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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

Jesus lays down the principle OF the
Divine life, provides an example for lml-
t1tion, and, what is even more important,
supplies the necessary motive ana inn
pulse. lie exhibits in His lie complete har-
mOuy of the human AMI the Divine and
teaches AS h0W We may af the same time
live in peace with God and iu helpful and
happy relations With Our fellows. lie re-
comedies the demands of time and cterni-
~ ana I'm the midst of the doubts and
cOufuSiOus Of life shows how We may
nOurish hope and create symmetrical
character. But Christs power as a Say
Jour does not end with the historic and
ethical element. In the process OF saliva
ton there is pos sihle for every soul the
personal communion which Christ .ave
20 His disciples. There was something
i'm their Master that cmded definition
We was greater than anything He ever
said or did Aud when la personal con-
tact with Him their power TO overcome
was vastly increased. Under the iniiu-
ence Of His spirit vision grew clearer
will stronger. hearts more reStful The
same power He gives 10 His disciples in
all times. To the tempted. the lonely 10
those who seek for the lislt, TO those who
battle with self and with evil, Christ
comes as "a personal helper and friend.
The end OF ChTists work is the begin
ming OF all into willing subsection TO The
moral law. so that the grand consum-
nation will Ice the complete and beneii-
cent rule OF God. The long travail OF
the world viii result I'm a perfected hu-
manity, man one with Christ. made one
with God.-Rev G. H. Eaton, In the
Chautauquan for July.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

In these troubled times We have great
need of faith and trust We need lt Tor
the faithful ulhmeut OF duty. in that
state az life 10 which it hath pleased God
10 call us. We want faith clear and
strong. IN the loving Fatherhood of God.
seems as If God had forgotten TO be graz
cious. The path OF duty. though trod-
den with heavy heart, leads 90 peace.
There is Il great and universal moral
of most OF Tie prevailing troubles. and
there is but one remedy. but one Physi-
clan. The cure must come from within
rather than from without Faith and
love are wanting everywhere. Rich ana
poor the high and low, each one by
himself and herself. must come 90 Christ
10 be- healed 10 be- restored iu heart ana
mind SO as 30 fuihl the great social lazy
Of doing unto others as We would they
sAOuIl DO INTO ms.-E. Vi. L.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

We dil not meet in glittering hah,
At birth aud beauty court.
Nor Vet at banquet, play. or BAN,
The scenes Of Fashion sport;
Nor anywhere among the throng
OF gilded FOlly's slaves,
Whose queens make wealth the cloak Of
wrong,
Whose kings are secret knaves.
We did not meet among the flowers
All In garden fair,
Where birds and bees besuile the hours.
And love is in the air.
Where Nature done her richest robe.
TO charm all eyes that see.
And groups the graces OF the globe
In bowers OF Already.
We dd not meet In foreign climes.
Meath cold or sunny skies,
Mid Scottish hills or Spanish lines.
or where sweet Como lies,
We did not meet Ia summer. spring.
Ia winter or Ia fan.
Ideals are aye eVanishinC
We did not meet 1T all!
Truth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
Commonplace Thing.

"A comm onpiace life. We say ard We sigh.
But why should We sigh as We say?
The commonplace sun In the commonplace
sky
Makes up the commonplace DAY.
The moon and the stars are commonplace
things,
The flower that blooms and the bird thar
sings.
But sad was the world and dark 0ur .ot
II flowers failed and the sur sh0uc p0t.
And God who sees each separate soul.
Out of commonplace lives makes BIS beau-
tful whole
Susan Coolidge
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

ut cheers me TO think OF Gods inter
est in little things. We do not neei fo
move a world TO please him. 4 gentle
thought lodged in a chnd's mind viii tn
II as well. So momcnttry aspiration
inward in ejaculatOry prayer. for H. pas
tor i'm his work. may achieve more taan
we think. Is there any better way o.
70 set some little rills OF interce-s .on rune
ming in behalf OF good mem Austin
Phelps.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

we may stray carelessly along It's paths
for few years, but that we may know
IL and that we may so use II that nc
shall dtmonstrate our superiority 70 H.
and so come 10 discern our need OF and
htness for some other wOrld-sOme other
mansion In Gods great house. IT. r
Munger, -. ID.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
An Appeal 70 the $. Z. {. A.

