Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 32, Petersburg, Pike County, 20 December 1895 — Page 6

TALMAGE’S SEBMON. •Small Troubles of Life Likened to Hornets’ Attacks. V How Beat to Meet Them—Th© Lord Created Insects for a Purpose, and Apparent Nuisances Have Their I'tes. Rev. T. PeWitt Talmage chose for the theme of a late sermon to his Washington congregation, the petty annoyances of life. His text was: The Lord thy God will send his hornets.— Dent. vll.. 20. It seems as if the insectile world were determined to extirpate the human race. It bombards the grain fields and the orchards and the vineipards. The Colorado beetle, the Nebraska grasshopper, the New Jersey locust, the universal potato-bug, seem to carry on the work which was begun .ages ago when the insects buzzed out of Noah’s ark as the door was opened. In my text, the hornet flies out on its mission. It is a species of wasp, swift in its motion and violent in its sting. Its touch is torture to man or beast. | We have all seen the cattle run bellow- | ing under the cut of its lancet. In boy-1 hood we used to stand cautiously look- j ing at the globular nest hung from the tree branch, and while we were look-1 ing at the wonderful covering we were ! struck with something that sent us shrieking away. The hornet goes in swarms. It has captains over hundreds, and ‘JO of them alighting on one i man will produce death.

The Persians attempted to conquer a Christian city, but the elephants and beasts on which the Persians rode were assaulted by the hornet, so that the whole army was broken up. and the besieged city was rescued. This burning and noxious insect stung out the IJittites and the Canaanites from ttoir country. What gleaming sword and chariot of war could not accomplish was done by the puncture of an insect. The Lord sent the hornet. My friends, when we are assaulted by great behemoths of trouble, we become chivalrie, and we assault them; we get on the high-mettled steed of our courage, and we make a cavalry charge at them, and, if God be with us, we come out stronger and better than when we went in. But, alas, for these insectile annoyances of life—these foes too small to shoot—these things without any avoirdupois Weight—the gnats and the midges and the flies and the wasps and the hornets! In other words, it is the small stinging annoyances of our life which drive us out and use us up. In the best-conditioned life, for some grand and . glorious purpose God has sent the hornet. I remark, in the first place, that those small, stinging annoyances may come in the shape of a nervous organization. . . . People who are prostrated with typhoid fevers or with broken bones get plenty of sympathy; but who pities anybody that is nervous? The doctors say, and the family say, and everybody says: “Oh, she's only a little nervous; that's all." The sound of a heavy foot, the harsh clearing of a throat, a discord in music, a want of harmony between the shawl and the glove on the same person, a curt answer, a passing slight, the wind from the east, any one of ten thousand annoyances opens the door for the hornet. The fact Is that the vast majority of the people in this country ar^ overworked, and their nerves are the first to give out. A great multitude are under the strain of Leyden, who, when he was told by his physician that if he did not stop working while he was in such poor physical health he would die, responded: ‘'Doctor, whether I live or die, the wheel must keep going round.” These sensitive persons of whom I speak have a bleeding sensitiveness. The flies love to light on anything raw, and these people are like the Canaanites, spoken of in the text or iu ,the context—they have a —very thin covering, and are vulnerable i»t all points. “And the Lord sent the hornet.” * Again, the small insect annoyances may come to us in the shape of friends and acquaintances who are always saying disagreeable things. There are some people you can not be with for half an hour but yon feel cheered and -comforted. Then there are other people you can not be with for five minutes before you feel miserable. They do not mean to disturb you, but they sting you to the bone. They gather

