Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 November 1895 — Page 6

TA IMAGE’S SEE MON, A Timely and Pointed Discourse on Safety lor Young Men. Thef Death of AI)«itlom-Siir*xaardi Sar4>utullne Youth lire Lu«e of IIonie. lienprrt for the Sabbath a lull High Idea of Life. Rev. T. DeWitt T a linage, in a recent sermon delivered to his Washington congregation, addressed himsell particularly to young men. He-took for Rii| text: is the young man Absalom safe’—II. Samuel Sviil., 2u. ► The heart of David, the father, was wrapped np in his boy* Absalom. He was a splendid boy, judged by the rules of worldly criticism. From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot there was not a single blemish. The lJible j say’s that he had such a luxuriant ; shock of hair that when once a year j it was-shorn, what was cutoff weighed 4 over three pounds. Hut, notwithstand-j ing all his brilliancy of appearance, he was a bad boy, and broke his father’s heart. He was plotting to get the throne of Israel. He had marshaled an army to overthrow his father’s government. The day of battle had come. The conflict was begun. David, the father, sat between the gates of the palace waiting for the tidings of the conflict. Oh, ho w rapidly his heart beat with emotion. Two great questions were to .be decided: the safety*of his boy, and the continuance of the throne of Israel. After awhile, a servant, standing on the top of the house, looks off, and sees some due runningj^-lle is coming with great *>peed.'srnn the man on the top of the house announces the coming of the messenger, and the father watches and waits, and as soon as the messenger from- the field .of battle Comes within hailing distance the father cries out. Is it a question in regard { to the establishment of his throne? j Does lie sayi: “Have the armies of Israel been rHuorious? Am I to con- j 'sbnue in my imperial authority? Have ! Y) overthrown my enemies?” Oh, !

no. mere is one question that spring's from his heart to the lip, and springs from the lip into the ear of the •besweated and bed listed messenger flying from the battle-fielu—the question; “Is- the young man Absalom safe?" When it was told to David, Ahe king, that, though his a.-inies had been victorious, his son had been slain, the father turned his back upon the congratulations of the nation, andj 'went up the stairs of his palace, his heart breaking as he went, wringing his hands sometimes, and then again pressing them against" his temples as j though he would press them in, erj’- ■ ing: “Olq Absalom)!- my json! my son! Would God 1 had died for thee, jOh, Absalom! niy son! iuv soiff^

-My iriends, the question- whiicl: David, the king, asked in vegar'd to his son is tin? question that resoun'ds to day in ttie hearts of hundreds of pur ents. \ ea, there are a great mi>lti* tnde of voting men who know that toe question of the text is appropriate? when asked in regard to them. They know the temptations by which they are surrounded; they see so many who started life with as good resolutions as they have who have fallen in the path, and they are ready to hear rse ask tiie question of my text: “Is the i’oung man Absalom safe?” The fact is that this life is full of peril. lie tvho undertakes it without the grace >f God and a proper understanding of he conflict into which he is going, i oust certainly be defeated. Just lo^k »ff upou society to-day. Look at the hip wreck of men for whom fair things rere promised, and who started life . nth every advantage. Look at those :ho have dropped from high social osition, and from great fortune, disraced for eternity. All who sacrifice lieir integrity come to overthrow, 'ake a dishonest dollar and bary it » the center of the earth, and keep 11 the rooks of the mountain ooSopof } then cover these rocks with all the iamonds of Goloonda.and all thesilver »f Nevada, and all the gold of C&liimia and Australia,and pftt on the top. f these all banking and moneyed instiitious, and they can not keep down, lat oue dishonest dollar. Tint one? ishonest dollar in the eentesrof tlio ytn begin to heave and :roek and aturn Tfseu Pntil it comes- to the isurrection of damnation. “As the irtridge sitteth on eggs and balehevh ie«a not, so he that gettoth riches ad not by right shall leav* them in ie midst of his days, and at his end iall l>e a fool.”

