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VIRGINIA ITEMS,
M he Latent News Gleaned From VariotH
Farts of the State
At Hu >tiugtoa flames were discovered itv
suing ttr ,n the notion store of Mrs. h. Kahn,
^<j of the largest establishments in the city,
?ud tbe department wa* called out. but suc?
ceeding only in saviug the building, the
Koodabeiug almost-totally destroyed by the
,l!>ttU'? and water. The origin of thc Are is a
ry. The loss is jestimnted at $3,500*,
iu"y vovered by .insurance.
>T:?s Jenuie Gfilleapie and her daughter
Here struck by the yard engine, in frout of
*vbich they lin getting out of the
*VHy of n Ireighl trniufu the Bluefields yanjp.
ive yoting lady wns -Wed and per mother
>?ked dow_, one buuel tilt off and her
v . ruised tbat she will proba
JL , -v , i . n well-known churacter
'ind ail old l'ui"!i soldier, was walking out
D 'he line of tho Baltimore and Ohio Iia.il
road near Mt. de. Chantal, wbeu a train com
| om Wheeling struck aud killed bim
|li_"-t Instantly.
;ton couuty has 187 separate and dis?
's ..f laud advertised for sale ns de
i'Ut fr !v,o non-payment of taxes.
ehuJui couuty "has about as many tracts
lanie, and V\ abater is nut far behind.
[he advisability of bringing natural gas
alps line to Grafton from Mnnuington, a
lance of thirty miles is being discussed. >
liss Anna Chattin died last wea\ nt Tal
8um;rers county, of hydrophobia, ru?
fe from the bite of a mad uVg.
|"i U<lt, a merchant i my, Po
atas ?ouuty. has ufajf,-6& inabilities
| sets about the sa ne.
?roll of the Iwanoka Machine
'??* i ie mouth of N ' embtJr was 122,
:.00 i mora th; i for (A-tober.
rapn_y of Ohio cr, tn.iists will devel
LtOJ acres of cold lac J along the
i*
I -uty claims to bave a citizen JOS
lld in the pors-on nith.
lt Doddridge.,:. ,irv returned
nm
{?al gas is now In goueral u?e at Wea?
le Bedford County Court n special
[jury returned indictments against
Treasurer Louts CL Arthur for mis
llation of public and school funds.
Ictments were the outcome of an in?
ion ordered by Judge Brown. An
[places the defalcations at upwards
Vi,
IMfifTett, residing near Evergreen
|iOudoun county, was fouud in his
MafTett hnd been busily euRng
I m all day, seemingly in his
?ilth. Hi -i iden death is suppo3>'d
jn the ? ? i all ol heart trouble.
|V. B. C-_oa\AN uied suddenly in
>ah county last week, aged eighty
Jrs. He was a native of Pennsyl
\e bo was at one time general of
jilitia, and settled in the Valley
ifter Ibo late ciril war.
>mpson. of Rich Valley, about
pm (Hade Spring, wns found dead
near bis home. The cause ol
lenth was paralysis,
[ore, a well-known resident of
?ty, and supervisor of Mt. Ytr
[was stricken with paralysis in
|nd died in a few hours,
jbeth Spengler, ol Strasburg,
{county, died in tho niuety
|f har age.
[the personal property of the
H Downing, deceased, on his
Puuqulr county last week,
ibout *15.000.
A GREAT STRIKE.
tiou Persons in Des itut<
iioa for Weeks.
.great strike of Ibo Eugiisb
ended a few days ago.
Lhe sixteen weeks of the
ff 63 0:0,OCO tons droppod
limrily i 1,( 0J.0J0 tons nre
1)0,000 tons are consumed
period mentioued, but dur
8,730,00.1 tons were ex
.U tons consume 1. Tbe
[Ino owners, iron masteis,
[?18,225,613. Cousumots
[ices AT.767,COO. Mlue?,
(bc: artisans lost ? 8, 08,
srai Joss ls placed at ?33,
|rs rendered idle num
:h meant 3.5! 1,425 per
>nditiou.
DYNAMITE,
noa n a Tunnel--*
Yiolim*,
lito iu the now
lk. N. Y., to
the Ken
FBinto frag
fo killed. At least Ave
fand two perhaps fatal
contractor, and bas
ov? r Iwo hundred
works. The scene
Imilc8 front a tele
nieulars are attain
'S
Cures
tt of disease in
vitalizing and
els every taint
aria, etc., and
hens th? vital
whole Rystem,
?ff future at
io get Hood'*,
Ila
ES
?sick Headache
15 cents.
WK"
itire system,
is from the
;rofulons n.
las no equal, j
REY. DR, TALMAGE.
Thu Erninsnt Brooklyn Divines Sua
day Sermon.
8n>>>ct: "The Mission af the Frost."
Text: "/ty thc breath of God frost ii
fwen/'Jebxx-flt., 10,
Nothing is more embarrassing In ali organ?
ist or pianist thrttt to put his finger on a key
Of the instrument and have it make nd re
spouse, TboUgh all the "ther keys are in
full play, that One silence, destroysthemuslc.
