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A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON‘ BY
THE REV. SPENCER S. ROCHE.
Theme: Andrew, the Middle Man.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rev. Spencer
S. Roche, rector of St. Mark’s Church,
Adelphi street, had for his* subject
Sunday morning, “Andrew, the Mid-
dle Man.” His text was from John
1:41, “He findeth’ first his own
brother Simon, and :saith unto him,
We have found the Messiah.” Mr
Roche said: 3
Here is mention of three men. It
is as though you were looking at a
picture in which Jesus of Nazareth
stands on the extreme right, His fig-
ure glowing with celestial light. To-
ward the centre, where the bright-
ness fades, stands a man clasping the
right hand of the Christ. To the left
all is dim, but you make out the form
of a third man who cannot see Christ,
can only darkly behold the middle
man. This mysterious person is
Simon. The man in the middle is
Andrew, whom the text represents as
a great discoverer. First he finds the
Christ; then he finds the man in-the
dark
I shall regard this mediating char-
acter as personating all later genera-
tions of believers. Study Andrew, in
his experience and privilege and re-
sponsibility. His left hand is in
Christ’s, but his right hand is out-
stretched. It is ©f that mighty right
arm that I am to speak. Surely no
subject can be more timely for a Sun-
day in this beautiful season of Epi-
phany when we ought to think of the
manifestation of Christ to all peoples
of the earth.
How rich is this first chapter of
John’s gospel in its tribute to the
only begotten Son of God! It is like
those gold mines of which we read,
that are full of nuggets; like those
pearl fisheries where every shell con-
tains a fortune; like those Persian
rose gardens, whence the perfume ex-
Thales everywhere. “Behold the Lamb
of God that taketh away the sin of
the world.” In all the Bible there is
no sentence which in itself is so full
of meaning and which in relation to
the gospel is so absolutely accurate
.as this description.
The Lamb of God taketh away the
sins of the world. St. John has noth-
ing to say about the origin of sin,
nothing to say about why God leaves
the loathsoms fact with us. Christ's
purpose, His opening, His abiding,
His ultimate purpose is to take sin
away. According to Jesus, man has
no use for sin. Sin is hindrance, dis-
turbance, clog, poison. It was not
God that sent sin; God’s relation to
sin is a sender of One to take it away.
Think what you please of the doc-
trine of the Atonement, but look at
the cross. I know full well that in
me, an offender, sin works suffering;
in the cross I see that to the spotless
Son of God evil brings suffering too.
Let us accept the cross as a revela-
tion of Love, of Love Eternal and
Infinite making sacrifice,.dying like
the lamb on the Jewish altar, to free
the souls that had enslaved. them-
selves to pride and shame. He who
hangs on yonder cross, in that He has
suffered, in that He has marked out
the way of the perfect life, in that He
touches our poor endeavors with res-
urrection power, purges away my
‘stains and leads me into the freedom
of a child of God. But the grand
thing taught by Jesus is that in each
heart sin must be abolished, must be
~ taken away.
But let us come to Andrew. Who
was he? He was son to Jonas, and
appears in the narrative as the com-
panion of John, who was the son of
Zebedee. These men were fishers,
‘with some possessions in the form of
nets and boats. They were associated
as partners and had servants and
dwelt on the north shore of the Lake
of Galilee. Andrew would not appear
to have been a very brilliant man, not
much of a talker. There was one
glorious thing about him—he had
found Christ. But the main thought
is this disciple’s typal character.
‘What I desire to-say above all other
things is, my Christian brother, that
Andrew is yourself. Two spiritual
facts ought to stand out in your con-
sciousness. The one is that you have
found the Christ. God is more to you
than the blind force that rules the
universe. God in Christ has come
into our worldly conditions and has
sympathized with us and has been not
only Father but Brother. So you can
say, “I know Him whom I have be-
lieved.” And the next fact is, that if
the finding has been real, it has filled
you with gladness. You may not care
to speak of that blessed train of cir-
cumstances that made you a child of
God, even as' this Andrew has told
the ‘world nothing of that rapturous
conference when with John he spent
the night with Jesus and talked of
the matters that lay deepest in their
souls—there dare supreme religious
experiences about which the reverent
heart may not love to speak. But
one thing is certain, if Christ has
brought the good tidings- into your
heart, you will desire to tell it
abroad. A real conversion opens a
new world. It rolls from the con-
science a load of guilt; it calms the
ravings of remorse; it excites the
purest affections; it cleanses the life;
it washes out all stains; it overcomes
all difficulties; it annihilates selfish-
ness; it crushes passion. It develops
new faculties; it clothes the soul with
new powers; it awakens new forces,
even a force which achieves imposi-
bilities, because it feels with St. Paul
that in Christ we can do all things.
