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cctk the xnTKB NOTED mvivva DIVIDES armnisi SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject: “A King Eating Grass.”
Text: “Th* same hour was the thine fnl-
filled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was
driven from men. and did eat grass as oxen
and bis body was wet with the dew of
heaven, till bis hairs were grown like eagles’
feathers, and his nails like birds’
Daniel iv.. 33.
rs S P i r , vr ! r ,h ' y ^ t»«<« morn
-
tf^you w * a ‘k out with Nobuehadnezzar on
The suspension fridges which hang from the
housetops and ha shows you tho vastness of
his realm As the sun kindles the domes
with glist- almost insufferable and the
great streets thunder up their pomp into the
ear of toe monarch, and armed towers stand
around, adorned with the spoils of cod-
quered empires, Nebuchadnezzar waV es his
band above the stupendous scene and ex-
claims, Is not this great Babylon, that I
have built for the house oi the kingdom bv
the might of my Power and for the honor of
my majestyr But in an instant all that
sp.en .or is gone from his vision, for avo.ee
fiiLs f r °m the heuven, saying: “O King
Nobuetmdnezzar, to thee it is spoken. The
kiugdoin is departed from thee, and they
shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling
shall be with the beasts ot the field. They
shaii make thee to eat grass as oxen andseven
years shall pass over thee, until thou know
that too Most High rnleth in the kingdom of
men and giveth it to whomsoever ho will.”
One hour from the time that he made the
boast he is on the way to the fields, a maniac,
an t rushing into the forests, he becomes one
of the beasts, covered with eagles’ feathers
lorprotection from the cold, and his nails
growing to birds’ claws in order that he
might dig the earth for roots and climb the
trees for nuts.
dou see there is a great variety in the Scrip-
tural landscape. In several discourses we
have looked at mountains oi excellence, but
now we look down into a great, dark chasm
of wickedness as we come to speak of Nobu-
ehadnezzar. God in Ilis Word sets before us
the beauty of self denial, of sobriety, of de-
votion, of courage, and then, lost we should
not thoroughly understand Him, ne intro-
duced Daniel and Paul and Deborah as illus-
t rat ions of those virtues. God also speaks
to us in llis Word as to the hatefulness of
pride, of lolly, of impiety and lest we should
nor thoroughly understand Him, introduces
Nebuchadnezzar as the impersonation of
these forms of depravity. The former style
of character is a lighthouse, showiug us a
way into a safe harbor, nud the latter style
of character is a black buoy, swinging on
t lie rocks, to show where vessels wreck them-
selves. Thanks untd God for both the buoy
and the lighthouse! The host of Nebuehad-
nezzar is thundering at the gates or Jerusa-
lem. The crown of that sacred city is struck
into th« dust by the hand of Babylonish in-
science. The vessels of the temple, which
had never been desecrated by profane touch,
wore ruthlessly seized for sacrilege and
transportation. Oh, what a sad hour when
tliose .lews, at the command of the invading
arm}*, are obliged to leave the home of their
nativity? How their hearts must have been
wrung with anguish when, on the day they
depnrted, they heard the trumpets from the
top of the temple announcing the hour for
morning sacrifice and saw the smoke of the
altars ascendingaiound the holy hill of Zion;
for well they knew that in a far distant land
they would never hear that trumpet call nor
behold the majestic ascent of the sacrifice!
Behold those captives on the road from
Jerusalem to Babylon! Worn and weary,
they dare not halt, for roundabout are armed
men urging them on with hoot and shout
■and blasphemy.
Aged men tottered along on their staves,
weeping that they could not lay their bones
in the sleeping place of their fathers and
children, and sobbed wondered themselves at the length of the way
to sleep when the
night had fallen. It seemed ns if at every
step a heart broke. But at a turn of the road
Babylon suddenly springs upon the view of
tho captives, with its gardens and palaces,
A shout goes up from the army as they be-
hold their native oity. but not ono huzza is
heard from the captives. These exiles saw
no splendor there, for it was not home, ffhe
Euphrates did not have the water gleam of
tho brook Kedron or the pool of Siloam The
willows of Babylon, on whleh they hung
their untuned harps, were not as graceful as
the trees which at the foot of Mount Moriah
seemed to weep at the departed glory of
Judah, and all the fragrance that desoended
from the hanging gardens upon that great
city was not so sweet as one breath of the
acacia and frankincense that the high priest
kinfiled in the sanctuary at Jerusalem.
