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T : '.;U.c"rt Inlying itvi--itaU-ilby orevail in,; i- riitu ii i of the diamond market fsuge-ted to ii- !v i:i tin- year t-i I my stock we acted wisely. Ti .- di:iiiio:id market rai-cd 10 jior cent. Xo eciiil'i r 1;. We ure offerinji iliamonds and all pri--eiini- t( ;ie- at Ajiril ill" ill) prices. Equal to Every Occasion Kiiiiilii s cm rei.uialkin. Tiiere'sja senee ol security 'if. knowing that ym have at your serviee t he one i- in ' -i-tr.t! i'e;i:i- lvaina that is'm closest toneli uifl. :iii' re::t Iimiv of reniialilt niuiinfaet tiring : ;;-( c. in. FISHER. Tin. .sadinp .Itrwdcr. Graduate Optician. T SL'NBURV. PENNA. I t I Cif V.AGES --L '-sc f -orr f". to I t r; r-. c or v. , U "i. :i u- -.i r; !ia- (". : ; n.U- I-1..U:':. Ji. '(" ;r. :: nni"i A.-; " ... T'!. Wnrk'-, r'JDS ti, J:;' ; 1h tiuaiiijc corpora Iji ii iia ccusiutratiiii high aiarie . ... 'wtoni'-nt .( '- ih'. d5 :h . -::. ii. ma: ::. n if .. or v:ii.' I'i iiuni-, ;, -J, ....... Thlfc ('.ii"':' ."" wurk- 'it r.:a-i-.- ot Ui- hU li ar 1' :.. ,-! .L '."I. ... , 0f ,.lh. ' .at Amaiga- Slee; lid wut-- g'.'lieduii- i uu;iiiittj- of the Bttitil :: iv uiiW-nooC. under fliMiiisaa' of many !uj .oyet ir. aO'lition to ttin-. or. tin.- ;f-mt as fortli coming. I' a.- ai-;.erc tua' UarriUK some U!:frie;fi tKtinittliu.'.. employes of tli'; torpora'.ioz. who i)ar'.icipalJ iL ti.f- profit Biiiir::- plat wii: is tU cou-lui.- month b V 'iiviuenti ou tii? pr-i-r i t-o.k lo wui-.-i. taty buL .k;riLii"l hi Jo.'.iu. FIVE ThAINMEN KILLED Tvo Engines ant) Tra.n On B. 4. O. Pnnec Into Deep Ravine. PieUiuont. W Va , be. 14 Kivh men were aa'i b:via; bwveieiy iu- Juie by th oitriuiuiiii; of two en gines aiUf.b-'i to a Lavy Laitimore u4 Ohio luilit train or; tni- ' IT uil .(raU"," nea' t(nv. 'ity 'i'Le dw! ai- Lng.nwr tin:H' L). Eivin, tuujiitr1and. Kd . taginwr Emery Ervii. 'I unnt-itun. W. Va : KJrt; man V.aitrr ii .NiLf, Trra Aiu. W. Va ; i-iituiuii J V. Caiu r, Cumber land, Aid . Li ataman Junn liai Slaunton. Va Tb mon b-rioutiy injured were: Engineer Wi.bal J. Oiblion, Cumber ud, i3d , fauily truubtxl; Kueuoin E. C Buckler. Terra AIU, W. Va.. arma ;:!.'. :i"iic ' uiiu n:;u.-i'U. l;ruh'iiiuu I:. )'. li(il;iiL'"r. Grafton. W. Va.. beri-o-i.- : ru.-r.v-i.. V.'aii- (ji s' the "37 miie prad" t!j trail., to wbi'-h wre at-U'-ii'-d two 'iit;n,-!-. ift tin- tra'-k. Tli-eiif-'iii".-- and n'ariy aK of tb' 14 ioud"d '.ar.- itinibi-o i ri t . u u'-'' ravin-. car rying tb' traiiiiii'-n witl. tin-m. Th tric wep tori, up lor Iicariy loo varus. COL. BOIES DIES SUDDENLY St'icken On T'am While Returning From Conference With Roosevelt. S' ramon f'a , I"-" . ". Colonel H. K. Iii !;!-, of tiii 'ty, (iid suddenly at !:ii J i -: ' Mi rlinr Wllke-sbarre. eho-'iy n't'-: !1 o'i -lock thin muruiug. when ii- was f-scortfd by frif-ndt. He took Hick on a train which had ben ifiuv him back from Washington, where he had a conference with the president. Heart dLbeube wai the caube of death. He was born in 1827, In Lh-. Maw. He had lived in Scranton since early youth. He was the first colonel of the Thirteenth regiment and prominently identified with the National Guard For years be hut been one of I'eiin.-yiva-nia couiiuiuisiorierj of i'haritie nnd cun-i liont and has written a rru.iow of works on criminology. TURKEY FILES EXPLANATION Cla.rr.t Consul Davit Atta .eJ Police rt Alexa C etta. Witbiiiugiun. Ix i . 12.--;h;kiii iey, the 'l ;irk.t!h liiiumter lien-, liii-d witii ta- btale ueparlmeiit. an explanation I ion: the minikU-r for foreign aflairii of Turkey of tue Aiexaudielta affair, felatin in err( that United bUteu Ctiiibul Liaviu bcjght to procure the Illegal emigration of a TurkUh aub jftct, and, falling in thin, attacked and heat the Turkiah police and then look the aUsamer. The elate department Laa had par tial adricea from Miulater Lelalman, and la awaiting the completion of hla laveati&aUoc. W Mar OUIlacalah tk Tra rraat (ha raise A rrUaa DaSaad. Copriight, 190, by Loula Klopaeh. CHICAGO. Dec. 13.