No in the great'cathedral of Nature, if on"
Part fails IO praise the Lord the. harmony B
halted and lost. While fire and hail, snow
hhd vapor, respond to thc ?ou:li of inspira?
tion, if the fro?t made no utterance the
orchestral rendering would be hopelessly
damaged and the harmony forever incom?
plete. I am more glad than I chu tell ?haf
the white key of the frost BOttnda fdrth si
mightily na any of the other keys, hi) 1 when*
David touche* it in ihe Psalms ii sounds
forth tho words. "He sesttereth the boar
frost like ashes." en 1 when Joh touches it in
my text it resounds with the words, "By the
breath of Go 1 frost is given."
ns no one seems di?DOsed to discuss tha
mission of frost, depen Ung on divine help 1
undertake it. This is the first Mabbath of
winter. The leaves uro down. The warmth
has gonn out Of thu air. The birds have
made theil winged march southward. The
landscape ha* been scarred by the autumns!
equinox. The huskers have rifled thc eorn
shocks. The night sky has showu *;he Usual
meteoric restlessness of November .Three
6easousof the year are past, aiid the fdurth
and last has entered. Another element now
romes in to bless aud adoru and instruct the
world, lr is the frost. Tho palace* bf thia
king arc far up in tho arctic. Their walls
are glitteringcongelation. Windsor castles
and TuilerlN and winter palaces and
Kenilworth? and Alharnbras of Ice.
temples with pendant chandeliers Ol
iee, tb roues of iceberg on which
eternal silence reign?, theaters bil
whose stage eternal cold dramatizes eternal
winter, pillars of ice, arches cf icA, crowns
of ic?, chariots of ice, sepulchers bf toe.
mountains of ic.-*. dominions Of ice?et ern il
frigidity' Ffo:u thosehard. white, burnished
portals Kui g Frost descends and waves his
silvery scepter over our temperate zone,
iou will soon hear his heel on the skating
pond. Yen already feel his breath in the
night Wind. B.; mo<t considered au enemy
coming hero to benn n'? and hinder and
slay, I shall show you Coat the Jrost is a
friend, with benediction divinely pro
nounoed, and shafted and surcharged wita
lesson0 podetit. beneficent nnl tremendous.
The Bible seven times alludes to the frost,
tmd we must not ignore it. "By the breath
of Go 1 frost is given. '
First I think of frost as 3 painter. He be*
gins his work ou tho leaves and continues it
on the window pun-*?. With palette covered
with all manner of colors in his left hand
and pencil of crystal in his right hand, ho
?ita down before the humblest bush in the
latter part Of September and begins the
Sketching Of the leaves. NOW he puts upon
the foliage a faint pallor, and then a touch of
brown, an 1 then a hue ol orange, and last a
flame of fire* Hie beech an lash and oak are
turned first Into sunrise.*and thou into suu
B -ts of vividness and sp'endor. Allthe leaves
ure penciled one by OB", but Sometimes li
whole forest In the Bourse of a few days
Shows grc.it Vdlrtjltj OfWofki
Weunix, the Dutch punter, could make in
n summer day three portraits of lilt*- size, but
the frost in leu days can paint ten moun?
tains in life si//1, lt makes the last days of
an autumnal woo J the days of its chiefest
Riory- Luxembonrga In the adirondacks,
Louvres In the Sierra Nevada?, Vatioana in
tho White Mountains. Tue work of other
painters you must see in the right light to
fully appreciate, but the paintings of tho
irost in all lights are enchanting from the
time when the curtain of the morning liftstd
the time when the curtain of the night drops.
Michael angelo pdt upon one ceiling bia
representation ol ihe lest ju Igment, but the
trout represents universal conflagration
Upon 9000 miles of atretelied out grandeur.
Leonardo da Vinci pttt Upon a few feet of
canvas our Lord's last slipper for all ages to
admire, 1 ut the fr at puts the gleam ing cha!1
ices of the imperial glories of the last sup?
per of the dying year in the heights aud
lengths and breadths of tho Alleghanies.
When Titian first gazed upon a sketch of
Correggio, be was wrought up into such
eostacythal he 'Tit11 out, "ii ( were uot
Titian, 1 would ba Correggio," ail 1 so great
und overpowering arc tbe autumnal *
Ol our American forests that one force bl
nature might Well '.viaim td another, "ItI
Were not the sunlight, 1 would bc the frost. '
Rugendas, tho German painter. Buffering
from weakness, in his right hand, laboriously
learned to paint with his left bau I, but the
frosts paints willi both han is, aa I has iii
them more skill than ail the RestbntndtSaUJ
Rubens an I Wests n \ Poussins an 1 Albert
Durers an 1 Patti V. roiieses anl Claudes
gathered in one lou,-art gallery. But Ihe
door of tha*. gre d museum of autumnal co^
oring is now closed fora twelvemonth, and
another spectacle, just aa wonderful is now
open. I pul voil '' i'm ulert andas.yottto
put your children ou the
Tired'of WO'ritfrigou the leave?, the frost
will ioon turu to thu window panes. You
will S'.">a v iKtm oa a cold morning and tin I
that the wu Iowa ol you"' home have during
the night been a tom ? i With curves, wit i
coronets, w? rli rx-jaisitraqss, with pomp.
With ulm*'-; sup thalura! spectacle, Then
you will appr ? iai a sr int my text sirs as it
declares,'*By tbe breath of (lol frost is
given.-' Von will sae on the window pail',
truced there by the frost, whole gardens oi
beauly - terns, orc'ol is. daffo lils, neliotropaa,
china aster?, fountain*, statues, hounds on
the chaso, i o >bu cs plunging into the rt ream,
battle seen: ? with dying and dead, cata
falqu' triumphal processions?and
as the morning sun breaks through you will
(tied on fire, and bombardment with
bursting shell, and Illuminations as for some
great victory, coronations and angels on the
wing.
All night long while you wera sleeping the
frost was ivor kin:, and you ought not let
tbe warmth oultande the scene uutil yoi
have admired it, stu lied it. absorbed it, set
it up In your memory for perpetual refresh?
ment and realized the force and magnitude
and intensity of my lex;. "By the breath of
God frost is given." <>?>. what a God wj
have '. What resources are inplie \ by the (Ucl
that ho is able to do that by tho Anger of the
frost fifty times in one winter and on a hun?
dred thousand window panes for thousands
ol winters '
The great art galleries of Venica anl Nfl
pies au I Dresden are carefully guarded,
au i governments protect them, for one j lost,
they i an never be reproduced, but Gol sets
up in the royal galleries of the frost pictures
f-uch as no human art cou'd ever produce,
hundreds ot thousands ot them, only for
four or five hoi rs, aud then rubs them out,
nuking the place clear for a display just as
magnificent tho next morning. No ono but
a (io.l could afford to do that, lt would
bankrupt everything but infinity and omui
poteuce.
