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KEH EXPERIENCE
QUITEJXPENSIVE
Gives Out Some Interesting Facts
Regarding He> Troubles, and
How She Avoided Fur¬
ther Expense.
Pineview, Va.— Mrs. Cora Brooks,
of this town, writes as follows: “I
suffered for about three years with
womanly trouble, and was getting
worse and worse all the time.
I had two good doctors and I was
sent to two good hospitals to be oper¬
ated on, but no operating was done.
All this cost me lots of money, and
I was no better oS than before I
started.
Finally I began to take Cardui, the
woman's tonic. After taking six bot¬
tles. the pains are all gone, and I feel
like a new woman entirely. I am now
able to do all the housework for my
*:»»» husband and five children, with
ease. Before taking Cardui, I was in
bed seven weeks at a time, not able
to do anything at ail. ,
I cannot praise Cardui enough for
what it has done for me.”
There are thousands of women who
have been benefited by taking Cardui,
the woman's tonic, and there are thou¬
sands who are suffering from some
form of womanly trouble—suffering
for the lack of Cardui.
Are you of this number? If so,
don’t delay, but begin taking Cardui
to-day. What it has done for so many
others, it should surely do for you.
At your drug store.
Ladies’ N. B.— Write to: Chattanooga Chattanooga. Medicine Tenn., Co., for
Advisory Dept.. and 64-page book,
StecialInstructions on for yourcase
“Home Treatment Women,” sent in plain
wrapper. Adv.
RingoW—How Wonder.
Mrs. do the Vainless
live so stylishly on their income?
Mrs. Ardmore—Why, he's president
of the biggest bankrupt concern in
town.
Came to the Same Thing.
Sophomore—How did you make
your father pay your college ex¬
penses?
Junior—Threatened to wait on his
table at the summer hotel.
Insured Against Loss.
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powers of Hanford’s Balsam after
once using it for external ailments on
man or beast. Countless unsolicited
testimonials from users of this valu¬
able remedy show' what it has done
for them, and the manufacturer’s guar¬
antee insures your satisfaction or the
return of your money. Adv.
Perfectly Natural.
“There's a fellow who is hoping for
crop failure.”
“That seems unusual. What has
he sown?”
"Wild oats.”
Had the Goods.
“I am seeking the light,” announced
the Pilgrim. | V
“we carry antifal and pero D.woe.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of ^ ^ _
__
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Curiosity, „
“I want to know something.’’
“What is it ”
“Do they make writing paper with
a stationary engine?”
Sounds Serious.
“I am going to see my avuncular
relation.”
“Dear me! Is he as« bad as all
that?”
To Get Rid of Mosquitoes
You can Sleep. Fish, Hunt or attend to any
work work without being worried by the biting or
singing squitoes. Sand-flies, Gnats or
other in insects bv applying to the face, ears
and hands, DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC
HEALING OIL. 25c.
His Way.
“The barber is a great man for
stories.”
“Yes, and he illustrates them with
cuts.”
FOR HEADACHE, NEURALGIA AND
PAINFUL PERIODS
of Women use Lotus Flower Compound.
Relieves promptly, contains no habit forming
drugs. Lotus Tablet form Atlanta, at druggists or by mail 35c.
Flower Co., Ga. Adv.
Over Nothing.
“My wife and myself quarreled by
wireless today."
“That’s w'hat I call having a fewr
words over nothing.”
We know of no liniment that equals
Hanford's Balsam in its healing prop¬
erties. Adv.
Flats.
Knicker—How do you like the kitch¬
enette apartment?
Bocker—I think it has a roomette
for improvement.
Keep Hanford’s Balsam in the sta¬
ble. Adv.
On the day of his wedding a man
imagines that his wife drew a prize;
but as a matter of fact he is seldom
anything more than a consolation
prize.
Spain has more sunshine than any
Some men are kept so busy main¬
taining their dignity that they never
have time to do anything else.
To cool burns use Hanford’s Balsam.
Adv.
The world’s production of copper
last year, estimated at 990,000 tons,
was the largest on record and was
nearly double that of 1900.
