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Co-eLaborers with Christ Sermon by the " Highway and A:yway" Preacher. (Copyri'h t,Il,t y J. M iL.LoU.) Chicago, Sunday. Oct. 2. 1904. Tec.t:--'Ti cy w, : C.t f : r d piiriached evPry :tr., tle Lord woikil g with them." - Mack 16:20 HERE is no more S \ encouriaging mes sage for the Chris tian than these I closing wordis o.f S Mark's Gospel. The Lord crucified and risen and as S(ended and yet present with His disciples, directing their energies, helping them bear the burdens, and Y e encouraging th'em / I in the places of darknes- ant. di, -outragement. Not working alone, bat the Lord working with them. I remember as a boy that the heaviest task seemed easy and de lightful when father turned in and haflped. 'Thn- moment he began work ing with rme. that moment I knew thc task was going to be accomplished, and discouragement and weariness van ished. One instance in particular comes to my mind. A.,on of coal had been de livered to cillr next-door neighbor and dlumped in troeut of the house. There wasi n) one to carry it into the wood shled, aind my; brother and I were ambi tlius to utnr;it!ake the task and earn a bit, of . pending; mon-y. With the vision before our eyes of the good things we w.'.re going to buy with that money, the pile of teatl did not look very big, and we went. bravely at it. But it was a pretty bi: task for two such little chaps as we wsr.-. for brother was not yet ten and I was two years his junior, and so after thie first few scuttlefuls had been carried in, the coal pile looked bigger than e.+ r. Every time we name back with the- n-mpty buclet it trxemed as though t. L pile had mysterio'iiy grown in our alWence. The more we eTrried in the more it seemed that we wou ' never be able to finish the task. The after noon dragged itself out and oun trips from the coal pile to the woodshe I b. came less and less frequent, uunt' as wilight began to fall we were reads to give up our task. Father came hcft. just at, this lime and. quickly grasping the situation. eneouraged us to keep on, saying he would come and help us. That promise put new life into our tired lit tile bodies, and by the time he came out we were hard at it again. And with rather working with us, how much smaller that pile of coal looked. There was no more doubt that the task would be completed, and there was a new in terest in the work, for father was there to encourage and help. Father work ing with us made all the difference be tween discouragement and failure and encouragement and success. And this illustrates in part at least what it means when Scripture declares that the dis ciples went everywhere preaching. "the Lord worlking with them." AND 7'here this was true in the case of the early disciples, it is also true to-day, and has been so all through the centuries which have intervened. Scripture piresents some striking con trasts. but there is none more striking and remarkable than that which we find in the account of the disciples Im mediately following Jesus' crucifixion and up to the day of Pentecost. and that following that day when they were endiued with power by the descent of the Holy Spirit. Before that day what do we see? The few doubting, trem bling disciples gathered in the upper room behind locked doors or else cau tiously and with great fear moving through the streets and seeking to es cape notice and trying to hide their identity. But. after the day of Pente cost, how striking is the contrast! No longer hiding in the upper room, no longer fearing the Jewish rulers, no longer seeking to avoid *be multitudes In the streets. they come forth and boldly preach their message. O YOU not recall the words of Jesus wherein He told His dis ciples and wherein He tells you and me that "Without Me ye can do nothing." And the very last promise which Heleft with His disciples was "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age." If it is true that "without Jesus we can do nothing" in His service that counts for anything in His estimation; if it is true that Jesus is with His dis :iples always, then it must follow that Jesus is really and truly present with Hlis disciples and is working with them. This is the declaration of our te.t, and it explains the fearlessness of the disciples, their faithfulness, their t.ntiring zeal, their wonderful success. Nothing is more destructive of efficient adUt persistent effort than the thought that one is utterly alone in a great un dertaking. The army, leaderless and with its brave general dead upon the fl,!d of battle. is disheartened and dis couraged and at the mercy of the on rushing enemy. And the Christian without the realization of the presence of the Great Captain, the Conquering King. is hopelessly weak and ineffect ual asn a soldier of the cross of Jesus Christ. But if he feels and