CONTROL YOUR TEMPER.
Dr. Talmage in His Discourse Urges
Delicate Duly Upon Those Oivca
to Quick Temper.
Sins That We Should Be Aagry With- j
Pity tne Slater.
ICoprrlrht 1001.1
Washington, D. C. A delicate nnd i
difficult duty is by Dr. Talmage in thif
discourse urgrd upon all and especially i
upon those given to quirk temper; text,
hphesian iv, 26, "Be ye angry and ain I
not." '
Kqiiipoiae of temper, kimlnc.vi, pnUrnoe,
forbearance, ore extolled by mml tit the
rfldimt pens of inspiration, but n y text
contains that wliii-h at first niht is start
ling. A irei-tnin kind of anger 11 approved; ,
ave, we are conimumlrti to indulge in it.
The moat 01 us have no need to cultivate
high temper, ami how often we say
tlniiira ami do things under affronted im
pulse, -which, we are sorry 1'or when per
haps it in too late to make effective apol
ogy! Why, then, should the apostle l'aul
dip his pen in the ink horn and trace
upon paper for all ages, the injunction,
"lie ye anrcry and sin not?"
My text commends a wholesome indig
nation. It discriminates between the of
fence and the offender, the ain and tbe
sinner, the crime and the criminal.
To illustrate, alcoholism has ruined
more fortunes, blasted more homea, de
stroyed more souls than any evil that I
. 1 1 . 11 e : I '
inula UI. II puma a river 111 ijuimjii nuu
fire through the nations. Millions have
died bwauae of it, nnd millions are dying
now, and others will die. Intemperance is
an old sin. The great Cyrus, writing to
the Lacedemonians of himself, boasted of
many of his qualities, among others that
he could drink and bear more wine than
his distinguished brother. Liui X. nnd
Alexander the fireat died iWik. The
Parliament of Edinburgh in 1SS1 is called
in history "the drunken Parliament."
Hugh Miller, first stonemason and after
ward a world renowned geologist, writes
of the drinking habits of his day, saying:
"When the foundation was laid, they
drank. When the walls were leveled for
laying, they drank. When the building
was finished, they drank. When an ap
prentice joined, they drank." In the
eighteenth century the giver of an enter
tainment boasted that none of the guests
went home sober. Noah, the first ship
'captain, was wrecked not in the ark, for
that was safely landed, but he was wrecked
with strong drink. Every man or woman
rightly constructed will blush with indig
nation at the national and international
and hemispheric and planetary curse. It
is good to be aroused against it. You
come out of that condition a better man
or a better woman. Be yc angry at that
abomination, and the more anger the more
exaltation to character. But that aroused
feeling becomes sinful when it extends to
the victim of this great evil. Drunken
ness vou are to hate with a vivid hatred,
but the drunkard you are to pity, to help
to extricate.
Just take into consideration that there
are men and women who once were as
upright as yourself who have been pros
trated by alcoholism. Perhaps it eame of
a physician's prescription for the relief of
pain, a recurrence of the pain calling for
a continuance of the remedy. Perhaps
the grandfather was an inebriate, and the
temptation to inebriety, leaping over a
generation, has swooped on this unfortu
nate. Perhaps it was a very gradual
chaining of the man with the bevernge
which was thought to be a servant, when
one day it announced itself master. Be
humble now, and admit that there is a
strong probability that under the same
circumstances ynu yourself might have
been captured. The two appropriate emo
tions for you to allow are indignation at
the intoxicant which enthralled and sym-
athvfor the victim. Try to get the suf-
ercr out of his present environment.
Recommend any hygienic relief that you
know 01, anrt, above all, implore the di
vine rescue for the struggle in which eo
many .of the noblest and grandest have
been worsted. Do not give yourself up to
too many philippics about what the man
ought to nave been and ought to have
done. While vour cheek Hushes with
wrath at the foe that has brought the
ruin, let your eye be mositened with tears
of pity for the sufferer. In that way you
will have fulfilled the injuction of the text,
"Be ye angry and sin not."
There is another evil the abhorrence of
which you are all called to, and it is on
the increase the gambling practice. Re
cent developments show that much of thii
devastation is being wrought in ladies'
parlors. It is an evil which sometimes if
as polite and gracious as it is harmful.
Indeed there never were so many people
trying to get money without earning it.
But it is a li.if.gn rd transgression that
comes down to uh from the past, blighting
all its way.
I have seen in the archives of the nation
in this national capital a large book in
which one of the early Presidents of the
United htates kept an account in his own
handwriting of gums and losses at play
ing cards, on one page the gains and 011
the other the losses, and there are many
pages. In other days many of national
reputation went from the halls of. Con
gress and the Senate chamber to spend
the night in notorious gambling saloons.
