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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-4-13, Page 7WILL NOT CEASE TO PREACIL REV. DR, TALMAGE HOLDS THE GCS - FEL 8VVORO IN FIRM HAND, WILL DO FOUR TIMES AS MUCH , Altbonell ire Hat: Resigned Pront a riXed Pitstorate-The Stirring Thome Set Before ahem by the Prophet saunte1 11114. Strength and Encourage., meta - Tito Lesson of Oaeazare, Termeity, Washington, April 0.--aten Dr. Tale maga preached from the text IT. Samuel =ill, 10, "And his hand clave unto the sword." He said: What a gierious thing to preach the gospel! Some suppoee that because I have resigned a fixed pastorate I will cease to preach. No! Nol 1 expect to preach snore than X, ever ba.ve. If the Lord will, four times as much, though In manifold plate. I would not dare bait with such opportunity to declare the truth through the car to audiences awl to the eye througls the printing press. And here we have a stirring theme put before us by the prophet. A great general a Kipg Davin. was Elenzar, the hero of the text. The Pbill- stines opened battle egeinst him, end his troops retreated. The cowards Sled. Elea - tar and tbree of his commies went into the battle end swept the Ileld, for four Men with Goa on their side are strouger ^than a whole regiment with God against Oben/. "Fall burls'!" shouted the cons- ritunder of the PlillistIne tinny. Tim lay ran along the host, "Fell baok a' Elena ear, bavipg swept the field, 'throws l4m. self on the ground to res, but the murales and billows of his hand bad betel so long bent Around the hilt of bis sword. that the hilt was imbetlibel in the ilesh, and the gold wire of the hilt had broken through the slaa of the palm of tho band, and he coulki oot drop this sword whicle he had so gallantly wielded. "Ills hand clave unto the sword." That is what I cell magnifieent fighting for the Lord Gad of Israel. Aud We 'want more of it. I propose to show you how Elea= tool; hold of tbe sword and how the sword tool: hold of Eleazar. 1 look at lalatzer's lined, and 1 come to tbe eon• elusion that ae took the sword with a very tight grip. !rho cowards who fled bad no trouble in dropping their swards, As they fly over the rocks 1 hear their mortis clenging in every direction. It is easy enough for them to drop their swords. But lilleazar's band calve unto the sword. In this Christian conflicb we want a tighter grip of the gospel wea- pons, a Uglier grasp of the two-edged sword of the truth. It inal:es me sick to see these Christian. people who hold only a part of the truth and let the rest of the truth go, so that the Philistines, seeing tbo loosened grasp, wrench the whole sword away from therm The only safe thing for US to do is to put our thumb on the book of GODOSIS and sweep our hand around the book until the New Testament cornes into the palm, and, keep on $weepipg our hand Around the book until the tips of the • fingers clutch at the words, "In the be- ginning God created the heavens and the earth." I like an infidel a great deal bet- ter than I do one of thee) namby worthy Chrietians who hold a. part of the truth and let the rest go. JJy miracle, Goa pre- served this lliblo just as it is, and it is Damaleus blade. Tiro severest test to Which a sword can be put in a sword face tory Is to wind the blade around a gun barrel like a ribbon, and then, wben the sword is let loose, it flies back to its Own shape. no the sword of God's truth has been frilly teeted, and it is bent this way and that way and wound this way and that way, but it always comes beck to its own slug)°, Tbink of Hi _A. book writ- ten near 10 centuries ago, and some of lb thousands of years ago, and yet in our time the average sale of this book is mortrthan 20,000 copies every week and snore than a million copies a year. I say now that a 11‘001:: is divinely in- spired and divinely kept and divinely scattered is a weapon worth holding a tight grip of. Bishop Colons° will come along and try to wrench out of your band. the five books of Moses, and Strauss will come along and try to wrench out of • your hand the miracles, and Ronan will come along and try to wrench ont of your hand the entire life of the Lord Jesus Christ, and your associates in the °ince or the factory or the banking house will try to wrench out of your hand. the entire Bible, but in the strength of the Lead God of Israel and with Eleazar's grip bold on to it You give up the Bible, you give up any part of it, and you give up pardon and peace and life and heaven. Do not be ashamed, young man, to Inave the ;world know that you are a .1'.tiend. of the Bible. This book is the egettie. 