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A SEBMOS BY TALMAGE •
Green and Fresh Religion.
Tort ^ ert Nebenuah v . viiL ... ,,. 1 >: , Go ~ Ur., ...
,, the ’
mount and fetch olive bi-aacas a .,a
branches and myrtle Uan-hes and p.....1
branches and bra:, lies of 1 nick tre s, to i;.a
1 be mount , of , oh ,. M's seems uc.m *:\xi , a, IV
1 ’
tree branches are being cut off anti sh>ul l ^r^l
aui carried on d>wn in pro - to 1,1
the city of Jerusa.ein. bnv ■ iu- i ran ^5 >
-f
Foliated booths every wbt r.. and lie i» •>
coming out from t!i ir houvs to live ;u tit ■ n
for seven days Why do the v
from their comfortable hom-s to tins tun
I Kirary booth: [t is a grand festival. It is
the Feast of the Tab 11,a les. The people
celebrate tho deiiveran&of theirfatliers (run
desert travel where they lived in tents. And
it is also typical of our march to heav.-n,
pilgrims in a thatW temporary booth on the way to
Canaan. So in a figurauve wnsr,
what was said to the Jews m a literal sens-:
‘•Go forth into tho mount and fetch olive
branches and pi,10 branches and myrtle
branches and palm branches and bi'auclcs
of thick trees to make booths.’’
Our residence here is a temporary affair.
We rent or lease or buy a house; but the
lease soon runs out and the deed must soon bo
surrendered. Bowling Given, once inhabited
by merchant princes, has become shipping
o,dices. U here are tile men who did impel b
wg business m our great cities thirty years
*v» off the stage. Where are the
men i’hey who owned New > ork fifty yeaisag)! the
have departed this life for most
part, lliere is no use in our driving pull our
stakes too deep, for we shall soon havo to ,
them up. Wo are on the march and are stop
pmg only in a temporary bo-:,, h of twisted
branches on the way to palaces eternal
Where aro the other -oueratio'is* ho far
gone that we oann it even hear the sound of
their feet. Tin y have pas.-ed up the hill and
we shall soon fol’-w tu rn. But. l.iessc 1 l« 1
(fix) we are not 1 : v mg here out ot doors and
unsheltered, .no; we may into tho mount
of God and bond and twist for ourselves a
shelter of comfort and daylight and I bid you ;
"go forth into the mount and fetch olive
branches and pma branches and pa m
brauehes and myrtle branches and the
branches of thick tr and make booths. ,
es
t he olive branch, you know, is always
used as a sign of peace. 1 lie olive tee- gioits
in warm climates to the height of about
twenty-live feet, has an upright stem and
many out shooting if branches which can easily time
be stripp 'd olf. a twig of this tree in
of war is handed from onegcniral to another,
it mean- the unsaddling of cavalry horses
and the hanging up of the war knapsacks. branches
After hostilities have ceased these
•replaced over doorways and they are built
into triumphal arches and they are waved in
processions. They spell out‘n verdurous let
ters that heaven-born word of “Reace!” >'ow,
my friends, In this gospel arbor which God
sends up to build we must have two of these
olive bl enches. 1 ’eo o with God! I do not
mean to intimate by that that God is a bloody
chieftain and has a grudge that against hero us; is
but I want to intimate I
no more affinity between a hare and
a bound, between a hawk and a
pulpit,liet ween an elephant and the swine, than
thera is between holiness and sin; aud since
God is all holiness, and we by nature are all
sin, there must bo soma readjustment, some
appraisement, some reconstruction, some
treaty, some stretching forth of olive
branches. The fact is, that the race has be
gun a lawsuit against its Maker, and that
lawsuit is now on the calendar. It is the
human versus the Divine. It is iniquity ver
sus the Immaculate. It is weakness versus
Omnipotence. God did not begin war it against high
us; we began war against him:and is
time that this farce of the ended. finite struggling We
against the Infinite o re are
tired of the war. We want to back out.
But how shad wegeta cessation of this coil
test! By going up into the m mnt of God
and plucking olive branches. What mount!
Calvary. Modern travelers say it is only an
insignificant lull; but I persist grandeur 111 calling of it its a
meaning mount; liecapse, it overtops through lfl-3 the rifgt'ie&t >C a!l
very Hima- t
earthly elevations. The Alps and the
layahs are less than ant hills compared with
it. In the very execution on Calvary, where
the cross was once sot, afterward the olive
was planted, day, and it is green and it thrifty and
foliaged it, to “Peace and with I strip God, off through and wave
Lord crying: Jesus Christ.’’ if there joy- our
Oh, is any
ful thought enough to overthrow one’s equi
librium, that is tiie thought. It may be a
matter of very little importance what Queen
Victoria or Emperor be brought William thihks close and of inti- any
one, but to into
mate and of hearty an i glowing relations with
tho God the round universe—Idiat makes a
hallelujah .-eem stupid. If we had con
tinued this fight against God for
ten thousand years wo could n<>t
have captured so much as a sword,
or taken so much as a cavalry stirrup, or
wrenched olf so much as a chariot wheel of
his omnipotence; but God and all heaven’s
artillery came over on our side at the first
swing of the olive branch. Peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, and there is
no |ieace in any other way.
But amity with God is not enough. We
must havo two olive branches. Pt are
with each other. Ob, it is easy enough 11 get
up a quarrel! There are all around us gun
powdery Christians, and the smallest match
of provocation will set them off. It is easy
to get up a quarrel in church or state; but it
never pays. When two Christians contend
with each other, they always bo’.U get whip
ned. Satan slightly smiles when lie gets 'w >
he worldlings induces agog with each other; but when
when he a tight between two Cli tians—
gets two men who profess to love
God and gets than at loggerheads_then
laughs so loud that all Inferno joins in
ca In limit., m. Hotter have your horns sawed
eli' Pi tter apologize, Better submit to
kind of humiliation. “No,” you say, “if this
matt-i- is over settled, he will have to take
the first step.” You are a pretty Christian,
y-'tt a:v'. 1 wander how long it would have
b'i 1 : of. >our world was saved, if Jesus
not taken the first step! We, tho
party, ye t C rist taking the first step. Do
therefore. Like a knotty and twisted
au go a: tel-your enemy; but go up into
- mount where the Radiant one suffered
lus enemies, and twist, oil an olive branch
t'o'i "” uitltl, l Laves, !in y ot put Hie on
1switch (■ It will not
obv’. o'-'J ?. Ve if 0M ' ° " M „"
ben ?! -vc ri ® c f*’ l
we in "i -l f lie tp ‘hom mt° ■ ail arbor 1 for
HOQ.S, ' v ’ i “J 0 '“; ,uut ai,d P luck oi
brnn ; > S
'
' Xt l | Iace *“R8r8ted , , that , . .
