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PR. TALMAGE’S SERMON. HC r EMPLOYEHS ought tc treat employes. _ t «‘if ye bite and devour one another, C heed that ye be not consumed one of an -^«latl ’ ans v » 15< • Louk not every ican on bis own things but every man also on the things of others.” ii, 4. The labor agitation will soon < ea<e, ami ell . ra i]|s will be reopened, and all the rail *2 ' r( *ume traffic, and all our national nrcsnerities stai t again. Os course it will be “L time before the country recovers from th t’amage of the strikes. Strikes always L-a-e laborers more than they do capital- Ss During this strike ♦he laboring clas>es w > lost—never to tecovei’*—one hunare<l niil £n dollars. It does not make much differ ence to every successful capitalist whether he ./. Jifty thousand dollars less or fifty tb .Esand dollars more; “but when a man is dependent upon the day's “ a , e « it makes the difference be t vcZ n bread and no bread, between home and no home. Spasmodi ally wages may be higher, but as a result of such things wages grt lower. Boycotting, violence and murder never pay- Tiiey are different stages of an arcbv the poorest use you can put a man to is to kill him. To-morrow, blow up all the fine residence® on the Hudson River, and ail thereat houses on Brooklyn Heights and Bn-oklyn Hill and Ritter house Square and Beacon street, and all the stones and timber and brick will merely fall bark on the bare head of American labor. The worst ene mie< of the working classes art' their demented coadjutors. The assassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke in Phomix Park. Dublin. Ireland. to avenge the wrongs of that unhappy country, had no result ex cept to turn away the sympathies of millions gs people from that afflicted land. The at tempt two or three years ago to blow up the parli iment Houses of England had only one result, and that to turn out of employment thousands of the Irish who had work in England. In this country the torch applied to factories that have ‘discharged hands. wh<ther for good or bad reasons; obstacles put on the rail tracks in front of midnight express trains because they do not like the President of the company; the sudden throwing up of work on shipboard ju.-t be fore they arc going to sail, or* in printing office, just before they are going to press, or in the mines .inst before they are to deliver the "al, or on the house scaffolding so that uilder cannot meet his contract—sll this oa v cripples American labor and pierces its hear . All the sudden traps set for employ ed never yet put one farthing in the callous palm, never yet untied one knot from tho Knuckles of hard toil. In other words, barbarism can never euro the wrongs of civilisation. Mark that, my brother, mv s : ster. Frederick tho Great admired a farm near ms palace at Potsdam. The farm was owned by a miller. The King offered him three times the value of th ■ farm, but the nd her would not sell it. teeaute it was the old homestead, and he felt about it just as Naboth felt about the vine yard when Ahab wanted it. The King or dered the miller to come into h : s presence. Tha King with a stick n his hand with which he souk times struck his officers of state, said to the nnller: “Now. if you don't sell that to ’ne I’ll take it anyhow.” “No you won t, y<;ir Majesty,” said tho miller, “no you went.” “Yes I will/’ said the King. "I am King and I’vo a right to take it.” “No, you won’t.” said the miller, “if your Majesty takes mvfarm. I’ll sueycu in the Chancery Court.” And the law loomed up and the King backed down. But I have t ) tell, you that the most out rageous wrong inflicted upon the woiking classes will yet come before the law. Vio lence and against the law achieves nothing, but righteousness and according to law will achieve everything. It is most important at this point in the discussion, in this series of sermons which lam preaching on Sab bath mornings, and which I shall continue for three or four Sabbath mornings more, to set forth the fact that the honest, industri ous workingmen of this country have no sympathy with nruv’chy or outlawry, and to prove it I road from the newspaper organ of the Knights of Labor. I read from the first page in large letters this vehement