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CHILL 01' THE FROSTS,
FOLLOWED BY BLESSINGS AND CON-
SEQUENT GLADNESS,
1140V. pr, 111111e0 »PAWS Altsplrillinn
the emit Fleet - vivid Pen me etre ot
rholir/Mang flee - Death Is Reline oar
eirseteg or niessrmet
Bev, Dr. Talmage preached on Sue-
Ce.ty ,morneeg from the text Job V, 20,
"As a &Mock oe cote coneetll ii u hie
Penman,"
Going at a rate of 40 miles the hour
a. few clays ago, 1 coughe tbe serroon.
If you have recently been in the fields
of Pennsylvania, er New Jersey, or Now
York, or New England or any of tbe
eountry districts, you know Mat the
corn Is nearly all out The sharp knife
struck through the stalks ttnd left them
-all along the fields until a men came
with a bundle of straw and twisted a
few of these wisps of straw into a liana
and then gathering up as much of the
corn as he emild' compass with his arms
Jin bound it with his wisp of. straw, and.
then, Mood it In the field in what ie
called a shock,
It, is estimated that there are
now (several billion bushels of corn
Mending in the shock, waiting to
he !husked. Srime time during the
latter part raf next manila, the
farmers will gather, one day on one
farm. another day on another farmand
they will put an their rough husking
apron, and will take the husking peg,
which Is a piece of Irani Aetna a leather
loop fastened to the hand, nnd with+ it
unebeath the corn from the busk, anti
toss it into the golden heap. Then the
wagons will come along and take it to
the corncrib&
How vividly to all those of us uho
were born in the country comes the
reinembrance of husking time! We
waited for it as for a gala day of the
year, It was called a frolic. The trees
Miming for the most part shecl their
foliage, the farmers waded through the
fallen leaves, and ovine through the
keen; 'morning air le thegleeful coun-
try.' 'Ohe frosts„ which had; silvered ev-
arything during the nighe, began to
melt off of the top of the torn shock&
While tbe fanners were waiting for
others, they stood: blowing their breath
through their fingers or thrashing
their arms around their bodiea to keep
up 'warmth of circulation.
Ronring mirth greeted the late farm-
er aa he crawled over the fence Joke
and repartee and matte salutation
ebountledt tAll ready, now I '['be men
take hold the shark of corn and, hurl it
prostrate, while tee moles rand mice
welch have secreted themselves there
for warmth attempt. escape. The wit.he
- oif straw is unwound from tbe corn
shock, and the stalks heavy with the
wealth of grain, are rolled into two
bundles, be whioh the huskers sit
down. The busking peg Is thrust iu
until it strikes the corn, anal then the
fingers rip off the sheathing of the ear
rtn.d here is a crack at the root or tbe
corn is snapped off from the husk, and.
the grain, clishnprisoned, is burled up
into the ,sunlight.
The Air is so tonic, the work is so
very exhilarating tbe company is so
blithe, that same laugh, and some shout,
and some sing, and some Lanier, and
some tease a neighbor for a romantic
ride along the edge oE the woods in
an, eventide, in a carriage that bolds
but two, aiel some prophesy as to the
number of bushels to the field, and oth-
ers go into vocapratitioin as to which
shall rifle the mosb corn. shocks 'before
1311 0:if/Wm.
After awhile the dinner horn sounds
from the farmhouse, and the table is
surrounded ley a groep of jolly and
hungry nieu. From all the pantries
and the cello/vs and the perches ort fowl
on the place the rieheet dainties come,
and there are carnivel and neighbor-
hood reunion, and a scene which fills
our memory, part with smiles, but more
with tears, as we remember that the
• farm belengs now to other owners, and
other hands gather in the fields, and
ninny of those who minglel. in that
merge husking scene have themselves
been reaped "like as a shock of corn
Nemeth in in his season." ,
There is a differenee of opinion as to
whe he r the erten tads knew anything
ahead 1 he core as it stande in our fields.
tut receut discoveries linvia found out
that, the Hebrew knew all about In.
1100 maize, for there have been grains
of the corn pieked up out of nnelent
crypts tool exhumed from hiding plaves
where 1 lley were p ut down many cen-
t r ICS ago, and they have.been plant-
ed in our 11010 004 have come up just
such 'Indian mai se as we raise in 14,..,w
'Volk and Ohio. Mo 1 am right when 1
say that iny text; may refer to a etheek
car fore just as ,yon and 1 bound, it „lust
ns �0 anti 1 threw it., jest as you
end I husked it. There may eome some
nracticeal and 11804111 toad comforting les -
None in alt our &touts, while we think
at coming in al Iasi, "like a shook of
tarn emoting in hi hie seamen."
