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Bought a Live Chicken.
"T quit wcnderlag about things several
years ago. after I had established
Business over here," says a retailer In
Qreenwlch street. "There are more
fenny thing* happen in this old street
than in any other in New York, I do
Believe* But I saw a new one a few.
lays ago. A woman came in and
bought a live chicken. Then she
asked me fo~ a paper bag. I gave :t
Vior in I ihp drnnned in the bird.
grabbed the bag by the top and cardied
away her purchase. Judging from
her maimer. I suppose it was nothing
new to her. but it was the first time
I ever saw a paper bag put to that
?se. However, as i said, this is Greenwich
street."?New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Jumped Into Engine Stack.
A dispatch from Joplin, Mo., says:
Owen Greelish. of Leavenworth. Kas.,
was killed between Lebanon and
Spricgdeid by jumping into the funnel
of the locomotive smoke stack on
the west bound St. Louia and San
Francisco passenger train. The dispatch
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suicide He climbed to the top of
the water tauk and when the train
stopped jumped into the smoke stack
whooping as he leaped. He was
pulled out liy thd train crew horribly
burned aud died in a few moments.
His body was taken to Lebanon. Greelish's
brother, in this city, knows nothing
of the details, but denies that the
death was suicidal. He says that he
received a postal the day before and
that his brother did not seem dejected
or liable to kill himself.
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A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE UPON THE
HOLY CHOST.
Tli* Rfr. T>r. J. ^Tllhnr Clmpmnn Short*
Ronr III* Holy Ghost Is tile Cltrinliuii's
Helper Beyond All Others?In the Liie
of the Chmch.
New York City. ? The sermon here
furnished to the press is the most impressive
on" of a series which the Rev. Dr. J.
Wilbur Chapman prepared some time ago
for the Kible Institute V'oiportage Association.
It is entitled "The Holy Ghost in
His Relation to the Church," and was
preached from the text: "And the Lord
added to the church daily such as should
be saved." Acts ?: 47.
In the honest endeavor which we make
properly to live the Christian life and in
he end receive a reward from the hand of
the Master, thereby not missing our
crown, the Holv Ghost beyond all others
is our helper. He is certainly to be counted
as the director and leader of our church
life. We need expect no great outpouring
of the Holy Ghost so long as llis leadership
is ignored, aud without this high
spiritual atmosphere we may expect, as individuals.
no special victories.
On the day of Pentecost two great events
occurred: the first was the exaltation ox
Jesus Christ at the right hand of the
Father?"This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we are all witnesses" (Acts 2:
32?: the other avas the outpouring of the
Spirit, because Jesus had been raised tip
and ex*alted. The poiut is that Christ as
our head had poured out upon Him the
Holy Ghost; thus receiving Him in trust
for the body; and it naturally follows that
what the head has received the members
of the hodr have a right to claim. Since
that day. in the plan of Cod. the Holy '
(J host lias been the administrator of the
affairs of the church, and #He is here to
make Christ real to every believer. If He
had tarried with us in the flesh and 1 had
laimed His presence. He would hare been
denied to you: but now that He is present
?n the Spirit, we may all have Him and
lay claim to His presence, and the love of
Cod may be shed abroad in our hearts by
the llo'v Chost. He is in a real sense the
vicar of Christ, and there can be no other.
The Son of Cod i? to-day at the right hand
of Cod. ronr -enting the church, and the
Spirit of Cod ought to be enthroned and
r>j!te-.l i:i the church, representing the
i :>c-i Christ. He is to counsel 1ip:\ to
guide her and to control her?in a word,
t He is to govern all things in the church,
j from the Vast things unto the greatest.
[ The Scriptures are evidence that He has
! o for the church. It is generally
i believed that the epistles to the seven J
I churches in tiie Revelation contain the pro!
phetic setting forth of the church's history 1
I?its declines and recoveries, its failures
; and returns, and it i? believed by many
| that we have come to the Laodicean period
! of history of the last davs of the church.
