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H Washington , D. C , Dec. G , 189G. Dr.
H Talmage's sermon to-day gives a very
H unusual view of the celestial world , and
H Is one of the most unique discourses of
H the great preacher. The text is Eze-
H J Icicl 1 : 1 : "Now it came to pass in the
H 1 thirtiets year , in the fourth month , in
H the fifth day of the month , as I was
B 1 among the captives of the river of Che-
B bar. that the heavens were opened. "
j Ezekicl , with others , had been ex-
H patriatcd and while in foreign slavery ,
Hj was standing on the banks of the royal
H canal which he and other serfs had
j been condemned to dig by the
H order of Nebuchadnezzar this roy-
Hj al canal in the text called the
Hj river of Chebar the illustrious exile
Hj lintl , visions of heaven. Indeed , it is
B almost always so , that the brightest
H K visions of heaven come not to those
B who are on mountain-top of prosper-
j ily , but to some John on desolate Pat-
Hj iTios , or to some Paul in Mamertine j
K ; dungeon , or to some Ezclciel standing
B on the banks of a ditch he had been
Hj compelled to dig yea , to the weary ,
Bj to the heart-broken , to those whom serB -
B row has banished. The text is very
B particular to give us the exact time
B | ' of the vision. It was in the thirtieth
j year , and in ( he fourth month , and
B in the fifth day of the month. So you
Bj have had visions of earth you shall
H | never forget. You remember the year ,
Hj you remember the month , you remem-
Hj bcr the day , you remember the hour.
Bj Why may we not I 4 } . 'c some such vision
B | now , and it be in the twelfth month ,
B I and in sixth day of the month ?
Bj The question is often silently asked ,
B though perhaps never audibly pro-
Bj pounded. "What are our departed
Bj ' Christian friends doing now ? " The
H ; , | question is more easily answered than
Hj | you might perhaps suppose. Though
Hj there has come no recent intelligence
Bj , i from the heavenly city , and we seem
H ; dependent upon the story of eighteen
Hi centuries aeo , still I think we may
K' from strongest inference decide what
J H i -are the present occupations of our
B I • transferred kinsfolk. After God has
H made a nature he never eradicates the
H | chief characteristic of its temperament.
H I You never knew a man phlegmatic in
B I temperament to become sanguine in
Hj f temperament. You never knew a man
H | sanguine in temperament to become
Hj I phlegmatic in temperament. Conver-
B I sion plants new principles in the soul.
Bj . but Paul and John are just as differ-
Hj cnt from each other after conversion
Hj as they were different from each other
Ht I before conversion. If conversion does
B _ not eradicate the prominent character-
B | istics of temperament , neither will
I R death eradicate them. Paul and John
B are ns different from each other in
. H heaven as they were different from
I b bflbl each other in Asia Minor.
| _ B , You have then only by a sum in
> _ Bj subtraction and a sum in addition to
?
j HH decide what are the employments of
B your departed friends in the better
K world. You are to subtract from them
Bj all earthly drossness and add all earth-
j ly goodness , and then you are to come
K to the conclusion that they are doing
b b b bff now in heaven what in their best mo-
H H ment they did on earth. The reason
b b b b K 'why so many people never start for
H ( heaven is because they could not stand
flf It if they got there if it should turn
B I out to be the rigid and formal place
B , some people photograph it. We like to
b b b b bl ! come to church , but we would not
b b b b W , -want to stay here till next summer. We
Bj { like to hear the "Hallelujah Chorus , "
b b b b bft ut We wou not want to hear it all
Hj the time for fifty centuries. It might
b b b b bli be on some zreat occasion , it would
B \ be possibly comfortable to wear a
B crown of gold weighing several pounds ,
> _ _ but it would be an affliction to wear
1 I euch a crown forever. In other words ,
b b b baV ' we run the descriptions of heaven into
BS the ground while we make that which
b b b bflT 'was intended as especial and celebra-
B tive to be the exclusive employment
H in heaven. You might as well , if asked
H to describe the habits of American so-
H ciety , describe a Decoration Day , or
H a Fourth of July , or an autumnal
I B Thanksgiving , as though it were all
H the time that way.
