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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-6-3, Page 7- 4 •e, CLEANSED IN BLOOD, DR. TALMAGE ILLUSTRATED AN OLD TESTAMENT SCENE. gime Taut Only Blood Can itemove-OlOrk. one Freedom of a Penned sQui—What we Are Taught by the Birds of Ancient seerlace. Copyright eient, by American Press Meech" - don.) Washington, May 29.—From a scene of old 1)r. Talmage in this sermon presents the old gospel under another phase; text. Leviticus xiv, "Aud the priests ehall cozen:mud that one of the bird* be killed in au earthen vessel, over run- ning watert As for the living bird, be *hall fakeIt and the Vildar wood., and the seerlet, anil the byssop and shall dip them and the living bird. in the blood, of the bird that was killed near the run- ning water and be shall sprinkle upon hint that 'is to be cleatased from the leprosy seven theles and shall proeounce aim mean and shell let the living bird loose into the open field," Tbe Old Teetement to vely. many peoplo Is a great slaughter hems° strowa with the blood and bones. and hares And beefs of butobered emanate. It offends their sight; It disgusts tbeir taste; it actually nauseates the stomaeb. But to the intelligent Chrietian the Old Testae meet is a U3aguirpcono corritlor VII-VOUOU which JO$13O ad.anea. Aa ha appears; at the other and of the corridor we oala only see the outlieee of his chtuaotert Cantata (nearer, we eat/ descry the teateres. But when et lait be eteps upon the platform of the New Testemerta Amid the terobes of evangelists and aides, the oreheetree of beeves% aunortuee himwith e blast of minstrelsy that mites up Bethlehem at midnight. iters were a great maw cages of birde brought aown to Jerusalem for sacrifice—sparrows and Pigone and turtledoves, 1 an hoar them now, whistling, caroling and singing all around about tho temple. When a leper was to be cured of Wie leprosy, in order to Ms cleansing two of these birds were *ahem One of them was slain over an earthen vessel of running water—that is, Caro, fresh Votter—eed then the bird Was killed. Atwater bird Was thou taken, tette to a hyssop branand plunged by Om privet into the blood ot tbo first bird, and than with this hyssop brench, bird tipeal. the priest would sprinkle the leper eeven times, then untie the bird trout the hyssop branele and it would go eeering, luta the beavens. aeow open your eyes wide, ray dear brethren and sisters, and see that that lirle bird meant 'teens and that the aeeand bird means your own soul. There is /lathing more suggetive than 14 caged bird In the down of its breast you can see the rem of southern climes. In tho sparkle of ifs eye you can see tho flash of distant seas. In its voice you can tear the song it learned in the wild wood. It is a obild of the sky in eaptiv- Ity. :how the deal Wed of my text cap. tured from the air suggests the Lord Jesus, who came down from the realms of light ana glory, ie" one stood in the sunlight of beaven. Ile was the favorite at the lane. Ile was tho King's Son. Whenever a victory WWI gained or a throne set up be wee the Oral to hear it. He could not walk hiewenito along the streets, for all he eouluovr him. For eternal ages be 1 tU dwelt amld tbo mighty papule -tient; of Iteeven. No betidey bad ever dawned on the olte when he was absent Ho \vas not like an earthly prince, occasionally isening from a palace heralded by a troop of planking horse guards. No; bo was greeted everywbero as a brother, and all heaven was per- fectly at bome with him, But ono day there came word to the palace that an insignificant island was in rebellion and was 'tutting itself to pieces with anarabyX hear un angel say: "Let it perish. Tbe King's realm is vast • enough without the island. The tributes to the Iiing are large enough without that. We can spare it." "Not so," said the Prince, the King's Son, and I see him push out one day under the protest of a great company. ale starts straight for the rebellious island. lie lands amid the execrations of tho inhabitants, that grow in violence until the malice of earth bas smitten lune and the spirits of the lost world put their black wings over his dying bead anti shut the sun out. The hawks and vultures swooped upon this dove of the text, until head and breast and feet ran blood—until under the flocks and beaks of darkness the poor thing perished. No wonder it was a bird that was taken and slain over an earthen vessel of running water. It was a child of the skies. It typified him who came down from heaven in agony and blood to save our eau's. Blessed bo his