tip all the yarn which the gossips spin, and retail it. They gather up all the adverse criticisms about your person, about your business, about your home, . about your church, and they make your ear the funnel into which they pour it. They laugh heartily when they tell ;you, as though it were a good joke, »nd you laugh, too—outside. These people are brought to our at* tention in the Bible in the book of Buth. <!■ Naomi went forth beautiful and with the finest of worldly prospects, and into another land; but, after awile, she came back widowed and sick and poor. What did her friends do when she came to the city? They all went out, and, instead of giving her common-sense consolation, what did they do? Read the book of Buth and find out. They threw up ■their hands and said: “Is this Naomi?” as much as to say: “How awful bad you look!” Wton I entered the ministry I looked very pale for years, and every year, for four or live years, a hundred times a year, 1 was asked if I had not the consumption; and, passing through the room, I would sometimes hear people sigh iand say: “A-ah! not long for this world!” I resolved in those times that I never, in any conversation, would eay anything depressing, and, by the help of God, I have kept the- resolution. These people of whom I speak areap and bind in the great harvest field of discouragement. Some day you greet them with an hilarious ■“good morning,” and they come buz•ling at you with some depressing in

formation. “The Lord Bent the hornet” When I see so many people in the world who like to say disagreeable : things, and write disagreeable things, | I come almost in my weaker moments i to believe what a man said to me in I Philadelphia one Monday morning. I went to get the horse at the livery stable, and the hostler, a plain man, said to me: “Mr. Talmage, I saw that you preached to the young men yesterday.” I said: “Yes.” He said: “No use: man's a failure.” The small insect annoyance of life sometimes come in the shape of local physical trouble,which does not amount to a positive prostration, but which bothers j-ou when you want to feel the best. Perhaps it- is a sick headache which has been the plague of your life, and you appoint some occasion of mirth, or sociality, or usefulness, and when the clock strikes the hour you can not make your appearance. Perhaps the trouble is between the ear and the forehead, in the shape of a neuralgic twinge. Nobody can see it or sympathize with it; but just at the time when you want your intellect clearest, and your disposition brightest, yon feel a sharp, keen, disconcerting thrust. “The Lord sent the hornet.” Perhaps these small insect -annoyances will come in the shape of a domestic irritation.' The paidor and the kitchen do not always harmonize. To get good service, and to keep it, is one of the greatest questions of the country. Sometimes it may be the arrogancy and ineonsiderateness of employers, but. whatever be the fact, we all admit there are these insect annoyances winging their way out from the culinary department. If the grace of God be not in the heart of the housekeeper, she can not maintain her equilibrium. The men come home at night and hear the story of these annoyances, and say: “Oh, these home troubles are very little things!” They are small, small as wasps, but they sting. Martha's nerves were all unstrung when she rushed in, asking Christ to scold Mary, and there are tens of thousands of women who are dying, stung to death by these pestiferous domestic annoyances. "The Lord sent the hornet.” It is not the panics that kills the merchants. Panics come only onoe in ten or twelve years. It is the constant din of these everyday annoyances which is sending £o many of our best merchants into nervous dyspepsia and paralysis and the grave. When our national commerce fell flat on its face, •these men stood up and felt almost deiiant; but their life is going away now under the swarm of these pestiferous annoyances. “The Lord sent the hor

net. I have noticed in the history of some that their annoyances are multiplying1, and that they have a hundred where they used to have ten. The naturalist tells us that a wasp sometimes has a family of 20.000 wasps, and it does seem as if every annoyance of your life brooded a* million. By the help of God I want to show you .the other side. The hornet is of no use? Oh, yes! The naturalist tells us they are very important in the world's economy; they kill spiders, and they clear the atmosphere; and I really believe God sends the annoyances of our life upon us to kill the spiders of the soul, and to clear the atmosphere of our skies. These annoyances are sent on us, I think, to wake us up from our lethargy. There is nothing that makes a man so lively as a nest of ‘'yellow jackets,” and I think that these annoyances are intended to pursuade us of the fact that this is not a world for us to stop in. If we had a bed of everything that was attractive and soft and easy, what would we want of Heaven? We think that the hallow tree sends the hornet, Or we think that the devil sends the hornet. I want to corret your opinion. ‘"The Lord sent the hornet.” . Then I think these annoyances come on us to culture our patience. In the gymnasium, you find upright parallel bars—upright bars, with holes over each other for pegs to be put in. Then the gymnast takes a peg in each hand and he begins to climb, one inch at a time, or two inches, and getting his strength cultured, reaches after awhile the ceiling. And it seems to me that these annoyances in life are a moral gymnasium, each worriment a peg with which we are to climb higher and higher in Christian attainment. We all love to see patience, but it can not be eultxxred in fair weather. l*atience is a child of the storm. If you had everything desirable, and there was nothing more to get, what would you want with patience? The only time to culture it is when you are lied about, and sick and half dead. “Oh,” you say, “if I only had the circumstances of some well-to-do man I would be patient, too.” You might as well say: “if it were not for this water, I would swim;” or, “I could shoot this gun if it were not for the charge.” When you stand chin-deep in annoyances is the time for you to swim oujjj. toward the great headlands of Christian attainment, so as to know Christ and the power of His resurrection, and to have fellowship with His suffer

