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religion, So. 44.
. QUESTION HE OBJECTED TO.
Victim of Cyclone Would Answer All
but One.
"Tea," replied the man from Arkansas
when asked If he had ever experienced
any cyclones in his locality,
* I've been through a cyclone or two,
ami I don't banker after any more."
"Can you give us any particulars
abdnt them?" a as asked.
"Why, yes. a few. When the last
cyclone came along I was out in the
Held plowing with a four-mewl team.
I started to run for cover, but I had
not gone more'n four rods when the
wind picMd me up. and the next thing
X knew I was astride of the .back of
one of them mewls, and we were both
In a tree top, 50 feet above the ground.
The handles had been twisted out of
the plow and driven right through the
trunk of the tree and one of the other
m?*la~wss hanging to them by his
Lun."
That was a queer thing. And so
yon were left in the tree top?"
"I was."
"And?and?"
That's all."
"But I want to ack you?"
"I don't care to say anything more."
"But look here," said the questioner.
"You were blown into a tree top along
with a mule and?"
"Please dont press me sir."
"But can't I ask you how you got
^ down?"
"Oh, yes. you can ask that and wel "\come,
and 111 answer you that some
am/1 aKatwva^ ho
le^icrs tauic clivu c, auu iuv.
tree down. I thought you was going
to^ ask me if the wind blew my batband
off and if I ever recovered it
again, and that's a question I hain't
going to answer for anybody."?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
V J
A Tantalizing Maiden.
Do I love her?
Dimpling red lins at me pouting.
DhnpUng shoulders at me flouting;
No. 1 don't!
Do I love her?
L Prisor.ed in those crystal eyes
Purity forever lies:
\ , Yes. I do!
* - Do I love her?
Little wild and willful fiction.
Teiesing. torturing contradiction;
No. I don't!
fT I f y I love her?
With. LJ ?s and sweet words aha
Aids a^b*>tforts poverty;
Yes. I do!
Do I love her?
' . ** Quick she puts her cuirass on.
Stabs with laughter, stings with aeoni;
It * No. I don't!
I Do I love her?
mv armt ah a fl lag
f ilV. 4 lpl? ?v ... Klillnt
me with glad surprise;
Ah, yes I do;
?Detroit Free Press.
Getting Back at Him.
A taciturn man went Into a bar
rber's shop the other day and began
\ by pulling out of his pocket a paper
on which was written:
"No; I do not wish to Bare my hair
eat. I want to be shaved. I do not
require any brilllantine or crlmpoline,
or anything else ending In 'Ine.' Nor
do I wish to be singed or shampooed.
All I want Is to be shaved in perfect
v. alienee."
The barber read the document, and
then pointed to a notice on the wall,
which ran:
The proprietor begs to apologize to
his enstomers for not entering Into
conversation with them, as he is deaf
and dumb."?London TU-BIts.
FUNNY.
FwpU Will Drink Coffee Wltta It "Docs
Such Thtnga."
"I began to use Postum because the
old kind of coffee had so poisoned my
whole system that I was on the point
of breaking down, and the doctor
warned me that I must quit it.
"Mt chief ailment was nervousness
\ And heart trouble.
"Any unexpected noise -would cause
me the most painful palpitation, make
me faint anil weak.
had heard of Postum and began
to driuk it when I left off the old ooffee.
It began to help me just as soon
as the old effects of the other -kind of
coffee passed away. It did not stimuf
late me for a while, and then leave me
weak and uc-rvous as coffee used to do.
Instead of that it built up my strength
' and supplied a constant vigor to my
I system which I ran always rely on.
It enaKles me to do the biggest kind of
, a day's work without getting tired,
j r 'All the heart trouble, etc., has passed
; away.
? i "I give It freely to all my children,
j from the youngest to the oldest, and it
ec.1 keeps them all healthy and hearty."
Name given by To-tum Co., Battle
SS? Creek,. Mich.
Kl j There's a reason.
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iHWlryielifl pk?V
DUTY TO GOD
OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON
An Appeal to Put Forth the Best That
is Within Us.
Now York City.?Dr. H. Allen Topper.
pastor of the Fifteenth Street Baptist
Church. preached Sunday ou "Marriage
ami Divorce." The text was
Matthew xix:4-t>: "And He answered
and said unto them: Have ye not read
that lie which made them at the beginning
made them male and female,
and said for this cause shall a man
leave father and mother and shall
cleave to his wife: and tbey twain shall
be one flesh? What therefore Clod
hath joined together, let not man put
asunder." Dr. Tupper said:
Marriage was the first institutional
gift of God to man: and the family was
the first organization formed by Gcd
for the blessing of humanity. During
all the centuries, amid the changes of
governments, ceremonies and dispensations,
the impress of divine favor rested.
upon these heaven-born establishments,
and when their integrity has
been maintained they have been the
sources and ceutres of light and love;
but when their integrity has been assailed
untold sorrows and suffering
have come upon mankind.
