Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 January 1896 — Page 2

TALMAGE'S seämon.

f'SAY SO" THE SUBJECT OF DR. TALM AGE'S DISCOURSE. ?Thc Imminent Divine Relieves in Outspoken Kcligioii Nothing: Can Stand Before Prayer Let the KcdcemcJ Show Their Colors. . I- ; A Practical Sermon. "Rev. Dr. Talniase never produced a tnore practical and suggestive sermon tkau the one of last Sunday. His subject was ".Say So," and the text selected was Psalms cvii., '2, "Let the redeemed of the Jxrd say so." An overture, an antiphon, a doxolojry is this chapter, and in my text David calls for an outspoken religion and requests all who have been rescued and blessed no longer to hide the splendid facts, but to recite them, publish them and, as far as possible, let all the world know about it. "I Aft the reedeeined of the Jy.rd say so." There is a sinful reticence which has been almost canonized. The people are quite as outspoken as they ought to be on all subjects of politics and are fluent and voltible on the Venezuelan question ami bimetallism and tariffs, high and low an.! remodeled, and female suffrage, and you have to skillfully watch your chance if you want to put into the active conversation a modest suggestion of your own.mt on the subj.N-t of divine goodness religions experience and eternal blessedness they are not only silent, but boastful of their retieeiue. Now if you have been redeemed of the Lord why do you not say so? If you have in your heart the pearl of great price, worth more than the Kohinoor anions Victorian jewels, why not let others see it? If you got off the wreck in the breakers, why not tcii of the crew and the stout lifeboat that safely landed you? If from the fourth story you are rescued in time of conflagration, why not tell of the fireman and the ladder down which he carried you. If you have a mansion in heaven awaiting you, why not show the deed to those who may by the same process pet an emerald castle on the same boulevard? I.y the last two words of my text David calls upon all of us who have received any mercy at the hand of (lod to stop impersonating the asylums for the dumb, and in the presence of men, women, angels, devils and all worlds, "say so." Personal Salvation. In these January days thousands of ministers and private Christians are wondering about the best ways of starting a revival of religion. I can tell you a way of starting a revival, continental, hemispheric and worldwide. You say a revival tarts in heaven. Well, it starts in heaven just as a prosperous harvest starts in heaven. The sun must shine, and the rains must descend, but unless you plow and sow and cultivate the earth you will not raise a bushel of wheat or a peck of corn between now and the. end of the world. How, them .hall a universal reTival start? Ily all Christian people tellIn the story of their own conversion. Let ten men and women get up next week in your prayer meeting, and, not in a conventional or canting or doubtful way, Lut in the samtvtone they 'employ in the family or place of business, tell how they erossed the line, anil the revival will begiu then and there if the prayer meeting has Bot been so dull as to drive out all except those concerning w hom it was foreordained from all eternity that they should be there. There are so many different ways of bring converted that we want to hoar a-! kind, so that our own case may no helped. It always puts me back to hear only one kind of experience, foieh as a man fives when he tells of his Pauline conversion how lie was knocked senseless, nd then had a vision and heard voices, and after a certain number of days of horror got up and shouted for joy. All that discourages me, for I was never knocked senseless, ami I never had such ft sudden burst of religious rapture that I lost my equilibrium. I.ut after awhile a Christian man got up in some meeting and told us how he was brought up by a devout parentage and had always been thoughtful about religious things, and gradually the peace of the gospel came into his soul like the dawn of the morning no perceptible difference between moment and moment-but after awhile all perturbation settled down into a hope that had consoled and strengthened him during nil the vicissitudes of a lifetime. I said, "That is exhilarating; that was my experience." And so 1 was strengthened. A Universal Ifcvivnl. I have but little interest in what people say about religion as an abstraction, but 1 have illimitable interest in what people My about what they have ersonallv jVlt of religion. It was an expression of his own gratitude for personal salvation ' which led Charles Wesley, after a season of great despondency about his soul and Christ had spoken pardon, to write that immortal hymn: Oil, for a thousand tongues to sins My great Kedi-e.ncr's praise! It was after Abraham Lincoln had been roinfoited in the loss of Tad, tie- bright 1y of tii White House, iliut he said, "I How S''e as never before the prec-ousness of (toil's love in .Jesus Christ and how we ore brought near to iod as our Father bv him." What a thrill went through the meet in t; in Portland, Ore., when an ex-attorney pcneral of the Tnilcd Stahs arose and paid: "Lat night 1 got up ami asked the prayers of (lod's people. I feel now perfectly satisfied. The burden is rolled off ami all gone, and 1 feel t-at I could run or fly into the arms of Jesus Christ." What a record for all time and eternity was made by 'hi ius. the play actor, in Hie tliea!r at lleliopolis. A burlesque of Christianity was put upon the stage. In derision of the ordinance of baptism a liathtub, Idled with water, was put upon the stage, and another actor, in awful blasphemy, dipped b llaeius. pronouncing over him the words, "I baptize thee in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy hovt." I.ut coming forth from the burlesqued baptism lie looked !t;l ttgcl and w a changed, and ho cried out to the audience: "I am a Christian. I will die an a Christian." Though he was dragged out ami stoned to death, they could not drown the testimony made tinder such awful circumstances. "I am a Christian. I will die as a Christian." "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." i:nicjic.r of I'mjcr, What a continuation would com if nil who had answers to prayers would speak out; if nil merchants in tight places bemuse of hard times would tell how, in rcUponse lo xupplicntion. lliey got I lie money to pay the note; if nil farmer in time of tfkuuffht would tell how, in answer to

