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The better class of druggists, everywhere, are men of scientific attainments and high integrity, - who devote their lives to the welfare of their fellow men in supplying the best-of remedies and: ‘purest medicinal agents of known value, in accordance with physicians’ prescriptions and © scientific formula. Druggists of the better class. manufacture many excellent remedies, but ~ § ~~ always under original or officinal names and they never sell false brands, orimitation medicines. They are the men to deal with when in need of anything-in their lind, which usually includes . ~ all standard remedies and corresponding adjuncts of a first-class pharmacy and the finest and | best of toilet articles and preparations and many useful accessori : The earning of a fair living, with the satisfaction which arises from a knowledge of the benefits conferred upon their patrons and assistance to the medical profession, is usually their greatest reward for long years of study and many hours of daily toil. = They all know that Syrup, of . , Figsis an excellent laxative remedy and that it gives universal satisfaction, and therefore they are selling many millions of bottles annually to the well informed purchasers of the choicest: . remedies, and they always take pleasure in handing out the genuine article bearing the full ] Jo.—printed on- the front of every package. § They know that in cases of colds and headaches attended by biliousness and constipation and of weakness or torpidity of the liver and bowels, arising from ‘irregular habits, indigestion, or i over-eating, that there is no other remedy so pleasant, prompt and beneficial in its effects as §: Syrup of Figs, and they are glad to sell it because it gives universal satisfaction. - : _ Owing to the excellence of Syrup of Figs, the universal satisfaction which it gives and the. immense demand for it, imitations have been made, tried and condemned; but there are. individual druggists to be found, here and there, who do not maintain the dignity and principles . of the profession and whose greed gets the better of their judgment, and who do not hesitate to. recommend and try to sell the imitations in order fo make a larger profit: © Such preparations sometimes have the name—* Syrup of Figs”—or “Fig Syrup” and of some piratical concern, or fictitious fig syrup company, printed on the package, but.they never have the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.~—printed on the ftont of the package. should be rejected because they are injurious to the. system, In I they find it necessary to resort to misrepresentation or deception. and whenever a dealer passes . off on a customer a preparation under the name of “Syrup .of Figs” or “Fig Syrup,” which does not bear the fill name of the California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front. of the package, he is attempting to deceive and mislead the patron who has been so unfortunate as to enter his establishment, whether it be large or small, for if the dealer resorts to misrepresentation and: } and deception in one case he will do so with other medicinal agents, and in: the. filling of physicians’ prescriptions, and should be avoided hy every one who values health and happiness. Knowing that the great majority of druggists are reliable, we supply the immense demand for our excellent remedy entirely through the druggists, of whom it may be purchased’ every- where, in original packages only, at the regular price of fiity cents per bottle, but as exceptions exist it is necessary to inform the public of the facts, in order that all may decline or return, Imitatior If it does not bear the full name of the Company—. California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every: package, do not hesitate to return the article and to demand the return of your money, and in future go to one of the better class of § druggists who will sell you what you wish and the best of everything in his line at reasonable prices. £5 i es and remedial appliandes. Be. a ER TL a The imitations: er to sell the imitations as NE Shell Fired 42 Years Ago. J. W. Huddleston, operating a saw- mill on the James River and Kanawha turnpike, about three miles east of Dry Creek, struck a piece of a shell, weighing about three or four pounds, which was in a large oak log and so smoothly grown over that it was not noticed. The saw cut into it about two and a half inches and sustained no dom- age, except requiring a new set of teeth. There were 38 growths of wood over it. . It was the butt end of an eight-pounder, with a heavy band of copper around it. This shell was fired into the tree at the battle of Dry Creek, Aug. 23, 1863.