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The Workingmen's Friend.

The observance of the day of rest by
sustaining from the ordinary labors of
life, and turning the mind expressly to
the teaching OF religion and the care of
the spiritual nature, is one of the primary
teachings of Christianity And upon it
hang the best interests of society, while
1t Is deeply related to home-life and per-
sonal character.
The Sabbath is the workingman' 8
friend. 1t was made for man-for a
world of toilers. 1t is also the friend of
the capitalist. He will receive higher
and better work from men who rest upon
the Sabbath and appropriately use it.
The right observance of it, it need hard
ly be said, tends to healthfulness, indus
try, intelligence, sound morality.
On the score of social economy-not to
speak of the higher plane of spiritual life
it becomes of inestimable Importance
Tor employers to secure to their work
men the full enjoyment of the Sabbath
and to set them the example of the right
use OF it, and for the workmen rightly
to guard and use their day of rest. The
Sabbath keeping people will have more
true comfort and self-respect and enjoy
ment of life. Here, as elsewhere, obedi-
ence to the law of God Is the surest way
to healthiest living, to soundest secular
prosperity.-Rev Joseph f Smith. d d
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Grace Before Meat

This custom is more prevalent in Scot.
land than in England. With good"
people grace is said not only before
breakfast and dinner, but even when the
slightest ref esbment is taken. Inde, d,
in the Highlands, especially in Suther-
land and Ross shire, it is customary when
dram is given to ask "blessing"
over the mercy" A story is told of a
Highlander TO whom "snuff was Of
tered. The fragrant mixture was put on
the back of his hand, and, as it was a
something to take, he said it would only
be right to ask blessing over it. The
good man closed his eyes and began slow
ly to repeat the blessing or short prayer.
A gust Of wind, however, blew the snuff
from off his hand, on which he remarked,
ooh, it couldna' be mercy at all when
1t wouldna' wait tor Gods blessing to be
asked over it. Notes and Queries.
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Spiritual Declension.

When visiting a gentleman in England,
| observed fine canary. Admitting his
beauty the gentleman replied Yes, he
is beautiful, but he has lost his voice He
used to be fine singer, but 1 was in the
habit of hanging his cage out of the win
dow; the sparrows came around him with
their incessant chirping; gradually he
ceased to sing, and learned their twitter,
and now all that he can do is to twitter,
twitter." Oh, how truly does this repre-
sent the case of many Christians they
used to delight to sing the songs Of Zion,
but they came into close association with
those whose notes never rise so high, I'M
til at last, like the canary, they can do
nothing but twitter, twitter.- Moody
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-06-09
Sounds from a Rainbow.

One of the most wonderful discoveries
in science that has been made within the
last year or two is the fact that a beam
of light produces sound A beam OF
sunlight is thrown through lens on a
glass vessel that contains lamp black,
colored silk, or worsted, or other sub
tances. A disk having Sits or openings
cut in it is made to revolve swiftly in this
beam of light, so as to cut it up, thus
making alternate flashes of light and
shadow. On putting the ear to the glass
vessel, strange sounds are heard so long
as the flashing beam is falling on the YES
sci. Recently a more wonderful dis
covery has been made The beam OF
sunlight Is made to pass through prism,
80 as to produce what is called the solar
spectrum, or rainbow. The disk is turned
and the colored light of the rainbow is
made 70 break through it. Now, place
the ear to the vessel containing the silk,
wool, or other material. As the colored
lights Of the spectrum fall upon it sounds
will be given by different parts of the
spectrum, and there will be silence in
other parts. For instance, if the vessel
contains red worsted and the green light
flashes upon L. loud sounds will be given.
Only feeble sounds will be heard when
the red and blue points of the rainbow
fall upon tie vessel, and other colors
make no sounds at all Green silk gives
sound best In red light. Every kind of
material gives more or less sound in dit
terent coors, and utters no sound in
others The discovery is strange one,
and 1t is thought more wonderful things
will come from it.
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What they Read in England.

