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* 71 Y x Auny physicians prescribe E' Plnkhmm's V Vegetable Compound The wonderful power of Lvdia E. *? Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over the diseases of womankind is not because it is a stimulant, not because it is a palliative, but simply because it is the most wonderful tonic and recon structor ever uiscoverea ro aci uirecuy j. upon the generative organs, positively w curing disease and restoring health and vigor. Marvelous cures are reported from all parts of the country by women who have been cured, trained nurses who have witnessed cures and physicians who have recognized the virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and are fair enough to give credit where it is due. If physicians dared tp be frank and ' open, hundreds of them would acknowledge that they constantly prescribe Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in severe cases of female ills, as they know by experience it can be relied upon to effect a cure. The following letter proves it. Dr. S. C. Brigham. of 4 Brigham Park, Fitchburg, Mass., writes : " It gives me great pleasure to say that I htTt found Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Compound very efficacious, and often prescribe it in my practice for female difficulties "My oldest (laughter found it very beneficial for uterine trouble some time ago, and my youngest daughter ie now taking it for a female weakness, and is surely gaining in health . and strength " I freely advocate it as a most reliable specific in all diseases to which women are subject. and give it honest endorsement." Women who are troubled with painful or irregular menstruation, bloating (or flatulence), leueorrhoea. falling, inflammation or ulceration of the uterus, ovarian troubles, that bearing-down feeling, dizziness, faintness, iudiges~~ tion, nervous prostration or the blues, should take immediate action to ward off the serious consequences, and be restored to perfect health and strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and then write to Mrs. Pinkham. at Lvnn. Mass., for further free advice. No living person has had the benefit of a wider experience in treating female ills. She has. guided thousands to health. Every suffering v i "* 1 _ * 3 11 1 woman snouia ssk ior anu luuuw r advice if she wants to be strong1 and well. Dropsy! J Removes all swelling in 8 to*) I day*; effect* a permanent cure >V in 30 to 60 days. Trial treatment given free. Nothingcan be faire? Write Dr. H. H. Graan'a Sons. ' Sfisclallsts. Box B Atlanta. S3 U Beat Cougb Syrup. 1'utaa >ood- Dae W b) In lime. Sold by druggist*. fwf 3flBEE?BBE3aaEn^|l THEREIS MONEY the CORN STALK, mmi. t?rf-?pai*iur I A. Madcien.Atlanta.Ua. ! 1 So. 33. Big Pennsylvania Rattler. One of tbe largest rattlesnakes seen In this section for many years was ^ killed near here Friday by Irvin Ship- , ley. At present a number of men are employed to cut hoop poles on what is j known as "Hog Back." While the I men were engaged shortly before noon Friday they were startled by the . cry of a companion in distress. Looking around they saw one of their number shinning it up a friendly dogwood tree, while near the base of the tree lay a venomous looking rattlesnake. -?' Seizing a club Irwin Shipley quickly despatched the reptile, which measured over three feet, and as a reward for his services he is now in possession of eleven rattles and a button.? Ohiopyle correspondence Connecticut Courier. Gcurd Centuries Old. Mrs. Elam. an old Cherokee woman, living near Rose. Indian Territory, is the owner of a gourd which, if tradition is correct, has been handed down from generation to generation in her family for nearly 400 years. The family tradition says the gourd was raised in the year 1516 in what is now Ohio, but. however that may be. it is very old in any event, as it has been in Mrs. Elam's possession for forty years, and was esteemed an ancient relic when given her. It is not a large gourd, and is a very dark red color Rod as highly polished as an old violin, though Mrs. Elam says that no polish save ?ge has ever been applied to it. HEART RIGHT When He Quit Coffee. Life Insurance Companies will not insure a man suffering from heart trouble. The reason is obvious. This is a serious matter to the husband or father who is solicitous for the future of his dear ones. Often the heart trouble is caused by au une.v pected thing. and can i>e correcrea u taken in time and properly treated. A man