Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 June 1888 — Page 7

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SATIM4DAV. JUNK !», ltfSS.

TIIK ASSASSINATION.

SACRAMENTAL DAY SERVICES IN THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

JU'V. I r. M-rlpth* Ihiini town

Given a (iraplilo SriMir^tiiK and CruelSaviour—rTliu /JVrrlhlo

it of tin «11 Our i»l Thorns.

I'KooKt.YN, Jtinolt.—-The congregation the Tabernacle sang, this morning: 1\1 Kiac tie precious blood 1m spilf^.

My ratisom from the dreadful puiU-.: This i» Sacranmntal day, and a large number of persons jomed tlio church, mak'ing the communicant membership 4,UU. Hut this is only a part »:»f tho great attendance that, Sunday mornings and evenings, overflow the immense audience room. The Rev. T. Ie Witt Talmage, I). 1^., took for his text the pas-age: "Whosoever doth not U-ar his cross, and c«»mo after me, cannot be my discifde." Luke xiv,

27.

Ho preaclenl the fol

lowing sermon: The e»ov ts a, gibbet on which criminals were put to death. It was sometimes made in the shape of the letter T, sometimes iu the shape of the letter X, sometimes in the shajw of the letter 1—a simple upright sometime.two cross piec»*H against the perpendicular bar, so tiiat ujHin tho lower cross piece tho *.Ttminul partially sat. Mnt whatever the' atyle of the cross, it was always disgraceful '.' ami alwavs agonizing.

When Darius conquered liabylon he jut 2(X) captives to dejttli on tin? cross. When Alexamh'-r conquered Tyre, he put U,Of*) captives t» death on the cross. So it was just an ordinary mode of punishment. Hut in nil the forest of crosses 111 the hills and in the valleys of the earth, there is one cross that attracts more attention than any other. It is not higher than the others, it is not .made out of different wood, there is nothing peculiar iu the notch at which tin* two pieces are joined, ami as to tho scene, thoy witnessed crucifixions every few weeks so that I see a reckless man walking about the hi 11 and kicking carelessly aside a skull, and wonder ing who tho villain was that hail so flat and misshapen a head and hero is another skuli, and there on the hillside is another .ull. Indeed, the iiiblo says it wjus "a place of skulls."

But alwiut tho victim on one of these crosses all ages aro crying: "Who is he/ was he a man? was ho a t*od? was ho man and f»odr'

Through tho darkness of that gloomy day I come closv up enough to the cross to see who it is. It is Jo us. How did h" conic there? Had ho come up on the top of the hill to look otr upon tho beautiful landscape or upou a brilliant sunset? No. Hocainethero ill and cxhaust«sl. IVoplo sometimes wonder •why Christ expired so quickly on the cross, in six or seven hours, while other victims have been on the cross for forty-eight hours before life was extiuct. I will toll you tho reason. He was exhausted when he came there. Ho had been scourge*!. Wo aro horrified at tho cruelties of tlio whipping post, but those cruelties were mercy compared with the scourging of Jesus Christ.

I saw at Antwerp a picture made by Rubens —Rubens' picturo of tho scourging of Jesus Christ, It was the most overmastering picturo I ever looked at, or over ox|*«ot to see. As the long frocked official ojhjihhI tho door that hid the picture, thero he was—Christ with back l»ent and bared. The fiagellator stood with the up|er teeth clenched over tho lower lip, as though to give violence to tho blows. There were the swollen shoulders of Christ. Thero wore the black ami blue ndges, denit.nl even tho relief of bleeding. Thero •was the tlesh adhering to the whips as they were lifted. Thero woro the marks whero the knots iu tho whijw gouged out the flesh. There stood the persecutor, with his foot on tho calf of the leg of the Saviour, balancing himself. Ot tho furious and hellish look on those faces, grinning vengeanco against tho Son of God. The picture seized me, it overwhelmed mo it seemed as if it would kill me. 1 do not think 1 could havo looked at it (lvo minutes and have lived.

Hut that, my friends, was tieforo Christ had started for Calvary. That was only tho •whipping. Aro you ready for your journey to the cross?

Tho carpenters liavo split tho tlmU»rinto two pieces. They are heavy and they are long pic

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deep dov. in tho earth, le-st tho struggling of the victiim upset the structure. They put thU timber ujhu the shoulder of Christ very gradually first., to seo whether ho can stand it, and after they And he can stand it they put tho whole weight uiwn him. Forward now, to Calvaryl The hooting aihl the yelling mub follow on. Under tho weight of tho cross, Christ being weary and sick, ho stumbles and falls, and they jerk at his rob »indignant that ho should have stumbled and fallen, ami they cry: "Get up, get up!" Christ putting

