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THE TULTFIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY REV. VR. NEHEMIAH BOYNTON. Subject: The Meaning of Christian Service Brooklyn. N? Y 'A large audience greeted the Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Boyn ton, the pastor-elect of the Clinton Ave nue Congregationalist Church. Sunday morning,. to leir his first sermon in his new pulpit. The subject of the sermon was: "Christian Service." The 'text was from 'Mark x:43-44: "Whoso ever would become great am(m you. shall be your minister: and whosoever would be first among you. shall be ser vant of all." Dr. Boynton said: Jesus never questioned the proposi tion that it was a fine thing to be reat. He had no small jealousies to - nurse. But Me continually empha sized the decliration that it was a iinar thing to be first. ang to His thinkinz, greatness and priniacy were not syn onymous ternis. In our glunsy English it is not easy to indieate the distinction in the text between the "minister." who aspires to be great. and the "servant of all." - yho becomes frst: it is the difference between the mere waiter, who serves with one eye on youir need. the ther on your tip. and the bodyguard. who has committed himself unreservedly to our-interests 'nd vh9 is happy alike in life or death if only. lilce the Japan ese, he c'an have the honor of serving the Emperor. So Christian service i.the first thing in the world: it is greater than the reat thing. The outstanding -haracteristic of our age has been and is the realization that the univers' is one: it is God's world. it fs Christ's world: that the -spirit is one: it is God's spirit. it is Christ's spirit: that the Christian ser -vice means nothing less or more than taking Christ's spirit out to Christ's world andinstallin; it. All that is' in volved in this mihty. conception we dlo not yet comipreliend. for "the new age stands, as yet. half built aganst the sky." but it is easy enough to see that the strnggle of the day in pres ence of the mighty and impressive changes which are transforming mod eri! -life is to match the growing world and the widening universe. with a gen uine. circumferential Christian spirit. putting the noblest Christian science in play "far as the course is found." ,Beyond this. it 1s equally evident that the supreme challenge to the church is to accept and to appropriate. faithful ly and fearlessly. all revelations and revisions. which the many sided truth of the unity of God's universe illu mines and installs, for the church will have lost her mission and her influence when she is content to be a camp fol lower trailing along in the rear of the advancing Ie--ions of the-Lord of Hosts. The peril of small conceptions of the superiority of Christian service is many timnes most imminent where His presence is leas't suspected. A-brave and aspiring- spirit will pray most ear nestly for deliveraince from this pesti lence that walketh in darkiless and destruction that wasteth at noonday. One's spiritual ability is bounded by his horizon and his service is inti mately related to his sight. The soul wvhichi has settled into the comfortable conceit that the faith has once for all been delivered to the saints, that spirit -ual ministry for to-day is but a repro duction of the type and method of yes .2. terday. may indeed be contented with its conclusion, but its ability to min ister effectively to the present day -kitigdonm of God is shorn of adequacy. Little conceptions make little Chris tians: large conceptions make large Ghristians. Dr. Peabody is voicing a ringing truthm when he declares thait a r:eat heresy of modern Christendlom is in residence in the belief that life is, a slhip composed of watertight com partments. in one of which ta e wvork. in another study, in another play ani in another worship. The great ii1 ' clusion of life, the permeating power ,of the divine spirit, the wideness ef God's mercy, the depth of His love, N the breadth of His interest, the inevit ableness of His will, the absoluteness 'of His law, these furnish a perspec -tive for an attentive spirit, in the vis ion of which the mneages; and petty are overlooked and the promised "won drous things of Thy law" gleam and glisten Iike the fila-h of the harbor light against the blackness of the night: Christian service needs the snap and stimulus of the great idea of the unity of God's world to get it in possession of its comprehensive chance, so that while we feel a kindling sympathy with the wide visioned martyr, pray ing as the flames licked his feet. 