;"'4 1 M '3 il if J? ;!!:! I Mi THE HIGHER LIFE Selected Genu of THc.ifht from Pre nd Pulpit of Ail SecU. Chrfrt M;'w::i?:e To Vs. Tlic words of Christ are alive. The contain i living message for liiag men. They are words of life. Like seeds, wherever they take root they grow uj and bring forth a har vest. Christ was the divine bower. His v.orris are good seeds sown in the field of the world. Wherever Ilia teachings are received a new and better life springs up and develops Into beauty and power. Rev. M. Clark, Unitarian. Bewnro of Selfishness. Bewaw of the beginnings of sel fis'oyess. And if, perchance, you have become callous and dead, and no longer revolt from these sin-s, and rer.ialn unmoved u-nder the divlncst overtures, then beware, a thousand tiir.es beware! Perhaps moral death Is creeping close to the heart to lay a slab on the forehead of the soul Itself. Remember that God's best gi ' t is the ;;ift of conscience and of moral sensibility. Itev. Frank Crane I.il'e Anson;; Orientals. Life among Orientals has always been characterized considerably by ambition, deceit and cruelty It was bo iu the fin:e of the IV:almist. His cne:fes were plotting against Llm, and any day tcy might succeed. As Ciiryne says, "Lii'e ceeaiod to him a succession ol hairbreadth escapes." In his anxiety he turned to God md reminded hlmsalf that his tlmej wete in Mk hand of the Akiilghty. So he found hope and courage. Kev. Phos Aked. Baptist. The ift of Ctmscreuoe. A tlwusand times more wonder ful tha4i all other gi"t3 whatsoever, is LLu gift of conscience. Conscience 13 tt- Icing that climbs into the throne and stretches the sceptre over yo 1. It is conscience tht pronounces th,? judgment and sends you to the leu. Listen, therefore, to the whis per of God in man's son!. Set your moral timepiece, not by the drifting clouds of pleasure and expediency, tit by the eternal star and the abld tn: sun of Jersus Christ' Rev. W. Smith, Kpiscopal. Judging Ourselves. Oh, all ye yoiwig hearts; speak truth in the inner parts, and be eevewe with yourselves. Do not go (kji.ftins across the years, rioting thi-oug-li life, unless you epect an outraged soul nt length to turn upon you, and lauh at the calamities of SjiA ase. Bo not live for the appe tites "iwii thu peii'ia3, for ambition UM-d' f)lai. But susek only to CL the Y,"$t (5t' Cn-. Abeye all thiass so &'?t3a fii, your b&ty oJii ntni frfJsfi of yer gifts uuto your thf&v eily Fattier. Rev. Vv la. Berry, JI tltodist. DeHniug Got. God is love. This is expressly and repertodly stated in the Word. If 1 i.-; not so. Mien there is something diviner thai God. 15, it Cod is love, and i litn 0110 v.e knenr IU3 nature as sach, it is very easy to understand wiiai Hfe attitude towtK-d us must be. In Hie li-rnt i.ace, God's nature ho ing ene of holy love, craves syra j,';'uy communion like our own. This in tho foundation ne-esFlty of Icp o. and t'te most iirofouud argu ment lor tho Trinity lies right here. Love always demands for itself an object of affection, fer it is essen tially a social relation. Rav. Frank Crr.no. Parent' Duty to Children. A parent does only hr.rri to his children when he leaves them great property; ft-ia duty ceases when he has given thorn a thorough education and an equipment in their chostu trarle. Viiy swear? One can ary hings much nastier in 503d English. If I had my life to live over I would permanently abstain from all Etiuiv. hints or sedatives, and would use not alcohol, tbacco nor meat. I am 4 5 years eld and base this eon vktioa upon my own experience and obruTvatioa. Lnhappinec-s is the resu.lt of spirit Hal lawne s. It la the will loafers whs sru unhappy Front a sermon ou "-PFoverbs," preached by Dr. Frank Crcns. Simon's Pogard Fcr Christ. yiaion did not thiuk of Christ as a B0c!al ciual. tie looked upon Him as hardly worthy those marks of re ga3 conventionally used between gentlemen. It may bo the thought of offering Christ water and kiss and oil ne-ver entered his mind. If suei a thought had come Simon would probably have smiled at the idea of offering these coartesies to a iiKan who had not moved in the upper eoaicty. 0 he made the mis tai: ol thinking tliat Christ would not notice the omission. Christ did notice, however. He al.v-ays notices such omissions. If tab New Testament is clear about anything it is clear in its port-rait of Cj-iitit as keenly sensitive to all In fluences which appeal to fineness of feeling. This does not mean that Christ was fastidious or over punctil ious as to etiquette, but it does mean that Jle was the most finely-fibered E.enpib'llty that the race ha? seen. We eonetirnes forget this. In our marvel-lag at Christ's power and wisdom we do not see the exqnisiteness of IU5 feeling. Rev. Walter Parks, Eii3QC-paI. Don't use harsh physics. The re action weakens the bowels, leads to chronic constipation. Get Doan's Rc ii lot?. They opriv.tc easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. Many an operation is due to the fact that the doctor needs the money, Oan't look well, eat well or feel well with impure 11xhI feeding your body. Keep the Mood pure with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat Simply, take cx erdw, keep clean and you will have lonj life. LAW OF BROKEN HEARTS. Curious Rrench of From fee Laws in Other d liutries. England is the bewt plare from the plaintiffs point of view for a breach of promise cc'.icn. All other countries ccccrn to rc-anl with grave suspicion any attempt to recover monetary cor;: ! !r rati-. n L-r th loss of a prospective hus-hr.nl, r7id un'e3 the piaiutiii' has a viy riroig case Indeed it Is never worth her while to carry her grief into the law courts. In France breach of promise cases are rare for tho simple reason that the law requires the plaintiff to prove that she has suffered pecuniary loss. Now this is not an easy thing to do on the part of the lady, especially in a country where a girl without a dot that Is. a marriage portion has a poor chance of finding a hus band. Holland and Austria Lave adopted the French system, and the result has been about the same. Breach actions are rare, the Injured damsels or their relatives usually taking the law into their ovn hands. Practical Germany, as might be expected, has perhaps the best meth od for solving this problem. When a young couple have become engaged they have to go through a public be trothal ceremony that ought to knock vi :.'io shyness out of them. In the lo.al town hail the pair declare their affect ions, willingness to marry, etc., ending by signing a collection of docuiaents that apparently leave no loor.hole for escape. Hut if either party to the contract wishes to withdraw, another jour ney is undertaken to the town hall iiiul another collection cf docments signed, witnessed and sealed. Thea the authorities determine the ques tion of compensation should it be claimed. In this connection it nay be t?id that the man can. and often doen claim a solatium for hla wound ed feelings. The i:sual reward Is piia-flfth of the msrrlage dowry. It is easy to understand, when all this is romambcred, how loath the young people of Germany aro to break their betrothal oaths. As the law of Italy offers little cr no protection whatever to jiltel dam sels and swains, it is not surprising whatever, that the stiletto should to the favorite mode of deiiding broach of promise cases. The Italian law (r-mands that the person suing for "breach" shall produce a written promise to marry him from the de fendant; otherwise the action cannot proceed. This difficulty is alpaost In enrmountablG, and the Italian Judges are seldom troubled to adjudicate between old-time lovera. To brins an action ef breach of promise of marriage against a reign ing monarch is an achievement, but it 'ias been done, and by an English hi; y. It U now f.fteeii years since Hiss JeaJe MigheJl suui the Sul tan of JuA'.cre, ad u tlicre waa a clc ibt whUifr th dwaky ona w;- a-etUkUy a ri gains noiwirsh, the cavj was ftl'.owej to sorao into cwart. Bi t the judge quickly disposed of th- action by ruling it hialmlsplble fo the reason referred to, and Miss Mighell was non suite!. It ia remarkable that one cf the two actions whhJi have brought vr fiifJs of 10,000 each to the plain tiffs should havt iad for its defend ant the editor of a matrimonial pa per. The second case wa.i between a well known actress and the second son of an earl. Tested. The proprioter ef a tanyard was btixIoks to fK a suitable sign to his premises. Finally a heppy thought struck him. He bored a hole through tho door post and stuck a calf'3 tail ito it, with the tufted end outside. After a while he saw a solemn faced man standing near the door, looking at the sign. The tanner watched him a minute, and stepped e ' addressed him. od morning, sir!'' he said. "Clood moining!" said the other, T.ithout taking his eyes o.Y the sign. "Do you want to buy leather?" asked the tanner. "No." "Perhaps you've got some hides to sell?" "No." "Are you a farmer?" ; "No." "What are you, then?" "I am a philosopher. I've been standing here for nearly an hour, trying to find ctt how that calf got through that holo." Ourtc-oiu ws FeBttliirj Cartoons have always been a great irritation to politicians and creeks. Tweed said he didn't care what the newspapers said about him; the peo ple who voted under bis orders diJn't read them; liut the cartoons hurt him, for everybody saw them, and the people who couldn't read under stood them. Ail persons in the Tweed class will also remember that Tweed wo-? arres-cd in Bpain be en .so he wr-3 recognised by a man who had never seen any picture of hi n except those wonderful por traits that Tom Nast used to draw. Tt Wouldn't Fay. A great srokr handed his cigar caso to his right-hand neighbor. "Thank yon, but I tloji't smoke," said the ir.a'n. He therefore hanr'ed It to the man on the left, who made the same re ply. Whereupon LI3 wife ni'dged him and said: "Why dn't you hand It to iho captain?" ''No, thank you, he smokes." DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills. They are small, sure, safe pills. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Company. "Which do you consider best, a long or a short engagement?" "I your friend a tightwad or a ready spender?" Houston Post. Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum sets you crazy. Can't liear the touch of your clothing. Doan's Ointment cures the uiost obstinate cases. Why eufl'er. All druggists sell it. CAVE SXAKKS OF SFLAXGOR. Their Curious Coloration and How It Is Suited to Their Habits,. About ten years ago 11. N. Ridley made an exploration of the limes-tone caves at Seiangor in the Malay penin sula with the object of ascertaining whether they contained any form of animals, specially adapted for life in complete darkness. The results were disappointing. Neither blind, large eyed nor color less animals such as inhabit caves in temperate regions were discover ed. However, it was found that a snake, Culber taeniurus, lives in the caves, where it feeds exclusively on the bats sheltering there in ex treme abundance, and that these ex amples are much paler in color than the typical form of thi3 widely dis tributed species, which inhabits east ern Asia from China to the Malay Archipelago, and attains a length of 7y feet. Mr. Ridley thus describes the col oration of the cave specimens: The top of the head is bluish gray and there is a black line about an inch long through tho eye toward the neck. The neck and back are of a pale ochreous color, each scale being tipped with isabelline, getting paler toward the tail; the centre of 'ie baok is yellowish, and the belly pale yellowish white along the si les runs a purplish gray bar, becoming darker or black toward the tail. The coloration is remarkably suit ed to the habits of the snakes which frequent the darkest portion of tho caves, living at a considerable dis tance from the mouth, but it may sonJetime3 be mt with at the mouth. It has a habit of resting on the ledges of rocks in the neighborhood of the exits of the caves, with the head hanging over the edge, bo as to cap ture the bats as they fly in and out. The walla of the caves, though of white crystalline limestone, are not pure white but of a pale ochreous yellaw, and here and there are black veir.3 running usually vertically down the sides. The coloring of the snake is so exactly that of the walls, the black lines on the tail represent ing the shadow of a crack or pro Jesting vein that the animal when at rest on the wall3 Is often exceeding ly difficult to see and readily escapes observation, even on the part of these on a careful lookout for them. Messrs. Annandale and Robinson, who also observed the snake in the Jalor and i'olangor caves, say it is usually found in the darkest part of the cave, but thought it seemed dazed and purblind when suddenly brought out into a bright light it Boon regains normal vision. Cirrua Lessons. Discipline is one of the spoke3 in the circus system wheel, says a writ er in the Cosmopolitan. In the ELCdern circus e.o swearing- is al rowel, as woK?a and children can hear it. Cards, dlw; and ii:lk are prohibited. TKs is not the cr ; tlon which the public holds corcra ing circus people, but strength and cteady nerves are r.eodod for circis feats, and dissipation cf eny kin!, would soon leave the performer!; without a prcfe-Tc.Ion. When a tig American circus was t broad, the German Kmperor cavne one night Incogr.ito and watched thera unload the flat cars. Their system so impressed him thst he hrd some of the officers of the Gern.aa army see it and adopt some of their methods. In landing the circus outfit the first man tfiere is the "layer-out." He generally decides in about ten minutes where Ms tents are to be placed. A3 the building of the wLite ri'y proceeds, everything seems in be confusion, a tangled mass. Men are running every way; wagons seem to be dumping their loads proniscu cr.sly;but every wagon I3 lettered or numbered, so is every box or trunk, and all have their proper places This great Jumble of wagons, groin ing and creaking in the soft turf and men shouting and singing is a!! working as one great whole to an end. But although they all work to gether, each rrfn Is taught to think for himself, end when a man shows ability, he is soon noticed. One In stance of this v.s.3 afforded by ft young man who was studying rne:M cine In the winter, f nd thought a season in the fresh sir would harden him for his ne::t winter's work. The only Job he could g'J was as a can vas man. Cut he was able- to think for himself, and promotion scon came. The circus child i3 not taught by blows, but by kindness and patience, and the circus n:r nagement insists that every child shall go to school Do not let anyone tell you that something else is just as good as De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Tills be cause there isn't anything just as good for weak back, backache, rheumatic pains, inflammation of the bladder, or any Kidney and Bladder disorder. A week's trial will convince you. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Company. FOR- Neuralgia. Sciatica. Rheumatism. Backache. Pain inchest. STRESS IN STOMACH. Sleeplessness r Zjmr "t I IlsJPI jTfo 1 iSSk IL. TRADING FOR A WIFE. An Army OlSccr's Experience With an Irt'.irn at a Western Fort. "He says he would like to trade with you for your wife!" it came out at last. It was a startling pro position indeed. For a moment we were both too breathless to comment. Finally my husband yielded to his impulse for amusement and smiling at me he replied: "Ask him what he will give for her." "He says six ponies. Lieutenant." "Oh, tell him she Is worth lots more than that." "He will give you twelve ponies for her." My husband again replied that he would not trade for anything like that; so the Indian kept raising his bid. He offered twenty ponies; then twenty ponies and a squaw and a papooso. At length, wearying of the nonsense, ray husband nodded the dismissal of the subject. But the Indian seemed to think that the ap parent holding out for a higher price constituted a trade when the final ofTer was net rejected. He appeared satisfied, hut soon signified he wish ed to finish the bargain. Of course, my husband immediately objected. My Eavage admirer continued unac countably insistent; and amicably to rid himself of the Indian's importrn ity my husband told him I was not fit for more travel; that I needed to go to rest at once. Accordingly I entered our tent. Tho Indian was not content, and continued, with some of his compan ions, to han around the camp until ove of the men told them they must now return to their caonp, as we were till going to retire. When they bad reluctantly departed, my husband told the Lieutenant who had not been present during the parleying, of the Incident. The latter looked grave, and expressed a fear that the Indian, in the belief that he bad made a trade, might cause trouble when the bargain was not kept. My husband assured him that there was no agree ment, and that the buck had no basis for such a clnim. The Lieutenant explained that the failure to reject the last bid and the presence of wit nesses to the price haggling was all the Indian considered necessary to make a binding affair of heart and honor. Of course, terms had to be reached, and my husband, for the only time in his experience with the red men, or as far as I know, with any man, agreed to compromse. He bought them off and appeased their dlsap po:utment by a gift of good, hard money and a lot of tobacco. Array and Navy Life. Burns, bruises and scratches, big ,md little cuts or in fact anything re quiring a salve, are best and quickest soothed and healed by DeWitt's Car bolized Witch Hazel Halve. The best salve for piles. Be sure you get De Witt's. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Company. Play, young Christian play ball, race, row, sing, laugh follow any wholesome amusement that leaves a sound, invigorated body, a clean pleasure in the mind, and a con science void of offense. A Healfiiy Family. "'Our whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr. King's Xew Life Pills, three years ago," says L. A. Bartlct, of Rural Koutc 1, Guil ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in a gentle way that does you good. 25c. at !. T. Whitehead Company's drug store. Gabriel Wasn't that spirit satis fied with her halo? St. Peter No; she said it wasn't nearly as large as her winter hat. New York Sun. At any time when your stomach is not in good condition, you should trtke Kodol, because Kodol digests all the food you oat, and it supplies health and strength for the stomach in that way. You take Kodol just for a little while when you have slight attacks of Indigestion, and you take it just a lit tle longer in order to get relief from fevore attacks of Indigestion or Ner vous Dpspepsia. Trv Kodol to-dav. Hold by T. T. Whitehead Company. Sunday School Teacher What is the meaning of pourine oil on troubled waters, Johnnie? New Jersey Child Getting rid of mosquitoes. Harper's Weekly. Kodol is a combination of the natur al digestive juices and it digests all classes of food and every kind of food, so you see it will do the work that the stomach itself does. The only di (Ter ence between it and the stomach i. th-j stomach can get out of order and Ko dol cannot, but Kodol can put the stomach into good order. Buy Kodol to-day. It is guaranteed. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Company. 4 DOING THEIR DUTY. Scores of Scotland Neck Readers Are Learnirg the Duty of the Kidneys. To filter the blood is the kidneys' dutv. When they fail to do this the kid neys are sick. Backache and many kidney ills fol low : Urinary troubles, diabetes. Doan's Kidney Pills cure them all. Eoy Pittman, &S2 Falls Road St., Rocky Mount, X. C, says: "It gives me 1 lea sure to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills, knowing them to be a remedy of merit. For a long time I suffered from a lameness through the region of my kidneys and often while at work I was in absolute misery on account of the intensity of the pain. At night I could not rest well and in the morning would arise feeling lame and sore. 1 fearing of Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a box, used them according to directions and was promptly relieved. They benefited me more than all the plasters and liniments I had previously used and I am now free from any sign of my former trouble. For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. 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