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SOLOMON IN ALL HIS 6L0RY
A Glowing Description of the Mon
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Brooklyn, Feb. 88.— Dr. Talmage'a text
was: i. King* 10: 7. “Behold, the half
was not told me.”
Solomon had resolved that Jerusa
lem should be the center of all sacred,
regal, and commercial magnificence.
He set himself to work and monopo
lized the surrounding desert as a high
way for his caravans. He built the
city of Palmyra around one of the prin
ciple wells of the east, so that all the
long trains of merchandise from the
east were obliged to stop there, pay
toll, and leave part of their wealth in
the hands of Solomon's merchanta He
manned the fortress Thapsacus at the
chief ford of the Euphrates, and put
under guard everything that passed
there. The three great products of
Palestine—wine pressed from the rich
est clusters and celebrated all the
world over; oil which in that hot coun
try is the entire substitute for butter
and lard and was pressed from the
olive branches until every tree in the
country became an oil well, and honey
which was the entire product of sugar
—these three great products of the
country Solomon exported, and re
ceived in return fruits and precious
woods and the animals of every clime.
He went down to Ezion-geber and
ordered a fleet of ships to be con
structed, oversaw the workmen and
watched the launching of the flotilla
which was to go out on more
than a year’s voyage to bring
home the wealth of the then
known world. He heard that the
Egyptian horses were large and swift,
and long-maned and round-limbed, and
he resolved to purchase them, giving
$85 apiece for them, putting the best of
these horses in his own stall, and sell
ing the surplus to foreign potentates
at great profit.
lie heard that there was the best of
timber on Mount Lebannon, and ho
sent out 180,000 men to hew down the
forest and drag the timber through the
mountain gorges, to construct it into
rafts to be floated to Joppa, and from
thence to be drawn by ox teams twen
ty-five miles across the land to Jerus
alem. He heard that there were beau
tiful flowers in other lands. He sent
for them, planted them in bis own gar
dens, and to this very day there are
flowers found in the ruins of that city
such as are to be found in no other
part of Palestine, the lineal descend
ants of the very flowers that Solomon
planted. He heard that in foreign
groves there were birds of richest
voice and most luxurii^it wing. He
sent out people to oatch them and
bring thorn and bring them there, and
he put them into his oages. %
Stand back now and see this long
train of camels coming up to the king's
gate, and the ox trains from Egypt,
gold and silver and precious stones,
beasts of every hoof and birds of every
wing, and fish of every scale! See the
peacocks strut under the cedars, and
the horsemen run, and the chariots
wheel! Hark to the orchestra! Gaze
upon the dance! Not stopping to look
into the wonders of the temple, step
right on to the causeway, and pass up
to Solomon's palace!
Here we find ourselves and a collec
tion of buildings on which the king
had lavished the wealth of many em
pires. The genius of Hiram, the archi
tect, and of the other artists is here
seen in th«f long line of corridors and
the suspended gallery and the approach
to the throne. Traceried window op
posite traceried window, ltronzed or
naments bursting into lotus and lily
and pomegranate. Chapiters sur
rounded by network of leaves in which
imitation fruit seemed suspended as in
hanging basketa Three branches—so
Josephus tells us—three branches
sculptured on the marble, so thin and
subtle that even the leaves seemed to
quiver. A laver capable of holding
500 barrels of water on 000 brazen
ox heads, which gushed with water
and filled the whole place with cool
ness and crystalline brightness and
musical plash. Ten tables chased with
chariot wheel and lion and cherubim.
Solomon sat on a throne of ivory. At
the seating place of the throne, on each
end of the steps, a brazen lion. Why,
my friend, in that place they trimmed
their candles with snuffers of gold,
and they cut their fruits with knives
of gold, and they washed their faces in
basins of gold, and they scooped out
the ashes with shovels of gold, and
they stirred the altar fires with tongs
of gold. Gold reflected in the water! I
Gold flashing from the apparel! Gold|
blazing in the crown! Gold! gold! t
gold! I
Of course the news of the affluence
of that place went out everywhere by
every caravan ahd by wing of every
ship, until soon the streets of Jerusa
lem are criwded with curiosity seek
ers What is that long procession ap
proaching Jerusalem? I think from
the pomp of it there must be royalty
in the train. I smell the breath of the
spices which are brought as presents
pnd I hear the shout of the drivers,
and1 I see the dust covered caravan
showing that they come from far away.
