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•KEV. Dli. TALMAGE.
SHE BROOKLYN DIVINE’S SUN¬
DAY SERMON.
Subject: “ Wonders of Babylon."
Text; “ In that night teas Belshazzar,
the king of the Chaldeans, slain." —Daniel
v., 30.
After the midion sight of of Babylon had been se¬
lected, two construction of men were employe 1
fer the tne wall and princi¬
pal works. Too walls of the city were sixty
miles in cireunu erence. They were sur¬
rounded by a tr-Dch, out of which had been
dug the material for the construction of the
city. There were side tw enty-Sve the gates city. o£ solid Be¬
brass on each of square
tween every two gates a great tower sprang
up into the heavens. From each of t ie twen¬
ty-five rates on either side a street ran
■traight through to the fifty gate on the other fifteen side,
so that there were streets, each
miles long, which gave to the city an ap¬
pearance of wonderful regularity.
The houses did not join each other on the
ground, and between tnem were gardens housetop and
shrubbery. From housetop to inhabitants
bridges swung, over wnich the
were accustomed to pass. A branch of the
Euphrates went through the city, over which
a bridge of marvelous structure was thrown,
end raider which a tunnel ran. To Keep toe
river from overflowing the city in time of
freshet, a great lake was arranged to catch
the surplus, in which the water was kept as
tn a reservoir until times of drought, w hen
It was sent streaming down over the thirsty
land. A pa ace stood at each end of the
Euphrates bridge; one palace a mile and
three-quarters in compass, and the otner
palace seven and a halt m les in circumfer¬
ence. The wile of Nebuchadnezzar, having
been brought up among the mountains of
Medio, coind not stand it in this flat eouutry
of Babylon, and so to please her Nebuchad¬
nezzar had a mouutain four hundred feet
high built in the midst of the city.
. This mountain was surrounded by ter¬
races, for the support of which great arches
were lifted. On the top of these arches flat
stones were laid; then a layer of reeds and
bitumen; then two rows of bricks, closely
cemented; then thick sheets of lead, upon
which the soil was placed. The earth hers
deposited had was anchor so rieeo their that the largest All trees the
room to roots.
glory of the flowery tropics was spread out
at that tremendous neight, until it must have
seemed to one baiow as though tha clouds
were alt in b ossom. and the very sky leaned
on the shoulder of the cedar. At the top an
engine was constructed which drew the water
from the Euphrates, far below, and marie it
spout up amid this garden of tho skies. Alt
this to pler-e his wtie! I think she must have
beenpleased. midst of this city stood also the
In the
temple of Belus. O. e of its towers was oue
eighth of a mile high, and on the top of it an
observatory, whicn gave the astronomers
great, advantage, as, being at so great a
This height, one coul 1 full easily talz and w.tli the stars. and
tempie all of was goid. o. One cups image statues weighed
censers, a
thousand Babylonish talent.?, which would
be equal to fifty-two million dollars. Ah this
by day; but now night The was about to come
down on Babylon. shadows of her t ,o
hundred and fifty towers began to lengthen.
The Euphrates rolled on, touched by the
fiery sp.er.tlors of the setting sun, and gates
of brass burnished dcors of and flame. gi.ttoring, The hanging op me 1
and shut like
gardens of Babylon, wet with tbs heavy anil
dew, began to pour from starlit flowers
dripping leaf a fragrance for many miles
around. The streets and squares were
lighted for nance amt fro ic an i promenade.
The theatres and galleries of art invited the
wealth mid pomp and grandeur o? tne city to
rare entertainments. ."Scenes of riot an 1
wassail were mingle : ’ ry street; godless
tnirth, d find ' outrages w, an I splendid
Wlf “ ’ jrfli warn,: J<, to,,
Jir might ekt he— of darkness.
A roral feast to-nigh ;t the king’s palace!
Rushing up to the gates are chariot -, up¬
holstered with precious r-.olhs from Dedan
and drawn by fire ey i horses from dogar
mah, that rear and neigh in the grasp of the
Charioteers, while a thousand lor>.8 dismount,
and women dressed in all the splendors of
Syrian emerald, and the color blending aud the of
agate, and the chasteness of coral,
somber glory of Syrian purp'e, and tho
princely embroideries brought from afar by
camels across the desert, aud by snips from
Tarshish across tbs sea.
I Open wide the gates and let the guests come
In. The chamberlains and cuu bearers are
all readv. Hark to the rustle of the robes,
and to the carol of the music! Seethe blaze
of the jewels! Lift the banners. Fill the
oups. Ciftp cymbtils. Blow the trumpets.
Let the nierbt go by with song and dance and
ovation; and let too Babylonish tongue BjI- be
palsied that will not say, “Oh, King
shazzar, live forever!”
i Ah! my friends, it was not any common
banquet to which these great people richest came.
