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ety Is one of the gravest problems OF the
day. The war between capital and labor
AMI the tyranny of monopoles are fos-
tering bitterness and hatred between
the rich and the poor. An intense CON
seriousness OF oppression and wrong is
producing a growing alienation that
threatens tragical elimination. So.
cinl science, the more general diffusion
of knowledge, can do something to
lessen these evils, but can not entirely
eradicate them. A stronger and diviner
for, is needed to reconcile warning in
tercsts and bring harmony out of the
present confusion. The opposing classes
must be brought together by the exercise
of Christian symathy, The rich must
get near enough to the poor to under.
stand their grievances and share Their
burdens. Then, and not till then, will
there lie peace in society. N w
ChriStian AdcOcate.
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HERAT.
The Significant Etymology Of What Il Do
nominated the Most Splendid City In tho
WnrII

The Significant EtymOlOgy of What Is Do
nominated the Most Splendid City In tho
World.
The town of Hcrat has several names
in Persian. 1t is called Hiri, Hira,
lliriva and Hirat. The dialect of the
country and a native thereof are both
called Hiravi, and anything belonging
to the district is styled Hiriva. All
these words take their origin from tho
sound hir or har, akin to the Beng,lli
word ar-ya, "a husbandman, and the
Sanskrit ar-ya, 1.-THE Hindu" par-cxcel-
lcncc, or agriculturist, as opposed to
the nomad. Ar means to pillow, and is
the same as the old English verb to Gro
(Latin errare, TO err, to go), and it was
the source not only of the word ayra,
as applied to the Hindus, but of Iran,
the name of Persia itself, and of Aria,
the district of Hcrat, which must thus
have received its very name on account
OF its abundant fertility and agrieul-
tural resources.
The origin of Herat can be traced far
into antiquity. TO the ancients, tho
province of which it is the capital was
known as Aria and Ariana. The namo
was, in the course of time, gradually
changed TO Herr, name which still
survives in the river flowing to the
south of it, IIerirud, the river Of Herr
and the latter to Hcrat. Tradition has
brought here Ncbuchadnezzar and Sem
irams. There can be no doubt that it
was the gate through which Alexander
the Great passed TO the conquest of
India.
Eastern proverbs give an idea OF the
estimation in which Herat is held in the
oriental mind. "Khorasom, runs
one, ''is the oyster shell of the world,
and Herat is the pearl. Which is the
most splendid city in the worldP II
you answer truly you must say Herat!"
said another, when the city was ut the
height of its splendor. -Philadelphia
Times.
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Rubies.

II Is perhaps not generally known
that a large ruby is OF more value than
large diamond. Mr.. Streeter who
wrote book about jewels, states that
''the ruby ranks for price and beauty
above all other stones. When a perfect
ruby of five carats is brought into the
market a sum will be offered for IL ten
times the price given for u diamond OF
the same weight; but should 1t reach
the weight of ten carats II is almost in.
valuable" With respect TO tho ro-
nance Of precious stones the author
just quoted tells a curious story about
sapphires. A native Of India loaded
one hundred goats with these gems,
and reached Simla after a ten days
journey. Arriving at Simla he tried to
dispose Of them, but the value not be-
ing recognized he could not even OBJ
tain rupee tolla for them, which he
would gladly have taken. being in q
state Of semi-starvation. lle then pro
ceeded TO Delhi, where the jewelers..
knowing them to be sapphircs. gave
him their full value. m Y Post.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
BESET.


Strange word to use of God, that word
BeSct read II DER and DER
AS David wrote it, Thou hast, Lord,
Dcset me both behind. before"
My heart asks II dare affirm
Such wonderful proximity
Ot Him TO me; ], sinful worm,
He, Father OF eternity.
Then on the apostles page rcao
The same word, In his counsel given
10 him who would At length succeed
In running for the prize of Heaven;
aside lay every weight, the sin
That doth SO easily beset."
As IL so only could he win,
For fettered feet lie or won IL yet
What means the word? seem to sec
The lsthmian runner, 1.-THE and strong,
Str ppcd to his waist, from hindrancc free
There Us, laid by, his garment long
His garment, that at every bound
Would take his shape, and tie his limb.
Now will he wrap himself around
With 1t, then runp Madness in himl
Like that same garment Is some sin
Chewing TO me, my fateful foe,
It's dendly power of hindrance In,
Its power to trip and lay me low,
At every step my shape to take,
Tnng,e and hold my stumbling feet
Purpose and effort thus to break.
And wrap me like wlnding-sheet
Tint means the word; but can it be
Tint close as that Gods life TO mine
Clings, ever thus incloslng me
Not hindrance with. but help divinel
30 David sang: "Behind, before
Thou hast beset me, and Thy hand
Is lad upon me-" Could more
Ask or receiver So, Lord, | stand.
n. Il. Thompson DID, IN S. s. Times.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-11
Hon. ]. 6. Parks Testimony.

