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I. I ' THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR 0ECEM8ER 21. fcljute Ckrlstnuu ud Its TmbliA Lake iU S-VO-GokUa T?*t, L?k? 1L, 21?Memory Turn, It, ll-Comm?iUrj m tk? Day'* Imw. 8. "Same country.'' Nearb*. probabl* ?ot a mile from Bethlehem. "Shepherds.' The employment of tending sheep had been konoreo in the earlier times of the Jewish people. Jacob. Mo?e? and David were shepherds. Bnt now it was a calling that was looked upon by the Jews with contempt. Why was the Announcement made to shepherds? (1) The annunciation of His aorent was not to be made to the nuet* OZ me ptopic, or 10 IK pnan, iu[ these men were under the influence of worldly and selfish ambitions and could not discern spiritual things. The shepherds were humble men, "waiting for the jo&fttlation of Israel,*' and were in a Hate of mind to accent the heavenly announcement. (2) God had seen fit to appear to the weak instead of the aighty. Read 1 Cor. 1: 19-31; P*a. 8: 2. (3) God had alwavs blessed the shepherds. He had calkd Moses and David awajr from the shepherd's rook, and now the "Son of i David." the Chief Shepherd, who styled Himself the Good Shepherd, who gave His life for the sheep, is to be born in the city of Darid, and it seemed fitting that the konKwiJi ihfiulH >w honored with the first announcement. "In the field." They undoubtedly had tent* or booths under which they dwelt. "Keeping watch?by night." Or. "keeping night watches." R. vT Mar. They watched by turns against wild beasts ana robber* The fact that the shepherds were in the fields affords no ground for concluding that the nativity eould not have taken place in the winter. The average temperature at Jerusalem for five years was, in December, fifty-four degrees. . "Angel." Divine messenger. Angels have always taken a lively interest in the things of this world. It was an angel4hat appeared unto Zacharias announcing the birth of John, and to Mary with a similar minion regarding the birth of Christ. An angel appeared to Jenna in the garden, and to tbe aisciples at the sepulcher and at th? ascension. Je*u* on one occasion said He could call twelve legions of angels, and we have the blessed assurance given that "He shall give His angels charge over thee, to k*?P thee all thy ways. They shall hare thee up in tbeir hands, lest thou dash %foot against a stone." Pia. 91: 11, 13. me upon them." Stood over them. "Glory of tbe Lord." That extreme splendor in which the deity is represented as appearing to men, and sometimes called the Shechinah? an appearance frequently attended, as in thia caae. by a company of angels. It is likely that the angel appeared in the air at some little distance above them, and that from him the rars of the glory of tbe <ord shone round about | them. "Sore afraid." "Terrified with the appearance of so glorious a being." There il do proof here that tbe shepherds were ; morally impure and afraid that divine justic* waa about to be meted out to them. Even holy men tremble when they come is contact with tbe supernatural. 10. "Good tidings." "The literal mean* tag of gospel." I am come to declarf the I loving kindness of the Lord. My message i will eaoae gr*at joy. It is a message to too (Jews) tint, and it also reaches to ' all the ptDple." To the whole human race. See Gen. 12: 3; Matt. 28: 10; Lake r. 28-32; 34: 48, 47; Col. 1: 21-23. 11. "Is born." lsa. 0: 6: John 1: 14. David's greater Son begins His earthly career in Bis ancestor's home. Seven hun* dred rears before a prophet bad predicted the Messiah's birth at Bethlehem. Mic. S: 2. "This day." Unbelievers try to maks aa argument against the wisdom of God because He waited so long before ttringiBg forth the Redeemer of mankind. S-The reply is, 1, Christ came in accordance with a long line of prophecy. This took time. Prophets must be raised up. and then hundreds of years must elapse in order to fully verify tbeir utterances. 2, I oral came wnen ut pouucai iicion m the world were moat favorable. The whole world wai practically under Roman control. and this fact was the means of bringa Christ and His followers immediately ore the nations of earth. Notice the nations represented at the time of the crucifixion and at Pentecost. 