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10 J?HE BURLINGTON tfREE PllE&S. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 189(5. THE WINTER BLASTS REV. DR. TALMAGE SHOWS HOW TO WARM THE WORLD. A Unique Trit nnil n Powerful Sermon. The EXeot ot tho Cold Warmth or the Chnreh of Qoil The World's Fireplace. Washington, Mnroh 15. Tho froozliii blnsts wliloh Imvo swopt ovor tlio country nt tho tlmo wo oxpoctod spring wentlior mnko thin eonnon ospocltilly nppToprlnto. Dr. Talmngo'fl toxt wns I'salin oxlvll, 17, "Who oan Btnml beforo his oolilf" 1 Tho nlmrtnno snys thnt winter la onded and sprliiK hna come, but tho winds, nnd tho frosts, nnd tho thorinomotors, In somo tihicos down to zero, deny It. Tho jisnlinlst lived In a moro gonial cllninto thnn this, and yot lio must soinotliiiM Imvo boon cut by tho Bhnrp wenthcr. In thin clmptor he Bpcnhfi of tho snow llko wool, tlio frost like nslicf!, tho hnllstonos llko nmrhlos nnd do Korlhos tlio congunlmonfc of lowest toinpur ntliro. Wo hnvo nil studied tho power of tho heat. How fow of us Imvo studied tho power of tho frost? "Who enn stand bo foro his ooldf" This ohnlloiiKO of tho toxt bns muny times been accepted. Oct. 10, 1810, Napoleon's great army began Its rotrcat from Moscow. Ono hun dred and fifty thousand nion, f0,00i) horses, 000 pieces of cannon, 10,000 stragglers. It was bright woathor when thoy started from Moscow, but soon something wrath lor than tl,io Cossacks swoojkxI upon their flanks. An army of arctlo blasts with icicles for bayonets nnd hailstones for shot, and commanded by voice of tompost, niarohcd nftor them, tho flying artillery of tho heavens lu pursuit. Tho troops at nightfall would Bather Into circles nnd liuddlo thcmsolvos together for warmth, but whon tho day broko thoy rose not, for thoy woro dead, nnd tho rnvons caino for their morning meal of corpses. Tho way was; strown with tho rich stuffs of tho east, brought as booty from tho Russian cnpl tul. An Invisible power seized 100,000 men and hurled them dead Into tho snowdrifts mid on tho hard surfaces ot the chill vlvurs nnd Into tho maws of tho dogs thnt had followed them from Moscow. Tho foezlng horror which hasnppallod history was proof to nil ngos that It Is n vnln thing for nuy earthly powor to ncccpt tho challongo of my text, "Who could stand hoforo his cold?" In tho mlddlo of Docembor, 1777, at Valloy Forge, 11,000 troops were, with frosted curs and fostcd hands nnd frostod (cot, without shoes, without hlanknta, ly ing on tho white pillow of tho snowbank. Frlcld Horror. As during our civil war tho cry was, "On to Richmond!" whon tho troops woro not ready to march, so In tho Revolution ary war thero was n domnnd for wintry campaign until Washington lost his equi librium nnd wroto emphatically, "I n.suro thoso gontlemon It Is easy enough seated by n good fireside and In comfortable homes to draw out campaigns for tho Amorlcan army, but I tell them It Is not so easy to Ho on n bleak hillside, without blankets and without shoes." Oh, tho frigid horrors thnt gathered nrotidil tho American army In tho winter of 17771 Vnlloy Forgo was ono of tho tragedies ot tho century. Benumbed, senseless, (lend I "Who can stand boforo his cold?" "Not wo," sav thofrozon llpsof Sir John Frank lin and his men, dying In nrctla explora tion. "Not wo," answer Schwntkn nnd his crow, falling baols from tho fortresses of lco which thoy bad tried in vnln to capturo. "Not we," Bay tho nlkiudoncd and crushod docks ot tho Intrepid, tho lio slstpnco and tho Jcnnnotto. "Not wo," say tho procosslon of Amorlcan martyrs ro tttrnod homo for American sepulture, Do Long and his nion. Tho highest pillars of tho earth aro pillars of lco Mont lllnnc, Jungfrau, tho Mnttorhorn. Tho largest galleries of tho world aro galleries ot ice. Somo of tho mighty rivers much of tho year nro in captivity of lco. Tho greatest sculptors of tho ogos nro tho glaolors, with nrm nnd hand nnd chisel nnd hammer ot lco. Tho cold Is Imperial nnd has crown oi glittering crystal nnu is scnteil on 'J ' throno of lco, with foot stool of lco nnd scepter of lco. Who can tell tho sulTerlngf or tlio winter of 1433, whon nil tho bird of Gormony porlshod, or tho winter of 105S In England, whon tho stages rolled on tin Thnmos and tompornry houses of mer ohnndtso woro built on tho lco, or tho win tor of 1821, In Araorlcn, whon Now York harbor was frozon over and tho heaviest tonms crossed on tho lco to Staton Island? Then como down to our own winters, when thoro havo boon so many wrapping themsolvos in furs, or gathering thorn selves around fires, or thrashing their arms about thorn to rovlvo