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rMMBHMBBOaBnnHMBHMHMi t 1 ? NO NEED TO '-HOLD PHONE" Sound Magnifying Trumpet Which Will Tell You When It Is Time to Talk. There is a sound magnifying trumpet of llat shape, behind which is a small attachment Intended to support the telephone receiver. When it becomes necessary to hold the line, when culling up or replying, instead or the person standing with the receiver Kiucii 10 ins ear ne places the receiver upon the time saver, bringing the earpiece into position with the sounii magnifier. He is then at liberty to resume his duties until such time us the person requited at the opposite end attends his instrument. This is notified by the speech transmitter being magnified by the time Baving device so as to be perfectly audible at a distance. The receiver may then either be withdrawn and held to the ear in the usual way, or left in connection with the magnifier, hearing being quite as simple and easy as under normal conditions. Another advantage of the invention is that the user's two hands are left free to carry out any other requisite task. 6uch as the turning up of documents, making references, writing down messages or instructions from dictation, and so on. HOW TO CURE ECZEMA. ITCH AND ALL SKIN DISEASES Don't suffer any longer with eczema ui iin> oiiit-r sum irouuio. just apply Hancock's Sulphur Compound to the parts affected and it will stop the itch ing at once and cure the trouble permanently. Many sufferers from skm troubles have written us that the Sulphur Compound cured them after every thing else railed. Mrs. Evelyn Carst, of Salem, Va., writes: "Three years ago 1 had a rough place on my cheek, it would burn and itch. I was fearful it might be of cancerous nature. 1 used different preparations, but nothing helped it. One bottle ot Hancock's Sulphur Compound cured me completely." To beautify the com plexiou, remove blackheads and pimples use Hancock's Sulphur Ointment. For sale by all dealers.? Adv. London and Its Lumber. Imiuion is the most conservative city in Europe, if not in the world. It loves its lumber. You may still see those notices attached to lamp posts which announces "Standing for Four Hack ney Carriages, or whatever the number may be, though for ten years tin one case, to my own knowledge for twenty-five) no vehicles of any kind have stood there. Perhaps it is as well that these relics should remain: they are a tiny part of our social history. They will probably remain when we are flying to dinner or the theater in omni-aeros. l'.y that time people won't know what "hackney carriage" meant, am! there will he discussions in the "Notes and Queries" of the period. For each generation hands down to the next certain nuts to crack. Catching Flies Pays Well. Catching Hies is affording a Shrevtv port (La.) man a profitable and independent living. lie sells them to the city board of health. His name is Hartsch, and his net revenue from the fly industry for the first two days of a recent week was $-4.20. When the health hoard began offering premiums for the flies, dead or alive, ltartsch purchased about 100'traps and placed then in fly-ridden sections of the city. Then he began making inroads on the health board's exchequer, and so well did lie operate that he bore the market price down from *>() cents to 20 cents a quart, for it is by that measure that the board purchases. Hartsch is still working* and he will work as long tts the treasury holds out. lie finds fly catching pays. Wears Little There. "Miss Slasher Is a stunning girl when she is dressed up." "I can't say anything about that. ' I've only seen her on the street." BEGAN YOUNG. Had "Coffee Nerves" From Youth. "When very young 1 begnn using coffee and continued up to the last six months." writes a Texas girl. "I had been exceedingly nervous, tinii una very sallow. After quitting colTee and drinking Posturn about a mentli my nervousness disappeared and has never returned. This is the more remarkable as I am a primary teacher and have kept right on with my work. "My complexion now is clear and rosy, my skin soft and smooth. As a good complexion was something I had greatly desired, I feel amply repaid even though this were the only benefit derived from drinking Posttim. "P.efore beginning its use I had suffered greatly from indigestion and headache; these troubles are now unknown. , "I changed from cofTeo to Postum without the slightest inconvenience, did not even have