IT
CILLY S0LVESPR03LEM
Thought It Would Be Fine to
Have a Father.
By A. MARIA CRAWFOR.D.
"X can't for the life of me under
stand why you won't marry ma It you
lovt me," laid Walter Oillem.. They
were having coffee In a gay reitaurant
In the lata afternoon.
"Because," answered Elisabeth Thur
ston, "Billy would resent your taking
bis father's place. He reverences his
memory and he would never forgive
me tor even appearing to forget Tom.
Tou don't realise that Billy Is grown
up at sis years."
"Why. Billy and I would be two good
pals, Elisabeth. He might feel badly
at first, but I will make It Just as easy
for you and for him as I can. There
la no use In wasting these years of
happiness when Billy, childlike, would
get over any sort of feeling In a
month."
"Tou're mistaken about that," said
Billy's pretty mother quickly. "Billy
never forgets or forgives anything.
He Is terribly In earnest about life."
"He is a One little chap. Did he tell
you how I picked him up going from
school yesterday and took him for a
long run In my car? He doesn't ask
a thousand questions like moBt boys,
but I'll wager be knows nearly as
much as I do about the mechanism of
that car."
"Oh, yes, he came up to my sitting
room, as he always does when he
comes home, and told me about his
trip. He promised me that as soon
as he was a little older he would sell
our car and buy one of a more Im
proved make. 'It makes me feel as If
I was most grown, mother,' he said
to me, 'to have Mr. Walter show me
things about. his car. He doesn't talk
to me the way our chauffeur does, and
explain every little thing same as if
I were a baby, but he JUBt treats me
well as If we were two gentlemen out
together.' Billy doesn't relish being
patronised," laughed Elizabeth.
"Billy's care for you that I want to
share has made him far older than
the average boy of six. He is a gen
tleman of the old school," said the man
"If 8h Would Only Just Love You."
warmly. "Why don't you let me try
to broach the subject of our engage
ment to him? I believe that he would
take It like a soldier and congratulate
me." ,
"He would be brave enough before
me, but he would break his heart
grieving In secret Oh, no, I can't let
Billy be hurt Don't spoil your life
for me," she smiled sadly as he slipped
bis arm through hers to steady her on
the snowy pavement outside the res
taurant "Go love and marry some
body who has no BUly."
"But the only woman I want has
BUly, and I want Billy, too. If I
can't have them now, I'll Just wait un
til Billy la old enough to understand."
"But I won't be yours, then. Why,
my hair may be gray," she argued, as
he slammed the car 'door and they
were whirled swiftly through the
street In his big limousine.
"That's all right Mine will be
gray sooner than yours. Do you feel a
package over there by you? It's for
Billy."
"How thoughtful you are! Of course
you'll go In and give It to him and
teach him how It runs. It Is some
thing to run Isn't it? Tou're Just two
boys together."
"Tea, and I'll stay to dinner, thank
you."
"Tou're a very welcome guest, at
ways." - ''
- - "But I don't like to be a guest I'm
a guest everywhere I go. I want to be
homefolks," he whispered tenderly..'!
want to carry a fowl home when the
market man has failed In his delivery,
and we have nothing for dinner. 1
want to be necessary to a home and
feel as If I belonged to somebody."
"You do," came a soft voice that
was soon mothered In his coat collar.
"Hello 1" cried Billy, racing down
the stairs and looking for all the world
like Lord Fauntleroy In his velvet and
lace. "I'm glad yon came In with
mother. Stay to dinner! i We're going
to have plum pudding and hard
sauce. James told me," he confided to
the big, stalwart fellow who stood at
the foot of the stairs holding out a
-.bulky package.
"For me? asked Billy. "Thank
you. Tou're good . to mother and
me. When she goes out with you, she
always comes back with pink in her
face like the roses you sent yester
day." The boy looked admiringly at
. his young mother.
A beseeching signal flashed from
Oillem'i eyes to the woman's, but she
pretended not to see. She could not
woM rot, have Billy hurt, not for all
f 1 'tipss she could promise her
t fty 1 rri-jre with this man.
