HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-8-10, Page 3GLORIOUS DELUSION
Rev. a Dr. Talmage Satirizes the Antagonists.
of Christianity.
The Great Preacher Depicts, in a Very Unusual Way the Triumphs
of the Gospel --A "Delusion" Which Overpowers
the Strongest Intellects.
Washington, Aug. 6. ---The antagonists
of the f"bristian religion are in this ver
anon of Dr. Talmage met in a very un-
usuel way. and the triumphs of the
gospel are depleted. The text is lineleiel
Int 2L "He made big arrows bright, he
consulted with images, be looked in the
lever."
Two modes of divination by which the
Sing of Babylon proposed to ;find out
the will, of God. lie took a bundle of
arrows, put them together, mixed them
up,, hen nulled forth onee and by the in-
eoription on it decided 1, ''bat city be
should thrse assault, Then an animal
Was slain. and by the lighter or darker
actor of theliver the brighter or darker
prospect of success was inferred. What is
*be meaning of the text, "tie Made his
arrows brighte be consulted with images.
be Rooked in the 'liver." Stupid. delusion!
And yet all the agesbavebeen filled with
delusions. It seems as if the world loves
to be bpodwin.ited, the delusion of the
text only a speolmen of a vast number
t gf deoeitspracticed upon the human race.
In the latter part of the last century
Johanna Soutboote came forth pretend -
Inc to have divine power, made prophe.
ineo had chapels built in ber honor, and
1OO,0Q0 disciples carne forward tie follow
her, about five years before the birth et
Christ Apoilenius was born. and be came
forth, and after five years being speech.
less, according to the tradition, he healed
the sick and raised the dead and preach-
ed virtue aud. according to the myth,
baying deceased, was brought to resumes -
tion.
Tha Delphi* oracle deceived vast nnilti-
tudes of people; the Pythoness, seated in
the temple ot Apollo; uttering a crazy
jargon :rem which the people guessed
their individual or national fortunes or
misfortunes. The utterances were of such
a nature that you could read them auy
way you wanted to read thom. A general
coming forth to battle consulted the
Delpbie oracle. and he wanted to find
out whether he was going to ba safe in
the battle or killed in battle, and the
answer came forth from the Delphic
oracle in such words that if you putthe
e
comma before the word ""never" it mneans
one thing and if you put the comma
after the word "never" it means auother
thing just opposite. The message from
the Delphic oracle to the general was,
"Go forth, return never in battle shalt
thou perish." It be was killed, that was
according to the Delphic oracle; if he
came home. safely, Chet was according to
the Ileiphie oracle.
Deeelte of Ancient Auguries,
So the ancient auguries deceived the
people. The nriests of those auguries, by
the flight of birds or by the intonation
of thunder or by the inside appearance of
slain animals, told the fortunes or mis-
fortunes of individuals or nations. The
sibyls deceived the people. The sibyle
were supposed to be inspired women who
lived inn caves and who wrote the sibyl-
line books afterward purchased by Tar-
quin the Proud. So late as the year 1829
a man arose in New York, pretending to
be a divine being, and played his part so
well that wealthy merchants became his
disciples and threw their fortunes into
his keeping, And so in all ages there
bave been necromanoies, incantations,
witohorafts, armories, magical arts, en-
chantments, divinations and delusions.
The one of the test was only a specimen
of that which has been occurring in all
ages of the world. None of these delu-
sions accomplished any good. They de-
ceived, they pauperized the people, they
were as cruel as they were absurd. They
opened no hospitals, they healed no
wounds. they wiped away no tears, they
emancipated no serfdom.
