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REV. DR THR NOTED DIVINE’S DISCOURSE. Subject; “Armageddon.” J’XXT •And he gathered them together in a place called in the Hebrew toQgue, Arma- geddon.’—Rev. xvi., 1G. -Megiddo is the name of a mountain that looks down upon Esdrnelon, the greatest battlefield that the world kas ever seen, There Barak fought the Canaanites: there Gideon fought the Midianiteg; there Josiah fought the invading Egyptians. The whole region stands for battle, and the Armaged- don of mv text borrows its name from il. u. ' \ i* here used, not geographically, but figuratively, that while setting forth the idea there is to be a world ’3 closing battle, •he greatest of all battles, compared with which the conflicts of this century and all *ther -enturies were insigniflcent. because of the greater number of combatants e D - itaged, the greater victory and the greater defeat. The exact date of that battle we do rr»t know, and the exact locality is uncer- \;un. I may be In Asia, Europe, Africa, or America; but th« fact that such a battle will take place is as certain as God’s eternal truth. When I use the superlative degree in regard to that coming conflict, I do not forget that there have been wars all aloDg on stupendous scale. As when at Marathon Mil- fiadc- brought on his men, not in ordinary mnreb. but in full run, upon ttie horse- nie 1( of Persia and the black archers of Etbiopin. and scattered them, and crying, ■“Bring fire! Bring fire!” .set into flame the ships of the invaders As when Pizarro over carne Peru. As wnen Philip the Second triumphcd over Tortuga'. As when the Huns met the Goths. As when three hundre 1 Sparfans sacrificed themselves at Thermo- pylne. As when the Carthaginians took Ag- rigentum. As when Alexander headed the Macedonian phalanx. As when Hannibal in- varied Italy. Battle of Hastings! Battle of Valmy! Battle of Arbela! Battle of Tours! Battleuf Borodino! Battle of Lucknow! Bat- tie of Solferlno! Battle of Fontenoy where 100.000 were slain! Battle of Chalons where MOO.OOO were massacred! Battle of Herat where Genghis Khan destroyed 1,600,000 l j vef ’ Battle of Neishar where 1,747,000 went d mwu to death! 1.B1C,000 slain at Troy! Ami American battles, too near us now to allow us to appreciate their awful grandeur and significance, except you who wore there, faejug the North or facing the South! But all the battles I have named put together will not equal In numbers enlisted, or fierce- ness, or grandeur, or triumph, or rout, the coming Armageddon contest. Whether it Khali tie fought with printers’ type or keen steel, whether by brain or muscle, whether b\ pen or carbine, whether by booming can- rum or thunders of Christian eloquence, I do not know, and you may take what l say as figurative or literal, but take as certain what St. John, in his vision on the rocks of the Grecian archipelago, is pleased to call “Ar- inaged lon.’ My sermon will first mentionthe regiments that will he engaged in the conflict; then will sav something of the commanders on hath sides, and then speak of the battle ib-elf and the tremendous issues. Begin- ning with those who will tight on the wrong side, I first mention the Regiments Dia- *>olie. In this very chapter from which my text is taken we are told that the spirits of devils will be there. How many millions or them no one can tell, for the statistics of the satanic dominions have never been re- ported and the roll of that host has never on *>arth been called; but from the direful, aud continental, and planetary work they have already done, and the fact that every man and woman and child on earth has a tempter, there must beat least sixteen hun¬ dred millions of evil spirits familiar with on? world. Perhaps as many more are en¬ gaged on especial enterprises or abomina¬ tion among the Nations and empires of the earth. Beside that there must be an incon¬ ceivable number of Inhabitants in realms paudemoniac, staying there to keep the great capitals of sin going from age to age. Many of them once lived in heaven, but engaging in conspiracy to put Satan on the throne, they were hurled out and down, ana they are now among the worst thugs of the universe. Having been in three worlds,— Heaven, earth and hell,—they have all the Advantages of great experience. Their power, their speed, their cunniug, their hostility wonderful beyond ail statement! In the Ar¬ mageddon they will, I doubt not, be present in full array. They will have no reserve corps, but all will be at the frout. There will not only be soldiers in that battle who can be seen and aimed at, but troeps intangible nnd without corporeity, aud weapons may strike elear through them without giving them hurt. With what shout of defiance will they climb up the ladders of fire aud leap from the battlements of asbestos into the last cam¬ paign ot hell! Paul, the bravest of all men, was impressed with their might for evil when he said. “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,and against powers, aud against the rulers of the dark¬ ness in this world, against spiritual wicked¬ ness in high places.” Oh, what an agitating moment, when the ranks diabolic move up and take their places for conflicts in the Ar¬ mageddon! Other regiments who w«)l march into the fight will be the F.egiment Alcoholic. They will be made of the brewers’ companies, dis¬ tillery owners and liquor dealers’ associa¬ tions, aud the hundreds of millions of their patrons. These millions of victims of alco¬ hol joined by the millions of the victims of arrack, the spirituous liquor of China and India, and Arabia, aud Egypt, aud Ceylon, and Siam. Other regiments on that wrong side will be made up of offenders of all sorts—the fmuders, the libert.nes, the dynamiters, the Anarchists, the oppressors and the foes of society, the criminals of all Nations, by whatever name they are now called, or Khali then be called. They may not before thut have openly taken sides, but then they will be compelled to take side.