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Hood & Co., Lowell, Man. r'n the best family cathartio Hnnri S Pi I IS and liver stimulant. 2JC. WHAT IS POETRY! I t tj Moilo In the Cathedral of the IltnmU Heart. Poetry is musio in tho oathodral ol the heart Deep la tho human breast i there towors a noblo strnotnre. It stands i tpart from tho boatou paths of tho mind ! In a silent, hidden valley. Tho ordinary I thonchts and passions hurry past the I portal and know it not They havo not loarued tho "open sosamo." Ego him- ielf, ruler of tho kingdom of tho Intel f lect, doos not know the saored spot It Is tho mission of his mo to una it, and ' having onco fonnd it ho cannot romom ! ber tho routo by whioh ho journeyed. ! Ho cannot rotnru to it at will. Fate guards Iho way and raroly grants an en i trance, yet overy man at some timo of I bis lifo happens npon it, and the fortn ' Date reaoh it often. Though thoy aro blindfolded by the way, thoir oagor foot Icam to troad tho labyrinth. Thoy aro I tbo poets of mankind, whoso fanoyglvos ' light to thoir loot At somo unexpected moment a fair guide points tho way, tho doors swing open, and man en tors tho oathodral of bis heart Somotimos it is a strain of i musio of searching, thrilling swoetnoss ; that points tbo way. Sometimes it is a ; royal sunsot Sometimes it is a rapt and ielf forgetting prayer. Sometimes it is tho hand of love, but oftonostit is gaunt ; sorrow. It is a stately temple. Its dome is as broad as tho heavens, toward which the many flngorod spires point Its win- ; dows make of oaoh sunbeam a rainbow. Its aisles are silont Its priest is peace. With hushod heart and revorential step : man enters and is at rest All that is material of him he loaves behind. Quiet and beauty possess his soul, and ho floats in an inspiring dream. Ho listens, and i now for tho first timo falls on his in- tent car on occasional noto in tho bar- mony of tho universe Half lost in distance, ho hears the 1 chorus of tho morning stars, the birds, (the waterfoll, tho troes. Ho feels a beauty and a purpose In tho nnivorso ; tho mind cannot concoivo. Ho feels Above, about, within him a maicstio I kingdom to whioh his soul is kin. -A.1- most he grasps tho socrot of creatioa ; For one swift instant oxaltation draws : aside tho dark, impenetrable curtain that has led skoptio man. "Thoro is' tho Ho soos bevon d a marvol too great for his still bnman mind. It passes, but it leaves with him awe, peace, hope. Ho feels that somewhere thero is a co- ! lestial kev that mukna nf tho nnzzlo of life a kingdom whore all is harmony, perfection, satisfaction. Tho great organ i of his rouI, tunod into speeoh by tho master hand of hcautr. bursts into mel- ' ody- And this is poetry. Exobange. 7et no Gave It the Shako. 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DO.T ING I .MfZI RtUVTES THRIU .L-J Of li.ZP.OloM. triouipnnle That Awta Recalls the t-y n K-Oiller Who Snrrtvett Or.i tho Eminent Dlrtui fcrriblo Sepoy r.chcltlon- Orcat Cni il tvml l)ont ClirMlan. Urooklto. Nov -.. r.ov. Dr. Tnl cingo today ipepan hi3 Bcrics of round tho world HTuom through tho press, Iho firn Btiijcot solected being Luck now, India. Tho tesi chosen was Don teronomy xv, 10, "When thoa shnlt besiego a city a long timo in making war against It to tako it, thou shalt not destroy tho troes thoroof by forcins an .x against ti cm." Tho awfulest thin in war is besiege meut, for to tho work of deadly weapons it adds hunger nnd starvation nnd plague, Bosiegoment is sometimes noc essary, but my text sommands mercy oven in that Tho fruit trees must bo spared because they afford food for man. "Thou shalt not destroy the treos there of by forcing an ax against thorn." But in my recent journoy round tho world I found at Lucknow, India, tho remains of tho most merciless besiegement of tho agos, and I proceed to tell you