The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 07, 1905, Image 7
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B9B8HCH0LARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
E REV. ALBERT JCNES LORD.
Subject: ^arr*mrn( of Service.
Brooklyn. N. Y.?The Rev. Albert
/Jones ord. pastor of tlio First Congregational
Church. Meriden. Conn.,
-'prruehed in Plymouth Church Sunday
morning in exchange with the assistant
pastor, the Rev. Willard P. Hariuon.
Mr. Lord had a good audience, anl
preached an excellent sermon. His
subject was "Xlia Sacrament of Service."
The fpxt was from Isaiah xli:fS:
"They helped every one his neighbor,
and every one said to his brother. "Re
of good courage.'" Mr. Lord said:
We have been passing rapidly in the ,
last half century from an individualistic
to a social type of civilization.
W Paul's words were never more true j
than to-day. when lie said, "None of us
liveth to himself, and 110 man dietli to (
himself." All the forces and factors ,
^ pertaining to human life?mechanical, j
social and religious?nave Deen moving ;
to such a decree toward each other
that the twentieth century can say that (
the one word which will serve her best
for a watchword is "Together; togeth- ,
er."
In the industrial world the concentration
of forces is most manifest. Dr.
Tosiali Strong calls to mind how that .
fifty years ago it was the age of homespun.
Families ccruld meet all the need*
of their households, spinning. ]
weaving and the making of garments.
The fields about the home supplied the
Inmates with the necessities of life. '
Then it was that the main force was
the brawny arm. But to-day mannfac- ;
ture has forsaken the home for the
mill and the factory, and steam and ,
electricity are the regnaut forces. Division
of labor has taken the place of
the single hand. Then one man made
many things: now many men make one ,
thing. ('
But as industrially, so socially are 1
we becoming more intimately related. .
A half century ago there were com- ,
munities. many but small in number
N and limited in advantages, yet complete
* in tiienwlvps. Citizens seidom went
beyond the borders of their respective
towns. But gradually those communities
have been grouped into towns, and
the towns developed into cities and the !
cities into greater cities. Whereas our
fathers were independent of all the
world, we are more or less dependent
on the whole world. This made Robert
Lonis Stevenson exclaim. "It is really
disheartening how we depend on other
people in this life."
This complex life has given rise to a
great many social and fraternal organizations.
Men have handed themselves
together for mutual helpfulness.
Fathers, working by the week and
for small wages, having little cnes depending
upon them, have serious
thoughts when they realize that sickness
may be lying in wait for them 1
and short hours may be their lot. ,
When the head of the family is sick
aDd unable to work, the income ceases,
but expenses increase. To meet all .
these- possibilities the various benevolent
societies and fraternal orgaciza- !
tions have come into existence.
It is every man's duty to consider not j
? <iAmAn/lc< r.f tho fnm.
omjr me picscui ucujuuuo v4 i?v.
ily, bat its future welfare. It is a (
crime for a father to spend his money
freehanded at the bar. or in hospitality ;
at the club, or squander it in sports, '
when he has not, either in the savings ;
bank or in iusarauce, made secure the '
future welfare of his family. It is ;
every man's duty to endow fhe future ]
with as good a livelihood for his fam- J
ily as lies in his power.
We heartily sympathize with frater- !
nities and societies in their sick bene
fits cud care ot widows and fatherless
children. They bave^i mission in soci- ,
- ety. But. however commendable they
may be. they must not take the place ]
of the two divine institutions?the j
home and the church. There is but one ,
place where God has set up the altar j
of domestic affection, where conjugal (
relations are sanctified by the presence .
of children, and that is the home; and (
there is but one institution which the
Son of God ordained while upon earth,
- -* and that is the Christian church. Fra- f
ternal organizations should be supple- .
ments, but never attempt to be substitutes
for the home or the church.
But we cannot say that because life ]
is becoming more highly organized it
can be lived more easily. On the other J
hand, we are inclined to say that the. ]
closer men's relations are the greater
the friction and the more difficult to j
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person. This kind of life, I repeat, is <
far better but more difficult to live in
all its relations. The tone of a three
or five bauk organ is much better,
richer, more sympathetic and harmonious
than the tone of a cabinet organ.
In the one there are few combinations,
while in the other there are hundreds.
An amateur can play the one, but only
the master organist can play the other
satisfactorily. So in these tim?s of
highly developed social and religious
life it is difficult to live a full, rounded
Christian life. A company of peopie
spread over a large area can get along
comfortably well, but crowded into a
small inclosure they will sufTer embarrassment.
They all have elbows,
and where it is ideal to march through
life, touching elbow to elbow, it is not
so comfortable when men are cramped
and their elbows touch one another
under the arms. Our whole social life
is, therefore, a question of elbows.
