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Nor*:.?The following article has
been widely published and ls on* ol
ihe most remarkable illustrations ol
the value of careful marshalling am?
analysis of facts lu presenting a sub?
ject to the public.
LEVELERS.
Thc Mission of "Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.
The Creator made all things, we be?
lieve.
If so, He must have made these.
We know what Ile made food and
water foi\ aud air and sunshine, but
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
Tiley are here sure enough and each
performing its work.
TiVira must be some groat plan be
hiu U all; the thoughtful man seeks
to tu Persia ud something of that plan
and thereby to judge these articles for
their true worth.
Let us not say "bad" or "good" with?
out taking restimOBp.
There are times and conditions when
it certainly seems to the casual observ?
er that these stimulant narcotics are
leal blessings.
ltlgbt there is Hie ambush that con
erato a 'killing" enemy.
One can slip into the habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to "untangle" is often a fearful
struggle.
lt seems plain that there are Circum?
stance*! when the narcotic effect of
these poisons is for the moment bene?
ficial, but the fearful argument against
them is that seldom ever does one lind
a steady user of either whisky, cof?
fee or tobacco free from disease of
some kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the haman race.
It is a matter of daily history testi?
fied to by literally millions of people,
that 'Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiling friends
on the start, but always felse as hell
itself in the and. Once tney get tirm
uoki rtiough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
ihe victim steadily towards ill health
In some form; if permitted to continue
lo rule, they will not let np until phy?
sical nnd mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell (and "under
thc spell" is correct), of any one of
these drugs, frequently assures him?
self nnd his friends, "Why, I can leave
off any time I want to. I did quit for
a week just to show I could." It is a
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled through a
, week fighting every day to break the
* spell, was finally whipped, and began
his slavery al! over again.
The slave (Coffee slave as well as
Tobacco and Whisky) daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady encroachments of disease, how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for a few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
plainer to view than ever and grow?
ing worse. Many times the Coffee
slave realizes that he is between two
fires. He feels bad if he loaves off,
and a little worse if he drinks aud al?
lows the effect to wear off.
So lt goes on from day to day. Every
night the struggling victim promise*
himself that he will break the habit
and next day when he feels a little
bad (as he is quite sure to), breaks,
not the habit, but his own resolution.
It is nearly always a tough fight, with
disaster ahead sure if ibo habit wins.
There have been hundreds of thou
saints of people dm cu ta their graves
through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, aud it ls quite certain
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky, for
the two first are moro widely used,
aud more hidden and insidious in the
effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organs, nnd are thus unsuspected un?
til much of the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Render, what ls your opinion
ns to the real use the Creator has for
these things? Take a look at the ques?
tion from this point cf view.
There is a law of Nature and of Na
t'vre's God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, a sturdy,
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both tlie Phy?
sical and Spiritual world. The pon?
derous tread of evolutionary develop?
ment is fixed by the Infinite and will
not be quickened out of natural law
by nny of man's methods.
Therefore we see many ilustrations
showing how nature cheeks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops of corn for two or three years.
If she continued lo do so every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature intel poses a bar
every three or lom years and brings
on a "bad year."
Here we see the leveling influence
at work.
A man is prosperous In his business
for a number of years and grows rich.
Tirwv--N.it ure sets the '?leveling influ?
ence" at work on him. Some of his
investments lose, he becomes luxuri?
ous and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky, to?
bacco, coffee, women, gambling, or
some other form. The intent and pur?
pose ls to level him. Keep hiiu from
evolving too far ahead of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Home. If no leveling
Influence set in she would dominate
the world perhaps for all time. Hut
Darno Nature sets lier anny of "level
(::i" nt work. Luxury, over eating and
drinking, licentiousness, waste and ex?
travagance, indulgences of all kinds,
then comes the wreck. Sure, Sure,
Sure.
Tue law* of the unit is the law of tlie
mass. Man goes through the same
process. Weakness (in childhood),
gradual growth of strength, energy,
thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth,
comfort, ease, relaxation, self-indul?
gence, luxury, idleuess, waste, de?
bauchery, disease, aud the wreck fol?
lows. The "levelers" are in thc bushes
along the pathway of every successful
man and woman and they bag the ma?
jority.
Only now and then can a man stand
out against these "levelers" and hold
his fortune, fame and health to the
end.
So the Creator has use for Whisky,
Tobueco and Coffee to level down the
successful ones and those who show
signs of being successful, and keep
them back In the race, so that the great
' field" (the masses) may not be left
too far behind.
And yet we must admit that same all
wise Creator has placed it in the pow*
er of man to stand upright, clothed In
the armor of a clean cut, steady mind
and say unto himself, "I decline to ex?
change my birthright for a mess of
potage.
