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THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING,. MARCH .18, 1905. One of the new Bobbs-Merrill books is "The Prize to the Hardy" by Alice Winter. Some, months ago there arrived !n the office cf The Robbs-Merrtll company m. perfectly harmless looking manuscript purporting- to be by one "A. A. Winter." It was at once taken for granted that "A. A. "Winter" was a man. Then Hap pened an extraordinary thin? in the his tory of the office: every one of the edi torial readers waxed enthusiastic over the story. Also, every one cf them de tected in It strong masculine traits and juite as a matter of course referred to the author as "he." Not till the time came to sign a contract did the pub lishers discover that A. A. stood for "Alice Ames." Mrs. "Winter is very much a woman. Khe is a daughter of the Rev. Charles G. Ames, the distin guished Boston divine. After taking two degrees at Wellesley college, she began to study art in Philadelphia, but 111 health sent her out to British Colum bia, where she met her husband. She is now prominent in the social and phil anthropic circles of Minneapolis, being president of the Free Kindergarten as sociation. "The Prize to the Hardy" is illustrated by- Mrs. Winter's brother-in-law, R. M. Crosby, of the editorial staf of Life. In the year 1896 Giovanni Rosadi, a Florentine lawyer, reputed to be one of the most famous criminal lawyers and parliamentary leaders of Italy, delivered a lecture upon the legal aspects of the trial of Jesus Christ. It was instantly assailed both on the ground that his ida was irreverent and that he had attempted to present Jesus simply as a social reformer, and thus give expression to his own so cialistic views. Feeling that his reply ehould be adequate to the importance of his subject. Rosadi has spent seven years in preparing a book which con tains the complete development of the idea suggested by his lecture. To the preparation he has given unstint ed enthusiasm, the fruit of a wide legal training, and a very thorough knowledge of Roman law. The work will be published this spring by Dodd. Mead & Co. Rosadi condemns the trial of Jesus as a miscarriage of justice, judged merely by the standard of Roman law. He also sees in it the most notable example of the typical Injus tice of society, which is always striv ing to protect its selfish interests. He Is filled with burning indignation, and writes with a fiery enthusiasm which renders his book religiously stimulat ing to a remarkable degree. "American Thumb-prints," which is announced for immediate publication by J. P.' Ijppincott company, is a col lection of the choicest of essays contri buted by Miss Kate Stephens to the various periodicals in the past few years. They relate to phases of Ameri can life and institutions and have the qualities of vigor and raciness which will set them apart among the some what scanty number of volumes and essays. Miss Stephens is a woman of Independence of thought and wide ex perience, and her book is immensely Etimulative. Its contents range from entertaining Investigations into Ben Franklin's levities to a sober study of a Kansas university. Miss Stephens is a Kansas wompn and was formerly te.icher in the state university. She has also done some literary work for the State Journal, "i Eli G. Foster of Topeka is the an thor of a littie book or more properly a series of maps which ought to revo lutionize the study- of history. Mr. Foster has done much for the student. He believes In illustration. Accordingly instead of serving a lot of dry facts about explorations and battles, he shows by maps the routes taken by navigators, the lands tnev discovered or explored; he shows by his vivid interesting maps the land ceded, granted or purchased, the points of controversy in boundary disputes; the progress of the armies la shown in the same way and the scholar who masters the Foster mnps knows. He has seen as well as read. The book is published by the His torical Publishing company of To peka and is designed for use In schools. Price $1. "William Cowper Prime, who died at n advanced age a week or so ago, was at one time a weil known figure In New York. He was a lawyer, an US Get Up In the morning tired, languid, and frequently with a headache that is almost unbearable. You have been nervous, restless and sleepless niht after night, and gloomy and irritable during the day. This nervous exhaus tion affects the heart, lungs and other organs that depend upon the nerves for motive power. .Then the stomach fails to di gest the food ; the heart action is weak, and circulation poor, and the kidneys and liver in active. What you need is not a stom ach, head, kidney or liver med icine, but Dr. Miles' Nervine to soothe and feed the nerves and build nerve tissue. "My -wife was subject to severe men tal strain, which requited in nervous prostration. The first symptoms were uncontrollable crying and melancholy spells, which increased to such an ex tent that for over a year she would have a spll every day of from four to six hoars duration, he required