circulation tho million', ot tho temperate nnd tho arctlo zones who nro compollcd to confess, "Nor.o ot us can stand beforo his cold." FlreleM Home, Ono-half of tho industries of our day nro employod in battling inclomoncy of tho woathor. Tho furs of tho north, tho cot ton of tho south, tho flax of our own Holds, tho wool of our own flocks, tho coal from our own mines, tho wood from our own forests, all omploycd In battling thoso In clemencies, and still overy winter, with blue lips nnd ohnttorlng teeth, answers, "Nonoof us can stand beforo his cold." Nowj this bolng such u cold world, God ponds out influences to wnrm it. I nm glad that tho God of tho front is tho God of tho heat; that tlio God of tho snow is tho God of tho whlto blossoms; that the God of January Is tho God of Juno. The quoitlon as to how slinll wo wnrm this world up is a question of Immediate nnd nil encompassing practicality. In thlt zone and weather thero nro so many flro less hoarths, so ninny broken window panes, so many dcfeotlvo roofs that sift tho snow. Cord and wood and flannels and thick coat oro bottor for warming up such u placo than tracts and Hlbles nnd croeds. Klndlo thnt flro whom It has gono out; wrap something nround 1:oso shivering limbs; shoo thoso baro foot; hat that bare head; ooat thnt baro hack; sleovothat baro urun Nearly all tho pictures of Martha Wash ington ropresent her in courtly dross ns bowed to by forolgn ombnssadors, but Mrs. Klrklnnd, In hor Jntorostlng book, gives n moro inspiring portrait of Martha Washington. Sho conies forth from hor husband's hut Jn tho oncampmutit, tho hut 16 foot long by 14 foot wldo sho com 03 forth from that hut to nurso tho sick, to sew tho pntohed garments, to con sole tho soldlors dying ot tho cold. That Is n bettor ploturo of Martha Washington. Hundreds of garments, hundreds ot tons of coal, hundreds of glaziers at hrokon window Bushes, hundreds of wholo soulod tiion nnd women, nro neoessary to' warm tho'wlntry woathor. What aro wo doing to alleviate tho oondltton of those not to forttlnnto as we? Know yo not, my ' friends, there nro hundreds ot thousands 1 of people who cannot stand before his cold? It U-uteloss to proaoh to baro foot, nnd to ompty stomaohs, and to gaunt vlsngos. Christ gave the world a losson in common (obio when, boforo preaohlng tho gospel to 1 the' multitude in the wlldornesj, ho gay tliom a good dinner. , Whon I was n lad, I romombor seeing twp rough woodouts, but thoy inndo moro Improsston upon mo than any pictures I hftv'.ovpr seen. Thoy woro on opposite pngag. 'Tho ono woodout reprosentod tho coming ot tho anow in wlntor nmf a lad looking out nt tho door of a, great man sion, and ho was all wrapped in furs, nnd ' hWoheeki were ruddy, and, with glowing eoonitennnoo, ho shouted! "It snows! It snows!" On the noxt page thoro wm n " miserable tenement, nnd the door wits ' ojpewi; nnd a child,1 wan and slok and rag- fed 'and wretohod, was looking out, and I M'Mld, "Oh.,my God, it nows!" Tho .'WtHet'ot KiftdtPss or of 'grief, noeordlng H. H. TYLER Ofllnosburtjli Vermont. Cured of Liver Complaint " and Bilious Colic. In a letter to Dr. Kennedy of llondoiit, N. Y., II. 11. Tyler of tho town ot Knos burgli, VI., snys In reference to his prep aration, Vv. David Kennedy's Kavoiito Remedy: "Wo havo uschI Fnvoilto Reme dy In our fatally for several years, und fenl from tho amount of good It has ilono ns wo rannot prnlso It too much. 1 suf fered terribly from liver complaint, and after taking DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S u short time, I was perfectly cured. My wlfo luul a wi'voro nttnelt of kidney troublo so bad nt times thnt she wn-i hardly nbln to bo about, nnd Kavoiito Remedy greatly benefited her. Mi children suffered at dlf- feieni thnrs from bilious colli' and crop, tlons on the fnee, nnl Favorite Remedy cured them both nfter tho doctors luul falhil to helj) them. It Is to us a house, hold necessity, and 1 trust you will publish this for tlu good of others " J. M. Jeffords, driiggtot nt I'nosburgh Falls, sold Mr. Tyler Favorite Remedy, and rays he knows him well, nnd that ho Is a thoroughly rellahlo mnn. Dr. Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy cure ull dlsenses broimht about by an Impure condition ot tho blood, such ns ecnemn, scrofula, rheumatism, urinary troubles, dyspepsia, constipation, kidney and liver complaints. $1.00 u bottle. to our circumstances. Hut, my friends, thero Is moro than ono way ot warming up tills cold world, for It Is a cold wurld in moro respects than one, nnd I nm hero to consult with you ns to the best way of warming up tho world. I want to havo a great boater Introduced Into nil your churches and nil your homos throughout tlio world. It Is n boater of divine patent. It has many pipes with which, to conduct heat, and It has a door lu which to throw tho fuel. Onco got this heater introduced, mid It will turn tho arctic ono Into tho temperate, and tho tompernto Into tho tropics. It in the, powerful heater; It Is tho glorious fumaco of Christian sym pathy. ThotUctlou ought to bu, Instead of how much heat can wo absorb, How much bent can wo throw out? Thero nro nion who go through tho world floating Iceberg. They freozo everything with their forbidding look. Thu hand with which they shako yours Is ns cold ns tho paw of a polar bear. It they float Into a religious meeting, tho temperature drops from SO nbovn to 10 degrees below zero. Thero nro lelclcs hnnglng from their eye brows. They float Into n religious meet ing, and they chill everything with their Jeremiads. Cold prayers, cold songs, cold greetings, cold sermons. Christianity on lco! Tho church a groat refrigerator. Christians gono Into wlntor quarters. Hibernation! On tho other hand, thero aro people who go through tho world llko tho breath ot n spring morning. Wnrm greetings, wnrm prayers, warm smiles, warm Christian lulluenco. Thoro nro 1 such persons. Wo bloss God for thorn. Wo rojolco In their companionship. The Good Snmurltan. A gonornl In tho Kugllsh army, tho nrmy having halted for tho night, having lost his bnggago, lay duwu tired and sick without any blanket. An olllcor camu up nnd said; "Why, you havo no blanket. I'll go nnd get you n blanket." Ho do pnrtcd for n few moments nnd then cnmo book nnd covered tho gonornl up with n very wnrm blnnkot, Tho gonornl .said, "Whoso blanket Is this?" Tho ofllcor re plied, "I got .that from a private soldier in tho Scotch regiment, Ralph Million aid." "Now," said tho general, "you tako this blanket right bad; to that sol dier. Ho can no moro do without It than 1 1 can do without It. Nevor bring to mo tho , umtiKot oi nprivntn soniier." now mnny men 111:0 mat general would w tni;u to warm tho world up? Tho vast majority of us aro anxious to get moro blankets, whother nnybody olso Is blankctless or not. Look nt tho follow feeling displayed In tho rooky defllo betwoon Jerusalem nnd Jericho In .Scripture times. Hero is n man who has boon set upon by tho bandits, nnd lu the struggle to keep bis property ho lias got wounded mid mauled nnd stabbed, nnd ho lies there half (lend. A priest rides along. Ho sees him nnd snys: "Why, what'R the mat tor with that mnn? Why, ho must lie hurt, lying on tho lint of his back. Isn't It strange that ho should Ho thero? Uut I can't stop. I am on my way to templo services. Go along, you beast. Carry uio up to my tomplo duties." After nwhllo a Lovltu comes up. Ho looks over and says: "Why, thnt man must Im very much hurt. Gashed on the fnrohoad. What n pit 1 Rtnbbed undor his arm. What u pity! Tut, tutl What n pity! Why, thoy havo taken his clothos nearly all away from him. Hut I haven't tlmo to btop. I load tho ohoir up In tho templo service. Go along, you boast. Cnrry mo up to my tomplo duties." After nwhllo n .Samaritan comennloug ono who you might suppose through a na tional grudge might, havo rejected this poor wounded Israelite Coming along, ho sees this mnn nnd says: "Why, that man must bo terribly hurt. I seu by his fea tures ho Is nu Israelite, hut ho Is ; man, and ho Is a brothor." " Whoa I" says tho Samaritan, nnd hu gots down oil tho beast und comes up to this wounded mnn, gots down on ono knoo, listens to see whother the heart of tho unfortuato mnn Is still beating, makes up his mind thero lu n chanco for resuscitation, goes to, work nt mm, tnucfl out oi ins suck n uoiuo oi on nnu a bottlo of wlno, cleanses tho wound with somo wlno, thon pours somo of tho restor ative into tho wounded man's lips, then takes somo oil, and with It soot lies tlio wound. Aftor nwhllo ho takea oil n part ot his garments for a bnndago. Now tho slok nnd woundod man sits up, pala nnd oxhnusted, hut very thankful. Now tho good Samaritan says, "You must got on my saddle, and I will walk." Tho Samar itan helps and tenderly steadies this wounded mat) until ho gets him on toward tho tavern, tho wounded man holding on with tho llttlq strength ho has loft, over nnd anon looking down at tho good Sa maritan and saying: "You nro very kind. I hnd no right to expect this thing of a Samaritan whon I nm an Israelite. You uro very kind to walk and lot mo rido," Christian Sympathy. Now thoy hayo coma up to tho tavorn. Tho Samaritan, With tho help of tho land lord, assists tho slok and wounded mnn