th Pnbllolly of It. "You oughtn't to have turned me dowrt that way, Luella," said young Spoonamore, as they rodfc home from the swell party. "In what way?" innocently asked Miss Quickstep. "Kept me dancing attendance on you all evening, and when I tried to talk to you, as 1 did several times, you turned your back on me. Is that the way all young women treat the men they're en gaged to marry?" "Yes, if the men are too fresh." "Was I too fresh ?" "A little, dear." "Did you want to humiliate me before all those people?" "Oh, no," she said, lightly. "But you needed the treatment or suppose we call it an operation and I had to per form the operation. If everybody saw it I couldn't help it." "So you call it an operation do you?" he said, glaring at her in the darkness of the carriage. "Well, it was more than that I" "What was it?" "It was a clinic 1" And they rode 0.1 in silence. An Encouraging Trail Outlook. It was in the morning hours of "bake day" in the little out-of-the-way village The mingled odors of fresh bread, pics, and cookies floated out of the open kitchen windows. From one of the smaller cottages at the end of the street came a barefooted child in a colorless calico dress and slat sunbonnet. With the important air of a heavy buyer she entered the village store, and handed across the counter a blue teacup. The proprietor took the cup, and said, in brisk .tones : "Well, Emmy, what docs your ma want today?" "Please, sir, ma wants an egg's worth of molasses," and she carefully placed a lare white egg on the counter. frrom a stone jug a little molasses was poured, and the cup set before the cus tomer. "Mr. Smif," she said, as she took her purchase. "I'll be back in a little while for some ginger. Ma said to tell you the black hen was on." And the buyer walked with dignity out the store door and up the village street to her home. Harper's Magazine. TThrn Ho Was Tw.nty.Onr. There is a young criminal lawyer in the city who, on the occasion of his be coming of age, began the ccle'tration of his birthday in a way that caused his household a great deal of consternation. On the eve on the fete, shortly after midnight, the young man's family were suddenly startled from their slumbers by a load voice in the house calling, "There's a man in the house 1 There s a man in the house I" v The valiant paterfamilias rushed from his room, bearing in his hands a heavy billet of fire wood, to learn the cause of the disturbance and to capture the in truder. His son was standing in the hall, shouting at the top of his voice. "Where's the man?" exclaimed the old gentleman. "Here, sir ; here I" proudly replied the young man. "This is he. At last I'm ai!" Intelligence of Insanity. Insane people frequently make state ments which give evidence of keen intel ligence. An instance of this kind oc curred a day or two ago in Judge Bon ham's court. A Scandinavian woman from one of the range towns was un dergoing examination as to her mental condition. Her husband, a weazened, inferior looking fellow, had told the story of his wife's condition, and she took in every word he said. She was then interrogated and an swered all the questions' about herself and her children-in a vague, rambling manner. Finally she protested that there was nothing the matter with her. "Do you think that your husband is out of his mind ?" asked the doctor. "Ay don't tank so. Ay tank he never hav mind to ben out of," replied the wo man. Despite her seeming sanity on this point she was committed. Dili kill Take tho Hint? . A distinguished cavalry leader was once at a dinner party to which he had been invited as the guest of honor. Besides him was a loquacious widow, with hair of raven black, who rudely in terrupted the conversation by asking the warrior why was that his beard was still black, while his hair was turning gray. With great politeness the old soldier turned toward her. "I fear I cannot give you a satisfactory answer," said he. "unless, possibly, the reason is that I have used my brain a little more than I have my jaw." A Sedentary Promotion. A certain -politician, -whose lifelong aim had been to become one of the judi ciary of iiis State, after ' unnumbered years of persistent wire-pulling, at last, attained executive appointment to the coveted honor. After 'three or four months of official service, an admiring acquaintance remarked of him : "The judge sits the bench like a man of long experience, doesn't he?" "Why shouldn't he?" returned a by stander ; "he has passed about fifteen years onthe anxious seat." Tho Modret riouiber Kill. "You charge me for a day and a half, and it didn't take io minutes to fix the pipe," . said the houseowner. . "I've charged you for the time that my man was out of the shop, that's all," replied the plumber. And here's a half-day charged for a plumber's helper ; what's that for ?" "Oh, that's for the time it took th bookkeeper to make out the bill." Coughing "I was given up to die with quick consumption. I then began to use Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral. I