‘All parts of the earth hat sent their
viands to that table. Brackets aud chande¬
liers flashed their light upon tankards of
burnished gold. Fruits, rips and luseiou-,in
baskets of siivfr, entwined with leaves,
plucked from royal conservatories. Vases,
inlaid ite with emerald and ridged with exquis¬
traceries, filled with nuts that were
thrashed fro n forests of distent lands.
Wine brougtt from the royal vats, foaming
in the decanters and bubbling in the oral
ices. Tufts of cassia and frankincense
wafting their sweetness from wall and table.
Gorgeous banners un.olding in the breeze
that came through tne opened window, be¬
witched with tue rising perfume of from hanging iaclosures gar¬
dens. Fountains up clatter
of ivory in jars of crystal, to fad in
in-rain of diamonds and pearis. Statues of
mighty men .ooking down fro n niches m the
wall upon crowns and shields brought from
subdued empires. I lols of wonder, u I work,
standing on pedestals of about precious the windows stones.
Embroideries urooping cf cedar, and drifting
and wrapping with P’t are ivory aud agate. Music,
on floor inlaid eiash
mingling the thrum of harps, and the
of cymbal.-, and the blast of trumpets in one
wave of ti'ar.sport that went ripp ing along
the wall, aud breathing among the garlands, turili
aud pouring down the corridors, mi l
ing the souls of a thousand banqueters.
l The signal 1? civen, and tne lords and
hidie?, the mighty men and women of the
land, come around the table. Pour out the
wine. Let foam an t bubble kiss the rira.
Hoist every one his cup, and drink to the
sentiment: “Oh, King Belshazzar, live for
everI” Bestarredhesdband andcarcanet of
royai Iieauty gleam to the upiitted chalices,
as again and a rain aud again they are e Tear np
tied. A wav with care from Pour the palace! wine!
royal digi.i y to tatters! out more
Give ns mox'e light, wilder music, sweeter
perfume. Lor t shouts to lord, cantainogles
to cantain. Goblets clash, decan.ers rattle,
There comes In the vhesong, and the drunken
hiccough, and the slaveringiip, and the gut
law of iaintic laughter, bursting from the
Kps of princes, flushed, reeling, bloodshot;
while mingling with it all I hear; “Huzza!
huzza! tor great Be.sbazzar’ ’
> What is that on the p.ssteringo? the wall?
Is it a spirit? Is it a phantom? Is it God?
Out of the black s esvaof the darkness a
finger of fiery terror trembles through the
air and comes to tho wail, circling about
as though it would write, and th.-u. with
sharp t pof flume, engraves on the plastering The
the aoom of the king. The music stop?.
goblet fats from tae nerveless grisp. Tnere
b a thrill. There is a star.. 1 here is a
thousand voiced shrie;of horror. Let Daniel
be brought ,u to read that writing. Hecoms
in. Ee reads i “Acighed ia tue baiance
,
and found wanting.”
the Assyrians, who for two
V f-een riving siege to that city.
too vantage of that carousal an i cams
Ir to 1 hear tZe test of tue rushed cor.qu-.vors witn on
i*V e P ""tea pa Ma-si~r» in
n -anT m v' k jives. Death i> :rste
THE DEMOCRAT, CRAWFO XE. GEORGIA.
tankard?, and the Woo l of murdered women,
and the kicked and tumbled carcass of a
dead king. For “in that night was Bel¬
shazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, slain.''
I go on to learn that when God writes any¬
thing on the wall, n man bad better read it
as it is. Daniel did not misiuternret or modi¬
fy the handwriting on the wall. It is all
foolislmessto expect a minister of the Gos
pel to preach a wavs things that the people
like or the people choose. Young meu, what
shall I preach to you to-nieht? Shall I tell
von of the dignity of human nature? Shall
1 tell you of the wonders that our race has
accomplished? “Oh, uo!’ ! you say: “tell me
the message that came from God.” I wilt.
If there is any handwriting on the wall, it is
this lesson, "Accept of Christ and be saved?"
I might talk of a groat many other things,
but that is the message, and so I declare it.
Jesus never flattered those to whom He
preached. He said to those who did wrong
and who were offensive in His sight, “Ye
generation of vipers', ye whited sepulchers! of hell!”
how can ye escape the damnation
Paul the apostle preached before a man who
was not ready to hear him preach. What
subject did he take? Did ho say, "Oh! you
are a good man, a very fine man, a very no¬
ble man?” No: he preached unrighteous; of righteous¬ of tem¬
ness to a man who was
perance to a man who was the victim of bad
appetites; of the judgment to come to a man
who was unfit for it. So we must aiwavs
declare Daniel the me -sage read that it happens it is. A to minister come to
us. must as
preached before James I. of Englaud, What who
was James VI. of Scotland. subject
did he take? The king was note tail over the
world for his being unsettled and wavering
in his ideas. What did the minister preach
about to this man who was James I. of Eng¬
land aDd James VI. of Scotland? Ho took
forhis text James i., 6: “He that wavereth
is like a wave of the sea, driven with the
wind and tossed.”