—Monroe Watchman. Religions Will Be Merged. Count Tolstoi predicts that in five ‘hundred years Confuncianism, Brah- manism; Buddhism, Judaism, Moham- medism and Christianity will be merged into the last-named relig- TUMORS CONQUERED SERIOUS OPERATIONS Sones bam’s Vegetable Compound in the Case of Mrs. Fannie D. Fox. : Oné of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. 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Within that circle, and in those shallows, he ac- quires what he belieyes is wisdom, pursues what he "names ambitions, suffers what he fancies gare pain and sorrow, wreaks what he intends for revenges, commits what he calls sins, indulges what he mistakes for love, and, in a word; lives what it is given him to imagine is human life. Yet in all that span of existence there is but a handful of hours when he truly lives the life that his own and not a pretense, am evasion, or an error; and those few hours appear to him-—save at the instant of their revelation—as hallucinations. Never- theless they are the porticos and pil- lars, halls and.gardens, sun and stars of his heaven; which he pragmatically and complacently puts away from him, and turns himself to what seems to him his heaven, but is his hell. Truly, this is a pity and a loss!— Century. Chinese Tax Receipt. Every three years all Chinese do- miciled in Siam have to pay a small poll tax. When this has been paid the collector ties a string around the man’s left wrist and fastens the knot with a special official seal. The brace- let is the Chinese’s receipt and must be worn one month. ; Legisiater Will Read Up. A newly clected Ohio legislator has decided to enter college and take a rush course in political science, economics, constitutional history, law and psychology, the better to repre- sent the people. The Legislature meets in January, but he will probab- ly be able to learn enough in the meantime to stand at the head of the Tegislative class. Y | To Prevent Chapped Hands, | ~ Many women who do their own work are i ! Dry the hands thoroughly each time after | they ' little oatmeal-water or some good lotion.— ELEANOR R. PARKER. « ec | Mammoth’s Skull and Tusks. much ~gnnoyed in winter with chapped hands. This may be avoided by using Ivory Soap for dish washing and toilet purposes. have been in water and rub with a The skull and tusks and the bone of were brought to. this city by J. M. Taverind, a carpenter on the United States revenue cutter. Bear. These fossilized remains -were dug out of the sand in the bed of one of the riv- ers on Ketchabue sound, Alaska. They were found by native Esdui- maux last July and were taken tothe Bear: 1o ‘be traded. .Taverind, recos- nizing the value they .would: have in i this country, at oace purchased them. { The skull is + nearly . three. feet through and... weighs, nearly 150 pounds. Both tusks have been broken or have disintegrated, but even now one of them i§.seven feet and three inches long, while the other is four feet two inches. When the animal was alive they must have: measured about nine feet in length.—Sdn Fran- cisco: Chronicle... - == nite A, Brazilian Exposition.’ The commercial bodies of? Brazil are considering and organizing a plan to hold at Rio Janeiro in 1908 an ex- position to celebrate the centennial of the opening of its ports to the commerce of.the world. One of the steps taken is to invite the opinion of the United States on such an en- terprise. : The event to be celebrated is of especial interest to America, marking the beginning of the movement for South American freedom. Previous to 1908 Brazil had been a colony of Portugal and its ports were closed to any but Portuguese. vessels and trades. A BRAIN WORKER Must Have the Kind of Food That Nour ishes Brain, “I am a literary man whose nervous energy is a great part of my stock in trade, and ordinarily I have little pa- tience with breakfast foods and the extravagant claims made of them. 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Continued use has demonstrated to my entire satisfaction that Grape- Nuts food contains all the elements needed by the brain and nervous sys- tem of the hard working public writ- t THE 1 which you could get so many men to | imply trust, affection and filial sub- Be | s tu pense fons # BRILUANT SUNDAY SERMON BY REV. DR..T: CALVIN McCLELLAND. Subject: Jesns’ Idea of God. Brooklyn, N. Y.