dis claimer : •let it be understood by all the world that the Knights of Labor have no affiliating as sociation, sympathy or respect for the band of cowardly murderers, cutthroats and rob b rs known as anarchists, who sneak through the country like midnight assassins, stirring up the of ignorant foreigners, un furling the red flag of anarchy and causing h"t and bloodshed. All their follow-el’s, sym jathizers, aiders and abettors shill bp sum marily dealt with. They are entitled to no more consideration than wild beasts. The leaders are cowards and their followers are fools.' So declares the chief organ of the Knights of Lab >r. Well, all the agitation, as I say, yill soon b? gone, but there are some very impoi-tant things to be uttered. Now. all this discussion of the philosophy of the sub ject does not touch me a bit. I simply want to know what is my duty and what is your duty in the crisis. Tne vast majority are divided into two classes—employers and em ployes. The chasm between the employer and the employe is getting wider and wider, know the time was when the master ouuder, the boss workmen and the capitalist toiled side by side with the laborer at the •‘ame bench, and there are many people in ;“ LS Louse who remember the time when tne clerks of great commercial establishments warded with the hea l man of the firm: that we chasm between the employer and employe ' getting wider and wider, and the tempta< tion is the laborer to say: “My boss dUk’ n » n ‘ ln ? ‘‘M’dalist. is wronging me by J tnat he succeeds*” and the tendency is for oe employer to bay: ••Now the e mea in employ are merely st, irfahy heqjpl df ur( * en - and it is my business to give M ? nev J or much labor, so many, Alars ?, ‘° r s .° ,nau .V beads of sweat ** the °uble is that the bridge is brokjv?* % at h ends Thomas Carlyle, i™** Saint b, ‘t f neful way, put it wher * b ’logson, of St. Dolly Uir* to i u'k 1: spinner- ScXdvshOL nn . W( . iiave, I Montodnd an,l plan, b - "®* l ' The ‘ re,1 ’ th ' ’’■'<ittUth'-pWn l »ithov. V'' L daily r-o.L Wa, i J our '- Adies sinner-. t'iy health with thLgrß *»<eh»-hich I you over and above."' -7 in i7'' Wllat we want tlwbridge, •Ml put the trowel'this dnv & one of the oi^hTt wb *’ e I employers' how they cur r employes. As many laborers th r i past tLree months have maltreated mrrt7 ni i?^? rsau ‘l deserve condign punish- ■ * r their behavior, the tendency b now tn..’- ' a l\°y ers shall forget- their dufy to y * Tins old- sr me fl'k U Ti ave ' beanb flor getting wealth was ■’c-J’7 PfhC ’ ** earnings <c nj r i * y°<i can get, and keep them, thph'. m lO (r ° r, Kkt on without regard to Th • • " it s or Rul f er, ngs of other permit tut v',:.. Hav ” n ? a ppie iation of the fact bh i'» cuniu al * ’ n n:av ‘ e impover take t/i «a f .?L finy ? thers - Now, I will under- * . therP ls no employer in this bou«e f r nl dwant to < ’ tart Gut and achiever Yorwin? 1 /’ 1 ; 21 outrageous t theory, vr . P 7 aUt - t0 wji.'** your dutv.’X ard I x-1 / ln T ' J ® ria*;.of Almighty < led and } a Mi -ous teacher to tell you. ’ k-. 7 1 ' • sar « ? e you, ?oh employer, ]ay as a-'r/’ a ?? K Pr '- Mi-onabk» and a* ysu ban iV’ cwarily what others pay: i. - n r ot w Lat an employe demands v’u • u >rtbat * sa t> * ar, ny unbearable. t/,‘ J. V j \ ,J f a p employe to tell you what •s-Us C’ 11 ! , ’ .'‘“lies your right to - tell him if a i' - e; L’ ,e -’ i*i ea ls despic ::.anu.‘ ‘ 9 -’ e ‘^ s to demands of a «r*’-•’ b " n ' you must iayme so much, r, I,n - ?‘ lr Lu-;ness”—the employer who • i a 'L ’nand wr-ongs pvery busi er. u-» a - n 111 “ rc °klyn, and he yields t > athe- xr Wci l W ' if carried cut. dissolve affairs trh ru fbv looking over your n-l.' atyf u can ff°- You rut vour- - ■ a irna -‘Oation in the place of your la e.