But there are those who say that all
these delu-ions combined are as nothing
compared with the delusion now abroad
in the worl.l, rho delu.inn of the Christ-
ian religion. That delueioa bus to -clay
400,000.000 dupee. It tmroposes to encircle
the earth with its girdle. That which
has been called a delusion has already
overshadowed the Appalachian range on
this side the sea, and it has overshadowed
the Balkan and Caucaeion ranges on the
other side the sea. It has conquered Eng-
land and the United States. 'Ibis cham-
pion delusion, this hoax, this swindle of
the ages, as it has been called, has gone
t 'forth to conquer the islands of the
}' 'Pacific, and Melanesia and Micronesia
and Malayan Polynesia bave already sur-
renderea to the delusion. Yea, it has con-
quered the Indian Arohipelago and
Borneo, and Sumatra and Celebes and
Java have fallen under its wiles. In the
Fiji Islands, where there are 120,000
people. 102,000 have already become the
dupes of this Christian religion, and if
'tbings go on as they are now going on
and if the influenoe of this great hallu-
cination of the ages cannot be stopped, it
will swallow the globe. Supposing then
;that Christianity is the delusion of the
,centuries, as some have pronounced it, I
propose to show you what has been ao•
complished by this chimera, this fallacy,
,this hoax, Shim swindle of the ages.
Wonderful Transformations.
And in the first place I remark that
this delusion of the Christian religion
:bas made wonderful transformation of
' human oharaoter. I will go down the
s aisle of any church in Christendom, and
I will find on either side that isle those
Who were onoe profligate, profane; un-
clean of speech and unclean of action,
drunken and lost. But by the Hower of
this delusion of the Christian religion
they have been completely transformed
end now they are kind and amiable and
genial and loving and useful. Everybody
sees the change. Under the power of this
great hallucination they have quit their
former associates, and whereas they once
found their chief delight among those.
who gambled and swore and raced
horses, now they find their chief joy
among those who go to prayer meetings
and churches, so complete is the delu-
sion. Yea, their own families have notic-
ed it—the wife bas noticed it, the child-
ren bave noticed it. The money that
went for rum now goes for books and for
clothes and for education. He is a new
MOM. All who know him say there' has
been a wonderful obange. What is the
cense of this change? This great halluoi-
;$t! i o, f tile: shriatian seliQion. ' Thele ig
as much difference between what be is
now and wbaa; he epee was as between a
rose and a nettle, as between a dere and
a culture, as between day and night.
Tremendous delusion I
Admiral Farragut, one of the most ad-
mired Hien of the American navy, early
Meanie a victim of this Christian •delu-
sion. and,seated not long before hie death
at Long Branch, be was giving some
friends an account of leis early life. He
said: "My father went down in behalf
of the United States Governmente to put
an end to Aaron Burr's rebellion. I was
a cabin boy and went along with him. I
could swear like an old salt, I could
gamble in every style of gambling. I
kuew all the wickedness there was at
that time abroad, One day my father
Cleared everybody out of the cabin except
myself and looked the door. lie said:
'David, what are you going to do? `what
are you going to be?' 'Well,' I said,
'father, I am going to follow rho sea.'
'Follow the sea and be a poor, miserable,
drunken sailor, kicked and cuffed about
the world and die of a fever .ism a foreign
bospitell' 'Ob, no,' 1 said. 'Father, I
will not be that, I will tread the quarter
dole and coxnrnaud as you do,eNo,
David.' illy father said. 'No. David- A
person that bas your principles and your
bad habits will never tread tho quarter-
deck or command.' My father went out
and shut tho door after bite. and, I thiel
to him.: '1 will change, I will never
swear again. I will never drink again. I
will never gamble again. and. gentlemen,
by the help of God, 1 have kept hor,o
three vows to this time I soon after that
became a Christian, and that deoided my
fate for time and for eternity."
The Defusion of Saul,
Another capreen of this great Christian
delusion. There goes Saul of Tarsus on
horseback at full gallop. Where is he
going? '-Co destroy Christians. Ile wants
no better play spell than to stand and
waton the hats and coats of the murder-
ers who are massacring God's children.
'There goes the same man. This time he
is afoot. Where is he going now? Going
on the road to Ostia to die for Christ.