Cry the news up to the palace. The
queen of Slieba advancea Let all the
peopie come out to see. Let the mighty
men of the land come out on the pal
ace corridord Let Solomon come down
the stairs of the palace before fhe
queen has alighted. Shake out the
cinnamon, and the saffron, and the
calamSs, and the frankincense, and
pass it into the'treasure house. Take
up the diamonds until they glitter in
the sun.
The queen of Sheba alighta She
enters the palace She washes at the
bath. She sits down at the banquet.
The enp bearers bow. The meat
smokes. You hear, the dash of waters
from the molten ]ns Then she rises
from the banquet, iind walks through
the conservatories, asd gazes on the
architecture, and she asks Solomon
many strange questions, and she learns
about the religion of the Hebrews, ana
she then and there becomes a servant
of the Lord God.
Sue is overwhelmed. She begins to
think that all the precious woods
which are intended to be turned into
harps and psalteries and into railings
for the causeway between the temple
and the palace, and the $180,000—
she begins to think that all these pres
ents amount to nothing in such a place
and she is almost ashamed that she has
brought them, and she says within
herself: “I heard a great deal about
this wonderful religion of the Hebrews
but 1 find it far beyond my highest
anticipations 1 must add inoro than
SO per cent to what has been related,
It exceeds everything that I could
have expected. The half—the half was
not told me.”
Learn from this subject what a
beautiful thing it is when social posi
tion and wealth surrender themselves
to Ood. When religion comes to a
neighorhood, the first to receive it are
the women. Some men say it is be
cause they are weak minded. I say it
is because they have quicker perception
of what is right, more ardent affection
and capacity for sublimer emotion.
After the women have received the
gospel then all the distressed and the
poor of both sexes, those who have no
friends, accent Jesus. Last of all come
the people of affluence and high social
position. Alas, that it is so!
If there are those here today who
have been favored of fortune, or, as I
might better put it, favored of Ood,
surrender all you have and all you ex
pect to bo to the Lord who blessed this
Queen of Sheba. Certainly you are not
ashamed to be found in this queen’s
company. I am glad that Christ has
had his imperial friends in all ages—
Elizabeth Christina, queen of Prussia;
Maria Feodorovna, queen of Uussia;
Marie, empress of France; Helena, the
imperial mother of Constantine; Ar
cadia, from her great fortunes building
public baths in Constantinople and
toiling for the alleviation of the
masses; Queen Clotilda, leading her
husband and 3,000 of his armed war
riors to Christian baptism; Elizabeth,
of Burgundy, giving her jewelled glove
to a beggar, and scattering great fort
unes among the distressed; Prince Al
bert, singing “Bock of Ages” in Wind
sor castle, and Queen Victoria, incog
nita, reading the scriptures to a dying
pauper.
I bless God that the day is coming
when royalty will bring all its thrones,
and music all its harmonies, and paint
ing all its pictures, and sculpture all
its statuary, and architecture all its
pillars, and conquest all its sceptres;
and the queens of the earth, in long
line of advance, frankincense filling
the air and the camels laden with gold
shall approach Jerusalem, and the
gates shall be hoisted, and the great
burden of splendor shall bo lifted into
the palace of this greater than Solo
mon.
Again, my subject teaches me what
is earnestness in the search of truth.
