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"iicxv York City.?Tlie waist made in lingerie style is a pronounced favorite of fashion, whether the material be lawn, soft silk or wool, and this one Is ^ among the iutest and prettiest that liave appeared. In the illustration -? 1 - ..... mnl.AO fhn f Alltwl n t inil jrwrsiau iuwu nm?ca i?>^ while the yoke and the sleeves are cut from tucking, which is further eu riehed by medallions and banding of 1 embroidery. Sucb silks as China, mes- I Sffh'ne, pongee and tlie like arc, how- < )| ever, made in similar style and also i the soft, pretty wool batistes and < Empire House voiles -which must be noted as being i exceedingly serviceable as well as t dainty, both for separate blouses and for the entire gown. The -waist is made with the yoke, which is cut in two portions, the front and the backs. Both front and backs are tucked at their upper edges and are joined to the yoke, the closing being made invisibly at the left. The sleeves are moderately full, finished with deep fitted cuffs, which allow a phrfiirp nf the straight or nointed UDner edges. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three yards twentyone, two and three-quarter yards twenty-seven or one and three-quarter yards forty-four inches wide with one and a quarter yards of tucking and three and a quarter yards of insertion to make as illustrated. The waist consists of a fitted lining, which can be used or omitted as preferred, the front and the backs. The yoke is simply applied over the waist and the long cuffs can be either faced onto the liaings or attached to the full ( portions of the sleeve when the waist j is left unlined. " s A Gown of Fnfthlon. A fashionable gown had a skirt that was accordion pleated,and was finished 1 at the bottom with five narrow tucks t and a broad liem. The sleeves were ( elbow length and were finished with a 1 narrow, lace striped cuff aud two frills I of I*ce edging. t Deep Shade* of Burnt Straw. In London a very deep shade of burnt straw is in evidence at the mil- s liners' and promises to be very mucli < ? worn during the spring. t Applique On the TTat. Flowers and motifs cut out from printed cretonne and appliqucd in taf- i fota, make trimming for an occasional t hnjt that Is reminiscent of the cotton i prints cut out and used as the basis ( of trimming for some unusual gowns a e year or so ago. i A Nerr Economy. The bands of silk Leaded by tiay pleated frills which are finishing the I bonis of thin gowns are among the c economies of the season. They pro- s l)i? ffoo'n ivQI> ? } T>T(H^MEN1 The f in >clt(il Frock. Tlie smocked frock, says n writer in Harper's Bazar, dates back to tlie thirteenth century, wlien it was worn by women and girls, and was, of course, j 1 richly decorated with needlework, i 1 "Again, in England, during the early I ! part of tl*j nineteenth century, a j : smock frock was worn, but this time ( by the farm hands, countrymeu, etc. . It was a loose garment, like a man's j night sliirt, but made of coarse hoilanfl < or jean. These were gathered at the I wrists and neck and worked with elab- '< orate stitches, falling loose to below 1 the knee." The smock, with its all . but forgotten needlework decorations, . was revived some years ago by makers J of artistic gowns in London, and had a 1 great vogue for a time. One well- i kucwn house still makes a specialty ; of waists and gowns with tbis work, i i For little girls' slips nothing prettier ^ was ever devised. j J'ltiln Blouse. Xo matter how many fancy and elab- ' urate blouses the wardrobe may con- ^ tain, there are always occasions when ( ti plain one is iu demand. Illustrated is a model tJiat is susceptible of a great 1 many variations, that is so simple as 1 to be quite easily aud readily made, 1 and which is suited both to the silk J ind to the wool materials and to the ( simple washable ones. In the iliustra- j tiou it is made of white lawn with j the wide yoke and cuffs of eyelet em- j aroidery, but this applied yoke can be i )f any contrasting material and can be i 1 ~ /\n fha nninM rmfllnp rtr t iiitiuc vTi 311 the square one as may be liked. Design by May Mantoa. i Gown, ^ain. if n decollete waist is desired, , >otli the blouse and the lining can be J :ut on the square outline and short vafftxl sleeves used, giving the effect ihowu in the small view. Tact in DrcRft. I Tact in dress is necessary to every | svoinan who hopes to become represen- j : :ative of that refinement which is the ihief ornament or womanhood or girl- 1 lood. It is rare that