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CANNED
in cans, we have them in glass.
AND
lllllll’l lllllKS.
IN LATEST STYLE. '
LADIES’ CAPES
From $1.49
g. llielerman it See,
.84 WASHINGTON ST.,
Hour-r11 NORWALK. 0T.
Tull lillllllllli llllllSTlllN
‘ Iowhat are you going to do for Fruit this fall and winter.
Read this and you have the answer.
extraordinary stock of the finest quality and variety of
and they have just begun to arrive. We anticipate an unpre-
cedented sale in this line, and we feel safe in saying that the
price and quality will suit you, and if you do not like Fruits
New Edam, Pine Apple and English Dairy
you for past favors, we are yours cordially,
Mane e Hllllilll.
to $13.50.
We have purchased an
GOODS
We have also just received
Cheese. Thanking
The
R A. N
ms! sn'r nun Foursome.
BSTIIA'I‘ES GIVEN 0N PLUIBING AN» TIN W081i.
. H. NASH & BRO.,
Cor. lain and West Streets. South Nos-walk.
HEATERS.
We have two new fiestas which we would be pleased :0is t2 the public:
TlflTllll all the NET STAMFORD
Weslsohsvcs ingeiineot
GETS,
Ellllllllllls lllll MEATS
AT THE 0|.” "All! 0?
Tiiappsus GUYER,
to 'l'. Burr (Buyer & son).
BPRINGWOOD, »
All: ORDERS Pflodll’ThY FILLED.
_ f (It, People and it to their advantage to trade
' with us.
GIVE US A. TRIAL.
biases.
Henna Oysters
filaments-seems
ill, lllllll'l, (lien, Salt Till,
ICALLOI’E,
M M cuss” [reported its!»
“Pulmtlspletiym,
mmmum
m "WIRED 'IW'TLY
illNi Willi
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Ellillllll lllll' Sillil
“AND-«~—
SECllllE PRICES BEFORE
Grand lnducenihnls
CASE BUYERS.
'8: ll,
liar
PLUMBING, ‘
Hot Air Heating,
Stoves and Ranges.
bole agents for all of the
Bellini innate Cafe Specialties
50 South Main Street,
T1116 .
Paeaaeeelaaaa
If on are going to buy a flange for your kitchen
this all, and want the
Best and Lowest Price
csllonnie. lhsve the exclusive agency for the
telchrded
“ caucuses «aware,»
made at home bribe Huguenot: iron Wort:- (to.
and byipscnl arrangements with th in I can rcil
his first—slurs article ut the price or lighter and
smalltr one». I wsmm', umy u c to be
THE BEST AND QUICKEST BAKER
In the wand, and will return! your money in we
of any complaint Beiig made here you can
always get repairs in an hour's time.
THIS
Paeeaiaallaaae.
WM. PODMORE.
65 NORTH IAIN STREET.
as 3th sourn nouwaut. cons
liltillliltlillililllllltl.
it lumy St, lies lorlt City.
Steel Skeln Farm Wagons,
Pam Carts, Railroad Carts.
Road carts, Utility Carts.
Clipper Wagons, Easy Riders,
Buggies. Photons. Burrow.
Spindle Wagons,
Top and lie Top Delivery
Wagons, lfllk Wagons.
Will tsplssssd to Dunly Dealers lfl Consults,
The
you.
are the articles that will
“1’
issue
Wagons have I nor! -Wl‘¢
reputation as to quality, style and finish.
None Superior. Street Sprinklers. We
have the best Street Sprinklers in the
'World. Also have the nearest and bed
I'urnl lilk Wagons in New York. '
otoan
.HDIIN II. I’EIIIHS,
Wuolaslesnd flat-Ii Dealer in all kindest
Till]. till T001]
Brick,” Lime. Cement,
Blue Stone. Etc.
behigh, hackawanns, Locust
Mountain fi‘mnklin, and
ll’ilheeuarri» (tools.
teem fer RUBBER Pilli'l
Yard loot u! Washington and liar.
shell streets. iimneb mum st iitllem
Dmu filer . Mini
aan literal
--~ 4.90» ~~>
We will sell you Fury Klein t‘rcstsery Bailout
”I: Hi; 5% lbs. $1.00.
_._ W ,‘Q. a»...—
ilriipes. Grapes.
The Icon Conant Grape. Ir lb; near bushel.
W
The Largest Deep Sea liaelerel
obtainable, fat and juicy, 2!: lb
Appleii. ... Apples.
We o'er s Isa lot of Winter A . hand picked
fruit, timings and Baldwin. s it . use. With
ranted to be good site and quality.
000
FLOUR
"IADQUAmI! 0' m1.
Toucan ears may a Mint asst
beam-sprees. lwvybarrenflwgasteed.
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ours mu.
We know M out are Jen-use. seam
handwnltmmmwfli gtrethesis
nsewietufliselspte tektites.
mnnmnnleeus bratty-I.