a headache. Have known coffee drinkers, who were visiting me, to use Postum a week without being aware that they were not drinking coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, "The Road to Wellvillo." Postum comes in two forms. Regular (must bo boiled). Instant Postum doesn't require boiling but is prepared Instantly by stirring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary* cup of hot water, which makes It right for most persons. A big cup requires more and some people who like strong things put in < a heaping spoonful and temper it 1 with a large supply of cream. ' Experiment until you know the i amount that pleases your palate and 1 have It aerved that way In the future. ( "There's a Reason" for Postum. International ! SUNMTSOlOOLi ! Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evonln., Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR JUNE 22 BLINDING EFFECT OF SIN. LESSON TEXT?Amos C:l-8. GOLDEN TEXT?"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live." Amos 0:14. Amos was the third of the minot prophets and prophesied concerninp Israel in the days of Uzziah, king ol Judab, about 790 B. C. His name means "burden" and his prophecy re veals a sore one. Though outwardly prosperous, and victorious upon tht battlefield, indeed Israel's "golden hRt*." yet this prophet reveals that it was an age of lead as well, for he shows that associated with nolitieal and material prosperity was a gross moral corruption; even as was the case in the declining days of the Ro man Empire and as was the state ol France just preceding the days of the French Revolution. This is certainly a lesson for our day. Blessed as we have been so abundantly, we need tc pause and examine the framework o our political and moral life. God's Proclamation. "Woo to them that are at ease in Zion" (verse 1). What an indictment and of how many can this be said in this present day. The state of Israel spoken of by Amos has come dowi through the ages.. We must not. ol course, suppose that all were in that state, but rather the majority. Any one at till interested or familiar with present-day church life knows how few are concerned with the fundamental work of the church, viz., seeking to save the lost. Not only our indiffer ence to those of heathenism but of out neighbors and companions. IIow much are we concerned w ith the groans and the cry of intemperance except per hap; to shed a few crocodile tears and straightway forget? But God by the mouth of the prophet proclaims "Woe." We are not called to "ease* but to work, not alone to enjoy but to suffer, Tim. 2:12. If we are tc escape the woe we must bestir our selves and not be at ease. This el course refers to the war being wage: against evil and not to any matter ol our personal salvation. I'hil. 4G, 7 R. V. Pet. 5:7. This is tin case of indif ference to God's honor and the peri of men out of Christ. The prophet then points to the na tions that bordered about (verse 2* and warns them that like as they had come and cone, risen to cintiwnro :inr power and sunken to obscurity and decay, so also will Israel unless it bestii itself. America is strong and prone but is just as weak as those that hav< gone before. We could not stand half-slave and half-free," no more eat we stand half-intoxicated and half sober. We may seek to put off the evil day (verse 3) but whatsoever wi sow that shall we also reap. Gal. 6:7 Israel relit <1 upon the fortified mountains round about, only to find latei such support to be a broken reed, for the day of reckoning came (9:101 Sinners scoff at warning, liell is a myth, judgment and death a long way off. 2 Pet. 3:1. Governments put oft the proper course of action for political reasons and the people perish Witnees intemperance in America opium (due to England's perfidityi in China, and slavery in Africa. Can God he a righteous God and overlook these things? "Where there is no vision (knowledge of the need and the re sourees at our command t the people P< rish," e. g., throw off restraint It. V. Prov. 29:18. Lacking a vision, nations, families and individuals alike perish. Rather than to face the issue (verse -1 > we give ourselves to case and to tho enjoyments of the sensual nature. "Because sentence against tin evil work is jiot. executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil" Keel 8:11; and so to the chant of music (verse 5) they drink Lewis of wine (verse G) and anoint themselves with choice ointments but are