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QUESTION HE OBhECTED TO.
Victim of Cyclone Would Answer Al
but One.
"Yes," replied the man from Arkan
sas when asked if he had ever ex
perienced any cyclones in his locality
"I've been through a cyclone or two
and I don't hanker after any more."
"Can you give us any particular.
about them?" was asked.
"Why, yes, a few. When the las1
cyclone came along I was out in thi
field plowing with a four-mewl team
I started to run for cover, but I ha(
not gone more'n four rods when th(
wind piclEd me up, and the next thing
I knew I was astride of the ba.ck 0
one of them mewis, and we were botl
in a tree top, 50 feet above the ground
The- handles had been twisted out ol
the plow- dand:driven right through-th(
frunk of the tree and one of the othei
mewls was hanging to them by hiE
tall."
"That was a queer th'.g. And sc
you were left in the tree top?"
6 "I was."
"And-and-"
"That's all."
"But I want to ast you-"
"I don't care to say anything more.
"But look here." said the questioner
"You were blown Into a tree top along
with a mule and-"
"Please don't press me sir."
"But can't I ask you how you gol
down?"
"Oh, yes, you can ask that and wel
come, and I'll answer you that somi
ellers came along and chopped th4
tree down. I thought- you was 'going
.o ask me if the wind blew my hat
Iband off and if I ever recovered 1
again, and that's a question I hain'
going to answer for anybody."-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
A Tantnlizing Maiden.
Do I love her?
Dimpling rad lins at me pouting.
Dimpling s'houlders at me flouting;
No. I don't:
Do I love her?
Prisorned in those cry'stal eyes
Purity fore.ver lies:
Yes, I do!
Do I love her?
Little wild and willful fiction.
1Teasing. torturing contradiction;
No. I don't
Do I love her?
With kind acts and sweet words she
Aids and o~mforts poverty; -
Yes. I do!
Do I love her?
Quick she -puts her cuirass on.
Stabs with laughter. stings with scorn
No. I don't:
Do I love her?
No! Trher. to my arms she flies,
Fillng me with glad surprise;
Ah, yes I do!
-Detroit Free Press.
Getting Back at Him.
A taciturn man went into a ba?
ber's shop the other day and begat
by pulling out of his pocket a pape:
on which was written:
.."No: I do not wisli to Tiave my hali
cut. I want to be shaved. I do noi
require any brilliantine or crimpoline
or anything else ending in 'ine.' No:
do I wish to be singed or shampooed
All I want is to be shaved in perfect
silence."
The barber read the document, and
then pointed to a not!.ee on the wall,
which ran:
The proprietor begs to apologize tc
his customers for not entering Into
conversation with them, as he is deal
and dumb. "-London Tit-Bits.
FUNNY.
2eople Will Drink Coffee When It "Dosi
Suchi Things."
"I began to use Postuma because the
old kind. of coffee h:ad so poisoned my
whole system that I was on the poin1
Sof' brea~k'imr tiov.n. and the docto:
warned met' tat I muist quit it.
"My cie.f ::i!-nen!t was nervousnesi
and hat touble.
"nye nu2m:eadjnoise would caus:
me fainit :iu wen:t.
"I1 had hear~:d of Posttum and hegat
to <Lrink it wvhen I >eft ofi- the oldi cof
fee. It be~;ran to help me~ just as s0o2
as the oztd 'e~'ds of the othecr kind 01
coffee passedu away. It did not stimnu
late me for :a wile. and then le'ave am
:weal: ..aU 2,rvouAs as co!Tee used to do
Insteztd of that it built up mny strengtl
and supplied a constant vigor to my
system w'hich I caiu alwtys rely' ou
It enabile~s me to do the biggest kinud n
a day's work~ without getting tired
'All th'e heart trou',ie, ete.. hrs pase
aw::y.
*"I givo it freely to al: my cildren'
from the y'o:.ugest to he olen and i
keeps them all ixesithy andl hear'ty.
Cr 'i. ich.
There's a:'e'ason.
Read the little booh "The Road tC
IDUTY TO GOD
OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON
An Appeal to Put Forth the Best That
is Within Us.
New York City.-Dr. H. Allen Tup
Der, pastor of the Fifteenth Street Bap
tist Church. preached Sunday on "Mar
ria'ge and Divorce." The text was
Matthew xix:4-': *And He aiiswered
and saidl unto them: Have ye not read
that He which made them at the be
ginning made them male and female.
and said for this cause shall a man
leave father and mother and shall
cleave to his wife: and they twain shall
be one flesh? What therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put
asunder." Dr. Tupper said:
Marriage was the first institutional
I gift of God to man: and the family was
the first organization formed by God
E for the blessing of humanity. During
all the centuries, amid the changes of
governments, ceremonies and dispensa
tions. the impress of divine favor rest
ed upon these heaven-born establish
ments, and when their integrity has
been maintained they have been the
sources and centres of light and love;
but when their integrity has been as
sailed untold sorrows and suffering
have come upon mankind.
