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DR. TALMAGE’S SERMON.
rH E EVILS OF GAMBLING.
Text: “Aceldama. that hto ssy, the Held
of blood.’’—Acte, i., V>.
Tbe money that Judas got for surrendering
Christ was used to buy a burying ground.
The money being blood money, tue ground
that was pur ha.v d was < ant'd in the Syriac ;
tongue Acidda un, the lb 11 of I loud. Well,
J would like to writ© over a 111 e race courses
where wagers are staked, an 1 over all pool
rooms, and uver all gambling saloons, and
over all tables. public or private,
where men an 1 women bet sums of
money large or small, a word incarnadined
with the life of millions—Aceldama. Ihe
gam bing pi act ice is a stupendous evil, al
ways existing, but sometimes it sweeps over
the’land in the shape of an epidemic, and
never has the world been wo’ so cursed w.ifi
it than just now; all the neighborhoods, and
towns, an i vil’ages and cities. It is an evil
bra en, sanguinary, trans ont ; nental, hemi
spheric. Some of you have passed into i
the a ternoon of life, and the shadow- begin
to lengthen, and the sky close with the
? brv of the setting sin. Put others
of you are in the early peri- d of life, and tho
morning comes down out of a <1 *ar sky. and ■
the bright air is redolent with spring blns- j
»oms, and the stream < f lie roiling between j
lull banks gleams and g.Ltens an I makes
music as it g- es. So i.e ts you are in com- 1
mer ial establish™-nts, and your lie will
|)e passed amid the ex< itemexits of tra lie.
Some of you are in me hanical art;
to hammer and < hisel your way through
life, and great op. ortunities are open before
yon. Others of you are putting on profes
sional life—the armor is already buckled on.
But in whatever business, trade or profes
sion you are engaged, or you are to Imj en
gaged in, the subject I present this morn
ing is of personal importance. There
is not a man, woman nor child
in this a semblage but has been touched
by this evil, or wi 1 be torched by it, or will
m some way Le< u led to battle it. Gambling i
is the risk ng of so m thing more or le-s valu- j
able, in ho;.e of winning more than you haz
ard The impl mrnts may bo different, but I
the p inriple is always the same. The deal
ing and shuffling of cards are not gambling I
unless stakes be put up, w hde on the other [
hand, without d.re, without cards, with
out billiards, without ten pin alloy,’ you
may practice gambling. A man who lets I
cn hones, bets on elections, bets on
ball playing, bets on anything—a man
who deals in what are called fancy stocks, a
man who goes into any transaction where I
there is no real foundation, but everything ;
3ej ends upon what men call luck/ is a gam
ble!-. An English writ er.-ays th it - ne-fourth of
the business of London is a dishonesty, and 1
suppost that is true of all our cities. Anything ;
von propt S’ to get without giving an equiva
lent, in money, time, or skill, you get either
by fraud or by gaming, by theft or by gam
ing. Do not associate gambling with some
game, or with some time, or w ith some pla e,
or think it ma :t s any difference in the prin
ciple w heth. r it is a glass of wine or a hun
dred shares of railroad stock. \\ bother you
patronize auction ) o Is or French Mutuals,
or book-making, or whether you employ faro,
or billiard, or roulette, or iai ds,the very thing
is dishonest be.aii.se you propose to get a good
for whi h you give no equivalent. Ail lot
teries, all lottery ti kets come in the same
category. All fairs for the building oi
echo©ls, or hospitals, or churches, conducted
on the rathe system come under the same
category. This is not a new sprite that his
appeared in the world. It is a haggard trans
gression that, wrapped in curses, comes stag
gering down through the centuries. Befoie
1138 tho Freni h Govern uent received large
amounts of money every year from gaming
table;. England to improve her harbors at
one time instituted a lottery at the door of
St. Paul’s Lathed al. The British Museum,
the Westminister bridge, were partially paid
for by such procedure. The ancient Germans
sometimes actually put themselves up, and
their families, as prizes and having lost the
game they were bound by those weaker than
themselves. On Derby Day the House of
Commons ad ourns, and most of them go out
to bet and gamble. There are parts of this
country that reek with this e\ 11. A traveler
at the West said th tin a thousand miles of
traveling in Western States, there was n©t a
waking moment in whi h he was not in the
presence of gamblin . You can find something
just suited to your ta-te and your capacity;
not me e y in the underground oyster
eellar, or on a table covered with
r ?asy card; behin 1 a curtain, or i
m the snicking c abin of the st am t where
men with rings in their ears instea 1 of their
nor-es wink in un us; e ting travelers; free
diinks all around; but in splendid j arlor, in
gorgeous club room, amid artistic and arch
Ite lured glory this evil goes on,and wherever
It reigns, Aceldama the field of blood.