A great bookseller of London is Mr..
Stoneham, of this city, and vet how many
In America have heard of Mr. Stoneham?
For seller of cheap books he is probably
the largest that the world knows. He
has seven great shops and all are in the
city on busy thoroughfares. His chief
patrons are the clerks and small trades
men. Ninepence at his shops are said
to buy shillings worth. Mr.. Stone
ham was recently interviewed concern
ing the book business, and some of the
facts got from him are interesting. His
most popular author is Walter Besant.
Nothing sells like the works of Besant
and Rice. Poetry is not generally popular
Shakespeare, Byron, Scott, and Longfel-
low sell best. Tennyson would have
enormous sales if cheap editions could be
had. Lord BeaconsGeld does not do
well. Dumas's Monte Cristo" always
goes. Lord Lytton's novels retain their
hold. John Halifax is widely read
The statistics Of the magazines, as given
by Mr.. Stoneham, are also interesting.
The figures indicate the number of copies
sold per month and the price per copy ::
Nineteenth Century 200, % Cd; Fort
nightly, rs, %. Sd. Contemporary, IS,
2s 3D., the Century. 1900, Is Id. the
QuiUer, 1000, Cd. CdSSeUS Maqazine,
2 900, 3d.; Macmillan, 100, Is; Temple
Bar, 500, Is. English Illustrated, 8, 600,
Cd; Harper, $500, Is; Argo8y, 1000,
Cd; Chambers, 1000. ID. ST. Nicholas,
200, Is. With one exception, as will be
seen, Harper leads them all. But this
exception is the English Illustrated
Magazine which sells for half the price
Of Harper. And yet the increase over
Harper is only 20 per cent The Cen
t1lry, as may be noted, sells for 8 cents
more than Harper. Perhaps the most
surprising thing in the whole statement
is the large sale Of the Argo8y.
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&XXY
SCROFULA OF LUNGS
RELIEVED.

am now 49 years old, and have suffered for
the last fifteen years with lung trouble. Sew
eral members of the family on my mothers side
OF the house had died with consumption, and
the doctors were all agreed In their opinion that
had consumption also. had all the distress
ing symptoms of that terrible disease. | have
spent thousands of dollars to arrest the march
OF this disease; have employed all of the usual
methods, not only In my own case, but in The
treatment of other members of my family, but
temporary relief was all that obtained l was
unit for any manual labor for several years.
BY chance l came into possession of a pamphlet
on Blood and Skin Diseases" from the office
OF Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. A friend re.
commended the use of Switt's Specific. claiming
that he himself had been greatly benefited by
Its use In some lung troubles. l resolved to try
1t. About four years ago l commenced to take
>. >. s. according to directions l found it an
invIgoratlng tonic, and have used about fifty
bottles. The results are most remarkable Nv
cough has left me, my strength has returned
and L weigh sixty pounds more than l ever did
In my life. 1t has been three years since I
stopped the use of the medicine but l have had
no return of the disease and there are no pains
or weakness felt in my lungs l do the hardest
KIND OF mechanical work, and feel as we'll as l
ever felt since l was boy. These, know, are
wonderful statements to make, but 1 am honest
when l say that owe my existence and health
to day to Swifts Specific. 1t is the only medi-
cine that brought me any permanent relief.
do not say that Swifts Specific will do this in
every case, but most positively affirm that it has
done this much for me, and 1 would be recreant
to the duty owe to suffering humanity if 1
failed to bear this cheerful testimony to the
merits OF this wonderful medicine l am we'll
known in the city of Montgomery, and can re-
fer to some of the best citizens in the city.
T. ]. Holt.
Montgomery, Ala, June %, 1885.
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise
on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 8, Atlanta.
Ga, or 1877 W. 23d st., N. York. &C 21-1m
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The Philosopher and the Empe-

There was Christian in prison at
Rome. A philosopher near by had au-
dience of the emperor concerning him.
What are you going to do with him?'
he asked. Come back in two days, and
L will tell YOU was the reply. He went,
and the emperor said: L will put him
into exile That is no use, the phlloso-
pher said, for the God whom he serves
will be with him there Il will con6s-
cate his goods. That is no use,' for he
has treasure laid up where neither moth
nor rust can corrupt, nor thieves break
through nor steal Well, said the en-
peror, angrily, Il will put him to death.
Still, that is of no use, for his God says:
absent from the body, present with the
Lord" Then what would you have me
do with him? the emperor asked. Cause
him to sin, was the philosophers answer.
There it is. Sin, and sin alone, can come
between US and God, for he is of purer
eyes than to behold iniquity."
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Plants for Bedrooms.