"I will not deaden my senses, weak?
en my grip on affairs aud keep myself
cheap, common and behind In fortune
and fnme by drugging with whisky,
tobacco or coffee; life ls too short, lt
is hard enough to win the good things,
without any sort of handicap, so a man
ls certniuly a 'fool trader' when he
trades strength, health, money, and the
good things that come with power, for
the halt-asleep condition of the 'drug
ger' with the certainty of sickness and
disease ahead."
It is a matter each individual must
decide for himself. He can be a lead?
er nnd semi-god if he will, or he caa
go along through life a drugged clown,
n cheap "hewer of wood or carrier of
water."
Certain it is that while the Great
Father of us all does not seem to
"mind" if some of His children are
foolish and Stupid, He seems to select
others (perhaps those He intends for
some special work) and allows them to
l?i> threshed and castigated most ir-ur
fully by these "levelers."
If a man tries flirting with these ley
piers awhile, and gets a few slaps as
a hint, he had better take the hint or
a good solid' blow will follow.
When a man tries to live upright,
clean, thrifty, sober, anJ. undrugged,
manifesting as near as he knows what
the Creator intends he should, happi?
ness, health and peace Beem to come
to him. Does it pay?
This article was written to set peo?
ple thinking, to rouse the "Cod with*
In," for every highly organized man
and woman has times when they feel
a something calling from within for
them to press U) the trout and "be
^Uiout. the Father's, business;" don't
* -:vy it; the spark of the Infinite
is there ^nd' it pays in every way,
health, happiness, peace, and even
worldly prosperity, to break off the
habits and strip clean for the work
cut out for us.
It has been the business )f the writ?
er to provide a practical nnd easy way
for people to break away from tha
coffee habit and be assured of a return
t.) health nnd all of. the good things
that brings, provided the abuse has
not gone too far, nnd even then the
cases where the body has been rebuilt
on a basis of strength and health run
ir. to the thousands.
It is an easy and comfortable step to
stop coffee instantly by having well
made Postum Food Coffee served rich
and hot with good cream, for the col?
or and flnvor ls there, but none of the
caffeine or other nerve destroying el?
ements of ordinary coffee.
On the contrary, the most powerful
rebuilding elements furnished by Na?
ture are in Postum nnd they quickly
set about repairing the damage. Sel?
dom is it more than two days after
the change is made before the old
stomach or bowel troubles or com?
plaints of kidneys, heart, head or
nerves show unmistakable evidence of
getting better nnd ten days' time
changes things wonderfully.
Literally millions-of brain working
Americana to-day use Postum, having
found the value and common sense in
thc change.
c. w. tost.
ASPARAGUS LONG A FAVORITE.
Records Date Back Almost to Begin
ning of Authentic History.
Of all food plants there is none
which has been so long known or beeu
possessed of so distinguished a line
age as the asparagus. Its records
reach back almost to the beginning
of authentic history, and it is men
tioned ly the comic poet Cratinus,
v.-ho died about 423 B. C. The Ro
mans held the vegetable in high es
teem. The elder Cato wrote a work
which is svill extant, "De re Rustica,"
and it treats at length of the virtues
and proper cultivation cf asparagus.
Pliny, In his natural history, written
about 60 A. D., has much to say about
it. He feelingly observes: "Of all
the products of your garden your chiei
care should be asparagus," and he de?
votes several chapters to its many
good qualities and the best methods
of raising it. He asserts that the soil
about Ravenna was so favorable to
its production that three heads grown
in that district had been known to
weigh a Roman pound. This pound
seems io have been about equal to
eleven ounces in our day, so it would
apparently have taken four of the
stalks to have reached a pound of our
weight.
The asparagus being essentially a
southern plant, it is possible that the
stock growing in Italy was of a more
vigorous growth than that of our
northern clime. It is found all around
the shores of the Mediterranean and
branches off into four or five distinct
species besides the one ordinarily
used for edible purposes.
NOVEL CAUSE FOR RULING.
Country Justice's Two Good Reasons
for Decision.
. well remember one case before
.1 justice in which I acted as respond?
ent's counsel in a criminal action and
lu which an older and well-known at?
torney was my opponent. As I
thought then, and as I know now, the
law and the evidence was well in fa- j
vor of my client, and at the close of
thc- arguments I looked with great con
Rdence for a prompt acquittal. Judge ]
ol my astonishment when my unfortu?
nate client was found guilty and sen- j
tenced to thirty days in jail. 1 prompt?
ly entered an appeal and furnished
sureties to prosecute the same. Be?
fore I left the court room the justice
took occasion to take me aside and
s;ay: "Young man, I kinder thought
ye ware right, but I knowed Judge
W-(naming my opponent) is a
sight older'n you be, and a sight bet?
ter lawyer'n you be, and so of course
I gin him judgment."?Judge Shute in
Leslie's Monthly.
Broke Into Swarm of Bees.
Bees swarmed through, a hole which
Ernest Mills made in tho wall of tho
town lockup at Martinsburg, Va., and
stung him until he shouted for help.