knows that Ilis Lord is at his side ready to strike when he strikes, ready to press for wird when he presses forward, ready it encourage when he falters, ready to lift up when he falls, ready to succor and heal when the poison darts of the enemy inflict their cruel wounds-when the disciple realizes all this then he is atle to fight the good fight of faith, tObn he is able to run the race success fully. tURELY, it was not the will or pur \_ pose of Jesus Christ that such should be the case. The tremendous energies, the wonderful success of the early disciples as they went everywhere preaching is the evidence indisputable that the Lord was working with them. The fact that "mightily grew the Word and prevailed" emphasizes the perfect union which prevailed between the hu man and the Divine-the one the in strument, the other the guiding and enabling power; the one the channel, the other the life-giving current flow ing through it to the blessing of all who came in touch with it. "This 'lessed partnership has never been re pealed," says R.: r. Dr. F. B. 3Meyer. "Jesus has nuver w;thdswn from the compact, and if we could only dare to count and .eckon on Him we would find that He was cooperating in church, and Sunday school, and mission sta tion." However. thee are certain con ditions wh!; b must prevail before the Christian ca.u realize this blessed union, this coopcr;tton of the Lord, unto whom ha: been given "'aul power in Heaven and in earth." The Lord can not work with some of His followers be cause they have not met His conditions, and mary Christians fail to realize the blessed igeence and power of Jesus Uecause :hey persist in doing in their own strer.gth and their own way His work. ET us consider more fully what is I involved in these five rules. First of all is emphasized the necessity of a clean heart and life. The Lord never yet used a vessel which was foul with willful and persistent and hidden sin. The Christian may keep the outside clean and polished. He may deceive men as he engages in the Lord's work. but he cannot deceive God, and it !within the heart and hidden in the life there are sin and indulgence which he is not willing to give up, then the Lord cannot work with such a one. And what is more sad and awful than for the Christain to be doing work in the Lord's name while the Lord is absent from him? He is building apart from God. He is putting up the wood, hay and stubble which will be destroyed by the searcning fire of God's testing judgment. The Psalmist &sks: "'Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in His holy place?" And God replies: "He that hath clean hands and a pure heart." It is such that the Lord works with to I accomplish His purposes among men. I Dear brother, is the Lord working with you? If not, what is it that is robbing you of this blessed copartnership ex perience? Search within the heart and the life. Drag out the hidden and cher ished thing. Give it up. If thy eye, or thy hand or thy foot offend thee pluck it out and cut it off, for it is bet ter for you to go through life suffering the lack of that which you so much love and desire than that you should fall short of the glory of God and His plans for you. Cry with the Psalmist: "Create within me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right. spirit within me." He will do it, and then you will begin to know what it means to have the Lord working with you. B UT not only must there be the clean heart to enjoy the cooperation of the Lord. We must seek iiii glory and not our own. Herein lies a constant danger. The heart is so subtle that even the most humble and consecrated Christians are apt to be deceived ks to the motives which dominate t.ea life. It is only as the Christian realizes the danger of unconsciously seeking one's own glory, instead of the glory of God, that he is able to detect the weakness and guard against it. Self should be obliterated and forgotten as far as pos sible in the Master's service. This was the first of fourruleswhichgoverned the life of thatbrave soldier and devoted i Christian. Gen. Gordon, better known as "Chinese" Gordon. And the other three were a help to the realization of this holy ambition to forget self and glorify God. They were: Absence of all pretence; indifference to the world's opinions, and absorption in the will of God. Ah, how richly would the power and presence of God be manifested in and through us if we maintained this attitude towards God and the world. We must seek God's glory it we would enjoy His cooperation. First, then, is the clean heart and life, that is, condi tion. Second, the desire for God's glory and not our own, that is, attitude; and the third point has to do with equip ment. What shall we use if we are to have the Lord's cooperation? Need we ask when God has promised so re peatedly to richly honor