', ' 1 fa rcligo was opened In
t - : 1 f r childish fingers,
: "! '-:1 little automo-
v r f ( sr,d a t.:ny
3 r 9 r 9
soon the soft brown curly head was
close to the big black one, and man
and boy were equally interested In the
toy. When Billy's mother dipped
away to dress tor dinner, the boy
turned to Glllem with the eager ques
tion, "Are you a very good friend of
mine?"
"The best in the world. BUly. What
can I do for your
"Mother's sad about something. She
cries every time you go away. Do you
know why?"
"Why I I" stammered the man,
torn between his promise to the wom
an he loved and the innocent trust
ing face before him, waiting for an
answer.
"I believe she wants to marry Mr.
Sam Carter, and she knows I don't
like him. Tou know you told her
how Mr. Carter loved ber. Is that It?"
"No. no, I think not Billy. Tour
mother doesn't love Carter in that
way."
"Now," said Billy, moving a little
closer and laying his hand on the
man's arm, "if she would Just love
you. I'd like first rate to have you for
a father. I loved my real, own father
very much, like any boy," went on the
childish voice, "but I tell you it would
be fine to have a live father like you
around every day."
Billy was caught In two strong arms
and held very, very close. "I'd love
to take you and your mother to my
big house to live. I love you and the
beautiful mother, too. Do you think
we could persuade her to go?"
"We'll try," whispered Billy. "Don't
you tell her about what I said. That's
a secret between us."
"Sure," answered Glllem, happily.
All through the meal Billy thought
of Mr. GUlem's big stone house and
his kennel of fine dogs. It would be
great to live In that bouse, he
thought, and wondered how he could
lead up to the important matter.
"Mr. Walter," he questioned, "I
wonder what your dogs vould do If a
little boy went there sometimes?"
"They would be, glad to see him.
They are friendly fellows."
"I guess they wouldn't like to have
a boy around all the time, though,
would they?"
"Tes, they would," said Glllem,
taking care not to look at Elizabeth.
He could, with difficulty, keep the
laughter from his eyes.
"I think I'll go home with you some
day. Boys ought to stay with a man
some, oughtn't they, mother?"
"Yes," said a very weak voice.
"What are you talking about son?"
"I told Mr. Walter how you cry
sometimes, mother, and asked him If
It was because you wanted to marry
Mr. Carter. He said he didn't think
so, but that he loved you and me, too,
and wanted us to go to his house to
live. Wouldn't It be fine to have a
real live father to play with at the
lonesome time Just before dinner?"
BUly slipped out of his chair and
went to her, and Glllem left his own
place to stand on the other side.
"Won't you let me have BUly and
you for keeps?" begged the man down
close beside her. so that his eyes were
on a level with Billy's eyes.
"Yes," said Elizabeth, drawing the
two dear heads to her breast "I'll
mother both my boys."
"And V said BUly, proudly, "will
have a real father like Freddie Camp
and Arthur Tyson. Now, let's go play
with our new automobile," urged Billy,
anxious to Include the new member In
his family circle.
(Copyright, lfllz, by Associated Literary
Press.)
SHARP RETORT, THEN FLIGHT
Probably Mr. Knox Chose the Wisest
Course, All the Circumstances
Considered.
"You men have everything your own
way, it seems to me," remarked Mrs.
Knox plaintively, looking up from her
cantaloupe to the advertisements on
the back of her husband's newpaper.
Mr. Knox did not reoly. He had long
ago learned the wisdom of silence In
tha face of his wife's arguments
against world-made laws and man's
monopoly on privileges, and divers
other subjects of great magnitude, so
he went right on reading.
"It la no wonder so many women
are petty, when their whole lives deal
la trivialities," Mrs. Knox continued,
"you men can dp Just anytning .you
olease. but we women have to observe
social convention."
Here she save a decisive nod to Her
martyred head and waited to see if she
bad a rise.
Oliver Knox laid down his paper de
liberately and arose with the expres
Binn nf nna who has a sreat thought
smoldering in his consciousness but
does not feel sure of Just how to pro
ject It. . v
"So far as I can see." he said quica
ly, "it only takes one woman to make
a whole social convention.". :
r this time he had reached the
hall, grabbed his panama, and was ma
king frantic rush to eaten a car am
thought he heard coming over the hllL
'i---A-
Women Pearl Divers.
Many pearl divers in Japan are
women. Along the coasts of the bays
of Ago and Kokasho the small school-,
girls are taught to dive for pearls.