This sin worlvs evil in th©first i lace in un
healthy stimulation. Excitement is pleasura
ble a thousand voi esin our nature cry out for
excitement. The Chinaman finds it in smok
ing opium; the Persian in chewing hash
beesh; the trap er in a buffalo hunt; the
Bailor in a s p ail: the ineb iate in the bottle;
the avariciou; at the gaming table. While
excitement is pleasurable an 1 many kinds <>f
excitement are healthful and righteous, look
out for an agitation which hurls you back
into terrific reaction, and whi h. like a
rapt musician, in trying to bring out
the tune, breaks down the instrument pl i© e I
on. God never ma lea man with nerves or
brain strong enough to endure un lama red
the excitement of a gambler’s life. No won ler
•ooft’u men at Ihe<los© of a play where I
they have been unfortunate have trie 1 to .
•hove imaginary gold o I of the table. They
•at down sharp m intellect, they r se up
maniacs. Gen-rally these who own
gambling establishments are rollicking
and obese: but the gambir—look at
turn—thin, pale, nervous, exhau ted. In
temperance puts its stigma upon the man,
kicking lam a slavering fool into the ditch,
or sending him up the st eet wh re his fa-n
--ily live with a drunkard's hiccough. But
gambling does n tso soon hang out its sig
nal. You ran only se •th • habit of tho man
in tho greed of eye. in the hard ties s of tea
tu’e. in, ti e nervous re tlessness, in the
threadbare coat, in the squander© 1
fortune. But he is cn the road to
hell, and no proa her’s vo:c© and
bo startling alarm. and no wife's entreaty
will st »p him in his h a llong career. The
inf. n a! spell is on him, a giant is aroused
within him, aft I if you ©in I aroun 1 him a .
■hip cable it will ran like a thr. al, audit' |
you wind around him a chain ent merit i
will snap like rust'd ©ir *, and if you pile up
in liis pathway all Bude*, all se mon-;, a l
communion tab es. and put on the ton of
th ■m the cross of the Son of God, he will like j
a rce oier the r cl©, leap into perdition.
Aceldama, the fie d of bl a I.
This sin als w »rks rum in tho fact that it
is kdling toa 1 industries. Youne\er saw a
confirmed pa abler who was industri us.
The time not a tunlly eu pb ve lin gaming is
■pent m idb n *ss ox* in d: i ati n, or in
“roping in'* otb*-r vi *tims. Wh n a man i>
•ecu tonied t > gathering o • sandhun Ire i*
of dollars in a hill wuilo he will rot have
much i atien e with tame, houest work.
“Why,’’paid a merchant, ‘‘why shod! I
bc.ther my elf he”t in *-u h a hard, te ti us
■nd annoying wav to makes »0 wh n 1 an
mak twice that in on n.rht down at Bii
hes.'*’ /h‘ how this crime h'’.s dulled the
•art.»nter's saw. and cr.t the items of t c
factory whe 1. an.*l rcken the teeth of tm
farmers harrow, and shattered with
strange light ng the batteries of th© philoso
pher. dull work j loAing corn when
In one e.ening in the villa re sal >on the
fa~mer ma :es andlo.-es the priceof a harvest.
hat dud wo x in tbe honest r und of
Lu-iness making ten, twenty, fif'y, (, n’
nu idiel d-« lars, when iu tho sane
t;me y u cou d irake and lo>e the value
of a whole season’s profits. Oh, how
kilbi g it j. t all industry. John Bro k
. r,t out from Bremen as an a ent to
En .rd aid tbe United States. As era
w **. bis cm- loyera f un 1 out that there
B n-t cine. h;og wrong. Inve?tig xtion wax
na ’• it was found out that h-.» was a df>
fauber for «,(m He hvl lost t»,000 n
E oard tre t, London. He had 1-set SIO.O V
io Fulton street. He bad lost S3,(hJU in New
Ur en* Then h* was arr s*. * ITie i ho
©as imi ri-one<l. Then b-»* rep?<i. rhea he
r.’t'n ned t» gamb?ng jrn tires Then h •
dit-d a man a in an HbVlu n. Ga i.bling is a
• ry that i.s n!r. adv thrust under suite of tm©
• un ( ini e dimvnt *of Fr »»k)yn an I '
.«• v N rk. and atr awhile d »wn '
©li c »me tie uli le lonccm, crushing '
rc ut i o:i, lit-m • aid immortal s >u’s.