-In thla aermon tha praachtr daflnaa tha qaallUaa of frlendahlp and polnta out th teat wherabjr we ma dlatlnguiab the.tru from the falsa. The text la III John, 14. "Great the friend by name." Etymology la the historian of lan guage. It la the huge wardrobe In which are bung up the verbal gar ments, ancient and modern, with which Thought has been and la accustomed to clothe herself. It is the International and lnterraelal laboratory iu which one alphabet is seen to a more or lesa extent to bo in Imnntmy with nil other alphabets, the siime u the study of biology proves that the physlenl struc tures of till living erentuivs. both ani mal and vejrii..l ie, hnve been ovolved primarily mini the same plan. Thus we thul l h;il as xich.l styles in dresa change so the erhal ani.i iiis for one thought are som .ii:i.c ili-..ariled. and new thoiuhls mv fniiml lo be wearing the casioll verbal ilntins nf other thoughts. The ancient word barbarian" hud an entirely ti;i". rent slgipticance from its meaning in the present day. When I say to you. "lie is a barbarian." you immediately picture a savage, a brutal cannibal, a black skinned roiuner of the African forest or a Malay murderer, who would as willingly cut out your lvart as a hawk might plunge his crooked beak Into the vitals of a dove or a helpless fawn. Hut when Paul w-rote in his epistle to the Romans, "1 am a debtor !oih to the Greeks and to the barbarians." he meant he was a debtor to those who were not living innler Orsar's Jurisdiction. He usisl the word ' barbarian" in the same sense ns the Chinese now use tt. 'Aiming tli '!ii:ise."' writes the loxicouranhcr. "one who i nut a Chinaman, and es po, -hilly a Kur.ipean or an Amarieun. is commonly spoken of as a 'western bar 1 ; . in ti ." " The ancient word "wit" was originally derived from the old Saxon very "witan." which meant "to know." In ancient language "a wit" meant "a kiKiwer." one versed In knowledge, an j erudite man. The modern word "wit" ' signifies a humorous entertainer, a "funny" man. The ancient word I "heathen" meant one who lived outside the Intellectual cities. The modern word "heathen" is now applied to a J person igtiorant of the gospel. The Spanish word "enballero" originally meant "a man who traveled on horse back." The modern word "eaballero" means "a gentleman." The Spunlsh word "peon" originally meant "one who goes on foot." The modern word "peon" means "a peasant." Now, the simple fact is, In modern Spain many a gentleman goes on foot nnd many a peasant rides. Thus we also find that the word "friends" of u.y text bus an entirely different meaning from w hut the casual reader might at tn-M suppose. The modern word "friend" in popular dis course means an acquaintance, one vi;h whom we can sociaiiy pass a pleasant hour, one who is upon our cuihng list, one who invites us to his home as we inuy invite him to our daughter' wedditif party for his com pany. Hut in ancient times the liib lical word "friend" had a deeper, ho llar meaning. It meant one who in the truest and purest sense had his life wrapped up in our life. As John Wes ley gave the definition. "It incut; t one who wns bound to us by self sucnlice and the biood relation of the atoning cross." It meant n Chriatiuu brother. The modern definition of the word "friend" is us different from the Bib lical as a wolf traveling around in sheep's clothing is at heart different from a iamb. "The friendship of most met, m these diirs." wrote John Spen cer, "is like home piiinu in the wuter which have broad ieuves on the surface of the water, but scarce any root at all; like drums and trumpets and en signs in buttle, which make u noise and a show, but act nothing." Therefore, O man and woman, iu this sermon I would try to describe for you who are your true friends and also show you whether you are true friends to others. From among the scores and hundreds of your acquaintances I would single out a few noble spirits whose love you ought to cultivate and whose affectiona you should treasure in the holy of ho lies of your most Innermost heart. The true friend, in the first place, la always th one who lores the Iord his God with all his heart and soul and mind before he tries to love his brother as himself. He is the one who would translate Into his own life In a spiritual eenae the oft quoted advice which Po lonius ave to