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of the 1'IIlIlStlflC5 SX flundrod
IIcu vIth an Ox-Goad" - Judci
Chapter 3 , Verse 21.
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NE DAY WHILE
' Shamgar , the
) ! farmer , was plow.
P thg with a yoke o
oxen , his command
of whoa-haw - gee
was changed to the
shout of battle.
.
'Phll1st1nes alwayE
ready to make trou.
ble , march up with
Bword and spear.
Shamgar , the plow-
uan , had no sword , and would not proli-
ably have known how to wield It if he
had possessed one. But fight he nust ,
Dr go down under the stroke of the Phil-
Lstines. He had an ox-goad-a weapon
used to urge on the lazy team ; a weapon -
on about eight feet long , with a sharp
' Iron at one end to puncture the beast ,
.nd a wide Iron chisel , or shovel , at
the other end with which to scrape the
clumps of soil from the plowshare. Yet.
with the iron prong at one end of the
ox-goad and the iron scraper at the
Dther , It was not such a weapon as one
would desire to use in battle with arn'cd
EliIIstInes. But God helped the farmer ,
and leaving the oxen to look after
themselves , he charged upon the Invaders -
vaders of his homestead. Some of the
commentaries , to make it easier for
Shamgar , suggest that perhaps be led a
regiment of farmers Into the combat ,
DX-goad up and down , and this way and
But the Lord does not need any of you
to help In making the Scriptures , and
( . Shamgar , with the Lord on his side , was
mightier than six hundred Philistlr.es
with the Lord against them. The 1'attle
I opened. Shamgar , with muscle strengthS -
S ened by open air , and plowman's , arid
reaper's , and thresher's toil , uses the
. only weapon at hand , and he swings the
I ox-goad upand down , and this way and
1 that ; now stabbing with the iron prong
at one end of it , and now thrusting
with the iron scraper at the other , and
. . I now bringing down the whole weight of
the instrument upon the heads of the
( enemy. The Philistines are In a panic ,
t and the supernatnural forces come In ,
and a blow that would not under other
I circumstances have prostrated or slain ,
left Its victim lifeless ; until when Siarn-
t gar walked over the field , he counted
one hundred dead , two hundred dead ,
I three hundred dead , four hundred dead ,
I five hundred dead , six hundred dead-
all the work done by an
I ox-goad with an Iron prong at one
I end and an iron shovel at the other.
I The fame of this achievement by this
farmer with an awkward weapon of
war , spread abroad , and lionzed him.
until he was hoisted into the h1ghst
place of power , and became the third of
the mighty judges of Israel. So you ee
that Cincinnatus was not the only man
' lifted from plow to throne.
For what reason was this unpre'c-
dented and unparalleled vict ry of a
farmers ox-goad put Into this Bile ,
where there was no spare room f.r the
unimportant and the trivial ?
it was , first of all , to teach you , and
to teach me , and to teach all past ages
. since then , and to teach all ages to
come , that in the war for God , and
J against sin , we ought to put to the b'st
use the weapon we happen to have on
hand. Why did not Shamgar wait until
he could get a war charger , with neck
arched and back caparisoned , and
nostrils sniffing the battle afar oil' , or
until he could get war equipment , cr
could drill a regiment , and wheeling
them Into line , command them forward
to the charge ? To wait for that would
have been defeat and annihilation. So
.