Standin,' lieiv lidwe eu the closed doors of
the pictured wo 'ls I'.nd the opening doors of
the transfigured win low glass, 1 want to
cure ruy fo!!v and your folly oi longing for
glorious Iiiings in the distance, while we.
neglect appr relation ol glorious tilings na ir
by. "Oh, if I could only go and see tha
factories ol lau ? ai Brusa us !"suys some ono.
Why, within thirty fe et of whsreyou awaken
?o_ie December morning you will awe richer j
Luce Interwoven for your window pangs by |
divine finger-, "Oh, if I could seo the fa ?
lories of silk at Lyons!'1 says some ono.
Why, without leaving your home on (bc
northside of your o.vn hons" on Christmas
morning you may ? je wherj the Lord has
blum silken threads about yottr windowathia
way and thal -embroideries such ns no ono
hut liol can work.
Al is, for this glorification ot the distant
ind this belittling of thu close by! Tnis .
crossing ol o jeans sn I paying a high ndmts- ;
?; tn in ex| unsee to look st (hut which is net j
Bal f US well don" as something we caa SSC
>y crossing our own room, an ' free ci
oarge! This praising ot Raphaels bundredu
)f years gone, when the greater R iphael, tho
roet, wild soon be bunya* t ie entrances to
four own home!
Next I speak of the frost as .. phyUaCiaS.
tran ling at the gates ol' New York harbor
lutumu before !asr, the frost drove Kacie
be cholera, ssyiug. ''Thus far shalt thou
one au! _o Isrther." From Memphis and
>'ev,- orleans .en 1 Jacksonville he smote th"
ever plague ;ii( |< reeled back and departed. .
"to frost is a physician that 'briers eities,
fatfona and continents. H? r_edlolnea the
rorld. Quinine for malaria, ardi-'ebriio for |
yphoids, suiphonal for sleeplessness, nnti
pasmodic for disturbed nerves, but In all \
herapeutics there is no remedy like the
mall pellets prepared by the cold, and no
physieiar. sd skilful or tomighly ns the frost.
IdotLmd has had great physicians, but her
greatest doctors have bren the Abernethies
and Abercrombies that have come down
O/er tho highlands horsed on the north wind.
England has had her great physicians, but
her createst doetora have been the Andrew
Clarkes aud the Mackenzies who appeared
tho first Hight the fields of England wera
rimmed with White, America has had its
great physicians, bttt her greatest doctors
nave been Hie Willard Parkers and Valentine
Motts who landed from bleak skies while
our liugers were benumbed an 1 our ears
tingled With, tho cold. Ob, it is high time
that you add another line to your liturgy!
It is high time that you make an addendum
to your prayers. It is high time that you
| enlarge the catalogue o' your blesS?I ts.
Thank Odd for frost. It is the best of ali
I germicides. It is the only hope in bseterioi'
' Og/. lt is the medicament of continents, lt
j is the salvation of our temperate zon?. It is
j thc best Ionic that God ever gave tbe human
; race. It is the only strong stimulant which
I has no reaction; The. best commentary on
it f hftd while \Valkihg near h-re oue cool
j morning with my brother John, who spent
? the most of his life as a mission iry in China,
j and in that part of it where there, are no
I frosts. II" said there was a tlngdni glad'
! ness ta his nerves indescribable, an I au almost
intoxication of delight from the fact that it
was the first time for yeats he hid felt the
sensation of frost; We cdmphiii of it, we
seoid ih we ffn#fl dpdd ft; wh-ri ire ought
i ld be stirred by it td gratitude and hoist it ou
& doxology.
But I must go farther aii 1 speak of the
frost as a jeweler. As the sdow is frozen
tain, sd the frost is froz-jn dew. Gol trans?
forms lt from a liquid Into a crystal. It is
j the dew glorified. In the thirty-eighth cbap
, ter of that inspired drama, the book of Job,
j God says to the inspired dramatist with
! ecstatic interrogation. "The hosry frost of
heaven, who hath gendered lt?" God there
asks Job If he knows the parentage of
the frost. He inquires about its pedigree.
He suggests that Job study up tho frost's
genealogical lin?. A minute before God ha 1
asked about the parentage Of rt raindrop in
words that years ago gave mea suggestive
teitt for a sermoiL "Halli the rain rt father.'''
PU' now the Lord Almighty is catechising
Job about Ihe frost. He practically says
'"Dd you know its father? Do you know Its
mother''' Id weat ctadlo of the leaves did
the wind rock it? 'Thehoary frost df heaven,
who hath gendered ltV "
He is a stupid Cnristian who thinks sd
much of the printed and bound Dible that
ho neglects the Old Testament of tho fields,
nor reads the wisdo n and kindness and
beauty Of God written in blossoms on the
brchard, iii sparkles on the lake, in stars on
the sky, in frost on the meadows. Tho
greatest jeweler of all the earth is the frost.
Thero is nothing moro wonderful iii all
crystallography. Some morning iii Decem?
ber a whole continent is found besprent witH
dlamtbids, tho resUlt of one night's work by
this jeweler.
Do you make the depreciatory re nark that
the frost is impermanent and will last only
two or three hours? What of that'/ We go
into Lon ion tower and look at the crown
jewels df England, biit we are in a precession
that tho gUards keep moving on, and five
hiinutes or less are your only opportunity of
looking at those crown jewels, but at the
orowu jewels bestarre I of the frost in parks
and fields you may stand td look deliberately
and for hours, and no onetd tell vod td move
on.