The most successful matrimonial
agencies are those conducted by hand¬
some young widows.
The ups and downs of life often con¬
sist of keeping up appearances and
keeping down expenses.
other country in Europe. The yearly
average is 3,000 hours. In England
It is 1,400.
3£PTg/mfrt
IN PLAGE Of JIMMY
Mort Rivers Goes to Train to
Meet Girl; Love at First
Sight.
By CLARISSA MACKIE.
The train left the little prairie sta¬
tion and jerked ahead to Stampede
Creek where Helen Dare expected to
find Jimmy Hunneford waiting for
her with that glad look In hi? eyes
that shone out of the last photograph
he had sent, bravely handsome in his
cowboy outfit.
Once again she took out Mrs. Hun
neford's letter, written from the Wy¬
oming ranch to Helen in her Massa¬
chusetts boarding house.
“Now that you are all alone, my
dear,” wrote Mrs. Hunneford, “will
you not come to us? After your long
confinement in the schoolroom and the
sorrows you have undergone, a year
spent here in the open will work win¬
ders for you, and we need the sun¬
shine of your presence—there is no
daughter In our home, and your moth¬
er’s dearest friend needs a daughter
sadly! Perhaps you will like It well
enough to remain here—but never
mind that now. Jimmy is counting the
days to your coming and is planning
all sorts of good times in your honor
—and, well, he is just Jimmy.”
Helen smiled tenderly. Of course
she understood what Mrs. Hunneford
meant by that last sentence. Jimmy
wanted to marry Helen badly, but
there had been many things to inter¬
fere, and Helen had never really giv¬
en him an answer, but her heart sang
within her now as she realized that
Jimmy was just the same. This long
promised visit to his mother would
bring about what Helen scarcely
dared dream about as she made prep¬
arations to come west.
Now she was only one station away
from Jimmy—now they were ap¬
proaching Stampede Creek and Jimmy
would be there waiting for her. That
was the refrain of her thoughts.
The train hissed to a standstill and
Helen gathered up her hand luggage
and went to the platform. She saw
her trunks bumped down in a pile:
she saw the station master pottering
around; but no Jimmy was in sight.
She watched the train jerk out of
sight and then turned to find the sta¬
tion master watching her speculative¬
ly.
He touched his hat brim jauntily.
“I reckon you’re expectin' to be met,”
he ventured.
“Yes. Some of Mr. Hunneford's peo¬
ple—I told them I would arrive on this
train,” explained Helen.
“Hunneford—eh? Here comes some¬
body now.” He pointed to where a
white road trailed across the sage
brush. “It’s Hunneford’s blacks—but
tain’t Jim at the helm. It’s ..iort Riv¬
ers!”
Helen’s cheeks were pink now as
she waited for the yellow buckboard
An<V*be, up to the spirited station black and iqggce 1 sesjo Jp Aash.
sweep¬
ing curve before coming to a standstill
beside the slender, graceful girl in
black.
No, this was not Jimmy Hunneford
who whirled the reins around the
whipstock and jumped to the ground.
“Miss Dare?” he asked.
“Yes,” smiled Helen faintly.
“Mrs. Hunneford sent the team for
you. I will take your baggage checks,
if you please; the big wagon will come
for your trunks In the morning and if
there is a particular one you want to¬
night we will carry it along with us.”
Helen went with him and pointed
out a trunk and admired the ease
with which Mort Rivers swung it to
his shoulder and carried it to the
buckboard. Then he helped her in,
waved a hand to the station master
amt} away they went in another wide
sweeping curve back into the trail
through the sage brush.
The air was soft and cool and the
distant mountains showed a blur of
blue haze against the horizon. Helen
resolved that some day she would
ride until she came to the foot of the
mountain—what fun that would be if
Jimmy were along, too!
Now when she thought of Jimmy
she wondered why he had not been
there to meet her and a strange chill
fell over her spirits. Mort Rivers
looking down at the sweet profile saw
the quivering sensitive lips and be¬
cause Mrs. Hunneford had made no
secret of her hopes and plans for Jim¬
my and Helen, Mort muttered some¬
thing between his set teeth that was
Impolite.
