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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Among: the Siamese the curious cus
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joint of the left arm as a sign of super
iority. The children of both sexes are
trained to reserve their elbow in this
painful position at an early age, if
their parents are persons of high
prades.
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Take Laxutlvo Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
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The last instance of boiling to death
took place in Persia in 1890. The of
fender, guilty of stealing State rev
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water, which was slowly heated to the
boiling point. His bones were distrib
uted as a warning among the provis
ional tax collectors.
Chew Star Tobacco—The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
Before the reformation 50 per cent, of
the land in the Ijnited Kingdom be
longed to the Church.
Oh, What Splendid Coffee.
Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111.,
writes: "From one package Salzer's
German Coffee Berry costing :5c I grew
300 lbs. of better coffee than 1 can buy
In stores at 30 cents alb." A. C. 5.
A package of this coffee and big seed
and plant catalogue is sent you by
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., upon receipt of 15 cents stamps
and this notice.
Piso's f!or In a wonderful Cough medicine.
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In Russia and Switzerland the Gov
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Not an Ideal Place.
"No," said Wheeler, thoughtfully. "]
rnn't cotton to the Idea that heaven Is
a place where the streets are paved
with gold. I don't believe a fellow's
llres would stick worth u cent to q
rtreet of that kind."—lndianapolis
Journal.
Sciatic
Rheumatism
" I have been troubled with solatia rhen
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live years younger than I did beforo taking
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German "Bulla."
The Germans are about as brilliant It
the use of the metaphors which occa
aionally crop up In parliamentary us
eemblles us the French. Here are som<
sentences reported by a German paper
which seems to show that forensic elo
quence is much the same In all eoun
tries: "With closed eyes you havt
watched the flood rising." "The perl
odlcal sanitary reports are submitted
to us after a decode of three years.'
"We do not bury the battle ax. Or
the contrary, we shall give It renewed
life." "I speak, not as a deputy, bui
as the person sent by my electors."
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A Benefactress* Klnl Act.
From the Evening New*. Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. John Tansey, of 130 Baker Street,
Detroit, Michigan, is one of those women
who always know just what to do In all
trouble and sickness. Cue that is a mother
to those in distress. To a reportor she said:
"I ain the mother of ton children and
have raised eight of them. Several years
ago wo had a serious time with my daugh
ter, which began when she was about six
teen years old. She did not have any sori
ous illness but seemed to gradually waste
away. Having nevorhad any consumption
in our family, as we come of good old Irish
and Scotch stock, wo did not think it was
that. Our doctor called the disease by an
odd nnme, which, as I afterward learuod,
meant lack of blood.
"It is impossible to describe the feeling
John and I had as we noticed our daughter
slowly passing away from us. Wo iinally
found, however, a medicine that seemed to
Most of the Time She Was Confined to Bed.
help her, and from the llrst we noticed a
decided change for the better, and after
three months' treatment her health was so
greatly improved you would not have re
cognized her. She gained in flesh rapidly
and soon was in perfect health. The incdi
3lne used was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Palo People. I have al ways kept those pills
In the house since and have recommended
them to many people. I have told many
mothers about them and they have effected
some wonderful cures.
"Every mother in this land should keep
these pills in the house, as thev are good for
many ailments, particularly those arising
from impoverished or diseased blood, and
Weakened nerve force. *'
Pittsburg Improvements Completed.
The improvements that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad have had under way
at Pittsburg for the past 15 months
have been completed with the excep
tion of a small amount of paving be
tween the tracks which will be done in
the Spring. The line now has splendid
terminals at that point and sufficient
trackage to handle the vast amount of
business with not only economy but
with celerity. The changes cost in the
neighborhood of $150,000 and consist of
a new yard at Glenwood (one of Pitts
burg's suburbs), a double track trestle
nearly two miles in length, the chang
ing of the line of road leading into the
passenger station and the building of
new freight yards near that point.
More Weddings In the Country.
