THE FOLLY OF BOASTING Dr. Talmace Says History Is Tull of Instances Showlnf Kow Arrogance Was Rebuked. ty Had Better Underrate Than Overrala Ourselves. i Washinotoh. D. C While thie die-; course of Br. Talmage rebukes arrogance it encourages humanity and shows how the evening of life may be brightened. The text ia I Kings xx, 11, "Let not him that girdeth on hia harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." llarness ia the obsolete word for armor. It meana harneaa for the man, not harness for the beaat; harness for battle, not har ness for the plow. The ancient armor consisted of helmet for the head, breast plate and ahiald for the heart, greaves for the feet. The text makes a comparison between a man enlisting for some war and a veteran returning, the one putting on the armor and tbe other putting it off. Benhadad, the King of Syria, thought he could easily overcome the King of Is rael. Indeed, the Syrian was ao sure of the victory that he spread an ante-bellum banquet. With thirty-two kings he waa celebrating what they were going to do.' There were in all thirty-three kings at the carousal, and their condition is described in the Bible, not as convivial or stimu lated exaltation, but drunk. Their gilded and bannered pavilions were surrounded by high mettled horses, neighing and champing and hitched to chariots such as kiuga rode in. Benhadad sends officers over to the King of Israel demanding the surrender of the city, saying, "Thou shalt deliver to me thy silver and thy gold and thy wives and thy children," and after ward sends other officers, saying that the palace of the king will be searched and everything Benhadnd wants he will take without asking. Then the King of Israel called ft council of war, and word ia sent back to Benhadad that hia unreasonable demand will be resisted. Then Benhadad sends another message to the King of Is rael, a message full of arrogance and bra vado, practically saying: "We will destroy you utterly. I will grind Samaria into tho dust, but there will not be fiuat enough to make a handful for each one of my troops." Then the King of Israel replied to Benha dad, practically saying: "Let me see you do what you say. You royal braggart, you might better nave postponed your ban quet until after the battle instead of apreading it before the battle. You huzza too soon. 'Let not him that girdeth on lm harness boast himself aa he that put teth it off.' " An avalanche of courage and righteoua ness, the Iaraelitish army came down on Benhadad and his host. It was a hand to hand tight, each Israelite hewing down a Syrian. Benhadad, on hors'-back, gets away with some of the cavalry, but is only saved for a worse defeat, in which 100,000 Syrian infantry were slaughtered in one day. Now we see the sarcasm and the epigrammatic power of the message of my text sent by the King of Israel to Benha dad, "Let not him that girdeth on his . harness boust himself as he that putteth .il off." .. All up and down history we see such too early boasting. Soult, the Marshal of France, was so certain that he would con quer that he had a proclamation printed announcing himself King of Portugal, and had a grand feast prepared for 4 o'clock that afternoon, but before that hour he fled in ignominious " defeat, and Welling ton, of the conquering host, sat down at 4 o'clock at the very banquet the Marshal of Prance had ordered for himself. Charles V. invaded France and was ao sure of conquest that ha requested Paul Jovius, 4he historian, to gather together a large ' amount of paper on which to write the story of his many, victories, but disease and famine seized upon hia troopers, and he retreated in dismay. So Benhadad'a behavior has been copied in all ages of the world. It will be my object, among other lessons, to show that he who puts off the armor, having finished the battle, ia more to be congratulated than he who begins. First, I find encouragement in this sub ject for the aged who have got through the work and struggle of earthly life. My venerable friends, if you had at twenty five years of age full appreciation of what you would have to go through in the thir ties and the. forties and the tifiics of your lifetime you would have been appalled. Fortunately the bereavements, the tempta tions, the