1'oynl We?1.!iiiK Gifts. King Edward's silver wedding pres ent to the ?o xvlii^h piix* iIivpIIavq pass tlieir summers. "What Shall I Do?" That is the problem which frequently coufrouts everyone?especially parents with small ch'ldren. A slight llluess I treated at once often saves a long period of sickness aud expense?some times prevents oeath. The trouble is that so few peop'e can think on the in stant what treatment to apply, even if they have the knowledge necessary to recognize the disease and know what simple remedies are best. To meet t' is want at saiull exoense the Book Pub lishing House, 13^1 Leonard street. New York City, is sending postpaid a docior book on receipt of sixty cents In stamps. The book is illustrated, con tains 598 pages, explains symptoms, causes and simple means of overcoming ordinary illnesses, it was written uy the eminent J. Hamilton Ayres, A. M.t ! M. D. It is a volume which should be j in every household. as do one can tell I what moment he1 may require the j knowledge St contains. Better Than We Feel. President Kin?, of Oberlin College, speaks on the duty of acting better than we feel: "One may be feeling, at j a given time, without courage and far ; from cheerful," li*? says. "This, at | least, he can do: lie can take a good ! lone breath and stiffen his backbone, j and put on the appearance of cheer and courage, and so doing he is far more apt to become cheerful and cour- : ageous. There are two sorts of selves j In you, a lower and a higher. You can i be true to your higher self, or you can [ be true to your lower self. But you j are bound to be true to your higher j self. And one of the sensible, helpful ways to get the feelings you think ; you ought to have is to act in the line j of them. It is to no one's credit to act as badly as he feels. He is ratliei; bound often to act much better than he feels. And so acting, he will be helped to better feeling." Gave Way to Jeromlali. A certain prosy preacher recently gave an endless discourse on the prophets. First ho dwelt at length on the minor prophets. At last he finished them, and the congregation gave a sigh of relief. He took a long breath, and continued:. "Now I shall proceed to the m;ijor prophets." After the major prophets had received more than ample attention, the congregation gave another sigh of relief. "Now that I have finished with the minor proph ets and the major prophets, what about Jeremiah? Where is Jeremiah's place?" At this point a tall man arose in the the back of the church. "Jeremiah can have my place," he said; "I'm going home." TRANSFORMATIONS Curious Kesn.ttt "When Coffc.? Drinking la Abandoned. It is almost as hfird for an old coffee toper to quit the use of coffee as it is for a whisky or tobacco fieud to break off, except that the coffee user can quit coffee and t-ke up I'ostum Food Coffee without any feeling of a loss of the morniug beverage, for when Postuin is well boiled and served with cream, it is ""nil" 5 n rvninf r\f fill unr tlmn 1XSUHJ ututl iU J/Viui VI. ?UM.. most of the coffee served nowadays, and to '.he taste of tbe counoisseur it is like tbe flavor of fine Java. A great transformation takes place in the body withiu ten days or two weeks after coffee is left off .?nd Fos tnm Food Coffee used, for tbe reason that tbe poison to the nerves lias been discontinued and in its place is taken a liquid that contains the most powerful elements of nourishment. It is easy to "lake this test and prove these statements by changing from cof fee to Postum Food Coffee. "There's a reason." | THE PULPIT. ] A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMO\' BY i DR. CHARLES EDV.'ARD LCCKE. Subject: The Universal King. Erooklyn, N. Y.?Dr. Charles Edward Locke, paster of the Hanson Place M. E. Church. preached Sunday in the ! New York Avenue M. E. Church on "Jesus Christ the Universal Kinjt." The seruion was the annual one be fore the New York East Conference. u. ? vi *1rr AUC IfAl IIVUI lictciuuvii "Tiie kingdoms of tL'is world are be come tlie kingdoms ol our Lord and of His Christ." Among other things Dr. Locke said: With His own hand God wrote on the foundations of history. "The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head." On the radiant advent morning the angel said to the bewildered sbep , herds, "Behold. I bring jou good tid ings of great joy. which shall be to all ! people;" and, later, the Great Teacher | Himself announced. "I, if I be lifted ! up from the earth, will draw all men | unto Me!" Though Confucius died of i a broken heart, fearing he had spoken j no truths which would survive him, i and Socrates drank in despondency the j hemlock in his cave overlooking Ath j ens, yet Jesus Christ, the world's Great j Optimist, cried out in triumph in the midst of the agonies of the cross?"It ; is finished!" and Paradise Lost became ; Paradise Regained. John, the Ilevela- j j tor, in the seraphic isolation of his i exile, saw m ins vision xue nuu.uuicuL I of all those prophecies, and exultantly j wrote, "Tlie kingdoms of tliis "world j are become the kingdoms of our Lord ; and of His Christ." j It was a long looked for psycliologi ! cal moment when Bethlehem's star j appeared above the dimpled hills of j Judea. Civilization had slipped down , from the hoary highlands of Bactria to the lowlands of Hindustan; it then moved westward, tarrying long enough : to build its towers in Persia, its tem I pies in Greece, its tombs in Egypt and ; its thrones in uorae. ai its uirui Christianity encountered the fierce op : position of emperors and armies. Rome j was mistress of land and sea. The j founder of Christianity -was a Roman subject, its chief apostle a Roman citi zen. The -whole Roman empire was hurled across the path of the progress of Christ. His followers suffered, but j in the sign of the cross they conquered. Our forefathers bravely followed the i guiding star to the summit of the Alle J ghauy Mountains and fixed the west i t>m hminilnrv of the new reDublic: but - tlie years pushed tbe frontiers west ward. mid when at Inst against tbe ' prophecies of American statesmen the j plains were crossed by tbe intrepid | pioneer, then autocratic lawmakers I detiantly announced that the serrated i peaks of the Rocky Mountains would j outline the western boundary of tbe : nation, but steadily and gracefully | moved that point of light until at last it mingled its silver beams with the golden embroidery of the sunset coast. Then even ttfe wisest of modern magi thought that the star of empire had become a fixed star, but faithfully it iiic niirsiM?n its noiseless tread until to-day it is brilliantly sbiuing above | eastern archipelagoes and continents. We are the creatures of that star and must keep up "witli its aerial flight, : for wherever it lingers there is another Bethlehem's cradle and another advent hymn. Within the lifetime of many here present the star appeared in the Asiatic heavens and the angel choir again sang "Glory to God in the high est, on earth peace, good will to men." The year 1S58 has been called the Annus Mirabilis of modern missions, and truly it was a "year wonderful," for the doors were opened to one thou sand million of the human race. In that year India was transferred from the clutches of the avaricious East India Company to the British crown and Queen Victoria became Empress of India. By the Treaty of Tientsin the ports and interior of China were opened and the people were permitted to accent Christianity without perse cution. and Japan, after 200 years of exclusion, made its treaty with Great Britain. Now. let lis see Low these great kingdoms of the earth are becom ing the kingdoms of our Lord and of IIis Christ. India has a population of 250,000.000 and an area of 1.800,000 square miles. Suttee, infanticide and the voracious juggernaut are gone forever. Because of tlm rpsprvoirs ronstrueted bv English foresight faiuiue is rapidly dis appearing, and the gradual elevation ol" women is taking place. India will be Christian from the Himalayas to Ceylon, from Bombay to Calcutta. China has had continuous authentic history for forty centuries. The first real character in Chinese history was the Emperor l'u, who ruled 2204 B. C. The Chinese are supposed to be the descendents of Shem, the oldest son of Noah. They settled 011 the banks of the Yellow River and established a kingdom coeval with Babylonia and Egypt, and before Abraham came out of Chaldea. Four hundred and six millions of peo ple and 4,225,000 square miles, and has n coast liue of 2300 miles. The climate is very much like our own. There are broad rivers, lofty mountains and val leys' of extraordinary fertility. There j is vast mineral wealth. Beside iron, gold, silver and copper there are im I .,n?l oil i?l, liQ ol. i ILiCIl.lC V-V/tU UC1UO, CI 11 v*. 11 uivu ?