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VOL. XIII, NO. 29. MECHANICYILLE, SAKATOOA COUNTY, N- Y.. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1894 WHOLE NO. 653 located on the upper Hudson at the mouth of Tonendaho Creek, the outlet ot i T l c C l l w I l l C V l l i C B a l l a t o n Lake and Hound Lake. I t is midway betw e en Albany and Saratoga, the political and social capitals of the Empire State. It is twelve miles from tide water navigation at Troy and eighteen miles from Schenectady. I t is on the line of the Champlain Canal and has railroads diverging in skven diei bkent WKEcnu.Ns. A s t r e e t railroad extends th r o u g h the ntaia business portion of th e village and reacho.s Stillw a ter, tlireo m iles up th e H u d son. Mechanicvillo has facilities for passenger and Ireigbl tvausporlation that are surpassed by only a few cities. The U n ited States census of 1880 gave M eohamcvillc a popul.Uiou of 1 , 285 . It now has a popnlntioii of fully 5,000. Its grow th has been rapid and substantial. The Saturday Mercury is Printed ^ A L L AT H O M E .^ Advertisers Appreciate a Home Newspaper. The Same Publishei' has Issued this Paper -—^Nearly Thirteen Years.-^pi--^ T I 118 f u n i i o t h e s a i d h y A n y O t h e r N e w 's p a p e r in S a r a t o g a Co. po seBscb two immense water powers on the Hudson River and has one of the i T l C C f l c l I l l C V l l l w largest pulp and paper m ills in the world. Its other manufacturing enterprises include EXtchburg Railroad car shop, Delaware & H u d son car chops, three large knitting mills, throe sash, blind and door factories, two shirt factories, two brick j’ards, a factory for elec- ^trical supplies, iron and brass foundries, lime kilns and fertilizer works. M echanicville has six churches, a new $-10,000 academy and public school building, a fine new opera house, a batik, two telegraph offices and a driving park. The Y. M. C. A. maintain a public library, reading rooms, gymnasium and bath rooms. The village is lighted by electricity and has unequalled water works, supplying the public with pure spring water by the gravity system . E lectric street cars will soon bo in use ; GRAND o p e n i n g ; ; J.P.McGirr & Co’s New Store J • I I— . .,..,.................................... .1 • P A R K - Y T E ., IMEC'l lA N IC V IL L i:, nOCAX. XXNKB. The D. & II. and Eltchburg pay cars were in town the early part o f this week, and prepared the’ railroad boys for Thanksgiving day. Good sleighing was reported at Platts- bnrg on election day. Snow has been several Inches deep In the northern por tion o f Saratoga county. Amnsement lovers should not overlook the weekly announcements o f the Park- aye. opera house, which appear ir, conspicuous position on our second page. Potatoes are now being loaded at the boats for the New York m arket. The price is $1 25 for IBO pounds. Those who sold earlier in the season at $1.60 came out ahead. In Older to la a h e t h i s o p e n i n g n i e m o r a h l e to o u r cuJ»tom er8 a n d t h e p u h l i c . w e a n n o u n c e a Qrand Opening Sale AT PRICES UNHEARD OF in the history of the Dry Goods Trade. WE DEFY Troy ami Albany Conipelitioii, Either in Prices, Quantity, Quality or Variety. Everybody is Invited to Visit This Storey- One of the Handsomest this side of New Yoik City. J. P. ncQ IR R & CO. GRAND OPENING - OF Ti!K — Park-ave. Shoe Parlor, U.i.VIKG OPEKED .V FIRST CLASS STORE IX THE XEW GUILD BLOCK, \ XD FITTED THE SAME l OK YUIH COX- VFMEXCK. AND TRADE, WILT. OKI ER J U I ’ .SPECIAL ISinCEMF.ST.S IX FINE FOOTWEAR FOR THE NEXT -30 DAYS. A SHARK OF YOIT: PAT- UKAVORS TO HAVE 1 • TRADE w m l I's. WE.UJE IIKIM'. ID Al lEMt lO MH l! \\ vNV«. I n i l ; PARK AVE.Xl'E SHOP PARI.OR, MMCHAMCVn I.E. X Y J. C. REYNOLDS, Ass’t. D. C. SEE, Prop. D. S. DOUGLASS, FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE, Notary Public and KeiU r s lale A b « i H- Losses promptly BctUed. PoKH ■n ritten in proou rompaaks; none belter tbau those represented at this agency. Glens Falls Ins. Co., ol Glens Falls, N. y .jllo n u lire Ins. Co., of N Y.; Ins Co, of North America, of Pbilauelphia; Koval Ins. (\>.. of Liverpool, Englind; Kortli British ami Mercantile Ins-Co., ol Lomlonand Edinburgh; Travelers, of Hartford, Ct. and Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. Ofllt'C, Main Street. Mechanicville. N en- 1 ork. MACHINE SHOP. General luaehiu* work done. ,\11 kinds of aj cultural imp’emculs repaired. Steam flttini oipiug. Guns, locks, sewinp luachit Ae.Ac- Mill work a specialty. J E SMITH I Mechauievide. N. Y. The auction rooms of a traveling cloak and clothing company in the opera house block, were visited by burglars a few nights since. Two overcoats and a rug arc reported misslsng., The sale of Hotel Idlewild at Willow Glen, under mortgage foreclosure ceedmgs, was postponed until Saturday morning at 10 o’clock In front of the First National bank. Postma.ster Tripp has placed two addi tional letter boxes in town, one at the corner of Hsze!