Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1894 — Page 6

TITE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 19.189.

ABOUT FRIVOLOUS EXCUSES

DIU TALMA!-! M'KAKS OF TIIK WlUt llEJIZCT nCLICUOS. lie MLrn Thrm o the Mrn in the I'artible AVIi Were C'omivlIetI I Attract lh Fel V I'lra for IleUxiou Simplicity anil Sincerity. BROOKLYN. F-.-pt. 1C The Rev. Dr. Ta'.masv, wh i is s'.i'd ab?nt on his round the worli tour, has selected as the subject of his sermon Lhrouph the press for tJay "Holy Compulsion," th? text being Luke xiv. 23, "Ail co:ni?l them to cmin." The plainest pc-ople In r.ur day have luxuries which the kln?3 and queens of olden tim -3 never imagined. I walkt-d up and dwn the stairs of H.yroad palace a pilice that wis cvuMored one of the wonders of the world and I said, "Can it be possible thit this is all thre was of this reputed wonderful pi ice?" And this is the cas In nuny other ln.tanees. There are fruits in Westchester county and on Lons Island farms far better than the pomegranates and apricot of bible times. Through all the iks there have been eoenes of f-st!vpy and th3 wealthy man of my text plans a great entertainment and invites his friends. If one builds a beautiful h :ii3 he wants his acquaintances to c-'ine and enjoy it. If one buys an 'exquisite picture, h? wanLs hl3 friends to come and appreciate it, and it was a laudable thing when th? wealthy man of my t -x:. hippy him'.f, .wanted to m-iK. other people happy. And so the invitations went out. but something went very much wrung. Yvii '-.in innsrine the embarrassment f any on who has provided a grand fat whtn h finds out hat the guests invited do not Intend to como. There is nmhinp: that so provokes the master of the fe-iM as that. 1'rl inloiia Mmicm. Well. the.-u people invHed to this preat banquet of the text made most frivolous excuses. The fart was, I suppose, that -some of thm were offended thit this man had succeeded f-o much better in the world than they hal. There are people in 11 occupations and professions whii crns;.l -r it a wr.nj: to thtm that anybody -lse :s advanc-d. I suppose these people Invited to the feast said amor.? t hems. -Ives: "We are not goi to administer to that nun'3 vanity. Hi" is proud, enough now. We won't p. Besides that we could all give iarties if we mad vor money the way that man makes his." So, when ti: iir'.?-ng?rs went out with the invitations, thert- was ;i unanimous refusal. (Ono man said, "Oh, I have bought a f.i nn, und I must go and look at it!" lie wv.s a land ! iilator and had no business to buy land until he knew about it. At frivolous excuse. Anoth" man said. "I have bought live yoke of oxen." Tile probability is he va a speculator in lie Movk. lie ought to have known about the .en hef.ire he liought th-in. IV.-ddes that, ii" h- had been very anxi as t get to the feast, he could have ho .kt d theru up and driven them on the mul th-iv. Another frivolous excuse. Anotlu r m m saiil. "Oh, I have married a wife. an. I I can't omie," when if he had said to h!s wife: "I have an invitation to a spk-r.did dinner. It is highly complimentary to me. I should very much like to g . Will yon go along with me?" she would have said. "To be turf, I will ko." Another frivolous exuff. The faci was th..t they did not want to go. "Xuff," sail the great man of th:1 feast. "I will nit be defeated in this matter. I have, with an1 honest pun use, provided a banquet, and there are scores of people who would like to come if they were on'.y invited. Here, my man, litre; you go out, ind when you find a blind man give him your arm and fetch him in, and win -it you find a lame man give him a cruti h and fetch him in, and when you find a poor man teil him that there is a plate for him in my mansion. and