* ! most undisturbed waiting l'or tlie com i ing of tlie higher civilization which will some day adorn this drowsy na tion. China lies partly in the temper ate zone, where the greatest nations have developed and where the possi bilities of power and permanency are assured. They.are an industrious people, al ways busy, quiet and peaceable. What ever lethargy characterizes the country as a government, the typical Chinaman is a shrewd, active, successful toller. The Chinese invented printing and gunpowder; first used the magnetic needle; made the finest porcelain and to-day manufacture the finest silk and the most exquisite embroidery. Tlinir ova an ptlurnted neonlp. All candidates for official position?which is said to be the universal ambition of all citizens?must pass difficult exam inations. Of course I do not need to remind you tbat their standards of edu cation are low; their astronomy is pic turesquely mingled with astrology and all their science is pathetically behind the studies of the West. They are a reverential people. They can hardly be said to be a very reli gious neoDle. Their religion consists in rites and ceremonies rather than in doctrines and principles. The basis of government and society is the fiftti commandment?filial devotion. Obedi ence to parents and respect for old aire are everywhere persistently inculcated and practiced. Herein lies the secret of whatever of virtue and permanency may be found among Chinese. When a man reaches eighty years of age his name is reported to the Emperor, and a yeHow robe is presented to him as a mark of imperial respect on the pre sumption that his life must have bpea virtuous or it would not have been prolonged. All tluit China needs to make it a progressive and useful nation is Chris tianity, with its Christ and Hi? insti tutions. They are a more promising people tlian were our ancestors in Britain before their conversion to Christianity through the preaching ef Augustin and the graceful influence of Queen Bertha, the wife of Etlieibert. They have won their way by venerable age to everything which Occidental na tions can do for them. Confucianism, with its negative virtues, and Bud dliism. with its intangible mysteries, have been trieil and found wanting. May China nflt be a nation which is to be born in a day? There is a tra dition that the Apostle Thomas carried the Gospel first to China. As early as 12SS Pope Nicholas sent missionaries to China. There is a Cod in Heaven who has not forgotten the Chinaman. "What shall I sny of Japan, the land of little people and of great deeds: of culture and courtesy, with a population of 45,000.000 living among 4000 islands whose area is 102.000 square miles? about three times the size of the State of New York? A phenomenal nation. Only thirty years ago it was a crime to accept Christianity in Japan. In 1800 an English sailing ship just re turning from the Orient reached the Thames. On board were two Japanese youths, who had worked their way before tlie mast. jJisconso;aie uuu alone, tliey went to bed supperless that first night because all tlie crew Lad gone asbore. A few months ago one of those Japanese boys again returned to Great Britain. This time he was welcomed by the Lord Mayor and a distinguished company of such men as the Duke of Argyll and Lord liose bery. He came as the guest of the city* of London, and was lavisuiy en tertained at the Mansion House. He was Marquis Ito, who lias been four times the Prime Minister of Japan. This is a romantic epitome of the na tion of Japan. Many of its statesmen are Christians. Admiral Togo has a Christian wife, and is himself not a pagan. In the recent war the bravest generals were Christian men. Japan I was pagan yesterday, it is aguostic to day, to-morrow It will be Christian. Doubtless among the kingdoms of this world which the ecstatic John saw becoming the kingdoms or our r^orci and of His Christ "was the great em pire of Russia. The Russians are a mighty, mysterious, paradoxical, provi dential people. Their ancestors are found among the ancient Scythians in Southern Europe five centuries before Christ, worshiping a sword fixed in the ground as an image of the god of "war. Under the reign of Vladimer. 