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His subject was, “Standing Before the Master.” He chose his text from II. Kings: v:25: “He went in and stood before his Master.” Bishop Greer said in the course of his sermon: You will recall, perhaps, the connec- tion-in which these words were spoken. Elisha the Prophet had cured a man of his leprosy, who wanted td give the prophet some. suitable reward, but the prophet .refused to take it, and said: “As the Lord: liveth I will not receive it.” And the servant of the prophet is not of the same mind, and when the man departed he said to himself: “Now I will ‘go and take somewhat of him.” And so he did, and then when he had stored it away in some secret place, as he supposed, he came to where his master was and went in and stood be- fore him. And as he came, my friends, S0 we must come to another prophets of Israel, another and a greater one, who, although of Israel born, is the Master of us all, to whom all hearts_ are open, before whom there is no secret, and before whom we must stand. This is my subject for a little while this morning, “Standing Before the Master.” . There is a great world struggle going on to-day, which although it assumes many different forms is yet the same. It is a great struggle for “reedom—a struggle which, to be sure, has been going on to some extent in every age, but which in this particular age ap- pears on a larger field of action with a greater number of actors partici- pating in it more conspicuously per- haps, and which is carried on now as never before with an earnestness more earnest, with a purpose more resolute, and its pitiful effort at times, with a pathos more pathetic, human life is trying to set itself free from misery and from bondage, and to become sov- ereign lord of itself. This it is trying to do by various means and methods, by weapons of war on battlefields, by bullets and by ballots, by social agi- tations and by political discussions, by ‘great material and industrial advance- ment and enrichments, widening out and expanding and thus broadening more and more its scope, its power, its dominion, and, through it all, its free- dom from bondage and control. And within certain limits that is good and right, and much to be desired. But freedom is like fire. When guard- ed, restrained and kept within control, ‘it is good for service and performing many useful offices and tasks; but when it is not controlled and becomes a conflagration, then it is no longer useful and serviceable, but injurious and destructive. And are there not some signs appearing “here and there, sporadically, in spots in our modern life, which show that the freedom fire to-day is getting beyond control, be- coming a conflagration, burning and consuming, not only some of those old and obsolete traditions which stand in the way of progress, but some of those old and pure and good and eter- nally true traditions without which there can be no progress at all. A young man in this city, in the Bor- ough of Manhattan, a young man of culture and refinement and position, and the graduate of a leading univer- sity, remarked to me not lohg ago: “As long as I can manage to keep a reputable outward appearance, and contrive to live so as not to lose the favor and good will of public opinion, why should I not live to-day precisely as I please? Am I not free? Am not the sovereign lord and master of myself? And if I find in me certain natural tendencies, instincts, proelivi- ties and passions which I love to in- dulge, which I can indulge, why should I not indulge them? Am I not free, the sovereign lord and master of my- self? Whose business is it but iy own, and what, indeed, shall hinder? Public opinion? But I am assuming that public opinion will not know any- thing about it. Religion? Why, who kuows anything about religion to-day? The Bible? Well, this is the twentieth century, and the Bible is on the shelf. Am I not free to do precisely as I please as the sovereign lord and master of myself?” That speech, perhaps, was to some little extent typical of a growing con- dition, freedom’s fire becoming a con- iagration, burning down and consum- ing some of the old, true, eternal, fixed and established human religions; some of the old, true and established social restraints. And if we look at our modern society very closely we see it not only appearing here and there among the young men and the young women, but also among some others that are not yet so young, too much freedom, perhaps, among the old, if you please, when they throw aside the old fashioned feminine graces, modesties, proprieties, too much freedom in de- meanor and deportment, hoping thus to show, perhaps, that they are eman- cipated. But, as some one has remaked, such freedom is not the result of high- er education, or