They tried to whip it out of bim, they
tried to scare it out of him, they
thought they would give him enough of
it by putting him into a windowless
dungeon, and keeping bim an small diet,
and condemning himll as a criminal. and
denying him a cloak, and howling at
him through the street, but they could
not sweat it out of him, and they could
nor pound it ouu of him, so they tried
the surgery of the sword, and one sum-
mer day in 66 ho was decapitated—per-
haps the mightiest intellect of the 6,000
years of the world's existence hoodwink-
ed. oajeled, duped by the Christian reli-
gion,
Ah, that is the remarkable thing about
this delusion of Christianity; it over-
powers the strongest intellects. Gather
the critics, secular and religious, of this
century together and put a vote to them
as to which is the greatest book ever
written, and by a large majority they
will say "Paradise Lost." Who wrote
"Paradise Lost?" One of the fools who
believed In the Bible, John Milton.
Benjamin Franklin surrendered to this
delneion, if you may judge from the let-
ter that he wrote to Thomas Paine beg-
ging him to destroy the "Age of Beason"
in manuscript and never let it go into
type, and writing afterward in his old
days, "Of this Jesus of Nazareth I have
to say that the systema of morals he left
and the religion he has given as are the
best things the world bas ever seen or is
likely to see;" Patrick Henry, the elec-
tric champion of liberty, enslaved by
this delusion, so that he says, "The book
worth all other books put together is
the Bible." Benjamin Rush, the leading
physiologist and anatomist of his day,
the great medical scientist, what did he
say? "The only true and perfect religion
is Cbristlanity." .Isaac Newton, the
leading philosopher of his time, what did
be say? That mean, surrendering to this
delusion of the Christian religion, crying
out, "The sublimest philosophy on earth
is the philosophy of the gospel." David
Brewster, at the pronunciation of whose
name every scientist the world over un-
oovers His head, David Brewster saying,
"Ob, this religion has been a great light
to ma, a very great light all my days."
President Thiers, the great French states-
man, acknowledging that he prayed
when be said, "I invoke the Lord God.
in whom I am glad to believe." David
Livingstone, able to conquer the lion,
able to conquer the panther, able to con-
quer the savage, vet conquered by this
delusion, this hallucination, this great
swindle of the ages. so when they' find
him dead they find him on his knees.
William E. Gladstone, the strongest intel-
lect in England, unable to resist this
chimera, `this fallacy. this delusion of
the Christian religion, went to the house
of God every Sabbath and often at the
invitation of the rector read the prayers
to the people. If those mighty intellects
aro overborne oy this delusion, what
chance is there for you and for me?
no. In his last .hour he asks for Christian.
burial and asks that they give hint the
eacrament of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why
you cannot depend upon these first rate
Infidels; you cannot depend upon their
power to resist this great delusion of
Christianity. Thomas Paine, the god of
modern sceptios, his birthday celebrated
in New York and Boston with great en-
thusiasm—Thomas Paine, the paragon of
Bible haters; Thomas Paine, about whom
his brother infidel. William Carver,
wrote in a letter wbloh 1 have at my
home, saying that be drank a quart of
ruin a day and was too mean and too
dishonest to pay for it; Thomas Paine,
the adored of modern infidelity; Thomas
Paine, whostole another man's wife in
England and brougbt her to this country;
Thomas Paine, who was so squalid anti
SO loathsome and so drunken, and so
proilgate, and so beastly in his habits,
sometimes picked out of the ditch. some-
times too filthy to be picked out; 'Thomas
Paine, one would bave thought that he
could have been depended on for stead-
fastnessagainst this great delusion.
But no. In his dying hour he begs the
Lord Jesus Christ for mercy. Powerful
delusion, all conquering delusion, earth -
quaking delusion of the Christian reli-
gion, Yea, it goes on, It is so impertin-
elteand it is so overbear?ng. this chimera
of the gospel, then. having cenquered.
the great picture galleries of the 'world,
the old masters and the young masters.
it is net satisfied until it has conquered
the .music of the world. Look over the
program of any mnagnilieeat musical
festival and see what are the great per.
formancee and loam that the greatest ot
all the subjects are meligious subjects.