The bees have a nest between tko
plaster and clapboarding. Mills ad?
mits he was trying to escape, but he
says he will sue the town for dam?
ages.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR OCTOBER 30.
Subject: KlUlm at Dothan, II Kings, ri.,
8-23 ?Memory Verses, 15-17?Golden
Text, Psalm uilv., 7?Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
I. Elisha assisting the King of Israel
(vs. 8-12). 8. "King of Syria." Benhadad
II., who sent the letter about Naaman
(2 Kings 5:5-7). A powerful king, bring?
ing thirty-two vassal kings with him to
the first siege of Samaria (1 Kings 20:1).
He was killed by Hazael (2 Kings 8:7-15).
"Warred." Not an open war but a de?
sultory skirmismng. The plan of the Syr?
ian king was to set an ambush that would
tempt the king of Israel to his capture.
9. "Man of God." Jehovah rescued is?
rael not by kings, mighty annies or great
generals, but by the man of God, that it
might be seen that salvation was not a
work of human strength or wisdom, but
due to the God of Israel. "Beware." Be
on the lookout. "Are come down." "Are
coming down." R. V. God knows all
that tlie vicked are doing, and He will
employ this knowledge for the benefit of
the good. 10. "King of Israel sent."
A party of troops to preoccupy the place;
and thus the Syrians found their designs
had been detected. It is probable that
whenever the Syrians arrived at a point
selected for attack they found superior
Israelitish forces already there. "Saved
hin!S;lT." Those who carefully follow
God's directions will have no difficulty in
outgeneraling the foe. "Not once nor
twice." This was done repeatedly.
ll. "Sore troubled." Vexed and cha?
grined that all his plans were made known
to Israel, and that they could thus treat
all his stratagems with derision. "Shew
me." When his design was thus repeat?
edly frustrated it was natural to think
of treachery among his own people. 12.
"One of his servants." From some Israel?
ite this Syrian may have obtained his
knowledge. "Telleth." A confession of
the boundless knowledge, as. before, of the
boundless power, of Israel's God is ex?
torted from the Syrians. "In thy bed
?hamber." In the greatest possible se?
crecy.
li. Thc Syrians seek Elisha (va. 13-15).
13. "Go and spy." How blind to imagine
that He who could tell his secret counsels
Muk) not also frustrate the movements of
his spies. "In Dothan." Dothan means
''two wells" or "the double fountain." It
was situated on the south side of the plain
of Jezreel.
14. "Horses and chariots." What un
conscious tributes bad men pay to good
influences! The king sent 'horses and
.diariots ai.d a great host" to take a man
whose sword was the word of God, whose
aelmet was the defense of the Most High,
.vhose ? breast-plate was righteousness!
Bren had it 1 n possible to kill Elisha,
j od could easily raise up and instruct
mother prophet. "By night." To take
:he city by surprise and Elisha in it with?
out any warning or opportunity for es?
cape.
lo. "Servant. "Or minister." R. V.,
margin. "A special i.ervant, probab'y
:hosen irom one of the schools of the
;irophets." He had only been with him
?ince Gehazi's dismissal, and had little ex?
perience of his master's powers. His
Saith was easily shaken. "Risen carly."
,Je may have been aroused by tho arrival
?)i thc Syri-ns. "Alas." Contrast the ter?
ror of the servant with the calmness of
the prophet. "How shall we do." The
worst ot unbelief is, that it not only lotta
courage for itself, but assumes that, all
other Christians are in the same plight.
Ul. God delivers Elisha (vs. l'i-18).
16. "Fear not." Elisha speaks as a man
whose eyes are opened anti who is sure of
God's protection whether he beholds thc
angelic host cibout him or not. He quiets
the fears of his servant, 1. By showing
his own faith in God. 2. By causing thc
young man to catch a glimpse of their
protectors. "Are more." The person who
has God with him has more than all that
can possibly be against him. One with
God is a majority.
17. "Open his eyes." His natural eyes
are open and he sees the danger; now
open the eyes of his faith that he may
see the protection. The greatest kind?
ness wc can do for the fearful and faint?
hearted is to pray for them, and so to
recommend them to the mighty grace of
God. Tiie opening of our eyes will silence
our fears; the clearer sight we have of
the power of heaven, the less we shall
fear the calamities of earth. "The Lord
opened." God opened his spiritual eyes,
unveiled his inner sense. "Mountain was
full." How thickly crowded the spirit?
ual world must be when such a host could
be spared for Elisha alone. "Horses and
chariots." Horses and chariots were there
to match horses and chariots of the Syrian
invader. When Judas came to Gethse?
mane with a detachment of the Roman
luard, Christ said. "Thinkest thou that
t cannot beseech My Father, and He shall
jven now send Me more than twelve le?
sions of angels?" The reserves were of
the same military order as the foe. "Fire."