the constant attention of her physic ian and attendants. he sufferei. great pain and anguish. The best physicians attending her could grive no relief, and She finally became almost of unsound mind. As a last reeort I ijean giving her Dr. Miles' Nervine, and Tonic, and noticed that her spoils nxt day were not so severe, and they gradually dis appeared altogether. Erie has had no recurrence of the spelis. and Is gain Ins in health and strength. J. P. OVERHOLSER. Sterling, El. Dr. NTHes' Nervine Is sold by your jirugatst, who will guarantee that the first "bottle will benefit. If it fails, he will refund your money. tliles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind author of considerable note, and for a long time one of the proprietors and editors of the New York Journal of Commerce, a paper which had then not only business influence, but also literary standing. A man of quick perception and decided views, his sense of fairness and his literary abil ity made his advice looked up to, and in many instances he served as arbiter between authors and publishers. He had many friends in the publishing house of Harper & Bros., New York city, who recall how he used to saun ter in. the butt of a cigar always in his mouth, put his feet up on the desk, and talk most interestingly, but in a very loud voice. Many of his con tributions to the New York Journal of Commerce were afterwards pub lished in book form, in "Along New England Roads," "Among the North ern Hills." and others, all of which contain quaint sketches of life and character in the country. Mr. Prime is perhaps best known as the author of a charming little volume of out door life, entitled "I go a-fishing." which has since become a classic. He also published "Boat Life in Egypt" and "Tent Life in the Holy Land," the result of a journey he made with his wife and a few friends In the days when traveling in the east was far different from now. He was a col lector of coins, medals, and seals, and his New York house was a veritable museum of fine pottery. The first authoritative books on these subjects were written by him. An amusing story is told of one of his experiences as collector. At one time, while trav eling in the east, he had accumulated a fine assortment of Oriental porce lain and pottery, including a great many bowls of wonderful workman ship. These, packed in straw, jour neyed perilously on the back of cam els from Damascus to Beirut, where they were taken on a sailing vessel to Marseilles, thence to Havre by wagon, and finally over the sea to the United States. Arriving at the custom house, Mr. Prime was summoned to pay the duty. The collection was unpacked and found to be in perfect condition. Mr. Prime himself superintended their repacking and had them sent to his house. An hour after delivery he un packed his treasures, to find nothing but a mass of broken pieces. The pottery had made the perilous jour ney from Damascus to New York only to be broken in getting from the custom house to his home in Twenty third street. Dr. Henry W. Rohy, of this city, is one of the associate editors of the "The Doctor's Recreation Series," a new publication in 12 volumes just off of the press of the Saalfield Publishing company of New lork and Chicago. The 12 volumes cover everything of interest in the way of literature which the medical profession are liable in be Interested. The books and the subjects run the gamut of prose and poetry, each volume is complete in it self and in the particular field it es pouses; there is even a cyclopedia of medical history included. Each of the eleven collaborators in the work spec ialized on a certain volume though con tributing in a general way to the re maining portions of the work. The es pecial work of Dr. Reby was upon a volume of poems entitledthe, "The Doc tor's Window." containing poems by the doctor, for the doctor and about the doctor. The editors in charge of the work are as follows: Charles Wells Moulton, editor-in-chief. Buffalo. N. Y. Nicholas Senn. M. D., Ph. D., LL. D. C. M. . associate editor, Chicago. William Henry Drummond, M. D., LL. D. John C. Hemmeter, M. D., Ph. D., Baltimore. William Warren Potter, M. D., New York. Titus Munson Coan, M. York. Emory Lanphear, M. D. Albert Van Der Veer, M. Albany, N. Y. Winslow Anderson, M. D. D., New D., Ph. D., , San Fran- Cisco. W. J. Bell, M. D., St. Joe. Henry W. Roby, M. D., Topeka. BOOK OTES. Various Items Abont Books That Aro Attracting Attention. "The Educative Process." by W. C Bag ley of the Montana State Normal college is announced for issue by the Macmillan company. "Alcestis and Other Poems" is announc ed for issue by the Macmillan company this spring. The author is Sara King Wi ley, whose verses in the magazines have been notable tor their high quality, their freshness and their spirit. Booth Tarkington's book written out of his reoent political experiences while standing for election and serving in the Indiana st:ite legislature, which bears the title. "In the Arena," is to be brought out in England. The book is now in its second edition. "Napoleon and His