This leads us naturally to the qhes*
tion, How can life be lived so as to fulfill
all these manifold relations The
answer is found in the words of the
text, "They helped every one his neighbor
and every one said to his brother,
Be of good courage.'" I wish these
words might be placed over the doors
of every church, inscribed upon the
walls of every place of worship and
selected as a watchword for every
charitable organization. What a
changd world this would be if the sen
timent of this text should go into effect
to-morrow morning. The words suggest
to us two ways by which we may
administer the sacrament of service.
Humanity is in constant need of help.
The circle of suffering and misfortune
is all the while changing, but it never
' happens to be empty. In spite of the
fact that we are a rich country and
' are living in times of plenty, there are
children in every city in need of bread,
and elderly people in need of support
and comfort. It is no disgrace to be
poor oi? to be sick if we Lave done all
in cur power to drive away tbe wolf,
from the door and bent down the
gerir.s in our system. Jesus was poor,
more so than the foxes and the birds;
Faul was poor, having few or no possess;:>ns
but "the cloak and the parchment;"
Peter was poor, "Silver and
gold have I none." Poverty is no disgrace,
unless it be the dregs of a
wasted life. Wherever there is honored
poverty there should be generous
benevolence.
To pitv distress is bat human;
I' To relieve it is God like.
When Jesus was upon earth lie said
that every benefaction which was bestowed
upon one of the least of the
fcretbien in a loving spirit was accepta
I#e unto Him. Tnasmnch 1s a word
which is fnl! of significance to all charity
workers. "AH the beautiful sentiments
in the world tvill weigh less than
a single lovely action." Many of the
fivtemnl organizations might teaoli us
who are members of the church lessons
in charity. A short time siuee 1 receive!
in my mail by mistake a postal
sent by one member of a fraternal organization
to another, asking him to
call and assist a sick brother. IIow
often does our fellowship prompt us to
do this? Yet the Bible says. "Do good
nut > all men. especially unto those who
are of the household of faith." No gift
of means or might will ever fail to be
thrice blest. Let the largest end of
your generosity be beneath the surface
if it chances so to be: let the number of
your benefactions be a secret if you
will. but. whether secret or public,
crowd your life with endless benefactions
and countless mercies.
Edwin Markham has a beautiful
[>oeui entitled "Inasmuch." He pictures
a watchman. Ivan by name, on Moscow's
castled height guarding the citadel.
The driving snow was heaping
itself acninst the citadel avail avhen a
half bare beggar man tottered past.
The watchman ran and threw his own
ront around the half frozen beggar, but
that very night died himself from exposure:
Rut we king in that Better Land that bos
Beyond the reaches of these cooping skies,
Behold the Lord came out to greet him
home.
Wearing the coat he gave at Moscow's
dome?
Wearing the heavy, hairy coat he gave
By Moscow's tower before he left the
grave.
"And where, dear Lord, found you this
coat of mine.
A thing unfit for glory such as Thine?"
rhen the Lord answered with a look of
light:
"This coat. My son, vou gave to Me last
night."
But 'here is another way to again
jffer the sacrament of service than by
jiving food to eat and raiment to put
)n: It is suggested lJ>r the last half of
the text: "And every one said to his
brother, 'lie of good courage.'" There
Ate Uiyti 'AV.d WWAWA wto
need an encouraging word more than
they.need bread. Man does not live
by bread alone. There are men on our
streets who have been unfortunate in
their lives. They are pessimistic and
discouraged and distrust all the world.
There are others who are in some vocation
which docs not measure up to
their ambition, and they need to have
some one tap them on the shoulder and
say, "Be of good courage." There are
a good many men who become discourage!
before they become drunkards.
There are others who lose their hope
before they lose their good name.
There are many who need to be met
at the door of the factory at the close
of the day's work and led beyond the
saloon to the doors of their homes,
that they may be saved to themselves
and to tlieir families. Tliey need words
of strength. Their wills are weak and
must be reinforced. They need to be
inoculated with courage, and the power
to resist evil.
Very few of us realize how much
help there is in a handshake when
given in n brotherly way. One of "Wellington's
officers when commanded to
go on some perilous duty, lingered a
moment, as if afraid, and then said:
"Let me have one clasp of your allconquering
hand before I go, and then
[ can do it." The majority of the
needy ones of earth ask not for our
money, but for our sympathy, and our
sympathy we ought to give. "Some
one ought to do it, but why should I?"
