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REV. DR. TALMAGE
TU BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SON-
BAY SBRMON.
Bu'-ji-ct: ' Oort Alining tho liiriltt.’’
*** foul* °f ?fc« o(r
1 ^ ailanea now In nil onr January
rarnrta. nroapt the wind* whl-tlo through
we brennhee. Onr northern woo l*
wwdtMrted ronoert hallo. The or*an lofU
» tne temple of natnre erehvmnlene. Treo*
which were full of enrol anil chirp end chant
•re now waiting; for the coniinz back of
■rjoh plum*. and warding volcna, solos,
cantata* and Ta Damns.
RiW<* Is full of bird* r»t nil season*.
etB ^ potrlot* Bnrl apostles, nnd
PDip’oy thorn for moral and
JYIIRIOUN purpose*. Mr t»xt In an extract
from the pennon on the mount, and perbnpi
it was at a moment when n flock of birds
flew past that Christ wived Hi* hand toward
Worn and said* “Behold the fowl* of tho air I"
Ana so In this course of sermon* on God
*7 er Twhero X preach to you this third sop.
mon concerning the Ornltholozy of the
or J Amonsr the Birds.
Moot of the other sciences you may study
J* 1 ® 0 " Btndy as you please, Um your own
judgment, exercise your own taste. But
about this science of ornithology wo hnvo
«o option. The divine command Is positive
worn It says in my text, “Behold tho fowls
of the air f ihafc is, study their lmhits.
Kxamlne tbelr colors. Notice their speed,
oee the hand of God In their construction,
fr**®«By forme to obey the command of
ice text, for I was brought up among tho
rase of wings and from boyhood heard their
§et °* • UMr ^ w and their vespers at sun-
Their nests have been to mo a fascination,
and tny satisfaction is that I never robbed
one of them any more than I would steal a
child from a cradle, for a bird la a child of
the sky. and its nest is tho cradle. They are
almost human,for they liavo their lovos and
oatae, alunltl.B and antipathic*, nnderetnnd
loy and grief, have conjugal and internal
Instinct, wage ware nnd entertain jealousies,
nave a language of their own and power* of
OMoctatfon. Thank God for blrda and skies
njll of them I It in tjseloss to exnect to uu«
darstand tho Dibit) unions we study natural
hlatory.
Wj» hundred and ninety-throe time* doea
the Bibio allude to the facia of natural Ida-
tory, and 1 do not wonder that It make* bo
many alltulone ornithological. The akioa
end the cavern* of Palestine aro friendly to
the wlngod creature*, and *o many fly and
l*oo*t end newt and hatch In that region that
Inapired writer* do not have for to go to gat
ornithological llluatratlon of dlvlno truth.
There nre over forty apoolon of blrde recog-
nlaed In the Seriplurea.
Oh. what a varlely of wing* In rnlostinol
The dove, tho robin, the eagle, the corino-
riuit or plunging bird, hnnlng Itself from
■ky to wave nnd with long beak clutching
It* prey; the thrush, which eapoclally ill*
like* a crowd: tho partridges; the hawk,
bold and ruthloas, hovering head to wind
ward while watohlng for prey; the ewan, at
borne among tho uiaraiiew nnd with feet bo
oonatructed itoan walk on the leaves of wa
ter plants: the ravon, tho lapwing, malodor
ous nnd in the Bible denounced as luodible,
though It has extraordinary headdress;
toe stork, the ossifrage, that always
had n habit of dropping on a stone tho turtle
It bad lifted and ao killing it for food, mid
on one occasion mistook the belli head of
JEscbylus, the Greek poet,for a white stone,
and dropped a turblo upon it, killing the
famous Greek; the cuckoo, with crestod
bead and crimson throat and wiugH enow
tipped, but too lasr to build its own uost,
and so having the habit of depositing its
•ffga in nests belonging to othor bird*; tho
bluejay, tho grouse, tho plover, tho magpie,
the klngflBhcr, tho pelieau, which in the cari
cature of all tho leathered creation; theowl,
the goldllnob, the ulttern. tho hnrrlor, tho
bulbul, tho osprey; tho vulture, that king of
■oavetigers,witn neck covered with ruptilslve
down Instead of al tractive leaUier*;tlie;Ijuar-
rawme marling; tho swallow,flvtug a mile a
minute and sometimes ten hours in tiuuoas-
alun; tho heron,the quail,the peuaock,tbo os-
trieh, tho lark, the mow, tho kite, tho but,
the bleoklilrd nnd many others, with ell
co.orw, all sounds, all style* of flight, nil
habit*, all architecture of niwta, leaving
nothing wanting In suggeatlveueas. They
Ware at the creation placed nli around on
the rocks and in tho tress ami on the ground
to serenade Adam’s arrival. Tuey took
their places on Friday, as t ie first nmn was
Made on Saturday. Whatever elao ho had
or did not have, he should have music, Till
first sound that siruok the human ear wuw a
bird's voice.
Tea, Christian geology—for you know
thol e la a Christian geology as well as au lm
fidel geology—Christian geology comes in
nnd helps the Bible show what we owe ta
the bird creation. Before the human rnoa
dame Into this world the world waa occupied
by reptile* and by all sort* of destructive
monsters—millions of creatures, loathsome
and hideous. God sent huge birds to oloai
tb#earth of these creatures before Adam
and Eve wero create 1. The remains of these
bird* hove been found imbedded in the
rooks. The skeleton of one eagle has boon
found twenty feet In holght and fifty feet
from tip of wing to tip of wing. Many nr-
mlse of beak* and clews wore necessary to
dear the earto of creatures that would liava
destroyed tne human raco with one clip. I
Ilka to find this harmony of revelation and
•deuce, and to bavo demonstrated that the
Ood who made the world made the Bible.