—In ‘he Miemorial, Presbyterian Church, Sunday morning, the’ pastor; the Rev. Dr. T. Calvin Me: Clelland, preached the fourth sermon “in: the series on “Jesus’ Idea.” The special subject was: “Seriousness of text was Matthew v:44 and 45. Dr. McClelland said: - . There is no Christian doctrine for _vote as the Fatherhood of God. Noth- ing can exhaust the name “Father.” It is the gladdest, but the greatest, the dearest, but the deepest, the sweetest, but the sofemnest, name men can frame "to fit God. We cannot put too much into the word, but we can put too little into it. . It is the risk of that—of put- ting too little into the name “Father”— which gives us our theme. “The theme fs: “The Seriousness of Believing in the Fatherhood of God.” There are two kinds of men who put too little into the idea of God’s Father- hood. The first man is he who prefers “to think of God as judge. To call God ‘a Father, he thinks, is to enthrone in- dulgence. He views the doctrine with suspicion lest it rob God of authority, extract the fear of sin, and relieve the restraint of conscience. ‘This man de- plores the universal note in the preach- ing of Jesus’ idea of God.. If he preached it he would make it an: eso- teric doctrine to be mentioned only to those/ who had been initiated by con- version into the secrets of grace. The second man who puts too little into the name “Father” is he who sees nothing in Fatherhood buf sentiment. He thinks of God as too soft-hearted to rule, a. doting grandfather too weak to punish. This man has the idea that love is too tender to blame a man for edging off when goodness hurts, costs or is unprofitable. For this second man the thought of God as a Father makes life a game, the world a play- ground and the infinite pity ground for infinite excuse. To these two I bring this message of the seriousness of saying, “I believe in God the Father Almighty.” The ar- ticle of the creed is the most precious and the most perilous for us to repeat, and for these reasons, First, one who claims God as Father must be ready to answer the question, What kind of a son are you? Father- hood is something that we never think of when we talk about animals. The parent of a boy we call®a father. The parent of a foal we call a sire. Here is a difference. The idea “father” sug- gests care, affection and forethought. The idea ‘sire” conveys only the thought of procreation. We do not ex- pect the colt’s sire to care for him, ex- hibit affection or take thought for his future. . But if a man treated his son as a horse treats his young we would say of-that man, he has never been a father to the boy. He had done all that the animal did for his offspring, but he had left undone those things which make fatherhood. And. those things involve character, they imply faith, hope and love, they are not physical, but spiritual, activities. . By the same sign you never call a young horse a “son;” he is a ‘‘foal.” The idea “son” suggests.gratitude, loy- ‘alty and obedience. The idea of “foal” conveys only the thought of animal descent. We do not expect the colt to exhibit gratitude to his sire, to abide in the same stable or to evidence obe- dience to him. But if a youth treated his father as a-veung horse treats his parent we would say of that youth, he is inhuman. He might do all that the animal did for his’ progenitor, but he would have left undone those things which make human sonship. And those things involve character, they mission, and these things are not phys- fcal but spiritual activities. So then, fatherhood involves a rela- tionship and that relationship involves something owed on both sides. It as- sumes likeness in ideas, tastes and dis- position; it claims reciprocity in char- acter. Can the relationship with God expect less? You see the idea of fatherhood is like the rule about the square of the hypotheneuse of a right- angled triangle. Whether it be a right- angled triangle drawn on a child's blackboard or a right-angled triangle formed by three stars in the Milky Way, the rule works—the square on the hypotheneuse of a right-angled tri- angle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides. This father and son relationship, like mathematics, works everywhere, on the earth, in the heavens. I cannot say “Father” until 1 have begun to answer His call “son;” His Fatherhood does not exist for me until I have made my sonship exist for Him, until I have shared in His character. He is spirit and I must be spirit, too; something more than a body to be warmed, clothed and fed; something more than an animal te fight like a dog, root like a pig, sing like a bird or hive like a bee. I must be the child of the Eternal Spirit, the son of Infinite