What was It when 3,000 voices were ao-
comupauied with a vast number of instru-
.mental "Isrea' in Egypt," Yes, Beeth-
oven deluded until be wrote the high
mase in A major. Idaydn deluded with
this religion until he wrote the "Cres-
tion,'• Bantle) deluded until he wrote the
oratories of "Ji'phthah ' and "Nether"
and 'c$inl" and "Israel in Egypt" and
the "Messiah." :Three thausand deluded
people elniing of a delusion to 4,000
deluded bearers,
The cannibals in Mouth Sea, the bush -
men of Tierra del Fuego, the wild men
of Australia, putting down the knives of
thew cruelty and clothing themselves in
decent apparel ---'all under the power of
Ode delusion, Juaeon and Doty and
Abeel and Campbell and Without* and
the 3.000 missionaries of the cross turn-
ing their backs on home and civilization
and comfort and plug out amid the
squalor ot beathcnisnt to relieve.it, to
save it, to help it, tolling until they
dropped into their graves, dying with
no earthly comfort about then* and going
into graves with no appropriate epitaph
when they might have liven in this coun-
try and lived for themselves and lived
luxuriously and been at last put into
sepulchers. What a delusion!
brilliant a ul t
Yea, this delusion of the Christian re-
ligion shows itself in the feat that it goes
to those who are in trouble, Now, it is
bad enough to cheat a man wbeu be is
well and when he is prosperous; but this
religion comes to a man when bo is sick
and says: "You win be well again after
While; you are going into a land where
there aro no coughs and no pleurisies
and no consumptions and no languish-
ing; take courage and bear up." Yea,
this awful chimera of the gospel COm05
to the poor, and 10 sags to them, "You
are on your way to vast estates and to
dividends always deolarablo."
Comfort to the Unmoved.
This delusion of Christianity comes to
the bereft, and it talks of reunion before
the throne and of the cessation of all
sorrow, and then, to show that this de-
lusion will stop at absolutely nothing, it
goes to the dying bed and fills the man
with anticipations. How much bettor it
would be to bave him die without any
more hope than swine and rats and
snakes! Shovel him under. That is all.
Nothing mora loft of him. He will never
know anything again. Shovel him under*
The soul is only a superior part of the
body, and when the body disintegrates
the soul disintegrates. Annihilation,
vacancy, everlasting blank, obliteration.
Why not present all that beautiful doc-
trine to the dying instead of coming
with this hoax, this swindle of the
Christian religion, and filling the dying
man with anticipations of another life
until some in the la at hour have clapped
thoir hands, and some bare shouted, and
some have sung. and some have been so
overwrought with joy that they could
only look ecstatic? Palace gates opening,
they thought—diamond corunots flash-
ing, hands beckoning, orchestras sound-
ing. Little children dying actually be-
lieving they saw their departed. parents,
so that, although the little children bad
been so weak and feeble and sick for
weeks they could not turn on their dying
pillow, at the last, in a paroxysm of
rapture uncontrollable, they sprang to
their feet and shouted; "'Mother, catch
me! I am coming!"
And to show the immensity of this
delusion, this awful swindle of the gospel
of Jesus Christ, I open a hospital and I
bring into that hospital the death beds
of a great many Christian people, and I
take you by the hand and I walk up and
down the wards of that hospital and I
ask a few questions. I ask, "Dying
Stephen, what have you t0 say?" "Lord,
Jesus, receive my spirit." "Dying John
Wesley,what have you to say l" "The best
of all is, God is with us." "Dying
Edward Payson, what have you to say?"