Hugh Latimer offened the king by a ser¬
mon he preached, and the king said, “Hugh
Latimer, come and apologize.” “I will,”
said Hugh Latimer, Bo the day was ap¬
pointed, and the king’s chapel was full of
lords and dukes, and the mighty men and
womeu of the country, Ho for Hugh Latimer
was to apoiigizo. began his sermon by
saying: “Hugh Latimer, bethink thee!
Thou art iu tho presence ot thine earthly
king, who can destroy thy body. But be¬
think thee, Hugh Latimer, that thoti art in
presence of the King of heaven and earth,
who can destroy both body and soul in hell
fire." Then he preached with appalling
directness at the king's crimes.
Another lesson that comes to us. There is
a great difference between the opening of the
banquet of sin aud its c ose. Young in ,n, if
\ on had looked in upon the banquet in the
iirst few hours, invited you would have wished you
had been there, ana could sit at the
feast. “Oh! tho grandeur of Belshazzar’s
feast!” you would have said; but you look in
at the close of the banquet, aud your blood
curdles with horror. The King of Terrors
has there a ghastlier banquet: human blood
is the wine, an itseif 1 dying king groans in the are the music. It
Sin has ma ie a earth.
has crowned itself. wor.d It has spread a it. banquet. Ic,
It invites all the to come to has
hung in its banqueting hall the alt spoils of all It
kingdoms and the banners of nations.
has gathered from all music. It has strewn,
from its wealth, the tables and the floors amt
arches. And yet how often is that banquet
broken up, and how horrible is its end!
Ever and anon there is a handwriting culprit on is the
wall. A king falls. A great ar¬
rested. Tho knees of wickedness knocked to¬
gether. God’s judgment, like an armed host,
breaks in upon the king banquet, of and Chaldeans, that night
is Belshazzar, tha the
slain.
Here is a young maSa man who says: “I cannot
sea why they such a fuss about the in
toxicatiuv cuo. Why. T it is exhilarating! It
makes me feel well. can talk better, think
better, feel better. I cannot against see it.” why people few
have such a prejudice A
years pass oa. and ha wakes up and finds
himself in the dutches of an evil habit
which he tries to Loxvi break, Go but cannot; me!'* an t he It j
erie* ( out* ‘though 4, Oii ^. i
seems ns Go i wm;!- r.oc anl hear so*il UL^ be
er. &a<i a.-i ago -» oi u-.j ly
cries out: ‘ It biteth like h a serpent, and it
stingeth like an adder. 1. Hmv bright it was
at the start 1 How black 11 ■is at the last!
Hers is a roan who be ng,” raadconupt
novels, ‘‘They are so con says he,
“1 will go out and sea for myself whether all
these things are so.” He opens the gat? of
a sinful life. He go’s in. A sinful sprite
meets him with her wand. .She waves her
wand, and it is uli enchantment. Whv.it
seems as if the angels of God had pouro 1 out
phials of perfume in the atmosphere. As he
walks on he finds the hills becoming more
rad;ant with foliage and the ravines more
resonant with the lailing water. Oh! what
a charming landscape wand he sees! him But that
sinful sprite with her meets again;
but now she reverses tha wand, and all the
enchantment is gone. Tho cup is full of
poison. The fruit turns to ashes.
All the leaves of the bower are forked
tongue? of hissing serpents. The flowing
fountains fall back in a dead pool, stenchful
with corruption. The luring songs become
laughter. Lost spirits gather about him and
feel for his hen-t, and beckon him on with
“Hail, brother! Hail, blasted spirit, hail!” He
tries to get out. He comes to the front door
where hi entered, and tries him, to push and it in back,
but the door turns against hears the
jar of that shutting door he the word?,
“ibis ni ’ht is Belshazzar, the king of Chal¬
deans. slain ” Sin may open bright as the
morning. It ends dar.t as the night!
I learn further from this su. >ject that Death
sometimes breaks in upon a banquet. Why
did he not go down to tna prisons in Babvlon?
Thero were people there that would like to
have died. I suppose there were men and
women in torture in that e ty who would
have welcomed Death. But he comes to the
palace; and just at tha time whin the mirth
is dashing to the t.p-top pitch Death breaks
in at the banquet. Wo have often seen the
same thing illustrated. Here is a young man
just come from col leg He is kind. Ho is
loving. He is enthusiastic. He is eloquent.
