HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-2-13, Page 7TIDE, ONE RIGIIT ROAD
REV. DR. TALMAGE POINTS IT OUT
TO LIFE'S TRAVELERS.
He Shows the Road of Righteousness to Be
Safe, Plain. Pleasant. Broad, Smooth and
With a Glorious Terminus at Last.
Washington, Feb. 2.—=Rev. Dr. Tal-
mage's, sermon of to -day was a picture
of the road that many have traveled and
others are trying to get on and is no
more appropriate for the capital of the
nation than for all places. 'The text
chosen was Isaiah xxxv, 8, 9, 10: "And
an highway shall be there, and a way,
and halted be oalled the way of holines'.
The unclean shall not pass over it, but it
shall be for those; the wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein. No
lion shall be ,there, nor any ravenous
beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be
found there, but the redeemed shall walk
there, and the ransomed of the Lord shall
return and come to Zion with songs and
everlasting joy upon their heads. They
shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow
and sighing shall flee away."
`there are hundreds of people in this
house who want to find the right road.
You sometimes see a person halting at
crossroads, and you can tell by his looks
that be wishes to ask a question as to
'what direction he had better take. And
I stand in your presence conscious of the
fact that there are many of yon hero who
realize that there are a thousand wrong
roads, but only one right one, and I take
it for granted that you have come in to
ask which one it is. Here is one road that
opens widely, but I have not mach faith
in it There aro a great annoy expensive
tollgates scattered all along that way. In-
deed at every road you must pay in tears,
or pay in genuflexions, or pay in flagella-
tions. On that road, if you get through
It at all, you have to pay your own way,
and since this differs so much from what
I have heard in regard to the right way, I
believe it is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side of
it are houses of sinful entertainment and
.invitations to Dome in and dine and jest,
but from the looks of the people who
stand on the piazza I am certain it is the
,wrong house and the wrong way. Here Is
another road. It is very beautiful and
macadamized. The horses' hoofs clatter
and ring, and they who ride over It spin
along the highway, until suddenly they
find that the road breaks over an embank-
ment, and they try to halt, and they see
the bit in the mouth of the fiery steed
and cry: "Ho! Hol" But it is too late,
and, crash! they go over the embank-
ment, We shall turn and see if we cannot
find a different kind of road. You have
beard of the .Appian way. It was 350
miles long. It was 24 foot wide, and on
either silo of the road was a path for foot
passengers. It was made out of .rooks out
in hexagonal shape and fated together.
What a road it must have been! Made
of smooth, hard rook, 350 miles long. No
wonder that in the construction of it the
treasures of the whole empire wore `ex-
hausted. Because of invaders, and tho
elements, and time—the old conqueror
who tears up a road as be goes over it—
there is nothing left of that structure lint
a ruin, But I have to tell you of a road
built before the Appian way, and yob it
is as good as when first construoted. Mil-
lions of souls have gone over it. Milliona
more will come.
The prophets and apostles, too,
Pursued this road while hero below.
We therefore will, without dismay,
Still walk in Christ, the good old way.
First, this road of the text is the king's
highway. In the diligence you dash on
over , the Bernard pass of the Alps, mile
after mile, and there is not so much as a
pebble to jar the wheels. You go over
bridges which cross ah'asms that make
you hold your breath, under projecting
rook, along by dangerous preoipices,
through tunnels adrip with the meltings
of the glaciers, and perhaps for the first
time learn tho majesty of a road built
and supported by governmental author-
ity. Wel], my Lord the Ring decided to
build a highway from earth to heaven.
It should span all the ohasms of human
wretchedness. It should tunnel all the
mountains of earthly difficulty. It should
be wide enough and strong enough to
hold 50,000,000,000,000 of the human
race, if so many of them should ever be
born. It should be blasted out of the
"Rock of Ages," and cemented with tho
blood of the dross, and be lifted amid the
shouting of angels and the execration of
devils. The King sone his Son to build
that road. He put head and hand and
heart to it, and after the road was com-
pleted waved his blistered hand over the
way crying, "It is finished !" Napoleon
paid 15,000,000 francs for the building of
the Simplon road that this cannon might
go over for the devastation of Italy, but
our Ring at a greater expense bas built
a road for a different purpose that the
banners of heavenly dominion might
come down it. Being a king's highway,
of course it is well built. Bridges
splendidly arched and buttressed have
given way and crushed the passengers
who attempted to cross them. But
Christ the King would build no such
thing as that. The work done, he mounts
the chariot of his love and multitudes
mount with him, and he drives on and
up the steep of heaven amid the plaudits
of gazing worlds! The work is done—well
done -gloriously , done—magnificently
done.
