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Now and Then. fap Is climbing up the tree. And. dear, on every bough Pink blooms are bursting from thcli "Tis nearly summer now; I see the glint of your blue eyes. Of your enmeshing hair. ^ Though you are there and I am here, j I love you here and- there. The old rock in the ennon. dear, know it as of yore; this year. dear, heart of my heart. You'll perch on it no more; I loved you. dear one. on that perch.You know that's not a c<>n. I loved you when I'd helped you down. T ln-.-ft vr.li nfF 0,.,1 nn * *w,v '"VM I And. dear, my love is strong to-day As It was yesterday. ^ It is the same love that you knew In <ach remembered way; The love you ktu w in yesteryear This year is yours again; Know, heart o' mine, it ne'er will change. I love you now and then. J. 1. \vi*5 in Houston Tost. S THIS DOLPHIN PILOTS SHIPS. New Zealand Legislature Passes Act ! to Protect "Pelorus Jack." "Pclorus Jack" is the name of an / old dolphin which Is protected by a special act of the New Zealand legislature. According to an Australian colonist, George Hayes, the official proclamation of the government prohibits any interference with Pelorus Jack under a penalty of ?100. Forty years ago. when Mr. Hayes first emigrated to Australia, he heard an old sailor's tale, according to which a shoal of dolphins grounded on the shores of Cook Strait, and one of "* 1 J *- * t* - TV?r.? nnft mem escapea miu uie sea. mai vmr, which is now acknowledged to be Pelorus Jack, never left the locality where he lost his companions, and, as Mr. Hayes says, "he is now protected by law as he has always been by sentiment." The most remarkable fact of all is the reason for the passage of the law, which Is that Pelorus Jack acts as a most effective pilot, escorting all kinds of vessels in and out of the French Pass. Cook Strait, always keeping to deep water. For years be was believed to be a beluga, or white whale, but recent scientiSc investigation has shown that he is really a dolphin. As he is r.evei absent from his duties the proclamation has been received with keen sat isfaction throughout Australasia by sailors who have to use the French Pass. Overworking a Typewriter. "When a typewriter has been oper- j ted for several hours at a stretch it ! becomes a centre of electrical phenomena." remaked a stenographer. "Touch it with something metallic and you will get a distinct shock. At the same time there will be a cracking sound 8id a spark will appear at the point of contact. If another person than tho one who has been operating it $houid begin to pound the keyboard after the machine has been In continuous use for a couple ot hours he will experience a real elec- | trical sensation, the pins-and-needles I feeling of a foot asleep. Drawing the beet of paper off the rolfer rapidly will charse the paper and it will crackle when laid on other paper. It will also adhere to the other sheets or to any surface with which it comes j V in contact and quite a little tug is < necessary to loosen it. A long-worked typewriter seems to become an olec- j trica1 plant on a small scale and will ! furnish all sorts of surprises."?Su j Louis Fost Dispatch. Nsws About Nerves. London, Eng.?The Marshall Hall j Prize, given every five years by the Royal Medical Society, has been i awarded to Hearv Head for an ini- j portant discovery of the workings of i the nervous system. Prof. Head had i tfie sensory nerves of his arm divid- I ed, and then he watched the sensa tions that followed. Then he had the j nerves reunited by stitching, and he i watched the process of recovery. The results was that he discovered that there are two distinct sets of sensory nerves. One conveys the sensations j of pain, heat and cold. The other con- j veys the sensation of touch, and also ' enables one to localize the sensation.? I accurately. The healing power of the j skin depends entirely on the former, j ?Evening Sun. A girl's idea of a romance is a man who wears a woman's ring on his finger and looks sadly at it. So. 30. uilCDAktn TTifo Made Wise Chancre in Food* Change of diet Is the only way to really cure stomach aud bowel trouble. A woman says: "My husband bad dyspepsia when we were married and bad suffered from it for several years. It was almost impossible to tind anything be could eat without bad results. "I thought this was largely due to the use of coffee, and persuaded him to discontinue it. He did so. and began to drink Postum Food Coffee. The change did him good from the beginning, lii* .digestion improved: be suffered much less from bis nervousness, aud when be added Grape-Nuts food to bis diet be was soon entirely cured. ' My friend. Mrs. . of Yieksburg (my former home), bad become a nervous wreck a!