glorious name forever! A Clean I notice also in my text that the bird that was slain was a clean bird. The text demanded that it should be.. The raven was never sacrificed, nor the cormorant, nor the vulture. It must be a clean bird, says the text, and it suggests tbo pure Jesus—the holy Jesus. Although be spent his boyhood in tho worst village on earth, although blasphemies were poured into bis ear enough to bave poisoned any one else, be tands before the world a perfect Christ. Herod was cruel, Henry VIII. was unclean, William III. was treaoherous, but point out a fault of our King. Answer me, ye boys who knewaim on the streets of Nazareth! Answer me, ye miscreants who saw hire diel The skeptical tailors have tried for 1,800 years to find'one hole in this seam - lees garment, but they . have not found It The most ingenious and eloquent infidel of this day in the last line of his book, all of whiob denounces Christ, says, "All ages must proclaim that among bhe sons of men there is none greater than Jesus." So let this bird of the text be olean—lts feet fragrant with the dew that is pressed, its beak carrying sprig of thyme and frankincense, its feathers washed in summer showers. 0 thou spotless Son of God, impress us with thy innocence! Thou lovely source of true delight, Whom I, unseen, adore, Driven thy beauties to roy sight, That I may love thee more. I remark', also, in yegard to this first bird mentioned in the text that it was a defenseless bird. When the eagle is assaulted, with its Iron beak it strikes like a bolt against; its adversary. This was a dove or a sparrow, we eo not know just which. Take the dove or pigeon in e our hand, and the pecking of its beak on your hand makes you laugh at the feebleness of its etrault The reindeer utter 11 Is down may fell you with its natters. The ox after you think it is dead may break ;veer lee in its death I$ ?wore,- I • • , 4.• • wmpit —.4.41111e11111 •-•,,,,-.-4-,-.-., ..-. ,,,,,--..gc,•-•-:-.-.,,..7:,...,,.:. ''''''' . .." 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Did the put one drop of oil on his gashed feet Was there ono in all tbab vrowd natal and generous enough to stand up for him Wore the misereams at the cross an more interfered with in their work o spiking biro fast than the carpenter lu 5 7 has shop driving a mill through A pin board? 'bo women eried, but these wa 110 halm in thole team None to leap nem to Inapt 0 my Lord jeaus, nous t help! Tbe Were of :triguisit %woe up t the arch ot bis rte.% came up to hi knee, floated to 11:s waist, roes to hi chin, swept to has temples, yet none t holpi Ten theuesiei times ten thoustan angels in tho sky reale at command to plunge into the bloette affray and strlko back the hosts of tie:eaves, get none to help. none to help! Oh, this dove of the text in. its bast moment clutched not with angry talons It plunged not a tete nni beak. It WAS a dove—beipless, &feta is. None to help, none to help! As after a Severe storm in the morn - Ins you go out and lial birds dead on the thaw, so this tleal bird of the text makes me think of that awful storm that swept the earth on craolaxion day, wbon the wrath of Goa, and the malice of man, and the fury of devils wrestled beneath the three crotses. As we sang just naw: If a Man had become Christian, IR is 110 More afraid of Sinai, The thunders at Sinai de not frighten YOU have an some August (lax teen two tbunder showers meet. One °loud from this mountain and Another cloud from that neettntain, comiug mean and nearer together and responding to each other, crash to crash, thunder to tbuuder, boom, LOOlil And then the clouds break and the torrents pour, and they are emptied perhaps into the very Salus stream that 'MACS down so red at your feOt thOt it seems as If all the carnage of the Storm battle has beau emptied into le. So in this Bible I see two storms gather, one above Sinai, the other :Acne Calvary, and a they respond oeo to the other—flash to s flash, thunder te thunder, boom, boom. , Slued thunders. "'the soul that shinetb, it shall diet" Calvary responds "Saxe 0 3 0 1 them from going down to the pit, for I have found a rause:ea" Sinai soya "Wool woo!" Calvary answere, "Mercy! reentyl" And then the clouds burst and empty their treasures into one torrenr, and it comes %Patna tO our feet, red „ with the carnage of our Lord, in whieh, if thy soul be plunged, like the bird in the text it shall go forth free—freel Ob, $ I wish all peeple to understand this, that 1. when a man becomes a Cbristian he does not become 0 slave, but that he Lecomes a free man; that bo bus