Do you know where Sheba was? It
was in Abyssinia, or some say in the
southern part of Arabia Felix. In
either case it was a great way off from
Jerusalem. To get from there to Je
rusalem she had to cross a country in
fested with bandits, and go across
blistering deserts. Why dii not the
queen of Sheba stay at home and send
a committee to inquire about this new
religion, and have the delegates report
in regard to that religion and wealth
of King Solomon? She wanted to see
for herself, and hear for herself. She ’
could not do this by work of com
mittee. She felt she had a soul worth
10,000 kingdoms like Sheba, and she
wanted a robe richer than any woven
by oriental shuttles, and she wanted
a crown set with the jewels of eter
nity. Bring out the camels. Put on
the spices. Gather up the jewels of
the throne and put them on the cara
van. Start now; no time to be lost.
Goad on the camels. When I see that
caravan, dust covered, weary and ex
hausted, trudging on across the desert
and among the bandits until it reaches
Jerusalem, I say, “There is an earnest
seeker after the truth."
But there are a great many of you,
voff friends, who do not act in that
way. You all want to get the truth,
but you want the truth to come to
you; you do not want to go to it.
There are some people who fold their
arms and say, “I am ready to become
a Christian at any time; if I am
to be saved I shall be saved, and
if I am to be lost I shall be lost.” Ah!
Jerusalem will never come to you: you
must go to Jerusalem. The religion of
the Lord Jesus Christ will not come to
you; you must go and get religion.
Bring out the camels; put on all the
sweet spices, all the treasures of the
heart's affection. Start for the throne.
Go in and hear the waters of salvation
dashing in fountains all around about
the throne. Sit down at the banquet
—the wine pressed from the grapes of
the heavenly Eschol, the angels of Goil
the cup-bearers. Goad on the camels;
Jerusalem will never come to you; you
must go to Jerusalem. The bible de
clares it: “The Queen of the South”—
that is, this very woman I am speaking
of—“the Queen of the South shall rise
up in judgment agaiust this generation
and condemn it; for she came from the
uttermost parts of the earth to hear
the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold!
a greater than Solomon is here!” God
help me to break up the infatuation of
those people who are sitting down in
idleness expecting to be saved. “Strive
to enter in at the strait gate. Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find: knock, and it shall be
opened to you. ” Take the kingdom of
heaven by violence. Urge on the
camels! ^J\
Again, my subject impresses me with
the fact that religion is a surprise to
any one that gets it. This storv
of the new religion in Jerusa
lem, and of the glory of King
Solomon, who was a type of Christ
—that story rolls on and on, and is
told by every traveler coming back
from Jerusalem. The news goes on
the wing of every ship and every cara
van, and you know a story enlarges us
it is retold, and by the time that story
gets down into the southern part of Ar
abia Felix,and the queen of Shebahears
it must be a tremendous story. And I
yet this queen declares in regard to it. i
although she has heard so much and !
had her anticipations raised so high, j
the half—the half was not told her. j
So religion is always a surprise to !
any one that gets it. The story of i
grace—an old story. Apostles preached I
it with rattle of chain; martyrs de- j
dared it with arm of tire; deathbeds '
have affirmed it with visions of glorv
and ministers of religion have sounded
it through the lanes, and the highways
and the chapel and the cathedrals It
has been cut into stone with chisel,
and spread on the canvas with pencil;
and it has been recited in the doxology
of great congregationa And yet when
a man first comes to look on the palace
of God’s mercy, and to see the royalty
of Christ, and the wealth of this ban
quet, and the luxuriance of his attend
ants, and the loveliness of his face,
and the joy of his service, he exclaims
with prayers, with tears, with sighs,
with triumphs: "The half—the half
was not told me!”
I appeal to those in this house who
are Christians. Compare the idea you
had of the joy of the Christian life be
fore you became a Christian with the
appreciation of that joy you have now,
since you have become a Christian, and
you are willing to attest before angels
and men that you never in the days of
your spiritual bondage had any appre
ciation of what was to come. You are
ready today to answer, and if I gave
you an opportunity • in the midst of
this assemblage, you would speak out
and say in regard to the discoveries
you have made of the mercy and the
grace and the goodness of God: “The
half—the half was not told me! ”
Well, we hear a great deal about the
good time that is coming to the world,
when it is to be girded with salvation.