(Seven times we have the expression rc|
prated: ''He that hath an ear. let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
j It is to be noted that this expression is
< n??r1 nfier each of the churches had back]
s'idden. Ephesns bad left her first love:
' ?- -:-u ?a i;i.?i.. a. 1
III. Ilia ? cW A II II. <IMU IIIVCM iu ft JMUUU,
P?r<ramos was touched with the doctrine
of Balaam: Thyatira was influenced In* do- (
/ebrl; Sardis had a name to live, and was
deed; Philadelphia had but little strength,
while Laodicea was neither hot nor cold.
The real cure for backsliding in the church
is that which come* to us bv the Holy
Gho?t of the revelation of God'.s will and
the interpretation of God's word.
I.
The church is a called-out body. We
! were chosen in Him before the world's
I foundation, and we are elect according to
| the foreknowledge of God, for thus saith
i the Scripture. Jesus is in heaven directj
ing the work of the church, but the Holy
I Ghost is here carrying out the plan. This
i plan extends to the mmutest details of the
life of the church. Ke has ordained the
! offices we must have, and the kind of men
j we must lay hold upon to fill thein:
"Wherefore He saith. when He ascended lip
. 0:1 high, He led captivity captive, and gave
| gifts unto men. And fie gave some, aposj
ties; and some, prophets; and some, cvan1
gelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
j lor the perfecting of saints, for the work of
I the ministry, for the edifying of the body
j of Christ." Enliesians 4: 8, 11, 12. The
i church is really the habitation of God.
I Hear what the Scriptures have to say: !
' Kph. 2: 19 to 22?"Now therefore ye are
j no more strangers and foreigners, but fel|
low-citizens with the saints, and of the
' household of God; and arc built upon the
j foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;
in whom all the building fitly
framed together groweth unto a holy tem1
pie in the Lord: in whom ye also are
1 builded together for an habitation of God
| through the Spirit." If He is dwelling in
j us, we must be careful of our church life,
for we may grieve Him and quench Him
1 h\* thp WAV wp ti VP nnH tvnrlr \f anv
things are done to-day in the church which
I may commend themselves to men, and yet
fall utterly short of the approval of God.
I As an illustration, Peter, standing up with
the 120. spoke of the departure of Judas,
: and declared that one must be chosen in
| his stead. Prayer was offered, a vote was
i taken, and Matthias elected: but there
i was no indication that this election was
i ever ratified by the Lord, for Matthias at
I once sinks out of sight. Two years afterI
ward the Lord calls one to fill the vacancy.
namelv. Saul of Tarsus. Paul
; speaks thus of himself: Gal. 1: 1?"Paul,
j in apostle, not of men. neither bv man,
i but by Jesus Chr ist and God the father,
who raised Him from the dead."
II.
, The church was established by signs and
wonders. Acts 2: 1 to 4?"And. when the
! day of Pentecost was fully come they
. were all with one accord in one place. And
| suddenly there came a sound from heaven
, as of a rushing, mighty wind, and it filled
all the house where tlicy were silting.
And there appeared unto them cloven I
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each
of thein. And they were ail filled with the
ilolv Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."
Heb. 2: 4?"God also bearing them
i witness, both with signs and wonders, and
| with divers miracles and gifts of the Holy
Ghost, according to His own will."
There was no church in the Old TestaJ
ment. This is the opinion of many Pib'e
j teachers. In Acts 2: 41, we read: "Then
! they that gladly received His word were
baptized, and the same day there were
added unto theni about 3000 souls." In
this text the words "unto them" are written
in italics, so that the original is, "there
were added about 3tt00 souls." But we
must add to something when we add, 60
in Acts 2: 47, we read: "And the Lord
added to the cyiureh daily such as should
be saved." But there is a still better explanation.
In Acts 5: 14. we read: "i'hey
were added to the Lord."
This is Paul's conception of the church.
Christ is the head and the church is His
body. We are being railed out now front
the? ('entile world. Every new soul won
for Christ comes in to ??tnplele the body.