persecutions, the hnrdshmx, were curtained from your sight. With more or less fortitude you passed through the crises of pain and sadness aud disap pointment and fatigue and still live to re count the divine help that sustained you. A twenty or thirty years of age at the tap of the drum you put on the harness. Now, at sixty or seventy or eighty you are peacefully putting it off. You would not want to try the battle of lite over again. Though you can look back and see many mistakes, the next time you might make worse mistakes. Instead of being depressed over the fact that you are being counted out or omitted in the great under takings of the church and the world, re joice that you have a right to hang up your helmet and sheathe your sword and free Vou.r hands from the gauntlets and your feet from the boots of mail. Thero are old farmers who cannot do one more day's work. What harvests they raised in 16701 They knew the rota tion of crops as well aa tfiey knew the ro tation of the seasons. Under what blis teringa suns they swung the scythe aud the cradlel Through wnat deep snowa they drew the logs or cut their way to the foddering of the cattle! What droughts, what freshets, what insectile invasions, they remember I To clothe and feed and educate the household they went through toils and self sacrifices that the world knew but little about. Rest, aged roan! Let the boys do the shoveling and thrash ing and cutting and sweating. Yon have put the harness off, and do not try to put it on again. There are old mechanics that ran no more shove the plane or pound with the hammer or bore with the bit or run up the ladder to the scaffolding. Master me chanics (hey were or aubordinatea who wrought faithfully in the work of house or barn or ship building. You have a right to quit. You have finished your tank. Be thankful that your work is done. Then there are aged physicians. What tragedies of pain and accident they have witnessed I How much suffering they have taeuagedl How many brave battles they have fought with lancat and cataclvsm! How many fevers they cooled! How many broken bones they set I How many anxious days they passed when they knew that human lives depended upon their skill and fidelity! They drove back death from many a cradle. Again, I learn from Benhadad's beha vior the unwisdom of boasting of what one is going to do. Two messages had be sent to the King of Israel, both messages full of insolence and braggadocio. With brimming beaker in hand lie is talking with the royal group about what he will do with the spoila of the victory he ia going to achieve that afternoon. He takes it for granted that Samaria will surrender, He gives Command for the capture of some of the inhabitants of Samaria who are approaching, saying, "Whether they be come out for peace lako. them alive, or whether they be come out for war take them alive' Hut behold the fugitive king in frightened retreat liefore sundown! Better pot, tell boastingly what jou are going to do. Wait until it is doi. Dr. Pendleton and Mr. Saunders were' , talking in (he time of persecution under Queen Mary. Saundera was trembling aud iftaid, but Pendleton said: "What! Mnn, i is muen more cause for me to fear you. You are small, and I have a large bodily frame, but you will see the t at piece oi this flenh consumed to allies jefnin I ever forsake .1l.. rliiist and Hia truth, wuicn i nave protested. r"t long after Suunders. the faint hearted, gave up his lif for Christ's sake, while Pendle ton, who hud talked so big, pluyed cow ard and gave up religion whan the test came. W ilberforre did not tell what he was going to do with tha slave trade, but how much he accomplished ia suggested bv Lord Brougham's remark concerning Wilberforce after hia decease, "He went to heaven with 800,000 brokeu fetters in his hand." Young man, see that you have ou a com plete aiiuor. All looks bright now, and it seems aa if you could march right on with out opposition or attack, but be not de-i-eiwJ. Th are bidden foe ready to halt you on your way. I ne same cup tnat Benhadad drank out of iust before hia de feat will be offered to effect your defeat. Hie intoxicated brain saw victory when here was nothing hut rout and ruin. What work Kcnhndnd's cup made for Ben hadad'a armvl What shipwrecks