Most of them are swimmers from
early childhood, but instruction la
the art of pearl diving Is necessary
nevertheless. The women divers
wear a special drees when engaged
in their work, and twist their hair- In
to a hard knot Glasses are worn to
protect their eyes. When the women
Jump Into the water they have around
their walsta small tubs, Into which
they drop the oysters they gather at
the bottom of the sea. When the tubs
are filled men stationed in rowboats
hoist them to the surface. The wom
en can dive to a depth of from five to
thirty fathoms and can hold their
breath tor three minutes at a time.
Those women between twenty-five- and
thirty-five years old are considered to
be In their prime as pearl divers.
' : Portable Scenery.
"But where are all the hammocks
and the shade trees and the awn
ings and the fountain ! described In
your Ulustrated circular?" asked the
summer boarder.
"Them?" repeated Farmer Corn
tossel. "Ch, ti e fi ller t!.at r
t'Ss'Ti-'d cf c : 'n' around 8 ;' 1 1'
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SELECTING SEED CORN
Preservation of Good Ears In
creases Productiveness.
Instances In Southern States Where
Imported Seed Produces Better
Than Home-Grown Variety
. . During Dry Summers.
(By C. P. HARTLEY.)
Great progress has been made In
recent years In a more general adop
tion of tall selection Instead of spring
selection of seed corn, but there is
room for still greater progress.
Nearly all farmers should select
their seed corn three to four weeks
earlier than they do.
As an excuse for not having good
seed it Is customary to state that the
season was exceptional. Such seasons
will continue to occur, and the only
way to escape loss is by (being pre
pared each year for an exceptional
year. Last year was a very adverse
season In some of the corn states;
consequently this past spring it was
necessary to Import seed corn Into
these sections. Nevertheless, well ao
cllmated and unquestionably higher
yielding seed could have been selected
last September from fields In those
5
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I h
Final Selection
same states. This statment Is made
with full knowledge of the facts, be
cause at that time such seed wss se
lected and dried In those very sections
that was practically perfect and ger
minated 100 per cent.
Having personally assisted In the
gathering and drying of seed corn in
those sections in September, the writ
er knows that quantities of seed
could have been saved at that time
from the same and many other fields.
Unfortunately, however, most farmers
postponed the selection untU freezing
weather, with the consequence that
the seed will not yield well and most
of It did not germinate well. It la not
the season so much as the man.
There are usually a few days be
tween the time the corn stops grow
ing and the coming of frosts, especial
ly if an acclimated corn Is grown.
We would have better corn yields and
make better progress in originating
and acclimating higher yielding
strains of corn for different locali
ties If seed corn were as readily
killed by frosts as are sweet potato
vines. If seed corn would not stand
so much abuse and If It were killed
outright by the first frost farmers
would dry their seed corn before they
dig their potatoes, and the next
year's crop would be better.
No animal recovers so slowly from
low condition, nor Is so apt to re
cover at all, as sheep,
when tou set a eood team let the
other fellow whistle, but don't tut a
price on it, and so Invite Its early sale.
For a brood sow prefer one of good
lono-th unit breadth of body and placed
on short, strong, weU-made legs, set
wide apart
Prime fat lambs cannot be produced
by alternate grass and grain. They
must be pushed to lay on rat irom
start to finish.
Instead of feeding wet mashes to
chickens try giving cracked grain in
small quantities in litter. It's good
health insurance.
Cultivation hastens the liberation
of plant food by permitting air to per
meate the aoU and oxidize or burn out
the organic matter.
Cowpeas sown in corn and the en
tire crop pastured down by hogs gives
one of the very best return that can
be secured from the land.
To make the flock most profitable,
or at all profitable, no source of rev
enue must be neglected, whether It
ha mutton, fleece or increase.
Each pig should be looked after, In
dividually; a general look will not qo.
It la Just like a big family, each
has hi or her Individual need.
Any egg eaters In the flock? Make
the neats as dark as possible; that
will help. If that doesn't discourage
the culprit, shorten up the ax.
Sheep are utilizers of waste. They
iiun flalda of weeds. utilise to great
advantage any kind of pasture and
Jit in well with farm practice. ,
a whila lot of success with pigs
comes from the owner's and feeder's
watchfulness, v Changes must be made
from time to time, In food and sur
roundings. ,
Average Fertilizer for Tobacco.
