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THfc BROOKI,y\ DIVINE’S SUN*.
day sermon
Snhjrcf: “A Live Church.'*
rr.XT : •' I ,\t,, tUr r-nt/el r >f the Church in
„ n y r ""; n :' r J>"'r th"u,s snith the first
atul the W, uhirh whs dr,id. and is alirr."
— Kereiation, ii. t s
Hmvrna was a great -itv r.f the aneienta,
bounded on thre sides l,v mountain* It was
toe central rmp wiumof the tavantine trade.
n that protqx-i* mis nnd brilliant city there
waaa ( hristian Cbrrli e-’ablished. After it
ia<l existed for ,i while. it was r<xk<*d down
>y an eartliotiiiko. It was rehuilt. Then it
vanconenmed b) a conflagration that swept
entire citv That t'hureh went
through fin*, and trouble, and disaster, but
aejit on to g.eit si.ifjtmii prosix-ritv. Ttie
fa- t was, that ('hnn-it hn<! the grace of God,
an over active principle. Had it been other
wise. nil the grandeur of ai i hitc-tiire and all
tie jmnp .t siirroun lings would only have
xxti the ornament of death -the garlands of
* coffin, the plumes of a h-arse.
It may Is prolitahh tt> consider what are
the element* of n live Church
I remark in the first pin c. that one char
ncpjristi" of such a Church i- punctuality in
meeting It- engagetne its All ecclesiastical
Institutions have financial relations, and they
'Might lo in<s*t their obligations just as cer
,‘iinly “J* tnen mivi their obligations at the
bank. \\ hen a Church of Cod isiiot as faithful
m its promises the Hank of I n'land, it
on-s- to In- a Chur, h oftJol. It ought to lie
ln lerst.Kxl that pray, rs cannot paint a
ciiuroti an<l prayers cannot pav the winter s
*:oai bill, and prayer- cannot meet the insur
mice; and that, while prayers can do a
housand things, there an* a thousand
things that prayers euniot do. Prayer
for any particular Church will never
*each heaven high iml.-s it goes down
pocket <le p. 1,, my Church at the West,
there was a man of com:ortable means, who
fvl ,7 P , r ', l ' h " I as!ol ' ’-"' li elongated
style that he Iss iuiw* a nuisance to the iitaver
tneeting; asking Cod. in a , aver that Was
almost ithou: cm-mg, tint th * pastor might
lx bless and m his Ixiskct and in his store, while
the fact was he nev. r pai I anything. If we
pray for the advancement of the ( hurcli, and
no not out of our means contribute for its ad
vancement. our pra ver is only mockery to*t
tDe hmch of lokl then meet its obligations
on tin nuts df*, and lot, thn monikers or cverv
congregation m**. t th ■ obli rations on the i„-
wio is" '" * IU ' ' Vill l>e flll ueinily pros-
Ix*t me say, also 1 hat there must be punctu
nlitv "i the attendance on the house of the
Cord If th- service begins at half past ten
Ml the morning, the regular congregation of
a live church will not come at a quarter to
•*le\on. If th-sci vice is to begin at half past
seven th the evening, the regular congrega-
Gnii ot a l.yn , bnrch will not come at. a
quarter to eight. In some churches I have
noticed the jieople are always tardy. There
are some fieople who are always late. They
were horn too late, and the probability is they
will die too late. Phe rustling of dresses up
tin* aisle, and the slamming of doors, an.l
the trending of heavy feet, is poor
inspiration , " r a 'Minister. It requires great
(abstraction in a pastor's min i to proceed with
I he Preliminary exorcises of the Church when
otie-nnir oi the audience seated are looking:
around to see the other half come in. Such
a (inference ot attendance upon the house
. 7, , nm - v l*e a difference of time pieces;
i , 1 llV ° ( I ' , "" vh wlli ■!> lam speaking
• night to go by railroad time, and that is
pretty well understood in all our communities.
1 here is one In mil that ought to bo sun o- in a
great ninny Christian families on Nnfibatli
moriung;
I'tirly, my God, w ithout delay,
I iiaste to seek Thy face.'’
Another characteristic of a live church is
*he fact that all the people participate in the
•exercises. A stranger can tell by the way the
nrst tune starts whether there is any life
there, A church that does not. sing is a dead
church. It is awful to find a cold drizzle of
sniiMc coining down from tin* organ loit
vfcile all the people beneath sit in silence’
” lw " ii tune wanders around, lonely and un
befnended, and is tinallv lost, amid the arches
because the [xioiilo do not join in it, there is
not much melixty made unto the Lord. In
Heaven they all sing, though some there
'■annot sing half as well as others,
i iio .Mvtho list Church has sung all around
the world, and gone front conquest to
conquest , among other things because it is a
singing chmyh; and any Christian church or
ganization tnat with enthusiasm performs this
pai! oi its duty will go on from triumph to
triumph. A church of Cod that can sing, can
<lo anything that ought to be done. \\ ego
forth into this holy war with the Bible in one
hand and a hymn book in the other Oh’ ve
who used to sing the praises of the Lord and
have got out of flic habit, take your harps
down from the willows. lam glad to know
tlint, as a church, we are making advance
"" nt this respect. When I came to lx* your
pastor we had an excellent choir in the little
i.J i ‘ an '! ~a' v sr S Vt> 'y sweetly to us Sab
hiiih U\ .Sabkith: but over and anon there was
troulce. tor you know that the choirs in the
I mted States a,v the Waterloos where the
battles p> on. (hie Sunday they will
smg ~ :; c angi's, and the next. Sunday they
wi.l he mad, an 1 will not sin ; ;1 t all. We re
solved to settle all the dinimbtie;, and have
ono -l; litnl man at the or-in. an l one man
Pi do the work o a precentor; a ul n ,w, from
Sabbath to Sub: a !,. the song co m s up like
the vo.ro of niignty thundeiings. v
1 ‘ Let t-ose refuse to sin*
N' iio never knew our God;
children of the Heavenly King
Sis aid so. a’j their joys abroad.’’