On a certain night, a little while after
these captivts had been brought to his city,
Nabuchadnezzar ts scared with a night vision,
A bad man’s pillow is apt to be stuffed with
deeds and forebodings wiiioh keep talking in
the night. Ho will find that the eagles’down
in his pillow will stick him like porcupine
quilis. The ghosts of old trausgressions are
sure to wander about in the darkness nnd
beckon and hiss. Yet when the morning
came he found that tho vision had entirely
fled from him. Dreams drop no anchors,
and therefore are apt to sail away before we
can fasten them. Nebuchada* szar calls all
the wise men of the land into his presence,
demanding explain that by their neeromaucy they
his dream. They of course fail,
Then their faithful king issues an edict with
as little sense as mercy, ordering the slaving
of all the learned meu of the eouutry. But
Daniel the prophet comes in with the inter-
pretation just in time to save the wise meu
aud the Jewish captives.
My friends, do you not see that pride and
ruin ride in the same saddle? See Nebuehad-
nezzar on tho proudest throne of all the
earth, and then see him graze with the sheep
and the cattle! Bride is commander, well
and comparisoned, but it leads forth
a dark and frowning host. The arrows from
thc Almighty’s quiver are apt to Strike a
man when on the wing. Goliath shakes his
great spear in defiance, but the smooth
stones from the brook make him stagger nud
fall like an ox unner a butcher’s bludgeon,
He who is down cannot hfll. V* 2 ssels scud-
ding under bare poles do not feel the force
of the storm, white those with ail sails set
capsize at the sudden descent of the tempest,
liemember that we can be as proud of our
humility as anything else. Antlsthenus
walked the streets of Athens with a ragged
cloak to demonstrate bis humility, but So-
crates declared he oould see his hypocrisy
through all the holes in his cloak. We woule
see ourselves smaller thau we are if we
of were Home, as philosophic as Sever us, the Emperor
who said at the close of his life,
“1 have seen everything, and everything is
nothing.” And when the urn that was to
contaiu his ashes was at his command
brought to him. he said, “Little urn, thou
shalt eoutaiu one for whom tho world was
too little.’
Do you not also learn from the misfortune
of this king of Babylon what a terrible thing
is the loss of reasou? There is no calamity
that can possibly befall us in this world so
the great body as derangement of intellect; to have
of man and vet to fall even below
tbe instinct of a brute.' In this world of hor-
rible sights, the most horrible is the idiot’s
stare. In this world of horrible sounds, the
most horrible Is the maniac’s laugh. A ves-
sel driven on the rooks, when hundreds go
down never to risa*r,d other hundreds drag
their mangled and s-uivering bodies upon the
winter's beach, is nothing compared to the
and loundering ofintel.ects full of vast hopes *
attainments and capacities.
Christ’s heart went out toward those who
were epiteptic, falling into the fire, or mani-
aes cutting themselves among the tombs.