By one spring he may bound to h.ights
towar t which many men have been strug¬
gling him? for year.?. establ'shed A profession i.a the opens law. before His
He is
friends cheer him. Eminent mm ouc jurage
him.
After a while yon may see him standing
; n tlle United States senate, his eloquence, or moving a
popular assemb'aga bv as
trees are moved in a whirlwind. Some night
he retires early. A fever is on him. Delirium,
like a rackl-ss charioteer, seizes the reins of
ilia j n teUi;e!:. .Father and mother stand by
an(i S33 the tiles of his life going out to the
„ rea <_ 0 .. ean . The banquet is coming to an
emj The lights of thought and mirth and
eloquence ? are being extinguished. the brow, Tnegar- Tao
lan ls are sn atehed lro:n
vision is gone. Death at tne oanquet!
We saw the same thing on a larger scale
illustrate*! a t the last war in this country,
(j ur wnoie nation bad been sitting at a na
IK) nal banquet—north, south, east and west,
Wnat graiu was there but we grew it on our
hills. vVhat invention was toere but our
must turn the new wheel and ratt.e
strange shuttle. What warm furs but
ou .- traders must bring them from the Arc
tia Wlmt fish but our nets must sweep
them for the markets What mnsiebutit
must sing in our Hails. What Ho! eloquence the bu;
it mustsp ak in onr senates. to na
tioual banquet, reaching from mountain to
mountain, and from sea to sea! To prepare
that banquet the sheepfobis and the aviaries
0 f the country sent their best treasures. The
orchards pil <i up on the table their sweetest
(rU |fa. The presses burst out with new wine?,
q 0 sit at that taole came the yeomanry of
jf ew Hampshire, aud the lumberman of
jf a , ue> and the Carolinian from tne rice
fjeteis, and the western emigrant from the
. i3t , s o£ Oregon, and we were all brothers—
brothers at a banquet. Suddenly the fca*t
ended. mounds thrown
U natm ar.t those up at
Chickamauga. Shiloh. Atlanta, those Gettysburg, golden
Boufb Moan fain? tv hat meant
I grain fields turned into a pasturing ground
i.,r cava ry hors~? V, hat meant the corn
! fields gu be . with tho wheels ot the heavy
wanting. Darkness! Darkness! Woe to
the north! Woo to the south! Woe to the
east! Woe to the west! Death at the ban¬
quet 1
I have also to [earn from the subject that
the destruction of tne vicious, and of those
who despise God. will be very sudden. The
wave of mirth had dashed to the highest
point when that Assyrian army broke
through. It was unexpected. Suddenly,
almost always, comes the doom of tliosa
who despise God and defy the laws of men.
How was it at the deluge? Do you suDpose
it came through a loug northeast storm, so
that peopie for days before were sure it was
coming?’ bright, No; I sup|>ose brooded the morning the was
that calmness on waters;
that beauty sat enthrone! on the hills, when
suddenly the heavens burst, and the mouni
ams sank like anchors into the sea that
dashed clear over the Andes and the
Himalayas.
tried Tue Red .Sea was divided. could The'Egyptians dang
to cross it. There be no :r.
The Israelites had just gone through. Where
they had gone, why not the Egyptians? On!
either pavement o^ti'm^'d's^ell^mid'pStrlst'aud water—solid. on
side two groat walls of
There can be no danger. Forward, great
hosts of the Eivptians? Clap the cymbals.
and them! blow We thetru m pets them ot victory! anil After they
will catch yet,
saall be destroyed. But the walls begin to
tremble. They rock! They fall! The rush
ing waters! The shriek of drowning great^host men!
8 slmra!™The°strewing r of°the S
the
on anStomew^^i^^trucimn the bottom of the sea, or pitched by the
came. One-haif hour before they could not
have believed it. Destroyed, and without
remedy. Iam fact, which
just setting forth a y .iu
have noticed as well as I. Ananias comes to
the apostla Tue apostle says, "Did you
sell the lan 1 for so much?” He says. “V r es.”
It was a lie. Deal! as quick as that! Bap
phira, his wife, comes in. “Did you sell the
land lor so much?" “Yes.” It was a lie
and quick as that she was dead. God’s judg
raeuts are upo.i those who suddenly. despise Him an i
dely The Him. They angel come went through Egypt.
Do destroying ot the people knew
you suppose that an v
that he was coming? Did they hear the flap
1 became"° ! Sudde “' y ’
expectofly Skilled do not like to shoot
sportsmen a
bird standing on a sprig nearby, if they
are skilled they pride themselves on taking
it or. the wing, and they wait till it starts.
