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DR. TALMADCES SERMON.
SHALL WE HAVE ANARCHY AND
REBELION IN AMERICA?
T* 1 *: ‘' Tb ? *rth was without form and
void, and darkness was upon the face of the
ueep, and the spirit of God moved uoon the
face of the Waters. ’’—Genesis i. 2.
Chit in space there hung a great chunk of
rock and mud and sand and shell, thousands
of miles in diameter, more thousands of miles
in circumference, a great mass of ugliness,
conrus.on, distortion, uselessness, ghastliness
and huror. It seemed like some great com
mons on which mashtd-up worlds bad been
Poetry nnd prose, scientist and
Christian, all agree in calling it chaos. That
* 6 ngly, unshapely egg out of which
*** beautiful world was hatched. God
bent over that anger and turmoil of elements
a “Atlantic Ocean, you go away
and LH down there. Pacific Ocean, you so
and el<tep there. Mount Washington, you
stand .lentmel here. Mont Blanc, you put
on your coronet of crystal there. Mississippi.
niJirch there, and Missouri, you marrv it
God took up in His almighty arms
the rock and the mud and the sand and the
hhell and Hefceavelitaud He rolled it and
He indented it and He divided it, and He
compressed it into shape, and then He dropped
it m four different places, and the one de
posit was Europe, and another deposit was
Asia, and another deposit was Africa, and
the fourth deposit was America, North
and South. In other words, “the spirit of
God moved upon the face of the waters.’’
v ell, now that original chaos was a type of
tile anarchy into which so iety is ever and
anon tempted to plunge. God said: “Let
there be light of order, light of law, light of
sympathy, light of justice, light of love.” An
anarchical voice said: “No, no; let there be
darkness, let there be cuttbroatery, let there,
be eternal imbroglio, let there be chaos.”
that social confusion, that moral chaos is the
comntion into which a great many supposed
our land was to be plunged because of the
overhanging contest between Capital and
Labor. During the past three months, aye
during the last live years, the in
telligent people of this country have been
asking: ‘ Are we going to have anarchy and
bloody revolution in America ?” Thousands
of voices have answered in the affirmative
1 answer this morning in the negative. There
may be, as there have been, outbursts of pop
tUar n-enzv, but there will be no anarchy, for
"? 9 hrisf . *l*3 grandest and
mightiest institution on earth, will come out
in the name of the Eternal God, and putting
We hand on the shoulder of Capital and
fee other hand on the shoulder of Labor,
will say: “I come out in the name of the
God who turned chaos into order to settle
this dispute by the principle of jus
tice and kindness. Now, I com
mand that you take your hands off of
each other’s throats.” The Church of God is
the only impartial institution on this subject,
for it has within its borders capitalists and
laborers,and it was founded by the Christ who
was a carpenter, and therefore has a right to
speak for all laborers; and who owns this
world and the solar system and the universe
and has, therefore, a right to speak for capi
talists. As an individual I have a right to
be heard on the labor question. My father
was a farmer and my grandfather was a
farmer and they toiled for a living. I have
not a dollar in the world that I did
not earn by the sweat of my
brow and I owe no man anything.
If I have forgotten any obligation, and you
will meet me at the foot of the pulpit when I
come down, I will settle it on the spot. I pur
pose to say all I have thought or felt on this
subject, and without any reservation, and I
only ask of you that you pray God that I
may be divinely directed in this impartial
series of Sabbath morn'ng discourses; and I
also ask that you receive what I have to say
in silence, and without either approval or
disapprobation in sound. When I say there
will be no anarchy in this country I
do not want you to think that I under
estimate the awful peril of this hour. The
tendency has been toward chaos and toward
anarchy. Excited throngs causing disturb
ances in nearly all our great cities; rail
trains hurled over the rocks; workmen
beaten to death in the presence of their wivei
and children: faithful pol'cemen exhausted
by vigilance by day and vigilance by night;
in some cities the mil tarv called out; thou
sands of people ask ing: “What next!”
A great earthquase with one hand has
taken hold of this continent at the Pa
cific beach, and w.th th > other hand has
taken ho and of the continent at the At
lantic botch, and has shaken it, and
all agricultural an 1 manufacturing and com
mercial and life: a v and artistic aud moral
and religious interests have been might.lv
shaktn. 1 look aero s tits water and I fin’d
} art of Pe'piu n' nc g.-.at mob. ltuss n and
Germany and Aust in keeping the reople
quiet by stand n ; ami s that are eating the
life of th-.Kc net o ik. Ireland at
to-davmly beoa ii i rnteriparei H >me Pule
an 11 he triumph of la istoneism. The quar
rel 1 ete li 1 a viral an I*l ulor isliemisphe ir,
ave. it is world- vil . an 1 every r an must
ad nit that the t m'.en. y has been to
'ft and A’l "h -. o .v, my friends,
on • wav in v.liii h won o C:i avoid anarchy is
f" li t lie j co' 1 * “now w! a" anarchv is.
Shew ui ti e Ir o that " o mav s: or < lear ol
it. Ai a chvis ilut :u.. 11 <n o all piths of
property. It ise\e-v mans hand a am:
e ervmlierm n It : s nicking your ho ie,
your t r •. ■ our li • e r e tate, your home,
yovr feni Iv m.re —i and mine veins It s
a~vi". rapm . tn r or. test mil dea'h tri
imliut. it shol !■ t loess on oar.h anil
so ic a co ul in itiftit of doviis in arntee.
itisth-o e th mV o F overyth’ng go <l. anl
it is tLe von -'i.r-i f everything infamous.
It. mre no ij, nr right , no de
lence, no fft-niiv, no ' liu-ch, no peace, n.
happiness and no G xl. That is auarchy.
Now, who v ants it it this country* Let us
look at the old dragon. Let mo tike one
square and s< mtini ing look at him bef, re wo
a'low him to i ut bii foot cn tills continent.
Thep-o le wunr to know what anarchy is,
and lhon they wi'l rise up. ail the good poo
p'ei f the Lnitei hi ates, and in conjunction
with the officers of the law, city officers,
officers, national oUco-s, we shall com
mand peace, nnd ha ep a c uaivc r-1. and
pi are all ti e tine. Within sir mouths
there will in this country be a Voter
state <f fet ling between Capital ad i.ab r
than there ever liss boon, because t.. ..r -
learned as rev-r before, they havo’had it
demons:rated that they are absolutely de
pence it oi ra h other. Meanwhlie I'give
this e wi rds of advice to the laboring classes
of America so far as my words may reach
them. My first word of Irotherly counsel
to laborers is to tho-e who have work now.
