Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1891 — Page 7

A SERMON ON BABYLON. DISCOURSE DELIVERED BY THE BROOKLYN PREACHER. A Graphic Description of the Wonders of | thia Ancient Pagan city—. Some Lessons That Should be Heeded tube Drawn from ! ItTi'ail. Dr. Tahiiage’s text was Daniel v. 30: I » “In that, night was Belshazzar, the King > □I the Chaldeans, slain.”. After the site of Babylon had been selected, two million ot men were em- | ployed for the construction of the wall j and principal works. The walls of the j city we,re sixty miles in circumference. ‘ They were surrounded by a trench out I 1 »f which had been dug the material for J the construction of the city. There were twenty-five gates qf solid brass on eaciri side of the square city. Between every two gates a great tower sprang up into the heavens. From each of the t.wentylive gates on either side a street ran straight through to the gate on the other side, so that there were fifty streets,each fifteen miles long, which gave to the city an appearance of wonderful regularity. S»-,The house's did not join each otlu'r on the ground, and between them were gardens and shrubbery. From housetop to housetop bridges swung, over which the inhabitants were accustomed to pass. A branch of'the Euphrates went through the city, over-which a bridge of marvel-I ous structure, was thrown, and under which a tunnel ran. To keep the river from overflowing the city in time of freshet, a great, hike was arranged /to catch the surplus, in which the water was kept as in a reservoir until times of drought, when it was sent streaming down over the thirsty land. A palace stood at each end of the Euphrates bridge: one palace a mile and threequarters in compass, and the other pal** acescven and a ha f miles in circumference. . The wife of _Nebuchadnezzar, having been brought up among the mountains of Media, could not stand it in this flat country of Babylon, and so to please her Nebuchadnezzar had a mountain four hundred feet high built in thp .midst of the city. , This mountain was surrounded by teriaces, for the support of which great arches were lifted. On the top of these arches flat stones were hiitl; then a layer of reeds and bitumen: then two rows of bricks, closely cemented; then thick sheets of lead, upon which the soil was , placed. The earth here deposited was -o deep that the largest trees had room to anchor their roofs. All the glory of the flowery tropics was spread out at that tremendous height, until it must have seemed to one below as though the ■hmds were all in blossom, and the very sky leaned on the shoulder of the cedar. | At. the top an engine was constructed which drew the water from the Euphrates, far below, and made it spout up amid this garden of the skies. All this to please his wife!. 1 think she must have been pleased.) ’ In the midst of this city stood also the temple of Bellis. One of its towers was I , one-eighth of a mile high, and on the top . of it an observatory, which gave the as- I tronomers great advantage, as, being at. -o gi'eat a height, one could easily talk with the stars. This, temple was full of ■n -'ups and statues ami censers, all.of gold. One image weighed a thousand Babylonish talejits, which would be equal to fiftytwo million dollars. All this by day: but now night was about to come down on Babylon. The shadows of. her two hundred and fifty towers began to lengthen. The Euphrates rolled on, z touched by the aery splendors of the setting sun, and gates.of brass, burnished and glittering, opened and shut like doors of flame. The hanging gardens <>T Babylon, wet with the heavy dew, began to pour from starlit flowers and dripping Ipaf a fragrance for many miles around. The streets and squares were lighted for dance and frolic and promenade. The theaters and galleries of art invited the wealth and pomp . < and grandeur of the city to rare entertainments. Scenes of riot and wassail Were mingled in every street: godless minth. and outrageous excess, find splendid wickedness came to the king's palace to do their mightiest deeds of dark-j hess. A royal feast to-night at the king’s paltce! Hushing up to the gates are chariots',upholstered with precious-cloths from . Dedan and drawn by lire eyed horses from Togarmah, that - rear and neigh in the grasp =of the charioteers, while a j . thousand lords dismount,' and women i dressed in a'll the ; splendors of Syrian emerald, and