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Is due to an acid poison |mB|H access to the blood through failure of the.proper organs to cany off njorWdi effete matter. This poison Distorts Muscles, Shatters Nerves, stiffens Joints. through tiie general circulation Isdeposited in'the joints'muscles and nerves, causing the most intense pain. Rheumatism may attack with such suddenness and severity as to make within a few days a healthy, active person helpless and bed-ridden with distorted limbs and shattered nerves; or it may be slow in developing, with slight wandering pains iust severe enough to make one feel uncomfortable ; the ten dency ill sucli cases is to grow worse, and finally become chronic. , _ Like other blood diseases, Rheumatism is often inherited, and exposure to damp or cold, want of proper food, insufficient clothing, or anything calculated to impair the health, will frequently cause it to develop in early life, but more often not until middle age or later. In whatever form, whether acute or chronic, inherited, ^tteumafism is Strictly a Hood Disease, and no liniment or other external treatment can reach the trouble. Neither do the preparations of potash and mercury, and the various mineral salts which the doctors always prescribe, cure Rheumatism, but ruin the digestion and break down the constitution - , A remedy, which builds up the general health and at the same time rids the system of the poison “ _ the only safe and certain cure for Rheumatism S S. S., made of roots, herbs and barks of wonderful I nurifving properties, attacks the disease in the right way and in the right place —the blood —and quickly neutralizes fhe acid and dissolves all poisonous deposits, stimulates and reinforces the overworked, worn-out organs, and clears the system ill unhealthy accumulations S. S. S. cures permanently and thoroughly, and keeps the blood in a pure, healthy state. - Mr J. O. Mttlley, !«"'• '■5 l , h f? r ' ciKhlc ' : " months was so terribly afflicted •ni Rheumatism lie was unable to_ feed or dress himself. Doctors said his case was hopeless. He had S3 fi v bvti prescriptions that friends had given lum without the slightest relief- A few bottles of s s S. cured him permanently, and he has never had a rheumatic pain since. This was five years ago. We will send free our special book on Rheumatism, which should be in the hands r everv sufferer from this torturing disease. Our physicians have made blood and skin i- life study, and will give you any information or advice wanted.so write them __ ... « n fully and freely about your case. W e make no charge whatever for this service. Address, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, 6a. Tues. Wed. Tburs. " 2 3 4 Sat. Suo* JL, ROBERT HARDY’S SEVEN DATS, A DREAM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. io;;.<i:,p. s:ie uiapkcn tin- i n filer tor it, and yvluu the hour came for Rob in go down to the meeting she blessed him -mid prayed heaven to BY REV. CHARLES M. SHELDON, Author of “In His Steps." “The Crucifixion of Philip Strong“Malom JHrk,” Etc. [Copyright, 1900, by Advance Publishing Co.] Wed. Tburs. 3 4 Sun. An, niotner love: it is toe most won-1 and done what be could. There was tierful thing on earth; next to the love j nothing in particular that Mr. Hardy of God for tiie sinner. It Is even that, j could do in the case, so he went out for it is tiie love of God expressing it- about 1 o’clock and entered his office self through the mother, who is the at the shop, hoping as he went in that temple of Hie loving God. | he would..have no trouble with the George dashed a way a tear and then, | men going up to his mother. Iaid-liis cheek j Mr. Burns reported everything quiet, against hers, and she folded her arms and the manager, with a sigh of relief, about him and cried a little and asked proceeded with tiie routine duties of no questions, and after a moment’s si- ] the business. Nothing of any special leuce lie stammered out a few words interest occurred through the after- of sorrow at having caused her pain, ! noon. The storm had ceased entirely, and she joyfully accepted his broken \ and the sun bad come out clear and explanation’ of liow lie had not known i warm. People were clearing off the of tiie accident to Clara and the others, walks, and the ringing of sleigh bells It was true lie had goue out the even- j was distinct in the office, even over the in*, before, fully intending, to go down incessant hum of the big engine. to the scone of the accident; 'hut, com ing across some cf his old companions, lie had gone of with them and spent tile night in a disgraceful carouse and throughout tiie day had been under the influence of liquor more or, less, dimly conscious that a great disaster hail happened 'down the' road, but not sober enougli to realize its details or its possible