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"' I Si bHPjibbHLl iT jrigjfcjJr wflHtt 'Ms! OEvm Hi JANES R. WAITC, MuifljTfT of 'W!tn, OeleWtod Gorae-lr 0 ffemlum Hand And OrcoMtnu r. JUVJm Jltfitieat Co., Klkhnrt, lttt, Yon will remember the condition 1 mi In flro rn po, when 1 vr nflllctcd with s comblh lion of dlcnev snl thought there win no hclp ren me 1 tried till klndsof moillclncfttiil m (if eminent plmlclam. My net vm were prostrated, timduclnn ulttlnon, hum trouble mid nil IhullLs that msko life mlsorablo. 1 commenced to take DR. MILES' NERVINE and In three monthi w nnrteiti curcd. In my travelieach year, when 1 see the thouMiimj of physical wrecks, suffering from nervous tro . m , irauuu. taKing prescriptions iiuia M gX 7T local phyMclans who havo no knowt b i riw (gag nf their caro, ami whoso death gar f0 nf their caro, ami whoso death Is certain, I foci like going to them and saying, "oct pn ,Miica Ncnvirit ANoaceunco." In whero there srcKimanysuS ll I lr la II flercn from m'nnrnrk.mpn rJ 1 ! Biar tat nrotra tion and nervous exhaustion, brought on by tho character of tho business engaged in, I would i "" - " - - mi nrosira HES THOUSANDS as a suio euro for all Buffering from theso causes. James h. Waits. GOLD ON A POSITIVE QUARANTEC. TRY DR. MILES' PILLS. 50 DOSES 25 CTS. 8 ild ov ) .1. Krv, ilrttmiMt, HhIciiiI dTAPANESl CURB A new und complPto treatment, eouslstlnc or nippiisllnrlrs, oh) tin Mil 111 cnpsll P1, itlco ik box unit pllln; n "oh lo euro for ext'Timl luteriml, blind or bleeding, llchlut;, chr mlc rem t or hen ditu y piles, nt (I m my (ih-t dltciccs unit fuiiiule weitkncf,PH, It It nlwitvt iiitreut liuurlt to the gmie" 1 lienlth Tin Hist (llctnory ot n nu'dlcul Piirnr'iiclHrlnemi opo iitlon with tliu ttnlio urneieHinry here, niter. Tlilt rmeil lnis never lu'en krown t fall $1 per box, (I fir ?5; sent by trull. 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Tbooi.nJ. bv U carrj tr thli Dir itieni lo.tntlon fltr all oiber r.miifi hilH, 4 liM bocdrtJi tric.llmool.il la thli J ererr clk.r .Hie o.rpo.rr:i ijii-uuiKit uuitiic stsrtiMinv. tb; trtBteit toon rr off.r.d tti rai . H EK 1TITII 1 IL HI LI S IfJl!iodTi;oroa..lrciUlaliliGi1ir.Iloa(IUUO!jl. tJr.r IUitnlMl,tmpMl,ti.ll4."l, frifc AltrM sjvx3anr aaxjBicraptio oo., Ho, 172 Flmt St.. PORTLAND. ORE. Reshleuco 382 Ourt St. J. T. MUTTON, Sign and House Painter, DKCOItATOIt, KI,SI.MINKn, ANI lA l'EK IMNOER, Leive order! at A. H. Burea oon' fural lurt iture or B;ot A QUe. grocers. XggS TO vfinr -f-. ftMWtdftfSHl. m MlwiifctWtrfffcfai.illl WiKHiii Ml 'HlflnilllWiHIMTHBH lifl. 'fALMAflg fINM AH IMPRfiWlVg imou in t m flowA ooLigguM. (itilHllllnnflMinfTifl tlnf(l. filiil I'frtirlifd 'fllfif"f-ilfIiaFnf Hfltl I'PrTpfK AliHfiOlrril 0rf (ii i.ml nful ('HMlt-t'UfMlAtiU?t MiUiy it'iiflt, HtWifiKfiYI. fell. la.-il6V. t)f. Tel tiiflKd (hN nioftiliirf, nf(crCnfiliiPtit!i)joil tw PerliilitirM mill Hlrlfiy oiil liriiiim In TVlilfil I IIP llllllilfllflf) Of 1VfltllipfM In dm Urnrirtlyti Tril)friinctt jollied, ill tutttupil linin tlio ifxl iJoiimtig I, f, " Mil irmly lt I'lTncli llm fjuipel (o you fli'it ftroat Itoino itlno." Itoiiu-I lint n oily it win wIiph Pfirl Vl llctllll Wlint city it In nowl Itomrl The liliti'o wltcro Virgil finiH mid Hornco iiitlrlzpd mid Tcroitto 1 titltPtl und CiiH lliioooiijilrc1 itittl Ovid t'lpinittlzcd mid Norn ilddlcd nnd Vmiitfllmi lprscctitcd mid Sullii Inglsltitcd find Cicoro tlniti dprcd mid Aurclitifl mid brchia nnd Cull gulit nnd ittilinn nnd Ilndrlmi nnd Con stantino mid Augustus reigned and Paul tho npostlo preached tho gospcli 1 am not much of n draftsman, hut I liavo in my lncinormitiUtu hook n sketch which I liir.do in tho winter of 'i860, when 1 went out to tho gnto through which Paul entered Home nnd walked up tho very r.trcct ho walked up to seo Bomowhat how tho city must liavo looked to hint us ho cairo in on the gospel er rand