How a Crowd Laugh.
I "The features of the human face,'' said
((lark Twain the other day, "can readily
he compelled into a kaleidoscope of con
i tortious, running the gamut from the cx-
pression of intense delight to the ex
pression of excruciating agony. You will
never wholly realize this, however, until
you have the opportunity of watching
a humorist in the throe ijf turning out
a "side-splitter.''
Tnlm Out of Srhonl. ,
Suitor Your sister and I were just
talking business out litre on the veranda.
Her Little Hmtlicr Oh, no, you
wcrn't. When a fellow Urius to talk
business sister always lakes him into
the conservatory. Smut Pet.
Dyeing is ah simpl" n.--. ivie liiu.q wli'M ynw
use Putnam Fadeless 1jyi:m. tiolj jy all
druggists.
The fellows who siiy llitil il ro.l.i no
moro for two to live Unci for one evidently
never had twins.
Snail to OnrflcM Ton Co., Jlronklrn. N. Y.,
for snmplcs Harllcld 'n mid flcarial0
Powil ira two invtiliiuMi lvmoiiii'M,
California has over ljT.'Hli)
gripes.
ncrcs in
State or Ohio, Cjtt of Toledo, I
Lucas County. f '"
Fiu;.k J. Chunky, make ontlitlmt holitho
itciiiur partner of thn firm of K. ,1. Ch nky &
Co., ilolnR IntsliioMS In tlie City of Toledo,
County and Htntn Hforcs.iM, nnd tlint caid
firm will pay the rum of onk liUNmtrcn noi,.
i.a3 for each antl every niw of cat tun h that
ranoot. Ijo en red ly ttm nm of Hai.l'o
C'ATAnnii C'prb. Frank J. Citxky.
8woru to before ine nml siiliscnlmd tn my
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Hod's Family I'IIIh are the her.t.
No matter where a man wns horn, ha
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Oarflold Tn, t ho lierl in: (I I'-lno. cures con
stipation, siek ueailiiclio uinl liver disorders.
It's the ('isagrceable thing that ve
ought to remember to forget.
Many School Children Aro Meklr.
MothorOrny'B Hwoet Powders forChlldren,
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Scmo fellowa draw on their imaginations
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on,
4 Tttnt Mimlow.
"Why. iti y dear, where have n: been
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"Been out on shieiuilic. 'vc-nligation,
m' love. V;:s tonkin' fur ih-that
s-s-sh:ulov of Vrm-.s!"
MISS CONNIE DELANO
A Chicago Noddy Lady, in ft
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"My homo und my life was happy
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StamLi
A CHEERFUL SPIRIT
Dr. Talmngc Says Is Causes for Thanks,
giving That Arc Seldom Recognized.
Remember the Dally DleMliigs Comforts
ol Friendship.
Washington, D. C fn this discourse
Dr. Talranjp calls attention to causes of
thank'-giving that are reldom recognized,
and chows hew to cultivate a cheerful
siirit: te:;t, I'sa'raa xx?:iii. 2, "Sinx unto
him with n r laiLery and an instrument of
ten ttrinpf.
A miiHrian ai well as poet and eon
q icrir and king was David, tho author
oi my text, lie first crnpor.ed tho sacred
rhythm and then played it upon a harp,
striking and plucking tho striucca with his
fingers and thumbs. The harp is tho old
est of inusiial inrtrnmcntj. ,uhal invent
ed it, and ho was the seventh descendant
froii Aiiani. lis nnitic was auRi.'cstcd by
'.ho twang of tlie bowstring, lloiner re
fer: to the harp in tho "Iliad," It i tho
most consecrated of all instruments. Tho
flute is i lore mellow, the bugle more mar
tial, tho cor;iet 'noro incisive, the trumpet
more fYsouaiit, tho oran more mighty, but
the limp has a tenderness and inveetnees
hclongii.g n no other instrument that 1
1. io of. It enters into the richest sym
hihcm of the Holy Scriptures. Tho cap
tives in their laducss "hung their harps
upon the widows," In other ages it had
cinht strings. David's harp had ten
6tring, and when his great soul was ofiro
r.ith the theme his sympathetic voice, ae
fompanicJ by c.riiiHita vibration of tho
ebon!":, must h.ive been overpowering.