Still further, this road spoken of is a
clean road. Many a line road has be-
come miry and foul because it has not
been properly oared for, but my text says
the unclean shall not walk on this one.
Room on eitherside to threw away your
stns. Indeed, if you want to parry tbem
along you are not on the right road. That
bridge will break, those overhanging
rooks will fall, the night will Dome down,
leaving you at the mercy of the mountain
bandits, and at the very next turn of the
road you will perish. But if you are really
on this clean road of which I have been
speaking, then you will stop ever and
anon to wash in the water that stands in
the basin of the eternal rook.
Aye, at almost every step of the journey
you will be crying out, "Create within
me a clean heart!", IE' you have no such
aspirations as that, it proves that you
have mistaken your way, and if you will
only: look up and sec the finger board
above your head you may read upon it
the words, "There is a way that seemeth
right unto a man, but the endthereof is
death," Without ,holiness no man shall
see the Lord, and if you have any idea
that you oan carry along your sins, your
lusts, your worldliness, and yet get ' at
the, end of the Christian race, you are so
awfullymistaken, that, in the name of
God, I shatter the delusion.
Still further,. the road spoken of is a
lain- road. "The way faring men
p y ,
though fools shall not err therein"—that
is, if a man is three-fourths an idiot, he.
can, find this road jest as well as 1f he
were -a philosopher, . Le imbecile boy,
the laughing stook of the street, and Pole
lowed by a mob hooting at him, has only
just to knock once at the gate of heaven,
and 3t swings open, while there bas been
many a man who could lecture about
pneumatics and ohemistry and tell the
story of Faraday's theory of electrical
polarization and yet has been shutout of
heaven. There has been many a man who
stood in an observatory and swept the
'heavens with lois telescope and yet has
not been able to see the morning star.
Many a man has been familiar with all
the higher branches of inatheillatios and
yet could not do thesimple sum, "What
shall it profit a man if he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?" Many a
man has been a fine reader of tragedies
and poems and yet could not "read his
title clear to mansions in the skies,"
Many a man has botanized across the
continent, and yet not known the Rose of
Sharon, and the Lily of the Valley. But
if one shall Dome in the right spirt, ask-
ing the way to heaven, he will find it a
plain way. The pardon is plain. The
peace is plain, Everything is plain. He
who trios to get on the road to heaven
through the New Testament teaching
will get on beautifully. Ho who goes
through philosophical discussion will not
get on at all. Christ says, "Come to me
and I will take all your sins away, and I
will take all your troubles away." Now
what is the use of my discussing it any
more! Is not that plain? If you wanted
to go to some city, and I pointed you out
a highway thoroughly laid out, would I
be wise In detaining you by a geological
discussion about tho gravel you will pass
over, or 'a physiological discussion about
the muscles you will have to bring into
play? No. After this bfblo has pointed
you the way to heaven, is it wise for me
to detain you with any discussion about
the human will. or whether the atone-
ment is limited or unlimited? There is
the road—go on it. It is a plain way.
"This is a faithful saying and worthy of
all aooeptetion that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners." And
that is you and that is me, Any little
child here can understand this as well as
I oan, "Unless you become as a little
child you oannot see the kingdom of
God." If you are sae, d , it will not be as
a philosopher; it will be as a little child,
"Of moll is the kingdom of heaven,"
Unless you got the spirit of little children
you will never come out at their glorious
destiny.
Still further, this road to heaven is a
safe road, Sometimes the traveler in
those ancient highways would think him-
self perfectly secure, not knowing there
was a lion by the way, burying his head
deep between his paws, and then, when
the right moment oame, under the fear-
ful spring the man's life was gone, and
there was a mauled carcass by the road-
side. But, says my text, "No lion shall
bo there." I wish I could make you feel
your entre security. I tell you plainly
that ono minute after a man has become
a child of God he is as safe as though ho
had been 10,000 years in heaven. He may
slip, he may slide, be may stumble, but
be cannot bo destroyed; kept by the power
of God, through faith, unto complete
salvation, everlastingly safe. The sever-
est trial to which you oan subject a
Christian man is to kill him, and that is
glory. In other words, the worst thing
that can happen a child of God is heaven.