Now, what are the safeguards <of oung men? The first safeguard of ’Inch 1 want to speak is the \CVe of ome. There are those vvV \\ave no lea of the pleasures tv ftt concenlrate ronml the word „home>» Perhaps] oureaiv’jabo ^ %yas shadowed with ice t'"jVerty. Harsh words, and P* *encc, and scowling may have destroyed all the sancity of that spot. Love, kindness, and self-sacrifice, which have built the altars in so many abodes, were strangers i„ vour father’s house. Uod pity you, voung man; you never had Z. llut a multitude in this audi

enee can look back to a s*ot that tnev j can never forget. It may have been a lowlv roof, but'yon can not think ot it now without a dash of emotion. You have seen nothing on earth that so stirred vour soul. A stranger passing along that place might see nothin? remarkable about it; but, oh. how much it means to you. Fresco on palace wall does not mean so much to-you as those roughhewn rafters. Parks and bowers, and trees on fashionable wateringplace or country seat do not mean so^ much to you as that brook that ran m front of the plain farm house, and singing under the \Veepmg willows. The barred gateway swung open y the porter in full dress does not mean as much to you as that swmg-gate, your sister on one side of it, and you on the other; she gone fifteen years into glorv. That seene coming back to yon to-day, as you swept backward

and forward on the grans, sinking the sougs of your childhood. But there are those here who have their second dwelling place. It is your adopted home. That also is sacred forever. There you established the first family altar. There your children were born. In that room flapped the wing of the death augdl. Uudcr that roof, when your work is done, you expect to lie down and die. There is 6nly one word in all the language that can convey your idea of that place, and that word is “home” Now, let me say I never knew a man who was faithful to his early and adopted home who was given over at the same.time to any gross form of wickedness. If you find more enjoyment in tne club room, in the literary society, in the art salon, than you do in these unpretending home pleasures, yoix arc on the road to ruin. Though 3*ou may be Cut off from your early associates, and though you may

be separated from all your km-< dred, you nfc man, is there not a room- somewhere that you can call your own? Though it be the fourth story of a third-class boarding house, into that room gather books, pictures and a harp. Hang your mother's picture over the mantle. Hid unholy mirth stand back from that threshold. Concentrate some spot in that room with the knee of prayer.. Hy the memory of other days, a father’s counsel, a mother's love, and a sister’s confidence, call it home. Another safeguard for these young men is industrious habit. There are a great mauy people trying to make their way through the world with their wits instead of by honest toil. There is a young man who comes from the countrj- to the city. He fails twice before he-is as old as his father was when he first saw the spires of the great town. He is seated iu his room , at a rent of two thousand dollars a year, waiting for the banks to declare their dividends and the stocks to run up. Alter awhile he gets impatient. He tries to improve liis penmanship by* lid U HO liupiuvc 11*3 making copy-plates of other merchants? signatures! Never mind—all is right in business. After awhile he has his estate. . Now is the time for him to retire to the country, amid the flocks and the herds, to culture the domestic virtues.

Now the yoiiiio men who were his schoolmates in boyhood will come, aud with their ox teams draw him logs, and with their hard hands will help to heave up the castle. That is not fancy sketch; it is everyday life. I should not wonder if there were a rotten beam in that palace. I should not wonder if God should smite him with dire sickness, and pour into his cup a bitter draught that will thrill him with unbearable agony. I should not wonder if that man’s children grew up to be to him a disgrace, and to make his life a shame. I should not wonder if that man died a dishonorable death, and were tumbled into a dishonorable grave, and then went into the gnashing of teeth. The way of the unsrodlv shall nrrish.

