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THE DEAL IS OFF.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
SOLD.
WILL NOT BE
Mr. Ryan Fails to Get Control The
Stockholders Who Feared the South,
ern Came to the Rescue of Presi
dent Hoffman The Road Will Con
tinue to Be Run Independently In
terview With President Hoffman
Extract From the flanufacturers'
Record Editorial.
Ualtimore, Nov. 17. The much
talked-about Seaboard Air Line deal
received a knock-out blow this after
noon, when the committee, which had
some 8,000 shares of the stock pooled,
refused to turn it over to the Ryan
syndicate, headed by Mr. Thomas E.
Ryan, of New York. The decision
was a great surprise to everyone ex
cept President Hoffman and a few of
his associates. It was a signal victory
for the Seaboard president. When the
arrangement was made at the Seaboard
meeting, looking to the sale of the
cotrolling interest of the Seaboard Air
Line Company, there were few who
doubted its consummation. The an
nouncement this evening that the deal
was entirely off and that the road
would hereafter be conducted as an in
dependent line, as heretofore, was not
at first credited. It was only after
President Hoffman confirmed the state
ment that it was generally believed.
Mr. Hoffman declined to give any
details, but a stockholder gave this
view of the case:
"President Hoffman's opposition to
the sale was well known, and as soon
as Mr. Ryan's representatives began to
buy stock Mr. Hoffman's friends came
to his support and purchased all they
could obtain, with a view of pooling
it for his benefit. We have really had
the upper hand in the fight from the
start, but have said nothing. When
the impression became general among
the stockholders that Mr. Ryan really
represented J. P. Morgan & Co., the
New York bankers, who control the
policy of the Southern Railway Com
pany, and that the sale of the Seaboard
would mean its eventual control by
the Southern Railway, we gained
ground rapidly, and were favored
rather than Mr. Ryan, in spite of the
high prices he offered for the stock."
Just be ft re leaving Portsmouth, Va.,
whither he went this afiernoon on bus
iness connected with the system, the
chief executive ot the Seaboard Air
Line, gave out the following statement:
"Under the terms of the pooling
agreement," stid President Hoffman,
"no sale of the pooled stock can be
made without the assent of three
fourths of the stock pooled. There
are 8,321 shares in the pool, and as
less than one-half of that amount gave
their assent theie will be no sale.
"The vote also shows that the stock
holders have every confidence in the
future of the property and in the pres
ent management. The importance of
keeping an independent line to the
South can scarcely be over-estimated,
and no doubt influenced the vote of
Baltimore, Norfolk and Portsmouth
stockholders. Had this line got into
the hands of New York parties repre
sented in the North there would be
but one line to the South, and that in
the hands of New York and those cities
would have suffered accordingly in
their trade.
"The future of the system now looks
very promising as the first three months
of the current fiscal year show large
net gains over the corresponding
months of 1S95, and the fact that the
Ryan syndicate has been willing to pay
par for even a minority interest shows
the results of their study of the resour
ces of the Seaboard Air Line.
"Under the present management,"
continued Mr. Hoffman, "the road has
been operated in the interest of the
stockholders and of those holding its
securities, amounting to many millions !
of dollars. Should a change throw its
control into the hands that seem only
aftei a personal profit or to serve the
ends of a competitive carrier, it might
be difficult to overestimate the danger
which would threaten all interested in
the system.
-The public, I think, is to be con
gratulated that this line is still inde
pendent and will be run in the future
as in the past, looking to the interest
of Baltimore and the Southern cities
with which its trade relations are most
intimate and important."
In commenting on the failure of the
Ryan syndicate the Mauufacturers'
Record will to-morrow say:
"With the details of the recent con
test for control, the Manufacturers
Record has nothing to do. It may,
however, very appropriately be said
that the record of the present adminis
tration during the past three years
business depression, is one of which
the company might be proud. In that
time the company has shown a most
marvelous increase in the magnitude
of the road's traffic, a wonderful devel
opment of passenger service by the es
f;,hiUhmpni nfthroush Pullman trains
to Washington and Portsmouth and
Atlanta rwhereas three years ago there
were only local trains and no through
passenger service), and the establish
ment of Atlanta terminals, witn me
best locomotives and good cars. All
these things have been done, not as is
often necessary, at the expense of net
earnings. On the contrary, during this
three-year period the gross earnings
have greatly increased. But better by
far than that is the fact notwithstand
ing the very great advance in the finan
cial condition of the road that the
management have made a large gain
also. The announcement that the Sea
board will continue as an independen
dent system gives the people of Balti
more and of the South an opportunity
to stand by this company and make
sure of its perpetual independence by
giving it their roost liberal support.