B I am not going to speculate in regard
| B to the future world , but I must , by in-
B evitable laws of inference and deduc-
H lion and common sense , conclude that
B in beaven we will be just as different
B from each other as we are now differ-
B ent , and hence that there will be at
H H least as many different employments-
B in the celestial world as there are em-
H ployments here. Christ is to be the
B great love , the great joy , the great rap-
B lure , the great worship of heaven , but
B will that abolish employments ? No
B mere than love on earth paternal , fil-
B j ial , fraternal , conjugal love , abolishes
B j earthly occupation.
B In the first place , I remark that all
flj i those of our departed Christian friends ,
B -who , on earth , found great joy in the
B fine arts , are now indulging their
BlvSvM ! tastes in the same direction. On earth
K they had their gladdest pleasures amid
K pictures and statuary , and in the study
H I of the laws of light and shade and per-
H | I spective. Have you any idea that that
H1 affluence of faculty at death collapsed
f and perished ? Why so , when there is
Hf more for them to look at and they have
H | keener appreciation of the beautiful , '
B and they stand amid the very looms
B where the sunsets and the rainbows
H and the spring mornings are woven ?
K Are-you so obtuse as to suppose that
H because the painter drops his easel and
R the sculptor his chisel , and the en-
K I graver his knife , that therefore that
Hrl taste , which he was enlarging and in-
t
tensifying for forty or fifty years , is
entirely obliterated ? These artists , or
these friends of art on earth worked in
coarse material and with imperfect
brain and with frail hand. Now they
have carried their art into larger liber
ties and into wider circumference.
They are at their old business yet , but
without the fatigues , without the lim
itations , without the hindrances of the
terrestrial studio. Raphael could Im
prove upon his masterpiece of "Mich
ael the Archangel , " now that he has
seen him , and could improve upon his
masterpiece of the "Holy Trinity , " now
that he has visited them. Michael
Angelo could better present the "Last
Judgment" after he had seen its flash
and heard the rumbling battering-rams
of its thunder. Exquisite colors here ,
graceful lines here , powerful chiaroscuro
cure here , but I am persuaded that the
grander studies and the brighter gal
leries are higher up , by the winding
marble stairs of the sepulchre , and
that Turner and Holman Hunt , and
Rembrandt , and Titian , and Pas ! Ver
onese , If they exercised saving faith in
the Christ whom they portrayed upon
the canvas , are painting yet , but their
strength of faculty multiplied ten thou
sandfold. Their hand has forgotten its
cunning , but the spirit has faculties
as far superior to four fingers and a
thumb as the supernatural is superior
to the human. The reason that God
took away their eye and their hand and
their brain was that he might give
them something more limber , more
wieldly , more skilfhl , more multipliant.
Do not , therefore , be melancholy
among the tapestries , and the bric-a-
brac , and the embroideries , and the |
water-colors , and the works of art
which your departed friends used to
admire. Do not say , "I am so sorry
they had to leave all these things. "
Rather say , "I am glad they have gone
up to higher artistic opportunity and
appreciation. " Our friends who found
so much joy in the fine arts on earth
are now luxuriating in Louvres and
Luxembourgs celestial.
* *
Again , I remark that those of our de
parted Christian friends , who in this
world had very strong military spirit ,
are now in armies celestial and out in
bloodless battle. There are hundreds
of people born soldiers. They cannot
help it. They belong to regiments in
time of peace. They cannot hear a
drum or a fife without trying to keep
step to the music. They are Chris
tian , and , when they fight , they fight
on the right side. Now , when these ,
our Christian friends who had natural
and powerful military spirit , entered
heaven , they entered the celestial
army. The door of heaven scarcely
opens but you hear a military demon
stration. David cried out , "The char
iots of God are twenty thousand. "
Elisha saw the mountains filled with
'celestial cavalry. St John said , "The
armies which are in heaven followed
him on white horses. " Now , when
those who had the military spirit on
earth sanctified entered glory , I sup
pose they right away enlisted in some
heavenly campaign ; they volunteered
right away. There must needs be in
heaven soldiers with a soldierly spirit.
