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W ' v r THE PEEVISH CHILD NEEDS TREATMENT When a child sulks drowsily, or Is fretful, it Is usually due to some slight disorder of the digestive organs, and a mild laxative is very often all that ia necessary to restore cheerfulness and buoyancy of spirits. In cases where the use of a gentle, effective laxative stimulant Is Indi cated, many of the best rhysicians are j* now prescribing Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This preparation is admitted ly the perfect laxative, being mild, yet positive in its action on the bowels, and far preferable to violent cathart ics and purgative waters. It is very pleasant to the taste and Is an ideal remedy to regulate and strengthen the BlULUaUl, litvi auu uuncio. xlo natural action makes it especially de sirable In the ca& of children, a dose at bed-time being sure to have the de sired result 6ext morning, with no at tendant unpleasantness or discomfort. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold by druggists everywhere in 50c and fl.00 bottles. If you have never tried this splendid remedy, write to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 201 Washington St., Mon ticello. 111., for a sample. He will be very glad to Bend a trial bottle -with out any expense to you whatever. See Value In Open-Air Schools. During the year 1911 the greatest percentage of increase among the dif ferent forms of anti-tuberculosis work was among the open-air schools for anemic and tuberculous children. On January 1, 1911, there were only 29 open-air schools in operation or pro vided for in the entire country. On January 1, 1912, there were 91, an In crease of 214 per cent. Sixty-two new achools have been established or pro vided Tor tbls past year. This entire number of open-air schools have been established since January 1, 1907. For COLDS and GRIP Hicks' Catusixs is the best remedy?r? rteres the aching and fere riabn ess?cures the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's liquid?effects immediately 10c., 25c., and 50c. t drugstores. The happiest people in the world I are those who are most easily flat I tered. Constipation causes and seriously aggra vates many diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar coated granules. Any man ought to get three square ^ meals a day if he is able to work and able to keep from being worked. ONLY ONB "BKOMOOUIX1NE." That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look fol the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World ?rer to Cure a Cold In One Day. 25c. The raotto of a grass widow: "Once itung, always shy." ITCH. ITCH relieved In 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. At Druggists. Many a self-made man merely offers an explanation that doesn't axplain. Clergy and DAlioiAiie i WS" Press endorse MILAM ) Reconstructive AamIa AM#! 1% I M #1 We,the undersigned, hereby certify that ?re have taken Milam with very benefi cial results. Believing it to be a valuable remedy, we authorize the publication of our endorsement. Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, Rector of Church of the Epiphany, Danville, Vjl Rev. R. L. McNair, Pastor Presbyterian Church, Charlotte C. H., Va. " T /" TJ_tl ] O XT C.rnnl the most reliable tonic and blood renovator " |\CV. J. V#* XiUiiaiiu, x tuiwi JLV.CVH wttwvw Baptist Church, Danville? Va. Rev. H. D. Guerrant, Methodist Minister. Danville, Va. Rev. D. P. Tate, Methodist Minister. Danville, Va. "The Methodist" endc/ses Milam The endorsement of "The Methodist*' It not to be had by anything of doubtful mer it, but this paper stands ready to lend Its Influence for that which it believes will tend to the betterment of humanity, spiritually, pr morally, materially or physically. When such men as Revs. D. P. Tate, Horace D. Guerrant and others of like high character give their unqualified endorse ment to the physical benefits derived from the remedy advertised on the last page of of this paper, we feel safe in commending it to our readers.?E. G. Mosely, in "The Methodist" for September. "The Baptist" Endorses Milam. Milam is the name of a ere it medicine now be* in? manufactured in Danville, and from the tes timonials of some of our best citizens we can afely recommend it to our friends who are suf fering with any of the diseases it proposes to care. The men at the head of the company man ufacturing this medicine can be relied on.?Rev. I J. E. Hicks, in the Baptist Union. 