1 nis ncea not De done with any
Hostility toward the other companies.
Ihe concentration of ownership of ex
lsting lines into one management
would for all time make Baltimore and
the territory from here to Atlanta de
pendent upon one management. It
would be too late to fight; too late to
complain of railroad domination, true
or imaginary, after that had been ac
complished.
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" i nere wouia De no rcom tor an
other line and none would be built
I his matter should be regarded with
out any question as to present manage
ment of other lines than the Seaboard
lheir management might to-day be
as helpful to the South as that of the
Illinois Central now is (the Illinois
Central seems to be more perfect in
that respect than any other system),
but tomorrow there might come
cnange tnat would be destructive to
trade between Baltimore and the
South, and the now rapidly developing
interests of that section. Baltimore
and the South must strive to maintain
independent systems, or else they
might invoke dangers that may prove
of untold injury. The Seaboard is in
dependent up to date and the deal has
evidently failed. Now let Baltimore
and the South make some vigorous ef
forts to see that the independency of
this system and the transfer of its own
ership to New York are forever impos
sible. This way lies the safety of the
future business interests of the territory
between here and Atlanta. Every
business man, merchant, manufacturer
or property owner is vitally interested
in this. Moreover everyone interested
in Southern railroad securities is equal
ly concerned, if he would prefer not to
see legislation that would prove of in
jury to every business. Let the busi
ness people of the South see to it that
this section in the future as in the past
has the benefit of the competition of
indepenpent railroad system.'
"The failure of the New York peo
ple to secure the controlling interest
in the Seaboard Air Line should cause
profound thanksgiving, not only
throughout the South, but in the inter
est of the future of this section. That
I lie lAmv-uuiiuii.A wr 1' vJ 11
railroads in the central South in New
York hands would prove a serious in
jury to this section, and eventually to
all Southern railroad securities, admits
of no question. In the first place, com
petition is essential to the best interest
of the South; it is essential to the suc
cess of its merchants, manufacturers
and farmers; it is essential to the best
railroad work, to the upbuilding of its
industrial resources and the encourage
ment of immigration. The Seaboard
Air Line has given this much-needed
competition. No railroad in' the coun
try has done better and broader work
for the material advancement of the
country tributary to it than has the
Seaboard. In the second place, the
purchase of the Seaboard would have
been regarded by the South as the gob
bling up of the last independent line
north of Atlanta, and this would have
given the politicians of the Populist
party a new fighting ground against
railroads. It is safe to say that under
such circumstances legislation would
have been enacted to the vast injury
of all Southern securities and thus to
all Southern business interests.
DCN'T LET THE WORLD KNOW.
The world is wide, remember this,
Xor shrink from fate's deep furrowed
frown;
Woo fortune with vour brightest smiles.
Don't let the world know when you're
down .
It spoils your chance for future deeds
To frame your face with dull care's
crown;
Brace up and higher hold your head,
Don't let the world know when you're
down.
The world will bow in servile zest
To one who sways it with a frown;
Toss up your head, and flash your eye.
Don't let the world know when you're
down.
If scandal's lip would seek to stain .
The name you hold as honor's crown,
Bv your own life refute the lie.
Don't let the world kuow when you're
down.
If
bare your
purse, your
heart
most
sad.
Your life near
crushed
by sorrow's
crown.
Then mask them well with Jest and song.
Don't let the world kno w when you're
down.
Division of Her Time.
I New York World. I
Young Klinger "Can I sec your
sister, Rodney?
Little Rodney "I guess so, but I
don't s'pose you'll enjoy it very -much.
She's meditatin' now."
"What do you mean?"
"Why, since she's got engaged to
Mr. Huggins her time is divided into
thrja parts one for primping, one for
spooning and.one for maidenly medi-
I tation. u hen she s having the hrst
I spasm she's too savage to talk to, dur
ing the second she's too silly, and dur
ing the last she s too darned stupid.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world lor cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains.
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
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is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded, f rice so cents per box
For sale by Melville Dorsey, druggist.
Wf?NERFUL-Mre th cures 1 my friend on the right, W.S. Primrose,
.fLPaPilthi Exoositiou of 1884 told North
art; siuiuieaiiu natural, xiooa S oarsa
pariUaWkes PURE OLOOD.
THOMASM. HOLT.
FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THIS DISTIN
GUISHED CAROLINIAN.
Resolutions Passed By the State Agricultural Society In Speaking to Them
Capt. Denson.Pays a Merited Tribnte to the Character, Worth and Useful
ness of Gov. Holt His Services as president of the Society What He Did
For the Advancement of Agriculture, Stock-Raising, Manufacturing, &c
A Wise and Useful Chief Executive of the State.
(Xew3 aiid Observer.)
At the annual meeting of the Aeri-: so also the displays at
cultural Society Capt. C. B. Denson
moved that a committee of five be
appointed to prepare a memorial of
the life and services of Thomas M.
Holt, for fifteen years president of the
North Carolina Agricultural Society,
and the said memorial be preserved in
the records of the society, in testimony
of his patriotic devotion to North Car
olina. He supported the resolution in an
address deliverad under strong emo
tions, without manuscript or notes and
which, at the request of the members
is partly reproduced as follows:
"I am sure, Mr. President, that the
unanimous expression of this body
upon convening to-night is that of
congratulation for you and your ener
getic Secretary, upon the brilliant suc
cess of the State Fair of 1896 both
as evidenced by the tasteful display of
our resources, and the delighted
throng of spectators in our grounds.
It may be justly said that there are
exhibits at this Fair fully equal in their
line, to the most meritorious exhibition
at any Exposition which this country
ever witnessed, the World's Fair at
Chicago included. I sincerely and
warmly congratulate you.
COCO
Do You Want the Ear
Of the Buying Public?
Those who regularly do tlieir
trading in this market? We
V think we can help you to get
I it. Talk to them through
-THR-
Advertising Columns
Of the Gold Leaf.
It is the easiest, cheapest, most effective
way of making known to the people of
this and surrounding counties the
T 7"hy they should
V V
use the article
222Tell
your story
business like
J were talking face to face with them.
J The object of your advertising
as all advertising is to attract at
tention to what you have to sell.
Treat yours accordingly.
YOU IILL BE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.
erJG3G3G3G3G3JG3CS3CH3COCS3COO
'In the midst of this brilliant suc
cess, it has seemed to my mind, that
the society could not honor itself more
than to recall with gratitude the mem
ory of its faithful friends in the past---and
especially that of one whose recent
departure from the scene of his labors,
removes the faithful President of more
than one-third of all its long and
I crowded history its friend and helper
and supporter through fifteen years 01
sunshine and of shade; standing un
awed in the midst of financial storm,
giving his substance, his time, and his
every energy of mind and body.
"Not every one is fully aware of the
mighty influence of the work of this
body upon the development of North
Carolina. To me it has seemed the
archway through which more Agricul
tural and mechanic arts reinforced by
science and education, pressed their
forces upon the old order of things
and blended all a harmonious whoie
in the new and stronger Carolina.
"There were introduced the steam
saw mills and cotton-gins, wheat
threshers and other genie of modern
improvement. Hither came the jersey
stock to revolutionize cattle breeding
in the Eastern section. 1 he State ue
ological Survey was saved and main
tained through its mnuences. it
is
the direct patent of the Agricultural
department, through its committee
appointed to labor with the oenerai
Assembly. The ereat and valuaote
. 1
Experiment Station is another ol its
troDhies. And in the fullness of time,
as a further outgrowth, the long sleep
ing appropriation of the United States
was taken up and the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, was instituted, to
begin a record to last for ages.
"Through all of its devoted mera-
vr the distinguished Alexander, of
Mecklenburg, committees were ap
pointed to make known and exteud
t Via hloccincre of the stock law. where
r aiiW S s p -
suited to the needs of the people.
uThmiiPh the efforts of others like
o
- ( V. . . r A. i.u
Carolinians the story of their wealth-
Boston and
New urieans, at Vienna ana Chicago,
ma all. be traced to their original
source in this organization. The Bu
reau of Immigration, the work of the
Fish Commission, the admirable State
Museum, the State Horticultural So
ciety, the Dairyman's Association and
the like are among the last of the chil
dren that have followed in the train of
this great parent of the agencies that
are transforming and developing our
commonwealth and placing her in the
front ranks of her sister States of the
South.
"Conspicuous in all these fields of
energy, either as creator or active
helper, has stood the heroic figure of
Thomas M. Kolt. If any enterprise
faltered for lack of means, his ready
hand supplied it. His faith was sub
lime, and his work paralleled his faith.