when you find some one who is so ragged and" wretched that he has never been invited anywhere then, by the kindest tenderness and th most loving Invitation any one ever had, compel him to come In." Mural of th I'nrnMe. Oh, my friends, it requires no acuteii ess on my part or on your part to Fee in all this Affair that religion Is a banquet. The table was set in Palestine a good many years ago, and the disciples gathered around It. and they thought they would have a go. d time all by themselves, but while they sat by this table the leaves began to grew and spread, and one leaf went to the east, and anoth'-r leaf went to the west, until the whole earth was covered up with them, and the clusters from the heavenly vineyard were piled upon the board, and the trumpets and harps of eternity made tip the orchestra, and as this wine of ;,h1 is pressed to the lips of a sinning. bleedir.tr, suffering, rl"ing, groaning world, a voie breaks frum the heaven?, savins?: "Drink, O friends! Yea, drink. O beloved!" O blessed Lord Jesus, the best friend I ever had. the best friend any man ever had, was there ever such a table? "V;ls there ever such a banquet? From the cross uplifted hiirh. 7uTe the Favlor deigns to die. What melodious sonn! I hear I'.urntinsr on the ravished ear! Haven's redeeming work is d ne. Come, and welcome, sinner, come. Ju of Religion. Religion is a joyous thing. I do not want to hear anybody talk about religion B3 though it were a funeraL I do not want anybody to whine in the prayer meeting about the kingdom of God. I do not want any man to roll up his eyes, giving In that way evidence of his eancüty. The men and women of God whom I happen to know for the most part find religion a great Joy. It is exhilaration to the body. It is invigoration to the mind. It is rapture to the Bnn.il. It Is balm for all wounds. It Is light for all darkness. It Is harbor from all storms, and though God knows that eome of them have trouble enough now they rejoice because they are on the way to the congratulations eternal. Oh. the Lord God has many fair and beautiful daughters, but the falres-t of them all Is she whose ways are pleasanteft and whos-5 paths are peace! Now, my brothers and sisters for I have a right to call you all so I know some people look back on "their ancestral line, and they see they are descended from the Puritans or Huguenots, and they rejoice in that, but I look back on. my ancestral line, and I see therein such a mingling and mixture of the blood of afl nationales that I feel akin to all the world, and by the blood of the Son of God, who died for all people. I addres3 you In the bonds of universal brotherhood. I come out as only a servant, bringing an invitation to a party, and I put into your hands, saying. "Come, for all thir:g3 are now ady," and I urge it upon you and coniinue to urge It, and before I get through, I hope, by the blessing of God, ; a compel you to come in. We must take care how we give the invitation. My Christian friends. I think sometimes we have just gone opposite to Chirst's- command, and we have compelled people to stay out. Sometimes our elaborated, instructions have been the hindrance. We graduate from our theological seminaries on stilts, and t takes five or fix year before we can come 1 vn and stand right beside the great r.ia.' ses of the people, learning their joys, .rrows, victories, defeats. Overmuch Theology. V.'e et our heads so brimful of theological wisdom that we have to stand very Ftralght lest they spill over. Now. what do the great masses of the people care about the technicalities of religion? What do they care about the hypostatic union or the difference between ublapsarlan and Bupralapsarlan? "What do they care . Sor your profound explanations, clear as