This, E. lililflltl’s,
33 Washington Street.
W mm Ihflm I‘ll
II Wad-(issued.
' a: sunfiflr‘u i any.-
“— as
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sat- lug, ‘mm
ummmml
—- the onus them».
New York, have flare
and llartford ll. B.
("when It, It”.
TRAINS ”All! 000'" 308'” A8 Ni,-
DOWB:
l'os RewYoss
fluent“) let: u.. Moor. mass. 7.55”.
sail on em, 9:0! as, one as. tour u not
inc. ex. nit. ~12.» 03.. bin so, can ex .ssf cc. to
Its-lord. apron train titanium. 8:35. tail ex.
szo‘ine.tosuutcrd.&tou, 3150”»!me 6:
se 7:51». on se. 10:28 so.. m s... walling.
ton express. tinsdsyamwt ex, Haemmbse
i'. l.~actt In. 7:25 sc., 0:28 ac.
l'oa lisw mm. A ll 4:1:ch . 6:10», use
so. elm-e. linden, tour so Bl-ltlzm cm.
index, l:l!se,,'~'.07iix,4:25sc..b:illse,tnse..
t 15 on, mill-o. Ml so , 9:4) Ic..1|.07 Ad In. and
se . liaison ex. Hunduyb-‘l 382., in: sc.. s In ;
twine. .In.
You swrmnu LIL-MO It. 916 91.. lot:
so l'.l.~tstltiex , tote: , i use , 7J5 exude)
sen limes" mas lies.
Fen srsuunnn. Alt—mo so- 0:16 on,
tom-e P I dunes , l2t2-c .‘Izls “Jul-c ,
":01 (except Iondsy morning between New Haven
melon-gnomes
Pol Bares ALI-4.18 ex. (via Shore Line
ti$fmmu (via tipnngiirld). l in ex (visit-n».
f
LIAVI NEW YORK,
l'on Bourn Noswsut. A [-6 ill 6,00)».
70m, Owen..0fllsc. llillex. ironic, 2206
soon ex Ill—1202 sc.,ioo ix,2lllse..llo'.'
sx..330ex AdinalfllflJfluJMexw’iN
sc.,601sc.930sd. 91.. sudscduolimidiwnlex.
Sundays-60! sc.,'l also .502 «2.. moon night.
A. 4:21! ,
I (except Mgr:
v
llllllhlA'l‘ONlC RAILROAD.
[MN HUI“ & NORWALI Dlml‘)‘.
(inflected Cctobcr tutti. em
LEAVE SOP-I'll NURWALK Ali FOLLOW::
You Dsitnonv It. 1—6:“,5, mas. P. at —i‘t:i3.
2:10, 5:17.636 "1:25 sundaye-ilttosm.,6::2 in
F0: Wheel: POINT. a. II —1:56, 5:27 i .m
P. u.— 30,430, ti;2r,8:'.b_ 10:30 enndsy~9ztld
a in.,e:09p In.
LIAVE NOR'A’ALK,
For: Dunner A u.—6:tt.0t9. P. If -12 iii,
2m. 5" 6815, I082 bundles—9m! m .657 pm
[fort rotten honwann AND Mime Polar It It.
——" 312.817.1063 I’ ll ~l'l37, 409, 6 list”, 947.
Sundays—ll 9s. m , 609 p in.
Lie! “'3 DANHURY.
-\ ‘l.—~6 3"». 7-16 am
“l ii 500 bundiyra 80." it ill . 505
Main Lino.
LKAV’I bltillLlBi'OR‘l‘,
l'ol. i’rr'rsriem A I -7 d5, acr ; 1000. arc ;
:lilii), mix; 1240 mix. A. M461) ix ; tilt).
through use , ‘7 45 eizzndayr“: $5 a. in.. mull.
:Gocs only to» far If! Great Harrington
rues-om: an tear up New hliiforu.
WI. ll. S‘l'lsvuwn Vice l‘n-e'l k wen-i hie-1311‘!
W. K. Lrou. Supt.
A, w l’wnnin 'dr' ”i—w
(inn mi nutrient?
lltllll Tll‘llil Fiiltlll Lilli
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South Norwalk
—~—-AND—--
Norwalk, Ct.
Pun Sot'Tli 'Jonwaut
ll ‘1. l'. .‘l.
p. m.
gr a.
u my. .
TI] 3 PKOPn‘LLIRS
CITY UT NURWALK 8: EAGLE
Will 'eave Pier 2!. but River (Recluse Street),
how York. It 5 p ll., f‘itlfllfllyl It 2 p in)
Minimum! trum'ts us tobp to
Returning. bosu leave h’orw-ik st 5 p in , and
limb Norwalk at 65-0 p in
Freight when from and received tor all
the Dunbar) and Norwslk and Shep.”