'friend of all that is good, and it is the 'sworn enemy of all that is bad. An elo- quent writer recently gives an incident of a very bad man who stood in a cell of a western prison. This criminal had gone through all styles of crime, and he was there waiting for the gallows. The con- vict standing there at the window of the cell, this writer says, "looked out and declared, 'I am an infidel.' He said thnt to all the men and women and children 'who happened to be gathered there, 'I tun an infidel,' " and the eloquent writer says, "Everyman and woman there be- lieved bilm." And the writer goes on to say, "If he had stood there saying, 'I am a Obeistiana every man and woman ,would have said, 'He is a liar!'• " TMs Bible is the sworn enemy of all that is wrong, and it is the friend of all that is good. Oh, bold on It! Do not take !part of it and throw the rest away. Hold on total of it. There are so many people now who do not know. You ask them if the soul is immortal, and they say: ",I guess it is; I don't know. Perhaps it perhaps it isn't" Is the Bible true? "Well, perhaps it Is and perbaps it isn't Perhato it may be, figuratively, and per- haps it may be artly, and perhaps it :may not be at all." They despise what they call the apostolic creed, but if • their own °real ,weee Written out it would read ,like this: "1 believe in nothing, the Ineelser of heaven and earth, and in noth- ing which it bath sent, which nothing was born of nothing and which nothing was dead and buried and descended into nothing and arOSO from nothing and ascended to nothing and now sitteth at the right hand of nothing, from 'which, it ewill come to judge nothing. I believe in the holy agnostic obuivh and in the coin+ en -oaken of nothingariane and in the for- gaveneee of nothing, and the remerrectIon of nothing and In the lifOithat never shall be. Amen!" Mott is tbes Ireed of tens of thousands of people in tbii day, If you have a mind to adopt each a theoey, I will not. "I believe in 00 the Father Abnighty, Mak.er of beavolt and earth, and in Jesus Cbrise and its the holy catholic ohtuole and in elm communion of saints ane in the ure everlasting, Axneu." Oh, when I see Eleazar takieg such a stout grip of the sword In the battle against sin aud for righteousness. I come to the conclusion that wo ought to take a stouter grip of God's eternal eruth—the Sword of riebteonsoess. As I look at Elertzer's baud I also notice his spirit of self -forgetfulness. ITe did not notice that the hilt of tate sward was eats Mg through the palm of his band. Ile did not know it hurt biol. As he went ont into the conflict he was so anxious for the victory he forgot htniself, and that hilt might go ever so deeply into the palm of the band, it Muhl not disturb bim. "His hand clave unto the sword," Oh, my brothers and sisters, let us go into the Christiau conflict with the spirit of self-abnegation. Who cares whether the world praises us or denounces us? 'Matt do we care for rtilepresentation or abuse or persecution in a conflict like thin? Let us forget ourselves, 1.rhat male Who le afraid a getting bis liana Mire vi1l never kill o, PhjUsUae, Who earea whether you get burt or not if you get the victory? Oh, how many Glsnstiaas there aro who are all the time worrying about the way the world treats Mena. They are so tircel, and they are so abased, and they are so tempted, 'when laleazar did not think' wbether be had a band or no or fern. /ae wanted was N We see bow men forget thernielves in worldly achievenieut. We have often seen men wbo, in order to aelaieve worialy success, will forget all physical fatigue and all annoyance and all obstacle. just After the beetle of Yorktown, in the Aenerleau lievolutioo, a music:len, wound- ed, was told be must bave hs lipase amputated, and they wore about to fasten bint to the surgeon's table, for it was long before the merciful discovery of apaestbeties. Ile said, "No, don't fasten inc to that table; get me a violin." A. violin was brought to bine and he said, "Now go to 1VOrk as 1 begin to plea," and for 40 minutes, duriug the awful Tamp of amputation, be moved not a inuicle nor dropped note, while ho played some sweet time. Oh, is it not stulage that with the Tousle of tbe gospel of Jesus Christ and with this grand =Arch ot the church militant on the way to become the ehurch trimimbaut eve carmot forget ourselves and forget all pang end all sorrow and all peewit:salon and all perturbation? We know what men accomplish under worldly opposition. Mon do not shrink back for antagonism or for hardship. You bave admiral Preecott's "Couqueet of