Christ wrought the beginning of His
miracles at a marriage feast, in a gath
ering of families: and the pen of in
spiration pictures Him as the Bride
groom and His Church as the Bride.
The holy ordinance of marriage was
given to support social order; to in
crease human L..ppiness. and to pro
vide that through well regulated fami
lies truth and righteousness might be
transmitted from age to age. The vio
lation of its vows is the canker at the
heart of human progress and civiliza
tion. In the West Indies, we are told-,
there is a timber that has all the ap
pearance of strength and solidity, but
when the test is applied it snaps asund
er and a fine white powder fills the air.
The cause is now apparent: a worm has
eaten its way into the heart of the
wood and slowly but surely devoured
its fiber until ,. hollow shell only re
mains.
The divorce evil, if not arrested. will
gradually undermine our proud civiliza
tion, and when the testing time comes
what appeared to be so attractive will
prove to be only a hollow sham.
In the discussion of marriage and di
vorce I will call your attention to a
divine law, a social disease and a fatal
danger.
First-A divine law. Centuries ago
the cunning Pharisees attempted to en
trap the divine Teacher by asking Him
the question: "Is it lawful for a man
to put away his wife for every cause?"
In that day there existed two opposing
schools. At the head of one was Sham
mai, who insisted that divorce should
be allowed only in the case of adultery;
at the h( id of the other was HiUe,
who maintained that a man might put
away his wife for any cause at all. The
tempters of Christ thought that the
trap was well set. for if He failed to
hold strict views on the marriage ques
tion they would report Him to the fol
lowers of Shammai, and if He held the
opposite opinion they would turn upon
Him the enmity of the followers of
Hillel. one of whose strong adherents
was Herod, who had just beheaded
John the Baptist. In the words of an
other: "Brushing aside their quibbling,
Jesus goes back to foundation prinei
pies and gives His message to the
church of all ages concerning marriagc
and divorce."
It is a fivefold message: The mar
riage of one man and one woman is a
divine institution: it is a divine act: it
joins husband and wife in a relation
closer and more binding than the rela
tion of parent and child: it so unifies
husband and wife that they cease to be
two and become one ficsh; and it can
be dissolved only by death. When the
point was made by the Pharisees that
Moses maintained that a writing of di
voreement shall be given under certain
conditions. JTesus declared that this was
a concession to the hardness of heart of
the people.
The positioru of Jesus Christ on the
subject under discussion is clearly set
forth in His Sermon on the Mount: "It
has been said, 'Whosoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her a writ
ing of divorcement. but I say unto you
that whosoever shall put away his
wife saving for the cause of fornica
tion. 'dauseth her to commit adultery."
And Mark records these words of
Jesus: "Whosoever putteth away his
wife and marrieth another committeth
adultery against her. And if a wornan
shall put away her husband and be
married to another. she committeth
adultery." And in Luke we have set
forth the same law of Christ. Fronm
His recorded words we are forced to
the following conclusions: That Jesus
allowed divorce on one and only one
ground. namely, adultery, and that He
seems to allow the re-marriage of the
innocent party.
In Ephesians v:22-23 Paul gives the
noblest picture of the sanctity and dig
ity of the marriage relation, for he
compares it to the mystic union be
tween Christ and the glorious church of
the redeemed for whom Christ died.
This -is no temporary bond to be
snapped at will. Jesus is to-day the
Head of His Church. and it is being
purified by Him and made without
spot or wrinkle. Moreover, in Romnans
vi:I-6 Paul argues that the Christian
is set free from the bondage .of the
law, as the woman (can have a new
husband only on the death of the
tormer husband. But in I Corinthians
vii :12-lU Paul speaks of the probicm. in
amiiy life presented where the hus
hand is a Christian and the wvife a
heathn and vice versa. He has two
thngs to say about this new problem
that had not arisen when JTesus spokte
on :he subject. 1-is first word is that
the Christian must not force a sepaira
tion. If the hetihe'n husband or- wife
is willing to continue the 1mion. the
Chistia mus1 b willing to do so.
The mr"iage is legitimaate and thei
(hildren are legitima':e. But the other
w\Old is thi suppoise the heat':en
usa or w.ife is not willing to keep
up th'e'mrrr'iag relation and insists on
sel:ttion. then whait? Well, let the~
unblievinIg husba ni or: wife ao. says
Pmin]. Ie uses the won'! '-depart" here,
not the :eeciial word "put awaiy."
