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gjg|p'?r-- T A SERMON FOR SUNDAY + AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED THE UNIVERSAL IN RELIGION." Tbe Rev. C. t. Palmer Directs Attention to Certain Forms or Doctrines Common to All?Kver.v System of Religion Has Some Conception ot Goil. KINGSTON, X. Y. ? In the Reformed ^ Churc-h of the Comforter on Sunday morning the Rev. C. L. Palmer preached a scholarly discourse entitled "The Universal in Relieion." Tylor, in Primitive Culture, says: "He 0 who only knows one religion can no more understand that religion, than he who oniv understands one language can master that language.By which he means, that oue cannot adequately appreciate any system of faith and practice without some knowledge of the history, doctrines and customs of systems other than his own, any more than one can master his native tongue without any knowledge of its cognates. It is undeniable that a study of the various ft systems discloses a religious substratum and phenomena, of which no intelligent student is willing to be deprived. The population of the world is estimated at 1,392,000,000. Of this number 100,000.000 are pagan or heathen, which represents the very lowest grade of humanity. There are supposed to be 175,000,00^ Brahmans. The nominal and professed foliowers of Buddah and Confucius are estimated at 420,000,000. Mohammedans number more than 200,000,000. Christians, including Roman Catholic, Greek Church and Protestant, are computed at 400,000,000. The wh?!e of Eastern Asia is occupied by the Buddhists, India by the Brahman?, Africa, Australia and the South Sea Islands by the pagan tribes. Parts of Europe, Asia and Africa by the Mohammedans, the largest part of Europe and America by Christians. The conservative classifications of the religions of the world were such as these? true and false religions, natural and supernatural, pagan and revealed, spiritual and superstitious. Such a classification is not only confusing to the student of compara? tive religions, but is unjust, for every system contains some truth. A better Classification is: 1. Tribal. 2. Ethnic. 3. Catholic. The tribal includes all systems which have no ritual, priesthood, V, creed, sacred writings, architecture or music. The ethnic religions are confined " * to one nation; such, for example, was the religion of Egypt, which for a thousand years was limited to its national borders. The'system of Assyria was confined to \ Assyria; the religion of Greece was conr fined to the Hellenic race; that of Rome to the Romans; of Confucius to China; Brahmanism is confined to India, and the faitb of the Eddas was limited to the Scandinavian or Teutonic races. The Catholic systems, in spirit and method, knqw no limit in either time or territory. They aspire to conquer the world. Such were Moses, Zoroaster, Buddab, Mohammed and Jesus. Ethnic religions were evolved out of their own life. ' ^ Catholic systems were formulated, introduced and promulgated by an inspired prophet. It is not my purpose to trace the origin of religion, the evolution or development, or to compare the merits of each, out to very briefly direct attention to certain forms or doctrines common to all. Such conception is either just or unjust, true or false, right or wrong, though no faith, even among the most decraded, is ena tirely destitute of some truth concerning Cod. Christianity is the one system which , has an adequate disclosure of the attributes of Jehovah, because Jesus became incarnate the reveal the Father. "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father." And even Christianity cannot condense in a single definition a comprehensive description of the Supreme Being, for the idea is not simple but complex. The lowest conception of (jod is known as animism, which is belief in spiritual powers as opposed to materialism. It is the unformulated notion of the most undeveloped tribes, and * has no place in the Christian system ex** cept as clarified and perfected in angelology and demonologv. Polytheism is found principally in the ethnic systems. In Egypt the divine elements were seen dwelling in nature. The Greek deities were not personifications, but persons, divine men and women. In the Vedic \ Ilymns of India the forces of nature are spiritualized into objects of reverence and f love. The most marked form of pantheism appears in the Hindu religion, which is in its extreme development, that the universe is God, and God is the universe. Christian science savors of it. The doe* trine of the divine imminence may be so forced as to eliminate th& personality of God. Ditheism is belief in two hostile powers which was a tenet of Zoroastrianjsm. Triads appear in the ethnic and Catholic systems. The Christian doctrine of the trinity is a necessary and natural conception of God, and becomes clear if it is understood to represent Him