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THE PULPIT. A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. J. A. HANSEN. Theme: Small Man's Treasures. Brooklyn. N. Y.?In the Central Baptist Church, Sunday, the pastor, the Rev. J. A. Hansen, had for his subject "A Small Man's Great Treasures." The text was taken from Luke 19:1-10. Mr. Hansen said: We need not know much about some people to know all about them. Of Zaccheus we know just three things: He was chief among the publicans, be was rich and of small stature. These facts constitute the background of a very interesting picture, "A Genuine Conversion." As a chief publican he had bought the right to tullect the Roman taxes. All the publicans were despised by the Jews, not only because they served the goats, but more so because they sheared the sheep. It was not only a matter of what Rome wanted, but what the publican could get. It was r this tflkinp of "the Dound of flesh" that hurt and humbled the Jew and made him hate the publicans. Thus allied with Rome and arraigned against the Jews by an unpopular and dishonest method, Zaccheus had grown wealthy. He was not only rich, but he was a rich publican. This not only said he had money, but told how it had been secured. It proved him what we would call a grafter, and a good one?more correctly, a bad one. His wealth was greater than his treasures; a man may be rich and not have much that belongs to himself. Zaccheus at least feared that some of his means belonged with the assets of others. What a shrinking and swelling of bank accounts there would be if all financial injustice were righted by the return of the amount multiplied by four. The first treasure that came into the experience of Zaccheus was undoubtedly the gems of truth, which that day he discovered and found precious. A walk, a talk, a meal, Jpriir a euest. and the man is changed?converted. A little man who could not see. could thank God, hear. Truly, faith came not by sight, but by hearing. And what did he hear? Millions of men have walked, talked and dined together without influencing each other. Of course, he had seen Jesus, but like another, "He had Him, now." Words of divine truth and sublime thought had flowed from His gracious lips. The "Water of Life" became a stream making fresh and fruitful the best where the worst had predominated. What an ancient lesson for modern needs. The Christian worker of today has left the path of success because he seeks changes that will convert the man. Change the man and he will change his conditions. And yet here is an external force that blesses the soul. "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." If the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed. It was undoubtedly these two?personality and truth?that proved of Inestimable value to Zeccheus. Christianity is the broadest and best thing of everyday life?for our matter-of-fact day, if you please. It makes every man a brother and every brother a missionary. If those who love and live-the truth would give the truth, who doubts the result? It was not only what Jesus was, but what He was and said that touched the conscience and moved the heart of Zeccheus. We have "this treasure" indeed in earthern vessels; yet, whatever the vehicle, the treasures of truth are committed to us and by them we persuade men to b? reconciled to God. Oh, for a willingness and effort to make our walking, talking and visiting tell for religion and life. "Go * * teaching them whatsoever I have commanded * * * and lo I am with you alway, said Jesus." "The truth" is after all the world's and the church's greatest treasure. The second treasure that he secured was light and sight together? they were created for each other. Again it was not seeing the great rabbi, but seeing himself that proved his great blessing. Self-sight is a thing to be prized and prayed for. Oh, wad some ^ower the giftie gie us; To see ourselves as ithers see us. We believe the light revealed Zaccheus that day to be small, not only in stature, but in character as well. As Achan, with his wedge or gold and Judas with his thirty pieces of silver shrink into men too small to be soldier and apostle, so Zaccheus is affected by his wealth. He happily becomes big enough to be willing to give away one-half and to restore as much as necessary. But he is small before the implied methods of its obtaining. The lack of character is not only a want to be deplored, but littleness in this sense is the ground of great evils. A man of small body, small mind, small heart must be limited in his ability to do good; but the small character is unlimited in his possibilities of evil. He may be restrained by self-fear or interposed providence, yet the probabilities are he will be a withering and blighting curse. In making money the publican was constantly tempted