3hould be turned into the sacrificial
sentiment, "Some one ought to do it.
so why not I?" Frederick Douglass
ippfeciated the uplift which Lincoln
ilways gave him when they met. for
Douglass said: "He 16 the only man
who does not remind me that I am a
negro." To say to a weak brother with
nil the meaning in your soul. "Be of
jood courage." will often make him a
moral giant and suffer him to rise
tbove his difficulties and his shortcomings.
There are very few persons who
[3o not need words of encouragement,
who do not need to have some one say
to them, "Be of good courage."
No one has ever been able to speak
this word with such pathos as Jesus.
?nd no hearts have ever been lifted into
the presence of their best selves as
those to whom He spoke. When the
woman was brought to Him taken in
lier sin, it was "Go sin no more."
When others would condemn the woman
who stole her way into the house of |
Simon the leper to anoint Jesus' feet ,
He said: "She hath done what she
could." When Mary and Martha were
mourning the loss of a brother it was.
cny urumer suun iise aguiu. >yucii
the thief on the cross threw himself
upon Jesus' compassion, the Master
said. "To-day thou sbalt be next Me in
Paradise."
Something Extra.
It is not enough, according to Christianity.
to be as good as the average,
yet many seem to think so. It is hard
to overcome the childish habit of comparing
ourselves with othfrs, and taking
what comfort we can from \he
thought that we are not any worse
than they.
.Tesus said: "What do ye more than
others?" Christianity, if it is anything
new at all, is something extra. It does
not say that the old religions are altogether
wrong. No. it says that they
are inadequate. Christ came to fulfil,
not to destroy. The bruised reed Be
does not break, the smoking flax He
does not quench. The first He seeks
to bind up. that it may become just as
strong as possible: the second He fans
into a flame. Christ says to all men:
"You are My disciples indeed when
you become all that God intended you
to be. Do not remain in the lowlands.
Do not be contented with a commonplaciWifo.
Come upon the mount with
Mp. Tlve tiio separated life. P.o some,
tiling extra."?Northwestern Cliris.iru
Advocate.
An Appreciation.
I am very fond of poetry?
Couldn't possibly be more?
Every thing I lay my hands on.
Modern works or ancient lore.
But of all things I've perused
(And indeed I've read a sight)
Nothing seems to me so clever
As the poetry I write.
Shakespeare? Well, he's pretty good.
Milton? H'm. I guess he'll do.
Pope and Browning? Just so-so.
Keats? I've never read him through.
Byron? Well.-his style's too free.
Tennyson? Too serious, quite.
None of them can hold a candle
To the poetry I write.
I can sit and read it over.
Backward, forward, by the hour.
Such magnificence of diction!
Phrasing of unequaled power!
Often over it I've pored
Far into the stilly night.
Nothing fills me with such bliss
As the poetry I write.
Every word's a polished jeweh
Strings of gems are every line.
Strange that editors' opinions
Karcly coincide with mine!
Some day they will beg my verse
But they'll never get a mite.
For they won't deserve such luck
As the poetry I write!
?Blanche Gcodinan.
The principality of LiechtenAein
situated between Austria and sv.-it
zerland, is. the only country in Eu
rope without an army.
V
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER 10.
Subject: Tbe Life Giving: Stream, Kzrk.
xlvll., 3-5?Golden Text, Ttev, xxll.,
17?Memory Versed, 3-5?Couiincntary
on the l>ny's lesson.
I. The source and progress of the
gospel (vs. 1-5). 1. "Again." Now
follows another vision to inspire hope
and faith in the exiles, to lead them to
prepare by a right life for their return,
attracted by the blessings yet to come
upon the land, contrasted with their
sad condition in exile. "The house."
The temple. "The waters." etc. The
natural fact on which this conception
rests is this, that there was a fountain
connected with the temple hill, the
waters of which fell into the valley
east of the city, and made their way
toward the sea. This was the only
natural fountain stream flowing from
Jerusalem. It was a small stream,
whose soft-flowing waters Were already
regarded as a symbol of' the silent
and unobtrusive influence of the
divine presence in Israel (Isa. Sa?j.
The waters of this stream flowed eastward.
but they were too scanty to have
any appreciable effect on the fertility
of the region through which they
passed. "i>outh side of the altar." The
stream flowed not only from the temple.
but apparently froih the holy of
holies, and flowed close by the altar
of sacrltiee.
2. "Kan out." etc. This stream is a
symbol of the miraculous transformation
which the land of Canaan is to
undergo in order to lit it for the habitation
of Jehovah's ransomed people.
The waters did not come to the temple,
as if intended for the purjiose of
washing the sacrifices, but they issued
from it. and proceeded to refresh and
fertilize other places.