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xoino mi"l look upon tho unrohod liodyof Chn.stf Yes. Tli«} nuninandMi^ ollleerssay: "Unfasten the Kirdlo, take oil tho coat strip hinil" Tho work is done, I'.utlinii^ tho coat, for hero aro tho ^aruhln-.s tossing up coin on tho ground, sa\ iuj*: "1 have it., I have it it is miner' Ho rolls it up ami puts it under his arm, ho examines it to m* what fahrie it is made* of. Then they put the emss upon tho ground anil they stretch Christ upon it, ami four tho men hold him dou whilo tiny drive tho spikes homo. At every thump a ^roan—a ^roan. Alas

that

3'ou

of them must bo fastened

hand on the ground and

tho uor hand on tho cross, rises, looking

ula! Tho hour passes on and tin* timu conn.'s when thoy must crucify him. Christ has only one jjarment left now, a cap, a cap of thorns. No danger that it will fall oil, for tin* sharp edges havo punctured tho temples and it is fcuro and last. Ono rufiian takes hold of oneend of tho short beam of the cross, and unother rullian take* hold of tho other end of tho short l»eam of tho cross, and another rullian puts his anus around tho waist of Christ, and another ruffian lake* hold of tho end of tho lon^ leam of tho cross, and altogether thoy inovo on until thoy como to tho hole dij^od in tho earth, ami with awful plunge it jars down with its burden of woe.. It is not the picturo of a Christ, it. is not tho statue of Christ, ns you sometimes sen in a cathedral but it is tho body of a bleeding, living, living Christ. 1 hoy sometimes hay ho had livo wounds, bor. they havo counted wron^. Two wounds •for tho hands two wounds for tho feet, ono wound for tho side, thoy say five wound*.

ISo they havo missed tho worst and they havo missed tho moat Did you ever sco tho bramble out of which that crown of thorns was made? 1 saw ono on a Brooklyn ferryboat, in thohnnds of gentleman who had just returned from Palestine a bramble just like that out of which the crown of thorns was mado. O! how cruel ami how stubborn wi'ie tho thorns! Ami when that cap of thorns was put U|Mii Christ, and it was preyed down upon him. not live wounds, but ten, twenty, tbirlv- 1 cannot count theiu.

There \v«to three or four absences that tuado that sc»*n»« worse. First, there «':h tho

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thought of the Kuphrab-s and the.Iordanand the Amazon and all tho fountains of earth and heaven j»ourcd out of his own hand. They offered him an intoxicating draught made out of wine and myrrh, but I10 declined it. He wanted to die soln r. No water.

Then, my friends, thero was the absence of light. Darkness always exasperato trouble. I never shall forget the night mi the summer of Is?!*, iu the steamer Greece, mid At lantic, every moment expecting the steamer to go down. All the lights in tho cabin were blown out. Tho captain came crawling on his hands ami knees, for he could not stand upright, so violently was tho vessel pitching, ami lie cried: "Light up, light up!" Tho steward said: "Wo can't light up tho candle* arogono and the holders are gone." Tho captain said: '1 can't help that ligntup!" The storm was awful when the lights wero brmi: w\»rse when tho lights went out.

Then thero was the absence of faithful nurses. When you are ill, it is pleasant to have the head bathed and the hands and feet rublod. Look at the hands ami feet of Christ, livk at the face of Christ. There wero women tliero who had catod for the sick, but none of them might come up near enough to help. Thero was Christ's mother, but sho might not come up near enough to help. Thoy said: "Stand back, stand back this is no plave for you." The high priests and tho soldiers wanted it their own way thoy had it their own way.

The hours pass on and it is 12 o'clock of the Saviour's suffering, and it is 1 o'clock, and it is 'J o'clock, and it is almost o'clock. Tako the last look at that suffering face wan and pinched, tho purple lipsdrawn back against the teeth, tho eyes red with weeping and

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into t!*». face of Mary, his mother, for sym- nounrlnR myself on tho lxml's side." Just pathy but they toll her to stand back, it is no place for a woman. "Stand back and stop this crying."

Christ moves ou with his burden upon his shoulders, and thero is a boy that passes along with him, a boy holding a mallet uud a few nails. I wonder what they aro forf Christ moves on until tho burden is so great ho stairs and falls lint into tho dust and faint* dead awav, and a rullian puts his foot on him and shakes him ns he would a dead do£, whilo another rullian looks down at him wondering whether ho has fainted away, or whether ho is only pretending to faint nway, and with jirr and contempt indcserihablc, says: "Fainted, havo you? Faiutedl Upl get- oil!"

sunken (us through gvirf bad pu.sh«*d them 1 lightor burdens, and join 1110 in this march Iwiok. blacknessundi'f the lower lul, tho whole body adroop and shivering with tho lastchill, tho breath growing fabler ami fetddor and feelder uud .fodder until ho t^ives one long, deep, hist .sigh. He is de^ll

O! my soul, he ia d»*ad. t^tin you toll why? Wius ho fanatic dyin^ for a principle that did not amount to anything 1 Was ho a man infatuated? No to save your soul from Kin, and mine, and make eternal life )ossiblo ho died. Thero had to b« a substitute for sin. Who shall it IhjI "Let it Ih me," aaid Christ, "U't it U3 mo.r You understand tho moaning of that word substitution. Vou wero drafUsl for the last war souio ono took your place, marvliod your march, sufToriHJ your wounds and died at Uettvsburg. Christ conies to us whilo wo are lighting our battlo with sin and death and hell, and ho is our substitute. Hm marches our march, lights our battle, suffers our wounds and dies our death. Substitution substitution 1

How do you feel in regard to that aeon© doscribed in the text, and in the region around about tho text? Are your sympathies arousod? Or are you so dead in sin, ami so abandoned by reason of

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can 1 x»k upon all that tearless and

unmoved/ No, no there are thousands of |eople here this morning who can say in tho depths of their soul: "No, no, no if Jesus endured that, and all that for mo, I ought to lovo him. I mast lovo him. I will lovo him, 1 do love him. Here, Lord, I givo myself to thco: 'tis all that I can do."