We are accustomed to be more grateful for
physicinl health than for the proper working
of our mind. We are apt to take it for granted
that ttie intellect which has served us so well
will alwats be faithful. We lorget that on
engine of such tremendous power, where the
wheels have such vastnes* of circle and such
swiftness of motion, and the least impediment
might put it out of gear, can only be kepi in
Zl 07 ? T ba ’, anco a Nohnihan
coula eru-ineer the train of immortal
a-Hdies. How strange it is that our
memory, on whose shoulders alt the
misfortunes and successes and occurrences
of a lifetime are placed, should not olteaer
break down, and that the scales of judgment,
which have been weighing so much and so
theirfancy, lony. should not lose their adjustment and
which holds a dangerous wand,
should not sometimes maliciously wave it,
" rin S'nsc into the heart forebodim?s and
ha,1 aeinations the most appalling! Is it
n °t strange that this mind, which hopes so
^^h in its mighty leaps for the attainment
of *. ts ot, j ect s, should not be dashed to pieces
tuned, disappointments? this Though so delieate'.v
s'*» instrument of untold harmony
&
anf l gain in quick succession beat out of it
their dirge or toss from it their anthem At
morning and at night, when in your praver
you rehearse the causes of your thanksgiving,
next to the salvation by Jesus Christ praise
the Lord for tho preservation of your reason,
3eo also in this story of Nebuchadnezzar
the use that God makes of bad mon. The
actions of the wicked are used as instru-
ments for the punishment of wickedness in
others or as the illustration of some pro¬
eiple in tho divine government. Nebu-
chadnezzar subserved both purposes. Even
so I will go back with you to the history of
every reprobate that the world has ever
seen, and I will show vou how to a great ex-
tf-nt his wickedness was limited in its de-
structive power and how God glorified Him-
self in the overthrow and disgrace of His
enemy. wicked Babylon is full of abomination, and
Cyrus destroys it. Persia fills the
eup of its iniquity, and vile Alexander puts
an end to it. Maced on must be chastised,
and bloody Emilius does it. Tho Bastile is
to be destroyed, and corrupt Napoleon
accomplishes it. Even so selfish and wicked
men are often made to accomplish great and
glorious purposes. Joseph’s brethren wens
guilty of superlative perfidy and meaa-
ness when they told him into slavery
for about $7. yet how they must have been
overwhelmed with tho truth that God never
forsakes ttie righteous when they saw He had
become the Prime Minister of Egypt!
Pharaoh oppresses the Israelites with the
most diabolic tyranny ; yet stand still and
see the salvation of God. Tne plagues de-
seend, the locusts, and tho hail; and the de-
stroying augei, showing that there is a God
who will defend the cause of His people, and
finally, after the Israelites have passed
through the parted sea, behold, in tho wreck
of tho drowned army, that God’s enemies are
as chaff in a whirlwind! In some financial
panic the righteous suffered with the wicked,
Houses and stores and shops in a night
founderod on the rock of bankruptcy, and
healthy dead credit without warning dropped
in tho street, and money ran up tho
long ladder of twenty-five per cent, to laugh
down upon those who could not climb
after it. :
Dealers with pockets full of securities
stood shouting in the deaf ears of banks,
Men rushed down the streets with protested
notes after them. Those who before found
it hard to spend their money were left witb-
out money to spend. Laborers went home
for want of work, to see hunger in their
chair at the table and upon the hearth,
Winter blew bis breath of frost through
fingers of icicles, and sheriffs with attach-
ments dug among the cinders of fallen store-
houses, and whole cities joined in the long
funeral procession, marching to the grave of
dead fortunes and a fallen commerce. Ver-
ily the righteous suffered with the wicked,
but generally the wicked had the worst of
it. Splendid estates that had come togeth-
er through sohemes of wickedness were
dashed to pieces like a potter’s vessel, and
God wrote with letters of fire, amid the
ruin and destruction of reputa-
tions, and estates that were thought
impregnable, the old fashioned truth,
which centuries ago He wrote in
his Bible, “The way of the wicked he turn-
eth upside down.” As the stats in heaven
are reflected from the waters of the earth,
even so great and magnificent purposes are
reflected back from the boiling sea of human
passion and turmoil. As tho voice of a sweet
song uttered among the mountains may be
uttered back from the cavernous home of
wild beast and rocks split and thunder
scarred, so the great harmonies of God’s
providence are ruug back from the darkest
caverns of this sin struck earth. Sennacherib
aud Abimelech and Herod and Judas and
Nero and Nebuchadnezzar, though they
struggled like beasts unbroken to the load,
wore put into a yoke, where they were com-
polled to help draw ahead God's great pro-
jeots of mercy. let learn the lesson that
Again, us men can
be guilty of polluting the themawaytoBaby- sacred vessels of
the temple aud carrying
Ion. The sacred vessels in the temple at
Jerusalem were the cups and plates of gold
and silver with which the rites and cere-
monies were celebrated. The laying of
neathen hands upon them and the carrying
them off as spoils were an unbounded offense
to the Lord of the temple. Yet Nebuchad-
nezzar committed this very sacrilege.