Times" is the title of the next volume to appear in the Cam bridge Modern History. It follows in the series the volume on "The French Revo lution," published lr.st spring. The MaC millnn company announce the book for is sue in the late spring. A new book by Ernest Thompson Seton, "Woodmyth and Fable," is on press for issue by the Century company in April. Meanwhile Mr. Seton's "Biography of a Grizzly" has been printed in seven large editions; and fourteen different shipments of sheets have been made to the English, aDiisnirs. Samuel Merwin's stirring romance,"Tho' 'T were Ten Thousand Mile." reaches a most interesting part in The Pilgrim for Much. This story, the best The Pilgrim has ever published, and one of the best pieces of work Mr. Mertv-m has done, is meeting witn la.rt?e public favor, as there was abundant reason to believe it would. The April installment of Mr. David Graham Phillips' serial story. "The Del uge," now running in Air.slee's Magazine, lands the reader right In the middle of the p!ot, where anything may happen. If there is anyone who has read this story thus far and fails to look forward with the keenest anticipation to the further de velopments, he is certainly entitled to the distinction of being classed among the most unemotional sort of novel readers. McClure-Phillips, who have just brought out the thirteen new Sherlock Holmes stories in book form, announce that the volume had gone into a third edition be fore its date of publication. Evidently the friends of the great Sherlock are even more numerous than ever, and they want him whole, rather than in sections. It seems that the serialization of a good story does not damage its sale between covers, for though these Sherlock Holmes stories have been printed in installments, their appearance in that form has evi dently only whetted the appetite of Sher lock Holmes' admirers. All of this saema to be evidence that the book is the thing, and that people only taste serials to see the Quality and get the book when it comes out. Dr. Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is another case in point, which, though serialized, sold more than any previous book of Dr. Doyle's, and is now far past the hundred thousand mark. Apropos of the March issue of S. Weir Mitchell s new novel. "Constance Trescot," it is interesting to note the sale of some of his books. "The Adventures of Fran cois," issued in lSU. is in its sixth print ing (and the latest printing was 25.0j0. "Dr. North and His Friends" (published in 1900), has been printed five times, and three editions have been sold in England. "Circumstance" (issued in 1901), has been printed six times; "Characteristics" (1!C2, nine times; "Hugh Wynne," the most popular of all, has been printed seven teen Aimes. Lilian Whiting's new book, -The Out Iook Beautiful," which Little, Brown & Co. will publish early in April, is to some degree the outgrowth of thought suggest ed by hundreds of letters from strangers referring to convictions expressed in sev eral of her preceding books letters vital in their intense interest regarding the mystery of death and the relations be tween the life that now is and that which is to come. "Mysterious Mr. Sabin," E. Phillip Op penheim's popular romance, is now in its fourth edition in this country. In connection with the approaching Lewis and Clark exposition, it is intei-est-ing to note that A. C. McClurg & Co. will publish within a short time several books which may be regarded as most timely. "From the West to the West," by Abigail Scott Duniway, is an account in fiction form of a journey across the plains to Oregon and gives an interesting picture of the perils and hardships, as well as the romantic incidents of travel fifty years ago. Another book. "Letters from an Ore gon Ranch," illustrated from photographs, tells with naive humor and a hearty op timism of an attempt to create a home in the wilderness. Both will be attractively illustrated. The Century announces for Its April Is sue the tirst of two articles by Anita Newcomb McGee, M. IX, on "The Ameri can Nurses in Japan," the record of a unique personal experience and of an in ternational episode. Dr. McGee was acting assistant surgeon in the United States army during the Spanish war, the Phil ippine insurrection and the Boxer cam paign, serving directly under Surgeon General Sternberg. At the head of a band of American Red Cross nurses, Dr. Mc Gee worked for six months last year in the hospitals of Japan, services recogniz ed by the Mikado and honored by the en tire nation. Dr. McGee is the wife of Dr. W. J. McGee, the anthropologist and ge ologist, and daughter of President Simon Newcomb, the eminent astronomer. Margaret Potter, whose latest novel. "The Fire of Spring." is to be published by D. Appleton & Co., this month, is an experienced writer whose opinion ought to carry some weight. When asked recently what time she did her writing, she re plied; "I get up very early in the morning, at C o'clock, and write until 9. No, I do not know that the best thoughts come then, but it is a. habit which I have form ed. When one is