TALMA(JES SER3I02J.
OUTSPOKEN RELIGION
GREATEST OF ALU
THE
Golden Text: I-et the Redeemed of the
Lord Say So" ralms 107:3 The
A poo tie of Prayer the Great Conqueror
of All E?IL
N overture, an an
tlphon. a doxology
is this chapter,
and in my text
David calls for an
outspoken religion,
and requests all
who have been
rescued'and blessed
no longer to hide
the splendid facts,
but to recite them.
publish them, and as far ae possible let
all the world know about it. "Let the
raJecmed of the Lord say so." There
is a sinful reticence which has been al
most canonized. The people are quite
as outspoken as they ought to be on all
subjects of politics, and are fluent and
voluble on the Venezuelan question, and
bimetallism, and tariits. gh and low
and remodeled, and female suffrage,
and you have to skillfully watch your
charce if you want to put into active
conversation a modest suggestion of
your own; but on the subject of divine
go-ocr. ess, religious experience, and
eternal blessedness they are not .
only silent, but boastful of their reti- ',
ence. Now, if you have been redeemed
cf the Lord, why do you not say so?
If ycu have in your heart the pearl of
great price, worth more than the Koh-I- '
roor among Victorian jewels, why not :
I?: ethers see it? If you got off the
wreck in the breakers, why not tell of
the crew and the stout life -boat that
eafely landed you? If from the fourth
story you are rescued in time of con
flagration, why not tell of the fireman
and the ladder down which he carried .
j cut If you have a mansion in heaven
awaiting you, why not show the deed to
Cose who may by the same process get
an emerald castle on the same boule- !
vard? By the last two words of my I
t?xt David calls upon all of us who j
have received any mercy at the hand of
God to stop impersonating the asylums j
for the dumb, and In the presence of
men. women, angels, devils, and all
worlds, "say so."
i
In these January days, thousands of
ministers and private Christians are
wondering about the best way of start
ing a revival of religion. I can tell you
a way of starting a revival, continental,
hemispheric and world-wide. You say
a revival starts In heaven. Well, It
starts in heaven just as a prosperous
harvest starts in heaven. The sun
must shine and the rains must descend,
but unless you plow and sow and cultl
rate the earth you will not raise a
bushel cf wheat or a peck of corn be
tween now and the end of the world. !
How, then, shall a universal revival ;
start? By all Christian people telling
the story of their own conversion. Let
ten men and women get up next week !
In your prayer meeting and, not in a 1
conventional or canting or doleful way,
but In the same tone they employ in the
family or place of business, tell
how they crossed the line, and the re
vival will begin then and there, if the
prayer meeting has not been so dull
as to drive out all except those concern
ing whom it was foreordained for all
eternity that they should be there.
There are so many different ways of :
being converted that we want to hear
all kinds, so that our own case may be
helped. It always puts me back to
hear only one kind of experience, such
'as a man gives when he tells of his
Pauline conversion how he was
knocked senseless, and then had a vis
Ion and heard voices, and after a cer- ;
tain number of days of horror got up
and shouted for Joy. All that discour
ages me, for I was never knocked sense- ;
less, and I never had such a sudden !
burst of religious rapture that I lost
Thy equilibrium. But after awhile a
Christian man got up in some meeting
and told us how he was brought up by a
devout parentage, and had always been
thoughtful about religious things, and
gradually the peace of the Gospel came
Into his soul like the dawn of the morn
ing no perceptible difference between
moment and moment but after awhile
ali perturbation settled down into a
hope that had consoled and strength
ened him during all the vicissitudes of
a lifetime. I said, "That is exhilarat
ing; that was my experience," and so I
was strengthened. In another prayer
meeting a man got up and told us how
he once hated God, and went through
all the round of iniquity, until we were
ell on nettles lest he should go too much
ir.:o the particulars, but one day he was
by some religious power hurled at, and 1
then got up a Christian, and had ever
since been going around with a Baxter
Bible with large flaps under his arm, a
floating evangelist. Well, under this
story many are not helped at all, for
they know they never hated God, and
they were never dissolute. But after
awhile some Christian woman arises
and says, "I have nothing extraordi
nary to tell; yet I think the cares of life,
the anxieties about my children, and
two graves opened in our family plot,
made me feel the need of God, and weak
and helpless and heart-broken, I flung
myself upon his mercy, and I feel what
the Bible calls the 'peace of God which
pa6seth all understanding, and I ask
your prayers that I may live nearer to
the Christ who has done so much for
me." I declare that before that womam
got through we were all crying, not
bitter tears, but tears of joyful emotion,
and In three days, in that neighbor
hood, all the ice had gone out of the
river In a springtime freshet of salva
tion. "Let the redeemed of the Lord
ay so."