Some day the last man will come in, and
the skies will brighten with the return of
the Lord.
It is this that gives one the passion for
soul-winning. It is this thought that furnishes
the inspiration for the foreign missionary.
The church is a called-out body,
and the missionary is sent to Africa, to
China, to Japan, that he may work in the
fellowship of the Holy Ghost in leading
souls to Christ. God speed the dav when
the last member of the body shall be
found!
nr.
The church is enlightened by the Spirit.
The Spirit is the breath of God in the
body of His churoh. If His rule is not followed
it naturally results that His life is
shut out. Thus it gomes to be like ft man
suffering from pneumonia?one unaccustomed
to auch scenes declares that what
the man needs is more air, but in point of
fact it is not more air he needs at all, but
more lung to be filled with air. We do
not want more of the Holy Ghost, but
the Holy Ghost ought to have more of tlie
church. And sometimes, because His rule
is not followed. He in a measure withdraws
Himself, ami allows the forms to stay, but
the power is departed. The oil is gone,
but the lamp is there. There are churches
where prayer is offered, and the TJible
read, and church-going religiously kept up.
.md there is positively not even the semblance
of power. They are described in
the words Scripture as "waving a name
to live, but being dead." They remind
one of the guard found in the excavated
city of Pompeii. He stood with his helmet
and his armor on. and his bony linger
clasping his spear, and yet not living. It is
just the same with the cRiirch.
A little thing at first may result in loss
of power in the entire church. A wrong
lirancial policy might do it. A spirit of
criticism might accomplish it.
"There is an insidious disease which
slowly and secretly turns the vital organs
of the body to bone. It begins by ossifying
little fragments of tissue here and
there. No medical skill can arrest its progress.
Nature is perverted from her
healthy process of assimilating and nutrition
to the creation in the system of nothing
but bone. What should be life to muscle
and nerve anil sinew and arteries,
turns to solid and lifeless bone. At length
1 he heart is reached and vital parts of it
become bone, and its beautiful work of
pulsation, by which life is sent in red
streams to the very tips of the fingers,
ceases and death ensues. Such is the
moral induration which the sensibilities
I of a soul suffer, when long appealed to bv
i the services of religion, to which it will
not give back a throb of responsive feelI
IV.
If the church is to be governed bv the
Snirit. every office-bearer in the church
should be influenced by the Holy Ghost.
Ministers should be tilled. Paul gives an
illustration of one phase of this truth:
Acts IS: 9-12?' Then Saul. (who also is
called Paul), filled with the Holv Ghost,
set lii< eyes on him. and said. 0 full of all
subtility and all mischief, thou ehild of
the devil, thou eneniv of all righteousness,
wilt thou not cease to pervert the right
vav? of the Lord? And now. behold, the
hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou
sliait be blind, not seeing the sun for a
season. And immediately there fell on
him a mi?t and a darkness, and he went
about seeking some to lead him by the
hand. Then the denutv. when he saw
j what was done, believed, being astonI
isb?d at the doctrine of the Lord."
The Holy Ghost only (ills the man whose
desire 13 to honor Christ. Philosophv.
poetrv. art. sociology, ethics, are well
enough in their nlifc^s. but their place is
not in the pulnit. The Holy Ghost has
pledged Himself to witness only to the
story of Jesus and the resurrection. Paul
thought this whole thing out, and while
? t?t ?1 * ? .11 4
ne WPS scnnojcu in an me miiuu^ ui iut
day. lie said:
'"We preach Christ crucified, unto the
.Tews a stumbling block, and unto the
Greeks foolishness, but unto them that
are called, Christ the power of God and
the wisdom of God."
Peter is another illustration: Acts 4: 8?
"Then Peter, filled^ with the Holy Ghost,
said unto them: Ye rulers of the people
and "Iders of Israel." Acts 11: 15. 16?
"And as I began to speak the Holy Ghost
fell on thtm. as on us at the beginning.
Then remembered I the word of the Lord,
how that He said, John indeed baptized
with water, but ve shall be baptized with
the Holy Ghost."