Hut how am you going to test your lovo, and test your earnestness/ My text gives a test. It says that while Christ carried a cross for you, you must bo willing to carry a cross for Christ. "Well," you say, "I never could understand that, Thero are no crosses to bo carried in this land thoso i»ersecutious havo pas.««od, and in all tlio land thero is no ono to lie crucified, and yet in tho pulpit and in tho prayer mowings you all keep talking about carrying a tosi What do you moon, sir/" I mean this: That this is across which Christ calls jvu to do, which is unpleasant and hard. "Ol"

»uiy, "after hearing tho

of this Christ and all that ho has cu-

dured for

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no," you s.ty, "I have shrinking mid sonsitivo nutnro, uud il would lo impossible' for mo to riso be tore a lurp lussomblnge, an-

as 1 feared. Vou cannot stand that cross. Tho llrst ono that is otl'crcd you, you reject. Christ carried a mountain, Christ carried a Himalaya, Christ carried a world for you, and you cannot lift an ounce for him.

But here is a man whoso cross will bo to announce amou^ his business associates tomorrow morning on c»chango that ho has begun a new life that whilo ho wmts to bo I faithful in his worldly duties, ho is living for another world, ami ho ought to advi^u all those who aro his associates, so far as ho can influence them, to begin with him tho Chris1 tian life. Could you do that, my brother?

4,0h,

no," you say, "not just that. I think religion is religion aud business is business, ami it would bo impossible for mo to reconi-

Now they havo arrived at tho font of tho mend tho Christian religion iu places of hill. Oil' with his clothes! Shall that loath- worldly business." Justus I feurcil. Thero

•nd cross olTered you, and you cn.

is a not carry it. Christ lifted a mountain for you you cannot lift an ounco for him.

There is some one whoso cross )l bo to

present elision in tlio homo circle. Would you dare to kneel down and pray, if your brother and sister were looking at you? Could ask a blessing at the tea table? Could yon tako tho Uiblo and gather your family at- iml you, and read of Christ 1 heaven ami your inrnortal sui/ Could you then km «'i ami pray for a bie.-.sing on your household' "0h!n you say, "not exactly that I couldn't quite do that, because I havo a very qui *k temper, and if] professed religion and tried to talk religion in my household, and then after that 1 should loso my tomier, th'-y %»i»itld bcolV at mo and say: 'You aro a pretty Christian!"* So you aro cowed down, ami their sarcasm keeps you out of heaven and away from Chrit, whet:, under Cot), you ou^ht to ta! your wliolo family into tho kingdom. Christ lifted a mountain, lilted a world for you you cannot lift an mi»c!? for him. I k»o how it is yc.: want to be favorable to religion, you want to support Christian institutions, you like to bo associated with thoso who lovo Jesus

Christ but jus to baking a positive step on this Kubj"et, you cannot—you cannot and my text, like a gate of a hundred I Hilts, bars yon away from peace ou earth and flory iu heaven.

There are hundreds of men and women hero bravo enough in other things in Jii'o who simI ply, lor the lack of manliness and womnuH-

Hess, stay away from (iod. They daro not say-. "Forever and forever, Lord Jesus, 1 take th?«\ Thou hast redeemed me by thy 1 blood, here is my immortal spirit. Listen, all my friends. Listen all tho world." They are lurking around about th« kingdom of

God—they are lurking around about it, expecting to crawl in some time when nobody is looking, forgotful of the tremendous-jwords of mv text: "Whosoever duth not bear his .. i- showing whero thoi cross and come after mo, cannot be my dis- 7. .., ciple."

An oflieer of a neighboring church told ine that he wjus in a store in New York —just luip]enod in--where then* were many clerks, a young

absence of water. The climate wasbot ttio and a gentleman came in ami said fever, thu inflammation, the nervous pros- man standing behind tho counter: trat.ion, the gangrene had seized upon I the young man that arose tho other night in him, and he terribly wanted water. the Brooklyn Talernnele and asked for prayIlls wounds were worse than gunshot fractures, and yet, 110 water. A Turk in the Thirteenth century was crucifled on the banks of a river, so that the sight of tho water might tantalize him. And how the thirst of Christ mast have tantalized as

crsT Without any flush of cheek he replied: "lam. I haven't always done right, and 1 have Im*oii quito bad but since I arose for prayers I think I am U»ttcr than I was." It was only his way of announcing thot he had staffed for the higher life. God will not cast out a man who is bravo enough to take a step ahead like that.