Another l safeguard that I want to present to young men is a high ideal of life. Sometimes soldiers going into battle shout into the groncd.instead of into the hearts of their enemies. They are apt to take ayu too low, and it is often that the captain, going into conflict with his men, will cry out: “New, men, aim high!” The fact is that in life v great many men take no aim at afl. The artist, plans out liraentire thought before he pats it upon (BWivas, before he tkk cs- up* the erajtaa or the chisel. An architect thinks out the entire building before th* workmen begin. Although everythin# may seem to be unorgtta* izedi'jtha-t architect lists in his mi tad every Oprintliiaa coluiwtt, every Gothic arch, nrery Byzais»tine capital. A pocft' thinks o«it the entire plot of his poiwr before 2* begins to chime the cantos, of tiiikfiiraT rhythms And yet the*?' are a grew*'. many ia»en vwho start _tl»'j. important structure of life without-, knowing w.uether it is going to bar*! a rude Tan tar’s hut, or a St. Mark's* 3, cathedral, and begin to» write out j the initricat e poetn of their life r without knouvipg whether lib is to> be a^. Homer’s “<5p!yss«y" or a rhyxoeste r’s botch. »Ont- of one thousand, ni ne ■ hundred and-ninety-nine ha»e »o lifeplot. Bo oteif and spurred' and -ca- . parisonec , th«gjr hasten along*,, and r an out and savr **Eiallo, man' Whill ier ttwuy?” “NiwhcBe!” they say. < )h! young 1 nan, " make every da y’s duty a til ling up of tshe great li feboat. Ala s! Shat ttfiere should* be on ; this sea of lifrsomauy ships- thtalse em bound for no pdbt. They are- sv» ept- . every whit her"byv wind and wav®, up by the mt umlains and down- by * the valleys. 1 'hey saill with w* ei* irt. They gaze on no-stcr. They l«og for no harbor. <®i! young maju, han -e a high ideal, and press fbr *ib, aadt it will be"a mighty safeguard. These* » dver were grander opportsuniStties- <$pe- ling before young men than are* ope aiug now. Young men of th*-at rang arm,, and of the stout heart,. and a f the bounding sfceyy l marshal yss* l.o-day I for a great achievement.

Another safeguard. is at r**w ct lor he Sabbath Tell me ho** a young aan spends Ui».Safcbathy.ain«J 1 v fill tell rou what ai^ his prespeafcsi® lousiness, tnd I will te3 you what are Ids pros>eets for the etarual vcwld. God has ihrust iuto one buay life a ssured day rthen we are to look after our souls. Is it exorbitant,, after giving six. days to the feeding and eiothinfg of these perishable bodies* that God should demand one day for the ’feeding and clothing of the immortal soul?Our bodies are seven-day clocks, and they need to be wound up, and if they are not wound they run dowa, into the grave. No man can continuously break Ae Sabbath and keep his physical and JlLtal health. Ask those aged men ami they will tell you they "never knew men who continuously hn>ke the Sabbath who did not fail intnind, body or moral principal. A manufacturer gave this as his experience. He saidy “1 owned a factory on the Lehigh. Everything prospered. I kept the Sabbath, and everything went on well*

j But one Sabbath morning I bethought | myself of a new shuttle, and I thought ! 1 would invent that shuttle before sunset: and 1 refused all food and driuk until I had completed that shut* tie. By sundown 1 had completed it. ; The next day, Monday, I showed to my workmen and friends this new shuttle. They all congrat\:laied me on m3’ great success. I put that shuttle into play. I enlarged my business; ' but, sir, that Sunday's work cost me ! thirty thousand dollars. From that day j ever3’thing went wrong. I failed in ; business, and I lost my mill.” Oh, my j friends, keep the Lord’s day. You ; may think it old-fogv advice, but I I give it to 3’ou now: “Remember the