'Lord, open, Thou the King of England's eves, itL is in order for us to pray for ourselves the heroic petition. "Con sider and hear mae. 0 Lord, my' God; -lighten mine eyes," If. however, the time of Christian - service is r'elated to small conceptions, the prerogativ~e of Christian service is certainly to introduce the same to great and miasterfui ones, and to teach it to find its choicer fellowship as it does its mightier inspirationa here.' J Pilate's question. "W\hat is truthY' is pertinent to-day. Is it a mere cunming - assembling and formulation of facts's There it is a cold. inert, useless thing. Is it a glowing faith, a vital, personal, obsolute experience'- There it is warm with a divine fire and instinct with a glowing anticipation Henry Druimmond marked that day with a red letter when he ceased to ignore truth as mere p:-opositional w-is dom and begatn -to realize it as per ceptive wisdom. Hie declares that he had almost linished his college .'ourse b'efore he had any other conception of Christ ti~mn that IW was a theological 'ons5cience~ in thefi'ter'ests of thme Trin ity. But the d, eawhen the eyes of his uander'st-'ndint were opened. and he camne to know Christ. Not as aiy stract but as concrete tr'uth. Not at related to life phiikevophically by a - series of dreary propositions. but as implanted in his own life vitality by a *personal friendiship. which deepeneci with e'very trial. widened writh every experien(ce and heightened -.- th ev'ery aspiration. Then he wvas reconizing muth as a spirit that DrummnondI begatr those tireless. fearless. splendid ser' vices which miade more than one dis criminating observer declare hinm the towverinit rand outstanding Christian 01 his generation. Nor wvill the Cliiistian service whieL incar'nates the truth be long beyond thE * Quickeninig influences of sympathy. Nc -man liveth unto himself and when the mian tries to he always makes a sorry -job of his life. "I want to have somie thing to do with the material world.'' exclainied Hawthorne. when by the lone and brilliant cultivation of his hm agination hie began to feel'his isolation fromn humanity. "There is nothing so horrible," he wrote to Longfellow., "in this world :ts to have no share in its joys and sorrows," The reason why the tingers of much that is called Chris tian 'service are all thumbs is because while much is given, little is shared: Sympathy always has something to di vide. not merely something to dio. iYre boy ichte la a struggie in r-onscience between his school books and his fairy stories. It was a ;'ea:t day for him: Any boy's first strugne is: B-Iut the man in the boy won tie fight aM in order to establish himself beyond the possibility of a lapse. he threw his book of fairy stories into the brook. i's falher. a precise. un'm..z inative. dutiful soul, saw the beau tiful book floatiing :'Mvay and proeeeded to thrash his coiqouering boy for ih is wanton destruction. That is about :ll many fathers appear to know how io do ffecfively: What a wonder lihe did not spoil his boy: What a boon a lit of appreciation. of sympathy would have been to the suffering but victor ious lad le needed..bread and his ob tuse' father gave him a stone: The father could do what he thought was his iuty. but he had nothing to share wi:h his hoy. He was a monumen-al ;a:rental faiiure! . Large Christian service is always in queqt o( the joi'nt of sympathy: it makes its alliance with what is. ho inmg it to what it ought to be. and avoids the folly of iliverting the divine order: This type of helpfulness may be mea:ger in its ability to do. but i for ever finding to its unspeakable joy that it has a boundless store to divide: Sharing- sympathy is an infinitely more royal privilege th'au donating cast off -clothing. or stale food. for "if I ,bes:ow all my goods to feed the poor. hut hath not love it protiteth me nothing" Sympathy as an elective of Chris:ian service forever pushes a soul on toward' democracy. Surely one may confess with Lowell that while his tastes are with the aristocrats. his convictions are with the people and yet. like Low ell. he forever more and more pus-edi into the very heart of humanity and glory in the push. too! The preacher who -confessed to a friend that he loved to preach and who was met by the stinging. search ing question. "Do you love the men to whom you preach as well as you love to preceh':" felt the thrust of the swo-d between the joints of his harness. which sent him to his study to tall upon his knees and passionately pray that he might be delivered from his temptation to love his sermons better than lie did souls. preaching better than persons. The appeal of humlianity