•/, f (I lhen before God and in the pres- • your conscience decide what vow shall pav. Be aiso my neighbor pays too mnch nr too little. that does affect me in my relation t> the person that to Is for me. Kunpo?e h' ] ays to > little, that is no excuse ( for my paving 100 little. Suppose he pays too much, that is no excuse f-r my paying more than 1 can afford. Having mad) up y- ur min I what you can right oily an I I christianly pay. remember tint “God J bless ycu s 'do uot amount to anything. They ; will not buy shoes they’ will nut | ay tho rent. At least un eayear go among your employes and find how they’ live and see the impertauee of your prompt payment. Yoa will find that young man supporting an in valid parent, or a sick sister. You will find that young man in winter in a place where he has uo tire, and in the summer in an ill ventilated apartment sw-ating. When you come on Saturday morning to draw your check for your s, you will have a thrill of satisfaction not oulv in knowing you meet that young man's wants but that you reFeve a host of dire necessities standing behind him. It is not,iny brother, a matter between you and your employe more than it is a mat- I ier between you and Almightly God. The Bible is very exnlieit on this subject an I leaves no man indoubt. Pay’ wages and iay them promptly. Malachi: ' “I will be a swift witnessasainat all sorcerersand agaiir t all adulterers and against those who oppress i the hireling in his wages.” Leviticus: “Th ni i shalt not keep the w ages of the hireling a l night unto the morning.” Colossians: “Ma - ters. give unto your servants that which is juet and equal. knowing that ye have a mas ter in Heaven.” Do not say as it is oft n said now: “If you do not like your place get another,” when you know he cannot got an other. Then I charge you also to be careful abvit , the physical health and about the financial ’ welfare. the future financial welfare of tho ! men who are under your charge. You a'*e to mold their ideas, .yon are to tell th'tn | a I unit savings banks, about investment;, about life insurance. You saw they have not any’ surplus now; but they will have. What you teach them will affect their who’e lives | upon this subject. It is your busi i ness, it is y’orj* solemn obligation to teach them these things I am triad there are men who appreciate this. Such as . Ma’shall in Leeds, such as Letter in Brad ford. such as A in Halifax, such as men in our midst whom I might mention but i will not. lest I offend their modesty—men who build concert halls for their employ.es, organize choral societies, open cricket I grounds, provide for them lawn tennis, give them reading rooms and libraries and afford them all kinds of opportunity, so that those i employers are not merely paving wages now due, but through tho con tentment and good morals of their employes they are paying from generation to 1 generation and forever. Now, yon are to look after the physical welfare of those in your employ. There are banking housesand there are fact eries and th re are workshops in this country which simply moan death by th°ir atmosphere. Yon are supposed t> be , more intelligent on subjects of ventilation and sunshine and all the laws of hygiene. This afternoon at half past 2 o’clock will be 1 buried a man who has done more for tho health of this century than any ten men in it—my glorious friend, Dio Lewis. I have known him hi this country and I have known him in oth'r countries,and he has been doing . but just one thing—trying to m dee tho world stronger and better and happier. His books I giving advice tn boys and advice to girls and advice to workman'and advice to all clashes of people, old ai.d young, have increased the longevity of this race, of the human race, j His influence willbe felt for all time. Oh, vni i ployer, interest youi’self in the physical health 'of those who are in your employ; some -1 times it may not be appreciated, as in tho i case, mentioned bj r Charles Reade, when 1 a ' great fan was builtto blow the dust from the metal and the stone, the dust rising from the , machinery in a factory, and these men «le -1 elined to set the great fan in motion, seeming j to prefer the filings, the poisonous filings, i rather than to have this great fan working. 