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REV DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN MVINK’N SIN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "From Itunircon to I’alncc."
(Preached nl the Hampton's,
I .ona: Island.)
Trxr: 77 r time of m>/ drjtnrture is at
ts kI —II. 7 Imothy iv.,
Tho way Ait of thin world i -o Blocked up
With coffin »nd B"nrs-', nod no let-inker »
sjtniki and wtwwdriver, that lit"<'lni-t mi can
hardly think ns he ought of the nt"*) eh'i i lul
fMMMnae in all his history. Wo hang bln> k
lint, iv I of white over the plan) where the
jfoo.l nmn got* Id* In l vMory. We sl-tiid
wnelnfi over a heap of chains w hich the I r<i <1
soul line Klinken off, nml wo say: “Poor
loan' What n pity it was he had to come
to this!" Come t/> whntf Hy tlio time
the ]teoplo have aHscinlilixl at the olos-q!l(ex
the inun has Issai thron days m happy
that nil the joy of eart h neeunilllaic I
would he wretch'* Bless UKide it, and he
might bestter wix-p over you Is-emwe you
have to stay, than you we y over him lx*
rmisri he him to 1 It, rs a fort unite
thing thnt a nmn tlo* not hove to wait
to nee hi* own olwoquies, they would In- so
dlNeordnnt w.th his own ex|wrienee. If tho
Israelites nhould go hnrk ts> Kgypt and mourn
over the brick kilns they once left,they would
not l»e nnv more silly than that, Christian
who should forsake heaven mid eomo down
nnd mourn Iseauw he had to leave thin
world. Our ideas of the Christian's death
nre morbid nnd sickly. We hsik iqmii it ns a
dark hole, in which a man stiunhles when his
tirenth (fives out This whole subject is odor
ous with varnish nnddisinf.* tants, instead of
iwinjt swisd with mignonette. I ’mil, in my
test, takes thntgrent chsl of a word, “death,"
and throws it nwny, nnd s|H-nks of Ids “de
parture"—a Umulirul, brifflit, suggestivo
word, descriptive of every Christian's re
lease.
Now, dc|«rt,urc implies a starting place
nnd n place of dt-stinnlien. Wlicn Paul left
this world what was the starting |siint t It
was a scene of gn at physical distress. I, van
the Tuilianiim, the lower dungeon of the
Mamertine prison. Tile top dungeon was
I mil enough, it having no iiioaus of ingress or
rjfresshut through nil npitiiiilg In the hip.
Tdieougli that the prisoner was lowcrc I, and
through t hat came all the food and air and
light received. It was a terrible place, that
upper dungeon; hut, the Tulliuntim was
the lower dungeon, and that was still
more wretched, the only light and the
only air coming through the r<s)f, and that
roof the floor of the upper dungeon. That
was l’aul's last earthly nwidetice. It was a
dungeon Just sis sis t and a Imlf high. It was
n doleful place. It had the chill of long
centuries of dampness, it was filthy with the
long Incarcuratiori of misorahlo wretches. It
was there Hint Paul Ms'iit his last days on
earth, nnd it is them that l see him to-day,
In the fearful dlingisili, shivering, blue with
the ciild, waiting for thnt old overcoat which
he laid sent for up to Trolls, and which they
had not yet sent down, notwithstanding he
hail written for it.
If Home skilful surgixin should go into thnt
diingtsm where Paul is incnneratisl.we might
find out whnt nro tho pn>s|svta of Paul's liv
ing through the rough Imprisonment. In tho
first place, be is an old mail, only two years
short of seventy. At thnt very time when he
most nets Is the warmth and the sunlight, and
tlie fresh air, he is shut out, from the sun.
Wlmt are those wars on his ankles' Why,
those were goth'll when h« was fast, his feet
in the stoolis. 1C very time he turned, tho
flesh on bin ankles started. Wlmt are
those soars on his hack) You know ho
was whipped live times, each time getting
thirty nine strokes lift bruises oti the
leek (count them!) mode by the .lews with
roils of elinwisKl, each one of the llkl strokes
bringing th« blood. i.isik at Paul's face and
look at ills loins. Where did he get, those
bruises' I think it was when he was strug-
Sllng ashore amidst the shivered timls-rs of
ie shipwreck. I s<>n a gash in Paul's side.
Where did lie get that/ 1 think lie got tlmt
In tho tnssci with highwaymen, for he had
been In |s-ril of rohlsirs and ho Imd money of
his own. lie was n mechanic as well ns an
apostle, nnd 1 think the tents he made were
as gcxxl ns his sermons.
Them wan n wanness nlmiit Paul’s l<x>ks.
