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NEEDS OF ST. PAUL.
Last of the Sermons of the
Series Preached by Rev.
S. G. Smith.
Suggestions of Numerous Let
ters Received Are Briefly
Answered.
Usual Question of the Sunday
Saloon and Sunday The
ater.
There Is No Need to Fear Our
Future as a Munici
pality.
In rounding up his series of sermons
on the needs oi St. Paul, Rev. S. G.
Smith, of the People's church, yester
day morning took his text from John
vi., 12: -(lather up the broken pieces
that remain over that nothing maybe
lost.-
it would be impossible that such a
scries of letters should have been pre
sented and such themes be discussed
without awakening questions, sugges
tions and criticism In the minds of
many people, some of whom would
doubtless think that they could have
iierfdnued the task better themselves.
Nor would it be possible that in the
comparatively brief compass of three
discussions the subject could be ex
haustively treated. 1 had no idea that
i addressed my inquiries to all the peo
ple in the city who might have some
thing valuable to say, nor do 1 think
now that "we are the people and wis
dom will perish with us.' 5 In answer
1" my genera] invitation to the public 1
have received a large number of addi
tional letters, some of them of great
value, and we will consider these addi
tional reflections, gathering up the frag
ments that nothing be lost. Many of
the points made by ray correspondents
have already been treated, and since it
is impossible to read the entire corre
spondence, 1 intend this morning to
discuss the additional points which
Beem to have been overlooked and to
refer to the strictures on the positions
■which have been taken.
Out} of a Minister.
One correspondent inquires: ''Is it
not the duty ill' a minister to simply
preach the gospel of Christ, and to visit
il, <■ sick and afflicted?" There is much
misapprehension in the minds of many
j>eople as to the nature of the gospel of
Christ, This seeing singular after all
tin- study and teaching ot the Christian
centuries. A large number of the peo
|)le in the churches identify the message
«.i ,io<us with the theories which they
liave been accustomed to hold with ref
erence to the person and work of Christ.
.Ic-sus was the broadest of all teachers;
Itis message was ethical and practical,
jli' dealt with duties and not with ab
stractions, lie believed that a good
world might be made better. lie set
liiinself to work to teach 1 1 1 « ■ way. The
gospel of Christ has to do with tne
whole conduct of human life and with
man in all i.is relations. I conceive
thai tiic Christian minister lias a much
broader message than many people sup
\>><i-. unc reason why the pulpit does
not have its rightful share of influence
upon public and private life has been in
its failure to meet living questions.
'1 here is no theme which touches the
veil-being of man which is uot legiti
mate to the pulpit. Whatever will deepen
the spiritual, broaden the intellectual.
or idealize the Dbysical life of man. the
preacher should attempt-. Besides, tiie
Christian minister is not limited to
strictly professional duties any more
than the lawyer exhausts his possibili
ties in briefs, or the physician expresses
himself in prescriptions. It is the duty
<v every man. including (lie minister, to
j'c as useful as possible.
Some of our correspondents think we
have been" too hard on the foreigner.and
mi" of them has written a letter to show
that all native-born Americans are ras
cals..and the salt of the country is its
foreign blood. Ido not need to apolo
gize to foreigners tor anything 1 have
to say with reference to the value of
American institutions: 1 was born my
self in a foreign country. When it is
insisted that America should be Ameri
can there is simply stated the principal
recognized by all statesmen. Germany
- vi make Alsace-Lorraine Ger
man in order that it may become a real
|»arl <it the empire. Russia seeks the con
solidation oi all its races inordertoattan
national stability. England would have
j." Irish question if all the British Isles
had been molded by the same institu
tions and given the same rights. Every
unassimilated and alien population in
••very nation is a political menace. We
need one language, one flag, one citi
zenship, one civilization. That the
American character stands in need of
improvement there can be no
question, but it will nut be improved by
covering the country with an ill-as
sorted patchwork of people.
The school question lias furnished a
fruitful theme. One correspondent in
bists that the work is pooriy done; an
othei thinks that we ousrht'to have old
fashioned oral examination by an out
side committee. The mother of four
children says there ate
Too Wany Lady Teachers,
and still another criticises the make-up
of th«; new school board. The facts are
*ye have excellent, though not perfect,
schools. Tlic abundance oi lady teach
• •i> is accounted for on principles of sex
in business which cannot be considered
this morning. The new school board
has up to this time done no work and
made no record. The public can af
ford to wait— "By their fruits ye shall
know them." There are those who
(think that the women should have been
represented on the school board, and
there seems to be a growing and
influential opinion in that direction.