4 Ask your druggist or writs for booklst The Milam Medicine Co., Inc. Danville, Va. MB Restores Qray Hair to Natural Color BUOVU Di_\ DRIFT JlXD 8CUUF Invigoratesand prevents thehair from fal lingofl Car Hall liv Hi Il.t. at SmI Dirwft hr XANTHINE CO., Richmond, Virginia W? 91 Per BottUi S?op!? OoUl* lit. Seal for irtnUr. If yon suffer from B>>?Ieptic Bits, Falling Sickness, Spasms. or have children that do so. my New Treat ment will relieve thero, and all you are asked to do Is to send fur a FKKK S2.U0 Bottle of Dr. May Formula. It has relieved permanently the very worst cases when everything else has failed. Please " rite and give ace and complete address. DR. XV. II. MA*- 1548 Pearl St., New York Brown's Branch^ Troches For Hoarseness and Throat Troubles. No opiates. Sample free. Joes I. Browk & Soh, Boston, Mass. WAMTPn PABM? an<1 Felspar Mining nHlllhll rwnmo properties, must be reason able !n price and U>rms. giving full description. Ad dress A. MACKALL* The Balfour,Washington, D.C MMHaaim RELIEVES TIRED EYES SOUS OF STATE THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE HAVE MANY BILLS IN HAND TO PASS ON. NEWS FROM BOTH HOUSES The Latest News of The General As sembly Is Given In These Columns In Condensed Form For The Bene fit of The People. Columbia.?There was a session of the joint assembly for holding elec tions. President C. A. Smith declared nominations open for the position of directors of the state penitentiary and stated that there were two vacancies to be filled. W. H. Glenn and J. D. Deas, two retiring directors, were the only nominees. After uie oauot President Smith declared Mr. Glenn and Mr. Deas reelected for another term. The election of two trustees for the state negro college at Orangeburg was taken up. Dr. W. R. Lowman of Or angeburg and E. D. Hodge of Clar endon were the only nominees and were elected to fill the vacancies. At a joint meeting of the railroad committees of the senate and the house, held in the senate chamber, the railway trainmen, conductors, engi neers and the railroads were repre sented. Their representatives spoke and gave reasons for and against the passage into law of the bill, providing for a minimum number of persons on trains operated in this state. There are two b*lls of this character, one in the house and the other in the senate, but they differ in their pro visions. The Senate. A favorable report on the anti- rac ing bill was made by the senate judi ' - - mui- v?11 IP noooaH I clary committee. i ui? uui, u will drive racing out of South Caro !|na. A message was received from the governor quoting a letter that he had sent to the heads of all the colleges of the state requesting that they, if possible, furnish him with the annual student enrollment for the sessions of 1910-1911, the number of profes sors in instructors, the expenditure 'or the year and any other informa tion that they cared to divulge. The clerk had just started to read it | when, on motion by Senator Carlisle, it was received as information to be inserted in the journal. A house message was received in forming the senate that an act to require the distribution of the dis pensary fund and the method of its distribution had been passed over the governor's veto. A message from the governor was attached. On motion of Senator Weston, consideration was deferred and the bill and message were ordered spread on the journal. The other message informed the sen ate tlfat the vetoed amended act for the establishment of an industrial school for boys was also passed, on motion of Senator Christensen this and the governor's attached message were also sent to the committee on education and the whole matter is to be inserted in the journal. The unfavorable report on the house bill to regulate the awarding of scholarships in Winthrop college was laid on the table. After being amended by Senator Hardin the bill was sent to the house. Senator Carlisle's bill defining the duties and powers of probate courts in relation to minors was passed and ordered sent to the house. Senator Earle's second reading bill to amend section 2743, code of laws of South Carolina, volume 1, relating to the appointment of justices and special judges, caused a prolonged and stormy debate, which was ad journed until after third reading bills. Senator Weston's bill to repeal the act incorporating the town of East over in Richland county was killed. Senator Young's bill requiring that all employers of labor who require their employes to give two weeks' no For Reduction of Cotton Acreage. Acting under a resolution of the South Carolina state farmers' union, Commissioner Watson is soon to in augurate a campaign throughout the cotton belt to interest the farmers in the movement to reduce cotton acreage. He will urge upon the state farmers' unions of the various states and the departments of agriculture to put the "Rock Hill Plan" in oper ation. Thespian was promulgated by ,T. G. Anderson of Rock Hill and he is to accompany Commissioner Watson on the trip throughout the South. