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y "SABBlTfl" SCHOOL. / USTERNATIOXAL LESSON FO FEBRUARY 15. Iiesson Text: "Elijah Taken t Heaven," II Kings, 11., 1-11? Goklen Text: Genesis, v., 24?Com mentar y. 1. "And it came to pass when the Lor would take up Elijah into heaven by a whir wind." We nave now come to the record c Eliiaii's last day on earth in a mortal boiv Suddenly he appears before us in I Sings xvii., 1, and now as suddenly be is to 1) taken from us. Like Aaron and Moses, h is to be taken away in perfect health (Xum xi., 28., Deut. xxxiv., 7); and like Enoch, h is to be taken without dying. In the wil derness under the juniper tree he had aske: to die (I Kings, xix., 4), but that prayer v~a not answered, for God had something bettei for him that he little dreamed of. God' way is to do for us exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think (Eph. iii., 20; "Elijah went with Elisha from GilgaL' Since the anointing Elisha had been wit! Elijah ministering unto him (I Kings xix.. 21), but now he was to part with him and be come his successor in office. At Gilgal Israe made their first encampment in the promisee land; there they set up the twelve stonei from the bed ot the Jordan; there they wen circumcised and kept the passover, and then God rolled away from them the reproaci of Egypt (Josh, iv and v). 2. "And Elijah said unto iSJIsha, Tarrj tere I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me tc Bethel." By comparing Gen. xii., 6,andDeut jd., 80, it would seem that Abram's first altai In the promised fond was noPfrom Gilgal. In Gen. xii., 8, we see his second altar at Bethel. Here also Jacob saw the ladder S9t upj)n t?e earth whose tgp reached unto hfiaven (Gen. xxviii, lfy. * "As theLord livetb, arid as thy soul liveth I w2TnotTeave tTiee. So they went down to Bethel." This is the steadfastness of purpose which has something in view and gets ft. There is nothing like indifference here, buton the contrary a wholeheartedness which indicates intense desire. i 8. "Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from tny tieaa to-aayr This was the question of the sons of the prophets of Bethel. We will find more, of them and a similar question at Jericho. See also verse IS, and chapters iv., 1, 38; ii. "And he said. Yea, I know it; hold ye our peace." Elisha was well aware that tlijah was to leave him, and like Jacob with the angel, he was in his heart clinging and saying, "I will not let thee go except thou bless me'' (Gen. xxxii., 26). 4. "And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sant me to Jericho. This is met by the same refusal as at Oiigal, and is followed (vs., 5) by the same question from the sons of the prophets at Jericho as that asked at Bethel. He needs not Elijah's request, nor is he moved by the repeated reminders that Elijah is about to leave him. One thing he desires and earnestly seeks after (Ps. xxvii., 4), and from mat one ming uu cuuuuii ud iui ucu a??uc. 8. "And Elijah said unto bim. Tarry, 1 pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan." If a redeemed soul will stay at Gilgal (reproach rolled away, salvation obtained) there they may stay and be saved as by fire; if they will go farther to Bethel (house of God and revelations of glory) and consent to tarry there, thinking and talking of their future happiness, they may still, though saved, bo without much reward; if they press on to the city of palm tr.-es (Dent, xxxiv., 3), p easaut but barren (vs. 19), they may rejoice in being blessed with ' all spiritual blessings, and the good things whicn He will not withhold from them that walk uprightly, and yet live largely a selfish life ana bear little fruit. "And they two went on." Never stopping as if satisfied with any attainment m the divine life, but ever pressing onward, forgetting the things which are behind?this, is the only way for'a soul constrained by the love of Christ. 7. "And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood to view afar off; and they two stood by Jordan." Fifty afar off looking on, only two really in the busi Bess on nana, one oi tueia uu-jut to ue and the other eager for one thins, desiring it most earnestly; and yet all the fifty-two are among the prophets. Look over the companies of believers anywhere and ask how many are ready and expecting to ba translated; how many have earnest desire for the one thing needful for service hera, and how many are looking on and merely wondering "What next?" 8. "Ana Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground." The last we heard of this mantle it was covering Elijah's face as God talked with him at Horeb in the still small voice, and a little later it was thrown upon Elisna as he was plowing (I Kings xix., 13, 19). Now, it is like Moses's rod stretched out over the Red Sea, or like the Ark of the Covenant on the shoulders oi the priests at this same Jordan five hundred years before (Ex. xiv., 1C; Josh, iii.. 17). 