.THE FULTON COUNTS nip
Bob Stillwell's
Christmas'
By ANNE CAREW
Oil STILMVKI.I.
Hill lloWII 1)1) lll'l
sled with lils
cli In In his mlt
tcnod 11111111.4 und
tried to iilmi
what he could
give folks for
Christmas, for It
was only three
day awuy.
"1 ciin't give a
thl UK !" ho rnut
' tered nt hint, for
he did not have a
penny of It Is own,
und he know that
moni'y wus very
scarce on the
farm that your.
.The St II I we 11
children would ho lucky If they all bud
mittens und wurm shoos and stock
ings. Yet Bob knew thut his sister
Kim 'was dreaming of n doll house,
little Peter wanted a puppy all his own,
und he didn't dure think of his big sis
ter Amy and big brother Elmer und
his father nnd mother.
"Jiy not make 'em something?" was
tlie thought thut camo to hint.
Hob Jumped up and went homo whis
tling through the woods. Under the
pine trees he stopped und brushed
away the snow. When he got through
his pockets were full of dried plno
eones, large nnd small, and some pieces
Crf birch bark.
The .day before Chrlstmns Hob un
locked the woodshed door nnd looked
t the result of his labors.
4 There was a doll house for little Nan
trmdu out of an egg crute, with reul
He Saw the Grandest New Sled.
wall paper on the walls of the two
rooms, bits of carpet on the floors and
some cardbourd furniture thnt Bob hnd
made, lie hud even tacked little scraps
of lace at the windows for curtains.
For Amy there was the lovely pic
ture from the Sunday newspaper which
ehe had admired. Bob had remember
ed and had made a frame for It out
Of strips of wood, and on the wood
be had glued tiny plno cones, pieces of
birch bark aud dried moss, and as the
picture was a woodland scene you can
Imagine how pretty It was. Bob had
found a chair rung, which he scraped
fend polished with some oil and turpen
tine. He put some screweyes In the
ends, and Amy gave him a piece of
narrow red ribbon t: uue loops and,
behold, tlierr u a necktie holder for
Elmer I l ot his mother he whittled a
reel for her clothes llneCnnd It was
e wonderfully hundy thltg, nnd for his
father he nought a pipe. It happened
this way; lie did some errands for the
man who kept the tobacco store In the
Village, fjl when the man would have
paid 111 tu some money Bob said he'd
rather huve u pipe. So now they were
bll provided for except little Peter,
iiow A'na Boh going to got hold of a
real live puppy?
"You go over to ray brother's plnco
at the foot of Long hill, nnd you tell
bini I sent you," said the tobacco man.
"Maybe he will let you have a puppy
una work it out for him on Saturduys.
lit has a paper route."
"Ill do It If he will!" cried Bob
eagerly. Half un hour later he hurried
Into the woodshed with a wriggling
Utile puppy under his coat. Of course
he had to tell his mother ubout that
And how Bob did enjoy the secret, run
ning to and fro with milk nnd scraps
of meat for the puppy!
When Christmas morning, dawned I
think Bob Stillweti was the most sur
prised boy In Little River. He was so
Interested In watching the pleasure of
his brothers and sister with the i'lft'
he bud made with his own hui.ua ihat
he stood smiling, forgetting to look at
the tree for his own presents.
"LooU, Bobby ; look I" scrcumcd little
Tcter.
Bob looked ud turned pale with sur
prise. The grandest new sled, painted
a bright red, runners and nil. Ills fa
ther nnd Elmer hnd made it togt'ther.
And there was a red woolen muffler
thnt Amy had knitted for hlra and oth
er things thut Suuta Cluus brought
him.
Santa in Disgrace.
"It would never do for the children
to hear about this."
"About what?"
"I see where a department store
(antn Clans was discharged for being
Intoxicated while on duty nnd having
I light with a floorwalker."
1 Thought for the Day.
The souls of emperors and cobblers
re cast In the same mold. The same
Reason than makes us wrangle with a
telghbor onuses a war betwixt princes.
-Moutalgma.
CLARISSA
MACKI&-
VTED WAYNE kicked-his
toes
ugaliiHt the door.
"Say, mother, can't I go skat
ing?" he asked. '
"Not todny, son," snld Mrs. Wayne.