culture, or advance- ment, or progress, but of a dull and stupid ignorance. It is a reversion of the lesson of Peter's vision, and always to call all things common and un- clean. Thus to-day we see here a=d there beginning to appear abuses of this magnificent human freedom, a dispo- sition upon the part of many of every age to push and set aside whatever seems to interfere with the freedom of their lives, with the full and free expression, indulgence and gratifica- tion of their desire to live and do pre- cisely what they please. And so the children soon wander off to do as they please. Why not, are they not free? And the husband wanders off to do as he pleases? Why not, is he not free? And the wife wanders off to do as she pleases, and the marriage vow wanders off. Why not, is it not a free age? And like a house that rests upon the shifting sand, the home breaks up and falls, and great is the fall thereof, for it pulls society down. Ah, my friends, freedom is a mag- nificent and glorious thing, and it has human life is not free, except with that freedom which is the sacred moral sphere, for rich or poor, or young, or- old, from moral leading comes. Free- dom which comes from elsewhere: is not freedom, but bondage to our pas- sions, as more and more we give grati- fication to them; bondage to our cir- cumstances as more and more we give multiplication to them, and, worst of all, bondage to ourselves, our own im- perial selves, and from otuir own prison selves unable to escape. There is no such thing as true and undoubted freedom for human life, freedom for the human conscience, freedom for the human heart, freedom for the soul, except as-we learn to-day to stand before: some great eternal Lord. Where is the master who, as we come and stand before him, and enter into his presence te receive our freedom, can give freedom to us, who first of all can give what you and I need, conscience in freedom. The Master unto whom all hearts are open. from whom no secrets are hid, who knows it all—the whole story of our life, the secret sin and shame, con- cealed perhaps from others, but not concealed from Him, from whom no secrets are hid; the Master who, like no one else, can give conscience acquit- tal and start us afresh in life, grant us pardon of the conscience, of sin and wrong. Men have always wanted that forgiveness, and in Jesus Christ they have found it, and they find it in Him to-day. The poor outcast sinner upon the streets of the city goes to stand before Him, not like the servant in the story of the text, to condone and ex- cuse his sin, but to acknowledge his fault and to receive forgiveness. And that voice speaking to man, ringing down through all the ages, is speaking to them to-day, saying, “Go in peace,” and to the sinning woman, “Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more.” With us ordinary and commonplace persons, is there not some little spot in our hearts where, in loneliness, we dwell; where the heart cries out for sympathy for some one to stand beside it; and it is not until it learns to go and stand before Him, unto whom all secrets are known—Jesus Christ the Master—that this sympathy and fellowship is-found.. Conscience free- dom giving, heart freedom giving, and then soul freedom giving, where the soul seems to reach the home to which it belongs and to find its greatest lib- erty in the bosom of the Eternal. When once we come upon the limita- tions of a person, some one has said; it is all over with him. ‘Has he knowl- edge, enterprise, ability, it boots not; no matter how attractive he was yes- terday, how ‘great an inspiration, he seemed like a limitless sea; but we have found his shore, and found it a pond, and we care not if we never see him again. Not so with Jesus Christ. We never find Him out. He is always beyond us, and the nearer and closer we come to Him, He is still! beyond us, like some great path of golden light shining down upon us across the face of the dark and troubled waters from some far off horizon line where earth and heaven seem to meet and where the soul finds its true liberty, Its free- dom, its true dwelling place in Jesus Christ the Master. Is it not so? Let human experience testify and answer how it is that Jesus Christ has seemed to raise up the soul! that is cast down to its freest fellowship in God. "That is true human freedom, and not until we find it there will we find it anywhere—not until we go in -and stand before the Master. Thus you and I, if our Christian life is to have sincerity and honesty ‘of purpose, if it is to have growth and development in it—yea, more, if it is to have peace and power and freedom in it, that is what you and I must try to do, day after day, through all our life on earth, until at last, when the day of life is over and the busy world is hushed and the evening shades come and the twilight gathers around us and lifts us into the cloud to be seen of men no more, then if any one should ask: “Where is he? Where did he go?’ the answer will seem to come: “He went in and stood before his Master.’ Bears Fruit, 5 It is when our faith in God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost is quietly ‘expressed in daily action that it ean and does bear fruit in and tell upon the faith and life of other men. The man who should definitely regulate his re- ligious life and devotion with the thought mainly before him of how he will thus by example be influencing other people is, I think, approaching the whole question from a wrong side, and is in grave danger of doing positive harm first to himself and then to oth- ers. But it remains true that in this, as in other matters, “No man liveth to himself,” and that the attitude he vis- ibly and habitually takes in religious matters must, whether he wishes it or not, tell, for good or ill, upon those about him. How infinitely that en- hances the importance of what every one of us believes and does!—Arch- bishop of Canterbury. Thwarted Plans. It is an evil thing and bitter to be unhindered in one’s life by God. It is no gift of freedom promised, but a curse bestowed when it is said of Ephraim, “Let him alone.” It is the final word of doom when the Lord says, “I let them go after the subborn- ness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.” When the prayer was offered, “Suffer us to go into the herd of swine,” we may be sure the request was granted solely because offered by demons. Ours be the joy that our wishes are opposed. It is proof we are sons of God. Let us rejoice we are not visited with the contempt of divine indiffer- ence. Let us write it on our hearts this day as one of the gladdest prom- ises of God’s Word, “I will hedge up thy way with thorms.”—Pacific Bap- tist. : The Apparent Diflicalties. The things that seem to be difficulties and hardships only need to be fronted to yield, like the east wind in its sea- son, good results in bracing and hard- ening. Fix it in your minds that nothing worth doing is done but at the cost of difficulty and toil.—Alexan- der Maclaren, D.D A Poor Excuse. Then ycu think the Judge will be satisfied if you say, “Lord, I had so its great and magnificent uses, and it | has its great and malevolent abuses, and in spite of all our solemn decl tion papers and Magna Charta | so many invitations I ¢ s | to those things many names in my visiting book, and uld not refuse, that it was impos SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ? ‘FOR MARCH 5. Subject: Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, John vwii.,, 37-46~Golden Text, John ‘ ‘vil,, 46:-Felnory Verse, 37=—Commen- tary on the Day’s Lesson. . I. Christ teaching in the temple (vs. 37- 39). During the closing: days of the feast great opposition was stirred up against Jesus, and the Jewish: rulers ‘serit -ofiicers to apprehend Him,: bat notwithstanding this He taught boldiv in the témple. 37. “Last day.” There is a.difference of opin- lon as to whether this was the seventh or eighth day of the feast. Edersheim thinks it was the seventh day, which was ‘really the last day of the feast. The eighth day was kept as a Sabbath, when there was no ceremony of drawing water from Siloam. “Jesus stood.” In the temple court, prob- ably in Solomon’s porch. “And cried.” Spoke with a voice loud enough so all could hear. “If any man thirst” It was burn- Ing autumn weather, when the sun had for months shone in a cloudl sky, -and the early rains were longed for. Water at all times is a magic word in a sultry cli- mate like Palestine, but at this moment it had a double power. The ceremonies of bouring-water commemorated that part of the wilderness wanderings when the peo- ple were suffering from a terrible thirst, and Moses at God’s command brought water for them from the rock (Num. 20: 1-11). Now Jesus invites all who were suffering from spiritual thirst, like the burning thirst of the people in the desert. Thirst 1s emblematical of spiritual necessi- ties; an intense need and desire for par- don, for help, for righteousness, for love, for peace, for comfort, for God, for a worthy life, for immortal life. *‘Let him.’ Freely and without hesitancy or reserve. “Come.” A very precious invitation. This word ought to come with great force to every soul thirsting after spiritual life. To come to Jesus is to believe on Him, to ac- cept His teachings, to repent of our sins, to vield to His commands, to submit to Him fully. “Unto Me and drink.” Here we see the absolute sufficiency. of Christ for all human need. Jesus confronts the sin and misery and heartache of the world and deliberately declares that He is the panacea for it all. 38. “He that believeth.” To believe has the same meaning as to come. as used in the preceding verse. “Scripture hath said.” The reference is not to any one pas- sage, but to many passages and promises combined. See Isa. 58:11; 44:3: Jer. 31,12; Ezek. 47:1-12, ete. “Out of his beliv.” The Innermost part of man, the soul, the heart. “Shall flow.” This clearly implies some- thing received that it mav flow from the recivient unto others. “‘Rivers.’” Penot- ing abundance, freeness, continued supply, in. contrast with. the small, golden pitcher used in the cerémony of pouring water. : “Living water.” ‘Pure, running water, ever-flowing streams; the opposite of stag- nant, malarious, poisonous water; also life- ziving water (chap. 4:10). The gospel of Christ, which is the truth of God received into the heart by the Spirit, brings life, health and joy. ~%=* 3 29." “This ‘spake He.” ‘This is John’s explanation of Christ's words. “Of the Spirit,” etc. - The Holy Spirit and His in- fluences were the living waters, abundant, free, purifying, bringing life, health, salva- tion to the soul, as water to the thirsty, as rain to the parched earth, and making every Christian a source of the same influ. ences which he has received from the Holy Spirit. This is a prophecy of the dispensa- tion of the Spirit which was to commence with the outpourning of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, and continue through the ages till all the world is brought to Christ. We need to lay more emphasis in our day upon this wonderful gift. both for our individual growth and usefulness and for the salvation of the world. “Not yet given.” The dispensation of the Spirit had not been ushered in, and He had not ye been poured out upon the hearts of be- levers in all His fulness. This cannot mean that the Spirit did not exist and was In no sense present with believers in the Old Testament dispensation. 3 Different opinions concerning Christ (vs. 40-43). 40. “Many—said.” Those who heard the powerfu declarations of Jesus knew that He was more than an or- dinary man. “The prophet.” Referring to the great prophet predicted by Moses (Deut. 18:15), “whom some identified with the Messiah, and others supposed would be the forerunner of the Messiah.” From the next verse we see that here He tas distinguished from the Messiah. 41. “Others said,” etc. These believed Jesus to be the Messiah—the Christ, the Anoint- 2d One—whom all pious Jews were expect- ing at this period, and to whom their re- ligious rites all pointed: though for the most part they were expecting only a tem- poral King or Redeemer. “Out of Galilee.” Christ seemed to them to come from Gali- lee, because His early home was there and much of His ministry had been there. 42. “The Scrivture said,” ete. The Jews knew that the ‘Messiah was to be of the family of David (Psa. 132:11; Jsa. 9:6, 7; 11:1-5; Jer. 23:5) and was to be born in Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2; 1 Sam. 16:1, 5, 18); but they did not know that in Christ these Scriptures were fulfilled. All the trouble with this argument was that they did not take care to ascertain the facts. Their quo- tations of Scripture were an argument in favor of Jesus being the Mess h, for He fulfilled the Scriptures. Many another ar- gsument against religion is of this same na- ture. Men set up a caricature of religion, and arguing against that really presents arguments in favor of true religion as it is in the gospel. “Where David was.” David was born in Bethlehem and lived there until he was called into the service of San], Israel's king. 43. “A division.” It means a serious and possibly violent di- vision. III. The Jews seek His arrest (vs. 44- 46). 44. “Some of them.” Some of the people, provoked by the controversy would on their own responsibility have carried Him before the Sanhedrin.” The reference here is not to the officers. “But no man,” etc. Not even those who had been com. manded to do it (see vs. 32, 45). They were fettered on the one hand by fear of the adherents of Jesus and on the other by the secret power of God. impressing them with an involuntary awe, so that they dared not proceed. 5. “The officers.” Not Roman soldiers, but temple police, answering to the mod. ern constable. They had been directed by the members of the Sanhedrin to arrest Jesus (v, 39). “Why? oti’ fhe omiere had returned without fulfilling their mise sion, and the authorities were chagrined. 