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DR. TALMAGE’S SERMON
Th* Eminent Divine's Sunday
Discourse.
Subject: "Our Own Time."—How We Con
Barre Our Generation—Our ltr<|ion»t-
bllltir. Chiefly With the People n ow
Abreast bf 1?*—Help Your Neighbors,
" D J"“. at , ter 1,8 h * 1 ' servod his
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That Is ii toxt whloh has tor a long time
hi™ r’o 11 “? t iro , URl1 m >' ralnd - Mormons
ha\o a time to he horn as well os a time to
ale; a cradle as well as a grave. David
cowboy and stone sllnger, and lighter ami
dramatist, and hlank-verse wflter, 2nd
prophet, did his host tor the people of his
time, and then went and laid down on the
southern hill ol Jerusalem In that sound
slumber which nothing but an archaugolio
blast can stnrtle. "David, aftor ho had
served his own generation by the will of
God, fell on sleep,” It was his own geu-
eratlon that ho had served; thnt Is, the peo
ple living at the time he lived. And havo
you ever thought that our responsibilities
are chiefly with the people now walking
abreast of us? Thero are about four genera
tions to a century now, but In olden time
life was longer, ami there was, perhaps
only one generation to a century
Taking theso facts into the cal
culation, I make a rough guess,
and say thnt there havo been at least one
hundred and eighty generations of the
human family, Witn reference to them we
. bnve no responsibility. Wo cannot teach
them, w<4 cannot correct their mistakes
wo cannot soothe their sorrows, we cannot
heal thoir wounds. Their sepulchres are
deaf and dumb to anything we might say
to thorn. The last regiment of that groat
army has passed out of sight. Wo might
lmlloo us leud as we could; uot one of them
would avert his head to see what wo
wanted. I admit that I am in sympathy
with the child whose father had suddenly
died, and who In her little evening prayer
wanted to continue to pray for hor father,
although ho had gone lnto heaven, and no
more needed her prayers, and looking up
into her mother’s face, said: "Oh, mother,
I cannot leave him nil out. Let me say,
thunk God tliut I had a good father once,
so I can keep him In my prayers.”
But the one hundred aud eighty genera
tions have pupsed olT. Passed up. Passed
down. Gone forever. Then there are gen
erations to come after our earthly exis
tence hns ceused. Wo shall not see thara;
we shall uot hear any of their voloes; we
will take no part in their convocations,
tbelr ^elections, their revolutions, their
catustrophies, their triumphs. We will In
no wise affect the-180 generations gone or
the 180 generations to come, exoept n»
from the galleries of heaven the former,
generations look down and rejoice at our
victories, or as we may, by our behavior,
Start Influences, good or bad, that shall
roll on through the advancing ages. But
our business is, llko David, to serve our
own generation, the people now living,
those whose lungs now breathe, and whose
hearts now beat. And, mark you, It is not
a silent procession, but moving. It is a
"foroed march” at twenty-four miles a
day, each hour being a mile. Going with
that celerity, it hns got to be a quiok ser
vice on our part, or no service at all. Wo
not only cannot teach the 180 generations
past, and will not see the 180 generations
tocorqe, but this generation now on the
stage will soon be off, and we ourselves
will be off with them. Tne fact Is, that you
and I will havo to start very soou for our
work, or it will be ironical and sarcastic
for anyone after our exit to say of us, as it
was said of David, "After lie had served his
own geueratlon by the will of God, he foil
on sleep.”
Well, now, let us look around earnestly,
praywriully, in a common-sense way, and
see what we can do for our own genera
tion. First of all, let us seo to it that, as
far as wo can, they havo enough to ent.
The human body is so constituted that
three times a day tho body needs food as
much as a lamp neods oil, as much as a
locomotive needs fuel. To meet tills want
God has girdled the oarth with applo
orchards, orange groves, wheat Holds, and i
oceans full of fish, and prairies full of cat- |
tie. And notwithstanding this, I will uu- ’
dertakq to say that tho vast mujority of !
tho human family aro now suffering either
for lack of food or the right kind of food.
Our civilization is all askew, and God
only cun set it right. Many ot the great
est estates of to-day have been built out of
the blood und bones of unrequited toll. In
olden times, for the building of forts and
towers, the inhabitants of Ispahan had to
- contribute 70,000 skulls, and Bagdad 90,000
human skulls, and that number of people
were compelled to furnish tho skulls. But
these two contributions added together
made only 100,000 skulls, while in the
tower of the world’s wealth and
pomp have been wrought the skele
ton^ of uncounted numbers of
the half-fed populations of the earth—
millions of skulls. Don’t sit down at your
table with live or six course.* of abundant
supply and think nothing of that family in
tho next street who would take any ono of
those five courses between soup aud al
mond. nuts and feel they wore In Heaven.