<o from dyspepsia. Mediciues bad no effect, neither did travel help her. Ou my last visit home, some months ago. I persuaded her to use Grape-Nuts food. She was in despair. and consented. She .stuck to it until it restored her health so eoni n'etelv flint she is now the most euthll- I sia-stir friend of Grape-Nuts that I ever know. She oats it with cream or dry, just as it comes from the package ?keeps it in her room and eats it whenever she feels like it. "I began eating Grape-Nuts food my- i self when my baby was two months .old. and I don't know what I should j have done without it. My appetite was : gone. I was weak and nervous and afforded but very little nourishment for the child. The Grape-Nuts food, of which I soon grew very fond, speedily set all this right again, and the baby grew healthful, rosy and beautiful as a mother could wish. lie is two years 1 old now and eats Grape-Nuts food himself. I wish every tired young mother knew of the good that Grape-Nuts would do her." Names given by rostum Co., Cattle Creek, Mich. x There's a reason. I OR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON I a i S Brilliant Discourse Ey Rev. Robert c 11. Carson. ' s Brooklyn. X. Y.?Sunday in Grace 1 Presbyterian Cliurch. the pastor, the ^ Rev. Robert II. Carson, took for his j ( subject "Paul the Preacher." His 1 E text was Acts xxiv:",": "And as he J reasoned of righteousness, temperance and judgment to come. Felix trembled s and answered. Go thy way for this ...I i | ? F unit', W Uf II 1 IIUH* .1 l.uinrimiu i son I will call for thee." Mr. Carson said: This book of apostolic labors gives t us a glimpse of Paul in .many attitudes. We have him pictured before his conversion and after, and whether we see him at his manual occupation of tent-making, or in Ins frequent perils by land and sea. or addressing cultured audiences in splendid cities, or individuals in palaces or in prisons? everywhere we see a man whom we instinctively know to be one of earth's choicest and noblest souls. Just now he is standing before a wicked king and his no less wicked wife, and there is that in his demeanor and his action which makes us proud of Christianity and its power. Too frequently, weakness, with a false gentleness and charity, are considered the proper attendants of a Christian spirit, and ofttiuies a Christian is slow of speech, or altogether ^ silent in the presence of evil lest he r should show a boldness unbecoming in one who proposes himself to be a follower of Him who was meek and low- j ly. But there is no warrant for any g such conduct in the example of Christ, a or In the teaching of His apostles. In- t deed, what strikes a reader most in this book of apostolic acts is the bold- J ness of spirit which the first preachers ^ of the gospel exhibited. We see Peter 1 standing in the presence of his own enemies as well as in- the presence of j the enemies of the Christ, and boldly accusing: tiicni of the murder of flic t Lord. And what said Christ Himself: c "I came not to send peace on earth, j hut a sword." Ho was Christianity's , t founder, and what He was, so should r His followers be. The Christian is to j speak the truth in love, hut in the pres- ^ ence of evil he must neyer be silent through fear, nor mince his words to r suit men's cars, nor pander to their ! r likings, nor dread their criticism. j Apostolic boldness, then, is the first 1 c point that we would note in the words | ] which we have chosen as our text. 1 f Paul is in the presence of a man who j t is master of his life. He speaks to a i j ruler whose word is law. whose nod is i N enough to seal his doom, and yet ho | j speaks so as to make that monarch ^ tremble. Ah. friends, a man who '"s knows his cause to be right can al- j ' ways afford to be courageous and bold, i f Truth at all times is wondrous fearless I -j and dreads 110 sacrifice, whether of case or fame or even of life itself, if ( only Cod he honored 'and righteous- I ness crowned. Look back on that sacred line of fearless witnesses for God and see how strongly this element of courage predominated. Of such was Moses in the presence of Fharaoh. of such was Xathau in the presence of David, of such was Elijah before Ahah. of such was .Tolm the Baptist before Herod, of such were the apos- J ties and martyrs and glorious company of the reformers. Luther would go to the Diet of Worms and vindicate his faith, though as many devils hindered j him as there were slates 011 the house- i tops of Erfurt. When they laid John I Knox, the man who made Scotland. in his grave they said: "There lies one who never feared the face of man." And this fearlessness, this courage. ] nred not be confined to the leaders } alone. The humblest Christian may ] share, and should share, in this prec- . ions heritage. To this line of chosen j souls?the very chivalry of the saints? 