in Colorado writes: "I was n great coffee drinker for many years, and was not aware of the injurious effects of the habit till I became a practical invalid, suffering i from heart trouble, indigestion and nervousness to an extent that made me wretchedly miserable myself and a nuisance to those who witnessed ray v y sufferings. "I continued to drink Coffee, however. not suspecting that it was the ctuse of my ili-heultn, till, on applying for life insurance I was rejecieu on ac- j count of the trouble with my heart, j Then I became alarmed. I found that | leaving off coffee helped me quickly, j so I quit it altogether, and having been ! attracted by the advertisements of 1 rostum Food Coffee I began its use "The change in my condition was remarkable. and it was not long till I was completely cured. All my ailments vanished. My digestion was completely restored, my nervousness disap- 1 peared. and. most important of all. my I heart steadied down and became normal. and on a second examination I was accepted by the life insurance Co. Quitting Coffee and using Postum worked the cure." Name given by Postum Co.. Eattle Creek. Mich. There's a reason, and it is explained In the little book. "The Road to Welljrillein each pkj. - i m 7 HE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY THE REV. J. D. BURRELL. Subject: The Friend of God. Brooklyn. X. 1*.?Sunday morning the Ei'v. Joseph Dunn Burrell. pastor of the Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church, preached an interesting sermon on the subject. "The Friend of Cod." The text was from James ii:23: "He was called the Friend of God." Mr. Burrell said: The figure of Abraham is one of the most majestic spared to us by the past. He stands before us in singular dignity. serenity and power, and his supreme quality was that he was the friend of God. The phrase is peculiar. It is not said that God was his friend, but that he was God's friend. There is a difference. We accept the friendship of God as a matter of course, like the air we breathe. But the thought that man may be a friend to God scarcely comes to us at all. There is something deeply touching about that thought. For we u.-ually look upon God as sufficient unto Himself. Yet in this other respect we see Him longing for friends. That desire is common among men. for there are many lonesome, misunderstood, hungry for a friendly word of appreciation. Now think of God also as misunderstood. grieved by neglect, yearning to be loved. Then think of Abraham as giving God his heart. Yon see how much it meant to God that Abraham was his friend. One is led to be the friend of another by liking him. The reason why we like him may be inexplicable to ourselves, for there is no accounting for tastes. All fruits are the gifts of God to men. yet some we enjoy and others we reject. All peoj^e are children of God. and we can love every one of them in a disinterested and fraternal way. But this does not interfere with our liking some better than others. Even our Saviour felt this human tendenev and was drawn by it to a spe cia) intimacy with the apostle John. I suppose there never was a person about whom people differed more than Charles Lamb. Some could not endure his perpetual raillery, his bad puns, his stammer. Others knew him to be one of the rarest spirits, subtle in intellect. exquisite in taste and grandly unselfish. Now that liking which makes friendship between man and man makes it between man and God. We can picture Abraham at the close of the day. when the tents had been pitched and the evening meal eaten, going apart from the camp for a little space that lie might open his soul to (toil. We can imagine David at night time while the city slept, mounting to the roof of the palace and beneath the canopy of stars communing with the Most High. We can see Christ escaping from the crowds that thronged His steps and eagerly hiding for a brief time in the seclusion of some mountain top that He might be alone with His Father. It was because all three of these liked Cod. It is a question worth asking whethpr we like God. I do not say reverence and honor. I do not say submit to and obey. Do we like God? It is a peculiar question. Perhaps asking it makes us wonder whether our appreciation of God does not lack something of the wnrm throb of life. Friendship also involves similarity of tastes. In fact, most of onr friendships come about through our being brought together in the pursuit of some comoiou interest, by an ocean voyage, a goif club, a