Holiness on the behs of the horsca
The lion's mane patted by the hand of
a babe. Ships of Tarshlsh bringing
cargoes for Jesus, and the hard, dry,
barren, winter-bleached, storm-scarred,
thunder-split rock breaking into floods
of bright water. Deserts into which
dromedaries thrust their nostrils, be
cause they were afraid of the simoon—
deserts blooming into carnation roses
and silver-tipped lillies.
It is the old story. Everybody tells
it Isaiah told it, John told it, Paul
told it, Ezekiel told it, Luther told it,
Calvin told it, John -Milton told it—
everybody tells it; and yet—and yet
when the midnight shall fly the hills,
and Christ shall marshal his great
army, and China, dashing her idols
into the dust, shall hear the voice of
God and wheel into line; and India de
stroying-her juggernaut and snatching
up her little children from the Ganges,
shall hear the voice of God and wheel
into line; and vine-covered Italy, and
all the nations of the earth shall hear
the voice of God and fall into line:
then the church which has been toil
ing and struggling through the cen
turies, robed and garlanded like a
bride adorned for h«!r husband, shall
put aside her veil and look up into the
face of her lord and king and say:
“The half — the half was not told
me!”
Well, there is coming a greater sur
prise to every Christian—a greater sur
prise than anything I have depicted
Heaven is an old story. Everybody
talks about it. There is hardly a
hymn in the hymn-book that does not
refer to it. Children read about it in
their sabbath school book. Aged men
put on their spectacles to study it.
We say it is a harbor from the storm.
We cali it our home. We say it is the
house of many mansions. We weave
together alf sweet, beautiful, delicate,
exhilarant words; we weave them into
letters, and then we spell it out in
rose and lily and amaranth. And yet
that place is going to be a surprise to
the most intelligent Christian. J.ike
the queen of Sheba, the report has
come to us from the far country, and
many of us have started. It is a des
ert march, but we urge on the camels.
What though our feet be blistered with
the way? We are hastening to the
palace. We take all our loves and
hopes and Christian ambitions, as
frankincense and myrrh and cassia to
the great king. We must not rest. We
must not halt The night is coming
on, and it is not safe out here in the
desert: Urge on the camels. I see
the domes against the sky, and the
houses of Lebanon, and the temples
and the gardens. See the fountains
dance in the sun, and the gates flash
as they open to let in the poor pil
grims.
f-end the word up to the palace that
we are coming, and that we are weary
of the march of the desert. The King
will come out and say: Welcome to
the palace; bathe in these waters, re
cline on these banks. Take
this cinnamon and frankincense
and myrrh and put it upon
a censer and swing it before the altar.” ■
And yet, my friends, when heaven
bursts upon us it will be a greater sur
prise than that—Jesus on the throne,
and we made like him! All our Chris
tian friends surrounding us in glory!
All our sorrows and tears and sins gone
by forever! The thousands of thou
sands. the one hundred and forty and
four thousand, the great multitudes
that no man can number, will cry.
world without end: “The half—the
half was not told us!”
Now York's Rich and Poor.
None do so little for tho verv poor
of Now York »s ils very rich. Efficient
workers among the poor nro at present
generally drawn from tho poor them
selves, or from the middle and pro
fessional class. No one need wonder
at this. Effectual charity work and
the requirements of modern society do
not easily consort. A vejty small pro
portion of those who possess enormous
wealth in the city subscribe liberally
to its various charities: comparatively
few can be counted on for n ready
support in any properly conducted
and hopeful philanthropic movement;
and fewur still are fmiud willing to
fulfill the more difficult, the more
necessary duty of gaining personal
knowledge of the needs and wrongs of
the poor through personal study of
their situation.nnd friendly intercourse
with themselves.
