The Blyth Standard, 1900-03-29, Page 8••••eN•N•••••NN•NN•e
TALMAGE'S IDEA OF THE STAGE
The Dramatic Instinct in Man Was Divinely Implanted and
it Should Be Satisfied With Clean Drama and
Clean Surroundings.
Washlaatxyll report soyx: At n time I attempt to cultivate that element and
d will meet
when the whole country in In con- by to meld It Ynr V'Ott
troverey as never before concerning
t o ,Y
w'lillmighty rebuff and caricature, and
crrlesluetkul counsel will take your
the theater, and some plays are being case In charge. and they will try to
&Pruned by the pollee, and others are pot yon down. But the God who starts
being pttronlsed by Cln'Ist)an people, you will help you through, and great
this sermon of Dr. Talmage to of much a lit be the eternal rewards for the as -
t. The text lel. ('ortnthtate, vii., eldaaue and the plucky,
that use this world as not Itev. Dr. Mellows of New York many
rd
yeats ago, In a very brilliant but much
PO MMP for preaching this Ms- criticised sermon, took the position that
etsi * is that 1 have been kindly in- the theater might be renovated and
vited by two of the leading newspapers matte auxiliary tat the church. Many
at the country to Inspect and Deport 011 Chrlstian.peopte are of the same opin-
two of the popular plays of the day -to Lon. I do not agree with them. I have
Ito come weeks.ago to Chicago and see no Idea that success is In this direction
OM drama, Quo Vadis, and criliclse it What I have maid heretofore on this
with respect to Its moral effect and to subject, an far as I remember, Is my
go t0 New York and nee the drama sentiment now. Hut to -day I take a
San Her, and write my opinion of it for step In advance of my former theory.
pubite use. Ins tied of doing that 1 ('hiletianity is going to take full pee -
propose In a sermon to themes what sesslon of them world and control Its
we shall do with the dramatic element maxims, its 'awe, tta literature, its
• Which Ood has Implanted in many of science and its amusernents. Shut out
aur nature., not In 10 or 100 or 1,000, but from the realm of Christian' y any -
(n the majority of the human race, thing, and you give it up to sin and
Sorae people speak of the drama as deem
though tt were something built up out- it Christianity 1. mighty enough to
tilde of ourselves by the Congreves and manage everything but the amuse -
the Goldsmiths and the Shakeapeares menta of the world, then it Is a very
and the Sheridans of Ilte:ature and teat detective Christianity. It Is capable of
then we attune our tastes to correspond keeping account of the fears of the
with human Inventions. Net at all. world and Incompetent to make record
The drams is an echo from the feeling of Its stollen? Is It gond to follow the
which God has implanted In our im- funeral, but dumb at the wori4's play?
mortal soul.. It is seen first in the do- Can It control all the other elements of
meettc olrele among the children three our nature but the dramatic element't
or four years of age, playing with theft My idea of Christianity 111 that It can
dolls and their cradles and their carts; and will conquer everything. In the
Seen ten years after in the playhouses good time coming, which the world calls
of wood, ten years atter In the parlor the golden age, and the poet the e!ysian
charades, after that to the elabcra.e ane, and the Christian the millennium.
Impersonations in the academie,' of mu- we have positive announcement that
the amusements of the wotiel are to be
under Christian sway. "Holiness shall
be upon the bells of the horses," mays
one prophet.
There are tens of thousands of Chris
tion homes where the sons and daugh-
Iris are held back from dramatic en-
tertainment for reagens which some of
you would say are good reagent' and
e hers would ray are poor reasons, but
still held back. But on the establtah-
• ,ant of such an institution they would
feel the crest of their anxieties and
would say on the establishment of this
new institution which I have called the
neer neuter. "Thank God, this is what
We have all been waiting for."
Now, as I believe that I make Hug -
005(10n of an institution which wiser
nom will develop, I want to give tonne
eharacter)stlta of this new Instltutlon.
thin spertacuiar, if It b to be a grand
Hilda! and moral success, In the first
place, its entertainments must be com-
t+remed within an hour and three-quar-
ters. What kills sermons, prayers, and
l ecturce and entertainments of nil sorts
b prolixity. At a reasonable hour
emery n pit. every curtain of public en-
tertainment ought to drup,evevy church
service ought to cease, the Inetruments
of orchestras ought to be unstrung
1Vhat comes more than this comes too
late.
On the platform of lits new Institu-
tion, this spectacular, under the care of
the very beet men and women In the
community there shall be nothing wit -
reeved thea would be unfit for a par-
lor. Any attitude, any look, any word
'hat would offend you seated at your
own fireside In your family circle will
ba prohibited from that platform. By
whet law of common amine or of mo-
rality does that which Is not flt to be
seen or heard by Ove people become fit
to he seen or heard by 1,500 peopl'? on
the platform of that spectacular all the
s encs of the drama will be as chaste
as was ever a lecture by Edward Ev-
erett or n sermon by F. W. Rober'son
On the platform shall come only such
men and women as you would welcome
to your homes,
00 that platform there .hall be no
cnrouser, no inebriate, no cyphlan, n
roe of good morals, masculine or fem.
urine. It Is often sold we have no
right to criticise the private morale of
public entertainers. Well, do as you
please with other Institutions; on the
elatforni of this new Institution we
shall have only gond men and good war
',ten in the' ordinary social sense of
gocdnes& Just as soon as the platform
of the sp0ctaeular is fully and fairly
letablithed many a genius who hither-
to has compressed the dramatic- ele-
,'ent In his nature because he could
'tut end the realm In which to exercise
It w111 step over on the platform, and
,"tants of the drama, their name known
the world over, who have been tolling
fur the elevation of the drama, will
x ep 0001' on that platform -such we -
;len as Charlotte Cushman of the past
such men as Joseph Jefferson of the
present.