larger /ilawty after bo becomes a child of God than before he Weenie ohild of God. General Fish said that he once stood at A slave Molt wbore an old Christian minIstor was being sold. The auctioneer sale of him: "What bid do I hear for tido man? ale le a very- goad abut of a man; he is a mitaister." Somebody tiaid, "Twenty dollars," the was eery old and nos worth natutht, somebody else, " Tw enty-ilve, " "Thirty," Thirtytave," "Forty." Tim aged Christian minister begau to tronzbio. Ho had expected to bet able to buy his own freedom and be bad just $70 and expected with the VO to got free. As tbo bids ran up the old num trembled more and Inore. -"Forty," "Forty-five," 'Fifty," "PlftY-five," "Sixty," "Sixty•flve." The old man cried out, "Seventy." se He WAS afraid they would outbid him. The t»en aroundWere transfixed. Nobody dared bid, and the auctioneer struck Mut down to himself—, done--dono 1 But by reason ot sin we are poorer than teat Afelean. We cannot buy our Own deliverance. The voices of death are bidding for us, and they bid us in, arid they bid us deem. But the Lord Jesus Christ conies and says; "I will buy tbat 1 Man. I bad for him my Bethlehem manger. bid for biat zny hunger on the mountain. I bitl for him any aching bead. I bid for him my fainting heart. I bid for hire all my wounds." A voice ' from the throne of God says: "It is enough! Jesus has bought him." Bought with a price. tihe purchase complete. It is done. Well might tiro in darieness hide And shut bis glories in When Christ the unelity Malta; died For man, the oreature's sin, But come now to speak of this emend bird of the text. We must not let that fly away until we have examined it. The priest took the second bird, tied it to the hyssop breech and Own plunged it in the blood of the iirst bird, Ale that is my soul, plunged for oleausing in the Saviour's blood! There is not enough water in the Atlantic and Pastille eeeans to wash away our smallest sin. Sin is taloa au outrage on God's universe that =thing but blood mut atone for it You know the life is in the blood, and as the life bad boon forfeited, nothing could buy it back but blood. What was it that was sprinkled on the doorstop when the destroying angel went through the landP Blood. What was it that went streaming from the altar of ancient sacrifice Blood. What was it that the priest carried into the holy of belies, making intercession for the people)! Blood. What was it that Jesus sweat in the garden of Gethsemane? Great drops of blood. What does the wine in the sacramental cup signify? 13lood. What makes the robes of the rigbteous in heaven so fair? They aro washed In the blood of the lamb. What is it that cleanses all our poll:Ulm)? The blood of Jesus Christ, tbat cleaeseth from all sin. I hear somebody saying, "I do not like such a sanguinary religion as that" Do you think it is very wise for the patient to ten the doctor, "I don't like the medloine you have given me?" If be wants to be cured, he had better take the medioine. My Lord God has offered us a balm, and 10 10 very foolish for us to say, "I don't like that balm." We had better take it and be saved. But you do not oppose the shedding of blood in other directions and for other ends. If 100,000 men go out to battle fur their country and have to lay down their lives for free institutions, is there anything ignoble about that? No, you say, glorious sacrifice rather. .And is there anything ignoble In the idea that the Lone Jesus Clang, by the shedding of his blood, delivered not only one land but all lands and all ages from bondage, introducing men by millions and znillions into the liberty of the sons of GodP Is there anytbing ignoble about that? As this second bird of the text was plunged in the blood of the first bird, so we must be washed in the blood of Christ or go polluted forever. Let the water and the blood, From thy side a healing flood, Be of sin the double oure, Save from earth and make me pure. Glorious Freedom. I notice now that as soon es this second bird was dipped in the blood of the first bird the priest unloosened Hand it was free—free of wing and free of foot. It could whet its beak on any tree branch it chose. It could peck the grapes of any vineyard chose. It was free; a type of our souls after we have washed in the blood of the Lamb. We can go where we will. We can do what we will. You say, "Had you not better qualify thatF' No; for I remember that in cent - version the will Is changed, and the man will not will that which is wrong There is no strait -jacket in our religiion. A state of sin is a state