Moses, tho greatest lawyer of all time and
a great man for feats, had enough seutl-
ment and Poetry and mustoal taste to wel
come the illuminated wings and tho voloes
divinely drilled luto the first chapter of
Geniaea How should Nosh, the old ship-
carpentor, 000 years of age. find out when
the world was tit again for human residence
after the universal freshet? A bird will
toll, and nothing else can. Ho man can
comedown from the mountain to invite
Noah and bis family out to terra firms, for
the mountains were submerged. As a bird
first heralded the human race into the
world, now a bird will help tho human race
back lo tbo world that had shipped a sea
that whelmed everything.
Noah stands on Sunday mornlug at tbo
window of the ark, in his hand a ooolng
dove, ao gentle, so innocent, eo affectionate,
and ho saidt “Now, my little dove, Uy away
over these waters, explore and oome back
and tell us whether it is safe to Innd.’’ After
a long flight it returned hungry aud weary
and wet, nnd by its looks and maimers said
to Nooh and hit family; 'The world is not
fit for you to disembark.” Noah waited a
week, and next Humlay morning ho let the
dove fly again for a second exploration, aud
Sunday evening It came back with a leaf
that had tuo sign of ju*t having been
plucked from a living fruit tree, and the
bird reported the w >rkl would do tolerably
well for n bird to live in, but not yet sutlf-
ctently recovered lor human residence.
Noah waned another week, and next Sun
day morning ho seat out tho dove on the
third exploration, but it returned not, lor it
found the world so atiraetivo now it did not
want to be caged ng.im, mill then the
emigrants from (he 'antediluvian world
landed, it was n bird that told them when
to take possession of the resuscitate ! planet.
Bo the human race were savo l by a bird's
wing, tor, attempting to land too soon, they
would have perisWl.
Aye, bere comes a whole flock of doves—
rook doves, ring doves, slock doves—mid
they make Isaiah think of groat revival)
and great awakenings when souls flv for
shelter like a flock of pigeons swooping ta
tho opening of a pigeon coon, and ho cries
out, "IV ho are tlieso that fly ns doves to
their windows?' David, with Baul after
him, and living from cavern to cavern, com
pares himself to a desert partridge, a bird
which especially haunts roosy place*, aud
boys and hunters to this day t-ike after it
with sticks, for the partridge runs rather
than flies.
D ivm. chased »n I dubbed nnd harried of
pursuer*, ears, "I am wanted as a partridge
on the mountain*.” Speaking of Ids forlorn
condition, he says, “1 am like n pelican in
the wilderness.” Describing his loneliness
he savt, “I «m a swallow alone on tho house-
ton.** Heeekiah, in the emaciation of his
sicknes?, compare* himself to a crane, thin
•nd wasted. Job had so much trouble hs
could not sleep nights, and ho describes his
insomnia by savin?, “I am a companion to
owls.” Isaiah compares the desolations of
•anished Israel to an owl an l bittern and
cormorant among a city’s ruins.
Jeremiah, describing the cruelty of pa
rents toward children, compares them to the
ostrich, who leave* its eggs in the sand un-
oarod for, crying, “ The daughter of my peo
ple is become like the ostriches of the wilder-
, Among the provisions piled on Solo
mon’e bountiful table he speaks of ''fatted
(owl , w The Israelite* In the desert got tired
of manna and they had quails—quails for
breakfast, quails for dinner, quails for sup
per, and they died of quails. The Bible ra
rer* to the migratory habits of the birds and
says, “The stork jrnoweth her appointed
Uma and the turtle and the crane and the
s wallow the time of their going, but my peo*
pie know ndt the Judgments of the Lord.”
Would tho prophet Illustrate the fate of
fraud, ho points to a failure at incubation
and SAys, “As a part ridge sitwfh on eggs
and hatohoth them not, so he that gotterh
riches and not by right shall leavo them In
the midst of his days and at bis end shall be
a fools** Tho partridge, the most careless of
all birds lo choice of its nlocc of nest, build
ing It on the ground and often near a fre
quented road or in a slight depression of
ground, without reference to safetv, and
■oon a hoof or a scythe or a cart wheel ends
aTl. Bo says the prophet, a man who gathers
un ter him dishonest, dollars will hatch out
of them no peace, no satisfaction, no happi
ness. no security.
Yvhat vivid similitude I The quickest way
to amass a fortune is by iniquity, but tbo
troublo is about keeping it. Every hour of
every day some such partridge Is driven oft
the nest. Tanias are only a flutior of
partridges. It is too tedious work to become
rich in tho old fashioned way, and if a man
can by one fnlsenood make as much as by
ten years of ham labor, why not tell It?
And if one counterfeit chock will bring tho
dollars os easily as genuine issue, why not
make it? Oue year’s frau I will no equal to
a half a lifetime’s swear. Why not live
solely by one’s wits? A loriune thus built
will be firm and everlasting. Will it?
Tia I build your house on a volcano’s crater;
go to sleep on the bosom of an avalanche.
Tho volcano will blaz?, and the avalanche
will thun tor.
There aro estates whloh havo boon coming
together from ago to ago. Many years ago
that ostate started in a husband’s industry
and a wife’s economy. It grow from gen
eration to generation by good habits and
high minded enterprise Oi l fashioned in
dustry was tho mine from which that gold
was dug, and Ood will keep the deeds of such
on estate in His buckler. Foreclose your
mortgage, spring your snap Judgments, plot
with acutest intrigue against a family prop
erty like that Alia you cannot do it a per
manent damage, Better than warrantee
deed and bettor than fire insurance is the
dofonso which God’s own hand will givo it.