board of directors, a Sunday-school glass, for example. People wliose chief Trileresls"differ are~not [ikelj* to become friends: Emerson and Boss Tweed, for example. There is no better Held for studying the laws of friendship than a college. Young men or women who have known each other pleasantly enter in the same class, go together for a time, then gradually, without au.v ill feeling whatever draw apart in order to form other combinations. This shifting is generally due to the dominating power of some common interest?French, boating. editing a paper together, membership in the same fraternity and the like. Tim snmp mincinle holds true in the friendship between man and God. It is brought about by similarity of tastes niul interests. Supreme in God is the sense of order, whose mor.il side is righteousness. How can He have any friendship with a man who lacks this sense of order? Who does not mind being a glutton or a drunkard or impure. or telli?5a a lie or taking what is not his? As Paul says, "what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?" And another characteristic of God is His spirit of charity, ltut suppose a man is indifferent, hard and scilish. pron- to cherish grudges and to do unkiudnesses. how is friendship possible between him and God? "He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" It is important.-then, for us to ask if we like what God likes, if we value highly, as He does, the soul, the spirit i:al life, a character of purity and goodness. These are the foundations of friendship between heaven and earth. Again, part of friendship is loyalty. But loyalty how far? Through bad report as well as through good report? Assuredly. The friendship that will not endure strain is of little worth. Twenty years ago a young man was swept away by the excitement of gamMini? in Wall Street, and misused the funds of the hank of which he wns president. The detieit of millions was made food. But. of course, the disgrace was there. Yet to-day lie has standing in a certain small social circle. 11 is friends, you see. realized that the man was not really vicious at heart and stood by him to help him make a new life. How mauy a man. who in fact has done no wrong. hut who Ii.-s had some idle gossip raised ahout him, has found himself descried in u minute by those he counted upon as his friends. There is no social tragedy more pitiful than this, and also none In tn Illll.l.lM liiori? UIM H-UH.IUII IV To l?e a friend to Goil means to be loyal to Him through storm as well as through sunshine. in tin* day not only of prosperity. but also in that of adversity. when the skeptic says. "If Gbd is pood and is your friend, how can He x'enuit this trouble to fall upon you7" ^'hen when suspicion is raised about God. many who have called themselves His friends fall away rrom Him. The trne friend is lie who stands by God when stranpo and cruel things happen that cannot he explained, who maintains confidenc in the divine goodness when others deny it. who defends God's name when others impugn it. who says with .Tob. "though He slay me. yet will I trust Him." God will never forget stanehness like that. Generosity is one of the lovely traits of true friendship. It comes out in feeling, in conduct and in speciaBtokens in the form of gifts. Toe ancients illustrated this in the story of Damon and Pythias. Pythias was condemned to death, but begged . ... . .. i leave to go home and arrange his affairs. His friend Damon took liis place in prison. In the end in the nick of time. Pythias returned and surrendered himself. Because of the spectacle of such a friendship he was pardoned. I But the interest of the story centres in Damon lying in prison while the days of Pythias' absence lengthen and the | time of execution draws near. For not only was Damon content to endure imprisonment for his friend, but far beyond that he was prepared to die in his place. The story is no doubt a fairy tale. DUl IS gives US a true lessuu, aim 11.13 had influence upon the civilized conceptiou of friendship. And as applied to our relationship to God it is suggestive. If our friendship to Ilim Is genuine it will bear the mark of generosity. There have bpen not a few friends of God ready to die. if need he. for Him. And yet there are many who render to God what they like rather than what He likes. Sometimes presents are given among us on the same irrational basis. You have seen a poor young couple receive from some rich acquaintance an absurd wedding present of a costly