-st. and one on No. Main- st. The new boxes will proye a great convenience to the public. The public has become tired and sick of the huge Columbian postage stamps furnished by Uncle Sam. The new two cent stamps are said to be defective in both the gumming and the quality of paper used. Superintendent Hannan, of the depart ment of public works, has ordered that the Erie. Champlain, Black River, Cayuga and Seneca canals be ' losed for the sea son on Friday. Noy, 30, a t midnight, un less closed by ice before that time. A merchant will sometimes expend more money on a transient arlyertisimr scheme, than the cost of a choice space in the local newspaper for an entire year In the first instance, a single glance may bo obtained from a few persons, while in the latter case the adyertisem c B t meets the eye of many buyers every week in the The Saratoga Citizens’ corps gave a shellflah supper in their beautiful armory, Tuesday evening. The bampiet was a brilliant affair. Several young men have lately enlisted in the company. A series of entertainments will be given durine the winter. They will be more enjoyabU than gnarding freight cars during a rail road strike. Mechanicville stores are growing better every year and as a consequence it is now a common occurrance for people to drive Into town from the country eight and ten miles distant, to trade with our enterpris ing merchants. A few years ago much of this trade went elsewhere. Our two big dry goods stores first turned the tide of trade here. The cbemlcal flOro mill haa been closed for several weeks In order that now ma chinery may be placed in position and ex tensive repairs tie made. The mill has been running night and day for nearly two years, and it was difficult to find time in which to make needed repairs and im provements. Operations will be resumed in about two weeks, — N, CtUTE.— Practical Horse Street Commissioner Baker has been engaged in cleaning street gutters, this week, throughout all parts o f the village. The work was never before done so thor- ouRhly at Hie close of the season. It places the streets in good condition for the late fall rains, and prepares the gut ters for q u ickly w o rk ljig off next spring’s flood. This work of cleaning village gut ters should be done regularly every year Henry Payue, driver for Expressman Dougrev, who was thought to have iioen burned in the Hubbs barn consumed last Saturday morning, reportoii alive and well durlug the day. While returning from Troy the previous night with a wag on load of cxpiess matter, he got “ stalled” down the river a few miles and word was sent to Mr. Dougrey. who drove the load home and put the team in the barn about 11.30 o’clock in the even ing. The fire broke out about an hour later. Payne is said to haye been “ para lyzed” with \fire water,\ and remaiaed at Mr. McDonnell’s house until late the next morning. Mr, Dougrey lost two horses, which were insured at $50 each, Sanford 1 Cowles lost one horse. Payne claims to at a hotel on the river Piirk Place, i ruiK -U V C . i I-ious; Kxporleui SHtisractioii Gu»ranlvrtL annt-i«t., INoHr 81iut>» M<*c1ii«siU*ville Sipperly, Ten«e. It is said that dlorts will be iiiadc at the spring elections in Halfiuoon and Stillwater, to elect excise commissioners who will reduce the number of liquor sa loons in the wain business portions of this Yillawe. MerchRuiH who Imvc no moral objeclloiiH to the saloou. tisve , stroug busim'sa objociloiis. Homo of L p f l f i i n S ’ P h o t . n O ’r a ' n T l P I ’ I them swear the liquor men Imve gone too u e d u m g r n o t O f , r a p x i e r | sanawiciiu.g their sa- loous In among the stores, and that they will not stand further aggressions, which mean depreciation of properly and Injury Xji •<- rp p o v , -, trade. No. Maln-st. merchants just r T U l t i T r G G S & S l i r i l D S . | now are stirred up over the new liquor sa- Ch'.ieest Vsri. ty and Trin- to | loon in the store vacated last week by J. P. McGirr & Co. As there will be no su- L .K JiAKPJR, • — — the excise question is likely some surprises may be the resnlt. Come w h e re you CHli a- t y .lli even (eill-u’e - wortli,' Full line of ludies w e a r. C o r s e ts Hint gloves a ' lowi-si prices. Ludieh' gmiils « spcclil'y. Mrs. C. O- Barnes, RICE & HOMELAND, IiKALTRH IN I Oats, Hay and Straw, Hard and ; i e f s p u S ' peAmM,T AX.oAcent. f . r i e BUcKfcvK MOWicuj tne excise ques AGAIN IN BROOKLYN. DR. TALMAGE FINDS MANY LESSONS IN THE JOY OF COMING HOME. or All Words lu the I-aiiipiRee tVono Con voy* So Many Sweet gngKestlons a* the Word Home—Joy of Clirlstinni and An gel* Over the Convert. Br.Q om x, Nov. 11.