The platform of that new Instituttod,
of that expurgated drama, occupied
only by these purest ot men and wo-
men, will draw to Itself millions of
;enple 10110 have never been to see the
drama more than once or twice in theft
lives. or never saw 1l at a11. The' in-
-Mullen will combine the best mike
the heel architecture, the beet genius
sax night.+ the week on the side of in-
telltgence and good morale.
Po you tell me this plan la chtmeri-
'al'r I answer, It only requlr 5 one man
enenewhere between here and San Pam
cisco or between Bangor and Galveeto
to see 1t and appreciate It --one man
of large Individual means and great
of large Individual mama he could d,
more good than all the Lenoxes and
the Lawrence. and the Peabody. ever
accampliehed. He would settle for all
nations and for all times the ttupen-
'fous question of amusement which for
centuries has been under angry and
vituperative dlscuseton and which Is
no nearer being settled to -day, by all
sepee; antes, than it was at the start,
T
wined go to such an Inxtttution,
such a spectacular. I should go once
.t neck the rest of my life and take my
family with ane, and the majority of
the families of the earth would go to
much au Institution. I expect the lime
will come when I ran, without bringing
upon myself criticism, without bele_
an inconeletent Christian, when 1, a
minister of the good old Presbyterian
rhumb, will be able to go to some new
Institution like this, the Spectaeula•-.
and see Hamlet and King Lear esti tt'e
Merchant of Venice and fhe Hunch -
beck and Joshua What onb..dru
ninny of us W111 have this dramatic el-
ement unmet and unregaled.
We want this Institution independent
of the church -and Independent of the
thea'er. The church tries to eompro-
ale.
Shall we suppress It? You can as
easily suppress Its Creator. You may
direct tt, you may educate it, you may
purify it, you may harness It to multi -
potent usefulness, and that It is yoot'
duty to do. Just too we cultivate the
taste for the beautiful and the eubilnne
by bird haunted glen and roistering
stream and cataracts let down In up-
roar over the messed rocks, and the
day lifting Its banner of virtnry In the
east, and then setting everything on
Ore no It retreats through the gates of
the west, and the Austerllts and the
Waterloo of an August thunder storm
hleztnti their batteries into a sultry
afternoon, and the round, glittering tear
01 a world wet on the cheek of the
night -as In thin way we cultivate out
taste for the beantlful and aublene. se
1 every lawful way we ate to cultivate
the dramatic element to illy natwre, by
every steatite plumage in ttteratwe, by
antlthede and synthesis, by every trag-
ic 'usage In human lite.
Now, I tell you not only that Ood
has implanted fhb dramatic element
F but I have to tell 'o.t
In our natur e, >
in the Scriptures he cuttivates 11, Ile
appeals to It, he develops It. I do not
care where you open the Bible, your
eye will fall upon a drama. Here it Is
in the book of Judges, the fir tree, the
vine, the olive tree, the bramble -they
111 make speeches., `then at the close
M the scene there la a coronation. and
the bramble is proclaimed king. That
to a political drama. Here It In to the
book of Job: Enter Eliphaz, 13111ad,
ti'7pkar, E11hu and Job. The npenter,
act or the drama, ail darkness; the
closing aot of the dreina, all sunahme;
mlgalQant drama is the book of Job!
Hew It Is In Solomon's song: The
reglon, an oriental region -vineyards,
pomegranates, mountain of myrrh,
" Seek of sheep, garden of apices, n "00-
g, a bride, a bridegroom, dialogue at-
: fx r dialogue -Intense, gorgeous, all 500'
jaskive drama to the book of Solomon 5
Bong. Here It Is to the book of Luke.
Costly mansion In the night! A11 the
windows bright with illumination! The
floor ,.quake with the dance. Return-
ed eon In costly gnrmens which do not
Very well fit him, perhaps, for they
were not made for him, but he must
swiftly leave off 1115 old garb and pre-
pare for this extemporized levee! Pout-
ing son at the back door, too mad to go
In, because they see making such a
fuss! Tears of sympathy running down
the old man's cheek at the story of
Isla son's wanderings and suffering and
10a11 Of joy at has return! When you
beard Burdock recite The Prodt3al
Non In one of his readings, you did not
know whether to sob or about. Revl:n'a
of religion have started just under 111
reading of that soul revolutionising
dame, The Prodigal Son.
Here It is In the book of Revelation:
Crystalline sea, pearly gate, opaln
raver, amethystine caps one, showering
coronets, one vial poured out Income -
dining the waters, cavalrymen of heav-
en galloping on white horses, nations to
doxology, halleluiahs to the right at
them, halleluiahs to the left of them.
Aa the Bible opens with the drama of
the drat paradise, so It closes with the
drama ot the second paradise.
• Mind you, tvlten I say drama 1 do
not m05n myth or table, for my the-
, . kNology U of the oldest type -500 yeas
old, thousands of years old, us old ae
the Bible, When I speak of the drama
at the beginning and close of the Bible,
I do not mean an allegory, but I mean
"•. the truth so staled that In grouping
and In startling effect It le a God
given, world -resounding, heaven -echo-
ing drama. Now, 10 God tmplan;ed
this dramatic element In our natures
and It he hag cultivated and developed
It in the Scriptures, I demand that you
recognise it.
Because the drama has again and
again been degraded and employed tot
destructive purposes le netting against
„, the drama, any more than music ought
. to be accursed because' it ham been
', *ken again and again Into the eat-
teraatf wassails of 4,000 yearn. Will
pnu refuse to enthrone music on the
church organ because the art has been
trampled again and again under the
feet of the lascivious dance??