t hi the way to triumph that never ends, and
pleasures that never die—singl
Another chat act eristic of a live church is a
flourishing Sabbath-school. It is too late in
th ■ history of the Christian Church to argue
the l>en. tit of such an institution. The Sab
bath school i. not a supplement to the Church;
it is its right arm. But you say there are
dead churches that have Sabbath-schools.
A os. but the Sabbath-schools are dead, too.
It is a dead mother holding in her arms a
dead child. But when superintendent, and
teachers, and scholars come on Sabbath after
noons together. their faces glowing with in
terest and enthusiasm, and th*'ir songs are
heard nil through the exercises, and at the
close they go awav feeling that they have
been on the Mount of Transfiguration—that
is a live school, and it is characteristic of a
live Church. There is only one thing I have
against the Sabbath-schools of this country,
and that is, they are too respectable. \Ve
gather into our schools the children
of the refined and the cultured,
and the educated; but alas for the
great multitude of the children of the
abandoned and the lost! A few of them are
gathered into our Sabbath-schools: but what
about the 70. AM destitute children of New
York, and the score of thousands of des
titute children of Brooklyn, around whom
are thrown no benign, and heavenly, and
Christian influences. It is a tremendous ques
tion. what is too Ix'come of the destitute chil
dren of these cities We must act on them
or they will act on us. Wc will either Chris
tianize them, or they will heathenize us. It is
a question not more for the Christian than
for the philanthropist and the statesmen.
Oh! if we could have all these suffer
ing little ones gathered together, what
a scene of hunger, and wretchedness,
and rags, and sin. and trouble, ana
darkness! If we could see those little
feet on the broad road to death, which
through Christian charity ought to be
pressiug the narrow [vith ot life: it we could
near those voices m blasphemy, which ought
to bo singing the praises of Cod; if we could
see tho-e little hearts,which at that age ought
not to be soiled with one unclean thought , oe
corning the sewers for every abomination; if
we could see those suffering liuie ones, sacri
ficed on the altar of every iniquitous
passion and baptized with lire iroui the
lava of the pit, we would recoil, cry .ng
out: “Avaunt, thou dream of hell!" Ihey
are not always going to lx? children. They
are coming up to tie the men and women <>f
this country. That spark of iniquity that
aught now be put out with one drop of the
water of life, w ill become the conflagration of
every green thing that God ever planted in
the soul. That which ought to have been a
temple of the Holy Ghost will become a
scarred and blasted ruin—every light quenched
and every altar in the dust. Ttuu jetty thief,
who slips into your store and takes a yard of
cloth lrom your counter, will become the
highwayman of the forest, or the burglar at
mi,might, picking the lock of your money safe
and blow in jf up the store to hide the villainy.
A great army, with staggering step, arid
blooUsliot eye, and drunken hoot, the}
are coming uu —gathering recruits from
every grog shop and den of iniainy in tile
land, to take the ballot box and hurra'll at the
elections. The hard-knuckled fist ot ruffian
ism will have more power than the gentle
Land of intelligence and sobriety. Ueu
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH. GA.. TUESDAY. APRIL 19, 1887.—EIGHT PAGES.
bloated, and with the signature of sin
burned in from the top of the forehead
to the bottom of the chin, will l<xk hon
est men out of countenance, Moi-ai corpse,
w hich ought to 1* buried a hundred feet deep
to keep them from poisoning the air, will ret
in the face of the sun at noonday. Industry
in her p:ain frock will be unappreciated.
while thousand* of men will wander m idle *
Hess, with their hands on their hips, saving:
“ The world owes us a living." O. w hat a tn 7
mendous power there is in iniquity w hen un
educated. and unrestrained, and unblauohed
it goes on concentrating, and deepening, and
widening, and gathering momentum until it
swings ahead with a very triumph of desola
tion, drowning like surges, scorching like
flames, crushing like rocks! What are you
going to do with this abandoned population
of the street*! \\ ill you gather them in vour
Churches! ltis not the will of your Heavenly
Father that one of these little ones
should perish. If you have ten respectable
children in your class, gather in ten that are
not respectable. If in your Bible-class there
be twenty voting men who have come from
Christian homes and elegant surroundings,
let those twenty young men go out and
gather in twenty more of the voung men of
the city who are lost to God and lost to so
ciety. This outside population, unless ed
cated and restrained. will work ter
ror in ages that are to come.