-. With what venom, with what violence, with what des- peration they will fall into line at the great Armageddon! Is it not appalling, these uncounted regiments of the earth, to be joined by the uncounted regiments from perdition? Can any power cope with them? Especially when I tell you who their com- mauder is, for so much in all wars depends «pou the chieftain. Their leader will not be a political accident or a military “hap- pen so.” By talent, and adroitness and courage, aud unceasing industry he has come to the bad eminence. He disputed the throne of heaven with the Almighty, but no one has ever disputed the throne of eter- &&i night with this monarch who wilt in the last battle take the field in person. Milton calls him Lucifer. Goethe calls him Mephts- topheles. th« Hebrew call.; him Abaddon, xhe Greek calls him Apollyou. He is the imper- donation of all malevolence, of all oppres- siou.of all cruelly. The summing up of all falsehood. In his makeup nothing bad was left out and nothing good was put in, an 1 tie is to be the General, the Commander-in- Chief of all the forces on the wrong side of the great Armageddon. He has been in more battles than you have ever read about, and he has gained more victories than have ever been celebrated in this world. But I guess this old warrior of Pandemonium will not have an undisputed field. I guess there will be an army to dispute with his forces. I have mentioned the supremacy of this world. I guess our troops will not have to run wheD. on the day mentioned in my text, all the infqrnal butteries shall be uulimbered. We have been reviewing the troops diabolic. We have been measuring the calibres of their guns. We have been ex- amtntng tbeir ammunition wagons. Now let us look at the forces to be marshalled in the Armageddon on the right side. First of all. 1 mention the Regiments Augchc. Alas! that the subject of demon- ©logy seems better understood than the subject of aDgelologv. But the glorious spirits around the throne and all the bright immortals that fill the galleries and levels ©f the universe ar© to take part in that last great fight,' aud the Regiments Angelic th* only regiments capable of meeting the Regiments Phitoni*. To show you some¬ thing of an angel's power, I ask you to consider that just one of them slew one hundred and eighty-five thousand of Sen¬ nacherib’s hosts in a night, and it is not a tough arithmetical question to solve, if one angel can slay one hundred and eighty-five thousand troops in a night, how many can five hundred millions of them slay?" The old Book says that ‘*Tbev excel in strength.” It is not a celestial mob, but a | I i Cherablm. disclpled host, seraphim, and they thrones, know their rank, | ties and powers! And the leader principali- regiments in Michael of those the Archangel. David saw just one group of angels sweep past, and Paul, they who were in the twenty G^malian thousand charioted*. faculties wonderfully college bad hts so developed, con- (eases his incapacity to count them by say- j Q g. "Ye are come to Mount Zion and an innumerable company of angels.” If each soul on earth has a guardian angel, then there must be sixteen hundred million angels on earth to-day. Beside that, heaven must be full of angels, those who stay there; not only the twelve angels who, we are told, guard the twelve gates, but those angels who help in the worship, and go on mission from mansion to mansion, and help to build the hosannas and enthrone the hallelujahs and roll the doxologies of the service that never ends. But they all. if re- quired, will be in the last fight between holiness and sin. Heaven could afford to adjourn, just one dav. and empty all its temples, boulevards and mansions, and palaces, and into that one battle, The next regiments that I see marching into the fight will be the Regiments Ecclesl- astic. According to the last accounts, and practically only in the beginning of the gos- pel movement which proposes to tako the whole earth for God, there are four million six hundred thousand Methodists,- three million seven hundred and twentv-flvethou- sand Baptists, one million two hundred and eighty thousand three hundred and thirty- three Presbyterians, one million two hundred and thirty thousand Lutherans, and six hundred and forty thousand Episcopalians. But the present statistics of churches will be utterly swamped when, after all the great denominations have done their best work the slowest of all the sects will have more numbers than the present enrollment