the color blending of agate, and the Chasteness of coral; and the somber glory of Tyrian purple, and the princely embroideries brought from afar, by camels-across the desert, and by ships from Tarshish across the sea. Open wide the gates and let the guests tome in*. The .chamberlains and cup , bearers are all ready. Hark, to tiie rus- j *le of the robes, and to the carol of the I music! See the blaze of the.jewels! Lift! the banners. Fil.l tlm cups. Clap the cymbals.' Blow the trumpets/ Let the night go by with >ong and dance and j t ovation':* and let that Babylonish tongue I be palsied that will.not say, “Oh, King I Belshazzar, live.forever!” Ah.! mv friends, it was not any common banquet to which these great people came. All ’parts of the earth had sent th'-ir richest .viands to that table. Brackets and chandeliers tlasjied their light upon tankards of burnished gold. Fruit, ripe and "luscious, in baskets of silver, entwined with leaves, plucked from royal conservatories. Vases, inlaid with emerald and ridged with exquisite traceries, filled with nuts that were thrashed from forests of distant lands. Wine brought from the royal vats, foaming in the de/anters and bubbling in the chalices. Tufts of cassia and frankin- • •crise wafting their sweetness from wall and table, Gorgeous banners unfolding . in the breeze that came through the ? opened window, bewitched with the perfume of hanging . gardens. Fountains rising up fnsjn inelosures of ivory hi jets of crystal, to fall in clattering rain of diamonds and pearls. Statues of mighty men looking down from inches in the wail upon crowns and shields brought from subdued empires. Idols of wonderful work, standing on pedestals of precious stones. Embroideries drooping about the windows and wrapping pillars of cedar, and drifting on floor inlaid ! with ivory and agate. Music, mingling the. thrum of hai ps and'the clash of cymbals, and the blast of trinnphets in one wave of transport ‘that went rippling . along the wall, :j.nd breathing uniting the garlands, ‘ and pouring down the ta corridors, and thrilling the souls of a X thousand banqueters. - The signal is given, and the lords and ladies, the mighty men and women of rhe land, come around the table. Pour out the wine. Let foam and bubble kiss the rim! Hoist every one his cup, and ’drink to the sentiment, “<>h. King Bellive forever!”' Bestarred headband andearcanet of royal beauty gleam • to the uplifted chalices, as again and again and again they are emptied. Away with care from tire palace? Tear royal dignity to,tatters! Pour out more wine! Give us more light, wilder music, sweeter perfumes!. Lord shouts to lord, captain ogles to captain. Goblets clash, decanters rattle. There comes in the vile song, and the drunken hiccough, and the slavering lip and the guffaw of idiotic laughter, bursting from the lips of princes, flushed, reeling, c bloodshot; while mingling with it all I hear, “Huzza; huzza! for great Belshazzar!”

What is that on the plastering of the wall? Is it a spirit? Is it a phantom? Is It God? Out of the black sleeve of the darkness a finger of fiery terror trembles through the air and comes to the wall, circling about as though it would write, and then, with sharp tip of flame, engraves on the plastering the I doom of the king. The music stops. I The goblet falls from the nerveless • grasp. There is a thrill. There is a start/ There, is a thousand voiced shriek lof horror. Lot Daniel be brought in to I read that writing. He comes in. He I reads it, "Weighed in the balance and ' found wanting.” Meanwhile th*' Assyrians, who for two j years had been laying siege to that city, , took advantage of that carousal and ‘ came in. 1 hear the feet of the eonqueri'ors oii the palace stairs. Massacre J rushes in with a thousand gleaming knives. Death bursts upon tin- scene, f and 1 shut the door of that banqueting hall, for Ido not want, to look. There js nothing there but torn banners, and broken wreaths, and the slush of upset tankards, and the blood of murdered women. and the kicked and tumbled carcass of a dead king. For “in that night was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans. slain.” 