Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. REMEMBER Vol 6. ONE PRICE REIGN OF TERROR ON SECOND ST. Reporter Says This Time A High-toned White Man Raises Hell and the Small Fry Hide Out. On Monday night while looking up news for the paper this reporter happened to be on 2nd street near the Old Homestead Building and witnessed an occurrence that made his knees shaky and his hair though inclined to kink stand straight up. As your reporter got opposite the stairway of the Homestead building he observed several white gentlemen on the corner of Second and Broadway. As we are not yet very familiar with the white people of the city we failed to recognize them all. However one of them resembled the lion tamer, the famous editor of the Phoenix, Clarence, and we believe it was he; another had such a close resemblance to the chief cook and bottle washer of the Demiocrat that we believe it was he; and another was so much like the Knight's Clothing store, that we have traded with so often, that we believe it was he; and another bore such a resemblance to Mr. William Owens that it must have been he; and then there were others that we might have recognized had we been closer. While all of these were engaged in some conversation, which we could not hear, a dapper good looking, stormy appearing individual walked up to the crowd brandishing a revolv- Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, June 29, 1905. in Muskogee has a CONTINUOUS month, and each day in the week low or lower than any one's s with people who realize this fact by our efforts in procuring ext that will appeal to your good $4.00 WHITE JAP SILK WA & $2.00 SHIRTS IN LARGE SIZE THE FAIF er, filling the air with epithets, as you sons of lady, dogs, ordered the outfit to "Line up by Gad sah" and to our surprise all but two lined up and in the line up was Clarence, as well as the erudite editor of the Democrat. One of the fellows who refused to line up looked like Mr. Wm. Owens and upon his refusal the dapper little gentleman pointed his engine (it seemed that way to us) of destruction toward the man we supposed to be Mr. Owen and the blamed thing went off. At this time we were so frightened we tried to run but could not move. We thought some one had been killed, and in our terror we were held spell bound to the spot. The fellows all then lined up and our curiosity got the better of our terror and we looked closely to see who this paragon was who could strike so much terror into the hearts of such men as the lion tamer, and the tenderfoot (editor of the Democrat) from Ohio, upon inspection he seemed to have the facial expression, the general makeup and the exact resemblance of Ex-mayor, Ex-delegate to the National Democratic convention and leader of the Indian Territory Democracy, S. M. Rutherford and we believe it was he. At this time our terror returned as the crowd seemed to be looking our way and we fled to the Cimeter sanctum to review the occurrances, where we could be safe from danger. When we were safely barricaded we began to wonder --- CONTINUOUS SALE each in the week.--Our price any one's special sale p this fact--When we c uring extra bargains w your good judgement SILK WAIST AT ONLY LARGE SIZES FOR 58c; A FAIR. have happened to a Negro who would have had the temerity to make such an exhibition of himself. We expected to see a report of the affair in the Democrat or Phoenix next day but as nothing appeared we concluded to get the great religious weekly to publish our remembrance of the occasion. We can't understand how the highest type of civilization can indulge in such orgies and we fear the contagion of South 2nd street has spread further north and that the good old days when fellows with boots, spurs and six-shooters were in flower are anxiously wished for, and prayed for. by the tough element and unconstructed rebels from the twin hells of Arkansas and Texas. These are the cusses who expect to run the new state, assisted by renegade pretended republicans. —Reporter. After reading the above and after submitting the same to what few friends we have, we have concluded (though we may be and doubtless are as much frightened as our reporter is) to publish the same; and in addition thereto we might say that we are informed that there are several including ex mayor Rutherford who have been commissioned as officers by the city etc., and can carry weapons such as revolvers (Colta, Smith & Wesons, &c). Now we don't believe this is right, we think that the common ordinary cusses like ourselves should have the saue right to carry a gun as any other fellow who is not in "active and actual service." The City authorities have been do- v No.38 month in the year: s on all up-to-date rices==Our store is an give our custo e do with pleasure nt. For Instance: $1.98. AND OTHERS. THE LOWEST ng fairly well in the suppression of crime but we wonder where in the "hotel bill" were the police force at the time our reporter was so frightened, we mean the night part of the force Of course the chief can't be everywhere at all times. If the mayor of the city or anyone else can give a private citizen a commission to carry concealed weapons why can he not give all of the citizens the same permission? He could do so on the ground of "equal rights to all men and exclusive privileges to none." When this is true "To live under the wings of the American Eagle and under the shining folds of the Star Spangled Banner will be to live in Peace." JUDGE RAYMOND'S ORDER To Commissioners Incidental to the Wcleetka Citizens Declaration to Celebrate with Flag Half Mass. If any citizen attempts to fly the flag of the Union at half mast anywhere in the Indian Territory on July 4th because he was compelled under the order of the Secretary of the Interior to pay his tribal tax which the federal courts have decided to be legal, he should be arrested on the spot. Because a citizen may not agree with the action of any branch of this government is no reason why he should insult the flag of our common country, to which every citizen of the land owes profound respect and perfect loyalty, and furnishes no excuse for hanging at half mass the stars and stripes representing the power and glory of the Republic. THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN CATARRH OF STOMACH CURED BY PE-RU-NA. Miss Genevive May, 1317 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind., Member Second High School Alumni Ass'n, writes: "Peruna is the finest regulator of a disordered stomach I have ever found. It certainly deserves high praise, for it is skillfully prepared. "I was in a terrible condition from a neglected case of catarrh of the stomach. My food had long ceased to be of any good and only distressed me after eating. I was nauseated, had heartburn and headaches, and felt run down completely. But in two weeks after I took Peruna I was a changed person. A few bottles of the medicine made a great change, and in three months my stomach was cleared of catarrh, and my entire system in a better condition."—Genevive May. Write Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free medical advice. All correspondence held strictly confidential. A Full Page We are told that the Russian fleet "advanced in two columns." That was well enough as far as it went; but evidently the Japanese advanced in seven columns.—Philadelphia North American. LEWIS'SINGLE BINDER THE BEST QUALITY STRAIGHT 5'CIGAR ALWAYS RELIABLE Your jobber or direct from Factory, Peoria, Ill. Estab- lished 1867 WELL DRILLING MACHINERY. 