The Bottineau pioneer., June 14, 1888, Image 5

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TALMAGE'S SEBMON.
The Brooklyn Preacher Discourses on
the Divine Assassination and
Its Lesson.
Pictures a Cross Flaming wltt
Battering, Flaming: wlthTTrlansplr,
FltmluK with ©lory.
Roy. T. De "Witt Talmage, D. D., ioo"k
for bis text the passage:
Whosoever doth not bear Hi cross and
como after me can not be my disciple. LulJ'e
jdv., 4-27.
Ho preached the following sermon:
The cross was a gibbet on which criminals
were put to death. It was sometimes made
in the shape of the letter T, sometimes in
the shape of the letter X, sometimes in tho
shape ,„o£ 44ttr-'Tetter I—a simple upright
sometimes two cross pieces against the per
pendicular bar, so that upon the lower cro3S
piece the criminal partially eat But what
ever style of cross always disgraceful,
always agonizing.
When Darlns conquered Babylon ho put
two hundred captives to death on the cross.
When Alexander conquered Tyre he put
two thousand captives to death on the ero3*.
So it was just an. ordinary mode of punish,
ment. But in all the forest of crosses on the
hills and in the valleys of the earth there.is
one cross that attracts more attention thnn
any other. It is not hialier than the others,
it is not made out of different wcod, there is
nothing peculiar in the notch at which the
two pieces are joined, and as to the scene,
they witnessed crucifixions every few weeks
so that I see a reckless man walking the
bill and kicking carelessly aside a skull, and
wondering who the villain was who Had so
flat and misshapen a head and here is an
other skulJ, and there n the hillside is
another skull. Indeed the Bible says it
was "a place of skulls." But about the vic
tim on one of these crosses all ages are cry
ing: *'Who is Hei' Was He a man? Was He
a God'/" Was He man and God?"
Through the darkness of that gloomy day
I come close up enough to the cross to see
who it is. It is Jesus. How did He come
there? Had He come up on the lull to look
oft' upon the beautiful landscape or upon a
brilliant sunset? No. He came there ill
and exhausted. Teople sometimes wonder
why Clmst expired so quickly on the cross,
in six or seven hour?, while other victims
have been on the cross for forty-eight hours
before life was extinct. I will tell you the
reason. He was exhausted when he came
there. He had been scourged. We are
horrified at the cruelties of the whipping
post, but those cruelties were mercy as com
pared with the scourging of Jesus Christ.
I saw at Antwerp a picture made by liu
bens—Rubens' picture of the scourging of
Jeeus Christ. It was the most overmaster,
tog picture I ever looked at, or ever expect
to see. As the long-frocked official opened
the door that hid the picture there He was—
Christ with back bent and bared. The flag
elator stood with the upper teeth clinched
over the lower lip, as though to give vio
lence to the blows. There were the swollen
shoulders of Christ. There were tho black
and blue ridges, denied even the relief of
bleeding. There was the
Christ moves ou with His burden upon His
shoulders, and there is a boy that passes
along with Him, a boy holding a mallet and
a few nails. I wonder what they are for.
Christ moves on until the burden is so great
He staggers and falls flat into the dust and
faints dead away, and a ruiiian puts His foot
on llim and shakes Him as he would a dead
dog, while another ruffian looks down at
Him, wondering whether Ho has fainted
away or whether He is only jjretending to
faint away, and with jeer and contempt in
fliscribable says: "Fainted, havejou? Faint-
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Get up, get 0:1!"
Now they have arrived at the foot of the
bill. Off with His clothes. Shall that loath
some mob look upon „the unrobed body of
Christ? Yes. The commanding officers say:
"Unfasten the girdle, take off the coat, strip
.v 'Him." The work is done. Bring back the
©oat, for here are the gamblers tossing up
j5jin on the ground, saying: ''Who
sh&U have tho coat?" One ruffian says: "I
have I have it—it is mine!" Ho rolls it
up and puts it under his arm, or he examines
It to see what kind of fabric it is made of.
Then they put the crosi upon the ground,
and they stretch Christ upon it, and four or
five men hold Him down while they drive
the spikes home: at every thump a groan, a
groan! Alas, alas! the hour passes 011 and the
time comes when they must crucify Him.
Christ has only one garment left now, a
Cap, a cap of thorns. No danger that it will
fall oil, lor the sharp edges have punctured
the temples and it is sure and last. One ruf
fian takes hold of one end of the short beam
Of the cioss, and another ruffian takes hold
of the other end of the short beam of
the cross, and another ruffian put his arms
Around the waist of Christ, and another ruf
ia.11 takes hold of the end of the long beam
Of the cross, and all together they move on
tin til they come to the hole digged in tho
cartD,4ind with awful plunge it jars down
With its burden of woe. It is not the picture
Of a Christ, ii is not the statue of Christ, as
you sometimes see iu a cathedral but it is
the body of a bleedin?, living, dying Christ.
They sometimes say Ho had five wounds,
but tliey have counted wrong. Two wounds
for the hands, two wounds for the feet, one
wound for the side, they say, five wounrls,
jSo they have missed the worst and they
have missed the most. Did you ever see the
bramble out of which that crown of thorns
was made? I saw one on a Brooklyn ferry
ooat, in the hatfds of a gentleman who had
just returned from Palestine, a bramble just
jiKe tLmt out of vyiiicn iho crown of thorns
was made. O how cruel and how stubborn
were the thorns! And when tnat cap of
thoins was put upon Christ it was pressed
down on Him, not live wounds but ten,
twenty, thirty—I can not count them.
There were threo or lour absences that
made that scene worse. First there was t'-ia
absence of water. The climate was hot
the fover, the inllamation, the nervous pros
tration, the gangrene.had seized upon Him,
told Be terribly wanted water. His wounds
were worse than guushot fractures, and yet
no water. A Turk in the thirteenth century
was crucified on the banks of a river so that
the Bight of ihe water might tantalize him.