babbath day and keep it holy, hix days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord, thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work.” A man said that he would prove that all this was a fal< lacy, and so he said: “I shall raise a Sunday crop.” And he plowed the lield *on the Sabbath, and then he put in the seed on the Sabbath, and he cultured the ground on the Sabbath. When the harvest was ripe he reaped it on the Sabbath, and lie carried it into the mow on the Sabbath, and then he stood put defiaut to his Christian neighbors and said: “There, that is iny Sunday crop, and it is all garnered.” After awhile a storm came up, and a great darkness, and the lightnings of Heaven struck the barn, and away went his Sunday cfop. There is another safeguard that I want to present. I have saved it until the last because I want it to be the more emphatic. The great safeguard for every young mau is the Christian religion, \othiug can take the place of it. You may have gracefulness enough to put to the blush Lord. ! Chesterfield, you may have foreign languages dropping from your topgue, you may’’ discuss laws and literature, you may have a pen of unequaled polish and power, you may have so much business tact [ that you can get the largest salary' in a bunking house, yon may be as sharp as Herod and as strong as Sampson, and with as long locks as those which hung Absalom, and yet you have no safety against temptation. Some of you look forward to life with great despondency. I know it. I see it in your faces from time to time. You say: “All the occupations and pro fessions are full, and there's nochauee for me.” Oh! young man, cheer up, I will tell you how you can make your fortune. Seek first the, kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all

oilier imn^s wui t>e added. 1 Know you do not want to be mean in this matter. You will not drink the brim* iniflgcnpof life,and then pour the dreg's on God's altar. To a generous Saviour you will not act like that., you have i nob the heart to act like that. That is not manly. That is not honorable. That is not brave. Your great "want i* a new heart, and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I tell you so to-day, and the blessed Spirit presses through the solemnities^ of this hour to put the cup of life to your tbirswy lips. Oh! thrust it not back. Mercy presents it—bleeding mercy long-suffering mercy. Despise all otl.»er friendships, prove recreant to all o»Jher bargains, but dispise God’s love for your dying soul—do not do that. There wmes a crisis in a man’s- life, nod the trouble is he does not know it is the crisis* I got a letter in which a • man says be- me: tT start oat now to* preach the Gos- < pel of righteousness and temperance : the people*. Do yo® remember rae? i 0 an* the maa» who appeared at She j slose* of tJie service when yon wore worshipping ia the cha-pel after vsu some from Hhfladelpnia. Do you* remember at tl^e close of tbeserviee a raan coming up to t'oui all a-trrennble with core- j viftbioia, and crying «sut for mercy, and- j telling yon he bud‘a very bad business, ind he thought he would change iU*’ Dniib was the turning-point in my* history. - 1 gave up mjT bad* business. ; [ gave lay heart to»(5od, ami the desire to serve Him has- grown upon me all these years, until now woe ia unto me If 1 preach nob the-Gospel.”* That Sunday night was the turning point of that yaung maw's history. This very SaJ>baih* hour will be the burning point in the history of a hundred young men in this house. God help us. I once stood on an anniversary platform with a clergyman who told me this marvelous story. lie said “Thirty years ago* two- young men started out to attend Park theater, New York, to see &*play which made religion ridiculous and hypocritical. They had been brought up in Christian; families. They started for the theaterbo see that vile play, and their* early convictions same back upoui them; They felti it was not: right to go, but still they went*.. They came to the door of the theater. One of the young men stopped, and started for home, but returned; and came up to the- door, bpt had nab the courage to go ins He again started for home, and went home. The other young man went in-. He went from one degree of temptation to another. Caujht in the whirl of frivolity and sin, he sank lower and lower. He lost his business position.. He lost his mosals. He lost his souk. He died a dreadful death, not one star of mercy shining; on it. I stand before you to-day,” said that minister, uto .thank God that for twenty years B have been permitted to preach the Gospel. 1 am tho other young man.” Oh! you see that was the turning point—the one went back, the other went on. The great roaring world of business life will soon break in upon you, young men. Will the wild wave dash out the impressions of this day as an ocean billow dashes letters out of the sand on the beach? Yon need something better than this world can give you. I beat on your heart and it sounds hollow. You want something great and grand and glorious to fill it, and here is the religion that can do it, God save voul