The lack of the right kind of food is the
cause of much of the drunkenness. After
drinking what many of our grooors call
coffee, sweetened with what many anil
sugar, and eating what many of our butch
ers call meat, and chewing what many of
our bakers call bread, many of the labor
ing class feel so miserable they are tempted
to put ihto their nasty pipes what tho
tobaocouiet calls tobacco, or go Into the
drinking saloons tor what the rum sellers
call beer. Good coffee would do much in
driving out bad rum.
How can we serve our generation with
enough to out? By sitting down in em
broidered slippers and lounging back In an
arm-chair, our mouth puckered up around
a Havana of the best brand, and through
clouds of luxuriant smoke reading about
polltlcnl economy und the philosophy of
strikes? No, nol By finding out who In
this city 1ms booh living on gristle, and
sending theih a tenderloin beefsteak. Hnek
out some family, who through sickness or
conjunction of misfortunes have not enough
to eat, and do for them what Christ did for
the hungry multitudes of Asia Minor, mul
tiplying the loaves and the fishes. Let us
quit the surfeiting of ourselves until wo
cannot choke down another crumb of cake,
und begin tho supplies of others’ necessi
ties. So far from helping appease tho
World’s hunger aro those whom Isaiah de
scribes as grinding the faces of the poor.
You have seen a farmer or a mechanic put
a scythe or an axe on a grindstone, while
some one was turning it round and round
and the man holding the axe bore on it
harder and harder,wLlle the water dropped
from the grindstone and the edge or the
uxe from being round and dull, got keener
and keener. So I have seen men who wore
put up against the grindstone of hardship,
und while ono turned the crank, another
would press the unfortunate hardor down
and harder down until ho was ground away
thinner and thinner—his comforts thinner,
his prospects thinner, and his face thinner.
Ana Isaiah shrieks out: "What mean ye
that ye grind the faces of the poor?”
It Is an awful thing to be hungry. It ,o
an easy thing for us to oe in good humor
with all the world when wo have no lack.
But let hunger take full possession of us,
and we would all turu Into barbarians and
cannibals and fiends. Suppose that some
of the energy we are'expending In useless
and unavailing talk about the bread ques
tion should be expended in merciful alle
viations. I have read that the battlefield
on which more troops met than on any
other in the world’s history was tho battle
field of Leipsic—160,000 men under Na
poleon, 250,000 men under Schwarzeberg.
No, no! The greatest and most terrific
battle Is now being fought all the world
over. It is the battle for bread. The
ground tone of the finest passagp of ono of
the great musical masterpieces, the artist
says, was suggested to him by the cry of
the hungry populace of Vienna aa the king
rode through and they shouted, "Bread!
Give us bread!" And all through the
great harmonies of musical academy and
cathedral I hear the pathos, the ground
tone, the tragedy of unoountod multi
tudes, who, with streaming eyes and waa
cheeks and •broken hearts, in behalf .of
themsolves and their families, are plead
ing for bread.
Let us take another look around and see
how we may serve our generation. Lerus
see, ns far as possible, that thoy have
enough to wear. God looks upon the
human race, and knows jdst how many In
habitants the world has. The statistics of
the world’s population aro carefully tnkon
In clvlllced lands, and every f#w years
officers of the government, go through
the land aud count how mauy peo
ple there aro in the United States or
England, and greAt accuracy Is roachod.
But when people toll us how many inhabit
ants there aro in Asia or Africa, at best it
must be a wild guess. Yet God kt\ows the
exact number of pooplo on our planet, aud
He has made enough apparel for each, aud
If there be fifteen hundred million, fiftoea
thousand, fifteen hundred and fifteen, peo
ple, then there is enough apparel for fif
teen hundred million, fiftoen thousand, fif
teen hundred and fifteen. Not slouchyap-,
parol, not ragged apparel, not Insufficient*
apparel, but appropriate apparel. At least
two suits for every beiug on earth, a sum
mer suit aud a winter suit. A good pair
of shoes for every living mortal. A good
coat, a good hat, or a good bon not, and a
good shawl, aud a complete masoullne or
fumluine outfit of apparel. A wardrobe for
all nations, adapted to all olimatos, and
not a string or a button or a pin or a hook
or an eye wanting.