3, Christ did not come until the world had done its best without Him and bad made a complete moral failure. The wisdom and culture of the world were very great, and et, morally, it was groping in awful darkness That the coming of the Messiah became a necessity if tbe world was to be saved itom moral collapse. And now, "in the fulness of time," in God's time, at just the right time, the "Desire of All Nations" appears. MA Saviour." (1) A deliverer. tl) A restorer. (3) A preserver. Matt. 1: XL "Not, shall be a Saviour, but 'born a Saviour.' "Christ." The anointed One. Christ is the Greek word corresponding to the Hebrew word Messiah. In ancient times prophets, priests and kings were I anointed with oil when set apart to their sacred work. Christ was anointed for these holy offices, which we may ?hare with Him by Hia anoiating us with the Holy Ghost. Christ is sufficiently qualif >d to ?stsin these important offices. "The Lord." God, as well as man. 12. MA sign." The very thing that would hare caused ihem to doubt was Bade the sign tfnto them. 13. "A multitude." They descended to honor the Priuce of Peace. "Heavenly host." The army of angels which is represented as surrounding the throne of God. 14. "Glory?in the highest." Christ is the highest glory of God. "On earth peace. Peace to man; peace with God: peaee of conscience. "Good will." God has shown His good will by sending the Messiah. lit. "Let us now go." There is no time to lose. Let us go now. This is the language of obedience desiring to receive assurance and strength by seeing for them elves this thing wnich is come to pass. 16. "With haste." Pilled and thrilled with holy joy they could not linger. "And found." It is probab.'e tiuit by commanioatinv their exDerienccs to each other their faith wu greatly strengthened. 17. "Made known abroad." A* soon aa they had wen the Child they began to tell the dad news to every one they met. 18. "Wondered." fhe story of Jesus is the moat wonderful story to which human cars ever listened, and it still causes those who hear it to wonder. 19. "Pondering them." Weighing, or carefully considering them. Every circumstance waa treasured up in her memory. 30. "Glorifying and praising." These aimple men returned to the care of their flocks, giving glory to God for all they had MSB and heard. Istvry of 4,pp?fllelHs. 21. Lannelongue has just communicated to the Paris Academy of Sciences a long history of sppendicitis. He shows that it is by no means a new disease. The medical records of the last century in Francs contain many instances. Egypt in ths time of the Pharaohs was not exempt, for he mows that the mummy of a young woman of the eleventh dynasty (soma 5000 year* ago) exhibits every indication that the death was due to a peritonitis having its origin in a diseased appendix. This mummy has been nut to a new use. It waa in Sir Thomas Brown's time that ifizraim cured wounds ana Pharaoh was sold for balsams. rd?ra laemwlsc. The number of brutal murders that havo occurred in the neighborhood of New York A:* a i i ,4 M: 4 i vhj in iuc mi )cui is au|Minn|(. mcuruing tc a statement is?uietl at the Coroner*' Office in the liorou^h of Manhattan, the number investigated by that office from January to October, 1801. waa fifty-two^ for the same period of the present uar the number wa* eighty. From July 1 to October 1 the number this year wa* forty aa against twenty-one for the name time hat year. Fellowship* Won by Woman. Fire of the twenty fellowships recently warded in the department of philosopy, University of Pennsylvania, were given tc women. Most of these fellowship carry witk an income during the academic a of 1600 and free tuition, with an add* 11)00 for particular research work. ; * * " I THE GREAT DESTROYER j some startlinc facts about the vice of intemperance. Foe in: SpartMi'a Little Ron*? A Batch of . Htrooc Rmmb? Why It It DttJnM?t? Refrain Vrm Driaklnjc Alcoholic Be*. ?h?m K?wp? tho Thraldom or Kam. Tw, we'll rob the poor man of hi* beer, And give him a coat instead; .We'll put good boots on his feet, And a hat on the top of his head. We'll rob lum of rags and disgrace, Give him water that's sparkling ana clear: And he'll thank us with radiant face, F >t the water that's better than beer. TklrtNl Reasons For Total Abstinence. 1. Intoxicating beverages are unnecessary. Many per?ons live in health and labor in the hardest occupations without them. * 2. These liquors are dear. Thc.v are so in themselves, and in comparison with I other articles of diet. Ardent spirits are 1 destitute of nutritive qualities; while wine, beer and eider contain an exceedingly small portion of nourishment. In a gallon of ale th'jre is about as much as in a {teniiywortn of oread. 3. Intoxicating liquors weaken the mind. They are enemies put into the mouth that teal away the brains. 4. They always endanger the character and often ruin it. They inflame the imagination, appetites and passions. Through inSii?n(>? multitude* have been I plunged into guilt and eternal destruction, I and even dome wise and good men have, j for a Season, been covered with shnmc and . defilement. Witness Noah and Lot. 5. It enlarge* and multiplies our jails, noorhouses, hospitals and lunatic asylums. Phis is certified by oiu- judges, magistrates, physicians, chaplains of prisons and other competent and reliable authorities. It means a great extension of crime and misery, aa well a* a large augmentation of taxes. 