Christ wrought the beginning of His
miracles at a marriage feast, in a gathering
of families; and the pen of inspiration
pictures Him as the Bridegroom
and His Church as the Bride.
The holy ordinance of* marriage was
given to support social order: to increase
human happiness, and to provide
that through well regulated families
truth and righteousness might be
transmitted from age to age. The violation
of its vows is the caukfr at the
heart of huinau progress and civilization.
In the West Indies, we are told,
there Is a timber that has all the appearance
of strength and ^jlidity, but
when the test is applied it snaps asunder
and a fine white powder fills the air.
The cause is now apparent: a worm has
eaten its way into the heart of the
wood and slowly but surely devoured
Its fiber until a hollow shell only remains.
The divorce evil. If not arrested, will
I craduallv undermine our proud civiliza
tion, and when the testing time conies
what appeared to be so attractive will
prove to be only a hollow sham.
In the discussion of marriage and divorce
I will call your attention to a
divine law, a social disease anil a fatal
danger.
First?A dirine law. Centuries ago
the cunning Pharisees attempted to entrap
the divine Teacher by asking Him
the question: "Is it lawful for a man
to put away his wife for every cause?"
In that day there existed two opposing
schools. At the head of one was Shammni,
who insisted that divorce should
be allowed only In the case of adultery;
at the head of the other was Hillel,
who maintained that a man might put
away his wife for any cause at all. The
tempters of Christ thought that the
trap was well set. for if He failed to
hold strict views on the marriage question
they wou'.d report Him to the followers
of Sharamai, and if He held the
opposite opinion they would turn upon
Him the enmity of the followers of
Hillel. one of whose strong adherents
was Herod, who had just beheaded
John the Baptist. In the words of another:
"Brushing aside their quibbling,
Jesus goes back to foundation principles
and gives His message to the
church of all ages 'concerning marriage
and divorce."
It is a fivefold message: The marriage
of one man and one woman is a
divine institution; it is a divine act; it
Joins husband and wife in a relation
lUndinc than the rela
I tion of parent and child; it so unifies
husband and wife that they cease to be
two and become one flesh; and it can
be dissolved only ?by death. When the
point was made by the Pharisees that
Moses maintained that a writing of divorcement
shall be given under certain
conditions. Jesus declared that this was
a concession to the hardness of heart ol
the people.
The position of Jesus Christ on the
subject under discussion is clearly set
forth in H's Sermon on the Mount: "It
has been said, 'Whosoever shall pul
away his wife, let him give her a writ
jng of divorcement but I say unto yon
that whosoever shall put away his
wife saving for the cause of fornica^
tion, causeth her to commit adultery."
And Mark records these words ol
Jesus: "Whosoever putteth away his
wife and marrieth another committeth
adultery against her. And if a woman
shall put away her husband and ba
married to another, she committeth
adulterv." And in Mtsg .wg nave set
forth the same law of Christ, f'roir
His recorded words we are forced to
the following conclusions: That Jesu*
allowed divorce on one and only ont
ground, namely, adulter*, and that Ht
seems to allow the re-marriage of the
innocent party.
In Ephesians v:22-23 Paul gives the
noblest picture of the sanctity Jlnd dig
nity of the marriage relation, for In
compares it to the mystic union be
tween Christ and the glorious church o!
the redeemed for whom Christ died
This is no temporary bond to be
snapped at will. Jesus is to-dny th<
Head of His Church, and it is beinf
purified by Him and made withoir
spot or wrinkle. Moreover, iu Romans
vii:l-6 Paul argues that the Cbristiai
is set free from the bondage of the
law. as the woman can have a new
husband only on the death of the
former husband. But in I Corinthian:
vii:12-lG Paul speaks of the problem ir
'amily life presented where the bus
band is a Christian and the wife t
heathen and vice versa. He has tw<
things to say about this new problen
that had not arisen when Jesus spok<
on the subject. His first word is thai
the Christian must not force a separa
tion. If the heathen husband or wife
is willing to continue the union. th<
Christian must be willing to do so
The marriage is legitimate and tin
children arc legitimate. But the othei
word is this: Suppose the heathet
busgand or wife is not willing to keej
up the marriage relation and insists 01
separation, then what? Weil, lei tlx
unbelieving husband or wife go. say:
Paul. He uses the word "depart" here
not the technical word "put away."