But, alas! where are tho good clothes for
three-fourths of the human raoo? Tho
other one-fourth have appropriated them.
The fact is, there needs to he and will he,
a redistribution. Not by nnarcklstlc vio
lence. If outlawry had its way, it would
rend and tear und dtmiulsh, until, instead
of three-fourths of the world not properly
attired, four-fifths would be in rags. I will
let you know how the redistribution will
tako place. By generosity on the part of
those who have a surplus, rtud increased
Industry on tho part of those suffering
from deficit. Not all, but tho largo majority
of cases of poverty in this country are a
rosult of Idleness or drunkenness, either
on the part of the presont sufferers or thk^lr
ancestors. In most cases the rum jug Is
tho maolstrom that 1ms swallowed down
tho livelihood of those who aro in rags.
But things will ohango, und by generosity
•ou the part of tho crowded wardrobes, ana
industry and sobriety on the part of the
empty wardrobes, thero will be enough for
all to wear.
Again, let us look around nud boo how
wo may serve our generation. What short
sighted mortals wo would bo If we were
anxious to clothe and feed only the moot
insignificant part of a innu, namely, his
body, while we put forth no offort to oiothe
and feed and save his soul. Time Is a little
piece broken off a great etoYnity. What are
wo doing for tho souls of this present gener
ation? Let mo say it is a generation worth
saving. Most magnificent men and women
aro in it. Wo make a great ado about the
Improvements in navigation,and In locomo
tion, and In art and machinery. We remark
what wonders of telograph and telephone
and the stethoscope. What Improvement Is
electric light over a tallow candle! But all
those Improvements are insignificant com
pared with tho Improvement In the human
race. In old • times,once In a while, a great
aud good '.’Us or woman would oomo up,
and tue world has made a great fuss about
It over since; but now they are so numer
ous, we soarooly speakabout them. Wo put
a halo about the people of the past, but I
think If the times demanded them? It would
be found wo have now living in this ybar
1898 fifty Martin Luthers, fifty George
Washingtons, fifty Lady Huntlngdons, fifty
Elizabeth Frys. During our Civil War
more splendid warriors In North and South
wore developed in four years than the
whole world developed In the previous
twenty years. I challenge tho 4000 years
before Christ to show mo the equal of
charity on a large scale of George Pea
body. This generation of men And women
Is more worth saving than any one of tho
180 generations that have passed off.
Where shall wo begin? With oursolvos.
That Is the pillar from whloh we must
start. Prescott, tho blind historian, tells
us how Plznrro saved his array for the |
right when they were about deserting him, I
With his sword he made a long mark on
tho ground. Ho said: "My mon, on tho
north side aro desertion and death; on tho
south side is victory; on tho north side
Panama and poverty; ou the south side
Peru with ull its riches. Chooso for your-
sblves; for ray part I go to tho south.”
Stepping across the line one by one his
troops followed, and finally his whole
army. ,
HoW to got saved? Be wljling to accept
Christ, ami then accopt Him instantune*
oasly and fqtevor. Got ou tho rook first,
and then you will be able to help others
upon the same rook. Men and women hnve
boon saved quicker than I have boon talk
ing about it. What! Without prayer?
Yes. What! Without time to deliberately
think It over? Yes. Whntl Without a tear?
Yes, believe. That is all. Believe what?
That Jesus died to save you from sin and
death and Hell. Will you? Do you? You
have. Something makes me think you have.
New light has come Into vour countenances.
Weloome! welcome! Hail! Halil Savod
yourselves, how are you to save others? By
testimony. Tell it to your family. Tell it
to your business associates. Tell it every
where. Wo will successfully preach no
more religion, and will successfully talk no
more religion than wo oursolvos kave. Tho
most of that whloh you do to benefit tho
souls of tills generation you will offeot
through your own behavior. Oo wrong,
and that will Induce others to go
wrong. Go right, and that will in
duce othors to go right. When the
great Centennial Exhibition was being hold
In Philadelphia tho question oamo up
among the directors as to whether thoy
should keep the exposition opon on Sun
days, when a director, who was a man of
the world from Nevada arose and said, his
voice trembling with omotion, and tears
running down his cheeks: "I fool like a re
turned prodigal. Twenty years ago I went
West and into a region where we had no
Sabbath, but to-day old memories come
back to mo, and I remembor what my glori
fied mother taught mo about keeping Sun
day, and I seem to hear her voice again
and feel as I did when every evening I
kuelt by her side in prayer. Gentlemen, I
vote for tho observance of tho Christian
Sabbath,” and ho carried everything by
storm, und when the question was put,
"Shall we opou the exhibition on the Sab
bath?” it was almost unanimous, "No,”
"No.” What ono man oan do if ho does
right, boldly right, emphatically right!