9. "Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee." Jordan, the river of judgment, has been crossed; Elisha would not tarry at any delightful experience, but on, and on, and now in the power of resurrection he stands with Elijah on the verge "of separation from him and hears this great question. It is as if Elijah said. Why nave you clung to me? Why have you so perseveringly followed on? What is it that you so earnestly desire? Ask it now that you may receive iu "And Elisha said, I pray thee let a double portion of thy spirit ba upon ma." Oh, blessed desire implanted by God Himself! Not wealth, nor influence, nor worldly favor, but the spirit that finds all in G-od and fears not the face of man; not the three years which the disciples spent with Jesus could qualify them to be witnesses unto Him, but only the same Spirit *vho dwelt in and controled and wrought in and through Himself, and whom He said He would send to them after His return to the Father, bidding them to tarry in Jerusalem till they should receive that baptism of the Holy Spirit without which they were powerless. To be filled with that Spirit is our need to-day, but we need not expect to be thus filled if we are content to tarry at Gilgal, Bethal, Jericho or in any Christian experience short of complete separation from all earthly entanglements, and also from the selfish enjoyments of even the Christian life. 10. "And He said. Taou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless if Thou see me when I am taken from Thee, it shall be so unto Thee; but i. not, it shall not be so." A hard thing for Elisha, and perhaps he knaw not what he asked. Elijah knew what it had cost him toobtaiu the measure of the Spirit which be had; what separation, what loneliness, what death to the flesh, what trials, what persecutions, and if Elisha is to receive a double portion of the Spirit will it not be a hard thiug for him? Has he counted the cost? 11. "Ana it came to pa?s,asthey stili went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, nn l horses oc fire, aud parted th;m both asunder." Cau you fancy how intently Elisha watched Eiijah as they still went on and talked, never for a moment taking his evss off him, least after all he might miss his heart's desire. Can you imagine the subject of thsir conversation, as the one kn ;?v that any moment his companion might be gone, and the other knew that any moment he might c?ase to be a mortal man? We are sure that nothing trifling would be spoken, but only things concerning the awful realities of time and eternity. "And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." See God in the whirlwind in Job xxxviii., 1; xl., 6; Ezsk. i., 4; Nah. i., 3; Zeeh. ix., 14. The whirlwinds with which we are familiar dash all things earthly to pieces, but if we are heavenly people nothing can harm us, not even a cyclone. It maj take us to heaven, and that will be a great gain.? Lesson Helper. Mrs. Stanley is seeing America ai no other English woman ever did be lore, xn i^unaio tne regular ooaruer of the hotel "where Mrs. Stanley anc her mother stayed quietly fitt-ed uj their apartment before their arriva with the costliest and most beautifa articles of furniture from their owi rooms. For three days Dorothy anc her mother simply marveled at th< Oriental magnificence of Americar ho tel life. ^ y : " 'kW.^ 1 . -A i J-' . V. Iti' I TEMPERANCE. I THE PLANTING OF THE YIXE. tl The flood was over; rich to soil, ; That promised recompense the toil. j The legends of the Talmud say, c That J^oah, digging hard one" day, I i Was asked by Satan what ha sought, As with perspiring face he wrought. "I plant the grape," the patriarch saiJ| ! As from his toil ne raised his head. . I a i Said Satan, "I a favor ask. Let us together share this task." 11 ; ' The tired man could not uay nay. And so the devil had his way. e ; e j A bleating lamb he caught and killsi i. And on the vine its blood he spilled. e ! - I "Henceforth," saii Satan, "lamblike ha, 1 O vine, who tasteth fruit of thee." r | A lion's blood then wet the vine s I That it might brin~ forth royal wins. r "Bold as a lion shall ha be ii Who sippeth sparingly of thee, 1 O vine, whose clustering cups shall boli | Juic* worthy to be drunk from gold." J A pig that rooted on th6 plain, 1 Was nert by Satan caught and s'ain. s > Upon the vine its blood was shed, i And as it flowed hell's monarch said: t "Who drinketh to excess of thee, r 0 wine, a very swine shall be." > Through all the ages since that tima, In every nation, every clime, ; Wherever wine doth fill the cup, \ Man gives bis better nature up. 1 The lamb, with trembling, timid feet Before the lion doth.retreat, ' The lion to a swino doth