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' K0T?.-The following article '<?? t>6ea widely published and i? one of the uio.it reuia rkahlo 111 u?t r* t lon? of the value of careful iDiushalllng ami analysis of facta In preseullug a (sub ject to the public. L^VELERS. ITli* UImIou ?r WhUUr, loUim ana CotTti*. The Cientor Iliads all thing*, wo be IJeve. ir so, He must have made 1he*e. Wb know what lie made food an<1 Winer for, ami air and sunshine, hut j Why Whisky, Toiuieco ami Coffee? They are lit re*' sine enough and each I performing lis work. There must In* some great plait be- | hind it nil; the thoughtful ?nan seeks ' to umlt'i'MiiiKl something of tliar ptnn and thereby to judge thene articles for j their true worth. Let uii not say "bad" or "good" with* j out taking testimony. There ate times and conditions when It certainly seems to the casual obsei v? ! or that those stimulant narcotics are | real blessings. Itlght there is the ambush that con- i ceuls a "killing" enemy. ?><)nc can slij) Into tht habit of either whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough, btit to "untangle" in often a fcai'ful J afruggle. It seems fdaln that there are cireum stanecs w lu-u the narcotic effect < f these poisons is for the moment bene- j thin I, but the fearful argument against t Ji oiu Is that seldom ever does one find ii steady user of either whisky, cof fee or tobacco free from disease of Some kind. ('ertalnlj powerful elements In their I effct un the human rare. It is a matter of dally history testl- j fled to by literally millions of people, ! that Whisky, Tobacco and (,'offee are promising, brgtsSJlHs ; on tin? start, but always fwlme a* hell Itself in I he end. < in. e 1 1 ley tirui Jiohi enough to show their strength, : they insist upon governing and drive j the victim steadily towards III health In some form; If permitted to continue to rult , t hey will not let up until phy- i Blcal and mental ruin sets in. A man under that spell (and "under i llir spell" is eorreclt, of any one of these drugs, frequently assures him- ) aelf and his friends, "Why, I can leav? off any time I want to. I did quit for i II week Jllsi lo show I could." it is A j ?tire mark of the slave when one k,>,s to that sIiikc. lie wiggled through a | week lighting every day to break the j spell, was linally whipped, and began ' Jii.s slavery ail over attain. | Thf slave d 'offer slave as well as , Toba.co and Whisky) dally renews his , condition, se.^i perfectly plain the , steady cncroachuients of disease, how j the nerves t;e( weaker day by day ami : demand the drug that seems to smile ? and offer relief for a few minute* and I then I ?'? v e the diseased condition plainer t#i view than ever and grow- j lug worse. Many times the (,'offee slave reiillr.es that he is between two i lircs. lie feels had if he leaves oft, i ami a little worse if he drinks and al- j lows the effect to wear off. So it goes on i rout day io day. Kvery night ili.' r* l r 1 1 ;{ >; U 1 1 wr victim promises > himself tli:it ho will break tin1 lml>it j iukI next day when he fools n little ; lmd las lie is (( til t o sure to), breaks, : not tin* habit, I 'll Ills own resolution. | It Is nearly always a lough t\ k li t . with disaster ahead sure if "die habit wins. ; 'I'herc have been hundreds of thou sands of people driven to their graves through disease brought on by coflfee drinklUK alyne, and It Is quite certain j that more human mlsciy In caused hy J coffee and tobacco than hy whisky, for | the two Hist arc more widely used, j mid mopfc hidden and Insidious in the I effect on nerves, heart and other vital organ*, and are thus unsuspected un til much of the dangerous wor k is done. ^ Now, Header, what Is your opinion ns to the real use the Creator lias fbr these things? Take a look at the <piei? tlou from this point of view. There is a law of Nature and of Na ture's (?od that things slowly evolve , from lower planes to higher, a sturdy, steady and dignified advance toward more perfect things In both tlie Phy sical and Spiritual world. The pon derous tread of evolutionary develop ment is Used by the Intlnlte and will not he quickened out of natural law by any of man's methods. Therefore we see many (lustrations showing how nature checks too rapid advance. Illinois raises phenomenal crops of corn for two or three years. If she continued to do ho every yeiu her farmers would advance in wealth far beyond those of other sections <<r countries. So?Nature interposes a bar every three or four years and brings on :i had \ 'Mr." llcre we see the leveling Influence at w urk. A mail is prosperous iu his business for a number of > ears and grows rich. Then Nature sets the "leveling Influ- ! encc" at work on him. Some of his Investments lose, he becomes luxuri ous and lazy. Perhaps It Is whisky, to bacco, cofl'eo, women gambling, or some other fov:n. The inteut and pur pose is to level him. Keep hltn from evolving too far ahead of the masses. A nation becomes prosperous and great like ancient Home. If no leveling Influence set iu she would dominate the world perhaps f?