Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 48, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 April 1896 — Page 2

TALMAGE’S SEEMON. L088OD8 Taught by the Parable of the I*rodigal Sou, Hm> Jof of the Home Going After • C»» 1—er of 61a end Dissipation—Tho Heavenly father** Out-stretched-Arms. Rev. T. DcWitt Talmage took for rtbe topieyof oub of his Easter day sermons “The Returning Prodigal.'' The * text was: I will arise and go to my father.— Late n., m There is nothin? like hunger to take the energy out of a man. A hungry man can toil neither with hand nor Coot. There has been many an army defeated, not so much for lack - <of ammunition as for lack of bread. It eras that fact that took the fire out of this young man of the text. Storm and exposure will wear out any man's life in time, but hunger makes quick work. The most awful cry ever heard -on earth is the cry for bread. A traveler tells us that in Asia Minor there are trees which bear fruit looking very much like the long bean of our time. It is called the carob. Oace in aw hike the people, reduced to destitution, |would eat these carubs, but .generally the darobs, the beans spoken of hero in the text.were thrown only to the swine, and they crunched them with great avidity. Rut?.this young man of my text could not even get them without stealing them. So one dsy, amid the swine troughs, he began to soliloquize, lie. says: ‘‘These are no clothes for a rich man's son to wear; this is no kind of business for a Jew to be engaged in., feeding swine; III go home; 1 will arise and go to my father.” I know there are a great many people who try to throw a fas- * -ciuation, a romance, a halo about sin; Jbat notwithstanding all that Lord llyton and George Sand have said in, regard to it, it is a mean, low contemptible business, and putting food and fodder into the troughs of a herd .-of iniquities that root and wallow in >the soul of man is a very poor *bosioc&x for men and women inteml<ed to be sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty, and when this young man resolved to. go home it was a very wise thing for him to do, and the only question is. Whether we will follow him. Satan promises large wages if •we will serve him: but he clothes his victims with rags, and he pinches them with hunger, and when they start out to do, better he sets after them all the iiloodhouuds oif hell. Satan tomes to ms to-day and he promises all luxuries and cmolumentx if we will only serve him. Liar, down with thee to the pit! “The wages of sin is death.** Oh! the young man of the, text was wise when he uttered the resolution: “1 still arise and go to my father " In the : iilne of Mary, the persecutor, a persecutor cattle to a Christian woman ’’who had hidden-in her house for the Lord's sake One of Christ's servants, and the persecutor said: “Where is 4taat heretic?" The Christian woman

.said: “You open that trunk and you will see the heretic.” The persecutor opened the trunk, and on the .top of the linen of the trunk he saw a glass, lie said: “There is no heretic here.'* "‘•Ah!” sbesatd, “you look in the glass :«ni you willkee the heretic." As i take up the mirror of God's ’Word Uxiay 1 would that, instead of weeing the prodigal of the text, we might see oilrseives—onr want, our wandering. our sin. our lost condition, < so that we might be as wise as this 'young man wa* and say: “I will arise ittd go to my father ” The resolution •of this text was formed in a disgust at his prcsent| circumstances. If this young man had been by his employer wet to cultufing flowers, or training vines over ah arbor, or keeping an account of the pork market, or overseeiug other laborers, he u\>uld not have thought of going home. If he had his pockets full of •money, if he had bien able to may: “1 have Sl.pOJ now of my own. what the use of my going "Jack to my father's house? I)o you XhinkTra going back to apologize to the old man? Why, he would put me on the limits; he would not have going on around the old place such conduct as 1 have been engaged in: I won’t go home;:there is no reason why 1 should .go home; I have plenty of money^ .plenty of pleasant surroundings; why '" ttfcuaid 1 go home?" Ah! it was his pauperism, it was his beggary. c> He ' bad to go lioine. Some man comes audU -lays to me: “Whydoyou talk al>out the aruiaed state of the hitman soul? Wljy • don't you speak about the programs of the nineteenth century, and talk of something more exbiiarat ng?" It la for this reason: A man never, wants 1 the Gospel ud1: 1 he real i ces he is in a* famine-struck state. Suppose I shouhf oome to you in your home, and you.are ,1b good, sound, robust health, and I vthould begin to talk about medicines, and about how much better this mCdicine is than that, and some other rahdi-1 «ine than some other medicine, and; talk about this physician and that physielan. After awhile yon would get tired. And you would say: “1 ■don't want to hear about medicines. Why do you talk to me of physicians?” It never have a .doctor." Jlot suppose 1 come into your house and} I And you severely sick, and 11 know the medicines that will Cure you. aud I know the physician Vho is skilful enough U> meet your tease. You say: “Bring on all that medicine, bring ton that physician, I am- terribly sickl and 1 want help.” If I come to you and you feel you are all aright in body, and all right * In mind, and all right in soul. you hare need of nothing, hut suppose I have persuaded you that the leprosy of sm is upon you, the worst of all sickness. Oh! then yon say: “Bring me that balm of the Gospel, bsiflg ms ghat divine medicament, bring me -Jesus Christ.” “Hut.” says, some one in the audience, ““how do yon know that we .are in a »ruined condition by sin?" Well, I can prove it in two ways, and you may ..have your choice! I can prove it