writing a book the sub ject matter preoccupies one's mind a great deal of the time when one is not actually engaged in writing down sentences and words. A certain amount of a very vivid kind of day dreaming is necessary. Please don't hark back to Stevenson who sat up in bed and wrote early in the morning during the last years of his life. It has been done so often." Colonel Higginson's and Professor Mac Donald's History of the United States has the advantage of being comprised within one nanay volume, at the same time cov ering a period of our history extending practically from 9S6 A. D. to 1905. In the preparation of this comprehensive work Cel. Higginson was assisted by William MacDonald, professor of history at Brown university. Prof. MacDonald was previ ously professor of history and political science at Bowdoin, and of history and economics at Worcester Polytechnic insti tute. Later he was chairman of the pub lic erchives commission of the American Historical association, and is a member of the American Antiquarian society and "WOMAN, THIS IS the National Geographical society. He is the author of several historical works, and is now engaged upon one of the vol umes of the 28 volume history of the American Nation, whioh Harper & Bros, are publishing under the editorial super vision of Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard. . The Higginson-MacDonahl his tory Is written in a delightfully lucid nar rative style, as easy to follow as a ro mance. Stewart Edward White. author of "Blaz ed Trail Stories" and "The Silent Places," is a good deal of a jack-of-all-trades. Just previous to his marriage, about a year ago, he drew up the plans for the house m which he was to live with his Drme at Santa Barbara, Cal., the building of which he also superintended. He calls it "The Jumping Off Place." When it be came time to move in, Mr. White turned his adent hand to carpentry and joinery, and built a large part of his furniture. He now busy again with his hands, ana this time he aDoears in the guise of a boat builder. He has put together a stanch little sloor, in which he intends to carry on an exploration of the islands that lie off his property about forty miles out in the Racine. Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co. of Chicago will publish this spring a number of books of exceptional interest. Chief among these are "Theodore Thomas; A Musical Auto biography, edited by the well known critic, George P. Upton, and Lahontan's 'New Vovages to North America, edited by Dr. Reuben Gold Thwaites, and form ing an important addition to the McClurg enes of Americana renrlnts. ior tne White Christ." by Robert Ames Bennet, l story oi tne aays ot unttnemagne, 11 ustrated in colors by the Kinneys, Is among the books of fiction, which also in clude "The Flower of Destiny," by Wil liam Dana Orcutt, a romance of the Em press Eugenie; "Julia," a charming story of Irish life by Katharine Tynan: and An Old Man s Idyl," a miadie-aged love storv" by Woleott Johnson. Two works of historical character are "Iowa: The First Free State of the Louisiana Pur chase," by William Salter, and "From the West to the West," by Abigail Scott Duni way, a chronicle of a journey across the plains in the early fifties. "Letters from an Oregon Ranch," by "Katharine," tells of the life of a settler In the far west. Two works by well known men are "Re ligion and Art and Other Essays," by the Right Rev. J. L. Scalding-, and the "Scammon Lectures," a series of six lec tures delivered before the Art Institute of Chicago by Russell Sturgis. Sherwin Cody will add another volume to his fa mous "World's Best" series, "A Selec tion from the Great English Poets." and the list is completed by "The Athlete's Garland." a collection of verse of sport J and pastime, compiled by Wallace Rice. Oi mma fr 'simple" am. BOWSER. He lives Tiro rays of "Simple TJfe" and Then Quits. Continued from Last Week.) During the second night of Mr. Bow ser's "simple life" he had dreams. He dreamed of codfish, cornmeaL cold po tatoes and raw turnips. He dreamed of old clothes, going barefoot and sleeping on straw beds. He dreamed that he was trying to get into a first-class restau rant to order juicy beef-atew, creamed potatoes, asparagus with butter gravy and all else good, to be followed by a bottle or champagne, but that the Rev, Charles Wagner stood in his path with a sled-stake in his hand and warned him to turn back and be satisfied with bur dock leaves. Four different times during the night his groans and yells aroused Mrs. Bow ser, and when the hour for getting up arrived he looked like a man who had been lost in a huckleberry swamp for a week. She felt to pity him and yet she said: "You are ten minutes late this morn ing, but the cook will have your fried bread and codfish all ready." "If You Give Me any of Your Lip I'll Stand You On Your Head." Mr. Bowser glared at her, and was on the point of giving- expression to his feelings when he remembered that he was a guileless Uncle Rube. He had to sit down to the feast prepared for him, and he had to seem to enjoy it, but