and bless His Word. "It shall not return unto Me void ?" C ONDITION, attitude, equipment, and then unity--Christian unity, which made the early church such a victorious and aggressive church. The Lord cannot work where there is lack of harmony, where there are jeal ousies, where divisions separate and weaken. We need more and more of that loving fellowship and unity which prevails when the Spirit of Christ rules in the hearts of His children. Thank God there is coming to be a larger spirit of fellowship and cooperation be twee* the followers of Christ of all de nominations. The old divisions and jealousies are almost dead and gone, and in their stead we are finding a constantly increasing purpose and de sire for harmony and unity in the great and blessed work of winning the world for Christ. And in the measure that this is true, there are realized the presence and help of the Lord. And last and above all, faith is needed, faith that will claim the Lord's pres ence and cooperation, and faith that will reckon upon it. Faith draws the Master to the side of His disciple and feels His quickening power. "Yet though I have not seen, and still Must rest in faith alone, I love Thee dearest Lord, and will Unseen, but not unknown." Faith that Christ was workinig with them sent the disciples forth upon their marvelously successful evangelistic journeys. Faith that Christ was with them and helping them sent Carey to India, Judson to Burma, Livingston to Africa, Moody to America and England, and in this, our day, that same faith has taken Torrey around the world, and is giving him glorious victories at the present time in England and Scot land. Oh, that we as Christians might realize how much we may do when the Lord works with us! And oh, that we might realize that to have the Lord with us we must be pure in heart and life; we must seek His glory, and His alone; we must depend upon God's Word, the mighty, invincible Sword of the Spirit; we must cultivate that loving harmony which draws together all Christian hearts in the one supreme mission of evangelizing the world, and we must by faith claim the presence of Jesus and. reckoning upon His cooperation, go forward attempting great things for God. When we realize all this and are obedient to the revelation, then shall we be filled with unspeakable joy at the consclousness that the Lord is working with us- Lord, help us to he faithful to Thee, and may Thy King doma come and Thy will be dome, on earth as it is done in Heavene AmaL WASHINGTON LETTER [b 1a SOME TIMELY ('OSSIP FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. i PASSING OF CONFEDERATES t Ex-Senator Vest Was the Last Mem ber of the Southern Senate- When Pugh Made a Mis- t take-Other Items. f Washington.-With the death of ex- t Senator George G. Vest, of Missouri, t a few weeks ago t there passed away i f' the last remaining !4 member of the t confederate senate. e There are still liv- r ing five ex-mem hers of the confed- a erate congress,and i, one member of a President Davis' , cabinet. The last a vestiges of that i government that C fought for life so , Ex-Senator Vest. strenuously for r four years are fast j being removed. The surviving mem ber of the Davis cabinet is ex-Senator John H. Reagan, of Texas. He was postmaster general of the confederacy. The five members of the confederate house of representatives are Judge John V. Wright, of Tennessee, now an attorney in the general land office of the interior department; Messrs. At kins and Colyar, of Tennessee; Judge John Goode, of Virginia, and ex-United States Senator James L. Pugh, of Ala bama. It is said that S. B. Callahan. who was a delegate from the Creek and Seminole Indian nations to the con federate congress, is still alive, but he did not have a voice in that body. There are a number of ex-confeder ate soldiers in public life here and thousands of them, of course, in pri vate life, but the confederate congress and cabinet has about passed away. Many of the ex-confederate soldiers found good positions with the federal 1 government eventually, republican ad- 3 ministrations taking care of some of 1 them. One of the most noted was Gen. James Longstreet, the famous corps commander, who for years drew a handsome salary under a republican administration as commissioder of rail roads. Gen. Mosby, the celebrated gue rilla, who says he honored that name, has been in the public service as United States consul, and is now filling a posi tion in the treasury department. A Distinguished Confederate. Probably the most noted ex-mem ber of the confederacy is ex-United States Senatorl James L. Pugh. now living in Washington, at the age of 86. He is seen daily on the business streets, walking a little slowly, but as erect as a pine. Sand with a rotund voice that sounds like distant thun ttus, You Are Too der. During