Though that wicked king is gone, the sins
he inaugurated walk up and down the earth,
cursing it from century to century. The
Fin of desecrating sacred things is com-
raitted by those who on sacramental
day take the communion cup, while
their conversation and deeds all show that
they live down in Babylon. How solemn is
the Sacrament! It is a time for vo ws, a^ime
for repentance, a time for faith. &inai
stands near with its fire.split clouds and Cal-
vary with its victim. The Holy Spirit broods
over the scene, and the glory of heaven
seems to gather in the sanctuary. Vile in-
deed must that man be who will come in
from his idols aud unropented follies to take
hold of the sacred vessels of the temple. Oh,
thou Nebuchadnezzar! Back with you to
Babylon!
Those al*o desecrate sacred things who
use the Sabbath tor any other thau religious
purposes. This holy day was let down from
heaven amid the intense secularities of the
week to remind us that we are immortal and
to allow us preparation for an endless state
of happiness. It is a green spot in the hot
desert of the world that gushes with foun-
tains and waves with palm trees. This is the
time to shake the dust from tue robe of our
piety and in the tents of Israel sharpen our
swords for future conflict. Heaiven,
that seems so far off on other days,
alights upon the earth, and the song
of heavenly choirs and the hosanna of
th9 white robed seem to mingle with our
earthly worship. We hear the wailing in-
fan? of Bethlehem, aud the hammer stroke
of the carpenter’s weary son in Nazareth,
and the prayer of Gethsemane, au 1 the bit-
ter cry of Golgotha. Glory be unto the Lord
of the Sabbath ! With that oue day in seven
God divides this great sea of business and
giyoty, that so, dry shod, we may pass be-
tween tho worldly business o the past and
j the worldly business of the future.
■ Just in proportion as meu are wrong wil
! they be boisterous in their religious conten-
j tions. The lamb of religion is always gen-
■ tie, while there is no Hod so fierce ns the
i roaring lion that goes about seeking whom
i he may devour. Let Gibraltar^ and the Dardanelles belch thoir
i war flame on the sea,
darkeu the Hellespont with the smoke Oi
i heir batteries, but forover and ever let there
be good will among those who profess to be
subjects of the gospel of gentleness. • Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will to men.”
What embarrassing ..... thing to meet in
an
heaven if we have not settled our contro-
versies on earth. So I give out lor all peo-
p'o of all religions to sing John rawcot s
hymn, in short meter, composed Lit 17<d, but
; just as appropriate for 189 1 :
Blest be the tie that ... Dina?
Our hearts in Christian lova»
fellowship of kindred mind*
I® to d&QYQ.
Front _ sorrow, toil ...___, an« pa ■
A nd 31 ?
And . . perfect love and friendship roien reign
Through alt eternity,
An epidemic of grip prevails to such an
t extent in Fulton, Mo., that the services at
j some of the churches have been abandoned.
I’OITLAB SCIENCE.
XamsJod is to have electric cans.
The physical conditions that pro¬
duce kleptomania seem to be easily
cured.
Astronomers say that 1,000,003
“shooting stars” fail into the sun for
every one that comes into our atmos¬
phere.
It is claimed by Dr. Loew that a
single microbe can become the parent
ot one trillion offspring in twenty-
four hours.
Lord Kelviu, a noted authority, re¬
jects the views of Ball, Langley et al,
and declares that the earth is one
hundred million years old.
Electric power for drawbridges is
to be adopted for all the bridges over
the Chicago River, at Chicago, Ill.,
replacing the steam plants now re¬
quired for each bridge.