6. The general practice of tcinnerancc would help to fill our schools and places of worship. Sobriety is likely to lead to thoughtfulness, and that, in connection with better clothing and more comfortable homes, will resuit, Dy the Divine blessing, I in the attendance at the house of God ot many who were formerly absentees. 7. Personal abstinence gives us much more influence over drunkards. They are far more likely to sign the pledge and keep it when advised by those who. distinguished for sobriety and religion, have also set the example of nephaliam, or avoidance of strong drink. 8. It tends to fill the treasury of the icrisiian cuurcn ?ou 10 num- u? ^uuuai , character. In nearly all section" of it | funds are constantly wanted to carry on the mora] machinery*. Backslidings and expulsions, too. are continually occurring throughout Christendom owing to strong drink. 9. At pioneer, temperance hastens the conversion of the world. Means sufficient for universal evangelization would be provided. the minds and heart* of Chri?tians improved, the number of earnest workers multiplied, and in other way* the grand consummation would be accelerated. 10. It will vastly aid in multiplying the j inhabitants of heaven. In the cane of ! many it has been and will he a stepping ! tone tn Christ and eternal life. 11. It increases the joy of angels. The j repentance of a sinner always swells their j cladners. and the abandonment of ?trong J drink is often the first stage of a prodigious j reformation. 12. It undermines the throne of Satan. ; Wtim i)?liri>r*(l from the rlpmnn of intern, i peranee, many escape altogether from the : thmlldom of the great slave master of the universe. 13. It glorifies God. His honor is neces arilv promoted by the diffusion of purity and happiness. Orlik In, CtotfaM Oat. On one of her recent trips to Edinburgh t certain steamer carried a deck passenger who retired at nightfall, having imbibed more strong beverage than suited hi* constitution. His mental confusion on rising next morning was sadly intensified when he made the unpleasant discovery that all his personal clothing was missing. Tne steward and his staff were promptly summoned to his cabin, and were followed in due course by the genial cautain himself. tv._ ?.) j.?n iiic iin y ncvuivu iw m?ii ??? vwujiiviure until the crfptain asked the sufferer if he had aov remembrance of how he bad disposed of hi* clothes over night. A sudden gleam of intelligence lighted the passenger's eye, and the miftchict was made apparent to all the onlookers when he answered: "Why, of course! I remember now. Before turning in I put them all into that little ruoboard yonder." "Why, man!" roared the captain, "that little cupboard as you call it is the porthole!" Only one person on board failed to thoroughly appreciate the humor of the situation. and he it was who borrowed an outfit from the steward, and abstained from drinking whisky and like beverage* during the remainder of the voyage. A Draakard's Last Will.' Only recently a young roan, ruined by strong drink, committed suicide in a New i York hotel. Un hi* person was found n paper, entitled. "My last will and testa- j ment.' which read as follows: "I leave to : ociety a ruined character. I leave to my ; father and mother as much mi*ery as. in their f?*cb?e state, they can bear. I leave to niv brothers and sisters the memory ol i any mis-spent life. I leave to my wife a ; broken heart, and to my children the mem- ! orv that their father fills a drunkard's i trave. and has 40114 to * drunkard's hell." . The fact that, through the legalized saloons of this country, thousands of our innocent bovs are lured away to a similar sad fate' ?"a drunkard's hell"?each year pierces the hearts of thoughtful parents with pangs of indescribable pain. The Biter Bit. 'A California saloonist. who ob|ecte<? to the Salvation Army conducting open-air meetings outside his house, turned the hose upon the gathering, drenching not only the soldiera, but two bystanders who were warm trienda of the army's work. The latter entered into negotiations with the proprietors^ the block of buildings in which the public house wa* situated, purchased it and subsequently ejected the publican, 1 ktmlinf the nranertv nx-pr tn thi> armv Drink tad Critn*. Brv. (5eorpe Warren, chaplain of the ; JUinouri penitentiary, ray* that out of the 2279 convicts in the prison at the time he made an investigation eighty-five per ctnt. of the entire number came there directly through the influence of liquor, and that five per cent, of the remainder came fnere indirectly from the sane caiwe. TKSt w, 2001 of the convict* in the Missouri penitentiary a* the result of the licensed li-piir traffic