. ' he takes the best weapon he coull lay
bold of , and that is an ox-goad. We are
called into the battle for the right , and
: against wrong , and many of us have not
just the kind of weapon we would pro-
fcr. It may not be a sword of argumeat
It may not be the spear of sharpthrust-
ing wit. It may not be the battering-
) tam of denunciation. But there s something -
; . thing we can do , and some forces we
J can wield. Do not wait for what you
have not , but use what you have. Per-
I ' imps you have not eloquence , but you
have a smile. Well , a smile of encouragement -
. agement has changed the behavior of
, tens of thousands of wanderers , and
brought them back to God , and enthroned -
: throned them in heaven. You cannot
make a persuasive appeal , but you can
,
set an example , and a good example
has saved more souls than you couU
. count in a year , if you counted nfl the
time. You cannot give ten thousand dollars -
. lars , but you can give as much as the
widow of the Gospel , whose two mites ,
the smallest coins of the Hebrews , were
bestowed in such a spirit as to make
) . her more famous than all the contrihu-
- . . Lions that ever endowed all the hospitals
and universities of all christendom , of
. limited vo..ab-
- all time. You have very
. , " " " "
ulary , but you can say "yes" or "no . ,
and a firm "yes" or an emphatic .no , "
has traversed the centuries , and rill
. traverse all eternity , with good influ-
. . . . ence. Yqu may not have the courage to
: confront a large assemblage but yzm
school class of two-
. ' -can tell a Sunday
, .
. - . - . ' a boy and a girl-how to find Cthist.
. and one of them may become a Wil-
Ham Carey , to start influences that will
redeem India , , and the other a Florence
Nightingale , who will illumine hittle-
fields covered with the dying and the
clad.
, Again my subject springs upon us the
thought that in calculating the pros-
ects of religious attempt , we must take
omnipotence , and omniscience , and
omnipreflence , and all the other attrl-
butes of God into the. calculation. Whom
dc you see on that plowed field of my
text ? One hearer says : "I see Sham-
gar. " Another hearer says : "I see six
.j' hundred Philistines. " My hearer , you
. - - - have missed thT chief personage on that
battlefield of plowed gzo nd. I also se
Sbamgur. and six hundred Philistines , !
but more than all and mightier than all , ;
and. more overwhelming than all , I see
God. Shamgar with his unaided arm ,
: bowever muscular , and with that hum-
. . Ne hstrument made for agricultural 1
. '
. purposes , and never constructed for
combat. could not have wrought such ' 1
victory. It was omnipotence above and I
. beneathafld back of and at the p9int of I
4he ox-goad Before that battle was
over the plowman realized this , and all
. the six hundred Philistines realized it ,
. . : and all who visited the battlefield afterI I I
.ward appreciated it. ° Iwant In heaven C
.
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to hcai the story , for It can never be
fully told on earth-perhaps some day
may be set apart for the rehearsal ,
while all heaven listens-the story of
how God blessed awkward and humble
instrumentalities. Many an evangelist
has come Into a town given up to
worldliness. The pastors say to the evan
gelist : "We are glad you have come.
but It is a hard field and we feel sorry
for you. The members of our churches
play progressive euchre , and go to the
theater , and bet at the horse races , and
gaiety and fashion have taken possession -
sion of the town. We have advertised
your meetings , but are not very hope-
ful. God bless you. " This evangelist
takes his place on platform or pulpit.
He never graduated at college , and
there are before him twenty graduates
of the best univerritles. He never took
one lesson in elocution , and there are
before him twenty trained orators.Many
of the ladies present are graduates of
the highest female seminaries , and one
slip in grammar or one mispronuncla-
tion will result In suppressed giggle.
Amid the general chill that pervades
the house , the unpretending evangelist
opens his Bible and takes for his. text :
"Lord , that my eyes may be opened. "
Opera glazses in the gailery curiously
scrutinize the speaker. He tells in a
plain ivay the story of the blind man ,
tells two or three touching anecdotes
and the general chill gives way before
a strange warmth. A classical hearer
who took the first honor at Yale , and
who is a prince of proprietles , finds his
spectacles becoming dim with a moisture -
ure suggestive of tears. A worldly
mother who has been bringing up her
sons and daughters in utter godlessness -
ness , puts her handkerchief to her eyes
and begins to weep. Highly educated
men who came to criticize and pick to
pieces , and find fault , bow on their gold-
headed canes. What is that
sound from under the gallery -
lery ? It is a sob , and sobs are
catching ; and all along the wall , and all
up and down the audience there is deep
emotion , so that when at the close of
the service anxious souls are Invited to
especial seats , or the inquiry room , they
come up by scores , and kneel and repent -
pent , and rise up pardoned ; the whole
town Is shaken , and places of evil
amusement are sparsely attended , and
rum holes lose their patrons , and the
churches are thronged , and the whole
community is cleansed , and elevated ,
and rejoiced. What power did the evangelist -
gelist bring to bear to capture that
town for righteousness ? Not one brilliant -
liant epigram did he utter. Not one
graceful gesture 'did he make. Not one
rhetorical climax did he pile up.