1t appears, after all, there is no danger
in keeping growing plants in bedrooms
At medical conference recently held in
France, it was demonstrated to the salts
faction of the wise men present that
plants, so long as they are plants only,
are a positive benefit to the air of the
sleeping room, on account Of the ozone
and vapor which they ezhale. They are
also destructive to the microbes which
promote consumption. Flowers, either
growing or cut, were condemned as in.
furious to the health
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The Catskill On. Y Mail is response.
bic for the following: "a young married
lady, who moved into the country from
city home, considered keeping hens a
pleasant and profitable duty. As she
became more absorbed in the pursuit her
enthusiasm increased, and hens made a
favorite subject of her thoughts and con-
versation. During one Of her animated
descriptions Of success a friend inquired /:
Are your hens good hens2' oh, yes, she
replied, in a delighted tone, they havn't
laid bad egg yet
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Mr.. II STRICKLAND, of Pittsylvania county,
va. writes Sept. Both, 1885:
Il am highly pleased with your Tobacco Gu.
ano; 1t grew large, fine, and leafy plants, cured
well, and stood severe drought l used four
standard brands along with yours and yours
surpasses them all. l think it better fertilizer
for tobacco than any on the market"
Mr.. N. W. WINSTON. of Louisa Co., Va writes
October, 1885:
l consider that your Tobacco Fertilizer has
no equal in this State"
Mr.. Winston bought ten tons of us.
Messrs. VIM MOTLEY & Sous of Pittsylvania
Co, Va, write Oct. l, 1885:
1T gives US much pleasure to give you ouf
opinion of your fertilizer now, after a years
trial on our tobacco crop. We used six kinds
of fertilizers aud observed the greatest care in
applying them. Notwithstanding the continued
drought, where the Tinsley Fertilizer was used
the tobacco grew large and leafy. 1t stands the
drought well and makes a large, rich, yellow
tobacco. 1t was famous for its immediate action
and durability. So far as we have tried it. it
has all the qualities necessary to sustain and
ripen a rich, sweet crop of tobacco, which can
be easily cured bright If kept at the present
standard we have no hesitancy in recommend
ing 1t to the public as frst-class fertilizer"
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Plain, straightforward morality and
everyday righteousness are better than
all emotion and dogmatism, and all
churchism, says the world, and Chris
tianity says much the same; but plain,
straightforward righteousness and every.
day morality come most surely when a
man Is keeping close to Christ Mao-
laTen
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BIBLE SOCIETY.
ITS OBJECT

ITS OBJECT:
To scatter the Worl Of God over all the State
by selling the Bible at cost price to those able
to buy it, and give it TO those who cannot buy it.
ITS METHODS:
To circulate through it's own special agents
and through the colportage agencies of ali the
churches and the ministers who will aid IN the
work.
ITS BOARD OF MANAGERS.
Well known ministers and members Of all de-
nominations.
ITS EXPENSES
Are reduced to the minimum that every cent
contributed may 90 towards its work Of giving
Bible TO all who have none.
ITS APPEAL.
it begs all who are interested in the cause Of
the Gospel to contribute TO 1t according to their
means
ITS SUPPORT:
The contributions Of Christians Of all denomi
nations.
REV G. MINNEGERODE, D. D.,
President.
RICHARD IRBY, Secretary.
Office Of Secretary and the Depository at 82I
n. Main St., over Office Of TIE State, Richmond
va iu17-ly
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Holy love knits the hearts Of Chris
tians to one another, and faith and love
contribute to our comfort. The stronger
our faith is, and the warmer our love, the
more will our comfort be.
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The keeping up Of the communion
OF saints, will take US of from all fellow
ship with the unlruitful works of dark
ness
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-06-09

1t is good to be akin to an estate, %
but surely it is better to be akin to the
covenant.
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Mr.. j. W EARLY, Of Botetourt county, Va,
writes Sept. 23d, 1885:
Il have used your Tabacco Fertilizer this year
with fine success and perfect satisfaction also
three OF my adjoining neighbors who used it are
equally pleased with it. Although the latter
part OF August and September were very dry,
there was no more burning of the bottom leaves
than if no fertilizer had been used -
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50 g..
llNSLE1'S TOBACCO FERTILIZER
the highest grade the market Especially growth
HIGH PRICED TOBACCO.
MANUFACTURED BY G. TINsLEY co.
1925 CARY STREET RICHMOND VA
1925 CARY STREET, RICHMOND, VA