I t, is high time that the king of ter-
rors were thrown met of the Chrietian
vo-nbulary, A vast multitude of pea -
tale 1111 k of death as (I) nigh it were the
liEntster of 4isaster8 instead or being
to a good man the Ideseing of bless.
lags. It is moyin,g out 01 a «Ad ves-
tibule. itito a warm temple. 1 is lei -
:grating jet° groves of permitted.
fruitage, It is a ebange from bleak'
Mar di to xoeeat 0. jo.ne. 1ti n ebenged
of maartele.s for garlands. it. is the
tramenuting of the iron lanncleuffm of
early 1nf'44 ref, '>1( 3110 into the diamonded
wriellels of a bridal party, nr, to use
the suggestion of my text. it is only
husking time. 11 s the tearing or 4 02
the rough eliettf of the body that the
bright end 1111beautiful soul may go
fr04‘. ,C:'114111 114 ill "like n. shack Of corn
Eonieth in le hie mown." Cheiet; broke
a tuterel. proceeeion OM gate,
0' gain, by Inakimg a resurrection day
l'nr ft young man 11041 11143 mother, Aed
would thee I enuld break Up your
e11e0e141 and hell the long funeral pro-
rees'eva of the overlain grief hy Some
•),,,,t'og erne cheerful view pr 131e laet
trane'therr ,
Wo alt know that Waking time eetete
O time of frost. Fred on the groend.
Frest on the fence, Ifroat on the bare
breeches of the trees. Frost lo the
air. Frost on the hands of the huek-
ere. You memo:thew we used to hide
behind the corn Shoekti 30 0,3 10 keel)
off the wind, brut still you remember
how mitiverieg was LIM body and how
.Intleful was the akek and how be-
numbed were the banda. But after
awhile the min went high up and all
the frosts went out. or the air, and
hilarltiee awakened the echoem and joy
from one corn altook went uP, "Aha,
aba," and was answered by joy from
another corn shook, "Alia, alter
So we all realize that the death of
our friends is tee nipping of many ex-
pectations, the freezing, the (+hitting.
the frosting of our hopes. 11 is far
from being a south wind, It comes
from the frigid north, and %shell they
go away from ue we stand beeumbed
In 'may and benuenbed in mind and
benumbed in soul. We stand mimeo
our dead neighbors, our dead families,
and we say, "Will we ever get oyer -it?"
YUS, We will gel; Over it arald the
shoutings of heavenly reunion and we
will look baelc to all these distresses of
bereavements only as the temporary
distgeeses of husking time. "'Weeping
may ender° for a night, but joy com-
eth in the morning." "Light, end hut
for a moment," said the apostle as he
clapped his hands, "light and hut for
a moment." Tile chill of the frosts fol-
lowed by the gladness that cometb in
"like as a shook of corn comet)) in In
his season."
Of (*arse the husking time made
song]) work with the ear of corn. The
husking peg had to be thrust in and
the hard thumb of the husker hart to
come down on the swathing ot the ear,
and then there was a pull and a ruth-
less tearing and then a complete snap-
ping off before the corn WE48 free, and.
If the husk could have spoken it would:
have said: "IV.ly do you. Ittcerale me?
Why do you wrench rae?" Ab my
friends, that is the way God has ar-
ranged that the ear and the husk shall
pare and that is the way he has ar-
ranged ehat the body and eoul shall
separate. You can attord to leave
your physical distresses when you
know that they are only forwarding
the soul's liberation. Every theumatie
pO10 is only a plunge oi the busking,
peg. Every neuralgic twinge is only
a twist by the husker. There is gold
III you that must come out. Some way
the shackel must be broken. Softie way
the sbip must be launched for heavenly
voyage. You must let the heavenly
Iluseandenan husk of. the mortality
from the immortality.
There ought to be great consolation
in thisfor all who have ehroele ail-
ments, sine.e the Lord, is graduAlly and
more
raildly taking away from you
that which hinders your soul's libera-
Liom doing gradually for you. arbet for
.-rnieny of us in robust health perhaps.
Be will do in one fell blow at the last.
At the close of every illness, at the
More of every paroxysm, you ought
to Fey: "Thank God that is all past
new. Thaule God, I will never have to
suffer that again. Thank God. 1 tun so
nauth nearer the hour oh liberation."
You wilt never suffer ,for the, sante
paia twice. You may have a new paiu
in an old place, .hul, never the hat110
pain twice.
The pain does' its worie and then it
dies, just so many plunges of the
erowlaar to free tine quarry stone tor
the building., Just So many strokes of
the chisel to complete tho etatue. Just
80 many pangs to separate the soul
frora the body. You who have chronic
Mellen ts and disorders are only ,ayiug
in instalments that which some of us
will have to pay in: one payment, when
we pray the debt ot nature. Thank God,
therefore, ye who have chronic &sore ;
ders, that you. have so much less mut-
tering at the hat. Thank, God that
you 'will have so much less to feel
an the wavy of pain !at tbe hands of
the heavenly eleshancenan \Alen ' the
shook of corn °meth in in his sea-
son."
Perhaps nolw this maY be, 00 11011000
to a question which I asked oneSah-
bath Morning, but did not answer.
Why is it that so many really gooe
people have so dreadfully to suffer?
You. often find a good moll with
enough pains and aches and dietressee
you wou.lci think to discipline a avbele
colony, while yoa find. a man who is
perfectly eeeless going around with
easy digestion Mad dearly nerves and
alianing [wraith, and hie exitcfrern the
world is comparatively painless. Hou-
le yob. explain that? Weil, l noticed
in the busking time that the husking
Ireg wits thrust into the 0000 and then
there meet be a stouts pull before the
swathing was taken °a of the ear Atte
the fete round, health', luxuriant
00.1:11 was developed, while on the other
hand there was corn that herdly seme-
ed wroth husking. We threw that into
O pima all by itself, iand we called ie
"nubbins."
