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ft V .' ' tf CONSIDER THE LILIES. DR. TALMAQE3 EASTCR SCIIMON AT THE TADEHNACLE. H l)lrnr tlio tfsct (if l'lounrt nml the I.cm TiniRht by Tlicm Orniign llloinnina fur llin llrlilo, n llniiilful n( TloUta for dm TntuK Brooklyn, April 1. Tlio platform nml Rnllorlcrt of tlio TalxTiinclo woro tills morning profusely th-coriitoil with flowers. On tlm pri'vlotm ovcnlng tlio cliurcli had Ihh'H oen to propnro tlio decorations, for which tlio coiiKivfmtlon had lxim IuvHimI to bring Ilowon. Tlio humciiM) ntuliiMiro room la not larco enough to conliiin the poplo on ordinary occilhIoiihj It must lo loft to tlio imagination to miggr-Ht tlio throngx, lioth inside nml outsldo tlio church, on thin great festal day. Tlio Rev. T. Do WlltTalmago, D. D took for llin text l.uko xli, 28t "If then 3cxl bo (iotho tlio grans, which Ik today In tlio livid, and to-morrow Im nwt into tlio oven, how much moro will ho clotho jott." llowild: Tho Illy U tlio queen of tlio Hlblo flow ore. Tho two may Imvo disputed her throno In modern t linen, and won it; hut tho roo originally had only llvo jiehils. It wns under tho long continued and in tonso gii7o of tlio world that tho roso Mushed Into ltn preHent lieatity. In tho Itihlo train, cassia and hywop and frnnkiiicoiino and myrrh and spikenard and eainplilro and tho nwn follow tho lily. Fourteen tlinea in thu Ulblo is tlio Illy mentioned; only twico tho roso. Tlio roso may now havo wider empire, Jiut tho lily reigned in tho tlmo of Esther, In tho tlmo of Solomon, in tho tlmo of Christ, I Ceosftr had his throno on tho hills. Tho Illy had her throno in tho valley. In tho Rrcntest sermon that was over preached, there was only ono (lower, and that n Illy. Tlio IJodford dreamer, John Hun yan, entered tho liouso of tho Interpreter, and won shown a cluster of Unworn, and wns told to "consider tholllloa." Wo may study and reject other nclences nt our option. It Is bo with astronomy, it is bo with chemistry, it is no with Juris prudence, it Is bo with phynlology, it is bo with geology; lint tho bcIoiico of hotany Christ commands us to study when ho kij-b: "Consider tho HIIcj." Moasuro them from root to'tlpof netnl. Inhalo their hreath. Notice tho jjracefulnesa of their polso. Hear tho whisper of tlio white Him of the eastern and of tho red lips of tho American Illy. Belonging to this royal family of Mien la tho lily of tho Nllo, tho Japan lily, tho Lady Washington lily of tho Sieiras, tho Golden Hand Illy, tho Giant lily of No paul. tho Turk's Cap lily, tho African Illy from tho Capo of Good Hopo. All these lilies havo tho royal blood in their veins. Hut I tako tho lilies of my text this morning as typical of all ilowers, and this Easter dav, garlanded with nil this opulence of iloral beauty, bociiis to address us. s-iylng: "Consider tho IIIIoh, consider tho nwdlas, consider tho fuch sias, consider the geraniums, consider tho Ivlce, consider the hyacinths, consider tho heliotropes, consider tho oleanders." With ditrereutial and grateful nnd intel ligent and worshipful souls, consider thorn. Not with insipid Bcntlmontnlism or with Bophomorio vaporing, but for grund and practical and overyday, nnd, If .need lie, homely uses, consider thorn, The Ilowers nro the angels of tho grass. Thoy all havo voices. When tho cloud. Bjxxik, thoy thunder; when tho whirl winds 8poak, thoy scream; when the cat aracts Bponk, they roar; hut when tho (lowers ppaik, thoy nlwnys whisper. I stand hero to interpret their message What havo you to say, oh yo nngels o tho grata, to this worshipful multitude? This morning I mean to discuss what flowers aro good for. That is my sub ject: What aro flowers good for? 1. I remark, in tho first plnco, thoy nro good for lessons of God's providontinl caro. That was Christ'B llret thought. All theso flowers seem to address us to day, saying: "God will give you apjiarel and food. Wo havo no wheel with which to epin, no loom with which to weavo, no 6lcklo with which to harvest, no well Bwccpwith which to draw water; but God slakes our thirst with tho dow, nnd God feeds us with tho broad of tho buii bine, nnd God has appareled us with more than Solomonio regality. Wo nro pronhotesscs of adequnto wardrobo. If God bo clothed us, tho grass of the field, will ho not much moro clotho you, oh yo of llttlo faith?" Men nnd women of worldly nnxlcliea, tako this meshngo homo with you. How long has God token caro of you? Quar ter of tho journoy of life? half