In Spain 11 don lost in ttventvfour hours
what equals $12,000,000. Twenty years
ago it was estimated that the average
gambling exchange of money throughout
Christendom exceeded $123,IOO,OOO.Ui0 11
year, but statistics twenty years ago would
be tame compared with the present statis
tics if we could find any one able enuugli
at figures to tabulate them. It is all the
same epirit of gambling whether the in
struments are curds or the clicking chips
or the turning wheel or the bids of the
Stock Kxchange, where people sell whet
they never owned and fail because they
rannot get paid for it. A prominent
banker tells me that ho thinks fiO.OOO peo
ple were financially prostrated bv the re
cent insanities in Hall street. Here and
there a case is reported, but the vast ma
jority suffer in silence. The children arc
brought home (rum school; the wardrobe
will he denied replenishment; the table
will have scunt supply; wild generosity
will be turned into grim want. Forty
years from now will be felt the disaster
of last month's black Thursday.
But; while you are hotly indignant
against the crime, how do you feel ubout
those who were fleeced and slain? They
did not know that their smull bout was so
near the maelstrom. Some of them were
born wit i a tendency to recklessness and
experiment and hazard. They inherited
a disposition to tempt chance. Do not
heap on them additional discouragements.
Do not deride their losses. Help them to
start again. Show them that there are
more fortuues to be gained than have yet
been gathered, and that with God for
their friend they will be provided for
here, and through the Saviour's mercy
they may reign forever in the land where
there are no losses and infinite gains.'
While you may redden in the face at the'
fact that gambling is tbe disgraceful moth-:
er of multitudious crimes, of envies, jeal-'
ousies, revenges, quarrels, cruelties, false
hoods, forgeries, suicides, murders and de
spair, be careful what you say to the vic
tim of the vice and what you do. lie
needs more sympathy than the man who
came up from inebriety and debauch and
assassination, for many such repent andi
are saved, but confirmed gamblers hardly j
ever reform. During the course of a pro
longed niiuistry I have seen thousands re
deemed, many of them who were clear
gone in sin, by Almighty grace rescued,
in all parts of this land and in aome part
01 other lands I have seen those who were
K'vu up fli incorrigible and lost recov
Jf" 'or (lod and heaven, but how many
confirmed gamblers have I seen converted
ironi their evil wivat A thousand? Kn
Sin jYw,re$T No. Fifty! No. Two?
, L fn' No. I wad in a book of one
ued. I have no doubt there have
Jn .other cases, but no evil does its work
Such .V'V"1, gambluig.
onuht i m "i',css"o" vi reiorinauon
IthS fk c11 ,orth ,rom yu deeper eympa
Mtettp",S.,'!,,or " other unfortu.
ihiuwri yi hj' f IIlean ,or tiu- who.
b.Tcka H,,d I'ruiaed among the tim-
belter K C'lb"1 and .iomui warmth and
reach ii. ' m?n P"? ,or who never
Itha hZ. T ' uul ur dashed to death iu
,iynipbr:,:-ilnBfi ""j ,i th-
I tkT.. ,tn lt" victims.
S sacrificed 1 ,Jle llue"ly. "d it 1
.19 (Mutlictd w, ore vehement in dcuuneia,-
lion. We nope that trie GeMWtwe win soon
come upon the track of the absconding
tvnk official, of the burglar who blew up
the safe, of the clerk who skilfully changed
1he figures in the account book, of the fal
sifier who secured the loan on valueless
property, of the agent who because of hie
percentage wrongfully admit a man to
the benefit of life insurance policy when
his heart is ready to stop and who comes
from an ancestry characteristically ahort
lived. One act of fraud told of in big
headlines in the morning papers rightfully
arouses the nation's wrath. It is the in
terest of every good man and good woman
who reads of the crime to have it exposed
nd punished. Let it go unscathed, and
ynu put a premium on fraud, you depress
pnbbe morals, yon induce those who are
on the fence between right end wrong to
co down on the wrong aide, and you put
the business of the world on a down grade.
The constabulary and penitentiary must
do their work. But while the merciless
and the godless cry. "Good for him T am
glad he is within the prison doors!" be
it your work to find out if that man is
worth saving and what were the causes
of his moral overthrow. Perhaps he
started in business life under a trirkv
firm, who gave him wrong notions of busi
ness integrity: perhaps there was a com
bination of circumstances almost unpar
alleled for temptation, perhaps there were
alleviations, perhaps he was born wrong
and never got over it. perhaps he did not
realize what he was doing, and if you are
a merciful man you will think of other
perhapsea which, though thev will not ex
cuse, will extenuate. Perhaps he has al
ready repented and is washed in she blood
of the Iamb, and is as sure of heaven as
you are.
What an opportunity you have now for
obeying my text! Vou were angry at the
misdemeanor, but you are hopeful for the
recovery of the recalcitrant. Blessed all
prison reformers! Blessed are those Gov
ernors and Presidents who are glad when
they have A chance to pardonl Blessed
the forgiving father who welcomes home
the prodigal! Blessed the dying thief
whom the Lord took with Him to glory,
saying. "This day shalt thou be with Me
in paradise."
