:
r"
.iliUP
OF FIGS FOR
HILD'S BOWELS
cru01 to force nauseating,
ahh physic into a
sick child.
Ik at your childhood days
the "dose" mother insisted
oil, calomel, cathartics.
fcted them, how you fought
ng them.
children it's different.
jo cling to the old form of
hy don't realize what they
iildren's revolt is well-found-
tender little "insides" are
them.
child's stomach, liver and
led cleansing, give only deli-
llifornia Syrup of Figs." Its
bositive, but gentle. Millions
jrs keep this harmless "fruit
f handy; they know children
((take it; that it never fails to
y he liver and bowels and sweet
? stomach, and that a teaspoonful
oday saves a sick child tomor-
it the store for a 50-cent bottle
fornia Syrup of Figs," which
lirections for babies, children
38 and for grown-ups plainly
ttle. Adv.
fcked the Right Spot.
(here a rich man has built a
lower garden on top of an
liOUsie."
vould be just the place for a
Arden."
y?"
don't see how th? neighbor's
flkens could ever get up there."
CUTICURA KILLS DANDRUFF
The Cause of Dry, Thin and Falling
' Hair and Does it Quickly Trial Free.
Anoint spots of dandruff, itching and
Irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol-
low at once by a hot shampoo with
Coticura Soap, if a man, and next
morning if a woman. When Dandruff
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
His Double Duty.
Jones walked up the street (he other
evening with a box of chocolates under
one arm and a bis package of meat
under the other.
Halloa, Jones!" said Jobson, "you
housekeeping? I didn't know you were
married."
Tm not yet."
tv n; i :i im 1 1 1 1 iiiiiii!' wiiii i 1 1 1 i: i-
chocolates and that meat, thenV"
"Going to see my girl."
"Do you have to furnish the family
s with meat already?"
"Oh, no; the sweets are for the girl
and the meat is for the dog. I have
to square both."
B
SICK "CftSCMSETS"
Sently
cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzl
aess, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
fereath always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
towels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
v testines, instead of being cast out
f the system is re-absorbed into the
blood- When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
tuing headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A . Cascaret to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
' Odd Troubles.
"There is one thing queer about
splurging on a limited income."
"What's that?"
"The more you live in a society
round the harder you find it to make
ends meet."
MOTHER'S JOY SALVE
for Colds, Croup, Pneumonia and
Asthma ; GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT
for Neuralgia, Rheumatism and
Sprains. For sale by all Druggists.
GOOSE GREASE COMPANY, MFR'S.,
Greensboro, N. C. Adv.
Suitable Kinds.
"What measure would you select for
a line of light poems?"
'Why not try a gas meter?"
If jrou suspect that your child has Worms,
single dote of Dr. Peerys "Dead Shot"
will aettlo the question. Its action upou
the Stomach and Bowels Is beneficial la
either case. No secona dose or after pur
(alive necessary. Aar.
Grammatically Sure.
"Can this actor make a .situation
tense?"
"Certainly, if he's Id the mood."
AG
HEADACHY
013 Lett
.A :
on American ivc voiuu
Enemies of Washington
and Franklin almost
succeeded in wrecking
the struggling cause.
VST year during th" "Clean
up week" in Philadelphia,
some descendants of Robert
.Morris, the financier of the
L
mm
Revolution, worked their way
to iiu unused attic. Having decided
to dispose of an old desk, curiosity
caused them to search its drawers,
with the result that a pile of yellow
and faded letters, written hy the men
who created the nation, was uncov
ered. A glance through them showed
their great Importance, says Joseph
.lackson in the Public Ledger.
A reading of some of the letters
shows that there will have to be a re
arrangement of values of some of the
leading characters of the Revolution.