Mr. JSo R. HENLEY. of Botetourt county, Va.
writes October, 1885:
e! am well pleased with your fertilizer that
used last spring. We had good season and il
acted wonderfully. tried some OF it on old
field very poor land, and the tobacco was "a
inches long and IA inches wide Mr. ] BRYAN
and Mr. j. W. White can testify to this. 1 will
guarantee that is the best tobacco fertilizer on
the market"
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HARMONY. VA, Sept %, 1885.
Messrs. Stebbin8 &c Laa0son:
Dear Sirs,-Yours asking what 1 think of the
Tlnsley Guano, bought of you, has been received,
and In reply would say that 1t has come fully
up to what you represented it to be. 1 used
nine different kinds, and L think Tinsley beat
them all The tobacco is very large. and has
yellowed on the hill, and has not burned on the
HILL though it has been very dry for some time.
Respectfully, T. T. LAWSON.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-10

Several times the PRESS has warned Maine
workingmen, especially the employees of the
shoe shops scattered through our Villages,
that in submitting to the dictation of labor
unions out of the State they were cutting
their own Threats. We have pointed out that
the Lynn unions were exceedingly anxious
to get back to that city the shoe manufacture
ers who had come to Maine to get rid of their
dictations and that one of the means Of
which they hoped to do so was the fomenting
of discomfort among their employees. We
find in Saturdays Bangor Commercial an
article on this subject which we should be
glad to publish entire had we space. One or
two paragraphs we quote:
late Maine working people have associated
themselves with outside organizations and subor-
dinated their own individuality and freedom to
the dictation OF central authority whose objects
are in one important respect nmical to their well
this State to compel manufacturers here to pay
the same rate OF wages for labor which is paid i'll
the large manufacturing cities nearer the mar
kets, where the cost OF living Is much greater than
here, could only result if successful in the closing
OF many establishments here which now give en-
ployment to thousands OF working people. The
manufacturer must be compensated in some way
for the expense and disadvantage of this distance
from the great markets for his goods, else he will
DO driven from bushes by those who co not labor
has been found in the lower wages for which
working people here have been able to labor,
while at the same time living much more comfort
ably than the most of their fellow workmen in the
more densely populated States, who receive more
pay but who find also the expenses of living more
than correspondingly increased.
The Maine w0rkingmen should have a care
lest they are used to pull chestnuts out of
the fire for other people,
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-10
4 Composing Room in Japan.

nv, nc - - 49, Nr;abi N;ob; cbirI,,, n
The Office OF the Nlchi-Nlchl ohlnDun, a
Japanese newspaper, is thus described: The
feature of the Shinbun office was its type
oa,o CO.. +boro ,,,oe on1,r ono of bodv tvne
case-ior thele was oiis ono " IVY 'sp .I
And such type case! it's divided LOT utll-
ity into two sections and sloping toward an
IL GO foo+ vida Eacb section is four
amy nso ,ee. ".ooi - g.. ~ si,,t,, CO..
feet VIDE by thirty long-loul W siAty ieet.
There's new case for you! This is divided
into small commandments or boxes. into which
the tyne is laid in regular piles. several piles
in n bey-with faces ali toward the composi-
TORS. mostly hoys. big and little Each holds
a wooden astickH with a brass ruIe. The
TYNE ara all of n size: the stick, is not SET
to the measure of the column-whieh is TWEEN
ty ems plea. but to about half the measure
# being tbe business of the other workmen
to imnose the lines in columns. take proof
and make up forms. ''
Now. then. the type-setting. Armed with
sticks and rnle and cow fhe dozen comnosi-
tors read the last in an earnest. sing-song
way. each rushing to some box far OF near
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-10
Constitutional Catarrh.