Stick to it. Do not under the turmoil
of the present excitement give up
your employment with the idea that
something better will turn up. Because
you do not like the line of steam-rs on which
"you al, do not jump overbornd in the mid
illeof the Atlantic O.can. Those railroad
men, those mechani-s. those carpenters,
•there mas ns. tbo-e clerks in storey those
employes in all styles of business who give
up their work, pi t buddy give it up for star
vation. I would say t > this class of laborers
who have work, not e nlv stick to it in these
times of excitement, but make this change:
Go a little earlier to your place of
work and do your work better than
you ever have done it before,
with more intensity and more earnestness.
Let additional assiduity characterize you.
That is my first word o£ advice to those who
have work. My second word of advice is to
those who have hael work but have resigned
it The best thing for you. and the best thing
for everybody ist > go back immediately. Do
not wait to sea what others will do. You
get on board the train of national prosperity
before it starts for start it will, and start
soon, and stai t mightily. We have a report
of tin strikes of last year, which
says there were forty-five general
strikes in the State of New York; 177 shop
strikes; successful strikes, ninety-seven;
strikes lost, thirty-four; strikes pending at
the time the statistics were made, fifty-nine;
strikes compromised, thirty-two. So that
we have enough facts before us to philoso
phize a little and to moke up a good opinion.
Now, do you want to know who of ull the
laborers will make the most out of these
strikes* I can tell you, and Iwi 1 tell you.
The laborers who will make tha most out of
these strikes will be the laborers who go to
work first. My third word of brotherly
counsel for tho laboring men of
this country is to that clasi of
men who have for months and perhaps for
years been unable to get work. Before this
great trouble beegan there wire nearly 2,(1 <i.-
OUO out of employment in the United Ship s
I have been busy much of the t'.me during
the past, ten y cere in trying to get bmpk
work, and so have men In all ro'iimimit c-s
and profe-sion* Tho one liusinrse has I oen
to help other iieople get work .Mid you id I
can hardly t 11 how it.uny letters of coMtc.cn-
Hatton w have Written such et: “Give
this man work ai ye-ur iiaro,
y* y°ar factory, in your foundry;
1 know him, I know him to be an industrious
man; his family are starving to death: give
him a place; I'll take it as a personal favo ■
if you will help this man into some kind o'
business where he can support his family.”
piere is hardly a resneotable man in this
house who has not written su*h ale fer as
that. Nigh two million. Now, my advice
t> those nigh two million is that for the sun
port of themselves an l their familie-, thev
go up and take the va rated places. Nearly
two million strong. That is my sentiment.
Full liberty for all men to strike who want to
strike, and full liberty for all wbo
want to take their places. (Applause.) Hush!
a on will be green hands for a while, but you
will not be green hands long. For those who
have resigned their pla es perhans other oc
cupations will open, for we are just opening
the outside dour of this continent. This eon
tinent can sunporteight hundred million peo
ple, and there is room in this country so that
every man shall have a livelihood, a home
and a God. So you see, while some
are in depair about the times. I am
not scared a bit. This tempe tis
going to be hushed aud Christ is going
to put His foot on it as He did on agitated
Galilee. As at the beginning, chaos is going
to turn into beautiful order as the spirit of
God moves upon the face of the waters But
nere is a word that I would like to say in tiie
hearing of the American peop’e. especially in
the hearing of those who toil with hand and
foot. Your first step toward light and to
ward the betterment of your condition, oh,
workmen of America, is in your assertion of
your personal independence from all dicta
tion of other workmen. You are free
men. We fought to get our freedom
here in America. You are five men. Let
no man or organization come between you
and your personal rights. Let no organiza
tion tell you where you shall work, where
you shall not work ; when you shall work
when you shall not work. If a man wants to
belong to a * abor organization let him have
full liberty to do so. If a man wauts to stay
out of a labor organization let him be just as
free to stay out. You are your own master.
Let no man put a manacle on your wri-t,
or on your heart. I belong to a labor or
ganization, a ministerial association, that
meets once a week. I love all the members.
We can help each other in a hundred wavs.
But whon that mini itorial association shall
come and tell me to quit work here because
some brother minister has b en badly treated
in Texas (Laughter), I will tell that minis
terial association :“Get thee behindme.Sata i.’
(Laughter). I may have a right to leave my
work here; for some reason I may say to
this people: “I am dour, I will work for you
no longer; good bye, lam going.’ But I
have no right Mundav mornings aud
Sunday nights to linger around the
door .of this church with a shotgun
to intimidate the man who comes to take mv
place. I may leave my work here and still
be a gentleman; but when 1 attempt to inter
fere with the man who comes to take my
plare then I become a criminal,and I deserve
nothing better than tho thin souo in a tin
bowl in Bing Sing Penitent a"y. There is one
thought that I wish every newspaper man in
America would put at the head of a column,
and which every laborer would put in his
memorandum book and paste in his hat—
the fact that there are in the United
States 12,00!).000 earners of wages.
Thera are about (300,000 of them that belong
to labor organizations of various style-. My
theory is. let the (JO.),tK)O who belong to the
organizations do as they please. Let the 11,-
403,030, who do not belong to labor organiza
tion.;, de a; they please. But there is no law
cf God or man, or common sense, or common
iurtl o that will allew 600,000 men. who do
h long to labor orf anizations, to dictate to
11,403.030 men who do not belong to them.
Freedcm for those inside organizations.