Ezekiel, Isaiah and John, when they de?
scribe the divine equipage, represent it as
i wheeled, harnessed conflagration. That
means purity, justice, chastisement, de?
liverance through burning escapes. Char
wt cf rescue? Yes, but chariot of fire.
18. "They." The Syrian army. "Came
down." From the surrounding hills on
which they were encamped. To him."
Elisha, to capture him, which was their
object in coming to Dothan. It was quite
in the character of Elisha t-> go forth from
the city with his now courageous servant.
'Elisna prayed." He had prayed for his
servant that he night see God's army,
lie now prayed for his enemies that they
night bc withheld from doing the evil
they designed to do. For the servant tho
?ycs of his understanding were cnlight
?ned; but for the Syrians their faculties
failed them. The- were so confused as
not to know t.,e place to be Dothan or to
recognize Elisha. They groped as in dark
aess. li.us protection came in answer to
mayer. God is merciful to sinners when
Ile defeats their plans and saves them
from crime. "Smote with blindness."
Not the usual Hebrew word for blindness,
but a compound word meaning to blind,
to shine. The resulting idea would be
that of dazzling. This would denote hal?
lucination rattier than total loss of sight.
IV. Elisha's treatment of his enemies
(vs. 19-23). 19. "He led them to Samaria."
lhere is a sort of irony in these words of
Elisha, which virtually treated the enemy
with derision.
20. "They saw." Elisha led them twelve
miles to Samaria and then their sight was
restored and they found themselves cap?
tives in the midst of their enemies. 21.
When Jehoram, the king of Israel, saw
them he asked Elisha if he should kill
them. 22. Elisha strongly objected to
this and ordered them to be well fed and
gent back to Benhadad. 23. The result
of Elisha's kindness was that the Syr?
ians ceaseu this sort of warfare against
Iurael.
Hens Victims of Old Fogy Notions.
"My son and myself," said Dr. E.
F. Hodges, "took an automobile run to
Martinsville. He was the chauffeur;
we did not return by the same road. I
don't know how many hens we ran
over going and coming. We did not
stop to ccunt.
"It is a dry time and the roads are
dusty. So much the worse for tho
hon-. I suppose it is different with
hois in the cities and towns, but
along the country roads they have not
yet learned to make proper caleula
lions for escape from the automobile.
The hen is of a mathematical turn of
mind. She rolls in the dust of the
highway and no horse-drawn vehicle
wau ever known to run over one. She
figures closely, but always escapes
Now, it is different when she comes
to toke Un; automobile into conoid !
eratIon. She expects to escape by the
length of a horse. The horse is not |
there, and she fails under the wheel3
ol' the juggernaut, a victim to old
fogy notions not in accord with mod- j
ern speed devices."?Indianapolis
'ews.
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THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Gleaned From All Over
(be Stats.
In a dispute over the employment
of a cook near De Witt, in Dinwiddie
county, Barney Butterworth was seri?
ously wounded and a man named
Kidd, supposed to be from Mecklen?
burg county, was killed. Kidd fired
on Butterworth with a shotgun and
the latter returned the fire, blowing
Kidd's head off.
A dog chasing a rat in the barn of
William Pannett. near Winchester, up?
set a lantern and the barn was burned
It was a large structure filled with
hay, fodder and many farming imple?
ments, only a few of 'which were
saved. The loss will reach $2,000
with $850 insurance.
Elizabeth Worthington, the little
daughter of Bruce Worthington, pres?
ident of the Worthington Tobacco
Company, upset a lamp at her home
and was badly burned about her body.
John Warrenton, of Petersburg, was
found guilty of an attempt to mur?
der his wife and his punishment fixed
at IO years in the penitentiary. It
was at first thought that the injured
woman would die.
The Baptist Young People's Union
of Virginia, at the First Baptist
Church, Hampton, held its closing ses?
sion and elected the following offi?
cers: President, W. A. Harris, of
Richmond; vice-presidents, J. C. Moss,
of Lynchburg; George M. Richter
Jr., of Hampton; Rev. J. E. Hicks, ol
Danville; treasurer, A. E. Harvey, of
Lynchburg; leader of religious work,
Rev. M. L. Wood, of Staunton; trans?
portation leader, James A. Watson, of
Richmond; board of managers, R. E.
Tyler, of Staunton; W. Leonard
Whitehoust, of Norfolk; Rev. G. B
Taylor, of Holland; Rev. J. M. Street,
of Cashville; C. E. Whitehoust, o)
Richmond; Rev. J. T. Henderson, of
Bristol; W. F. Wranek, of Lynch
burg; W. H. Parker, of Danville. Rep
resentatives from Charlottesville, Pe?
tersburg, Alexandria and Fredericks
burg are to be supplied by the board
The convention decided to put a field
secretary in the work in Virginia.