proroirl iu iho test. Palaces on either bkio of tiio Direct through which tho littlo missionary advanced. Piled up wickedness. Enthroned aecurscthicss. Tcinplcd cruelties. Altarn to sham dei ties. Glorified delusions. Pillared, arched, domed, turrctcd abominations. Vickcd ncsa of nil torts at u high premium and rightcousnesa 092 per cent off. And now ho passes by Iho foundations of u build ing which is to bo almost unparalleled for vastnes3. You can seo by tho walls, which liavo begun to rise, that hero is to be something enough stupendous to as tound tho centuries. Aye, it is tho Coli seum started. TIICIIl MONU3IENTS Or C1IAME. Of tho theater at Ephcsua where Paul fought with wild Leasts, tho tcmplo of Diana, of the Parthenon, of pharaoh's palaco at Memphis and of other great buildings tho luina of which I liavo seen it has been my privilego to address j ou, hut a member of my family asked mo recently why I had not spoken to you of tho Colisoum at Home, sinco its moral and religious lessons aro so impressive. Perhaps whilo in Home tho law of contrast wrought uron mo. I had vis ited tho jVImucitino dungeon whero Paul was incarcerated. I had measured tho opening at tho top of tho dungeon through which Paul had been let down, and it was Z3 inches Ly 0. Tho ceiling at its highest point was 7 feet from tho floor, but at tho aides of tho room tho ceiling was C feet 7 inches. Tho room at tho widest was 15 feet. Thero was a seat of rock 2 i feet high. Thero was a bhelf 4 feet high. Tho only furniture was n spider's web suspended from tho roof, which I saw by tho torchlight I carried. Thero was tho subterraneous passage from tho dungeon to tho Roman forum, bo that tho prisoner could bo taken di rectly from prison to trial. Tho dungeon was built out of volcanic stono from tho Albano mountains. Oh. it was a dismal and terrific place. You nover saw coal holo eo dark or so for bidding. Tho place was to mo a nervous shock, for I remembered that was tho best thing that tho world would afford tho mo&c illustrious being, except one, that it ever saw, nnd that from that placo Paul went out to die. From that spot I visited tho Coliseum ono of tho most astounding miracles of archi tecture that tho world over saw. In deed I saw it morning noon and night, for it threw a spell on mo from which 1 could not break away. Although now a vast ruin, tho Coli seum is so well preserved that wo can stand in tho center and recall all that it once was. It is in shape ellipsoidal, oval, oblong. It is at its greatest length C13 feet. After it had furnished seats for 87,000 peoplo it had room for 10,000 moro to stand, so that 100.CC0 peoplo could sit and stand transfixed Ly its scenes of courage and maityrdom and brutality and horror, Instead of our modern tickets of admis sion, they entered by ivory check, and a check dug up near Rome within a few years was marked, "Section 0, Lowest Tier, Seat No. 18." You understand that tho building was not constructed for au audienco to bo addressed by human voice, although I tested it with somo friends aud could bo heard acro3 it, but it was inado only for seeing and was circular, and at any point allowed full view of tho spectacle. REFINEMENTS OP CRUELTY. Tho arena in tho center in olden times was strewn with pounded stono or sand, so as not to bo too slipper' with human blood, for if it were too slippery it would spoil tho fun. Tho sand flashed hero and thero with sparkles of silver and gold, and Nero added cinnabar and r?nii(mi riiiiloil ehrvsocolla. The sides of tho arena were composed of smooth ! tnarblo 11 feet high, eo that tho wild, beasts of tho arena could not climb up into the nndience. On tho top of theso Bides of unooth marblo was a metal rail- ( Int.'