one sees French leople dressed out of keeping with :heir surroundings or position. Fewer Open Work Stockings. Very few of the really up-to-date tan stockings show any open work. Many )f them are woven with a thin and a hick stripe in two shades. ICftBy to Deoorafe. All 01' the shapes lend themselves ivell to decoration, and, aside from heir eccentricity, are attractive. As 'ar as coloring goes little improvement ould be made. The successful milliners are veritable artists in color coinbilations. Derby Crowned XInts> The derby crowned hats, which ap>eared numerously a few weeks ago, lid not take very we.l, the milliners ;ay. It is improbable that they will be vorn very mutii. _____ THE PULPIT, lil (ii A BRILLIANT SUNDAY" SERMON BY a, THE R_V, DR. LYMAN ASB0T1. M tli sp subject: " Tho Spirit of Christianity." 'j^| or Brooklyn, N. Y. ? At Plymouth jS Church, the Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D., co occupied his old pulpit in the absence c0 r>f the present pastor, the Rev. N. D. so Millis. Dr. Abbott's subject was "The c| Essential Spirit of Christianity." He ^ chose for his text the passage Matthew w xx:27-2S: "Whosoever will be chief w nmong you let him be your servant, fa even as the Son of Man came, uot to ^ be ministered unto, but to minister. ai ind to give His life a ransom for a many," and said: tv What do we mean by Christianity? What is its essential, specific spirit? ot [t is the spirit of the Christ who "came gC aot to be ministered unto, but to minis- gj( ter." The spirit of the Christian is to f0 be like the Christ. It is to get back of ev ill that .is injurious and all that is val- f0 jable; all the accretions that are injuring and all the additions which have a? seen made in the growth of Christian- oc ty, doctrine, ritual and institutional: nf :q get back to the time of Christ Him- it[, self, and, if we cau, see what Chris- at ;ianity meant then and there, in order pe that we may get at the essential spirit G1] )f it. Sp There appeared at the beginning of ju ,'ne so-caueu uurisuitu eiu u rcu^iuuo {jj :eacber in a province of Palestine. I-Ie p, was certainly for tliat age and for all m iges a singular man. The things we ,w ;are for most He seemed to be indiffer;nt to. He did not care for pleasure, tjj Hit He was not ascetic. He did not jS lide Himself from the world. There je e no instance in which He refused an nvitation to a feast. He began His sa Ministry be creating wine to prolong jU he festivities at a marriage feast, and ret He did not care fo- what men call b{1 )leasure. He said Himself that He ^ 'had not where to lay His head." He sll >ften laid down to sleep with only the ofl itars overhead. He lived on the sim)lest food. He did not care for wealth. sjj He never called a man a fool but once, tu ind that was the man who spent all his ro ife in accumulating aud then did not c0 mow what to do with the accumulaions. He did not care for power, for bl] vhen He was offered a crown He re- cu used it. One day they gathered about ai) lim, waved palm branches ana ou ihouted "Hosannah!" and amid all the CJl oy and acclaim He stopped and wept rj. is He remembered tbe sorrows wbicb H vere to come upon Jerusalem. Ambition did not appeal to Him. Hej vas willing to preach to 5000 or to 200' tl, >r to twenty-five or thirty, or to sit tll lown with one poor wretched woman ofi ind talk to her by the well; and it did or tot make any difference. What did He are for? For service?to go about w imong men and make them happy. jia Chat was what He cared for. He cared co or all sorts of men. He was equally or villing to serve tbe Greek or the Jew. wj t He lived now, He would be as willng to serve the Jew as the Christian. nI1 3e was willing to save the poor and gc he rich. He was not a poor man's ^ jrophet, nor a rich man's prophet. He rj. vas willing to minister to the ignorant, _0 tnd just as willing to minister to tbe vise. He would talk with the peasant, if enonrt an (SVPninfT with One Of the i<* '* x jreat rabbis at Jerusalem. Character wj r past conduct did not separate men sil roua His sympathy. It did not make M iny difference how badly a man had ^ ived or how rotten was his character, ag 3e w$s ready to help him. He came nto Jericho one day and the people ^ :rowded round Him. It was a city of m >riests and corrupt politicians. The ba wliticians were more corrupt than in Qf his day, and that is saying a great cr leal. It was ;. city of priests and poll- ig icians, and one of these latter, who It lad made money by squeezing the pub- f ic, was a little man, who