In the letters we see how cabals and
intrigues and backbiting ranged
through the whole governing and oili
dal classes. Washington's place as
coiiiniander-in-chlef was resented by
some, Franklin was alleged by his
companions in France to be too old
and too indolent, one who should be
sent home. Congress was removed to
I'.altimore before there was any neces
sity for the change, and the delegates
murmured at being compelled to live
in a town where there were such poor
accommodations.
Morris evidently was regarded as
the true friend of both Washington
and Franklin, and to him came the
tales of the intrigues against them and
how the fate of the war hung in the
balance for a time, for had Washing
ton been deprived of his command the
whole campaign would have been
thrown into confusion and into the
arms of the British commander. Had
Franklin been removed from France
at the instigation of his companions,
the support that eventually made the
nation free would have been with
held. It is very well known, of course,
that John Adams had declared that
lie was sick of the Fabian system and
that he thanked God that it was an
other and not Washington that re
ceived the glory for the Saratoga con
vention. But. in a letter written by
Benjamin Harrison, one of the sign
ers of the Declaration, under date of
Williamsburg, Va., December IS, 1777,
it is found that both Samuel and John
Adams were in league to get rid of
Washington. The 11. 11. L. noted
in the letter is, of course, Richard
Henry Lee.
"We have a story circulating here,"
Harrison wrote, "that there has been
a motion made in Congress to divide
the command of the army and that R.
H. L. was at the bottom of it. It
makes much noise, and if true, will ef
fectually do his business. We are also
informed that Genl. Washington's char
acter has been attack'd publicly by S.
& J. Adams, and that the Genl. has
been so inform'd.
"Your being sent to Camp gives me
some reason to fear that these reports
may be true, and that my worthy
Friend resents such treatment, I know
his Value & would not loose him.
If we do, America will repent it by
the loss of her Liberty. The Confed
eration is unanimously agreed to by
both Branches of the Legislature.
"There is one part of it I confess
I couldn't have wish'd to have alter'd,
which gives the Congress power of
regulating the Trades, and of course
granting a monopoly of the whole, 'or
any part of it to any Nations it
pleases, tho' some of our connoisseurs
say they have no such power, there
being no express grant of It, which
tln'ty say is necessary to constitute the
rigjit, and that it can't be obtained by
implication. I shall be glad of your
opinion on the matter.
"The Men of War still keep us
Blocked up and I dare say will do so
all the Winter, In which case many
Vessels will rot with their Loads in
them, and yours amongst the Rest, and
my Ships I fear will share the same
fate on the stocks, which will be a
most deadly stroke to me, if they do
stay the Winter, it will be on aect.
of the Frigate at Baltimore which they
seem determined not to let proceed to
Sea.
"We have not a word of News, nor
any thing that I know of worth your
Notice, except that this Country will
i act an Example I hope to the rest of
her Sister States, by sending her full
' quota of Troops, and raising as much
money as the People can bear. If all
the rest do so we may once again meet
with joyful countenances and Cheerful
Hearts."
In a letter dated February lu, 1778,
Harrison savs:
MUCH IN LITTLE
Last year was a banner year for
tin production of coal in Alabama.
Los Angeles city is rich, holding in
the treasury, money, bonds and securi
ties of a total value of ?20,514,ir").
Only about W per cent of the na
tives of Spain are able to read and
write.
An automobile coal wagon has been
Invented with four separate compart
ments, so well balanced that they can
be dumped by hand
Tt IT T 1 I
ers i raw mw nam
iv 1
Benjamin Franklin ft
"It gives one great pain to be cer
tainly inform'd that there are some
in the Senate who dislike our Gen
eral. I have long suspected it. nay,
I something more than suspect
it, but had my hopes that his
continued Labours and the situation
he has ever been in, of always being
inferior to the Enemy in numbers, and
his men in want of every necessary,
circumstances well known in Congress,
would in the end have made every man
his friend, and have satisfied them
that more than he has done would not
have been done by any man, and that
we have no one that could in any de
gree have equal'd him; I am as confi
dent of this as I am of my existence
that the favorite of tho day Charles
LeeV is as far inferior to him, as he
is Inferior to any officer in the army,
and this truth America will experience
to her cost, if ever he should be placed
at the head of her armies. Certain I
am of one thing, that if this measure
takes place a great part of the
strength of this Country will be imme
diately taken off.