not concerned about the affliction of Joseph, . g., the chosen ones of God. Display of Wealth. Hero we have a terrific indictment. These people abounded in "superfluities" (marg.) suggesting something of the lavish display of wealth we are constantly beholding, each seeking to outvie the other, whereas God is calling the Christian to a life of simplicity as the price of power. The intemperate way some professed Christian: load up with diamonds, the straining to attract attention b> means of dress, as well as other forms of display, de- ' mauds that we pause and ask what ' will he the outcome, let alone the et- 1 feet upon the Kingdom. See 1 Peter ' 3:3, 4; I Tim. 2:0, 10; Luke G:24. 2."; ; Matt. 1G:24. "Therefore" (verse 7). "Pack o! every effect is an adequate cause." ' Pack of the fall of Pa by Ion was a cor- ! rupt court, back of the fall of Home an enervated, morally emancipated ' people; back of the fall of Jerusalem ' a disobedient race who trespassed once too often. In bringing this lesson before out 1 younger scholars vfc can tell the story J of Israel's outward prosperity and eull attention to the fact that like the tall , ' oak, if Its heart is rotten, it will fall , ' and decay. Emphasize various other * kinds of intemperance, in speech, N *ames, wealth, tobacco, etc. s. HIS HAIR TURNED WHITE BY FRIGHT Miner Is Seriously Hurt in Fall Down Shaft. WAS NUMBED BY GAS Tumbled From Ladder as Poisonous Fluid Fills His Lungs and Took Ktnnnth T.rrihl. I ~ Coal Mine When Almost Suffocated. St. Louis.?Charles Griner's terrible experience in a coal mine, when he was almost suffocated from noxious Kases. and in trying to escape fell twenty-five feet, turned his hair from a hue of jet to almost white in a single night. Many of his bones were broken from his fall twenty-five feet down the shaft to the slate floor of the mine, and the gas lie inhaled weakened him so be cannot recover from the shock as ho would otherwise. Griner was at work the other night In a coal mine near Hrighton. He had just fired a shot and bail entered the room to resume his work, when he realized that lie had used a larger charge of powder than usual, or the ventiluing system was net performing its functions so well as It should. lie worked for a few moments, and then realizing that the poisonous gases he was drawing into his lungs were overpowering him. He attempted to fight the feeling off. hut felt himself becoming dizzy. The fumes burned his throat and appeared u? eiose up the breathing tubes. lie dropped his tools and reeled toward the exit. His eyes burned as t!u> gas filled them and blinded him. He groped his way through tin blinding smoke and gas until he came to the ladder leading to the top of tin* shaft. His numbed brain told litin this lad der led to safety and good air. His hands grasped weakly the first rung he could reach. His weight appeared rrebled and his strength greatly dimln ished as he tried to draw himself up. He exerted every ounce of his strength and slowly and laboriously ascended, but when he had pulled himself up two score of the rounds, his strength departed and with a despair HGf! Plunged to the Stone Floor. incry he pluryrod to the stone lloor at the bottom of the shaft. Henry Molt, a fellow-minor, heard the cry. Calling others to help him, a stream of water was turned down the shaft, while Mott descended and carried the unconscious man to the top. CJriner was hurried to the hospital, where the doctors found that more than <n dozen fractures had resulted Placed on the operating table, his companions noted that his h.tir. which when he went to work that night was as black as the coal lie mined, had turned to the whiteness of the ash that resulted when it was coiisiinicrl. Physicians said the change Iii the color oceurred in all probability while (JriiK r was buttling on the ladder to fight his waj to freedom and safety. CALLS WOODPECKERS INSANE Because Birds Store Pebbles Instead of Acorns Professor Says They Are Insane. San Francisco. Cal. The wood peck rs of Sonoma county are suffering "rom a mild form of insanity, accord uk to a learned and erudite document ssued by the museum of vertebrae '.oology of the University of California. 