to dismount nnd puts him to bed. Tho BlbU says the Samaritan staid nil night. In tho morning, I suppose, tho Samaritan wont in to look fiow his patient was and nsk him' how ho possod tlw night. Then ho comes out, tho Smparltau comes out, and says to tho landlord: "Horo Is money to pay that man's hoard, and, it his conva iosconco Is not ns rapid as I hope for, charge tho wholq thing to mo. Good morning, all,'' Ho gots on tho beast and says, "Go Along, you boast, but go slowly, for thoso bandits swooping through tho land may hayo somobody also wounded and hftlf doad." Sympathyl Christian sympathy! How many suoh men as that would it tako tb lyarin, tho eold;vgrld up? Famine In Znrepthnth.' Eyorytlilng dried up. Thoro la a widow wlth'ti son and no food oxoept o handful of moal. Sho Is gathorlng itloks to klndlo a flro ,to. cook tho handful ot nioab Thon eho la going to wrap hor arras around Alihr boy niYd die, Hero; cbmos Elijah.' Hli tyvo blnok servants, tho rn- Tous, hae;g,oti, tired waltUy. on him. Ho FAVORITE REMEDY nsks thnt woman for food. Now thnt handful of meal Is to bo divided Into thrco parts. Roforo It was to ho divided Into two parts. NowbIio snys to KHJah, "Cnmo In nnd sit down nt this solemn tnblo nnd take n third of tho Inst morsol." How ninny womon llko that would it take to warm tho cold world up? Recently nu engineer In tho southwest, on a locomotive, saw n train coming with which ho munt collldo. Ho rosolvod to Btnnd nt his post and slow up tho train until tho Inst mlnutu, for thoro woro pas sengers behind. Tho onglnour said to tho fireman: "Junvp! Ono man Is enough on thisouglnol Jump!" Tho fireman jumped nnd was saved. Tho crush cnmo. Tho on gluoor died at his post. How many men like that engineer would It tako to wnrm this cold world up? A vessel struck on n rooky Island. Tlio passungors nnd tlio crow woro without food, nnd n sailor had shellfish under his coat. Ho was sin li , it for his last morsel. Ho heard n little child cry to her mother: "Oh, mother, I am so hungry! Glvo mo something to eat. I nm so hungry!" Tho sailor tool: tho shellfish from under his coat nnd said, "Hero, tako that." How many men llko that sailor would It tako to warm thu cold world up? Xerxes, fleeing from his enemy, ftol, "oaru n Uont. A groat many i'er slans lenpod Into tho snmo boat, nnd tho boat wns sinking. Porno ono said, "Aro you not willing to Qko n sacUIco for your king?" And the majority of thoso who were In tho boat leaped overboard and drowned to savo their king, How many men llko that would It tako to warm up tills cold world? Kllzaboth Fry went Into tho horrors of Nowgato prison, nnd sho turned tho Imprecation nnd thu obscenity und tho tilth Into prayer and repentance nnd u reformed life. Tho sinter -if chari ty, lu lbil3, on tho northern and southern battlellelds, camu to boys In bluo and gray while they were blooding to death. Tho black bonnet, with tho sides pinned back und thu while bandage on tlio brow, may nut havo answered nil tho demands of ele gant taste, hut ynu could not persuade that soldier dying a thousand miles from homo that It was anything but an angel that looked him In the face. Oil, with cheery look, with helpful word, with kind nctlon, try to niako tho world warm I Count thnt day lost whoso low descending Run Views from thy hand no i-encrons action done. Warmed by Christ. It was his strong sympathy that brought Chris: from n wnrm henvou to n cold world. Tho Inud whoru ho dwelt hnd n soreno sky, balsamic ntmos'phoro, troplenl luxuriance; no storm blast. In heaven no chill fountains. On n cold December night Christ stepped out of a warm heaven Into tho world's frigidity. Tho therniomo tor In' I'alestlno never drops below zero, but December Is n cheerless month, and tho pasturage Is very poor on tho hilltops. Christ stepped nut of a warm heaven Into tho cold world that cold December night. Tho world's reception was cold. Tho surf of liostornicd Galileo was cold, Joseph's ascpuluhcr was cold. Christ canio, tho 'great warmer, to warm tho earth, and nil Christendom today feels tho glow. Ho , will keep on warming tho earth until tlm tropic will drive away the arctlo nnd the nntnrctlo. Ho gave nn Intimation of what hu was going to do when ho broko up tho funeral nt tho gato ot Natn and turned It into n rounlon festival, and whon, with his warm Hps, ho melted tho I Galilean hurricane nnd stood on tlio deck i and stamped his foot, crying, "Slloucol" nnd tho waves crouched, nnd tho tempests folded their wings. j Oil, It was this Christ who warmed tho chilled disciples when thoy hnd no food by giving t lioiii plenty to cat nnd who In tho ' tomb ot Lazarus shattcrud tho shackles until tho broken links ot tho chain ot death rattled Into tho darkest crypt of tlio m.iu- j solemn. In his genial presence tho girl i who had fallen Into tho llro and tho water 1 Is healed of tho catalepsy, und tho wither- cd arm takes muscular-healthy nctlon, ' nnd tlio car that could not bear an ava- ' laucho catches a leaf's rustle, and tho tonguo thnt could not articulate trills n quatrain, and tho blind eye was rolllumed, and Christ, Instead of stnylng three days nnd thrco nluhts In tho senuleher. ns wns supposed, as soon us tho worldly curtain of 1 observation was dropped began tho oxpIo ration ot nil the underground passages ot eartli and sea, wherever a Christian's grave may after nwhllo bo, und started n light of Christian hope, resurrection hope, whtuh shall not go out until tho lust cere ment. Is taken oil nnd tho Inst madsuleum breaks upon. Ah, I nm so glad Hint tlio Sun of Right eousness dawned uu the polar night of the nations I And If Christ Is thu groat warm er, thou tho chinch Is tlio groat liuthoute, with Its plants und trees nnd fruits of righteousness. Do you know, inyfrlonds, thnt tho church Is thu Institution thnt pro poses wnrmth? I havo been for years studying how to mnko tho church warmer. Warmer architecture, warnior hyiunology, warmer ChrUtlau salutation. All iiutnlilo Siberian winter wo inust.bavolt nprluoo's hothouse. Tlio only'lnstlttitlun on eartli today that proposes to mako tho world warmor. Universities and observatories, they all havo their work. Thoy propoo to mako tlio world light, but they do not propose to mako tho world warm. Geology informs us, but It Is ns cold ns tho rock it hammers. Thu telescope shows where tho other worlds nro, but nn ustronumer Is chilled wlillo looking through It. Chris tianity tolls us of strapgu combinations and how inferior nlTlnlty may bu ovcreomo by superior nihility, hut it cannot tell how nil things work togothor for good. World ly philosophy has a great splendor, but It is tho splendor of moonlight on an Iceberg. Tho church of God proposos warmth nnd hopo warmth for tho expectations, warmth fur tho sympathies. Oh, I nm so glad thnt these groat altar flros Imvo been kindled. Como lu out of tho cold. Como in nnd havo your wounds salved. Como nnd hnvo your slus pardoned. Como In by tho gront gnspol flropluco. Tho World's I'Jrapluce. Notwithstanding nil tfio modern Invon tlons for heating I toll you thero Is noth ing so full of geniality and sociability ns tho old fnsliloned country flreplaeo. Tho neighbors weru to como In for a winter evening uf sociability. In the. mlddlo ot tho afternoon, In tho best room in tho house, somo ono brought in n groat baok log, with great strain, ond put it down on tlio back of tho hearth, Thon tho lighter wood was put on, armful uftor armful. Then a shovel of coals was taken from an othor room and put undor tho dry pllo, and tho kindling began, nnd tho crooking, and it rose until it bocaino a roaring flamo, wliloh filled nil tho room with gonlallty nnd was rollooted from tho family ploturos on tho wall, Thon tho neighbors cnmo in two by two. Thoy sat down, 'their faeos to tho flro, wliloh ovor and anon wns stir red with tongs nnd roadjustod oil tho and irons, and thoro woro such tlnios of runtlo repnrteonnd story tolling nnd mirth ns tho blnok stovo nnd blind register novor dreamed of. Meanwhllo the tnblo was bo lng spread, nnd so fair waftho oloth and so olean was tho outlery th'oy Bllston and glisten In our mind today. And.tjion tho best luxury of orchard and farmyard was joastod nnd prepared for tho table to meet the appetltos sharpened by tho cold rldo. Oh, my friends, tho oh,uroh of Jesus Christ Is tho world's flreplnce, nnd tho woods are from tho cedars of Lobanon, and tho Ores nro fjros of'lovo, and with tho sllvor tongs of the altar'wo Btlr the flamo nud tho light Is'reflootod from nil the family picture on t, tho wall pictures of those who wero hero'nnd nro gono now. Qn, como up olosn to tho nropiaoo. .Hqyi your worn faoes traniflBurod in thp light. Put your oold feet, wearyxif tio Journey, closo up to tlio blesjod obpPagrntlon. Chilled through with troublo', nnd disap pointment, como oloso up until you oan get warm clear 'through, Exolmngo ex porlonoe, talk ovor tho harvests' gathored, Coughs, Consumption. Tho greatest cause of terror of the present day, formerly con sidered hopeless, is now conceded by the best physicians as curable under proper conditions. Its cause a depleted condition of the system,; a mal-assimilation of food ; a wasting away of the tissues ; an impoverishment of the blood. The result a