It gives new theories of life and new
powers for success; it works such a
transformation in heart and in life, in
inward thought and in outward ac-
tion, that we truly speak of the same
individual as a new creature. All
this comes about because you know
Christ.
But we are forgetting Simon. Who
is he? Simon is just any one who is
not in Christ. He is the man in the
dark, the man at a distance. Simon
is. a mystery. The very word sug-
gests the pathos of his life. Simon
means the listening one. Think of
the Christless soul off in the night,
conscious of his perplexities and
doubts, and listening for any voice
that can give consolation. There is
this terrible thing about every Simon
—he is far from Christ. But there is
also this encouraging thing—some
brother man stands near. Each of us
knows at least one soul listening with | -
‘most rigid scrutiny.
the ear of an impassioned spirit, for
some voice to speak peace.
Simon may be your brother, or
your husband, or your partner, or
your fellow clerk, or your most inti-
mate friend, or your classmate. If
you have any great joy you must tell
Simon. Simon is so near you, so dear
to you, such a large part of your life.
If you read a good book, you lend it
to him; if you see a good play, you
tell him about it; if you get new
light on any subject, you talk it over
with him. Joseph finds’ happiness
and honor in Egypt, but the moment
he has an opportunity he says: “Ye
shall haste and go up and tell my
fatheryof all my glory in Egypt.” So
the woman of Samaria had to go
straight into the village and tell the
people all the things Christ had. told
her.
The pext thought shall be. one of |
boundless encouragement. One thing.
that Andrew did outweighed-a thou-
sand times all the other good accom-
plished by his whole life—his hand
caught Simon, and brought about that
change-of name at which all the an-
gels in heaven are still rejoicing.
“Jesus looked upon him and said:
‘Thou art Simon, the listener, the
wanderer, the useless. Thou shalt be
called Cephas, Peter, the rock, and
upon this rock I will build My church,
and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it.’ ” Jesus read the charac-
ter of Peter by divine wisdom, per-
ceiving all his strength and his in-
firmity. To Peter there must have
been, in the simple words, something
like lightning and the thunderbolt,
for he recognized one who had put
the finger on the weak spot of his
nature, and had pointed him to the
method of securing the one quality he
needed—firmness like the rock, gran-
ite consistency.
Of the Twelve, Peter stands fore-
most. However different bodies of
Christians may be opposed in their
ideas of Peter’s dignity, nothing less
can be said of him than that on the
foundation of his faith and-eourage
the fabric of Christenaom rests, while
every believer on earth to-day is in a
sense his child. But the great fact
"is that Christ did not directly draw
Peter, but that Andrew found him
and brought him to Jesus. What a
joy had Andrew all his life, and what
a joy has he to-day, and what a joy
will he have to all eternity! Christ
could have secured Peter in a thou-
sand other ways, but Andrew was
allowed the honor, in part, no doubt,
to encourage all the weak and the
poorly qualified to labor with an
abundant hope.
Often Andrew is a woman. You
remember Monica’s prayers and tears
at last drew her mighty son, whom
the church of all later ages reveres
as St. Augustin, to the Christ she had
herself already found. And there
was another woman, keeping a coun-
try tavern in England, believing that
her son possessed the power to be
useful for Christ, and cramping her-
self to send him to a classical school
and then to Pembroke College, Ox-
ford, and at last giving the world the
Yenownad evangelist, George White-
eld
Andrew had only to touch one who
sat next him at the family board.
Your hand may have to stretch very
far to find the, man who is waiting
for you. At a great missionary meet-
ing I met those whom love for Christ
had sent to the heart of Africa, to the
great cities of China, “to India’s coral
strand.” Sometimes the arm gathers
strength as it stretches and makes
wider and wider sweeps. There was
Dr. Grenfell, the medical student in
London, who became convinced that
his religious life had been a humbug.