a London fog? When a man is drowning he doe3 not want you to stand foy the dock and describe the nature of the water Into whiA he has fallen, and teil him there are two parts hydrogen gas and one of oxygen gas, with a common density of 29 F., turning to steam under a common atnusphric pressure of 212. He does not want a chemical lecture on wat i. He wants a rope. O'. my friends, the curse of God on the church, it seems to me. in ;his day is metaphysics. We speak In an unknown tongue in our Sabbath schools, and in our religious assemblages, and in our pulpits, and how can people be saved unless they can understand us? We put on our official gowns, and Ave think the two silk balioons flapping at the elbows of a preacher give him great sanctity. The river f God's truth flows down before us pure and c'.ear as costal, but we take our theoiogieal stick and stir it up and stir it tip until you cannot see the bot-; tim. Oh. for the simplicity of Christ in all our instructions the simplicity.' He practiced when, standing among the people. He took a iy and said. "There is a lesson et the manner I wiil clothe you." and, pointing to a raves, said: "There Is a lesson of j the way I wt'.l feed you. Consider the lilies behold the fowls." I think often in our religious instructions we compel the people to stay out by our church architecture. People come in. ami they find things angular and cold and stiff, and they go away never again to come, when the church ought to be a great home circle, everybody having a hymnbook, giving haif of i: to the one next him, every one who has a hand to shake hands shaking hands, the church architecture and the church surrounding saying to the people. "Come in and be at hm." Instead of that. I think all these" surroundings often ccmnel the people to stay out. lairing Compulsion. Now, let us ail repent of our sins aal besrlii on the otiier track, and by our heartiness of affection and warmth of manner and imploration of the spirit of God compel the people to come in. How shall we lead sinners to accept the Lord's invitation? I think we must certainly begin' by a holy life. We must be better men, better women, before we can compel the people to come into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. There are fine essays being written! in this day about science arul religion, I tell you the best argument in behalf of our ho'.y Christianity it Is a. pood nun, a j?ood womxn, a life all consecrated to Christ. No infidel can answer it. Oh. let us by a holy example compel the pla to come in! I read of a minister of the gospel who wa-s very fend of climbing among th Swiss m.ur.iatns. On day h. was c'.imbins? aniorg very dangerous places aai 1 th.jiisiht himself all alot-.f when he heard a voice i enrath him say, "Father, look out for the saf path. I am following," a::d he looked back, and he saw that he was climbing iui only for himself, but climbing for his hoy. Oh, let us be sure an.l take the safe path! Our children are following; out partners in business are f llowir.: our nig'a'o rs are following, a great inu'.tkwde .stepping right on in our sups. Oh. be. sure ail take the right path! ITxhiidt a Christian example, and so by your godly walk c xnpei the peopleto cme in. I thick thcr Is work ;i!so in the way of kindly aumonuio i. I do n t believe there is a p rs-in in this house, who, if a ppjvached in a kindly aid le.vth riy mauler, would refuse ; listen. If yen are re'.-uffed. It is because y.,u lack in tact an 1 common sjn-c. lint, oh, how much effective work there Is in the way of kindly admonition! T'.i;-re are thoustnls of men all around an ut you who have never had om personal invititi .n to the cross. Give that one invitation, and you