6.11,e ;14 it WaS uniclewea ana some of
it was mice itibblett and some of it
wee great; promise and no fulfilment,
All oohs and no corn,. Nubbinsl Aftex
the geed corn had hee.a driven up to
the. barn -we came around with the
cern basket and we picked up these
eabbius. They were worth staving, hue
not worth much. So all ripened us
there are people who amount to noth-
ing. They develop into no 3m of ,use-
lulnet, They lye nibbled on oneegele
ley the world, end nil:bled on the 01(180'
Siit by the devil and mildewed ell
over. Great promise and no fuleil-
ment. All oob and nce corn. Nub-,
i al
They are Worth saving. 1 suppose
many ot them will getteo heaven, but
they are not worthy to be mentioned
in the same dety WW1 0,114/18 who went;
through grent tril,ulatioes iuto the
kingdom of God. Who would not eatli-
011 have the pains of this life, the mis-
fortunes of this life -who would ,not
rather be torn and wounded, and lac-
erated, and wrenched, and husked, and
at Mgt gra in amid the very best grain
of the grenery, than to be pronounced,
not worth husking De,11114 No >1111183
In other woril 4 weei8 to say to you
people who have distrees of' body and
disfrees io business arid distress of ell
sorte, the Lord has not any grudge.
against you. It is, not eeerogatory; 11
Is oomplimentary. "Whom the Lord
lovetle Ite chest:net:le" end ileisproof
positive that then 18 something, Veit -
aide In yOlt, Or the Lord would not
have busked you. . •
You remember Mete that in the time
ol husking it was a neighboring ro-
tation, By the great fireplace in the
winter, the fires reeving around the
glorified Lack -Ings on an old-fasnioned
hearth, 01! whieh the modern &ova.;
and registers 1118 only the degenerate
diciauenattante, the fartnere ' used to
Kettle: and spend the evening, and
there would be 110181111 soelalityi Inlit It
Wee not anything like the. joy of the
huskieg time, for then 0,11 the fart -mare
05011, 8181 they came in the, verY hesi
humor, and they mum from beeond the
brook, and they came from regains two
end teats 'miles exoteric', Good; epirit
reigned etipreme, and there were
great handsbeklllgs, and there was
earnival, ana there was the, recital of
the brightest, experiences in alt their
lives, land 41101'0 W418 11 neighborhoott
reualon, the memory of whlela makes
all the nerves of my hod' tremble with
ernollion 148 the strings or a harp when
the fingers of a player have wept
the (herds,
The husking time WIL8 the time of
neighborhood reunion, and 80 heaven
v111 be just that. There they came eel
feey slept in tee old village church-
' yerd. There they come up. They re -
calmed amid the founteius and the
aeulpture and the parterres ole5, ei 1y
eernetery. There they come up: They
went down when the ship foundered
oft Cape Hatteras. They come up f emu
all sides -from iotter's field and out
of the solid masonry of Westminster
Abbey. They come up! They come
upl ' All the hindranees to their
, better nature husked off. All their
physical ailments Inteked off. All their
eptriturtl despondent:1es husked off. All
their hindrances to usefulness Meeker]
off. The grain, the golden grain, the
God -fashioned grain, visible and con-
feelIMOUS.. SOn12 Of them on earth Ware
such disagreeable OhrisLians you could
hardly stand it in their presence. Now
In heaven they are so radiant you
hardly know nein. The facl be all
their impertectiens have beim busked
off. They dld not mean On earth to
be disagreeable. They Meant. well
enougb, but they toldyou bow atelt
you looked, and they told you ,haw
many bard things they had heard about
You, and they tolt yon how often they
had to stand up for you in some bat-
tles until you wished almost that they
had been slain in some of the battles,
Good, pious, consecrated, well meaning
detagreeables.
Now, in heaven all their offensiveness
hes been huskea off. Each one is as
happy as he con be. 'Every one he meets
as empty art he ceni be. Heaven one
great neighborhood reunion.i .A,11
kings and queens, all songsters, all
million.aires, all banqueters. God, the
, father, with his children all around
Hem. No "goodly" in; all the air. }to
grave cue in, all the hills. Rivers of
' eeyetel rollieg over bad. of pearl, under
arch of chrysoprttsus, into the sea of
glass mingled with fire. Stand at the
gate oh the granary and see the grain
Donee in, out of the frosts into the sun-
shine, out of the darkness into the
light, out of the tearing and the rip -
Ping, and the twisting and the wrench-
ing, ana the lanerating, and the leusk-
ing time of meth into the wide open
door of the Kenges granary, "like as a'
stack of cora cometh in in his 011181.111,"
Yes, heaven, a, great seeieble, with
joy like tbe joy of the husking time,
ea. one there feeling so big he cleeliees
to speak to simile one who) is not so
large. Archeangel Willing to listen
to smallest cherub. No bolting of WM
cloor of caste tat 0112 heavenly mansion
to keep out the eitizens .of a enealler
11011131011. No elique in one corner
whispering Omit a clique in another
corner. David taking none of the airs
of a. giant killer. ;Joshua making no
one heti; until he earsees because he
made the suo and moon halt. Paul
Making. no assumptions over the most
ordinary preacber of righteousness,
Naaman, captain of the Syrian hod',
1142 more honored than the captive mail
who told him where he could get a
good doctor. 0, my soul, whet a mune
try I 'the humblest man a kens. 'the
pooreet woman a queen. l'he meanest
house a. palwee. The shortese lifetizne
eternity. And what is more eteange
' about it all is, wee may all get there.