1 , belong every man and woman who, like ; 1 N'ehemia'n, dares to say: "So wijl not ( I. because of the fear of the I.ord: who ( is willing in obedience to the dictates , of an enlightened conscience to brave , public opinion and even the loss of ( friendship in standing by what they ( consider right. Such are the salt of , the earth. Such is the leaven that is \ yet going to leaven the whole mass. , , Such are the men whom God and man j . can trust, and such men are the hope 1 j of the world. Herein, indeed, is the j , boldness of Christianity seen. and. i ( thank God. in all the ages of Christen- ! . dom and in all the ranks of life men ; anil women with their fearless courage have been found. It is comparatively easy to bear wit- j i ness to truth when a large public sym- j ] pathizes with you. When on all sides ; you are surrounded by tlnto who encourage you with cheering words: when you have nothing to lose and everything to gain; when the "offense of the cro?s." as Paul puts it. "has ceased." But when the public is un- j , sympathetic, when friends are lacking. ! when there is everything to lose and I nothing earthly to gain, then it is a I < very different matter. Oh. beloved. In our own strength j and relying on our own arm we cannot stand. It is easy to say resist and stand fast, but we can do neither the one nor the other unl?ss we are j steadfast in the faith. In the midst | of this wicked and untoward genera- j tion. when evils, both social and poli- i tical. are eating out the very life of j our nation, how shall we be courageous : and bold, how shall we do our part j to stem the torrent? Surrounded by i sin both in* high places and in low. ! now snail we as followers 01 Jesus Christ set strength to do our duty? ; Confronted by temptation at every turn in the .pathway of life, where shall we get courage to face the tempter and to say with boldness and with : majesty, "get thee behind nie. Satan?" ! In our own strength we cannot do it. To be a power for good, to be a factor ' in the upbuilding of righteousness, to 1 overcome in the conflict with tempta- ; tion. we must know Cod and trust Cod ! < and love Cod as Up is revealed in tin* i 1 face of Jesus Christ, and then we will ? he able to stand fast in the evil day. 1 Such knowledge-is the knowledge that , we want, and it alone will make us bold and courageous as this poor prisoner who makes the monarch tremble. ' So. in 1 he words of our text we < have, in the first place, a sample of ] apostolic boldness, and in the second 1 place we have a sample of apostolb* ( preaching. j The wife of Felix was a Jewess ! j whom he had persuaded to leave lies | , lawful uusuanu. mh. uououess, o a-> anxious to learn of this Jesus who had caused such a commotion ninonx I the people of her nation, and herein 1 may have been the cause of the apes- j < tie's first invitation to the palace. j It is said that the greatest wonder on ( earth is man himself, and indeed I i . believe this to be true. Take, for in- i stanc. this man, Felix, and he is but 1 the type of a numerous family. No 1 man who walks the earth to-day who may not find a representative in some Bible character, and if you Ailigentiy study the different character"ecorded in the sacred book you can easily ' prove the truth of this statement, t 'elix lived in sin. Fnul knew his mnn, nd lie suited his sermon to liis audince. I am not sure that that sermon could escape criticism in these days. am of the opinion that many good ouis would say it was not cvangelial. lie was invited to preach eonerning the faith in Christ, and his ermon was on righteousness, tempernee and judgment to come?topics hat any good man of any faith might cell discuss. Many might say. is that "hristian preaching? I say it is. and nore than that, it is the kind that this ge needs, and we need it every day. f Paul had begun an argument repecting'Christ's divinity, or resurreoion, or any kindred topic, he would irOIKlUI.V UU\t* UUU ?l luwi iiiirivmui^ liscussioiv with Felix, but think you lint he would have made liim tremble? Most men think that Christianity is heology. No: Christianity is morality n the light of eternity. And that is iot the best preaching which delights is with its close reasoning and high peculation and profound theology: hat is the best preaching which makes is. if we are living in sin. turn uneasily 11 our seats and tremble as we listen o its truths. The law is our solioolnaster to bring us to Christ, and it is inly when conscience is aroused within is tlftit we seek the grace which i? in "hrist and which came by Christ. The ind of preaching is not to make men lieologians. the end of preaching is to mild up character, and while seine of is may be far enough on the road to icar sermons on the deep things of ?od, I am not pessimistic when I say hat. taking the world iu its totality, nost of us are still where we need to >e reasoned with concerning righteousless, temperance and judgment 10 ome. "Preaching to the times" is a favorte expression nowadays. Its purpose :eems to be that men are to be amused, is Felix had Paul in from the prison o amuse him. He and he alone ifeaches to the times who makes us estless by