There are grand parade days when the
King reviews the troops. There must
be armed escort sent out to bring up
from earth to heaven those who were
more than conquerors. There must be
crusades ever being fitted out for some
part of God's dominion battles , blood
less , groanless , painless. Angels of
evil to be fought down and fought out.
Other rebellious worlds to be con
quered. Worlds to be put to the torch.
Worlds to be saved. Worlds to be de
molished. Worlds to be sunk. Worlds
to be hoisted. Beside that in our own
world there are battles for the right
and against the wrong where we must
have the heavenly military. That is
what keeps us Christian reformers so
buoyant. So few good men against so
many bad men , so few churches against
so many grogshops , so many pure
printing presses against so many pol
luted printing presses , and yet we are
buoyant and courageous , because while
we know that the armies of evil in the
world are larger in numbers than the
army of truth , there are celestial co
horts in the air fighting on our side.
I have not so much faith in the army
on the ground as I have in the army
in the air. 0 God , open our eyes that
we may see them ; the military spirits
that went up from earth to join the mil
itary spirits before the throne Joshua ,
and Caleb , and Gideon , and David , and
Samson , and the hundreds of Christian - j
tian warriors who on earth fought I
with fleshy arm , and now having gone
up on high are coming down the hills
of heaven ready to fight among the In
visibles. Our departed Christian
friends , who had the military spirit in
them sanctified , are in the celestial
army. Whether belonging to the ar
tillery or the cavalry or the infantry , I '
know not. I only know that they have
started out for fleet service , and cour
ageous service , and everlasting ser
vice. Perhaps they may come this way
to fight on our side , and drive sin , and
meanness , and Satan from "all our
hearts. Yonder they are coming , com
ing. Did you hear them as they swept
by ?
But what are the men of the law ,
who in this world found their chief
joy in the legal profession what are
they doing now ? Studying law in a
universe where everything is controlled
by law from the flight of humming-bird
to flight of world law , not dry and
hard and drudging , but righteous and
magnificent law , before which man and
• cherub , and seraph , and archangel , and
God himself bow. The chain of law
long , enough to wind around the im-
.mensities. and infinity , and eternity ,
Chain of law. What a place to study
law , where all the links of the chain
are in the hand !
What arc our departed Christian
friends who in this world had their joy
in the healing art doing now ? Busy at
their old business. No slcknesi In
heaven , but plenty of sickness on
earth , plenty of wounds in the different
parts of God's dominion to be healed
and to be medicated. Those glorious
souls coming down , not in lazy doctor's
gig , but with lightning locomotion. You
canot understand why that patient got
well after all the skillful doctors had
said he must die. Perhaps Abercrom-
bie touched him Abercromble , who ,
after many years doctoring the bodies
and the souls of people in Scotland ,
went up to God in 1844. Perhaps Aber
cromble touched him. I should not
wonder if my old friend Dr. John
Brown , who died in Edinburgh John
Brown , the author of "Rab and His
Friends" John Brown , who was as
humble a Christian as he was a skilful
physician and world-renowned author ;
I should not wonder if he had been
back again to see some of his old
patients. Those who had their joy in
healing the sickness and the woes of
earth , gone up to heaven , are come
forth again for benignant medicament.
But what are our departed Christian
friends who in all departments of use
fulness were busy , finding their chief
joy in doing good what are they do
ing now ? Going right on with the
work. John Howard visiting dungeons ;
the dead women of Northern and
Southern battlefields still abroad look
ing for the wounded ; George Peabody
still watching the poor ; Thomas Clark-
son still looking after the enslaved
all of those who did good on earth
busier since death than before. The
tombstone not the terminus but the
starting-post. What are our departed
Christian friends who found their chief
joy in studying God , doing now ?