either by the statements of men or by the statement of God. Which shall it be? Yon say: “Let ns hare the state* ment of God.” Well, He says in one place: “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked." He says in another place: “What is man that he should be clean? and he. which is born of woman, that he should be righteous?” He says; in another place. “There is none thatdoeth good—no not one.” He says in another place, “as by one man sttt entered into the world, ana death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all had sinned." “Well," you say, “I am willing to acknowledge that, but why should.l take the particular rescue that you propose?” This is the reason. “Except a man be born again he can not see the kingdom of God.” This is the reason: “There is one name given under Heaven among men whereby they may be saved.” Then there are a thousand voices here ready to say: “Weil, I am ready to accept this help of the Gospel. I would like to have this Divine cure: how shall I go to work.” Let me say that a mere whim, an undefinei longing amounts to nothing. You must have a stout, a tremendous resolution like this young man in the te$t when he said: “I will arise and go to my father.” “Oh,” j says some man. “how do I ■ know my father wants me? how I do I know if I go back. I would j be received?” "Oh..* says some man, j “you don't know where I have been; | you don’t know how far I have wandered, you wouldn’t talk that way to me if you ^new all the iniquities l j have committed.” What is that flut- j ter among the angels of (rod? What is j that horseman running with quick dis- J patch. It is news! It is news! Christ has found the lost. Nor anutels can their Jo; contain. Cut kindle with new fire. The si a a*r lost is found, they sin*. And strike the sounding lyre. When Napoleon talked of going into Italy, they said: “You can'tget there. If you know what the Alps were you wouldn’t talk about it or think about it. You can’t get \-our ammunition wagons over the Alps.” Then Napoleon rose in his stirrups, and. waving his hand toward the mountains, he said: “There shall be no Alps!” That wonderful pass was laid out ^rhieh has been the wonder of all the years since —the wonderment of all engineers. And you tell me there are smih mountains of sin, between your soul and God, there is no mercy. Then I see Choist waving His hand toward the mountains. I hear Him say: “I will come over the mountains of thy sin and the hills of thine iniquityj” There shall be no Pyrenees; there shall be no , Alps.