“Did you speak?” asked Helen look¬
ing up.
“No,” he breathed quickly; “that Is,
I was talking to myself—a chap gets
into the habit out here on the plains.”
“Don’t you like it?” asked Helen
with interest because this big man
seemed so much a part of the wide,
free open life that she could not im¬
agine him pent up in the city; and
he looked the sort of man that would
not stay where he did not want to—
he looked strong enough to fight his
way out.
“Like it? I love it,” he said briefly.
lUlOQT MUbl rAmUUo PftMfllK I LtuAL Ffiftl I
Acuteness of Philadelphia Lawyers
Has Been a Matter of Comment
for Many Generations.
The legend of the acuteness of the
“Philadelphia lawyer” still persists.
The fact that it was an attorney of
that old town who won a suit to pre¬
vent his neighbor’s rooster from crow¬
ing in the midnight hours can only
add to the fame of this characteristic
figure. A writer in the Bellman
quotes Charles Dickens, who wrote
thus:
“To be a Philadelphia lawyer is a
proud and vaulting ambition. They
are the most astute of men, able to
confuse the simplest of propositions
to the hopeless befogging of judge
and jury. I have heard that all
jurors along the Schuylkill, indeed—
though I cannot vouch for the state¬
ment through personal observation—
are provided with dice, that each
case may be decided with as much
promptness as justice. Philadelphia
lawyers carry green bags”—which Is
THE ELLIJAY COURIER, ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
“It seems rather lonely/’ she said
wistfully.
“That’s because you are from the
east. It seems cramped after crowded
New England, eh?” He smiled down
into her blue eyes.
Helen nodded. “Are you from the
east?”
“No—born and raised on the Big
Four ranch—next door neighbor to
Hunneford’s.”
“Next door neighbor?”
“Ten miles away—that’s not far for
Wyoming,” he laughed. “Now we are
coming to Hunneford's place—we turn
off here—there's the gate ahead and
you can see the chimneys. The house
is on that rise of ground among the
cottonwoods.”
Mrs. HuuneVord came running from
the house to meet them. She gathered
Helen ir. her motherly arms and kissed
her again and again. Then she called
over the girl’s shoulder; “Thank you
so much, Mort, you’ll stay to supper
with us, of course.”
“Sorry, Mrs. Hunneford hut I can’t
tonight. Thank you just the same,” he
said, turning over the blacks to a cow
puncher while another sunbrowned
man carried the trunk and hags into
the house. “I’ll come over tomorrow.
I hope you will have a good night’s
rest, Miss Dare—this Wyoming air is
great!" He smiled and waved his hat
a3 he mounted his own saddle horse
picketed among the trees and rode
down the trail.
“Isn’t he perfectly splendid?” asked
Mrs. Hunneford as she looked after
the young man. “I am as fond of
Mort as if he was my own son—al¬
most!" she added laughing. “Come in,
dearie, and let me tell you about Jim.
I suppose you wondered why he didn’t
meet you?”
“Oh, I supposed that there was an
excellent reason,” said Helen as she
removed her hat.
“I’m glad you liked him,” said Mrs.
Hunneford slowly. “Well, Jim—I may
as well confess it, Helen, the scamp
forgot all about it and went over to
Blackwell’s grove with a big picnic
party! He won’t be home till evening
unless he happens to remember it be¬
fore then—then he will come tearing
home."
“He’s the same old Jim,” smiled
Helen but her heart felt very full at
that moment. She did not feel In
the mood to be forgotten and she told
herself that Mort Rivers would not
have forgotten an appointment like
that to go to an ordinary picnic.
Her woman’s Instinct told her that
there must be a strong attraction
there at the picnic to make Jim for¬
get—and of course It was a girl. Jim¬
my had a weakness for girls.
It was as Mrs. Hunneford had said;
Jimmy remembered too late—but he
came flying in at nine o’clock, hand¬
some and penitent and Helen gave
him a pleasant sisterly greeting.