his departing sou La ertea, "To thine own self lie true, and It muat follow as the night the day thou taunt not then be false to any man." A true earthly friend muat. In the flrat place, he a true friend to hla Hear nly Kriend, as waa Iaaac Newton. He ao increased every one with whom he came Id contact with his noble loyalty to hie Dirlue Master that wlwn hla friend, the great philosopher, Gottfried Lelbnitc, was dying he cried out again and again In hb lust aickueaa, "O thou God of Iaaac Newton, have mercy upon inef" And yet, atrange.to Bay, there are scoria of us who aeeto to think that our true f ri w's can be true to us while ' beUx untrue to their lietter a-l-.es. true friend in the '..iillcal aetute la MW ftntrua to hla God or to hla belter ell. "WelL" aaya aome one, "bow am I to know whether a friend la ftnt to M before be to tra to mer Ok, my brother, 70a need aeTer bar pat that question to me. Ton know Intu it! rely those among your associate who are always true to God without my telling you. A prominent eastern newspaper man who for years was de tailed as the Albany correspondent of a great New York dally told me that every year the lobbylata divided the New York legislators Into three distinct classes. First, there were those who, like Cresa rs wife, were above suspi cion. They were bouest through and through. No man would dare approach them with the Idea of offering them a bribe. They would not dare to ap proach them with a dishonorable pro posal any more than they would dare to aak the president of the United States to appoint a minister plenipotentiary to England for the consideration of a $5,000 check or they would dare aak King Edward to create William Wal dorf Astor a member of the house of lords for a bribe of $1,000,000. The second claaa at Albany were the "doubtful legislators." They might be bribed If the money offered waa big euough and they thought they would not be found out. The third class were the men who were there to sell their votes to the highest bidders, no matter who those bribers might be or how much the Iniquitous railroad corpora tion might desire to defraud the com mon people, whose interests those leg islators had taken a solemn oath to protect. Likewise in everyday life each man comes In contact with three distinct classes of associates, first, there are those men and women who, like Oi'sar'a wife, are above suspicion. They are true men; true to themselves nnd true to their (led. Von would no more dare tell a vile story before them than you would dare tell such a filthy story to your Christian mother. Next, there are the "doubtful friends." They might or might not be open to n wrong proposition. Then there Is the third class of men those whom you know to be what they ought not to be and who make a boast of tlicir sins. 1'ractical advice for this classifica tion: From the bad men turn away your face with firm resolve. You can not associate with scoundrels without you yourself lavomlng a party to their Infamies. With the "doubtful class" of associates be very chary of your friend ship. Never allow any one to enter the Inner chambers of your heart until be has proved his virtue and nobility be yond nil doubt. The man who hnlls you Tom or Jack And proves by thumps upon your back His sense of your ureat merit. That man must lie a friend lmted, A treasured friend you must believe. To pardon or to bear It. The third class of your acquaintances represents God's noblemen. These can be numbered among the blessed few who are spiritually trying to make the most out of their lives. These seek, these trust, these bind to you by the unbreakable ties of affection. These cherish all through life, up to the brink of the grave. These are the kind of Uiblical friends to whom the apostle John sent his gospel salutation. The j true friend corrects his brother's faults as well as commends his virtnes. He warns him of a moral danger, as he would warn his friend of a physical danger if on a winter's day he saw him skating too near an airhole in the ice or if while boating upon the river he saw 1 1 i 111 rowing t.i mar the danger ous dam or if be saw him bathing too near the "sea pu-s." toward which the treacherous