It wvould seen that this is a ca:se of
volunta:ry sep:rsion)1. no(t a leual i
vo'ce. If this be true. theore 'othi. of
course. be noe re-ma rriage insul
cases, for the nuarriage has never been
legally annulled. This alternative is
not even raised by Paul in this connec
tion. It may be properly said, then.
that Paul did not advocate divorce for
anything save adultery. though he does
not even indicate this exception save by
2umpliation.
This divine law is set forth in no En
certain sounad on the pages of God's
Word: and the disobedience of it must
ntail sorrowful results to the indi
vY~ida. th f1amltily. and the comn nity.
a m.y oth'' count''y of which we nave
any record. This social disease iscon.
-agu .a seang. Tni 1S70. .L
per cent. of marriages ended in divorce.
In 1880, 4.8 per cent. In 1S90. 6.2 per
cent. In 190), 8.1 per cent. In 1890
the percentage of the divorced to'the
married was 0.5. In 1900 it was 0.7.
According to the census of 1900 'here
were 2457 divorced women in the
United States under the age of twenty.
and 13.175 divorced women between
twenty and Lvwenty-five years of age.
South Carolina is the only State in
the Union which grants no divorce.
New York is the only State in the
Union which proposes to grant divorces
only on Scriptural grounds; yet New
York grants, annually, more than a
thousand divorces.
Illinois gives a fair illustration of
the laws of almost all the States. Af
ter reciting a long list of grounds upon
which a divorce may be granted, the
law concludes by empowering the court
to grant a divorce upon any plea which
it thinks justifiable.
The Western States, in order to in
crease their population, are making
open and shameless bids for those dis
satisfied with the married state to come
to them and have it dissolved.
Statistics given by the Chicago Daily
News Almanac. 1903, show the follow
ing number of divorces granted in lead
ing cities of our country in 1901:
Providence. 327: Cincinnati. 405: Bos
ton. 40(: Cleveland. 454: Philadelphia,
492; St. Louis. 573: New York. 817; San
Francisco, 846: Chicago, 1 -OS.
The statistics of Caroll D. Wright,
Commissioner~ of Labor, for twenty
years,- from 18G7 to 18S(;, show 328.712
divorces granted in the United States
in those years. In 18G7. 937 divorces
were granted. while in 1886 25.535 di
vorces were granted, making an in
crease of 157 per cent. The increase of
population was sixty per cent. during
the same period.
In 1867 Ohio granted 901 divorces.
and in 1900 the State granted 3217
diorces-one to every eleven marriages
solemnized in the State. Indiana
granted. in 1S67. 1000 divorces. and in
1900, 4590-one divorce to every si:
marriages solemnized in the State.
Only a short time ago the papers were
telling of a woman in Indiana who
bad eight living husbands, from whom
she had been divorced, and this same
woman was then preparing to be mar
ried to the ninth victim. Michigan in
1867 granted 449 divorces, and in 1000
granted 2418 divorces-one divorce to
every eleven marriages solemnized in
the State.
A table of divorces in the Christiar,
world in 1885, as given in "Studies in
History. Economics and Public Law,"
issued by Columbia University, gives
the following interesting fact: Canaga.
Great Britain and Ireland, France,
Italy. Switzerland, Belgium, Holland,
Denmark, Sweden. Germany, A'istria,
Roumania, Russia and Australia grant
ed a total of 20,111 divorces, while in
the same year th6 United States grant
ed 23,472 divorces-an excess.over all
other countries in the Christian world
of 3361.
Forty-five States and severa) Terri
tories have various and conflicting
laws, and more than 3000 courts have
jurisdiction of divorce cases. A
learned essayist says of our legislation
that it "presents the largest and strang
est.and perhaps the saddest experiment
in the sphere of family laws which
free, self-governing countries have ever
tried." It was published in a recent
journal that divorces were granted in
Chicago for the following causes: Snor
ing. cold feet. eating with a knife, in
sisting upon going to bed in his over
coat and boots, smoking cigarettes,
failure as a cook..
During recent years divorce has de
veoed into na industry in the United
States. the legal profession and the
bench have done much to encc-urage
this terrible traffic.
For 6211 divorces in France in a
given period, the United States offers
25.000. the United K'ingdom showing
475 and the German Empire 6078 for
the same time. For a period of twenty
vears in Maryland the rate of marriage
to divorce was 61.94. Massachusetts
averaged 31.28 to every divorce.
Some of the popular theories are that
divorce is due to the conflicting and in:
harmonious statutes of various Stats.
Thus as Colonel Wright, in his report,
informs us, it is the belief that persons
residing in the State of New York,
where the law i's strict, are in the habit
of seeking divorces in Rhode Island.