Fifty a says about the sorrows of the
poor could not affect me as a late
drama of accident and suffering I saw
one slippery morning In the etreets of
Pbllsdelphta.. Just ahead ut me was a
lad, wretched In apparel, hie limb am-
putated at the knee; from the pallor of
the boy's cheek, the amputation not
long before. He had a package 01
broken food under hi. arm -food he had
begged, I suppose, at the doors. As
he passed on over the slippery pave -
hent, cautiously and carefully, I stead.
led him until his crutch slipped and
tell. I helped him up as well as I could,
gathered up the fragments of the park
Ode as well as 1 could, put them un- mise thin matter, and in many church -
der Otte arm and the crutch under the en there are dramatic exhibitions. Some
other arm. But when I naw the blood times they call them charades, some -
run down his pale cheek I buret Into times they call them magle lantern ex•
team Fitts' essay. about the suffer- hibltlons-entertainments for which you
lags of the poor could not touch one pay 60 cents, the 50 cents to go for the
Me that Ilttle drama of accident and eupport of some charitable Instltutlon
tsettng• An extemporised stage Is put up In the
Olt, we want In all our different de- church or In the lecture room, and there
,temente of ueetutnes5 more of the you go and gee David and the giant and
matte element and less of the die , Joseph sold Into Egypt and little Sam- t
tie. The tendency In thle day Is to uel awoke, the chief difference between
religion, to white religion, to cant the exhibition In the church and the h
011,t. e I
u ch
P arfea ,
1 exhibition In the theaters i on then hest ra bean
1 v that
ht g
to t
t nese
cock Present it
in exhibition a, the xhl Ilton In the e
!imolai and theater Is more I
tit Let
to all, skilful.
t4lt me say to all young mintstern of , Now let us have a new Institution,
the 1011)01: 1f you have this dramatic with expurgated drama and with the '
elemalt In your nature, use It fee God surroundings I have spoken of -an in-
#114 beaver, It you will go home and ■titutlon which we can without eophls- P'
over the hletory of the church, try and without self-deception support
!1111 tMk! end that those men Int:r and lin tron10'-nn Instf11111,in .-„ un,•„m-
bMoug,(t more souls Ch; is, 4)110 have promisingly good that we can attend 1l
bow dr0tuatic: Thomas Chalmers, dra- without any shock to our religious sen- B
Mox.Minna* Guthrie, dramatic; John slbilttles, though the Sabbath before A
dramatic; Christmas Evans. the eat at the holy sacrament,
matte; George Whltefleld, dramatic; The amusements of life are beautiful
1d Hill, dramatic: Robert Mc- and they are valuable, but they can- m
dramatic; Robert Hall, not pay you for Ole lose of your soul.
t=stro:le Hobert South, dramatic; I 00uld not tell your character, I could N
bt Jdramatic; Fenton, dra- not tell your prospects for this world ou
ohn Mason, drainatic, or the next by the particular church
-
you get Into the ministry, if you You attend, but It you will telt me ea
• SUNDAY SCHOOL
•c
where you were last night and when
you were the night before and whet
you have been the nights of the la
month, I think I could goals whet
Viet will spend eternity.
As to the drama of your life an
011ne, 1t w111 anon end, There will b
no encore to bring us back, At th
Moe:miter of that drannt or life .too
a cradle, at the end of it will stand
0rnvo. The Brat art, welcome, Th
last act, farewell, The lntet'medlat
arta, banquet and battle, processions
bridal and funeral, songs and tears
laughter and groans.
it watt not original with Shakospear
1vh(n he said, "All the world's a slag
and all the men and women mere)
' players.” Ile ,ant 1t from St. Paul, wh
'15 centuries before that had wrlt'en
"We aro made a aper'tur'e unto tit
world and to angels and t0 men," A
spectacle In a coliseum fighting wit
wild beasts In an amphitheater, th
galleries full, looking down. Here w
,lextrey a lion. Here we grapple with
a gladiator. When we fail, devils shout
When we rise, angels ming, A tweeted
before gallery above gallery, gallery
above ga'lery. Gallery of our departed
kindred looking down to sec If we 00
'nithfuI and worthy of our Chrlstla
ancestry, hoping for our victory, Want
Ing to throw us a garland, glorlfle
children and parente, with cheer on
cheer urging ue on. Gallery nt angel
looking down-rheruhlc, seraphic, arch
angelic -clapping their wings at every
advantage we gain. Gallery of tb
King from which there waves a scarfed
hand and from which there comes
sympathetic voice saying: "Me thou
'Jethful unto deatlt, and I will give thee
n crown of life."
Scene: The last day. Stage: The rock
lug earth, Enter: Dukes, lords, kings
e gars, clowns. No sword, No tin
eel. No crown. Por footlights: Th
kindling flames of a world. For orehee
tea: The trumpets that wake the dead
Fur npplauee: The clapping floods o
Ole sea. For curtain: the heavens roll-
ed together as a scroll. For tragedy
"The Doom of the Profligate." For the
last even of the fifth art: The Damp
of nations across the stage, some to the
right, otheta to the left. 'Then the bel
of the last thunder will ring, and the
curtain will drop!
INTRRNATIONAG 1108805 NO. 1.
• 2511 QUARTER. APRIL 1, 1000.
I • The nestitudca.--MatI.i:25to6:12.
e Supt,-Wlmt is On gu11e1, t-xt7
e Betoel-Ill'.+oI are the pure :u Iteert'
for they thtii 800 00 1. M,tt. v. 8.
What Si the ventral truth 7 The de -
men of the goq,il is to britig mankind
e into 11 state of heart purity,
e What is tho topic? True religion.
' What is the outline? I. The multi-
tu.te', II. Tho Teacher, III. The truth
e taught.
What wax the Vino? July, A. D., LB.
h Where wa.l the pl.10e? Muuut Hat
e tbL
e Who were the per Osie? Jesite. 111.
dleeiples. The mulbituie.