I do not know of any one in the New
Testament Scripture furnishing us a better
argument for the use of the word of
God in preaching than Peter himself. Take
the sermon at Pentecost, if you will. It, is
simple a string of tests of Scripture. If
vou should ask, "But is this all he said?"
I answer: "The words of Scripture are all
that the Holy Ghost thought worthy of i
record." Peter's words would have passed
awav with his own generation. The -word
of God abides forever.
Stephen furnishes an illustration of the
fact that to be filled with the Holy Ghost
does not always mean human success.
Acts G: 5 to 8?"And the saying pleased
the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen.
a man nlll of faith <ind of the Ifojy
Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus. and Nicanor,
and Tiraon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas,
a proselyte of Antioch: whom they
set before the apostles, and when they had
praved they laid their hands on them.
And the word of God increased, and the
number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem
greatly, and a great comnatfv of the
priests were obedient to the faith. And
Stephen, full of faith and power, did great
wonders and miracles among the people."
Acts 7: 55?"But he, being full of t le
Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into
heaven and saw the glory of God, and
Jesus standing on the right hand of
God."
One might lv* filled with the Spirit, and
pass through the greatest disappointment
of his life, for Stephen was just as truly
filled, although he was stoned to death. a?
Peter, th? preacher of Pentecost. Goo
might fill you and then test you. The
great guns which are used in the defense
of our country are always tested before
thev leave the arsenal.
The position of the minister is an exaltnrl
nnn T TVfpr 1- 12?"I'nto wllOni it
wai revealed that not unto themselves,
but unto us they did minister the tli ngs
which are now reported unto you by them
that have preached ihe gospel unto you
with the Holv Ghost sent down from heaven.
which things the angels desire to look
into."
There is not an angel in the skies to-day
but who would leave his post of honor to
take your place and mine in the preaching
of the gospel. The position is a divine
one: Acts 20 : 28?"Take heed, therefore,
unto yourselves, and to all the (lock over
the which the Holy Ghost hath made you
oversees, to f-ed the > -hunch of God which
He hath purchased with II:s own blood."
It greatly dignifies one's work in know
that we are here to do just what Jpsus
would do if He were in our olace. The
message of the man of God is inspired:
Matt. 10: 20?"For it is ivu, yc :i t speak,
but the Spirit of your Father which sneaketh
in you." Mark 13: 10. 11?"And the
Gospel must first be published among all
nations. But when they shall lead you
and deliver you up. take no thought beforehand
what ye shall speak, neither do
ye premeditate, but whatsoever shall be
given you in that hour, that speak ye: for
it is not ye that sneak, but the Holy
Ghost." Luke 12: 12 ? "For the Holy
Ghost shall teach you in the same houi
what ye ought to say."
The Holy Ghost never encourages rdlcness.
We are not teaching the lesson that
one n'*ed simply open his mouth and expeel
the Lord to fill it: but the idral position
is for everyone to be so filled with the
message all the time that if he were called
to speak anv number of times during the
(lav he would always be sure that he had
a message from Goa. Xotiee what the
Scrintures say: Rev. 1: 10?"I was in the
Snirit on the Lord's day and heard behind
me a great voire, as of a trumpet."
Rev. 4: 2?"And immediately I was in the
Spirit: and. behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne." If
one is saturated with His message, and is
in the Spirit, there will be no question as
to his power in the presentation of what
he has to say.
These conditions having resulted the results
are guaranteed: Mark 16: 15-18?
"And He said unto them. Go ye into all
the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature. He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned. And these signs
shall follow them that believe: in My
name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues; they si rail
take up serpents, and if they drink my
deadly thing, it ahalLnot hurt them: ther,
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shall lay hands on the siclc. and they ahall
recover." Heb. 2: 4?"God also 1 caring
them witness, both with signs and wonders.
and with divers miracles and gifts of
the Holy Ghost, according to His own
will." There is abso'utelv no limit to
God's nower: He can do nil things. .