"I float in a sea of glory." "Dying John
Bradford, what have you to say?" "If
there be any way of going to heaven on
horsebaok or in a fiery chariot, it is
Clic" "Dying Dr. Thomas Scott, what
have you to say?" "This is heaven
begun." "Dying soldier in the last war,
what have you to says"' "Boys, I am
going to the front." "Dying Paul, what
have you to say?" "I am now ready to
be offered, and the time of my departure
is at hand; I have fought the good
fight, I bave finished my course, I have
kept the faith. 0 death, Where u thy
sting? 0 grave, where is thy victory?
Thanks be unto God who giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
A Glorious Delusion.
0 my Lord, my God, what a delusion,
what a glorious delusion! Submerge me
with it, fill my eyes and ears with it,
put it tender my head for a pillow, this
delusion; spread it over me fora canopy,
put it underneath me for ten outspread-
ing wing, roll it over me in ocean surges
10.000 fathoms deep. If infidelity and if
atheism and if annihilation are a reality
and the Christian religion is a delusion
give me the delusion.
Uoptability of Unbelievers.
Besides that, I have noticed that first
rate infidels cannot be depended on for
steadtastness in the proclamation of their
sentiments. Goethe, a leading sceptic,
was so wrought upon by this Christian-
ity that in is weak moment he cried out.
"My belief in the Bible has saved me in
my literary and moral lite." Rousseau,
one of the most eloquent champions ; of
infidelity, spending his whole life war-
ring against Christianity, cries out "The
majesty of the Scriptures amazes me."
Altemont, the notorious infldel,one would
think he would bate been safe against
this delusion of the Christian religion.
Oh, nol After talking against Christian-
ity all his days in his last hours he cried
out "Oh thou blasphemed but most in-
dulgent Lord God hell itself is a refuge
if it hide mnefrom thy frown." Voltaire,
the most talented .infidel the world ever
saw;, writing 250 publioations and the
most of them spiteful against Christian-
ity, himself the most notorious libertine
of the century, one would bave thought
he could have been depended upon for
steadfastness in the, advocacy of infidelity
and in the war against this terrible
chimera, this delusten of the Gospel. But
f,9
SOLDIER EDITORS.
Two Idaho Volunteers Who Pmnbire7a
a Paper en Manila.
One of the most successful American
publications in the Philippines is Free-
dom, a lively soldier's paper which is
published by two Idaho boys who went
out as volunteers. The editor is C. W.
Dlusser, better known to his friends as
"Don." His brother Barr is associated
with him, in the enterprise.
"Don" Musser is the son of Hon. A. l.i.
Messer of Salt Lake City and is 31
years old. Ile studied for Awhile in the
public schools, but for the most part he
is self educated, He has traveled
through Germany. Palestine and Turkey.
Sample of Spanish Progressiveness.
Itis noted that the Philippines were
discovered in 1526 and formally annexed
to Spain in 11160, nearly 830 years, ago.
In those 880 years of Spanish rule but
16 miles of, railway has been built in the
entire archipelago. That is characteristic
of Spain's way of ratting her provinces.
C. W.USSEff.
ge was just starting for the EloudIke
when he heard that iris younger bruther
.had enlisted in the valnstteer• army. net
"Don" went to San 1 raneiscc, juiced hie
brother's regimneut and stilled with hint
for Manila.
The two Musser boys served througl,
the Spaaisb-American war and when
peace was declared secured au honorable
discharge. Instead of returning home
they started their newspaper, which has
hen a great susses• it is published iu
the interest of the 9.nmerieen soldiers in
the I'h'ilippiues, end both volunteers and
regutar8 Seem t0 atipret•iate it.
A TEA SALOON.
',.....,.w,-r•,M,....p-«,«!.'j In the heart
i
1 1Qovel UlssIon
Established In
of the meet die
re putalile ties
i unix of Neu
'Curies !ewe
cart bide hta..
1 New York City. been esnabli,h
IFT,"-.-Me.•MM.-MFMew.-e•.M�
ed. b y t h l'
Church aanus- a
tea saloon. The place 's just what the
Hanle indicates. Insteat of the ordivars
intoxicating liquors whith are sold in sa-
loous this one offers to its customers
simply tea. But the tea is served hot or
cold, with milk or without. Russiantea,
made by the introduction of a slice of
lemon into the cup, is also sold, as are
pies and sandwiches, A. plain cup of tea.
costs only 1 cent.