“Gracious, Helen, you’re the same
as ever—you’ll have the boys by the
ears"—it sure will be a treat to them
to see peaches and cream after a dose
of er—er—" he hesitated for a smile.
“Instead of carrots,” chuckled Mrs.
Hunneford to his evident dismay.
“Helen we’ve had a perfect invasion
of homely schoolteachers and the last
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Jimmy turned very red: “I say,
mother,” he protested, “now Flo
Downs has auburn hair—’tisn’t a bit
carroty!”
“I want you to meet Flora Downs,
Helen,” said Mrs. Hunneford serenely;
“she is the most charming girl—I
know you will like her.”
"I am sure to.” agreed Helen, but
her heart was beating a protest
against the desertion of Jimmy Hunne¬
ford. She thought she loved him—
well, perhaps she could tell better In
the morning but it did not take any
foresight to observe that Jimmy had
gone over and nailed his colors to the
mast of Flora Downs. "He will never
know that I care,” thought Helen
fiercely.
And Jimmy never did know.
The days that followed were very
different from what Helen had
planned. Instead of long rides over
the prairie with Jimmy, there were
rides with Mort Rivers; instead of
going to the social functions with Jim¬
my, she went with Mort Rivers; Jim¬
my was ever by the side of Flora
Downs until that fickle young woman
suddenly bade farewell to everybody
and went east to marry a young man
who worked in a bank and who had
been waiting for her.
Those were bad days for Jimmy
Hunneford. Helen was kind to him
and there came a day when the mem¬
ory of Flora Downs seemed like a
foolish dream and then he, realized
that his love for Helen had never wav¬
ered after all.
Alas for poor Jimmy, It was too
late. Helen had learned the true
worth of Mort Rivers and on his
steadfast nature she leaned and upon
him she lavished the real love of her
womanhood.
“It all happened because I came
that day in place of Jimmy,” laughed
Mort Rivers one day after they were
married.
Helen shook her sunny head. "It
happened because we were made for
each other,” she said. “After that
homeward ride, Jimmy never seemed
the same to me.”
(Copyright, 1913. bv the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
as t!- ue today as half a century ago—
n q{ briefs remarlcab i e for every .
thing but brevity; also statutes, dou
^le vouc i lers> recognizances, tenures
and indentures, not to mention quid¬
dities, quips and quirks.”
I Big Prizes in Aviation.
In addition to the London Daily
Mail offer of $50,000 for the first
aeroplane which shall fly across the
Atlantic ocean in either direction in
seventy-two' hours there is another
by the same concern of $25,000 for
the first aviator who shall fly around
England, Scotland and Wales in sev¬
enty-two hours in a hydroplane. This
is open only to British aviators and
constructors. There is also the $100,
000 prize offered in France for the
inventor who shows the most im¬
portant strides in the direction of
safety in construction.
Had Just the Thing Handy.
Husband—By Jove! 1 want some¬
thing exciting to read—something
really blood-curdling.
Helpful Wife—Here is my dress¬
maker’s bill, dearest.—Puck.
The Prosperous!
Life
By REV. PARLEY E. ZARTMANN. D.D. &
Secretary of Exteanoo^Depsrtment
Moody Bible institute, Chicago
TEXT—Blessed is the .nan . . . Whatso¬
ever he doeth shall prosper . . . Not so
the ungodly . . . But the way of the
wicked shall perish.—Psalm 1:1. 3, 4, 6.
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the moan of his penitence, the pathos
of his sorrow, the triumph of his vic¬
tory, the despair of his defeat, the
firmness of his confidence, and the
rapture of his assured hope.” In these
psalms many travelers of every age
and clime have found rivers of re¬
freshment and wells of consolation.
Here God opens the jjoor, shows us
his secret dwelling place, and tells us
how we may get close to him in fel¬
lowship. Here he speaks* to us; but
more, here we speak, telling our own
experiences and anon crying to God;
we have written many of the psul-us
out of the experiences of our own
lives.
This first psalm is regarded as a
sort of preface to the entire collection,
specially it is a picture of the pros¬
perous life, and by sharp contrast a
picture of the life without God in it.