as one in essence but three in form. Monotheism is principally characteristic of the Catholic systems, though traces are found in the pagan and ethnic. Deeply imbedded in every heart is the convit.?on or an Almighty personality, and that such personality is back of all forms and images, and that the latter becomes efficacious because N of the power of God. Ah possible theories about the origin ol the universe are reducible to four. 1. ^ That it had no beginning, but ha; always existed either in its present or anouier form. While the eternity of matter has been advocated by some it has never be1 come a popukr belief, and it does not appeal to modern science. But among the primitive tribes we presume, many think of the handiwork of God without commencement and culmination. 2. That it came by a process of evolution. This theory had been modified in recent years by Biblical scholars and philosophical thinkers, with the result ot a most hearty acceptance on the part of some thorough ^ studenas and devoted scientists. 3. An~ other view is that it came by a process of emanation. The difference between evolution and emanation seems to be, that the former is a growth up to and including a certain completeness, while the latter .began "with the dark abyss of infinite being, and by means of a series of emanations or fallings away from this inconceivable first essence, gradually reached an intelligent Creator and an intelligent creation." This 4L theory is Oriental in its origin, appearing first in the cosmogonv of the Hiudus. 4. Conservative Christian scholars are divided on this doctrine. Some hold that God created, that is, actually made. % brought into existence, the material out of which all things were formed. Other* hold that He simply cut. carved and fashioned the universe out of pre-existing ma ^ terial. It is difficult to say just what forr? is acceptable to the majority of Christian scholars. Evolution as we now understand it is certainly accepted by men whose sin? cerity we cannot question and whose schol^ arship commands universal admiration. There is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth it understanding. The lowest and most ignorant pagan, and the most intelligent Christian is barn in possession of it. The practice of the human family from the very first confirms * the statement, "that the spirit of man goeth upward." All believe in ';t spirit world and that access is had to it through prayer. Men pray either because they obtain what they rsk for, or because the act * 4 a blessing in itself. The Sioux Indians i prav?"Spirits of the dead, have mercy eu , us.'5 The Zulus of Africa pray to their * ancestors?"People of our house, people of our house; cattle. People of our how.,1 good luck and health." A Delaware Indian prayed thus?"O Great Spirit above.! ^ have mercy on my children and my wife. h*. - eysgict'"I iL -. **7, - --v.-.; * Let them not mourn for me. Let me succeed in this enterprise, slay my enemy, return in safety to my family and friends, , that we may rejoice together. Have pity 011 me and protect mv Jifc."* The negro 011 the gold coast prayed?"God give me to-day rice and yams, give me slaves, riches and wealth. Let me bo brisk and swift." The Karens of Burmah pray to the harvest goddess thus?"Grandmother! thou guardest my field look out sharp for thieves, i If they come bind them with this rope." I Such arc a few forms used by the childlike I races; the ethnic systems disclose a higher and more enlightened conception of invocation. The Yedic hymns are filled with adoring homage?Of which God now, of which of the immortals, shall wc invoke the amiable name? Let us invoke the amiable name of Aaiti. Agni, the gcd of fire, is addressed as the Divine Monarch. In 1 China the worship of ancestors is constantly practiced. On an Assyrian tablet arc found these words: "May I never feel the anger and wrath of God.'' The ancient Mexicans addressed God, "The God by whom* we live, Thou omnipresent, Who knoweth all out thoughts, and giveth all gifts." They baptized^ children with this formula. "Let these ho'.y drops wash away the sin that it received before the founda- i tion of the world, so that the child may be new born." In the Catholic religions we discover an element less conspicuous than in the others. It is pardon for past sins, reconciliation with God and growth in grace. It would be interesting to trace under this division the practice of sacrifice, hvmnology and other forms that enter into worship, but we pass on. Inspiration implies that man must have ] a capacity to be inspired, which makes it ' a human faculty and therefore common to all. Inspiration in its largest sense is the sight of inward truth, a truth which is seen within the mind. A thought will come while one is walking, conversing, reading or meditating. It is a kind of inspiration. Poets have been inspired to 1 write