Mexico," as brllliaut and beautiful a history as was ever written, but some of You may not know undee wbat disad- vantages it was written—that "Conquest Q Mexice"—tor Preecott was totally blind, and be bad two pieces of wood pnrallel to •each other fastened, and, totally blind, with his pen between those pieces of wood, be wrote, the stroke rtgainet ono piece of wood telling how far the pen must go in one way, the stroke against the other piece of wood telling how far the pan must go the other way. Oh, how smith men will endure for worldly knowledge and for worldly sue - and yet how little we endure for Jesus Christ! HOW Christians there are that go around saying: "Oh, my liana; 011, nry hand, my hurt bandi Don't you see there is blood on the hand rued there is blood on the sword?" while Eleazar, with tbe hilt imbedded in the flesh of las rlght hand does not know it Must 1 be carried to the skies On flowery bed e of ease, Wbile others fought, to win the prize Or sailed through bloody seas? What have we suffered in comparison with thee° who expired with suffocation m. were burned or were choppe.d to pieces lor the truth's sake? Wo ttak or the per- secution of olden times. There is just as much persecution going, on now in vari- ous ways. In 1840, in Madagascar, 1.8 men were put to death for Christ's sake. They wore to be hurled over the rocks, and before they were burled over the rocks, in order to make their death the more dreadful in anticipation, they were put in baskets and swung to and fro over the precipice that they might see how many hundred feet they would. have to be dashed down, and while they were swinging in these baskets over the rooks they sang: Jesus, lover of ray soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the billows near sne roll, While the tempest still is high. Then they were dashed down to death. Oh, bow much others have endured for Chrisa and how little we endure for Christ 1 We want to ride to heaven in a Pullman sleeping car, our feet on soft plush, the bed made up early, so we can sleep all the way, the black porter of death to wake us up only in tone to enter the galden city. We want all the surgeons to fix our hand up. Let them bring on all the lint and all the bandages and all the salve, for our hand is hurt, while Eleazar does not know his band is hurt. "His hand clave unto the sword." As I look at Eleazar's hand 1 come to the conclusion that he has done a great deal of hard hitting. 1 am not surprised when I see that these foot men—Eleazar and his three companions drove back the army of Philistines—that Eleazar's sword ,clave to his bad, for every time he streck. an , ketenay with one end of the sword the melee end of the sword wound- ed him. When he took bold of the sword, the sword took hold of him. Oh, we have found an enemy who can- not be conquered by rosewater and soft ,specobes. It must be sharp stroke and straight thrust. There is intemperance, and there is fraud, and there is gambl- ing, and there is lust, and there are ten thousand battalions of iniquity, arined Philistine inquity. How are they te be captured and overthrown? • Soft sermons in morocco oases laid down in front of a.n exquisite audience will not do it You have got to call things by their right name. You have got to expel from our churches Christians who eat the sacra- ment on Sunday and devour widows' , houses all the week. Aliebs hoi o Herods here jezebels here. The massacre of the infants here. Strike for God so hard that while you slay the tin the sword will adhere to ;row hand. I tell youmy friends,. vire want a few John Idnoxes and John Wesleys in the Christian church to -day. The whole tendency is to refine on Christian work. We keep on refining on it until we send 'apologetic word to iniquity we are about to capture it. And We must go with sword silver chased end presented by the ladle', anti We must Pifie OD white palfrey tinaer embroidered housing, putting the spurs in Only just en.ougis to zealot the charger dance grace- fully. and then we must send a znIssiva • delieate as a wedding card, to ask the old black giant of Sill if he will not amen., der, Women salad by the grace of God. and on glorious mission sent, detained front Sabbath classes beettuse their new Li not done. Churches that shook our With great _revivals sending around to ask souse demonstrative worshipper if he will not please to say "amen' and eleilieluirth." a little softer. It seems as if In our churches we wanted a baptism of cologne and balm of a thousand flowers when we actually need a beptisne of Are from the Lord God of Pentecost. But we are so ufraid somebody