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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. 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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.