With as many things to complain about
as any man ever hud David wrote more
nuthciis than any other man ever wrote.
Uo j.iito even the frosts and hailstorms
and tempests and creeping things and (ly
ing fowl and the moiintaina and the hills
and day and night into a chorus. Absa
lom s plotting and Ahitlinnhel'n treachery
and hosts of antagonists and sleepless
nightu and a running sore could not hush
his pRt'.hnody. Indeed, the more his trou
bles the mightier hia sacred pucms. The
words "praise" and "tong" are so often
repeated in hi.i psahni that one would
think the typesetter's eas-? containing the
letters with which those words are spched
would be exhausted.
in my text David culls upon the people
to praise the Lord with an instrument of
ten strings. l;ke that which he was accus
tomed to finger. The si nplc fact is that
tho most of us, if we prnije tho Lord at
all, play upon one strirg or two fitringi or
three strings when we ought to take a harp
fully eh.rded and with giad lingers sweep
all tho string ... Instead of being grateiul
for hern anil there a blessing wo liappcn
to think of, wo ought to rehearse all our
llc-sinrj so far as wo can recall them and
obey the injunction of my text to sing
unto Him wiili an instrument of ten
siring.
Have yen ever thanked God for delight
fume food? What vast multitudes are a
hunge.ccl froit day to day or are obliged
to tiikc ftnj not toothsome or pleasant to
the taste! What millions are in struggle
for bread! A Confederate soldier went to
the front, and his fami'y were on the
verge oi st::i vaiion, but they were kept up
by the faith i t a child of that household,
who, notici u! that some supply was sure to
come, exela i led, "Mo! her, i think tiod
hears wlic.i v.e scrape tho bottom of tho
barrel."
Iiavo you appreciated fie fact that on
most uf your tables arc luxuries that do
rot come to all Have you realized what
varieties of il.ivor ui'teu touch yot'.r tonguo
and how tho r-aeeharin and tlie acid have
been nit uueil your palate? What fruits,
what nuts, what meats regale your appe
tite, while many would he glad to gee tho
erc.st.i and rindj and pcc!iug3 that fall
i'.om your table.
i'cr th- lino flavors and the luxurious
viand", you bare enjoyed for n lifetime -ier-hapu
yon h ivo never cirnre-j-ed to tjod a
word of thanksgiving. That is one of the
ten -tringi that you ought to have
thrum ned in praise to Cod, but ycu have
never yet put il in vibration.
Have you thanked tlgd for eyesight as
originally piven to you or. nft'e.- it was
diimed by age, for the g'ass that brought
the pag.3 of the book within the compass
of the vision? Have you realized the pn
vatiir.i those nuC'cr to whom the day is aj
black n.i the r.ig'it and who never roe the
fc.ee of father or mother or wife or child or
friend? Through what painful surgery
niaiy have gone to get one glimpse of the
light! The eye ro delicate and beautiful
and u cfr that one of them is invaluable!
And most cf us have two of these won
ders of divine mechanism. The man of
millions of dollars who recently went blind
frori atrophy of optic nerve would have
been willinn to give all his millions and be
cone a day laborer if he could have kept
nlY the blindness that gradually crept over
his vision.
You may have rntired Imw Christ's synv
pathirs were stirred for the blind. Oph
thalmia haj nlvrnys been prevalent in Pal
estine, tlu- custom cf deeping on the lionse
topu, exposed to the (lew and the flying
dust of the dr.' teason, inviting this dread
ful disorder, A largo percentage of the in
habitants could not toll the difference be
tween 12 o'clock at noon and 12 o'clock al
nb.ht. We are told of six of Christ's mir
acles for the cure of the.e sightless cues,
but I puoposo tiny were only specimens ol
hundreds of vectored visions.
What a pitiful spectacle Saul of Tarsus,
mighty man, three days led about in phys
ical as well as spiritual darkness, he whe
afterword mnde Kclix tremble by his elo
quence and awed the Athenian philoso
pher? on Mar I'i'l and was the only cool
headed man in the Alexandria corii ship
that went to pieces on the rocks of Mile
tus, once Iho mighty persecutor of Saul,
afterward tho gloiious evangelist Paul, fot
three days not able to take a safe step
without guidance!
