eternal coronet. Are you tired , he will rest you. Are you sick , ho will give you help. Are you cold , ho will wrap you In the mantle of his love. Who are they be fore the throne ? "Ah ! " you say , "their hands were never calloused with toll. " Yes they were ; but Christ raised them to that high eminence. Who are these ? "Theso are they that came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white In the blood of the Lamb. " That for every Christian workIng - Ing man and for every Christian work- ingwoman will bo the beginning of eternal holiday. r < > | mliitlnii of Franco and Ilrltuln. In the year 1S01 Great Britain was a long way behind Franco , who then had nearly twice her population ; but , in the present year , 1899 , Britain has suc ceeded In getting an appreciable lead over Franco , to the extent of about two millions of population. In 1801 France's population was over 27,000,000. In 1801 Britain's population was under 16,000- 000. In 1851 Franco's population was under 36,000,000. In 1851 Britain's population was over 27,000,000. In 1899 France's population Is 38,500,000. In 1899 Britain's population Is 40,600,000. Thus , In 1801 , the British were ( nearly ) 12,000,000 fewer than the French ; In 1851 the British had reduced the French lead to under 9,000,000 , and , in the present year , they load Franco on the score of population , by almost ex actly 2,000,000 persons. Great Britain outran France In population for the first time In the history of the world , in 1893 or 1894. A Diamond I.o\or In I.ovo , A collector of gems in Boston pos sessed three perfectly matched soli taires , of blue , rose and yellow , and would show them to his friends as the loveliest combination of colors ho knew anything about. The true lever of gems prefers stones unset , so ho can stir them about with the point of a Jeweler's nippers or a pencil and enJoy - Joy their unalloyed sparkle and pu rity in every phase of light. These three perfectly colored diamonds , which were carried In the man's waistcoat pocket , wrapped In cotton , were valued at several thousand dollars lars , but one day Cupid appeared , and then ono of the precious stones wont Into a blazing engagement ring , and the remaining two eventually found themselves turned Into "Jew elry. " Such Is the power of love , Boston Herald. Tli Klcli'r'H limplrutlon. At the close of the forenoon session of a ministerial conference , in an nouncing the opening subject for tin afternoon , the presiding ollltor said : "Elder II. will present a paper on 'The Devil. ' " Then he added earncs'ly : "Plenso bo prompt In attendance , for Brother H. has a carefully prepared paper , and Is full of his subject. " And the Homllotlc Review says that It was some minutes before the presiding of ficer understood the laughter which followed his remark. To Ilo or Not to He ? Ho Is there anything in the world that bores you moro tn.m flattery ? She Only one thing that I now think of. He What Is that ? Kho Not to bo fluttered. Detroit Free Press. PREPARING FOR A NEW PLAY. Coinjili'lo Mod I In Mlnlnturn of the Scenery Mmlo llrifnro tlio I'roilttrtlon. The preparation for a now play , ns far - > s the scenery Is concerned , lamest most Interesting. A comp.eto model In mlnlntn-o Is inado , about the slzo of one of the German toy theaters scon In tra hhoprt. The picture Is carefully painted , the rocks If there bo any , and the follago are cut out , and all the de tails are followed with no less thought than when the real affair Is attacked. The work is douo In water colors , and mounted on pasteboard , and If the scheme bo an Interior there are real curtains In miniature , flights of stops and the hangings , all seriously worked out. It Is something that would de light the heart of n boy and furnish him with cndloss amusement. These models are kept until after the piece Is produced , and are then put away on shelves , alas , only to warp and be come covered with dust. But the master - tor painter's work docs not cud here by any means , for there are lights to be arranged , since they play an Impor tant part in the performance , and they must bo regulated by the scheme of color ; so there are long conferences with electricians and many discussions with the makers of glass shades whereby - by the exact tints may bo obtained. When every detail has boon settled , then the great acres of canvas are