Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893, January 30, 1891, Image 5
■ •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 ^ ^ ZZZZDfSE* - -<■ Muri,. Kmh>r,l 1 Ml. »n.l tonsil. Mncl t u r .»» ^.^ATARFpa| I 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,