Our Dotty, who constituted herself the
foster-mother Of the broken-winSed spar
rows and all other creatures that came
to grief i'm the neghbOrhood 81 SfehIed
on them like a broodng, sheltering dove
and bore them lovingly into the house
MIX was warmed, and this. with the
freedom Of the kitchen. given them IN
white china saucer. having "a blue edge.
The cook gave the milk ungrudgin%ly
but as for the freedom Of the kitchen,
this she soon revoked and pronounced
sentence OF Punishment instead.
What 10 DO Dot didn't know. | suS-
gested that she write 10 Mr. Bergh 4
day or two Of dcliberatiOn and sharpen
ing Of lead-pencils, and then this care
fully printed letter went 10 that gentle
mans address.
DEER MIR BUG
you DOANT KNO Me But Ny
WARD 3 BIN CITIZENS BORNE on
OVER DOR-sTAp WirHOT AN
MAMA AID GAIT I;E TH IA X NJ ~
A AZ - PAPA SAYS II E 1HAssENT cor
TIME WON'T You PLEAS con- WiTHE
\ BASCiT AND TAX THEM AVA AND
TAX GUD CAR OF THAN ,.,,.,,
mo so EST $50 STREET" 'D"
With every ring of the belt that day
DOtty ran 10 see if il We're not "Alr
Bug" Hardly had the letter been hve
minutes posted before she looked for AN
answer.
And one came sooner than l expected.
Next morning. while We were stll at
breakfast in the basement. a tap came
az the window. The maid who answered
ii said that cOlOred man bearing
basket on his arm wanted to know II
"Dotty pimple" lived there
ION, it's Mr. Bug" shouted Dot and
was at the window in ji6y. leaving a.
hot muffin untouched on her plate.
The colored man explained that he was
not Mr.. Bcrgr that is. not exactly. But
h. had been sent by that gentleman to
take care Of three motheriess kittens
Mr.. Bergh were at this house. Charles
Henry Webb in August LippincOtrs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

1T belongs TO the very essence OF
Christian duty that we should make the
most OF ourselves, that We should develop
all our pow ers and know as much OF this
mysterious life that We are living OF its
laws and methods and duties, as is posi-
bic. We are put into this world not that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
CLOsELF CONDEHsBD NEWS
Regarding The RelI.iou. wov'd in General.

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A. the ononine of the century thor.
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enttra TRANSACTIONS and ~ partial ones.
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nui'i,n tba Hhla i'm rcsions whi,h knew
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c~ntlirv i~e.tn. Cumberland Ircahyte-
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.
o<THERED FROM THE RELIGIOUS
and GENERAL PREsS.
Word. OF Wisdom on Religious and Moral
c,hi.cts which are Worthy Of Atten-
ton From tho Thoughtful.
Christ's Witnesses.

For 10, in hidden deep accord,
The servant may be like his Lord;
Ana Thy love our love shining through,
Mav tell the world that Thou art true,
Till those that see us see Thee too.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29

Miss Frances willard Is writing a book
on bicycling. a re,ra ItiOn 70 which she
has become ardently attached.
The daughter Of the late King Of Swe-
den, now Crown Princess OF Denmark. is
the giantess among the royal personagcs
Of Europe. Her fiighness amounts to con-
siderable over six feet.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-29
THE CRITICS CORNER.
WEEKLY CHAT REGARDING WRIT
ERS AND BOOKS.
eight Hou,s for Work"--"My Paris No'e
Book"-"The Pioneer of Religious LID
ery"-Literar3 Notes.

EIGHT HOURS FOR WORK: BY John
Rae, NJ. A. Macmillan & Co New
York. For sale by West, Johnston u
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
Gay Society of. Russia.

Those who are best qualified by ex-
perience to express an opinion are
unanimous In declaring that there is
no gayer or more brilliant society in
Europe than that at st. Petersburg.
1t has cachet all its own, says the
Lady, and If 1t is less difficult of &C.
cess to foreigners than London or Paris
society it is SO simple because hostesses
too implicitly rely upon their friends
of both sexes not to introduce into
their salons any but persons of ire
proachable character. The Russian lady
is SO clever that she does not. require
any details Of story. She guesses ut
these, and, If necessary, supplies them;
in other words. invents them. The
one word which gutleless official
has let drop--which she has surprised
on his lips"-serves her rs q key to the
mystery; the rest is easy. OF course,
she only communicates these state Sc
crets to her most intimate friends, who
themselves IRE sworn to secrecy, but
she has so many friends Of both sexes
that In an incredibly short space Of
time the important inorsel of gossip
IL literally oil over st. Petersburg. TO
the foreign ambassadors she Is moro
valuable than legion Of spies. Those
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08