connect ion with those.of his own home. '. The sudden meeting with his father had startled him out of tiie drowsy in toxication he had fallen into as the day progressed. Now, as lie felt his mother’s arms around him and realized a little what tiie family had been call ed upon to endure, he felt the shame and disgrace of bis own conduct. Mr. Hardy went up stairs and con sulted with the doctor, who wondered at his protracted absence. There was no change in Clara yet. She lay in a condition which could not be called a trance nor a sleep. She did not seem to be in any great pain, but she was unconscious of all outside conditions. After a little talk witli his mother George came up and inquired after Bess and Will. They were both sleep ing, and after the doctor had gone out the father and mother and son sat down together in the roomlwhere Clara lay. Mr. Hardy did not say a word to George about the incident of the even ing. The shame of it was too great yet. When men of Mr. Hardy’s self contained, repressed, proud nature are pained, it is with an intense inward fire of passion that cannot bear to break out into words. George had sense enough to offer to relieve his parents of the burden of watching during the night, and during the exchange of watchers along toward morning, as Mrs. Hardy slipped into the room to relieve the boy, she found him kneeling down at a couch with his face buried in the cushions. She raised her face in thanksgiving to God and went softly out. The morning dawned gray with snow which still whirled in wreaths-about the sorrowing homes of Barton, but Robert Hardy thought of tiie merciful covering it would make for the ghast ly piles of ruin down'under the bridge and along tbe banks of the fiver. He said to himself; “This is my foui-th day. IIow can I best spend it? Wlmt, shall I do?’’ He kneeled and prayed and'rose somewhat refreshed. The forenoon went rapidly by, and before he knew it noon was near.. The time had passed in watching Clara, visiting with Bess and Will and doing some necessary work for tiie company in his little office down stairs. He did not feel like saying anything to George yet. .Tames Caxton had been in. and the first.thing be had mentioned had been bis own net in tbe meeting the -night oerore. iur. naray tnanuea uoa tor it, and a prayer went out of his heart for his own sou, that the Spirit might touch him in his sin and bring him in to the light of Christ A little after noon the storm cleared' np, and Robert prepared to go down to the shops. Clara had not yet come ont of her sthnor. Tiie doctor had called Toward 3 o’clock one of Mr. Hardy’s old friends, an officer of the road, came in and said there was a general move ment on foot through Barton to hold a with a -message to the people which thy heart must deliver, it is a duty even uiore sacred in some ways than what 1 owe to my own kindred. I am aware that tiie hearts of tiie people are shock ed info mmibuess by the recent horror. I know tiiat more than one bleeding heart is in this house, and the shadow of the last enemy has fallen over piany thresholds in our town. What! Did I not enter into the valley of the shad ow of death myself, as I stumbled over the ghastly ruins of that wreck, my soul torn in twain for the love of three of my own dear children? Do I not sympathize in full with all those who bitterly weep and lament and sit in blackness of horror this night? Yea, hut. m. ii of Barken, why is it that we are so moved, so stirred, so shocked, by the event of death when the far more awful event 'of life does not disturb us in the least? -We shudder with terror, we lose our accustomed pride or indifference, we speak in whispers, and we tread softly in the presence of the visitor who smites but .once and then smites flic'body-only, lmt in the awful pres ence of the living image of God we go our ways careless, indifferent, cold, passionless, selfish. “I know whereof 1 speak, for I have walked through the world like that my self. And yet death cannot be com pared for one moment with life for majesty, for solemnity, for meaning, for power. There were 75-persons kill- make his wm-ds_to tiie people like the j ..ffiju j he accident. But in the. papers words of God. I this morning I read in the column next Father, what do you want me to t0 ,b a t j n which the accident was do? Shall i stay here?” asked George, 1 p 1P .