liartteon Journal
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IE.
"Uy brain eeeuis doming In a crys
tal eea, remarks a Southern poetess.
ittla.
Objeetlea may b made to the words
let Tke Star Bpangled Banner." but
bw1! esosecklng In tk air.
ttfc.j Columbus used an egg te
add wbo really discovered America,
why AnU the yoke be for Cuba?
Boatyard KlpAiag speaks of tbis eoue
try M fat republic" Budysrd
aasTnitl to eareful not to get the fat rn
tke are.
ShooM Bpeis be Ignorant of the ex
test and riamrm of this country the
eery stars on the flag will furnish It
with aiimsin points.
Aa nnaaarrled young lady baa bees
eboees may of an Idaho town. She
will be serenaded by a brass band and
iter an, ao doubt, with a guitar.
gain Jones baa abandoned polities be
esoae be thinks 90 per cent of the poli
ticians "will have a berth in the lower
regions, " Sam wants an upper berth.
Some Boston wardens bare formed a
anion against matrimony. Curious that
a woman who claims to be opposed to
marriage always likes to call attention
to bar opinions.
A. Colorado editor extends bis thanks
tor pair of trousers presented by an
advertiser and gleefully adds: "We
expect to make a swell appearance now
at pro bono publico."
One of the new freaks receiving un
deserved advertising is the "odorless
so Ion." It must be about as satisfac
tory as unspoken words, untbougbt
thoughts and nnklssed kisses.
Japan won a lot of glory by whipping
China Utto' a condition of permanent
funk, but Russia, Germauy, England
and France seem likely to reap the
snore substantial rewards of tbat
achievement.
A young woman In Georgia explains
that ber real name is Mary Rementa
DUa Ludentla Laura Suzetta Missonria
Qeorgiana Jennie Pressley Rboda Dia
fetta Jane Cornetta Bailey Perdue.
Hint may be, but she shall always be
"Birdie" to us. Time la money.
now the Chinese minster at
Washington is to demand indemnity
Because of the boycotting of Cblna
Btn In Montana. While the claim can
aot be made to stick, it would seem
China ought to nave the tight to de
Btand and receive something. In the
general round-up that appears to be
taking place.
The Atchison Globe Is yearning for a
circus. It says: "When the last circus
was here one of our merchants bad his
aame printed on the blanket which the
elephant wore. We long for another
drcna, so tbat we may know whether
he is still doing business or has busted."
A wink should be as good aa a nod to
blind advertiser.
la the western hemisphere the slaugh
ter of birds has been tremendous, and
la tkta country it has almost annihilated
some varieties, and the effect la felt by
farmers la some States In the Increase
ef Injurious Insects, which the birds
teed ta eat The feminine pride of or-
aaa wrought a fearful work.
K b) gratifying to see that the
te prevent this wholesale
of birds la largely pushed
by wooata, wk see the folly of
kUaUnaj them far hat feathers.
wrttaa to ask at what age a
girl la to to ooaalorTfil "an old maid."
reply m, -Never." to
, of whatever age.
' b) botk Inaccurate and
. freed from
of married life.