The body is only the old slippers that he
throws aside just before putting on the
sandals of light, His soul, you cannot
hurt it. No fires can consume it; no
floods can drown it; no devils can cap-
ture it.
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on God;
Fixed as the ground wiles David stood.
Or whore the ark abode.
His soul is safe. His reputation is
safe, Everything is sato, "But," you
say, "suppose bis store, burns up?" Why,
then it will bo only a change 02 invest-
ments from earthly to heavenly securi-
ties, "But," you say, "suppose his name
goes down under the hoof of scorn and
contempt?" Tho name will be so much
brighter in glory. "Suppose Iris physical
health fails?" God will pour into him
the floods of everlastin
not make any differo
traction is heavenly a
of earth aro the crystals of heaven. As
they take rags and t
through the paper mill they Dome out
beautiful white sheets
the rags of earthly dos
cylinders of death,
scroll upon which shal
emancipation. There was one passage of
Scripture the force
understood until ono
with Mont Blanc on o
tanvert on the other,
and read, "As the mot
ntains are around
about Jerusalem, so t
about them that fear him." The sur-
roundings were an omnipotent commen-
tary.
Though troubles assail and dangers
affright,
Though friends should
unite,
Yet one thing secures
The Scripture assures
provide.
n
g health, and it will
nee. Earthly sub-
ddition, The tears
otters and put them
,
of paper, so often
titution, under the
come out a white
1 be written eternal
of which I never
day at Chamounix,
no side and Mon-
t opened my bible
i
he
Lord is around
all fail and foes all
us. whatever betide,
us the Lord will
Still further, the road spoken of is a
pleasant road. God gives a bond of in-
demnity against all evil to every man
that treads it. "All things work togeth-
er for good to those who love God." No
weapon formed against them can prosper.
That is the bond, signed, sealed and de-
livered by the president of the whole uni-
verse. What is the use of your fretting,
0 child of God, about food? "Behold the
fowls of the air, for they sew not, neither
do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet
your Heavenly Father feedeth them."
And will he take Dare of the sparrow, will
he take care of the raven, will he take
care of the hawk and let yon die? What
is the use of your fretting about clothes?
"Consider the lilies of the field. Shall
be not much more olothe you, 0 ye of
little faith?" What is the use worrying
for fear something will happen to your
home? "He blesseth the habitation of
the just." What is the use of your fret-
ting lest you will be overcome of tempta-
tions? "God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are
able, but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape that ye may be able
to bear it," Oh, this King's highway!
Trees of life on either side bending over
until their branches interlock and drop
midway their fruit and shade. Houses
of entertainment on either side the road
for poor pilgrims. Tables spread .with a
feast of good things, and walls' adorned
with apples of gold in pictures of silver. I
start out on this. Ring's highway,and I
find a harper, and I say, " What is your
'name?" The harper makes no response,
but leaves me to guess, as with his eyes
toward heaven and his hand upon the
trembling strings this tune comes rip-
pling on the air: "The Lord is my light
and my. salvation. Whom shall I fear?
The Lurd is the strength :of my life. Of
whom shall I be afraid?"
I . go further,• on the mroad
sameand
meet a trumpeter: of heaven, and 1 say,
!':Ttaeen"t you got some music for a 'tired
pilgrim?" And, wiping his lip and taking
a long breath, he puts his mouth to the
trumpet and, pours forth this strain,
"They shall hunger no more, neither
shall they thirst any more, 'neither shall
the sun light on them, nor any heat, for
the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living fountains
of water, and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes " I go a little dis-
tance farther on the same reed, and I
meet a maiden of Israel. She has no harp,
but she has cymbals. They look as if they
had rusted from sea spray, and I say to
the maiden of Israel. "Have you no song
for a tired pilgrim?' 1 And, like the clang
of victors' shields, the oyinbals clap, as
Miriam begins to discourse: "Sing yo to
the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorious-
ly. The horse and his rider . hath he
thrown into the sea." And then I see a
white robed group, They Dome bounding
toward me, and I say, "Who aro they?