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a ohnrtpp tn the Sunnv Brook Brick company of Miles Mill, with a capital stock of $10,000. The officers are: H. F. Lee, president; R. H. Johnston, sec retary and treasurer. A commission has been issued to the T. J. Bentley company of McCormick, with a capital stock of $8,000. The petitioners are T. J. Bentley and J. P. Holloway. The secretary of state has issued a chart er to the Arthur Hardware company of St. Mathews, with a capital stock of $35,000. Associattion of Architects Meet. The Association of Architects of South Carolina was organized at a meeting held at Columbia city council chamber, there being a membership of 34. The association adopted a con stitution, following a general discus sion, and elected officers. The follow ing officers were elected: C. C. Wil son, Columbia, president. A. W. Todd, Charleston, vice president; A. M. Hamby, Columbia, secretary and trea surer. An executive committee was also named. This committee will de cide on the next meeting place. tice before quitting, to also give the employe the same amount of notice before discharging him, after beintr amended by Senator Carlisle, was ap proved and sent to the house. There was a concurrent resolution from Senator Earle for the appoint ment of a committee out of the sen ate and the house to investigate the recent text-book law. Immediate con sideration was objected to, and the matter was carried over. New Senate Bills. Mr. Spivey?To amend an act en titled, "An Act to authorize the city of Columbia to execute a mortgage of the property now used by the state agricultural and Mechanical society for the uses of said society," approved * inn i *'eDruary ju, ijui.. Mr. J. B. Black?To grant to grad uates of the state hospital for the In sane, the same rights and privileges of nurses graduating from other in stitutions or hospitals. Mr. G. H. Bates?To amend the law relating to magistrates and their con stables, their powers, duties, jurisdic tion, salaries, etc. Mr. Epps?A joint resolution au thorizing the county commissioners of Williamsburg county to draw his warrant for $900, and the county treasurer to pay the same. The House of Representatives. Speaker Smith of the house an nounced that he had appointed F. M Cary of Oconee; J. J. Evan3 of Marl boro, and W. L. Daniel of Saluda, members of the house on the investi gating committee to probe the gov ernor, the former winding-up com mission, the attorney general and any one connected in any way with the old state dispensary. The house heard three special mes sages from the governor. The first transmitted the annual reports of the board of fisheries and the commission on the state house grounds. The second special message notified the house of the expiration of the terms of August Kohn, W. T. C. Bates and J. Q. Davis as trustees of the Univer sity of South Carolina. . The third message recommended an investiga tion of the so called "cotton mill merger." The house disposed of five vetoed acts passing four by the necessary two-thirds majority and sustaining the governor's veto on one. The four acts passed over the governor's veto will be sent to the senate. The only one of the vetoed acts be fore the house which caused much debate was that relating to exemp tion from jury duty. The governor's special message stated th&t he vetoed it because ministers were not exempt ed from jury duty. After extended de bate, the house sustained the gover nor's veto by a vote of 70 to 36. The act requiring tfte aistriDunou of the dispensary funds among the common schools and providing the method for doing so was passed by the house over the governor's veto by a vote of 83 to 11, The act, with the veto message, will be 8ent ^ senate. The house defeated by one vote Mr. Moore's bill seeking an electioD for Abbeville county for the restora tion of the dispensary In that county. The vote was 50 to 49 on a bill that had been unfavorably reported. The third reading bill making it t misdemeanor to originate or publisu slanderous and libelous matter was passed and sent back to the senate with amendments by the house. By a vote of 68 to 32' the house refused to recommit the bill. By a vote of 78 to 16, the house passed over the governor's veto the act providing for state maintenance of the Industrial Schbol for boys at Florence. The act will be sent to the senate. The passage of the bill met with little opposition on the floor of i.ae nuuae. New House Bills. K. P. Smith?To allow the fore man of the grand jury .or acting fore man to swear witnesses in the grand jury room. Mr. Gasque?Relating