I, r , r s01 11 ” n lh “ f a >'
el.rv h!". V w ' , have , a rood
1 V “
’. P |, ’ e ’ 5 “ u know, , is.healthful, It.has
n',. ' t ‘-I.® r.....’ 'Uuadds evergieen. have lteen
i inti, " h ' "' j';? Hie pine grows
l,... “
t i, , , Hii»«:ighly well. It
in.'t ( 1 'is iptlO'.i on tile phrt o, phvsi
f mv a few weeks amid
3 ’'- ,U a, 1* ! New
warn want in-tills i» •t.i- gospel « . arbor j»me branches. Uo
and want something that means health
evergre n. This is a very healthy re
II -ion I have kn.nva an o'd Christian with
about no capital of pl.ysical health and carrying
him all the respectable diseases tha
o:ie rau any and vet kept alive by nothing
at all but his religion. He did not eat enough
to sustain a < hild. He lived on a beverage!)
hosannas. He lived high, because every day
he dined witli Ihe king. I could not under
stand his exhilaration uu m 1 found out tha
he li. e 1 iu an arbor of pine branches—Gospel
pnie branches. Ob, it is a heaithy religiuu.
It is li ' illhy f,,r the head. It is healthy for
the lnart. It is heaithy for the lunga It is
hmihy for tin fiver. It is healthy for the
Wli leu. ;n. Ioni an if we get enough of it.
Itow there are some J eople who only get
e ough " .igion to make them sick or to
u>.«t“» them; ".D but 1 mean fuU at inhalation—a
brji o,* mount That is?iv‘S“
><»i u.,iiig f exult rant, undyiug immortal
cr« wn of gxory. You vssseaas^w: cannot freeze out the
pm© forest., an 1 this grace of God is just as
•ununerof ' f piospenty. Z'™,! tr ^*?le It is the as religion it is in you the
want—not Change. I here dependent upon weather or upon
are some of you who feel that
you have had more than your share of trouhla
Ail the r u.n.s seemed to come together,
M JWU'kelfcacket. l uClWkef’* the < v,JS fisherman U i * n * y ^ who ?■ bildly was chided
to lor boy mending bis boat on the same <lar that
was burfed. They said: “it is hide
vmn-ehiffl.? be ^°x kln -''i ti -y o,lr ,vhen
ALd And he looked up m the men s . faces, and said:
•‘What am Itod-r- shall I allow the five
to starve because one of them is drowned.* It
is well enough for you gentiles.who can sit in
your bouses with yon r ha ml kerchi eta at your
eyes, to talk that way when you have grief;
but the like of us tv,aim to our work, thong*
our heart beat like lists hammer.” Oh, yes!
yaur bcna' cin-.-jit* and roar jwvartfes and
vour distresses <rav a.',, have a! once,
Rut 1 want to tel, > ,<a of a gvanrt that is full
of lfe. f\il of corns! ort, fuV f peace, you
have tried wr :.i :» Y0.1 have tried
thenvrte . e 1 ,oi h . ,.an svmpathy. Ihave
Com-r,c • ar ' •
c/ _ , r ., ; rerv fond of
, a ,,c . css he Used to ask
that a bss.r. - J be brought to him, and
t-1.-':. new,--.. I 1 .-x b;- g s :ity Un.L hands iniim in the
E.-.'.d ^ ^ d a; ^ — him*: : aiiVl a d cool his uto hands “what* ^ by
turning over the fold in the basin.
vam . attempt _ ..----- -- j 1 There Tifi___ is nothing .. in all the
meats o, tins wer, l.h ***&$*■?=£ ,«ever briskly you ay
turn tl. m over, t -s - ,!>e a perturbed spirit. kou
ca:,r...t • oms . <sl m hat way.
want somethin, ml » 1 c Cornea , t
gams to appease your sorrow
this play consolation. with any but A young P™™ n rtfu^d | ,1 to
would this day throw aside aU othar
and try this regal satisfa tion. Com ,, y
friends ami neighbors, an v isXrv S
^ It is in tin “ stI ^t turner e^of ot .^rity i rosiKi itv. It it 1. g
Goil w*s ami and ever fetch green. pine branches ‘"L lT arrl mlki «
boot.is.
“TI10 hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
lefore we reach the heavenly fid
Or walk the golden streets.
My text suggests still further that this
arbor of Christian grace ought to have in it
a goixl many palm branches. You know that i
i s a favorite tree in the East. The ancients
used to make it into 360 uses. The fruit is
conserved. The sap becomes a beverago.
The stones are ground up as food for camels.
