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II fp 1 THi-i?[)LPIT. A BS'LLIANT SUNDAY SERMON REV. W. T. BEST. Theme: Well Doing. Test: "If thou doest well, shal thou not be accepted? and if thoi doest not well, sin lieth at the door.' ?Gen., 4:7. The farmer and the shephed bott brought an offering unto the Lord We look at Cain's offering and w< say, the Lord will certainly bles; Cain. What a costly offering he i! presenting and how much hard wort it must have taken to get it ready Early and late has he worked througl the long summer days. In the swea of his face he has plowed, and har rowed, and sown, and cultivated, anc now Providence has blessed him witl a bountiful harvest. Look at th< choice vegetables and the delicious fruits that go to make up his offer ing! Surely the blessing is his. Abel selected a lamb from his flocl without spot or blemish; he cuts it: throat; see the blood gush out! Hov I cruel! God will certainly reject Abel But God had respect unto Abel anc his offering, but unto Cain and hi! offering he had not respect; Why' Had he not worked hard and faith fully? Hadn't he acknowledged di vine Providence? Yes, all this is true, but his heart was not right. His offering was one of self-righteousness and good works. Abel came in God's way, not by works, not by self-right eousness, but by the blood. "Withoui the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin," for "it is the blooc that maketh an atonement for th? soul." God taught our first parents this great lesson when He slew the animals to get coats of skin to clothe them. Abel had faith in God, anc coming in God's way, he believec God would receive him, so God testl 'lied to his gifts that he was righteous. When Cain saw that Abel was acV?? man Q?/I "hifl nmin, uc "ao TT lutu, uuu uio wuu tenance fell. "And the Lord saic unto Cain, Why art thou wroth; and why Is thy countenance fallen? II thou doest well, shalt thou not b? 3 accepted? and if thou doest not well sin lieth at the door." What a warn ! Ing this! As if the Lord had said "Cain I am no respector of persons; if you do right I will bless you just as willingly as I did Abel; but if yoi don't do right, why, then, sin like a wild beast of prey is crouched al your heart's door, and is only waiting for a good opportunity to leai upon you." Instead of heeding God's warning, Cain watched for an opportunity, and as soon as it presentee Itself, he rose up against his brothei and slew him. "And wherefore slew lie him, because his own works were evil and his brother's righteous." Here are two young men both engaged in good occupations and witt equal privileges. One made a sue cess of life, the other a failure. Uj to. the time of our text, if we look ai Cain from the standpoint of this world, we would say he had done weH-; but it was he that did it. God's word says, "by the works of the law snail no nesn oe jusunea. oaivation is not of works, lest any mac should boast." Cain lived long enough to make a mark in the world; . but instead of making a mark in tbt ^ world, God had to put a mark or him lest the world should kill him Even to this day he is despised as the first murderer. Abel's life was short compared with that of Cain, yet il was long enough to be successful; and he is honored more to-day that ever before. Jesus Christ said , "Blessed are the meek; blessed are the pure in heart; blessed are, blessed are." Here we are distinctly told thai It is not what a man has, not yel what he does, that obtains for him God's blessings; but what he is. Solomon said, "Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life." Weil-doing is dependent or well-being. I. The first step in well-doing is to give one's heart to God. Tf a man riner. Tint. dr> well in thi? respect what is the result? He maj have ever so good an opinion of himself, all his ways may be clean in his own eyes, he may think he is bettei than anybody else; but God says his heart is deceitful and desperatelj wicked above all things, his throat is an open sepulchre, the poison of aspj is un'der his lips, his mouth full ol cursing, his feet swift to shed innocent blood, destruction and miser] are in his ways, no fear of God before his eves. How can he escape th( damnation of hell? What worse error is there than tc suppose a man can do well with i wrong heart? We make an awfu mistake if we suppose that religion i! simply for the church and Sundaj school. The farmer needs It to rui his farm. The merchant to run hii store. It is needed by every individ ual