Faith, Infinite Hope, Infinite Love. A Father's rights are unquestioned, absolute, ungiven. He has the right to expect everything to be reciprocated that He has given to us. The old fundamental need of personal struggle, personal consecration, personal holiness is ‘doubled. Life is more critical than ever. I have no loophole to crawl out of; the lines are tightly drawn, I must be in my word what He is in His uni- 4 the base metal of thought of self into Believing in Jesus’ Idea of God.” The | cause-it- commits a man-to living his | lite in absolute unselfishness. Giyen a “father, and what follows? What an alchemist is a new-born babe. The touch of those tiny fingers trans” ites the pure gold of thought of the unself. From the moment when his first babe’s first ery summons the instinet of fath- erhiood in a man’s bosom the man must deny himself, he must henceforth lose himself in another. Love once a mere ‘passion of possession is re-born a pas- ‘ajon for self-sacrifice. "Chis father has ja family, and. it is the family, the home, the health of the whole which become his chiefest concern. : Given a son, and what follows? What must be the true son’s concern? Surely it is the same as the father’s. The father no more than the son, the son no less thdn the father, exists, for that home. It is this mutual instinct of being supported and supporting which makes us siag, “There is no place like home?’ : So here, again, the axiom of the | earthly relationship we call home is true for the celestial relationship we call religion, This is the extension of the old Fifth Commandment in re- ligion—“‘Love your enemies and pray for them that persecute you; that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for. He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.” Like God the Father, the Son must have a love that is boundless, ungrudg- ing and gratuitous. The family, not one favorite here and another there, but all the members must receive with- out bias, be blessed without prejudice, be cared for without favoritism. The son must live so that mo man can be poorer, ‘no wgman sadder, no child. more wretched for aught he has done: or left undone. He must live so that) through his words and deéds meh may see ‘truth, reverence, purity; and pos- ses§ the means of happiness, and he must so live not for profit, prudence or | popularity; he must so: lve, though. it | means a eurse, a crown of thorns and | a Cross. } i And if we seek to know what that means, what sonship involves, we go to Him who taught us te say “Our Father.” His life is just spent in go- ing about doing good; He does 80 much for the imperfect, the defective, the degenerate, that He gets the nickname of “friend of publicans and sinners.” He never bears a grudge, He never remembers an insult, He never seems to see anything in the men about Him but their need of the good things He has to give away. And He gives, gives until when He comes to die He has nothing worth gambling for but His cloak—the one that was pure white, woven without seam. That day, the day He died, the men He had lived | for led Him away like a lamb to the slaughter. And while they were mak- ing the wounds for Him to hang by He prayed, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” In the last place, it is a serious thing to believe in the Fatherhood of God, because it means that God's perfect- ness consists in His impartial love, and love is the most awful thing in the world. It has been said, {Be afraid of | the love that loves you; it is either | your heaven or your hell. The lives ot | men are never the same after they | have let themselves be loved; if they | are not better they are worse. For this is the mystery of love, its paradox— while it is the greatest thing in the world it is the most helpless.” For the love of her child, without thought of the cost, a mother would give her own life in exchange; and yet she must stand at its death bed with Helpless hands when the heart spring uuwinds | and the little life runs down. A father would give his fortune, his blood to | keep his son's heart clean and white, ! but all his paternal passion cannot | check that son's mad pace, if the boy’s lust take the bit between his teeth and drag him- along the edge of the | moral precipice. A son may leave home: a despot might compel his sub- ject to come back, a father can only | wait, and watch and keep open the | door. We shrink to apply all we know of | the weakness of human love fo the divine. Yet it was through a man the! Father made His love plain to us. He came, the Christ, to His own and they received