But boro is a man to-day as poor as Job
after ho was robbed by satan of everythin?
but his boils, yet suddenly to-morrow lfe is
a rich man. Thero is no accounting for his
sudden affluence. Jlrf has not yet failed
often enough to become wealthy. No one
protends to account for his princely ward
robe. or the chased silver, or tho full curbed
rtends that roar nnd neigh like Bucephalus
in tho grasp of his coachman. Did he come
to a sudden inhoritanco? No. Did he make
a fortune on purchase and sale? No. Evory-
lK>dy asks where did that partridge hut:*h.
Tho devil suddenly threw him up, aud the
devil will suddenly let him como down.
That hidden scheme God saw from tho first
conception of tho plot. That partridge,
Bwlftdisaster will shoot it down, and the
higher it flies tho hurdor it falls. The proph
et saw, as you and I have often soon, tho
awful mistake of partridges.
But from the top of a Bible Hr tree I hoar
the shrill cry of tho strork. Job, Esskiel,
Jeremiah, speak of it. David cries out, “As
for the etorlr, tho fir tree is hot* house.”
This largo white Bible bird is supposed,
without alighting sometimes to wing iti
way from the region of tho Rhino to Africa.
As winter comes all tho storks fly to wanner
climes and tho last one of their number that
arrives at Iho spot to which they migrate is
killod by them. What havoc it would make
In our spoclos if thoso men wero killed who
aro always behind l In oriental cities tho
stork Is domesticated and walks about on the
street and will follow its keeper.
In the city of Ephasus I saw a long row
of pillars, on the top of each pillar a stork's
newt. But the word “stork” ordinarily
moans mercy and nffoction, from tho fact
that this bird was distinguished for its great
love for its parents. It never forsakes them,
nnd oven alter thoy become feeble protects
and provides for them. In migrating tho
old storks loan their neons on tho young
storks, and when the old ones give out tae
^ 01168 carry them on tholr bao.es.
irbld that a duuio stork should have
more heart thau we. Blessed is that table
at which an old lathor and mother sit;
blessed that, altar at which an old lather
and mother kneel 1
What it is to have a mother thoy know
best wno have lost her, God only knows
the agony sho suffered for us, the times she
wept over our cradle and tne anxious signs
her bo<om heaved ns we lay upon it, the
sick night* when sho watch© i us long after
every one was tire i out hut God and herself.
Her lifeblood beats in our hearts, aud her
imago lives in our lace. That man is grace
less as a cannibal who ill treats his paront-q
and he who begrudges them daily bread and
clothes them but shabbily, may God havo p*-
tiouoo with him, I canuot. I heard a man
once say, “l now have my old mother on
my liau-lB.” Yo storks on your way with
food to your aged parents, slmmo him I
But yonder in this Bible sky flies n bird
that is speckled. The prophet describing
tho oburon cries out, “Aline heritage is unto
me ns a speckled bird; the birds round
about aro against her.” So it was then; ho
it is now. rloiiuass pick© l at. Oonsecrv
tion picked At. Bouevolonco picked at.
Usefulness picked at, A speoiled bird is a
peculiar bird; and that nrousos the autip-
alhy of all tho beaks o tho roresr.
The church of God is a peculiar institu
tion, and that is euou ;h to evince attack of
of the world, for it is a speckled bird to bo
picked at. Tae inoinsistencies of Christians
are a banquet on which multitudes get fat.
They uscribo everything you do to wrong
motives. Tut a dollar iu the poor box and
they will say that you dropped it there only
that you might hear it ring. Invite them
to Christ ail i thoy will call you a fanatic.
Lot there he contention among Christians,
and they will say: “Hurrah! The churcu is
in decadenoe ”
Christ intended that His ohuroh should
always remain a speckled bird. Let birds
of anothor feather p.‘ok at her, but thoy
cannot rob her of a single plume. Like tho
albatross, she can sleep on tho bosom of a
tern pelt. Hho has gone through the fires of
Nebuchadnezzar's furnace and not got
burned; through the waters of the Red sea
and not been arawued; through the ship
wreck on tho breakers of Melitia and not
beou foundered. Lot all earth and hell try to
huut down this speckled bird, bnt far above
human scorn and infernal assault it shall
sing over every mountain top and tty over
every nation, uud her triumphant song shall
be; “The ohuroh of God I The pillar and
ground of the truth. The gates of hell shall
not prevail against her.”
But we canuot stop here. From a tall
cliff hanging over tho soa L hoar the ea^lo
calling unto the tempest and lifting its
wings to smite the whirlwind. Moses, Jere
miah, Hosea and Habakkuk at times in their
writings take their pen from tho eogle’i
wmg, It. is a hi lit with florceness in its eye,
its toet armed with daws of iron and its
head with a dreadful beak. Two or three of
them can till the heavens with clangor. But
generally this monitor of the air is alom
aud unaccompanied, for the reason that iti
habits ai*o so predaceous it requires live or
ten miles of aerial or earthly dominion all
for itself.
The black brown of its back, and the 1
white of its lower feathers, and tho ttra of
its eye, and tho long flap of its win? make
glimpse of it as it swings down into tho val
ley to pick un a rabbit, or a lamb, or a child
and then swings back to its throne on the
rock something never to bo forgotten. Scat
tered about its eyrie of altitudinous solitude
are the boues of it* conquests. But while
the beak and the claws of tho eagle are iho
terror of all the travelers of the air, the
mother eagle is most kind and gentle to her
young. God compares His treatment of His
people to tho eatrle’s care of the eaglets.