I cheerf fully state that in my opin-
ion Swift's Specific if a most excel
lent tonic. In the month of Septem-
Der, 1883, my health failed by reason
of overwork while attending the state
legislature, l was at length induced
to try Swift's Specific and was great
ly benefited. When l began using it
l could scarcely take step, but after
L had finished the seventh bottle l
realized that Swift's Specific had
contributed in a large degree to my
gradual restoration to health and
strength. 1 have also used S. S. S.
in my family with satisfactory re-
suits, giving it to one of my children
this spring. The little ones appetite,
strength and general health were
perfected from the use of S. S S.
JAMES G. PARKS.
Dawson, Ca, May %, 1885.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
N. Y, 157 w. 23d st.
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
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WOOD ASHES.


Appreciated.
There are fow If any fertilizers in the
market that possess so many dcsira7
bic qualities us good wood ashes; being
rich in potash, and having fair pro,
portion of phosphoric acid, they sup,
ply two important materials that ara
deficient in moist soils. But there are
other important elements that are not
only beneficial, but important for plant
growth. Wood ashes contain largo
quantities OF lime; not stone limo but
lime that is finer and more soluble; It
having once been in n condition TO
enter plants, il again readily comes
into condition to be taken up by
growing plants, much more so than
the common stone limo. Ashes con
tain two other important elements.
namely, magncsia and silica; these are
both necessary for plant growth, and
like the lime, they are in tho right con
dition to be readily taken up by the
growing plants. In fact, wood ashes
being the mineral elements of vegctn-
ton, they contain all of the mineral
elements for the growth Of other veg.
tation, and that, too, in the best 20,
siblc condition, because having one,
been taken up by growing vegetation
they have been divided into sma
particles and made soluble
water and they readily rrtur
to the same condition again This /
an important fact that is general
overlooked. A fertilizer might be wei
supplied with important' elements o
plant food, yet be in such condition H.
20 be of no possible use to the growing
plant for several years after tits ap
piled.
If the farmer could be sure of get
ting pure wood ashes at the price usu
ally charged, it would be for his inter
est to buy them for almost any crop h.
grows on his farm. Whilo the benefit
the first year may not be AZ much rs
some other fertilizers, the second. and
for four or five following years, the
benefit on many soils is great, The
doubt about the quality has deferred
many from buying ashes in large guam
titles. While there are some ashes an
alyzed worth from thirty-tiye to forty
cents bushcl. there are others that
will not analyze worth more than half
as much. If some way could be de-
yised by which the price could BE- fixed
to correspond with the quality. Ia
positive certainty, the farmer would
feel that he was getting his moneys
worth. but as long us he has to buy, u,
nc now does, he will be very likely to
'hink he is being cheated, when in point
81 fact. he is getting moro value 'lr.
he pays for. -AdSSdehuSttts RE
van.
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Are You Going to Kansas
Missouri, Colorado, Cali
fornia or Any of The
Western States?

If you should avail yourself of the
advantages that are now offered by
the Kansas City Route, the only d.
rect route from the South TO the
West and Northwest. This line runs
its entire trains, with Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars and free Reclining
Chair Cars, from Memphis TO Kan
sas City, saving many hours time
over any other route. If you are GO
ing you will save money by purchas-
ing your tickets via Memphis and the
Kansas City Route. Send for large
map of this Short Route mailed free.
Address,
j. l.. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
Or, II. ID. ELLIS, Ticket Agent,
81 Madison Street. Memphis, Tenn.
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HAPPINESS WITHOUT GOD.