1 go on to learn that when God writes anything on the wall, a man had better rea-d it as it is. Daniel did not misinterpret or modify the handwriting on the wall. It is all foolishness to expect Tt minister of the Gospel to preach always I things that the people like or the people choose. Young men. what shall I preach to.you to-night? Shall I tell you of the dignity of human nature? Shall I tell you of the wonders that.our race has accomplished? “Oh, no!” you. say; “tell me the message that came from God.” I will. If there is any handwriting on the wall it is this lesson, “Accept of Christ and be saved?” I might talk ol a great many other things, but that is the 1 message and so 1 declare it. Jesus never flattered those to whom he preached. He said to those who did wrong and who were offensive in. His sight, “Ye generation of vipers! ye whited sepulchers! how can ye escape the damnation of hell!” Paul the apostle preached before a man who was not ready to hear him preach. What subject did he take? Did lie say, “Oh! you are a good man, a very fine man. a very noble man?” No; he preached of righteousness to a man who was unrighteous; of temperance to a man who was the victim of bad appetites; of the judgment to come to a man who was unfit for it. So we must always declare the message that happens to come to us. Daniel must read it as it Is. A minister preached before James I of England, who was James VI of Scotland. What subject did he take? The king was noted all over.the world for being unsettled and wavering ■in his ideas. What did the minister preach about to this man who was James 1 of England and James VI of Scotland? He took for his text* James i. fl: "He that wavereth is like a wav oof the sea. driven with the wind and tosseCe.” Hugh Latimer oTientfed the King by a sermon he preached, and the King said, I “Hugh Latimer, come, and apologize.” i “1 will,” said Hugh Latimer. So tjie day I was appointed, and the King's chapel was full of Lords and Dukes, and the mighty men and women of the country, for Hugh .Latimer was to apologize. He began his sermon by saying; “Hugh Latimer, bethink thee! Thou art in the I presence of thine earthly King, who can destroy.thy body. But bethink thee Hugh Latimer, that thou grt in the presence of the King of Heaven and earth, who can destroy both body and soul in hell, fire.” Then he preached with appalling directness at the King's crimes. Another lesson that comes to us. There is a great difference between the opening of the banquet of sin and its close. Young man if you had looked in upon the banquet in the* lipst few hours, ypu would have wished you had been invited there, and could have sit at the feast, “Oh! the grandeur of Belshazzar's feast!” you would have said; but you look in at the (dose of the banquet, and voup blood curdles with horror. Tlip King of rors has there a ghastlier banquet; human blo’od is the wine, and dying goats are the music. Sin has made itself a king in t=he earth. It has crowned itself. It has spread a banquet. It invites all the word to come to it. It has hung in its banqueting hail the spoils of all kingdoms and she banners of all nations. It has gathered from all music. It has strewn, from its wealth, the tables i and the floors and arches. And yet how I often is that banquet broken up. and howhorrible is its end! Ever and anon there is a handwriting on th< r wall. A King falls. A great culprit is arrested. The knees of wickedness knock together. God's judgment, like an armed host, break-sin upon'the banquet: and that night is Belshazzar, the. King of the ( naldean's slain. flere is a young man who save “I ; cannot see why they make such a fuss I about Hie intoxicating cup. Why, it is [ exhilerating.! It.makes me fell well. I I can talk better, think better, feel better. 1 cannot see. why people bave siicha j prejudice against it.” A few years pass : on, and he wakes up and finds iiimsdlf in I the clutches of an evil habit which he tries to break, but cannot: and he cries out,' “Oh. Lord God (help me!” It seems as though God would not, hear his prayer, and in an agony of bodv and soul lie cries out, “It biteth like a serpent, and it stingeth like an adder.” How bright it was at the start! How black it was at the last! ‘Here is a man who begins to read corrupt novels. "They are so charming.” 