Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901, April 02, 1896, Image 7
Bwar of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the tense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such ar ticles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physi cians, as the damage they will do Is ten fold to the trood you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manu factured by F. J. Cheney St Co.. Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and Is taken Internally, acting: directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure, be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken ln- Jernally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Bold by druggists; price, 75c per bot tle. Hall's Family Pills. 25c o KquiTfX-ation. Lord Tenterden one day at his own table, asked a country magistrate if he would take venison. "Thank you, my lord, boiled chicken," was the reply. His lordship had contracted an inveter ate habit of keeping- himself and every body else to the precise matter in hand. "That, sir." said the judge, "is no answer to my question. I now ask you ajrain if you will take venison, and I will trouble you to say yes or no with out further prevarication.' I never used so qukk a cure as Fiso's Cure for Consumption. J. 1?. Palmer, Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., ov. o, 1S'J5. Russia had net rotits last year of $51, Oro.lOO from her railroads. The untimely death of Prof essor Tut tle, of Cornell University, prevented his completing "The History of Prus sia" which was his magrnus opus. How ever, he left nearly finished the fourth volume, covering the first part of the great Seven Years War. The volume is complete as far as it goes, and is an important addition to a work which has gained the hearty favor of the fore most German. English, and American historical authorities. It will soon be issued by Houghton, Mifilin Co. The Pilgrim Katlrr Number. Will be ready the early part of April. Everything in it will be new and orig inal. It will contain articles by Capt. Chas. King, U. S. A. , es-(iov. (ieo. W. Peck, of Wisconsin, and other noted writers. An entertaining number, well illustrated. Send ten (10) cents to Ceo. H. HeaflFord. publisher. 415 Old Colony building, Chicago, 111., for a copy. There is too much say it, and too little I rove it in this world. Half Fare Excursions via the Wabash, The short line to St. Louis, and quick route East or South, Arril 7th, "1st and ilay ."th. Excursions to all points South at one fare for the round trip with added. JUNE 10th, National Republican Convention at St. Louis. JULY ?d, National Educational Association at P.uffalo. JULY .'tb. Christian Endeavor Convention at Washington. JULY ---'nd. National Feople and Silver Convention at St. Louis. For rates, time tab'es and further infor mation, call at the Wabash ticket office, 1415 Faraam St., Paxton Hotel block, or write Geo. N. Clattos, N. W. Fass. Agt., Omaha, Neb. A man "knows"' a great many men, but he cannot call half their names. Gladness Comes! With a better understanding of the ; transient nature of the many phys- , ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- . forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts I rightly directed. There is comfort in j the knowledge, that so many forms of ! sickness are not due to any actual dis- j ease, but simply to a constipated condi- j tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative. Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only , remedy with millions of families, and is I everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial j effects are due to the fact, that it is the j one remedy which promotes internal ; cleanliness without debilitating the ' organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its Dene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one mav be commended to the most skillful phjicians. but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywnere, fcyrup oi , Figs stands hignest ana is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR W. L. Douglas S3. SHOE beMdThe If you pay S4 to SO for shoes, ex- ( amine the W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 9 i see what a good shoe you can buy for sJ OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, CONGRESS. BUTTON, and VACK, made in all kinds of the best selected leather by skilled work men. We make and sell more -r 3 Shoes rV. than an v t -3KS other matiufitrtnrer In the world. . None genuine unless name and price is stamped on the bottom. Ask your dealer for our 5, S4, 3.5U, S'l.ftO, S2.25 Shoes; S50 S3 and 81.73 for boys. TAKE KO SUBSTITUTE. If your dealer cannot supply you. send to fac tory, enclosing price and 36 cents to pay carriage. State kind, style of toe (cap or plain), size and width. Our Custom Dept. will till rour order. Send for new Illus trated Catalogue to liox It. W. l. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. LltlDSEY.Or.UHA RUBBERS! TALMAGFS SERMON. GOOD AND BAD RECREATIONS." LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. "And It Came to Pass, When Their Hearts Were Merry, that They Said. Call for Samson, that He May Make Us Sport Jodges xrU 25. There were three thousand people assmbled in the temple of Dagon. They had come to make sport of eyeless Sam Bon. They were all ready for the en tertainment. They began to clap and pound, impatient for the amusement to begin, and they cried 'Fetch him out, fetch him out! Yonder I see the blind old giant coming, led by the hand of a child into the very midst of the temple. At his first appearance there goes up a shout of laughter and derision. The blind old giant pretends he is tired, and wants to rest himself against the pillars of the house; so he saj-s to the lad who leads him, "Show me where the main pillars are!" The lad does bo. Then the strong man puts his right hand on ono pillar and his left hand on another pillar, and. with the mightiest push that mortal ever made, throws himself forward until the whole house comes down In thunderous crash, grinding the audience like grapes In a wine press. "And so it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made them port," In other words, there are amuse ments that are destructive, and bring down disaster and death upon the heads of those who practice them. While they laugh and cheer, they die. The three thousand who perished that day In Gaza, are as nothing compared with the tens of thousands who have been destroyed by sinful amusements. But my first text implies that there Is a lawful use of the world, as well as an unlawful abuse of it. and the difference between the man Christian and the man un-Chrlstlan is, that In the former case the man masters the world, while In the latter case the world masters him. For whom did God make this grand and beautiful world? For whom this wonderful expenditure of color, this gracefulness of line, this mosaic of the ground, this fresco of the sky, this glowing fruitage of orchard and vineyard, this full orchestra of the tempest, In which the tree branches flute, and the winds trumpet, and the thunders drum, and all the splendors of earth and sky come clashing their cym bals? For whom did God spring the arched bridge of colors resting upon buttresses of broken storm-cloud? For whom did he gather the upholstery of fire around the window of the setting sun? For all men; but more especially for his own dear children. If you build a large mansion, and epread a great feast after It, to cele brate the completion of the structure, do you allow strangers to come in and occupy the place, while you thrust your own children in the kitchen, or the barn, or the fields? Oh, no! You say, "I am very glad to see strangers in my mansion, but my own sons and daughters shall have the first right there." Now, God has built this grand mansion of a world, and he has spread a glorious feast In it, and while those who are strangers to his grace may come In, I think that God especially in tends to give the advantage to his own children those who are the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty, those who through grace can look up and say, "Abba, Father." You cannot make me believe that God gives more advan tages to the world than he gives to the church bought by his own blood. If, therefore, people of the world have looked with dolorous sympathy upon those who make profession of religion, and have said, "Those new converts are going down into privation and into hardship. Why did they not tarry a little longer in the world, and have some of its enjoyments and amuse ments and recreations?" I say to such men of the world, "You are greatly mis taken;" and before I get through I will how that those people who stay out of the kingdom of God have the hard ships and self-denials, while those who come in have the Joys and satisfac tions. In the name of the king of heaven and earth, I serve a writ of ejectment upon all the sinful and polluted who have squatted on the domain of earth ly pleasure as though it belonged to them, while I claim, in behalf of the good and the pure and the true, the eternal inheritance which God has giv en them. Hitherto, Christian philan thropists, clerical and lay, have busied themselves chiefly in denouncing sinful recreations; but I feel we have no right to stand before men and women in whose hearts there is a desire for rec reation amounting to positive neces sity, denouncing this and that and the other thing, when we do not propose to give them something better. Qot helping me and with reference to mj last account. I shall enter .upon 1 sphere not usual in sermonising, but a subject which I think ought to b presented at this time. I propose now to lay before you Bome of the recrea tions which are not only Innocent, bui positively helpful and advantageous. In the first place, I commend, amoni Indoor recreations, music vocal and instrumental. Among the first thing! created was the bird, so that the earth might have muslo at the start. Thii world, which began with so sweet a serenade, is finally to be demolished amidst