i : ■ rv 1 G .tn-' n !•> s. And what is m >re >ati 1
i out it is that them am no consolations for i
a am') >■»• wh.*n h >u‘T rs Io s. If a man is |
j u ‘i.ed a d f • ’ . • » d piti'oi and so iety com
I ':>'(» :.tp- but will you ted uxo from what
j tr«eoi th • forest tber ■o> v* a balm for the
; b -ken h‘art of a gambler.' In the Ixdtle
©h?r‘Godk‘ p< th'tears of 11 a children, >
aye thie any tears of gamblers!
boos th© wind that blows health
• U ‘J ’b' cl'.e?’s of the invalid
and that cools the heated brow of the laborer,
©his’p" any peace or consolation tothe heart
•>f the rainester? Ah. no. no! In Northum
berland, England, there is a largo estate
who-e owner in three years—he having in
herited it in thro > years got through with
it all. Coming down out of the saloon at
nixht, he got int» his carriage, started
for home, turned back, w nt un to tho
saloon, put up his lv»r-es and carriages, put
up his house in town, plave l again, lost 111,
went down, started on one of the back streets i
, homeward, met a friend, borrowed irom
him ten guineas, went back to tho saloon,
plaved again and w< n. won again an 1 again
■ until he hnd t wenty thousand pounds, then
, lost and lost again and again, and die I a be • -
gar at Bt. Pauls. There is no habit on earth ■
■ so merciless ns the gaming h ibit.
; It al o works g>eat min in tho fact that it |
is tbe source of multitudes of dishonestle; In
the worst cases the game itself is a cheat. 1
How often it is there is a mark on tho back |
of tho card toindi ‘ate what is on the other I
side of the card. How often there are de- j
cautions in the shuttling of tho c ards. How ;
often it is with the dice that it is loa led with •
n’atinum and doublet? come up every time
How often it is some coadjutor ©in s
to his comrade and decides the game. Some
times tho gaminghouse will introduce dice
or cards unse n to tho player.*., and th it a*-
counts for the fact that ninety-nine out of a
hundred men who g © into gambling.however
j wealthy they were at the start. lo«o every-
I thing, and are poor, miserable nothings, not
i permitted even to sit on tho step; of
I the door of the hons' that they once
J o vned before they went into gambling. In
I San Francisco a young man who had just
come from the mines, put down $30,030: a
i great amount of money at different times in
the same evening he oat uoon the a”© and
j others came iu and they nlayed, and the time
went on. They patted him efi the back and ,
told him ho was a good plaj He won agan
and aga n. After a while ' tide turned
■ aud he lost and lost, and tho a* o wa; i
I revealing favorably to tho bank, and some I
one cried: “Foul, so il.’’ Bat the controllers j
i of the houie presented their pistols an I th * j
I t imnlt was silenced, and during tho evening i
I 8 *5,000 had been won by the bank. You call I
i 1 hat a gam' of chance? No chance about it. '
I But th© dishonesties practiced at tho gaming I
table are nothing compared with tho dishon- |
estie; practised in order to get the money to j
co on with these evil habits. The greedy
hand of gambling has again and ngiiu ■
s iat died away the widow's mite and despoiled •
the orphan’s portion, or has ‘-old a daughter’s ;
virtue to get means to goon with the iu- I
famy, and has written tho counterfeit sig- i
nature, or has sunk the cargo or has '
planted the dagger of a midnight as- i
sas<in. It blinds, it hardens, it rends,
it blasts, it crushes, it damn?. How many !
bank cashiers, how many trustees of funds
have, through this evil, gone to disgra •(>, t >
in ‘arceration, to suicide. It is within tha
memory of many people in this house when I
for this purpose $40,000 were taken from a
Brooklyn bank. It is in the memory of many .
who are here that the cashier of tho Cen- |
tral Railioad and Banking Company, for I
the purpose of carrying on ga nbling
pra ti es, stole sio>,oo>. It is within tbe
memory of most in this house when from a
Wall street insurance company were taken
$ 189,00) for carrying on gambling pra^ti ■•©s.
Ono of the saloons in Lon lon b >aste 1 that it
mine 1 a nobleman a day. But art) sa
loons in th s country, and ther * an© gambling
houses and club houses where gambling is in
dulged in that could make more infamous
boast of having ruined a thousand noblemen,
men made in God’s own image blasted for
ever. It is an accursed habit.