How many touches did Mr. Church give to his picture of “Cotopaxi!” or his “Heart of the Andes?” I suppose about fifty thousand touches. I hear the canvass saying: “Why do you keep me trembling with that pencil so long? Why don’t you put it on in one dash?” ‘“No,” says Mr. Church, “I know how to make a pain5ing; it will take 50,000 of these touches.” And I want you, my friends, to understand that is is these 10,000 annoyances which, under God, are making up the picture of your life to be hung at last in t}ie galleries of Heaven, fit for angels to look on. God knows how to make a picture. I go into a sculptor's studio and see him shaping a statue. He had a chisel i in one hand and a mallet in the other, and he gives a very gentle stroke— I click, click, click! I say: “Why don't l you strike harder?” “Oh!” he reolies,

“that would shatter the statue. I can't do it that way; I must do it thisway.** So he works on, and after awhile the features come out, and everybody that enters the studio is charmed and fascinated. Well, God has your soul under process of development, and it is the | little annoyances and vexations of life I that are chiseling' out your immortal | nature. It is click, click, click! I j wonder why some great providence does not come, and with one stroke ! prepare you for Heaven. Ah. no; God j says that is not the way. And so He | keeps on by strokes of little vexations, j until at last you shall* be a glad spee- | tacle for angels and for men. You know that a large fortune may I be spent in small change, and a vast I amount of moral character may go away in small depletions. It is the lit- | tie troubles of life that are having 1 more effect upon you than great ones. A swarm of locusts will kill a grain field sooner than the incursion of three or four cattle. Yob say: “Since I lost my child, since I lost my property, I have been a different man.” Hut yon do not recognize the architecture of little annoyances, that are hewing, digging, cutting, shaping, splitting and interjoining your moral qualities. Rats may sink a ship. One lucifer match may send destruction through a block of storehouses. Catherine de Medicis got her death from smelling a poisonous rose. Columbus, by stopping and asking for a pieee of