What iiinkis tlmt) I think n part of tlmt
came from the fact that he was for
twenty four hours on a plunk in the
Mediterranean sen, sulfering terribly, is'
fori 1 he was rescued; for he says posi
tively: “I was a night mid n day in the
deep.” (Hi. worn out, enmeiated old
man! sunny you must, lie melancholy,
No constitution could endure this am I f>o
cheerful. Hut I press my way through the
prison until I ronie up close to w here lie is,
and by the fnliit light tlmt streams through
the opening I sis> on his face a sii|H>rimtural
Joy, ami I Isiw I shore him, and 1 say;
“Aged mull, how call you keep cheerful
amidst nil tins glooms" Ills voice startles
the darkness of tho place ns he
cries out: “I mu now ready to lie
otTeml, and the time of my dcimrlure is at
hand.” llark! what is thnt shiiflhng of sis t
in the iip|s>r diingeou) Why, I 'mil Ims an
invitation to a lavnipiet. and l e is going to
din*' today with the king. Those
shuttling fret nn> the fis't ol tlie exeea
Honor*. They come, nnd they cry down
through tlie hole of tho dungoron: “Hurry
up. old man. Come now; get yoursell
ready.” Why, I’nul was ready He had
nothing to pack up. He Imd no Imggagr' to
take lie Imd been read\ a go>xl while, I
see him rising up, ami straightening out
his stitremsl limbs, and pushing Isi k his
white hair from his creviced forehead, nnd
I nee hint looking up through the hole in tin
roof of the dungeon into the fins* of his
execution, and lienr him say: "1 me
now ready to ls< offered, nt the time of
mv deimrture is nt hand ' Then they lift
him out of the dtingssm. and they start
with him to the place of exix'ulloll They
mi "Hurry along, old man, or you will
fe >1 tlie weight of our spear Hurry
along." "How far is it," says Paul, "we
have to travel)” “Throe miles." Thivt
miles is n good way for mi ol l
man to travel after he Ims leer
whipped aini crippled with nml*
treatment Hut they *.*>ll get to the place
of execution Aixtute Tallin nnd he i*
fastened to the pillar of martyrdom It
domnot take any strength to tie him fast.
He makes no resistance. i) Paul! why
not strike for your life) Von have a greet
tnonv friends here With that uitherxxl
hand just launch the thumb i lsilt of the i x o
pie u|«>n tIHW iufniiious soldiers. N>>! Paul
was not going to interfere w it It Ins own <s>ro
nation. He was too gln.i to go. I s.s> him
hxiking up into the face of his executioner,
nnd, ns the grim official draws tlie swonl,
Paul calmly wavs: “lam now truly to lie
offenxi, and the time of my departum is
at hand." Hut 1 put hit haul oviriuy
eyist I want not to s<x> tlmt lad struggle.
On* sharp, keen stroke, and Paul din's go to
the tsuiquet and Paul does dine with tlie
King.
Wlmt n transition it was! Prom the
malarin of Home to tli • Attest climate in
all tlie universe t li>> ron ■ if eternal
Ixxmty and health III* ashes were p;it
in the eatacotulw of Home, but in one
moment the air of heaven bathed fieni
his Hold tlie la*t a. he From slnpwnx'k,
from dungeon, from the biting pain of the
aim wood rods, front the sharp sword of
th" headsman, he goes into tho most brilliant
assemblage (>f heaven, a king among k n ;s,
multitude* of th<> sainthood rush.iig mu mil
atret. lung forth blinds of welcome; for I d <
really think that as ou the right band of Cod
Is Christ, so on the right hand of Christ is
Paul, tlie second groat in heaven.
He changed kings likewise. Before the
hour of death ami up to the last mom nt
be was under Nero, tlie thick nocked, the
cruel eyed, the filthy itp|xxi; the sculptured
features of tlial man bringing down
to us to this very day the horrible
possibilities of Ins iiaturo' seated . ie
was aninist tint tired marbles of hig'p'.
under a roof adonusl with nuUlier e:
pearl, in a dining r«s>ni, win -’t by tna
chmery was kept whirling dav and night
with most bew lulling tuagmikaaigc, his
horses standing in stalls of solid gold, and
the grounds around his pahu'O lighted at
night by ils victims, who had ls»n dan) e 1
with tir nml pitch ami then wt (Ire to il
lumine the dllrkites'. That svas Paul s
king. But the next monvnt lie g<*-* into the
realm of Him whose reign i* love, nml
whose rsmrts are paved with love, mil
whose throne is set on pillars of love, and
whose scepter is adorned with jewels of
love, nod whose pilaee Is lighbsl with
love, and who *<■ lifetime is an eternity of
lovo. When Paul was leaving so much
on this side the pillar of martyrdom to
gain so much on the other side, do you
w .odor at tin' eh's'rful vab lietory of the
test: "The time of my departiro is at
hand f"
Now, why cannot ail the old js-opla of
thi> congregation have the hiih* holy gleo
is that age! man had) Charles 1., when
lie was combing his head, found a gray
hair, end he sent it to the queen as a
great joke; but old are Ih really no joke
at all. For the last forty year- you have
I men dn a/ling that which ought to have
Is'ing nu exhilaration. You say you must
fear the struggle at the moment the soul
ami Isxly part. Hut. millions have en
dured that moment, nnd why not we as
well) They got through with it, and so
can we. Beside* this, all medical men
agree 111 Hiving that there is probably no
struggle at all at the last moment -not so
min li pain as tlie prick of n pin, the se'siiing
signs of distress Is ing altogetlier involuntary.
But you say: “It is the uncertainty <>f the
future." Now, child of (hid, do not play the
infidel. After (bsl has fllhxl the Bible till it
can hold no more with tlie stories of the go«si
tilings ahead, better not talk uls>ut uiicur
tuintiea.