The evil also goes on it; ruinous wav in the
destruction of domestic lie. Oh. this plow
share has gone though so many famil es, and
th wife sits in rags, and the daughter is in
<1 sgrace, and the son c ©mes up to tho same
imtamous practices, or takes a short cut to
destruction a to>s the murderer’s scaf
fold. What are all th? caresse© of
< hi dren and a wife's devotion t > a gam
bier? How tamely burns the fire on the do
mestic hearth. Nothing to win, noth ng
to lose, nothing to fillip the blood, nothing tc
lire the imagination. He must go out. He
cannot stand it th'To. After all is gone the
family will go. IL© will pawn them. If a
crown in Heaven wera put in his
hand he would say: “Here, boys,
here goes one more ga ne. 1 now throw
my crown n h aven:’’ Home! What is a
h-»me to a gambler? Some king to ■ ut, some
thing io hew, something to s atter, some
thing to blast. An only son, of splendid ed
ucation, ex fuisito manners, brightness o'
promise, went to New Orleans. He hid
a large amount of money with him,
and they e ti e 1 him into gambling saloons
aud told him he was a splendid player, and
he won a large amount of money; but time
©vent on and he 10-»t all. and yw an while had
got on him other ba 1 habit;, and when all
was gone he sat down and wrote to his father
and mother the e words-
I “ If,/5 /orc / » ur/mL-r. - You will doubtless ‘
' feel a mmentaly joy at the recepti m of t lis
‘ letter irom the hd iof your bo om,on whom
you have lavishe 1 all the favors of your d -
caning years; but sh ould a feeling of joy
for a m - neat spring uo in youx* hearts when
you shall havore> eivai this from me, cheri-h
it not 1 have fallen deeo, never to rise.
Tho-e gray haiis that I should have hon
ored- and prote ted 1 shall bring down
.in sorrovz to the gra .e. I will not <nr e my
destroyer, but oh. may Go 1 a enge the
wrongs an I i n msifiou; | rm ti ■ d u on the
un©ary m a ©ay that shall est plea eHi n.
This, my dear par nts, is th • last “letter you
will ever receive : run me. I liu nbly piay
for forgivene s; it is my dying • raver.
Be'ore you re .vo t’;i from me, the cold
grave will Lav* close! upon me forevo
:Jetome is in importable. I ' annot, uav,
I w o nts i!'» : 11 ■ sha io of having ru rmd
I
Y(‘UH I’m oRTUNAt;; 8 v.’
The father v/ mt t» the posto lice. II • got
the letter. He o ened it *He I e ;an t re.* i
and h* fell to t o floor. Th-v aiherM
a’oiindhirn and thought lie was dea 1: but
having brushed hi: /ray lo ksfrom hi** bro •
u.i i la in d m..i n- ■ o ,an t» uivathe. 1
w.<i he hi 1 b e.a d al. for whit is life t > a
f >th© • ©h n bis sou i di«t -oyed? When any
thin- g- e vr .-ng in a ga nbling hou a
they cry out: ‘"Foul, t>d. ” but over
I every gambling table iu this land
aid in al lands I cry: “Foul. f«m’,
inunit:*;.’ toil! Th > git stx>-es in o.i
--i ea Imini t*r t > this evn. i*»u hall have
a piano. ■ r a © a* - h. or a valuable i»i ‘ ”* o
♦ • .v•■lrv a■. a ;>n o (F >ls u’l-aluble in any
Imb r©is> may < mebm c ahposel of iu
: that ©ay, ft j t t'ro . a >it as cozere l th»
p > x’.at m w ; ra.-» linger r.n rs an 1 I u
it. u a ;rn •;s,a id i ia-t. txrni.i'g this
' land int> a nat » of gvnbiers Every
I ",f.: stor ■ on earth is a Innins 1 m e
c-ery h>ur of it e : <en • t > a ga > Ung
pract It s a frail I. A-el la na, the :i 44
I'ffblowl Manyoftl©c’a..c , .x-sof >• i ar-©
. □, . willing thit the • <>rl I u ill nave tn -> s n
i nil to its-it 1 o-l eve :n' hur h fairs ln ;m
> a * hin Ire sai.d th uau is «>f chu- h s hat
never would hav ■>• > built bit for c.m ch
fams Bit a h>i h fair co.ditd on
, I t l - • r o gim lin : it h - cle-
’ i Fasticai camb ng. tthe •lo -of souu
, far s valua o ar?i 1- ore n>t sold.
r ihyra.!• f r th m Good Chr tian pe .p!o
* i go ho.ne with a i ri e. thinxi >g it must t>© a l
I J right forChr iii wo ne i did the e n >ro.d-
> 1 erv and Chr tan in -n di I the ra lag, anl
5 then the in »n ;■is t» go t» ane v co: in nx »n
i s U Y< u xni'gh- utas we 1 aa- e won with
. . the era x of a bill a d ball the to?? o
. * the dice. I o you w>n 1 r that acnir n
j which «on in -ts fairs o i toe rx.iling i>rin iJo
r goes into spiritual piaperistxi tki’aa says;
I bu It tha.. church I u h 4<te-el 1 h»t
•h xr h,’ a id for on e Satan t- lls the truth.