46. “Never man so spake” (R. V.) Christ spake (1) with authority; (2) with direct. ness to men’s hearts; (3) with power; (4) clearly and distinctly. > Do you feel a “coia coming cn?” askes the Boston Herald. Then don't try to ward it off, but welcome it warmly. Treat it well; don’t let it alone or attempt to be “brave” or fun- ny with it, for then it will turn and rend you. A cold is as treachercus as a—well, as anything. It marks i‘s victim, and then goes ahead. “Break- ing up” a determined cold delays the inevitable, and then, when all's done, ten to one it starts off into bronchitis or pneumonia, while staying indoors with it and giving it full swing would have disarmed its fury at each nsw stage. The “fresh air cure” is capi- tal for every malady save this famil- iar cold. CPNDATH LEAGE LESSONS MARCH FIFTH. The Making of a Christian: His Speech.—Psa. 145. 1-12, 21; Matt. 10. 32, 33. The author of Psalm . 145 would glorify God wth -his ‘utterances: He would “bless the name of God”; he would “speak of his glorious honor.” He declares that men shall “speak of his might,” and ‘declare his..great- ness.” The Lord was set -forth as nigh to “all that call upon .him.” Byery word of the mouth to the psalmist was to be spoken to the hca- or of God. In Matthew we have de- clared the fact that whosoever, whether © preacher or hearer, who “confesses!” Christ, acknowledges in the face of persecution his Lord and ‘Master, shall be confessed by. him. He who fails to do ‘this, and thus de- nies Christ, may expect nothing but denial by the Mastér. The heart may believe unto righteousnes, but with the “mouth” confession must be made unto salvation. The whole trend of these Scriptures is that the words we speak are an important factor in the destiny of the soul. Two months ago we considered the birth as related to the “making of a Christian”; now we are to study his speech as related to that same end. No factor is more important in character making than that of speech. Many a man is destroyed by an ua- ruly tongue. James says it is un- tamable. The psalmist said, “I said 1 will take heed unto my ways, that I sin not with my tongue.” “How for- cible,” said Job, “are right words!” And Solomon declared, “A word fit- ly spoken is like apples of gold in pic- tures of silver.” Hence how import- ant in building .character there be right speech. Many of the sins of our lives are sins of the tongue. And Laurentius said, “There are as many kinds of sins of the tongue ‘as there are letters in the alphabet.” Con- sider— 3 ; Things to avoid in Speech. This list will, include certainly profanity, falsehood, gossip and slander, ob- scenity and tnkindness, and all the innumerable kinds of uncharitable conversation. The Christian: must be careful to “eut out” certain things in his speech as well as to incorporate certain kinds of speech. All loose ness, all cutting, uncharitable speech, must be avoided if we would make a Christian. A whole lesson might well be given to this one phase of the matter. ie = Things to cultivate.—In our speech let us cultivate prayer, praise, confes- sion, and thanksgiving. Let us fre- queatly testify for Christ. Let us season our speech with the salt of charity. : Let us speak well of an- other or let us keep silent. Look up the bright things and talk about them. IL.et us use intelligent conversation. Avoid too much frivolity and aon- sence, Cultivate a helpful, inspir- ing, and refreshing style of conversa- tion. Consecrate the tongue to useful speech. CHRISTIAN ENDEAOR NOTE MARCH FIFTH. “The Making of a Christian. His Speech.”—Ps. 145; 1-12, 21; Matt. 10; 32, 33. (Con- secration meeting.) Scripture Verses.—Ps. 68: ‘11; 71 22-24; 119: 172; 145: 5-7; Matt. 10: 5-7; 28::18-20; Mark 16: 15; Luke 24: 45-48; Acts 1: 8; 8:35; 10:42; 23:11: 2 Tim, 4:2. Lesson Thoughts. It is not always eloquence that is needed to witness for Christ; any tongue that can utter a word may be a useful instrument under God’s direc- tion. We may confess Christ by our words, but we should confirm ° the words we speak, and the signs by which we should do it are a holy and consistent life. Selections. Have you spoken a word for Jesus, And told to some around, Who do not care about him, What a Savior vou have found? Have you lifted up the lamp for others That has guided your own glad feet? Have you echoed the loving message That seemed to you so sweet? It is a great thing to know when to speak and when to keep silence. A good word, spoken out of season, is like an arrow shot when the game has flown past. “Know thine oppor- tunity” was written on the temple at Delphos. First, do not speak until the right moment; second, do not al- low the right moment to go without speaking. ° When Latimer was on trial for heresy, he heard the scratch of a psn behind the tapestry. In a moment he bethought himself that every word he spoke was taken down, and he says he was very careful what words he uttered. Behind the veil that hides eternity is a record-book in which oar every syllable is taken down. Even the most trivial are not forgotten, for the Lord Jesus: tells us “that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” Never