”greatly reduced rates.
ipon apple-non msgcntnihu City of Ni‘f'llk
null legit-will be it'll! tnr spelt-l lots of frrltui
anywhere in New York or it» wintry
Wants-mine I't' fmbltl trns-ing any of the
employers-if the basket ”3” line on sec-in t or
do
this on
timed-
.‘s
oi»
I“ ‘ :.inr lu
‘1 t a f‘i-I -ntH:lI-I'
Lite; to His:
”lllt'i'w, dill} blislll Eli-Tl,
uurnourou'r. CONN.
Original Kidney and Liver titre
Crown Pie-Ion and Pills.
TIC! In 150 mil Heft: Hematite! in tile 'or those
utilised with lid. l's iii-nee. him minimalist um
Unnuy Alarm. (my tho-s spurt-d In in.
on NI- see the (lrlgtnul and i only am."
and Lim t‘an that will nature you to tvfllri
Milli).
All ladies UN
3. II. II. A.
first; ledlclse 00.. Punk. 3. .1.
bob!) A'l'
Pleisted‘s Drug Ettore.
up“ South lorwslh
"A. i. McLEAh’S ”
Tillllllil BilliSliflll
65 NORTH MAIN STREET,
It'll'l'll NDIWILI‘, - COIN.
amines-pa
Carriage Repository
fifimmfm “'22 ESE?
“mu“thmmd
Bun-eye, Buggies, Photons.
Concorde, Spindles, Bead
Certs, Business Wesson,
Grocery and Hill
1m-
WBIAGE REPAIRING PBOIPTLY
mmro.
A. A. MeLEAI.
Mb ‘
ea. ”utilises commutes ms
sleeveless or THE HOLY LAND.
Continued Interest, in the lectures st
in. Tabernacle and the Addresses no-
uwesnd Under the Ausplcos “me!”-
unsi Heraldw’l'ho Resurrection.
amount, Nov. 2.—»l)r. 'l‘almnge presch-
sd the sixth sermon on his tour in Palestine
,totlny. After a pastorate of twentytwo
yarn in this city it. is astonishing tease
the crowds of people who throng the Acad-
emy- of Music every Sunday morning to
fluentobis discourses. No 1m remarkable
are the audiences that New York city fur»
nhhm at The Christian Hemld services
every Sunday night. Today's sermon was
on the gardens and public worka of Israel’s
magnificent king, and the text Ecclesiastes
it, Ml: “I made me great works, I bulldcd
me houses, I plnml me vineyards, I made
) me gardens and orchards, and planted
trees in them of all kinds of fruits; lmsde
roe pools of Water to water therewith the
wood that. llringcth torth trees.” Dr. Tal-
mge said: '
A spring morning and breakfast at. Jeru-
salem. A king with robes snowy white in
chariot decked with gold, drawn by eight
horses, high mottled, and housings as bril—
llnntiis if scalloped out of that very sun-
rise, and like the winds for speed, followed
by a regiment of archer-n on horseback,
with hand on gilded bow and arrows wieli
steel points (melting in the sun, clad from
head to foot in 'l‘yrlan purple, and black
hair sprinkled with gold dust, all dashing
down the road. the homes at full run, the
reins louse on their necks. and the crack of
whips and the balioo of the reckless caval-
cnde putting the miles at defiance. Who
is it, and what is it? King Solomon taking
an outing before breakfast. from Jerusalem
to his gardens and parks and orchards
and reservoirs, six miles down the road
toward licbron. What a contrast be-
tween that and myself (in that. very mad
one morning inst. December going atom,
for our plain Vehicle turned back
for photographic apparatus forgotten;
we on the way to find what. is called Solo-
mon‘s pools, the ancient water works of
Jerusalem, and the gardens of a king
nearly three thousand years ago. We
cross the aqueduct again and again, and
here we are at the three great reservoirs,
not ruins of rmervoirs, but. the reservoirs
themselves, that. Solomon built. three mil-
lenniums ago for the purpose of catching
the mountain streams and passing them to
Jerusalem to stake the thirst of the city,
and slsotn irrigate the most glorious range
of gardens that ever bloomed with all
colors or breathed with all redolencc, for
Solomon was the greatest horticulture-int,
the greatest botanist, the greatest orni-
thologist, the grcstat capitalist and the
greatest scientist of his century.
wosntzizrtrl. AXCtt-zs‘r stasoxnv.
Come over the piles of gray rock, and
here we are at the first of tbctbrcc reser-
voirs, which tire on three great levels, the
base of the top reservoir higher than the
top of the second, the bacon! the second
reservoir higher than the top of the third,
so arranged that the waters gathered from
several sources above shall descend from
basin to basin, the sediment of the water
deposited in each of the three, so that by
the time it gets down to the aqueduct
which is to take it to Jerusalem it has had
three flltcrinp, and is as pure as when the
clouds ruined it. Wonderful specimens of
nmonryam these three reservoirs. The
white cement fastening the blocks of stone
together is new just as when the trowcls
three thousand years ago smoothed the
layers. The highest reservoir Zititlfcet by
229; the second, 423 feet by tilt), and the
lowest reservoir, 589 feet by 169, and deep
enough and wide enough and mighty
enough to float an ocean steamer.