And O how the thirst of Christ must have
tantalized as He thought of the Euphrates
and the Jordan and the Amazon and all the
fountains of earth and heaven poured out of
His own bandJ. They offered Him an intox
draught made out of wine and myrrh,
bitf He declined It- Ho wanted to dio sober.
No water.
Then, my Mends, there was the absence
of light. Darkness alwavs exasperates trou
ble. I never shall forget the night in the
pummer of 1873, in the steamer Greece, mid.
Atlantic, everyjmomentexpectingjthe steam
er to go down. All the lights in the cabin
were blown out. The captain cam6 crawl
ihg on bis bands and knees, for hp could not
stand upright, so violently was the vessel
and be cried out: Light up, light
steward said: "We can't light
up the candles are'gone and the holders
are gone." The captain said: '1 can't
belp that light up 1" The storm was awful
when tbe lights were burning', worse when
the lights went out.
STben there wu tbe absence of faithful
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adhering to
the whips as they were lifted. There were
the marks where the knots in the whips
gouged out the ilcsli. There stood the per.
necutor, with his fcot on tlie calf of the leg
of tho Savior,- balancing himself. Oh, tho
furious and hellish look on those faces, grin
ning-vengeance against the Son of G'oci. Tho
picture seized me, it overwhelmed me it
teemecl as jf it would kill inc. I do not think
1 could have looked at it live minutes and
buve lived.
But that, my friends, was before Christ
bad started for Calvary. That was only tlie
Whipping. Are you ready ior the journey to
the cross?
'ike carpenters have split the timber Into
two pieces. They are heavy and they' are
Ions pieces, for one of thein must bo fa^
tened deep down in the earth lest the strug
gling of the yictini upset tho structure.
They put this timber ou the shoulder of
Christ very..gradually first, to see whether
He can stanu it, and after they find He can
stand it, they put the whole weight upon
Him. Forward, now, to Calvary. The
booting anct the veiling mob follow on.
Under the weight of the cross, Christ lJeing
weary and sick, lie stumbles and falls, and
Jbey jerk at his robe indignant that He
should have stumbled and fallen, and they
icry: "Uetup, get up!" Christ, putting one
bund on the ground and the other hand on
*hc cross, rises, lookiug into the luce of
Mary, His mother, ior sympathy, but they
tell her to stand back, it is uo place for a
woman—''stand back and stop this crying."
nurses. When you are ill it fs pleasant to
have the head bathed and the hands and
leet rubbed. Look at the hand^ and feet of
Christ! Look at tbe face of Christ. There
were women there who had cared for the
sick, but none of them might come up near
enough to help. There was Christ's mother,
but she might not come up n6ur enough to
help. TLey said: "Stand back! stand
back I This is no place for you." The high
priests and the soldiers wanted it their own
w«y they had it their own way.
The hours pass on, and it is 12 o'clock of
S-.wor*s suffering, and it is 1 o'clock, and it
is 2 o'clock, and it is almost 3 o'clock. Take
the last look at that suffering face wan and
pinched, the purple lips drawn back against
the teeth, the eyes red with weeping and
sunken as though grief had pushed the in
back, blackne-8 under tho lower lid, the
wi.o.e odv adroop and shivering with the
la 11 h?ll, tiie breath growing feebler, and
feebler, and iecbler, and feebler until Ho
gives one long, deep, last sigh. He is dead I
O, my soul, He is dead! Can you tell
why? Was He a fanatic dying for u princi.
pie that He did not amount to anything?
Was He a man infatuated? No to save
your soul irom sin, and mine, and make
eternal life possible He died. There had to
be a substitute lor sin. Who shall it be?
"Let it be me?" said Christ. "Let it be me."
•You understand the meaning of that word
substitution. You were drafted for the last
war, some one took your place, marchod
your march, suffered your wounds, and died
at Gettysburg. Christ comes to us while
we are fighting our battle wit.i sin and death
and bell, and He is* our substitute. Ho
marches our march, lights our battle, suffers
our wounds, and dies our death. Substitu
tion Substitution 1
IIovv do you feci in regard to that scene
described in the text and in tho region
around about the text? Are your sympathies
aroused cr are you so dead in sin and so
abandoned by reason of your transgressions
that you can look upon all that tearless and
unmoved? No, no there are thousands of peo
ple here this morning who can say, in the
depths of their soul: "N0.110, no if Jesus
endured that and all that for me, 1
ought to
love Hun. I must love llim I will love Him
I do love llim. Here, Lord, I give myslf to
Thee 'tis all that 1 can do."
But how are you going to test your love
and test your earnestness? My text gives a
test. It says that while Christ carried a
cross for you, you must be willing to carry a
cro-B for Christ. "Well," you say, "I never
could understand that. There are no crosses
to be carried in this land tl.oe persecutions
have pj&sed, and in all the land there is no
one to be crucified, and yet in the pulpit and
in the prayer-meetings you all keep talking
about carrying a cross. What do you mean,
sir?" I mean thi$: That is a cross which
Christ calls you to do which Js unpleasant
and hard.
,-0h!"
you sav, "after hearing
the story of this Christ and all that He has
endured' for me 1 am ready to do anythiug
for Him. Just tell me what I have to do ana
I'll do it. I am ready to carry any crcss."
Supposo I should ask you at the close of a
religious service to rise up announcing your
self on the Lord's side—could you do it? "Oh,
no!" you. say, "I have a shrinking and a
sensitive nature, and it would be im
possible for me' to rise before a large
assemblage, announcing myself
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There are hundreds of men and women
here, brave enough in other things Jin lite,
who simply for the lack| of manliness stay
away from God. They dare not say: "For
ever and iorever, Lord Jesus, I take Thee.
Thou hast lcdeemed me by Thy blood, here
is my immortal spirit. Listen, all my friends.
Listen, all tho world." They arc lurking
around about'the kingdom of God—they are
lurking around about it, -expecting to crawl
in some time when nobody is looking, for
getful of the tremendous words of my text:
"Whosoever doth not bear Jlls cross and
come after Mc cannot be My disciple
An officer of a neighboring church told me
that ho was in a store in New York—just
happened in-vwliere there were many clerks,
and a gentleman came in and said to a young
man standing behind the counter: "Are you
the young man that arose the other night
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the Lord's
side." Just as feared. You cannot stand
that cross. The first one that is offered you,
you reject. Christ carried a Himalaya,
Christ carried a world for you, and you can
not lift an ounce for him.