I confess to you that my ono wish is to
serve this generation, not to antagonize
it, not to durnngo it, not to rule it, but to
serve it. I would like to do something
toward helping unstrap its load, to stop its
tears, to balsam its wounds, und to induce
it to put foot on the upward road thut has
os its terminus acclamation rapturous
and gates pearlluo, und garlands ama
ranthine, and fountains ralnbowed, and
dominions enthroned aud coronated, for I
cannot forget that lullpby in tho dosing
words of my text: "David aftor he had
served his own generation by the will of God,
fell on sleep.” Wlmt a lovely sleep it was.
Unfllial Absalom did not tr >uble It. Ambi
tious Adoniiah did not worry it. Persecut
ing Haul did not harrow it. Exile did not
fill it with nightmare. Since a rod-headed
boy amid his father's flocks at night, he
had not had such a good sleep. At seven
ty years of age he laid down to it. He had
had many a troubled sleep, as in the cav
erns of AduJlam, or in the palace at the
time his enemies were attempting his cap
ture. But this was u peaceful sleep, a
calm sleep, a restful sleep, A glorious sleep.
"After he had served his generation by the
will of God, he fell on sleep.”
More than one hundred collisions oc
curred ou Japanese railroads in 1897.
SPAIN'S YOUNG FARRACUT.
Th. Mlil.lilptnan Who Wm on the Vl>
mm Believed to Bo In Spain Mow.
When, in February last, the now
wrecked and stranded but then power
ful Spanish cruiser Vizcaya paid a visit
to New York the naval authorities took
the most oareful precautions to insure
her safety. The Maine, it will bp re
membered, had been blown np only a
few days before her arrival. Tho oom-
rnander of the Vizcaya, Captain Eulate,
protested against the precautionspde-
claring in the strongest terms that he
was willing to trust his ship unguarded
in this harbor. To tho reporters who
visited him ou the ship he recalled the
mauy years of pence aud amity that
had existed hetweeu the two Nations,
and then, struck by an inspiration, ho
ordered to the quartor dock a young
midshipman, and, pointing to him,
naked the reporters how two Nations
oould ever be other than friends when
eaoh hnd raised a Farragut. Ono was
already immortalized, he snid; the
other hnd yot to show by deeds of
va(or that the real Farragut blood was
in him.
Captain Eulate, becoming ontbnsias-
tio as the pioturesquenoss of the situa
tion developed, weut ou to explain that
his young midshipinnu was Sanohez
Farragut, who was born in Miuorcn,
off the oonst of Spain, wheuoo the groat
Amerioan Admiral’s progenitors had
come. He had no doubt that his young
sailor was of tho real Farragut stock,
Tho Vizcaya nailed away and in the
exoitoment of ..tho war that followed
Mr. Midshipmau Farragut was all but
forgotten. Following tho destruotion
of Admiral Ocrvera’s squadron and the
capture of so many prisoners, thfl few
who remembered the Farragut inci
dent lookod in vain for a line about
the fato of young Farragut. Weeks
fussed and the great naval battle bade
fair to pass into history without the
mystery being solved, until ono who
remembered tho inoidout ou tho deok
of the Vizcaya in New York harbor
wrote j*n_ inquiry to Adnjiral Qervera
H the Nuvol Academy, Annapolis.
The incident doubtless interested
tho Admiral, for betook pains to make
inquiries. The result was that he re
plied, through the medium of Lieu
tenant-Commander E. K. Meore, as
sistant to the Superintendent of the
Naval Academy, that upon tho arrival
of the Vizcaya at .Havana, to whioh
port the wsrjhip weut after leaving
New York, young Fafragut was token
ill, .Later nc was sent to the naval
hospital in Havana, and the Vizcaya
sailed for the Cape Verde Islands to
join Admiral Cervera's squadron and
Farragut was left behind. To the
best of the Admiral’s knowledge and
belief, Lieutenant Moore wrote, Far
ragut was sent back to Hpoiu. At all
ovents, he did not rejoin fiis ship, and
consequently was not in the battle of
Santiago.—New York Sun.
