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LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
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HE Bible is a great
poem. We have in
rl it faultless rhythm.
T and bold imagery
' and startling antithesis -
thesis and rapturous -
ous lyric and sweet
pastoral and instructive -
structive narrative
a it d devotional
psalm ; thoughts ex-
pressed in style
more solemn than that of Montgomery ,
more bold than that of Milton , more terrible -
rible than that of Dante , more natural
than that of Wordsworth , more impas-
sloned than that of Pollock , more tender -
der than that of Cowper , more weird
than that of Spencer.
. This great poem brings all the gems
of the earth into its coronet , and it
iweaves the flames of judgment into its
garlands , and pours eternal harmonies
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in its rhythm. Everything this book
touches it makes beautiful , from the
plain stones of the summer threshing-
floor to the daughters of Nahor filling
the trough for the camels ; from the fish-
pools of Heshbon up to the Psalmist
praising God with the diapason of
storm and whirlwind , and Job's imagery -
ery of Orion , Arcturus and the Pleiades.
My text leads us into a scene of summer -
mer redolence. The world has had a
great many beautiful gardens. Charl-
magne added to the glory of his reiht
by decreeing that they be establisheo
1 all through the realm-deciding even
the names of the flowers to be planted
there , Henry IV. , at Montpelier , established -
lished gardens of bewitching beauty
and luxuriance , gathering into them Alpine -
pine , Pyrenean and French plants. One
of the sweetest spots on earth Svas the
! garden of Shenstone , the poet. His
writings have made but little impres-
slon on the world ; but his garden , 'The
Leasowes , will be immortal. To the
, natural advantage of that place was
brought the perfection of art. Arbor
+ and terrace and slope and rustic temple
and reservoir and urn and fountain here
had their crowning. Oak and yew and
Hazel put forth their richest foliage.
There was no life more diligent , no soul
more ingenious , than that of Shenstone /
and all that diligence and genius he
brought to the adornment of that one
treasures spot. He gave three hundred -
dred pounds for it ; he sold it for seventeen -
teen thousand. And yet I am to tell
you today of a richer garden than any
I have mentioned. It is the garden
spoken of in my text , the garden of the
' Church , which belongs to Christ. He
I + bought it , he planted it , he owns it , and
1e shall have it. Walter Scott , in his
outlay at Abbotsford , ruined his fortune -
; tune ; and now , in the crimson flowers
of those gardens , you can almost thinker
or imagine that you see the blood of
that old man's broken heart. The
t payment of the last one hundred thousand -
sand pounds sacrificed him , But I
.iave to tell you that Christ's life and
Christ's death were the outlay of this
beautiful garden of the Church , of
which my text speaks. Oh , how many
elghs and tears and pangs and agonies !
fTe11 me , ye women who saw him hang !
I tell me , ye executioners who lifted him
and let him down ! Tell me , thou sun
that ddst hide ; ye rocks that fell !
Christ loved the Church , and gave himself -
self for it. If the garden of the Church
belongs to Christ , certainly he has a
right to walk in it. Come , thou , 0
blessed Jesus , today ; walk up and down
these aisles and pluck what thou wilt of
sweetness for thyself.
I The Church , in my text , is appropriately -
ately compared to a garden , because it
is the place of choice flowers , of select
fruits , and of thorough irrigation. That
would be a strange garden in which
there were no flowers. If nowhere else ,
they would be along the borders or at
the gateway. The homeliest taste will
dictate something , if it be only the old-
fashioned hollyhock , or dahlia , or daffodil -
dil ; but if there be larger means , then
you will find the Mexican cactus , the
blazing azalea , and clustering oleander.
Well , now , Christ comes to his garden
and he plants there some of the brightest -
est spirits that ever dowered the world.
Some of them are violets , inconspicuous -
ous , but sweet as heaven. You have to
search and find them. You do not see
them very often , perhaps , but you see
where they have been by the brightened
face of the invalid , and the sprig of
geranium on the stand , and the new
t window curtains keeping out the glare
of the sunlight. They are , perhaps ,
more like the ranunculus , creeping
sweetly along amid the thorns and
briars of life , giving kiss for sting ; and
many a man who has hd in his ° way
some great black rock of trouble , has
found that they had covered it all over
with flowery jasmine , ruining in and
out amid the crevices. These flowers
in Christ's garden are not , like the sunflower -
flower , gaudy in the light , but wherever
darkness hovers over a soul that needs
to be comforted , there they stand ,
night-blooming cereuses.
