Pike County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 51, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 May 1888 — Page 4

TALMAUE’S SERMON. The Value of Man’eBoul Compared With that of the World. The to ho Measured hr the Meo Paid for the Vpom Calvary. “Com and Gain” was the subject chosen' by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage for a recent sermon in Brooklyn Tabernacle. His text What stall It prod a nun. It he .hall sals the whole world, and late his own soult-Mirk THI„ M. 1 am aecustomed, Babbnth by Babbath, to stand before an audience of bargainmakers. There may be men in all occupations sitting before me, yet the vast majority of them, I am eery well aware, are engaged from Monday morning to Saturday night in the store. In many of the fnmilies of my congregation, across the breakfast table and the tea table, awe discussed questions of loss and gain. Ton are every day asking yourself s “What is the Talue of this? What is the value of that?” Yon would not think of giving something of greater value for that which is of lesser value. You would not think of selling that which costa yon ten dollars for five dollars. If you '---had property that was worth fifteen thousand dollars, you would not sell it for four thousand dollars. You uni intelligent in all matters of bargainmaking. Are yon as wise in the things that pertain to the matters of the soul? Christ adapted his Instructions to the circumstances of those to whom he spoke. When he talked to ftshermeu, he spoke of the Gospel net. When he talked to the farmers he said: “A sower went forth to bow.” When he talked to the shepherds he told the parable pf the lost sheep. And am I not right, when, shaking this morning to an audience of bargain-makers, that I address them in the words of my text, asking: What shall it pmlll s min. If hr shall gain the whole world and losehl. own soul? I propose? as far as possible, to estimate and compare the value of two projierties. First, l have to say that the world is a very grand pro|»erly. It* flowers are God’s thoughts In bloom. It* rocks are God’s thought* in *tone. Its dew drops are God’s thoughts In pearl. This world ] Is God’s child -a wayward child, indeed; it has wandered off through the heaveds. But about I*** years ago. one Christmas night, God sent nut a sister world to call that wanderer bark, and it hung over Bethlehem only long enough to get the promise of the wanderer's return; and now that lost world, with soft feet of light, eoipes treading bark through the heavens. The hills, how beantiful they IdlJow up the edge of the wave white with Bg! How beautiful the ou which

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Into trouble abouOL Itls just so with this world, every l>qflknt bu had any thing to do with it, asgPPbssession, has been in perplexity. How m it with lord Byron! Did be not sell hi* Immortal notd for the purpose of netting the world! Was he satisfied with the possession! Alas t alas 1 the poem graphically describes his case when it says: Drank every cap of Joy, Heard every tramp of fames Drank early, deeply drank, Drank draughts wklck common millions might hare quenched, Then died at thirst because there was no more todrtak. Oh, yes, he had trouble with it; and so did Napoleon. After conquering nations by the force of his sword, he lies down to die, his entire possession the military boots that he insisted on haring upon his feet while he was dying. So it has been with men who had better ambition. Thackeray, one of the most genial and lovable souls, after he had won the applause of all intelligent lands through his wonderful genius, sits down iu a restaurant in Paris, looks to the other end of the room and wonders whose-thaWprlorn and wretched facets; rising upmfter awhile, he finds tliat it is Thackeray in the mirror. Oh. yes, this world is a cheat. Talk about a man gaining the world! Who ever gained half of the world! Who ever owned a hemisphere! Who ever gained a continent! Who ever owned Asia! Who ever gained a city! Who ever owned Brooklyn! Talk about gaining the world! No man ever gained it, or the hundred thousandth part of it. You are demanding that I sell my soul, not for the world, but for a fragment of it. Here is a man who has had a large estate fob forty or fifty years. He lies down to die. You say, “That man is worth millions and millions of dollars!” Is he! You call up a surveyor, with his compass and chains, and you say: •There is a property extendiug three miles in one direction, and three miles in another direction." Is that the way to measure that man’s property! No! You do not want any surveyor, with hi* compass and chains. That is not the way you want to measure that man’s property now. It ts an undertaker that you need, who will come and pnt his finger in his vest-pocket, and take out a tape-line, and he will measure five feet nine inches one way, and two and one-half feet the other way. That is the man's property. Oh. no; 1 forgot; not so much as that, f«*r he does not own even the place in which he lies in the cemetery. The deed to that belongs to the executors and the heirs. Oh, what properly you propose to give me for mv soul! if you sell a bill of goods you go into the counting-room and say to your partner: “Do you think that man is good for this bill! Cau he give proper security! Will he meet this payment!” Now, when you are offered this world as a possession, I want you to test the matter. I do not want you to go into this bargain blindly. L want you to ask about the title, about the insurance, about whether men have ever had any trouble with it, about whether you cau keep It, about whether you can get all. or the teqCfhousandth, or one hundred-thousandth part of it. There is the world now. I shall gay no more about it. Make up your-mind for h^ytfgymyi.Te to