to over charges by common carriers. Mr. Moore?To regulate the liabilities of common carriers by railroad tc their employes in certain cases. Mr. Nicholson?To provide for con solidated and graded schools in coun ty districts, and to appropriate $16, 000 to encourage the same. Mr. BaskinB?To limit the time in which bills of sale and chattel mort gages can be enforced and collected Mr. Baskin?To provide for foui commisioners for Lee county. \ Announcement By Mr. Reid. The following announcement has been made by Mr. Whitner Reid, sec retary of the state farmers' union: "Under the Clinkscales plan, the sec retary of the state farmers' union re ceived $26.04 for expenses of cottor holding movement. The commission er of agriculture, the president of the state farmers' union and the secretary of the state farmers' union, who were authorized to use this fund, hayf agreed to turn the same over to J G. Anderson, state superintendent for expenses of the Rock Hill plan. Want Sale of Contraband Stopped. At the regular meeting of the city council it was resolved and unani mously adopted that the intendant and wardens petition Governor Blease to have his state constable be more diligent in hiB duties in suppressing the illicit sale of contraband liquors in various places in the county. It has been brought to the attention of the ormnnil that thp> traffic is beinc carried on in open disregard of coun ty and state law, there being evidence of it by brands of liquor being pur chased in different localities. Arrested After Seven Years. Sheriff E. B. Gamble has recently located and had arrested in Marlboro county a bright mulatto wanted a( Manning on a charge of burglary and larceny committed seven years ago On the night of January 14, 1905, Mrs Hannah Levi, an elderly woman, upon goin^ to her room upstairs, discover ed a man escaping by means of a lad der. She was so overcome by fright that she died in a short while. How ever, she recognized the intruder at Roten Jackson, a trusted employe of the family. MAGE BY TICK GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR E. M. NIGHBERT TELLS OF THE QAURANTINE. PLAN FOR EXTERMINATION A Letter Was Received By Commis sioner Watson and President Oabbs of State Famers' Union?The Dam age To Cattle Is Great. Columbia.?Declaring tnat tnesiaie oT South Carolina is losing over $1, 100,000 annually and that the loss to the South is $40,000,000 by cattle tick, E. M. Nighbert, inspector of the United States department of agricul ture, addressed a letter to Commis sioner Watson and Presidents Dabbs of the state farmers' union, suggesting certain methods of eradication. The suggestions were indorsed by the state farmers' union at the recent meeting held here. 'The state is suffering," says the inspector, "the ban of quarantine on account of the plenetic fever of cattle, which is produced and transmitted by the cattle tick, The presence of this tick makeB breeding, feeding and mar keting of cattle unprofitable and haz ardous. The losses, conservatively estimated, the result of this disease producing and blood-sucking parasite, are $1,100,000 annually to the state of South Carolina and $40,000,000 to the south. > "The feasibility of complete exterm ination of this disease producing par asite from every plantation, farm and cow lot, has been known for 15 years and confirmed by every Southern state. By a thorough knowledge of this condition, individual effort and concerted action, this menace to your cattle industry may be removed from every plantation, farm and cow lot within the short period of from 4 1-2 to nine months. "South Carolina is strictly a farm ing section. Your worthy citizens and coworkers are now laboring with a condition that is adverse to their in terest. You are interested in the pro duction of the most valuable crop and by product cattle feed in the world. Jurors to servecsl.ia cmfwy s Columbia.?Jurors to serve during the first week of the approaching term of common pleas court for Rich- J land county were drawn. The term convenes February 5. The jurors are: C. L. Sox, B. K. Hunter, J. H. Hen drix. Lemmell C. Dowdy, W. M. West berry, D. S. Bunch, F. A. Muller, H. Collough, J. J. My?