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TABERNACLE SERVICES. REV. T. DE WITT TALMAOE'S SUN DAY MORNING DISCOURSE. Religion I Hunottvc, Curative, IIjhIciiIc. It Mtjr Nut Olvu In thu llttiiiuu Knot Antediluvian l,oiii'lty, tint Will Oroatly IeiiKthen Our Live. IluooKtiY.v, Juno 10. At tho Tabcrnaclo this morning, nftor expounding some pns Mges of Scripture in rognrd to tho diet of Daulel nml his abstemious habits, tho Huv. T. Do Witt Talmnge, D. D., gave out tho hyinii beginning: Glory (o Clod on IiIkIi, Ix-t Iioathi ami earth reply. He announced ns thu subject ot his sermon: "Does lloliglou l'rolong I.tfol'' nml preached from tho text found in l's. xci, 10: "With Ions llfo will I satisfy him." Following Is ih dlscourso in full: Through tho mistake of Its frlonds religion lias been chiclly associated with sick lieds and graveyards. Tho wholo subject to ninny pooplo is odorous with chlorino nml cnrbollo acid. There nro jwoplo who cannot pro nounco tho word mligloii without hearing in it tho clipping chisel of tho tombstone cutter. It is hlcli time that this thing wero changed and thnt religion, Instead of lieing reprc- I scuted ns n henrso to carry out tho dead, should ho represented ns u chariot In which tho living nro to triumph. Religion, so far from subtracting from Olio's vitality, is n glorious nddltlon. It is sanative, curative, hygienic. It Is good for tho eyes, good for tho ears, good for tho spleen, good for thu digestion, good for tho nerves, good for tho muscles. When David, lu another nrt of tho l'sulms, prays that ro llgiou may lw dominant ho does not speak of it as n mild sickness, or nil emaciation, or nu attack of moral mid spiritual cramp; ho speaks of it ns "tho saving health of nil im- tlons;" while Qod, lu tho text, promises longevity to tho pious, saying: "With long llfo will I satisfy him." Tho fact is that men mid women die too soon. It is high tlmo tlmt religion joined tho hand of medical science lu attempting to im prove human longevity. Adam II veil nlno hundred anil thirty years. Methuselah lived nlno hundred nnd sixty-nine yours. As Into in tho history of tho world as Vespasian, thero were nt ouo time In his umpire forty flvo jeoplo one hundred und thlrty-llvo years old. 8o far down us tho Sixteenth century, Fctcr Znrtau died nt ono hundred and olghty-llvo years of nge. I do not say thnt religion will over take tho raco back to ante diluvian longevity, but I do say tho length of human lifo will bo greatly improved. It is said in Isaiah: "Tho child shall dio n bandred years old." Now, If according to -Scripture tho child is to bo a hundred years old, may not tho men nnd women reach to three hundred nnd four hundred and flvo . hundred I Tho fact Is that wo nro mero dwnrfs and skeletons compared with somo of tho generations that aro to come. Take tho African raco. They havo been under bond ago for centuries. Glvo them n chunco and thoy develop n Frederick Douglass or a Tous Balnt L'Ouverture. And if the whito raco shnll bu brought from under thn serfdom of slu, what shall bo tho lody! What shall bo tho souU Religion has only just touched our world. Give it full power for n fow centuries, and who can tell what will bo tho strength of man nnd tho bouuty of woman und tho longevity of alll My design Is to show that prnctlcnl re ligion is tho friend of long lifo. I provo it, first, from tho fact that it makes tho caro of our health a ositivo Christian duty. Whother wo shall keep early or lato hours, whether wo shall tnko food dlgestlbloor Indi gestible, whether there shnll bo thorough or Incomplete mastication, nro questions very often deferred to tho realm of whimsicality; but tho Christ Ian man lifts this whole problem of health into the accouiitahlo and tho divine. Ho says; "God has given mo this hotly, and ho has called it tho templo of tho Holy Ghost, nnd to deface its altars or mar its walls or crumble its pillars is a God defying sacrilege." Ho sees God's callgrnphy in every page anatomical and physiological, Ho says: "God has given mo a wonderful body for uohlo purposes." That iiriii with thirty-two curious bones wielded by forty-six curious muscles, nnd nil under the brain's telegraphy; JJ50 jwundsof blood rushing through thu heart every hour, tho heart