But you say: "T cannot bear to think of
parting from friends here.” I." you are old
you have more friends in heaven than
here. Just take the census. Take some
large ahis-t of lmjier and liegin to record
tin- names of tnoxe who have emigrated
to the other sliore; the comjsuiions of \our
seliis»l days, your early business associ
ates, the friends of mid lif<> and those who
more recently went away. Can it be that
they have Issili gone so long you do not
rare any more al»>ut them nml you do not
w n>it their so ietyf Oh, no! There have
Is'c/i days when you have fe!t thnt, you
could not endure it another moment away
from their b'e-iel companion hiti. They
iiave gone. You -ay you would not like
to bring them bacK to this world of
trouble, iii'ii if you had the power. It
would not do to trust yu. Uod would
not, give you resurrection power. Before
tomorrow mpmiug you would In rat
tling at the gates of the cemetery, crying
totin' departed: “Come back to the cradle
where you slept! Come hack to the hall
where you used to play! Come hack to
the table where you line I to sit, ! " and there
would lie a great burglary in heaven. No,
no! tiod will not trust you with remnrection
(Miwer, lint, lie compromises th" matter and
says : " You cannot, bring them where you
lire,' 1 They are more lovely now than ever.
Were they lieautiful here, they ure more
Is'liiit ifiil there.
besides that, it Js more healthy there for
you than here, aged man; Isttcr climate
there than these hot Hummers and cold
winters and Into springs; Is tter hearing;
ls'tter eyesight: more tonic in the air;
more |s>rfume in the bloom: more swis't
iii" in tin' song. Ho you not feel, aged
mail, sometimes, as though you would like to
get your arm and foot frisif Do you not
fis'l as though you would like to throw away
HpiH'ttteles and canes and crutches! Would
you not like to feel the spring nnd elin
tioity and mirth of an eternal boy
hood) When the |M>int nt which you start
from t his world is old age, nnd the |siint to
which you go is eternal jiiveiiesccnee, ngisl
man, clap your hands nt the anticipation,
and say, in iierfeet rapture of soul: “Tho
time of my de|uirtiire is nt hand.”
I imiimrl:. again, all those ought to feci
this joy of the text who have a holy curi
osity tii know what is Iniyonil this earthly
terminus. And who has not any curiosity
iilsiut it) Paul, I suppose, had the most
Hatisfaetory view of heaven, end lie sevs:
"It.doth not yet.appear ivlint wo shall ls>.”
It is like looking through n broken telc
s"op': “Now ive sid through a glass
darkly.” Can you tell me anything nlsmt
that heavenly placet You ask me a
thousand questions nlmut it that 1 cannot
answer. I ask you u thousand qiiostions
nlsmt it tlmt you eanu.'t etisiver. And do
you ivoniler tlmt, Paul was so glad when
martyrdom gave him a chain e to go over
nnd make discoveries in that blessed
country)
1 hojs< some day, by th<>grace of (iod, logo
over nnd see for myself; nut. not nmv. No
well man, no pixisis'ied man, I think, wants
logo now. Hut the time will come, I think,
whi'ii I shall go over. I want to see
wlmt they do them, nnd I want to see
how they do It. Ido not want to lie look
ing through the gate, njnr forever. I
want them to swing o|*n. There am
10, tint) things I want explniui'il—nlsmt you,
it I Hint myself, about the government
of this world, about. God, nlsmt
everything. We start in a plain
path of wlmt we know, nnd in a
miiiut' i ome up against n high wall of
wlmt we do not know. I wonder how it
looks over there. Somelsidv tells me it is
like a jmvisl city—pnx'ed with gold; and
another man tehs me it is like a fountain,
nnd it is like n tree, anil it is like a tri
umphal procession, anil tlie next man I
meet tolls me it is all figurative. 1 really
want to know, after lie' body is resur
rected, ivhnt they wear nnd wlmt they
imt ; nml 1 linvn mi immeasurable curiosity
to know xvlmt, it is, nod how it is, and
where it, is. Columbus risktsl his life to
find this continent, and shall we shudder
to go out on a voyage of discovery which
shall reveal a vaster and more different
country f John Franklin risked his
life to thid a ivissage between
iix'ls'rgs, and shall we dread to llnil a (sis
sage to eternal summer) Men in Swib
norland travel up the heights of tho Mat
terhorn with al|s'iist<s k anil guides and
rocket < and im|s's. and getting lmlfway
up. stumble and fall down in a terrible
massacre. They just want to say they
hud Ixvn on the tops of those high |H>aks.