On that December morning we saw the
waters rolling down from reservoir to
reservoir, and can well understand how in
this neighlmrbood the imperial gardens
were one great bloawm. and the orchard
one great basket of fruit, and that Solo
mon in his palm, writing the Song of
Source and likclcsimzws, may have been
drawing illustrations from what be had
seen that. very morning in the royal gar
dens when he alluded to melons, and man-
drnkce, and apricots, and grapes, and
pomegranates. and line, and spikcn, and
cinnamon, and vulnrmis, and itauiphirc,
and "apple trees submit; the trees of the
wood," and tho nlmmid tree M flourishing,
and to myrrh and frunkinccnscmnd repru
Al‘llled Christ ma "goxic down into his gar
iii-nu, and the beds of spin-s to feed lit the
gardens. and to gather lilies," and to "eyes
like fish instill," nod to the voice of the
turtlt- llm'cnsbcard in tbclnnd. 1 think
it “m when Solomon was showing the
Queen of Sheba through these gardens that.
the Bible usysof her, ”Tbcn- remained no
more spirit in her." Sin- mum it up.
But all this splendor did not make 3010»
men happy. One day. after getting back
from his morning ride and before the
horses but yet been mind off, and rubbed
down by the royal cqucrry, Solomon wrou-
tho memorable words following my test,
like mllrge played after a grand marrb.
"lb-bold all was vanity and rexstlon of
spirit, nmlthcm wm no profit under the
sun." in other Words, “It. don't pay!"
Would (ind that We might all learn the
[mm that this world cannot produce hap-
pinml At Marseilles there isncsstellateil
hall“! on high gnmml rmwnml withall
tlmt gmve and gunk-n can do, and the
whole place looks out uptm as fluctuating
a landscape us the world holds, water and
hill clseplng hands ins perfect bewifich‘
memo! armory. but the ammo! that place
bunny blind, and in him All this goes
for nothing, illustrating the truth that
whether one be physically or morally blind
brilllsncy of snrrminding cannot give sat
infection; but trsdltirm says that when the
"wise men of thee-st" were being guided
by the star on the way to Bethlehem they
for s little while lost sight of thntstsr,
and lit despair and esbutistlon ammo to s
well to drink. when looking down into the
well they new the star reflected in the
water and that cheered them, and they re
snmed their journey; sad i have the notion
that though Moor and pomp of nor
modimrusynotsllordpeaoast the
well of God's articulation. film by, you
may nmlmml the plaice-t cup
at the well of salvation rlsy hold the
brightest star that ever shone from the
heavens.
unmet! “All! 10 amen MlAL‘I.
“3%....” “i... WW... .2:
Anthems flatten month's-7
mam ?hsunmmi
Lmh m
bureaus is “turtles
a...
w tobecomethe niche-turns of hor-
ticulture, arboriculture and agriculture. j
Recent travelers in the Holy Land smut
of the rocky and stony surface of nearly
slanlestine as an impassable barrierto
the future cultivation of the soil. But. if
they had examined minutely the rocks and
stones of the Holy land they would find
thsttboy are being skeletonlwd and are
belugmelted into the soil and, being for
the most part limestone, they are doing for
that land what. the American and English
former does when, at great expense and
fatigue, he draws his wagon load of lime
and scatters it on the fields for their en—
richment. ’I‘he‘etorms, the winters, the
great midsummer heats of Palestine, by
crumbling up and dissolving the rocks are
gradually preparing Palestine and Syria
to yield a product like unto the luxuriant
Weetchester farms of New York. and Lan-
caster county farms of Pennsylvania, and
Somerset county farms of New Jersey and
the other magnificent farm fields of Minne-
sota and Wisconsin, and the opulent or-
chards of Maryland and California. Let the
Turk be driven out and the American or
Englishman or Scotchman go in and Mo
hammedanism withdraw its idolatry and
pure Christianity build its altars, and the ir-
rigation of which Solomon's pools was only
a suggestion will make all that land from
Dan to Bcerahebs as fertile, and aromatic,
and msplendent- as on the morning when
the king rode out to his pleasure grounds
in chariot so swift and followed by mount—
ed riders so brilliant that it was for speed
like a hurricane followed by a cyclone.
WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.