on the sea, what disasters on the land causrd by inflaming liquids put upon tho tongue to set seething the brnin!. How many kings of thought and influence, with Crowns brighter than the one Benhadad wore, have by strong drink been put into flight as base as that in which Benhsdad rode! "Give them to me," eaya the demon of in ebriacy. "Give them to me; hand them down the brightest legislators of the land. I will thicken their tongue; 1 will bloat their cheek; I will stagger their step; I will damn their soul. Hand them down to me the physician out of hia laboratory, the attorney from the courtroom, the min ister cf the gospel from tho altars of God. Hand them down to me, the queens of the drawing room, and I will disgrace their names and blast their homes and throw them down farther than Jezebel fell to the dogs that crunched her carcass." We hold our breath in horror as once in awhile we hear of some one, cither by ac cident or suicide, going over Niagara Falls, but the tides, the depths, the awful surges of intemperance are every hour of every day rushing scores of immortals down into unfathomed abysm. Suicides by the hundreds of thousands! Suicides by the million! Bewsre of the cup out of which Benhadad drank personal and na tional demolition! Yes, you must have full armor. There are temptations to an impure lifo all the time multiplying and intensifying. Read in private and discussed afterward by the refined and elegant in parlors are booka oisoned from lid to lit! with impurities, oose characters in the novel applauded by rhetorical pens and proprieties of life caricatured as prudery and infidelity of be havior put in a way to excite sympathy and half approval. My wonder is not that so many go astray, but my wonder is that ten times as many are not debauched. Oh, yes, you need the harness on until God tells you to take it off. In olden time it was leathern armor or chain armor or ribbed armor, fashioned in ancient foun dry, but no one can give you the outfit you need except God, who is Master of this world, and the infernal world, from which ascend the mightiest hostilities. Lay hold of God. Nothing hut the arm of Omnipotence ia strong enough for the tempted. Young man, put on the entire gospel out fit. If you have come from tho country to live in the city, imitate the example of a young man who arrived in New York on Saturday night, intending the following Monday to enter his pace of employment. On Sunday morning, carrying out the good advice before leaving hia country home, he went to church. Standing at the door he was abashed as the beauty aud fnshion nd wealth swept through the doors of the sanctuary, and he dared uot go in. Aa he was about turning to go away a gentle man said, "Have you a seat, young man?" "No, sir." "Ho you belong in the city?" "No, sir." "Where is your home?" In the country." "How long have you been in the city?" "I came in last night." "What are you going to do here?" "I hope to go into business to-morrow." "That ia right. You have begun well, young man. Never forsake the God of your fathers. Come, I will give you a seat in my pew." 1 The next morning the young man presented his letter in business cir cles. "What do you want, young man?'' said the Scotch merchant. "I want to get credit on some leather, upper and sole." "Have you references?" ''I think I can get references. My father haa friends here." Young man, did I not see you yes terday in Mr. Lenox's pew?" "I do not know, sir. I waa at church, and a kind gentleman- asked me to sit in his pew." Yea. young man, that was Robert Lenox. I will trust any one that Mr. Lenox invites into hia pew. You need not trouble your self about references. When these goods are gone come and get more." That young man became an eminent merchant, and more than that, a Christian merchant, and he attributed all his success to -that first Sabbath in the city. Young man just ar rived, put yourself under good influences your first day in town. There hangs your helmet. Take it down. There ia your breastplate. Adjust it. There is all the harneaa for safety and triumph. Put it on. If we secure the victory, it will be a struggle as fierce as when Darius and Alexander grappled each other at Arbela, as when Joan of Are rodo triumphant at Orleans, as when