the ringing blasts of the arch angel's trumpet, so that as there wai muslo at the start, there shall be musle at the close. While this heavenly art has often been dragged into the uses of superstition and dissipation, we all know it may be the means of high jnoral culture. Oh, it Is a grand thing to have our children brought up amidst the Bound of cultured voices, and amidst the melody of musical in struments. There is In this art an indescribable fascination for the household. Let all those families who have the means to afford it, have flute, or harp, or piano, or organ. As soon as the hand Is large enough to compass the keys, teach it how to pick out the melody. Let all our young men try this heavenly art upon their nature. Those who have gone Into It fully have found in it illimitable recreation and amusement. Dark days, stormy nights, seasons oi sickness, business disasters, will do lit tle toward depressing the soul which can gallop off over the musical keys, or soar In Jubilant lay. It will cure pain. It will rest fatigue. It will quell passion. It will revive health. It will reclaim dissipation. It will strengthen the immortal soul. In the battle of Waterloo, Wellington saw that the Highlanders were falling back. He said. "What Is the matter there?" He was told that the band of music had ceased playing, and he called up the pipers and ordered them to strike up an inspiriting air; and no sooner did they strike the air than the Highland ers were rallied, and helped to win the day. Oh, ye who have been routed in the conflicts of life, try by the force of music to rally your scattered bat talions. I am glad to know that in our great cities there is hardly a night in which theie are not concerts, where, with the best musical Instruments and the sweetest voices, people may find enter tainment. Patronize such entertain ments when they are afforded you. Buy season ticketB, if you can, for the "Philharmonic" and the "Handel and Haydn" societies. Feel that the dollar and a half or two dollars that you spend for the purpose of hearing an artist play or sing Is a profitable Investment. Let your academies of music roar with the acclamation of appreciative audi ences assembled at the concert or the oratorio. Still further, I commend, as worthy of their support, the gymnasium. This institution is gaining In favor every year, and I know of nothing more free from dissipation, or more calculat ed to recuperate the physical and men tal energies. While there are a good many people who have employed this Institution, there is a vast number who art- Ignorant of Its excellences. There are men with cramped chests and weak sides and despondent spirits who through the gymnasium might be roused up to exuberance and exhilara tion of life. There are many Christian people despondent from year to year, who might, through such an institu tion, be benefited in their spiritual re lations. There are Christian people who seem to think that it is a good sign to be poorly; and because Richard Baxter and Robert Hall were Invalids, they think that by the same sickliness they may come to the same grandeur of character. I want to tell the Christian people of my congregation that God will hold you responsible for your in validism if it is your fault, and when, through right exercise and prudence, you might be athletic and well. The effect of the body upon the soul you acknowledge. Put a man of mild dis position upon the animal diet of which the Indian partakes, and In a little while his blood will change its chemi cal proportions. It will become like unto the blood of the Hon, or the tiger, or the bear, while his disposition will change, and become fierce and unre lenting. The body has a powerful effect upon the soul. We shall have the smooth and grassy lawn, and we will call out people of all occupations and professions and ask them to Join in the ball-player's sport. You will come back from these outdoor exercises and recreations with strength in your arm and color in your cheek and a flash In your eye and cour age In your heart. In this great battle that Is opening against the kingdom of darkness, we want not only a con secrated soul, but a strong arm and stout lungs and mighty muscle. I bless God that there are so many recrea tions that have not on them any taint of iniquity; recreations in which we may engage for the strengthening of the body, for the clearing of the Intel lect, for the illumination of the soul. There is still another form of recrea tion which I recommend to you, and that is the pleasure of doing good. I have seen young men, weak and cross and sour and repelling in their disposi tion, who by one heavenly touch have awakened up and become blessed and buoyant, the ground under their feet and the sky over their heads breaking forth into music. "Oh," says some young man in the house to-day, "I should like that recreation above all others, but I have not the meanB." My dear brother, let us take an account of stock. You have a large estate, if you only realize it Two hands. Two feet. You will have