It requires a great deal of sense for
intelligent criticism. We have noright
to expect perfection in the schools until
welhave perfection in the churches,
perfection in business, perfect ion in so
ciety. What the schools neea is a hearty
support and intelligent suggestions.
There are many things abougtbemwhich
should be better, but there is no ques
tion but that they have broadly and
wisely developed within the past few
years. Speaking of women on the
school board reminds me that some
correspondents think that this series
lias ignored the value of woman's work
li>r charity, churches, and reform. Let
me plead in extenuation that the women
cannot possibly be ignored; they con
tinually >peak for -themselves, and as
uspicuous and regenerating force
of humanity, they are living epistles
known and read of all sensible men.
Many earnest writers have dealt with
various moral problems. One writer
points the evils resulting from the wor
ship of mammon in social life, and is
particularly severe upon tiie absence of
real culture and refinement as classify
ing principles. Another declares that
Hi ■ newspapers, on account of their
publication of criminal detail and their
constant pandering to the worst pas-
Bions <>! men, seek to increase circula
tion by becoming ministers of vice. The
saloons and brothels are properly treat
i-d as daueeta to social order, and it is
alleged that Influential members of the
city government furnish immunity to
favored resorts, while they themselves
share in the profits which arise from
TWO GREAT MINDS AGREE.
Sir Morell Mackenzie and Professor
Koch, the highest authorities in Europe,
sitatingly recommend the Soden
Pastilles (Troches) for all Throat, Lung
and < iitiurlial diseases. Against Malaria
nml other atmospheric influences, these
troches are without equal. Beware of
imitations. The genuine must have the
testimonial and signature of Sir Morell
Mackenzie around every box. Price 50c.
I
violations of law. An earnest pea is
made that temptations to young men be
lessened^ It is asserted that the sign
"Rooms to rent" is in a great. many
cases nothing other than a method of
seduction. In this connection it may
be added that one of the greatest needs
of St. Paul is a grand jury.
A husband and father writes to know
if something cannot be done to stop the
prevalence of gambling among women
und children, for so he very properly
characterizes the card playing for
prizes which is still in vogue among all
classes of society. 1 have before now
called attention "to this matter. There
can be no discrimination in the matter
Of gambling. There is no such thing as
Innocent Gambling.
It subverts all essential principles of
business and strikes a blow at the
foundations of all honesty. It corrupts
character. When social circles (ramble
for prizes they need not wonder that
the young men. ha\in<r tasted the ex
citement, find the tiger aroused in them,
and seek to appease while they extend
their appetite in some gambling hell.
There is only one right way to do. and
that is fov good men and wbmen-every
wliere to band together against all
chances, raffles, prizes, and every ether
form of rorruptio.ii which legitimately
end in the worst crimes and are the
natural feeders of the criminal classes.
The only new business suggestion is
in the direction of reciprocity with the
Dominion of Canada. A shrewd busi
ness man writes to jay that it would be
a powerful impetus to commerce if
trade restrictions with Manitoba could
be entirely removed. One letter is
written by a correspondent who has evi
dently fallen among thieves. He en
gaged a plasterer who did bad work,
and then sued him and collected full
pay. lie had a plumber who viciously
overcharged him for his work. Then he
went out and watched the street force,
and saw an ex-saloonkeeper overseeing
a gang of men, who had secured his
soft Job because he was a ward heeler;
and when lie went home to supper he
found the milk bad because of si iack of
proper inspection. He who can intro
duce conscience into life is v public
servant.
And no workman has a proper rever
ence for himself or the dignity of his
life who does not >eek honestly to earn
every dollar that he receives: and he'
does not feel that every avoidable im
perfection of his work brands him as a
liar and a thief. Labor organizations
might very well make a condition of
membership the honest performance ot
every task. If conviction of rcmissness
in duty should work expulsion these or
ganizations would gain powerful friends
among all classes.