1000 A. D.. the Russians became Christians, Getting their religion not from Rome, but from Constantinople; lience they are Greek Christians. The Russian has clear religious con victions and is devoteil to the rites of his church. Senator Beveridge fyiys: "The religious side of a Russian is all sides of him." His faith is serene and steady; the holy icons are rever ently protected, and the devotion of the soldier is marked. Like Cromwell's army they often rush into battle with sacred songs on their lips. Russia is in process of evolution. She is not "a bear that walks like a man," as Kipling said, but she is a man who has been acting like a bear. But it will be remembered that another nation in its developing history be haved so much like a quadruped that it will probably always be referred to as "Johnny Bull." Russia's medievalism is being rebuked, and her virility, and integrity, and faith, and enterprise will yet bring her forth into a full orbed Christian nation. By their men ye shall know them! If there have been cruel and heartless rulers, tnere nave also Deen epocc making leaders. A nation must have permanent qualities of greatness Tvliicii can claim among its master minds such men as Prince Kuropatkin, De Witte, Verestchagin and Leo Tolstoy. The Anglo-Saxon and the Slav are to be the two great regenerating influ ences of Asia?the former moving westward, the latter moving eastward. The future of the world must rec-kon with the Russian. Other races have had their chance and failed. The two great peoples who could emancipate their own slaves are destined to teach, the liberty of Christ to the nations at the ends of the earth. It is true-of the Ilussian as it is true of the Anglo Saxon that he not only conquers, but he assimilates. At the end of the first century there were in the world 5,000,000 Christians; at the end of the tenth century 10,000. 000; at the end of the fifteenth century 100,000,000; at the end of the eighteenth century 200,000.000, and at the end of the ninteenth century 1500.000,000 Chris tin ns. In lfiOO the inhabited surface of the earth was 43,798,000 square mile?, of "which only 3,480,000 was Christian. In 190G the inhabited sur face of the globe is 53,401,400 square miles, of which 44,010,100 is Christian and only 8.T82.300 non-Christian. Truly, "the kingdoms of this world are be coming the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ!" How Wo Mlslit Ltvr. For any of us can there be on the road of life a sweeter fruition" than to learn God's will and to dwell within it, as within a secure abode? Not to make exceptions, not to choose, not to murmur, not to strain at the leash, but to feel in every pore of being and in every conscious breath that God's will is best and that it is joy and gladness to be used as God pleases. So living, we can never know defeat or disappointment. Failure on the earthly side may be success on the heavenly side. If we stumble,, we are aware of a hand that pierced, swift to uplift us. If we sin, we repent and begin again, sure that our infirmities are pardoned and our sins blotted out. And the way, though steep and stony, is forever up, up, up, till we leave the bounds of time to enter into the golden hereafter of an eternity in Iranianuel's land. Expect Blffslnco. Begin to-day with tbe determination to find blessing. His tender mercies are about us on every side. Be on tbe lookout for them -and you will find them. "The more we look for them, the more of tbem we will see. Bless ings brighten when we count them. Out of the determination of the heart the ej'es see. "If you want to be gloomy, there's gloom enough to keep you glum; if you want to be glad, there's gleam enough to keep you glad. Say, 'Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all His benefits.' Better lose count ifc enumerating your blessings, than lose your blessings in telling over youi troubles. 'Be thankful unto Him and bless His name!' "?Rev. G. It. Lunn, in Christian Intelligencer. Grace Coiuen Through Obedience. God calls us to duty, and the only right answer is obedience. Undertake the duty, and step by step God will provide the disposition. We can at least obj'y. Ideal obedience includes the whole will and the whole heart. We cannot begin with that. But we can begin with what we have. It is better to obey blunderingly tbaa :.ot to obey at all.?George Hodges. I THE GREAT DESTROYER i I SON'E STARTLING FACTS ABOUT I THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. \Ve Should All by Example* and AdTlce Try to Keep an Many an Possible From Being Deceived by tlie Fatal TVine Clip?President