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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 36° Wl “ ° l G0J ' 00 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. 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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