Have you ever given thnnks for two
eyes media between the soul inside and
tho world outside, media that no ono but
tho infinite Clod could create? The eye,
the window of our immortal nature, the
gate through which all colors march, the
picture gallery " the soul! Without tin
eye this world is a big dungeon. I foal
that many of us have never given otu
hearty expression of gratitude for trciiiuf
of sight, the loss of which is tho greatest
disaster possible, unless it be the loss oj
the mind. Those wondrous seven musclci
that turn the eye up or down, lo right nt
lett or around. No one hut Hod coulci
have created the retina. If we have evei
appreciated what Cod did when He gavi
us two eyes it was when we saw otheri
with obliterated vision.
A1q, that only through the privation ol
others we came to a realization of our own
blcsiing! Jf you had harp in hand and
ewept all the Btriugs of gratitude, you
would have struck this, which is one of
the m on t iliilo.it of the ten strings.
Further, iirlice how many pass through
life in cilen e because the ear refuses to
do its oflice. They never hear music, vo
cal or instrumental. The thunder that
rolls ils full diapason through the heav
ens does not startle the prolonged silence.
The sir that has for us so many melodies
has no sweat sound for them. They live in
n.quietude that will not he broken until
heaven breaks iu upon them with its har
monics. The bird voices of the snringtime,
the chatter of the children, the sublime
chant of the sea, the solo of the rautalrice
and the melody of the great worshminj as
semblies mean nothing to them, iluve we
devoutly thanked (Jod for these two won
ders of our hearing, with which we can
now put ourselves under the charm of
sweet sound and also cany in our memor
ies tho infantile song with which our
motlurs put us to sleep ami the voices of
;he great prima donnas like I.ind and i'atti
ind Nei'.sun, and the sound of instruments
like the violin of the Swedish performer,
or the comet of Ai buckle, or the mightiest
of all instruments, with the hand of Mor
gan on tho keys and his foot on tho pedal,
or some Sabbsth tune like "Coronation,
in tho acclaim of which you could hear
the crowns of heaven coming down at the
feet of Jesus? Many of us have never
thanked God for this hearing apparatus
of the soul. That is ono of tho ten strings
of gratitude that we ought always to
thrum after hearing tho voico of tho loved
one or the lost htraiu of an oratorio or the
clang of u cnthcil ul tower.
' Further, there are ruiny who never lee
ojnize how much Uod gives them when
i
ire fives them sleep, f nsormia is a calam
ity wider known in our land than in any
other. By midlife vast multitudes have
their nerves ro overwrought that slumber
has to be coaxed, and mr.ny are the'vic
timii of chloral and morphine. S'eepless
ness is ai Amcricm disorder. If it has
not touched you and you can rest for seven
or eight hours without waking if for that
length of timo in every twenty-forr hours
you can bo frco of oil care and worrimont
and your nervea are rctured and your
limbs escape from oil fatigue and the ris
ing sun finds you a new iron, body, mind
and soul you hava an advantage that
ought to he put in prayer end song and
congratulation.
As long os yen collect vast dividends
and have health jocund and popularity un
LoiMsdcd you wilLhava crowds of iesuving
friends, but let bankruptcy and invalid
ism ond defamation come, and the num
ber of your friends will bo ninety-five per
cent. oiT. If you have been through somo
meat crisis and you have ono friend left,
thank Clod and celebrate it on tho sweet
est harpstring.
Hut we must tighten tha cords of our
harp and retime it whils ve celebrate gos
pel odvaniages. The hieheot stylo of civ
ilization the world has ever seen is Amer
ican civilization, and it is built out of tho
gosocl of pardon and giod morals. That
gospel rocked our cradle, and it will epi
taph our grave. It soo.hcs our sorrows,
brightens our hopes, inspires ovr courage,
forgives our sins and saves ovr souls. It
takes a man who is all wrong Rnd makes
him ail right. What that gosnel has done
for yon Rnd me is a ctory thr.t wo can
never fully tell.
What it has done for the wo-ld and will
yet do for the nations it will take the thou
sand yean of tho millennium to eelehrnte.
Tho grandeft churches are yet to he built.
The mightiest anthems aro yet to be
hoisted. The greatest victories are yet to
bo gained. The most beautiful Madonnas
are yet to be painted. Tho most trium
phant processions ore yet to march.