Several letters have been written in
regard to various phases of the labor
problem. It is declared that '-God's
poor people should have some consider
ation in the universal cry for advance
ment." <>iv' writer declares that the
city can waste any amount of money in
wine banquets and there is no voice
raised iv protest. But when it is pro
posed to reduce the time of the day
laborer to eight hours and pay him
therefor a dollar and a half, all sorts
of indignation is at once evoked, and
there are loud cries that this would be
unjust, both to the taxpayer and to the
laborer not fortunate enough to find
municipal employment. One corre
spondent declares* that he is an officer
in one of the assemblies, and that many
of the members there "see no more good
m ministers or churches'' because these
do not plead for the poor. He adds that
there is need of money, not for costly
churches, but to help" the disabled or
unfortunate poor without appealing to
the board of control. This correspond
ent does not seem to know that the re
lief society of this city, which is sup
ported almost wholly by churches and
church members, exists for the very
purpose which he describes. If he and
his friends
Would Attend < inircii
more frequently they would find out
how often the voice of the minister is
raised in behalf of "God's poor people."
The trouble of many oi the labor unions
is that they do not know where to find
their real friends. 1 have bsen for years
an advocate of the eight-hour day. and
spoke in favor of it long be Ion: some of
the members of those very unions had
any views upon the subject. There are
more clergymen to-day who are open
advocates of various measures of social
and industrial reform, and who have
given patient and intelligent study to
social problems, than can be found
among any other class of citizens.
Labor has wrongs, and they are to be
righted in the good time coming, but
there is nothing that delays that good
time more than the careless disregard
on the part of the labor leaders, of the
earnest, friendly and faithful service
which is being done in their behalf from
a groat many of the churches of the
laud.
i his brings me to a consideration of
the Sunday question. For that is a
labor question quite as truly as it is a
religious one. The whole experience of
Sunday observance will show that the
laborer lias been robbed of his Sunday
in every country that has not held a
high view of the strict, enforcement of
law for its observance and preservation.
The Sunday saloon and the Sunday
theater mean also the Sunday workshop.
lam against them all. lam asked why
the German Sunday is not the thing
which we really want. One reason is
that it is not the thing which is wanted
by the best brain and heart of Germany.
itself. There is no country which is
waking up more than tiie fatherland to
its deficiencies in this respect, lleeeut
declarations by congresses, by law
makers and high officials all point to a
wide-spread and profound conviction
that something must be done in
Germany to save the workingman
1 rum grinding and unceasing toil. Ido
not think well of the way in which many
Germans in the old country spend their
Sunday evenings. Tlih churches are
largely closed, the beer halls are crowd
ed, and as 1 have stood and watched the
scene, I have said, how much belter if
this hall could be lifted into a cathedral,
and if this vast assemblage could be
transformed into intelligent and rever
ent worshipers'.' Reverence lies at the
foundation of all great character. This
I believe to be a universal fact in the
development of man, I do not plead for
a better Sunday, because religion is in
danger, or because the churches are in
danger; if these are not useful and true,
let them perish. But 1 plead for a bet
ter Sunday because man is in danger,
because this simple institution is the
wisest and surest safeguard for the so
cial, physical. industrial and intt-llvctual
well-being of the race.
Otii Kono '.
The task proposed in this series of
sermons isended. Whether or not their
influence is ended will depend wholly
upon the wisdom of the suggestions
which have been evoked, and the faith
ful layiug to her.rt and practical appli
cation of the truths which may have
been unfolded. No words, however
wise, can bear fruit if they fall on dull
ears and barren soil. We have no need
to fear for our future as a municipality.
or as individuals, if we are but true to
our opportunities. Nature has blessed
us with a most lavish hand. A favoring
Providence has caused to meet here
some of the best blood of the best races
of the earth. We are still in the in
fancy of our growth and development.
If we are true to our opportunity we
shall grow great by a generous and
symmetrical development. Upon broad
and strong foundations of a splendid
material development we shall build
the stately structure of a high, social,
artistic and intellectual life, and within
that palace of prosperity* we snail take
care to make room tor sacred altars and
a holy of holies for the recognition of
God and the service of humanity.
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THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: MONDAY MORXING, MAY 11, 1891;
EPISCOPAL HERETIC.
One of the Men Who Are Des
tined to Lead the Coming
Age.
Dr. Vail Preaches on the Dis
cipline Given Prof.
Moraerie,
Who Was Reduced to the
Ranks on Account of His
Writings.
People Must Eat Enough Be
fore They Can Be Very
Religious.
The discipline which recently over
took Prof. Momcrie furnished the
thought for Rev. W. S. Tail's sermon
yesterday morning. "The Affirmations
of an English Heretic" was the theme,
and the text "We also believe and there
fore speak."