And shall we fear to go out for the ascent
of the eternal lulls, which start a thou
sand miles beyond where stop the highest
l>cnks of tin' Alps, and when in that ns
tvnt there is no p.'ril) A man doomed to
die stepp'd on the sea (fold and said in joy:
"Now, m ten minutes I will know the
great sis-n't-" One minute after the vital
timet ions censed the little child that ili.sl list
night in Montagu' stix>et knew more than
Jonathan Kdwnnls, or St. Paul him
self, N'foiv he itie.l. Friends the exit from
tins world, or death, if you pleas> to call
it. to the Christian is glorious expla
nation. It is ilcmonstraii m It is iI In
•ntuation. It is sunburst. It is the opening
if all the win lows. It is shutting up
the catechism of doubt and the unrolling
*>f all tlie * rolls of |s't>itix'e and ii"-
urate iiiforin.it ion. liisiis-ul of stand- j
mg a* the so >t of the lad'ler nml looking
ip, it is standing at the top of the
ladder nnd looking down. It is the last
mystery taken out of Ixatmiy, an«l geology,
nml a-siiMuoiuv, and theology. Oli, will it
not Is' grand to have all questions an
swered' The perpetu diy re urring inter
rogntiou (s'liit eh.xngisl for the mark of
exclamation. All riddles ooliisl. Who
w ill fear to go out on that discoivry when all
the questions are to be decided which we have
t»vn discuiwing all our lisi>s: Who shall not
clap his hands in the nuficip it ion of that
blcsssl ismntrv,it it leno tx'ttcr than tlirough
holy enriiwit v. erving: “The time of my dc
(sirturv is nt hand ."
I remark,again.sic ought to have the joy of
thet-'xt. N'cnuse. l -amig this world,wvmove
into tlie Ks: Mvietv of theuniverse. Yon sis
a gnat etoidof |ss>|>le in s«'ni<> stnet, and
you *iv: “Who i-pissing there.’ What lien
oral, what Prims' ingoing up then'.'" Well. I
ms' a groat throng in heaven I say: "Who
:s the focus of ail that admiration Who
i> tin' ivntn' of that glittering company;"
It is Jews, the champion of all wvrkts the
faienb- id all ages. IV> you know what
is the first qiKwlioii tht» soul will a-k ivlieu
it I'onies through the gate of heaven) 1
think the tirst question will lx': “Where
is Jesus, tlie Sai mur that psrdoisxl mv sin;
that i-arrusl my sorrows, that fought my
attl''.. that won mv vutories:" O radiant
•no how 1 would like to see Thee! Thou •• (
f!i<i manger, but without its humiliation;
Thou of the cross, hut without its pings;
Thou of the grave, but without its darkness.
The Bible intimates that we will talk
with Jiwii* in heaven just as a brother
talks with a brother. Now, what will
you ask him first: Ido not know I can
think what. I would oak Paul first, if I haw
him in heaven. I think I would like to
hear him describe th" storm that eamo
upon th : ship when tier" wore 5 souls
on the vimel, Paul Is'ing tho only man on i
Issir l eisd enough to dew.Tiba the storm.
Tliero i a fascination nlsmt a ship ami the
Ben flnt I shall never g*-t over, and I think
I would like to hear him talk nisiut that
tirst. But when I nnx)t my Isird Jesus
Christ, of what shall I first delight to hear
Him speak: Now I think what it is. I
shall tirst want to liear the tragedy of hi* ,
last hours; and then Luke s account of the
crucifixion, and Mark's account of the
erucillxion, and John's account, of the cru
rilixion will Is: nothing, while from tho
living lips of Christ, the story shall le told
of Uie gloom that fell, ar.d the devils that
arose, and the fact that upon his endurance ;
depended tho raniceof a race; and there was |
darkness i i the sky,and thera was darkness in
the soul.and the pain became more sharp, and
the i.urilens became more heavy,until the mob
is'gan to swim away from the dying vision of
( hrist. nnd the cursing of the mob came to
his ear more faintly, an 1 his hand*
were fastened to the horizontal piece of
the cross, and his feet were fastened to
the ncrjH'iidieulnr piece of tho cross and
it s head fell forward in a swoon a* he
uttered the last moan anil cried: “It is
Tnislnd!" All heaven will stop to listen
until tho story is done, and every harp
will Isj [nit down, and every lip closed,
and all eyes fixed ti(sm the divine narra
tor, until tlie story is done: and then, at
tlie hip of the baton, the eternal orchestra
will rouse up; Unger on string of harp, and
li|»s to the mouth of trumpet,, there shall roll
forth the oratorio of tho Messiah: “Worthy
is the lamb that was slain to receive bless
ing, and riches, nnd honor, and glory, and
power, world without end!”
Wliat ho endured, oh, who can tell.
To save our >olll* from death still hell!
IVhen there was between Paul in I thnt
magnificent personage only the thinness
of the sharp edge of the sword of the exo
cut inner, do you wonder that he wanted to
go: Oh, my Ixtrd Jesus, lot one wave
of that glory roll over this auditory! Hark!
I hear the wtxlding liells of heaven ringing
now. The marriage of the Lamb hits come,
and the bride hath made herself ready.
A I’arlsiiui Wedding Party.
A funny anil clmractcristio scene was
observable in the line tic Uivoli, Paris,
recently. A wedding party, of the true
Parisian type, were passing along the
street, the bride, clocked out in ln rspot
lesij finery and orange blossoms, leading
the way with her husband, who was ar
rayed in borrowed evening dress, sur
mounted by a slightly battered lieaver.