What a conflrmatlon would come it
All who had answers to prayers would
speak out! If all merchants In tight
places because of hard times would tell
how, in response to supplication, they
got the money to pay the note. If all
farmers in time of drought would tell
how. In answer to prayer, the rain came
Just in time to save the crop. If all
parents who prayed for a wandering
son to come home would tell how, not
long after, they heard the boy's hand on
the latch of the front door.
There lingers on this side of the river
that divides earth and heaven, ready
at any time to cross over, the apostle of
prayer for this century, Jeremiah Cal
vin Lanphier, the founder of the Ful
ton Street Praj-er Meeting, and if he
should put on his spectacles and read
this, I salute him as more qualified than
any man since Bible times in demon
strating what prayer can do. Dear
Brother Lanphier! The high heavens
are full of his fame. Having announced
a meeting for 12 o'clock, September 23,
1S57, he sat in the upper room on Fulton
street. New York, waiting for people to
come. He waited for a half hour, and
then a foot fall was heard on the steps,
and after awhile In all six persons ar
rived; but the next day twenty, and the
next day forty, and from that time to
this, for over thirty-eight years, every
day. Sabbath excepted, that Fulton
Street Prayer Meeting has been a place
where people have asked prayer and
answers to prayers have been an
nounced, and the throb of that great
heart of supplication has thrilled not
only in the heavens, but clear around
the world, more than any spot on earth.
That has been the place where the re
deemed of the Lord said so!
There are hundreds of ministers who
have hard work to make sermons be
cause no one expresses any apprecia
tion. They are afraid of making him
vain. The moment the benediction is
pronounced they turn on their heels
and go out. Terhaps it was a subject
on which he had put especial pains. He
sought for the right text, and then did
his best to put the old thought Into
some new shape. He had prayed that
it might go to the hearts of the peo
ple. He had added to the argument
the most vivid illustrations he could
think of. He had delivered all with
a power that left him nervously ex
hausted. Five hundred people may
have been blessed with It. and resolved
upon a higher life and nobler purpose.
Yet all he hears is the clank of the
pew door, or the shuffling of feet In
the aisle, or some remark about the
weather, the last resort of inanity.
Why did not that man come up and
say frankly, "You have done me
good?" Why did not some woman
come up and say, "I shall go home to
take up the burden of life more cheer
fully?" Why did not some professional
man come up and say, "Thank you,
dominie, for that good advice. I will
take it, God bless you." Why did
they not tell him so? I have known
ministers, in the nervous reaction that
comes to some after the delivery of a
sermon with no seeming result, to go
home and roll on the floor in agony.
But to make up for this lack of out
spoken religion there need3 to be and
will be a Great Day, when amid the
solemnities and grandeurs of a listen
ing universe God will "say so." No
statistics can state how many mothers
have rocked cradles and hovered over
infantile sicknesses and brought up
their families to manhood and woman
hood, and lauched them upon useful
and successful lives, and yet never re
ceived one "Thank you" that amounted
to anything. The daughters became
queens in social life and are affianced
in highest realms of prosperity; the
sons took the first honors of the univer
sity and became radiant in monetary
or professional spheres. Now the secret
of all that uplifted maternal influence
must come out. Society did not say
so; the church did not say so; the world
did not say so, but on that day of all
other days, the Last Day, God will say
60.