that story for four great reasons to show you what n horrid thing war is and to make you all advocates for poace, to show you what genuine Christian character is under bombardment, to put a corona tion on Christian courage, nnd to show you how splendidly good peoplo dio. As our train glided into tho dimly lighted station I asked tho guard, "Is this Luoknow?" nnd ho answered, "Lucknow," at tho pronunciation of Whioh proper name Btrong emotions rushed through body, mind and soul. An Eyewitness. Tho word is a synonym of suffering, of cruelty, of heroism, of horror such as is suggested by hardly any other word. Wo havo for 85 years been reading of tho agonies thore endured nnd tho dar ing deeds thoro witnessed. It was my great dosire to have some one who had witnessod tho scenes transacted in Luok now in 1857 conduct us over tho place. Wo found just tho man. Ho was a young soldier at tho timo tho greatest mutiny of tho ages broko out, and ho was put with others inside tho residency,, which was a cluster of buildings making a fortress in which tho representatives of tho English government livod nnd which was to be the scene of an endnr anco and a bombardment tho story of whioh pootry and painting and history and secular and sacred oloquonco have been trying to depict. Our escort not only had a good moniory of what had happened, but had talent enough to ro hearso tho tragedy. In tho early part of 1857 all over In dia tho natives woro ready to break out In rebellion against all foreigners nnd espocally against tho civil and mili tary representatives of tho English gov ernment A half dozen causes aro mentioned for tho feeling of discontent and insur rection that was ovidonccd throughout India. Tho most of thoso causes wcro mero pretexts. Greased cartridges wero no doubt an oxasperation. Tho greaso ordorod by the English government to b used on theso cartridges was taken frorr. cows or pigs, and greaso to tho Hindoo is unolean, and to bito thoso cartridges at tho loading of tho guns would bo nn offenso to tho Hindoo's religion. The loaders of tho Hindoos said that theso groased cartridges wero only part of nn attempt by tho English government to moke tho natives givo up thoir roligioii; honco unbounded indignation was aroused. Another oauso of tho mutiny was that another largo provinco of India had been annexed to tbo British empire, and thousands of officials in tho employ of tho king of that province wcro thrown out of position, and thoy wcro all ready for trouble making. Anothor causa was said to bo tho had government oxorcisod by somo English officials in India. Tho simple fact was that tho natives of India wero a conquered race, and tho English wero tbo conquerors. For 100 vnnra tho British scoptor had boon wav ed over India, and tho Indians wanted to break that scepter. Thero never had boon any lovo or sympathy between Iho natives of India and tho Europeans. Thoro is nono now. Before tho timo of tho great mutiny tho English govornmont risked much powor in tho hands of tho natives. Too many of them mannod the forts. Too many of them woro in goverumcm.n employ. And now tho timo had come for a wide outbreak. Tho natives had persuaded themselvos that they could send tho English government flying, and to accomplish it dagger and sword and firearms and mutilation and slaugh ter must do their worst Horrors of the Sletre. It was evident in Luoknow thut tho natives wero about to riso and put to death all tho Europeans they could lay thoir hands on, and into tho residency u riv,.?tlnn tvinnlntion of LucknOW hastened for defense from tho tigers in human form which wero growling for thoir victims. Tbo occupants of tho resi dency, or fort, were-military "d combatants, men, women and children in number about 1, 002. I suggest in ono senteuco some of tno chief woes to which they wero objected when I say that theso