3. 4. "The man." The angel described
in chapter 40:3. "Measured."
etc. There is no special significance
to the exact distance, hut only to the
fact that gradually the river broadened
and deepened as it flowed toward the
sea. "Ancles?knees." etc. This may
be applied to the gradual discoveries
of the plan of salvation. 1. In the patriarchal
ages. 2. In the giving of the
law. 3. In the ministry of John the
Baptist. 4. In the full manifestation
of Christ by the Holy Ghost. Or this
vision may be applied to the growth of
a believer in the grace and knowledge
of God; or to the discoveries a penitent
believer receives of the mercy of God
in his salvation; it is also a type of the
progress of Christianity. 5. "Waters
to swim in." The small rill, starting
from the temple, is a type of the gosoe
cnrooite nml dppnpns anionc
all the nations of the earth, transforming
the desert into a Garden of Eden.
II. The power and efficacy of the
gospel (vs. fi-12). 7. "Many trees."
So long as the beholder, the prophet,
followed the measurer, the angel, he
saw nothing of the trees on the bank.
The looking forward gave Ezekiel the I
kuowledge of the progressive fujness j
and depth of the waters; not until he
looks back does he come to know the
fertilizing, enlivening effect of those
waters.
8. "Into the desert." The Arabah,
the valley of the Jordan and the Dend
Sea extending south to the Red Sea.
The country between Jerusalem and
the Dead Sea is the most desolate and
inhospitable tract in the whole country.
"Into the sea." The Dead Sea,
the waters of which are so impregnated
with various salts that no fish
or animal can live in them. "Waters
shall be healed." Restored to the proper
condition, made healthful. This is
typichl of the work of the Holy Spirit.
9. "Everything?shall live." Life
and salvation shall continually accompany
the preaching of the gospel; the
death of sin being removed, the life of
righteousness shall be brought iu.
"Multitude of fish.** The Dead Sea has
* - ? lifn Out nf Hwith
uevuuitr N oca ui I??c. vv -
there arises, by the grace of God. a
rich life. The?ea is a symbol of the
world; accordingly men appear as the
living creatures In the sea. as the
fishes. Hitherto they were only dead
fishes, unspiritual. unsaved men.
10. In this verse we are told that the
fishers shall stand from one end of the
sea to the other and catch many fish.
11. The miry places and marshes shall
not be healed, but shall be given to
salt. Those not reached bv the healing
waters of the gospel through their
sloth and earthly-mindedness are given
over to their own bitterness and barrenness.
The gospel is the only healing
medicine for the disorders of our
fallen nature, andjiiey who will not
receive it in the love of it remain incurable
and. aje abandoned to final
ruin. The salt coihes into consideration
here, not as seasoning, but as the
foe of fertility, life and prosperity.
The thought is this: Only those who
bar themselves against the gracious
stream of divine love and are unwilling
tn retrain health are henceforth to
be given over to the curse, continuing
to exist as monuments thereof.
Around the sea of death there lingers
on a death unto death.
12. "Trees for meat." Salvation
must present itself for the terribly sick
heathen world, above all, in the form
of saving grace. Besides the nourishing
fruits, therefore, are named, also
the healing leaves. The figure of the
fishes refers to the extent, the greattress
of the community; this figure of
the trees to its nature, in so far as the j
divine grace transforms it into truly j
living members, wbo themselves bear
rich fruit and thereby become a means
of life and recovery to others also.
"Fruit according to his months." This
signifies a constant disposition, desire,
resolution and endeavor to bear fruit,
not in their own wisdom, jlbwer or
goodness, or any goodness in themselves.
but by the continual supplies
of divine grace. Whoever may be the
instrument of planting them, it is divine
grace which gives the increase.
Berries Grow Beneath Snok Banks.
"1 a*i going to tell you something
that will sound almost like a fairy
tale, but is every word true," said
Miles Fisher. "I was up the Moffat
road the other day viewing the magnificent
scenery that delights the tour
1st all the way ;rom nere io ahu"head,
and I found an additional proof
that the soil of Colorado will grow
fruit in spite of everything.
"I got off the train above Tolland
at a little station on the mountain
side and found a snowbank, dirty and
crusted over on the top. I scraped
away the top of the snow to secure
some fresh snow from the bottom ol
the pile, and in the handful of snow 1
caught up were a quantity of strawberries.
The berries were just turn-'
Ir.g from green to red and were of
good size. I be ieve no state in the
Union can beat that. Strawberries
growing under snowbanks is about
the limit.?Denver Republican.
The impure thought is easily crushed
before it la spoken, but who eon
Us oonUfJon afterwards 7
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ClSliENDMilOTES
I
SEPTEMBER TENTH.
What Is Practical Christianity? Jas.
2: 14-26.
It Is not enough to say?even to
one's self?that one has a certain virtue.