"It Is Christmas eve, and I want you
to go Into the woods nnd get some
laurel and evergreens to trim the
house. The servants are nil busy with
the housework."
"Aw, bother I" whined Nod.
"Dour me, Neddy, thnt Is not a nice
spirit to show at Christmas time,"
sighed his mother, for she was much
worried about her little hoy's Hellish
spirit. Ned hnd a beautiful home nnd
fond parents, but
'Aova he seemed to love
mm
his own way
above everything
else.
So when Anal
ly Ned, sulkily
enough, took a
hatchet nnd went
toward the
woods his moth
er did not see
thnt ho had his
skates hidden un
der his thick
ovcrcont.
When he reach
ed the pond he
found nil the
skaters, had gone
home, for who
wants to sknte
on Christians eve
when there aro
so many other
delightful things
to do?
Took a Few Turns
Around the Pond.
So Ned took a
few turns around the pond, knowing
all the time that he was disobeying his
mother nnd feeling very unhappy all
the while.
By and by he took off his skates and
went to the woods to cut somo laurel
branches. It was snowing very hnrd
now, and he hnd to work fast, because
by this time It was growing dark In
the woods. '
At last his arms were full, and he
stnggered along
through the snow
trying to find the
path, but the
snow hnd cover
ed It up com
pletely. Ned was lost In
the woods on
Christmas eve I
lie began to cry,
nnd the tears
froze on bla
checks. Right be
sldo him was a
great onk tree,
with n hollow
trunk. There was
a nnrrow open
lng In the trunk,
nnd poo.r, cold,
tired, lost Nod
squeezed his way
through the open
ing and found It
snug and warm
Inside, with a
thick bed of dry
leaves. He stop
ped up the open
A Great Tree With
a Hollow Trunk.
ing with branches
of evergreen, and that kept the wind
und snow out.
It was very lonesome In the hollow
tree. Somewhere an owl wns hooting,
nnd again he heard some four-footed
animal (perhaps a fox) go pat-patting
over the snow. Ho wns not exactly
frightened, but It surely was very lone
some. Sometimes he slept nnd dreamed of
his nice warm home, nnd he thought
of his good, kind parents nnd how
worried they would bo. and he re
solved never
again to disobey
them.
After a while he
slept nnd wns
nwukened by tho
sound of the
church bells ring
ing In tho glad
Christmas tid
ings. Then he heard
voices calling his
name, and he
shouted bnck, and
presently he wus
In his father's
urms.
When Ned woke
up on Christmas
morning and
found all tho
beautiful gifts
that Santa Cluus
hnd brought to
him he registered
a vow that when
next Chrlstmns
came around he
Found All the
Beautiful Gifts.
would be worthy of all the blessings
that were showered on him.
And his 'parents always snld, "Ned
die has never been the same since be
spent the night In tho hollow tree."
To Make Christmas Wreaths.
Good Chrlstmns wreaths mny be
made by tying small branches of Doug
las, or otlmr spruce, tirinly about a
barrel hoop. Sprays of ruscus or other
colored material, and pine cones mny
be worked In for color.
Msbel's Odd Request
One morning Mabel's mother gave
her a bunch of grapes; when she got
through eating them, she gave the
stem back, saying! "Mothnv, pit some
more on hore."
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Christmas Seals
Dy CLARISSA MACKIE
only a few days
before Christ
mas, and little
Amy Wells was so
happy. The teach
er hud given her
some Red Cross
seals to sell, nnd
when Miss Smith
had distributed
the red and white
nnd green seals
among her schol
ars she hnd ex
plained to them
all about the pur
pose of the Red
Cross society and
how the money
earned would ' be
used to help the wounded soldiers.
And slio hud not sold one single, soil
tnry stump of her twenty-five I
How sho had trudged around from
door to door, only to meet tbo same
kind smile and shuke of the head I Amy
told her mother, and when Mrs. Wells
offered to buy all the stamps herse'J the
little girl shook her head.
"I ought to he able to sell them out
side uiy home, mother, dear," she said
"That would be real work."