In connection with the saloon is a
mission hall where services are held
every evening. Above are rooms to be
let to lodgers. The managers of the sa-
loon also endeavor to find work for
worthy men and attempt to reclaim dis-
solute women.
The' tea saloon occupies a building
which only a few mouths ago was the lo-
cation of one of the vilest resorts in the
"red light" district. 1t was known as
"The Open Door," and the name has been
retained. The Church Army leased out
the former occupants, tore down the par-
titions which once served to hide a gang
of gamblers from the police and made
the,place as attractive as possible.
The ,tan saloon bus two bars and a
number of tables and -chairs wbere cus-
6ERYOCS DYSPEPSIA.
AYoung Lady in Trenton Releas-
ed From Trouble.
he Suffered Untold Agony Front Stomach.
Troubles and Sick lleudachea—Dr. Wil-
liams. rink Pine, Cured Har..
From the Courier, Trenton, Ont.
Some years ago we reported the case of
Win. Pickering, Trenton. being cured of
locomotor ataxia. fie was not able to
move and was confined to bis bed for
weeks. Upon advice be tried Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills and immediately obtain-
ed relief. Be is still free from the terrible
exerueirzing ailsiienon, and eo eysaciire,
robust health. We have gust learned of
another positive cure through using Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills, It is the ease of
?alis Cassie Way, who has been an acute
eufferer from. that common foe of human-
ity and the foundation for many other
ills, dyspepsia. For nearly eight years
liilss Way suffered untold agonies with
siek headache and pain, in the stomavh.
:.he tried several doctors without auy ma-
teriel benefit. A year ago she carne to
live with a friend in 'Trenton, Mrs- W. L.
Derbyshire. and was so reduced that she
could nor sir up an hour. She feared her
trouble would drive her crazy. :she was
advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
She replied that she had used a box before
and they bad done her DA good, It was
urged ;bat the could not hope for relief
from one box, and she commenced them.
again. She continued using the Pills
throughout the year, with the result that
she completely recovered ber health. Iter
appetite is good, she has gained flesh
rapidly, and is able to attend to all her
household duties• She voluntarily offers
this testimony as a tribute of gratitude for
the benefit she bas derived, with the hope
that others suffering as she bas may be
induced to try this health restoring rem-
edy. Mrs. Derbyshire adds her testimony
to the correctness of the statements of
Miss Way.
Allow me to add that for four or five
years the editor of this paper has suffered
from an itching rash that attacked all bis
joints and all the ointments 'within reach
failed to banish -it. He took Dr. Wil-
limns' Pink Pills last year and is nearly
well,
Dyspepsia, rheumatism, selatica, neue
relgia, partial paralysis, locomotorataxia,
nervous headache, nervous prostration,
kidney trouble and diseases depending
upon humors in the blood, such, as soro-
iula, chronic erysipelas, etc,, all disappear
before a fair treatment with Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, They give a healthy glow to
pale and sallow complexions and build up
and renew the entire system. Sold by all
dealers or sent post paid at We a box or
six boxes $2.G0, by addressing the Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Do not be persuaded to take some substi.
tute.
BAR OF OHURCH ARMY'S TEA SALOON.
tomers are encouraged to sit and read
the papers provided for their amusement
or play the innocent games which are
furnished.
Another feature of the work done by
the managers of the tea saloon is the en-
deavor to fill the "growlers" of the
neighborhood, in which the tenement
dwellers purchase beer, with tea. The
tea is sold much cheaper than the injuri-
ous malt liquid, and the inhabitants of the
neighborhood are beginning to find out
that it is a better "thirst quencher." The
tea saloon has been open but a short
time, yet the managers are greatly en-
couraged and expect to establish several
more places in other quarters of the city.
Lamb and the Quakers.