to fleece both the rich and the poor. "Dishonesty" was his ability and "tricking" his^ trade. Herein lies the value of the truth acquired that day. Money secured at the price of the sorrows and sufferings of others is acquired at the cost of a blighted conscience and a lost soul. His contact with the good in life and thought in Jesus made him see himself and seek betterment Herein lies the power of the Christ and the Christian. -'Life is an opportunity. It is nc virtue to be so small we will not em ter doors. There are, of course, opportunities that any one worthy ol the name of man will not embrace A bieness to be coveted. There an also invitations of sin and solicita tions of self that call for a smallnes: that is despicable. There are doors all about us and it is a fact of humai existence that we will enter some? the high or the low. for weal or foi woe. Behold the wisdom and mere: of God that no life is left without it; opportunity for good. Esau may sel his birthright, but God sets in th< life of every Jacob a ladder tha reaches heaven. What if the great opportunities o history had all been embraced b: wicked and designing men? Indeed history under such circumstance; would cease to be history and becomi a record of spoliation and crime. ? omoll mnn rlnps wirWpfllv?a lii? mar does righteously, and his is a bignes that outlives his age and perpetuate; itself in song, story and lasting mon liment. God's man?the Christfills the pre-eminent place in history His bigness is the greatness of sin lessness and goodness. The opportunities of our day are o God. All possibilities are launchei by Uod for the accowplisaius by liicii We think God's thoughts after Him and work God's works with Him. The main demands of our times are of U& cessity those of development and or^ ganization. The business of our day are large enterprises which bestow great gain. Are these important and great opportunities to be filled by the emissaries of the devil? Instinctively all right thinking men cry. no. Are wicked and selfish men large enough for ;he times? How the wicked have fallen and what a mighty cry goes up for men. "God give us men." good men. Hark, the clock is striking a new hour. It has sounded many before. None, however, more important and far reaching than the present. As always it is an hour of change and reform. It tolls in the music of magical charm these letters, H-O-N-E-ST-Y! This is the old word of a new national anthem that shall save us and rejuvenate our country. Like all hours marked by history's strokes, it has its demand. The greatest hour of history demanded a world saving sacrifice, and all times point back to Christ, saying: First, "Behold thp man!"?the createst. man of earth's greatest hour. Second, "Be like Him, serve, sacrifice, save." And the Christ gives us our motto, our principle of financial salvation: "Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?" Earth's business must be made God's business. Christianity has given the world its greatest and best. As it has been, so it must be. We may truly say, so it is. The demands of the world on the church are seldom disappointed. The few failures but prove the rule that the bank of faith can supply the calls of sight. I hail the coming day, the advent of the most exalted type of Christian. In law and literature. in art and science, among capitalists and laborers, statesmen and citizens, let us have what we need, namely?Christian men?that is, men ?Christlike. The third treasure he secured was wisdom. We see in Zaccheus one who could make money, but was now bound to make it honestly and willing to use it well. ' It may be objected that all his money was not dishonestly obtained. Let us accept frit* if 4c not nnQQlhl A iuai cis n iavi, J. wi * u AM that the gifts of a few thousands or millions should give the guilty conscience peace. He found this as far as it could be obtained in restitution. The restitution proved what he wanted to be; his gift of half his goods, what he was. We can almost feel his conversion, as his actions accuse himself of hoarding and indulgence. His desires seem to broaden from being a lake of pleasure to becoming a river of blessing. The use of wealth is a great art and a wise wealth user is indeed an artist. Let us presume the same conditions to prevail in our day; one-half of my goods to the poor, onehalf of the accumulated wealth?the wealth that is making people selfish and self-indulgent, often wasteful and wicked?one-half this wealth would prosper charity, missions and the cause of Christ beyond all our fondest dreams. Yet let us remember the church is blessed with great wisdom and willingness to use wealth for the good of the race and the glory of God. The wealth of all the world is held largely by the professed followers of Christ. This is as it should be, not because it is by