But In Christ's garden there are
plants that may be better compared to
the Mexican cactus-thorns without ,
loveliness within ; men with sharp
points of character. They wound almost -
most everyone that touches them.
They are hard to handle. Men pronounce -
nounce them nothing but thorns , but
Christ loves them notwithstanding all
their sharpness. Many a man has had
a very hard ground to cultivate , and it
i has only been through severe trial he
has raised even the smallest crop of
grace. A very harsh minister was talk-
1' Ing to a very placid elder , and the placid
eider said to the harsh minister , "Doc-
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tor , I do wish you would control your
temper. " "Ah , " said the minister to the
elder , "I control more temper in five
minutes than you do in five years. "
It Is harder for some men to do right
than for other men to do right. The
grace that would elevate you to the seventh -
enth heaven might not keep your
brother from knocking a man down. I
had a friend who came to me and said ,
"I dare not join the Church. " I said ,
"Why ? " "Oh , ! ' he said , "I have such a
violent temper. Yesterday morning Iwas
crossing very early at the Jersey City'
ferry , and I saw a milkman pour a large
quantity of water into the milk-can , and
I said to him , 'I think that will do , ' and
he insulted me , and I knocked him
down. Do you think I ought to join
the Church ? " Nevertheless , that very
same man , who was so harsh in his behavior -
havior , loved Christ , and could not
speak of sacred things without tears of
emotion and affection. Thorns without -
out , sweetness within-the best specimen -
men of the Mexican cactus I ever saw.
There are others planted in Christ's
garden who are always radiant , always
impressive-more like the roses of deep
hue , that we occasionally find , called
"Giants of Battle , " the Martin Luthers ,
St. Pauls , Chrysostoms , Wickliffes ,
Latimers , and Samuel Rutherfords.
What in other men is a spark , in thorn
is a conflagration. When they sweat ,
they sweat great drops of blood. When
they pray , their prayer takes fire.
When they preach , it is a Pentecost.
Whoa they fight , it is a Thermopylae.
When they die , it is a martyrdom. You
find a great many roses in the gardens ,
but only a few "Giants of Battle. " Men
say , "Why don't you have more of them
in the Church ? " I say , "Why don't you
have in the world more Humboldts and
Wellingtons ? " God gives to some ten
talents ; to another one.
In thin garden of the Church which
Christ has planted , I also find the snowdrops -
drops , beautiful , but cold-looking ,
seemingly another phase of winter , 1
mean those Christians who are precise
in their tastes , unimpassioned , pure as
snowdrops and as cold. They never
shed any tears , they never get excited ,
they never say anything rashly , they
never do anything precipitately. Their
pulses never flutter , and their nerves
never twitch , their indignation never
boils over. They live longer than most
people , but their life is in a minor key.
They never run up to "C" above the
staff. In their music of life they have
no staccato passages. Christ planted
them In the Church , and they must beef
of some service or they would not be
there ; snowdrops-always snowdrops.
But I have not told you of the most
beautiful flower of all this garden
spoken of in tl > e text. If you see a
century plant your emotions are
started. You say , "Why , this flower has
been a hundred years gathering up for
one bloom , and it will be a hundred
years more before other petals will
come out. " But I have to tell you of a
plant that was gathering up from all
eternity , and that nineteen hundred
years ago put forth its bloom never to
wither. It is the passion-plant of the
Cross ! Prophets foretold it ; Bethlehem -
hem shepherds looked upon it in the
bud ; the rocks shook at its bursting ;
and the dead got up in their winding
sheets to see its full bloom. It is a
crimson flower-bloodat the rcotsblood
on the branches , blood on all the leaves.
its perfume is to fill all the nations. Its
breath is heaven. Come , 0 winds from
the north and winds from the south
and winds from the east and winds
from the west and bear to all the earth
the sweet-smelling savor of Christ , my
Lord !
His worth If all the nations knew ,
Sure the whole earth would love him , too.