perhaps during the next year at least ten dollars for chari table contribution. You will have twenty-five hundred cheerful looks. If you want to employ them. You will have five thousand pleasant words if you want to speak them. Now what an amount that is to start with! You go out to-morrow morning and you see a case of real destitution by the wayside. You give him two cents. The blind man hears the pennies rattle in his hat, and he says, "Thank you, sir; God bless you!" You pass down the street, trying to look indifferent; but you feel from the very depth of your soul a profound satisfaction that you made that man happy. You go on still farther, and find a poor boy with a wheelbarrow, trying to get it up on the curbstone. He falls in the attempt. You say, "Stand back, my lad; let me try. You puBh it up on the curbstone for him and pass on. He wonders who that well-dressed man was that helped him. You did a kindness to the bey, but you did a great Joy to your own soul. You will not get aver it all the week. On the street to-morrow morning, you will see a sick man passing along. "Ah," you say, "what can I do to make this man happy? He certainly does not want money; he Is not poor, but he is sick." Give him one of those twenty-five hundred cheerful looks that you have garnered up for the whole year. Look Joy and hopefulness Into his soul. It will thrill him through and there will be a reaction upon your own soul. Go ing a little farther on, you will come to the store of a friend who Is embarrassed in business matters. You will go in and say. "What a fine store you have! I think business will brighten up, and you will have more custom after awhile. I think there is coming a great pros perity to all the country. Good morn ing." You pass out. You have helped that young man, and you have helped yourself. Colonel Gardiner, who sat with his el bow on a table, spread with all extrava gant viands, looking off at a dog on the rug, saying, "How I would like to change places with him; I be the dog and he be Col. Gardiner;" or, those two Moravian missionaries who wanted to go Into the lazaretto for the sake of at tending the sick, and they were told, "If you go in there, you will never come out. We never allow anyone to come out, for he would bring the contagion." Then they made their wills and went in, first to help the sick, and then to die. Which was the happier Col. Gardiner, or the Moravian missionaries dying for others? Was It all sacrifice when the missionaries wanted to preach the Gos pel to the negroes at the Barbadoes, and, being denied the privilege, sold themselves into slavery, standing side by side, and lying side by side, down In the very ditch of suffering, in order that they might bring those men up to life and God and heaven? Oh, there la a thrill In the Joy of doing good. It Is the most magnificent recreation to which a man ever put his hand, or his head, or his heart. But, before closing, I want to Impress upon you that mere secular entertain ments are not a fit foundation for your soul to build on. I was reading of a woman who had gone all the rounds of sinful amusement, and 6he came to die. She said. "I will die to-night at six o'clock." "Oh," they said, "I guess not; you don't seem to be sick." "I shall die at six o'clock, and my soul will be lost. I know It will be lost. I have sinned away my day of grace." The noon came. They desired her to seek religious counsel. "Oh." she said, "it is of no use. My day is gone. I have been all the rounds of worldly pleasure, and it is too late. I will die to-night at six o'clock." The day wore away, and it came to four o'clock, and to five o'clock, and she cried out at five o'clock. "Destroying spirits, ye shall not have me yet; it is not six, it is not six!" The moments went by, and the shadows be gan to gather, and the clock struck six; and while it was striking her soul went. The last hour of our life will soon be here, and from that hour we will re view this day's proceedings. It will be a solemn hour. If from our death pillow we have to look back and see a life spent in sinful amusement, there will be a dart that will strike through our soul, sharper than the dagger with which Vlrginius slew his child. The memory of the past will make us quake like Macbeth. The iniquities and riot ing through which we have passed will come upon us, weird and skeleton as Meg Merrillles. Death, the old Shy lock, will demand and take the remain ing pound of flesh and the remaining drop of blood; and upon our last oppor tunity for repentence and our last chance for heaven the curtain will for ever drop. STRAY CHIPS OF THOUGHT. Not a few men are like the amoeba they live on what sticks to them. The face of every babe is an In terrogation point. Its future depends on how older folk answer the question. It is often difficult to distinguish be tween absolute laziness and serene resignation. If an idler only occupied the space geometrically ascribed to a point he should not find in the universe a spot whereon to set his foot. Meddlers are like mosquitoes; they