A THANKSGIVING APPEAL • er Aid to the Starving Survivor* of Turk* Ish Hutcherv In Armenia. Iwnrd kv the Anurmlin Krletf AnoMlntlon—A Uu»r* I ter of a Milliou of Destitute nod Helps less People. Nkw York. Not. 25 —The Armenian Relief association issues the following i Thanksgiving' day appeal: i To the People of the United State*: The song of gratitudo rises from this i happy land for the continued pros- | perityfltud the thousands of blessings : vouchsafed to our homes through the liberty God has given us to enjoy. The homes of Armenia are desolate and the land is drenched with blood, and they that remain are not only in great terror iu daily expectation of being slaughtered, but are facing sure destruction under the snows of winter now almost upon them. A quarter of a million of souls are. destitute and helpless throug'h the fanatical fury of Mohammedan mobs and the sultan, whose constant thirst is lor the blood of Christian men, women and children. We ask the people of the United States to remember Armenia out of the gratitude and compassion of their i hearts on the glad day of their thanks- j giving, and to send such aid as they j are able, which shall save thousands from death and also defend the cause ! of justice and humanity. All contributions may be sent to the treasurer of the Armenian Relief asso

Clilt ion. r [Signed.] Chari.ks H. Stout, National Hunk of the Republic, New Y ork. Yours in the cause of the Kiugdom 1 of Peace, J. Rleecker Mili.er, , Chairman of the- Executive Commit- | tee. IIerent Mesrob Kiktciiijan, General Secretary. CELESTIAL VISITORS. i Two Comets M»klue Tlielr^ppeamneein 1 [ the Morning Sky—A Long Tail.; i San Jose, Cal., Nov. 35.—A comet was discovered by Mr. brooks, of New York, on Friday morning. It was observed at Lick Observatory Saturday morning, its place determined and telegraphed to Central station for distribution toother observatories. The object is quite large, without a tail, but is not visible to the naked eye. It is now in the constellation Hydra, rnoveing rapidly northwest at the rate of four degrees per day. Prof, Campbell finds that'the spectrum is of the usual type, owing to the presence of incandescent nitrogen and carbon. Perrin’s comet has been observed here by Prof. Aitken every morning except Monday since the discovery. The tail at the present time is increasing in length at the rate of about 1,000,000 miles per day. With the aid of a photograph taken by Mr. Colton Saturday morning, the computed length of the visible tail was found to be at least 10,000,000 miles. NATIONAL CASH BOX. What tbe lloport of United States Treasnrer Moreau Shows. Washington, Nov. 34 —D. N. Morgan, treasurer of the United States, in his anju-ual report on the operations and condition of the treasury says that the net ordinary revenues of the gov? eminent for the fiscal year ended June SO, 1S95, were $318,090,075, an increase of $15,668,960, as compared with the year before; net ordinary expenditures $356,195*29$, a decrease of $11,338,981. Including the public debt, the total receipted all accounts were $730,156,635, hud the expenditures StlOi.473,157. A further sum of $81,157,700 was deposited in the treasury prior to- the end of June on;account of a purchase of gold coin to maintain the reserve, but was not formally covered in, and therefore does not appear in. the accounts for the hist fiscal year. A DISAPPOINTED LOVER

Resorts to Attempted Murder »mt Suicide. Amsterdam, N. Y., Nov. 24.—Fred Banker, 25 years old. went to the home of Miss Cora Harrison, aped lift, and j culling her to the door, drew a ' knife and attempted to cut her j throat. She knocked the knife from his hand, and he then drew a revolver and shot the girl three times, twice in the face aud once * in the shoulder. She fell to the floor j and the would-be murderer stepped j out on the walk and drew a knife • across his throat. It is thought that j both Banker and Miss Harrison will ! die. Banker has been courting the j girl, but she dkl not seem to cure for him. * FOR CONFEDERATE VETERANS. ! A Virginia Congressman Will Toy to Get an Appropriation for Them. Chicago, Not. 24.—A special to the [ Post from Washington saysc Reprei sentative Otey, a Virginia congressman, announces his purpose to introduce a hill to appropriate $27,000,000 lor the benefit of ex-confederate soldiers, conditional, upon an equal amount being appropriated by the 1 states in’which the confederate veterans live. His proposition is founded on the plea that Che §27,000,000 represents the proceeds=of captured property turned into the federal treasury during the war, and that the people of the south have a moral claim >for the money. ANOTHER DECISION tn Favor of a Ballioad Corporation as Against Homesteaders. Washington, Nov. 35. — Secretary Smith has rendered a decision in the case of Eiihu Srnead and twelve other applicants for homestead in the Los Angeles district, California, against the Southern Pacific Railway Co. The secretary affirmed the decision of the commissioner and awarded the land to the railroad company, for the reason that its selections on account of its grant was made before the homesteader applications were fil*d. 1