the Russians met the Swedes at Poltava, as when Marlborough commanded the allied armies at Blen heim. Those were fights for earthly .Towns and dominions, but the fight that now goea on between all tho allied armies of heaven and all the allied armies of hell ia to settle whether God or Katun is to have possession of this planet. I congratulate all those who are now in tje thickest oi life's battles that the time ia coming when the struggle will end and you will put the harness off, helmet and greaves and breastplate having fulfilled their mission. You cannot in one visit to London Tower aee all. You must go again and again to that place, which is associated with the atory of I,ady Jane Grey and Anne Boleyn and Walter Raleigh and Sir Thomas More. You will see the crowns of kings and queena, the robe worn by the Black Prince, and .ilvcr baptismal fonts from which royal if. fants were christened, and the block on (arhich Lord Lovat was beheaded. But no part of London Tower will more interest you than the armory, in which is skillfully and impressively ar ranged a collection of all atyles of armor worn between the thirteenth and eigh teenth centuries, suggesting 600 years of conflict cuirass and neck guard and chin piece and lance rest and gauntlet and girdle aud mailed apron. You see just how from head to heel those old time warriors were defended against aharp weapons. O ye soldiers of Jesus Christ, when tha war of life ia over and the victors rest in the soldiers' home on the heavenly heights perhaps there may be in the city of the sun a tower of spiritual armor auch as in cased the warriors for Christ in earthly combat I Some day we may be in that ar mory and hear the heroes talk of how they fought the good fight of faith and aee them with the scars of wounds forever healed and look at the weapons of offense and de fense with which they became more than conquerors. In that tower of heaven as the weapons of the spiritual conflict are ex amined St. Paul xnay point out to us the armor with which he advised the Enhe sians to equip themselves and say: "That is the shield of faith. That is the helmet of salvation. That is the girdle of truth, 'that ia the breastplate of righteousness. Those are the mailed shoes in which they were shod with the preparation of the gos pel." There and then you may recount tbe contrast between the day when you en listed in Christian conflict and the day when you closed it in earthly farewell anil and heavenly salutation, and thfl text, which has so much meaning for uj now, will have more meaning for ua then "Let not him ihac giraeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." jCoprrlght. (nil, K Klopecb. Tha Art of Skipping. The Living Age remarks that some of tha fundamental principles of the useful art of skipping are suggested by Mr.. Anthony Deane, In the following passage In the London Pilot: When I meet a paragraph which begins, "It Is now necessary to retrace our steps somewhat to explain;" or, "The crim son sun by this time neared the hori zon, Far over the hills stretched a vault of heavy cloud, Its strange, pur ple tints fading and dissolving Into" or, "But the contents of this room, his sanctum sanctorum, deserve more detailed description;" or, "O strange, unfathomable mystery of existence, compelling our purblind race" whoa, T say, I meet a passage In a novel which begins thus, I skip like any thing. Importations. "You get all that Is beet in yout system of government from England, you know," said the placid Londoner. And In a tone of slight Irritation the New York man rejoined, "How about Richard CrokarT" Washington Btar. THE SABBATH SCHOOL. International Lesson Comments For January S. 5ubect: Tin Promise of Power, Acls I., Ms Qoldeo Text, Acts L, S Me oiory Yerscs, -8 Commentary on the Day's Lesson. 1. The former treatise." The gospel of Luke. Luke was also the author of the Act. "O, Theophilus." Nothing is known of this person, but he was no doubt a person of rank and perhaps a Roman officer who had lieen converted to Chris tianity. "Began." The gospel is not a history of all that Jcsua did, but only an account of the foundations which He laid and on which the church should after ward be built. "To- do and teach." A very important statement, dividing the work of Christ into two great branches; the one embracing His work on earth, the other His subsequent work from heaven; the one in His own person, the other by His spirit; the one the beginning, the other the continuance of the same work; the one complete when He sat down on the right hand of His Father, the other to continue until His second appearing. 