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will not liny less yon run get h good till" After you have looked i»t thr prop''erty and found out that It suits you, yon aeud an attorney to the public offlrc and he examine* the book of deed*, and the book of mortgage*, and the book of judgments, and the book of liens, and be decide* whether the title i* good before you will hare any thing to do with it. There might be a splendid property, and in every way exactly suited to your want; but if jron can not get a good title, you will not take it. Sow, f am here this morning to *ay that it i* impossible to get a good title to thi* world. If I settle down upon it, in the eery year I so settle d«wp upon it n» a permanent possession, I may be driven away from it, ,Aye, in five minute* after I give up my soul for the world I may have to part with the world; and what kind of a title do you call that! There is only one way in which 1 can hold an earthly tawsession. and that Is through the sensrs. .. Alt beautiful sights through the eye, but the eye may be blotted out; all captivating sounds through the ear, but my ear may be deafened; all tuscionsuess of fruita and. viands through my taste, hut my taste may become destroyed; all appreciation of culture and of art through my mind, but l may lose my mind, a frail hold, then. 1 have upon any!

possession: Id court* of taw, if you want t man off n property you mu»t sers him a writ of ejectment, (Tiring hit tain time to vacate the premia! wbeu death comes to u» and serve of ejectment, he doe* not (five us < ond of forewarning. He say*: “Off of this place! Yon baye n any longer in the possession.” W i cry out:

"I cftvr y.»i one hundred lar» for that property;" the plea w^PUfi of no avail. IV c might ssy: “We have 'a warranty deed for that property:” the plea would be of no avail. We might say: •‘We have a lien on that store bouse;” that wonld do us no pood. Death i» blind, and he ran not see a seal, and ran not read an indenture. So that, first and last, I want to tell yon that when yon propose that 1 pive np my sonl for the world, yon can not give me the first item of title. Having examined the title of a property, your next question is about insurance. You would not be silly enough to buy a • large warehouse that ronld not possibly be Insured. You would not have any thine to do with such a property. Now, 1 ask you what assurance can you give me that this world is not going to be burned up? Absolutely none. Geologists tell us that it is already on fire; that the heart of the world is one great living coal; that it is just like a ship on fire at TOa, the flames not bursting out because the hatches are kept down. And yet you propose to palm o(T on me. In return for my soul, a world for which, in the first place, you give notitle, and in the second place, for which yon call give no insurance. “Oh,” you say, “the water of the oceans will wash over all the land and put out the Are.”' Oh no. There are inflammable elements in the water, hydrogen and oxygen. Call off the hydrogen and the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans would blaxe like heaps of sharings. Yon want me to take this world, tor which you can give no possible insurance. Astronomers have swept their telescopes through the sky, and have found out that there have been thirteen worlds, in the last two centuries, that have disappeared. At first they looked just like other worlds. Then they got deeply red— they were on fire. Then they got ashen, showing that they were burned down. Then they disappeared, showing that even the ashes were scattered. And if the geologist be right in his prophesy, then our world is to go in the same way. And yet yon want me to exchange my sonl for tt. Ah. no; it is a world that is burning now. Suppose you brought an insurance agent to look at your property for the purpose of giving you a policy upon it, and while he stood in front of the house he should say: ‘That house is on fire now in thebaeement,” you could not get •ny insurance upon it. Yet yon talk about this world a* though it were a safe investment, as though yon eouM get some insurance upon it, when down in the basenant it is on ire. _ I remark, also, that thU world is a property witt which every body who.has taken --■— has had trouble. Now, _*ch of land that is not what is the matter, and bodr who has had “ ' 1 property foi