climbed into jj t tree, because he wanted to see this SQ strange man pass. This strange man t, >assed the priests and the orthodox lK eligious people and looked up at the ittle man and said: "Come down; I am (lj foing to dine with you to-day." He lo sought out the bad man because He bought He could do something for lim. He was equally ready to minis- eQ er food to the hungry, healing to the iick, comfort to the afflicted, wisdom ca o the ignorant, inspiration to the dejressed or succor to the simple and the jurdened. _ The only question with Him was: "Is his man in trouble?" What kind of th rouble? "It does not matter what :ind of trouble, I want to help him." 5 That was absolutely His only question. , Vnd yet this man saw that the deepest , ;roubles of men are the troubles that lorae upon them because of their ,,, vrong doing. In His first great ser- tj non He gave the secret of happiness . vhen He said: "Blessed are the pure in . leart" and "Blessed are the poor in , spirit," etc. The secret of happiness J s what you are. not what you have, qj So the thing He wanted to do was to . change men's characters, to get them | )Ut of sin and lead -them in the paths , )f virtue and truth and good will. He vanted to lift off the burden of their sins and make them healthy, normal, loly men and woraeu. To this He UJ ?ave His life. He did not do this inci- al lentally, as it chanced Him; there was 01 something more. He said: "That is ai svhat I am here for. That is what 3od put Me into the world for; it is the fa mission He has given Me." He be- ar onged to a nation that had been taught m to look forward for the golden age, not a* ? t h backward. They thought ine goou ? time was yet to come. Their prophets J.1J iiad told them so. They thought it was *r to he brought about, some said, by the nation, by a series of prophets, or by a single man, a conqueror. And this ruan Jesus said: "This kingdom of God Is at hand. This good time is already here, and I am the one io bring it S( Eibout." Tiie first time He preached w was at Nazareth and then He told them this. Then He gathered a few disci- bl pies about Him and after a year with P1 them He asked: "Whom do men say s* that I am?" They said: "There are ?f many different things said. Some say a prophet; some a great teacher; some n( one thing and some another." And He bt said: "But whom say ye that I am?" w One can imagine the moment of si- w lence and hesitation and uncertainty bl that followed. And then one, an impul- w sive one, said: "You are the Messiah." He replied: "Yes, I am: that is right." The mission of His life was to bring fj.a i-mminm nf (iotl on llie earth lit UUUUL - and He said, "The way to do it is to fr help every one in need. No matter (ji what tlie character?to help one nnoth- ?< er, that is the way." The Jews wanted to it another way. Queer people, these w Jews! They thought they were the Si great people, which was Tory like the g< Anglo-Saxons of to-day. They thought tb there were no other people who were to religious or civilized or who had the se- re rret of great progress. They said the jk kingdoir would come Jerusalem, not hi (o ltome, and that not the Romans, hut ui the Jews, would be dominant. Kut cr Christ said. "No, thai is a mistake. The kingdom of God is not iu Jerusalem or liome or Athens. It is in a spirit of universal helpfulness." That w is Hie kingdom of (Jod, and the king- es dom .will come when every man helps B i s fellow man out of every kind cl 'I'd. whatever it may be. He was laily arrested and put upon oath and keel: "Are Yon the Messiah?" "I 11." He said. He claimed to be the essinh and He claimed to bring about e kingdom of (iod by diffusing the lirit of l)jpe aud faith and good will, lie apostles went forth and preached what? Not the Ten Commandments the Sermon oa the Mount, but "This the Messiah. The Deliverer la me." In the nature of the case Fie uld not do it alone. If it were to*be me sudden upheaval, some cata^ jsm, some march of armies, it could ! done iu a single period, but if good ill. peace and universal helpfulness ere to be brought about, that would ke generations. That must go from ngdom to kingdom, from city to citj id nation to nation. And so He called few men to carry the message? first reive, then seventy. Then He died lien, after His resurrection, He sent hers. He sent them in the spirit ol iod will and helpfulness, to heal the ?k, cleanse the leper and restore couv rt to the sorrowing. To minister tc erybody, rich, poor, wise, ignorant, the Jew aud the Gentile, There.was something