Pike County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 27 June 1889 — Page 4

A MIGHTY WBAim There it Nona Lika the Goapol When Properly Wielded. Sermon br K«t. T. OeWltt Talma**—A Demonstration of How All tba rowan of Earth ara . oaa of tb* Gospel. The following sermon was delivered by by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage in the Brook* lyn Tabernacle, the subject being: “The Mightiest Weapon Is the Gospel.” Tho text was: v There is none like that; give It me.—I Samuel, xxl., a. David fled from his pursuers. The world runs very fast when It Is chasing a good man. Tho country is trying to catch Da* vid, and to slay him. David goes into the house of a priest, and asks him for a sword or spear with which to defeud htmself. The priest, not being accustomed to nse deadly weapons, tells David that he can not supply him; but suddenly the priest thinks of an old sword that had been carefully wrapjied up and laid away —the very sVrord that Goliath formerly nsed—aud he takes down that sword, nnd while he is unwrapping the sharp, gilt* ■teriag, memorable blade, it flashes upon David’s mind that this was the very sword that was nsed against himself when be was in the tight with Goliath, and David can hardly keep his hand off it until the priest has unwound it. David stretched oat his haud toward that old sword, aud says: There is none like that; give It me. In other words: “I want in ray own hahd the sword that lias been *nsed against me, and against the cause of God.” 80 it was gireu him. Well, my friends, that is not the iirst or the last eword once used by glaut and Philistine iniquity whioh is to come into tho possession of Jesns Christ, and of Hi* glorious church. I want, aa well as God may help me, to show you that miny a weapon which has been used against the armies of God is yet to be captured and nsed on our side; and 1 only imitate^ David wheu 1 stretch out my hand toward' the blade of the Philistine and cry: There It none Ilk* that: (ivc It mel 1 remark, first, that this is true in regard to all scientific exploration. You know Ibat ihe first discorerlet in astronomy and geology aud chronology were used lo battle Christianity. Worldly philosophy came out of its laboratory and out of ita observatory, and said: “Now, we will prove, by the very structure of the earth, aud by ihe movement j of the heavenly bodies, that the Bible is a lie, and that Christianity, as we have it among men, is a positive imposition.” Good men trembled. The telescope, Leydeu Jars,.the electric batteries, all in Ihe hands of tho Philistines. But one day, Christianity, looking about for some , weapon with which to defend itself, happened lo see the very old sword that these atheistic Philistiucs had bcou using against the truth and cried out: There Is none like that: give It me! And Copcruicn*. and Galileo, and Kepler, and Isanc Xewton came forth and told the world that, in their raiisackiug of the earth and heaven, they had found overwhelming presence of the God whom we worship: and this old Bible began io shake Itself from the Koran, and Mhastcr, ■4 ami Z*ndavesta, with which U had been covered up, aud lay on the desk of the scholar, and in the laboratory of the made* there must have been .some point at which th« process started; then, who started ltf and so that objection was overcome, and in the first three words of the Bible we flud that Moses stated a .magnificent truth when he said: In the beginning.

Worldly philosophy saidn "Your Bible U a rao«l inaccurate book; all that story lu tin- Old Te-taui-nt, •Cain and again told, about the army of Ihc lec«st/_it la pro|M<»torou«. There U uyiltliig lu tic- rowing "f tha ln.-u ts Ike nn army. Au army walks, locust a fly. Au aVmy (»m in ortlor and procession, locusts without order." “Walt!" said Christian philosophy; nud in ISA'S in the southwestern part of this couutry, Christian men went out to examine the inareh of the locust. There ere men right before me who must have noticed iii that very pn#t of the country the conuuR up of the locust like au army; and it was found that all the newspapers unwittingly spoke of them as an army. Why ? They seem to have .a commander. They march It^e a host. They halt dike a host. No arrow ever went with straight cr flight than the locust' come—not even turniug aside for The wiud. If the wind rises, the locusts drop andtlien rise again after it has goue down, taking the same line of march, not varying a foot. The old Bible right every time when it speaks / of locusts coming like an army; worldly philosophy wrong. Worldly philosophy said: “All that story about the light •turned t* clay to the seal' is simply an absurdity.” Old-time worldly philosophy said: “The light comes straight." Christian philosophy said: “Wait a little while,” and tt goes on nnd makes discoveries, and finds that the* atmosphere curves and bends the rays of light around the earth literally “as the clay to the seal.” The Bible right again; worldly philosophy wrong again. “Ah!” says worldly philosophy, “all that Illusion in Job about the foundations of the earth is simply an absurdity. •Where wast thou,' says God. ‘when i set the foundations of the earth? ’ The earth has no foundations.” Christian philosophy comes and flufls that the word as translated “foil mlation” may be better translated “sockets.” 80 now see how it will read if St is translated right: “Where wast thou wheu I set the sockets of the earth?" Where is the socket? It is the hollow of God's hand— a socket large enough for any world to tarn in. Worldly philosophy said: * “What an absurd story about Joshua making the sun and the moon stand still. If the world had stopped an instant the whole universe would have been out of gear." “Slop,” said C hristian philosophy, “not quite so quick.” The world has two motions—one on its own axis, and! Cue other arounillthe snn. It was not necessary in making them stand still that both motions should be stopped—only the out turning the world on its own axis. There was no reason why the halting of the earth shouldihare jarred and disarranged the wholes universe. Joshua right and God right1: infidelity wrong every time. I knew it would be wrong. I thank God that the time bos come when Christians need not be scared at any scientific exploration. The fart is that religion and science have struck hands in eternal friendship, and the deeper down geology con dig and the higher up astronomy can soar, all the better for us. The armies of the Lord Jesus Christ have stormed the observatories of the world’s science, and from the highest towers have flung ont the banner of the cross, and Christianity to-night, from the observatories of A1-, bony and Washington, stretches ont itshand toward the opposing scientific weapon, crying: There is eoae like that; give it me. 1 was reading this afternoon of Herscbel, who was looking at a meteor through a telescope, and wheu it came over the face of tha telescope it was so powerful he had to avert his eyes. And it has been jnat so that many an astronomer has gone into an observatory and looked ap into the midnight heavens, and the Lord God has, through some swinging world, flamed upon his vision, and the learned man cried out: “Who am I? Undone! Unclean! Have mercy, Lord . Again. I remark, that the traveling dls* ■^position of the world, which was averts tosftnwlannd religion, it to be brought on onrst3t."43>* nan that went down to tdst thieves was a tt-nrfjer* Jhwt U