poetry. Scientists have been inspired to formulate the sciences, musicians to compose music, Columbus to discover, ! Newton and Edison to both discover and invent. Inspiration differs in quantity J and auality, religious being the highest. The Vedas and Zend Avesta are considered inspired by their cult. The Mohammedans believe the Koran is inspired of God and therefore infallible, and Christians make the same contentions for the Scriptures. There is a low and crude form of inspiration among the undeveloped races, wnioh. is not committed to writing. The Samoieds of Siberia have diviners who work themselves into a frenzy before delivering ora- < eles. The notion of inspiration appeared ! in the insanity of the Pythian priestess and the Greek diviners who fell into i trances. In the religion of Greece it appeared as an alien element. The wi.d dances of the Bacchantes, the shriekc and self-lacerations of the Corybtantes were considered forms oi inspiration. In the Hindu religion it appears in the Yoga, that is one who seeks God by withdrawing > from the things of sense. Painful posi- j tioDj are assumed, contortions of the limbs, j suppression of breath and other incred- ] ible mortifications. The Greenlander has his prophets, who abandon the converse of < men and remain in fixed intensity of thought until they hear and see the spirits. Balaam was compelled to utter an invol- J untary pro..hecy, and tne priests of Baal 1 cut themselves with lances. Sometimes in ] our own country, at protracted meetings, i men have the "jerks." The Shakers dance, the Mohammedans whirl. These seem ab- ' surd to us, but they disclose this, that all 1 mankind would ascertain the will of God. j From time immemorial the human race , has had some intimation of an endless life. The most degraded savages and the 1 most enlightened philosophers share the conviction that death does not end all. j ] The Hottentot and the Fiji Islander agree 1 with Plato and Aristotle. The Esquimaux , hi the Arctic circle, the native of Siberia, ; the Australians, the Patagonians believe that the grave is the cradle of another life. All the religions of antiquity believe ! j in immortality, Egypt, China, India, Per- j eia, Greece, Rome, Mexico, Pern, the Tar- | ; tar trihos of Central Asia, the necro?s of ; ! Central and Western Africa and the lsl- ; anas of the Pacific, all contend that while the body returns to dust, the spirit goes ' to God, Who gave it. The North Amer- '< ican Indian believes in duplicate souls, j one remaining with the body, the other departing during sleep. It has been claimed by some that Buddhism is an exception, but it is not. The reaching or Buddh'sm is to annihilate by the destruction of desire. It is not claimed that this is successful, but that the spirit becomes incarnate in one form or another until it!] rests in Nirvana. The transmigration of j ( souls was taught by the religion of Egypt, j hence they embalmed their dead. It is j found in Brahmanism, among the Greek I 1 philosophers?Pythagoras, Empedocles and j Plato. By the Neo-Platonists, Jewish j Cabbala, Arab philosophers, by origin and ! other church fathers. Also by the Gnos- 1 tics, Manicheans, Druids and in more recent times by Fourier;. Christianity be lieves in eternal life, and that Jesus be- ' came flesh, not only to disclose God, but j J to bring life and immortality to light. < Man is a moral being, because he has a , i moral nature. He has a moral sentiment, i . moral ideas and a moral power. The ! moral sentiment is the sense of right and j J wrong, which produces a feeling of duty I < and obligation. Moral ideas consist in the J ] belief that certain acts arc risrht. others i wrong. Moral power is the ability to do 1 ! the right and not the wrong. Reeling, , thought and will cannot be elirnin- j ; inated front any moral test. Even , the childlike races have some conception j , of right and wrong, though often very j j much below the Christian standard; j 1 enough, however, to be classed among j j those who are not without God. But j ] few, if any, have been discovered without : enough moral ability to say yes to the i * right and no to the wrong. It is no; de- j < nicd that the moral standard is different ' in each system, and that what may be j right in one may be wrong in another, j The temples of India and China encourage j vices which arc too low to mention. The j . underlying principle of Brahmanism is to j gratify every desire. The test of Chris- | tianity is the type of life it produces. Tne j liberal, consistent, devoted Business man. j father, brother, son. the position o: , ' mother, sister, daughter, the Christian ; ; home, school, hospital and the National ; < flag. They arc the result of the code cf ; ' ethics?the Bible. One has only to read ; any of the standard works on the life of J . the nations in order to be convinced that . j Christianity is capable of producing the 1 1 ideal life. That while every system con- ; tiiins some truth. Christianity is the truth, i The religious world is passing through a I great change. To just what we are com- ' ing no one is confident, though the indi- ; cations are that Christianity is destined j to encircle the globe. ; 1. Christianity is the one system that 1 is making civilization. We lament the indifference and ana thy on the part of Chiistians, but it is not to be compared with , the lethargy of heathenism. 