The palpitations of the present time re
veal all the eager, restless struggle of
men for money ; they reveal the cry of
men who are caught in the currents of
misfortune and are needing a friendly
hand; they reveal the work of men who
are demanding a better condition of so
cial life.and claiming thatmen mtisthave
enough to eat before they can become
very religous; they are showing all the
shadows of the present, but— let us be
thankful— they are showing us the men
tal movements that place clearly before
our vision the men who shall lead the
coming age. Of one such 1 wish to
speak to-day. Prof. Momerie has just
been "reduced to the ranks" in King's
college. W e are too far away to get the
full force of this action. The details
are dry and tedious. Briefly, the pro
fessor, acknowledged in cultured circles
one of the ablest, was refused the
classes in theology, his book on "Inspir
tion" was openly condemned by his
bishop and associates, and thus lie was
shorn of all the influence he had exert
ed over the students, both as a teacher
and a lay preacher, for he is now con
fined to instruction in formal logic.
The man and his work will make us a
sermon.
The first hardship that came to this
man was the giving up of things made
dear by association. Association car
ried him back to the great English
school, with its mighty games of "foot
ball, its long races through woods,
across brooks and over meadows span
gled with daisies and buttercups; its
rivalries, fights, punishments and tri
umphs. Association carried him to the
chapel, where, separated from his home,
the noble prayers of the liturgy, the
swelling anthems sung by vested choirs
and the kindly word of the clergyman
furnished consolation to the homesick
youth. Association called ujj the days
when he fust determined to follow, at
all bazzards, the inner suggestions of
conscience, and determined that where
he felt "his honor grip," he would reso
lutely pause itiid go no farther— thereby
giving his heart to God in the noblest
sense of that term. Such was this man
when, in strength and buoyancy of
youth, he left school and university to
take his place in the arena of active
life.
At middle age he stood the professor
of logic in Che Kings college. Repos
sessed splendid powers.
JlaMers' Is the Word.
that would come to you when you saw
him in the layman's pulpit, addressing
a congregation of marked intelligence.
Mastery we admire both in its higher
and lower forms. Even the Jion moving
cautiously with outstretched paw down
the sandy steep toward the ravine be
low, where he means to engage his
enemy in battle, moves your admira
tion. Mastery was seen in the chariot
eer of the old lloman circus who had
such command over his horses that
nearly all the muscles of his body as
sisted in his success. Mastery over an
audience 1 saw once in the Jupiter of
the American pulpit; Henry Ward
Beecher, as he stood, with his leonine
face framed with white hair which fell
to his shoul.lers, and reminded one as
he hurled his bolts of thunder in all di
rections, of the great admiral— bor
row Mr. Everett's illustration—
the deck of his ship, her guns shotted to
the muzzle.herflag flying from the main
mast, herself and her master rulers of
the sea. But 1 think the highest mas
tery is found in the man of genius, who
is a gifted scholar and master of the
world's past movements, abreast the
current thought, and by his position
able, to an extent, at least, to forecast
the future.
The first discovery of Prof. Momerie
was the certain danger to the Christian
world, induced by its conservatism and
its refusal to keep step with the advance
of knowledge. He felt that the safety
of orthodox Christianity was apparent,
and not real. The distinction is very
apparent. When the ranchman follows
his herd around the point of rocks,
coming from the mountain pasture, and
sees the dashing drove swing down
through fern and brake, across the
streamiet, where they pause to drink,
and then rush on with rapid stride, he
follows with a feeling of safety. But
the scream and bound of the. mountain
lion stampedes the herd, he is trampled
to death ; the safety
Was Only Apparent.
Sir Samuel Baker and his friends are
apparently safe as they ride the ele
phants across the plains, but the tieer
springs from the grass, the frightened
elephant attempts to escape, the tiger
climbs upon him and pulls the man
from his place, So institutions seem to
be safe, when danger is lurking all
round, ready to spring like a lion and
bring death at a stroke. Safety only
comes by making an adjustment that
will fit the truth to the conditions of the
time in which we live.
Theu came the changed feeling pro
duced by the conviction that the world
is ruled by uniform laws; that all pray
ers of men to change physical condi
tions will be a failure; and yet within
two weeks the preachers "of Brooklyn
prayed for the miraculous cure of a man
who was choking to death from swallow
ing a ctirk— but the man died. He saw
at once that while miracles may happen
there is little power in the attempt to
build a religion on the idea that won
ders were performed in its name.
Consequently he abandoned this at
tempt. He began active service at a
time when the evolutionary theory was
at its inception, and when the study of
comparative religion by Max Mailer
and his associates was making deep in
roads on the niiuds of thinking people.