Death is an old sportsman, and he loves to
take meu flying under the very sun. He
'°Are^herjanyTer^wco areunprepared for
hav“ l living without that tJod S had whhout bett-
hope’ Let mo sav to you you
will cease to breathe, the heart ’vjl stoL
l h© time vrill come when you shall go ; <
more to the office, or to the store, or to
this hour! It there be one in this preset . -
who lias wandered far away from Gun
the though Gospel hemay for nothave year, heard I invite tho him catU”| nov|
many a Flee thy tint
to come and be saved. trorn
F.oe to the stronghold of the Gospel 1 of salft i|
the accepted time, now is tho day
vatiou. »
) la vo°ro:’vI h ee“|uardeJ by Him «!IS
slumbers! Nay you awake in them n n,'
of r Gol? an is'this th.fli awakened 1 t a night in the U ou night, a eart “7 il ?
Bhouldst tbou be
something, thou knqwestnot what, aud thn
be shadows fl latiug in the room, and a hon,
writing on tue wall, and you teeItlmtyo^
last hour is come, nil I there oo a fainting
the heart, and a tremor m t» limb, and
cateningof the breath—tin n iby dooai wo J
be but of the w . i. xt (
on eceo .
that, night slttin. was bylsin o ’ '•> 01 .
Gii^lcioins, mviwAio* of ph»
Hear t.h* till-; lion \vl§>n ^ l
may be some one m v t:>
shall be never tho words speak of again, the Gospel, an 1 ther-Tore notin'T?)' j^I it
in an.,
own, with which 1 close: “.lo, every the
that thirsteth! Oomoyo to the waters Ami
let him that hath no money come, buy wir»
and mil r without money, an I wiiuoiit
price." “Corns imti mo, all y • wl . hiv
tveary and heavy laden, and I wili g.ve voa
rest.” Oh! that my Lord Jesus w< . d i, - r
tK; ,r;: »
have never prayel before, or huv not
orayeci since tiuso days when you kneit
■
.test a? i am , without one pies
But tnattne »*o>a was' @h -* d f ^ r "*J*
Atdthr. thou tail ?t me com. t to Thee,
o La.ubof Goi. i comd
you can say, 4, GoI, bo merciful to mo a mn-:
prayer a AhaiTl wiUgfvc “L>rj, you astih shorte? I
oan that you may utter, save int'.or
gaasr.'ts s,-ra
—— ---
Boundary Stones Should he Placed.
The fanner lives in a strong house, his
crops arc good and around his lands he
has built a fence, writes a surveyor. )'
means to cultivate every square foot c'
the ground within his bounds, buf
clont are his oounds well detined. At
every corner of the property a stone
should lie firmly planted in the ground,
but in many places these stones are miss
ing, and when the fences arc crooked,
which is generally the case, the correct
houndary lines are difficult to locate.
From this inadvertence of properly hold
ers considerable dispute arises when land
is sold. Now, in many instances the con¬
tents of a parcel of land as stated in the
deed cannot be found within the lines as
laid down, and the real cause of the
trouble is tne indefinite location of cot
uers.
When a tract of land lies at a great
distance beyond the city limits the owner
does not trouble himself in the least
about the exact location of his property
lines. In fact, he frequently describes
his boundary by a lineoi trees or a stream
of water. And then, after a lapse of
years, the city is extended and the sur
veyor runs through the country with the
lines of streets and avenues.
Farms are bougatard the plans of sub
division arc arranged. Tne value of
ground is greatly enhanced, but on ac
count of indefinite boundary lines many
landed proprietors lose small areas which
rightfully belong to them. Nor does it
lie in the power of a surveyor to locate
original lines when he has no data upon
which to base his calculations.— Moult'
ington Mar.
A Rattlesnake Skin Necktie.
Frank M. Follett, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, sent a novel gift to a gentleman
in Cincinnati. It is a necktie, made .a
the 'feck scarf pattera, the mater. at
I used being the skin of a rattlesnake.
fhc . lias been carefully , „ dressed, , . nl
Skin a
. ; 3 gs soft and as piiaut as the silk farm •
Uneath . .t The tie jgreally a pretty our,
; despite , . the queer stub of winch It n
.QUAINT AM) CURIOUS.
Milt |ii was tho son of a money
scrive p’ 1 '
A ^ ° r ^ man has a collection of
1C ’ 00t^ jseriuons.
<
yvoiild take freight train .
It ft c ;n
fainiijig thirty-five cars to transport
$t,0t 10,000 in pennies.
Ti| e curricle, or douhled-liorse two
wheel cart, is being considerably re¬
vived ” 11 Guidon.