Deuteronomy xxxii., 11, “As an oaglostir-
reth up her nest, fluttereth over her ydxing,
spread in? abroad her wings, taketh them,
l*earoth them on her wings, so tho Lord
alone did lead.”
The old eagle first shoves tho young ouo
out or the nest in order to m&tco it flv, nnd
then lakes it on her back au l flic* with it
nnd shakes it off m the air, au l if it seems
like falling quioklv flies under it and takes
it on her wing again. So God does with us.
Disaster, failure in business, disappoint
ment, bereavement, is only God’s wav of
shaking us out of our co nfortabie nest iu
order that we tnav learn how to fly. You
who are complainintr that von havo no faith
or courage of Christian zoal have had it too
easy. You uover will learu to fly in that
comfortable nest.
Like an eagle,Christ has carried us on His
back. At times wo havo been shaken off,
and when »ve were about to fall He came
under us again nn l brought us out of tho
gloomy valley to the sunny mountain.
Never au eagle brooded with such love and
as
Mr, oTa* her yonng as Oofs wings h.vw
bom over a*. Across wh.t oceans of troubl.
w. bar. non* in safety upon tb* Almlfhtjr
wings I From what mountain, of alnwo
hare bem carried iui1 at times have been
borne up far abort tbs gunshot of the world
and the arrow of the dortl |
When our time on earth Is closed on those
great wings of God we shall apaad with In
finite quickness from earth’s mountain* to
hMven f s hill*, and as from the eagle?* cir
cuit under the sun men on the ground seem
small end insignificant as Hair ta on a rock,
ao all earthly things shall dwlndla Into a
npeck, and the raging river of death so far
beneath will seem smooth and glassy aa a
jlwlss lake.
It was thought iu ancient times that an
eagle could not only molt its feathers In old
age, but that after arriving to great nge It
would renew Its strength nnd become en
tirely young again, To this Isaiah alludes
when be save: 'They that wait on the Lord
shall renew their strsngth. Tuov shall
mount tip witu wing* of eagles.” Even so
the Christian in old age will ronew his spirit
ual strongtii. He jhall he young iu ardor
nnd enthusiasm lor Christ, and as tns body
falls too soul will grow Iu elasticity till at
death It will epringup like a gladdened child
Into the bosom of God.
Yen, in this ornithological study I sec
that Job says, "His dnvs fly as an eagle that
hasteth to bis prey.” The speed of a hungry
eagle when It saw its pr.y a score of miles
distant was unimaginable. It went liken
thunderbolt for spoo I and power. Bo fly
our days. Sixty minutes, each worth a
hoaven, since we nsiembled in this place
have shot like lightning Into eternity. The
old earth is rent and cracked under the
swift rush of days and months and years
and ages. "Swift as an eagle that ha-teth
to his prey." Behold the fowls of the air I
Have you considered that thoy ho ve, as you
and I have nor, the power to change their
eyeB so that one mlnuto thoy may be tele
scopic and the next microscopic, now seeing
something a mile away anl by telesooplo
eyesight, and then dropping to Its food on
the ground, able to see It ofose by and with
microscopic eyesight?
But what a senseless passage of Baripture
that is, until you know tho fact, whloh says,
"The sparrow hath found a house and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she may
lay her young, even thine altars. O Lord of
Hosts, my King and my God I” What lias the
swallow to do with the altars of the temple
at Jerusalem? Ah, you know that swallows
are all the world over very tam?, aud in
summer time they used to fly Into the win
dows and doors of tho temple at Jerusalem
and build a nest on the altar where the
priests wore oderlug sacrifices.
These swallows brought leaves and sticks
and fashioned nests on the altars of the tom-
plo and batched the young aparrows In thaw
nests, and David had saen the young birds
picking tholr way out of tho ohell wnlle the
old swallows watohe I, and no one In the
tempi# was orunl enough to disturb either
tho old swallows or the young swallows, amt
David burst out in rhapsody, saying, “The
swallow hath found a nostfor herselq where
she may lay her young, even Thine altars,
0 Lord of Hoots, my King and my God I”
What carpenters, what masons, what
weavers, what spiuuers tho birds are I Out
of what small resources they make so ex
quisite a home, ourrod, pillared, wreathed.
Out of mosses, out of sticks, out of lichens,
out of horsehair, out of splaors’ web, out of
threads swept from tho door by tho house
wife, out of tho wool of the shoao from th*
pasture Held. Upholstered by leaves actually
sowod together by iCa own sharp bill. Cush
ioned with feathers Iroin Iu own breast.
Mortared together with tuo gum of tr«*»
nnd the saliva of Its own tiny bill. Much
symmetry, suoh adaptation, such conveni
ence, suon gaometry ot structure-
Surely these nests were built by soma
plan, ihsy did not happen lust so. Who
drafted the plan tor the bir rs nn-t? Uodt
And do you not think ttmt if Hu plans such
a house for a obaflluch, for an oriole, for n.
bobolink, for a sparrow, flu will soo to ft.
that you always nave a homo? “Ye are of
more value than many sparrows.” Wcat-
ever els t stir rounds you, you can have wnat
t.no B.bla ends “tlu fontueri of flit Al
mighty.” Just think of u ne-ifc ll ;e tuat, tho.
warmth ot It, the softoon of it, tin surety
of It—“the feathers of tne At nighty."