would ba surprised at the alacrity with which they would accept it. I have a friend, a Christian physician, who one day became very anxious about th? salvation cf a brother physician, and s he left his office, went down to this man's office and said, "Is the doctor in?" "No," replied the young man waiting; "the doctor is not in." "Well," said his physician, "when he comes in. tell him I called and give him my Christian love." This worldly doc-tor came homo after awhile, and the message was given to him. and he sail within himself. "What does he mean by leaving his Christian love for me?" And he became very much awakened and stirred In spirit, and he said after awhile, "Why, tnat man must mean my soul." and he went into his back office, knelt down and began to pray. Then he took his hat and went out to the office of this Christian physician and said, "What can I do to be saved?" and the two doctors knelt in the office and commended their souls to God. All the means used in that case was only the voice of one good man saying, "Give my Christian love to the doctor." The voice of kindly admonition. Have you uttered it tod?.y? Will you utter it tomorrow? Will you utter it now? Compel them to come in. I at! Hi nnd I'm er. I think there is a preat work also to be drne in the way of prayer. If we had faith enough today, we could go before God and ask for th salvation of all the Ieople in our churches, and they would all bo saved, there and then, without a single exception. There might be professional men there, political men there, worldly men there, men who hid not heard the gospel fur twenty years, men who are prejudiced against the preachers, men who are prejudiced against tne music, nun vno are prejudiced igalnst the church, men who are prejudiced .against God I do not care they might be brought in by fervent prayer you would compel them to come in. Oil, for such an earnest prayer! Peoplj of God. lay hold of the horns of the altar now and supplicate the salvation of all C2icse who sit in the same rew with you ye;t, the reletnptlon of all who sit in your churches. I tell you today, my fii 'als. of a great salvation. Po you understand what it is to have a Savior? He to k your place. He ib.re your sins. He wept your sorrows. He is here row to save your soul. A soldier, worn out in his country's service, "took to the vklin as a mode'of earning his living. He was found in the streets of Vienna playing his violin, but after awhiie his hand became feeble and tremulous, and he could no more make mu-Mc;. One day, while he sat there weeping, a man passed aln g and sail, "My friend, you are too oil and too feeble. Give me your violin," and he took the man's violin ancj began to discourse most exquisite music, and the people Kathered around in larger and larger mul-titudes, and the aged man held his hat, and the coin poured in and poured in until the hat was full. "Now." said the man who wus playing the violin, "put that coin in your lockets." The coin was put in the old man's pockets. Then he held his hat again, and the violInlst played more sweetly than ever and played until some of the people wept and some shouted. And agam the hat was filled with coin. Then the violinist dropped the instrument an! pvvM off, and the whisper went: "Who i3 it? Who is it?" and some one, just entering the crowd, said: "Why, that is Itueher. tha great vIollndst known all through the realm. Yes, that is the great violinist." riirlnt Itear Oar IturilenM. The fact was, he had just taken that man's place, and a-ssumed his poverty, and borne his burden, and played hi3 music, and earned his livelihood, and made sacrifice for the poor old man. So the Lord Jesus- Christ come.? down, an-1 He finds u.s in our spiritual penury, and aeros.s the broken strings of His own broken heart lie strikes a strain of infinite music, which wins the attention of earth and1 heaven. He takes our poverty. He plays our music. He weeps our sorrow. He dies our death. A sacrifice for you. A sacrifice for me. Oh, will you accept this sacrifice now? I do not single out this and that man and this and that woman. But I say all may come. That sacrifice is no great, ali may le saved. Does It not seem to you as if heaven was very near? I can feel its breath on my chpek. God is near Christ is near. The Holy Spirit is rar. Ministering angels are near, your glorified kindred in heaven near, your Christian father near, your glorified mother near, your departed children near. Your redemption U near