his! Pettus, You Are Tlong service in the senate Mr. Pugh's voice was celebrated. It would not be controlled. When he tried to carry on a conversation with a neighboring sen ator in a low tone the disturbance was such that the presiding officer would have to rap for order and suspend busi ness until the Alabamian's whisper had subsided. When he indulged in ordi nary conversation in the cloakroom the doors leading into the senate chamber had to be closed or the proceedings! would be halted. Mr. Pugh made the mistake of his life when he told Edmund W. Pettus, of Alabama, that the latter was too old to hold the position of United States district judge in his state. This oc curred during Mr. Cleveland's last ad ministration, when Senators Morgan and Pugh had the distribution of pat ronage in Alabama. Mr. Pugh's term was nearing a close and he was anxious to strengthen himself with his party in order to secure a reeleption. The district judgeship was one of the plums at his disposal, and it was a position desired by Mr. Petttus, who had served on the bench before the war. Mr. Pet tus came to Washington and asked Senator Pugh to recommend him to the president for the appointment. "Why, Pettus, you are too old for that position," answered Senator Pugh, who was anxious to fix his fences with younger material in Alabama. "I may be too old for a United States judgeship, but -" and here the old lawyer glared over his spectacles at the senator, chewing tobacco vigorously, as he concluded with an emphatic-"I am not too old to be United States sen ator." Pettus went to his hotel, packed his carpet sack, returned by the next train to Alabama and began a canvass for the United States senatorship, which ended in his being nominated for that place at a popular election, and being elected by the unanimous vote of his party in the state legislature. He is four years younger than Pugh. Across Historic Ground. Some years ago Tom Hannum, a bright newspaper correspondent, came to Washington for a Pittsburg paper. His train ing on this paper had filled him with deep resentment against corpora tions and particu larly soulless rail way corporations. Nothing good could be said of any of these com- 1 panies. and Tom concluded hewould Right in Front of the find a field in Capitol. Washington f or attacking t h e m. Soon after he located here he was given an annual pass-on the Pennsylvania railroad. Tom's views immediately un derwent a revision, and he declared: "If the Pennsylvania railroad wants the rotunda of the capitol for a round house I am in favor of letting them have it." The rotunda is not being used for a railroad round house and never will be, but a railroad is now running across across the historic plaza in front of the capitol, and brings to mind Tom Hannum's suggestion. Right across the wide expanse of asphalt where the big throngs and military pomp of inaugu ration days are seen every four years, there is now laid a narrow gauge road, on which the shieking locomotive and rattling cars are daily seen and heard. This road runs right past the tree where President Thomas Jefferson tied his horse on inauguration day a cen tury ago, and originated the term "Jef fersonian simplicity." There is no protest, however, against this road as it is simply a factor in na tional progress and the development of the national capital. It serves the humble purpose of conveying the dirt. now being excavated from the site of the new office building which is to be erected for the use of the house of rep resentatives. This ground is needed in filling up about the site of the new .union railroad station which is to be the finest in the world, and in keeping with the national buildings in Washington. As soon as the foundation has been exca vated for the new office building, of course this little narrow gauge railroad will be removed, but just now. it is a strange spectacle, and one that gives the average tourist a slight jar when he is taking in the beauty of the big capitol and surrounding grounds. The Late Dr. Herran. The offer of the United States gov ernment to convey the remains of Dr. Thomas Herran, I a t e Colombian F charge-de - affaires I/ at Washingtcn, to ý Colombia came too late. There was a b l under some where, as the prop osition to place a warship at the dis posal of Dr. Her ran's family to carry his body in state to the repub lic he represented Dr. lierran. had been consid iered and decided upon, but the funeral took place in New York city before the proper authorities were prepared to notify the family. Mr. Thomas Her ran, son of the late diplomat, said that the family considered it best under the circumstances to have the body in terred in this country, although the honor suggested by the state depart ment would have been deeply appre ciated. Dr. Herran was one of the most pop ular diplomats in