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Thoroughbred Stock for Sale.
For sale 10 Leiceater Ram Lambs, and a few Berk-
sh.re Boars, also a lot of Shorthorn Bulls fit for ser -
vie, also females of the above breeds. They are all
choicely bred and will be sold reasonably, to: make
room for winter. Terms easy. DAVID MILNE,
Ethel, Ontario. 1847-t f
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
nAA ACRE FARM FOR SALE.—The 200 acre
-,4tuu farm, being lots 11 and 12, concession 16,
Grey, is offered for Sale. 120 acres are cleared and
the balance is well timbered. Buildings ilrst-class.
Orchard, well, &o School house within 40 rods.
Possession given at once if desired. For further
particulars as to priceterms, etc., apply te MRS.
WALKER, Roseville P.O. or th NELSON BRICKER,
.on the farm, 129941
-DARE FOR SALE.—For sale lot 9 and half of lot
I 10, on the 14th concession of MoKillop, contain-
ing about 140 acres of whieh about 40 acres are
cleared. There are about 97i acres of lot 9 well tim-
bered, There are fair,buildings on lot 10, but none
on lot 9. These places will be sold together or separ-
ately, to suit purchasers and can be got cheap.
Apply on the premises or to Walton P. 0. JAMES
CAMPBELL. 184941
HOUSE AND LAND FOR SALE.—The Rouse be-
longing to the undersigned with 1 acres of
land enclosed therewith, situated in the Village of
Harpurhey. The house is comfortable, in good order
and is supplied with good hard and soft water. The
land is of excellent quality; and there is an abund-
ance of large and small fruit trees upon it. Easy
terms will be given for payment of purchase money.
Immediate possession. Apply to the undersigned or
to F. Holmested, Esq., Barrister, Seaforth.
DANIEL MeGREGOR. 18524
-LURE FOR SALE. --For sale, Lot' 2, 3rd Conces-
✓ sion of Tuckersmilth, containing 100 acres, all
cleared and seeded down to grass. It is all well
underdrained, has good buildings and a young Or-
chard. It is well watered by a never failing stream
running through the bthis end. This is an extra
good stock farm and is also well. adapted to grain
raising. It is within two miles and a half of Seaforth.
Will be sold cheap and on terms to suit the purchas-
er. Apply to D. DONOVAN, Seaforth. 184741
JJOUSE FOR SALE.—On North Street, Egniond-
ville, about five minutes walk from the church
a frame house, one story and a half, with seven
rooms, very comfortable and beautifully finished.
There is a suarter of an acre of land, well fenced,
with a few good fruit trees and a large number of
currant bushes, good cistern and well, woodshed and
coal house. This is an exceptionally pretty a d corm
fortable place. Apply to MRS. C. HOWARD, ep the
premises, or write to Seaforth P. 0. 13 -tf
MUM IN McKILLOP FOR SALE.—For sale the
J.' south half of lots 1 and lot 2, concession 4, Mc-
Killop, being 160 acres of very choice land mostly in
a good state of cultivation. There is a gOaid house
and bank barn, a good young bearing orchare and
plenty of never failing water. A considerable
portion seeded to grass. Convenient to markete
and schools and good gravel roads in all directions.
Will be sold cheap. Apply to the proprietor on the
' premises, MESSRS. DENT & HODGE, Mitchell, or et
Tim HURON Exemirroa Office,Seaforth. JOHN
O'BRIEN,yroprietor. 12984/
MIIRST CLASS FARM FOR SALE IN THE TOWN-
▪ SHIP OF McKILLOP.—The undersigned offers
hie very fine farm of 160 acres situated in McKillop,
being Lot 8 and east half of' Lot 9, Concession 6.
Thee are about 20 acres of bush and the remaining
180 acres are cleared, free from stumps and in a good
state of cultivation. The land is well underdrained
and contaiii5-,3 never failing wells of first class water.
Good bank bars MN. Hewn log barn, and other
good outbuildings. There are two splendid bearing
orchards and‘a good hewn log dwelling house. It is
only 7 miles from the thriving town of Seaforth and
is convenient to sohools, churches, etc. It is one of
the best farms in McKillop, and will be sold on easy
terms as the proprietor desires to retire. Apply on
the premises or address WM. EVANS, Beeehwoed
1358.t f
P. 0.
PLENDID FARM FOR SALE—Lot 25, Cancer-
sion 6, Township of Morris, containing 160 acres
suitable for grain or stock, situated two and a half
miles from the thriving village of Brussels, a good
gravel road leading theretoi 120 acres cleared and
free froni stumps, 6 acres cedar and ash and balance
bardwood. Barn 61x60 with straw and hay shed
40x70, stone stabling underneath both. The house
Is brick, 22x82 with kitchen 18x26, cellar underneath
'both buildings. All are new. There is a large young
orchard. School on next lot. The land has a goad
natural drainage, and the farm is in good condition.