There are men to whom life is a grind
and a conflict, hereditary tendencies to
be overcome, accidental environments
to be endured, appalling opposition to
be met and conquered, and they never
so much as had a rose pinned to their
coat lapel in admiration. They never
had a song dedicated to their name.
They never had a book presented to
them with a complimentary word on
the fly leaf. All they have to show for
their lifetime battle is scars. But In
the Last Day the story will come out,
and that life will be put in holy and
transcendent rhythm, and their courage
and persistence and faith and victory
will not only be announced, but re
warded. "These are they that come
out of great tribulation and had their
robes washed and made white in the
blood of the Lamb!" God will say so!
We miss one of the chief Ideas of a
Last Judgment. We put Into the pic
ture the fire, and the smoke, and the
earthquake, and the descending angels,
and the uprising dead, but we omit to
put Into the picture that which makes
the Last Judgment a magnificent op
portunity. We omit the fact that it is
to be a day of glorious explanation and
commendation. The first Justice that
millions of unrewarded, and unrecog
nized, and unappreciated men and
women get will be on that day, when
services that never called forth so
much as a newspaper line of finest
pearl or diamond type, as the printers
term It, Bhall be called up for corona
tion. That will be on the day for en
thronement for those whom the world
called "Nobodies." Joshua, who com
manded the sun and the moon to stand
still, needs no last judgment to get
Justice done him, but those men do
need a last judgment who at times,
in all armies, under the most violent
assault. In obedience to command,
themselves stood still. Deborah, who
encouraged Barak to bravery in bat-,
tie against the oppressors of Israel,
needs no Last Judgment to get justice
done her, for , thousands of years have
clapped her applause. But the wives
who In all ages have encouraged their
husbands in the battle of life, women
whose times were hardly known be
yond the next street or the next farm
house, must have God say to them,
"You did well! You did gloriously!
I saw you down in that dairy. I
watched you in the old farmhouse,
mending those children's clothes. I
heard what you said in the way of
cheer when the bread winner of the
household was in despair. I remember
all the sick cradles you have sung to.
I remember the backaches, the head
aches, the heartaches. I know the
story of your knitting needle as well as
I know the story of a queen's scepter.
Your castle on the heavenly hill Is all
ready for you. Go up and take it!"
And turning to the surprised multi
tudes of heaven, He will say, "She did
what she could." God will say so.
And now I close with giving my own
personal testimony, for I must not en
Join upon others that which I decline
myself to do. Born at Boundbrook, N.
J., of a parentage as pious as the world
ever saw, I attest before oarth and
heaven that I have always felt the
elevating and restraining influences of
having had a good father and a good
mother, and if I am able to do half as
well for my children as the old folks
did for me I will be thankful forever.
The years of my life passed on until,
at about eighteen years of age, I felt
the pressure of eternal realities, and
after prayer and religious counsel I
passed into what I took to be a saved
state, and joined the church, and I at
test before earth and heaven that I
have found it a most helpful and in
spiring association. I like the com
panionship so well that J. cannot be sat
isefied if I have a day less of it than
all eternity. After graduating at col
legiate and theological Institutions I
had the hands of ten or twelve good men
put upon my head in solemn ordina
tion, at Belleville, New Jersey, and I
attest before earth and heaven that
the work of the gospel ministry has
been delightful, and I expect to preach
until my last hour. Many times I have
passed through deep water of bereave
ment, and but for the divine promise
of heavenly reunion, I would have gone
under, but I attest before earth and
heaven that the comfort of the gospel
Is high, deep, glorious, eternal. Many
times have I been maligned and my
work misrepresented, but all such
falsehood and persecution have turned
out for my advantage . and enlarged
my work, and I attest before earth and
heaven that God has fulfilled to me the
promises, "Lo! I am with you always."'
and "The gates of hell shall not pre
vail against you."