-igt.d in small type and in the brief- who had not stirred out of tiie house est <( f paragraphs the statement that all day. lie had watched by -Clara a certain young man in this very town faithfully. She was still in that iriys- [ D f om - s lmd been arrested for forging terious condition of unconsciousness | lis f a tIiei-’s name on a clieek and was which made her ease so puzzling to the • i n [; u > unisp of the law. doctor. I “Ami every day in this town and In Mr. Hardy hesitated a moment, then every town all over the world evenis said: “No, George. I would like to Rice that and worse than .that are of have- you go with tne. Alice can do all frequent occurrence. Nay. in this very that is necessary. But let us all pray together now before we go out. The Lord is leading us mysteriously, but we shall some time know the reason why-” So in the room where Clara lay they ail kneeled down except Will, who ltf$ upon a tounge near his unconscious sister. Sir. llardy as he clasped his character, the death of purity, the dc- wife’s hand in his" own poured out his stroetion of honesty? Yet they have town of oitrs more than 75 souls are at this very moment going down into a far blacker hell of destruction than the one down there under that fated bridge, ami the community is not hor rified over it. IIow many mass meet ings have been held in tills town witli countenance the sentence of our con demnation just as certainly as if we had gone out in a body and by wicked craft had torn out the supporting tim bers of that bridge just before the train thundered upon It. for djd we not sanction by law a business which we know tempts men to break all the laws, which fills our jails and poor- houses. our reformatories and asylums, which.break women’s hearts and beg gars blessed homes and sends innocent children to thread tbe paths of shame and vagrancy, which brings pallor into the face of the wife and tosses with the - devil’s own glee a thousand vic tims into perdition with every revolu tion of this great planet about its greater sun? “Men of Barton, say what we will, we 'are the authors of this dreadful dis aster. And if we sorrow as a com munity we sorrow in reality for our own selfish act- And. oh, the selfish ness of it! That clamoring greed for money! That burning thirst for more and more and more at the expense of every godlike quality, at the ruin of all that our mothers once prayed might belong to us as men and women! Wliat is it. ye merchants, ye busi ness men. here tonight that ye struggle most over? The one great aim of your lives is to buy for as little as possible and sell for as mneb as possible. Wbat care have ye for the poor, who work at worse lhan starvation wages, so long as ye can buy cheap and sell at large profits? Wbat is tbe highest aim of tis railroad men in the great whirl of commercial competition which seethes and boils and surges about this earth like another atmosphere, plainly visi ble to the derils of other worlds? “Wjtat Is our aim but to make money our god and power bur throne? How much care or love is there for flesh and blood at times when there is danger of losing almighty dollars? But. O Al mighty Saviour, it was not for this that we were made! We know it was not. . . - • - “To whom am I speaking? To my self. God forbid that I should, stand here to condemn you. being myselFthe chief of sinners for these 25 years. What have I done to bless this com munity? How much have I cared for soul in this petition: Dear Lord, we know thou dost love even though we cannot always know why thou dost allow suffering and trouble, and we would thank thee for the things that cannot be destroy ed, for the loves that cannot suffer death, for tiie wonderful promises of the life to come. Only we have been so careless of the-tliings that belong to- thy kingdom- We have been so selfish and forgetful of the great needs and sufferings and sins of earth. Pardon us, gracious Redeemer. Pardon me, for I ant the chief offender. Yea, Lord, outnumbered tiie victims of this late physical disaster a thousandfold. “And what does mere death do? It releases tiie spirit from its house Of earth, but aside from that death does nothing to.the person. But’ what does life do? Life does everything. It pre pares for heaven,or for hell. It starts impulses, molds character, fixes char acter. Pealh has no kingdom without enfi. Death is only the lrikt enemy of the many enemies that life knows. Death is a second; life is an eternity. O men. brothers, if, as 1 solemnly and in tiie last 25 years over the losses of "the men In my employ? What differ- ’ -j-rt pn p e K ma ije tome that my exam ple drove men away from the church of Christ and caused anguish to those few souls who were trying to redeem humanity? To my just shame I make answer that no one thing has driven the engine of my existence over the track of its destiny except self. And, oh. for that church of Christ that I professed to believe in! How much have I done for that? How much, O fellow members (and I see many of you here tonight), how much have we done In the best cause ever known and the greatest organization ever found ed? “Wc go to church after reading the even as the robber on the cross was welcomed into paradise, welcome thou me. But we pray for our dear ones. May tiiey recover. Make this beloved one who now lies unknowing among us to come back into tbe universe of sense arid sound, to know us and smile upon us again. “We say. ’Thy will be done.’ Grand wisdom, for thou knowest best Only our hearts will cry out for help, and thou knowest our hearts better than any one else. Bless me this night as I stand before the people. This is no selfish -prayer, dear Lord. I desire only tliy glory; I pray only for thy kingdom. But thou hast appointed my days,.to live. Thou hast sent me the message, and I caunot heip feeling the solemn burden and joy of it “I- will say to tbe people that thou art most important of all in this habi tation of the flesh. And now bless us all. Give us new hearts. Make os to feel the true meaning of existence here. Reveal to us thy splendor. For give all the past and make impossible- in tin* children tbe mistakes-of the par ent. Deliver ns fi-'om evil, and thine shall be tbe kingdom forever. Amen.” When Mr. Hardy and George reacli- «3 tiie town hall, they found a large crowd gathering. They had some diffi culty iiTgaining entrance. Mr. Hardy at once passed up to the platform, Where the chairman of tbe^ meeting greeted him and said he would expect him to make some remarks during the evening. Robert sat down at one end of the platform and.watched the hall till with people, nearly all well known to him. There was an unusually large crowd of boys and young men, besides a large gathering of bis own men from the Shops. togethoi-With a great number of citizens and business men, a repre- truiv believe, this is the last opportu-, .. - IBP,, - uitv I shall have to speak to you in Sunday morning paper saturated suth lar-e numbers, 1 desire you to through and through with the same remember, when I have vanished from things we have had poured into ns ev- your sight, that I spent nearly my last cry day of the week, as if we begrudg- breati) in an appeal lo you to make 1 ~* nf spvpn Mrs. Hardy found him kneeling down at a couch. monster mass meeting in tiie town ball for the benefit of the sufferers, both in tiie railroad accident and in tiie explo sion of the Sunday before in the shops. It was true the company would settle for damages, but in many cases through Barton the adjustment of claims would not be made until much suffering and hardship had been en dured. There was a common feeling on the part of tiie townspeople that a meet ing for*publie conference would result in much good, and there was also, as! tentative audience for the Iliac has been tiie case in other large bor- j brought together under the influence rors, a craving to relieve the strain of, of (he ji saste r anil feeling somewhat feeling by public gathering and con-! tbe breaking down of artificial social suitation. distinctions in tbe presence of. the grim leveler Death, who liad.eome so near to them tiie last few days. There were tbe usual opening exer cises common to such public gather ings. Several well known business men and two or three of the ministers, including Mr." Jones, made appropriate addresses. The attention of the great audience was not labored for. tiie oc casion itself being'enough to throw over the people the spell of subdued quiet. When the chairman announced that “Mr. Robert Hardy, our well .known railroad manager, will now - address as,” there was a movement of curiosi ty and some surprise, and many a man leaned forward and wondered in liis heart what the wealthy railroad man would have to say on:such an occasion. He had never- appeared as a speaker in public, and lie passed generally In Barton for tiie cold! ’ selfish, haughty man he had always been. 0: R MARE American Beauties* F. c. Latest Models. On Hack Box. KALAMAZOO CORSET CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS. SOLD BY C- COBB. Can you come out to the meeting. Hardy?” asked his friend. Mr. Hardy thought a minute and re plied, “Yes; I think 1 can." Already an idea had taken shape in liis miad which lie could not help feeling was inspired.by God. o "Might be a good thing if you could come prepared to make some remarks. I find there is a disposition on the part of the public to charge the road with carelessness and mismanagement.” •■I'll say a word or two.” replied Mr. Hardy, and after a brief talk on busi ness matters liis friend went out. Robert immediately sat down to his desk, and for an hour, interrupted on ly by an occasional item of business brought to hint by liis secretary, lie jot ted down copious notes. The thought which had dime to him when liis friend suggested tiie meeting was this: lie would go and- utter a message that burned within him, a message which the events of the past few days made imperative should be uttered. He went borne absorbed in the great idea. He bad once in his younger days been fa mous for his skill in debate. He had no fear of his power to