diseased condition of all the organs of the body ; a formation of eating ulcers ; and the result death from collapse or hemorrhage. Hut the cure i3 ovinine that greatest concentration into the lesst possible bulk of the vital elements of lean, raw beef. It is absorbed and nourishes with the least possible effort on the part of the stomach. It creates new tissue, enriches ' the blood, makes flesh, and by strengthening the great vital centres of the body enables them to perform tlveir functions in a natural man ncr, and dispel disease. TllOU- SJnds owe their life to its use. tell nil the gu'pel nows. Meanwhllo tho table Is bolng spread, On It bread of life. On It grapes of Eshcol. On It now wlno from the kingdom, On It n thousand lux uries celestial Hark, ns n wounded bund raps on thu table and n tender volcu comes through nylng: "Como, for nil things nro now ready, Kat, oh, friends! Drink, yea, drink abundantly, o!i, beloved I" My friends, Hint is tho way I ho oold world Is going to ho warmed up by tho great gospel llrcplaeo. All nations will como In and sit down nt that banquet. While I was musing tho flro burned. "Como lu out of thu cold I Como lu out of thu cold!" Tlio Sultan. Kurnpenn wrltors dusorlho tho sultan an ' a very suspicious mnn. Granting that ho ' Is so, show mo one man who would nut become suspicion under similar rlroum ' stances. There aro tlio embassadors of tho six great powers, each trying to play tlu game of his own country and ropoatcdly misrepresenting the Ideas of his rival. Tho sultan believed and sulTcrad. Chris tian Europe has done llulo to nbnto Ids (lllllcultlos. when bu Q.nuws a person, ho believes him, but unfortunately tho person does not always deservo to ho trust ed. Thoro Is aniither populnr error ro gnrdlng tho snltnn's character. It Is ho lleved that Ills majesty yields only through fear; hence somo peiln always ndvlso tho Hrltlsh embassador bully thu sultan. No greater mistake could over bo commit ted by diplomats. I asked a Turkish gen tloinan who 1.4 Intimately connected with his majesty how It was that French und Russian diplomacy succeeded hotter thnn Hrltlsh diplomacy, moro cspeclnlly when tho Kugllsh mo known to bo tho host friends of Turkey. Hu assured mu thnt somehow or other thu French nnd tho Rus sian embassadors managn to become pri vate friends ot his majesty. Thu sultan hatos olllcial prosuro of whatovor kind. Thu French and tlio Russians got many things done lu tho namo of friendship moro l lain In the name of their govern ments. His majesty Is an extremely kind hearted man, and when an appeal Is made to his friendship, or to his generosity, ho cannot resist It. On tho other hand, ho Is a very sensitive j monarch, and ho resents any oneroach , moots upon his dignity us nu Independent I sovereign. I wish Englishmen would toko u little moro pains than they do to I learn oriental nut uro. Tlio sooner tlio pol icy of bullying oriental monarehs Is abol ished the butter It will bo for this country. Fortnightly Review. rarlthumt on Collcgn Atllletjc. Dr. I'arkhur.st, in Thu Ladles' Homo Journal, says relative to college athletics: It Is therefore encouraging thatourschiiols and colleges nro mnking physical culture obligatory, and tho encouragement lies less lu what such Institutions havo al ready dime In tho way of cultivating tho body than It does In their making It part of academic confession of faith that a man can never ultogut her get over being nn ani mal, thnt there Is no Inconsistency be tween Intelligence, and dust, and that thu moro n man wants to mako of himself In the upper strata of human possibility tho more careful ho must hu to koep lu whole some condition of repair tho platform of tissue and blood corpuscle, Into which, as so much bud lulo so much stock, later un fo'ldlligs aru inseparably knit. I should bo sorry to hnvo this Interpret ed as an approval of all or nearly all of what pusses under tlio nnino of collego athletics, It is ono tiling to train tho body for tho sake ot tlio man and it isf another thing to train tho body fur tho saltu of tho body. I regret that thoro Is so much ten dency among collego authorities to shnpo tlio physical curriculum to thu und of pro ducing physical experts footbnll, baseball, rowing match professionals. That kind of thing Is n crn.o at present, und It Is a pity that among our collego presidents and professors so ninny hnvo so fur succumbed to thu mania as tu bu willing to ludorso it us u form ot advertisement nud us a draw ing card. Do You Want to be n SInrtyr? Probably not! Hut If you do, try nnd get the dyspepsia by unwise feeding. Then you'll suffer martyrdom