As he reached out he found some
ragged, lawless boys in the slums.
Them he brought to the Master. The
arm reached farther and embraced
the deep sea fishermen around the
English coast. Then the arm
stretched all the way across the At-
lantic and took in the seamen and
their families in Newfoundland and
Labrador.
Let me add two general counsels.
In leading others to Christ, begin
with those dearest to you. When
Jesus commanded His disciples to go
to all nations, He added, “beginning
at Jerusalem.” “Return to thine own
house and show how great things God
hath done unto thee.” .
There is one argument you can al-
ways use with immense power. Say
to the careless, to the men and the
women who reject the Gospel without
really knowing anything about it, say
to them, “Give Christ a fair trial.”
To Andrew and John following Him,
Jesus said, “What seek ye?” And
when they replied, “Rabbi, where
dwellest Thou?” He answered, “Come
and see.” In that same spirit of con-
fidence, He meets an inquiring world
to-day.
He welcomes all who will come.
The honest inquirer who would know
His claims and on what rests the sal-
vation He bestows, is cordially in-
vited. The Nazarene does not now
travel along dusty roads; He treads
the sapphire pavements, yet still is
He tender and sympathetic toward
the darkened and inquiring spirits as
when He walked on the beach at
Galilee. His cry still is, “If any man
thirst, let him come unto Me.”
The Gospel has nothing to conceal;
it courts investigation; it asks for the
“Come and see.”
So” the believer to-day says, “One
thing I know, that whereas I was
blind, now I see; ” one thing I know,
“her ways are ways of pleasantness.”
Jesus Christ has given attraction to
life, elevation to my aims, sweetness
to my experience, peace to my soul.
Come see if He will not be as much
for you. Give the Gospel, man of ex-
periments, fair trial, and see what it
will accomplish.
One Thing Needful.
The first necessity of a Christian
church is not that it should have a
building to worship in, or a minister
to preach. to it, or an organ to lead
its singing. These things may all be
dispensed with. The one thing need-
ful is that it should have such a vis-
ion of the glory of God as will make
peace and joy impossible unless it is
doing its best ‘to declare to others the
things which it has seen and heard.—
Rev. H. Arnold Thomas.
The Consolatory Side.
When my reason is afloat, my faith
cannot long remain in suspense, and
I believe in God as firmly as in any
other truth whatever; in short, a
thousand motives draw me to the
consolatory side, and add the weight
of hope to the equilibrium of reason.
-——Rousseau.
Pictures taken by carrier pigeons in
flight to serve for reconnoitring the
position of the enemy, and ‘its topo:
graphy, are the subject of experi-
ments being conducted by the German
Eovernmsgt:
“A curious tree without a leaf grows
in one of the islands of the Pacific.
It grows to. nearly 30 feet, with
branches spreading like a huge um-
brella, yet it is completely leafless. Its
sap is .useful as a medicine, but as
fuel the wood is worse than useless,
being as hard as iron and quite as
difficult to burn.
—
In order to dispense with the cost
of electric lighting in mill -operation
it is proposed by some of the ‘jute
mill owners of Calcutta to operate the
establishments from daylight to dusk
during the season of short days. Some
concessions are made to the .opera-
tives which makes the proposition at-
tractive to them.
A Dresden physician says “electric
ophthalmia” is the result of constant
working under electric lights and
brings on a condition which results in
cataract. According to this gentleman,
the damage is done by the ultra-violet
rays, and can be overcome by the
use. of spectacles of a yellowish _or
greenish tint, which he predicts will
become universal as soon as the ex-
tent of the damage done by electric
light shall be appreciated.
The authorized capital of Japanese
electric undertakings in 1903, $14,193,-
000, rose to $68,724,000 in 1907. The
electrical works undertaken chiefly
represented lighting and railways.
The number of lights supplied in 1903,
365,000, increased in 1907 to 859,143.
Tokio and Osaka require each 100,000
lights. Electric railways show equal
development. In 1903 the mileage was
38, which rose to 119 in 1907, and will
be largely added to by construction
during the present year.