deliver a mes sage of life at the present crisis in his own. He'at once spoke of the meet ing to his wife. y “Mary, what do you say? I know ev ery infinite is precious. I owe to you and these dear ones at home a very sacred duty, but" no less, it seems to me is mv duty to the society where 1 have lived all these years, doing literal ly nothing'for its uplift toward God, who gave us all life and power. I feel as if he would put a message into my mouth that would prove a blessing to this community. It seems to me; this special opportunity is providentiaL “Robert,” replied liis wife, smiling at him through happy tears, “it is the w ill of God. Do your duty as he makes if clear tu you.” It liad bcen.au agitating week to the wife. She anticipated its.close With a feeling akin to terror. Wliat would the end lie? She was compelled to say to herself that her' husband was not insane, but the thought that lie was really to be called out of tiie world in ; some mysterious manner at the end of lie “rapidly approaching Sunday had several-, times come over .her with a power tliiit threatened lier-own ‘reason. Nevertheless tiie week so far, in spite of its kn-or and agitation, had a sweet Her lmsbaud had cornel the lover as iie once had be__^B/jith the added tender ness o£ x^®>cars of thelreompan- the "most of daily life, to. glorify God and save men. “The greatest enemy of man is not death: it is selfishness. He sits on the throne of the entire world. • This very disaster which has filled the town with sorrow was due to selfishness. Let us see if that is not so. It has been prov ed by investigation already made that the drunkenness of a track inspector was the cause of the accident. W hat was the cause of that drunkenness? The drinking habits of that inspector. How did lie acquire ,them? In a sa loon which w.e taxpayers allow to run on payment of a certain sum of money into our own treasury, So, then, it was the greed; or selfish ness of the men of this town which lies at the bottom of this-dreadful dis- aster. Wbo was lo blame for the dis aster? The -traCk inspector? No. The saloon keeper who sold him the liquor? No. Who then? We ourselves, my brothers: we who licensed the selling of the stuff which turned a mail’s brain into liquid tire and smote his judg ment and reason with a brand from out tbe burning pit. If I liad stumbled upon tbe three corpses of my own children night be fore lust, I could have exclaimed in justice before the face of God, T have murdered my own children,’ for I was one of the men of Barton fo vole for the license which made possible the drunkenness of the man In whose care were placed hundreds of lives. For what is the history of this case? Who was this wretched track in spector? A man who. to my own knowledge, trembled before tempta tion: wbo, on the testimony of the fore man at tlie-sbops. was and always had been a sober man-up to tbe time when a municipality voted to replace tbe system of no license with tbe sa loon for the sake of what we thought was a necessary revenue. This man liad no great temptation to drink while tiie saloon was out of the way. Its very absence was his salvation. But its public open return confronted his appetite once more, and he yielded and fell. Who says be was to blame? Who are the real criminals in the case? We ourselves, citizens; we who. for the greed of gain, for the saving of that which has destroyed more souls in hell than any other one thing, made possi ble the" causes which led to the grief and-trouble of this hour. Mould we not sliriuk iu terror from, the thought of lying in wait to kill a man-?- Would we .not repel with holy horror the idea of murdering' and maiming 75 people? We would say •Impossible!’ Yet when I am ushered at last into the majestic presence of Almighty God 1 feel con vinced 1 slialL see in. ills .righteous ed the whole of one day ont of seven. We criticise prayer and hymn-and ser mon, drop into the contribution box half the amount we paid during the week for a theater or concert ticket and then when anything goes wrong in the community or our children fall into vice scorn the church for weakness aud the preacher for lack of ability. “Shame on us. men of Barton, mem bers of tbe church of Christ, that we have so neglected our own church prayer meeting that out of a resident membership of more than 400. living in easy distance of the church, only GO have attended regularly and over 200 have been to that service occasionally. Yet we call ourselves disciples of Christ! We say we believe in bis bless ed- teachings; we say we believe in prayer, and in the face of all these professions we turn our backs with In difference on tbe very means of. spir itual growth and power which-the church places within our reach. If Christ were to come to the earth today, lie Would say unto us. 'Woe un to you. church members, hypocrites!’ He would say unto us. ‘Woe unto yon, young disciples in name, who have promised to love and serve me and then, ashamed of testifying before me, have broken promise aud prayer and ridicule those who have kept their vows saeredljr!’ He would say to us men wbo have made money and kept it to ourselves: ‘Woe unto you. ye rich men. who dress softly aud dine lux uriously and live in palaces, while the CHATTER X. Mr. Hardy began in a low. clear tone “Men and Women of Barton—To night I am not the man you have known me these 25 years I have been among you. I am, by the grace of God, a new creature. As I stand here have no greater desire in my heart than to say what may prove to ho a blessing to all my old townspeqple and to my employees and to-these strong young men and boys. Within a few short days God has shown me the self ishness of a human being’s heart, and that heart was my own, and it is with feelings none of you can ever know that I look into your faees and say these words.” Robert paused a moment as if gath ering himself up for the effort that fol lowed, and the audience, startled-With an unexpected emotion by tiie strange beginning, thrilled with excitement, as, lifting his arm. and raising liis voice, the once cold and proud man contin ued, his face and form glowing with the transfiguration of a new manhood: “There is but one supreme law in this world, and it is this: Love God and your neighbor with heaTt, mind, soul, strength. And there are but two things worth living for: The glory of God and the salvation of man. Tonight i, who look into ‘eternity iu a sense which 1 will not stop (o explain, feel tiie bit terness which comes from the knowl edge that i have broken tiiat law and have not lived for those tilings which alone are worth living for. “But God has sent me here tuuiqht need not lose flesh in summer j $ nt $ if you use the proper means * » to prevent it You think L | you can’t take SCOTT'S | EMULSION in hot weather, | | but you can take it and ci | gest it as well in summer a: in winter, it is not like t!.e > je plain cod-liver oil, which is - J difficult to take at any time, f $ If you are losing flesh, i | you are losing ground and ^ | you need I Scott’s Emuisit i | and must have it to keep up 9 your flesh and strength, h | you have been taking it an i & prospering on it, don’t fail to | continue until ycu a e ii.o.- » oughly strong and well. % r°'"- :i5t- . SCOTT &.BOVVSE, town. Srfc'ife*, will say tiiat ! have placed in the hank | the sum of $10,000 to be used as the | committee may deem wisest and best in tbe education of children in be reared homes or in any way tiiat shall for tiie best good of those In need. This* money is God’s. I have robbed him aud my brother man all these years. Whatever restitution 1 can make in the next few days I desire to make. But the great question with us all, my friends, is not this*particular disas ter. That will in time take its place as one event out of thousands in the daily life of this world. The great event of existence is not deatUf't is life. And the great question of the world is not the tariff nor the silver question nor tiie labor question nor temperance nor this nor that nor the other. The great question of the whole world is selfish ness in the heart of man. The great command is. ’Seek ye first^he kingdom of God.’ If we had done that in this town. I believe sueli a physical disaster as the one we lament would never have happened. That is our great need. “If we go home from this meeting resolved to rebuke our selfishness in whatever form it is displeasing, to God. and if we begin tomorrow to act ont that resolution in word and deed, we shall revolutionize this town in its- business, its politics, its church, its schools, its homes. If we simply allow our emotions to be stirred, our sympa thies to be excited to tbe giving of a little mone.v-on this occasion, it will do us and the community little permanent good. God wants a complete trans formation in the people of this nation. Nothing less than a complete regenera tion can save us from destruction. Un- consecratcd, selfish money and selfish education, selfish political power and selfish genius in art. letters and diplo macy will sink us as a people into a gulf of annihilation. There is no salva tion for tis except in Jesus Christ. Let us believe in him and live in him. “1 have said my message, i trust you have understood it. I would not say otherwise if I knew that I should step off this platform now and stand before the judgment seat of Christ. God help us all to do our duty! Time Is short: eternity is long. Death is nothing; life is everything.” ;; TT Five years after tiiis speech of Rob ert Hardy to the people of Barton iu the town hall one who was present in the audience described tb'e sensation that passed through it when