. havinsr woodtn rollers, which easily revolved, so that if a panther should leap high enough to scale tho wall and with his paw touch any ono of thoso rollers it would rovolvo and drop mm back again into tho arena, i Back of this marblo wall surrounding tho arena was a lovel platform of stono, adorned with statues of gods nnd god esses nnd tho artistic efilgies of monarch and conquerors. Hero wero movabl teals for the emperor and tho imperial swino and swiuesseH with which ho sur rounded himself. Before tho placo whero tho emperor fat tho gladiators would wulkimmed itely after entering tho are- uu. crying: "ilail, Cnsari inose aoout todlo'falutothee." I Tho different ranks of spectators were dhMt'd bv i artitions Etudded with mo f ate ot emerald and beryl and ruby and diamond. Great masts of wood mom from (41 ildM of the baUdlug, Um fiVMOETQ GaIWAHj llijrfniJJifct4iiJtiLbWHiAil.irt liilllWW Wjtlrli (mtmt nf fioww w rr mfijwfid" ftli r-fwwlfitf lilt) ImllfltfrK, nf In lime of j fimi rtwrilitlH 01 it Wrwmfr!lri1,fhfl I ('oifwifii frrivlflB fifi ftwif, Th fnHuMn wrill wru InrfHAlett with fiinrluV mi'l liml fptif fwiuM, nnd lltr (Jiff lower MfitfPfJ liml TO wlliinlirt pnrll find flfPllPs ftflPf ntrliPK, iintl mi Pneli nirh fill exMilsito Blnttio of it fjrol or ft lipro. Into 1B0 fenl of nltltttdo soured ttio ColldPttin, It Kllltprnd mid flndiPtt mid Blioiid Willi tvholo utitirfcf mill MtniPlflOf dn.ilptiielit. Aflcr tho ntidlPiico had ni fpiiihlpd nroiiintlo lliitild oozed from tubes distilled from pliies mid rallied CPiilly on llifi multitudes and lllled tho nil with odors of hyacinth mid 1ip1Io iropo nnd frnnldiu'oimo mid balsam nnd myrrh mid saffron so that Lticmii tho pout nnyn of Iti A( otue (en llmtirnntt saffron etirrettlrt flow Anil fnln tliclrrxloMhii llicifrowd brtow. oiuiANiztm Munbr.it ani Toinruf!, But whero wan tho sport locomofroin? Well, I went Into tho cellars opening off from tho nreiin, and I saw tho places whero they kept tho hyenas nnd lions and panthers and wild boars mid beastly vio lences of all sorts without food or water until tnndo fiorco enough for tho arena, and I saw tho underground rooms whero tho gladiators wrro accustomed to wait until tho clapping of tho peoplo outsido demanded that they como forth armed to murder or bo murdered. All tho ar rangements wero complete, as enough of tho cellars and galleries still remain to indicate. What fun they must liavo had turning lions without food or drink upon an unarmed disclplo of Jesus Christ! At tho dedication of this Coiiscum 0,000 wild beasts and 10,000 immortal men wero slain, bo that tho blood of men and beast was not a brook, but n river: not a pool, but a lake. Having been in that way dedicated, bo not surprised when I tell you that Emperor Probus on ono occasion threw into that arena of tho Coiiscum 1,000 stags, 1,000 1 .irs and 1,000 ostriches. What fun it must liavo been tho sound of trumpets, tho roar of wild beasts and tho groans of dying men whilo in tho gallery tho wives and chil dren of those down under tho lion's paw wrung their hands and shrieked out in widowhood and orphanago, whilo 100,000 peoplo clapped their hands, and thero was a "Hal ha I" wido as Rome and deep as perdition! Tho corpses of that arena wero put on a cart or dragged by a hook out through what was called tho Qato of Death. What an excitement it must liavo been when two combatants entered tho arena, tho ono with sword and shield and tho other with not and spear. Tho swordsman strikes at tho man with tho net and spear. Ho dodges tho sword nnd then flings tho net over tho head of tho swords man and jerks him to tho floor of tho arena, and tho man who flung tho net puts his foot on tho neck of tho fallen swordsman, nnd spear in hand looks up to tho galleries, as much as to say, "Shall I let him up, or shall I'plungo this spear into his body until ho is dead?" Tho audienco had two signs, cither of which they might give. If they waved their flags, it meant sparo tho fallen con testant. If they turned their thumbs down, it meant slay him. Occasionally tho audienco