There is another evil that we ought to
abhor while we try to help the victim, and
that is infidelity. It snatches the life pre
server from the man afloat and affords
not so much as a spar or a plank as sub
stitute. It. would extinguish the only
light that has ever been kindled for the
troubled and the lost. Let the spirit of
infidelity take hold of a neighborhood,
and in that town the marriage relation is
a farce, and good morals give place to all
styles of immorals. Let it take possession
of this earth, and there would be no vir
tue left in all the world's circumference.
I think if a famous infidel of our time
instead of being taken away instanta
neously had died in his bed after weeks
and months of illness he would have re
voked his teachings and left for his be
loved family consolations which they
could not find in obsequies at which not
one word of holy Scripture was read or at
Fresh Pond crematory, where no Chris
tian benediction was pronounced. I do
not positively sav that in a prolonged ill
ness there would have been a retraction,
but I think there would.
I say to all young men hoping to achieve
financial, moral or religious success, con
trol your tempers. Do not let criticism
or rebuff defeat you. Verdi, the great
musicinn, applied to become a student in
the Conservatory of Music at Milan, and
he was rejected by the director, who said
that he could make nothing of the new
comer, as he showed no disposition for
music. But the criticism did not exasper
ate or defeat him. The most of those who
have largely succeeded in all departments
were characterized by self control. In
battle they could calmly look at the bomb
thrown at their feet, wondering whether
it would explode. In commercial life,
when panics smote the city, these men
were placid, while others were veiling
themselves hoarse at the Stock Exchange.
While others nearly swooned because a
certain stock had gone 100 points down
they calmly waited until it would get 100
points up. While the opposing attorney
in the courtroom frothed at the mouth
with rage because of something said on the
other side he of the equipoise put a glass
of water to his lips in refreshment, and
proceeded with the remark, "As I was
saying when the gentleman interrupted
pie." Self control! What a glorious
thing! We want it in the doctor feeling
the ptile of one desperately ill; we want
it in the engineer when the headlight of
another train comes round the curve on
the same track; we want it in ChrUtian
men nnd women in times when eo much
in church and state seems going to demo
litionself control!
Surpassing all other characters in tho
world's biography stands Jesus Christ,
wrathful against sin, merciful to the sin
ner. Witness His behavior toward the
robed ruffians who demanded capital pun
ishment for an offending woman denun
ciation for their sinful hypocrisy, pardon
for her sweet penitence. He did not
speak of Herod as "his highness'' or "his
royal highness," hut dared to compare
him to a cunning fox, saying, "Go ve and
tell that fox." But, alert to the cry of
suffering, He finds ten lepers, and to how
many of the ten awful invalids did He
give convalescence and health! Ten. Re
buking Pharisaism in the most compressed
sentence in all the vocabulary of ana
thema: "Ye aerpeutB! Ye generation of
vipers! How can ye escape the damna
tion of hell?" Yet looking upon Peter
with such tenderness that no word was
spoken, and not a word was needed, for
the look spoke louder than words. "And
the Lord looked upon Peter, and Peter
went out and wept bitterly."
Defying the mightiest Government of
the world, the Roman Government, yet
rubbing His hand just below the lurehead
of the blind until the optic nerve of him
who was born sightless is created, and
the sunlight has two new paths to tread.
Best illustration the world ever saw of
auger without; sin, anger against the abom
inations which have mauled and blasted
the earth from its deepest cavern to its
highest cliff, but so much pity for the sin
ning and suffering nations that He allowed
them to transfix Him upon two pieces of
wood nailed across each other on a day
that was dark as night, the windows of
heaven shut because the immortals could
not bear to look down upon the assassin
ation of the loveliest being than ever
walked the shore of the lakes or without
pillow or blanket slept on the cold mount
ains. Like Him, let us hate iniquity with com
plete hatred, but like Him may we help
those who are overthrown and be willing
to suffer for their restoration. Then, al
though at the opening of this discourse
our text may have seemed to command us
to do an impossible thing, we will at the
close of this sermon, with a prayer to
God for help, be more rigid and deter
mined than ever before against that which
is wrong, while at the same time we shall
feel so kindly toward all the erring and
work so hard for their rescue that we will
realize that we have sealed the Alpine, the
Himalayan height of my text, which en
joins, Be ye angry and sin not."
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
T.onl StillKlitiiy rides his tricycle be
fore breakfast on bright mornings.
KxtenHlve golf links have own laid
out lit Froguiorc for King Edward
VII.
Former Governor Campbell, of Ohio,
In preparing to itcqulre I'ithsuushlp lu
Now York.
Knlamar.oo College lias conferred the
degree of LL.D. upon Senator J. C.
Burrows, of Michigan.
Brown .University, at Providence, R.
I., biw couferml the degree of doctor
of luws upon Geuerul Nelson A. Miles.
The Ciar has accepted Emperor Wil
liam's Invitation to view tho grniul
nrmy manoeuvres at Deutzic, West
Prussia.