—Rev. Dr. Tnl- mage, having concluded his round the world tour, lies bclucted ns the subject for today’s discourse through the pross,“ Hoino A gain,\ the text chosen being Luke xv, 28, \ B rlug hither the fatted calf and kill In all ngrs nf the world it has been cu.s- tomary to celobrato joyful events by festiv ity—the signing of treaties, the proclama tion of peace, the Christmas, the marriage. However much on other days of the year our table may have stinted supply, on Thanksgiving day there m u st be some thing bounteous, and all the comfortable homes of Christendom have a t some time celebrated Joyful events by banquet and festivity. The Joyful Feast. Roniething has happened in the old homestead greater than anything that has ever happened before. A favorite son, whom the world supposed would bec< icr’3 house. The world hever would come liack. The old vaya said bin s< wen lookingooking foror Id come. He bad l f him day after day and year a fter year. Ho knew ho would come back. Now, liavlng roturnefl to bis fa* has been kept up and fed to utm ost capac ity, so as to bo ready for some occasion of Joy that m ight come along. Ah, there never w ill be a grander day on tho old homestead than this day. Let the butchers do their work and tho house keepers bring In to the table tho smoking meat. The musicians will take their places, and the gay groups will move up and down the floor. All tho friends and neighbors are gatliered In, and extra sup ply is sent o ut to tho table of tho servants. Tho father presides at tlio table and says grace and thanks God that his longabsent boy Is home again. Oh, how they missed him I How glad they are to have him back! One brother indecil etaiuls pouting a t the hack door and says: \T h is is n g reat ado about nothing. This had boy should have been oha.stoncd instead of greeted. Veal is too good for h lm l” B u t the father says, “ Nothing la too good; nothing Is good enough.” There sits tho young man, glad at tholiearty reception, b u t a shadow of sorrow flitting across his brow ot the remembrance of the trouble ho hod seen. All ready now. Let tho covers lift. Muslo. Ho was dead, and ho is alive again I He was lost, and he is found! By such bold imagery does tho Bible set forth the merry making when n soul comes homo to God. The Itedeemed Soul, First of all, there Is tho new convert’s Joy. It is no tamo thing to become a Chris tian. Tho most tremendous moment In a m a n ’s life l.s when he Burrendors hlinsoU to Qoil. Tho grandest time on tho father'* homestead is when tho boy comes back. Among tlie g reat throng who in tho par lors of my church professed (Jurist one night was a young man, who next morn ing rang roy doorbell and said: “ .Sir, I cannot contain myself with tho joy 1 feel. I came here tills morning to express it. J have found more Joy in five m inutes in serving God than In all tho years of my prodigality, and I came to say so.” You have seen perhaps a man running for his physical liberty and tho offleets of the law after him, and you saw him es cape, or afterward you lieard tho Judge had pardoned him, and how groat was tlie gloo of that rescued man 1 But tt is a very tame thing that compared with tho running for one’s everlasting life, the terrors of the law after liim, and Christ coming In to pardon and bless and rescue and save. You remember John Bunyan, in his great story, tells how the pilgrim put ills fingers in his ears and ran, crying, “ Life, life, eternal life!” A jioor cor driver, after having liad to struggle to support his fam ily for years, suddenly was informed that a largo Inherllaneewas his, and there was Joy amounting to bewilderment, but that is a small thing compared with the exporl- oneo of one when he has p u t In hiB hands tho title deed to the Joys, the raptures, tho splendors of heaven, and lie can truly say, “ Its mansions arc mine; its temples are mine; its songs ore mine; its God is m luel\ Oh, i t Is no tamo thing to become a Chrlbtlnn, It Is a lucrrj'inokitig. It Is th e k illin g of tlie f a tted calf. I t is jubilee. You know the Rlblo never compares it to a funeral, Imt alw a y s compares it to some thing bright. It is more apt to bo com pared to a bauiiuet than anything else. It Is compared in the Bible to the water— bright, Hashing wiitor—to tlie morning, roseate,ilro workeil, m ountain trnnsflgurod morning. 1 wish I could today tnko all tlio B ible cxpre.^Hlotis a b o u t pardon and jieace and life luul cpinfort and hope and heaven, am i tw ist them Into on* garlan d , an d p u t it on (lio lm>w ot th o h u m b lest ch ild of God ill all th is laud, a n d cry: “ W ear it, w e a r i t now, w e a r I t forever, son of God, d a u g h ter of tho L o rd God A l m ig h ty! Oh, tlio Joy ot tho new convert! Oh, the gladness of tho C h r is tian scrvlccl\ .St. r a u l ’s XcBtiniony. Y'ou have seen sometimes a man In a re ligion* nssemblj- get up and give his ex perience. Well, Paul gave his cxporicHCO. He rose in tho presence of tw-o church'3»— tho church on earth and th o church 1» heaven—and he said; “ Now, th is is m y experience: fSorrowfiil, yet alw a y s rejoic in g ; poor, yet m a k in g m a n rich; havin g n o th in g , yet possc.sslng all th in g s .” If a ll tho iieople w h o read th is serm o n knew tho Joys o t the C h r is tian religion, they would nil pass over Into the kingdom of God the next moment. When Daniel Sandeman was dying of cholera, his at- I hnvo never liiul nny luiln except bln.