"Not I," says some one standing back
under the galleries, les, you. Not
I," eeys some one -Who has not been
in church in 10 years before. Yes,
you, "Not 1," says 80=0 one who hus
been for 50 years killing up his life
with all kinas of wiekeduess. Yes, you.
There are monopolies on earth, mono-
polistic railroads, monopolietie tele-
graph colnpanies and monopolistia
grain dealers, but no monopoly in re-
ligion. All who want. to be saved may
be saved, "without money end without
peke." ' Salvation by the Lord ;Jesus
Christ; for all people, Of eourse, nee
common sense in this matter, you
e140014; exeect to eet to Charleston by
taking, eine for 'Portland, and you
minuet expect to gee to ;heaven by go-
ing in an opposite direetion. Believe
in tbe Lora Iesas Christ and thou
shalt be saved.. Thereugh that one
gate of pardon and penile all the race,
may go in,
".121t" says some one, "do you really
think I would be tat ham in that eup-
vernat society if I ehould reach it?"
I think you would. I know you, won Id .
I remember that ta the husking time
there was a great equality e4 feeling
among the neighbors. There at one
corn shock a. farmer would be at work
who owned 203 ames of ground. The
11111.0. W1101141 he wee talking with at the
next corn sheaf owned but 80 acxes
of ground, and perhaps all ciovered by
a mortgage. Tlaat evening, at the
seem of thus&ing day, One man drove
home 0 roan 8410.11 so frieky, so full of
they got their feet over the traces.
Thie Other lnlin welkeit home. Great
diffete,nee in education, great differ-
ence in worldly moans, hot I notived
at the huskieg limo they all seemed to
enjoy each other's society. They di1
not task any matt ilOW 100e1 VrOpeltY
10.1 0W.11/441 or wha1 his education had
been. They nil seemed Lobe happy to -
gather in. theme good. times;
And so it will be in heaven.' Our
Father will gather MB children :around
HIM and UM neighbors will come in,
easl the pose will be. rehearsed. Aincl
some one will tell of victory and we.
will all 'celebrate it. A.nd eome one
will tell of great struggle, and es,
will all praise the grace tha1 latched
him oul of it, And some one will say;
"!Hers is my old father that 1 pat away
with heartbreak, just look at. hint he
ie as young as any of Usl" And 8011118
.011e Will say, " Here is my darling ehill
thee T buried in Greeriwooe, mid all the
Mao yeers 01 my life wore shadowed
with desolation, ,Tust look et her I She
doeen't seem as if she had been 81010
Minute, Great sociality. Great neigh-.
boyhood. kieciness. .
What though john Milton sit down
on one aide and John Howard sit dowe
On the other side, Me ernbareassment,
What though Cherloete Elizabeth eit
1101011 on one side end Hannah letore 811
dews) on the other side? No embarraas-
men). 1 neein rat yourself, why be ein-
heartwood. areopee monarohe 1 .4,. eong-
ater yourself, whY outharraseed Amid
glorified eongeters I Llo in and dine.
All 1110 eboekts coming in their sea-
son. Oh, yes, be their season. Not 0110 04
you having died. too eoone Lou late,
or having died at haphezard. Planted at
just the riga time, Plowed just at the
right time. Husked at pet the right
ODA. Garnered at, jitet the right time,
Corning In, M your eeason.
Oh, 1 wleh that the billions of buthels
of cora now in the fielde 00 ore the
way Le the seaboard might be a type
of the grand yield of homer and glory
tted immortality, when all the shoeke
come in.
I do not knew how yo0 are consti-
tuted, but. I am 80 constituted that
there Is nothing that tso aevalrees rent-
iniscencee in me an the odors of u corn -
*field. Mien I crees it et tide time of
year aftee the corn hem been eta and
it stands in shooks. Ane so I have
thought it might be pracitically ueefal
gOr U8 to -day to moss the cornfield,
and I have thought. perhape there
might be some reinieisience roused in
our soul thet might, be salutary and
might be saving, In Sweden, a prime
donna, >vhl1 ber Melee in the city wee
being repaired, took a house in tee
country for temporary reeidenee, and
she brought out her great array of
jewels to show e. friend who wishel to
see them. One night after displaying
these jewele and leaving them on the
table, and all her friends heel gone, and
the eervante had gone -one summer
ight-she sat thinking and looking in-
to a mirror juat in front: of her elude, '
when she Saw in that mirror the rage
of a robber looking in at the window
behind her and gazing at those jew-
els. She was, in great fright, but set
still, and Merely knowing why she did
so, she began to sing an old nursery
swag, her hears making the pathos of
tha song more telling.