in tlut State. Tba Crasad* la BrUf. Ti is reported that the saloon n-su throughout the land arc getting very much stirred up on account of the nave oi temperance sentiment now sweeping over the country. About 200 young women of Warcmme, in Belgium, have formed n club known ax "Tlic Swallows." Kach member has gi\en her word of honor never to marry a man addicted to drink. At the iast_ se*sion of the Methodist Central Conference held in Winnipeg. Canada, a temperance secretary was appointed from among their number to travel through the county to arou?e temperance ?cnInncnt and to crystalize it into action. it i* stat"d by Mr. Pinliorn, of the London Teni|ierance Council, that, taking l*?ndou as a whole, drink was the direct cause, at the very lowest estimate, of 42,000 deaths during 1901. A pressing present need of the cosinirv i* a great temperance revival, relying chielly ujion the |>erso:ial anneal. Thousands of pledce sixners would be rescued from drunkenness arid more thousand* prevented from becoming drunkard*. There i* a statute in Pennsylvania trhich provide* that *a loon keeper* shall be he'd iv*pon?iblo in damages (or injuries resulting from their sale of liquors to intoxicated gemon*. and the Supreme Court of the tate ha* lately made a decision which sustain* the Uw as constitutional and - -fy | THE RELIGIOUS LIFI READING FOR THE QUIET HOUf WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Pom: At Bli fwUIfow in Cnatotl Bar dan Bnvclr Born* Rwnltfd la th< BIcMinr f>wnd Memory?G<x OlfM One* After Sorrow. J>ord, since I have not wealth's increase To make my diadem, Take Thou the little gifts of peace And weave it out of them. The little chirping praise of bird* That wakes me day by day, The little laughing, friendly word* That help me on my way. The little tasks Thou piveftt me Appointed hour by nour, The little gifts of love I see In sun and breeze and shower The little self-denials dear In love and hope divine, The triumphs over faithle** fear Known to no eyes but Thine? Wt a! iL'.. k. Mia .weave iriem lunrmci, uik u; uw, Bv Thy deaf touch made sweet. And daily, when the crown ia done, I'll cut it at Thy feet. ?Mabel Earl, in Christian Endetivoi World. The Brighter Bid*. "Misfortune* never come singly," it ia said, and sometimes. double-yoked, they tread hard on the heels of our long-expected joys. Bessie Pierson had returned from her wedding trip, established herself in her new home with her husband %nd was getting accustomed to her new nance of Mr*. John L. Sawyer when the misfo/tunes began. There were several minor ones, and then her father died, but this sorrow was followed by one even worse. Her mother differed a severe paralytic stroke, frorr. which it seemed at first she could not recover. ller life was saved, but the mind was nearly gone, and Be?ie and her husband had no alternative but to bring her to their own home, already o\-ershadowed by a great sorrow, and narrow their home life down to a care which would probably last for years, and which it was certain that nothing but death could relieve. It is an old saving that a living sorrow ia worse thf.n a dead one. There is some I*?l "nrnfnrt in a imv? which can be COV ered with flov.-ert. It in the open grave that chill* rhe heart. But in the great trouble which hail come upon the young couple so noon after their marriage there wax one great consolation. a* Beanie said to her nearest friends, and John was unwearily kind and sympathetic. There was never a word of complaint from him, and his bearing throughout was that of a dutiful and loving son. Nevertheless the burden pressed heavily on the shoulders of the young wife. For several weeks she had been unable to go to church. When she went she found a stranger in the pulpit. She was late and the prayer was just beginning. There was something in it that attracted her attention from the outset and gave her a feeling of reverence nnd of comfort. The minister prayed for the congregation before him. and the homes frotn which tlie people came; for fathers and mothers and little children, and finally for those children who had reversed their o\vn relations of youth and had become the guardians of the parents who once had cared for them. It was a most unusual petition. Bessie did not remember ever to nave heard such a one before. It was the verv praver which she felt she had need to offer. Her heart responded to it. and she went home comforted, cheered and strengthened, to take up her burden with new and greater courage. The brighter side of her task soon began to show itself. Chanced an her mother was from what the bad been *he was still amiable and sweet spirited, and there were times when there shone through her mental weakness some glow of former recollections. Two year* later the transition came. Death was