\ T h e n they said to him , “ W o u ld you lik e to .scml a mi'H-»Ko to your frb m W \YeSi I would. ToU tluun that mXy last ivlght the luvc of JcMUN omuD riHhing Into jny houl like (be Mugi s of (lie sea, and 1 had to cry out: '.'-^top, Itlsenouplil Stop, l,ord —enough!’ ’’ Oh. the Joys nf Uiln ChliH tian religion I J u s t pass over from these tam o joys in w b leli you are in d u lg i n g —joys of this w o rld—in to tlie rap tu r e s of th e gospel. T h e w o rld ennuot satisfy you, you have found o u t—A U waiider lo n g in g lo r other w o rlds to c o n q u er, an d y e t drow n e d in his ow n bottle, B y ron w h ipped by disqu iet udes a ro u n d th e w o rld, V o ltaire cursin g h is ow n .soul w h ile all tho streets o< P a r is w ere a p p lau d in g him , H e n r y I I c o n sum ing w ith hatred a g a in s t poor T h o m a s a B e cket —all Illu s tr a tio n s of th e fact th a t th is w o rld c a n n o t m a k e a m a n happy. T h e very m a n w h o poisoned th e pom m e l o f tho saddle on w h ich Queen E lizabeth r<3d« shouted V' the street, “ God save tho queen!” One moment tbo world applauds, and the next moment the world anathe matizes. Oh, come over into this greater joy, this Rublimo solnce, this magnltlccot bcntltude! The Song at .Shiloh, h o n ig h t a f te r The b .ittic of Shilob there wero tlioiis.mds of wounded on tho field, and th e om liiilances luul n o t come. One C h r is tian soldier, ly ing there a-dy ln g un- Aiid when he came to the next line there were seore.s of voiee.s uniting: VH>cre ,s;iml.s imniorlal reigu. T h e .song w as c a u g h t up all over tho field among tlio woiimkd iiiuil. It was said, th e re w ere a t least 10,000 w o u n d e d m e n uniting tlicir voices us they canio to the Ther<- cv it ) a-.ting -.priiig abide.*, And never witheving flc.wers. Dc-.-ith. like a narrow stream, divide* That heavenly land from ours. Oh, it l.sa great religion toliveby, and it is a groat religion to die by. There is only one lieart throb between you and th.at re ligion this moment. Just look into tho face of your pardoning God and surrender your- Beif for time and for eternity, and ho is yours, and lie:»ven is yours, and all Is yours. Some of yon, like tho young man of tlio te.xt, Itiive gone far astray. 1 know not tlio history, hut you know it— you know it. When a young man wont forth into iifo, the legend ssiy.s, his guardian angel went fortli with him. and getting him intoaflold the guardian angel swept a circle clear arpund where the young man stood. It was a circle of virtue and honor, and ho must not step lieyond that circle. Armed foes camo down, tnit were obliged to halt a t the circle. They could not pass, but one day a temptress, with diamonded hand, stretched forth and crossed th a t circle with tlie linmL and tho tempted soul took it, aud by that one fell grip was brought beyond the eirelo and died. Some of you have stepped beyond that circle. Would you not like tbi.s day, by tho gr.ico of Gt>d, to step hack? This, I say to you, S.s your liour of sal vation. There wa.s in the closing hours of Queen Anne what is ealled the clock scene. Flat down on tho pillow, in help- le.ss sickness, she could not inovo her head or move Iier hand. Hlie was waiting for tho lionr when tho ministers of state should gather in angry contest, and wor ried nml worn out l>y tho coming hour, and in momentary al>scuce of the nurse, in tlie power—strange power which de power—strange power wi lirium sometimcH gives one—slioaro.so stood in front of tl)e clock, undstotxl tl watcliiug the clock wlicn tho mir.so ro- turned. Tlte nur.-o said, “ Do you see any thing peculiar about that clock?” She made no a clock fi(•cue you woulid and cuiun out of your delirium of sin and look dll llio clock of your destiny this mo ment, you would see and hear something you have not scon or heard before, and ev ery tiek of the minute, and every stroke of tlie liour, and every biviiig of tlie pendu lum would say, “ Now, now, now, nowl” Oh, rorr.e lioini' to your Falbcr’a liou-sol Come home, oh. prodigal, from thewilder- nc.ss! Come liome, come homo! .loy Iho F a th e r. Dill 1 iiotiee tliat when tiie prodigal tliernwas tho father’s joy. He did [ in every history. If somt I rise from the bod of lethargy lit of your delirium of sin and ■0 was tho father’s _ . t greet lilm with any formal “ how u do!\o!