wltha,veiiKcancol Bomo people are martyrs to this complaint from childhood to tho grave, suffering from ull Its attendant .horrors of heart burn, wind nnd pain In tlio Htomiich, weary Hlumher nnd nlKhtmnre, capricious nnnetltp. nausea, biliousness, leanness and HullowncHS. No necessity for nil this, Thu complaint, obstinate us it Is, wliqn tho or dinary remedies nro brought to bear upon It, Invariably yield to tho Krent stomnchlc, Hnstcttor'H Stomach Hitters, which re stores tranquility to the wastrlo region nud lieivrp, li'KiiuitPS me. iiv.ji uiiu uiMein, both of which nro disturbed by weaknois of the Htoniaeb, nnd promotes uppotltn und nn Incienso of flesh Thnt "tocsin of tho soul," the dinner bell, when It penis upon tho oar, suggests no premonition of dlru qtinlms after n comfortable meal It you hnvo tried a course ot tho Bltti'in, which ulso banishes billousncsB, rheuma tism, nervousness, malaria and kidney troublo. Beecliam's pills for, consti pation io and 25. Get the book at your druggies and go by it. r v AnDtuI ulti more tln MOaiXO la. Think and ask for NEWi DUUNS WICK nunill2RB. Ihe best made. Wholesalp by . , Warren Boot- &"1 Shoo Cp., Boston. J ..,..... ........i SENATORS COME HIGH. THEY EACH COST THE COUNTRY OVER $13,000 PER YEAR. And Mtuit Have Down 1'lllow, ttslr Tonic-, Attar. of Itoie, Qulntno 1'lUn, limine. I.lthln, T.einons nnd Aiiolllnnrl For Their llenuty aad Health. Washington, March 14. .Special. Senator Chandler hassilcceeded In making (ulto a stir with his agitation in favor of ii more economical administration of tho affairs of the senate, but It Is doubted If any real reform results from his efforts. That tho senoto Is recklessly extrnvagnnt overy ono knows. It has boon so for a , long time, and thero Is little prospoct of a change for , tho better. Leaving out tho Items of snlary und mileage of senators nnd reprcseiitntlves, tho cost of running tho solinto is considerably greater than tlio cost of tho house, though tho house has four times tis many members as thu senate. Tako recent ppprnprlntlons for n yoar, for example, nnd tho Items nro found to run no follows! He.tio, General salaries $413,UYi (VI Capitol police ltUOU 0U Reporting debutes , . . (.'(intiiiKi nt iip uses. .. 107,T!rj 40 Deficiencies and inleill:i- ncous T5,0?2 01 Compiling directory Hcnnte. JlKI.'iTi) (10 1IUU0 U) !,u) W) 03,870 CO 129,0,) 47 l.aw W Totals JDI7.451 1)7 f707.00l Iff Tho sennto hns n grenter number of cm ployecs thnn tho house nnd pays them inrgor salaries on nn average. It spends money moro freely In overy direction, nnd when Its own conveiilonco or comfort Is concerned rarely stops to count tho cost. Somo of tho statements and comparisons mado by Senator Chandler and published from tlmo to tlmo In tho press havo been very instructive. Hut hero is ono which will convoy tho whole truth to thu rrnder i at n ghinco. It costs tho country to koep Its stntiMiiicn In Washington one year, In cluding salaries, mileage nnd all other ex penses, ns follows: For earhsenntor., ,. Jl.l.J'fl l'or each representative 7,1)00 For Senatorial Comfort. Mnny of tho Items of "miscellaneous" expenses of tho senate will ho found Inter esting nnd suggestive. For lnstunco, 00 walnut chairs, without arms, for commit tee rooms wero mado tu order In n single year at n onst of tfl rnch, Ordinary chairs were not good enough, but they must bo "mado to order." This Is ono of tho llttlo fads of tho senate, and n very uxpcnslvo fad, too, for In tho list of expenditures wo And a "combination lllo cabinet, mado to order, $12.',;" "ono mahogany table, mndo to order, ?100," otc. Tho financial clerk must hu n very Important olllclt.1, for It required (!!1 yards of Fronch wllton carpet, nt J1.00 n ynrd, to enrpet his room. For tlio private room of n senator, "ono rocker In ollvo lcnthcr, ?50." Sofn couches nro bought for senntors' rooms at ncost of 810 each. Ono desk cost 100. "Ono full longth mahogany mirror for special com mltteo room, f7f," suggests that the statesmen aru fond of looking at thorn selves. That they llko to take their casu wo know from such Items us "two down pillows for committee on additional accom modations for library of congress, 7.50," "four couch cushions, nt f 8.50 "ono lcnthcr chair, .fflo," "one oak chair, ?4.r," "ono leather chair, $37.00," "ono extra largo cushion, ?S," and so on nt grent longth. Kven n hntrack for tho com mittee on foreign relations wns ot antique oak nnd cost $00. livery senator Is entitled ton "packing box," so called, mado by tho curpontors lu the bnsemont. These boxen nro artistically mndo. Thoy nro virtually trunks. Their cubt is