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EASTER REJOICIGS.
Rev. Dr, Talmage Speaks on the
Glorious Fiesurrectiore
BELLS OF GLADNESS RING OUT
, Bloombeg Flowers, Emblematic ,of
Paradise, Fitly Celebrate the Buest-
ing or Christ's Tomb–Flowers ,lifecue
Resurrection.
Washington, April 15 _.Th sermon
, of Dr. Talmage rings all the bells of
gladness, especially appeopriaae, at
this season, weal all Christendom is
celebrating cheisgs result ectioto text
John xix, 41, gin the garden a new
' sepu1chr."
Looking around the churches this
morning, seeing flowers in wreaths
and floNvers in stars and flowers in
crosses and flowers in •crowns,lows
„ . beauty, conflagration of
beauty, you feel as if you stoo'cl in a
small heaven. '
You say these flowers will fade.
Yes, but perhaps you may see them
again. They may be immortal. The
fragrance of the flower may be the
spirit of the flower; the body of the
, flower dying •on earth,its spirit' may
appear in better worlds. I do not
say it will be so. I say it may be
so. The, ancestors of those tuberoses
and camellias and japonicas and jas-
mines and heliotropes were born in
paradise . These apostles of beauty
camedown in the regular ,line of
'apostolic succession. Theirancestors
during the flood, underground, after-
ward' appeared. • ,
The world started with Eden; it
will end with Eden. Heaven is call-
ed a paradise of God. Paradise
'faieans flowers. While theological
geniuses in this day are trying to
blot out everything ,material from
their idea of heaven, and, so 'far as
can tell, their future state is to be
a -floating around somewhere between
the Great Bear and Cassiopeia, ,I
,should not be surprised if at last 'I
can pick up a daisy on the everlast-
ing hills and hear it say: "I am one
of the glorified flowers of earth'.
tDon't yOu, remember me?, 1 worship-
ped with ,you on Easter morning in
1900."
'14fy text introduces us into a gar-
den. It. is a manor in the suburbs of.
Jerusalem owned by a wealthy gen-
tleman by the name of Joseph. He
belonged to the court of seventy who
had condemned Christ, but who, had
voted in the negative, or, being a
timid man,' had absealted himseif
when the vote was taken. At ,great
.expense he laid out the garden. It
being a hot climate, I suppose there
were trees broad branched, and their
t were paths winding under these trees,
; and, here and there waters dripping
;
down over the rocks into fish ponds,
and there were vines and llowers
blooming from, the wall, and all
around the beauties of kiosk and
'aboriculture. After the fatigues of
the Jerusalem courtroom, how re-
freshing to come into this suburban
'retreat, botanical and pemological.
Wandering in the garden, I behold
some rocks which have on them the
marks of the sculptor's ,chisel. I
.come nearer, and I find there is a
,subterranean recess. I come down
the marble steps, cencl I come to -a
portico, over 'which there is an arch-
itrave, by the chisel cut into ,repre-
sentations of fruits and fioevers. I
enter the portico. On either side
'there are rooms–two or four or six
rooms of rock, the walls of 'these
rooms having niches, each niche large
.enough to hold a dead body. Here
is one room that is especially weal-
thy of sculptnee,
The fact is that Joseph realizes
'he•cannot always walk this ,garden,
and, he has provided this place for
his last slumber. Oh, what a beau-
tiful spot in which to wait for. the
resurrection! Mark well this tomb,
for it ,is to be the most celebrated
tomb in all the ages. .Catacombs of
Egypt, tomb of ' Napoleon, Mahal
, Taj of India,nothing compared with
it.,Christ has just been murdered,
7 and his body will be thrown to the
dogs and the ravens, like other cru-
cified bodies, unless there be prompt
and ,efficient hindrance. , Joseph; the
owner of this mausoleum in the
rocks, begs for the body of Christ.
He 'washes ,the poor, mutilated frame
from the dust and blood, shrouds it
and perfumes it.