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.

L.E3SOX Till, TIIIItD Ql'AKTCn, IXTLRSATIOXAL SUR I US,' SKIT. 23. Tet of the I,moii, Imii. xl, 1 -f) V Mlualonary Lmon Memory Veraem, 1, 2 Goldrit Text, I.otu xl, I t'ommcntnry by the Rev. I. M. Struma. Once more we have the choice of a temperance or a missionary lesson, and. as usual. I choose without hesitation the missionary lesson, firmly believing that to give the gospel to every creature as 5peodlly as possible is the great desire of our Lord, and when a majority of believers grt a full of the Spirit as the drunkard gets full of strong drink everything will to them seem very trifling when compared with the lmjfortance of the Saviour's last command. Daniel and his friends at Labyloa wtTe men of one aim and purpose. 1. "And there hall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jese, and a branch shall grow out of his roots." How very Interesting it is that whether it be a temperance or a missionary lesson we come to the verlasting people for it Israel, God's glory (Isa, xlvi. 13), and the one to be exalted is the Prince of Peace, who shall sit on David's throne and establish the kingdom forever (Isa. ix, 6, -7). The righteous branch is to be raised up unto David and will be a prosperous king, executing judgment and justice in the earth in the oays wtien Judah shall be saved and Israel fc'aall dwell safely (Jr. yxiil, 5, C). 2. "And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom, and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the L.ord." The Spirit without measure, in all ILs full.ies.', the sevenfold Spirit, or. as in Hjv. i, 4; Iii, 1, the seven Spirits of Cel. including wisdom to devise and power to carry out successfully .very plan for the welfare of the kingdom and the good of the whole earth. The gospel story tells how Jesus was born by the Spirit; at His baptism the Spirit came as a dove and abode upon Him; He was led. wrought miracles, waa crucified, rose apain in -th Spirit's power. He fras i-ent the jnie Spirit to fill every believer, that in Iiis po.ver v.e may manifest the life of Christ and be His witness unto 'the ends of tiie earth (AC13 1, h). 3. "And shall make Itira ii quick understanding in the fear of the Lord, and Ho shall not judge after the siaht of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His ears." The expression, "The fear of the Lord," is one of the most notable in the bible and yet comparatively bu't Little considered. In this and the last verse we see it to be one of the characteristics of the Spirit, and that He will make us ouick to unleistan 1 it. May it not include such a consei vasn ess of the presence of th- Lord us will enable one to live as in His signtubmitting every tiling, even the smallest details of daily life, to His Judgment, wi;h desire above all things for IIi5 guidaiue and approval?" 4. "Lint with righteousness shall He judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth, and He shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked." The whole story of "the sufferings of tThrlst and the glory that shall follow" (I Pet. i, 11). is often summarized in a singe sentence. This verse speaks of His coming in glory to judge the nations and destroy the wicked. Compare the sharp sword of Kev. xix, 15, with which He shall smite the nations, and see also verse 21. As to 'the roor and the meek, see Ps. lxxil, 11-11. and Ps. xxxvli. 11. 5. "And righteousness shall ba the girdle of His loins and faithfulness the girdle of His reins." His name is "the Lord Our Righteousness" (Jer. xxiii, 6), and whether lie judges the poor or makes war it is all in righteousness (Rev. xix. 11). Righteous and faithful, just and true is He in all His -thoughts andxways. C. "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid. and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them." The same truth Is stated in chapter lxv, 25, and leads us to look for the time when "the creation Itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom. viii. 21). There is no need to spiritualize this verse and make it mean that people who act like wild beasts s-hall become gentle as a playful kid and harmless as a calf, although that application of it may lawfully be marie. Hut as to its interpretation let no one separate it from its context, which is clearly the restoration of Israel (verses 11, 12), and the time of the kingdom so long asro foretold, and though so long delayed yet sure to come when the Nobleman shall return from t i i - far country (I.uke xix, 12; Acts ill, 21). 7. "And the cow and the bear shall feed. Their young one3 shail lie down together, and the lion shall cat straw like the ox." As in life garden of Kdcr. fo shall it be in some incisure during the thousand years and perfectly in the new earth. The bible Is a story of earth with God delighting in it and in its inhabitants. Thus it begins and thus it ends, while the thousands of intervening years between the fall and the restoration are filled up with the record of such as walk with God durin the waiting time and make Him known to others, or of those who rebel against Him and must shire doom of His enemies. The bilde is given to u.s that we may know God and make Him known to others. He works by Hi3 Spirit through His word. ' 8. "And the sucking child shall play on the hide of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den." The author of all poison being bound in the pit, his evil inlluence shall not be felt those thousand years. The venomous things shall b; the playthings of children., and the "streets of the city shall le full of boys and girls playing in the i tn ets thereof" (Zeeh. viii, 5). 9. "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as. the waters cover the sea." As thoroughly as water covers whatever it can reach, so thoroughly shall the knowledge of the glory of the LorJ cover the whole earth. Compare Num. xiv. 21. and Hah. ii, 14. and see the prayer of David in Ps. lxxii. IS. 19. First shall all Irael be saved at the coming of the Lord in His glory, when they look on Him whom they have pierced (Jer. xxxi. 33. 24; Isa. Ix. 21; Zeeh, xli, 10; xiii, 1), and then shall nations b3 blessed through them (Isu. xxvil, 6; lx, 3). The sooner the gospel is preached to every creature will the church be completes! and caught to meet the Iord in the air. whicJa must take place before He can come to the earth to reign. Before He oan come to His glory many things must occur, but before He comes to the air for His church we know of nothing that must necessarily occur rxcept the. evangelization of the world sufficiently to complete His church. Therefore let us with all possible speed give the gospel to every creature. Itunwli on tli Tendier. Pa rent ''Who Is the laziest boy in your class, Johnny?" Johnny "Idunno." "I should think you would know. When all the others are Industriously writing or studying their lessons, who is he who sits idly In his seat and watche the rest, instead of working himself?" "The teacher." Texas Sittings. Sorupulon at Hie Wronjc Time. If we had fewer jurors in Kentucky with scruples against the death penalty there would be fewer desperate murderers to plot outbreaks a the Kentucky penitentiary. A Kentucklan seems never so concerned about human life as when he gets on a jury. Louisville Courier-Journal.