prayer, the rain camo just In t'me to save the crop; if all parents who rrayed for a wandering son to come home would tell how, not long after, they heard the boy's hand on the latch of the front door. Samuel Hick, an English Methodist preacher, solicited aid for West India missions from a rich miser and failed. Then the minister dropped on his knee?, and the miser said, "I will give thee a guinea if thou wilt give over." Hut the minister continued to pray, until the miser said, "I will give thee two guineas if thou wilt give over." Then the money was taken to the missionary meeting. Oh, the power of prayer! Melanchthon, utterly discouraged, was passing along a place where children were heard praying, and he came back, saying: "Urethren, take courage. The children are praying for us." Nothing can stand before prayer. An infidel camo into a liible class to .tk puzzling questions. Many of the neifcl Sors came in to hear the discussion. The infidel arose ami said to the leader of the liible class, "I hear you allow questions asked?" "Oh, yes," said the leader, "but at the start let us kneel down and ask (Jod to guide us!" "Oh. no." said the infidel, "I did not come to pray! I came to discuss." "I.ut," said the leader, "you will of course submit to our rule, and that is always to begin with prayer." The leader knelt in prayer, and then arose and said to the infidel. "Now you pray." The infidel replied: "I cannot pray. I have no Cud to pray to. Let me go! Let me go!" The spectators, who expected fun, found nothing but overpowering solemnity, and a revival started, and among the first who were brought in was the infidel. That prayer did it. In all our lives there have been times when we felt that prayer was answered. Then lot us say so. Tbc Value of Kind Words. Let the same outspokenness be employed toward those by whom we have been personally advantaged. We wait until they are dead before wo say so. Your parents have planned for your best interests all these years. They may sometimes, their nervous system used-up by the cares, the losses, the disappointments, the worriments of life, be more irritable than they ought to be, and they probably have faults which have become oppressive as the years go by. But those eyes, long before they took on spectacles, were watching for your welfare, and their hands, not as smooth and much more deeply lined than once, have done for you many a good day's work. Life has been to them more of a struggle than you will ever know about, and much of the struggle has been for you. and how much they are wrapped up in your welfare you will never appreciate. Have you by word or gift or behavior expressed your thanks? Or if you cannot quite get up to say it face to face, have you written it in some holiday salutation? The time will soon pass and they will be gone out of your sight, and their ears will not hear, and their eyes will not see. If you owe them any kindness of deed or