But hero is a man whose cross will be to
announce among his business associates to
morrow morning on exchange that he lias be
gun a new life, that, while he wants to be
faithful in hislworidly dutie.?, heisliving for
another world!, and he ought to advise all of
his associates, so far as ha can influence
thein, to begin with the Christian life. Could
you do that, my brother? "Oh, no," you say,
"not just that. I think religion is religion,
and business is business, and it would be im
possible for me to recommend the Christian
religion in places of worldly business." Just
as 1 feared. There is a second cross offered
you and you cannot carry it. Christ lilted a
mountain for you and you cannot lift an
ounce for Him.
There is someone whose cross it will be to
present religion in the homo circle. Would
you dare to kneel down and pray if your
brother and sister were looking at you?
Could you ask a blessiug^at the tea table?
Could you take the Bible and gather your
family around you and read of, Christ and
heaven and your immortal toul? Could you
tiieu kneel and pray for a blessing on your
household? "O.i," you say, "not exactly that.
I couldn't quite do that, because I have .a
very quick temper, and if 1 professed relig
ion and tried to talk religion in.my house
hold and after that I should lose my temper,
they would seoif at me and say: 'You are
a pretty Christian 1'" So you arc 'cowed
down and llieir sarcasm keeps you out of
heaven and away from Christ, when under
God you ought to take away your whole
family into the kingdom. Christ lifted a
mountain, lifted a wholo world for you you
can not lift an ounce for Him. 1 see liow it
is you want to be favorable to religion,
vou want to support Christian institutions,
you like to be associated with those who love
the Lord Jesus Christ but as to taking a pos^
itive step on this subject you can not—you
cannot, and my text, like a gate of a hun
dred bolts, bars you away from peace on
earth and glory in heaven.
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the Brooislyn tabernacle and asked for pray
ers?" Without any flush of cheek he replied:
"I am. I havn't always done right, and I
have been quite bad but since I arose for
prayers I think I am better than 1 was." It
was only his way of announcing that he bad
started for the highor life. God will not
cast out a man who is brave enough to take
a step ahead like that,
I tell you these things this morning be
cause, my dear friends, I want to show you
how light the cross i,s that we have to carry
compared with that which Christ carried
for us. You have not had the flesh torn ofl
for Christ's sake in carrying your cross. He
fainted dead away under His cross. You
have not carried the cross until it fetched
the blood. Under His there was a pool ol
carnage that splashed the horses' fetlocks.
You have lriends to sympathize with you
in carrying the cross. Christ trod the wine,
press of God's wrath alone, alone! The
:cross
that you and I ought to carry repre.
sents only a few days or a few years of trial.
The cross that Christ curried for us had corn,
pressed into it the agonies of eternity.
There has someone come here to-day
whom you have not observed. He did not
come through the front door He did not
come down any of these aisles yet 1 know
He is here. He is from the east, the fai
east. He comes with blistered foot, and
with broken heart, and cheeks red not with
health, but with blood from the temples. I
take hold of His ccat and I say: "It does
not seem to fit Thee." "No," He says ''it
is not mine it is borrowed it doss not be
long to Me now. For My vesture did they
cast lots." And I say to Him: "Thine
eyes are red as though from loss of sleep."
He Says: "Yes^ the Son of man had not
where to lay His head." And I touch the
log on His baclt and I sav: "Why carriest
Thou this?"' "Ah!" Ho says, "that is a
crosi I carry for thee .and for the sius of the
whole world. 'That is a criss. Fall into
line, march on with me' in this procession,
take your smaller crosses and your lighter
burdens and join me in this march to
heaven." And we join that procession with
our smaller crosses and oar lighter burdenB,
and Chr et looks back and He sees some are
halting because they can not endure tbe
shame or bear the burden, and with a voice
which has in it majesty and omnipotence,
He cries until all the earth trembles "Who
fcoever doth not bear bis cross and come af
ter me can not be My disciple
Ob, my brethren, my sisters—for I do not
speak professionally I qpeak as a brother
would speak to a brother or sister—my
brother, can you not bear a cross if at last
you can wear a crown? Come now, let us
divide off. Who is on the Lord's side? Who
is ready to turn his back upon the Lamb of
God, that taketb away the sin of the world?
as a brother
A Roman emperor said to a Greek archi
tect: "You build me a coliseum, a grand
coliseum of all the people, and I will make
a great day of festival on your account"
Tbe Greek architect did bis work, did it
magnificentIf, planned the building, looked
after its construction.
he building, 100.
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coliseum were' tbe tmperor and the Greek
architect. Tho emperor arose amid the
laudit* of a vas.t assembly and said: "We
have gathered here to-clay open this
coliseum anil to honor the Greek architect.
It is a great day for the Itoman empire. Let
tl.in builuitig be prosperous, and let lipnor be
put uj.on the Greek architect. Oh, we must
have a festival to-day. Bring out those
Christians and let us have them put to death
at the niout^/of the lions." The Christians
ito the center of the ampblthea
to be a great celebration in
tion. Then the lions, hungry
.trths starved, were let out fiotn
their dens fa the side of the ampbitheutre,
and they came lorth with mighty spring to
destroy and rend the Christians, and all the
galleries si.outed: "Huzza! Huzza! Long
live the emperor!" Then the Greek archu
tect arose iu one of the galleries and shouted
until in the vast assemblage all heard him:
"i, too, am a Christian I" and they seized
him iu tbeir fury and flung him to the wild
beasts, until his body, bleeding aud dead,
was tumbled over and over again in the dust
of the amphitheater.
were
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and threes
Could you have done that for Christ?
Could you, in a vast assemblage, all of whom
hated Christ, have said: "1 am a'Chris,
tian,"' or, "I want to be a Christian?"