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There is as distinctive a type of American manhood as there is of any other country. True, the American people are a mixture. We combine several different races and bloods. But the intermixtures has gone on so gradually, the original American type always prevalent, that the American man is a distinct representative of civilization, differing from the Englishman, the Frenchman and the German, as much as these differ from each other. Examination of the portraits of revolutionary times and those of the present date show little if any difference between the men of the earlier times and those of the present day, save in the matter of attire. Dress the people of the present day as were the people of the revolutionary epoch appareled and nothing could be found to establish a notable difference between the American of to-day and the American of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Food, climatic conditions and occupations have all much to do with the physical peculiarities of a people. The races that have for centuries received no admixture of foreign blood retain peculiarities that seem unchangeable. What people eat and drink, their dwelling places, the soil and climate they inhabit, their worship, amusements and work all determine looks. The American Indian when first met on this continent by adventurous Europeans lived almost exclusively on a meat and fish diet, the product of chase and other adventure. He was tall, thin, muscular and daring. His eye was bright, his hearing acute. He looked the fearless being that he really was. He had to fight wild beast and savage man. He feared neither. The early white settlers, obliged by the peculiar conditions of pioneer times to live in a measure like the Indians, became also tall, thin, muscular, daring. Their eyes flashed with the fearlessness that characterizes the American race of the present. We have a more generous and varied diet than our ancestors. Diet affects personal appearances in marked degree. We are becoming a larger and heavier race, but the distinctive features of a century or more ago are still in evidence. The American is easily recognizable everywhere he goes in foreign lands. He will for a long time present the same type that to-day distinguishes him from men of all other races.—Louisville Herald. Too Fast for Him. Don't keer of de worl' is roun', Or flat as flat kin be; All I know Down here below, It goes too fas' fer me! On de lan', or sea, It goes too fas' fer me; Time is a-gwine Lak' a harricane flyin'— It goes too fas' fer me! Don't keer ef de sun stan' still, Or keep a-movin' free; My ha'r git gray Sence yesterady. En he don't shine long fer me. On de lan', or sea, Sun don't shine long fer me; Time is a-gwine Lak' a harricane flyin'— He goes too fas' fer me! —Atlanta Constitution. Indian Territory Valley. The valley lying between the Verdigris and Grand rivers in Indian Territory, embracing a tract of land from five to twenty miles long, is one of the oldest inhabited portions of Indian Territory, the Creel:s having settled there seventy-five years ago. This valley has been entered lately by a railroad, the Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma.—Kansas City Times. The Home of the Wave Circle KC 25 OUNCES FOR 25 BAKING POWDER MANUFACTURED ONLY BY JAQUES MFG. CO. CHICAGO NEW YORK, HANASAS CITY WESTERN REGION WEEKLY F.N. GUARANTEE is the home where good cooking is loved, where the family enjoy the finest of biscuits, doughnuts, cakes, and pies and other good things every day. The baking is always delicious and wholesome because K C Baking Powder —the baking powder of the wave circle, is used. Get K C to-day! 25 ounces for 25c. If it isn't all that we claim, your grocer refunds your money. Send for "Book of Presents." JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago. 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Then he looked earnestly and said seriously: "Perhaps you weren't worth any more, sir."—Boston Herald. Sherman and Jefferson Joseph Jefferson, the actor and General Sherman were great friends. Upon a certain occasion Jefferson called upon the general. After a pleasant chat Jefferson rose to go, and General Sherman caught sight of a sheet of paper under the chair where the actor had been sitting. "Jefferson," he called, picking up the paper and carrying it to the door, "you dropped this, I think." "Jefferson took the sheet with an effusion of thanks that was astonishing. "My dear general," he exclaimed, "you have saved my life!" "It seems to me you're rather careless to carry such valuable papers around so loosely," replied the general in surprise. Jefferson laughed, and unfolding the paper, revealed its contents. It was the manuscript of the opening pages of the great actor's autobiography.—Lippincott's Magazine. Don't Be Irritable. 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The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Truths that Strike Home Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from, THE LION In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) (Save the Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. how it was blended—or with what —or when roasted? If you buy your coffee loose by the pound, how can you expect purity and uniform quality? LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, is of necessity uniform in quality, strength and flavor. For OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE has been the standard coffee in millions of homes. LION COFFEE is carefully packed at our factories, and until opened in your home, has no chance of being adulterated, or of coming in contact with dust, dirt, germs, or unclean hands. LION COFFEE you get one full Insist upon getting the genuine. age.) heads for valuable premiums.) OCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, - - - Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Gen'l Solicitor E. T. HEARNE - - City Reporter For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention: A. G. W. SANGO of Muskogee. Do you want to attend the Colored Men's League of the U. S.? If so get in touch with the "Stand Pat Club." Judge Raymond's order of Court touching the flying of the flag at half mast by the Weleetka fellows makes good reading. The judge has no patience with traitors and those who insult the flag. There is a stink in school circles. It seems that some of the importations from Arkansas and Texas have brought the stealing methods of those localities here and have proceeded to buy or steal the questions used in examinations from the printer and intended to pass a splendid examination. They got caught and the rest will appear next week. It is now possible for a lady and gentleman to walk down Second Street without hearing profane, vulgar and indecent language at almost every step, and without having to elbow their way through a gang of loafers. The Cimeter is willing to take the cussing from the gang since such good results have been obtained. The Cimeter flag will be unfolded on the 4th and not at half mast. We don't like the tax business a bit, we think it's wrong; etc, but two wrongs never make one right. We would rather pay a thousand unjust taxes than to insult our flag once. That flag means everything to us and to our Republic. Down with the traitors who would vent their spleen in such a debasing way as suggested by the rebel outfit. Want of space prevents us from