But there was something about
him that people had not taken
In the estimate when they prophesied
the f Ilureof that work. They had not
taken into calculation the omnipotence
of the Holy Ghost. It was not the flash
of a Damascus blade. It was God , before -
fore and behind , and all around the
ox-goad. When people say that crime
will triumph , and the world will never
be converted because of the seeming insufficiency -
sufficiency of the means employed , they
count the six hundred armed Phills-
tines on one side , and Shamgar , the
farmer , awkwardly equipped , on the
other side ; not realizing that the chariots -
riots of God are twenty thousand , and
that all heaven , cherubic , seraphic ,
archangelic , Deific , Is on what otherwise
would be the weak side. Napoleon , the
author of the saying. "God is on the
side of the heaviest artillery , " lived to
find out his mistake ; for at Waterloo
the one hundred and sixty guns of the
English overcame the two hundred and
fifty guns of the French. God is on
the side of the right , and one man in
the right will eventually be found
stronger thun six hundred men In the
wrong. in all estimates of any kind of
Christian work , do not make the mistake -
take every day made of leaving out the
Head of the Universe.
Again , my subject springs upon us
the thought that in God's service it is
best to use weapons that are particularly -
larly suited to us. Shamgar had , like
many of us , been brought up on a farm.
He knew nothing about javelins , and
bucklers , and helmets , and breastplates
and greaves of brass and catapults , and
ballistae , and iron scythes fastened to
the axles of chariots. But he was familiar -
miliar with th& flail of the threshing
floor , and knew how to pound with that ;
and the ax of the woods , and knew
how to hew with that ; and the oxgoad of
the plowman , and knew how to thrust
with that. And you and I will do best
to use those means that we can best
nandle ; those weapons with which we
can make the most execution. Some in
God's service will do best with the pen ;
some with the voice ; some by extemporaneous -
poraneous speech for they have
the whole vocabulary of the English
language half way between their brain
and tongue ; and others will do best I
with manuscript spread out before
them. Some will serve God by the
plow , raising wheat and corn and giv-
lug liberally of what they sell to chuh-
en and missions ; some as merchants ,
and out of their profits will dedicate a
tenth to the Lord ; some as physicians ,
prescribing for the world's ailments ;
and some as attorneys , defending innocence -
nocence , and obtaining rights that otherwise -
erwise would not be recognized ; and
some as sailors , helping bridge the seas ;
and some as teachers and pastors. The
kingdom of God Is dreadfully retarder ]
by co many of us attempting to do that
which we cannot do ; reaching up far
broadsword or falchion , or bayonet , or
scimeter , or Enfield rifle or Paixhan's
gun , while we ought to be content with
an ox-goad. I thank God that there are
tens of thousands of Christians whom
you never heard of , and never vrill hear
of until you see them in the high placeS
of heaven , who are now in a quiet way
in homes , and schoolhouses , and in
praying circles , and by sick beds , and
up dark alleys saythg the saving word ,
and doing the saving deed ; the a.ggre-
gation of their work overpowering the
most ambitious statistics. In the grand
review of heaven , when the regiments
pass the Lord of Hosts , there will be I
whole regiments of nurses , and Sabbath I
school teachers , and tract distributors , I
and unpretending workers , before
whom , as they pass , the kings and
queens of God and the Lamb will lift
flashing coronet , and bow down in recognition -
cognition and reverence. The most of
the Christian work for the world's re-
elamatfon and salvation will be done
by people of one talent and two talents ,
while the ten-talent people are up 'in a
the astronomical observatoiies studyIng -
Ing other worlds , though they do lit-
LIe or nothing for the redemption of this
vorld ; or are up In the rarified realms
Dr "Higher Criticism , " trying to find
) ut that Moses did not write the Pen-
Lateuch , or to prove that the throat
) f the whale vaa not large enough to
lv - , . . . . -
swallow the minlst r who decIind to
call to Nincveh , and apologizing for the
Almighty for certain Inexplicabl *
things they have found in the scrip-
tures. It v1l1 be found out at the last
that the Krupp guns have not done so
much to capture this world for God as
the ox-goads.