A ears ago, at New Orleans, when the cholera
was raging fearfully, a steamboat put out just
before nightfall, crowded with passengers
who were trying to escajie from the
pestilence. After the boat had been out a
little while the engineer fell w ith the cholera.
The captain, in consideration, went
down among the passengers and asked;
“Ls there uuv one here who knows
anything about engineering!" A Swarth
man replied: “I am an engineer.’’ “Well,
said the Captain, ”1 would be very
glad if you would take charge of this boat. j
The man went to the engine. The steamer
moved more rapidly, until, after awhile, the
Captain and some passanger were alarmed,
and they went to see what was the mat
ter, and they found that this was a maniac
engineer, and that he was ]>eeping ,
down the safety-valve; and, as they
mine to him, he said; “I am commissioned of !
Br tan to drive this steamer to hell!'' and he
flourixlied his pistol, and would not come
down. But after awhile, through some
stratagem, he was brought from his position,
and the lives of the pa.-s-*ngers were saved.
O, my friends! that steamer had no such
peril as our institutions are threat
ened with, if the ignorant and j
unrestrained children of this land shall j
come up in their ignorance and their crime •
to engineer our civil and religious institu
tiqns. and drive them on the rocks. Educate ]
this abandoned population, or they will over
throw the institutions of this land. Gather
them into your Sabbath-schools. I con- !
gratulate you that many have been ;
gathered. Go forth, teachers, in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ, ami j
on the coming Sabbath may there be '
found gathered scores and hundreds of these :
wanderers, and instead of eighteen hundred
in the Sabbath-school, we shall see three
thousand or four thousand, and the grace of j
God will come down upon them, and the Holy j
Spirit will bring them all into the truth.
Another characteristic of a live church is |
one with appropriate architecture. In the j
far A\ r est and amid destitute population, a
log church is very appropriate—the people i
living in log houses. But in communities
where people live in comfortable abodes, a
church uncommodious or lacking in beauty is
a moral nuisance. Because Christ was born in
a manger is no reason why w e should worship
Him in a barn. Let the churches of Jesus
Christ be not only comfortable, but ornate.
Years ago we resolved to have a comfortable
church. We resolved that it should be amplii
tbeatifical in shape. The prominent archi
tects of the country, after figuring on the
matter a good while, said that such a church
would not lx* ehurclily, and they would have
nothing to do with the enterprise.
But after awhile we found an architect will
ing to risk his reputation. He put up for us j
the first tabernacle, in amphitheatrical style.
We liked it. All who came liked it. This
building followed in the same style. We be
lieve it is appropriate and adapted. An an
gular church will have an angular theology.
The Church of Jesus Christ ought to be a great
family circle, the pulpit only the fire-place,
around which they are gathered in sweet and
domestic communion. But when our first
tabernacle went up, 0 the caricature and the
scoffing! They said: “It's a hippodrome!
It's a holy cirdus ! It's Talmage's theatre ! ”
But the Lord came down with power upon
that old building, and made it a gate of
heaven to a great many. And this building
followed. That we were right in persisting
in the style ot' architecture is proved
by the fact that now there ere sixty or
seventy churches in the United States
in the same style. Indeed, our tabernacle has
revolutionized Church architecture in this
country. A live Church must have a com
modious, a comfortable, an adapted building.
“How amiable are Thy Tabernacles, 0 Lord
of Hosts! I would rather be a door-keeper in
the house of my God than to dwell in the tents
of wickedness. ”
Again, the characteristic of a live church
must he that it is a soul-saving church. It
must lx* the old Gospel of Christ. “Oh,” say
some people, the Gospel of Christ allows but
a small swing for a man's faculties, and some
in n have left the ministry with that idea.”
One such said to Rowland Hill: “I have
left the ministry because I don't want to
hide my talents any longer.’’ “Wall,” re
pin'd Rowland Hill, •’[think tbs more you
hide your talents the better. ' Why, there is
no field on earth so grand as that which is
open before the Gospel ministry. Have you
powers of analysis? Exhaust them here. Have
von unconquerable logic? Let it grapple with I
Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. Have I
you strong imagination? Let it dis- i
course on the Psalms of David, or i
John's Apocalyptic Vision. Have you great j
power of pathos; Exhaust it in telling the j
story of a Saviour's love. Have you a bold j
tyle of thinking? Then follow Ezekiel’s wheel,
full of eyes.and hear through his chapters the
rush of the wings of the seraphim. All ye
who want a grand field in which to work for ;
God, come into the Gospel ministry. At j
any rate, come into Christian circles,
and somewhere and somehow declare the
grace of God. Pardon for all sin. Comfort j
for all trouble. Eternal life for all the dead. ;
O. my soul! preach it for ever. It has been ;
my ambition, and 1 believe it has been yours,
my dear people, in these years of my
ministry, to have this a soul-saving Church,
and we never yet threw out the Gospel net {
but we drew in a great multitude. The}’ !
have come, a hundred at a time: and two i
hundre 1 and fifty at a time: and I expect ,
the day will appear when, in some service,
there will be three thousand souls accepting
the offers of eternal life. I wish I
could tell you the circumstances
that have come under my observation |
proving the fact that God has blessed the
prayers of these people in behalf of souls im
mortal. I could tell you of one night, when
I stood at the end of the platform, and a gen
tleman passed me. his cheek bronzed with the
sea. and as he went into the inquiry-room
he said to me: “I am an Englishman.”