There is really only one life worth
considering or cultivating; that is the
life hid with Christ in God, and it
should be our utmost concern to make
that life blessed. Consider the ele¬
ments of such a life as set forth in
the entire psalm.
Refusal
The prosperous life is sheltered be¬
hind a wall. Verses 1-3 set-forth the
great character, and it is marked by
a great refusal. 1. Evil practice—
wallceth not in the counsel of the un¬
godly; 2. Evil habit—‘nor standeth in
the way of sinners; 3. Evil charac¬
’ the
ter—nor sitteth in seat of the
scornful. The prosperous life must
not think wrongly, nor speak wrongly.
If God is not in all your thoughts,
loose thinking soon will lead to loose
living, and things that would eat away
the fiber of will and conscience and
feeling. Oh! the shtessedness—the who
happiness—3:f cair nay, t
will not defile myself; who will not
take these three downward steps in
the evolution of sin; and God pity
the man who has taken the third de¬
gree in sin.
But refusal cf evil thought, practice,
and habit is not enough. One does
not acquire physical health, vigor and
power simply by refusal to eat poi¬
sonous foods or drink damaging liq¬
uors. The physical life requires food.
The soul grows beautiful and strong,
and the life prosperous and useful not
only by its great refusal, but by the
reception of ail things that are full of
nourishment—the pure, the honest,
the lovely, the things of good report.
God not only brings us away from
Egypt; he leads us into Canaan—a
land flowing with milk and honey. If
a man enter Into the fold by Jesus,
the door, he shall find pasture.
The prosperous life must receive all
ennobling and uplifting things, and the
change in our outward walk is a rich
sign of our inward grace. The might¬
iest need of such a life is a lofty ob¬
ject to grapple, keep; and rule our
love. The psalmist says of the pros¬
perous man, ‘But his delight is in
the law of the Lord, and in his law
doth he meditate day and night.”
God's book is a lamp to his feet, a
light to his path, wisdom for his ig¬
norance, water for his thirst, bread for
his hunger—a delight in every hour.
The life that refuses the evil and
received the good will be crowned
with glorious blessings. They are
stated so plainly in this psalm. (I am
indebted to a friend for those brief sug¬
gestions.) Noble growth—“like a
tree,” (and that figure meant much in
Palestine); propitious placing—
"planted;” sustenance—“by the rivers
of water;” fruitfulness—“that bring
eth forth its Truit in ita season;”
beauty of character—“his leaf also
shall not wither:” real prosperity—
"whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
This result is measured by God's
standard—“all things work together
for good to them that love God.” Yes,
above all conditions apparently unfa
forable and all results temporarily dis¬
tressing, this is God's way of reward¬
ing the man who trusts him, who
waits upon God for sustenance, who
delights himself in God, and who
makes God’s wil! not only the law of
his life, or the joy of his life, but real¬
ly his life.
Contrast.
Look at this picture—Blessed is the
man, whatsoever he doeth shall pros¬
per; then on this—“Not so the ungod¬
ly, not so.” And by this sharp con¬
trast and sudden change the psalmist
increases the enphasis on the ele¬
ments that constitute a prosperous
life, and the blessings that attend it.
Notice the character—the ungodly,
simply the man who does not live in
the way God demands; notice his
character—like the chaff; notice his
doom—which the wind driveth away.
I call you by the persuasion of this
psalm to choose the prosperous life.
Nothing else is worth while, nothing
else abides. “For the Lord knoweth
the way of the righteous, but the way
of the ungodly shall perish.” What
God knows, ‘lasts; what he does not
know, perishes. Choose now your
place, and decide your character, your
usefulness, and your destiny. Which
shall it be—tree, or chaff?
Jihe book of the
Psalms has been
- called the inner¬
most sanctuary of
the Christian life.
The study of
these poems is a
source of never
ending delight
a nil profit. Here
we have the
whole music of
the heart of man,
swept by the
hand of his mak¬
er. “Here we
"hear the burst of
i
c?Q <o o?