Again , the Church may be appropriately -
ately compared to a garden , because it
is a place of fruits. That would be a
strange garden which had in it no berries -
ries , no plums , or roaches , or apricots.
The coarser fruits are planted in the
orchard , or they are set out on the
sunny hillside ; but the choicest fruits
are kept in the garden. So in the
world outside the Church , Christ has
planted a great many- beautiful things-
patience , charity , generosity , integrity ;
but he intends the choicest fruits to be
in the garden , and if they are not there ,
then shame on the Church.
Religicn is not a mere santimen
taut' . It is a practical , hife-giv-
ing , healthful fruit-not posie , ,
but apples. "Oh , " says somebody ,
"I don't see what your garden of
the church has yielded. " In replyI
ask where did your asylums collie fr ni ?
and your hospitals ? and your institutions -
tions of mercy ? Christ planted every-
one of them ; he planted them in his j i
garden. When Christ gave sight to
Bartimeus he laid the corner-stone to
every blind asylum that has ever been
built. When Christ soothed the deI I C
moniac of Galilee he laid the cornerstone - i
stone of every lunatic asylum that has
ever been established. When Christ
said to the sick man , "Take up thy .
bed and walk , he laid the corner-stone
of every hospital the world has ever
seen. When Christ said , "I was in
prison and ye visited me , " he laid the
corner-stone of every prison-reform association -
sociation that has ever been organized.
The church of Christ is a glorious
garden , and it is full of fruit.
I know there is some poor fruit In
It. I know there are some weeds that
ought to be thrown over the fence. I
know there are some crab-apple trees
that ought to be cut dawn. 1 know
there are some wild grapes that ought
to be uprooted ; but are you going to
destroy the whole garden because of
a little gnarled fruit ? You will find
worm-eaten leaves in Fontainbleau ,
and insects that sting in the fairy
groves of the Champs Elysees. You do
not tear down and destroy the whole
garden because there are a few specimens -
mens of gnarled fruit. I admit there
are men and women in the church who
ought not to be there ; but let us be just
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as frank and admit the fact that
there are hundreds and thousands and
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lens of thousands of glorious Christian
Ipen and women-holy , blessed , useful -
ful , consecrated and triumphant.
There is no grander , nobler collection
In all the earth than the collection
of Christians.
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I notice that the fine gardens sometimes -
times have high fences around them
and you cannot get in. It is so with a
icing's garden. The only glimpse you
ever get of such a garden Is when the
king rides out In his splendid carriage.
It is not so with this garden , this
King's garden. I throw pride open the
gate and tell you all to come in. No
monop61y in religlon. Whosoever
. 'rill , may , Choose now between a
desert and a garden. Many of you
have tried the garden of this world's
delight. You have found it has been
a chagrin. So it was with Theodora
Hook. He made all the world laugh.
: Ie makes us laugh now when we read
his poems ; but he could not make his
own heart laugh. While in the midst
of his festivities he confronted a look-
ing-glass , and he saw himself and said :
"There , that is true. I look just as I
am ; done up in body , mind , and purse. I
So it was of Shenstone , of whose garden -
den I told you at the beginning ofmy
sermon. He sat down and amid those
bowers and said : "I have lost my road
to happiness. I am angry and envious
and frantic , and despise everything
around me just as it becomes a madman -
man to do. "
0 ye weary souls ! come into Christ's
garden today- and pluck a little hearts-
ease. Christ is the only rest and the
only pardon for a perturbed spirit.
Do you not think your chance has almost -
most come ? You men and women who
have been waiting year after year for
same good opportunity in which to
accept Christ , but have postponed it ,
ave , ten , twenty , thirty years-do you
not feel as if now your honor of deliverance -
liverance and pardon and salvation
had come ? 0 man , what grudge bast
thou against thy poor soul that thou
wilt not let it be saved ? I feel as if
salvation must come today in some of
your hearts.