turn When wine in man's proui veins loth burn. Who drinketh once will drink again, For Satan tempteth not in vain. Who drinketh wine his soul to bless, Full often drinketh to excjss. His soul he bindeth with a chain That few indeed can rend in iwain. ?Egbert L. Bangs, in the Voice. StUDE.VTS WHO ABSTAIN. "Students' Total Abstinenca Union" is the name of an organization of ministerial students of six Nonconformist theological colleges in England, which held its annual soirea recently at the Wesloyan College, Richmond. There are 239 theological students in these colleges, of whom 232 are abstainers. The union has been in existence thirty-four years, and when formed ia 1S56 the percentage of abstainers among all the students was forty. Now the percentage of abstainers is ninety-seven. In three of the six colleges all of the students are now abstainers. We wish as much could be said of the students of all our American colleges.?National Advocate. TEMPERANCE AND THE TROPICS. Dr. Bessinger, after exploring the interior of Luederitz Land, the German portion of southwestern Africa, adds his testimony to the experience that total abstinence from stimulants would reduce the allege 1 climate perils of the tropics to the danger incident to sand-storms ana sevwe droughts. "The renunciation of alcohol,"he says, "will enable i travelers in this country to walk twenty | miles a day without danger to their health, i and if the same organized enterprise and the same amount of treasure that have been wasted in pursuit of the North Pole chimera, had been devoted to the exploration of this continent, not a mountain range nor a river | valley of tropical Africa would by th'.s time be missing from our topographical maps." j GALILEE COFFEE HOUSE*. The Galilee coffee house, opened Inst week 1 under the auspices of Calvary Episcopal Church, is the kind of institution that New * X * 3 1 * 1 A fA I i Ol'X SUOUia nave III, least uuc uuuui c-a VI w every thousand saloons. We fight against saloons year in and year out, and rightly, for the harm they do to the morals of the community, but we seldom think of providing a practical substitute for them as places where men who cannot afford to belong to i fashionable clubs can sit down and smoke with a friend at a table and make themselves at home without the more or less humiliating feeling that they are beneficiaries of a free charity, or the sense of obligation to buy intoxicating drinks. Yet ths saloon will not go till the popular substitute comes. There should be a Galiles coffee house in every street in town.?New York Press. NIXE MUKDERS A WEEK. The Chicago Tribune publishes the following tables of causes of murder during the year 1893: Quarrels 2.1S4 Liquor 466 Unknown 464 Jealously 396 By highwaymen 217 Infanticide 167 Resisting arrest 149 Highwaymen killed 74 SJolt' rlofprwr* Insanity 59 Outrages -5 Duel 1 Strike 1 This record is made up from the reports given in the press of th? country, and of course the causes are those assigned by the j press. How many of those assigned to 'quarrels,'' to ''unknown," to "jealousy," to "infanticide,"'to "resisting arrest," to "selfdefense,'' to "insanity" and to "outrages" arc due to liquor eithsr as principal or auxiliary ciuse, we cannot tell. But taking the causes just as?igu3.1, we find that 4SG murders (eleven per cent.) are due to liquor. Suppose Professor Koch's lymph should develop the unsuspected property of maddening men and causing a racjrd "like that this year, what an outcry would be raised, despite its remedial qualities, and how quickly the ntc?ssary restrictions would ba applied by the law. If The Voice could chronicle each of these nine murders a week assigned to liquor alone, how long would the personal liberty argument keep its legs? But liquor is different from lymph: it has "vested interests" and a political pull.? The Voice. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. North Carolina has now two State unions, Ihe colored women having organized there last July. Colorado was the banner Stats for inT .Ami Tamna? lmo T p , the year now closing. ' The Wisconsin Woman's Christian Temperance Union has the largest per cent, of increase in membership for IssilJ. Arkansas white-ribboners hope for temperance legislation this waiter. Forty-four counties there are under Prohibition. La ly Henry Somerset, President of the British Woman's Christian Temperance 1 Union, hopes to be present at the national convention of the United States. Mother Stewart and Mrs. Mary A. Wood; bridge are to be delegates from the national union to the Go >d Templars' gathering at Edinburgh, Scotland, next summer. The Atlanta convention resolutions urged upon the women special attention to the organization of young women into Young Woman's Christian Temperance Unions. The National Temperance Hospital, located in Chicazo and belonging to the Woman's Christian" Temperance Union, has treated 100 patients since last April, coming from ten States. The hospital is out of debt and ii< V.AftftK r*ot"?1 nnnlt"inn tlnn I in ? .