that expects to make a success o: life. But remember that when a man's heart is rieht with God he is iust ii . a position to do well; the doing ii still before him. Salvation is in thre< parts, an act, a work, a state. A mai repents of his sins, accepts Christ b: faith and salvation is to him an ac of God's free grace whereby he i! saved. But how many there are tha suppose that this is all there is t( salvation. The fact that a man was saved five years ago is no proof tha he is saved to-day, or that he will b< finally saved. From the day of i man's conversion until the day of hi! death salvation is a work and h< must "work it out," or be foreve: lost. After death salvation is a state j II. The second step in well-doinj | Is to take the Bible as one's guide, i It is doubtful whether there woulc be such a country in the world as th< United States of America, were it no for the longings of Christopher Col umbus to spread the knowledge o this book. To it we owe the immor talization of the Mayflower and th< sublimity of Plymouth Rock. Th< command rolled from bow to steri on the grand old Puritan vessel "Pull down that sail, let not an oa: touch the water, this is the Sabbatl Day!" When the Pilgrim Father: landed at Newburyport, they pu down the old Bible and said, "We an going to build a nation on this Book.' It supported George Washington, th< father of this country, and purchaset for us our freedom. It made Danie Webster the Biblical Concordance o the United States Senate and Patricl Henry and James Otis, like unto th< Hebrew prophets, and now if yoi wish to understand one of the great est events in our history, look at thii picture. It is that of a Kentuck: . youth, his arms are tired after chop ping all day, yet he sits up till th< midnight hour, and as the snow-we logs crackle on the hearth and blaz< up the chimney, he reads from thii grand old Book, the Book, that ii pi after years made him a leader, whos< administration subdued a rebellion o eight million people, and the emanci pator whose pen struck the shacklei from the limbs of four million slaves jielther in this country nor elsewnerf i l in the world shall ever dies the mem ory of Abraham Lincoln. i I hear^i ^ev- John Mavity say one time that in his younger years he i used to preach that if a man had a right heart every thing else he did 1 would be right; but, said he, "of late I years, I have concluded that a man < needs not only a right heart but a i right head." There is some truth in ] this statement. Isaiah tells us, we i t must "learn to do well." Paul says, ] i "Study to show thyself approved of 1 ' God." While I would say to every young ] 1 man and woman, you ought to have ; . the very best education possible, 1 < 2 would also say, let the Bible be to < s you the Book of Books. Nearly all < 3 the great men of the past owe their j c greatness to this Book. It is almost i . impossible to name any rule by which ] i men have succeeded in life that has j t not its foundation in the Bible. The 1 - Book of Proverbs is especially full of j 1 such rules. 1 i John Quincy Adams made the Bible ( ; his constant companion. Amos Law- j s rence, the millionaire merchant of ] - Boston, had inscribed on his pocketbook, the text, "What shall it profit , : a man if he gain the whole world and ] 5 lose his own soul?" No wonder he ( r gave thousands of dollars to the cause ' . of Christ. 1 1 But what about the men who reject 3 the Bible? Why, sin lieth at their i ? door. The superstitious life of Byron, ( . or the dying words of Voltaire will j - prove this statement. : 5 III. The third step in well-doing j ; is to be honest. j 5 Your Book, the Bible, says. "Thou 5 shajt not steal," or in other words ; - be honest. t 1. Be honest with God. i You have accepted Christ as your ( [ Saviour, and taken His Book as your j guide; the Book tells you what is ex- } j pected of each one of His followers, ^ ; and He tells you just the work what ] ? He wants you personally to do. Have ? I you met both these requirements? ( 1 2. Be honest with yourself. ] You have a soul to save and a body > . to care for. You will be rewarded ac- } cording to your works. ] 3. Be honest with your fellow man. i I A man would steal a dollar on the , [ same principle that he would steal a [ pin. Watch the little things; ia gnat \ ; choked Pope Adrian; a nail turned ^ , a ship out of its course; a fly by walking from tree to tree revealed to . the onlooker that the supposed distant landscape was only a picture. s Said a wholesale merchant