any words of appreciation, why do von not say so? How much we might all of us save ourselves in the matter of regrets if we did not delay until too late an expression of obligation that would have made the last years of earthly life more attractive. The grave is deaf, and epi taphs on cold marble cannot make repara tion. In conjugal life the honeymoon is soon pa-t, and the twain take it for granted that each is thoroughly understood. How dependent on each other they become, and th years go by, and perhaps nothing is said to make the other fully understand tnat sense of dependence. Impatient words sometimes come forth, and motives an misinterpreted, and it is taken as a mat ter of course that the two will walk tin path of life side by side until about the same time their journey shall bo ended 1. It 1 1 mil some suuiien ami appalling illness unloosens the right hands that wen clasped years before at the altar of orange blossoms, the parting takes place, and among tiie worst of nil the sorrow is that you did not oftcner, if you ever did at all, tell her or tell him how indispensable she was. or how indispensable be w as to your happiness, and that in some plain, square talk long ago you did not ask for forgiveness for infirmities and iiegleets. and by some unlimited utterance make it understood that you fully appreciated the fidelity and re-enforcement of many years. Alas, how many such have to lament the rest of their lives. -Oh. if 1 had only said so!" The Christian Ideal. My subject takes a wider range. The Lord has hundreds of thousands of people among those who have never joined Iiis army because of some high idea! of what a Christian should be, or because of a fear that they may not hold out, or because of a spirit of procrastination. Tliey have never publicly professed Christ. They have as much right to the sacraments and as much right to all the privileges uf the church as thousands who have for years been enrolled in church membership, and yet they have made n positive utterance by which the world may know they love Cod and are on the road to heaven. They are redeemed of the Lord, and yet do not say so. Oh, what an augmentation it would be if by son e divine impulse all those outsiders should become insiders! I teil you what would bring them to their right places, and perhaps induing else will. Days of persecution! If they were compelh d to take sides as between Christ and his enemies, they would take the side of Christ, and the faggots, and the instruments of torture, and the anathema of all earth and hell would not make them blanch. Martyrs are made out of such ntuff :i they are. Hut let them not wait for such days, as I pray to Cod may never come. Draw n by the sense of fairness and justice and obligation, let them show their ilors. Let the redeemed of the Lord sav to ! This chapter from w hich I take my text mentions several classes of person who ought to be outspoken. Among litem till those who go on a journey. What an opportunity j mi have, you w ho spend so much of your lime on rail trains or on shipboard, whether on lake or river or sea! Spread the stor3 of Cod's goodness and jour own redemption wherever joii go. Von will have man a long rib bside some one whom you will never see again, Mune one w ho is waiting for ein word of rescue or consolation. .Make eery rail train and steamer a moving palace of souls. Casual conversation have harvested a great host for Cod. There are many Christian workers in pulpits, in mission stations, in Sabbath schools, in unheard of places who are doing their best for Cod, and without any recognition. They go and come, and no one cheers them. JVrhap nil the reward they get is harsh criticism or repulse, or their own fatigue. If jmi have ever heard of any good they have done, b t them know about it. I f you find some one lnolited by their nlins. or their prayer, or their choiring word, go and toll thotn.

They may be almost ready to g!ve up the!! mission. They may be almost in despair because of tho seeming lack of results. One word from you may be an ordination that will start them on the chief work of their lifetime. A Christian woman said to her pastor: "My usefulness is done. I do not know why my life is spared any longer, because I can do no good." Then the pastor replied, "You do me great good every Sabbath." She asked, "How t!o I do you any good?" and he replied, "In the first place you are always in your seat in the church, and that helps me, and in the second place you are always wido awake and alert, looking right up into my face, and that helps me; and in the third place I often see tears running down your cheeks, and that helps me." What a good tning he did not wait until she was dead before he said so! Helpfulness of Appreciation. There jtro hundreds of ministers who have hard work to make sermons because no one expresses any appreciation. They are afraid of making him vain. The moment the benediction is pronounced they turn on their heels and go out. l'erhaps it was a subject on which he had put espe