This Life Not u Blessed One for Worldly
Manic BE Truly Happy One Needs TO
Feel Safely So.
If man is ever to be happy without
God, it must be in some such world as
this. 1t must be in material world,
where it is possible to Danish the thought
OF God and OF responsibility, and find
occupation and species of enjoyment
in other beings and objects. Ii Great
ure desires to be happy away from God,
and in opposition to His commandment,
he must accomplish it before he goes into
spiritual world; he must effect it amid
these visible and temporal scenes. This
is his only opportunity. No sinful Great
ure can be happy for moment in the
life to come. He must therefore obtain
before he dies all the enjoyment he will
ever obtain. Like Dives, he must re-
ceive all his good things" here II n
man can ever dispense with the help and
favor OF God. and not feel his need of
Him, 1t must be when he is fully alb
sorbed in the cares and interests of this
life, and when he can center his ailec-
tons on father and mother, on houses
and lands. Standing within this sphere
he can, If ever, be without God. and not
be miserable; for he can busy his
thoughts and exert his faculties and
send forth his affections, and thus find
occupation away from his Creator; and
hence it is that there Is so much of SIN
full pleasure in this life, while there is
none of 1t in the next In this material
world man can make himself his own
end of living, and not be constantly
wreiched; but in the spiritual world,
where God and duty must be the princi-
pal subjects of reflection, no man can
be supremacy selfish without being su-
premely miserable. Take, therefore,
your sinful enjoyment in this life.-ye
who banker after this kind of pleasure
for 1t is impossible to find any of it in
the next life. Rejoice. o young man,
in the days of thy youth, and walk in
the ways of thine heart, and in the sight
of thine eyes, but know thou that for all
these things God will bring thee into
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-Colored people are more success.
fully photographed, as a rule, than
white people are, says an experienced
photographer. the medium mulatto
making the finest photograph in the
world. Light compilations are hardest
to take and light-colored clothing does
not look well in pictures. 1t is impos-
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On the train from Louisville the
other morning an elderly gentleman
bought some oranges, and gave one to
his young friend. young George, of
Versailles. Having another left, he
asked George to give it to an old wo-
man few seats of, who had some
grandchildren with her. He readily
undertook the office, and very politely
handed her the orange, and remarked
that an old gentleman back there was
mashed on her, and sent her the
orange" She accepted very graciously,
and il would have made any human be-
ing hugh to see the old lady smooth
down her curls and right up her bon
net, and slyly look back TO see her ad-
mirer. The young rascal that perpe-
trated the joke nearly went into con-
vulsions. Lexington (Ky.) Gazette.
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"A resident of Stockton, Cal, died
recently of lockjaw, being the last Of
four brothers, all OF whom died of the
same affection. Francisco Chroa-
icle.
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Clears out rats, mice, reaches, rics ants. bod
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Quick, complete cure, all Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritation,
Stone, Gravel, Catarrh of the Bladder. 81
Druggists,
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-25
THE SCHOOL BOARDS NOTES.
The Notes with Which the High-Schools
We're Paid For Held To Be Legal.

The suit of Joshua L. Fatout against the
board of school commissioners and the city was
decided by Judge Walker yesterday in the de-
PENDANTS favor. Fatout was the contractor who
built the new High school buildings, and his
contract with the school board stipulated that
payment might be made partly by note, at the
option of the board. Fifty per cent of the
amount was paid in cash and for the remainder
notes were given for $3.50 After accepting
the notes Fatout was led to believe that the
board could not legally make a. note. such
action being prohibited by the statute which
provides that it cannot borrow more than $780,
900, which amount the board had borrowed in
full. The boards attorneys advised that, while
the law did expressly forbid their borrowing
more than $l00, 900, it did not prevent their go
ing into debt by giving notes beyond that sum
for buildings, and the suit was to determine that
point. The city was made a party by Fatout,
who wanted to enforce mechanics lien on the
property. Under an old ruling of the Supreme
Court lin 18th Indiana) lien on public property
would be valid, but Judge Walker holds that
the same tribunal has since ruled otherwise in
spirit if not in terms on that point and decided
that the lien could not be enforced. Under
Judge Walkers finding the notes are valid and
negotiable. w. FL. FL. Miller represented the
board and Judge Rand the plaintiff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-25