• What b the parallel account 7 Luke
✓ xll. '
25. Oreat mult'tu'.e:-Attriet':d by
e H1'1 miracles ' Tole oven t,e'or".l:tg to
o tho d,w1 was one prout or the doe; of
the Me Malt" Uce,pol's-A country
east of the tilts of Gal leo containing
ten dale'. Thus sr) .ea tilt Hb fame
g had eproad, and the people were eom
. 'ng to Dian from nil dlrectlot''
1, Setting alto maltttu.le-Ile was be-
e preyed w tit th.ir great need. Into
n mountain -Near the centre or the
a we•t coast of the 8,1 of Gal lee, n
few m 1.3s lack from tho •niehore
now called tho "flora, of H Mb," He
could be heard much- better 14n the
munta'n, When He WAS art -The
(t nal las'tion for to:cheer nm lag th
e Jews. They stool to read the seep.
turol, but gat to te.oh. ills disciple
came ante lf'nt -Tel? o11001) 01 q pe 1-
i Coe near to Him, and the multltu.lr
was far ewey.
2. Opened his mouth -"The memos.
elon marks the solemnity and lm•
portnnce of the dlecuroo."-Farri1'.
The Lord hat given 11 0 mouth, and
1 we must open It and montage the
truth without fear. And taught
them -The moment bate come when
1110 principlar of the now covenant
are to be enunciated,
Haul
8. Bleated -Happy. "The diem's!,
Monshere recommended aro not only
: the way to future b1oeee'dness, hot
they oleo immediately confer the
truest end most noble happlinme."-
Rrliecn. Poor ht spirit -All the beati-
t :dos are affixed to unlikely condi
tone, to show that the Judgment of
Christ and of the world oro different.
-Benson, One who Is deeply .01.11.10
of 1113 eplrltual poverty and wretched.
nrs,s-('Iarke, Tito general opinlon le,
happy le the pereon who b rich, and
great, and honorable In On world.
"The pltlioeuphcre did not rerkort lot•
mlllty among their moral ilrtam, but
t'hrlst mute It fleet," Tholra la -Now,
at this present time. The kitalon1 of
heaven and the kingdom of God mean
the tome thing, and have reference to
that ep.rltunl kingdom wld:h ('hast
sets up to the hearts of Hte children.
4. They flint mourn -That le, tholC
who, conscious of their spiritual tor•
arty, mourn. 1.0n account of elu end
Ito e •
menace r
ones
1 .•. lkenuse t.
of hn
Ing otfeuded a holy and eightaoue Gee.
They .hull be menforted-Tia Lord
:omforts by spanking the worth of
pardon and peaoe to their heeree.
True Joy b frequently tho (rids of
borrow.
5. 'file meek -They who suffer 11:
love, or love In patience; they who,
In the etrength of love, boldly y' -t
meekly, meekly yet boldly, bear in
Juetice, and thereby creamer. In•
iterlt the earth -The land ; and 'seethe -
ion frequently used by tlto prophets
to- signify the feed of Canaan. fader
tld 1 figure our Loral proml:ea tete ,bun.
nneo of spirituel good provided for
In tho goopt•L
0. Hunger and thirst -.N figurative
expresslon. Hunger and tllC-et an the
otrongest Of l'Udtly ninetieths. A(t.r
righteousness -The state, or quulit)
of being right with Go -i; exact rcot:-
tude; ho lncen, cumprs hendi• g holy
princlplSss, and. aflect:NG ,f heart,
and conformity of life to the Melee
law,-ltobs,er. Riglieecn nes, 110,0 1
taken for all the blessego of the
New Covenant a fol res or 'Von to
the im•tge of 0,041. -Clarke. Sh'111 tx'
!Bled -With rigittoous':ees. Evory-
thlttg e'ae falls to sett fy. God ha+
Himself created the desire arid Ile
will satbfy the nil. Spiritu(tl hnu-
geeing rind tla s lag 0 an evident)
of spirituel health
1. Tho mercltul-' Th n mercl:n',"
atvs leraemu.s, "ace thole wit+,
ii.ewill oe peer the foal t111 hungry 1tnd dolt. tliii.
rbiked; ndmonieh those 1n 1010, e
pardon tho offending." ' The tweed
ful bravely addrrer themeelvol t:' the
wants of 'the world." -Lange Obta n
mercy -As we deal with o;lters God
tyle ole ti with us "Marey II par-
-diesel at the prloo of mercy itself "
8 Pure in heart -Tho heart le tie -
sect of tate affections, the doeiro
the motives, the e -11I : with the pur^
heart tame will all be pure. The
heart le mantled by faith. Acts. xv
N "True religion (100.1 t, in Mier:
emelty "-Henry Ree r1te1-The t 1s
1toievt and enj lv God-'e.*o-oe but
tho pure are capable of seeing (Lod
He meat be pure who ravishes t:1 .neo,
n mire being."
0. The p a.emak-re -'Thb10 wIl'
avo'd conten.ton theme 1.os, and 1,-
bor to restore pence wh^re':er It it
broken.'' The children of Ood-Goi Is
the Father of p00oe, And those Me
eromote It are wad to be Hie chit
Oen.
10 ' Persecuted -Those who err
Pursued by on enemy. "Flood, f-npri+• •
one((, banished, scourged, tortaod, al
ways delivered unto death end or
'ounted ne sheep for the aliught^r,"
For r'ghteoustess roto-B-oau:e of
right dig. Kingdom of Heaven --8e
on verse 3.
11 Revile -To denier ; "to be altos
lye In epeech or net." Falsely for m}
oke -IL mast not only be false, hie
' for HH snip!' baa^tie we are ('hr's
thine and are bringing forth frnll
Into holinems.