tiie speak er sat down to be like a distinct elec tric shock'which passed from seat to seat and' held the people fixed and breathless as if they had been smitten into images of stone. Tbe effect on tbe chairman of the meeting was the same. He sat motion less. Then a wave of emotion gradual ly stirred the audience, and without a word of dismissal they poured out of the building and scattered to their homes. Robert found George waiting for him. The father' was almost faint witli tiie reaction from liis address. George gave ills arm. and the two walked home iu silence. __ We must pass over hastily the events of the next day in Robert Hardy’s life. The whole town was talking about liis surprising address of the night before. Some thought he was crazy. Others regarded him as-sincere, but after tiie first effect of his speech hadrtvorn off they criticised him .severely for pre suming to “-preach'-* on such an occa sion. Still Otilei-s were puzzled to ac count for tiie .change in th'e man, .for that, a change liad taken place "could not be denied. How slow men are to acknowledge tbe. power of God iu the human heart! Mr. Hardy -went about his business very little moved by all this discussion. He realized that only two more days remained. He spent the.afternoon and evening at home, but was interrupted by sev eral calls. After tea tiie entire family gathered in the room where Clara lay. She still remained unconscious, but liv ing. As Mrs. Hardy was saying some- thing to her husband about bis dreant and the events of tbe day before Clara suddenly opened her eyes and distinct ly called out the words: “Father, what day Is it?” It was like a voice, out of the long dead past Mr. Hardy, sitting by the side of tl[e bed, replied quietly, while his heart beat quickly; “This is Friday night, dear child.” Another question came, uttered in the same strange voice: ‘Father! bow many more days are left for you?” "Tomorrow and Sunday.” The voice came again: "I shall go with you then.” The eyes closed, and tiie form be came motionless, as before. It was very quiet in the room at the close of Robert Hardy's fifth day. ' [TO BE CONTINUED.] ‘An Epidemic of \Vh*»'»piiig Cough. Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children contracted the disease, having severe coughing spells. 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Cure of INTERNAL and EXTERNAL PILES, WITHOUT PAIN. CURES WHERE ALL OTHERS HAVE FAILED. TUBES, BY MAIL, 75 CENTS; BOTTLES, 50 CENTS. JAMES F. BALLARD, Sole Proprietor, - - 310 Horth Main Street, ST. LOUIS, M0. T r WHITE’S CREAM Worms vsRMiFocE! ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 MostmOuan&T. — Best in.Quality. For 20 Years Has Led all Worm Remedlss, < mS: sons bt JXX.X, x>nxrGr&TSi’S. b y JAMES F. BALLARD, St LouisJ THE NEWS is what you want, and vou get it- in The 'StandarBT' - • cy? *1 dm, bnlhe grace of God, a new crea ture.” poor cry aloud for judgment and the laborer sweats, for the luxury of the idle! Woe unto yori who speculate iu flesh and blood and call ifo man broth er unless he lives in as fine a house and has as much money in the..bank! Therefore ye shall receive the greater condemnation!’ _ “O self, god of the earth yet! With 2,000 years of the Son of God written into its history, still goes tip the cry of those who perish with hunger; who break into tbe sanctuary of their souls because they cannot get work to do and are weary of the struggle of exist ence. Self, thou art king, not .Jesus Christ. But. oh, for-the shame of it, the shame of it! Were it not for the belief in tiie mighty forgiveness of sins I would stand here, tonight with no hope of ever seeing the paradise of God. But. resting iu that hope. I wish to sav to you who have beheld tliej;x- ample of my selfish life I repudiate >t all. In .tiie world 1 have, passed as a moral citizen and a good business man; in society there has been no objection to my presence on account of my wealth and position: in the ebureii I have been tolerated" because I gave it financial support, but iu tbe sight of that perfect arid crucified Lamb of God I have broken tiie two greatest laws wbic-li lie ever announced. I have been a sinner of the deepest dye: I have been everything except a disciple of Jesns Christ. I have prayed for mercy. I believe ray prayer has been answered. “1 am conscious that some here pres ent may think that wliat I have said has been in poor taste: that it lias been an affront to tiie object of the meeting or an insult to the reelings of those who have called tiie audience together. In order that the people -may know Some men have so much respect for the truth that they always keep a dis tance from it. After suffering from severr dyspepsia over twelve years and using many rem edies without permanent good I finally took Kodol Dysdepsia Cure. Jt did me so mncli good