publishing the balance of the article on preachers this week, however it will come later; at this point we desire to say there are a few female preachers here that will also be taken under prayerful consideration (as this paper has no pets) One of these preachers is a dressmaker and it seems cannot tell the difference between her own material and that of her customers' goods. When she pur- ```markdown ``` loins her customers' goods she claims the rats ate them etc., The public shall know in short who these female ministerial frauds are. There are some worthless Negroes; who on returning from the base ball games, get on the street cars and use profane language. This is the class of devils that make things so hard for a decent Negro. We hope a city policeman will be put on these cars at the proper time to catch this gang. It is this class of worthless Negroes that cause the whites to ask for seperate coaches,etc. Now is the time to put a quietus on these curs, and all decent colored people should join in a erusade against this worthless element of men and women. The sooner they are compelled to act right the better it is for the masses. The poor defenseless Negro who has been arrested charged with assault with intent to kill Tom Marcum and charged with having been sent from Ky. by the Hargis faction is no more guilty of a crime than a man who never saw the territory. The Hargis people are foremen worthy of the steel of the Marcums and are not hunting a Negro to shield them. If they desire they would face the music id person. We know them well, They don't fight that way We say the fellows are d—n cowards who are to hide behind this Negro who has lost an arm If he is guilty of a crime convict him, but don't go to Kentucky to find an excuse for the crime. We notice that in almost all states where there are from one to three Negroes on the Republican State Executive committee, except in this and Oklahoma Territory. Why is this? Ther is something radically wrong somewhere, and some one is responsible for it. Now who is responsible for the failure of the Negro to have representation on our Territory-Executive Committee? Will some one please answer? There are 100, 000 Negroes in the Territory who have been discriminated against, and the fellow or fellow responsible for this will find that, like the ghost of Banquo the Negro will rise up to destroy their political prospects. In the near future the Cimeter will tell, in our opinion, committed the crime of 1904. STUDY LAW AT HOME Prepare for success at the bar, in business or public life, by mail, in the ORIGINAL SCHOOL, Success. Success. Graduated everywhere, Success. Graduated everywhere, Success. Graduated everywhere, Regular College Law Course and Business Law Course. Liberal Terms. 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Indian Territory RESOURCES Ins and Discounts $712,008 95 Hardrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 Lands and Preuiums, 206,080 49 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11 Fish and Exchange 189,093 48 LIABILITIES Capital Surplus and Profit Circulation Deposits $1,141,152 64 The above statement is correct D N FINK, C SELL SELL CIGARS Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and Increase your sales. We can furnish you Owls, Capdurors. Henry George, Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cremo, Pathfinders, and several other popular brands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale prices. It is not much to invest, and they are sure to sell. Come and have a falk with us. BEN ESTES, Druggist Corner Main & Okmulgee Streets. DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY, Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205. ROWSY BLOCK. 111 N. SECOND STREET From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the Muskogee Lumber Company They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. OCEAN CROWN GOLDEN CROWN GOLDEN CROWN Bridge Work WITHOUT PLATES GREEN CROWN REYNOLDS CROWN TION FREE.inois Building kogee, Muskogee, I. T. the Condition of the Nationl Bank, FROM OUREXCHANGES. The Muskogee (I. T.) Cimeter is waging war upon the worthless, immoral, depraved loafing element of that town, Its manly course should be commended by all who believe in decency and right.—Portland (Oregon) Advocate. The masses of the people are with us brother, and the officials have got the rascals on the run. Only a few immoral reprobates who parade as dispensers of the gospel are against us aided by the remnant of thugs who remain. . . William H. Twine, editor of the Muskogee, (I. T:) Cimeter, has stirred up a hornet's nest in his city, by attacking ignorant, immoral preachers, blacklegs and loafing Negroes and women of easy virtue. You had better look out a little, Willie, you have got a very bad combination of elements after you. Xenia (Ohio) Observer. Jim, we have got them on the run, they are howling like hades but are hunting fields new and pastures green; and the old man is doing business at the old stand. Yes they are a hard combination we admit but it has been "busted" so to speak. ```markdown ``` Judge T. F. Dickerson of the Federal court saw a sign nailed to a telegraph pole at Lindsy, Indian Territory, on which was written: "Mr. Nigger don't let the sun go down on you in this town." The judge divested himself of his coat and hat, climed the pole for a distance of fifteen feet and tore down the sign. The act of Judge Dickerson is to be commended. Such signs only foment trouble and do not belong among law-abiding people.—Democrat. Judge Dickerson is a man, and it is a pity that there are not more such men. The Negro is a citizen of this Republic and has always been found loyal to the flag. There are no traitors to our country in the ranks. They have given their life blood upon a hundred battlefields for the perpetuity of our Government and they are entitled to the protection under the law of their civil rights. The cuss or cusses who put up that sign are traitors to the flag and our country and are not worth their room in hell, Miss Lula Faust, the young lady stenographer and pharmacist from Texas, who has been stopping at Mr. Crutes' boarding house for the last few weeks is very much impressed with the city and we believe in the near future will locate permanently in our city. Miss Faust the show. is one of the most accomplished young ladies of the race and we need more of such progressive young women. She will return to her home in Texas within a few days and already the young men are beginning to look sad. The efforts of clarence to change the city market from 2nd street to Broadway would be the killing of two birds with one stone, Clarence would thereby vent his spleen upon the Negro, because the Negroes own considerable property on 2nd street which would be benefited by the park, and again he would have the property of the owner on Broadway condemned and purchased for a song which would vent more spleen. Great fellow is clarence. We have been wondering if Clarence had anything worth condemning. As a rule such cusses have not, and he doubtless is no exception to the'rule. The attention of Judge C. W. Raymond, Chief Justice of U. S. Court of Appeals for Indian Terriiory, have been called to the following article from Welleetka. Indian Territory, issued and important order to U. S. Commissioners. Finch, the husband of Mrs. McClendon, has been arrested for disorderly conduct. It seems that Finch thinks it his duty to run his step children away from home with a gun and raise Cain in general. Sunday, July 2nd, the M. K. & T. Ry., will run special train to Parsons at reduced rates. See Katy's agent for particulars. INTERNATIONAL EPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENTION :: :: Denver, Colorado, July 5th to 9th-For the above occasion the M. K. & T. will sell round trip tickets to Denver at very low rates. Tickets on sale June 30 to July 4th, final return limit July 14th. See Katy's Agent for particulars. INTERATIONAL CONVENTION UNITED SOCIETY CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR Baltimore, Md., July 5 to 10. For the above occasion the M. K. & T. will sell round trip tidkets to Baltimore at very low rates. Tickets on sale July 1, 2, and 3rd. Final return limit July 15th. See Katy's Agent for particulars. BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS Buffalo, N. Y., July 11-For BIG EAST SIDE LUMBER YARD. Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime, Cement, Etc. EAST OKMULGEE AVE. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOEE, IND. TER. For you to buy a new buggy and harness. We handle the best make and stand back of any defected in them. THE DEERE BUGGY Stands the wear and always looks stylish. You can't buy a better and we have the most complete line of up-to-date Buggies and Harness in the Indian Territory. Come in and see for yourself and get our prices which are the lowest. PLANTER'S IMPLEMENT CO. Wall Street Muskogee, I. T. Why buy Your From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. the above occasion the M. K. & T. will s ll round trip tickets from points on its line at very low rates. Tickets on sale July 7,8, and 9. Final limit July 15th. See Katy's Agent. VERY LOW RATES-4th of July to all points in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas. Tickets on sale July 1, 2, 3. and 4. Good until and including July 6. No restrictions as to distance. Rates on application of any Raty Agent. SUNDAY EXCURSION RATES. The M.K. & T. will sell round trip tickets at rate of one fare plus twenty five cents to all local stations where the regular fare is $1.50 or less. Tickets on sale fer train leaving Muskogee after 6 p. m. Saturday and for all trains on Sundays except No. 5 and No. 6. Don't fail to take advantage of these rates. W. W. HOLMES. THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS - PRINTERS DENVER VICTORIA HOTEL When at Claremore stop at the Victoria Hotel, Modern, Upto-date, Elegant Rooms, Table Unsurpassed. MRS. IDELLA ROBINSON, PROP. Claremore, I. T. Dr. R. H. Waterford. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS During a thunder storm in Addington last week three buildings were struck by lightning, but none of them were burned. Ed Henson and son, living near Roff, were drowned while trying to drive a team of horses across the Blue river one day last week. The Crystal restaurant, at Sterrett, was broken into one night last week and a quantity of cigars, candies, canned goods, etc., were stolen. The plan to erect an opera house at El Reno has been temporarily abandoned. Unless some other move is made soon an auditorium, with a seating capacity of 10,000 will be built. The auction sale of town lots at Collinsville occurred last week. Eight one lots were sold, bringing a total of $5,788. The Walter National bank at Walter, Comanche county, has been authorized to commence business. The Bank of Lawton has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $25,000. A heavy windstorm visited the town of Sterrett last week, blowing down two blacksmith shops and three barns and doing some minor damage. No one was hurt. The American Mutual Life Insurance company has been chartered to transact business in Oklahoma. The company has its headquarters at Oklahoma, and has a paid up capital of $125,000, divided into 1,250 shares. Tim Flannere, aged 70 years, employed by the Frisco Railway company as a section hand at Lawton, was found dead in the section house. He was unable to work, and returned to the house, and a few hours later his body was found. Construction on the Denver, Enid & Gulf railroad is now completed to a point between Coldwater and Nashville, in Garfield county. This is the extension from Enid to Kiowa, Kansas, which will be finished soon. Wetumka is desirous of knowing whether oil, coal or gas abounds under her surface in paying quantities, and has employed the services of an expert driller to bore down 2,000 feet, if one of the three is not found at a less depth. Probate Judge Morrell of Kiowa county has ruled that Sunday base ball is not in conflict with the Oklahoma statutes. A complaint was sworn out against the ball players at Hobart, and at their trial the defendants set up the plea that Sunday ball playing is not prohibited. Governor Ferguson has stated that within a few days the commissions will be issued to the members of the territorial board of dental examiners, under the Norton bill passed by the last legislature. The Denver, Enid & Gulf Railway company recently imported one hundred men from Kansas City for construction work, but when they arrived in Oklahoma the inducements held out to work in the harvest fields caused about ninety of them to quit the service of the railroad and help in the fields. ```markdown ``` ADDS TO SPLENDOR ADDS TO SPLENDOR MEN OF BUSINESS RECOGNIZE ADVANTAGES OF ACETYLENE. Famous Summer Hotel, the Grand Union of Saratoga, Has Installed This Best of All Artificial Lights Means Increased Comfort and Health. Saratoga, June 27.—The very name, "Saratoga," brings to every mind health-giving springs, unsurpassed hotels and beautiful drives. It has been for many years the Mecca for all who admire nature, enjoy good living, and are searching for health, or are simply taking a vacation. The Grand Union, the largest summer hotel in the United States, set among green trees with its long wings enclosing a court with fountains and flowers, grass and trees, music and light, is throughout the season thronged with guests. With the progressive spirit always shown by its management, the Grand Union has again added to its attractiveness by introducing acetylene gas to make still more brilliant the evening hours. The genial proprietors believe in furnishing their guests with the best of everything, and now, after investigating and finding that Artificial Sunlight can be had, they have installed a complete acetylene gas plant to produce it, and have connected upwards of six thousand acetylene burners in and about the house and grounds to this little gas plant. Like many discoveries of recent years, which are coming into popular favor, acetylene, one of the most recent, is very simply produced. It is adapted for use wherever artificial light is needed and the necessary apparatus can be understood and operated by anyone. The generator in which Acetylene is produced by the automatic contact of carbide and water might be termed a gas plant, as it performs all of the functions of a city gas plant. The acetylene generator can be purchased for a few dollars and in any size, from one adapted to furnish acetylene to ten or a dozen burners for a cottage, up to the large but still simple machine such as is now furnishing Acetylene for six thousand burners in the Grand Union. Outside of large cities the use of Acetylene is quite common. The owner of the country home now demands running water, gas and other conveniences which a few years ago were considered as luxuries, and acetylene gas has met his requirements, and gives him a better and cheaper light than is ordinarily furnished in cities. It is well known that rooms lighted with Acetylene are more comfortable, because cooler, and more healthful because the air is not vitiated. Flustering the Teacher. "Now in order to subtract," explained the teacher to the class in mathematics, "things have to be always of the same denomination. For instance, we couldn't take three apples from four pears, nor six horses from nine dogs." A hand went up in the back part of the room. "Teacher," shouted a small boy, "can't you take four quarts of milk from three cows?" It Murders Laziness. "Take a few doses and watch your energy increase—also your appetite. Work will be a pleasure and pleasure not an empty name. Life has new charms to those who use Simmon's Sarasaparilla for it supplies health from which all happiness must spring. Use it and feel yourself grow." "I don't see what you find so attractive in that young man," said one girl. "He is neither handsome nor intellectual." "No," answered the other," but he has the reputation of buying lovely engagement rings."