cial pains. He sought for the right text, and then did his best to put the old thought into some new shape. He had prayed that it might go to the hearts of the people, lie had added to the argument the most vivid illustrations he could think of. Ho had delivered all with a power that left him nervously exhausted. Five hundred people may have been blessed by it, and resolved upon a higher life and nobler purposes. Yet all he hears is the clank of tiie pew door, or t'no shuttling of feet in the aisle, or some remark about the w eather, the last resort of inanity. Why did not that man come up and say frankly, "joii have done nie good?' Why did not some woman come up and say, "I shall go home to take up the burden of life more cheerfully?" Why did not some professional man come up and say: "Thank you. dominie, for that good advice. I will take it. Cod bless you." Why did they not tell him so? I have known ministers, in the nervous reaction that comes to some after the delivery of a sermon with no seeming result, to go home and roll on the tloor in agony. lut to make up for this lack of outspoken religion there needs to be and will be a groat day when, amid the solemnities and grandeurs of a listening universe, Cod will "say so." No statistics can state how many mothers have rocked cradles and hovered over infantile sicknesses and brought up their families to manhood and womanhood and launched them upon useful and successful lives and yet never received one "Thank you!" that amounted to anything. The daughters became queens in social life or were atliarued in highest realms of prosperity; the sons took tho first honors of the university and became radiant in monetary or professional spheres. Now the secret of all that uplifted maternal influence must come out. Society did not say so, tho church did not say so. the world did not say so. but on that day of all other days, the last day. Cod will say so. There are men to whom life is a grind and a conflict, hereditary tendencies to bo overcome, accidental environments to bo endured, appalling opposition to be met and conquered, and they never so much aa had a rose pinned to their coat lapel in admiration. They never had a song dedicated to their name. They never had a book presented to them with a complimentary word on thely leaf. All they have to show for their lifetime battle Is scars. I hit In the last day the story will come out, and that life w ill bo ut in holy and transcendent rhythm, and thdr courage and persistence and faith and victory will not only be announced, but rewarded. "These are they that came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and mad,' white in the blood of tho Lamb." Cud wiil say so! Last Judgment, We miss one of the chief ideas of a last judgment. We put into the picture tho tire, and the smoke, and the earthquake, and the descending angels, and the uprising dead, but we omit to put into the picture that which makes the last judgment a magnificent opportunity. We omit the fact that it is to be a day of glorious explanation and commendation. Tiie first justice that millions of unrewarded and unrecognized and unappreciated men and women get will be on that day when services that never called forth so much ns a newspaper line of finest pearl or diamond type, as the printers term it, shall In called up for coronation. That will be tin day of enthronement for those whom tin world calls "nobodies. " Joshua, who commanded the .sun and moon to stand still, needs no la-it judgment to got justice done him. but those men do toed a last judgment who at times, in all armies, under the most violent assault, in obedience to command, themselves stood still. Deborah, who encouraged llarak to bravery in battle against the oppressor of Israel, needs no last judgment to get justice done her, for thousands of years have clapped her applause. I'.ut the wives who in all ages have encouraged their husbands in the battles of life, women whose names were hardly known beyond the next street or the next farmhouse, must have Cod say to them: "Von did well! You did gloriously! 1 saw you down in that dairy. I wat clival you in the old farmhouse mending those children's clothes. I hoard what you said in the way of beer when the breadwinner of the household was in despair. I n member all the sick cradles you have sung to. 1 remember toe backaches, the headaches, the heartaches. I know tho story of your knitting needle as well as 1 know the story of a queen's scepter. Your castle on the heavenly hill js nil ready for you. Co up and take it!" And turning to the surprised mult it udes of heaven l;e will say, "She did what could." Cod will say so. she No Croat Hurry. A foppish young man. with n foothall crop of bail, was walking along n. Philadelphia street tin other evening;, when a little urchin asked bint the time. "Ten minutes to P," said tho masher. -Well." niM tin hoy, "at 0 oYlock you get your hair cut," and he took to his lu cls and ran down Tnith street. The masher ran after him, and l:i lurnitig the corner came in contact with a policeman, nearly knocking him down. "What's op?" asked the policeman. The masher, very much out of breath, fa Id: "You see that young brat l tinning down the street? Ho asked me the time; I told liliu in minutes to 1, and he said: 'At ! o'clock get your halt etil. Well." remarked the policeman, "what tire you running lor? You've got eight minutes yet." There were fought 'J.'Jitl engagement during the war of the rebellion..

STAGE "PROPS."