Studying God yet. No need of revela
tion now , for unblanched they are face
to face. Nov/ they can handle the om
nipotent thunderbolts , just as a child
handles the sword of a father come
back from victorious battle. They have
nc sin ; no fear , consequently. Study
ing Christ , not through a revelation
save the revelation of the scars that
deep lettering which brings it all up
quick enough. Studying the Christ of
the Bethlehem caravansary ; the Christ
of the awful massacre with its hemorr
hage of head , and hand , and foot , and
side ; the Christ of the shattered mau
soleum ; Christ the Sacrifice , the Star ,
rhe Son , the Man , the God , the God-
man , the man-God. But hark ! the
bell of the cathedral rings the cathe
dral bell of heaven. What is the mat
ter now ? There is going to be a great
meeting in the temple. Worshippers
all coming through the aisles. Make
room for the Conqueror. Christ stand
ing in the temple. All heaven gather
ing around him. Those who loved the
beautiful , come to look at the Rose of
Sharon. Those who loved music , come
to listen to his voice. Those who were
mathematicians , come "to count the
years of his reign. Those who were
explorers , come to discover the height
and the depth and the length and the
breadth of his love. Those who had the
military spirit on earth sanctified , and
the military spirit in heaven , come to
look at the Captain of their salvation.
The astronomers come to look at the
Morning Star. The men of the law
come to look at him who is the judge
of quick and dead. The men who
healed the sick come to look at him
who was wounded for our transgres
sions. All different and different for
ever in many respects , yet all alike in
admiration for Christ , in worship for
Christ , and all alike in joining in the
doxology : "Unto him who washed us
from our sins in his own blood , and
made us kings and priests unto God ;
to him be glory in the church through
out all ages , world without end. "
Amen.
To show you that your departed
friends are more alive than they ever
were , to make you homesick for
heaven , to give you an enlarged view
of the glories to be revealed , I ha\o
preached this sermon.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Matches have not yet displaced the
tinder box in certain rural districts of
Spain and Italy.
David Coulter , a Kansas prisoner
charged with murder , has invented a
corn-husking machine.
William B. Phelps , of New Madrid ,
Mo. , is credited with a total of 1,350
squirrels in three days' hunting on
Little river.
All the doors in John Kipp's house
at Cedar Bayou , Harris county , Texas ,
were opened and a lid of the kitchen
blown off by a bolt-of
range was - light
ning.
There are now 140 cooking rooms
connected with the London schools , for
instructing pupils , and 30,000 girls are
receiving instruction in culinary and
other domestic affairs.
There is no printing press large
enough to print the official ballot. This
leaves the newspapers out of the job ,
since the law declares that two in every
county shall print the ballot "life size. "
The longest commercial distance at
which the long-distance telephone is
now operated is from Boston to St.
Louis , a distance of 1,400 miles. This
line is more than twice as long as any
European telephone line.
The net earnings of 133 railroads up
to Sept 1 show a gain of $2,500,000 over
the net earnings for the first eight
months of 1895. These figures do not
include the heavy cotton movement
which has taken place since September.
The new educational paper that is to I
bo published uzidsr the auspices of the I
Educational club , is to be called The
Teacher , and it is expected that the
first number will appear about the 15th :
of next month. It is to contain articles "
by experts on the methods of teachng
language , geography , arithmetic , etc. ;
contributions to the theory of educa
tion , and special articles upon the his
tory of education in Philadelphia. |
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CHILMEFS COENBBL
GOOD READING FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS.
Jolly Jnck o'Lairtorn The Boy and the
Mttn AVhcn Wllllo Went WalnutMnjr
Keeping with the Gang : Good Ad
vice for Little Header ) .
wild autumn
night , when the
world was
And the sun was
fNE in bed , tucked
up tight ,
The Moon made a
party and asked
all to come
Who would shed
on the scene
any light
The affair was quite brilliant ,
Quite sparkling , scintillant
And the guests all with radiance
shone ;
All were heard to declare that this bril
liant affair
Was the finest that ever was known.
