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A SERMON FOR SUNDA? DM CiThAiiri,*- ? nn i-vjvxutiN i UlijUUUHSh BY THE REV. JOHN BALCOM SHAW, D. D. i>nliJocl : 1'lie Anli-Cnn Ulhlr?Hlttnr.r <tl M Volume of Holy Writ Timt l? in Cliuii'li AimihIb?Warning Against h ! Coiunioii T;|in ul (''wmlly I>ol?-rlnr?l Ion Xkvv Youk t'lTY.-The foi.'ou in;: xploii<li<l sermon wiw pnin-hcri Sunday inornm;; liy Utft Ucv. John liuleoni Sliaw. li is on1 i?!?*<s "Tlic Ash-Can Uifolc." iIi < test vas: Tlic wos'l of (Jo I win? h livoth ami uhiihtli forever1-i lVter Tlli< liri/?K- ullw" ? ! ? ' 1 1 v.?, ......vi tuiiii cm* wui'uh i nave rcail lYout it, h my IrxL Not thr Bible in genera! a? ? ilicme U> he discussed, but this particular Bibic coiinistiitK oi paper, printing .\inl binding, as an object lesson t6 lie fc I in* Hi'ole lias a history. It was a gift P> tho cimreh under tin; nniqnest condi* tiotin. Indeed 1 doubt if there is another church in the whole world that v.tmv by "ite |>ill|)it Mrlilo in the same or in anythiit;; like a cimihit- way. This is il ? liiafnrv -.r ' '""K ?? >v'.jit'inv: a woman. a pcwhu'dcr, but not a member o: tl'i< i-htuvh. came into tHe minister's ofilee, \\|>ci?> I was keeping the pastoral hour, anil handing iik? a package ncftiiy wrapped and tied, asked mc it' I o-oulii make use or its contents in any way. OnemiijjC the package and finding this beautifully no??i(! liib'.e inside. I. ut course, anmverc* nttinnaiivoly, and suggested that 1 hand ii on to Rome mission church or poor, sirii^.n'iiiiR congregation, for us e .is a pulpit Jtible. Slii- then toil mc its story. That morning upon coming out ol the apai uncut where she lived -.he spied an elegantly bound hod. <m the top ol' the a<h-e.m that IntooH rivalling the coming ol the a.'il'liiU'.e can. Veviins it. was a slmmc to\u)lo\\ wo fiuo h book l" In' <!i>ii?vc<l o: in tS.it- vmv, hIic M i iii i 1 iic ;i *h-<-ati .mi! vm iit'll ils tilV round Imva' i In-v. Wliai \vn her ama/.imen!', I<< : . Iter >vik*c >!' di'*i-rrat :<??, to f;.iiil it ?i.? a copy ol tin Holy fhblo! t>lif opnn-d i' . loiind lliat i.i','.'i'ii 1 leave* ))l'l TV I Ml' Oai 'IV ' ! itniODl ilU'! I lit? Ne?V hait been i hi >mi, iii'd I i\<\ expluital'oii to ln'r ii; ojico, ai i .\;>li'mil ion wliiili the jMi:loi" aili rikai il i'liliy lonl'inicd. It sfftiis .' !.!t ii ,".>i!i)':\, a|>jmr.'iil)v renin i.'itlc .tilt! well <li-j>us<?il. hiii! moved Inwuv Iroin I hi- : ;.:-i?moot ln>u-< (lie day )>* io <. ;iih! <lr?iritli; to throw ii way i?vny* llunjj !'??; v.ltM? i I icy l?;ul ?;o iim- iitiil wltic-li iiu:i i": I !?< hulk tlli'ir olfoi'tr', ilild Heil'.i d iljmn llif laniily It;)'!*' \vhi"li tin I In on in ill' .i lot us .t tiling that I.iil'ii !.' as Oasih .lloilt; without ] ii> iinyiiiinjr had <u. our ;h<* family 1 l-rcoiii i|i!" :| might not if lo.-!. ur.tl .-'ill I'm I.. <*;, ?In-..n to ti?/? i'l'iii or ,i? rul>oi.-li lo be i.iMi'.vu auay. I 1p. < i:t r !)ri-..u?o !?? had inili'il I cognizi; it or bo-aiisc lit had a l??\v (Miniate .>? tin- l?i))l<''s valui.'. had ili'j!it>itoii it in the ash-ran, am) was h.-ol.ii:/ tor ilsc city's cart lo r-inii1 at any moment anil ;. !;? it away. \ iiin,immediately ?ita -hod it i-cl' 10 t lie I j?:i it into Lite minis- i tee's toitiii in it wait: some providential op* 1 limiiinitv to liisposc of it. '1'h.r. opportu! 11 itv xv,,;- long in coming. When this new |?nl|)it #el in pluet* ti|ion my return it: \\;i- found that not one ol tin' thr<c pulpit Hiiiies iliiit. had been previously pieseined to the eluu'eh would lit it-* book hoard. I then went, to the nrini.-?tei\louii) and lr.,'ttj;ltl out tliii a>>h-ean Hihlc. It wits j;t-' tin- thing;. Hesiile* being ol I the riwlit si/' its gold edtfes and richly embraced coven niiitle ii ticculiarlv suitable to ii:mmt tiii plllpit, autl here it will .stuiul as a ni'tiioviii1 the pulpit a memorial to it J.uuily uho loved t!ie Bihlc, guided their l:\i- iii' iii'ty \car.s in tit;- columnnitv h\ it.- cuun*e|p, and s.ent forth into it ?<lrcai)i? m < ln-i<tian influence that will iievt t mi <ii,i ilic liihle which ro.st* upon iiir> )jiii|iu ii.in;; i<> us </i a latniiy ivJw Hitl^d into iicichbovW'ioil, and aitpr a lis' lr-> ?)i a lew inonlli>. more )>i ;iii i!i!\ (! i.i AiA)'(; lliaii a irw weeks, J." ?I n i v'.ii:" fi'itliont liavit:;: .iijvtlinm ki le'o/ii. |itrl vvIki lItotighl so little o! <>i?il una i, H)jric.t><. ?I^iiI m> laintly, *?? 