tho jour noyorilfe? Threo-quartera tho journoy of life? Can you not trust him tho rest of tlio way? God does not promtso you anything liko that which tho Roman emperor had on his tablo nt vast oxpenso BOO nightingales' tongues but ho has promised to tako caro of you. Ho haa promised you tho necessities, not tho luxuries bread, not cake. If God bo luxuriantly clotfcea tho grass of tho field, will ho not provido for you, his living and immortal children? Ho will. No wonder Martin Lnthcr nlways had a llower on his writing desk for inspira tion. Through the cracks of tho prison floor a flower grow up to cheer Piccioln, Mungo Park, tho great traveler and ex plorer, had his Hfo saved by n flower. Ho sank down in tho dcbert to dlo, but, soeing a flower near by, it suggested God's merciful caro, and ho got up with now courage and traveled on to Bafety. I Raid tho flowers aro the nngels of tho grass. I add now thoy aro tho evangels of tho sky. 2. If you insist on asking mo tho quos tion: What aro flowers good for? I re spond, thoy nro good for tho bridal day. Tho brido must havo them on her brow, and Bho must havo them in lor hand. Tho marriago altar must bo covered with them. A wedding without flowers would bo as inappropriato as a wedding without music. At such a tlmo thoy aro for congratulation nnd prophecies of good, Bo much of tho pathway of Hfo is covered up with thorns, wo ought to cover tho beginning with orango bios oou. Ilowers aro appropriate on such occa dem, for in 00 out of 100 coses it is tlio ray beet thing that could havo hap pened, Tlio world may criticiso and pro Bounce it an inaptitude, and may lift its yebrows in surprise and think it might suggest fiomclhlng liettrr; hut tho God who bom tho twenty, forty, fifty yearn of wedded Hfo lioforo they Imvo begun, nr ranges all for tho IhwI. Ho that Ilowers, In almost all cases, nro nnproprlnto for tho marriago day. The divergences of disposition will liecomo correspondences, recklessness will liecnmn prudence, frivolity will lio turned Into piactlcallly. Tliero haslx-on tunny nn aged widowed noul who had a carefully locked bureau, and in tlio bureau a Ikix, and in thu 1kx n folded mmt, and in tho folded imjier a half blown two, Bllghtly fragrant, din eoloied, carefully pressed. Hlio put It thero forty or fifty yearn ago. On tho anniversary day of her wedding bIio will go to tlio hiiieau, nho will lift tho lox, him will unfold tho mper, and to her eyes will Ihj exposed tho half blown hud, and tho memoricii of tho past will rush UK)ii her, and n tear wilt drop iihiii the flower; and suddenly It is tiausllgured, and there Is n stir in tho dust of the anther, and it rounds out, and it is full of life, nnd it logins to tremblo in tho procession up tho cliuirh aisle, and tho dead miislo of a half century ago comes thioliblug through tho air; and vanished faces ri'iijijiear, and tight liaudi aro joined, and n manly voice jiromiscsi "I will for lietter or for worse, and the wedding inarch thunders a salvo of joy nt tho departing croud; but nslgh on that anniversary day ncat'ora tho scene. Under tho deep fetched breath, tho altar, tho flowers, tho congratulating groit aro scattered, nnd there Is nothing left but n trembling hand holding n faded rosebud, which Is put into tlio paer, and then Into the Ikix, and the lx carefully placed in tho bureau, and, with a sharp, Biuldcii click of the lock, tho bccuo is over. Ah, my friends, lot not tho prophecies of tho ilowers on your wedding day lio fnlso prophecies. Ho blind to each other's faults. Make tho most of each other's excellences. Alxtvo all, do not Ixith get mad at oueol Itemcmlier tho vows, the ring on thu thhd linger of tho left hand, and tho benediction of tho rnlla lilies. I). If you insist on asking mo the ques tion, what nro flowers good for? I an Hwer, thoy nro good to honor and com fort tho oiwequles. Tho worst gash over mado into thosldoof our poor earth is tho gash of tho grave. It is so deep, it la bo cruel, It Is bo incurable that it needs something to cover It up. Flowers for tho casket, flowers for tho hearso, flowers for tho cemetery. What n contrast between n gravo in n country churchynrd, with tho fence broken down nnd tho tomlwtono aslant, and tho nelghlioring cattle browsing amid tho mullein btullis and the Canada thistles, and n Juno morning in Green wood, tho wave of roseato bloom rolling to tho top of the mounds, nnd then breaking into foaming crests of whito flowers all around tho pillows of