Oh. what a world this will be when it
rotates in its orbit a redeemed planet,
girdled with spontaneous harvests and
enriched by orchards whoso fruits aro
speckless and redundant, and the last pain
will have been banished and the last tear
wept and the last groan uttered, and there
shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all
Ood'n holy mountain! All that and moro
will come to pans, for "tlie mouth of tho
Lord hath spiken it."
iSo far I hs-.ve nentioned nine of the ten
strings of tlie instrument of gratitude; I
now come t- the tenth and the last. I
mention it Inst that it nay be the more
memorable: heavenly anticipation. Jly the
grace of Uod vc arc going to move into a
place to much better than this that on ar
riving we will wonder that we were for so
many years so loath to make the transfer.
After we have seen Chrint fa"c to fnce and
rejoi'vd over our departed kindred there
aro some mighty spirits we will want to
meet coon after we pasn through tho gates.
Wo want to sec and will see David, a
mightier king in heaven than he ever was
on earth, and we will talk with him about
psalmody ond get from him exactly what
lie meant when he talked about the instru
ment of ten strings. We will confront
Moses, v.ho will tell of the law giving en
rocking Sinai and of his mysterious burial,
with no or.o but Cod nrcscnt.
We will see .Toshua, and he will tell us
ot the coming down of the wa lis of Jeri
cho at tho blast of the ram's horn and ex
plain to us that miracle how the sun and
moon could stand still without demolition
ot the monetary rvstcm.
We will see Until and have her tell nl
tho harvest field of lioaz, in which she
gleaned for atllicted Naomi. Wc will sec
Ya-diti end hear from her own lips .the
story of her banii:hiiint from the 1'crsian
pal.co by liLamoi-.a Ahasuerus.
We will ceo and talk with Daniel, and
he will toll U3 how ho saw llchhzzar
banqueting hall turned into a Rhmghtcr
house, and how the lions greeted him with
lovi lg fawn inntead of stroke of cruel paw.
We will see and talk with Solomon, whose
i palaces arc gone. hut. whose inspired cni
I grams stand out stronger and stronger a
I uip roniiu ics pass.
i , Wc will sea Paul and heur from him
i how Felix trembled before him and the
audience of skeptics on Mars 1 1 ill were
confounded bv bis sermon on flip ln-nllipr.
, hood of man!what ho raw at Kphcsus and
Syracuse and t'lipippi and Home and how
J dark was the Mariertine dungeon and how
sharp the ox? llut beheaded him on the
I road to Ostia. Yea. we will ecc all tlie
I martyrs, the victims of axe and sword ond
tire and Inl.nw. What a thrill nt excite
ment for in v. hen wc gaze unon the heroci
and heroines who cava their lives for the
truth.
Wc will s.-e the gospel proclaimers Chry
sostom and Hounlalrus and Whitcfiehl.
and the Wr.dcya and .Tol-n Knox. We
will fee the great. ChriMiau poets. Milton
and Dante and Watt and Mr. Demons
and Frances llavergal. Yea, all the de
parted Christian men end women of what
ever age or nation.
Hut there will he one focus toward
which nil eye will directed. His in
fancy having slept on pillow of straw; all
the hates of the llerodic lioveriflnenl plan
ning for His assassination; in afler lime
whipped as though lie wero n criminal;
asleep on the cold mountains because no
one of-'ered Ilim a lodging; though the
greatest being who ever touched our earth,
derisively ealled "this fellow;" His last
hours writhing on npikca of infinite tor
ture; Hit) lacerated form put in sepulcbcr,
then reanimated and ascended to bo the
centre of all heavenly admirationupon
that greatest martyr ami mightiest hero
of nil the centuries we will be permitted to
look. Put that among your heavenly antic
ipations. Now take down your hnrp of ten strings
and sweep nil tho chords, making all of
them tremble with n great gladness. I have
mentioned .just ten delightsome food, eye
sight, hearing, healthful sleep, power of
physical locomotion, i'lumiued nights, men
tal faculties in equipoise, friendships of
life, gospel advantages and heavenly an
ticipations. Let us make less complaint
and offer more thanks, render less dirge
ninl more cantata. Take paper and pen
anil write down in long colu mns your bless
ings. I have recited only ten. To express
all the mercies (hid has beslowcd you
would have to use at leat three, and 1
think five, numerals, for surely they would
run up inln the hundreds and the thou
sands. "Oh, give thanks unto tho Lord,
fur lfe is good, for His mercy endureth
forever." (lot into the habit of rehearsal
tyi the brightnesses of life.