Freedom for those outside. Now, when
wo shall emerge from this present unhappi
ness, as we shall emerge, Labor and Capital
will mar li shoulder to sh ulder, and they
will have broken some tyrannies that need
to lie broken. Labor in this country has two
tyrannies to break—the capitalistic tyranny
aid tho tycaunv of fellow wo kmeti; nnd
whon American labor <an do that it will bo
free. Mr. Lowderly is right and Mr. Irons
is wrong. The old tent mak >r had it right
—I mean Paul—when he said: “The eye
< annot jay to tho hand, I cave no need
of the ” Tliati; one of tho most skillfully
put things I ever read, by tho old teiit
it inker. “Th“ eye cannot sac to the hand, I
have no need of thee.” What if the eye should
say: “If there is aught 1 desni-o, it is tiicso
four lingers and a thumb; I can't bear the
sight of you; you are of no use anyhow; get
out of my way.” Su pve the hand shoul 1
say to the eye: “I rim boss workman: you
couldn’t git along without me; if there is
anylhiug I despise, it is the eye seated under
th ■ and aiie of tho forehead doing nothing but
look. ’ Oh, you siLy eye, how soon you
wou and swi n in dr nth if the hand (lid
not support yon. Oh, you silly hand, how
soon yqu would be tumbling round in the
darkness if the eye did notgiveyou a lantern.
That is the fit si thing to t e understood in
this country—that Labor and Capital are ab
rolutely, entirely dependent on each other.
You go into a large factory. A thousand
wheel ■, a thousaud 1 aids, a thousand levers,
a thousand pulleys, and all controlled by one
g.ea'. water wheel, but all the parts
of tho machinery in some way re
lated to all the other parts. That, is
huii an society. A thousand wheels, a thou
sand levers, a thousand pulbe , all controlled
by the wheel of divine providen e, but all
the parts related to each other. Dives can
not k ok Lazarus without hurting his own
foot. They cannot throw Sbadrn h into a
furuaee without getting their own faces
scorched and bla leaned. That which smites
Capital smites luibor, and vice reran. Point
back into history and wherever you find
Capital largely pros; erous you find wages
large; wherever you find wages large you
find Capital prosperous. When Capital de
nounces Labor it is th' eye cursing the
hand. When Labor dcncuncos Capital it is
the hand cursing Ui; eye. The Capitalists
of this country are for the most part success
ful lnborers, and among all tho styles of
work and in all the shops you will find men
who were cafita'i ts. In other words, they
are all t'ue time cross'ng over. Men why are
cai italLti are becoming laborers, avi men
who are laborers are becoming fapitilists.
It is not any great Niagara suspension bridge
over tho chasm: it is only a step. Would
God they would ‘hake hands while they r a s.
If the capitalist in thi? house would draw his
glove you would see a broken firger nail,
the scar of an old blister, n- stiffened
finger joint. Nearly all the capitalists of
to-day are success! ul laborers. Nearly all
the great publish'ng houses of America are
conducted by men who set typo or were en
gaged in book binding. Nearly all the ir.en
who own carriage factories u-ed to sandna
per the wagon wheel to get it ready for the
Eaintor. Peter Cooper was a gluemaker aud
e went on until he glued together an im
mense fortune, and he established that
princely institution, the Cooper Institute,
which has mothered 500 such philanthropies
in the United States, and I never
pass it without saying within myself:
“What a magnificent monument that man
built to himself aud to Christian charity.”
The laborers of this country have no greater
friend, because Peter Cooper practically said
to every laboring man in this country: “Do
you want your boy to have a splendid educa
tion? If you do send him up to my Institute;
it will cost you nothing.” An elder of tii:
church was some time ago walking in Green
wood and saw two young men putting
flowera on Peter Cooper’s grave. He
thought: “Why they must be friend i
or relatives of the old man.”
But after a while he got into conversation
with them, and they said: “No, we are not
relatives, but wo were poor boys, and we got
our education from Peter Crop r, and that
is the reason we put flowers on his grave.”
If the people who were ble sed by that glo
rious old n an should put (lowers on his grave,
they would bo mountain high. Abram \’an
Nest was a harness maker in New York.
Year after year he stood at the bench. He
had largo success. He to’d me many times
ho thought ho made tho best harness in
New York. He went on and gathered n
largo fortune, and he distributed hundreds of
thousands of dollars to tho poor, to Bible
societies, tract societies, bumautnrian so
cieties. No poor man ever asked help oi
Abram Van Nest but be gave it. I never
shall forget one night when I. a green
country lad, called on him, and after spend
ing the evening be a"conipanied me to th.i
do .r nnd said: “l)e Witt, here is SSO to buy
books with, but don't mv anything about
it.” And I never did until the old man was
dead. Bo thev are all the time crossing
over. Do you fcuow who will be the million
aires of the twentieth century ( They are, in
this lost fourteen years of the ninetemth
century,with foot ou the shuttle, hand on the
pickaxe, or doing some kind of liard manual
work. Do you know out of that class are
coming the poets, the oiators, the philan
throphlste of the world? Heurv Clay, the
Demosthenes of the American H-miite. was
the mill boy of the Hlashes; Hugh Miller, a
quarryinan at Croinartic, Hcotlund; Colum
bus, a weave/; Arkwright, a barber; Haw
ley, a soap boilar; Bloomfield, the glorious
theologian, • shoemaker; and Horace (lively
started Ufe In New York with flu. 76 is bis
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pocket. They are crossing over—
the laborer to bseoma the capitalist'
and the capitalist to become the,
laborer, and I thisdav waveaflagof truce be
tween them. There is goin cto be vast im
provement in affairs when we shall realize
that the old tent maker was right when he
said: “The eye cannot say to tho hand I have
no need of thee.”
There is also going to coma a great allevia
tion on this subject by co-operative institu
tions. lam not referring now to labor or
ganizations, I am not referring to trades
unions, but to that plan by which laborers
put what money they can save in an
* ntorpri.se and conduct it themselve*.