DEMOCRATIC TIKES.

As reviving trade is muzzling him the calamity-howler has less of a snap than ever. Philadelphia Times (dem.). Munoie will feel the gd effects in every line of business of the resumption of the glass houses and starting two new facuoritjs. If the situation is not as good as it was two year3 ago there is much in ,it that is encouraging. Now It the tint; to buckle right down to business and aid in bringing about botter tirnew. Muncie Times (rep.). The wholesale crockery and glass dealers announce that their business has greatly increased since the passage of the tariff law. The tax on china, porcelain, earthenware ana s-tonewarv has been very high, and its reduction has stimulated trade. Retail dealers and householders are filling up their depleted stocks. N. Y. World (dem.). "We have reason to believe that the United States is about to enter upn a period of great prosperity. As the Improvement is sure to be felt generally before the November election, the democratic party will sweep the country. The voters will realize what lias all along been true, that the democrats were but the assignees of a government run into bankruptcy by the bad legislation and misdeeds of the republican party. Cincinnati Southwest (Ind.). Clafnin's, which is one of the best barometers in the trade, has looked as it did In ante-panic times, and all the jobbers have done an excellent hu-iness. In many of the domestic dress goods houses the rush has been of an exhilarating description. An Keonomlst man this week asked the manager of one of the prominent accounts how things were gointr. and for a reply was told ti nt they "expee'ted next week to begin selling the tables and ga,3 fixtures, as there would Ikj nothing else left to sell." Dry Goods Economist (trade). It is a good time fnr determined and resolute efforts, and for a reasonable and prudent confidence. The situation does not encourage any crazy boom in prices, or any wild and venturesome expansion of production. Put it warrants a most earnest effort on the part of American producers In each department of industry and trade to compete as best they can under the new conditions which the tariff gives them, and if some fail in the effort it is only reasonable to expect that many will achieve unexpected success. X. Y. Tribune (rep.). If republican congressmen and senators are elected this year in sufficient numbers to give that party majorities, and if a similar vote two years hence puts a republican presiJent In the while house, the tariff will be torn up and McKinleyizc 1. That will be one great trade disturbance. Then a? soon as the people see how they are victimized by ;he northeastern manufacturers they wt'.l rebel and will Insist on a deeper cut than the ways and means committee proposed last January. That will make two big disturbances. St. Louis Republic (dem.) "We have come to the logical end of the business slump of the list two ears. It would have ended even if the country had not shaken off the unnecessary load imposed by the McKinley tariff. Itusiness improvement would have equally Allowed If the Wilson tariff bill had not been emasculated and weakened in the senate. The situation is ripe for improvement. The attempt to prolong distrust and, distress in order to carry the November election will, therefore, be a flat failure. The people can be fooiej sometimes, but not all the time. Philadelphia Record (dem.). The reign of shoddy scuffs is over. Henceforth "all wool and a yard wide" will mean someVhltig' more th;in the m.-re cry of the salesman of woelen g".ls. Already the dealers in every kind of woolen manufactures are advertising reduced prices "on account of the heavy cut made Ln woolen duties by the new law," and manufacturers are preparing to turn out batter qualities at lo.vtr quotations to the. trade, The new law is not as radical 4 the people wanted, but it cuts deep in thvse things which are neressary to the comfort of the plain people. Evansvilli Courier (dem.). Taken for all in all, the business prospects of the South are. at t'.u present moment, brighter than those of any other part of the country. It depends upon th? people of the South themselves If these conditions are , to continue. What they need is unintermitted industry and a sound respect for law. If they have the good sense to abjure populism, and socialism, and anarchism, and see to it that the rights of property are observe.! in behalf of great and sma'.l. rli-h and poor, they can be as prosperous as they please. There is no appreciable limit to