A Glimpse behind the Fccnea to See How TLcy Are Made. Within tho past century papier-mache, as a material for manufacturing theatrical properties, has supplanted ; many other materials formerly used for that purpose. Years ago these things, which transform tho stage Into such realistic scenes of wondrous beauty, were carved out of wood or molded in metal or clay. Now almost every object detached from the scenery is made of papier-mache the statues and sphinx ut the door of the millionaire's residence, the large l'gyptian vases which adorn the king's palace, and the ornamental work of the chair in which ho Bits, the swan boat in which the young prince arrives, and even the tray on .which his wine is served. Papier-mache is a simple mixture of straw paper, water and size, yet this material for manufacturing "props" Is preferable to others for various reasons it is lighter, cheaper and more durable. 1 Tho process, too. is an interesting one. The property man of a Chicago theater recently showed the writer how it is carried out. Ho reached into a barrel Rnd got a lump of clay. Wit li this he made a modol; around it he built a bank of clay and over it he poured plaster paris. When this became hard ho took tho mold to a table at the far end of the room. "Now," ho said, picking up a large sheet of straw paper, which ho tore into small pieces. "I take this paper, piece at' a time, dip it In this bucket of water, nut a layer of size on it and paste it inside of the mold -so." As he worked away in this manner lie explained that great care must bo taken in doing this part of tho work, so that the seams will not bo visible on tho exterior of the vase. When he had completely covered the inside of the mold with paper he placed it over a gas lire to bake. This required half an hour, at tho end of which time thovaso was taken out of the mold and bronzed. The vase was a beautiful oiio, of unique design, and looked like the genuine article. It was eighteen Inches in height, measured ten inches across tho top and weighed less than n. quarter of a pound. Tho actual cost of tho material was "K cents the required time to make it was forty minutes. Times-Herald. Retaliation by a Horse. A correspondent sends to The Companion a story of a handsome black horse, so big and strong that he seemed hardly to feel the weight of the heavy delivery wagon with which he made the rounds of tho neighborhood. His driver was a brutal fellow, who ought to have been the creature driven. lUows, kicks and angry words wore the only caresses he ever bestowed upon his steed, and these the horse suffered quietly for many a long day, till finally even his endurance gave out. One hot morning tho man reined the horse in roughly by the curbstone. On dismounting he seemed to think the wagon too near, and harshly ordered his steed to hack, emphasizing the command with a cut from his whip. Tho horse hacked obediently, though angrily, while the man. heated by his exertions, took off his coat, and having hung it over the dashboard, disappeared in the house. The great black fellow waited until the driver was out of sight, then, looking around, ho saw tho coat hanging only a short distance from his heels. Instantly a change camo over him; ho actually seemed to laugh as he lifted oho foot and let fly at the coat. Finding ho could hit it well, he began to beat a regular tattoo upon it; first with one foot, then with tho other, and finally, as he grew excited, with both at once. Surely no coat ever had a more thorough dusting. Out Hew note hooks, papers and handkerchief, and rolled into Iho gutter; but the horse kept on until ho heard a door slam and knew his master was returning. Thon, with a final kick that smt the coat itself under the wagon, he settled sleepily down in tho shafts, and pretended to he watching u pair of unties that had just gone by. Ho didn't seem to mind the slaps the driver gave hi in while picking up his belongings, and v.hen ho started off he looked up at tho window and appeared to wink at those who hail been watching him and half wishing that they could reward him with a peck of oats. ly of Itus.siaii Ambassadors. , Itusslan ambassadors are paid about twice as much as ours. The ambassadors to Merlin, Vienna, Constantinople, London and Paris receive ."O.oOO rubles, or S;7,oi0; tho ambassador of Koine 40,000 rubles, those at Washington, Tokio, Madrid and IVkin .", xn, at Teheran -ö000, at Athens, Krüssels, Tho Hague, Copenhagen, Mexico, Munich and Stockholm L'M.ooo. The ministers at Ku barest, KeJgr.ido, Kio tie Janeiro, Lisbon and Stuttgart get 1S.CKM rubles, tho envoy to iho Vatican IL',000, those to Dresden and Cettinjo 10.000, and to Weimar and Darmstadt S.000. Want' Wild Ileast Farms. A well known Fnglish writer on zoology says tho rapid opening of Africa means the destruction of many wild animals, and zoos will not bo able to keep up their slock unless they act promptly in the matter. lie rooominoiid that wild beast farms bo established in civilized countries to pre.scrvo desirable species. Leather Hin es in .Inpan. There b but one factory in Japan where leather shoes are made. Tho native, except about the court, wcarsau. dais of straw or wood. Telephone CliargcN In I'raiiec, Hereafter telephone charges in France are to ho . cents for three mluUtes withiu u radlua of fiflccu wiles.

LIGHTED BY FIRE BALLS.