1 But while here and there there may be some ■ unappreciative of your toils in their be ’ half. the vast majority of people lin employment in this country will thank God and thank you for anything you j may do for them. Do not put on them any unnecessary burden. I never could under ' stand why car drivers should have to stand when they could just as well sit down ami drive. It seems to m* that all intelligent employers ought to liefriend the shortening of the hours of toil in this country. Some time ago there were a thousanl grocers' clerks in this city who worked from five o’clock in the morning until ten o’clock at night. Now that is simply inhuman. These employes ought to have time to go to the mercantile library, to go to the gymnasium, to go to the i Young Men’s Christian Association, to goto choral societies, tog > t > churches. If they can do their work in eight or ten hours, ; why employ thorn seventeenlt seems to j me that the intelligent employers of this i country ought to become sympathetic with i the early closing movement and with the i movement in a’l | arts of this land to com -1 pres< into shorter time the work that is to : Le done in this country. i Then I charge you, oh employer, that you i look after the moral and spiritual welfare of ' those whom you employ. Find out whore they spend their evenings. What does that mean? It means everything. You do not want in your store that young man who went last night to tea Jack Sheppard. Yon do not want in your store a young man who shall come with face ghastly from midnight rev elry. The young man who spends his even ing* in the society of refined women, or in mpsical circles, or in literary employment ajud the improvement of his mind—that’s the ■ joung man you want in your store. Not I.by disgusting inquisitiveness; not by prying I into other people’s affairs, but in legitimate i ways you can find out where that voung man sj>en Is his evenings. Aye. if be knows that you are interested in his welfare, ' he will gladly and frank!v tell you. I pever shall forget Arthur Tappan. There >a.ve*be -n a great many differences of opin ion about his politics, but no man that ever knew Arthur Tappan well doubted his earnest, Christian character. In the morn ing of every day lie gathered all the employes I of his establishment in a room, gave out a ; hymn, united with them in prayer, and read 1 the Scriptures. Samuel Budget, the wealth iest man in the west of England, had a room furnished for the especial ptirj os'*. and he ha<l in that room “Fletcher's Family Devo tions,” and Wesley's nymn lx>ok< Then they would all kneel in prayer, employer and employe. How many strikes did he have? When would they strike him? Before prayer or after prpyer, or while he was down at prayer ? Do you wonder t hat though that man thirty years before had been a part ner in a small shop in a small village, he died worth his millims, contrib uting them to all kinds of charity and philanthropy? But God can tmst such a mp.n as tfear with money. Sir Titus Suit had wealth beyond computation, and gt Soltaire, England, he built and endowed a church and a chnpel—the church for those whoprefoTred the Episcopal service, ami the chapel for th who preferred the M"th > list service. He xva- about to open one of the factories ana he had a great banquet, at which there were 3.500 men. the most ul them workmen. i In the after dinner speech of that banquet, 1 he said: “I cannot look around me and see this vast assemblage of friends and work people without beipg 1 L*el really honored by the presence of th * noble man at my side, and I d nt tho pre-eno- of my work people. I hope to -raw around me a jopalation that will enjoy the beauties of this neighborhood, a population of well-paid, contented, happy operative.-. I have given instructions to my ai chile ts that nothing is to ba spared toren- 1 der the dwellings of the operatives a pattern to the country, and if my life is spared by Divine Providence. I hope to se* content ment and satis; a tion and happiness all , aioundme.” Ah.' that is Christian character demonstrated. .Many of these employers re member their own early -truggles. They re menffer wh -n the fir-t yard of nankeen wa*- m< asured by their hands, and the first pound ot tea weighed, and the fir-t baluster turned, and the first roof shingled. They know at . sixty or seventy years of age just how a boj feels between t‘n and fifteen. They know as j sixty or seventy or eighty years of age just how a young man feels between twenty am thirty. Ah! those employers were nol originally let down out of heaven ou pulleys of silk in a wicker basket, satin lined, fanned by cherubic wings. No, no. They started in the roughest cradle, ou the rocker of which Misfortune put