their resources, and with industry and honesty going hand in hand there should be no limit to their development. N. Y. Sun (rheumatic). There is certainly a tone of confidence in the market and a more hopeful feeling as to fall and winter trade. At eastern points, like Boston, this feeling is especially manifest. The Itoston "market for lumber is decidedly better in some directions, with increased inquiry. The tariff act has not materially changed the situation for the present as regards free lumber, except that larger supplies are expected to be eent in from Canada in a finished state and less in 'he rough. There is a fair demand a.t IJosavi for all ki'n0.s of southern lumber rift flooring taking the lead, and the dxinaad for cypret-i steady. In the lake markets trade is go.nl and movement quite a -live. Southern Lumberman (trade). Tlie wir.? nail factories and barb-wäre works are starting up again. Cm the whole, prices for P.essemer i4g Iron and soft stel have held up very well, but there Is a feeling among the buyers, the rolling mills, that prices must come down, since the markets for finished iron and steel are down to the lowest prices rdhed this year, and in some eases are below that level. Raw material is certainly thoap. Reports have it that Mesata ore has been offered below $2.2i. A significant fact is that American cotton tiemäkers have captured orders during the week ln competition against free foreign cotton ties. Ability to make qui k delivery helped them, but it does begin to look as though they will be able to hold a very big share of the business if they are fairly supported by the billet mills and get decent rates of freight. Iron Age (rep.). This first week has been productive of significant movements. Here In New England the woolen mills report orders for heavv goods, while the trade is selling freely, indicating a revival of consumption. All this is fostered by the grant of free wool, which the new tariff makes. And the influence is felt in other lines, indicating a fair fall business from the very start. The western centers of trade report distinct gains in the volume of business. In the iron and steel manufacture an increased output is noted. From Cleveland, Chicago. St. Louis, comes the same story of increased demand and healthy trade in all tinea. In spite of the drought which undoubtedly has been exaggerated as to Its destructive effects the far West reports a larger trade and better collections. And in Chicago, where a year ago 100,000 men were out of employment, not tnore than 23,000, or the usual average, are Idle. Boston Post (dem.). SURELY CURED. To the Editor Please inform your read ers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely us thousands of hopeless cases have leen permanently cured. 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TnE State Sentinel, which eTer aims to keep abreast of the times and to promot? tho interests of its sibribeT. res Jnfl Completed an arranceanent with the leading watch manufacturers of the country by w hich it is enable 1 to o!i-r the I ?t wtct.e l&ade, to its subscribers only, at the same prices which jewelers and watch dealers in the cities and tow n Lave to pay fr tLeirgoodfc In some cases we can eeil watches to our subscribers for even Iesa than dealers ha v.? to ;uy for them. Every man or woman, young or old, w h.i reads The State Sentixkl ouht to own a w itch. Every one ought to have a good watch a watch that wid not only keep iinp. but i hhndsome r nd s-lio. y. If you take Tue .State Sentinel you can, for a limited tine on'y. cet a firet-clas, handsome to d watch, with the very best orks manufactured, for much less than poor watches with silver cr bras cases are commonly sold for. Our mock of watches will not last alwtyg, and after the present btock is exhausted we canuot prom'.so to fl:l orders. Thowho order Crgt, therefore, wiil be first served. Tho American Standard Vatches tha best timekeepers in the world are graded r.s peven. eleven and thirteen jeweled, fall jweled and adj'vte.1. Very few men not one in a thousand carry either an adjusted or even a fuli-:e le i wati ii. Thk State Stinel usesonly the celebrated gold-tilled cas.'s male by Joseph Fahys, unless ilistin -t v :eci::cd in pertal effers. Tiiey are the best made, and selected for that reason. His ten-carat caes, calle 1 Mor.tauks, are guaranteed for li:teea fears. His fourteeu-carat filled cases, called Monareh, ere jrusrmteed for twenty jears. Whea lau foarteeu-carat case art pokeo of they refer to onlj Montauka and Monarch.