many a m«ui who la honest at home who, when he Is abroad, haa hia honor filched and bla good habits stolen. There are bat Terr few men who can stand the stress of an eipediti>0. Six weeks at a waterinf place has damned many a man. In the olden timen God forbade the traveling of men for tho purposes of trade because of the corrupting influences attending It. A good man} men now can not stand the transition from one place to another. Rome men who seem to be very consist* ent at nomc in the way of keeping the Sabbath, when they get into Spain, on the Lord’s day, always go out to see the bull-fights. Plato said that no city ought to be built nearer to the sea than ten miles, lest it be tempted to commerce. , But this traveling disposition of the world, which was adverse to that which is good, is to be brought oa our side. These rail trains, why, they sre to take our Bibles; these steamships, they are to transport onr missionaries; these sailors rushing from city to city ail around the world, are to be converted into Cbrisliau henlds and go out and preach Christ among the heathen cations. The Gospels are infinitely multiplied In beauty mud power since Rodnson, and Thompson, and Burckbarcit Imre come back and talked to us about Siioam, and Capernaum, and Jerusalem, pointing out to us the lilies shout which Jesus preached, the beach upon which Paul was shipwrooked, the fords at rhlch Jordan was passed, the Red Sea tank on which were tossed the carcasses of tho drowned Egyptians. A man sajfe *1 went to the lloly Land an infidel; I came bad: a Christian. I could not help it.” I am not shocked at the idea of building a railroad to the Holy Land. I wish that all Ihe world might go and see Golgotha aud Bethlehem. If we can not afford to pay for n: uleteers now, perhaps when the rail train goes we can afford to buy a ticket from Constantinople to Joppa, and so we will get to see the Holy Laud. TUeu let Christians travel. God speed the rail trains, and guide the steamships this night; panting across the deep in the phosphorescent wake of the shiuiug feet hf Him who from wave cliff to wave cliff Trod the i torm il Tiberias. The Japanese come across the water and see our civilization, and examine our Christianity, aud fa back and tell the story, and keep that empire rocking until Jeans shall reign. Where'er the sup Do* ihti success, ve journeys run. And the firearms with which the infidel traveler brought down the Arab horseman and the jackals of the desert, have been surrendered to the church, and we reach forth onr bauds crying: There In none like that; give U pie! 8o.lt Las also been with the learning aud the oloque nee of the world. People say: ‘•Religion is very good for women, it Is very good for children, but not for men.” But vys have in the rol| of Christ’s host Moza^tud Handel in music; Canova aud Angelo in sculpture; ltnubuel and Reynolds La painting; Harvey M Boerhnave It. medicine; Cowper aud Scott iu poetry; Urotiua and Burke tn statesmanship; Boyle and Leibnitz in philosophy: Thomas Chalmers aud John Mason iu theology. The most brilliant writings of a worldly nature are all aglow with spiritual allusions. Through Senatorial speech and through essayist’s ilisco£un. Kinai thunders aud fill |g| f iS| |, u'i|u nuil Bilonm snarkics. s luine^^esf ,uihnrd was mighty .tn the Smtft^room and In the Senate chamber, but he reserved bis strongest Eloquence for that day when he stood before the literary societies at Piiuceton commencement and pleaded for the grandeur of our Bible. Daniel Webster won not his chief garlands while he was consuming liayne, nor when he opened the batteries of his el.iqu rure ou Bunker Hill, that rocking Siunl of the American revolution, but on that day when, tn the famous Girard will case, he showed his affection for the Christian religion and eulogized the Bible. The eloquence' and learning that have been on the other side came over to our *11#. Where is Gibbon’* historical pen? Where is Robespierre’s sword? Ca pin red for God. 1