He became a changed man in studying
the Bible. It had been to him a book
of infallible truth. Its words were not
like other words. Its history was not
like other history. But he did not
shrink from theordeal. He did not '.hes
itate to say that the God of the Old
Testament was represented as jealous,
malignant, "a man of war;" while the
God of the new Testament was all that
was good, gentle, kind, lone-suffering.
He did not hesitate to say that the Bible
must be tried and sifted as any other
book, and that in such trial and sifting
we shall find chaff and wheat. Of the
modern church he said that there was
an
Almost Radical Difference
between its teaching and the teaching
of Christianity, The church is unduly
weighted by the substitutioual theory.
Already the dogma of endless punish
ment is becoming less vivid in the minds
of the people. Already it has com
menced to fade away: already the fires
are drawn: already decay has set in. It
will never provoke the powerful discus
sions that centered round it in the past.
The center moves on to the question ot
the substitution of Christ in our places,
and this idea Prof. Momerie abandoned.
His advanced position placed him at a
point where lie could feel the sympa
thetic touch of the great movements of
scholarship, and feel, too, that he was
in touch with that movement which
must either go locked hands with the
church. or leave the church to suffer; be
cause the high regard in which science
is now held shows that thousands
will demand reconciliation, or quietly
drop the church. His advanced position
enabled him by the application of the
principle of evolutiou to the Bible to
make it a new book, and to win from its
pages every lesson of value. His ad
vanced position enabled him to read a
new meaning into all things— to make
all literature sacred, all history sacred,
alj the movements of life of interest,
liis advanced position took away no
single enjoyment of devotional senti
ment, but rather cave it all a deepened
meaning, brought God nearer, made
life glow with beauty, and retained all
that
U ;i- Best in tlie World.
The rational conclusion arrived at by
a long and bitter experience was that
within ourselves we had and have the
witness establishing the truth of the
religious and moral nature. It may not
be a faculty, the nature of our minds
we may not fully explain, and the Ger
man philosopher probably came nearest
the truth when he snid "Conscience is
the consciousness of God." Others have
cailtd it the operation of the divine
spirit. Mystics call it the voice
within the soul. But, however, we
explain it, all men understand it.
Furthermore this endowment, discov
ored by man on the plains of the East,
or by the side of the Nile, or in some
far away forest, developed within him a
sense of obligation. This sense of right
and sense of obligation gave us all forms
of religion, and each had in it some
truth; the revelation in each being the
the revelation of this sense In man,
while from that point religion becomes
an evolution its value depending on the
intelligence, and the broad application
of experience, brought to the aid of the
seeker. In modern times there will
not be less of worship, nor of that fine
enjoyment coming from the singing of
noble hymns, and the admiration of
high sentiments spoken from the pulpit,
and from that silent up-reaching of the
life which we call prayer. Butthesubsti
tutional idea in religion has the death
rattle in its throat. More and more all
Christian pulpits will come to empha
size the religion of character, ot sym
pathy, and of such service as embodies
the direct contact of the spirit of man
with the spirit of God, and the sympa
thetic contact of the spirit of man with
his fellow man.
THE BHTUEL BOAT
Properly Dedicated to the Uses
of Charity and Good. Will.
The new Bethel Home about which
so much has been printed and in the
success of which so wide an interest is
taken, was dedicated with an impressive
service yesterday afternoon. For a
week past the good ladies of the associ
ation who have worked so diligently
and well in the cause of charity have
held levee at the Manhattan building,
furnishing refreshment to all who came.
The visitors left in the hands of their
entertainers money enough to remove
the debt which remained to be paid on
the debt and leave a comfortable sur
plus for future expenditure. A week
ago the Globe gave a full description
of the Bethel, the objects for which the
boat Had been built, and the excellent
work done by the charitable men and
women of the city in carrying out
the idea. Now, except as to a" few de
tails of finishing, decoration, etc., the
Bethel home is completed. As early as
2 o'clock people began 10 cross Hie
gangway to the deck of the home, and
from that time until 4 o'clock there was
no cessation. At the latter hour the
services were in progress, and the large
cabin, or perhaps more properly lecture
hnll, was Literally packed. Rev. W. W.
Satterlee, of the Central Park Methodist
Episcopal church, led in prayer, fol
lowed by Rev. !S. M. Croiiiers with
scriptural reading. Then came Rev.