Some years ago a vessel struck on
the rocks. They had only one life-
boat. In that lifeboat the passengers
and crew were getting ashore. The vessel -
sel had foundered , and was sinking
deeper and deeper , and that one boat
could not take the passengers very
swiftly. A little girl stood on the deck
waiting for her turn to get into the
boat. The boat came and went , came
and went , but her turn did not seem
to come. After awhile she could wait
no longer , and she leaped on the taffrail
and then sprang into the sea , crying
to the boatman , "Save me next ! Save
me next ? " Oh , how many have gone
ashore into God's mercy , and yet you
are clinging to the wreck of sin ! Others
have accepted the pardon of Christ , but
you are in peril. Why not , this moment -
ment , make a rush for ycur immortal
rescue , crying until Jesus shall hear
you , and heaven and earth ling with
the cry , "Save me next ! Save me
next' " Now is the day of salvation !
Now ! Now !
This Sabbath is the last for some of
you. It is about to sail away for ever.
Her bell tolls. The planks thunder
back in the gangway. She shoves off.
She floats out toward the great ocean
of eternity. Wave farewell to your last
chance for heaven. "Oh , Jerusalem ,
Jerusalem , how often would I have
gathered thee as a hen gathereth her
brood under her wings , and ye would
not ! Behold your house is left unto
you desolate. Invited to revel in a
garden , you die in a desert ! May God
Almighty , before it is too late , break
that infatuation.
A Betli erent Laureatn ,
Alfred Austin would not sign the petition -
tition of British authors for peace between -
tween the United States and Great
Britain. The cause may have been that
he has no book rights in this country ,
and the effect may have been to aid him
in securing the laureateship-Boston
Jaurnal.
NEWSA TRIFLES.
A journal devoted to the interests
of the pen , ink and paper trade claims
that the world uses 3,500,000 steel pens
daisy.
Ancient coins , many of which ante-
ate the Christian era , are made in
large quantities in London and are sold
ell over the world.
The average duration of human life
n European countries is greatest in
Sweden and Ncrway and lowest in Italy
lnd Austria.
The Bulgarian troops constantly sing
the march , like the Russians , with
whom the singing almost takes the
place of drums and trumpets.
It is claimed that 21,000,000 gallons
of champagne are drunk every year.
England heads the list of countries ,
with America in the second place.
Ohio has five and one-half times and
Illinols fire and four-fifths times the
inhabitants of Maine , but Maine has
mere saving banks depositors than
either.
That one deer does duty in many an
adventure is proved by the fact that a
deer shot in Weld , Me. , the other day
was carrying eleven bullets in its body. 1
The last census shows that while in
twenty years the increase of men in all
industries has been 150 per cent , the increase -
crease of women at work has been 1,500
per cent
Lhnce the cold weather began one $
Connecticut hardware factory has re- t
csived orders for 30,000 pairs of skates. ; f
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The factory will have to run night and 1
ay to fill them.
A Kennebec , Me. , man was shoveling s
gravel out of a bank into his wagon
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the other day , and was naturally a lit-
tie surprised when he shoveled awood- i
huck into the cart with a spadeful of
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' HI H AS THE BEST' ?
I BUSINESS IN ENGLAND AND
UNITED STATES.
f ? Irreo Trade Was Good for England
Then Protection Was Much Better for
America - Statistics Sustain the
Glorious Growth.
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The idea is being spread by the enemies -
mies of the policy of protection that a
free-trade policy has proven to be an
ecellent thing for the United Kingdom ,
hence that it must necessarily be good
for the United States. They forget that
there are many different conditions in
the two countries. British farmers have
had enough experience cf free bade ,
and so have British manufacturers of
cotton gcods , iron and steel ware ,
br oeals and brushes , matches , mats ,
tuton a and other things made on the
t ontinent of Europe that are now be-
lug sold largely in the English mar-
ket.
ket.Let
Let us grant for the sake of ar gu-
: ient , that free-trade has been a gcod
thing for the United Kingdom , Lut let
us see if rrotection has i of hceri a better -
ter thing for the United States.