people were in tho residency fivo months without i single cbango of clothing; somo of tho time Z boat at 120 and ISO degrees; tbo oloco black with flies and all o-squirm Kvermin; firing of tb. one, 'up Sea ceasing neither day fornight ho hospital crowded with tho dying. ImallDOX. scurvy, cholera, adding their Sk tbatT shot and shell; women bought up in all comfort and never haS'knoVt.crowdand- flcod in a cellar wneru - uc v . i nd less food; no water SrtnatVhich was J"" well tinder tho enemy's fire, so th ?Utar obtained wm tho p waspo homeslrkr' Then, flashing up nto childish ImMon-Hwi. sho mfeht Hvo bi. "oo.lf.rt'iirM. I'm glad T KOt tho l l,ro,y. I wish all tho Syrian, had f-o leprosy." No. For get lug her p, rsoual sortowa, sho syra pathizes with tho buffering of her mas tor and commends him to tho famous Ilobrow piophot I'olnteil In the Elcht Direction. And how often it is that tho finger of childhood has pointed grown persons In tho right direction I O Christian soul, how long is it sinco yon got rid of tho i-rosy oi sin you say, "Let mo boo. It must bo fivo vears now. " Kim rn Who was it that pointed you to tho di vine physician? "Oh," you say, "it was ray littlo Amio or Fred or Charley that olauiborcd up on my knoes and looked into my faco and askod mo why I didn't bccoino a Christian, and, all tho timo stroking my cheek, so I could not got angry, insisted upon knowing why I didn't havo family prayers." Thero aro grandparents who havo been brought to Christ by their littlo grand- vmmrou. xncio nro Hundreds of Chris- Man mothers who had thoir attention nrst called to Jesus by thoir littlo chil dren. How did you Bet rid of tho lepro sy of sin? How did you find vonr wav to tho divino physician? "Oh'yousay "my child, my dying childf with wan and wnttod llngor, pointed that way. Oh, I never shall forgot," you say, that sccun at the cradlo and tho crib that awful night It was hard, hard, cry hard, but if that littlo ono on its dying bed had not pointed mo to Christ I don't think I over would havo got rid of my leprosy." Go into tho Sabbath sohool any Sunday, and you will find hundreds of littlo fingers pointing in tho same direction, toward Jesus Christ and toward hoaven. Years ago tho astronomers calculated that thero must ho a world hanging at a certain point in tho heavens, and n largo prizo was offered for some one who could discover that world. The tel escopes from the great observatories wero pointed in vain, but a girl at Nan tucket, Mass., fashioned a tolosoopo, and looking through it discovered that star and won tho prizo and tho admira tion of all tho astronomical world, that stood amazed at her genius. And so it is often tho enso that grown peoplo can not soo tho light whilo somo littlo ohild beholds tho star of pardon, tho star oi hopo, tho star of consolation, tho star oi Bethlohom, tho morning Ftar of Jesus. "Not many mighty men, not many wise men, aro called, but God hath chosen tho weak tuiugs of tho world to con found tho mighty and baso things and things that aro not to bring to naught things that aro." Oh, do not dospise tho prattlo of littlo childron when thoy are speaking about God and Christ and heaven. You seo tho way your child is pointing. Will you tako that pointing or wait until, in tho wrench of some awful bereavement, God shall lift that child to another world, and then it will beckon you upward? Will you tako the pointing, or will you wait for tho book oning? Blessed bo God that tho little Hobrow captivo pointed in tho right di rection. Blessed bo God for tho saving ministry of Christian children. A Sick Man. No wonder tho advice of this little Hebrew cantivo throw all Naaman's mansion and Bcn-hadud's palaco into ex citement Goodby, Naaraanl With faco scarified and ridgod nnd inflamed by tho pestilence nnd aided by thoso who supported him on oithor side, ho stag gers out