I say.such attention.such knowledge,
are not likely to be given by the very
rich. To win fortune to-day implies a
singleness of purpose, a concentration
of ail the faculties of tVe man to the
doing of one thing. The very rich
man must be a very busy niun if he
would make largo sums or keep large
sums of money. Tne difficulties pre
senting themselves to his ambition are
like tough wood, that nothing but the
keen edge of an axe can deal with, and
to be sharp means almost of necessity
to bo narrow. Great riches arc apt. as
One wo reverence taught long age, to
ossify the soul, aud mnko the attain*
meut and development of an ideal or
truly sympathetic life always difficult,
sometimes wellnigh impossible. 1 say,
therefore, we expect too much from
our very rich meu and women when
we call upon them to lead the crusade
against poverty aud vice. Certuiuly if
we have expectation of their doing so,
we in New York have been disappoint
ed.—Dr. W. S. Ruin*ford, in harper'»
Weekly. __
A New Raven man has worn the
aatue coat for thirty, live vean.
NEWS OF THE MARKETS
The Condition of Trade Rapidly
Growing Better.
fcew* of the Cattle Ranges, Movements
of Stock of All Kinds, and What
Is Occurring In the World
of Commerce.
Chicago Drovers’ Journal: Following
is a summary of the government report on
nnmber of hogs in the United States Jan
uary 1, 18112, with comparisons:
Total in Iowa
Illinois and
Missouri...
Total in Ohio,
Indiana,
Mich igan,
Kentucky,
Peunsylv’ia
and New
York.
Total in all
other states
Totals in the
U. S.
1S93.
16,632,399
10,516,061
>5,259,559
5.,399.019
189L
15,451,753
10,842,991
24.830,357
1890.
16,334,25,1
10,569,90V
24,693,82’
50,895,iocf.1,602,780
January 1, 1892. the twelve packing
states were credited with the following;
Iowa, 7,103,820; Illinois, 4,891.813; Mis
souri, 4,032,261; Kansas, 3,173,767: Ohio,
2,851,238; Indiana, iy 5^6,380; Nebraska
2| 586,952; Kentucky, 2,346,20''; Tenncss'
Js‘287,059. Wisconsin, 1,10 >,660; Michigan,
S92,037, and Minnesota, 591,883.
The number of hogs in the United States
%n reported by the department of agri
culture, January 1, 1892. was 52,898,019, be
Vig 1,772,911 more than was reported a
year ago, 793, ;39 more than two years ago,
8,051,494 more than five years ago, 9,110,
000 more than ten years ago, and 0,136,000
more than fifteen years ago. Of the 52,
898,019 in the United States the first of
last month, the twelve packing states were
credited with 85,059,375, or 1,703,135
more than a year ago. While the twelve
packing states increased over 1,700. 00, all
the other states increased only 66,778. The
greatest increase was in Iowa, which
state was credited wi li 1,184, '.0 more hogs
than last year, but a strange feature of
the marked increase in Iowa is the fact
that receipts at all the packing points in
that state have been so light for some
time past that Ottumwa, Keokuk, Mar
shalltown, Cedar Rapids and packers at
other towns have been going to Omaha
and Kansas City for supplies and the
number of liogs slaughtered at Cedar Rap
ius and Sioux City alone since November
1* 1891, to date, compared with the corre
sponding period last year exhibits 153,090
decrease. Nebraska follows next to Iowa,
the increase bein* reported at *77,000. with
Ohio reporting an increase of 110,000 com
Sared with a year ago. Missouri and
Kentucky were credited with an in
crease of 46,000 each. Indiana increased
26,000 and Kansas 31,0JO. Illinois de
creased 50,000 and Michigan a decrease of
18,000. Iowa, Illinois and Missouri to
gether were credited with 16,63.',319, or
about 1,180.631 more than a year ago and
298.000 more than two years ago. Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Pennsyl
vania and New York were credited with
10,506,o6l, being 164.000 more than a year
ago and 64,000 less than two years ago.
All .other states had 25,*59,559, being
429,202 more than the government report
of a year ago, and 561,000 more than two
years ago. Many prominent Chicago
dealers that have lately traveled exten
sively through Iowa report that both the
number of pigs and hogs, especially the
latter, U much smaller than a year ago.
