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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.
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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
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| 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. ? __
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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. \
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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some. * rjr]
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)le substances. 11N ,
s of plants- !ft; I; p|
iples of plants. MP:: j||
liquids which are II - 9
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nanufacture and to g 0
I the combination. t V p
r the genuine.
yRiipfi
W York. H V. jjl; :j
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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.
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Tabules. The results were
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Dm Five-Cent packet is enough for an
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