aad froth at 40
a truly charming
apon her age at
Tke BMre prettmees
1 ttnw e
Job
' )rjt tj ta tn aas
and
Thaosary boobM
taaaaaair
IVsceeaneesja. assay women,
srf ysaak to .smhsh aad erateoitnt
tafcioeasBosaasa, Lot na have dose
Wttktaaalsastatalds.-
Tto tkaary that the ahorbjiaal bv
tokltaaki at Aaaarka cane originally
trata Asia k to to looked btfo by cn
iiCtliM iif miatliia tto Aasttteu
basses a( Itaasasi History. They will
Wait fto trttoa of Tailaaa a the aorth
arost ossw eKarth Aasortaa. Uvs
LVl'JakSaJa'krto ttotr ZJSZ
kav atoasaaaa. At loaot ai trfbes w
Wl I jtiliaf aathttotto Aawrs-
Pat taaal ttoftT way a ttaa iiatlaaat
gar Oo aoaajraaaltIt fc)
Cvwof tto asv worbL
Tto oCart b taotaeo a itto wMl a
toS Bawct toa ssaattoi fllmlnktiftai
Da Cm at tto kaflat to potat wkaro It
naaaa r.Uaka tto aaft parti of tto
t Oo aatSar. It tto ballot
irr-J a baao Na aCoct n aaM to bo
FEL TUi to.aOai tto Loo-Mot-t
i trt aaJ las a Oaaaotar of 0J9M
I ltaaaf ttt fswjaeaton tto
) r:: ytaCjasakotiatsi toe tact
watpatU aum to
zl tjimt aa
iu i.r.jwu: me Hiiin Hum bullet Bas
t-n Indented, which 1 exactly Ilk the
' Let Metf rd, except tbat it U made
with a ft point, which, when It comes
In coutaet with the body, "sets up" or
brooms into a mushroom-like end that
tears the flesh anil makes a wound that
totally dis-juaUAe the soldier for fur
tier usefulnesa in that eoitfeuu'ni.
The point 1 made of ft lead and an
timony and la not coated with nickel.
like the point of the Lee-Metford bullet
German newspapers describe- the ig
norance of some of the army recruits
as so remarkable that out of a group
af sixty-six men twenty-two had never
board of Bismaick. Others thought
aia the emperor of the French, or tlii
a was dead; while one brilliant candi
date for the honor of being shot was
sure the Iron Chancellor was a Hohen
aeUera. The English military Journal
which reports tbis mental poverty re
marks charitably that analogous ignor
ance is found in other armies. A Ger-
man. however, who has no vision of tiie
mtuhfv w-iirk wrought for Germany by
Bismarck is clearly pre-eminent in ig
aorance.
Some of the Eastern papers are se
verely criticising the West because
some of the cities In the latter seetfou
of the country have adopted what are
known as curfew laws by virtue of
which children under 10 years au
are not permitted to be upon the streets
after pceitied hours of the night It Is
charged that this Is putting the Stat
in loco parentis and that the common
councils of cities have no ritfht to at
tempt the government of the family oi
to tell a man what time be must have
his children under his roof. If this ar
gument proves anything it proves too
much. Admit its validity and it alight
be asked what right has the State to
compel a parent to seud his children to
school or wherein reside the power tc
force a man to send his boy to a te.icli
er about who selection he has ux a
word to say or to take up studies re
gurdlng which he is not consulted: It
does not follow that because a State or
municipality can legally do those
things there is no logical limit beyeni!
which they may not go in prescribing
the habits of the citizen. The .Stat
has no right to penult a parent to prac
tice such a negligence of bin children
as will inevitably disqualify hW chiU
for good citizenship or that will matt
him or her a charge upon the State
The State has the same risbt to s-'ty
that a man shall not permit his child u
grow up a loafer and a vagrant that
the municipality has to say that h
shall not allow him to grow up an illlt
erate. If parents did by their children
what they should do compulsory cdu
cation laws and truant officers wouic
be wholly unnecessary, as would, also
the curfew ordinances. The wisdom o!
these enrfew regulations has been dern
onstrated in scores of Western cities
The ordinances are easily enforced and
Instead of being regarded as Interfer
ing with the prerogatives of the par
ent they are welcomed as making tin
restraining of boys, who are rtin
under the requirements of every well
governed borne, an easy matter. The,
laws are enforced to more than 1.V
towns and cities and the only com
plaints made against them cotne froit
remote dries which ha r never testoc
the merit of the curfew regulations.