-Satisfactory reasons for selling. Apply at Tim Ex-
POSITOR Ossmrs, or on the premises. WM. BARRIE,
Bruosels. 183541
FOR SALE.—For Sale, 80 acres in Sanilac
County, Michigan 75`acres cleared and in a good
state of cultivation, fl t to raise any kind of a crop.
It is well fenced and has a good orchard on it, and a
never failing well. The buildings consist of a frame
house, stabling for 12 tomes with four box stalls 86
head of cattle and 100 sheep. Ninety ewee were win-
tered last year,sold in wool and Iambs this sum-
mer. There are also pig and hen houses. Tho un-
dersigned also has 80 acres, with buildings, but not
so well improved, which he will sell either in 40 acre
lots or as a whole. These properties are in good
localities, convenient to markets, schools and
churches. The proprietor is forced to sell on ac-
count °till health. It will be a bargain for the right
manas it will be sold on easy terms. GEORGE A.
TEMPLETON, Doronington, Sanilac County, Michi-
gan. 1298x4 -t -f
UIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot
_U 35, Concession 2, Town Line, McKillop, contain-
ing 100 acres, more or less, 10 acres new land, about
one third of it free from stumps. It is, well fenced
and underdrained and in first-olaes ettite of cultiva-
tion. About 40 acres Seeded to grass. Seven acres
fall wheat. Fall ploWl g done. The Maitland River
runs almost straight tic oss the centre of the lot, giv-
ing abundance of wale without any waste land. On
the farm is a good rame house, heated by a coal
furnace, soft and hard water convenient, good tram°
harp with stone stablii g and root house underneath,
also a hay barn on cod r posts, with implement house
and stabling underne th. A good bearing or;hard
of choice fruit trees. It is situated within throe
miles of Seaforth. I! or further particulars apply
on the premises, er by letter, to MRS. WM. BLACK,
Seaforth P. 0. 1363-t f
FIRST CLASS FARM FOR SALE.—For s3lo Lot 12
Concession 6, II. It. 8 Tuckersmith, containing
100 acres of choice land, nearly all cleared and in a
high state of cultivation, with 90 acres seeded to
grass, It is thoroughly underdrained and well fenced
with straight rail, board and wire fences and does
not contain a foot of waste land? There is also an
orchard of two acres of choice fruit-troes; two good
wells, one at the house, the other with a wind -mill
on it at the out buildings, on the premises is an ex-
cellent frame house, containing eleven rooms and
cellar under whole house, and soft and hard water
convenient. There are two good bank barns, the one
32 feet by 7Z feet ant? the other 36 feet by 66 feet
with stabling for (j0 had of cattle and eight horses.
Besides these there are sheep, hen and pig houses and
an Implement shed. The farm is well adapted for
Frain or stook raising and is one of the finest farms
in the country. It is situated 31 miles from Seaforth
Station, 5 frcm Brucefield and Rippe!' with good
gravel rc a ceding to each. It is also convenient
to churchee, poet office and school and will be sold
cheap and on easy terms. For further particulars
apply to the proprietor on the premises or by letter
to THOMAS G. SIIILLINGLAVV, Egmondville P. 0.
1285-tf
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THE HURON EXPO
DECEMBER 81 1893,
litiNTING S ENE.
DR TALMAGE ON THE CHA - 'AFTER
THE ALMIGHTY DOL AR.
People IVho Purse* World!
A. Eagerly as the Hound
Hare—The Grandeur of the
Life.
Plea au res
ollows the
Christian's
BROOKLYN, Nov. t le forenoon
service at the Tabernacle -day, Rev.
Pr. Talmage took for his sub ect a most
seheonable one : "A Hunt ng Scene,"
the text being Genesis, 49:27 : "In the
morning he shall devour th , prey, and
at night he -shall dividethe s oil."