*rs, H. D. Harmon, J. J. Hinnant, George S. King, J. G. Etheredge, C. A. Linn, A. B. Langley, L. D. Friday, Joseph Walker, W. M. Rabon, C. B. Danforth, W. C. Gladden, J. D. Cobb, L. J. Walker, J. Sumter Moore, W. A. Wimberly. J. H. Haith ccck, J. N. Rawlinson, Clarence Rae, Edw. N. Word, G. L. Berfoot, A. C. Fetner, J. A. Carlisle, C. L. Price, W. K. OUCKUtJJblCl. Many Acts of Incendiarism. Charleston.?Arrested at the burn ing of the Charleston Fibre Companys plant, at the west end of Spring street Marion Burdell, a young white man, who has been watched for weeks by Pinkerton detectives, confessed some hours later to many acts of incendiar ism, among these being the starting of the big meeting street fire of July 8, 1910, in which six large stores in the heart of the wholesale district were practically destroyed with a loss of over $215,000. To Give Short Course at Batesburg. Batesburg.?Through the efforts of E. C. Ridgell the extension division of Clemson college will give a short course of one week in Batesburg in the near future. This work is a substi tute for the one-day institutes as here tofore held over the state. The change is made with a view of reaching a larger number of people and of giv ing more detailed instruction along the lines pertaining to better farm ing. ?Vi nf T-Tn 1A M Prnnann r IUI tULC ua|/l. JLAUl V1U ATX. iJI uuuvu, a former Coast Line conductor, was elected chief of police of thiB city at a meeting of city council. J. S. Crosby Committed Suicide. St. George.?News has reached here that J. S. Crosby, a highly re spectable white man, who lived at Harleyville, killed himself. There was no one in the room at the time save a small boy, who screamed at the re port of the guu, which brought as sistance immediately. The facts were hard to obtain, but from what could be gathered Mr. Crosby sat on the edge of the bed, placed the nozzle of a shotgun to his heart and with a fire poker pulled the trigger, which killed him instantly. Medical Association Meets Orangeburg.?The Medical (associ ation of this district, composed of Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg, and Lexington counties, convened in this city, several days ago and held an in teresting session. There were 20 phy sicians from the counties in attend ance at the convention, but the at tendance was not as large as it should have been. The entire delegation was tendered a dinner. The iirst part of the business session was taken up in reading papers and in some interest ing discussions. Committee To Take Up Plan. Charleston.?Mayor Grace appoint ed H. T. Morrison, Henry Williams and A. W. Litschgi members of the committee to take up the cotton acre age for Ulis county. The appointments are made at the request of J. G. An derson, state superintendent of South Carolina. Mayor Grace will communi cate with Mr. Anderson and the latter will advise with the Charleston coun y committee as to the steps to be p.ken to put the plan of curtailing ;e crcp into execution. I ' - : 'V" FROM ALL OVER THE STATE A Column of News That Has Been Collected and Condensed With Care By The Editor. Greenville.?Capt. "Billy" Smith, the veteran conductor of the South ern railway, who for so many years has run on the Columbia & Green ville division of the road, announced that he had retired from service. Cheeter.?Jim Carter, a paroled ne gro convict from Chester county, who was arrested during a raid in Chester, was in police court and found guilty of carrying concealed weapons and paid a fine of $20. Honea Path.?Joe Black, a negro, about 40 years of age, who lfved one mile east of town was found dead on the place of M. L. Latimer, some two and one-half miles from town. There were no marks of violence on his per son and nothing to indicate that he had been a victim of foul play. Edgefield.?People in this county seem to favor a reduction of the cot ton acreage. The "Rock Hill plan" has been adopted, and a committee appointed by Mayor John Edwards to canvass the county. They will se cure pledges from the farmers to re duce the cotton acreage 20 per cent. Washington.?The Senate has con firmed the nominations of Mrs. E. M. Sloan to be postmaster at Walhal la and of John W. Dunnovant t^ be postmaster at Chester. J. F. Flowers has been appointed postmaster at Sy racuse, Darlington county, succeeding J. A. Clark, Jr., resigned. This is a fourth class office and requires no con firmation. Barnwell.?Messrs. H. D. Still, of Blackville; J. D. Jenny, of Jenny, and Harry D. Calhoun, of Barnwell, who were recently appointed to 'further the "Rock Hill plan" in Barnwell county, are strictly "on the jcb." Mr. Calhoun iB not sitting still and hold ing his hands by any-means, but is I trnincr nnt omrinc thft farmers and ppt ting results. Greenville.?Samuel J. Taylor, one of the most prominent and influential men of Greelyville died at his home after only a few days' illness. Mr. Taylor was 72 years of age, and had spent nearly the whole of his life in this place, .vays taking a leading part in the affairs of the community. He volunteered at the beginning of the civil war, served the whole four years with honor and distinction, sur rendering at Appomattox. Walterboro. ? Several more blind tiger cases will