Washington, and had the confidence and respect of every body in the government, from the president down. He was grievously disappointed at the failure of his gov ernment to ratify the canal treaty, which he and Secretary Hay had nego tiated. His efforts to secure the rati fication of that instrument put him un I der some suspicion in Colombia. where the faction that was endeavoring to squeeze $10.000,000 more from this gov ernment were angered because Dr. Her Iran insisted that the treaty gave Col ombia all that she could justly ask for. For awhile it looked as though Dr. Herran would not dare show himself in his own country, but he made a visit to Bogota and succeeded in re establishing friendly relations with the United States after the Panama revo lution, and was again Colombia's rep resentative here. The tender of a man-of-war to con vey to their native country the re mains of a foreign diplomat is one marked way in which nations show courtesy. United States representatives abroad who have died at their posts have been brought home in foreign war vessels, and the last time the United States had occasion to show that mark of respect to a foreign power was when the body of Lord Pauncefote, late ambassador of Great Britain, was conveyed to England in a United States battleship. Picture of Naval Secretaries. Navy department officials are very much pleased over a recent find which completes the col lection of por traits of secrc. taries of the navy down to the pres ent time, with the exception of that of Secretary Whit ney, which is now being painted for the department. This portrait, just discovered, is that of George E. Bad George . Badger. ger. who became secretary of the navy in 1841. It was found in a remote corner of a lumber room of the naval academy a few days ago, and has been sent to the department. It was received by Secretary Morton and other depart ment officials, who expressed great pleasure at its recovery, and as soon as it has been cleaned and varnished it will take its place in the collection now on the walls of the secretary's of fices. The department never had a picture of Secretary Badger, who was a dis tinguished North Carolinian. Some years ago a history of North Carolina was written, and a diligent search was made for a portrait of Secretary Badger for use in the volume, but none coui be found. The portrait just discovered is superior to most of the pictures the department has of former secretaries. It is framed in excellent taste, but it lacks both date and the name of the artist. Beneath the picture 'is a plate which bears the following information concerning his career: "Hon. George E. Badger. Born, Newbern. N. C., 1775. Died. Raleigh, N. C., 1866. Major in war of 1812. Judge of superior court. Secretary of navy from 1841. United States senator 1S46 to 1854." Mr. Badger was apparently about 50 years old when this portrait was paint ed, and he was a remarkably fine look ing man. He is represented seated in a chair, and is pictured as a round faced man with ruddy cheeks, a small dark moustach and large dark eyes, with a kindly expression. His hair is dark, rather long and brushed back straight from his forehead. He is rep resented wearing a high-pointed col lar with wide open front, and his coat is the long-sltirted, traditoaal,\ black broadcloth. TALK ABOUT RIBBON WORK. It Produces the Most Effective and Most Rapid Results in Em broidery Known. Ribbon work is supposed to be diffi cult and tedious. The reason for this is that it was introduced by the shops that supply elaborately designed pieces of embroidery to their patrons, in patterns combined with embroidery and with tiny gros grain ribbon in pale tints manufactured for the pur pose. The patterns were of the Louis XV. and Louis XVI. type, and the ef fect of the heavy garlands and elab orate stitching was cerainly extremely beautiful and well worth the long and tedious work which it necessitated. but the patience and close application the large, intricate pieces required acted as a deterrent to the majority of workers, who wish quick results and easy methods. Ribbon work, however, is really easy and producss the most effective and most rapid re sults in embroidery known. Wish RIBBON EMBROIDERY DESIGN. very narrow white linen braid makes a durable and effective trim mio:g on colored linens, and with nar row satin "baby" ribbon it will give an elaborate finish to a dinner or ba:l gown. The New York Tribune says thai a running pattern of bowknots and flowers, with the stems and tendrils put in with embroidery silk or linen floss, according to the kind of ribbon employed, is the easiest and prettiest. Trace a design something in the char acter of the example given with a hard pencil lightly on the material. The bowknots are laid on with the braid or ribbon, gathering the latter on one side to make