The happiest, and the brightest, and the
fairest in all heaven—who are they?"
.And the answer comes, "These are they
who came out of great tribulations and
had their robes washed and made white
in the blood of the Lamb."
I pursue this subject only one step
farther. What is the terminus? I do not
caro how fine a road you put be on, I
want to know where it Games out. . My
text declares it, "The redeemed of the
Lord come to Zion." You know what
.Zion was. That was the king's palace.
It was a mountain fastness. It was im-
pregnable, And so heaven is the fastness
of the universe. No howitzer has long
enough range to shell those towers. Let
all the batteries of earth and hell blaze
away. They cannot break in those gates.
Gibraltar was .taken, Sebastopol was
taken, Babylon fell, but these walls of
heaven shall never surrender either to
human or satanic besieizement. The
Lord God Almighty is the defense of it.
Great capital of the universe! Terminus
of the lung's highway !
Dr. Dick said that, among other things,
ho thought in heaven we would study
chemistry and geometry and conic seo-
tions, Southey thought that in heaven he
would have the pleasure of seeing Chau-
cer and Shakespeare. Now, Dr, Dick inay
have his mathematics for all eternity, and,
Southey his Shakespeare. Give me
Christ and my old friends—that is all the
heaven I want, Christ and his people
that I knew on earth—that is heaven
enough for Ina. Oh, garden of light,
whose leaves never wither, and whose
fruits never fail! Oh, banquet of God,
whose sweetness never palls the taste and
whose guests are kings forever! Oh, city
of light, whose walls are salvation, and
whose gates are praise! Oh, palace of rest,
whore God is tho monarch and everlast-
ing ages the length of his reign! Oh,
song loader than the surf beat of many
waters, yet soft as the whisper of cheru-
bim 1
Oh, glorious heaven! When the last
wound is healed, when the last heart-
break is ended, when tho last tear of
earthly sorrow is wiped away, and when
the redeemed of the Lord shall Dorno to
'/.ion, then let all the harpers take down
their harps, and all the trumpeters take
down their trumpets, and all across
heaven let there be chorus of morning
stars, chorus of whito robed victors,
chorus of martyrs from under the throne,
chorus of ages, chorus of worlds, and
there is but ono song sung, and but one
name spoken, and but one throne honored
—that of Jesus only.
"Modern Improvements" That Do Not
Work .in England.
According to a letter from a well-
known artist to the Lnndon 'Times,
some of tho most wonderful of modern
inventions have root in England little
of the adaptability with which they
have been utilized in this country. He
says that the working of the telephone
has become a farce, and the sooner the
Government takes it up the better. Sev
eral large business houses have given it
rip, and London, which ought to be
specially well served, is probably in
telephone work the most unfortunate
city in the world. He has half a dozen
times in one day rung up different peo-
ple on the telephone without succeeding
in securing a connection and has had to
address his messages by letter. Re char-
acterizes the electric light, as "another
disappointing improvement" Recently
he has known it to fail four times in
one week with the result tbat candles
and lamps had to bo resorted to. "Then
there is the district messenger's wire,
which I have in communication with
my house. I ring up a cab; no response.
I ring up again; nothing comes. I send
out for a cab, and am late for dinner.
Tho next day a representative calls casu-
ally to inform us that we can not use
the wire for two or three days as some-
thing has gone wrong. I am now trying
the phonograph ; but, although at pres-
ent I have bad more corespondenceabout
it than I have had through it, I live in
hope that I may find it worth the three
years' trial the company asks ono to
sign for. Altogether it is a question
whether paying rental for all these
things, and then having through their
failure, to go to greater expense, is ab-
solutel' advantageous, and whether the
story of the driver of the old stage
coach who, when railways were intro-
duced, remarked to a passenger, "Well,
all I can say is that if a coach comes
to grief—well, there you are.; but, if
there is an accident on the railway,
where are you?" inight not be well ap-
plied to those experiments in the ad
vanoement of science intended to facili-
tate our work and add to our comfort.
The electric light kills our sight; the
telephone destroys our temper; the dis-
trict messenger calls ruin our dinner,
and, conjointly, they waste our time and
deplete our purses."
Gots the Worth of Her Money.