I think that regular embalmment was
omitted. 'When in olden time a body
was to'he• embalmed,' the priest, with
some pretension of medical skill,
would point out. the place hetween
the ribs where the incision must be
made, and then the operator, having
made the incision', ran lest he be
slain for a, violation of the dead.
Then the other priests would 'come
with salt , of niter and cassia and
wine, of , palm., tree and complete the
embalmment.' .1,3u6 I think this em-
balmment of the body of 'Christ was
omitted. It would have raised an-
other contention and another. riot.
The funeral hastens on. Present, I
think, Joseph, the, owner of- th.e
, niau-
solebm; Nicodemus, the wealthy man
, who had brought' the spicee, and the
two Marys. No organ dirge, no
plumes, no ' catafalque. Heavy bur -
'den for two men as they carry
Christ's body 'down the marble stairs
and 'into the Portico and lift the
dead weight. to the level 'of the niche
In the rock and push the 'body of
Christ into. the only pleesant resting
place it ever , had, Coming forth
from tbe portico, they close the door
of rock against the recess.
The government, afraid that the
'disciples May steal the body of Christ
and play resurrection, order the seal
e of the sanhedrin th be put Upon the
doer Of the tomb, the violation Of
that eeali like -the violation of . the
seal cif the governinent of the United
States or ' Great Britain, to be fol-
lowed with great; pee ialiment. A
co in a ti y of soli d er s from inc towel.
of Antonin- is detailed to stand guard.
At the door of tlac ineeteoleum
ilgl)t takes place Which deeides tile
tltrestio11 foe all graveyards ' and cent-
eci es . Sae-biel of 1 igh in ing against
see Pe of Steel., •Angel atealliSt
No seal of letter was ever
mere easily broken than Oat nT of
the sanhedrie cm the door of the
tenth. 'rho dead body hi the niche
in the reek begine to move in its
ehroild of flee linen, slides down upon
the pavement, moves out of the por-
tico, appectee in the doorway, ad-
vances into the open air, comes up
the marble steps. Having left his
morteary attiee behind him, he comes
forth in workmen's garb, as I take it
from the fact that the women mis-
took him for the gardener.
That day the grave received such
shattering it can never be -rebuilt.
All the trowels of earthly masonry
can .never meed it. Forever and for,
ever it is a broken. tomb. Death,
taking side with the military in that
fight, received a terrible cut from
the angel's spear of flame, so that he
himself shall go down after awhile
under it. The king of thermos retir-
ing before the kine of grace! ' The
Lord is risen! Let earth and heaven
keep Easter to -day! Hosanna!
Some things strike my observation
while standing in this garden with a
new sepulcher. And, first,, post mor-
tem honors in contrast' with ante,
mortem ignominies. If they could
have afforded Christ such a costly se-
pulcher, why could not they have giv-
en him an earthly residence? Will
they give this piece of marble to a
dead Christ instead of a soft pillar
for the living Jesus? .If they had ex-
pended half the value of that tomb to
make Christ comfortable, it would not
have been so sad a story. He ,a;.41cecl
'bread; they gave him a stone.
Christ, like most of the world's
benefactors, was appreciated better
after he was dead. Westminster Ab-
bey and monumental Greenwood •are
the world's attempt to atone bylhon-
ors to the dead for wrongs to the
living. Poet's corner in Westminster
Abbey attempts to pay for the •eutIer-
ings of Grub street.
Go through that Poet's corner in
Westminster Abbey. There ,is Han-
del, the great musician, from whose
music you hear to -day; but While I
look at his statue I cannot lhelp but
think of the discords with which his
fellow musicians tried to destroy
him. There is the tomb of John Dry-
den, a beautiful monument; but I
cannot help but think 'at 70 years of
age he wrote of his being oppressed
in fortune and of the contract that
he had just made for a thousand ver-
ses at sixpence a line. And there,
too, you find the monument of Sam-
uel Butler, the author .of "Hudi-
bras;" but while I look at this monu-
ment in Poet's corner I cannot but
ask myself where he died. In a gar-
ret. There I see the costly tablet M
the Poet's corner—the costly' tablet
to one of whom the celebrated Waller
once wrote: "The old blind school-
master, John Milton, has -just issued
a tedious poem on the fall of man.