kind, and the sufferer went smilingly and without pain. Above the coffin in which she lay with a look of peace on her face the young husband and his wife dropped tears, not of regret, but of genuine filial sorrow. When they returned from the grave the home was.empty, as if they had lost a little child. Rut they had the joy of a duty performed uncomplaininrfv and in a spirit of love. There are many homes which have similar burdens, some of which must be borne without the knowledge of the world. It u something to support such a burden to the end, but to those who will receive it God gives grace to make the sorrow a blessing and * sacred memory.?Youth's Companion. Tfc* OB* Uuob. This is. after al), the first and last lesson for the Christian workere. Be clean, pure of heart and simple in motive. See to it that there is no friction between your will and Christ's. Be adjusted in gear, well set and jointed. Subdue your own activities as much as your own natural lethargy. Stand ill till God impels you. Wait till He works in you to will and to do of His pleasure. Exercise faith that God should accomplish in you the greater results possible to the capacity of your nature. X<et there be no thought of what you can do for God. but all thought of what God can do through you. Nothing will make you so intense and ceaseless in your activity as this. There will lie an end of cowardice mill n( nriil* Of cnir.irilipii hffllUM VOU will find yourself l>orne along by an irresistible impulse. Of pride, tiecause you will have no occasion to boast. As soon might Milton'* pen have been proud of writing the "Paradise Lost" as you of w'lat Christ nwiy have done through you. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or Khali the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?? Rev. F. B. Meyer. Responsibility. Xo duty, however bard and perilous, should be feared one-half so mucli as failuro in the duty. People sometimes shrink from responsibility, saying they dare not accept it because it is so great. But in shrinking from duty they are reallv encountering a far more serious condition than that which they evade. It is a great deal easier to do what God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is. than to face the responsibility of not doing it. We hare abundant assurances that we shall receive all the strength we need to perform any duty Cod allots to us, but if we fall out of the line of obedience and refuse to do anything which we ought to do, we find ourselves at once out of harmony with God's law and God's providence, and cannot escape the consequences of our failure.?J. B. Miller. The But VTay. The bent way to Christianize people u by our own Christian example, and showing^ them love and helpfulness.?Rev. Mr. Am?rlf?'i Flrat Rettlera. Dr. Charle* Tlallock write* to the Litertry Digest that he regard* Korean immigration of the year 544, which led to the founding of the Mexican empire in 1325. a* "but an incidental contribution to the multiplying inhabitant* of North .America." He isay*: "The Indiana, or Indigenes, of both North and South America, originated from a civilization of high degree which occupied the nub-equatorial W,.l? in mm r. t >... sheet ws? still on. 1'opulnliun Kprcn<i northward xa the ice needed. The gradual distribution of population over the higher latitudes in after years was supplemented by accretions from Europe and Northern A#ia centuries before the coming of Co!umbiu." A Lone Trinro. Some attention has been attracted to the case of a voung eirl who died recently at a New York City nosiiital after a trance lusting twenty days. At the end of the thirteenth day the patient regained consciousness for a short time and then again relapsed, dying in coma seven days later. A iKMt-inortem examination failed to dis close tbe cause ui the trance. Doctors Mt?<l Not Etamln?4. But eight State* do not now require ex animation by a State board of those who wish to practice medicine. Thev are Arkansas. Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan. Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota sod Tennessee. ? __ ? - w* _ . ' - X Tv % 5 I^VI U thfrbfst It is pore. It is gentle. It is pleasant It is efficacious. It is not expensive It is good for child It is excellent for 1 It is convenient for is perfectly safe' It is nsed by millio EH--;] It stands highest, ? p 11 If you use it you h 5? I ! produces. ill Aluminum For Printing. Experiments are being mode in France with the idea of substituting aluminum for paper suitable for writing and printing. It is now possible to roll aluminum Into sheets fourthousandths of an inch thick, in which form it weighs less than paper. By the adoption of viitable machinery, it is claimed, these sheets can be made even thinner, and can be used for book and writing