.Go out against the Philistines. We
must admit the odds are against us-
six hundred to one. In the matter of
dollars , those devoted to worldliness
and sin , and dissipation , when corn-
pared with the dollars devoted to boll-
ness and virtue-six hundred to one.
The houses set apart for vice , and despoliation -
spoliation and ruin , as compared with
Those dedicated to good , six hundred to
one. Of printed newspaper sheets scattered -
tered abroad from day to day , those
depraving as compared with those elevating -
vating , are six hundred to one. The
agencies for making the world worse
compared with the agencies for making
the world better , six hundred to one.
But Moses In his song , chants , "How
should one chase a thousand , and two
put ten thousand to flight ? " and In my
text one ox-goad conquers six hundred
uplifted battlea.xes ; and the day of unt-
versal victory is coming , unless the B-
ble be a fabrication , and eternity a
myth , and the chariots of God are un-
wheeled on the golden streets , and the
last regiment of the celestial hosts lies
dead on the plains of heaven. 'With us ,
or without us , the work will be done.
Oh , get Into the ranks somewhere ,
armed somehow ; you with a needle ,
you with a pen , you with a good book ;
you with a loaf of bread for the hungry -
gry ; you with a vial of medicine for the
sick ; you with a pair of shoes for the
barefooted ; you with word of encouragement -
agement for the young man trying to
get back from evil ways ; you with some
story of the Christ who came to heal
the worst wounds and pardon the
blackest guilt , and call the farthest
wanderer home. I say to you as the
watchman of London used to say at
night to the householders before the
time of street lamps came : "Hang out
your light ! " "Hang out your lightl"
A SNAKE THIEF.
110w ft licptllo Stole the Milk f'om
Fine Jersey Cow.
W. L. Hewey , living up In the Cross
Lake country , has a fine Jersey cow ,
which usually keeps the family supplied -
plied with an abundance of milk , says
a Shreveport ( La. ) paper. On Monday
last Hewey noticed a falling off in the
milk supply and for every day thereafter -
after there has been a steady diminu-
tion. Thinking that perhaps the pasturage -
turage did not furnish sufficient nourishment -
ishment for the cow , Hewey began to
give her an extra quantity of food at
night , but in vain. Every evening she
returned to the pen with an empty bag.
At last Hewey came to the conclusion
that some negro in the neighborhood
must be in the habit of milking the
cow before she left the pasture ; so ho
set about discovering the guilty party.
Yesterday his investigations were rewarded -
warded , the thief proving to be a singular -
lar one , indeed. In the middle of the
afternoon Hewey went into the pasture -
ture , taking his stand behind a big oak
tree whence he could keep an eye on
the cow without being himself ob-
served. For a long time there seemed
no chance of solving the mystery , as no
one appeared in the pasture. Finally
Hewey was about to give up the search
as a bad job , and drive the cow to the
pen , when he saw a big black-and-
white-pied snajte glide out from the
thicket behind him and make Its way
acrcss the pasture to the. Jersey. Following -
lowing after as rapidly as he could ,
what was his astonishment to behold
the snake wrap itself around the Jer-
sey's hind legs , holding them hard and
fast , and then grasp hold of the bag ,
sucking away at the teats like a hungry -
gry calf. Hewey is a new man to this
section , and this singular conduct on
the part of a reptile surprised him beyond -
yond measure. Since consulting with
his neighbors , however , he has ascer-
tamed that the snake , called a "cow-
sucker , " is a very common variety ,
causing much loss among cattle-raisers
and milk men in this section.