Would you have had the ten thousandth
part of the enthusiasm and the courage of
the Greek architect? Nay, I ask you another
question: would you in an assemblage
where they are nearly all Christians—in an
assemblage a vast multitude of whom love
Christ and are willing to live, and if need
be to die, for Him—would you dare to say,
"I am a Christian," or, "I want to be a
Christian?" WouId you say in the presence
of the friends of Christ, as much as the Greek
architect said in the presence of the enemies
of Christ? Oh, are there not multitudes
here this morning who are ready to say:
"Let the world lcok ou, let all the galleries
of earth and lieaveu and hell look bn. I
take Christ this day. Come applause or
abuse, cora« sickness or health, come life or
death, Christ now, Christ forever."
Are you for Christ are you against Him?
The destinies of eternity tremble in the bal
ance. It seems as if the last day liad come
and we were gathered lor tlie reckoning.
"Behold, He cometh with clo.ids, and every
eye shall sec Him." What I say to one I
say to ail. What are you doing for Christ?
W hat are you bearing for Christ?
Oh, Christian mau Oh, Christian Woman I
Have you any scars to show in this conflict?
When a war is over the heroes have scars to
show. One hero rolls back his sleeve and
shows a gunshot fracture, or he pulls down
the collar and shows where he was wounded
in the neck. Auother man says: "I have
never had the use of my limb since I Was
wounded at that great battle." When tlie
last day comes, when all our battles are
over,
will we have any wounds for Christ? Somtf"
have wounds for sin, wounds for the devil,
wounds gotten in fighting on the wrong side.
Have we wounds that we can show—wounds
gotten in the battle for Christ and the truth?
O11 that resurrection day Christ will have
plenty of scars to show. Christ will stand
there and show the scars on his brow, the
scars on His hands, and the sears on His feet,
and He will put aside the robe of His roval
ty and show the scar on Ilis side, and" all
heaven will break down with emotion and
gratitude in one great sob, and then in one
great hosarna. Will you and I have any
tears to show?
There will be Ignatius, ou that day show*
ing the mark of the paw and teeth of the
lion that struck him down in the coliseum.
There will bo glorious John Huss showing
just where on his loot the flames begau on
that day when his soul took wing of flame
and soared up from Constance. There will
be Hugh McKail ready to point to the mark
on his neck where the ax struck hiui. There
will be McMillan and Campbell and Free
man, the American missionaries, who, with
their wives and children, were put to death
in the awful massacre at Cawnpore, showing
the place where the daggers of the Sepoys
struck them. There will be* the Waldenses,
showing where their limbs were broken on
the day when the Piedmont soldiery pitched
them over the rocks. Will you and I have
any wounds to show? Have we fought any
battles for Christ? Oh, that we misht all bo
enlightened lor Christ, that we infght all be
willing to suffer for Christ, that we might all
bear a woss ior Christ.
When tlje Scottish chieftains wanted to
raise an army, they would make a wooden
cross, and then set it on fire, anJ carry it
with other crosses they had through the
mountains, through the highlands, and
among the people and as they waved 1U9
cross the people would gather to the stand
ard and light for Scotland. So to-day, I
come out with the cross of the Son of God.
It is a flaming cross—flaming with suffering,
flaming with triumph, flaming with stlory. I
carry it out among al I tho people. Who will
bo on the Lord's side? Who will gather to
the standard of Emmanuel? A cross, a cross,
a cross! Whosoever doth not bear his cross,
and come after Mc, can not, can not be My
discinle."
A Camel's Revenge.
An English traveller in the East gives
the camel a very poor character.
According to his account the creature
is from first to last undomesticated
and savage, rendered serviceable not
by tameness but by stupidity.
One passion alone he posesses,
namely revenge, in the carrying out
ot hich he shows an unexpected de
gree of far-thoughted malice, united
with all the cold stupidity of his usual
character. One instance of this I weli
remember.
A lad of about fourteen had con
ducted a large camel, laden With
wood, to another village at about
half a mile's distance. As the animal
loitered or turned out of the way, its
driver struck it repeatedly, and hard
er than it seems to have thought he
had a right to do. But finding the oc
casion favorable for taking immediate
quits, it bode ita time nor was that
time long in coming.
A few days later the same lad had
to reconduct the beast, unladon, to
his own village. When they were
about half way on the road, and at
some distance from any habitation,
the camel suddenly stopped, looked
deliberately abound in every direction
to assure itself that no one was with
in sight, and finding the road clear of
passengers, made a step forward,
seized the unlucky boy's head in its
monstrous mouth, and lifting him in
to the air flung him down again with
the upper part of his skull completely
torn off.
Having thus satisfied its revenge,
the brute quietly resumed its pace to
wards the village, as though nothing
were the matter, till some men who
had observed the whole proceedings,
though unfortunately at too great a
distance to be able to afford timely
help, came up and killed it.
With Heads to the North.
The belief that human beings should
sleep with the ir heads to the north is
said to have its foundation in a sci
entific fact. The French Academy of
Sciences has made experiments upon
the body of a guillotined man which
go to prove that each human system
Is in itself an electric battery, one
electrode being represented by the
head, the other by the feet. The
body was taken immediately after
death and placed on a pivot, to move
as it might. After some vacillation
the head portion turned toward the
north, the body then remainiug sta
tionary. One of the professors
turned it half way round, but
it
soon
regained its original position, and the
same result was repeatedly obtained
until organic movement finally
ceased.—Globe-Democrat.
The litrcnt Lens.