Captnln Cogblan, upon his retire
ment In tbe full from active service In
the Navy, Is to uiuke bis home In
Manltou, Cul.
Sir Thomas' Upton snys he lins not
lieeu to the theatre twelve times In
his life. Gardening ami yacht racing
ure bis favorite diversions.
Professor Gunnerson lias resigned
the rlinlr of Greek and Lull 11 11 1 I'rlt
cbett College and will accept a fellow
ship at the University of Chicago.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments For
Jnly 7.,
Sabjecti Oos, the Creator of All Tllafs, Otn.
L, I ts II., JOoldta Text, flea. I., I
Meaary Verses, M-27-Coaiaieatary aa the
Day's Lessen.
1. In the beginning." The discoveries
of geology prove the globe to have existed
at an indefinitely remote period before the
creation of man; that is, long before the
six days' work so definitely described. It
has been supposed by some that "in the
beginning" was the commencement of the
first day, and of course only about 6000
years ago. But no phrase could be more
indefinite as to time. It means "in former
duration," "of old." "God." The Bible
docs not undertake to prove the existence
ot God, but at the very outset His exist
ence is assumed as a fact. "Created." The
primary sense of the word is that of the
divine act of absolute creation out of noth
ing. Rom. 4: 17; Heb. 11: 3.
2. "The earth was waste and yoid" (R.
V.) There was confusion and disorder.
The history of creation is confined simply
to the first two verses. The apparent con
flict of this chapter with geology has
arisen from the mistake of supposing it to
be n narrative of creation, when all but the
first two verses is an account of the adap
tation of the created material of the earth
aa an abode for man. "Moved." God pro
ceeded to bring order out of the matter
that was existing in a chaotic state.
3. "Let there be light." Nothing can
he conceived more dignified than this
form of expression. It shows God's au
thority and power.
5. "The first day." There has always
been much discussion as to whether the
days referred to in this chapter were
twenty-four-hour days or indefinite pe
riods. Certainly the first three days could
not have been natural days, for the sun
had not yet appeared. The term "day" is
frequently used to designate periods of in
definite time (see 2 Pet. 3: 8; Luke 19:
421; but these days were probably the
same length as our days at the present
time.
6. "Firmament." Expanse; properly
comcthipg beaten out. The space above '
the earth.
10. "Karth seas." By this separation
both were rendered useful. The earth was
prenared for the numerous living creatures,
ii. requires this great surface of water "to
yield a sufficiency of vapors for the pur
pose of cooling the atmosphere and water
ing the earth." "God saw that it was
good." This was the judgment which God
pronounced upon His own works. This
clause is often added to show that all the
disorders, evil and hurtful qualities that
arc now in creation, are not to be charged
to God, but to man's sin, which hath cor
rupted their nature and perverted their
use.
11. "Bring forth grass," etc. In these
general expressions we are to understand
that all kinds of vegetable productions are
included. Thus, before God formed any
living creature to abide upon the earth. He
wisely provided for its sustenance. "Whose
seed is in itself." Kither in the root, or
branch, or bud, or fruit; which is suffi
cient in itself for the propagation of its
kind.
16. "God made two great lights." The
moon is referred to as a great light merely
because it appears great to those on the
earth.
26. "Let us make man." God the Fath
er unites with the Son and Spirit. This
was the last act in the work of creation.
Man was "created," not "evolved from
some other animal." Man was created
ubout 6000 years ago, and in this there is
perfect harmony with science, which shows
that the appearance of man upon the
earth is comparatively recent. "Image
likeness." It was man's soul that was
made in the image of God. This image
consisted of knowledge, righteousness and
true holiness, or, in the words of Dr. Han
nah. "Light in the understanding, recti
tude in the will, sanctity in the purposes
and affections." A more detailed account
of the creation of man is made in the next
chapter in which is made clear the distinc
tion between body and soul, between the
animal man and the spiritual man. The
body was made of the dust of the earth,
nnd this is true not only of the body of
Adam, but of the bodies of all his de
scendants. But an absolutely perfect bodv
without a soul would not be, a man. It
was only when God gave the body He had
formed from the dust a living soul, formed
in His own image, that the creation of
man took place. The soul was not evolved,
it was created. Man is the son of God.
27. "Male and female." The story of
woman's creation is given in chapter 2: 21
4. Woman was created by taking a rib,
or a part of the man's side, for the orig
inal word may mean cither, and forming
it into the woman.
28. "God blessed them." He gave them
His favor. His care for their posterity and
their good, so that it would be a blessing,
a happiness to live. And the divine bene
diction is still essential to the ideal life,
which is the only true life here below.
"Bo fruitful." The first family wag found
ed with one husband and one wife. It was
God's purpose to till the earth with happy
beings, enjoving the good things He had
made. Children are a great blessing in Aie
family. They tend to remove selfishness,
to develop benevolence, patienw, love,
hope and self-government. "Jfbdue it."