Again: 1 notice that this resolution of the young man of my text was founded in sorrow at his misbehavior. It was not mere physical plight. It was grief that he had so maltreated his father. It is a '.ad thing iafter a father has done everything for a child to have that child ungrateful. How >harper than a serpent's toe th ft is. To l;ave a thankless child. That is Shakespeare. “A foolish son is the heaviness of his ihothejr.*’ That is the Uible. Well, my friends, have not some of us been cruel prfodigals? Have we not maltreated our Father? And such a Father! Three times a day has II? fed thee. He has poured sunlight into thy day and at night kindled up all the street lights of Heaven.5 With what varieties of apparel He hath clothed thee for, the season. Whose eye watches thee? Whose hand defends thee? Whose heart sympathizes With thee? Who gave yon your children? Who is guarding your loved ones departed? Such a Father! So loving, so kimf. If He had' been a stranger; if He had forsaken us; if he had flagellate^ us. if He had pounded us and turned us out of doors on the commons, it Would not have been so~ wonderful—oi^r treatment; of Him;abut *Hc is a Father, so loving, so kind, and yet;how many of us for our wandering have never apologized! If we say anything that hurts our friend's feelings, if we do anything that hurts the feelings of those in n-hom we are interested ‘ how qnljfklyv^'ve apologize! We can scarcely wait until we get pern and paper to write a letter of apology. How easy it is for anyone who ‘is intelligent, right-hearted, to write an apology, or make an apology, i We apologize for wrongs done to our -fellows, but some of us perhaps have i committed teal “thousand times ten thousand wrongs against (jlod and never apologized. The year 1 **96 has come. January, j February. March. April—a fourth of the year gone. Where is your broken vow? “Ob," says some man. "I’ll attend tod hat when I get my character "fixed up. when I get over my evil habits; I am now given to strong drink;’’ «.>rr says the man: “1 am given to uncleanness;" or. says the man: “I am given to dis-_ honesty. When I get over my present habits, then- Ftl 1ms a thorough Christian.” My brother, you will get worse and worse, until Christ takes you in hand. “Not the righteous sinners Jesus came to call” Oh. Vint you say: “I agree with you in all that, but I must put it off a little longer. Do you know there were” maiuy who came just as near as' you are to the Kingdom of God and never entered it? I was at Eaxtharopton, and I went into the cemetery to look around, and in that ceineterv there are !2 graves side by side—the graves of sailors. This crew, some years ago. in a ship went into the breakers at Amagansett. about three milys away. My brother, then preachI ing at Eastnampton, had been at the buriaL These men of the j crew came 1 very near being ! save A The people from Amangahi sett saw the vessel, aad they shot ! rockets, and they sent ropes from the | shore, aud these poor fellows got iito the boat.-anti they pulled mightily for the shore, but just before they got to the shore the rope snapped and the boat capsized, and they were lost, their bodies afterward washed upon the beach! Ohl what a solemn day it was—I have been , told of it by my

brother—when these 13 men lay at the foot, of the pulpit, and he read over them the funeral service. They came very near shore—within shouting distance of the shore, yet did not arrive on solid land. There are some who come almost to the shore of God’s mercy, but not qnite, not quite. To be almost saved is to bs lost. I will tell you of two prodigals—the one that got back and the other that did not get back. In Richmond, Va., there is a very prosperous and beautiful borne in many respects. A young man wandered off from that home. He wandered very far into sin. They heard of him after, but he was always on the wrong track. He would not go home. At the door oi that beautiful home one night there was a great outcry. The young man of the house ran down to open the door to see what was ,the mq|ter. It was midnight. The rest of the family were asleep. There were the wife and children of this prodigal young man. The fact was he had come home and driven them out. lie said: “Out of this house. Away with these children; I will dash their brains out. Out into the storm!’’ The mother gathered them up and fled. The next morning the brother, the young man who had staid at home, went out to find this prodigal brother and son, and he came' where he was, and saw him wandering upanddown in front of the ■place where he had been staying, and the young mam who had kept his in-' tegrity said to the older brother* “Here, what does all this mean? What is the matter with you? Why do you act in this way?” The prodigal looked at him and $ajui: “Wbc am I? Who do you take me to be?” He said: “You are my brother.” “No, I am not. I am a brute. Have you seen anything of my wife and children? Are they dead? I drove them out last night in the storm. I am a brute. John, do you think there it any help for me. Do you think 1 will ever get orer this life of dissipation?” He said: “John, there is ona thing that will stop this.” The prodigal ran his fingers across his throat and said: “That will stop it, and I will stop it before night. Oh, my brain: 1 can stand it no longer.” That prodigal' never got home. Hut I will tell you of a prodigal that did get home. In England two young men started from their father's house and went down to Portsmouth—I have been there—a beautiful seaport. Some of you have been there. The father could not pursue lii^ children—for some reason ho could hot leave home—and so he wrote a letter down to Mr. Griffin, saying: “Mr. Griffin, I wish yyu world gc and see my two sons. They have arrived in Portsmouth and they are going to take ship, and going away from home. I wish you would persuade them back.” Mr. Griffin went and tried to persuade them baek. lie persuaded one logo. He went with veyy easy per