Suddenly she neiiced wbale looking
at the mirror 11181 the robbere, faa. had
gone from the wihd.ow and it did not,
come beck. A few days after the prima
donna received a letter from the rob-
ber, saying, "I heard that the jewels
were to be out that night and 110105
to take them at whatever hazard, but
wb.en I heard you sing I hal nursery
SOng 401(11 AVIIIC11 oxly mother so often
sang me to sleep, 1 could not sten I it
and I Here, and 1 have resolved neon a
new end honest life."
Oli, ray friends, there are jewels in
peril richer than those. which lay upon
the table that eight. They are jewels
of the immortal soul. Would God that
some song eollteg up out of the de-
serLed nursery of your thilhood or setae
song welling Up oul or the cornfields,
the song of the huskers 20. or 40 years I
ago, might turn all our feet out of t18!
paths of sin into the paths of right-
eousness. Would God that those mem- '
pries wafted (0 On odor or song might
start us this moment with swift feet
toward that' blessed piece where so
many of our loved ones have alrearly
preeedel us, as a shoek of corn> com-
eth in in his season."
A.'WOMAPPS GRATITUDE.
She Game to Regard the Gratuity as 0.
Blunt.
There 13 00 tell n where ingratitude
begizes or endse there would be fewer
good deeds done if everyone had a chart
of the benefieiariesi hearts. Of course
we are taught to do good for the eake
of good itself, and are well aware, those
of us who are not pagans, that the
eternal_ reward is to be conferred some
time upon those Who yield unselfish
ministrations to God's poor. But our
very educatien from thildhood indulges
that instinct to be good because--. So
that when we have done what we con-
sider a trifle more than our duty, al-
though when we are hard pressed we
admit to mar pastors and. spiritual
mestere that the needy are really our
chargez.s and the main spiritual test
of our charity, we are never ciliate
ready to accept the 'rebuff a thauk-
lessness a.nd ingratitude that is usu-
ally the portion of the well -doer. Per-
haps there is no fate sterner than that
known Os the charitable man or wo-
man ; the being to -whom absolute etran-
gers repair with their request for mi-
mes, moneys, sustenanee. -There 18
no salary attached to this civil mar-
tyr, hut his time is entriloyea just as
though there were, with other unsat-
isfactory conditions attached to the
office. It the eharitable nian or wo-
man, who has been so unfortunate as
to wear the reputation ho or she has
earned, deilines to assist a polite beg-
gar he may meant upon vituperation
and
AN INJILTRED RP,PUTATION
withinthe s'ennight; which points a
moral to all benefactors, not to let
the right hand know, etc., dud impress
upon your friends that you are not
so good as you're painted. No one
will ever find you. out from any reports
gcnoeogdo
iTteedibs. by the reelpients of your
This little preamble was inspired by
several stories that have come toI-he.
writer direct from one oh the nehliast
women of God's fathioning, whose life
Is devoted to the pursuance of all good.
For some months she has been inter-
mediary in 0 little mat ter or $5 which
41, worthy individual instructed her to
place oath month where it would do
most good. There had been for
seine time on her hands a woman with
eeveral, ehildren and a eick mother) 50
the appropriated the money to their
use, that amount paying their rent. As
usual, last month, Miss S--- mailed tee
85 to the woman, but to her SUrpriati
receiver) a cell a few days later from
this beneficiary, requesting the usual
stipend. Miss S— was surprised, and
told the woman that us usual she had
posted the amotmt. "It's very
strange," replied the ingrete, "because
should have rereivect It If you had
mailed it. I think yeti mast be mis-
taken." Miss S-- aseured heir that
she had dem so. "Well, -rye moved
since lase month, but I left word to
have any lettere forwarded to me ; and
they would eertainly have doun so had
you sent me that money.I think that
oerson who gives you UM money for
nee might to Irpow about1," Miss
5— almost choked with mortification.
but, foolishly enough, gave her a $5
11(11, which she eould ill afford, and
told her she would look into 1110 1)1181'
matter. The letter was found at the
post office and delivered by tho post-
man with an explanation, whereupon
the woman celled again upon her best
friend. "1 am glad the money , 'was
traced," she said, "bemuse -it rater% all
suspition against yoerself. As to
that fi5 bill of yours, I twettee melee -
thing, so had it breleen here I.
what] is left." The iastoniehe 1 lade.
5---- slaw 114 \Yemen 'ea it tee
Change 4141 the t ble walk oat.
ADVICB TO filOTHBBS
TOE HEALTH OF THEM DAVOS-.
TEES SHOULD RE CAREFULLY
WATCHED,
P11111M: Glele Sueeptinie to 7'1.01040 reset
nay etesett to timeline- Pete Eanelf,
10101110olieg and Pickle Apliolite 51*4
Symptoms of Early DeallY.
Fla ruthe Bun, Orangeville, One
home menthe ago Maggie, tee fif-
teen -year-old daughter of Mr, arid
eles..1, Sweeney, of John etreet,' of this
town, began to fail both in health anti
spirits. deer face was almost, as white as
chalk, her appetite very fickle, and her
limbs began to swell. NoLwithetinding
her growing weakness she persisted in
attending whop' until one day her
teacher advieed her to go home, end
not to return until she felt better. At
the sarne 1110,0 the teueher, who knew
the value of Dr. ' Pink Pills
in such cases, advised her to lake them.