Recently electrically welded chain
has been made commercially by auto-
matically cutting the blanks from a
bar so as to form a socket in one
end and a corresponding taper on the
other end of the link blank. This is
then bent and joined on one side of
these joints welded. This obviates the
usual amount of upset.in such cases.
Tne laps, or area of contact are much
larger than in the squarely cut ends,
and a nice-appearing and good weld
is made. :
‘ THE- KING OF BEASTS.
With Advancing Years He Thinks
More of Food and Comfort.
“As he grows old a lion get lazy
and spiritless,” says Maurice B. Kir-
by, in an article on “The Gentle Art
of Training Wild Beasts,” in Every-
body’s. “The haughty beast who
stares at the crowd outside his cage
usually is as fierce of spirit as a fat
night watchman who blinks out upon
the dark world through the circle of
light cast by the lamp at his feet.
With plenty to eat, nothing to annoy
him, and a keeper to look after his
cage, the’ king of beasts becomes as
peaceful, portly, and self-satisfied as
some ‘of ‘our latter today human
monarchs, whose ministers of army,
navy, state, and other things take
proper care of the regal cage and see
to it that the usual three square meals
per day await the royal gullet at the
proper hours. The story book impres-
sion that lions are always on the hunt.
in their native jungle is quite at vari-
ance with the truth. Indeed, the older
lions will frequently go hungry or seek
the leavings of another beast’s kill,
rather than summon the .energy to
hunt prey for themselves.
“In a group of ten or twelve trained
lions, two or three young, = nervous
animals usually supply the act with
all its dash and spirit. The others are
somnambulists.
“Tigers, too, frequently grow lethar-
gic with advancing years; but never
to such a degree as the aging lion.
There is always. a pinch of ginger in
the big striped cat. - For that reason
he makes a more spectacular perform-
er than the lion, and usually a tougher
proposition for the trainer.”
High Brow—a Good Sign.
Stand before a mirror and look at.
your forehead. Does it slope back?
If so, it.denotes a fondness for art,
and a talent for music or painting—
or both.
If your forehead is high, it is a
good sign, particularly if it is well
developed about the eyebrows. Shoula
these have a perceptible bulge, you
are a calm, cool, deliberate thinker.
You will probably be, successful in
business if, with bulging eyebrows,
you have a short, narrow forehead.
Breadth of forehead indicates
broad-mindedness. Of course, a broad
forehead may be part of a weak face,
and a weak face with a broad fore-
head is not so favorable as a strong
face and a narrow forehead.
If your eyebrows bulge, and your
forehead slopes gradually back, you
are highly sensitive, and—you are a
poet.—Answers.
Two Deterrents.
First Tramp—You won’t get noth-
ing decent there; them people is veg-
etarians.
Second Tramp—Is that right?
First Tramp—Yes; and they've got
a dog wot ain’t—Philadelphia Inquir-
er.
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PENNSYLVANIA
| Interesting Items from All Sections of
the Keystone State.
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS ;
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT
Decision’ on Fayette County Appeal
is That the Law Is
Constitutional.
Philadelphia. —The State Supreme
‘Court here sustained the constitution-
ality of the Roberts’ corrupt practices
act, passed by the special session of
The supreme court
did not hand down a written opinion,
but simply affirmed the validity of
the act on a decision rendered by the
superior court, from which an appeal
had been taken. The decision was
rendered on the -Likens-Van Swerin-
gen and Likens- Byrne appeals, both
originating in Fayétte county.
Byrne was chairman of the Repub-
lican county committee --of Fayette
county and Likens presented a peti-
tion to the Fayette county court for
the appointment of an auditor to au-
dit Bryne’s accounts for expenditures
during an election campaign. Van
Swearingen was a candidate for judge
at that election and a similar petition
in his case was presented by Likens.
The Fayette county court refused
to grant the petition on the ground
that the corrupt practices act was
unconstitutional,” because passed at a
special session of the legislature, call-
ed by a proclamation of the governor,
and the subject of the act was not set
out in the proclamation. Appeals
court.
The superior court in its decision;
which has been affirmed, ordered that
the cases be sent back to the Fayette
county court for action under Likens’
petition.
BIG TRACTION SCHEME
Company. Obtains Franchise and Will
Build Many Miles of Track.