come up soon, which were continued by Mayor Ackerman. It is hoped that these cases will be completed at this sitting of the court Great interest has been manifested these cases, and no little excitement was caused from time to time, owing to the many rumors afloat, one of which being that an effort would be made to have the detectives at work on tnese cases arrested on a counter charge of some kind. Greenville.?N^ws was received in the city of a deplorable tragedy which occured near Tigerville, when the 15-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hightower was burned to death and their house and furnishings com pletely destroyed by the' flames. Mr. Hightower is a farmer of the Tiger ville section, and at the ime of the fire he and his wife were picking cot ton in a field some distance from the house. Chester.?There will be a big rally here Febuary 2, Messrs. W. H. Bar ton, W. W. Long and C. B. Haddon, of the co-operative demonstration farm work having informed Mr. R. L. Cun ningham, county agent, that they will be here at that time to address the fanners and Chester County Boys' Corn Slub. The exercises will be held in the court house, and efforts will be made to organize the Boys* Corn Club for the year 1912. Spartanburg.?Thomas Holcomba was awarded $500 damages in the court of common pleas. The verdict was against the Spartanburg Rail way, Gas and Electric Company, the plaintiff alleging that he boarded a street car of the company and was told that it would carry him to CliC ton, "ft distance of twelve miles. He further alleged that he was made to get off in the city and had to engage a private conveyance at a heavy cost. It is further said that his carriage broke down, thereby causing him great inconvenience. Charleston.?The "small farm idea" was given an impetus at a meeting of the chamber of commerce, when a number of business men and others participated in a discussion looking towards the colonization and devel opment of an area of 6,000 acres near Summerville. Edisto Island.?Miss Jennie Mc Conkey was burned to death at her home here, the tragedy occurring while her brother, with whom she resides at the famous old McCon key plantation, was in Charleston on business, the unfortunate woman be ing alone on the place at the time. Florence.?As a result of the big snow storm and freeze, the birds had a very tough time of it finding some thing to subsist on, and the average sportsman and small boy was "mak ing hay while the sun shines" killing them out. Orangeburg.?Quite an exciting and unique event took place here on the public square when Charles A. Stro mon, a large grower of cotton, sold at auction 88 bales of his last year cron. All the buyers were notified that the sale would take place and were present and the bidding was spirited among them. Rock Hill. ? The Sumter County committee, consisting of Messrs. Neill O.Donnell, Richard I. Manning and S. A. Harvin, is the first among the low country counties to perfect organiza tion under the "Rock Hill plan," and get its canvassers out after pledges. Greenville?A. B. Bramlett of Simp sonville, Greenville county, a switch man at the local yards of the South ern railway, fell beneath a shifling engine and sustained very serious in uries. I lis risht foot was cut crm letely off and the loft loot so badly milled that amputation will prob 'j'.y prcve necessary. Lesson By Hot. WllUmm Brum, D. Du Director Bible Oont? Mood/ Bible IxMllme, Chicago. LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 4 THE WISE MEN LED BY THE STAR LESSON TEXT?Matt. 1 MEMOR? VERSES GOLDEN TEXT?"Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am Qod, and there It none else."? tsa. 46:22. 3o quietly had Jesus made His ap pearance Into the world that His ar rival was unknown In Jerusalem until the Wise Men came from the East. PerhaDS the shepherds had not told their tale of the heavenly vision, or perhaps they had told It, but It had been unheeded or ridiculed. So as the morning star still rises without noise, and as the seed shoots up and the flower opens in silence, so was it with the coming of Christ, the Rose of Sharon, And the Bright and Morning 3tar. n/> thunder awoke the hills oi Palestine; no trumpet peal went through its city; no herald went be fore Him; no royal salute greeted Him. His mother and the chosen few of the Inner circle who had wit netted the wonderous birth, made no proclamation of It,?they received all In silent, happy faith, and pondered these things In their hearts. Even so does Christ to-day make Bis advent Into many a heart. So silently does He oftimes come that one scarcely is able to tell the day or the hour when Christ was born in his life. The Kingdom of Cod does