'rho advice was followed, and Mrs,
Sweeney tOld our reporter that almost
from the oetset there was an improve-
ment in her daughter's vandition. Her
appetite became better, tile eolor re-
turned to her face, and the severe
headaches that heel made her so miser-
able vanished, and she is maw feeling
better than she ban done foe many
months,
ft is quite evident ehat this young
maiden was suffering from a, lack of
blood, as do so rattily young girls who
are just, al a militia] point, In life and
it is quite as apparent that there 15 110
other remedy the equal of The Wil-
liams' Pink Pills in such eases, Tbey
ererieh the blood, stimulate the nerves
and build. up the entire system, and
mothers will actprudently if tbey in-
sist upon their daughters taking an
cacca.sional box. We know from ex-
perience that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
have done great good in Orangeville
and vicinity, and there Is scarcely a
day that our reporter does not come in
contact with some one who has a good
101111 vie l-
ane.
Dr. Williainsi Pink Pills cure by
going to the cot 411 tha ej 'l'bay
renew and build up the blood, arid
strengthen the nerves, thus driving
disease from the system. Avoid imi-
tation by insisting that every box you.
purchase is enclosed. in a wrapping
tearing the full trade mark, "Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People."
INCONTROVERT] 13LE PROOF.
rusband- Why do you tell it
around that Mrs. Puffly does all her
OW11 baking/ You know nothing about
it.
Wife -1 do too levery one of the
family has dyspepsia.
Mead Carefully Every Word,:
$500.00 CASH
To be pail to some Clever Person.
Other Prizes for Late Comers. .
The old reliable Norman firm of Karl
H. Schiller & Mee opened an
office in Toronto for the sale of the
well know 11 Se hi I le ree Sa rsa pari I la Pills.
lo introiltlee Um Pi 1 Is q emit ly, and in-
stead uf eilanding large sums on news-
paper ad e rues ng, they promise to
give Five Benet-ea dollars cash to the
sender of it correct. list of answers to
the questions:
1. Cil, mime of great river run-
ning from Lake Ontario to Atlantic,
()emu?
2. -Simply 10151 1144 words 181foilow-
08 quotations: -- waters --- deep.
3. GiVe 011041 1,4 largast Lake on
Ame ilea a C,nI meat ?
Siemer mice:Inn leLters in follow-
ing words: 5-14il---'s Pi --s
5. (live mune Anierienn General
Who was ealleti Lee leather of his Coun-
try?
6. Stipply en: ;sing letters in name.
ref elle min I Canadian Statesman,'
W--f--d Lan -is- I
7. A man recently very prominent
la tele United Shates, supply missing
letters G--v-r -level--d.
Eaeh person meat send with their
anewera fifty cents for one box of
Pills, which will be promptly mailed
them on receipt of money. ff there
is Mr/in then one ereopiett. li,sb re-
ceived 01114 all questions answered
correetly. the five 'Liu i ad red 1t11 :408 will
be divided among tla 13011 41131.8 of the
ten 1143141awl neat teal. onue filet revolved;
therefore eend quickly, If ime person
.gets the $fititl they must either agree
to remit 1111 baok 850, or allow,- us to
retain that auteutit for ono hundred
boxee of Piths and agree that they
will distribute them 4100 ntxusog their
sIlirip frieliths and neighbors. If tho
money le illvidea in ebt) portions, each,
winner must remit, back, or allow
me to retain, len dollars, for Whiell WO
Will Seed them twenty boxes of Schil-
ler'e Pills to distribute free.
la addition to the Mime cash prizes,
a large men of money and other prizes
will be oftweil for the best testimen-
ials ar lei. the Pills bare bac :I tried, for
we intend to push these Pill; here, and .
WO 811 n 1 Co nate:an 1,0,1 A it:mien n testi-
mune:ale, eive lieve toes of foi eign ones)
to beLp 18 Nell them, Pa riieulars oh
this offer tor testi:00 Idols -will be
found la each box of Pills, The Pille
are a. sovereign remedy for all blood
impurities, They not gently on the
liver aud kidneys, a lid for rhennevlism
015 14111 !temente afro:tone they aro Un-
equalled by any remedy in the 1114 1- ket,
They are meth more con veniutit to
take than. liquid Sarettpa till la. and teeth
fifty cant lays 01 Pills is equel us el
blued paleflar 40 a ny dol ler bottle of
Sarsaparilla in the market,. . '
Send noicerly. If you limit get 8,
cash prize, We will give two hundred
other prizes, consisting of ton' ladies'
gold Weit111.0S, tea gettlemen's gold
watches, ten gentlemen's 111 NOP Witteh-
EA solid gold gent rings, silver plated
napkin rings, silver plated epoons, etc.,
eyt4opl; csa6n IttsmwearUctrlieWqh'etters0tArYel01:
3')4U 1100
likely to gala 11 prize.
Yeti pay nothing for these prime, rte
you get full velue for your Money in
the Pills.
Cut this out and send it with
yont antiWora and money, stating in"
what paper you sew it, so Sehiller men'
test the peters for etitture adeeetising
contracts.
Each parser!. getting a.pri Pe Of It tfOld
02' BMW' W11.4011 Will be (1Xpeeled to
gond one dollae for two boxes of Schils
ler's Pine, to give away, Address, IL
el, SCHILLER & CO„ Dept, 7, Toronto,
Ca nada.