It nas passed beyond experiment
Do not say it is experiment Iu England
and \V ales there are now 7(55 co-operative in
stitutions, with 800,00) members, with a capi
ita! of $14,00 ),000, doing a business one year
of $57,003,000. The first experiment in this
country was the Troy Co-operative Foundry
which had large tueoess and went on long
enough to demonstrate possibilities. But
there ara scores and hundreds of these co-op
erative institutions, and they are going to ao
vast improvement. They have ceased
to be an experiment or a
mere theory. Thomas Hughes, the most
brilliant friend of the laboring men in Eng
land, says the co-operative institution is the
path out of these trouble;. Lord Derby and
John Stuart Mill gave half (heir lives to the
discussion of those subjects. Sir Thomas
Brasses- said in the English Parliament co
operation is the one and only solution of this
question. It is the sole path by which the
laboring classes as a whole, or any large
number of them, will ever emerge from the
hand-to-mouth mode of living and get their
share of the rewards and honors of our ad
vanced civilization. Tho principle was
illustrated in Ireland, where a traveler left the
mail coach and saw a workman standing up
to his waist in the water repairing a dam, a
mill dam. He said to this workman: “Why,
?ou seem to be alone—nobody to watch you.”
he workman replied: “I am all alone, I
watch myself.” "Where is your steward:' 1
“We have no steward.” “Where is your
master?” “We have no master.” “Why,
who sent you?” “The committee.” “Whose
committee:” “Well, I belong to an
association and we elect certain
members as a committee and they
regulate this whole thing. We belong to the
new system of labor, the new system of as
sociation, the co-operative method.” But
you ask me if sometimes these efiorts have
not been a failure! Oh, yes; all great move
ments have been a failure at the start. The
application cf steam power a failure, electric
telegraphing a failure, railroading a failure
at first; but afterward the chief su?c3S3 of
the century. Co-operative] institutions will
go on to larger success. You say—some one
says to me: “ Why it is ab;urd to talk about
laborers who cannot get enough wages
to support themselves and the r families,
putting their surplus into an institution of
this kind.” My reply is, that if you will put
into my hand the money which during the
last five years ha; by the laboring classes of
America l>een spent for rum and tobacco, I
w-ill establish a co-operative institution might
ier than an v monetary institution in America.
There will also be alleviation of this waole
subject when emp oyers find the importance
of telling their employes just how matters
stand. You know as well as I do
that here is the difficulty in a great
many establishments—while tha laborers are
at their wits’ cads the capitalist isal o. How
he shall pay the rent, how ho shall meet the
taxe-, and how he shall keep the ma-hinery
going. Me njwh le tho laborer thinks thus
man is rolling up a large fortune. It cannot
be so at nil in t hat < as.*. The vast majority
cf the capitalists of to-day are not making
out of the.r investment 10 per cent.,nor 9 per
cent, nor 8 per cent., nor 7 pier cent., nor (5
per cent., nor 4 per cent., nor 3 per cent.
La’.xr at it’s wits’ ends because of small wages
Capital at it's wits’ ends. I know there are ex
ceptions. There are great nnacondos that are
swallowing down everything. lam not re
ferring to them. lam referring to the great
mass of capitalist--. Now do you not think it
would alleviate this matter if the capitalist
should say: “I’ll explain this whole matter
tom/men.” There Is an immense amount of
common sen e abroad in the world. There
is an immense amount of good, kindly feel
ing. I do not believe there would be one
strike, where there are ten strikes, if it were
the universal plan that capitalists should let
their laborers know just how matters si and.
I had a friend who had a thousand men in
his employ. Some years ago when there
were strikes often I said: “llow do you get
along?” He said: “Very well.” “I suppose
you had strikes?” “Oh, no; I never have any.”
“Never have any? What do p-ou mean?”
“Well,” he said, “I call my men together
every little while and say: ‘Boys, let us ;ee
how matters stand. Last year I made so
much. This year you see we are making
less. I want to know what you think
about it, what j-ou think your *-?ag3S ought
to b? and what I ought to get on my invest
ment; for, boys, you know I have got every
thing in this thing aud I hnvo got to keep it
going. I want you to tell me, looking over
th? whole affair, what your wages ought to
be, and what mv interest on the investment
ought to be. We are always unanimous, and
my men would die for me.” But suppose
a capitalist act; with supercilious air;
and drives up to his factory a3 though he
were the autocrat of the universe, the
sun and the moon in his vest
pocket, chiefly anxious lest some greasy or
smirched hand should touch his French
broadcloth. That man will find his awful
mistake. In the vast majority of cases I be
lieve there would be but little or no trouble
if the men who own immense establishments
fairly and frankly told their employes all
about it.
Then there is going to come great altera
tion of this through the reiigiou; influence
which is to be brought upon the country.
Why is it that in this country we have noth
ing less than a penny, while in China they
have the money they call cash put on threads
and put around the neck, and this cash—it
takes ten. fifteen, twenty of them to make a
penny? The only difference is that which is
made by Christianity. Heathenism depresses
everything; keeps everything down. Chris
tianity enlarges overytliing; lifts people up.
You go through a community where infidelity
is abroad and controlling everything; wages
are down, and employers are "hard on their
laborers. Let the religion of Jesus Christ—
the old fashioned religion—dominate a com
munity. and you will find the employers
kind and the wages good,comparatively. The
religion of Jesus Christ is a democratic re
ligion. It teaches the employer that he is
brother to all the operators in his mill, born
of the same Heavenly Father, redeemed by
the same supernal Christ, to lie down in the
same dust. Not much chanc eto put on airs
iu the sepulchre, or at the judgment. The
engineer in a New England factory gets
sleepy. He does not watch the steam gauge.
Thou there is a wild thunder of explosion, in
whi h the owner of th? mill is killed and
one. of the poor workmen in some pari
oi tho facxny. Th) two slain men
come up toward the gate of Heaven.
Tho owner of the mill knocks at the
gate. The cell slixi gatekeeper says: “Who is
there?” He says: “I owned a mill at Fall
Fiver: thorn has been a great explosion
there and I lost my life; I came tin hero and
I expect to enter heaven." “What right,
have you to enter lr'nven?” says tho celesta!
gatekeeper. The other says: “I vai a great
man down there and I employed 2(H) hands.”
“Employed two hundred hands, did you?
How much of tho glare of God did you em
ploy?” “Nothing.” “stand back, you can
not enter here.” Right after him
comes this poor lalxn-er who was slain
by tiie same accident. He knocks at
the gate. Th) gatekeeper say.i: “Who i3
there?” Kesays: "1 am a wui-nmiu; Icame
u > from Fall RivCt: I was poor there; there
wn; a great accident there: I lo t my life: I
want to enter heaven.” What right have
you to come h ie to tho pate cf heaven?'