2. "Until the day." The fortieth day after Hie resurrection. "Through the Holy Ghost." God gave not the Spirit by measure unto Him. John 3: 34. Jesus who was annointcd with the Holy Ghost (Luke 4; Matt. 12), in the power of the Holy Ghost gave commandments to the anostlea to be Hia witnesses. "Apostles." The twelve generally called disciples in tho gospels are in the Acta spoken of as apostles, or "those sent forth." 3. "Passion." Suffcringa on the cross. "Infallible proofs." The single Greek word, translated "infallible proofs," de notes the strongest proofs of which a sub ject is capable, an irresistible proof. The proofs here meant are Christ's speaking, walking and eating with His disciples af ter His resurrection. "Forty days." At different times during a period of forty days. "The kingdom of God." This ex pression haa several significations, but here, aa in Mark 1 : 14, it 'includes the whole Christian dispensation, its message, progress and economy. The meaning is, Jesus gave them instructions about the organization, spread and edification of Hia church. 4. "Awembled with them." Probably on ascension day. "Commanded them." The last commandment given by the Lord to the apostles directed them to await the gift of the Holy Ghost in Jeru salem. ".Not depart from Jerusalem." The coming of the Spirit waa to be at the next great feast after the crucifixion. Je rusalem was the centre of Jewish influ ence, and at that time strangers would be reached from all parta of the world. They were not qualified to go until after the baptism of the Spirit came upon them. "Wait." Many run too soon. "Promise of the Father." Through the prophets the gift of the Spirit had been Sromised by the Father. Sec Isa. 44: 3; oel 2: 28. 20. Compare Acts 2: 17. 18. "Heard of Me." This promise is found in John 14: 16; 15: 26. Reference is also made to it in Luke 24: 40. The Holy Ghost was promised to the church through Christ. 6. "John." The Baptist, tli forerun ner of Christ. "With water." John's baptism was, 1. A baptism unto repent ance. 2. A type of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. John pointed to Christ who should baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire. "Shall be baptixed." This was the promise of the Father, it could not fail. "With the Holy Ghost." The Holy Spirit was about to be given them in greater fulness than ever before. At this time their hearts would be cleansed and they would be filled with love. 6. "Were come together." At the Mount of Olives. See Luke 24: SO. "Dost thou at this time," eta. (R. V.) Is this the hour when the Roman yoke is to be broken from our necks and the kingdom f the Messiah established? 7. "Not for you to knorz." Christ con stantly avoided giving His disciples a di rect answer to questions which could only satisfy their curiosity and be of no partic ular benefit. "In His own power." "Au thority." R. V. The word rendered pow er is not the same as the one so rendered in the next verse. It should be noted that Jesus did not disapprove of the question asked in verse 6, but, as Lange says, "He rather confirmed it by declaring tnat the Father had fixed the time." 8. "Shall receive power." The energy of the Holy Spirit was to be given to them. It waa not the power of logic or eloquence, but "the power of a living union with a living God." "Is come upon you." The Holy Spirit gives. I. Knowledge and understanding. 2. Faith. 3. Holiness. 4. A spirit of praver. 5. Courage. 0. Steadfastness. 7. Zeal. "Shall be wit nesses." They shall not merely bear wit ness, but be witnessea in their own per sons. Thev were to be witnesses to a cru cified, a risen and a coming Christ. "In Jerusalem." etc. They were to begin at home, with the Jews, and gradually reach out until the glorious gospel reached the whole human race. 9. "While they beheld." The disciples did not see Him rise out of the grave, be cause His resurrection could he easily proved by their seeing Him afterward, but they saw Him return to heaven, at there would he no other way to prove it. "A cloud." Perhaps it waa like the fiery, cloudy pillar, the wilderness. 