The only proof is the doing cf
the deeds appropriate to that virtue.
Words of sympathy are as good as
deeds, but not unless the deeds go
with them.
Faith and works are like two human
beings horn so closely joined together,
like the Siamese twins, that
either of thesi would be dead if seperuted
from the other.
It is easy to rest in belief, as if that
were a virtue. There is no virtue in
mere belief, any more than there is a
house in a foundation.
Suggestions.
There is nothing more practical
than true religious meditation and
prayer, oecause mey always leau 10 |
deeds.
We arc proud of those whom we
call "practical men." but often their
practice is confined to the things that
perish lil:e a bubble, while the Christian
labors with eternal things.
Illustrations.
As the bicycle rider completes his
practice only when he can ride unconsciously,
so the Christian must practice
his work for Christ until it becomes
instinctive.
Treat Christ's life as your copy.
The scholar does not ask the^teacher
why such and such letters a* near in
the copy, but repeats them o\"?r and
over till they are learned.
Practical Christionity may be as
beautiful as theoretical religion; the
water in a mill-race is as lovely as
the water in a pond.
More than twenty of our State prisons
and a number of jails now have
large and active Christian Endeavor
societies. Both wardens and chaplains
testify to the noble results of
this work. The Prison Endeavorers,
when released, do not get back again
into prison, as do the large majority
of other prisoners.
A prison society must have th; constant
guidance and encouragement of
outside Endeavorers. First, with the
approval and aid of the prison officers,
start the society. Make th?
rules strict and vigorously enforc*
them, however small you make yout
society. Write Christian letters tc
the prisoners, visit them often, and
join in their meetings. When they
come out, help them to honest employment,
and be their friends.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
' * HE hest noints in a
' 1 sermon are those
that puncture sin's
It is alwayaeasfiri\X
ier to be ortfodox
^an t0 ^ .^onest*
*v mogt cur pro">"
kuowledge possessed.
| Begin with liquor for a remedy and
you end with it for a ruler.
It's the burden we drag and not
those we bear that are heavy.
Tb?'re is 110 victory over Satan
without yielding to tne Savior.
It is easier to lead a hundred children
than to drive one.
The Lord never invented watching
as an escape l'rom working.
Pain is never too great a price to
pay to be purged of pride.
It's a poor exchange to lose power
with God for popularity with men.
It takes more than faith in hell to
furnish you with passports to Heaven.
It is sad to see the snows 011 the
brow befcre there are fruits on the
life.
Fons are wonle who are born fools
and then sent to fashion's finishing |
school. >
The showy man seldom shows anything
worth seeing.
Many "great sermons" have come
from mighty small souls.
A little practical pity is worth a
lot of professional piety.
They have the m?>st who make the
most of what they have.
TaJking about God is not the same
as walking with God.
God calls men to be the media between
Himself and other men .
Burning thoughts from Heaven
I leave no ashes of regret.
It always makes a mean man happy
to see another's misery.
Never do today the unkind things
you could put off forever.
FIVE SNAKES, AND WHOPPERS.
Worsted in Their Battle With Two
Nervy Women and a Boy.
Two women and a 10-year-old boy
nh a fprociaus battle with five icon
ster black snakes at'the Smith Chapel
schoolkouse this racrnlng, says a
dispatch from Logan, Ohio. The
snakes were discovered by Willie
Stone, the young son of Deputy Revenue
Collector Will Stone, ithree
were in the water bucket *|fl^thcir
heads protruding, comple tely filling
the bucket.
| The lad, almost breathless with
fright, apprised his mother and Mrs.
C. V. Woodruff, an aunt, who proceeded
to the schoolliouse. a short distance
from the Stone home. Locking
the door, they proceeded to do battle
with the five serpents. The combat
raged for almost an hour, the brave
women succeeding in killing all the
snakes.
The snakes attempted several times '
to encircle the women, but were
fought off with clubs, with which the:
were finally dispatched. Mrs. Stonand
Mrs. Woodruff are the heroine:
of the entire Smith Chapel district j
4 tv.,, lororoct snakp i
since me event, iue
measured 8 feet 4 inches.
* COUSINLY AID AT HAND.
%The Emperor William seems to De
hunting for trouble."
"Well, why doesn't he borrow some
from the Czar?"?Town Topics. .
CUTICURA GROWS HAIR
Ictlp Cleared of Dandruff and Hair Restored
by One Box of Cnticara and
One Cake of Cntlcnn Soap.
A. W. latt, ol Independence, Va., writing
under date ot Sept. 15, 1004. invar "I
i have had tailing hair and dandnifl lor
twelve years an.d could get nothing to help
me. Finally 1 bought one box o[ Cuticura
Ointment and one cake ot Cuticura Soap,
and they cleared ui.v scalp of the darrdrult
and stopped ttie hair tailing, how my
hair is growing as well as ever. 1 highly
prize Cuticura Soap as a toilet soap.