A Corn Photographed by X Rays
8110we n small hard kernel, covered by
livens of hard skin. This tiny eorn
cages keeo pain. Tim only sure
means ar extracting it, withou.t. paio,
le le day, Is Putnam's Painless
Corn Extraetor, Sure? Yes. Pain-
les,e4 Yes. Cheap? 'Yes, Indeed, Try
it.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
01 yew Paragraphs which wain. reeled
Worm Reemeg.
OcrilitioY hut $80,000,000 M geld eOlin
peeked away in one thousand Iron
chaste in t he fortress of Snandttou, This
is intended for nee as an emergeeey
fund in 04180 of war,
In Rome parte of China the youelg
women wear their hair in a long single
Platt, with which Is intertwined a
int:renna
t Leaetairolet teloetaedstei
. Lhth
ie style y
le oofurior
flg
lady ia marriageable.
Ten well-dressed young men have
been parading the streets of Paris ae
advertising agents of a concert saloon,
had their smoothly shaven chins
ornamented with the name of the con-
vert saloen, painted in blue letters.
A unique gift will soon be presented
to ,llr. Nunaen lay some Russian ladies.
It will be a carpet in the form of a
map of the Arctic regions. The places
visited by the explorer are to be em-
broidered with silver and gold. thread
on a silken ground.
Brewer Krueger, of Newark, NJ., Mei
o horse which is fond of game. It de-
vours birds and poultry, and the oth-
er day it tried to swallow a kitten.
The kitten lodged in its throat and
&matched so vigorously that a veter-
Inerian was called to relieve the horse.
At the time of the accession of Peter
the Great, the Russian year began on
September 1. He changed the calen-
dar, and made the year commence with
January 3. Be also prohibited the
Wearing of beards by his sabjeets, but.
granted exceptions on the payment of
g'A one -legged soldier has heea smug-
litnagx.licanor into the Soldierie Home at
Augusta, Me, His method was unique
and was for a long time a puzzle to
the authorities; but one day they found
him drunk in a graveyard, with an
wemoopdteee.-nwlheigskey flask in the hold of his
The students of the California Uni-
versity at Berkeley, recently had wbat
they call "a roaring time" during a
rush," and it will be months before
some of the participants are not pain-
fully reminded of the bruises they re-
ceived. One of the victims had his up-
per lip split until it hung by a thread,
eight oh his teeth were knocked oat,
and 1118 nose was broken.
Seventeen years ago, Mrs, Louisa ',gin
Hams, of San Leandro, Cal., made avow
that if her husband's sight was re-
stored see would wtelk once a year on
her bare knees over the stony road that
led from her house to Lbe church. Her
hualeind recoverei his sight, and a few
weeks ago she walked over the road,
• distatace of a quarter of a mile, on
her Imre knees, for the seventeenth
time.
Remember
We don't advertise for mere effect,
but for businese. We know that,‚ if
you are subject to cramps, that you
should have a prompt, efeimentt rem-
edy on band. Nerviline-, nerve -pain
cure -has a wonderftl and immedi-
ate curative power. It relieves in
one minute; it cures in five. Pleasant
to the taste and the best known rem-
edy for pain.
Blind fishes, two inches long, similar
to those found in thie Mammoth Cave,
Maya been taken from a well belong-
ing to Mrs. Jennie Bristen, at Russell-
ville, My.
DEAFNESS CANNOT HE CURED
by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portIon of the ear. There is only one
way 10 0018 clranoss, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in.
named condition of Ote muoeus lining 011 13,0
Thatichian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
Yon have a rambling sound or imperfeet hear -
182. and when It 18 entirely closed, Deafness
Is 800 00111111, and unless the inflammation min
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing win be destroyed
forever;
nine cases out; of ton are calmed by
Catarrh.Whica is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mamma eurfacee.
We will giVe 0.10 Hundred Dollars for any
eon of Dearness (caused by catarrh) that can-
not be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure, Send for
°Ir"la" I 11.1`, 8e7. '
. CHENE-& CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold b7 Druggists, 75c.
Hall's aro the best,
The French executioner, Deibler, who
recently retired from his pesition at
the age of 08, 1101 been in service forty
years and disposed of 508 culprits.
--e-
Bow's This?
Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollcre Reward for
Bny 00•40 of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
aGatarib
le J. Olealeallt &CO, Toledo 0.
We, the underelgied, have 14801, , tuown F'J.
Cheney for the last 14700.18, and believohim
perfectly honorable In en baniness trausaces)10
h
ill,),1Vo carry out any obligations
Wirgrielinuax, 1 Vholosale Druggists.Tolodo,O.
WALDING, X121NAN &t MARVIN, Wh010130.10
Druggiete Toledo, 0.
Half s Ostatth Cure is Wren internally, Ret•
ing direety upon the blood and mucous sir'
fans of no system, Testimonials s001 free,
Prioo 75e. 530 bottle. Sole by all Druggists.
Mars Painily Pills are the best -
A
MONSOON 18 clegaitt,
MONSOON fa Pretreat
MONSOON la 0011cIone
MONSOON Is Economical
MONSOON lado-Coylon Tee
15 T404B8lehra
ed, 40, 40, 00 end 00 eenee per pound.
eeMenecoe Ttla ON, 7 Weitirerterast, iteertrontsa
ONLY TWICE MALTY.