Oh, theso regalias arid diadems bf beauty
flung out bf heaven ! Kings and queens on
celebrative days have come riding through
the streets throwing handfuls df silver and
gdld amOUg the people; but tho qileen rif the
Winter morning is the only queen rich enough
td throw pearls: and the king of frost tho
only king Hell enough td throw opals and
sapphires and diamonds. Homor describes
a necklace Of amber given td Penelope, but
the frost necklaces a continent. The carcanet
of precious stones given td Harmonia had
pinions of orange jasper and white mbon
stone an 1 In lian agate, but it was ft misfor?
tune td any one Wbo owned or inherited it,
add its history, generation after generation,
was a history of disaster, but the regalia of
frost is the good fortuue of every morning
that owns it.
Thd imperial household of Louis XVI
Could not afford the diamond necklace which
had been ordered for Queen Marie Antoinette,
tiUd il Was stoled and taken apart and lost,
but tho necklace that the frost pitts on the
wintry morning, though made of as many
brilliants as tho withered glass blades, is
easily afforded by divine opulence and is
hover lost, but after its use In the coronation
bf the fields m Wken back td heaven. 0 men
and Womeu, accustomed to go into ecstasy
wheil id foreign travel you como upon the
historical gems of Nations, whether the jewel
be Called the MoUutaiu ol <i!ory. or the Sea
Ol Light, or the Crown of tho Moon, or the
Eye of Allah, or the Star of Sarawak, or tho
Koh-i-noor, 1 impleai you stu ly the jewels
strew.1 all round your wintry home aud rea?
lize that "by the breath of Gol frost is
given."
Bilt I go a step farther and speak of tho
frost as au evangelist, and a text of Scripture
is not of much usa to mn unless I can find
the gospel in ir. The Israelites in thc wil?
derness breakfasted on something that
looked like frozen dew, and*the dew evapor?
ated ahd left a pulverizedmateri.a', white and
looking like frost, but it was manna, and of
that they ate. So now this morning, mixed
' with the frozen dew of my text, there is
, manna on which we can breakfast our souls.
; You say the frost kills. Yes, it kills soma
| (lungs, but we have already seen that it gives
j health and life to others. This gospel is the
savor oT lifo nato life or of death unto death.
As the frost is mighty, the gospol is mighty.
I As the frost descends from heaven, tho gospel
I des?enls from heaven. By thu breath of
j God frost is given. P.y tho breath of Go 1 the
gospel is given. As the frost purifies, so the
grace of God purifies. As the frost bestars
the earth, so grace bejewels the sou'. As the
frost prepares for foil many things that
Otherwise would be inedible, so tho frost of
t rials npeus and prepares food for the son1. In
the tight grip of the frost the hard shells ol
walnut and chestnut and hickory open, and
the luxuries of tho wool:; come iuto our lap*?
or upon d'or tables ; SO the irost of trial takes
many a hard an I prickly shell and crushes
it until that which stung tho soul now
toads it.
There are passage of Scripture thal once
were enigmas, puzzles, ri idles au 1 impossi?
bilities for you to un lenten I, but tha frosts
oft rouble after awhile expose t the fit 1 mean?
ing to your soul. You sail, "I do not seo
why David keeps rolling over in his psalm
the story of how he was pursued aud perse?
cuted." He describes hims df as surrounded
by bees. II3 say-. "They compassed noe
about like bees; yea, they compisssd ma
about like bees." You think what an ex?
aggerating thing for him to exslalm, "Out
of the depths of hell have I cried unto Thea,
OLord! '
Aud there is so mush o' thal style of lam?
entation in his writings you think he over?
does it, but after awhile the frost comes upou
you in thc shape of persecution, aud you arc
stuck with this censure aud stuck With that
defamation, aud stuck with soaio falsehood
and lies lu swarms are buzzing, buzzing
about your ears, and at last you uuderstun I
what David meant when ho slid, "They
compassed me about Uko bees; yea, they
compassed me about like bees,' aud you go
clown under nervous prostration ana feet
t"_at you va as far down as David when ho
cried, "Out of tho depths of holl!'
What opened all those chapters that
hitherto Lad no appropriateness? Frosts!
For a long whilo tho Bible seemod lopsided
and a disproportionate amount of it given
up lo the consolatory. Why page after pago
mid chapter after chapter ami book after
book in the Bible taken up with allevia?
tions, with pacifications, with condolence?
The book seems like an spothecaiy store
with one-half of the shelves occupied with
balsams. Why such a superfluity of bal?
sams? But after awhile the membraneous
croup carries off your child, or your health
gives way under the grip, or your property
is swept off by a bad Investment, or perhaps
all threo troubles como nt once?bank?
ruptcy, sickness an I bereavement. NoW
the consolatory parts of the Bible do not
seem to bo disproportionate. You want
something off almost all thc shaly w of that
sacred dispensary. What has uncovers I
and exposed to you tho usefulness "1 ?? ?
much of the Bible that was before hidden?
Tho frosts have been fulfilling their mission.
Put down all the promises of the Bible on
a table for study, and put on one side tho
table a man who has never had any trouble,
or very little of it, but pile upon tho table
beside him all encyclopedias and all diction?
aries, and all archaeologies au I all com?
mentaries, and on the other still of the fabio
put ;i 'nan who lins had trial upon trial, dis?
aster upon disaster, aud let him begin tho
study otthe promises without lexicon, with
out commentary, without any book to ex?
plain or help, nnd this latter man will under?
stand far more of the height an i depth, ant
length nnd breadth of those promises than
thu learned SXUget opposite, almost sub
merged In sacred literature. The ans has
tho advantage over the other because he ha I
felt the mission of the frosts. Oh. take the
consolation of this theme, yo to whom life is
a struggle and a disappointment, sn I I
gantlet nibi a parig. Thal ie ri beautiful
proverb Among the Hebrews Which
"When the tale of bricks is doubled, then
Moses comes.'1
Mild doses of medicine will dd for mild
sickness, but vidletlt pains heed strong doses,
and so I stand over you and count out
drops that will alleviate your worst troubles
If you will only take the medicine, and here
it is. "lu the world ye shalt have tribula?
tion, but be of good cheer : I have overcome
the world." "Weeping may endure for a
night, but [0y cometh iii the morning."