Tti?pi is none like that; give It me! So, iitso, has it been with the picturemaking of tbs world. We a,re very auxmus on this ilay to have the printing press ami tlie platform ou ths side of Christian* ity; but we overtook the eugrarer’s knife ami ttis painter’* pencil. The antiijuari-' an g>w» and looks at pictured ruins, or examines the chiseled pillars of Thebes and Nineveh and l’orapeii, and then eouisii back to tell us of the beastliness of am-ieut art; and it is a fact no at that rnauy of the finest specimens -merely artistically considered—of seul|iture and paint ing that are to be fouud amidst those ruins are not fit to be looked at audthey are locked up. How Paul must have felt wbeu standing amidst those impurities that stared on him from the walls and the pavements and the bazaars of Corinth, he preached of the pure and holy Jesus. The art of the world on -the aide of obscenity and crime and death. In 'inter days the palaces of kings were adorned with pictures. Hut what to unclean Henry VIII. wa* a beautiful picture of thi Madonna ? WhtD to Lord Jeffries, the unjust judge, the picture of the "Last Judgment?” What to Nero, the unwashed. a picture of the baptism in the Jordan? The art of the world still on the side of superstition and death. Hut that is beiug changed now. The Christian artist goes across the wster, looks at the pictures, and brings back to his American studio much of the pow;r of those old masters. The , Chrisliau minister goes over to Venice, lo^ks at the "Crucifixion of Clirisi.” aud comes back to bis American ;|)iilpit to talk as qetrer before of the suffering- of the SavToh*^ The private tourist goes to Home and looks at Raphael's picture of the “Last Judgment.” The tears start, aad he goes bock to his room in the hotel, and prays l»««l for the preparation for that day whe a, o Shrivelng like a parched tcrol!. The lining heavens together roll. Our Sunday-school newspapers and walls are adorned with pictures of Joseph In the court. Daniel in the den. Shadrach in the tire, Paul in the shipwreck, Christ in I he cross. Oh, that we might, in our families, think more of the power of L'hrlstian pictures! One little sketch of Samuel kneeling In prayer will mean mote to your children than twenty sermons on devotion. One patient face of Christ by the hand of the artist will be mote to your child than tifty sermons on forliearance. The art of the world is to he taken for Christ. What has become of Tborawaldsen's chisel and Ghirlandajo’s crayon? Captured for the truth. There Is none like that; give II me? So, 1 remark, it is with business acumen anil tact. When Christ was npon earth ths people who followed Hitn, for the most part, had no social position. There war buWone man naturally brilliant in all the apostleship. Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man, risked nothing when He offered a hole in the rock for. the dead Christ. How many of the merchants in Asia Minor befriended Jesus? I think of only one, Lydia. How many of the castles du the beach of Galilee entertained Christ? Not one. When Peter came to Joppa he stopped with one Simon, a tanner. What power bad Christ’s name on the Roman Exchange, or in the bazaars of Corinth? None. The prominent men of the day did not want to risk their reputation for sanity by pretending to be one of his followers. Now that is all changed. Among the mightiest men in our great cities to-day are Christian merchant* and Christian bankers; and if to-mor-row, at the Board of Trade, any man should get op and malign the name ot J'ssua, he would he quickly silenced or put oat. In the front rank of nil our Christian workers to-day are the Christian merchants; and the enterprises of the world are coming on the right aide. Ihere was a farm willed away some years ago, all lha proceeds of that farm to go for spreading infidel books. Somehow matters hare changed, and now nil the proceeds of that form go toward the missionary cause. One of the finest printing presses aver built was bnilt for ths express purpose of publishing -infidel mots and hooka Sow It dost nothing bat print Holy Bible*. I bellere that the lit®* wtU «o®f vhM, to

circle*, the voice of Christ will be the mightiest of all voices, and the ships of TarshUh will bring presents, and the Qnoen of Sheba her glory, and the wise men of the East their myrrh and frank* incense. I look off upon the basiuess men of onr cities and rejcioe at the pros* pact that their tact and ingenitity and talent will, after awhile, alt be brought Into the service of Christ It will be on* of the mightiest of weapons. There 1* none like that: give It me. How, if what I have said be true, away with all downhearted ness! If science is to be on the right side, and the traveling disposition of the world on the right side, and the learning of the world on thejight side, and the picture-making on the right side, and the business acumen and tact of the world on the right side-*Thine, O, Lord, it the kingdom! Oh, fall into line, all ye peopleIt Is a grand thing to be In suoh an army, and led by auch a commander, and on the way to snch a victory. If what I have said Is true, then Christ Is going to gather up for Himself out of this world eTcry thing that is worth any thing, and there will be nothing but the scum left, A proclamation of amnesty goes forth now from the throne of God,,saving: “Whosoever will, let him come.” However long you may have wandered, however great your slus may have been, “whosoever will, let him come,” Oh, that I could marshal all this audience on the side of Christ lie is the best friend a man ever had. He is so kind—He is so lovely, so sympathetic. I cau not see how you cau stay away from Him. Come now aud accept HU mercy. Behold Him as He stretches out the arms of His salvation, sayiug: “Look unto me, all ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved; for I am God.” Make final choice now. Von will be either willows planted by the water courses or the chaff which the wind driveth away. SHOE TRADE TRICKS. Harking Down also* of Foot-Gear to Gratify Vanity. “I want a pair of French kid button boots. Let the seo the very best you have." “This way, please; here they are; made by Ueady, Hole A Co ; the very best in the market What site did you say V “I wear threa'a, alim." "Ah! here wo are; now, then. Fit* yon like a glove If I had taken your measure I couldn't have done better." ‘They seem to be all right By the way, are these the same make of shoes that Mrs. Light foot wears?” "Well, to tell the truth, no. She always wean a make that cotta a dollar a pair more." "But you said these were the very best?" "For wear and quality - so they are." "Thjjp why should Mrs. Ughtfoot pay a dollar extra for hers?" "Why. she won't hare any other shoe but Fltcm A Co 'a. because the can «« a site ( smaller of theln than the can of any j others" 1 "Oh! but you really don't mean bwtsy ! that 1 could wear a No. 2 shoiPof What s hit-uarae'a make, do you?” "C.-rtainly youcoul(L You see they have got a designer of patterns who Is a perfect genius and who understands the human foot the same as a schoolmaster doe i hts A H Ci He explained his syst m to me one day, and I find he is thoroughly posted His_J Idea la. In the first jdacg, jp filth™ Vttfg*th« longltudtnalpgXMre'forward. and then, by l|ro|*Ji|Hg The lateral distension sideways, 'te ofcourse makes the shoo a siso shorter than It would have been had he made it the full length." “Bear me! How simple that seems And j yon are sure I oould wear a No. 2 of this ! make t" i "Positive. Here Is a pair. Try them on ; and see for yourself " "Why, these are just too nice for any | thing. They fit perfectly. They ain't a bit i tight Are you sure they are only twos!” "You can ,eo for yourself. 8;*o mark stamped in plain figures on sole and lining. There It Is: sire Xa 2. width A" "Well, Ml take this pair, and after this 1 you won't catch me wearing any other : make." This sounds like fiction, but it Is a litoral . fact The cunversatep took place just as ! It Is written with t™ exception of too ; names Although the measurement of the , woman's foot called for a No. she was fitted perfectly with a Xa 2 The explan atinn Is simply this: There are manutact- ■ nrers w ho, when ordering seta of lasts. In- j struct the sellers to deliver them un- j Stamped The stamping Is done in the shoe j factory, each last being marked a half sire i or a else smaller than It measures The { uppers are numbered to match the lasts and the deception is complete.—Shoe and 1 Leather Beporter.