engine ami machinery In the Philadelphia mint, and, a* you «ee it performing it* wonderful work, you will be surprised to And how silently il gges. Machinery that rpar* aud tear* wkiii destroys itself; but silent machinery is often nwst effective. Sow, so it is with the soul of man. with all its tremendous faculties—it moves, in silence. Judgment, without any racket, lifting its scale*; memory, without any noise, bringing down all it* treasures: conscience taking its judgment seat without any excitement: the understanding and the will all doing their work. Velocity, majesty, might; but silencesilence. You listen at the door of your heart. You can hear * no sound. The sonl Is all quiet. It is so delicate an instrument that no humau hand can touch it You break a bona, and with splinter* and bandages the surgeon sets it: the eye becomes inflamed, the a|ioth«cary’s wash cools it; but a soul off the track, unbalanced, no human power can rc-adjust It With one sweep of it* wing it circles the universe, and overvault* the throne of Uod. Why. in the hour of death the soul is so mighty it throws aside the body as though It. were a toy. It drives back medical skill as impotent- It breaks through the circle of loved ones who stand aroumWht dying

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nil Hi. Jill! 1.1 BAflH. -HI of (enUioueand thing*: anti yet all the joy it bait here doe* not test it* capacity. Ton are in a concert before the cnrtaln hotels, and yon hear the instruments preparing-the sharp snap of the broken string, the scraping of the bow across the viol. “There is no music in that,” yon say. It is only getting ready for the music. And all the enjoyment of thy sonl in this world, the enjoyment we think is real enjoyment, U only preparative; it is only an’ticipative:.it is only the first states of the thing; it-is only the entrance, the beginning of ■ that which shall he the orchestral harmonies and splendors of the redeemed. Von can not test the fnll power of the soul for happiness in this world. How much power the soul has here to find enjoyment In friendships! but oh, the grander friendships for the sonl in the skies! How sweet the flowers here* but how much sweeter they will be there! I do not think that when flowers die on earth, they die forever. I think that the fragrance of the flowers is the spirit being wafted away into glory. God says there are palm trees in Heaven and fruits in Heaven.' If so. why not the spirits of the dead flowers? In the sunny valleys of Heaven shall not the marigold creep? On the hills of Heaven will not the amaranth bloom? On the amethystine walls of Heaven will not the jasmine climb? “My beloved is come down In his garden to gather lilies." No floarers in Heaven? W here, t hen, do they get their garlands for the brows of the righteous? Christ is glorious to our souls now, bnt how much grander our appreciation after awhile. A conqueror comes back after Uie battle. He has been fighting for us. He comes upon the platform. He has one arm in a sling, and the other arm holds a « utch. As he mounts the platfom, oh, the enthusiasm of the audience! They say: "That man fought for us, and imperiled his life for us,” and how wild the huxsa that follosrs huxza! When the Lord Jesus Christ shall at last stand ont before the multitudes of the redeemed of Heaven, and we meet Him face to face, and feel that He was wounded in the head, and wounded In the hands, and wounded in the feet, and wounded in the side for ns, mcthinks we wilt be overwhelmed. We will sit some time gazing in alienee, until some leader amidst Hie white-robed choir shall lift the baton of light, and give the signal that it is time to wake the song of jubilee, and all Heaven will them break forth into: “Hosanna! hosanna! hosanna! Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.” I calculate further the value of the soul by the price that has been paid for It. In m. Petersburg there is a diamond that the government paid two hundred thousand dollars for. “Well,” you say, “fit must have been very valuable, or Hie governffleu! would not have paid two hundred r