It would seem that this is a case oi
voluntary separation, not a legal di
vorce. If this be true, there could, o:
' course, be no re-marriage in sucl
cases, for the marriage lias never beei
legally annulled. This alternative li
not even raised by Paul in this connee
tion. It may be properly said, then
that Paul did not advocate divorce foi
anything save adultery, though he doei
, not even indicate this exception save bj
implication.
This divine law is set forth in no un
certain sound on the pages of (Jod'^
Word; and the disobedience of it musi
entail sorrowful results to the indi
vidua!, the family, and the community
Second?A social disease. Divorces
> are more numerous in the Unitec
States in proportion to marriages thai
in any other country of which we bnv<
t any record. This social disease is con
tagious and spreading. In 1870, 3.1
r~? 1 ?
per cent, of marriages ended In divorce.
I In 1880, 4.8 per cent. In 1890, G.2 per
cent. In 1900, 8.1 per cent. In 1890
the percentage of the divorced to* the
married was 0.5. In 1900 it was 0.7.
According to the census of 1900 there
were 2457 divorced women in the
United States under the age of twenty,
and 13,175 divorced women between
twenty and twenty-five years of age.
South Carolina is the only State in
the Union which grants no divorce.
New York is the only State in the
Union which proposes to grant divorces
only on Scriptural grounds; yet New
York grants, annually, more than a
thousand divorces.
Illinois gives a fair illustration of
the laws of almost all the States. After
reciting a long list of grounds upon
which a divorce may be granted, the
law*concludes by empowering the court
to grant a divorce upon any plea which
it thinks justifiable.
The Western States, in order to increase
their population, are making
open and shameless bids for those dis.
satisfied with the married state to come
to them and have it dissolved.
<riv*en hv the Chicago Daily
OlOUCitvo O" w
News Almanac, 1903, show the following
number of divorces granted In leading
cities of our country in 1901:
Providence, .'127: Cincinnati. 403; Boston.
400: Cleveland. 434; Philadelphia,
492: St. Louis. 578: New York. 817; San
Francisco, S40; Chicago. 1fi08.
The statistics of Ch-.roll D. Wright
Commissioner of Labor, for twenty
years, from 1807 to 1880, show 32S.712
divorces granted in the United States
in those years. In 1807, 99.97 divorces
were granted, while in 3880 23.3.33 divorces
were granted, making an increase
of 137 per cent. The increase of
population was sixty per cent, during
the-same period.
In 1S67 Ohio granted 901 divorces,
and in 1900 the State granted 3217
divorces?one to every eleven marriages
solemnized in the State. Indiana
granted, in 18(57. 1096 divorces, and in
1900, 4599?one divorce to every six
marriages solemnized iu the State.
Only a short time ago the papers were
telling of a woman in Indiana who
had eight living husbands, from whom
' she had been divorced, and this same
woman was then preparing to be married
to the ninth victim. Michigan in
1867 granted 449 divorces, and in 1900
granted 241S divorces?one divorce to
every eleven marriages solemnized in
the State.
A table of divorces in the Christian
world in 1885. as given in "Studies in
History. Economics and Public Law,"
Issued by Columbia University, gives
the following interesting fact: Canada,
Great Britain and Ireland, France,
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland,
Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria,
Roumania, Russia and Australia granted
a total of 20,111 divorces, while In
the same year the United States granted
23.472 divorces?an excess over all
other countries in the Christian world
of 3361.
Forty-five States and several Territories
have various and conflicting
Laws, and more than 3000 courts have
jurisdiction of divorce cases. A
, learned essayist says of our legislation
, that it "presents the largest and Strang.
est.and perhaps the saddest experiment
i in the sphere of family laws which
free, self-governing countries have ever
tried." It was published in a recenl
Journal that divorces were granted in
Chicago for the following causes: Snoring.
cold feet, eating with a knife, insisting
upon going to bed in his overnnrf
hoots smoking cigarettes,
, failure as a cook.
During recent years divorce has developed
Into an industry in the United
States, the legal profession and the
bench have done much to encourage
this terrible traffic.
For 6211 divorces in France In s
given period, the United States offers
25.000, the United Kingdom shoeing
, 475 and the German Empire G078 foi
, the same time. For a period of twenty
, years in Maryland the rate of marriage
to divorce was 61.94. Massachusetts
averaged 31.2S to every divorce.