I recommended it to every one,” writes »T. E. Watkins, Clerk and Recorder, Cliillicothe, Mo. It digests what yon eat_._. E. Bradford. It doesn’t take the average woman half as long to tell what she doesn’t want as what she does want. V? S. Mnsser, Millheim, Pa., saved the life of his little girl by giving her One Minute Congh Cure when she was dying: frotn cronp. It is the only harm less remedy that fives' immediate re sults It (lnickly cures congbs colds, bronchitis,grippe, asthma and all throat and Inng tronbles. E. Bradford. Affairs of tiie Heart. The beautiful young girl hesitated to marry tiie ugly old. man. ’They say you have a bad heart.” she falterAt "Yes: Ihn liable to fall dead any min ute." lie answered with apparent can dor. • Now at last she gave her consent, for in her innocence she believed him. More marriages are affairs of tiie heart than we sometimes think per haps.—Detroit Journal. A Hustler. “Now, then, my friend,” said the businesslike young preacher, pocketing tbe wedding fee and turning again to the bridegroom, “let me ask if you are carrying any life insurance?” “No. sir,” replied the newly made benedict; “Not yet.” ' “Well, the most sacred duty resting «i upon-you now is to take out a liberal policy for the benefit of this young wo man. who is dependent upon yon here after. 1 represent one of the-strougest and best companies in this country.' Here are tiie figures showing.” etc. And he got the young husband's ap plication. There is nothing like finish ing a job thoroughly while you are about it.—Chicago. Tribune. Nothing has ever been produced to equal or compare .with Tabler’s Buck eye Pile Ointment as a curative and healing application for Piles, Fissures, blind and bleeding, external or internal and Itching and Bleeding of the Rec tum. The relief is immediate and enre infallible. Price 50 cts. in bottles, tnbes 75 cts. T. F. Burbank. The man who itches for fame has to do a lot of scratching before he gets there. What is Celery King? It is an herb drink, and is a positive core for constipation, headache, nervous disor ders, rheumatism, kidney diseases, and the various troubles arising from a disordered stomach and torpid liver. It is a most agreeable medicine,andis recommended by physicians generally, itemember. it cures -TAcHrmt.i.tn. constipation. Celery King is sol ages by druggists and . pack- Hard cider must be the spirit of the press. Colds are not exactly contagions, lmt they are catching. J. G. Kennedy, R muoke, Tenn , says, ( ’I cannot say too mneb for IV- Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve. One-b x of. it cured what the doctor’s called an iu- cnrable n'cer on my jaw.” Cures pi es and all skin diseases. Look ont for worthless imitations E. Bradford. Prices of awnings remain nnehan; < d bnt they will soon be going np. Even the beds show sign of spring. He Made It Clear. The Worcester Gazette tells of a musician whose Knglisb is not as per fect as liis music. While conducting a festival at Littleton. N. II-., lie was called upon to introduce a soloist. He did it in tills fashion: “Ladees und elientlenien. I haf beeni esked indrodoose to you Meester to play for you a flooet solo. Ko Dyspepsia Cure, ! Digests what you eat. I It artificially digests the food and aids ! Nature in strengthening and recon- ’ strutting the exhausted digestive or gans. It is thelatest discovered digest- ant and tonic. No other preparation 1 can approach it in efficiency. It in- ; stantly relieves and permanently cures ; Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, j Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, nf Rpnnfv : SickHeadache.Gastralgia,Cramps,and OCLivl U» L)Cu U Lj : all other results of imperfect digestion. « i i i ^ n * Prepared by-E. C. D«Wltt & Co-- C^lcafiO. is health. The secret of health is E . Bradford. the power to digest and assim- : TM,iV t h e i-n-.j.t.nii:,! rt-.-.-u-t, y»r. a».t iiate a proper quanity of food. , This can never be done when Try the 0 the liver does not act it’s part, j Ci"" 1 "' * Do you know th is ? Tutt’s Liver Pills are an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys- j ’ pepsia, sour stomach, nialaria, I f” in , g ’•“ r * J # local and ncighb constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious ness and kindred diseases. Tutt’s Liver Pills Chattanooga Weekly P Times. fh.rt.i t V rr - r — ,, -• - th£ - 1 1 — 111 .=4 1 .kate.saii i now dope io, opd be vlU Do^oso-i r -less Ilian one cent a wee L political iitw> op to as all the foreign, n hood news of t. e week densed into one issue. Just he paper you w for yourself and family. Give it a trial. 50 cents each, we will sc-r.d you the W Times FKlvK. This won’t cost y..u a cent We want goad live agents everywh represent us. We give go !. subscriptions. 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