of slavery. A. state of pardon is a state of entaneipatioe. The hammer of God's grace knocks the hopples from the feet, knocks the band - (tuffs from the wrist. opens the door into a landscape all asaimmer with fountains' and abloom wtth gardens. It is freedom. Tbe great transaction's done. I am my Lord's, and he is mine. He draw me, and I followed me Charmed to confess the voice divine. Why, is not a man free when he gets rid of his sins? The sins of the tongue I gone, the sins of action gone, the sins of the mind gone. All the transgressions of 30, 40, 50, 70 years gone—no more in ; the soul than the malaria that floated in • the atmosphere a thousand years ago, for 1 when my Lord Jesus pardons a man he d pardons him, and there is no halfway work about it. Here I see a beggar going along the g turnpike road. He is worn out with d disease. He Is stiff in the joints. He 10 c ulcered all over. Be has them in his eyes. t He le sick and wasted. Ho is in rags. Every a time he puts down bis swollen feet he u cries, "Oh, the pain 1" He sees a fountain -t by the roadside under a tree, and he y crawls up to that fountain and says: "1 t must wash. Here I may get rested." He stoops down and scoops up in the palm of his hands enough water to slake his thirst, and that is all gone. Then he stoops down and begins to wash his eyes, and the rheum is all gone. Then he puts in his swollen feet, and the swelling is gone. Then, 'willing tio longer to be only half oared, be plunges in, and his whole body is laved in the stream, and he gets upon the bank well. Meantime the owner of the mansion up yonder comes down, walking through the ravine with his only son, and he sees the bundle of rage and asks, "Whose rags are these?" A voice from the fountain says "Those are my rage." Then says the master to his son, "Go up to the house and get the best new suit you can find and bring it down." And be brings down the clothes, and the beggar is teethed ii3 them, and he looks around and says: "I was filthy, but now I am clean. I rotas regime, but now I am robed. I was blind, but now I see. Glory be to the owner of that raanSiOn, and glory be to that son who brought me that new suit of clothes, and glory be to this fountain, where I have washed. and where all who will may wash and be clean)" 'Where sin about:Idea grace doth much more abound. The bird has been dipped; now let it fly away. The next thing I notice about thie bird when it was loosened (and this is the main idea) is that it flew away. Which way did it gal 'When you let a bird loose from your grasp, which way does it fly? Up. What are wino for? To fly with. Is ...tete anything in the suggestion ot the direction taken by that bird to Indicate wbich way We ought to gof Rise, my soul, and strata thy Wien, Thy better portion trece. Rise from transitory things To beaven, thy =Oise plane. Flying eleavenward, Wo ehtaild ho going heavenward That is the suggestion. But knelt that we have a great many drawbacks. You had t em this morning earbaps. You bad them yesterday, or the day betere, laza. although you want to be going beaven- ward. you aro constantly discourage(1. But suppose when thee bird, want out of the prase s hands' It went by inflections —$03A0Zillieg stooping, A. bird do e3 not sheet directly up, but this Is the motion of a bird. So the tend Sentra toward. God, rislue up in lave and seneetintes depressed by trial. It dors not alwayt go in the direr:ion it would like to go, but the main course is right. There is one Ital.:same in the Nide which I quote oftener to myself thou any other, "lie k • nove th our frame, mad he remembereta that we are dust." There is a !med. in Icelaud whIch eays that when Jetue was a bay playing with his conwados ono Sabbath day he made birds of clay !me as these birds ot Clay were staudine titan the ground an old eadducee came along, and he was disgusted at the sport and daybed the birds to piece% but the legend says that Josue waved his baud above the broken birds, and they tea; wing and wont singing beavonwara. Of course that Is a fable among the levianders, bee it is not a Pelee that wo aro (lest end that, the band of diviuo grate waved over us once, We go singing toward the sklee. I wish, my frietele, that we could lir in a hietheratumeithere. If a man's wile life ebject is to mate tiollara he will be runnier, against theta who aro makin dollars. If his whet') object is to go applause, bo will run against those wh are seeking applauee. But if ho rise higher than that he will not b interrupted in his flight heavenward any does that flock of birds, floatieet