Thank God for frosts! What helped make
Milton tho greatest ol poets? The fr's; ol
blindness. What helped make Washington
the greatest ot generals? The frosts ol Va'.
lej Forge. What made it appropriate for ono
passing John Bunyan's grave to exclaim,
"Sleep on. thou prince of dreamers?' Tho
frosts of Imprisonment.
The greatest college from which we can
graduate is the collego of frosts. Especial
trial fits for especial work. Jud now watch
and you will see that trou >le is preparative
and educational. That is the grindstone ou
which battle azea are sharpened, I have
al way's hdticed iii n,y "wu eas" that When th.
Lord' had sd ne sp ".al Work for me to dd it
was precoded b? especial attack upoii me.
This is to prdverbia! in my own house that if
for something I fay or dd i get poured noon
me a volley of bensure an I anathema, my
wife always asks : "I wonder what naw op?
portunity bf usefulness is about to open?
Something good and grand is surely com
lug!"
What is true in my case is true on a target
or smaller seale in the history of every mau
and woman who wants to serve the Lord.
Without complaint take tho hard knocks.
You will S9e after awhile, though you may
not appreciate it now, that by the breath of
a good and loving God fro3t is givan. Lei
the corners of your mouth. Sd fong drawn
down in edtnpiai.-'it, be drawn up in smiles Bf
content.
Fdr many years pd its and essiyists harri
celebrated * the grace and swiftness of tht
Arabiari horses. The most wonderful exhi?
bition of horsemanship that I ever witnessed
was just odtside the city of Jerusalem?an
Arabian steed mounted by an Arab. Do you
know where the?e Arabiad horses got their
fleetness and poetry of motion? Long o ?
tunes ago Mohammed, with 30.000 cavalry
On the rdarch, could find for them not a drop
of water for three days; Coming tn the top
bf a hill, a river was in sight. With a will
dash the 3!). OOO horses started for the Stream)
A minute after an armed host was seen ad
vancing. and at Mohammed's command 100
bugles blew for tho horses to fall ?n line, but
lilfthe 3d,00d contiiiued the Wild galla;' td
the river except five, and they* almost dead
With thirst, Wheeled intd line nf battle.
Nothing in hitman bravery an 1 self sacrl
Mee excels that bravery and self sacrifice of
those five Arabian war horses. Those live
splendid steeds Mohammed chose for his own
Use, aud frdm those five' came that race ol
Arabian horses for ages the glory Ol the
equestrian world. Ahd let me say that in
this great war of truth against error, of holi?
ness against sin and heaven against hell, the
best war horses are descended (rom thoso
Who, under pang and solf denial and trouble.
answered the gospel trumpet arid wheelo!
into line. Chit of great tribulation^ out of
great fires, out of great fronts, they came.
And lot me say it will not lake long for
Go 1 td mako up to you in the next world for
oil yoii have suffered in this. As you enter
Leaved He may say. "Give thia man one of
those towered and colonnaded palaces on
that ridge of gold overlooking the sea ot
glass. Give this woman a homo among
those amaranthine blooms and bet ween th ^se
fountains tossing in the Bveriastingsunllght.
Give her a couch canopied with rainbows to
pay her lor all tho fatigues of wifehood and
motherhood and housekeeping, from which
she had nd rest for forty years.
"Cupbearers ot heaven, give these newly
arrived souls from earth the costliest bever?
ages, and roll td their door the grandest
chariots, and bang on their walls tbs sweet?
est barps that ever thrummed to fingers
seraphic. Give to them rapture On rapture,
celebration ou celebration, jubilee on jubi?
lee, heaven on heaven. They had a bari
time op earth sat?lng a iivelihoo 1, or nurs?
ing six children, or waiting on querulous
old age, or battling falsehoodsthat were told
about them) or were compelled to work after
they got shortbreathod and rheumatic and
dlmslgbtedi
1 Chamberlains of heaven ! Keepera of thc
king's robes ! Banqueters of eternal royalty '
Make up to them a hundredfold, a thousand?
fold, a millionfold for all they suffered from
swaddling clothes td shroud, and let all
those who, whether on the hills, or in the
temples, or on the thrones, or on jasper wall,
.were helped and sanctified and prepared for
this heavenly realm by the miss'.OU ot the
frosts stand up and wave their scepters?"
And I looked and, behold ! nine-tenths of the
ransomed rose to their feet, and nine-tenths
of the scepters swayed to and fro in the light
of the sun that never sets, and then I under?
stood far better than I ever did before that
trouble comes for brneflcent purposes, and
that ou the coldest nights the aurora is
brightest in tho northern beavens, a a J that
"by tho breath of Po 1 frost bl given."
THEY LIFTED $15,900
Bold Robb irv of the South BenrV
Indiana Bank.
Tho boldest robbery in the annals ot
crime In Indinna was committed about noon,
the victim beiug the South Bend National
Bank, one of the leading banking concerns
in the State. The amount taken was 115,930,
No clue to tho identity of the robbers have
yet come to Hghc and they seem to have
made good their escape. From the manner
in which th9 details of the theft were carried
out, it is certain that it was engineered by a
gang of experienced criminals who have for
some time been shadowing ibo bank aud its
officers and had become thoroughly conver?
sant with their business habits.
Tho Bouth Bend National Bank ls on North
Michigan 6treot, the First National being
just north of it, au iron fence joining them.
Shortly after noon, when Cashier Campbell
was absent nt dinner. Assistant Cashier
Kelly, who resides in the rear of the building
was called to the front door by a man who
said he wanted to see him on some business.
Just about this time a man approached the
bank building on the north end and effected
an eutranco to the director's room, prying
open tho window sash with a steel chisel.