the required turns. When the flat work is finished thread a darning needle with the nar row flat ribbon or braid and make the leaves. This is done by taking one stitch of the length required and then turning in the edges to make a charp point at one end, shaping the leaf with the fingers to the rounded end, which is attached to the stem by an embroidery stitch. Round flowers may be made either by gathering the rib bon to a point and sewing on the little round disk, or, as in the case with daisies, making the petals by one long stitch like the leaves. The running design given in the illustration has been carried out on pale green linen with flat, narrow white linen braid with excellent effect. A CHICAGO GIRL'S SECRET. She Says That Swiss Worn Over White Wash Silk Has the Ef fect of Organdy. "Where did you get that exquisite or gandie waist?" asked a girl the other day of a friend who wore a dainty crea tion that buttoned up the back with tiny lace buttons. "I'll let you into the secret," said the friend. "It is not a particularly fine organdy or swiss, rather, for it is swiss, which washes better than the organdy -but it looks so, because I wear it over the thinnest kind of a white wash silk blouse, which is made plainly, but along the same lines. This gives the swiss a cloudy, filmy and kind of billowy ef fect, that makes it look like chiffon. It 'throws up' each little thread of the lace trimming, so that it appears like something costly instead of the ordinary wash valenciennes, which it is. And it gives a soft effect to the skin.. "The lining, too, saves the swiss, so that by washing it out in the wash bowl snd pressing it when nearly dry the waist itself can be worn two or three times without doing up. Besides all this. instead of having to lay the whole thing away this fall, I intend to wear it with :he lining all winter. Try it yourself." added the girl, 'generously. "but be sure and get the softest and lightest silk pos sible, as a more expensive quality will not mix so artistically with the waist fabi ic and look so much like a part of it." -Chicago Tribune. Toilet Hint for Housewives. Apple, potato and most other stains can be removed from the hands by rub bing them with oatmeal moistened with lemon juice or vinegar. A nailbrush should be used all around the fingernails. When the stain is quite removed wash with warm water and soap. Never use soap before removing the stain, as it will be ten times more difficult to remove. Deep Discernment. "I have detected Algernon in a false hood," said the serious girl. "Now is the time for you to dissemble," answered Miss Cayene. "If you let him know that you have detected him he will cease thinking he is clever, and merely think that you are disagreeable." Washington Star. The Time of Her Life. Parke-I imagine my wife is having a high old time on her vacation. Lane-Heard from her, have you? "Oh, no-from my bank."-Brooklyn Life. That Horrid Smell of Fish. To clean a fishy frying pan fill with cold water and place on the fire to boil. When boiling put a red-hot cinder in, then wash in the usual way. Facts to Be Remembered. It is well to remember that a pound of sugar is one pint, an ounce of liquid is two tabltspoonfuls and a pint of liquid weighs 16 ounces. NEW FURS ARE ELABORATE. Lace, Braiding and Farcy Buttons Used Liberally in Ornamenta tion of the Garments. Although it makes a woman gasp to think of turs at this time of year, yet fashionable women are ordering their winter wraps already, because anything in fur can be gotten so much more cheaply now than later. The St. Louis Republic says that al though the seacn 's stock may not yet be all made up in the fashionable houses, many sample garments, and plush and cloth models are at hand from which to see the styles and to order. Furs this season are to be much orna mented. Lace, passementerie, braiding and fancy gilt or cut steel buttons will. be used on these garments in great pro fusion. Vests of suede or cloth and ap pliques of these materials set on with fancy braiding ornament many. The vests appear in nearly all of the short jackets and boleros. Handsome metal belts will also be worn as a finish to many fur coats. Sleeves are very much larger than last season and show many variations. In the most fashionable cuts the fullness lies from the elbow up, rather than be low. An exact opposite to this effect ap pears in a sleeve that hangs full, but in almost a straight line at the outer fold. from shoulder to elbow. The sleeve is so cut that from this point in to the forearm is another straight horizontal line. These two lines of the fullness meet at the elbow at right angles, so that the effect of this sleeve is a square fall of l.illness at the elbow. The old-fashioned leg-of-mutton sleeve has a place this season along with the bell sleeve, whose fullness is left