CURjOUS FACTS. «...
Arizona wells yield hot water.
Crabs two ^ feet in length are often
seen in India".
Borne butterflies have as many as
20,000 distiuct eyes.
In some parts of Africa slaves are
still the basis of ail financial reckon
ing.
Cakes of tea in India, pieces of silk
in China, salt in Abyssinia and codfish
in Ioelaud hare been used as money.
The German navy has only been in
existence half a century, the first
naval officer having been appointed in
1817.
A glass firm lately reoeived an or
der for 500 glass feuo.e-poles, to be of
the usual sizo, aud grooved for the ro-
oeption of wire.
A meteoric stone weighing four tons
fell on a warehouse in Flume, Austria,
and set it on fire. The stone crashed
through the house, and was found
buried in the cellar.
| ^'Gossamer iron,” the wonderful
product of the Swansea (Wales) iron
mills, is so thin that it takes 4800
sheets pilod one on the other to make
an inch in thickness.
Tho Westmiustor Abbey (England)
clock has been so remarkably uniform
that for years the error has only
reached three seconds ou three per
jont. of the days of the year.
An apron is the royal standard of
Persia. Gos, a Persian, who was a
blacksmith by trado, raised a revolt
which proyed successful, and his
leather apron, covered with jewols, is
still borne in tho van of Persian ar
mies.
llenoflcent Mature.
A flower lover of Upper Geyser
Basin, Yellowstouo Park,owns n unique
hothouse. It is built of rough slabs
of wood and has a glass roof. The
building faces the east. Tho heat is
furnished by hot wutorfrom a five-inch
orifice in the ground at tho south end
of the building; it then flows north to
the centre of the building. Tho water
comes from a geyser, and at the time
of its exit is almost at boiling point.
The beds are raised from eighteen
inches to two feet for circulation and
to afford a place for the-growing ol
mushrooms. The result of this high
temperature is wonderful. Tho beds
are filled about three feet deep with
rich stable refuse mixed with one-third
silica formation from near by. The
rich soil, the Ban’s light, and the con
densation of steam from the hot water,
make an ideal combination for the
growth of vegetation. Lettuce, it is
said, comes up from the dry seed in
two days and good-sized heads of let-
tuoe were gathered in from fifteen to
eighteen days after planting. Cueum-
ber vines grow from twenty-five to
thirty-five feet in length in less than
sixty days, without being watered, ex
cept for the moisture in the air. On
some of the cucumber vines five full-
sized cucumbers were gathered from a
single joint. Three pails of water havo
been sufficient for watering the plants
in the greenhouse on even the hottest
day.
Woman'! B*roUii.
/Vom fJl* Regieter-Ornette, Rockford, Itt.
During tho olvll war nearly as much hero
ism was shown by the women of our nation
as by tho brave soldiers. Many a woman,
weeping for he.* dead son, bound up tho
wounds of his suffering comrades, rejoicing
even while
sorrowing
'ortheone
who was
gone. At
that tlmo
was laid
tho foun
dation for
On the BaUlrfiM. lamod’or-
ffantzntlon known ns tho Woman’s Bollof
Corps, whoso aid to the soldier of to-day,
lighting against tho world fora living, is no
loss notable than the heroism of the early
’60's.
Ono of tho most oarneat membersjmf tho
corps at Byron, ill., Is Mrs. James House-
wcart, hut Illness onoo put a stop to hor
active work. A yoar or so ago, when she
was nearing fifty years of ago. the time
when women must tie most caroful of their
strength, Mrs. Housewoart was taken
seriously 111. The family physician told
her thnt she hnd roachod a critical period
of her life, and must be very oareful.
His prescriptions aud troftment did uot
beueilt her, aud other treatment proved un
availing.
■ At last Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo
People were brought to her notice, with
Indisputable evidence that they wore help
ful in eases such as hors, and with renewed
hope she tried tho remedy. Last March
she took the first box of the pills, which
gave much relief. Hho was determined to
be cured, and kept on with the medlciuu,
until now oight boxes havo been consumed,
and she feels llko a new woman.
Mrs. Houseweart said: "I have taken
only otght boxes, but I havo been Improv
ing slnee I took the first dose. I do not
uolteve I could havo Uvud without the
pills. They certainly have done me more
good than any physician or any medtetno I
have ever tried.”
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold In boxes
(never In loose bulk) at 50 cents a box
or six boxes for 92.50, and may be had of
all druggists, or direct by mall from-Dr.