Jefferson Johnson, a Fox Hill youth
19 years aid, lies in Dixie Hospital
Newport News, at the point of death
with a bullet in his brain. He was mic
of a party who attended a wedding al
Epworth Methodist Church in Fox
Hill, and who later serenaded the
married couple. After leaving the
house Alfred Johnson, another mern
ber of thc party, whipped out his re?
volver to fire it into thc air. The pis?
tol was accidentally discharged, how?
ever, the bullet entering Johnson':
right eye.
An attempt was made to murder
Jesse Rawles, a Kilby street mer?
chant, of Suffolk. About 9 o'clock, as
Rawles was changing a note for a
woman customer, someone fired
through the back door with a load of
buckshot. Five of the shots took
effect in Rawle's right arm and
shoulder. With blood pouring from
his wounds he ran to the front door
and gave the alarm. Several hundred
persons soon gathered. Bloodhounds
were sent for and quickly took the
hot scent and sped away. Rawles
is about 55 years old. The shooting
is supposed to have been for the pur?
pose of revenge.
The annual triangular inspection of
the Knights Templar commanderies
of Danville, Roanoke and Lynchburg
took place in Lynchburg after a
parade of the three organizations,
with a band, through the streets.
The Medical Society of Virginia de?
voted the greater portion of a day to
a discussion of the plan of reorgani?
zation proposed by Dr. Grandy, of
Norfolk, which sought to make com?
pulsory the formation of county
societies and to debar from the State
society all who are not members of the
county bodies. Dr. Grandy led the
fight for the plan, and Dr. J. K. Up
shur opposed it. It was beaten by an
overwhelming vote. The society will
elect officers tomorrow and adjourn
with a banquet tomorrow night.
Secretary of the Commonwealtth
Eggleston has sent out all the electoral
boards of the State copies of the tick?
et to be voted this fall, accompanied
by necessary information.
Miss Nannie Jefferson, a pretty
young girl of Amelia countty, was
operated on in Richmond for a crush?
ed foot. She was thrown from her
carriage in a runaway.
Charged with having killed his
brother-in-law, James T. Boyle, Calvin
H. Moore waived examination in the
Police Court at Richmond, and
was sent to the grand jury, being re?
leased tm bail. The prisoner wore
the cross of St. Andrew's Brother?
hood on his lapel. He will, it is anti?
cipated, be acquitted, as the general
belief is that he acted in self-defense.
At the Chasworth Dairy Farm, near
Richmond, a steam boiler exploded,
sending a mass of iron through thc
roof of the engine house 100 feet in
the air.
The town of Arvonia, Buckingham
county, is stirred by a number of acts
of vicious vandalism. The victims
arc Evan R. Williams, H. B. Nicholas,
A. L. Pitts and others, who have had
their handsome equipages and harness
cut to pieces.
Un account of the dr.uith and the
consequent low water in the Jame,-;
river, Superintendent Randolph, of the
Lynchburg waterworks, has issued an
appeal to the water-takers to be eco?
nomical.
lt is expected that Fairmont will
bc made thc headquarters for the
Federal Coal and Coke Companj
whose mines are located at Gray:
Flats.
The Lancaster County Oystermcn's
Piotective Union has been organized
At Roanoke Nannie Jones, a 12
year-old girl, found a railway torpedc
and exploded it with a hammer. Ont
side of her head was badly torn ane1
one eye is completely gone. She can?
not recover.
Wralter P. Complier, of Waterford
Loudoun county, one of the wealthiest
citizens of Loudoun, committed sui?
cide by shooting himself. The only
motive that can be assigned is bad
health. Mr. Complier was 52 years
old and was unmarried.
Charles Elliott, the 2^-year-old
child of Conductor J. H. Elliott, of
Norfolk, was fatally burned while
playing with matches. He lived three
hours after the accident. His father
was on his run to Pittsfield, where a
telegram reached him.
Samuel Hammer, of Portsmouth,
fell 40 feet into the navy-yard dry
dock at noon, and was taken home un-,
scions and seriously injured. He is
sn invalid, and went out for a walk
in thc sunshine. He was attackelj
with epilepsy while standing beside!
thc basin and fell in.
rt
New England Industry.
An interesting instance of persist
ent industry la offered by the case 01
J. P. Keyes of Poland, Mass,, whc
two weeks ago missed his Saturda}
trip with butter to Conway village foi
the first time in twenty-six years. Mr
Keyes ls about 70 years old, and al
though his home is reached by hill)
roads that are badly drifted in winter
he has always managed to get
through.
Fine View From High Peak.
From Mt. Genevieve, a peak In Gil?
pin County, Colorado, a person can
?e? into tour states and one territory.
On a clear day the observer can dis
cern the Uintah Mountains of eastern
Utah, the Medicine Bow range ol
Wyoming, the tips of the Rockies in
New Mexico and the principal peaks
of Colorado. The plains, stretching
to the east, are plainly visible clear
into Nebraska.
New Use for Automobiles.
