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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
"YHE STAR NORWOOD" LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
s'rhere Fell Great Star from Heaven,
burning as IL Were and Il Fell Upon
tho Third Part of the Rivers. Etc.
Rev. q; 10.

Patrick and Lowth, Thomas Scott,
Matthew Henry, Albert Barnes and
some other commentators say that the
star NORWOOD of my text was type
OF Attila, king of the Huns. He was
so called because he was brilliant as
star, and, like wormwood. he embit-
tered everything he touched. We have
studied the Star of Bethlehem, and the
Morning Star of Revelation, and the
Star OF Peace, but my subject calls us
to gaze at the star NORWOOD, and my
theme might be called Brilliant Bitter
ness.
A more extraordinary character his
tory does not furnish than this man,
Attila, the king of the Huns. The
story goes that one day a wounded
heifer came limping along through the
fields, and a herdsman followed its
bloody track on the grass to see where
the heifer was wounded, and went on
back, further and further, until he
came to a sword fast in the earth, the
point downward as though 1t had
uTODCfu lnC ncoNCno, anu against
the edges of this sword the heifer had
been cut. The herdsman pulled up
that sword and presented it to Attila.
Attila said that sword must have drop
ped from the heavens from the grasp
OF the god Mars, and its being given to
him meant that Attila should conquer
and govern the whole earth. Other
mighty men have been delighted at be-
ing called liberators, or the Merciful,
or the Good, but Attila called himself,
and demanded that others call him,
"The Scourge of God"
At the head of seven hundred thou
sand troops, mounted on Cappadocian
horses, he swept everything. from the
Adriatic to the Black sea. He put his
iron heel on Macedonia and Greece and
Thrace. He made Milan and Pavia
and Padua and Verona beg for mercy,
which he bestowed not. The Byzan-
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WITH APPENDICITIS.
She Suffered, but Announced There Was
Cure In Sight.

S.AS SuaoA"op Dus hhuouhOOu AhCao V@0
Cure In Sight.
A woman from near Sabatis came
into Lewiston after a doctor to go out
and visit her daughter. who was Ill
in bed, as she said, the other night.
The woman explained that once week
the daughter was taken i'll and went
to bed with all the symptoms Of appen-
dicitis, as soon as supper time came.
The doctor didn't like going out to
Sabatis in the cold, but went. The
woman said that her daughter didn't
know that she was coming In after the
doctor. She had gone to bed and
locked the door Of her room. When
there the doctor warmed himself while
the lady went up to tell her daughter
that the doctor was there. In little
while the woman came down, and,
with a scared face, said that the door
was locked and she could not arouse
the girl The doctor went up and tried
to shake open the door, but it would
not shake. So the father Of the young
lady put his shoulder to the door and
the room, and the bed had not been
tumbled. That they were startled Is
putting it light. They adjourned to the
kitchen, and finally went out to search
for the girl. Nothing was found OF
her, and the next morning they were
talking of it at breakfast time when
down she came from the bedroom as
If she had been asleep in her bed all
night. The CONSERVATION on their faces
showed that she was found out, and
she confessed that she had been going
to dances once a week; and that In
stead of being Ill when she went to bed.
she went out her window, and in that
way found her way to the street, where
a beau waited for her. But l am go
ing to be married now, and it will
not make much difference whether /
go to the dance with your consent or
not" she said.-Lewiston Journal.
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med by Tobacco.

