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TALMAGE'S SEBMOS.
'A SUMMER-HOUSE TRAGEDY. "
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
From Jsdgen IIL , 15 , as Follows : "Bat
Wh n the Children of Iiraol Cried
Unto the Lord , the Iord Klied Thorn
Up a Deliverer. Ehud , the Sou ot Gera. "
Ehud was a ruler in Israel. He was
left-handed , and , what was peculiar
about the tribe of Benjamin , to which
he belonged , there were in it seven
hundred left-handed men , and , yet , so
dexterous , had they all become in the
use of the left hand , that the Bible says
they cpjUld sling stones at a halr's-
breadth , and not miss. Well , there
was a king by the name of Bglon , who
was an oppressor of Israel. He .Im
posed upon them'a most outrageous
tax. Ehud , the man of whom I first
*
sp6ke , had a divine commission to de
stroy that oppressor. He came , pre
tending that he was going to pay the
tax , and asked to see King Eglon. He
was told he was in the summer-house ,
the place to which the king retired
when it was too hot to sit in. the
palace. This summer-house was a
place surrounded by flowers , and trees ,
and springing fountains , and warbling
birds. Ehud .entered the summerhouse -
house and said to King Bglon that he
had a secret errand with him. Imme
diately all the attendants were waved
out of'the royal presence. King Eglon
rises up to receive the messenger.
Ehud , the left-handed man , puts his
left hand to his right side , pulls out a
dagger , and thrusts Eglon through un
til the haft went in after the blade.
Eglon falls. Ehud comes forth to blow
a trumpet of liberty amidst the moun
tains of Ephraim , and a great host is
marshaled , and proud Moab submits to
the conqutror , and Israel Is free. See ,
0 Lord , let all thine enemies perish !
So , 0 Lord , let all thy friends tri
umph !
I learn first from this subject the
power of left-handed men. There are
some men who , by physical organiza
tion ? have as much strength in their
left hand as in their right hand , but
there is something in the writing of
this text which Implies that Ehud had
some defect in his right hand which
compelled him to use his left , Ob , th.e
power of left-handed men ! Genius is
often self-observant , careful of itself ,
not given to much toil , burning incense
to Its own aggrandizement ; while
many a man , with no natural endow
ments , actually defective in physical
and mental organization , has an ear-
nestness for the right , a patient indus
try , an ) Tall-consuming perseverance ,
which acnieve marvels for the kingc
doin of Christ * Though left-handed , as
Ehud , they can strike down a sin as
great and imperial as Eglon.
I have seen men of wealth gathering
about them all their treasures , snuffIng -
Ing at the cause of a world lying in
wickedness , roughly ordering Lazarus
oft their doorstep , sending their dogs ,
not to lick his sores , but to hound him
off their- premises ; catching all the
pure rain of God's blessing into the
stagnant , ropy , frog-inhabited pool of
their own selfishness right-handed
men , worse than useless while many
a man with large heart 'and little
purse , has , out of his limited means ,
made poverty leap for joy , and started
an influence that overspans the grave ,
and will swing round and round the
throne of God , world without end :
Amen.
Ah , me ! it is high time that you left-
handed men , who have been longing
for this gift , and that eloquence , and
the other man's wealth , should take
your left hand out of your pockets.
Who made all these railroads ? Who
set up all these cities ? Who started
all these churches , and schools , and
asylums ? Who has done the tugging ,
and running , and pulling ? Men of no
wonderful endownments , thousands of
them acknowledging themselves to be
left-handed , and yet they were earnest , 1
and yet they were determined , and yet
they were triumphant.
But I do not suppose that Ehud , the
first time he took a sling in his left
hand , could throw a stone at a hair's-
breadth , and not miss. I suppose it
was practice that gave him the won
derful dexterity. Go forth to your
spheres of duty , and be not discour
aged if , In your first attempts , you
miss the mark. Ehud missed it. Take
another stone , put it carefully into the
sling , swing It around your head , take
better aim , and the next time you will
strike the center. The first time a
mason rings his trowel upon the brick
he does not expect to put up a perfect
wall. The first time a carpenter sends
the plane over a board , or drives a bit
through a beam , he does not expect to
make perfect execution. The first time
a boy attempts a rhyme , he does not
expect to chime a "Lalla Rookh , " era
a "Lady of the Lake. " Do not be .sur
prised if , in your first efforts at doing
good , you are not very largely success
ful. Understand that usefulness is an
art , a science , a trade. There was an
oculist performing a very difficult op
eration on the human eye. A young
doctor stood by and said : "How easily
you do that ; it don't seem to cause you
any trouble at all. " "Ah , " said the old l
oculist , "it is very easy now , but I
spoiled a hatful of eyes to learn that. "
Be not surprised if it takes some practice - y
tice before we can help men to moral °
eye-sight , and bring them to a vision *
of the Cross. Left-handed men , to the
work ! Take the Gospel for a sling ,
v
and faith and repentance for the
j
smooth stone from the brook ; take
r
sure aim , God direct the weapon , and t-
great Goliaths will tumble before you.