suasion, because he was very homesiel* already. The other young man said: “I will not go. I have had enough of home. I'll never go home,*’ “Well” said Mr. Griffin, “then if you won't go home. I’ll get you a respectable position on a respectable ship.” “No, . you won't,” said the prodigal; no j-ou won't. • I ; am going as a private sailor: as a common sailor; that will plague my father most, and what will do most to tantalize and worry him will please me best." Vear3 passed on. and Mr. Griffin was seated in his study one day when a messenger came tq him, saying there was a young man in irons on a ship at the dock—a young man' condemned tc death—who wished to see this clergyman. Mr. Griffin went down to the dock and went on Shipboard. The young man said to him: “You don’t know me. do you'.’'* "No,” he said, “I don't know you.’’ “Why, don’t yon remember that young man you tried to persuade to gc home and he wouldn’t go?” “Oh, yes," said Mr. Griffin, “are you that nan?” “Yes, I am that man.” said the other. “I would like to have you pray for me. I have committed murder, but I must die; but I don't want to go out of this world until someone prays for me You are my father's friend, and I would like to have you pray for me.” Mr. Griffin weaf; from judicial authority to judicial authority to get that young nkan's pardon. He slept not night nor day. He went from influential persorv(t-> influential person, until in some way he got that y< urig man's pardon.came down <>n the dock, and a-» he arrived on the dock with the pardon the father came. He had heard that his son. under a disguised name, had been committing crime and was going to be put to deatn. So Mr. Griffin and the father went to the ship's deck, and at the very moment, Mr. Griffin offered the panion to the voung man. the old father threw his arms around the son's neck, and the son said: "Father, I have done very wrong and I am very sorry. I wish 1 had never broken ywr heart. 1 am very sorry!” "Oh." said the father, “don’t mention it. It won’t make any difference now. It is all over. 1 forgive you. | my^ son,” and he kissed him. and kissed ; him. and kissed him. To-day I offer ; you the pardon of the Gospel—full I pardon, free pardon. I do not care I what your crime has been. Though ; 3-ou say you have committed a eran* against God, against your own soul, j against your fellow-man, against your | family, against the day of judgment, \ against the cross of' Christ—whatever your crime has heen.ihere is pardon. ! full pardon, and the very moment | yott take that pardon? your Heavenly ! Father throws llis irms about you j and says: “My son. Iiforgive you. It ; is all right. You are as much in my favor now as if you had never sinned. "* Oh. that there is joy on earth, and joy in Heave a. Who will take the Father's embrace? , i As Emb*Kras*iso Qi estiox. — Schooin: aster t to new boy > - “\VUat is your father by trauef” Bor «)X’rphi*ed>—**i haven't to tall.” 8. - “But you luust.” B. falter # great deal of hesitation/—-Tltase, air, ims Uto bearded woman at the sircua."—Alm—irh

ACTIVE OPERATIONS. The Energy Disputed by Gen. Weyler la C«t>e Ues Tended to Dcuo.-ellxatlou Kether tnen to Efficiency, and the J’»- - triota iietued More in March then During t Any Two Month* Before—The Relay See. son Approaching. Havana, April 1, via Tampa, Fla., April 4.—Army preparations have ! been pushed with great vigor for < the ; past month, (jen. Weyler has given officers and men no rest. -11 is orders have been peremptory, anil many a 1 general has incurred his displeasure by tardiness. The result of these active movements have been to completely tire out a large portion of the army 1n the field. The insurgents have been kept moving; their camps have been destroyed, and a dozen of their hospitals have beeu burned during the month that has just passed; but the government has not forced a single battle upon the rebels. Theonly serious engagements have been those in which the insurgents have had the advantage of position or numbers, as at Cuyajabos and Candelaria, assumed the offensive and defeated the regular troops of Spain. There have been many rear guard skirmishes which appear in the Spanish official reports as 'battles and victories for the crown, but, upon investigation, a number of them proved to be massacres of unarmed citizens, and there have been more tales of horrors committed than battles fought in this island of Cuba during the month of March, If one hundredth part of the stories that reach here of the operations of the columns of Generals Melquiso and Bernal, and of Colonels Molina, Tort. Sequera and others are true, the reason why Gen. Weyler cancelled all passes held by correspond* .eats is plain. Owners of estates report excesses committed by detached bodies of Spanish troops in all parts of the island and there is no longer talk of attempting to grind sugar this year, the problem is how to preserve the lives of employes and prevent wanton destruction by the troops. The insurgents have gained more in the past month than in any two that have preceded it. Weyler's decree compelling the people to abandon their homes in the interior has driven many peaceable inhabitants into the rebel armies. The harsh measures adopted toward suspects in cities and towns have also increased the number of recruits from families of the better class in cities. The lauding of four important expeditions has given inspiration to the insurgent army. Their hopes were never brighter. Hot weather is already here, and the rains are not far eff, The limited time remaining for military operations this spring, makes it plain that Spain cannot crush the rebellion before the wet season sets