in twenty-four hours beating 100, 000 times, during thu twenty-four hours overcoming resistances amounting to H, 000,000 pounds of weight, during thu snnio tlmo tho lungs taking In flfty-sovon hogs heads of air, und nil this mechanism not more, mighty than delicate nnd easily dis turbed nnd demolished, Tho Christian man says to hlmsolf : "If I hurt my nerves. If I hurt my brain, If I hurt any of my physical faculties I Insult God nnd call for dire retribution." Why did God tell tho Lovites not to oiler to him lu sacrifice animals Inijierfect nnd diseased! Ho meant to tell us In all tho ages that wo aro to offer to God our very best physical condition, and a man who through Irregular or gluttonous eating ruins his health is not offering to God such a sacrifice Why did l'nul write for his cloak nt Troas? Why should such a great man ns 1'aul bo anxious nbout a thing so in significant ns nu overcoat! It wus because ho knew that with pneumonia and rheuma tism he would not bo worth half ns much to God and thu church as with respiration easy aud foot free. An intelligent Christian man would con sider it an alurdity to kneel down at night and pray and ask God's protection wbilo at thosamo tlmo ho kept tho windows of his bed room tight shut against f rosh air. Ho would just as soon think of going out on the bridge between Now York and Brooklyn, leaping off and then praying to God to keep him from getting hurt. Just as long ns you defer this whole subject of physical health to tho realm of whimsicality or to tho pastry cook or to tho butcher or to tho baker or to tho apothecary or to tho clothier, you aro not acting liko a Christinn Take caro of all your phsical forces norvous, muscular, bono, brain, cellular tissu for all you must bo brought to judgment. t Smoking your nervous system Into fidgets, burning out tho coating of your stomach with wlno logwooded nnd strychnlued, walk ing with thin shoes to make your feet look delicate, pinched at tho waist until you nro well nigh cut In two, nnd neither jwrt worth anything, groaning about sick heodacho" and palpitation of the heart, which you think came from God, when thoy cumo from your own folly. What right liasnny manor womnn to tie faco tho templo of tho Holy Ghost What Is tho earl Why, it Is tho whticring gallery of tho human soul. What Is tho eyof It Is tho observatory God constructed, its telo Bcopo sweeping tho heavens. What Ii the hand! An instrument so wonderful that wliou tho Hurl of llrldgownter bequeathed In Ills will $10,000 for treatises to bo written 00 tho wisdom, HJWcr nud goodness of God, Sir Charles Hell, the great English anat omist nud lurgoon, foiuul ills great est Illustration in tho construction of the human hand, devoting his whole book to that subject. So wonderful aro theso bodies that l tinmen his own attribute! after different ' sof them. His olnnlsclenoo It Is God's e Ills omnlprewnec- It Is God's car. Ills 'iihuiteiiro It Is God's arm. Tho uphob y of tho midnight heavensIt Is tho work 'dud's lingers. Ills llfo giving power It , ''u breath of tho Almighty. His dominion 'tho government shall 1m Uxm his shout- .t " A iKsly so divinely honored nnd so vlnely constructisl, lot us lw careful not to itlllSO It. I When It lioconies n Christian duty to tnko euro of our health, Is not tho whole tendency toward longevity I If I toss my wateh nbout looklcRsly and drop it on tho pavement anil wind It up nny tlmo of day or night 1 Imp ieu to think of It, aud often let It run down, whllo you nro careful with your watch nml novcr abuse it and wind It up just nt tho snmo hour every night nud put It lu a place whero it will not suffer from tho violent changes of atmosphere, which watch will last tho lougor? Common sense answers. Now tho human body Is God's watch. You boo tho hands of tho watch, you sea tho faco of tho watch; but tho Uniting of tho heart is tho ticking of tho watch. Oh, lw careful and do not let It run down! Again, I remark that practical religion Is ' a friend of longevity lu tho fact that it Is n protest against dlsslmtlons which Injuro nnd destroy tho health. Had men nud women , llvo a very short llfo. Their sins kill them. ' I know hundreds of gotxl old men, but I do not know half u dozen Iwul old men. Why? Thoy do not got