The Ceylon government is seriously
considering the proposition of substi?
tuting on all flt roads light automo?
biles for the old stage coaches which
still exist on important routes for mall
and passenger traffic. The required
speed is thirty miles an hour, and
each vehicle must carry six passen?
gers, 300 pounds of letters and 26
'pounds of baggage.
Coin of George III.
A. O. Peabody of Wilton, N. H.,
picked up a coin a few days since.
On one side are the letters "Deorglus
III Del Gratia." In the center was a
cut of a king. On the other sldo
were the letters MBFET H-REX FD
BETLDSRIATE, coat of arms with
crown upon name. The date on the
piece was 1797.
Bocks.
The man of substance was proud to
be mentioned in connection with so
high an office, but he would not be a
candidate.
"This rock," he exclaimed, pointing
to a great granite bowlder, "shall fly
from its firm base as soon aS mine?"
Here the committee of notification
withdrew, perceiving that their mis?
sion was hopeless.?Puck.
Beware of Ointments For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
ns mercury will surely destroy tho sense o'
smell and completely dorango the whole sys?
tem when entering it through the mucous'
surfaces. Suchartiolesshould never bo used
except on prescriptions from reputable phy?
sicians, as the damage they will do ls ten fold
to the good you can possibly derivo from
them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufacture 1
by F, J. Cheney A, Co., Toledo, O., contains
no meroury, and ls taken Internally, Mfdag
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. It is taken in?
ternally, and made In Tole 1 >, Ohio, by P.
J. Cheney Jd Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Labor-Saving Hand Or/rung.
Labor-saving devices have got to
the hand organs at last, says the New
York Sun. In one of Hie latest, in?
stead of the organ man turning the
crank, he presses a button. The music
plays on till he releases his finger. The
music is sweeter than that of other or?
gans and it can be heard blocks away.
FITS permanently ouroJ. No fits or nervous?
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline.'* Grea:
NerveRestorer,ii2trlalbottleand treatise free
Dr. R. H. Kline,Ltd., 031 Arch St., Phlla., Pu.
The railway up Mont Blanc is to bc com?
pleted within six years.
Plso'sCurefor Consumption is an Infallible
medicine for coughs sad colds.?N. \Y.
Samokl, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 190).
The first London borough to supply elec?
tricity was St. Pancras.
Catarrh turva at homo. Three preparations in
one package. Ask jour dealer for 'Pr. Hartley's
Great Remedy," of Baltimore, Md.
Deer Just Looked Around.
A deer entered the garden of Chas
Morgrage of Goffstown, N. H., and
wandered around quite a while, not
offering to eat anything. At last it
squeezed out between the barbed
wires of the fence on one side of the
railroad, passed across and through
the other barbed wire fence without
injuring itself in the least.
FIBROID TUMORS CURED.
Mrs. Hayes* First Letter Appeal?
ing to Mrs. Plnkham for Help:
" Dear Mus. Pixkham :?I have been
under Boston doctors' treatment for a
long time without any relief. They
tell me I have a fibroid tumor. I can?
not sit down without great pain, and
the soreness extends up my spine. I
have bearing-down pains both back
aud front. My abdomen is swollen,
and I have bad flowing spells for three
years. My appetite is not good. I can?
not walk or be on my feet for any
length of time.
" The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor
given in your little book accurately
describe my case, so I write to you for
advice." ?(Signed) Mrs. E. P. Hayes,
232 Dudley St. (Roxbury), Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Hayes' Second Letter:
"Dear Mrs. Pixkiiam : ? Sometime
ago I wrote to you describing my symp?
toms and asked your advice. You re?
plied, and I followed all your direc?
tions carefully, and to-day I am a well
woman.
"The use of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound entirely ex?
pelled the tumor and strengthened my
whole system. I caa walk miles now.
"Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
tahlO Compound is worth five dol?
lars a drop. I advise all women who
arc afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of anvkind to give Ita faithful
trial." ?(Signed) Mrs. E. F. Haves,
252 Dudley St. (Roxbury), Boston. Blast*.
? $5000 forfeit If orlninnl cf above letters prouim}
genujnune.ss cannot os proiuoe.1
)
A voice sjg|| ra pVWi,Tf
Rev. Jacob D. Van, Doren, of {17 gjjtl
street, Foud Du La.c, vVlfj!, Presby
terian clergyman, *j*ty|) ?{ ^ad at
tack-s pf WaUfy fjisor
ders which kept me ii
the house for days at i
tinie^ unable to do any
thing. What I sufferec
can hardly be told
Complications set in
the particulars ol
which I will be pleased
to give* in a persona!
interview to any one
who requires informa?
tion. This I can con
KCientiously say, Doan's
Kidney Pills caused a
general improvement
in my health. They
brought great relief by lessening the
pain and correcting the action of the
kidney secretions."
Doan's Kidney Pills are for Sftje by
all dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster
Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Dogs Became Intoxicated.