paper. The metal will not oxidize, is practically fire and ] water proof, and is indestructible by worms.?Springfield Republican. Her "T?rb" Tea. Doctor Chase has not long had the privilege of writing "M. D." nfter bis name, which may account for his belief lu tlic correctness of his own theories, lie is fond of experimenting with new drugs, and has a sturdy faith In his own methods and his own prescrip- 1 tiong. He bad been working assiduously on a grip remedy, says the Chi- ' cago News, and was eager to prove 1 Its virtues to two skeptical colleagues. ' At length his opportunity came. 1 Old Mrs. Luther, who had never been 1 known to employ a doctor, sent for him. She undoubtedly had the grip. The doctor called twice a day. and I watched closely (he effect of bis treat- 1 ment. He reported the symptoms to his two friends, the other doctors, and ' told them bow sure be felt of victory. * The old lady did. indeed, begin to 1 mend. Finally the day came when the disease was undoubtedly checked. Then the young doctor called In his fr I Arwf c itavruwo. "Now just tell these doctors, Mrs. ' Luther." he begnn^affflbly, "how pleas- 1 antly the medicine has affected you, 1 and all about It." The old lady fingered the bedqullt 1 nervously, and finally said, "Well, the * truth Is, doctor, I took only one dose of your medicine. When my old man ( sets sick I have an awful time getting 1 him to swallow the yarb tea I make, and when I tasted that medicine of 1 yours and found It so nice and sweet I says to myself. 'Now the old man I would take this without a bit of ( trouble. I'll save It till be needs it 1 some time, and I'll go on drinking my } varb tea. h's only fair If I have the ' loctor that he should have the medicine.' And I've got along pretty well # doctor, now hain't I?" The young man joined, although 1 rather lamely, in the laugh tfiat fol- ' lowed. \ i Carried ITnanlmooaly. ' According to a gentleman who has spent many years in the gold fields, 1 the average digged would bear com- ' parison with some of our best debaters. < 8ome time ago the "boys" of Xtifcget | Creek were in council assembled. It was generally admitted that the size ! of the colony?consisting as it did of * something Just over a dozen shantie*? , entitled it to be considered a city, and < Mecca City sprang into existence. J Then one Roaring Dick arose and 'j wanted to know what the "citizens" | intended to do in the matter of lighting 1 tl<?? "streets" by night. "You know me. Iwys," be said, twirl- , ing a formidable-looking six-shooter. < "I ain't afraid o' nothing, naytbur in daylight nor dark. But it's this wayother cities 'as got gas. and Mecca's got ter 'ave it." 1 "It can't be did!" said one. "It's got ter lie did!" roared the i speaker. "Wot other cities does we \ does! 'Sides, gas-lamps is a hornament ' an' lamp-posts a habsolute necessity. Why. ther' ain't a decent spot ter lynch a man within twenty miles. We're goln' ter 'ave lamp-posts." 1 The argument was conclusive, arfd < it was decided unanimously to lirVe gas.?New Yorker. I New Boils* In Stre?t Krielnr. Ideas count for success, even in ' street begging. Old tricks become tiresome through familiarity. The , iiwrul i<nnt of tiio itresent <lnv. If ho would live well, must get something j new. One of the latest dodges of the < New York solicitor of aluiy is heroic. I It first arouses the indignation of the ( victim, then pacifies him. and dually wins Ills sympathy aud his money. It is worked in this way: A shabbily attired man hurries aloug the street, apparently unconscious of his surroundings. lie expectorates, ns though by \ chance, on to the well-polished shoe of j ! a passer-by. Before the man has time to protest the uicndicant drops on his knees and. with the remnants of a well-worn handkerchief, rubs^way at tho soiled shoe, meanwhile Dourlnc forth profuse apologies. Nine times out of ten be sets a dime for bis polite' n ess.?New York Times. , ^ : " 0 . Why pV f&s family laxative retu adies. business men. under all circumstances. ins of families the world over. a is a laxative, with physicians. 