\ ????????? Mule ^'xfe Costly Meal. Out of thuosauds paid at Shcn^Mdoa^ Penn.. the other day two men. D&jKl and James Richards, missed l?elr pay in an odd an amusing way. After they had received their six checks for different work they placed them in a jacket pocket and hung it on a post., and went up abreast for * ' " ?- ??!!? rPKrv%? rfltnrnoH ineir crater pun&. a i^iuiueu Bhortlj' afterward, just in time, to witness a large black mule devour the last remnant of the jacket, checks and ill. to their amusement and disgust. * THE LENGTH OF LIFE. Longevity of Man Increasing, Says an Austrian Physician. Medical men are discussing a lecture by Professor Pfluger, of the University cf Uonn, on longevity, in which he asserts that the average length of bur ..! life is steadily increasing, says the Indiana Medical Journal. He maintains that one-third of all the deaths registered in Munich are due to heart disease, brough on by the immoderate use of beer, and that tobacco also claims a large peaeentage of the victims. Among forty centenarians who have come under his notice there wa9 only one smoker, while nearly all professed to a moderate use of alcohol. What Professor Pfluger. most seriously warns pecpie against is the thought and fear of derth. Tho mind must be occupied, he says, in order to secure longevity. Hard-working men who retire rarely live much longer. The German census statistics show tha; in 1S71 the centenarians numbered 147 men and 287 women, but in only five men and thirty women. The above press report is of interest. As is well known in Munich the consumption of beer per capita is greater than elsewhere in the world and the percentage of heart disease is higher. Deer has a worse influence on the heart than either wine or whisky. Tobacco is better borne by adnlts and the aged than by youth. No child should be allowed to smoke before the age of twenty-one. Wine has been said to be the milk of old age; it should not be used until past the noon of life. That the German census Bbows a reduction of old men since tho war with France is natural. The age of industrialism, of city life, of strain, of alcohol and of the vencral diseases with increase of tabes dorsaiis and general paresis Is the present age of Germany as it is of the United States. vmiy me secate ana me temperate ju all tilings can expect length of days. A High Grade School lor Bo)i. Popils from Michigan to Texas have already l eeu eurolled f- r tne coming session at the Fishburne Military School. Waynosboro. Ya. Persons interested in the school question would do well to send tor a catalogue of this high grade school for boys. T BACKACHE. Backache is a forerunner and one of the most common svmp toius of kidney trouble And womb displacement. READ MISS EOLLMAITS EXPERIENCE. " Some time ago I was in a vcxy weak condition, my work made me nervous and my back ached frightfully all the time, and 1 had terrible heaa* aches. 44 My mother got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for me, and it seemed to strengthen my back and help me at once, and I did not got so tired as before. I continued to take it, and it brought health and strength to me, and 1 want to thank you for the KDd it has done me." ? Miss Katb t.t.vav. 14-nd St. earK to he an unnatural and superhuman temper under the circumstances, is actually easier and more philosophic than mere resienation and fortitude. Is it not better for a man in the midst of a rushing stream to race the torrent, breast the waves and stride up against thp current than to turn his hack upon the flood and try to stand erect where he is? Will he not be sure to fail to keep his feet in the latter instance? Will he not have immenselv better chances to stem the tide in the other fashion? It I is much the same with trouble. He who i submits his back to the stroke of adversity and strives to bear a calm countenance and a brave heart while his head is bowed with grief, will succumb more easily to the sorrows of life than he who has a thankful joy in his heart horn of the knowledge that to a Christian all the miseries for which he is not personally resnonsible are intended for his advantage. With such a fate the sufferer's face may shine, his heart mav i? ?J i ?4 u: if ...: w i ) itrup itnu nt; mav i nmncn \>iui ??vu- . dtous aggressiveness. So he will stalk on 1 against the current, throwing off the billows as they pile upon him, and shouting for joy in tlie very mid-stream of affliction. There is something deeper in the philosophy of James, however, than the mere offering of a wise method of confronting trouble. He sees a close relation between troub'e and a triumphant life. "Count it all joy when ve fall into divers