2. Christianity is destined to spread, because it has the Bible, church, Sabbath, and has produced a type of civilization that satisfies the enlightened mind and renewed heart. j 3. All the aggressive systems have the inspiration of an inspired prophet. We have the greatest of them all. Christ is ; seeking ine nations, rnd they are seeking liim. t > i 4. Christianity not only contains a'? the truth of all other systems, b?,f-- much not possessed by others. j j ^ Be not anxious about to-morrow. Do to- < day's duty, light to-day's temptation and . do not weaken and distrust yourself by J looking forward to things which you cannot see and could not understand if you ] saw them.?Charles Kingsiey. r ?> Jv' > r V'--- ' ' > */ v '-'vvr ** ^ ^ -v.. n - - - . * > Gravel Good. The air is full of talk about croc roads, writes T. E. Richey, in XI Epitomist. It is "good roads, goc roads" everywhere you go. But isn it about time something practical wi coming to pass? All talk with 110 r suits amount to nothing, so let us g' down to the root of the matter. Ho are we to really have good road? Well, I have seen many plans teste but this 1s the best of all: Make goo' deep ditches 011 each side of the roa to carry off all water, in digging ti ditches throw all dirt into the ro.n and add enough from other sources 1 elevate the roadbed to a good heigl above the ditches. The roadbed shoul be eighteen feet wide, and should I highest :n the centre and slopir slightly each way so as to drain a water into the ditches. Cut ddwn fl bill and fill up the hollows. As a rai road company had rather pull a trai four miles up a steep grade so it is vast deal better to observe this ru for wagon roads. And now to mal the roads permanently good grav them good. Better macadamize tliei if at all practical. But at least grave and that with thoroughly good^ravc If parts need tiling be sure to tile tliei and do this properly. Let every hour work be well done. There is vast] more truth than poetry in the ol adage that "what is worth doing at a is worth being well done." Fill in a small ruts when they first appear, is much easier done then than when foot deep. Besides, it might save wagon or buggy wheel from beir broken or a liorse from being cripplei It might even save a human being limb or even his life. Importance to Rural Districts Martin Dodge, Director of Publ Road Inquiries in the Federal Depar ment of Agriculture, recently made a address, in which he dwelt upon tl importance of roads to the rural di tricts. He spoke of the concentratic of population and wealth in cities, i virtue of an economic law which ca: not be resisted. This is hard 011 tt country communities, but somethir may be done to offset it. Cheap tran portation is profitable alike to city an country. But in the country the v hide propelled by animal power ov< an ordinary road i!5 about as expensn as it was 100 years ago, costing tc cents a uiiie for passengers awl twei ty-five cents: a ton for fteigijfc Bi by the concentration of wealth in tl towns the country ia deprived of tt m n c r\f miHn" Tnnrls ak cnnd i [uvuittf v * ' CJ ~ ~ ? they should be. New boards of trac ind chambers of commerce in the ci ies are beginning to declare that the are Trilling to contribute to a gener; fund for the purpose of improving tl highways of the country, no part < it to be used in the cities. Mr. Dodj also spoke with approval of natiom aid to road building. Ancient and Modern Road?. Among the men whose names wi live as long as civilization exists that of John L. Macadam, the roa builder. Not only has his "name bi come a part of the English languag but the kind of road which he bui has been adopted by all civilized ni tions. The ancient Romans bui stone roads, but they were differei from and vastly more expensive tha the macadam roads of modern time Ihey built a substantial foundation < L-oc-k, sometimes several feet in deptl and then covered it witn a pavemei of large, fiat stones. % This kind of roa will outlast any other. Indeed, son; parts of the Appiau Way, the buildin Df which was begun three centurn before Christ, are still in use and i good repair. It remained for John 1 Macadam, a modern Englishman, 1 prove that the great expenditure < time and money required in the buih ing of the old Koman roads was largi ly wasted. He demonstrated that smooth, hard, enduring road could t built of crushed stone a few inches i ilepth. properly spread and compacte on a foundation of earth. Building l'oad* Right. Albert Lewis, of Bear Creek. Pa who makes his winter home in S Augustine, Fla? has set an examp. in road improvement which may I followed advantageously in one degrc mil another in many parts of tt country. Mr. Lewis likes to driv When he came to St. Augustine. a< ccruing to a dispatch from that cit: lie found such poor facilities for li favorite sport that he bought aboi ' ^ L?? 