>r nil time. Hut Dame Nature sets her army of "level ers" at work. T.iuurv, over eating and drinking, licentiousness, waste and ox travngance, indulgences of all kinds, then comes the wreck. Sure, Sure, Sure. 'l 'lie law of the unit is the ia"w of he mass. Man goes through the same process. Weakness tin childhood i, gradual growth of strength, energy, thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth, comfort, ease, relaxation fcelMudul gcWe, luxury, idleness* waste, de bauchery,, disease, and the wreck fol j? lows. Tho "levelers" ate in the bushes along the pathway of evejy successful man and woman and they Vag the ma jority. Only now and then can a man stand out against these "lerelers" and hold ? LI* fortune, fame and health to the end. jJSo the Creator has use for Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee to level down the successful ones and those who show signs. of being successful, and keep theu) back in the race, so that the great ?field" (the masses) may not be left Iaa for litthlnri - 'W ? MsSS iNV? - ? r r AnQ yet we paust admit that mob* all" v . . , / * wise Creator fins placed It In the pow er of tuan to HtMiid upright, clothed in the armor of ? clean cut, Bteadjr mind ? u?l toy unto liiinHflf, "I decline to ex change my birtLn iglit fur u mew of potago. ?I will not deaden my senses, weak en my k? ip ok (i fTn irn and keep myself cheap, common find behind In fortune Hint fumu by drugging wlDi Wbiuky, tobacco or coffee; life Is too bhort. It Is hard enough to win the good things, without any HOi t of 'handicap, no ft hum In I'iM'tuiuty a 'fool ? ratler' when ho trade* slreiigt h, health, money, nnd the "ood things that come with power, for the hitif'.'tfch>*t> condition of the 'drug l?i?r' with the cer(.:inty <n si' kness and <Msen.se ahead.' It Is a matlei each Individual must deride for h i 1 1 : s ? - 1 f. lie ran lift ft lead er an<l semi g'xi it' In will of he can g< > along ((.rough hfe a drugged clown, U elieap ' newer of Wood or CUl'l'ICT of water.'' t'erta'u lit Is that w hile the (Jront la I her of U> all does l;<>: KeCin t<> "niind" if Mime nf His children ore fo<di*-h and stupid. II. m cms lo KOleck others (perhaps thou4 II*- intends for j koiix.* spci i;.l woiki and a I lows Ihem to be threshed and castigated most fi>AP fully l>y I Inf-.e "lev tiers." If n man tries ilirtlng with these lev I'lers it while, ai d nets a few tdlipg n# a hint, he Int'I better take the hint or a n<iod solid hlow \\ i 1 1 follow. When a man t v 1 < ? to live upright, clean, thrifty, sober, r.nd uiulrugged, manifesting as m ar a s lie known what the Creator intends he should, happi ness, health ami p. are seem to come to liiiu. I ?oe>; it p iy V This article wax written to Pet pert pi - thinking, to roltso the ''<Jud with in," for e vei fv highly organized man and woman has t , 1 1: ? s when they feel n comet hi ng calling front within fof them to pre** <> the front and "be about !h> I''aMi<;'s business;'' don't mistake ii; the -park of the Infinite H t her,* ami It pays in every way, health, happinev. pegre, and even w orldly pio<jr : ii \ , to break off Iho li.\bits and str.p ? ! ? . . : ? I n' the work rilf out for us. It haw I e.'"U t lie iiit- c.e-s if the writ-# er io provide a pra< tieal and easy wn y for people tn break away from the i offee habit and be assured of a return t i health at:d el! of the good things that brings, p:0\ideil the abuse ha. 4 nut yjoi.e too I at", and evi'ii then tho whe(e body lias been rebuilt < tt a b i ? -? i ? ??( - 1 1't'i.y! It and health run I. to the 1 lc II -a lid.-'. It i - .in e.i\\ ami eoniforlable step (<> step < iiTee li.-tuntiy by having well p.ade I'ostt'.'n 1 ' 'Od '"offee served rich .??.ml iioi wilt ^ iod i leant, for the col or a 1 * d lla-.or ;* there, but mote of tha en ff e! ne i t other i;? ? ve destroying cl* e 1 1 1 e ii t v of ordinary eoffe". , . i,.. j|,,. powerful lelmildinu i T i r. t ' t s furnished by Nn tut'.' arc in !'..-ntiii and they (juickly set ;,l., til repait.iig the <l?in::igt!. Sel dom i; ii m"ce t ! i a :i two days after I h e \ilitli>:> i ?- In.'lile before the ohl ston n It or I ftwcl tr.Mihies or com plain's of t.idm-ys heart, head or iter1. ?' s .-It "V. \! !i i n Ua III.' evidence Of geltiiii: better ..lei tell days' time cha nge > 1 1 1 i i ? j- s w main fully. laterally loiiihms of brain working A iner 'i< a n> t">la,V U-, I'oSttllll, having found thi> \alue and common sense in tho change, c. w . ro?T. I lie PEIUTC r WOMAN. A Japanese F-'o'U Ta!? That Gives th? Naliva Ideal. In rv.rvist magazine Madame (.'alia J. Harrison relates the following Japanese folk tale as illustrating the ua'ive ideal cf perfect womanhood: Kcsa fllh'il tho eighteen require ments of a beautiful woman. More over, !tho was. peerless In character as well. Ueforr^'hir ami her lover husband. Wataru, lit? seemingly had stretched a li;ug, hippy road. Uttfor Innately, they f?