11 the length of it be no virtue, it has
none." There is beautiful monument
to Sheridap. Poor Sheridan! If he
could have only discounted. that mon-
ument for a mutton chop!
Oh, you tuitilial children, do not
give your parents so much tomb-
stone, but a few more blankets --less
funeral and more bedroom! Ii.,5 per
cent. of the money we now spend on
l3urns' banquets could have been ex-
pended in malking the living Scotch
poet comfortable, he would not have
been harried with the drudgery of
an exciseman. Pforace Greeley, out-
rageously abused while living, when
dead is followed toward Greenwood
by the President of the United States
and the leading men of the army and
navy. Massachusetts tries to atone
at the grave of Charles Sumner for
the dgnominious resolutions with
which her legislature denounced the
living Senator. Do you .think that
the tomb at Springfield can pay for
Booth's bullet?
Oh, do justice to the living! All
the justice you can do them you
must do this side of the dates of the
Necropolis. They cannot wake up to
count the number of carriages at the
obsequies or to notice the polish of
the Aberdeen granite or to read epi-
taphan commemoration. Gentleman's
mausoleum in the suburbs of Jerusa-
lem cannot pay for Bethlehem man-
ger and Calvarean cross and Pilate's
ruffian judictary. Post mortem hon-
ors cannot atone for ante mortem
Again, standing in this garden of
the sepulcher, I ain impressed with
the fact that floral and arborescent
.decorations are appropriate for the
place of the dead. We are glad that
among flowers and sepulchral adorn-
ments Christ spent the short time of
his inhumation.
I cannot understand what I some-
times see in the newspapers where
the obsequies are announced and the
friends say in connection with it,
Sencl no flowers." Rather, 11 the
means allow—I say if 'the means al-
low—strew the, casket ,with flowers,
the hearse with flowers, the 'grave
with flowers. Put theni on the brow
—it will suggest coronation; in their
hand—it will mean victory.
Christ was buried in a garden.
Flowers mean resurrection. Death
is sad eneeigh anyhow. Let con-
servatory and arboretum contribute
to its alleviation. The harebell will
ring the victory; the passion flow-
er will express sympathy; the dello-
dil will lcinelle its lamp and illumine
the darkness. The cluster of asters
will be the constellation. Your little
Child loved flowers when she was liv-
ing. Put them he her hand now that
she can .go forth no move and pluck,
them for herself. On sunshiny days
take a fresh garland and put it over
the still heart. ,
Brooklyn has no grander glory than
Its Greenwodd, nor Boston than its
Mount Auburn, nor Philadelphia than
its Laurel Hill, nor Cincinnati than
les Spring Grove,' nor San Francisco
than its Lone Mountain,. But what
shall we say to those country grave-
yards, with the Vines broken down
,and the slab aslant and the mound
ca,ved in and tha grass a paeture
ground for the sexton's cattle? In-
deed, were your father and Mother of
so little worth that you cannot af-
ford to take care of their ashes?
Some day turn 051 all hands and
straighten the slab and bank up the
mouncl ancl Mt away the Weeds and
pla,nt the shrubs lend flowers. Solna
clay. you Will ,want to lie, down to
your last sluinber. You carniott ex -
peat any Pespect for yew bones 11
you hate no deference For your an-
cestry. ,Do yon think these relice are
of, no thiportatiee? Yee./ wIll eue of
how much Importance they are in1 A.STFFGG CUSTOMS
the day wbenthe archangel ealces Out "it .1 4P '
his trumpet. Turn all your cemetar-
ies into garde/as.