'I .*+ lV?In 1UIAI acres 01 iuiiu at jiuuxuic JL VU? built u fine drive to bis property, an is now building public roads in tb neighborhood of his own drive. -1 his own expense and using bis ow Improved road machinerv, he is n building the Moultrie road, and bn planted along a drive of about fi\ miles cabbage palm trees. He ha ilso shown r. disposition to give in: tcrlal aid to the county authorities i their work on the road. One man ( that kind is worth a hundred resoli tions and is a splendid example c enterprise and vigor.?Southern Fan Magazine. A Xew System. They are discussing i:i England lew system of road bu'iding, whic ivouid save a large percentage in th :-ost of construction. Instead of tl: present method of convex surface ivitk a gutter at each side it is pr( insed to build concave, roads with ;.mcr iu the middle. '--v-iA'-'C:,VV . ~i v * wFi Mil f The Unsociable Englishman. | If there are three Englishmen and | three empty railway carriages the J train will leave the station with one j Englishman in each carriage. It has j always been held that this proves the unsociability of the English. It really i proves their good feeling. They do : not resent the presence of strangers . i in the very least, they only feel if Kl j they are in the position of a stranger e j to other people they will be lowering |(a j the tone, spoiling the manners and t j blasting the intellect of the other peo1C ! pie. The most social train?that is to IS j e. j say, the train best devised in the et J interests of soc ety?would consist vv 1 largely of cells, made to seat one I person only. It has often been sugA* | gested that when two strangers meet j' j in a railway train they might become ^ s temporary acquaintances and speak ie i to one another. But this is absurd. One never wants to make the act0 I quaintance of people one does not ! know.?London Sphere. Id )o The Study of Nature. ig I confess I have not much sympathy 11 with the laboratory study of nature ie except for economical purposes. Nail ture under the dissecting knife and in the microscope yields important sell crets to the students of biography, but le the unprofessional students want but :e little of all this. I know a young el woman who tcok a postgraduate in course in biology at a noted summer >J, school, and the one thing she learned >1. was that certain bacilli were found ai only in the aqueous humor of the s eyes of white mice. The world is full ly of curious facts like that, that have Id no human interest or educational valII ue whatever.?John Burroughs, in 11 Country Life in America. It a WHAT SHE SAID. a "George, dear," she said, with a blush, "do you know that Mr. Simp,' son asked me last night to be his s wife?" "Well, I like his Impudence. 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Winchester Repeating {1 Arms Company :o show at their exhibit the high development which they have f" reacheain the making of guns and atnmui'? nition, and one needs only to see the exis hibit to realize how near to perfection .i. that development has come. There can t be seen the new automatic repeating rifle, L all kinds of shotguns, the modern smoked less powder sho:gun shells and rifle car;a tridges; in fact everything that can interest I the devotees of hunting and trap and target shooting. Don't fail to *ee the exhibit i at the Manufacturers and Fish and Game E- Luildings. It's veil worth your while. Mrs. Dearinger, of Tav?orsviiie, in., ? j y eighty-seven, anl has 271 descendants. is l' WORLD'S FAIR ST. LOUIS, 11 >f Louisville and Nashville Railroad. II you are going to the World's Fair you Q want the best route. The L. & N. is the Bhortest, quickest and best line. Three trains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping j :t Cars and Dining Cars. Low Bate Tickets ll sold daily. 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Price 25c&nd$l a bottle. ?$ Dropsy I tS SftiftrK ail swelling in 8t0?0 days; effects a permanent cure Ay* >< . in jo to 60 days. Trial treatment /j {Sn given free. Nothingcan be fairer Write Dr. H. H. Green's Sons. . ' Specialists, Box B Atlanta. St. y^99hk RTPAXS TABULES at? the beet dj?pepsia medicine ever made. A hun, d^ed millions of them have been sold A\\ I in a single year. Constipation, hccrt(2. _<*- _ ,<.*?