We have all heard the old wheeze
of tanning a lion or tiger by steadily
keeping your eye fixed on him. Ac-
cording to one of the keepers at Bar
NUNS a more effective method is a
cigar or cigarette.
Nearly every wild beast that have
ever come across" said this official
to the writer the other day, "is fond
of tobacco in some shape or form.
made this discovery quite accidentally
Once, when / was in America with tfe
show, one of the visitors who W
smoking a cigar pulled some of
smoke into the lions face as he
asleep in the cage. l expected to
a real riot, but instead Of that the Ito
after giving a couple of sneezes, mov'
quietly up to the bars and raised b
nose sniffingly as If asking for sc
ond dose. have tried the experime
on all sorts of wild animals since, al
/ have found that most of them emf
thoroughly a big sniff of tobacco. V
had bear here once that used to n
his nose and back against the bars
his cage, just like a cat asking to-
stroked, whenever any one smoking
cigar came near him. Antelopes an
wild goats aren't satisfied with tt
mere Whit. II you give them a ciga
or cigarette they will swallow
eagerly, and, what is more, seem t.
suffer no bad effects from their meal.
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continue to advance until the world
shall reach the millennial era. Our
only safety is In righteousness toward
God and justice toward man. II We
forget the goodness Of the Lord to this
land, and break his Sabbaths. and Ina
prove not by the dire disasters that
have again and again come to Us as q
people, and we learn saving lesson
neither from civil war nor raging cpl
demic, nor drought, nor mildew, nor
scourge Of locust and grasshopper; u
the political corruption which has
poisoned the fountains of public vir-
tue. and beslimed the high places OF
authority. making free government at
times kissing and a byword In all
the earth; II the drunkenness and IL
centiousness that stagger and bias
pheme in the streets of our great cities
as though they were reaching after
the fame Of a Corinth and Sodom,
are not repented of, we will yet see
the smoke of our nations ruin; the pill
lars of our National and State Cap
itols will fall more disastrously than
when Samson pulled down Dagon; and
future historians will record, upon the
page believed with generous tears, the
story that the free nation OF the West
arose in splendor which made the
world stare; 1t had magnificent posi-
bilities. 1t forgot God. 1t hated JUS
tice. 1t Rugged its crimes. 1t halted
on its high march. 1t reeled under the
blow of calamity. 1t fell. And as 1t
was going down, all the despotisms OF
earth, from the top of bloody thrones,
began to shout: Aha so would we
have it," while struggling and op-
pressed peoples looked out from dun
geon bars, with tears and groans, and
cries of untold agony, the scorn OF
those. and the woe of these, uniting in
the EXPLANATIONS: Look yonder!
There fell a great star from heaven.
burning as it were lamp. and 1t fell
upon the third part of the rivers, and
upon the fountains of waters; and the
name Of the star is called Worp-
woodv"
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OF man appear as nothing in compari-
son. A force fully equal to four hun
dred and seventy-thrce million horse
power was estimated as developed In
West Indian cyclone. This is about
fifteen times the power that Is Great
able by all means within the range Of
mans capabilities during the same
Were steam. water, windmills and the
strength of all men and all animals
combined they could not at all APP
proach the tremendous force exerted
by this terrible storm.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

One of our consuls in China reports
to the state department that labor-sav-
ing devices are not wanted in that
country. There is no demand for
wheelbarrows, except occasionally for
the conveyance of passengers, he says.
Earth, or any heavy substance, is or
dinarily carried by a coolie in two
baskets hung on the ends of a bamboo
rod balanced on his shoulders. Such
a coolie, working from sunrise to sun
set, receives what would be in our
money about eight cents a day. A man
Is therefore cheaper than machinery.
1t is economy to supply the high-priced
laborer with good tools in order that
his efforts may go as far as possible.
In the nations of the world where ma
chinery and other labor-saving devices
have reached their highest develop
ment, the laborer is himself most
valued and commands the highest
wage. If it were not so, the ma
chinery would not have been called
into existence.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

The Indians who are about to aban-
don the comparative civilization of the
Indian Territory for the savagery OF
their ancient state in a Mexican will
derness, it is said, are buying bicycles
on which to make the journey to their
new hunting grounds. And an enter
prising company is building a trolley
car line from Cairo to the Pyra-
mids. The most daring humorist
never conceived fancy more gro
tesque than those two items of actual
news.
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To Lengthen Life.