"Well, I have no r g’it in iny>e f: I was a
had man 0.-r e: I did a thousand thing; I
curht nut to have and >ne; I used to curs) and
s-.v*ar who 1 1 h irt my hand or foot at the
mill, but I heard a shining messenger come
from this gate to our world t y help mid save
it, and I found him and told him all about
it: I confessed the wlio’o th : nr. and he
told me to come up hero, an 1 ho told me also
that if I was halted at the gat * I noo 1 only
show his name written on my hand or written
on my forehead.” Then thorn is a gr. at rat
tling of pulleys, tho gate; hoist, aud he en
ters into coronation. In tho one case tho
man had agrent funeral; in the other case the
man had a small funeral. Tho man who had
a largo funeral, however, had no Christ with
him. Thoothor man Irid a -contod Christ os
hi; Saviour. The religion of Jesus Christ!*
a democratic religion. Vou cannot buy your
wav into heaven, aud you cannot b) so |.oir
that anybody will dare to shut you out. If
the gatekeeper, smitten with a sense of injus
ti'-o.should halt and stop an 1 try to keep you,
all Heaven would fly from their toronss
crying: “Let him in." I have tlie Ir st un
til >rity for saying that Godliness is profitable
for the life that now ia It pays employer
and ft |iays employe, this religion of Jesus
Christ, and it is going to settle forever and
forever this dispute. The time is going to
come when(lie hard hand df toil and tin* soft
baud of tits counting room will clasp.
They will clasp in congratulation,
and they will clasp in the gloriou*
millennial hour. In that glorious millennial
hour the hard hand of toil will gay: “I plowed
the desert into a garden;” and the" soft baud of
the counting room will say: “I furnished the
s*vd with which tho ground was sown;” and
the hard hand of toil will say: “I threihed
the mountains;” and the sift han l of the
counting room will say: “I paid for the flail
and th- hard hand of toil will sav: “I
pounded the spear into a pruuing-hook;”
and the soft hand of the counting room:
“I signed the treaty that made the thing
possible. ’ Then Capital and Lalior shall lie
drawn together—“the lio-i and the lamb, th*
leiuard and tho kid, and there will be nothing
to hurt or de-troy in all God’s holv mount,
iffrtue mouth cf tho Lord hath spoken it.”
The Evolution of the Dude.
• .
Wii.uam Penn and Jacobus were the
two men who first brewed beer on
A inerican soil. Jacobus built his brew
ery in 1G44, on what is now the corner of
Pearl street and Old slip, New York,
where he also establi-hed a beer garden.
He afterward became the first burgo
nuster, and his beer and justice gave
equal satisfaction to the citizens of New
Amsterdam. Penn’s Brewery was at
Pen 1 sburg, Bucks county, Pennsyl
vania, where the excellence of his brew
is considered by no means the least of
his virtues. A hundred years later that
doughty soldier, General Israel Putnam,
wvs running a brewery and tavern af
Brooklyn, Connecticut.
I-- M
Everything Out
Hotel guest (in dining-room)—*‘A lit*
tie soup, waiter.”
Waiter—“ Sorry, sah; but dc soup am
all out.”
Guest—“ Soup out already! Well,
bring me some fish.”
Waiter—“l’sc sorry, sah; but de fish
am also out.”
Guest (angrily)—“Soup and fish both
out, and it’s not 2 o’clock yet! You send
the proprietor to me at once."
Waiter —“Berry sorry, sah; but ds
boss sin out, too.”— Drtki'a Magazine.
It Was Brown’9 Quarter.
Tramp (toßrownar**' ’ith)~-“Oents
will you help a poor 1 r; cripple?”
Brown (imp-deafly,—“JTaw. Get
out!”
Smith—“ Don’t be hard on the fellow,
Brown. • Have you got a nuirter in vour
pocket?”
Brown —“Yes.”
Smith—“ Let me have it (giving the
money to the tramp). I may be soft
hearted, but I can’t help it. It’s my na
ture I suppose. I hate to see amm go
hungry just for want of a quarter.”—
Xew York Sun.
A Palpable Mistake.
Mrs. Smith—“l am very sorrv, Mrs.
Hendricks, but I condlcr it mv duty to
inform you that I saw your husbind
coining out of u salon last evening.”
Mrs. Hendricks—“Wh.tt time was it,
Mrs. Smith?”
Mrs. Smith—“ About 8 o’clock.”
Mrs. Hendricks—-‘Did yiiu say he was
coming out or going in?”
Mrs, Smith—“ Coming out.”
Mrs. Hcndrieks (positively) “You
have mistaken him fer some' one else.
John never come; out of a saloon as early
os 8 o'clock.”— ifeu> York Sun.
A Brief Acquaintance.
Bank Cashier (to fellow passenger) -
“Professional man, sir?”
Fellow Pi<miger “Yes, sir.”
Bank Cashier—“Thank*. I’m the
cashier of the ’Stecnth National bank, of
New York. My card, sir. A lawyerf"
Fellow Pa enger—“No, sir. I'm a
mind render."
Hank Cashier (turning pile) —"Oh, I
guess I’ll go forward and smoke acigar."
—A**s York Bun.
Chicago and ike Ner.hweg —How to
Get There.
This is what often pnzz'es the brains
of those who are about to make the trip.
The completion of tho ateel bridge
across the Ohio river, at HendersoD,
Kv., has made this a question most easily
solved. By it the time between Nash
ville and Chicago has been reduced on
the Evantville route to 16 hours, 7 hours
less than by any other route.
This route also offers the ad litional
advantage of a Palace Buffet Sleeping
Car daily between those p/inrs.
Direct connection is made with trains
from Jacksonville, Fla., ‘I bomasviile,
Montgomery. Pensacola, Mobile, New
Orleanj, Birmingham, Savannah.
Charleston, Augusta, Macon, Atlanta,
Chattanooga and all intermediate points
in the South, in Union Depot, at Nash
ville, with the train leaving there 7.25
P. M., arriving in Chicago 10.50 next
morninz. From Little Rock, Memphis,
Humboldt, Milan, Clarksville, Paducah
andpoin.s in that territory, passengers
connect with this fast train at Guthrie,
Tenn , and at Nortonville, Ky. This
train has reduced the lime trom all
Southern points to a minimum
Try the route via the Henderson
Bridge, Evansville, and Terre Haute to
Chicago and the Northwest, and you
will never wish to go by any other.
Passengers arriving in Chicago by
this fast train can make connection
with the uoon trains for all the summer
resorts of the West and Northwest, ar
riving at many of them before dark the
same day. Those who prefer to wait for
the new limited last trains which leave
Chicago 7,30 P. M. for fit, Paul anil
Minneapolis, have the advautage of
seven to eight hours in Chicago, and
still make the same time as those C3m
ing by other routes from the South.