thousand dollairs for it” f wont to s«e whnt iny soul U worth, and what your soul is worth, by see ing What has been paid for it *ar that immortal soul, the richest blood that wan ever shed, the deepest groan that was ever uttered, all the griefs of earth compressed Into one tear, all the sufferings of earth gathered Into one rapier of pain and struck through Bis holy heart Does it not imply tremendous valuer I argue, also, the value of the soul from the home that has been fitted up for it in the future. One would have thought a street of adamant would hare done. No: it is a street of gold. One would have thought that a wall of granite would hare done. No: it it the flame of sardonyx mingling with the green of emerald. One would hare thought that an occasional doxology would have done. No; it is a perpetual song, if the ages of Heaven marched in a straight line, some day the last regiment, (terhaps, might pass out of sight: but no, title ages of Heaven do not march in a straight line, but in a circle aroundvabout the throne of God: forever, forever?tramp, tramp! A soul so bought, so equips d, so provided for, must be a priceless soul, n majestic soul, a tremendous soni Now, you have seen the two properties— the world, the sonl. One perishable, the other Immortal!. One unsatisfying, the other capable of ever-lasting felicity. Will you trade? Will you trade even? Remember, it is the only investmeut you can make. If a, man sell' a bill of gwsds worth $5,000, and he is cheated out of it, he mar get $5,000 somewhere else; but a man who invests his sou], invests all. Losing that, be loses it 1. Raving that he saves all. In the light of my text it seems to me as’ if you were, this morning offering your soul ID the highest bidder; and, I. hear you say: “What is bid for it, my deathless spirit? Whet is bid for it?” Satan says; “111 bid the world.” You say: “Begone* That is not equivalent. Sell my soul for the world? No? Begone!” But there is some one else in the audience not so wise as that He says: “VChat is bid for my immortal soul?" Satan says: “I’ll bid the world.” “the world? Going at that going at that going! Gone!” Gone forever!

What U the thing of greatest pWce, The Whole creation round. That which was lost in Paradise, That which in Christ is found. Then let us gather around the cross. That knowledge to obtain: Not by the soul's eternal loss. But everlasting gain. Well, there are a great many people in the house who nay: “I will not sell my soul for the world; l find the world is an unsatisfactory iortiou.” Wbat, then, will yo» fio with your soul? Borne or? whispers here; - ”i will give ray soul to Christ.” Will you? That is the wisest resolution yon ever made. Will you give it to Christ? When? To-morrow? No, now. 1 congratulate you lit yon have come to such n decision. Oh, if this morning the eternal spirit of God would come down upon this audience and show you the vanity of Ihis world and the immense importance of Christ’s religion, soil the infinite value of your own immortal souls what a home this would be! What an hour this would be! What a moment this would be! Do you know that He has paid an infinite price for it? Do you know that He is worthy of it? Will you give/it to Him now? t was reading of a sailor who had just got ashore, and was telling about his last experience at sea. He said: “The last time I crossed the ocean we had a terrific time. After we had been out three or four days the machinery got disarranged and the steam "began to escape, and the captain, gathering the people and the crew on deck, said: ‘Unless some one shall go down and shut off that steam and arrange that machinery at the peril of his life we must all be destroyed.’ He was not willing to go down himself. No one seemed willing to go. The passengers gathered at one end of the steamer waiting for their fate. The captain said: “I give you a last warning. If t here is no one here willing to imperii his life and go down and fix that machinery, we must all be lost.’ A plain sailor said: ‘ I’ll go, sir,’ and.he wrapped himself in a course piece of canvas and went down, and was gone but a few moments when the escaping steam stopped, and the machinery was corrected. The captain cried out to the passengers: ’All saved! ‘ Let ns go down below and see what has become of the poor fellow.’ They went down. There he lay dead.” Vicarious suffering! Died for all! Dll. do you suppose that those people on the ship ever forgot, ever can forget that poor fellow? “No.” they say, “it was through his sacrifice that 1 got ashore.” The time came when our whole rare must die unless some one should endure torture and sorrow and shame. Who shall come to the rescue? Shall it be one of the seraphim? Not one. Khali it be one of the cherubim? Not one. Shall it be an inhabitant;,of some pure and unfallen world? Not one. Then Christ said: “Lo! I cone to do Thy will, U God;” and He went down through the dark stairs of out sin and wretchedness, anil misery and woe, and He stopped the peril,and He died that you and I might be free. Oh. the love! oh, the endurance! oh, the horrors of the sacrifice! Khali not our souls this morning go out toward Hfci, sajlng: “Lord Jesus Chri st, take my soul. Thou art worthy to have it Thou hast died to save it. ’’ J God help you this morning rightly to cipher out this sum in Go*pel arithmetic: Wbal shall it prom a man, if he shall gain the whole worlds, nd lose his own soul? .