1 ave the best laxative the world Trolley For KoaUnqr, Mexico/ ! Extensive trolley lines, with first and l second class fares. Is the project do planned for the Cltj of Monterey, pi, Mexico, by Baltimore capital. The city wl Is a live, Industrial town, with 80,000 co inhabitants. This will be the first ap- w< plication of electricity to street car sti service in Monterey. There is now a th mule car line, which this syndicate has lnj purchased, together with concession, rei granted to local capitalists. There will an be six different lines, aggregating thirty ini miles, and so constructed as to meet wl at the centre of the city. CI IM> L?MltL * ! Frequently several years are required to settle a lawsuit, as every one knows, ta yet it Is certain tliat even In this re- of spect We have improved upon the fol methods of onr own ancestors. sa In 1210 the Count of Nevere insti- ' tuted law proceedings against the town pa of Nonzy, and they did not come to an w< end until 1848. Again, the townspeo- an pie of Campan and Bagneres de Big- st< aorre engaged in a lawsuit In 1254, and wt o decision was not rendered in the case evi until 1882. Another remarkable suit Is that H< which began In 1254, the contesting ne parties being the township of Campan of and that of Qnatre Vezlaux d'Ame, ret for, though It has been tried several lef times. It Is actual)? still In the courts, tbi and no one knows when a decisive " verdict will be rendered. a loc roach* ud Hiccoughing. ra? In a clinic at one of the medical coleges the operating physician showed gp| be assemblage of students a good pn vay to cure Instantly a cough or an < ittack of hiccoughing. thl A patient was wheeled In who hap- <]e, )ened to be coughnlg violently. The >hysiclan said to him: "Push your tongue out as far as you ( ?n, and press It bard against your (,;x ?? J At. 99 owor njr nuu cuuj. ,u The patient did as he was told, and dic lis cough ccosed. "This little trick, gentlemen," the ani tbysiclan said, "rarely falls. It Is arj lulte as efficacious in cases of hie- rj0 oughs as in cases of coughing. I ad- gr] rise you all to note it down."? Phlln- ou, lelphia Record. an( In Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drop*, an >n : blood purifier, strength and health restorer and a specific for all stomach, liver and 'Q cidney trouble* leads all other aimilar med- In cine* in its wonderful sales and marvelous aD( confidence of the people, especially our rant German population. It is not a new a I uid untried product, but was made and lat told more than sixty years ago. mi The small boy who makes fun of his sister and her beau ought to be punished for AAllpf UUUi VVIM?. 1 of There is more Catarrh in this section of the >our.! ry than all other diseases pat together, '-*1 ind until the last few years was supposed to _ 3e incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to jure with local treatment, pronounced it inrurnblp. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney ft Co., Toledo, O., is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses tromlOdrobstoateaspoonful. It acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the itystem. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars ?nd testimonials. Address F. J. Cbexzt a Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Every man ha* hi* price, and it's generally a good deal lens than he mark* it up. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nerrou-iBMsafterflrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerre Restorer, titrial bottle and treatlsefree Dr.K. 11. Kus X. Ltd., WJI A re n sc., rmia., r*. The girl with the big hat wcma to be all head until you begin to talk with her. Mrs. Wlnslo w's Soothing 8yru p (or children teething,soften the gums, reduce* Inflammation,allays pain,cures wind folic. 25c. it bottle The Czar of Kuuia has established a ten-hour working day. _________ All creameries use butter color. Why .. ? niu> Tint But rtB COLOH. 2 The anthracite field ia limited to a jpaec I A 3300 aquare tnilea. ~ I'lao'a Care In the best medicine we ever a??d Q for all affection* of throat and lungs.?W*. rlH L>. Endslet, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Fn A Berliner take*, on the average, li!9 am iin-pt car riilen .i year. ? DT CATWOWTIC H iwiM stampeci CCC. lever acU to tmIL I Beware of the dealer wtar tries fc sett 00 "something jut fa? good.'" K ?i S3 IiUm aald by tfnicvUta. H ? i#inr?& t Bec&vi. Its component parts are all whol< It acts gently without unpleasan It is wholly free from objectional It contains the laxative principle It contains the carminative princ It contains wholesome aromatic agreeable and refreshing to th< All are pore. AH are delicately blended. All are skillfully and scientificall Its value is due to our method of i the orginality and simplicity oi To get its beneficial effects ? bnj Manufactured b ^ / rr < MfORMAJKT San Frandwo, ( Lowavilk Ky. I tU* &ALM Br ALL LtJMlNU As to Blnot Xumi. Some one said "Look ap and not wn." Despite tbli dictum most peoe do not carry their beads In the air lien walking, the streets. Now if the tractors who lay concrete walks [>u]d.only stamp tbe names of tbe reets Into tbe cement (as tbey stamp eir firm name and date of tbe layIP at tbe street Intersections, wbat a marknbly convenient, inexpensive id durable way it would be of nam(j tbe streets so tbat people could see ticre tbey were without an effort.? ilcairo Tribune. rtaa "Hoodoo" fa Nmpapcr Oflcea. A. L. Miller, city editor of the Otwa (Kan.) Herald, who Is something a "hoodoo" sharp, has made the (lowing Interesting discovery. He ys: 'There Is a hoodoo In every newsper office. It hides behind the cob>bs and comes oat at critical times d gets In Its dastardly work. The >ry of bow the newspaper hoodoo is born Is told with bushed breath In ery printing office. 