-v... ^.v. ?,v~ fort-. That temperance wornea have wonderful adaptability is snowa by a somewhat recent division of their labors in the West so as to B especially look after ranchmen and cowboys. Mrs. Elizabeth Houghton of Texas, is making a successful effort to ret each one to S mark r calf with the initials "W. C. T. U." | and to give the proceeds to aid the evangelistic work among themselves. , Among the many beautiful banners ' wrought by loving brain and hand for the ] Woman's Christian Temperance Union that 3 of the National Department of Peace and Arbitration is notable. It is of white satin l and has a centrepieca composed of tbe flags ( of all nations, surrounded by appropriate symbols. Its motto is: "Our song is"the song of angels; our sword the sword g? the Spirit; oiir march the march of peace.'' Cause of Rheumatism An acid which exists In sour milk and cider, called Jactle acid. Is believed by physicians to be the cause : of rheumatism. Accumulating In the blood, it atj tacks the fibrous tissues In the Joints, and causes agonizing pains. What Is needed Is a remedy to neutralize the acid, and to so Invigorate the kidneys ; and liver tte> all waste will be carried off. We can | honestly recommend Hood's Sarsaparllla for these | purposes. It has cured others of rheumatism anrtlt will cure you. Hood's Sarsaparllla Bold by all druggist* $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar N Y W C?3 DADWAY'S II nranw DEI ICE CURIOUS FACTS. Over 38,000 copyrights were granted to American authors during the past calendar year. Rabbits are so thick in the vicinity of Richmond, Kan., that the boys kill them with clubs. A ton of tomatoes as they come from the field, it is estimated, will fill from 400 to 450 cans. An idol collector in San Francisco, Cal., who has just died had a collection of 500 little gods. The Sutlej, a large river in British India, with a descent of ] 2,000 feet in 180 miles, is the fastest flowing river in the world. Of the twenty-six British Dobles who signed magna charta all but three had to "make their mark," being unable to write. Just above Vienna, Austria, on the j Danube, is the convent and school of Melk, which has just celebrated its thousandth anniversary. The "apee," a popular form of cake in Philadelphia, Penn., got its name from the initials of Ann Page, who first made it there more than a ceutury ago. Alexander the Great had a copy of the "Iliad" inclosed in a nutshell, and it is quite certain that it could not have been written without the aid of a microscope. There are only about twenty really great diamonds in the world. The most famous of them have come from Golcon3a and Brazil^ but the largest are from the South African fields'! Henry Grube, of Paterson, N. J., had h parrot fifty-two years old of whi^h he made a great pet. Last week Mr. Grube died, and the bird at once began to droop, living only until the day of his master's funeral. A rider who has tried riding with stirruns lonir and 6tirrups short now savs that be rides with his stirrups only as Ion;; as from the palm of his hand to his armpit; and he always rides with one i stirrup hole shorter than the other one. Daniel John, of Fulton, Mo., is afflicted iu a most peculiar manner. During the war a rifle ball struck him at the point of the nose and lodged back of his right car. The ball has gradually worked downward uutil it is now near the hip 1 and unfits him for labor. I Twenty centuries beforo the birth of ; Watt, Hero, of Alexandria, Egypt, de! scribed machines whose motive power was steam. He also invented a double force pump, used as a fire engine, and I anticipated the modern turbine wheel by I a machine he named "Neolpile." Two remarkably big men were buried at Marshall, III., recently. Charles Kel; ler, aged twenty, weighed 400 pounds and an eighteen-year-old son of David i ji few nounds more I AVCJUV/.V.* ,.wA 1 | than 400. There was no hearse in town large enough to carry the coffin of either of them. Probably the oldest house in the United States is a decaying stone dwellj ing that stands in Guilford, Conn. It j was built in 1640 and is still occupied. In colonial times it did duty occasionally as a fort and was a place of refuge for settlers when King Philip wa9 on the warpath. Down to the depth of 200 fathoms, where daylight disappears, the eyes of a fish grow constantly bigger and bigger. Beyond that depth small-eyed forms set in, with long feelers devoloped to supple! mcnt the eyes. Sight, in fact, is here begiuning to atrophy. In the greatest ; abysses the fish are mostly blind, feeling ! their way about entirely by their sensitive