10. "Were looking" (R. V.) Wonder ing what it all meant. "Two men." An gels in the form of men. "White appar el." See Matt. 28: 3. The white garmenti were an emblem of purity. 11. "Shall so come." The second oi final coming. This will not be in obscur ity like His first coming, but "He wiV come in nower and irlorv. in the clouds and with His holy angels with Him." Matt. 24 : 30, 41: 26 : 64. 12. "Olivet." . Frequently called thi Mount of Olives. "Sabbath day'a jour nev." About three-fourths of an Euglist mile. 13. "Come in." That ia, into the citj from the conntrv. "Into the upper cham her" (R. V.) Probably the upner roon which had been used by our Lord anf His disciples for the passover feast "Where abode." "Where they were abid ing." R. V. This does not mean tha: this waa their permanent habitation, bu' they remained there for the descent of tin Holy Spirit. 14. Continued." During the ten dayi they waited. "With one accord." Wit! one mind. There were no schisms, no di vided interests, no discordant purposes "Steadfastly in prayer" (tt. V.) Theii pravers were earnest and persistent "VVith the women." This probably refen to the women who followed Him from Gal ilee, but it may mean merely that womei were present. "Mary." This is the las1 mention in Scripture of the mother o Jcsua. "His brethren." The brethren o Jesus at first rejected Him (John 7: S) but now tbev believe in Him and are pres ent at the Pentecost outpouring. IT WAS THE LANGUAGE. Why the Tourist Who Swore at Heggars In Italy Was Fined. "I had heard about the beggars of Rome long enough before I went abroad," said the tourist, "and I had also made up my mind that they should not profit by me. When I got to the holy city at last and found myself surrounded as I walked out In the morning I gave the crowd the cold shoulder. One of them and he was the frowsiest and raggedent of the lot stuck to me till I lost my patience and swore at him, and an hour later I was arrested and taken Into court The charge was using profane' lan guage In public, and after I had been fined tho equivalent of 12 and was free to go I said to the Judge:' " 'You Italians are a curious people. There aro plenty of you who must swear in public' " 'That Is certainly true, slgiior,' ho replied. "'Then why fine me for doing It?' " 'Because you swore In English and not In our beautiful Italian tongue." Where the Fault Lay. Dr. Frank V. Allport, one of the leading oculists of Chicago, was recent ly appointed examining physician by the board of education. A pupil from one of the schools where "fads" are more thoroughly in vogue than in almost any other public school, came to Dr. Allport in the regular course of events to have his eyes examined. The physician went through the usual formula for discover ing the defects of vision. He placed a chart before the boy. The first word vas "hat." "Now read this word," said the doc tor. "Hhhuh-ah-tuhhh." sputtered the boy. "Then try this, said the doctor, pointing to "big." "Buh-ih-guhhh," stammered the boy. "Madam, said the doctor to the boy s mother, "there is some more serious de fect here than a visual one. The vocal organs seem to be affected." "Oh, no," answered the mother, "lie could spell and read quite well until he went to school and took up this new phonetic method." Her Petition Was flranteri. ' A pretty little anecdote is going the rounds of the Roman press. An old lady, the widow of an officer, had for many years appealed to the Italian gov ernment for a recognition of her hus band's services, but hsd never received sn answer. A bright idea came to her. She wrote to "her royal highness the Princess Yolanda." When the letter was handed to the King he read it without a smile and then bade his chamberlain take it to the princess and read it to her. The cham berlain went to the baby and gravely read the letter aloud to her, and then returned to the King. , "Well," said the King, "what did the princess say?" "Nothing, your majesty 1" "Very well. Silence gives consent; see that the lady's petition be attended to." Absolved the Surgeon. A client recently asked Thomas B. Reed whether a jury could be relied upon to pronounce accurately as to the intentions of a man accused of crime. Said Mr. Reed: "When I was a young man studying law I was one day asked to give an il lustration from Blackstone on the very point. I quoted the well-known inci dent wherein the law which prohibited the shedding of blood on tha streets of London would not apply to the act of a surgeon bleeding a man who had a fit. "The reply wis satisfactory to the questioner, but a fellow-student, cele brated for keen, intelligent exceptions, put in his oar at once. " 'The surgeon would be guiltless,' he admitted. 