Sleeping car accommodation*; can he
secured ten days in advance, by writing
or telegraphing A. H. Robinson, Ticket
Agent, Union Ticket Office, or to W. W.
Knox, Ticket Agent, Union Depot,
Nashville. For further particulars in
the form of maps, lime tables, etc., write
or call on your nearest railroad agent, or
to John H. Griffin, Traveling Passenger
Agent, Evansville Route, 28 Wall fit.,
Atlanta, Ga.
A Cold.
Gus De Smith—“ What is the matter
with you? You look as if you had been
exposing yourself?”
Colonel YKnoF-n—“l have had two
colds now, one right after the other.”
Gcs De Smith—“ Didn’t you do any
thing for them?”
Colonel Yekger— “Oh, yes, I had
no trouble getting rid of the second cold
in my bead, but the first one sticks to me
yet.”
The Old Grief.
Gentleman with Umbhella—“Why
don’t you come to Sunday school any
more, Jakcy?”
Solitary One— “Oh, there’s no fun
there for me since you have stolen her.”
—Lift. .
§ French Fun.
From the Paris Ec-’ur One of our
brother journalists weut into 11 barber
shop the other day to have hia hair cut
and fell asleep during the operation. The
barber, who awoke him when he hud
finished, said to him:
“Ton are tired. I understand it. It’s
the same way with me when evening
comes. Ah, this head work is something
terrible!”
Guiballard at the theatre: “Madam,”
says he to the attendant, “will you get
meinv ovir/oat?”
“What is your number?”
“I do not know.”
“How do vou expect me to get it then
without a ticket?”
“Certainly. I put it in the pocket of
my coat so that I shouldn’t lose it!”
Baron Tlulot is the most methodical
man in the world. Yesterday he was
questioning anew servant.
“Whore were ycu born?”
“At t-'t. Cyprian du Var.
“In what year?”
“In 1852.”
“How old arc vou?”
j”
In no Hnrry for Conversion.
A well-known family uptown haA an
eight-year-old urchin upon whom a re
vived at one of the churches lias made a
deep impression. He astounded hia good
mother the other night by saying:
"'Mamma, I am going to church to
night to bo converted.”
“Converted, Jimmie? Why, you do
not understand what it means.”
“Yes I do, and I am going (o join tiie
church and be a Christian hereafter. ”
“If you do that ycu must give up
dancing and going to the museum.
“What is that?” Must I quit going to
the museum?”
“Oh, yes.”
"The..,” after a minute or two of earn
est reflection, "I guess I'll go down mid
see the four-legged woman just once more
before I am converted.” —lndiana poll*
Journal.
A Fork in the Komi.
"Johnny, I should think you would
hurt your feet running over these rough
country roads bare foot.”
“Naw, Here used to it,"
“Well, be careful When you get to th
next comer.”
“Wliut fer?”
“ I here • 11 fork in (he road there. Hten
carefully,".- lUntUr,
Red Cloud has been visiting Vasesr
C oliege. and it is said that the girls ere
now trying to imitate the shuflL step of
tho great green com dance.
Clerermen and pfiYsiciausreOTinmen.l Hall's
Hair Kcnewer for diseases of the acaln andhair
Ayer's Ague Cure neutralize; tUs miaamatln
poison which causes fever aud agua 0
The fleeting pleasure of intoxieation is a 1
poor exchange for immortality lost.
Dos't You Knew
that yon can Dot afford to neglect that catarrh?
Don't you know that it may Jead to confetirqp
tion, to insanity, to <tra h f Don't you know
that R can be easily cured i l>ou*t you know
that while the thousand and one nostrums
you have tried have utterly failed that Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a certain cure? It
has stood the test of years, and there are hun
dreds of thousands of gratelni men and wom
en in all parts of the country who can testify
to its ettlcacy. All druggists.
Charity is one of the virtues that always
wear well and retain their lovedneas.
ir you have Cutting, Scalding, or .stinging
sensations in the parts when voiding urine
Swamp-Root will quickly relieve and curt*.
Ton DYSPEPSIA, 1 ndigmtio.v, depression o*
spirits, general debility in their various forms,
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers,the “Ferro-Phosphor
ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell,Har.
ard & Cos.. New York.nnd sold by all Druggists.
1* the best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or oth**r sic.kn#*** it has no eonal
Wm. Block, Abingdon, lowa, was cured of
cancer of the eye by Dr. Jones’ Red Clover
Tonic, which cures all blood disorders and dis
eases of the stomach, liver and kidneys. The
best tonic and appetizer known. 50 cents.
Ignorance too often mistakes conceit fo.‘
dignity.
Breach. Rupture, or Hernia*.
Cnres guaranteed in the worst oases. Nc
knife or truss treatment. Pamphlet and refer
ence-*, lOcents in stamp*. World’s
Medical Association, tiul Main Street, duff. 1 #.
N. Y.
Practice only can burnish the virtues int(
their glorious lustre.
They Will Not Do It.
Those who once take Dr, Pierce's “ Pleasant
Purgative Pellets’* will never consent to use
any other cathartic. They are pleasant to
take and mild in their operation. Smaller
than ordinary pills and inclosed in glass vials;
virtues unimpaired. By druggists.
Earnestness in a good cause cannot stop
*liortof fame.
Ask your Bhoe and hardware dealers for
Lynn's Heel Stiffeners, they keep boots and
dioes straight.
Relief is immediate. And a cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh, 50 vents.
How to Secure Health.
It Is strango any one will suffer from derange
ment brought on by impure blood, when Scotill’j
Sarsaparilla and Rtii.i ingia. or Dlood and I.ivks
Syrup, will restore h alth to the phynlcal organ
ization. It k a stregthe tn; syrup, pleasant to
take, and the best Blood Purifier ever discovered
curing Scrofula, Sypnl itlc disorders, Weakness of
the KtdnejH. Er, ripe!**, Malaria. Nervous disorders,
Debility, Bilious coiupla nts and Diseases of tho
Bicod. Liver. Kidneys. Stomach. Skin. eto.
TIRED OUT!
At this season nearly every one needs to use some
sort of tonic. IRON enters into slmfidt every phy
sician's prescription for those who need building up.
m
BiyNiw
£or Weakness, Lassitude. Lack of
nergy, etc., It HAM NO EQUAL, and is
the only Iron medicine that is not Injurious.