*ll |n debt to Moflto, a neighboring samurai, whow ovll ?vo f-.Ml upon K' va,\ ami he coveted h?r w'th nt! li i .-j soiH. lip' wished 'Kena f r his wife, but while Wataru lived this could not be with honor. But an enemy's life was but a small hindrance <>ne stroke <>f the koen samurai sword and Kesa could be free. So. Moriio ivas*. lied and press ed this pian upon Kesa'n old mother, who In turn pleaded with h? r daugh* t r, till Kesa found ht rself between Iwo fires, filial versus conjugal love and duty. At la-'., after bitter weeping, ?ha consent-d and pi.r.-s were In id . On a certain night W'alatu would return from a Journey and after liis bath would !lrt down on his u.vn pallet anu tig the v !e ping ov.es in tho fam ily hall. Morito could easily find him, for his h a r would be wet 'rum the bath. On ?h? r.ppo'.nted night Morito ' crept through the hull. lit urn./ by tho j andonV. dim I n .t. He found Watu- j ru's pla*e; hi* hair was wet and his ; face mi: (Med In the c< vering. Hastily he spread down a napkin by the pil low, th*n with eho (?harp, w i f t stroke of Ills sword bovcpm] the sleeper's head, (la: io rlng M up in the tlflpkitt, ho fled. There was no pursuit, and ; when ho had gained hir. own reora Id safety he sa: down to gloat over hia prize. A* h?> turned tho head to got a gtod view the sijht ::ozc him with I horror, for i: ?-.n the sweet, piteous j face of Kcsa. She had v nt lur hus band from harm, cut < ff her hair and | prepare*! it to in?itn!<? hi; and meekly J lay down to die t'.mt she might be I i true to both ties ? -dying, she fulfilled I 1 her duties a^ a (I'.ial daughter, and a faithful wife. in thfJTo stern ai.d cruel tines, many women had don? excellently, but Kcva outshone thecu i all. | A dude prca:b?r generally proJueef dead sermons. So. 44. A BOSTON "CLUBMAN." Arthur ? How did you er.joy your self at Harry's? > Tlieodoro ? Splend:ily! Harry's mult n fln<> eon v<Tsailonfcilst, don't you know lie n?*vrr one* through tho wholo evening indu'ged In friv olities for an Instant? such things aa the industrial question, tho law of supply and demaud. and things of tbat kind ? but confined himself wholly to such improving topics as styles In fcosUry, t*.ie manner of wearing noek tics and OttMMiiHI ?X ? 8M toa Transcript A SEBMON FOR SUNDAY AN ELOQUENT D SCOURSE ENTITLED* "CUORIf YINO THE KAThER.'1 hy th* ?.V. !>,. h, Mc. trod, of Brooklyn, H , ? v.~ We (?> ftluke <i?a 1U*J, %V? C4? M?k? (g? iioipe) HtibUu)0? liuofKLrX, U. V.? -Upon hi? return to bU i>ul|>i t from his vacation, the Kc-v l>r Ihomaa t. M,Uodl I/Mtor of the Clinton A venue Congregational Church, prvsehJH ?it <'l<M|u?nt Merman #ur.d.?y morning on ' OI01 ifving I he Father." The tSt LvVri )?"V Xk;8: "Herein ?3 My Father 'g.orthed that ye Lear much fruit ?aid-'* >e Aly " 1)r ? McLeotj Mow vital, dear friends, or? $11 New /'omrVi*"r ^r^hbtion' ljf ? ehjponl . 1 v I?*tttme??t with the eth ^teaching , or religious teaching of J i other book? m thi? respect, and you are smip.y astonished. There is nothing me ilianieaj in them, nothing formal, nothing n*t.t.i tonal -every process i? * proctsa ol I "<llUw ,'(>r OMii, or for men to fuller f?!l 2 ,Uve Al,rillia'? H.eir j itnCT. Religion 10 not a matter ot who ? tii. in 4 Aneeatorft it is 11 tnAttei' of what .i mart Inmkeir it.. Jesun has given u* !v ,'i *7 *e',te,,0? 1,18 entimute of the ? .?' ? of 1 c' ,tlaim that i? bated on de ?(rc'"t> heredity, on nocial prestige, when H? *Hy* that God could rais? up, or make children, unto Abraham out of the very r 1 ro.ad?i^' concern that ,!f ,Lk^. ' w,|*'ll't eonie* to the matter pL,? JCT'i" tVheli,<>t' ? u,ari id & living tl n,'^' *l?e hed*c/ though fhp A??j? ?C ? n^'er* ?r T9K*> 1,1 W,)ith the stake occurs, jtoe* not make the stake a living tuing. The ljne of (ieilcent in winch a man _ stands, nor the social posi tion he occupies, nor the church of which he is an attendant, or a member, is noth* ?g. 1 he man may after nli be nothing better tlian a dead stake in a lteilg^j mr, hii? W a $** h,an? a <in? man ?ocialiy , hfligioualft politically? one of the best of men as men went? came to Jesus to mak6 inquiry on the subject of religion. He was Reverent and devout and respect ful And courteous and Cultural And learned a Under injl loLcht* of i|,(? people, a lec turer 011 ethics, but when it came to reli? f?ion, <Je*!UH Haid to that man. "Y<? must b<t Horn again.- i iie vitality 01 the represen tation we find in the New Testament reli ;,on is it* life; "( have come that ye might abundant! ,c """''t have it more And so of l.