As I look upon this great aqueduct of
Palestine, a wondrous specimen of ancient
ninsonry, about seven feet high, two feet
wide. sometimes tunneling the solid rock
and then rolling its waters through stone-
ware pipes, an aqueduct doing its work
ten milcsliofore it gets to those three reser-
voirs, and then gathering their wealth of
refreshment and pouring it on to the
mighty city of Jerusalem and filling the
brazen sea of her temple, and the bath-
rooms of her palaces. and the great pools
of Siloum, and Hezekiah, and Bethesda, I
find that our century has no monopoly of
the world's wonders, and that the con-
ceited age in which we five had better take
in some of the soils of its pride when it re-
members that. it is hard work in later ages
to get masonry that will last. fifty years,
to say nothing of the three thousand,
and no modern machinery could lift
blocks of stone like smut-0f those stand-
ing high up in the walls of Baal-
bci'. and the art of phnting claimed for
recent aim-s mu practiced by the Chinese
fourteen hundred years ago, and that our
midnight lightning express rail train was
formecn by the prophet Nahum, when in
the Bible he wrote, “The chariots shall
rage in the streets, they shall jostle one
against another in the broad ways, they
shall seem like torches, they shall run like
lightnings," and our electric telegraph was
foreseen by Job, when in the llible he
wrote. “Cnnst- thou send liglitningn that
they may go and say lltltu chi-c, ‘flcru we
only it What is that. talking by the light-
nings but the electric telegraph" I do not
know but that the electric forces now being
year by your more thoroughly harnessed
may have been employed in ages extinct,
and that the lightnings all up and down
the sky have been running around like
lost bounds to find their former master.
Embnlmcnt was it more thorough art
three thousand years age than today. Den-
tistry, t but we suppose one of the important
amdlscovercd in recent centuries, isproven
to be four thousand years old by the fllled
teeth of the mummies in the museums at
Cairo, Egypt, and artificial teeth on gold
platen found by Ilelzoni in the tombs of do
parted nations. Wehnvc been taught. that
Harvey discovered the cirrulntion of the
blood so late as the Seventeenth century.
0b, not Solomon announces it in Ecclesia—
his, where first having shown that he un-
derstood tlicspiiml cord, silver colored in it.
is, and that it relaxes in old age-“the silver
cord be lowed." goes on to compare the
heart. to o pitcher at :t well, for the three
mnnls of lllf' heart do receive the bluot'llike
a pitcher, “or the pitcher be broken at the
fountain," What is that but the circula—
tion of the blood, found out twenty-six
hundred ycnni lit-fun- llarwy were born?
Aftermnuycciiturim of exploration and
calculation mtmnmny finds out that the
World is round. \l’liy, lsuiuh knew it was
round tlmusnn-lsnf yuan lit-fon- when in
till! lliblc lu- amid: “Tim Lord sittetb upon
llicclrrlcnf tbs-earth." Scientists tilllt'll
nil flircciitlirumiiiid found out. refraction
or that the rays of light wlii'n touching the
earth were not straight, but ix-iitwirvurvml.
Why, .lnli know that when ago» before in
the “llllt‘ bv wrote of the light: "ft is
turned as clay to the «out "
ULP l'Afhl‘lllti-i .n'ti titans.
In tlu- old cathedral». of England much
out [laiillt‘t‘w‘ in the n-pnir of windows are
trying to innlw mnwlhiiig mt good on the
window patenting of (nor hundred years
ago and always failing by the tumultuous
veniirt of all who examine and compare.
The color (it mmlcrii pninllnu filth-u iii flft)‘
years, while the min: of the old lilil'lltlfli in
as \u-ll [lrl'hl‘l’l‘i'll .‘llli'l‘ few hundred years
an after mm year l min hm winter on the
walls lift'hllllllti'll T'Ullilwll paintings with
color me Trl'ltll mi tlmnuli matilv the (lily bo-
furc, tlmtigli the) “NW luiriml eighteen
hundred years ago 'l'lw making of Ty»
riiin purple is [ill nuwmlbllity now.
In our lllllll‘l'fl wiles-m m- :in» trying
hard to umko mum meal pitrlivm and bowiu
I‘ll exquisite we throw vxhunu-il from
llcrculnnrum. illill uul‘ lll‘flllf'I‘r'l are
Minnipting .u make jvwelry for car
and neck and iinm-r «iii-ti to tbst
brought up from tho mailmlemm of two
thousand years bufm‘v Christ. We have in
our time “been in MI shapes and all colors,
but. Pliny, more limp rightly-ll hundred
years ago, iimrilml n malleable glued
which. if thrown Hymn the ground and
"(tnlfitv‘flllld in! tmnmlwl straight. again
by the hammer or could he twisted around
the wrist-i. tltlll that confounds oil the gluon
ttlnllllful'lflil'ii‘m of our own limo. i tried in
Dammit-us, Syria, in buy it linnmscuit libido,
mm of llimo swords that would fit“ bf‘hh
doublcor tic-l lllhil‘t knot without break»
ing. 1 could not got one. Why? The
Nineteenth (fittllll’y cannot make a [)an
ms blade if wegn on enlarging our citicii
we may after a whfio get a city as large as
ilsbylun, which was five times the sine of
Incident.