COURTEOUS SILENCE. A Few lutuiM of Taetfol and Plrailn| MlaOUae**. It to a recognised fact among conrteona people that thi both should not be apoken at all time* la other word*, when no pt nd[ila Is Involved, them are certain (acta which ^need not be trumpeted abroad Tactful kindliness not only teaches qp whst to do and say. bet what to suppress, though the wily Conner and diplomat may per taps stretch that rale toe fir, and thus Infringe on the truth. A few morn hi i before the death of George n, Mr. Fraeer, the Coder-Secretary of State, gar* him a paper to sign. 80 defective was the King’s vision that be neither succeeded tn dipping his pen la the ink, nor nolced thut It made no mark. Ftaaer prepared another for use, and said to him: ■ 8 re. I bars given yon ao bad a pea that It rill not writ* Allow me to present you with another* A man afHiete 1 with n * annoy roog hness* might have exclaimed Instead: “Tear Majesty has noi. touched the ink!" thereby not only Incurring the royal displeasure, bn:, what is of far greater importance, reminding an old man of his Infirmity. ILoed Cottenfaam one day 'fell asleep on the beach, and 8ir Ed war I harden, who wus mak ng n plea, panted la his speech. Tli* alienee stroke the Lord Chancellor, wlio at rted up, Inquiring: “ Why don’t yon go on, (Hr Edward r* ",I thought yo ur Lirdahip mi;ht wish to look over year notes, ” wus the conrteona reply. IStUl them aie occasions when oae may retrain from wounding the toolings of another without damage to the exact truth 'What are you doing?” asked an old lady rather sharply, aa the detected her granddaughter in the net of substituting a flush apron for the soiled mo she had Intended to pot on. “Oh. grand we, this fa my new apron!” wus the answer Ml's my pretty, new apron, and I vrantyoa to wear It Just onoi to christen It!” ISo grandma was pleased Instead of woaedod, and, moreover, she had I the truth. To be acre, had not eyas fail ad to delect the spots on her own apron. It might never have occurred to the younger tenia that a substitution would bj desirable; hot that was a fool not neeeoaury to dwell on.— ftmlA’s tempo aie* IIt will he :Icmnd * that they weakest-mmdel and mim that meet love eh* ..— ^Wuavwv cal lour desnetr is often only