A |15,000 lighthouse lens made in
Paris for the United States Govern
ment is now in Washington, D. G. It
is the largest lantern lens in the coun
try. The glasswork, or leni proper,
easures 15 feet in height, w^i|e the
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Burials Alive
Burials alive are far more common
fn hot countries, where the burial
takes place within twenty-four hours
after death, than they are here, says
the London Referee, where one gets, as
a rule, a week's grace. In Spain the
body is frequently removed to the un
dertaker's shop a few hours after
death. In one of the largest of these
establishments in Madrid, some years
ago, an extraordinary sight was wit
nessed. A gentleman was brought in
his "casket" one afternoon, and
Eranchin
laced the room set apart for that
of the business. The proprie
tor lived over his premises, and on this
especial evening was given a grand
ball. When the ball was in its height,
a gentleman in full evening dress sud
denly joined the company. He danced
with the wife of the undertaker, and
he danced with the undertaker's
daughter, and seemed to be thorough
ly enioying himself. The undertaker
thought he knew his face, but didn't
like to be rude and ask him his name,
but by and by all the guests departed
and the strange gentleman was the
only one left. "Shall I send for a cab
for you?" said the host at last. "No,
thank you," replied the gentleman,
"I'm staying in the house." "Stay
ing in the house!" exclaimed the un
dertaker "who are you, sir?" "What,
don't you know me? I'm the corpse
that was brought in this afternoon."
The undertaker, horrified, rushed to
tho mortuary room and found the cof
fin empty. His wife and daughter
had been dancing with a corpse. An
explantion, of course, followed. The
gentleman, who had only been in a
trance, had suddenly recovered, and
hearing music and revelry above, and
having a keen sense of humor, had
aotout of his coffin (the Spanish coffin
closes with a lid, which is only locked
just previous to interment) and join
ed the festive party. He was quite
presentable, as in Spain the dead are
generally buried in full evening dress.
How W. J. Florence Was
Saved.
Floience says the first practical
joke that was ever played on him was
the means of getting him out of a
scrape, and he has felt kindly toward
that form ot wit ever since.
It was when he was a lad, playing
minor comedy parts in a Broadway
theatre at $10 a week. He thought
he was madly in love with a young
actress at work for the same stipend.
During the play one night he invited
her to take some oysters alter the
performance. Then he rushed to his
lodgings, changed his clothes, met her
and took her to an oyster house. His
bill there was $1.90, butunfortunate
ly he found he had left all his money
in his other clothes. The waiter and
the proprietor both said his story
was too diaphanous, and made him
eive up his watch and his father's
ring that he wore. Just then a white
haired, benevolent looking old gentle
man came out ol one of the private
dining compartments they used to
have in those days, and thundered at
the proprietor:
"Give that youth back his watch
and chain and ring. Let me pay his
bill. You ought to be ashamed, sir.
Any one can see this is an honest
youth and his companion is a perfect
lady. (The lady was in tears,) I will
pay the bill and never set foot in your
place again."
Out in the street Florence was over
come with gz*atitude.
"Give me your address sir," said he
to the kindly old gentleman. "I will
return you the money to-morrow."
"Oh, never mind, said the philan
thropist "that was a counterfeit $20
bill I handed to that old fool. It was
worth nothing, and hegave me $18.10
change for it. That's the way I make
my living. Good night."—New York
Sun.
Two Stories of Congressman
Pettigrew.
I heard two good stories to-day of
Pettigrew, of South Carolina, the
great lawyer and Unionist, which I
had never heard before. He was
practicing at one time before a judge
who was a Presbyterian of the
straitihtest sect and a very hard
working officer. It came to be Maun
day Thursday, and Pettigrew and the
Episcopalians and Roman Catholics
thought they would like an adjourn
ment of court over Good Friday.
Pettigrew was selected to make the
motion. "Your honor," he said, "1
desire to move that the court ad
journ over to-morrow." "Why
should the court adjourn over to
morrow, when the docket is so crowd
ed?" asked the judge. "Because,"
said Pettigrew, "to-morrow is Good
Friday, and some of us would like to
go to church." "No," said the judee
decidedly, after a moment's thought,
"the court will sit to-morrow as
usual." "Very well, your honor."
replied Pettigrew, adding, as he turned
away, "I know there is a precedent,
for Pontius Pilate held court on the
first Good Friday."
The same judge was a great stickler
for etiquette, and when one hot July
day Pettigrew came into the court
room in a black coat and' yellow
nankeen tvousere* the judge took him
sternly to task, asking him whether
he did not know that the rules of that
court required its counselors to ap
pear in "black coat and trousers."
"Well, your honor," said Pettigrew,
innocently," 1 submit that I am with
in the rule, for I have on a black coat
and trousers." "But they're not
black trousers," insisted the judge
black coat and trousers means that
both shall be black. "Then," said
Pettigrew, "I call your honor's
attention to the fact that the
sheriff of this court is in
contempt of its rules, for they require
him to attend upon its sessions in a
cocked hat and sword, and while his
.hat seems to be cocked his sword cer
tainly is not." The judge said no
more about the trousers.—Philadel
phia Record.
^JACOBSQll
TRADE
SPRAINS, STRAINS, INJURIES.
1311 B«rtntk St., LmdmilU,
X.y.
While helping to r*mor« a fraja* building of th«
(tor blhnjr Co., It Ml or«r n w, prwiinf
(0 th» croud uid •praintaf my biek. car
ried hmm on stMUkar, ud tlu doctor. itMM
ail two *Mb, whoa
my
wife yttwrtid m« to «M
Kt. Jacob*
Oil, ultta pals via
worn goa*
.ntiralj.
1AUTSE
BBOWEB.
Sold by DruggUts and Dealer» Everywhere.
TW CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. BaKimor*. M.
"N.
The severest wind and thunderstorm
known for many years passed over Mon
treal, Canada, and did much damage.
Much valuable timber was destroyed and
many houses were blown down. At Comp
ton the house ol O. Perrault was demol
ished, and Perrault's wile and fivo young
children were instantly killed. Several
other disasters are reported froin various
points and it is feared tbe losa of life will
be very heavy. It is feared the utorm did
much damage to vessels on the river and
lower lakes, but bo details can be obtain
ed..
There was a sensational scene on Broad
way, New York. Billy Deutsch, the well
known sport and inan-about-'town, was
whaled with an unihreila by Rose Mignon,
a French actresn. There was a big crowd
of people on the street at tho time, and
the woman was arrested but discharged
later. Deutsch is tho man who broke tho
t}ank at -Monaco some years ago when he
won $250,000 at one uitting.