For the cheer of younger men in all
departments, let me say you will come
out all right if you mind your own
business and are patient. The assault
of the world is only being rubbed down
by a rough Turkish towel, and it im
proves the circulation and makes one
more vigorous. While the future holds
for me many mysteries which I do not
pretend to solve, I am living in expec
tation that when my poor work is done
I shall go through the gates and meet
my Lord and all my kindred who have
preceded me, a precious group whom I
miss more and more as the years go by,
and I attest before earth and heaven
that the glories of the heavenly world
illume my pathway. In courts of law
the witness may kiss the Bible or lift
his right hand in oath, but as I have
often kissed the dear old Book, I now
lift my right hand and take oath by him
that llveth forever and ever that God
is good, and that the gospel Is a mighty
consolation in days of trouble, and
that the best friend a man ever had
i3 Jesus, and that heaven is absolutely
sure to those who trust and serve the
blessed Redeemer; to whom be glory
and dominion and victory and song,
and chorus of white-robed immortals,
standing on seas of glass mingled with
fire. Amen and amen!
The Greek Orthodox church is one ot
the smallest organizations In this coun
try, claiming but one organization, with
100 members. They have a church val
ued at 15,000.
TEMPERANCE.
The effort to repeal the Sabbath law
was defeated In the Pennsylvania house
of representatives.
A Young Woman's Christian Temper
ance union has been formed among the
Cherokee Indian girls at Tahlequah,
Indian Ty.
Michigan legislature has prohibited
the sale of liquor within one and" one
half miles of the Soldiers home at
Grand Rapids.
The W. C. T. U. of Covington, Ken
tucky, has lately given a reception to
all the Sunday school workers and
teachers of the city. Ways and means
were discussed as to the best plans for
teaching the next temperance lesson.
Judge Myers of the district court.
"Leavenworth, Kan., in a case for dam- J
ages against Dr. Leslie Keeley j
rules that he must make known the in- i
gredients of his bi-chlorlde of gold rer- j
edy; that it is neither a property right :
nor a trade secret. j
Two Illustrious Englishwomen, Flor- :
ence Nightingale and Jean Ingelow, !
celebrated their 75th birthday this year.
Each lives in London. Miss Nightin- j
gale in the west end and Miss Ingelow j
in Kensington. I
A.J. Blackwell, the millionaire aborig
ine, who owns the cities of Blackwell
and David in the Indian Territory, has
decided to erect a $300,000 temple at
David City, O. T., for the perpetuation
of Indian religions. I
Berlin is to have soon a "sport ex- .
hibitlon," in preparation for which, and
to save the German language from for- :
elgn taint, a committee offers a prize
of $125, $50 and $25 for German equiva
lents for all foreign SDortine terms
A Jfrench Judge, before whom a di
vorce case was recently tried, compli
cated matters seriously by mndlna?
down a decree divorcing the lawyer who
appeared for the man who had asked
for a divorce instead of the man him
self. 1
The man who minds his own business will
always have something to do . j
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. ;
LESSON V.. FEB. 2 THE POWER
OF JESUS LUKE 5:17-26.
Golden Text: "The Son of Man Hath
Power Upon Karth to Forgive Sins"
Luke fi:S4 Massing the Miracles of
Christ.
&L1 OUK L.ESSU.N l'UK
Vj this Sunday we deal
'fit' with the miracles of
me iteaeemer or Alan
kind. All these mira
cles seem to have been
reformed in the vi
cinity of Capernon.
which Jesus made the
central point of his
labors: Christ was
now 32 years old. John
the Iiaptist is still In
prison at Castle Mach-
erus. The miracles
performed by Christ greatly irritated the
king. The tribunes were ordered to misrepre
sent the Redeemer. The trade of Pagandom
was terrific. It caused many to be deceived
into the belief that Jepus was an adventurer.
Hut truth always triumphs, and not long after
ward the strongholds of Paganism Rome and
Athens were destined to fall before the truths
of the Son of Man. The full text of the lesson
is as follows:
17. And it came to pass on a certain day,
as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees
and doctors of the law sitting by, which were
come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea,
and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord
was present to heal them.