improved at once, and am now in perfect health." Chat. E. Hart man, Glbbstown, N. Y. It's too risky, playing with your cough. The first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the play will be over. Be gin early with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the cough. Tbm slu I lie. He, ft. All tan"- Oonsvit your Soetar, If aa says tt, thaa do a aa says. If bo tails yoa nut to take it, Urtw aunt Uka it. Ba kaowa. lk Mil), tillm W . -IIHn J. 0. All 00., Lovall, Mass. CoM Medal al BraJo KxvaaMan. McILIIENNY'S TAUA1SCC GRASP OPPORTUNITIES, Dr. Talmafe Says New Year Will Gt One of the Qreslest of All Time. The World's Normal Condition Will ft Reformed. Wasiiinotos, D. C In this, Dr. Tal mage' first discourse for the new year he speaks words of encouragement to all the timid and doubting. The text is Kxodus xii, 2, "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first' month of the year to you." The last month of the old yesr has passed out of sight, and the firnt month of tho new years has arrived. The midnight gate last Wednesday opened and January entered. She deserves a better name, for she is called after Janus, the heathen deity who, they supposed, presided over doors, and so might he expected to preside at the opening of the year. This month waa of old called the wolf mowsii because, through the severity of its weather, tha hungry wolves came down seeking food and devouring human life. In the missals of the middle ages January was represent ed as attired in white, suggestive of the snow, and blowing the fingers, as though suffering from the cold, and having a bun dle of wood under the arm, suggestive of the warmth that muit be kindled. Yes, January is the open door of tho year, and through that door will coma what long processions, some of them bear ing palm leaves and some myrtle, others with garlands of whrat and others with cypress and mistletoe. They are coming, and nothing can keep them back the events of a twelvemonth. It will, I think, be one of tho greatest years of all time. It will abound with blessing and disaster. National and international controversies of momentous import will he settled. Year of coronation and dethronement, year that will settle Cuban and Porto Rican and Philippine and South African and Chinese destinies. The "iinest year for many a decade past has dug its millions of graves and reared its millions of marriage altars. We can expect greater events in thia year than ever before, for the world's pop ulation has so vastly increased there are so many more than in any other year to laugh and weep and triumph and perish. The mifrhtivr wheels of mechanism have such wider sweep. The fires are kindled in furnaces not seven times but seventy times heated. The velocities whirling through the air and (ailing the seas and tunneling the mountains will make unpre cedented demonstration. Would to God that before the now open ing year has closed the earth might cease to tremble with the last cannonade and the heavens cease to be lighted up with any more conflagration of homesteads and the foundries that make swords be turned into blacksmith shops for making plow shares. The front door of a stupendous year has; opened. Before many of you there will be twelve months of opportunity for making the world better or worse, happier or more miserable. Let us pray that it may be a year that will indicate the speedy redemp tion of the hemisphere. Would t God that this might be the year in which the three great instruments now chiefly used for secular purposes might be put to their mightiest use in the world's evangeliza tion the telegraph, the telephone, tha phonograph. Klectricity has such potent tongue, such strong arm, such swift wing, such lightning foot, that it occurs to me that it may be the angel that St. John saw and heard in apocalyptic vision when he started back and cried out, "I saw anoth er angel flying in the midst of heaven hav ing the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth and to every nation and kinlred and tongue and peo ple." They were tongues of fire that sat on the heads of the disciples at the Pentecost, and why not the world called to God by tongue of electrie fire? Prepare yonr bat teries end make ready to put upon the wires the world wide message of whoso ever will." Furthermore, this month of January has the greatest height and depth of cold. The rivers are bound in crystal chains. The fountains that made highest leap in the summer parks now toss not one jet, for every drop would be a frozen tear. The sleds craiiuch throngh the hard snow. Warmest attire the wardrobe can afford is put on that we may defend ourselves against the fury of the elements. Hardest of all the months for the poor, let it be he season of greatest generosity on the park of the prosperous. How much a scut tle of coal or a pair of shoes or a coat or a shawl may do in assuagement of suffering between the 1st of January and the 1st of February God only knows. Seated by our warm registers or wrapped