them most deserved, but because it is by them best used. The wealth of the world may be held largely by Christians, but it belongs to God. Ko man is truly a Christian rich man, unless he is a liberal giver, and even the Christian poor often prove that it more blessed to give than to receive. The fourth treasure that he secured was salvation. "This day is salvation come to this house." so said Christ. Does it pay to get right with God and to square up with men? As well ask. Does it pay to buy gold eagles with trade dollars? Salvation is truly the "Pearl of Great Price" which, once found, it is worth all to obtain it. Directly, salvation is ever and always free?without money and without price; indirectly, it is secured by humiliation, restitution, confession and liberality. Salvation is so great it must cost and so great it cannot be purchased. Not all of earth's wealth and treasures can buy salvation, for we were redeemed not by silver or gold, but by the precious blood of Christ. Zaccheus was to have less of material things, but so much more of spiritual things. There are lives loaded with mater'al wealth and blessings that are just sinking them in sin and wickedness. They are sure to strike the rocks of an accusing conscience. and condemning heart. Man lightens the ship. Restitution and liberality will prepare the way lor God's grea', blessing of salvation. How rich Zaccheus became that day! Like Mary, he found that better part?a treasure that the world cannot give, neither take away. He is a living testimony that honesty pays and the square deal is profitable. He gained life's greatest possession?the salvation of his soul. And strange to say, he began to ba doubly rich when he was converted. He learned to give to the poor, and thus started to lend to the Lord. His treasures were simply transferred; for every honest dollar sincerely given in charity and liberality is so saved beyond the rainy day, treasures laid up in Heaven. God give us the fear of doing wrong; a daring courage to right our wrongs, and an unwavering faith to do well with what is truly our possessions. To hold is to lose; to give is to save. God grant that in this grace of giving we may abound to the blessing of others on earth, and the enriching of ourselves in Heaven. I A Comforting Promise. i "With long life will I satisfy thee" . ?1 get a good deal of comfort out of t that promise. I don't think that means a short life down here?sev) enty years, eighty years, ninety years, - or one hundred years. Do you think - that any man living would be satisI fled if he could live to be one hundred years old. and then have to die? Not by a good deal. Suppose Adam had lived until lo-day, and had to die tonight; would he be satisfied? Not a bit of it! Not if he had lived a mil i lion years and then had to die. You know we are all the time comr ing to the end of things here?the ' end of the week, the end of the 3 month, the- end of the year, the end 1 of school days. It is end. end, end i all the time. But, thank God, He is t going to satisfy us with long life; nc end of it, an endless life. f Life is very sweet. ! I never liked f death; I like life. It would be a . pretty dark world if death were eters nal. and when cur loved ones (tie we 3 were to be eternally separated from k. them. Thank God, it is not so; we i shall be reunited. It is just moving s out of this house into a better one: s stepping up higher and living on and - on forever.? Dwight L. Moody. 1 Heathen at Home. Those that do most for the heathen f abroad are those who do most foi :1 the heathen at heme.?John G. Pa. i tou. i New York City.?The over wais that is made with loose sleevea li r\f f Iia Kaof onrl t<3 olmfiVI V/& WAiU Jinuu UiiU AtJ Uin I*;I charmingly attractive. Thla one 1: distinctly novel, giving the effect o a separate guimpe while in realitj the entire blouse is made in one. li the illustration taffeta la trimmec with banding and is finished with om broidery on the yoke and the cuff while it is combined with a chemi sette of tucked mousseline, but ul most all the waistiug materials ar< appropriate and the blouse will b< found quite as satisfactory for th< 'iir/1\ gown as it is for separate wear. II will be charming made from crepe d< chine or any similar thin, soft sili and, indeed, from almost every sea sonable material. The chemistte car be of tucking or of all-over lace or ol anything in contrast that may be liked, so that there is great varietj possible. