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JUDGMENT AND MERCY.
EXPLANATORY NOTES BY REV. GEO.
P. HAYS, D. D., LL. D.
Lesson Till of the International Series
(Fourth Quarter) for Not. SO Test of
the Leaeon, Matt, si, SO-SO) Golden Test,
Matt, si, 88.
Some lessons are so familiar and so easy
and so precious to the heart of the Christian
world as to make them exceedingly hard to
explain. This lesson is one of these. Verses
23-36, and especially 8, 29 and 30, have come
to be like proverbs in the mind of the church ;
and 20 to 30 ought to be in the memory of
every Christian. Of course, a landlord will
expect larger rent from the tenant of his
large and fruitful farm than from the tenant
of the little cabin, with only its potato patch
in addition. Ho also, of course, increased op
portunities increase responsibilities. This is
simply the common sense of business and
daily life applied to religion.
Mighty works. With these verses before
us our curiosity is excited to ask what mighty
works were done in Chorazin, Bethsaida and
Capernaum. As to Chorazin there is no
record whatsoever of any works done there.
The same is true of Btitbsaida. As is stated
in John xxi, 25, all Christ's miracles are
not reported in the New Testament. Of
Chorazin scarcely anything is known. Beth
saida was possibly the birthplace of Peter,
Andrew aud Philip. Capernaum was the
home of Christ, and at the time of the public
ministry the residence of Tcter. Many things
are recorded as having been done or spoken
in Capernaum. Of Capernaum, however,
this is to be noted, that it is not once men
tioned in the Old Testament, nor anywhere
outside of the four Gospels in tho New Testa
ment. Degrees of punishment. Verses 23 and 24
explicitly teach the doctrine of comparative
punishment. God's system of penalties is not
like a prison wall or furnace of fire, where
every one suffers precisely tho same. Accord
ing to each one's desert, so will be the so verity
of each one's sufforing. The Revised Version
translates the word hell of v. 23 by the word
hades. Two Greek words are translated
in the Authorized Version of the New Testa
ment by the English word hell. In the Re
vised Version the distinction between these
two Greek words is maintained by translat
ing the one of them hades. This word, like
the sheol of the Old Testament, means the
condition of the dead, without necessarily in
volving the idea of suffering. Christ entered
into hades by his becoming dead, but did not
enter into hell. Hades, as here applied to
Capernaum, means its disappearance from
the face of the earth as buried people disap
pear. Tyre and Sidon and Sodom had not
as much light and opportunity as Chorazin
and Bethsaida and Capernaum, but they had
enough to leave them without excuse. The
enormousness of the punishment of Chorazin,
Bethsaida and Capemaum is shown in the
fact that their locality is a matter of dispute
among travelers of the present day. But the
sites of Tyre and Sidon are known and inhab
ited towns still exist in both places.
1 This doctrine of the resulting obligations
arising from providential mercies underlies
verse 25. Wisdom often works itself out into
an egotism which destroys the simple Gospel.
Verse 26 is the only explanation which we
are able to give of the unrevealed reasons for
God's distinguishing providences. A deaf
and dumb boy was once asked why be was so
afflicted while his questioner had both speech
and hearing. Going to the blackboard, he
wrote as his answer this twenty-sixth verse.
Happy is the Christian, old or young, who
is able to rest content in the presence of
God's mysterious dealings, in the faith in
volved in that verse.
God manifested. God manifest in the flesh
is the highest and clearest revelation God
nasmade. The indwelling of the Saviour,
as a matter of experience, is the best inter
preter of the description of Christ and of
God given in the word. The external revela
tion and the internal experience are thus
mutually explanatory. A blind man has
great difficulty in understanding much about
the science of optics. 8o unconverted per
sons may study the Bible, but they cannot
understand it as those do whose inward ex
perience answers to and explains the mean
ing of God's threatenings and promises.