Misses Kate Lewis, Compton, Sallie Holiday,
Efie McOuat and Lulu Wiles. Messrs. Sam
Carey Ernest Wiles, Golth Jos. Mansur, DIR.
Morgan and others.
AT the performance of "Mascotte, "last Monday
night every box IN English's Opera house was
hifed Misses Kinnie Voss, Dryden, Belle
Smitn and Messrs. Frank Curtis. Rhodius and
Dr. 4. ID. Morgan formed theater party in
box b. Mr.. Will Sharpe and Miss Ship, with a
party were on the opposite side. Gov Gray,
Ien. Manson, Mrs. Gray, sen. and Mrs Gray,
Jf, with the Misses Carrie and Fannie Youart,
occupied lower box, and VIM. H. EnglisL, en-
tertained party including Mr.. a-a Mrs. ]. e.
McDonaio In his private h- -x at the right Of the
Stage,
Ma. Edward F. Claypool of North Meridian
street, gave delightful reception last Thursday
afternoon. Her elegant home was decorated
with flowers and plants, the arrangement OF the
dining groom was perfect and last, but not by
any means least was the enjoyment to all lovers
of art the picture gallery containing the choicest
collections of paintings and mosaics in Indiana.
Mrs Claypool was assisted in receiving by her
daughter, Mrs Willis Vajen. The guests were
Mrs Mcleod Mrs. A. G. Porter, Mrs. John
Spann, Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs Fl. B. Sherman, Mrs
daughter, Mrs John Murphy, Mrs. Mckinney,
Mrs Harry Bates, Mrs Dunlop, Mrs. Apologize,
Mrs OFT Hasseman, Mrs. S. T. Bowen, Mrs.
John Holman, Mrs. V. T. Malott, Mrs Fl. 2.
Wetsell, Mrs. Henry Coburn, Mrs. Will Allen,
Mrs. Harry Pierce, Mrs. Charles Martindale,
Mrs. Mansur Wright, Mrs. John Bradshaw, Mrs.
Fred Fahnlev. Mrs. James Bradshaw. Mrs. Dan
lei Stewart, Mrs William Scott Mrs. Sam
Johnson, Mrs. Irwin, Mrs. George Duy, Mrs.
Hanson, Miss Laura Ream, Miss Lockhart, Miss
Hendricks, Miss Farquhar, Miss Hanson and
many others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-25

The Greeks and Saracens introduced art into
Europe.
Miss Lima Mckee is copying piece called IA
Finder of the Hudson as 1t Was"
Miss Maud Hill is at present giving much at
tention to the decoration of PLAQUES.
Mrs. Dr. j. Fl. Taylor has had an order for
two large landscape panels from Mrs. Izor, the
druggists wife.
Mrs. jackson, wife of the proprietor of tn e
English hotel. is lady of fine artistic TASTE and
has private studio fitted up in the hotel.
In the Grand Lodge hall, this city, is life
size portrait of Thomas Wndey, the founder of
the |. O. O. f. in America, painted by the vet
eran artist, Jacob Cox.
Mrs. Jno. c. New is completing an Alpine
scene which is very beautiful, and will doubtless
elicit much praise as did the Allegheny noun
tain scene which this lady finished before Christ
mas.
Mrs. JAS Smith, who paints purely for the
love of it, certainly has decided talent and much
dellcacy of touch, as shown by scene of an old
white bridge in Scotland, just completed
Miss Matte futile, who expects to devote her
Life to art, is working old landmark Of
Michigan avenue, Chicago, the home Of Mr.
Porter, just dead, one of Chicago's Oldest and
Wealthlest business men,
DR.. Comstock has painted PLAGUE for the
Cltf lluId LII. w Dc vi. I1OOpeE, Vi
spot near Oxford, England, where Mr.. Hooper
has whiled away many an hour during the time
spent as student in that university.
In the studio of Mrs. Culbertson are many
new gems rejecting credit upon this busy artist.
Prominent among these are the decorations of
terra Gotta vases of square form, upon the four
sides of which are painted sketches of mountains
and landscape scenery in most delicate tint. An
other is an old mill scene Of New York on
large China palette which impresses one as being
just such plate as has been often admired in
nature; also cattle scene and view on the
Hudson that shows much study and taste.
The students of the Art School are hard at
work preparing for the intended exhibition,
hence A life class has been added, and it is
members study. The school is filing up, and
unless there should be decided change for the
worse-which is not anticipated-it will
dustry before the close of the present session.
There isa quiet enthusiasm in the faces of the
pupils which promises much sincere study, es-
peclally is this true Of those who have before at
tended the school. Mrs. Coffin, who has always
been an earnest supporter of art, is at present
working with the class, being engaged on a
group OF cupids, which are very freely handled
Several OF the ladies are using black and white
paint In preference to charcoal as means of
study with good result The next school ex-
hlblt will be far superior to the last both in the
number OF the studies and in their QUALIFY and
it is the hope to have much greater show of
color work than was hung last time.