—Washington Star. SCIENCE IN THE JUNGLE. Wlgwagging Prevented the Soldiers From Straying. "Wigwagging from hill to hill, laying telegraph wire as fast as troops advance, flashing searchlight signals by night was the way we policed Panama when the American troops landed," szld Sergt. Buohl of the marine recruiting station, to the Philadelphia Ledger. "With such elaborate systems civilized troops will now be able to conquer the world. Even in the jungles of Panama, where every foot of the underbrush is as thick as a hedge, scouting parties can't get lost if they make their way to a hill. The first night we landed at Colon our ships began signaling to the squadron at Panama, sixty miles away. The searchlight brought the message that we wanted aid, and the troops landed and we began the chase after the enemy. "The next morning there were wigwagging parties on every hill, and the officers knew what each man was doing. One of the exploring parties was lost for forty-eight hours, but on the morning of the third day a heliograph message was flashed from a hill twelve miles away, and the report was 'All well.' "If a person has never been in a jungle no idea can be had of what it is like. You start out on a little path about two feed wide, which seems to be a well-used trail. After winding around for several miles it suddenly stops. There is no trace to show where the natives have slipped to when they left the path. Perhaps three-quarters of a mile away the path is taken up again. When we struck a blind trail we swung up to the top of a tree on the nearest hill and flashed a heliograph for orders. Thus science circumvents the wiles of the most cunning natives." HOST ACTED AS PATCH. Made Useful to Cover Delinquencies of Sofa. A Virginian whose home adjoined the early one of Thomas Nelson Page tells this story of the author's father: The family, like many other Southern ones, was much impoverished by the war, though the old-time hospitality was as warm as ever. One day guests were expected upon whom Mrs. Page wished to make a good impression, and the furniture and fittings were furbished for the occasion. The good dame's heart was much disturbed by the worn condition of the upholstery of a rare old sofa, and she petitioned her husband to stand before it when receiving the visitors, and then to sit carefully over the ragged spot. With fine chivalry Mr. Page greeted the arrivals and discoursed entertainingly until the neighing of his favorite horse attracted his attention, as a stable boy led it past the window. Then rising, he said to the guests, "Will you excuse me for a short time?" and to his wife, "My dear, I really cannot act any longer as a patch for that sofa."—New York Times. Fate of Men Who Shot a Spy. "While with the British army in South Africa," said Maj. Barchard, an attache of the British consulate, "I was allotted on one occasion the stern task of commanding a firing party of ten men who executed a Boer officer who had broken his parole and afterward been condemned as a spy. He had assumed the uniform of an English soldier and penetrated our lines after having levanted when on his parole. "Every member of that firing party has come to fatal or serious grief since that Friday morning when in the gray dawn we shot the spy. Sudden death or a bad accident has befallen each one. "My turn has come, as you see." And the soldier who had fought in a half-dozen campaigns pointed his left arm, which was in splints, having been fractured in a street car accident. San Francisco Chronicle. WHY THEY ARE HAPPY TWO NOTABLE RECOVERIES FROM EXTREME DEBILITY. Husband's Strength Had Been Waning for Three Years, Wife a Sufferer from Female Weakness. "My strength had dwindled so that I couldn't apply myself to my business with any snap but was tired and listless all the time," said Mr. Goldstein. "I went to bed completely used up by my day's work, and when I got up in the morning I didn't feel rested a bit. I had awful headaches too, and my kidneys got out of order and caused me to have severe pains in the back. At one time I became so feeble that I could not stir from bed for three weeks." Mr. Goldstein is a young man and had then but recently established a home of his own. His anxieties were increased by the fact that his wife was far from being robust. Mrs. Goldstein says: "For two years I had been ill most of the time." Sometimes I was confined to bed for weeks in succession under a physician's care. I had headaches, kidney trouble, pain about the heart and many more uncomfortable symptoms connected with that weakness to which my sex is peculiarly subject." Trouble had invaded this household and settled in it in just the years that eught to be the very happiest. Physicians could not tell them how to get rid of it. "I was utterly discouraged," said Mr. Goldstein. "Then the urgency of some friends led me to try a blood and nerve remedy which was said to be wonderfully successful. Within a month there were unmistakable signs of improvement in my condition, and within a year I was completely well. Through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I have now as good health as I ever had in my life." Mrs. Goldstein adds: "The wonderful effect that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had in the case of my husband led me to try them and they helped me even more quickly than they did him. One box made me decidedly better and a few months' treatment cured me." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the best tonic and regulator, they make pure, rich blood and when there is general weakness and disorder that is what the system needs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Goldstein live at 38 Gove street, East Boston, Mass. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by druggists everywhere. The Czar's Sinking Fund The czar's six million dollar investment in the United States does not look so very big when one considers the wealth he has deposited in the straits of Korea.--Philadelphia Inquirer. It's a Jarer. If you smash or bruise your finger, do not cry, If you sprain a joint or muscle, just try Rubbing a little of it on, and the pain will soon be gone. It performs while others promise, they will cure you bye and bye. Hunt's Lightning Oil is the great instantaneous performer in the circus of life. Any ache or pain it will not jar loose is a fixture. The men who look before they leap Are rated above par; They often simply take a peep, And then stay where they are. DON'T FORGET A large 2-oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Borrow toruble, and it will take a lifetime to pay it back. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. FARM MISCELLANY The Japanese Eating Butter. In spite of what has been said about the Japanese being large buyers of American-made oleomargarine, they are consuming considerable quantities of butter and are likely to consume more, as time goes on. They would buy much of this butter from America but American consumers are willing to pay more for the best butter than the Japanese consumers, and so the butter is being kept and consumed at home. If American prices fall or those in Japan advance the time may come when our butter will be a staple article of commerce in the Japanese market. At the present time the Japanese are buying their butter from countries other than America. Australasia seems to have the advantage of most countries in this regard, and New Zealand is especially favored. They can afford to make butter at a little less price than the Americans and have no large market at home for it. They are enabled therefore to send a good share of their exportable butter to Japan, while other butter is going around the cape of Goodhope to England. During the past winter a large dairy company in New Zealand received from Japan a single cable message for 30,000 cases of butter. Dehorning Calves. What is the use of waiting till the calves become cows before taking off the horns? When the calves are young and horns are incipient is the time to do the work of dehorning. The horn is soft at the time the calf is say five days old, and that is when the dehorning should be done. No saw is needed, only a stick of caustic potash, which can be purchased at any druggist's for a few cents. Put some paper around the stick of potash so that the moisture from the hand will not cause injury to the hand. Moisten the end of the stick slightly, but not enough so that the liquid will run down on the flesh of the animal and perhaps into the eyes. With the potash rub the tip of the horn till a slight impression has been made on the center of the horn. Some make the application about four times, leaving an interval of five minutes between the applications. Usually a little blood will appear in the center of the horn tip. After the application do not turn the calves out if it is raining, as the rain will wash the potash down into the eyes of the animals.—Adelbert Shadberger, Boone Co., Mo. Score Card for Dairies. Professor R. A. Person of Cornell University has been one of the most active dairy scientists for years. In addition to the usual work of the dairy professor he has recently invented or studied out a score card for dairies. Some of the farmers' clubs in the state of New York have declared it of great value to the dairy interest in its stimulating effect. The five chief heads of this score card are: (1). Health of the herd and its protection. (2) Cleanliness of the cows and their surroundings. (3) Utensils. (4) Attendants. (5) Handling the milk. Twenty points are counted for each division, the aggregate being 100. A Quarantine Pen. On every farm where hogs are raised there should be a pen strongly built for the purpose of keeping by themselves all hogs that may be purchased for the farm. This same pen may be also used for segregating of animals that may signs of being sick. A precaution of this kind will sometimes check an attack of cholera at its beginning Japan's Self Reliance Whether we look to the dockyards which she has built for the making and repairing of her own fleet, to the strenuous maintenance of her own agriculture and industry or to her self-reliant retention of the financial responsibility of her own undertakings, we find revealed the same determination to stand independent and contained. It is a patriotism so comprehensive that it can stoop without loss of dignity to the consideration of the minutest detail, and it holds the secret of the great future which seems to be opening up before the youngest of the nations.—London Express. Chinese Opportunism The Chinese officials who were once regarded as being pro-Russian are fast vanishing as the situation changes. They are all entertaining grateful feelings toward Japan. Diplomatically there will be some subterfuge played, but on the whole Japan will get all she wants.—Tokio Asahi. James A. Kirkwood, president of the Oklahoma-Indian Territory AntiHorse-Thief association, says that already preparations are in progress for the entertainment of the national association at Muskogee, in October, and for the territorial convention at Ada, about the middle of the same month. Of Wide Interest. Breed, Wis., June 26.—Special—Chas. Y. Peterson, Justice of the Peace for Oconto Co., has delivered a judgment that is of interest to the whole United States. Put briefly, that judgment is, "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best Kidney medicine on the market to-day." And Mr. Peterson gives his reason for this judgment. He says: "Last winter I had an aching pain in my back which troubled me very much. In the morning I could hardly straighten my back. I did not know what it was but an advertisement led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. After taking one box I can only say they have done more for me than expected as I feel as well now as ever I did before." Pain in the back is one of the first symptoms of Kidney disease. If not cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may develop into Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheumatism or some of the other deadly forms of Kidney Disease. "I won't. So There. Now" The census bureau has decided that women must tell their ages to the enumerators. This sounds very well as an official order, but the census officials, after all, are only men, and all the world knows by this time the weight of a man's "must" beside a woman's "shant."—Ballimore American. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. He—That is the city hall, my dear. She—Is that where the graffters have their headquarters, Josiah? He—Hush, Marie. That sounds a little offensive. The Janitor—There ain't no graffters on exhibition today, ma'am. The city councilmen have all gone to the ball game.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. It takes a lot of luck to push a man up hill. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. The man who is puffed up with pride generally does the puffing himself. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in commation, allays pn. cures wind colic. 25c a bottle The truth may be mighty, for it's mighty scarce on tombstones. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F. BOYER, Trinity Springs. Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. If a woman refuses to go away for a week's visit it isn't because she's afraid her husband will be lonesome—but because she is afraid he won't be. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowning Nails. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREER Address, A S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Togo's Whiskers Togo's portraits indicate a man of patient resourcefulness and great versatility as to styles of whiskers. Wisconsin Sentinel. The Best Way. In the midst of the strife between science and religion, a homely philosopher speaks to this purpose: "Best thing you can do is to live up to the light you have—believe in yourself, and trust God for the rest."