there was rage In his heart, A dainty breakfast had been prepared for Mrs. Bowser, and when the odor was wafted to his nostrils he left amazed that he didn't arm himself with the axe or crowbar and break loose. "I thought you were going1 to do with out collar and necktie today?" queried Mrs. Bowser, as- he finished his meal and was getting ready to go. "Who said I was going to?" he de manded, in something like his old bossy tones. "I I thought a stocking around the neck would- be more in keeping with your clothes, but of course It s for you to say. I'll have cook boil you a yel low turnip and make some catnip tea for your dinner tonight. Have you a headache this morning? "Of course not,, I never felt; better in my life." . j ; "I am glad to hear that. I didn't know but that a simple life might be a trial to you, but it seems to be just what you needed. Shall you sleep on the floor tonight? Beds are simply a THE DEAD LINE" useless piece of extravagance." ' "You needn't worry about where I shall sleep," he growled in reply, as he struggled with his overcoat. "I'll have a tallow candle tonight, and we'll pop corn and play checkers, the same as the farmers. I think if you keep the thing up for a month I shall become a convert." "A a month!" gasped Mr. Bowser, as he felt the wolf of hunger gnawing at his vitals. "Well, even two weeks. Shan't I bring you a glass of cold water to drink before you go? And why don't you take along a crust of bread and a piece of suet for your lunch?" Had the cat been around Mr. Bowser would have shed her blood in gleeful ferocity, but as she wasn't, and as he was determined that Mrs. Bowser shouldn't get the best of him while life remained, he went his way. without a word. It so happened that at the gate he met the policeman who had thrown him into a snowdrift for a tramp the day before, and the officer looked him over and demanded: "Now, then, have you been begging at that house?" "I I live there, I'd have you know." "Don't lie to me, old fake! I have my eye on you, and If I catch you trip ping you'll go to the cooler. Hustle along with you." It was a hard blow to Mr. Bowser's "simplicity." " He fumed and raged for the next two blocks, and then some thing happened that brought about the beginning of the end. The keeper of a restaurant, who was standing at his door, beckoned to him and said: "Here, old man, if you'll clean off the rest of this snow I'll give you a bite of breakfast." 3 - "You go to Jericho!" was the prompt and vigorous answer. "What! What's that! Look-a-here, you old Weary Willie, if you give me any of your lip I'll stand you on your head. "Who do you think I am?" "And who do you think I am!" hissed Mr. Bowser, as he thrust his chin for ward and prepared for battle.- There would have been a scrap but for a small boy who happened to be passing and recognized Mr. Bowser. "Say!" he called to the restauranter, "that feller hain't no tramp. He don't have to shovel snow to git a meal." "Then who in blazes is he?" -He's old Bowser, who Uvea up on First place. He's wearin" them duds j because he's got a new fad." Mr. Bowser left the house at 8:30. At 9:15 Mrs. Bowser received a telegram reacting: "Get a messenger and send my busl ness suit of clothes to the office." She had hardly dispatched the gar ments when she received a second tele gram, reading: "Have fried chicken, cori fritters and sweet potatoes for dinner tonight." Half an hour later came another reading: "Have oyster soup. Have boiled onions. Have asparagus. Have rice pudding." Then Mr. Bowser rested for an hour and sent the following: "Have dinner half an hour ahead of the usual time. Have two fried chick ens. Have ice cream and raisins and nuts for dessert. Spare no expense wnatever. There was one more telegram. It came at three o'clock in the afternoon, ana it reaa: "May bring home two friends with me to dinner. Have three fried chick ens. Have everything you can think or. Have a regular banquet, and if the cook does any kicking raise her wages.' Mr. Bowser appeared half an hour ahead of his usual time. He not only had 011 the business suit she had sent over to him, but he had bought him self a flaming red necktie and a rhine stone pin, and had his shoes shined as never for a year before. "Wei:, dear, what Is It?" ouerled Mrs. Bowser, as he entered the hall. "What is what?" "Why have you decided not to pur sue the 'simple life any further?" 