torment, but seldom hurt. Hypocrites often use a scriptural quo tation as a funnel through which to drop poison into some human heart. The most insecure perch in the world is that occupied by the man who has reared a petty castle out of bricks stol en from the honestly built towers of others. It is a terrible thing to see one work ing who never smiles. Many a would-be statesman was In tended by the Creator for a splendid laborer. Chimeras are the food of indolent theorists. They chase fantasies all their days and the recording angel marks the result with a cipher. Certain young folk are puzzled to dis tinguish between an accelerated pulse and a love throb. Marriage based on flirtation logically ends in separation, divorce or tragedy. One of the easiest things in this world is to get money. The task of life lies in earning it. There is morally no difference be tween the thief who loots a bank and the man who charges a dollar for fifty cents' worth of goods. No man's creed is complete which does not declare a belief in himself. Among the Turks bath-money formi an important item in every marriage contract. If a husband refuses to giy his wife sufficient money for bathini purposes she may go before the cadi, take off her slipper and turn it upside down. If the grievance is not redressed she has grounds for divorce. I Karly French Flying: Machines. A French locksmith thought that practice was the great thing; and, fit ted with wings, he jumped first from a chair, and afterward from a window, and then from the roof of a small house. In the last experiment he sail ed over a cottage roof, but soon after sold his wings to a peddler and prob ably saved his own life. Another Frenchman, a marquis, tried to go by the air route across the River Seine; but he was not drowned, since a wash erwoman's boat happened to be where he came down. "About Flying Ma chines," by Tudor Jenks, in April St. Nicholas. Saved from Destruction. This is what happens when the kidneys are rescued from inactivity by Hot tetter's Momsich Hitters. If tliey continue inactive they are threatened witu Brisrtit's disease, diahetes or some other malady which works their destruction. Malarial, biliious and rheumatic ailn.ent and dyspepsia . re aio conquered by tlie Hitters, which is thorough and effective. An Iowa man c'aims to have discovered the secret of per etua! motion and applied it to a bicye'e. lieigeman' C'amplior Ire willt (ityrerf ne. CuresChappeii Hunasand Face. Tenlror Sore Feet, Chilblain. Piles. tr. C. i. Ciurk L'u.,.t'w Haven, CU The Iowa was christened by a lrale and went over the water like a duck. 11 the liaby Is Cutting Teetn. Sesure and ue that old and w ell-tried remedy, Mas. Wikslow's Soothing Strit for Children Teething- A bepgrar's rags may cover as much pride as an alderman's gown. flTS All FitsMopiwd f reeliy pr. K line's Great Nerve K est ore r. No r- itsuf i-r i w vrt-i tiay x ut-. 1ar-elous-ures. Tr-i ise ;inl 1 r.Ul i)ti If fre t rilcef. bund tolr. KIuk ,yol Ai cn&L.l'Liil.,! We never knew a mother sorrv for her married son. who was not Every dollar upent In Parker liirer Tonic is well invested, it s-ubdues p. .in. and brings (tetter dik'fsiion. better strength and better health. Two mi lion glasses are every year in Germany. manufactured (001I rfuion why yon ahould ti-e HindereoriK. It ti kes out ihc c rns. an i i lie t you have pes e nd conilort surely a c o i exc ante. 1.1c. at d moists. Enelish furniture i I ecouiin? able in Germany. faf.li ion- ?he' nervous'sy j l Every nerve is strengthened in the cure of it by S 0 J9 isi 1 1 1 1 n I I 1 I I I je . ; 1 1 . i r. i , , v - . , , 1 1 t .. . : , ! . , f i . t 1 1 I . -1 I - I . f 1 - i- i i 1 1 1 1 - ?t ; t z rrMr 111 , J FIELD AND HOC FENCE WIRE. 26, 33. -42, SO. or S8 inches high. Quality ncl workmanship the beU Nothing on the market to compare with it. Write for full information. UNION FENCE COMPANY, DE KALB, ILL. - Chosen Government STANDARD OF THE WORLD The experts who made the choice decided that Columbias were worth every dollar of the $100 asked for them. If YOU are willing; to pay $100 for a bicycle, why be content with any thing: but a Columbia? The handsome Art Catalogue that tells of Columbia and Hartford bicycles is free from any Columbia agent j by mail for two 2-cent stamps POPE MANUFACTURING CO., HARTFORD, CONN. Branch Stores and Agencies in almost every city anu town. 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Result: Bids from $50 to $85 each for other machines; our bid of $00 each for Columbias, their invari able price. And the Government selected Bicycles SMOKING TOBACCO, 2 oz. for 5 Cents. AND, CHEROOTS 3 for 5 Cents. Give a Good, Mellow, Healthy. Pleasant Smoke. Try Them. LT05 & CO. TOBACCO WORKS, Dirhaa, 1 1 rrricBaiJO,i:v xvMOItK,s 0,IUwllFfiY. AVH-lilii-tor., II. C. i- Successful'y Prosecutes Claims. Xt Principal Efatniner U.S. Pension Bureau. g 3yra -u lat wax, 15jjudnuuiclnia. nils Luce 1:1 fc sii hv! fillR. l Couch in. Tastes Good. Use I In time. Bold rT dm '1". CUT i 01 noil w I Best UUHL4I If ML.