What is rest? That is really work that
works out only into disappointment and fail
ure. Labor is the active side of suffering, and
heavy laden is its passive side. Lifting when
we are well is not necessarily very painful,
especially if the burden is not disproportion
ately heavy; but if wo have a dislocated
shoulder and a broken arm and an inflamed
muscle, any lifting is torture. We were made
to work in harmony with God. When then
we come to resist him, we are wrenching and
twisting ourselves. To do God's will was the
work for which man was made. When there
fore Christ says, "I will give you rest," ho
does not mean that thereafter you shall have
nothing whatever to do. Spiritual inactivity,
which is neither good nor bad, is an impossi
bility to any human being. What we need
therefore is not idleness, but work which
shall not be weariness.
Christ's rest. So Christ's exhortation,
"learn of me," is in the line of this perfect
adaptation of the worker to his work. The
yoke he bore was tho will of his Father, and
in his meekness and his lowliness of heart it
was his meat to do this will and to finish the
work which he was sent to do. That yoke
was easy to him and that burden light to
him. It goes therefore to the heart of the
question of our likeness to Christ when he
says to us, "my yoke is easy and my burden
is light. " He does not merely mean the yoke
and the burden which he will givo to his
people and require them to take; he includes
in the phrase "my yoke and my burden" the
yoke and burden he himself has borne. In
order, however, to find these easy it is neces
sary that wo should take on his nature, his
love for God and his hatred for sin. This
burden will be heavy to the unrenewed
heart, but it Will be light to the unregenerate
nature. In him, therefore, alone can that
adaptation to the task we have to do be se
cured whicd will make these tasks easy of
performance.
BIinCHBIB,
1. Willfulness, not lack of evidence, is the
cause of unbelief.
2. The day of judgment will come.
3. Many who are exalted will be brought
low.
4. God reveals spiritual truth to those
ready to receive it
5. We know God through Christ.
6. In Christ is rest
HINTS FOR PRIMARY CLASSES.
BY ALICE W. KNOX.
Verses 28-30 are enough for the little folio.
The lesson can be divided into three parts:
1. An invitation.
2. From whom!
3. To whom J
An invitation implies something pleasant
A group of children living in a crowded
part of a great city, where every tenement
waa full to overflowing, were invited by their
teachers and friends to go ' Into the wide,
beautiful country for a couple of wseki. This
Invitation waa so charming that not on re
fused it, but every one gladly accepted it
. AUttte poor girl U vise In Ufmt dtj
of Faria bad been very ill; a nice ytmni
peasant girl from the country near by in
vited her to come and stay a while at her lit
tle cottage. She was delighted, and went to
enjoy the trees, the flowers and the ani
mals. Although she had only black bread,
milk, berries and broth to eat she gained
health, strength and happiness by accepting
this kind invitation.
There are many kinds of invitations, but
the greatest, the best and most wonderful of
all is this one in our lesson. It says, come to
me. Write it on the board, or prepare be
forehand little notes or cards with the invi
tation printed on them, and give to the chil
dren. Who gives this wonderful invitation, and
what makes it wonderful I Is it from some
loving friend to go to the seat shore in the hot
summer weather I Is it from some kind ac
quaintance to visit her in the beautiful coun
try I Who says, Come to me?
To whom is it given? Every one must say,
am I invited? I want to go. A lady in Paris
was talking to two hundred working women
about this invitation. he said, You will
say, I am not good enough to go, I am wick
ed. But be who invites you will make you
good if you will let him. People invited to
kings' houses must be finely dressed, as they
were at Queen Victoria's dinner. Perhaps
you say I have no suitable clothes to wear.
This King, who says come to me, will clothe
you with robes of righteousness that will
make you fit to enter in among the royal
guests.
After the meeting, a littlo, shriveled, miser
able looking woman came to the lady who
had been talking, and laying her hand on the
lady's arm she said earnestly, looking steadily
into her face, "Was that invitation you gave
for me? Was it for mef" "Yes," said the
lady, "for you and for every one who heard
it." "Well then," she replied, "I accept it, I
accept it gladly. I know I am wicked, but
you said he would make mo good, and I ac
cept the invitation." This was the first time
this poor old woman had been to those meet
ings, and when she heard the wonderful in
vitation she immediately accepted it How
many who hear it today will accept it? Bun-
day School Vorld.