not always come with obsenra* tlon. The Inquiry of the Wise Men sug gests a deep Interest In Christ Herod made no such Inquiry save In Jeal ousy; Jerusalem was not particularly Interested In the subject; but a very few In Israel cared anything about It How like conditions to-day. What lit tle Interest men manifest In Christ. There Is Interest In politics, business, personal welfare, philanthropic work, and even in church work, but how little real interest in Christ. These three heathen men showed much more Interest in Christ than His own coun trymen did. So is it true to-day. The heathen are deeply interesting themselves in the very story which scarcely moves our hearts. The Wise Men confessed their ig norance. The truly wise man is never above asking questions. Pride keeps many people from Christ. Because, falsely, we say, "we see," our blind ness remains with us. If we would And the Saviour, If we would know the forgiveness of sin, let us admit our Ignorance and our need of a guide; let us cry to God to help us. It Is better to ask God to lead us than to trust In our own reason. We seldom wander when on our knees. The Wise Men had a motive for their search?they came to worship Him. And that Is just the reason why they found Him. Herod could not And Him, nor could the chief priests and scribes?for the simple reason that they did not want to worship Him. No seeker will find Christ unless the motive of his seek ing be that he may be saved by Him, and from henceforth live for and serve Him. A seeking sinner and a seeking Saviour will not be long be fore they meet, and the meeting will be a blessed one. Have you found Christ? If not, why not? The Wise Men received encourage ment in their search for Christ. They 3aw His star, which led them through the long desert until tney rouna tneir place by Christ's side. So will It al ways be with thoBe who are really seeking Christ. There Is a light that others perchance may not see, a hand that others may not perceive, a voice that others may not hear?all of these are visible and audible to those who by faith are seeking Christ. The Church, the Bible, the Preaching of the Gospel, exemplary Christian lives. Inward impulses?these may be Btars that light the way to Him. The Wise Men did not consider It enough that they had seen the star. They continued their Journey until they saw the Christ. Is there not danger of our seeing the Church, the Bible, the sacraments, and yet miss ing Him! It would have been too bad tor them to have come as far as Jerusalem and then to have given up without seeing Him just as It would be too bad for us to have used all these spiritual aids, and yet not have found the Saviour. As soon as these earnest seekers found Christ, tney worsmppeu rum. What a glorious vision they had as they looked upon the Christ Child! They saw that which alone is worth seeing; that which Alls and gladdens the soul when seen and known; that which righteous men of old desired to see, but saw only In glimpses and at intervals; that for the seeing of which Moses prayed so earnestly; that to which the eye or every creature should turn In longing anticipation; that which everything in heaven and in earth is intended to reveal; that for the beholding of which our eyes were made, and for the appreciation of which our minds were formed?Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Sav iour of the world. To see anything t P?,rlot r-htl/l to Itfba L1J <111 till o ill X.L1K. VIHH3V vixtui ? to miss the very heart of the vis Ion. They worshipped Him. They could pot help It: nor can any man when once he has seen the glory of God In the face of Jesus Christ. It was said of Gladstone that when one was ushered into his presence, he was con strained to bow his head or raise his hat. So those who behold Christ must worship Him. Who can behold the fun without being dazzled? Who can behold deity without worshipping Him? These men were men of mighty faith?they could look beyond a man ?er and see a throne; beyond a stable .nd see a palace; beyond a helpless oabe and see a mighty God. IOWA WOMAN WELL AGAIN /Mv" Freed From Shooting Pain* Spinal Weakness, Dizziness, by Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable Compound. Ottnmwa, Iowa.?"For years I wai almost a constant sufferer from female trouble in all its dreadful forma; shoo ting pains all over my body, sick headache, spinal weakness, dizziness, depression, and everything that was horrid. I tried many doctors in different parts of the United States, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound has done more forme than all the doctors. I feel it my duty to tell you these facts. 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