Greenville..—The Mercer <Construc-
tion Company, which is promoting
the Greenville trolley line, has pur-
chased the charter of the New Cas-
tle—New Wilmington line, including
the franchise in New Castle and 11
miles of right of way between the two
towns. Under this charter the com-
pany proposes to extend a line di-
rectly to Greenville and from Green-
ville to Conneaut Lake, with a Sharon-
Mercer line intersecting at Big Bend.
The main line will be 44 miles long
and the intersecting line 16 miles.
The company has organized with
these officers: President, F. P. Fil-
er, Mercer; vice president 8S. D.
Downs, Greenville; secretary and
treasurer, L. W. Orr, Mercer. The
directors include these officers, with
State Senator J. M. Campbell, Mer-
cer; George - Dresch, Sharon; presi-
dent, R. M. Russell and the Rev. J.
H. Veazey of Westminster college.
OIL EXCITEMENT HIGH
Good Strikes Near - Delmont Cause
Battle for Nearby Leases.
Greensbur.—The ' palmy days of the
Murraysville and Grapeville gas
fields are recalled in the excitement
created by drillers in Salem town-
about Delmont. Twenty-one
rigs have been constructed on the
McWilliams . farm, the last well
brought in showing the highest gauge
pressure of any yet drilled in the
district.
Four gas companies, the Philadel-
phia, American, Carnegie and Peoples
are having a merry war in getting
leases of the adjoining farms, and
farmers are reaping a harvest. The
roads about. the ‘village are in a
frightful condition because of heavy
hauling.
SHOT PUNCTURED HEART
Tragedy Caused by Jealousy Follows
Drinking Bout.
= Greensburg.—After “killing Daniel
Monick - at “Salemville, Mike Daniels
told, his friends, and departed., The
tragedy was in Daniels’ home, and
the cause is alleged to have been
Monick’s friendliness - towards Dan-
iels’ wife, one of the prettiest-women
of the Italian colony at Salemville.
There were a dozen witnesses, and
all say. Daniels seized a shotgun and
fired at Monick before the latter
could defend himself. The charge
punctured Monick’s heart.
Italians held a drinking bout at
Monick’s home, the whole party go-
ing to Daniels’ just before the shoot-
ing.
Big Butler Plant Sold to Trust.
Butler.—Following the absorbtion
by the Valvoline Oil Company of
Edgewater, N. J., of all subsidiary re-
fineries which have been operated un-
der different’ names, a deed was re-
corded here on February 10 showing
a transfer of the East Butler refinery,
of the Wilburine Oil Company, to the
Valvoline Oil. concern. The plant
here covers 25 acres. Extensive addi-
tions are now being made.
Ice Famine Threatened.
Franklin.—An ice famine is-threat-
ened in Western Pennsylvania. None
has been cut at either Conneaut Lake
or Sandy Lake. The late ice harvest
always has been between February 4
and 14.
Loan Associations Protest,
Altcona.—The officers and stock-
holders of 40 building and loan asso-
ciations here have prepared formal
protest against the adoption of the
bill now pending before the legisla-
ture fixing the kind of securities in
which the associations may deal and
otherwise curtailing their earning
capacity.
Peter Morchardt of Hanover, N. H.,
having last June hived a swarm of
bees in a cracker box,
honey.
took from it a |
{ short time ago 35 pounds of clear |
HOSPITAL ATTENDANT KILLED
Escape of Three Insane Criminals Is
Followed by Death of At-
tendant at Asylum.
Norristown.—The escape and search
for three criminal inmates of the State
Hospital for the Insane here resulted
in the death of William Lattimer, a
hospital attendant, who was found
badly hurt some distance from the
institution.
John Weiss, aged 60; Frank Mango,
30 years old, and George Balgner,
aged 36, brought here from the East-
ern Penitentiary several weeks ago
and confined in one cell, twisted an
iron bar from their cell, and, climbing
through the window, escaped. Their
absence was soon discovered and at-
tendants, assisted by Norristown peo-
ple, started in pursuit. Weiss was
captured at midnight while boarding a
trolley car bound for Philadelphia.
All the atendants returned to the
hospital except Lattimer, who was
found lying along a trolley track at
Hermonville, near here. A motor-
man of a car saw the body too late to
stop his car and an arm was severed.