nbout 1,000 n yenr. Tolllne Over tho Tariff. Pcrhnps tho country supposes tho sena tors work themselves nearly to death pro paring tariff statistics. lu tho last con gress a tariff bill was up. Thu house passed It flrnt, and In doing so had pub lished nil Imaginable sorts of statistics. Hut whon tho finance committco of tho senate took up tho matter, It proceodud to mako some Investigations of Its own, nnd found that various Individuals had been paid tho nont sum of $5,703.1)11 for services in preparing tariff statistics. What n lot of stotlstlcson tho tariff ques tion nil this expenditure must Imvo assem bled! Nowondor tho senntors could senrco ly pass n tnriff bill on account ot tho mini bor of spooches to ho mndo! Specimen Items, Hut this Is not all. Further examina tion of tho "miscellaneous expenditures" of tho sennto shows the snmo committco ou flnanco paying out, largely to tho snmo persons named in tho foregoing list, for "services rendered lu preparation of paper money nnd loan laws of tho United Stntos," amounts as follows: S. Helen Fields, 1 100 ; D.'Uurfeu, $05; R. F. Crouileln, $180; R. Fc'chot, $108; A. W. Vulo, $180; J. W. Hanhy, $75; K. Fcchet, $180; L. M. Vnlo, $180; 11. F. Cromelln, $180; S. II. Fields, $100; J. W. Hanhy, $75; ii. Durfeo, $117; P. J. Mellenry, $522; K. Fechet, $180; L. M, Vnlo, $180, nnd so on to n length that botokeus nn extremely valuable book, Lemonade fur tho senate Is n serious Item of expense to thu peoplo, as tho following shows: For 111 casm of npolllnaris wntor (W ciuurts each), furnlnhed from July 1 to .11, lb'.)l, ut J7.50 u euso KH CO u, uoxes or lemons, iiirnivneu uu twtea snmo dates, ut ti.'.U a box.... 1,000 rounds granulated sunar. fur idHliid from July 1 to 10, nt tl.Kia hundred 1.00O nounds trranulnted tnik-nr. fur- 270 CO 43 75 uinlii'd from July 17 to SI, at $4.GU a hundred 4H CO Tluit was pretty good for ono month. Twelve hundred dollars for npolllnnrls lemonade in July, 1S91! This does not lu elude tho Ice, which cost for tho month $145.01. Tho following Items nro olso suggostlvo: For 1 bottlo Yucca tonic 'i bottles llsti-rne, at 73 eints ;j dozuu bottles llrown's Jamnlca Bin- Kur SOU ' yrain quinine pills, nt 00 cents,,, "uo U urnin quinine pills, ut 40 cents.. 85 1 50 2 25 CO to 10 SO S5 11 23 280 W 4 50 15 75 5 00 4.j gallons nii'oaui, ui i.u ii pound Hutu' bronio Hilda , IS dozen society hyglonto keap, at $3.75. 110 pounds Rock I-liind 8. V). sponges, ut ..M) H llsterlne, nt JO U dozen No. 4711 coIokiic, nt !3. 1 doen nnllbruMies 0 hottlei t'liuiud's hair tonic, quarts, nt (.'.50 'I bottles Yucca hulr tonic, at 11 ii bottles Uollurd's hnir tonic, ut M... 1 doui llephbnuhes H dozen bath sponpos, 2 Joxes outlonra salve, ut 45 cents.,.. 1 IMK'i-rouiid nllim snlt 4 ounce esf ntlul oils, at S5 cents,.,, 2 dozen T. M. bluckliiK. ut 11.10 1 dozen patent leather polish I dozen blackinn bruhs II dozen nygiftntuuo soap,, nt WO 1 drum nttur of rose, 11.60, and 1 15 00 2 00 2 00 11 00 U 00 no 1 00 1 40 2 20 2 40 II DO 10 50 1 CO ounce quince sevu, iu ccuui. W AJ.rsrt.WEI.t.M AN. , A Valuable l'linorlptlon. Editor Morrison of Worthlngton, Intl., "Sun," writes: "You hnvo a viiluublo prescription In Electric Hitters, nnd I enn cheerfully recommend It for Constipation tuid Sick Headache, and ns a general sys torn toulo it hns no equal," Mrs, Annie ,Stehlo, J0-!3 Cottugo Urovo Ave.,. Chica go, was 'all run down, could not cat nor digest 'food, had a headache which hover loft her hnd fdlt tired mid weary, b'uuslx buttles, of Elfctflt! Hitters restored her health and renewed her strength. 1'rlces 60a and 11,00. Qet a bottlo at ChUrohlll & 'Bt. Johns' successors to Qco. I.. La Foun tain Co,, j MINifJTBnS," PUDLIC SPRAKKHS, Hlngers.'arid overy ono using their voice wl fln& Adnmson's Ilotanlo Cough Bal sam anilndlspensablo provcntlvo. It Im mcdlatoly stops that dry, husky fooling cures overy term ot coukii or com 850; . Mhanuiattq mil, absolutely' cu .turn ana neural in a. ismireiy p.nu i -oft R 9 n - "Big as a For 5 cents you get almost as much "Battle Ax" as you do of other high grade goods for 0 cents Before the days of "Battle Ax" consumers paid 10 cents for same quality, Nov, "Battle Ax" Highest Grade, 5 cents That's true economy I" T Y T T W "Y" V"y 'V'T"" Hemorrhage and Consumption. Mrs. Sarah J. Gaiti, London, O., snys: " Hemorrhage of the Lungs and Consumption havo afdicteii me for years. This winter mv health was in a more nrccarlous condition than ever and my family thought my days Jt almost immediately relieved me, and has incc benefited me greatly. lir. 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