DR.. Julius Althaus claims to have
discovered the philosophers stone OF
the physiological world; in other
words, he says that by suitable electri-
cal treatment old men can be made
middle-aged, and middle-aged men can
recover much of the fexibility,
strength, and appearance Of youth.
His panacea is the galvanic current.
which he applies to the brain in care
fully regulated doses. He maintains
that a week or two after the COM
mencement of such a treatment the
energy of the system is considerably
enhanced.
The old man takes fresh interest in
the affairs of daily life and resumes
work with some amount of vigor. He
can take more exercise, he walks and
stands more erectly, and he has a
quicker digestion and healthier sleep.
He Is no longer nuisance to his
friends, as his peevishness and irrit-
ability have given place to an even
and contented temper. Not less graft
flying to those who are on the down.
statement in regard to the treatment
of the hair. He insists that the
growth of the hair is stimulated and
even when gray or white 1t resumes, to
a greater or less extent, its former
brown or black color. In 100 cases
treated the results of 40 per cent were
noted as Every good" In another 30
per cent as fair" and in the last 80
per cent as insignificant. DR.. Althaus
adds that In no case was the treatment
entirely useless, and the function
which was improved In every case was
that of walking.
DR.. Althaus protests against the
treatment being abandoned without a
long and patient trial, for the longer
1t Is maintained the better are the
general results. He has come to the
conclusion that IL old people receive,
about the sixtieth or sixty-fifth year,
or indeed at any time when age has
begun decidedly to tell upon them,
proper and infinitely carried out appli-
cations of electricity to the BRAIN,
either daily, or every other day, for
some time, they may keep the facul-
ties fairly well until the age of 80 or
80, unless the case should be compli-
Gated with serious organic disease Of
the nervous system, or other important
organs, such as paralysis, agitans, in
sular scelerosis, cancer, contracted
granular kidney, fatty degeneration of
the heart, etc.
The letting loose upon the public of
sensational stories as to the marvellous
virtues of high tension currents, for in
stance, in the securing from the body,
and the casting out to the distance of
four or five feet of the microbes of the
system, which has Of late not been in
frequent, has created some incredulity
in the average mind as to the thera-
peutic value of electrical treatment,
and possibly DR.. Althaus' theories may
come in for their share of this distrust.
At the same time, many Of the physi-
illogical effects Of the various kinds of
electric current are not yet known,
and some discoveries in electro-the-
rapeutic application are now being
made by leading scientific worker in
this country which are not in any de-
gree less remarkable than the develop
ment attributed to DR.. Althaus.
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MExICO'S SIGN LANGUAGE.
It's shadiDgs and sugg Are Re-
yond All Translation.

It's shadings and suggestions Are he
yond All Translation.
Mexico is a land of many tongues;
but above the Indian dialects and
Spanish there is one universal Ian
guage. the language Of signs. says
Modern Mexico. 1t is the most ex-s
pressive of all; the Mexican. eye and
hand are eloquent members. 1t is
capable of infinite variation; its shad-
ings and suggestions are beyond all
translation. But there are certain ges-
lures that have fixed meaning, sig
MITIGATION we'll understood to every ma
ton and every tribe from Guatemala
to Texas. A general upward move
ment of the body, shoulders shrugged,
eyebrows raised, lips pouted, the palms
outspread vary in meaning from Il
don't know and don't care" to most
respectful, Really. sir, do not under
stand you." The index finger moved
rapidly from right to left, generally
before the face, means, No more" or
simply mo" To move the right hand
palm outward from the body toward
another person means, Just wait; I'll
be even with you yet" The index fin-
ger on the temple, moved with boring
twist means, Hes drunk" The right
hand held to the lips three fingers
doubled, thumb and little finger erect,
varies from HE drinks" to Have one
with me-" To move the open hand
over the cheek In imitation Of razor
has reference to the idiom playing
the barber" and means Ito fiatter." All
four fingers and the thumb held points
together and moved toward the mouth
means Ito eat" The right hand hsl|A
before the face. the two middle fingerS
moving rapidly, is familiar saluta-
ton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