The usual spring flood came on a littit
earlier than usual this year and ti.i:
rather more than the usur.l dama
beating nil former records in providing
discomfort and danger to thousands of
people. The flood area wss very wide
spread, it included the entire valley ot
the Ohio and Its tributaries. The town
and cities of Western Pennsylvania aad
Southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinob
were flooded, and thousands of acres oi
the most fertile land In these States was
submerged. Why Is It that an ordinary
snrins rain turned the rivers and
smaller streams of not less than taw
States into destructive torrents which
overflowed their natural banks and
swept everything before them? Tb
cause of the destructive floods may be
found ii the. denuded hilcnl.-e down
which the water caused by the rain
rushed Into the streams almost as soon
as It fell. Instead of being retained at
formerly In a springy forest-covered
surface to drain off gradually without
cresting a destructive flood. As the
process of deforesting the country uns
proceeded the spring floods have grown
more destructive. Mo more rain has
fallen than In the earlier days, when
the spring floods caused oaly a rafting
and boating stage of water In the
rtvers of the country, which continued
for weeks and sometimes for months.
mrtTfiiT of subsiding from a flood of
deotiuctlTs proportions to a low stag
of water within a few days, as st pres
eat. Worse even, la aome respects, l
tto entire drying op of streams during
tto sammer seaaoa which once flowed
tto year roaai la omtVrleat volume to
sewer for lumber mill
srtsk for man and beast
their eeorese. It Is growfnp
OTtaaat that destructive
are te be tke order of the da
tad that towns and
the basks of streams wHb
la fto spring aaoi district most be
aatftsfl to tab) eoatfttoa of things. The
lowland next to the strsaasi most b
abandoned for reoMoaeo aad boslnest
najnusia or elevated by wharfage and
flSiac snore the raafo of the highest
Tto bare hClasrMB win scarcely
short af assay years, and
tkey art tto lowlands along the
bo aswritabto as town
carl ttotr kalr la tocb a
as to greatly or tea era te other
who tafast as fjaefe time te
fsraaak watar
alsag
b tto fstarSt
titles slew
way
ISSasttTcSk-
tif 5KJ?
f I HE awkward and irriuting tnoas
I of trying to comfort people in trou-
X bie is here set forth by in. Ii
uajra. and a better wsr of deslinj with
broken hearts is recommended; text. Job
IvL. 2. "Miserable comforters are ye all.
The mae of L i had a grest many triols
the of his family, the bts of his
property , the low of his hesitb but the
most eipratiug thing that came upon
him as the tantalizing talk of tboe who
ought to have sympathized with him. And
looking around upon them, nd weighing
what they had said, he utters the words
af my text.
Why did God let sin come isto the
world? It is a question I often bear dis-cusr-d,
but never satisfactorily answered, j
God made the world fair and beautiful st
the start. If our first parents had not
sinned in Eden, they might have gone out
ef that garden and found fifty paradises
all around the earth Europe. Asia, Af
rica, North and South America so many
flower gardens or orchards of fruit, re
dolent aud luscious. I suppose that when
God poured out the Gihon and the Hidde
kel be poured out at the same time the
Hudson and the Suquehanna. The whole
earth was very fair aad beautiful to look
upon. Why did it net stay so? God had
the power to keep ba-k sin and wo-. Why
did he not keep them back? Wty not
every cloud ros'e, and every step a joy,
and CTPry sound music, and all tb ages a
long Jubilee of sinless men and siuless
women? God can make a roe aa easily
as be can make a thorn. Why, tken, the
predominance of thorns? He can maie
good, fair, ripe fruit as well aa snarled
and sour fruit. Why so much, tiiea, that
is gnarled and sour? He can make men
robust in beslth. Why, then, are (here ao
many invalids? Why not have for our
whole race pprpetna! leisure instead of
this tug and toil and tunide for liveli
hood? I will tell you why God let sin
come into the world when I get on the
other side of the river of death. That is
the place where such questions will be
answered and such mysteries solved. He
who this side that river attetnpta to an
swer the question only illustrates his ewn
Ignorance and incompetency. A f) I know
la one (Treat fact, and that Is, tha herd
of woes has come in upon ns, trampling
down everything fair and beautiful. A
sword at the gate of Eden and a sword at
every gate.
More people under the ground than on
It. The graveyards In vast majority. The
6,000 w inters have made more scara than
the 6,000 summers can cover up. Trouble
has taken the tend-er heart of this world
in its two rough hands and pinched it
nmH the nations wail with the agony.