He then forced a heavy oak door and was
Immediately in front of the vault. Tho
outer vault door wns open ; a two-inch mid?
dle door bad been closed by Cashier Cam
pell. This yiolded readily, the combination,
having, for some reason, failed to work, anj
be ore tho robber stood the counter tray,
containing betw?.en $3,0j0 and $10,000. In
the safe a pile of 814,00'J in gold, nud ninny
thousands iu greenbacks were arrayed on
shelves.
The primo idoa seemed to bo to take ns
much as possible of tho money in sight with?
out arousing suspicion before the robber.,
liH'l hnd pleuly of time to make good their
escape. For this reason the counter tray
with ila loose thousands were undisturbed,
tho robber confining his theft lo tho tafe
from which he took $'4,00 J in yellow coin,
about all lie could carry, aud fil,50J lu
bills. No sliver coin was touched. The
vault was then clo>ed and the robber made
his escape by means of tho back door before
Assistant Cashier Kel.y had again passed
through the building, li is probable that
but euc man entered tho bank, ho being pro
protected by outside guard, who could ca?
lly havo been placed where they could watch
closely through tho large plato-glr.ss win?
dow the movement of any ono inside the
budding without attracting attention to
themselves. Thc money was not missed un
til some time alter Cushier Campbell re
turned (rom dinner and diem fa formal ton o
the theft was suppressed for some lime li
hope that au us elua lp the robber.] might b
d(secrete I.
A fishing-', oat w . eapsisH In Ibe Fr'aclii
Ifaaf. Fa-t i'ru- 1*1 '. : it I live pir-0'i-, wer<
uruwiu d.
Feats of Strong Mon.
In all apes Ihe world has had its
prodigies. There were Ba_doW3 be?
fore tiow, and the page? of history
are lined With the feats of strong
men. Of all the athletes of the past
Milo ls one of the best known after
the biblical Samson and the mytho?
logical Cyclops. It is recorded of him
that he once tan a mile with an ox
bo his shoulders, then with a blow of
his list he killed the beast, and ate it
Ih one day. It is optional with the
teadet which to admire?his creat
strength or ivs wonderful digestive
?ibility. Ile perished through over
ronfldence in his strength. In at?
tempting to tear asunder a forest
tree, partially split by woodcutters,
ne was Gaught and held fast by the
closing of the fissure, and was there
devolved by wolves. Folvdamas of
Thessalia was a man of extraordinary
strength and stature. As Hercules
had done, he alone, without arms,
killed an enormous lion that was de?
vastating the valleys of Mount 01} ru
pU9. With one hand Tolydamas could
hold back a Chariot drawn by two
horses. He could break the trunk of
a tree as anyone would break a small
stick. The King of Persia, wishing
to witness the feats of this marvelous
man, called him to his court. He had
opposed to him three of the strong?
est men of his army. Polydamas
killed the three by simply giving
each a slap on the ear; he was about
to slap a few more when the King,
_J* a
Could tear off an ox's hohns.
satisfied, stopped him. Like Milo,
he died through over-conQdcnco in
his strength. He attempted to sup?
port a mass of rock that had given
wav, bul be was securely buried un?
der it.
It is said that the llonian Emperor
Caius Julius Maxi mus Waa a marvel
nf strength, heintf able to squeeze
Die hardest stone to powder with his
fingers. He was upward of eight feet
In height, and his wife's bracelet
could serve liith asa ring. Salviusof
Home could walk up a ladder carry?
ing 200 pounds on his shoulders, lion
pounds in his hands, and 200 pounds
fastened to his feet.
A Child Enjoy*)
The plensant flavor, penile action and sooth*
Inj,' effeot of Syrup of rigs, when In need of A
laxative, anl if the father or mother he cos*
live or bilious, Hie most gratifying results fol?
low its upc; so that it is tbe best family rem?
edy known aud evory family should have ?
bottle.
If you don't want to bo detested don'i be a
chronic growler.
Dcnfnexa Cannot be Cured
by local Application ?, as theycannot reach the
diseased portion of the etir. There is only ono
way to cure Deafness, and that ls by constitu?
tional remodles. Deafne-s is caused by an In?
flame l condition of the mucous lining of Iho
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in?
flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper?
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closet!
Deafness is there-ult, and Unless the inflam?
mation can be tnken out and this tube te
stored to its norma! condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out ten ar*,
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in?
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will ifhrs One Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can?
not b6 cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send foi
circulars, free.
F. J. ("h^vey ^ Co., Toledo, O.
%3T Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Childhood shows
shows tho dey.
the uinn, as niorniu.
Many persons aro broken down from over,
work or hous'.-hold cares. Brown's Iron Bit?
ters lebullls the system, aids digestion, re?
moves excess of bib:, and cures malaria, A
splendid tonio for women and children.
liewa re of the mau or woman whom a
child wi I not love.
i ',>tvrr- A\n C it X>\ Those who ATS suffer?
ing fr > 'i d'rh-. Odds, Sore Tliroat. etc.
should try Brows- Biio.vchial Tao
ty 11 botts.
Choose rather to punish your appetites
than to be punished by them.
Brown's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mal*.
ria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
strength, aids Dlge*t:oa, tone* the nerves?
rre.atea appetite. The best tonio for Nursing
Mothers, ueak women and children.
It it human nature to hate him whom you
hnve iniured.
Beecham's Pills with a drink of water morn
ings. Bet chain's -no others. 25 cents a box.
Ugliness has this advantage ever beauty
it utver lades.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Iaaao Thoron.
eon's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 26c.per bottle.
The best preparation for behaving right b
to think right
CURES OTHERS
For Severe, Lingering Coughs, Weak
Lungs, Bleeding from Lungs, Bronchitis,
Asthma, and Consumption, in its early
stages, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov?
ery is n sovereign remedy. It not only
cures the cough but also builds up the
strength and flesh of those reduced below
a healthy standard by "Wasting Diseases."
Will not make fat folks more corpulent.