; Notice how many more fair days there
are than foul, how many more good people
than bad you meet. Set your misfortunes
lo music, as David opened his "dark say
ings on a harp." If it has been low tide
heretofore, let the surges of mercy lliat
are yet to roll in upon you reach high
water mark. All things will work to
gether for your good, und heaven is not
far ahead. Wake up all the ten strings.
JUessing nnd honor and glory and power
be unto Ilim that sitlcth upon the throne
aud unto the Lamb forever. Amen!
Cori'rlsht, !S, h. Klnnsck.)
Man wltli the Slewpan.
In the Barbatelll eatate, north of
Pompeii, the ukeleton of a man evi
dently a fugitive from the eruption of
79 A. D. has been found, aayg the
Athenaeum. When struck by death he
was carrying, tied In a bundle by
means of a cord, (mad of hemp) the
following objects of value: An ex
quisite silver stewpan, (rasseruula),
weighing 620 grammes, the handle of
which Is ornamented with shell-fish
and molliiHks of various kinds; a soup
spoon with a broken handle; a spoon
for mixing hot drinks, a silver penny
of Domitlun, and two keys. There
were also, lying In a heap, 187 copper
pence, tho oldest dating from the- time
of Agrippa, the latest from tho time
of Titus. Detroit Free Press.
KeeUsd rtaluisnt.
Mr. Flnnigan Phwut's thot yes do
he putntln'T Miss Annnbelle Finnlgan
Cupid, pa. The god of love, ye know.
Mr. Finnlgan B'tr tU' love of heaven,
put v ft-ruglan an him, lis looks like
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
Inlernntional Lcssuii Comments For
' February 9.
Subject: Ths Sin of l ying. Acts lv 32, v. il
Golden Text, Cph. I 25 Memory
Verses, 3-5 Commentary on
(ho On) 's les on.
,32. "Multitude." The whole 5000 men
tioned in verse 4, and probably many oth
ers, who had hecu converted by the minis
try ofathe other apostles since that time.
"Of one heart." Though of different ages,
dispositions and conditions before they be
lieved, and perfect Btrangers to one an
other, yet when they met in Christ they
were intimately acquainted. "Neither said
any of them." There was not a dissenting
member. No such thing as discord existed
among them. "All things common." There
existed such confidence in each other.
33. "With great power." With no diffi
culties among themselves to absorb any of
their time, the apostles were encouraged
by a spiritual, praying church, to preach
with great vigor, spirit and courage. "Wit
ness. The apostles were witnesses to what
they had seen and heard. This is a most
effective way of preaching. "Of the resur
rection." All knew of tho death and bur
ial of Jesus. Hut the enemies of Jesus,
the Jews, would not believe in the resur
rection nf Jesus.
' 34. "That lacked." This was one rea
son for their favor nmong men, for all
could sec tho self-sacrilicing spirit that
actuated them. "Sold them." Jt seems
clear that all the owners of real estnle
who belonged to the church sold property.
"'Things that, were sold." The language
hero expressly avoids saying that these
men sold oil they had. They sold some
things, nnd the sum realized from what
was sold was offered to the common store.
3o. "At the apostles' feet." To be dis
nosed of as they should direct. They would
he better able to determine where there
Was need. Having a relief fund the apos
tles could draw upon it without making
every caso public.
30. "Jnscs." Or Joseph. He is the well
known Itarnahas, who is afterward fre
quently mentioned as on associate of the
apostle Paul. That he was a Levite is a
remarkable circumstance; we ore soon af
terward told that even many pricsis be
lieved. Chap. 0: 7. The surname of liar
nnbns, which tho apostles gave him, ol.
hided, without doubt, to an extraordinary
gift of the .Spirit which was manifested in
his addresses nnd exhortations, "til Cy
prus." An island in the Mediterranean
Se.1. not very far distant from the Jewish
coast. Tho Jews were very numerous iu
that land.