h*»r violent foot and tipped them into the cold world. It takes an old man who has been through the struggle < of life to sympathize with a boy. Oh. my friends, uot only be kind and sympathetic to those who are in your employ, but tee tha your boss workmen, your head clerks, do not abuse and maltreat those under them. Thue are things going on in the cellars and lofts of our great mauufa during an I com mere al establishments that are simply outrageous. There are seme men who get a little brief authority in store or factory, and th * strut about as thcuih the world belonged to them, and they maltieat those under them, It is your business, oh employer, to kn iw what goes on in vour <tora. Th"so pon- fel lows (anuot fight their own battles, thyir ai-ms are weak how. After a whi’n they <an take care of themselves. You 1 »ok after them now. Let no one. however signit! ant. *ll your enrol ov be imposed upon. Aula you look into tho fa *es of your cl- rks remem ber that snne of them have a history. Ah! that boy was pit*he<l out i:i r o the world. He is an orphan. H-* has lx>en struggling for himself. He was thrown into the middle of the Atlantic Groan, a plank was thrown a f ter him and hr was tdd to swim ashore. That young man has a history—that other young man. He is worse off than the orphan. His father was a drunkard. He remembers his father coming home—and that is ab nit his first remembrance of him—intoxi’ated, and many a time has that boy stood be tween bis father anl mother keeping her from the brutal blow. Ho looks prema turely old. for he has to support the familv. He may look like all other young men. He is here to-day. He mav look like all other young men, but Gotland his mother know he is a hero. Do uot tread on him, d > not swear at him and do not send him on a useless and sensei«'ss errand. Say to him “good morning,” “good evening,” “good bye.” You have that man's destiny for two worlds in your keep ing. Do not say: “If he does his work here th tt is all I have to do with him.’’ God has made you his guardian. You treat him as you would like your boy to be treated if you were dead. My soul sometimes boils with utter indignation as I see the way employes are treated in these cities and elsewhere. May God pity them and God keep them. There are hundreds of people here who know what I speak about, and the truth of what I speak. Ah, my friends, go further than this. Look after the positive spiritual welfare of vour employes. You have their interests in your hands. You can address them as no one else can They are bound to respect you. You have the keys of the establishment. Now, you go around among them illustrating the beauty of the Christian religion. You go among the mill hands, you go among the factory hands with " a hard spirit. They can tell. They know. You go around with that spirit among your employes, and the wheel of fortune will turn and you will l>e a pauper, anl your daughter will go to the wo khouse, and your son will die on the scaffold. But you go among vour employes in kindly, loving, sym thetic. Christian spirit and say to this young man with pale cheeks and hacking cough: “You had better go away for two -or three days, or a week, an l get a breath of the hills: get fixed up anl then come back. Your wages will go right on. You hardly are able to stand up. .Just go off for a few days.” When a, young man loses his mother do not demand that he come back the next day after the funeral. Give him at least one week to get over that whi h he will never get over. At the foot of this pulpit, when I came to the close of a service years ago, a man stood, a young man, very Dale. He said: “This is the first day I have been out fora month.” “Ah,” I said, “I am sorry you have been sick.” “Ye-,” he said, “I heard you preach a sermon on restitution about a month ago. 1 had taken monny from my employer and my cons?ience wrought upon me so mightilv that 1 have been down sick.” I said: ‘ How much did you take of the money?” lie said so much. I said: “Have you put any of it back.” “Oh, yes.” he said, “I have paid it nearly all back. If I live a month I would pay it all ba k: but what w >uld be’ome of me in the month before I got the money paid l>a-k if I should die? What would you ad vise me to do?” I