I said: “I am very glad to see you: walk in."
That night he gave his heart to the Lord. It
was a clear ease of quick but thorough con
version. Passing out at the close of the in
quiry meeting. I said: ’How long have you
oe *n in this country!'’ He said: "I arrived" by
i teamer this morning at eleven o’clock." I said:
“How long will you lx? in the city?" He said:
”1 leave to-morrow for Canada, and thence I
go to Halifax, and thence to Europe, and I'll
never be here again." I said: “I think you
must have come to this country to have your I
soul saved." He said: “That certainly was
the reason.” In that other room, one night,
at the close of the service, there sa r among
other persons three jiereons. looking so
cheerful that I said to myself : ’’These
are not anxious inquirers." I said to the man:
“Are you a Christian?" He said: ”lam."
I said: ’’When did you become a Christian?"
He said: "To-night." His wife sat next to
him. 1 said to her: "Are you a Christian!”
She said: “lam." I said: "When did you
become a Christian?" She said: "To
night." I remarked: “Is this young
lady your daughter?" They said: "Yes.”
1 said to her: "Are you a Christian?”
She said: "Yes." 1 said: "When did you be
come a Christian She said: "Tonight." I
said to them: “From whence ■ aine youf
They said: “We are from Charleston. South
Carolina." I said: "When did >on came:''
They said: "We came yesterday." "How
long are you going to remain f’ We
go to-morrow. We have never been
here before, and shall never be here
again." I have heard from them since.
They are members of the Church of Jesus
Christ, in good and regular standing, eminent
for consistent-}- and piety. And -si Co-1 has
made it a soui-saving Church. But I could
tell you of a tragic scene, when once at
the close of the service I found a man
in one of these front seats, wrought upon
most mightily. 1 said to him: “What is the
matter?” He replied: "1 am a captive of
strung drink; I lame from the 'Vest: l
thought, perhaps, you could do tile s* -me good:
, 1 Hint you can't do me any good: i find there
ix no hope for me." 1 said "Come into thir
side room and we will talk together." “L’h
no!" he sail, •‘there's no need if my
goingin : I am a lost man : I have a Uautiful
wife : 1 have four l*autiful children : I luul a
fine profession; I have had a thorough edu
cation : I had ever}- opp a-tunity a man ever
had. but I am a captive of strong drink : God
only knows what 1 suffer." 1 said : "Be
encouraged ; mine in here, and we'll talk
together alxmt it." "No." lie said. "I
can't come: you can't do me me any good.
I was on the Hudson River Railroad yester
day, and coming down. I resolved never again
to touch a drop of strong drink. While 1 sat
there a man came in—a low creature—and
sat bv me: he had a whiskey flask, anil he
said to me: * Will you take a drink I >aidno:
but oh how I wanted it ! and as Is ii<l no. it
seemed that the liquor curled up around the
month of the flash and begged: ’Take me!
take me! take me!' I felt I couldn't resist it,
and yet I was determined not to drink, and 1
rushed out on the platform of the car. and
I thought 1 would jump off; we were
going at the ra‘e of forty milet
an hour, and 1 didn't dare to jump;
the paroxysm of thiist went off. and I am
here to-night." I said: “Come in. I'll pray
for you. and commend you to God.” He
came in trembling. Some of you remember.
After the service, we walked out and up the
street. I said: “Ybu have an awful
struggle: I'll take you into a drug
store: jiei haps the doctor can give you some
medicine that will help you in your struggle,
though, after all, you will have to dejend
upon the grace of God.” I said to th * doc
tor: “Can you give this man something to
help him in his battle against strong drink?”
“I can,” replied the doctor, and he pre
pared a bottle of medicine. I said:
“There is no alcohol in this—no strong
drink?" “None at all,’’ said the doctor
“How long will this la-t?" I inquired. “It
will la-t him a week.” “O," I said, "give us
another Ixittle." We passed out into the
street and stood under the gaslight. It was
getting late, and I said to the man: “I must
part with von. Put your trust in the Lord,
and He wifi see you through. You will make
use of this medicine when the paroxysm of
thirst comes on.” A few weeks passed away,
and I got a letter from Boston saying: “Deal
friend, 1 inclose the money you paid for that
medicine. I have never used any of it. The
thirst for strong drink has entirely gone
away from me. I send you two or
three newspapers to show you what
I have been doing since I came to Boston.”
I op >neil the newspapers and saw accounts
of meetings of two or three thousand people
to whom this man had been preaching right
eousness, temperance, and judgment tc
come. I have heard from him agair
and again since. He is faithful now,
and will lie. 1 know, faithful to the last. 0.
this work of soul saving! Would God that
out of this audience to-day 500 men might
hear the voice of the Hon of God bidding
them come to a glorious resurrection!
All the offers of the Gospel are extended tc
you, “without money and without price,”
and you are conscious of the fact that these
opportunities will soon be gone forever.
The conductor of a rail-train was telling me
of the fact that he was one night standing
by his train on a side track, hit
train having been switched off so that
the express train might dart past unhindered.