The base of tho ieaves is twisted into rope,
Baskets and mats are made out of it, and
fmn the root to the tip top of the palm it is
all usefulness It grows eighty-five feet in
height, is columnar, its fringed leaves some
times four or hvo yards long, and the ancients
used to carry it in process!, ns as a symbol of
Ti( . lor y. Oh for Lsefulne more palm and branches in Head, our |
gospel U'rt. arbor! s victory. Ration
tongue, pen. money, social |
all employed for GocL Counsel is of ten given
n WO rdlv matters— about investments- that
you Lt mmi , 10 t put all the eggs in-one basket;
in this matter all God of and religion in I wish our-olves. that we
might * h?- give to man^my get is
0 says some business to
sell silks and calicoes.” Ihtai sell silks and
calicoes for the glory of God Says another
man: “My business is to edit a new.-pa|s-r.” of God:
Then edit a newspaper for the glory
Bays another man; “My business is to raise
com and carrots. ” Then raise corn and car
rots for the glory of God. Says some other
man: -My business js to manufacture horse
shoe nails.” Then manufacture horseshoe
I nails for the glory of God. Anything that a
j man right cannot to do. do The for vast the glory majority of God of he professed has no
I Christians in this day do not amount to any
i thing. Y r ou have to shovel them off the track
(before the chariot of Clod's grace can ad
j vanee. What we want in the church now is
not weeping willows, sighing and weeping by
tile water-courses,admiring their long fringes full
m the glass of the stream; not hickpories
of knots; not wild cherry dropping bitter
fruits; but palm trees adapted producing— to 06O pur
poses, root, trunk, branch, leaf
something for g, d and men and angels. Oh,
I am sick and tired of this weak, senti
mental, satin-slippered, It fussy, hoity-toity this
religion. world and will amounts to nothing in the
amount to nothing in
world to come. Five hundred men and women
in Brooklyn knowing nothing but Christ and
the value of the soul can capture this city for
God in three yrars. Ten thousand men and
could women take at thejull this whole standard earth for of Christian Christ in zeal ten
years. and My when brother, when aro you going Leil- to
work, am I going to work?
yard, the great traveler, had set before him
by work a geographical exploration society, Africa a very and important they
of in after
hail shown him what they wanted him to do.
thedearned men looked up in his face and
said: “Well, He when will you start on this ox
pedition!” 1 replied: “To-morrow morning.”
And when ask you what you are going to
do for God and Christ and you tell me that
you want to serve him with earnestness and
con»coraffion, 1 atijf you whon are you going
to start?*! want you within your soul to say:
“To day, this moment, now.” Go up into
the mount and fetch palm branches to build
booths.
But we want pahn branches still further,
for victory. By He nature we are serfs. The He
devil stole us. keeps his eye 011 us.
is afraid all the time that we will get away,
He has been watching us a great while and
keeping us under constant supervision. But
one day word comes from our Heaven y
Father saying that if we would like to break
away from our taskmaster He will help us.
Some day we rouse up and look at the black
tyrant in our way and we fiy on him and we
wrestle him down and we put our heel on his
neck and grind him into the dust and then
we leapon him withbothfeetcrying “Victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ!” Do not men
want palm branches grand to celebrate that victory? under
Oh, what a thing it behind is to g et sin
foot and a wasted life our back.
Blessed is the man whose transgression is
forgivou and whose siu is covered,
“But how about the future?” you
sav, Oh, you dear souls, do not
bother about that. Saint Paul says
that you are to be more than conquerors,
Did Saint Paul write that merely for the pur
poso of saying No. something poetic aud high
sounding ? It means that there is noth
ing between here and heaven that by the grace
of God we cannot beat. “How about siek
ness?” you say. More than conquerors. “How
about slanderous abuse?” More than con¬
querors. “How about poverty?” More than
conquerors. “How about death itself?” More
tlian conquerors. “Well,” you say, “ that
seems to take all trouble away.” Why, that
is what I came here for, in Christ’s name. I
want to gather your troubles in a great pile
*kl set them on fire, and ask gales from
heaven to blow even the ashes away. What
is Hie use of your fretting and stewing about
tbe-prosont and about the future when God
has promised to take all your affairs in his
hands and manage them for the very best
Do you think he can iloit? Or are you so
self conceited that you think it will be better
1£ y° u Lake care of your own matters? Do
y° u want to drive and insist upon God taking
aback seat! “No,” you sav. “X want the
Lord to be my loader and guide.” Then you
are going to be more than conquerors. Your
last sickness will come, and the consulting
physicians about what in they the hod next room will be talking
better do for you. Wuat
difference wiil it make to you what they do?
You ara going to be well anyhow—overlast
j„glv the body, well. After friends the breath has gone from
your in the. next room will
be c insulting as to where they had better
l„„ y you. Wliat difference will itniako to
you where Hi y bury you, for the Uini ol the
resurrection wouU as'lief pick you out of the
ilust in one place as in another, and all the
i cemeteries are in God's acre. I remember in
the oil country-meeting-house my father
s .metiines ied the singing, and he would take
| ■ bis tuning-fork from his pocket, and strike
the fork upon his knee, and then put the
tuning-fork to his ear and catch the pitch,
, and then start the song. Oh, that tho sons
*'" , 1 ‘! , : ‘ w ?htors ,, of , God ,, , were now catch
' ,hu P Hch of tlle eternal song of
t U ‘!' 0,,P ' You ought
to 1* getting ready and now come to the
Lehearsak lhey shall hunger no more,
"vdher thirst any more, neither shall the
I * u " t *'' .Hiem. nor any heat Ur the
1 ^ :i " 1 ! . h ls ,n the of th e throne
1 sha 1 U ea ,' 1 t!,i ,n , to Lvmg , fountains of water,
a "‘ 1 l s , laU „ Wl pe away all tears from their
I e s
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‘‘L’ity of Eternity, to thy bridal halls of glad
m ss.