When Garibaldi was going out to a
battle , he told his troops what he -
wanted them to do , and after he had o
described what he wanted them to do , s
they said , "Well , general , what are
you going to give us for all this ? "
"Well , " he replied , "I don't know what
else you will get , but you will get
hunger , and cold , and wounds , and
death. How do you like it ? " His men
stood before him for a little while In
_
silence , and then they threw up their
hands and cried , "We are the men ! we
are the men ! " The Lord Jesus Christ
calls you to his service. I do not
promise you an easy time in this
world. You may have persecutions ,
and trials , and misrepresentations , but
afterward there comes an eternal
weight of glory , and you can bear the
wounds , and the bruises , and the mis
representations , if you can have the
reward afterward. Have you not
enough enthusiasm to cry out , "We are
the men ! We are the men ! " * * *
I learn from this subject that death
comes to the summer-house. Eglon
did not expect to die in that fine place.
Amidst all the flower-leaves that
drifted like summer snow into the
window ; in the tinkle and dash of the
fountains ; in the sound of a thousand
leaves fluting on one tree-branch ; in
the cool breeze that came up to shake
feverish trouble out of the king's locks
there was nothing that spake of
death , but there he died ! In the win
ter , when the snow is a shroud , and
when the wind Is a dirge , it is easy
to think of our mortality ; but when
the weather is pleasant , and all our
surroundings are agreeable , how diffi
cult it is for us to appreciate the truth
that we are mortal ! And yet my text
teaches that death does sometimes
come to the summer-house. He is
blind , and cannot see the leaves. He
is deaf , and cannot hear the fountains.
Oh , if death would ask us for victims ,
we could point him to hundreds of people
ple who would rejoice to have him
come. Push back the door of that
hovel. Look at that little child cold ,
and sick , and hungry. It has never
heard the name of God but in blas
phemy. Parents Intoxicated , stagger
ing around its straw bed. Oh , Death
there is a mark for thee ! Up with it
into the light ! Before those little feet
stumble on life's pathway , give them
rest * * *
Here is a father in mid-life ; his
coming home at night Is the signal for
mirth. The children rush to the door ,
and there are books on the evening
stand , and the hours pass away on
glad feet. There is nothing wanting
v
in : that home. Religion Is there , and
sacrifices on the altar morning and
night. You look in that household
and say , "I cannot think of anything
happier. I do not really believe the
world is so sad a place as some people
ple describe.it to be. " The scene
jj
changes. Father is sick. The doors
must be kept shut. The death-watch
chirps dolefully on the hearth. The
children whisper and wa k softly
where once they romped. Passing the
house late at night , you see the quick
glancing of lights from room to room.
gIi
It Is all over ! Death in the summerhouse -
Iih
house !
Here Is an aged mother aged , but
not Infirm. You think you will have
the joy of caring for her wants a good
while yet. As she goes from house
to house , to children and grandchil
dren , her coming is a dropping of sun
light in the dwelling. Your children
see her coming through the lane and
they cry , "Gradmother's come ! " Care
for you has marked up her face with
many a deep wrinkle , and her back
stoops with carrying your burdens.
Some day she Is very quiet. She says
she is not sick , but something tells you
you will not much longer have a
mother. She will sit with you no more
at the table nor at the hearth. Her
soul goes out so gently you do not ex
actly know the moment of its going.
Fold the hands that have done so
many kindnesses for you right over
the heart that has beat with love for
you since before you were born. Let
the pilgrim rest. She is weary. Death
in the summer-house !