1 only t4i |r,iil/tlu* m..i| It ivc.iwiird for ollifrs/ l.iil Hu v.five it iiulilol t'ov tiiestith.it ':i"V threw awny tin'ii lainily h'k! tr.nvml 011 to drug ilowu (lie re^ ll'ioiK. t< 111 < ..;ul tf.111 [if - .t:\: 1'? ..1 -.m:< "!mt ; f< !,?i;iiini(>. Robcri itinpr. In lii-' i: t |?irm, . " I !?< I! :\x .imiI t!? Jiool " ii tli.- 1 iry o; liinli.'i!.' 1..11 I null; a6 ' II in 1)?' h'quaiv me, aitd. .mor 1 ip.irting ils foi'trnls. lit- : us niii o iiis poet a.- in':-inu tipnn tii - lite. ?l: ir.tt u-r .tod liisi<>j \* 01 1 tie |.< . >:i limn . t>? w .t in 11 t! < nan a! iv , plKti lI'll 11':; \\ itll fliatK" ol I'N'ipii-It'MtriMiLth aii'l l'-.:iit\ .In- '> - ris o tin if ' t:. . ?v'- . , , . , I ill'.- i ?i.r .y ill- .n. cm ii; iio jmtiii :.'iii> wi111i.*i )iu I li ?v no mi Ii nU'in<:- i > \ilti':11! hut ii lint's > ! my -"ill t?i lin.-iaj I llio-i* liU|si,rr'> -ri':n (a niu l<> t.'il tin* | i Ii r,' !ik??ii.' ' .unl ;inili. T:ir\ i-iiliy i.;i' biii'ls O; i i' : in* tU'. liOr Ii.tory i/, ihi- IhiuI; I; iii.i . h.ivr Iki".. :l iloiilille.s w.iw. ii wt ililiiij. prr-cnl, ;i\ i pro'iiali;. by a |>! >ns ''athrv in! iimlln\ ioni{ -.11. i* omonvc tin' saintoil ilcail. I Lan Iwii in iii<- liutoc lliroiigu . I! tin* yt-.uin' Hiru* I'ninily hislun. ami ? :i11 hccuci" .is familiar an ultjiici .1- Sin' silx. on t'icir < iliii1 i>r li t |>ii-1ill' 1111.t.i i licit* walls. Au?'it' ami n^i.in ilif\ linl jx<uir l.i it, llii'f.n^li '.lie iia<--.in^ yea:1.- t<? iiit-> vibe \ i I If ' in i.? Mini imk<v? 1 lit* uvoril* ol lllrii bomi'. Willi tin il.iintHw. touch ilu-y lia<! , pur in men' own naini wnile lie lioi:ey moon wa.i ?ti!l on. I.iiici* when th tt lit , tie lift; ,i'ii?* to litem, tin"" iilM Iioiii. iltnl . <lt> glow ot |ia?-!* ?Iln?o:l (lllxiiod tli -ii >il!? i <i < with .i hiptism I'l'tiiii la.i'.cn, ll|ev ' clipped lilt! licit .is u into fOinc !(i\<; Ihiiil ' t ninl wrote on t w it it pritlc tilt- ileal liith . ' one'y iipvIv i Iioaod name. A lew M.n-i anil t!ie angel i.nn I mid tooU tin -..vecl xoul away. Tlio inn mhI over. i In* lather one evening \\?ipii they \ I'll' ii!o:ie antl the house iv.is silent wiii. i'iiioii^!i into the parlor, unknown t< hi* wife, initl put til tin* record. )cAni:ii* over i in* ojen book till the tears began to i 1.1 I lie poyf. .Hid tlien tut ti inn over a IV u 1 page* into tin* houk that adjoined the rc< | ?>vd. lie ri'.'il over ;md rtvov r.aain tlio>?~ ' ilrHf Mini III?;> v.oi'U. ''SuflV-r little elii! i ill en to ( (Hue unto Me. and l'oi bid them I not, jor o: siie'i v* tin* kingdom ol heaven." ! iitid thoHc nlin r >vov(l.< "i inseparably ai?Mi. ; viaieu ?ill? inf ill, I no11* ant(Cl* do I a In ax? iu-imM the i'hci ?"> M\ I'at.her '' It wa? lIn* Dibit*, too, ont. <?1 w iiii'ti iho minis- | , li v had n.nl ?L lIn: little one's funeral, \ Ami in tills and a hundred oilier wa\> it i had taken on .1 lia)lowedn<?-> mill buill it- . *e|f nitii tin- whole lite of tin' home. Hill h\r \.'ar> ago the family moved into } orl, .mil the decay of their brnoe . life began. Sentiment. ntnofi.ilion. memovy, though H.icird ,md teudtiy could not | run ft vara with the evanem el*', migralmy j life of ilie metropolis. They had moved often, aiiiI every Mint; they moved tliey IikiI ieil lOiiu'thiDK of their home life InI hind them. A|? ceased to ?ive. anything J its value; it wan the ease with which it could 1>p tramnoited iviiie.h determined that.. Th'ir religious life Jiad declined. and they never opened the ISihle of laic They had even neglected to record the la*l death that had taken place i? tin* family. 'Phe.y had been weaned from the church through frequent removal*, end leligiou* 1 thought mid feeling lmd IwoinC strangers \ to their heart*. Their consciences hud been dulled, and \ "what hf><! once seemed impossible to them .wjjK now eecond nnf.ure. Thoy n*ed to ^PL<%htnk thfer con Id never allow the Sunday l^xooper in ylieir home, but now they icatl ii Hhrmi<e)v^ ami allowed their children to H?ra<l it without the least qua ho of eou* ^EHpienrn. To stay away from church onto ^HHKag u?\v yen re ago an net 01 buekslid Ha, ^HHybui VP had not lung been in New York f ??!??? 