The stars were all there , and a big
comet , too ,
And a great crowd of meteors bright ;
And swarms upon swarms of gay ,
dancing fireflies
To the lustrous scene added their
mite.
To the beaming and gleaming
Of golden light streaming
From above , in the star-bedecked
skies ,
Was the pale , modest glow of the glow
worm below
And the glim of the dancing fireflies.
A jolly Jack Lantern appeared on the
scene
And his face wore a broad , happy
smile ;
He gazed at the moon and he blinked
at the stars ,
And then talked with the fireflies
awhile ;
And as morning was breaking
And guests were leave-taking ,
While the dawn was yet fresh , new
and crisp ,
Jolly Jack ran away so the gossips all
say
With a wandering Will-o-the-Wisp.
ARTHUR J. BURDICK.
The Boy and the Man.
Coleridge Patteson a scholar at
Eton , one of England's famous historic
schools was a high spirited lad , and a
great favorite in the cricket eleven of
the school , for he was an uncommonly
good player. At the club suppers
"Coley , " as the boys called him ,
was disturbed by the questionable
jests and stories of some of the mem
bers and at length declared publicly
that he should protest against anything
like indecency in the conversation erin
in the songs that were sung. Notwith
standing this , at the next meeting one
of the boys begun to sing a salacious
ditty , and "Coley" rose indignantly to
his feet.
"If this sort of thing goes on I shall
leave the room , " he said.
The singer continued , and "Coley"
marched out. The next day he wrote to
the captain of the eleven , and assured
him that unless he received an apology
he shculd quit the club. He was too
important a man to lose , and the apol
ogy was sent The trial of feeling to
the young fellow who made it could
have been no greater than the trial of
demanding it and risking a refusal ; for ,
like all enthusiastic cricket-players ,
* Coley" was passionately fond of the
game. But he loved character better
than cricket , and the outcome was a
victory of principle. Here was the kind
of boy of which martyrs are made.
The spirit that emboldened him to re
sent vileness sent him afterward to
present Christianity to a pagan pee
ple. A group of islands north of New
Guinea in the South Pacific became the
brave man's field of labor , ' and there he
fell a viotim to heathen cruelty. But
death has not erased from the memory
of earth his example of manly courage
and loyal discipleship. The story of
the boy of Eton and "Martyr Bishop of
Melanesia" is told here and will be
told for many a year to come to kindle
fearless virtue in other minds , and im
press a noble lesson of Christ-like sac
rifice.
When "Willie Went Walnuttingr.
Wisconsin's wild winds were whistl
ing when Willie Wadcf went walnut-
ting. Warmly wrapped was Willie , ,
with woollen wrapper , wadded waist
coat with warm wristlets.
Winnie Wade wondered why Willie
wouldn't wait warmer weather , when
Winnie would walnut with Willie.
j
Willie wandered where Walter West
(
was wheeling wood , witft wonderful t
wheelbarrow , wishing Walter would
walnut
Without wasting words , Walter
whistled , "Whew ! walnuts will wait ;
while wood won't. " (
Where walnuts were , woodmen !
were working with wabbly-wheeled *
wagon , with worn , weary , wretched <
work-horse , which was wasted with <
weakness , which was well worn-out *
with work. :
Woodman Wheeler waggishly 1
wrenched Willie's water-pail , whereupon - *
upon water wet Willie's winkers ; Yil1 1
lie woefully. 1
Woodman was worried. "Why weep , '
Willie ? Weak women weep with wee t
woes. Whistle , Willie ! " i
When winkers were wiped Woodman - i
man Wheeler went with Willie where *
walnuts were. Willie's wooden wateri
pail was well-filled , while wee wrens <
warbled , wood-pigeons whizzed. 1
Willie warily watched while Woodman - i
man waged war with wasps which i
wasn't wise. Wasps were waxing A <
v ; . . . -j ifc. i , . ! . , . , m. < , . . < , . IT , , . , * . , , . . . , . > t..i.t , mi..w.
warmer , whereupon Willie , with water-
pall , went where Widow Walmun ,
1 Winnie's washer-woman , was , who
well-washed woollens with warm water ,
with washing-machine , wringing with
wringer.