MISSING LINKS.
Lord Kelvin maintains that the errtb
Is 100,000,000 years old.
The skeleton alone of an average
whale weighs twenty-five tons.
At a Japanese banquet it Is a compli.
ment to ask to exchange cups with a
friend.
A Dundee , Scotland , man is working
on a flying machine that is built on the
bicycle plan
The total public debt of the sclf-gov-
erring British colonies amounts to
something like 300,000,000.
Out of every 100 hotels In England ,
elghteen are "White Harts , " ten "King
Arms. " and eight "Crowns. "
Men attending the pans in salt works
are never known to have cholera , smallpox -
pox , scarlet fever or influenza.
A recent report shows that fl,530 convicts -
victs last year paed through the forwarding -
warding prison at Truman , Russia.
The wings of an owl are lined with a
soft down that enables the bird to fly
without making the slightest sound.
It cost Kentucky $114 to secure the extradition -
tradition from Ohio of Napoleon Bonaparte -
parte Shackleford , who stole a 2 hog.
The mud baths of Dax , In France ,
have existed and been more or less cel-
ebratcd since the time of the Romans.
A carp taken out of the water may be
kept alive for twelve hours by a piece
of bread soaked in brandy placed In its
mouth.
The total amount of gold in circula-
Lion at the present time Is estimated at
thout 1,070,000,000 , weighing altogether
375 tons.
POINTERS.
A great many girls say "No , " at first ,
but , like the photographer , they know
low to retouch their negative.
Justice will not ask , "What Is the
east you will work for ? " but rather ,
'What Is the most I can pay ? "
Keep your troubles to yourself. When
you tell them you are taking up the
: ime of the man who is waiting to tell
is.
is.It
It Is not work that kills men ; It Is
? -orry. Work Is healthy ; you can hard
y' put more upon a man than be can
year. I
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Cutting floes' Ears.
Itwasprobably firstintroduced when
bulldog lighting became a fashionable
amusement , and the earilaps were almost -
most totally removed to prevent them
from being torn and mangled by contending -
tending dogs-for the same reason , in
fact , as was the combs of fighting
cocks and the hair cropped close from
the heads of pugilists. But this dis-
I creditable pastime is now abolished ; so
there is no occasion for ear cropping ,
even in the case of bulldogs , and certainly -
tainly no valid excuse can be offered
for this exhibition of depraved taste
with regard to other breeds of dogs ,
and especially terriers-animals which ,
as their name implies , have need for
the pendulous ear to guard the entrance -
trance to the auditory canal while bur-
rowing.
It Sticketla Closer Than a Brother.
Does the rheumatism. Cut off all relationship -
ship with it by the aid of Ilostotter's Stomach -
ach Bittcrs , which severs the bond without
loss of time , if you use it promptly and per-
sistently. No testimony is more positive
and concurrent'than that which establishes
its efficacy in this obstinatcItsease. Use it
with assurance of good results for malarial ,
dyspeptic and nervous troubles1 constipation -
tion and billiousness.
A Privileged Person.
Princess Mathilde is one of the few
Catholics who are entitled to eat meat
during Lent by a special decree of the
pope. This dispensation was accorded
to her under peculiar circumstances.
When the queen of Westphalia. the
mother of Princess Mathide , paid a
visit to Pope Pius IX , at the vatican ,
the pope had a special "bull" drawn
out for benefit , in memory of her visit ,
dispensing her from fasting during the
whole of her lifetime. "Your holiness
will pardon me , " said the queen , "but
I am entitled to eat meat at all times ,
even without your holiness' permission ,
for I am a Protestant.Vell , then , I
will transfer the dispensation to your
daughter Mathilde. " This was done ,
and the order remains in force to the
present day- . Paris Debats.