L. Heir of From glory tint the prison shall he would for theo J flee, and me.”
One step fur; her and n,v text demands that
in making oi tin- -n i arbor we shall get
hranchc f thick trees. You know that a
booth or arbor is of tittle worth unlfss there
be stout joh s at the earners, or the wind will
thm'm.’, hoSi’r^I- iter!'unC^l tovTXong
branches ui thick tres. And I want to toll
| gospel sstss?iss5%i!2ss with well , with s»is«t invito
tions. Whit© warnings oiiv© a* as
branches are good in their
places and toe palm branches and the myrtle
branches, we want tho stout branches of
thick trees. Tic tempest of temptation wifi
I come down after a while: the hurricane of
death will blow; the everlasting storm will
pome up bel w ing from the last world, and
i | Rlas tor ,hat n,n!l "ho has not his soul shel
'trees. tereil under ttw stout branches of the thick k
So that white we £ve i.reaHi fhe gospel' inW»«
tions of the guspel and the of the
I we njK mu<t t!ie L’ll Hun, men they that unless they I repent li£> and
j ; s >- must die. what
Mr. Finney said in the school house in a vU-
lags in New York State, which they named
1 Sodom, because of its wickedness, and tnere
was only one goxl man m the village
and they called Inin Lot. v. hen Mr. ivuiney
i preached in the school house, he took nis
1 text from the destruction of Sodom, ana
the peoplo to get up out of that place asie
jLorl would rain lire and brimstone upon
them unless they repented, and they grou
their teeth and they clenched their fists while
be was speaking; but after a while they were
melted and fell on their faces and medio
mercy while mercy was to be had. We wa t
just inch a gospel as tl.at-a gospel full of
love and alarm; and while wo present the
rewards we must also present the retnbu
tions; a»d while we have olive.and palm stout and
I ,.„r,di myrtle a brnm-hpa. branches, wo wo must have
| branches yiaiw ^But'what of thick J_____ ami trees. u/do text? When
with »iy
I announced it you knew not what I *
j * yf jj nd j„ it enough
gl ■ t)ie g pine
“,‘^eusan olive branch of -1 peace and the
the myrtle branch
0 f t« a uty and the palm branch of victory,
and “” the stout branch of the thick trees to
|ke nn al . lH , r for „» the people. Oh, come with
j nto the booth. 1 ho air is aromatic
heaven. The branches distil the blossom of
The leaves rustle with the gladness of
• the gospel booth.
Come oTwith into tho booth, hilnter be/ore day
I went an old
, , d w . „ ot on the mountains before
the sun arose an.l we set our trap to catch
. or d sV ,. ? , a , d then retired into a booth,
for it was very chilly and we must l»e hidden;
and j remember the tapestry of the leaves
of that booth was richer than the tapestry of
k.rv’s bed-chamber. Seated there in the
booth”we looked out and watched for the
f “e\ the ,{ pi-eons or doves; and after awhile
ho vas flock in thesky.and they dropped
■ t , t or trap ulld our excursion was
f^Uybreak Now fVe^An we are on the g^ mountain. It
th.s tax.th and
look ' wntchinc g ; waitine for tho coming of a
’ And they hover,
a t llock , )f ou i s see!
thev are coming h “as clouds and as doves to
,,
?. ‘ filr in • sars a cu i ltv soul T “1
lmv mch w?ong.” cveryUnn ' Yps;°rest - aml am sc
tired of doing for the sin
. ^\\av T mmn ini’’ a bereft soul Yes'
J , everything fnd that I love ”
the * 5 ? wiiowhood ". ^Z,ion^^ ornh^age ^Mav“ f and
* , d “It fa s , tfd to come gTa
.. ; 1 ... i t nm frenzied with want
’ destitute
gay . , in_\ , v,..■ «.wrt rest for for the
1 ! d ”tin SvtTwcU whoXv are
^.‘.'‘^IC 1 <■ t nns ^^pfng ver th»mt ey^ ’i -ether ervin®- bookin' hekrts “Rest
.,L C and
. , „ trboSt a | m swe »t ' O^comi fragrant
., .
IY0RDS OF WISDOM.
Three things to like—cordiality, good
humor and mirthfulness.
To be indifferent whether we embrace
falsehood or truth is the great road to
error.
One grand business in life is not to sea
what lies dimly at a distance, but to do
what lies clearly at hand.
As reasonably expect oaks front a
mushroom bed as great and durable
profits from small and hasty ciforis.
We ought not to look back,unless it is
to derive useful lessons from past errors
and for the purpose of profiting by dear
bonght experience.
Those who aro most distrustful of
themselves are the most envious of
others; as the most weak and cowardly
are the most revengeful.
lie that does not know those things
which are of use aud necessity for him
to know, is but an ignorant man, what¬
ever he may know besides.
In all things throughout the world the
men who look for the crooked will see
the crooked, and the men who look foi
the straight can see the straight.
We gh not so ranch what men assert,
as what they prove; remembering that
truth is Simple and naked,and needs not
invention to apparel her comeliness.
The spirit of liberty is not merely, aa
some people imagine, a jealousy of our
own particular rights, but unwillingness a respect for
t lie rights of others aud an
that, any man, whether high or low,
should be wronged or trampled under
foot.
A Romantic Painter.
Like most romantic characters, Lan¬
tern has inspired romance not only- in
play wvights, but in poets and talemakern.
The stories told of him arc curious. They
might even be true, but there are no
facts to show they are. One says that,
having received a hundred crowns
from that “most heartless of amateurs,”
the Comte deCaylus, fora moonlight,
Lantara was utterly miserable till he and
the money parted company. All day he
wandered in a passion of suspicion; at,
night, in his garret by t he Louvre, he
could not sleep for did thinking of lus gold:
and when he sleep he was led
through wish such a dance of dreams as made
him himself poor again. To be rid
of it was easy enough in the Paris oi
Louis XV.—a very paradise of knaves.
He went to the cabaret and told his
troubles to his roistering friends. There
was plonty of sympathy. It look the
form of bumpers and dice; and before
long the money troubled Lantara na
more.
There is, top, a touching story of a
love affair. On the basement of the old
hause in whose attic Lantara slept lived
a young fruiterer—a girl from Picardy
named Jacqueline. Her voice it was
that first attracted him; it was sweet and
strong and clear; and it rose like a sky¬
lark's to his open window at dawn; the
first and only sound in the humming city
that brought back to him the memory of
woods and fields. He had passed the
fruit-shop daily, heedless of its tenant.
Xow he lingered on the stairs; hung
about the door. Painter and fruit-seller
soon became friends, then lovers. .Many
a time is she siid to haveriuredhim from
the wine shop home; and in his sorest
straits to have shared with him her
little earnings, yome of his best pictures
seem to have been painted under the in
brief. Jacqueline died; and Lantara,
oppressed old haunts. with grief, sought solace in
his It is told that years
afterward he would weep at the mention
of her name. To get a picture from him,
produced iu the days of Jacqueline, was
impossibie; and when asked why he
queline siuging iu the landscape?"—•
Mtigatine of Art.
j T (t .«t FIa.uIq a ,.f 0 *i,„ ' ea „„.i„ .^ •'
" 88 * * ood deal , , warmer han the
* lortd-i ot day—and . the home
our was
of elephants and camels and other ani
j I raal.v now only iound in hot climales At
the last meeting of the Academy of V.t
| “Ld sciences in Philadelphia, Dr. Leidy.