Again, standing in this garden of SOME QUAINT OLD WORLD OBSER-
the now sepulcher i ELM impressed VANCES IN THIS'OONNEOTION,
with the dignity of private and un-
pretending obsequies.
Joseph was mourner, sexton, livery-
man—had entire charge of every-
thing. Only four people at the bur-
ial of the :King of the Universe! 00,
let this he consolatory to those who
through large acquaintance have but
little clemotietration of grief at the
graves of 'their 19yed ones. Long
line of glittering eqUipage, two rows
of silver handles, 'casket of richest
wood, pallbearers gloved and scarfed,
are not' necessary. If there be six
at the grave, Cioeist looks down from
heaven and re/numbers that is two
more than were at his obsequies,
Not recognizing this idea, how
many small properties are scattered
and wicloevho od and o rp ha nag e go
forth into cold charity! The depart-
ed left a small property, which would
have been emeugh to keep the family
together until they could take care
of themselves, but the funeral .expen-
ses absorbed everything. That Weat
for craee which ought to have goue
for bread. A man of moderate
means 'Can hardly afford to die en any
of our great cities. By all means, d�
honor to the. departed, but do not
consider funeral pageant ap tnecessary.
No one was ever more lovingly and
tenderly put away to sepulcher than
Christ our Lord, but there were only
four people in the procession.
' Again, standing In this garden with
a new sepulcher, I am timeresssed
with the fact that you ',cannot keee
the dead 'down,
Seal of sanaectrin, company of sol-
diers from the tower of Anton:ie.,
floor of rock, roof of 'rock, walls of
rock, door of rock, cannot keep
Christ in the crypts. iConie out and
come up he must. 'Come out and
come up he did. Prefiguration. First
fruits of them that slept. Just as
certainly as we come down into the
dust, just so certainly we will come
up again. Though all the granite of
the mountains were piled on us we
will rise. Though buried amid the
corals of the deepest cavern of the
Atlantic ocean, we will come to the
surface.
With these eyes we may not look
int'o the face of the noonday sun,
but we shall have stronger vision,
because the tamest thing in the land
to which we go will be brighter
than the sun. We'shall have bodies
with the speed of the lightning. Our
bodies improved, energized, swiften
ed, clarified—mortality, iramortalie
The door of the grave 'taken MI its,
hinges and flung flat into the dust.
Oh, my brethren, death and .the
grave are not so much as they used
to be; for while wandering in thie
garden weth the new sepulcher. I find
that the vines and flowers of the gar-
den have completely covered up the
tomb. Instead ,of one garden there
are four gardens, opening into each
other --garden of Eden, garden of the
world's 'sepulcher, garden of the
earth's regeneration, garden of heav-
en. Four. gardens. Bloom., 0 earth!
Bloom, 0 heaven! Oh, my friends,
wake up to gladness on this Easter
morning! .Thiseclay, if I interpret it
right, means joy --it means peace
with heaven, and it means peace with
all the world.
Oh, bring mare flowers! Wreathe
them around the brazen throat of the
cannon; - plant them in the desert,
that it. may blossom like the rose;
braid thein into the mane of the re-
turned war charger. No, more red
dahlias of human blood. Give us
white lilies of peace. All round the
earth strew Easter flowers. And
soon the rough voyage of the church
militant will be ended, and she will
mail up the heavenly harbor, scarred
with many a conflict, but the flag of
'triumph floating from her topgallaats
All heaven will come out to greet her
into port; and with a long reverber-
ating shout of welcome will say :
"There she comes up the bay, the
glorious old ship Zion! After tem-
pestuous voyage she 'drops anchor
within the veil."
Bow Coal as 111(4de.
Did you know that coal Is made
from plants? Not one child in a
hundred knows that! The very heat
it gives out is what the plant first
took in.
What is -there more valuable than
coal, that warms our houses so nice-
ly and gives us such beautiful gas-
light to sit by on cold winter nights?