^st*. Nnt simply of the ren resentatiOns nr description* of religion, but ftU of t fie tests, the Vew Testament testa t4 tHigion. llow nrc wc lo kndw thAt tve f10 ,lv"l* W>ri?tian?t Tl0\v Aro wo to tor .1 V' ?r8 '"'c Christiana? U hy, the New lestainent puahes uh up to the point of urgent belief, and insisU 011 it, that the tent in fruit, not leaves, not lowers but fruit, and that fruitfulness is the only essential thing that shall triumph under the test . .Jesus may endure barren* ness outside ot the chuieh, but lie cannot enditrc it inside nt the ?.'!turch A bramble in t.t?? woods ift bearable, hut A bramble in toe Orolia id. that ifc intolerable. ''Rv their fruits ye ehall know tlieni. Men do not ptthor figs of thistles or grapes of thorns." J he iuhii ot (Jod is perfect, iiuitful until ft. I v. ood works. 1 II uy little Ktrcus .Temis lavs upon those tests that arc so universally adopted and applied, and admitted to be sufficiently ad equate; attendance upon religious ordin ances, siihicription to creed and statement, 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 1 ?> observance of ritesand ceremonies: He makes nothing of all that, and H? come!, jo u?; fti^nd?, )us,t as lie cume to the li unless, leafy fig tree bv the wayside, searching for fruit, not for leaves, not for i.ossoiiiK, not tor florescence, not for es l/iftic ilelight 111 sacred music, not for fond ling of the literary side of religion, not for a l> ''en appetite for well <ligestrd and pre. ?en ted truth, but for fruit- fruit, and He comes up cloaci lo us, friends, than any ?v , s'- ????? ?onie than our dearest mid r.( a rent can come for, iltter nil. these ran ftoe only nutside ttbpearances. lie sees real ities. I hey kee things that i??sh for good works in us, born, it may be, of wicked ambition or ol self-conceit, ife sees riaht jlovvn into the centre of the soul, and He is l"olcing for fruit. What shall lie find in bra..* hef ''"e '"ru't ol' leaves, or just bare 'I lie test is fruitfulness. Now that ought to he an easy test to apply, and it surely, friends, is a site (est to apply? ipr j-ou antf me to app.y to our own selves. Iliit then * >,?e one may say, "Well, what constitutes fruitfulness? I am ready now to lay bare my soul before (Jod; 1 am rcadv now to go ?town on my tan- before tiod atid apply the test; I am ready now for heart-searching sn.I to measure myself by this standard, , want to know what constitutes fruitluincss. "What are the fruits that Jesus expects and that 1 am to look for and by which 1 am to measure myself?" W by. the J)ib> is simply full of that. It has net the whole thing so plain, and so fully, and so variously that a wayfaring n an though a fool need not mistake as to what fruit fulness in the Christian life is. an yiv, I)leA8C(J are the poor in spirit." ,om? "ow; >ve arp examining ourselves about the fruits. "Blessed aro the poor in Mont; liles*f?d arc the meek; blcsxcd are the merciful (the good hearted); blessed are the pure in heart; blessed are the peacemakers; blessed are they who have not simply a relish now and then, but a hunger and a thirst after righteousness? ncht.ness. These are the fruits that the < hint inn man is expected to crow in his character. Au apostle pays, the fruits, or the fruit ol the spirit, is love, joy, long suffering, I'atience, meekness, faith, temperance. The truit that the Christian i.s to develop, that will be developed, that Jesus will expect if there he lite? love ? t he heart of all poor ness - love to (Jod and love to man. ' \V'k? jovcth not his brother whom he hatli seen, how shn.I Ijie love (.Jod ? how can lie love Whom ne hath not seen?" Fruit i lo\e rV,oy- , .?v fellowship with Ood; iov i:i fellowship with believers; joy in service and ministry. I.ovc? joy ? peace. Content nit nt of mind under a.l circumstances; the harmony of conviet'on, of thought and af lection. Lon^ suffering ? patient endur ance not only in affliction, but patient en durance of wrong and provocation; and jneeknf?s and temperance and a'l tue rest. hat does fruit fulneis mean? It means simply the development or sli* li t??n t of character that will approve itself to Cod. But this growth of character <!ocs not ex hnust the expectation of Christ co'icerning us. It does not exhsust the fruit which the ( hriatian has to bear. There is other ?Vi 0i1' '""V' passage af?iin and von will see IhaMhe IciVir r\l It ha? to do with fenowsliio? fellowshi.i with .testis, fellow jhip in Ilis. purpose to redeem this world iHjin bin. .Tesns is no f (hir.kinff altogether oi the cood 11 i.s disciples are to get through fellowship with Ilim, but He is think i ig also of the pood which I lis disciples arc to tin 1 11 rough fclh>w?hin with linn. Not alto gether of what His discirlcs are t^ receive, J|"t what TI-is d sciples r.re to achieve. '' except the branch abide in the vire it brinccth forth no fruU. If yc abide i i M> an I My words abide i.i you, ye ? hall bring forth much fruit. OK friend-, we limit t'ne rinf of the v, nt i.