more. In al r,es men have believed in some great cult power lying back of the phe >mena of nature. The Jews thought ere was one great God who inexor ily demanded righteousness of Hi* :opIe, and Jesus said, "God is such c ~ ~ - T nrt + iifl+nrl hr 4ho CI m f If (is> 1 illtl, JltUUl Itu Ktj irit. In My life and teachings I an terpreting this great Infinite Power is just, wise God, this eternal Infinitf :esence." And He illustrated Ilis eaning by the parable of the kinj hose subjects rebelled against him r the parable of the lost sheep ant e parable of the prodigal son. "Thai the kind of Father that God is," saic sus. There is still more in Christ's mes ge. In all ages men have been try g to get to this unknown God. Thej tve said: "We have done wrong, wc ive aroused the wrath of this God e is right to be angry with us. Ho'n all we appease His anger? We wil fer sacrifices." It is difficult in this reutieth century to realize what wor ip was twenty centuries ago. Pic re the ten>ple, the altar, the white bed priests. All around in the outei urt the cooing of doves, the bleatinj sheep, an^ within, by this altar, u itcher's shop, a shambles. Priests tting the throats of lambs and cattit id the blood flowing in great rivers it from under the altar. Why? Be use these people thought God had a jht to be angry?and they were right e had a right to be angry?and thej ought He was angry?and they were ilf right in that?and they thoughl e way to peace was by sacrifice, and ey were wrong in thfi?\ Jesus nevei fered a sacrifice, so far as we know told anybody elsa to offer sacrifice. This world is God's Reformatory auc bat He bos done is this: His Marsha is come for you and me. Has H< me in power, with greatness of riches wonderful display 01 iRtellectua isdom? No. Come how? In sympa y, in tenderness, in leve, in purltj id truth and righteousness. We car e no way to happiness save by eu iwmg with truth and purity ant jhteousness. He has come to us?tc u and me. He says, "You can do the sam< inc." You say: "I have no power.' Neither bad I." "I have not weal to.' neither had I." "I was not an eccle istic." "Neither was I." "Come t< e: get My spirit; live as I lived; b< illing to lay down your life for others I was for you." I have tried this morning to get be nd all definitions, all creedal state ents, not because I think they an id, but because I am sure the spiri Christ transcends all definitions am eedal statements. Christianity! Wha it? It is the new doctrine of God is the new faith in God. It is th< ith of God, who is,in His world a! e was in Jesus Christ, comforting th< rrowing, helping the tempted, in ructing the ignorant. It is the nev >pe, the hope of the kingdom of Goc at is coming. There is coming tb< ne when men will give to their fel w men fair, honest, generous mcas es and will "do unto others as the] ould be done unto." That is right usness. There is coming a time wher ero will be peace in every heart be use it is at harmony with itself, anc ace in the whole world between mai id man, nation and nation. And it ii new hope that Christianity bring! ben it says: "Now, you can work foi at because you are working in th< irit of the Eternal, and it is the spiri good will, of service, of sacrifice, o ying down our lives for others as H< Id down His life for us." Christianity! What is it? It is thn 3od so loved the world that He gav< is only begotten Son, that whosoevei >lieveth in Him might not perish, bu ive everlasting life." That is the the ogy of Christianity. "The kingdon God is at hand." That is the hope o iristiinity. "A new commandmen ve I unto you: that ye love one anoth as I have loved you." That is th< w of Christianity. Where Love Id, There God I*. Thoughts that disturb and troubli > seldom come from God. It is gener ly best to put 'them away, and throv irself, with increased trust in Hin id mistrust of self, at His fe?t. Auc iver forget, amid whatever may bo 11 you?dryness, coldness, desolatioi id disappointment, consciousness o: any faults, and of great weakness id want of faith?that where love is lere God is sure to be. He never ye is suffered any soul to fall wholly om Him which, amid all its frailitio; id falls, clings to Him in 'ove.?H. L dney Lear. The Lensons of Adversity. A flower lias been discovered ir >uth America which is only visibU hen the wind blows; it is of tin lecies cactus, and when the wim 1 a flnti'Aft ows a iiumuer ui ucuuuiiu uu?. otrude from the little lumps on tlx alks. So, beautiful lives are devel >ed by adversity. A German baron had a deep ravint ;ar his