piece of bric-a-brac which would be utterly out of place in their modest parlor, and would divert an amount of money which would have been a great help in practical form. The donor consulted his desire rather than theirs. So is it often with men's gifts to God; they give Him what they like rather than what He likes. In Jeremiah's age they offered sacrifices of budocks and goats. In Christ's day they performed elaborate religious ceremonies and wore phylacteries and fringes. In medieval times they did penance and paid money. To-day they erect costly churches and endow colleges. Hut if we would please God we must consult His wishes in our gifts on/1 n/it nnr ntvn And whflt does God like best? A pure heart, a humble and contrite spirit, days free from evil, practical thoughts of kindness for others. homes of real devotion, sacrifices of money from genuine love of His work, words of honest testimony for Him in public and private. These are the things Hod likes, and thou who love Him even offer them to Him. In the fourteenth century, when the moral and spiritual state of Christendom was dark, a group of noble souls banded themselves together to strive after holiness. Their headquarters were at Strassburg and Cologne. Their greatest member was John Tauler. the celebrated preacher, whose printed sermons made a deep impression on Luther. The influence of those men was performed and abides to this day. But the tiling to notice especially about tliem was their name: they called themselves "The Friends of Cod." Is there not a place for such people in the life of to-day? Men are apt to become so absorbed in the concerns of this life as to neglect Cod altogether, and when they do think of Him It is often with the desire chiefly to get something from Him. How sordid and unworthy this all is. We ought to have our relationship on a higher level. Is it not possible for us to appreciate His grandeur and goodness for tbeir own excellence? Can we not like Him for what He is? As He looks down upon a considerably indifferent world. can we not give Him the happiness or letting Him see that we are His friends? And when trouble bewilders us let us still believe in Him; when His good name is assailed, let us defend Him; when He wants some one to do His work, let us say, "Here am I, send me." * ' We are familiar enough with the idea I that God is our friend. But the question is who are willing to be friends of God? y* Ponder This Fact. "Take your Bible, and carefully count, not only the chapters or the verses, but the letters from the beginning of Genesis to the 'Amen' of the Revelation; and when you have accomplished the task, go over it again and again?ten times, twenty, forty times?nay, you must read the very letters of your Bible eighty times over before you have reached the requisite sum. It would take something like the | letters of eighty Kittles to represent tue men, women and children of that old and wondrous empire. Fourteen hundred of them have sunk into Christian graves during this last hour: thirtythree thousand will pa-ss to-day forever beyond your reach. "Despatch your missionary to-morrow, and one million and a quarter of immortal souls, for whom Christ died, will have passed away to their final account before he can reach their shores. Whether such facts touch us or not. I think they ought to move our hearts. It is enough to make an angel weep."?Rev. Silvester Whitehead. The Kauie of Jriui. The Lord is the hearer of prayer. There should be waiting on Ilim, not only in the assembly of His people, not only with the attitude of reverent regard. iti the forms of religion, but as the Psalmist puts it: "Truly my soul waiteth upon (Jod." For salvation, for protection. He is to be sought: and whatever the trouble of our lives, we thus get stability. What can we ask? The fulfilment of the exceeding great and precious promises. But what plea can we present, weak and sinful as we are? The name that is above every name?the name of Jesus.?John Hall. The Way We l>o Things. Rev. F. B. Meyer says: "Knitting needles are cheap and common enough, but on them may be wrought the fair-? est designs in the richest wools. So the incidents of daily life may be commonplace in the extreme, but on them ?s the material iounuauou we may build the unseen but everlasting faorie of a noble and beautiful character. It does not so much matter what we do. but the way in which we do it matters greatly." Sunset on Popocatepetl. There is almost no twilight in Mexico. You watch the sun, a