If all the mounds of graveyards that have
been raised were put side by side, you
might step on them and nothing ele, go
ing all around the world, and around
again, and around again. I tiese are the
facts. And now I hsve to say that In a
orid like this the grandest occupation
Is tbat of giving condolence. The holy
science of Imparting comfort to the trou
bled we ought all of os to study. There
are many of you who could look around
upon some of your very best friends, who
wish you well and sre very intelligent,
snd yet be able truthfully to say to them
In your days of trouble, "Miserable com
forters sre ye all."
Ho Comfort la Much Talktate.
I remark, ia the first place, that very
voluble .people are incompetent for the
work of giving comfort. Bildad and EI1
pbas had the gift oPlanguage, and with
their words almost bother Job's life out
Aias zor inese volume people that go
among the bouses of the afflicted aad talk
aad talk and talk. They rehears their
own sorrows, sod then they tell the poor
sufferers that thsy feel badly now, but
they will reel worse after awhile. 81
lencel Do yon expect with a thin court
plaster of w ords te heal a wesnd deep as
the soul? Step very gently sroand about
s broken heart. Talk very softly aroond
those whom God has bereft. Then g your
way. Deep sympathy hss not much to
say. A firm grasp of the hand, a com
passionate look, just one word that means
aa much as s whole dictionary, and yon
have given perhaps all the comfort that a
soul needs. A mae baa a terrible wound
In his srm. The surgeon comes and binds
It np. "Now," he save, "cawy that arm la
a sling and be very careful ef It. Let ae
one touch it" Bat the neighbors have
beard of the aeetdeat, aad they ceme In,
sad they say, "Let aa see H." And the
bandage ia putted eaT, sad this one aad
tbat one most feci It aad see how atach it
is swollen, aad there are Irritation and
inflammation aad eissps ration where
there ought te be aeaUag aad cooling.
The surgeoa eoases hi sod aayat "What
does all this ateaa? Tea have ae aoot
ness to touch those toa ease. That
wound will sever heal salesa yes lot It
alone.' So there are seals broken sows
in sorrow. What they most wast la rest
or very careful aad geatl treataseat, hat
the neighbors have hoatd of the bereave
ment or ef the less, aad tkey eeaa la at
sympathise, aad tkey aayi "Chew aa sew
the wound. What were his last weeds?
Kefaesrse sow the whole scene. Eew did
you feel when you found yes west aa or
phan r Tearing off the basasaas here
and pulling them eg there, ieevtag a
ghastly wound that the helm of Oost
grace had already beans tt heal. Oh, tot
no loquacious people, with tear
tongues, go late the aeesee of
t rxfcxod I
A aa la. I remark that all
are incoaipeteat to gdve any hand of
fort who act sserasr ae wsrMlr
pbera. They come m and say: "Why, tit
is what yon ought to have asps tied. Tto
lews of aetare asset have tastr way.''
And then they get ties,
thins they have eats la
aaninatleos. New. sway wUk Sal
pallaaaaay at oath a thatl Wto
eoce dona It make to that father and moth
er what dlese their son d'.ed of? He la
dead, and it makes no difference whether
the trouble was in the epigastric or hypo
gastric region. If the philosopher be of
the stoical school, be will come snd ay:
"You ought to control your feelings. You
must not cry so. You must cultivate a
cooler temieraroent. You must have self
reliance, eelf-government, self control"
sn lcetrg reproving a hyacinth for hav
ing a drop of dew iu its eye. A violinist
hss bis instrument, and be sweeps his fin
gers across the strinir, now evoking
strains of joy and now straius of sadness.
He cannot plsy all the rune on one string.
The human aoul Is an instrument of a
thousand strings, and all sorts of emo
tions were made to play om u. Now an
anthem, now a diripe. It is no evidence of
weakness w hen one is overcome of sorrow.