Behind the happy pair came the bride’s
father and mother, tho rear being
brought up by the sisters, the eousins
and the aunts of the newly-married
couple. They were in the utmost good
humor until an unlucky marchundc tics
ouartre saisons, or costermonger, of the
female gender, overpowered, no doubt.,
by the sudden blaze of beauty, lost her
presence of mind, and so manoeuvred
her orange cart that she collided with
the wedding party. The bridegroom
and his bride managed to get out of the
xvny by a dexterous series of hops,
skips and jumps, executed in double
quick time; but the orange cart came
down with all its weight on the toes of
the new benedict’s maternal relative by
laiv. A terrible scene then ensip'd. Tho
mother-in-law fissured those around her
that the female costermonger Unil ruined
her for life, and that her toes were
smashed. The bride thereupon, leaving
her husband’s arm, gave the vendor of
spring, summer, autumn and winter
products a few smart blows on the jaw,
anil manifested a dangerous interest in
the capillary ornaments of tlie author
of the mischief. The feminine coster
monger did not act on the scriptural
hint, but gave the bride some pugilistic
rejoinders, tore her spotless white dross
to pieces, and danced on tho orange
blossoms and the veil. In tho mean
time the other members of the wedding
party were engaged in a veritable street
row with the friends of the orange wo
man, when the police interfered nnd
separated the eoinbatants after some
iliilieulty.
It Touches Them All.
One day in Willards’ Hotel, in Wash
ington, says a lix'iil eorrosjxmdent, John
T. Raymond, the actor, stixxl near tho
doorway reading a paper intently. Tho
article that engaged his attention xvas 11
complimentary editorial about James G.
Blaine. Just as the actor finished his
reading, Mr. Blaine sauntered by. Mr.
Raymond stoj>i*ed him and said:
"1 don’t Bupi*oso these things interest
you much, as your name swarms over
tho surface of every paper in the coun
try just now, but perhaps you may care
to read.”
He (minted out the editorial, and Mr.
Blaine read it through.
"They say that public men become ut
terly callous to newspaper comment,”
continued the actor, “but I must say
that though I have lieon in this business
a great many years, I still manage to
rake up a finding of pleasure when I rend
a commendatory notice. How is it with
you?"
“Just the same," said Mr. Blaine,with
a quizzical little smile as Up passed the
I'lqx'r back. “It touches tis all iu 0110
way or another.”
The Sermon Bore Fruit.
That economic practice in favor of
preachers is one preachers enjoy even to
this day; and although they often preach
economy from the pulpit, it is not be
lieved they were favorably impressed bv
the shrewdness of tho gamblers. But
they often preach on economy. Dr.
Douglas xvns once astounded at the sud
den and somewhat remarkable effect a
sermon of liis on that subjix't- had on an
old woman who was a member of his
congregation. A few days afterward the
old woman stopped the doctor ou the
stl'ix't and said:
"Doctor, that sermon of yours on the
subjix't of economy whs the Ix'st 1 ever
heard. I never was so impressed by tlie
duty of Itcoiuniiig txxmomioal,aud Icon
eluded to practice ns well os believe your
adv ici'.’’
“I am glad to hear that you are
pleased. Wlut have you done, if I may
inquire 1”
"1 have reduced mv contribution to
tlie church from Slil.oO a year to S 10.”
The lv>t jtnrt of the story is that tho
old women was really in earnest, and
thought • he was simply doing her duty.
— l\tUburn l'rctt.
AN EXODIN FROM THE FARMS.
The Yoting Men of the South Will
Not Till the Soil Any More.
[From the Savannah News.]
There is a phase of life at the South i
which not only gives occasion for earnest j
thought, hut for serious alarm. When
the war closed, and for a number of j
yttars after, the changed condition of I
affairs led many young men to believe :
that the cities and towns afforded the
best fields for making a living. Farms
and farm houses were in ruins, labor was j
disorganized and there seemed to lie no
profit in tilling the ground* To a very
great extent, therefore, young men
sought the centres of population, while
their fathers rented the farms to negroes.
Many found employment as clerks in
stores, others entered some one of the
leurned professions. As a rule the clerks
received small salaries, and when the
busy season was over their occupation
was gone until the return of fall. In
the summer.months some went hack to
the farms, and engaged in irregular
work ; hut the majority of them re
mained upon the scene of their spas
modic careers as clerks, anil kicked
their shins in idleness. Those who en
tered a professional life fared no better
than the clerks. A few made fame and
fortune, but by far the greater immlicr
barely succeeded in keeping up the
union between body and soul.
The example set by these young men
was contagious, because the exodus from
the farms .continues, and every year
there is a large increase in the number
' of poorly paid clerks and half-starved
lawyers and physicians. In recentVears
the activity in mining, manufacturing
and railroud building has been an ad
ditional inducement to young men to
seek the centres of population. This
was never so apparent as at present.
The dazzling stories of rapidly acquired
fortunes in the pursuits thus mentioned
have caused a rush of young men to the
cities and towns that is astonishing, and
to which there seems no end.
The exodus from the farms has two
unfortunate results. One is that the
farms suffer, and the other is that the
pursuits open to young men in the cities
and towns yearly become more crowded,
thus lessening the opportunities for
acquiring a competency. The exodus
ought to stop. It is based upon a fal
lacy. Young mmi who remain on the
farms and cultivate them intelligently
and industriously are much more likely
to make fortunes than those who seel: a
livelihood in the cities and towns. l>c
sides, the prosperity of the country de
pends upon the prosperity of the tann
ing interest, and unless farmers and the
sons of farmers do their duty the
country cannot prosper.