All kinds of machinery are worked by
It, from the factory to the engine.
Even the oil that we use in our
lamps comes frorn coal and the re-
mains of plants. If you were to take
a piece in your hands, you could see
the impression of leaves like those
you gather in the country lanes.
Many have stems, too. They are
very, very hard, and even have the
marks where the roots grewl
Many kinds of ferns and huge trees
of the forest often make coal, for
every coal mine has more or less of
these; even the cones of the pine have
been found in the coal.
Peat is the beginning of a bed of
coal before it grows hard. You know
what a nice fire it makes. Coke,
which you often see burning so
brightly in the grate, is made by
delving out all the oil and gases
from the coal—the very gas that we
burn..
Tar often oozes out of the lumps of
coal on a fire, making little black
bubbles, which burst and burn. Par-
alba- oil is made from this very tar,
benzoline, too. Aniline comes from
benzoline, which makes some of our
most beautiful d,yes. Essences that
are piat in candies you buy, and taste
so good, comes from tar. So you
see that from coal we get nearly alt.
our heat and light, colors and pleas-
ant flavor. isn't it useful, though?
e to e; Fa 1,0 eel by Heat,
A sensative plate exposed to dark
heat waves will ultimaeely become
affected. With the plate etill cover-
ed the sante resort: would occur from
I 1 gh t waves , etch ns proceed f fa the
sunlight. A fait' test is to expose an
aluminium disk to their action. X
raye pentlette this metal, and it is
probable that, heat wavee and others
cart a f!eol 0 photographic plate,
Er.2 the Symbol, of Creation or '.S.trrw
•
15irth-11..Throwle.,.1 Oid Emil and
Ci,5t,,ijj, 5i53 or
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60111— E6StOP nuisie.
From time immemorial the egg
has been regarded as the symbol of
creation, or new birth. Th Per-
sians believed, that the. World. was
hatched. from ,an egg about the OM°
of year of the spring eciuhaox. The
ParseeS celebrate their New Year at
this time, exchanging gifts of .color -
e4 eggs. In' the myeterious ancient
jewi eh apocalyptic ceremonies, and
in their household during' their pas-
chal season, the egg held a consPida.-
ous Position. With the rise of ,Chris-
tianity, however, the paschal egg
took on an 'entirely new aspect, typi-
fying the risen, Saviour, awl 'the red
tint given it was in commemoratioa
of Ills blood 'shed, for sinnees on' the
cross. It as interestiog„ therefore,
to know thatour brilliant crimson
Easter' egg is not popular merely be-
cause it is a pleasing :bright color",
but is, also, a survival o1. this an-
cient , and 'significant practice.
Pasch, Pate. and, Pasts, were old
names for what is I1OW
called the Easter egg iu all English
speaking court to hes. , At Eastertide,
in medieval times, priests and, ehoris.
ters had an odd game 01 ball with
the Pastel egg, throwing it from one
to the other in, the name of the
church, an anthem being sang mean-
time.. As necessarily the, egg came
to green if it WaS' 1101 caught every
time, eventually the more substantial
hand -ball was usecl ,instead. lis
France, in olden times, all the 'hen-
rooste were ransacked for the largest
eggs which were then presented to
the king. '
Easter morning, immediately after
the high mass 11 the Chapel of the
Louvre, pyramids of gilded eggs, in
verdure trimmed b'askets, were
brought into the royal cabinet by
men servants and by them given out
to all those about the court in the
presence of the king.
There is a survival of an old, cus-
tom still extant in a few of the
more remote parts of Prance,where
thepriest goes around at the Easter
season and blesses the hoines of t his
parishioners, who recompense him
seianhiegi.lts of. 'eggs both, plain, and
w....id
An old practice formerly prevalent
all over Wales, and in 'inlets of Eng-
land, and Scotland, still obtains in
Anglesey, North .Wales. There, from
Monday,until Saturday the week ine-
xnediately preceding Easter, the chil-
dren go' from house to 'house solicit-
ing eggs; if no eggs are. forthcoming,
they will take their equivalent in
coppers. They annoimee their com-
ing by means of a large clapper, so
that the door may be open for them.
