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PROVED right man * candidate FOR MISSIONARY work fully tested. °vel Examination Showed He Wat ' n p ° SB ®Bsion of All the Qualities Requisite for Success in Chosen Work. Successful missionary work In heath countries is done only by mlsslon es who possess a rare combination i personal traits. In too many cases e lamination of the candidate o re\ eal the presence of this combina on. But the following story shows °w an unusual examination made nown that a certain young man was Just the sort of missionary needed. It was winter. The examiner sent the candidate word to be at his home at three o’clock in the morning. When tke appointed man arrived at the ap pointed time, he was shown into the study, where he waited for five hours. At length the examiner appeared and asked the candidate how early he had come. Three o’clock sharp.” “All right, it’s breakfast time now; come in and have some breakfast.” After breakfast they went back to the study. “Well, sir,” said the examiner, “I was appointed to examine you as to your fitness for the mission field. Can you spell, sir?’ The young man thought he could. “Spell baker, then.” “B-a ba, k-e-r ker —baker.” “All right; that will do. Now, dc you know anything about figures?” “Yes, sir, something.” “How much is twice two?” “Four.” “All right; that’s splendid. You’ll do first -rate. I’ll see the board.” When the board met the examiner reported: “Well, brethren,” he said, “I have examined the candidate, and I recommend him for the appointment. He’ll make a tip-top missionary—first- class. First, I examined the candi date on his self-denial. I told him to be at my place at three o’clock in the morning. He was there. That meant getting up at two o’clock, or earlier, in the dark and cold. He got up, and never asked me why. Second, I ex amined him on promptness. I told him to be at my place at three o’clock sharp. He was there, not one minute behind time. Third, I examined him on patience. I let him wait five hours for me when he might just as well have been in bed, and he waited and showed no signs of impatience. Fourth, I examined him on his temper. He didn’t get excited; met me perfect ly pleasant; didn’t ask me why I kept him waiting on a cold morning from three to eight o’clock. Fifth, I examined him on humility. I asked him to spell words a five-year-old child could spell, and he didn't show any indignation; didn’t ask me why I treated him like a child of a fool. Brethren, the candidate is self-deny ing, prompt, patient, good tempered, humble. He’s just the man for a missionary, and I recommend him for your acceptance.” —Kansas City Jour nal King’s Edict Quickly Obeyed. In all the German papers of August, 1838, appeared an ordinance signed by the king of Bavaria, forbidding civilians, on any pretext whatever, to wear moustaches, and commanding the police authorities to arrest the offenders and shave them by force. Apparently this was not necessary, for, according to a French account of the time, "moustaches disappeared immediately, like leaves from the trees in autumn; everybody madt haste to obey tho royal order, and not one person was arrested.” The ancient Anglo-Saxon was not so obe dient; he wore long hair and a mous tache, though no beard, and when he was conquered by the clean-shaven Norman he wore his hair longer than ever, to exaggerate the difference be tween the two races. Where “Mugwump” Came From. “Mugwump” was an old Algonquin word for a chief, Which was used in a seventeenth century Indian bible to translate “centurion,” “captain” or “duke” In the English version. It was borrowed by the New Englanders as a nickname for most superior persons, very like the English “great panjan drum/* and first applied in its special political sense to Republicans who de serted their narty on grounds of prin ciple at the presidential election of 1884. Strange Grave Decoration*. Unique among cemeteries is that of L’Ouedel-Kebir, Algiers, in many of the graves of which are dozens of medicine botUes. The natives of the territory bury with the deceased the bottles which held the medicines usqd Jn the last illness. Mclbourne’c Quiet Sunday. Melbourne has Aiccessfully resur rected the “Lord’s day act of George n T ” That city is a Sabbatarian Stronghold. No Sunday newspaper is allowed to appear, and every hotel la closed by law. although