Edmund Burke wss found in the pasture
field with hl arrna amend a horse' neck,
caressing him, and aomeoiie said, "Why,
the great man has Inst his mind." No;
the horse belonged to Ms sn, who bad re
cently died, and his great heart broke over
the grief. It is no sign of weakness that
n.en are overcome of their sorrows. Thank
God for the relief of tears. Hsve you
never U-en in trouble w hen yon could not
weep and you would have given anything
for a cry? Iavid did well when he mourn
ed for Absalom, Abraham did w-eil when
be bemoaned Sarah, Christ wept for Laz
arus, and the lafct man that I want to see
come anywhere near me when I have any
kind of trouble i a worldly philosopher,
Sympathy of Tbone Who Have Fntfcred.
Again, I remark that tho)-e persons sre
poor comforters who have never had any
trouble themselves. A lnrlxpur cnutiot
lecture on the nature of a suowflake; it
never saw a snowflake, and tho?e teoiile
who have alweys lived in the suuimar of
prosftenty cannot talk to those who are
frown in disaster. God keens aged peoole
in the worid, I think, for this very work
of sympathy. They have been through ail
these trisis. 1 bey know all that wkieh
irritates and ail that which soothes. If
there are men and women here who have
old people In the boose or near at hand,
so that they can easily reach tbetn, I con
gratulate you. Some of us have had trials
in life, and although we have had many
friends aroond about us we have wished
that father aw mother were still alive
that we might go and tell them. Terhaps
they could not say much, but it would
have been such a comfort to have tbem
around. These aged onea who have been
all through the trials of life know how to
give condolence. Cherish them; let them
lean on your arm, these aged people. If
when you speak to them they cannot bear
just what you say the first time, and you
have to say it a second time, when you
say it a second time do not say It sharply.
If you do, yon will tie sorry for it on the
day when you take the last look and bruah
back the silvery locks from the wrinkled
brow just before they screw the lid on.
Blessed be God for the old people! They
may not have much strength to go around,
but they are God's appointed ministers of
comfort to a broken heart
Peopie who have not had trials them
selves cannot give comfort to others. They
may taik very beautifully, awl they may
give yon a great deal of poetic sentiment;
bot, while poetry is perfume that smells
sweet, it makes a very poor salve. If you
have a jrrarc ;n a pathway, and somebody
comes At'A cuvers it all over with Bowers,
K is a grave yet Those who have not had
grief themselves know not the mystery of
a broken besrt. They know not the mean
ing of childlessness, and the having no
one to put to bed at night or the standing
in a mom where every book and picture
and door is full of memories the doormat
where she sat the cup out of which she
drank, the place where she sto'xl at the
door snd clapped ber handa, the odd fig
ures that she scribbled, the blocks she
built into a house. Ah, no, you must
have trouble yourself before you can com
fort trouble ia others. But come ail ye
who have been bereft and ye wbo have
been comforted In your sorrows and stand
aroond these afflicted souls and say to
them: "I bad that very sorrow myself.
God comforted me, and he will comfort
yon." Aad that will go right to the spot.
In other words, to comfort others we must
have faith In God, practical experience
aad good, soond common sense.
Bnt there sre three or four considera
tions that I will bring to those who are
sorrowful snd distressed and that we can
always bring to them, knowing that they
will effect a core. Aad the first consid
eration Is that God sends our troubles in
love. I often bear people in their trouble
say, "Why,' I wonder what God has
sgsinst mr They seem to think God
has some grodge against them because
trouble and aaiafertane have come. Oh,
do! Do yon net remember that passage
of Scripture, "Whom the Lord loveth be
chasteoeth V A child cones la with a
very bad spttater ia its hand, and rou try
te extract It It Is a very painful opera
tion. The child draws beck from yon,
bat yon persist. Toa are going to take
that spllater ont, so yon take the child
with a gentle bnt firm grasp, for although
there may be pais la It the spllater mast
come out And It Is love that dictate It
aad makes you persist. My friends, 1
really think that nearly all ear sorrows la
thai world are only the hand of oar Fath
er extracting aome thorn. If all these sor
rows were sent by enemies, I would say
arm yeareeivea against them and as ia
tropical dletse waea a tiger comes down
from the mountains and carries off a child
from the village tbe neighbors band to
gether aad go late the forest aad host
the monster so I wonld have yen, if
tkeag at these misfortnace were seat by
as enemy, ae eet aad battle asalaot them.