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three yards twenty-one or twenty-four, two yards ' twenty-seven or one and one-hall yards forty-four inches wide with three-quarter yard of tucking, nine ind three-eighth yards of insertion. Hat in Tobacco and Claret. A very large hat with droopinj brim rolled slightly at the left sid< and medium-tall straight crown, cov ered with miroir velvet i:. tobacco brown. Binding of the velvet fln ishes the brim; draped velvet, heh at the front by a diamond-shape< brooch set with a mock moonstone surrounds the crown, and posed a the left of the back is a radiatinf tuft of three demi-short ostrich tip in claret-red. Stylish Footwear. Now that walking skirts are cut si short, women are giving a good dea of attention to their footwear. Thi patent leather vamps, with high but toned tops of a color matching o contrasting with the material of th< suit, are much favored, all the seam being covered with strappings of thi patent leather. A New Shade. The newest color shown in the ad vanced styles is called mulberry. Thi Beems to be a cross between crushe< strawberry and raspberry, and it i just near enough to old rose to b< becoming to almost any complexion Artificial Flowers. Artificial ilowcrs are used largel, imon evening gowns, at the corsage as a garniture, or to finish flounce and applied hems. . " y /' t:. StofSf * IE '9k i 1 Color For Lacc. a The ready-made lace gown neodi 3 a bit of color to relieve the eamenesi ? of lta one light tint. ? r Panels For Skirts, j In many skirts the front panel ex- j 4 tends above the waist lino and forme 3 a portion of the girdle. . | American Beauty Favored. p j j The American Beauty rose Is to be ai i a great favorite with all millinera bc 3 It is occasionally used alone, but often combined with lilacs and orchids. F Softening Crowns. Many of the neweBt hats are huge creations of colored or shot metal 3! tissue. The crowns are of alarming and not very becoming size, and consequently the trimming will be well fil banked-up around the hat to soften the effect. d( w Color Newness. g The newest of the new soft shades, p, which is called peach blossom, is of vj the ovnct flhftrtfl of th? flower of the VMV ? ~"*w ?? oc fruit that now looks so beautiful in 5, hot houses, a mass of faint purple jt tinged with palest pink. Whether S( seen In the blossom upon the spring p) hat or as a color expressed in mate- a rial It is equally welcome. w B Child's Coat. w Such a coat as this one is adapted 0' to all seasons of the year, for it can ei be made from an almost limitless b variety of materials. In the lllus- a tration white pique is trimmed with a: embroidery but cloth, silk, bedford a cord and all materials used for chil- a dren's coats are appropriate. For the cl t coming season pique, linen, cotton rr > bedford cord and the like are much u used, while for the very warm p: . weather still thinner fabrics are si r dainty and are very much liked, p I whereas for the cooler'weather cloths d s are in every way appropriate. The rr r cape Is not alone becoming, It also Is 0: protective and desirable from the b [ practical point of view, but it is, d ; nevertheless, optional and can be 0 5 used or omitted as liked. p I The coat is made with a square t< 1 yoke, to which the full skirt portion p <? Tt iTif>1nrl?>a nnrrifnrtahlv n j AO auav/u^u. AW ? i f I full sleeves that are finished wlthj b ? rr i j | cuffs and the separate cape is ar? r I ranged over it, while at the necb I! is a turn-over collar. ] | The quantity of material required _ i for the medium size (four years) id . four aud three-quarter yards twenty- 1 - I ?? I seven, three ana tnree-quarter yarcis i thirty-two or three yards forty-foui y inches wide, three and three-quartei i s, yards of narrow, six and one-halJ' s yards of wide banding, six and one- 11 half yards of edging. | t( ''' 4,,vV./ TROM SUNNY ORANGE GROVES. he Twice-Told Experience of a Snn Bernardino, Calif., Man. From Sunny San Bernardino, In the ildst of orange groves, writes Lionel M. Heath, of 158 Eiehth Street: "For gi fifteen years I suffered with pains in my back, frequent JBbP?' calls to pass the secretions, dropsy, rheuUFn/WI^l3& matlc aches and other jf symptoms of kidney trouble. I could get d relief until I used Doan's Kidney ills. They cured me five years ago, ad this is twice I have publicly said >. The cure was thorough." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. VIENNA'S LOAN. lie is Now One of Europe's Most Indebted Cities. TTTlfV. n nam mnnlolnftl loan Of Willi a uwn ^ i4A??w.r fteen millions sterling Vienna be)mes one of the most heavily insbted municipalities in Europe. Notithstanding this, the project of the urgomaster, Dr. Lueger, was aproved by the City Council and Pro[ncial Diet, whose consent is necesiry for the loan, almost without deate, so {hat it is now necessary that should be put on the market as jon as the financial situation has imroved. The loan will be spread over term of ninety years, and interest ill be at the rate of four per cent, y far the greater part of the sum ill be absorbed by the municipal wnership undertakings, of which Vinna has so large and varied a numer. Electric lighting will take