T xts evil st ©p * no* at anv inde *enov. In the
State of Ma. viand they h id a lottery for t xe
luch m of a g avayard Ths hab t
«f belt ng is admmistrative to this
evil. “I’ll l»et ©ou <hX). 11l bet
you ' <».». llt l>ct you about this.
111 bo! you aliout that.” That is a oom
mon vciui.’i ulnr Whm a nnn l»eta ho
gambles The m >st inn » cut forms of atinise
me.it ate being subordinat'd to ths evil.
Almost all of the smok n , rcoms in th©
o ea:i st amen* are ga nbling saloons all day
1 »ng aud all mgh! long. They bet
h«.w manv miles will I<» run to-day,
how many miles to-morrow, ab.)ut what
hmr we wdl probablv got to Queaus
t >wn, about w-iiat h mr th© pilot ©ill co ne
aboard, ab >.it wh th h • will put his right
foot on first or his left to » on first Ana I
ha .e so >n men goon tho st *a aer with plenty
o. monev. an I when they got to Liverpool
they hilt© borrow money to get un to Ixm
d n w4h. Do not ever b©t Wh n a man
tells yon so .le hing an I yo i do not believe
him. an I he >avs: “I’ll bet y»n sl’»>,”
>ot him down as a Lar. Ho is a liar and in
that way pro oses to bolst ‘r un a s wt of ve
r.i it '. It is a debas ng pra ti e. Bet about
nothing. Pay for what you buy, not looking
»r a prize. For asi >w, phlegm-itic nature,
the gam ’ling pra tiro may have n > spe ‘ial
temptition; b it if a man be sanguine, if a
man b • nervous if a man ba (©vcitab'.e, let
hi a I >ok oit L>r thiaevd. A little while you
may st ay in the still w I'crs, but von ara
coming to tho abyss and the boat will be
thrown over and you w 11 cling to it w th
fingers bio >d tippe I and nails p orcing the
wood, until with white ch eks and the h »r
--rors of a lost son! lifting th © very hair from
c.no s aip, you wm plunge w iero no gran
ping hook ©vill ever drag yon out.
Young mm, avoid this evd. If yon
have any tickets in yo ir pocket that
are s iggestivo of this evil, destroy them
when you go home. There is not a young
man in New York or Brooklyn but will be
tempted by this evil. There is hardly a
young man in this h mse, or an old one ©vho I
has not been tempt‘4. It is s > m i h s > that
innocent an I kindly and healthful amuse
ments are bo ‘oniing att'c* ’te I. Now. I do not
know a more healthful recreation than ten
pins. 1 have pa sod many hours in ten n n
alleys and they have always boon t© ine tho
means of physical recuiteration. I can
hardly think of any better form of
amusement than a ten-pin alley. Yet you
know ns well as I that some of thes© places
have been turned into gambling saloons.
Husband, father, brother, son enter a ten-pin
alloy for this purpose. Let the boy set un
the pins at the other en lof the alloy. Give
the gamester full swing Now stun 1 out of
his way. Roll the first. Thore.itstrikos. Down
goes hisrespo tabilry. Stan I back now. give
him anoth r chan o Roll th »sec m 1 Th ©:•<©,
h ‘ stride; down the last feeling of humani y.
Give him full swing L»t thegamest. »r have
full chance. R »ll th© thirl. It strikes.
Down goes his soul. It was not tho ten-; ins
that fell—a soul, an immortal soul! Lot
me give you in brie.' the history of a
gambler. Lured by friends ho goesto pla es
wh'*rc an b -nest man o igh’ never go. He
s t d )©vn n‘ t .“ table just, for 'he pur > iso of
being th'ii ‘id sociab’e, or whiling away the
time. Th‘V plav. They pla©-into Sakin’s
han Is “nd he takes all tho tricks an lb ©th
tho pl aye s’ s >uh for tram »s, he being a
shame • at,any gam*. A small stake is put
up ju->t to make it interesting. Game afier
game is played larger stak s and st II larger,
until after a while they begin t > move n ©rv
ously on thi’r chairs, an I the brows lower
an I the eye? flash an! th© lips more and
m to comnre s© I an 1 t!ie list is el •nclio-i aud
th ‘ ey s like fire balls seem starting from
the r sockets t© see the final turn before it
conies. If losing, piling with envy an I
tremulous wi'h unuttere 1 oaths cast
ba‘k red hit up hi the heart; or
©yinning, with hvsi ric laugh, crying:
“Aha, aha! I have it!” A few y<«ars have
pas;ed on a id h * is the mere wreck of a man.