'says he, -I will go out and see for myself whether' all things are so.” He opens the gate of a sinful life. He goes in. A sinful sprite meets him with her wand. She waves her wand, and it is all enchantment. Why, it seems as if the angels of God had poured out phials of peyfunie in the atmosphere, As he walks on he finds the hills becoming more radiant with foilage and the ravines more resonant with the falling water. Oh! what a charming landscape he sees! But that sinful sprite with her wand meets him again; but now she reverses the wand, and all the enchantment is gone. The cup, is full of poison. The fruit turns to ashes. ~- All the leaves of. the bower arc forked tongues of hissing serpents. The flowing fountains fall back in a dead pool, stenehful with corruption. The luring songs become curses and screams of demoniac laughter. Lost spirits gather about him and feel for his heart, and beckon him on with “Hail,brother! Hail, blasted spirit, hail!” He tries to get out. He comes to the front door where he entered. and tries to push it back, but the door turns against, him, and in the jar of that shutting door he hears thesq,words. “This night is Belshazzar, the. king of Chaldeans, slain.” Sin may open bright as the morning. It ends dark as the night! I learn further from this subject that Death sometimes breaks in upon a banquet, Why did ho not go down to the prisons ju Babyion? There were people there that would like to have died. I suppose there wo.ije men and women in torture in that city who Would have welcomed Death. But he comes to the palace; and just at the time when the mirth is dashing to the tip-top pitch Death brcaks.in at the banquet. We have often seen the same thing illustrated. Here is a young man just come from college. He is kind. He is loving. He is en- . thusiastic. He is eloquent. By one spring he may bound to heights toward which many men have been struggling for years. A profession opens before

s him. He is established in the law. His ? friends cheer him. Eminent men ent courage him. r After a while yon may see him stand- > ing in the United States Senate, or movt ing a popular assemblage by his elof qnence, as trees are moved in a whirl--3 wind. Some night he retires early. A . fever is on him. Delirium, like a reckj less charioteer, seizes the reins of his ini tellect. Father and mother stand by and , see the tides of his life going out to the > great ocean. The banquet is coming to i an end. Tiie lights of thought and mirth l and eloquence are being extinguished. The garlands are snatched from the ) brow. The vision is gone. Death at , the banquet! I We saw the same thing on a larger - scale illustrated at the -last war in this • country. Our whole nation had been ; sitting at a national banquet—North, , South. East, and West. What grain was ; j there but we grew it on our hills. hat invention was there but our rivers must I turn the new wheel and rattle tiie strange ; shuttle. What warm furs but our traders ■ must bring them from the Arctic. What ■ i fish but our nets must sweep them for J the markets. What music but it must • | sing in our halls. What eloquence but lit must speak in our senates. Ho! to the ; national banquet, reaching from moun- • tain to mountain, and from sea to sea! ■ To prepare that banquet tiie sheepfolds > and the aviaries of tiie country sent their > best treasures. Tiie orchards piled up i oh the'table their sweetest fruits. The ■ presses burst out witli new wines. To . sit at that table came the yeomanry of New Hampshire, and the lumberman of Maine, and the Carolinian from the rice fields, and the Western emigrant from tire pines of Oregon, and we were all brothers —brothers, at a banquet. Suddenly the feast ended. What meant those mounds thrown up at Chickamauga, Shiloh, Atlanta, Gettysburg, South Mountain? What meant those golden grain fields turned into a pasturing ground for cavalry horses? What meant the corn fields gullied with the wheels of the heavy supply train? Why those rivers of tears —those lakes of blood? God was angry. Justice must come. A handwriting on the wall! The nation had been and found wanting. Darkness! Darkness! to the North! Woe to the South! Woe to the East! Woe to the West! Death lit the banquet! 