Han-loon'* Experience. Walking along tlie street one (lay I we noticed, just ahead of us, a young [ man, whose appearance ami actions at ! once attracted our attention. His j clothes were worn and untidy and his i step so unsteady that at times he ! seemed likely to fall. Soon he drew | a hnlf-filled boitle from his pocket and displayed it to those about him as he I might have done had it been some | great treasure or something very beau j tiful. Just across the 6treet were some ' other young men who seemed to be j making sport of the poor boy who was | not himself because of drink and ! laughing at the foolish talk which his ! muddled brain and stammering tongue j caused him to utter. But we felt more like weeping than I laughing to 6ee that young man who ! might have been an honor to his friends, thus made a subject of ridi cule because he had yielded to the temptation of the evil one. Oh, what a deceiver is the wine cup. Sometimes boys and girls are tempted to drink a glass of beer or wine at a friend's home or in company with other young people who seem to think there is no harm in it, but if every one of us thus tempted would stop and think, "There may be, watching me, some other young person who is tempted just as I am, and if I refuse i to drink, it may help that one to be true to his convictions," how it would I strengthen the determination to do j right, no matter how strongly pressed I to take "just one glass." What a i mighty influence we wield perhaps j none of us fully realize. Some young' men think they can I drink a "social glass"' now and then, without ever becoming drunkards, but they are not sure of that. A young man once said to a friend, when urged to leave drink entirely alone, "I know I enough to take a glass and I know | enough to let it alone." But alas! the i appetite once formed, took a strong bold upon liim, weakened his will, de stroyed, in some measure, his true sense -of noble manhood, and he be came a source of grief to his loved ones and was brought to an untimely I death. I Oh, how my heart aches when I see ; a young man or woman enter a saloon. : Had I the power, how gladly would 1 I persuade everyone to turn away j from the death traps of Satan. Why cannot every young person and I older one have as much courage as j President Harrison, who when urged I several times by friends to drink a I social glass with them, positively re | fused, giving for his reason the fact j that out of a class of seventeen school ! companions, he alone remained, the ' other sixteen having all filled drunk : ards' graves, and that but for his : principles of total abstinence he very j likely would have gone down with the I rest. Let us all, by advice and example, 1 keep as many as possible from being I deceived by the fatal wine cup, re | membering tbe inspired words of tie i wise man, "At last it bitetb like a ! 3erpent and sttngeth like an adder."? Clara M. Hayden, in National Advo cate Riniui and Crime. Of 105 counties in Kansas forty-flve are witbout a pauper, twenty-five have { 00 poornouses, tniriy-seveu iiuve uvi u ! criminal case 011 the docket. The pro ! hlbition of tbe sale of liquor as a bev ! srage, If enforced, would transform tbe i whole face of society and solve many j troublesome problems. Why tbe peo I pie will not enact and demand tbe en : forcement of such laws is a much 3eeper question than many seem to ! think. Everyone knows that if, for ! Instance, a new drug store were intro ! duced into tbe city of New York, pro i ducing effects similar to those that nl | cohol produces upon those who use it, ! all classes, except the victims, would rise up, and the traffic would be ex ! tirpated before it could intrench itself , In the various elements which now maintain the ascendency of rum. Kan ! sas should inflict the heaviest punish ! ment upon violators of its Prohibitory law and ostracize politically those who try to destroy it?New York Christian I A/1vAnofn O.U. ? UV.U IW, Germany's Big Annual Drink Bill. ( Germany's enormous drink bill is ex 1 plained in letters to the Bureau of Manufactures, Washington, from Con suls Brittain and Gunther. Each in habitant consumes a yearly average of ! sis and one-half quarts of wine, 129^ ' quarts of beer and nine quarts of I brandy. For a population of 60,000,000, ' the expenditure for liquor is $672,5S8, i 000. The average for male citizens i over fifteen would be $37.36. German i expenditures for schools were $99,722, ! 