Him not. He loved His own, loved them to the end, and yet at the end they deserted Him, betrayed Him, hung Him on a Cross. You remember the Tuesday before | the Friday when they nailed Him be- | tween two thieves. He was standing | in the temple at Jerusalem. Did He | love that fair, rebellious city? You may never know how great was that love. Could He save that imperilled | city? Jerusalem had bound love's hands with indifference so that He could not reach out to rescue her; she | had tethered His feet with hate so that He could only stand still and watch her | sinking into the gulf that Titus was to! dig. Stand close to the Christ as He | speaks—you see He is draining love— | bitterest cup; He is realizing love's helplessness, “it is the wail of 4 heart wounded because its love has been despised” and it cannot avert the doom which impends over those it loves. “Qh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem! how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathered her chickens, and ye would not. Behold, your house is left unto you-desolate.” To sum up, it is a serious thing to believe in the Fatherhood of God, be- involves brotherhood. and life, the eternal kind, on which death lays no band, on which the grave has no claim. For this higher life, in the Father's | verse. . From Sinai, it is said, the smoke ascended as from a furnace, and the mountain quakes greatly when out of a thick cloud with thunderings and lightnings the King gave His command to Israel. On a hillside sweet with the peaceful odors of plowed field, quiet a blue Syrian sky which mirrored its «| fair sun in Galilee’s lake, the Father spoke through His great Son His will for the family. Yet I think Sinai’s “thou shalt not kill” were easier to listen to than Jesus’ “blessed are the merciful.” The King’s words, “thou shalt not commit adultery,” less than the Father's “the pure in heart shall see God.” The Sovereign's words, “thou shalt have no other gods before er.” Name given by Postum Co., Bat- tle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs, | Me,” as an ant-hill to the snow-capped | Alpine summit, “Ye shall be perfect as | your Heavenly Father is perfect.” Second—It save for the pipings of the birds, under | is a serious thing to be- lieve in the Fatherhood of God be- i ' name I claim you. You have a perfect { pattern of it in Jesus; you have a per- i feet helper in God Spirit, which is | yours for the as You bzagin to { live the life by doin man next vou just because God is his | Father and yours i Peace of the Heart. | occupations of active life, then qui be. i some far and still reireat, in whose { quiet we may escape the evils and ! troubles here. And the corner will | never be found in this Ww d where i care and evil shall be unknc | human beings. But the p the Savior res His own i | heart and -m id is that “cer at the heait { abide.” | you if guilty. {ing suddenly and unexpectedly. {ness. 6. | “Return unto Me.” | sides. {| coming. | the canker-worms; the caterpillars and i all nh : |. your sakes.” cause this belief involves sonship, and | ’ sonsiip brotherhood involves living for the spirit behind things, for the higher | { If quiet and peace could only be had ! by withdrawing from the duties and | | and peace for most of us could never i It is not in our power to fly to! by | hich | IBMT SEADILALESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS,’ FOR DECEMBER 7. ~ “° Subject: Preparation ¥or the Messiab, Mal. iii., 1s12=Golden Text, Mal, difes 1—Memory Veises, 8-10—Commentars on the Day’s Lesson. °° . I. The coming of the Messiah (v. 1). 1. “1.” ‘That is; God.:- "My. messen- ger.” The New shows that the messenger referred to here was J¢hn the Baptist. Our Lord bore witnes.. to John (Luke 7:27). See. also Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2, 3; Luke 13; 76. “Prepare the way before Me.” That -is, before the Messiah. Messen- gers sent before the Eastern kings pre- pared the way for the chariots and ar- mies of their monarchs. A “king's highway” had to be carried through the open land of the wilderness, val- leys filled up and hills leveled, winding by-paths straightened, for the march of the great army. Interpreted in its spir- itual application, the wilderness swas the world lying in evil. John prepared the way for Christ in. a moral wilder- ness by preacliing repeptanceand show- ing the need of a Saviour, “The Lord, whom ye seek.” The Messiah whom you are expecting:. “To His temple.” Shall soon be presented befors the Lord in this temple. He shall cleanse it from its defilement and fill it with His glory. “Messenger of the covenant.” He that comes to fulfill the great design in ref- erence: to the covenant made with Abraham, that in his seed all the fam- ilies: of the earth should be blessed. Christ was the “mediator of the new covenant” (Heb. 9:15) — the “better covenant,” established upon “better ’ promises” (Heb. 8:6-13; 10:16). “Ye de- light in.” They looked forward to His coming with pleasure. © II. The mission and work of the Messiah (vs. 2-6). 