*>? iu;i li.e. nntl orr hearts nn?l Minds are so set upon getting, get tine, gctring ? enjo> ing. enjoying, enjoying? tnat we are j.eat to tho wordj of Christ concerning do ing. doing, doing. Apart fron the vine the branch can bear tp* fruit: apait from the branch the vine Oan.iot bear fruit. And here, friends, wc come up to ?omething that outfht to bring you and me very lowly letore (>od. Lowly, not so much with the tense of mortification and penitence; but with a kind of exultant joy. It befiu u i to cc*v;eaa a our dependenca upoa Cluiat, but hti$ *? hive Cktut it/ifmjog ttuJU pendejiee o m us. Marvelous thin*! The branch oennot bear of Iteelf txvtpt it abide in the vine," anil the viae cannot b?*r iraU iHtfcoat tha bHtocHtf: Thl Apostle raul put* that thought in another form wht?n be says: "Ye are the body of Christ, and members? each severally ? members of that body." Apart from tha body the member* parish. There ia no power in the hand, no yUion in the eye, nd.poWr in tha Mr id hwtr th* vmc? cf God apart f rom the body, We are the body of Christ i mm are the organization through which Christ works; w? are the organization by which Christ builds up Hi* kingdom on tlui earth. W? art tha panda w Christ. Chri#t wants. Christ desires to feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, and visit the sick, and budd homes for the homeless, and open prison door# for t hose in captivity, nut supposing the hands of the I?ord he par alyzed, how cm> He do these things? We are the voief .of Christ. Christ wants t>> publish abroad to tlie end of the earth the message of God's love and the way of no vation, but if the voice be silent, now can He do it? We talk about the meicv of God having no limitation. We talk about the bound less pity of God. and we do well, but the pity of Oot\ and the mercy of God have their limitation*'. Not according to the dis torted Calvinism which Out father* believ ed, God's mercy is infinite; God's pity is boundless: His love extend* to all men? that we believe; in that declaration wc glory; we count it the very flower and cor onation of our relijfion. And yet God's mercy is limited. His compassion is bound ed, His pity is shortened by us~by us. Ac cording aa we are willing or unwilling is the limJtlWMtiV1 ')t thc,tyv<? of God, Let us tage a homely illustration. Here is a friend?a man whom you have always known, a classmate it may be in school, an associate in business? and he has fallen upon evil times and everything that be spent his life in accumulating ia gone. You are rich, you are perfectly able to put that man on his feet again: to give hint a sec ond chance and another start; you are GodV elected tninister , tor thai purpose. But yod don't do it. God is kindly dirf; posed io that man; God would help that man, and He has put you in a position to help him. You are His hands; you are God's ministering agency, but you limit God'* goodness, don't you? God is very pitiful, very pitiful. Ricl\ men can feed poor men, but they don't do it. No manna falls from heaven to feed t }?o"c poor JhvJii Yho" starve. Ood is wondrously pitiful, amf there are strong people who are perfectly able to help and comfort weak and sickly people, but these sickly people (lie for lack of help. Noniin* isterirtg angel comes down to cool their f?? ver and heal them, tlon't ydu see that we, God 'a hand, God's voice,, the branches an<\ twiga of the vine, limit the lruitfulncs^ of the vine, limit the power of the Almighty: "Herein is My leather glorified, that yo bear much fruit, so shall ye be My disci ples." Friends, J^ha thought ia appalling; it oppresses me? vlThen I look at that from one side 1 ain terrified to think that the thing that God wanted done yesterday is not done through my neglect. And yet. there ia encouragement here for ii? all. Apart tronl the Vimi the brdnclt withers; it can do nothing. Abiding in th# vine, the branch bringeth forth much fnlit; and we mav abide and we may glorify our Father. Glorify . Ilun. t Make Him shine with radiartce and neatity in the.feyert of man. Make God manifest. Wc can make God real; we can make the gospel sublime in the eyes of those who arc living without it. We can so tell the story; we can so live our religion; we can so manifest the gracp of God in our lives; we can so let our light shine that others? our neighbors and. friend^, ,<Jur. ehildroii .and relatives? snail glorify our Father in heaven. Cod Only Is Perffii. Perfection, in every absolute sense, can not be found among men ? it abides only with God. Man, at his best, is not free. An heir of immortality, he is imprisoned into time. Candidate for sainthood, he has a heritage of sin and corruption from the generations of the past. Called to do all thing* through God strengthening hint? he finds that the Spirit irt Willing but the flesh is weak. Countless perils, minafce th<1 voyage of the perfectionist. Presumptuous sins often have dominion over him, when he thinks it is not robbery to he equal with God and share with