1 tail to catch your meaning. -"You read the 'Simple Life." by the Rev. Charles Wagner, and you started out to follow it. Are you going to drop it?" "We win have a ' little talk after dinner, woman," he replied, as" he made for the dining room, and then Mrs. Bowser knew what the end would be. A banquet had been prepared, and though Mr. Bowser hadn't brought two friends with him he devoured their share. A shipwrecked mariner afloat for two weeks couldn't have teen more ravenous. When he was at. lest through eating and drinking he led the way upstairs and turned on her to tay: "Woman, this is the dead line! "Why, what do you mean?" "I mean that you have crowded me to the wall for the last time. I will see you on hoard the train for your mother's at ten o'clock in the morn ing." "But for why? What have I done? You started out to live a 'simple life,' and " "And our respective lawyers can arrange about the alimony. Should any one call to see me this evening you may tell them that I am busy and cannot be disturbed." And when he had retired to the library the cook came upstairs and asked: " "Was it a-reading of 'The Simple Life that made him carry on so, mum ?" "I think it was, Bridget." "Then I wants to quit me job at once. He may get hould of The Fe rocious Life' and read it before he goes to bed, and who's to say he won't get up and eat pounaed glass and drink vinegar and chop us all to pieces wid the ax! A-beggin' of yer pardon ten times over, mum, but ye've got a strange man on yer hands a very strange man. (End of "The Simple Life." (Copyright, 1905, by T. C. McClure.) RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. Gems Gleaned From the Teachings of All Denominations. The unwise man thinks of things as they might be; the wise man looks at them as they are. Rev. W. M. Dame, Episcopalian .Baltimore. DOING GOOD. There is a large place In the world for the man who goes about doing good. The man who knows the good and does it not commits a sin against society and imperils his own life. Rev. W. H. Pound, Congregationalist, Chicago. REQUIREMENTS OF CHRIST'S CHURCH. Christ's church must be the mani festation in earthly things of Christ himself, the complete expression of his divinity. It must be more than merely an ethical society, living, act ive, radiating the light of his godli ness. Rev. Michael Reilly, Roman Catholic, Philadelphia. WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD. The price of salvation is the surren der of the world, and nothing short of this will be acceptable with God. God will not enter the heart which makes a compromise with the world. Not the life of the recluse is demanded, but the shunning of evil and the culti vation of the good are pleasing to God. Rev. William J. Velvick, Meth odist, St. Louis. ( ERRORS OF WEALTH. The point where material prosperity becomes dangerous Is where the soul Is asked to be content with "goods." The evolution of commercial problems, such as the strife between capital and labor, is not in either side crying for justice, but in the Introduction of the spirit that believes that life consists not in the abundance of "things" possessed. The crowning of the soul is the way of safety, both for the individual ana tor civilization. Rev. Sidney Strong, Con gregationalist, Chicago. GUIDANCE BY THE HEART AND REASON. , Not on reason alone doth man live, but on his heart and his feelings also. I have more faith in the man who is guided by his heart than in the man who is guided by reason. Take away the poetry from a man's nature, take away his sense of the beautiful and harmonious, and he shrinks to a cold, calculating machine. To eliminate emo tions and feelings from humanity is like blotting out the springtide and the flowers from the seasons. Cardinal John Gibbons, Roman Catholic, Balti more. THANKING GOD. Thanks to God must follow the line of prayer namely, that it must be an adjustment of mind to the right condi tions of the world. Let us see, then, what it is. It Is first of all an adora tion before the shrine of perfect good ness. It does not make any difference, dear friends, whether your life is one year longer or ten, but it makes vastly a difference as to what is put into the one year or the ten. That is a plati tude. That is a commonplace. But on that line lies the reverence, the worship before the shrine of perfect goodness. Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, Unitarian, New York. MIGHTY AVALANCHES FOR GOOD. Oh, the unconscious influences of every Christian's private life! Like the enowfiakes, they bank themselves up into great drifts. Like the grains of sand, they lift themselves into the mighty mountains. Like the little drops of water, they slake the thirst of many valleys and meadow lands. These little influences of private !ife are despised by some so called Chris tian workers, but in the end they re sult in mighty avalanches for good, In mighty tidal waves of - blessings. In mighty east winds that dam back the Red seas which, as Impassable bar riers, keep the children of Israel from fleeing the Pharaoh hosts and maxch- itlMlylildU - BY FCJFIWA Whole Body Biass of Sores Could Not Sleep Had Given Up Hope of Recovery. CURES) Spent Hundreds cf Dollars Trying Every Doctor in Neighborhood, but Kept Growing Wcrse All the Time Completely and Permanently Cured by Cuticura "I have been tempted a number of times to write to you a vol untary letter telling how Cuticura Remedies saved the life of my mother, Mrs. William F. Davis, ".Some years ago she had Eczema, the worst case I have wit nessed in my life. She was able to sleep only a little, scarcely ate at all, and how she kept alive was a wonder. She had tried every doctor in the neighborhood, but kept growing worse all the time. Her head was a mass of sores, the disease spread