three nd a half millions; tramways, two ad three-quarters; gas, a million and quarter} a municipal brewery, half million: a cemetery, ?200,000, tiiefly for the building of an Imlense church; a municipal funeral ndertaking, ?100,000, and meat and rovision markets, slaughter houses, :orehouses, with, probably, municial coal depots, which are now under iscussion, a million and a quarter lore. Ten millions are thus disposed f. The remaining five millions will e -used for completing a new aqueuct, paving, scavenging, removing Id buildings and erecting new ones, arks, gardens, a jubilee hospital, a xihnical museum and miscellaneous urposes. It is announced that the iiet of Lower Austria also intends to orrow a very considerable sum of loney, and as Vienna's proportion of ixation in the province amounts to [ghty per cent., the citizens will have ) provide for this new impost in adition to their own fifteen millions )an.?Engineer. Pugnacity of Rats. 4 ?1 + f AAlf fvATYl Q /V giuve lUdil uiav.IU1C1 Luun i IU11I u ibinet a handsome pair of brown loves. "These gloves are made of itskin," he said. "They look well t first glance, but examine them irefully. Look into the skin". The kin, though soft and fine, revealed n close examination a great many uts and scars and scratches. None f these went quite through. Neverleless their effect was to weaken the loves greatly. "Those cuts and 3ars," said the manufacturer,'"are 'hat bar ratskin out of glovemaking. ou never get skin without them; ence you can't turn the damaged kin into a good glove. Rats fight sp luch that they become at an early ge a mass of scars. Their torn hides ro nf nn iisa tn rnmmerce." Garfield Tea is a naturnl laxative?it jgulates the digestion. purifies the blood, eansea the system, clears the complexion, lightens the eyes and brings the glow of ^lendid Health! Race horses often wear aluminum loes. Jtch cured in 30 minutes by WoolfoH^ anitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. Irs.WinsloVs Soothing Syrup forChildren eething, softens the gums, reduces intiam maion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle One million dollars was made by the inentor of the gimlet-pointed screw. TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body intiseptically clean and free from unhealthy germ-life and disagreeable odors, which water, soap and tooth preparations jlone cannot do. A ? germicidal, disinfecting and deodorizing toilet requisite of exceptional exzellence and econ- | ^yt|j 11^ | J) ^ amy. Invaluable ? for inflamed eyes, ?UJIi! throat and nasal and 1 J&& wM uterine catarrh. At |II V | drug and toilet || 'MVJffi |l| % stores, 50 cents, or M flfl^ip Large Trial Sample ??5iSB^ WITH "HCALTH AND BEAUTY" BOOK BCNT FRCC rHEPAXTON TOILET CO., Boston,Mass. PUTNAM olor more good: brighter ana raster coiors wuu in dye any garment without ripping apart. Write Genius. Providence seems to bs generous, nd at the same time economical, in he matter of providing men and ,-omen of genius to a gaping world. Iconomical, because such "Ersheinngen" are rare; generous, because very human being, to whatever genration he belongs, will probably ave the good fortune during the pan of his years to watch a portion I f the transit of some great comet.? National Review. Haste. "What do you think of the Tashion i women's hats?" inquired the storeeeper. "They are typical of the rapid pace 'e are hitting," answered the cusamer. "Heretofore a hat had to go ut of style before it looked very juny."?Washington Star. Lost to Us by Incredulity. Knowledge of divine things for the lost part, as Heraelitus says, is lost ) us by incredulity.?Plutarch. ; Have Learned Lesson. Widows are attractive because the game of matrimony has proven to them that amiability and kindness are the only cards that win. A CURE AT CITY MISSION. Awful Case ot scauies?uoay a i?iass of Sores from Scratching?Her Tortures Yield to Cuticura. "A young woman came to our city mission in a most awful condition physically. Our doctor examined her and told us that Bhe had scabies (the itch), incipient paresis, rheumatism, etc., brought on from exposure. Her poor body was a mass of sore3 from scratching and she was not able to retain solid food. We worked hard over her for seven weeks but we could Bee little improvement. One day 1 bought a cake of Cuticura Soap and a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, and* we bathed our patient well and gave her a full dose of the Resolvent. She slept better that night and the next day 1 got a box of Cuticura Ointment. In five weeks this young woman was able to look for a position, and she is now strong and well. Laura Jane Bates, 85 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., Mar. 11, 1907." Breaking It Gently. "Pardon me, sir," began-the portly person in the railroad train to the man who sat next