to a i customer, as he pointed to one of his i i clerks: "That young man, sir, is my ] t banker, he handles every cent of ] money that passes through the store. ] ? He could cheat me out of thousands ] 5 of dollars every year if he wanted to, but I am not afraid to trust him, he j I has proven himself to be strictly hon est." ? ' Said a merchant to one of his 1 i clerks: "Why didn't that lady buy those goods?" "Because,--sir, she < - wanted Middlesex cloth. "Why did ] i you not show her the next pile, and ] call them Middlesex?" "Because, s ) sir, they were not Middlesex." "Well, t said the merchant, if you are as par- ] i ticular as all that you will never do j ! for me." "Very well," said the young > man, "if I have to lie to keep my po- j ' sition I will lose it." < When Abraham Lincoln had charge j i of Orfuts' country store, he walked < ; two miles to give a lady sii cents that < fie fiaa overcnargea ner u.? iuibimic. i i Another time he made a Mistake and i sold a quarter of a pound of tea for ( . a half pound. As soon as he discov- ( ( ered his error he could not rest till < t it -was made right. After he was ad- l t mitted to the bar it was said of him . that he would never defend a person i whom he believed to be in the wrong, , , even if they offered him a large ! amount of money to do so. ( [ He undertook the Paterson trial, : believing the man accused of murder : to be innocent; but when the trial l was half through he changed his mind and dropped the case, refusing I pay for his services. > When the time came in our history . t as a nation that the people began to distrust the corrupt politicians who > were governing in the interests of < slavery, the only hope of saving the 5 ship of state was to place an honest -1 ' man in the Presidential chair. Hon est Abe Lincoln was the man selected. > From a spiritual point of view we . r are debtors to all men, let us try and 3 pay this debt, not only by our lives j ' but by giving our substance to the 3 cause of Christ throughout the world. . s IV. The next step in well-doing is E to be men and women of Tact, Push - and Principle. r Upon these three qualities depend - the success of every man or woman ? from a business point of view. Samuel Budgett, the great English mer- , > chant, attributed his success to them, i 1. Tact.?Tact is nothing more 1 nor less than the use of common s sense, and it is so common that very r few people possess as much of it as , i they ought to. 5 Many so called cultured people < - often speak of the farmer as the [ "hayseed from the country." But some of them when they visit the ' s farmer show themselves to be dei ficient in this quality of tact. Said ; one young man to his farmer friend: ? "What kind of a bird do you call , \ that?" "A goose," was the reply. "0, f I see; you keep that to get gooseberl ries with." A young lady from the ' 3 city of Ottawa asked a friend of mine t which of his cows gave the butter- : j milk. Every one who has heard or s read Dr. Price's address to young peo- ; t pie will remember his apt illustration, a "Tabby, why don't you get up?" i 2. Push.?Many people have tact ? 5 enough to succeed, if they only had ; push enough to go with it. They can r sell a book, or a bill of goods, but it i . takes them so long to do so, that r there is no profit in it. Many of the ] greatest victories in the world's hisj torv have been won by men while yet : j young in years. David, Luther. Alext ander and the world's Redeemer < . Himself are illustrations of this f truth. 3.?Principle.?Tact and push J would be a detriment to a man if he ' J were without principle. An employer ' i promised a clerk higher wages if he . would treat the customers now and i r then to a glass, in order the he might i i sell them a bill of goods. The young \ s man replied: "I thank God there is t a poorhouse in my native town, and i - I will go there and die before I shall i do such dirty work." That was - Principle. Nicholas Biddle, the first ] 1 nrocifiont nf thp TTniffd States Bank. - 1 requested his employes at one time f to work on Sunday. One young man * lost his position rather than do so. ' That was Principle. J i When President Lincoln was re nominated for the Presidency it bes came necessary to call for 500,000 re- ' f cruits to reinforce the men at the ( - front. His friends everywhere adJ vised him not to issue the order as it 1 would endanger his re-election. He ! - went personally before the congres- ! 