temptations (or troubles); knowing this, that the trving of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, tnat ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." There is the formula for producing a strong and symmetrical character. It reminds one of Paul's statement, "We glory in tribulations also, knowing that I tribulation worketh patience and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope maketh not ashamed." The person of good character has no occasion for shame, being perfect and entire, wanting nothing. But such fulness of life can only be obtained through ministry of trial. Wo can. at least, measure some of the j I effects of this kind of discipline. The try- , | ing of faith, the proving ox one's confi! denoe in the invisible hut eternal adr.iinis- ! tration of God is not the least of these re- ! suits. Who will deny that without faith j in the unseen it is impossinle to construct a great character? Said a distinguished teacher. "Great imagination may make a 1 great poet: great logical power a great j ; philosopher: great faculty of observation I a great scientist, but nothing makes a I great man but great faith.'' It is only 1 1 small people who insist on walking by j | sight. The great souls dwell in the in\ isi- . i ble. The cheap crowd call such persons j dreamers. But these dreamers alone attain j , eminence and power. It was the faith of Columbus which ' ' swung the Western Hemisphere our of oh- ' ; livion into light. It was the faith of Loth- ' er that rent asunder the papal domination ; , and civil and religious liberty to Europe j i and the western nations. It was the >'.,i:'i of Lincoln that swept "the sum of ail vii- 1 i lainies from our borders and sent millions ' i of ebon-faced men from chains to sover- ! eignty." It is the faith of some valorous J soul that removes every mountain of di'lieulty. straightens every crooked path anil solves every problem that balks the pro- ' gress of truth. The list of faith's chain- ' ! pions lengthens with each decade. Brigh* : 1 are the glories of those "who through fa'th ] subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness. ! j obtained promises, stopped the mouths ot . I lions, ciuenchcd the violence of lire, es- 1 I caped the edge of the sword, out of weak- 1 , ness were made strong, waxed valiant in j fight, turned to Might the armies of the' aliens." By faith the greatest achievements of the spiritual as well as of the material world are won. 1 Endurance is the test of character. Is J there any oerinanence in its fiber? Mis fortune will answer the question. A great ' conflagration sweeps over a city. Struct-' ures of wood are devoured with avidity. Stone edifices resist the Haines with some utcess, but they, too, crumble and dissolve l under the intense heat. The sieel safe drops front the counting house ami is I frightfully bent and blistered. But heaps of go'd coin, now a mere molten mass, from which image and superscription have oni tirelv faded, still reveal the quality of the ' yellow metal. Society discloses in its catastrophes a similar test. Adversity sweeps like a plague over the land. Fortunes are lc.st in the twinkling of an eye. Business is unsettled from the Atlantic to the Pacific. T ie foundations of commercial stability seem to be shattered before the ad; vanning tide of financial ruin. Then oniy j the strong stand firm. The weak resort to i dissipation, to waste of body and soul, to crime. The pure become more pure, l ite wicked grow more vicious. And tints the event which brings blessing to one brings curse to another. It is all a matter of person.'.l character, of moral fiber. "Blessed is the man that endurefh temptation." ; Temptation in the sense of enticement : to evil is totally different from temptation ( in the sense of providential trial. If James red boys and girls. What, then?shall the oul make no effort td rise superior to its urroundings? Is there any environment n which allurements to evil will not exist? x Do they not obtrude themselves upon the r icene of public worship and private devo- r ion? Is there exemption for any one? 11 surely nr'., but in the last analysis the ! emptation is not in the enticements of me's environment, but in a heart that ' lists after evil, and which must be denied ~ ts desires, if good character is to be made. Temptation to evil. then, is a matter in vhich our personal moral tiber is inolvcd. just as in trial through suffering >ur powers of endurance are tested. What s jour attitude toward evil? Is it one of ipologv and condoneinent? How perilous! [s it one easy familiarity? God pity vour weakness! We have a duty to ourselves. Luther used to say: "We cannot keep the >irds