18. And, behold, men brought in a bed a
man which was taken with a palsy: and they
sought means to bring him in, and to lay him
before him.
19. And when they could not find by what
way they might bring him in because of the
multitude, they went upon the housetop, and
let him down through the tiling with his couch
into the midst before Jesus.
20. And when he saw their faith, he said
unto him. Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21. And the scribes and Pharisees began
to reason, saying. Who is this which speaketh
blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God
alone?
22. But when Jesus perceived their thoughts,
he answering said unto them. What reason ye
in your hearts?
23. Whether is easier to say. Thy sins be
forgiven thee; or to say. Rise up and walk?
24. But that ye may know that the Son of
man hath power upon earth to forgive sins,
(he said unto the sick of the palsy.) I say unto
thee. Arise, and take up thy couch, and go
into thine house.
23. And Immediately he rose up before
them, and took up that whereon he lay, and
departed to his own house, glorifying God.
2C. And they were all amazed, and they
glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying.
We have seen strange things today.
The explanations are as follows:
Vs. 18, 19. 18. "Men," there were four or
them. "A bed." The name given It by
Mark shows that it is a thin mattress, held
by the four corners. "A man which was taken
with the palsy." The word palsy is a contrac
tion of paralysis. The term is used by the
ancient physicians in a much wider sense than
by our modern men of science. It Included
not only what we call paralysis, which Is
rarely very painful, but also catalepsy and te
tanus: I. e., cramps and lock-jaw. Catalepsy
is caused by a contraction of the muscles In
the whole or part of the body, and is very dan
gerous. The effects upon the parts seized are
very violent and deadly. For instance, when
a person is struck with it. if his hand hap
pens to be extended, he is unable to draw it
back. The cramps, in Oriental countries, is
a fearful malady, and by no means infrequent.
It is caused by the chills of the night. The
limbs when seized by it remain immovable,
sometimes turned in, and sometimes out, in
the same position as when they were first
seized. The person afflicted resembles a man
undergoing the torture, and experiences near
ly the same exquisite sufferings. McClintock
and Strong's Cyclopedia.
The four men that brought the sick man
were very enterprising and determined. Some
cue has called them the first Christian En
deavor society.
19. "Went upon the housetop." by the usual
outside stairway. "The roof in all cases was
flat," and projected over the court like fn
awning. Canon Tristram. Let him down
through the tiling, after they had broken a
hole through. The roof was so low that they
could let it down so that those below could
receive it. without the aid of ropes, but simply
by holding the corners. Morison.
Vs. 20. 21. 20. "When he saw their faith,"
both of the sick man and of the bearers. The
faith was founded on the knowledge of what
Jesus had already taught and done for the
sick. It was shown by their words. Man, in
Matthew he is called Son. and then follow
the words, "Be of good cheer." take heart,
thy sins are forgiven thee. "Nothing is
said about the man's character, or about bis
previous life, or the cause of his illness."
21. "And the scribes." The leaders, the
theologians, the politicians of the Jews. Blas
phemies, speaking evil of, slandering God.
Blasphemy is practically uttered treason
against God. The blasphemy consisted, to their
minds, in his saying that he forgave sins,
a prerogative which belonged to God alone.
Xo one can forgive any sins except those
against himself. Thus Jesus declared himself
to be divine. Jesus could announce God's for
giveness, but whence could he obtain the
knowledge that this unknown man had re
ceived it, except by divine insight?
23. "Whether is easier to say," etc. "In
our Lord's argument It must be carefully noted
that he does not ask which is easier, to for
give sins or to raise a sick man: for it could
not be affirmed that that of forgiving is easier
than this of healing; but which Is easier, to
claim this power or that; to say. Thy sin be
forgiven thee, or to say. Arise and walk?
It would be easier for a man equally ig
norant of the French and Chinese languages
to claim to know the last than the first. Not
that the language itself Is easier, but that in
the one case, multitudes could disprove his
claim; in the other, hardly a scholar or two
in the land." Trench.