Before ho throws his first card now he puts
down tho 1 is* re’i of his w ife, the marrla e
ring that s -a’o I the vows betwee i tho n. He
plavs. Heloses. Hosagsba'k. He dreams,
and in his drcams tho past hours mo k
him with a great agony, and friends wii.h
eyes of fire aud t mgu s of flame gather
around him and join fiends t© dan o. with
belli h (-horns, chanting, “had, broth t ”
nnd kiss his clammy forehead, an 1 their
loathosome locks flowing in serpent; crawl
into his b som and sink their sharp fang;
and suck at his I fe bio »d, an 1 coifing aro md
his heart ©inch it with chill? und shudden?
indo; -ribabk©.
Tint is you. oh young man, if von come to
tho terminus of that blasted road on whi h
yo i L.iv © alrea ly starto 1. May God help
you! Re i miber that ‘his is a down g.ade,
tha (‘very s e © rdd; s©v f nes; to the in >-
mentum already gathered. On this
treacherous soi, oh how many hi e
launched. Split hulk; strew the ba h.
aud (5 crl'isting storms howl un aid
down .an iLs ta<© unwary era t into th © H 41 |
Gate. Iba o seen it with mv own eyes 1 1
have looked off unon the awf il pin -o wher©
m m 20 d iwn a'id I ha / ‘ seen and 1 have
heard tho writhing au 1 the hissing and tho
foaming of the water ; wh *re mens rugglcd
and strangle! and b:a;ph)med God an 1
died, the death stare of etonnl
despair upon their face a* t e waters gurgle I
over th im To a gambler’s <1 a'h bed there
come; no hope. He probably will die alone.
His cornrad ■< in iniqiiitv will not coma tothe ,
dweling. His miserable soul will gaoitof]
a miserabl© life into a m - rn' l o eternity.
As his p ><»i- r© mi ns pas; th © p a o when© he
was ruined bis old om ales will lo >< out of
the windo© - an 1 say:“Tnore goe; th ) old ar
cass. Dail at la t.” But they will not rise
from ther chairs. Jx©t him down
now inti the gra o Flant no tree
to .-hale it, Lt the long, deep, eternal
gloom is shadow enough. I’la it no for-get
m©-nots nor eglantine to mark that spot, for
bowers were never intenlel t> bl©om on
su ha blasted heath. Visit st n 4 intliesun
sh me, forthit would b) a rao dairy. t>ut on
- >.me dismal night when, no stars are oat,
and soirifs of Hr m -s; co i.e down h>- lon I
too wind, visit ti.e gravo of the rambler!
Wbftt Ailed Him.
“Oh dear, doctor!” cried out Mr. I’an
ginpaunch, “Iran’t sta id these pains, j
Eveiy now and then 1 get a sort of a cu
cumber yank that mak s me feel as if my
semi-col n was doing duty as gordian
knot. Is there no help for me?’’
‘ I can t 11 I etter when I have learned
the cau e of your trouble. Have y u
be n over indulgent at the table, Mr.
1 angin; aunch?”
‘•Far from it, doctor! fir from-ouch!
m m m rni. hty Goliah! what a yank that
wa*. Oh doc or! do tell me what is the
matter with me.”
“First tell me what you have eaten,
my good sir!
“ othing un-un un-' mu d. doctor. I
1 took about my— Whoopy! they’ve
i turned the crank again. I feel as if they
were winding mv d od' num on a wind
ltrs- Th i--. ther •! It’s let u:> again.
Notlii g unu*uii. d c or. I had >ornc
■ mula. iFa.vany soup and some v<m son
and a 1 ttle tripe and a few eggs, s mo
potato a: id. ado cn or two rice Cikes,
an < ystcr pie, a plat t r of rauliflower,
half a do en sweet | otatoes, a pint of ice
< ream •nd a watei .el >n. I hat 6 all,
doctor ”
“That’s all, ch' Oh, then yo©'re
merely uffering from an attack of hog
cholera.” — Gazette.
A temperance paper says that “ a
bird’s eye view from 1 rinity sire, New
York, would disclose 14,000 saloons in
sight—l3,ooo in New York and 4.000
I in Jersey City. Newark and Paterson,”
But docs it for a moment that
anybod /© u i fpo! <• > migli to climb
to ‘ c op of that lo look for a
s noon ?
■ Wi '
| ■ flStLu i
I ih sure l,.& :
NSfcSi SIMPLE 'KJ r
üBI SILENT SM
rj, STRONG /ET
New hn: roved high arm,now mcchaDlcalprinci
p’> r h:ii oily i >© vmeim>, auk matte, direct and
p* ;•' « l < 11,cyfinderrthutt'e,aelf-rvttiDg
|»<©iLcd. co fprit'. H, few paita, iniuimutn
©‘ ht,;n» :11 t :<jn, no Xioipc, no war. no futtgue,
>"© “ r i * ,'*« p’icity unlimited, always in or
« rnnnw'uUd, r lekt 1 plut< d, und give.**
*" 1 * t».Hi.-laction. Fuidforcirchhue. Adartaa,
AVERY MACHINE CO.