bread and a drink of water at a r rancisean convent, was led to the discovery of a new world. And there is ;»n intimate connection between trifles and immensities, between nothings and everything's. Now, be careful to let none of those annoyances go 'through your soul unnrraigned. Compel them to administer to your spiritual wealth. The scratch of a six-penny nail sometimes produces lockjaw, and the clip of a most infinitesimal annoyances may damage you forever. l>o not let any annoyance or perplexity come across your soul without its making you better. Our government does not think it belittling to put a tax on smaiWtvrticles. The individual taxes do not amount to much, but in the aggregate to millions and millions of dollars. But I would have you, oh Christian man, put a high tariff on every annoyance and vexation that comes through your soul. This might not amount to much in single cases, but in the aggregate it would be a great revenue of spiritual strength and satisfaction. A bee chn suck honey even out of a nettle, and if you have the grace of Cod in your heart, you can get sweetness out of that which would otherwise irritate and annoy. A returned missionary told me that a company of adventurers rowing up the Ganges were stung to death by flies that infest that region at certain seasons. I have seen the earth strewn with the carcases of men slain by inseet annoyances. The only way to get prepared for the great troubles of life is to conquer these small troubles. What would you say of a soldier who refused to load his gun because it was only a skirmish, saying, *T am not going to expend my ammunition on a skirmish, wait until there comes a general engagement, and then you will see how courageous I am, and what battling I will do?’’ The general would say to such a man: “If you are not faithful in a skirmish, you would be nothing in a general engagement.” And I have to tell you, oh Christian men, i* you can not apply the principles of Christ's religion on a small scale, you will never be able to apply them on a large scale. If I had my way with you I -would have you possess all possible worldly prosperity. 1 would have you each one a garden—a river flowing through it, geraniums and shrubs on the sides, and the grass and flowers as beautiful as though the rainbow had fallen. I would have you a house, a splendid mansion, and the bed should be covered with upholstery dipped in the setting sun. I would have every hall in your house set with statues and statuettes, and then I would have the four quarters of the globe pour in all their luxuries on you table, and you should have forks of silver and knives of gold, inlaid with diamonds and amethysts. Then you should each one of yon have the finest horses, and your pick of the equipages of the world. Then I should have j*ou live 151) years, and you should not have a pain or ache until the last breath.

“Not each one of ns?” yon say. Yes; each one of yon, “Not to your enemies?” Yes; the only difference 1 would make with them 1>6 that 1 would put a little extra embroidery on their slippers. But, you say: “Why does not God give ns all these things?” Ah! I bethink myself. He is wiser. It would make fools and sluggards of us if we had our way. No man puts his best picture in the portico or vestibule of his house. God meant this world to be the only vestibule of Heaven, that great gallery of the universe toward which we are aspiring. We must not have it too good in this world, or we would want no Heaven. t Poly carp wascondemed to be burned to death. The stake was planted. He was fastened to it. The faggots were placed around him, the fires kindled, but history tells us that the tames bent outward like the canvas of a ship in a stout breeze, so the flames, instead of destroying Polycarp, were only a well between him and his enemies. They had actually to destroy him with the poniard; the flames would not touch him. Well, my hearers, I want you to understand that by God’s grace the flames of trial, instead of consuming your soul, are only going to be a wall .of defense, and a canopy of blessing. God is going to fulfill to you the blessing and the promise, as He did to Polycarp. “When thou walkest through' the fire thou shalt not be burned.” Now you do not understand; you shall know hqgpafter. In Heaven you will bless God em for the hornet.

WHITE AND GOLD. Yh» Host Brilliant Wedding In the History of St. Louia flpnnsqr and Afwrin Join Hands la tfc* Marring* a! Min Clara Mu«l Bank and H»rr Faal Von Goutanl, / of Hagrn. Gmunujr. 8t. Lons,; l)ee. 10.—This evening there was solemnized, at the Church of the Messiah, in this city, by Rev. John Snyder, the most notable marriage that St. Louis has seen in many a day, in the union of Miss Clara Hazel Huseh, daughter of Adolphus Busch, president of the. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co., and Herr Panl Von Gontard, of Hagen. Germany. u

