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
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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.
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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.
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