(Signed) A. \V. Tatt, independence, Va."
A Fellow-Feeling Kinship.
Mutual difficulties not infrequently
precipitate love between those who
are mutually in trouble. An amusing
instance of how taking a wrong train
won a wife for a young suitor is told
under the above caption by Francis
Lvnde in the September Lippcneott's
Magazine. Mr. Lynde's work is well
tluiiio-lit of hv those who arc fond of a
rapidly moving short story.
Use Longman & Martinez I'uint.
Don't pay a gallon for linseed oil,
which yon do in ready-tor-use paint.
Buy oil fresh trom ttie barrel at t>0 cents
per gallon. and mix it with Longman &
Mai-tiiiez !.. & M. Paint.
It makes pa.nt cost about .20 per
gallon.
-lames S Barron, 1'rrsident Manchester
Cotton Mills. Hock Hill. S. C.. writes:
"In ISM I painted my residence with I.. &
M. 1: looks better than a great many
houses painted three years ago."
!*o!d e\er\'\vhere and !.y Longman &
Marline/, New \o:k. Paint Mutters lor
kilty Years.
A sensible man never has any spare
tiuic to attend to other people's business
unless he is hired for the purpose.
FITSperaaaently cured. No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Groat
NerveUestorer.S2triai bottleand treatise free
Dr.lt. ti. Klixe, Ltd .931 Arm St.. Phlla.tPa.
(Jrcnt Br.lain is barely boiaiug her own
in trade with Argentina.
Mpt/'Yinslow'sSo^thlu? 3yrup for Children
te?tuiu^,so.tea ttij gums,reduce* inflammation
.allays pain,cures windcolic, ti.x.\a bottle
In 1S81I .Japan had only 167,000 tons of
merchant steamship*.
Tiso's Cure for t'ousumotioa is no infallible
medicine for oagm and cold*.?N. \V
Savicel, Ocean Grove, N. J., i'eb. 17. l'JOJ
The population oi Bangkok is estimated
at 300,099 souls.
? The Great Ant'septic, ^
Sloan's I.inimcr.t. tor all mosquito bites.
It kills yellow lever and malaria germs.
Two thousands vessels ol ail descriptions
disappear every year.
PUTNAM
('. ) r it fie y(<? ? 11 yl tti i tc !??T?r olur tl rr I
salte. /tk i.ii> civ, vill i(Lb j i tt| kit st i(c
When We Are OldWhea
we are old. the fair world Is ao
young.
Re-ccholng with song we left unsung?
Our laughter lifting on another'3 tongue.
When we are old. there is no lovely thing
That speaks not youth, that bodes not of
the spring
Of that keen dawn, that now no dark can
bring.
Alien to Maytime, whither shall we turn?
Need we the Year's antiphonal to iearn?
Fared we not where its purple torches
burn ?
In the world's matin have we yet no
song?
Is not the old-time-melody as strong?
Do only echoes to the heart belong?
When we are old . . . Love, love a dream
It is!
The summer's song, th* inimitable bliss,
The flame, the flower, Is love's, is ours, is
this , . .
?Virginia Woodward Cloud, In June
Reader.
Fickleness of Woman.
Gray?"Hello, Smith, old boy! And
so you are married, ch?"
Smith?"That's what the parson to'd
me."
Cray?''And, of course, ycu are happy?"
Smith?"Well, I don't know about
that. To tell the plain, unvarnished
truth, I'm just a little bit disappointed."
Gray?"I'm sorry to hear that.
What's the trouble?"
Smith?"Well, you see, during the
courtship stunt she used to tell me
how strenuously she loved me, but we
had no sooner got spliced than she
cave un her 810 a week job as type
writer thumper. That goes to show
how much you can bank on a woman's
lava."
Wandering minds make small
wages.
OUST THE DEMON.
A Tnaaln With Coffee.
There is something fairly demoniacal
In the way coffee sometimes wreaks
its fiendish malice on those who use it.
A lady writing from Calif, says:
"My husband and I. both lovers of
coffee, s iffered for some time from a
very annoying form of nervousness,
accompanied by most frightful headaches.
In my own case there was
eventually developed some sort of affection
of the nerves leading from the
sputp to flip head.
"I was unable to hold my head up
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew it to one side, causing me the
most intense pain. We got no relief
! from medicine, and were puzaled as to
I what caused the trouble, till a friend
' suggested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something to d) with it, an<f
advised that we quit it and try Postum
Coffee.