"It Is a very noticeable fact," said
MaJ. Lusk, who is authority on the
question with reference to Hymen,
"that there are not as many city chaps
getting married nowadays as there are
country boys. In some Instances the
country boy marries a city girl, but not
very often. The city boy seldom, If
ever, marries a country girl. Of course,
the city boy does not like to marry
where there is a disparity of minds,
for, as Dickens says, 'those people can
never live happy.' What do I thiuk la
the cause of It? Why, I think the coun
try boy Is more economical with the
money he earns than the boy of the
city. lie can do better on $25 a month
than a boy reared in the city can with
SSO. Then again, when the country boy
marries he goes on a tract of land given
him by his father or bought with hard
earned money."—Jefferson City Cou
rier-
Dotfcatc Hint.
Deal Tlole, in his "Little Tour In Ire
land," says that when one of his party
went a-flshing. It was to come home la
triumph, bearing a glorious sal man, its
silver scales glittering In the sun. Nat
anally ho was In good humor, and well
disposed to pay the fisherman who had
accompanied him. This was the dla
logue as the two men stepped on shore:
"Boatman," said the happy tourist,
"how much Is the boat?"
"Sure, your honor, the boat' ll be ID
the bill. Your honor'll give the boat
man what you please."
"But what is generally given?"
"Well, your honor, some'll give two
shillings, and some eighteen plnce. A
tallor'd bo for giving eighteen plnce."
Ilow much the passenger gave Is nol
known, but surely he was not inclined
to be classed with slay-at-home taJlors,
not accustomed to "sport."
When It comes to an all-around game
of landgrabbing the European powers
will find it difficult to prevent Great
Britain from taking a hand. She likes
n little came of that kln<L
Bunch all the worst pains In $
a lump like thisi
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WHEEE CELERY IS KING.
THE CITY OF KALAMAZOO ENJOYS A
UNIQUE DISTINCTION.
fiai*tng niicl Selling Celery Has Heroine
It* Leading Industry— How Dutch
Emigrants Made Fortunes Out of Lands
That "Were Considered Worthless.
To the handsome city of Kalamazoo,
Mich., writes a correspondent of the
Buffalo (N. Y.) Express, belongs the
honor of making smellage, a popular
table relish under the name of celery.
Celery, in turn, has made that city
famous us the celery gardens of the
world; in fact, Kalamazoo is now
called the Celery City. This city,
with its queer Indian name, was for
years made the target of funny stories
and minstrel songs. Situated on the
banks of the river of tho same namo,
the city extends back on the hills, and
is acknowledged to be one of the hand
somest cities of its size in the United
States. The railroads enter Kala
mazoo along the river bottoms, which
extend for miles, and are the most
fertile lands north of the Ohio River.
The soil is rich muck, and is from two
to eight feet deep.
A stranger entering the city by rail
cau distinguish the peculiar odor of
celery gardens long beforo reaching
the town. During the growing season
it is a pretty scene, long rows of bright
green ugainst a black background.
Not a weed or brush is to be seen.
Bill Nye said it reminded him of an
Irish woman's black dress trimmed
with green braid.
Celery, as a table delicacy, came in
to existence in this way: Among the
early settlers locating in Ivalamnzoo,
was a family direct from Holland,
named Blyker. Dem Blyker was its
head, and his father had accumulated
a fortune in the East India Company.
Other families followed and prospered,
and iinally quite a colony came over
of the poorer class. At this time the
flats or river bottoms were considered
almost worthless lands, but were pre
ferred by the Holland emigrants.
Many little streams flow down the
hillside, and soon the lane near tho
city was parceled and divided iuto
small pints, like the lowlands of the
Netherlands. It was just like homo
for them, except that here they soon
could own their own farm. At first
onions and cabbage were raised and
shipped out to other cities. In 1878 a
gardener named Van Haaften, raised
some smellage, which grew so rapidly
on tho rich mnck bottoms that he had
to draw the dirt up against it to keep
it standing. In the fall, when taken
out, it was found to bo blenched white
and very brittle and palatable. A sam
ple box was sent to a Louisville hotel,
which bought his onions, for trial as
a table relish. The instructions wore
to eat it as you would radishes, with
salt, and it was called Kalamazoo cel
ery, instead of smellage. The now
relish met with favor at once, and Van
Haaften received orders for the rost of
his crop and orders for tho next year.