'But how about the fellow with the fit?' " KIs Delicate Proposal. Gladys (on Christmas morning) What a dear little clock! Who gave you that? Marjorie George, of course. Gladys Is it going? Mariorie- Oh, ao; George wishes me to understand that I may set my own time. A woman's face ssay be ksr fortune, but a saaa semetimss relies solely upon his cheek. V.Aua paekage of PoTXaM tat.si.ua Dra rotors mere goods than anv other dye and colors them better too. Bald' by all druggists. The treuble with most men who ones do teed deeds is that they waste the rest uf their lives admiriag them. 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The revolver may not be a sociable weapon, but it never goes off by itself. Mrs. Wlnslew's Soothing Syrnp for children teethiag, soften the game, reduces laflamms tlon.aliays pain, auras wind eolie. IS a bottle. The chap who built obelisks must have been paid by the column. I de not believe Plao's Cure for Conanmp Uea has aa equal for soughs and eolds. Jo r. Boraa, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. It, 1W0. When a tramp asks for a meal he makes a sort of after-dinner sueeth. "I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to stop my bstr from falling. Be half bottle cure ma." J. C. Baiter, fcraidwosd, III. Ayer's Hilr Vigor is certainly the most eco nomic 1 preparation of its kind on the market. A little of it goes a long way. It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, make the hair grow, and restore color to gray lillr. M M a settle. All HairFalls P U yM Ani!! aahuot supply yau, IS" tlirU r aiMt we Will express I a. ktienrexad rWathe naiue J . x. .Matt "WnauToe. AcUota, I . . l.y'k x . CO.. ioweil, I WSJ II I ,' I llll "II -lli Ills Tr.'s tnciTlalr "Fooh," said Daisy I scornfully, "the idea of your being afraid of a poor old house-dog I W hy, lie eats out of my hand. "1 don't doubt it," replied Burroughs, dubiously, "but what 1 am afraid of is that he might take a notion to eat out of my leg." Ordinary Tears Old Gentleman Why do you shed such bitter tears, my boy? Boston Child (pausing in his grief) Really, I cannot conceive that my tears differ as to their brackish quality from other larchrymose emissions. I have never heard of saccharine tears. An Ulterior Motive. "What a pleasant man that was you were just speaking to." "B-r I lie gives me the creeps." "Why, I thought him very polite. He inquired so sincerely after your health and that of your family." "Yes. He's an undertaker." A Palpable Hit. "Yej, he's msde a barrel of money out of a Christmas novelty." "That so? What was it?" "Ha sold thousands of dolls with cute little spectacles to the Boston toy deal ers." A PERFECT LIQUID DENTIFRICE FOR THft TEETH " BREATH 25s EACH S0Z0D0UT TOOTH POWDER HALLd.RUCKEL.Nsw York Corn removes from the soil large quantities of Potash. The fertiliser ap plied, murt furnish enough Potash, or the land will lose its pro ducing power. Read careAitly ear keeks os fet imi frtt. C2RMAN KALI WORKS, j Neuau Si., New Yerk. (L OlIU allO D.I.. sal MCBaflbaBVsLlf aSeMfeeBBVafaMI lSA0,2Sd,SITpa!rs. Qutinest ort Tha THC RfASOMM i W. L. Doufflee makes aad aaltsmciaa man's 9S.A0 and 93. SO shoes i ban any other two man ufacturers In the world. side by aide vtlh 5 (JO 0.J shoes of oilier m.keei are found to be- JuU as f ocd. Tber will outwear two pairs oi rdfuary tv . i,. uougia as.w ejia va.eo spoee piaeea I3.u6aadt8.60 shoes. Mmtt of te ( Imathtrt, Including Paitnt Corona Hid, Otrtna Coll. mnd Hailtnal Asnrorao. ttg ei.r s,.m. u ii-i,. ai.ii la (. W. L. TJouylae S OO "Oil. Kds le" eaauaot ba equalled at anv ailca. amoee ry eMail isAe. ealri.. t'ytalaa