'uuikiif j ?i 'vjiikhii iricii l tbc tacrcd tlireflhold, and yet it Rave them no compunction whatever. Tirru was, nnd not lonp since, wtien they wen ' most punctilious about sending their ehil ! dren to 8nnday-tK'hool. The wildest winr j and (he foulest weather would not j?as* j with them as an excuse for allowin-i Che i I boys and girls to stay nt homo. Then.' v.-.ss j no such strictness these last vein*, but weeks of Sabbat lis went- bv and failed t<? | rcoord a #jin>?Je present mark for any <>i tin? j children on the rolls of the Sunday ?,boo!. . , Therefore, sentiment gone, as-ooiation J I and memory havinc loosened llicir i j their religion* life having become :i thing ! o/" the past, ami their consciences having I prown s]iit;^i.?li. tlicy had no more u-sc for j (lie Old Hook. T< ?ai too bulky to mov: j they would keep the family record, but li?'? . I wnred pape* and covers which had given 1 it its inclosure and setting. they would i inrow awnv. i Were there ever a madder story? Ik : makes one ween to think of it. Ami yet if. is tlie story fit a thousand home- in thU , community, of a hundred thousand 'homes j in (his city. It is what some of you are , ! coming to. dear friends, unless- yon take | ! warning. I^et this Hih'e i.ive you such .1 . ! warning to-ninlii. May it over he a warn- . inc- lo every family of this chureh. As often as the eyes of those v-orshipiog j ' here shall rest ujion it. mav :< siieak to i tlfem its solemn message with ;i voiec th.it 1 | cannot he drowned let n>>t. the lire Innii ' j low on your hearthstone, lint keep up the | I (1 reside >tlow. Sec that yon- home w io j touch with the church. SulV< r nov your j j family altar to become a ruin. Have a j I family llihle mid use it. Take eair that. j i mildew snots, like those which \ find her* ( I IT.~/ -. ? ' * ' ...... .mvjjs Mgns oi iiisuso. are not al- ; ; lowed to mar it. Kead the Old Rook to | 1 voiii children. Head ll to your ov.'n soul. ! ; Without, it your homo life will grow hoi- j ; low atid unholy, your children will dote- j ; iorato. your own soul shrivel up and dio. I Thus this Ilible shall ftaud a.* a inrmo; rial to a typically deteriorated Xcw York I hoi no. arid an a warning to the families I that have not. likewise deteriorated, l>ut? [ shall it not also Ik? at the same time a j. mrmop.il to something high* r and more inspiring- to the glorum* oharaetei and ministiy #1 the word of Hod ,ij an abiding and over expanding power aiaong men? Here is a fountain that was long sealed, but if. h.ix begun to (low. and it< streams i shrill water not one home but a thousand. : Thit* hook so seldom used before viinll he i ouenod with evi.i v n-onrr !??? c-wi. .. ? It!.;.. 1 tJiis liotw of inayir, to In* iv..d. i xiniiiiii) rd anil fijijilio! In llio lnuKipiviui: luni- | drcdn tJiar shall v.ovsliiji ln-ic. Tit* !Ii!>)> ? j was (ii-n.vnrd. doei laixri, ?, >! nut a.? fill- | bUlr 1111't the p'.ITC . <r.|!y I ,i 1p IWnvrit''!, honored. net in a iiiyii plait*. elevated in .1 | ptthlic throne jioni wliii'it it wiit is-ue a ] X'l'i'iIiei. ot cnmieimiatj;i.i uj'- 'i iio;ni' i ami every Incur '.n iliiv .-ii \* 11 .?* li. - j nit ii< <1 (Iitil iroai i'* do<?;. i??l v. i i |ieal: I oniioit. lioiM- ami .streny.th t<> tho-e v.-jiltin w hieh lii" word n <i-ul dwvli- .mil < s> i i--i'.s it* honvpniy dominion. While 11 >i-? ' Ijori'; slirtll nt:? i it- admonition, then. 1< ! ' it aspoaU forth its word em oiu aye- ; inont and ;?iun\|i!i. trliiiivc ;'il who -hall I hi'sicfforth hchohl it thai t!;? word > 'Ind Iivol It and i.ltidelii fni'over: in.it ":uv. e> er , mm-!, men niny attack it am' > ?-k to or- j Ktroy it, ii -hall conic out i t ?'\'i >y ' *.:'.? , s thousand fold >lro??:er Jlian l-efori'. a'id light, a cirolr that extend* far boyond its ; former nprimi*Mr ni' intliin?..<i glory j?ilds the sacred page, Majcstic as tlie sun: It gives a light to every age; It. givcth, but borrows none." Alone AV111> Goil. Thin i? the quiet. hour in which I sit alone with C.od. writes Charles I'M ward I Mart in, in the New York Observer, lie hears >ny whispered plaints and listens to my love. He innketlt me happy in niv lov<\ which ever goeih oul lo Him as quietly and eonstantly as the river Mows or the I star shines. This is the hour lh.it I talk with the lov- j itig Father about myself. 01 vietories won i in the oiien tield, wlien He was niv deliverer and n>y .