of all denominations throughout Christendom. I see them moving into the ranks, carrying a standard striped and starred; striped as sug- gesting Him by whose stripes we are healed, and starred as with the promise that those the whoturnmany to righteousness shall shine as stars, forever and ever. Into that battle on our side will roll those mighty engines of power, the printing presses of Christendom, Into that battle will also move the mightest telescopes, that shall bring the stars in their courses fo fight for our God. Again, the Regiments Elemental will come into that battle on the right side. The winds! God showed what He could do with them when the splintered timbers of the ships of the Spanish Armada were strewn on the rocks of Scotland. Norwav and the Hebrides. The waters! He showed what He could do with them when He put the whole earth under them, leaving it subaqueous one hundred and fifty days. The earthquakes! He showed what He oould do with them when He let Caracas drop into the open mouth of horror and the islands of the sea went into entombment. The lightnings! He showed what He could do with them when He wrapped Mount Sinai in flame, and we have all seen their flashing lanterns moving with the chariots of th# midnight hurricane, All the Regiments Elemental will come In our side in the great Armageddon. Come and let us mount and ride along the line, and review the troops of Emanuel, and find rhat the Regiments Terrestrial and Celestial that come into that battle on the right side are, as com¬ pared with those on the wrong side, two to one. a hundred to one, a thousand to one. But who is the Commander-in-Chief on this side? Splendid armies haye been ruined, caught iu traps, flung over precipices, and annihilated through the incompetence or mands treachery of their general. Who com¬ on our side? Jehovah-Jireh! so- called in one place. ‘‘Captain of Salvation," so-called in auother place. King of kings. Lord of lords. Conqueror of conquerors. His eye omniscient. His arm omnipotent. He will take the lead. He will draw the sword. He will give the command. And when He plants His foot for the combat, the foundations of the earth will quake, and when He shall give the battle shout, all th a gates of hell will tremble. But do not let us shout until after we have seen the two armies clash in the last strug¬ gle. Oh, my soul! The battle of all time and all eternity opens. “Forward!” “For¬ ward!” is the command on both sides given. The long lines of both armies wavor, ru d swing to and fro. Swords of truth against engines infernal. Black horse cavalry of per¬ dition against white horse cavalry of heaven. The redemption of this world aud the honor of tbe throne of God to vindicate, how tre¬ mendous is the battle! The army of right¬ eousness only seems giving away; but no! It is a part of the manoeuvre of the infinite fight. It is a deploy of the host celestial. What a meeting in this field of splendor and wrath, of the angels, and of the diabolic, of hosanna and blasphemy, of song and curse, of the divine and the satanic. The thunderbolts of the Almighty burst and blaze upon the foe. Boom! Boom! By the torches of lightning that illuminated the scene I see that the crisis of the Arma¬ geddon has come. It is the turning point of this iast battle. The next moment will decide all. Aye! the forces of Apollyon are breaking ranks. See! See! They fly! Some on foot, some on wing; they fly. Back over the battlements of perdition they go down with infinite crash, all the Regi¬ ments Diabolic! Back to the mountains and caves the armed hosts of earth, crying as they "on retreat to the rocks and mountains, ‘Tali us and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wra*h of the Lamb, for the great day of His wrath has come, and who shall be able to stand.” And while Apollyon, the prisoner of war, is being dragged in chains to his dungeon, and our Conqueror is re- mounting Bis throne, I look off upon the battlefield, and among the slain I find the oarcasses of Mohammedanism, and Papan- ism, and Atheism, and Infidelity, and Dis- sipation, and Fraud, aud multitudinous Wrong, strewing the plain, and I hear the angel that standeth in the sun crying in the words of Revelation, to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven—the eagles, and the vultures, mid the hawks, and the alba- trosses—••Come and gather yourselves to- gether unto the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men. and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them.” The prophesied Armageddon o l the text has been fought, and Christ and His follow- ^rs have won the day. The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ. All the Christian workers of our time, you, my hearers, and you. ray readers, and all the Christian work- ers of all the ages, have helped on the magnificent result, and the victory is ours as much as theirs. This moment inviting all outsiders, through the ransomed blood of the everlasting Covenant, to get into the ranks of the conquerors, aud under the ban- ner of our Leader, I shall not close the service with prayer, as we usually do. but immediately give out the Moravian Hymn, by James Montgomery, appropriate when written in 1S19, but more appropriate in 