"ho wan presiding, said twenty--five year.*
! i~iLi.wf.t»„;
' ume on t,lc western Continent; but lie
was laughed at. A year or so after, a
! | complete skull was found, and now some
I one has ' M-ni him the er.uvn crown ot , .1 the the teat last
! , *«>tli , , ol . .1 similar Iwast found near
| -V roller, of I’ia., horses, m camels, the midst of a lot of
remaius elephants and
i ntistod .ua The horse V* tooth showed ‘ u a 8
: P e, ' iw ' .... hitherto , unknown, aud has , been
Jalued Ly Prof, l^idy Rhinoc^nut pro
’«rom. The remains found there showed
that the former climate of Florida had
been like that of India
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Distemper.
The trouble, ■ . says a writer in in an on aori- agn
cnllnr.il cultural tinner paper, is IS avoided »' chiefly - by
observing the rules or ueaitn, ana
avoiding exposure to strong draughts
of cold, air when in the stable, by
proper 11 blanketing, 1 otc etc. sometimes 'sometimes
distentDer per or or influenza becomes epi
demie, and scarcely a horse escapes,
but those that have been properly
caretl tor will suffer , but , lltue corn
pared tC Ia (h„ those ln ..mlcr Ul netrlect. !
The Grst precaution I would offer 1
is, do 1 no , bleed , , or gl mil *■ hartics
Make the stall in which the animal IB j
to . be kept , sweet, clean , „ ana anA airy, u as 1
should not chilly. be offered Cool—-not frequently, i^old-water ana two
sulphate of iio» given I. »
pint of Water night and morning, or
live to ter, drops tincture ol .cuuitum ;
in same quantity Of water twice a
' ’
day. , If .. the throat . becomes sore „ nrft a a .
counter-irritant is good on the outer
”
surface and alternate tinctuie .. . Violin oeua
donna uoniit* with one 011 of the above, live
ci rops to a pint of water.
1'e.d Iran <« oat-meal grael-do
corn. Good care is very essential, and
with this the animal will not be likely
to remain idle for anv great length of
time time. It If alter liter three mree or o four days
.
there is no improvement, but an in
clioatioa to grow «or,«. a veterinary
surgeon shouid be called.
Preparing Potato Seed.
Long before potatoes are to be
planted , , , the ,, , potatoes Should u a e
sepa
D cot out of the dark pits or pins in
which they are necessarily Stored ,
during severe weather. Exposure to
liejht for some time before planting IS
viry imports. It the planting i, to
be early the seed should be cut at once
'
and , spread thinly in a light, warm
room, to allow the cut surfaces to
harden. , The seed 1 Will ... then , be much ,
less liable to rot if a cold, wet time
comes after planting. The dampness
in the soil will find its assaults on the
seed checked by the dry, calloused sur
face the cut. It T . the . potatoes . .
over
are not to be planted until late, cutting
tho seed should be delayed until a few
days before planting. It is a difficult
matter to keep a largo quantity of cut
potato seed just right for a long time.
If put in heaps, barrels or bags some
of it will heat and spoil. If kept
very long exposed to light and air the
moisture will all dry out of the cut
pieces and they will appear like chips.
In a moist soil most of these will
grow, but, should a dry time come just
after planting, there will be some
failures. Bat whether to be planted
early or late, seed potatoes should, from
this time on, be exposed to light and
air. The vigorous green shoots which
will be just ready to push out when
the seed is put in the ground will be
so much gain, instead of a detriment,
as are the pale, thin sprouts which
push from potato seed in dark, warm
places, , the ., , latter ., robbing ,, : the ., potato ... of
the substance on which the young
plants must first depend before they
can put forth roots for their own sup
port .—A merican Cultivator.
Household Hints.
Allow one teaspoonful of tea for
each person and one for the pot.
A tablespoonful of vinegar in t.he
pot will make tough meat or chicken
tender.
To wash doubtful calicoes, wet one
teaspoonfui of sugar of lead in a pail
of water; soak fifteen minutes before
washing.
Cold rain water and soap will take
out machine grease, where other
means would not be advisable on ac¬
count of colors running, etc.
Javelle vvater, often met with in
works or articles on cleaning and dye¬
ing, is made of one gallon of water and
four pounds of ordinary washing soda
Roil for five or ten minutes, then add
one pound of chloride lime. Let cool,
and keep corked in a jug or tight ves
sel.
An agreeable flavor is sometime.
imparted to soup by sticking R some
cloves . into .... the meat , used , for making , .
stock.. A few slices of ooioo. fried
very brown in butter are nice. Also
flour browned by simply putting it into
a saucepan over the fire and stirring it
constantly until it is dark brown.
• Our Little Sister,
Within the Kingdom of Italy is
«<»*««■« RepuUicof 8m Jlarino,
the smallest Republic in the world,
It owes its foundation to a hermit,
w hose name it bears. He went to
j T ^‘iR . , to . work , as a mason at ... the rebuild
ing of the walls of Rimini. Its teri
tory covers about twenty-two square
— i* t-fw- .■«*» woo
souls, and the capital, San Mario, has
1,200. It is perched on the summit
of moutain called Mount Titan, or the
f 1 Cjants, which sometimes leads to this
‘ liitJo tUe . state Ute tieinir bcmR termed ter| H ed the the Titanic Tlt »“C
■ Uepublic.” Iho Republic has an order
,,f chivalry •’ created ' in IRffO ’ under tho
name of Order of San Marino. The
| motto is “Libertas.” When Italy be
'came a kingdom Napoleon desired to
i 1*“™s«. m
a.n»M«pi.«» np»ua >»p»
serve/* said tho Eniperor.
ot ____
He did not Mean That.
Tie (taking her in to dinner.)—
! “Yes 1 know Bootto slightly, and I
««nfe 9 S I don’t think much of him.”
She—-I know him aiittle toa lie
took me in to supper a little while
.
ai£0
He 4 *A\h, that’s just about all he’s
flt lor ;-
BARTHOLD I S BIG GIRL.