UNCLE SAM AND THE RAILWAY
Railways Claim Government Forces
Them to Carry the Mails at
Enormous Loss.
Athens, Ga.—Under the heading,
“Be Honest Even With the Railroad,”
The Banner of this city makes the fol¬
lowing editorial comment regarding
the contention of the railroads that
the postoffice department is under¬
paying them for handling the mails:
“To carry the people's mail quickly,
safely and frequently is a social
obligation which the railroads freely
concede. It is a service voluntarily
performed, for no law compels a rail¬
road company to carry mails unless it
contracts to do so. The courts hold,
however, that if the railroads so con¬
tract they must do so on terms named
by the government.
“Though surrounded by these anom¬
alous conditions, the railroads have,
without stint, placed their resources
at the disposal of the nation to devel¬
op the transportation of mails to the
highest possible state of efficiency.
This service has been paid for at a
price fixed by the government, a price
from which the carriers have had no
appeal. Railroad officers have felt,
ever since the present method of rail¬
way mail payment was established in
1873, that this compensation was un¬
justly low.
“This opinion is still held by expe¬
rienced railroad officers throughout
the country, but with even greater
firmness and earnestness, on account
of the increasing costs of railroad op¬
eration combined with frequent heavy
reductions in railway mail pay made
by the government.
“The railroads maintain that at
present they are underpaid by at least
$15,000,000 per year. It is their belief
that a fair adjustment would require
that the government should pay the
railroads for all services they ren¬
der.”
Memorial Stones in Palestine.
In every part of Palestine, along the
roadside and in the fields, particularly
on the hilltops, may be seen piles of
stones, usually not over three feet
high. If we should question a native
about them he would tell us that they
are “memorial stones” set up in rec¬
ognition of some special providence of
God. If we should examine the stones
closely we would discover that they
are blackened with oil, which indi¬
cates their sacredness, as they had
been appointed. These stone heaps ac¬
tually become objects of worship so
common that Moses issued edicts
against them.—Christian Herald.
Centenarians.
Statistics gathered by the painstak¬
ing Germans say that there were in
Europe, at the last count, more than
7,000 persons over a century old. The
richer the country apparently the
fewer persons attain extreme old age.
Bulgaria heads the list with 3,888 cen¬
tenarians, with its neighbors, Rou
mania and Selicia, next with 1,704 and
573. Spain has 410 and France 213;
no other country has more than 200.
England has only 92, and the three
aeaudiuaviau slates wer% tfl the- bot¬
tom of the list, Denmark having only
two. Evidently the Balkans, scene of
almost constant war for the last cen¬
tury, is the most likely place in which
to attain old age.
Meters Placed on Porches.
Renovo, a railroad town in Penn¬
sylvania, has adopted the very con¬
venient scheme of placing electric
meters on the back porches of the
houses. This arrangement permits
the meter reader to read a great many
meters in a day. It is a common mat¬
ter to read 300 meters. Another ad¬
vantage is that the meter is placed
in a conspicuous place, where the con¬
sumer may read it from time to time
and get better acquainted with it.
, Study He Needed Most.
Several Ohio lawyers once gathered
in Judge Wilson's room after adjourn¬
ment of court, and were discussing the
retirement of a member of the bar.
Among them was one whose practice
was worth $25,000 a year. He said: “I
have been practicing several years,
and am well fixed. I have thought I
would like to retire and devote my re¬
maining years to studies I have neg¬
lected.”—“Study law,” put in Judge
Wilson.
Richest Bed of Soda.
In English East Africa is the rich¬
est bed of soda in the world. En¬
gineers say that it contains 200,000,
000 tons. The lake has a surface of
more than fifty square kilometers.
Why You Cannot Swim.
The non-swimmer, fearing the water,
very naturally tenses his muscles as
he struggles to keep his head above
the water, until he is hard as a
rock, and like a rock he sinks; where¬
as thp swimmer, having no fear, re¬
laxes his muscles, find hence becomes
buoyant. The explanation is a simple
physical one. Tense, taut muscles in¬
crease the specific gravity of the body
and make it sink in water; loose, re¬
laxed muscles (given an ordinary sup¬
ply of air in the lungs) will make the
body float.—Outing.