From 1846 to 1575 , with the cep-
tion of four different years , the balance
of trade has been against the United
Stales-cur imports being iargcr than
ar cxnorts. From 1S7G to 1S9 ; , a period
of twenty years , this w : : the cace during -
ing only three years. our total exports
being 2,236,332,150 larger than our
ports during the other tevent ; en ye : rs ,
the net excess of experts for the twenty -
ty years being $2,1S0S61SG8. During
this same period , 1STG to 1S35 , British
But the real test of trade lies in its
extent according to population. Although -
though an excessive import trade is ,
according to free-trade theory , so wonderfully -
derfully beneficial , yet the British ] import -
port trade declined $ I.54 per capita thur-
lug the quarter of a century , while ours
increased by 19 cents per capita. The
British export trade decreased by $2
per capita , while ours decreased by 27
cents only per capita. Had our export
figures for 1S92 been taken there would
be an increase , not a decrease , in our
per capita of exports. British foreign
trade has declined $6.54 per capita
of population under free-trade since
1570 ; American foreign trade tilts practically -
tically held its own under protection.
Now let us look at some other statistics -
tics :
Population.
United
British. States.
1594 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S.779,000 GS,275,000
1376 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,093,139 5,137,000
Increase. . . . . . 5GS5,5G1 23,13S,000
National Debt.
United
British. States.
187G . . . . . . $ , SS4S52,720 $1 , ' t 10,655,450
189'4 . . . . . . 3,35,520,120 635,0.1,500
Dccreasa. $539,332,600 $1,075.G-13,560
Debt Per Capita.
British. United States.
lS94. . . . . . $ S6 $13.17
During the quarter of a century ,
Bi'itisli population increased by only
5GS5,5G1 persons. , Ours increased by
23,138,000 ! : ersopa , or more than four
Mmes as much.
The British national debt was de-
" $539.322.60 ; by double
that amount-$1,0 ,613,5G ? . The British -
ish debt , in 1SH , was $ .SJ per capita ;
ours was $13.17 per capita. Next take
the ctati ics of weal''n :
Wealth ,
British. United States.
1ST ; : ; . . . . . . 2,74OIJ03,000 $30OSS,51S.507
1530 i7,009,0O3.O J 0,037 ; 9i.197
Increase $ i,2u0,000,030 $3I.003,372G09
British wealth has increased ; ! four
and n ct ! ; rter biiiionz c : dollars in the
rt artcr cf a century. American wealth
iflcreasetl more than eight tir.es as
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imports exceeded their exports by $17 ;
316,105,000. We thus have the following
comparison :
Period 1876 to 1895.
British imports exceeded
British exports by.$17,316,105,000
United States experts exceeded -
ceeded United States
imports by. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,186,861,86S
First let us note the growth of the
foreign trade of the two countries from
1576 to 1595 :
-Imports.-
United
British. States ,
[ 876.$1S75,773,515 $160,741,190
1595. . . . . . . .2,084,986,550 731,969,965
Increase ,
1895. . . . . . $ 209,213,035 $71,225,775
--Exports.-
United
British , States ,
1876 , . . . . . . . $1,003,196,020 $525,582,247
1595 . . . . . . : .1,130,822,370 793,392,590
Increase
1895 . . . . $127,626,350 $267,510,343
Per Capita of Population.
1576. . . . . . . . $56.66 $10.29
1895 . . . . . . . . 52.12 10.48
-$4.54 plus $0.19
1876 . . . . . . . . $30.31 $11.64
895 . . . . . . . . 28.31 11.37
- $2.00$0.27
British imports increased , during the
quarter of a century. at the rate of
$209,213,000 a year. Ours increased at
he rate of $271,229,000 a year. There-
ore , upon the free-trade theory , our
arger annual increase of imports was
more advantageous to us than the
mailer British increase. In the mater -
er of exports their annual increase
was $127,626,000 a year , as against our
ncrease of $267,810,000 a year. There-
ore , according to the policy of pro-
ection , our export trade was more advantageous -
vantageous than that of England.
much-by thirty-flue billions of dollars ,
Another comparison shows that
where there was an increase of 177,101 P
in the total number of nands employed
in all British textile industries , from
1870 to 1590 the increase was 236,954 in
the United States-clearly showing the
more rapid progress of our textile industries -
dustries under protection , the wages
paid here having doubled in twenty
years-from $86,565,191 a year in 1S70 to
$173,547,343 in 1590.
Plenty more comparisons could be
instituted but these are sufficient to
show that if Free-Trade has been a
good policy for the United Kingdom ,
then Protection has been a very much
better policy for the United States. In Si
conclusion we might ask , if this had
not been the case , why have 2,956,259 T
British immigrants come to the United
States-28.59 per cent of cur total im-
migration-between 1870 and 1895-
Charles R. Buckland.