1'be document say s: "The reason why Califirnia wood rckers in the vicinity of Sonoma maintain would have stored pebbles nstead of the customary acorns is a nystery. We know that instinct .vorks as automatically .as tin alarm slock. In the failure of an acorn crop t would seem possible that the wood ipckers alight instinctively store some ither available kind of food, but to lave chosen stones instead of food rarries the analogy too far. It seems is though any bird with the Intelligence of the California woodpecker vhlch would make the same mistake >ught to be classed as insane." t BOILED EGGS BETRAY THENl' Nationality of Diners Is Shown in , . Their Various Methods of Eating. Sherlock Holmes might have figured this out, but he did not! Tho average Englishman will alI ways demand his egg boiled Just , three minutes, then he places it in an egg cup. just large enough to have the egg fit it. taps the top of the shell, and removes the broken shell with his fingers. The egg Is eaten a spoonful at a time. A Frenchman, much like the Englishman, likes his eggs of three min' 1 utes. exactly. He then "peels" them. places them in a glass, stirs and 1 ' mixes well together with salt, pepper and butter. He makes a practice ot i dipping bread into the mixture, and eating it along with the eggs. A Spaniard wouldn't think of letting his egg Hoi 1 more than one minute. He then breaks it, and lets the con tents run into a. glass, and consumes it as if ho were drinking a glass ot j , wine. An egg is only fit in an Italian's : estimation when it has been placed in cold water, and removed just as the water begins tq boil. He then breaks it, pours it on a plate, and proceeds to sop it with bread. The German, like the Italian, demands his eggs as near the liquid state as possible. He breaks his eggs ; in an unsightly cup. and scoops the liquid out as if it were soup. The American is about the only one who prefers his eggs boiled hard. When they are served up to him. he knifes them in half, removes the contents into a glass, after which he adds a plentiful supply of pepper, butter and s.ilt. He then minces the eggs line, mixing them well with the spires, and eats thetn with his toast. HEAD A MASS OF PIMPLES Hyattsvillo. Md.?"My little boy was tnken with an itching on the scalp. There was an ashy place on his head about tluv size of a ten-cent piece, and the hair was falling from this placo by the roots. In about ten days all over his head were these ashy spots which looked liko ringworm, but wore porous-like. The Itching and burning made him scratch a great deal. His head had gotten so that it was just a mass of mattery little pimples all heaped on each other, and when I took off his night-cap. the hair and tlesli came off at tho same time. I really thought he would lose his whole scalp. He couldn't sleep for five weeks. It would itch and burn until I thought > he would go into convulsions. "I used different soaps and salves to no satisfaction. Then I decided to use the ("uticura Soap and Ointment. Finally 1 noticed he begun to sleep all night. 1 used one cako of ('uticura Soap and one box of ('uticura Ointment and he was entirely cured. Ho has a better growth of hair now than he had at tirst." 4 Signed) -Mrs. Ida S. Johnson, Mar. 20, 1912. ("uticura Soup and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 22 p. Skin Ttook. Address post-card "Cuticurn, Dept. L, Boston." Adv. A Relic of History. A newly rich woman, who was anxious to make a favorable impression in her neighborhood, decided to show her collection of antiques to the bishop when he called The time came, and one by one she displayed the whole collection, giving him the his j tory of each piece. "There." she said, pointing impressively to an old yellow teapot, "that teapot was used in lite Host on tea party." For the Ircning Board. Fad the ironing board with a thick] quilt or old blanket, thou lay the ' board on the table and cut a piece of 1 heavy muslin so it will lit tin- board loosely. Seam it up. leaving the slip open at each end Make two of these slips and change them frequently, says Mother's Magazine. Titus the 1 ironing hoard is always clean, and the padding will not have to he changed j mr mourns. Broken Heart Caused Death. A broken heart, caused by violent boat inn duo to sudden emotion, was I said by a doctor to be responsible for the death of Alexander Harness, sixty-four, a master tailor,, at a London inquest Harness fell and died during an altercation with a foreman cutter as to the ownership of certain articles which he was about to remove from his former premises to new ones. It Would Seem So. "What do you consider the m< if Im- , port ant event in the history of I'aris?" I asked the obsequious