"We followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postuin
we both began to improve, and in a
very short time both of us were entirely
relieved. The nerves became
steady onw more, the bendacber
J In Ka Konlr nf m7
I C-.ascu. lue lliu.-civro III luc J
neck relaxed, my bend straightened
up atid the dreadful pain that had so
punished me white I used the old kind
of coffee vanished"We
have nevetmresumed the use of
the old coffee, bn^elish our Postum
every day ns well ? we did the former
beverage. And^wo nro delighted
to find that we ^ni give it freely to
our children also, something -re never
dared to do with the old kind of coffee."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely no
drugs of any kind, but relieves* the
coffee drinker from the old drng poison.
Tliere't a rewoa, '"
THE IDE
Shapes the Destiny of J
Healthy Woman Cam
Seven-eighths of the
! men in this world marry 'S'S'EK
a woman because she is 2
I beautiful in their eyes? ,g |pfi!a
because she has tliequali- i H
ties which inspire admira- 13
tion, respect and love. ! 0
There is a beauty in j$J
health which is more at- . 5'
tractive to men than mere f, tjf -|p*^2K
regularity of feature. Pa
The influence of women jj2! T'
glorious in th<* possession
of perfect physical health jra
! upon men and upon the I bjl
i civilization of the world 'rj #V
could never be measured. '? J ;
Because of them men have j 1 ??']
attained the very heights
of ambition; because of jl
thezn even thrones have vj ' &
been established and de- ? "What
a disappointment,
then, to see the fair young 3 ^
wife's beauty fading away 3 %
before a year passes over j fr ffl Pi[
her head"! A sickly, half- M/B
dead-and-alive woman, jlC / i U HWTj
especiall}' when she is |Q?
the mother of a family, 45
is a damper to all joyous- S3
ness in the home, and a
drug upon her husband. H ?
The cost of a wife's con- tjl JVin. Ja<
tant illness is a serious
, drain upon the funds of a
i household, and too often all the doc|
toring does no good.
If a woman finds her energies are
flagging, and that everything tires her,
dark shadows appear under her eyes!
her sleep is disturbed by horrible
dreams; if she has backache, headaches,
bearing-down pains, nervousness.
whites, irregularities, or despondency,
she should take means to build
her system up at once by a tonic with
j specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pinki
ham's Vegetable Compound.
This great remedy for women has
done more in the way of restoring
health to the women of America than
| all other medicines put together. It is
J the safeguard of woman's health.
Following we publish, by request, a
letter from a vouug wife.
Mrs. Bessie Airsley of till South 10th
Street, Tacoina, Wash., writes:
i Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?
" Ever since my child was born I have suffered.
as I hope few women ever hAve, with
inflammation, female weakness, bearing-down
pains, backache and wretched headaches. It
affected my stoma eh so that I could not eniov
my meals, and half my time was spent
In bed.
j Lydia L Prakharn's Vegetable Comj
FADELE
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"NUBLACK" BL
"Nublack"
gcod in construct
J and sure primer,
the best brands of
Wgpya favorite among h
Shakespeare and Hiawatha.
An American schoolboy has written
an essay on the "Merchant of Venice,"
full of original matter. This is his
view of Portia: "Portia was a kind
and true-hearted young lady; she was
very good-natured, especially to some
of her gentleman friends, when those
.?~ nnan nine ernincr tn rhn<-)<5P thpir
! > \J Uli5 iUCU ni?? ow.-o ? ?
coffins." But the gem of the article
relates to Shakespeare himself. "The
story was written by Shakespeare,
who married Hiawatha. He was born
j in Venice, where he and the merchant
shot arrows of the same fly when
boys. It was here that he learned to
season mercy with justice." Anne
Hathaway turned into Hiawatha is a
really Interesting case of derangement
1 ?London Chronicle.
A WOMAN'S SUFFERINGS.
Weak, Irregular, Racked With Paine?
Made Well and 36 Pounds Heavier.
Mrs. E. W. Wright, of 172 Main St.,
Hayerbill. Mass., says: "In lStJS I
was suffering so with ?barp pains in
rv the small of the
back and had such
Mifrequent dizzy
* jpP spells that 1 could
v cm nhnlit
jflk * JkyiM?'- bouse. The
urinary passages
were aIso quite ir<rl
11!111ii1a regular. Monthly
eip]^ periods were so
# 'IjT distressing 1
dreaded their approach. This was my
condition for four years. Donn's Kidney
Pills helped me right away when
I begau with them, and three boxes
cured me permanently."
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. V.
For sale by all dealers. Price, 50
cents per box.
NOT QUITE CLEAR.
Green?Jones was run over by a
trolley car yesterday. They say he
cannot recover.