Pellagra in Infected Water.
Pellagra, the mysterious skin dis¬
ease in semi-tropical climates, which
has baffled medical aathorities for
nearly 209 years, is caused by infected
water, according to Professor Seala
and Professor Alessandrini, of the In¬
stitute of Hygiene, Rome. The
scourge has long been ascribed to the
consumption of bad corn, but the pro¬
fessors announce they found that in
the districts of Italy, where the dis¬
ease is most prevalent, the water is
infected with flint stone in colloidal
solution.
Mrs. Tony’s Successor.
An organ grinder out in Mattapan
appeared the other morning minus
his brightly garbed mate, but with a
four-legged asistant. “Hello, Tony/'
;aid the police officer; “got a horse
to pull your organ now. eh?” “Yesa,”
Tony answered; “da v.ifa seek.”
Us 'Meaning.
Willie—-“What’s sociology, dad?”
Crabshaw—“After you havn worked
and earned a dollar, my bov, sociology
toils you how you shall spend it.”—
Judge.
Mtbnational
StMfSOIOOL
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 7
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
LESSON TEXT—Ex. 20:1-11.
GOLDEN TEXT—"Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind."—Luke
10:27.
The decalogue divides itself into
two parts; the first has to do with
man and his relations to God, the sec¬
ond deals with man and his relations
with men. We consider today the
first part. From Deut. 5:22, 23 we
learn that the words of these eternal
principles were spoken to the whole
assembly from the midst of the burn¬
ing mountain and that they stand
apart from the Mosaic law. It was
God himself who spake (v. 1) to this
redeemed people (v. 2). Afterwards
he wrote them with his own finger on
tablet of stone, Deut. 5:22. This law
was done away with in Christ (Col.
2:14, 16, 17; 2 Cor. 3:7, 11) but never¬
theless each one of these commands,
excepting the fourth is reiterated in
the New Testament, emphasizing the
eternal fixedness of their principles.
The principle of a day of rest one day
in seven has not, however, been set
aside, as we shall see hereafter. The
purpose of the law is to bring to men
the knowledge of sin and thereby to
lead them to Christ, Rom. 5:20, 7:7,
13; Gal. 3:10, 24. John the beloved,
tells us "that his commandments are
not grievous." Men who understand
the spirit of the decalogue know that
every commandment tends to make
better citizens, better parents, better
children, In fact to enable one to live
satisfactorily with himself and his
neighbors and his God.
Pinnacles of Thought.
I. The First Commandment, vv. 1-3.
Instinctively one thinks of two other
pinnacles of religious thought, “In the
beginning God,” Gen.' 1:1, and the
first two words of the disciples’ pray¬
er, “Our Father,” Matt. 6:9. Eternity
alone can furnish us a measurement
sufficiently great to euable us fully to
comprehend the fulness of this
thought. God the creator, law giver,
father. In the beginning, at this
mountain and in his son, teaching us
of his character.
Up to this time everything had been
done for the Israelites. Hereafter they
must keep the law in order to obtain
life, Rob. 10:5; Gal. 3:12. In this
Gospel dispensation we obtain life as
an enabling agent whereby to perform
or to keep the laW, Eph. 2:1, 8-10. The
Christian’s higher law is Christ him¬
self, Inasmuch as the righteousness of
the law is fulfilled in the Christian
who wqlks ; after the spjlrit, Rom. 8:4.
The foundation or all of this is to
“have no other gods before (or be¬
side) me,” Matt. 4:10.
II. The Second Commandment, vv.
4-6. This is negative in that we shall
not attempt any visible representation
or likeness of God, and positive in
that we shall not bow down in wor¬
ship nor serve any such likeness. The
wisdom of this is only too evident
when we carefully study the degener¬
acy of all forms of heathen religions.