A few uights agoieight h ndred men
encamped along the Long I land
road so as to be ready for the next inoeh-
ing, which was the first "o en day" -for
deer 'heisting. Between sum ise- and two
o'clock in the afternoon of that. day
fifteen deer were shot, On the 20th of
October our woods and fore ts resound
with a shock of firearms, an are track-
ed of pointers and setters, because th(a
qual are then a laNiful pr ze for the
sportsman. On a certain da in all Eng-
land, you can hear the crack of
the sportsman's gun, bec. use. grouse
hun ing has begun ; ind' every
man that can -afford the time and
=Munition, and can draw bead,starts
for the fields. Xenophon gr w eloquent
in regard to 'the art of 11 nting, In
thelfur East, people, elepliai t-mounte0,
chase the tiger, The Ainerpan Indian
darts his arrow at the buffalo until the
frightened herd tumbles Ore the rocks.
European nobles are Often fo Ind in the
fox chase and at the stag -hu a Francis
II. was • called the father f hunting.
Moses declares of Nimrod: "He was a
mighty hunter before the Lo There-
fore, in all ages (Atha world. he imagery
of my text ought to be suggestive,
whether it means a wolf af er a fox, or
a man after a lion. Old Ja db, dying,
is telling the fortunes of It s children:
. He prophesies the devouring )ropensities
of Benjamin aud his descendatits. With
and sees
elds,
htfall eom-
over the
oor of the
tribute the
y, and an-
trilepr
an -
roe. 'egyr:
the spoil."
e habits 'of
prey, :and
ve or lair,
g.
t place; as
N1'110 in the
mselves
erward; by
ng of their
the spoils
e are aged
this house
would tell
f their life
tense as a
icon swoops
the e orld's
ins. They
world they
le of them
his dim old eyes he looks o
the hunters going out to the
ing them -all day, and at ni
ing home, the gamo. slun
shoulder, and reaching the c
tent, the hunters begin to di
game, and one takes a Con
(Ahern, rabbit, and another.
the morning he shall devou
and atnighthe shall divide
Or it may be a reference to ti
wild beasts that slay theit
then drag it back to the c
and divide it among the you
I take my text, in the fir
descriptive of those people
morning of their life give th
• to hunting- the world, but af
the grace -of God, in the even
life divide ae:.ong .themselve
of Christian character. The'
Christian men and women i
who, if they gave testimony
.yoh that in the morning.
were -after the world as it
hound after a hare, or as a fa
upon a gazelle. They wante
plaudits and the world's g
felt that if they could get thi
would have everything.- So
started
started out for .the •pleasures of the
world. They thought that ti e man who
laughed loudest was happ est. They
tried repartee, and conun rum, - and
beriesque, and madrigal. They thought
thea would like to be iTon Hoods, or
Charles Lambs, or algal A. Foes.ic, and the
. orsh ippers
Merry An -
the jester.
and hub -
d rdyster-
ere so ffull
press their
and
hilariously
there was
he tone or
er. After
in hard on
was Borne-
. Under
.ave away,
ouse. Of
was exfo-
t life was
e heart of
il an earn;
fore. They
their im-
t sixty or
ciative ,of
✓ were, but
atisfaction
er hunted;
rider titan
es they &-
they di v
They rniegled wine, and mu
spectacular. They were
of - the harlequin, and the
drew-, and the buffoon, and
Life was tp them foam,
ble, and cischinnation, a
ing, and grhaace. They
of -glee they could • hardly r
mirth, even on solemn occ
they came near bursting out
even at the burial, because
something so odorous na
countenalice of the underta
awhile, misfortune struck
tlieback. They found there
tiling they could eat laugh a
their late hours their health
or there was a death Itt the I
every green thing their soul
liated. They found out th
more than a joke.' From ti
Gd they blazed into their so
estlues4 they had never felt b
awbke to their sinfulness an
mortality, and here they st
seventy years of ages as appr
all innocent mirth as -they ev
they are bent on a style of
Nvhich in early life they ne
the evening,. of "their days bri
the morning. In the morni
voured the prey. but nt night
ed the spoils.