castle, and thought to make t ige Aeolian harp of it. He stretchef ires across it. In the gentle breeze it as silent, but when great storm.' ew down the ravine the air was fillet ith music. The Meaning of Consecration. There is an old Dutch picture of i ttle child dropping a cherished toj oin its hands, and at first sight its aeon seems incredible, until, at the cor ;r of the picture the eye is attractec i a white dove winging its flight to ard the emptied outstretched hands imilarly we are prepared to forego : >od deal when once we catch sight o; ie spiritual acquisitions which beckoi i us. And this is the true way t< acli consecration and surrender. D< )t ever dwell on the giving up side it on the receiving side. Keep ir ind the old Hebrew word for cons? ation, lo fill the hand. God's Krrnmls. Difficulties are God's errands, ant hen we are sent upon them we shoulc ;leem it a proof of God's confidence.eecher. t K"; \ 1* ' ' > To Tench ft Girl to Swhn. i F. Hopkinson Smith, painter, r I thor, engineer and profession optimi te,lls a story showing that Boston bo ; of the street are like all others. ] [ overhead a conversation between youngsters selling newspapers. "Ss [ Harry, w'at's de best way to teach i girl how to swim?" asked the your i er one. "Dat's a cinch. First off y ' puts your left arm under her waist a ! you gently takes her left hand? 1 "Cotne off; she's me sister." "A | push her off de dock." ,t 1 VA SILLY TOY." .. .. ' Toothbrush Experiences in It* Flone | Days. Colonial diaries and letters make " plain that our unfortunate ancesto t suffered much from jumping toot ; aches, swelled faces and the enrly lo or forcible extraction of teeth whi ' at a later period might have be * nnvorl +n vptmIpp tlipil- OWIIPTS Uini ' years of further service. "No wondi I since the care of tbe teeth was litl t understood, nud that little often b negligently practiced. t Toothpicks were known; the tool brush was not, although rough subs * tutes were employed, made of flatten \ sticks,"split and pounded at one end [ a stiff, fibrous fringe. Toothbrush* when first introduced, were regard i as by no means important accessor! i to the toilet, but rather as minor It ! uries, and suitable for women on > says the Youth's Companion. ' The diary of a London inereba j trading in the colonies.has this entrj "Bought a Toothbrush for my wi: , which, used together with salte wati . very strong, and a wasshe of Herl r sli*> la tnlrt will kppn her Teethe frc > falling out or getting hollowe. T Salte and Herbes ma}1 well pro strengthening to lier Gummes, web ti tender, but for tbe brush It seemes b a silly Toy, liarly like to ware t worth of its price and scarce cleanl save when new. Butt she must ba it, being a new thing late fr< France." In tbe famous collection of the 1 ters of tbe Verney. family, as well, t toothbrush is referred to as "an elega trifle, now used by tbe ladies France." But when Sally Annis', a Colon belle, wrote of it to her sister, she hi like the London merchant's wife, go j hopes of its proving of more til , trifling value. Her seafaring fatl bad just brought her one, along w; other gifts. I "Resides these, and ye smalle coral 1 he OTt. me a new mouth-brush madtf eyvory," she wrote, "the back pai | inlayed very pretty with silver; and ; brissles long and stiffe and sett v( r flrme; wch he is assured will help i ( of ray Tooth Akes; wch, you will gue - deer Judy, I do pray it may." I ' Strange Fire*. , Dust is a wonderful producer ' fires. There have been instances ' - postoffices where the dust of the ni Dags suspended in ine rear in u c-n > room exploded with terrific force. D 5 explosions are of frequent occurrei ' in flour and drug mills. The origin many fires in tailor shops may . traced to the so-called dry cleaning j clothes. A rag dipped in naphtha t frequently used in removing grei I spots from garments. The rag soal t with inflammable fluid is thrown u{ the floor. When the shop is closed i and the air *is confined, the napht 4 soaked material will of itself gener . fire. Bales of cotton placed in the h j of a ship are often the cause of dis I trous fires. Frequently a epark fron i cigar finds a resting place in a cotl - bale, where it smoulders for wee " The dark hall in tenement houses 7 the indirect originator of fires. Gre* * matting or small heaps of paper about. A match ntft extinguished o 1 cigarette stub is thxown down anc i blaze results.?Fire and Water. s 3 1 The t a r The publisnea statements ui ? u. ber of coffee Importers nud roasters * dicnte a "waspy" feeliug