showing us the demands of iod's eternal law and then points the vay clear up to Calvary and to Him vho said "Coine unto Me all ye that abor and are heavy laden and I will rive you rest." These are eternal veriies and they fit all times. All others hangc and pass away with the cliangng hour: social, political, aye. even lieological questions have their days md cease to be. hut the eternal need s forgiveness and the everlasting vnnt. rest for the soul. Ami so Paul reasoned of righteous loss to a man living in sin, of tenipormoe to a woman who lived to gratify 'very desire and wicked passion, and >f judgment to come to two wlio never ooked beyond the present world?the irst steps, the first necessary steps to he pointing out of Him in whom alone s forgiveness and from whom alone ve have the power to live so that at lis coining in glorious majesty to udge the world we may not be put to ha me. And now. in the last place, we notice hat this preaching was convincing. That is clear enough, for a man does lot tremble without occasion. A man Iocs not tremble In the presence of spiritual truth except his intellect has >cen reached and his conscience onehed. Paul did his duty, but Felix diirked liis and turned his back upon he truth. He trembled, but lie dt<l iot move. Are there not many men ike him with us to-day? "Go thy vny," said lie. "when I have a convelient season I will send for thee." Is iot that what we often hear. F.ut vhen do those who say so find that hat convenient season ever conies? What do we think of the man who in natters of this world, is given to pitting oft and waiting to another time? 3ur worldly wisdom tells us that such i man will never come to any good ind no one has any confidence in him. i'ou sec through liirn. and smile zt all jis excuses for delay, and think you hat if a man cannot deceive his folows in this respect he can deceive God ind Ills own sonl? The Bible knows of 10 time but now. "Now is the accepted time." And this is true not only of lie greatest of all transactions?our acceptance of Jesus Christ?but of all the lutics that devolve upon us as Christian 111011 and women. We may have to-day an opportunity of doing good, or if receiving good. If we let it slip that loor that opened to us will be shut, ind it will never be opened again. Lost >pporiunilio3 do not ieturn. Otliers may come, but the lost cues come not igain. Let us, then, seize every opportunity. let us realize that the present only is ours, and as we hear the word 3f life let us embrace It in its fulness md live in its strength. Consequence* of Mejlect. Fatal consequences follow not only positive wrongdoing. hut simple neglect of duty also. The ten foolish virgins in the parable were guilty of nothing but neglect, yet their lamps went out and they were shut out from the wedding. The man with one talent did nothing but omit the thing lie ought to have done, yet lie was east out. Those who shall stand on the left hand of the Judge of the whole earth in the last day shall he accused only of omitting to minister to their Lord in His affliction, yet they shall go away into everlasting punishment. It is fatal to leave things undone. In tlic Soul'* lttcmiN. What we want is the clear eye to see the goodness there is among men. and the wise, skilled hand to draw it forth; for deep down in the reeessfs of the spirit Is the angel of the Lord, cramped and chained indeed, hut only needing the charmed word to invest it with authority and power.?John I'age Hopps. tVnwl of Frnu<l*. The first and worst of all frauds I? to cheat ont's self. All sin is easy after that.?Scottish Ueforuicr. Justice Tempered With Mercy. A Virginia justice of the peace unlertook to temper justice with mercy n the case of a boy charged with petty larceny." The evidence against lim was conclusive; but he was very young; it was his first offense, and :here was some extenuating circumstances. The old farmer justice decided to give the boy a stern lecture. He looked at the culprit severely through his spectacles and began his stern lecture. "Young man," said he, 'this is awful, this is right down awful, and I want to warn you?I want to say?" Here the old man's sense of [ustice suddenly conflicted with the pity awakened by the sight of the lad, who stood trembling before him. He cleared his throat twice, and then, half In mercy and half in indignation at his awn weakness, he cried, "Clear out o' my sight, you onery scamp!" and sat clown to mop his forehead amid the merriment of the courtroom.?N. Y. Tribune. In recent years several wealthy ?arsees have married European vives. a zizm i INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS E FOR JULY 30. Subject: MauiiMh'i Sin and Kepentence, ( 11. Chron. xxxlll,, 1-13?Golden Text, Prov. x1t? 34?Memory Verses, 10-13 ?Commentary on the Day's Lesson. I. Manasseh's excessive idolatries j (vs. 1-9). 