in furs which make us independent of the cutting Janu ary blast, let us not forget the tireless hearth and the thin garment and the hacking cough and the rheumatic twinge of those who through destitution find life in winter an agony. Suppose each one of us take under charge one poverty-stricken household or one disabled man or one in valided woman. On our way home from such a charity, though the wind msy be howling and the night tempestuous, I should not wonder if we could hear a voice that was heard on Galilee and at the gates of Nain and by the pool of Bethesda say ing, "Inasmuch as ye did it to them, ye did it to Me." Oh, the might of the cold! The arctic and antarctic invading the temperate zone! The victories of the frost as when the Thames in 120S became firm as any bridge and the inhabitant crossed and .recrossed on the ice and booths and places of tem porary amusement were built on the hard ened .surface: as when many years ago New York Harbor was paved with ice so that the people pasaed on foot to the ad joining islands. But the full atory of the cold will never be known. The lips which would have told it were frozen and the fingers that would have written it were benumbed. Only here and there a fact ap pears. In 1691 the cold was so terrific that the wolves entered Vienna. In 1468 it was so cold that wine was cut with hatchets and distributed among the soldiers. In 1234 a whole forest was killed by the cold at Ravenna, In 763 the Black Sea was frozen over. As we go further back the frosts are mightier, but as we come fur ther down the frosts leasen. The worst severities have been halted, and the snows have lost their depths, and the thermometers announce less terrifio falls of temperature, and the time will come when the year will be one long sum mer of foliage and bloom. While the world's normal condition will be reformed, the worBt climates will be corrected. You could not have a millennium with a Jan uary blast possible. Do not read your almanac' backward. Do not go out and ask the trees hung with icicle by January storm whether they will ever attain blossom in May and leaf in June. We are moving toward the world's redemption. The frozen tears will melt, the river of gladness will resume its flow, the crocus will come up at the edge of the snowbank, the morning star will open the door for the day, and the armies of the world will "ground arms" all around the world. The January of frost will be abolished, and the balm and radiance of a divine at mosphere will fill the nations. If you do not see it and hear it for yourself I think at the utmost your grandchildren will see and hear it. The heavens will tak part in the conflict between righteousness and sin, and that will settle it, and settle it aright, and settle it forever. In this very month of January, 1643, two month after a great bai-tle had been fought between the army of the king and the urmy of Parliament, shepherds and travelers betweeu U aud I o'clock at night heard the battle repeated in the skies the sound of drums, the clash of arms, the groan of dying men and then the withdrawal of the scene into complete silence. These shepherd and travelers repeated in the neighboring towns what they heard, and largo number of people, expecting that all was a deception, went out on the following night, and they heard tha same uproar and tumult in the heav ens--tlis two armies in battle. The king, hearing of this seeming combat io the heavens, sent embassador to inquire into the mystery. In the night they also heard the conflict and came back to the king and took solemn oath a to this mysterious occurrence. Whether those shepherds and travelers and embassador of the king were in da iuaioa I cannot uav. but thia I know- tha the forces" of God 'and the forceifof Balan" are now in combat, the heaven as well a the earth in struggle s to who shall win this world for blessedness or woe, and, a the armies of God are mightier than the armies diabolic, we know who will triumph, and w have a right to shout tha victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The King of Kings, the Lord of Host, the God of Joshua and Havelock, leads in the conflict. I have no fear about the tre mendous issue. My only fear is tltat we will not be found in the ranks and fully armed to do our part in this campaiga of the eternities. Again, I remark that the month of Jan nary ha seen many of the most stupen dous events in the world' history and a rocking of cradles and the digging of Craves that have affected nations, trt thin month American Indepenaence was "dis clared, followed by Lexington and Bunker Hill and Monmouth and Valley Forge and Yorktown. January saw the proclamation that abolished American slavery. Though at the time there were two mighty opin ion and they were exactly opposed those who liked the document aad those who dis liked it there is but one opinion now, and if it were put to vote in all the States of the South, "Shall slavery be reinstated?" there would bo an overwhelming vote of "No!" The pen with