said: “Are yon trying ri-rht hard to pay it back?” He said: “Yes. I have paid it almost all back and in a month I know I shall pay it all ba’k. What shall T do- Ts | should go to my employers and tell them— they are hard m m—l know they would throw mo out anddi-grace me and my wife and my little baby. What shall I do?” I said: “You are sure you will pay itback?” “Ye*, I have it nearly all paid back.” You are sure von can pay it in a month?” “Yes.” I said: “You go on and pay it back. Live with the utmost economy until you pay it back. You will not die in this month —you will not.” About a month after, the man stood at the foot of tne pulpit, his face radiant. The roses hid come rack to his cheek. He said: “It is all right. I have paid it all back.” I said: “I knew you would. I knew the Lord would let you live nntil you paid it back.” Oh, do not be hard. Do not put temptations in th j way of young men. Do not have money lying around which shall tempt them in their necessities. Do not h ive much cash in the drawer. What would become of us if God had not given us another chance? Now, you give that young man another chance. Do not be hard on those who have fallen. Give them another chance. Do not spring on them like a hyena. Do not call in the police. Take that young man who has done wrong: take him home; take him home: give him another chance. There is many a young man who has done wrong who will never do wrong again if you will only give him a chance. We can afford to give others a chance. We would have been in perdition before this if God had not given us another chance, aye, ten thousand chances. J look into the faces of a great many employers to-day, and I beseech you not only go to heaven y< urself, but take your em ployes with you. In some establishments it is almost impossible for a young man to be a Christian. (ih. how they scoff at him.how they deride him, how the/ caricature him. You go into y nr store, employer, and put your foot down on such Imposition. General Zethon was oue of tb rt old military comman ders of Frederick the Great. He was a Christian. Frederick Great was r»n infidel. One day this old Gen eral. white haired. asked to be ex cused from military service for u little ’while because he wanted to sit at th • If Jv Communion. He was granted absence. A few days after. General Zethon, the old com mander, was dinin ; with the Kin r and other notables, and the King jocosely said. “Well, Zethon. how did the If dy Communion last Friday digest?” Old General Zethon, his hair as whit as the driven snow, arose and said: “Your Majesty. J hav*» impe’ik* I my life a hundred 1 imes on the battle field for you. and there Ims not b a time in the last thirty v» ars wh n I would not have fought for your Ma jesty: but I think you do wrong when you insult the Christian religion, an 1 forgive me, your Majesty—l, your old commander—for I cannot sit in silence and hear you insult my Ix>rd Jesus.” King Frederick the Great leaped from his seat, threw out Lis han<l. and said: “Forgive me, latlrr; you will never bo bother 11 again ” - r JT?ero are in the e tab lishments of the e citi’s men who are just as brave as that old General. They are trying to serve God, but what a time they have of it! What derision and what cari< ature come noon th r *m. I know young men in New York and Brooklyn who have been mo t out rageously maltreated by employers and by their dates just because they loved ti e Lord Jesus and were thorough Chris tians. Oh, the tiin« will come when you will be done with your buying and se ling and manufacturing and building, and God will ask you about those people who have been in your employ. He will sav: “Are they here; will they be here?” Oh, shipbuilders, where will the crew be at the last? Will they come into,the celestial har- borl Those men who have been tossnd on the seas, will they come into the haven of rest? Oh, ye bankers, aiv tbo-w men who an' running up anl down the long lines of figures, and hanlling the draft i and the checks and the govern ment securities, are they keeping their ac counts right with God?' The cnslit account of mercies received and the debit account of sins pardoned. Oh, ye drygood merchants, are those young men who are dealing out fabrics of apparel fur the