—Aquarium tanks are made selfsustaining by the introduction of just the right amount pf plant life, by which the water is aerated and kept sweet for a considerable time, e*en in such small bodies. Ulva, or sea letluce, a beautiful greep plant, is often used for this purpose. Wjien it is undisturbed air collects under the ulva and buoys it up. Fjshes and crabs tear holes in it, making it less buoyant, so that it is apt to sink. In aquarium practice this destruction of the ulva is in some measure prevented bv the simple expedient of placing corks under it to keep it out of reach of at least some of the crabs, as. for instance, the hermit, that might otherwise climb into it. Confinement and Hard Work Indoors, particularly in the sitting posture, are far more prejudicial to health than excessive muscular exertion in the open air. Hard sedentary workers are far too weary' after office hours to take much needful exercise in the open air. They often need a tonic. Where can they seek invigoration more certainly and thoroughly than from Hostetter'sStomach Bitters, a renovant particularly adapted to recruit the exhausted force of nature. Use also for dyspepsd:, kidney, liver and rheumatic ailments. “On, boy, I’ll give you a dollar to catch my canary bird ’’ “He's just caught, ma’aui.'’ “Where—wh'ere is the precious pet?” “Black cat up the road's got ’im 1”— Chicago Record. ,

KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly usea. The many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidnevs, Liver and Bowels without weak-/ ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c and $1 bottles; but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. An important trifle — The DeLONG Patent Hook and Eye and trifles make perfection.

See that hump? Richardson A OeXjouie Bros., Philadelphia.

/ V^V:/ V l U I . I Gave Up Hoping I would ever be better. I bad suffered so much from sour stomach, kiibyey trembles, and other ailments. But Hood’s [Sarsaparilla was tho means of savirg my i life. After taking it I was str ng and muscular, gained 14 lbs. I recommend Hood’s Sarsaparilla to all \fho lonrfor health and strength. *• Nicholas Sciueiiser, Summerdale, 111. HnoH ’ c Dtll c arc tasteless. mild. eff<*o1IUUU All druggists. 25a COLE'S NEW DOMESTIC COFFEE BERRY

BETTER THIS A GOLD SINE. Raise Tour own eoffbe at less than one cent »■ pound. Let high tariff store coffee co. The poor man’s friend and rich man's delight Matures north or south In four months.-' |*lai>lany time up to the mb tif June; 20.UW farmer* supplied andee-, ery one praises It. Has produced evei 80 bushels per acre. Some prefer St; t;»store coffee. Produces twocropsa year In the scntth. Large packet post* paid 380 cts.; or enough to titan t 3800 hills. 50 eta. or stamps. Will make 800 pots of most delicious coffee, good enough foe a king. Is superset! I ok store coffee as fast as its merits become known. Large monlals from patrons all over the Union sent fre* with each order by . ©• E. <’OUB. »«sl*mun, HuCkaer. Missouri. jp- serial n~\r>ltsat? f*rictt fe Farmers ond MtTchants, iri.ncl'ar urer SUO per trot. *this uea> dirtulSUt'.U during Winter. itfVH,»>iW\r>*sr»*W«>ft>WsrPkr f World’s Fair I HIGHEST AWARD. IMPERIAL: * <*RANUM; 1 Always WINS HOSTS of j [FRIENDS wherever its: Superior Merits become; known. It is the Safest; FOOD for Convalescents!: El by DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE I John Carle & Sons, New York. THE AERMOTOR CO. floes half the windmill business, because U has reduced the cost of wind power to 1/8 what It was. It has many branch « bouses, and supplies Us goods and repairs