Speaker Reed's Views.
Although Speaker Reed will not
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express opinions respecting the
situation , it is well understood from his
mots intimate associates and friends
that he has been in hearty sympathy
with all the efforts that have been made
to get the Dingley bill through Con-
gress. It is further understood that he
regards it as a great misfortune that the
measure cannot be passed. He is
known to have said that had the measure -
ure passed our industries would have is
had some revival , and , when supplemented - -
mented by the advent of the Republican
party- and suitable legislation , their
would have gone gradually onward in
a healthy and prosperous way. No
nation , as Mr. Reed thinks , can be in a
sound state when , in time of peace , its
revenues are suffered to fail below Its
expenditures.
Bnt tltn People Do.
The tariff bill will go to the president.
If the administration really wants
treasury relief that will make it independent -
dependent of bond syndicates , it can
have it. The chances are it doesn't
want it.-Kansas City Journal ,
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Extreme tired feeling afihicts nearly everybody -
body at this season. The hustlers cease to
push , the tireless grow weary , the energetic -
getic become enervated. You know just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that f
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Peeling by great force of will. But this
is unsafe , as it pulls powerfully upon the ! : tir
nervous system , which will notlongstand j
such strain. Too many people work on ; ,
theirnerves , " anti the result is seen in
wrecks marked "nervous prostration -
tration , " in every direction. That tired ,
Feei
lug is a positive proof of thin , weak , impure -
pure blood ; for , if the blood is rich , red ,
vitalized and vigorous it imparts lifeand
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energy to every nerve , organ and tissue
of the body. The necessity of talftlg '
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Hood's Sarsaparilla for that tired feeling
is , therefore , apparent to every one , and
the good it will do you is equally beyond '
question. Remember that ( ,
Hood % 4 1 1j
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purif cr..lll druggists. $1. {
I'rcpared only by C. I. hood. Co. , Lowell. Mass.
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BCYCLES a
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The variety- Columbia -
bia Bicycle advertising -.c ; h j ' -
is great. 311 the good -
points of Columbias/
all the delight of riding
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them , cannot be fully
described in any one f a
advertisement , nor in 1 ; I
a hundred.
W a wish to know how
many announcements ,
can reach any one person , and so offer a
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C LUMQIA PRIZE
BICYCLE as ate
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to whoever shall send us the greatest ,
number of d eret Columbia Bicycle - . . r
advertisements clipped from newspapers
or magazines issued since Jan. 1 , 1896. , :
Many advertisements differ only in a word
or two ; others in the style of type ; distinct
variations only , however , will be counted.
Each advertisement must have plainly
attached to it the name and date of the news.
paper or Inalrazine from which it is clapped.
Separate entries cannot be combined.
Entries must be received by us at Ilartford
on or before Tuesday , June 30 , 1896. In case
of a tie , the award will be made according to
priority of receipt and entry. Address
Department of Statistics , _
POPE F FG. CO. , Hartford , Conn. I
CUTSLASH
SMOKING TOBACCO ,
2 oz. for 5 Cents.
also .LASH
CEEROOTS-3 for 5 Cents.
Give a Good , Mellow , Healthy , Z
Pleasant Smoke. Try Them.
LYON & CO. TOBACCO WORKS , Darham , K. C.
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AUGERS , BOCK DP.ILLS , II YDItAULIC
AND JETTING MACHINERY , etc , '
SENT FJIZE. lave boon tested and i t
all warranted.
ous City Engine and Iron Wor's ,
Successors to l'ech 3lfg. Co.
Sioux City. Iowa. , s
azROWELLECIl.sEM. ACIII\ERY Co. , p .
1414 } west Eleventh Street , Kansas City 4 . :
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sumeratwholeutlepricus. 'r '
ship anywheruforexamin =
anon before sale. Every.
thin ; warrantesi.lOOstyles
of Carriaer. , 90 styles of
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BOBBIES " 3lew a.3:5. ) .
Sunays fur Sta.
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Wagons. Nobody ae.s on
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lath and naluey Sts , Omaha l
1895 Hlgh Grade Sh.pi.eJ . anywhere C 0. D. at ,
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mention this paper.
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