spread on the paint frames and the drawing Is begun. Largo china pots are used for the colors. Those arc fill ed with paints which arc mixed with water and a size , and enormous brush es put the pigment on the canvas. It Isonderful to watch the artist , who dashes on the paint with no apparent care and who has to work fast to cov er the surface before the color dries , which it docs very quickly. Now York Commercial Advertiser. TREASURE TROVE. The Innucciicu or Ono nf the SUM | Him. In 1S63 a man named Thomas Butch er , a laborer In the employment of a farmer at Mountllcld In Sussex , was "lowing n field ono flno day when his plowshare threw up a long piece of metal llko brass , with a trumpet at each end , and doubled up llko a cell of string , says Chambers' Journal. There were several other similar pieces In the same furrow , the whole weighing alto gether cloven pounds. Butcher , who had very little imagination , thought nothing of the find , and allowed the metal to Ho at the bottom of the flold till evening , when ho carried It home , thinking it to ho the discarded orna ments of some gentleman's hall or par lor. Subsequently ho mentioned the matter casually to an acquaintance named Thomas , who , after taking a look nt the so-called brass , and consult ing with his brother-in-law , Wlllott , wont to Butcher's house with a pair of scales and a great show of honesty , and bought the metal at the rate of sixpence a pound flve and sixpence for the lot. The plowman heard noth ing moro of the transaction until his acquaintances began to annoy him by Inquiring Jestingly If he had found any more old brass lately , and then H leak ed out that Thomas and Wlllett had sold the "brass" to a firm of gold refin ers In Cheapsldo for 529 13s 7d. The crown took the matter up , an inquest was hold by the coroner , and Thomas and Wlllett were at once arrested. Butcher , whoso simplicity had saved him from temptation , was an innocent finder ; but the prisoners , who , knowing how the metal had been found , had bought It as brass and sold It for their own benefit as gold , wore convicted on the evidence and punished severely. Where Wns Hi , 1'iitrlclc Horn ? The question of whero'was St. Pat rick born often crops up , and it would seem ns if there were aa many claim ants for the honor of his birth as there were for that of Homer. The Rov. Ed ward O'Brien , of Llmavady , Ireland , starts a now theory In a late Issue of the Irish Ecclesiastical Record. The patron saint of Erin has generally got ten the credit of hailing from Scotland , but Mr. O'Brien claims Spain aa the land of his nativity. Ho ( Mr. O'Brien ) holds that St. Patrick was either born nt Emporla or was living there when a very young child. Emporla is on the Clyde ( not the Scottish river of that name , but the ClodemiH ) which falls In the Gulf of Rosas ( Rhoda ) , a gulf of the Thyrrene sea , the Mare Infornum of tiie Romans. The saint's grandfath er was n presbyter , or member of the supreme council , and his father was a decurlo. The city of which ho was de- curlo was VIcus , nn episcopal see. It was on the Rlvor Alba Flubln , In the territory of Tlburnc. The arguments for this theory are most logical , and are certain to lead to an Interesting discussion amongst archaeologists and historians. A Itrlllliiiit InvcHtiiiont , Probably ono of the prettiest pieces of financial foresight , as well as keen statecraft , on record was the acquisi tion of the shares which Great Britain holds In the Suez canal. Condemned by the fihort-sighted nt the time , events huvo since proved the wisdom of the policy. As a mere Investment the purchase of those shares was a splendid did stroke of business. The sum of 4,080,000 pounds was originally paid for thorn , and their market value at the present day is close upon 25,000,000 pounds. Moreover , the original pur chase price has been more than re turned In dividends , so that Great Britain stands In the position that she Is the holder of 25.000,000 pounds of capital which has not cost her a half penny to acquire , and which produces an annual Income of some three-quar ters of a million , while also bestowing on her an enormous political Influ ence. Tlin nnttlollfltil llontc. The veterans of ' 01 and 'C5 and their friends \fho are going to attend the thirty-third G. A. R. annual en campment nt Philadelphia In Septem ber could not solcct