, Some of the popular theories are that
, divorce is due to the conflicting and in>
harmonious statutes of various States.
Thus as Colonel Wright, in his report,
nc it is the belief that persons
residing in the State of New York
I where the law is strict, are in the habil
of seeking divorces in Rhode Island
But the statistics show that of 44ft
( divorces granted in Rhode Island only
, ninety-seven were to parties married
in New York, and of 6020 granted ir
. Pennsylvania, only 765 were to. parties
. married in New York, while of tlie
J 280,546 couples whose place of mar
k liage was ascertained, 231,867 were di
vorced in the same State in which they
! had been married.
J Third?A fatal danger. The attack
upon the, integrity of the family is an
unmitigated evil and a crime againsl
, social order, which can only result in
, the destruction of all that is purest,
, noblest and best in the world. Here
; we find the secret cause of the decline
, and fall of the Roman Empire. The
laws as to family life were loose; di
k vorce became epidemic, and the empire
went down in ruin and disgrace. The
| Reign of Terror in France followed the
* establishment of a law that marriage
^ could be dissolved merely by applicacation;
20.000 divorces were granted in
[ Paris in one year, r.nd during the same
; period 48,000 outcast children were car
, ric.1 Into foundling hospitals and near
* ly 10.000 new-born babies were taker
out of the sewers of the city and from
the secret places by the police. The
iudrseribnble horrors of those times it
is impossible to picture, and who will
say that directly or indirectly the violation
of the sanctity of the marriage
s:a;o and the purity of the family life
did not contribute largely toward those
days of terrorV The rejection of the
Bible, the denial of <Jod and the dese
oration of the home yielded bitter fruit
the taste of which still lingers in the
nvn 'h of France, and lessons written
in hired have never been forgottenTo-day
in that country it is allowabls
to obtain separation for five years,
and at the end ot that time to apply
for the conversion of the separation
into absolute divorce if the partiei
have uot been reconciled.
The practical results of the imperial
* ?? *" hnra hppr
j divorce 1U W 111 ucia*?uj mmtv v ?
? gratifying. It gives four grounds fot
~ divorce?namely, adultery, attempt ol
either husband or wife on the life ol
the other; malicious, willful desertior
f and continued violation of the marrlag<
vows. Both in France and Germanj
f attempts are being made to escap<
j threatening dangers .by the enforce
ment of stricter laws on marriage ant
divorce.
1 In Xew England and Wales then
' were 176 divorces in 1870; 336 in 1880
; 304 in 1900, and 727 in 1889; and th
growing evil is at las' attracting the at
I tention of the lawmakers. We do no
recognize the family at all in our na
tional constitution. It appears in ou
- State laws only as an object of som
5 care, but not as an element of politics
t power. Mr. Gladstone declared tha
- bis fear for our future centered ver;
largely upon our ability to protect th
' family, for weakness here means disae
1 tor "everywhere.
1 Realizing the perilous position ii
2 which we are placed by the increasing
; social evils resulting from divorces, i
> , number of public spirited men inltiatet
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a corrective movement in 1878, and
' whr.t is now knowu as the Nutioial
1 League for the Protection of the Family,
founded upon a broad basis, was
organized in 1SS1. The results from
this and kindred organizations have
been marked and encouraging. Radicul
improvements are noticed in the
laws of New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin; divorces after
residence of only three or six months
are no longer permitted, as they formerly
were, in North Dakota, Georgia,
California and several Territories. All
causes for divorce but one have been
stricken from the laws of the District
of Columbia, and commissions on uniformity
by co-operation of the States
now exist in no less than thirty-four
States and Territories.
The question of a constitutional
amendment and admission of a national
law on the matter under discussion
have been agitated; but as long as
SJiotAo /in r? ho rolllo/1 in HpfonfiA
iwt-ntr oiaico lau ui . ..
of the maintenance of State rights, it
is a waste of time to attempt the
amendments <jn marriage or divorce.
But the agitation against this evil goes
on as never before. The pulpit, the
press, the platform, the schools, col
leges and universities are awakening
to a sense of the moral and social danger
that threatens us. and the out,
spoken discussion of the marriage rei
lation and the divorce laws must result
in great good.
, Thirty years ago none of our higher
educational institutions gave any
attention to the study of the family,
but now the theological seminaries, the
i law schools and the universities are
giving special care to this mas: im
portant subject. We may be assured
' that our boasted civilization, our proud
commercial greatness, our high educational
attainments and our brillip. t
material developments will only hasieJ
the day of our disaster unless w * proi
tect the family and honor the Get' of
the home, who is the Father of us all.
l An Infidel's Sermon to a Preacher.