\ Hee didid notot comeome outut andnd sray: you d H d n c o a s “ Yoti an* unfit to enter. Go out and wash in tlie trougli l>y tlie well, and then .vou can come in. We have liad enougli trou ble with ynu.” Ah, no! When the proprietor of that estate proclaimed festival, it wa? an out burst of a fatlier’s love and a fntlier's joy. God is your father. I liave not much sym pathy with tlmt description of God 1 some- times hear, ns tliough lie were a Turkish sultan—hard and unsympathetic and lla- tcnliig not to the cry of his subjects. A mati told me he saw in onii of the b, tern lands a king riding along, and two gt n were in altercation, and one charged Jji tlie otlier willi liavlng eaten Ills rice. And tlio king said, \Tlieii slay the man, and by post mortem examination find whether he has eaten tho rice.” And ho was slain. Ah, tlio cruelly of a scono like that! Our God is not- a sulran, not a de.spot, but a father—kind, loving, forgiving—and he make.s all lieaven ring again when a prod igal come.s liack. \ I have no pleasure,” ho sa.vs, ’’in tho death of him that d leth.” If a mail dwa not get to heaven, it is lipcau-.e lie will not go Uiero. No difference the color, no difference tho history, no dift’ercnco the antecedenrs, no difference the .surroundings, tio difference the sin. When the wliitc horses of Chrl.st’s victory arebroiinht out to eolehrate the eternal tri umph, you m:iy ride one of them , an d a.s God i.s greater than all lil.M joy Is greater, and !tfii a comes Ijack there is In h!s heart till’ surging of an Infinite ocean of gl.-idiu'ss, anil lo c.xprcss that gladness It takes all the riTcr.sof pleasure, and all the throne-, i f pomp, and all tlie ages of eter nity. It is a jo,\ deeper tlian all deptli, and lilglu-r than all height, and wider than all width, and vaster than all immensity. Tt overliqis. II undergirds, it outweighs all the united splendor and joy of tho univei.se. Wlio can tell what G o <1’ h joy Is? >1 lisle of tlie ICrileeraeil. You remcni her reading tho story of a king whonii some great day of festivity scattered sllveraiid gold among the peoitle, who sent valiiaWe pn-.sents to his courtiers, but mo thinks wlien a soul comes Ixick God is so glad that to exjiross his joy he flings out new w o rlds into spare, kindles up now BUii't and rolls among the whito robed antlicuiH of tlie redeem e d a g r e a ter h a lle luiab. while with a voice that rcverlwratcH nnii.ng the mountains of franklneense and is ecli« rd l :i< k from the cvcrl.sstlng gates he cric'. \'I’liis my ton, was dead and is alive ag jiin!’’ .\t ilic opciiingof tlie exposition iiiNew O rleans I saw a M exic.m flutist, nml he I'hv.M’ij the solo, and thou afterward the eigiit or ten Isiiids of m u sic, accom p anied by the g r e a t orp.an, cam e in. H u t tlie smiinl of th a t one flute as r o m p a red w ith all the on l.estra w a s g r i.ite r Ihaji all tho coiiiliiiii il jiiv of (lie uiiim so MliPii ct'iu- p a n d w itli tle> ri soundlng heart of .\l- mighiy Hod. For t< n VI ills a f.vtlur went tlireo times a tl.iy i-> the depot lliss'-n went olT in tiggi.D.iiiio' ij|i iiiiisliiiiics. hill till' fa tloT s.,‘,1, ■ Me will loine Isiek” The III Ills mliiil part- y the fatlier went cut. wall-illd the train sliMln wa- Inn mill'll, and Ids iiiliul part ed,. and ihrce tim e s a tl.iy th e fatlu -r w an d ihrce In the i.ill> 11 n g o n t o f the pas then the depart m e ot the idug lie V sleriplni train, -Vt n loll he was tlicro again watch ing till- adv:i#iic of the train, w.atchlng the dipatlui'i* -U iilglit tin re again, watelilng the corning, watchingtho going, for ten ycai-'. lie was sure his son would c*ime hack, (iod lias hcen waG hlng and waiting lor soii.-e of you, iny brothcr.s, 10 years, ”0 years, :io years. 40 years, per- hni s oil yuors, waiving, waiting, watch ing, -wau-iiing. and if this morning the prodigal ehuuld come home wliat a scene of glndnei;* and festivity, and how the great Father’s h eart would rejoice a t your Jt If you have never seen a telegraphic coming homo! You will come, some of chirt, you have no idea how many cities you, will you not? You will! You will! ht ' connected together and how many this gospel 1 i know there has been a great deal said about the trials aud the hardships of tho Christian mlni.stry. 1 wish some body would write a good, rousing book about tho joys of tho Llhristian ministry. Since I entered tho profes.sion I have seen XBoro o f the gtx>dne.sa of God than T w ill ^ bo able to celebrate in all eternity. 1 know “ y friend, ’1 ?cted tog e th e r and how m a n y lands. Xcirriy all tho neighborhoods of th e earth seem reticulated, n u d now s flies from city to city aud from coullncnti to confinoiit, b u t more rapidly go the tidings from earth to heaven, and wlten a prodigal rsturns it. i.s announced before the throne of God, and If those souls today should cu ter the kingdom there would bo some ouo in tho heavenly k ingdom to say, ’‘T h a t ’s luy father,” ' ”Tbat’s my mother,” “ T h a t’s m y so n ,” “ T h a t ’s m y d tu ig h tcr,” “ T h a t ’s m y friend ,” “ T h a t’s tho one I used to rom^boasT'^muM^^^^ for,” “ T h a t’s tiie one for whom I th e y do n o t rise I n to e n thu s iasm , an d they w e p t so m a n y tears, ” n*jd ono soul w o u ld do not break down with emotion. But J say ’‘Hosanna!” and anotlier soul would .u p lain ly t h a t w h e n I see a “ H a llelu iah?” \ i L . _ .................. ........................ and foot in evil habit emancipated, I joico over it aa though it wero my owu emancipation. When In our communion service such tltrongs of young and old stood tip a t tho altars, and in tho presence of heaven and earth and hell atte.stcd their allegiance to Jesus Christ, I felt a joy something nkln to tlmt which thu apostle describes when ho says: ‘ Whether in tho body I ennuot tell, or out of the body 1 cannot tell. Godknowelh.” Have not ministers a right to rejoice when a prodigal comes home? They blew tho trumpet, and ought they not to be glad of the gvatheringof tho host? They pointed to tho full supply, and ought they not to rejoice when souls pant as the hart for the water brooks? They came forth, say ing, “ All things are now ready.” Ought they not to rejoice when the prodigal sits down at tho Ijanquet? V alao of a Calm M ind. Life insurance men will all tell you y that ger tlian nny ot her. I t is confirmed by tho statistics of nil those who c.-ilculate upon human longevity. Why is it? There is njoro draft upon tho nervous system than in any other profession, an d tho ir to il is most exhausting. I have seen ministers kept on mi.serablo stipendfl by parsimoni ous congregations, who wondered at tho dullness of tlie sermons, when the men of God were perplexed almost to death by questions of livelihood and had not enough nutritions food to keep nny fire in their tenqientment. No fuel, no fire. I have sometimes sc»n tho Inside of tho life of many of tho Aiiiorican elergymen—-never accepting tlieir hospitality, because they can n o t afTord it— b u t I have scon thorn atrugglo on w itli K.-iiarlca of ?500 an d ?600 a year, tho uverugo less th a n th a t, th e ir stru g g le well deplcteil by tlio w e stern m ls- slounry wlio says in a lett-or: “ Thank you for y our l;istremittance. U ntil itcam e we had not any meat in our house for ono year, and nil last winter, although it was a severe winter, our ehlldtcu wore their summer ciotlu-.-'.” And these men of God I find in different parts of the land struggling against an noyances and exasperations innunicrobie, some of tliein ww'k after week entertain ing agents wlio havo maps to sell and sub m ltting thcm.selves to all styles of annoy ance, and yet without complaint and cheerful of soul. How do yoU account for tho fact that these life insuranco men tell US that minister.* ns a claSvS live longer than any others? 11 is because of the joy of their jf the Imrvost Hold, the joy of gals homo to their Father’s work, tho jo greeting pro hou.se. 1 luDOt’ence* We are in sy m p a th y w ith a ll innocont bil.-tritlcs. We can enjoy a h e a r ty song, an d wo can bo m e rr y w ith tho m e rriest, b u t tIio.se of us w h o have tolled in tho service are ready to testify t h a t a ll these joys nro tam e com p ared w ith tho satisfac tio n of seeing n u n en ter tho k ingdom of God, T h e great era.s of every m in iste r are tho outpo u r ing s of tho H o ly Ghost, an d I th a n k Cod 1 b.-ivo seen 20 of them . T h a n k God, th a n k God! I notice also wlien tlio p n idigal comes lack ail earnest C h r is tian s rejoice. If you itood on a iirom o n tory, and thcro w Surricaiio at hca, and It was blowlni iro, and a vessel crashed into tho rocks, and you saw people got ashore In tlie lifeboat.*, and tho very last man got on tlio Kicks in safety, you could not control your joy. And it is a glad time when tho church of God B<’e.s men who arc tossed on tho ocean of thoir sins plant their feet in the rock Christ Jesus. Xo Long l*r»yer» Needed, Whrii prodigals come home, just hear those (Airi.slians singl It is n o t a dull tone you lu'Hi’ at such times. Ju s t hear those Christians prayl It Is ians prayl I t Is n o t n typed Buppiicalion we liavo heard over and over ag a in for 20 year.*, b u t a p u ttin g of the case In tiie liaiul.s of God with an Im- portun n to pleading. M en never pray ot g r e a t lengtii unless they havo n o th in g to say, mid tlieir liearts nro hard and cold. A ll tho jirayers in tho B iblo t h a t w ere an- BWi'i't'd wero sliiirt prayers: “ God, bci inor- cifu l to me, a sin n e r ;” “ Lord, t h a t I m a y receive niy sigliU” ” Lord, kuvo mo, or I p e rish .” 