The railway metals between London
and Edinbnrgh, a distance of 400
miles, are 200 yards longer in summer
than in winter owing to the expansion
caused by the extra heat.
Owing to increased sanitary precau¬
tions the death rate of Milan, Italy,in
October was 500 below that of the pre¬
ceding October, although the popula¬
tion had increased by nearly 7000.
The idea that freezing destroyed the
germs in water has long since been
exploded. Chicago has now an ordi¬
nance forbidding the cutting of ice
within three miles of any town or city
of over 20,000 inhabitants.
Baron Kanlbars, a Russian astrono¬
mer, has been led by bis observations
of the recent solar eclipse to propound
the theory that there are in the sun
vast accumulations of electricity which
influence comets and meteors.
Two assistants at the Koch Institute
in Berlin have made experiments in
vaccination which show that healthy
persons can be protected against
Typhus. The vaccine material can be
easily preserved and applied, and it is
believed that the new discovery will
prove particularly valuable in the
army.
Professor Brooks, of Geneva, N. Y.,
announces observations of the enor¬
mous sun spots now on the sun’s face
and visible to the naked eye through
a smoked glass. It is considered a ze-
markable solar disturbance coming at
the minimum period of sun spots.
Professor Brooks is photographing
the phenomenon with the large teles¬
cope.
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A Hard Luck Story.
This story, told by an actor to a
little gathering the other evening,
made a “hit.” It is not strictly new,
but, as the apologetic story-teller al¬
ways says, “maybe some of you
haven’t heard it.”
A theatrical company was stranded
in a small town in Arkansas. The
season had been disastrous. The ad¬
vance agent had proved himself a rain¬
maker, and the counter attractions
had been too good. And so this com¬
pany was stranded, hundreds of miles
from the gay Rialto in New York, with
every prospect of walking homeward
and starving en route.
In this hour of despair a letter came
from the manager of the opera house
at Lone Rock. He wrote that if the
company would come to Lone Rock
and play at his house he would guar¬
antee enough money to oarry all the
people back to New York. He said
the company would be sure to do well,
as there had not been a troupe in town
for two weeks, and he had the only
theatre.
The members of the company were
overjoyed. They sold or pawned all
their property which they did not
actually need, and succeeded in rais¬
ing just enough money to take them
to Lone Rock by the afternoon train.
The actors were in excellent spirits
as the train pnlled into Lone Rock
late in the afternoon. At last they
would see the dear old Rialto again!
Once in New York, they would doubt¬
less “sign” with gilt-edge combinations
playing week stands. No wonder
they were happy.
A ’bus was waiting to take the com¬
pany to the hotel. The leading man
climbed up and sat beside the driver.
He was at peace with the world. The
clouds had rolled away. His soul ex¬
panded with love for his fellow man,
and he spoke in gentle condescension
to the driver.
“I have never before appeared in
your beautiful little city,” said he,
with his hand in the bosom of his
coat. “It seems to be a delightful
place.”
‘Yes—purty nice town.”
“Handsome residences and all that
— lovely avenues of trees, lam very
much pleased with this section of the
country. I like the climate, too—
and you have such flue weather, clear
skies and all that. Now, I couldn't
imagine anything more lovely than
that sunset over in the west.”
“That ain’t a sunset,” said the
driver. That’s the opera house burn-
in’ down.”—Chicago Record.
South American Trade.
In round numbers the foreign com¬
merce of South America aggregates
nearly $700,000,000 divided in 18J4 as
follows: Exports, $430,199,460; im-
ports, $239,734,602. Of this amouut
the United States imported $100,147,-
107 and exported $32,644,450, or less
than one-third of the amount im¬
ported. No other coumry imported
BO many South American products
within $15,000,000, but England,
France and Germany outstripped us in
exports to South America, Euglaud
furnishing $97,110,639 ; France, $49,-
909,800, and Germany, $31,811,308.