landlord of the American tourist "Well," replied the tourist, who had grown weary of distributing tips, "so far as financial prosperity is concerned, I should say the discovery of America was the making of this town." No Chance for an Argument. "Waiter, how do I know that i>: horse meat instead of beef?" "You probablj don't, sir; all kind? (if people come hep- to eat nor* mii is iictn acuk? Trv lllrkn' C.MTDINK. It's li<|iinl ? p'cnnnut to take effect m lmmediat<* to prevent i Hirk arid Nervous Meud.telies uKo. Yonr money Iwk If nol witlntletl. Ilk*., uutl 60c. at mfuioiuc stores. Adv. i No woman is ever really happy nn J less she feels that some oilier woman , envies her. * PUTNAM Color more gooda brighter and fatter colore t' in .ui?> dre any garment without ripping apart. Wire f- r 4 New York's New Poatofficc. New York's new $0,000,000 poBtoflice building, a massive pile of pink granite five stories in height and two blocks long, facing the rear of the Pennsylvania station, is the greatest building of its kind in the world. From the curb to the tniininut nlopo of granite is 101 feet. There are 1G5.000 cubic feet of granite, 18,000 tons of steel. 7,000,000 bricks and 200,000 square feet of glass in the building. The main corridor, corresponding in length to the outside colonnade, is a combination of buff marble, white plaster and glas6. two stories high, 20 feet wide and 280 feet long. There are 400,000 square feet of working space withing the building.?Popular M echanicB. BUSINESS WOMEN Often ignore their weakness and work under forced strain, thus preventing certain organs from performing their regular functions. BURDUCO LlVElt POWDER is a purely vegetable preparation and relieves Constipation, Torpid Liver, Sour Stomach, Indigestion, etc.. and assists nature in restoring normal conditions. it is better than Calomel and will not Salivate. Price 2it cents in screw top cans. Manufactured by Harwell & Dunn, Charlotte, N C.?Adv. To Identify the Corpse. In the blanks which life insurance companies provide their medical examiners for use in recording the data of the examination of the applicant for insurance, they provide a space for personal marks which may be used to identify (lie insured after death. A western company recently received a report from an examining physician with the following in the identification blank: "lie lias a strong Cornish ac? cent." Lippiucotts. Meteorite Falls Near Woman. A meteorite weighing 117 pounds was? recently the subject of discussion in chemical cin les in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tlie stone fell in Zululaud a few months ago, and was not only noticed by an eye witness some l.'? miles away, hut fell within a few feet ot" a native woman, who gave information which led to its discovery. The meteorite cannot so far be broken. it is known, however, to contain platinum. Regulation Weight. There is only one way to regulate body weight, and that is by the natural method by diet, exercise, bathing, etc b\ alimentation and elimination. The nostrums advertised to take otT flesh without change of diet are all dangerous, lie sure of that, and avoid them. The same dicvt that will put tlesli on a thin man will take flesh off a fat one. In other words, a natural diet produces a natural condition of the body. KOll MM.AKIt. < 'If I I.I.N. KICVKH Cold.' and Li tirippe take i:ti\lr llakrk, a prevent;:!! v. and remedy. "I have d 'Kllxir llnhrk* for four year~> for .Malaria, and found it all that la claimed for u Without it 1 would he obliged to change my residence, an 1 can not t k. iiuinine in any of its form. .1 .Mohll. ton. Four-Mile Hun. \'a Kllxir II:.le*K r.O cents. all druggist. or by Pare. Is Post prepaid from K loi /.'"ivskl < *o. Washington. I>. C. Her Birthday Anniversary. "I hear you had a blowout at your house last night," said Kicks. "Yes; a little birthday party," replied Kicks. ."It wits the eleventh anniversary of my wife's twenty-fifth bin hday." RUG-MY-TISM Will euro your Rheumatism and all kinds of aches and pains?Neuralgia, Cramps, Colic, Rpralns, Bruises, Cuts, Old Sores, Horns, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne. Price 25c.?Adv. Solicitous, lie I wish I had money. I'd travel. She How much do you need?? Judge. 'I'll#* IIphI II'?t \\?*>ilh? r Tonic |R(ivi s T \STKI i 88 ? T.ii: TONIO cnrlchm tin* .i in | 1 ?ii 11 I h i) i? i)i< \\ hole iy?i( if), i?l tt will wonderfully atrrnRthrn nrnl fortify > ?