What's the Metier With Your blood? Pres#Ai much blood goes through the Kidneys as roes through the heart. ftere is nothing startling about this fact except itbe a re relation. Many people hare but u dim Idea of the real Work of t iie kidneys. They hot only drain the water from the fcYstcm, but also the poisonous matter Which that Water holds In solution til Carry out of the system. Over half the time, however, the kidneys fail to do this work. What Is the result! Gradual failure of strength and health and eventually death by Bright’* Disease or some unexpected kidney disease. But perticularly in the spring of the year, When one’s blood, is Ailed with poisonous Waste, as it invariably is at that time, you feel depressed, tired, languid, do not seem to have any disease, but your system does not respond to the genial warmth of summer and spring as formerly. You had better look outl The kidney poison is accumulating in the blood. Tonics won't do any good, they simply treat effects. You can only secure a radical, thorough renovation of the system by the prompt use of Warnes’a safe Cure, which is the only reliable, scientific specific for the blood, because it is the only known specific in the world for the kidneys, which are the only great blood purifiers. Gxo. F. R iDGSWvr, Si Martian St., Cleveland, O. Ex-Deputy Sher ft, from urie acid poisoning of the blood became, at times, totally blind, and was troubled with great giddiness. In 1882. after suffering for many years, and being distressed beyond pressure, be thoroughly purified hie blood by means of Werner’s Safe Cure, and says: ‘f have never had a day’s trouble sines, sad hat s fully recovered my health. Warner’s Sale Cure saved my life.” Rsv. J. P. AR.NOI3. of Oemden. Tenn., in 18 and’81 was grievously afflicted wills many abscesses, caused by kidney poisoned blood. The abscesses were alive (or maay months and caused great distress After thoroughly purifying his blood with Warner's Sslb Cure in 1883, he reported that la 1888 he Was strong and well, over 71 years of age, and able to preach regularly, C*rr. W. D. Robinson, United States Marine Inspector tor the chain of lakes, re sidence Buffalo, N, Y- in 1831 had a slight eruption on his hands. It soon spread to his face and he was almost blind. Bis body was covered with light, flaky scales. His akin itched excruciaUncly. For two years be gradually grew worse, trying almost everythin* imaginable. In 1883, after hav.ng given up hope of recovery, he began using Warner’s Sate Cure. “Twenty boulee," he says, “completely cured me, and to day I nm etroog and well as erer.’’ Jauks Wight, KM Fifth Are., New YortOsulfered for years from inflammatory rheumatism—a blood disorder—but in 1863 w as fully restored to health by Warner’s Safe Cure and remains well to day. The four Above cases are as good as a million. They prove what is state:!, that the organ that removes the impurity from the blood most effectually is the and for this when impaired tacre is hut one sound, rational nie*.’..jd of treatment. Dr. r /-Lewis, who. was opposed to the use of medicines in general, thought so highly of this remedy that he said if he had a serious kidney disease, he should use it. Ask your friends and neighbors what they think of it. In the spring of the year, when debility is so prevalent, amTthe seeds of disease are I sown that may have a fatal blossoming be I fore the fall, the prudent man and woman will give the system a thorough cleansing and purfication. __ An auctioneer can not expect to h ave his own way. He must follow the bidding of | another.—.viftmuc _ A Wonderful Phenomenon 1 The man who should pass through life without experiencing a twinge of indigestion, might be fitly regarded as a wonderful phenomenon. We doubt, if such a privileged mortal has ever existed. If so, we have never seen him. But thousands are known to be dailv relieved of dyspepsia by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, the popular, remedy for that truly national complaint, as well as for fever and ague, debifii y, constipation, rheumatism and kidney troubles. A ekal estate boom is very ltkelv to develop into a boomerang. —Jterduml Traotitr. Is another column of this issue will be found an entirely new and novel Specimen of attractive advertising. It is one of the neatest ever placed in our paper and we think our readers will be well repaid for examining the sipposro display letters in the advertisement of Prickly Ash Hitters. A box who waskept after school for bod orthography said he waa spelt-bourn! FREE! A 8-foot French Glass, Oval Front, Sickle or Cherry Cigar Case, Merchants only. R-W Tansili. & Co-Chicago THr. man who tips his sonp-plate seldom tips the waiter.—/’act _____ Don’t Wheere and cough when Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar will cu re. Pike’s Toot hache Drops Cure in one minute. Monet Is an enigma that every body must give up—A”. }'. Journal. lr afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell itSSc. A man may expect to be bitten in a dog trade._ -

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I und rarest Comedy ter Cure »f _» «iw4 by n»y deiMgwut if tbs Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels. Dyspepsia. Sick Head.who, Constipation. Billons Complaints and llalarUof all kinds yield readily tothe It is pleasant to the taste, tones np the system, restoresaad pramrrei health. It la pnrely Vegetable, aad cannot Ml to pn>TO beneficial, both t> old and young. s a Blood Pnrifler it Is superior to all others. Bold everywhere at • 1.00 a bottle. MARVELOUS MEMORY DISCOVERY. Wholly unlike artificial ytteaa. ('are of Mind xrnnde rlnf. Any book learned In one readtny. Classes of 1097 at Baltimore. 14KW5 at Detroit, l&OO at Philadelphia. 11 IS at Wt shington. ISIS at BostotLtarge classes of Colombia Law students, at Tale. Wellesley. Oberlin University of Penn.. Michigan miTerstty.Chantaiique.Jsc.Ae. Endorsed by Richard Proctor, the SUb’enti-t. Hoi Astor. JrPAU P. Benjamin.Judge _ Brown. K II. Cook. Principal N. T. State Normal Ions. W. GlBSON.Dr College. Ac. Taught by corres|H>hd« nee. Prospectus post rBKi from Paor. Loisnrrs.237 Fifth At.. W.Y. nrsBfi this raruossfytuMffim* 3MHHW RGANS. Highest Honors at all Orsat ¥i or Id's Exhibitions since ¥» style*. *» to **». For Cash Easy Payments, or Re filed. Catalogue, 40 pp.. ito. Ir*. PIANOS Mason A Hamlin do hot hesitate to make the extraordinary claim that their Pinnos are superior to all others. This they attribute *»iely to the remarkable tmprovemei as the. MA particulars _it introduced by them is »«W. now known MASON A HAMLIN PIANO STRINGER.” Full by mail. ORGAN & iMfl MOV), 114 Twfit St. CHICAGO, 14* WahaM Asm KIW TMtt, 44 Bast 14th Id. (Calm Stomach, Liter and Bowels -TAXIMOFICHB STRICTLY Vt<1CTABLK. otAf Bate by nil ACTinun ».. sr. low. i rroq^i-EQ BILIOUS II^IL THE GREAT ENGLISH BJEBTEDY eie- Free from Mnniryi For User. Bile, 1 „ fgt L.ln. n«.