to him, "but'what 1 ^ oov }f T oaf nn vnnr Vial "Suppose you sit on it and then ask me," suggested the other. "I did," admitted the portly person, calmly.?Harper's Weekly. There ii more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until (he last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many yeara doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars foranycaseitfcils to cure. Send for circularsand testimonials. Address F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A Good Point. The critic is often hard put as he stands between the work he Is asked to pass judgment upon and its complaisant creator. He cannot always gel on bo wen as uiu iue vriuu ju-icjj.tioned in the Baltimore American. "There are some consistent features of nature in this rural landscape," he said, as he scrutinized the picture. "What are they?" asked the anxious artist. "The brow of the hill, which, I see, is placed above the mouth of the stream," was the illuminating answer. "OUCH, OH NEURALGIA. STITCHES TWINGES, TWITCHES ALL BRUISES, SPRAINS THIS SOVEREIGN REME ST JAC( Price 25c i ? Venison Once Cheaper Than Pork. Time was, along in the early forties and the early fifties of the last century, that from the wilds of Morgan and Brown Counties hunters would bring venison to market and sell it much lower than pork was sold In that day, pork being preferred by the Hoosier then to the red deer of thfi woods. It was in that time that "an entire wild turk6y, full grown, would sell at a price far below the present appraisement of a scrawny spring chicken, and a dozen quail could be bought for less money than it now takes to buy a dozen links of sausage?neither was the quail required to masquerade as "short-billed snipe."?Indianapolis News. There are 12,147 Chinese in New York City. N.Y.?17 >R!CES 5FGR EVERY^ ""^MEMBER OFTHEFAMILY, MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND Ct cm W. L Douglaa makes and aolli men'a $2.5U, $3.00 and SS.BO than any other manufacturer $0$?* world, bocauao they hold ahape, tit better, wear longm nflpi are of greater value than am ahoea (n the world to-day. W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannc 09- CAUTION. W. 1* Douglasname and prl Sold by the test shoe dealers everywhere. Ohoct 1 trated Catalog free to any address. FA DEL E other dye. One 10c. package colors all fibers. The i for free booklet?How to l)ye, Bleacu and Mix Col CHICKENS EARN ( , Whether you raise Chickens for fun 01 get the best results. The way to do this i \Ve offer a book telling all ject?a book written by a 25 years in raising Poultry. [ had to experiment and spend jfti way to conduct the business? , CENTS in postage stamps. fflEk A and Cure Disease, how to | Market, which Fowls to Save indeed about everything vol! must know on POSTPAID ON ^RECEIPT OF 25 CENT ? ??? ? r r i' Book fuoiisning nouse, /AN IMITATION / PATTERN THE ? There was never an imitat tators always counterfeit the g what you ask for, because genuine <t> Imitations arc not advertised, bul ability of the dealer to sell you s w good" when you ask for the genu ^ on the Imitation. Why accept im; W uine bv insisting? | REFUSE IMITAT THECOMEANDSEESIGN j This sign is permanently attached to the front of the main building of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass. What Does This Sign Mean ? It means that public inspection of the Laboratory and methods of doing business is honestly desired. It means that there is nothing about the business which is not "open and aboveboard." It means that a permanent invitation is extended to anyone to come and verify any and all statements made in the advertisements of Lydia ' ? -rr 11. r._ J ?l. nnKnam s vegetaDie compouuu. Is it a purely vegetable compound made from roots and herbs ? without drugs ? Come and See. ' Do the women of America continually use as much of it as we are told ? Come and See. Was there ever such a person as Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick woman are asked to write ? '7' Come and See. Is the vast private correspondence with sick women conducted by women only, and are the letters kept strictly confidential ? . ^ Come and See. Have they really got letters from over one million, one hundred thousand women correspondents? /' .? r,nm? nnil Seft. Have they proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured thousands of these women ? Come and See. This advertisement is only for doubters. The great army of women who know from their own personal experience that no medicine in the world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ills will still go on using and being ben- t efited by it; but the poor doubting, suffering woman must, for her own sake,be taught confldenceJorshealso roisrhf ^#>11 rpo~"*~ *MY BACK" v'r?! 3. LAMENESS. 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