12. Rejoice -''Even revilers contrt
bate to oar binesednees." To be pewee
muted for rhere'a coke Is to be crown
ed. Pee. 1'. 10 13' excerd mfr glad -L101+
for Joy Three ore enece on revel,'
where this has 11' ernlly b -en done Th,
prophet4-We are to have nn Inherit
nn^.e with the prophets. "Persecution
hat, been the Portion and the proof of
the meet eminent saints In all ngea"
Trnchineree-"When Jesus opens III•
month w^ oho'il.i open our hearts
.lt'ene Chriet neve- save'! n soul thnt
ffe did not govern ; nor Is Ile precious
to tiny person who eines not feel no
subjection to the divine will. -The
His Life Was saved.
Itr. J. P1.1,aly, a prominent einem of Hamm
bel, Yo., Icier bad a woedettal da teriae
Ir. in a bLuua death. 10 tebtng of It tai ry.
"1 war taken with Tylhulu Talar that tan into
15ru., o, b1. kly Luigi b. eatee hardened. 1
w5+ so weak I0oul4u't e+em ,it up in bed Noth
lug 1 ell ad In,. 1 ,1+euk•d to 0000 ale et (:111•
sumptten, silos I heard of 1,r'. IMO N w
Ducovrrr. ilio t,o�tm gave me west relief
I eontioued 10 ate It, 1011 now am w.lt and
enc ., 1 tent Mt), 10n mnrb In lie peels..'
1'111, mane loud mem) u0 i0 the surest and
a dok, to mad r,ue to 11:0 world 1•,r eh Thrust
nut Luna 'r- u , b1e. IWg,il., t .,are 60 mute anti
rte 10. '1'ral lotto 11 a ut J. 11. Ue utitoa's
W"0 eturu ; ploy b ,(ale euuraatce 1.
SAW HER RHEA'S GHOST
Remarkable Story of a Sick
Woman,
AND HER HUSBAND'S SURPRISE.
.t Danbury, Conn , re,) art a 1,05: Mrs.
Marg.+rut eta t, a brooklyn 1v0111an,
tat ,udd.mly 41 till) IIty yesterday
and hon d'nlght,•r, lir (I mt•Lm W. Let
,'eel+arx+ tit,0 tit, sate her mut ha.
borne n way by her dead. husbainke
pe tt at the m"m: ut tat tt bar (tenth
tau .
have 00curreel. M. Leo coin))
9111'5 6140 aro kuowlslg:' of her mutinies
If10m)htg death ; neither had the unY
eaaou to ixl:ere
she was In dative,
81(1, Leo la very 111 today 110 11 result
of her experience.
Dire, 1 eat t came here 1 tet weak to
her daughter, who Is an tnvttlle, and
who !Nei at No, 55 Jefferoon avenue
1v W1 her hudutnd. etre. 1 ettlt w:5
the wdow of Oliver H• Pettit, whit
,18,1 b1 Brooklyn tlxteen ye'a's 1170.
Her home ;n Brooklyn teal at :00. 41
Grove ' wet. 810 wat Li ty-flvo,'elrs
0140,
Mi,,, l'ett't complained yeeterd,7
111,,ru'117 that chs wee nr+urually tlrc 1,
ut we, rthcrw:(ee ht 11,r custoIu.lry-
goo i health. Her roost n&to 11x4 that
of her ,laughter, awl, n'e she del not
feel I ke getting up to go 110)0) tale, -
to breakfo, 1, tho loo.l was taken to
Iter shortly before 00011. Air. Leo ear-
r'od the fool to her room, (3)440 di hi
'teasel through b $ w L's epartmcnt,
to til I Or that h'r mother wt, ie l
ng well ani wt; prep.friug to nrL,•.
Mc. Loa, who had golo ,:own t.,'r.
lig 1',n, 33,1' 110a't101 11 0 few m1 int r
Inter by a try of fr'glt5 from 111 -
w
it
w fu's vont. He rushed up stare end
found ?Jr , Lee trued tag In over;
1'mb and her (doe LLluuh'J with
fr'ght.
"Leather has been here," she geld,
"and has taken mother away." Mr.
Lou tried to quiet tato stilt woman -
teare. He thought she was enHering
from the effects of a dream, But
5115 would not Ito dissuaded. Sho had
a feeling that her mothbr was gone
from her room.
Tte only: her Mr. Lee tohl lite that
he had left Mrs. Pettit lens than the
minuten prolioinly, alit] that she
was then 1n goo,! henitl[. Yielding to
Ills wife's urging, Ito wont to the
door of the wont °templed by etre
I'et;lt Mrs. Pettit was lying dead.
with the food at her hide intunched
Mr. Lee broke the 110we to 1110
wife, but It did not startle her.
Aire. Loo said that as site hay In her
boa she and sawfher fat a ther walk to the dooreeenee In the r
of her motfto•'s apartment and enter
it. Trembling with fright Mrs. Lox'
kept her eyes upon the door through
which the apparition bald (Heap
peered.
In nn Instant the figure of her
father appeared ut tete door lignin
Re wag carrying ida wife In his arum
Sirs. Lee saw them dletinetly me they
cros+letl the threshold, and rdcogll!ztd
their tame and forme, She would helve
cried for help while the apparition
was before her, but elle wag power.
le= to do go.
In an instant tike flguroe dlsap-
Peered. Mos. Lee's voice conte back
to her and she cried for her husband.