u against the blue site so high that yo can bardly see them, not change it course for spire or tower? They tea abov all obstructions. So wo would not law so often to clump our tairistian tome if wo Baud in a Mellor atinospbor neater Christ, nearer the tbrono of God Ole ye who have been mashed in th blood of Obrist—ye who have boon loosed from the byssop breath—start heaven ward. It may be to some of you a long flight. Temptetions may dispute you way, storms of bereavement and trouble may strike your soul, but God will see you througb. Build not on the earth. Se your affections on things 18 heaven, not on things on earth. This is a perishing world. Its flowers fatle. Its fountains dry up. Its promises cheat, Set your affec- tions upon Christ mid heaven. I rejoice, my dear brethren and sisters in Christ, that the flight will after awhile be ended. Not always beaten of aha steno. Not always going on weary wings. There is a warni dovecot of eternal rest where we shall And a place of comfort, to the ever- asting joy of our souls. Oh, they are going up all the thne—going up from his church—going up from all the wallies and from all the churches of the and, the weary doves seeking rest in a ovecok Oh, that in that good land we may all eet when our trials are over! We cannot et into the glorious presence of our eparted ones selfless we have been lensed In the same blood that washed heir sins away. I know this is true of 11 who have gone in, that they were nloosed from the hyssop branch. Then hey went singing into glory. See that e refuse not him that speaketh, for if hey escaped not who refuse him that spake on earth how much more shall not we escape if we turn away from Mom that speaketh from heaven? a 0 11 0 p u 5 at FIFTEEN THOUSAND KILTS. litighland Regiments Need That Number Every Tear. I think that the publication of regi mental journals is a step in the direotion of really ameliorating the condition of Tommy, without wbioh no effective army reform is poesible. Thus I welcome the Red Hackle, which is published by the Blaok Watch. It is a twenty•four page quarto, "price annas tvvo." The number before me was printed at Lahore. It is full of interesting facts. Thus I learn that 15,000 kilts are made for the Hight hind regiments every year, and a man gets a new one only once in two years. The Red Hackle, speaking of the Gordons at Dargal, says they "have added one or more laurels to Scotia's orown," and the Black Watoh "sent a telegram ootripli- menting the Q. G. 'a on their bravery and success,"..and. received a letter from them returning thanks for the good wishes. The name of the journal is, of course, derived from the red hackle worn in the feather bonnet by the old "Forty-and- twa," this distinction baving been elven them by George III. fee' their conduce; at Guildermalsen in 1795. The Black Watt* are very proud of this, as all the other Highland regiments have white backlog and the Ifortytwas are further dieting 1 A very geed story is told at the bend ot a college. W1AO WAN. the postavor of a very clumsy. old-ftahlanod vehiele. t which be was very ptrzial and whieh be coustantly used iu riding through the streets of the town, to the disgust of zest Of the students. A plan was formed among SOMA of the boys that on a certain uight they would remove this offensive vehicle trent the -coach-house te a weed about luilt. a Mild from the college. Their attention was to run the rearriege tutu the thicket of the woods and un1erbru4, and leave it there. But tho principal by $01110 insane leerned or suspected their intention. Accordingly, in the eveaing, he quietiv went out to the coach -house, aud, well wrapped up, crouchal in a corner of the CAITLige and welted. Soon the bays came, very etealthlly. and, without lootlmt into the vehicle, begun their I:perm:sat. very gniatly; and In Whispers, and with ?many a "lineb " and "Tato care," Tana —Look We," they succeeded in getting it out of the heuse toad yard and into the road There tbe7 were all right, but they were puzzled to lied ta.:, thing so heavy to bout; and amid gram:143ga and pair- ings and Filltiihn, teirtea occasionally . , . , . . . . lashed by wearing the hackles in their pith helmets when on foreign service, be - believe, the only regiment in the British army so favored. In this ore action I may mention one or two peel'. Iterates of other regiments, The Orene- dier Guards wear a white tuft in the bearskin (sometimes called a "shavillg brush"), but have a red band around the forage cap. The Coldstream Guards have a red tuft, and, strangely eneugh. a white