1 have also to learn from the subject that the destruction of tint vicious, and of those who despise God. will be very sudden. The wave of mirth had dashed to the highest point when that Assyrian army broke through. It was unexpected. Suddenly, almost always, comes the doom of those, who despise God and defy the laws of men. How was it at the deluge? Do'“you suppose it came through a long northeast storm, so that people for days before were sure it was coming? No: I suppose the morning was bright, that calmness brooded over tiie waters; that beauty sat enthroned on the bills, when suddenly the heavens burst, and the mountains sank like anchors into the sea that dashed clear over the Andes and the Himalayas. Are there any here who are unprepared for tiie eternal world? Are there any here, who have been living without God and without hope? Let me say to you that you had better accept of the Lord Jesus Christ, lest suddenly your last chance bo gone. The Jungs, will cease to breathe, the heart will stop. The time will come when you shall go no more to the oilice, or to the store, or to the shop. Nothing will be left but Death and Judgment and Eternity. Oh! flee to God this hour! If.therc be one in this presence who has wandered far away from Christ, though he may not have heard the call of tiie gospel for many a year. I invite him now to come and be saved. Flee from thy sin! Flee to the stronghold of the gospel! Now is the accepted time, now is the da’y of salvation. Good-night, my young friends! May you have rtfsy -sleep, guarded by Him who never slumbers! May you awake in the morning strong and well! But oh! art thou a despiser of God? Is this thy last night on earth? Shonldst thou be awakenened in the night by something, thou knowest not what, and there be . shadows floating in the room, and a handwriting on the wall, and you feel that yoiir last hour is come, and there be a fainting at the heart, and a tremor ini the limb, and a “catching of the breath—then thy doom would be but an echo of the words of the text. ‘-In that night was Belshazzar, the King of the Chaldeans, slain.” Hear the invitation of tiie Gospel! There may be some one in this house to whom 1 shall never speak again, and therefore let it be in the words of the Gospel, and .not in my own, with which I close: “-Ho, every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters. And let him that hath no money come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price.” • “Come unto me, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Oh that -my Lord Jesus would -now make Himself so attractive to your souls that you cannot resist Him; and that, if you have never prayed before, or have not prayed since those days when you knelt down at your mother's knee, then that to-night you might pray, say- • ing: Just as lam, without one plea . But, that thy blood was shed tor me. And that thou bid’st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come! But if you cannot think of so long a prayer as that, I will give you a shorter prayer that you can say. “God, be merciful to me, ajsinner!” Or, if you cannot think of so long a prayer as that, ‘ I will give you a still shorter one that you may utter, “‘Lord, save me, or I will 1 perish!” Or if that be too long a prayer, you need not utter one word. Just'look ! and live! A Transcendentalist. A good many hypochondriacs have , probably as much ground for their fears as the Boston gentleman who was much disturbed mornings on going [ down town to find that one of his legs ; had suddenly become shorter than the ; other. Every time he took a step on i that side his body experienced an unpleasant shock from a fall of about an I eighth of an inch, and whenever his ad- • vance was assisted by the employment of the other leg he felt himself rising an ' equal distance into the air. His walk, therefore, consisted of a series t»f wavy . undulations, which, however graceful and picturesque in themselves, were ex- ’ tremely disquieting under the circumstances. Thoroughly alarmed by these , singular phenomena, he visited a doctor, j and, describing his symptoms, earnestly asked whether paralysis did not some* f times give warning of its approach by t such contraction of the limbs. The J doctor confessed that it did, and, while the. doomed man perspired with appret I hension, instituted a vigorous examin- ‘ I ation, the result of which was to show 3 i that the cause of the complaint was an ' inequality in the thickness of the soles ( of the boots that were worn by the patient. » On getting u p in the morning he had dressed himself hurriedly, and, ] while he had drawn a thin dress boot , on one foot, he had equipped the other . with a covering which not only had a b heavy double sole, but a thick felt in- . sole also. The physician then hurriedly - stated that contractor! of the limbs was 3 not an essential precursor of the par- • alytic shock. ? 3 A shining example is the bootblack.