But the statistics show that of 4462
divorces granted in Rhode Island only
ninety-seven were to parties married
in New York, and of 6020 granted in
Pennsylvania, only 765 were to parties
married in New York, while of the
280,546 couples whose place of mar
riage was ascerlained. 231,807 were di
vorc'd in the sante- State in which they
ad been 'married.
Third-A fat al danger. The attack
upon the integrity of the family is an
unmitigated evil and a crime against
social order, which can only result in
the destruction of all that is purest,
noblest and best in the world. Here
we find the secret cause of the decline
and fall of the Roman Empire. The
laws as to family life were loose; di
vorce became epidemic, and the empire
went down in ruin and disgrace. The
R~eign of Terror in France followed the
establishment of a law that marriage
could be dissol ved merely by applica
cation: 20,000 divorces were granted in
Paris in one year. t.nd during the same
period 48,000 outcast children were car
red into foundlng hospitals and near
ly 10.000 new-horn babies were taken
out of the srewers of the city and from
the secret places by the police. The
nd -'ibable IiorroCrs of those times it
is imossible to picture, and who will
a th t drectly or itudirretly the vio
lt~in of the saiuetity of the marriage
't:ta ndthe p'urity of the family life
ic not ermitribute largely toward those
day of terrors Tfh rejection oft the
ibe". he' deni.al of God and the dess'
exinof the home yielded hitter fruit,
iJ tmste of whic-h Will lingers in the
ami;n of Fi .ranoe. and lessons writ ten
in led have never been forgotcen.
To-day in that country it is allowable
to. obtain separation for five years,
and at the end of that time to apply
for the convet sion of the separation
into absolute divorce if the parties
have not been reconciled.
Ihe practical results of the imperial
diore law in Germany have ber
grtying. It gives four grounds for
di oce-narnely, adultery, attempt of
eituhr husband or wife on the life of
the oher: mailicious, willful desertion
and continued violn tion of the marriage
ows. Both in Franee and Gierma:ny
attepts are being made to escaipe
-hreatonng dangers by the enforce
mnt of stricter laws on marriage and
divorce.
In New England and Wales there
were 176 di -orces in 1870: .330 in 1880;
34 in 1000, and 727 in 1SO; and the
growig evil Is at i-si attracting th2 at
tentioni of the lawmakers. We do not
rcgnze the family at all in our na
tio::al constitution. It appears ini our
Sat laws only as an object of scime
c~re but niot as an element of pol it: cal
ower. Mr. Gladstone declared tihnt
his fear for our future centered very
largely upon our ability to protect the
fa mily, for weakness here means disas-.
tr vr: .vhem.
whch we are pia'Cd by the increasing
social evils resulting from divorces, a
[umber of public spirited men initiated
a corrective movement in IS78. and
wht is now know- as the Natioial
League for the Protection of the Fain
ily. founded upon a broad' basis, was
organized in 18S1. The results from
this and kindred organizations have
been marked and encouraging. Radi
cal improvements are noticed in the
laws of New York. New .Tersey, Penn
sylvania and Wisconsin: divorces after
residence of only three or six months
are no longer permitted. as they for
merly were, in North Dakota, Georgia,
California and several Territories. All
causes for divorce but one have been
stricken from the laws of the District
of Columbia, and- commissions on uni
formity by co-operation of the States
now exist in no less than thirty-four
States and Territories.
The question of a constitutional
amendment and admission of a nation
al law on the matter under discussion
have been agitated; but as long as
twelve States can be rallied in defense
of the maintenance of State- riglhts, it
is a waste of time to attempt the
amendments on marriage or divc-rce.
But the agitation against this evil goes
on as never before. The pulpit, the
press, the platform, the schools, col
leges and universities are awakening
to a sense of th.e moral and social.dan
ger that threftIns 'is. and the out
spoken discussion of the marriage re
lation and the divorce laws must result
in great good.
Thirty years ago none of our high
er educational institutions gave any
attention to the study of the family,
but now the theological seminaries, the
law schools and the universities are
giving special care to this most im
portant subject. We may be assured
that our boasted civilization. our proud
commercial greatness. our high edu
cational attainments and our brilliant
material developments will only hasten
the day of our disaster unless we pro
tect the family and honor the God of
the home, who is the Father of us all.
An Infidel's Sermon to a Preacher.
Never shall I forget the remark of a
learned legal friend who was at one
time somewhat skeptical in his views.