foot, the hand, tho Ua k—are they to go unclothe! into eternity? Oh. grocery, merchants, shall your young men who are dealing out the fabrics, dealing out the food, the fool for the Ika.lv an I the fool for the community, shall they at last. *tirvo to cleallH Oil, manufacturers, with sa many wh -els Hying and sj many bands pulling, anl so many new patterns turned out, and so many goo Is shiprel, what are tha ar men, what arc the spian *rs, what are the draymen to do? What will be their destiny in th' eternal world! I put this morning unon th? brow and upon the shoulder and the heart of every manufac turer in this assembly the solemn obligation of looking after the pr< s»nt and tho eternal welfare of your employes. You cannot es ape from it. God puts it upon you. Oh. let us live less for ourselves and live m »re lor others. I think it was three or four years ago I was in San Francisco and a in m had just arrived from the San iwich Islands, and he said one of the Sandwich Islands is called the Isle of the lepers, aud all who get sick with the leprosy in other islands are sent to that islan I. and all who die there die of lepro-y. He said a physician on one of tho other islands always had a glove ou his hand, aud people won dered why he always wore that glove. None had seen him without that glove. ()ne day, this physic.an came to the city authorities anl withdrew his glove, and said: “Hire is the spot of the leprosy, lam diomodto die. I coull hide t his longer, but I am a physician. It is selfish for mo to hide this any longer. Let me go to th) Isle of Lepers, and while my life lasts let me take care of those who are worse off than 1 am. Send me to the ls|e of tho Lejiers.'’ Th • city authorities seeing this, of course were bound to take charge of him. [a id tho physi ian bale good bye to his family. It was a svl goo I-bye. He knew he would never see them again. Ho went to the Isle of lxm?rsand t e r? toile! in tho alleviation of suffering until God took him t > the eternal rest. Ah. it was magnifi cent, was it not, for that physician to live and dio for others Nothing ever sarpas-e 1 it save the conduct of Him who camo from his home on high to physician our wounds and weep our griefs and die our deaths and turn this leper's Isle of a world into a paradisaical garden. Whetherjemplo. er or employe may we acknowledge that spirit! A Visitor to the Country. * i From eity streets to country lanes The trump once more returns; On farmhouse food he waxeth fat — For work he novel* yearns He Made Thein Twice Glad. Mr. De Ganno —“And so you like my friend Rankin? I knew you would.” Miss Eugenia —“Yes, he always makes us twice glad when he calls.” Mr. DeGarmo —“Ah, that’s very nice. I’ll have to tell Rankin that. But how twice glad, Miss Eugenia?” Miss Eugenia—“Oh, glad when he comes, and glad when lie goes. You must tell him Mr. De Gurmo.”—7.7/ Bitt. One Case of Happy Childhood. 2FW The Affable Person arid the, Maiden Discreet. Quoth an affable person in Kent loa maiden: “What mightlxj your bent?” But the was mum, Fopfohe chan-e Ito be dumb. And couldn't quoth back w< rth a cent. Said the stranger: “I wot not but what The weather is—“( Then on the spot He « iccumlx"l to the hr*a , And t* e maiden <lis'-r • -t Ne»er wotb; 1 just what he'd have Wot.) _ Not Ouite What He Meant. Little Brown (a horrid bore; —“Do you believe in a man’s sighs, Miss Robinson.” Miss Robinson (tall and stately)—“A man a size? Yes, certainly I do! I think no man ought to be less than six feet in height.”— Lfmdon Judij, The Most Perfect Instrument £ World. ; Used Exclusively at the “Grand Conservatory of music,” OF NEW YORK. Endorsed by all Eminent Artist*. AOB PRICES! EASY TERMS! AUGUSTUS B3US&CO.,Ims. Warerooms. 