a bolter nor moro historic route than the Big Four and Chcsapcako & Ohio , with splendid servlrn from HtlcnRO , peorla and St. Louis on the Big Four , nil connecting at ludlauiipolls or Cincinnati , and thence over the picturesque Chesa peake & Ohio , along the Ohio river to Huntlngton , W. Va. ; thence through the foothills of the Allcghanles over the mountains , through the famous springs region \Mrglnla to Slaunton , Va. . between which point and Wash ington are many of the most promi nent battlefields Waynei bore , Oor- donsvlllo , Odnr Mountain , llappa- imnnock. Kcttlo Run , Manassas , Bull Kun , Fairfax and a ecoro of others nearly ns prominent. Washington Is next , and thence via the Pennsylvania Line direct to Philadelphia. There will bo three rates In effect for this Imslnoss llrst. continuous passage , with no Htop-ovcr privilege ; second , going and coming same route , with ono stopover In oncli direction ; third , circuitous route , going ono way mil back another , with ono stop-over In each direction. For full Informa tion as to routes , rates , etc. , address J. C. Tucker , G. N. A. , l3l ! Clark street , Chicago. When It comes to making Improve ments In all branches of railroad serv ice , the Baltimore and Ohio railroad does not have to rotlro from the front rank. As "nothing Is too good for the Irish , " BO nothing Is lee good for Bal timore and Ohio railroad patrons , and a progressive step In dining car serv ice Is being taken. The Iloyul Blue Line dining cars are being shipped as rapidly as possible to change the In teriors BO that each car will have a tnhlo d'hote compartment and a cafe , whcro the porvlco will bo u la carte. This part of the car will huvo uasy chairs , tables and other conveniences of a Hrst-claas cafe , where gentlemen can smoke and cat without interfering with those who prefer a different utato of things. Now Invention ) * . 497 Inventors re ceived patents the past week and of this number 103 sold cither the entire - tire or a part of tholr right before the patent Issued. Amongst the largo _ concerns who bought patents the wet week nro the General Electric Co. , of Now York , Glrard Button Mnfg. Co. , Philadel phia , Pa. , Aeolian Co. , Now York city , Knlnmnzoo Sled Co. , of Michigan , Richmond , Va. , Locomotive Works , Armour & Co. , of Chicago , Mergontlmlor Linotype Co. , of Now York , und Tiffany & Company , Jewelers , Now York City. Parties desiring full Information ns to the law and practice of patents may obtain the same In addressing Sues fr Co. , Lawyers and Solicitors , Bee llldg. , Omaha , Nobr. Members of Company F , One Hun dred and Flfty-Hovcnth Indiana volun teers , Intend to give a sword to Gen eral Lawton , the Indlanlan who dis tinguished hlmsolf at the PhlllpplneH. The promoters of the schema will ac cept no subscriptions except from members of the regiment. This or ganization , famed ns "Studclmkor's Tlgors , " wnH the Hrst volunteer rogl- inent to bo mustered Into the regular army. A certain Nauvo woman assured her husband that she never told him a Ilo nnrt never would. Ho told her that he did not doubt It , but would hereafter cut a notch In the piano when ho know Bho deceived him. "No , you won't , " screamed , "I'm not going to have my plnno ruined. " Just before W. V. Smith , of Florence , Kan. , goes to bed he carefully places his beard In n muslin bag. After ho has entered the bed ho puts the bag under his pillow. His board Is nearly eight feet long. Hpcclnl UuU'H KiiHt , Vlu O. & St. 1 ; mid , WllllllHll ItollU'H. For the G. A. R. encampment at Phll- nduplhiii tickets will bo hold Sent J , 2 and 'i , good returning Sopt. 'JOth. Stopovers will bo allowed at Niagara Falls , Washington and many other points , cholco of routes. For rates , timetables and all Information call at city ofilcc , 1115 Farnam Bt. , ( Pnxtuii Hotel block ) , or write Harry E. Moores , C. P. & T. A. , Omaha , Nnb. She Why is it , I wonder , that little men so often marry big women ? He I don't know , unless It Is that the little follows are afraid to back out of the engagements. Tit-Bits. Ilnmiro of Ointments for Ciitnrrh That Contain Ulureiiry , AH mercury will Hurcly destroy thn sense ol biiioll niul completely flora wto tlio wliolo system when ciitcrlni , ' It tluouyti tlio tmicouH sutfucfs. Such urtleleH nhouM c\cr bo used oxcupt on prescription ! ) from rcputnbln