Mrs. Wells sighed and smiled. She
couldn't very well nITord to buy even
tho twenty-live stamps that Amy want
ed to sell, for every penny was needed
In that littlo household. Mr. Wells had
(Hod a ur or two before, and Amy's
mother hi'd to sew for a living. She
wns very busy, for she was trying to
finish some work so as to receive the
money In time to buy something for
Christmas.
"Kiss mo, little daughter," Mrs. Wells
suld, with a smile, "and then enrry this
dress up to Miss Crnnger on the hill."
The Grangers lived in a big house nt
the top of the hill. It was quite the
largest house In Little River, nnd the
threo ladles lived there nlono with
two servants. They wero Miss Belle
Granger, Miss Lucy nnd MlsstUeth.
They were not very young, but they
were very kind and sweet.
The maid admitted Amy to the front
hall, nil warm and glowing from a
great tire on tho hearth.
"How do you do, Amy? Wouldn't
you like one of these little mince
"I Hope You Will Have a Happy
Christmas," Miss Lucy Said.
tarts?" And there was Miss Beth
Granger with a plate of inkice tarts.
"Oil, thank you 1" gasped Amy as Bbe
took one.
"Wnlt a moment nnd Annie will
wrap It In a paper napkin so yon can
carry It home," said Miss Beth as she
pressed a button for tho maid. But
when Annie came with the paper nap
kin, which was all gay with holly and
Christmas bells, Miss Ruth put all the
mince tarts In It and gave It to Amy.
"Oh, thank you so much!" repeated
Amy, thinking how her mother would
enjoy the tarts. "Mother sent the
dress."
"My sister is trying It on," said Miss
Beth. "Walt a moment, Amy, nnd I
will get the money for you."
She had Just disappeared when Miss
Lucy Granger came bustling through
the hull. "I wonder if you would mail
these little packages for me, Amy?"
she snld. "I nm so provoked because
I have used up my Christmas seals."
"Of course I will mall the packages,
Miss Lucy," said Amy ; then sue added
shyly, "I I huve sonic Christmas seals
If you would like them."
"You have? How very fortunate!"
Amy told her about tho seals and
how she hud been unable to sell even
ono of them. To her great Joy Miss
Lucy bought the whole twenty-flve nnd
put tho money In Amy's pocketbook,
together with a bright silver quarter
for herself. "I hope you will have a
very lutppy Chrlstmns, dear," Miss
Lucy said.
The next day Amy took the Red
Cross money to her teacher, nnd Miss
Smith told her sho hnd done very well.
Early Christmas morning the Gran
ger auto car stopped before the Wells
door, und tho chann'eur brought In a
groat basket for Mrs. Wells. There
was a tiew dress for Amy, with a warm
cloak fur her mother, besides a cunning
doll. The bottom of the basket was
filled with good things to cat.
"My Christmas week began with
tenrs," laughed Amy as bright drops
fell on her round cheeks, "and it Is
ending In tears too!'
"Tears of happiness, darling," said
h"r mother.
A Resolution.
"Wish you a Happy New Yearl"
That's goln' to be my speech.
I'm goin' to put the politics
Away back out o' rt-arh.
I'm uoln' to be foriretrul
Of problems Kathorln' thick,
An' wish you Happy New Year
Down to Pohluk on the Crick.
Won't talk about the weather,
If the weather lnn't fine.
We'll set the log Ore blailn'
If tho nun forgets to shine,
The mrrows an' resentments,
We will send thorn on their way,
"Wluli you Hnppy New Year,"
Thu s all I'll have to say.
IP'' T "'' 1 ' L . I",'! H"
AGfflgteifc Cftrisfraas
vTn Georde
IT was Christmas eve at the BnyvIUe,
Home for Orphans, and threo little
boys sat In tho chilly diuing room
looking out nt tho flying flakes of snow.
It was after supper, nnd there was a
clatter of dishes In the kitchen.
"They say," said Jimmy, "there's
going to be a big Christmas tree la
the parlor tomor
dow, and candy
and presents and
everything, but
I'd rather hang
up my stocking
than have all tha
old Christmas
trees. You bctcba
I would I"
"So would It"
echoed Bobby nnd
George.
"That trustee
who was hero to
day would make!
it dandy man for
n fntlier or no,
uncle," said Bob
by.
"He's awful
rich."
"And he aln'l
got uny children
or nuy folks at
all."