Bring it under cultivation. labor of
subduing the earth has stiinu.ated inven
tion, and is the origin and bond of civil
society. "Have dominion." Man has been
aptly described as the creature who was to
be God's. representative, clothed with au
thority, and who should rule as visible
head of the world.
29. "Have given you." The world i a
divine gift to man, valuable and increasing
in value, expressing God's love, teaching
His truth, sustaining His life, ministering
to every sense. "Kvery herb for meat."
In this and tho ensuing verse the death
of any creature does not appear in the
original design of God. Man was neither
to eat the flesh of brute animals, nor were
these to prey upon each other. It was
only after the fall that such things were
at all provided for.
34. "God saw." Seeming to pause to
iuspect His work. "Very good." Superla
tively good, perfect. Nothing could be
added, or diminished; no change, altera
tion or modification could be made with
out marring God's handiwork. The crea
tion waa "good as showing God's love to
His creatures, and good as the expression
of His nature and character."
1. "Thus." The division of the chapter
should be at verse 4. "Were finished."
His work of creation was completed.
2. "Rested." Not because God was
weary, but because the work planned was
done. Ve are living in the seventh day of
divine rest.
3. "Blessed the seventh day." It lias
been impartially demonstrated that physi
cal law demauds that we rent one day in
NEWSY CLEANINGS.
Tbere lias been a record vintago In
South Austrulla.
Russia threatens to cut off all trade
with, the United States.
The university extension movement
is growing rapidly in Germany.
A $10,000,000 oil cloth combine Is be
ing arranged At Youngstown, Ohio.
Much discouragement Is shown in
England over the condition of the war
in South Africa.
Bats measuring nearly five feet from
tip to tip of wings have been dlscov
ered in East Africa.
The clean-up in the Klondike is ex
pected to make the season's gold out
put about ao.ooo.ooo.
John Hyslop, official measurer of the
New York Yacht Club, bus measured
the sloop Constitution at Newport,
U. I.
Gradually the Government is doing
away with the distribution of rutious
to Indians. In five years the system
will be practically Abolished.
A forfeit of 1100,000 has been de
posited to bind the sale of 1200 acres
of oil land neitr Hour Lake, Tex., tbe
price to be paid being (1,250 000.
EPW0RTH LEAGUE MLETIN0 TOPICS
Jely 7 - "Relliloa aatf Fatrlotlom." (ton.
HL 1-7.
God Is the gonl In the nice for Cbrls
ti.i u citizenship. The will of the people
may be right. The will of God must
be. It Is 0 great government which
Is of the people, by the people, for the
people. It Is a greater government
which Is of the people's God, by the
people's God, nnd for the people's
God. II Is only when Hie people's
rule Is right that the people have
right to rule. It la not the triumph
of party, but tho triumph of principle.
Hint Christian patriotism seeks. The
enger quest of the patriot Is not for
crowns, scepters, thrones, but for
character, service, truth.
Christian pntrloi'sm seeks the con
quest of kingdoms lhat It may hasten
the conquest of the King. Christian
patriotism seeits the reign of God In
human government. It will follow
Its lender only wli-n Its leader follows
tic Lord. It holds thnt rebellion
against wickedness Is loyalty to right
eonsness. It will obey the govern
ment thnt honors God. It will be
submissive to the scepler thnt Is
swnyed In serving men. Put It will
rebel when Hint scepter Berks to
wrong mankind.
The greatest tcneher of tnaiikihd
have recognized God as the only rm;i:c
of perfect government. Pinto s,i!rS.
"No mortal can frame Jnw in pur
pose." Socrates ntllniieil thnt "Eveu
Ihe unwritten laws of mcnklnd are
given by God." I -monstheiies le
cinred thnt "Law Is the Invention and
gift of-God." For this purpose was
the Son of God manifested, that he
might destroy the works of the devil.
Man not only needs law, he needs a
nature thnt loves law. He must
Invc the mind of ('hrlxt. Then he
will sny to find. "II. iw love I thv
litw." "Thyjnw is within my heart."
Some powff miit transfer man from
the kingdom of Sutnn Into the king
dom of God. The man must forswear
the old government. lie must for
sake Sutun. tho old governor. He
must b created anew lu Christ Jesus.
Now he If under the law of love. The
In-.v of Iovh has wrought within him
the love of law. The kingdom of Gnd
bus come to the sinner. The sinner
has entered the kingdom of God.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
July 7 - "Rellrloa and Patriotism.'
xllL 1-7.
Rom.
Scripture A'erses. Xeh. 1. 1-4; IN.
xvl. 5, 0; xlvill. 12, V.i; cxxxvll. !S, (I;
Matt, xxlll. 07; 1 Cor. I. '; Epli. II. 0,
1J, 22; Phil. ill. 20; Heti. III. 1, 2, 5, ti.
LESSON THOUGHTS.