must outstrip that of homiitics. Christian service to-nay must he im mersed in the demoeratic spirit: its mission is to - humanity--hu;nanity as reresented by Ellis Island. also biy Clinton avenue: by Greater New York. also by the luuber cain-ps of Michigan. Every man is a son of God. Evry woman is a daughter of God. Go. tind your man. and by the shining trilth in your soul. by the sympathy in your heart. by the hum1anity in your out stretched hand. make him beIeve that von seek not his. but him. This-this alone-is Christian service: Christian service after this fashion i comes at onCee anl interp'reter. It makes a Gibraltar out of a disadyantageous position: it transforms an ordilmary,. comimonplace ability inlto a sh:ning angcl of privilege -and achievement. Everything counts: :all thn vs work to ethe'. Because the worhl is one and the kingdom one . nothing is lost. nioth ing trivial,. nothing inconsequential: It makes a man grow tall and strong and coniident to really believe tIhe constant assurance of Christian service, that Al men ignored in me This was I wrorth to God . Whose wheel the pitcher shaped. It is to such service, broad. true, sympathetic. humanitarian. Christian. that wve commit ourseltes to-day; it is. in such service that we expect to find our privilege and joy, and from such service that we hope to demonstrate the reasonableness of our united en dea vor. Mute Testimnonies. .Xlittle daughter of the tenements. whose mother was done at last wv:th the work and worry that hatd killed her. was left at fourteen years of age with four younger ones to mother and nurse. And. faithful to her' trust, she scrubbed and washed and cooked and m~~nded. until the -:iender shoulders bent and the thin face grew white. adC almost tiefore anyone noticed much: the little broken life lay waiting 'for re lease. "I haven't been able to do any thing." she whispered to her favorite il friel'd. who lived justt around the crner. "I couldn't go to school be cause of the work. cor to Sunday-school ;xcause it took all father could snare to keep the others in clothes. When the minister camne to see mae. lie said 1' Q ooh: see Jesus. but I'm afraid I hav ~en't done anything good. and~t I don't I:now anything to) say to Himn.' "And vou needn't try to say anything." sid the other. "not a single word.' ksing the pitiful little face. 'Wheni ou see Han look at you. you just Show IEl'm y oui hands." Just na 'We Are. We ihav~e read of an artist who saw in te streets of Rome a beggar so) i terly tbject and forlorn that he hired him to sit for his Iii:ure, as; a typic:al begr The next dayv he e'nme to him. qluite transforumd. lHe had hired the cothes oft comnpanlion, in which jC' hav e his' portrait taken. The artist did not recogniz.e him: and on learn ing tha h~ e wams the beggar he had iried, he said1: "No: I hired a beggar. and. him just as he was. 0or not at all." Christ. for a diff'erenmt rea son. found'-d oni the veiry constitut~on of our na ture. wants us .iust as we ar'e, wihout any~ erort at self-transformnationi. that the new creation may be "to the praise of the glr-y of His grace." The Sabbathm EsseuntIal. At a service held by the depa rtmenit of re'ligion at the World's Fair ont Sunday in September a Chicago .lewis rabbi made this sta temnent: "TheSl bath is. and has been. the wyorkm mans salvation. We mayv differ on th maner' of its observance. but its - s~ntial imnportanice and its Divine;: mis sionm in the universal schem:e of tho cannot be ignored." SAVED B3Y NARROW NiARGIN Rairoad Official Owe:: Life to Pres enc.e of End te Kent Hou.~ xa::ton or. the Soithb Eastern andi Chatham railway, had the narrowest of iacs from a ter ible deatl1 quite recently. He was crossing the mc;tais,. when the Dover exress came rushing through. Thcre was no time to turn back, and with great presence of mtind he dashed fot the dlown piatform and flung himseli headlong on it. He clearcd the ex press all but the heels of his boots which were struck by the engin~e and ripped away, the boots themselves being torn in two and pulled ofi' anc carried some yards by the train, be ing eventually found on the metl. The stationmaster himself was prac tically unhurt, though stunned by his fai on the platicrm,. and with his feet bruised and swollen and cut by thc bootaces s the boots came away. London Tit-Bits. Nature may make somne fools, but THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR MAY 28. Subject: The Crucifixion, John xix., 1'-30 -Golden Text. 1 Cor. xv.. 3-Memary Verse-, 25-27 - Commentary on the Day's Lesson. I. The journey to Calvary (v. 17). 