-tre:iRth, and o) the sorry , tailiires and defeats which were mims when I sought safety within nnstrength- i ened ramparts of my own construelion. I ( at Kiiuw-irugt: ius marvelous sirtngtli innl own my own wavering woaknt-s. I w tun iin|>ctmm-, ion ini|iatio 1 i Would rilidl h'adlon;; and hoi'illt."-. l illuv ' lit); 111\ own plans to my own .-diaim .1111! dishonor. Ir would scorn thai 1 0011I I n.i! wait. J>ut I will in.a' loam (he 01 tinio -1l?o wisdom of tst!; 11:lime tu do : !i tilings iu obcdicnco In II.> plan . and Miio ilirm well. I': I his iji.ir! hour I ? i.l toll lion il. j I'.nt. I will not .ijicak o 1 my nl.ins. A' > for mi'! I Itrvc loo many plans! ! \ ill imply ii'nl hiliphly avk lor t!i- lovi- and ' ^uidamo j?i-l for to-day. To-inori ow* I in*.\ ho with linn in pmadiso. I will >:?\ : | " \llwi.-o Uno, iill-loviiu; line Thou makcNt and warmest. tin* ;;fYoo. on- ? . : hum.ih In'art, I '.hnul my-i !i to 'I lie* I >3 Th\ ;I.IH' 1 1 i. and ||\ I'liy I i\ Il ions qtiioKviiltiK will I j|l> n<y 11 1 vvilli iovill^ failhi'llhit>>; a id r.uN I. -. I i.. Io\o. and it o i.e. I'h\ approval. In- nn v wind. <). liMoh 11!" lo 1,11.let land I . a 1i)\< ' Ma!.1 11 ? lo l.ivo Tlioo 1 r?"v 4| mm0. Mako nio .1- 11 1.111 w.?:i' 11.; ;.\o in*-, il'.'.ir I'allii'i. and I iliall i,i?.nv! : 'L*11y n.ij.s nli.ill In- my \\ .i>. Wiilf. r v ; narrow thought. I'miiiin I hi* ?> ii 'nadu IWtir.i that < i.ttii|i and in i, if hrari. ! Tracli rn<- thai luif ninl !i>tin^ li:i| (>im--^ I'OliK'tll Only >\"!ill lIlOM1 win. .1 a,.: I ntrasin^ unto "I litro. J.?la?l nn in llin-t1 holy lootslojis that I war tiio |.ni n. ilic t nail!" Wti'iC tSi? liilil,- In. -nli;C x\ I I . ; \ i I ire ' !! ? . J 11. \ . ;Ik* "Itook <>: Iwuliif," the Hi' v. : I', i- .1 linni, <i. !;-\\ t.i -,i I i. r 14' 11 ll'tllll ill' 11 i? i took ? . I'?in. iSjtM makes : Ik> j i <>(>>>- i w i>o. I< i? . in.nl. ii i.i. i> i i . I | human en mi -. ti i.. . Iinol. a.n! * i.<i? - to | . \ i i 11 i", I l i:: :ilj; il l' . I' iv (ho liiotl aiitliriiti' atni < : n- j iiiv; hi-Mor* i\rr puhlivicil. It 'iitllllill' ijlf nio.-'i II.'I 'ii' . t i. 11 ..: * . Ilit'illO"! n tri..vK?i !i!r i . rii.? i: ' on>lei ."> i?-< m i. net >. I > i? . <<in|?l?ui oil-' .)' ' < . II IS .1 JKTlVvi i'Oiij ??l .1 . I. \ I: i* .111 iinriiiinlc)! ii J-rtt iv.i j 11 i? ii I look 41 * ')ii> . .I|l)l\ . I: i? .1 Imok OI tl.lM'Ic. I i* iin- liivt i.'ov^nnii \r. in.; !? , tin lit' ihi'll V V.I' 1 \. liiW.l. I' j- the lies I is'iil ?-\m <" ii. 1. l.rrt ' U Mt.iiiu'iit cvor si?i.oi|. * I ttr- Icnrui'il man- m.i ? |?i' ?*. Ii i< tin- young itifinV IirM innj,ai.ioii. I; ii? I'?? .si-linolhuy'?> lu'-t in?trui!U>:. I. i> the i?:n<>i.on in.in - iliH>,i.ii\ 4ml Jvi'i v mniv-< ilirootoi . I: pronmf .1 I rli'lr.ll l.-v. til 10 I i f '? i Inv>l .mil li"lic\ iu^t. Hut ihut which irruw.i'- .ill i- : Anil.or. Ho i- ilium: p.n triiil v ami v ;h<isn h> u-imL-v, with whom ihere i< no \.:rijli.fH'-'s. neither shallow of 1 ivniiK. Heli^oni* mrmgrTK'n . ? A Scotch Auction. At an auction sal<* in a Scottish village tlx' auctioneer was trying t? sell a number of domestic utensils, including a porridr.e pot. As usual, ho was rnal:iiv; a Ki'f at fuss. Finishing, hi? U-'cn < y. caught a well known worthy, the beadle, standing at tho hack of the < : wd, and he shouted out: "Maistw .McTaviah, make an offer for LhlH pot! Why. i'. would make a splendid )<ir.< boll!" "Aye," replied the hpadk*. "If your tongue \va? in It!" HONEST INDIANS. The Red Men of Northern Canada i Have a High Code of Honor. The honesty of I be w oods Indian - ! that Is. I he Indian of Northern Can i ada? is of a verv hltih order. ti>o i son bo of mine and thine is strongly j forced by the exigencies of tlie North j Woods life. A man is always on the ! move. It li? impossible for him to j transport all his goodr. The i:ti'*t.- ( mints of winter are a burden in sumuier. The return journey from dis- j !a;it shores must be providt-d f11 l>' j food station*. The solution of the.