I have been trying all my life to like
Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from
the experiment in depair. They cannot
like me—and, in truth, I never knew one
of that nation who attempted to do it.
There is something more plain and in-
genious in their mode of proceeding. We
know ane another at first sight.
I love Quaker ways and Quaker wor-
ship. I venerate the Quaker principles.
It does me good for the rest of the day
when I meet any of their people in my
path. When I am ruffed or disturbed by
any occurrence, the sight or quiet voice
of a Quaker acts upon me as a ventila-
tor, lightening: the air and taking off a
load from the bosom. But I cannot like the
Quakers (as Desdemona would say) "to
live with them." -Charles Lamb in "Inv
psrfsot Sympathies."
d`
To Sterilize Jars and Tops.
WAsh jars thoroughly and till with cold
water. Place in a large vessel with straw
to keep them from touching the bottom of
the kettle; surround with cold water.
Heat gradually to boiling point; remove
from water; empty and fill with fruit
while hot. Place the covers in boiling
water live minutes. Dip rubber bands in
but do not allow them to stand. New
rubbers should be used every year and
care must be taken that rims of covers are
not hurt, as that prevents sealing her-
metically.
Canada's Greatest Fair.
This year will mark the coming of age
of Canada's Great Fair and Industrial
Exposition, which will be held in Toronto
front August 28th to September 9th. It is
just twenty-one years • since Toronto Ex-
hibition
shibition was established as an anneal in-
stitution under the present management.
During that time it has increased five-
fold in every direction, and to -day can
fairly lay claim to have assumed a na-
tional character. Last year upwards of
300,000 people attended, and this year
such arrangements are being- mode as
will warrant the expectation of u still
larger attendan e. Many entirely stew
features will be presented, while the ex-
hibits, with an increased amne,uiut riven in
prizes (totalling. e:1eent a, will undoubtt
crowd the six hundred thousand dollar,'
worth ot buildings to their utmost. The
usual brilliant military spccttaeles will 1 t'
given, illustrating recent fansous feats of
arms on land and sea by both England
and America, and arrangements have
been made for an illustration of wireless
telegraphy, wireless telephoning and the
improved X rays. In short, the Exhibi-
tion will be more than ever up to date.
UN Preparations.
"Since my husband concluded to go into
politics," said Mrs. Gofrequently, "I can-
not understand him."
"What has he been doing now?" asked
Mrs. Seldom -Home.
"He told me this morning he was a can-
didate for some office or other—I forget
now what it was—and that he was going
into active training for the campaign at
once. And he hasn't done a thing all
day except clean out the stovepipes and
cover himself with soot and dirt."
Sickle's An ti-Cousu mptive Syrup stands
at the head of the'list for all diseases of
the throat and lungs. It acts like magic
in breaking up a cold. A cough is soon
subdued, tightness of the chest is relieved,
even the worst case of consnmptiee is re-
lieved. while in recent cases it may be
said never to fail. It is a medicine pre-
pared from the active principles or virtues
of several medicinal herbs, and can be de-
pended upon for all pulmonary com-
plaints.
LITTLE WILLiE'S DOWNFALL
1Ptng an exposition el the fact that eeieaee,
rh,u h exc,llen, in its way and perhaps hulls.
,, n,.tble, may not be a good thing all around
*iter all,]
Little Wallle's daye are dreary.
Ile is sick at heart and sore;
Once he cheered os with tris laughter!
lie is doing Cr no more.
Little Wilile has a sister
no isfair and twenty-three; 1►
Never was a geutie maiden
Sweeter, daintier tion she.
Willie's sister has a fellow
Whom she loves with all her might,
And he (ewes to see ber with the,
Regularity cf nigtat.
Willie's sister's fellow's lather
is a nii:lienaire whose one
Wish arrears to be to pamper
The desires of his son.
Wil" e s sister's fellow used to
Ride tebind a blooded pair
That could -"do a mite in .20"
Witkeut aaeisteaiug a hair.