It Enriches the Blood. Invigorates the
System, Restores Appetite, Aids Digestion
It does not blacken or injure the teeth, cause head
ache or produce oonitipation —other Iron medicines do
Mr. J. D. Burke, 16 High Bt., Montgomery, Ala.,
says: •' My system whs generally debilitated and the
((lightest exertion fat iirned me. After using Brown's
Iron Bitters a short time 1 regained my appetite and
strength.**
Mrs, Oho. W. Case, 36 Chestnut St.. Macon. Ga,
says: ’* 1 used Brown's Iron Bitters fur a constant
feeling of weariness and laasitude with the most sat
iiuactory results. It give* me much pleasure to rec
omm*<ud it to ull feeble women as a complete at rengtli
onor."
•
Genuine has above Trade Mark and crossed red lines
on wrapper. Take uo other. Made only by
ttUOWN HKMl€Als CO.. ISAI/riMOItK.MU.
6 c
A Beautiful Panel Picture.
In order to advertise Mailin’. Food
in every home, we will mall, on receipt
of 30. tn stamps, (to pay postace),
a beautiful panel picture, printed In
twelve colors. Size, 18x88 Inohea.
DOLIBER, GOODALE St CO.,
40, 41. 42 St 43 Central Wharf, Bo.ton, Mats.
Salvo COKES CIMENHESS
and Inteinneranre, not instantly,
but effectuallv. The onfy scientific anti
dote for the A leoh el Habit and the
to *nd trial
<9 bottlea. High ly endorsed by the med
leal profession and prepared by will
known New York physicians. Send
gj# •tamps for circulars and references.
Address "SALVO REMEDY”
No. 8 West 14th Bt, New Yscfc.
_3gff=f WILSON'S
rW CHAMPION SPARK ARRESTER
I Best open draught arrester in
7 Joe "orld. No more gin houses
\ / burned Irani engine apurke. Sold
fT?] ouguariipfee. Write for Lircu
'Lu* I T-T* \YINI>£OU A CO., Noe.
S4BA26 Wuyne 1., ;)l illcdge vilie, tJa.
CONSUMPTION.
I have u positive remedy tar the above disease: by lts
nae.thtiMan<lß 0f case* of tbs worat kind and of long
standing havo Been cured. 1 a ray faith
in Its etlloacy. thut I wl 1 send TWO BOTTLES KREB.
together with u VALUABLE TREATISE on this disease
feoany sufferer. Give express and P O. addr-ss.
DU. T. A. SLOCUM, ISI rearl St., New York.
y° ur own Bono,
6sS8 t yW .V. .**r ul > Oyster Alien.,
IfJItAHA M Flour and I'orii
SgaßMsß-xl i/in*3:yx.3viD
( F Wilson’S Patent). JOO per
1 . - „„ c f nt - more made la keeplye paul
,r7tr,'iK.?OWr,t MILLS and FASMC
: FLED MILLS. Circulars and Testimonial; aonfc
OU application. Wl’ •<4iN -BROS., Huston, I.
I ASTHMA CURED!!
N German Afthmu Cure never fail* * to glreH
■ " relief iu the won* cases, insures cum-H
■ fortnbk* steep; effects cure a where all others fait, a H
■ frt.it the. mnet skeptical. Price & ta and!
Ct 1.00, of Druegiflt* or by mail Sample KKKF, fori
stamp, I Hi. K. HCIUPtMt AS, Wt. INml. Mtnn.fl
bKCilf.
Alirooxperiesce. Remarkable aod quick cure*. Trial paoh
ages. Bend Hisctpfer seal, and I’ai-ueuitrs. Address,
Dr„ Wflfir rry l.orisiAVA, SO.
‘vjBEDS FORTKI Ato — i’ctirl Corn, btuu ytes<j j
kl known, 8 eared stalks; Cannon Hall Cabbage, sur
lo head, winter keeper; J/oneysuckle Watermelon
very early and sw;it; s,reet Potato Pumpkin, extr -
The eare all very super o- new se-d
'vhiehtwiHhtntro.i l and • f mad all fr*il’nora?t
one for n cfcei.
f rt DOLIABS enrh for AVw and
I / i ><: ii i(II \ \ is. -Miffyli
u ••meted i*# **’,. Srf -
• ty direri ai.q •*• |!i Ui-i*.
Orira’.f riven a* pennum. Wrv* fur FRKF. u
Cnlar wih ;o*<o IsUiiaoo.Mi irfriifiii Al JOA
ULO. TaYNK a uo. 44 w.
RDIIIII “ -
lir H 111¥9 I -"Id /ret trwl 5? £•
Ul | Ulf I ton—' 1 1. . .t,f ttori. Tuißi'aui
* w ■ Ms. an coari* r. LU‘.tt “£Ji
AGENTS ' '' oi;niv wanted hy
JBORSTOITSS7TO9IHPOWDEB
Keeping T..U r. ilrct „| (Jauu Healthy.
SIIRECIt
$ 3 rrjn e Kid.-n, P.la.
w nervous nnd w *(!.., I ’'Mv.-tadd. < >!
Wovbbi irii/pnan"i
>W ddUbKtn'H
i>_' ,f\ fnerisil SkIWPNLiniSM I. “w.t.rw kJ. JL. e_ wi
mustang)
Survival rfthe fittest.!
1 FAMILT MEDICI TIE THAT HAS HKALEdI
MILLIONS STRING IS TEAKS!
iiiiiimiiiimj
A BALM FOB EVERT ROOD Oi l
MAS AND It HAST I
The Oldest & Best Liniment!
iveb made in America. {f
SALES LARGER THAN EVER. I
The Mexican Mustang Liniment n..l
been known for more tlian thirty-flveH
year* as the best of all Liniments, fori
Alan and Beast. Its sales to-day axel
larger thnn cvr. it cures when oill
others fail, and penetrates skin, tendonl
and muscle, to the very bone. Soldi
everywhere. ■
biggr A HELICAL VICTORY!
LtewSiA Cares Brights’ Disease, Catarrh
: I of the Bladder, Torpid Liver. It
kU&rj dissolvesGaU-StonesandGravel.