Dr. McKmiey, of Ilamline, wry| deliv
ered a very appropriate address touc!)
ing the many advantages to be deriv. d
from the existence of an institution like
the Bethel in any city. The work done
by those who had interested themselves
in this plan for the relief of the po r
and helpless, was a great and sood one.
The success of Bethel work in other
cities proved that it was one of the best
forms ot charity. It was for the benefit
alike of Protestant and Catholic. No
matter what a man's religion if •ha be
needy or in trouble, the Bethel home
will be for him a refuge and a home.
The Bethel address proper was deliv
ered by Rev. Mr. Salter, of Duluth. It
dealt very fully with Bethel work from
its inception and successful application
at the principal seaports to the present,
ft Rev. S. (i. Smith next took the plat
form. He spoke with his characteristic
force and expression. It was necessary,
he said, to do something for the neeciy
of the earth. They must be taken caiv
of, and the Bethel association had lit
upon an excellent idea in this float
fuic home. Rev. Robert Christie gave
the dedicatory prayer, and following
him Rev. Wallace Nutting spoke a few
words. A 'quartette selected from the
Park Congregational church choir gave
several musical selections. The singerrs
were Mrs. Clarence 11. Johnston, so
praniste; Mrs. Russell R. Dorr, alto; A.
S. Willoughby, tenor, and B. Stillwell,
bass. A glance over the audience
showed that it was made up of the best
known people in St. Paul. Hon. Peter
BerKey, who was chairman of the meet
ing as president of the board of trus
tees, also spoke a few words in regard
to the future ot the home. Services
were held on the boat last evening, and
asrain the congregation was large. On
Monday evening Chaplain Pierce will
deliver an illustrated lecture on Venice.
The Ladies Delighted.
The pleasant effect ami the perfect
safety with which ladies may use the
liquid fruit laxative. Syrup of* Figs, un
der all conditions make it their favorite
remedy. It is pleasing to the eye and to
the taste, gentle, yet effectual in acting
on the kidneys, liver and boweis.
Elia Ileet. a Turk, was kuocked down by a
cable car yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at
Sibley and Seventh streets. He was very
severely bruised and shaken up, and was
conveyed to the city hospital by the central
station patrol wagon.
Have You
Had the Grip
If so, look out for the
weakness and "prostra
tion so sure to follow.
To restore yourstrength
and overcome That
Tired Feeling, take
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Hood's
Sarsaparilla
fft^k Don't be Humbugged
JlSrciW by the fictitious claims
made for Porous Plasters
iMkf that cure before they are
X i applied. Use Benson's, a
v^ scientific preparation that
f^ ***' 7\ gives prompt relief and is
•,y .- I jj^ 1 Indorsed by over 5,000 :
m^ * h^Sxtl I re Pitable Physicians and
||jf fe^-y? 1 Druggists. Get the
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FOR INSECT BITES
TJSE2- —
POND'S EXTRACT
THE CAUSE EXPLAINED.
Why So Many Weak Men and
Women Are Seen On Our Streets
To-Day.
There seem to be more weat, debilitated
and broken-down people in -America to-day
thairever before in the history of this coun- .
try, Is it a fact that the American people •
are .growing weaker, or is it due to some local
cause? There can be ; little doubt that it is
owijig almost entirely to the fearful after ef
fects of the Grip. This terrible and mysteri
ous complaint; starting unaccountably and
ruiming severely, invaiiably leaves the per
soaiD a weak, nervous and run-down condi
tion, from which it requires much time to re
cover." -When people *re in such a state,
when } nature Is weak and broken, - what
' would common sense dictate should be done?
Precisely what -physicians say should be
<loiu'. viz-: Assist Nature, stimulate her lag
ging faculties, build her up. How? By
iisiug a pure medicinal >timulnnt.aud for this
purpose there is nothing equal to pure
whiskey. Doctors, scientific men and the
leadiug uhinkers of the land huve declared
thiß.and have unhesitatingly agreed- that
th*re is no whiskey so pure aud efficient as
Duffy"* Pure Malt. It stimulates healthily
and builds up wasted tissues. It renews the
nervous organization and assists to health.
It is popular because it is so efficient. Great
'■nre should be taken, however, to secure only
the genuine. Distrust any dealer wlio tor
any reason seeks to induce you to buy some
thing "just as good." By the judicious use
of tliis pure stimulant the after effects of the
Grip may be removed and health and
strength put in place of weakness and debil-'
ity.
A PERFECT Harness DRESSING.