Then titere are others who started out
for financial success. They 3.0 how lim-
ber the rim of a man's hat is vhen he
bows down before someone„ trees/ace.
ous. They felt they woald ike to see
how the worldlooked from t te window
of a four thousand dollar ttiri .out. Tle
thought they would like to have. the
morning sunlight tangled in the head-
gear of a dasiiiag span, Tlt y wanted
bridges in the park to resoun 1 under the
rataplau of their swift liu Is. They
wonted a gilded leddrick, ,m d so they
started ou the dollar hunt. ' hey chased
it ep one street and clawed it down ell -
en it bur -
treed it in
r was ex -
other. Theyfollowed it
rowed in the cellar. They
the roof. 'Wherever a dollt
peeted be, they were. They chased
it across the ocean. They eh:teed it
ecras the lande-• They stopped not' for
the night. Hearing that do lar, even in
the darkuees, thrilled them as an: -Adi-
rondack sportsman is thrilled at mid-
night by a loon's laugh. They - eheseo
-1 hat dollar to the in( (ney vault. They
chased it to the eevernment tretieury.
They routed it front tinder the countrY.
All the hounds were out—eill the point-
ers end the setters. leapeO rho
itpdges for that doller, Mel they cried :—
"Herk as ay! e dellar: a (loner!" ' And
alien et last they came upon it ;led had
nein:111y captured it, their eecitemeet
ives like that of it falconer who hits sue-
cesafully flung his first hawk, eh 01,2
uuiorning of their life, oh, how. they
devoured their prey! But their ciene a
Letter time to their soul. They found
out that an immortal nature cannot live
en bank stock. They took up a Northern
Pacific bond, and there was a hole in it
through which they could look into the
uncertainty of all earthly tree., u Fes,
They saw some. Relsion, living al the
rate of twenty -fives theusend dollars a
1110111 11, leaping •from San Frandsen
wharfAescause he could not .eoptinue to
live at tee same nth). They Fetes the
wizen and 'analytic henNs who had
.changed their soule int lolten gold
stamped %vitt' the image of the earth.
earthy. They save some .great souls' hy
a varice turned in homunculi, and they
said to themselyes:—"I will eeek after
higher trsasure.."
From tlea time they did not core
whether they walked or rode if CI:rie;
,ealked with them: nor vltcllter dev
lived in it 1.111111t4011 orbut, IL thee (le cit.
1111(ler the eheduat of 'the Altilightv : ner
whether they tkeere. newt). bit.1.i'teecti
hroadeloth or int homespun. if thee iled
- the Mile (Jf
-'"1 11 tpey t;:i whiled with 1t1oruct.0
rd' catr-,..kin, if they were slim( v.-.;111 Inc
preparation. of the Gospel. 'a:1;0w %oil sue
peace on their conntenanee. w that
man says:—"What a fool I was p be en-
chanted with this world. Why t I have
more satisfaction in five minute e in the
service of God than I had in all 'the first
year in my life while I was gain getting.
I like this evening of my day I a great
deal better than I did the morning. In
the Morning I greedily devoured .the
prey; but now it 111 evening, and I am
gloriously dividing the spoil."
My friends; this :world is a p Or thing
to bunt. It is healthful to go cint in the
woods and hunt. It rekindles the lustre
of the eye. It strikes the brown of the.
autumnal leaf into the cheek. It gives
to the rheumatic limbs the strength- to
leap like a roe. Christopher North's
-pet gun, the muckle-mou'd-Meg going
off_ in the -summer in the forests,
had itteecho in the winter tnne in the
eloquence that rang through the univer-
sity balls of Edinburgh. it hit healthy
to go hunting in the fields; but I tell
you that it is belittling and bedwarfing
and belaming for a man to Mint this
world, the hammer comes doWu on the
gun -cap, and the barrel expledes and
kills you instead of that Which you are
pursuing. When you turn out to hunt
the world, the world l turns out to hunt
you; and as many a sportsman aiming
his gun at a panther's heart has gone
down under the striped claws, go, while
ttyon have been attempting to devour this
world, the world has eeen devouring
you. So it was %rah Lold Brycn. So it
.was with Coleridge. Sp it a as with
'Catharine of Russia. 'Henry 11. went
out hunting for thisworld, and its
lances struck through his heart. Francis
L, aimed at the world, but the assassin's
dagger put an end to his ambition and
his life with one stroke. Mary Queen
of Scots wrote on the window o' her Cas -
tie; .
From the top:of all my trust,
Mishaps hathlo.id me in the dust.