...

.. .1 iJ.llllllli ill Miueii iii, UilllilllU tell vou these things tins morning be- it uinph. flaming with glorv. I carrv it cause, mv dear friends, I want to show you

compared with that which Christ carried for

have not carried tho cross until it fetched th« blood. Under his thero was a (tool of carnago that plashed tho horses' fetlocks. You havo friends to sympathize with you in carrying tho cross: Christ tn*l the wtnepress of God's wrath alone, alone! The cross that you and I ought to carry represents only a few days or a few years of trial. The cross that Christ carried for us had compressed into it tho agonies of eternity.

Thero has some one como here today whom yon have not observed. Ho did not como through tho front door he did not come down any of these aisles yet I know ho is hero. Ho is from the east, the far east. He comes with blistered foot, and with broken heart, and cheeks red not with health but with blood from the temples. 1 take hold of his coat and 1 say: "It does not seem to lit thee." "No," he says, "it is not mino it is borrowed it does not Indong to me now. For my vesture did they cast lots." And 1 say to him: "Thine eyes aro red as though from loss of sleep." He says: "Ye.*, the bon of man had not where to lay his head." And I touch the log on his back and I say: "Why earnest thou thisf" "Ah!" he wivs, I "that is a cross I carry for thee and for tho sins of the whole world. That is cross.

Fall into line, march on with uio in this procession, take vour smaller crosses and vour

to heaven." Ami wo join that procession with our smaller crosses and our lighter burdens, and Christ looks I Mick and ho s**es some are halting becauso they cannot endure tho shame, or l«ear tho burden, and with a voice whi'di has in it majesty and onmlpotcnco, he cries until all tho earth trembles: "Whosoever doth not bear his cross, aud come after me, cannot be my disciple."

Ol my brethren, my sisters—for I do not sjcak professional^*, I apeak as a brother would sjK'ak to brother or sister—mv brother, can you not bear across if at last you can wiyu* a crown/ Com©, now, let us divide off. Who is on tho Lord's sidof \V

Is ready to turn his buck upon tho Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of tho world/ A Roman emperor said to a Greek arehitcct: "You build me a coliseum, a grand coliseum, and if it suits mo 1 will crown \*ou in the presence of all tho jxople, and I will mako a great day of festival on your iw count." Tho Greek architec* did his work, did it magnillcontly, planne tho building, looked after its construction. Tho building was done. Tho da)* for opening arrived. In tho coliseum were tho omjwror and tho great architect. Tho emperor arosoamid tho plaudits of a vast assembly and said: "We havo gathered hero t«day to open this coliseum and to honor tho Greek I architect. It is a great da)* for tho Roman empire. Let this building be prosjx?rous, and let honor bo put upon tho Greek architoct. Ol wo must havo a festival today. Bring out those Christians and l«*t us havo them I put to death at the mouth of tho lions." Tho

Christians were put into the center of thn amphitheatre. It was to lo a great celebration in their destruction. Then tho lions, hungry and three-fourths starved, were let out from their dens in tho side of tho amphitheatre, and the\- camo forth with mighty spring to destroy and rend the Christians, mid all the galleries shouted: "Huzza, luizzal Long live tho eni|oror!" Then tho Greek architoct arose in ono of tho galleries, and shouted until in tho vast assemblage all heard him: "1, too, am a Christianl" and

thoy seized him in their fury and Hung him 1

lam ready to do anything 1 to tho wild beasts, until his" body, bleediug

for him. Just tell mo what I havo to do and and dead, was tumbled over and over again Til do it I am ready to carry nny cross." i„ the dust of the nmphitheatro. Suppose should ask you at theclosoof a Could you havo dono that for Christ? religioussorvice to riso up, announcing y«mr- Could you. in a vast assemblage, all of 1 self on the Lord's side—could you do it? "01 whom hated Christ, havo said: "I am a 1

Christian," or "I want to bo a Christian?" Would )*ou havo had tho ton thousandth

part of the enthusiasm and tho courage of tho Greek architect? Nay, ask you another question, Would j*ou in an assemblago whero they are nearly all Christians—in an assembinge, a vast multitude of whom lovo Christ ami aro willing to live, and if need bo to die for him—would you daro to say: "I am a Christian," or "1 want to boa Christian?" Would you say in tho presenco of the friends of Christ as much as tho Greek architect said in the presence of tho enemies of Christ? Oh, aro thero not multitudes hero this morning who an? ready to Kay: "Let tho world look on, let all the galleries of earth and heaven and hell lx"»k on, 1 tako Christ this da v. Come applause or abuse, come sickness or health, come lifo or death, Christ now, Christ forever."

A ray for Christ! Aro you against him? Tho destinies of eternity tremblo in tho balance. It seems as if tlio last day had come.

and wo wero gathered for tho reckoning.

4T«-hold1

ho cometh with clouds, and every

eye shall sco him." What I say to

how light the cross is that wo have to carry »,•, ,,

.•ompar us. You have not had tho flesh torn off for Christ's sake in carrying your cr^ss. Ho fainted dead awav under his cross. You I

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to all. What aro you doing for Christl What aro you bearing for Christ? 1 O Christian man, CM Christian woman!