000, for working people's insurance $104,244,000 and for the army and navy I S9A3 84.7 orin Licensing: a Volcano. " Many are expressing surprise that I people will live in dangerous proximity to Vesuvius, and forget that we are licensing and protecting a volcano in the liquor traffic that is costing more money and lives every year in the ; United States than has Vesuvius in I Italy iu its recent and awful overflow. School Children Drink Spirits. Out of the forty-nine school children in the lowest class at Nordhausen, Germany, the medical officer reports I that thirty-eight had drunk wine, forty : spirits and all more or less beer; while I out of a class of twenty-eight girls six ! teen confessed to having been drunk. Temperance Notes. When church members advocate li cense for liquor saloons they should 110 longer disgrace the church by re ' mnininir in its membership. Matti Helemus, a member of the faculty of tiie University of Denmark, lias published an exhaustive study of the statistics of alcoholism. The liquor traffic is the cause of terri ble evils. If our statesmen and our churchmen refuse to attack the cause can thc.v expect to escape the conse quences? During the last thirty years seven and a half millions of people have been victims of alcohol in Europe. Slowly but surely sensible business men are discovering the fact which religious papers and temperance advo cates have so often asserted, that for every dollar received from saloon taxes the saloon makes necessary the ex penditure of two dollars. New York City has had several waves of "reform" without any at tempt to discontinue the liquor traffic, and now comes disclosures of the most diabolical conditions of police com plicity with hideous crimes that h;ive evar hnflii mails nnhlic. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE .0. Snl-jcct: Feter'n Great Confession, Malt. xy!m 13-'~*8?Golden Text: Matt. xyI., l(i ?Memory Verier, 24. 25?Topic: Con fe>*lne Cliri?t?Commentary. I. Different opinions? concerning .Testis (v.?. 13. 14). 13. "Caesarea Phi' lipfli." It seems that Jesus did not en ter this city, but tauprht in its vicinity. "Whom do men say?" Christ did not ask this question (1) for information, or (2) because He desired the applause of men. or (3) because He intended to fnvm Wis course according: to the reply, but (4) because "He desired to ground His disciples in the deepest faith." "Son of man." This was a title He fre quently applied to Himself. 14. "Some say," etc. People held different opinions concerning Christ. Some said John the Baptist had re turned to life. Some thought that He was Elias (the Greek form for Elijah), who was to be the forerunner of the Messiah; others believed Him to-be Jeremias, in accordance with the tra dition that Jeremiah was to come and reveal the place where the sacred ves sels were concealed, and others said I-Ie was one of the prophets. II. The great confession (vs. 15-17). Jo. "Whom ?ay ye?" Notice the pro noun "ye," plural; Jesus speaks to all His disciples. 1G. "Peter answered." He answered as spokesmau for all, as he did in many other cases. "Thou art the Christ." The expected Messiah, the "anointed One." "Sou of the living God." God is here styled the living God, because He is the author of all life and existence; hence, self-existent, eternal. 17. "Blessed art thou." Pe ter and the apostles were blessed be I cause they had broken away from Jew isli prejudices and nad really accepted Jesus as the Christ. "Bar-joua." The son of Jonah. Bar means son. "Flesh and blood." No human being hath re vealed it unto thee. Such knowledge does not originate in the human mind. III. The sure foundation (v. IS). 18. "Thoti art Teter." Petros, the Greek word for stone, or a piece of rock. Jesus gave him this name when He first met him (John 1:42). "Upon this i rnr>lr " Tn the Creek this netra or rock in mass. This verse lias elicited much discussion. Regarding it there are four principal views, all of them sup ported by good authorities. 1. That Peter was the rock on which Christ was to build His church.x 2. That I Feter and all true believers are the rock. 3. That the confession Peter had just made was the rock. 4. That Christ had reference to Himself when He said "upon this rock." "My church." The word for church properly denoted a congregation or assemblage of people. IV. Divine authority given (vs. 19. 