Onions were that year an over-pro
duction, while the Kalamazoo celery
sold for seventy-fivo cents a dozen
stalks.
The next year the Van Haaften fam
ily planted their.ground to celery and
made a great deal of money. In fact,
they paid for the land and bought
more from their first year's sales. The
year following the whole Holland pop
ulation on tho flats began to plant cel
ery. Every leading hotel in the
United States was ordering celery,and
land that had sold fur gilO to an
acre increased tenfold.
Glen D. Stuart, a young business
man, formerly from Now York, saw tho
possibilities in celery and began busi
ness as a celery shipper and soon had
an immense trade. Ho was a clever
man, and bought whole gardens and
advnnced money to new gardeners. In
less than five years ho was known as
the Celery King, and did a quarter of
a million dollars' worth of business
shipping celery during the year.
In those days celery brought a good
price, and every available foot of low
laud was utilized. To-day it is esti
mated that over 4000 Hollanders are
actively engaged in celery culture,
and about 8000 acres of the river
bottoms are devoted to celery gardens.
A million and a half of money is paid
to the growers of Kalamazoo Valley
each year for their celery crop.
This celery industry has developed
others, such as box factories, printing
offices, celery medicine companies and
numerous concerns making celery tea,
celery gum, celery cough drops, celery
bitters, celery pickles and chow-chow,
nerve tonic, celery salt, celery soups
and a score of other preparations.
All the trunk lines of railroads cater
to the celery trade and run special re
frigerator cars to all the distant cities.
From tho middle of July until after
Christmas the atmosphere of Kalama
zoo has a decided celery flavor. There
is a continual stream of wagons deliv
ering their product to the express com
panies from 8 a. m. until about 4 p.
ni. The crop of 1897 is estimated at
18,000,000 dozen bunches, and will
bring the growers about nine cents per
dozen.
A Pioneer Postofflre.
William Beatty, a farmer near Scio
toville, Ohio, while splitting up a
tree which he had felled on his farm,
found in the heart of tho trunk a
buckskin bag containing a letter, dis
colored by age. The writing had
practically faded away, only a word
here and there being intelligible. Tho
tree was evidently 150 years old, and it
is thought that the letter had been
placed there a hundred years ago,
when the "Little Scioto" trail from
the Ohio River to Chillicothe was used
by the traders, and passed close to
where the old tree stood. The hole
in which tho letter had boon hidden
had been completely covered by the
new growth of the tree. It was un
doubtedly one of tho "postofflces" of
the pioneers.
THE ERIE CANAL.
Thfl Part It Played in New York's Ad*
▼ancement in Wealth and Population.
Mr. Ernest Tngersoll writes an arti
cle for St. Nicholas on the Greatei
New York, his paper being entitled
* 'Reasoning Out a Metropolis." Mr.
Ingersoll says:
The greatest of all the influences
that assisted Now York to reach first
place was tile Erie Canal. The first
quarter of this century was the era of
canal building. No matter how fint
the turnpike may be, horses can haul
in wagons only high-priced merchan
dise, in comparatively small quantities
and fdr short distances, unless the
cargo is to cost for transportation
more than it is worth. Men found oul
in Europe and Asia long ago that foi
moving grain, coal, timber, ore, and
similar bulky or heavy goods, where
speed was not especially important, a
ship or boat was the only practical
method. If a river were not conveni
ent, then an artificial waterway, called
a canal—that is, channel—must be
made. When in any country some
thing of this kind cannot be done,
that country must remain undeveloped
and thinly populated, like the Sahara.
Why is a canal so much better than
a good road for commercial purposes?
Because, while two horses and one
man can haul on a hard, level road
perhaps two tons, the same driver with
two horses harnessed to a canal boat
can move twenty tons nearly as quick
ly; that is, the same force and expense
for pay and food of men and horses
accomplish ten times as much in re
sult, which really makes the goods
teu times cheaper at the end of the
route.