blazing orb. descending with growing swiftness and wreathed in a veil of fire, toward the horizon, writes Lee Woodward Zeigler in Recreation. Suddeni.? ? l^o-inc tr\ Arr\r% hohinH tho Hifitant I > II UCftlUO IV U? vy WM.MV V?.v mountains and the shadows advance across the 'plain. swallowing up the landscape in mellow gloom. The shadow draws near and nearer?envelopes the town. Behind you the sky is still lit up witn rosy beams. A line of shadow creeps swiftly up the rugged sides of old Popocatapetl, obscuring completely the base of the mountain as it advances. Hp. up the snow-oepped crest, deepening in tint, until at last it hangs like a great opal against the darkening sky. A moment it remains so, glowing and quivering as if on fire?grows smaller ,and is gone. Night has come! Through the dusky silence you seek your hotel, passing on the roadside silent figures fagot-laden. "Adios, senor." Their soft-voiced greeting falls upon your ear like a benediction. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUCUST 20. Subject: Jehoiaklm Burn* the Word of <iod, Jer. xxxyI., 21-32?Gol<>n Text, Jer. xxvl., 13?Memory Vertex, 22-24? Commentary on the Day'* Lemon. I. Jehoiakiin's great sin (vs. 21-20). 21. "King sent" So that he might hear the roll read and not he obliged to learn its contents through secondhand reports. "Took it out." etc. The princes had filed the roll among the public records <v. 20i for safe keeping. "Jehudi." An under officer, descend ant of a nooie nouse, me one me princes had had sent to Barueh to ?et him to read the roll to thein. "Princes ?stood." The kinj: sat on a rim and the princes stood respectfully altont. 22. "Winterhouse." (Ireat men had distinct houses or apartments, litted for the different seasons of the year (Amos 3: 13). "Ninth month." Our December. The cold, rainy season. "Kire on the hearth." Fire in a brazier. a i*?t made of earthenware, in the form of a pitcher, placed in a hollow in the middle of the room. 23. "Four leaves." "Columns." It. V.. margin. The roll was of parchment attached to a roller of wood at one or l>oth ends. Our word volume, "that which is rolled up." points by its derivation to this older form of book. "Cut it." lie could not tear parchment so lie cut it. "Penknife." Scribe's knife. Fsed to shape the reed employed for writing, and to make erasures in tire parchment. "He" refers to kin? (v. 22). As often as JeAnli read three or four columns he cut ^m out and hurned them. "All these^cords" (v. 24) imply that the whole Minnie was read through. "Till all the roll c AA..cm..rul" inmlioti n crrmliml tiro- I cess. 114. "Not afraid." Contrast the humble fear of Josinh at the reading of the law (2 Kings I'll: 11). Josiah rent his garments in grief that the book had been lost, his son cuts God's book and burns it. Throwing the fragments of the roll 0:1 the lire, he puts there, in symbol, his royal house, his doomed city, the temple and the people of the laud. "His servants." Ills immediate personal attendants who did not share i the reverences of the princes (v. Kb. 2o. "Nevertheless." This aggravates the king's sin. "Elnathan." A man of lirst rank and father-in-law of the king <2 Kings 24: 8). "Delaiah." Of this prince nothing mere is known. "Geinarlah." A scribe of the temple, a man of noble blood. From a window in liis official chamber Karuch read aloud the prophecies of Jeremiah, and Cemariah's son Micbaiah. reported tliis to liim (vs. 10-12). "Made intercession." These princes would have aided the kin? in following Ills father's steps. We learn the same from the basket of figs (.Ter. 24: 1). It is the more remarkable to find Glnatban thus interceding after the office he had performed in Jor. 20: 22. 20. "King commanded." lie was not satisfied with burning the prophecy. but now desired to kill Jeremiah and his faithful scribe. He honrd to put an end to such prophecies. pLord hid them." They had at the counsel of the princes hidden themselves (v. 19). Now, though a diligent search was made, the I^ord did not permit them to be found. II. Jeremiah restores the word of God (vs. 27-32). 27. "Word?came." j iflai wor<i was hoc uuiiivu, ueuunwas Jeremiah hidden from the eyes of th? Lojd. 28. "Another rod/' The [ entire book ^Fas rewritten, and this second manuscript, so far as can be known now, is the.one we have to-day. Disaster is not necessarily defeat. The destruction of this -book was a great disaster. No copy existed, and no human memory could produce it. But (Jod re-inspired the prophet, and the second edition was fuller than the first. 