SYMPTOMS and CONDITIONS
S I of Urine for which this Remedy
f- A f\E should be taken,
nffiri Scalding Stoppage Blood-tinged
o , J Diabetic Albumen Brick-dust
IbV Dropsical Dribbling Milky-pink
gf toe 1117 Heartache Frequent Costivenesi
I z.wSxV Boneache Nervous Redish-dark
L-virYxyi. Uric-acid Settlings Catnrrhache
f&X’SA’TF Backache Nerveache Phosphates
Mra/ Bad-taste Foul-Breath Golf-oolot
IT IS A SPECIFIC.
'” Jr J itcry dott §:••• lo Hu *poi.
Relieves and Cures internal Slime-fever
Canker, Dyspepsia. Ansemia, Malaria, Fever
and Ague. Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Enlarge
ment of the Prostate Gland, Sexual Weak
ness, Spermat orrho-ft and Gout.
It Eliminates Blood Impurities, Scrofula,
Erysipelas, Salt-Rheum, Syphilis, Pimples,
Blotches, Fever-sores, and Cancer-taints.
It la a most Wonderful A ppctlzer.
Builds m p Quickly fc Rundown Constitution.
iy Tell your neighbors all about It.
Ssc, $l.O0 —6 bottles $5.00.|
ired at Dr. Kilmer’s Dispensary, I
ighamton, N. Y., U. 8. A. I
’ Guide to Health (Sent Free.)
ers of inquiry promptly answered.
BYALhnßejßGim^
a dikin of Beauty is a Joy Forever.
DB. T. FELIX GOUBADD'S
ORIENTAL CREAM, OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIES.
a> o Removes Tan, Pinirries,
* £ § Freckles. MothPaWhea
5“ S , Basil aud Skin diseases, and
—• , oo .5- PplMfl l W every blemish on bounty,
>h m J C C detection. It has
- 55 land s
s liannlsM sr.
aud's Cream* ae
the least harmful of all the fikln preparations.” Cne bottle
will last six months, using It every day. A Iso Toudre Sub
tile remove* superfluous hair without injury to the akin.
Hm. g. R. T. OOL'RAI'D, Sal* Vtof., 49 Bond SI.. Saw Tart.
For sale by Druggists and Fancy Good* Dealers tn tha
U. 8.. Canadas, Europe. t3V*Beware of ha.*e imitation*.
SI.OOB Reward forarroet and proof of any one selling *ama.
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS!
AND ALL
PICTURE AGENTS
Stand In their own light who do not send for dna
lara to F. H. WILLIAM* & CO..
Free Farms
The most R <>n*lerful AgricuUural Park In America.
Surrounded by prosperous mining and manufactur
lug towns. Farmer's Paradis*! Magnificent crope
raised In IHBS. Thousands of Acres of Goveni*
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Lands for sale to actual settlers at $3.00 per Acre.
LoiwTlme. Park Irrigated by immense canal*. Cheap
railroad rates. Every attention shown settler*. Fo*
maue. pamphlets, etc., aldress COLORADO LAND I
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to Sol diem A Heirs. Send stamp
r AHQIAHC for c ircu'ar*. COL. L. IUNO-
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ttfiSMHH DEBILITATED 19.
Ton are allowed a free trial of thirty day. of the nsa
of Dr. Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt with Electric Sn*>
pensory Appliance!, for the speedy relief nnd pen
manent cure of Netvout Debility, loes of Vitality andi
Manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also for many
other diseases. Complete restoration to Health. Vigor:
and Manhood guaranteed, ho risk Is Incurred, ulu*,
trated pemnhlet In ecnlrd envelope mailed free. hyaA.
dressing VOLTAIC DFT.Tt'O.. lHatsbslLTfflA
5 TON
WAGON SCALES,
bw Levers, SUel Iwkn, Bomb
Tar* Imb sad Been Bex.
JON KH U nr tha frvlhl-for ftss
Prlea Uet aesllei (hie pefwr *ad
•"ma'iSSuTfr
U.S. STAf?OARD
JONES!
OP
BiHCHAMTCN;
iTTtrsi ■ J ,L. L
So Ropo to Cut Off Horses’ Manes. Vh
Celebrated ‘ECLIP-K’ lIALTKK AML
and BRIDLE Comblsed, ' : “not
be Slipped by any horse. Sample rgy
Halter to any part of U. 8. free, on
receipt of sl. Sold by all Saddlery, Jnl
Hardware and Harness Dealer*./AiV'KiJr.W
Special discount to the Trade.
Send for Price-iJL HjP' V ’ V V
J. C. Isl GUT HOUSE, W*' J
RocheMtero N. V. v— * w
XjggS, FACE, HAN IIS, FEET,
*ll their imperfertieeo. including F. ’el,
Dovolopement, Sunorflnoue llsir, Birth Mr. <*.
Mol,VVrto, Moth, Fr-ckle*, Rod Nose. Ara,
Piu'ntr And lksr r*-**nooat #
yv Dr. JOHN H. WOOhRURY,
87 *. p wrril. iOar,K.T. E.tVd UPO. Srnd 10.. tor to*
mum is#mm
urium MWTcoflEo.
dr. J. C. rniFFRA;*
RlailiV Dsllm Great English Gout ant
9la!l S riliSe Rheumatic Remedy.
Oral Hex. S1 .UO; round, 50 eta.
PATENTS Obtained. Send atari. JfS"
* ”, * t■ I O luveut..'Lraida L. Ulxo-
Patent Lawyer, asiiiugtou. I>. O.
taken the lead hi
tho sales of that class of
remedies, and has given
almoMt universal ssu*ue>
__
LTRPHr BROS.,
G has won the laver
the public and now raj. i
among the leading Mt .i
--cine> of the o ldom.
A. L. SMITH.
Bradford. Pa.
Sold by D n-Trist*.
PENN YROYALPILLS
“CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH.’*
The Original and Only fiennlnn.
■*!* Sewn. et werthlM.
SSffiWSA L A j£xL°?et* £
dS 11 Madina ii s, B re, fbUoidjO*,
••14 by DreggloUr vary where, A*R for 'Tbtahe*.
lers Aaglloh" Psooyevy,l fin. „ J r ,
Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is tho
Beat. Kasitwi to Use. and Cheapest.
CATARRH
Also food for Couj in the Head.
Hewd Huv Kovei , A? - , fiii centa.
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