Have yoti any scars to show in this conflict? When a war is over tho heroes havo teal's to show One hero rolls back his sleevo and shows a gunshot fracture, or ho pulls down the collar and shows whero ho was wounded in the neck. Another man says: "1 havo never had tho usoof my limb since I was wounded at that groat battle." When tho last day comes, when all our battles aro over, will wo have any wounds for Christ? Soma havo wounds for sin, wounds for tho devil, wounds gotten in lighting on tho wrong side. Havo we uounds that we can show—wounds gotten in th" battle for Christ and for tho truth? On that resurrection day Christ will havo plenty of scars to show. Christ will stand there ami show tho scars on his brow, tho scars on his Lands, and tho scars on his feet, ami lie will put aside tho robo of his royalty and show tho scar on his side, and all heaven will brea- down with emotion ami gratitude in one great sob, and then in one great hosann.'L Wiil you and 1 havo any scars to bhow

There will be Ignatius on that day showing the mark of tho paw and teeth of tho liou that struck him down in the coliseum. Thero will be glorious John tluss showing just whe.-v on his foot tho flames began on that day when his r»oul took wing of flame and soared up from Constance. There will Ikj Hugh MclCail ready to point to the mark on his neck whero tho ax struck him. There will b- McMillan and Campbell and Freeman, the American missionaries, who with their wives and children wero put to death in the awful isacro at Cawuj»ore, showing the place where tho daggers of the Sepoys struck them. Thero will be tho Waldenses limbs wore broken on tho clay when the Fiedmontoso soldiery pitched them over tho rocks. Will you and I have any wounds to show? Have we foughi any battles for Christ? Oh, that we might all be enlisted for Christ, that wo might all be willing to suffer for Christ, that wo might .V*:.. "II bear a cross for Christ.

Wnen the Scottish chieftains wanted to raise an army they would make a wooden cross, and then set it on fire and carry it if her (tusms thev had through tho litis, through the highlands and among plo. and as thev waved th" cross the would gathertotho standard and fight I for SeotlamL Today I como out with tho cross oft he Son of GoL It is a flaming cross flaming with suffering, flaming with triout tho undard of Kmmanuelf A cross, a cross, a cross I

with mount tho pe people

among all the people. Who will bo on

«,

-Iiordsside? hf. will gather to the stand

W 'si tever doth not boar his cross, and wniu altci' nioj cannot my disciple."

Thai Tired Feeling

AiMicts nearlv everv one in the sprlnu. I be sysiem havlnu become accustomed to the hraciuc air of winter, Is weakened ly the warm days o! tin- chanulnu sen.son, and elily yields to att.icksof disease. Hood's •sarsaparilla is just the medicine needed. It tones and tiuiids up everv part ol the lioilv, aiet aNo sxptis all impurities from the bl«od. Try it this eason.

-iiilohS hi by u«

Cough and ronnutuplion rure 11 ou a guaraniiM*. Il cmvs onsntiip

1 hV N Yi' vt fo.

Mallard Horetmund Syrup. bottle Hal lard's lb»r^boui

^vrup kppt about vour iiM- will prrveut serious and |«*rbapMdrnlh, by tb

For run hi ^onsuinptl bccu Mruply wootloiftil

ui bs. *utd*. .son* throat, croup, whooidu« coti^h, s«»re chfM and huuiorage* iti etlrctn are surpriMiis and wombM ful. l-.ver bottU guaraio«'«-d. 1. I). Brown iNiiih, uguntK.

Slilloh'n Cure win imiii''Uialf»ly rellrvo 1. roup. S\ hooping tough ami Brouchitl*. Sold Nyt'A I'll.

Woman's tJiscovery ,.:: .:

A not lier wonderful dismvrry

The K• v. (ieo. II. Thaver. of liourbon. Ind., savb: "I5«th invs.'ll and wif»'owe our 11 ves to Shiloh'F* consumption cure." Nild l»v ye*k Co.

She Tried and Knows.

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A loading chemist of New York says: No plasters of such merit as the A thdo'pho-ros Plasters haveever before been produced." 'I hey arii a novelty because they are not made simply to sell chcap, thev are the best tlint science, skill and money can produce, and will do what is claimed for them. For sprains, aehes, weakness, lameness, etc., thev are uncqualcd.

Fulton St..SnTuhi*lcy.O.,Nov. 21.'*7. Tlio AthlophoroM Plaster act«»«l HVo niunc. It 15 the f'fit 1 ovur tried aiul I have uHt-ri many kln«l«. Our )rucirist h&td "planters ar»*all atiout the naim" hut I don't think ho now. I Hprainut my anu an«l fthiuld-r in .Inly, and it lias l»-eu painful

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hutit not pain moat

all now. Mrs.