Never shall I forget the remark of a
learned legal friend who was at one
time somewhat skeptical in his views.
Said he to me:
"Did I believe, as you do. that the
masses of our race are perishing in sin,
I could have no rest. I would fly to
tell them of salvation. I would labor
1 day and night. I would speak with all
1 the pathos I could summon. I would
warn and expostulate and entreat my
fellowmen to turn to Christ, and receive
salvation at His hands. I am astonished
at the manner in which the
majority of you ministers tell your
i message. Why, you do not act as if
, you believed your own words. You
i have not the earnestness In preaching
> that we lawyers have In pleading. If
we were as tame as you are, we would
never carry a single suit."
A decade of years has passed away
since that remark was made. I bless
God it was addressed to me. It put tire
i into my bones which I hope will burn
as long as I live. God preached a
stirring sermon to me that day by the
; mouth or that innaei lawyer.?reicr i
? Stryker.
Life It Constructive.
A certain evangelist is using a card
on one side of which is the question.
, "What must I do to be saved?" and
following it are the Scriptures which
: point out the way of salvation. On the
i other side of the card is the question,
"What must I do to be lost?" and the
answer follows. "Nothing."
The reply is simple but wonderfully
impressive. Many think that in order
to be lost they must run the log gamut
. of vices and be aggressively bad. Not
L so. We are all bad enough to miss the
? kingdom in spite of the good points we
f may have.
Life is an active, constructive force, j
L It is likened unto a living temple or
( unto a vine. It must therefore be built
; up. and unless there is activity there
is no building. Unless there is active
> goodness there is no charieter, and un.
less there is character there is no salj
vation.?Brethren Evangelist.
i. Spiritanl I'ovcity.
Frofessing Christians sometimes attribute
their spiritual poverty to nature.
One is penurious, another cow\
nrdly. and they say it is because they
have been less generously endowed by
I nature than others and cannot help it.
it tv/?niri hp finite as reasonable for one
? whose father's table, to which he has
' free access, is daily loaded with
[ wholesome food, to go about the streets
[ with gaunt, bony fingers and ghastly
, countenance, starving to death, and
, saying, "I cannot help it." God is
able to make a penurious man liberal,
generous and benevolent, or a cruel
r man as gentle as a Iamb, or a passionate
man as calm and serene as the
. bosom of a mountain lake when the
i winds are hushed to rest. He is able
: to make all grace abound toward all
i His children.?Christian Advocate.
? Learning What Life It.
( Sorrow is not an incident occurring
i now and then. It is the woof which is
woven into the warp of life, and he
> who has not discerned the divine sa?
1 ?? ?i'l tlio npnfnnnd I
! I'll'uurss Ul 31 nun uuu tut.
! meaning which is concealed In pain
i 1ms yet to learn what life is.?F. W.
Robertson.
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; LABOR WORLD.
Car workers have organized at Dut(
Icr. Pa.
, Wisconsin and Minnesota farmers
. have formed onions.
I The grape culture in France g!vcs
. employment to over 2,000,000 people.
' Holland bus an independent union of
' ca., enters, which embraces 2000 nam'
hers.
i Thirty thousand coal miners will be
In the parade ou Mitchell Day in Scran.
tot!, Pa.
James Duncan was the first Vice1
President of the American Federation
of Labor.
' Less than l.'iO Qrst-class compositors
\ are outside of the Typographical Un.ou
in Chicago, III.
i A new scale of the sheet metal workers,
of Washington, D. C., $4 per day,
I went into effect.
i Some disastrous riots have occurred
' i:t Switzerland in connection with the
f fottndrymen's strike,
f A movement to unite the organize.
1 tlor.s or plumbers anu steauiuuei& uaa
i assumed detlnite shape.
At Xiles, Mich., the strike of print1
ers for an eight-hour day lasted less
j than twenty-four hours.
A strike of shingle-weavers, who dea
mand pay-day twice a month, is in full
; force at Antlcortea, Wash.
e Railway laborers In the United f s
get from two to four times as mv. .
* laborers on European roads.
p The Cotton Manufacturers' As.
tion, of Fall River, Mass., annou.. .cd
j an advance iu workers' wages,
t The Washington "Legislature defeated
y bills to prohibit boycotting and to rce
peal the State eight-hour law.
i- The efforts to effect a settlement of
the Cockers' dispute at Cardiff, Barry
i and 1 enarih have been successful.?
Bookbinders of Washington, D. C.,
| have been successful In establishing a
* flat wage scale of US a week there.
f
? Mlnnsidta Fish 8tory.