would wavo their flags, nnd tho fallon would bo let up, but that was too tamo sport for most occasions, and generally tho thumbs from tho gal leries wero turned down, and with that sign would bo heard tho accompanying bhout of "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" CRUELTY ADDED TO CRUELTY. Yet it was far from being a monotono of sport, for thero was a change of pro gramme in that wondrous Coliseum. Under a strange and powerful machin ery, beyond anything of modem inven tion, the floor of tho arena would begin to rock and roll and then givo away, and thero would appear a lako of bright water, and on its banks trees would spring up rustling with foliage, and ti gers appeared among tho jungles, and armed men would como forth, and thero would bo a tiger hunt. Then on tho lake in tho Coliseum armed ships would float, and thero would be a sea fight. What fun! What lots of fun! When pcstilenco camo, in order to appeaso tho gods, In this Coliseum a sacrifice would bo made, and tho peoplo would throng that great amphitheater, shouting, "Tho Christians to tho wild beasts!" and thero would bo a crackling of human bones in tho jaws of lconino ferocity. But all this was to bo stopped. By tho outraged sen?e of public decency? No. Thero is only ono thing that has ever stopped cruelty and bin, and that is Christianity, and it was Christianity, whether you like its form or not, that stopped thia massacro of centuries. Ono day whilo in the Coliseum a Roman victory was being celebrated, and 100, 000 enraptured spectators wero looking down upon two gladiators in tho arena stabbing and Blicing each other to death, , an Asiatic monk of thonamo of Tclo machus was so overcome by tho cruelty that ho leaped from the gallery into tho arena and ran in between tho two swordsmen and pushed first ono back and then tho other back und broko up tho contest. Of course tho audience was affronted at having their sport stopped, and they hurled stones at tho head of Tclcmachus until ho fell dead in tho arena. But when tho day was passed, and tho pas sions of tho peoplo had cooled off, thoy deplored the martyrdom of tho bravo and Christian Telemachus, and as a re sult of the overdonof rueltr tho human sacrifices of tho Coliseum wero forever abolished. THE BAHE RI'lRIT BT1LL MANIFESTED. What a good thing, say you, that such cruelties havo ceased. My friends, tho samo spirit of ruinous amusements nnd of moral sacrifice is abroad in the wot Id today, nlthough it takes other blmpes. Last summer in our southwest thero oc curred a scene of pugilism ou which nil Chr.ctcndom looked down, for I Raw the papers on tho other eido of tho Atlantic ocean giving whole columns of it. Will Borno ono tell me in what reapct that brutality of last summer was ouperior to tho brutality of the Roman Coliseum? In tome respects it was worse by so much a the 10th century pretends to bo more nerciful and more decent than tho Cth centnry. . . , . , ,, Thnt pugilism U winning adawttoa llll -.- .fdtiiftAJfo WUmsiAf, JLlLL ' m"-!!- -"-"" Ifl lllH fmifif M fitlPCly fifOTfd by (lid friPl Mint tmm fir" wpfi eoltWnii wtW rfjinffPil Ml rt nrtlf dwrni Ihm of fif'Wuldijipi', If fpjmf Ipd t nil, mill now If IhVm tfifl wlioln rtdfl nf ft fipwutnpfr " Ml wlml IfnrrpIfPil lifttwii (ho f,fl Howl dfrtWlfliynfiPlmfpT Atitl Hie throw llltf Up of UlP ftpornjp Irf (llP Otllt lnftfrf, find It U tiot tlld iiPwuftflfrtVn fniilf, for tho" tiMMjuijiPM lv only wlmt Hip jipo nip wniit. nnd whMi lipwufintiprfi util pai- rlon wi t-ottf Initio It In bPcaliKP: you pre fer Piirrfiii. TTip wimp Aplrlt of hrtilnllty H sppm to liny in ninny mi ppplpslnstlcnl court when n inltilstpf Is put on trlnt. Look nt Iho cotiiilpiiiuicps of tho ptOJipClltlllrf ttiitilstrr, mid not In ml caps, but in ninny cusps, you will find nothing hut dlu(ioliiu Impirps IIipim. Thpy let out on ono jxior inltilntcr wlio cannot defend himself tho