T>f<-?TO<n?TVh/% rrmldn't re
cover, his doctor or his lawyer??Chicago
Dally News.
Positive, Comparative, Superlative.
" I have used one of your Fish Erar.d
Slickers for five year-j, and cow war.t
a new one, also one for a friend. I
would not be without one far twice the
cost. They are just as far ahead of a
common cost as a common c-i ia
ahead of nothing."
(Name go Application.)
HKHEST AWARD WORLD'S HIR, ISO I,
Be sure you don't ctt one of the common
kind-this Is the
mark of excellence. - c
A. J. TOWER CO.,
BOSTON, U.S.A. ^7
TOWEi? CANADIAN CO., Limited,
TORONTO, CANADA, J53
IMakers of Wet Weather Clothing & Hats.
^l?iiu.i>.B.inreiraEaPS
Id CUES WHffiE All ILJI FAIK. Q
El Best Coogh dyrup. Tastes 3ood. Lse n
In lint#. 8old by druggl^ia. |*f
\l WIFE I
Hen?The Influence of a.
lot Be Overestimated.
- di
' ftr _jffi TfFOu?TlBrui H1H
"Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound
made me a well woman, and I feel so grateful
tb it I am glad to write and tell vou of
my marvelous recovery. It brought ma
health, new life and vitality."
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vogetabla
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every woman who is in poor ''SM
r -i*J a
iieaiiu auu auiug.
Its benefits begin when its use begins.
It gives strength and vigor from the
start, and surely mokes sick women
well and robust.
Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures of
woman's ills. This fact is attested to
by the thousands of letters from grate- 3
ful women which arc on tile iu the ' $1
Pinkham laboratory Merit alone can
produce sueh results.
Women should remember that a cure
for all female diseases actually exists,
and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Take no substiIf
you have symptoms you don't
understand write to Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn. Mass . for special advice?it ia
free and always helpful. " lifll
wsod Succccis Where Others FaB? |
SS DYES 1
tt l equally ell ?n<t to ?ru\r*nte?<l :o <rtve p?rfct rj_
.invB/irnilllftrO Ifii
HESTER 1
ACK POWDER SHELLS
3 a grand good shell. It is
ion, primed with a quick
and carefully loaded with
powder and shot. It is a
unters and other users of
lells on account of its
I, evenness of pattern
o withstand reloading.
19
W. L. Douglas 1
3== & *3= SHOES Bu I
W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Line
cannot be equalled at any price.
II july?.H7?.
W.L.OOUOLAS MAKES AND SELLS >M
ZMORC MEM'S$3.BO SHOES THAU
AMY OTHER MANUFACTURER.
tin nnn REWARD to anyone who eas
*IUjUUU disprove this itatemwt
W. L. Douglas SJ.50 shoea have by tbeir eiCalient
style, easy fitting, and superior wearing
qualities, achieved the largest sale of any SJ.50
shoe In the world. They are just as good as
those that cost you 55.00 to $7.00 ?tite only
difference is the price. If I could take you Into
my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest In
the world under oca roof making men's fire
shoes, and show you the care with which every
pair of Douglas shoes Is made, you would realize
why W. L. Do.ulis $3.50 shoes are the best
shoes produced In the world.
If I could show you the difference between the
shoes made In my factory and those of other
makes, you would understand why Douglas
$3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold
their sha^e. fit better, wear longer, and are of
greater intrinsic value than any other 53.50
(hoe on the market to-day.
i W. L Douglas Strong Made Shoes far
I Men, sa.no, C2.QP. Boy*' School A
Dress Shoos,$2.BU, 32,$1.7 5,$1.BO
CAUTION. ?Insist upon baring W.L.Doog?
1 l&s sho- s. TaIxo no substitute. None genuine
without his name and prieo stamped on bottom.
WANTED. A shoe dealer in erery town where
VT. L. Douglas Shoes are not sold. Full line of
J samples sent free for inspoction upon request.
Fast Color Fftlets used: thtij u/lll not wear bras*9.
Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Stales.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Itrockton, Mass
FOR WO^NJ^^I
troubled with ills peculiar to
their sex, used as a douche is marvelously. sac- ; j
cesstul. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs. !
stojs discharges, heals lEfl-Aaatjon and local
6c:enes3, cures leucorrhcea caAasa! catarrh.
Paxsine is in pcwcer L;rra to^c dissolved in pcrs
r.iler, and is far more cleaniinc, healing, germicidal
1 and economical tliais liquid antiseptics lor ail
TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES
For sale at druggists, CO cents a box.
Trial Cox and Doolc ol^nstructions Free.
thc r. Paxton Company Boston. Mas*.
3SF3 Thompson's Eyo Water J