The creation of man’? hands is wor¬
shiped in lieu of the creature sup¬
posed to be represented. God did
sanction images, Ex. 37:7, 17-20; I
Kings 7:25. The service of art in the
matter of religion is freely acknowl¬
edged but nevertheless it is attended
by grave danger as is evidenced by
Roman Catholic observances in many
parts of the world. True worship must
worship in spirit the God who is spir¬
it, John 4:24; Phil. 3:3 R. V. He must
be supreme in our hearts and our af¬
fections. The perpetuity of either
blessing or curse for the observance
or violation of this edict may at first
seem to be rather harsh. Yet we must
consider that posterity is the continua¬
tion of one’s self. We do what our
fathers did, Heb. 7:9, 10. God has
however made a merciful provision
whereby we may turn the misery of
sin into a blessing, Ez. 18:2, 19, 20 and
Rom. 8:28.
Must Be Sincere.
III. The Third Commandment, v. 7.
Here is demanded absolute sincerity
by all in the use of the divine name
and thus forbids ail forms of blas¬
phemy. This covers much more than
ordinary vulgar profanity. The flip¬
pant and sacrilegious use of divine
terms and phrases; the use, whether
in prayer or praise of divine names
and expressions which are not a part
of our life experience is a form of
blasphemy. Vain, empty, false usage
of God’s name is blasphemous. A
groper reverence towards God is fun¬
damental to any true love for God.
IV. The Fourth Commandment, vv.
8-11. Attention has been called to the
fact that nowhere does it say the
seventh day of the week, though that
is what the Israelites observed. This
is the Sabbath of Jehovah. While this
was specially designated for the Jew,
(Deut. 5:1, 12, 15), and not literally
binding upon the Christian (Col. 2:16,
17), yet it has underneath it a great,
wise and beneficent principle, man’s
need for rest one day in seven. Phys¬
ically and nervously he needs rest
and quiet; spiritually he needs the
rest and refreshment thus provided.
It was a merciful provision for man,
not that man was made for the Sab¬
bath. Read carefully Matt. 13:5-8,12;
Mark 2:24-27; Luke 13:15, 16; see also
John .5:16, 17 R. V. Though primarily
given to the Jew and still unknown in
heathenism, yet it was God's gift of
grace for all mankind. Mark 2:27. The
intelligent, obedient Christian will not
worship the seventh day but will keep
the resurrection day, the first day of
the week, Rom. 7:4; John 20:1, 19,
26; Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:2; Rev. 1:20.
The Christian wiil not keep the legal¬
istic Sabbath as a matter of “observ¬
ing days, and months, and times, and
years," but will observe the Lord’s
day as a God given privilege, honor¬
ing the father, exalting the son. a
pathological, physiological, spiritual |
privilege aDd blessing of his grace.
Got a Jar.
“What are you looking at me for?”
“I’m a meat Inspector," answered
man addressed.
And then the end-seat hog blushed
moved over.
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No Chance for Him.
“Thought you were going away to¬
“Couldn’t buy a ticket.”
“Nonsense. The ticket office is
never closed.” „
“No; but there was a girl at the
window ahead of me.”
Sure, He Was Glad!
A-Boston father the past summer
sent his boy Reginald and his three
sisters to visit a relative in Maine.
Though it was understood the visit
was to consume three weeks, their
stay lengthened to two months.
“Well,” asked the father upon the
return of his offspring,” was your
Uncle William glad to see you?"
“Was he?” reiterated the eldest
hoy, as though surprised by the query.
“Why, dad, he asked me why we
didn’t bring you, mother, the cook,
the maid and the dog!”—Harper's
Magazine.
When He Answered.
Among the employes of an apart¬
ment house is a dusky elevator con¬
ductor, who would appear to have a
"system” similar to that of the maid
who announced to the guest at the
door that she didn’t hear her until
she had rung three times.
“If any one calls, Henry, while I
am out, tell him to wait. I shall be
right back,” said a woman to the
boy in question.
No answer from the boy.
“Didn’t you hear me? Why don’t
you answer?” demanded the woman,
angrily.
“I never answers, ma’am,” ex¬
plained Henry, “unless I doesn’t hear,
and then I says ’What?' ”—Magazine
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