17. "Bearing His cross." All the prep arations having been made the sad pro cession started. On the way to the place of the crucifixion it is evident that Jesus became exhausted, because of what He had undergone during the night, and sank under the weight of His cross which He was carrying. The soldiers then compelled a man from Africa, Simon. of Cyrene. who was coming into the city, to assist Jesus "*Went forth.' He now goes "even un to death" (Phil. 2:S). *A skull." A bolil. round. skull-like hillock: probably the ordinary spot for executions. "Gol gotha.". Golgotha is the Hebrew word and Calvary the Latin word. I. The crucifixion (v. 1). 18. "They crucified Him." It was 9 o'clock in the morning, the -hour of the usual morning sacriice oi which Jesus. the Lamb of God, was the great Antitype. Jesus was probably nailed to the cross before it wds :aised. The feet of the sufferer were only a foot or two above the groun.d-a fact of some weight. as showing that Jesus suffered in the midst of His persecutors. It was at this time that they offered Christ "wine mingled with myrrh" with a view to producing stupefaction. He tasted it, but refused to drink, as it would ob scure the clearness of His faculties (Matt. 27:34). "Two others with Him.' The two thieves crucified with Him may have belonged to the band with Barabbas. They evidently knew some thing about Christ. One mocked, the other prayed. III. The title of the cross (vs. 19-22). 19. "Pilate wrote a title." It wias the common custom to atfix a label to the cross giving a statement- of the crime for which the person suffered. In this case Pilate Himself attended to the title. "King of the Jews." Although written by a wicked Roman ruler. probably as an expression of contempt for the Jews if not for Jesus. yet It told the exact truth-Jesus was "the King of kings." 20. "Written in He brew." For the Jews. "Greek." For the foreigners and visitors. "Latin." For the Ronlans. Power, culture and piety in their noblest forms pay hom age at the feet of Jesus. 21. "Then said." The chief priests felt that they and their nation were being insulted by the Roman governor. 22. "What I have written." The Ro man laws forbade.the sentence to be altered when once.pronounced. IV. "Christ's garments (ivided (vs. 23. 24). 23. "The soldiers." They were Romans, four in number. They probably knew nothing about Jesus, and were acting merely as execution ers. "Took Iis garments." The cloties of executed criminals were the perquisites of the soldiers on duty. 24. "Rend." Which would. of course, ruin the garment. "Cast lots." Gambling was a favorite pastime of Roman soldiers. "The Scripture." The Scripture referred to is Psa. 22:1S. This is one of ne seven Messinic Psalms. "Fulfilled." What the sol diers did was of their own free w~il, but in doing what they did they uncon sciously fulfilled the Scriptures. God does not'control free will, b-it He uses it. There were seven sayings of Christ spoken from the cross. His first say ing was a prayer for His enemies (Luke 23:34). His second saying was spoken to the dying malefactor. V. Jes'us provides for IHis mother (vs. 25-27). 2~>.. "His mother." It is generally supposed that she was a widow at this time. She was there watching her Son and suffering with Him. "Mother's sister." etc. It is un certain whether there are three or four wmen referred .to here. "Wife of Cleophas." Called also Alphaeuis. "Mary Magdalene." She was'the first to see Jesus after His r'esurrection. 25;. "'Saw His mother." He saw and eognixzed His mother anl arranged ~or her future. "'Disciple-HIe loved." This was John. the author of this gos ne!. "Woman." This was a customary torm of r.ddress and was not spoken with any lack of love. "Thy Son." Accept from Him the care and protec tion tha. a mother would expect from a son. 27. "'Thy mother." Establish ig a sympathetic bond. This was Christ's third saying from the cross. VI. The closing scene (vs. 2S-30 . 2S. "After this." From the sixth Iour (noonm there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3 o'clock). Toward thle cl'se of the darkness Jesus uttered Is fourth saying from the cross: "My God. My God. why hast Thou forsaken Me?" (Matt. 27:-()). "All hins-acomplished." He ha<4 the full conscilousness that His work was comieted. that the prophetic words were fulfilled, and that He haed now only to surrender His spirit to God the Father. "Fulfilled." "(Connect this clause, not with 'I thirst.' '>ut-with the first part of the verse." All that the Scriptures had foretold had beeni ac complshe'd. "I thirst." His fifth ut terance from the cross. Another evi dence of His humanity. 