"I wish he'd
Mopt me," re
fleeted George,
Hurried Across the
Snowy Yard.
"He patted my head."
"He must bo lonesome without any
folks," began Bobby. Then he leaned
over nnd whispered to his companions.
Fifteen minutes later three little boys,
the oldest ten nd the youngest six, lei
themselves through a basement doot
and hurried ncross the snowy yard to
the opening In the hedge which led
through a patch of woods to tho village.
Mr. Bartloy, the trustee, who ones
visited the home, lived In a big house
with n wonderful garden. Everything
was blanketed In snow now, and the big
houso wns dark save for n few lighted
windows on the lower floor.
Soon they stood on the porch peer
ing In nt a cozy library, where Mr. Bart
ley sat In n Dig
chair before (he
fire, looking very
lonesome. A big
dog, a collie, snt
beside him with
his head on his
mnster's knee.
Suddenly the dog
lifted his head
and barked. Mr.
Bartley looked to
ward the window
and saw the three
little frightened
boy faces peering
In. In a Jiffy he
had Jumped up,
opened the win
dow and lifted
them In one ut a
time.
"Good gracious
me! What nre you
doing out there?"
The Dog Lifted HU
Head and Barked.
he demanded.
"Please, sir, we're from the home."
snld Bobby. "We knew you lived
all alone and we thought maybe
you'd like to hire us three kids to spend
cnristmaa with you. We don't want
nny tree," explained Bobby. "We Just
want to hang up our stockings and
wnke tip something like home before
we came to the 'sylum." Tears were:
In the boys' eyes now.
Mr. Bartley flourished a handkerchief
nnd tried to laugh, but his voice crack
ed so queerly.
"Now, thnt a funny thing," he de.
clared. "I was Just wishing I had
three nlco boys to spend Christmas;
with me and maybe live with me all
tho time."
By and by Mr. Bartley called a man
servant, and together they took the
three little boys up to bed.
Then they hung their stockings on
the corners of the big four-post bed
stead, and in two;
minutes the J
were sound
asleep, while the:
servant, Martin,
nodded In a chnlt
outside In the
hall nnd Mr,
Bartley, . button
ed Into a fur
lined overcoat,
went striding
down the snowy
street to . the
brightly lighted
shops,
I don't know
who was the hap
pier that Christ
mas morning, the
three little boys
with stockings
full of treasures
or big Mr. Hurt
ley, whom they
called "Uncle
Dick." And the
best of it nil wns
In Two Minutes
They Were Asleep.
that Mr. Bartley adopted all three of:
the little lads who came to him thnt
Christmas eve, and they are growing
up into such fine, big boys.
Danger of Christmas Fires.
The danger of fire nt Christmas
times from candle-lighted trees and
other Incidents of the season ought
not to bo forgotten, for a little fore
thought and prudence mny prevent
somo shocking accidents. In partic
ular, measures should be taken to re
duce the nnuuul amuteur fianta Cluus
cremations to n minimum, If not whol
ly stopped. Exchauge,
Optlmistlo Thought
A mun becomes learned by asking
Questions.
1
efliperancE
lira "Tk'T
(Conducted by tho National Woman's
Christian Teriippninco Union.)
TO THE MODERATE DRINKER.
"Nations, as well as Individuals, are
accepting tho unquestioned nervous
damago of alcohol," says Rr. Robert
S. Carroll In his book, "Tho Mastery
of Nervousness." Many appalling nnd
distorted statements hove been inndo
to frighten the drinker from his cups..
But It would cecm thnt when n com
mittee appointed by a government to
investigate tho harmful effects of al
cohol reports thnt tho drinker's life Is
; shortened 25 minutes by every ginss
; of alcoholic liquor, even the reckless
would hesitate. Six years are knocked
off tho earthly existence of tho over
nge drinker. The tippler answers that
It Is his own life that lie Is short
ruing, and if ho pleases so to live nnd
die, ho nlone Is hurt. There Is an
other thing to be considered:
"Three out of four of tho offspring
of average drinkers show Inherited
defects, chiefly of the nervous sys
tem. Many un Intense, unhappy, nds
eiable, high-stninif neurotic of todny
U the defective daughter of a gonial,
Jovial, easy-going, old-school gentle
iniin whoso mint Juleps of good-follow-
hip burn hot In tho brains of his chll-
Iron. Numbers of fearsome epllep
il''4 go tlironu'li lives of fierce uncer
tainty, tho unhappy products of n
single nnoesinil Kproo. These Inno-
'lit victims are condemned, before
Mrlh. to live with nervous systems nt
tuned to discord, capnhln of express
ing life only through minor Rtralns,
liope'essly nYilclcnt pitiable, de
iirf tsed. morbid, blighted lives."