Heuce, before the invention of rail
roads, it was necessary for any grow
ing country to dig canals to servo as
the highways of commerce; and this
the young United States hastened to
do. New York, as usual, moved
among the foremost. She planned
and constructed, besides some lesser
ones, that great waterway, four hun
dred miles long, from Albany to Buf
falo, which was called the Erie Canal,
and connected the Hudson with the
Great Lakes.
This caual was finished in 1825, and
immensely stimulated the growth, not
only of the western part of New York
State, but of the whole region of the
Great Lakes; for now farmers in the
Northwest could send their grain and
fruit and cattle, and the miners their
ore, and the lumbermen their ship
timber, and boards and staves, to the
seaboard at profitable rates; and in
return they could obtain the imports,
merchandise and manufactures of sea
coast cities at fair cost. A fleet of
vessels on the lakes came and went,
bringing from farm, mine and forest
cargoes which were loaded into canal
boats and sent east, often to bo trans
ferred to vessels for foreign ports
without ever touching land at all. And
back went supplies for the interior of
New York State, and for settlers in
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,
and beyond, who could never have
lived and worked in those distaut
parts except for this means of cheap
communication. To them, also, every
summer, went thousands of new set
tlers from New England and Old Eng
land and all Europe, who needed no
longer to spend weeks and weeks in
traveling in wagons before reaching
their new homes.
Meat Not a Neccwnry Food.
Mrs. S. T. Borer writes on "Do We
Eat Too Much Meat?" in Ladies'
Home Journal, answering her own
query affirmatively. "Meat," she as
serts, "is not at all necessary to a per
fect existence. Most people, however,
look upon it as though it formed the
only food upon which they could work,
aud yet many great athletes have
never touched it. Meat, after it en
ters the stomach and is digested, may
be injurious, but for all this the ordi
nary American has made up his mind
that lean meat gives him less trouble
than any other food, so ho takes it in
large quantities, invariably breaking
down in middle with just such diseases
as cornts from the over-use of concen
trated nitrogenous foods. CLlldren
fed on beef juice and beef soups, witb
white bread, lose the various salts
necessary to the building of bones,
teeth and muscle and the soda for the
blood. The outer part of the wheat,
which is so rich in these earthy salts,
is cast aside, so that the child in grow
ing gets weak bone structure as a
frame for its lean flesh. The stalwarf
men of Scotland find that porridge
and milk contain all the muscle, bone
and norve food necessary for an active
existence.
"An excoss of carbonnaceous food,
on the other hand, forms an accumula
tion of fat, preventing the complete
nourishment of the muscles. The
over-fat person has bulk without
strength; his vital power always de
ficient, while the excess of nitrogen
ous food which he consumes increases
the tendency to disease of a plethoric
character, showing at once that the
surplus is burned and stored the same
as fuel food."
I'uniHliiriff an Interloper.
Ono of the residents of Lauesboro,
Fenu., recently had an opportunity of
witnessing how an interloper is pun
ished by the marten species of bird.
A pair of martens had taken posses
sion of a small box and were building
their nest in it. One day, while they
were absent, a screech owl took pos
session of the box, and when the mar
tons came homo he would not allow
them to enter.
The smaller birds were nonplussed
for a while, aild in a moment flew
away. In a short time, however, the
little ones returned, bringing with
them a whole army of companions, who
immediately set to work, and, pro
outing mud, plastered up the en
trance to thebox. Then nil flew away.
In a few days the farmer examined
the box and the owl was found dead.
—New York Press. *
Worrying tlio Cow.
A rough, quick-tempered man
should never bo tolerated around the
cow stable. The cow loves quietude.
Any disturbance which excites her
lessens, if it does not stop, the secre
tion and flow of milk. It is very easy
for an employe, by kicking and beat
ing a cow just before or while he is
milking, to lessen her milk flow by
one half. This is called "holding up"
the milk. It is really a prevention of
milk secretion, and the milk thus lost
does not come down at any subsequent
milking.—American Cultivator,
Preservation of
The Berliner Marktballenzeitung
reports about experiments mado for
tlio purpose of securing the most ra
tional method of preserving eggs.
This being a topic of general interest,
I beg to give hereaftsr an extract of
the results obtained, as described in
tlio said journal:
Twenty methods were selected for
these experiments. In the first days
of July -400 fresh eggs were prepared
according to these methods (twenty
eggs for each method), to b3 opened
for uso at the end of the month of
February.