He said while he stood there in the darkness,
beside his train on the side-track, he heard
the thunder of the express in the distance.
Then he saw the flash of the headlight.
The train came with fearful velocity,
nearer and neat er, until after awhile, when it
came very near, by the flash of the headlight,
he saw that the switchman, either through in
toxication or indifference, had not attended tc
his duty, and that the train, unless something
were done immediately, would rush on the
side track and dash the other train to atoms.
He shouted to the switchman: “Setup that
switch!'’ and with one stroke the switch
went back, and the express thundered
oi. O, men and women, going on toward
the eternal world, swift as the years, swift as
the months, swift as the days, swift as the
hours, swift as the minutes, swift as the sec
onds on what track are you running? To
ward light or darkness? Toward victory or
deft at? Toward heaven or hell! Set up that
switch. Cry aloud to God. “Now is the day
of salvation.”
THE TEXAN DROUTH.
Tlic Fenrfnl Drouth Continue* with Little
Prospect ot Itain.
The drouth now extends from the far
western grazing lands across the state for
a distance of 800 miles, to the pine re
gions bordering on Louisiana, but de
creases in severity as it approaches the
pineries, from which section complaints
are of recent date. The general rains
which usually set in at the full of the
moon, are wanting, and the cool, dry
winds of the past fortnight continue to
prevail except in the district immediately
west and southwest of San Antonio, em
bracing Medina, Bandera, Uvalde, Frio
and Itascosa counties, where moderate
rains fell yesterday, but not enough, say
the dispatches from that vicinity. This
is one of the grazing sections of the state,
where stock was dying.
Between San Antonio and the coast,
embracing such fertile counties as Guad
aloupe, Gonzales, Lavaee, Colorado,
Caldwell, Bastrop and a dozen others,
the drouth has assumed a serious aspect,
putting an embargo upon all agricultural
development, especially cotton, the chief
product of this section. One correspond
ent describes roadways throughout this
belt as covered to a depth of several
inches with dust. The fields are barren
even of weeds, while stiings of cattle al
most too poor to stand up, are traveling
constantly in search of grass and water.
In Central Texas, embracing about
thirty counties surrounding Waco, Corsi
cana and Burnet, the situation is scarcely
less promising, all reports agreeing that
nothing but very early and plentiful rains
will avert serious damage or failure of
the crops.
In northern and northwestern Texas
the drouth is not as severely felt as in the
other sections, but complaints are increas
ing daily. A slight sprinkle of rain fell
during the week in Mitchell county, along
the line of the Texas and Pacific road,
but no report of rainfall in the Pan Han
dle district has been received. One result
of the drouth is the notable scarcity of
early vegetables at the principal points.
Anxiety over the situation is becoming
greater every day. The wholesale houses
are calling their drummers off the road,
as the country merchants refuse to buy
during the uncertainty of the crop out
look.
SUING A NEWSPAPER.
Kanxns l.awvrrs Bring Suit Against a
Newspaper.
Garden* City. Kans.—Six libel suit 9
were filed in the district court here
Wednesday, claiming, in the aggregate,
$12,000. George A. Kimball and George
H. Reeve, comprising the firm of Kimball
A Reeve; A. Bennett and Smith,
comprising the firm of Bennett & Smith,
bring a suit for $12,000 against P. J.
Taicott & Barlow, publishers of a demo
cratic weekly published at this place.
The same parties also bring suit against
C. F. M. Niies, register of the United
States land ofiiee at this place. The
plaintiffs are all land owners here. They
allege the publishers willfully and malic
iously libelled them by the publishing of
an article stating that they had been de
barred from practicing before the United
States land i.lfice when such was not the
case. The complaints against Register
Niles allege that he procured the publica
tion. Niles is from Findley, O.; Taleott
& Barlow an from Robinson, 111.
EFFECT OF THE INTERSTATE LAW.
Harrisburg, Pa.—The Chesapeake
nail works, employing 200 men, and the
Lockhill and Paxton furnace have ceased
operation until the railroad and trans
portation companies reach some cone! us
r>ii regarding freight rates. Mill owners
sav thev eatitiot continue business under
the iiiteist itc* act as iuterprette 1 Sev
era! hundred men ate thrown out of
employment.
Making Fortunes in It ashinsrlon.
I was walking up Sixteenth street,
says a Washington correspondent, and
I came to two stone houses of a bluish
color, very well built. Said I: “Who
is doing that work ?” I was given the 1
name of a man I imperfectly identified.
“Who is he,” I asked.
“Oh, he is the big pension ageut here.
He is worth SI ,000,000.”
This reminded me of a house in this
city about seventeen years ago, which
was a wonder of its day. I asked what
rich man had built it. They told me at
tliat time that it was built by the big .
claim agent in town—one who had made
all his money out of a sjieeial class of ,
claims known as prizes. We must not
be surprised, however, that men make
money by getting their commissions
out of appropriations. Here is Mr.
