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r MIIIIMIIMIMIIMHIHII OBADIAH POOR DEVIL'S PRAYER. Obadlah Poordevil was one ot those easy going people who attended to his own business and had but little to say to any one. His education was acquired by Jerks in one of the little old-fashioned log school houses, a sample of which we find yet in some of the new settlements of the south-western states. He seldom attended church, but when he did he wore such a solemn look that it excited the suspicion that he possesseo religion. Acting upon this suspicion one day old Deacon Twentypercent invited him to pray. Obediah said he didn't have words enough to pray, they must excuse him. But old Deacon Twentypercent and Deacon Skinflint told him he didn't have to have words, the Lord would furnish them; all he had to do was to get down on his kneeB and open his heart and the Lord would put words in his mouth to express his feelings. "For the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,' said Twentypercent. Obedlah said he'd try it a ltck anyhow and having placed himself in the proper attitude he poured out his heart In the following manner: "O, Lord, they tell me that You will give me words to express the feelings of my heart. O, Lord, send 'em down right now for I've got a lot to say. O, Lord, I'll tell you who I am and maybe you won't want to listen to me, for I am poor and haven't got much education. I'm Just plain' Obedlah Poordevil. I haven't been a very bad sinner nor a very good Christian. O, Lord, maybe I'm wrong: nearly everybody is going to the devil or else I am. Maybe I liovnn'l nr/>t L? ~1? 4 LI ? J ? * ? T* * * * - v hui me 11*111 Mini Ul a IJIDlfi but It's just like old Deacon Twentyper cent's. O, Lord, I want to know about a whole lot of things; I want to know who you made this earth for anyhow? My Rible says this "earth Is the Lord's and the fulness thereof but old Deacon Twenty-percent claims to own half of this township and us Poordevlls that do the. work have to pay them for the fullness thereof. O, Lord, I want to know if he pays it over to You?I don't think he does, for I seen him sell it and put the The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect. I.AXATIVK HROMOQUININKis betterthan ordinary Quinin* nnd does not cause nervousness rnr rinsing in hend. Remember the full name and look for the aignatur* of K, 'V. VV ^ 41 ! i . I ooiNjr l? the bank where he loai it out of a per cent. O, Lord, I wai to know It You didn't make a ml take when You commanded the pe< pie not to collect usury from the brethren. Somebody is mistaken an If You mean what You said, son people who stand mighty high * this community are going to he sure and this church will loae son ot It's mighty n a< pillars. O, Lord, I want o know It yc made some people to work and son to play; some to wear fine clothi buu ivm? to so nearly naked; soni to drive flne coacbes and some I work In the not sun every day. er* to know if v->u done this purposo or if these fellows are rui ning a bluff on us? O, Lord, I want to know why w have to divide up with the fellow thtlt don't wo.k I want to kn.i why old Deacon Twentypercent liv< in a fine house which he didn't mal; and t have to live in an old shunt which I had to make. I want to kno why his gals can go off on excu slons w;th a lot of flne haired dud* and not be talked about, while mine happens to speak to a ma they are bad medicine. I want t know, O, Lord, if you meant whi You said when You declared that is easier for a camel to go throug a needle's eye than for a rich ma to enter the kingdom of heaver If you did, I'll tell Sal when I g< home. It'll do her a lot of good. ] It is so, there'll be some disappoin ed people In this neighborhood an O, Lord, I want to know If You ha> got the same opinion of lawyers th< You had when you was down here, don't think they are any better tha they were then?worse If anythin O, Lord, 1 t'sawful hard to se^ You and the Deacon both, for yoi minds don't Beem to run in the sarr channel, but I'm going to try it it bursts a gallus. And now, O, Lord, that haint nei all, but I can see the deacon gettir | resuess and l ain't much on prayir I anyhow, but If they want me to c i How's i his i i\Ve offer One 11iitxlrol Hollar* llewurd for ni o:i?m .if t'uturrh tbut vauiiot bo cured by ila 1 ] l ..lurrh C'uro. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. i Wp, tho nnderatuned, linve known F. I ( neiiey for tho last ,"i j.mid bellotro bl i perfectly honorable In nil business trnnsiietlo i.