dust. It is tho differenco lietween Bleeping tin der rags and sleeping under nn embroidered blanket. Wo want Old Mortality with his chisel to go through all the gravoyards of Christen dom, and whllo ho carries a chisel in ono hand, wo wnnt Old Mortality to havo BOtno flower Bced in tho palm of tho othor hand. "Oh," you say, "tho dead don't know; it mnkes no dilTorcnco to them." I think you nro mistaken. There nro not bo tunny steamers and rail trains coming to any living city as thero aro convoys com ing from heaven to earth; and if thero bo instantaneous nnd constant communi cation between this world nnd tho better world, do you not supposo your departed friends know what you do with their bodies? Why has God planted "golden rod" nnd wild flowers in tho forest and on tho prairie whero no human oyo over sees them? Ho planted them thero for invisible intelligences to look nt and ml iniro, and when invisiblo intelligences como to look nt tho wild flowers of tho woods nnd tho table lands, will they not tunko excursions nnd see tho flowers which you havo planted in aiTectlonato remembrance of them? When I inn dead, I would liko to havo a handful of violets any ono could pluck them out of tho grass, or boiiio ono could lift from tho odgo of tho pond n water lily nothing rarely oxpenslvo or insano display, ns sometimes nt funeral rites whero tho display takes tho bread from tho children's mouths, nnd tho clothes from their backs, but bontetliing front tho great democracy of flowers. Rather than imperial catafnlquo of Russian czar, I ask boiiio ono whom I may havo helped by gospel pennon or Christian deed to bring a sprig of arbutus or n handful of china asters. It was left for modern times to spell ro siwct for tho departed and comfort for tho living in letters of floral gospel. Pil low of flowers, meaning rest for tho pil grim who has got to tho end of Ins jour noy. Anchor of flowers, suggesting tho Christian hopo which wo havo ns an nnchor to tho soul, suro nnd stendfast. Cross of flowers, suggesting tho treo on which our sins wero slnin. If I had my way, I would cover up nil tho dreamless sleepers, whether in golden handled casket or pino Ikix, whether n king's mausoleum or Potter's Field, with radiant nnd nromatio arboreseuco. Tlio Biblo Bays, in tho midst of tho garden thero was n eepulcher. I wish that overy scpulcltcr might bo in tlio midst of n garden. 1. If you insist on asking mo tho question: What nro flowers good for? I answer for religious symbolism. Havo you over studied Scriptural flora? Tho Uiblo is an nrbctum, it is a divino con servatory, it is n herbarium of exquisito beauty. If you want to illustrate the brevity of tho brightest human lifo, you will quote from Job: "A man comcth forth ns a flower and is cut down." Or you will quoto from tho Psalmist: "As tho llower of tho field, bo ho pcrishcth: tho wind passeth over it, and it is gone." Or you will quoto from Isaiah: "All flesh is grass, and tho goodliness thereof is as tho flower of tho flold." Or you will quote from James tho apostlo: "As tho flower of tho grass, bo ho passctli away." What graphic Biblo symbolism! All tho cut flowers this Easter day will soon bo dead, whatover caro you tako of them. Though morning and night you baptlzo them in tho nnmo of tho shower, tho baptism will not bo to them a saving ordinance Thoy havo been fatally wounded with tho knifo that cut them. Thoy aro bleeding their lifo nway; they nrodyiug now. Tho fragrance in tho air is their departing and asccuditig spirits. Olt, yeel flowers aro almost humau. llotnnlsla tell tit that flowers hrentho, they tnko nourishment, thoy eat, tlioy drink. They nro sensitive. Thoy havo their likes and dislikes. Thoy sleep, thoy wako. They llvo In families. Thoy hao thrlr ancestors and their descend ants, their birth, their burial, their entitle, their gt nvo. Tho zephyr rocks tho one, and tho storm digs the tieuch for tho other. The cowslip must leave Its gold, tho Illy must leavo its silver, tho roso must leave itN diamond necklace of morn ing (low. Dust to' dust. So woconin tin, wo pnHHr, wo spread abroad, wo die, ns tho flower tut liioilowerl OinriKo nml itocny on nil nrontnl I son; O tlion ulio cliniiKrat not, nlildo wllli mot Mowers also afford mighty symbolism of Christ, who compared himself to tho ancient queen, the lily, and tho modern queen, tho roso, when ho said: 'l am tho roso of Hlmrou and the Illy of tho valleys." Redolent liko tho onehuinhlo liko the other, hike both, appropriate