1. "Manasseh." The tbir- < teenth King of Judah (not counting 1 : Athaliab, the usurper), son of Heze- c ; kiah and Hepbzibab, who was tradl- t I tionally the daughter of Isaiah. ? I "Twelve years old." He was born j j three years after Hezekiali was miraculously restored to health. He reigned ; longer than any other King of Judah f I or Israel. 2. "Did?evil." ne 101- v lowed all the abominable practices of 1 tbe nations of Canaan, but his sin was 4 greater than theirs because he had < light and knew about the true God. 3. T "Baalhn." The plural form for Baal, j "Made grooves." "Made Asheroth." , R. V. Asheroth is one of the plural forms of Ashrah, a heathen goddess. 1 Baal was a male and Asherah a female * divinity. An Asherah was probably a ' wooden pole which was planted be- ; side an altar as a symbol of a deity, j "Host of heaven." The sun, moon and t stars. 4. "Altars in the house." He ] placed the heathen altars even in the temple. "Shall my name be." See chapter 7: 1C. 5. "In the two courts." Professor f Luinby thinks this verse explains the 1 preceding verse, and that the idola- J trous altars were erected in the courts 1 of the temple and not in the holy place, t 0. "Through the fire." There is reason tot believe that in certain cireum- s stances the children offered to Moloch ^ were actually burnt to deattmor were first slain and then burnt. Psa. c 100: 3S; Jer. 7: 31; 2 Kings \T: 31. ( "Valley?of Hinnom." This was a ra- 1 vine on the south and west of Jerusa- t leni_ the southeast extremity of which had the name of Tophet. "Observed times." Sec It. V. "Practiced divination by the clouds." ''Enchantments." , He used incantations and charms. "Fa- ( miliar spirit." See 1 Sam. 2S: S. He < had in his service those who pretended J to raise the spirits. "Wizards." Wise j or knowing ones who claimed to reveal copratc \fmiv nf thnsp imnnstnrs c/ime J f: Jin Chaldeu to pursue their occupa- i tions and practice their deceptions, and Manasseh was their liberal patron. ! ''Much evil." The heathen rites and ceremonies which Manasseh observed were often of the foulest character. 7. "Set?image." The setting up the Asherali within the sacred precincts is dwelt upon as the most aggravated outrage of this wicked king. 8. j "Neither will I." etc. God had promised that this land should be theirs forever (2 Sam. 7: 10). "If only" (R. V.) All of God's promises are conditional. This condition was expressed at the very first. Had they obeyed God they would never have gone into captivity, but would still have been in possession of the promised land. 9. "To do worse." Through the pernicious influence of Manasseh they were led into worse forms of sin than were even practiced by the original Catiaan ites. Tradition says that under Manasseh Isaiah was sawn asunder. II. Manasseh's punishment #vs. 10. 11). 10. "The Lord spake." We can imagine the hitter grief and burning 1 indignation of those who loved the God of Israel. And they were not silent. In 2 Kings 21: 10-15 we see unnamed prophets denouncing the apos- ! ] tas.v and threatening judgment in most ! t striking language. * - e II. "King of Assyria." Assyria was j ; | nt that time under Esarhaddon. , t j "Among the thorns." "In chains." R. | i ' V. The sharp, thornlike nook by i : which prisoners were caught and held j < like fish. "Fetters." Probably mana- : ( cles for the hands and fetters 'or the j $ ; feet. "To Babylon." With this event | s ! Judah was added to the Assyrian Em- j | P're- ; III. Manasseh's repentance (v. 12). I 12. "Besought the Lord." In the soli- j . tude of exile and imprisonment Man- i 1 asseh had leisure for reflection. The j r calamities forced 011 him a review of ' /his past life, convincing him that the ! miseries of his dethronement and cap- ! f tivity were owing to his awful and un- t precedented apostasy from the God of j j his fathers. "Humbled himself great ly." Afflictions are our best friends; j ] we should never from upon' them. In I 1 their midst we see our nothingness. IV. Manasseh's restoration (v. 13). j ] 1.".. "He was entreated." It is iiupos- : I sible that any sinner who desires to , forsake sin and turn to God will be re- j ! fused mercy, after the record of par; don from God to a man like Manasseh. 1 Does this not explain why Manasseh 1 | was permitted to live the life he did? Would the Bible be the book it is if sin were not personified by such characters. and grace personified in Jesus Christ to meet their need? "Heard." 