Bat se, they cdme from a Father so kind,
oo loving, so gee tie that the prophet.
apeaking ef his Underaeaa aad
arose the idea of a father and says, "As
one whom hla mother eomforteth, ao will
I comfort yes."
Cosafbrt lav Ueefsl
Agala, I remark there Is comfort ia the
taoackt that Get by all this process la so
las' tt make yea aeefnl. Do yoe know
that those who accompli n the moat for
Oed aad beeves hare all been aador tke
harrow? Show ma a man that hat done
ssythteg for Christ la this day la a poetic
or private place who bat had ao trouble
end wheat pats oat beta smooth,
not
I oast wont throngs an at factory, aad
I taw them take the bars of Irea aad
fsaat them late the terrible isratota,
laa bstwaasad werkmes with' HtOBfi
stirred the blsse. Then tbey bro tight ont
a bar of iroo and put it in a crushing ma
chin, and then they put it bttsreeo jaws
that bit it la twain. Then they put it on
an anvil, and there were great hammers
awung by machinery each one half a ton
In weight that eit tbump, thump,
thump! If that Iron could have spoken, it
would have said: "Why all this beating?
Why most I be poindd any more than
any other Iron?" The workmen would
have said, "We want te mate axes out of
yon, keen, sharp axes axes with which to
hew down the forest and build tbe ship
and erect houses snd carry on a thousand
enterprises of civilization. That is the
reason we pound you."
Now, God puts a soul Into tbe furnace
of trial, and then it is brought out and
run through the crushing machine, and
then It comes down on the anvil awl npon
It. blow after blow, blow after blow, un
til the soul cries out, "O Ix.rd, what does
.11 thia m,nr God ssva: "I wsnt to
mske something very useful out of yon.
You shall lie something to hew with and
something to build with. It is a prscticsj
process through which I am putting yon.
Yen, my Christian friends, we want more
tools In the church of God; not more
wedges to oplit with. We have enough of
these. Not more bores with which to
drill. We hsve too many bores. What
we really wsnt is keen, sharp, well tem
pered sxes, and if there be any other way
of making them than in the hot furnace,
and on the hard anvil, and under the
heavy hammer. I do not kuw what it is.
Remember that if God brines any kind
of chastisement upon yon it is only to
make you nsefnl. I not kit down dis
couraged and say: "I hate no more rea
son for living. I wish I were dead." Oh,
there never was so mt.rh reason for your
living as now! By this oH-al yon have
been consecrated s priest of the most high
God. Go out and do ;our whole work
for the Master.
Again, tier la comfort I- theegtit
that all our trouble ar s rve!atin.
Have you ever thought of It ia that con
nection? The man who fcs never been
through chastisement la Ut'raiit ahut a
thousand rhlngn hi his .;. he ought to
know. For iii-rtanee, here is a man who
prides hlmseif on his chcerfiiluess of
character. He has no imtience with any
body who Is depressed In spirits. Ob, it
Is easy for blm to 1 che.-ifat with hl
fine house, hi filled wardrobe aud well
strung instrument of muflc and tix
tried parlor and plenty of money in tle
bank waiting for some permanent Invest
ment! It Is eiify for biiu to iw cheerful.