Lattimer was removed toa hospital
here, where he died. There are a
number of wounds on the head of the
body, and it is believed that Lattimer
found the insane men and was beaten
into unconsciousness and left on the
track by them.
AGED MAN HANGS HIMSELF
Many Deaths Prove Too Much for
Washingtonian.
Washington. — Grieving over the
deaths of his wife, four daughters
and several grandchildren, all- within
the last three years, Abel Sharpneck,
70 years old, a wealthy farmer of
Carmichaels, Greene county, commit-
ted suicide in a slaughterhouse on his
farm by hanging himself. A son
found his body.
Apparently to keep the rope from
cutting the skin, the aged man first
wrapped rags around his neck. With
the other end of the rope tied to a
rafter he dropped six feet breaking
his neck. Five sons and two daugh-
ters survive,
BIG WALTON MINE RESUMES
River Coal Company Starts Mammoth
Workings After Long ldleness.
What is known as the Walton mine
‘No. 2, .located near West Elizabeth,
in the second pool of the Mononga-
hela river, resumed operations for the
first time in eight months. The
mine is a big one and is a part of the
properties of the Monongahela River
Consolidated Coal and Coke Company.
Its payroll amounts to 20,000 a month,
whieh is distributed in semi-monthly
pays, -so that the West Elizabeth dis-
trict is rejoicing at the improved
conditions assured by the change in
the mining operations there.
NEW CRACK IN OLD LIBERTY
Bell May Split in Half on Its Way to
— Pacific Coast.
Philadelphia.—The discovery that
the crack in the Liberty Bell was ex-
tended 17 inches beyond its original
length started another movement to
prevent the proposed trip of the old
relic to the Pacific Coast.
The second crack, which is scarcely
perceptible, now extends almost to
the top of the bell, and any sudden
jolt may cause the bell to split in
half. According to those who have
charge of the bell every trip taken
by the relic has caused a slight in-
crease in the original crack.
Anti-License Crusade in Butler.
Butler.—A hard fight to reduce the
number of licensed houses in Butler
county will be made at license court,
to be held by Judge James M. Gal-
breath next week. Remonstrances
against grdnting wholesale licenses
have been signed by nearly 3,000 per-
sons and specific * remonstrances,
largely signed, have been filed against
nine hotels.
Goes to China to Teach Nurses.
Miss Mary Soles of McKeesport
has been selected by the University
of Pennsylvania as one of a number
of nurses who will be sent to Canton,
China, to instruct Chinese women
how to care for the sick. She will
leave for China in March. Miss Soles
is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Hos-
pital in Philadelphia and a school
teacher. She had charge of a hos-
pital at Newark, N. J
Uphold Vaccination and Vivisection.
Washington. —T he Washington
County Medical society today adopted
a resolution to be presented to the
state legislature asking that proper
consideration be given to measures
presented bearing on medicine and
science. The resolution tacitly up-
holds the present vaccination laws
and protests against the abolition of
| vivisection.
Veteran Dies in His Office.
Wilkes-Barre.—George H. Trout
man, aged 68, a veteran of the Civil
War and a prominent member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, died sud-
denly from heart disease in his law
office here.
New Castle Lad Wins Cadetship.
Washington.—Frederick Wick Mec-
Kee, of New Castle, by making the
highest grade in a competitive exam-
ination here, will be recommended by
Congressman Ernest L. Acheson for
appointment to fill a vacancy from
this district in the United States Nav-
al Academy at Annapolis. The ex-
amination, which was open to eligi-
ble young men of the Twenty-fourth
congressional district, was held at
Washington and Jefferson college,
with four contestants. Guerney H.
L. Cole, of Washington, made the sec-
| ond best grade.
A LIFE SAVED.
A Case of Kidney Trouble Pretty Far
Advanced.
Mrs. Henry Rapine, 69 E. Lafay-
ette St., Norristown, Pa., says:
“Doan’s Kidney Pills
saved my life. Head-
ache, dizzy spells and
blurring eyesight
came on me four
cf. %\ years ago, and began
Y ¢ i) to be so bad I would
fall to the floor.
Piercing pains caught
me in the- back. I lost weight stead-
fly. My hair actually turned gray
from my suffering. After practically
giving up hope, I used Doan’s Kidney
Pills and began to mend very soon. I
put on weight, gained strength, and
after using three boxes was entirely
cured.” .