wiU el .0 our sermons or criticise our prayers or mita ciee our religious work that our anxiete for the amid's redemption is lost in the fear we wal get our hand hurt, while Eicazar went into the conflict "and his hand catve unto the sword." But I see In the next place What a bard thing it was for Eleazar to get his balsa and his sword parted. The Inusoles and the sheave had been so long grasnea around the sword be could not swop it when be proposed to drop it, end his three eonsrades, I suppose, came up and tried to help him, and they bathed the back pars of the hand, hoping the sinews • and musele$ would relax. But, no. "His hand dare unto the sword." Then they ' need to pull open the Augers and to pull back the thumb, bus no sooner were they pulled bacle than they closed again* "and his hand chive unto ehe sword." But after e.while they were successful, and then they noticed that the curve in the palm of the litted corraipooderd ex- actly with the curve of the hilt "HIS baud, clove unto the sword." You aml I attio seen it many a time. There are iu the -faulted States toelay many aged ministers of the gospel, They are too feeble now to preacb. In the church records the word standing oppos site their oarne is "emeritus," or the word e are, "a minister without alone." You put that old minister of tbe gospel now into a prayer meeting or occasional pulpit or a sickroom 'where there is .sonee one to be contforted, and it is the same old ring to his 'osiers, end the same old etory of pardon and peace and Christ and beam. His hand has so long clutehed tho sword in Obristian conalet he cannot drop it. "Ms baud Wave unto the sword," I tan in toy parish lu Philatlelplela eery aged RIAU who in his atrly life had been the gorapanion and adviser of the early Presidents, Madison and Monroe. Ho bad wielded vasa influeuce, but I only knew bins as a very aged man. The most remarkable thing abous him was bis ardor for Christ. When he could not stand up in the Ineetinge without prop. Ping, he would throw his arm around a pillar of the chureb, aud, though his mind was partially gone, his love for Chriat was so greet that all were iu deep respect and profound admiration, and were newea when he spoke. I was called to see him die. I entered the room, and be said, "Mr. Talmage, 1 cannot speak to you now." Ho was in a very pleasant delirium., as he imagined be had an audience before hint. Ho said, "I must tell these people to come to Moist and prepare for heaven." And then in this pleasant delirium, both awns lifted, this ootogenarian preached Chriat and told of the glories of tho world to coma There, lying on his dying pillow, his dying hand °lave ti his sword. Ole if there ever was anyone who bad a right to reth•o from the conflict, it 'MIS old Joshua. Sahara conic back from bettle bave tho names of the battles on their fiags, showing tv eie they letina- uished themselves, and it is a very ap- propriate inscription. Look at that fla of old General Joshua. On it, .Terieno, Gibeon, Hazer, city of Al, and instead of the stars sprinkled on the flag the suhi and tbe 2110011 whieh stood still. There he Is, 110 years old. He is lying flat on his back, but be is preaching. His dying words are a battle charge against idolatry and a rallyine cry for the Lord of Hosts as be says, "Behold, this day I go the way of the all the earth, and God bath not failed to fulfill his promise concern- ing Israel." His dying hand clave unto the sword. There is the headless body of Paul on the road to Oetea. His great brain and his great heart have been severed. The elmwooa rods had stung him fearfully. When the corn ship broke up, he swans asbore, coming up drenched with the brine. Every day Sil2CO that day when the horse reared under him be the suburbs of Damascus'as the supernatural light fell, down to this day, when be is 68 years of age and Ill from the prison cell of tho Mamertine, he has been outrage- ously treated, and. be is waiting to die. How does he spend his last hours? Tell- ing the world bow badly he feela and describing the rheuinatisin that he got in prison, the rheumatism afflicting his linabs, or tile neuralgia piercing bis tem- ples, or the thirst that fevers his tongue? Oh, no! His last words are the battle shout for Christendom: "Tam now ready to be offered, and the departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight." And so his dying hand clave unto the swoIti.d was in the front room on the second floor that my father lay a -dying. It was Saturday morning, 4 o'clock. just three years before that day my mother bad left him for the skies, and he had been home- sick