An old Northumberland custom
seems as curious as any. There,when
a Man asks a woman for an, egg and
she refuses it, he takcs oft her boots
holding them until she pays the pen-
alty, and when he refuses her the
Pasch egg requested, she snatches off
Ole cap .and will not return it until
he pays- the forfeit. Her deed is
much easier of accomplishment than
his, and one wonders just how he
manages it if she objects.
Perhaps, ofall countries, Russia ex-
ceeds , all others inthe attention , it
pays to the Easter egg. Almost uni-
versally the people illay be seen car-
rying a number of eggs with them
wherever they go on Easter Day for
presentation to their ,friends. In giv-
ing them, they say, "Christ is
Ris-
anth the answer. ''He' is
risen, indeed." After services in the
churches, priests and laymen , click eggs
together, just as we do glasses when'
giving a toast, as an evidence of
kindly feeling.
Our practice of' "pick you upper,"
Is practiced in many partsqf rural
England and continental Europe, the
same rule controlling; the weaker egg
becoming the spoil, of the stronger.
Another popular European Pasch
egg contest , is to trundle the eggs
down a hill or slope, the ones .vea,ch-
ing the bottom uncracked winning,
the weaker ones. An American prac-
tice of this custom is 'the famous
White House eteig trundling on, Easter
Monday. Here, since the beginning
of the 'century children gather on the
White House lawn on that day and
trundle Easter eggs clown the 'slope.
Of late yearsthe original Easter
eggs have had a ,foreteidable rival in
the artificial eggs made of _confection-
ery, or qf sugar an.d filigree, hollow
containing bon bons or any other
dainty offering. Many of these con-
fectioner's eggs are very dainty and
attractive, while ,others of mammoth
size and cost are very elaborate, and
are just for show.
Old. Friends the Best.
"Every year I am more convinced of
the value of the good old stand-
bys," says an amateur flower -grow-
er. "It sometimes happens that the
most disappointing thing in one's
window garden is a novelty of some
kind with a high-sounding name. This
novelty may have cost ten times the
price of some really beautiful plant
which has been rejected because it
is so 'common,' Some of the flowers
as old as the hills' are far more
beautiful than many of the loudly-
advertiSecl novelties. It is a good
thing' to hold fest to that which is
known to be good, In the floral
world, as well as in other things.
it is Wise to retain a few 'old
friends' while experimenting with
novelties.
Well -Fed leath.r,
The father of ct family becoming an-
noyed at the fault-finding of his chil-
dren ever their food, exclaimed in
rage one dey 01 diener:
"You children are intolerable; you
turn up your noses at everytaiee.
When I was a boy, I eves often glad
enough to get dry bread to eat,"
"Poor papa!" said neee, the pc:
of the family. "I am so glad you
are heathy; such nice times now, liv-
ing with mamma ,1,1111 uee,
A SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER
Soine Stories of the Queen's Early
'Days Among Her Troops,
It may be interesting to recall some
of Her Majestyna early relations to her
soldiers of whom she once said:
"Nobie fellows, I feel as11 they were
my own children; my heart beats for
them as for my nearest and deareet."
The Queen has never forgotten that
she is a soldier's allied; and when.
presenting, colors ou one occasion to
the Scots Fusilier Guards she said:
"1 have been associated with your
regiment from my earliest infancy, as
my dear father was your colonel. He
was proud of his profession, and I was
always taught to consider myself a
soldier's child." When an infant iti
arms Her Majesty was present at a
review at Hounslow Heath, to the no
little annoyance of the, Prince Regent,
who said, "That infant is too young
to be brought into public." The
faithful attendant of her early child-
hood was an old soldier, who had been
her father's bodyguard. In her youth
the Queen heard the Duke of Welling-
ton spoken of with bated breath, and
on his death she spoke of him u "our*
imraurtal hero.''