Corcoran, the big banker, who has been
able to give away money in large sums
for years, often to the good of the com
munity and country; he belonged to a
banking house w hich grew- rich by deal
ing in the Government loans at the time
of the Mexican war. The Government
had to raise the money to cany on the j
war, and the Secretary of the Treasury
at that time went over to this bank and
offered a commission. The wealth mere- j
ly arose fi-om the enormous amount j
which incurred the shave. For an in
dividual to borrow SIOO,OOO is quite an
operation. He goes to a bank and says:
“I want this money and will pay 0
per cent, for it; I will give you i per
cent, more to find me the money.”
Now, this I per cent, is, l think,
SSOO upon every SIOO,OOO. On every
$1,000,000 it is $5,000; on everv $lO,-
000,000 it is $50,000; on every $100,000,-
000 it is $500,000. The Mexican war
took place forty years ago, and $500,-
000 turned over and over since that
time is as large a fortune as is good for
one man.
Girls in Boys’ Clothes.
A singular and romantic story comes
by telegraph from Windorn, Minn., a
small town in the southwestern part of
the State. Two young children wander
ed into the town Saturday evening.
Their ages were about fourteen and six
teen. They gave their names as Charlie
and Bertie Byers, of Rochester, N. Y.
It was soon discovered that they were
girls in boys’ clothing, and then they
admitted their names were Katie and
Lilly Byers. Their story was that when
very small they lived at Lindsay, Ont.
They removed to Rochester after their
parent’s death, being taken there by a
brother, W. A. Byers, now a resident of
Calgary, Northwest Territory. Being
badly treated at Rochester, they started
without money to join their brother at
Calgary. In order to get away they
dressed in male attire. Their trip from
Rochester to Windorn was made on foot
and in box cars as tramps. They are
cared for at Windorn. W. A. Byers, at
Calgary, has been communicated with.
A Developing Man.
“Lighthead,” exclaimed his excellent
wife, testily, “you area bigger fool than
1 took you to be.” “Thanks,” he said,
gratefully, but meekly, “that is to say, I
grow on you with longer acquaintance.
Ah, my ownest own, you haven’t halt
found me out yet.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
“Maro't IKKi," wrote C. C. Shayne, 103 Prince
street, N. Y., “Cripp’ed with lumbago; I tried
St. Jacobs Oil: it relieved; Hied again, it cured
me.” Xoven btr 1, ISSti. lie writes: “Confirm
mv statement: was cxiured.” Price
fifty cents- ■* < ** rs”
A Franklin county fellow has won a bet by
eating sixteen p e-i in twenty minutes. There
are some men that find glory in a perform
nnce in which every little pig is their equal
in every resp cl and every big hog is their
superior. Pilislnirii Bulletin.
Mis. M. Pollock, So Aisquith St., Baltimore,
Md,, says: “Red Star Cough Cure for colds,
coughs and swe throat has no equal.” Price
twenty-five cents a bottle.
In lie* dining-room of respectable society
it is not consider! and correct to putyour fingers
into ihe p ale before you. But at church, into
the ;> ate that is set before you, all good Chris
tians (?) are expected, with due honor to eti
quette, to put their alms. — Punch.
"Tin* Slough of Despondency”
in which >ou are wallow i g, on account of
tho.-e diseases peculiar to you, madam, and
w. i h have r itibed you ot the rosy hue of
heal n, and made life a burden to you, >ou
can easily get (U of. Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite
Prescription,” will free you from all such
troiu le-. and soon recall the rose-tint of
dealt . t ■ vour cheek, and the elasticity to your
ste . 1 lisa most pe f c specific for all the
weaknesses and irregularities peculiar tojo ir
sc . tc res ulceration, displacements, "in
lerual fever,” bearing-down : ensations, re
moves the tendency to cancerous affections
and corrects all unnatural discharges. By
diuggists.
It is inconsistent to expect a stationary en
gine to run.
Dr. Sage's C; t u rh Re T.edy cures when every
ether s >cal ed remedy fails.
When an ant- ater runs it should be called
an antelope.
Don’t Rend ThU
if you have a sufficiency of this world's goods,
bni if vmi have nit, write to H.aliet ot uo.,
Portland. Maine and receive,free, full partic
ular' about work that you can do. and live at
home, wherever you are locate 1. at a Pro fit of
from $5 to $25 per dty and upwards. All suc
oeed- hoth sere** all ages. All is new. Capt
tafn'ohrequired. Hallett* Cos. will start you
Don't delay; investigate at once, and grand
success will attend you.
if afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottl*
No Opium in Piso’s Cure for Consumption
Cures where other r< medies fail. 25c.
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Ar this season nearly every one needsa good medi
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Hood’s Sarsaparilla is die b ->t for this purpose. It
ispeculiarinttat it strengthens and builds up the
system and creates an appetite, while it eradicates
disease. Be sure to set Hood's Sarsaparilla. Do not
take any other.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla sold by druggists, (i; six for
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100 Doses One Dollar
ail “25 YEARSiBPOULTRY YARD"
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1 Frriaht Prepaid, and guarantee safe arrival
lot ctscnlac, Spvmal terms to l arge Ifeitlr* -
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A Pigeon Hank.
The “devil haw k” of Arizona is a rare
bird, and an interesting one. He is de
scribed as having remarkably handsome
plumage, but a very nglv head. His
talons are long and strong, and his beak
is ahnost as sharp as a needle and very
powerfuL Tliis bird, but for his head,
when on the wing would pass for a
pigeon. When seeking his prey lie
plays pigeon, and flies in among them
unnoticed on account of his similarity
and easily captures what he wants. He
is the picture of grace and beauty and
speed. It is estimated that there are
not more than a dozen of them in the
Territory. The Mexicans are supersti
tious about him, and regard his appear
ance as an evil omen.