John Munter and John Frankson returned
recently from a week's outing
at Swan lake. Mr. Mnnter tells this
fish story:
"Monday night we were crossing the
lake In a small boat, when I nav something
floating on the surface of the
water. Frankson said It was a fish,
and I stuck to it that it was a piece of
wood that had been driven by the
wind into the middle of theNlake.
"Frankson insisted that it wds a
fish, and was so sure of it that he fired
a shot at it from a shotgun. Imagine
my surprise when I saw a monster
picke-el flopping about in the water.
We secured the fish and it weighed
close up to twenty pounds.
. "I. have been on Minnesota lakes a
great deal, at all times of the day and
night, hut this is the first instance of
tbis kind I ever heard of."? Minneapolis
Special.
England's Wheat Fields.
A preliminary 3ia?emeni i&miuu uy
the Board of Agriculture, shows the
total acreage under all crops and
grass this year to be 32,286,832, which
Is a decrease of nearly 31,000 acres
compared with last year. With regard
to cereal crop3, It Is gratifying
to notice that the area under wheat
this year shows an increase of 421,TOi
acres compared with last year,
the total acreage under wheat being
1,796,985; but, on the other hand,
there is a decrease' of nearly 320,000
acres under barley and oats. There
is a substantial Increase in the number
of horses, cattle, and sheep. Pigs
show a decrease of 436,725.?TJTJiot
*100 Reward. *100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased t c
learn that tuere is a: toast one dreaded disca.-etu.it
scien so aus b jjj note to cure in lit
itscages, and Mat ts Uatarru. Hall's Catarra
Cure is tae oaly positive cure now known to
thetnedical fra: srai:/. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, re juire? a constitutional
treatment. Hall's OatarruCureistakenintornaliy,acting.lireitly
upo i tae bloo 1 and tnucoussarfares
of the system, tnsreby destroyiugcue
foundation of tae disease, and giving
the oatieat streagtn by building up tbe constitution
and assisting nature in doing its
woru. The proprietors haveso muchfaitai l
itscurative powers tua. tney offer One Hundred
Dollarsforauy caie Mat it tails to euro.
Send for lis: of testimonials. Address
F. J. Caexsv A Co., Toledo, O.
Fold by Druggists, 7?.\
lake Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Peacock leathers arc said to bring ill
luck.
Tavlor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature's great remedy?Cure!
Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. At draggists,
25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle.
Afoney has power to crush happiness
only when its roots get in the
heart.
TORTURING HUMOR
H>dy a Mmi of Sores?CaMad in Three
Doctor* But Urew Worie? Cured by
Cattcnra for 75c,
"Mr little daughter was a mass of sorea
ail over her body. Her lace was bping
eaten away, and her cars looked as if they
would drop off. 1 had three doctora, but
she grew worse. Neighbors advised Cuticura.
and before 1 had used half of the
cake of soap and box of ointment the sores
had all healed, and my little one's skin
was as clear as a new born babe's. 1 would
not be without L'uticura if it cost five dollars.
instead of 75 cents, which is all it
cost ns to cure our baby. Mrs. G. J.
Stccsc. 701 Cokura St., Akron, Ohio "
The Interstate Commerce Commission
resumed the investigation into
private refrigerator car lines.
A DESPAIRING WOMAN.,
Weak, Nervoot and Wretched From
Waatiag Kidney Troubled.
Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Main and
Garst Sts., South Bend. Ind., says:
^ "When I beghn
using Bonn's Ktdne-v
**'"s * was so
weak I could
2% hardly drag rayfob
self across the
I zJt& roonj- I was
e\. .wretched and Jiervous?
an(l had
backache, bear
v ing-down pam.
headache, dizziR.sBr
nes* and weal:
*7*'/ eyes. Dropsy set
In and bloating of the chest choked
me and threatened the heart. I had
little hope, but to my untold surprise
Doan's Kidney Pills brought me relief
jnd saved my life. I shall never forget
it."
Bold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburu Co.. Buffalo, X. Y.
Joe Jefferson's Autograph.
The reproduction of the late Joseph
Jefferson's autograph, and that of his
grandfather, add to the interest of ar
i article about this beloved and lamented
actor in the November Lippincott'f
The author is Isabel Gordon Curtis.