Happy Women

N UK thoy -\vlin on joy health. Thdr presence lightens ami cheers tho human heart, ami the home ^la'.Hcni-il by the inin.-hine of their winsome ways is imleeil a heaven on earth. How necessary, then, is it to a bettor enjoyment of life that the women folks especially 11 live the best of medical attendanoo in time of need, and that their gooil health be zealously guarded by tho husband and the father. To this end no better remedy can be recommended than Dr. Guysott's Yellow

Dock and Sarsaparilla. 11 is eminently a remedy that will strengthen tho feminine constitution, and establish a regularity of those habitu so essential to a woman's good health. Try it also in instances of universal lassitude, lamu back, wasting kidneys, aching joints, etc. Jts etl'ect is marvelous and alway.i satisl'actorv.

oJ\ (Syreaf iJauff

IIJITII nearly all cough prcparations is that they contain morphia, and are very injurious to the Ftomach and nervous system. Dr. Wisiar's Balsam of Wild Cherry contains i» morphia, which fact renders it the safest and best remedy for general use in every household. Jt has a tonic effect on the whole system as well as possessing a soothing and healing virtue that acts directly on the lungs and bronchial tubes, thus removing soreness of tho throat, checking the tendency to cough, healing all pulmonarv irritation and inflammation, and driving out of the system the germs oi consumption. A single bottle will lreijuently last a whole family all winter, for a single teaspoonful only is a dose, and a bottle only costs one dollar.

(•uyostt's Sarsaparilla and Wistar' Halisatn sold in Crawfordsville by

A..

W. Bin

Or.LINDSEYS'BLOOD SEARCHER

is«t f»r liouiodlair CkUcss.h birg» blil IKH «l ,» or I dOKHN. 11suoecss ha» and lor orilinarr

has been

that too bv a lady this «ountrv.

Disease f:i«tened us clutches upon her and for seven v»vrs she withstood Its sevrrest tests hut lo vital organs were undermined and death seemed Imminent. l*or three months she coughed tnivssHtnlv and could not sleep, she bouiiht of us 1hMle ot lir. King's New Itiseoverv loron Mimption and was so much relieved oli taking tlrst dose that she slepl ull night and with one h(»ttle ha^ been miraril* louslv cured. Her name Is Mrs. Luther l.utz. 1'bus write W •. Hamrlck o.t of Shelby,N N. (iet a free trial bottle at Nye A I o. ilrug Hloru.

Makes ft Lorelf Complexion* Is a Splendid Tonic and cures Cancer, Bolls. Pimples, Scrofula* Kerf trial and all.

Warucn.

i8^RES Hwfever

Wii.j.is Mauwj.

^•«i"Send f. cents for the K-autlful colore! pio lure, Moorisk Midden." THEATHL0PH0R0SC0. 112 WatJSt. N.

to CIARK*S TliinlnrM Colleno, KR1E, l'A. or ollrgo of Co»umerce, Itiitrn)of N.Y.,for circnlarx. Tho lieot and ch««aiac.lioitta in Amerioa. Actual inUjrchan«e. Scholar(ihips good iu either Colloffe.

Oraduales aaalstvri to tx^monK. Montion thia paper. CI.AHK 1*KIIH1N» I'roprieloM.

VoEu CONSUMPTIVE

Hare you Cmitrh. Pmnehitl^. Asthma, Inctiffestlon I U»« FARkKR'8 CINOER TONIC »uh..Hi delay. It tu cureu nianj ui the wernt owi lilbo beHreitvMjr f«r all affcrtloiit of the thriwit and lun^x, ami arUUuf frotn iminire blcxxl and exhanflUon. The lunt tick, Htrujritiliin atralnst ami fftowlx driftinie to the (?rare, will in many oa#*** r»oo*»rr th»nr health t»y tho tunolv nmof I'arkera (WniforTonir. Imldelay Lidaie ^•rroua. Take It ia linin. It 1+ InvahiuMu f«*r all itahm und dlpordvi*^ of Ktvaiarh and be»t'l».

6O0.

Walter's Patent

"kt

Without any exooptlo the ertKloM applied. Ahs« utrlv

Itiini nod ire I'ltiMir.

Metal Singles Durable and Ornamental.

I 1 uslrat«'l eitlnlngue ami priee-l 1st free. NATIONAL SIlKhr MKTAI. Knoi INti O.. »I2 hunt 12w 11 St.. New ork. N.

EXHAUSTED VITALITY

:SCII:N

KUF

IFK, ihe irrent

Miilienl Work of tho ft^'eon Mtiiih«Kxl,Nervotis nti'l Physical l)ohillty. Premature lo-i)

l/linuf TUVCn cljne,Krrorsof\outh,:] nriUvT 1 I OCLr land the tint«»l«l mlM-r-l»-s cMi«»'qtient therein. pilars rt vc»., l'2R]reri|»tiun.- tor all di.-ea-.nf. i-i'h, full gilt, «nl» #1.00, ly mail, sealed. IlluHtrallve .•mnple free to .all yonm* and middle-iiued inen. Send now. The UoU! and Jewelled Miilal awarded to the anthorhy the National M'-.jienl .\s»«oeiatim. Adtlre-- l'.O. It»x t«m, or Dr. W. II. PA UK Kit, u'rAdu.nteof Hnrv vard Medical College, v? ye ir«f practice in Ho-nm, who mny In: eoimuhed cotijldentiallv. Olllce, No. 4 Utilrtii'-h sj. Specinltj, Di« ol'.Man.