Gather about us what we will of
comfort and luxury. When the pale
messenger comes he does not stop to
look < at the architecture of the house
before he comes in ; nor. entering , does
he wait to examine the pictures we
have gathered on the wall ; or , bend
ing over your pillow , he does not stop
to see whether there is color in the
cheek , or gentleness in the eye , or in
telligence In the brow. But what of
that ? Must we stand forever mourn
ing among the graves of our dead ?
No ! No ! The people in Bengal bring
cages of birds to the graves of their
dead , and then they open the cages ,
and the birds go singing heavenward.
So I would bring to the graves of your
dead all bright thoughts and congrat
ulations , and bid them sing of victory
and redemption. I stamp on the bottom
tom of the grave , and It breaks
through Into the light and the glory
of heaven. The ancients used to think
that the straits entering the Red Sea
were very dangerous places , and they
supposed that every ship that went
through those straits' would be de
stroyed , and they were in the habit
of putting on weeds of mourning for
those who had gone on that voyage ,
as though they were actually dead. Do
you know what they called those
straits ? They called them the "Gate
of Tears. " I stand at the gate of
tears , through which many of your
loved ones have gone , and I want to
tell ! you that all are not shipwrecked
that have gone through those straits
into the great ocean stretching out be
yond. The sound th'at comes from that
other shore on still nights when we
are wrapped In prayer makes me think
that the departed are not dead. We
are the dead we who toil , we who
weep , we who sin we are the dead.
How my heart aches for human sorrow
row ! This sound of breaking hearts
that I hear all about me ! this last
look of faces that will never brighten
again ! this last kiss of lips that never
will speak again ! this widowhood and
orphanage ! oh , when will the day of
sorrow be cone ?
After the sharpest winter , the spring
dismounts from the shoulder of _ a
southern gale and puts its warm hand
upon the earth , and in its palm there
comes the grass , and there come the
flowers , and God reads over the poetry
of bird and brook and bloom , and
pronounces It very good. What , my
friends , if every winter had not its
spring , and every night Its day , and
every gloom Its glow , and every bitter
now its sweet hereafter ? If you have
been on the sea , you know , as the
ship passes in the night , there la a
phosphorescent track left behind it ;
and as the waters roll up they toss
with unimaginable splendor. Well , ,
across this great ocean of human
trouble Jesus walks. Oh , that in the
phosphorescent track of his feet we
might all follow and be illumined !
There was a gentleman in a rail car
who saw In that same car three pas
sengers of very different circum
stances. The first was a maniac. He
was carefully guarded by his attend
ants ; his mind , like a ship dismasted ,
was beating against a dark , desolate
coast , from which no help could come.
The train stopped , and the man was
taken out Into the asylum , to waste
away , perhaps , through years of
gloom. The second passenger was a
culprit. The outraged law has seized
on him. As the cars jolted , the , chains
rattled. On his face were crime , de
pravity and despair. The train halt
ed , and he was taken out to the peni
tentiary , to which he had been con
demned. There was the third passen
ger , under far different circumstances.
She was a bride. Every hour was as
gay as a marriage bell. Life glit
tered and beckoned. Her companion
was taking her to his father's house.
The train halted. The old man was
there to welcome her to her new home ,
and his white locks snowed down upon
her as he sealed his word with a
father's kiss. Quickly we fly toward
eternity. We will soon be there. Some
leave this life condemned culprits , and
they refuse a pardon. Oh , may it be
with us , that , leaving this fleeting life
for the next , we may find our Father
ready to greet us to our new home
with him forever ! That will be a mar
riage banquet. Father's welcome !
Father's bosom ! Father's kiss !
Heaven ! Heaven !
STORYETTES.
- .
Canon MacColl tells an amusing
story. "A friend of mine , " says the
canon , "once shared the box seat with
the driver of the stage coach in York
shire , and , being a lover of horses , he
talked with the coachman about his
'team , admiring one horse in particular.