bodies alone over the naked surface of ! rock at the bottom. His Trunk for a Tooth Pisk. The intelligence of the elephant is ' much overrated, and he does not seem capable of affection, obeying bis rider from fear, not from love. He will do i what he has been taught, but never voluntarily, nor even willingly, ncr will he go one jot beyond his teaching. His capacity, however, is remarkable, and the feats that elephants have been taught to perform are so wonderful as to give quite a mistaken impression of tho mental ability of the animal. Its senses are extremely quick; it will scent an enemy 1000 yards away and will detect the smallest admixture of a foreign sub; stance in its food. A lady once gave a domesticated elephant a small sweet cake, which it at j once rejected. Fearing that his beast had been uncivil, the mahout placed the J cake in tho next package of rice and ! plautain. The elephant took the package and crushed it in his mouth, and then instantly threw it out again with every appearance of disgust, picking its j teeth with its trunk as though to clear ! away every particle of the objectionable article. The adaption of the trunk to feeding purposes is quite extraordinary. Al! though the skin of this organ apparently thick and hard, the smallest substance is at once perceived and picked up. Baker was greatly interested in watching one 01 i his Indian elephants empty a basket of i the rice it contained, which it did by i drawing the whole into the trunk, then blowing the grains in a shower into the mouth. Not a grain was left in the basket, and when some were scattered on a plank the proboscis gathered them up one by one as delicately as human fingers could have done. Secret of a Succcssfnl Photographer. "The secret of a succcssful photographer," said one who knows, "is in making pictures that flatter the subjcct. No person wishes to have a picture which accurately represents him as he appears to other people on the street. Each man or woman lias a certain mental impression of his or her appearance. It may, and probably does, differ from the reality, but in order to please him his photograph must not show the crook in his no?e, or the slight squint iu his eye. "It is the same feeling which prompts the tired shop girl to look in a certain window on Broadway which tints the I worn face with a rosy color, and the shop girl goes ou her way happy. It is curious, but true, that a glance in the mirror does not give the same impression as does a look at a well-executed photograph. This is because of the skill used by a competent photographer in l r v:_ ?-I.; T? j LUC JJUS1UJJ UI 1113 SUUJCUIS. lii man's face, 110 matter how homely he may be, there are indications of beauty if the face i6 looked at from the right angle to bring out the good points. This fact is so well understood by actresses nnd professional people that th?\happiest results arc always attained in their photographs."?New York Journal. -?v. fir? . . . 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I failed to discover among the tracks of snowshoes in Central Park during the deep snow any indication that the wooden snowshoe, or "ski" of the far North is in use here. It is a marvelously effective implement, if such it may be called, upon the feet of him who is skilled in its use. The ski may be eight feet long, and it is usually from three to four inches broad at the widest point. Beneath the foot it is an inch thick, and it tApere before and behind to a sharp edge. In front it turns up almost ver tically for about an inch. The under side is polished to the glibness of glass. The wearers of the ski are called "skilobcere." Their performances in Scandinavia and Greenland are marvelous, and a recent explorer of the latter country says it would hive been almost impossible to prosecute his work without the use of the ski. Skilled skilobners make from eight to twelve miles an hour, and daring ones sometimes takes leaps from sixty to ninety feet long on sharp declivities where the perpendicular descent is as much a9 thirty feet.?Nexc York Star. The Annoying Hang Nail. A small and almost imperceptible bangnail often involves the owner of the hand which bears it iu an endless amount of annoyance and vexation. It is the general rule that the nails that are the least attended are better than those that are cor tinuallv doctored. Manicure treatment once a week is about right. The man who cuts a hang-nail 111 nine cases out oi ten lays the way for a much more vigor almost always obtained by adopting the habit of pushing the skin back from the nail after washing the bauds. The dry end of the towel should be taken, and the sV.ii pressed book wherever it overruns the nail. This breaks the adbeMveucss to the nail and makes hang-uails impossible. 