1896. and ask you. with ful. voices, as well as with grateful hearts, to chant it. See Jehovah's banner furl’d, Sheathed His sword; He speaks—’cisdone And the kingdoms of this world Are the kingdoms of His Son. A Fltnera i Floral Bicycle. ^ . floral _ , bicycle , . ,___ was the .. funeral , _ , tribute , ;1 __. recently made by a Lewision (Me . hot- house lor bereaved eyclomamac tnends Oi a y° uu K tn&n k&d iive ^ hear .here. ------ Our Corn at Vera Crux. 1 S Enormous quantities of American corn are i reported to have arrived at 3 era Cruz, Mex- ico, and to ce now in storage there. BILL ARP’S LETTER. PHILOSOPHER MAKES EARNEST PLEA FOR FATHERLESS ONES. As a Result of a Visit to the Decatur Orphans* Home. Why don’t some rich man give an endowment to the orphans’ home at Decatur—why don’t somebody leave it a good lot of money in his will, and then die soon after? And there is the orphanage at Clinton, S. C., that right now is on a strain to provide food and clothing for the winter. I am satisfied that if our good people could visit these institutions and see the children and realize their condition,they would help them. It is all right, of course, for the millionaires to give millions to the universities and colleges, and so provide cheap education for the poor; but there is a class of helpless, friend¬ less children scattered over the land who will never get to college, and who would be grateful for bread and clothes and shelter. The scriptures make no mention of schools or col¬ leges, but the fatherless are mentioned over and over again, and woe aud curses are threatened those who neg¬ lect or oppress them. I have long believed that good peo¬ ple would give more to charity if they were face to face with those who suffer. It is not a pleasant business to huut up the poor aud look upon want and rags and pale faces, but it ought to be done sometimes even by the rich and busy people. The good St. James said that true religion was to visit the widow and the fatherless—yep, to visit them. It will not do to sit in the parlor or counting room and wait till somebodv calls for charity. Little orphans can’t come; they don’t know the way. Their father is dead or their mother, or both, or perhaps one or the other is in the asylum or down with chronic sickness. It is a pitiful story, and every case is diff rent, but all pitiful. They are ail children of misery baptized in tears. I have been ruminatiug about this,and must write about it, though to most people it is an unwelcome subject. A few days ago I rode out to the orphans home near De¬ catur just to see how the children were getting on. My good friend, Robert Hemphill, went with me. He is the business man of that busy pa¬ per, The Constitution, but next to his family his heart’s affections are ab¬ sorbed in the orphans’ home. He is the president of the board, and ought to be. He goes there every few days, and the children smile when he comes. On the way we never talked politics— not a word—it was all orphans and the home. The farm wagon met ns at. Decatur and took 11 s out a mile in the couutry. I didn’t mind the rough riding, for it did me good to have my corporositv tumbled up a little; but I did mind getting in and out of that high-swung wagon that bad no steps. 1 tried to ‘■how my activity, but I couldn’t, and almost fell down before I got up. For aged orphans like me they ought to have a comfortable car¬ ryall, but Mr. Hemphill gays they haven’t got the money to buy it. Where is the carriage man that he don’t send one right away? Mr. Brumby, of Marietta sent six dozen good, strong chairs for the boys building, that has just been completed. Now, where is the big-hearted carriage man? It is a beautiful building, and will be dedica¬ ted soon ; and I’ve a notion of taking my wife down with me if the carryall is there; she can’t ride in a road wag¬ on any more. But that building and the girls’ building need water—plenty of water. There is a little lake of clear spring water not far away, and Mr. Hemphill says there is fall enough for a water ram, but it will cost about $500 to fix everything and put water in the upper stories—but the money is all out. It has taken all to complete the new building. # “Where are you going to get the $500 ?” I asked/ “ I have no idea,” he said, and he looked distressed; “but I reckon it will come, ’Three men have given us $500 each with the last twelve months, and I reckon there is one more some, where. I know that there are several, if they knew how badly we needed it.” Then he told me about wbat George Muse, Mr. Er Lawshe and Mr. G. V. Gress and others had done for the home. For about three hours I went about the premises and mingled with the or¬ phans. Some of the boys were digging and whee’ing dirt to stop a leak in the dam at the loke. Two bad to go after the cows. Half a dozen came trotting down to the barn with their milk buckets. The milch cows marched to their stalls and the stanchions closed upon them, while the boys sat upon their stools and talked merrily as they drew down the milk from their ud¬ ders. The eldest of these milkers was not more than 12 and the youngest about eight. Near the house, in the back yard, there were two boys swing¬ ing at the ends of a large rocking churn, and in 20 minutes