BRISTLES AND BRUSHES. A Trade About Willrh the General l*ub. He Know* Itut Little. Machinery can not do every thing after | ail. ami the l««t brushes are made by hand In the old way. To make a tirst-rate brush j an amount of painstaking care is required that can not be put into the workings of a ! machine. I nfortuuately for the credit of American industry, the bristles of the American bog are tit only for the coarsest brushes, and most of the bristles used are imported, coming cbtetly from the black sw ine of Russia. though the ttuest ones are grown on French hogs Much pains Is taken In sorting, cleaning and arranging the bristles and also in drying and bleaching Certain kinds of them. All bristles hare a natural bend, and care must be taken to keep this bend In }u*t the right direction in putting tbe brush together, or the result will be disastrous to Its usefulneas ts a brush This Is accomplished by skillful handling. For a paint-brush, the bristles are shaped into a round bundle, with the 1 bend inward, tied with a string and the butts made even A wins ferrule la aet OTer the end of tha handle, which Is then smeared with glue and Inserted in a round hole In a wooden block. Tbe handle f ts then driven up through the middle of the j bundle, lightening It and bolding it In place j Sharing-brushes an made from badgers' . bait, which It deemed the very beat for that < purpose. Tha Russian bristles are combed and sorted in a curious way by means of a j stick, which operates on the barlia of the j bristles. In making dusting brushes, the : workman selects enough of the bristles to 1 HU one of the holes, guided only by biseye, I dips the ends in tar, ties them and Blips them Into the boles very rapidly and skillfully. Drawn brushes ore made by passing a line wire through the holes In a wooden plate, thrusting the bristles Into the loop j and pulling them through.—Good House- j keeping. — w — ■ ■ ADVICE ABOUT DOGS. Haw Young Unn Can Make Friends with the Drended Bull-Dog. A good many people are bitten by dogs, when very few need be. I* the first place j people should not meddle with dogs who do not know them. Erery now and then somebody startles a dog by laying a strange hand upon him, pokes him with a stick or pushes him with the foot and “la bitten by n riotous dog.” Why not let the dog alone* There am people with the bad habit of meddling with what does not concern them, and there are children who hare been taught no better than to touch, if they can, whatarer takes their fancy. These are the people bitten by dog*. Not one in ten thousand times does a dog molest a person who minds his own business, no matter bow crabbed the dog may bo. If, howerer, you are bound to apuroach and touch a dog. do It properly. There ia only one wot. It Js this: Put out your hand easily and confidently to the dog. «o that ha may smell Ik Put It to hts now. If ho sniffs at it and wags hie tall or otherwlst I shows friendliness then you may speak j to him and pat him on the head If you like, and perhaps use other familiarities; . hot if. when you offer your hand, the dog remains sullen and pacrire, the sooner you take your hand away tha better. Newer approach a strange dog with either timidity or menace; hut, aa wo hare sxld, the beet way la to let all strange dogs alone, and got any desired information about them from those who hare tha honor of their personal friend-ship.-Oor Dumb Animals Lira la much redaced in simplicity when we resoles to Bee one day at a time, and to make that day blessed to others. The cares and the re rations and the troubles of lire are allayed or boniabel under the spell of tikis central purpose, -Christian Register. Kxowuro religion will not of Itself do us much good; H is prsettoe that brings uath# blaming There is a wtadpm even of that which belong* to the Scripture* that u ©aijr a w isdom of this vorWL-UuiM JT**hy ln^

EXCHANGE (EXTRACTS. Abilene, Kan., 6,000 Inhabitants, has a day ■twHco force” of tme«®o*r,*Bd he hit been madC street commissioner ihit he A# hath something to da A seaviXq match took place lately between twd prominent English barbers for £2$ a stdC; The winndr shaved his twelve men in throe minutes and forty seconds) and then shaved two blindfolded in two minutes and ten seconds A man who had lost his wife and his five children by the recent terrible calamity at Johnstown In Pennsylvania was subjected to the necessity of being solo undertaker, grave-digger, mourner and pall-bearer for his own family. Two nors who live In a small town near Piedmont, W. Va., had a banana race the i Other day, in which one ate forty and the Other thirty-eight in twenty minutes, Both were awfully sick after the race, and don’t, want to aee any more bananas. A Lap*** (Mich.) man froie one of his hsnds one day recently while the thermometer stood at ninety-five degrees in the shade. He was running an icecream freezer, and his hand was so badly frosted that he bad to wear it in a bandage for several days. . t A Genoa (Nev.) blacksmith proposes the following scheme for securing water for irrigation: “Lay a pipe over the mountains to Lake Tahoe, roof the lake with an airtight covering, and then pump air until the pressure is great enough to force tho water through the pipe.” CorriTviLU (Kan.) Journal: Onion bouquets are the latest fad in tho shape of floral offeringa to musical talent. One of our popular bass singers received a basketful Tuesday night, and picked them up with as great nonchalance as if they had been the choicest roses. A woman cured her husband of staying out at night by going to the door when ho came home and whispering through toe keyhole: “Is that you, Willie!” Her husband's name is John, and ho stays horn* every night now, and sleeps with one eye open and a revolver under his pillow. Ax Indian, near Tahlequah, the capital of the Indian Territory, was divorced from one woman and married to another within an hour. When interviewed, he said: “MO big Injun—me professor—me live awhile la Chicago and Indiana—ugh 1” How readily the untutored savage adopts the ways Of the proud Caucasian. Boston Is to have an “ante-matrimani»l instruction bureau,” which is to rig out young women with “such knowledge as shall properly fit them to accompany men on the journey through life.” Until now it had always been supposed thst what Boston girlyfibotovantod to know was where they cou)9 find tnqmen to accompany. Tta* head ofaTiew York collection agency say vt hat the large dry-goods firms are frequently swindled by wealthy women who run up accounts and then refuse to pay for them. Two firms lost f15,000 in this way. The women were alt the wives of wealthy men, and some of them had property of thtiir own. In many instances judgments wore obtained against them, but they kept out of the way of the deputy sheriffs and could nlot be served with the orders of the court. The husbands refu.-ed io pay because their patience had been exhausted and the debts were contracted without their consent. The agent say»bcjiaajMtp»rs in over~one him-u“-a suits'against high-toned women whe refuse to pay their bills.

POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE. Tn* present permanent population of Oklahoma.is about 30,000. Is the Uuiled States there are SjDOO women in charge of post-offices. Although a sacred insect among the Egyptians, the beetle receives but little notieo in folk lore. It is unlucky to kill one. % TiiKnr are more wfen eighty National comoteries in America consuming in all 313.535 graves. Of these 133,130 are jtbe graves of unknown soldiers. Material has been gathered showing seventy-three different stocks of languages and nearly eight hundred dialects aai|cuK the ludian's of North America Ruonc Island Was the last of the thirteen States to ratify the National constitution, its assent not being given until May 29, lrjO, or more than a year after thej National Government went into operation^ Ahrakam Lincoln was the tallest President in this country, viz., six feet four inches; Martin Van Burcu the shortest, barely five feet six inches Benjamin Harrison* is shorter still, his height being five feet five inches. It is not generally known that the customof keeping birthdays is many thousand rears old. It is recorded in the fortieth chapter of Genesis, twentieth verse: “And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants.” The bamboo tree docs not blossom until it attains its thirtieth year, when it produces seed profusely and then dies. It is said that a famine was prevented in India in 1813 by tho sudden flowering of the bamboo trees, where 50,000 people resorted to the jungles to gather the seed for fooc(. In certain caterpillars the digestive power is so great that they swallow every day three or four times thoir own weight in f.iod. if tho elephant or rhinoceros were to feed on th s scale, and were as numerous as tho caterpillars, they would require but a short l (me to devour all tho vegetation on the globe. Tnr modern names of sizes of books are derived from tho folding of paper. When the sheet is not folded it is called folio, and this size was very fashionable throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The folio sheet doubled becomes a quarto; another double constitutes the octavo of eight leaves or sixteen pages. Why They Lead. Dr. Fierce's medicines outsell all others, because of their possessing such superior curative properties as to warrant their manufacturers in supplying them -to the people (as they are doing through a 1 druggists) on such conditions as no other medicines are sold under, viz: that they shall either benefit or cure the patient, or all money paid for them will be refunded. The "Golden Medical Discovery” is specific for catarrh in the bead and all bronchial throat and luogdiseases, it taken in time and given a fair trial. Money will bo refuuded if it does not benefit or cure. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets—gently laxative or actively cathartic according to dose. 33 cents. Soup sold thimbles, elegantly carved and frequently set with ciamonds, are found none too good for many fashionable home decorators. THE MARKETS. New York, Jonq *4. 1 CATTLE—Native Steers.tin O COTTON-MiddUax... » FLOUR—Whiter Wheat. 3 St a WHEAT—No. t Red. 8114® f.ORN-NaS. .. 41X0 OAT8— Western Mixed.. • POKK-Mcss tnewi. 13 00 9 1 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling.. KEF. VEE-Export Steers.. 8 » Q Shipping " . 3» tt HOGS-Common to Select.... 4 w A SHt EP—Fair to Choice....... 3» <k ELOUR—Patents.. . 4 40; • XXX to Choice. S St* A WHEAT—No. iRed Winter.. T9S<t CORN-No. * Mixed.. » O OATS—No. S...... .... fit RYE-No. S. » n TOBACCO-Lugs (Missouri).. 1 06 <1 Leaf. Barley. $ 30 O 11AY—Choice Timothy. ltd Si MUTTER—Choice Dauy... >8 A EGGS—Fresh. fit POKK—Standard Mess (new). ...1 • 1 MACON—Clear Rib. ftO LARD—Prime Slearn.. t‘id WOOL-Choice Tuh.* » CHICAGO. CATTLE—Shipping.. 3 1V fit HOGS—Good to Choice. 4 SS fi* SHEEP—Good to Choice. 3 fit a FLOUR-W nter. 4 3 ® Patents. 4 TV • WHEAT—No. 3 Spring.i 4* CDKN-Kn * . ’ COKN-No. i. ... a OATS-No.* White.L • POKK-Now Mess.;.U » fit 1 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers.... 3 OP O HOGS-Sales St-.... 40 O WHEAT-No. 3 OATS—No. S ... COKN-No. S. » NEW ORLEANS. rLOUIt-nigh Grsde. 4 00 a CORN—White...L Q C»AT8-Choire Western.. WH >4 HAY—Choice. “ PORK-New Mess..;.......... JACON-Clear Rib........ COTTON—Middling........... LOUISVILLE WHEAT—No. * Red. CORN—No. S M xed. OATS-No. * Mixed.. PORK—Moss. K£iK*;:

"A Bundle or Kerre t.’* ! This term is often applied topeopie whose nerves are abnormally sensitive. They should strengthen them with Hostetler's Stomach Bitters. After a comae of that behljtft tonic, they trill cease to be conscious that the; have hSf+ous syaiems, except through agreeable sensations It Will enable them to eat, sleep and digest whllj thC throe medio for increasing tone and vigor in the nerves in common with the rest of the system. The mental worry begotten by nervous dyspepsia Will also disappear. Must speak the truth when l hey say that they despise riches and preferment: but thev mean the riches and pre ferment possessed by other men. Is ISftfc Henry GoetM 6f Beaufort, 8. C., wroth JJft Shalfenberger: ,, . . . ‘•t regard Tout1 Antidote * speciBc for chills and fever. It tdtt lived on the Charleston & Savannah B. Bead last summer and autumn in the most sickly region, and uadef the most trying circumstances. Out of one gang of negrd optrativcs, Jtfty wore stricken down with chills and fsver. and every one recovered by the timely use of Shallenbcrger’s Antidote. You possess the OliBAfSST MEDICINE IN TUI WOKU).”

TniMnt.ss made to order 'itfit.fi the mendpram or iutitiaia of the person for whoui they are intcuded set in precious stones aro by no means unknown objelis d’art. * Ta« race Is net to him who doth the Swiftest ran. Nor the battle to the man who slMOU with the longest gun.” •‘All the same ” a long gun does count, ami •‘the tallest polo pets t iio persimmons.” If yon are not satisttcd with you:: equipment for tho race for financial success: or position in the battle of life, taka our advice and write toB. P. Johnson & Co., Rlehtnoud. Vn , and our word for it they will sh;>yf you how to pet a fresh start, with the best possible chances of winning some of ilio hip prizes. Tns first regiment in New York to offer its services to the Govern meat is said by Colonel Adams, of the Sixty Seventh, to be tho regiment ho commanded Oregon, the Paradise df Farmers; Mild, equable climate, certs a and abundant crons. Bestfrult, praih, grass, stock country intneworld. Pullinformatioiiirrec; Address Oregon Immigration Board,Portland, Oregon 8m Julias PacScefotb h is made a pood impression in Washington. He is always pood sutured and is lucUned to admire America and Americans. Tit ERR are people using Dobbins’ Electric j Soap to-day who commence: 1 lits use in 1SCA Would this bo tho case were It not the purest aud most economical soup mad*. Ask your pro- [ cer for it. I,ook nut for imitations. I>iN>i,,»’. i The wife of a prominent Brooklyn clergy- ; man iias a thimble that was carved from a peculiar stouo she found on title shore of the Dead Sea. ifrsT not bo coufounded with common cathartic or purpative pills. Carter's Little Liver Pills are entirely unlike them in every respcct.One trial willp’rovo t heir superiority. A woHKtNO-MAN in Pittsburgh has patent- I ed a new submarine ram that will pierce tho side of the heaviest irCui-ciad. RnEfMATtc Pains aro greatly relieved by Glenn’s Sulphur Snap. Hill's Hair and Whisker !>yo, 55 cents. Pit'MBEn—-“Sir, honesty is printed on face.'’ Victim—”1 don’t dispute it, be has got a very wide margin.'’ Don't wait until you arc sick before trying | Carter's Little Liver Pills- tun go la vial at I CCCfc. You cau't take them without benefit. I A TEX-norn husband ouirht not to have a sixteen-hour wife. Reform, brother, at once. Ip afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c The Fifth Vermont was the first New England regiment to enlist for three years. A Pin sCigar Case aud five of “Tansill’s Punch.” all for 25c. It is tho experience of al'i conductors that strange things come to pass on railroads. At Prcggints and DkAI.rn'. THS CHARLES A. VOQELER CO.. Biltliaore. BA

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My lilt'e boy. 5 yearn old, was fics with a disease for whic)» d ctor* had no name. The nails camo off his fingers, acd the fingers e rao off to the middle joint. For 3 years he suffered dreadfully; is now jrett a j well and I era satisfied Swift’s Ifpi.'ciCe is the chief cause of hia impt vetner.t. Jeex Dnim, Jan. 13, lfSJ. Peru, Ind. POISONED BY A CALF-My

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wmmsm niueooj in w out AMI a b:^I5K3 nkem * he result of iho saliva of s cal f coming in contact with a cut Unger. Tho nlc n» were deep and painful and showed no inclination lo hcaL 1 gave him Swift’s Specific, and ho is nmr well. Feb. 15, hft dons V. IJe.vnn, An burr., Ala. Send foe books on Blond Poisons & Skin Diseases, free. Swift Srrcirn; Co., At1mm. Ua, For Old and Young. Tut t*» Urn Mils act ** kindly on Iho child. Iho delicate female or Infirm old ace, aa upon Ike v ligoreua man. T ntt’s Pills : wfTe tone to Ike weol; el omarh, bowel*. kidney* and bl.-.Aider. To tl»e*e orwan* their sireuRl lenlnr qualities aro wonderful, ran.luc them lo perform Ikelr fuuetloaii n. In yonlk. Sold Everywhere. Office, 44 Murray SU, Sew York. JOSEPH H.H

Make No Mistake If TOO have made off tour MM to boy Hood'. Sarsaparilla do not be tndocod to tek.any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla t» a peeollar medicine, possessing. by rime of ita poouhar combination, proportion and preparation curative power superior to any other article of the kind before the people. Be rare to cet Hood's. " Idone Wore th« e!efb tried to Induce me to buy (hetfbwn Instead Of Mood s Sarsaparilla. But he could nos prevail 09 mo to change, I to‘d him I knew what Hood's Sarsaparilla was. I hart taken It. was perfectly satisfied with It. »H9 did not want any otbor." Hits. Bnifct A. eory. « Terrace street, fktaton, Ma^Se Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. *1; slxfofK>, Prepared onlj by C. L HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, LOW ell, ^ 100 Doses One Dollar fNAta»t*«d foot and regwta , tk»fr mounted on ear. anished Head 1‘oles.wttb a Calk unixed rr«t*l ho Wert, screws, and all svtoplefie BATTERY—54 la pole. * IWt flac, DO cents. 9AVALKT-M in. »6lt, nst, 13 cent#. CARIIlSoH-tll In. xtolOf 4feet flfitf. St.09. ft Also larger sue* tout* 9«t» H SB feet, and from #8JkO U* [I sea. Special Flags made to § order, \ JtECOHAIJON BI ST- . eiS‘^*u ffiTlfirfisi: \WJ Hwimoch, Citing Chafrt Tenti WlSPOtr SHADES, sa 1 SpNlaltlm. '*JOHN HAIL 58 W. IsthSt.N.T.