old, Lord Byron died nt Missolonghl nt thlrtr-slx years of age, lilnv self his own Mazoppn, his unbridled pmslons tho horse that dashod with him Into thu desert, Edgar A. Poo died nt Baltimore nt thirty-eight years of ago. Tho black raven that alighted on tho bust nbovo his chamber j door was delirium tremens Only this nml nothing more. Nniwloon Uonnarto lived only justtwyond midlife, then died nt St, Helena, and ono of his doctors said that his disease was Induced I by cxcesslvo snulllng. Tho hero of Auster lit?., tho man who by ono step of his foot In tho center of F.urOo shook the earth, killed by n snuff box. Oh, how many pooplo wo havo known who havo not lived out half their days because of their dissipations nnd Indulgences! Now, practical religion (s n protest against nil dissipation of any kind. "But," you say, "professors of religion havo fallen, professors of religion havo got drunk, professors of religion havo mlsappro- , priated trust funds, professors of religion havo absconded." Yesjlmt thoy throw away ' their religion loforo thoy did their morality, i If u man on a White Star lino steamer bound for Liverpool in mld-Atlantlo jumps over board and is drowned, is thnt anything against tho Whito Star Hno's-capaclty to tnko tho man across tho ocean! And if a man jumps over tho gunwalo of his religion nnd goes down novcr to rise, is that any reason for your liellovlng that religion has no ca pacity to tako tho man clear through? In tho ono case if ho had kept to tho steamer his body would havo boon saved; In tho other case, If ho had kopt to his religion his morals would havo been savod. There nro nged peoplo who would havo l)een dead twcnty-llvo years ngo but for the defenses nnd thu equlpolso of religion. You havo no mora natural resistance than hun dreds of ieoplo who llo In tho '.emetcrli's to day, slain by their own vices. Tho doctors mado their enso as kind and pleasant as ihoy could, nnd It was called congestion of tho bruin, or something elso, but thu snakes and tho blucflles that seemed to crawl over the pillow in tho sight of tho delirious patient showed what was tho matter with him. You, tho aged Christinn man, walked along by that unhoppy ono until you camo to tho golden pillar of a Christian llfo. You wont to tho right; he went to tho left. That is all tho difference lietwcen you. Oh, it this re ligion is u protest against all forms of dissi pation, then it Is nn illustrious friend of bngovity. "With long llfo will I satisfy him." Again, religion Is a friend of longevity in tho fact that It takes tho worry out of our temiKiralltics. It is not work that kills men, It is worry. When n man becomes a genuiuo Christian ho makes over to God not only his affections but liU family, his business, his reputation, his body, his mind, his houl everything. Industrious ho will lw, but novcr worrying, becauso God Is managing Ills airalrs. How can lio worry about luisl- ness when In answer to his prayers Gixl tells him when to buy and when to hell; and if ho gain that is best, and if ho loo that is lcstl Suppose you had a euernutiiral neighbor who camo in and said: "Sir, I want you to call on mo In ovcry exigency; I nm your fast friend; I could fall back on $30,000,000; I can forcK-o a panic ten years; I hold tho control ling stock in thirty of the best monetary in stitutions of Now York; whenever you nro In troublo call on mo and I will help you; you can havo my money und you can havo my influence; hero is my hand lu pledgo for it." How much would you worry alnnit business! Why you would say: "I'll do tho best I can, nnd then I'll depend on my friend's generosity for tho rest." Now more than that is promised to every Christian business man. God snys to him: "I own Now York and Iondou und St. Petersburg and Pekln, and Australia aud California aro nilno; I can foreseo a panto a million years; I have all tho resources of tho unlvcrso, and I am j'our fast friend; when you get in business troublo or nny other trouble, call on mo nnd I will holp; hero is i my hand In pledgo of onmiotont deliver- ! anco." How much should that man worry? Not much. What lion will daro to put his paw on that Danloll Is thero not rest In this? Is there not nn eternal vacation in this? "Oh," you say, "hero is a man who