Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
A CRO CHURCH.
They Must Pay For Their FuI

IneJ muht ray EoE hnctf uns
A city undertaken vouches for the
truth Of the following: 81 had a
funeral at one of the h~igh-toned
colored churches on the south side
not long ago. The audience room OF
the church was crowded. The
preacher, who is q good deal of a
common-sense man. by the way, got
up and read o chapter, and then
closed the book without selecting
his text. This is quite common.
however, with him. l will repeat to
you Just what he said: "Brudders
and sisters, de church am crowded
to-day as / habent seed it TO many
q day. In fac. as de.theaters some
times put it, dar am standin' room
only. Now, why am dis? l kin tell
yo-all, and Tee gwine TO- to speak
my mind to de pint. Yo-all come
heah TO- to see de deceased in de
coffin dar. 1 remember, brudders
and sisters, when Brudder johnson
de deceased was a-libbin' and when he
ust to come to de church which 1 am
proud to say TO his mem'ry he did.
20 all was never berry much con-
sarned about hockin' in heah to see
him den, When he was libbin' de
deceased want much run after.
Some of yo-sll wouldn't speak to
him. But now dat de deceased am
dead yo-all kin come in hesh and
block up de lies and spar room, kase
yo-all think dat de coffin will be
open and you can march aroun' and
take O look at de deceased. Use
gwine to disapp'int yo-all. De
coffin wont be open, not in dis yeah
church. Mister Undertaken, pro-
ceed with de necessary p%reprashuns
for removin' OBJ de deceased while
de congregation will remain stan'in'
and iine de choir in de chant,
Blessed are de dead what die in de
Lawd. De deekins will improve dc
opportunity by passin' de baskets.
] want you cullud people what's in
de habit OBJ fockin' to de funerils oil
deceased members and won't come
to church dat you got to pay TO 20
fun. '"-Chicago Times.
watermelon Juice as q Beautfffer
always have a feeling of pity TO
girls who have f1orid or sallow com
plexions, or whose faces are bespat'
tered with freckles, looking as j
they had been about when q BARI
bin had exploded, says Miss Carrie
Townsend of st. Louis. l fee
sorry for them, not because OF any
harm that the freckles are evidences
of q pure, light and healthy com
plexion, but because the removal o
them or the sallowness is 30 easl
il they only knew how. Iaccidentall,
discovered o soverigne remedy
couple OF years ago, which cost
next to nothing. One day the
plumber shut our water oil, and
could get none in which to wash my
face. 1t was fearfully soiled. AND
looking out of the window just ther
/ saw o friend approaching to ca.
on me. Glancing about me
noticed half q watermelon from
which the meat had been removed
some time before. 1t was PARTIAL,
filed with juice, and / hastily
washed my face in it. The result
was so soothing that l repeatedly
washed my face in that manner
Judge of my establishment. q few
days latter. on seeing that there wal
not q freckle left on my face. A
number of my girl friends then tried
it, and the result was q greaI
identifying of countenances. NJ
matter what is wrong with the face
the juice of the watermelon viii
rectify il and produce a clear skin.-
Chicago Tribune.