'I’hc longest prayer, Solonuon’s jirayer at tlie iledicailoii of tlio tem iiimiteH in lengtii, accord lust hoar I’hc longe st praye r, Solo m jirayer a t tlie iledicallou of tlio tem p le, loss tlian eight inimiteH in lengtii, accord Ing to tlie o r d inary rate of cm n iclatlon. A m i J u s t hoar tlicm pray now th a t tho prodigals at-c c o ining liotnc! J u s t see thoin shake hanilHl No in it tin g forth of Uio four tip s of till’ fingers in a form a l way. Plcuv'-K'd with tho netvs, tho saints below In songs their tongue.s employ. Beyond tho Bkica tho tidings go. And heaven is filled with joy. Nor angels can their joy contain. But kindle with now fire. Tho sinner lost is found, they sing. And strike tho sounding lyre. A t the banquet of Lucullus sat Cicero, tho orator. A t tho Macedonian festival Btit Philip, tho conqueror. A t tho Grecian banquet sat Socrates, tho philosopher, but at our Fnthor’s table sit all tlte returned prodigals, more than conquerors. The table Is so wide Its leaves reach across sot and ncrovsa l.mtks. Its guest nro tho r deemed of earth and tho glorified of hea- en. Tho ring of God’s forgiveness on c cry hand, tho robo of a Saviour’s rightcou ness adroop from every shoulder. The wine that glows in tho cups is from the bowls of 10,000 eacraments. Lot all tho redeemed of earth and all the glorified of hoavon rise, and with gleaming: chalice drink to tho return of a thousand prodi gals. Sing, slug, Bingt “ Worthy Is tho lamb that was slain to receive blessing and riches and honor and glory and pow er, world without cndl” Kainesca and A bn-Slm bel. It is such a surprising and comfortable fact that tho authorities, for n wonder, practicaity agree o t to llameses’ date, they only varying some 00 years, which, In matters Egyptian, is a more nothing. A man who reigns 67 years, lives to be Just 100 and begets 170 children Is likely to leave a p retty hlg footprint In tho sands of time. Hh) charnotcristlc way of proclaim ing his achiovements, as it wore, with a foghorn, nil up and down Egypt, makes him very precious to the lilstorlap. It Is your modest OlncSnnatus kind of hero who docs a groat thing, and then, diving back into obscurity, w’unts so much ro- Bcarcblng that he becomes a trial even to Q German ;ect, and tlicro ho sot tho four Immortal warders, his own royal likeness four times repeated. W hat m u st they havo been in their un- epeakahlo dignity on the g reat day when all Egypt journeyed to tho consecration of the templcl Even now, after 8,000 years, wrecked and ruined as they are, eternal peace sits upon their Dps, and, defying the centuries, tliey still keep watoh across tho desert sand, gazing with untroubled eyes into the very heart of the dawn.— Cornliill Magazine. Tom, Dick and Harry. This is the expression hy which wo com monly designate jiwiplo in general of no very clcuitod di*scrlptlon. la ono well known illustrutcd book, Brown, Jones and Boblnson is more or less thus used. Sim ilar expre.ssions in otlier languages may perhaps be Interesting. In Frencli 1 seem to havo seen Jean, rro et Paul, but a French lady tells she li.isi neverever seenen orr heardeard it,t, thouglihougli n se o h i t Paul et Jacques Is not uncom- id P ierre e t i ’aul alone is still ni C.=| a - r .t s .t a g ----- frequ e n tly heard. In German I havo commonly met with Hlnz und (or oder) Kunz, but Heinz und Euuz, Hans und Kuns, Hans Oder Kunz (which Flugel translates S mith or Jones). Hans otlcr Benz, Heinz odor Benz (ami perhaps und may ho substituted for cdir in these last two) and Kunz u nd Peter arc also used. Butz und Buna Is also met with, especially in Switzerland. The Germans also use Hack und Mack, and Hock im d Pack of “ a m o tley crowd, tag, rug und liobtail” (flugel), but U ioh . ' do not .seem to bo Christian names, ami, curlnu.sly enmigli, tlioy nlho uso two liib heal Hebrew words, ‘‘Kret(li)l und P le thl” | (also written “ Kri-.’l und Plcdl” ). In Italian I find in “ Marletti. (by I. L. Vigo, Pier d’Arona, 1884, p. C70), a re llRioUH novel, vidnablo a.4 explaining tdl the linpurtant doctrines of tho Roman Catholic cliuK'li In a rctulablo form, “ Vi onll u Franix'schl o Burl Tuscan lady tells mo ti ■t of the conn- -0 Cecco, Bcco ■Notes and Queries. Saved His Life BY USINO AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL •'IVhen my adopt- q cd son was seven O .years of of age, ho had ® vero a, cough q blood, I tried every- ® thing I could think ® of, hut he ^lonstant- O ]y grew worse, and $ _ , I feared the poor q little fellow would surely die. At last, I o gave him Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, being ® recommended to do so hy the physician, q Tliis medicine gave the child speedy re* O lief and effected a permanent cure.” Mrs. M. E. D ebat , Liberty, Texas. Ayer’s Olierry Pectoral | Received Highest Awards o at t h e WORLD'S FAIR | p e o o y o o o e o o o o o o o o » o o o o o Q - ^^siness Cards- & URKIN, Leading Livery, Boarding and SALE STABLE. Hilcli up, we can, the tonicst rig, Holds the family, little and big; Horses well trained and easy tg guide. Handsome phaetens and snrrcys to ride. Hie to the country, forest or lake. Here wo can suit ’yond no mistake; H are Tonr team here ted and stalled. Hitch upinajiBy willhewhen called. I « e o & X > a .r ] s in > U o r. B r o a d w a y & Clemeut-ave. Near depot, Mechanicville E D . J . B D S H , yo 84 Hazcl-8t„ MechanicV:Uo,N. T. Sxpres*. Household Goods Moved ami Single or Double Rigs Fumishod. All Orders promptly filled. S, ARNObD, Opposite rarlc-avo. Opera Uuuso. Mechanicville, Directly Raineses had achieved a con quest ho could not rest till he had carved the record of It on every wall space from j - • . r</ t i Memphis up to Abu-Simbel. Moreover, LlVOFll & DOClVClmQ otCLulC ho kept a poet laurcato, ono P entaur, who ^ t7 wrote a glorious poom in praise of Eam- cscs, and this is cut in tho walls of Luxor, on tho Ramasscum at Thebes, at Abydos, and of course a t Abu-Slmbel. It was about the y e a r 1330 B. C. that Ramoses began hls temple at Abu-Simbel. It was a su perb idea, worthy of his great mind, lie simply took a vast hlllsido and hewed hls tem p le -out of the heart of It. Nothing less than a facade 120 feet long ai feet h igh would satisfy tho imporlal tect, and there ho set tho four Imi EUMER E. WOOP, GENERAL TRUCKING. Moving F lanoi and Fnininire a 8peela.ltr> sale and dcliv 12 Broadway. and delivered Rl'~reRsra'*7-v^ We rates. Office aud residence, No. 12 Stoao and sand for si w. J, sTEvea Contractor aud Builder Plans and specifications drawn. 'Estimates fur nished on all kinds of work. Plumbing and steam Cttlaj a specialty. Address, pestofllce box 800, Mechanioirille- and w ith tb<> s:mio voice th.nt years ago in tlio old counti nan get up ho sang O') years ago in tlio o ld co u n try mci-tln house sny, \Xiiw Lonl, lettest thou thy servant depart in i>earo, for m ine oyes have sw-n ihy salvation.” There was a m a n of K eitli vv I jo w as hu r led Into prison In tim e of pt-rM.-i’iition, a n d one day ho got off Ills shackles, a n d ho cam e und stood by tho prison d<«jr, and w hen tbo jailo r w as opening tho door will) oiio s troke ho stru c k dow n th e m a n w h o liad incarcerated him . rnsslng along the stri’cts of Loudon, he oudered whor n o t daro to ask lest ho cxelto suspicion; but, passing along a little way from the prison, ho saw a K e ith tan k a r d , a cup th a t beloiigod tl) lilt' faiiilly from gi'iieratlon to generation— lie saw it in a w indow . H is (aniil.v, lioplii;; that 801110 day bo winild get I'U'ihr, r n u u ' a mt livcU »a us thvy couM tv> tin' prlMin hoUM', nnil U»cy Hct that KMth lanlunl in lho\\imlow» hoping ho winihl h*H' il. lu> rnmo along nivl (law It and kiioi-ked lU the door imd went In, a n d the bniK iihsont fam ily w ere all to- getbi-r again. Oh. if you would Ntarl for tho kingdom of God today, i th in k some ot you w o u ld find nearly all your friends and no.-irly all y o u r fam ilies a ro u n d the holy tankard of the lioly communion—fa- thoiB, mothor.*, brother.*, sisters around th a t Siicfi'd ta n k a r d w h ich cotnim-morates tho love ot .Ies 0 .s C h rist, o u r lAird. Oh, it w ill ho a gre.-it com m u n ion day w h e n your w h o le fam ily sits around tlie sacred ta n k ard. Ono on earth, ono in lioaveu. T h e H eavenly Festival. Once more I remark that when tlie prodigal get* back the inhabitant* of beaTen keep fcstlTal. 1 am very certain -of stri’cts of Loudon, .fa m i ly w as. U n d i d • ■ ;lto suspicio n ; b a itable Nanu-s. A funny t h in g Jiai>pened to nil* onco. A friend hatl prom ised t-o b r in g a dog lo see mo. They cam e w h en I wos 111. I heard th e f a m ily paying: “ D o n ’t lot h im ju m p on th e bwl and frig h ten horl D o n 't lob him go in loo s u d d e n ly!’’ a n d of course I fu lly exptH'letl to see a larg e hound. W hen luy friend outcrotl, I could see n o th in g h u t a s tr in g , and there w as lifte d up on to the bed a black som e thing ab o u t a q u a r te r of a yard lo n g an an eighth o t a yard wide! A n d his nam e w as Lcol I lau g h e d so m u c h over th is t h a t th e doctor th o u g h t I was getting well. How ridiculously peo ple dp nam e dogsl H e re w a s t h is b i t of n beastic oiillcd Luo, and I saw a dirty, miser- nblo poodle th e other day w h o w a s niiincd Sweetie, while a great big hound was su n , vvheu people nro so silly aliout their eiillilren'N iiameH, it is luil mirprlslng t)j»t tljcy Hhtniltl iH' oqTAHUy (]uc(.*r about their iietH, Wliu hiiMi't hoard lliu obu'y of th e batiy wlioMi m o th e r w as very rom a n - tie, and who rejoiced In tho surname of Rose? W hen a dnugliter appeared, th is se n tim e n ta list th o u g h t It w o u ld bo very sw eet to nam e her W ild, and so slio w as know n as W ild Rose u n til her eighteenlli birthday, wlien she m a rr ied a m a n nam e d B u ll. Situ a tio n ! — E x change. Frofesslonat Jealousy. ‘‘I t is queer you should pre.sage disas te r , ” rem a r k e d J . Caesar. \T h e other a u g u r to ld m e t h a t 1 had a Buro th in g . ” “ C a ll him a n au g u r? H im ? W hy, he Isn’t even a r e s p e apolifi J o u r n a l. 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