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Patience is No Virtue! B* Impatient with Backache! Too patiently do many women en dure backache, languor, dizziness and urinary ills, thinking them part of woman's lot Often it is only weak kidneys and Doan's Kidney Pills would cure the case. A SOUTH CAROLINA CASE. Mri Mary Weit, Spartan aburs, S. C., aaya: "Mjr back waa ao bad I couldn't *et about. My appetite became poor and I felt all worn out and dtacourared. Doan'a Kidney Pllla put me In good hape and now Z feal better than before la -years." Gat Dtu'i at Any Drug Store, 50c a Box DOAN'S nfitr FOSTER-MH.B URN CO., Buffalo. N?w York As a girl grows older she becomes wiser and quits wearing bo many pins In the vicinity of her waist line. As a summer tonic there is no medicina that auite compares with OXTDINE. It not only Dnilds up the system, but taken reg ularly. prevents Malaria. Regular or Taste Iaas af TVnfffri'cfa Oscillatory Nerve. The Maid?Billy Brown Bays I have the prettiest mouth in the world. The Man?Did he? I'd pht mine up against it any day.?English Magazine. Of Course. "Women always succeed in civic af fairs when they organize a broom brigade." "Naturally, they made a clean sweep." Farms for Children. Perhaps the smallest farms in the world, each ?our by eight feet, have been devised by Mrs. Henry Parsons for the International Children's School Farm league, and demonstrated in New York. Each child becomes owner of his diminutive farm, in which he works, grows and harvests seven dif ferent kinds of vegetables, and these are borne by him in triumph to his family. About each farm is an 18-inch path, which he keepB in order; under his instructor it becomes a tiny ob ject lesson in good roads. Not Needed. While a traveling man was waiting 1 for the opportunity to show his sam- : pies to a merchant in a little back woods town in Missouri, a customer came in and bought a couple of night shirts. Afterwards a long, lank, lum berman, with his trousers stuffed in his boots, said to *:he merchaint: ' "What was them 'ere that feller bot?" "NT'ght shirts. Can I sell you one or two!" -saup, I reckon not," said the Mis sourian, "I don't set around much o' nights."?Lipplncott's. THE LUCKIEST MAN. Eben?So Miss Antique is going to j get married at last Who is the lucky man? Flo?The clergyman. He's going to j get paid for it and assumes no re- j Bponsibility. SCOFFERS ! Often Make the Staunchest Converts. The man who scoffs at an idea or doctrine which he docs not fully un derstand has at least the courage to show where be stands. The gospel of Health has many con verts who formerly laughed at the idea that coffee and tea, for example, ever hurt anyone. Upon looking into the matter seriously, often at the sug gestion of a friend, such persons have found that Postum and a friend's advice have been their salvation. "My sister was employed in an eastr ern city wnere sne naa to ao caicuia^ ing," writes an Okia. girl. "She suf- j fered with headache until she was al most unfitted for duty. ; "Her landlady persuaded her to quit coffee and use Postum and in a few days she was entirely free from head- j ache." (Tea is just as injurious as j coffee because it contains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) "She told ; her employer about it, and on trying it, he had the same experience. "My father and I have both suffered much from nervous headache since I can remember, but we scoffed at the j idea advanced by my sister, that cof fee was the cause of our trouble. "However, we finally quit coffee and , began using Fostum. t attler nas naa but one headache now in four years, j due to a severe cold, and I have lost my headaches and sour stomach, which I am now convinced came from coffee. "A cup of good, hot Postum is sat- j isfying to me when I do not care to eat a meal. Circumstances caused me to locate in a new country and 1 feared I would not be able to get my favorite drink, Postum, hut I was relieved to find that a full supply is kept here with a heavy demand for it." Name given by Postum Co., Eattle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read the above letterf A new one appear* from time to time. > They tire jtenxifne, true, and fall of hnmao Interest. Adv. HEW ERA COMING IN STOCK RAISING EXPERIMENTS IN THIS STATE WITH GRASS HAS PROVED ' GREAT SUCCESS. TWO TONS OF HAY ON ACRE This Is the Average Crop Produced by Mixture of Seeds That Was Tried in Twenty Piedmont Counties of South Carolina. Columbia.?During the past summer the United States department of agri culture has been quietly conducting experiments in growing hay for forage in 20 of the Piedmont counties of the state. The results have proven so successful that they warrant the pre diction that the live stock industry in South