the absolute the attributes of divinity. Spiritual pride lends him to moral ruin when he is per suaded to forget the hour of prayer be cause of his conceit that with him eve rv breath is ft prayer. The Man of Nazareth was so far from tlild vanity that Hfi spent whole nights in communion ivitli God oii the mountains and in solitary plaecs apart from His companions. The perfectionist, again, is deceived when he materializes the things of God, by asserting for the saints below an earth'.y empire over disease and death and by claiming a part in the politi cal rile of the quick-coming Christ in a uiillenial reign at Jerusalem. Increasing God's Opportunities. ?ome o:ie has said that "each human life is another opportunity for Ood to display His grace and power." So ifcjis, aid the thought will grow upon you as you medi tate upon it. Just think, "I am God's op portunity!" Isn't it wonderful? Isn't jt glorious? When we look at others whom God has richly bleared and honored in ser vice we can sec how it is. but do we ever think of ourselves as God's opportunity? ^ Every one that responds to God's call, "Come!" gives God a larger place in the world. Every one who obeys Cod's command, "Go!" assists God in gaining a larger place in the hearts of men. Every regenerated heart and life is a new garden in which God plants l'is seeds of love and grace, a fountain out of which flow constant strcans f{ healing power. Take it home, dear youn.j friend, and. pay to yourself, "I on God's opportunity." lie that an 1 your life will become unutter ably grand and your experience unspeak ably sweet. ? A. W. Spooncr, D. D. Oi.o Tiling Wc Can I>o, Each o.ie in tiny given place has a re sponsible share in every other's good work in that place. In some things we do our part wit i our hands; in other matters we do our part with our hearts. What the Apostle John taid about evil deeds is as true of good deeds: "He that givcth him greeting partaketh i.i his ? ? ? works." I'y our well wishing we become partakers in what others do. John said the sam? thing in the next Epistle: "Wc * ? ? ought ta welcome such, that we nay be fellow workeffl." What we speed on its vfay, and what we we 1 cone our hearts when we hear of it? in a. I this we have a share How wide reach.jig, then, are the opportu nitica of even the most seclqdefl! Ho\ great is the work in which even the leas, van be engaged! As we hail any ^ood in coming, or speed any ?ood outgoing. w? enter into the prophet ? work, and sha !*ce?va a prophet's reward. i<et us tak? heart and do our share. Kver Onward nn<l Upward. We arc commanded to l>e perfect, to love God continually, to rejoice evermon aid in everything to give thanks. An. reason is in accord with revelation in en joi ling this duty. Man's pathway is eve, onward and upward. larger and seeming ly infinite possibilities of future achieve ment invite him to press on with unweary ing footstep. IboH on Trial. _r these masterpieces?" asked a tour i?t in a Florentine gallery, adding, ' I musi admit that I do not sec much in them my self." "These picture*, sir,'* wag the ao ?.wer, "are ?ot on trial; it is the visitor* who d?c on trial.'* It ia the critics who ar. on tiialf jaot the Scripture*.? New York Qbssrver. The Ivors' of the Irish AntT-Emlfra tlon Society, an organization formed last year, do not appear to have been attended with rnurh success. The emi gration from the south and west of Ireland, from which the outflow chiefly takes place, has shown no sign of dl- | mlnlahiog. In 1900 tho emigration through the port>)f Cork to the United States amounted to 27,105; In 1901, 22, 450; in J903.-33.440. and 1908. >4.413. F?r the eight month of the present year the llgniei ?re 18,6(9, wkVe for-ife* ?*t reepondiqf eight ^nonthn of iMt year the rlttinf 17(TW. Cattoibaiisaf ?s>Y>e&rs to be bnknow amon* the lower animals in a state < nature. In India some instances c i.nakoa devouring one another ha\ been collected, but It haa l?een pointf out that in every case citcd the snak< vf re of different apeclee. This, it declared, it no more an act of can nib lam than the devouring of a field asov. by a rat. Unqoeetloaable ra*alballf ?aa noted some years ago U a L<ond roenaserie, when a python at* aaotl of 1U own kind, but this .was vnder t unnatural conditions Irapnaed lijr life ?*. ifWlll^. Th# Woman AcroM 5ea, O. her Up* ?