2. “Who may Who will be able to endure the testing of character His coming will produce? ' They did not under- stand the meaning of what they de=- sired: just as many desire and hope for heaven without realizing what they must do to gain heaven. ‘Like a re- finer’s. fire.” John tne Baptist said.. “Fis-fan is in His hand;” “He shall baptize you with fire.” In the refiner’s fire is placed the ore, a mixture of good metal with rock and other mater- ials, and the fire (1) separatés the metal from the dross, and' (2) thus purifies the metal, but does not destroy it; buf (3) it consumes the dross, or so separs ates it that it is cast one side as re- fuse. “Like fullep’s soap” (R. VY.) Soap such as we have was not known to the Hebrews till long after Jere- miah’s time, but they used ash lye. - 3. “Shall sit,” ete. There is an ailu- sion here to the refiner sitting before: his fire with his eye on the metal. He kept it in the furnace until he knew the dross to be completely removed by seeing his own image reflected (Ron. 8:29). “Sons of Levi.” The priests— God’s ministers. “Purge.” Cleanse, purify. : “May offer,” etc. A sinner cannot give acceptable service to God. The Lord loves righteousness: He ac- cepfs only a holy heart and life (Rom. 12:1). 4. “Be pleasant.” The spirit of ‘praise, obedience and helpfulness are like sweet incense before the Lord (Heb. 13:88. 16). 5. “To judgment.” To decid. on your case and conden “Swift witness.” “Com- “The sorcerers.” Users of witcheraft, all in alliance with:spirits of evil; the users of amulets, charms, ete., which are really substitutes forreligion. “Against those that oppress.” The gospel is dl- ways in favor of the poor and against oppression. “And fear not Me.” «This was the foundation of all their wicked- “I change not.” God keeps His covenants with His people. III. Admonitions and’ promised blessings (vs. 7-12). 7. “From the days,” ete. they had been given to backsliding. There was still a chance to repent. “Wherein.” They did not know how far fromy Lod thes. were, 8. “Will a mgn rob. Goa?¥ Sacrilege is the highest of crimes. And the most guilty are those claiming to be God's people. “Ye ‘haye.” This | evil is not only the guilt of priests, but. i of the whole nation. #Tithes.” See Deut. 18:4. “Offerings.” The first fruits—not less than one-sixtieth part of the corn, wine and oil. 9. “Ye are cursed.” With famine and scarcity. God had thus punished them for neglecting to build the tem- ple (Hag. 1:10, 11); now, for not main- taining the temple service. 10. “Bring —tithes.” Make good your solemn en- | gngement with Nehemiah (Neh. 10:29). “Into the storehouse.” The chambers which surrounded the temple on three “May be meat.” That there may be provision for the daily sacri- fices, and for the maintenance of the priests and Levites. “Prove Me.” Take God at His word. “Windows of heaven.” A poetical, proverbial ex- pression, signifying a great downpour- ing (Gen. 7:11; 2 Kings 7:2). "Pour you out.” “Empty out’ as if God meant that He would empty forth His vast reservoir of blessings. 11. - “Will rebuke. Prevent from «he devourer.” The locusts, destructive inseets. “For Becanse of My love for you, and for the sake of your prosper- ity. The devourer had been sent be- cnuse of their sins, but should be ed as a reward for their return to duty. 12. “All nations,” etc. So great will be your prosperity and happiness that the fame thereof will extend to all nations, as in Solomon's time, God's people do in truth live in a Jelightsome other Da nships and d are that peo- er lovingly to God the are His own. “Delight Your country will again ple who rer things that some land.” was formerly called, Canadians Pay the Piper. The drinkers and smokers of Canada last year contributed to the Dominion { 2 . : exchequer in customs and excise duties | a sum ‘which amounts to $3.09 for | every man, woman and child in the Dominion. . A Poser. k that Ged wants who will vo Testament” clearly = ~ v RE, OE <3 RE Heiress All through their Histoey* 5 a land of green pastures and still , { be Enown as the pleasant lard, as it
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