37. "Having land, sold it." "lie com.
fnrtcd by his gifts os well as his words."
lie ccrtainlv proved his sinceritv.
1. "Hut." The little word "but" is the
hinge on which great issues turn. "Ana
nias." The meaning of the word is "Fa
vored of the Lord," or "Jehovah is gra
cious." . "Sapphira." "Beautiful." Their
characters were in sharp contrast with
their names. Here is a contrast between
the honest liberality of Harnabas and the
hypocrisy of Ananias ond his wife. Pro
fessors of the gospel, but certainly not (rue
believers, for all that truly believed were
of one heart and of one soul.
2. "Kept back port of the price." While
they pretended to make on offering nf nil.
This was hypocrisy, and was called n lie.
"His wife." This sin was premedi! ated by!
both parties. They had not, set their a fleet ions
on the land, but the money exercised such
nn influence on them that, they could not
resolve to resign the whole, anil hence
they retained a part. They wore unwilling
to acknowledge this circutn-tance pub
licly. 3. "Filled thine heart." Satan, tho
father of lies, a li.-u- from the beginning.
Peter traces the sin buck to ils source--(he
heart into which Satan had been ad
mitted; his question recognizes Annnin-i's
I lower to resist these evil iurluonces. Sal. in
mocked; Annnins opened his heart. "To
lie to the Holy Ghost." The apostles dis
claim onv power in theniseUos. It is
Christ who works the miracles: the (Ind
of Abraham who gives the power nf heal
ing, and the Holy Spirit who is grieved
by sins like that of Annnins.
4. "Thine own." He might. 4iave kept
it without incurring the displeasure of the
apostles or the Lord. "In thine own pow
er." These questions show that, the be
stowment of goods was perfectly volun
tary and not a law, and that the crime was
a free and deliberate act. Ananias was
not censured because he bad not Hiirrcn
dered his entire property, but for false
hood in 7irofcssing to have done so when
he had not. "I'nto t!od." Tlie offense
was chiefly against (Jod. David tiilies tliis
some view of his sin iu Psa. fil: (i. Hut this
is an important text to prove the person
ality of the Holy IJhost. 1'eter uses the
terms God ond the Holy Ghost fv. 31 in
terchangeably, which shows that the Holy
Ghost is not merely on emanation from
God, hut He is God Himself.
5. "Gave up t he ghost." The immediate
fall ond death of Ananias, when Peter had
addressed him. must be viewed as a direct
act of God. "Great fear came." Thin ef
fect on the Christian communily is thought
to he the chief design of so startling a
judgment.
fl. "Young men." The earliest church
was not without young men and young
women. Acts 12: 13. "Carried him out."
Just beyond the walls of the city. That
the body was not taken to his home is in
dicated by his wife's ignorance of what
had occurred. "Ilui-ied." In a hot cli
mate, like that nf Palestine, burial had to
take place at once, and the graves (caves
with niches) were always open. :
7. "Aflpr three, hours." Priiliablv nf llip
next hour of prayer. I'nder the shock of
tne oeain ot Ananias tney nan not uis.
persed.
8. "Tell me." The question was Sup
phira's place for repentance; the Holy
Spirit strove with her in Peter's words,
hut she resisted his strivings. "So much."
Perhaps Peter pointed lo the money still
lying where Ananias had placed it. V. 2.
"Yea." It had been in her power to save
her husband by a word of warning pro
test; it was now in her power to clear her
own conscience by confession.
0. "Agreed." Happhira's answer proved
to Peter that their sin had been premedi
tated, and not. one of haste or ignorance.
She was equal in the sin w ith her husband.
Peter's question gave the first knowledge
to Kapphira that their guilt whs discov
ered, but. her answer was given. "To
tempt." To test, or try the Spirit of the
Lord by attempting to deceive Him, but
"God is not mocked" or deluded.
10. "Fell yielded." It was not through
Peter's words, nor his prayers, nor through
shame, nor through remorse that this guil
ty pair died, but an immediate judgment
of God.
11. "Great' fear." This judgment an
awered the end for which it was inflicted:
a deeply religious fear occupied every
minu, ann Hypocrisy anu deception were
'banished from this holy assembly.
Cermany Adopts American Methods.