B. F. Wri.KY, of Box
Kider, Converse Co.,
Wyo., writes: "I had
bronchitis for twenty
years and over, nnd I
could not work with?
out ooug-hlnsr so harri as
to take nil my strength
away. I took five bot?
tles of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discov?
ery, and give von my
word nnd honor that
1 can donny work that
there is to do on my
'ranch' without cough?
ing. I have not. tuk<m
any of the 'Golden
?__ Medical Discovery ' for
wk. wiley-. a y-car."
WHY NOT YOU?
IB??fRf
TO TRY,
,Or wir.
?
_?*?. of
can ?ti|--i? thc full lisf of ro
f* lb" ftdj'olnltic
I Im. with a proportional? i??i
i correct Rn???r to ant o?js o
Take no Sn
Royal Baki
It is Absol
AU others contain
Hairpins.
Kive hubdred millions of hairpins!
That is what .the women of this
land annual'y buy, be?, or borrow,
says the Million. Now, a hairpin
never wears out. lt sometimes be?
comes paley and bent with age,
but its avoirdupois is all there.
What, therefore, becomes of these
successive millions? During the last
ten years 5,000,000,000 of hairpins
have beeu made and sold. At pres?
ent there are only about 100,000,000
In circulation. Now, where?where
are the other 4,900,000,000?
They have been sown broadcast
from Land's End to California, and
have left not a trace bshlnd. Of
course some of them are picked up
and restored to their sphere of use?
fulness, but most women are as shy
of adopting strange hairpins as th^y
are of accepting an uniitentitied
1 toothbrush. The hairpins, therefore,
so to make up the flotsam and jetsam
thrown out by the tide of humanity
and dumped Into the waste plac?s of
the suburb?.
And, speaking of hairpins becom?
ing pale with age, why is it that
when a package of new ones can be
bought for a few pence mo t, women
cling to their old ones until every
vestige of color has gone, and he who
runs may easily count their gleaning
heads.
And, a_ain, can anyone explain
how it is that every woman knows
her own hairpins just as she knows
her own baby, no matter how num?
erous and similar its companions?
And, furthermore, all women have
at least one net hairpin. It ia guarded
with religious care from year to year.
It is the keystone in the construction
of her coiffure. Other generations of
hairpins mavcome and go, but that
particular one is looked after too
zealously to be lost. Generosity,
friendship filial devotion?nothing is
strong enough to induce a woman to j
part with her treasure. Hie will
laugh and offer you her entire stock,
but will reserve her pet. Every board?
ing school girl can tell bow she has
rescued her particular hairpin from
thc bureau, nay, from the very locks
of some friend who had abstracted it
"German
Syrup
*>
Judge J. B. Hill, of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When meu of rank
and education thus use and recom?
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
It is above suspicion. " I have used
your German Syrup," he says, "for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. I can recommend it for
them as a first-class medicine."?
Take no substitute. it
^???WtWI.-.l1 -r-T-vT'T-T ?*-M-fc~????--?
Fwi CANNOT
SPARE
healthy flesh ? nature never
burdens the body with too
much sound flesh. Loss of
flesh usually indicates poor as?
similation, which causes the
loss of the best that's in food,
the fat-forming element.
cotes Emulsion
of pure rod liver oil with hypo
phosphites contains the very
essence of all foods. In no oth?
er form can so much nutrition
be taken and assimilated. Its
range of usefulness has no limita?
tion where weakness exists.
Prepared bv Scott A Bowne. <"hemi
Kew York. Sold l>y all dru"emt?.
ste. jf&\
IA H ID EA",'L~ "FA."MI LY MID IC I N E
I For Indigestion. UlllonsneM,
I Headache, ? on.tlpatton, ital
! Complexion, Offensive Breutk,
and all disoruers of the Stomach,
5 Liver and Powela,
f , RIPANS TA0ULE8, _
I crt gently vet promptly. Perfect
I digestion follows their use. Sold
"by druggists cr sent by mal!. Box
!?rials),7fc). Packaee(* boxes), tX
I For free, samples-address
BIPAM> CIIEiUC-ij CO., 5ew York.
fcn:vi:aw i-aw-n -im.??a*???Wfc?waa??a?1
18ENTS WANnHlTsALARY
R or connlMlOD lo bondie t>ie New Patent Cherin
U cal Ink Kra.-ln- Pencil. Agents making |5>per
week. >!oure Knu tTUg.Co..X701, _?Crow,WM.
ggv Pole to ahafts tn a minute
oupliug. Bv mal, .'5c. pair.
(t. BP.IXK. Bl*>inville. O.
CHANGEIS
PATENTS"
I unlit Paten: obta
THOMAS P. SIMPSON,
?abington, D. C. No a ty's fee
obtaliied.wrlte for Inventor's Guide
?i wccklv ft boord wanted; strongyoungtnecbanic
1 with tools; references. ?'5 E. 0th St., Now York.
i feta wonder/ni tine clunoaafor small tnseatantn?>
tl)'.OJInvested here now will grow to thousands tn
tb? nex' ten years. For d'OUlar*, maps and special
'lttoUUpoi addroaa CHAS. I., Il YDK,INVEST
?Uh NT HA v Kl. If. Pierre. South Dnkutii
fiTLflSof u?s-and Wor,d 25c.
ffS. I Riftw 131 Pax". Ol Full-Par. ???'. flaVVI
Many of them colored. AI-*> a v,wt amount oftnforma
Hon relative to different States and Countries, Form of
Government, Form Proilm-tw and Value, Ar, Only 25c. in
(Umps. Addreas Book Pud. Uouse, 13i Leonard St., N. Y
mi
Ul
ft
\W --AH
bm l> or
Iv'-,-, the
rrtvt ai?'Ma?
n-u tor a Gilgie
i tv faur
OErii'o are tko Foir Braia-B
What manv politicians, po
btical "taters,-and others
I w.;iJd like io be
.1
?R**"S__
That fnr -bielT'womfn
fen I of Hho?v ainre often
spend too much money.