Every farmer living at any distance from
a physician should at all times be prepar
ed to treat "such common but by no means
simole complaints as diarrh«?a, dysentery,
cholera morbus, and cramps. The safest,
surest, and quickest remedy for such dis
orders is Pkhuy Davih' Pain Ku-luu.
Sow some Bwcet corn to make green fod
der Ior the pigs, etc.
Woman's Modesty.
Many women are prevented by feelings
of delicacy from consulting a physician in
those disorders arising from functional
derangement of her peculiarly delicate or
ganism, nnd the moit eerious results are
often caused by this neglect. To such per
sons Dr, Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
an especial boon, as it offers a sure and
safe euro for all those distressing disorders
to which women uro peculiarly subject,
while it saves a modest girl or woman from
the embarrassment of a personal consul,
tation with a physician. "Favorite Pre
scription" is the only medicine for wom
en's peculiar weaknesses and ailments,
sold by druggists, under a positive guaran
tee from the manufacturers, that it will
give satisfaction in every case, or money
will be refunded. See guarantee on bottle
wrapper.
The Austin, Minn., Pressed Brick com
pany has been awarded the contract to
furnish pressed brick for tho new govern
ment building at La Crosse. Wis. About
$200,000 will be used.
Jack and Jill each took a pill,
Old-fashioned kind—full grown
Jack's went down—but with a frown-
Jill died from "cause unknown."
Smiles will supersede many frowns, and
many discomforts will be unknown, when
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets en
tirely supersede, as they bid fair to do,
the large and less eflicient pill ol our fore
fathers. Every day they cain new laurels!
Most popular when most ills abound.
Charles Chad wiclc, a carpenter of Grand
Forks, D. T., skipped to Winnipeg, leav
ing numerous creditors. His effects, about
to be shipped, were attached aud held by
O. Young, one of his creditors.
Symptoms of Qatarrh.
Dull, heavy headache, obstruction of
the nasal passages, discharges falling from
the head into tho throat, sometimes pro
fuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick,
tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and
putrid the eyes are weak, watery, and
inflamed there is ringing in the ears, deaf
ness, hacking or coughing to clear tho
throat, expectoration of offensive matter,
together with scabs from ulcers the voice
is changed and has a nasal twang the
breath is offensive smell and taste are im
paired there is a sensation of dizziness,
with mental depression, a hacking cough
and general debility. If you have all, or
any considerable number of these symp
toms, you are suffering from Nasal Catarrh.
The more complicated your disease has
become, the groater the number and di
versity of symptoms. Thousands ol cases
annually, without manifesting half of tho
above symptoms, result in consumption,
and end in tho grave. No disease is so
common, more deceptive and dangoroi s,or
loss understood, or more unsuccessfully
treated, by physicians. Five hundred dol
lars reward is offered by tho manufactur
ers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, for a
case of catarrh which they cannot cure.
Remedy sold by druggists, at only 50cents.
The body of George Herkimer, who shot
his wife and killed himself, was brought to
Eau Claire from Faircliild and buried at
Lake View cemetery. Mrs. Herkimer is
lying at her Bister's homo at Fairchild.
There is internal hemorrhage and the phy
sicians hold out but slight hopes ot recov
ery.
The North Star Lung and Throat Bal
sam is a sure cure for Coughs and Colds.
Remove the nests ol the ten caterpillar
early in the morning.
Biliousness
Ib more gi-neral at this soanontlian any other. Tho
bitter,' taste, offensive breuth, coated tongue, sick
headache, drowsiness, dizziness anil lo s of appetite
make the victim miserable, anil di-ifl^reeaWo to oth
ers. Hood's Barsapurilla combined tho best anti
bilious remedies of tho vegetable kingdom. In mien
proportion as to derive their best medicinal effects
with the least disturbance to the whole system. This
preparation
is bo
well balanced in its actions upen tho
alimentary canal, the liver, the kidneys, the stom
ach, the bowels aud the circulation of the blood, that
it brings about a healthy action ot the entire human
organism, restores the appetite, end overcomes that
tired feeling.
Hood's Sarsapariila
Sold by all druggists. $1 nix for $5. Prepared only
byC. I. IIOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass,
lOO Doses One Dollar
For The "Nervous
The Debilitated
The Aged.
Medical and scientific skill has at last solved tbi
problem of tho long: needed xnediclno for the ner
vous, debilitated, and tho aged, by combining the
bast nerve tonics, Celery and Coca, with other effec
tive remedies, which, acting (rently but efficiently
on tho kidneys, liver and bowels, removo disease,
restore strength and renew vitality. ThUaxedichieit
asne's
erv
vj
br druggist*
WELLS) RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietor*
BUHLINGTOW. VT.
MARVELOUS
MEMORY
DISCOVERY.
Wholly unlike artificial aystoHt*.
Cure of mi ml wandering.
Any book learned In one read it)
sr.
Classes of 1087 at Baltimore. 1005 at Detroit, 150fi
at Philadelphia, 1113 at Washington, 1216 at Boston,
latve classes of Columbia law students, at Yale,
Wellesley, Oberlin, University of Penn., Michigan
University, Chautauqua, &c.»&c. Endorsed by Rich
ard Proctor, the
Scientist, Hons.W.W.Astor, Judah P.
Benjamin. Judge Gibson, Dr. Brown, E. H. Cook,
Prin. N. Y. State Normal College,
he.
Don't give weak boys poor tools and
expect ttom to keep
ud
men.
with able-bodied
Itching PHoa.
Symptom—Moisturs intenss itching aM stln^in^
most at night worse by scratching. If allowed to
rontlTiufi tumors form, which often blee! an 1 nlcsr
*te, boeominflr very *or«. BwatkM Oihtmknt «toni
tho itching and bleeding, htals ulcer(on. mi in
many oassnremores the tumors. It iseqsliv offii-aci'vu
in curing all Skin lH»ea*««, DU. KWAYN n U SOX,
Proprietor*. Philadelphia. Swayks's Ointmkntcab
bo obtained of druggist*. Bsnt Ui mail fo' i) Cents.