No ll imm ;o ou dishing tae tromeut sun
set ever had suoh brilliancy ot pinion; no
robin redoraast oyer ha I plumngo dashed
with suon criimo n anl purple uni orange
uu l gold—“the leathers of the Almighty.”
Do you not feel the touo i of the n now on
forouead aud cheek and spirit, an I was Mere
ever suoh ten lernose ot brooding—"th*
toothers of the Alnng itv?” Bo also In tuts
ornithology ot tho Bible Got keeps hn-
presdng us with the anatomy of a blrj’a
wing.
Over fifty times does tae ol l Booknllulo
to the mug— "Wings o.' a dove," “Wings
of the morning," "Wings of the wind,'*
“Sun of righteousness with nenliiig in his
wuigs,” "Wings of the Almighty, "AU
fowl of every wing." Woat does It all
mean? It suggests uplifting. It tolls you
oi flight upward. It means to rem it I you
that you yoursoif havo wings. David crio l
out, "On, thutf I bad wings due n nove, that
1 mlgnttly away and tie at rostl" Thank
God that you have better wings thau any
dove of longest or swlitost tllgut. Cage 1
now In uin-s ot desh are tuosi w.dgs, out the
imy comes when tuoy will oo liberated. Get
ready lor ascend on, Take th i words of toe
old hymn, and to tho tune unco w.iich that
hymn is married sing:
Up out of these lowlands into tho heavens
of Higher experience an 1 wider prospect.
But how shall we rise? OniyasGol'a hoiy
spir.t gives us strength. But that is coming
now. Not ns a condor from a Chimtiorazo
peak, swooping upon tho affrighted vabey,
out at a dovo like that wnion put its sott
brown wings over tho wet loess ot Christ at i
tlie baptism in t ib Jordon. Dovo of gentle,
ness I Dovo of peace I
: PROMINENT PEOPLE.
J. B. Watson, tho richest man iu Kansas
Is worth Hi,000,0X1.
Gkxkhnr, Wkavku’s favorite drink is
buttermilk sweeteued with sugar.
Tun Into Congressman Samuel J. Hau-
dall's estate amouutod to only f7Sll.7i.
Clkveland was tho only President to de
liver his Inauguration address extempore.
PmcsiDKNT Haiuuson- will retire from thj
Presidency at the rouud n-oof sixty yours.
The Russian Cr.tr aud tho Siamese King
have one taste in common—each is a bicycle
rider.
Okneual Patrick A. Collins, now out
of Boston's lending lawyers, began life ns a
cabinet maker.
Tint heaviest man in Congress is John W.
Iuife, of Pennsylvania. A snecial chair it
provided for him.
Alueuman Knill, tho Lord Mayor ol
Lonitou, began lite in London as un appren
tice to a fruit broker
John L. Mitcukll, of Michigan, is the
rich man of tho pra-eut Congress. He u
worth about fdO,lOO,OOJ.
Alns, U. S. Grant hns probably over a
score of pictures of her husband—paintiugs,
photographs and crayons.
President Diaz is said to own shares in
every railroad, telegraph, telephone and
electric oomoauy in Mexico.
Ex-GoVKBNOR rusk, of Wisconsin, sat
the fashion of not having nu inaugural ball
when tho administration was lv-eloote I.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beeouer, although
•ightv years old. is an indefatigable worker
with her pen. Bho spends hours at her desk
every day.
Senator Cockrell's brother, the Con
gressman-elect, is of heavy build, tho Sena
tor being spare and wiry. Both were Con
federate soldiers.
Andrew Carnegie Is said to be a great
admirer of Herbert Spencer, to whom he
has made u number ot gifts. Tho latest is
said to be a flue piano.
Gcnkral Rogue, who is reports! tobave
joined 11« Mexican revolutionist*, is known
throughout the couutrv as “The Tiger.' 1 He
wns oue of Maximilian's generals.
Mrs. Martua J. Lamb, the historian and
philanthropist, died, aiter n brief illness, at
the Cole nan HounO, in New York City, a
few days since, wuere sue ha t lived for a
number of years.
PAPER IN MONEY MAKING.
Where Uncle Bern Get* tho Supply for
the Currency.
The Berkshire Hills, or, to bo narticu
tar, that portion of the hills in and about
Pittofield, enjoy the dlatinctton of being
the place of manufacture of all the paper
used in making the Government's legal
tender, a distinction which It has con
tinued to ebjoy uninterruptedly ever
•inco the issue pf paper money by the
Government began. It Is also worthy of
note that the same mil!* turn out a very
large portion of the paper which subse
quently becomes the currency of Cnnndn.
Furthermore—the average Berkshire pa
triot will not permit you to escape with
out hearing the whole story—these same
hills have a silk mill wherein is made nil
tho tiny particles of silk thread which
cover the surface of the completed note.
So that, on the whole, this part of Mas
sachusetts may well lav claim to a mono
poly of tho moneymaking industry.
When the paper of wtdeh the hills nre
made leuves tho machine it is cut into
sheets 8 1-4 inches wide by 13 1-3 inches
long, oacli sheet containing four notes;
lTfl.OOO pounds is the average amount
which the Government requires every
year. The silk threads of various colors
which cover the surface of the note an-
each three-eighths of an inch long. They
lire mode just like ordinary silk thread,
except time they nre not twisted us much
us the ordinary u tide.
Col. Brown, the Government Inspector,
who looks after the work at the Berkshire
mills, says that the use of these silk
threads hns greatly diminished the Gov
ernment's losses by counterfeiting, those
losses being now very small, owing to the
fnct that the arrangement of the distribu
tion of the thread is altered with each
new issue of notes. Those wlm handle
the notes, having liecti notified of each
change, nre easily enabled to detect
counterfeits, something they wore not
nblo to do prior to 1883, when plain pa
per wns used. ,
John Cliliifliiian ami Ills Children.