A beer wagon collided with an Ice
cream stand at Providence, R. I., and
the stock of cream was precipitated
into the street. A leaky beer barrel
turned the mass into a sort of frozen
pudding, which was partaken of by
several dogs. Two of the more vora?
cious of the animals became badly In.
toxlcated and wandered aimlessly
about in a most amusing manner for
a long time.
The Antiquity of Chairs.
Chairs were in use in Egypt so long
ago as 3399 B. C. The Chinese em?
ployed them from about 1300 B. C. Id
India they were used, and are men?
tioned as dating from 1100 B. C. House
chairs, with backs, were In use in
India A. D. 300. They are known to
have been employed In Rome so early
as A. D. 70, being mentioned by Pliny
at that date. Chairs with foot rests
were used in Rome A. D. 150.
On the Trait TIMSM th0
? troll from Texas
with a Fish Brand ?%Sk*&M
P, f c"i < Slicker, used /or
Ommel dUCker an overcoat when
? cold, a wind coat
when windy, a min coat when lt rained,
and for a cover at night if we got to bed,
and I will say that I have gotten more
comfort out of your slicker than any other
one article that I ever owned."
( Till cum* and utirtu ot the
wriwr cf viii unsolicited lot
t?r si?y ba bal cm appUcstloa.)
Wet Weather Garments for Riding,
Walking, Working, or
Sporting
. . ?_??. n?? Sign of ths Flsn
A. J. TOWER CO. w^yUFD^
BOSTON, U.S.A. *W^?-ifJf
TOWER CANADIAN
CO., Limited
toronto, Canada /7j/j fjftjj^
nOnP^V firW WSCOVERY; ??
IV ?> V# W~ CL9 o vm isM .nd nrM wow
?.M. S*>k of UsUaMaWl i.,d IO dayf' trotm.i.1
I Free. Br. H H. QitESti'i SONS, Box*. Atlanta, tts.
i KoMoreBlindHorses^'a^^
Sore Eyes, Barry <:o.. Iowa (. liy. la., have a sure eura
AN ENTIRE
MEDICINE
CHEST
Pl
ACHES
Kills Germs
FOR MAN OR BEAST
OP.EARt.5 StUftN.615 ALBANY 5T,afl5rtJfrM?55.
Constipation
Biliousness, Sick Headache and
all Liver and Bowel Com?
plaints ean be cured by utting
according to directions
Parsons' Pills
They do not irritate the stom?
ach and bowels like violent
purges, but act easily .-md
gently. Taken after dinner by
hearty eaters they remove all
possibility of indigestion.
25 rents a bottle; five Wl.OO,
at druggist*, or sent by mall
on receipt of price.
1. S. JOHNSON &? CO.. Boston. Haass,
A NEW CRIPPLE CREEK
IN OLD MEXICO.
The Toltec Mining A Smelting Co. owns MSB
PRODUCING <;oU> tMNK-. with nn? water
rower, n the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, (evelin* 25?'
sere*. One ledge has *i",iiiiii tons ol frew milling ore
tn wight above water level, averagin* tU.'Ki per ton.
and there are FOUUTKKN other ledges No pro?
motion stock. H'm feet ot tunnels The Company
offers liKi.tKKi shares ol it-stock st. ni v Mc. a snare,
par value el .lu), for n?xt thirty davs. f,>r th? sslNM
of erecting a mill with ftftv t"ns dsllv capacity.
This will net tfioo t&ay sitar paying sll expense* or
uti per cent, annual ilivid-nds on par reloe of sll
stock Issued. Every dollar invested troes to Improve)
the property. RENfLMlU'H, our property ls In the
the heart of a wonderfully rich gold district. A few
hundred dollars Invested now will soon Increase *eu
fold lu value, anti produce an incom* for life High?
est Bank references furnished Itemlt ny Bank Ex
ctiunge or write for Illustrated pp.<.pe--tus. tc A. W.
CUNNINGHAM, over First Natl Bank, Waco, Tex.
ww onie*
ll si Vt! pen
II to." ftgrj.
rite me at once for blank- and Instr iction*.
I re> ol' charge. No Pension, titi Pur. AddivfH
VT. H. WILLS, Wills Building. 112 Indi ma Ava.,
Washington, D. C. Patents and Trade-Mark*
id.
PENSION FOR AGE. &
.li.-lied
A "Success" Training School.
Goldey College ls a Business and Shorthand
Scb.e.l that niano-! ii ipeelalty of training Ita
6tudent8for"BL-hINKS88UC<'EsS " ViM grad?
uates with two firing. Students from Geor?
gia to New York. Write /or oatatoptt. Address:
Goldey College, Box 2'jw. W Unjlu-jtou, Del.
MONAKCH STUMP PULLEH.
Will pull Kool stump without
help Guaranteed t'istand a sfain
of iofl.OOO lha. Catalogue nnd dis.
county utldrpss MONAKCH
GKUCltKK CO., Lone Tree, 1?.