asked God for a blessing in a certain enterprise, and ho lost flvo thousand dollars in It. Ex plain that." I will. Yonder is a factory, and ouo wheel is going north nud tho other wheel Is going south, and ono wheel plays laterally and tho other plays vertically. I go to tho manufacturer and I say: "O manu facturer, your machinery is a contradiction. Why do you not mako all tho wheels go ono wayP "Well," he Bays,"I madothem to go in opposite directions on purpose, aud they pro dueo tho right result. You go downstairs audexumino thoenrpets wo aro turning out in this establishment and you will hoc." I go down on the other floor nud I ceo tho carpets, and I am obliged to confess that though tho wheels In that factory go In op posite directions thoy turn out n Imiutlful re sult; aud while I nm standing thero looking at tho exquisite fabric an old Scripturo passago comes into my mind, "All things work together for good to them who lovo God." Is thero not rest in that? Is thero not tonlo in that f Is thero not longevity in that? Supposo a man is nil tho tlmo worried about his reputation? Ouo man says ho lies. another sayH ho Is stupid, another haya ho is dishonest, nud half a dozon printing estab lishments attack him, and ho is in n great state of excitement aud worry and fume, and cannot sleep; but religion comes to him nud says: "Man, God is on your side; ho will tako caro of your reputation; if God bo for you, who can bo ngulust you?" How much shouid that man worry nbout his reputation? Not much, lfthutbrokor who miiiio years ago in Wall street, after ho had lost money, (at down und wrote a farewell Jot ter to hU wife before he blow his brains out If Instead of taking out of his pocket n pistol ho had taken out a well rend Now Testament there would nave boon one less suicide. Oh, nervous nud feverish peoplu of tho world, try this almighty sedative. You will live twenty-dvo years longer und'r its soothing power. It Is not chloral that you want, or morphine that '" want; It Is tho Gospel of .Tonus Christ. "With long llfo will I satisfy him." Again, practical religion Is a friend of longevity lu tho fact that It removes nil cor roding caro nbout ii future existence. Kvcry man wants to know what is to liocoino of him. If you get on board n rail train you want to know nt what dcot It Is going to stop; If you get on board a ship you want to know into what harbor It Is going to run, nud If you should tell mo you havo no interest In what Is to lw your future destiny, I would In ns jMillto n way ns I know how tell you I did not Ih'IIovo you. Before I had this matter settled with reference to my future existence tho question almost worried mo Into ruined health. Tho anxieties men have Utoii this subject put together would inuko n martyr dom. This Is n statu of awful uuhealthluess. Thero nre pooplowho fret themselves to death for fear of dying. I want to tnko tho strain off your nerves nnd tho depression off your soul, and I make two or threoxiorlments. F.xcriniciitllrst! When you go out of this world It does not make nny difference whether you havo lioon good or bad, or whether you Ixillovod truth or error, you will go straight to glory. "Im los.slblo," you say j "my common sonso as well as my religion teaches that tho bad nud tho good ennuot llvo together forever. You glvo mo no comfort in thnt exH'rlmcnU" Experiment tho second: When you loavothls world you will go Into nn Intcrniedluto statu whero you can get converted and prepared for heaven. "Impossible," you say; "as tho treo falleth so it must lie, nnd I cannot postono to nn Intermediate state reformation which ought to have Usui ef fected In this state." KxHrlinent tho thlrdi There is no future woi Id. when n mini dies that In the last of him. Do not worry nbout what you are to do in another state of Wing, you will not do anything "Iniws.iblo," you nay; "thero Is something that tells mo that death Is not tho appendix, but thu pref ace; thero is something that tells mu that on this sidu of thu grave I only get started, nnd that I shall go on forever; my power to think says 'forever,' my affections say 'for i over,' my capacity to enjoy or suffer, 'for , Qvcr.' " Well, you defeat mo In my threo pxerl ' incuts. I havo only ono morn to make, nud 1 If you