812 Broadway, New York.
THE
STENOGRAPH
A SHORTHAND MACHINE.
Mochanically Exact; Easily Used.
Learned in one thinl
' WN require; sp"e.| ns yreat
’>* 4' *i\ d o'un) other; mnv in u.-e,
fl*?*' M 1 ,) for nil kincis of .slioit
v v ' i-’ hand work. Jt can
\ JT readily be learned from
i*/ " le Manual of In
hands of an intelligent operator it never
fails to properly do its work.
Send stamp for circular, or 25 cents for
Manual.
riticE, - - sio.
With ('list' and Manual. Size, 7,4x7\ in.;
Wright, :< l 4 ll<
Additional iuHtruetiou by mail, free, if desired.
U. S. STENOGRAPH CO.,
402 N. 3d STREET, - ST. LOUIS, MO-
Tiin
“Happy Thought
RANGE,
With Duplex Crate,
For GOAL or WOOD. ;
The “Happy Thougtit’" Is the
leader and the best working
Range in the market. It is made I
in forty different styles and sizes. ’
Ask your stove dealer for the
“Happy Thought," or send for
circular and prices.
PITTSTON STOVE CO.
PITTSTON, PA.
imuwi iMMiißiiii—nninMiifflrriirrTnn n
PffilM i
| HsWaWSBRHi
For Houses, Barns, Fences, Roofs, Inside
Painting, Wagons, Implements, etc.
lUmmar’s Gdmjhteed Fuse Piuht. '
WonRAMTCD TO GIVC SATISFACTION.
Economical, Beautiful, Durable, Excellent.
Send for free Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue to
F. HAMMAR PAINT COMPANY,
CINCINNATI —ST. LOUIS.
Ask your merchant for IL
OTIB
1 Pffll
DEPARTMENT
'* mnpHed with all th* r«<pil»ltA* fw
all kinds of Job an I fkiok work in k ish
(4ms Style Pro ■ (>’. y and a<
sucaLU I'ricwk
WEDDING OAED3,
ViaiTiNG CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BAJLL CARDS,
I’OSTEBa
oF{[) I
T * LL ‘
No Cubbing! Nn Itaflarbe! No S»rf Filers!
Warranted nat to the < lothrfi.
A%k your firoerr for it* If b<* cannot
ply you, one csko hr I'iu K on ! pl
ct h k two cent RtampM for p< Htaiie. At» iu f dul
nlnr-colorcd ‘‘ <’lirouu» ” ©vitn tl.r. <• bioDeal
ur< and Grocers should write G r pikHicuhiri©.
C. A. SHOUDY' & SON,
ROCKFOnO. XX.X..
¥ -THK
MRENffi
PURE LINSEED OIL
n MIXED
Faints
READY FOR USE.
The lient l-alnt Made.
OunPnnte<‘<t to contain no wutflr,
benzine, h.-trytew, ch< •an< , « le, rubber,
asbestos, rowin, vilohh oii, or other
adult edition*.
A. full fluiirtnU •' on every psckeqs
and directions for u-><>, tiiwt any
one not n prn«-ticnl pit 11 > t«*r cn r© one It
Handsome sample curd*. ► flowing
88 beautiful mailed frea on
application. If n.♦ kept by your
deikler, write to uis
Bo careful tn nsk for “THE I.AWRfNCF. f’-MNIS.-
and do not t.iko any other uid to be “ as guud «a
Lawrence’s.”
W. W. LOTEm & co.,
i*a.
BEFORE
P^INT
LU y°” "hnuld
yWcXju v YA >-A 1 D exam ino
•<'J WETHERILL’9
I r Portfolio of
\SSr< ■ W Z Artistic Designs
Jr Old Fnfihiom <1
HouNeSjQurcnAnno
Cottngos, Kubiirban
ZjttW'W(2*r Residences, etc., c<»l*
A** V* -X orcd tomn tc h
/ '.Jr and showing tho
latest and most rf
fective combination
w.«..r colors In huuso
painting.
•ouunta /I If your denier nns not
•r«»*ry ! got our portfolio, ask him
pukM* k to send to us for one. You
TltTaci 3 can then see exactly how
ATLAS I ©>• V I your house will appeal
READY- \ as j when finished.