to tho chariot Hold fast the flory coursers of tho royal stable while tho poor sick man lifts his swollen feet and pain struck limbs into tho vohiole. Bolster him up with tho pillows and let him tako n lingering look at his bright apartment, for perhaps tho Hebrow cap tivo may be mistaken, and the noxt timo Naaman comes to that placo he may bo a (load weight on tho shoulders of thoso who carry him, on expired chief tain seeking sepulture amid tho lamen tations of an admiring nation. Goodby, Naaman I Lot tho charioteer drlvo gen tly ovor tho hills of Hermon, lost ho jolt tho invalid. Horo goes tho bravest man of all his day a captivo of a horrl blodisoaso. As tho ambulanco winds through tho stroots of Damascus the tears and prayers of all tho peoplo go after tho world renownod invalid. Porhaps you havo bad an invalid go out from your houso on a health excur sion. You know how tho noighbors stood around and said, "Ah, ho will nevor com o back again alive." Oh, it was n solemn moment, I tell you, when the invalid had departed, and you went into tho room to mako tho bed, and to removo tho modioino vials from .tho shelf, and to throw open tho shutters, eo that tho fresh air might rush Into the long closed room. Goodby, Naaman I There is only ono cheerful faco look inir at him. and that is tho faco of the littlo Hobrow captivo, who is sure bo will cet cured, and who is so glad she hnlned him. As the ohariot winds out nni tho oscort of mounted courtiers, and tho mules, laden with sacks of gold and silver and embroidered suits or ap tinrol. went thronch tho gates of Da mascus and out on tho long way, the hills of Naphtali and Ephraim look down on tho procession, and tho retiuue goes right past tho battieueicis wuere Nnamau in tho days of his health usod to rally bis troops for fearful onset, nnd then tho procession stops nnd reclines awhllo in tho grovos of olive and olean. der, and General Naaman so sick, so very, very sick I How tho countrymen gaped as the procession passed! They had soon Naa man go past liko a whirlwind in days gono by and had stood aghast at the clank of his war equipments, bat now they commiserate him. They say: "Poor man, ho will never got homo alive I Pooi man!" ITU Two Dlsrmei. General Naaman wakes up from a restless sleep in tho chariot, and be sayr to tbo charioteer, "now long beforo wt hall reach tho Prophet Elisha?" Tin charioteer says to awaysider, "How fai Is it to Elisha'fl house?" Ho says, "Two miles." "TwouIlesr, Thenthrywhip nn tho lathered and fagged out torse. , - ' The wholo procession brightens up at tho prospect of epeedy ntrlval. Thoy drivo up totlu door of tl.o prophet Th charioteers slKiut" Whoal" to tho horse, and tramping Jioofrtimd grinding wheels ceaso shaking tho earth. Cotno out Eli sha, come nut. Von havo company. Tho graudert coniptiiiy that orcr camo to your house ha cotno to it nuw. No stir iusido Elisha's house. Tto fact was, tho Lord had informod Elisha that tho sick captain wat coming and just how to treat him. Indeed, when you aro lick nud tho Lord wnnts you to got veil, ho always tells tho doctor how to treat you, and tho roason wo havo so many bungling doctors is lecanso thoy depend upon their own strength and instructions nnd not on tho Lord God, and that always makes malpractice. Conio out Elisha, nnd attend to your business. General Naaman nnd his retinue wait ed and waited nnd waited, Tho faot was, Naaman bud two diseases prido and leprosy. Tho ono was as hard to got rid of ns tho otlier. Elisha sits quietly in bis houso nud does not go out After awhilo, when ho thinks ho has humbled this proud man, ho says to a sorvant "Go ont and toll General Naaman to batho sovcu times in tho river Jordan, out yonder fivo miles, and ho will get entirely well." Thomessago comes out "What!" says tho commander in chiof of tho Syrian forces, his oyo kindling with