Carolina will be revolutionized in the next few years. A mixture ot seeds, three varieties of grass and one of clover, were planted on the experimental acres. Dr. W. W. Long, of the United states Dureau or piant industry, wu gressman A. F. Lever and G. A. Der rick, United States farm demonstra tion agent In Lexington county, have been investigating the results of some of the experiments wjth hay as a forage crop for the Piedmont. Recent ly they gave out an interesting state ment. In all 100 acres were planted, five in each of the 20 counties. Dr. Long said that 85 per cent had proved en tirely successful. The average yield i_ * * e n,V<inh per acre its iwu iuuo uu uaj, wi an average price of over $30 per ton has been received. The average cost of production per acre was $13.85. This was under experimental condi tions, and, of course, included the ex pense of planting. The object of the experiments was to establish the fact that they can be grown as a successful forage crop in South Carolina and ultimately to de velop the live stock industry. Cherokee Boy Corn Growers. Announcement was made by Frank McCluney, farm demonstration agent for Cherokee county, that the final award of prizes in the Cherokee coun ty boys' corn contest had been decid ed upon. In the contest for the boy raising the greatest number of bush els upon one acre, the first prize was won by Saxon Stacy with a yield of 79.5 bushels. This prize is a one-week trip to Columbia to the Fifth National Corn Exposition in January, 1913, and was given by the Merchants "and Planters Bank. The second prize was awarded to Cecil Whelchel, whose yield was 55.7 bushels an acre. The secdnd prize is the.same as the first, and was given by the firm of Carroll & Byers. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Luther and San ders Pharmacy of Aiken, with a capi tal of $5,000. The petitioners are C. A. Sanders and C. G. Luther. The Progressive Building and Loan Associa tion of Georgetown has been commis sioned, with a capital of $25,000. The petitioners are J. B. Brockington, J. J. Burton, J. B. Beck, G. W. Coward and A. L. Alston. A commission has been granted to the Charleston Provision Company, with a capital of $10,000. The petitioners are Hugh E. Simmons and H. L. Erckmann. Witnessed Greatest Pageant Ever. To stirring martial strains, 7,000 soldiers and sailors marched at Char leston, the pageant being the most specatacular ever presented in Char leston. Coast artillery from Fort Moultrie led the memorable proces sion. A brigade of marines and blue jackets from the Atlantic battle fleet, cadet corps of two military colleges, national guardsmen, naval military and reserve artillery and cavalry fol lowed in order. Brigadier General Wilie Jones of the South Carolina National Guard was grand marshall, with Col. Julius E. Cogswell of the third South Carolina infantry, as his aide-de-camp. More About U. D. C. Meeting. Although much '-has been told re garding the meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy there are still many items about the South Carolina women which have not yot been noticed. One of the pleasantest incidents of the gatherings was the" presentation of a beautiful floral of fering to Mrs. Graham, president of the South Carolina division. It was a combination of white chrysanthe mus and red roses. It was present ed in the name of the delegation by Miss Alice Earle. Feature of Orangeburg Fair. In the art department of the Orange burg county fair were exhibited two beautiful pieces of work made 112 years ago. One piece was an exquis itely worked beaded tobacco bag; the vari-colored beads forming roses and forget-me-nots. The other was a silk purse with the year 1800 in which it was made worked thereon. These two works were exhibited by Henry H. Johannsen, and the pieces were done by his great grandmother, and have heretofore been exhibited in art museums of Europe. Fourth District Medical Society. The annual meeting of the Fourth District Medical Society, composed of puysiemns 01 -.ue tuunues ui oimumi burg, Anderson, Greenville .Union. Pickens and Oconee, met at Spartan burp several days ago. Many ques tions of interest to physicians were discussed. The following officers werr elected: Dr. F. L. Potts, Spartanburg president; Dr. E. W. Carpenter Greenville, vice president: Dr. A. D Cndd. Spartanburg, secretary and treasurer. Anderson was selected foi the net meeting. SUMTER'S GOOD CORN SHOW Much Intere&J Taken in Preliminary to State and National Shows to Be Held in Columbia. Sumter.?The Sumter County Corn exhibition was held in the Armory hall several days ago. This exhibition was held to promote the interest in good corn raising in this couflPty, but also for the purpose of selecting a nucleus for the exhibit at the state show at