• USED BY MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN.
A SHINE LASTS A WEEK.'
LEATHER PRESERVER.
.A HANDSOME POLISH.
IS WATER-PROOF.
• EVERY Household EVERY Office
EVERY Mechanic EVERY Stable
BEOULD TTSE_
. As 3w THtr our c/m/szt Titiin'sn^^z £&V !T RX . ITi
Will Stain Old g. New Furniture f and
Will Stain Glass and "hinawarc I Varnish :
Will Stain Tinware y . at the
Will Stain your Old Baskets same
Will Stain Babvs Coach : -I timer
WOLFF h. RANDOLPH, Philadelphia.
4sk in JJrwj. Utiiit am' JfousrfurnUhiiig Utorva.
MADE STRONG BY
SCOTPSJiUISION.
. GOLD MEDAL, PA&IS, 1873.
S. Baker &Co.'s
Cocoa
from which tlie excess of
oil has been removed, is '
Absolutely JPure
and it is Soluble.
No Chemicals :^
arc used in its preparation. It ha 3
more than three times the strength of
Cocoa mixed -with Stare. Arrowroot'
or Sugar, and is therefore far more j
economical, costing less than one cent \
a cup. It is delicious, nourishing,
strengthening, easily digested,
and. admirably adapted for invalids
as well as for persons in health.
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. '
Health Is Wealth!
Dr. E. C. Wests Nf.kvk and Brain- Tp.kat- -
mkxt, a guaranteed specific for Hysteric Dlz-i
ziucss, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,"
Headache, Nervous Prostration oaused bvthe
! use of aleohoi or tobacco, Wakefulness, Men-,'
tal Depression, Softening of the Brain re-{
suiting in insanity and leading to misery. de- :
cay and death, Premature Old At>e, Baren- •■
ness. Loss of Power in either Bex', Involun- 1
tary Losses and Speimatorrhcea, caused by '.
over exertion of the brain, self-abuse or over-?
indulgence. Each box contains one month 1 -?
treatment. §1 a box, or six boxes for
sent by mail prepaid. We guarantee six "
boxes to cure any case. With each order for*
six boxes, accompanied witii $5. we send the ,
purchaser our written irunrantee to refund'
the money if it does not effect a cure. Gnar- '
an tees issued only by Hippler & Collier
drugigsts,7th and Sibley sts , St. Paul. Minn!
wife
» el Hi felt I 'hb|! Sa3
ST. PAUL
Foundry Company,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Architectural Iron Work!
Founders, Machinists, Blacksmiths and
Pattern Makers. Send for cuts of col
umns. Works on fc>t. P., M. &M. R.R.,
near Como avenue. Office 102 E. Fourth
street, St. Paul. C. M. POWER, Secre
. ary and Treasurer.
'KIDD'S GERM ERADICATOR"
Positively Cures All Di*ea*es.
Because it kills all Germs. Bacteria, Parasiies, Mi- :
crobes and Animalculseln the system. The air, wa
:ter.vegetables, fruitare fullof these worms,causinjr
(Jutarrli, Consumption . Diabetes and Bright's '
Disease, Cancers, Tumor (never kno-m-to (nil to
cure Catarrh and Syphilis), and all so-called in
curable diseases: retailed in il. $Z and fa sizes: sent
on receipt of price. This is the only gennine arti
cle. Am: Pill and Sled. Co., Props., Spencer, 10.
We issue guarantees to cure. Faber & Co., Cor. 7th
and Wabashasts.: Lyons' drug stoic, 227 K. 7th. St.,
: bt. Paul, and in Jlinneapolisb.r Welier's drug store,
«^ier Siilh aud Xicolk-t avenues.
FINCH, I SLYCK,
YDUWE & CO.
We wish to call attention to our stock of
IRISH POINT LACE, which embraces a great
variety of choice patterns, and which we offer
at Especially Low Prices.
Our line of FLOOR COVERINGS was
never more complete, and we cordially invite
an inspection of our New Goods.