an animation which it had not shown for weeks and his swollon foot stamping on tho bottom of tho chariot regardless of pain. "What! Isn't he coming out to seo mo? Why, I thought certainly ho would como and uttor somo cabalistic words over mo or mako some enigmatical passes over my wounds. Why, I don't think ho knows who I am. Isn't ho ooming out? Why, whon tho Shuuamito woman camo to him, ho rushod out and criod: 'Is it woll with thoo? Is it woll with thy husband? Is it woll with thy child?' And will ho treat a poor unknown woman liko that and lot mo, a titled porsonago, sit horo in my ohariot and wait and wait? I won't onduro it nny longer. Charioteer, drivo on I Wash in tho Jordan I Ha, ha! Tho slimy Jordan tho muddy Jordan tho monotonous Jordnnl I wouldn't bo seen washing in such n river ob thnt Why, wo watered our horses in a better river than that on our way horo tho beautiful river, tho jasper paved rivorof Pharpar. Besides that wo havo in our country another Damasccno river, Aba na, with follaged bank and torrent ovor swift and over clear, undor tho flicker ing shadows of sycamore aud oloandor. Aro not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all tho waters of Israol?" I supposo Naaman felt very muoh as Americans would feel if, by way of medical prescription, somo ono should tell us to go and wash in tho Danubo or the Rhine, Wo would answer, "Are not tho Connecticut and tho Hudson just as good?" Or as an Englishman would fool if ho woro told, by way of medical prescription, ho must go and wash in tho Mississippi or tho St Law rence, Ho would cry out "Aro not the Thames and tho Shannon just as woll?" Tho faot was that haughty Naaman needed to learn what overy Englishman and every American noods to loarn that when God tolls you to do a thing you must go and do it whotheryou understand the roason or not. Tako the proscription, whothcr you liko it or not Ono thing is certain. Unless haughty Naaman does as Elisha commands him, he will dio of his awful sickness. And unless you do as Christ commands you you will bo soizod upon by an everlast ing wasting away. Ohoy nnd live; dis obey and die. Thrilling, overarching, undcrgirding, stupendous alternative! A Dead rullure. Well, General Naaman could not stand tho tost Tho charioteer gives a jerk to tho right lino until tho bit snaps in tho horso's mouth, and tho whir of tho wheels and tho flying of tho dust show tho indignation of tho groat com mondor. "He turnod nnd wont away in a rago. " So pooplo now often got mad at rollgion. They vituporato ngainst ministers, against churches, against Christian people. Ono would think from their irato behavior that God had boon studying how to annoy and exasperate and demolish them. What has ho boon doing? Only trying to cure thoir death doallng loprosy. That is all. Yot thoy Whip up thoir horses, they dig in tho spurs, nnd they go away in a rago. So, nftor all, it soems that this health excursion of General Naaman is to be a dead failure. That littlo Hebrow cap tive might ns woll havo not told him of tho prophet, and this long journoy might us well not havo boeu taken. Poor, siok, dying Naaman! Are you go ing away in high dudgeon nnd worso than when you came? As his chariot halts a moment his servants clamber ud in it aud coax him to do ns Elisha said. Thoy say: "It's eusy. Ifthoproph ot had told you to walk for a milo on Bharp spikes in order to get rid of this awful rtiscaso, you would havo done it It is easy. Come, my lord, just get down and wash in tho Jordan. You tako a batli cery day anyhow, and in this cli mate it is so hot that it will do you i:Oi Do it on our account, and for tho t.tl.0 of the army you command, nud for tho sako of tho nation that admires you. Como, my lord, just try this Jordanlo bath." "Well," ho says, "to pleoso yon I will do as you say. " The rotinuo drivo to tho brink of tho