Hon of ecclrsiiisllclsin, and tho tiger of bigotry, nnd tho wild hoar of jealousy, and If they can get tho of fending minister flat ou is back somo ono puts his feet on tho neck of the over thrown gospollzcr mid looks tip, fpcar In hand, to seo whether tho galleries aud ecclesiastics would havo him lot up or slain. And, lol many of tho thumbs aro down. Aiiusno in urn: iioxonnn in death. In tho worldly realms look nt tho bru talities of tho presidential flection eight years ago. Read tho biographies of Dan iel Webster nnd Alexander II. Stephens nnd Iloraeo Greeley and Charles Sumner and Lucius Qulntus Cincinnatus Lamar and James O. Blaine, ami, if tho story o" defamation and calumny and scandaliza tion and diatribe nnd scurrility and lam poon r.nd billingsgate and damnablo per fidy bo accurately recorded, tell mo in what respects our political arena and tho howling and blaspheming galleries that again and again look down upon it nro better than tho Roman Coliseum. When I read a fow days ago that tho su premo court of tho United States had ap propriately adjourned to pay honors to tho two laat distinguished men men tioned, nnd American journalism north, south, east and west went into lamenta tions over their departure and said all complimentary things in regard to them, I asked: "When did tho nation lio about theso men? Was it when during their life it gave them malediction or now sinco their death when bestowing upon them beatificationV Tho samo spirit of cruelty that you do ploro in tho Roman Coiiscum is seen in tho sharp nppetito tl.o world seem3 to havo for tho downfall of good men, and in the divorce of those whobt) marital life was thought accordant, nnd in tho nb sconding of a bank cashier. Oh, my friends, tho world wants more of tho spirit of "Let him up" and less of tho spirit of "Thumbs down!" Thero nre hundreds of men in tho prisons of Amer ica who ought to bo discharged, becauso they wero the victims of circumstances or havo suffered enough. Thero aro in all professions and occu pations men who aro domineered over by others, aud whoso whole life is a strugglo with monstrous opposition, and circum stances havo their heel upon tho throb- bine; and broken hearts. Fcr God's sake, let them up! Away with tho spirit of "Thumbs down ! W lint tho world wants is 1,000 men liko Telemachus to leap out of tho gallery into tho arena, whether ho boaRomanCatholicmonk.oraMcthodist steward, or a Presbyterian elder, and go in between tho contestants. "Blessed nro tho peacemaker, for they bhall bo called tho children of God!" TRAIN HIE CHILDREN IUQIIT. One-Half tho world is down and tho other half is up, nnd tho half that is up has its heel on tho half that is down. If you, as a boss workman, or as a contract or, or as a bishop, or ns a state or na tional official, or as a potent factor in social life, or in any way aro oppressing any ono, know that tho samo devil that possessed tho Roman Coliseum oppresses you. Tho Dioclctiaus nro not all dead. Tho cellars leading into tho aiena of life's struggle aro not ell emptied of their tigers. Tho vivisection by young doctors of dogs and cats and birds most of tho timo adds nothing to human discovery, but is only a continuation of Vespasian's Coliseum. Tho cruelties of the world generally be gin in nurseries, and in homo circles, and in day schools. Tho child that transfixes a fly with a pin, or tho low feeling that sets two dogs into combat, or that bullies a weak or crippled playmate, or tho in difference that starves n canary bird, needs only to bo dovc-lopcd in order to mako a first class Nero or a full armed Apollyon. It would bo a good sontenco to bo written on tho top lino of a child's book, and a fit inscription to bo em broidered in tho armchair of tho sitting room, and an appropriate motto for judgo and jury and district attornoy and sheriff to look at in tho courthouse, "Blessed are tho merciful, for