I study advertisements, and 1 know
where and when to purchase the house-
hold supplies. My husband used to laugh
at me forreadingadvertisements so care-
fully, but he has long since learned that
I save many doliare every month. I
know of no better way to praotife econ-
omy, and do you know that it is a wonder
bow soon you learn to detect the real
from the false, -intuitively almost? I
do not think I have ever been "taken in"
by an advertisement; there is always
something about the false ones that re-
pels me. You hear a great deal nowadaye.
about the "practical pages" of magazines
and newspapers. but forme the practical
pages are those containing the business
announcements` of :"reputable, business
houses. The housekeeper who takes ad-
vantage of the practical hints in those
pages shows a great deal more=comunon
sense than does the one who tries to fur-
nish 'a seven room cottage with a lot of
soap boxes covered with denim worked in`.
fancy stitch, and to feed her growing.
family with never-ending reminiscences
of the meal that went before. To the
economical housekeeper" the advertise-
ments are the most important part of:
any publioation.—Womankind:
REMARKABLE TOPIC.
IT WAS NOT ABOUT THE EXPECT.
ED GERMAN WAR.
Overheard on the Streets—An Assize
Court Judge Proscrtbes for a Sick
Witness.
London, Feb. 4.—(Special)—There is
an undercurrent of street talk here which
may be one of the carious results of ad
vertising, but we suspect that there is a
latent faith in the subject of all this talk,
even though it is sometimes coupled with
a jest.
In a neighboring town quite recently,
the judge at the assize court graSely ad-
visod a sick -witness to use "Dodd's Kid-
ney Pills."
idneyPills." One, too, not given to jokes,
Dither on the bench or off it.
It means something, surely, when one
hears men on the street advising each
other to use Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Such advice is not the result of merely
reading—for people ars wary, and recom-
mend only what they have tried or have
known to be successful with others in the
time of neecL i
But this folk -faith is one of the secrets
of the phenomenal sales of Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
Druggists Mere say that they are out-
selling any other preparation on the
market, either now or at any time in the
past.
The real meaning of it all is, that to
promise and perform is a moral as well
as a material triumph.
Wanted His Due.
Shade of Uncle W ayback—Du yew
keep track heow many sparrys fall to the
ground ?
St. Peter—Ye-es, I suppose I do. Why?
Uncle Wayback—Don't yew forgit tow
gimme credit for piznin' more'n a liun-
dort.
A Case in Point.
"Women are very suspicious crea-
tures,"
"Well, now, I think the contrary. In
my opinion they aro very confiding?'
"They are—over the left,"
"It is a fact. 'There's my wife, for in-
stance; she's a, woman and rho trusts mo.
There's my grocer, he's a man, and he
won't, ---New York Press.
Are you a sufferer with corns? If you
are, get a bottle of Holloway's Corn Cure.
It has never been known to fail,
He Was insulted.
An American traveler relates that,
alighting at a Hotel in Granada, a man at
the door put out his handl toward him.
The traveler .supposed t]iat the man was
porter of the hotel, and offered him his
'valise. The man stepped back, tossed
his head, and frowned scornfully. "Ca -
relabel" he exclaimed ; "do you tale me
for a porter? I would have you to un-
derstand that I am Im porter," "In-
deed ? Then may I ask you, senor, what
you are?" "I am a beggar, sir, and
asked you for alms 1"
How He \Von IIer.
Miss Riobgirl (of Chicago)—And so you
kissed the blarney stone at the Columbian
Exposition? Ha, ha! It was nothing
but a Chicago paving stone.
Mr. `martchap—So I heard at the time,
but I thought perhaps you might have
,walked on it.
Theii she married lime—New York
Weekly.
An Even Thing.
"Did you trade any when you wus ter
town?" asked Silas Cathie.
"Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel,
"some."
"How did you come out?"
"'Twos what ye'd call a standoff. I
gave a feller a counterfeit 850 bill for a
gold brick."
Too anion.
Mrs. Vansock (to now servant)—I shall
give you 830 a month, and when you
break any dishes .2 will take the cost of
them out of your`pay.
Bridget Olone—Sure, you'll have to
give me more than that, mum, if you're
goin' to do that.
How Are You Standing It?