which the document was signed and the inkstand that con tained the ink are relics as sacred and val uable a the original Declaration of Inde pendence, with all its erasures and inter lineations. The institution which for scv- ' enty or eighty years kept the nation in angry controversy bas disappeared, and nothing is left to fight about. The North and the South to-dny are in as complete accord as ever were flute and cornet in the some orchestra. The North has built it factories on the banks of tho Chattahoochee and the Roa noke, and the South has sent many of its ables attorneys into our northern court houses, its most skilful physicians into our sick rooms, its wisest bankers into our exchanges, its most consecrated ministers into our pulpits all this the result of tho proclamation of January 1. 1863. Furthermore, I notice that January has, Deen nonorea witn tne nativity ot some of the greatest among the nations. Ed mund Burke was born this month, the marvel and glory of the legal world: Fenc lon of the religious world, Benjamin Frank lin of the philosophic world, William II. Prescott of the historic world, Sir John Moore of the military world, Robert Burns of the poetic world, Folycarp of the mar tyr world, Peter the Great of the kingly world, Daniel Webster of the statesman world. But I cannot read the epitaphs of one out of a hundred illustrious graves in this first month of the year. Many of those well known gained half their renown and did half their work through the help of those of whom we know litue or nothing. Lord Hersohel is known all the world over and will be known throngh all time, but little is said of her who was born this first month of the year, and without whose help he never could hav been what he was his sister, Caroline Lucretia Augus t". She helped him hunt the worlds. Ithe repaired and adjusted his telescope. She ciphered out his astronomical prob lems. She was his amanuensis. She planned for him his work. She discovered seven comets and made "A Catalogue of Ncbnlae and Star Clusters." The month of January introduced her to the observa tories, but she has never been properly in troduced to the world. Cultivate faith in God and the feeling that He will do for you that which is best, and you will be ready for either sunshine or shadow. The other eleven months of the year 1002 will not all be made up of gladnes or of grief. The cup that is all made up of sweetness is insipid. . Between these just opened gates of the year and the closing of those gate there will be many times when you will want God. You will have questions to decide which will need supernatural impulse. There may be illnesses of the body or per plexities of mind or spiritual exhaustions to be healed and comforted and strength ened. During the remaining twenty-six days of thia month lay in a supply of faith and hope and courage for all the days of the eleven months. Start right, and you will be apt to keep right. Before the shin cantain vet out of the New York Narrow he make up hi mindf what sea route he will take. While you are in the narrow of thi month make S your mind which way you will sail and unroll ydur chart and set your compass and have the lifeboats well placed on the davit and be ready for smooth voyage all the way across or the swoop of a Carib bean whirlwind. Rev. Solomon Rpaulding was for some time in poor health, and to while away the time he wrote a preposterous religious ro mance. One Joseph Smith somehow got hold of that book before it was printed and published it as a revelation of heaven, calling it the "Book of Mormon," and from that publication came Mormonisra, the monster abomination of the earth. Rev. Solomon Spaulding might have been better engaged than writing that book of falsehoods. However much time we have, we never have time to do wrong. Harness January for usefulness, and it will take the following months in its train. Ob, how much you may do for God between now and the 31st of next December! The beautiful "weeping willow" tree was introduced by Alexander Pope into England from a twig which the poet found in a Turkish basket of figs. He planted that twig, and from it came all the weep ing willows of England and America, and your smalltst planting of good many un der God become an influence continental and international. Now that the train of months has started, let it pass, January followed by February, with longer day, and .March, with it fierce winds; and April, with it sudden showers; snd May, with its blos soming orchards; and June, with its car nival of flowers; and July, with its ha ves ts; and August, with it sweltering heats; and September, with its driftin leaves; and October, with it frost; aud November, with it Thanksgiving scenes; and December, with its Christmas hilari ties. March on, O battalion of months,' in the regiments of the years and the bri gade of the centuries I March on and join the months and years and centuries already parsed until all the rivers of time have emptied into the ocean of eternity, but none of