to join her company. He was 83 •years of age. Ministers of the gospel came in to comfort him, but he cornfoet- ed them. How wonderfully the words sounded out from his dying pillow, "I have been young and now am old, yet have I never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread." They bathed his brow, and they bathed his bands, and they bathed his feet, and they succeeded in straightening out the feet, but they did not succeed in bathing open the hand so it would stay open. They bathed the band open, but it came shut. • They bathed it open again, but it canto shut. What; was the matter with the thumb and the finger of that old hand?, Ale 10 bad so long touched the sword of Chris- tian condithat "his hand , clave unto the sword." • I intend this sermon as anoinice I want you to bold the truth with ineradic- able grip, and I want you to strike so hard for God that it will react, and while you take the sword the sword will take you. Thy saints in all this gloilons wztr Shall conquer, though they elle. They see the triumph from afar And Seize it with •the eye When that illustrious day shall rise And all thy armies shine , In robes of victory through the skias,, The glory shall he thine. CENSUS DIRECTOR. The Man Who will stone the Job of countina William R. Merriam, the newly ap- pointed census diroctor, is an ex -gov- ernor a Atinnesota and a successful_ St. Paul business man. He has no peculiar • qualificatione which k him as the ' most suitable man to boss the Job ef counting the millions who live within 'Uncle Sam's territory- In fact, It would be rather difficult to find a. man who has such qualifications 1 But William Rush Merriam is a man of much executive ability, and he is de- serving of some return from the ad.- zninistration beeause he worked bard to secure President nicKinleo's nomina- tion and election, Mr. Merriam was o'ts bens at Wadharn's Mills, Essex coun- • ty, N. Y., Just 50 years ago next July. Rip parents removed to St. Paul when he was 12 years old, and he has made Col It, 1,1 kl LI, 1 • In Japan coins aro geutmilly or It pl. end in Siam they arc) chielly of pweel,,,,In. \VILMA)! E. MERRIAM. that city bis tome ever since, He was graduated from Racine eollege In 1871 • and soon after entered the First Na- tional bank or St. Paul. He began as ' clerk, was promoted to cashier and In 1882 became president of the Merchants' National bank of that city, a position whieb he still holds. , He began his political career as mem- ber of the state lealsiature. He served as speaker of the house and in 1888 was elected, governor of Minnesota, serving , two terms. 1 Ever since Mr. McKinley's election there have been rumors that Mn. Mer- riam was a. cendidate for various of- fices, from cabinet member down. It is a 'web 'known fact that his reward for political services has been delayed be- cause of the opposition of Senator Da- vis of Minnesota. Between these two ; there Is uuderstood to have been a po- litical and domestic feud which ended peacefully mile' a short time ago. 1 As director of the new census Mr. • Merriam will be a. very busy loan for the next few months. Between now and the lst of July he must organize a farce of more than 50,000 men, includ- ing, assisLants, clerks, statisticians and colleetors. Already he is eantost swatuP- ed with applications. IRISH ALDERMEN. Queer Results of Elections field Un- der the New Loma Government Act. Tbe result of the recent elections in Ireland, held under the new local gov- ernment act has worked some queer changes in the municipal governments of Irish cities. Everywhere there were victories far the Labor party. Instead of rich landlords being elected to gov- ern the cities, men occupying the znost humble positions have been selected. William Shaw, one of the wealthiest millers in Ireland, was defeated for Alderman by a. drayznan in his own em- ploy earning $4.50 a week. Maurice Leonard, the Earl of Kenmore's agent, a, ground landlord and hitherto dicte.tox of his town, was defeated, while the first place on the poll was taken by one of Leonard's day laborers earning $2.25 a week. Similar instances abound In all parts of the country. Cork has returned two "jarveys," one an alderman, the other a councilor, who ply for hire every day In the streets with their "outside" or "covered" cars, according to the state of the elements. One of these. Alderman O'Connor, is a man of keen lntelligence, comfortably ALDERMAN O'CONNOR OF colt& off, hardworking and with very definite views on the conduct of municipal af- fairs. Alderman Kelliher is a tailor in the employment of a firm in Great George's