5 sional military committee where a I 1 similar attempt was made. With the 2 fire of indignation flashing in his eyes 1 f he replied: "It is not necessary for ] me to be re-elected, but it is neces- < 3 sary for the soldiers at the front to < ? be reinforced by 500,000 meo, and I 1 ? shall call for them; and if I so dovrn l under the act, I will go down like the Cumberland, with my colors flying." ] O, for more men and women of i tact, push and principle. V. The fifth step in well doing is ] to be a man or woman of faith. I When Thomas A. Edison first conceived the idea of the phonograph, he i said: "I can make it." During nine ] long years he never lost faith, though it times it seemed utterly impossible < for him to succeed. And so it has j been with nearly all of his great in- ( pentions; through faith he has j plodded on night and day, sometimes < forgetting to eat or sleep, yet ever . confident that he was going .to sue- , ceed. The whole history of our ) country has been largely one of faith. ; From the day that Columbus crossed \ the Atlantic to the present day, near- < [y every great move has appeared un- 3 reasonable from a worldly standpoint, ; but has been undertaken through faith. And what shall I now say, for , the time would fail me to tell of Gid- < Jon, and of Barak, and of Jephthae, j and of the wonderful things they bave accomplished through faith. , The man or woman who lacks this \ juality of faith is of all persons most \ miserable, yea, sin Hes at their door and wreaks vengeance upon them. \ They don't enjoy their meals because j they cannot trust the cook. The rail- ? way conductor is liable to run the } train off the track, so what is the ? ;ood of traveling? The very earth { itself is liable to open up at any mo- . nent and swallow them, and as for j the Bible, it says, "He that doubteth \ ,s damned." , 2 _VI. Be men and women of cour- t ige. 1 Perhaps there was never a time f when we had so many examples of J :ourage as we have to-day. * 1 When the ports of Europe closed j igainst the Asiatic Squadron there tvas nothing left but to go to Manila. | Many of our people feared the re- > suits. But Ensign Dewey was a man ? )f courage". By the forts, over the \ 3 *?A- V? a f?oHo/1 j nines ana into me uai uui uc ^..vu. 1 The Spanish fleet -was destroyed, ] nany of the forts captured and finally < Manila taken. \ Hobson was no less courageous ;vhen he sunk the Merrimac in the rery centre of "the enemies' fire. The Plattsburgh boys -while stormng the hills of Santiago sung in the < rery hottest of the battle: < " 'Tis the star spangled banner, Oh! long may it wave, j O'er the land of the free i And the home of the brave!" i We need more young people to-day ] who are not afarid of the fiery fur- j iace, or the den of lions; young peo- 1 ale who Bhall go out and meet Go- ] lath in the name of the God of Is- ( ael. / VII. The last quality I shall name ] s Perseverance. < Perseverance is the "long pull, j strong pull, and pull altogether" on i 'the home stretch." j President Lincoln said of General 3rant, "He is not easily excited, and i ? *- ? 11? ?? VwlT Ar\cr wVtan t le nets tut; gup ui a uuu ,uvb. ??uv? , ie once gets his teeth in, nothing can shake him off." j Jacob said to the angel, "I will not j let thee go unless thou dost bless i He." < The unjust judge said, "Though I < 'ea*r not God, nor regard man, yet be- ] lause this widow troubleth me, I will j ivenge her, lest by her continual j ;oming she weary me." The King- ] iom of God suffereth violence, and ] ?e violent take it by force. Robert Bruce njade.several unsuccessful attempts t6 possess his king- i iom and crown. While seeking con- 1 :ealment from his foes in a shattered < aarn: ' <1 4 He flung himself down in low despair, I As grieved as man could be; J Ajid after a while as be pondered there, 1 'I'll give it all up,' said he. 'Now just at that moment a spider . dropped ; With its silken cobweb clew. A.nd the king in the midst of his thinking 1 Stopped to see what the spider would do. ' ' 'Twas a long way up to the ceiling dome, And it hung bv a rope so fine, . ? - ? lhat how it wouja get to us cooweu uouic, King Bruce could not divine. 'It soon began to cling and crawl < Straight up with strong endeavor, j But down it came, with a slipping sprawl, As near to the ground as ever." Nine times the spider tried to reach its cobweb home, but every time it seemed to fall still lower. . * 'Sure,' cried the king, 'that foolish thing Will strive no more to climb, 1 ft7hen it toils so hard to reach and cling, And tumbles every time." 