Iowa farmers and shippers coming to
Chicago generally say the “crop’’ is some
what smaller than a year ago, which
would seem correct by the way Iowa pack
ers are hustling at outside ’markets for
hogs.
i-nicago urovers journal: A Stock Yard
live stock commission firm had dealings
with one J. C. Stubblefield who was en
gaged in buying stock in Kansas,Missouri
and Texas, and who from time to time ap
plied to the firm for advances of money
In April, 1SS9, an impostor telegraphed to
the firm from Chctopa, Kan., for *4,0 U.
The money was sent to the impostor by
the Pacific Express company, and the man
claiming to be J C. Stubblefield was iden
tified by a hotel keeper and received the
money. The deception was discovered
when the genuine Stubblefield arrived in
Chicago. Then suit was brought against
the Pacific Express company In the
court below judgment was entered for the
defendants, which finding the appellate
court reverses, the opinion being written
by Judge Moran. He says: The rule as
to the liberty of express companies to
deliver matter intrusted t» them is thus
stated by our supreme court: ‘-They be
some insurers for safe delivery; so. noth
ing can excuse them from their obligation
safely to carry and deliver but the act of
God or the public enemy ” In this case
there cannot be the slightest doubt that
me nrm supposed that the request for
money came from J. C. Stubblefield, with
whom they had dealt It was the duty of
the express company to strictly observe
directions and deliver the money to J. C.
Stubblefield, the consignee. A failure to
do so, not induced by any negligence of
the consignor, whatever the circumstances
of fraud or imposition that brought it
about, will not excuse the carrier He de
livers at his peril and the question of his
care or diligence, bo it ever so great, is
not to be considered.
The prevalence of blackleg and the
numerous losses from this disease has
provoked much discussion and many rem
edies have been prescribed, but neverthe
less the losses occur with increasing fre
quency. Col. W. A. Harris, known
throughout the United States as a breeder
of short horn cattle at Lenwood, Kan.,
has a remedy which he has used success
fully the past forty yea-s. It is as fol
lows: Ten pounds of sulphur, six pounds
copperas, three pounds saltpetre, three
pounds air-slacked lime, mixed with two
or three times the amount of salt which
the above compound makes. Feed this
mixture instead of salt,for a few weeks
before turning on grass in the spring and
while changing feed in the fall. In fact
It is a good ingredient for your cattle to
have access to at all times. Colonel Har
ris says that when his cattle have been
liberally supplied with the above mixture
he has had no loss, while at times when a
proper supply has not been kept by the
sattle he has met with losses from black
leg.
A gentleman of large experience with
spring lambs gives the following advice in
the National Provisiouer: ‘‘Select only
grime,fat stock—always the best of the
Bock. In dressing early lambs cut them
apen only to the breast bone, but as the
weather becomes warm it is best to cut
down to the head. Take out entrails, leav
ng the haslet Head,feet and skin must all
ae left on. Skin the hind legs and dra—
the caul over them and well down over tta.
Sidneys, securing it with skewers, ails
the caul just enough to let the Kidneys
ihrouirh Replace the pelt over tho legs.
Be careful about putting in back seta
The sticks should be just the right lebgtb;
fasten one end to the flank and the other
,n the breast close up to the first rib, hav
•ng the Sticks across in the back just be
aind the kidneys. Wrap the whole car
'B»® with clean white muslin, then with
nurlap or baggage, and ship by express.
Uo not handle too soon after killing, but
allow the animal heat to get entirely out of
;he meat before shipping. Early' lambs
should not weigh much less than 2< lbs.,
and as the season advances buyers want
heavier stock. Lata summer and fall
iambs will not sell aa spring lambs."
8h„ '
She vwlth coldly witting. ,
I learned from one of your old ^7
mate, today that Vw^ncrw^
~ J V 1,uaw you once Wpfti
most absurdly love-sick poemTl^ *
young' girl,, and it was pubUah«Sl!<mt *
Hightone Magazine. hed ia th*
ightone Magazine. - ■»
Wliat? That biff,
with six children? ’ ^rea*3p thing
The same.