God holds In hlx hands the reins of
nil governments; if the htimiin sover
elgu honors God, hh-, rule will lie bless
ed even though It may seem disas
trous; If lie dishonors God, be works
'tut bis own and the nation's destruc
tion. " Killers are not a terror to good
works, but to evil." It has boou said
that the object of laws Is to make it
as easy as possible to do right and as
nurd as possible to do wrong.
Christianity respects the law. A
true Christian Is sure to be a patri
otic, law-iibliliiig citizen.
SELECTIONS.
The strongest safeguard for our
country Is not In ourselves, lu armies
mill navies, but lu toe keeping anil
favor of God. The Christian owes It
to bis country to "pray for the peace
uf Jerusalem," for her rulers and nil
lu authority, fur her Institutions, for
her citizens.
Our debt to our country needs to be
linked with the thought of ntir duty to
God. True patriot Ism must rest on n
religious basis; political problems must
lie solved by Christian principals.
CbrlHlianlty must leaven all our nu
tlmi.'il nlTalrs, or national corruption
will leaveu the church.
The age calls fur men who will place
righteousness and the public welfare
above personal prosperity. If the
.evils of the world are erer to be over
come, they will be over
come by the unselfishness and heroism
of self-sacrltlclng love on the part of
Jn II who call themselves followers of
klestis Christ.
HAMS' HORN BLASTS
HE use of the ar
row depends 0.1 the
aim.
. To man's desper
ation came God's
Inspiration.
While there's
hop there's lit.
Christ completes
the command
ments. Be f odly and"
you will never be
lonesome.
Christ makes the many books into
tbe one Bible.
God is a jealous God because He Is
a loving God.
The enduement Is better than an en
dowment. Judaa probably abstracted the a'a
baster flask.
Church music la not for fun but some
of it la very funny.
It takes the hammer of practice to
drive in the nails of precept.
Some preachers try to catch the b!g
fleh by speaking with bated breath oi
their sins.
Your feelings In the meeting may be
injurious it they do not beejtne facta
In the market.
They who do not bring the Kingdom
to earth will not be brought Into the
kingdom of heaven.
When we ask for deliverance from
Buffering God often answers best by
giving deliverance through suffering.
Even the foolish virgins were to
wise to try to make the baauty ot their
lamps pasa for the brilliancy ot their
lights.
The Japs Have Orwat KnrtnraBt.
The Japanese are a Spartan race.
Many things besides their resistance to
cold prove it. The most of them live
In simplicity. They can go a long time
without food. The coolies perform
marvelous feats of strength and en
durance; they draw a "Jinrlklaha" all
day or carry travelers over the steep
est mountains. Every summer a colony
of forelgneri go to Mt. Hei-elian near
Kioto. Their camp la several miles up
tbe steep mountain side, but early each
morning the Japanese bring up the
mall, fresh vegetables and milk, and
women often carry trunks to tbe sum
mit on their heads. In the upper
classes the old "samurai" Ideals Incul
cated endurance, courage and slmplla-
Making Start.
"No, I didn't make my 6tart in cat
tle," said the man from the West, who
had been talking somewhat freely about
his many ranches and herds of live
stock. "I only went into ranching nl
Icrward." "Hit off a gold mine, ch?" quir ed 0 'e
of his listeners.
"Never had anything to do with min
ing." "Government contracts or specula
tion?" "No; I got my start by backing a
summer theatrical company. I was
what they call the 'angel,' you know. It
was a barnstorming company, and the
play was no good, and in the first fif
teen nights I lost $800."
"And then it pulled up?"
"No. it went to smash and was
stranded, and most of the actors ha.l to
walk home."
"Then how did you make anything?"
"Oh, after the thing was busted I at
down to a game of poker with the stage
carpenter, and the property man. and
when we quit at sunrise I was $15,000
ahead of the game, and they had to dis
charge their valets and coachmen and
conic down to 25-cent cigars.
"I Am Very Sorry."
"I noticed in the newspapers an an
nouncement that the Rank of England
had reduced its discount rate," said Mr.
Short to Mr. Long, as he stopped him
in Fourth avenue.
"I'm very sorry. Short," cut in the
latter, "hut I'm not flush of funds to
day, and can't advance you $10 until
the first of the month."
"Money is rcporlcd to be extremely
easy on the bourses of the East, lending
freely as low as 'A per cent."
"That may be."
"And you can't lend me $5. I don't
need $10 this time, you sec."
Mr. Long shook his head and tried to
move on.
"Make it
"Can't do it."
"One, then."
"Not even $1."
"Then lend mc a quarter."
"No, not a quarter, even."
"Well." added Mr. Short, disgustedly,
"I shall never again believe the papers
when they say money is easy and loans
are being effected at low rates. Good
morning, sir."
"GcJ morning."
Not a Trust.
"Yes. you bet I am down on trusts,"
replied the old farmer as he lugged out
a gold watch to note the time, "and if
I go to the Legislature I shall do all I
can ag'in 'cm. There's a head of dif
ference between a trust and a family
syndicate.
"How do you mean?" was asked.