band around the furagOo4p, where- as the Scots Guards have no tuft as all. The Grenadiers wear their tuft on the left We. the Coldstreatos have tbetrs ore the right. Theu, the Northumberland reenters are proud of being the ouiy fusilier regimout wearing a plaine. aU other corps of the hind having only the brass grenade in the front of the bnaleY. As is the awe with the Black Watch. the Fusiliers won this distinetlet1 an the bat- tlefield, for at St. Vitae they took enough plumes from the French Grenadiers to decorate the whole regiment. When, in 1829, the line regiments were onti•rett to wear a wattle ((tether. the "Fighting' Fifth" were granted pertniseion to weer one of red and ernitet. end this plume is atill warxe—Sketch. WHERE THE. .011E CAW:: IN. The Boys Jimmied the rrofessor 020.; Meech to Their Chagrin. • NEW MAN. • PAINE'S CELEIT COMPOUND Gave Him a Fresh Exist3nce. He Had En Jured Year*, of Misery and Agony. Had Given Up All Hope *nd Expel to Ole. 1p is the Medicine for You,, Poor dieter. YOU Cannot be DisaoPointed It You Use Paine's Oeiery Compound. Wells dc Itichardtori Co., Dear Sirs cult Couselentlant1Y to. Commend Pelao's relerY ComPeend ail sebo may be suffering front ateepepaia and liver 'trouble. 1:',Or year; while liviug is Blaek batik. I etWered treat a complication truubtes, and Wa.5 bad with dyspepsie that 1 could rat touch a morsel of foot!. I found it Of- ticult to sleep. Ana what little I did get was ()nen broken with horrid dreeroa Intense aufferiegs :rant liver complaint added to my load tt agoay: I alto had dizzineal, ruble the book. and wag pale, haggard and despondent. I kept dectoritat :184 4 -sing without, deriving the alialaest hem:alt. and fiaala ly gave me ail hope of getting well. Ono day tabu had ma ..f & • 4 wonderful cure by Palee's Coder Coma pound, begged me to try one bottle of ; the reedielne. teal her it was net nem to throw away money, but she pleaded 1...i• h p s er .ou ht a with a strong expreatlon ot disgust,, they bottle, anti before it wan used up 1 aucceetled in ehit g eie woods, thtq better. Encouragea se umeh I aoutinu- principal listening r.t neer complaints, ed with the medicine and improved and rather enjoying tb...,atinglon. ; every day. Having with some oalaatity tacked the 1 1 am now cured, *tants to Itaine's carriage into tho Ion -4. they began to congratulate each athor the sueeess of tants manoeuvre. ',the obi lentlemon, lotting down the window, to their utter surprise and alarm. very quletly said: "Now, young pant:eaten, just tete mu back very carefully. if you pleaee."— Spare Aliments. Living at Our Item Do not try to du a great thing; you may waste all your laa welting for the opportunity which may never come. But elm:1(111We things aro tklwaya claiming your attellt1013, do th nu as they come, from a great motive, for the glory of God, to win las smile of approval, and to do good to men, It is harder to plod on in obscurity, noting thus, tban to stand on the high places of the field, within the view of all, and to do deeds et valor At whiols rival armies stand still to gaze, But no such act goes without the swift recognition and the ultimate recompense of Christ. To fulfill faithfully the duties of your station; to use to the uttermost the gifts of your ministry; to bear chafing annoy- ances and trivial irritations as martyrs bore the pillory and state; to find the one noble trait in people wbo try to molest you; to put the kindest construction on unkind acts and word; to love with the love of God even the unthankful and evil; to be content to be a fountain in the midst of a wild valley of stones,. nourishing a few lichens and wild flow - ars, or now and again a thirsty' sheep; and to do this alevays, and not for the praise of man, but for the sake of God— thia makes a great life.—F. B. Meyer. Newfoundland Caribou. The caribou, or reindeer, of Newfound- land roam over an area of some 25,000 miles of unbroken wilderness. They are magnificent creatures. some of the larger stags Weighing from 500 to 600 pounds. As might be expected, venison Is pretty plentiful in St. John's market and bas been sold for as little as five cents a pound. A Revised Opinion. "Horace," said his wife, "I don't wish to hear another word about going into the war. Think of me and think of the chil- dren! What would we do without you?" "But, my deur, if I'm killed the gov- ernment will provide for you handsomely." "Well, 11 15 must bo so, the Lord's will be done. Perhaps you ought to fight for your country. I never thought of that." ; Celery Conmonial. You cannat waader that cons:dor Paine's Co;ery (*com- pound the greatest a:Kcal ateeover,v the world. I urge alt who are -.i,lior lag to try this graad uiediiv ana.teat its virtues. Yaaa. very :tube CHARLES r(14%It. Neguae, N- $100 Reward, $100. The residers of this nava wlfl bt heeed to learn that there is at least one dreaded dime* that violate, has been to cure In ell it* stages and that Is eirrh. Haire Catarrh Cure it the only positive cora now Fzoosva to the meilieal fraternity. 