A Sermon.
Sunday evening, Nov. 6th, Dr. Frederick
of the Baptist church began a series of Ber
nions on "The Illstory, Doctrines and work
of the leading Denominations. ' The fol
lowing is the first.
"One Church, Many Denominations."
Amos ill, 3: "Can two walk together ex
cept they agree V"
Every few years In the history of the
church there Is an effort after organic uni
ty among the churches. Organic unity is
the doctrine of the Roman churcb.QDur
Ine the middle ages it may be said to have
attained it. If other organized churches
existed thev were secret bodies. In later
days the broad church party of England
has advocated the laying aside of differ
ences and uniting on essentials, thus be
coming one organic church. Mllmun, the
historian, and Kingsley were advocates of
this.
The differences between denominations
are called non-essentials and these were to
be riven un as ot no value and aa separat
incr Christian churches. The doctrine of
Soclnlus that whatever keeps Christians
from organic unity is sin has been held by
some in every generation. Separate or
ganization has been called heretical, schis
matics! A distinction Is to be made between
Christian union and church union. The
first Is the oneness of all believers in Christ
Is a union of the spirit. The second is an
outward union in which all Christians be
long to the same denomination.
Christian union is a thine most desirable.
As the years come and go Christians get a
better understanding of each other and
hence come Into closer fellowship. This
SDlrlt of oneness is helped also by inter-
mlDgling In societies for the promotion of
temperance ana otner unrisuan worn, i ne
dislrableness of uniting all denominations
into one is very doubtful. God's blessing
has rested with continual unction upon the
classification of Christians under different
names and has brought to naught all efforts
at organic union.
1. The classification of Christian de
nominations agrees with the best methods
of other bodies of men for effective work.
An armv to do effectual work must have
classification; the corps, the division, the
brigade, the regiment, Theso classes must
have their officers, their places, tneir auues.
In their places and duties they must be dis
ciplined to work. The movements of a
battle, tho success of a contest depends
absolutely on the classification ana aisci
pllne. If the men get out of their places,
the regiments get mixed up, the divisions
do not join one another properly the battle
is lofct. At Waterloo Napoleon hurled div
ision after division against the center of
Wellington's line, but without effect. Last
of all his own guard undertook the task.
They moved over the field In face of shot
and shell and threw themselves upon the
enemy. They to were broken and mixed.
Nanoleon. whose fate hung on that battle,
cried out, "They are mingled together,"
mounted his horse and left the field de-
feated. When troops mingle the battle is
lost.
Bull Hun was the same. Company was
separated from regiment and regiment
from urlgaae. I ne retreat was oi Jt mgieu,
disorganized forces.
What Is necessary In the nation's army
is necessary in the Lords's army. For
effective work there must be classification,
Dlace. duties, discipline. Each church is
a regiment, It belongs to a certain division
or association, this division belongs to a cer
tain corps or denomination, each denomlnaj
Hon belongs to Christ's army. It would be
nearly Impossible to combine all in one
church organization and no such victories
could be eairjed as now. This, however,
is conditioned on fighting the enemy and
not each other. When Jason was seeking
In Colchis the famous golden fleece one
of his tasks was to sow the dragon's teeth
In the field of Mars. When the teeth were
sown armed warriors sprung up and sought
to put Jason to the sword. Had they con
tinued this the golden fleece would have
been saved to them, but they soon began
to fight one another and every man was
put to death by his fellow. Paul refers to
this kind of fighting when he says to the
Oalatians, vl, 15: "if ye bite and devour
one another take heed that ye be not con
sumed one of another."
It may be a pleasantry to liken the Meth
odists to cavalry, the Presbyterians to arlil
lery, the Baptists to the navy, etc., yet it
shows that there are differences of work
which this classification indicates, that It
necessary to the success of the Christian
armv.
A similar thought Is that of division of
labor. Id every manuiactory eacu worn is
classified, the work of one is not that of
another, efficiency without this Is impossi
ble. Each has his own department, nls
own work. Division of labor is as necessary
In God's great workshop as in man's. Each
church has a work that can only be done
hv itself.