towards f for daring to say tliat coffee is liartc t to a percentage of the people. A frank public discusslou of the s 3 ject Is quite agreeable to ns and < certainly do no Jiariu; on the contr 3 -when all the facts on both sides of i question are spread before the pec 7 they enn thereupon decide and act j telligeutly. Give the people plain facts and t * will take cure of themselves. , We demand facts in this coffee cussion and propose to-see that 1 facts are bronght clearly before 3 people. A number of coffee importers i roasters have joined a movement boom coffee and stop the use of 1 l turn Food Coffee and in their ne i paper statements undertake to dect - by false assertions. * Their first is that coffee is not ha J ful. We assert that one in every tli coffee users has some form of Incipl i or chronic disease; realize for one I ' nipnt what a terrible menace to a [ tion of civilized people, when one k I of beverage cripples the energies i health of one-third the people x use it. We make the assertiou advisedly i 1 suggest that the reader secure his c 7 proof by personal inquiry among col users. Ask your coffee drinking friends 1 they keep free from any sort of ac and ails. You will be startled at percentage and will very naturally s ' to place the cause or disorder on soi thing aside from coffee, whether fc inherited tendencies or something e Go deeper in your search for fact If your friend admits occasional n ralgia, rheumatism, heart weakm stomach or bowel trouble, kidney c< plaint, weak eyes, or approachiug i vous prostration induce him or her make the experiment of leaving coffee for 10 days and using Post 1 Food Coffee, and observe the result. 1 will startle you and give your frii something to think of. Of course. the person is one of the weak ones i \ Government Want* Prunes. | in- Those who have a passion for prunes st. had better lay in a supply of the fruit ' ys at once or between now and April 3. 1 Jo because on tbat date Uncle Sam pro- 1 vo poses to buy 50,000 pounds of them * iy, for his soldiers, and local dealers eay * a a transaction of such magnitude is tg- likely to send the prices soaring. The ou prims are to be furnished to the Gov- , ad eminent in ten-pounds boxes and must , be of such size as to run sixty-five to ] w, seventy prunes to the pound. ? Phila- ^ delphia Record. j FITS permanently cnred. No fits or nervons- I D6ss utter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great ' tPT Nerve Restorer,^ trialbottleandtreatisefree Dr. B.H.Kline, Ltd.,931 Arch St.,Phila.Pa. j it Mary A. Fisher, of New York, will ^ rs write a novel and devote the proceeds h- of the sale to the support of a home, r iss nonsectarian,- and to care for those | ch "who have labored in literature, art, en education, or any of the various prouy fessions." t!e A COLD BROUGHT IT ON. nt Severe CongMtlou of the Kidneys Soon Cnred by Soan's Kidney Pille. h- Richard M. Pearce, a prominent busiN* ness man of 231 So. Orange St., Newed I orir at 7 snvs! "Workinc nights . *? during bad weather ?s, brought on a heavy ed M* ^ col(1, acllin? of tlie I es Js# {?&> limbs and pain in the ) IX" v*' < ^ack aiu* kidneys. Sely. LjS&xtf. vere congestion of the J\j, kidneys followed. Bent A^. sides the terrific aeh- 1 ing tbere were "whirl- i fe, ing headaches, and I i er, became exceedingly js, weak. My doctor could uot help me, >m and I turned to Doan's Kidney Tills. 1 he with the result that the kidney conges- ! ve tion disappeared, and, with it, all the J re other symptoms. What is more, the i ut cure has lasted for 8 years." he Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a bos. ey Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. im fiOT. Gllinore's Signature Good, A story is toia 01 now me iaie caGovernor Joseph A. Gllmore, of New Hampshire, when he was superintendlie ent of the Concord and Claremont Rail,UJ road, once wrote a letter to one of his section bosses who had done something to displease him. All the man could make out was the date and Superlntendent Gilmore's signature. Some time afterward, being in Conau cord, the man went to call on the suJer perintendent at his office. 