There is a very significant expression
used in Scripture. Rev. 14: 13?"And 1
heard a voice from h?aven savinp unto me.
Write. Blessed are the dead which die in
the t.brd from henceforth. Yea. saith the
Spirit, that th?v mav rest from their labors:
and their works do follow them."
The Rev. F. 15. Meyer thinks that this is
to he interpreted as "'Amen, saith the
Spiritand that it is the Spirit's approval
of what we have done in th? name of
Christ. It will be a glad day for the church
when for every paste's work the Spirit
shall breathe "Amen;" Tor the service of
every e'der. deacon and trustee He shall
say again "Amen;" when the living of all
the saints shall live so nearly according to
Cod's will that at the close of each day
the Spirit shall say "Amen and amen."'
But the filling of the Holy Ghost is not
to he confined to those who are called
ministers of the gospel. Every deacon
ought to he filled: Acts 0: 3, 4?"Wherefore.
brethren, look ye out among you
seven men of honest report, full of the
Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we mav
aopoint over this business. But we will
give ourselves continually to prayer, and
to the ministry of the word."
There was a time in the history of the
church when men were chosen to fill the
church's offices, not because of their social
position or their financial ability, but simply
because they were men filled with the
Holy Ghost: so that there can be but one
real test of fitness for such an office. 1
foot von- anrp that we should expect a
Pentecostal outnouring of the Spirit of
God only when this nj-inciple is recognized.
T? the Iloly Ghost is the life of the
church?as we find in Scripture: Koh. 431,
32?'"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamor, and evil spcaHng, be
nut away from you. with all malice, and
be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you"?then we
are to be exceedingly ca~eful with respect
to everything that wou'd grieve Him in
the least. It is a new thought to some that
the presence of bit! err ess or wrath or cnrer
would grieve the Spirit. Such is indeed
the case.
The Ho!v Ghost is to work out in us
that which Chri?f has accomnlished for us
on the throne. There can onlv lie one hindrance
to the working o"t of this plan of
God, and that is found in the church itself.
There is a so'emn warning for all the
members of the church: 1 Thrss. 5: 10?
"Oueneh not Hie Spi'it." Acts .*>: 3-0?
"Rut Peter said. Ananias, why hath Satan
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost
and to keen back part o" the price of the
land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine
own? And after it was sold, was it not in
thine own power? Why hast thou conceived
this thing in thine heart? 'J'hou
bast not lied unto men. but unto God.
And Ananias hearing these words, fell
down, and gave un the rhost. and great
fear came on all them that heard these
things. And the voune uien arose, wound
him un. and carried him out and buried
him. .And it v"> anout rue space 01 uirec
hours after, when his wife, not knowing
what was done, come in. And Peter answered
unto her. Tell me whether ye sold
the land fo~ so much? And slm said. Yea.
for so much. Then Peter said unto her.
How is it that re have agreed together to
tempt the Snirit of the Lord? Behold,
the feet of them which have buried thy
husband are at the door, and shall carry
thee out." While men may not nowadavs
hare been stricken down as were Ananias
and Sapphira. vet it is true that because
of the fact- that we are living in a spirit
that is eontrarv to the Holy Ghost, we become
dead spiritually, if not physically,
and it i* a Dossible thing to so nearly
aueneh the Spirit that from the human
slv>dooint there will he no life at all.
Tims while the individual member of
the church may miss his reward aud "be
saved, yet so as by fire." the same thine
may be true of the church as a whole. It
would be a sad thing for the Bridegroom
to be disappointed in his bride.
Knowing When to Stop.
Knowing when to stop and stopping are
vei-v different things. A man in a runs
way motor car knows verv clearly that it
is time to stop, but that doesn't stop him.