iihjNicliins. as the damage they will do Is tenfold to tlio KOOI ! jou can possibly derlvo from them. Hall's Catarrh Curo. manufactured by V. J. Cheney & Co. , Toledo , O , contains no mercury , and IN taken Internally , actltiK dlrtctly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure besurejouuetthoKenulne. It is tukonlntornnlly.undmndeluTolcilo , Ohio , by P. J. Cheney & Co. Tcstlmonlalstroo. Sold by liiUKt'lMK. price 7ta per boltlo Hull s I'mnUy Pills nro the best. Miss Helen Gould has been invited to attend the ceremonies at Three Oaks , Mich. , when the Spanish cannon cap tured by Admiral Dewey will bo pre sented to tlio town. FITSr nn nintlyrnn > < l. Nofltnornfrrnninemafter nrkt cUjr'n u e nf Ur. Kllnc'a < lrr t Ncrm lir torer. Rend fur I'ltKIC SH.OO trial Imttlo and ticatlm. Liu. It. II. KLINK , I.t.l. , V31 Anil bt , 1 hUaikl | > tila , To. The Princess of Wales Is nn expert angler , but their daughter , the duchess of Fife , IB the best flshcrwoman In the family. Mm. WliiKlow'a Hootlitupr Hyrap. For children teething , olten the KUIIU , reduces It ? ( lamination , alley5 pain.cure * wlu J colic. ! Uo a bottle , It Is asserted on the authority of a hairdresser , that It is better to stroke the hair with an old silk handkerchief than to brush It. Cut ItutfH on All HiillunyH 1' . II. I'hllliln Ticket Broker , 1505 Farnam , Omaha. Is your breath bnd ? Then your best friends turn their heads aside. A bnd breath means a bad liver. Aycr's Pills arc liver pills. They cure constipation , biliousness , dyspepsia , sick headache. . ' 25c. All druggists. your iniinitnclio or hc.inl a beautiful lirown nr rlrli Mark ? llicn iu BUCKINGHAM'S DYE ors O yj * llourko Cockran tolls a story which shows that In his early ilnys ho was much discouraged and went to n friend's olllco high up In a skyscraper to ask help to leave Now York for Doadwood. This friend took him to a window , which commanded n largo view of the city , and remarked : "There nro twenty Dcndwoods within your range of vision. " Auk Your Driitnr for Alton' * Foot-Kain. A powder to bhako In your shoos. It rests the foot. Cures Corns , Bunions , Swollen , Sore , Hot , Callous , Aching1 , Sweating Kt-et and Ingrowing Nails. At all ilru L'lHts and shoo ntores , 25 ots. Sample mailed FHKK. Address Alien S. Olmstcd , Lo Hey , N. Y. It has been ratlnmtcd that steamers are 20 per cent safer than sailing ves sels. Shirt Honon\ Rliottld nl\\nys ho dried liuforo itnroliiliff. Apply "Faultless Starch" freely to both Kiik-H , roll up tight with bosom luildo and InV nktdo Uvontv inltiutcH before Ironing. All grocers boll "fiuiltlL'jH Stnrcli , " lOo. Slnco the beginning of this century no fewer than fifty-two volcanic Islands have arisen out of the HCII. Nineteen IHIK disappeared and ten are now In habited. ? 118huyonow uprlghtpiano. Bclnnol- lor & Muyllur , 1313 Farnnm St. , Omaha. The unmarked providences of God nro the most remarkable. ROBERT DOWNING Tolls the Secret of His Great En durance , Robert Downing was recently Inter ? viewed by the press on the subject of his splendid health. Mr. Downing promptly and emphatically gave the whole credit of his splendid physical condition to Po-ru-nn , saying : Hobort Downing , the TniRedlnn. "I find It a preventive against all suddtiii summer ills that swoop upon ono In changing climates and water. "It Is the finest traveling companion and safeguard against malarial In fluences. "To sum it up , Po-ru-nn has done mo moro good than any tonic I have ever taken. " Healthy mucous membranes protect the body against the heat of summer and the cold of winter. Po-ru-na U sure to bring health to the mucous membranes of the whole body. i Write for a copy of Dr. Hartman'a latest book entitled "Summer Catarrh. " Address Dr. Ilartman , Columbus , 0. Homcmber that cholera morbus , cholera Infantum , summer com plaint , bilious colic , diarrhoea and dysentery are each and all catarrh of the bowelH. Catarrh Is the only correct name for these affections. Po-ru-nn Is an absolute specific for thcKO ailments , which are so com mon In Hummer. Dr. Hartman , In a practice of over forty years , never lost n single case of cholera Infan tum , tlysentary , diarrhoea , or chol era morbus , and his only remedy was Pe-ru-nn. Those desiring fur ther particulars should send for n frco copy of "Summer Catarrh. 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