thoy shall obtain mercy!" And so tho ruins of that Colisoum preach to me. Indeed tho most impress ivo things on earth aro ruins. Tho four greatest structures over built aro in ruins. Tho Parthenon iu ruins, tho tem ple of Diana in ruins, tho temple of Jerusalem in ruins, tho Colisoum in ruins. Indeed tho earth itself will yet bo a pilo of ruins, the mountains in ruins, tho seas in ruins, tho cities in ruins, tho tho hemispheres in ruins. Yea, further than that, all up aud down tho heav ens tiro worlds burned up, worlds wrecked, worlds extinct, worlds aban doned. Worlds on worlds iu ruiusl But I am glad to say it is tho same old heaven, and in all that world thero is not ono ruin and never will 1k a ruin. Not ono of tho iearly gates will ever bo como unhinged. Not ono of tho urao thystiuo towers will ever fall. Not ono of tho mansions will eve!" decay. Not ono of tho cluiriots will ever bo un wheeled. Not ono of tho thrones will ever rock down. Oh, inako snro of heav en, for it is un everlasting heaven. Through Christ tho Lord get ready for residence in tho eternal palaces, NIGHT IN THE COLISEUM. Tho last evening lwforo leaving Rome for BrindUi and Athena and Egypt and . Palcstino I went clono to tho Coiiscum. Thero was not a hring conl In all tho Im tnenso area. Evm thoto accustomed to nil curioa at tho four entrance of ha . Z-m.Z TfkmitiAtW M, lodti, Irniit.ntit ihhI f,oiie fit. . imi ti.pi Wild f rrtpfwllfltfilfitly ntlrtif I PmM Ii nf Iny own hprt font Will Iho Pinntlnhrt firmim d by tlio place nnd lionr. I pnpptl ilip nrplni. I ttntVpd down Inln Hip ilptiti wlipfe llio liypiirt wrrnotiPPk'pT. I p WTtdwl la tno plucn wl oro IlioPintrmf tiwd lo MI. 1 climbed Upon llipifnlirrlpn from whlpli I'.o inlfjhty tliroiigflof pea-, pip hud !fM!ed In Plicliiiiilmriit. I To lirciilt Hid MIpiico I Mimitpd, find that sppiiipd loawflkpti tho pchopt, pp1io upon erho. And Ihow rtwnkeiipd cpIiops rppuiptl lo rtddrcM tno, nyltig!"Mpti din, but their work Ikcsou, tlitttdptilltis, tho nrchllrrt who planned this Btnictiifoi tho CO.Cl.O cnMnvcd .Tows brought by Tl tns from iTm-umiIpiii mid who tolled on Hippo wnlli, tho gladiators who fought In thlsnrpna, Ilioenipprorflnndrtnpreses whoh.td placo on yondpr platform, tho i.illllons who during centuries sat and rofo iu thcfo fir.llcrlcs,hnvo passed nwny, hut enough of tho Coliseum stands to tell tho story of cruelty nnd pomp and power fiOO years of bloodshed." Then, as I, stood there, thero camo lo mo another burs t of echoes, which scorned throbbing with tho prayers and songs and groans of Christians who had ex pired iti that arena, and they seemed to ray, "How much it cost to servo God in tiges past, and how thankful modem centuries ought to bo that tho persecu tion which reddened tho sands of this amphitheater havo been abolished." And then I questioned tho echoes, say ing, "Where i3 Emperor Titus, who sat here?" Tho answer came, "Gono to judgment." "Whero is Emperor Trajan, who sat here?" "Gono to judgment." "Whero is Emperor Mnximinus, who sat here?" "Gono to judgment." "Whero nro all tho multitudes who clapped and shouted nnd waved flags to let tho van quished up, or to havo them slain put thumbs down?" Tho echoes answered, "Gono to judgment." I inquired, "All?" And they answered, "All." And I looked up to tho sky abovo thp ruins, and it was full of clouds scurry ing swiftly past, and thoso clouds seemed ns though thoy had faces, and somo of tho faces smiled, and sortio of them frowned, and they seemed to havo wings, and somo of tho wings wero moongilt and tho others thunder charged, and tho voices of thoso clouds overpow ered tho echoes boncath. "Behold, ho comcth with clouds, and every oyo shall seo him," THE LAST JUDGMENT. And as I stood looking up along tho walls of tjio Coliseum thoy rose higher and higher, higher nnd higher, until tho amphitheater seemed to bo filled with all tho nations of tho