FINCH VAN SI YRK
381-383 Jackson Street,
TS TO BE EXPENDED£J£L:>£
-*> way in completing- its Transcontinental Line from MINNEAPO
LIS and ST. PAUL to FAIRH A VEX, WAS II IN (,'lO\, its Piiffet Soiiml
terminus. Millions will be expended on the section being- built east
from FAIRHAYEN and on Vast Terminal Improvements there
FAIRHAVEN
Has marvelous resources in Coal. Iron. Timber and Agriculture and is
inevitably the GREAT SEAPORT OF THE PACIFIC. Population Jan
uary. 1890, 1,000; population January, 1891. IfcOOi): and with its sub
urbs, 18,000. Property values January, 18; m, §2,000,000- pronertv
values January. 1891, 820,000,000. 500 buildings erected in nast 18
months costing $3,000,000. The
ENORMOUS PROFITS
Made in Real Estate in Duluth, Denver, Seattle and Taeoma in the past
five years will be duplicated in FAIRHAVEN dnrine the next five This
means that the choice WOO. WSO and §300 lots in our additions will
soon be 9500 to 91.500. Easy Terms and Perfect Titles. These lots
will go quick, and buyers must respond at once to secure the best at
those prices. We own and control other classes of FAIRJHVFN nron
erty and will make money for clients who buvnow. We refer especial ly
to the iirst National Bank ot Fairhaven andto the Fairliaven ilathn ai
Bank. Minneapolis and St. Paul references on application * ariolial
f p «r^ ASH JJ V l GTON 'MPROVEMENT CO.
E. F. BECK, Agent, 96 Fourth St., St. Paul.
DR. FELLER,
180 East Seventh Street
ST. PAUL, - - MINN
Speedily cures all private, nervous, chronic
and blood and skin diseases of both sexes
without the us« of mercury or hindrance
from business. NO CURB, J«O FAY. Pri
vate diseases, and all old, lingering cases,
where the blood has become poisoned, caus
ing ulcers, blotches, sore throat and mouth,
pains in the head and bones, and all dis
eases of the kidneys and bladder, are cured
for life. Men of all ages who arc suffering
fnm the result of youthful indiscretion or
excesses of mature years.producing nervous
liesu. indigestion, conuiipatiou, loss of mem
ory, etc., are thoroughly aud permanently
cured.
Dr. Feller, who has had many years of ex
perieuce in this specialty, is a giaduate frcm
one of the leading medical colleges of the
country. He has never failed in curing- any
cases that he has undertaken. Oases aud
correspondence sacreely coutidential. Call
or write for list of questions. Medicines sent
by mail mid express everywhere free from
risk and exposure.
NI rHNFN Ph.D., Analytical and
. JUJjIUiCi^I Technical Chemist;
Oiiice and Lab., No. 13M East Fifth street,
St. Paul, Mini). Personal attention given
to all Rinds of Assaying. Analyzing aud
Testing. Chemistry applied for all arts
aud manufactures.
■**=^ Strange indeed tti&t^t—
&ke ey ery th i ng so bright-,
'A needle cltfttres ohhers,B,nd is Vhselj:
n^kedVTryihinyournexl'house-cle^nin^
"What folly it would be to cut grass with a pair of scissors! Yet peo
ple do equally silly things every day. Modern progress has grown up
from the hooked sickle to the swinging scythe and thence to the lawn
mower. So don't use scissors! f?
But do you use SAPOLIO ? If you don't you are as much behind the
age as if you cut grass with a dinner knife. Once there were no soaps.
Then one soap served all purposes. Now the sensible folks use one soap
in the toilet, another in the tub, one soap in the stables, and SAPOLIO
|or all scouring and house-cleaning.
RfDAiD TIE HUB
TrrTflMirifi in iimh in fri'iroramfWr* VCi*" "
(JL2i
AH, THERE!
Eccentricities of dress are
just like other eccentricities
— sometimes they take an
aggravated form and'some
times they don't; but it can
at least be said of them that
they cannot be called a very
serious matter. There are
many hobbies that are a
good deal more objection
able. Of course it's much
easier to swim with the r cur
rent of style than to try to
make headway against it.
The wise man takes things
as he finds them, and he
doesn't take many things
that are either as cheap or
as stylish as our $15 Tailor-
Made Suits. ,
$20 Tailor-Made Suits.
We'll satisfactorily clotho
your Boys.
Mail orders solicited. Cataloßue free. Good 3
seat on approval.
BOSTON
One-Price Clothing House,
THIRD STREET,
ST. PAUL.
B"\f»- A g—wisss 1 iii:n i, y
Jr.Mr lv '' pat. lnvisinle
*"^ »— *» ■ TUBULAR EARCUSH
[ONS. Whispers heard distinctly. Comfort
able. Snccesstnl where all remedies fail. 111,
book mid proofs free. Address or call on F
lIISCOX, 853 Broadway, N. Y.