Wilie went within wash-room , whore
Widow Walman welcomed Willie with
warm wheat waffles , with wholesome
whortle-berries washed well with
water.
When well-warmed Willie wander
ed where water was , willows waved ,
where , when weather was warmer ,
white waxen water-lilies were wit
nessed.
Willie waded where web-footed
water-fowl wouldn't wait Willie's wel-
j come.
' Winnie was window-watching , wondering -
'
dering where Willie was , whereupon
Willie , with wellfilled water-pail , was
witnessed.
Winnie warmly welcomed Willie.
When weeds whiten with winter ,
when windows wear wonderful white-
frost works , Winnie , with Wilile , will
welcome walnuts , will want warm wal
nut-cake W. W. W.
Keeping -with the Gail ? .
Just keeping with the gang and its
results is well exemplified in the fol
lowing story from the Western Re
corder :
"The first glass of beer I ever drank
was like taking a dose of medicine , "
said a young man who bore the nose
and flesh-marks of a regular old toper.
"But it is no dose now , " continued he ,
with a chuckle.
"May I ask , " said I , "since beer was
so distasteful to you at first , why did
you persist in cultivating a taste for
it ? "
"Oh , just to keep with the gang , "
was the laconic reply.
"Just to keep with the gang , " that
was all. And yet , says W. M. Gilman -
man , in Western Recorder , what a ter
rible penalty ! a phys.cal wreck , a
moral leper , manhood sapped , fond
hopes blasted , mother's heart bleed
ing , friends disappointed , despair and
death , eternal death , approaching. But
that is just the way most drunkards
are made. Eliminate the saloons of
their social features , and you have
crippled them of boys. Few men , I
fancy , ever took their first drink of
liquor when alone. Without congenial
and sympathizing companions , there is
little fascination in the cup for the be
ginner.
Seeing the Point.
A boy returned from school one day
with the report that his scholarship
had fallen below the usual average.
"Son , " said his father , "you've fallen
behind this month , haven't you ? "
"Yes , sir. "
"How did that happen ? "
"Don't know , sir. "
The father knew , if the son did not.
He had observed a number of dime
novels scattered about the house ; but
had not thought it worth while to say
anything until a fitting opportunity
should offer itself. A basket of apples
stood upon the floor , and he said :
"Empty out those apples , and take
the basket and bring it to me half full
of chips. "
Suspecting nothing , the boy obeyed.
"And now , " he continued , "put those
apples back into the basket"
When half the apples were replaced ,
the boy said :
"Father , they roll off. I can't put
any more in. "
"Put them in , I tell you. "
"But , father , I can't put them in. "
"Put them in ? No , of course you
can't put them in. You said you didn't
know why you fell behind at school ,
and I will tell you why. Your mind is
like that basket. It will not hold more
than so much. And here you've been
the past month filling it up with cheap
dirt dime novels. "
The boy turned on his heel , whistled ,
and said : "Whew ! I see the point. "
Not a dime novel has been seen in
the house from that day to this.
Keep Thyself Pare.
Satan tempts the young man with
this plausible yet meretricious argu
ment : "The desires of the flesh are
natural and God-given. It cannot be
wrong to gratify an instinct or appe
tite implanted by the Creator. " Having
lodged this thought in the untutored
mind , the devil inflames the imagina
tion with false pictures of pleasures
and glosses sin over with the glitter
ing expectations , until a pure youth ,
from a pure home , is willing to ven
ture on unknown and forbidden paths ,
anu then all too late , says Rev. D. M.