—Atlanta Constitution. Sure Thing The victory of an American yacht in any kind of a race is now accepted as a matter of course.—Washington Star. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. Success is often the result of a one-card draw in the game of life. Faith and hope don't accomplish much without a certain amount of hustle. This Is What Catches Me! 16oz.—One-Third More Starch. Yours for Health Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a positive cure for all those painful ailments of women. It will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Complaints, all Ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Falling and Displacements of the Womb and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is peculiarly adapted to the Change of Life. Every time it will cure Backache. It has clared more cases of Leucorrhoea than any other remedy the world has ever known. It is almost infallible in such cases. It dissolves and expels Tumors from the Uterus in an early stage of development. That Bearing-down Feeling. causing pain, weight and headache, is instantly relieved and permanently cured by its use. Under all circumstances it acts in harmony with the female system. It corrects Irregularity. Suppressed or Painful Menstruation, Weakness of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostration, Headache, General Debility. Also Dizziness. Faintness. Extreme Lassitude, "don't-care" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feeling, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, flatulency, melancholy or the "blues," and backache. These are sure indications of Female Weakness, some derangement of the Uterus. For Kidney Complaints and Backache of either sex the Vegetable Compound is unequaled. You can write Mrs. Pinkham about yourself in strictest confidence. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 26,1905 THE DISTRICT MISSIONARY. Boynton, I. T. Sermon delivered by Rev. J. L. Grayson at the Cane Creek Baptist Church at 11:30 A. M., 1905 Text, Rom. 8:35. "Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ? Shall tribulations, or distress, or persecutions, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Subject: The Impossibility of Our Separation. Beloved travelers for eternity; I congratulate myself of having come before you this hour with an opened bible in my hand in defense of the fundamental principal of docternal truths of the church, and to disseminate biblical proofs for the benefit of the gospel church, as there are ideas of derogatotary being without foundation disseminating in our pulpits and congregations. If I am to get separated from Jesus; Why? God Almighty must be responsible, which responsibility He will, or cannot assume, nor can He change. I see in this divine relationship the same existing relation as the flashing rays have with the sun. The great volume being immeasurable distant from the earth, yet; its life invigorates that animation of life in the earth, and this life, gives vitality to every living creature in this physical world. If it was possible for the sun to die or be consumed by some other power; this would then be a dead dark one for was given by a spiritual being and it cannot be destroyed by any now existing power nor that which is to come. The relation we have with God grinding ages will not rust it out. His divine grace which saved us, will keep us saved—the animation of life breathed into our souls by The Quickening Spirit is an everlasting one. This grace and life are being fanned by the flashing illumination of the Holy Spirit. If it was possible for our spiritual parent to die; then it would be necessary to look for death in this case, which would produce a separation. But, while eternity will continue to whirl away forever and ever, our God will live—as the Great Head of the church cannot die. The members or subordinations will not die, i. e., become separated. The relation we hold with our God is as a cord looped on eternity and thrown around the church extending back and held in the hand of God, at the other end. (Cannot be broken.) I found myself an heir of a family who shall live always, and from this family I cannot be separated nor lose my resemblance. St. Paul of Tarsus; baffled and challenged this world and generations with the interrogations, laid down in our text: Who? (anybody). The enumerations and measurements are laid down in the text; 1st. "Tribulations;" previous afflictions or distress of any kind; to commress, or oppress, or by anything a christian is made miserable in this woorld. 2nd. Distress, nearly the same import with the former; but more severe in its significations; signifies straitness, being hemmed in on every side, without getting out or escaping, or, 3rd. Persecution; to pursue, press upon, prosecute, or such pursuing as an enemy, uses in order to catch the object of his malice, in order to destroy it. 4th. or Famine? to fail, want of the necessaries of life, or Nakedness? wholly without clothes. or Peril? a state of extreme, to danger, preplexing distress. or Sword? distraction of life. These are the things named by the writer, which cannot separate us from the love of Jesus. The measurations are as follows: Hight, (the highest,) Depth, (the deepest.) Width, (the widest.) Length, boundry of this world can take us awa. (The malignants or powers) death, life, angels, principalities, powers, things that now be, and thingss to come. Admidst these combinations cursed objects, we are more than conquerors. The impossibility of separating us from the love of Christ, is just as great as it is for God to change-God cannot change-We are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. (See 1 Peter, 1:5) In furtherance. The Holy Spirit became pregnated with every spiritual child, gave birth to the same, and we God decreed in His divine purpose; (See John 3:6). My brothers! we have the same relation to this Holy family, as we have to our natural parents. The relation I have to my father and mother cannot be broken or distrayed; (never lost.) God my father, Spiritually—Jesus, my elder brother as well as my Saviour. The Holy Spirit my spiritual mother—Begotten of God—Saved through the blood of His dear Son, born of The Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head, we are the members or body; this relation cannot be broken. If the Head cannot be destroyed, the body will not be destroyed. (Impossible).Who an or will question the power of Godwithout falling into oblivion of a wrecked infidel? It was God's power that saved us, it is God's power that will keep us saved. 'Twas grace that saved the hell going sinners—'tis grace that keeps them saved Not a new grace. (same old grace.) (but warranted. See Eph. 2:8.) The greatest gift that was ever made. Oh, Brother! when this world was a lost world, blessed Jesus standing on the other bank of eternity looking across the dashing waves of destruction and damnation, said: "I will go and sprinkle their hearts with grace. But no fer boat, I will fix a boat of incarnation, says the Father, but, will turn loose the flashing vapors and winds of hell upon you, legions of legions will surround you when you will have crossed into the lost world. Jesus says to the Father, let them gather, fix the boat, give me the oars. I will launch out to save the lost world. He came across, died, for a lost world, gave them grace, a grace they never had before. Life, life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (We cannot separate, impossible.) "My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.' (eRad Jno. 10:27-29. "Because I live, ye shall live also." John 14:19. I see in the scriptures, that as long as the body. There was a time when there is life in Jesus, life will exist in we were dead, buried in the black el sounded, the coffin was bursted, we grave of sin, the trumpet of the posprevived; and became living creatures in the Lord Jesus. (Read Eph. 2:1.) Can the bucket fall from its sitting and leave the water in the same place from whence it fell?