Germany is golns to adopt the Amer
ican stylo of using a large stamp for
cancelling letters and postal cards, says
the Chicago Dally News. The size of
the present Instrument Is Just sufficient
to cover one stamp, so that several im
pressions have to be made when mors
than one postage stamp la used to pre
pay a letter, Besides this drawback
(he time and dato of the mailing of
the letter were uover to be clearly aeen.
Iu the new stamp the placo, time and
dato of delivery will not be In the
middle of the stamp, but on the two
margins;
Rlrh Man's Ids of Keveaga.
J. M. Longyear of Marquette, Mich.,
who built himself a palatial home at
a cost of IpOO.OOO in thut Uty, has be
come so en'iblltarod against the city for
ullowlng a railroad to run so near his
property thaf ho will move the house,
stone by stone, to Ponton, which
project will almost reach the original
cost ot the structure. Chicago Chroa-
BEFORE HE TOOK VOCE LER'3
Re Con id Not Toneh Ills Wife's Itlnnera
and They Were "Fit For a Kin."
So writes our esteemed friend, Mr.
Frank Chambers, of 0 Bennett St., Chis
wick: "For over two years I suffered agon
ies from indigestion, and became reduced
to a mere shadow of my stalwart self. I
would return home from my business feel
ing so faint that I could hardly drag one
leg after the other; my dear wife did all
she possibly could to tempt me with dain
ty dishes, and as I entered (he house I
sniffed ond thought: 'Oh, bow good; I
know I can cat that.' Hut. olos! no sooner
had I eaten a few moulhfuls, when I felt
sick; severe pains shot through my chest
nnd shoulder blade, my eyes swntn ond
everything seemed black. 1 became
alternately hot ond cold, and got up
from such a dainty dinner heartily side
of living, and feeling 1 wns a sore trial to
everybody. I may mention that 1 was
also very much troubled with a scaly skin,
anil often boils. Hut one evening I no
tired my w ife seemed mora cheerful than
usual. I questioned her nnd found she
had been reading a pamphlet die had re
ceived, of men iilllicled juM as I was, and
who had been cured by Vngcler'o Com
pound. Said she, 'What gives me more
faith in it is that it is made from the for
mula of an eminent physiciuii now in ac
tive practice in the West llnd of London,
so 1 am sure it is no quark thing.' "All
right, dear, let's have a bottle,' said I.
After taking the contents of the lirst bot
tle I felt very much better, ond deter
mined to givo this remedy a fair triul, and
I can positively assure you that a few bot
tles have made a new man of me. I can
sleep well, eat anything and thoroughly
enjoy life. I have told several of my
friends, whom 1 knew were suffering the
same as myself, und they all wish me to
say thot they are like new men. I sin
cerely bless the great physician who gave
you (he formula of Vogeler's Curative
Compound, and also yourselves for mak
ing its virtues known to a suffering pub
lic." The proprietors (the iSt. Jacobs Oil,
Ltd., Tlaltimore.) will send n sample free
to any one writing lo them and mentioning
this paper.
I'lx-ploi-ers have approached within 2H8
miles of the Xorth Pule, but the nearest
approach lo the south Iiiik been 772 miles.
"Is Worth Its Weight tn tinlil."
"Had Eexetnn for three years; tried three
doctors and even-advert isud remedy, wit hout
effect, till I u k-d '.l etterino. Half a box of Tel -ferine
removed all signs of tho disease." -C.
H. Adams, t.'oluinhiuj K. ('. f.0 -. n box by
mail lom J. T. rilniptriii. .Savannah, Clu., il
your drutfirlst don't k ep it.
Chattcrtoii, the poet, had a pussm i.
amounting to mania, for sludciin' cii!
mnnuFcriptK.
(iarlleld Headache Powders are especially
adapted to 1;ih needs ot iiervniH women.
That man is truly happy who docuu't
want the things he can't get.
llC4t For tilt? JtoCTOlN.
No matter whnt ails you, lieaila"lii t- a
rnneer, you will iit-vr K'et well until your
bowcis uro nut rlKlit. I'AscMir.TH help untum,
euro yon tvuliout n uripo or puiii, iroiluee
easy natural movoiui'iils, cot you juiit 10
cents to sturt Kct'.lnp your health back. Caii
c tur.TK Cnmly (.'itliiunie, the c-nuiiie. iut u;i
In nintnl boxe.j, every tablet lias C. C C.
stamped on it. Ilewnro of Imitations.