past, and all tho nations of tho present, and all tho nations of tho future, those who went down under tho paws of wild beasts, and thoso who sat waving flags to let up tho conquered, and thoso who held thumbs down to command their assassination, and small and great, and emperor and slave, and pastor and people, and righteous and wicked, tho amphitheater seeming to rise to indefinite heights on all bides of mo, nut! in tho center of that amphitheater, in stead of tho arena of combatants, n great throno stood, rising higher nnd higher, higher nnd higher, and on it Bat tho Christ for whom tho martyrs died and against whom tho Diocletians plotted their persecutions, and waving ono hand toward tho piled up splendors to ttio right of him hocried, "Come, yo blessed," nnd waving tho other hand toward tho piled up glooms on tho left of him ho cried, "Depart, yo cursed." And so tho Coliseum of Rome that evening of 1889 seemed enlarged into tho amphitheater of tho last judgment, and I passed from under tho arch of that mighty structure, mighty even in its ruins, praying to Almighty God, through Jesus Christ, for mercy in that day for which all other days wero mado, and that as I expected mercy from God I might oxcrciso mercy toward others and havo moro and more of tho spirit of "Let him up" and less and less of tho spirit of "Thumbs down!" Wo may not all bo ablo to do a sum in higher mathematics, but thoro is n sum in tho first rulo of gospel arithmetic which wo all may do. It is a sum in Mm plo additien: "Add to your faith virtuo, and to virtuo knowledge nnd to knowl edge tompcrance, and to tomperanco pa tienco, and to paticuco godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, aud to brotherly kindness charity." Hitccesaful Women Cundlilates. Tho Washington Tribuno reports among tho women who wero olected last fall: Miss Ella Galo of Greton, N. Y was elected bchool commissioner in that Btato, being tho Democratic and Prohi bition neminee: Mrs. Jcnnio L. Cray was elected a member of tho Minneapolis bchool board, having been indorsed by tho Republican, Prohibition and Peo ple's parties. In North Dakota Mrs. Laura J. Eiscnhurth was elected on tho Fusion Democratic-People's ticket to tho responsible position of stato superin tendent of public instruction tho first woman to hold this position. Mrs. M. L, Jennings was mado superintendent of schools for Carbon county, Wy. Mrs. 8. II. Osgood was tho Republican candi date for recorder of Henry county, la., and was elected, defeating Mrs. Lena Alsop, tho Democrats and People's party nominee, Disease of tlio Lungs. Of all tho organs of tho body for gen eral susceptibility to diseaso tho lungs stand easily first. As regards tho num ber of ailments by which an organ can Lo attacked, tho eyo comes first, as it Is subject to no less than seven diseases, having among them 05 varieties. Next comes tho heart, which is llablo to bo at tacked by a largo number of affections, all possibly fatul In given cases; but as regards actual affection resulting, direct ly or indirectly, in death, tho lungs aro attacked nearly five times for every onco that tho heart is. Exchange An Unknown I'umllr. Little Boy I think it's a reg'lar shame. Wo seem to bo jubt nobodies, Jlother Why, what's tho matter? Littlo Boy I'vo got ono papa an two big brothers an four uncles, au not ouo of 'em is 6 champion anything. Good Now. I ? jjmniifmjm,!wiiii!Mitnvmu rfm T vBbbW B Bl LLV I BBB Ll BV bbI tBBVakiBW .BBBV k JH Bh BLV Lft LV BW BLbV H for Infant "GM'orl a It ioirMI Af,tUehMfm thai 1 rwotnmh(l It m mimrlof Ut n prMt-rlfitioti known to m," II A, A sent a, lt,t 111 do, Oxford t,U, llrookln, tt, Y. "Tim of 'CMtortuMis unit nwl ml Kit writs to wtl known (hat It nt work of miptTeroBAtlofi torndorM It. Kef rlli InMllgent fain I Hut who Uo not keep CastorlA wltliln erre3h." ;?w York City. 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