Thom isqtisducta of Solomon that I vial:
loilsyJindlng them in guild i-uriditimitbrce
thousand years llfft'f' construction. make
me think that. the WWW may have {Drank
ton "men than it mm knows. The great
honor of our age in not. machinery. for the
linoleum had Mime styles of it more wrin-
dorm]; nor emf-1r the ancients bud art
more exquisite and durable; nor architect-
ure. for lumen Coliseum and Ilreeiun
Acropolis aurpms all male": architecture:
our cities, for recurrent the aimieut cities
were larger than ours in the sweep of their
pinup. llntrmr attempts must be in rum]
achievement and ”palaces". in that
we have already surpassed them. and in
“direction let . kt
u liol ,
vandal“. m mm
MW , ‘ ,, moral detects-rand
splritnaimsinmsnt let the stunt struggle
be. ’l‘hesoure‘sofsllthstlwlllshowyou
Myra sundown of this day on which/we
have visited the pools of Solomon and the
autism of the king.
‘ amass» 01' JUDEA.
We are on this December afternoon on
thewnyto the cradle of him who called
himself greater than Solomon. We are
coming upon the chief cradle of all the
world. not lined with undo. but strum:
with straw; not sheltered by a palace, but
covered by a born; not presided over by n
princes, but hovered over by a manual.
girl; yet a cradle the canopy of which is
angelic wings, and the lullnhy of which is
the first Christmas carol ever sung, and
from which all the events of the past and
all the events of the future have and must
take date as being B. C. or A. D.—-before
Christ or after Christ. All eternity past
occupied in getting ready for this cradle,
and all eternity to come to be employed in
celebrating its consequences.
I said to the tourist companies planning
our oriental journey, “Put us in Bethle-
hem in December, the place and the month
of our lord’s blah,” and we had our wish.
I am the only man who has ever attempted
to tell how Bethlehem looked at the sea-
son Jesus was born. Tourists and writers
are there in February, or March, or April,
when the valleys are an embroidered sheet
of wild flowers, and anemones and rantin-
culus are iltisbed as though from attempt-
ing to climb the sleeps, and lark and bul-
llnch are flooding the air with bird orches-
tra. But 1 was there in December, a winter
month, the barren beach between the two
oceans of redaleuce. l was told I must
not go there at that season, told so before
I started, toldso in Egypt; the books told
me so; all travelers that l consulted about
it told me so. But I was determined to
eeeBethlehcm the same month in which
Jesus arrived, and nothing could dis-
suade mo. Was I not right in want—
ing to know how the Holy Land
looked when Jesus came to it? He did
not loud ilmltl flowers {incl song. \Vheti
the angels chanted on the famous birth-
night fill the fields of Palestine were
silent. The glowing Sklt‘SW’t‘l'e answered
by gray rocks. As lla-tblcbcm stood against
a bleak wintry sky (climbed up to it, as
through a bleak wintry sky 'Jesus de-
scended upon it. [its way down was from
warmth to chill, from bloom to barren-
noss, from everlasting June to a sterile
December. If I were going to Palestine
as a botanist and to study the flora of the
land I would :10 in March: but I went- me a
minister nf (‘hrist to study Jesus and so I
went in DCCEfllllt‘l'. lwantexl to see how
the world‘s front door looked when the
heavenly stranger entered it.
The town of Bethlehem, to my surprise,
is in the shape of a horseshoe, the houses
extending.r clear onto the prongs of the
horseshoe, the whole scene more rough
and rude than can be imagined. Vcrily,
('hrist did not choose it soft, genial place in
which in be born. The gztte through which
our Lord entered this world was a gate of
rock, a bani, cold gate, and the gate
through which he «lctntrtcd wasa swing
gate of sharpened spears. We enter it
gloomy church built by (,‘nmstantiue over
the plum- in which Jesus “‘lb brim. Fifteen
lamps burning day and night and from
century tlzitrcntury light our way to the
spot. which all authorities, Christian and
Jew and Mullnmlllfllllnfllgfl‘c upon as being
the plat-o ofuur Saviour's birth, and covered
byn marble slab, marked by usilvcr star
sent from Vienna. and the words: "Here
Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary."
iii: was cum [‘1 .\ (ATTLE PER.
lint standing tbrre I thought, though
this is the place,- of tlic nativity, how differ-
ent the surroundings of the wintry night
in which Jesus Cilllle! At that time it was
it khan. or a cattle port. f visited one of
these kimns, now standing and looking
just as in Christ'stimc. We rode in under
the arched entrance and dismounted. “'8
found the building of stone, and around an
open sqtmrv. uithmtt mot, The building
is more than twothousnnil years old. It
is two stories high; In the center are caut-
els, horses and mule-a. (‘aravnns lialt lien:
for the night or during a lung storm. The
open square is large cnmtglx to accommo-
date a whole herd of cattle. a flock of sheep
or caravan of t‘lllllt'lt-i. ’l'hc neighboring
Bedouin» bore liml market for their hay,
strnw and meats. 0i? from t bisccntcrthere
are twelve mom. for bumzm habitation.
Tlieuiily liilllt i:~ hunt the floor. lwelli.
into (Illctif lllPht‘ i'Illllllnfllltl {min-l :iwmnnn
cooking the cwning filt'lll. There were six
cows in Illt' sunn- mum. tin at little elem»
lion tbon- was some .~l raw ll‘lil'f‘f‘ Ulf' people
out. and slept u hen they “'itallf‘ll in rmt. it
was in ll room similar in that our Lord was
born.