"Well, I own the only lake in my
county which has got any fish in it.
My son Jim owns all the boats on the
lake. My son Bill owns the only land
around where fishworms can be dug.
"It used to be free fishing for all, but
three years ago I fenced in the lake and
organized a family syndicate, and since
then we've got about $5 for every fish
caught.
We ain't compelling anybody to come
to our lake and hire our boats and buy
our worms, but when they do come we
make it pleasant for 'cm and furnish
sandwiches at 15 cents apiece and milk
at 10 cents a glass."
The Mrina1ri' Opinion.
Tlic mermaid read thai J. PierpTJnt
Morgan will go to San Francisco this
year to attend the Episcopal General
Conference.
Neptune shook his head.
"He will never do it!" he exclaimed
with some warmth.
"How dare you contradict the news
papers?" "I would not think of doing anything
so rash," replied the sea king. "What
I say is that Mr. Morgan will never suc
ceed in amalgamating the different re
ligious denominations."
On second thought the mermaid con
ceded that it would be folly for even
Mr. Morgan to attempt the impossible.
I Ho Knew How to Hamlin "Km.
"Don't pick me up," growled the bad
man from Siwash; "I'm a live wire."
"Thanks for the warning," said the
gentlemanly bartender, "but it's all
safe enough when you have the nippers
properly insulated. '
Whereupon he seized the live wire by
lis left ear and with the ice tongs and
hustled him hastily through the outer
:xit.
Nlek Headache
And elmilar affections, resulting from disor
dered stomach, are promptly relieved by a
full dose of Crab Orchard w liter.
The best part of the Kimberlcy dia
mond held covers nine acres only.
Lion
Coffee
is not
GLAZED,
. COATED,
or otherwise
treated with
EGG
mixtures,
chemicals,
flue,
etc, etc
Lion
Coffee
is a
Pure Coffee.
Watch our next dvrtlamwnt.
Just try a patlqre ol LION COFFEE and you will
understand tha rcaaoa ol Its popularity.
LION COFFEE sow wed In million ol home.
In every package of HON COT fit you will find a fully Illustrated nnd descriptive list No housekeeper, In
fact, no woman, man, boy or girl will fail to find tn the list some article which will contribute to their happiness,
comfort and convenience, and which they may have by simply cutting put a certuin number of Lion Heads from
the wrappers of our one pound settled packages (which is the only form in which this excellent coffee is sold).
x WOOOON SWCU CO., TOLEDO, OHIO.
More Trnbt for th Pal ten.
The Aid Your gracious Majesty,
here is a dispatch from Paris.
The Sultan More plots?
The Aid Worst than that, mighty
sovereign.
The Sultan Eh, what is it?
The Aid The officials of our embassy
at Paris refuse to perform their duties
any longer unless their back salaries are
paid.
The Sultan Ungrateful wretches!
What do they mean? Where is their
sense of gratitude? Arc they working
merely for the sordid reward that's in
it?
The Aid I'm afraid that they are to
some extent, your Majesty. The sccre
lary of legation says he hasn't had
enough cash out of his job to got his
slmes shined.
The Sultan Bishmillah! Let the rogue
ar slippers!
he Aid And how shall I answer the
telegram, your Ilighnrsj?
The Sultan Tell those fcllr.ws that
such a lack of confidence in the Com
mander of the Faithful, if persisted in.
will debar them forever from the in
effable delights uf the heaven of all true
followers of the Prophet. ,
The Aid Pardon me. yo-.ir Majesty,
but I took the liberty of suggesting this
to them a day or two ago.
The Sultan And what did the in
grates say?
The Aid They said, your Majesty,
that the old gag wouldn't work.
The Sultan (in a towering rage)
Hully Medina! Old gag! Wo w, wow,
wow!
And the aid rctreals in terror.
She Told Ilia Truth.
"Mary, Mary," called the voice of the
lady of the house down the stairs,
"isn't that the voice of your young nun
downstairs?"
"No, indeed, mum," answered Mary
promptly.
The 1 i!y of the house retired and
Mary said to her beau, "Sure, Mike, and
isn't it real nice that you are over forty?
Honest, it wud pain me to tell a lie?''
Pptsih Fxbklc Dyes do not stain tho
hands or spot tbe kettle. Bold bv all drug
gists. '
Only three per cent, of the total land
area of the Southern Slates is under cul
tivation. There are 8742 lorks and keys in the
Grand Opera House, Paris.
neat tor the Ilewela.
No matter what ails yon, headache to a
cancer, yon will never got well until your
bowels are put right. Cascabets help nature
care you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start gutting your health'baek. Cs
cabetb Candy Cathartic, tho genuine, pnt up
in metal boics, every tablet hits C. C. t.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Speaking of autotrophs, it's the man
with a big bank account wliotc signature
is most valuable.