Christ said: "The sons of thi world
are for their own generation wiser than the
aona of light," Lake zvl, 8, but their divis
ion of Christians Into denomination!
viewed ai a mean to greater work il as
wise as are the sons of this world,
II. There are certalo bents of dlsposl.
tion, certain Inclinations of character, (we
may call tuem tastes, yet tney are deeper
than taste since they are a part of the na
ture) which divide men Into groups.
There are . people who incline torwaras
forms, it Is natural for them to like litur
gies, they are born high churchmen. Such
DHODie will eel more at nome ana natur
ally gravitate toward Episcopacy.
Others are naturally emotional, are Dorn
Methodists, and that church is the best
place for them, if a live Methodist hap
peued to "get the power" In the Eplsco
pal church he would be likely to break up
the meeting.
The same dispositions show memseives
In the choice of scripture and the determ
ination of doctrine. Some people by na
ture dwell unon Calvanlstlc passages, elec
tion, foreordlnatlon, predestination. They
would Join a Calvanlstlc Dody. utners
dwell upon works, "Work out your own
salvation with fear and tremnung."
We thus classify severa!types of people.
Now if these people can find the gospel
preached and practiced among the class of
of people to which they are naturally dis
posed there is the best place for them.
I would not Ignore, however, a perfect
obedience to God's truth, whether It Is ac
cord'ng to one's liking or against It Man's
disposition Is to selfishness, neistocrucuy
himself. The word of God Is the standard
of truth. We must obey it. But having
the truth we may classify ourselves without
violating any known precept of God, unless
perchance these classifications may ce
abused and lead us to violate the spirit of
the bond. Man's dispositions must run In
the channels of truth, not truth in the
channels of man's disposition.
III. Denomlnntlonallsiu emphasizes
certain doctrines without denying others.
Each has certain banners, but a certain
one is held higher than the others.
1. When John Wesley began his work
In England personal piety ana public mor
als were very low. The state was the
church. Efforts for the salvation of men
were needed, work and piety were the de
mand of the perlshlug world and of the
Lord of the harvest. It Is no wonder that
under such circumstances the Arminlan
thought of salvation by grace secured by
works should be made prominent, This
banner Is held high by the Methodist
church, yet it is not the only banner carried
by that denomination,
2 John Galvln was a profound scholar,
student of the word, second only to Luther
In securing the reformation. lie saw the
church of the state usurping the place of
God, professing by churchly right to send
men to heaven or hell, lie saw the need
of putting God back on his throne as de
terminer oi the destiny oi man ana ne de
veloped the thought ot scripture that God
has a chosen people elected to be saved
predestined from all eternity. It was God
not the church that had the power of life
and death. This banner the PresbyterlanB
hold aloft, but we must not think It the
only banner carried by them
3. When in the' early centuries the
church of Home sanctioned a change In the
form of baptism, there were people who
opposed it because the change seemed to
them to destroy the symbolism or tne or
dinance of a burial and resurrection and
because it did not follow the example of
Christ. These people raised on high a ban
ner with the Inscription "Buried with
Christ in baptism," yet this Is not the only
banner carried by the liaptists
4. There are people to-day who think
there ought to be more prominence given
to the second coming of Christ, and they
are trying to raise their banner also,
I have nothing to do to-night with any
banner that has not a bible truth upon it
Those I have mentioned are truths in God's
word. There is a second coming of our
Lord, there Is a bible baptism, there is a
doctrine of election, there Is a doctrine of
works. Bo far then as these truths are con
cerned the denominations that' emphasize
them have a holy calling and in so far as
theyfhold themselves to their work will have
the blessing of the great head of the
church.
IV. Another reason tor separate denom
inations lies in emulation. Each church
needs a stimulus and there ought to be a
healthful emulation between them. While
all christian work is one, yet each church's
work is separate. When my neighbor's
garden Is well kept I am stimulated to Im
prove my own. When another church Is
prospering I wish the same of my own. A
rivalry that has In It the right motive can
never be wrong. To build up one church
however, by methods that weaken another
cannot be right either in the sight of God j
or of man.