Cui tliirt out* Youiiiii iieu-rntc It n^nin«

lt n*t's the

I'am :iinl

I ntlamuiMtion, 1 Ic^l- tlu* Soics, H.eM i, res the Si-iivf o! Tnst* nnil .Smcli.

-F£VER

TRY Till':

ci'Ki:. 1 trie uoMrs! and is by mail, rey isiered,

A particle is applied uiti ufreealde. Price i0 rcnu cents. hl-Y HKOS.M Warren street. New York*

CHEAP EXCURSIONS.^

'or the enetlt thoso

looking tor new loeaiious nr in v.^tinonts, Hsmb monthly excursions have U-eu arranged, at one faro for the r-»unl trip, to ail points in Dakota aud Minnesota. *l'iei lir eja^s and good for Ho d:»ys. K»»r map* and further particulars address H. 4 Ueneral I'iikk-micop -1 A^eiit, .St. Puul, Mi:ul 5 Cjj| 4

loeut

roD

IUIkWA-%

Salesmen

W A N E

To r:mvas ftr the Mile N-irht-rv Stn. k. Sie^dv emphivini-nt i^ujranUctl. SALARY AND EXPENSES PAID Ap|i1v .»t otiee, sUtnu: age. Krv fer to this paper. Chase Bros. Cn.. Rochester.

N. Y.

Minnesota Leads the World

With her stock, dairy and grain products 3.1.MJO,00 icr«i uu timber, farming and gradoi lands, al]eottat to railroad, for sal* cheap oa 1 *asv tenua. For marva, prices, rate*, etc,

addrem, J. Bookvaltcr.uana CommUsloDflr,

!"S#N AMERICAN?

If an, urnd «taran for lampln copy oC AMIJtH'A. tt weekly Journal devotvd to the prcarrvluir of Arnvrlcnn IliXltntloD*. NiitiscrlptloD, 6 inootiii, 88.OO.

The American Publishing Company! 180-182 Monroe St., Chicago.

0J.& W.Railway

West, Hast, North South

TllUoij

P-

T111 i.'

assdi^ev Trains

4 OF WHICH RUN DAILY 4 Inchuliki* SuudavH.

Woodruff Sleeping

DRAWING-ROOM

iitexi»rt?sslv l«r ur.il

run exclusively oti this

Koute anu its connections, Oi it /t more of these cars, together it mi

ALWAYS GIVES ITS PATRONS

Tho Tu!l "Worth

1 /1 1

Ul 11

Cincinnati Louisville^

ford.

Blood Diseases. Sold by your Druggist Selleri Veilelsi Cj., rittt^crgh, Tt,

Low Rates to Pacific Coast, Tlio new agrwrnent tn^tweon the trnnscotitf* nental Hues uutliorizefi a lu^er rate to Pacific coast point* via the Munitoha-l'uriric route than ia made via any oth»*r Im*. Kroipient

cursions. Accommodutiotia first rifcUfS, maps, aud other particulars, apjiljr to R. H.

For

ITIMUL

l'lLSStftmer AKent, St.

J'aul, Miun.

CATARRH

MlhN U*OUI AN (TUB

Oeneral R/

ELY'S

Cream Balm

tier tot'

or modern «l:iy coaohrs, sire uttuchtd to all through.: trains hoth ihiy »nd night. Nliels Kuiis, Miller

i'latfnrui

«rul ouplctvs

Atr Brakes and all nioilern onprovctui'tits. hor est atid inns o«.*siraM»* route tietwcrn the rast and west. Through tickets and hugg:ig« checks t« principal points.

Kor full infonnatton regarding nmr, rates routes consult ticket

agenis and

I., B. A folders.

UliO. K. KUIUNSON,

Agwit.

(.' Heniikhsos, II. M. Uhonm)^, General Manager. General Tickct Agl

Is?

Tholr tlonoT 117 1 Them Uutcjuy

P'JLLMAN sleepingcars ELEGANT PARLOR CARS

ALL TRAINS RUN THROUGH SOIL'

Tickets

Sold and Baggag

Checked

to Destination.

& UtapM »n1 Tlrr.^ Tuhlcstf you vazit to mor- fujly In:vrm^t—fvU Ticket A«ent» ifctCoue SutiOHnhiiviithum—oriuldrtM

Where Are You Going?

Wlv»n do you start Where from How many In your party I What amount of freight or baiaame have you? V. hut route do you prefer? Cpon r»»oeipt of an answer to the above iju»*»tiou^ you will be furnished, free of .'XiNMise, with t)w lowest 9T»w»ut ues, al»o m»iw. time pj| "A pih,

"i1."' •"•Kja

ANITDB£A(Uiprwhleiiliililcs.jmin-^wationn*il«*x»

able Informwill bhvo trouhlo. Mine and money. Aeen'.awlll civH In jwrson where neeessjiry. Parties not ready to answer skhove questions shrtu eut out and prrwerve this notice for future refer»*nv. It may become u««»ful. Address C.