Columbia is December ana for the National shaw. in January. Prof. C. B. Haddon of Clemson College was present and examined the ex hibits and talked about corn and Its selection. Prof. Haddon and J. Frank Williams, president of Sumter union, judged the exhibit. Dr. S. C. Baker, president of the i Sumter chamber of commerce, under whose auspices the exhibit was held, welcomed the farmers and talked on diversified farming. Secretary A. V. Pnell, in calling the meeting to order, also made the exhibitors feel at home. L. I. Parrott, himself a farmer to some extent, told the farmers of the ' milling plant he was erecting and I hoped that they will grow corn in ! such quantities that he would not | have to depend on the Western pro duct. . B. D. Mitchell won first prize for the best ten ears and best single ear of white corn, prizes five dollars each. ! L. I. Parrott won second best ten ears ; of white corn, prize $3; Horace Pre-j scott, second for best single ear of , white corn, prize $3. For best ten ears of yellow corn, ! Glen Tryon won first, $5; W. Y. j Yeadon, second, $3. For best single ear of yellow corn, W. Y. Pitts, first, S5; 0. A. Nettles, second, $3. Best sample of proliflt corn, L. I. Parrott, first, $5, and S. J. White, second, $3. Prescott and Tryon mentioned above as winners are members of the Boys' Corn club so it is seen that the youngsters are pointing the way to their fathers in corn growing. Ir?Rn?etor Tells of School Work. W. H. Hand, state high school in- ! spector, has nearly finished his annual ! report in which he gives an interest ing and painstaking account of the progress of secondary education In South Carolina during the past year. Mr. Hand found much about the high 1 school system to commend. "No one familiar with educational conditions in South Carolina during the past 25 years can seriously review that period j without a feeling of genuine gratiflca-! tion.at what has been accomplished for the intellectual and moral uplift of the people of the state," says Mr. Hand in the introduction to his report, j "The per cajpita expenditure for edu- j cation has steadily grown, school terms have been materially lengthen ed, better equipped teachers are pre pared and employed in the schools, more comfortable and commodious - * ? 1 V?11* 1a. scnoox nouses uuve ueui uuni, ?? cal tax levies have increased. Agricultural Resources of State. The agricultural and industrial re sources of South Carolina will be shown in an exhibit to be sent to the national land show at Chicago this month by the state department of ag riculture. The exhibit is being pre pared and will be shipped within the next several days. The progress that has been made in the development of 1 cotton, corn, grain and tobacco will | be shown. The department will also j send a comprehensive good roads ex- j hibit in the nature of a large map, showing the main public highways. The National Corn exposition to be ! held here during January and Febru- j ary of next year will be advertised by j tho ripnartment. literature descriptive i of the exposition will be distributed. Emblem For City of Greenville. The local chamber of commerce Is : seeking an artistic design for a city emblem?something that will be thor oughly characteristic of the Mountain City, so that when used on stationery, membership certificates, and in other ways, it will carry the most distinc tive message about Greenville. The emblem is to be Greenville's trade mark. It is desired that the emblem bear a suitable slogan. A prize in gold will be given for the accepted de sign. Corn Show Interest Florence People. There is great interest among the people of Florence county in the fifth National Corn exposition to be held next January, according to Robert E. rurrin, who was a visitor in Colum bia recently. Mr. Currin is the fed eral demonstration agent for Flor ence county, and is in touch with the people of that section. While in Co lumbia he visited the exposition grounds, where preparations are now coins forward. Mr. Currin feels con P.dent that Florence county will fur nish a banner attendance. Cmpaigners Enjoying Recess. The Columbia Chamber of Com merce campaigners are enjoying a brief recess, following the passing of the $45,000 mark, and will resume their canvass in a day or two with re newed vigor. A committee appointed by President Torry from the execu tive committee of the commercial body as now constituted met several 'lays ago in the Palmetto National bank building to check up with a committee from the campaigners, ac cording to the contract made with 11 ?] ,1 Tlfnir riiuuiu Two More Months To Move Bridge. The city of Columbia wil lbe allow ed two months in which to complete the work of removing its water mains \nd bridge across the canal under the 'orms of an