ft-ea. ffi An jftfiisjati Ufi-ttlttiuttaak. The Ufa e S tire. im arnik J its Usdni aualiries oatenatne its Wartk. QJ Tires an saade ftoaa tha kest quality f ruabe. They an llsht aaoh te be ratUlaat, irtene, eneuh la fca eer sbla, aaat assy sUlng, wkiea (neural aoaa fen aad hAwv. Celtic te st eur Aieat'i ar ky suit. O & J TIRE COMPANY, MleaatelM, Ind, Wills Piils Lead tha World. An Yig Jljk? Real your name and P. O. address to Thi 1 1. Willi MqIm It.. Hiitrstovi, Md. I 1 BaetVorVtpCaiaa Iwiv Dee I J ,', '""1V..r'"l,'a.gia.L ' L eeeee. Beeief leswanNaale e4 1 5 eWya' tisslaiai4 tree, Oa-ael 'sSeaS, Sea a. AUeaaa. a. tleld MeaaJ at Baj'aJ Bapeelllea. MclLUliNNY'S TADA3CO $25.t,,1n,?1'9 IT PAYS j. mtttf'dwi.h Our 7f . stores dlraet II I flL 8 SAW So Wearer If UNION MADE Notiet incrtas ialM in tabU itwt Mtai4,7Qrt fairs. I 'W Ml I ill a Dtutiiii In Four Cars. .WaaTk..ts'iEyini WCM.H ST. THE ONLY RHEUMATISM And AM Aches and Pains. 25c. aad $2000.00 PER DAY GIVEN AWAY I VALUABLE !FJFQFtT.lATIOrj Tfta offer ia mat Pttmtum XSouklat mpirtnt Jmmumty m, if, EXTENDED FOR THI? fe-ees Preaen JTa. zaeJ PRESENTS WILL BE cTelfvereif so n 4arii tb ymnr tag brand of our toSmceoi R. J. Reynolds' 8 oz., Strawfeercjj ' R. J. B., Steps, Golden Crown, Revnold' la'-t- A!. .1.1.1 U' SJi Moa Sfectled pair and 0. H. T. - To apprecluta our offer, tha fatta aionld be ofiajlfareH Tkmt we Aro giving 9900.00 par 4ay for tajU, Uht the mem ory oi ehmwera on oar trade mark plUotd pa ihvsqfi r tttv oar beat effort to pl c A ewers, mad Jreta( ltjtrtm being deoelred by imiU tort. Full dtneriptiOB of fffmtt orod tar out ' tmgm will bo iurhiobwd wpom regutfrt To . ' R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO GO,, VlNSTCmELl, R. C ffSir., Mil Sold only in 1-lb. Pacfa pes. Premium tlot in Every Pftn? For (ft round Uan fiaasJa cut from tha front mt liOJff OOfTBL wrmpmmrm wm mall FREE thm momt safaaoM swusjssiIsj mwar mttmred. Her are some of the LION'S LATEST QIFTH I Calorai Was Crareae aehalara Jera, CfVaeilaa Asatee far the karai KJea Blaa ball far little atria, Sarins- Toes which the arebln twlrlai Baa ef Jeoketrawe-a Uvalr aee. VI do Pleiarea, all well-knsws ta fhjnat "Clillaaeod Dare" la ear ta please. Am mill "Tleloie aad Sweat Faae." "A (lift rVeia HeTan" 'a a (ea afart, "A Lively Taeele" ahawa aavalee aaaarsa "f.litto weelhoarte" la vary ease All are arettr, he ead dlssate I Baal Bteel Shear aad ftstaeers ta , Aaaeas the areeeate here for veai Dationhele Seleeere we eeed aleai, Ladlee' Paahalvoa ar Jackkalvee aaraafi Itcllirleee Farea, rirh aad rare. Clota-eeaod Bevels read tttrrwltni nirttoaarleo far dally aee, Aad Taeeetrr Cevere we ee eredveei bubecrlptlee le "Aaterleea tieeee," Panel at MaH Bafee. tha hast TOteeeai ilea's Hesatlee, varied la deadjrV Baraeadere that ara really Baa I Ami seed Steal Raswra, lisllew (aaaaeV. With Leather Baaar Btraaa are aVaxaeh ' A Weddlea Blaa. a Turaaafke Wh. Aaosal Bias will aleeeureksraa. A Hareel Bike far reaih ar aw a. A Breech-fla aaede aa aeaeeee kul A Silver B resales tar tha wrlae. Aad Bell Baekree are ta k,e Beat Shir C'eaahe aaada af TenoSo atall Mia Balratse at the eaosa, a Watfti Aad Bekhev Draaalaa teasMM mi, Whl iiaJr Bvaehos-a varc. ka I A Perealala Gleets aaraly ehaeaea, We're alea taeee ilyu arre ad Aad Walehee, tee, either a. Which aaaa ar weanaa aaa aaaaasr There'e Haadleaeeailwat Seraaetai f d srlsV I. aee Haadkerehlon ee Saes a Aad, far the Ladlee' aaeted, aaa. asset-leva, Vlartere, We sweat! A Bhela Ba(. ar Ladled' Bala. )r ra.ket-Beek le kld Ike "eUdl." Aad Stive Tm ar Tahle Oxera-a Ara lleted la ear rreaaleaa haeae! A Kitchen Haifa ao altars aad kea Ceaeeluaeaje la the Llal Is aaaa), Aad l.laee Tawela-heaeawtSe's art da. Far l.lea Beade we will arvfe. Teoth.araehee that are arreetatad "4 Wli 1 bristle white aad sraatet ' AadNllver akle Blase aa aee Their eaal vee hat aaldaas nmli A halt el (Ifls heh etaall aad arreal, Tee aaaeeraat te eaaneratet Thar' re hare ta eaaet the vavrSad vie . Ofihaeewh LION CUVVBS as I l.'luctrctcd Premium IVoolcon Cplco II CURE FOR Xflc. Size. -7 BNTIfeS YEAfc OF Wf dlV-pN fpft t AQg jrpoa), tnktm Mm tk raifeifa Sin Cure! Brotn k KVi i-'f. MHBftW STRENGTH! PURITY! FLAVOR! List la Cvcrv i Oc.f in
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