in, und the serious problem of caring1 for the lives of her soldiers-presents itself. A Spanish officer says thatf the losses of the army through fevers and other sickuess have been 12.0JO sinco September, and over twenty-five thousand during the year ended March 1. Generals Aldraa and Malan have been sent back to Spain, making nine generals who have been returned since Gen. Weyler arrived. Gen. Obrejon is also booked to return and Gen. Pando, commander of the first army corps, has been order back for allowing Gomez to enter Santa Clara without fighting a battle. Gen. Suarez Valdez is also on the list, lie is in command of Pinar del Rio. and besides-failing to suppress the rebellion in his section, he sent an impertinent message to Weyler by heliograph. Weyler says he can get more active work out of colohels thau frofn generals, and the exodus continues.' There is much dissatisfaction among officers of higher grades. Gen. Weyler has been ia a highly nervous state for several days, and many stormy interviews between him and uis men have taken place. Histroubles with the politicians are just beg.nniug. lie has assured the home government that elections can be held in Cub i, and now he has two parties— the reformists ami the autonomists— refusing to take part, leading the uuiun-coitstitufional ^or conservative Spanish party alone in the field. Rumors that Weyler will be recalled are persistent. Since advi.es that the United States will ^not recognize the belligerency of the Cabans. Genu Wey-r ler has begun open executions of prisoners of war. Three have been shot at Cabanas prison within a week, aad more arc doomed to the same fate. J. Frank Clark. HAWAIIAN CABLE BILL. Comui ttve SubCUoto for tli* Various Kills Heretofore latrodar^d. WASHINGTON, April 3. — Representative Dennett, of New York, to-day laid before the house commerce committee at their meeting a substitute for the various Hawaiian cable bills, already .introduced. It provides that the cable shall extend from San Francisco tc Honolulu, thence to the Midway islands and to China and Japan. The government is to make a subsidy of 5160,000 for 2f> years, government business to be carried free of cost for all time. The tolls to China and Japan are fixed at Si.-3 a word, and to Honolulu at 33 cejfts a word, with press dispatches rates, at onefourth of these amount.-. The general sentiment of the committee ia reported to be favorab e to the proposition, although some thought the amount of the subsidy should be re* luced. . POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. i Large Increase In Moaejr Order Hmtinets. Washington, April 4.—Postmasterj General Wilson has issued a statement showing a, large increase in- money order business last quarter over that of any preceding quarter, the receipts aggregating §10,735.5)71. The net revenue, vH75,Ubl, has never been equaled, except ia the quarter ended December 31, 1SJ3. The value of domestic orders issued was Sl’J.OJO.OOJ against 54 UOtO.Uoo in lSIt, and the receipts were larger thus those of the corresponding quarter cf 104 by $30,(XW.

CARLISLE DECLINES. Tk* Secretary of th« Treasury Writes a ' Lei ter to Char lee R. Look. E«h ot Loalif vllle, GItIdk UIs Komom for Kefaslnc te lMcoaw a Candidate for a Presidential Noninatiou—Only Interested In the Plat, form. ■ Washington, April 6.—Secretary Carlisle last evening gave out the following- letter to Chairman Long-, of the Democratic state central committee of Kentucky, declining to eater the contest for the democratic nomination for the presidency: Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. D. April 4,18 Charles R. Long, Esq., Chairman eratie State Central Committee, Louist die, Ky.: My Dear Sir:—Your favor of March 30, in which you say in substance that many of my friends in Kentucky and elsewhere desire me to become a candidate before the approaching National democratic convention for nomination to the office of president, an l requesting me to '“give some authoritative or definite expression" upou the subject, was duly received and has been maturely considered. | Many communications upon the same j subject and of similar import have been received from friends in different ; parts of the eountry. and while very i grateful for these numerous expressions of confidence and esteem on the part of my democratic fellow-citizens, ; 1 have not been able to reach the conclusion that the existing conditions require me to comply with their requests by. authorizing them to announce me j as a candidate for the presidential nomination. Wljile I feel a profound interest in the welfare of my party, 1 am much more concerned about its declaration of principles than in its selection of candidates, because, in my opiaiou, its failure or success at the election as well as its capacity for useful service to the country in the future depend upon the position it takes or omits to take upon the public questions now engaging the attention of the people, and especially the questions affecting the monetary system of the country and the character and amount of taxation to be imposed upon our citizens. Its position on these and other subjects having been agreed upon and alearly and distinctly announced, the convention ought.,to have no difficulty in selecting an acceptable candidate, who will fairly represent its views; and, in order that its deliberations may be embarrassed' as little as possible by the contentions, of rival aspirants and their friends, I think my duty to the party will be best performed by declining to participate in a contest for the nomination. The obligations assumed when I accepted my present official position require me devote ray entire time and attention to the public interests committed to my charge, and I shall have to continue their discharge, as imposed upon me, to the best of iny ability’, and in such manner as will, in my judgment, most certainly promote the true interests ot the country;! and if, in the opinion of my fellow democrats in Kentucky, my services entitle me to their oommeudation and approval, I would regard their indorsement of my public course as ample reward fbr the little I have been able to'accomplish in beha f of honest administration and a sound financial policy. With many thanks for your kind letter, I am, very truly yours, J. G. Carlisle. .L Demo