Mb |5 1 at ilia Calhoun, who is cm
, 1,1 . TT U fl i'-'d i [flics I u.isiii. _ .
at 1 Yashiiigton, is able to count
85 , • W coins a day.
*A Vel * there Was one btMi
bail ■ ill the Salvation army. It Wftj
s.mo-tod of or a ft f-ithcr lather ana uni his nis sons
si U C0 ,heil 8,550 other bunds have been
ft Hied,
... Birds, the condor mounts t tnC
sl ‘*
bpjpUt hipest describes into the the atmosphere. flight of this Hum- bird!
hi the Andes to be at least 20,000 fee. I
tii ive the level of the sea.
I A huge cadlis!) was found alive im
tu , . u . m - a iioiow . , log - in a ,,,51!,lam inuuiain
u ‘
Jt Martitidale. C;d. It swam in a
giOiftd . hole , when , llltlo ilsil and ,
ft WftS
inabie T to find its way 3 out again 0 and
. the log.
jETOW Jl)
r I)ui Jl»«r tiie , season winch , . , has , just
; clo6 cd, tlto mountain palaces 1 of the
fby Dale King of Iiavana . liave been visited .
80,000 persons, and tho amount ro
J [ eeived front them in admission fees
. , , g,/ i0 noo
; has lAC! eiittl IjbU.UOll.
. 1 AVilliamsnort ’* liuamspoi t (Mich (Alien .) I man man WH0S( wliont
well ran dry found that the roots ol
a willow had grown a distance of
twenty-four feet, coiled up on the hot
tom in a solid mass and were carrying
“>< -ater into tho foliage.
The form of oath binding on the
MonaunnoUan conscience is to make
the Koran rest on the head while the
oath is administered. Bat if tho Ko
ran is skillfully held . . , just . above , the ,
j, eat j the form is not valid and tho
oath not binding,
In tho vast majority . of luminous
; ”' i,,,aIs wit1 ' wc !UC Acquainted,
the phosphorescent light is useful only
>" guiding one sex in its search for liio
other, and this is probably tho caso
ttilll uu.p.ia , . WUl ,. as will! . .
u as
terrestrial creatures,
Tlio method by which the eolo
I SCI l s for foou is peculiar. lie
I ( ostln • mu. bottom with liis head.
» i . , 0»»Jxi ,
'V lien de filaments find koiiii
,, 1 j,,, r „ ( j ho inimeiliatoly eei/.es
] with ft vigorous find sudden simp of
j ,, 1 lf> >e l. low lwol u - n.tu of ot tho tin, jaw., i'UV? where wu u, the mu
; (ectli are situated, but never snaps at
I j anything lioi iirst , lociihzcd , .. . by . his . . r feel- ,
: Jlc Cllls ' r,a,ine wo,m3 > 8l,ri,n ‘ )8
tucl very friH.'tll
---- —
for Western Cowboys.
Arthur C. Wheeler at his factory in
\- t walk, Con ii., is tilling an oiulur for
t and looking ..
. I’.cturesquo
, UHUJW
1 w 1,,lts f wr Mexican gntiicers and
n boys I he )mts arc or white straw.
Tie crown of them is seven inches
high mid tapers to a conical point like
*..... . ........ -«
1
d braid _ that»» . .
18 Kewo ft m ver 4 an
>" widih. Tho hand is n heavy
■ -i d interwoven with thread.- of silver
( and on the left side of the crown is a
Ilarge mmiy-hucd star of metal and
The huts weigh over a pound '
'. qnre- ftl| d will he sold at retail for $-1 ,,
md ? each.
i M can and Western cowboys corno
.to i ueclicut for many of their pc
i*0. x* , iOM" i Hop- it
f '
I ins •< Mler, .he pistol makers of Nor
vicii, received a special order for
vi nne In nvy long-range cowboy re •
v- livers. The weapons had long bar
i ii/toolo , v’• 5G-ca!il>vc, were tnuutt'.cd
. if, liver and cost from $50
to! $75 apiece. It was intended that
<lid y i hotlld be able to bore a hole
through Yojrk ft man a mile away.—[New
Sun.
1 K of Bternal Earthquake*, .
j Antiqua, oi ohl f.uatetnala, are
the |ruins of the old capital, destroyed
i ;tj , 0 C artliqtiakc. Here you
j /,,,,) *' most equable climate in the
worfid, j the temperature almost
never
varyTng-. Here, too, the earth keepH
ij. ;i iconliiiual quaking, and scarcely
, , |( | > but a slight shock is
f> h. I I lie ancient ... rums show signs of
past drandeur and are the rema ns of
the l ijilding* and dwellings of wealthy
peopld. Jt is said that liio country
round it he old capital has been gradu
a !y siqikiug, inch by inch, for tigee,
but tliq j doe : prevent it from being
i occttpi d.