order handed down sever tl days ago by the supreme court. On N'ovember 9, H. N. Edmunds, city at ornev, petitioned the court for an ex ension of the time within which to omply with the previous order to re nove the bridge and mains and asked hat the city be allowed until March LI, 1913, to do so. from the: palmetto state f? Short Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Condensed For the People of tVie State. Sumter. ? Sumter's campaign to raise $15,000 in three days for the as sured support of her Chamber of, Com merce for tfcree years started with a vim with a tig rally of citizens at tne Academy of Music. Kershaw.?Fire of unknown origin partly destroyed the plant of the Kop shaw mill and totally destroyed the meat aad seed houses, Including 25,000 tons o)! cottonseed. The loss is esti mated at between $60 000 and $75,000, partly covered by insurance. Pendleton.?Recently a company of about 50 people assembled to witness the unveiling of a marble shaft to mark the "Hopewell-Keowee" church. This was the Presbyterian church founded by Gen. Andrew Pickens and Col. Robert Anderson, about 1788 or 1789. Columbia.?Charging that W. Boyd TFiromi nlQiiitlfP'fj WAS ETTliltV of unethical practice in. writing per sonal letter! to jurors and enclosing them cards to a social club in which he is an of3cer, Barron, Moore, Bar ron & McKay, defendant's attorneys, made a mo:ion In the United States court before Judge H. A. M. Smith, to set aside the verdict of $5,000 ren dered In favor of W. D. Sturgeon. Greonvillc.?The Presbyterians of Greenville will at once launch a cam paign. to raise $30,000 for a new. dor mitoiy for Chlcora College. This was determined upon at a meeting held re cently in the First Presbyterian church. The trustees have voted un animously 1.0 keep tae college on its present site, and the citizens have de termined to give the institution an equipment adequate to its needs for Tires?nt anr future. I Newberry.?Pick Odell constable for Magistrate Aughtry at Whltmire, brought two white men, named R. S. Pelgler an<I John Norman to Jail, charged wi:h assault and battery upon Conductor Deadwiler of freight train No. 21 on . the SeaDoard, and he brought three others?John Lindsay, KInard Williams, and Jim Gregory? who are ss.ld to be alBo implicated In the affair, which occurred at the coal chute in tLe town of Whitmire. Dillon.?A negro by the name of! Blge Leggiitt was shot and MUed on | Jonathan l.-ewls' place, near Folk, by 1 another ntgro named Shep Floyd. Big? was carving a negro woman in the face, who was a relative of Shen Floyd's wife and as soon as Shep -?1J tlia ocono h? took the LUU1 U gGb fcV WAV H\TVMW MW WW? woman's part with the abcn/e result. Bige was advancing on SHep and threatened to kill him. Sheriff La.na has placed Shep Floyd in jail. Lnacast* r??The town council here 1 is tiking the preliminary steps look-: lng <o the installation of a complete system of sewerage in the town. The H. S. Jaudon Engineering company has just completed a survey and maps shoving -where the sewer pipes, man holes and flush tanks will be placed. The cost will be between $30,000 and $40,000. Agreements for rights of way for sewer lines are now being cir culated for the signatures of property owners. Union.?Mayor T. C. Duncan has ' appointed R. P. Harry, T. L. Estes and J. F. Mc.'jure members of the city board of health to fill vacancies. Dr. S. G. Sarratt is president of the board. The board of health is making every effort to ieep the city in good sani tary condition and statistics kept show that the efforts are meeting with suc cess. An innovation in the work of the board is an arrangement by which the physicians here will * devote an hour each week to an inspection of the city schools. Greenwood.?The barn at Maxwell farm at Connie Maxwell orphanage was destroyed by fire recently. It caujjht from an engine used in driv ing the corn shredder. Splendid work was done by the boys in an effort to put out the fire, but it was not pos sible to do so. Besides the barn a quantity of corn, stover and other feedatuffs were burned, also corn har vester and binder. The barn was val ued at $600 with $300 insurance. The total loss will approximate $2,000 with the $300 insurance loss to'be de ducted. Jonesville.?The ginnery of the Free Ginning company, located about three miles from town, was burned. A quantity of cotton seed and a number of bales of cotton were also burned. There was some insurance on the plant anc. cotton. The net loss has not yet been determined. * - Saluda?The damage to the Augus ta Northern railroad caused by the rains of the last week or two has been sufficiently repaired that tha regular schedule is being made to Ward and return. The congested freight conditions are being rapidly relieved. Lexington.?In