all of the host ought to render higher thanks to God or take larger com fort or make more magnificent resolve than this the first month of the new year. But what fleet foot hath the months and years! People lightly talk about how they kill time. Alas, it dies soon enough with out killing. And the longer we live the swifter it goes. William C. Bryant said an old friend of his declared that the going of time is like the drumming of the partridge or muffled grouse in the woods; tailing alow and distinct at first, ami thon following each other more and more rapid ly till they eud at last in a whirring sound. Ulut Dr. Young, speaking of the value of f'me, startlingly exclaimed, "Ask death i Coprritut. iks, L. Xlssica.1 Woman on German Kullroittts, Women In this country have as yet made but little headway In the eorvlce it tho railroads, but In Prussia the head of the state railways bas an nounced that for the future as many women as possible will be employed by them In these posts suitable for women. They will hold positions at the ticket offices, telegraph offices, be telephone slerlts at the counting offices and at the goods offices. In Prussia a great numrer of women are already employed in various government posts and each year sees fresh openings made for them. The Swiss Teach Democracy. The Swiss girl Is taught to be bumble and practical from the moment wbon, at the age of 4, she enters the Infants' school, until at 18, when she returns finished from pension. There Is abso lutely no difference between the treat ment ot the masses and the classes. They alt together at school, are taught tho same subjects by the same musters, receive the same punishments and the same praUe. THE SABBATH SCHOOL fnicmaltonal Lesson Comment January 12. For Subject: The Promise of Power Fulfilled, Acts II, l-21-Qoldes Text, Acts II., 39 Commentsry tht Day's Lsstoo. 1. "Day of Pentecost." The meaning of Pentecost is fiftieth. It occurred fifty days after the Passover, and was the sec ond of the three great yearly feast held bv the Jews. "Was fully come." The disciples knew they were to receive a great blessing, but they did not know how or when, thus they were led to seek the Lord with all their hearts, trusting Him for the fulfilment of the promise. "All." The 120 spoken of in Chapter 1: 15. "With one accord." There was no person uninterested unconcerned, or luke warm: all were in earnest, and the Spirit of God came down to meet their united faith and prayer. "In one nlnre." The upper room. Acts 1: 13. It is God's plan that His people should meet together in His name (Hcb. 10: 25: Matt. 18: lfl. 2'" snd those who absent themselves from the company of the saints will suffer spiritual loss. 2. "Suddenly." Unexpectedly, in a moment, not gradually, as winds generally rise. "A sound." The suddenness, strength and diffusiveness of the sound strike with deepest awe the whole com pany, and thus complete their preparation for the hpavenly gift. Wind was a fa miliar emblem of the Snirit. Ksek. 37: 9; John 3: 9; 20: 22. But this was not a rush of actual wind. It. was only a sound, "as of" it. "It filled all the house." The sound was heard by all. To an npner room the Spirit came, a plain unfurnished room, where there wos no ritual, no priest, no hurnt offerings, no smell of incense. 3. "There anneared." After the audi ble sign immediately follows the visible. "Cloven tongues." The tongues of fire parted themselves off like streams from one source, or like branches from one root, and distributed themselves amctg them. This was the bnntism with fire which John had promised (Matt. 3: IP the fire on earth which the Lord Himself longed to see kindled, "' ike as of fire." Tho fire indicated: 1. Tho penetrating power of the word of God. 2. The old symbol of zeal and enthusiasm. 3. Leap ing, triumnhant, transforming energy. 4. The resistless purifying which consumes the errors and burns up evil. rt. All the comfort, warmth, cheer, lifp. joy, blessintr. which the Holy Spirit could impart. "It sat." There were as many flames aa there were persons, snd they sat upon them for some time to show the constant residence of the Hn!v Snirit with them. 4. "Filled." Were entirety under His sacred influence and power. To be filled with anything is a phrase denoting that all the faculties are oervaded by it. engaped in it. or under its influence. "With the Ho'.y Ghost." At this time their hearts were purified by faith and thev wore en dued with miraculous powers for the fur therance of the gospe'. "Other tons-ues." Tn other languages which thev had not known before this time. "Utterance." Furnished them with the matter as well as the lansrunge. B. "Dwelling." Tloth residents and vis itors. "Devout." Truly religious. "Every nation." "The .Tews at, that time were scattered into almost all nations, and in all places had synagogues." 6. "When this sound was heard" (R. V.) The sound that came from the upner room. "Confounded." Perplexed, fail ing to understand what it nil meant. See v. 12. "Own language." Or dialect; they heard even the different dialects. See v. 8. 