'J lie Hitaterria u's propenai'y for
® the r'nnies |g is rouu rried ihing wonderful, in and
at < on the swell
j clubs ; > *u -i tfC l oi i nes change hand*
j„ a ..p.J » t vJ.mimj. i ” Tit t favorite games
{ ,_. c , pinto, p’ayed wish dice,
Miss Bislaads Advice to Women.
A good rule for following is never to
herd unreal foes. There are always
enough enemies at one's elbow w ithout
reaching forward to grasp those reserved
for the future. When men bid you be
ware take no foolhardy risks, but plumb
,p e depths yourse f, and accept no tyro’s
word for the undertow and tides. Those
who cling to spars never learn to swim,
nnd it is < nly hv striking out fearles ly
one ever catches the secret of keep i g
the lrend above water .—Illustrated Amer¬
ican.
I In Tepc-Kcnnenc, an ancient town in
the Crimea, a platina coin baa been found
j, ear i n „ t j le j nia ge 0 f Antiochus of Syria,
who died It. C. 1(54. The coin is the
only one of its kind knoun to exist, and
for this reason its value is inestimable.
Entitled ta the Beat.
All are entitled to the beet that their money
buy ’ 80 eVery f»nnly should have, at once,
a bottle of the beat family remedy. Syrup of
*° cleanse the system when costive or
bilious. For sale in COo and $1.00 bottles by
all leading druggists.__
Mottoof the luild-headed man—'There is al
«“>■* *"*
Km persona are broken down from orer
work or nonseliold oarns. Brown's Iron Blt
tera rebuild? tue system, aids digestion, ro
moves excess of bile, an I cures malaria. A
eg lend kl tonic for womeu and children.
Edward Everett, the profit orator and
patriot, died January 15tli.
It is cruel to neif ect symptoms of worms in
n child. Many cases of epileptic tits can be
traced to this source. You do your duty when
yon give it l)r. Bud's Worm Destroyers. It
■will BnYothc child.
Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Span¬
gled Banner, died January 11th, 184J.
Do You Ever Mporulnfo *
Any person sending us (heir name and ud
crvesiviii receive information llwit win lead
Building, ♦ on fortune. Kansas BeuJ. City, Lewis & Co., Security
Mo.
is Your Child Sick.
s. s. s. NEVER WITHOUT IT. It (3
gives About three years ago my little boy j perfectly
strength, three yours old was confined to his bed ,
flammatory with what the rheumatism doctors pronounced in ids loft leg. in- 1 ‘ tlUritllCSS,
health He complained of severo pains all tho yet SO
and time, extending to his hips. I tried/ pOW8rfUl _
several remedies but they did him no/
vigor good. A neighbor whoso Iltilo son t0
hud been afflicted tho same way. J £13
to weak recommended 8. H. 8. After taking 1 CI631186
two bottles my littlo boy was com- /
and plotcly cured, and has been walking \ tll6 SySteM
one nud a qunrter miles to school ev- /
delicate cry day since. 1 keep 8. 8. 8. in my
house nl 1 the time, and would not bo 1 (jf 3||
children. without it 8. J. CnzHiiiiiB, 1 £ impUritl3S.
Easton, Ua.
BOOKS ON DhOOD AND AKIN niNKASEN Pit KB.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ca-
66,
Syrup
f 7 ° r Children a mefll
A » Cough ^ . c j lle should be abfiO
Jlml y itiiii un.. \
and Croon * mother must be able to
Medicine, pin her faith to it us to
hCT it must
contain _ nothing violent, uncertain,
or dangerous. It must be standard
in material and. manufacture It
nuis ^ ^ >e h ain cU1( simple to admin
ister; ^ easy y and ^ pleasant to take,
Tfae ul( , nust U . It nui8t be
prompt in action, giving immedi
relief, as childrens* troubles
come quick grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise m a very short
'children chafe and fret and spoil
( n, e j r constitutions under long con
finement. It must do its work in
moderate doses. A large quantity
of medicine in a child is not desira
It must not interfere with the
child’s spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
we jj as y 0un g folks, and make Bo
sehce’s German Syrup the favorite
family medicine. OP
|C lllliur "Nl FeuiuaiihUip. stiidv. u<K>k-ks«.j,iua, uu^nfiMKormw
ll Arithmetic, ahort-iuui 1, e»<>
tUorouguij iuukUi 4ii mail. Circuiur* u*mw
Ca ‘ *«** “““ b *“ r '
0 J?
wgum&y*
FAIR LESS. EFFECTUAL
~ WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.