Sir Andrew Clark, the eminent English
physician, once said that he never knew
of a case of physical breakdown from
overwork alone. He attributed these con- '
ditions to the use of alcohol, tobacco and
habit producing drugs, such as opium,
morphine, cocaine and chloral, in the
majority of cases, and he predicted in-
evitable collapse sooner or later for those
accustomed to a more or loss constant
stimulation to overcome the strain of con-
tinued mental or physical effort. There
can be no doubt that the man who main-
tains his strength by the use of proper
nourishment and refrains from stimu-
lants will in every case stand the test of
endurance long alter the tippler has given
up the bottle. Valuable corroborative
evidence of this is afforded by the experi-
ence of several professional men who
have taken the Lakehurst treatment at
Oakville during the last four years. They
tried hard work plus stimulants years
ago, and they are doing hard work minus
stimulants now. The treatment has re-
mdved the poison from the system and
with it the necessity for its further use,
and th y consequently find their powers
of endurance multiplied. If you are re-
lying upon stimulation to carry you
through you are leaning on a broken
reed. Go to Oakville for a month ; then
observe how much better the "without"
plan works. No home treatment. No
branch institutes. Toronto office, ' 28
Bank of Commerce Building.
Two Loft Lege.
Fred—Did you know that Captain
Thribblo had two left legs ?
Uncle Ned Nonsense !
Fred -But it's not nonsense. His right
leg was left at Gettysburg, wasn't it?
And he has a left leg' still, hasn't he ?
The Star 'Gazer.
An exchange observes that "everyman who is fond of looking at the stars i
not a genius.",
Correct ! he may ` simply he a bald-
headed
aldheaded theater -goer of the variety stripe.
Wanted. canvas -Back.
Guest—Bring me some canvas -back
Guest—Bring v ack
ducks.
Waiter—We are just out.
Guest—Well, make it canvas -back ham
m
then.
Progressive,
"I wonder if that diamondud
M ge has
is of the first water ?"
"I. doubt it. Ib has been soaked so
manytimes that it must be of the tenth
;r eleventh water by this time;"
KIN TO IT.
Novel phrase of the New Woman Ques-
tion on a Train.
"I was amused at a woman ona train
coming into Washington from the soath,"
said a gentleman. "It shoaled a novel
phase of the new woman question.
"At Goldsboro a man got on the train
with a baby in his arms. 'A woman fol-
lowed him, but paid no attention to the
man. The baby was evidently sink, and
the father, a North Carolina mountaineer,
paced up and dawn the oar trying to
quiet the child. Every lady on the oar
except the woman who got on the train
at Goldsboro was interested. Consider-
able speculation was indulged In as to the
father and child, the consensus of opin-
ion being that he had just lost his wife
and was taking the baby to its grand-
parents. After two or thre' hours the
woman who boarded the train at the.
same time the man did spoke to him, and
he then passed on, fondling the baby.
"A benevolent -looking old lady seated
near the woman, curious to know some-
thing about the matter said:
" "The child seems to be sick.'
" ' Yes'm.'
"' I saw you speak to the father—do you
know him?'
"' Orter—he's my husban'."
" 'Do you mean to say that you are
that child's mother and let the baby
suffer that way?"
" 'He's jess as able to tote It as I be.
Hes' jess as much kin to it as I be," and
the woman turned unconoeanedly to the
window, while the man continued to
walk and dandle the ohild. "—Washington
Star. •
No Need for Seasickness.
A great number of people who can
never cross the ocean without being pros-
trated by seasickness have come to look
upon Avery reported cure for that distress-
ing malady as a delusion and a snare,
Whether the latest remedy, or rather pre-
ventive, is more efficacious than the rest,
remains to be proved. Dr. A. D. Rock-
well says it is. Ho assorts that the reason
so little attention has been paid to seasick-
ness, especially by those not subject to it,
is that there was a fallaoious idea that to
be seasick did a person good; that it clear-
ed out the system, and therefore, nature
should be allowed to take its course. Dr.