Use 1,000 to 1,500 pounds per acre
farttiiKtr containing, actual pot
ash, 10 per cent; available phosphoric
acid. 6 per cent, ana nitrogen, s per
Tha riant food In a ton of the
above formula may be supplied by
mixing 490 pounds of sulphate of pot
ash, 715 pounds or acid pnospnate ana
ii of soda. In the tobacco
rs ;dons of Connecticut much . larger
quantities per acre have been found
! iff I
1 ' I V u
The blame can not be Justly shifted
upon the season. It Is the farmet
who fails' to do his part Corn hai
been transported from a land of per
petual summer, where the returning
wet season permitted the seed to ger
minate without having endured wlntei
conditions. It has been Introduced
Into northern localities where the win.
ters are severe. It has shown a re
markable ability to adopt itself to
short summers, but Is dependent upon
man to care for Its seed during the
winter. Without this care the corn
crop would not perpetuate Itself In
the United States. Our first duty In
giving the crop opportunity to yield
weU Is early selection and good preser
vation of the seed. '
To make certain of always obtain
ing the , greater productiveness , of
adapted varieties it is necessary to
save sufficient seed for two or three
years; planting. In localities .where
extreme weather conditions may make
the corn crop an entire failure, this
practice Is of the utmost Importance.
It Is plainly Impossible to aocllmate
and adapt varieties it all seed Is de
stroyed occasionally, making new Im
portations of seed necessary,
There are occasionally Instances In
which Imported seed produces better
than home-grown seed. Such cases
are experienced especially In the
southern states, where dry summers
permit early-maturing northern-grown
of Seed Ears.
varieties to escape the summer
drought. For this reason northern
grown seed Is preferred In some sec
tions. A better practice would be to
select and acclimatize an early ma
turing variety. It would then escape
the summer droughts and by becom
ing acclimatized and adapted would
produce better than Imported seed.
The shortage of seed corn in many
sections of the country in the spring
of 1912 furnishes a good example of
what has happened and is likely to
happen again unless seed corn receives
more and better attention.
The loss from planting neglected
seed corn reduces or destroys the prof
It on the corn crop of each Individual
farmer and In the aggregate Is an an
nual loss to the country of many mil
lions of dollars. 1
By the early selection of sufficient
seed corn for several years' planting
and Its proper preservation these Im
mense and oft-recurring losses can be
prevented.
By making germination tests of
neglected seed and by heavy planting
full stands can be obtained, but the
yield may be 18 bushels per acre less
than would have been harvested had
the seed been selected early and well
preserved.
GET PURE DRINKING WATER
Method Shown In Illustration Will In
sure Cooler Liquid Than That
Secured on 8urface.
Where It is necessary to draw
drinking water from an open well or
spring, pure water can be taken from
beneath the surface, according to Pop
ular Mechanics, in the following man
ner:, . . ' :, '
Insert a cork in a bottle In an In
verted position, as shown In .the
sketch, having first attached a stout
cord. A, to It A weight is then swung
to the neck on the outside as shown.
Attach another stout cord, B, to the
neck and lower the bottle Into the wa-
v Getting Pure Water.
ter by holding the cord, A. After the
bottle has entered the water far
enough, change the hold from cord,
A to B. The water pressure will push
the cork Into the bottle and this will
be filled with water. The bottle Is
then raised with the cord, A.
This method not only secures pure
water, but water that is quite a lit
tle cooler than If- obtained at the sur
face. '
Bad Traits and Training.
Many people hold that If a horse Is
properly raised from a colt It . will
never need a whip. What are usually
called the bad traits of horses are
usually the faults of people who have
handled, them. Some bad traits are
hereditary, but - they trace back to
the bad management of ancestry. The
more good sense a man has the lees
punishment t s team will need. It is
practically ail a matter of good com
mo a sense.
- ' , " ' ' ' ,"'
(Conducted by the National Women's
Christian Temperance union.) . '
,GREAT IDEA
l5 PRflTFfiTlflN
v t t taw 1 y
Anti-Liquor Laws Not Intended to Leg
islate Morality Into People, but
to Shield the Individual.