C*r> dniatlira and Catarrh?Medlclm
' Sent Free,
wo diseases are the result of ai
"yt condition of the blood. II
'g joints and back, shouidei
*. cripp'ed hands, legs oi
"selee. shifting, sharp
/ins ,'at tired, disouraged
f v ^ of rh^ <ism. or the hawking
I 8p*m*<jg, blurred" eyesight, deafness, aick
I stomach, headache, noises in the head, mu
eons throat dischargee, decaying teeth
bad breath, belching gas of catarrh, take
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It kills th<
poi in the blood which e vises these awfu1
syrti ms, giving a pure, healthy blood
8U the joints and mucous mem
bra- cs, and makes a perfect cure of tht
worst rheumatism or foulest catarrh
t.'ures where ail else fails. Blood Bala
(B. IT. B.) Is composed of pi.re Botanio ingredients,
good for weak kidneys. Improves
tho digestion, cure* dyspepsia. J
perfect tonic for old folks by giving then
new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughly tested
for thirty years. Druggists. $1 per largr
bottlo, with complete directions for horn<
cure. Sample free and prepaid by wnuuf
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and special free medical advice
sent in sealed letter.
At the risk of killing himself to pra
ent running oyer a child, a Eostor
automobile enthusiast directed h. bit
machine into a ditch. It turned ?
pletely over, and fye had a nar jyv*
escape from death, being quite se?/ere
ly injured. The child was unharmed
The man may have been operating
the automobile too fast, comments the
Buffalo Courier, but he thought quickly
and acted heroically.
PUTNAM
Color mors foods brifhUr and fss'or color* than ai
? ijt My gwwat jdtiif* rtvtof atAJ&f*
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OPERATION
Two Grateful Letters froi
Serious Operations.?iV
from Like Conditions ^
When a physician tells a woman, suf- 1
fering from ovarian or womb trouble. *
that an operation is necessary it, of ?
course, frightens her. t
The very thought of the operating
t^He and the knife 6trike3 terror to ,
hi c heart. As one woman expressed
it. when told by her physician that she I
must undergo an operation, she felt
that her death knell had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of women (
who are there for ovarian or womb t
operations! t
1 It is quite true that these troubles '
may rer.ch a stage where an operation \
is the only resource, but such cases are ]
much rarer than is generally supposed,
because a great many women have 1
been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's J
Vegetable Compound after the doctors j
had said fcn operation must be performed.
In fact, up to the point where
the knife must be used to secure instant 1
relief, this medicine is certain to help.
The strongest and most grateful 1
statements possible to make come from
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, have :
escaped serious operations.
Margritc Ryan, Treasurer of 8t. An- ,
drew's Society, Hotel English, Indianapolis,Ind.,writes
of her cureas follows:
DttrMrs. Pinkbam:?
~ I cannot (lnd words to express mv thanks
for the good T,ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
i Compound did me. The doctor said I could
not get well unless I had an operation for j
ovarian and female troubles, I knew I could
not stand the'strain of an operation and made 1
up my mind I would be an invalid for life.
. Ask Bra. Mikhail's Adrtea?A Womai
PRICE,/P=\25 Cti a ||i
mswotoiiai wtf^jvlfsr c<ai ,or tout
? F. IF. Diem<
The girlless telephone is coming
and the horseless carriage Is going?
at a tremendous rate, observes tie
New York Tribune.
FlTepermanentlycurcd. Nofitenrrervon*i;ess
after ilrst day's use o! Dr. Kline'.* (?renl
Nervellestorer.ititrialbottieaud treatise :re?
Dr.:*. . .-M-isa*. Ltd.. ISl Arch >t.,Phil:?.,i'.i
A r.ian will die tor wur.t oi air in live
mini:.vs.
Mrs. Wins < w's fcooihlngSyrup for Children
' teething, oftenstbegums.reducesiuflamma- |
lion,alia s rnin.'uires wind colic.25c. a bottle
The o'd local costumes are still worn in
r an;.* pavls ot Russia.
. doao: badeve diso's Cure for Consuimlicnhasaue
iu u for oougis an J colds.?Jons
I'.iMtu, I'ciaitvSorin rs. Ind.. Feb. 15, UJK
I lean cake is the chief commercial fcr
tiiizer in China.
The Monumental Bronze Company. 554
Howard Aveaue. Bridgeport, Conn., want a
rood, livo agent in this vicinity to take ord"r.*.
for their celebrated White Bronze mon
nmonis, neaasroaes, gn?\?.- i.uiou, ?v
is a ijood, legitimate business and they offer
liberal inducements. Someone should write
them and embrace this opportunity.
Uishop l'otter favor* twenty-minute aerLions.
Borne has seminaries representing eightyseven
order*.
I MOZLEY'S
LEMON ELIXIR
?A auai cusi roe?