(Impossible.) I cannot fall from the grace poured into my soul. Mr. Johnson's son, became disgraceful, the boy brought disgrace upon a noble family, but; is Johnson's son, the boy, strays away from home, he got on board a vessel, crosses the great Atlantic, goes on through the fartherest wilds of Africa, but, it is Johnson's son just the same. The relation cannot be separated. Mr. Johnson may repent, of this being his son, but this does not change the relation. We may stray in our oppinion, or mean ways, or from our christian obligation, some time from the fold of Christ; but if once born of The Holy Spirit, we are Spiritual children. We may grieve our Heavenly Father at other time, and cause Him to get angry with us, but yet, we are His children. I am Christ's and He is mine. (See John, 10:29-30. One shepherd, and fold. Jesus looked in the faces of a boasting people whose malice was bitter toward Him, and drew a figure on one hundred sheep. Read Luke 15:4. One hundred sheep are mentioned in this parable. one accidently or inatentionally went astray. remember my brothers, there were one hundred sheep in the fold, there were ninty and nine left, it was a sheep before it went astray, was a sheep while going away, a sheep when found; a sheep while being brought back to the fold, a sheep when delivered, did not hange, could not change. Impossible to make a sheep a goat. The powers that be, and to come, cannot change the work of the Holy Spirit. (Impossible.) Can they stray from the church? They can. Will they stray from the church? They will. How can or will they stray from the church, from prayer meetings, church meetings, regular services and christian's obligations? But, they are sheep Thirty minutes ago, the stove was cold as could be, the house boy, gathers sticks and fuel, strikes a match, the fuel commences to burn, now it is a red hot stove. See the difference.) The stove never was changed, it was only cold, now it is a red hot stove. A christian gets cold, cold to his obligation, cold of the spirit, but, yet a child of God, and as soon as he or she hear the voice of the Shepherd distinctly ringing in their soul, they return to their obligation. This is not falling from grace. Cannot fall from grace. (Read John 10:16. The Predelermined plans of God, are His divine purpose, God cannot be separated from eternity, of divine existence. The whens, wheres and hows God commenced to exist, I have no account, but I do know that the Creator must have existed before the creation. Therefore, God as a God, certainly had in His mind all things that are now in existence before He made them, Yes; the church as well as other subordinations. So, I see the church having come from eternity and is returning from whence it came. The unnumbered combined combinations of this wicked world are in a rage with the grace saved souls, whose feet are striking up the shining way to rdaw them back, (but, impossible). They have their bows well strung and arrows whose points have been dipped in hot brimstone from the neither dark world. They are advancing on the field of battle, looking in the face of Christ's espoused wife, (the church) contending for her, but, Jesus bought the license nineteen hundred years ago, on a bloody hill east of Jerusalem, while He was surrounded by the blazing eyed hellish demons, a cold and corrupt hearted Jews and Romans The contract was signed, and God employed as an officiator to unite the church and her husband. (Jesus.) Emperors, Kings, Princes, Popes and other powers have ben attempting to break the contract, but failed. (Impossible.) Through the grinding crises of dark ages, the church has enjoyed severe times, but, when kingdoms and worlds will be ground to shifting dusst, the churches will be dressed in heavenly form in eternity. Through all the dark days of the coming of the Christian world, hundred, thousands and millions of the righteous of God have perished by the swords. But, brothers, oh, brothers! we are getting near the wedding day. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieve. 'Twas grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. The burning prosecutions and persecutions have been waged in the church in every hellish way, but cannot separate us from Jesus. Yaur warfare is not merely a defensive one, but it is offensive also, let the King of darkness continue with all the dammed and living malignants mounted upon their hellish firey steeds whose feet creates a roaring in this old world. Nevertheless, we are his. Jesus will not allow them to wrench from our hearts His divine grace. The Christians are armed with the baldric breastplate, helmet, shield and sword, the subordination of divine grace, and hell's legions with a solid thunderic tramp and march may shake this world and blow hot and cold winds until it shakes like a leaf on a tree, but cannot shake us away from the love of Jesus. The massed columns of death may press in upon the people of God, led by the grim monster of dammation, producing its burning, venom, but impossible to separate us from His love. We are surrounded on every side with massive clouds of black wrath, sived by the angry wind; belching thunders and forked tongues of lightening of hells cavalry, whose feet are shod with red hot fire, and wheezing flames producing pillows of black smoke of eternal perdition engendering amidst the faithful many to excite them from the shore; but, they sing as they advance toward the city of their God—"Fight on my soul, till death shall bring thee to my God." My brother, it is a highway. Listen! listen! I can hear the tramping of the feet of the millions of grace saved children, ascending the heavenward way, singing as they speed on their onward march. We are children of the Heavenly King, Heavenly King. Oh, brothers! you have the right of way, while bolts of arrows are being thrown through the shivering air, and blazing sling shots slung from million strings but, cannot divide the line. After while! afterwhile! the legions will throw upon legions until they will be packed as a packing house into outer darkness. Michael and other angels will marshall their hosts, after having unloosed the flaming crew and scatter them to the winds of dammation. Oh, look! look! they are gathering in—from where? From four winds. Grace, grace! wonderful grace! yes; divine grace. Throw wide the gates, let us pass through into the city. Here comes a voice like muttering thunder—who is it speaking? Why? It is our Father. What is He saying? He is saying; "Well done, good and faithful servants, come get your crown, shoes, golden instrument and garment. Home! home!! home!!! Rest! rest!! everlasting rest! Heaven! heaven!! heaven!!! 'Twas grace that started me from yonders worlr and the same grace brought we here. God bye church, let us sing, "My soul be on thy guard ten thousand foes arise,"