'But up the insect went once more, > Ah me, 'tis an anxious minute, ' He's only a foot from his cobweb door, Oh, say, will be lose or win it? ' "Steadily, steadilv, inch by inch, Higher and higher he got, And a bold little run at the very last pinch, Put him into his native spot. " 'Bravo, bravo!' the king cried out, 'All honor to those who try; The spider up there defied despair. He conquered, and why shouldn't I?* ! "And Bruce of Scotland braced his mind, And gossips tell the tale. I That he tried once more as he tried before, And that time he did not fail. ".fay goodly heed, all you wno read, And beware of saving, 'I can't;' I 'Tis a cowardly won) and ant to lead To idlness, folly and -want." I am now going to make a statement that I do not want anyone to misunderstand. I would not have you think for a moment that I don't believe that Christ is our example in all things, but Paul said follow me even as I follow Christ. I am now < going to hold up before the young people two persons who* accepted Christ as their Saviour, His Word as their guide, and on the qualities oamed made a success of life. Let me first speak to the young men. England has given to the world some of the greatest men in all branches of learning. To-day we place in the front ranks William Ewart Gladstone. He was born of 1 wealthy parents and with royal blood : in his veins. Instead of becoming | dissipated as many a young man in such circumstances would have done, Dr instead of depending upon his social standing, he took the course that 1 [ have already laid out in this sermon 1 and by so doing "he being dead yet speaketh." 1 As a Christian he said, "Christ fs 1 the hope of my poor wayward life." He never missed service on Sunday when well enough to attend. As a student he was graduated with high honors from Oxford, at the 1 age of twenty. His library contained 1 twenty-four thousand volumes. He is the author of a number of very important works; several of them are on the Bible. He was one of the greatest orators arid statesmen of his time. To be familiar with his life is to know Eng- ' land's history for a period of sixty 1 pears. Before the young women I would bold up as the embodiment of the principles I have referred to in thic iddress, one of the greatest reformers that has ever blessed our coun- 1 iry. When her funeral car drew 1 slowly into the city of Chicago, as / SH I many as 30,000 people turned oui midst falling snow and sleet to take the last look at one of their greatesl benefactors, Frances Elizabeth Wil lard. They came from the North South, East and West to pay theii last tribute of respect. A wreath o: flowers was sent by a young lady whc had met Miss Willard but once. She was then on the correspondence stafl Df a city paper, and had been sent tc interview Miss Willard, who was sich at the hotel and unable to fill hei appointments. Miss Willard was seated in an easy chair, but when she saw the young lady's pale and emaciated face she said, "Dearie, you have this chair, you look so tired." The young lady said, "I never forgol those words. She was the only person that had spoken a kind word tc me since I said farewell to mothei md the dear ones at home." Miss Willard was true to Christ Jenying herself every pleasure 01 ;omfort that she might fill the position to which He had called her. Her influence is giving to the youtfc jf this land a portion of knowledge ;l}atj:annot fail to prove beneficial tc them. Her honesty as well as ner patriotsm may be seen in the fact that during her visit to England, when strained political relations existed be:ween England and this country, she aid: "I am first a Christian, then ] im a Sason, then I am an American md when I get home to heaven, I expect to register from Evanston." Hei :act, push, principle, faith. courage ind perseverance may be seen in the srreat organization known to-daj :hroughout the world as "The Wornm's Christian Temperance Union.' \n army of heroic women who are aattling for God and home and na:ive land. In conclusion, let me say, life is :o each one of us a great battle, and sve must either win or lose it. Which shall it be? Let us take unto ourselves the whole armor of God, fighl :he goofl fight of faith, and endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesut Christ. The Captain of our salva> :ion has never lost a battle. "The Ideal Minister's Wife." The following description is froir 5ne of the Methodist papers of Lonion: The ideal minister's wife is queer in her home, ruling her affairs