Many a man or woman lias carelessly or
wilfully gotten into a bad habit, saying:
"Oh! I am one who knows when to
stoo.'' That is nrobably true. The day
will come when they will know very clearly
that it is time to stop, but will not be
able to do so. It is like taking hold of the
handles of a strong electrical generatorvery
easv to take hold, but very hard to
let go. The fingers of habit are bent and
barbed like fish-hooks; once in. they are
hard to get out. The really wise man considers
not only when to stop, but also
when it is possible to stop, and he often
finds, in so considering, that the best time
of all to stop is before one has begun to go.
-Sunday-School Times.
Fresh From God's Mint.
.All that God gives to us day by day is,
as it were, a new creation. We never received
it before. It never was our need until
now. We may have received something
like it before, but that was not this, nor
could that have filled the place of this.
Every day's blessings are to each of us as
a special miracle from the hands of the
ever loving and the almighty God. As
Jqhn Bunyan says: "Thingsthat we receive
at God's hand come to us as things from
the minting house?though old in themselves.
yet new to us."' What should we
do if,our father failed to give us current
coin of His minting day by day'/?SundaySchool
Times.
ITotli Individual atul Social.
The Spirit of God i? now proving to ns
that this individualistic >i<le of Christianity
nitlioui'li alwavs primary and essentia!
i-. after all. only a section of the glorious
Gosppl of J lie* blessed (.'od. This rnu-i bo
so. j-eeing that the Gospel was for nan.
who in the nature of him is structurally
?or>i:?l. You can insulate .a wire because
is wire. but yon cuunoi insulate a man.
The kingdom ( hri?t established was one
of the ?-ons of (tod. and the ideal social order
is that in which the principle of brotherhood
reigns with illimitable stvav.?John
Clifford. _
The Secret of Success.
Faithfulness is the explanation of many
a successful career. Opportunity, ability
and the friendly assistance that may be
tiven all tend to further one's efforts, but
the persistent, undaunted faithfulness to
ti e labor in hand, in the very face of opposition
and hindrance and obstacles, is
that which conquers. The character that
is developed by devotion to duty, in life's
smallest undertakings, is being equipped
for glorious achievement*. Therein is
found the secret of success.?Presbyterian.
Prejudice.
Prejudice never reasons, but morr? and
sways tbc mind and action from some instinetive
or sudden or biased impulse. It
lias its -"at in ignorance, weakness or idleness.
It is a blindness of perception and
relation which leads to personal and public
injury. It acts as a hindrance to truth,
knowledge and to progress. It is a neutralizing
force that resists and modifies the
most cogent arguments, the most powerful
disccurses, the most moving appeals and
the most stirring considerations. ? The
Friend.
Full Faith In Christianity.
One cannot give money or anything else
with the same passion with which he gives
himself. All other forms of consecration
are secondary ? valuable, but secondary.
No generation, therefore, can show its full
faith "in Christianity which does not offer
it* wat gifts.?William J. Tucker.
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FACTS AND FIGURES. * *
The Caspian sea has only eleven
pounds of salt to the ton of water; the
English channel has seventy-two
pounds and the Dead sea 187 pounds.
Prempeh's mother, now a prisoner
with the deposed king of Ashantee at
Elmira, has had fifty husbands, all of
whom, with one exception, were put to
death by her orders.
The churches that have coal in the
East are hesitating between distributing
it to the poor or using it to heat up
their rich parishioners.?Birmingham
Age-Herald.
According to the New York Tribune
Farmer the report comes from Indiana
that the independent telephone
companies are making great strides j
in connecting the farmers' families |
with their systems. The farmers are j
beginning to realize that their sue- j
cess depends upoa being brought into
contact with the world's business currents.
The independent telephone
company afford a capital opportunity
for that sort of co-operation, which
ckvelopes intelligence and self-helpfulness.
It is only a few years since
the telephone was restricted to large
towns; and it wa3 held to be unprofitable
to try to extend it into the country.
Tnat day is passed; and the
farmer is held to be not only the one
who most needs the telephone, but the
one who makes the most profitable
customer.
Life is concrete opportunity. 80. 43.
Mem
CirlA
Young girls at Hi
this period of life,
or their mothers,
are earnestly in*
vited to write Mrs.