"Tou cant legislate morality lntn
people," declares the antl-prohibitlon-lst
Those who Imagine that such is
the sole aim of the reformer need to
be reminded that laws are not enacted
primarily for the purpose of making
men moral or righteous, but for the
protection of society. Laws restrict
ing the liquor business are not Intend
ed as a "rod or lash for the liquor sell
ers," as the saloonkeepers and their
friends seem to believe, nor yet to
make the patrons of the saloon sober
and good. They are simply protective
measures. The restrictive Idea of the
ordinary liquor laws is secondary to
the main Idea of protection. The man,
says the regulative civil law, who
preys upon his fellows, or who for per
sonal gain would drain the life-blood
of a nation, may go so far and no
farther. Prohibitory law, standing up
on the American constitution and up
on the bed-rock Christian principles,
says he must be denied In toto the
opportunity to thus wreck the happi
ness of homes and to Impede the prog
ress and prosperity of the people. Pro
hibitionists are committed to the abo
lition of the liquor traffic, not alone
for the sake of the man who drinks;
not even for the sake of the greatest
good to the greater number; they ad
vocate It on the ground of the great
est good to the individual and to the
nation on the ground of protection
for the boys and girls, tor the men
and women, of the present generation,
and for those of generations to come.
DANGERS OF LIQUOR HABIT
Employers Becoming More and More
8trlct In Enforcement of Tem
perance Regulations.
The sentiment for leaving off the
Use of liquor altogether Is growing
among the men of the labor unions.
As time goes on, the requirements for
exact and high class work by men In
the trades Is increasing, and they can
not afford to allow their brains to be
clouded from the effects of liquor. An
other thing that is promoting temper
ance is the fact that employers are
taking an Interest in requiring their
employees to keep sober. The danger
of liquor drinking men being injured
while at work; and thus making the
employer liable for damages, has
caused the employers to become more
and more strict In the enforcement of
temperance rules. I do not believe
that the temperance question can be
settled until people have become edu
cated along the lines of temperance
living. Edgar A. Perkins, Labor
Leader.
HOW ALCOHOL DOES ITS WORK
Man, Arguing With Doctor on Necee
aity of Stimulant, Is Given 8trlk
Ing Object Lesson. ,
A patient was arguing with a doc
to on the necessity for his taking a
stimulant He urged that he was
weak and needed It "I am cold and
It warms me," he declared.
"Precisely," came the doctor's
ercty answer. "See here. This stick
1 cold," taking up a stick of wood
from the box beside the hearth and
tossing it into the fire. "Now It Is
warm, but la the stick benefited?"
The sick man watched the wood
first sjnd out Uttle puffs of smoke and
then buret Into a flame and replied:
"Of course not It Is burning It
if." j. '.
"And to are you, when you warm
yourself with alcohol you are liter,
ally burning up the delicate tissues o
Tour stomach and brain,"
Walking on Water.
Edward F. Marvin of the Sons of
Temperance says the Detroit Free
frags, said in a recent address In
Bridgeport: "It Is easy to answer the
opponents of temperance. At a mar
iners' bethel, for example, I- once
heard an opponent very easily an
swered. The preacher was urging his
aallor audience not to drink; he was
pointing out to them the Divine admo
nitions against drinking, when a shell
back rose unsteadily.
" 'Captain,' said the shellback. 1
don't hio believe everything that's
printed in the Scriptures. : Take that
there hlo walkln' on tha , water. 1
don't believe anybody can walk on
the water. - Can you hlo do it your
eltr
" 'My friend,' answered the minister,
1 can wall better ea water than I
an on rum.' "
" - ' A Monetary Contrast
Last spring the two largest and
twlftest warships of the world were
launched on the same day by nations
on opposite sides of the globe. ' When
Madam Koike . sent tha Japanese
erulser down the ways to the water at
Barrow, England, three scpre pigeons
were released from a baloonette sus
pended at the ship's bows emblem
atlc of peace and good luck. .In Amer
ica, at Newport News, over the bowi
of the dreadnought Texas, the daugh
ter of Col. Cecil Lyon broke a' bottle
Of champagne emblematic of what
Against Alcohol.