The PreJ-dleeaM^Bj n Canvasser ,.r the
The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly com
nlete. The statue has arrived and soon New
harh „ r H ., u graced by the most mag
niticent Colossal statue the world haslever^seen.
-.Liberty Enlightening the World!” What
ft priceless blessing personal liborty is. It w
with a fervency that Americans can scarcely
realize; it is a principle for which Nihilists
wjmngly dje tJl0 deat h of dogs; and fit and
, iro ,ier it is that at the very entrance of the
bay of New York this emblematic statue
shou i d ^5, n we icome to the world.
The press is entitled to th « eredtt of this
achievement Mr. i hilip Beers, wno n.is
Leon making a circuit of the country on be
half of the Pedestal fund, says that the fund
ivill certainly be raised, as the World, does
lj0 (. ) innw the word fail.
Mr. Beers says that ho has found the most
pronounced generosity among those of for
, i h - n birth. They seem more appreciative of
liberty than do our native born. Moreover,
among some a strange prejudice seems to ex
i* Mrticularr
In what
“I have ever found that, however merito
'ShmlS T”!
have spent most of my life on the road and I
prevailing prejudice. I was very ill, hadsuf
ferod for several years with headache, tickle
a p (XJt j tei dreadful backache, cramps, hot
head,cold hands and feet and a general break
down of tho system. I dragged
myse |f \ mc k to ^ ew York, seeking
the best professional treatment. It so
happens that among my relatives is a dis¬
tinguished physician who upbraided me
2?
marked to him:
^ trolled by 3^- prejudice. plZ^YoJZ \ ou cannot reach a ^on¬ case
like mine and you know it, canyouf" conceded the
I.J , lad him; and ho finally
point, for it was bright’s disease of the kid
myself, SiSXKo'tSfrfS'arti’SS however, 1879 and not havmgseen
in ,
a si ck day since, my relative finally accomplished admitted
that Warner’s safo cure, which
this result, was really a wonderful prepara
tion. 'Hail President Rutter, of the Central
Hudson used it, I am certain he would be
a p vo to-dav, for he could not have been in a
worse condition than I was.”
“I have found similar prejudices among all
classes concerning even so laudable a scheme
^X^fexp“Hence and the recent death
of President Rutter, of the Central-Hudson
V•JS-LS'E. “S
|K>wer over such diseases, and indicates
only course one shouid pursue if, as the
; a ^ p r \viiiard Parker says, head
ache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi
cal swellings, back ache, dark and
offensive fluid*, prematurely impaired eye
sight, loss of strength and energy occur, for
they unmistakably indicate a fatal result, if
not 2f%KS promptly arrested. “^f^it
d( wiat^
great triumph for the 1 Forte, but would it
not havo been an eternal disgrace had our
people failed to provide for this pedestal!”
Truth is said to be precious as a dia
mond ; but it lias a valve that no dia
mond can have—the power of continually
We'eannot compute ufwX'andtalk
it up like a precious stone; we may
rattier regard it as the seed that contains
within itself the promise of continuous
harvests for the ever increasing needs of
future generations. Frugally should we
presere it, liberally should we dispense
it, but prizing still it for for what it has been and is,
more what it is capable of
producing.
His Lunch.— A 10-year-old Rochester
boy on the cars coming to Troy the
other day became hungry about 11
o’clock and began an attack upon the
bountiful lunch that had been prepared
for him. A gentleman who sat behind
him was moved to remark: “My boy,
if you eat much now you won’t have any
appetite for your dinner.” To which
the smart little fellow replied: “Well,
I guess if I haven’t any appetite I shan t
want any dinner. The gentleman B had
‘
no more to sfty>
Well Kept.— The late Schuyler Col
fax, at a meeting of the Daughters of
Rebekah in Indianapolis last summer,
declared from tho rostrum that it was
his pride to say that the Rebekah De¬
gree was the best kept secret in the
order. Men bad been expelled from the
order (Odd Fellows) for divulging the
secret work, but there was no instance
on record of a woman having ever proved
recreant to her obligations.
An Ice House.—F armers who have
in ver included an ice-house among their
appurtenances are reminded that ice is
not only a luxury, and a cheap one at that,
hut, in the dairy, almost a necessity in
these days of gilt-edged lmtter. The
house once built, filling it each season
with iee is a matter of small expense, as
this may bo done at the season when
men and teams are idle.
♦ » ♦ —
It is estimated that there are 200,
000,000 Mohammedans in the world, of
whom 6,000,000 are in Southeastern
Europe and 20,000,000 iu Asiatic Tur¬
key, 7,500,000 in Persia, 25,000.000 in
Arabia and Central Asia, and 60.000
000 in Hiudostan. Considerable more
than half of them are in Asia, and the
remainder in Africa, except the 6,000,
000 in European Turkey.
vmlId Care,”
would , hl< ba a truth. ul name to give to Dr.
• tenv’s “Golden Medical Discovery” the
ZXXZStSXg&g&J!: 11 ry dtsease. But “consumption cure" would
which m“s
““• spring from a derangement of
..id surd sperilkT^ Of aUdru^Tsta ^ & ^
•
Stan in made out of the dust of the earth, and
some of them are terras all their lives.
it That Minds Me,”
m #///' Says Sandy, “o’ that awfu*
7 J /shT : Eczema I had, before I left
£ i l home, in Scotland. I was maist
jr"" « * m covered wi’ eruptions,
g L?/ when I
7 ; > saw an adverteesment o’
>jTi fH/.y. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
I | I in ina fairly Glasgow drove paper. The itch
/ tcoh the Sarsaparilla, me mad, but I
worked like an’ it
wrought magic. Man, it
tm a perfect cure.”
L \ V !”* noTn st 1 Jay r ar " or h,c ?, night. a P >' 'tehed 1 A so few troubled badlv bottles I could with
I Aver n Sarsaparilla ntirelv of
i •L'hn Lehmann, Editor . cured me.—
S3. Crete Rresse. Crown imd Proprietor .