7. "Galileans." Persons wholly unedu cated and conesquently ignorant of those languages which they now speak so flu ently. 9. "Parthians." For an explanation of the names in this and the following verses see dictionary. 10. "Proselvtes." Heathen who had accepted the Jewish religion. 11. "Wonderful works." Concerning Jesus, His death, resurrection and ascen sion, and His power to save men from sin. 12. "Amazed." Tn great perplexity. "What mraneth this?" They could not understand what thev saw. 13. "Others mocking." The word ren dered mocking means to cavil, to deride. There has seldom been a remarkable man ifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit that has not given occasion for nrofane tnockerv and merriment. The Saviour Himself was mocked, and the efforts of Christians to save other have been the subject of derision. "New wine." Sweet wine. 14. "Peter said." Peter's sermon was clear and practical. It was fonnded on facts, and was endorsed by the Ho'v Snirit. "Harken." Important truth is about to be spoken, 15. "Not drunken." We have not even been taking sweet wine. "Third hour." It is only 9 o'clock in the morning, too early to be affected with strong drink. This was also the hour of morning wor ship, and devout Jews were not accus tomed to take food or drink before that time;, even drunkards did not usually be come drunk in tho davtime. 18. "This is thnt." This is a fulfilment of the predictions of one of your own pro phets. "Joel." See Joel 2: 28-32. Peter gives the sense, but does not quote the exact words. 17. "The last days." This expression always denotes in the New Testament the age of the Messiah, which the Scriptures renresent as the world's last great moral epoch. The Christian dispensation. "Pour out." Not in drops a under the old cove nant, but in stream which He shed on u abundantly. AH flesh. All races, ranks and classes. "Prophesy." This word denote in . general, to speak under a divine influence, whether in foretelling future events, in celebrating the nraises of God, or in instructing others in the du ties of religion. Sen Paul's definition in 1 Cor. 14: 3. "Visions dreams." These were some of the ways God chose to reveal Himself, more especially under the old covenant. , 18. "Servants handmaidens." Former ly there were schools of prophets, but now the Spirit was to be poured out unon persons of inferior rank, for the kingdom of the Messiah is to be purely spiritual. 19. "I will show." There are a great variety of opinions as to the meaning of verses 19 and 20. "The sun," etc. These are figurative representations of eclipses, intended, most probably, to point out the fall of the civil and ecclesiastical state in Judea. 20. "Day of the Lord." This will ap nlv to any day in which God manifests Himself, but particularly to a day when He comes forth to punish men as at the destruction of Jerusalem, or at the day of jidgment. These wonders were to take place before God was to come forth in judgment. All llunilt Are bumklnff. Tobacco is in Tehuantepec a great Industry. One evening some of our party of sixteen were kindly given a night's shelter, Mexican fashion, at a hacienda or farmhouse. Hotels ex cept In the large towns are un known. Sitting on the wldo veranda to receive U3 we beheld the entlro fam ily. On the rljht of the door was the lady of the house In a white cot ton gown, smoklug a cprur; below her were the daughter anj hand maidens, also smoking. On the other side of the door was the ranchero or master himself, with his sons and men serv ants, says Fortnightly Review. Every ono was employed In rolling the to bacco leaf Into cigars, and every one was smoking, Including a little boy not quite three years old, who bad a full-sized cigar In bis baby mouth, which be puffed at most professionally. while In bis left band ho held a ba nana from which be took bltea be tween the puffs, occasionally stopping; to play with a Bma'.l puppy dog. ' Does be often smoke T" 1 asked In amaze ment. "SI, senor, be smokes three or four cigars a day; all our children have done so at that age." Adapt ability of temperament to climate! ANOTHER REMARKABLE CASS Wfctob. the Doetora FJU U Car t7 darftand, A medical man, aa a rule, dilike to ae knowledge the value of a proprietary medi eia. In fact, professional etiquette de Van him from doing so. Yet there are many eminent physicians, those most ad vanotd In their professions, who give full credit to the r curative properties of Vogeler' Curative Compound from th fact that it is manufactured by an old and reliable company, proprietor of 8t. Jacob Oil, from the formula of a brother phyician, who to day tand in the front rank of th most eminent medical men in London, and on account of its intrinsic merit it is largely prescribed by the medi cal profession, but in the cue which w are about to relate the attending physi cian called it "rubbish," but as it turned ut Mrs. Nettleton tells the doctor that "mbbish or not, it aved her life." Mr. Nettleton