^o needs is the cache. And the cache ie not a literal term : nt all. It conceals nothing. Rather j dofR it hold aloft in long-logged prominence. for the in*p!ction o; all who j pass, what the owner lias seen flt to ; leave behind. A heavy platform higli j enough from the ground to frustrate | the investigations of unituala i, ail I that Is required. Visual ?oncvalment id unnecessary, because in tin* North country a cache is Sco-re'l. On it may depend the life of a man. )! who leavot* provisions mii<! find tiiem on | his return, for he may reach taem starving, and Lue WuRth of his out- j journey may depend on his certainty of relief at thin point on his in jour- | ney. 80 men passing touch not. on t It is hoard, for some ciay tliey may be iu the same ?as". and a precedent is a had ihinKThus in parts of the wildest conn- | triea of Northern Canada I have tin- j exyoctedlv come upon a birch canoehanging upside down between two 1 trees. f>r h whnU i>im.? 'h ..r 1 (Unending beneat'u the fans <?f a ; spruce. or a tangle or Mn 1 traps i thrust mho th? crevice of a trc* root. ! or a supply of pork ami flour <?wnthed dike an Egyptian mummy lying tn j tate on b tiifrh bier. These tilings j we have parsed by reverently as symbols of a peop'e's trust In its kind. Tlio caino sort of hone-tv holds in < regard to smaller tilings. 1 have ; never hesitated to leave in my camp d rearms, fifth) tig rods, utensils vain able from a wood." point o1" view, even a watch or money. Not only liavu I j never lout anything in that manner, i but onee an Indian lad followed me *01110 miles after Hie morning's start fo restore to nm u im r mi?. k ?iv?/.cii i rum 1 lined I had accidentally left behind. Mr. McDonald, of "Brunswick House, J once diacuviRod with me the system of | ciredits carried on by the Hudson Bay j Compaay with tin trappers. Kach i family re.fives an advance oi' goods lo the val:ie ?>f $200. with flic under tanrtiuf; (hat the debt is to be paid ] from fl>" .sni.-vtin'K catch. "T kAh.uIu think you would lo.se a good d*al,'' I aald. "Nothlug could b< easier tlian for an Indian to tal;e hi.s $*00 worth and disappear in the ! ? '""in. 1 oil <i llFVff be aide (tiul : him." Mr. Mat Donald's roji'j str11< k ni?*. for the man >,h?] tw< iu\ v<a!i" trading experienee. I have never," ka;ri h? . 1.: a !ong woods life, known i>.it one imlinn Mar."-?Stewart Kuwnnl Wisiie. in mo ! O itlofik. Eye Strain and III Health. Is "eye s-lran" iK< eh'.- f pliy.-ieul foe cf g< ni;: V in his H'-v. vi Mil if "!'.:oj;i'??l?h!R . I'llnic.s" 1 (> .1 > III! Ilf. ! ill- ( quirits iiii* ;l:e '-1- oi uieii ol genius. ll?- t- ii;ur>- iIijiii ?.'\er e??uvineed mat CiirlyH. It:;.\ie>. harwiu and othv.;' glit m<: c>'.V< . thoir iilhealth i'' l.v c o\\- .strain. T, this ). htJrimii s 'migraine" and "brain lag and nil lie disordered dige-tIons and huge <. !>ri - .on - aiui r mors s ?.r tl.f ; p rial rhi'.ilieii of gcniu>. ".M'Plnm iwly. and <i i?a'r i): o confr s?s< d 11 a? of "in.y.aine.'" In fourteen paii? n' of the gn.nl !:.<ra:\ lij;.. s of th? nlnv'f r-nf li e> itrurj lit ftn'l* "hrndai:!.v. in- n.r.l.i. iKlinn^ius-, headache, ncrvoiiMif . iiiiU-scribaM" suffering, .nab:l!<> to <i<> literary work without jirotlU' those symptoms. Dr. p'emis lot >f.> ntili< spectacles as t.tie onl.\ n.-invilv for an verstrung c.\Iliv.ailou. "< n. - of t li?; g rente?' of Kuropenu hi* 11 with a splendid equipnx i;:, physical ami in tc iu rtiia. .\wi/.aci f, lie say?, wii-. finally driv.n into imanity simply I"'caiiKc lit' had not ^ iririuiQe pair ??X pc( laclCK." A Use for Reindeer Hair. The alUT.iUui of u.\: ' inaiuifacti'.r. rs ha> ktn 41 iti?*?i 1?> a recent repirt of I ho lulled Slates Comsnl (i< a' vai at 1*" 1 ankfori, tjerniany, sei tiim forth tht adaptability of reindeer hair or wool for Un- manufacturi- of . Mile fabrics. ! tit Laj)!ur>d>>r.s have . witt** 1 \ u i\ !! f.ir m. it'm 11 ;i f f j: . nf ' a coarse blanket, Inn ita peculiar properties arc, l( is tlioiixut, especially , suitable ff r list- in bathing suiis. The hair of the r -indeer is nut hollow throughout like tliHt of most other animal*, but is partitlon-n oft ' into innumerable >ub?I1 cumpai ;menia , tilled with compressed air. Tne walls <f thevtt compaifioeuis atv so imicli that, they are not broken up in Hie proceR* of manufacture, so that a cloth of reindeer wool oiivisis of millions of little, pockets of txindcused air surround*d l?y an impervious coloring. Tbia doth if. practically watei proof, as well at. exceeding!) huoynut. ?Philadelphia Record. To cure, or n Grandmother at Thirty-four. "The wife of a Brooklyn Alderman has just hart (he rare experience of becoming a grandmother at thirty MIX. The above paragraph, which appear- ' ed in The Express recently, has pro- 1 vided an instant challenge froru a lady who lives near Brighton. "Is this unusual?" sho asks. "I was i married at fifteen. i had a daughtt r ! at sixteen. She married .'it seventeen and she had a chfhl nearly a your afterward. "Therefore I was a grandmother at | thirty-four. I bad four children be- j fore I way twenty-one, and have had j none sinci*. Now 1 am forty-two. My ! girls are all grown up, so we are like live Nhters. ami as happy as Qneenv. "Three of my daughters ar.s mar i iru, Aim i niivi [vvu grandsons. "I roil id not r?