29. "Vinegar." Sour wine which we are told was the common drink of the R-oman soldiers. "H-yssop." The sponge was fastened on a hyssop s-talk. :30. "Rcceived the vineganr." The first drink of vinegar and gall Jesus re fused. but this, unmixed with any drug was accepted. "It is finished." The sixth saying from the cr'oss. This is one wo:'d in the Greek and has been referred t' .'as the greatest single word ever utterd . The work which Christ had come to do was now complette. Im mediately afterward camen the seventh and l::st utterance. "Father. inito Thy hand~(s I conunlend My spir'it:" "Gave up the ghost." "lHe dism'issed His spirit" lie gaveC up Hils own life. Fishing From Hcrsehack. The novel experience of fishini from "aboard"~ a horse was one of th< pleasurable incidents of the tril that fell to the lot of Mrs. Miller, say! the Salt Lake Herald. Not any ordi nary cob was this, but one which hat been trairned to go into the wate> without stirring up a whirlpool; t< top and stand perfectly still at sign from the rider, and to edge stei by step to the bank vwhen he heart the reel buzz and the rod spring badi with a jerk. The advantage of having such trained companion on a fishing trip is apparent when one thinks of the king doms he has sighed away for lack 01 a horse, as. standing on' the bank. hs was told that "right out there are fish to be caught. but it's pretty deep.' This particular horse had the busi ness down to a science. He had beer trained, his rider was told, for "fisher." When fishing on such ani mas, the sportsman must, of course be clad in waist-boots, since often the Achievement. A man once railed at this world of sin, But nobody seemed to care. He raised his voice with a mighty d!r O'er the hardships we have to bear. He warted to revolutionize The world on a basis vast and wise So tnat everybody could have a prize. But nobody seemed to care. So he sought the distress that was neal his door. Then somebody seemed to care. And he eased the burden that strartec sorei For the neighbor with griefs to hear. And he spoke kind words in a haimhl way Arid laughed with the children in thei! play And did life's duty from day to dlay. And somebody seemed to care. -Washington Star. Mr. Cleveland's Musical Criticism. Once, during his second term, Gro ver Cleveland was asked to speak. at a function in a certain town'and when he arrived at the depot, the wind was blowing a gale, sleet was driving and hailstones nearly as large as mt.rbies were fiercely fallin . Of course, the inevitable brass band was there, and at the sight of the president, the performers struck ul v.ith all the strenuosity at their com mand. "That is the most realistic music I ever heard." remarked Cleve land. "What are they trying to play?' asked Secretary Olney, who accom panied him. "Hail to the Chief:" re plied the president with a cheerful smile. "Waste" Brings M.uch Money. Those who are fond of curious sta tistics will be pleased to learn that the slot machines containing gum in use on one of the Western ra.Iroads harvested $11,500 last year. From what is known as the "scrap heap" the company realized $1,250.000. This Included all the wornout and discard ed things, from a rail to a.locomotive. Over $5.000 was realized from the sale of paper alone. FITSnormanertiv enred.- Nofit or nervone nessafter fir.s day's use or Dr. Klie's Great NervelIestorer,u2trialbottlei and treaise tree Dr. R. H.KLINE, Ltd.,93t Arch St.. Phila., Pa. Tn India threshing is done by hard or by the trea ing of bullocks. Ark Your Dealer For Allen'^ Font-Eaee. A powder. It rests the feet. Cureq Cora, Bunions. swcliea. Sore, Hot. CalleinsAchin: Sweating Feet and Ingrowing NaiIs. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes o. A: all Druggists. and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac cent no substitutte. Sample mailed Fnz, Address, Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y. The IJl;ienic Institute of lireslau is making war o:: mosquitoes. Mrs. W inslow's Soothing Syruip for children teething,softNen the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allaysynain,eures wind colic,25c.abottle. Scuttled Ship Saved Clam. Mr. Fosdyke. engineer in charge ol the Asaka dam on the Nile, scuttlec a ship to save his cherished earth v. crks frcm ruin. The dam partl3 burst, and the great rush of watei was forcir.g the banks from below. Something had to be done to stol the flow, for a terrible disaster wa! imminent. Mr. Fosdyke boarded E cargo steamer tied to the bank some distance away, and, getting up steam. steered her down the rapid stream. When she was broadside on the trembling dam -the engineer had hex scuttled, and as she sank in the rush. ing waters Mr. Fosdyke and his mez cheered themselves hoarse. The scut-I ted cargo steamer had saved the dam! This remarkable makeshift for a breakwater cost nearly $35.000. Famishing Crows Kill Pigs. H-ungry crows, unable to find food elsewhere, killed and partly devoured eighteen pigs belorging to Julius Dubmann, a farmer near Orstcon. Camderi county. The birds had hung around the place for sevearal days and becomoe such a nuisance Daubmamxs found it necessary to use his gun. Yesterday one of Daubmiann's assistr.nts was awakened by the din of the crows and saw the barnyard fuli of them. H~o arused Daubn'ann and the other men, and after firing into the crows eighteen of the pigs were found to have been killed, all having their eyes pecked out.--Philadelphia Record. Even a lazy man will get a move on himself when invited to face the bar Itender. GREAT CXANJCE Framn Change in Food.' Tebrain deed- -c oeo thle stomach tawem a't mespore n til we take thought in the.' matter. Feed tihe siomach a~n proper food easy to d'igest and containing the proper amount of phosphates and the healthy brin will respond to all demnandes. A notble housewife in $uffalo writes: "The doctor diagnosed my troub~le as a 'nervous affection of the stomach.' I was actnally so nervonls that I -could not sit still for' five minutes to read the newspape'r. ::nd to afftend to my house. hold duties was simply imposs5ible. I doctored all the time with remedies. ut medicine did no good. "My physicin put u'e on all sorts of diet. and I tried mnany kinds of cereal fods, but none of them agreed with me. I was :ilmost discouraged, and when I tried Grape-Nuts I did so with may mnisgivings5--I had no faith that it wold siucceed whbere everything else had. faied. "ut it dhlid Weoed- and you don't knw how- glaid Iam thit I tried it. I feel like' a new person. I have gatined in weight and I don't have that terrible burning sensation -r. my stomach any mfoe. 'I feel so strong again that I am surprised at mnyself. The street noises that used to irritate me so. I pever loice now, and my mlindc is so clear that my household duties are a rcal pleasure." Nae gis'en by Postura Co., Battle Creek. Mieb. There's a reason. Now why was this great c:hange made in tis woman? The stomacth and the brain bad not bee supplied with the right kind of Ifood to rebui-ld and strez'gthen the neve cent'es in these crgans. It is ab olute folly to try to da this with medicine. There is but one sure way. and that is to quilt the old food that has a.led and take on Grape-Nuts food. which is more than half digested in the process of manu'acture and is rich in the phosphate of potash contained in the natural grain, which unites with l'>umen and watEr-the onjy tbree substances that will make up the soft gray filling in the thousands of delicate nerve centres in the brain and body. Grape-Nuts food is a i ure road back to h hnlth in all Ench CAise& Tn Nhs testimony before the Senate Commiu:ttee on Tinterstate Commerce at Washingto Otn .'o y 4. Proessor Hugo R. Meyer, of Chicaigo University, anl expert on: railroad imanl:gi-n-ement, made this sottetelit: "Let us look at what might have hip pen- d if we h1d heed1 the pr)otests of the fattnIers of New York and Ohio and Pennsylvani in tl- sev;%nics wheni grain from 'h \\est hc.gan pour in-, to the Atlanotic sea*oard and acted upon the dctrin" which the Interstate Coninerati Co:n :!ission has -anf-iated ti:ne and again, that no inan may be depri ved (if the advantatges ;ernin.g to him by virtue of his geographil po sition. We ((ould not -ave1 west of the 'Mississippi a populaflon of mi!!iolns of peopile who are pros.)5II'Tus and are great consi ners. We never slo:fld have seeni the years whein we built 10.0tHi :nil L'IU00 iniles o, railway, for there would have been no farmers west of the 'Mississippi River whc could have used the iaind t ha would hav1e A-(- been opened up bV the building (if thoise railways. And. if we had not seol the yeas when we couid blild 10,000 ':".1 12.ifl0 inils of railway a V:r. we should 1:Ot Ltave to-day. east of the Missassippi. a st.lc and iror: producinig centre w1ich is at once the nIarvel :ditl the desp:ir ot E-yrope, be Cuse- We COubl not have blilt 1p a steel and iron ind"siry if there h:ad been no marirket for its proluct. "We colid not have in New Eng land a great boot anid siio industry: w'e C011 lnt have iin New Eltngland a griteat cottoi miling industry; we could not have spread throughou: New York and Pensylvana d:111 Ohio inuIfa:: turing industries of thle most diver.i Bed kinds. becanse