think kind words are wasted; Bread on waters cast are they, And it may be we shall find them Coming back to us some day, Coming back when sorely needed, In a time of sharp distress: So. my friend, let's give them frecly, Gift and giver God will bless. TAKING HIM LITERALLY. Mrs. Bridley—I know you'll be pleased to hear this. I think I'll be able to save a little on our household expenses this week. Mr. Bridley—Well, dear, that will be a feather in your cap. Mrs. Bridley (eagerly)-—An ostrich feather delphia Press. SPECIALTIES IN PRINTING., To Succeed, Perfection Must Be Sought in Some Particular Line. Printing during the last few years has taken on a very different form from the old-time system, when every printing office was expected to be equipped for almost any kind of work that came along, says the Progressive F Printer. The business is fast being di- vided into specialties and this has been fond much Detter, as thé work has in- creased to sach proportions and is of such a diversified character that it has been found almost impossible to organ- ize a plant and the help to operate it in- all the branches profitably under the old-time system. Some houses turn their attention almost exclusively to catalogue wark.. while others adapt themselves to all the requirements of office stationery; othersagain turn their attention to railroad and large corpor- ation printing. This, too, is divided, as some are adapted for the blanks re- quired, while others turn their atten- tion to the advertising matter, such as folders, time tables and other requi- sites of the passenger department, The enormous quantity of printing used “would be a surprise to the unitiated. It is not an uncommon thing to-day to receive orders for a million catalogs of many - pages, and the blanks used by some of the larger corporations run up into many millions. This all requires special machirery of the most costly character, to be handled sucessfully in any of these various specialized busi- amount of capital. It was once thought that the improved facilities for turning out work, in the way of machinery, ete., would decrease to an alarming ex- tent the number of people that woukl find employment, but the reverse has been the case; there are more people employed to-day in all the differént branches of printing and bookbinding than at any previous time. The de- mand has kept in advance of the out put, and all the makers of machinery for the different branches of printinz are taxed to their utmost, althougt they have increased their capacity for turning out machinery of an improved character, someof them wonderful new inventions, as fast as prudence would warrant. The spcializing work has been of great benefit, not only to print- ers but to the cansumers of printing, as they now know where work such as they require ean be obtained to the best advantage. Then, too," it has necessarily improved the quality to a very great extent. A large “plant adapted specially for ca talogues or for newspapers is not fitted to turn out the smaller stationery needed by a large concern as well as a smailer office equipped. for this particular line of work, and being each trained to han- dle its own particular specialty, much better results are obtained, at a corre- spondingly less expense. To-day, to be a successful printer in the large cities one has to choose from the different special lines and turn all his energy to that particular branch, otherwise he will find himself in a very unsatisfac- tory position. It will be difficult to do printing profitably in all its diversified lines. This is well known and admitted by those experienced in the trade, and they are bending their energies to per- fect themselves in some particuiar line, for which they and their machinery are best adapted. To be successful, spe- cialize your business. “ CL Hints For the Eyes. Shade the eyes from the full glare of sunlight, When the eyes are weak, that is possible. Keep soap and dust out of the eyes. As you value your sight, avoid all quack eye doctors. Never read or use the eyes for fine work during twilight. Whenever an eye is injured call in an experienced oculist at once. Never expose the eyes neediessly to dust or flying particles of any kind. Have an abundance of good, steads light for any work you may have on hand. Let the light come to your eyes from one side or above, not from in front. Do not work in a poor light, and avoid a glaring light, as it may be as bad as too little light. Do not use a flickering light for read- ing or sewing. Use a lamp with a large burner and use good oil. When the eves are hot and heavy bathe them in cold or tepid water, and do not confine them too closely to any sort of work. When, ever the eyes ache or are easily Dine use them as little as possible, and look up frequently from the work to rest them. When reading, hold the head erect and at a distance from the light, and do not bend the head over the work any more than is possible, Avoid poorly printed books with poor paper and poor type, and do not read when riding in cars or carriage, nor when convalescent from a protract- ed illness, nor when the whole body is in'a weakened state.