Of course, a most essential point
for the success of preservation is that
only really fresh eggs be employed.
As the most infallible means of ascer
taining the age of the eggs the experi
mentist designated the specific weight
of same. With fresli eggs it is from
1.0781 to 1.09-42, If the eggs are put
into a solution of 120 grammes (4.23
ounces) of common salt in one litre
(1.0567 quarts) of water, the specific
weight of which solution is 1.073, all
the eggs that swim on this liquid
weigh less, and consequently are not
fresh. Only those eggs that sink
should be used for preservation.
When, after eight months of preser
vation, the eggs were opened [for use,
the twenty different methods em
ployed gave the most hetrogeneous
results:
(1) Egss put for preservation in
salt water were all bad (not rotten,
but uneatable, the salt having pene
trated into the eggs).
(2) Eggs wrapped in paper, eighty
per cent. bad.
(3) Eggs preserved in a solution of
salicylic acid and glycerin, eighty per
cent. bad.
(4) Eggs rubbed witii salt, seventy
per cent. bad.—From the United
States Consular Beport,
A Work Shop on the Farm.
A work shop on tlio farm is a grcal
convenience; every progressive farmer
has one, and those who want to keep
mi with the advancement of agricul
tural interests will follow suit. To
build a work shop is an easy job; it
doesn't take long and costs hut little,
if constructed as that dear old cabin
in which I used to work. My work
shop was about eight by ten feet and
six feet from the floor to the loft,
covered with oak boards and having
no floor save the ground. It was
sided up with one-inch oak boards,
which were sawed from timber cut in
the woods, the space between the
planks being covered with thin oak
strips. The shop was provided with
an anvil, two strong hammers, a vise,
planes, saws, screw-drivers, chisels, a
shaving horse, braco and a set of fif
teen bits, ranging from an eighth of
an inch to an inch, spoke shaves, a
square and rule, etc., all of which
may be bought now for about sl2. I
also had a harness-maker's outfit ill
the shop, so when harness needed re
pairing I did not have to go eight or
ten miles to have it done. Whenever
any of the machinery got out of order
it conld generally he repaired at homo,
and thus save money and time. For
instanoo, when wheat is dead ripe and
ought to be cut as soon as possible,
the hinder breaks, a rod or some
minor part gets out of order; then to
the blacksmith shop, unless you are
pretty well skilled in the work of re
pairing iron and have a shop and
tools of your own, in which case much
valuable time is saved.
A workshop is, in my judgment, as
essential to the farm as a spring or
cistern, and I am ardently in luvor of
tlio latter. When there is work to be
done in the shop in the winter, a small
stove is easily put up. Thus com
fortable quarters are prepared for the
workmen. Oftentimes the farm har
ness break, sometimes when the farmer
is in the midst of a very busy season.
Now comes the chance to use the
shop; or when there is no particular
need for tho broken harness, a rainy
day will come about when the farmer
may go to the shop and do his work in
the dry, having the necessary tools at
hand.
Farm implements, no difference
how strong they may be or how sub
stantially they may bo constructed,
will frequently get out of order, thus
occasioning the use of a blacksmith or
wood workman. Now, all such work
can bo and ought to be dono by the
farmers themselves, aud if they would
equip themselves with the tools, etc.,
which can bo obtained for a small out
lay, they could do it. Lot every
farmer be his own blacksmith, wood
worker, carpenter and saw sharpener,
if you please. During rainy days on
tho farm there should be work to do,
and there is. Tho cross-out saw needs
sharpening, the harness require mend
ing and the axes ought to ■be ground.
and a dozen other things of this j
character might be attended to. The
farmer needs to become an enthusiast
on the subject of agriculture and all
the branches connected therewith; he
must be dominated by that spirit oi (
onwardness which knows no limit; he ;
must keep abreast of the times and
take all the near shoots possible to the ;
goal of success. Let us be alert and
wide awake; farming will surely re* 1
ward all who in fact farm. The voca
tion is now regarded as'the most in
dependent of any.—Dewitt C. Wing,
in Tho Epitomist.