witl liscretion and looking well to the tvays of her household. She has i keen interest in her husband's peopl? and spares no pains to get to kno'w 'hem. Unselfish as regards her huS' band's company, because of the man] ilaims made upon him, she waives svhat seem to be her rights and findf tier joy in knowing he is helping oth stb. She practices the happy art oi adapting herself to circumstances md is able to converse easily with th< intellectual and th? unlearned. Her manners are perfectly natura and entirely free from any tinctun af patronage. Her dress is becoming without1 dowdiness or loudness. Sh< is not oversensitive to criticism. Sh< is discreet with her lips and thor Duglliy guuu ill uean a.uu iuvca tu scv and her husband's efforts in all th< church work. She avoids being th< leaded of any clique, but acts in sucl a way that all feel they can approacl her easily and confide in her perfect [y. She listens to the sorrows of th< people and feels with them and re joices in their joys. She knows how to entertain and hov :o be entertained. She keeps abreast o the times in reading and delights ii self-culture. Knowing for what specia branch of work in the church she ii gifted, she devotes herself to it. Witt ill her heart. Amiable,, bright, pa tient, tactful, ever striving to unlocl human hearts with the key of lov< that she may lead them to the Divin< Lover, she finds the minister's wife'i lot though "onerous and difficult,1 yet delightful and blessed, and th< 'heart of her husband [and his peo pie] doth safely trust in her." "Who is sufficient for thesi things?" and what minister is worth] Df such a wife? There is nothing said about who takes care of the chil dren while the minister's "ideal wife' Is doing all these things.?Christiai Advocate. Steering by Mother's Light. A very beautiful story is related o a boat out at sea carrying in it i father and his little daughter. A1. they were steering for the shore the: were overtaken by a violent storm which threatened to destroy them The coast was dangerous. The moth er lighted a lamp and started up thi worn stairway to the attic window "It won't do any good, mother," th< son called after her. But the mothei went up, put the light in the window knelt beside it, and prayed. Out ii the storm the daughter saw a glim mer of gold on the water's edge "Steer for .that," the father said Slowly, but steadily, they cam( toward the light, and at last were an chored in the little sheltered harboi by the cottage. "Thank God!" cried the mother, ai she heard /their glad voices and cam< down the stairway with a lamp in he] hand. "How did you get here?" sh< said. 'We steered by mother's light,' answered the daughter, "although w< did not know what it was out there.' "Ah!" thought the boy, a waywarc boy, "it is time I was steering by m: mother's light." And ere he slept ly surrendered himself to God ant asked Him to guide him over life*! rough sea. Months went by and dis ;ase smote him. "He can't live long,' was the verdict of the doctor; anc one stormy night he lay dying. "Dc not be afraid for me." he said, a: they wept; "I shall make the harbor for I am steering by mother's light.' ?East and West. A Reasonable Proposition. "I try more and more every yeai to hold judgment of others in sus pense till I can know all the facts ai first hand," said one who was accusec Df being too lenient toward offenders "Certainly I am not qualified to judge till then. God's commandment is Judge not!' " As we know instinc lively and often protestingly that oth ers cannot judge us rightly, let u: try to remember that we are noi qualified to pass judgment upon oth' srs.?Wellspring. Redeem the Time. If you have not much time at youi disposal, do not fail to profit by th? smallest portions of time which remain to you. We do not need mucfc time in order to love God to renev. ourselves in His presence, to lift uy our hearts towards Him, to worship Him in the depths of our hearts, tc offer Him what we do and we suffer This is tre true kingdom of God within us, which nothing can disturb ?Fenelon. The Uses of Trials. I always fear lest trial might leave ne as the wind which passes over the -ock leaves it, hard and dry as before. ?H. Bonar. ? I ? * ?" ? i I WhAI T? , as with joyous hearts j 1 ,how conducive to hea "enjoy, the cleanly, regu diet of whiph they shoi not by constant medic; ous or objectionable n; [ . nature, only those of k ; N and wholesome and t: J Syrup of Figs and Elix > Syrup of Figs and Eli: [ well informed families, personal knowledge an ' Syrup of Figs and E erally, because they kn | all reputable physicians 1 Senna, obtained by an [ . 