't!l "Hello, John, how do you do?" 6aid Mr. Gilmore. "Well, what are you ^e' doing now?" of 1 "Why, I'm up here at the same place r*e on the section, Mr. Gilmore," replied 5"e John. >ry "What!" taid Mr. Gilmore; "didn't me you get a letter from me?" naming the ss> date. "Why, yes, certainly," answered John. "Well, didn't you know that was a of letter of dismissal?" in "Letter of dismissal!" criea me usiail tonished John. "No! I couldn't make ose it out, cxcept that it was from headust quarters and signed by you, sir. But ice after some study I concluded it was a of pass. As none of the conductors on the be road could read it, they all accepted of my statement tbat it was a pass from is Mr. Gilmore, and I have been riding ise on it everssince." ced Jobn kept his place on the section.? >on Boston Herald. up ha- Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield, wife ate of the admiral, has written several old stories, and recently has made her as- first effort at a stage production which i a deals with the revolutionary war and ton has been recently produced in New ks. York and aroused enthusiasm. is isy A naval coal depot is a placc for lie storing and handling coal. Navy yards r a and stations, as well as depots, nave I a large coal supplies and facilities for handling them. Coffee D im- says "I can't quit" you will have disj?_ covered one of the slaves of the coffee importer. Treat such kindly, for they seem absolutely powerless to stop the lful gradual but sure destruction of body and health. ub- Nature has a way of destroying a cau Pnrt of f'ie PeoPle t0 make room for the stronger. It is the old law of "the surarjr vival of the fittest" at work, and the my victims are many. >pte \ye repeat the assertion that coffee in* does harm many people, not all, but an army large enough to appall the invesbev tigator and searcher for facts. The next prevarication of the coffee importers and roasters is their state flis-' mqnt tliat Postum Food Coffee is maue the of roasted peas, beaus or corn, and fjie mixed with a low grade of coffee aud that it contains no nourishment. We have previously offered to wager aR" $100,000.00 with them that their state1to ments are absolutely false. 'os- They have not accepted our wngi-r ws- and they will not. ;ive We will gladly make a present of $li:~>.000.00 to any roaster or importer of rm- old fashioned coffee who will accept that wager. ree Free inspection of our factories and t methods is made by thousands of peo? pie each month and the coffee imporuio ters themselves are cordially invited. Both Postum and Grape-Nuts are ab. * solutely pure aud made exactly as md stated. nid The formula of Postum and the aneho a lysis made by one of the foremost chemists of Boston has been printed on every package for many years and is absolutely accurate. wu Now as to the food value of Postum. ffee it contains the parts or tue wiieai uerry i which carry the elemental salts sucli > if as lime, iron, potash, silica, etc.. etc., hes used by the life forces to rebuild the the cellular tissue, and this is particularly eek true of the phosphate o? potash, also me- found in Grape-Nuts, which combines >od, in the human body with albumen and lse. this combination, together with water, s. rebuilds the worn out gray matter in eu- the delicate nerve centres all over the ?ss. body, and throughout the brain and so)iu iar plexus. ier-" Ordinary coffee stimulates in an unto natural way, but with many people it off slowly and surely destroys and does um not rebuild this gray substance so viIt i illy important to the well-being of 2nd t . / human being. , if These are eternal facts, proven, well | ind authenticated and known to every prop- J ^ Charlotte Bronte'i Hu*tmad? Charlotte Bronte's husband, the Ret# a Arthur Beil Nichols, will soon celejrate his ninetieth birthday?It being low half a century since some ot her 'riends were advising her not to marry; lim because he had rheumatism. Queerest Vegetable. t The most curious vegetable in the ivorld is the truffle, since it has neither oots, stem, flowers, leaves nor seeds, [n some parts dogs and pigs are xained to dig for It, the animals being juided by their sense of smell. W. L. Douglas j '3=&*3= SHOESiS 1 V. L. Douglas $4.00 Cllt Edge Line] j cannot be equalled at any pHce^ 1 j Capital a^oqooq ;'m W.L. DOUGLAS MAKES ? SElAJSMOPtg , .? MEM'SS8.BO SHOES THAR ART OTHER 1 MANUFACTURER IR THE WORLD. *3 (1 fl nnn REWARD to anyone who can . JlM O I U,UUU disprove thii statement s I If 1 could take yoa Into my three law? tectorial -K.'ai it Brockton, Mas*., and show yon the inifalt* XaW :are with which every pair of shoe* In made, 39 would realize why w. L. Douglas UJO shoee .'