1 Though affliction drives us to God He 1 will not therefore reject us if we sincerely seek Him. for afflictions are sent , to bring ns to Him. "Brought him?to Jerusalem." When Manasseh is brought ! back to God and Ids duty he shall soon j be brought back to his kingdom. See | how readily God is to accept and wel- | 1 come returning sinners, and how swift i to show mercy. I.et not great sinners despair when Manasseh himself, on repentance. found favor with God: in him God showed fortn long sunering (1 Tim. 1: 16; Isa. 1: 18). "Mnnnsseh knew?God." Xo precepts of his father: no teaching of priests and Llevites; no net of ceremonial ^rcumcision nor engaging in forms ofTeligion: no listening to sermons nor rending the Scriptures brought him this knowledge. He had to be brought to a position where nothing but the almighty power of God could deliver him. We will bless God througn all eternity for the days of trouble that lead us to obey (Psn. 50: 15). But how much better it is to obey at once, thus making such afflictions unnecessary. Asking Advice. The sheriff of Santa Cruz county, ; - * i.v - lrvf _ ! Ariz., nas receivea iue luiiuwiug itwter from one of his constituents: "Mr. Charles Fowler?Dear Sir: I thought I would write you a few lines to ask you a few words, and I don't want to do anything until I hear from you. My stepfather is chussing (probably chasing or cussing) my mother all the time, and she don't want him around here any more and she wants him to leave but he won't go. He is just chussing her all the time and once he was going to hit her with a rock but I made him lay it down. She is washing all the time and trying to do right with him and I am going to stop this. I am asking you what I will do and be sure and tell me what if-I would shut (shoot) him . I think I would be in the right because I don't care for him and if I do kill him I will show you that I was right. Well, I will close for this time. Be sure and write and tell me what to do. So good-by. Yours truly, "TOM PARKER." i ?Arizona Republican. UDS NATURE'S WORE LFFECT OF ACETYLENE RAYS ON CROWTH OF PLANTS. iitiv to Twlc? Actual Weight of Those Kipoirit to Snnllght Only ? Latest Victory For This New and lteautifnl IUmninaut. Tho experiments recently made at Cornell University prove that the beau* iful rays from the gas, acetylene, are ts effective as sunlight on tile growth >f plants, and this may soon become a iubject for serious consideration by ail irogressive cultivators of the soil. The results of the experiments arc istnnisbinc inasmuch as the.V show -onclusively the treat Increase of jrowth attained by supplementing The Light of Nature" with "The Light )f Acetylene" during the hours in vhioh the plants would otherwise be ti darkness. For instance, a certain lumber of radish plants subjected to icetylene light during the night grew o twice the actual weight of the same lumber of radishes given daylight only, ill other conditions being equal, and leas bad blossomed and partially maured pods with the help of acetylene ight, while without the added light tot even buds were apparent. Acetylene is already taking its place is an illuiuinant for towns from a ceural plant, for lightinghouses, churches, ichools and Isolated buildings of all :inds, and it is being used successfully or many other purposes. A striking and Important feature of icetylene is the ease and small expense ivith which it can be made availably compared with the great advanta^R lerived from its use. The machin^iu ivhich the gas is generated la easily ioitalled. Shoemakers Once Were Well Paid. Thirty years ago, when all shoes vere made by hand, the shoemaker larned a fair salary of from $12 to * - Vrt ,1 ilb per wees. livery sliuc ouuij u&u rom five to ten shoemakers working. Shoes and boots cost from $8 to $15, ind they received much more repairng than do the shoes of to-day. Now rirls are working in the factories and mndreds of good shoemakers are lookng for something to eat. Over half )f the shoemakers who formerly vorked in the shops are working at >ther lines of business, and making nore money. A journeyman cobbler seldom makes nore than $8 or *9 per week. One may wonder why it is that the robbler nearly always finds a nftan, lirty hole to crawl into and to call t a repair shop. The fact is, he canlot afford to pay much rent. In the iverage shoe shop in the good seasons -spring and summer?he can do $4 vorth of repairing a day, and not nore than $6 if he works in the night ime. #Four dollars per day and six lays a week make $24 per week. DISFIGURING ULCER People Looked at Her la Amazement? 1'ronounced Incurable?Facn Xow Clenr? an Ever?1Thanks God For Cutlcura. -Mrs. L'. ttackett, 01 iuu \ an i>uren 01., Srooklyn, N. Y.t says: '"I wish to give hanks for the marvelous cure of my mothr by Cuticura. She had a severe ulcer, vhich physicians had pronounced incurib!e. It was a terrible disfigurement, ami >eople would stand in amazement and look ifter her. After there was no hope from ioctors she began using Cuticura Soap, Dintment and l'ills, and now, thank Cod, ?ne is completely cured, and her face is as >mooth and clear as ever." Pointed Paragraphs. An old bachelor says that bossing s not a woman's province.' No marked man would dare say such a hing. A woman likes to have a man tell ier that he *hink9 her feet at least wo sizes samller ttyat he trinks they ire. FTTflpermanently cured. No fits or