HoW te Sbrp
$ K n $ & a
DISEASESp
»Wrtt\
U I U A
NNHE MOST DISTRESSING FORMS OF SKIN
1. and Bcalp lise:iscx, with Iuhh of Imir, from
Infancy toolil ace, are speedily, ecmtoniiotllv un«l
permanently cured by the Cuticuka Kkmedies,
when all other remedies and method* fall.
Cuticuba, the irreat Skin Cure, and Cuticuka
Soap, an extininito Skin Hoautilier, prepared
from it, externally, and CuricuitA IiEsoi,VENT,
the new litood Purifier, Internally, cure every
form of skin and blood disease, from pimple* to
scrofula.
Sold every where. Price. CIMOI'KA. 50c:8oap,
25c IIksoi.vknt, #1. Prepared »by the PoTTEii
Dbuo and Chemicai. Co., boston, Mahs.
Send or "How to Cure Skin Dix.'visoH."
PimpleH, blackhead*, cliappod and oily "k 9
skin prevented by CimcmtA Soap. U
He lief in one minute, for i:ll p*tn* ami
jM WCAUNCBS, In Cutk'uha AnyM'aIN
teii,the
•Jr.*
—AND—
PRACTICAL ADVICE
Every family, it is mipDofed, have their favorite
Uoine itt-iix'illi'M, which they li.ivn Ui-p1with innch
licnntit, coiiKei|iiontly'.h!.v iiavs a i o'xl doal of faith
in them. AUIiotiuh It iK*it'*t a K*d plan to bu taking
meiicini! all tho time, it i
:ilwiivh
la one of the most valuable household remedies for ear
ing
CHOLERA MORBUS, CRAMPS,
AND ALL
BOWEL COMPLAINTS.
In sections of the country where
Fever and Ague
Prevails there is no remedy held in greater e-tcem.
Personn traveling nhoulu keep it by thi-m. A few
drop* in water will prevent bickncns or bowel troubles
irom change of water.
When line I externally, as a liniment, nothing pives
quicker
cum
Directions accompany each botUo.
I'rlccXBrtH., fiOets. and Oil jicr lxttIo.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
SCOTT'S EMULSION of Pure Cod
Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites, is a
combination of two of the most valua
ble remedies in existence for the cure
of Consumption and all Wasting Con
ditions is more generally recommend
ed and used by Physicians than any
known remedy it gives most satisfac
tory results, and tones up the system
and when the Consumptive has wasted
away and loses hope, the Emulsion
will speedily check the ravages of this
terrible disease, and restore the sufferer
vo
good health and happiness. This
is equally true in regard to Rickets in
Children, or Marasmus and Anaemia in
Adults,and all impoverished conditions
of the blood and especially desirable
for Golds and Chronic Coughs, as it
will cure them more quickly than ordi
nary Specifics used. Palatable as milk.
Sold by all Druggists.
To Ho*uekeeper*an&
farmers. —11is
ound
Xt fills a place heretofore unoccupied, sod marks
new era In the treatment of nervous trouble*.
Overwork, anxiety, disease, lay the foundation of
nervous prostration and weakness, and experience
has shown that the usual remedies do not mend the
strain and jmralysis of the nervous system,
BMommendad by profssrional and btuinM* aao.
Send lor circulars.
Pric« II.OOi Sold
impor­
tant that the Soda you
tise ehouldbo White and
Pure same aa all similar
substuneea used for
food. To insnro ob
taining only the' 'Arm A
Hammer" brand Soda,
buy it in "pound or
half pound" cartoons.
Which bear our name
and trade-mark, as in
ferior goods are some
times substituted for the
"Arm k Hammer" brand
•when bought in bulk.
Partioa using Baking
Powder should remem
ber that its sole rising
property consists of tat
IS,
Taught by
correspondence. Prospectus post free from
Prof. LQ18ETTJE, 237 Fifth Ave.. N. Y.
'.S'
The flrmt done often dtfionlnliMi the fa*
valid* giving elaMticlty of mind and
Bouyancy of Body
to wltit'h he
hbd
IvA*
N. W. N. U.
HAHHOTH WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DRY GOODS HOUSE,
213 Am 215 NICOLLET AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS.
THE CHIEF BARGAIN HOUSE OF THE NOBTHWE8T.
Vail Orders reoslr* onr best attention. Shopping done through this department aa advao*
sgeoasly as in person. Send for samples.
is
before a stranger*
They give appetite,
GOOD DIGESTION,
regular bowolH nntl Holtd fle*h.
ly sugar coatctl. Price, '25cta. per box*
Sold Everywhere.
fJA| It Is worth |MX)per 111. Pst'.in Eys f-'aiveta worth
UVIilr looo, but in sold at
ti
6v°
Kehedies.
feUf. Xif Mill,
1'!.) fi-vt'cflly
well, and iu flirt
necivK.iry, to k- ep uomo medicines'in the house at all
tiniCH, in com' of eiin-r^eiieius.
PERRY DAVIS
Sic.
in burns, cuU, brulxeH, sprain*, BtinnH
from inject* and w:alrix.
1 i i not tritlo with yourselves by tenting lint ied reme
dies lie wire vou oiil for. nnd get the genuine I'aln
Kill«*r. !ih ninny wor hUms noKtrniiiH are attempted to
Im Hold on the great reputation of this valuable medi
(ine.
$
prescribe ana fan/an*
dorao l)lg as ths only
specific for the certain lure
of this diseane.
O. H.IKmtAlIAM.M. D.,
Carols
rl
TO 5 DATS.^
luruUtd not is1!
Mas* Strlrtal*.
MMeoty by tb«
t»si
i
cents a box by dealer*.
SORES
.mltugcurftd 1/ AM
AND ULCERS
ii.r.va inkkTakKALVK. Ita«r«*
m.
Mtd*
1/J.
r. i/.Sea, St. Full,
HID*.