An Extraordinary Phenomenon Wit nested on an Ocean Vessel. One of the most unique electrical Storms at m:i. which probably seemed intensified by reason of the fact that a cargo of Spanish iron ore passed through it. was experienced by tin: Kritih steamship Mi rcedes. w hich arrived at this port yesterday from Kilboa. On the !rand Hanks of Newfoundland during the nights of Dec. ; and 4 the ocean appeared like a mighty mass of fiames or an endless stretch of prairie fires. KalN of electric lire hioed and exploded in all di rections and darted among the vessel's masts and rigging. The Mercedes' escape from -going down on Deo. 1 seemed little short of a miracle. She was struc:; by eas rolling fearfully high. During the height of the storm a huge deck der rick, weighing many ions, was torn loose from its fastenings and swept overheard, leaving a bole in the vessel's deck through which tit.' water ran into the cargo. In its course it carried a way themain topmast, which wa-:iKo of iron: part of the Hying bridge, the after winch, and part of the ibsl; H:tings. The decks were Hooded tons of water, the ship rolled at in angle of To degrees ami the bro!c' in all directions. Idling the cabin and the oHh-er' quarters. Soon afterward the storm partially subsided, when the electrical lire appeared in all directions, it hung in big balls for two eighis from iho masts and fore and aft stays, and practically turned night into day. As the big lire halls came together, they would hurst with a loud report upon Iho vessel attd disappear. I nder this light at night such temporary repairs were made as were deemed necessary to reach port. Captain Tait of the Mercedes states that the passage was one of the most trying experiences of his life. The rolling and lurching of the vessel in the storm and the fury of the gales were terrific in the vicinity of 12Ö degrees longitude. Only the heroic work of tiie crew saved- the vessel, as all the ship ping men about tho marine exchange yesterday a greed.---Philadelphia Kecord. They Were Too Late. The belated wayfarer was standing In the shadow of a building, with both hands pointing heavenward, while he gazed into the muzzle of a revolver. One footpad was holding the revolver where it would do tho most good in ease of an emergency, and the other was going through the victim's pockets. The silence was so oppressive that the belated wayfarer finally felt obliged to speak. "Think you're smart, don't you;" he said. "We know our business," rturned one of the footpads, grutlly. "Of course, you do," said the belated way fare with something like a sneer. "Von know that this is my pay day, I suppose." "Sure," replied the footpad. "That's why we laid for you." "He ain't got but eö cents. Kill." interrupted the one who had been searching the victim's pockets. "Wot:-' died tiie oilier. "That's right." said the belated wayfarer, cheerfully. "I.ut you was paid to-day," insisted the man With the revolver. "Kight again," admitted tho belated wayfarer in the same cheerful tone. "Kut somebody got in ahead of you. and you thought you were so all tired smart that I'll be hanged if I'm not glad of it." "Somebody got your roll Yep." "Who:" "My wife came to the ollice after it this afternoon, oh. you've got to get up mighty early to beat her." Chicago Post. Of Variegated Hues. Tiie 'humming bird tlower" of Fastem Turkey is a unique specimen of Moral mimicry. It is a beautiful blossom of variegated hues, the total length of the entire tlower being about one ami three-quarters Inches. As one might imagine from its name, it is an exact image of a miniature humming bird. The breast is green, the wings deep mse color, the throat yellow, and the head ami beak almost pure black. The only particular in which it Is not a perfect bird is that, the stem gives it the appearance of having but a single leg and foot. Not .Much. lie -I am so afraid your father will Object. She -Pon't worry. Papa hasn't much inthniue in this family. Now York Weekly.

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You clioosc the old doctor teforc the youns: one. Yvh7? Because you don't want to entrust your life in inexrcrienceJ hands. True, the younff doctor may be cxr-cricnccd. But the old doctor must be. You take 120 chances with Dr. Maylv, when Dr. Mustbe is In reach. Same with medicines as with medicine makers the long-tried remedy lias your confidence. You reefer experience to experiment when you arc concerned. The new remedy may pood tut let somebody else Trove it. The old remedy taust be pood Ju Jjjcd on its record of cures. Just one more reason for choosing AY UK'S Sarsararilla in reference to any other. It has been the standard household sarsapariila for half a century. Its record inspires confiJcr.ce i0 ycxtrs of cure. If others may he ffonJ, Ayer's Sarsarartlla must he. You take 110 chances when you take AYIiU'S Sarsapariila.

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