THE WINNING ARGUMENT.
"It Is Idle to nrgne from prophecy
when we may argue from history,"
pithily fn!d Sidney Lnnler. What
has really happened as the result of
dry law Is of more value ns prohibi
tion argument thnn all tho prognosti
cations of liquor advocates In nnd for
territory now wet. In a recent enm
palcn Issno the Union Signal gives
r-olumn after column to this worth
while history argument. First-hand
toc'lpvny from 14 dry states (thero I
wn no spneo for more) proves that
prohibition Is a boon nnd n blessing,
loclnlly nnd economically; thnt It In
creases man power nnd money pow
er. "Tho success argument," says
the editor. "Is the winning factor In
present-day prohibition enmpnigns. It
effectually silences tho llqtiorltos."
That argument is abundantly' sup
piled by enthusiastic statements con
tinually given out by governors, nttor
ney generals, mayors, sheriffs, hank
ers, by business mnnngors, lnbnr com
missioners, nnd prominent residents of
prohibition states.
DRY BITS. 'T
Grammar a la prohibition!
Dry: Comparative.
Dryer: Superlative.
Bouo dry: In 1920 the United
States will be In tho superlative con
dition. The constitution ' of tho United
States gives to ench man tho right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi
ness. The liquor Institution sends man to
death, slavery nnd the pursuit of
wretchedness.
St. Paul wrote to Timothy to use a
little wine for his stomach's sake. A
good many Timothys since then have
too eagerly followed this advice and
have gone to seed.
LIQUOR AND LABOR.
A department superintendent of one
of the big tire factories in Akron, O,
uses CO men In ench shift. They nre
making gns masks, miners' respirators,
und other vital war material. Thnt de
partment Is working only two shifts a
day Instead of three, because of the
cnrcity of labor. They pay off on
Friday. On ,oue SatuYdav only six of
the sixty meu In one shift reported for
work. "Ninety per cent of our labor
troubles nre due to booze," says this
Kiiperintendcnt. If tho government
would shut down on the liquor truffle
ive could Increase our output enor
iiously. There Is no lack of labor.
The ouly trouble Is to keep It working
full time."
passing; of the penitentiary.
Citizens of Colorado aro Inquiring
whut is to become of the state peni
tentiary a few years hence. Despite
the increase in population the prison
quota, Warden Tynan says, has been
reduced since prohibition went Into ef
fect at the rate of ten a month. Should
lids same ratio be maintained the pen
itentiary will be emptied In less than
six years.
Other dry states face similar situ
ations; If Kansas were not providing
for federal prisoners and prisoners
from other states, most of her penal
Institutions would bo closing up.
WHY HER COW IS LIKE KEN
TUCKY. First Lndy Did you know I have
the dearest little pig, nnd I call It Ink.
Second Lndy And why do you call
your pig Ink?
First Lndy Sure, becuuso It runs
out of the pen.
Second Lady Aw, bad cess to ye!
But did ye know thnt I have a cow. I
have that nnd I call her Kentucky.
First Lady And why do you call
your cow Kentucky?
Second Lady Becauso she's going
(V.-y.
CONSUMER PAYS THE TAX.
When congress wns considering In
creasing the beer tax tho National
Liquor Denlers Joitfnnl said. "The
brewers will make no complaint over ;
the war tax. Tho tax will not be one '
on them although they will act ns tho
clearing house for the government In
Its collection. Tho taxpayers will bo
tho ultimate consumers. Sotio of tho
big glasses of beer may be cut down
tt trifle, or a littlo more foam added
to tho ordinary glass will make up the
t" (Terence."
J. MLJ
iKimmoNAL
Lesson
try R. O. eKLI.IOItS. Actlnu Director oi
tho Sunday School Conrao of tho Mood J
Ulblo Institute, Chlcii,'0.)