>! ist the clialleniro implied in your paragraph, weeing that 1 could sf> distinctly x<> one better than the American grandmother." Our correspondent's achievement is heroic. But she will probably not be astonished to find, in *pit<? of the oovions surprise of hvr question, that she ha* very few competitors in lingland. Th? lady was married at flfteou. i Now, in all Eugittnd at the time of the last census there were only thirty 1 wives of ihat agt. This is not conciu- 1 sive. of course. If tli?- oaimus ? ?? > I taken annually, it might. ^how thirty ; wives at the of fifteen every ! year. Against that, however, is to bo set th?? extreme improbability of juveaile marnage "extending to th? second generation. It no more follows that the daughter of a girl of serenteen will herself be a mother at. seventeen rI.an it follows that the first born of a woman of fort> will not be a mother i n'ltil she is forty h< rs?lf. Such records :is that of the lady in the vieintu of Brighton are more i common in count rios like Australia, where young jrfris mature Into women while still very young. In India a woman who was not a grand mother uiiiii sue was tniriy.-six would Ve regarded as an *e.cent.vic;ly. '! wo in every five of I lie female population J of India are niarrlvd before they aiu fifteen. London Express. TWOfl.D HE AN ACCIDENT. "I ean't tell whether I'll get au> ' vacation this summer. I've been IIk- j uring on a railroad acojdent. lately.'" j "You m?an figured 'In' a railroad accident ?" "No, 'on'; 1 "\? l.cm figuring on that | railroad slock of mine paying a dlvi- | dpnd." Philadelphia Press. decorating the den. Mii"gar?M I'm a\vfu!*y tirni of this : ?1<I 10 cent ji!av!?*r l>nst nf lhal iJlns- ; tvioiis pod ul ai's 'his nanir? Cat limine- 'io am I; 1H*.< pul.it him : rfii. (.MnHnnati Commercial Triliitiic. I JTl s | er-iiHiieitUv i-nr'd. i.; * lies*, fei'pr <inv > I.* r 11' i>r. i\ !t.i- i; i NfvoltnM nror.'iJl rin I .>11 | : . l)r. K. II. Ki.r.t i 1.. !K?J ?.. . IMiiiu, !>;. [ Am mi"'.i v : i ? . k.-P.?, U. I .i.i :\i> l.i';!?:v? ! . .i - i : i i ,ii lion l:fts alii. lo; . .?'(! .. I . I So v kii . I'rin it y S|.rii,<j?. I ji ?:. i . l. I I iI .:I>11 I I si:ri:i:r is err. 'IVa.'hi1!1 - "Noiv 'iiti > t i tfll riHv\h\ i!i? Puritan" v1:?11.?? to I; cotmtiy?" MiKil! Memlirr <>' M ? \ <".a.cs "I can t' aclwr. Th?-y c;;ir.?- to |> iril'y J/lnoi!. Cii. imiati (Visiitir i 'i'lili.ine. TT'ver Mass.. Mi.i V?? ' '> i:< | > i 111 as lh< r. ill f nf t hi" j?r'>?lii<Tion p in* rloiiis in ilii* rountHl'huuf/ii '?< ' I1"" '' I li\ ViTrtl i' 'Upi ' '??I III ' ' X( ?l ! il ; u I in si.i Soi'li. AS II I I ]! ? ' /A 1 M I v?. . V || Dtli(UiBLOOD BALSV3 21 'I nr (irtatTc&i'<i Kem? fy for '.J<~ sji?fOy ^ ig .?..?! pe: i].2l.c::t .ir < : Kit rum.4 Afl ttMfl, ( uluirh. llcr. . K? /r..u, Suf^, l.i", ^ 4^8 li \\ fal.iif s, Nc.'ViiU li .? /, ??:ti {> *5 BLOOD AND iKIN DISEASES. ? I*. i\ by f?i! t l> v I 1? uj? ! .? ! J T1 I'lJiififr r\?i ohrrvil t<J tl?r u r??i I: X Y| . 4*k r% nr-.v, i - !i i.nyurt t rc.r. v *u \ J li ' A.lt V. itl'l lllila' !,l U N ^ To p-opc.tf'- Writo for Book ot Woo 7| dfiiiil Cures, sent frt* vu aophcittan. T XJ h i ot ktot l v !? . a. i:' s, t. i<mw *11 BLOOD TiAI.M CO., Atlanta, Oa. J WET WEATHER. WISDOM! / >, run rkDir.ikiAi ^SH BR*#5 SLICKER MACK on Vf:l !.OW WB.L KEEP YOU DRY NOTHING ELSE WILL 7AKt NO .VJ53TITUTEJ Aioauf * run HI 9f OIRMINIS AfID HAT*. A.J. TOWm CO., ?o*T*N. MAi?? U.S.A. TOWin C AN A Dl A f4 CO., LTD.. 