As u father John irlolizis his hoys, hut
feels keenly tho disgraco brought by the
ndvont of a daughter. He does not con-
rider her worthy of a name, hut calls her
No. 1. 2 or !}, as the case may he. He ig
nores her entirely in telling the number
of his children, counting only the hoys,
lie considers her without mind or soul,
and denies her tho privilege of an educa
tion which her brotocr receives. As bIic
grows up she is n slave in her Own and
her husband's house, and not until sho is
old does she receive love or reverence.
If n child is taken sick, both John and
his wife think the soul has wandered
away, and steps ore taken to recall It..
The mother calls at the open door, "Soul,
come home!" The ficher goes out to
seek it, usually searching about tho near
est bridge. A t his cry of "Coming,com-
iug 1" tho mother looks carefully about
her floor nnd secures tho first thing of
lifo she sees. This may be a Ilea or bee
tle, or other insect, hut it is supposed to
have within it tho missing spirit. It
is wrapped un ami joyfully placed
under Iho pillow of the sick one,
who is now expected to recover forth
with. If death comes instead, tho child
is buried summarily nnd with scant cere
mony. John considers his own coffin
one of tho most valued aud most neces
sary pieces of furniture lor his best room,
and ids liigocsi ambition is to have «n
elabo'ato funeral, He and the older
ra mbi ts of Ins household havo this am
bition gratiliod in proportion to their
wealth and the number of their descend
ants.—St. Nicholas.
Millet for Cows.
One of tho best grasses for tho dairy
cow in whiter is millet, nnd hay that is
properly cut uud cured from this grass
f"tm< a grnud food for the animal during
the winter. Probably the best grade of
clover hay is superior for the cows; bui
there is no comparison in tho labor and
expense of ge ting a good crop of clover
and miliot. While t^io former requires n
soil of m certain kitid to make a good
growth, millet can lya grown fairly woll
on n grout variety of soils.
Thccutting, curing and keeping of tho
hay is very important. It is • ifferent in
rnnuy respects from other gr s<ea, nnd re
quires methods of cun ig and keeping
licit arc peculiar alone to niillot hay. If
a little rain fads nn it tho animals do not
like it so well, ns tho stalks appear to he
woody and lacking in nutrition. Simi-
liarily the hot miii spoils it, as it bleaches
out of it many of the most valuable quali
ties.—American Cultivator.
Brown Bread.
Dontists toll us there is nothing belter
than Graham flour to make strong, dura
ble teeth. Many persons think it too
much troublo to inako brown bread, hut
here nre two easy, relialilo recipes. The
Graham, of course, should always be
siftod: 1. One pint of bread sponge,
one tcncupful of molasses,or less, to taste;
one pint of warm water; stir very stiff
with Graham flour, put in u greased
tiu to rise aud hake more thnu one hour
iu a slow oven. If started nt night, it
will he ready to h ike early iu the morn
ing. 3. Ouo cuplul of wheat flour, ouc-
hulf cupful of milk, one-half cupful of
water, one-hnlf cupful of yeast or one-
half yonst cake. Leave to rise at nighi;
add in tho morning ouo cupful of Gra
ham, one tenspoonful of salt, onc-hnlf
cupful of mol isses; put in a tin iu a warm
place when light, bake slowly.
All Army oi Ailment*
Lies in ambush for persons who postpone
reforming a disordered condition of tho stom
ach, liver and bowels. For unhealthful con
ditions of these organs, Hoatetter’s Stomach
Ritters s a sovereign remedy, and against tho
ills to whloh they givo rise un adequate de-
tense. Re on time if you aro troubled with
Indigestion, liver complaint or const!nation.
Iho Ritters will euro these, aa well as ma
larial, nervous and kidnov ailments.
Tho total value of the ■ ropertv of tho
Methodist Church ■» $90,000,000.
Our old reliable eye-water cures weak or in
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Price25c. John It. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Va.
A » A V D J.» . o A if Ua ,y v J CJJ m . 1 y U U* »r-
iL -I nr si.euy tai d 12 uu dcn»
war 1 >»r Agriculture to tae nu ms? ot
but only forty-on* oou.i be $d:.i at pric»*
satisfactory to the owner*.
THE GRIP
Left me in a terribly weak condition; my
health nearly wrecked. My apn-tite was all
gone, I had no strength,
felt tired all tho
time, had disagreeable
roaring noises in my
head, like a waterfall. I
also had severe headaches
and severe sinking
pains in my stomach.
Having heard so much
about Hood’s Sarsaparil-'
la, I concluded to try it.
All the di agreeable ef
fects of the Grip are gone, 1 am free from pains
an-* aches, and bel eve Hood’s Sarsaparilla is
HOOD’S CURES
aureL curing my catarrh. 1 recommend It to
*11.” Gko. \V. Cook, St. Juhnsbury, Vt.
HOOD’S PIl/LS cure Constipation by restor
ing tlit perjfitaltje action of the aUiqeqtar) canal
Geo. iV. t oon.
How to Protme th*. Tooth.
The following direction! fot the cate
of the teeth have been 'issued by the
mu rioai committee of tho National Den
tal hospital, London.
1. The teeth should be .cleaned at least
..uc« a day, the best time being night,
the last thing. For this purpose urn a
soft brush, on which take a little soap,
nnd then some prepared chalk, brushing
up and across. There is rarely any ob
jection to tho friction causing tho gum
to bleed slightly.