(Copyright. I : 1 7 . ' t, rn NYwipnprr I!nlnn.
LESSON FCH DECEMBER 16
NEHEMIAH ENFORCES THE LAW
OF THE SABBATH.
TFRRON TEXT-Nehemlah 13:lG-22.
I C.OMMCN TEXT-rtf-mombor tho Bat
bath Day to keep It holy. Exod. 20:8.
Nchonilnh remnlnod In Jerusalem
twelve years, from B. C. 441 to B. C
4.12. He was then recalled nnd was
In rersln some yenrs, perhaps five or
seven, but returned about B. C. 4'i"5,
the year Artaxerxos died, for we know
thnt he returned by permission of that
king. Therefore, the date of this les
ion would be sometime In the summer
Dr enrly autumn of 420 or 427 B. C,
10 or 18 yenrs following last Sunday's
lesson.
In the section, vv. 10-14, we see that
the gifts for the house of God and
tho Levltes, who led In worship, had
Jeen neglected. Whenever the house
of God nnd Its service of worship Is
neglected, we may expect that the Sab
'jtitli day and the worship of God will
slso soon full Into contempt. Ezra has
dropped out of our history without a
hint ns to his end. no mny have re
turned to Babylon, seeing thnt his
work was completed, or have been
railed by the king. Perhaps he brought
!)nck Information to Nohemlnh at the
Persian court, of tho declension which
hnd already started In the city of Jeru
iilem. Throe times in this chapter
the word "remember" Is emphasized.
Perhaps thnt otTers a suggestion ns to
our outline.
I. "Remember" (v. 14) the Nefllset
Bf God's House, (vv. 1-14). The neg
lect of God's house grew up out cf tho
Incursion of heathenism Into Jewish
life. Nehenilnh renllzed thnt tl"e pur
ity of the race depended upon ivftsolute
separation from the mixed multitude,
(v. 8). Nohemlnh nlso confronted the
difficulty of having n priest ,(rv. 4, C),
who hnd defiled himself nnd ulso dese
crated the temple, and Anally the por
tion for tho support of the priest nnd
the temple worship hnd been withhold,
(v. 10). This wns the state of things
with which Nohemlnh had to contend.
II. "Remember" (v. 12) the 8ab
bath Day. (vv. 5-22). Nohemlnh's
next nnd most difficult reform wns re
garding the fourth commandment. He
nt once set about to' learn the fncts;
then relates what he saw (v. 15). Tho
record also tells' how ho testified
against them In thnt they wore selling
merchandise on the Suhbnth day. He
contended with the nobles thnt they
had done evil on the Sahbnth day. (r.
17). He testified ugninst them that
the merchants nnd sellers of ware bad
lodged nbout and within Jerusalem,
(vv. 20, 21). The root of the troulde
with Judah was that they forgot God's
word and followed the devices and de
sires of their own henrts. The Jewish
Sabbath In Its outward form on tho
exact day of the week Is not binding
upon Gentile Christians (Col. 2:16, 17).
It wns given to Israel as a people,
(Deut. 5:1, 2), as n memorial of their
deliverance out of the land of Egypt
and the house of bondnge. (Deut. 5:0).
The Christian, by the death of Christ,
Is made dend to the letter of the lnw
of Moses, (Deut. 7:4), but the prin
ciple of the Sabbath Is older than evn
the law of Moses and Is as binding
upon the Christian believer as are tie
many other principles which underlie
the Mosaic law. In Its exnet form, the
seventh day, the observance of tin
Snbbnth belongs to the old order and
not to tho Christian order. Christ, whn
rose from the dend (Rom. 7:4), rose
on the first day of the week, and we,
as Joined to Christ, are not under ob
ligations to the Mosaic law, but to
Christ Therefore, the Lord's day, the
resurrection day, the first day of the
week, (Rev. 1:10; John 21:20; 1:10;
20; Acts 27), Is the day of privilege,
not of obligation and Is more sncrefl
to us than the Sabbath day of these,
Jews. The' Jews In Nehemlah's time,
showed their contempt of tho Lord's
dny by making It a day of profit, henco
this exhortation which we see set forth
In this section. This should be a wnrn
Ing nnd an exhortntion to us In these
flays of n secularized Sabbath.