. People -with roo:l intentions nre some
times like an aiurm clack tli.it iloem't
off.
Bolil for 10. on I'owilrr pup'S a lu"ulii',iic,
Tlie people who neglect to make hay
while the Mm chines tut tin ice.
FITHpennanently eurPtl.Nn fltpnrnorviff
n!8 nftor II rut lny' use nf Dr. Kliuo'sdroat
hrviiHtnrer.$2lrinl Imttlo aiiJtnntisi"rt!0
Dr. II, H. Klini:, Ltd.. WHAivh St. lhilii.,l,a.
Uihbon, the historirui, i"'h vo:I thn te
dium of hi Inborn by nhsnluto idieiirve.
Mrs. Wlns.ow'flHoolh.nff fiynip forehlMron
tmtthlUff.noftGn thngum,. reiim: (uilamniR,
Hon, aUnyv pain.ru nn vinloHi a. 5c nbotih;.
1 Sonic follows tipvit try to hreiil: them
eelvea of biui habit until tlicy are hi kv.
I do not ln'Hev.1 rjo8 Curo f r Consump
tion has hi) fquu! f-r eouKhr-nrul cold'? .1 oh y
F. Buyer, Trinity SpririMf, inrl., Yoh. 35, 1WH).
From a iiiolher'p point of view the
naughty child laker- alter Us lather.
Carflclil Xa eurea eoniitiiatln.
It an iiiqui.itive pcracn e.ltrays a tiues
tiuntule character.
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My Lungs
" An attack of la Erinpe left me
with a bad cough. My friends said
I had consumption. 1 then tried
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and it
cured me promptly."
A. K. Handles, Nokomis, 111.
You forgot to buy a bot
tle of Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral when your cold first
came on, so you let it run
along. Even now, with
all your hard coughing, it
will not disappoint you.
There's a record of sixty
years to fall back on.
Three slid : 2.1c, (0c, II. All druggists.
ronmilt your doetur. If lio soys take It,
then ! ns lie :ty. If lis tolls vnu nut
t. ukn It. then dun't tiike it. Us knowi.
Leuvc It Willi lilm. We tu r willinK-
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McILIIENlNY'S TABASCO
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III. ffa Ita- e u irrmtrnlout tlrwli nr
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THE CHILDREN ENJOY
Iife out of tloors and out of the panic.-, wliio.ii they play and the enjoy
ment which they receive and the efforts which they ni.ike, cornea the
ffi-entcr part of that healthful development which is ao essential to their
happiness when grown. When a laxative is needed the remedy which is
fr'iven to them to cleanse and Kweeten and ntrenpthen the internal organs
on which it acta, nhoiild be such as physicians would aam-tion. because its
component pnrta arc known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from
every objectionable quality. The one remedy which phj&iciaiis and parents,
well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little ones enjoy,
because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, is
Syrup of Figs and for the same reason it ia the only laxative which should
be used by fathers and mothers.
Syrup of Fitrs is the; only remedy whi:!t act gently, pleasantly and
naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which clean.sca the
system effectually, without producing that constipated habit which result.
from tin; use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and against
which the children should be so carefully guarded. If you would have them
grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give
them medicines, when medicines are not Heeded, and when nature needs
assistance in the wny of a laxative, give them only the simple, pleasant and
gentle - Syrup of Figs.
Its quality is dttonotpnly to the excellence of the combination of the
laxative principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups und juices, but
also to our original inoLliud of manufacture and as you value the health of
the littls ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal
ers sometimes offer to increase their profits. The genuine article may be
bought anywhere of all reliable druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Please
to remember, the full name of the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYR.VP
the front of every pack
age. In order to get its
beneficial effects it is al
ways necessary to buy
the genuine only.
Inmicir.
Tommy (at the dinner table) Mr.
Johnson, are you Mind ?
Mr. Johnson No, my bey; why do
yon ask?
Tommy Why. nothin', only sls?Pr
said you'd fret your eyes opened it you
married that Jones girl. Tit-Bits.
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