those industries would have no market among the farm ers west of thle Misdss:ppi River. "And, while the 1)og:-ss of this country, wvhile.the developnient of thC agricultural West of this country, did miean the impairtueit of the agricul tural value east of the .iississippi River that ran pI into Iundreds of illions of doliars, it meant, inci dentally, the buiding up of groat man ufacturing industries that added to the value of this land by thousauds of inillious of dollars. And, gentlenien, these things were not foreseel in the seventies. The states-pu ind the pub lie men of this country did not see what part the agrieuitura: develop ment of the West was going to phry in the industrial devlpmnt of th6 East, And, you may read the 6e!isiolls of the Inte:-state Coilr.erz Comirzssion, front the lirr to the l:st. and what is one of the gre:itest enrateristics of those dtcisi:ns? The continued in ahility to see the qutsioU. in this irge ,V a Y. -*The Interstie Co:mrrce Commtis sion never caI sIe a::y.hing more than that the fa:-m land of some farmer is dere::sing in value. or, that some maln. Who h:s a lou. iill with a pro duction of tifiy barre; a diy, is be-ing roded out. it n .ev, cn see that the desiruction or liptirmelit of farm values ii this plhce met*tts thl building up of fartm values in that place, and that that suifting of values is at neces sry ineident to the industrial and man ufcturin:g developmnat of this coun try. And, if we shall gr~e to the Inter state Conirlueree Comass~oa power to regulate rates, we sha:1l nc ilnger have our rates reguihuetd on the statesman like basis o1~n whic they have been regua ted ini- the past 'ty the railway Wie, who really h~av- :een gr~tt staltes muen; who really ltae l-ce:i.greait build ers of empilirts: vwho hatve h:d an imn agiation1 that rival<i th1:: ni:!:ttioiI f the gre-ate::t 1.:: and uf the gre:st -st in' tenior. ahrd wl-o have opt-ated w~ith~ a1 cour::g andi d::ring that rivals the courage anad l:' :ing of the greatest military -.. ri. inm. we shalll haive oi :teI S rl' ated byl a iX-dy of civdl s.-rvanths, I t.reea-i- twhoase best tin si:l >:- waidli over, is that they -aI m-ve:' gre st a situtiion in a large way- andi~ with the g--asp ofthe .:aites um;;:: tint Ithey c~ever caa see the fact tat :hey iar* moit Ped withL a smia i e-il: taat timt tvil is re-IstIiV small atnd that it e~:.nut he cirreeted ecep1t by lhe cratlion of evilIs :and :abuses one that is to be crrected - - '.<6 c er the wool on the back . a . : - " e n aromter. The Little Hluckieberry that grows alongside our hills and moun. tains contains an active principle that ha: a happy etreet: on the botrels. It enters largly in Dr. Uiggers' Iuneklcberry Cordial the great stomna-h and bowel remedy. for Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Sod by all Druggists, 25 and 50t. bottle. Th present poputatio-n of Persia is es timated to he about 12.000,000. Cares Eczema. Itchin~; Humors. Esoecialy for old, e-hronicecases take 30tanie Blood Bailm. It givese a healthy >lood suppliy to the affeeted parts, heals all :he sors, eruption seabs. scales; stops the twful ithing and burning of ecezema, swell ag; sup pura:ing, wNatery. soris, etc. D~rug ;ists i per large bottl-:. .3 battles $2.50. 6 >ottles 5.00. express preptaid. rample frec nd repaid by writing Blood Balm Co., At anta. Ga. Deseribe triuble and free medi. l advie s-nt in se-alhui letter. Austria-Hlung:ar-y hats 18.000 medical men, cuT oT o VALUABL On the labe ONE SPOON IITHERNMN "CHMOND, LIVING TOO HASTILY AMERICANWOMEN BREAK DOWN Irregularities and Female Derange. ments Result - Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Owing to our mode and manner of living, and the nervous haste of every woman to accomplish just so much each day, it is said that there is not Ile. ................................ Mr.rChester Curpy I one woman in twenty-five but what suffers with some derangement of the female organism, and this is the secret of so many unhappy homes. No -woman can be amiable, light herrted and happy, a joy to her hus band and children. and perform the duties incumbent upon her, when she is suffering with backache. headache, nervousness. sleeplessness,- bearing. down pains. displacement of the womb, spinal weakness or ovarian troubles. Irritability and snappy retorts take the place of pleasantness, and all sun shine is driven out of the home, and lives are wrecked by womans great enemy-womb trouble. Read this letter: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "I was troubled for eight years with irregu larities which broke down my health and brought