a good deal ot Illicit drlnWas I done. Tea on the Down Grade. Tea drinkers are finding scant en couragement In a report recently made by a large tea exporting house In Yokohama to Its American cus tomers. Incidentally it Indicates that the United States is not alone In fac ing Increased cost of living. The re port says: “Owing to the rapidly in creasing cost of living In Japan labor costs more, and in consequence cul tivation of the tea gardens Is less generous and extensive than formerly, and less care and skill are expended In picking and curing the leaf. Hence the average quality of the teas now offered for sale is below that of sea sons prior to the war, and for the same reasons we are not likely in the future to see any reversion to the excellence of former years.”—New York Sun. DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? Profit by the Experience of One Who Has Found Relief. James R. Keeler, retired farmer, of Fenner street, Cazenovia, N. Y., says: “About fifteen years #ago I suffered with my back and kid neys. I doctored and used many remedies without getting re lief. Beginning with Doan’s Kidney Pills, I found relief from the first box, and two boxes restored me to good, sound condition. My wife and many of my friends have used Doan’s Kidney Pills with good results and I can earnestly recommend them.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, N. Y. A Misunderstanding. Apropos of a misunderstanding on the canteen question, Gen. Frederick D. Grant said at a dinner in Washing ton: “It is like the case of my friend Maj. Green. Maj. Green said to his servant one morning; “ ‘James, I have left my mess boots out, I want them soled.’ “ ‘Yes sir,’ the servant answered. “The major, dressing for dinner that night, said again: “ T suppose, James, that you did as I told you about those boots?’ “James laid 35 cents on the bureau. “ ‘Yes, sir,’ said he, ‘and this is all I could get for them; though the cor poral who bought ’em said he’d have given half a dollar if pay day hadn’t been so far off.’ ” Seeks Practical Knowledge. The Montenegrin minister of api culture is a practical man. Poultry breeding is at present engaging his at tention, and in his office he has had a hen sitting to hatch a special brood of chickens. There are now nine chickens chirping round his chair. m I Thousands of Women 1 OUQt/l I suffer every month In silence, tortures that would drive a man to the edge of des- I I pair. The ailments peculiar to women are not only painful but dangerous and V # I should receive prompt treatment before they grow worse. If you suffer from pain, I ■■ I irregular functions, falling feelings, headache, side ache, dizziness, tired feeling, etc., I *** I follow the example of thous- ■ ■ ■ I ands of women who have IMIMIT 19 9 I been relieved or cured, and VvIPII Bj * M OlleilCe I take WineofCardul. Q|" uftllO U I Scheme Worked Out Badly. Congressman Sulzer represents a densely populated district on the East side of New York city. It occurred to him some months ago that though there are no gardens In his district some of his constituents might grow plants in boxes placed on window sills or fire escapes, so he sent an as sortment of seed to the inmate of a model tenement house owned by one of his friends. The latter met him a few days ago and said: “See here, Sulzer, I want you to cut out that seed business. It’s the limit!” “Why, what’s the matter?’ asked the aston ished Sulzer, and he explained why he had sent the seeds. “Oh, you meant well, all right,” returned the friend, scornfully, “but when I visited the place the other day I found that about ten families were raising cabbage, cu cumbers and tomatoes in the bath tubs.” New Market for Herrlnge. Anew market for Yarmouth her rings has been opened in the Caucasus, some Scotch merchants having sent an experimental shipment there. The fish are being handled by Prince Louis Napoleon Murat Only Two Weens to Cnrletmae. There Is still time to send to Lord & Taylor, Broadway, sth avenue and 20th street, New York, for a copy of their catalogue, and from over 500 arti cles shown, select some remembrance for the one you have in mind. Don’t imagine that it costs more to purchase your gifts from a house of the high standing of Lord & Taylor, because it doesn’t; in fact, it’s the most econom ical method not only in money saved, but In the satisfaction