undertow was trying to drag him. The Ten Commandments of Mount Sinai which C,od, with his fin ger for a pen. wrote upon leaves of stone, are filled with "thou shnlt nots." Therefore one of the great mis- 1 sions of true friendship is. as I'aul de-1 scribed it, to "reprove, rebuke." as well as to "exhort, with all loDg suffering and doctrine." "No. no," says some one; "1 do not agree with you at all. I believe it la an enemy whose mission is to point out j faults. The true mission of a friend is ' to encourage and commend virtues. Alas, by bitter experience I have found uui 1 ue iruiu 01 uiis euiiciiieui. come years ago three of my friends and I entered into an agreement. They were at that time my dearest friends. We decided that we would meet at least once a week, and for mutual benefit we would tell each other all the critielsable things we had seen or heard about each other. We entered into this agreement purely for the purpose ot correcting each other's faults. We had Just two such proposed meetings and then broke up In a big row. We have never bwu the same to each other alnee. No talk- I lng to me about a frlend'a faults! If j l...,l,. U.. a I iu xiiriiue ume iuujus uivy must lie told about them by some one else." O my brother, you are wrong; you are en tirely wrong. A friend, a true friend, should be able to come to a brother as a loving mother could to her wayward child and tell him of the moral mis takes he is making. Thla does not mean, aa some people suppose, that the true mission of friendship is to gather ap all the mean and contemptible say ings which have been spoken about one and then retell Men to his brother. No bouquet of fragrant Is-auties can be collected from among the stinging net tles and the poisonous ivies growing knee deep In the Htenchful swamps. But though the mission of 'true friendship consists not In peddling evil reports it does have a mission in lov ingly and tenderly correctliiK the wrongdoings of our dear ones. .lolnuiu Goethe, the mwt famous poet and dram atist of Genua 11 literature, once ex pressed this beautiful thoti.'ht: "When rt art young we think we shall build palaces for the goda, but at last we are glad If we have dug away mime of the rubbish, at our feet." Ah, that 0:itw meat Is true! When e " ' have an amtiTi 11 r r ,r --.c u,, universe, bt when vn j o'i - w have narrowed down th- hoc - of otir life to this fclmule desire. We hopa th:.t May Bt right oonolTW, We hope that we may be abla to reawve from our frienda paths soma of the impediment- over which we ourselves bare stumbled. ' Tba true friend to one who rejoices with us in our successes ss well as sympathises with us In our failures. "Oh, you aay, "that is a universal, self trident desire. There is no danger of any friend not rejoicing with us when we succeed in life. The only dan ger is Miat these friends will turn their backs upon us when wo are defeated." Steady, brother, steady. I am surpris ed at your answer. I am amased, first, that you are such a poor analyser of human character and, secondly, that you bavt not found out tbt error of your belief by personal experience. Ready are you to grant that enemies rejoice at our overthrow and are sorry at our triumphs. But la one sense many of our acquaintances are actuat ed by the aamo motivea. When tripped up in the race of life many of our frleuds are ready to aay: "Poor fellow! Ia It not too bad that my friend So-and so failed In business? Is It not too bad that John tost all the money he Inherit ed from bis father?" But they often sympathize with us In the self compla cent way which, translated In the ordi nary language of life, means: "It Is too bad, but If John had only been as smart aa 1 am he would never have lost hia money. Now he is Just as poor as the rest of ua, and ho can 110 longer live In a fine house or have his daugli ter taking music lessons or his son go to college." But let a man make a suc cess; let hliu strike a big prollt In a real estate Investment; let him have a $5,000 Income wheu we have only $1.KHI and It will take a mighty on slaught of Christian grace In our hearts to throttle the demon of envy gnawing within our breasts. The true friend