The Queen Dowager of Navarre was
offered for her • wedding day a costly
and beautiful pair of gloves, and she put
them on; but they were poisoned gloves,
and they took her life. Beer a bare
hand of cold privatiou than a v
poisoned glove i' of .ruinous
"Oh," says a smile young ma
audience. , l'I believe what
preaching.. I am going to do hat very
thing. In the morning of myillfe I •am
going to devour the prey, and in the
evening I shall divide the spoils of Chris -
elan character. I only ,.want .a little
while to -sow my Wild oats,- and then 1
.: will be good." Young man, did „ you
ever Lek% the census of all the old peol.
ple? How many old people ate there in
your house? One, two or nano? llow
many in a vast assemblage like this?
Only here .and there a gray. head,.
- like the patches, of snow. • here and
there in the fields on a late April
day. The fact is that the tide e of the
Years are so 'strong, that men go down -
under them before they get to e sixty,
before they get to be fifty before
they get to be forty. before they get to
be thirty; and if you, my young .brother,
resolve now that you will st end the
morning of your days devouaing the
prey, the probability is that saw will
never divide the spoils in the evening
• hour. He who postpones until old age
the religion of Jesus Christ postpones it
. forever. Where are the . men who,
thirty years ago, resolved tot become
Christians in old age, putting 'lit off a
certain number of years? ': 'I hey never
got to be old. The radroadjcollision, or
the steamboat explosion, or the slip on
the ice, Or theiafling ladder, or the sud-
den cold put an end to their oeportunie
ties. They have never had 'an 7opportua
nity since, and never will havean op-
portunity again. They locked the door'
of Heaven against their souls, end they
threw away their keys. They- °based
the world, and they died in • the Chase.
The 'wounded tiger turned , on them.
They failed to take the game . they raw.
sued. Mounted on a swift, courser, they
leaped the hedge, but the courser iell on
them and crushed, them. ' Proposing to
-barter thehaeoul for the: world, they lost
both and gort neither. .
, While this. Is an encouragement to old
people who ,are still uupardoned, it is no
enCouragement to the -young who are
_putting X... the day of grace. This
doctrine that the 0111 may be tepentant
is to he taken cautiously. It is medi-
cine that kills or cures. The same
medicine, given to different patients, in
one case it, saves life, and in the other it
destroys it. This possibility of repentance
at the close of life may cure the old man
while it kills the young. 138 catitious in
taking it, .
„
Again, my subject is descriptive of
those %vim conic a.) a sudden and a
radical change, • You have not
i. short a time it is from znornini,
--only seven or eight nours. 1
that the -day has a very brief
heart beats twenty-four times,
.it is dead. How.quick this taausition in
the character of these BenjaMites 1 "Iu
the morning they shall devour the prey,
and at night they shall diyide the
spoils." Is it possible that there shall
be such a transformation MI any of
oUr characters? Yes, a man may,
be at seven o'clock in the' morning an
all -devouring -worldling,•'arl itt seven
o'clock -at night he may. be a peaceful,
distributive Christian. Convereion is in-
stantaneous. A 1111111 plisse§ into the
,-Iiingdom of God quicker- than down tile
sky tuns zig-zag lightning. A. inan inav
be anxious about his soul for
many years ; that does not m
christian. A man may pra
while ; that does not make hiu
tian. A man may resolve on
mation of his character, and I awe that
resolution' going on a great while : that
does net make him a Ceristian. But the
very instant wheri he fling's his soul On
the meecy.of Jesus Christ,' that instant
is lustration, emancipation, aeserrection.
-Up to that point he , is .goir4 in the
wrong direction ; after that pdint he is
. going in the • r;ght direction. Bofore
- that moment he is a child of sin ; after,
;thatmoment be is a child of God. Be -
'fore that•moment devouring ale prey; .
after that moment dividing the
spoil. Five minutes is as good as
five years. My hearers, y u know
very well that the best th cgs ,you
have done you" have done in a flash.
You made up your mind in a instant_
' to buy, or to sell, or to invest. r to stopia
or to start. If you had missed that -one
chance, you would have misse it for-
ever. Now just as precipitate, and
quick and spontaneous will be the ran-
som of your soul. Some morning you
were making a calculation. - Yu got on
the track of some financial r social
game. With your pan or ri nod you
were pussuing it. That very morning
.% ou were devouring the prey: but the te
very night you vere 1011 different mood.
You retold that heaven was effisred you.
You wendered how you could tget it fin
yourself and for your fell:1
‘,.16's1.-tid g's..;;(%),Lei
wondered what resources it
esuu now and hereafter. You are divid-
nig- peace, and comfort, and saikSfection,
and Christian reward in your 5( ul, You
are dividing the spoil.