Jordan. Tho horses paw nnd neigh to gut into tho stream themselves and cool their hot flanks. General Naaman, assisted by his attendants, gets down out of bis chariot and painfully comes to tho brink of tho river and uteps in until tho wator comes to tho anklo and goos on deeper until tho water comes to the girdlo, and now standing no far down In tbo stream just a little inclination of tho head will thorough ly immcrso him. Ho bows onoo into tho flood nud comes up and shakes tbo wator ont of nostril and oye, and his attendants look nt him and say, "Why, general, how u.ueh better you do look!" And ho bows a second time into tho flood end pomes up, and tb wild store is gouo.out of hi ,ey, Be bows tho third timo into tho flood and comes up, nnd tho shriveled flesh has got smooth again. Ho bows tbo fourth timo into tbo Hood and comes up, and tho hair that had fall on out is restored In thick locks again nil ovor tho brow. Ho bows the fifth timo into tho flood and comes up, and tho horwnes3 has gono out of his throat Ho bows tho sixth time and comos up, nnd nil tho soreness nnd anguish havo gono out of tho limbs. "Why," ho says, "I am almost woll but I will mako a complete cure," and bo bows tbo soventh timo into tho flood, raid ho comes up, and not so much as a fester or a scale or an eruption ns big as tho head of a pin is to bo seen on him. nil Wonderful Cure. He steps out on tho bank and says, ' 'Is it possiblo?" And tho attendants look and say, "Is it possiblo?" Aud as with tho health of an atbloto ho bounds back into tho chariot and drives on thoro goes up from all his itttendauts n wild "Huzza, hnEzal" Of coureo thoy go back to pay and thank tho man of God for his counsel so fraught with wisdom. When thoy loft tho prophet's house, thoy wont off mad. Thoy havo como back glad. Pooplo always think hotter of a minister after thoy nro converted than thoy do boforo convcihion. Now wo aro to them nuintoleinblo uuisauco becauso wo toll them to do things that go against tho grain, hut romo of ns havo a great many letters from thoso who tell us that onco tnoy wcro angry nt what wo preached, bnt afterwmd gladly received tho gospel nt otir huuds. They onoo called us fanatics or terrorists or eno mies. Now tluycalluifiii-uiR Yonder is a man who wud ho V.mili uovcr como into tho rturih n,:nin. llo Bald that two years nr,o. liu said, "My family shall uovtr como hero again if such doo trines ai thnt no preached." But ho cauio again, r.ul his family camo again. Ho is n Christit.n, his wife a Christian, all his childion Christians, tho wholo ffoufcchch1 Christian:, and you shall dwell with them in tho houso of tho Lord fnn vcr. Our undying coadjutors aro thuo who onco heard tho gospol nnd "went away in a rage." Tlie True Itemed?. Now, my henrc-rx, you know that this General Naaman did two things In or dor to get well. Tho first was, ho got out of his chariot. Ho might havo staid thoro with his swollen foot on tho stuff ed nttoninu, Foatid on that cmbroiderod cnhcn, until his last gasp, ho would nevor havo got any rolict Ho had to get down out cf his chariot And you havo got to gut down out of tho chariot of your prido if you ovcrbocomo a Chris tian. You cannot drivo up to tho cross with n coach and four and bo savod among all tho ppanglos. You seem to think that tho Lord is going to be com plimented by your coming. Ob, no, yon poor, niiscrablo, scaly, loprous sinner, got down out of thnt Wo oil como in tho satuo haughty way. Wo oxpoot to rido into tho kingdom of God. Nevor until wo got down on our knoes will wo find inoroy. Tho Lord has unhorsed us, uncharioted ns. Get down out of your pride. Got down out o your self right eousness and your hyporcriticlsm. Wo havo all got to do that That is tho journoy wo linvo to mako on our knees. It is our infornal prido that keeps us from (totting rid of tho loprosy of sin. Dear