P1S0S tURErF.QH~€'QNSftMfeTl 0 N
TO $8 A DAY. HarnpIfiB worth Sl.M
FKF.K. n„t the fpot. WrtU
•MiT'STtK lursrr utisuoiutuio.,
A LIEN'S IRON TQPitC BJTTER8,
1 great Tonic, H.ooi tWitiar, Apjti»r and I.iMf
lavljorator. Qsauia* taida fcy J. p. Ali.a, fit. Psul, lima.
F.(j(iS ship to\VAI-IJKRH& \V M:R
Minneiip.jlic-, Minn., Ijirn-city trade,
HI'TTFH return*. ltEKEltKNUKS,
i'' I "t a«k your hanker.
V.
1'las-
only paln-killinK piaitcr. 25c.
SEASONABLE
Ftyie?. ?. Uo*. Hueruht moA
ESTERBROOK.
John Bt
^ork.
•'JWO.AEN
fiirc i.. V, i.*£
-~.-r,
'nfc i ».
fcoMl fr*-! jrouwft.! y at feomc. i:»
paf* Jtook OH Alt r»rl*:u- Di.' no airnU'n e,
If"-'
FISHING SEINES AND NETS.
2f
ft.
$2.Xi
I J'I hie,nl. I'.'iJich MihIi, fl.iM :ni ft,
40
It., $Xhj:
4:1
ft.. tRi.fiii other lenetln un I ui/. s
in pr-'.nortli.n. DON'T iiUY nn'il you write u* (nid^'ot
our price*
on iheoizw you want. Wewill-uive j«n money
Send fur 16:) patre illu«. ('utuloijne of Cuns, I'ithiliK
Tackle, Eta, OliAS. H. lMtOUTV & Co.,
Waliinirtori Street, Chicago.
mill' voi'K
WHEAT. OATS, CORN AND HA-Y,
TO C. II. llliOWNKLI,,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
MinnentwllH, Minn. Get the higbcrt Market Price
and quick returns.
S k o i n w o n e n l-
V y (1 ly low at the
WS I'.ok ton, Miinieau
I Navy 111 tie
I I am Collenade Suits
1 leated hack and
front. $1. Victor*
'tt- einerc? Huit. all
wool. f,2.73. fihirt waists, 15c. Knee pants, 25c. .fust
as jf oil bargains in all of the tlner ^.Tadi *, almoin all
kind* of Men's Clothing, Hats, (,'np*, Furnishing (ii od*.
Sand r.* an order we will please you sure.
FLOW JSRS^
LA NTST
For Geraniums, Verbenas, Pansies, Colena,
Fuchsia*. Heliotrope, Fever Few, and aM othir
Plant* Vanes, Urn*, Hettees, Garden and Lawo
Ornaments Cut Flowers for Weddings, Par
tics. or Funeral*, eend to
MENDENHALL GREENHOUSE,
Mlnneu polls, Minn.
THAYER'S
Catarrh Cure!
A New Departure.
Thin treatment for Catarrh introduces entirely a new
Kjvtem- The nasal pii^Hajres uro thor itl^hly cleansed,
the living ^eriiix destroyed, the tmicuw lni'inbrann rt»
utorcd. If thoroughly uned it will mre any cane of
Nafiil, Throat or I'.ronchial ('atarih. l'rcpared Ijv the
U. S. DISl'iCN'SAUV CO.. Mlhneiiiftlin, Aljnn.
1
1
3'i vartesar^S
dace. l*r. U. it. tOWE, Wiu*to«l, una,
Bailor SuitH for IKK}.
Amsterduni, N. Y.
We have wild Biff lot
many
Clwmiotl Co.
yckm,
and It
given the bent sf satls-imI
fa'tion.
II. K. DYCHKACO..
Cincinnati,I
Ohio.
ChlraKO, 11L
181.00. Bold by iirugffisUk
Insure your Horses and Cattle
IK TIIK
Sterling Live stock Insurance Company
of Minneapolis, Minn, Capital, tlmi,ooo. Live stoek
in tared u#Hin*t Death caused by Ifiy/'ane or Accident.
I,o-wk paid i'romptly, huud for Circular, Agents
wanted.
1Principal Office, 30S Lumber Kxchangt,
M1SXEAI'QLIS, MINK.
Tho BUYERS' GUIDE
i*
issued March and Sept*
teach year. It Is an ency
Iclopedia of useful infofb
mation for all who pu*» V
chase the luxuries or tlui
necessities of life. We
can clothe you and furnish you with
all the necossary and unnecessary
appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleeps
eat, flah, hunt, work, go to church*
or stay at home, and in various sizes,
styles and quantities. Just llguro out
what is required to do all these things
COMFORTABLY, and you can makoafair
estimate of tho value of the BUYUBS*
GUIDE, which will be sent upon
receipt of 10 cents to pay postage
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.
111-114 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, UL
1888
TO MAKE
A DELICIOUS BISCUIT
AW1C YOUlt OROCEIl FOR
COW-BRAND SODAS SALERATUS
AND TAKE NO OTHER,
ARM ANDH A E
No. 24
11*
i i
A
Automate of soda. Oat
teaspoonful
of tho "Arm
& Hammer" brand
whMirisiwif,
ths bardwt •tons. Ths n*w rOMUL SUCUttto a |»rfrct r'-Hug,
Tb*nSHBBJ.KD
coTSratb*ratlr*aUdle.' B«wsr«*ftalMtoaa. M«Mf«B4tn« wHI»
Braad" tnds-narfc. ItlastntMl Oslalafa* Ir—., A-1. $
ot
Soda mixed with soar
milk equals four tea
spoonfuls of tbe beat
Baking Powder, saving
twenty times its cost,
besides being much
healthier, because it
docs not contain any
injurious substances,
such as alum, terra alb*
etc., of which many Bak
ing 1'owders are made.
Dairymen and Fanners
should use only the
"Arm
it
F? A IV 13 SODA
S. E. OLSON & CO.'S
Hammer" brand for
cleaning and k
Milk Bans Sweet
dean.
tr'^K
J*
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