Yeast -Were you ever up in
morning to see the sun riselt
Crizsonbeak-Yes, but 1 WaS 0141
up twice as late as that.
CURIOUS IMPERIAL UKASE.
An ordinance has lately boon promul-t
gated in Japan exhetrthag the people
to sat more freely of meat, with a view,
10 meeeeeneg the average height of the
ram
1AMIN,,1(11`:.",TE'Fog,:i17,4'.g.IPZIgr
SmIltgatr.V21"..;117Nr;tgra:,I71..1141,1
Reliable goons as right prose. Park, BIRCEIN411
• Cs. , Limited, Toronto.
PATENTS Malin': Ruag
.
WM; by 0. za,,01011,See
WCtfotgi7=1==r69 OT von*
Cood Men Wanted isinfirlhirtrtyll!
Semple $3.80,_or Wooed enroll/1m for peril:Vars.* "85
T. 111017b108, 10 Ring R. W., Tomato..
Vv Mille, & Htateep,,
Berristors,eto..rengovedi
to Woney_lilelgs., Rion+
mond St. W., Toronto.
(AO: C NGP.Alt,
.1:00N ENCR=C9 kPA-
f.9.4
0811.41~1~14/41,11.17~~11011.1411111
i J. N. ANDERSON, m.o., So. 6 College-ot
TORONTO, Ont.
Nos2 &!HROAT
waewiloweviivilow Z,14,1j
0 EYE, EAR,
Wiest widely Attended in America. FPS
alHOUS ONTARIO BUSINESS COLLEGE
Illustrated Catalogue (50th year), ADDRESS-
ROBINSON & JOHNSON, P.O.A0
DELLEVILLIa, - • - ONT.
Apples, Poultry, Egg, 4,>L
The Dawson Commission Co., milted
of Weet Market and Oolhorne St., - TORONTO,
431-_ 3E-3E.EL.Ntictaini,
Wllllan Street, Toronto,
ISUYES COPPER,
BRASS,
LEAD.
1011YDIU0Niill : —IMPERIAL BANN.
DR. GOODE'S
FABLESS PENNIROYAL PILLS
A Specific for Female Complaints,
ere o true boon to every Indy who Eruffere in th. veer.-
anee of native's effmt. They nt ome ease the plan and
restore natural ane healthy aotion of the ovarian ves-
sels. For yonne and developing womanhood they OW
any rernedy which enn be mad They are oompoundod
solely from the active principles of vegetable substances,
and are perfectly Stan and reliable. Aak your druggat
for them, nod if he does not keep them 18gook ha oats
ooure them for you. Price 51.00 per Reale, or 6 for
$5.00. 'Wholesale Agents:
The Toronto Pharmnoni Co., Limited. Toronto.
ti
WE WANT you QUICK,"
IntcllgIllltlladlsO and gentlemen can be sup,
plied with genteel and very PRO0IT2L21O,10 '-
'28111Erttri 10%1111grYd1SOITVP1V11,11471111Z
TION. Can give Ole address efropreeentative
who busiest cleared Slls in 21.21.8.308, 35 ear
be made right AT your own HOME,
XI. NICHOLS & CO.,
00 Richmond West, Toronto.
FOR VATEXCX1-=Xiq YEARS,
THECOOKSBEST FRIEND
LARGEST SALE lel CANADA.
CANADA PERMANENT
LOAN & SAVINGS COMPANY
Subacrleen Capital 56,000,000
Pa.d.up Wei tat %emcee
resets 12,000,000
fican Ommon-TORONTO ST., TORONTO,
Branch Oftices-Wienteito, Men., ANC
'CAROM/VISE, 0.0.
The ample resources a this earanany enabler
115 Direotors to make advances on 23001 05.
tato, without dotal% at 10w rates of interest,
and on the most favorable terms of repayment
3Loann granted on Ton:moved Farms Anti 013
Productive Town and otty Propereee Mort.
gages end littuxioiDal Debentured 11411V,
chased.
Annlientiors Wr.1 bereenvea at the >fame 341
the Company. e
2302388230 234.803',
rittentigieg Dirdo, Termite,
,
EAL LUXU
P. (1. 897.
Looking out over the many homes of this country, We see thous-
ands of women wearing away their lives in household drudgery that.
might be materially lessened by the use of a few unites of SAPOLIO
If an hour is saved each dine a cake is used, if one less wrinkle gath.
ers upon the face because the toil is lightened, she must be a foolish
woman who would hesitate to make the experiment, and he a churl
ish husband who wonld grudge the few cents which it costs,
if your grocer sends you anything in place of SAPOLIO, send it
back and insist upon having just what. you ordered. SAPOLIO
ways gives satisfaction, 00 'floors, tables, and painted work it acts
like a charm. For scouring pots, pans, and metals it has no equal
Everything shines aftee it, and even the ohliclren delight in ttsing it
in their attempts to help around the house.
Air UT000441 erten eubstitute cleaner goade fet 'eel
-4,1-,1
to In11110 11 .10T,121V 11>1114
Send back such cuticles wed theist 00. having Attie What you to tome