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The young man appealed to the surgeons of highest reputation in France and London; but they made an examination and concluded that nn operation would result lataiiy. men he turned to the well-known American surgeon, who consented. It is said to have been a most arduous task of surgery. But the patient lived, and without the deformity. Under the circumstances the fee does not appear to havo been too large. But if New York leading physicians and surgeons receive large fees from the rich, they more than make up for this good fortune by free attendance on the noor. not onlv at medical institutions but I r - ? aJso at the houses of patients.?Chicago Herald. Do yon wish to know how to havd.no ttearn, and not half the usual work on wash-day? A*?k your grocer for a bar of Dobbin*'* Electric S< ap, aud the direction* will tell you how. Be turetoget no imitation. There arj loti of Shrove Tuesday is a legal holiday in Alabama and Louisiana. Catarrh Can't be Cored With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in crder 10 cure it you have to take internal remed lea Ball's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on ttie blood and mucous eurfaces. Hall's Ca'arrh Cure is no quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the beat physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is wuat produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Bend for testimonials, free. f. j. Cheney & Co., Props^ Toledo, 0. Sold by druggists. prloe 75c. Three thousand millions of pounds lathe estimated yearly production of paper. Guaranteed live year eight per oent. Firit Mortgages on Kansas City property, laterast payable every six months; principal and interestcoilected when duo and remitted without expense to lender. For sale by J. H. Bauerleln cfc Col, Kansas City, Ma Write for particular* Lee Wa's Chinese Headache Care. Harm. Ices in effect quick and positive in action. Sent prepaid on receipt of Si per bottle. Adeler <fc Qo...Vi! Wyandotte at.. Kansas City.Mo FITS stippel fraa by Da. Kxi.veM Orbit Nerve Restorer. No (Its after first day's use. Marvelouscurea. Treatise and $S trial bottle free. Dr. Kiino, 831 Arch St.. Phil-u. fa. Do Yon Ever Speculate ' Any person seadlnz us their nan3aai aidress will receive information that will lea 1 to a fortune. Beaj. Lewis Jc Cj, Security Building, Kansas City. Mo. Timber, Mineral, Farm Laals aal Ranohei in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, bought find sold. Tyler & Co.. Kansas City. Ma OkiahomaGuide Book and Map seat any whar ? I ?/^l/>fa Tvlnr.feCo?Kaasas(jitV. Mo. ^JACOBS OH J CUKES SURELY. ! sprains! bruises. Ohio & Miss.Rail way. , ,, Office President and 74tDo phin St^et . General Manager. Salttaore. Cincinnati, Ohio Jan y f' . "My foot suddenly 1 wa9 bruiswl ^ turned and gave me ly In hip and aide by a very severely ? fall and iuffercdseffittS.'SSS Jk T- ? "?> <? Jacobs Oil resulted at complctel y cured once in ft relief from me." Wm. C. Harden. P" w "w. Pea boot, Member of St.ite Prest. ii Gen 1 Man'gr. Legislature. THI CHARLE3 *. VOQELEB CO.. BtHlmora. U& __ !; Children Eni?yIIi SCOTT'S EMULSION! of pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypo- ) phosphites of Lime and Soda Ml ) i olmost as palatable as milk. J Children enjoy It rather than ' i otherwise. A MARVELLOUS FLESH (' < PRODUCER It la Indeed, and the tt little lads and lassies who take cold f j easily, may be fortified against a ) t cough that might prove serious, by j, ( taking Scott's Emulsion after their jl | meals during the winter season. u | Beit-are of substitutions and imitations. | rhild Sick. THOUT IT. 5 It is i ago my little boy perfectly confined to his bed ) , . ors pronounced in-) hdrmlGSS, tism in his left leg. ( ivere paios all the ( yet SO i his hips. I tried) - . it they did him no) pOWGnUl whose little son ( 1 the same way, S 3S 10 !. S. After taking; , ttle boy was com- ( Cl6EnS8 has been walking) . , miles to school ev-) the SySteiP >ep S. S. S. in my _ .. and would not be ( OT Hll J. Cheshire, S . . Easton, Ga. \ impUritlOS. SKIN DISEASES FREE. SIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ca. LWI--< ipntiwc VdC iid Intluiuiiiution, Heale|W#? *2J Y BKOS^^O VTmcn&sC^ Y. PURELY VEGETABLE. *) THOROUGHLY RELIABLE. \ 'gj? 6y p^! ABSOLUTELY 8AFE. J *? rrtt, on rcctlpt ol price. FOR 8ALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. DR. IH. 8CHEMCK A SON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. i Tirnui ftooortiooocOTtau, iiwMbn i nne MvUilbri^ Ult'iLLt frw T?f.m uiUUt w IM u. TACOXA 1STM?T*E.M CO* UOOIi. HiM< | The Convenience of Solid Trains. I The Erie is the only railwav running solid trains over Its own tracks r.etween NewYork and Chicago. No change of earn for any class of passenger?. Rates lower tbfp v a. any other Urst-class line. I Money invested in choice one nundred