For BILIOUS & NERVOUS DISORDERS ‘ >c o a
Sick Headache, Weak Disordered Stomach, Impaired Liver,
Digestion, Constipation, etc.,
ACTING LIKE MAGIC on the vital organs, strengthening of the
muscular system, and arousing with tho rosebud health
The Whole Ilivrical Lnerpy of (he Human Frame.
Beecham's Pills , taken as directed, mill quickly RESTORE
FERULES to complete health.
SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS. > >
Price, 25 cents per Box.
}> ( Trt pared only by TH0S. BL’ECHAH, Bt. Helena, MUl LacotAhire, Ent^ltndr- {* J
n |< AhLKN CO. f fktl* AymtJt for HUt1r* will t & 307 ftrrr.httinfR Vnnal '
\ twit to ho (if your druyyint dttf not kcerp tlhtrn) mail Pills !?ZL~S on f
l-utinqujre first.^ ! *• pa
^
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60c. Jm bru£i;;Btz >p intii Ie the cr 11 fiy KostHle, f * f uaul. ut once KI.X - Bit for It OS., it ClF.il Imiekty Co Wxncu In Ileud. Abeorlied. .'U. N. Y - m
srvrN it /nrriiu •t yr»rrv CURE BiltousnesSq".
Sick Headache,
This Picture, Panel size, mailed for 4 cents. Malaria.
4. F. SMITH A CO • » BILE BEANS,
Malcrm of “Bile Bpadr, 1 *
<55 t 257 Greenwich St.. N. Y. Cry.
A peculiar fact with refer-'
ence to Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery is, that,
unlike sarsaparillas and other
blood medicines, which are
said to be good for the blood
in March, April and May, the
“ well Discovery ” works equally
all the year rounds ana
in all cases of blood-taints or
humors, no matter what their
name or nature.
It’s the cheapest blood
gists. purifier sold through drug¬
Why? Because it’s sold
on a peculiar for plan t and you
only pay the good you
get.
Can you ask more?
“ Golden Medical Discov
ery )) is a concentrated vege
table extract, put up in large
bottles; contains no alcohol
to inebriate, no syrup or
sugar to derange the digestion: and
is pleasant good to for adults taste,
equally or
children.
The “ Discovery ” cures all
Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous
affections, as Fever-sores, Eczema, Tetter,J White
Salt-rheum,
Swellings, Hip - joint disease
and kindred ailments. ;
DR. SCHENCK’S
«it |Sjf. SEAWEED
it » TONIC
7, a To,ill ,a Cur« for
SB DYSPEPSIA
r m
1 And nil Diiordrniof ♦♦»•
Britans. llkovnMi •
a i corroborative, or MmiiRtbaa
ing filt'dicin*, un<! iioij bf
taken vtlfh (treat in all
aw*of !>nblMt j. F<-r bf
All Drugglut*. I’rlcfl.Sl.lJDiwboUl*. I>r. mnftlcilfrafc
New iJiBik on Emiijm l.ivn umlHtomnch
*ddr®8ft. Dr. J. H. SCHhNCK U SON. Philadelphia
BORE OnrWellMachi™ WELLS ImoheyI m
They <lo %t<)|(K and
n akt'OICCA f f It I'ltorri'.
They FI N 1*11 Well* wh*n «
•ilier* FAIM Any Hire, X
Ill'll )(*h to 44 tiichfcHdiH muter. Cnt
LCOMIS & NYMAM, J aioguo
TIFFIN. - OHIO. K FREEI
Tl POBITIVKLV UKMIMHRS
reely Pant strctchef
An. |it«»i tiy MuuHiiU in llaiTiir'l, Arnhnrnt and oibet
(Jollngriu, Htuu by prof UMatitnai an>( vl infilft 2.>Cf. «vwy
wb»*r*’. GHKKIiY. If )i«»i/ J->r mi" WMlihurtoi! in jour low i not
li. .J. 1 1& tStrmit IVmton.
A STHMA PB. TAFT’fl ABTHlIALKim
ouncn ^IflCHl'TuTlI " *•**»»•«*<
THISB*TAfTSl| l | Jll Cl 1 ’*FREE
I pr«»icnbo and fully
doran B \4 ii bn tho only
TO <7nr««la ft DiTI.I specific of this «ii*ear,«*. for the certain cur#
t
StrUwr.- G. H.IMtiKA ii AM,M. D Y. ,
Uli* Aaitterdam, N.
vra«nl/ »>y tha We have sold Bl* O for
Cbfirr,lcal Os. many y«'***, *hd tt nan
mtfl cl von tho bent •* satis
CincinnatiJBK — “Ij. k!'I)YCHEAOO»
. L J
Ohio. J < uleafo. III.
Tr.r. n.tklftf.oo. Hold by Drvggmm,
A. N U.... ...................Fivtf, 1891,