"The General is fully Inform'd of all
these Cabals, they prey on his Consti
tution, sink his Spirits, and will in the
end I fear prove fatal to him. If this
should lie the case excuse nie for once
more repeating it, America will loose
perhaps her only prop. He well knows
bad consequences would follow his res
ignation, or he would not leave it in the
power of tiie wicked and designing,
thus to insult him. With a few words
more I shall finish tins painful Sub
ject, Be Ware of Your Board of War.
"I am truly sorry for the conduct of
your brother, and the disagreeable
Scrape he has brot you into, tho' it
certainly can not operate to your dis
advantage with thinking men.
"If you should be under the disagree
able necessity of removing your fam
ily this way, and you think I can in
any Manner be Serviceable to them,
I beg you will command nie without
reserve; and I think on this occasion
you should not depend too much on
what you expect Providence will do
for us. Such Enthusiasm is very com
mendable in the Statesman, but may
be carried too far in the Husband and
Father.
"Let me earnestly recommend the
immediate removal of your Family for
it is my opinion Gen. Howe will
open the Campaign by the first of
April well knowing that our recruits
can't join the army till May, in which
case our Worthy General will once
more be induced to the mortifying ne
cessity of retreating."
There are several letters by Wil
liam Hooper, one of the North Caro
lina delegation, in which one gets the
idea t hat, more than even moderns do,
the country then believed' its fate de
pended upon the efforts of Washing
ton as commander in chief, and that
to change horses or to divide responsi
bility with another commander would
be fatal to the American cause.
Three letters from Franklin, two of
them written while the philosopher
was in France, give a very comprehen
sive view of the difficulties he encoun
tered through the jealousy of his com
panions. The first letter is dated at
Paris, December 21, 1777, and shows
that harmony was lacking among the
American ministers sent there by con
gress. "I remember that long before I was
ordered here," he wrote, "you did me
the Honour to say, you should not dis
like being sent to France with me.
Since being here, I have frequently
wish'd that Appointment had taken
dace. I think I should have pass'd
my time more comfortably. We are
now five of us in tills City, all honest
and Capable Men (If I may include my
self in that Description) and all mean-
Along the Cornwall coast many
miners earn a living by washing tin
out of the sands, the sea shattering
the metal-bearing rocks.
An increase in parasitical diseases
among poultry and game birds in
England Is attributed to the distribu
tion of dust through the air by auto
mobiles. The population of Manila increased
from 234,409 in 1912 to 206,943 at the
beginning of 1914. Male inhabitants
were more numerous than female by
about 32,000.
i
'N
ft George Washington
ing well for the Public, but our Temp
ers do not suit, and we are got Into
Disputes and Contentions that are not
to our Credit, and which I have some
times feared would go to Extremes.
"You know the natural Disposition
of some of us, how jealous, how cap
tious, how suspicious even of real
Friends, and how positive, after .sus
pecting a while, that the Suspicions
are certain Truths, Confirmations
strong as Proofs from Holy Writ. You
will, therefore, I am persuaded, if Com
plaints of one another should come to
your hands, make due Allowance for
such Tempers, and suffer no Man to
be condemn'd unheard, I do not write
thus on my own Account, as I am not
apprehensive of your receiving any
Complaints of me; for tho' It is diffi
cult to live in peace with such Char
acters, how much soever one esteems
them for the Virtue and Abilities they
otherwise possess, I have, however,
done it tolerably hitherto; but as I
am not sure it can last, 1 wish most
sincerely that we were separated; for
our being together seems of no Use,
and, as we hinted formerly in a joint
Letter, is attended with many incon
veniences. "Such Inconveniences being former
ly experienced by other States, I sup
pose the Reason, that no Power in
Europe, for a Century past, has sent
more than one Person to one Court.