dollar building lots in sabarbsof Kansas City will I pay from Ave hundred to one thousan I per ' cent, the next few years under oar plaa. $35 cash and $> per month without Interest con, trolsa desirable lot. Particulars on Application. : J. U. Bauerlein <fe Co.. Ka.n^a-< Citv. Ala. TonrlMit Whether on pleasure bent or business, should take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as t It acts most pleasantly and effectually on the 1 kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, j headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50c. and $1 bottles by all leading drug. gists. | Beechatn's Pills act like magic on a Weak | Stomach. j A peculiar fact with refer| ence to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is, that, unlike sarsaparillas and other blood medicines, which are said to be good for the blood in March, April and May, the i " Discovery" works equally well all the year round, and | in all cases of blood-taints or ? humors, no matter what their name or nature. It's the cheapest bloodpurifier sold through druggists. Why? Because it's sold on a peculiar plan, and you only pay for the good you !:get Can you ask more? " Golden Medical Discov1 ery" is a concentrated vegeI table extract, put up in large bottles; contains no alcohol to inebriate, no syrup or sugar to derange digestion; 1 is pleasant to the taste, and equally good for adults or children. The "Discovery" cures all Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous affections, as Eczema, Tetter, > Salt-rheum, Fever-sores, White Swellings, Hip - joint disease and kindred ailments. p CONDITION POWDER Hltrhly concentrated Dose small. In quantity costs less than one-tenth cent a day per hen. Prevents and cures all diseases. If you can't get It, we send by mall post-paid. On? pack. 23c. Five ft I. 2 1-4 lb. can 8L80; i e cans S5. Express paid. Testimonials free. Send stampcor cash. Farmers' 1'oultry Guide Cprice 25c.) free with $1.09 orders or more. 1. S. JOHJiSON & CO., Boston, Mas& -VASELINEFOR A ONE-DOLLAK DIMjscatu* by mill we will deliver, tree o< ail charge*, to any persaa u | tlie Cxilt^d sutei, all ot lae foiOwriai aruJlw, (Sinfully packers One two-ouno? bottlo of Pure Vaseliua. . . 10 ctt. One two-ouuee bottle of Vaselto j Pom?a* 13 " One Jar of Vaseline Cold Crca.ii, . . . . n One cake of Vaseline Camphor tea, . 13 '? I One Cake of Vaselino Soap, unscented, 1J " 1 sir,*. r>n \ms\t Voooll.io Cnnn AV/iiilalralva(V>ntA'i.!U *1 I Oue cw->oance bottle ox^wiilte VabeUue. <i " JuT Or for postagt *ta mpi any timte artloli at t\s price named. On no account be persnaisi to aiotp t from yourdruaoist anu Vaseline or preparation tKertfr m wUcu labelled with our name, (uoauM you will aar> tairu'i/receiveanimitation wMcbluu tittle or no tsilui Ciie?ebrough It tit. Co.. 44 State .St.. N. V. C f\ PER DAY $&>OU^URE! Can be made easy by any euergetle person selling "CHAMPION* PASTE STOVE POLISH/' No bruxli required. No bard labor. No dunt or dirt. Always ready for use. An article every housekeeper Will buy. 21G,0tt) packages sold In Philadelphia. Exclusive agency for one or more counties given competent person. Write to-day, enclosing stamp for particulars. You will never regret It. Address CHAMPION CO., 44 N. Fourth St.. Philadelphia, Pa. DAPPV IftlCCO POSITIVELT RKVKDIED. DAUUI FMiLLO Greely I'ant Stretcher. Adopted by student* nt llftrvird, Amherst and othar Colleges, nlso, br professional anil business men everywhere. If not f?r sale In y oar town tend 23e to B. J. UKfcELY, 715 Washington Street. Boston. FICMCIAMjOHK W, MORRIS) IKlnidli/ni Wa?hIn?ton, D, C. | *Successfully Prosecutes Claims. LatePrlnclpal ExAminer U.S. Pension Bureau 1 5 vt3 in last war. 15 adjudicating claims, att.v since j rtflA LADIES WANTED to wn.l for Madame 1 I IJIJ P?'1'*0 Key to Beauty. Price, including four j | HHM premiums, '?.1 centH only. C. \V. Heine- ! wUw ken, Agent, 150 Cator Ave.. Greenville, N. J. j |BAyr STL'IIY. Book-keeping, Business For:nJ, ; M UlrlL Peutiiauship, Arithmetic, Snort-hanJ, etc., j II thoroughly trught by MAIL. Circular* free. Ilryunt'H College, 4<J7 Mam St., Buffalo, X. Y. For an Investment Buy a Lot In Chicago. Free Map* ! j & guides to city withprices A vrms for our proparty | j V. M. Williams, iWiChauiUer of Commerce, Chicago fU'KiTi'MV/lfasyt 11 n*autlfui silk & Satin j ' Inill'JMAIllililin-i enough tc ocve< 5G0 <*> -?a ; i Uk.'.; oett, 25c. Lkmaihe'sSilk Mill, Little Ferry S.J. n A TCRITC v- A. LEU.*1 ANN, ' HA I tIM I a Washington, U.C. * * * isiofi) kob circular. UHC ^ugnhho ehouse c ceo ...-*.? wirh Sapo next* house-cled.ni (<ICrNORANC] ! no excuse for a dirty hous< i i ^ abvk im +u a am ui4i# 4uo | Ciectn LllClli III 11 lo uiu *v ciy ma j and sensible way is to use | windows, on pots and pans, i | ignorant of tho uses of SAPC I mm ipfsj Best Couph Modicinc. lie LJ Cures where all else fails. P] CHICHESTER'S ENBLio.1. mk v EHUNRO "R ^. C 0?IC?NAL AND GENUIN ?