loose and that which is caught up, as well as other forms of large sleeves. Of all the fur garments seen this win ter few will be more popular than the boleros and little jackets that just cover the hips. DESIGNS FOR SILK QUILTS. Our Grandmothers and Mothers Took Delight in Doing This Use ful Fancy Work. In order to make an effective quilt the silk pieces must be carefully as sorted, placing the very dark and the very light in separate piles. The me dium shades can be used as light only when combined with black or the dark greens, browns or blues. If there is a scarcity of these dark shades, it is frequently advisable to dye part of the very light or slightly soiled scraps. It is easily done and gives more uniform ity to the quilt, removing it farther from the crazy-work effect. Fig. 1 is a simple hexagon, yet it makes a most beautiful quilt and uses the small pieces. Exactness in cutting is very necessary. If the rows of small blocks with which the large blocks are united can be made uniform in color, the effect is much more pleas ing. Baste each piece of silk over a block of stiff paper, and overstitch to gether on the wrong side. The papers can be removed when the quilt is fin ished. The width of the border is Fig . Fig. z. PATTERNS FOR SILK QUILTS. usually determined by the number and size of the pieces on hand. Whether the border is plain, of silk, satin or velvet, or whether it is em broidered solidly, in outline or applique, is a matter of taste and convenience. The basket design shown in Fig. 2 is excellent for using the small scraps of silk. The dark handle should be carefully basted upon the light silk, then turned under and felled on both edges. Put together with strips of light silk-although the colors may be reversed with satisfactory results. The old-fashioned log-cabin pattern is especially good for utilizing rib bons, samples or ruffles from skirts. A very handsome log-cabin quilt ,as made from two worn silk dresses, ,re ivory, the other a faded blue. Tne latter was dyed a golden brown and having been made quite ;ong and full with a deep flounce, furnished suffi cient material, after the blioc.s were finished, for a border of medium width. The joining was covered with a 1 very fancy stitch done in ivory em broidered silk. The owner thought it pretty enough to deserve a silk lining which she purchased at 44 cents per yard. It was bound with brown taffeta ribbon.-Ohio Farmer. Throw Physic to the Dogs. "It is safe to say," declared a physi cian, "that one-half of the women are simply starving for fresh air, and if they would throw away their pill bottles and headache powders and exercise freely in the open air for at least two hours daily, they would feel like new women at the end of a year. Nature cannot be cheated, nor can impaired forces be re stored by swallowing medicine every time warning pain and illness over take the offender. A busy woman may be compelled to neglect some duty or pleasure for a time in order to obtain the outdoor exercise. but under the cir cumstances it will be excusable, and in the long run she will make up for it be cause of increased bodily vigor."-Bos ton Herald. Their Fatal Mistake. Returned Traveler-What has be come of Catchem & Cheatem, the rich lawyers? Retired, I presume? Resident-Yes, retired. They are both in the poorhouse. "Phew! What happened?" "They had a quarrel, and sued each other."-N. Y. Weekly. Knew His Ground. Hicks-And he leapt into the water and saved her from drowning? Wicks--Yes; but not until he was as sured that she was married. He wasn't going to run the risk of saving a woman who in her gratitude would feel that she must link herself to him for life. Smith's Weekly. Charcoal for the Refrigerator, Keep a good-sized piece of charcoal in the refrigerator until frost comes, re moving the charcoal every ten days or two weeks. IN GREAI DISTRESS VOMITING SPELLS LONG RESISTED EVERY EFFORT TO OHECK. Mrsl.Brooks Became So Weak She Thinks She Would Have Died But For Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. Sarah L. Brooks, of No. 45 Lin coln Park, Chicago, Illinois, gives the following account of ner cure from dis tressing spells of vomiting: " For five years off and on I was treated in vain by different doctors for relief from a stomach trouble which showed itself in frequent and trying spells of vomiting. Part of the time I was able to work a d again I would be confined to bed fo'three or four days in succession. ," My stomach was at times so delicate that it would not retain even plain water. The spells would sometimes occur at in tervals of half an hour, and would leave me so weak that I would be compelled to lie down between them.. I would have several of them during the night following a day of such attacks. Finally I became so weakened that I had to give up working altogether. I weighed only