Complicated Auger;
Gilhooly—“You say your wife is in
bad humor ?”
Pennybunker—“Yes, you bet she is."
“What is she mad about ?”
“In the first place, she got mad at the
servant-girl, then she got mad at me be
cause I didn't get mad at the servant
girl, and now she is mad at herself, be
cause I got mad at her because she got
mad at the servant-girl Do you under
stand ?”
In General Debility* Emaciation* Con
sumption, and Wasting in Children.
Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil w ith
Hypopho-phites. is a most valuable food and
medicine. It creates an appetite for food,
strengthens the nervous system and builds up ,
the body. Please read: ”1 tried Scott’s Emul
sion on a young man whom Physicians at
times gave up hope. Since he began using the
Emulsion his Cough has ceased, gab ed fiesb
and strength, and from all appearances his life
will be prolonged many years.”— John Sulli
van, Hospital Steward, Morgana*, l’a.
Since Sullivan broke his arm be has reform
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Young or middle-aged men suffering from
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Farmers,
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Horse Trainer.” A complete system, teach
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and gentle way, requiring no elaborate appar
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Every one handling horses should haro a
copy.'
Read the adv’t headed "Agents Wanted.”
The farmers, in their swamps, we’re sure.
Could find the roots and plants that cure:
If by their knowledge they only knew
For just the disease each one grew.
Take courage now and “Swamp-Root” try—
(for kidney, liver and bladder complaints),
As on this remedy you can rely,
Daughters. Wives nml Mothers.
Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free,
lecurely sealed. Dr. J. B. Marchisi, Utica, N. Y
Envied by Her Sex.
Is the fate of every lady with a bright, glow
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the use of Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic.
{/) Si | j’® ° nce * What are you
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x: MBHi2 Thcysay that for Brights’
2 Disease,Kidney, Liver or
-J o Bladder complaints, this
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Il iJoc Hjrht tollie Spot.
* W rFrepaml at I>r. KiJrner's
u- dispensary,mn K haiton f N.Y.
Q r kf) I.ctters of iiDimry answered.
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The following words, in praise of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription os n remedy for those delicate diseases and weak
nesses peculiar to women, must be of interest to every sufferer from such maladies. They are fair samples of the_ spontaneous
expressions with which thousands give utterance to their sense of gratitude for the inestimable boon ol health which has been
restored to them by the use of this world-famed medicine.
John E. Seoar, of MUlenbeck, Fa., wrio-s: ! l" ™4ie t"u Mrs. Sophia F. Boswell, Vi lute
Q* lAA “My wife had been suffering for two or three THREW CWfIY took <l'\ n V ’ T '| B ,’ t ; * _
lb *V w years with female weakness, and had paid y ii
T I out one hundred dollars to physicians with- HFR , ‘ eil' ts. lam doiru niy v>.k, an
THROWN AWAY out relief. She took Dr. Pierce’s Favorite p.ior some time. 1 hi.\e had t> mp ’■ ’;■
* Prescription, and it did her more good than SUPPORTER. KTSS™ 'itovt had to wear a
all the medicine given to her by the physi- "**- 111 A, ~ “ '. A,-. t hov .„
cians during the three years they had been practicing upon her.” j .. , supporter most ot the time, tn... i ca.
t. r „ „ * , ~,, ~ „ .. < aside, and feel as well as 1 ever did.”
■■■■ Mrs. George Herger, of Went held, N. Y.,
Tur PnriTrxT writes: “ I was a great sufferer from leucor- ■ i _ Mrs. Mat Gi.kason, of Nunica, Oltavf Cos.
IKb UnbATboT rhea, bearing-down pains, and pair contin- IT W(}Ri(s MUh., writes: ‘‘Your ’Favorite Prescription
m n ually across my back. Three bottles of your lies worked wonders in my case.
rARTHIY HiDDN ‘ Favorite Prescription ’ restored me to per- nfiynCDC Again she wri-es: “Having taken several bot
uaninLl uuun. feet health. I treated with Dr. , for IfliftUtMd. ties of the * Favorite Picscrijitk.tr, 1 nave _re
nine months, without receiving any benefit. gained my heaith wonderfully, to the astonmh-
The ‘Favorite Prescription’ is the greatest earthly boon to us ment of rnyseif and friends. I can now be on my feet ail dayj
poor suffering women.” attending to the duties of my household.
TREATING THE WRONG DISEASE.
Many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease,
another from liver or kidney disease, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration, another with pain here or there, and in
this way they all present alike to themselves and their easy-going and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, separate and distinct diseases,
for which he prescribes his pills and potions, assuming them to be such, when, in reality, they are ail only symptoms caused by some
womb disorder. The physician, ignorant of the cause of suffering, encourages his practice until large bills are made. Jlie suffering
patient gets no better, but probably worse by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and consequent complications. A proper medicine,
like Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, directed to the cause would have entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all those
distressing symptoms, and institutmg comfort instead of prolonged misery.