The Hnppy Couple. The wedding was the more notable In that while the contracting parties are favorites of fortune from the standpoint of material wealth, money has cut no figure in it as a prime factor, as in the ease of so many unions of American girls with foreign gentlemen. It has cut no inconsiderable figure, however, as an adjunct, for aside from the regal magnificence of all the appointments of the wedding, it has been in evidence in the dispensation of hospitality on the part of the father of the bride, princely in extent and character, and which will establish a red letter day in the already wide reputation of St. Louis. . In the union’ thus cementing together two notable families of Ger« many and America there has been none of the dickering so characteristic of the modern marriage contract; the young people fell in love in the good oldfashioned way after meeting by chance in the course of European- travel, and while the American millionaire may have felt loth to see his daughter cross the ocean to make her home among comparative strangers, he was constrained to acknowledge the wisdom of his child's choice, and give a hearty consent, the more so that Herr Von Gontard, while wealthy, was found worthy, and, like the Buschs, is engaged in substantial business. The wedding was a gold and white one, the decorations and the costumes of the bridal party being arranged to conform to this idea, with the exception of the bride's maid of honor, Miss Anna Louise Busch, an elder sister, whose gown bore a distinctive tint of green. The bridesmaids were Misses Hilda Lemp, Lizzie Schnaider, Marie Saus senthaler, Alma Holm, Fannie Conrad and Alice Orthwein. The groom's best man was his brother, Capt. Hans Von Gontard, of the German army, who accompanied his brother Paul by special permission of the German emperor, and who, in the brilliant uniform of his corps, was the observed of all observers. The groomsmen were Messrs. Emil Praetorius, Edward Faust, Fred Orthwein, Henry Conrades, Henry Koehterard and Charles Orthwein. The ushers were Arthur Gempp, Ern est Holm and Rudolph Bang, A feature unique in western weddings was the presence of a bevy of little folks. Miss Lillie Dorothy Magnus, of Chicago, a little niece of the bride, and Master Adolphus, son of Augustus lluseh, strewed flowers for the bridal party; Miss Minnie Busch, a young sister of the bride, and Miss Lillie Dorothy Schuller served as little bridesmaids, and Masters Edward and Adolph Magnus served as little groomsmen.

Ihe church was beautifully decorated with palms and roses and with the rieh toilets of the bridal party and the assembled guests presented a picture long to be remembered. The reception following the wedding took place at the Southern hotel, the entire second floor of which was given up for the occasion, the fifty rooms having been beautifully decorated each in a distinct style, making it a veritable fairyland. The marvel of all was the grand parlor— the bride's reception room—and the dancing hall, which were decorated in pure white Touraine silk, empire atyle, with the ceilings covered with white tarletan. The bride and groom will make a brief tour of this country for the benefit of the German party, and will sail for Europe January 6. Good luck gc with them. Scraps From Abroad. It is said, that the prince of Wales spends over 8800 a year on cigars alone. The young duke and duchess of Marlborough %re making a tour of Spain. The tablet recently raised in Peterborough to the memory of Mary, queen Of Scots, was paid for entirely from contributions from English women named Mary, and cost $5,000. Bearefeld, the French artist, makes his sketches from life from the window's of a cab drawn up by the curb* stone. ’• The prince of Naples is the latest addition to the list of royal authors. He has a love story which is almost ready for publication. “Christmas" seems to have fallen into disfavor with London publishers. It is “winter annual" and “winter number” this year. -V Dr. Johnson’s tombstone in West* minster abbey is neglected, and is becoming defaced. Garrick’s tombstone, not far from JohcaouX is in fine repair.

THE OFFICIAL CALL m the AMenbllac of the RepaUt«u Xltlonitl Convention nt 81 Loal*. Tneadajr. June 18, 1800, For the Nomination of Candidate# for President and VlcePreatdeat of the I'nlted State*-How Delegates Are to be Choseu Washington, Dec. IS.—The official call for the national republican convention has been issued as follows; Washukhqx. D. C.. Dec. It. 1885. To THS KEPCBIACAM ELECTORS Or THE Cxrrru States;—to accordance with usage and the instructions of the Republican national convention of and by direction of the nation committee, a national convention of delegated representative* of the republican party will be held in the city of St. Loula. In the state of MiVsourl. on Tuesday, the lfth day of Juno. 18Wi, at 13 o'clock noon, for the purpose of nominating candidate# Cor president and vice-president of the United States, to be supported at the next national election, ami for the transaction of such other and further business as may be brought'before it. The republican electors in the several states and territories and voters, without regard to past political affiliations, who believe In republican principles and Indorse the republican policy, are cordially invite*! to uni e under this call in the formation of a national