Possibly this desirable Event may soon
take place, for if France & Spain ac
knowledge us as independent States,
the other Courts will follow, and re
ceive our Envoys.
"I have the Pleasure to assure you,
that all Europe is of our side except
the King of England and his Placemen
and Pensioners, Contractors and Ins
pectors. There is, however, a furious
Ferment In his Parliament about his
Measures, and if you could be fortun
ate enough to treat Howe as you have
done Rurgoyne, he would be in danger
of the old House falling on his Head."
In the next letter, which is dated
from Pussy, June 3, 17S0, Franklin ex
presses himself upon the subject of
free ships and free goods. What he
had to say must be illuminating in the
present European struggle and its ef
fect upon neutral commerce of the
world.
"We are impatient to hear from
America, no Accounts of the Opera
tions before Cliaiiestown later than
the 9th of March having yet came to
hand. Everything here in Europe con
tinues to wear a good Face. Russia.
Sweden, Denmark and Holland are
raising a strong Naval Force, to es
tablish the free Navigation for Neu
tral Ships, and of all their Cargoes,
tho' belonging to Enemies, except con
traband ; that is, military Stores.
"France and Spain have approved
of it, and it is likely to become hence
forth the Law of Nations, that free
Ships make free Goods. England
does not like tlds Confederacy. I wish
they would extend it still further, and
ordain that unarm'd Trading Ships, as
well as Fishermen, ami Farmers,
should be respected, as working for
the common Benefit of Mankind, and
never be interrupted in their Opera
tions even by national Enemies, but
let those only fight with one another
whose Trade it is, and who are armed
and paid for the purpose."
The last Franklin item consists of a
contemporary copy of a letter In cipher
to Franklin acquainting him that Con
gress had passed a resolution express
ing the sense of that body that he was
not exerting himself with the Govern
ment of France In a manner to benefit
America. On this Franklin added a
line to Morris, saying, "I need not tell
you that Messrs. Lee, &c, are among
the foremost to make these asser
tions." So thoroughly have the men been
instructed to avoid it that trench
foot is now regarded as a crime
among Canadian troops in France.
A patent has been granted u New
York inventor for a guard to pre
vent the fingers of a person using a
sewing machine from being pushed
under the needle.
The Tasmanlan government has
dammed a large lake and built a
hydroelectric plant for light and
power that will be distributed
throughout the sta.
telMTIONAL
SWifSfflOOL
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
Sunday School Course of Moody Bible
Institute.) ,
(Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 18
JESUS HEALS NOBLEMAN'S SON.
LESSON TKXT John 4:43-54.
GOLDEN TEXT As thou hast believ
ed, so be it done unto thee. Matt. 8:13.
This event occurred a few days aft
er that of last Sunday's lesson. It
was JesuV second miracle in Cana.
John the Baptist is still preaching, and
Jesus is closing the first year of his
ministry and beginning his work in
Galilee. Teachers should bring a
vivid picture of Galilee to their
classes, 'as that was one of the im
portant fields to which our Master de
voted much of his time. (For descrip
tion see some good Bible dictionary.)
The people of that land were more
worldly, less bound by conventional
ities, and more accessible to the-teachings
which Jesus brought than those
of Judea. Josephus says they were
"fond of Innovations, and disposed to
changes."
I. Supplication (Testing) vv. 43-49.
Jesus left the revival nt Samaria (vv.
39-44) and returned to Galilee. His
own people of Nazareth refused to ac
cept him "for a prophet hath no honor
in his own country." It was in Galilee
that he had his great victories. Here
he was welcome (v. 45) because they
had known the things that he did nt
Jerusalem, the report of which was
brought back by those who had visited
the feast (John 2:14-17). In Cana
(Ch. 2:11) one came to him who was
a king's officer, one who was used to
command, and whose great personal
need overcame any prejudice (Matt.