graphically relates the particulars of her own ease, which will doubtless be of interest to many of our lady reader: "I had been aa intense sufferer for many years from dyspepsia, liver and kidnay troubles, when a little pamphlet wa placed in my hands, and, although at that time I had been bedridden for more than six months, I determined, after reading some of the wonderful testimonials there in of case similar to mine, which had been completely curtd by the timely use of Vogeler's Curative Compound, to try Soma, especially a my doctors failed to eren benefit me, and I had almost given up all hope of ever being well again. It is most interesting and, in fact, marvelon to relate, that the very first dose of fifteen drop relieved me. It was not long before I was able to get up and about; three months from taking the first dose I was enjoyiug better health than I had been for fourteen year. I continued well until a few months back, when I wa taken ill again, my troubles being dyspepsia and constipa tion. I had a doctor attending me for a month, but continued to grow worse, un til I again found myself, bedridden, when I bethought myself of ay old medicine, Vogeler' Curative Compound, which I immediately sent for and took in place of tha doctor' medicine; at that tint I had not had a movement of tha bowels for five day, bat Vogeler' Curative Compound soon put me on my feet again; in fact, completely cured me a second time, but, of course, this attack was not as bad as tha first, yet I fully believe I should not have been alive to-day had it not been for Vogeler's Curative Compound. If I hud only thought to have taken it when my last illness took place I should not only have been saved much suffering, but a $75 doctor's bill." Mr. Nettleton said: "I have recom mended Vogeler's Curative Compound for Indigestion and eczema, and in every case it ha proved a cure, beyond doubt. Mr. Swinbank, our chemist, bas sent me the names of no end of people who have been cured by Vogeler's Curative Compound. By the way, the proprietors have so much confidence in this great London physi cian's discovery, that they will send a sample free to any person sending nm and address, naming this paper." St. Ja cob Oil Co., 205 Clay St., Bnltimore, Md. Mr. Nettleton i a confectioner, in the Brighton Road, where she has been estab lished many years, and is honoured and re spected by all classes. Her statement a regard Vogeler' Curative Compound may, therefore, be regarded a reliable evidence of it great value. In Newfoundland and Labrador cramps are said to be guarded against by carry ing a cod's head or a bone from a haddock caught without touching the boat. Chose tha Batter Part. "I was in Manila for sixteen months," said the returned soldier, "and during all that time I met with but one native whose veracity could not be questioned. He was a sort of servant for three or four of us, and one day I missed a dol lar and asked him if he hadn't stolen it." " "I have, senor,' was his prompt re ply. " 'And you are a thief." " T am.' "'But why didn't you lie about it?' I asked. " 'Oh, because it is greater to be a thie' than a liar!' he replied as he cocked his hat on his ear and went strutting around. III Js-.' s t. SSST s5&-sezflZ foe VI'. Vw'-v-V 'Y'.Nr VV v. Jnst le Time, Carrie Tonight would be a good time to speak to papa. Lindsay Why do you think so? Carrit He wore a new pair of shoes all day and his feet are so tender he wouldn't dare do anything to hurt then. r , w l ...... i .... . ... ... .. Ifthl. washlnc and tubbinr. Fold brail drua- glsts. Norway's coast line is 1700 miles in a straight line, but over 12,000 if followed round the fjords. ; Stats or Oato, Citt or Toledo, i I.OCiS Cooutv. I " Faixi J. Chiust mikes oath that h Is th senior partasr of the firm of P. 3. Cnr.rrr A Co. .doing bntlnesn tnth CityofToledo, County aa fi tats aforesaid, and that said firm will par the sum of ok a arMDaen noi.i.Aas for each aad vry eaa of cstars that cannot bs enred by th ns of Ham. s Catahr Cent. Fraxk J. CaaKxr. Sworn to before m and subscribed in my . . prssenee, this 6th day of December, siAt, ( A. D., 183. A. W. Oi.easok. ' t ' A'nfnri Public. Ball's Catarrh Cnr Is taVen internally, snd act directly on the blood and mncous surfaces of th system. Bend for testimonials, free. F. J. Csisit A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Drnggists, 75o. Hall's Family I'ilis ara the best, Some fellows are readv to stand up for the fair ex until they find themselves in a crowded car. . Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 10th. A very timely and practical suggestion comes from a physi cian of this oity h rays : " Taks Oarfleld Tea, the Hrb Medicine. It is especially needed at this season, whan the system Is apt to b' out of order from eatitif rich food. This wonderful remedy cleanses th system and rsgnlatei the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels.. It is simple, pur and effective, snd Is good for young and old." Four per cent, of sailing vessels and two and one-half per cent of steamships are lost in a year. Blast For tha Bawals. Ko matter what alls yon, headache to a cancer, yon will never get well until yonr bowels ar pnt right. Cascabkts help nature, car yon without a grips or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you jnst 10 cent to itart getting your health back. Cas caskts Candy Cathartic, the genuine, pnt up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. O. C. stsmped on it. Beware of imitations. Automobiles have established a mile a minute record. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervons neis after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. '1 trial bottle and traatia I raa Dr. R. H. Ki.i,Ltd., Ml Arch Bt., Phila. Pa. Some men take time by the forelock, while others hang on to his coat tails. Mrs. Wlnslow's Hoothlng Byrap for children teething, soften th gums, rednces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind oollo. 5o a bottle. i.ove letter are eagerly scannea py tne j malt inspectors. I am sura Piso's Our for Consumption savsi my life three years ago. Mas. Thomas Ilos ms, Mapl St., Norwich, N.Y., Fab. 17, 18W. Our own misfortunes are always the greatest. Tetter Is Terruble, Bat Tstterin enres it. "My wife has had Tet ter for twenty years, and Tstterlue is the only thing that does her good. Bend a box." A. J Crane, Crane, Miss. 60c. a box by mall from J. T. ghuptrine, Savannah, Ga., If your drug gist don't keep it. Londoners each give on an average twenty-two shillings to charity. H. F. Greek's Sons, of Atlanta. Ga., are the onlr successful Dropsy Specialists in the world. 8o their liberal offer in advertisement in another column of this paper. Only five in 1000 criminals ar under twelve years of age. Wills Pills Lead the World. Are You Sick? Bend your nam and P. O. address to Tha R. B. Willi Medlolns Co., Higsritown, Md. W. O. HOLMES Improved Farm l.avtl "KollDaa." Best un-to-dat level made. Price 4.tio with rod. Write for descriptive olrcnlar. 13 Nortb Forerib St.. Atlanta, Ga. DO YOU SHOOT? If you do you should send your name and address on a postal card for a GUN CATALOGUE. IT'S FREE. It illustrates and describes all the different Winchester Rifles, Shotguns snd . Ammunition, ana contains mucn vamsoie information, sena at once io tne n Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn. I iv.: - x vsL fkcis Acts ts truly rup of Figs appeals to the cultured and the informed and to the healthv. because its com ponent parts are simple and wholesome and be cause it acts without disturbing the natural func tions, as it is wholly free from every objectionable S,N'rrs.reico, Louivills, Ky, Price tJc by j,lL' druiats A NOTED JHYSIiT.:! Hakes an Important Htatemcnf of Interest to All Women, "Dkab Mrs. Pixzham : - The bot est, intelligent physician Is above the School.' . Whatever la best in eaeM case should lie used, no matter to whal achool a physician belongs. I, a I matter of conscience, can .only pits I fte i II DR. WANATA, of Lansing, Mlvb. I scribe the best, and as I know and bavf proven that there Is nothing in Materia Medio, which equals Irdla E. Pinky ham's Vegetable Compound int severe exes of female disorders, i unhesitatingly prescribe it, and haver never yet been sorry. I know of noth lnfj better for ovarian troubles and for falling of the womb or ulcerations It" absolutely restores the affected part to their normal condition quicker and better than anything else. I have known it to cure barrenness in wo men, who to-day are happy mothers of children, aud while the medical pro feasion looks down upon ' patents,' I have learned, Instead, to look-up to the healing potion, by whatever nam It be known. If my fellow physicians dared tell the truth, hundreds of them would roice my sentiments. " Da. Wan ATA., Lansing, Mich. 96000 ftrfttt If ators Uttlimnlal It not fiw The record of Lydla E. Pinkham'l Vegetable Compound cannot be equalled. Accept no substitute. Mrs. Plnkhant advises sick wos men free. Address Lynn, Mast Poor Soils are made rich er and more productive and rich soils retain their crop-producing powers, by the use of fertilizers with a liberal percentage of Potash. Write for our lxxjks sent free which give all details. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Stretl, New Vork Clly. nnnDCVi'i djscovtkt; a I J fT KJ f O I ik rsllaf sod aaras wans ZaM- Soua at testimonials aa IO Sara" Wasf as Vraa. tn.rn.rn. auxa sseas. sw s. AtUaM, a. JUHtS WHfcHf ALL RSE (.AILS. R CduKh fcJyrup. Tum Good. Cm f 1 Hmfl. Hold hr tlntBfflPt. i;t-i'i;aiaZc: AOVCRTI3S IN THIS IT D1VC PAPER. tfXUx. II rAI piea.saartlyt Bereficiallyi as a Laxative. J mKt.Ted if ; 13 b-' quaiity or substance, in the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained from an excellent combination of plants known to be medicinally laxative and to act most beneficially. To get its beneficial effects buy tha genuine manufactured by the C, . ... nw YorK,n,r., - ' fifty'ccntA rjrt. bc'.'Jt:
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