Hut suppose his fortune g-s to pieces
snd hi house goeB down under the sher
iffs hammer and the banks will not bave
anything to do with his paper. Suppose
tbote people ho were once "!egaritly en
tertained at his table get po shortsighted
that they cannot recognize him un the
street How then? Is it so eay to be
cheerful? It is cany to be cheerful in tl
borne after the day's work is done, snd
the gas is turned on, and the house is full
of romping little ones. I'tit mip"ie the
piano is shut liec,niM tbe lingers that
!syed on It will mi more touch the ke.a,
and the childish voice that aoked so many
questions will sk no more. Then is it so
ea 7 ben a man waxes t;p and nnua
that his resources sre all go, , he begins
(o re!el, aud he says: "God is hard; God
is outrageous. He had iwi biininess to do
Oils to me." My friends, tb'xe of us w ho
have been through trouble know what a
sinful asd reWlious heart we have, aud
bow math God has to put up witii. aud
how much we need pardon. It Is only in
the light of a fiamh.g furnace that we can
learn our own weakness and our own kick
of moral resource.
Glories of a Bennloo.
There Is also a great deal of comfort In
the fact that there will 1 a family re
constructiou In a better place. From Scot
land or England or Ireland a child emi
grates to America. It Is very hard port
ing, but he comes, af'er awhile writing
home as to what a good 'and it is. An
other brother come, a ftMer comes, and
another, aud after awhile tlie mother
comes, and after awhile the father comes,
and now they are all here, and they hare
a time of great congratulation and a very
pleasant reunion. Well, it is just so with
our families. They are emigrating to
ward a better laud. Now one goes out
Oh, how hard It Is to part with Mint An
other goes. Oh, how hard it is to part
with her! And another and another, and
we ourselves will after awhile go over,
and then we will be together. Oh, what
a reunion! Do you believe tihat? "Yes,"
you say. Oh, yon do not! Yu do not be
lieve it aa yon believe other things. If
you do, and with the same emphasis, why
It would take nine-tenchr of your trouble
off your heart. The fact is beavea to
many ef us Is a great fog.
It ia awsy off somewhere, filled with sn
uncertain sod indefinite population. That
is the kind of heaven that many of us
dream a bout, but tt is the most tremend
ous fact In all this universe this heaven
of the fee pl. Our departed friends sre
not afloat The residence In which you
live la not so real as the residence In which
they a lay. You are afloat you who do
not know la the morning what will hap.
pen before night They are hoosed and
asft forever. Do not therefore pity your
departed friend who bave died ia Christ.
They do not need any of your pity. Tea
Blight ae well send a letter of condolence
to Queen Victoria on ber obscurity or to
the Rothschild en their poverty ss to
pity those who have won the palm. Do
not say of those who are departed: "Poor
child!" "Poor father r "Poor anther!"
They sre net poor. Too are poor, you
whose homes have been shattered, not
they. Too do not dwell much with your
families la this world. All dsy long you
sre off te bosiDees. WIU it not be pleas
ant when you ean be together all the
while? If yea have had four rhlldrea and
oae la gone, and anybody ask how assay
ehfldren yon bave, do not be ao iaadel a
to say three. Bay fear oae m heavee.
Do not think that the grove ia aassiendly.
Tea go into your room snd dress tor sots
graad amtertsiameat and you come forth
beautifully sppaceled, and the grave is
only the place where we go to dress for
the flerWos resurrection, snd we wlH
eome eet radiant, mortality having be
come ImmertalHy. Oh, how much condo
lence there U In thia thought ! I eipect u
are my kindred In heaven I expect to sec
hem jnst at certainly s I expect te go
home to-day. Aye, I shall more certainly
see them. Bight or tea will come up from
the moaatains back of Amoy, China, and
s Bother wlH eome np from the sea off
Oapo ftstterae, aad thirty will come ap
from oreenwooo, ana i enaii know
better thaa I ever knew them here,
Ospyrigbt,
Deaf forget tbat the man wbo tries
to prota taa amok oftoa prorta aots
Why do men prele the privations M
battling and poverty of a city, when on a
lerm there 1 much of plenty, peace aad
wealth T "It's easier." says tbe c'
"to load a cart tUn to grub a clearing.
And so it is, but tbe brueblead ones
made clear stays cleared, while carta
tbat pre laden empty a fast at ladea.