until it appeared on almost her entire body. It arxectea ner nands and wrists and made housework out of the ques tion. So bad was her condition at thi3 time that she despaired of a recovery. "Finally, after she had spent ceiving any benefit, living jn misery for years, with hair whitened Irom pain and surtermg, and body terribly disfigured, a friend came to her and told her she would get the Cuticura Remedies if she would use them. But mother was discouraged and without hope. She said, "Nothing will cure me, I must die with it.' How ever, she began using the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent, and when she had used three bottles of Resolvent, five boxes of Cuticura Ointment and ten cakes of Cuticura Soap, she was en tirely cured. Her hair returned to its natural color, dark brown, and she looked ten years younger. I have written telling you of this because I feel it a duty to my fellwmen to let them knew of this wonderful cure by Cuticura. "Having mother's case in mind, I have often recommended Cuticura to those suffering with humors. While living in Hartford, Conn., I had the pleasure of knowing a number of friends who were wqnderfully cured by Cuticura. "Here in New York I have just been to see a young man who has been sorely afflicted with a terrible humor. He tells me that Cuticura Soap, Ointment and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent cured him. I could give you the names of "six or seven others for whom Cuticura has worked remarkable cures. Now, feeling that I have done my duty, I shall be pleased if you will publish this letter." 161 West 36th St., New York City. GEO. C. DAVIS. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor, SI Bathe the affected parts with hot water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle: dry without hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Ointment freely, to instantly allay itching, inflammation and ir ritation, and soothe and heal: and lastly, Cuticura Resolvent Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood. A Single Set, costing but One Dollar, is often sufficient to cura the most torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning and scaly skin, scalp and blood hu mors, rashes, and irritations, from Infancy to Aire, with loss of hair, when all els fails. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props.. Boston. U. S. A. Mailed free, "How to Cure Torturing, Disfiguring Humors of Infancy and Age." you want good Tlie Independent Electrical Ccnstrceticn Ccspany Bell Phone I OS 2 E. WINANS. 119 W. All repair work promptly attended to. ing on to the brightness of God's promised land. Rev. Dr. Frank De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian, Los An geles, CaL LOVE OF SELF. Whatever forms of violence we may discover in the land of humanity to day, whether it be between nation and nation, in the body politic or in the in dustrial world, all may be traced to the fact that In some or many indi vidual hearts free rein is given to the earthly and sordid passions of self love and love of the world. Rev. A. Henry, Independent, Denver. EMANCIPATION OF WOMAN. Our civilization will never reach its highest till there is the complete emancipation of woman. Her ap pearance in the school and in the business office has had a purifying and up.lifting influence, and when she has the right to vote as she thinks there will speedily be brought about some much needed reforms In the so cial and political world. Good women are in the majority, and they will give their voice and vote to make the right prevail. The enfranchisement of wo man will undoubtedly be one of the greatest events of this century, and from this act will flow the most be nign results to civilization. Rev. John Brandt, Christian church, St. Louis. NO INDUCEMENT BUT GOD. The Catholic church offers no in ducement but God. The duty to give him public worship is one motive, the reward of growing with him In faith and hope and love the other. We are obliged when possible to consecrate the Sabbath by attending mass. In the- presence of this great act, the commemoration of the greatest and vital event in religious history, the death of the God-Man for the re demption of the race, the worshipers are left in silence, alone with their God, to drink in according to the in dividual capacity, to express each his wants and hopes, to realize the divine communion. Rev. C. A. Martin, Ro man Catholic, Cleveland, O. BY CUTICURA at Expense of living in Stony Creek, Conn. the ears swollen and painful, and hundreds of dollars without re work, ask for figures: Seventh Ind. Phone 1429 -J. W. KEELE. C. O. DbMoss. I 51. PBITWKZJb DeMOSSSPENWELt Funeral Directors end Embalinen FIRST-CLASS SERVICE. II! Qsfncjr St TOPEKA, Eo'.h 'Phones IJ2, KANSAS. A SURPLUS 0f Wood on Hand at the Provident Association WooJ Yard Cor. 4th and Jackson Sts. Ind. Phonj 1336. Every order you send will be a material assistance to the associa tion in recovering- expenses incurred in giving work to the unemployed. The Wood Is of the Best Qualitj. State Journal 10c a wtek. V 1 nO ..J..J