One Sabbath nigtit, at the el, se of till°
m
service, I said to soe n
persoa • •V‘;11)en
dth
id you at becomeah
serious out ur
soul?" And they told me. 'a 'o -night."
And 1 said to others, "When did you
- .
give your heart to God?" And they said,
"To -night." And I said to still others,
"When did you resolve to serve tele Lord
all. the days of your life?" ..e.nd they
said, "To -night.'" I saw by the eeyety
Of 0301hhhnkre1 that Yellen the areee of
•arm and
success.'
in the
you are
iced how
to niglit
00 k no w
life. ts
Ulu( then
a great
ke him it
a great.
a Chris-
tie refor
sloe struca them tneY Nvere devouring
the prey; but 1 saw ale), in • the flood of
joyful tears, and in 'the k Milling rapturee
on their brow, and .in their- exhdarant
and transporting utterances,that they
were diviaing the spoil. it you have
been in this •building when the 'lights are
struck at night, you know that Avid' one
touch of elOctricity they are all blazed.
011, I would to God that the darkoese of
your souls might be broken up, and that
by one quick, overwhelming., instantan-
eous flash of illumination, you might be
btsigolliisoiriG
t into light het and t' liberty of
t
You see that . religion is a different
thing from what smile ofyou people
supposed. You thought it was deca-
dence ; you thought -religion was iiiaoeration ; you thought it was highway
-rob. ory ; that it struck one . down end.
lefahim half dead •, that it plucked out
the eyes ; that it plucked out the plumes
of the soul ; that it broke the wing and
crushed the beak as it came clawing
Nvit,11 its black talons througethe air.
No, that is not religion. What is reli-
gion? It is dividing the epoile. It is
taking a defenceless souland panoply-
ing it for eternal conquest. . It is the
distribution of prizes by th.e king's band.
every medal stainped with a coronation.
it is an exhilaration, an expansion. It
is imparadisation. It is enthronement.
Religionmakes a man waster of eartleof
.deeth eutl, of hell. It goes forth together
the nteda:s of victorywon by (Prince
Emanuel, and the diadems of Heaven,
and the glories of realms terestrial, and
celestial, and then, after .ranging all
worlds for everything 'that is resplen-
dent, it divides the spoil. What %vas it
that Jat»es. Turner, the fainoue English
evangelist was doing when in hit dying
moments he said: "Christ is all ? ()twist
is all 1" Why, he was 'entering into
light : he was rounding the Cape of
Good Hope; he was dividing the spoil.
What was the aged Christie -II Quakeress
doing w heti at eighty years of age Islie
arose in the inee,ting one (lay aini baid :
-The tirne of my departure is come. My
_grave clothes are falling S:if?" She was
dividing the spoil.
- She tongedwith ulaga to fir away,
And Lid?: with that eternal day. .
. ,
What is - Dan it.1 now doing, the lien
tamer ? and Elijah who \vas drawn by
the flaming comae's; ? and Paul, the rat-
. thageof wlioSe cattins made kings quake?
:end all the victims of flood, and fire,
-and wreck, and guillotine—where are
they ? Dividing the spoil. :
Ten thti 'sand times ten thousand
i
In spl rkling raiment bright. -
• The amiies of the.ratisoined saints
Throng up the steep!: of light.
'Tis finished, al) is finished, .
Litt high your goiden gates,
Theirfight whii death awl sin ; : be a
And let the riel'S .oin. . .
- Oh, What ti, grand thine; it is to.
Christian ! We begin now to dividethe
spoil. but the. distribution will, .„0e ,lie
completedto tell caernity. • There is a
pevertv•struck soul, there is a business-
ihspoiied soul..there is A sin -struck 50111,
there is a bereaved soul—why do you
not come end get the spoils of Christian
character, . the comfort, the joy, the
peace. the salvation that I am -sent
to offer you in my Master's, name ?
Though you knees ' knock 'together
In weakness, - though your pand
-tremble ill fear, thong,' your eyes rain
tears of tineOntrol able weep:ng--seoine.
and get the spoils. Rest for all* the
weary. Pardon for all the guilts. Labor.
for eil the bestortned. Life for all the
dean. t, I verily believe Hint there are
some who have come in here, downcast•
tecauee the world i4 againsr, them-, and
because they .feel God is against them, .
Who %yin go away s tyine
1 came to Jesua as I was,
weary and worn and satI ;
I found in bin) a re.- i ing place,
And holm made me glad.