Pratt , awakes to the awful fact that
the slime of the pit has entered his
soul ; that he is no longer innocent , and
can never escape from the conscious
ness of the fact that he is a moral blot
on the pure life about him. is a con
taminating influence in the refined
[ iome of his childhood , is a moral leper
everywhere , and holds under cover a
secret which he dare not expose.
Love's Sweet Work.
A London paper , according to the
Central Baptist , tells this touching
story of Prof. Ilerkomer. His aged
[ ather , who lives with him in his splen-
lid home at Bushney , used to model in
: lay in his early life. He has recently
; akon to it again , but his fear is that
; eon his hands will lose their skill , and
lis work will show the marks of imper
fection. It is his one sorrow. At night
le goes to his early rest ami when he
las gone his talented son goes into the
studio , takes up his father's feeble at
tempts , and makes the work as beauti
ful as art can make it. When the old
nan comes down in the morning he
akes the work and looks at it. and
• ubs his hands and says : "Ha ! I can .
lo as well as ever I did ! " May we not
relieve that the hands of divine love
ivill thus make over our feeble work
'or God till it shall bear the light of
lay and be perfect to all eternity ?
y
The notorious Lon Hawk , of Anderson - \
son , Ind. , who escaped from the Ohio 1
penitentiary , has been located. Hawk
is well known over the entire central
states as one of the smoothest men who . *
ever operated in Indiana , Ohio ana 1
Illinois. He was sentenced in Ohio ,
but escaped from the penitentiary. Ho
always had the South African fever
and lost no time in putting the ocean
between him and Ohio officers.
Fortune Sookinir Kutlcrant * .
Many a poor family thntseoks tlio wo < torn
wilds In the hopn of wlnnjnR a fortune.
preaorvod from that n , dlou ' , 11(00 ( of1 V. '
emigrant and frontlorsnian-clilUs andi fe-
ver-bv lIostottor'Bbtonmch Bit tors. ef
fectually does that Incomparable medlcln.il
dofenno fortify the s.vstom acalnst the rom-
hinod Inlluonco of a malarious iitmosphern
and mlasma-talntod water , that protoctoil
hv it the ploneor , the minor and the toutinc
provided with It , may safely eucouutor the
dangor.
Valuable Discovery for La-Grippe , Ktc.
Mrs. C. A. Adams , ( ith and Martha
Sts. , Omaha , Neb. , writes : "I had la-
grippe and then malaria , indigestion , a
severe headache and blind and dizzy-
spells. Your Dr. Kay's Renovator has
cured me. " Sold by druggists at 25 cts.
and 1.00. A valuable pamphlet with
many receipts for the asking. Your
orders will be promptly filled for goods
on receipt of price. Send at once , you
will never regret it. Address Dr. 15.
J. Kay Medical Co. , ( Western oilice )
Omaha , Neb.
Palmists say that long fingers are a
sign of refinement. A short , stubby
hand argues a lack of sensibility ; a
thin thumb , rather small , denotes
[ weakness. Strength of character is
shown b } ' the thumb exerting itself
over the other fingers. If the thumb
curves backward the owner is obsti- -
nate. Ladies' Home Journal.
The season is rapidly api reaching when
I eoplo lie about doing bettor next year.
I know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption. John A. Miller ,
Al Sable , Mich. , Apri 21 , 1S'J5.
The v.or 'd lias learned moro from its
roor than it has from its kings.
TO CCKE A COLD IN' ONK DAY.
Tale Laxat.ve IJromo Quinine Tablots. All
DrusKists refund the money If it fails to cure , :5c
Match I.oxes ore now filled by machinery.
irost for your money and save needless expen
ses now. It is true economy to build up your
system and prevent sickness , by taking
Sarsaparilla
The Best inJTacfc thq _ Ono True Blood Purifier.
Hood's Pilis cS B d
e t : cn
Comfort to
California.