58 W. 23d St. New York. ■ This Waah Board la mada of ONE SOLID SHEET Os HEAVY COBBU. OATED ZINC, which producea a double-faced board of the beet quality and durability. The fluting ie very deep, holding xnoro water, and consequently dping better waehini; than any wash board in tho mafket. The frame ie made of hard Wood, and held together with au iron bolt run- he low< r edge Os the zluc.tiiuß binding the wlinln fnrnihAr in the naoßt sub atantial manner, and producing ft wash board which for oconoiny.excellence and dur ability is unquestionably the beet in the world. We find ho many dealers that object to our hoard on account of its liL'KABILITY, Baying ‘’lt will last too long, we can never Bell a customer but one.” We take this means to advise consumers to IBISIS'r upon having tho NORTH STAR WASH BOARD. THE BKHT 1W THK CHEArr.MT. Hunrutured by PFANSCHMIDT, DODGE & CO., 248 A 250 West Polk St., Chicago, 111. I Are the Finest ie the Worll These Extracts sever vary. SUPERIOR FOR STRENGTH, QUALITY, PURITY, ECONOMY, ETO. Made from Selected Fruit, and Bploea. Insist on having Bastino’s Flavors AND TAKE NO OTHERS. SOLD BY ALL CROCERS. EASTIIT3 & CO., 41 Warren St., New York. maKMaHHBBBKiBBBnnHMBI THiORRVILLE CHAMPION COMBINED . , Grain Acknowledged by Thrcahcrmcii to be The l£mg-! Ilemem'w we make the only Two«(!ylinder (Jrfiin 'Fbrewlier and C’lovcr Bluiicr that will da the work of two separate rnacldnes. 'l'lio Clwver 12iiIler is uota simple attaAineut bot a separate hutiing ayfnder conatructod aud opera ted upon the meet approved eoienMfic prlncipto"- Hue the widest separating capacity of nay maahine In the market. In light, compact, durable, tMBCN but one Ixvlt anti reonirca loan power and has fewer working pfuMo thannny other machine. No n Imp Io Inconntrnction that ItlNeaaily oudes ■tood. Will thresh perfectly all kinds of grain, peas, timothy, sh«, clover, etc. Send for rfrcuJsr, | prlw list, etc., of Tfar«*h< rH, Engines, Raw Milla j and Grain Hegietere, and be aure to mention tMn paper. Agents wanted. Address THE KOPPES MACHINE CO. ORRVILLE, O. JOHNSOtFJNODINE BrCTtmER Diphtheria, Croup, Asthma, Bronchitis. Ncnralffla, Rheumatism. Blooding ot tnw v/nnsrw. oars'mess, innuwnaa, Ilaakiim C’oujfh. Whooping Cough. Oaturrh, Cholera Morbus, DyMptery, (hironia ZMarrhoba. Kidney Trouble#, and SpinalDiaeaaow. Pamphlet free. ur. I. 8. Johnson b Co.• Boston, Marti. PILLS These pills wore a wonderful disoorery. No others Mke them In the world. Will positively n«»e or relieve all manner of disease. The inforrn azouud each box is woish ten times Uu> oost of a box of sills. Kind out about them and you will always be thaoXfuJ. One nifl a dose. lUustrrUed psosphiot free. Sold everywhere, orser.t by mail for tnytaasps. Dr. I. 8. JOHlsHOlf AOO., 21d Q.H. wt.. Boston. rih/>nlan*B Coßulti»rm«M| r» Ms m— «■ —— ■■ m m m ßfc>hiny on earth Powder lu abaoiutel/B fyj Ml A K N op 3 K 0 M flf wui ii«ms lay ntno LAterff’ l^9 «n,S [ % o«ro^y.. No Robbing! No Rackacim ! No Sort Filers! I!crrr<iofr<f not to the Cloth*** A«k your Cirorcr for it. If cannot enp ply you, one cake will bo mailed rnXßpn rec *‘’P’ of six two cent stamp* for postage. A hcau’ltul nine-colored '• Chromo ” with three bare. Deal er* ami Grocers should write for particulars C. A. SHOUDY & SON, ROCKFORD. ILL. D u rkee'B fwf ■ I POSSESSING THEilttf, A COMPLETE H.AVOR OF THE PL/tblT ® SPICES SALAD CRESSINC W ‘MZvoRIHG -acts .• B BAK! NG POWDER SI MEATS. Fl SH&. Genuine india ‘CURRY POWDER L -TH E liAWRENGE PURE LINSEED'OIL n MIXED MINTS READY FOR USE. The neat l*alut Blade. Guarnnteed to contain no water, benzine, barytas, chemiQali, rubber, aebestoa, rosin, gloss oil, or other similar adulterations. A full guarantee on every package and directions for use, so that •nw one not a practical painte/oan usa it. Handsome sample cards, Showing 88 beautiful shaaes, mailed frop.on application. If not kept by yOu» dealer, write to .us. Be careful to ask tor “TM£ LAWRENCE RAINIS,» and do not kike any other said to be M as good M W. W. UWRENBE & CO.;’ PITTHBI'RGH, PA. BEFORE YOU paint VWLexamine \ \ WET,| ERILL’S I’° rt lblloof xSSyv Artistic Designs flo!LSc*(,Qbe,.nAnno AitF<>»t lnges, Suburban K '.RcsSU uws, etc., col - / Atf* orc d to mulch / f RhwdvHuf ~ titrandßhrrwlwg the and must cf- SjjN feetlvecombloMtlon colors in bouse antas ths phinti Hg. eantaala f f yonr drtlCT llflfl not our portfolio, ask Idm io send v> us for enr. You ‘ATI I <'<n then sec exactly how I w ’'l y° ur house will appear READY* \ 3'- 1 wb< n finished. MIXED \ C\ • Do this and use “Allas” PAINT VAW ’ < Rftaty'Mked Paiotaml ki- V*s| Plj MirHyourwlf«tl.f« : Uon. Union. ... I I ,oft > 3 aa-B«e liiirf.uarimtte. S-r l I HGeo.D.Wetlierill&Co. f ' LEAD and PAHtT MHM.; I Ij’ P.J MANUFACTURERS, / ® L# 56 North Front Bt. PHILAD'A, PA.