11.

(jeneral Passenger Amnt, at.. Paul. Minn..

Vandalia Line

THE BEST ROUTE Indianapolis, Cincinnati,

And th* South,

H. Warren, General• itimui a 1

^MANWOJA1CO

Ask lor Book H. Ill '.."SBif

nil- hi:st

Medicine

is-

larrant'H

Selt/.er A j»erlen*» Sold l»v I arrant & Co., N.Y., a ait Drugglnt.i everywhere

JUDICIOUS AND PERSISTENT Adv^rtiMUk' has alwavs proven sueci-cnful. Heforo placing any .Wn^pupi-r Ail veil i«ing eonf ult _y LORD & THOMAS,

A I E S

|»o niir »wn lvtiin£ at Hoiue itn

PEERLESS DYES.

J'hov wili ilve *'Veryth n«». Th«*v are sold evvrvwhcie. I'neclOe a package. 10 colors. I hey have no equal for Ktren^Ih, ItriRhtneM, arnouiil in paelume.s or lor fastneKS of color, or lion hotiu^ qualities. I lx ilmiol eroek or

KID

it t. I' or Mite hv Lew i«rp»r. 1. I Mrown A- -on John Hreaks. hi.. pt K. Mark«'t Mreet, ranwiordwvllle. Ind

St. Louis

Louisville

the VY est and Soath west. Skortest and guickestroute to 1't. \N »vne,Put-in-ltav, Detroit, and nil point* North. The most direct line to the Wer »or emigrants. Lowei ates. lra:nslcuvc Craw tor urilJ a« follows:

All passengers carried to the St. l^otm L'nioo Dpeot. I icketft sold to all nointR. Kor any oior niation.call on or ai'drcx* l.C. RDGKWOKTH, Ageot,

A.K.KOKH. (*en.

I.Hll.L ^»en. b'IDt

Patn.

Act.

a«i-

LOW TOURIST RATES.

Por f47.R0 a flr«'-dafui round trip ticket, good for 90 days, u,„h stojMDYer priviiewes, can Imobtained from St. Paul to Great FaHa, Moo* tana, tho coming manufacturing centre ot tb« northwest, «r»«iuL a OnlyfGG.OO BalntlMulfti

"o'ena

ud return

ITO MX

11 Rr re-

ductlonslfl jailv*^ ^^from points oast and south. Hates correspondingly ah low will bo named to point* In Minnesota and ko(a, or upon Pui et Sound tuid tho Paciflo Coast. For further particulars address n.

l^ipp«^ District Passenger Agent, 'J32 Routh (lark Htreet, Chicago, 111., or C. H. WAiuiug GoMral ]*asmnger Agent, Bt. Paul. Minn.

PAINT

fl7 mttmf C0IT Ul*!* •XK.ttlAT HCGCY PiHtT I'Aint Friday, run it to Cnurch Siinclay Sight I'AvhtAoable Slwdrt: HUck, Maroon. VerriMlton Illw*. eU'iw, ^live l^ikc. Urewstct Ami W.igin ".roenv. No \Afiu\hinf Hecetsary. Drl»* h&r4 «ilh ft Ouc Cuat atol Job doae.

ioe

IS®

.-3

YOUR BUGGY

«so •52

1 lp t"p for Clwiri. L.i«rn SraK. Sa\h. FW»er ot*. D^ty wruj c*. CurUln l'oln. Furniture. I*rout Doors. btnce-froBif. Screcn lonr*. Ikuts. M«mlr%, Imn I rmrrs. in everything. JuW tUe lUttrj lor the U'lics to um About the buuc

isa

FOR ONE DOLLAR COIT'S HONEST

•Sm9 31

Are yAu to r.\nC i)ms yfAit If Jont buf a p*iut vontairunff wnter or leni»r,c whet) fer lhe umc money (or ueailyio) you can procure COIY A r/m rt'Jlfe rAtfIT tlv»t «arr&al*i) tu le »a H0!»» ST, CKM'IXR I.USSID-OIL I'AlSfT jind free fr**i «ut«r «(k] bcnauie. Dtaiwl IU* fcrftW tkh« bo othrr. Merchants lutdllng to wor YKAK* "tlb (OATS or

AI»ERTII\ Al.l,NTi. 4W llkadnli.b hlr. «t. CMICACO

lu CO

hi I3alib

TKAttH wllb 'i (OATS. Our Shj.lcs are tho I-«le»t Styles used in the h.i&t now becoming popular in the West, and up «nih the time* Try tin* brand of MOkkhT TAIXT and you will never rcgiet jt. I hi* to Oie «ts« Mlhcient

ih 2 it

HOUSE PAINT

COIT'S FLOOR PAIHTSE

s-2

Paint that never dnrd beyond the sticky {«oint waste week. m»I tli- job. and th«*n swrarl Nnt time for «X»IT tO^i FXtKIR I'AIXT I popular and ttiitahle shnde«. warrb«l»t t«

4rj

hap4 a roek over nlebt. No troubk.

SaWONT DRY STICKY