Business Methods.
The Waterbury, Conn., Jhpublican
says: A citizen on Monday entered a
shire on one of our side streets and ac
costing the proprietor, said:
“I wish you would make out a bill
against me for ts2o and give it to me.”
“But you don’t owe me anything,”
said the merchant.
“No, T don’t, but sonic 011 c else owes
me S2O, and I have very small hopes of
his ever paying me. Now you present
me with a bill and write oil the bottom
of it that if I don’t pay that bill before
0 o’clock you will arrest me. I will hike
the bill and go to the fellow that owes
me the money and show it to him. I
say that I must pay the bill before 6
o’clock or get into trouble. See ?” and the
citizen placed his forefinger along his
nose.
The merchant tumbled, and soon the
required document was forthcoming. A
reporter who was present followed the
citizen out of the store and down the
street a short way, where lie met the
man who owed him the money. The
long face that the citizen put on, and
the bill which lie showed the other man
did their work, the bill was paid, and
the citizen went his way rejoicing.
Quite a Disturbance.
A newspaper printed at Dolores, Ar
gentine Republic, which is situated near
the volcanic region, gives an account <>l
a mysterious shower of stones which fell
near that city a few weeks ago. The
stones are said to have fallen as thick as
hail, and varied in sized from a pebble
to a respectable sized boulder. Incal
culable damage was done to the crops,
tall trees were shivered to atoms, burns
and out-houses were demolished, and
many domestic animals wore killed. In
some localities the ground was covered
with the Ixidies of wild geese and hawks
which appeared to have been killed dur
ing their Right in the air. Several per
ron were struck and badly injured while
work in the fields, and in the city it
-clf, which missed the violence of the
shower, one dwelling was wrecked. The
stones arc said to have fallen coutinu
- ttsly for more than a minute.
Many People Refuse to Take Cod
Liver Oil on account of its unpleasant taste.
This difficulty has been overcome in SCOTT’S
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos
phites. It being as pal&’ablo as milk, and tlio
most valuable remedy known for the treatment
of Consumption, Scrofula and Bronchitis
General Debility, Wasting Diseases of Chil
dren. Chronic Coughs and Colds, has caused
physicians in all parts of the world to use it.
i’h'sieians report our little patients take it
with pleasure. Try Scott's Emulsion and be
convinced.
There will tie a Woman’s Interstate Indus
trial Exhibition at Chicago, 111., in September.
“I Keel «n Well ’»
*T want to thank you for telling me of Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite I’rvs ription." writes a lady
to her friend. “For a long time I was untit to
attend to the work of my household. 1 kept
about, but I felt thoroughly miserable. 1 had
terrible backaches, anti bearing-down sensa
tions aero-- me ami > as quite weak ami di—-
co'iraged. I seat and got some of tile medi
cine alter receiving your letter, and it lias
cured me. I hardly know myself. 1 feel se
well."
Pennsylvania has*,“<>Sunday-schools: Ohio,
"»: Vi, ana Now York only 8,5 M.
Prut. l.»l»ette’« Memory lllsrorpry.
No doubt can be entertained about the value
and genuineness of Prof. Loisette’s Memory'
S\ stem, as it is so strongly recommended by
Mark twain. Mr. Proctor. lions. W. \Y . Astor,
Judah P. Benjamin. Dr. Buckley, and others.
For full details send fer I’rof. L.’s prospectus,
'it; Fifth Avo.. New York. From it the so--
tern is taught by correspondem e quite as y. ell
is by personal instruction. Colleges near Now
Y ork nave secured his ha-tun's, lie lias had
100 Columbia l«nv students, two , lasses <u At'
tti'li at Y ale. 2l*i at Meriden. ’"*) at Norwich,
till at Wellesley College, and at t’niversity
of l'etin. V'o cannot conceive how a system
could reee.se any lusher endorsement.
All “Played Out.*’
“Don't know what ails me lately. Can’t eat
well, c an’t sleep well. Can't work, and don t
enjoy doing anything. Ain’t really sick, and I
really ain't wcLL Keel all kind o played out,
someway.” That is svhat scores of men say
everv day. If they would take Dr. Pierces
“Golden Medical Discovery,” they would soon
have no oceasion to say it. It purities the blood,
tones up the system and fortifies it against dis-
I use. It is a great auti-billiou3 remedy as well.
In one day recently 120 clergymen sailed from
New Y ork for Euroiie.
Ol.opiil boxes are pre-ad over the land by
tie- tho.-sands after having ls.-eii emptied by
suffer:!!" numanitv. YVhut a mass of sicken
ing (1.-gustiug medicine the poor stomach has
to. .nil-i! with. Too much strong medicine.
I*!-;, :.iv \sh liitl.-rs i - lapidly and surely tak
ing 111:'- nice of all tids class of drugs, and is
curing all the iiis arising from a disordered
condition of the liver, kidneys, stomach and
bowels. _____
Kite in tlio Idol ol 31 y Heart.