on extreme nervousness and despon dency. Lydia E. Pinkiham's Vegetable Corn ound proved to be the only medicine which meledime. Day by day I improved in health while taking it until I was entirely cured. I can attend to my social and household duties and thoroughly enjoy life once more, as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has miade me a well woman. without an ache or a pain." -Mrs. Chester Curry, 42 Saratoga Street, East Boston, Mass. At the first indication of ill health, painful or irregular menstruation, pain in the side, headache, backache, bearing-down pains, nervousness or "the blues." secure at once a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkh:en's Vegetable Com pound and begin its use. CURES WH E ALL ELSE FAlLS PA Best Cough Syrup. TasteS ;ood. Uce In tirme. Sold by druggtts. Convidion F When buying loose coffee or to have in his bin, how do y getting? Some queer stories a could be told, if the people wh< speak out. Could any amount of mere housekeepers to use Lion ( the leader of all packag of a century, if they had not found Purity, Sfrength, Flat This popular success of ION CO) can be due only to inherent merit. 'I is no str.ger proof of merit than tinued and incasing popularity If the verdict of lMI.LIONS SHOUSEMEEPERS goes not convj you of the merits of LION CO~1 it costs you but a trifle to bt package. It is the easiest wa *convince yourself, and to n ~you a PERMANENT PURCHASE SLION coFF EE is sold only in 1 lb. sealed pacd and reaches you as pure and clean as when itl faciory. Lioti-head on every packnee. S.v'hese Lion-heads for valuabhle preminms. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE I WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, REST FNR 1 GUARtANTEED cURE for ant bowel trou'bies blood, wird on the stomach, bloated 'oowela, foi pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow skin and regularly you are sick. Constipation kills more starts chronic ailments and long years of sufferi: CA SCAR ETS today, for you will never get we! right, Take ouir advice, start with Cascarets 1 Imoney refunded. The genuine tablet stamped booklet free. Address Sterling Ramedy Compa1 Good Luck Pr emiums of every can of Good Luck Baking Pow found a coupon. Cut them out and save. valuable. In every can there is a prem tells how to get useful articles free. offer is made to more thoroughly introd Baking Poii though it already enjoys the largest sale of any b world. Good Luck Baking Powder is positivel murpassed leavening qualities. It makes delic keeps them longer and better. Its unexcelled me atremendous demand for it-carloads and tr shipped to all sections of the country. This mal to offer so good an article at the moderate price pound can. Ask your dealer for " Good Luck " us if lie can't supply you. THE SOUTHERN MFG. CO. najjjj~a v Potash is necessary for cotton to produce high yields and good fibre. Write for our valuable books on fertilization: they contain informa tion that means dollars to the farmers. Sent free on request. Write now while you think of it to the GERMAN KALI WORKS New I ,.-k- Atlanta, Ga. 03 Nabsau St., or road r You want only the best Cotton Gin M c hinery Ask any experienced Ginner about . Pratt, Eagle,Smith Winship, Munger We would like to show y ou what thousands of jfe long customers say. Write for catalog and testimonial booklet. Continental Gin Co Charlotte, N. C.. Atlanta. Ga. Birmingham. Ala. Memphis, Tenn., Dallas, Tev. EDTlu. kddree of (i) re.isons of AN part In1dian blocd whto are A T not liviu with uity rrbe. (:.) of n.en who were drafted in Ken'tkY, (3) of oIther- of soldiers who have been dui:nted 1 ,4nson on .'cntof tieir rv dnr-. (4) of men who Prved in theFed eral army, or (5) the narevt kin of such soldiers or sailors. now dedeased. NATHAN BICKFORD. Attorney, Wanhington, D. C. So. 21. Rws Trial ything your grocer happens u know what you are bout coffee that is sold in bulk, handle it (grocers), cared to Iak have persuadid millions of off ee, e coffees for over a quarter tsuperior to all other brands in r and Uniformity ? ere OF - Lce ke - ages, HE BOWELS CANDIY, OATHARTIQ ppendicitis, biliousnesz, bad breath, bexd 1mouth, headache, indigestion. pimpe, iziness. When your bowels don't move eople than all other diseases tcgether.. It . 'No matter what ails you, start taking f nd stay well until you get your bowels C C. Never sold in bulk. Samiple and y, Chicaigo or New York. S02 - NGPOWDER der will be Each one is ur book that Ihis premium C der king powder in the pure and has uin ous bakings and i has developed inloads being esit possible of0lc per rwrite