'fOW ONTO, CANADA. ? (At37-04) MMOMMi wamm nonoy refunded by your rr rROM MISF-RY TO HEALTH. A Fromlnrnt Oltib Woman of Hann?? ritr Wrllci t? Thmilc Doin'i Ivl.lnrj l'ill* I'or h Quick Cvrie. Miss Nellie Dnvls. of 1210 Michigan n venue, Kansas City, Mo., society 1 was snfT i: from kbino.v troubles brought on by a fold. I lirul severe pains in the b;i<;k and sick headaehos, ami IHt miserable all ovpi\ A few boxes of I>oan's Kid- ; nor IMlls made mo n well woman. | wiinom mi Hoiiu or ,?alii. and 1 feel ; compelled lo recommend t'.iis rellatde remedy." Sigurd) N KM.I h 1>AVIS. A Till AT/ KKKK-Address l'ost.-rMillmrn Co.. 'Juffalo, N. V. I\?r Kale )\v all dealers. Price, f?<> cents. ; NOT TUK RIOAUSTW KIND, ! K1TIIKR. "Hut." llie pulilishr-r ronvpiained. j "ihe ehic-r ( Imrai (ers in your flnry are j h man and a woman who ?i> on mak- ! Irvi. 1?.to 1.. ?n-.? - ...... ,,, . ai ii imiiwi iui" yparF anti ; year.- after the* are married." "\N< Ji." the young novelist replied, j "you must remember this b :i worl; j of ftoUoii." Christian 1! c raid. For Your Sr.rapbcok. l)cl>U(<*k with elui>\ i?f otlicv eilirs ' by jiieans of the phonograph wilt rmi ititute the novel e>:p -rins? til to be ;ried by ih. Amateur I're.s t'luli o' .'hieano. in which tn< plan \\?> :;knnted mid adopted. 15\ th< list n; he phonograph ih? plan is to carry jn a debate with either th? IMulad< ' phia or St. l/'.?ui'-> (.'bib at so;i!< (i:. In the near future. PunriTARi v kmpi nvwrwr I ?\\M 1 1 L,IU1 IAMIULIU . $1,000 TO *10,000 A YT.AR SOLICITING FOR MUTUAL LIFE OF NEW YORK. ASSETS S4SO.OOO.OOO. k. I-. Manager, ATLANTA, <;A. Atlanta College of Pharmacy. ' rpjit" - flcii.r-iil t*rM I' ist* ? thK - ?i< ( All mpf'1 ' ililr<'?H. I?l(. CKII. K. I'A> NK, )>e*u, 4.1 NVIiiirtiu'i Mil t. At!wjr.n. <;.t, CRICHTOK'S /?# V?I AT* -.mlii 11 f I IVA'J C S Ut^ flunrUmnfl Popt., K. C. Orichtoa. Bookkeeping I>. Ii. KhtiruaVer. Catalogue froo. K. Crifhtou, l'rn|>., Killer lild?.. Atlanta. '!?. MEN, WATCH } A New Revels \\> ?. it r ( oir.i-thtn^ different, l>?:tt?-r t linii in lhis oifv. 'I lieri* is in- jui:.? -?; nlxmt <?>;: n'. r We ij<> not tri'iil nli iliy< H''.'".: hiil w'? Uic I': Mir?* I'wrf in alt j-tlor t n*nin;"?t. Write if von orinnnt nit iir.ri <li's<Til>c ><?:, of liiii jff < i.r ?i:ayiiosis MunV. < oti-u I: .\i i<> Doctors Leather li. .irs s n. i. . to H ir. p M ; i? In 1 j . in. ulllj IV. 0! I gr*^6 W 1 N 8 p "L!?ADLrR" AND "P1 cause th^y shoot $ Good shots shoot *cr re-'u^3> shoot ; ^ *w ai'-d arc more rci 5 t /jj| ALWAYS specify \s KftnftCMT fiATAI ITS ViP u? 6\3 C > '. 3 W \ In *<? COsfYTOUwr^_Gf jPK^flj '?^t?'? .7 v'. f11 *-? ' ** - ft*. 1 hand b??&l (* * j, cfis rw! ".\ /\ cjm*?*u at H? t^llS fell EN OR M O E Hi ^ *'* ''?r0, 0"? fcSlll % THIS BODX Will Be Sf-NT ; MJJJ a Y g>?J? ! ""? TOAfif ABCRfcMfMl <1 ?f J SI A I L^l' VIKC1UJ. HA:?ut?H -t k ??. or if ,t.?v Wf-K nm.?$ ?V?Tn?mV?'r,'; HHh .WaSflwu CH?#JjtJ LI * i fru?lne?a it-W3J^-IJggLPq3U .'S vift nB'.WrfW-lVX' ? you. a i ill 1 * x ft II :.??. , tn i tfKl.r. OJf THE wia nanx TNI? aa*#- T..?- - YOUMS, n#t OURS; Th maat ilooral ft?rev?rr htartf 16 PAGES?YOUR PAGES lir* rrant* fcyaantf!n| ! ua far ftttft. I/. * fi?n run mik' *?r ir*li?MW V\i?r * f.? a*nd to vi. A t>U chinci far M?r* / rriaklrg mafa+? i> '*r OYiryini. Tha ira-t4*a? lnaafa. An aftpartunuy ih?t >??? ?? *?: til?f thai h?iaMf (JUICK^SHIPMENT^-S #bi|w^ai.i N?r(h. taat an* Weil, wrrm ?bii>.v< urn-it <ju(tMc#r fthfta riir vMi*. h >i*a ? >ur in, noair.Ui'f hf ??nt liva. v??n v?.U your f?vv day*, iiaifitlv I#??? ii'tii in#>!taSf tha t*ima It takaa tag frftni ?th#r hauata. ami eiAi'Mi. many {<><><14 ?ouofi vf * ou wiil ha t? l*a* Iran ana h?'J tft? 1 tight charfaayc ha ? i o pa ii' f o i or<t* ad f .. ?? ihhhi?? \( je?n, * a?#h*?i?t aaar}?a. ?? will atrip f? aat ilia ?%r*kaa? a aa?M?t y< OUR FREE BIG No. II4 CAT A IuNir, quailtr ?? murk Mii.if, wbr ** . ?u '?!' SEND FOR OUR FREE NO. |(4 CATAL l.ooL will go 'o You or rft?i?- ma)) }i fraa; all am i? tr o*rrr br? >r? k u >wti afl ?lft * t* yau *<- / ralur a<* !< . Ill Citi'*|B?. fall t??r atltkVtri I* antlli DON'T BUY A CATALOGUE, iff;!.:?V,5 TIMIS A* MUCH TO YOU ? *ll <Mbti m*. Inn f I?U ??r thl? rwre ?\m Ni I I 4 r.at>i*fu?. >i?n In votjr Itittr wr pn tat itoiiti imrJ |lv? ttt Mi* ntnit tf QrADC K.-ICDI my %# w r* % u | rwbUVV/n lerchant, so why not try Money for the Farmet Who Uses a Woodruff Ha}' Press, J'.'itltor Mounted or l.'muounted Fill) Circle 1>i ti'iU Bnolie^irrl'llntdloii. A Btro?g<Iur?jirov !ir n luedliini prfro. Str your dealer H'lil huy al>rcM. if )><> hHndlf-, tlio WOODItUJ' V PKF.8.H I? not, vfHlo <11 ret u> faotovy ur.