-gB coit more to make, why they hold their iban%9 I fit better, wear longer, and are of greater " ? J Intrinsic valrte than any other $3.80 shoe. y ' -SM W. L. Douglas Strong Mudo thorn* fo* j Man, $2.BO, S'J.OO. B ay m'School A :,M Dro*? Shoo*, 92.BO, S2, $1.7 B,$1.80 , vM CAUTIONInsist upon having W JlDoog. ?] t Ins shoes. Take no substitute. Mono genuine ' ] j without his name and price stamped on bottom. .' ? Fast Color Eyelets used; they uilll not near brassy. | - J Write lor Illustrated Catalog. ; > j .J&U W. JL. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mmo. 31 Mushrooms in Bricks. < The -work of the Plant Bureau is la \|1 character almost infinitely varied. |9 Take for example the successful ex- I periments recently made in the grow- J ing of improved varieties of niuah- . rooms. If you will visit the town of .j Columbia, Mo., you will find there a trlfh QitrrAtitt^tucNI Vr'JflW fjicai COIUUIIOUJJU^UW TT tlU MM4 1.VWUV. 0?, which suggest a brickyard in. fall op- ;. ;4s| eration. It is, in fact, a l>rick factory, I but the bricks -which are stacked in huge piles out-of-doors, are not of clay, I but of mushroom spawn?spawn, that ^ is to say, of a superior quality, guar-. -a anteed to produce much finer mush- Is rooms than those tytherto purchasable | a in the markets. 1 This industry is the outcome of a dls- 1 covery, made by one of the Plant Be- 1 reau's experts, that it was practicable ;1 to Introduce small bits of mushroom ? into sterilized manure, and, when the ;|fl thread-like vegetation of the funguB had run all through the manure, to use v; 4a| the latter for the seeding of mushroom ; ja| beds. Inasmuch as only the largest J9I and finest mushrooms are chosen for thp Durriose. the spawn obtained is of. .'|l a superior variety and yields mush- ' fiW rooms of corresponding quality.. By :M mixing it with heaps of compost th*.^JH latter is Eoon converted Into spawn of}wB like high grade, which, made Into~*sM bricks, finds a ready market at a very ; remunerative price.?Rene Bache, in the Outing Magazine. -.J Stamps Letters by ElectrlcHy.' . 'fl A new stamping machine for letters '$ has just been tested at the Berlin Post iaj Office. The machine has been con-. zi fl structed by the Norwegian mechanic; s| fl Krag. It is operated by electricity and works so fast that it is said to stamp ./J9 1800 letters per minute, which would "1 make 10S.000 letters per hour. 1 ebate. M erly educated physician, chemist and i food expert. Please remember we never say ordl- . nary coffee hurts everyone. E Some people use It regularly andseem strong enough to withstand' its ' I attacks, but there is misery and disease il in store for the uian or woman who persists in its use when uature pro- '' SB tests, by heart weakness, stomach and bowel troubles, kidney disease, weak I eyes, or general nervous prostration. 1 The remedy is obvious. The drug caf- 1 t'eine, eoutained in all ordinary coffee, I must be discontinued absolutely or tb?r disease will contiuue iu spite of any medicinc aud will grow worse. I It is easy to leave off the old fash- I ioued coffee by adopting L'ostum Food I Coffee, for in it one duds a pleasing hot breakfast or dinuer beverage that I has the deep seal brown color, ehang- 8 iug to a rich golden brown when goodf > J cream is added. When boiled long jjM enough (15 minutes) the flavor is not ' jB that .of rank Itio coffee but very like <|fl the milder, smooth and high grade I Java, but entirely lacking (he drug ef- I feet of ordinary coffee. '"SB Anyone suffering from disorders set I up by coffee drinking (and there is au M extensive variety) can absouteiy ^e- B pend upon s jme measure of relief by J quittiug coffee and using Tostum Food. - 9 If the disease has not become too I strongly rooted, one can with good rea- I sou expect it to disappear entirely in i ?^B nftpp the active cause | ICIIAUUiU'iV i.iu?v Mk.?. of the trouble is removed nnd the cellu- \ : lar tissue has time to naturally rebuild J with the elements furnished by Pos- J turn and good food. , M It's only just plaiu old common sense. Now, wilh the exact facts before the reader, lie or she can decide the wise course, looking to health and the power to do things. *1 If you have any doubt as to the cause of any ache or ail you luay have, remember the far reaching telegrams of a hurt nervous system travel from heel to head, and it mny be well worth. your while to make the experiment of leaving off coffee entirely for 10 days v and using Fostum in its pincc. ? You will probably gather some good solid facts, worth more than a gold jfl mine, for health can make gold and sickness lose it. Besides there's' all J the fun. for it's like a continuous inter- el nal frolic to be perfectly well. There's a reason for POSTUM I I'ostum Cereal Cov Ltd., Battle Creek, MiciW I