Lastly, the main work of each body of
Christians Is to save the world from sin and
Its eternal results. The church Is a life
saving sei vice, not a saint's rest. Every
man Is to lend a hand for God and human
ity and do a man's work until the end
comes.
When fragile woman sighs, deploring
The charms that quickly fade away,
What power, the bloom of health restoring,
Can check the progress of decay ?
The only aid that's worth attention,
For pains or Ills of such description,
Thousands of womenjsladly mention
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The price of this royal remedy, Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, is but one
dollar. Specific for all those chronic ali
ments and weaknesses pecular to women.
The only medicine for such maladies, sold
by druggists, under a positive guarantee
from the manufacturers, that it will give
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Six for S5.
An Indorsemet ot Cleveland.
The president now occupies a vantage
ground, which he will turn to useful ends
in the unrolling panorama of political
movements and events for the next twelve
months. The caviling politicians and edi
tors have met their fate. They have done
their worst, and have found themselves so
badly worsted that they will no longer be
regarded as a factor in next year's plans
and purposes. Among members of the ad
ministration there is an undisguised sense
ot relish of the rebuke of the antagonism
which certain metropolitan newspapers bo
unnecessarily exerted against the president
and the acts of his government has received.
Philadelphia Times.
Thief Arrested.
The news was recleved with the utmost
satisfaction by the community that he has
terrorized, but the arrest of a disease that
Is stealing away a loved and valued life, Is
an achievement that should Inspire heart
felt gratitude. Chilliness, cold extremities,
depressed spirits, and extremely miserable
sensations, with pale, wan features, are the
results of disordered kidneys and liver,
Arrest the cause at once by taking Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It
is a purely vegatable detective, that will
ferret out and capture the most subtle lung
or blood disorder. Druggists.
It Is to the credit of the people of this
State that Fred Grant's candidacy hat fall
en flat haa failed utterly to awaken the
enthusiasm which the Republican man
agers anticipated. The people. In the lan
image or tne Chicago notei ciera to ynanei
Francla Adams, "Don't go very heavy on
Daduvlsra." The Idea of running a man
on the strength of his father's name, re
gardless or any merits or his own, is non
American. It is repulsive to the genius of
our institutions, antagonistic to the spirit of
the Declaration of Independence. It should
meet with an emphatic rebuke at the hands
of the people. Fred Grant, the head of the
Republican state ticket, should be round at
Its foot when the votes are counted. It
would prove a lesson not easily forgotten
Syracuse Courier.
How a llaby's Life waa Saved.
Death, the grim monster, Is fond ot en
tering the happy family circle, and to cut
down with his fatal scythe the sweet, young
Diossoms oi uuuiauuy wuicu cueer auu
brighten the household ; but after the keen
edge of his scythe can be avered by the
fond parents, If they will exercise good
Judgement In procuring an efficient remedy
for their auing cnua. oucn a case is
related below, and the testimony given by
the mother cannot fall to Impress itself
upon the memory of all mothers who niay
be called upon to undergo a similar exper
lence, and who are anxious to save their
own baby's life from the Insidious attack
of a disease which poisons the very fount
ot life, to end. finally, in death.
Furthermore, the entire narmiessness oi
8. S. d. Is seen in the fact that little four-
month-old babies taken it with Impunity
and great benefit. Babies predisposed to
scrofula should be brought up from the
age of three months to eighteen months on
a. B. s. ror scroruious oaoies.
Gastoma, N. C, April 4, 1887.
Gentlemen Several months ago my
baby, then only four months old, develop
ed scrofula. He had two several risings
aud sores on the neck. I sent for our fam
ily physician, who pronounced the case
scrofula, and prescribed S. 8. 8. for It. 1
gave the baby 8. 8. 8. for about a month,
and It soon got the disease under control.
The sores are all healed, and the baby is
very well and healthy In appearance.
1 know 8. 8. 8. saved our baby's life, and
I told our doctor so. He Is a regular pay
siclan, and prescribed 8. 8. 8. for the baby
as soon as he saw it had scroruia.