2o. "Immediately he arose," etc. The cure
was complete at once, thus showing its mi
raculous nature. Took up that whereon he
lay. To carry such a bed rolled up under the
arm is an every-day affair. Many an eastern
servant, sleeps at his master's door, on such
a bed. biinging it with him at night and tak
ing it away in the morning. It Is scarcely
more than carrying a mat to sit or lie on.
On the steamer decks in the Eastern Medi
terranean the use and portability jt these beds
are seen in every voyage. Prof. Tsaac II. Hall.
"Glorifying God." The author of his new-found
blessings. This shows that his heart was
renewed as well as his body.
26. "Amazed . . . filled with fear, glori
fied God." All three emotions went together.
There was a religious awe, such as men must
feel in the presence of a great and mysterious
power, but it was such a power for good, and
good alone, that their hearts sang with Joy in
its presence.
Spanish General Are any of our bat- .
teries disabled? f
Spanish Orderly Not 'exactly, sir, J
but the acids in some of them are pretty j
weak. Detroit Tribune. I
PERSONAL.
r' , ,, .
The Prince of Wales receives daily
on an average between five hundred
and six hundred letters, two hundred
of which are begging letters.
It is said that whether at home or
abroad, the Prince of Wales never fails
to glance through a copy of the London
Times each morning.
Rev. John Watson (Ian Maclaren) has
been engaged for a tour in the United
States and Canada for the season of
1896-7. beginning in October.
NAKiHTIKST SIGi:it IN PARIS.
She Hum Caused n Sensation and 1
ConiliiK to America.
Yvette Guilbert is comig to Amer
ica. Yvette Guilbert principal char
acteristic is that she is French.
Five years ago Yvette Guilbert was a
seamstress, living in a Paris garret
with a widowed mother and a few
sous a daj. Sometimes, to eke out
their slender income, Yvette would
pose "for the altogether" in the Paris
studios. Then she tried the stage and
as ail actress and even as a spear
bearer failed. Then she got an idea.
Why not sing topical songs in a new
way new pantomime, new intona
tion? She got permission to try one
night at the Alcazar. It made her
fortune. Yvette Guilbrt is a good
woman, they say. She has had one
grande passion, but the man died,
and her heart has been virgin ever
since. She is good to her mother, and
will probably die rich.
The late Theodore Child, who first
made Yvette Guilbert known to Amer
icans five years ago, could not learn
anything about her early history, ex
cept that she had at one time been
employed in a- shoe shop In Paris.
She became famous in six months
from the time of her first appear
ance. From the Divan Japonals,
where she was discovered by some
Bohemian journalists, she went to the
Moulin Rogue, and her she first be
gan to be talked about in the news
papers. Xaurof, a famous flavour, au
thor of the "Chansons Sans Gene,"
One of Yvette's Pose.
wrote some songs for her that made
her at once the talk of the town
"L'Hotel du Nemero Trois," "Le Petit
Serpent," "Tres Convenable Ma
Chere."
It is impossible to translate these
songs, as the wit would evaporate in
the process, and, besides, no respecta
ble paper would publish them if they
could be translated.
At the Molin liorge I.e Courrier
Francais took her up. sent an artist
to draw her attitude and published
her portrait, and so she lcame a
celebrity, though her fame was still
confined to the artistic llohomia of
Montmarte. She mode a tour in
elgium. and after that her real Paris
debut was made, in November, 1S10,
at the Concert ParisU-n. a cafe chan
tant in the Faubourg St. Denis, which
was also the cradle of Paulus.
Here she became the rage, and to
become the rage in Paris means for
tune. Since then she has sung in
every part of Europe except Germany
where she refuses to go on patriotic
grounds, and has made Instantaneous
successes everywhere except In Italy,
where they hissed her. They would
probably have hissed her in London,
too. If the English people had known
what she was singing about.
Am Epidemic of Cleverness.