A. M. PRIEST , Druggist , Shelbyvillo , md. ,
says : "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best of
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials , as
It cures every one who takes it. " Druggists sell
t , 75c.
A Peculiar Glass.
The announcement made recently of
a German method of producing glass
which will transmit- light freely , but
no heat , is founded upon the following
statement of details , presumably from
the source of operatious : A plate of
this material ; one-fourteenth of an inch
thick , containing 2.8 per cent of iron
in the form described as ferrous chlo-
ride. allowed only 4.6 per cent of radiant -
ant heat to pass through it , while another -
other plate of equal thickness , and
containing quite as much iron as ferric
chloride , permitted 11. 2 to pass. The
chemical distinction is exceedingly
small , but the effect is very marked.
Using oxide instead of chloride , and
again having it in a ferrous condition ,
1 per cent produced a glass having a
faint blue tinge , but even more impervious -
vious to heat than the other sample.
A layer .332 inch in thickness allowed
only 0.4 per cent of a bat's wing gas
flame to pass through , 0. " 2 of that from
an argand burner , and 0.73 of the heat
from a lime light , but it would traits-
mit 12 per cent of heat from sunlight ,
orthnary window glass , on the other
hand , letting some SU per centthrough.
Coe'g Cough Ralsam
Is the oldest and best. It will break up a Cold qulk.
er tb anything else. It Is always reliable. ' 1 ry It.
A Cure for Laziness.
The Dutch are not fond of lazy peo.
pie , and they have a very good way of
curing persons who can , but won't
work. If a pauper who is able to work
refuses to do so , they put him in a cistern -
tern to which a pump is attached , and
turn on a stream of water. This
stream flows into the cistern just slow
enough to enable the lazy person by
lively pumping to keep the water from
getting over his head.-Harper's Young
People.
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druggist for it. Price 15 cents.
Take hold of the truth and the truth will
take hold of you.
The Nickel Plate's ew Trains.
The new train service of the Nickel
Plate road , which went into effect Sunday -
day , May 19th , has met the approval of
the traveling public. On all sides are
heard expressions of universal satisfaction -
tion regarding the efforts which this
popular road is making in the interests -
ests of Its patrons. Three fast trains
are now run in each direction daily.
Superb dining car service ; no change
of cars for any class of passengers between -
tween Chicago , New York and Boston.
City ticket office , 111 Adams street. Tel.
Main 389. Depot , Twelfth and Clark
streets. Tel. Harrison 200.
No man is brave who is afraid of the
truth.
There are people who never accomplish-
anything because they try to do too much.
The czar of Russia inberit his father's
weakness br brass bands.
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Sister vis Much the Redder.
A young man who considers himself
a man of resources was once in the act
of pressing a young lady to his manly
bosom , says the Chicago Post , when
the young lady's sister entered the
room. Of course he desisted at once ,
but lie was not embarrassed. Tile
young lady's sister said , "Excuse me. "
and started to leave the room , when he
felt that he ought to say something ,
and say it right away. "Don't go , " he
said , "we have just been measuring to
see which is the taller. " She paused
in the door way and looked at them
both intently. "You're both about the
same height , " she said , quietly , "but
sister is much the redder. " Then she
went out.
Tobacco User's Sore Throat.
Irs so common that every tobacco userhas an
irritated throat that raduaIly develops hno a
serious condition. frequently consumption , and
1ts the kind of a sore throat that never gets
'well us long as you use tobucco. The tobacco
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The Summit of AInlItIon.
"Thomas , " said his mother proudly ,
"I am very much pleased with you for
winning that prize in the oratorical
contest. It was a fine triumph. I hope ,
Thomas , with this added spur to your
ambition you will come home to tell inc
of a still greater victory , a still nobler
triumph.