irrrtm UTtMv. M*«" e\\exi BSWAKB or TM1TATIOXS. ALWAYS ASJT ton t>B. PIKBVE’S PELLETS, OB tlTTLB atrOAB-COATMD FALLS. Being entirely ee*etnbl*they op. State without dtoturbanccrto the intern, diet, W occupation. Put up in glass Tide, hermeti- ’ scaled. and reliable. Aa laxative*aiteratiee,or liargatire, little PeUeU giro the most per:'eel

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IT iviktcm suu iirituom-nuj cured by the use of Dr. . Pierce** Kletuat Pargatlre Pellet*. In explanation of the remedial power of these Pellets over so greet e variety of diseases, it may truthfully be nid that their action upon the system is universal, not a gland or tissue escaping their sanative influent*. Sold by druggists. » cents a vial. Manors :tured at the Chemical Laboratory of World’s Disfknsaht Mxdical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.

w» of Dr. HeaBMtT, Chronic Nasal Cntarrh which they cannot curt.

SYMPTOMS heavy headache. or CATARRH.—Dull, obstruction of t*-; swu passages, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes pro) use, watery, mi ..end, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes are weak, watery, and inflamed; there is rins ing in the ears, deafness. hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expectoration of offensive matter, together with scabs from ulcers- the voice is changed and baa a nasal twang; the breath Is offensive; smell and.taste sre Impaired; there is a sensation of-dizziness, with mental depression, a hacking cough and general debility. Only a few of the above-named symptoms are likely to be present in any one case. Thousands of cases annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, result iu consumption, and end iti the grave. No disease is so common, more deceptive and dangerous, or less understood by physicians. By its mild, soothing, and healing properties. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cunts the worst Coryza, i_ Sold by druggists everywhere; 60 cents. thought nothing could be done forme. Luckily, 1 was advised to t cases of Catarrh, “cold In the head,1* rza, and Catarrhal llendache. • “In to id Agony from Csttarrh.” Prof. W. HArSNen, the famous mesmerist, of Ithaca, If. f, writes: “ Some ten years ago I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal catarrh. My family physician give me up as incurahle, and raid 1 must die. My case was such a bad one, that every day. towards iiunaet, my voice would become so hoarse I could barely speak above a whisper. In the morning my coughing and clearing of my throat would almost strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Uemedy, in three monthn, I was a well msn, and the cure has been permanent.” “Constantly Hawking and. Spitting.” Thomas J. RrsHiira, Esq„ *9ftf Pine Street, Si, Louis, Ho., writes: “1 was a (treat sufferer from catarrh for three years. At times I could hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking a — .1 eka Inat . li.rhi mnitiha naruiy unraun:, nuu new vvikhmumj and spitting, and for the last eight months could not breathe through tbo nostril*. I , „„ __try Dr. Sage's Catirrh Remedy, and 1 am now a well mui. I believe it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now manufactured, and one baa only to give it a fair trial to experience astoundug results and • permanent cure.” • Three Bottles Cure Csitsurrh. Eli Robbins. Runyan P. 0- Columbia Co„ Pa., savs: ‘*My daughter had oataiTh vrhen she was five years old, very badly. I sew Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertiaed, and procured a bottle for her, and soon raw that It helped her: a third bottle effected a ta-rma-nerlt cure. She is now eighteen years old and sound and hearty.” CURES RHEUMATISM, u |