The work with tbe cart waies kerdef
with the rge o( tbe carler. The cnltiva
tin oi the land grows easier year by
yea. Which is the more profitable.
Scrap sf Scieac.
It Is said tbat nearly U,000 worth of
lectricity is used nightly in New York
sity lor illaminsting purpose. By a
calculation there are 1,030,468 aleotrio
lights, both arc and incondesrent, is
use in tbe city, with aa estimated UJtsi
can.ile power ol &0,000,00u.
Professor Newcomb tay in the Mining
and Scientific Pres that evidence is ac
cumulating which points to a probability
thai tbe small star whic ur powerful
modern teleoopes hue rougbt into
view do not look iinall l use they are
farther away, but because of their i
Fen, ChlMi sod Bruah.
Walter Oilman Pai?, tn'e eminent
Boston artist, has junt completed a large
historical painting representing tbe Boa
toa massacre. It is one o the largest
canvases Mr. Page has ever attempted
and will be put on exhibition at an
early date.
A youn French paiuter, M. Paul Bof
let, hs made a journey to Abyssinia
and painted portraits of King Mcnelea.
and Bis Makonnen, which w. II bs ex
hibited at the next Pari salou. He
tried also to paint Q ie n Taita, bnt after
posing for oo day she refused to go on,
Ppeech is the small change of silence.
A metaphor ia the Deu ex niachina
of -n argument.
Observation is the most enduring ol
the pleasure of lih.
All life is a lesaon that we live to en
Joy but in the spirit,
Earnestne works out it own care
more mrely than frm.y.
ahake Into Voor Shoee
Alleu's Foot Lasie. n powder for that
feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and Instantly tskes the stlnf
out of coros nnd bullions. It's the great
est comfort discovery of the age. Ale
len's Foot-Kane uiakes tight-fittinK of
new, shoe feel eay. It is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot;
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stores. Kv to a II for In stamps. Trial
package VltEE. Address Allen a. OlraV
ted, I.e Hoy. N. Y.
If a man haa to choose, between a
lawyer and a doctor it's a caeo of bit
money or hi li e.
Friendship, I fnn- y, mean one heart
between two.
FITS
am dAj'a w -if 1'r. JtwSAf Ort hrtt
rir IKi.l l FK S.'ii' trtMl burnt u.4 ir.-iij,
a a Lusa. us., m it u im, rki.im. ri
If yon see one man laughing at the
ancient jokes of another tbe other bat
a pretty sister.
Wis lbs Ksia H ! I wllh atlKiraS. OlsaaS
OUtibur mil to fouod mi mrtlllbt miM.
aUUs Hsu asH w must t). hi- at brvss. So
If the l.oyf sre to tint-1 only curing
tbe fattening process, it may lie much
mailer tban if they are conSUsd (or a
longer period.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 7S cents.
Begin to "break" the calf, aa well at)
the eelt, early, that is, accoatoin it to
Seing handled and to being tied.
net. Wtsalow'a tosTBix trans for
rs teething, softens lb gums, rwioe In
Son, allays ssla, sure wind colic.
If a awn walk upright he may h
able to avoid the pavements made of
food intention.
Norvousjnu Tirod
Waa Not Able to Do Nor Work UnttV
Hoos'o taraaaarllla OurocJ.
1 was troubled with besdicaee, sere
oosaesa and that tired feeling. 1 read ha
the papers about Hood' Sarsapartlla saa)
aegaa taking It I am bsw able te do avk
work, as Hood's Barsspirills kaa relieve?
me." Mr. T. K, Kick. Hampshire, I1L
Hood's Oaroapnrillq
h amorka't OrsstaM Msttaaas. II i tts far ML
NooeJ'o PHIe ease ladiamsfem, UilMueMt.
in.
i i lumii
The
Shortest
Lfne
Omaha to KaataaGtfrs,
Boater, Haleaa,
Bweta, Ipoktme,
BaaiUo aad Ttnnant
Jo west threat Osaka aa4 aa
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Tiakett st ettaee of eoeaettisf Uat.
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