No single disease has entailed more suffering or
FASTENED the breaking up of the constitution than
Catarrh. The sense OF SMELL of taste, of sight, of
hearing, the human voice, the mind,-one ormore
and sometimes all, yield to its destructive infu
ence. The poison it distributes throughout the
system attacks every vital force and breaks up
the most robust of constitutions. Ignored, be-
cause but little understood, by most physicians,
impotently assailed by quacks and charatans,
those suffering from it have little hope to be, re-
lieyed of it this side of the grave. Its time then,
that the popular treatment of this terrible disease
by remedies within the reach Of all passed into
hands at once competent and trustworthy. The
new. and hitherto untried method adopted by, DR..
Sanford in the preparation of his RADICAL CURE
has won the hearty approval of thousands. 1t is
instantaneous IN afording relief in all head colds
sneezing, snuf1ng and INSTRUCTED breathing, and
rapidly removes the most oppressive symptoms,
clearing the head, sweetening the breath, restor-
ing the senses of smell, taste and hearing, and
neutralizing the constitutional tendency of the
disease towards the lungs, liver and kidneys
SANFORD's RADICAL CURE consists of one bot
tie of the RADICAL CURE, one box Of CATARRHAL
SOLVENT, and IMPROVED INHALER; price, 81.
POTTtrt, D1,Irf. e. GtYpnrJr Ar ~ RocToN
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-10

SO remember that the millionaire can turn
his money so that it often brings him much
more than 6 per cent. But even at 6 per
cent, these men have greater incomes than
must bring him in nearly So, 0o0, 600 year,
and this would amount to $4,000 week, or
1900 a day Every hour that Stanford
sleeps his pile grows bigger by $500, and he
could pay out $40 every minute and still
have enough to live upon from the remain
der of his Income
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-10
A REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, LEWISTON,

"Wednesday, June s, 1886, at Il O'Clock a. M,
For IN n,rnose If nominating a candidate for
Governor to be supported az tn1 1gpeeinper cleo
ton and transactng any otiiei Dusiiiess that may
properly come before II: .,a,, nil, ha &c sa,,.
The basis of representation WI; IN, pe as ioilows:
Each city. town and plantatlon WIN pc entltled to
one delegate and for each seventy-iiVe votes cast
for the Republican candidate Ior Governor IN 1884
an additional delegate. and lor iractoh OF forty
votes IN excess OF seyenty-hye yotes an addition
al delegate. ;,,ha in saSo;on 4, ~.
Reeention Room Of the Hall at nine O'Clock on the
morning Of the Convention, for lne purpose OF re-
eeiying the credentials oil delegates.
All electors Of Maine who are IN favor OF main
tanning a Protective Tariff; VINO WIN JON III re-
sistine the attempt now being MADE IN Demo-
cratic House Of Representatives 10 lnJure many
Of the leading industrial interests OF Maine; who
are in favor OF eleyating and dlgnlylng human la
Dor by securing to the laborer ms Just reward; ;
who demand freedom OF suffrage throughout the
republic and an honest counting OF the ballots;
WHO UNFOLD all iudicious measures Tor the encour-
agement Of American shipbuliding; who believe
in an honest and responsible civil service and in
an economical administration Of tRe Government;
who apnroye the Prohibition OF the Liquor Traffic
and he promotion Of the cause OF Temperance,
are cordially invited without regard to past polit
zeal differences, to unite with the Republicans in
the selection Of delegates to TINS convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH H. MANLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS H. WING, Secretary.
Augusta, Me-, April 10, 1856
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-10

The seizure of the Gloucester schooner by
Captain Scott on charge of purchasing bait
will probably bring the fishery dispute to a
head The Dominion authorities claim that
under the treaty of 1878 American fishing
for wood, water and repairs, and that the
purchase Of bait is forbidden. The United
States holds that the treaty is superseded by
subsequent agreement with Great Britain.
The probability is that the imperial govern
ment will take the view held by the United
States. If it should.not then Dominion fish
ermen should be shut out of our ports except
for wood, water and repairs.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-10

A prominent Democrat tells Lewiston
Journal correspondent that ex-Mayor Deer
ing has not given up his gubernatorial aspi-
atoms, but that he expects to go the Bangor
convention with a strong backing of dele
gates from Cumberland, York. Androscog-
ssSand Kennebee counties. Chairman
Brow EEto6a to be for him. The
same prominent Democrat says the Hon.
Nathan Cleaves has consented to run for
Congress again and that the feelings of the
Young Lion Of the Democracy are to be
soothed by placing him on the Democratic
National Committee. There are two other
gentlemen who must be soothed also,-CoL
w. A. Cromwell and afr. staples of Bidde-
ford, -both of whom have been working up
little booms. But couple of Offices will
take care of them.