About Dogu Anecdotes of the dignified and even magnanimous way in which large dogs avenge themselves for insults upon smaller members of their species are exceedingly numerous, and generally too well known for citation here. Dr. Hancock, in his ‘‘‘Essay on Instinct,” alluding to one of these instances, in which a Newfoundland dog dropped a troublesome cur into the quay at Cork and then, when it was struggling for life, plunged in and saved it. remarks' that “it would be difficult to find anv punishment more aptly contrived or more complete in character adding, that “if it were fully analyzed, an ample commentary might be written in order to show what a variety of comparisons, and motives, and "onerous feelings entered into the composition of this act. ” A very interesting instance of the sagacity with which these Newfoundland dogs act, and the way in which they retain their resentment, is afforded by Mr. Watson. He tells how a gentleman, on arriving at Ins country- I house, in the neighborhood of London, discovered that he had brought with him a key that would be needed during his absence. He had with him a Newfoundland dog that was accustomed to carry things, and to it he intrusted the key. On its way to the town with the key the poor creature was attacked by a butcher’s dog, but attempted no resistance, and only used its powers to get off with his charge. It delivered the key safely; and then, on its wav home, stopped deliberately before the butcher’s shop until the dog again came forth, when he attacked it furiouslv, and did not leave off until he had killed it.— Chambers’ Jpumial What Napolnon Said to Hi s Doctor. Doctor, how delightful is rest! The bed has become a place of luxury to me. I would not exchange it for " all the thrones in the world. What an alteration 1 How fallen am 11 I, whose activity was boundless, whose mind never slumbered, am now plunged in a lethargic stupor, and must make an effort even to raise my eyelids. I sometimes dictated upon different subjects to four or five secretaries who wrote as fast as words could be uttered; but then I was Napoleon, now I am no longer anything. My strength, my faculties forsake me. Ido not live; I merely exist. You are aware, doctor, that the art of healing consists in lulling and calming the imagination. That is the reason why the ancients dressed tip in robes and adopted a costume striking and imposing. That costume you have unadvisedly abandoned; and you no longer exercise the same powerful influence over your patients. Who knows whether, if you weYe suddenly to appear before me with an enormous wig, a cap and long train, I should not take you for the god of health, whereas you are only the god of medicine. Protect Your Cold and moisture combined have a torporizing effect upon the bodily organs, and the digestive and secretive processes are apt to be more tardily performed in winter than in the fall. The same is true, also, of the excretory functions. The bowels are often sluggish, and the pores ot the skin throw off but little waste matter at this seasou. The system, therefore, requires opening up a little; and also purifying and regulating, and the safest, surest and most thorough tonic and alterative that can be used for these purposes is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Persons who wish to escape the rheumatic twinges, the dyspeptic agonies, the painful disturbances of the bowels, the bilious attacks, and the nervous visitations so common at this time ot the year, will do well to re-enforce their systems with this renowned vegetable stomachic and invigorant. It improves the appetite, , strengthens the stomach, eheers the spirits, and renovates the whole physique. Wahtee! to Go With Papa. One of the best children’s bpnmets is told by a well-known book-maker in town. His little daughter was happy amid a parlor full of company, when bedtime came and she rebelled against having to leave. She'riirew herself on the floor. face down, and kicked and screamed. « “Come.” said her mother, “be a good little girl, now, and go to bed. Don’t you know what mamma has always told you—if you arn't a good little girl you can't go to Heaven?” "I don’t want to go to Heaven,” said the child “I want to go where papa goes.”— New York Sun. Much Adieu. J “Have you seen “Much Ado About Nothing?’” “Much adieu about nothing? I should say so! My train is chiefly patronized by ladies.”-— Drake's Why nib, and toil 1 , and wear out yourself and vour clothes os washday, when, ever since’lß64. Dobbins’Electric Soap has been offered on pufpo.se to lighten your labor. A’oic try it. Y'our grocer has it. How Oysters are Shipped. Thousands of oysters S*re shipped to England from the region near Greenwich, Conn. They are packed and rammed into barrels so that the■ shells cannot open. This keeps the oysters alive and obviates the necessity of using ice. The oysters reach England in excellent condition. “ -BROWN S BRONCHIAL TROCHES' are excellent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat. They are exceedingly effective." — Christian London England. A Syrian Colony Experiment. The projectors of the new Damascus for Syrian immigrants, have decided to purchase several thousand acres for the site of the town in Pennsylvania or Arizona. Silk culture, fruii growing and farming will, it is expected, furnish comfortableliving to the citizens of the new Damascus. It pays to use SAPOI.IO in all cleaning, for "Thift and Cleanliness are twin brothers." Sapolio is a solid cake of Scouring Soap. Try it in house cleaning. A crisis is rerorted in China. There will always be a cry-sis when she loses her chewing gum.