Lord, what havo wo to bo proud of? Frond of our scales? Proud of our unaloauuoss? Proud of this killing in fection? Bring us down nt thy foot weeping, praying, penitent, bolioving suppliants. For tinners. Lord, thou cam'st to bleoJ, And I'm a slnnor vile lndood. Lord, I brllovo thy grace la free. Oh, magnify that grace in me. But ho had not only to got down out of his chariot Ho had to wash. "Oh, " you say, "I am very careful with my ablutions. Every day I piungo into n bright and beautiful bath." Ah, my hearer, thoro is a flood brighter than any that pour3 from thoso hills. It is tho flood (bat breaks from tbo granito of tho etornal hills. It is tbo flood of par don and penco and lifo and heaven. That flood started in tho toars of Christ and tho swoat of Gothsemano and rollod on, accumulating flood, until all earth and hoaven could batho in it Zochariali called it tho "fountain opon for sin and unolonuucss. " William Cowper callod it tho "fountain filled with blood." Your fathers and mothers washod all their sins and sorrows away in that fountain, Ob, my hearers, do you not feel like wading into it? Wado down now into this glorious flood, dcopcr, doepor, doop orl Pluugo once, twice, thrice, four times, fivo times, six tlmos, sovcu times, It will tako asmuchasthat to euro your souL Oh, wash, wash and bo cloanl Namn' Cure. I supposo that was a great timo at Damascus whon Genoral Naaman got back. Tho ehariotocrs did not hayo to drivo slowly any longer, lest thoy jolt tho invalid, but as tho horses dashed through tbo streets of Damascus I think tho peoplo rushed out to hall book their chieftain. Naaman's wifo hardly recog nized her husband. Ho was so wonder fully changed sho had to look at him two or throo times boforo sho made out that it was her restored husband. And tho littlo captivo maid, sho rushod out, clapping her lu.m'.u aud shouting; "Did bo euro you? Did ho euro you?" Then musio woko up the pulace, and tho tap estry of tbo windows was drawn away, that tho inultitudo ontsido might rain glo with tho princely mirth inside, aud tho feet went up aud down in tho danco, and all tho streets of Damascus that night echoed aud ro-echoed with tho news: "Naaman's cured! Naaman's cured I" Bnt a gladder timo than that it would bo if your soul should got oar ed of its leprosy, Tho swiftest whito hones hitched to tho King's chartat would rush tho news into tho eternal city. Our loved cues befom the throno would wclcomo tho glad tidings. Your children on earth, with more emotion than tho littlo Hebrow captive, would notice (ho cbango iu your look and tho change in your wanner aud would put their arms artuud your neck nnd syi "Mother, I guess you must bave be come a Christian. Father, I think yon have got rid of the leprosy." OLiord Oodiot Klisk. havs mercy cw w I Hi I i UijM "'' T.'i'n, .i. ". i,:i, i i,T,jii AVrcfielablcPrcparationrorAs sltrilatlrtg thcToodandRcgula ling thcStamariis aMBowcls cf ProrriotesT)lgcsllon,Chccrful ncss nnd Rcsl.Conlalns neither Opnitn.Morplilnc nor Mineral wotNarcotic. Acvttfccs&swEzzBnma Hmif&m Sit J ylS?3!M3us tSttd- ADafccHicmcdv forCon:llM Hon, Sour Stomach.Diairhoca, worms .Convulsions .Feverish" ucss ondLoss OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature of NEW "YORK. EXACT COPY-CTT WRAPPER. ""- -.