OUK SPECIAL OFFERS! The cut represent Joseph Fahye' celebrated Montauk and Monarch caacs as above. Cases will be furnished either plain (engine-turned) or beautifully eneraved as the subscriber prefers. Ho. 18, eize for gentlemen, are Elgin, Waltham or New York Standard movements, and will be put iu such caes as dfldr&Si Note carefully the descriptions and prices below. GENTLEMEN'S WRTCHSS,

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No. 17. Size No. 13. flo. 17. i No. 18 "Waltham or flgln movement, seven jewels, beautifully engraved Montauk case, SI8. This watch would cost from $2i to $35 at jewelry otorea. The above No. 13. Size No. 18. No. 18. Size .No. 18 Monarch case, twenty-one years guarantee, 14 carat, Walihain movement (engine-turned),$20.25 No. 28. Size No. 18. No. 28. Size No. 18 Montauk cae (engine turned). New York Standard movement, seven jewels, $16.25.

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These are the best Watches erer offered for anything like these figures. WLo need fro without a watch when he can get a fcraVclass timekeeper in a handsome caee tor $12.25 or $lü.25?

W flr beautiful Ladle' WaWltca at pile No. 8. Size No. 6. No. 8. Se No. 6 Liberty for American) enjrraved case, boret movement (Swiss), seven lewela, SI2.

' The watch will reach you within a week after you send the order. i SiJIiber that the IN7DI AN AVOUS SENTINEL CXJMPASY antee. these

tented. We can assure our readers tliat every watcn wm Rive coajpieiw uu cuno aaaatal. tWng of beauty and a joy forever. j ,

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Mo. 16. Size No. 18. No. 16. Size No. 18-Waltham or Elein movement, seven jewels, (eupineturned) Montauk caf-e, SfS. This watch would cost from S2i to at jewelry stores.

are all Montauk cases and an guaranteed for No. 19. Slzo No. 18. No. 19. Piza No. 18 Monarch eae, fancy landscape engraved, Elgin movement S2I.ÖO. t.jj... . . :.--: :.v.--. . v- - v. 2 J- .." Ko. 5. Size No. 13. No. 5. Kteft No. 18 Liberty (eneinetorned) caae, New York Standard movemeat, will wear ten years, 612.25. w'.lkln the rach of aO. Name Post Office County . . . State Inclosed find

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No. 21. Size No.6. No. 21. Size No. 6 Monarch case, vermicelli border, fancy Elgin movement, eeven jewels, SI9.50.

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No. 14. Slzo No. 18. fio. 14. Size No. IS P.ox cane, Lou! XIV. Ft vie, Waltham or I'lin movement, teven jewel, SI9. 75. These watches art Bold by retail dealers at from ioO to 35. fifteen yeazx No. 20. Size No. 18. No. 20. Size No. IS Monarch ease, with wida Vermicelli border and eneraved center, Waltharu movement, eeven jewels, 323. Thi?is thefinet watch weotler ana is well worth $10, according to the pricey charged in jewelry stores. The cases ars warranted for twenty-ono years. The readers of The Fextixei. never had an opportunity to get frft-clasa watchei at any such prices as the above, and aftel this stock is sold they will probably not eoon have auch a chance aain. This otfer h open only to subscribers to The Indiana Jstate Sentixtu One of theFe watches will make a hand eome birthday or Christmas present fol your wife, your eister, your daughter, of your sweetheart; for your hu.aband,yooi father, your brother or your son. In order to avoid confusion and misUkei the watches should ls ordered only by their numbers. Thus it is only necessary to say: "Send watch No. S (or whstevet number is desired) to the following d dress." Write the name, town, county and state ytv plainly. The cash must accompany every ordet We should prefer to have our subscribers use the following coupon, which can bo cut out, filled up and sent to The In diaxa State Sentinel with a draft on Chicapo, New York, Indianapolis or Cincinnati or a po&toüice money order for the amount.

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189 INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO.: Please send one watch No. . . to the following. address:

' draft (or money order) for $ . ; ... i L watehe. to J.";. nr,Mm.i.ni