Said he to me:
"Did I b lieve. as you do. that the
masses of our race are perishing in sin,
I could have no rest. I would fly to
tell them of salvation. I would- labor
day and night. I would speak with all
the pathos I could summon. I would
warn and expostulate and entreat my
fellowmen to turn to Christ, and re
ceive salvation at His hands. I am as
tonished at -the manner in which the
majority of you ministers tell your
message. Why, you do nut act as it
you believed your own words. You
have not the earnestness in preaching
that we lawyers have in pleading. If
we were as tame as you are, we would
never carry a single suit."
A decade of years has passed away
since that remark was made. I bless
God it was addressed to me. It put fire
into my bones *hich I hope will burn
as long as I live. God preached a
stirring sermon t( me that day by the
mouth of that infidel lawyer.-Peter
Stryker.
Life is Constructive.
A certain evangelist is using a card
on one side of which is the question.
"What must I do to be saved?" and
following it are the Scriptures which
point out the way of salvation. On the
other side of the card'is the question.
"What must I do to be lost?" and the
answer follows, "Nothing."
The reply is simple but wonderfully
impressive. Many thin~k that In order
to be lost they must run the log gamut
of vices and be aggressively bad. Not
so. We are all bad enough to miss the
kingdom in spite of the good points we
may have.
Life is an active, constructive force.
It is likened unto a living temple or
unto a vine. It must therefore be built
up. and unless there is activity there
is no building. Unless there is active
goodness there is no char-acter, and un
less there is character there is no sal
vation.-Brethren Evangelist. -
spiritual Poverty.
Professing Christians sometimes at
tribute their spiritual poverty to na
ture. One Is penurious, another cow
ardly, and they say it is because they
have been less generously endowed by
nature than others and cannot help it.
It would be quite as reasonable for one
whose father's table, to which he has
free access. is daily loaded with
wholesome food, to go about the streets
with gaunt, bony fingers and ghastly
countenance, starving to death, and
saying, "I cannot help it." God is
able to make a penurious man liberal.
genrous and benevolent, or a cruel
man as gentle as a lamb, or a passion
ate man as calmi and serene as the
bosom of a mountain lake when the
winds are hushed to rest. He is able
to make all grace abound toward all
Iis children.-Christian Advocate.
Learning What Life Is.
Sorrow is not an incident occurring
now and then. It is the woof which is
woven into the warp of life, and he
who has not discerned the divine sa
credness of sorrow and the profound
meaning which is concealed. in pain
as yet to lear-n what life is.-F. W.
Itobertson.
LABOR WORLD.
Car workers have organized at Ip.t
eo. Pa.
Wis:onsin and Minnesota fea:xs
have forn:ed unions.
The grape cultur-e in France gives
employmenlt to over 2,000t,000X people.
Iolland has an independent untion of
czx, nters, which embraces 2000 mecm
Tirty thousand coa miners5 wilI he
i the parade on Mitchell Day in Scran
tun, Pa.
.lmeCs Duncan was the first Vice
P r'ident of. the Amecricai F'ederation
of Labor.
Less than 950 first-clss comipositors
are' outside of thet T5'pograpical Undan
in Chicago. ill.
A newv scale of the sheet metal wo'rk
es. of W shington, D. C., 4 per day,
wo into eifret.
S'omeI disastr'ous riois h:ave o0c.red
in Switze.riand in' (onneeuuon with~ the
fo'.:drymvn's strike.
A mnove:nent to unite the organi.za
ios of plumberwxs and steamltitter's has
a s-mu1ed de'fliite shaLpe.
At Niles, Mich.. tihe strike of print
et:: for' an iit-hour d:ty lasted less
t1an twenty-fouar hours.
A str.ike of shingle-weavers. who dle
mad pay-day twice ai month, is in full
force at Anacortes, Wash.
Iailway laborers in the United S
zet from two to four timtes as mfu
labrers on Europ au roads.
The Cotton Manufacturers' As' -
tin of F-all IRiver, Mass.. ainnom. d
an advxarece in wor.kc-rs' w:'ges.
Thie Washington Legislatulre defaJed
ills to prohibit boycotting and to re
el th~e Smte eight-hour law.
Tiu' effo:As to effect a settlement of
fur,,hid:.:s of WC shingr~tn, D. C'.,
have been successfuL. in establishing a
A. Minnesota Fish Story.
John Munter and John Frankson re
turned recently from a week's outing
at Swan lake. Mr. Munter tells this
fish story:
"Monday night we were crossing the
lake in a small brat. when I saw some
thing floating on the surface of the
water. Frankson said it was a fish,
and I stuck to it that it was a piece of
wood that had been driven by the
wind into the middle of the lake.
"Frankson insisted that it was a
fish, and was so sure of it that he fired
a shot at it from a shotgun. Imagine
my surprise when I saw a monster
pickerel flopping about in the water.
We secured the fish and it, weighed
close up to twenty pounds.