Are You I'aing Allen's Foot-i:ao t
It ts tbe only enre for Swnljon. Smartin-j,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corni
nnd Bunions. Aik for Allon's Foot-Ease, n
powder to bo shukon into tin sho6s. Ourjrf
while yon walk. At all Ilruggirits and Ktioo
Stores, 25o. Hamplo sent FkEE. AdJresn,
Allen 8. Olmsted, LsRny, N. Y.
Freight can be curried on trolley cars
within the city limits of Detroit, Mich.
FIT8 permit n-ntly cured. No fits or nervonj
ne after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Greot
Nerve Ristorer. 2 triol bottle nnd trentisa free
Dr. K. H. Knar., Ud., 9.11 Arrh Bt., I'hilo. Ia.
A laugh on the face is worth two in the
s.ceve.
Beeadvt. of Mmithokal i Husinbsb Collbgk.
It's a wonder some people ilon't get in
d.yestion from chewing the nig.
rise's Cure eannot bo too highly spoken n'
as a cough euro. J. W. O'lliurK. &2i Thirl
Aveiftie, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0, 11103.
Even a small "barber can be called a
strapping fellow
E. A. Hood, Toledo, Ohio, snys: "Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure cured my wifo of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she baa bud no return of it. It a
a sure enre." Bold by Druggist, 75c.
Some men can never find anything
about the bo fi e except fault.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Ryrup for children
irething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, nllays pain, euros wind colic 26o a bottle
Agriculture iu developing raoidly in the
Y est Indies.
To the golf writer the pen is mightier
than the sward.
Is the oldest am only business college in Va. own
lag ila buililiue a grind new ons. No vocations
Ladies & gentlemen nookkrcping.Khotlhuud,
Typewriting, Penmanrhip, Telegraphy, tc.
" Leading business college south of the Potomac
rlnor. ' fltila. StcHOKraphtr. Addrean,
C M. Smithdcal. President. Kichmond. Va.
(Can
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Dark Hair
" I have used Ayer'a Hair Vigor
for a great many years, and al
though I am past eighty years of
age, yet I bave not a gray hair in
my head."
Geo. Yellott, Towaon, Mtf.
We mean all that rich,
dark color your hair used
to have. If it's gray now,
no matter; for Ayer's
Hair Vigor always re
stores color to gray hair.
Sometimes it males the
hair grow very heavy and
long; and it stops falling
of tne hair, too.
II H ksttttT All tratritt-
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send us on dollar and we wi
yon,
rill express
too a hot 1 In. Ha aura and rlM the name
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Constipation
Does your head ache ? Pain
back of your eyes? Bad
taste in your mouth? It's
your liver ! Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure consti
pation, headache, dyspepsia.
25c. All drUKglsU.
Want your mountaehe or bard a bwotltul
brown or rich black? Then me
BUCKINGHAM'S DYEfcfi&V.
flO cw, e OaiifnitaTS), m. p. Mai t t Co. , nmsli, pi. m.
DYSPEPSIA
yield to nature's medicine.
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rlrnllod nperlnnt nnd Inxntire; inrlirnrfiLeti
and un-a tha whole nrtrr. A ntttural
water n( the .light! inMlcl&tU Tula eon-
t'-iiwspruiimigio 11 pns mr
ana cntier to b.i
thin inrf mi A ti
bottle im equiil to 'JciiiMiii
01 unennuenfton wutfr.
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rj- rlKht at your Imiiia. AtVlrewi all or.tnr to Tlio
It. II. Will. tie. II, !'! ( inijiaiir, tf.I Kliza.
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7PWj Y7 r,u,L" IsfartlonOiiarantwil.
wA.lMirall M s. CliarlM at iB.Lxiiioab vis.
nDrtDCV NEW DISCOVERT; aim
f ffV v9 I quica rMlin' and uarwrt wnmt
tasaa. BMta of tantnnftniatn and 1 0 darn Iraatmat'l
tree.. Dr. . M. saauf lfOKS, aiiaata,
"The Manre thai mail Weal Polel famous."
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IT PAYS
TO ADVERTISE IN
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sssaisiafe
fthtrit AlL ELSt MILS.
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tn time. Ko'rt ! druirvWti.
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MY MARY ANN."
be iun to the air ol "My Maryland.'.')
In the kitc-hrn the his sway
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann!
There she rules throughout the dsy,
Mary Ann, my Mary Ann I
Bresklast, lunch and dinner fair
Excellently she'll prepare.
Served with LION COFFEE rare
Mar Ann, my Mary Ann I
She's a tried and fruited coak
Mary Ann, my Mary Annl
You can bet she knows her book
Mary Ann, my Mary Annl
Coffee the can understand,
She will uie no other brand
Than the LION COFFEE (rand
Mary Ann, my Mary Annl
Well sha knows It Is not fflaied,"
Mary Ana, my Mary Anal
That in million homes 'tis praiacdl
Mary Ann, niy Mary Annl
One sound package, in the bean,
Lion head on wrapper seen.
Premium Lilt imidc will mean
J'reicnti for my Mary Annl
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