Williams” Medloiuo Go., Soheueotady, N. Y,
Sandwich lilizdi Ua|««|e.
THo natives of the Sandwich Islnndz
call themselves "Kanakas,” aud the
tougue they sponk "Kanaka," not
"Ilnwallnn," ns some suppose. The
letters tu and w nrp pronounced so
nearly alike that natives spell or pro
nounce words containing these con
sonants Indifferently at will. So “wn-
lilun" or "mnlilno” (soft I) signifies
woman, and "kckaninhlna" means
girl, literally "little woman.’’ A “kc-
kamahl'nn" learns In tlmo that “ho-
nlkann" (accent on tho "ho" syllable)
monns "romo and kiss me" In tbe
Knnnka tongue. Theso phrases aro
given to us by the children of the
well-to-do American residents of Hon
olulu who linvo married nntlvo wo
men nnd sent hack their children to
America for collegiate educational ad-
vnntaRCB they could not well obtain In
the Hawaiian islands. The boyB and
girls arc well grown nnd have superb
figures, which are allowed to grow to
full proportions without artificial re
straint. They hnve abundant blncl;
hair and complexions only sllgljtly
darker than many o^ our native bru
nettes. Tfiolr tooQi are rarely good.-
Chicago Tlmcs-Herald.
Csbaat ■ Nstlss *1 Dtsdllfc
At first sight a Cuban of tbs well-
to-do classes seems te be nothing bnt
hair, eyes and shirt collar. But on
nearer view you discover him to
possess exceedingly refined features,
often of great beauty and regularity.
A coarse-featured Cuban endowed
with a superfluity of flesh Is unknown.
Tho Cuban's figure emulates the Skele
ton Dude's, It Is so slender. He has
spludle legs, arms like sticks and s
torso like a crane's. His chest Is nar
row-, his shoulders angular, nnd he
stoops, which In bis case is no sign of
lung delicacy or studious habits. His
complexion Is n clear olive. You never
meet a Cuban who looks fatuous, or
who has eyes that arc not brimful of
Intelligence.
They are as fond of Jewelry and
finery ns women. They squeeze their
naturally small feet Into still smaller
boots. They wear extravagantly high
or low collars and gergeouB neckties.
Lately they have been wearing trou
sers of such roomy dimensions that
they flap about their .thin legs like
sails; whereas a year or two ago they
wore them aa tight-as eclsklns. But
the piece de resistance—the crowning
glery of a Cuban mule toilet—Is the
bat. In spite of the tropical climate,
It Is Invariably black, Bhlny, bard aDd
narrow, like a chimney-pot turned up
side down.
A Cuban flaneur Is caiutble of sport
ing a grass-green shirt with n black
frock-coat nml whlto cravat. Born,
generally, with the expectation of com
ing In for a sugar plantation, or at any
rate, relying on support from wealthy
relations, the average glided youth of
Ct^ba regards it as his metier to orna
ment tbe treplcs and gracefully kill
time. He covers his soft, thin hands
with rings Bparkllng with precious
stonqs. H[, nails aro long and cut In
points, after tie fashion of Chinese
aristocrats. W|ep you meet a Cuban
Ifig : to tho station thore 1b qtaursjt
colored boy behind, carrying nil bag.
A Cuban would be ashamed to be seen
In the itreet carrying anything but a
•tick.—Westminster (London) Gmsotte,
Don't Tobacco Bf It ud Baoka Tosr Ufa Away.
To Quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag*
nolle, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No*To>
Boo, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Ail drugglste, too or II. Oureguamn*
teed. Booklet aud Sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Oa, Chicago or New York.,
The blank leaven at the beginning and ond
of the book of life nro Its best pagott.
Deafness Cannot Be Cored
by local appllnatlons, as they cannot roach tho
nlsonsed portion of tho oar. Thore is only ono
way to euro uonfnoMH, nnd thnt Is by constitu
tional roinodios. Dnnfnims la enusnd by nn in-
llmnml condition of tho mucous lining of tho
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets In-
named you linvo a rumbling sound or linpor.
foot hearing, and when It Is ontlroly closed
Deafness Is the result and unless tho lnllnm
motion cnn bo taksn out nnd this tubo restored
to Its normal condition, hearing will bo do-
ntroyed forovor. Nino cases out of ton are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but nn lu-
flntnod condition of tho mucous surfaces.
Wo will glyo Ono Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not bo oureji by Hall's Catarrh Cure, Bond for
circulars, frso.