'Ah , ' said the coachman , 'but that 'oss
ain't as good as he looks ; he's a sci
entific 'oss. ' 'A scientific horse ! ' ex
claimed my friend. 'What on earth do
you mean by that ? ' 'I means , ' replied
Jehu , 'a 'oss as thinks he knows a deal
more nor he does. ' "
A soldier who served in Cuba re
lates that one night , after a march , a
few of the boys pitched their tents
close to the tent of an officer of an
other company. The boys were talk
ing quite loudly , as taps had not been
sounded. "Hush up out there ! " shout
ed the officer , angrily. "Who are you ? "
asked one of the boys. "I'll show you
who I am if I come out there ! " was
the answer. The talking continued ,
and out came the officer. His anger
was great , and he threatened to report
the men to their colonel , winding up
with , "Don't you know enough to obey
an officer ? " "Yes , " replied one of the
boys , "and we should have obeyed you
if you had had shoulder-straps on
your voice. "
When the lord mayor of Dublin pre
sented to Charles Stuart Parnell from
the Irish people the Parnell tribute ,
not less than $185,000 , his lordship nat
urally expected to make a speech. The
lord mayor having been announced ,
says Barry O'Brien in his biography of
the Irish leader , he bowed and began :
"Mr. Parnell - " "I believe , " said
Mr. Parnell , "you have got a check for
me. " The lord mayor , somewhat sur
prised at this interruption , said , "Yes , "
and was about to recommence his
speech , when Parnell broke in : "Is it
made payable to order and crossed ? "
The lord mayor again answered in the
affirmative and was resuming the dis
course , when Parnell took the check ,
folded 'it neatly and put it in his waist
coat pocket. This ended the inter
view.
_ _ _
BURIED CITIES.
Many of us , no doubt , often wonder
how it is possible for the sites of great
cities to be covered many feet deep
with heaps of debris and earth , so that
after two or three thousand years the
levels of the original streets can be
reached only by excavation.
The explanations vary with the lo
calities. The lower portions of Rome
have been filled up by the inundations
of the Tiber ; the higher by the decay ,
destruction or burning of large build
ings. The ancient builders rarely took
pains to excavate deeply , even for a
large structure. When Nero rebuilt
Rome he simply leveled the debris and
erected new houses on the ruins of thg
old.
Earthquakes are responsible for
much of the destruction wrought
round the shores of the Mediterranean ,
for there was a current superstition
that an earthquake came as a special
curse on a place , and after one of
these visitations the locality was often
totally deserted. In places of rich
soils earthworms bring to the surface
an inch or two of ground every year ,
while the winds , bearing clouds of
dust , contribute their share to the
work of burying the ruins of de
serted cities.
A pawnbroker may be dissipated , but
he's always willing to take the pledge.
| GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
French imports for 1898 increased
, 84,633,600 , and the exports decreased
, ? 90,500,000.
! James M. Chaphe , of St. Louis , has
been appointed assistant engineer at
the Osage Indian agency , Oklahoma.
Blita Proctor Otis , the actress , filed
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy ,
placing her total liabilities at | 36,331.
Governor General Brooke will cre
ate a supreme court for the island of
Cuba. It will consist of a chief Justice -
tico and six associates.
It has just been announced that the
Catlin Tobacco vompany's plant has
been sold to the American Tobacco
company. The price paid is said to be
not far from $2,500,000.
It is rumored in Wail street that
the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
company will shortly issue $2,500,000
4 per cent bonds to retire the com
pany's preferred stock.
Secretary Gage has ordered A. L.
Lowsha of the treasury department
to proceed at once to Cuba and organ
ize a modern system of government
accounting on that island.
General Guy V. Henry , governor of
Porto Rico , promises certain conces
sions to the councilmen of San Juan ,
and the latter , therefore , have with
drawn their resignations.
I
During the calendar year , 1898 , the
United States exported $621,260,535
more of merchandise of all sorts than
it imported , or a gain in excess of ex
ports over 1897 of $264.146,719.
Emperor William received the Chi
nese minister Lu Hai Houan , who pre
sented his majesty with the insignia
of the Double Dragon , conferred upon
him by the emperor of China.
The French steamer Cachemiro ar
rived at Barcelona from the Philip
pines with 1,170 repatriated Spanish
troops. There were 300 sick and there
were forty-four deaths during the voy
age.
age.Russia's
Russia's railway budget exceeds her
army budget for the first time , and is
a proof of the enormous efforts she
is making to develop her Asiatic terri
tory , which Is twice as large as the
entire United States.
Senator De Bee has introduced a
joint resolution providing for the ap
pointment of a congressional commis
sion to decide upon the advisability of
establishing a national soldiers' hemet
t Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in.
Kentucky.
A concurrent resolution authorizing
the governor to waive the claim of
the state of New York against the
United States for the pay of the offi
cers and soldiers in this state in the
volunteer army in the late war against
Spain was adopted in the assembly.