| financially hbio to carry out uny ohlittatlo 11,8de by Ida firm. NAT. HANK OF COM MERCK. Toledo, Ohio. TTall'a Catarrh Core I* taken Interimlly, nctli directly u,iou ti n bl.Mid nml liiucoua surfaces the system. Testimonials sent free. l'rlco cent* |>cr bottle. Sold liv alt Iirnjritlnt*. Tako Hull's Family Pill* for constipation. lisB&r " i >?>:v .$>; N" \ A^A A^A. A^A A^A A^A. A^A.A^4.^4 A^-A. < J "" % v * THE LANCASTER NEWS, is it again next month, I'll try. I wish at You would send plenty of rain ao as 5 * to help me a little on that note I j > owe the deaccu for I want o get ? ir It payed before we both go to heaven, \ id so there'll be no hard feelings about j ?6 it and the gale can't throw it up to 3 'n mine. ] U O' Lord, I don't know how this is \ ie for a prayer, but they said you would j give me words to say what was in t U my heart, and I have Ju?t paid what < >e I thought, and hope I haven't hnrt j J? nobody's feelings. Amen.?Ex- 3 i? change. ?c | ? Voice of the City. That talk of the town is a wonder * ful thing. It may fall away to a rest ? less, fitful murmur in the middle of \ e the night, but it goes on unceasingly ) ,-s The honk of the motor car is its punc- 1 w fuation mark, and in its indistingulsh ? ?s able vast uproar blend the accents of \ e nearly two million human beings, to ; aay nothing of the wild laughters and [ tribulations of lesser animals, with ? vv an eye or a tongue to the moon that rules tides other than those of the sea, 3 -8 ?Atlantic Monthly. if i Foi there he many voices, but one Voted. ! ,n| * :o dot Rid of Those Poisons In Your it | System! |. .. i You ,wil 1 find Dr. King's New Life 1? Pills u most satisfactory laxative in I \ ll releasing the poisons from your sys-' n tern. Accumulated waste and pols- ' 7 ons cause manifnM oiim?T,?o ..-i ? m..?aivu co umrfih , released. Dlsclr-ess, spots before the ' eyes, blackness and a miserable f3el-, If fng generally are Indications that you t- need Dr. King's New IJfe Pills. Take d a dose tonight and you will exper lease grestful relief by morning. e 26c. i it I g NOTICE. re Write me and I will ex- ^B ir plain how 1 was cured in 4 MR ie days of a severe case of ^ Piles of 40 years' standing sjpl without pain, knife or de- Kl fcj tent Ion from business. No BS ir M one need surfer from this BB ) disease when this humane |Hj cure can be had right here Eg 1K mm in South Carolina. io R. M. JOSKY, ? Bb ^ The Novt lti'wf ' ? *- * "? tue I'ino , n Forest for Colds Is? i n I)r. Doll's Pine-Tar-Honey which goes ' to the very root of cold troubles. It i clears the throat and gives relief from that clogged and stuffed feeling. ' The piv.es have ever been the friend , ,1M of man in driving away colds. More ( over, the pine-honey qualities are ' ' peculiarly effective in fighting chll- ; dren's colds. Remember that a cold 73 broken at the start greatly removes the possibility of complications. 26c. 1 THE FIRST Don't miss this wonderful o It is necessary that you cut THE MANAGER OF THl The Colui *???%?<$><%? The Cc THURSDAY, OC Take your choice of the foliowi 10 On J This sale will include ever of vour past patronage, and tho ING COMPANY, we want you Every garment is guarante snap of a strictly tailor made g. throughout. Every button hole very end. ARE ^ REMKM HER: Our prices at that price. The $14.50 Suit d goes with it. Any customer guessing nef by the store during the ANN1V customers will have three guess will have his pick of our entire i OCTOBER 22,1915. \nmv uii i i u i j i > ; . THAT IS WHi BY TRADINC | JUST READ ON AND GE1 I BUT A FEW OF THE BA1 ? 1 Blankets . 49g li Mens Pants QOC I ? - u%y ? $3.50 and $4.00 Q98 Whitcomb Shoes " Boys' Shoes $ ^ 19 Outing & Cotton y| 1C Flannel *2 !e Check / 1C \\ Homespun *2 1 Anything else that vou mav npprl I. " u " J J r Dry Good Shoes and the latest in us before you s buy elsewhere. hirr f THE 8TOHK THAT I + ! *$* GREAT ANN1VE OF y I nr ! / numoia I ailoring I BEGINNING rOBER 21st. Zm MO -FREEug presents: A pair of SHOES, a pair of your Suit or Overcoat, and a ? PER CENT DISCO! Iny Suit or Overcoat Ordered During Abo y style and quality of cloth that we have, se of you who have not placed an order w to do so. ed to be tailor made to your order, to hav arment, no matter at what ju ice you buy i is Vionrl r?v?a .../> ? ? 1 - uhuu mauc (uiu wc guctictiitee yuui orue rou A GOOD GUI begin at $14.50 and ; on have a largo numl uring the sale will co?t you $ld.05, and an e irest to the number of orders, including s\i rERSARY SALP], will be given a suit or o> les, customers placing orders for single tro stock. pportunity for securing your Kail and Wint this advertisement nit and i>res?o?t i* ? cv i> m C LANCASTER NEWS WILL AWARD T nbia Tailoring JOHN F. 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