The Woman's Christian Temperance.
nlon Is not only anti-saloon, but antt
brewery, anti-distillery, and anti any
Jorm of alcoholic liquor-making 01
liquor -selling for beverage purposes
Lillian M. N. Stevens, President No
tionalW. C. T. U.
Liquor Consumed.
During the fiscal year ending Jum
80 the people of this country consum
ed 133,377.458 gallons of whlaky and
rum, to say nothing of beer, wine anc
other more or less alcoholio bever
asra. "Uncle Earn, do you wonder t'
crs.ue?"
A Motive
for Christian
Service
. Br REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D. D
1M el SM Mooar not
TKXTi "Wherefore also we make It oat
aim whether at home or absent to be
well-pleaeing unto him." I Cor. v. I
(H. V.). ( ,
The motive for . the service of
Christ -held before us In the context
of these words is
the hope ot tht
future life which
the believer has
through Christ
The nature ot
this hope is sel
before ' us in
verses 1 to 4,
Paul In the previ
ous chapter had
been speaking ol
his sufferings and
afflictions as a
Christian, and
comforting him
self and , other
Christians ' in a
Uke case by the
thought of the
outcome of them all in 'the "far more
exceeding and eternal weight ot
glory." This glory Is a certainty, for
he goes on to add: "We know that
If the earthly house of our bodily
frame be dissolved, we have a build
ing from Ood, an bouse not made with
hands, eternal, In the heavens." There
are so many things which a Christian
may know if he will only take God's
word for them, and this thing, so full
of comfort is one ot them. We who
are In the present body groan In It
for many reasons, but our desire Is it
we are Christians not merely to be
rid of it but to be "clothed upon," L
e., to receive our new resurrection and
glorified body. In other words, the hope
set before the regenerated man Is not
death but that which sooner or later
follows death, the resurrection and all
that It Implies. It is then that what is
mortal shall be swallowed up of life.
Assurance of Resurrection. .
After speaking ot the hope set be
fore the Christian the inspired writer
goes on to show how assured it is in
verses S to 8. . "He that wrought ua
for this very thing is God," be says.
The very object God bad In view In
the salvation of any man and all his
work of grace In him was to this very
end. A great theologian has said,
"The end of God's way are corpo
riety," a thought which Paul sets be
fore us here as applied to the resur
rection from the dead. Moreover, God
has not only wrought us to this end,
not only is this God's purpose con
cerning us Christians, but he has
given us a pledge of It in the dwell
ing' of his holy spirit within us. The
holy spirit in every believer is an
"earnest" or foretaste of this thing,
his IndweUlng certifies to our resur
rection, so that "we are always con
fident" or of good courage concerning
if '
Wherefore, says the apostle, "we la
bor," -or rather we make it our aim
or ambition, that "whether present or
absent we may be accepted of him."
Paul was always looking for the re
turn of the Lord Jesus Christ, and It
he, Paul, were present In the flesh on
the earth when he came, he wanted to
be found accepted or well-pleasing In
his sight . It was possible,, however,
that be might be absent from the
earth and from , the-body when the
Lord came, but In that case also be
wanted to be accepted of him. Wheth
er he were present in the body or ab
sent from the body he expected to
stand before him. "We must all ap
pear before the Judgment-seat of
Christ," he says, "that everyone may
receive the things done In his body
whether it be good or bad." . The ref
erence here is 'to Christians. They
will not have to stand before Christ's
Judgment-seat in order to have It de
termined whether they are lost or
saved, that la determined the moment
the Christian takes Jesus Christ by
faith to be hla savior, but they must
render an account to him of their
stewardship as Christians in order to
determine the matter of their re
wards. - It waa for this reason that
Paul wished to be found well-pleasing
to him, and this reason sets before
us the power of the Christian'! hope
to produce a holy life. .
Reason for Evangelism.
But there was on special matter 1
which Paul desired to be well-pleasing
to his lord, and that was In the sav
ing of lost souls such as he had been,
and such as all men are by nature.
"Knowing therefore," he says, "the
fear of the Lord," i. e, having our
eyes on the judgment-seat of Christ
when we must give account of onr
service with reference to our reward
"we persuade men." 1 - '
- This was the motive for such serv
ice with him. He was not thinking
Just now ot the peril and retribution
that would fall upon the lost, though,
ot course, at other times he empha
sised that motive for saving such;
but he waa thinking of Us own ac
countability when, raised 1 from the
dead at Christ's second coming, be
must face his record of service. Paul's
motive should be our motive, for we
have the same accountabUity, and
must face the same Lord. . How are
we fulfilling it? We have many am
bitions; can wo say that we have this
ambition?