Oh! Well, dearie, I don’t mind.
A Little To* Kngl|,h.
Chum—What! You are not
h®iKhto“eI Weii< i *33
I thought surely that would U
match. "• *
Young Tremolo—I backed out 8h.
was too much a slave of fashion .
English, you know. ^ *°°
You amaze me.
Fact She wanted mo to wo h„ ».
self and ask her father s confent *’
Knew Her Darling.
Mr. Jolliboy—My gracious! This ol<
fashioned snowstorm makes me fm
young again. Little Johnny Bhould V
over at the hill coasting,J inS?ead<
sitting in a stuffy school room sue
grand weather as this. I’ll g0 „„ ,
school and find him. * up '
Mra J. (quietly)—Perhans. my dea
you might save some steps'by lookin
for him on the hill first
Chaining Him Down.
Old Gentleman—If you are bound to
marry that young scapegrace, I sup.
pose I can’t prevent it: but I’ll fix him
so he’ll have to spend his evenings in
good company.
Trustful Girl—Oh, he will, of course.
Old Gentleman—Yes, indeed, hewilL
All the money you get he’ll have to
win from me at poker.
Well Worth Reading.
Roaming Journalist—I hear that ths
present owner of the Daily Blowhard
is a rich old snoozer, who made a for
tune on hams. Does he ever write
anything worth reading?
Rlowhard Man—You just bet he
doea He signs the checks
The report of the census bureau
shows that “the average earnings oi
persons employed at the gold and sil
ver mines during the year 1889 were
8725 a year, while the average output
per man amounted to $1,723 a year,”
Among the lost arts, such as the
tempering of bronze, making flexible
glass and the manufacture of Tyrian
purple, we will soon have to number
another—namely, the weaving of rag
carpets
Mount Washington is to be capped
with the largest electric search-light
ever made, and the highest beam ol
artificial light in the world. Under
proper conditions it is claimed that it
can be seen from Boston.
In 1890 the only states that produced
more than a million pounds of paper
daily w«re New York, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and Ohio, but in 1891
two more states, Maine and Wisconsin,
were added to the list
In the coming crystal palace electri
cal exhibition, upou the payment of a
small fee, persons will be able to listen
through the telephone to the musio
performed at theaters in London,
Birmingham, Manchester and Liver
pool.
—John Carney, a Kansas farmer, re
cently plowed up a gold ring which his
daughter had lost seven years previous.
March
Mr. A. H, Braley
of the Fall River Police
Is highly gratified with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
He was badly run down, had no appetite, what
he -ild eat caused distress and he felt tired
all the time. A few bottles of Hood’s Sar
saparilla effected a marvelous change. The
distress in the stomach is entirely gone, hs
feels like a new man, and can eat anything
with old-iime relish. For all of which he
thanks and cor
dially recom
mends Hood’s Sar
saparilla. It 1*
very important that during the months of
March April M*j the blood should be thor
oughly purl tied and the system be given
strength to withstand the debilitating effect
of the changing season. For this purpose
Hood’s Sarsaparilla possesses peculiar merit
and it is the Beat Spring Medicine.
Mk ■ ■ The following, just re
Mm WM ■ I ceived, demonstrates its
P P wonderful blood purify
J ing powers:
“C. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass.:
“Gentlemen: I have had salt rhenm fop •
number of years, and for the past year one of
my legs, from the knee down, has been
broken out very badly- 1 took blo°“
medicine for a long time with no good results,
■AH and was at one time
.|WI m a obliged to walk with
IVI Qf crutches. I finally con
J eluded to try Hood’s Sar
saparilla. and before I had taken one bott •
the improvement va^ so marked that I con
tinued until I had taken three bottles, and am
now better than I have been in years
Tbe
Infl immatlon has all left my leg &od 11 J*
entirely healed. I have had such benefit ro
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
that I concluded 10 write this voluntary state
ment.” F. J.’Pimple, Ridgeway, Mich.
HOOD m PILU act easl.y. promptly ana
clently on the liver and bowela. Best dlnne
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