17:ItarrIt being a eon- stinitional trsratt. rrratirea a eonstautiotea treetment Halle Ct twit Cure is taken later- .nntaulelYos4estathrfactiesireoPftllenaPt':anteitnh,* tibit!arly and strnyIng the feundatiee of the tV.scase. %,.t giv- ing the patient strength by buaditig it. rhe von- stitution and astatine. tat p-,. en dee' • le et l• The manatee( have s• tea!faith i,ite eurie v"IsitttlY;-i rt)" 'd;:1Di.falgrVlietltldts to cure ta;dler list anfd'irirle.stil."P.1111.st.t. 11 MEM & CO, Toledo, O. ErSold by Druggists, 75e. Dorn e.nic Reon over. Wife—Itvish you would buy me one of those patent inkstands that hold the Ink tightly when aeeidentally upset. Husband—Those inkstands are ex- pensive. 1 think it would be cheaper to spank the baby.--N.Y. Weekly. Out of Sorts.—Symptozns, Headache, loss of appetite, furred tonne, end gen- eral indisposition. These syMptcans, if neglected, develop into Amite diseaSe. It is a trite saying that an "ounce of prevent tion is worth a pound of cure," and a little attention at this poiat may save months of sickness and !arse doctor bills For this -complaint take from two to three of Parmelee's Vete:et:tele Pills on going to bed, and one or two for three nights In succession, and a cur will be effected. The lltasi e-•S'trate.tiqt. The black bass is one of the smartest fish in American waters. There is a eert tain dignity about him that commands admiration. As a tighter he has few equals. Sometimes we think we know a whole lot about Mr. Black Bass, and so we do, but don't know all his trick. He has no faith in the good intentions of any human being-. If you catch him you have accomplished something to be proud of. The bass is a fish of mighty strength and full of fight and many resources. In these and other game qualities be far excels any other fresh water fish. Fly fishing for the small -mouthed black bass is an art and a science. Very few become expert in casting the fiy.—St. Louis Globe -Democrat. A GREAT REMEDY. Greatly Tested. Greatly Recommended. The loss of the hair is one of the most serious losses a woman can undergo. Ileautifel hair gives many a woman a claim to beauty which would be utterly wanting if the locks were short and scanty. It is almost as serious 1:t loss when the natural hue of the hair begins to fade, and the shining tresses of chestnut and auburn are changed to gray or to a faded Shadow of their former brightness. Such A loss is no longer a necessity. There is One remedy which may well be called a great remedyby reason of its great suc- cess in stopping the falling of the hair, cleansing the scalp of dandruff, and re- Storiug the lost color to gray or faded tresset, Dr. Ayer's Rair Vigor is a stand- erd and, reliable preparation, in Itte 10 thousands of homes, and recommended by everyone who has tested it and egperx- enced the remarkable results that follow its use. It makes hair grow. It restores the original color to hair that has turned gray or faded out. It stops hair from fall. ling, cleanses the scalp of dandruff, and gives the hair a thickness and glose that no other preparatiou eau produce. Mrs. Rerzmann, of 3,56 East 6Sth St.. New 'York City, writes: "A little more than a year ago, my haft began turning gray and falling out, and although X tried ever so many things to prevent a continuance of these condition X obtained no satisfaction until I tried Dr, Ayer's Itair Vigor. After using one bottle my hair was restored to its natural color, and ceased falliug out." --Mrs. ttanzmaaszt, 356 Eastath $t., New York City. I "I have sold Dr. Ayer's Nair Vigor fog fifteen years, and I do not know of a case where it did not give entire sstisfaction. t have been, and am now using it myself for dandruff and gray hair, and am thoroughly convinced that it Is the best on the market. Nothing that X ever tried can touch it. It affords me great pleasure to recommend it to the public."--Faa.me- M. G00y31; Fauna. ; dale, Ala. There's more on this subject in 5)r. Ayer's Curebook. A story of cures told by the cured. This book of zoo pages is sent j free on request, by the J. C. ,Ayer Co, 1,ovAll, mass. • ti"t45!t .; • •