This Wits tln- cradle of 21 king, and yet
what rrmllct-u-r llt‘lil so mm'b’ l'll‘illur
lion! Lilwrlyf llctlt-ltitilintl! Your [inr-
ilim rind mini-E Your [it-arc and mine!
Your llt'flll‘" and mine? t'rmllc of a uni
worse! t'nullu of :i find! ’l‘licgnrtlnnsof
Solomon m- vi~itvil this rimming were
only a tyiwnf wlnil fill the world will be
when this lllll‘ill’l‘ill‘t gwrxumigc now Imrn
ulinll liliVl‘ (‘tilllpli‘li-il lilo flll‘nlllll. Tilt!
liursru of “Him! limb, and we)“: i'liiimp of
bit, llllll aubliziu'st :trrli (if lim'k. ”Kilt eve-r
brought Holmium down to (hear adjoining
ulmlclm won but u [mm tyin- of the horse
upon which thin i'nliitui'mr, born in the
burn, ulmll ri-lv, when ltf‘t'lll‘lllil“ tn apoca-
lyptiu \‘ll-illill llll tlic‘UirmliNuf licnven nbilll
follow him on u bile bur-um " The waters
tlmt rel-sh down lbw-c bill» into yonder
titre-o, grout U'I'N‘l‘ttlllN of rock. Iiml then
[milriti mnrvrluua uqllwlur'f lntu .Tcrum-
1cm till the brawn we in full. and the
bulbs are full. mir' Hilvmm is full, are only
sti imperfect typr of the rivers of delight
which, no the run it of this great one'a
mining. shell will M for they-biking of the
lhlnitof all nations. The palace of Italy
anonmlar from which the imperial cur—
slcnde [WI out in the curly morning,
mid to which it returned with glowing
deceit and limiting barium and lather-ail
ables, bi fetiblonf architecture cnmpml
with the houn- of many niniialomi into
which lithium-1mm this winter month on
than bleak heights shall rotulurt us when
our sins are all pnrdonml. our Instill-.4 all
fouglitmur tears all wept, our work sll
done.
Tl": CRADLE (if (it‘ll YAITII.
Standing here at Bethlehem :in you not
are that the mmt bundled thing in all the
earth is the cradle? To what clue dill
loosened star ever point? To what else did
heaven lowcrlmlmbim of light filled with
rblntinuimnwrtlila‘ The war the mile
rocks the world we“? Hod bless the
mothers all the World over? The cradles
tlmble the «Infinite of nations. In ten
thmiseml of them are this moment the
bands that will yet give mediation of
my or burl bolts of doom. the feet that
will mount the drops tnwml God or
danced the blasted way, the lips that will
mayor hlnsphclne. ”ll. ”)0 charlie! I! h
mm twmcndous than the grave, Where
sternum. mil... lender-«if the Twmtleth nan»
tnry mot-idewu upon nu? Aretbeytm
thrones? N". In chariots? No. In pulplts’
In. In lemma! lie immaterial sell-i
in easiest houses! no. 'l'lioym
league cradle MW suing
.- fl,
tv‘s W.u- it.
~ ** ..._
Loch Shuttesbnry , ‘
“on of Christian mot Hid
lehsnge the whole phase of society in
twelve months." Oh, the cradle! Forget
not the one in which you were rocked.
Though old and worn out that cradle may
be standing in attic or barn, torgetnot the
foot that swayed it. the lips that snug over
it, the tears that dropped upon it, the fsltb
in God that made way for it. The boy
Walter Scott. did well when he spent the
first five guinea piece he ever earned on a
pmeut to his mother.
Dishonor not the cradle, though lt may,
like the one my sermon celebrstes, have
been a cradle in a burn, for I think it was
a Christian cralle. That was a great cradle
in which Martin Luther lay-,for from it
came forth the reformation of the Six-
teenth century. The was a great cradle
in which Daniel O’Connell lay, for from it.
came forth "an eloquence that will be in-
spiring while men have eyes to read or cars
to hear. That: was a great cradle in which
Washington lay, for from it came forth
the happy deliverance of a nation. That.
was a great cradle in which John
Howard lay, for from it came forth a
mercy that will not cease until the inst
dungeon gets the Bible and light and fresh
air. Great cradles in which the John West-
[eye and the John Knoxss and the John
Masons lay, for from them came forth an
all conquering cvnngelintion. But the
greatest cradle in which child ever slept,
or woke, laughed or cried was the cradle
over which Mary bent and to which the
wise men brought. franklncense and upon
which the heavens dropped song. Had
there been no manger, there had been no
cross. find there been no Bethlehem, there
had been no Golgotha. Had there been no
incarnation, there had been no ascension.
Had there been no start, there had been no
close.
wuar can WE no FOR cumsr?
Standing in the chili khan of a Saviour’s
humiliation, and seeing what he did for
115,! ask, What have we done for him?