1 Point, Ind
wtt t R«.. PH w i-'A ,r>T’ U : it “ diih- for'a ^ ( was : vw ,f V,m'i *®d. ^'niundma, hereditarv. ” had S f" r fi'” Fla.tesaid ’ Last month- R "' winterHlr* 1 to 1 took me
' ’ you seen condition
i • tore - T I commenced its inv tel,?Jt
use I would
Copyrighted.
Ayer’s S “'
a r S apa r m a
1 ‘reared by Dr. J. C. Aytr i,Cg., LewOt, ii«, *
■ SvU ly DfUgghU. Price »1, *ix bottle.,
$s.
Ail Only Dno.hier Cured of CnnnMVfn.
When death was hourly expected failed from and con¬ Dr
sI*rv^“sss“ss. sumption, all remedies having h H^”“i
cured his only child, and now gives this leupe
on receipt of stamps to pay expenses Hemp
also cures night sweats nausea st the stom
ach, and will break a fresh cold in 34 hoora.
Address Craddock & Co., 1031 Race street,
Philadelphia, Pa., naming this paper.
Cicero: To live long it is necessary to live
Blowly. __
YVe t’nnlion All Against Them.
The unprecedented success and merit of Ely’s
Cream Balm—a real cure for Catarrh, hay fever
and cold in the head—has induced many ad¬
venturers to place catarrh medicines bearing
some resemblance in order appearance, style or name the
upon the market, in to y aile upon
reputation of Ely’s Cream Balm. Many in vour
immediate locality will testify in highest com¬ only
mendation of it. Don’t he deceived. Buy into
Ely’s Cream Balm. A particle is applied Brice
each nostril; no pain ; agreeable to use.
50 cents ; of druggists.
Franklin: A11 investment in knowledge always
pays the best interest.
For. pvspkpsia, indigestion, depression of
spirits and general debility in their various
forms, also a» a preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittent fevers, the “Fcrro-
1 ’hosphorated Elixir of Calisaya,” made by Cas¬ all
well, Hazzard <fc Co., New York, and sold by
the best tonic ;and for patients equal. recov
eringfrom fever or other sickness it has no
“The Mite’y Dollar”—That made up of church
collection pennies.
How often is the light of tha household
clouded by signs of melancholy or irritability
in the part of the ladies. Yd they arc not
to be blamed, for thov are the result of ail¬
ments peculiar to that sex, which men know
not of. But the cause may be removed and
joy restored by the use of Dr. Bierce’s “Fa¬
vorite Prescription, ’ which, as a onic ami
nervine for debilitated women, is certain,
-afe lie and pleasant. of It is beyond all compare
1 great healer women.
The Russian platinum mines are said to be
the moat valuable in the world.
Hay Fever.
I have been a great sufferer from Hay Fever
for 15 years. I read of the many wondrous
cures by Ely’s Cream Balm and thought I would
try once more. In 15 minutes after one weeks appli¬
cation I was wonderfully helped. Two
ago I commenced using it and now I feel en¬
tirely cured It is the greatest discovery ever
known or heard of.—D cjia.uei. Clark, Farmer,
Lee, Mass. Price 50 cents.
Confucius: To die well one must first learn
to live well.
Kuptnrn, Drench or Hernia
permanently cured or no pav. The worst
cases guaranteed! Pamphlet and references,
two three-cent stamps. World’s Dispensary
Medical Association, 003 Main street, But
falo. N. Y.
_
Lowell: No man is horn into the world whose
work is not born with him.
Important.
Whfln you vixit or leavn Now York city, s»vo
exprespage tprespRge find fi $3 carriage hire, a id stop at the Gri ad
Union Hotel, opposite •Bite Grand lira Central depot.
6tX> elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of on*» milli in cin “
dollars, $1 and upward per p»*r day. day. Eu European plan, Kla¬
tator. Restaurants upplied railroads with the all host. depots. Horne ra Families a cars, cars,
Mages _ and elevated to
ran ran liv live better for leas money af the lie Grand Gran Union
Hotel than at any other first-class hotel in the 1 city.
If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be
so that no one will believe him.
VarietyUtlie Sjiiee of I.ife.
There is a variety in the lettoi’S received by
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, testifying to the
cures effected by her Vegetable Compound
and the great relief afforded to thousands of
women in all sections. Mrs. C ■, of
Toronto, says: “I have taken three bottles
with very gratifying results.” Mi's. Stephen
B-, of Slieftington, Queliee, says: “I am
now using the fourth bottle and have derived
great benefit already.” Sarah C ', of
Eugene City, Oregon, says: “It is the best
medicine for the female sex I have ever
found. ” Mrs. C -, of Santa Fe, says:
“Your Compound lias done mo a great deal
of good.” Mrs. H. S. D- of Portland,
Me., says: “It has done for me all it claimed
to and I cheerfully recommend it to all suf¬
fering as I have done.” Mrs. D. H. E-,
of bottle Lexington, Va., says: “1 have taken one
and l assure you I feol a gr. ■at deal
lie.'ter, I feel strong as ever and I’ve never
felt a pain in my back since the second dose.’
UrlUm 5^? 8 8^,11 Jlurphine tlnlifl Ciiri 1 1 <1 cured. In ID
Date. S?K?;re>" ITIbS anon. - Ohio
HAY-FEVER A A R R
I can recommend Ely’s
Cream Balm to all Hay-Fe- 11 ■■ r ■
ver sufferers, it bein^, in my CrffABul LY'S
opinion, founded on expeii- By
ence afflicted and a sure cure. I was m-j O/Qfa ‘ rt*Anl
with Hay-Fever for
before twenty-five years, and never |lf^F H/^FEVE^ v
found permanent re- y .
lief. -Webster H. Has- && & fe 6
kins, Marshfield, Vt.
Cream Salm
has gained an enviable repu¬
tation wherever known, dis¬
placing all other prepara
into HAY-FEVER
MKIIH AI, DEPARTMENT OF THE
Tulane IJniversitv
IFormer).,-. OF l.OFISlANA.
I iKlz-lW, the University of Uouisiana. I
..ssesses unrivaled advantoKHS for pmctical instruction
since the l»w secures it superabundant materials from
the great Charity Hosp'ta 1 with its 700 beds, 8,000 sick
admitted and 10,000 visitm* patients annually. Stndenls
»re freely admitted to and are taught at the bedside nf
V?" d't.onaimformat'on, nn other institution. For ciroular nr ad
i O. Drawer New address S. E. OHA1LLE, Dean,
. 2bl, Orleans, La.