ADVERTISE s WiftP" IT PAYS
SEST FOR THE BOWELS
t0M?M$&sitZF
GUARANTEED CURE for all bowel troubles, appendicitis, biliousness, bad breath, bad
blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, foul mouth, headache, indigestion, pimples,
pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow skin and dizziness. When your bowels don't move
regularly you aro sicjr.. Constipation kills more people than all other diseases together. It
starts chronic ailments and long years of suffering. No matter what ails you, start taking
CASCARETS today", for you will never get well and stay well until you get your bowels
right T?ke our adi/ice, start with Cascarets today under absolute guarantee to cure er
money refunded. T/ie genuine tablet stamped C C C. Never sold in bulk. Sample and
booklet frre. Addrega Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or Nw York. 50a
czL&'jtt'BxaatammamM
WiLDiOUGXa
W. Wm Douglas makes and adla moro mon'a $3. BO (c
shoes than any other manufacturer In tho world.
The reason W. L. Douglas Si-W shoes are thc greatest sellers In the world ls hceaune of their excel
lent atvle, <eisy Utting and superior wearing quanti**. If I could show yon tb* difference bet wc n th*
shoes made In m? factory and those of other makes and the Wgb-frsde [eather* we., you.would unt.cr
stand why \V. L, Douglru 83.ro shoes cost more to make, why they hold their sha pe. flt bet er. wear
Ioniser, and are of greater intrinsic value than anv other $3.i0 shoe cu the market to-day, aud why tho
sales fur the year ending .'"lr l.iaoi, were !*<;.--i; .. tito. 00. .. . ..... - _ ._..
W. L. Donclai xuarantees their value hy stamping his name and pctet on tho bottom, look tor in?
take no mlMtltnt*. Sold hy shoe dealers every* net e.
SUPERIOR IN FIT, COMFORT AND WEAR.
"I hui? iroin W. I. Douglas UM th vs for the last tmeU* vari willi absolute
satisfaction. I find them superior in li'., eom/ort and rear to <-'hrricostiii</trout
$6.00 to $?.00."-H. 3. McCUE, Dept. ''oil.. ft B. Int. Battue, Richmond, Va.
XV. L. OouKlns uses Corona Coltskin In his S.t.r.O shoes. Ct.rona Colt ls conceded to
be tho finest Patent Loather made. Fast Color Eyelets used exclusively.
kV. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Massachusetts.
*"&?
J%^
life'
FREE T0 B
A COMPLETE FOOTBALL OUTFIT,
WO^TH $3.00
wonsistlnjr of a pair o
Intercollegiate football
pants, sWrelrxs jacket,
tine quality vented b'lt.
ravy pair of stockings -1 s;:!endid out fl',
gite y?u free this Handsome Football Outfit for selling
only thirty two of our fine quality handkerchiefs at HV. each
EVKKYrlODY USES HANDKERCHIEFS?QOICK. RAPT
SELLERS?SEND NO MONET?WE TRC3T YOU WITH
THE HANDKERCHIEFS TO 8Kr.L.
d hen sold fend ii* th* morry and \r.\\ will receive
nee the complete football nut A' PKEE WK I'RK
g>B*m PAT ALL EXPRESS CHARGES. Send ye
I handsome
W
OTHER PRK.M11 Ms.
All Wool Sweaters..
Holler Skates.
Fountain Pens
Boxing (jloves.
Watches,
name and -ddres
Le Moyne Hand
kerchief Co.,
t'J miami
Hth St.
nt one..-.
Two Beautiful Dolls.
HANDSOME SUNDAY DOLL AXD A VICKY
FINE EVERY DAY DOLLY.
Ol K SUNDAY DOLL is I Us beauty, elaborately dressed.
bisque head, curly hair, pearly teeth, jointed body, siern
le.K eyes, dressed in siik 01 satin and Isca, larne, elegant
.iat, shots and ttocKlcgs to match?a perfect doll babs.
OMI EVERY DAY DAM is ? larc* dolly, his-jue
i.ead. flowing hair- a real uic* eveiy div dully.
RXTHA PRESENTS. A beautiful Japanese doti fan
?ntl half s dozen dainty doll handkerchiefs.
GIRLS. ?e Kite JOH the entire doll outfit for sellirg only
thirty-two of our Hue Duality handkerchief* at I Oe. earh
SEND XO MONEY. WlO TRUST YOI WITH
l'llR IHVDMOiidllllV TO SELL. Wi,:, ??M
?ei;d us the money, and you will recelre nt onre the com?
plete elegant doll tutflt WK PAY ALL KYI'DE****'
t UAltt'F.S. H?r>.l ??-'?' 1; ??'..- sod sddre?i at on.e.
OTHER PREMIUMS.
Wool Sw Mters. Behool Umbrella*. Roller Skat**, Fountain
iv..* Ms lci:r* Bets, cte.
Handkerchief Co.,
Le
Hoyne
12 Erst
i 4th St., Nsw York.
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