for tho sad, who want sympathizers, and for tho rejoicing, who want banqueters. Hovering over tho marriago ceremony liko a wedding boll, or folded liko n chnplct on the pulseless heart of tho dead. Oh, Christ I let tho pcrfunio of thy nnmo Im wafted all around the oat th Illy nnd roso, Illy imd roso until tho wilderness crimson Into n garden, and tho round earth turn into one green hud of immottal beauty laid against tho warm heart of God. Hnnlch down front tho world's liniment eaglo and lion, anil put on Illy and roso, lily and rose. Hut, my ft lends, Ilowers havo no grander ttso than when on En-ter morn ing wo celebinlo tho reaiiiinatiou of Christ front the catacombs. All the flowers of today spoil resurrection. Thero is not a nook or corner in all tho building but is touched with tlio Incense. Tho women carried spices to tho tomb of Christ, and thoy droped spices all nrouud alxiut tho tomb, and front thoso Biilces havo grown all tho flowers of Luster morn. Tho two white robed nngels that hurled tho stono nway front tho door of the tomb, hurled it with such violence down tho hill that It crashed in tho door of the world's sepulclier, ami millions of the stark and dead shall come forth. However labyrinthlnn tho mausoleum, however costly tho sarcophagus, however architecturally grand tho necropolis. howoer beautifully partenvd tho family grounds, wo want them nil broken up by tho lord of tho resurrection. Tho forms that wo laid nway with our broken hearts must rise again. Father and mother thoy must como out. Husband and wifo they must como out. Brothers mid sisters thoy must como out. Our darling children they must como out. Tho eyes that with trembling Angers wo closed must open in tho luster of resurrection morn. Tho arms Unit wo folded In death must join ours in embrace of reunion. Tho lielovod voico thnt was hushed must bo returned. Tho lielovod form must como up without its infirmities, without Its fatigues It must como tip. Oh, liow long it seems for sonio of you. Waiting waiting for tho resurrection. How long! how long! I tunko for your broken hearts today a cool, soft handago of Easter lilies. Last night wo had como in tlio mails a beautiful Easter card on tho top of it n representation of that exquis ite flower called tho "trumpet creeper," nnd under It tho inscription: "Tho trumpet shnll sound, nnd tho dead shall bo raised." I comfort you this day with tho thought of resurrection. When Lonl Nelson was buried in St. Paul's cathedral in London, tho heart of all England was stirred. The procession passed on amid tho sobbing of a nation. There wero thirty trtttuitcters stationed at tho door of the cathedral, with instru ments of music in hnud, waiting for tho jlgnnl, and when tho illustrious dead arrived at the gates of St. Paul's cathe dral theso thirty trumpeters gave ono united blast, and then all was silent. Yet tho trumpets did not wnko tho dead. Ho slept right on. But I havo to tell you wluit thirty trumpeters could not do for ono man ono trumpeter will do for all nations. Tho ages havo rolled on, and tho clock of tho world's destiny strikes nine, ten, cloven, twelve, nnd time shall lio no longer I Behold tho nrchnngel hovering. Ho takes tho trumpet, points it this way, puts its lips to his lips, nnd then blows ono long, loud, terrific, thunderous, roveroemung nnit rcsurrectlonary blast. Look I Lookl They risol The dead I Tho deadl Somo coming forth from the family vault. Somo front tho city cem etery. Somo from tho country gravo yard. Hero a spirit is joined to its lxxly, nnd tliero another spirit is joined to nn othor body, and millions of departed spirits aro assorting tho bodies and then reclothlng themselves in forms now radiant for ascension. Tlio earth begins to burn tho lionfiro of n great victory. All ready now for tho procession of reconstructed humnnitv! Upward and nwnyl Christ leads and all tho Christian dead follow, battalion after battalion, nation after nation. Up, up I On, on! Forward, yo ranks of God Al mighty 1 Lift up jour heads, yo ever lasting gates, and lot the conquerors como in! Resurrection! Resuriection! And so I twist nil tho festal flowers of this church with all tho festal flowers of chnpols and cathedrals of all Christen dom into ono great chain, and with that chain I bind tho Easter morning of 1888 with tho closing Easter of tho world's history Resurrection! May tho God of peace that brought again from tho dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of