E\ cry Thursday mornlnz.a
tourist slecpinir car for Ucn-
ver.fcalt l.akoCity.han Fr.in-
cisco.anrl l.os An elei leaves
Omrili.i and Lincoln via the
Btirlinzion Koine.
It is carpeted , upholstered
in raitiin , hasprinj ? seats
and backs and is provided
r > . with curtains , bedding , tow- J /
ftfJIKjif2l3 els soap.otc. An experienced
Sljjjj | | | | | c\cursioii conductor and a
< 3f5Ss v3 uniformed ullman porter
car1 iiiii& 3 a < ; c < mpany it through to the
Ubjy l'acitic Coast.
. > -xxfavKtia ) }
While neither as expen
sively finished nor as hi o to
look at as a palace sleeper.it
is just a < ; oed to ride in. second
end class tickets are honored
and the priceofabcrth.wldo
enough sind big enough for
two. is only Si.
For a folder Riving full
particulars write to
J. Fhaxcis , Ccn 'l Pass'r Agent , Omaha.N' .
sooth uiOQAimr
WEST Sfil dyUBilH
The best fruit section in the West. No
drouths A failure of crops never known ,
irfild climate. Productive soiL Abundance of
good pure water.
Kor Maps and Circulars Riving full descrip
tion of the Kith Mineral. Fruit and Agricultu
ral Lands in South West Missouri , write to
JOHN M. lTJItDY. Manascrof the Mis ouri
Land and Live Stock Company , Neosho , New-
ten Co. , Missouri.
Wflhc Acme Lamp Stove
Fj _ | j Will warm your room at a cost
yjr < of 3 cents per day and not affect
/ \ the light. Delivered on receipt of SI ,
*
fey ACME COHPANY
gpfft 33 Wendell St. Boston , Mass.
RflRT PURVIS FavDS , been , n the Produce
HUUI I Ufl 10
bnslaeBs2S
,
years am well ac-
Commlsslon Meqnaluted with the waatsof the
chant. Omnha. traileconf-einentlycanobtaIn
WAATKU ! the highest prices. Am
Buttrr. Isks : , PoulIn making returns , and prompt
mpon-
try. Game. Veal , slble. References : Any bank
Hides Etc. In the state.
Rl MR' BUSINESS AND SHORTHAND COLLEGE
START r ? ACTTAL BUSI. ES8 FROM THR > i
Teaches business by doing business. '
Also thorough instruction in ail branches
by mall. Life scholarship ST , six months
course 530. Corner 16th and Capitol Avenue.
Omaha , Ivcbraska.
PATENTS , TRADE MARKS '
Examination and drlce as to Patentability of In
vention. Send for "Inventors'
Guide ,
or How to Get a
Patent. " O'FAIUtELL & SON , Washington. D. C.
OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS
Store Rrpaln for y Mod or stoic nadt. *
12Q7 DOUGLAS ST. , OMAHA , 31EB.
Cared. PR. j.L.STEPHEHS.UUiAaoaOfllO. J
Tl'Rli'QU ' ' flVOffiPBO KnS Cole Antl-Mo- 1
JMoll ? UIolMo 0m ; r 0ffb rIIouae
o m a , , j
PATFHT9 aIKU ? ' experience. S * nU sketch for ad- I
Kit-OtHce ) DeaneeW caver , .
iIcGMWdtf.Wa.h.D.c
ft@ifUS § * ail WHISKY h ' " < . Hook „ at j
UrSgJEl FIIEE. Dr. B. 3. WQOLLEY , ATH.VTA , GU j
Dr. Kay's Lung Balm & j
pen - WFTTINR CUBED 0R N0 PA * . m .b. 1
DLU-VYt. 1 IllU
. M. HOWAN. Milwaukee. Wis. 4
% ff % % OThompson's Eye Water. j
\V. N. U. , OMAHA 50 189f3 M
When writing to advertisers
, kindly l ,
mention this paper.
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g.a Beat Cough Syrap. Tastes Good. VsoWK
. fag In time. Sold by drojrsjists. Kg
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