In the earliest years of her reign the
Queen was accustomed to review her
troops mounted on a charger dressed
in military costume Two months after
her accession, mounted on a grey
charger, she wore a trim blue cloth
coat and skirt with a star on the
breast and a round cap with a peak
ornamented with a deep gold band,
in reviewing for the first tine the
Household troops at Windsor. Later
on the Queen was dressed in a long
habit with a cutaway jacket and a
large hat ornamented with Military
plumes. At some reviews in Hyde
Park the Queen was in a tight -fitting
bodice and her form encircled with a
bandolier; while M reviewing the
tloops on their return from the
Crimea, Her Majesty wore a habit of
fine scarlet cloth, the collar of which
was embroidered in gold and silver
with the devices of a Field Marshal;
across the lef t shoulder was the blue
ribbon of the Garter, while a brilliant
star gleamed on her breast, and fast-
ened round her waist was a crimson
and gold net sash fringed with gold
tassels.. Her hat was of black felt, •
with a round crowu ornamented with
an officer's plume of red and white
feathers. The Queen rode on that
memorable occasion a splendid ches-
nut horse.
In old times, too, the Queen de-
lighted to stay at the Pavilion at
Aldershot, where she often received
crowned heads and distinguished
soldiers. From her sitting room win-
dow she commanded a view of the
Long Valley stretching from Caesar's
Camp, and could witness the evolu-
tions of the troops with ease. Her
Majesty subscribed liberally towards
the three churches, numerous schools,
reading rooms, hospital, and theater
at Aldershot, and in every effort to
improve the condition of the private
soldier she has taken the keenest per-
sonal interest. The first death war-
rant she was called on to sign was
that of a criminal who had formerly
bees in the army. "Are there no ex-
tenuating oirournstances?" asked the
Queen to the Minister, and the reply
was that he was once reported for
gallant action in the field. "Ah, theu
he has fought for this country in the
field," said the Queen, ana at once
joyfully wrote the word "Pardoned"
across the warrant.
It will thus be seen that the Queen's
intense personal sympathy with her
soldiers in the field now, and with
their wives and children, i only the
continuation of a nettled policy
which has characterized her whole
life. While in the iping times of
peace the common soldier has, save
by nursemaids. been held in little es7
teem by his fellows, the estimation
in which he has been held by his
'Sovereign has always been a high
one. For his interests and comforts
she has been at all times concerned;
and the devoted loyalty which in-
spires all ranks, from the field mar-
shal to the drummer boy, is caused
by a thorough appreciation and recog-
nition of a long continued and never
wavering devotion on the part of
their beloved Sovereign to soldiers
considered by her as specially her
own children.
Kitchener and the Sub.
Here is an -extract From a letter from
Cape Town which reveals Lord Kitch-
ener in a very characteristic light:
"The difference since Roberts and
Kitchener arrived here is something
stupendous. Kitchener toddles about
walks into hotels, sniffs after young
subalterns strutting about in staff
uniform, and makes himself generally
'unpleasant.' The other day he pres-
ented himself before one of these pea -
cocky gentlemen, who was lolling
about in the gromids of the chief
hotel here, surrounded by a crowd of
female admirers, and abruptly asked
the young gentlemen what his name
was. The young gentleman swank!
up, stood to attention, and informed
`And what axe you doing hero?'
said Kitchener. 'Haw!' replied the
beauteous youth, 'I have just Um*
down . from Moddab. Rivals!' Oh!'
said Ititchener, "Well, perhaps you
had better go back to Moddah Alvah.
The train stelae et nine o'clock to-
night!' and then he went in search of
the next staff officer. He is a holy
terror to the gilded youth who have
come out here to pley at picnics."
AAIAZING DISCOVERY.
Startling Decrease in the Nurnbet
of Deaths From Kidney
Diseases.