No Right to Ugliness,
tete. rhe wwh0,.lay, ben blind.. but foe x10
would be &Sheets. Inuit keep 11,-1 baa tit 1f
the Is weak, Reidy and e I ion down, 0110 will be
u,tv"ur en, killable, 1t she hes (Medpet1On
or kid+.ey trouble, I or impure blood will cause
plaploa, blotches, skin et mamasand a wretched
complexion. Elect to hitters 10 the be t mein
clue In the eerie le 'armlet. stoweob, hear sad
Maws sad to purity the blued, It tree
strong nerves, b'1, ht yes, emooth, velvety ekm,
eek oomp,exa. It wp1 make a go0d•l0utlog,
chatmlog woman of a run °owe (eyelid, Un'y
40 cents u .1 Y. H►mtltuu'5 Drug Smra
Mr, t:iuuour a Senator.
Ott,' e, M trait 20•-(8@"'111 )--t. 11.
G Mager, ex -M. 1'., Citation', N, B., 11
to get the vneatt O'nntor h p for
New Brun- w ek. Ti,:- unm' ,,f Mr.
Ell s, M. I'., wilt teame;•t •'1 w.tlt It, but
he latt-'r if ti (It r dcd to 11.11 la 011
eat 111 tin, (' nnm(nh, Mr. (I:Intone he.
act 1
( Int
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Hew
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854 wlt'I 186+1,1 8011 eat lthree f 1)-»
1'011)11 Ho11 a front 181-1 10 18.1. Ha
v now a ronimiselmer to tate l'ntls
'011)1111(4:1, Int will have to to Ian his
1+itboi. r-_ _`--
The ruana.gtre ul two Hast Fide New
York resorts, Mct;urk, an 1 Little
fagiet ateel,lummer on in c for trial large by violating the music hall Act in hating
file In a drinkIng place.
When a man gom to see "Ten
!Sits In a Bar -room,' and slips
t between the acts It R pretty hard
to Maintain that the stage 1. ea odu•
toe. t
Meekness, 111 this age and land,
w'bile it is a raro virtue, 1S by no
means as rare as w:aan (lhrist uttered
1114 truth, floetruotive and bear.l
ware had been raged everywhere, 'r
Roman arms and not m:ookness h
conquered "tike world.'
Gird has so created tie that I
waste of oar bo tuee moat be gimp!
regularly, usually Wires times en
day. Tibet we may not neglect
bodies, 'hunger end thirst remind
of oar need and duty, and coup:
with the taking of tOls neeresa
nourtahment, the body experion
sumo of GUI highest p:easure. The e
demands righteousness, with all th
word ombratee and implies,
!Mercy was almost unknown In t
ilmunit world. To grant 'nervy
the p101141ng victim In the arena
the uptur101 thumb woe very LIne0
mon Thele wile little of the mere)
In the Jewleli character, and u
when the entitle was niauitest was
diminerellol.
What a wonderful thing to "e
Gal" ! Dr. Parker, while crosaln.e t
o0enn, sat for honre, watoliR sen n
eke from the deck of tits steamer.
yeeing mon flippantly asked hi
"What eo 3o', 0 o, 011 man 5" Tha
pl3 woe, "Nothing, hat I to l "
There nre always ninny to ettr
etrlfe-how few Reek to NI pencema
ere! flow ea 7,v they we nee 1rd In (1
wort l of euntislon nal utrlfe l lie w
u
ttees Vile Meteors truth, "Dienare the peacemakers, for they eh
b•' (mile] the children of 001," w
fltmeelf the "Prime of Peeve"
How strnnee that anyone could pe
areata on, of his fellows for n go
ii e1 ! Tl'e piles tion 1 t b' ra"ly Chr
thine endnre,l at the hends of 1
henthen world were so camel tit
from nimoet Impossible. And th
were perseentel for no evil eon lee
The !Amory of the church le filled wi
nee/tents of pereecntione carried
not becnne° of III -doing, but '
rluht'•oneneee' Rake." The porSeoutl
01 the Armenlnne are fresh In
min 1. now, at the dawn of the tee,
Meth century. "Atnn'e Inhumanity
men me Ivo countless thouslin
mourn." --J. 1:. Coleman.
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BANK OF tiA���L7'b�"d.
Capital, all paid up, $1,500,000. Reserve, $t,000,000.
Total Assets, $13, r 63,05 7.
BLYTH BRANCH.
A general Banking business transacted. Advances wide on alsaitnble
securities. Farmers' nines discounted and money' advanced to feed cat flu et4,
and pending the ba' 0)011(17 of 11,0 crops, Urh0 )tm•es !!mit 11, C;.lire :one
made on the moat thvorahle terms. Grata 100011 psi ilblo at all ph:toiled meet.
in Canada and the United Slatee, Draft. on Groat Britain and t l;outhlontof
Europe bought and sold,
p"'' SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
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p
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Tending NA' hoot. Markets'
Faeow:a.g aro 11',' elo3:ng prices
iinpc:tattt wheat centres
1 li r igu 5-- 80.05
el 1 t ;a teka. ............ 0 08 1-2 --
1".. Lee,. ............... 0,01-: 0 70 1
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alJotra:l, wh:ta .. 0711-2 ---
U.,ilu',Il', No. I
Nerd:ern .. „ 0 61 7.8
Duluth, Ne. 1
hare! 0803.8
M.uu^npr-1:e No. 1
Nr, te r
n 0 811.8
DM.n.neeeel':e No. 1
tr d O(61-8
Ort,ln and Produce.
Floor -Ontario pater:es, is bags
40 to 83.65; btre(gh, rcIJ ro, 53.:.5 ;1,
eti.t5; 4t. nga.ee:, paten,(,, 83.03,
M , t,,c-1a bait -eta', 81,55, al! on track
a i l oroatio,
Whose-OW:Wu, rroi and 'whae, 651
north 0191 west ; (,1050 , (i9, hor; h 11111
wzc¢ ; No. 1 elotaietee hale, 800, '!b.
;; I I NO. 1 Ncrth;-rn at 78».