2. Avoid all rough usago of the teeth,
such aa cracking mats, hiring thread,
etc., as by so doing evon good, sound
teeth may bo injured.
3. When decay is at first observed,
advice should at once, bo sought. It is
the stopping in a str/all hole that is of
tho greatest service, though not infre
quently a large filling preserves tho tooth
ior yonrs.
4. It is of tho grestest importance that
children four yo>.rs nnd upward ahou d
have their teeth frequently examined by
.tho dental surgeon, to see that tho first
sot, particulaily the back teeth, nre not
decayingtoo early, and to have tho oppor
tunity of timely treatment for the rcgula
tion and preservation of the second set.
5. Children should he tsught to rinse
the mouth night and morniag, and to be
gin the use of the toothbrush early (like
wise tho toothpick.)
6. With reguvd to the food of children,
to those who are old enough whole meal
bread, porridge and milk should be
uiven. This is a much more wholesome
and substantial food than, white breud.
If the foregoing instructions were car
ried out, comparatively few teeth would
have to ho extracted.
How Swiss Children Go to Sleep.
The Swiss people arc very artisric in
their tnstce, and eveu the poorest Swiss
is neat and tasteful in his home life.
Many of the ways of the Swiss are as
pretty as their fnucifol ideas of building
bouses. A Swiss mother believes that
her child will have had dreams unless it
is crooned to sleep. And so, bending
low over the drowsy little onc’n couch,
she sings soothing songs of green pas
tures uud still waters until the little
child has breathed itself peacefully into
the laud of Nod.—New York Ledger.
Probably tbo largost directory pub
lished in this country is the New York
city directory, the 100th number of which
has just been issued. It contains nearly
•100,000 uames, and lias 1,005 pages,
consisting of over 11,500,000 eras of type.
High Ambition.
Teacher (in disgust)—“That’s the tenth
lime you’ve answered ‘I don’t know’ to
my queetions."
Boy—“I only sew ‘don’t know’ six
times. Tho other times I said I wasn’t
sure.”
Teacher—"Well, what does a boy who
never knows,or is never sure of anything,
expect to be when he grows up?”
Boy—(after reflection)—"I guess meb-
bo I might be a astronomer an’ talk
about comets."
Samson’s Strength.
Little Dot—“That is a picture of Sam
son. Hasn’t he awful long bail?"
Little Dick—“That’s wot made him
strong.”
Li’tlo Dot—"Why?"
Little Dick —"I don’t know, hut 1
guess it’s cause ho novor went to n bar
her shop. Papa says harbors talk folks
half to death.”
Couldn’t Tell n Lie,
Neighbor—"tlas your mother a good
girl now?"
Child—“No’m; she isn’t fit to he in a
decent family, mamma says."
"Indeed 1 Where did she get such a
crenture?”
“She’s the one you hud so long."—
Street & Smith’s Good News.
SYktiPjtfrtss
Luca
:J.Ch
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be Is the
senior nartner of th* firm of F. J. Cheney A
Co. doing buslneRB In the City of Toledo.
County and Htate aforesaid, and that said firm
Trill pay the sum of $100 for each and every
c««e of catarrh that cannot he cured oy tho
use of liall’a Catarrh Cure.
Frank j. Chexxy.
8worn to before me and nubsci ibed in my
pre«ence, this 6th day of December. A. D^, *88e.
l —■*—* i A. W* Q LKASON.
\ WLLL r
* 1 JTota ni Pn hue.
Hairs Catarrh Core Is taken internally and
acta directly on the blood aud mucous aurfacee
of the system. Hend for testimonials, free.
F. J. Crenbt A- Co., Toledo, Q.
bold by Druggists, 75c.
ONU ENJOYS
Both the method and resulta when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to tho taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, clennsea the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers find cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and havo mado it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAt.,
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, N.Y.
i nboat DiskA«r.s commence with n Cough, j
Cold or Bore Throat. “Brown's Bronchial
Jrochu" give immediate relief. Sold only in
boxes. Price 25 cents. |
If afflicted with sore eyes urc Dr. Load'liomi?.
son’s Eye-water.DruggisU sell at 25c per bottle.
Royal Baking Powder.
THE GOVERNMENT TESTS
ESTABLISH ITS ABSOLUTE SUPERIORITY.
(Data from the latent Official U. S. Government Report on Baking
Powders, Department of Agriculture, Bulletin ij, page jgg.)
Ro3’al is placed first of the cream of tartar
powders, actual strength, 160.6 cubic inches of
leavening gas per ounce of powder.
Every other powder tested exhibited a much
lower strength than the Royal, the average
being 33 per cent. less.
Every other powder likewise showed the
presence of alum or sulphuric acid.
The claim that this report shows any other powder of su
perior strength or purity has been denounced as a falsehood
by the Government officers who made the tests.
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Boyal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
BileBe&ns
Small*
Guaranteed to cure Bilious Attack*. BIck-
Headache and C onstipation. 40 In each
oottlo. Price 25c. For sale by druggists.
Picture "7,17, 70” aud samplo dose free,
d. F. SMITH A CO.. Proprietors. NEW YORK.
AN ASTONISHING
TONIC FOR WOMEN.
McELREE’S
CARDUI
It Strengthen, the Weak, Quiets the
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cure,
FEMALE DISEA8E8.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
•1.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA MED. CO., Chattanooga, Tenn,
Unlike the Dutch Process
(~h No Alkalies
A Other Chemicals
W. BAKER & CO.’S
''iBreakfastCocoa
Wayside Pick-Ups.