street. He got the top vote in the ward. for which his wealthy employer would not have had the ghost of a chance ot being elected. • The wags of Cork now hire Alderman O'Connor to drive them to Alderman Cave's bootshop to be measured by the alderman in person for a pair of shoes and thence te Messrs. Cleburnes' out- fitting establishment to get a coat fitted by Alderman Kelliher. The carpenters have three of their trade In the Cork council. In addition Creans, the new mayor. a 'follower of Mr. Dillon in the house of commons, served his time at the bench. • • British Red Tape. When General Lord Wolseley received his famous order to march to the relief of Khartum 'vet thie 72 hours, he ordered a camel saddle for hirnseif. Finding that the order had reached only the inspect- or general's office in 24 • hours, Lord Wolseley hired and paid a native sad- dle maker, who worked overtime and made the saddle. Meanwhile the official order for the saddle went on In the reg- ular order of business, and six years afterward tart• lerdshlp was astonished to receive the saddle, together with one Deck of correspondence relating tIseretest liAlkAliewnelaleililhilAvierdoriewaielair eal tie Sitteth, Waiting and Watching To there Your With SI Jacobs Oil Rheumatism. I RAM 11/4,,oi A1~6,11161%11, Oe'e Jahn, ThOnagike Richard, Etc. The popularity of Sohn is believed to be due to the supposed suitability be basrism of the Baptist's name, just aslorclan was a name usually given to children who were baptized in water brought from Palestine by pilgrims or crusaders. The prevalence of 'William is due to William tbe Con- queror, that of Robert to sympathy with the misfortunes o: his son, Thomas came in with the murder of the great arch- bishop. The crusading exploits of Richard I. made the mune popular, while to the adventures of the Palaeins we owe Ro- land. Roger and Reginald. In the fours teenth century Charles, dames and George are almost unknown. Charles only be- came popular aftertbe exec tion of Char- les I., and George came be with the Hano- verian dynasty. Salt rheum and all eczematous con- ditions of the skin are cured by the use of Miller's Compound Iron Pills. Worh of Saloon. Mr. Bramwell Booth, in his pamphlet descriptive of the social work of the elal. vation Army in 1807.8, says with respect to the "drink laws" of England; "There is no denying that the present system, of foreingpublic houses on the people whether they want them or not is a fruitful cause of cruelty, of lunace, of equalor, vice and crime. The teraptetioze to drink 1$ put down at evezy street corner: the manetrare with its billiards and its bear, is there at every turn." Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper, Deollue in Wheel Prices, Tbe tremendous fall in prices in the bicycle trade is well Mustrated by a re- mark recently made by a jobber of cheap machines. He said that he was now sell- ing these machines for less money than he bad at one time paid for tires. And this has come about in less than half it dozen years. Weak constitutions are built up by Miller's Compound Iron Pills, Au Trade Avenue', Blocked. The greatest drawback to the business men just now is the poor country roads. Avenues of trade aro practically blooked on account of the roads. We hope to see legislatiou so complete in this respect that a man. or WODMID can go all over the coun- try on a bicycle. So rapidly does lung irritation spread and deepen, that often in a few weeks a simple cough culminates 10 tuberculltr consumption. Give heed to it congh, , there is always danger in delay, get a bottle of 131 QM e's Anti -Consumptive ! Syrup, and cure yourself. le is a mecli- i eine unsurpassed for all throat and lung troubles. It is compounded from several herbe, each one of which sten(vIstthe head t e head of the list as exerting a eonderfia lunanglie4coeulblese.uring consumption and all .1,n apology. "See bere, Browne, did yon toll Barrow that I wouldn't run off with a redahol stove?" "Yes, I did, Bronson, but I'm willing to admit I, was wrong." Goerroretag,—While driving down a very steep hill lase August my horst stumbled and fell, cutting himself fear fully about the head and body. I used Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. MIaTARD'S LINIMENT freely on him and in a few days he was as well as ever .1. B. A. BEAMITEMIN. Sherbrooke. erebietorie Man's Ears. $01e11tiete eseert Vega mrly moo mid to bo aale to wag leis ears as an indicaeion of pleasure, or to brusle away flies from metier his back hair; but as the muscles were not brought into continual use they become rudimentary. Doubttui. "Man." said the scientist, "was origin- ally in a gaseous state." 