the Common Pleas Court Judge Shipp presiding, M. J. Frlck and J. D. Frick were awarded damages in the sum of $2,500 against the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad Florence.?The Woman's Industrial Fair,, wt ich was gotten up and is be ing conducted under the auspices of and for the benefit of the Ladies' Civ ic Improvement Society, of this city, opened up in the Dixie tobacco ware house, in North Colt street, with a great throng of people present and a large number of exhibits of nearly every description. Winnsboro.?The home of James Young in the Hickory Ridge section was destroyed by fire. The fire prob ably originated from a defect in the cijimney flue. ' Lexington.?County superintendent of Education A. D. Martin, who is president of the Lexington County Teachers' association, has called a hieeting of the teachers for Saturday, November 23, to be held in the high school building at Lexington. This will be the first meeting of the ':each *<?rs this fall, and it is earnestly hoped that all of the teachers in the county ill attend SOME RARE OPPORTUNITIES Interest About Southeastern States Aroused By Southern Railways Ex hibits At Fairs In North. Chicago, 111.'?Great Interest about ' the Southeastern States was aroused by the exhibits made this fall by the Southern Railway System at Northern ( ! fairs and expositions, over a quarter of j a million desirable people seeking and i receiving Information regarding the ! resources and opportunities of the I j Southeast, according to reports re ! selved from repersentatives of the rail way in charge of the exhibits. me various exuiuuH uieuueu u<di i a period of two month* and included I the country north of the Ohio, river j from New York and Pennsylvania to ; Iowa. There were twenty-seven sep-! arate exhibits made at district and I county fairs in the Northern states in 1 addition to a fine display put In at j the Canadian International Exhibition 1 at Toronto. The exhibits everywhere ! , attracted attention. As a rule visitors ' ! pronounced them finer than those made by local exhibitors, and it was j usual to hear the statement from a j man that he had no idea that the I Southeast was a country of such won-! derful resources and opportunities.1 The fine displays of fruit, of corn, j wheat and other grains, and the show-: ing about other products of the South- i era soil were things that especially appealed to great numbers of Northern ! farmers. Not less* .than two represent?tives 1 of the Southern Railway and its asso- t elated lines were present at each o; ; t these exhibits, explaining conditions , < In the Southeast and the opportunities ; t offered to the homeseeker as well as t the attraction of the Southern country j t for investors or for visitors. Reports j * of these agents show that the total at- * tendance at the various fair? and ex- 1 hibits visited amounted to over 1,50,- e 000 people, that about 240,000 visited c the Southern Railway exhibits, over (6 70,000 people were personally talked with about the Southeast and nearly 250,000 copies of literature advertis ing this section were distributed. In ! 1 addition to these exhibits special 1 dairy exhibits were made at the Chi- , 1 cago and Waterloo, Iowa, exhibitions, i' and a special exhibit on live stock op- ,t portunlties will be made at the Inter-!1 national Live Stock Exhibition at Chi- c cago in December. Wide Distribution of Products. Washington.?The wide distribution f of American manufactures Is illustra- j c ted by some recent figures of the sta-' ' tlstical division of the Bureau of For- j eign and Domestic Commerce show-1 * Ing the variety of articles exported i1 and the numerous countries to which , ( they are distributed. Barbed wire, fly * paper, telephones, boots and shoes t automobiles, wire nails, motion pic- ( ture films, flying machines, tele- j r graph Instruments, locks, hinges, ra- j ( zors, bath tubs, traction engines op-1 f erated by steam, traction engines op- j j erated by gasoline, stationary engines ' j operated by gasoline, stationary en-! j gines operated by gas, electric loco-'? motives, elevators, cotton gins, cash I j registers and cream separators, these \ area few of the numerous products | j of American ingenuity distributed literally over the entire civilized; c world. Design For New Nickel. Washington.?The design of the new nickel to supplant the five-cent' t coin now in circulation will be per- t fected by Secretary of the Treasury t McVeagh within a few weeks. George c E. Roberts, director of the mint, and | j J. E. Frazer, of New York, an artist who is working on( the design, con-! ferred with the secretary. An Indian head will adorn the face of the coin and the flguer of .a buffalo the ie verse. The design is intended to hon or the