GROSVENOR CONFIDENT. Ftcurw to Show that MrKlal*; Will Re* crlvp the Nomination on the First Hal* lot. AVA8IIIXQTOX, April 6.—Gen. Grosteuor of Ohio last night recapitulated by states the number 'of delegates elected to the St. Louis convention whom he claimed for Maj. McKinley, Ohio's candidate for the presidency. The table is: Alabama — .... 4 Arkansas .. ..—r.... K Florida... .... fr Georft.a.V..— •” Illinois. .X. ... i Indiana.|... 3-» Kaiisa.'....■ -1 Louisiana... i Minnesota...> 1^ Mississippi ...P. ...,. 1,!“ Missouri... 11 Nebraska..?..........v...... £ New Jersey.. .i... : SewYorl:_i. 4 Ohio.i..... ... 4f Pennsylvania --- —. .... . £ Boult) Carolina.:....4..... t South Dakota.........-..— * Texas ... U Vinjtnia. £ West Virginia...... •- •Visconsiu..1. 24 .vtian Terrilorv.:..• £ New Medea...-. 4 Oklahoma. 4 'Total., j.v...f.... 27i “I continue,” said Gen. Grosveuor, to count the unelected delegates in Ohio and Indiana, which reconciles the difference between the New York Tribune's figure and mine by the addition of 24. My claims in Texas, Oklahoma and South Carolina differ from those of others who are figuring. “The present week will not be an interesting,one as far as stab; contentions are concerned, the ogly ones, to be held being those of Sou to Carolina Oregon and Rhode Island; bu' during the remainder of April tfyere will be at least 173 delegates elected for McKinley, and the first gf May will se*3 the number of MeKihley delegates easily 430. There will be elected thereafter 162 delegates from which “McKinley will recruit a large percentage of the reserve force." VALUABLE HORSES BURNED I Im the Destruction of Alonzo McDonald’! Leased Stable* at Buffalo. S. Y. Buffalo, N. Y.. April fL— Fire at! the driving park destroyed the stables j leased by Alonao McDonald, the well-. known trainer, and nearly a score oi j valuable horses were burned to death The fir* was caused by the ezplosior v.i an oil stove in one of The cleaners rooms. There were 30 horses .in McI maid’s string, most of which Arrived Lire last Thursday. Among those which perished were Eed Gothard aa*! II ne Mir ■«.

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W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. CATARRH The Greatest Medical Discovery of the AgeKENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. DONALD KENNEDY, Of 80XBU8Y, 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 irs va|ue, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect curds warranted whenYhe right quantity is taken. , When the lungsr are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with theLiver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, 3nd always disappears in a week after taking it. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. JJio change of diet ever necessary. Eat tfid best you can get, and enough of it. Dose* one tablespoon ful in water at bedr time. Sold by all Druggists. LOCAL DISEASE and is the mutt el c«kl»<*nd sudden climatic changes. It caa be cured by a pleasant remedy which is applied directly onto the nostrils. Beins; quickly absorbed it ghres relief at once. Ely’s Cream Balm_ remedies. It opens and cleanses tb* PmlpeMagCT. aRays pain and inflaihrmUon, bea»a the i****> tec's the membrane from coits, restoree the sense* cfttsteSnd smell Price 5*c. at Drasd«aor by mart. ELY iJKOTHSBS, 66 Warren Street, l*ew Yack.

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