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Cat in the House.
The presence of a cat to those who
care for him, is tranquillizing and a
mental restorative. ‘A cat asleep in
the most comfortable chair in the
room or drowsing cn the window seat
suggests reposefulness as almost
nothing else can do. A cat’s purr
spells profound contentment, and is
the synonym of perfect peace. No
other domestic animal has such a
soft fur to stroke. If it is a weakness
in a human to care for a cat, the
lover errs in the excellent company
of the good and great of all the ages.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
$33.00 Personally Conducted Ex-
cursions.
Colonists’ one-way tickets, Chicago
to the Pacific coast, via the Chicago,
Union Pacific and Northwestern Line,
are on sale daily during March and
April at the rate of $33.00. Corre-
spondingly low rates from all points.
Double berth in tourist sleeping car
only $7.00, through without change
to San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Portland. No extra charge on our
personally conducted tours. Write for
itinerary and full particulars to S. A.
Hutchison, Manager Tourist Depart-
ment, 212 Clark street, Chicago, Ill 5
Tha March St. Nicholas.
In the March St. Nicholas Mrs. .E.
H. Baynes gives entertaining facts of
the life and antics of a pet baby
bear who wandered untethered about
the farm. Animals in wood and cari-
cature men and notables all made in-
to toys by the brilliant French cari-
caturist, Monsieur Caran D’Ache, are
described by Frances M. Shaefer.
“Simple Tricks in Magic,” written by
Henry Hatton and Adrian Platte, ex-
plains simply popular tricks of ma-
gicians. The magic of -music is trac-
ed from remote times by Jessie Kath-
erine MacDonald. Rupert Sargent
Holland portrays a most captivating
young Marquise of Lafdyette, the
eighth in his series of “Historic Boy-
hoods.” In short stories the March
number has two that ought to capti-
vate young girls. Marian Warner
Wildman writes of “The Sled That
Ran Away.” Of course it didn’t, real
ly run away, but lL.aggie “hitched be-
hind,” tied her sled at that, and
couldn’ t untie it. That's the start and
it’s a good story. “The Coal Neck-
lace,” by Grace E. Craig, is of a
young girl who goes to Venice and al-
most buys a coral necklace. She did
get one, but how it was obtained is
toc well told in the story to hint at
here. Ralph Henry Barbour’s serial,
“Captain Club,” continues. “The Lass
of the Silver Sword,’”* Mary Con-
stance Dubois’s continued story of a
group of school girls, presents a de-
lightful view of an Adirondack girl's
camp, while Bradley Gilman’s Egyp-
tian adventure story, “A Son of the
Desert,” presents stirring scenes of a
camp of Egyptian bandits who hold
“Ted,” the hero, in captivity. Charm-
ing verse, a great number of illustra-
tions and the regular departments
complete the issue.
Worse!
Tom—That friend you thtroduced
at the club last night seems to be a
melancholy sort of fellow. What's
the matter with him?
Jack—Disappointed in. love, I be-
Heve.
Tom—Tco bad; got the mitten, I
suppose?
Jack—Oh, no;
Chicago News.
he got the girl.—
PRIZE FOOD 7
Palatable, Economical, Te
~ A Nebr. woman has outlined the
prize food in a few words, and that
from personal experience. ‘She writes:
“After our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, 1 cannot say enough in
its favor. We have used this food al-
most continually for seven years.
“We sometimes tried other adver-
tised breakfast foods, but we invaria-
bly returned to Grape-Nuts as the
most palatable, economical and nour-
ishing of all.
“When 1 quit tea and coffee and
began to use Postum and Grape-Nuts,
I was a nervous wreck. I wag so ir-
ritable I could not sleep nights, had
no interest in life.
‘““After using Grape-Nuts a short
time I began to improve and all these
ailments have disappeared, and now I
am a well woman. My two children
have been almost raised on Grape-
Nuts, which they eat three times a
day.
‘““They are pictures of health and
have never had the least symptom of
stomach trouble, even through the
most severe siege of whooping cough
they could retain Grape-Nuts when
all else failed.
‘““Grape-Nuts food Las saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore, a most
economical food for us.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. ‘‘There's a Rea-
son.”
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.