th°y had gathered several pounds of nice yellow batter. I saw the girls washing and ironing iu the laundry, and others preparing the evening meal, of which 1 was invited to partake. There were no idle hands, save, perhaps, the two youngest, one of whom was an infant in arms and one only three years old. All had some duty to perform, and were doing it willingly, and all were comfortably clothed. But there were two master spirits about the place—Mr. Taylor and his wife had plenty to do. The outdoors and fjirm work and the eatde and get¬ ting wood and keeping the boys em- ployed in their working hours took all his time. But Mrs. Taylor has the greater responsibility, and sbe meets it. She looks after the needs of all, both boys and girU ; their food and clothes and health and conduct. She has one of those Urge, benevolent faces that a child could not help loving. Her tender care of the little ones and their affection for her was plainly visi¬ ble. The little boy of sixteen months was in her arms as she walked around with us and called up the turkeys aud chickens. “I don’t believe I can ever give up this one,” she said. “These orphans are coming and going all the time. As fast as they get old enough the Lord seems to tind places for them, and it always grieves me fo se«* them go, but I am going to keep this one aud adopt it as my own. We have no children, and this one will be a com¬ fort to ma when I get old and have to leave the home.” He was a pretty boy —the youngest of four that came there from one family. Their mother was dead and the father the same as dead; but they are better off now, aud all of them seem contented and happy. Ev¬ ery one there has a sad history, but they do not realize it now. Several hundred have come and gone within twenty-five years, and nearly all of them have done well. Many revisit the spot in after years; many write af¬ fectionate, grateful letters, and some send tokens of their kind remem¬ brance. One young man who has prospered and receives good wages sends $0 monthly out of his earnings to help maiutain seme other orphan. That is about what it takes—$250 to $300 a month for the sixty who are there. At twilight there was a curfew bell, and the children gathered in the parlor and we had music. The girls and boys sang some t weet songs to the lead of the piano, a gift from Mr. M. R. Berry, aud then the supper bell rang. The eider persons and the visitors were seated at one table and the children at three others, and at a signal from •Mrs. Taylor there was silence, land there was reverence, too, for she made one of the sweetest and most motherly prayers I ever heard. It was brief, 1 but it was beautiful. Then came the feast—not a display of good things, but good bread, good butter, good coffee, and at onr table a good, fat, well roasted turkey, that the girls had cooked for Mr. Hemphill and ho let me have some—yes, I got a plenty. That was the second turkey, Mrs. Tay¬ lor said, and she had many n\ore that she had raised—about one apiece for each child. Good gracious! Feeding orphans on turkey! Well, why not once in a while? I never saw an or¬ phan who didn’t like turkey. There are lots of good things about there. While down in the field I found some ripe maypops, and I have not passed liking them yet, and black haws and red haws were in sight, and these bovs knew every tree, aud where the chest¬ nuts and chinquapins grow. But the home needs money, and its wants must be kept before the public. It is a blessed charity to give it, a charity that is full of promises in scrip¬ tures. It should be enlarged and more orphans sent there, for I believe that it is the best training school in the state, and its inmates will all make good citizens. Old Father Jesse Bor¬ ing founded it, and if there is a heaven he is in it. He was a pioneer in good works. That’s the kind of paternalism I believe in—being a father to the fatherless. My good mother lost her parents when she was a little child. The pestilence swept them into one grave and she was sent to an orphanage in Savannah. They were good to her there and she used to tell us the sad story, and we would stand by her side and listeu, and our hearts get full and our eyes oveifiow. But one day a lady carna and chose her from among the children aud took her away. It is the same way at this orphanage now. They come and they go, and are scattered from Georgia to Texas. Good people, this is the noblest and sweetest kind of charity. Let us help it. —Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitu¬ tion. THE CLERKS REINSTATED. Crawford Regrets His Hasty Action in Discharging Them. Ths twelve clerks who were dis¬ charged by Crawford 3c Co., St. Louis merchants, last Saturday because they favored free coinage of silver, were csked to return to their positions in the dry goods establishment of the firm, without prejudice and with full salary. Several of the clerks have ac cepted the invitation. In a published statement Mr. Crawford regrets his hasty action in discharging them. MURDERED BY GRANDSON. Confronted With the Charge the Youthful Assassin Confesses. Mrs. F. Y. Glover wa3 murdered by her grandson, St. Clair Glover, at her home about four miles from Clarks¬ ville, Ga., some time iast Thursday