III. "Remember" (v. 29) the Holy
Priesthood, (vv. 11-31). In this section
we see thnt tho priesthood had even
defiled themselves with women, and
again this Nohemlnh entered upon a'
cleansing process, (vv. .10-31). The use
of this word "remember" In verses 14,
22 and .!fl gives strong emphasis to the
threo cardinal sins against which No
hemlah was battling.
IV. Summary: As In Nehemlah's
time, so now, Sabbath desecration Is
the surest road to national ruin, and a
large proportion of our present calain-J
Ity can be traced to growing Irrever-,
enco for the Lord's day. Jesus swept
away tho cobwebs of Sabbath Irrever
ence, but did not tear down the house.
He kept the principle, but removed tho
barnacles with which the Pharisees
and Jews hnd encumbered It. Jesus
taught that the Sabbath was made for
man nnd not man for the Snbbnth,
(Mark 2:27, 28), and he set himself as
an example in this regard, for he is
Lord of that day as well as the other
days of the week.
The Sabbath is n day of rest nnd If
observed, workmen without exception
will produce more than Is possible If It
Is not observed. Recent confirmation
i f this principle can be found In tho
report of the British ministry of muni
tions. To observe the Snbbnth or any
other divinely ordalued prlnclplo tends
to prosperity (I Tim. 4:S).
The chief value of tho Sabbath, how
ever, is In connection with the wor
ship of God. Tho feeding of the spir
itual nnture; tho rest' which Is to bo
dllTorohtlatod from more holiday or
pleasure; Its need for adult and child
life; Its educational value; Its oppor
tunity for Christian service and exul
tation of family relations, all show It
to have been created to tilt a real need
ond to manifest tbo v lsdom and good
dcs of God.
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Women Hard at Work.
Four million dollars to be expended
oy women for women in a single year
was never before heard of. These are
days of amazing things, but this Is
what tho Young Woman's Christian as
sociation has undertaken, says the
New York Letter. Wlthln'two mouths
after the declaration of war last
spring, the association, with 50 years'
experience behind It In work for girls,
was In the field with Its war work
council to meet the needs of women
und girls everywhere, both here and
abroad, who aro In. moral or physical
danger boenuse of war-changed condi
tions. Hostess houses for women vis
iting the training camps, and emer
gency housing for girls who nre tak
ing the places of men In Industry, are
one of the chief needs. Twenty work
ers are already In lOurope, and others
are on the way or arriving. They are
opening cafeterias In France nnd Itus
sla for the women who are doing men's
work and are providing rest mid recre
ation places for nurses at the front x
during their hours off.
KIDNEY TROUBLE KOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected
An examining physician for ono of the
prominent life insurance companies, in at
interview of the subject, tnado the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re
jected is because kidney trouble is so com
mon to the American people, and the lurgti
majority of those whose applications are
declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease.
Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
theso conditions. The mild and hculing -inlluence
of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is
soon realized. It stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
We find tliat Swamp-Hoot is strictly
sn herbal compound and we would ad
vise our readers who feel in need of such a
remedy to give it a trial. It is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten rents to Br.
Kilmer & Co., llinghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
True to Life.
"I don't see how you can rend that
trashy novel," declared mother. "Do
yon see any merit In It at all?"
"Why, yes," answered father. "It Is
Intensely realistic."
"What do you mean? Why, the con
versation between the lovers Is utterly
silly sluMi, nnd their actions nre idi
otically absurd."
"Yes that's what I menn," agreed
father, mildly.
Anoint tha eyelids with Roman Eya Bal
aam at nlKht. and In tba murnlna observe
the rufrcelied and strengthened auuaatloa in
your eyes. Adv.
She Had a Papa Once.
The little girl's father hnd been
away a long time In search of health.
Ills memory must have grown dim In
the child's mind. One afternoou, when
being rolled out In her go-cart, she
saw n little child run by to a man be
yond nnd call, "Pnpn. I'apa." The
tittle girl turned to her mother artel
remarked In a sorrowful tone, "Once
we hnd a pnpn."
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enlargement, for shoulder
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It absorbs swellings and en
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N. U., GALTIMUhS, NO. 19-1917.
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