Yours slucerely,
Amanda Inulk.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The 8wift Specific Co., Drawer 3, At-
lanty, Ga.
A Bulletin, reporter who is repeatedly
greeted with the shibboleth, "How's busi
ness V has interviewed several people with
a view to answering the question Intelli
gently, with the following result: "My
business is drawing crowds," said the ar
tist. "And mine is being run Into the
ground," said the undertaker. "My voca
tion is tine," said the judge. "My business
Is growing," remarked the farmer. "Busi
ness is fare," answered the conductor.
"Mine Is gaining ground," said the real es
tate dealer. "My business Is pIcRlng up,"
said the rag man. "And my business Is
still," suid the manufacturer of good Old
Medford. Baton Commercial Bulletin.
Don't Fall to try It.
J. C. Burrows, Kalamazoo, Michigan
testifies: "For more than five years, a mem
ber of my family has been allllcted with
Hay Fever, culminating late in the fall In
a hacking cough. Every remedy proved
futile. Not a half dozen bottles of Papll
lon fextract cf flax) Catarrh Cure had been
used before the cough entirely disappeared,
and general relief followed. It is simply
wonderful." Large bottles only $1, for
sale by T. IS. Uapen & (Jo.
Omaha Man Why don't you get mar
ried and settle down r
Bashful Friend The tact Is, I am afraid
to propose to a girl.
"That's It, eh?"
"Yes, 1 wish the thing could be reversed
and the girls would do the proposing."
"They'll never do that."
"I believe if one would meet me half
way I might get through."
"That's easily managed. Court a wid
ow." Exchange.
A Merchant's Opinion.
Mr. B. F. Nourse, general western agent
Royal Baking Powder Co., writes : 1 have
never found so great results from physlcl-
clans' precrlptions and attendance upon our
children, as 1 have after a few day's use or
Papillon (extract of flax) Skin Cure, l
cannot describe to you medically what it
has done for us, but can say that years of
treatment have not accomplished what l a-
plllon has done after a few applications."
Large bottles only 1, at T. 15. Gapen &
Co s drug store.
First Omaha Man (in street car, going
home) How fearfully slow these cars run ;
they drag along like snails.
Second Omaha Man I thought we were
whirling along at a great rate.
"Mercy, no. Seems to me we have been
an hour on the road. I hope my wife
wont worry."
"How long have you been married?"
"About ten days."
"I've been married ten years." Omaha
World.
Senator Evarts points out that the $ 100,.
000,000 surplus revenue collected by the
Federal government In excees of Its needs
amounts to a per capita tax of f 1 m upon
the Inhabitants of the country. The duty
of Congress to provent further accumula
tion by reducing the rates of custom duties
Is unquestioned by any except those who
would maintain the present rates or custom
duties by removing the tax from whiskey,
beer and tobacco. The tariff should be
reformed with reference to the needs of
the working classes. Those needs cannot
be met by removing the Internal revenue
taxes on liquors and Inaugurating an era of
cheap whiskey. The working classes want
the necessaries of life cheapened. They
want to be rescued from the extortions of
the sugar trusts and the salt trusts that are
formed under the cover of excessive tariff
taxes. The duty on sugar is three and one
half cents a pound, a sum equal to the
first cost of that article In Cuba. The
Bugar trust has been formed to keep the
price of sugar up to within a fraction of a
cent below the price at which It could be
Imported and sold, plus the duty. Nine
tenths of the sugar consumed In this coun
try Is imported and ne one is protected by
the tariff on it except the importers and
jobbers, who are organized to maintain the
price at the highest figure short or the
point at whica foreign producer could sen
at a profit If the tax on sugar were re
moved, the sugar trust could not live and
the price of sugar would be about one hall
Its present price. Within a week the sugar
trust has raised the price seventy two cents
on a barrel and the retailers are forced to
purchase at advanced figures or not at all
It Is high time that the robbery practiced
bv sugar refiners trust should be stopped
by Congress, and thla can be done only by
removing the shelter under which the trust
practice its plunder in security.
Wonderful Cures.