“There is nothing i can do,” says one. As
Christmas was approaching in the village
church a good Woman said to a group of
girls in lowly and straitened circum-
stances. “Let all now do something for
Christ." After the (lily was over she ”kid
the group to tell her what they had done.
One said, “i could not do much, for we are
very poor, but i had a beautiful flower I
had carefully trained in our home, and I
thought much of it, and I put that flower
on the church altar." And another said,
"I could not do much, for we are very
poor, but I can sing a little. and so I went
down to a poor sick woman in the lane,nnd
sang as Well as I could, to cheer her up, a
Christmas song.” “Well, Helen, what.
did you do?" She replied, “I could not do
much, but I wanted to do something for
Christ, and I could think of nothing else
to do, and so 1 went into the church after
the people who had been adorning the
altar haul left, and I scrubbed down the
back altar stairs." Beautiful! I warrant
. that the Christ of that Christmas day gave
her as much credit. for that earnest act as
he may have given to the rolled emails!
who on that day read for the people the
ipraycrs of a resounding serviCe. Some-
thing for Christ! Something for Christ!
.-\ plain man passing it fortress saw is
Russian soldier on guard in a terribly cold
night, and took off his coat and gave it to
, the soldier, saying, "i will soon be home
and warm, and you will be out here all
' night." So the soldier wrapped himselfin
the borrowed coat. The plain man who
loaned the coat. to the soldier soon-{ta-
was dying, and in his dream saw Christ
and said toliim, “You have got my coat.
, on." ”Yes," said Christ, "this is the one
i you lent me on that cold night by the
l fortress. I was naked, and ye clothed me."
vSomething for Christ! By the memories
of Bethlehem I adjurc you!
In the light of that star
Lie the ages em penrled.
That song from afar
lids swept over the world
Changes in n Year.
A New Yorker who went abroad in ()c—
tuber, 15m, and turned up again here this
week sat on a lounge in the Ludfcr club.
“I've got the whole year's news within the
past few days," lu- unid, “and am dailynul"
prised at things i hear (it-see in vint'flm
my old haunts in New York, and at the
changes that have taken place during the
short time lwns nwayfrom the city. I
hear of nearly a score of my old time com-
rades who have been buried within the
year. I limrnf bachelor‘s among my ne-
qiinintauitw who have got married and are
sites, and of hnydcns who have wedded
and lth‘ "immune. I see gray hairs in the
locks nnil lwmls of friends who were not
tlnmdi-t-oraicni n year ago. l hear of an
adversary formerly lmrd up who has made
money, and of n chum who was a bond-
boidcr lost year, but is nuwdeep in the
mire.
"I see that. blooming youth! who wore
jackets when I went away are in long
tidied mats this autumn. I lieu thst my
well “Mu-r, the widow, has now is new
spomc. l mu told that our old chambere-
mnill bus at that got it place that. suit! her.
i have learned that my barber bu infle-
payim; invmtmcnt. outside of his lulu!
brush. i can‘t lil'lp noticing that our
lndlm have discarded but year‘s lesbian,
l lit-hr that my forum-r neighbor who llved
inniintiu new dwelling in his nimble.
Thus Bum-a in Now York your after N,
cbunuingull tho time. All over the city
and in i-vv-ry «trout uflt I “(‘0 that there
haw. boon i-bungm «item hint your. I kill
you that win-ii l\ lllllll picks upn whole
twelve-month‘s news within a wash“!
have just. done, tllrrii nrnsovcrnliternsthst
surprise him. Now giro! fl! is M”~N€'
York Sun,
Hallows! Eloqu
A new England pastor tolls thh smut
the ups-nae n! a brother pmscher. A well
known and t-bmwnt limfon preacher was
innit/ml by n mmntry tint-tor, who always
ml his enrnivim, m IW'tlp” MA pulpit.
The visitor did to», and delivered Aline ti!-
ti-niimmm-mm sermon ilii‘tl attracted wide
attention. Home of the remarks warehouse
to the village pastor. and be determined to
prim): rm cstempornnmus sermon, and
show his critics that. he could do it, sl-
thuugh be had never attempted lt wore.
(in tho following Sunday be but] is large
congregation. After the usual sent“ be
time». iiiinmiiwml his text and for about
ten miimlm hpvikn fluently and we'll. Then
he forgot his Wiirtls in the midst alone of
his moat. O‘lllqllell': flights With one kind
upml be paused, trial in vain to m
his thoughts, and anally. :- bodmfi
in; hind, said: "Brethren. in us mr-"~
lloeton Traveler.
Jumm .\l. Piece, of llarrhburg, Pu. who
”publisbwlln book form an elm
history of tin,- Jsrnuntown flood, and loss“—
but it at his own extreme fertile W
the flood sufferer-it. was s harem
youth. no has m. ltho Glut.
house in llsrrlsliumJol Mili-
lhheli The Minsky TWMB
lean. “as l have“ was“
m twat tourist
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