Three Chicago highwaymen chose
a policeman in full uniform for a vic
tim today and held him up at the point
of revolvers. They robbed him of his
own weapon , after making a vain
search for money , and then ordered
him to hurry on and notify his po
lice station.
Reoresentative Lentz of Ohio has
introduced a resolution providing for
the discharge of such volunteers as
entered the service for the war with
Spain. It also .provides that troops
to the number of 13,000 may be raised
among the natives of the island ac
quired by the United States.
The postofBce department has made
a contract with the Pacific Steam
Whaling company at San Francisco for
mail service alons the southern Alas
kan coast from Sitka.to . Unalaska , in
cluding all intermediate points. The
distance between these points is 1,600
miles and every point in that stretch
will now have a monthly mail ser
vice during the entire year.
Herr Schmidt , socialist member of
the Reichstag , has voluntarily in
formed the public prosecutor at Mag
deburg that he was solely responsible
for the publication in the Socialist
Volkstimme of the article purporting
to be a conversation between the
Prince of Bagdad and his tutor , on ac
count of which the editor , Herr Au
gust Mueller , was sentenced last wees
to Imprisonment on account of less
majeste. The whole case must now be
reopened.
Representative Palmer , of Gove
county , has introduced a bill in the
Kansas house providing for protection
against nrairie fires in western Kan
sas. The bill authorizes counties to
levy a 2-mill tax to be used for that
purpose. Fire guards running north
and south are to be established three
miles apart. Each guard is to be four
rods wide. Prather claims that this
will afford great protection to the cat
tle ranges , and that the people out
that way are demanding it.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE.
Omaba , Chicago and Now York Market
Quotations.
OMAHA.
Cutter Creamery separator. . . 19 a 20
Butter Choice fancy country. U a 16
Eges Fresh , per Hot. . . . . 13 * 19
Chickens-dressed per pound. . 6 a t > l5
Turkeys , dressed . 11.a . 1-
Geeselivo . ' a - | {
PiKeons-Hvc.perdoz . { a CO
Lemons-Pcr box . 3 aO a 3 ,5
Oranges-Perbox . ' " ? ? S
CranDcrrles-Jerscysperbbl. . . . rr a b 50
Apples-Pcr barrel . - . J 50 a 4 00
Honey Choice , per pound . 12Hv 13
Onions-Per bushel. . 50 a
Beans Handploked navy . 1 > a 1 40
Potatoes Per bushel , new . jj a jO
Hay Upland perton . > 00 a J oO
6OCTH OMAHA.
Hogs-Choico light . 3 50 a 3 52
Hogs Heavy weights . 352 a 3 io
Beef steers- . 3 CO a 3 J )
2 0 a 3 2.
. . . . . . . . 3 05 a 4
.Calves . . . 30 ? a 3 75
Western feeders . - < -j a J 00
Cows ' . 2 ! ' aJ Js >
HeTfeYs' . * PO a 4 25
Stockers and feeders . JjO a 4 - . >
Sheep Lambs . * a a 00
Sheep Western wethers . 4 00 a 4 10
CHICAGO.
Wheat No. 2 spring . CG a G8K
Corn Per bushel . 3T > a 35H
Oats Per bushel . 2 a 27K
Barlev-No , 2 . 42 a 53
Rye No.2 . 57 a 5
Timothy seed , per bu . 232 a 2 35
Pork-Percwt . 9 87 a a s
Xard Per 100 pounds . 552 a G . ' 5
Cattle Western fed steers . 4 15 a 5 SO
Cattle Native beef steers . 5 50 a 3 85
Hogs Mixed . 3 50 a 3 67
Slitep Lambs . 4 7. > a 4 S. >
Enoep Western Rangers . - oO a. 3 .0
NEW YORK MAHKET.
Wheat No.2 , red winter . POSja 81
Corn-No. 2 . 4'J a
Oats No. 2 . 33 a
KANSAS cixr.
Vheat No. 2 spring . C2 a 65
Corn-No.2 . 5 a 3SK
Oats No.2 . 23 a M )
ShoBD Muttons . 3 40 a 4 10
Hogs-Mixed . 345 a 3 63
Cattle Stockers and feeders. . . 3 30 a 4 85
It has been assumed by a large num
ber of people , especially in England ,
that Gibraltar has always commanded
the straits which bear-its name. That
belief was erroneous oimtll .recently.