F. j. rmilfKT & Co., Toledo, O.
Hold by Druggists, 75o.
Hall’s Family l'llls aro tho boat.
Julius Illnos «fe Kon, tho well-known deal-
ers In furnlturo. carpets, etc., of Baltimore.
Mil., havo issued tbelr new catalogues, which'
aro now ready for delivery, and will bo sent
ires for the asking. The fu rn! turu catalogue
contains 100 pngos, and is replete with orerv.
thing necessary to mnko homo comfortable
and beautiful. Everything is faithfully Illus
trated, so that purchases can bo made as eas
ily as though the goods worn before you.
Prices are such ns have made this house fa
mous throughout the length and breadth of
this country. The oarpot catalogue Is really
a work of art, being lithographed fromlmnd-
I nlnted plates, from which carpets can he
easily and satisfactorily selected. Designs
and colors aro faithfully shown, the whole
GHr ic making a valuable work of nrt. In both
catalogues are testimonials from Nilfclled
purr,hit pits from every part of the country.
tjKothor with reference ns to reliability arid
honesty, of which any house might well he
proud, end which gives absolute assurance of
satisfactory dealings at all times.
■ Mrs. Winslow’s Hoothing Syrup for childhm
teothlng.softens the gums, reduce* I nils mma-
tlon,allays paln.cures wind colic. 3V:. a bottle
Love is skin-deep, hut self-love clasps the
hone.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Tako Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or ST»:.
If C. O. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money.
DON’T Bn FOOLED
lolo huyln* • "eUp-lfAp,” "m«k«.ahm'' tmuj.oa which
bi* profit* *ro Try * "BOi X HILL, “A Lltil*
lll|b«r In Triom, Hut *o Uvtl* higher you owa't Afford
to run th* rlak. H*o our Agrol la your town. JU wf
in tr*At«4 right.
ROCK HILL BUCCY CO.. R«ck Hill. S. C,
Sand for Catalogue of
COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE
and see what is being done to edoedto women
on a curriculum equal to best inale colleges
in the beautiful capital of Hnuth Carolina.
Modern appointments. Able Facultv of Spec
ialists. Terms low. Opens Sept. 28.
JOHN A. RICK, A. JR., D. D., Pres.
Tho United States have about 000,-
000 tcloplionos In use; Gprnmnjr, 140,-
000; Engliiud. 75,000; Franco, 35,000;
Switzerland, 30,000.
■••■tr !■ Mao* DMA.
Cleon blood mssns a clssn skin. No
bosuty without it. (Jucar.U, Candy Csthsr-
tio clean yoar blood and keep it eleso, by
stirring up the lacy liver and driving all lot-
E urities from the body. Begin to-dey to
sniah pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that aickly bilioua complaaioa by taking
Caacaret.,—beauty for ten cents. All drug
gist., satisfaction guaranteed, 10<r,2to,Mc.
A Bpanl.h n
15 rent. In gob
l.von* < o’, -‘l-lck l.enr”NmoklaaTokarae
dooa not inako every month aa sweat aa a rose,
but come, "mighty nlgh"-does ive every
ones inoatdeltKntftil .moke. Try It.
Every German regiment ha. a chiropodist
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FNS
is due not only to the originality und
simplicity of tho combination, but also
to-the care and (kill with which It is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to tho California Fio Hvhui-
Co. only,'and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing tho
truo and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by tho Calikohnia Fio 8mur Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist ono in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par-
tioa. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fio Hvkup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
tho ifbme of tho Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It Is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
Bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, und it docs not gripe nor
nauseate. I n order to get its beneficial
effects, please remembor tho name of
the Company— ,
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FIIANClaCO, Oak
I fOPlaFILLK. Ur. Its YORK, If. T.
Tin ass htisaOsotk ss4s0m,K.
UookcsM. Th.y a,a sswlBsaa warn
our now im-pm* Fsmltur. Ootatagao. i
cantatas lb. in 0.1 con|nkml*. col tad
good. M Mb. bom. oomlortabta .ad
baamlfnlararsMtaa tagslhar by tawtal
ar.’sswi
fio, ws don’t know our bufilntta.