"I have been on Minnesota lakes a
great deal, t all times of the day and
night, it this is the first instance of
this kind I ever heard of."-Minneap
elis Special.
England's Wheat Fielda.
A preliminary statement issued by
the Board of Agriculture shows the
total acreage under all crops and
grass this year to be 32,286,832, which
is a decrease of nearly 31,000 acres
compared with last year. With re
gard to cereal crops, it i . gratifying
to notice that the area under wheat
this year shows an increase of 421,
701 acres compared with last year,
the total acreage under wheat being
1,796,985; but, on the other hand,
there is a decrease of nearly 30,000
acres under barley and oats. There
is a substantial increase in the num
ber of horses, cattle, and sheep. Pigs
show a decrease of 436,725-T/ofm
Sloo Reward. S1oo.
The readers of this paper will be pleased " o
learn that taere i; at iea: one dreaded dis
Case aat scieanu na4 bet: L ai to care ina:ii
itsca.;,and t aat Is Cat-tra. Hall's Catarrii
C:u'cis tie oaly positivo cure now known to
the medical fracttrairy. Catarrh lbeing a con
stittional disease, re.juire; a constitutional
treat ment. Hall's Catarratiureis takeniuter
nally..azctin dire.-tly a'.oc ta bloo1 andma
cou.-;arfas. of the sys:e:n. thereby destroy
injtaefouadation oftte dise3s, and givint
the -.tient streagta by ouildiaz up the con
iti:ution and assistiu naturo in doinf its
work. The prorprietors have so much fait hi
itscurative po ders tuaz tuey o.Ter One dfua
dredDollarsforaay c.vle that i: taiils to cari.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. CaEst &. Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 73.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Pca::oek feathers age said to bring ill
luck.
Tavlor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Sullen is Nature's great remedy-Cures
Coughs, Colds. Croup and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. At rug
gists, 25e., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle.
Money has power to crush happi
ness only when its roots get in the
heart.
TORTURING HUMOR
Body a Maws of Sores-Caked in Three
Doctors But Grew Worse-Cured by
Cuticura For 75c.
"My little daughter was a mass of sores
all over her body. Her face was being
eaten away. and her ears looked as ii they
would drop off. I had three doctors, but
she grew worse. Neighbors advised Cuxti
cura. and before I. had used half of the
cake of soap and box of ointment the sores
had all healed, and my li:tle one's skin
was as clear as a new born babe's. .1 would
not be without (Cutieura if it coct five dol
lars. instead of 75 cents. whicb is all it
cost us to cure our baby. Mrs. G. J.
Steese. 701 Coburn St.. Akron, Ohio."
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion resumed the investigtation into
private refrigerator car lines.
A DESPAIRINC WOMAN.
Weak, Nrvous and Wretched From
Wasting Kidney Troubles.
Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Main and
Garst Sts.. South Bend. Ind., says:
"When I began
- using Doanl's Kid
ney Pills I was so
weak I could
hardly drag my
self across the
room.he I was
wrthdand necr
vous, and had
* backache, bear
/ n-dwn pain.
-~ /~' headache, dizzi
ness and wealk
'' eyes. Dropsy set
in and bloating of the chest choked
me and thfeatened the heart. I had
little hope. but to my untold surlprise
Doan's Kisiney Pills brought me relief
and saved my life. I shall never for
gej it."
Solil by all deaxlers. 50 cents a boz.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Joe Jefferson's Autograph.
Tile reproduction of the late Joseph
Jefferson's autogr'aph,. and that of his
gradfather, add to the interest ofan'
aricle about this beloved and lament
ed actor in the November Lippincott 's
The author is Isabel Gordon Curtis.
Cures Rheumtatismn and Catarrh,--M!edicine
Sent Free.
These two diseases are the -esult of an
awful poisoned condition of the blood. If
you have aching joints and back', shoulder
blades. bone pains, crippled hands, legs or
feet. swollen muscles, shifting, sharp.
biting pains, and that tired, dfsomraged
feeling of rheumnatism. or the hawking,
spitting, blurred eyesight, deafness, sick
stomach, heada'hc, noisCs in the head, mu
ons throa:: dicharges, decaying teeth,
adI breath, belching gas of catarrh. take
Botni" Blood Balm (B. i. B.) It kills the
poson in the blood which c uses these awful
symtomns. giv'ing a pure. healthy blood
sullly to the joints and mucous mem
~ra es, and makes a perfect cure of the
worst rheumatism or foulest eatarrh.