CONSTIPATION, BILIOUSNESS
and all disorders of tha Stomaeh and
Bowols. SOc. a bottle at drag stores.
Around the World
Ml havs aaad year Pish
L Braad Slickers far years
n the Ma. sails a Islands
-sad fsaad than the only
i artists that salted. I ata
asw la this country
(Africa) sad think a great
sal ? your coats."
, (mm on OfUMtm)
ffffiBEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR, 1904.
[ The war' 1-wide repata- *
:k?n ol l ower's Water- w\VTD'a
f jrosl Oiled Clothtag
assures tbe buyer of
[ -tha positive worth of
'^iSTalsrsK isbmp
A. J. TOWER CO., Boston, U. S. A.
I TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED,
' 351 Toronto, Canada.
! FORWOMENTkjJfl
s troubled with Ills peculiar to
' their sex, used as a doc.che it marrelousTy suc,
cissful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs
stops discharges, heals inflammation and local
soreness, cures leucorrhoea and nasal catarrh.
Panne is in powder form to be dissolved in pore
water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal
and economical than liquid antiseptics for ail
TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES
1 For sale at druggists, GO cents a box.
Trial Box and Book o 1 Instructions Free.
The Paxton Company Boston. Mas*.
r - SO. 44.
IT unTw*au 'uu* kiif*
K9 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Jood. Use W
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n Women Who Avoided
lany Women Suffering ^
VU1 Be Interested.
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Iearing bow Cydia ?. Pinkham's Yegetibla
Compound had saved other women from
erious operations I decided to try it, an! In
ess ":ban four months I was entirely cured;
md words fan. to express my thankfulceis."
Miss Margret Merkley of 275 3d
street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkbam
" Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
evere shooting pains through the pelvic
>rgans, cramps, bearing, down pains and
extreme irritation compelled me to soek
nedical advice. The doctor, after making
in examination,'said that--1 had ovarian trou- >
)le and ulceration, and advised an operation >
is my only hope. To this I strongly objected
-and I decided as a k^t resort to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
" To my surprise the ulceration healed, all
he bod symptoms disappeared, and I am one*
nore strong, vigorous and well; and I can*
iot express my thanks for what it has dona
tor me."
Ovarian and womb troubles ara
steadily on the increase among- women
?and \>efore submitting to an opera- ??
tion every woman should try Lydia E,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
write Mrs. Pinkbam at Lynn, Mass,
for advice.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound baa been curing
the worst forma of femkle complaints,
all ovarian troubles.inflammation.nl- *"%
ceration. falling and displacement of
the womb, leucgrrlioea. irregularities, . '
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Any woman who could read tbe many
grateful letters on file in Mrs. Pinkham's
office would be convinced of tb?
efficiency of hdr idvice and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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| 618 Albany t, lost$nt M>?> |
W.L. Douglas
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W. L. Douglas $4.00 Gilt Edge Line
cannot bo equalled at any price.
^ W.L. PCUnLAS MAKES AMD SELLS
MORE MEM'S S3. BO SHOES THAM
AMY OTHER MAMUFAOSVRER.
11 n nnn REWARD to snyoae who con
91 UjUUU disprove this statement
W. L. Doug la i $3.50 iboc* hare by their excellent
style, easy fitting, and superior wearing
qualities, achieved the largest rale of any $3.50
shoe in the world. They are lust as good as
those that cost you $5.00 to $7.00 ?tne only
difference Is the price. If I could take you late
my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest la
the world under one roof making men's fine
Shoes, and show you the care with which every
pair of Douglas shoes is made, you would realize
why W. L. Douglas $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 shape, fit better, wear longer, and a rr of
greater Intrinsic value man any omcr aj.su
hoe on the market to-day.
W. L Dmmgtmm Flrooa Ufa < Shocm tcr
Man. 92.90, $2.00. Boy V School 9
DraaaShooa.$2.30.$2,$1.7B,$1.B0
CAUTION.?Inslit upon having W. LDouglaa
ihoet. Take no substitute, None genuine
without hia name and price stamped on bottom
WAMJED. A shoe dealer in everv wn whei
W. L. Douglas Shoes are not sold. ' Pk " ^ .
samples sent free for inspection upon request.
Fast Color Eyelets used; they will not wear brassy. , ,
Writ# for Illustrated Catalog of Fall StylefcW.
L. DOUGLAS. Brockton.
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CARDS. Six oeautifni colored scenes for %e
Coney Island Postal Card Co.. Coney Island, NX
SPSS Thompson's EyeWater
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