disappearing indian and buf- j falo, linked together in American his tory. Woman Suffrage Endorsed. Philadelphia. ? Woman suffrage, I % xt.. T-N il? - ? J T)^ i wmcn DOin ine uemourauu ttuu xvo publican parties at their last state conventions recommended should be voted upon by the people, has receiv ed further endorsement here In the action of a legislative commission ap pointed to codify and revise the elec tion laws of the state. The commis sion voted to include it among the rec ommendations to the next legislature. Pujo Committee Denied Facts Washington. ? Attorney General Wickersham presented to President Taft his decision on the right of the Pujo cotnmittee of the house to seek through the comptroller of the cur rency Information as to the banking conditions and the Inter-relation of financial interests for use in its inves tigation of the so-called money trust. The opinion has not been made pub lic. The attorney general has held that the president has no right to di rect the comptroller to give the coin ihitteed data which is not made public. Against Free Toll Provision. Washington.?President Taft told official visitors that he did not expect to recommend to congress the repeal i of the free toll provision made Jfa. the Panama Canal bill last summer for I American coastwise vessels. A second I I , portion of the report of Prof. Emory j R. Johnson, the expert upon nis in- | vestigation the president based his re- ' { cent proclamation of tolls was made j j public and contains strong recom- s raendatlons against the giving of free , \ tolls to American ships on account of the cost of maintaining the canal. Postmasters to Meet In Denver. Erie, Pa.?Fourteen members of the executive committee and 16 members of the committee on topics to arrange the next national convention of post masters of first class cities were an nounced by Isadore Zobel, postmaster of Erie, and president of the national association. The convention will be held in Denver next September. Edgar Allan, Jr., of Richmond, Va., was ap pointed chairman of the executive committee, and Daniel T. Gerow of Tacksonville, Fla.p chairman of the committee on topics. MUMTiONAL Sl[NWSCTIOftI Lesson By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Ere- i nlng Department The Moody Bible In stitute of Chicago.) v . LESSON FOR DECEMBER 1 THE LUNATIC BOY. LESSON TEXT-Mark 9:14-29. GOLDEN TEXT?"And Jesus said unto ilm, If thou canst! All things are possl >lo to him that belleveth."?Mark 9:23 B. L I. The Disciples' Failure?w. 14-10. Each of the Evangelists places this esson In close connection with the nount of transfiguration. Sorrow and in, crushed and bleeding' hearts, are tlwaye to be found at the foot of our Qountains of vision and of privilege. k> also is to be found human impo ence. Let us get the picture. As the ittle party reaches the base of the aountain they find an excited multi ude surrounding the remaining dis :iples who were undergoing a series >f questions propounded to them by he scribes. Arriving in the midst >f this questioning Jesus challenged he scribes by saying, "Why question re them?" Before either the scribes ir the disciples could answer, "one of iie multitude" (v. 17) told his story o Jesus. The speaker had brought lis only son, demon-possessed, to the llsciples to be healed. He goes on o tell Jesus the terribleness of the toy's sufferings, and that to his bit er disappointment and anguish he tas found that the disciples are not ;qiuil to the task of healing. This nability upon their part gave the icribes their opportunity and had un loubtedly raised In the father's mind , v uuuui. as uj uie yvww ui <i?ouo w veil./ Takes Case In Hand. Jesus at once takes the case In land. Rebuke and pity are mingled n His words, "0 faithless generation, low long shall I bear with you?" The disciples, the scribes and the mul itude, all alike, are Involved in his ebuke. All were In a greater or less legree faithless. Jesus had been In :helr midst performing his mighty leeds, speaking his marvelous words, tnd manifesting his wonderful power, ret they were without faith. Full )ften the present-day church and Christian workers stand impotent be ore the world's great need because >f a lack of faith. How frequently ve miss a blessing because of our lependence upon some one who nakes a failure of faith and prayer, resus was then and always has been rniihleri and distressed at such failure v. 19). However, die father was ewarded when, In obedience to the lommand, he brought his boy to Je ms. The conversation that ensued s Interesting and pathetic, one that s too often repeated today. At last n his deep anguish the father cried, 'If thou canst do anything, have com )asslon on us and help up." He there >y, as all true fathers should, com pletely