bloody work wakes fast end furious.
III TIL. course Of fifteen or twenty niill-
utes the field is reduced to tw., or three
bloody and exhausted birds, who, wary
Of each ether, fight it slowly out tt the
finish, when the last bird gives feeble
but triumphant crow that announces
that the battle is Over. Sometimes a
sly chicken will let another kill all the
birds in the pit until, lie is reached,
when, fresh and strong, he pitches in
and wins the fight by killing the one
bird.
1t is cruel sport Mt the bast, and many
a sightseer has left after the first shut
file, having had more than enough of
the bloody fight. But the Mexican
ard those who ha grown used to it
tie cock pit seems to possess a strong
f:lsci',atfcn, and they will undergo Sc
we're hardship to be on hand with their
game chicken or with their dollars to be
bet on some other mons birds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08


have turned tail and run in some pre-
vio'ls battle and are only fit for the
Eot. These Mexican birds are well
bred and well marked and would
brint. at least IS apiece anywhere in
the north that cock-fighting is at all u
popular sport. B]ack-bre.s reds,
ginger reds, yellow-legged rice, black
or yellow legged grists and blacks
seem to be the commcnest varieties.
The pitting generally commences
With series of battles between birds
owned In two different towns near the
city, or else between the city and the
country birds. Then follow several
hack fights between individual birds.
The interest is kept at fever pitch Ivy
IN occasional battle with slasher gaffs
u spurs that are shaped like a knife
blade instead OF a. needle. Every
stroke received from one of these wick
I'd looking knives cuts swarth Of
feathers from the opponents body land
the fight is generally decnd by one bird
getting its throat cut by the other.
Then comes the battle royal for the
grand finish. Ten or twelve birds all
armed with 1-2 inch slashers, are put
into the pit, each one handled by its
owner. The handlers form ring, each
holding his birds t6il to the center.
Then they I'LL let go and climb out of
the pit. The birds hesitate moment,
then. as a rule each picks IN opponent,
and in Il few seconds five or six battles
are being fought at once in the pit.
AS fast as cock is killed the victor
looks for anothe:: to tackle, and the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
Notes.

One Of the feats of Mrs. George Meth
ling, wife of San francisco wrestling
Instructor, is to hold up her six broth
ers and sisters In n pyramid act, the
weight on her shoulders being $50
pounds.
The queens apartments ut Florence
will be furnished by herself. She al
ways likes to sleep in the same bed
aud write at the same table. Next to
her apartments will be those Of Prln-
cess Beatrice.
The original of Ramona, made fa-
NOUS by the late Helen Hunt jackson,
is said to be sellig insect powders In
towns along the Southern Pacific rail-
road. Many a heroine has been OF less
real Use to society, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
WOMEN AT A FIRE.

Anxious to De of Service They Are
Apt to Be Hystcricnl and Useless.
The acts of woman in case Of fire
are unaccountable. Some people may
he unkind enough to remark that wo-
mans acts under all circumstances are
naccountable and inexplicable. and In
the light of my own experience With
the sex should he perfectly helpless to
controvert them. I could only oppose
the counter proposition that the behav-
ior of the average man is generally in
explicablc to anyone but himself and
probably if he were called upon to give
a logical explanation of the reasons
that prompted him he would fall.
There was fire next door to 4 west
side hotel tie other day,and some hJs-
terical indiv;dual-a man this time
shouted fire iii the hall, and every one
Immediately lost his head. One corn
haired young woman rushed into the
hall clad in a short chemise with
cloak upon one arm and fell in faint
beside her door. There was no smell
of smoke and no blaze in sight, yet her
sister. clad also in tow-cOlOred hair and
chemise, stood by wringing her hands
and wailing:
won't some x1e save Edith? Please
carry her out doors; she will burn up"
"Oh, carry her into her room and
dress herr exclaimed Il level-headed
bystandcr. '"The house is not On fire
Another woman rushed down stairs
without stopping to DRESS and was in
tercepted at the parlor door and sent
back. She was carefully carrying her
bonnet in one hand and bottle of ink
in the other.
Upon one of the Office benches, after
the excitement had begun to subside,
sat a young widow with two trunkfuls
of clothes piled around her and two
photographs of her poor, dear dead
husband In the other.
To be Just to the sex. the women
wer not alone in displaying idiocy.
A man on the fourth floor tried to
throw his trunk through the window
md failed only because he had neglec.
ed to lock 1t and the lid fell open.-Chi-
oago Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
Reformers Who Reform.