defeat mo in that I am exhausted. A mighty Ono on n knoll back of Jerusalem ono , day tho skies Illicit with forked lightnings I nnd tho earth tilled with volcanic disturb i unces turned Ills palo and agonized faco i toward tho heavens and said: "I take tho sins nnd sorrows of tho ages Into my own heart. I am tho expiation. Witness earth nnd honvon nnd hull, I nm tho expiation." Aud tho hammer struck him, and tho scnrs punctured him, nnd heaven thundered: "Th wages of sin Is death I" "The soul that sin- ncth it shall dial" "I will by no means clear thu guilty I" Then there was si lenco for half an hour, and tho light- nlngs wero drawn back Into the scab bard of tho sky, and thu earth ceased to qulvor, nnd all tho colors of tho sky i bognu to shift themselves into a rainbow woven out of tho fallen tears of Jesus, and there was red ns of thu blood shedding, nnd there was blue as of tho bruising, and there was green as of tho heavenly follago, and there was oraugo ns of thn day dawn. And along tho lino of tho blue I snw tho words: "I was bruised for their Iniquities." And nlong tho lino of thu red I saw tho words; "Tho blood of Jesus Christ cleauseth from all slu." And along tho lino of thu green I saw tho words; "Tho leaves of thu treo of lifu for tho healing of tho nations." And nlong tho lino of tho orange I saw tho words: "Tho day spriug from on high hath vis ited us." And then I saw tho storm was over, nnd tho rainbow ros) higher und higher, until it seemed retreating to nnothor heaven, and planting ono column of its colrrs on ouo side tho eternal hill nud planting tho other column , 0f its colors on tho other side tho eternal I hill, it roso upward and upward, "and l)ehold thero was a rainbow about tho throne." Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying, i Tako tho tonic, tho Inspiration, the longevity I 0f tliis truth, ltellelon in minslilnn. tluit Is licnltu. Hellgiou is fresh air nud puro water, they aro healthy. Hellgiou is warmth, that is healthy. Ask all tho doctors and thoy w ill tell you that a quiet consclenco and pleasant anticipations aro hygienic. I offer you jierfoct jhmico now nnd hereafter. What do you want iu tho future world? Tell mo nnd you shall huvo it. Orchards? Thero are tho trees with twelve manner of fruits, yielding fruit ovcry month. Water scenery? Thero Is tho Hlverof I.I fo, from under tho throno of God, clear as crystal, and tho sea of glass mingled with lire. Do you want music? Thero is tho orntonoof tho Creation led on by Adam, and tho orato rio of tho lied Sea led on by Moses, and tho oratorio of tho Messiah led on by St. Paul whllo tho archangel with swinging baton controls tho ouo hundred aud forty-four thousand who mako up tho orchestra. Do you want reunion? Thero nro your dead children waiting to kiss you, waiting to embrace you, waiting to twiht garlands in your hair. You havo been accustomed to oK5U tho door on this siilo of tho ftcpulchcr. I open tho door on the other siilo of tho sepul- chcr. You hnvo been nccustomod to wnlk in tho wet grass on tho top of tho grave. I show you tho under sido of tho gravo; tho bottom has fallen out, and tho long ropes with which tho pall liearer lot down your dead let them clear through into heaven. Glory bo to God for this rolniBt, healthy religion. It will havo a tendency to make you llvo long iu this world, and iu tho world to como you will havo eternal lifo. "With long llfo will I satisfy him." Tlio Mari-lago of lllooil Itclutlons. From recent accounts tho Greek church appears to bo oven moro punctilious than tho Roman, It is said to look uskaut at tho mar riage of tho Duko of Sparta with Victoria of Wales, lccuuso It will not approve of nmr rlngo between cousins. Kven tho lloiunu church has agreed to this necessity among royalty, partly on tho plea that their variety of resource and nurture might iu part counteract tho evil. Hut doubtless tho time is approaching when neither church nor state can longer brook thu neetaeli of royal idiots nnd epileptics. It would bo hardly convenient to huvo as rulers a moro ailing lot thun tho. present samples of Kuropcun royalty. Chicago Tribune. Gliiutlj- Holies or a Itluody 1'leld. A lato Charleston letter seakN of tho neg lected condition of tho graves of tho Confed