9:1S; Luke 7:2). God uses afflictions
ofttimes to drive us to him, and the ;
most effective way to induce men to 1
come to Jesus is to bring them to
recognize their need which he alone
can supply. The lad was "at the point
of death," hence the father's journey
of twenty miles from Capernaum to
Cana, seeking help. Wo have here the
weakness of faith Indicated in verse
forty-eight, in that the man would not
believe except he should see signs and
wonders. We have also the earnest
ness of the man in verse 49.
"Sir, come down ere my child die." (
Man's extremity is ever God's oppor- '
tunlty. Not only extreme cases of
sickness can be brought to him, btit
extreme cases of sin as well (I Tim.
1:15; Heb. 7:2."). He can heal not
only those who are "at the point of
death" but those who are already
dead (Eph. 2:1). The child was dy
ing, the father had not strength to
wait to see wonders, but he could and
did trust Jesus to heal his son.
II. Surrender (Trusting) vv. 50-51.
When the soldier took Jesus at his
word, he surrendered his previous con
ception, and accepted the word of God ;
literally acting upen his belief. He
went his way because he believed. He
did not ask Jesus again to go to Capar
natim. We must not confuse this kind
of faith, however, with his having ac
cepted Jesus as Savior. lie accepted
Jesus only as healer. We have men
today who will accept Jesus Christ in
the perfection of his character and the
purity of his teachings but who will
not accept him to be their personal
Savior. Such men want to receive the
benefits of Christianity, failing to rec
ognize its spiritual power and author
ity. III. Satisfaction (Triumph) (vv. 52
54). The father's faith rose to the
need for "he believed the word that
Jesus spake." That word did not seem
at all probable, but it was enough. The
word of Jesus who Is, himself, the
truth, is a sure and more reasonable
ground of faith than any amount of
speculation. This father's walk from
Cana to Capernaum was a walk of
faith. He had nothing but a bare prom
ise to support him, yet on his return
he found his son living (v. 52). On
this word of Jesus he, himself, be
lieved, and his whole house. It seems
Improbable that this could be otherwise
if he were an honest man.
IV. Suggestions (1) The living, per
sonal presence of Christ is not need
ful. It was a wise provision of God's
economy that Christ should have re
turned to heaven.
(2) Acts are the true indications of
our faith. God's written revelation
and the revelation of his son, the Liv
ing Word, and the witness of the ex
perience of God's saints are sufficient
facts upon which to base faith.
(3) Faith is progressive. Notice the
growth from verses 48 to 50 and 53..
At first the man believed in Jesus'
power; then he beleived In Jesus'
word, and believed In Jesus, himself;
then he reaches the highest point in
that he does not believe alone, for his
whole house believed with him.
(4) Faith is the source of all
Christian gifts and graces. We have
an advantage over these Galileans of
nearly nineteen centuries of what
Christ has wrought among the peoples
of the earth among those who have
believed on him. He has been tried
and proved, and the gifts of God's
grace, eternal life, the gifts of the
Spirit are all conditioned upon our
faith in him and in the Lord Jesus.
Our salvation from sin, our effective
ness as disciples and followers depend
upon our faith in Jesus Christ as our
Savior from sin, and as our Lord and
Master.
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A Tale of Trieste.
The Italians are fighting to set back
Trieste. How some of the inhabitants
of that city feel toward their Austrian
masters is shown by the following
story : A traveler went into a church
there and noticed among a large num
ber of votive offerings a silver mouse.
This, he was told, was presented by a
lady whose house had been overrun
with these little pests. After her gift
to the Madonna, the mice entirely dis
appeared from her place.
"You don't believe that yarn?" re
marked the skeptical traveler.
"Of course not," replied the sacris
tan, "or we should have made a silver
Austrian long ago."
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