Twenty-five years ago I was one of
the Editorial Association of the State,
and in their name greeted him as the
Napoleon of our industries. In reply,
he prophesied the conquest of the first
position among Southern States for the
cotton manufacturer and lived to see
that prediction true in the 179 mills
of to-day.
"In the darker days of this society
KXJO3O3G3G3CO0
Inducements Offered
By Your Houses
deal with vou 01
vou have to sell.
in an interesting,
wav iust as if vou
n 1876, he bade the Secretary "draw
upon me, the rair shall not tan. 1
need not recite details fa i.iliar to you,
all of similar deeds along the line of
his faithful, his indefatigable life of
energy.
"He was an inspiring example to
the State he loved. Descended from
an ancestry that has just made Haw
river musical with whirring wheels, he
went on and yet on to greater tri
umphs of manufacturing skill to the
close of his days. As a fafmer his
thousand acres of clover in Davidson
was an object lesson, and he snatched
the gold medal for the best wheat in
the world at the Chicago Fair, as a
proud trophy for North Carolina.
No operative in his employ ever
struck for a treivance. As a man, he
was just and kind, and true. Thi peo
ple of Alamance loved him as a father
and friend. He came to the General
Assembly, by the common consent of
all, for they knew he was the pillar of
the poor or the oppressed.
"Called from the multifarious duties
by the decree of Providence to assume
the unwonted cares of the Governor
ship of this great State, in spite of the
fears of those who had not fathomed
the great power behind his modest re
serve, he came to the Executive cham
ber early and late, and exhibited a
mastery of the affairs of State, a wis
dom in the selection of his appoint-
ments, a sympathy with the needs of
the whole people, and a forethought ,
for their true interests, and in such a j
broad -mil. ded and great-hearted way
that it is not too much to say that the '
great mass of our people, of whatever ;
political faith attended him to his
well-won rest with a profounder ap
preciation and a deeper respect and
admiration than ever before in his
! i'inl ful rarccr
"Death came, also, in the fullness
of manhood, and when his people
hoped for many years of prosperous use
fulness, in the whole direction of the
hold that he had won ujKn the hearts
of the people. Three weeks before his
death he honorek your correspondent
. with a letter in which he intimated the
shortness of time left to him---but so
1 great were his sufferings that the relief
'of death would not be unwelcome---!
I but rising above the wear and tear of
i physical ill, the burden of that letter
! was a tender and sorrowful anxiety for
the welfare of the people of North Car-
j olina of which he was solicitous lo the
j end.
j "Who that was present when we sub
j mined his ashes to the dust will ever i
i r . .1 1 1-. ;
loigci mat solemn occasion. fcvery
uusiness place in Alamance county
was closed; every factory was silent;
simple and unostentatious were the
services, but a whole people, men, wo
men and children, with bowed heads
and stricken faces, stood as one in the
same majesty of grief.
"Gov. Thomas M. Holt was a true
man and an humble Christian. I will
venture to disclose one of the secrets
most jealousy guarded his life time
never in print and known but to one
or two through the force of circum
stances. He was in the habit of plac
ing by and setting apart annually a
sum consecrated to the Divine Mas
ter's work upon earth. From this he
was accustomed to educate young men
of promise, who might be pillars of
usefulness to his beloved North Caro
lina after he had passed away. No
doubt many a young man to-day is
unaware that the giver of his hopes,
the benefactor of his educational gifts,
lies in the soft repose of the modest
little cemetery at Graham.
He was a friend of Davidson Col
lege, he was a friend, no less of the
State University and the public
schools. His personel ties were as
strong as steel. As a citizen he was
public-spirited, proud of his State,
zealous for her honor. It does not
become the speaker to invade the ex
quisite life of his beloved home circle.
"As a financier he was eminently
just and successful. As a Christian
man, no man was more forgiving and
more humble. As the chief magistral-
of the State, he will rank among
the very first in her annals.
"Three monuments he erected. The
first to which he was a liberal contrib
utor was that on the battle-field of Al
amance to commemorate the pre-Revolutionary
patriots: another entirely
by himself on the Guilford Battle
Ground, in token of his devotion to
the self-sacrifice of the brave Carolin
ians who rendered that spot immortal;
u .u: 1 1: .1-- 1 -r t-:
countrymen, as they enshrine among
their truest patriots and statesmen,
the beloved name of Thomas M.
Holt."
"ou can be well when your blooil is
rich, pure and nourishing. Hood's Sar
saparilla makes the blood puro and cures
all blood diseases, restoring health and
vigor.
Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to
operate. Cure indigestion, headache. 23c.
Lost the Sale.
A good story is told of Oliver Wul
ton who in his day was the greatest
dealer of good h-iises m-ar Boston. Oo
one occasion he went ii:'o Maine and
bought an tx'r i good hore for $300.
The old fiimr was one ( ihe nig
gardly kind ((. hope there are rime
there now) and he says.- How are
you going to 1 -a i the horse awa?"
"With that haii r that is on him, to
be sure," said elder Walton, as he
was busv counting the money out lor
the horse. "No sir," said the fanner,
"the haher don't go with the lv.rs;-, it
belongs to me. I did not sell you
that." "What, not let me have a hal
ter after I have given you your price
for the horse?" said old Oliver a little
surprised, "what do you want for it?"
"A dollar, sir," said the farmer. "All
right," said Walton, "here is the dol
lar. I want the halter." He put the
rest of the money in his pocket, stepped
quickly to ihe horse's head and re
marked, "1 will take the halter, but I
guess I will not take the horse." He
took offth? hilter and let the horse go
loose. The farmer probably had many
a lor.tr dav in which to repent of his
shar ness.
Old People.
Old people 'lio require medicine to reg
ulate the liowels and kidneys will find the
true renudy in Llectric Hitters. This med
icine doe not stimulate and contains no
wlrskv nor other intoxicant, but acts as
tcnic and attentive. It acts mildlv on tin?
stoi:iach and bowels, adding ftrenjrtli ami
;iviiig tone to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance of t be functions.
Eieclric Hitters is an excellent appetizer
and aid-! digestion. Old I'eople find it ex
actly what they need. Price tiftv cents and
1.00 per bottle at M. Dorsey's Iirnij Store.
A Shrinking Affair.
(St. Louis Fost Dispatch.)
"Those undershirts I bought
here
last month" he began.
"I remember it," said the clerk.
"It was a great bargain. Dj you find
them warm enough?"
"Thev were warm enough when I
i to inquire about them this morning.
"Inquire about them?"
"Yes. Ever since they were washed
the baby has been wearing them. Now,
if you have anything that isn't quite
so much ol a bargain and Ii a little
more likely to remain my size, I'ke to
see it."
--
Tl e wife of Leonard Wells, of Last
Itiimfield. Mass.. had been suffering from
neuralgia for two days, not being able to;
sleep or hardly keep still, when Mr. Hoi
den. tlie merchant mere sent iier a uouie
, . a n sra-s v . . - ia sn a w- ! i it -.aiiii
. .s a Tl T 1
dim usni
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that she give it a thorough trial. On meet-
ing Mr. Wells the next day he was told:
that she wa-s all right, the pain had left;
her within two hours, and that the bottle
of Tain Balm was worth 85.00 if it could
a. 1 I i 1 f n 1 n. n ri itarir J5 '
pr- bottle by M. Dorsey, drugget
SHORT LAY SERMON.
A GOOD, NOBLE LIFE AND HOW TO AC
QUIRE IT.
A Life Worth Living and Worthy the
Dignity and Destiny of the Soul, is
Not to Be Had for the Mere Asking
Must Be Earned or Not Possessed
at Ail-But When Earned and Pos
sessed it is as Glorious as a Broad
Landscape So Says Rev. Geo. H.
Hepworth.
New York Herald. J
But st rone, and quit yourselves like
men. 1 Samue.l, iv.. . " .
It seems to me that we need a more
constant encouragement in our relig
ious life. Religion is in itself the
most cheering thing in the world,
and if any one takes a gloomy view
of it he does both himself and his
religion an injustice. He who tells
us that we can do everything that is
required is the angel over the right
shoulder, and he who tells us lhar we
cannot is the imp over the kit shoul
der. It is not easily explained, perhaps,
but the fact stares us in the face that
it is much easier to coast down hill
than to draw the sled up hill, and we
sometimes become disheartened.
Still, we once in awhile get a glimpse
of the reason for this. We know full
well from both observation and per
sonal experience that if we were to
coast down hill all our lives, and if
there was no climbing up hill to be
done, we should be little better than
sleds which bear us. There might be
excite aent, but we should lose our
vigor and our health. The up hill
work is what makes the man. The
plan of life therefore, has been so ar
ranged that no one can have the short
pleasure of coasting down hill without
the long labor of dragging his sled up
hill.