Jrf**ri 30 YOU WANT __________ AOOC?V( _ ______
>j 1 "^Sr.tJJS. -'H.vtn,. ofdlSm.l JKiSE£ brMda.nrlsea .safe'
“"<••• Slmrtiot.a ”,
Pille lll”Se Great Rheumatic English Remedy. Gout and
Oval Itox, SX.OO: round. &0 ct«.
I szassrsasa out. A. K.
I PricesKeisonablt. Illnstrated ^nSnivgwFtit.
Talte all in all.
—Take all the Kidneys and Liver
-Take -Take all all the the Blood Dyspepsia purifier/'' 1 '”"’’’
and Indi K , sl|i
,
—Tal;e all the Ajue, Fever, CU ’
aild Wtfcll,
-Take all the Brain and
m, rj,. fort..
—Take all the Great health restorers
*!*••* sjaisto.
world, —Qualities and ot will all the find best lhat “fftpf nn dicing' th
you
—Bitters have tho best, curative
and powers of all —concentrated n».,v l la
—And that they will in aL*’ th,
of these, singly -combined. cure when “
or Fail Mite
—A thorough trial will give positive /
of this. Wi
Hardened Liver.
Five yoars ago I broke down with kiting
and liver complaint ami rheumati sin.
Since then I have been unable to L,
at all. My liver became hard like 1 " 1 " 1
limbs were puffed up and filled win,) “>?
All the best physicians wa;, '
.„uld I resolved agreed thin. 1111
euro me. to try Hon hit,
I have used seven liver, bottles; the’ liardntxe ijC! '■^ "
all gone from my theswellin- 1 '
limbs, and it has worked a miracle j, ■’
case; otherwise I would have been now '!!■ “ i
gravo. W. Morey, Buffalo,
J. Oct. 1, ^
Poverty and Suffering.
"I was dragged down with debt, p„ wrt ,
and suffering for years, cans d by asDI- r
ily and large bills for doctoring. 1 J! "'
“ I was completely discouraged u n ci f *
year ago, by the advice of my pad «•
menced using Hop Bitters, and in one in,, '
we were s') well, and none of us havese,-i
sick day since, ami I want to say t„ 3
keep families a ;| poor
men, you can your we! a
with Hop bitters for less than one :, .
visit will cost. I know it. ”
—A WoRKINGHav
Hops tSTNone genuine without a l.um-h of Er „.
on the white label Shun a!' *'i
poisonous stuff with “Hop” or ••!{., y'
their name.
to Soldiers rntrs. k
to te t-r lr.-ui.uv. col. ; >
JAM. All .. V, ash; j;
D YSPEPSIA
Ih dnn^erous as well as distressing complaint. If
pressing ^h^one of the system^ to prepare tho
we* 2 > M > 2 V
0
a
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0
ilflii! 3 ms
*3 3
9 8
y BEST TONIC. H
its Quickly forms, and rai’tburn, completely Cures Dyspepsia inall
II Relehiiiif, TaKtingtlw
Hood, Ac. It enriches and purifies the blood, atirou.
le-tes the appetite, and aids the assimilation of fnnd.
Key. First J. T. KOA8ITFR, the honored pastor of the
Reformed Church, Baltimore, Aid., sa\>
and ‘‘Having Indigestion. used Brown’s I take Iron Bitters for Dyspepsii
mending it highly. Also consider (treat pleasure it splendid it; recom¬
a tunic
and invigorstor, and very strengthening.”
Genuine ha* a hove trade mark and creased lined
on J:»\Vn wrapper. Tnltr no other. Made only hy
I5 CIIIMK VU’tl., It A1/1’ I MO H F.. MD.
Ladies’ Hand Book— useful and nttm-tivo, con¬
taining coins, etc..given list of prizes for recipe*, dealers information about
mailed address away by all in medicine,or
to any on receipt of 2c. i taBm.
SKEr -*LV
SsS-rf , i- ’■!
1?
plLtYter;-’. >.• L.’caSi- j
•m
Twelve horse-power Engine, either portable ortfe
taelied. Adapted Price, threshing, 9500. ginning, grinding, sainnf
all to cheip
and similar work. Strictly first-class? cotreppondin*
only prices. in price. Other size engines at
..
The “Self-Tr»mping Cotton Press.” complefi*. It***
enpporting, ready for belt. Price* SI50.
one-half of the labor, is quickly and easily erectw.
takes little r«M»m, is simple, strong and durable, in*
cheapest, as well as best Cotton Press made. Genera
machinery for sale.
PROGRESS MACHINE WORKS,
Hl.KIDIAN, MISS.
STAMPING OUTFIT. Sw
Set of Ii'UlftlN, 2 inches high. H< *
showing Pad nearly 2,000 designs for Fancy Work, rojj
oer bdv and everything needed to do stamping, worth d^ '*
with needle and silk to work it, 1
ti’MitiB hensiuKton ten, KibboaFIu»h to .lamp Plush, Frit. .Vc„ slitobt- tiwl. •
amt oth.-r ’
• ’ .b. Kensington and l.iister I* a :iirini t 1 11 " r
” ork, ,tc. Price List of Embroidery Materw
Looks, Ac. By mail. j $1.00. Jt««.
T. P ARKER, Lynn,
QUIGK quickest making less of any than I ever $40 tried.’’Any t»r week 1 should man or tn wo®
°nsy money-making business. >Ve guarantee it tne
[-Hying in the land. $1 samples quick selling P'*!; c..
to any lady or gent who wil 1 devote a few hours»an.-“
perience,unnece sary; no talking. Write Qu i ck n ^
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TO LADIES, forparticoUr* t!
n-.p 11 1
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Annual s ““ on bs « in » h *« rten,be ^
hi-MagSS Cash Wins*
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THAT PBf
wm Lorillaxd’s Climax
Ihe twmt aad oheanest, quality Ronsi clfg *_ - —
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m
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