is never "out of sight, out of mind." His love can be likened to the trembling movements of the magnetic needle. No matter which way the ship turns, that needle always turns toward the north pole. No mat ter which way the true friend goes, his heart's needle always points toward his absent brother. But, oh. how easy It Is to forget our absent frleuds! Mow easy to get care less about sending the tender saluta tions of affection which St. John sent to his beloved tlalus when he wrote, "Greet the friends by unmr!" How easy when sickness comes or death conies Into the home to neglect the written words of sympathy! Wheu we are afar off, how easy amid pressing cares uot to send the letter of encour agement and advice and warning which would help keep that young man from turning to the left Into the path of Hin when he should keep straight In the narrow path of virtue! My brother, are you doing your duty, yourV Christian duty, to that absent friend? You know you had a mighty Influence for good when you were by his side. Shall you drop that Influ ence for good -merely because, yon can not touch his hand, or appeal to hira ex cept through the Influence of-the writ ten page? .True friendship is proof, also, not only against absence, but survives death itself. The widow of your friend and his fatherless children, his brother and sister and all whom he loved will, if you are a true friend, have claims on j ou which you will recognize. When David became king of Israel, one of the lirst things he did was to send mes sengers through the length and breadth of bis kingdom to see If there was any of Saul's family living to whom he could show kindness, for his friend Jonathan's sake. One was found, n son of bis dead friend. He was a cripple, and Iiavid took him and made pro vision for him in his palace. He did this for the sake of his dfad friend. O brother, Is there In your life a friend ship that deatli lias sundered? Was there some Jonathan who loved you and whom you loved? Waa there one who helped you when you were start ing In business or who stood by yeu In some trouble? Perhaps thut friend has left a wife who needs hclp a son who is struggling with the world, a daugh ter who needs protection. Lt your love go out to them In loving service. You can do nothing for Jonathan dead, but for those whom he loved better than his life you may do much. How better can you prove yourself a true friend than by helping them for his sake? He may be awaiting their arrival In the land of blessed reunion. Let them go there to tell him how your love for hlrn brightened their lives. Thus the "love altar" is not to be a despised altar. We should love the hu man race collectively. We should love the Ixird our God with all our strength and our nelghlmr as ourselves. But that dix'S not menu all the members or the human family should occupy the same aacred thrones In our heart. Christ came to save a world, but Christ again and again wended hia way ont of Jerusalem, over the Judiean hill to lode In Bethany with Mary and Mar tha and Laxarus, who were hla true frleuds. Christ came to aave a world, but when be partook of the last sup per he gathered about him the twelve, even though be knew one of these whs a traitor. Thus you should have your sacred friends In. Christ. Yeu should have those sacred frienda as Paul had theia and John had them and Peter bad them. We should have those Christian friends a boot ua who will lift us up Instead of drugging us down frienda with whom we can laugb and aing and romp and play; friends with whom we can while away a vacation, hut also true friends, with whom we can re joice la their prosperity, and with whom we can weep over the caaket, and with whom we caa kneel hi prayer-true THepds, vV' are rn' to, us because they are true o Christ. Thus I bid you do as fit. John commanded Oalus, "Greet the frlsnds by name," Ortat them colLjctiTely. HoM ttat to Oaffa a individuals. For hard colds, broncht asthma, tod cougbt ol( kinds, you cannot take tr thlnc better than Ayer Cherry Pectoral Cherry Pectoral. Ask yo own doctor If this Is not He use It. He nnderstiit why it soothes and heals. 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