/ ? pLe/ oak Drugcist for Chickf*te+* i / JAJ "?xc? sealed with blue ribbon. Taken y kfiT All pill* to paneboard boxen, pit* wn v fZ? *? "*?P? for p*rtical*r?, t-vimoui | ? V IJ> 10,000 Teitiraonlalt. Mame Paper. ^ *old bj all LocaJ Drifflsu. MONEY IN CHICKENS.. For '25c. In stamps we scna a 1001 f - PAGE BouK gtviug the experience I I /\ of n practical Poultry KaMcr?not > / < / f \ au amateur. but tt inau working I I for dollars and cents?during ^ j a years. It teaches how to Detect ' J nid Cure Diseases; Feed for Eggs, also for Fattening; which Fowls to | 1 IV Save for I!reeding; everything re- | I 1 oulslte for profitable Poultry rois- | ' U mg. HOOK PUBLISHING ! CO., 134 Leonard Street. New York. "German j Syrup" i For children a A Cough cine should be abso- ^ ?_H /"?_?,ir? lutely reliable. A, :'3? mother must be able to- /.?Jp Medicine, pin her faith to it as to? her Bible. It must: contain nothing violent, uncertain. ; r nr Harnyprniic Tt mnet V>#? in material and manufacture It; /r|| must be plain and simple to administer; easy and pleasant to take.The child must like it. It must be- :.?M prompt in action, giving immedi? ate relief, as childrens' troubles* come quick, grow fast, and eml fatally or otherwise in a very- short. time. It must not only relieve quidr, ; I|h but bring them around quick, aschildren chafe and fret and spoil" .|||j their constitutions under long confinement. It must do its work iar moderate dor.es. A large quantity 'ym nf mpHirinf in a rhild is not desira- -.'JSM ble. It must not interfere with the-. ;Jli child's spirits, appetite or general! health. These things suit old aswell as young folks, and make Bo-. '?M9 schee's German Syrup the favorite - M family medicine. <& DO NOT SUFFER! Frost-Bitten Hands or Feet are PalafiV. '-^3 o are Sprains and Braises* DR. TOBIAS' I VENETIAN LINIHENT Applied immediately acts like a charm. " ! TRY IT AND BE CONVINCED THAT IT IS SOI -r-M Sold by all Druggists. Price, ?5 and 30 cent*. DEPOT, 40 MURRAY ST., NEW YOHK^ 'ViS GR ^EFUI^CQM ^RTI NG, ^ | crrSS UUUOfl | BREAKFAST. ? .$2 "By a thorough knowledge of the natural Imwwwhich govern the operations of digestion and inM" tloa, and by a careful application of the line prqpsrties of well-selected Cocoa, ilr. Epps ha* yroililaii V~S8 our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured torn*' erage which may save ns many heavy doctors' Mill . * It Is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet tbat a constitution may be gradually built up until stwg :>!SW enough to resist every tendency to disease. BOp ' :"?? dreds of subtle maladies are floating around afc ^*5*8 ready to attack wherever there is a weak potsC. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping oar- 3??3 selves well fortlfled with pure blood and a propaif : nourished frame."?Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Mlv .-' 23 only in half-pound tins by Grocers, labelled thus: ' i?3 JAMES EPFS & CO.. Homoeopathic ChemJst*- " 2 LOXDOX. ekoland. - '$3 mm "be on rr, lm Mm "By using the K-WREN Reroodl?V ' ? Hm< A'WB I have cured all the colds ta wf ' ,<SH| ItiS laeZsy* family, and in the vicinity formlM -J around, Including babies thieat .-^3 ened with croup."?E. Q. Ro3i 11% > . tEM K.WREN Cough Balsam Hi HflgQM Troches cure hoarseness In a few - ,-^al EKSQKjflH minutes, bad coughs and.ooM* MaBSS over night Balsam. 50c.; TrochMt- - *Sci 10 and 25c. By mall or druggists.- 'Sj SSHaSHSij iL B. KEEP & CO.,63E.13thSQfJ; - . & ERA7CR AXLE 1 lln^K"llRRFi^F BEST IK THE WO!tJL>i> U ll t #1Mfc J2T Get tfie Genuine. doia ?rerrw&enk , teUHQHft&X 8R0M0-SELTZER GUARANTEED CURE T'Mion ri&MWifi Size I wvi Druffgl*t? I Baltixobb, Ma. % ft" ? jIH Msaysf i be done?? e^r || h stands for nofhindfT if >ughh l-o be cleajied//o.Tryaca.ke inyour ng ana be convinced. gj of the law excuses noman," and ignorance is e or greasy kitchen. Better m not at ail; but the modem % iPOLIO on paint, on floors, oir and even on statuary. To be)LIO is to be behind the age. leasant and agreeable to the Rw .iffiii m\*^m Red Cross Diamond Brand a. u\i#r\\i\iS m t. Th? only Safe, Sur<s *od rcCiablt Pill for i?J?. iiuiluh Ihamund Brntd in Hod *n.l Gold metallic \W o other kind. Jt'/v*e Substitution* and Imitations. ipper?.?re dnnceroua counterfeit*. At Drugfhtt. or trmt mt >13. 4o 1 "Itellef Tor Ladle*." in I'tter, hr return Ma& Chichester Chemical Co., Modiann soi.?r?. 1'HU.AOKIJKHIA. vlif 1 proscribe and folly ?dorse Big O at the oatp * Car? ln_^i specific fortheoeruunaa* ATI TO 5 uatb.,jm of this dlseaae. ?:h "ffigasifc 'B Ufa only by tfc? We b?vo sold Bl^ flkf' K>1?m..w.?Im?h. many year*, and It Ims UV os^aa^JIBI^TaD tbe ol SISl?> VV *D I^DYCHE*OOL v ChlcifO, jQlU Bold bjr DrooMB' '0 *