('res where all else fails. Blood Balmt
(B. B. B.) is composed of pure Botanic in
gredients, good for woak kidneys. fim
proes the digestion. cures dysx'ersiax. A
perfect tonic for old folks by giving them
new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughbly 1t ed
for thirty years. Druxisits. -91 per :arge
bottle, with' eompei.te dlire'tions for ham"
cure. Sample fr's and preaid by writing
Blood Balm ('o., Atlanta, Ga. D'e'ibef
truble and special free medical advice
sent in sealed letter.
At the risk of killing hImself to pre.
vent running over a child, a Bost~o:n
automobile enthusiast directed his big
machine into a ditch. It turned com
pletely over, and he had a narrow
ecape from death. being qui:, secvere
ly injured. The child was unharmed.
The man may have been o1,eratinlg
the automobile too fast. comments the
Buffalo Courier, but he thought quick
ly and acted heroically.
PUTNAM
Color more goods brighter and fasler colors than any
... 4y -....... .. pme nnen ,ar writ fa
OPERAJI O
Two Grateful Letters f
Serious Operations.
from Like Condition
Y-.
~4
ar9rite Ryan
When a physician tells a woman, su
fering from oraria= or womb troubl
that an operation is necessary it,
course, frightens her.
The very thought of the operatin
table and the knife strikes terror t
her heart. As one woman expresse
it. when told by her physician that sh
must undergo an operation. she fe:
that her death knell had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of wome
who are there for orarian or wom
operations:
It is quite true that these troubl<
may reach a stage where an operatio
is the only resource, but such cases ax
much rarer than is generally suppcse<
because a g-eat many women has
been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound after the doctoi
had said an operation must be pe
formed. In fact. up to the point whei
the knife must be used to secure instaT
relief, this medicine is certain to hell
The strongest and most gratefi
statements possible to make come fro:
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pin]
ham's Vegetable Compound, hai
esceaped serious operations.
Margrite Ryan. Treasurer of St. Ai
drew's Society, Hotel English, India
apolisInd.,writesof hercureas follow
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
",I cannot find words to express my than
for the good Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetat
Compound did me. The doctor said I cou
not get well unless I had an operation f
ovarian and female troubles. I knew I cou
not stand the strain of an operation and ma<
up my mind I wo.uld be an invalid for lif
Ask Mrs. Plnkham's Advice-A We
PRICE, 25 Cts A
. ME THlE GRP
IN ONE DAY
Ael;I 0 GRIP, BJ
L W I won't sell.
H E Call for y<
F. W. D
The girliess telephone is comim
and the borseless carriage is going
at a tremendous rate. observes t's
New York Trihine.
FIT nermanerntlyensre. Noftsorrne'-rot'
:n-u-:t irs: day's se o f Dr. ' iine's G r'
Ner~crednrr.r:2trial iso:ti eaud treatise :re
lDr.' LX'E. Ltd..' Archb S.. ?hiil..E
A :rtn swill die jor want of air in lie
Mrse. Win . w's Soothinz Syrup for Childre
Ieet-ainr. coftens'thegunms.rednetesin~fiammt
S o~ tha ai2.--urs wind ccalie.25c. a bott!
The old L:: 2 aestcs are sti!l worni
do ao: oievs diso's Cure for Consurn
ltonaae : or coag.Ls and colds.-Jou:
F.i.oxr.r., iNinity Sarinss ind.. Feb. 15, 193J
te- eake is the &hief comumercial fct
;C:heri in1 China.
The M~onumnent-al Bronze Company. SM
I.,ward Avenue. Bridgeport. Conn., want
;xoc l. live agent in ths. vicinity to take ot
d-r.a for their eelebrated White Bronze moa:
uments. heads:ones, grave -.;overs. etc. ]
isegood. legitimate business and they oflre
i 'ral inducements. Someone should writ
ti:nus and embrace this opportunity.
iihop Potter favors twenty-minute ses
Rlome has semimaries represecting eight)
seven orders.
[MOZLEY'S
LEMON ELIXIR
-A sunt cmnz roa
ICO NSTI PA TION, BI LIOUSN ESS
Iand all disorders of the Stomach and
Bowes. oc.a bottle at drug stores.
Around the World
*'I haye used your Fish
Brand Sickers for years
9n the liawalian islands
ad found them the only
article that suited. I am
new In this country
HIGEST AWAR!)WORWYS AIR.1904.
The wor' 1wide reputa
tion of Tower's Water
proof Oiled Clothing
assures the buyer of
the posItive worth of
all garmienlts bearing
this Sign of the Fish.
A. J. TOWER CO., Boston, U. S. A.
TOWERt CANADIAN CO., LIMITED,
-To-onto. Canada.
FOR WOMEN
troubled with ills peculiar to
teir sex, used as a douche is marvelously suc
cessul. ahoroughly cleanses,':ils disease germs
stops discharges, heals inflammation and luce
soreness, cures leucorrhei. and rnasal catarrhb.
Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in pm
water, and is far more cleansing, healing,~ germicd;
and economical than liquid antiseptics for s
TOILET AND) WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES
For lale at druggists, 50 cents a box.
Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free.
rar. 9. PaxroN COMPANY BOSTOrN. MAst
So. 44.
BestCouh yup.Thates .ud. Cue
FAD)ELE
ot her dye. One toc package colors all fibers. They
f,. a1,a.a to Dvy% Blaenh ad Mix Colors.
S AVOIDED
rom Women Who Avoided
-Many Women Suffering
s Will Be Interested.
- Hearing how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had saved other womrin from
serious operations I decided to try it, and in
less than four months I was entirely cured;
and words fail to express my thankfulness."
Miss Margret Merkley of 275 3d
d Street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes:
e Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
t ' Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
severe shooting pains through i:he pelvi6
organs, cramps, bearing down pains and
a extreme irritation compelled me to seek
b medical advice. The doctor. after making
an examination, said that I had ovarian trcu
ble and ulceration, and advised an operation
as my only hope. To this I strongly Objected
-and I decided as a last resort to try Lydia
e E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
I. " To mv surprise the ulceration healed. all
e the bad symrtoms disappeared, and Iam once
s more strong, vigorous and well; and I can
s not express my thanks forwhat it hAs done
for me."
,e Ovarian and womb troubles are
t steadily on the increase among women
--and before submitting to an opera
tion every woman should try Lydia E.
n Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. and
write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.
for advice.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been curing
the worst forms of female com'plaints
all ovarian troubles. inflammation. uP
ceration, falling and -displacement of
the womb. leneorrhea, irregularities,2
s indigestion and nervous prostration.
Any woman who could read the many
Id grateful letters on file in Mrs. Pink
id ham's office would be convinced of the
1, efficiency of her.advice and Lydia E.
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
:mai Best -.es as' Woma's il.
TI-GRIPINE
; GUARANTEED TO CURE *
SD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIAs
Lut-Gripvie to a dealer who won't Guarantee IL
ur moXEY BACK IIP IT DOESZJT CURE.
inter, M.D., Manufacturer, Spr,sgAd, N.
g
FOR MAN
., AND BEAST.
.-* KILLS PAIN
AND DESTROYS
-ALL GERMULFE.
CURES RHEUMATISM
4 WONDERFULLY
SPENETRATINC.
A COMPLETE
MEDICINE CHEST..
Price, 250., 50c., and I i.00.
Dr. EA RL S. SLOAN,
635 Albany St., Boston, Mass.
W. L. DoucLAs
* 3 &*32SHOESE&
W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Line
cannot be equalled at any price.
ALLc -
.. T. w4.t
W.L.DOUrL ASMAKESAHD SELLS
MORE MENf'S $3.50 SHOES THAIE
ANY OTH ER MANUFACTWRER.
$10 00 SWARDto anyone who ca
$1 .(O lldsrv5 thhs statement
W. L Douglas S3.50 shoes have by their ex
cellent style, easy fitting, and surerior wearing
qualities, achieved the largest sale of any 5.3.50
-shoe in the world. They are just as good as
. I those that cost y'o: $5.fll to $7.00 - the only
Idifference is the price. If I could take you Into
Imy factory at Brockton, Mass., the larvest in
th Ve world under one roof making men's fine
shoes, and show you the care with which every
pair of Douglas shoes is mrade, you would realize
why W. L. Doue~lae $3.53 shoes are the best
shoes produce I in the wold
If!I could show you the difference between the
shoes made in my factory and those of other
makes, you would urnderstand why Douglas
their shape, fit better, weanr longer, and ere of
-greater intrinsic value than any othtr $3.50
,sho: on. the market to-day.
.1 W. L Doug fas Steer~ng Madle Shocsfcp
Mest, $2.50, $2,00. Boys' Schsol &
e Dross Shos,$2.50, $2, $1.75,$160
i CA UTl0N.-Insist urain having W.L.Dong
las shoes.. Tak no substituat,. None g.-maine
without his nane :andi price stamped on bottom:.
WANTiE D. A shoe dealer ineyers' town -yhere
W. L. D~ougias Sbo., are not sold. ~Full line of
Ssamples sent free for in pection upon requewt.
- Fast Co/or E yeicts utde; tJ~et. wi!! rnot wear trassy.
Write for Illunstr'.l ('atalog of Fall Styles.
W. L. DG UGL.S, !trockton, Mass.
s sAU~' 5 1.rc. o'e',-eo' orf
i!es980il'S~ Eye Water
~SS DYES
dy in cod wate btte than any otuzerl1~ aYou