New York has tho greatest number of
newspapers—namely, 1,058, Novada the
least—namely, 25.
In Bohemia there aro 100 societies
and clubs, which have for their object
tho advancement of the cause of
woman.
In Sitka when the Indian wife lias lost
her husband by death she goes into
mourning by painting the upper half of
her face in deep black.
“German
Syrup
I simply state that I am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in a position to judge. I have
T „ ... tr ' e< l niany Cough Syrups but for
In Germany aluminium cravats arc now tcn vears past bave foun(1 noth j nK
on sale They ate advertised as feather equal to Boschee’s German Syrup
light, silver white wash goods that will T i.~.. . , , ,
wear forever. 1 . ve S lven ll to n '> - bah >' for Croup
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. J, H.
Hobbs, Druggist and Postmaster,
England imports annually about 50,-
000 tons of palm oil, but is considered
that, this is a very small amount compared
with what might bo tho case wero tho
enormous supplies fully or even moder
ately realized.
Without opening a single additional
scam thoto 1h probably enough coal in
view in New South Wales to enable 100,-
000,000 tons to be put out annually for
some years to come. This amount is
more thnu double tho prescut produc
tion.
Much research and investigation war
rant tho assertion that man is not ihc only
animal subject to dreams. Horses neigh
and tear upon their hind feet while fast
asleep; dogs bark and growl and iu many
other ways exhibit all their characteristic
passious.
Contracted Quarters.
Elat Agent—“Madam, I told you
distinctly that no children were allowed
here."
Tenant—"Wo have none."
Agent—"Then bow d:d these walls get
all banged up?"
Tcnuut—"That comes from our el
bows."—N. Y. Weekly.
There nre 2,894 Negroes employed in
Washington by the government and they
draw from the treasury in salaries about
83,000,000 a year.—Springfield Republi
can.
Do Not Be Deceived
witb Paste*, Kuaniel* am! Paints which stain the
bands. Injure the Iron and hum red.
The Iilnn* Sun Stove Follsh is Brilliant, Odor- ;
lew. Durable, and the consumer nays for 1
or glasXpack*#* with every purchase.
Moffat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, of to-day Boschee’s
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. #
A remedy which,
if used by Wive*
about to ex perlence
the painful ordeal
attendant upon
Child-birth, proves
an infallible epeti-
flo for, and obviate*
tho tortures of con
finement , lestenln^
tbo danger.*thereof
to both mothorand
child, .-old by all
druggists. Sentby
express on receipt
of price, $1.50 per
bottle,charges pre
paid.
which io absolutely
\ pure and soluble.
, It has more than three times
• the strength of Co?oa mixed
■ with Starch, Arrowroot or
9 Sugar, aud is far more eco
nomical, costing less than one cent a cup.
It is delicio&M, nourishing, And easily
DIGESTED.
Sold by Grocer* everywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Maw.
3BH3XEEEE
OwasuMpltve* and people
who bave weak lunge or A*tb-
tua, *hcu!d uae Pteo'a Core for
Consumption, ll haa cared
tkcasaade. II bae nol Injur
ed one. ll le not bad lo take.
It I* the beat cough syrup.
Sold everrwbero. Stte.
Every Ian His Own Doctor.
A 600-pngeProfusely Illustrated Rook,contain*
in« valuable information pertaining to dis*
ea-esof tlie human system, allowing bow to
TREAT and CURE with the simplest of medi
cines. The book contains analysis of court*
ship nnd marriiis'e and management of child,
ren, besides useful prescription'*, recipes, etc.
Mailed, post-paid, for 60 cents. Add res*
ATLANTA ITHLIHIilNU HOUSE,
11G Loyd StiGet. ATLANTA. 0.4.
MINERAL R0DS
■ «■■■**• i■■ iMphHjQdex Booth, Burlington, Coon.
f *. N«» pay till cured.
PHEN8.L*b*non.Ohio.
Th ee. 03.
OPIUM
W.L DOUGLAS
.
BRADFICLO REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, Ga.
BEWARE OF FRAUD.
nine without L. Douglas name
and price stamped on bottom* Look — — — — -
OtJ &UOET F0 »
MVC GENTLEMEN.
f A sewed shoe that will not rip; Calf,
seamless, smooth inside, more comfortable,
stylish and durable than any other shoe ever
soldattheprice*. Every style. Equals custOLi*
made shoes costing from ^4 to $5.
The following are of the same high standard of
U.00 and $5.00 Fine Calf. Hand-Sewed.
$3.50 Police, Farmers and Letter-Carriers.
$3.50, $2.35 and $-.00 for Working Men.
$3.oo and $1.75 for Youths and Boys.
~o Hand-Sewed, i for
1.50 and 3.00 Uongola, | LADIES.
$1.75 for Misses.
3 A DUTY yon owo yonrMli
g»t tbo beet value for yoos
money. Economise In yoos
footwear by purchaalug W.
L. Douglas Shoes, whiebi
resent tho best vain®
. tho prices advertised
os thousands can tss-
Do you wear
them?
TO YOUNG MEN.
Spleiultd opportunity to L*arn n business that will
give steady employment and u salary of ft 1000 u veto
Send tv. stamp for circular, cvntuluing full inform a
Uoa H Lawrence. s.-L iOtq a y «; tt *
••leroahoe dealer* and general
" rl a® £_ ara ‘ OJ f B . e ‘ I* not for bale in your place a.
klad. site And width wauted, Fr** it. I*. Denali
&s, Hi-tfoitidD. Mass.