Willie used to hold those charges
While their oni:er was inside
Asking tin ime's happy sister
To get ready for a ride.
And it used to seem to take het
long to ,;rake ber toilet, too.
Or retains 'teas rat her toilet
didn't cue a girt..
Oft be eat there in the carriage .
white the hcars dragged atom.
Hcddrg firmly to the ribbons,
l'ear a.; crit tis soya 11; saw,
AAd his pretty sister's fellow
Gladdened him with many a fee.
Ali, the way that child spent *honey
Was astooisl.ing to sett
-..
1
Nearly all Le ate was candy,
He bad friends to turn away;
r All the tofu were out for Willio
Estrywhtre and every day.
1,.
His cpialon was their gospel,
They were all on Willie's side;;
Willie was their saint anti leader,
11.111E's titan was fa» of pride
Gime, alas, is Willie's prestige,
Aud hie bleeds: oh, where are thgl -
One of them save little Willie
A load beating yesterday:
tittle girls make faces at hiiq
Who had eoly smiles before.
Willie doesn't carry candy
1A his ttsketa soy more.
Little Willie's heart is heavy.
There's a shadcw on hie brow-.
Ll:tle a"71a's eibteee fellow
late a hcrseitss carriage now:
F. E. Riser in Chicago Times—Rasta
Wonder« of iaturs.
If two pietas of looking -glass are held
on the opposite sides of a lighted lamp
or candle, an endless series ot bright
flames may be seen at one time. So, in
the cold north, when the air is full of
minute 'floating ice -flakes, the sun with.
its halo is reflected many times. and the
traveller sees two, four, or more mock
sone with crossing halo -rings of startling
patterns. In hilly countries, where the
sun rises in a serene atmosphere, but
opposite to a thin, vaporous cloud, if a
human being stand on a high hill be-
tween them, a wonderful image is seen
on the cloud -curtain, moving as the man
moves, at one moment clear and the next
fading away. This is a kind of natural
magic lantern, wbero the cloud takes the
place of the white screen, and a man, or
men. of the slides. The highest peak at
the Hartz diountaains, called the Brocken,
is the place where this is oftenest seen,
so the image is called the spectre of
Brocken. But mountaineers see it often
on the high Alps. The changing rays of
the morning sun inake the giant shadows
vanish and re -appear and the moving
cloud -screen gives them motion.
Sweet trilling.
Tommy—I'se got de toofache awfully.
Visitor—You should hare the tooth fills
ed, Tommy.
Tonmumy—I have it filled. That's what
makes it ache so.
Visitor -1 never heard of such a thing.
Did you have it filled with gold?
Tummy—Ne'nm. Had it filled with gum
drops.—Chien:" News.
Completely Upset.
Cnmso—The theory that diet molds the
character is compltnely upset by statistics
from Paris.
Cawker—What statistics are you think-
ing about?
Cum o—Parisians eat ltA000 pounds of
snails daily, and yet the people of Paris
are considered fast.
STATE OF OIiI4, CI'T'Y t.r Ttuai mo,'t ss
Lrcas Cre•NiY.
FRANK J. CIIF\EY makes Mill that he is the
Senior 'partner of the lirm of F. J. CHENEY & CO-,
doing bu-iness in the eitv of To edo, County
and State afori's id. and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case • f CATARag that cannot
be clued by the use of Fi ti.L's CATARRH Cone.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A.D. i.886.
{SEAL.), A. W. GLEASON
Notary Public.
Rides Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
t2rSold by Druggists, tee.
...All Over" With aim.
"The patience of Job" was so great in its
way
That our stock of forbearance seems
small,
For although he was all over boils, so they
- say,
Yet he never boiled over at all.
Iill 'madamee-
"Some day," he said, "I shall leap to
fame."
"Well," she replied, "if the course yon
have pursued thus f ar 5s anything to judge
by, fame will have to be below you when
you lean to it."
.t ,�f1.zL s "' 7e7,6,4 e
4 . Ae, -