from flying around our heads, but we an prevent them from building their nests n our hair." We may not be able to keep temntation away, but we need not let it n the house. We should not expect God !o look the door and keep His hand upon t. We are the doorkeeper of our own ouls. Naturalists tell us that the scorpion will lever use his sting, of which he is exceednglv careful, unless he can find a spot on ;he body of his desired victim sufficiently ioft to admit its insertion without fear of njury. Temptation never assails the soul rxcept at vulnerable points. Our own lusts determine the spots which the enemy strikes. But fortunately the whole burden of resisting temptation to evil does not rest irith us. Divine help is promised. "If anv if you lack wisdom, let him ask God.*' Wisdom is called by a sound writer "the irt of Christian conduct." That art can be acquired of Christ Himself. He was tempted in all points as we are. yet withMit sin. Ke can and will impart the power if successful resistance. Moreover, there is specific promise in the premises. "There bath no temptation taken vou but such as is common to men, but God is faithful, ivho will not suffer you to be tempted ibove that ye are able, but will also with .lie temptation make a way to escape, that re may be able to bear it." ' For him that endures there is the blessed recompense of the crown oi lite. W hat the culptor has wrought is n6t to be shattered bv the hammer of judgment. When the ?'nip comes bounding over the stormy sea she is not to sink in view of tne harbor. But after the strugg'cs of this human life ivill come the felicities and fulness of the perfect life. May the victor's wreath be iurs. " Homp.WdlnfM.t' How often we hear it said. "It is worth while to travel to have the joy of getting borne again. One never realizes how good borne is till one has been away from it for onie time." flow seldom we comprehend :hc disgrace involved in that remark! For v t is our business to understand the jovs of liome. It is ou1- business to appreciate it , while we are at home, and while our appoint ion can do our dear ones and the previous home life some good, and not wait till we go away or till some contused return. whose transient emotions arc so speedily forgotten. Home-wellness thinks ?vtr\Nmorning as we rise: "How good it is linn.olinfil' W/w blithelv t):c sun shines in at my window! I low I bless God for this good home!" (dome-wellness looks around at the breakCast table upon all the dear ones there, ind shines out its gratitude from beaming ryes. and carols it out with cheery laugh 'id loving praises. Home-wellness goes through the entire day with a song in the ieart. It irradiates the whole family with ts satisfaction, for home-wellness is very ontagious. It makes every one work better and play better. And when the cvenng conies, and the sacred night takes the >ome in its keeping, it is a home of thanksriving and peace that it broods under its E bon wings. Homesickness is said to pro- 1 luce, very often, physical results as serious is a genuine disease: indeed, it deserves to le ranked with I lie diseases of the body as u ivell as the maladies of the sou!. Rut 0 lomc-wellness is the opposite ot disease; 1: t is the household health.?Christian En- * leaver World. J A True Christian, ' P Children enjoy music long before they <1 tnderstand the color, scale and the laws n if harmony. Indeed, millions go through ife enjoying the beautiful in nature and irt without ever knowing anything about _ he laws by which colors complement each >ther. Also millions go through life as 'hrigtinnu vitliniit uvpr ?fnnnir*V nit philosophically their ideas about the lliblc or the church or the creed. And yet 1,1 hey are Christians, because they are loyal .o Christ. History tells of a young paintHinder in the studio of Italy's preat mas- n :cr who develoned striking evidences of R irtistic skill. When an enemy of the great eacher came to the boy and urged him to "J ound a school of liis own. saying that vealtli and honors and invitations to kings' >aiaces might be his, the youth answered n effect: "I am not ambitious to found a school or dwell in a palace, but I am amliiious to catch Raphael's spirit and reprolu'.