'Those who know say that when ?rr Guttcnbcrg started the first wspaper in Germany a maiden lady advanced years persuaded some lriponslble youth to marry her. She t word at the newspaper office that ?thing be properly written np. 'The paper told the truth. Including statement about the bride's age. iks and disposition, and she. being id with rage sold herself to the ril and was transformed Into an evil Irit. To this day this evil spirit >wls around newspaper offices. Don't laugh when you see ludicrous ngs In the Herald. They are the ell's work. Cross yourself." Ill Lock For 1*03. Hd Moore's Almanac for the first nt lOiYt haa hoon nnlilinhml I UIUUIUO VI ?WV MHW ?vv ? r. London and some very gloomy prelions appear in it. In January, it there will be troubles in the East [1 a conspiracy in Ireland; in Februr there will be trouble and bloody ts in Spain; in March both Great Itain and Spain will meet with serli losses, the former in the Transvaal 1 at the Cape and the latter at home; April there will be political assnsations in England, furious conflicts China and conspiracies in. Turkey; May there will be a famine In India 3 a civil war in Spain, and in June prosperous epoch will begin for Eng- i id and one of misfortune for G?>r my. Sewr Goes AmlH, A. woman never hits what she aims j unless she throws a kiss.?Somerville [ass.) Journal. "One of my daughters bad a terrible case of asthma. We tried almost everything, but without relief. We then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and three and one-half bottles cured her."?Emma Jane Entsminger, Langsvillc, O. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral certainly cures manycases of asthma. And it cures bronchitis, ; hoarseness, weak lungs, whooping-cough, croup, winter coughs, night coughs, and hard colds. Thrm .lira: 'Sr.. enoagh for an ordinary cold; SOc.. Ju?t right for Droachltia. huaraomm. hard colda, ??.; fl. nott economical for chronic cum and to k*?p on hand. J. C. ATKR CO, Low?ll. Maw. DHDCV !fl* DISCOTKBT: t?i '(S O I qatok r*U?i *a<i cwa wont ? kM?l |oIimm1im4 lOilau' tf Iiaoat ~ la* Atlsafa. iu. I | . IL MRMIHAfl iHjifilYv ICtatratM catalog of far lt~TI acMwry and tnptdaents, | MTrn?Mm lor lb* OnJtad MtatM N??y abl* ' 11CU ixxlird, etf* 18 to ai, and bora, uiltu ; Writ*for Informal iuo NAVAL KKCHUIT1 Sli , IDUVOUO, 87 South Htraat, Maw Xor*. or iTadaatlai BuiUlla#, Uoflalu. s . ii-- ** '' V "" . / ; ' 3e iji some. * rjr] t after-effects. '!! |jFj )le substances. 11N , s of plants- !ft; I; p| iples of plants. MP:: j|| liquids which are II - 9 ; 1 M ly compounded. jj p| nanufacture and to g 0 I the combination. t V p r the genuine. yRiipfi W York. H V. jjl; :j vuuQhi&n. ! Pood Tqr NMqalttM. Mosquitoes in India, when they can not get blood, enjoj the pollen or tba sap of planta and preserved fruits and other sweets about the booses. Tnflt oa Ohio Hi nr. About ie,uuu,uuu tons 01 i reign i urw ^ annually carried on the Ohio River, which has a length ot 1000 miles fro") Pittsburg to Cairo. I mm a try Anoii Ailmalt. Darwin asserted that there Is lnsan* Ity among animals, jnst as there is among human beings. Omhwurd la South Africa. The following conversation was overheard in a South African blockhouse near the close of the Boer war: First Soldier?"Say. d'ye think we shall be home for the coronation?" 8econd Soldier?"Coronation be blowed! We shall be mighty lucky if we are horns in time for the resurrection.M Tb?Ideat When you sit right down and think about it children are really very patient with grown-ups?New York Press. iituiiijiiniiiiiiiiiiiij | 11 i i; ? other ptfaful dlMMtiW *U aw. It feet bees aptly termed tte craat cooQnersr of Mto. ' From ttauae despair tiree way to Joy. Cfali ' eniddy ml core*. ? ? atapfr iMTMllM. 25c and 50c. stzea. ITS gxcat peketeatim rort* ; ' BEACBES THE CAUSE OP PAUL ' ESTABUSSES FIFTT TEA1S. 44 GOmUERSl PAIN .it rimiimimniiiiiHwit Tbbntholiday aefhUcifU. 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The family bottle, 00 cents, contains a ?uppiy tor a year. ! rortaoie daw mnis ' ?Hk Kigtac* aal lUIIcf* Cm?U<? id 0 Mad* In terra tt m, friction M. r*bl? Ji li?bt nine ps, patrol chain Kt wcrfca and />! lm pro red doc*. AJAX CEXTEB 1 JL (KAXK EKIHXE* are raratnietcd H tf with Mpedal reference to Uia peculiar j^flV work required of tbetn- Thla eoaiI Mail * Unallon of engine and Bill nukt the beat (awmUl outfit on carta. A. B. Firqabar Co., LH advertising aa'vr's S&ffSKS: TimpiM't Eyi Wafer A?4