at your aoor. is caii mna uuw lunusn m

, oouer article tor itos uiuurj £7others. • It mates Pumping aud ffUeami. Steal, U.UvajiizsdafterCompletion Windmills, Tlluo*

and j»ixea iwer^, mwi duo ^Frames, Steol Jtorf Cutters and l'e«d •/

Urinders, On application n win name quo lit of thf^e articles that li will furnish until January 1st at 1/3 the usual price. It also makao Tanks and Pumps of all kinds. Send for caatocua. factory: Utb, Rockwell tad FUlatore Streets, CkitiitL.

ds. WALSTON'S SANATORIUM, DECATUR, ILLINOIS. 35 YEABST EXPERIENCE, 25 of which havo been Oevoted to Surgery and Chronic Diseases, hare Enabled us to Loam Exceeding!; well the Means by which Cures are Made. Illp Al R iW P KuptureofaU kinds by a process which does away forever with trusses. Me* IKS 6“ I ■ 81 fffi S* Fistula. Hydrocole. Varicocele. Gravel. Stricture, and all diseases of toe BladW« k UVIIb der aud Prostrate Gland. We operate for Cross Byes, Cataract. Ovarian rumor. v v ■ w w ■ ■ » der and Prostrate Gland, we operate xor urow .ayes, v&iwwb ■tone in Bladder and cure all curable diseases of the Kidneys by the latest aad most improved method. HTSEXD FOR A BOOK FREE. CANCERS CAN BE PERMANENTLY CURED. _ _ . - . _ _ A in WhkweTveia Rniual fStwafm Diseases of the Joints. Old Bores. Tumors. Cancers. Ulcers. Scrofula. Paralysis. Spinal Curvatur* Hip Joiut Disease. Ear© Lip, Cleft Palate, and diseases of the Throat and Lun*s are treated and cured . . __ •»__._ jt_V • u 4.1 1..4 fe*none Rani Hip Joint Lnsoase, jaaro .kip, viejt .rcuate, auu T ” V - by taose improved saethods for which the last ten years are famous Send for a book free* rilOGAOCe nc UinMCII are especially prepared for the treatment Of diseases peculiar to UloORoto Ur nUlfltn women. Our arrangements for the cure of this class of patients ara very complete. Ss~d for a book free. ... , airmirtllO FtiCCAOCO We bave devoted special time and study to all diseases of the nervous NERVOUS U otASto system, such as mental weakness, disturbed mind loss of memory, confusion ofideWe t" Vesiltin* from abuses of the system. Wecure them all. Com* write or send rvThii^iM old and permanent institution. We have been here 25 years. Alarse and commodious budding; ©O rooms, baths, electricity, elevator and everything modern. BBS. R. L. & E. B. tVALSTOH, Decatur, Ml. T

nothing lost / Scott’s Emulsion makes cod-liver oil taking next thing to a pleasure? You hardly taste it. The stomach knows nothing about it—it does not trouble you there. You feel it first in the strength that it brings: it shows in the color of the cheek, the rounding erf the angles, the smoothing of the wrinkles. It is cod-liver oil digested for you, slipping as easily into the blood and losing itself there as rain-drops lose themselves in the ocean. j What a satisfactory thipg this is—to hide the odious taste of cod-livei oil, evade the tax on the stomach, * • take health by surprise. % .. There is no secret of what it is made of—the fish-fat - taste is lost, but nothing is lost but the taste. ^ Perhaps four druggist has a substitute for Scott’s Emulsion, isn’t tbe standard all others tip to equal tbe best for fou to buf P 50 cents and $i.o* AU Dragcta* SCOTT & BOWNE Chemists • • New York ' .;.