Rockwell holds that there is neither ad-
vantage in nor need for the ailment.It
must be prevented and the battle of pre-
vention must be fought on land before
sailing. For three days before the voyage
doses of bromide of sodium must be taken
—in preferenoe to broinide of potassium,
and this course must be continued for
throe or four days after sailing. One
pleasant effect of this bromization 19 the
sound and refreshing nature of the sleep
it induces, The dose recommended by
Dr. Rockwell is thirty grains of bromide
of sodium three times a day for throe days
before the voyage, and for three or four
days after starting. Fie has invariably
found this treatment an absolute prevent-
ive, and has crossed tho English Channel'
on a very rough voyage without the slight-
est
light est discomfort from the motion of the
ship. In a paper on this subjoot before
a medical society Dr. Rockwell tells of a
man who was in the habit of crossing the
ocean two or three times a year on busi-
ness, and who dreaded the recurring?
trips on account of seasickness. After
he had tried the bromide treatment, he
wrote to say that for the first time in his
experience ho had crossed without discom-
fort. Dr. Rockwell states that he has
never found any evil effects from the use
of the bromide of sodium taken for the
prevention of seasickness,
Some New Second Sight Feats.
There have been any number of so-
called mesmeric performances on stages
the country over, but never before has
been such an exhibition as the one now
being presented on the stage of one of
time music halls here. At a private
seance given for the benefit of physicians, I
lawyers, newspaper folk and men about
town prior to the first public perform -1
onto to -night, 801110 wonderful hypnotic
tests were witnessed. The operator is a'
newly -arrived Frenchman. His daughter, 1
of highly nervous temperament, is his
subject. She sat on an ordinary chair
in the center of the stage. She gave her
eyes up to the experimenter. For a mo-
ment they stared at each other, strenu-
ously, uncannily; then ber eyelids drop-
ped and she fell into a bypnotie sleep.
The orchestra crashed, but she slept on,
while the experimenter passed from one
to another in the audience. One and
another whispered to him a specific act
the subject should perform. For instance
she was to write a man's name. She
was to take a cigarette and light it. She
was to untie one man's scarf. Sho was
to write out the numbers on a watch.
She wits to perform all these things and
many others. This programme her frith -
her had in his mind. He did not, how-
ever, speak a word. Nor did he touch
ber. He stood quite ten feet from her
and looked at her. The girl descended
the steps from the stage to the orchestra
and passed through the audience, per-
forming exactly and promptly what it
was in the experimenter's mind she
should perform. She lit a cigarette, un-
tied a scarf, wrote names and nein leers—
in short, the "suggestions" never failed.
The intelligent and scientific auditors
marveled, but were convinced.—Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Preventing the Flattening of Wheels.
A sight which has become very famil-
iar to the public is the brilliant spark-
ing which often occurs between the
wheels of trolley' cars and the rail. It
makes a pretty display, but it is some-
what expensive for the railway corn -
any. This sparking between the wheel
and the rail is among the causes which
lead to the shortening of the ` life of the
wheel. The resultant heating tends to
anneal the chilled rim, with the conse-
quence that flat surfaces are produced
when the wheel skids. Many large
electric traction companies find that ohe
renewal of flat wheels constitutes a
very serious item of expense, and there
is now an excellent opening for the
cure of the evil. One of the remedies
lately suggested is a steel brush pressing
on the head of the rail, to be used for
re -enforcing the wheel contact. If such
a devi0e could ho made practicable it
would serve'a double purpose; it would
keep the contact rsurface clean, and re-
duce the sparking 01 the wheels by taking
a considerable proportion of the current
and,at the same line, a saving inpow-
er would be effec ed.
Save the Stove Lining.
Powdered soapstone and salt in equal
proportions wet with water will make
an everlasting fireproof mendi ng for the
lining of stoves; it: is much less expen-
sive and troublesome to procure and put
in place than new firebricks. Don't let
fire spoil the stove because the briok
needs Mending,
A. LIGIIT KEEPER'S STORY.
ITIS WIFE WAS A PEARFUI, SUE.
'MEER PROM RHEUMATISM.
Her Joints Were Swollen and >Distort-
ed!, Her Nights Almost Sleepless and
Her Appetite Gone—Suffered for Sev-
eral Years Before Relief Was Pound -
From the Kingston News.