/ burn. srclc headache. (Lzzinees. bad breath, soro throatand every illness arising from a duo-dervd stomach WV arerellovcd or cored bv Ripans Tabnrtt 02e will generally give relief within twenty minutes. The f.vo ctiH package is enough for an ordinary occasion. All druggists sell them. 0 Give the name of this paper when writing to advertisers?(At27-04) Em Suggestions bv Dr. Hartman?How - .:J| to Combat the Nervous Depression . M Incident to Warm Weather. Nervousness is very common among t women. This condition is due to anaemio nerve centers. The nerve centers are the reservoir fo# nerve vitality. These centers become bloodless for the want of proper nutrition. f This condition is especially noticeable / during the warm season. Every sum- . mer an army of invalids are produced as a direct result of weak nervous systems* This could easily be overcome by the i use of Peruna. Peruna strikes at the yS root of the trouble by correcting the digestion. Perfect digestion furnishes increased nutrition for the nerve centres. 39 Perfectly digested food gives these reser* voirs of life a vitality which creates strong, iJB steady nerves, and in this manner fortifies and nourishes life. , . Miss Blanche Grey, a prominent young ' society woman of Memphis, Tenn.. in a recent letter from 174 Alabama street, viV';4^B writes: "To a society woman whose nervous force is often taxed to the utmost from tack of rest and irregular meals, \Vj?S 1 know of nothing which i&nf&o much ^ benefit as Pvruna. I took it a months ago when I felt my strength giv- . ing way, and It soon made itself man- ^ if est in giving me new strength and - 'Jg health.'-?Miss Blanche Grey. Pe-ra-na Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes is that it contains no narcotic of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquiring a drug habit. Pferuna does not produce temporary ' results. It is permanent in its effect. ;|s It has no bad effect upon the system, and gradually eliminates catarrh by rt- ^ moving the cause of catarrh. There are a multitude of homes where Peruna has been . used off and on for twenty years. Such * thing could not be possible .if Peruna con- "58 tained any drugs of a narcotic nature. 3E At this season of the year we are pe- ifSM 4| culiarly liable to inflammations of the '"-J stomach and bowels. It is the part of wie- ~J3H ^ dom to learn how to treat them short and -'-jaMB -|aj in the easiest and quickest manner. Pe- 'fjjgffy runa does this by its peculiar power over all forms of catarrhal troubles. uaranteed to Cure ' I ach and Resulting Disorders. Jj ___ (Acts on Bowels.) yspepsia Remedy. vl r Case. Box 138, Dept. C, ATLANTA, GA. , ^ HCERS AND CHBONIClLCEMriM ; that. The name and fame of Dr. Reynolds la thland on account of his wonderful success in ' i and Chronic Ulcers, and his associate Special->r their skill in curine Stricture, Varicocele, son. and all Chronic Deeo-Seated Disease* omen. Write uStay for our Medical Work, | xi blanks. Do not experiment with Quacks or I ^ when your health is at stake. L X>., 513 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. f ;? AL COLLEGE, GEORQUL*, yjjjl ning a dental education, write RTH BUTLER STREET. ATLANTA. QEORQI/L gyy BR MKROYU. :M ^emetueg. I Ahenlutelv Cures Jill INDIGESTION, CATARRH, NEC BAL*. "jjjHI! GIA, RHEUMATISM, BLOOD POISOW|| and al] other germ diseases. IOiias .been used for 20 years, and has 100,000 endorsements. IT WILL CURB YOU J | 1 Booklet on germ diseases free. GERM ETUER MEDICAL CO.. . Dept. C?Barnesville, Ga. "vSffl Malsby & Co.t|j 41 South Forsyth St, 1 Portable and Stationary ?| Engines, Boilers, :jJ Saw Mills 1 AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY | Complete line carried in stock for -M IMMEDIA TE shipment , $ Best Machinery, Lowest Prices and Beat Terms '/ >>^p Write us lor catalogue, prices, -.V^H etc.. before buvin^. FREE to WOMEN I A Large Trial Box and book of in* if structlons absolutely Free and Post* paid, enough to prove the value of PaxtineToilet Antiseptic i Pextine is la powder* >.'$$ ^ form to dissolve la y^lPB|^v wster? non-poisonous MEx andfarsapericrtoHqaid k .nfiwntlf? cMtatniflf ''<jH Th^0c?a8t'"tI* "4 gott farthef-^M^**** "^^9 The formula of a noted Boston physician* 4$ and used with great success as a Vaginal yjiM Wash, for Leucorrhcea, Pelvic Catarrh, Nasal ^ Catarrh, Sore Threat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, , 4^ and all soreness of mucus membrane. Ia local treatment of female ills Paxtine is , invaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash we I challenge the world to produce its equal for ~ [thoroughness. It is a revelation n cleansing I and healing power; it kills all germs which ''Kjgj ! cause inflammation and discharges. ! All leading druggists keep Paxtine; price, 50c. , %S i ah'ix; It yours does not, send to usforlt. Dont ...yf ; ta?e a substitute?there is nothing like Paxtine '/*JJ Write for the Free Box of Pmxtine to-day. * ;cS I E. PAXTOH CO., 7 Pope BIdg., Boston, Man. | ^ gal