-o in mvself his ideals." Now, that simile thought condenses in a word the essence of the Christian life. It is an ambiion to rise to the level of Christ's houghts. to feel His throb of sympathy oward the poor and weak, to abhor evil u lie abhorred it, to hunger for righteousness as He hungered for it and to waik vitli our Father as Christ walked with His. He is a Christian who is loyal to 'hrist in thoughts, sympathies, fricudhips, purposes and ideals.?Newell Dwi/lil Iillis. ' *? v js'7*k -.'i tati or Onto, City or Toledo, i Lccas County. \ ' Frank J. Cheney make oath that he la "nior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney m o.. dolnT business iu the City of Toledo, ^>unty an I State aforesaid, aa 1 that sai 1 rai will pay the sum of one iiuxdbed dol- ' aks for each aa 1 everycuseof citarbh that ! anno, be eurei by the use of Hall's i atari:h Cose. Frank .I. Cheney. ! Sworn to before m and subscribed in my ! . presence,tlu.s6thdny of December, i seal. A. D., lSlW. A. W. li lea son*. ? ?.? 1 Xotnry Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and cts directly o:i the blood and mucous surnees of the system. Nehd for testimonials, roe. F. J. Cheney .t Co., Toiodu, o. Sold by all D racists*, 7oc. Hall's Family Fills are the best. Some People. There are some people whose use In i lie world it would be :;s hard to ?Ieir.e as the uses of pieces ol" parsley Iraped arouiul meat oil the table.?Athisoti Globe. I'aj-Day Friends. A man has a lot more friends 0:1 his >ay day than he has 0:1 theirs.?New fori; Press. FITS permanently cured. No fltsor nervous* 3ess after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great \erveHestorer.S2trlnl bottle cml trcatisefree Dr. If. H. Kline, Ltd.. SSI Areh St., i'hlla.A'.i Some fellows can no more keep out of Itb; than oilier fellows can help falling in ove. MrsAYinslow's Soothiagjyrup for chlldm leethinR.softea the Rums, raducos inilainmaLien,allayspain.cures wind eolie.25e. abottlo Death overtakes us all, aad then comes .lie undertaker. lamsurePlso'a Curo for Consbmptlonsvve 1 ray life three years ago.?Mbs. '1'homa.s lion* UW, Maple yt., Norwich, N. if., Feb. 17,1931. Ail men may be born equal, but oniy a lew get to fbp tm. The Bobbin Chemical Co., Inltimore, Md.. manufactures HniccMiCiDE, vhich Is said to pnssff-s unusual merit, nrd nakes nerraaueut cures of tbat dread disease, heumntism, wbloh is a very common, painful ind danR-wous disease. The sale of this emedy is IncreasloR at a rapid rate, whlca act Is excellent evidence of ita Intrinsic rortb. So. 35. blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow skin regularly you are sick. Constipation kills m starts chronic ailments and long years of suf CASCARET3 today, for you will never get right Take our advice, start with Cascar< money refunded. The genuine tablet stam booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Con MaHmWMMBMMamaMHaaaaBMOHaavj | Littleton Fe ? U One of the most prosperous i a standard of scholarship, located a y and with a large patronage froi M Jersey to Florida?an Institution i y We will take a limited numbei /j Board and Full Liters y per term on conditions made knot ^ REV. J. n. RHOD Ice Gardens. A glacier, when it dislodges itself tnd sails away ever the Arctic ccean. aever travels alone. In the wake of ?very large one floats a line of similar iompanions. Strange as it may seem plants grow and blossom upon these rreat ice mountains. When a glacier is at rest moss attaches itself to it, protecting the ice beneath, just as rawdust does. After a time the moss Jeoays and forms a soil, in which the needs of buttercups and dandelions, brought by the wind, take root and flourish. bKcE KKUUI- r Gaines, Pa., August3, 1003.?"I rewired your so boxes, aud I can truthfully say tliey are as gc iking them I could not bend my back enough to r niovo my feet ?had two doctors but did not i are taken two l>esides, and I ata able to do a re .nd to humanity."?Mrs. Llla A. Mattisok, Gain The great fame of kian'i Kidney Pills is i on l?y tlio wondrous ' fj owit of tlio free trial to " . 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Physicians know them an# speak highly of them. All druggist* sell them. The five-cent package I* enough for an ordinary occasion, and the Family Bottle, sixty cents, contain*, a household supply for a year. Onegenerally gives relief within twentjmiuutes. * * e P" ^TO WOlSI I Inflammation, Sorriest, Pel no < I Catarrh cannot exist w.th it. 1 Poxtiae used us a vuglnnl daaebc Is a ' revolution In combined cleosslsf ! | healing power. It kills all disease pML In local treatni'nt of female ills it Is lnvaluahld Heals Inflammation and cures all discharges. | Never falls tu cure Nasal Catarrh. | Cares oifenstve perspiration of arm pits and feet. Cures Sore Throat, Sore Mouth and Sore Eyes. I As a tooth powder nothing essals it. Removes Tartar, Hardens the Gams and whitens * the teeth, mates a bad breath sweet and agrr aa He Thonmmh of letter* from wets > ??? : that It U the ireateit cure hr Leacorrbsea | ever discovered. We have yet to bests of the tlrst ease It fulled to cure. . 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