The governor of Indiana says that
large tracts of land in the state have
been exhausted and abandoned,
amounting in single county to ten
thousand acres. BY deep blowing aSd
proper fertilization those lands would
again become fruitful. The richest
silver veins in England were found
only two yards beyond where the orig
inal prospector abandoned his work as
hopeless. The saddest of all failures
are the not-quite-enough. A little more
courage, little more top-dressing and
a little deeper blowing will alter the
whole face of the days work.
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pier test could be devised, but the
method of applying 1t was crude and
old-fashioned. Several electrical de-
vices have been invented for the pur-
pose, but they involve too many extra
expenses for the marketman.
A simple lamp for Gambling" eggs
has just been patented which enables
a dealer to make the tests In any
subdued light. An ordinary kerosene
burning lamp, backed by strong re-
Hector, furnishes the rays. The front
OF the lamp is shielded by an upright
Of black japanned tin, supplied with a
broad, stubby spout, into the end Of
which the egg is laid. The light Of
the lamp Is concentrated through that
spout and the egg becomes almost
transparent.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

You need not have a back yard;
neither will you need to mount to the
roof to hang out your weeks wash II
you provide yourself with one of these
convenient clothes-driers. which may
be used indoors or out. 1t may be
suspended outside any window. where
It will easily take any ordinary wash.
These driers weigh. according to their
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Two commercial travellers were COM
pairing notes. II have been out three
weeks" said the first land have
only got four orders" THAT beats
me-" said the other. II have been out
four weeks, and have only got one
order. and that's from the firm to come
home"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

A rate war has been started by the
Atlantic steamship lines, but it has
not as yet reached a point where a
fried oyster is given with every
ticket.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Aguinaldo takes himself seriously,
according to Consul Wildman. 1t now
remains for Otis to take the young
man by the nape of the neck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Careful estimates OF the force of a
Cyclone and the energy required to
keep a full fedged hurricane in active
operation reveal the presence OF a
power that makes the mightiest efforts
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

To meet the demands of the hour
somebody should invent blemish pow
der that will remove green whiskers
from embalmed beef.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

1t didn't take Gomez very long to
come down out of the mountains after
he became assured that the $3,00O.0 900
could really be collected.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

The sad remnant Of American In
dians might get together and pass reso-
lutions that would be instructive to the
Filipinos.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

An Ohio man is seeking a divorce
because his wife refuses to talk. Some
men haven't sense enough to let well
enough alone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Owing to the great distance Mr..
Cleveland is from the democratic par
ty, his wigwagging signals cannot be
made out
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Whatever country lands troops on
the Philippines must make up its mind
to encounter long list of robust
troubles.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Probably the happiest man in the
world is the one who has just invested
in his first wedding ring.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Some people can't see what pleasure
those who mind their own business
find in living.
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= A bit in horses mouth doesn't pre-
vent him from getting hungry.

The courtship of Romeo and Juliet
discloses a spark of Shakespearean
genius.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

France has no vice president, and
probably doesn't know that this coun-
try is blessed with such an official.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

In attacking monopolies Gov. Pin
gree carefully refrains from including
his political monopoly in Michigan.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Most men are too modest 10 admit
the size of their faults.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Some mems charitable contributions
are confined to suggestions.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16
New Egg Tester.

For years it has been the custom of
marketmen to determine whether eggs
are fresh or not by the candle test.
They would take the samples into the
cellar or some dark closet and allow
the light of the candle to shine through
them. Thus they could tell the con-
dition of each egg examined. No sim
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

Doctors in their fight against disease
have had their attention called to a
common, but hitherto unnoticed me-
dunn for carrying infection. 1t is the
wind. Examination shows that germs
have been carried immense distances
by the breeze and deposited in places
where all the circumstances were IA
vorable for their growth and spread
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

size, two, four or six pounds, carry
ing, respectively, twenty, forty and
sixty feet Of line.
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SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOv-
cry AND INVENTION.