And this combination book-
caw nnd wrltlnx d*»k la made of
qnnrtsr aawed oak or birch, fln-
lahed Nnhofanjr. with tovtWri
Tints mirror, II Inches x 10 In-
chtd, M InchM hifh sod 17 In
ch** wide, pollahed ilk* s piano;
and the prlc*, $*.75. A real $15
In thle country but what ha* received car*
R ood* at Uio*a price* which noas
1 you inquire anions your jttlfk-
non you wul more than likely find eotoiecne
who hM been delighted with tbelr dealings
with ut. We refer to National Bank* *1>star
th* country m to our reliability and fair deal
ing. Wswsnt you to have our Furniture Cat
alogue. beesuee It I* a liberal-educator la
boiixehold n*ce**ltle*. and we want yon to
havaour 10-colored Lithographed Carpet Cat
alogue, which ahowa dralgna and colors as
perfectly M though foo had the carpet os tbs
floor of your home. Both thee* catalogues
are youra for the aaklng, and you will know
more shout such thing* aftor reading it oars*
fully.
Addies* (exactly aa below)
JULIUS RINKS * $OVe
Dept. 301. Baltimore, Mil.
Biliousness
•'■have uao4 vogrvalnable CAUDA*
RKTN mul find them perfect. Couldn't da
without them. I have used them for some time
for Indigestion and btllouanraa and am now com*
8 lately cured. Hccominond them, to every out.
noe tried, you will never be without them Ul
the family.” Euw. A. Marx, Albany, N. Y.
... CUM QONSTIPATION. ...
■mm awitay taan, tbOM. i-M a~ m hi
ho*t$*iao asatferni&iLr&sar
OINKS, HOII.KIIN, MILLS and KKPAIR*.
Lombard Iron Works dc Supply Oo.,
AUOUSTA. OA. rr * ’
Howdy dot Have you
used St. Andrew's Cold
Tea? Grcateot on earth.
For Hale by tlenlera. To get
free Maniple package Hund
2«. stamp to Andrews »Mfg.
Co., Brlktol, Tenn,
Eub MoNlg’fr
UhMfgTKAWBMKI—
.iwtnnimmwgfo,
*-^yrT£tCEY«
wn.m!.£
arllBag wall, forhouaa,
fan. City and Villa*#
Waiar Works, Fact*.
rlaa, lm Plant.. Draw-
evtea, Irrigation, Coal aa*
M Moral Proa Footing, Oil aa*
Oaa.ata Lataa t and But. M
yaarsoaparlanoc. WRITE O*
WHAT vOU WANT.
UONM A NYSM, TUfla, OU*
sjfoslh
vaMior ■ a fTor aead ax*, k will
ahlpO. o. D. $2. we and silo* axemt-
~ a tlon. V Ire Arina Co. Wlnatoo.N.a
TIIK WMboiind mdaulnpt-
tiDimly lllnfttratedf price ga >, free to anybody Hwndlng
two annual Miilmoriptiona at gl each to tho Overland
Monthly, BAN YUANCIBCO. Bauipla Overlaud. 6c.
RkM **M, real! Sr .50 aaS
fewato■dill. aUBs-wiad
WdA* WaWlMMJd,
DROPSY
on bom. Hond for book of t*
Fl
_ teatlfnoniaU and 10 duyo*
treatment FPar. Dr g.M OaKBX I BOMS. Atlaata. Oa.
W ANTED—Oea* of b»d health that R I PA N I
will not benefit. Send 5 eta. to lllpatiH Chmnlcal
Co., Nhw York, for 10 Mtnplea and low testimonial*.
! w uL b j ThawpMw'g Eyt Wat«
MENTION THIS PAPER
In writing to adver
tlsars. A ku 93-37
Motherhood
TTTHIS event in the life of a wo-'
" I ^ man is looked forward to with
1 ■ n feeling akin to horror—not'
because the little one is not
welcome, but because the mother I
dreads the direful conseqnences
to herself. Those long hoars of*
agonizing labor stand out before
her like a hideous nightmare. An ■
improper delivery, followed by'
child-bed fever, may end the scene
in a few short days) leaving the'
• w m . * little one motherless. Bat there
1 r -2' i C 1» another side to the picture. Iff
f s' A women who *re expeoting to be- ’
' • -r\ , I ’ come mothers will commence the ,
use of the great female tonic,
GERSTLE’S FEMALE PANACEA,
regularly as directed a few weeks before confinement, and continue ,
its use until the organs ore restored to their normal oondltlon, the 1
hours of labor will be shortened, the pain lessened, and recovery
complete. If there is any costivoness, move the bowels gently with I
mild doses of St. Joseph’* Liver Regulator.
SOLI) AT DBl'S STOiiBS. L. OIBSTLR * CO., rngn., ClimXOOOA, Till. I