Bhecp, through tho blood of the everlast ing covenant, mako you perfect in ovcry good work to do his will. Itnc Hprcadlnc I)lr(ic, Tho stnto Itoard of health of Massachu setts reports, through Dr. Withington, tho spread of infectious diseases by means of rags. Small pox is proved to havo been, in Bonio cases, thus trans mitted; and moro frequently by domes tic thnn by foreign rags. Cholera, es pecially, has Iteon traced to tho samo Bourco. "Thero is ovidenco that cloth ing from cholera iitients. nnd, possibly, clothing merely packed in nn infected locality, has, when transported to n dis tance, nnd thero unpackod, caused tho disease, thus starting a fresh cholera focus." Danger is also averred to exist in tho cases of phthisis, consumption nnd other diseases; as tho dust rising from rags may convey to tho lungs tbo germs of such diseases. Globo-Dcmocrat. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Herr Strauss, tho composer, is n clover hnnd with the (encil nnd delights in making caricatures. Baby King Alfonso XIII Is sulTertng front enllepsy, a hereditary disease in his mother's family, the llapsburgs. Mr. P. I). Armour, tho Chicago tnll Honalre, has gono to CiirlslMid, Germany, for tho benefit of his health. Buforo leaving ho gave each of tho clerks in his office an order for n now suit of clothes. Orders wero given on ono tailor alono for over $1,000, and tliero wero smnllcr orders on several others. A Philadelphia servant haH distin guished herself by an oilginal port of private tli"atricals. While her mistress was nway she attired herself in tho best dress of tho lady of tho house, mado calls tiK)ii strange ladles and Invited them to return her com tesy. When thoy called she entertained them appiopriately, showed them over tho house and felt provoked Ixrauso her girl had gono out. Tho fnico continued for somo tlmo. Prince William of Prussia, since his accent tenioval from Potsdam to Berlin, has ceased to lw tho holder of n season ticket on that branch of tho railway. Ah an economical "pater faniilins," ho pre ferred to subscribe for a first class return tickoJ at a tcduetion rather than to pay the tegular tut ill rate, tho company courteously holding n first class cur nt his disjKwal. fits wife, who has had far less occasion to go to Berlin, never took n commutation ticket, hut mid tho regu lar faro as sho went or came. Famous men nil havo fixed notions nlKiiit certain remedies for diseases, or nliout things ono ought not to tako as remedial agents, Mr. James G. Blaino is strongly set ngnlnst Turkish hatha. Ho ltelloves they aro jiernieious stirrers up of otherwise well ordered systems, nnd oieuly declares that they uio not good for either iiian or lieast. Col. Iugcrooll pins Ids faith to bicarbonate of soda as a euro nil. "I declare," ho said, when telling what a wondeifnl thing it is, "I wouldn't like to sprinkle bicarUinato of soda on tho grave of an enemy. It Is so elllcient I nut afraid it would bring him up." If Louisa M. Alcotl hndnpcl aversion, It iK'rhaps was tho morbid, the Introsjiec tive; her iiiipatienco with nny literature that encouraged tho young, nnd esjiecially young girls, to "jH-er and pry into tho state of their little spiritual insides," was sometimes rather "vitriolic," as Georgo Elliot would say, in its expression. Sho pronounced the Wotdsworth maxims, "To look outward and not In" nnd "to lend n hand" to bo "sound mental hy giene" Liko nil strong hearts she hon ored strength in others, nnd sometimes resented its opjioslte. Onco I reinnrljod with boiiio surprise on tho evident enjoy ment of nn nhnost exclusively feminine tea party by a gentleman of our acquaint ance, and I vividly iccall tho sudden flash of her eyes, and smile, ns she said : "Oh, yes; hut bo's not a man; bo's n transmigrated pussycat; it's his mission in lifo to sit InncornernndpurraiTablyl" A tnrmnn' Amnrlntlon, An organization just formed in Pitts burg is called tho Foieinen association, and consists of foremen from overy lnrco industry in the city, from tho iron mills to tho paint shops. Its object Is to secttro n Bultnblo reading room, library, gymna sium, nnd especially a lecture hall, "whero now Ideas, Ixith theoretical and practical, may lio exchanged;" to secttro places for skilled workmen in nil trades; to Inaiigurnto n system of visits to tho principal shops and mills for tho inter change of suggestions and comment, and for the general advancement of the inter ests of tho foremen themselves, of the employers