29. "Concerning Jehoiaklm?say" (R. V). It is doubtful whether Jeremiah and the king again met. Note the contrast between this morally hardened, impious king, boiling with , wrath against Cod and His prophet, and the heroic man of Cod who does not shrink, but firmly speaks the words of Jehovah even in the face of death. "Saying, Why," etc. This was no doubt an actual message which the king had sent to Jeremiah to frighten him. "King of Babylon." Nebuchad! nezzar. who had been once and collected tribute and gone. He should return and destroy the land. Nothing but the repentance of Jeboiakim and his peo^ pie could prevent it. .'50. "None? throne." His son. Jehoiacbin, attempted it for three months, but the land was occupied by Nebuchadnezzar's army, and .Teresalem was in a state of siege, and he was taken captive (2 Kings 24: S-17). No child of Jelioiachln succeeded to the throne. "Body ?cast out." A repetition of tte prophecy of Jer. 22: It). Of its fulfilment nothing is known. The phrase, "he slept with his fathers," means trfat ho died (2 Kings 24: C). He was fettered by Nebuchadnezzar (2 Chron. 30: 0). "Day?night." In the East the thermometer often falls suddenly after sundown (Gen. 31: 40). Plumptre ihinks it probable that the king, who was being taken to Babylon in chains with the other captives, died on the Journey, and that hia l>ody ttss left behind unhuried as the army marched. 31. "I will punish him." He was slain, his kingdom destr<?ed and his son carried in chains to Babylon. The inhabitants of Jerusalem were not punished for the king's crimes, but for i their own sins. "They hearkened not." ' They might have been saved from the threatened evil if they had repented, J threatened evil if they had repented. 32. "Added?many like words." Many more threateuings of wrath and vengeance were added in the second roll which were not in the first, for. since they will yet walk contrary to /,~'1 knot fho fnrn<iita citvavi ' l'Jll, xxr ? 111 Ill'UI Wt >IUt.?VV ?v>v_ times hotter. SPIDER THAT TRAILS FREY. Giant Variety of Madagascar Will Kill Full-Grown Lizards and Rats. The giant of the whole spider family is the "hound" or "dog" spider of Madagascar. Its body weighs almost a pound and each of its eight legs is longer and larger in diameter than the common cedar pencil. Each of its mandibles is three-fourths of an inch in length and very strong. The dog spider does net spread a net and lie in wait for its prey, as do the gigantic bird spiders of Ceylon, but "follows the trail" in exact imitation of a hund. It will follow a faint scent to and fro through the weeds and underbrush uutil the course is ascertained and then suddenly dart off in a bee line and quickly overtake the lizard, rat, mcle or other animal of which it is in pursuit. It has been known to capture and kill lizards a foot or more in length, and Prof. Barnaby tells of one which pounced upon and killed a full-grown rat. EPWORTH LEW LESSORS! SUNDAY, AUGUST TWENTIETH,1 The Duty cf Winsomeness.?Prov. 15. 13-15; 17. 22; I Cor. 9. 19-22. "A meirv (joyful) heart maketh a ehetrfui countenance"?literally, does good iO the face; makes it comely, attractive. The secret cf real winsomeness is a good heart. A good heart has a "continual,feast." The man with a good heart and a good conscience has a winning way. He is the winner. Further, it makes a good medicine. This is an early recognition of that well-known psychological j fact that a happy frame of mind gives ; health to the body; and nothing nuris it more than grief, anxiety, and a bad temper. Paul's law of becoming all things to all men seems to mean the cheerful and ?lad adaptation of one's own ways to the needs of another to 'win him to Christ." Only the happy, cheerful, and optimistic man can do this. Our daily readings illustrate the various phases of this vronderful faculty or grace. Nothing is quite so popular as a "winsome" person. He need not be handsome or rich, but if he is of a glad heart he is attractive. The elements of winsomeness are enumerated by Paul as long-sufTering, kind, unselfish, not boasting nor egotistic, unruffled in temper and pure in | thought. It is gentlemanly, 'behaving itself seemly," and puts the be?gd construction possible to any action It is patient and full of faith q^d hope. Paul and Barnabas are good examples of winsomeness. They caused "joy" in going through a community, and at the council giving their experience and telling of God's dealing with them won the council to their views. The motive to all this is the love of God shed forth in the heart, making a glad and happy heart. God's love to as is the impelling cause of our love 10 ouiers. The very grace of winsomeness will give compassion and pity. It will be our letter of recommendation to others. It will give us access to the hearts of men. It will change us into the image of our Master. It will give us health and long life. It will bring recompense on earth and reward in heaven. Every good promise is to | him who has the real winsomeness of a Christian heart and life. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES GUNDAY, AUGUST TWENTIETH# The Duty of Wineomcness.?Prov. a# 13-15; 17: 22; 1 Cor. 9: 19-22. It is useless to try to put into tho face what is not in the heart, or to keep out of the race what is in the heart. The physicians are beginning to find out the powerful influences of the mind upon the body. A hearty laugh Prosperity is not synonymous witn Providence. The word of salvation is always in season. The fear of the Lord secures the flight of the devil. The lowering brow does not prove the heavy brain. Walking worthily means more than walking wearily. Suoprstiticn is v.Jiat you do not believe science is what you do. Wedding GifA From Pet Animals. Several of thA spring brides have received very han?omc presents from the pet dogs andJats and other animals in the houj^olrfs of friends. Two pet dogs recently sent a bride asparagus tongs, the cats selected a cake basket of antique pattern and the canary bird made a happy choice of after-dinner coffee cups. So that when a whole battalion of animals are attached to a fashionable home, and something may be expected from each, it is really a matter of serious consideration.?Town and Country. | is an aciuai ionic, i The winsome person is never servile. | but always serving; there is a great j difference. Suggestions. I Winsomeness is based on sympathy | with others, and sympathy with others Is based on knowledge of them. Winsomeness is fortunate if it is natural, blessed and praiseworthy if it is acquired. It is Christ lifted up that is to dravr all men to Himself; it is not we. A winsome soul-winner must be unconscious of himself; he must be doubly conscious of Christ. Illustrations. Winsomeness is a matter of the heart, not of the face, just as two pieces of iron may look alike, and only one of them be a magnet. As the power of gravity is to be utilized anywhere and at any time, so is the power of Christ's attractiveness. As the power of attraction increases as bodies come closer together, and Inversely as the square of the distance, so if you would win men, you must get close to them. I If a merchant wants to draw people to his store, he offers for sale not | the kind of goods he fancies, but the kinds people like. Is there any particular person whom you are trying to win for Phrisf? Men ought to prize the reputation Df knowing how to win young men and clear away their troubles. It is the greatest honor you and I can en|oy.?Moody. Divide the society into fourths, each fourth to take some part in oite of the church prayer meetings. Find some definite work to do for the church. Do it, and then find something else to do for it. RAM'S HORN BLASTS ' HE sin-problem is I the secret of all ~ ? problems. VAt.J Educators who ' feel sure that the ta,'nt t>orae should take cave |Sgi|\%y\a that it does not ^ come off on their J law is the safeguard of liberty. > Of Household Interest. Housecleaning fa not the pleasantest of the housekeeper's tasks, hut none the less necessary on that account. Jn the September Delineator Isabel Gor.lon Curtis offers in her series, 4iTht .Making of a Housewife,'' some suggest ions tliat will tend to lighten the labor and lessen the disagrceableness of the household duty. Other iionts of domestic interest in the same number are il lust rated cookery and a variety of receipes under the topics "Delicious Cream Jellies," "Decorative Color Salads" and "The Potato." In addition, Alice M. Kellogg explains "How to Select Finishing ilardvare" and Ward MacLeod writes on "Growing Bulbs Indoors." So. 33. Good Substitute for Lobster. A Damariscotta. Me., man proposes to save the lobster from extinction by providing a substitute. This he finds in the crabs which swarm the Maine coast. This crustacean has not been popular in the past solely, we are told, because of the labor necessary to get the meat from the shell. The Maine man is going to put the meat on the