Cleverness runs in families nowa
days, and amounts to a fin-de-sicele
profession. Even the household baby
Is hauled out at -deadly night hours to
do his little rum, and the grandmother
of the family is clever.
Now, it's very satisfactory to find a
family woman who is not clever, i. e.,
who makes no pretensions: who has
not prepared an oration on the science
of government, nor yet the moral atti
tude of clams, nor any of the burning
ouestions of the hour. For the sake
of the workers in the world down
town let ns quaff the cup to the health
of the woman who is satisfied to stay
at home and mend the stockings and
make pie and doughnuts and jelly
cake; make anything, in fact, provided
she is contented while she is doing it.
Maybe she is contented, too. when she
doesn't know what you are thinking
about, and does not even care if you
do not talk about anything and does
not cherish it up against you if you do
not hear what she is saying, even
though you seem to bo listening and
looking right at her. What a dear,
restful thing she is, to be sure! She
knows good, old, tried and true reme
dies for ailments, and she does not
even ask whether you want specifics
for your ills or not, but she just claps
them on, or pours them in, and hustles
around and hangs up things and tells
you that you will be letter in tho
morning, and, sure enough, you are.
Dear, unselfish prophet that she is;
and yet she is not clever. Have you
such a one in the family? Then all
the clever world envies you and says
hurrah for her! and three cheers for
you! Philadelphia Times.
Strnnee Bat True.
Bertha Sometimes you appear really
moniv nrwi .sometimes vou are abso
lutely effeminate. How do you ac- .
count for it?
TTarfdrt t RUDnose it is hereditary. I
Half of my ancestors were males and j
the other half females.
A Vnln Fellow.
Young Lady (standing on the bank
of a river with a gorgeously attired
armjr ofiicer) Oh, did j-ou see that fish
jump up out of the water?
Ofiicer I suppose he wanted to get a
good look at me. Fliegende lilaetter.
An Unfortunate I'rraent.
Mamma Oh, Johnny, are you going i
to break all your toys? There, he's j
l& Jf aUy IV V'C;aa AlU V a ' l la v
Tapa First thingwe know he'll
grow up to be a burglar. Truth. i
0500.00 for 81.0O.
TJnadilla, N. Y., (Special) One of our
substantial men here, Fred J. Joyce,
recently made a $2.50 investment, ana
considers the results worth $300 to him.
For over fifteen years Mr. Joyce was
an inveterate smoker, and the tobacco
i.nvu inn a ennh n hnid on him that
UctUlb gaiuu ,
' it affected his nervous system ana
made it impossiDie ior mm to u";
Upon realizing the loss of health and
money which threatened him, he made
many unsuccessful attempts to break
himself of the life-sapping habit, until
on a chance he took No-To-Bac, the
great cure which has saved over 300,
000 tobacco victims. Two boxes com
pletely cured Mr. Joyce, and he has
no desire for tobacco now whatever.
When he attempts to smoke It makes
him as dizzy as when he first acquired
the habit. He now is in the very best
physical condition, and ouo would not
tempt him to use tobacco again.
It is better to be n. eood cook or waitress
than a poor typewriter.
If the Baby is Cutting' Teetn.
tonn and use that old and well-tried remedy, Kil
WrLOW' SooTBiva BTRUr for Children Teething-
Metropolitan society will be more miscel
laneous this winter than ever.
Pan p
Clocxl means sound health. With pure, rich,
healthy blood, the stomach and digestive
organs will be vigorous, and there will be no
dyspepsia. Klieumatisni and neuralgia will be
unknown. Scrofula and salt rheum will disap
pear. Your nerves will be strong, your sleep
sound, sweet ami refreshing. Hood's Sarsapa
rilla makes pure blood. That is why it cures so
many diseases. That Is why thousands take
it to cure disease, retain good health. Kemember
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Wood Purifier. AH druggists. $L
r-n curo 1-1 ver Ills; easy to
rlOOU S FlIlS take, easy to operate. 25a
Don't buy cheap, trashy bind
irgs that are dear at any price:
You pay but a trifle
more for
BIAS
VELVETEEN
SKIRT BINDINGS
and save your time, your money
and your dress.