3012 think." queried the =anion, "thee he eval ever get out of it entirely!" Ilealth for the children. Miller% Wersei Powders. W Joao= Lingers. "A rams la never too old to learn," seta Willis. "That's all very true." replied Wallace, "but he neverilrdslt out until its too late tr de him any good," A DEPRESSING SEASON. It XsJust Now People reel most the affect of Loge mouth*, at indoor temennemetta Winter Is the utast trying season ot 'the year so far as lavalth Is concerned, COn- fineraeut indoors ad overbeated and IM - pure air makes even, usually strong people feel dull, languid and generally run dom. A. tonie is needed to assist nature in re- gaining lost energy. April is the ro.otith of all raouths when a tonic is a the moat sereece. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People is the only true tonic eine. They do not purge and thee further Weaken the already enfeebled constitu- tion. :Mese pills make rich, red, energy. giving blood, and transform listless, tired and worn-out men and women into smil- ing, bealthy, happy worlz-loving people, E. Sims, of the Salvation Array, range - ton, writes; "At the time 1 ordered SOME/ of your Ib'. Williams' Pink Pilla I was pbysically run down. I felt a lack of energy and always had a tired feeling. After using your pills tor a time I felt as well as ever I did." Thousarels--some of them your neigh- ? bers—have been made well by Dr. Wil. liazus' Pink .Pills, but you must get the genuine, which are sold only in 'boxes the wrapper around watch beam the Tull name "Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale Peo- ple." Sold by all dealers or direct from the Dr, Williams' Medicine Co, Brook- ville, Out., at 60 cents a box or six boxes for2,i0. Figs and Thistles. Don't burn the barn to kill the rata Greed is an itsculeitor of monopoly. There are no gloves made that. will hide heart stains. Don't waste toe:lily's strength fighting to -morrow's battles. Keeping the mouth shut is one way to keep the heart pure. ' We are so anxious to make a living we have forgotten how to live, The hypocrite is putting bills In circuits - tion without specie in the vaults, The silence of a good mania more elo- quent than the rhetoric of a fraud. The gibes of the bladel are as pitiful as the woodon-legged inan's scorn of shoat, The school may give knowledge, but only the home can give a true education. If we took tame to say "thank you." for all our mercies there would be none left in which to complain. It is usually the m in who cannot role his cetvn house who wants to adrainietor the affairs of the earth. Some people so blind their eyes with tears for yesterday's faults that they stumble all through to -day. Why He W HS Disinherited. "Honesty, my dear nephew," said the dying man, "is the best policy." "You are speaking from hearsay, I sure pose, dear uncle," answered the thought- A oew back for 50 cents. Miller's less nephew. Kidney Pills and Plaster. No Danger of Pneumonia.. The insect effects its breathing, not as men and animals do, by the lungs, but through openings in all sides of the body. It has an intricate system of tubes run- ning throneh all parts of its person, through which the atr is brought in con- tact with the legs, wings and 50 011. These tubes are each protected by delicate mem- branes. In the fly there exist certain air pouches, in addition to the tubes, which serve as reservoirs of air. May Ile so. Tommy—Paw, what does the papez mean by calling Mr. Bugghaus an eighO by -ten politician? Mr, Pigg—I presume it means he is not exactly square. To Study Diseases of the Tropic:. A. "school of tropical medicine" has been started in London and may be sub- sidized by the British government. The school's object is to discover ways of com- bating the diseases which render the trop Iis so dangerous to white men, and doubt- Kinard's Liniment Cures Colds eto. aess continued study will be richly re- vrarded. On the Verge.• "Ito/eller my soul was wrapped up in her." "Wha,t• did she say?" "She warned me to be more careful or I'd be making 'eve to her before long." Passion Flower's Short Life. The passion flower, which grows in the South American, forests, can only be en- joyed where it grows, as it fades almoEit as soon es it is picked. The best remetly for scrofula fis Mil- ler's Compound Iron Pills. 50 doses 25 eents. Royal. Mothers.in-Lew. Princess Lottise, Marchioness of Lorne, has had the rather uncommon experience of having three motheraingaw during her married lite—her husband's father, the Duke of Argyle, having been married three times. .r.