Pinkham for advice;
strictly confidential;
motherly way hundrc
and her advice is freel
I
School days are danger days fo:
Often physical collapr.e follows
lost vitality. Sometimes it is never
Perhaps thoy are not over-car
through carelessness in this rcspec
rendered very severe.
Then begin ailments which shot
produce constant suffering. Heads
in the back and loins, irregularity, 1(
to avoid the society of others, are sy
arch-cnemy is at nana.
Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetal
young girl over this cricical period
their trials "with courage and safet
girl is safe from tho peculiar dangei
hearty womanhood.
A Young Chicago Girl
"Dear Mrs. Pixkuam:? I wist
efit I have received through the u
t^ble Compound and Liver Pil
"Miss Pratt Unable
Dear Mrs. Pixkiiam:? I l'col
how much Lydia E. Pinkliam's v.'C
done for me. I was completely run
did not care for any kind of society
and have gained seven irounds of fle
" I recommend it_to all young w
ness."?Miss Alma Pratt, tioiiy, i
Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetal)
cdy to be relied upon .at this impc
FORFEIT" we cannot forihwi
yOUvii *'JoT? testimonials, which will pr
vy
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Odds and Eflds.(Baltlmore
American.)
"What luxury is it," asked the techer,
"that everybody wantf to buy during
the months that have an R in
their names?"
"Coal," answered the little wisa
boy, from the foot of the class.
It must be an awful strain on the^
red-nosed man who tries to look intellectual.
Beauty may be only skin deep, but
the impression it makes extends much
deeper.
All He Was Paid For.
The leader of the band frowned as
he brought the music to a standstill
in the middle of a bar.
"Say, Pumpernickel," he demanded,
in a loud whisper, "what do you mean
by playing a lot of half notes where
there should be whole?'
Pumpernickel took the horn on nis
neck.
"Veil," said he, "I make expiantionings
by you. You rememper dot
you cud down my vages to halluf,
don'd you?"
The leader stared In amazement
He had done so, but?
"Und so I gontinuings to make der
nodes out mid dis hem. halluf nodes,
until der vages vos restorded unto
j whole vages. Aind it. yes?"
| Sometimes a comedian can produce
I a grave crisis.?Cincinnati CommerI
cial-Tribune.
she has guided in a
* *
as 01 young women;
y and cheerfully given.
: American girb.
, and it takes years to recover the
recovered.
cful about keeping their feet dry;
t the monthly sickness is usually
lid be removed at once, or they will
tchc, faintness, slight vertigo, pains
>ss of sleep and appetite, a tendency
mptoms all indicating that woman's
>!e Compound has helped many a
"With it they have gone through
y. With its proper use the young
*s of school years and prepared for./
"Studied Too Hard."
i to thank you for the help and bense
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege~ *
Is. When I was about seventeen
ienly seemed to lose my usual good
-itality. Father said I studied too
but the doctor thought different and
1 ' - 1. ?.L T i.-l. 1 lU ?
luco. tonics, "wmcn 1 iook oy me
without relief. Reading one day in
il>er of Mrs. Pinkhara's great cures,
nding the symptoms described and
mine, I decided I would give Lydla
nkham's Vegetable Compound a
I did not say a word to the doctor;
glit it myself, and took it according
cctions regularly for two months,
found that I gradually improved,
lat all pains left me, and I was my
If once more. ? Lii.lie E. Sinclaik,
St., Chicago Iii."
! to Attend School."
it my duty to tell all young women
mdei ful Vegetable Compound has
down, unable to attend school, and
, but now I feel like a new person,
sli in three months.
omen who suffer from female weakdich.
le Compound is the one sure rem>rtant
period in a young girl's life.
fli proatice me original letters ana signatures as
ove their absolute genuineness,
a ?1. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Haas.
e are Many Corsets ^ <
J on the market, but your health js
demands that you get the most M
comfortable and best made.
Straight Front a
' Bon T on Corsets 1 I
10 equal for comfort. I