MIXED \ s\ 1 Do this and use “AtlaM’|
PAINT I / Ready-Mixed Paint and in-
. . sure yourseu •atisfHTtlon.
faeuol'lli j *?.! 44rSec ourGuarautlo.
• ueb la not 1 Z « / TGco.D.Wctherlll&Co.
\ f LEAD and PAINT
1“,...*’ |L' / * manufaciurers,
/ ® Li 56 North Front St.
philad'a, pa.
DURKEE'S
iPtewll
W " CELERY J
I ' TOSStI IINC TH®
COMPLETE. oW,
® SPICES
SALAD DRESSING 5
’FLAVORIN®. - ®‘
.EXTRACTS ' K
MING POWDER
CHANCE SAUc e ®
StATS.FISH&:
GENUINE INDIA
CURRY POWDER
MISOII'IINODVNE
.:MIN!MENT-»
oor CTTREB 7>it>htherla, Cro>>p, As’bmn, pJ; Morbua,»«DU»r7, ChronU>
PARSONS’SO ILS
Theae pills were » i-yl U w ten times the cost a u*
relieve a:i manner of disease. ihj thia>/ti 1. Onepilf a c .m> liiuMutßd pampiikt
dhendan's M Ml ■■ ■■ ■■BH B H mako hens lay
MU C Utni\ j
HIWO Lfi i sS
Woaaa faCT express, prspaid, tor
TMNCOMBWABLE
Rtffl
•The Most Perfect Instrument 4" Wtirli.
Used Exclusively at the
“Grand Conservatory of music,”
OF NEW YORK.
Endorsed by all Eminent Artists.
lA>>l 1-iaCKS.' KJSY TKRMSt
AUGUSTUS BAUS& CO., M’Fsa.
Warerooms, 58W. 23d St. New York.
I Thia Waali
hoard 1. mad*
of OM SOLID
SHEET or
GATED ZINC,
which produ om
s double* faced
board of ths
t’est quality and
durability. The
fluting is very
deep, holdlna
Dion water, Mid
ccDMqufntly
dinti »: lu ltei
*ut iling than
any ©v nli board
hi the niatkei.
The 1 ra tue I a
made of l ard
wood, and held
i w ith an
» „ tin,, ,1, a
u. i:«.‘;
of tho sire,thus
binding the
whole together
in tin m < »iil»-
stantlahuannen
und produch-ga
boni <1 which for p< ■< iu>ni \ .excellence ami dur*
ability in unqutiHtinniibiy the bent in tbo world.
Wu find ho many dealern that object to our board
On account of its HI Kt fiII.ITT, saying “It will
last too lonr, ©vo ran novrr ■ell a eustnmer tint
one.” We take this ineatm lo advise cuuMUmers to
INHYHT upon having the
NORTH STAR WASH BOARD.
TIIK fIKMT IN TH* (IIICAI'ICNT,
fesufactur'd by PFANSCHMIDT, DODGE & CO.,
>4B & 250 West Polk St., Chlongo, 111.
Are tie Finest in the Worli.
Thsso Extracts never vary.
BUPEUIOR roil BTEIINGTH, QUALITY,
L PURITY, ECONOMY, ETC.
Mida from Heleotad Fruita and Bploa),
Insist on having Bastino’a Flavors
AND TAKE NO OTHERS.
SOLD BY ALL CROCERS.
BZLSTIXTH & CO.,
41 Warren St., New York.
WORRVILLE
CHAMPION COMBINED
Grain Thresher Holler,
Acknowledged by Thr.abermen lobe
TJti-O
Renn-mherwe make tho onlyTw«»-<’y liudMr
CJriiin '6 lir«-wl»vr »ml Ch»v< r llulHr that
will do tbo work of t©o rep »r »tc m’v hlnea ■ l»o
C'lovrr |7ullor is m t»a simple alt •< hment not
aeepurate hulling cylinder conMrnco d and op»rs
tad upon tho approved scientific principles.
Hng ftic Wi-I< Mt Mpwr H'.'ig < HfMClty of any inncMne
in tbe m irkot. ■* litfht, compiK t.
IIM«M but OH«’ belt luid r»<f««irre
n<»tv« r utMl hn*. n-w r tvorlUuif
iluinriiiy oilier m»»» bin*-* *uu|»a®
i"! "...i’... lion fl.olll i., ~«ilr .<■<<•«/»•
ai.xxl. WI I 11. ly ell kind, of arelu,
I moll. , n .x. < oo r,, Hend
I .1. .1. , i f Knv lie*. *** "J' *
ii.il Grub. m <1 to- 10-uHO* ‘hl*
P„p.-r wauled. Aildn.a
THE KOPPES MACHINE CO.
ORHVILLE, O.