nervouslies'? after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great S'erveRe.storer,$2trial bottleand treatise free Dr. it. H. Kline. Ltd./JSl Arch St.. Phila., Pa. Japan s go.u prouucuou iur iuc ju>. ivas So.OTG.'XW. Mrs.W'insiow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, soften the gums,reduces inflammation,allays pain.cureswind colic, t&c.a bottle Manchuria is gaining by the Russian- J Japanese War. I nmsure Piso's Cure Tor Consumption saved my life three years ago. Mrs. Thomas Koakbts." Manle St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17 liJOO Japan uas never as yet been invaded by a foreign foe. ? _ - ^ An Unanswerable Argument. There are some children whose arguments are unanswerable. To this class belongs one of the pupils at the Indian school at Chamberlain. S. D., a prim, grave, little maiden, whose name is Arrow. She is a chief's daughter. Her father and mother are quite civilized, and she is being brought up in a household as civilized as any Bostonian's. One day she said to her mother: "I wish I had a new doll," "But your old doll," her mother an-i-oroH *Ms as eood as ever." "So am I as good as ever," little Arrow retorted, "but the doctor brought you a new baby." AN OLD MAN'S TRIBUTE. An Ohio Frulf K<Urr, 73 Venn OH, Cared oft Terrible Case After Ten Year* of Knfferin?. Sidney Justus, fruit dealer,of Mentor, t Pills of a severe trouble,^ of eight fe'red the most in the region of SIDNEY JUSTUS. tl)e kidneys. These were especially severe when stooping to lift anything and often I could hardljfcstraighten my back. The aching was &:1 in the day time, but just as bad at nig^L and 1 was always lame in the mornins I was bothered with rheumatic pj^P and dropsical swelling of the feet.^The urinary passages were painful and the secretions were discolored and so free that often 1 had to rise at night. I felt tired all day. Half a box served to relieve me. and three boxes effected a permanent cure." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. . Foster-Mi I burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. - r-. I. 'A t- \ . . Ciint!an to Pnrehartrs ot Winchester Gum We find Winchester Repeating Rifles and Shotguns are being offered by certain of the trade, not customers of ours, at cut prices,* and that such guns have been altered since leaving the factop, including the changing and obliteration of th? factory serial numbers. Not knowing to what further extent these arms have been tampered with, we take this opportunity of advising the public in general that we assume no responsibility whatever connected with any j such arms, and caution all buyers to see j that the numbers have not been changed or obliterated. All genuine Winchester Repeating Rifles and Snotguns are numbered and all Winchester Single Shot Rifles are numbered, except the Models 1900, 1902, 1904. and the Thumb Trigger Mode!. Winchester Repeating Arus Co. You cannot hold a title to the skies in your wife's name. Cures Eczema. Itching Humors. Especially for old, chronic cases take Botanic Blood Balm. It gives a healthy blood supply to the affected parts, heals all the sores, eruption scabs, seules; stops the awful itching and burning of eczema, swellings, suppurating, watery sores, etc. Druggists $1 per large bottle, 3 battles ?2.50, 6 bottles 15.00, express prepaid, (-ample free ana prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Oa. Describe trouble and free medical advice srnt In sealed letter. A woman never thinks she is dressed to look cool unless you can see the ribbons through it. KIDNEY JROUBLES Increasing Among Women, But Sufferers Need Not Despair THE BEST ADVICE IS FREE Of all the diseases known, with which the female organism is afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal, and statistics show that this disease is on the increase among women. I'nless early and correct treatment is I applied the patient seldom survives ' when once the disease is fastened upon her. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable * Compound is the most efficient treat- t< ment for kidney troubles of women, ? and is tfie only medicine especially prepared for this purpose. A When a woman is troubled with pain or weight in loins, backache, frequent, painful or scalding urination, swelling of limbs or feet, swelling under the I eyes, an uneasy, tired feeling in the I region of the kidneys or notices a brick- ' dust sediment in the urine, she should lose no time in commencing treatment with Lydia E. Pinkhara's Vegetable Compound, as it may be the means of saving her life. For proof, read what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. S Sawyer. ti 44 I cannot express the terrible suffering I had to endure. A derangement of the female y organs developed pervous prostration and a * serious kidney trouble. The doctor attended me for a year, but I kept getting worse, until 6 I was unable to do anything, and I made up t my mind I could not