, .
- Though you came in. children of the
world, you may . go away heirs of
Heaven. Though this very - autumnal
• morning you wr-re devouring the prey,
now'. till worlds wituessing;t you may
divide the spoil.
. . Fact or Fancy.
f01111Cled upon fancy. The idea hos been.
brought down from the anciente Myths.
The voice of the swan is extremely' harsh
can be fpund forploi(1,itigsligltooti
before death is very 01,1, andsof course is
and d isagreeable, ‘v idiot' t a 'single
musical !tete in it, and no good reason
:The stery that tells of_ swans -sineing
world's eweetelt 111'1; tils: en du 0e11(fimaets1.101:
dious-voiced fowl. If
bit of sarcasm, calling Pindar the -Heti-
conian_ Swan of Thebet;," Viygii. the
.
''Swan of Mantua," and Shakespeare the
"Swan of Avon," seems the acme of the
,
1.:4licThiello°tts.
illyapproach to a verification we
have ever spell is the 1' i0 ing. clipped
some years ago feum a Virginiae news -
paper`JI:
sporting friend. recent's, returned
from a foray upon i 0 Potomac River,
below -Mount Vere is, er,ai the guest of
a venerable and hissay intelligent lady,
who has always live] . .: the Potomac.
Speaking of the swan, sae gave it as her
decided opinion that ti iS bird was in the,
Ihdhit of singing or making! a - plaintive
inoise when dying. The rea,ion she gave
for entertaining this belief Was that on •
:
Vyeetrs
riyisnitlienyht,(),ci ciawseititIn_savi.iitilict,liti(:.„1 11;tist.t nfii,,,liti3tr-
bv a sweet and exCetedingly sad nae,
-
something like the tOnes of :1- flageolet
coming over di& water, and that on
every subsequent morning a dead swan
was found as• he floating on tile ,wster or
to have been washed aAlore.”
.-:
11: aimed on the naeti.rIa„
Bacteria are likely to be blamed forall
the ills that flesh is heir i te Prefessor
Sallenek -may in:lint:tins thai a hat we
call a "cold" is really d u e to the invisible
peets. When .00e e nters a, cold roo111
after hei,ng heated the bacteria 01 it fleck
to pile warm body and enter hy tile (pee
1
pcnI.es of . the skin. Whatever may- he
5:4 1; of this hypothesis, he seems to have
prc aed by experiment that te.c.eria in
dila neighborhood of a ,v:irnt leeir moves
toward it. The Confirmed efflokee may
derive seine e omfort from tee face t att
tobacco isinimical to them. • .
THE NEXT MORNING 1 FEEL BRIIII_HT AND
NEW AND MY COMPLEXION 18 BETTER.
My doctor says It ads gently- on the stomach,
liver and kidneys, and is &pleasant laxative. This
drink is made from herbs, and. th prepared for use
as easily as tea. It is oohed
LANE'S MEDIGINI
All druggiltr, bell it for 500. and WO per
Buy one eeriay. Lanese Point!'" edto
moves tho howele eneli day. in
healthy this is necesearYe
IF EVER THERE WAS
MEDICINE
That gave entire satisfaction to ninety-nine people out of a hundred who
it, that remedy is
Lumsden & Wilson's Royal Glycerated Balsam
of Fir, for curing Coughs, Colds, Sore
Throat, Asthma, Bronchitis, &c.
Why should so many people take the risk and discomfort of letting a cold take
its course when relief could be had in a few hours by getting a 'bottle of this
remedy that every person speaks about so highly 1 It is quick and certain in
its action, and can be procured from any dealer for 50c per bottle. Manufac-
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•
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OURLCHILD
UNACCOUNTABLY LOSING FLESH
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LISTLESS AND DEBILITATED
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The right time is the only dell, Wrong time is worse than 110118" at all
With one of our Watches you could always have exact time.
Beautiful Ladies' Gold Watches for $10.
First-class timekeepers. If not satisfactory, money refunded. We also have
them as high as $550.
Fine Assortment
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Drafts bought and sold. Collections made on all points at lowest rates,
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THE
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• ESTABLISHED 1867.
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CAPITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS
REST - - - - - -
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allowed. ta'Interest added to the principal at the end of May and NOM' -
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Special attention given to the collection of Commercial- Paper and Fir
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A big stock of Men's and Ladies' Fur Coats, Capes, Caps to be sold at
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