night. Mrs. Glover, who belonged to one of the most respectable families of South Carolina, was living on a farm near Clarksville with one unmarried daugh¬ ter and two grandsons, St. Clair and his brother, who is a mute. Hanna Suggests a “Flag Day.” Chairman Hanna, of the republican national committee, has buggested a “flag day” in the campaign. He sug¬ gests that on Saturday, October 31st, all who intend to vote on November 3d for the single standard display the national eolors at their homes, their places of business and whenever they may be seen. Went Down With All the Crew. The officers cf the eteamer St. Jos¬ eph report a small tug, Dame unknown, sunk Tuesday night near Dent’s land¬ ing. on tbe Mississippi, and all on board were drowned. The water ie seventy feet deep where the tag sank and it cannot be raised. None of the bodies of the erfw have yet been re¬ covered. FULLY RESTORED. A TRAVELING WAN MADS WILL AND ■ APPT. Attacked by the Two Pleads, Rbonma- t am aad Kidney Trouble, bat the Plots of Both are Polled by the Pick Pills. From the .Republican, Caribou, Me, If the term miracle e*n be applied to any cures in the nineteenth century, surely the list ot suoh cures must contain that of Mr. O. A. Shepard, of Caribou, Me., who was so af¬ flicted with kidney trouble and rheumatism that he was on the verge of giving himself up as Incurable and was plunged to the dark¬ est depths of despair. But let him tell the story in his own words. "Early in the fall of 1894 I had fastened on to me, as I supposed, that blight of blights, thnt heretofore sure destroyer, kidney trouble, and it was slowly and surely making headway In undermining my health fori was fast becoming unable to attend to my duties as a traveling salesman, my back seeming about ready to break after riding any dis¬ tance in buggy or sleigh. The bad feeling had been growing in aiy back for a period of five or six years, but I had not given it much attention, not supposing it to be anything but what would wear off. But in the fall above mentioned I was compelled to give my attention to it, Tor I had to stop traveling and go to doctoring myself. My efforts seemed fruitless. I grew worse and worse. My weight was decreasing. My blood was apparently tity. growing poor and leas in quan¬ ••Picture my anxiety when vainly trying to beat off one disease auoiher should make its appearance and successfully gain a foothold in my already weakened constitution. Tne last disease is one that most physicians con¬ sider enough to do battle with and a foeman worthy their mixtures. It was consumption. From bad to worse I continued until I be¬ came unable to be around and at last I was utterly helpless. I only looked forward to the time when I might be released from my sufferings by the one deliverer from all ills. •‘Many were the remedies I tried and faithfully, but to no purpose. All the stuff for internal use I tried had no effect what- ever on the slow and steady progress of the diseases. The external appliances and de¬ coctions dfd me no benefit at all. My suf¬ ferings were fast becoming unbearable. My hope was ebbing ax-ay. ‘•Just at this time, a friend, and he was a friend indeed, advised me to procure some of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and with little faith that they would do me any good, but out of respect for my friend’s advice, (I thought it would do no barm at least) I or¬ dered six boxes. I took them. My blood at once began to increase and I for the first time in many weeks had a good night's sleep! My improvement w»9 noticeable from the start! My weight begau to increase! My appetite grew! Happy? Well I think I was! i at last had found just what my system needed to defeat the robbers preying on my health and I thought it the time to be merry. “I purchased another half dozen boxes and when they were gone, two more, which etiectually cured me. I increased in weight until from what was almost nothing for me, I tipped the scales at 1% pounds, my present weight, and I owe it all to the Pink Pills. May the knowledge of them be brought tc all suffering ns I did, for I know they will be benefited and cured, and 1 deem it a pleas¬ ure to recommend them. •‘I have traveled for thirty years and have heard of many strange things, miracles, etc., but I think my own experience stranger than them all. ‘•Now I can drive hard all day, from early morning lo late at night and not feel it. I am just as well as I ever was. No sir, I never felt any bad effects from their use at all. It was a gradual but sore fight and the Pink Pills were victorious. Long may they wave!” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a con¬ densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life aud richness to the blood aud restore shattered nerves. They are an un¬ failing specific for sueh diseases as iooo- motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance.sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv¬ ous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (fhey are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Willi 1 ms’ Medicine Com¬ pany, Soheneetady, N. Y The highest life ineurance in Sweden is held by King Oscar; he is insured for 600,000 crowns. 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