w. BAKElt & CO.’S 13 atniO{«il*ly and it is soluble» No Chemicals are used in it* preparation. It hM rteH tkrts ti « tk« strength of Cocoa with Starch, Arrowroot j or Sugar. an«l Is ihkrfefttrfr far rooro 1 economical, costing tc*J i*1*1* I a ntp. It i$ delicious, nourisulhg* t strengthening, EaKLT PlOESTEP, I and admirably adapted for invalids I at well at for person* in health.

Sold by On>oer» everywhere. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Hass. ETNAUE THIS ?irM •>tn bM|« wtto. Woven Wire Fencing Ropo Selvage MOTHERS’ FRIEHili MAKES CHILD BIRTHlMY IF USSO BEFORE CONFINEMENT. Book to “Mothkks" MailkitFhkk. » BRA1IE1ELD KEBI 1. ' Toll ATLANTA, «A SOLI) BY ALL DBfGGISTa. thbi GREGORY’S ii CHECKERS g] SOLITAIRE!» NEWEST CRAZE I A splendid study for Checker Players. The game consists in making IO men change sides by jumping each other without moving one from ihe »K>arvl or moving __ backward*. A Haiul#*mc Prize0.\E lirMHtr.D PtiRTKAl’Fl*—given to those sending *L» correct answers out of a poasiN/ rt*. The game complete. frith Kej~~Howto«to It,’ mallei for Oi> cents, bjr FRAX< IS CRhMHtA » 44 nreaiiwuv. NEW AOKK. IT is mokk EXCITING THAN THE FA5IOl:S •* IS ** PUXXLE. 9JT VOJfc T2!tS^||lR tim ).m »«fc*

JONES HJ3 PAYSTHEFREICHT. 5 Ti n « ricoa Hen Iris 1ivn Lovers Stc*T^KeariiurJ, 1 r*j Tarulieani and I'ca*u Box ler SGO. *»Evem*»Sea;o. KitTfreejn-k-eltS A ivt nt.unthia j api'r and address ■ JOKES OF BINGHAMTOn, ItlNOIlAMrON. N. r.

AMS rats PAPER tt0M ymaTite, LIVE SJOGK^IS ship *o C. C. DALY & CO.. Un-Stock Commission Merchants. National Stock Yards. East ST. I«oi*lS. ILLKXFKKT Salesmen from long experience. KSTABLiJilIKO SKVMNTKKX YKARS. Promptsales and returns. WRITE FOR FREE MARKET REPORTS. Inquiries bj letter or wire answered at onca. ’SYPTIAH ROSE-BLOOM, El hvt brau:iarr t»r t:>f Complrvioa. rsmn t*,». moles and frvckl - like made. Lr»-« the*!* «k* a pink Owed peart Guaran’Evd bamtern. Trial box «It M cetu. Addro# HiTIOUL PllAHMAI Y tU., BOX JSi, ffiSHlMiTOS, B. i\ A M1 TU! * P A rtK #««*• »Uu* % oa *r NEE&LES, SHUTTLES, REPAIRS. Forall Sewing Machines. StaM‘AHDG§oi»« Only. The Trade Bupplteu. Send for wholemle price list. RtKI.Oi-K M'P’O Co.. JX* Locust »l.s t.Luuis Jttc rrunt tuts PAPcn rnwra PEKSI0NS"‘!“lsoLO,“i if i; disabled; pa*.etc.; I>e» - wrimrelicrel:law»free. I. W. MeCORiU k A SOX -, Clarlaaail.O., A Weaklafftea,B.C. ewXAJik this Parra raiummok d^A P A HIOXTII AMD BOARD PAID. O or hiftfticst ct>unnU>ion and Jl® DAYS* v^ PBF.hlTiuAccnUonottrXew Book. P.W.ZIEtiUlIt A- CO- 183 Market St., S4. Lwi*, la •flrftAMK THIS parsn eej C*Ej«a«nta. ^ ANTED n* Newest. Choicest ___Front a. Boat trees term*, plan; oestoUtflt free. Mu.NURSERYCU..Loui»aaa,Ma aaa ims, * ana im, u». n* »«»•. ■samum SAMPLES FREE Mb •*:*<•*. A rib- near. SCOTT. Xew York (iw. , I A0l££f r,ne* Styllah French DOXOOI.A __ Hutton Waiters Heel or Wedge ne'e!., ftn QLCBt mall, W.T5. Ingalls & Co., Louisville. Kj. •rjukinm h\r«*tmi *m>nwa __ $5 TO $8 A DAY. Samples worth 9t.ll FREE. Line* nut under nones’feet. Writ* BIUtngTCBSAFETY SKIS MOLPEAtO.. lially.Mkk. -30ME IttiS PAPSS •*ws dm* m •»**- EDUCATION AL. VflllllC UCU U#m Telegraphy and Railmad 1 JUnix laimW AuvntV lluameanhc _,___tetv. ai.d seenon coed sitoaliona. Write J. 1). CROWN. Sedalia. Mu. DLOOIlSflTOSdLkViAW STROO]kJ>«torm JDDe«inew»pf. ML Fur Circular ad'a It M. RPnjawn. 12457 A. N. EL D. WHEN WRITING TO ADYEBTWERs PI.E.WE •tale that jon uv the llvcrthrncat la title UNTER Anotsir, 1Ta*hia$tca. P. C., WILL GET TOfli rSRSKHt a