Well, then, why don't you do something to
bring Im< k the rosea to her cheeks and the
light to l»er eyes’/ I lon’t you see she is suffering
trout nervous debility, the result of female
wcakm-ssr A bottle of Dr. Harter's Iron’lonic
will brigii: on those pale cheeks, and send new
life through that wasted form. If you love
her, take heed.
Piles Cured for !£.» Coins.
Dii. Walton's curb roil Piles is guaran
teed to cure the worst fuse of piles. Price 25
cents. Al druggists, or iriailtd (stamps taken)
by the
Walton Remedy Co., Cleveland, 0.
The Best of Ail.
Os all the medicines 1 ever heard of or used,
t consider Dr. Riggers' Huckleberry Cordial
he best medicine for all bowel trouble and
children teething ever used.
A. J. Stink, Oxford, N. C.
Shetland ponies are never over 12 inches high.
Many bogus ones are sold in Hie South.
Don’t disgust everybody by hawking,blowing
ami spilling, but use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Rem
edy ami be cured.
Jersey City, N. J.; has an accumulation of
unpaid taxes amounting to $6,000,000.
If afflicted with sore eyes, use Dr. Thompson’s
Eye-water. AH druggists sell it at 25c. a bottle.
The lx'st cough medicine is Piso’s Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
Boils and Pimples
And other affections arising from Impure bl od may
appear at th s seas n, when the Mood Is heated.
Ifood’s Sarsaparilla r> in >ves the cause of these
tr.vi' 1» s by j urlfyln z, vitalising an I enriching the
:,](0 ! , and at the sam • tine it gives tone and
strength to the whole system, and mak'S one feel
•1 ke a new man.”
I know II oIN *ars pa Ilia 10 ** * ood tho
trail gave it for eruptions on my face. I had a
hard time to p rifv my bl- od. but guccee led at last
•v th Ho>d'B Saisapar 1 HmuY G. Fair, Cham
p I ,n. I !.
He sure to get the peculiar me Heine,
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Hold by all druggists. $1; six for s’». Prepare I only
j C.L HOOD Sc (JO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maas.
I OO Dosos One Dollar
Will purify tho rtl GOD resilin',
th. Liver n. <i kidkevsi.™?
S KXBTORF the HFA I.TH andVlCt-
OHof YOUTH !),»! < isin.Wnn,
ioM? , ifia of An>etst«, Indigestion,Luck of
Strnn *h and ab*
cl nad nerve" rrceire new
' ■ -- MafTeri nii from complaints
I Amec pec, ilier to their r.x will And
in DR. HAFTEIi’S IEOW
TONIC n snfa nn-1 speety cam. oi> -t, n c.enr, h.nl
thy complexion. Froqnent attempts «t rotint*: leit
ing only add to the popularity of the original. LO
not experiment—Rot tl:o Outoin *l* AND IJF-ST,
g Or. HARTER’S UVPR PILLS V
4Cure Constipation,Live? Con.leirt nnd Sics ■
■ Headache. Sample Peso an.l Pr«m Fookd
Imstled on reco‘pt of two cents in postage, f
THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE COMPANY
Bt. Louis. Mo.
j W—Bkhi iot—BOCnßra-t v,’.Jt.asewwpr3OT
B Lecture on y
"BOUGH ON RATS;’
Thi, 1, .Mi, Cillnl T-w |"k-rfalb-T. 'sh.inlt.
Avoid anything containing it throughout your
future useful (?) careers. We older heads ob
ject to its special ‘Rough’ness/
oON’TFCOUnv;':™;-^,
In futile efforts with inne-it povr-N. jP
der. borax or whst not, u.--"-1 at jfpSjßafr j
ran Join ail over tho house to get A . .3^'
rid of Roaches, Water-bugs, Beet- A’.'uflßHut
les. For 2or 8 nights riii iklo
“Rerun os Rats’ dry powder,! . &
about and down the pink, drain v ▼
pip*'. First, thing in tho morning wasli it p.ll
away down the sink, drain pipe, when all the
insects from gaiTet to cellar wiil dFappoar.
The secretis in the fact that wherever insects
are in the house, they must, \tifi A fUJEO
drink during tho night. S*y.RulllCvt
Clears out Rats. Mice, Bed-bugs, Flies, Beetles.
“Rerun es Rats,” is sold ell around the
world, in every clime, is tho most extensively
advertis'xl and has tho largest sale of any
article of its kind on the face of the globe.
DESTROYS POTATO BUSS
For Potato Bugs,lnsects on Vines, etc'., a table
spoonful of tho powder, well shaken. In a keg
of water, and applied with sprinkling pot,
spray syringe, or whisk broom. Keep it well
stirred up. 15c., 25c. and $1 Boxes. Agr. size.
'RnUCH-RAT!?* —CLEARS OUT—
BED BUGS,
FLIES.
Roaches, ants, water-bugs, moths, rats, mice,
sparrows, jack rabbits, squirre'.:'., gophers. 15c.
jizz:~rzizzi:rz: , hl
IJii SENNA - MANDRAKE*B UCHU
■VTan; OTHB! EgUAUY EfflCltkT n Elite US
■MI I4 tas sto tJle Tcst cf Years,
■ll in Curing c.li Diseases of the
LIVER, BTOJI
ACK, KIDNEYS,BOW
kcw ELS, ItPnrihcsthe
j| Blood, Invigorates and
e— *** a ‘‘i3 Cleanses the System.