— Peoria Beacon. A PLACARii at the entrance of the Rene (Nev.) Jail reads: “Standing room only.” Dainty candies that children cry for are Dr. Bull's Worm Destroyers. They please the children, but they kill the worms. A sign of ah early fall— A bar of soap on the cellar steps.—Nnc York Journal. Totally Helpless Krom Sciatic •In May, 1885,1 was taken with sciatic rheumatism in my legs and arms, and was confined to my bed eLtirely helpless. In August I was just able to move around. I was reduced to a mere skeleton, my appetite was entirely gone and my friends thought I could not live. I took almost everything I could hear of. but with no good results, during that winter. One day. reading about taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla in March, April and May, I concluded to try it. One bottle gave me so much relief that I took four -’-bottles, and since then I have not been troubled with " rheumatism, and my general health has never been better. My appetite is good and I have gained in flesh. I attribute m.v whole improvement to taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla.* Wm. F. Taylor, Emporium, Cameron County, Fa. N. B. If you decide to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla do not be induced to buy any other. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; idx for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IPO Doses One Dollar TACOMA 100# Tml bl TACOMA IKVSaTMtST CO.. TACOMA. WAMb

A man who has practiced medicine for forty years ought to know salt from sugar; read what he says: Toledo, 0., Jan. 10,1887. Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.—Gentlemen—l have been in the general practice of medicine for most forty years, and would say that in all my practice and experience have never seen a preparation that I could prescribe with as much confidence of success us I can Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed it a great many times and its effect is wonderful. and would say in conclusion that I have yet to find a case of Catarrh that it would not cure, if they would take it according to directions. Yours truly, L. L. GOESUCH, 11. D.. Office, 215 Summit St. We will give SIOO for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured with Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CHENEY * Co., Props., Toledo, O. <B"Sold by Druggists, 75c. A Woman in a Moon. It may not be generally known, but there is the head of a girl in the moon, says the Atchison Olobc. It is a profile, and’can be easily discerned when the moon is full. When the jnoon is in the Eastern • sky she is looking north, and the head inclines upward. . At the top of the yelloworb you will see her hair and a sort of haughty bang which cortceals most of her forehead; a little below you wilt see her eye; then tomes her nose (this is rather indistinct): then will be seen the chin, underneath which a very shapely neck curves back, indicating that she is well fed. Scribner’s Magazine for February, 1891, will contain “Mount Washington in Winter,” by Edward L. J Wilson, beautifully illustrated; the third paper on Japan (with many illustrations:) “About Africa.” by J. Scott; “A Marine Tale,” by Frank R. Stockton; ‘•‘Neapolitan Art;” a full-page portrait of Livingstone, Poems, Point of View. ete. Now is the time to subscribe. Twenty-five cents a number; 83.00 a year. Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 Broadway, New York. A Fatient Man. **No r Mr. Trotter,” she said firmily, “I repeat it a thousand times—no!” “Well. keep on,” he remarked, pleasantly; “that's only twice, and by the time you reach the 600th you'll begin to vary it with a ‘yes.’ Will you kindly begin ?”— M u nsey’s Weekly. Those of you who- are weary and heavy ladfteed with sickness and care, weighed down with the infirmities that beset the human system, can find, the one thing necessary to restore you to bright, buoyant health in Sherman’s Prickly Ash slitters. It invigorates and strengthens the debilitated organs, aids digestion, and dispels the clouds- ■ arising from a diseased, liver. Promising Chip of the-Old Block. Newspaper Man's Little Boy (rushing in breathlessly)— Papa, you’d ’a’ enjoyed bein’ down where 1 was just now, I'll bet.” Newspaper Man—Why so, my son?” “Man fell off'n a three-story buildin’ and broke his back.” Mothers should watch carefully those signs of ill health in their daughters, and at once use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It will prove a lasting blessing. Harsh Punishment. Mr. Scrubby (indignantly)—Sir, I have just discovered that your son has engaged nimself to two of my daughters. Mr. Grubbs (stupefied)—The young rascal! He should be compelled tp marry them both. — New York Weekly. Beecham's Ptlls euro Sick-Headache. When is an an out of date? When he's a weak (week) baek.

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