Interesting investigation at Perth -
Miracle of Modern Selence-Dis-
ease is Being Wiped Out by
Dodd's Kidney PHIN-The
Case of Owen Byrne.
Perth, April 9.—There has been II
remarkable falling, off in the number
Of deaths in this distinct of late. So
noticeable has this decrease become •
that it had the result of causing sev-
eral interested persons to investigate
as to the cause. The inveetigation
has revealed the fact that the falling
eoairhsas been entirely in Kidney Dis-
seThis disclosure led to further inves-
tigation, to discover why the number ef
deaths from Kidney Diseases should
decrease, while those from other
causes remain at . about the same
figure, especially as it was known
that nine out of every teu deaths are
caused by Kidney Disease in some
form. •
This discovery startled the investi-
gators somewhat. For the decrease
was traced, in every case, to Dodd's
Kidney Pills. It was found that a few
years ago. before this medicine was
introduced, the recoveries from
Briehre Disease Diabetes Lumbago
Rheumatism, Sciatica. Neuralgia,
Paralysis, Gravel, Stone in the Blad-
der, Urinary and Bladder Diseases,
Blood Impurities, Diseases of Women.
and Heart Disease, were very rare.
But since Dodd's Kidney Pills have
come into general use these diseases
never prove fatal, when the pills are
used.
In proof of this claim. Owen Byrne,
of Perth, states that he was complete-
ly cured of Kidney Disease by Dodd's
Kidney Pills. 1 -ie ooffered for a long,
period, and no other remedy did him
any good. His sufferings were very
distressing, and he was in a totally
hopeless state, when he began to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They cured
him in a few weeks. This is only one
of hundreds of cures in this county.
Fruit For Brain Power.
According to a recent health report,
blaucbed almonds give nhe braiia the
muscle food, ancl the man who wishes
t� keep his meatal power ap would.
do well to include theni. in his daily
bill of fare. Juicy fruits develop
more or less the higher nerve or brain,
and are eaten by all men whose liv-
ing depends on their clearbeadedness.
Apples supply the brain with. rest.
Prunes afford proof against nervous-
ness, but are not mnscle feeding. At
the same time it has been proved that
fruits do not have the same effect on
everybody. Some people have never
been able to eat apples without suffer-
ing the agony of indigestion; to others
strawberries are like poison.
You need not cough all night and dis-
turb your friends ;there is no occasion for
you running the risk of contracting in,
fammation of the lungs or consumption -
while you can get Eickle's Auti-Con'
sumptive Syrup. This medicine cures
coughs. colds, inflammation of the lungs
and all throat and Chest troubles. It pre -
/notes a free and easy expectoration, which
immediately relieves the throat and lungs
from viscid phlegm.
A. Delightful Elfeet.
Artist—Those evergreens on the
north side of your house have a de-
lightful effect!
Farmer—I should say they had.
Them trees keep off toe wind and save
'bout eight dollars' AN orh o' firewood
every winter.
FIVE TO 10 POUNDS per month Is the
usual increase of weight when taking
MILLER'S IRON PILLS.
It Cleared the Rouse.
"The house is afire!" cried the
tenor. "The audience nrust be dis-
missed as quickly as possible."
` right," replied the manager.
"Say nothing about the fire. Go out
and sing''
Minard's Liniment is used by Physicians.
Her Unlucky Day.
Mr. Styles—Did you call on Mrs.
Boream, Friday?
Mrs., Styles—Yes; unlucky day, you
know.
"Why, was sheotit?"
sbe was in.''
That weak, tired condition will goon;
change by the use of Miller's Compound
Iron Pills. 50 doses O5 cents.
Wanted, a Full Rest.
Practice, it is generally supposed,
makes perfect, but then the gir/ next
door, who practiceon the piano in
tune aud out of tune, should not lose
sight of the old adage that "pati -
0000" sometimes "ceases to be a Vir-
tue, ''
New life for a qa iter. Come
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