A youth must be continually re
minded of these facts, for he discovers
at a very early stage that harmful
habits may be contracted in a few
months which cannot be eliminated in
years. He must therefore become a
philosopher or he will be ultimately
ruined, for philosophy will teach him
that hard work, both in the way of en
durance and of resistance, is the only
condition on which he can chisel a
beautiful statute out of the crude mar
ble of experience. He may wonder
ognize tneValcSriUv'W lT soTvWfn 1
that has been done his feet are on the
first round of the ladder whose 'top
rests against the throne of God.
A good life, a noble life, a life worth
living and worthy the dignity and
destiny of the soul, is not to be had
for the asking. It must be earned or
not possessed at all. But when earned
and possessed it is as glorious as a
broad landscape lighted up by sun
rise. There is nothing on Ihe planet so
majestic as a whole and perfect human
SjuI. The angels of Heaven who sang
their hallelujahs before the world was
are an mlenor order 01 neings, De-
cause the perfection which is the re
sult of hardship and suffering is gran
der than the perfection with which
any of the immortals can be endowed.
I believe, therefore, that when we get
into the other life the man who has
endured and won the prize by his en
durance will stand on a higher level
1 nan any other created creature, and
the soul that has borne the ills of
lime in the spirit of the Master
will stand nearest lo the throne of
God.
But it is not easy to endure. The
school of life is a school ol discipline,
and many fall by the way. So far as
God has spoken, however, He has
used the language oi encouragement
And the words of Christ are full of
pity for those who are down hearted,
and of good cheer for those who still
look toward the stars, t raver is
simply the means of borrowing
strength from the Most High, or an
expression of gratitude for what has
already been received. In prayer the
human heart comes into contact with
God's will, and by a law, the work
ing of which is somewhat mysterious,
because our minds are not )et open
such contact results in an acces-sion of
ability which is palpable to those who
have availed themselves of bis privil
cge.
Whomever you may l. whatever
station of life you may occupy, how
ever adverse may be your surround
ings, you can earn a right to God's
approval. Not every on can have
riches, because riches depend largely
on laws which man has made, but
every one can have Heaven. The pres
ent time is short, but the future is
long. To day you must work, but do
your work weil and to-morrow your
toil will be rewarded.
Possibly you may be suffering the
pinching pangs of poverty. Envy
creeps into the heart as you recog
nize that others are surrounded by
luxuries as well as comforts, and envy
is a knife driven into the maple tree
j which lets the sap run out
We were
uot made to be weaithy, but to be
j noble. Wealth is an incident in some
j lives and not in others, but nobility
'may be had by all. The richest are
i not the happiest, for happiness comes
j from the soul, not from the pobket-
book. The sultan may wear a crown,
but he is wretched; the peasant who
- j digs his field
food to
cat has Tnore j
content. Not
,,vm(. n. n(
. 1 -- 1
more
j outside, but inside, is peace to be
; -
is
()mt(
mu ,;i
Or possibly you have fallen on evil
ways and habit has made you a slave.
; do before sundown, but you are a
man and can do it. An immortal
I soul conquered by a habit is a sorry
spectacle; a king dragged at the char
iot laiLis a s'range humiliation. But
victory may yet le wrested from de
feat. You and God can do great
things together. When you and the
angels put shoulders f the wheel it
can be lifted out of the mire. Recall
the forgotten fact that you area man,
blow a blast on the trumpet of defi
ance, issue the proclamation of your
own freedom, and do brave the battle
with yourself. The hosts cf the blue
skies above are on your side, ind
though the struggle will tax your
whole strength, begin it now, and
keep it up till you have conquered
every intrenched tendency to evil.
I somehow think that he who Ins
been lowest in this world and fought
his way lo manhood through legions
of devils will stand highest in the time
lo come, for did not Christ say, "Many
that are last shall be first?"
Religion is another word for irri
gation. Ihe arid fields, overflowed bv
the vivifying stream, spring into fruit -fulness,
and souls parched with bar
renness when touched by the spirit
01 tiou may brinir forth a harvest
that shall be garnered by the an
gels. GkOKGE H. HF.rWOKTH.
ASK me recovr
lyperytu.-i, bilious ut
ferrn, victims of fevei
and neuc. the tneixuria.'
aiMurd iiatient, hum
they recovered health,
cheerful )uii and inni
aijH-iitr; they will tel.
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Ilri-ar.t mused iy ITaiiKnnent of the
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Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the
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irtucs of Simmons I.ivik Hr.i i athr : Gen W S.
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have tried forty other remedies before Simmons liver
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