It is evident from these figures that we
ought to sell two or three times as
many goods in South America as we
do now, and thus pay for our coffee,
hides uud rubber with goods of our
own production, instead of paying $2
in cashur $i in European exchanges for
every we pay in goods, as at p/*s-
cut. —P ^iladclpiii* Tioioii.
New Use for Electricity.
Experiments conducted for the last
five years at Cornell College, the re¬
sults of which were made public last
June, seem to prove that electricity
may be used to stimulate the growth
of plants.
Agricultural scientists had long rec¬
ognized the valuable part that atmos¬
pheric electricity played in the life'of
vegetable growths, but the artificial
application of it had never before
attempted. In addition to the applica¬
tion of electricity to the seeds of the*
plants and to the soil, the experimen¬
ters at Cornell used die arc light at
night. The plants receiving the bright
electric rays at night and the sunshine
in the daytime were found to grow
much faster than those not thus sup¬
plied with the artificial Stimulant
Lettuce, spinach, radishes and simlar
vegetables were brought to maturity
tn almost half the time ordinarily re¬
quired. By applying t'he arc light di¬
rect to the plants their growth was so
accelerated that many ran to seed be¬
fore the edible leaves were formed.
Plants placed within five feet of the
lamp died and wilted shortly after be¬
ing taken out of the soli.
The effect upon flowering plants,
especially upon the daisy, petunia and
violet, was equally remarkable. The
blooms were hastened in their growth
and their number multiplied. The
colors were frequently made more
brilliant, On the other hand, Ifiey
faded sooner, A Mr. Raw son, who
owns a fancy truck farm near Bos¬
ton, and has tried similar methods,
finds that the gar. from one crop of
lettuce is sufficient to pay the expense
of operating the electric lights during
a whole se° C/VD —New York Herald.
New Horseless Carriage.
A Michigan inventor has been using
a horseless carriage which works with
perfect satisfaction on the country
roads of that State. The power is a
tive-horse gasoline motor. The car¬
riage is steered by a lever on the left
of the operator, and is managed almost
as easily as the front wheel of a bicy¬
cle. The speed, stopping and starting
are controlled by a second lever placed
at the right. The gear is controllable
from the very lowest degree of speed
up to eighteen miles an hour. The con¬
struction of the carriage is very sim¬
ple. It is almost entirely noiseless, and
is considered perfectly safe. The join to
have ball-bearings throughout, and the
wheels have one-and-a-lialf-inch cush¬
ion tires. There is another carriage of
an English make that is said to be
almost as practical as the one just
described. The wheels are in the regu¬
lar bicycle shape. The carriage is man¬
ageable, goes down hill without a
brake, the engine doing its own back
pedaling. Of course, it has rubber
tires. It is phaeton-built, carries two,
with a fold-back seat for a possible
third. This carriage costs one hundred
and thirty pounds, and is attracting a
great deal of attention from its simpli¬
city, ease of management and safety.
First Amazon of Dahomey—I was
completely hemmed in by the enemy,
but I cut my way out.
Second Amazon of Dahomey—What?
First Amazon of Dahomey—That’s
•what I said. It took nerve, but I did
it. I just didn’t notice them anymore
than if they weren’t there at all.—De¬
troit Journal.
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Over 400,000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed. 50 cents and $1.00, at all
druggists.
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A Philadelphia judge bicycle.” speaks He of persons being
“led astray by the must refer to
beginners.
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury "will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable tenfold physicians, as the
damage they will do is to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To¬
ledo, O., contains no mercury and is taken in¬
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure to get the genuine.
It Ohio, is taken F. internally, J. Cheney & and Co. is Testimonials made in Toledo,
by free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Just try a 10c. box of Casearets, candy cathar¬
tic, linest liver and bowel regulator made.
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Didn’t Attend.
“I am told that you saw several im-
rtant battles while you were in
Cuba.”
“Yes, I saw General Weyler’s army
in action several times.”
“How interesting! Did the insur¬
gents impress you as being determined
men?”
“Insurgents! Why, there weren’t
any insurgents in sight.”—Detroit
News.