Better Pore Wins Victory.
Virtue and vice are aUke contagious,
but not equally so. By the former we
lift each other up, and by the latter
we drag each other down. But what
proves that the better force Is also
the stronger. Is the fact that through
the influence of life upon life In aU
the relationships that bind us together,
the world grows better Instead of
worse. It only needs that the process
which Is everywhere and always going
on shall be sufficiently prolonged, as
It will be If Immortality Is true, in or
der to achieve that final harmony cf
all 'souls with God which our f..' i
nredlcts. The Unlversa'.Lt L - r.
v'v
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MENTALLY.
Peggy Tou have been abroad,
haven't you, Reggy?
Keggy No; what made you thing I .
had been abroad?
Peggy Why. I heard father say yon
wero "way oft
Different
Albert J, Beverldge said In Chicago
of a corrupt boss:
"He's very virtuous oh, very virtu
ous. -
"A millionaire once went to him and
said:
" 'I want to get In the senate. Will
you sell me your support?"
"'No, sir!' the boss answered, strik
ing himself upon the chest 'No, sir!
I'm a free-born American citizen and
I'll sell my support to no man.'
as he drew out his checkbook and
fountain pen, 'but. If you won't sell me
your support, perhaps you'll rent It to
me for the term of this campaign?'
" 'Now you're talking,' said the boss, V
in a mollified tone."
A Household Remedy.
Which works from outside. CHE3-
TOL (Chest Ointment) will relieve
quickly croup, coughs, colds, pneu
monia and all affections ot chest and
throat Use freely and RUB! RUB!
RUB! Now sold by all medicine deal
ers. Should be In every home. Purwril
ft Dunn Co., Mfrs.. Charlotte, N. C. Adv.
Trial Marriages Favored.
Mrs. Hoyle What is your husband's
platform?
Mrs. Doyle I think he favors the
recall of marriage certificates.
Regular practicing phvticians recommend
snd prescribe OXIDIKE for Malaria, be
cauee it is a proven remedy by yean of ex
perience. Keep a bottle in the medicine
obert and administer at first sign of Chills
and Fever. Adv.
- Defined.
"What's a 'moral victory,' pa?"
"Any fight you win where the loser
gets all the money." Judge.
For SUMMER HKADACirES '
Hicks' CAPUDINB 1 the beet remedy-,
no matter what cause them whether
from the heat, slttlne; In drauRhU, fever
ish condition, etc 10c., 25c and EOo per
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
Pat'a Hint
"How did the drink go, Pat?"
"Foin, sorr; but faith it do be callln'
for company." .
As a summer tonio there Is no medicine
that quite compares with OXIDINE. It not
only builds up the syatem. but taken reg
ularly, prevents Malaria. Regular or Taste
less formula at Druggists. Adv.
Every roan has a secret hope that
refuses to come out.
Sufficient unto the day la the night
that cometh after.
SUFFERED
EVERYTHING
For Fourteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink.
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Elgin, HL "After fourteen yean of
suffering everything from female com
plaints, 1 am at last
restored to health,
"I employed the
W a a A n j t 01 titirl
even went to tno
hospital for treat
ment and waa told .
there was no help for
me. But while tak
ing Lydla E. Pink- -ham's
Vegetable
Compound I began
to improve and I
continued its use until I was made well."
Mrs. Hbnkt LmsEBERO,743 Adams St
Kearneysvnie, W.-Va,-"I feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia EL
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound baa
done for me. I suffered from female
weakness and at times felt so miserable
I could hardly endure being on my feet
"After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble is gone,
Words fall to express my thankfulness.
I recommend your medicine to all my
friends." Mrs. G. B; WmTriNGTOK.
The above an only two of the thou
eands of grateful letters which are con
stantly being received by the Pinkham
Medicine Company of Lynn.Maas., which
how clearly what great things Ly "1 li
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound '
for those who suffer from woman's . i.
.It you want special advice write to
l ydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl
dentlal) Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman anil heli la strict confidence.
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