20). 19. "Will give?keys." Keys are a symbol of power and authority. The apostles had knowledge and authority which no one after them needs or can rightly claim. "Shalt bind." This is an explanation of the gift of the keys. 20. "Tell no man." Galilean enthu siasm might now endeavor to make Him king if this announcement were made openly. V. Christ foretells: His death (vs. 21-23). 23. "Began Jesus to shew." Heretofore He had spoken Obscurely, but now for the first time He speaks plainly of His coming sufferings and death. "Of the elders," etc. The San bedrip. This detailed enumeration proves that there was a general con spiracy. 'i'Z. " i'eier iook tiim. /vsiue, upuu from the rest. "To rebuke Him." The idea of a suffering Messiah was abhor rent to Peter and to all the apostles. 23. "Said unto Peter." Christ per ceived that He was but boldly uttering what the others felt, and this rebuke was before them all. "Get thee behind Me, Satan." Satan means adversary. Jesus did not call His apostle a devil. "Thou mindest not" (R. V.) Thou dost not understand or discern the things of God; thou art wholly taken up with the thought that My kingdom is of this ! world. ! VI. Conditions of disciplesbip (vs. 24-28). 24. "Will come after Me." Will follow My directions, and be My disciple. "Deny Himself." Christ shows the apostles the nature of His Ringdom. They must "abstain from all indulgences which stand in the way of duty." "Take up His cross." Who soever would follow Christ must be ready to endure affliction and even death for His sake. 25. "Whosoever will save." etc. Whosoever succeeds in nhtninincr the life of WOrldJ.V COUlfOl t and pleasure by avoiding tile life ot i self-denial and at the expense of right eousness shall lose even the earthly re wards he seeks and also the eternal life of spiritual joy and blessedness. "For My sake." The loss of life for Christ'? sake brings the promised blessing. 20. "What?profited." The question implies that there is no profit. "The whole world." Even though it were possible for a man to gain all the wealth, honor and happiness the world liad to give, and then lose his soul, his loss would be infinitely greater than any earthly pleasure he may have had. "Lose." "Be oast away." "His own soul." The Greek word for soul has tiie double meaning "life" and "soul." The soul js the nfan himself. The only thing we really and absolutely possess is our "soul." "In exchange." The ; price the worldling paj;s for carnal de j lights is his soul. 27. "For." Rea ! sons are now given why the soul is of I such priceless value. "Shall come." ! T-. I .. j. * I, ^ 1' roil] UL'HVeU, ilL IUC tuu Ul IUC <\UI1U, at the judgment day. 28. "There oe some," etc. This verse has elicited much discussion, and concerning it there is a wide difference of opinion. This verse is parallel with Matt. 10:2o; both are fulfilled at Christ's resurrec j tion. The coiuiug of tnt kingdom ot j God with power (Mark 9:1) was the i consequent miraculous establishment ! of Christianity on earth. Bnn oiu Trulllng Skin*. The order of the authorities at Norrt* Iiausen, Germany, forbidding women to wear trailing skirts within Ihe boun ilaries of the town on the ground that they scatter germs and are a pub lic nuisance has resulted in an angry controversy. The police have been or dered to arrest all offenders, who wilh be liable to a tine of $8 for the first offence. Obdurate repeaters will be liable to imprisonment. The women claim the right to wear their gowns <1 ,.f i],u 11S iut\\ [nru^t*. titiii iv^u.h; vi jr olrbitiou will be tested iu court. fixe* trie Cotton Year. After denouncing the Government crop reports of the Department of Ag riculture, the International Cotton Conference, at Washington, D. C., passed a resolution advocating that the statistical cotton year should run from August 1 to August 1, instead of from September 1 to September 1, and adjourned. Largest Bridge Factory. The American Bridge Company is about to erect the largest factory building in the world at McKeesport, Pa. The cost will be $'J,000,000. \ . -V \ Japs Still >'ay For War. The additional customs and consump tion duties imposed by Jr.pan for war purposes, and which would have lapsed i December U1 next, are to remain in force for an indefinite period, the Jap anese Government having taken action to that end. Automobile Railway Cars. Automobile railway cars have been adopted by