erate dead who aro burled on Morris Island, near that city. For the past twonty-tlireo years the wind has loon steadily sweeping away tho sand iu which tho soldiers wero buried, so that in many eusea their bones nro uxo-icdnml bleaching in tho sun. Sometimes only two or threo of these, graves nro uncov ered at a tlmo, nud again as many as twenty flvo or thirty will lio exposed. Tho spot where these remains nro upturned is near Vinegar Hill, in full view of ouu of tho blood iest battle grounds of tho war. Philadelphia Times. PHY8I0L0QV AND HYGIENE. Advlrst Until l,ay nml l'rnfrMlonnl About Keeping Children In flood Condition. A mother whoso JV-your-otd boy has suffered with ft (llsenso of tho kneo joint, resulting In tho loss of tho knee cap and leaving nu almost stiff joint, wnrus other mothers not to neglect what may seem a slight troublo with tho kneo Joint, Tho joints, especially those, of tho knees, ,sro liable to many serious affections, some of which nre due to constitutional defect nnd some to other diseases, but most frequently tho cftuso Is Injury from accident, This cnuso Is said to oerato cieolally lu childhood nnd youth, partly Isvnuso this icrlotl is more full of cixpinures and iartly because tho ten dency to set up lullammatory action Is thou nt Its maximum. Tho surfneos of nil Joints ore covered with a ninmbrniie, tho ollleo of which is to secrete a lubricating lluld, Under this is cnrtllnge, to lesson jolt and to render tho piny of tho joints over each otheitsoft nnd safe. The head of tho Ikuips beneath tho rnrtllngo Is sKngy, and thus more llnblo to harm. Disease, or over use, or accidental Injury, may result In inllnmmntlon of tho synovial membrane. Indeed, It is hclloved thnt nearly ouo-hnlt of all nffcctlnns of tho kneo joint nre of this character. If tho troublo Is neglected the Inflammation may extend to tho cartllngo and doxtroy it, leaving tho bare ends of the Iwno to grnto on each other; or It may ex tend uvea to tho head of thu bono nud glvo rlso to a destnictlvo abscess. Of course n child may havo a sorcro Injury to tho kneo which may soon Iinnl, with out any further harm. But any subsoquont pain at tho Joint in walking, or any bulging out, ns if from a lluld, should receive liniiio dlato medical attention. Meanwhile, abso lute rest of tho parts, by a recuiulwnt posture of thu Isxly, is of tho llrst Importance, nml this will constitute ono of thu chief melius toward tho cure. Starting Chllilrrn on" to Nrliool. Dr. 12. M. Hunt, secretary of tho Now Jor soy state board of health, gives somo valu uhlo advice to parents nlsi.it starting their children off for srhool, nu follows; Let no child start for school with damp clothing; when nctivo wo can bear dampneM awhile, but to sit In wet clothing is always n risk. Tell tho child, if dump nud chilly, to let tho teacher know It. A good plain, unhurried breakfast Is nlwnys Important to tho school child. Thu young are better off without coffoo or tea; but sumo may need u warm drink for breakfast In cold weather, such as sweetened water, sugar and milk, and water or milk flavored with cocoa. If tho child will not bo at homo nud nt din ner within live hours ufter tho close of break fast, havo him carry n small aud oaslly di gested lunch to eat at recess, orntnniipolnt edtimuut school. It should bo light bread nud butter, with fruit or jelly, nud not over largo, If there hi to bu u meal ut homo by 'J o'clock. Cure nml Relief for Corn. A certain ninmmt of friction Is caused by walking, this affecting liotli tho part of tho foot next to the l Kit, aud also tho Inner sides of tho toes, where they rub together, produc ing corns In Uith places. To euro thorn, weur well fitting Itoots, advices Dr. J. B. liana ford; but to obtain almost Immediate relief, removing most of the nccumulntioii, npply K)tnsh or nny strong alkali, thus dissolving tho albumen of which they are coinoseL SInco they ui o but u part of tho outer skin destitute of nerves it Is plain that thoy can lw removed "without pain," but equally truo that they will reupiieur, if tho causo of thulr formation is not rumovtxl. Arniiiiitln Spirit nf Ammonia. Aromatic spirits of ammonia a solution in ulcohol with spices is a stimulant useful in sudden fainting from any cause. Dr. K. Huydor