?I
-Dean
and e
with pi
T>*i
Im-". "
KXPLANATIO* -TIM klara rlr.tr. In a
?mftt?d I.ttrra. _ la ?-klnf wlaalnf atwwr
waria walea wara fall. ???ll?4 will at *?r a.
a. aaawy trltrm aa yaw nut cirri.. aa< k<(?r>
WERiCAW PUBLI8NJNC CO.fW
bstitute for
rig Powder,
utely Pure.
alum or ammonia.
The Bay View Reading Circlf*.
Ever since the well-known Chai
tauqua Circle was started there
been an insistent demand for a sho ?.
well-planned and low-priced course nj
reading for the thousands fur \\h
the above circle course ls too ex]
sive, and requires too much t1m<
The Bay View Heading Clrck baa
been organized to meet the demand.
Many of the leading educators
ministers of the country arc an
Its promoters, and Mr. J. M Hi
Flint, Mich., is the Superinfon
To him application should le rn
for information. The circle
four years' course of reading, ai fl haw
the advantage of specializing sui''
jecta. The first year ls the Ot rms:
year, beginning with November
lhere ls so much aimless and hap?
hazard reading, that the well-planned
and attractive Bay View course
ought to meet with instant favor.
_
WAS A PHYSICAL WRECK.
Could Scarcely Ride or Walk.
Suffered for 18 Years I
Cherry Valley, If, V. ,S?pt. 5,ISM.
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Gentlemen:- You may um1 my testimony with
pleasure for ( wWild
like to do what I < nn
tot suffering' women.
I endured agonies for
eighteen yen ra with
Female Weakness
In every form, nnd o'
n \/ssA report turned to
you for help, f have
tnkon five bottles of
your Swamp-Bool,
one bottle of Female
Remedy, and used two bottles of LT & 0
Anointment. Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root Cured Me*
When I commented taking your remedies f
could neither lida or wolk without lufftft?g
Intense pain; now I can do both us wi-U n? I
ever could In my life, for I nm entirely cured
of Female weakness. I cnn do my own )???
work, and I feel thut I am entirely reston-) to
health. I shall never cease to thank <>od and
you for making me a well and healthy woman
from thc physical wreck that I wes.
At Dru(tcl*<"' 50 cent and $1.00 Size.
"IiiraJtda' Guide to H??lth" fr.* GmWsttmJtOH fro*.
Dr. Kilmer & Co., ? Binghamton, N. Y.
'UKOftClAl/Sj
XMAS
MONEY
FOR
Boys"-1 Girls
IE
PHOTOS?!
f statesmen
?litk;ian^;
Mi
Kinlev, Hill, He.'I
Sherman, Kialne, uepaw, Russell,
lintier. ConaUnjf, Whitelaw Reid,
llorac* Oreely, Daniel Webster, lilt,
marok, Gladstone, dre-.
lg money.
HOI SH A CO,. MM Exchange Building,
i -'..n, M^t,
We have Poets, Freaclieis, Actresses nnl
Presidents at same pt ice.
THE JUDGES
WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
Of
the
Have made the
(Medals and Diploma.) to
WALTER BAKER & CO.
Ou each of the following named arttek>a?
BREAKFAST COOOA, - , . .
Premium No, I, I'hooolate, . .
Vanilla Chocolate,.
fjerman Sweet Chocolate, . ?
Cocoa Hut ter.
For "purity of material," "excellent flavor,"
and "uniform even composition."
WALTER BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MASS.
*nd RANGES
The Bent for Either Heating or Cooking
1x081 in Style, Oorafoft and Durability,
-r*_?_C^-f~-> KINDS AND S'ZrX EVERYONB"
__fjVl WARKANTH) iOAOKT DEKtCTS.
ASK YOUR STOVE DEALER
'To show you SHEPPARD'S I.Aftt>T CATALOGUE,
If uo dealer near ima writ* to
ISAAC A. SHEPPARD & CO.,
HAi/rmoHE, Mb.
LARGEST MAAVFACTCBKRS tS THE BOUTS
SPECIAL OFFER.-To advertise our "Vrtoi
' ot rn Pro us," oo receipt of your photograph
arts' ia,> (note cr stf.mps, we will rei urn lt, postpaid,
BEAPTlFrUAt Ol.OHEDaudFKAMF.II
H. U. |>T,AKK A (JO.. T,\ N. Pearl street. Albany. K.Y,
. BNU ,VJ
Pl SO'S. CURE FOR
.'on?u?apttTe? and ooople
rho have weah lunt? or Asth?
ma, should use Plso's Cure for
Consumption, lt has enred
thousand*, lt hus not intur
edone. lt is not bari to tx&e
lt is tho best cough syrup.
Sold every-here. 95r.
CONSUMPTfON.
??blf (or al) woman,
-wialiy for those
?(l f:u*?
I ?HT
?~t ir th?ir ? nn?t
h. pugilist* Oort* M
ll. Du on ur
ara Stad. r..r.*.al
r>. ?rr I. tala, af
Sntii<*n. ..4 ...tala
la aatv< tar*'--.. '
. You ar? r.rt reowlWal 'oaecd a peo?
ny of mon*;, arith your notrarcrs. oot
"??n rrturn p,r>tA?- on lbs A<*&r'.iax
I CouitnlttiV "ta ITO report tn roe?
j w. (wv (hat Mr-ijiiv ..rttr out what,
? '.,1 al i ly you bHi.?* tu*
. tb. nn.^.-N r*q'ti-Q4 to wo. (mel
! o'"'. / fiyrt],t ital ,r your u??fnaf?
I < nly partially ritl.t you will still ?1n
i a !>i?t proportion rf th- full reward
ThVn writ* yeo' ruunt aad arfdre?,
I un<!rm?iUi your anxvnn mod at.nd
If um fm! to virt you
. dr. Il,,;, iii ptlfmci I, Vrry to .lop
WK n JERSEY CITY, N
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