the State of Bavaria for use in secondary lines, and, although these have been in use only since February 1, they Lave already proved tbeir efficiency. WORKING Their Hard Struggle Made ments by a Young and One in Na All women work; some in their homes, some in church, and some in the whirl of society. And in stores, mills and shops tens of thousands are on the never-ceasing treadmill, earning their daily bread. All are subject to the same physical laws; all suffer alike from the same physical disturbance, and the nature of their duties, in many cases, quickly drifts them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints, tumors, ulceration, falling and displace ments or perhaps irregularity or suppression, causing backache, ner vousness, irritability and lassitude. They especially require an invigorat ing, sustaining medicine which will strengthen the female organism and enable them to bear easily the fatigues 01 the day. to sleep well at night, and to rise refreshed and cheerful. How distressing to see a woman struggling to earn a livelihood or per form her household duties when her back and head are aching, she is so tired she can hardly drag about or stand up, and every movement causes pain, the origin of which is due to some derangement of the female or ganism. ' Miss F. Orser, of 14 Warrenton 8treet, llo TO<->mo? Vinro to avoid Slich suffering; she writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? "I suffered misery for several years with female irregularities. My back ached; I had bearing-down pains, and frequent headaches; Lydia E. Piokham's Vegetable Corns Alfred Bernhard Nobel, who died in 189G, was the richest man in Sweden. He established the great institutions for the advancement of science, and left an endowed fund for the Nobel prizes which are awarded for scien tific discoveries and research. AWFUL PSORIASIS 35 YEARS, Terriblo Scaly Humor In Patches All Over Body?Skin Cracked and Bleeding?Cured Cuticura. "I was afflicted with psoriasis for thirty five years. Jt was in patches all over my I i nooj (Kpoo nnL-cq nf CHitieura I Soap, six boxes of Ointment and two bot tles of Resolvent. In thirty days I was 1 completely cured, and I think permanent- ( Jy, as it was about five years ago. The psoriasis first made its appearance in Jed spots, generally forming a circle, leaving in the centre a spot aoout the size of a silver dollar of 6ound flesh. In a short time the affected circle would form a heavy dry scale of white silvery appear ance, and would gradually drop off. To remove the entire scales by bathing or using oil to soften them the flesh would be perfectly raw, and a light discharge of bloody substance would ooze out. That scaly crust would form again in twenty four hours. It was worse on my aAns and limbs, although it was in spots all over my body, also on my scalp. If 1 let the ( scales remain too long without removing by bath or otherwise, the ckin would crack and bleed. I suffered intense itch- :j inc. worse at nichts after getting warm in bed, or olood warm by exercise, when it would be almost unbearable. W. M. Ohidester, Hutchinson,Kan.,April 20,1905." Visiting cards of iron are popular on the continent of Europe, the name be- J lug printed in silver. 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George 'it Paris cleared $150 in his pearl )3shln| last week, having found three thaf were worth $25 apiece.?Indianapolif News. This year 12.000 pounds of choic# tea will be shipped from what Is, af present, the only tea farm in the West" era Hemisphere?at Somerville, S. O. sAfissPearl Ackers* I oould not sleep and could hardly dng around. I consulted two physicians with oca relief, and as a last resort, I tried Lydia A Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and to mf surprise, every ache and pain left me. 1 gained ten pounds and am in perfect health.* . vj Miss Pearl Ackers, of 327 North Sma- ' mer Street, Nashville, Tenn., writes: ., raffia Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? ? "I suffered with painful periods, serar# *m| backache, bearing-down pains, pains acroai ;'K the abdomen; was very nervous and intbto .EjM ble, and my trouble grew worse eVery month. "My physician failed to help me and I ijj decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable * ' more hunger than the one that follows :or the loaves alone. 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