places thu doso at from llfteun to twenty ill om well diluted with water, pre ferably hot water. According to tho samo authority, aqua am monia makes, by mixing two tenspooufuls to Ix teasooufulS of olivo oil or melted lard, a volatile liniment that is very wanning when rubbed on externally for tore throat and over rheumutio Joints. A I'nw I'lipular Kliniiion. In somo miioii8 thin scales accumulate on the scalp, occasioning much annoyance. This condition is often induced by tho use of line combH. To rumovo It a solution of borux aud water is commonly employed, Tho "whites" of raw eggs mako an excellent shampoo, aud may Ihi 1'iiIiIkmI freely into tho hair. tublutqioouful of aqua ammonia added to a basin of water Is also very clll clont. SOCIAL ETIQUETTE. lutlUrrlliiliiiitci Introduction May Ho Kind llemU-il hut Are Not r.lliiii'lli. Mrs, Sherwood reminds a hostess that in introducing jieoplo sho has threo duties to jierforiii ono to tho society In which sho lives, another to tho person whom sho Intro duces, thirdly to herself. Of course, it would l much moro agreeable to every hostess, or jiopiilnr person, to introduce everybody. It seems ho small n favorl but a hostess must remember that it involves a great deal when, as often happens, at u watering placo, or at a theater, or iu somo crowded party, ono lady says toanothor, "In troduce mo to Mrs. Montgomery," the lady so requested can always hay, with ior feet propriety, "I havo not thu right to do so. I do not know Mm. Montgomery well enough." It Is also very awkward when a gentleman asks to bu introduced to a lady nud sho declines tho honor, to bo obliged to tell him so, but tho disagreeable duty must lo done. Therefore tho knowledgo of how to intro duce peoplo must bo learned; it must como from a good heart, an early breeding, a sense of propriety, a thorough acquaintance with tho laws of society. In America wo havo not to help us tho peerage or court eti quette. Wo havo only our own good senso, but that has helped us through muny emer gencies. A truly hospitable hostess Introduces young ladles to each other if sho m.sw that ouo is shy aud forlorn. Thero aro many icoplo who uro reserved and exclusive by nature; thero nro more who uro Ignorant und shy. Thero uro hostesses w hoso oxcllisiveuoss shuts tho door against bores and adventurers, rudu or disa greeable peoplo, who determine that only thu well bred, tho quiet and tho deserving shall enter their houses. Hut them is a vast vacuum between tho pretensions of u snob aud tho oxi-Iiisivciions of a well bred lady. A hostess should know exactly w hero to draw the line. A fow do so, but thoy uro rare. 1)110 Thing nml Auotlirr. It is always proKr for a young lady to call llrst on an older one; alums projxir for every one to call llrst on tho family of a clergy innii. Ago and thu clergy aro our two orders of nobility. Tho bride or her parents send invitations to all friends of tho groom for whom ho re quests them. Flowers aro always nn appropriate coinpll incut upon every occasion, whether of joy or sorrow, illness, recovery to health, taking leave for a dUtaut art, or arriving homo, or 011 u visit. LEAP BALL - PROGRAMS, AND INVITATIONS With Illumination designs appropriate for the occasion, Printed in linest style of the art at COURIER : OFFICE. ALSO- LEAP YEAR RECEPTION CARDS. GRAND BANKRUPT SALE ! THE BEE HIVE STOCK Is now on sale lor what it will bring. It eomprises one of the FINEST LINES OF DRY GOODS ever brought to the city, and must be elosed out at once. 5000 PA.LRS of SHOES For Ladies, Gents and Misses. Call in and see for yourself. The goods must be sold, so conic and get them. BE1EL HIVE. 95 ' 9' 7 o SI. The Season Has opened and wc have just Goods and a AT Grey Horse Harness Emporium, 1020 O Street. Garfield O.i Seventeenth street car line of Lincoln Street Railway, lots front' ng on GARFIELD PARK. ow on sale. Inquire Wesscl New Burr Block, Wedding Invitations, Engraved Calling Cards, Box Station ery, Fine Printing of all Kinds. Give Us ei YEAR for Driving received a line line of Turf great variety of Whips, Saddles, FANCY DUSTERS LAP ROBES AND- Ladies : Fine : Saddles. riiu- Addition at Room 34 Richards Block. &c Dobbins, Cor. iStlianclO Sts. Trial Order. J .,ir-i 11 ..JfcA'