—Health. sleep all cia GE a A Dog-Watch. Pog-watch is a corruption of codge- watch, and is the name given to two short watches of two hour cach on shipboard—one from 4 to 6 p. m. and the other from 6 to S p. 1a. The doz- watches were introduced to prevent the same men from always keeping watch at the same Lours of the day; hence on these occasions ‘he sailors are said to dodge the routine, or to be doing dodge-watch.—Boston Globe, Lettuce in Winter. You can produce a head of lettuce in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours’ time in winter by first filling a box with rich earth mixed with one-t part of slaked lime and wa lukewarm water. 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Attila, the Hun, indulged so freely at his wedding that he died.—New York Press. J Chance For a Reformer. o Some day a great reformer, in whose aspirations sense is duly blended with enthusiasm, will make and win a great fight for pockets in women’s street clothes. Why woman does not have more and better pockets in her clothes is one of the mysteries of civilization.— Harper's Weekly. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by localapplications as they cannot reach ths diseased portion ofthe ear. T'hereis only one way to cure deafness, and that is by consti- tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of th® mucous lining of the Eustachian Tubs. Whenthis tube is in- flamed you have a rumblingsound or imper- fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed! Deafness isthe result, and unless the inflam- mation can be taken out and this tube re- stored to its normal condition, hearing will] be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten| arecaused by catarrh,which is nothing butan| inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces, | We will give One Hundred Dollars for any, case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)that can- notbecured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for! circularsfree. F.J. CHENEY & Co., ['oledo, Q.! Sold by Druggists, 75c. 1 Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. Cleveland's three electric suburbani lines carried 8,500,000 passengers im 1902, as against 130,264 carried by the competing steam roads. | Berlin's population by the new cen= sus lacks 713 of reaching a round 2,- 000,000. = Fifteen officers of the German army are at present studying Japanese in the Berlin Seminary for Oriental Languages. Bh Ee Millions of Vegetables. When the Editor read 10,000 plants for 16¢c, he could hardly believe it, but upon second reading finds that the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., whom there are no more reliable and ex- tensive seed growers in the world, this offer which is made to get you to test Salzer’'s Warranted Vegetable Seeds. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages, 2,000 rich, juicy Turnips, 2,000 blanching, nutty Celery, 2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce, 1.000 splendid Onions, 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers, ALL FOR BUT 1€C POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 20c in Postage, they will add to the above a package of fa~ mous Berliner Cauliflower. [A. C. L.] Acting Governor. Lieutenant Governor Cunningham of Alabama has been acting executive for a year because of Governor Jelks” ill health. When Governor Jelks wag Lieutenant Governor he acted as Gow- ernor because of his predecessor’s ill health and when the latter died filled out his term. A Guaranteed Cure For Pilas, Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Druggists will retund money if Paze Ointment fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. 50e. Rear-Admiral Rojestvensky is fifty-sim years of age. Oyama’s Wish. The great Japanese field marshal, Marquis Oyama, once said: “My idea of nappiness is to dispose of everything I possess that belongs to the practice of arms and 80 far intw the country with big boxes of books to read for the rest of my days: books that tell of happiness and progress; and not of the terrible deeds of war. And I would gather about me my best old friends and littls children. Then, in the sunny days all would be happiness.” ACENTS WANTED. For the LITTLE WO DER Ms FOUNTAIN. Ready WOoND Mi Bakeries, Restaurants, Drug Stores, Genera Stores, Etc. at $20 to $235, E > = etm nT 3
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