Making Old Men Young-Method OF APP
plying Electricity Is Said to Have Re-
markabie Rssults-wiid Beasts Tanned
BY Tobacco.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-16

The sherry cobbler is one kind OF a
shoeh horn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-02-14
ON n OPEN r A

This paltry earth and the low hung sky.
Like a little tent around it.
Too cramped | find to feel at home.
Too cramped l always found 1t.
Since l a ever a v~agahond.
a V~agrant-foOt and rover.
Oh, give me the width of the skies to roam
When my earthly days are over!
Let me out where worlds the milestones
are.
Where the unresting stars walk my way
Out, out, where a man has elbow room
To travel his old time highway!
And when the journey is done God grant
That one lone inn | find me
Where | may enter and greet but h.
And close the door behind me,
Arthur j. Stringer in .Ainslee's Maya
zine.
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although he cannot actually see Il
That awful sense of dread, the feeling
that death is near at hand is described IN +
South Carolina gentleman, Thos. G, Iever
Esq, of Lever, Richmond Co., with a trmth
that everyone who has ever exper;encrd
1t Will Immediately recognize
II had what the doctors called nervo,,. ,,,a,.
Eesuon, ne says: II took medicine from nv
family physician for It. but Of no avail. n ico 81
ing I'M o. over one !, Of the Memorandum Books issued
case like mine described exactly. vpoa~ - -
Dr. Pierce and made Z statement. He sent me 4
descriptive list Of questions, also hvpien;c r,,iss
49,! carried these out a. best l Could. ~ I
1n0Gen w;i \ almost ns;e impossible, as I suffered %
feeling in my stomach, At night I would ~.
cold or hot feet and hands aifernateiv ~
getting very nervous and suffered q grest ~
~ uneasine:s - to my condition, thinkin0
ina in a. onaen Mou, ,,rs soon claim "a me; always expect
2 great dread on my mind. was also irritah7e
ana impatient, and was greatly reduced in 6esh.
could eat scarcely anything that would no1
produce 70 e bad feeling in my stomach. After
patent medicines. ! decided to try a few bsceaies
OF Or. Pisrce's Golden Medical Discoverv "a
Pellets After taking several bottles OF e.sh I
found was improving. l have to be carefni vef
a. times mes as to what I eat. In order that / may
Who suffer with INDIGESTION ru, oy t Se11iSe H. Il .ny
cnronic cold would take DR.. Pierce's Coiden
Heolcal Discovery and Pleasant Pellets IA
observe q few simple hygienic rules they wouid
~ Co.,. . 9reatiy benehted. and with little pef.
It Is a very simple matter to write ia mr.
fiefce. No charge whatever is mads ~
aovice; which will be sent you lin = nlein
sseseo envelope) promptly 81 mail.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The department Of agriculture will
have a beef investigation on it's own &C.
count.
A gale has caused loss of life and
much property destruction in Great
Britain.
The American commissioners refuse
to cede Skaguay, Alaska, or any othe,
territory to Great Britain.
Senator Hansbrough's Inter-Ocean
building and other structures at Devils
Lake, n. D., have been burned.
Two thousand dollars was stolen from
the house of Mrs. Bernstein at st. Paul
IN Mrs. Bernstein's absence. by a man
who claimed to have been sent to the
mouse for an article by Mrs. Bernstein
herself.
Prince Napoleon Charles Greeoire
jacques Philippe Bonaparte, third son
OF Prince Lucian Bonaparte, zee of
Canine and chief of the older branch Of
the Bop'parte family, died at Rome
Sunday.
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NJ ulster Out Immunes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ii. The secretary
OF war has given orders for the muster.
ing out OF the Third regiment OF im.
munes, now stationed at Santiago and
vicinity. This regiment was recruited
oy Colonel May, a regular officer. The
troops will be conveyed to Macon. GA.
where they We're recruited. for dis.
charge. They are to leave Santiago
by March II.
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BLIZZARD IN T H
business In the Metropolis Almost f.
tirely Suspended.

business IN the Metropolis Almost En-.
tirely suspended.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE fearful
storm which prevailed all day and
night has increased in violence and to.
gether with the snow, which has
drifted in many places, has almost par
alyzed traffic. Surface cars are almost
entirely stalled, the elevated trains are
running without regard to schedule
and ferryboats make a few trips as best
they can. The upper and lower bay is
one mas of ice.
The people living in the suburbs have
in some instances been unable to reach
the city owing to stalling of the surface
cars.
Trains on all steam railroads have
Deer delayed four or five hours by the
storm. Through trains from the west
are from n to three hours behind
time.