*>r* red and her akin wai This woman acroaa the ten. And ahe loved a roan, aye, ahe loved a man, tr Am only a true Meatlia cans' But the frown of fate wee on her plan, Thla woman acroas the aea. b. the aayi Were ion# that he called her aweet. Thla woman acroaa the aea; And ahe loved the duet at hie very feet, ? Thla woman across the sea; For hi* gktn v.aa fair and hta eyes were frap, And lie laughed In hli careieaa, -foldlc# way. And told her tales, on soldiers may, Thla woman acroa4 the eea. t No prleat came there to bless frer Jove, Thla woman across the sea; Hhe thought him true as the star* above, Thl.1 woman, ,n$r/)ii' the aea; But he went away alio fHi# waited long, And crooned to hi? child a mothof-J?n*; Ana worked and tolled und thought no wrong. This woman acre?sa the aea; O, the roan she loved forgot her name, This woman aeroae the aea; Forgot her face, forgot her shame, Thla woman across the aea; For h*? routed with one of his fair-faced kind-- .... .... lie's hound to her wKli tleo that bind - So he laughs at the one that he left be hind, This woman across the sea. ? Kobert V. Oarr, tn 8t. Paul Dispatch FITB narman*ntly cured, No flta or nervous* Dees after Drat day's uaa of Dr. Kline's Great KerrnKftatoror.Vjtrial bottleaud treatise f rea I )t. R. H. KhtixM:; Ml A^ Bt.o PWIa,, Pa, In Pari* last year C628 persons tvori cremated. Piao'aCure for Consumption la-\n Infallible medicine for oou/ns and colds.? N. W, Hamuki., Ocain <>rov\ N. J., Koo. 17, 100J, The earliest money was in the form of animal'it skins. ' ' - ? - ? ?-?" ? ? - -iiii Qlrls In Successful Whalfc Hunt; A great whale huut in Nestling Bay, Shetland islands, came to an end the other morning, after having lasted twenty-fo??r hours. The whales, wh'.ch numbered about sixty iinfl tvere from leu to t weuty-S v? feet In length, cii tered the bay. Next day a number of boats went out, their crews armed with guns and other weapons. Thero was a scarcity of hands, owing to most of the men being away at th? fishing, but girls volunteered in lar*e numbers, aiid trbin Melt" boats kept the whales from escaping by thrtfwlo^ stones. Forty whales were In turn driven near Bhoro and either shot or harpooned. Hock*. The mnn of substance was proud to bo mentioned hi connection with so high nn office, but he would licit brt ft ca lulMatP. '?This rock," lie exclaimed, pointing lo a great gionite bowlder, "shall fly from Its tir tn base ns soon lid mine " \ Here the committee of notification withdrew, perceiving that their mis sion was hopeless.? Puck. Fsirar 6 df Oint'inots For CV.*rr'j Tilit * ('drttrild rdtSrcjLify, r.s mercury will surely doitrdy fc'dd sealed! smell ;?ud completely derange tlio wliole sys tem w;?oa ?nterin.j it through the mucou i surfaced. Such articles should never bo uss I exoept 0:1 proscription fro:n reputable pay ticiaus, as fie dam ago tuey will do is tea fold to the good yo.i 0:1:1 possibly derive from them. Ilall'-j C;U?rr i Curo, manufaoture I by F J Cheney <fc Co., Toledo, O., contain? no meroury, and |? takon Internally, ootlu ; dlrootly upon tno blood and muuoussurfaoet of thosyste:n? In buying Hall's Catarrh Cur > be sure you get t>lie xoiiuiuoj It is taken in* tern illy, aiii made i;i Toledo, Gala, by r". J Chonoy ic Co. Testimonials free. Kohl by Druggists; price, 75>?. por bottle. 'lake Hall's Family I'lils for constipation. I,abt>r-9nvin|j Hand Orjjani. Labor-saving devices have got to the hand organs at last, snys the New York Sun. In one of the iales.t, in stead of the organ man turning the crank, he presses a button. Tbo music plays on till he releases his linger The music Is sweeter than that of other or gans and it can be beard blocks away. ' FIBROID TUMORS CURED. 1| Mrs. Hayes* First Letter Appeal ing: to Mrs. Pinkbam for Help: " Deak Mm. Pinkiiam : ? I have been under Boston doctors' treatment for a long time without any relief. They ' tell me 1 have a fibroid tumor. I can not sit down without great pain, and the soreness extends up my spine. I have bearing-<U*wn paina both back and front. My abdomen Is swollen, and I have had A >wing spells for three years. My appetite is not good. Ican not walk or bo on my feet for any length of time. "The cymptoos of Fibroid Tumor | (jlren in your l.ttlc book accurately 1 lescribe my ease, so 1 write to you for i advice. " ? (Signef) Mns. E. F. IIayes, .J53 Dudley St. (Embury), Boston, Mass. Mrs. Hayes* Secomd Letter: ?* D*ar Mrs. Pinkh am : ? Sometime sgo I wrote to you describing mr symp toms and asked vosr advice. You re plied, and I followed all your direc tions carefully, and to-day I am a well woman. "The use of L.ydljt E. Pinkham*a Vegetable Compound entirely ex pelled the tumor and strengthened my whole system. 1 ean walk utiles now. "Lydia K. Plnkham's Vege table Compound la worth- five dol lars a drop. I advise all women who are afflicted with tumors or female trouble of any kind to giveltafatthfnl trial." ? (Signed) Mes. % F. Hatm, *52 Dudley 8t. (RoxburV). Boston, Masa. ? #5000 forfait If cf mSo*& Utter* jrm toff cmnmyt W pro4ttt$4 ) On tht TrtK Uu*SSrti: f jFtshBwtJ iVqhuhuhd Psss&g&z. ??=?&= ?M fcr ? our M *iffct IT wt (M t* M, m4 I wl ?? tut I km gettw wn cooUbft wrt of JTMT iHckM tWw a*r MtNT jMHttdtthulwiwir A. J. TOWER CO. t wtmm, TOW** CANADIAN CO^ LWM ? NNM^UUM fit A VOIOC PAoMJHB P?ULPiT. Her. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 57 SixtA Fond Du f.ao, Wis , Vrenly 1 **rlar? rl^rgjrman, My?: "I had ?t? t?ck< of kldnr) disor ders which wep! uxt In (he ijoiiFf for days at a time. nimble to do any thing. t 1 suftfft-d hardly bo told. Complication* B(rt Ui, the panloulai * of which 1 v. Ill he pleased to nivc in a persona! interview to any <>m> who r??<ju)r s Iffonnn- i tlon. 'i'lt's I can con- J scfeniion.sly say, Doan'* j Kidney IMIIh caused n | jieneral Improvement lii my health. 'J'hey j brought grei;( relief i?y leiwniw},' tl:o j pain iind correcting i !>?.? ?*<l i??n of the 1 kidney secretion*." Doait's Kidney :ue for s;ilc l?y nil dealers. IViee/ f>0 cot. is. l*'ostor Milburn Co., lfurral , N. V. ^UF.E? "What did Noah live 6rt who?i ? J? o Hood subsided and hia provisions lt? tno ark wore exhausted ?" asked '43 Hunday school teacher of her class. I "I know," squeaked a little girl af ter the others had given up. ' WH), what?" In.(|i]lred (he teacher. "L>ry iarid;' - November ldppincott's Pride makes tho cross ri cf-nshlng weight. . 8 .. 4 i. PEKSONAUfY CONOVCttW TOVR TO THE -:j^ WORLD'S FAIR, flo tJember 10 , t90 f r : Simm AIR LINE RAILWAY ' ? MP The SoaboAid Air Lino Ry, i noun <?( ? fh#ir la?t personally condi ??(! c- ii u tho '.Vorid'a Fair on Tht* iIh.v. Not ember it/th, leaving Hal* at I p. in.. Wilmington at 3.10 p. C'hiUloUO ?t 7.2f> p. m. CouuwtfQO will ho mailo from all other points (ft i lie State. Through borvlce will bt arranged from ~.yi33m Wilmir^ton, Charlotte and Ralfldh* 'i'/ilb/Tf ihu )ai-t Mpoolal (rain of th$> ti. ns off to tho World's Fair, and ?p+> chil low rates will apply from point* oii the Seaboard and its connot* tl< 118. Thio paitv will bo in charge of frf, icpresontatjvo of the Seaboard, whor' will look after ib*> comfort and pl6M? tiro of ih<; party and arrange tor tbatp v to goi located at hotolH, or boAHMftfets hcusoa, whore tho party may tfeair# to slop in St. Louis. 'J'lie routo ?e* le;t?'d is one of tho prettiest in tlW> South, i. e., via Atlanta, Chattanoog%! Nashville and Cairo, III. For < ircwlrtrs and p ample t.s, apply to C. H. GATTI8, T. P. A. RALEIGH, N. C. *||| BEST FOR THE BOWELS CAMOT CATHARTIC lUAf Wdtjd, regularly yoti ife i{eM> Conitlpailon kill! more people than *11 other dlscaees tc-fetner. ??., ???rtii enronJe ailment^ *hrt font years of differing. No mutter what olla you, eta/MaWn* CA8CARET8 today, for you will r>e*tr get well tr.d itav well until you get your wm I# "fnt, Take our adrlce, etart with Cascarete today under absolute guarantee to cvtC ft money refunded. Th<s genuine tablet stamped C C C. Never gold In bulk. Sample ??* booklet free. Addreaa Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or Now York. 5?? liONARClI STUMf PULT.EK. Will pull ivfoot Htump without u?lp. Guaranteed to at&nd a strain of?0.000lle. CntaloniA hit* dlu ?oljnt* addre*? MONARCH dKUlJUKH CO., Lone Tree, In. la lira*. 8ol<l by dninliu. /- ^ AND M LL^TONEf j WORN If in n(?d of Corn Mill or Mill* 'i Eg Mil I C *tunc* y?u will find H I j you*' ? tt nlLLo interest lo correspond with" % y CAROLINA MILLSTONE CO.* a ? - ? of Cameron, N. C. M?nuf*c^ 1 turrr? of CORN MILL6 from th: f?rftou?>~ Moorc County Grit j*.. ?URED - ropsys Removes fill swelling in 8 lo 79 <!aj 5 ; effects n permanent ctir# in to to 6>??iay?. treatment given free. Nbthiiigotri befaire* Write Ur. H. H. flrQ?n'?S?ne, C SoncUllsls. Box II Atlflptt,a? C MILLS jm AND FEVEBLl i- - Ami all nfhrf form* ?>f Malm J a *ro *pc#'llly cored ky K I.I X I It ntilKH. For wle at all <1ruff*l?M*. ? KX:. abjtiie I'repare J l> KI,0( ZKW*IU.t'(0., \Vu?1i1i>k(oo, 1. Cf? ' aCOMPixXlOr o ClliRANUlA fOA ?*0*WUH<t1; nr.iowt Horn rmf 3 ?*? CH*r 3 r AO^'ABOX. TRIAL A I RWLS ON 0. C 0>rf? a ? \ CHARLESTOt^,S c. Si S *.r ORt \ roft SaU AT ALL flfcjft stow/ trnx HoMoroBllndHorseiK^iX^ic. ton Kyai, h?-tj Co., lowBi'lty, li.,bnnioi*i A "Hnccemi" Training School. Golcloy Co lira# is a Iluslnret ?nd Sborttt Solium (Inn liutkfM a special!? of tralnittf ?turientft for "BrsiSEeBHUCCESS.* 1??(| tiatea with two firm*. Btu<:<q}Ja from 1 vIh to Nrvr York. Write for catalogue. Ad/" 'jollify College, 11 ox '.WJV, Wilmington, ! W. L Dauglaa mm/ram and aef/t moro man' a S3. BO ( ?ftp? than any othar manufaaturar In tho world. The reaaon W. K Douglas fft.f-0 alioes rto the Hreatost pollers In tlie world Is because of tiMtr lent atyle. easy flttln* ana wearing qiialltle*. If 1 could show jruii the difference betwaw ab??s made In my factory and thmm of ether niakesand the high-grade loathem u??4. you would * Ktand why W. I.. honglas $fl *0 ?hi>e? cost mora to make, why they liolil their shape, tit hotter, longer, aii<1 are of greater IntrlnnW^-alno thun any other fs.to sho-a on '.he market 10 day. and wl ?ale a for the year ending July/1, ITO, $ilfi(llO4().0O. \V. L. Itouglas gunrnntee* their value l<y stamping hU name and prlco on Ike bottom. Look I take no substitute. Sold by Jihoe dealers everywhere. . : ?.?!S2 SUPERIOR IN FIT, OOMFORT AND WEAR* hart ?rn W. 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