Live Stock Notes.
A gentleman will have gentle stock.
Regularity in feeding, both as tc
time and quantity and quality of food, ;
is one of the things that pay.
As a rule tho first 100 pounds oJ I
sheep and tho first 200 of swine cost? j
less and sells for more than that added i
later.
Good feed and plenty of it -urly in
the life of tho animal is what secure*
the maximum development and lays
the foundation for future usefulness.
An lowa stockman claims that lumps
on the jaws of cattle, particularly those i
recently dehorned, aro often caused
by vicious jabs given by the sharp- I
horned youngsters running with the '
herd.
Gcorgo Franklin says the man who I
has had c, taste of spring lamb, like
the sheep-killing dog, never forgets it, j
and ho may as well be fed on a well
cooked saddle-flap as to again go back
to aged mutton.
Lamb-creeps and pig-creeps are
good things in giving the young stock
a start in life. You will bo surprised
to see how young they will begin to j
eat and how much they will consume
if the right kind of foods is provided.
A Michigan dairyman writes that, by
judicious breeding and feeding and
careful selection by the test, keeping
only the best cows and caring for
them properly, he has in three years
raised tho test of his herd from less
than four per cent, to over five pel
cent., and reduced tho cost of butter
three cents a pound.
There is apparently little foundation
for the claim made by some feeders i
that most of the nutriment has been
taken out of the grain which passes
tho animal whole; often the loss is
sufficient to twice pay for grinding the
feed. A good farm mill will often pay |
for itself in a single winter's feeding.
The hoofs of the horses must be |
kept properly trimmed or they will :
grow long and ill-shaped, then per- !
haps split; or they will glow long in j
front, throwing the foot back upon |
the heel, which sometimes sprains ;
the largo tendons of tho limbs. Colts
should early be taught to have their
feet handled.
It doesn't pay to let the hogs sleep ,
around tho straw stack or in tho man
ure pile; in fact these aro about the I
worst possible places for them, on |
account of the dust and dampness aud
the foul, heated air out of which they
will rush to their feed and stand in a
zero temperature till thoroughly chil
led, then they begin to die of
cholera(?).
At an institute in lowa one of tho
speakers stated that ensilage and the
separator had increased his production
of butter to tho extent of sixty-live
pounds per cow per year; another
said tho separator had increased his
product by $12.50 per cow, and that
he could raise the best calves from
separator milk. There is a difference
of opinion regarding the last state
ment, however.
Th Kthnolofi-y of Kissing. '
The kiss was unknown, I think, ;
among the aboriginal tribes of America ,
and of Central Africa. From the most ■
ancient times, however, it has been
familiar to the Asiatic and European '
race. Tho Latins divided it into throe
forms—tho osoulum, the basium and j
the suavium; the first being the kiss !
of friendship and respect, the second
of ceremony and the third of love. Tho ■
Semites always know the kiss, and Job
speaks of it as part of the sacred rites, |
as it is to-day in tho Roman Church.
Tho Mongolian kiss, however, is not !
the same as that which prevails with
us. In it tho lips do not touch the |
surface Jof person kissed. The 1
nose is brought into light contact with
tho cheek, forehead or hand; the
breath is drawn slowly through tho
nostrils, and the act ends with a slight
smack of tho lips. The Chinese con- i
sider our mode of kissing full of coarse j
suggestiveness, aud our writers re- i
gard their method with equal dis
dain.
Darwin and other naturalists have '
attempted to trace back the kiss to I
tho act of the lower animals who seize I
their prey with their teeth, etc.—Dr. j
Daniel G. Br in ton, in Science.
Resolution is Omnipotent.
"Resolution," says John Foster,
"is omnipotent." He that resolves
upon any great, aud at the same time,
good end, l>v that very resolution lias
sealed the chief harrier to it. He will
find it removing difficulties, searching
out or making moans, giving courage
for despondency, and strength for
weakness; and like tho star in the
east, to the wise men of old, ever
guiding him nearer and nearer to tho
sum of ail perfection.—T. Edwards.
No. 088.
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