"Yes , Thomas , " she continued , as he
stood blushing before her , " 1 hope that
you will yet score a touch-down in a
football rnatch.-Chicago Record.
The revlvlna hewer's ol'arker's Ginger Tonic
renoer It Iii is eitSabO ! In every honre. 'toirrcb
troubics , colds anil every forur of Istress leld to IL
To escape criticism show that you dent
mind it.
Get Hindercorns and ne It
If you want to reaIiz the comfort of Ireiri without
corns. IL takes tueni out prfecily. 15e , at tngis s.
Ills Ground.
"It seems to inc that you want an
unreasonably high price for this joke , "
said the editor.
"But , " said the humorist , "it is an
Irish bulL And when you consider the
present high price of beef you must see
that I am demanding nothing more
than ruling rates.-Cincinnati Tn-
bune.
I use Piso's Cure for Consumption both
in mv family and praetico.-Dit. G. V. PAT-
TEItSON , lukster , l1ich. , Nov. 5 , 1S94.
Whoever sits down to wait for fortune to
come his way , sii need a thick cushion on
his seat.
: ii the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
lo sire and ue tiratold and -u-cIl.tried remedy , Mcs.
WL'sz.ow's Sooziua SYnur for CMldrcn Teething-
it is an idie hour that a man s ends in
explaining himseit.
Billiard tale , second-hand , for sae
cheap. APPlY to or address , H. C. AKIN ,
511 S. 12th St. , Omaha , Neb.
Queen Victoria has a magnificent cellar
of wine at Windsor castle.
An ACComplSheI Fact.
May 19th the Nickel Plate road inaugurated -
augurated a new train service. The new
summer schedule affords the same num-
her of trains as before , including
through service between Chicago ,
Cleveland , Buffalo , New York and Bos-
ton. The improvements also embrace
the shortening of time of trains between -
tween all of the above cities. CIty Ticket
office , 111 Adams street. Tel. Main 3S9.
Depot , Twelfth and Clark streets. Tel.
Harrison 200.
fllsmarcI as a Reporter.
Jlismarck was for a. time an official
reporter for one of the courts of justice.
Once , when questioning a witness , the
latter made an impudent retort , whereupon -
upon the embryo chancellor exclaimed
angrily , "If you are not more respectful -
ful , I shall kick you out of the roomi"
"Young man , " said the judge , interrupting -
rupting him , "I would have you understand -
stand that this is a dignified court of
justice , and if there is any kicking to
be ( lone , the court vill do iti" "Ah ,
you see , " said Bisinarcic to the witness ,
"If you are not more respectful to me ,
the court will kick you outof theroom. .
So be careful , very careful , sLr"
Make Your Own Bitters !
On receipt of 30 cents In U. S. stampe , I
will send to any address one package Ste-
ketee's Dry Bitters. One package makes
one gallon be4 tonic known. Cures stom-
ach. kidney diseases , and is a great appetizer -
tizer and blood purifier. Just the medicine
needed for spring and summer. 5c. at
your drug store. Address Gzo. 0. STn-
IETE , Grand Ranids. 31kb.
It Vng Too Good FishIng ,
Apropos of the propensity of fishing
parties to play poker Amos .1. Cum-
inings was recently invited to join a
party bound for a small lake swarming
with large fish. "You will make six ,
and that is the exact party we want"
"That's all very flue , " retorted Cum-
rnings , "but you will find that some of
the six vi1l really want to go fishing
and break up the game.-Vanity.
The Ladles.
The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the Call-
fornia liquid laxative , Syrup of Figs ,
under all conditions , makes it their
favorite remedy. To get the true and
genuine article , look for the name of the
California Fig Syrup Co. , printed near
the bottom of the package.
The ship that has to sail among rocks
needs a good pilot.
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1o. 6407-Skirt ; Sw tfze , , viz : 22. 24 , 26. 25 and O 1r.ch ieaIt xnea.ure.
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