Ord. -NV hlte ants goo: E,1 a 1 27 1.2c
µ00Lr,
o. lee-Quoie,l n;. lee :ter No, 2
war;, ort. fedi f.4atKy, See to 37c.
llye-tleote•i a. 143 010.lh sl.'1 ,cab'
tat , 51c east,
bract -City m':1`3• soli i;ren at 510
sal e.ho:'ts at 017, (a car Les, f.o.b..,
7'e.' oto,
liackwhead-Fitts; 48e n teh end
r}' c:..,
t'1• -n -Canadian, 4;e to Ole on track
in 'To.',,uto; American, 45a en track,
bet ,•nU.c Het
Tcroato, March 20.-Reteep.a ui
farm produce ware not as Largo n,( tb
s.tal 141 auturd.,,-:.0J bushels Cu
grate, 20 1 ods .f 111y, one ut straw,
, i t, t 2 , dn't113,1 11:g'a.
511.010-1,,u evehei0 of geese rid 1114
711:.
1t;rlo,t--Steady, 100 3uslul, sold a:
15e.
(''ons-Firlitu., 201 bushels 0 111ng at
2 t; ale.
I'tr-i''it•ut 20 Torii N;Id :d el.; b:
0111,.-0 l:r 10.4.
]'11'11..11 lop;m-1)^11o.03 light ; 2
411:1.1 at 07 t, $7:20 par cwt.
Perrw-O.le 1 eel sed 2: ;J per 001
1:it:Gres-04liv:r:ee light, at 4
at 10e per big.
.eiree5--Priecs firm, nt $2,L0
.c't.'.11 and $1 par 111rral.
Pu'.'or-1-e'Ire, 1-a ftl:, sellleµ frc
'r'3 to 2,8e ler Ib., the balk g.11ng n
2"c,
Eggs -Eggs were plentiful at 14 t
103 per d )234.
Fora ''codger Wholeeule,
Ter;,,to, eitri:a 210 -Ilan, b lel
'at. lets, pa; t>1, a:) 13 51.30; ideate
11:,011, ('11 142,4 pt; ten 111.73 to
ear 13.-4, per big. 1171.2 t'
0;; butter, cacir.', tithe; 1240 to 2!c
nu
21;h in-diout, 00b0, 11 t, 180; Mit
.er, d'th•y, 1)0toe rd a, hultar,
c tul^.ry, pou',ul rtr!'s, 81 to !20c
,utter, liege nils, p'1' p:,:1nd, 21 to
c; Katie;, creamery, burg, 3'3 t
21 ; e'gg%, laid, 11 to 12.
llrltlelt )t.trlt0 t 1.
Liverpool, March 24, 12.80.-1VIIeat,
No. 1, northern, spring, lie Sd; No
1 ('nl., no stock; red winter, no stork:
corn, eel, .+ls 11 11 -Id; nee, :ie 10-
1.1(1
0-
';• 1 d ; {teas, 5o 7 1.2d; pork, prime
aw!xtern meas, AB; 11; hard, prime
veetenn, 3::e; American, refined, 11-1e;
tal:ow, Australian, 29s 13d; American,
gee] to fine, 29s; lar:.n, long, clean
ight, 881; brat y, !7s 0d; short, ('90)r,
heavy, nee; cheese, white, DOs (id;
eo'orr.l, 833. Wheat, Ilrin; rani,
st'R'ly.
Liverpool - (CO -el - Wheat. spot
farm; tortures, settt.y; Moy, 5s. 9-
1-4,: ; .'sly, 53 8 1-1.L M1:'z:
et -arty; mixed Amerlee% 811 11) 0-4d
: '111 11 :3 1d oil: future% etrttdy;
May, 33 11 l-81:; J!;ne, So 11'1.1. Fleur,
Mine., 1711.
Deposits of 01 atll upwarle re,'e!rrd x111 interest ill+nerd from date et
deposit to date of withdrawal. Inteies added to priueipal 111 'May nod Nevem-
berenohyear. Special deposits nbu 10•:0ived et mitten, rates. D'pusite 10:(y
be withdrawn without formality or delay.
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THE MTh STANDARD
fHR PIt1:F1:RP;N1'IA1. 'TARIFF
British Papers ('ontntend the Gener-
ohlly of C'anuda.
London, March 24. -Commenting on
31, Finding's new tariff, as an.
lll',nred In the Canadian Parliament
lc'1t'totry, the westinluxter Gazette
soyya: "Tito \VeetMos' er Gazette,
whale acclalmtng Canndn'x ganrrelity,
(loam not encourage 151, ee of rcc,pree.
lt,v !'rem this country," and tae-
tnuee t "We are duly grateful to
('made t'or her feeling towards Great
1'a•itaiu, end (also for the hint that
situ hopes, rattler than expecte, re.
ciprotal - preference some tlma or
other But Caunda would do well to
base her cnlculatlone ea the auppo-
+ltlo:i that we shall «tick to the free
trade, 1yntem.,
The Outlook (aye: "Tice zeal of the
tariff huperlallets of Canada. cum.
,.,n.md'+ lirlthet Ne»reithy tine 1140 ad.
'libation of nil, the more because a
British tori(( dlscrlminetion In fav-
or of colonial prodnets Is as imp, -
xibb t0•da-� nN rrrr. O Ir pl'1'tr o. tit
mtnplrc'n strength la Its free trade;
v.n
+v+nnne
IT
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IIlsfIURCHIE & RANCE
BANKERS
TRANSAC I- A GENERAL BANKING
BUSINESS.
BLYrI'Ii, ON'T'ARIO.
NOTES =COUNTED,
Sale Nota, .t seeelnity. Advance*
made to farmers on thbir Owl
notes. No additional security re.
gutted.
. INTEREST ON DEPOSITS tt Current Ritis,
' We Oiler every ao1ouflnoda,ion eon-
aletent with sato and conservative
batkiug prin0 pies.