ninety-four pounds. ", Last January I read about Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People in one of the Chicago daily papers and bought a box and began to use them. After I had used half a box I found that I could keep on my stomach the food I at,. I was encouraged by this and kept on using the pills for four months. At the end of that time the vomiting spells had ceased altogether and my weight went up to 142 pounds and is still growing. " I think I surely would have died if It had not been for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for I sometimes vomited clear blood, and for three or four days at a time I could -not eat a bite of anything. )One doctor said I had chronic inflamma tion of the stomach, and another said my difficulty was a cancer, but none of their medicines did me any good at all. Finally I concluded that I did not have blood enough to digest my food and I began the treatment that has cured me. I can eat anything now, and have strength for all kinds of work. I always keep Dr. Williams' Pink Pills on hand, and I recommend them to my friends because I know they cured me." Dr.Williams'Pink Pills agree with the most delicate stomachs and strengthen the digestive organs until they do their work perfectly. They are sold by all drnueist. The London Globe says: The French ministry of finance has just published the statistics of the wills proved in France in 1903, and from this it is evident that the number of very rich people in the country has been grossly exaggerated. Last year only 497 wills leaving more than 1,000,000 francs, or £40,000, were proved, and of these only 144 excee ed 2,000,000 francs, or £80,000. There were only eight fortunes of over 10,. '00,000 francs, or £400,000, and the highest of all was of the exceptional value of £ 2,000,000. It is evident. thef, that the real millionaires in France are very for, but it should be noted that rich men in France marry rich wives, so that a family may be much more wealthy than the will of either father or mother would inply. But the fact remains that the Frenchman is too wise to be given over to the hunger for gold, and that the whole joy of living for him is not cen tered in piling up dollars, as it seems to be across the Atlantic. He is satis fled with thousands of francs, and with the appearance rather than the actuality of wealth. He likes to re tire and live at his ease, and therein he follows the dictates of the old world philosophy. Time's Forelock Gone. One of the most remarkable cha acteristics of Sir Joshua Reynolds was the rapidity with which he worked. Str Thomas Lawrence, his rival, was very slow. Over his por trait of Lady Mexborough and her child he took an unconscionale time. Promise after promise was mae, and at last Lord Mexborough insisted on fulfillment. "Well," said Lawrence, "If Lady Mexborough will kindly bring the baby once more, I will really finish." "Well, Sir Thomas," answered his patron, "my wife will be happy to give you another sitting whenever you like, but the baby's now in the Guards! "-Exchange. CAN DRINK TROUBLE. That's One Way to Get It. Although they won't admit it many people who suffer from sick headaches and other ails get them straight from the coffee they drink and it is easily proved if they're not afraid to leavfit to a test as in the case of a lady in Connellsville. "I had, been a sufferer from sick headaches for twenty-five years and anyone who- has ever had a bad sick headache knows what I suffered. Sometimes three days in the week I would have to remain in bed, at other times I couldn't lie down the pain would be so great. My life was a tor ture and if I went away from home for a day I always came back more dead than alive. "One day I was telling a woman my troubles and she told me she knew r that it was probably coffee caused it. 1 She said she had been cured by stop ping coffee and using Postum Food 3 Coffee and urged me to try this food drink. "That's how I came to send out and get some Postum and from that time I've never been without it for it suits my taste and has entirely cured all of my old troubles. All I did was to leave off the coffee and tea and drink well made Postum in its place. This change has done me more good than everything else put together. S"Our house was like a drug store for my husband bought everything he heard of to help me without doing any good but when I began on the r Postum my headaches ceased and the other troubles quickly disappeared. I have a friend who had an experience t just like mine and Postum cured her 3 just as it did me. "Postum not only cured the head aches but my general health has been improved and I am much stronger than before. I now enjty delicious Postum more than I ever did coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. r "There's a reason" an4 it's worth Snading out,