“Why, Emily, your aunt has been
dead only a few days and you are wear-
ing a light dress!”
“But you surely don’t expect me to
wear mourning at home, do you?”—
Fliegende Blaetter.
One of Mrs. Pinkham’s Talks
Concerning a Mother’s Duty to Her Young Daughter. Together with a
Chat with Miss Marie Johnson.
The balance wheel of a woman's life is menstruation. On the proper per¬
formance of this function depends her health.
Irregularitv lavs the foundation of many diseases, and is in itself symptom
of disease. It is of the greatest importance that regu-
larit y accomplished as soon as possible after the flow
is an established faet.
A Disturbance of the menstrual function poisons
f '' the blood. In girls suppression develops
young 1
hM latent inherited tendencies to scrofula or eon-
1W sumption, and no time must be lost in restoring
jjjj regularity. Many a young girl goes to her grave
because this difficulty has l>een thought lightly of,
m an( 3 mother has said, “Time will bring about a
cur c» h h° i s young, I don't worry about hex*.”
m Mother, when you sec your daughter languid
= and indifferent to things that usually interest a
young girl, when you note that flush on her cheek*
(I that glassy appearance in her eyes; when your
daughter tells you that even the weight of her
dress waist oppresses her, and that she has terri¬
ffl ble pains in her stomach shortly after eating, don’t
ignore these signs*! If you do, you will be follow*
ing your daughter to the grave, for she will die*!
This is gospel truth—she is developing consumption of the bowels! <
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is the greatest regulator 1; •own
to medicine. Make haste to use it on the first appearance of the tell-tala
symptoms; it will restore all the female organs to their normal condition.
Miss Marie Johnson's letter to Mrs. Pinkham, which follows, should Inter*
est all mothers and young ladies. She says:
“ My health became so poor that J had to leave pa
school. I was tired all the time, and I ad dreadful pains %
in my side and back. I would ho.’ e the headache ■Ti
so badly that everything would appear black be- V
fore my eyes, and I could not go on with my
studies. I was also troubled with irregularity of ,v| <«
menses. I was very weak, and lost so much flesh ire)
that my friends became alarmed. My mother, who ■s
is a firm believer in your remedies from experi- y A
ence, thought perhaps they might benefit me, 'C y\
and wrote you for advice. I followed the advice >
you gave, and used Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable-VT* ** V
Compound and Liver Pills as you directed, and am '** f
now as well as I ever was. I have gained flesh A^ ’ ’ * *'
and have a good color. I am completely cured of irregularity. Words cannot
express my gratitude, and I cannot thank you enough for your kind advice and
medicine.”—Miss Marie F. Johnson, Centralia, Pa.
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“You see, to start with,” said a Cleveland, Ohio, compositor, exercise, my work
—that of setting type at the case—allows me little chance for
and is too confining for anybody who is in the least subject to indiges¬
tion or dyspepsia. That has been my trouble for years, and I attrib¬
ute the recent noticeable improvement in my physical condition to the
occasional use of
RIPANS TabuSes
I first heard of them through & fellow-workman who, on hearing my
tale of woe, one day offered me a Tabule and said he would guaran¬
tee it to act on the liver. I took it under protest, but was surprised
with the result. It was gentle but effective, and since then 1 have
gradually noted an entire change in the working of my system, and
I think that Ripans Tabules are the best remedy for liver and stomach
troubles this side of anywhere. They are really in my case a substi¬
tute for physical exercise.”
Logie That Won.
The Doctor—Here’s the bill for
your husband’s treatment, I’ll bo
glad to allow you 20 per cent off for
cash.
Tlie Widow—But yon said that you
would not charge anything if you
didn’t relieve him!
The Doctor—So I did. Have you
heard him complain lately?—Cleveland
Leader.
Always Acting Badly.
don’t Hk e the way you act,” his
mother would say, when he was of
tender age.
j f And h ’s now the critics the say ‘ stage.—New the same-
or e gone upon
j y 0 r Tribune.