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lomsr hammontj. E\\' GOODS * To which he dtiecta attention. His DBY GOODS are first-class, and the stock Is large Hats, Gaps, Boots, ghoes and Notions. Cite hint s call and yon will be convinced that be ta giving BARUAINS on his entire stock. SOLID GOODS AT LOW PRICES. i

EUGENE HACK. ANTON SIMON- ' . ,*» J —Proprietors ofTHEE EAGLE BREWERY, VINCENNES, INDIANA, ' Furnis] the Best Article of Beer the Market Affords r AND SOICIT ORDERS FROM ALL DEALERS * BOTTLE OR KEG BEER SUPPLIED TO FAMILIES. On Sale at -A.il Saloons. 1004. TH33 ... ... 1834. ^ OSBORN BROTHERS Bnv« rcmi vrl to their elegant Now Building on Main street, where they have a large' and ^ splendid l:ne of SCOTS AND SHOES, For 1 ca Women and Children. We keep R. I» Stevens’ and Emraerson’s brands of Fine ?hoes. C J3BORN Petersburg, ■\ Indiana.O. A.|BURGER & BRO., j FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAILORS, Petersburg, Indiana, Have wi Their Larp M of laie Styles ot Piece GooJs, .V Consisting of the very bast guttings t^pd Broadcloths. _ j Perfei Fits and Styles Guaranteed. Prices as Low as Elsewhere. BOO C KEEPINS, SKORT-HAND, TELEGRAPHY, PENMANSHIP, ETC. Eve ry Young Man and Woman Wh i leslres to batter bia or her condition in life, should writs tor tho I Catalogue of tho / BR ANT & STRATTON ^SSSSSS^, NO. 400 THIRD STREET, LOUISViLLE^KY.

Is the luechA Hrruta Pully 1 S’C’Sl , Art lltinw CM OI ami fi »c!i! last and wo*t popular •clenUfic ard il im«r publUhal and has I he l«rtMt a of an; paper’d its class in lhe world. »t rated. Bast eliM of Wood .Knxrarblished weakly. Send for specimen ice $3 a year. roar months’ trial. 11. COn rCBUHBXSM, 864 Broad was, N.T. 11TECTS & lion tf Scientific American. success. Each l«»tie contains colored hie plates of v*)vuUj and «d»r*e*Ulc«tblle buildings. .Numerous ensraviogs plans and specif rations for the use off •ntemplate building. Trice f*50a >» ar, opj. AlU.N.N & CO.. ltm.lSlHCh#. mayfcesernr- . td l»y app*/- . Inr »t> lie ).k Co., who hsw had-* nr *ara* experience and have made »ver iV applications for American an** h**rpa tents. Send for Handbook. Cvfreapoad< ,mstrictly confidential. TRADE MARKS. Tnr i your mark is not registered In the hit. ent tl e, apply »« kl'NN A Co„ and procuie Uaac : t Id i (otection. Send for Handbook. CO I RU311TM for hooks, charts, nape. ttc„ t skly procured. Address B X 4c CO.. Patent Hellctter*. xmL Urnrt: 1:1.0 an war. N. T RE. L ESTATE AGENCY. anil town rroprrtj placeu in my advertise.! free of charge cr City Drug Store. PET1 SDURO, INDIANA

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PATENTS, Caveats and Trade-Marks obtained, and a Pat* *nt bus ness conducted for Moderate Our office is opposite U. S. Patent Office, and we can secure patents m less lime than those remote from Washington. Send model, draw rig or photo, with descrip* t;on. We advice if patentable or not free of •* charge. Our fees not due till patent is secured. A pamphlet, “How to Obtain Patents,” with names of actual clients in your State, county or town, sent free. Address C. \A. SNOW & CO., Opposite Pateftt^Offico, Washington, D. 01 DR. HARTLEY’S CATARRH REMEDY Is the best remedy known for the oure of Catarrh and Its attendant ailments: it is sate, painless. and never falls to k ve relief. This remedy cleanses the nose, head and throat ol ail unhealthy secret iors, and sooth ’* and heals the inflamed parts. Wuuii the remedy is once tr.ed the betn-flcial results are so prompt and sat sfaetory that the sufferer never fails to continue the treatment uul I permanent relief is obtained. DO HOT FEGLECT A BAD GOLD. J«*$ Hartley’s CU»rrli Remedy for Its Ira met! ate Cure. 0 m E£L:PS E LIN 1M ENT. . iht K, n ra.:h7'KitvuRs . ECLIPSE LIVER PULS CU«£'C0ftSTipMt0»*4ltotSR«*JCS >•’ *<•' '■ ECLIPSE UERMIFUO'.,# ECLIPSE .SflPS^P/l.H'LVS. ECUPiJEjBi ITjEfig ■ -nr. cflppr "<tr,';?Co fitiR MAfi ■ - -r .« r-. '■ •: M: i 'V< N.G-R'KfA'l'-1-ti:> ■ • H. ,i « AilAR^WH'EF- E. f.OH^ ‘>£ oJtfj ' r V- ' V •' >Ss’VSk ;*yS" A WISE WOMAN Bought the Splendid HIGH ARM JUNE SINGER SEWING MACHINE BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST* (J

K3W TOY »ll WANT IT For it doe» »aeh beaatiful wort. Sample Machine at Factory Price. EMIT HOME IAHAHEB m 5 YEiRi Agents Waited ib %mx$A Territory. JUKE HA1FACMIS GO, P&i.Vi968B« IM*