D. Loriaux Retail Druggist of Ottawa, III.
says: wi have been selling vr. King a new
Discovery, Elect rio Bitten and Buoklen a
Arnica Salve for six years. Have never
handled remsdies that sell aa well, or give
such universal satisfaolion. There hava been
soma wonderful ourea effeoted by these med
icines in the city. Several oases of pro-
noun end Consumption bave been antUrly
oured by the use of a few bottles of Dr.
King's New Dlsooverj, taken in connection
with Eleetrlo Bitters. We guarantee them
lways. Sold by D. Lorriaux.
From careful experiments (he lata Mr.
Mechi discovered that plants slightly watered
everyday often perish, and al way a become
dwarfed, whereas a good soaking given twice
week almost invariably proves beneficial.
There h uo doubt that a thorough soaking of
tha ground two or three times a week is
muoh better than tha same amount of water
applied in driblets sufficient to wet the upper
surface only and uol the earth contiguous to
the roots.
Tha npmtn f!nFnmnt has eomnletelv.
readicated the Colorado beetle, or potato bug,
rrom me nems or tne tingaom oy me umei.v
iim nf nnlannl ami tha tillincr tit the tracts of
land on which the pest had appeared. There
is no aouoi nut insi equany energetic meas
ures in this country would produce the same
result, but the matter has been allowed to
lapse along until the beetle has been allowed
to spread over the oountry. The insect was
imported into Germany in cargos of Ameri
can potatoes.
Sundown is the name of a quaint little
place near Big Indian in the Cuiskills,
where the people witness the setting of the
sun at 2 o'clock r. in., and the rising at 9
o'clock a. m. Four mountains nearly sur
the round settlement. The people are gwner
ally healthy, and those who bave lived there
for a long time have the owMIke capacity
tor seelug In the gloom. Pouijhkfpie
hagle.
This man believes in blanketing his honaj
' This man don't think a Horse Blanket
does any good.
Isn't it plain that $1.50 to
$3.50 spent for one of the fol
lowing 5 a Horse Blankets
would have paid?
5a Five Mite.
5a Six Mile
5a Little Giant.
sa Boss Stable.'
3a F. Kersey.
5a Electric.
3 a No. 306.
There are many other styles. If these don't
auit you, ask to them.
AspoNa bmuJket is made Like fia.2,
Fieri
. Fia.2
mnWiaiiT.
SwmWii? 4 Bus
kcnVftuWuutwtu.
jn INOtMNVfa
TNMLADS.
ffyouWknt Strength look, for thisTradefferil
They all have this 5,'a Trade Mark Label
pewed on the inside of each blanket.
Copyrighted 1887.
Oor Nrw Storr, which we now occupy,
Mas about 3 acrrs of floor hpitce.
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Ix.urd 8-t. ami March,
rach year. - 301 page.,
8sllV Im hri, with over
3,500 Illustration a
whole Picture Gallery.
GIVES Wholesale Prices
4tret to eonnumrrt on all goods for
personal or funnily use. Telia how to
rdcr, and K'ves exact co.t of every
tll yon use, rat, drink, wear, or
have fun with. Thru I. VALl'AULE
BOOKS contain Information gleaned
from the market, of the world. A
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10 cts, to defray expense of mailing.
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
Ill 114 Michigan Avroue, f hlrscn. III.
Ufa SIza Crayon Portrait
WITH
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12 Cabinets & I Panel, $2
Guaranteed to be a i od a. the best at any price.
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Address WIZARD OIL COMPANY. CHICAGO.
DR. J. B. WALKER,
Oculist and Aurist,
Who hm practiced IB this city n ' ce
IW, may be consulted
AT THE CLIFTON HOTEL. OTTA W
On the first Saturday of each month,
aa follow.:
Saturday .Tune 4
Saturday July 8
Saturdav iVuituat O
Saturday Beiitciabsr 3
Haturday October X
Saturday Novrmlwr 0
At all other time. (a. this 1 the onlv plare he vlxlts
profeitalonaily) he may be found In Culcaro.
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85 WsihlDiftoB Btreet. H. W. Corner of S.arbara.
One Agent (Men-ham on y) witnted in every tows for
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