-xri TO-BAG :,i, m .Hi., n imr-.'n'-' 35iHl6S3- Z'il ! -TdSfiM ''"'' " -""" Oretjmi.OOOboreo eold. SOO 000 cuita proro its power to dostra; form. No-to-bto Is tho naatcttnurro-tood Initio world, itii Mlt W ttako tbo weak Impotent itinn trontc, vliuroui and ma llabted. WaexDeetTou v uvru nvDu tur uur ut veo cample. -Address D. J. FRY, Agent, Half way 'round the globe. If till tho rails own- SZJ cd by tho Burlington C3 Route wero placed end to end thoy would reach moro than half way 'round tho globe. If all tho cars owned by tho .Burlington Ilouto woro put ono oetuna anotnor, tnoy would make n train 275 miles long. Mero bigness is not ovorythlng, however. Quality counts for much moro. W h u t traveler want is to bo transported quickly, safely, and with com fort. That is lust wlutltho Burlington Itoute docs. JOT Omaha Chicago Kan sas City Bt. Louis. Wrlto for information abut rutes and trains. CSIIELDON, G.A., 1'oitUnd, Or. GLANCE ATI HIS MAP, Of the. Chicago, Mllwsukeo, and iSt. Paul Railway and note its connection with si! transcontinental lines at St, Paul and Omaha, and remember when going east that its tn.nt ate lighted with electricity and heated by steam, Its equipment is superb. Elegant Buffet, library, smoking and sleeping cars, with free reclining chairs, Each sleeping car i-eithlias an electric reading lamp, an3 its dining cars are the best In the world, Other lines are longer than this, but none are shorter, and no oilier offers (he above lux urious accommodations. Theie are sufliclent reatoni for the popularity of "Tbs Milwau kee." Coupon ticket agents in twry rail road office will give yon further Information, or address C. J. EDDV, General Agent, J. W, CASEV, Tray. Ptss. Agent. Portland MADE ME A MAN AJAX TABLETS POSITIVE!. C0B8 A Ln Xirwnis JilMojM-rllla Xm- Err, Inpot'.Boi'.HUXjlMw', U.. mw1 t AboM ' j Nur liiww and IsdU. cntloiu. lV A(tf and tuntu rMtoi 1h lUUfr In old or Jon. and pi a nu lurnaat, uiuuiui or surrUa. l'rntril lnMnltr and Umnaniptloa U Lin tlma. lkr as lvr 9 unnii SK Hunt nnd fffocU n CU11B wl Ltraforod thooMada and will eu loo. . ait a or fiuna in monT vtitm ou cdi imwhiw H ! y w uwf W a VJM 1mckm l(o J I tiutuvatl 10 fclAJB AJA Chicago, Milwaukee, k Si. Paul By., i HI in fe V WiV , X H.WAUKElU tAkj.fi ' ' m M SEE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE t. ...SIQNATURE, -, OF Zjiu " r IS ON" THE. WRAPPER OF EVERY BOTT3LE OW CASTORIA Outorlt ! Bit so in ensw boMIm tmi-r.'H III not told is bulk. Doa't allow anyest to U J you anything el8 on tto pie or prol tbt it I is "jmt m rood" aad "will aaivt? wy pur. po." f Sw tUt you gt O-A-g-T-0-X-W. r. w "rvw GUARANTEED TOBACCO HABIT CURE ilro for tobacco In any BP 10 ponnda In 10 da and l ngror Jaittrra box. Yon will baao- TthodMlro any gala 10 ponnda In 10 da? and It no drneslsu DTerr written (tuanatoo aud xorlu - Salem, Oregon. EAST AND SOUTH .VIA- Shasta Route. OF THE Southern Pacific Co California Exprets Train Run dali? between Portland and San Francisco. 8:50 p.m.) Ly, Portland r-Ar. (8;:oa.m, it soon. miVLv Salernr-Ar. - 6:00 a, . illl Uillll JH IJ. flUW J-.T, ltUU)l,W Above trains stop at .East Portland. Orecori City, Woodburn, Salem, Turner, Marios, leflenon, Albany, Tangent Sbedds, Haltey, llarrisbitrg, Junction Clty.Eugene, Crcswll, Cottage Grove, Drain,! and all stations from Roseburg to A'hlond, inclusive. KOSKDURO MAIL DAILY, South North t a:au a.m. 11:00 u.m, lr. Portland ar. lv. Salem lv. ar. Itoscb'pr Iv. 4:40 p.m. 2:20 p.m. 8:00 u.m. i5!20 p.m. BALKM PABBENOEU. South Worth d 4:00 p.m. 0:15 p.m. y. Portland ar, ar. Balera lv. I5:io a.m. 8.00 a.m. DINING CARS ON OGDEN RQVTE PULLMAN liWFET1 HLKEPERS and second-class sleeping cars attached to all through trains. WEST SIDE DIVISION, Between Portland and Cervallii, dally (ex cept Sunday.) 7130 a.m I LrT Ar. Portland. Corvallls, Ar. j 6tzo p. m. Lv ' i;35 P-"- Ii5p.m At Albany and Corvallls connect with trains of Oregon Contntl & Eastern Railroad, Express train dally except Sunday, 4:4S p. w. 7'5 P. w. Lv. Portland ArTT 8125 a. rn. 5:50 a.m. Ar.McMInvilleLv THROUGH TICKETS to sll points in the Eastern Stales, Canada and Europe can be obtained p Jrtssti'rstei from W.AY. SKINNER.-Uijrtw. ;E P, ROGERS, Asst. qif&r?A 3M ;?MjimVOf. rTKCEHLER. Manager. -" ' xp BFASHIQKSCBINGK 8 POZZbNItS CompejfIon A 'J? XKXAXUJUWAYSTXEflJUCK.li fc. M tT- ' !itJk Atat .nMial atnJI as Vj,.. 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