Identified himself with his son ind his son's need. Fewer young men )f today would be demon-possessed f their fathers would have identified hemselves more fully with their boys. The reply of Jesus forms the gold- i m text. What a magnificent response j his father made, "I believe; help hou mine Unbelief." Small wonder hat Jesus should again work a won ler of healing. II. The Master's Victory?w. 20-29. The son of man, who had just been io wonderfully glorified, again mani- j ests to the world his power over an ! ifflicted son of man. The evil one, j lowever, never gives up his posses- : lion without a struggle. Hence it was ! hat, as the boy was brought near I ,o Jesus, the very worst manifesta ions of his malady were exhibited, in lomuch, that as the multitude rushed ogether to witness his paroxysm and ;aw him as the demons left hipi, de ;lared the boy to be dead. must emember how long time the demons lad ruled the boy (v. 21). A small joy once defined a habit as "some- j hine hard to break;" very true, and i he longer the hai)it the harder It is I o break. The father's faith was small ! jut very earnest. It was sufficient j 0 cry to Jesus for relief and that is j ilways enough. Jesus repeats the man's use of the word "if" as though .0 challenge the implied lack of )Ower and at once throws the burden >f responsibility upon the father? It vas not the question "if" Jesus could i leal but rather "if" the father could , jelieve. Realizing his lack, the father ( :ried, "Help mine unbelief." 'Tis such j 1 cry as this God always answers. | Juickly avoiding the fast gathering I :rowd he takes tne Doy Dy tne nanu, i aises him up and sends him to his ather on their way. No father has the right to transfer lis obligations, spiritual or otherwise, ;o any organization. Entering the riearby house the dis :iples set us a good example by in luiring of Jesus as to the cause of heir failure, and he tells them that \ he great necessity Is prayer. There ! ire more defeats in the church of ! Christ and In the lives of his follow ers that can be traced to a lack of jrayer than perhaps any other one ;lement. These disciples had cast out lemons before this, but, stirinKing | rom fellowship with him in the death I le had foretold (Mark 8:32-33), they ! itood condemned before him, power- I ess in the fact of a great need, and :ondemned by the multitude. "If thou :anst." Success in the work of the jospel is never conditioned upon his ibility, but always upon our willing icss. A broken fellowship always ;pells defeat. Failing here, we bring eproach upon him and stand con lemned before an unbelieving world. This does not necessarily mean that n every case we disbelieve him or lis power, but rather that somewhere n the path of obedience we will find i break in our fellowship. The most iggressive, such as Peter, and some Imes the most beloved, such as John ose their power even though in con ;tant association with the Christ, if here be any break in their fellowship A PENALTY OF AGE The tendency of advancing years to restrict activity and exercise is re sponsible for the constipated condition of most elderly people. The wear of years Impairs the action of the bow els and the digestive organs are more sensitive to the demands upon them and rebel more quickly. CathaVtlcs and purgatives are violent and dras tic in their action and should not be used to correct constipation. A mild, yet positively effective remedy, and one that 1b recommended 37 pnysi cians. aa well as by thousands who have used it, is the compound of sim ple laxative herbs with pepsin pre scribed by Dr. W. B. Caldwell over thirty years ago and now sold by drug gists everywhere under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Dr. Caldwell wants everyone troubled with constipation to try Syrup Pepeln and will send a trial bottle, free of charge, to all who write for it. Address Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 203 West St., Monti cello, 111. Adv. AN ARTISTIC DEVOTEE. > 89k I Dunn?How pale and careworn > Mm. Brown looks! Qunn?Yes, she has on her Lenten complexion. Her Name Wat Not Polly Ticks. Durir g the late campaign an Illinois candidate for the legislature was driv ing through the country, seeking votes among the farmers, when he met a young man in farmer's garb, walking by the roadside. Having in mind a prospective votes he stopped his horse and Baluted him in a familiar manner, inquiring: * "Are you paying any attention 'to politics nowadays?/' The young man stopped, looked at him suspiciously, and drawled out: ' "No, stranger; that don't happen to be my gal's name; but ef It was, I wouldn't think it was any of your durned business." This ended the interview as well aa the prospect. | Shop Talk. 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