0 LiGi1TED PRIVATE FUNDS
'1'o loan on !teal Estate at lowest
roes of bootee.
it moat rtiatfn ;h, Onq,ire a h' &LLL ESTATE AGENTS.
oars door 1'.. .lir na home m')rketx Persons wish rig to Hell will do wall'
' are con creed." 1 to place their property on our Bit.
G�
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rl
Lo:uttem - C900 - Wheat on pasx•
age. rather Beeler. Parcels, No 1 Nor.,
( !1'10:5, (steam, May, 28( 1 1-2d paid.
"nµ11 h country markets quiet• Melee,
rnss'tge, Armor, with better In -
ley Cargo:e, mixed American, en 11
lu
grade, .team, h'eptember n.td Ge.
,even Beatitudes, form nn nerendole
blear, 19; paid ; btee m, parcels, Apr•i'!,
v Od I aid. Pergola Le Plata, VII-
I.'
rye. terms, etrann, Jany and
le, 195 raid. Spot, maize, Amerl•
1 !meed, 19a :id. Inoue, Atholx (01.
lin,, In width the new life I traced 18
from gunge to stage, front Pe coin"
eek
m-neement to Its completion It IR int-
po'etble to feel poor In millet without, ;at
at the mime time, lemon+ for the -
riches of the Spirit of God."
PRACTICAL Si1RVEY.
it are a the 5;
The Beatitudesamong m
B mor
i
startling utterances thever sounM•
a tin u
ed in the tern at ear of man. 'Che Master had i
been "preaching the gospel of the 11
kingdom" throughout all the reentry ,
Great multitudes followed Him. He 1
bad their attentdoo.IHa sounded, cleat
AN n bugle note, t?tie moan e1 tri
umpa, He touches all the chords o' s
human feeling that heretofore were h
supposed to produce, only miaol
muses; now they yield the harmony t
nt heaven'. But He speaks as one hag- a
ing authority.
Who but the Master would dor'
say, "Blessed are they that mourn!"
Truly 'bas J. 1i. Miler said, "Thi•
seems indeed a strange beatitude. But
to those who have learned Its Mena. •t
Mg It is, no longer StraSgle.
Bismarck's Iron Nerve
In -
oat amble will 0)1,1 1 c ueudoae spieled'health.
le a int
a
on wueru
e t.n
i.ca, Liver, KldOele and
, w.+la a:e oat a, 'rest. 11 lou w.t nrwr0
n.1i11.41 cod tiw ,u mew they 00 nI,u.use U.
,lose Now 1.11+ P.111 They eevelap every
rwcr of brn1., aid body, Oily 26 routs ut
. 51 Hamilton's ding st,rn..
A clv,r':1! t -em 4 - Jost p.1, .81,0tato ,,
aye: The steamer Lee:evi.ls, of Orn -
nm and Morten end Company, wheat
a due to arrive from Chicago early
but'five milin es ed outs the ice f'elda
('Ity Engineer Vat - Buskirk, of
tratfgrd, ling announto, his inteu
Ion of resigning.
By a go: of b0 stove explosion at C'o1 •
m10bar(',tally, O., fivebuttedpereons, were killed and
1
•
Volcanic Eruptions
for cols.• Hones colic;ted.
Ave greea, bn1 aka) Eroptl ns r b 11te of '43.CONVEYANCING
Beat, u's Arnica r sive aures thaw a to
Miming end p, ver auras, Ulcers Bout, yet u',
10011., W,"N, Cat l'ral r'0, Lilt , Bolds.
Cue, p d Ands, t bl:b1. loo, D. et 1 t e Cute on
eat h Deters out Paoli 114 Aohtea, (1111)' 51
)coax a Ix,x, Cwo yugtautaud, hued by J H.
nawl',tuu, bnir4nt.
He 1s but the counterfeit of a man
who hag not the 11e of a unto. -
•llllkeeponre.
BLYTH
ROLLER MILLS
•••••••0
Having assumed control of the above
named mills I am prepa'ol to supply
and deliver flour and Feed to any part
of the town at reasonable prices. Ask
your grocer tor FiNNEMORE!S
FAMILY FLOUR it is the beat on the
markt.
(MISTING and CHOPPIN3 done on
abort notice, being a practicalmil-
ler an sure to please you.
GIVE it A TRIAL.
Highest market price paid for all clan.
see of wheat.
••••••••
W.N.FINNEMORE
BLYTH.
T. J. HUCKSTTEP
r
Barber and Tobacconist
Choice Stock of
tbia0oos, Cigars and Pipes on had.
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Patents taken lnronah
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A panNnmelf IlluOanted w.057,. iaraeat tar
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U&DERTAKER & Et»DALIEL.
hs. {tgaaem AND GOODS -
INwt In aha combine)
Ne, 7 Queen Street South, BITth -
t^. HARILTON.
Licensed Ayctionear mal Valu'tola-
Ieaud, Loan and Insurance Agent..
Office, on Qom street, Blyth. Orders.
left at TUB SrANDa5D office will reoeiva
prompt attention,
C. A. C00KE, L,D.ie, D.O.S.
• Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, and graduate of the
Royal College of Dental Surgeon3.
Special attention paid to the preserva-
tion of the natural teeth. (Mee ove-
J. W, Bell's harness store, Queen street,
Blyth. Visits Auburn 1st and Ord
Alondays of each month.
W. J. MILNE, M.O.0.111
Physician, Surgeon and Aocouehemm.
M.D.C.M., University of 'Trinity Col.
lege; 11.1.., Queen's University; Fel•
low of '1'r:nity Me Beal Collette, and
member of College of PIIysiolenS and
Sart:eonlsof Ontario, Co;onor for the
County of Duren. 01110e, one door
north of the Counneroial hotel, Quetta
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