Look for "S. H. & M." on the
label and take no other.
If your dealer will not supply you
we will.
Send for samples, showing labels and materials,
to the S. H. & M. Co.. P. O. Box 699. New York
City.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
W. L. Douclas
3. SHOE besv7odThe
If you pay 4 to 0 for shoes, ex-
amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 9
see what a good shoe you can buy for
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS,
and LACK, made In all
kinds of the best electd
leather hj skilled work
men. Wo
make and
sell more
$3 Shoes
4 B a rm v
W '"other
m.mufacrnrer fn the world.
None genuine unless name and
price is stamped on the bottom.
Ask vour dealer for our S5,
Si. is:s.'., Ss.nu, Shoes;
62.50, 82 and SI. 75 for boys.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If yourdealer
cannot supply you, semi to fac
tory, enclosing price and 3' cents
to pay carriage. State kind, style
of toe (cap or plain), size and
width. ( )ur Custom Dept. will till
vour order. tend for new Illus
trated Catalogue to I5ox 11.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
..il; AKft.iu nit CO. does naif ths world's
v ..4.::iiil Outftiips., !h aur-o It has reduced the coat of
v-.'iidpov.cr t l.ti tvluU it nas. It li:is many branch
f? 5TJ.llou',' supplies Its k his a in! repairs
Vv V jf?A ti ver 3o;m-. It t:n and does furnish a
itt&Si better article tor less money than
BJV455 'ti?ru. It makes Vv
Ooared. Steel, Oalva
'unipiiiff and
ilvariized-srter
Jft'ompletlon Windmills. Tilting
r and Fixed Steel Towers, Steel Buzz Saw
frames, Sieel l'eed Cutters and i'eed
i Grinders. On apv!Uailun It will name one
of these articles thai It will furnish until
January 1st at 13 the usual price. It also makes
Tanks end Pumps of all kinds. Snd for catalogue,
factory: 12th. Kockwell ao.l Tiilmore Streets. Chlcais
THE LAND OF THE
The Last tiood Land t b had ! Ih 1'rm Blt"
at how Price.
For INFORMATION repartliufc- land In Uarry Ca.
S. W. MISSOURI, write to Capt. Oso. JL
Purdy. I'ieiMa City, Mo.s J. O. Mariott, Pardy. M.
T. H. Frost, CasTllle, Mo., or L. B, SID w AT A Oo ,
iOS Mon&dnock Bldfc Chicago, 111.
WELL MACHINERY
Illustrated catalotme showing WEIX
AUGERS, KOCK DRILLS, HYUiiAUUO
AND JETTXNC MAUmtJt, c
feEMT Fbek. Bsve been tested and
all warranted.
Sioux City Engine and Iron Works,
Successors to Perh Mfg. Co.
Nloax C ley. Iowa.
The Rowxix a Chasb Machinery Co..
1111 West Eleventh Street, Kansas Citv
AUKE R S1 tMsra DCU BLE WARP
BUNTING FLAGS
FLAGS
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FLAG
MANUFACTORY
maaaisl
AS TO DIIUalUTV Or COLOR.
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ftfcKJIANSHIP;-- BEST PBGCXE'
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INAMERICA
tiTiifir.
rTEWSlow'iisff-i;.
f Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
II Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau.
Id 3yr a last war, IS adjudicating claims, attjr siuca.
opiun
Morphine ITablt Cnred In 10
to 80 days. No par till cored.
DR. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon.Ohio.
piIj
11101161 oHYBO
by ending' (or oar wholnssls
and retail pries list of Dry
Uooda, Clotbltur. OrOcarioa.
Houce Furnlhlnir, Furniture, Clothimr, Ptaaoa,
XuMo, Famiahlnr Goods, Notions, Jewelry, Ladles'
Ready to-Waax UlVnCU DDHC flnki II oh
Oarmente. Etc nMIUa.11 UllUUi Ubladfla new.
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