live. T final!;* decided to try Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Corn- ! pound as a last resort, and I am to-<lay a well 1 woman. I cannot praise it too highly, and 1 i tell every suffering woman about my case." ! Mrs. Emma Sawyer, Conyers, Ga. Mrs. Pinkham gives free advice to women ; address in confidence, Lynn. Mass. ti medTcal department i TULANE UNIVERSITY OF tOUIRI*N?. % It* advant.iKM for practical Instruction, both In ample laboratories ana aounuam no.?yu?i ^ materials are unequalled. Free access Is given 'x to the great Charity Hospital v.ith 9>*> bc<l* and W.MO patients annually. Specinl Instruction Is giver, dally at the bedside of the sick. The next session begins October 10th. 19J5. Fot catalogue and Information address t PIIOF. M. E. O III II. 'E. .11 l>., Deati. P. O. Oruwer 281. NEW OUI.BAMM, LA. ift^41*hfliMlitf I'lit tyniilil , THE DAISYFLY KILLER 1 files end affords ' TBQT*y^ 9BESSl4 comfort Ui trori home?In illume iMOruom. sleeping riH.ro pHfjd nil pieces where IMtt^f^yS*Tlv^PijwJS^FTY^?l ties ere trouble ' MBpHMH^gQcC^^TvSQHM^Ia *',m* clean, neat tOV' 1'.'7j6^7ffVit/fltByJFStMli*nil wti: not antl or e^_2K^*G|yflTlv>BBflKJUi*ltire enjthlmt.Try once end job DML/I^Ea^vfSm^HH^HwU, never bewlthout oyyjjMBMMKtBy^rfPy^l^J'' * " It m< kept by >MBlMC^M5ai> .lit 'leeien.eetiif repaid lor Sue. IUKOLO hOVKU, lit BeKsilt See., Breekl/a, I. T. C Let Common JBi Do you honestly believe, that cc VI^ i? fill E t ies IL vii s. i save vour laon-tieads I SOLD BY GROCEi B /7 * Regjia Cbe<k?n JMktM Compw j, WloitoiHteUu, H. C. PIMPLES t *i#iirp i it4* ?||r5 To treat Pimples and Blackheads, Red. Roush. Oilv Complexions, gently smear the face with Cuti- .,,J cura Ointment, the great Skin . $ Cure, but do not rub. Wish off the Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and bathe freely for some minutes. Repeat morning and evening. At , ; ijj other times use Cuticura Scap for ^ bathing the face as often as agree- c: S able. No other Skin Soap so pure, >-*j so sweet, so speedily effective. , 'J Cjtlru'. Soap rnnVr.i d.lirate ir.-4i.-i--.! ?rd tmeW ' 11 mt propertir* dert* .-4 from Cirtlcura, the KT.-a: Skin Curt, wl!h the pn**?t of drain! x lnyroj.-..., and the , H moat rrfrchinf of tiower odura. Two Soap# in -ill# al ON pHce? namely, a MiMIriual and roller S--*p fcr 2Xe. Poller Druj fc Ch.-m. Corp.. Sole Praps. lSn?!.>?. mrJIaaedTrec,"How to 1'rtMrre,Purify.ani Seanilfy.' LAZY LIVER 'I find Caacareta no (rood that I wonld not b? | ithout t b ; ui. 1 *M troubled a great .leal with . . >rpiil liver and headache. Now since taking r-tal aicareta Candy Cathartic 1 feel very much bettor aoN shall certainly recommend them to ay frieadh Yd toe beat medicine 1 have ever aeeu." .nna fiazinet, Osborn Mill No. 2, Fall iiirsr, Yntt The bowels ^a % ^ kmom^ CANOY CATHARTIC Pleaaant. Palatable Potent. Taste OoM. Oo flood, 'ever Sicken. Weaken or Grlpr. lUc. Y-v 5Hc.?rrt , Jew old in built The (mnlno tablet ?fnu:|?d C C 0. I j oarautocd to cure or >.?nr money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago cr N.Y. Sox iMKUALSALF.TEM KILLiOM BOXES FOR WOMEN roubled with ills peculiar to ^^1 < ? aeir sex, used as a douche is marvelously soc. ssful. Thoroughly cleanses, killsdiSiAjjgerms, & lops discharges, heals inflammation and local :reness, cures leucorrhmaand nasal catarrh, l'axtir.c is in powder l?rm to be dissolved in para }' j ater, and is far more cleans' >c, healui;, germicidal ad economical than liquid antiseptics for ail TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES ..H For sale at druggists, 00 cents a jor. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free, ac R. Paxton company a os : 3, MAsa. DUR SPECIALTY 3 3 4 5 i hrce two dcliar shirts for fivo dollars. 1 MADE TO YOUR MEASURE. <&j| Wrti Jo;- simples and lueasu. e.rent blanks. * MODEL SHIRT c O. *?!' S. _ l?iliSk?^k|)(| IU?l. ?2F3 Thompson's Eye Water '* i So. 30. ^uu.iiL-aaiuj?.irdBi T3 euis WMUl All tut Mils.. U Best Cough byrup. Tastes Jood. Lss 13 rj In time. Sold br Cruggl-u. M i^r-f-i rn'i 'fWTiigr Sense Decide 1 1 >ffee sold loose (in bulk), exposed I dust, germs and insects, passing I ougb many bands (some of not over-clean), "blended," I u don't know bow or by whom, 9 fit for your use ? Of course you n't But | LION COFFEE I another story. The green I Tries, selected by keen I dges at the plantation, are I ' j lllfully roasted at our lac- I ries, where precautions yon I j ould not dream ol are taken I secure perfect cleanliness, ivor, strength and uniformity. I From the time the coffee leave* | s factory no hand louche? it till is opened hi your kitchen. H he LEADEB OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. S welcome LION COFFEE daily. R erit than continued and increas- H , es all opposition."' ju Lioii-head on every package.) a for valuable premiums.) 3 RS EVERYWHERE | tes the POWELS s Constipation and Headache :fcLv >. ^j. .1 .w?