3Duunini ■ tin r. M . rs -T?- J’ m °RGAN-, of No. 71 herimjton St , i A Marveloun Cure.- Mrs. G. F. SpRAGr r.
rHISICIANS EaJ?t Bouton, Mass„ says: “Five years ago 1 .IFA! lot r rutted, MU-ft- writ* -: "1 was troubled with
p.„ __ was a dreadful sufferer from uterine troubles. UUtLUUO J f,., na le weakness, ieut orrhea and falling or the
l ai LED Having exhausted the skill of three pliy- [foPTfiS* 8 womb for seven years, so I had to keep my led
sicians. I was completely discouraged, and so LiUli I UPC. 3 f or a g- o od part of the time. 1 doctored with an
, weak I could with difficulty cross the room nm.. J annv of different physicians, and spent large sums
alone. I began taking Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and G f money, but received no lasting*benefit. At last my husband
using the local treatment recommended in his ‘Common Sense persuaded me to try vour medicines, which I was loath to do.
Medical Adviser.’ I commenced to improve at once. In three because I was prejudiced against them, and the doctors said
months I was perfectly cured, and have bad no trouble since. 1 they would do me no good. I final!v told my husband that if
wrote a letter- to my family paper, briefly mentioning how my p f . would get me some of vour medicines, I would try them
health had been restored, and offering to send the full particulars against the advice of mv phvsieian. He got me six bottles of the
to any one writing me for them, and enclosing a etainped-en- • Favorite Prescription,’ also six bottles of the * Discovery,’ for
r elope for reply. I have received over four hundred letters. ten dollars. \ took three bottles of ’ Discovery ’ and four of
In reply, I have described my case and the treatment used, • Favorite Prescription,’ and I nave been a sound woman for four
and have earnestly advised them to ‘do likewise.’ From a great years. I then gave the balane* of the medicine to mv sister, who
many I have received second letters of thanks, stating that they w ag troubl' din the same way, and she cured herself in a short
had commenced the use of ‘Favorite Prescription.’ had sent the time. 1 have not had to take ur.v medicine now for almost
$1.50 required for the ‘Medical Adviser,’ and had applied the tour rear®.”
local treatment so fully and plainly laid down therein, and were
much better already.”
THE OUTGROWTH OF A VAST EXPERIENCE.
The treatment of many thousands of eases i cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi- In pregnancy, “ Favorite Prescription’’
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing gtstion, bloating and eructations of gas. is a "in- there cordial,” relieving r. :uv a,
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids' A* a soothing and strengthening weakness of stomach and other 0.-i racing
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, S'. Y., . nervine,” Favorite Prescription” is un- symptoms common to that condition. If
has afforded a vast experience in nicely equalled and is invaluable in allaying and iis use is kept up in the latter months of
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies subduing nervous excitability, irritability, gt-stauon, it so prepares the system for de
for the cure of woman’s peculiar maladies, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and other distressing, nervous symptoms almost"entirely do away with the sufferings
is the outgrowth, or result, of this great commonly attendant upon functional and of that trying ordeal.
and valuable experience. Thousands of organic disease of the womb. It induces “Favorite Prescription,” when taken
testimonials, received from patients and refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx- in connection with the use of Dr. Pi'-rc-e's
from physicians who have tested it in the j iety and despondency. Golden Medical Discovery, and email laxa
more aggravated and obstinate cases which j Br. Pierce’** Favorite Prescription the doses of Dr. Pierce's Purgam • p bet
had baffled their skill, prove it to be the is a legitimate medicine, .fully U.ittle Liver Pills), cures Liver, Kidm y and
most wonderful remedy ever devised for compounded by an experieue 1 and si.: ill Ail Bladder diseases. Tleir combined use also
the relief and cure of suffering women. It physician, and adapted to woman's delicate removes blood taints, and 'abolishes can
ts not recommended as a “cure-all,” but organization, it is purely vegetable in its ecroufl and scrolulous humors from the
as a most perfect Specific for woman's composition and perfectly harmless in its s> -t< in.
peculiar ailments. j effects in anv condition of the system. “Favorite Prescription” is the only
Asa powerful, invigorating tonic, ‘ “Favorite Prescription” ts a posi- meck-ine !■ r women s* Id, by druggists.
It imparts strength to the whole system, live cure for the most complicated and snider a positive guarantee, from the
and to the uterus, or womb and its af” obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or “ whites,” nmnulacturcrs, that it wiil give satisfae
pendages, in particular. For overworked, excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain- ten in every case, or money will be re
“worn-out,” “run-down.” debilitated teach- ful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, funded. This guarantee has been printed
ers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully enr
”shop-girls.” housekeepers, nursing moth- back, “female weakness,” anteversion. it- ii and out for many years. Large bottles
ers, and feeble women generally, Dr. troveraion, bearing-down sensations, ebron- did doses) £I.OO, 'or six bottles tor
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the great- ic congestion, inflammation and ulceration £5.00.
egt earthly boon, being unequalled as an of the womb, inflammation, paiu and ten- W“ Send ten cents in stamps for Dr.
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Address, WORLD’S DISPENSARY HEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. C 63 Main Street, BUFFALO, N.
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