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To HoMsefceewresanwi ftirmm. — 1t la important that the Sod* you aw should be White and Fare name a* all aimilar substances need (or food. To insure obtaining only the "Arm * Hammer” brand Hods, bap It in "pound or ha'.f poand" cartoon*, which bear our name and trade-mark, at inferior good* are sometimea enbotttnted {ortho "Arm k Hammer” brand when bought in balk. Parties using Baking Powder should remember that ita sole rising property consists of hi

(Hbouixdod*. Cm teaspoon fht of the “Ira k Hammer" brand of Soda mixed with eonr mate equal* fear t» spoonful* of tbe beat Biking Po' r der, an ring twenty time* it* ccet. healthier, became it does not contain any injurious an balances, enchaa alum. terra alba etc., of which many Bilking Powder* am mala. Dairy men and Farmer* ahouldmeimlythe-Arrm 4 Hammer " brand I'm cleaning ind keeping Milk pan* Sweet and Clean.

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IHMHBSS COLLEGE •*. 1 THOROUGH BUSINESS EDUCATION. BRYANT & STRATTON, The Louisville Business College, Corner Third and Jefferson Streets, Lonisrille, Kj. ENTRASTCtK: NO. 4,00 xhird STRKST. GoMsmii.Mii itaas4,MaiiLTiilrajhi WTiaiiil. Tor Catul og«» Address College as , MITCHELL’S ACADEMY PI BUSINESS COLLEGE Evansville, XncL, Is a Very Thorough, Practical 1 Progressive School. Gives Better Advantages than any Like School in Southern Indiana.

dock-K^eping and Business Forms: Business Calculations and Correspondence; Practical Grammar. Short-Ilond and Type-Writing. Etc.. Etc. All at. greatly reduced rates. Address ®. XKT. MITOBIIIiXi, J14 Main Street, Between Second and Third, EVASSVILLE, DID. R. BERRIDCE & CO., (Successors to Woods & Canatsey.) PROPRIETOR > OF Star Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, '• . .6 . . CORNER FIFTH AND WALNUT STREETS, PETERSBURG. First Class Buggies and Safe Horses for the puh'lc at reasonable prices. Horse* boarded bv the dav or week. Give this Arm your patronage, and you will receive fair treatment. The wsll-knowa hostler. An Eaton, will be foiwi 1 always on hand. HAMMOND JEWELER GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO BUY Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. PRICES ON ALL GOOD3 OUT DOWN TO THE LOWEST NOTCH TO SUIT THE HARD TIMES DRT GOODS. JOHN HAMMOND. N EW GOODS To which lie dlrecte attention. IIis DRY GOODS are first class, and the stock is large. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes and Notions. Give him a call and you will be convinced that he Is giving BARGAINS on his entire stocks SOLI!) GOODS AT LOW PltlCES.

EUGENE HACK. ANTON SIMON. .—Proprietors ofthe eagle brewery, VINCENNES, INDIANA, Furnish the Best Article of Beer the Market Affords » AND SOICIT ORDERS FROM ALL DEALERS BOTTLE OR KEG BEER SUPPLIED TO FAMILIES. ■ On Sal© at A.11 Saloons. * ——:- ISAAC T. WHITE. FRED’K H. BURTON. MARSHAL C. WHITE. K.E3LjCjESII dSs WHITE, ■Wholesale Druggists AND DBALBRS IN Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. No. 105 Main Street, - Evansville, Ind. TECH OSBORN BROTHERS Have removed to tee* eii«aat Ne. Bullion MaiIn B*ree», .here they have a larje and BOOTS AND SHOES, For Men. Women and CMldren. WeijeepK. L. Steve®*’ irad Emmeraon’s brands of Fins _'jni oeu. Petersburg, linm" w. a amig« - Indiana.,;

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