Mr. Hugh McLaren, lighthouse keeper
on Wolfe Island, is one of the best known
men in this sectiop, and to bis vigilance
in the performance of his duties is due
the safetv'of the many craft sailing in
that part of the St. Lawrence, Mrs. Mc-
Laren, his wife, has been an invalid for
a number of years, end in conversation
with a reporter recently, Mr. McLaren
stilted that she was rapidly gaining her
old-time health under the treatment of
that most marvellous of modern medi-
cines -Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, Ask-
ed if he had any objections to giving
the particulars, Mr..ficLaren replied
that emphatically he had not if such
publication was likely to benefit, any
other sufferer. He said: "A number
of years ago my wife contracted rheu-
Oft
ri
ael
aaia
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i i,a te
inatism, and for a considerable time
was a helpless invalid. ,'Ilei joints were
swollen and distorted; her nights were
sleepless and her appetite poor and very
ticelo. During those years she exper-
ienced excruciating, torture, the pain
never ceasing day or night. Sho bad
the boueflt of skilled mnedioal advice,
but the treatment afforded no relief, and
we began to fear that her tronblo bad
gone beyond human aid. On a number
of occasions I bad read in the papers of
cases of rheumatism being oared by
the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
and this at last determined us togive
them a trial, She had used some three
boxes before any improvement was no-
ticed; and tliun we began to note that
she slept better and that her appetite was
improved. Then the pains gradually
began to subside, and after using about
a dozen boxes silo was able to get up
and wall> about, She continued the
use of the pills fur a while longer, and,
although occasionally she feels twinges
of the trouble In ciuiugoable weather,
she now enjoys bettor health than she
liar done for years, and can sleep as
soundly as over she c11d in bog, life,
while her appetite never was bettor. I
look upon Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as
n wonderful ntodioinm, for I know they
have done wonder; in my wife's case,
and I feel certain that if any who are
afflicted as rho was will give them a
good trial, equally happy results will
follow, anct I therefore give this testi-
mony freely, hoping that it will benefit;
some other sufferer.
Mr.alcLaren'S strong testimony proves
the claim made that Dr, Williams' Pink
Pills .curd when other medicines fail,
and that they deserve to rank as the
greatest discovery of modern medical
science, The public should always be on
their guard against imitations and sub-
stitutes, which some unscrupulous deal-
ers, for the sake of extra profit, urge,
upon purchasers. There is no other rem-
edy "jest the same as" or "just as good"
as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, omit the,
genuine always have the full trade
mark, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Palo People," on the wrapper around
every box.
Her Frther's Own Daughter.
Sho was the daughter of a judge and
she listened with languid interest to his
plea,
"I love you devotedly" he cried, pas-
sionately. "I am prepared to devote my
whole life to you."
"Be specific in your pleading," she
cautioned. "Do you not stray too far
from the point at issue?"
He hesitated and then asked earnestly:
"Will you be my wife?"
"AS," she said, "now I see the point
you wish to make." "1 am not rich," be
urged, "but I have enough to give you
a comfortable bomo, end my prospects
are bright. I offer you the love of an
honest man, who will do all in his power
to make you happy. I—"
She stopped him by a gesture.
"It is useless to continue at present,"
she said, firmly but kindly. ," There are
several cases ahead of yours on the
docket."
"But," he protested. "I want—"
She stopped hien again.
"I must insist that these matters be
taken up in their regular order," she
said, sharply. "Put your proposition in
writing and fl'e it with my maid, and it
will receive duo attention when it is
reached in the regular course of business,
I haven't time to listen to oral argu
ments in 0 case that can be as wellpre-
sented in briefs."
With a sigh he left and put inhis, time
until late that night preparing a petition
for a rehearing. -Chicago Post.
Sad case.
A little girl went with Mar mother to
see 0 lady who was an assiduous collector
of china, and in whose parlor were cab-
inets tilled with her, trophies, besides
odd plates and dishes,beariug undisput-
able marks of age, which hung in con-
spicuous places on the walls.
The child sat, quietly during the long
call, and while her another and the
china collector' talked of matters of
inutile" interest, she looked ,about her
w lth big, wondering eyes.
"Mamma," she said, thoughtfully, as
she was getting Toady . for bed that :.
night, "don't you feel sorry for poor
Mrs. Haskell without any kitchen?"
"Without any kitchen, child, what
tie you 10000'" asked her mother.
"Why, didn't :you see?" asked the
little ,girl in a tone ` of great surprise;
"she has 'to,keep all herdishes in the.
parlorl"
The Stork's Stocking.
Theduct:--Sa ax you going to -bang
y, oy � g
up your stockings on Christmas Eve?
The stork—Naw) I want something
more than a toothpick,--1-larper'sRound
Table.:
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