which comes from buying your goods from a firm whose reputation Is second to none in the country. To Utilize Power of Tide*. A group of several engineers and capitalists, headed by William O. Weber, of Boston, believe they have revolutionized the Industrial system by anew device utilizing the power of the tides so as to manufacture com pressed air. A plant is about to be erected at South Thomaston, Me., to demonstrate the value of. this inven tion. National Pure Food and Drugs Act. The Garfield Tea Company’s prepara tions comply in every respect with the requirements of The National Pure Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906. Serial No. 384, assigned by the Government, will appear on every package of their goods. Costly Water Supply. New York city burns 110,000 tons of coal a year to pump water Into the public reservoirs in Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond boroughs. Much of the spring poetry written is not necessarily for publication, but as a guaranty of good faith. Tor Infants and Children |p Thirty Years 0f The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY. THE T- A M WAY If you had a medicine that would strengthen the liver, the bowels, the kidneys and the stomach and at the same time make you strong with a general systematic tonic, don’t you believe you would soon be well? That’s the LAX-FOS way. we ask you to buy the first bottle, you will druggist to sell you the second. Take no substitute. There's nothing made like UA-X-FOai. Bee that l>r. Winstead’s picture appears on the bottle and you get the gtouine. If your druggist does not keep it write at once to TUB LAX-FOS CO., PADUCAH* Ki. toll ITC NO MONEY TILL CURED fcrtMad bJ • DRS. THORWTO* * HINOP-x>ai oak 3t, Kansas City, Mo. (*>*" orncz at toms Museum Gets Fine Pulpit. King Frlederich August of Saxony has given to the Germanic museum at Harvard a full-size reproduction of the sandstone pulpit of the Church of Wechselburg, near Leipsic. This gift is regarded as the most important made to the museum since the fin© collection of casts was sent by the German emperor. The pulpit be longs to the beginning of the thir teenth century, and is a massive struc ture, 15 feet high, resting on Roman esque columns. Statb of Ohio, Citt of Toledo, I >a> Lucas Coutt. I . Fbakc J. Chbkbt makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Ch * k *t * Cos., doing business in the City of Toledo. County end State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ereiy case of Catabbk that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catabm Cub*. frank j. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, thi._6thday of December. A. Vw!gIEABON. | sbal J- Notabt Public. HaU’Tcatarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the .„,em. Beni for CO ., Toledo. O. When a man thinks he knows it all he Is seldom able to get his neigh bors to indorse his thoughts. Missed Chance fer Fame. The astronomer, Lalande, narrowly escaped being made famous by a dis covery. He accidentally struck Nep tune with his glass on May 8, 1785, but supposed it was a star. He put it down in his notebook as a star and recorded Its exact situation. Two days later he struck it once more and made a record of it. But when he looked over his notes he found he had It down as being in two different places, and as a star cannot move in 48 hours he supposed he had made a mistake in one of his notes. If he bad used his mind a little less me chanically he easily might have been a Columbus. f IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT WHEN I Z ALWAYS KEEP A BOTTLE OF • Z ST. JACOBS OIL § IN THE HOUSE AND YOU WILL HAVE A § X QUICK. SAFE AND SURE REMEDY FOR PAIN 1 X WHERE YOU CAN GET AT IT WHEN NEEDED. X W PRICE 25c AND 50c J A HICKS’ SffICfIPUDINE aches And Nervousness Trial bottle 10c A! drugstore# For Emergencies at Home I For the Stock on the Farm I Sloaovs Liixinveivt * Is a whole medicine chest Price 25c 50c 6 ♦ 1.00 Sand Fop Free Booklet on Horses.CaWe.Hos fcFbuftty- Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan. Boston, Mass. Ble under me Southern Cotton Oil Company STOVE POLISH ALWAYS READY TO USE. NO ■ DIRT. DUST. SMOKE OR SMELL. NO MORE STOVE POLISH TROUBLES I " 1 PF AnFlfQ of this paper de l\£/rH/£/I\o siring to hay any thing advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substi tutes or imitations. M— -u