1 most beneficially, and \ > ifornian blue figs are u ! ' remedy, and hence we ? not approve 01 patent ? Please to remembe ( "i and Elixir of Senna s 1 Syrup Co.?plainly pri J bottles of one size onlj I U size, or having printed [ II If you fall to get the ge I fly should always have a t [ ^vthe children, whenevei * O i PUTN AN ' Color noro good; brighter and faster colors tha ! can dye nay carmant without ripping apart. 1 For a long time many have t experimenting, hoping to produc I thornless rose. The honor of i | ceed^ng is said to belong Jto Mrs. ' J. Bpggs, of Seattle, Wash. Fc long time Mrs. Beggs was a neigt of Luther Burbank in California. | /tTTT>n pno C1TTO I t\ l/Una run ma, The Treatment Is to Accomp What Science Has Been Struj Kline to Attain for Centuries. Tbe intense interest that baa been tested throughout tbe country by the i i derful cures that are being accomplii I dailv by epilepticide still continues. 1 really surprising tbe vast number of pe J who have already been cured of tits 1 nervousness, in order that everybody have a chance to test the medicine, 1 l trial bottles, valuable literature, Histor Epilepsy and testimonials, will be seni E mail absolutely free to all who write to Dr. May Laboratory, 548 Pearl Sti : New York City. Tbe epilepticide cure is creating g ! public interest^ as well as among Doct ' Students. Hospitals and visiting Physici I One of tbe newly-elected meml of the Oregon Legislature annoui ? his intention of introducing at j next session a bill making it a cr I to shoot any person under the be that such person is a deer or a c ras-back duck. N.Y.?1 ) BABY'S WATERY ECZEMA. Ifrhpd mid Srratrhed Until Blood 1 1 ?$50 Spent on Useless Treatmer j ?Disease Seemed Incurable? b Cured by Cuticura for $1.50. y "When my little boy was two and a , months old he broke out on both ch . with eczema. It was the itchy, wa . kind and we had to keep his little hi ; wrapped up all ^Ihe time, and if he w . happen to get them uncovered he w ; claw his face till the blood streamed d t on his clothing. We called in a phyai at once, but he gave an ointment w j was so severe that my babe would sci . when it was put on. We changed doc and medicines until we had spent fifty lars or more and baby was getting w< j I was so worn out watching and caring . him night and day that I almost lelt r (the disease was incurable. But fii reading of the good results of the Cuti g Remedies, I determined to try them. I 3 truthfully say I was more than surpri p lor I bought only a dollar and a h a worth of the Cuticura Remedies (Cuti Soap, Ointment and Pills), and they , more good than all my doctors' medic a 1 baa tnea, ana m tact entirely curea i ? His face is perfectly clear of the least , or pear of anything. Mrs. W. M. Comi . Burnt Cabins, Pa., Sept. 15, 1908." \ ! Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Pi j of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass. 3 i The first dictionary was made by - Chinese scholars in 1109 B. C. j Don't Cough, But Live Long. ) If every cough were cured before it g 3 strong hold, human life would be len ened by many years. If every coug sufferer knew that Kemp's Balsam w stop the cough in a few minutes, he w be glad to escape the serious consequei If any medicine will cure a cough, Kei Balsam will do it. At druggists' and t ere, 25c. r Special Delivery. [ On September 18, 1877, more t thirty-one years ago, a letter ; posted at Lyons addressed to the > perlor of the Oblates of St. Cha - at Saint Barthelemy. In the coi " of removal to the new premises 1 ' letter has been found hidden b; iarge card at the postoffice at Tari The letter reached its destination Monday, and it was found that Superior had been dead for a qi ter of a century.?London Globe. pAnlhawlr i "Darling," said the lovelorn yot r "can't you sugest some good deed > daring that will enable me to pr 1 my love for you?" ' "Well," she replied, "you mi | 6peak to'papa."?Chicago News. 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The bookman is compelled lisli t0 rep*y that the race of American humorists has run out and comic literature is scarcer than funny plays. iani- A wide sale is therefore predicted for S3 the "Memoirs of Dan Rice," the ft jg Clown of Our Daddies, written by ople Maria Ward Brown, a book guarand anteed to make you roar with laughter. 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