At the meeting of the New York La
dies Health Protective Association last
week Mrs Jennie De La NJ. Lozier,
who had just returned from the South,
encouraged Ter co-workers by an ac-
count Of somewhat similar work she
had seen in Florida. THE streets Of
Florida, in most Of the places. are in a
filthy condition." she said, "and orange
peel is everywhere. Finally, we came
to little town called Green Cove
Springs, where everything was in apple
pi. order, and, upon investigation, we
found that women had entire charge Of
the street cleaning and department of
public works. Not a piece Of orange
peel was to be seem" In the same
place was a hotel kept like IN eXquis-
itely ordered private house by woman
Of wealth, who had presented the viii
lage improvement society with little
cottage with a library and reading
room. .-r .~
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
Electric Ramona Mail service.

In establishing an electric railway
mail service Ottawa. Gambia. has made
q move which is likely to be followed
by many other progressive cities. The
mail cars are run on the ordinary city
lines, and are found to greatly improve
the house to house delivery of mail,
as well as the collection Of letters
from lamp-post boxes. Each car is
twenty feet long, with vestibules plat
forms, and is driven by a thirty horse
power motor. The interior is provided
with the requisite facilities for loading
and unloading the pouches. No sorting
Is done on the car. SO that the usual
glass windows are dispensed with.
Each car is fitted with special alarm
gong, which gives a different sound
from the bells on the passenger cars,
and SO makes its approach known.
The service has turned out so we'll that
it is proposed to entend its operations
to suburban districts.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08

the Iit, talk about tho great breeding OF
ineir' bird, the battle 1t or it's forefa-
theirs fought In the, past ami tell Of the
wonders their particular bird could per
form Il the conditions were just right.
Grand Mecle for the Finish.
livery Mexican has his bird, or, in
fact, many birds, but the man ii indeed
Poverty stricken who cannot come out
IN a Sunday afternco on with ut least
one game cock. Wien they are very
hard up for money they will sell these
chickens cheap, as lew as 25 cents
apiece, but the majority offered for
sale ut these prices are chickens that
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
Outline Toilet Secrets.

We not infreQuently hear the fact
stated that our grandmothers and their
contemporaries were able to keep the
softness and beauty of their complex
ions to a much greater age than their
degenerate descendants Of the present
day, although they We're in the habit
Of keeping late hours and enjoying
themselves after the manner Of women
of every age. I believe that this may
be accounted for by the fact that in
ancient days women only used natur-
ally obtained face washes. while poi
sonOus chemical connections We're I'M
known. and therefore not employed.
Every housewife at that period, in
addition to being taught how to pickle
and preserve, bake and brew, was in
structed in the art Of distilling from
"sfmples," and there is little doubt but
that it was by the use of these pure
rose and elder flower waters that they
maintained the purity and brilliancy
of their complexion. Unfortunately
in the hurry and scurry of latter-day
life this most interesting art seems to
have been pushed to one side. Proba-
bly, it occupied too much time and an
article was composed by chemists
which. under the same ra1ne, was sup
posed to have similar effect, but,
needless to say. the imitation, even
when not actually injurious to the
skin, was never in the race with the
genuine article, which gradually drop
ped into disuse because it could not be
obtained.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends I'd personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 6Oc and 81 bottles, but it is man
1factured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
RED HOT S SPORT ! IN !. XAB
cocx FIGHTING INpULGDp IN Al
OLD SAN ANTONIO.
e.,a.y Afternoon Amusement In the
M.xican Quarter, When Every Man
owns One Game Bird or MOre-Cru-
81 sight TO the sUnaccustomcd De-
holder.

There are very few cities In the United
states where cock fighting is permitted
nv law and openly. carried on rs d rec
,anized amusement. San Antonio, Tex
rs. is one of these few, and every Sun
DIV afternoon the battle royal is fought
In the cooking mains in the Mexican
orarters. Its prominence Is perhaps
die to the number Of Mexican residents
says the New York Sun, for barring
:, bull fight a Mexican would rather see
cock fight than other exhibition. The
pIts are generally located in the poorest
Mexican quarter of the city, in a yard
r. cached by a passage through one
story, fat-roofed adobe building, in
which is a saloon. Chickens are every
where in the room, in the hall, out in
the yard, and even on the low roof.
When not under their owners arms,
they are in coops, and they keep up u
continual growing that is deafening.
For several hours before the pitting
commences the saloon is crowded.
Beer and whisky are consumed in large
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08

Never Buy Whisky for Medicl-
nal purposes unless you know the bottlers
of 1t to be reliable, as most whiskies sold
under celebrated names IRE spurious. cheap
haze their names on the labels.
Uncle Sans Monogram Whisky Is bottled
by the oldest and largest firm IN the liquor
line in the Northwest and the favor with
which it has been received Is the best proof
of its superior quality. Ask your druggist
or retail dealer for It.