*! to wlthntfUMi the* dcprnilnK effect of th? li??t flumincr f.Oc, r.ven me aetor doesn't have to play one night stands to realize that life Is a (looting show. ii HIM?Bill II? I IlitiHI IBMII Save th INFANT MORTALITY is something of all the children lK?rn in civil or nearly one-quarter, dio l>efor jxrcent., or more than one third, in;! they are fifteen! We do not hesitate to say that a majority of these precious lives. Nei of these infantile deaths are ocrasione Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups ? more or less opium or morphine, deadly poisons. In any quantity, th< to congestions, sickness, death. Cast you must see that it hears the signal causes the hlood to circulate properly, pores of the skin and allays fever, genuine Custoria always bears the 8 yr^AR.A< (fcy'yfcyH If not sold by your druggist, on receipt of price. Arthur Hoolki Aping, Hlihrthand ami tho (^umnrrrl ?n.-? <1 trnelKm. Olio tif iho tnU mont r?lla jrttruilNiro, North CnruJiuA, for InformAUoD FADELE >tl.rirlyr. One 10c package colors all fibers. Thevdj tree booklet How to Dye. Bleach and Mix Colon THIS WOMAN HAD MUCH PAIN WHEN STANDING Tell# How Lydia E.Pinkham's i Vegetable Compound made Her a Well Woman* I Chippewa Falls, Wis. ?"I have al wr ajo u?u giw, uiiuiuence in Lyaia Ei. P Pinkham's Vegeta- t ble Compound as I found it very good for organic troubles and recommend it highly. I had displacement, backache and pai na when standing o a my feet for any length of time, when I began to take the ?? ?'medicine, but I am in fine health now. If I ever have those troubles again I will take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." ? Mrs. I En. Ferkon, 816 High St., Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Providence, R. I.?"I cannot Bpeak too highly of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegi etable Compound as it has done won* | ders for me and I would not be without 1 it, I had organic displacement and i bearing down pains and backache and was thoroughly run down when I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It helped me and I am in the best of health at present. I work in a j factory all day long besides doing my housework so you can see what it haa donb for me. I give you permission to ; publish my name ami I speak of your Vegetable Compound to many of my friends." ? Mrs. Arril LawsoN, 126 Lippitt St., Provid ;nce. It. I. r The Man Who Pal the E E s lp F E E T < i I r Look, for This Trade-Mark PlO Ic ms. turc on the Label when buviusr Mgfoi ALLEN'S F00T=EASE IPSErfEa_j The Antiseptic Powder for Tea. Trade Mj?i k. der. Achilla l'eet. Sold every. where, ZSc. Snmnle 1'RHIt. Addres*. ALLEN H. OLMSTED. Le Hoy. N. V?~" HAROLI) 80&1ER8. 180 D.Kalb Av. . Brooklyn. N. T. S~\ t? pnarantrril to irlr? /w, /v?*a fwllent Hatlafnotlon. IW Write u* for coplea of * C~"*^tUTTf-Cf^ treivtincntu from people who hnvc been KIDNKV AM) benefited. 2.V and 600 ltllKtl.M ATISIU ?' yo?r dealer? or KKMKItV direct from rydale remedy co.. Newport news.va. ffe a KODAKS finish'inq ML in? Send fc.- catalogue and prlren. G..L. HALL OPTICAL COMPANY Norfolk Richmond Lynchburg, V*. j Charlotte Directorj' k^rvTYPEWRITERS New. rebnllt and iecond hand. 817.00 lo^SSflTon l?p ami guaranteed allafactorj. We jgffjp-tg t ' Hell supplleti for all makes. Wo repro all make*. NaJS/ ' i uunos kioiruf. tk.ri.cu, ?.c MONUMENTS B Flrat cIdhh work. Write for price*, r W^Mecklent ura Marble & Granite Company ??IP Charlotte. North Carolina /e\ tffiPjAtf DEVELOPING and fit? FvUUAIV FINISHING | H. I, J Write for our price Hat. Complete .took I of Ka.--liiian Koduk. unci Htnpltoa. w. I. VA N NESS A CO. <43 N. T, ryou .Streot.Churlotte, N.C. e Babies. ; frightful. We can hnrtily reallzo that ized countries, twenty-two per cent., e they reach one year: thirty-eeven [ore they are five, and one-half before timely ubo of Castoria would save a niur uu wo nesuate to Bay that many <1 by the u?o of narcotic preparations, jold for children's complaints contain They are, in considerable quantities. ?y stupefy, retard circulation and lead oria operates exactly tho reverse, hut uro of Chaa. II. Hotelier. Castoria , openB the >f ^ Ignature of iv TO N ICniS will be sent by Parcels Post IpMMl Peter & Co., Louisville, Ky. BHsI si Hntacbei. Coimr* by mull. Ablo una crperible ?<-bo<>J? .in lbs itute. Writ* the School at before tukMts s biutlness eonrse. Mo vsesUoaa SS DYES re in cold water better than any other dye. You cas l MONSOr OBUO COMPANY, tfslsty.MC