F ® ITTERSB dyspepsia,cousti
if CURES Id PATION, JAUNDICE,
II .JAIDiSLASESOFTMEI SICKHEADACHE.EIL-
I T TVTR lious COMPLAINTS.&e
F T/rm-r-v/ri disappear at once under
B K! DNE.YS;i its beneficial influence.
* STOMACH I! It is purely a Medicine I
AND 1 it® cathartic proper
j nnU/77 e!t ties I 3rl) idb ito use as a
| tJUIrYC-LO.! beverage. Itispleat
ant to the taste, and r.s
j !{ easily taken Ly child
| BY >- ■ jj ren as adults.
} ALLDRUGGISTSjp pfl, CK i r ash bitterscp
[hwHdouarl
He is iu a Bad Way.
It is difficult to Ray just what ails the
editor of the Importer of Abilene, Tex ; ,
hut this is the tvay he takes on: “ WTe
have learned to bow ami dance to the
music, with nimble and elastic step. It’s
wonderful how magical one feels its the
music floods the heart with sunshine,
breaking up gatherings of mist that en
viron the soul, ami imbibing in our na
ture high aspirations that spring into
strength and beauty. ‘Tisnow the mid
night hour that broods o'er all the sleep
ing land and reigns triumphant over the
world, ’tis the listless, still, and pulseless
part of the night, when mail most feels
his nothingness, and solemnly gains jkys
session of the soul.” It looks a little
like a case of love’s young dream.
- The Original
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PILLS.
nm Anr: of imitations, alwats
ASK FOR J>R. PIERCE’S PELLETS, OR
LITTLE SUGAR-COATED PILLS .
Heinz entirely vegetable, they op
erate without disturbance to the system, diet,
or occupation. Put up in glass vials, hermeti
cally sealed. Always fresh and reliable. As
a laxative, alterative, or purgative,
these little Pellets give the most perfect
satisfaction.
SM HEADACHE.
Uilious Headache, B
Dizziness, Constlpa* AJL
lion, Indigestion, awf
Bilious Attacks,andall l\
derangements of the atom- v&JtyrMfF
nch and bowels, are prompt- Sf
1 v relieved and permanent ly ’
cured by the use of I>r.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pitrgalive Pellets
111 explanation ot the remedial power of these
Pellets over so great a variety of diseases, it
may truthfully be said that their action upon
the system is universal, not a gland or tissue
escaping I heir sanative influence. Sold by
druggists, 25 cents a vial. Manufactured at the
Chemical Laboratory of World's liisfknbaby
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
fe = 3S500li!!!!
Pjiiik/w-jg offered by the manufactur
ers of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh
v -j Krmcriy, for a ease of
J $ Chronic Nasal Catarrh which
; they cannot cure.
SYMPTOMS OF CATAItRII.—DuII. .
heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges fe'.ling from the head
into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery,
and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are
weak, waterv, and inflamed; there is ringing
in tho ears, deafness, hacking or coughing to
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with seal is from ulcers; the
voice is changed and lias a nasal twang; the
breath is offensive; smell and taste are im
paired; there is a sensation of dizziness, with
mental depression, a hacking cough and gen
eral debility. Only a few of the above-named
symptoms are likely to be present in any ono
case. Thousands of cases annually, without
manifesting half of the above symptoms, re
sult in consumption, and end in the grave.
No disease is so common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or loss understood by physicians.
By its mild, soothing, and healing properties.
Dr.'Page's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
eases of Catarrh, “cold in the head,”
Coryza, and Calurrhal Headache.
Sold by druggists everywhere; 50 cents.
“Untold Agony from Catarrh.”
Prof W. HAUSNER, the famous mesmerist,
! nf Ithaca . N. Y., writes: “ Some ten years ago
I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
incurable, and said I must die. My case was
such a bad one, that every day, towards sun- -
set, my voice would become so hoarse I could
barelv 6peak above a whisper. In the morning
I mv coughing and deal ing of my throat would
almost Strangle me. Ity the use of Dr. Sage’s
I Catarrh Remedy, in three months, I was a well
man, and the cure has been permanent.”
“Constantly Hawking and Spitting.”
Thomas J. Rushing, Esq., WO,’ Pine Street,
St. Louis, Mo., writes: “ I was a great sufferer
from catarrh for three years. At times I could
hardly breathe, and wn3 constantly hawking
and spitting, and for ttie last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. 1
thought not liing could be done for me. Luck
ilv, I was advised .0 try Dr. Sago’s Catarrh
Remedy, and I an now a well man. I believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give it a
fair trial to experience astounding result: and
I a permanent cure.”
*•'
Three Botlles Cure Catarrh.
Eli Robbins* Runyan P. 0., Columbia Co.,
Pa., eays: “My daurrhtor had catarrh when
she was five years old, very badly. I saw Dr.
1 Sage’s Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her: a third bottle effected a perma
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound and hearty.'*
Without Inrrcaslnf
Hthe co*t we have madi
the FIFTH WHEEL
the strongest nnd moil
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