ticket. Kach state will be entitle to four fiele-gaieg-at-hrrge. and for each represeatatlvo in in con^res.s-iit-!arp*> two delegates. and each corin' -skmai district, each territory and the District of Columbia to two delegates. The deiesfates-at-large shall be chosen by popular state convention, call on not less than SO Java* published uotice. and not less than 30 days before the meeting of the national convention. The congressional district delegates shall be ch°sen at conventions called by the congressional committee of each such district In the same manner as the nomination of a renresentative. in any congressional district where there is no republican congressional committee the republican state committee shall appoint from the residents of such diatrie.t a committee for the purpose of calling a district convention to elect i district delegates. The territorial deleJ gates shall be chosen in the same manner as the nomination of a delegate in congress is made. The delegates from the District of Co- | lnrnbia shall be chosen at a convention to be i called by the committee of three provided for ; bv the national committee at its meeting in Washington city, on December 1*\ 1S9P. and | such convention shall be constituted of members elected in district primaries, to be held at such time and places and presided over,by such : judges of election »3 said committee of three I may appoint In addition to the representation now authorized by the nttaa of the national convention for the territories of Utah. New Mexico, O‘.tinhorna and Arizona, the committee advises each of said tecrit ;ries to elect four de'egates. ami the admission of such additional delegates to the convention is recommended. [ Aa alternate delegate for each delegate to the national convention, to an In the absence of such delegate, shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time as the delegated I elected. AU notices of contests must be filed with the secretary of the national committee in writing. | accompanied by printed statements of the grounds of contest, which shall be made public. Preference in the order of hearing and determining contests will be given by the convention in accordance with the dates of tiling such notices and statements with the secretary. [Signed] Thomas H. Cahteh. Chairman. . Joseph. H. Makuit. Secretary. HON. EDWARD M’PHERSON. Uis Death at Gettysburg. Pa , Prom Poison Taken by Mistake. Gettysburg, Pa., Dee. 15.—Edward McPherson, many years clerk of the house of representatives at Washington, died here. i Mr. McPherson died from the effects of poison, taken by mistake for other medicine. He was accustomed to take a tonic under a physician's prescription, and accidentally got a bottle containing tinetur of mix vomica. He instantly-discovered his mistake, and medical aid was summoned at once, but all efforts were unavailing. A widow and five children survive him. General Regret at Washington. Washington, Dee. 15.—The news of the death of Hon. Edward McPherson, so well known here as a member of congress and clerk of the house of representatives, caused general expression of regret. He was born in Gettsbnrg. Pa., in 183d. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1848, studied law and subsequently settled in Gettysburg, as a journalist but was compelled, through the failure of his health, to abandon literary work. He published a series of articles in the Philadelphia Bulletin, afterward printed in pamphlet form, in which he advocated the sale by the state of its main line of public improvements. This, with a similar series published in 1838. was instrumental in effecting that measure, and in the same year he was elected to congress as a republican and served from 1859 until 1863. In the latter year he was appointed deputy commissioner of internal revenue, but after a service of six months he became clerk of the lower house of congress, and held that olhce till 1873. His term of service in this office was the longest since the beginning of the government. He was chief of the bureau of engraving and printing in 1877-8. a permanent president of the Republican national convention in 1876, and since 1879 has been engaged in journalism in Gettysburg, Pa. The University of Pennsylvania gave him the degree of LL. D., and Princeton that of A. M., in 1S77. He has published ‘'Political History of the United States During the Great Rebellion” (Washington 1865); “The Political History of the United States During Reconstruction (1870); and a hand-book of politics (1872) (new edition every second year) and has edited the New York Tribune Almanac since 1§77. For.several years he has been the American editor of the 'Almanck de Gotha.”