for whom they work, and the men whom they direct. It is the inten tion to make tho organization a national one. New York Sun. Wnnt to CIiuuum Their Col ii r. A few nights ago n party of colored men wero hunting coons near Ocnla swamps, in tho southern part of Georgia. Zeko Mason, ono of tho party, u hilo at tempting to cut a not that n coon was supposed to occupy, cut a deep gnsh in his leg. His first net was to run to n mnrshy, stagnant pool nenr by. and gath ering liaudfiils of tho slimy niud.poulticed tho wound, thereby olistructing the tlow of blood. Tho next day the wound had healed, and the entire pa it of the leg on which tho mud had been placed had turned almost white. Colored peoplo from far and near aro now making pil grimages to the jkxiI and daubing them selves with mud in tho hopo of becoming white. Cincinnati Enquirer. Ml" I'uld the Trice. Becauso Louisa M. Alcott received about $100,000 from the sales of her liooks many a hopeful and inexierienced writer will imagine that hteratiuo is tlio highway to fortune ns well ns famo. Let them remember ono of Em 'i-bonls nuggets of wisdom. That is, that wo can tako whatsoever wo will if wo but jay tho price. Miss Alcott jiaid tho prico it was n prico few could pay. Sho began teaching school and writing stories when about 10, and although bho loathed tho teaching she was forced to keep on at it for fifteen years leforo her writings produced nn incoitio sulllcient to onablo her to depend entirely upon her pen for Biipixirt. Now York Piess "Every Day Talk." A Voodoo Qiiorn. In n llttlo ono story franio dwelling in St. Paul, lives ono of tho most jieculiar of women. Sho is a voodoo queen, nnd is absolutely worshiped by many of tho colored ioop!o of St. Paul. Sho is aliout 05 yeaie of nge, as black as black can lie, with short, kinky hair, and deep Bet, bloodshot eyes. She foretells tho future, cures nil ills, and can tell tho lucky num bers that will win nt jiolicy. Sho hns n peculiar song which sho sings on Friday, and wears Boveral amulets. Her in fluence over tho colored peoplo of tho city is said to bo simply wonderful. Cincinnati Enquirer. An Aitilltlnn to the I.Mtor Ilox. A thoughtful patron of Undo Sam's mall service, who complains that papers nnd packages, when placed on tho top of letter lioxes, are frequently blown nway by the wind and lost, biigccsts that n wiro basket or a liko contrivance bo af fixed to tho jostB as a supplementary receptacle. CALIPON lA'S Finest: Production. 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PRICE, The great assayer and chemist of San Francisco says: "I have submitted your Brandy to a most searching chemical analysis and find no adulteration, no fusel oil. It is a remarkably pure article." DR. BEVERLY COLE, of San Francisco, says: "I have analyzed the Jarvis Rcisling Grape Brandy, and find it pure and a genuine good article." The followinis from the well-known Analytical Chemist of Chicago. THE G. M. JARVIS CO. Gentlemen. I have made complete analyses of your Wines and Brandies. These tes show me that they are not only strictly pure but that they contain all the essential quali ties so much admired by leading wine chemists. J. II. LONG, Analytical Chemist Chicago Med. Col, PAIILIES AID MEDICAL PURPOSE The goods arc always to be relied upon; prices low for first class article and put up in packages convenient for all. Jarvis' California Pear Cider. Tills delicious summer beverage is made in California, from very ripe mellow llnrtlett Tears. In the height of the ripening i-cafon many tons of pears become too ripe for shipping or canning purposes, they can then he utalicil by pressing them into cider. The fresh juice is boiled down two gallons into one, and is then strained through pulvcricd char coal. This heating, condensing and straining completely destroys fcr meiitntloii.and the cider cvr afterwards icnialns sweet and good and is a most healthy and nutrition article for family use. Knowing there are many spurious ciders sold In this market we offer tiie above explanation with the eminent testimonial of I'rof. J. II. Long. Vcr) Respectfully, TIIE G. M. JARVIS CO., Sole Proprietors, San Jose, California. 39 N. State Street, Chicago. Chicago, July 7U1, 1887. THE G. M. JARVIS CO., Gentlemen: bj )i , 1 I have made made a chemical examination of the samnle of Inrvls' iv.-ir riili-r submitted to me n few days ago, and would report these points among others noted. 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