market "shucked" end claims that the ' present high prices of sea food makes his work profitable. The lobster will I receive the benefit in both a decreas! ed demand for lobster meat and in the P removal of the crab which consumes | much valuable lousier iooa. Back for His Umbrelia. j Joseph M. Stoddart, whose acquaint| ance among authors and artists ex! tends over two hemispheres and half a century of activity, tells this story of a meeting with Edgar Saltus, novelI 1st and wit, in London a few months j ago. "I had just arrived in London from Liverpool, and was hurrying down Fleet street, when I csme face : to face with Saltus." said Vr. Stodart [ "He drawled an inquiry as to where I was hurrying from, and I remarked that I was just over from New York. 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Yfrs.Winalo w's Soothing Svrup for Children teething,soften the gums.reduces inflammation,allays pain,cures wind colic, 25c.a bottle Greenland now has nearly 12,900 inhabitants. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken >' ia cough cure.?J. \V. 0'Umax, 322 Third Avenue, X.. Minno'toolis, Mlaa.. Jan.6,I'JJJ. Glass containing manganese is slowly turned violet by sunlight. F. F. Greek's Soxs, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only successful Dropsy Specialists In the world. See their liberal offer in advertisement in another column of this paper The name "calomel" means "beautiful black." NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER **aby Covered With Sore* and Scaled? Could Not Tell What She Looked Like? Marvelous Core by Caticura. "At tour months old my baby's face and bo<jy were so covered with sores and large scales you could not tell what she looked like. >io child ever had a w<jrse case. Her lace was being eaten away, and even her linger nails fell off. It itched so she could not Sleep, ana ior many weary mgu'.a nc could get no rest. At last we got Cuticura Soap^and Ointment. The sores began to heal at once, and she could sleep at night, and in one month she had not one sore on her iace or body.?Mrs. Mary Sanders, 709 bpring St., Camden, N. J." Faith has 110 knowledge of failure. Use Longman A Marlines faint. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for Jinseed oil, which you do in ready-for-use paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at CO cents per gallon, and mix it with Longman & Martinez L. &. M. Paint. It makes paint cost about $1.20 per gaiion. dames S. Barron. President Manchester Cotton Mills. Rock Hill, S. C\, writes: "In 1S8C I painted my residence with L & M. It looks better than a great many houses painted three years ago." Sold everywhere and by i^ongnian A Martinez. Kew York. Paint Makers for Fifty Years. Twenty-five thousand persons are em? ployed in the watch factories cf Switzer GUARANTEED CURB for alt bowel trocfc blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow skin regularly you are tick. Constipation kifls m starts chronic ailments aad long yean of auf C ASCARET3 today, for you will never get < right Take onr advice, start with Casesn aooav refunded. The genuine tablet stars booklet free. AdhMRnliMlsMhlCM | ssussssi COMMODORE NICHOLSON RECOMMENDS PE-RU-NA COMMODORE Soraerville Nicholson of the United States Navy, in a letter from 1837 R street, Northwest, Washincton, D. C\, says: "Yottr Peruna ha* been and is now used by ho many of my friends and acquaintances as a sure cure for ca? tarrh that lam convinced ofitscurattve qualities and I unhesitatingly recommend it to all persons suffering from that complaint." 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Trial Box and Book of Instructions Proa. 1 tmc fl. Psxton Company Booton. Mas#. WlUTm Address of fl) persons off U 11 I r I I" " r*rt Indian blood who M H II I I. U not lirtntr with any tribsw (2)of n.en who were draJted In Kentucky* (8) of it other* of soldiers who have bee* denied pension on recount of their re? inarriape. (4) of tuen who served in the red* ersl army, or (&) the nearest klu of suoft soldier* or sailors, now deceased. NATHAN BICKKOKO, Attorney* H aakinatwn, U. C. mecntcfPis * V CATHARTI9 ) les. appendicitis, biliousneca, bad breath, bad I , foul mouth, headache, indigestion, pimples, I and disainees. When your bowels don't dots I ore people than all other diseases together. It A Fering. No matter what ails you, start taking ? well and stay well until yea get your bowels its today under absohata guarantee to cars or I pod CCC. Rerer wM^bolk. Baaap^aad I . - ,