<l K< 1 WOODRUFF HARDWARE CO. VJINDER, GA. Malsby <& Co. i i r -l r At #*.- '? ' " 41 jouid rorsyin s?., Auenia, uil Portuble and filntlonarj Engines. Boilers. Saw Mills AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY ' Complete line carried in ilork for IU\f EI>1 A 'I'E Baat MnoMia- j, I owom I'i loet and Beat T?ra?a Write us for catalogue, price*, etc.. before buying"t havft tmed ronr valuable Cnmr?rct? nntl find then* perfect. Couldn't do without thrin. I hnv? r. m I for nolo** tiiuo for ; tnl ijj?"*tion ati<1 l??I i and aid liow completely vurimi. Kecom* impml ttictn to everyone. one* lrN?J. you will tii!tvnrd A. Marx. N. Y, The Bowels ^ mmm CANDY CATHARTIC Pleasant Pof*?it TaMc Ono^. OoOftod, K?*vor SioUun, NVenk'Mi or <irlr*' 10v%, &k*v&Cc. ? ? v??r mil) in hulk. ittmun* tahkt ktnmpod C C C. Gnarkiilreri to euro or your niouv) back. Sterling Remcdv Co., Cbicngo or N.Y. Oon AKNUAL Sfil F. TF? Mil I irtM Rnyrs WmSTV- f Kfmovfj all swrlliiigr ?n Htoio I day*; clTccts a jx'tnimienl cure in joto f*> <lnv*?. Triollifato"nt jgra jV_.^/<C7ciy tlvr;1 froe. NMhiiiKcan In-fmi'-i UKXfto&l:''?y Wr>?c Dr. M. li. Creon's Sons. i . tw Socialists, Cox B Atlanta. ?a. 7 AITF4 TIT1 I T mn ? lUUK HMLIli! ition for Men. ur y >| "r li !lwi i-nI. Til" ft:: t i? j.<*rfr<-t m)i| |.<-r!ii?iii<,tit. <i?l* \v<' Sr -nt. \ |-r<- IIIpf . I'lTHiilli'Tif III)it m >!!:!? ,' I "I i-iiniiili- hum1* n.-c*i j>l* ?! i p t roil Jill's ?uil ri'ciMVc I \ ri'tiiri n ir. fie* l.' ff .'. 'man & lientle}'. til? and fcisfth Sis., AILANTft, Ef? rfi ft ? i ? m SPEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS S shell is its shooting. Be- c ?o well, Winchester Factory and " Repeater " Smoke- ? ;un Shells have won almost w prize shot for in years. ftJ :hcnt because they give bet- ?t stronger and more uniformly $ iable than any other make EE INCKrOTrn MAKE CK SHELt.S M BKia&fsaMScmuwmmiissa&msmt^ .NTS. WwVth id?.00. Now KliKE tonn% onr f fin */i .. .. r * ?, ?! %,r "ii n pi'MHi mto. MI * mi ym.i 11? toy lit* f rt tn:(\ v ill to Vti?i 1>V return a* all trr?. |w.? <f aitf HIS SHE. BltiGER THAN EVER 0 ^ucl*tipi?. #vfr I 0.000 illiiitretloni. ('iir i <>u< n?^r pri. v i ..J!. \ full* r*plained, N. aM iijrr*' nr.'Jim- d* j; * >?*|i ? ?r: (r<! in Ii liii^nr ttifti t r i \ *?fove j pr ?ihm*1? *'% New and lov er proea * i >-?*t5tt>in?r i* lar?<*?t atore In trie world, Mukf 1 Mb*r Afnl'.tfue* 1.4 V.AUfi A LI OTHER PRICfS LOOK V?R Y MiCh. BELONGS TO YOU &E$g?s&s 1 owr ?!< S: 0UR5 IS THE LARGEST M6PL LS-Vi ORDER HOUSE IN THE WORLD. O, We aell and ehlp mere feecfe then ell ethar matr f- ?reer hanaea In the I'nltrc? Ata'e* comblncc te e*- other 1.mi! onler houaep are infra aide (Imwn " w ??ornii*rcd with our?. If eeervo&ti i-a!vknewimw , m * * wren gr aater value# w? flee on * 15 kind* of irn * moi'O * ciiaiidUe lUtn unvothfr Boum.no oltjf r n.?il cu J oe?" hotiit would ever again ? ! eif^ !?gie? in. THE ONLY MAIL ORDER HOUSE ezkeert* that e*>na er cent'rela vaet numoer ?f factoe? mer- ri#t |ac*t?d nertH. eeuth. eaat an# weal rhauava ed 10 tbal we ?.*an ehlp ma u\ yo<id? / on. ??i?r no*drar* f* rorv or waiehnnrtt nrareM riakltif >u ?'>od? <;ot.*k dellvtcy end *erv low freight cbe?ire% order IO SautHaro Ime .aria* " i n juat ft 0m peapla. Haftharn facttr>M an 4 arara- J *\ f*4% kiuhi f?r r.arii.arn paapf# ale. i*. trftiu 1 ?u waiild ? ?i* ool*!nn/ooilt w# can aMj. from on* of Mir ?r ?a, bi U> ? ?* It A v?r? fr*f|M rat*. . AA||? axptalria why, ?*napar?ft with any athar 1 11() 111? hftvftt. wft ?ftn maM #r?~*aaa much lawer. ahiaa hyllUla ? much aaMrfcar fr*4#M afcargaa aa mtHrfc * ?'D#toi0rr a Mg wf>u#j making ot)pcrl?>ntiv. hAllf Cut litia *0-?>'>l ftn>t at 21? ft* u?. or cr> ft poMai ?^t<t ilUUbi ?ft>. "Hiid ? tour So 1)1 CatfcJogua " amlthatofg: na*v affara. ?ur na? manay mailing rrapaaitfa*, an o)>po>fcjn mail. P*?'i hay. ftajikiflp **>wfcara Mill i#o |?i lag *i * *? ' alttnkfr* aatll fba? m4tft for atr Wa. I I 4 faUl*^. nj .aa S. Jt or 16 cauta for ratAtOguft. wboo y?o ? an gft4 ?t*r 0OOK far nalhing. r*C? f4)ft THtf A3KIN0. WOKTrtl^Q j:*a.-a:alM9uacprl?lftf. **ITK rOR IT TODAY. Da H ftft^ ri our i?!?t ratatogua (If Vou bav? ODft} Tft Rftma friend mfi tha parijr tft wh?m ran hm#ft* ftftf ftH catatagua. Addroajf > & CO., Chicago, III*. ft? Price 50c.