The straits are twelve and one-half
miles wide , and the best guns mounted
at Gibraltar heretofore could not possi
bly cover that distance. A few weeks
ago , however , two of the newest 9.2-
inch wire guns , 36 feet in length and
firing a projectile of 380 pounds in
weight , were mounted on Europia
Point. These guns have a range of fif
teen miles and are inose formidable
weapons.
Miss Ida G. Braarud , of Madison ,
Wis. , has started for San Juan , Porto
Rico , In order to marry Hobart S.
Bird , the editor of the San Juan News ,
the first American paper in Porto
.Rlrn. Ho , pnl { Tar. IP wfl TVArfol an tih.-
ably will be the first Americans to bo
married in Porto Rico since it became
an American possession.
A Single Dose of "Flvo Drops"
will benefit you for la grippe its use a
few days will cure you. See their ad
vertisement in another column of this
paper , containing strong testimonials.
Don't insure your life and then pro
ceed to work yourself to death.
Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H.
Green's Sons , of Atlanta , Ga. The
greatest dropsy specialists in the world.
Read their advertisement in another
column of this paper.
There isn't an inch of love In a yard
of contention.
Advice to Investors.
An experience of over twenty-five
years of continuous practice in secur
ing patents for inventors warrants us
to give advice in the interests
of inventors. We established the Iowa
Patent Office as an honorable and le
gitimate enterprise and means of per
sonal usefulness and livelihood and
the promotion of the public good as
contemplated by our Patent Laws and
have given free advice to thousands
of inventors and still continue to do
so. Making inventions as a rule in
volves time , labor and money. Get
ting patents requires skilled labor and
fees. Inventors are pioneers in the
domain of art and In many instances
exhaust themselves and their means
as public benefactors without reaping
material personal reward. Farming
is generally considered -the surest re-
?
muiierative occupation. Planting corn
and other crops is a business
chance like getting a Patent Often
planting fails to bring crops. _ . But
unless the expense of planting : is in
curred by somebody , there will be no
harvests. Just so with inventors.
Consultation and advice free.
THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO. ,
Iowa Patent Office. Solicitors.
Des Moines. Jan. 14. ' 99.
The color of truth depends upon the
eyes looking at it 3L
. *
Fifty-One Bridges for B. & O. B. B.
Baltimore , Jan. 23. One of the largest
bridge contracts that has been award
ed in many years has been let by the
receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. In order to place the lines
west of the Ohio river in proper shape
to handle the heavy freight equipment
that is being used east of the river
the receivers found it necessary to re
build 51 bridges between Benwood , W.
Va. , and Chicago. That the structures
might be rapidly pushed to comple
tion it was decided to divide the work
among three companies. The Youngstown -
town Bridge Company of Youngstown
will erect 31 bridges on the Central
Ohio division between the Ohio river
and Newark , Ohio ; the Pencoyd Bridge
Works was awarded the 11 bridges on
the Lake Erie division , Newark to
Sandusky , and the Edge Moor Bridge
Company of Wilmington , Del. , will
erect the 9 bridges needed on the Chicago
cage division. The total cost of these
bridges is in the neighborhood of ? 300- ,
000 and It is expected that all will be
in place by September. Nearly six
thousand tons of steel will be needed
for the structures.
I never used so quick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. J. B. Palmer ,
Box 1171 , Seattle , Wash. , Nov. 25,1S9J.
A politcal dark horse is a sort of
night-mare to the others in the race.
Coo's Cough Ttalsntu
Is the oldc t and best. It will break up a cold quicker
than anything else. It Is always reliable. Try It.
Don't try to climb over a barb-wire
fence on crutches.
You use soap In the laundry every
week. Try Diamond "C" Soap next
week.
Don't lock the stable door after the
horse is stolen. Possibly the thief
may repent and bring it back.
Every game of chance is a sure
thing , but a man usually bets the
wrong way.
The 'disquieting ' micyobo of love
gives the old bachelor a wide berth.
Go to your grocer to-day
and get a 150. package of
brdin = u
It takes the place of cof
fee at the cost.
Made from pure grains it
is nourishing and health *
fill.
Insist that yonr grocer s es you GRAIK-O.
Accept no imitation. - -
CANDY CATHARTI