Died .Ninety-seven. New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 15.—Estia Kelly died at his residence at Mount Pleasant, in this city, at the age 9? years, lie had an international reputation as the discoverer and inventor of lubricating oil for watches and clocks. FUNERAL SERVICES Over the Remains of Hon. Allen G. Thurman at Coiambus* O. Columbus, Oi, Dec. 15.—The brief and simple burial services of Allen G. Thurman were held at the family residence at Washington avenue and Rich street. There were many more present than could be admitted to the commodious house, notwithstanding the private character of the funeral. A profusion of flowers covered the spaee about the Toffln which was placed in the archway leading from the residence the deceased had occupied.

DIALOGUES OF THE DAY. "She talked so fast that I could no* fret a word In edgewise.” "You should hate resorted to sharper language.”— Indianapolis Journal. Guest—“Bring me some canvas back ducks.” Waiter—“We are just out." Guest—“Well, make it n canvas back haru. then.’.*—Chicago Record. “Her father won over $2,000 from the baron last month-at eards.” “And then the barou asked him for her hand?** “Yes. He wanted to get his money back”—Life. Proprietor—"Where is the bookkeeper?”— -Office Boy—“He isn't in. Ilia wife sent him word that the baby was asleep, and he's gone home to see what it looks like.”—Louisville Truth. Mr. Dunn—“I’ve called to see about a little bill I left hereabout a month ago.” Mr. Short—“Ob! it's all right; you needn't be alarmed. I’ve laid it away where it won't be disturbed. No need for \ou to call again.”—Boston Transcript. s'.' Violinist (proudly) — “The instrument 1 shall use at your house to-mor-row evening. Mein llcrr, isover200yeorer old.” Parvenue—“Oh! never mind that. It is good enough. No one will know the difference.”—Harper’s Bazar. Cripple—“Please help a poor man, sir; I lost my leg on the field.” Wigwag—"Why. you're too young to have been in the war.” Cripple (indignant- __ ly)—“Who’s talking about war? I wish you to understand, sir, that 1 am an exfootball player.”—Philadelphia Record

HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Fink ami blue ginghams of a washable make can be kept from.fading by washing in a weak solution of vinegar anil w ater, Rinse in the same way and dry in the simile. To prevent new paint brushes from shedding bristles turn handles down, open and spread the bristles, pour in a tables’wxm or less of good varnish, and keep the brush in the same posstlou until it dries. A mother who is an authority on ' food advises mothers to give their children potatoes only twice a week, and then only those that are baked. Give them boiled vice the other five days, and some delicate green vegetable every day. The next time you get your slices wet, if you will stand them up, prill them into sh;>ne uhd till themwith oats, such as horses eat, in a few hours all the moisture will be drawn out of them and the leather will be soft-ami pliable. The same oats ean be used over and over again. A fad for* this autumn’s brides has the merit of being sensible. The, girl friends of the bride give her a farew ell dinner, and each guest brings to the east a piece hr pieces, of fine linen as a contribution to the linen closet of the bride elect. It is a pretty, inexpensive and sensible fad. spi6y items. In Germany there is a belief that nut* megs aid in the digestion of cabbage and cauliflower, hence, this spice is often used as a flavoring. Inferior cinnamon bark and the broken pieces are all withheld from com* merce and stored for the purpose of Remember That good health, stroug nerves, physical vigor, happiness and usefulness depend upon pure, rich, healthy blood. Remember that the blood ean be made pure, rich and healthy, by taking Sarsaparilla The Oue True Blood Purifier. SI; ft for S3. Hood’s Pills cure biliousness, headache. 25a

The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. DONALD KENNEDY, of ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor.) He has now In his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from pe first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quality Is(taken. When the lungs aw affected it causes shooting pains, like " needles passing through them; the same tfith the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Read pe label. if the stomach is foul or bilious it win cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. ejX the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bedtime. Sold by all Druggists. World’s Fair I HIGHEST AWARD. IMPERIAL * <3rRANUM I Many competing FOODS have come and gone£« been missed by few or none JK popularity of this: FOOD steadily increases! i Sold by DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE I John Carle & Sons, New York. A CTI4M A 08.TAFT’S ASTHMALENE ^iMI^-SlIKsF'REE imnsssssR