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Dropper?
There are cough medicines that
are taken as freely as a drink of
water from a dipper. They are
cheap medicines. Quantity does not
make up for quality. It’s the qual
ity that cures. There’s one medi
cine that’s dropped, not dipped —
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. There’s
more power in drops of this remedy
than in dippersful of cheap cough
syrups and elixirs. It cures Bron
chitis, Asthma, Croup, Whooping
Cough, and all Colds, Coughs, and
affections of the Throat and Lungs.
Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral
is now HALF price for the half-size
bottles —50 cents.
DIRECT VS. INDIRECT LEG
ISLATION
o
lIV REV. J. H. GAMBKKLL, I). I>.
There is no intelligent, honest de
fense of the liquor traffic now. Its
evils are recognized and fully con
fessed by all enlightened people.
How to deal most successfully with
the sum of all villianies is the matter
of contention today. There are two
methods proposed, each with mini
erous advocates. These methods are
eternally antagonistic in principle :
i. Local Option. By this method
separate counties and districts, by
vote, settle the question of license or
no license according to their moral
status, and without reference to the
effect on contiguous communities.
'Phis method is radically wrong and
vicious in that—(i) It transfers the
lawmaking power from the legislature
to the people. 'Phis subverts the 1
whole theory of representative gov
ernment, and is therefore dangerous.,
(2) 11 is anti missionary in purpose
and result. Its purpose is to prevent
the ballots of counties strong in moral
conviction from coming to the rescue
of neighboring communities that are
over mastered by segregated immoral
powers. Thus the liquor traffic is
forever secure in large cities as the
result. No patriot, to say nothing of
Christianity, can afford to give his en
dorsement to such a scheme. We,
then, that are strong ought to bear
the infirmities of the weak, and not to
please ourselves. (3) It is vicious in
principle, because it submits quadren
nially a great, throbbing question of
morals to the arbitrament of the bal
lot box. Imagine the Lord amid the
thunders of Sanai announcing a local
option law, by which the people were
to determine by separate districts
whether the decalogue should be put
in force in their counties and districts
or not. “Monstrous idea," it is said.
Little
Pimples Turn
to Cancer.
Cancer often results from an lm
|urity in tho blood, inherited from
generations back. Few people an 1 en
tirely free from some taint in the blood,
and it is impossible to tell when it will
break out in the form <*f dreaded Cau
ser. What has appeared to tie a mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
the most malignant Cancer.
M I had a aoTere Cancer -which was at first
only n tow blotches, that I thought would
soon pass away. 1 was
tSIWK treated by several able
tor \flV physicians, but in salts
W m of their efforts the Cau
cor spread until myoon-
B R After many months oj
H /-flak fle treatment and growing
\S [v steadily worse, 1 do
which was so strongly
JRsr V• Jig, recommended The first
(yf ] V.Wlk Udtle produced an Im-
XsSjgi K-WS . provement. 1 continued
the medicine, and in
four months the last lib
"V:\ *l* scab dropped off,
M * Ten years have elapsed,
and not a alga of the disease lias returned. 1 '
R. F. Williams,
Glllsburg, Miss.
It is dangerous to experiment with
Cancer. The disease is beyond the skill
of physleians. 8. S. 8. is the only cure,
because it is the only remedy which
goes deep enough to reach Cancer.
SSSJtL Blood
(Swift's Specific) is the only blood
remedy guaranteed Purely Vegetable.
All others contain potash and mer
cury, the most dangerous of minerals.
Books on Cancer and blood diseases
mailed free by Swift Specific Company,
Atlanta, Georgia.
and such it is. Think of God’s ser!
•
vants—some ministers of His—advo
cating a measure under whose pro
visions people are to determine quad
rennially whether or not a business
! shall exist that violates every princi
pie of the decalogue every day in the
year! A “local option” Christian
will cut a sorry figure in the light of
the judgment. (4) It is vicious be
cause in its results it teaches the les
son that what is morally wrong in one
I community may be morally right in
adjoining community. That the bal
lots of voters, many of them densely
ignorant and vicious, determine right
and wrong, rather than the voice of
God. No thoughtful Christian will
subscribe to such a miserable heresy.
(5) It is vicious because the quadren
nial election it provides for, involves
the expenditure of large sums of
money by Christian and moral people
to secure the protection of their
homes and loved ones; this too when
a legislature is elected and paid to
secure this very protection, and too
in view of the fact that the United
Slates supreme court has announced,
“the legislature cannot barter away
the morals of the people, the people
themselves cannot do that. (6) It is
vicious because the county that is de
bauched enough to maintain the
liquor traffic, cannot and does not
want to confine the business and its
blighting results to its own territory.
“The jug business’’ is a convincing
indinctment against “local option” as
a method for settling the liquor ques
tion. it is an indictment that neither
argument nor sophistry can dispose of
with patriotic Christians.
2. Hired Legislation. By this is
meant legislation by constitutional
authority, or legislation by the legis
lature. This is the national method
of dealing with the liquor traffic. The
business of the gambler, prostitute,
Sunday desecrator, and all other
questions involving the morals of the
people are dealt with directly by the
law-making power. The liquor traffic
is the notable exception to this gen
eral rule. Why? Direct legislation
has many advantages over local op
tion. (1) It simplifies a complex
question, in that it presents a single
clear cut issue, and forces every voter
to stand flat-footed for or against the
the saloons. (2) It will in time ally
all the moral forces in the State and
nation on the definite issue. This
will “smoke” every politician out of
| the woods and bring him into an
open field of combat. The shrewdest
politician will fail to organize prohi
bitionists and liquor advocates for his
support for any position when the
liquor traffic is the direct and simple
issue. Under “local option" he has, 1
and uses this golden opportunity of
almagamating antagonistic forces to :
further his or party ends. This is j
why nearly every politician is a local
optionist. Let prohibitionists make
the square issue in any election for
legislators and executive officers and
that is the day of doom for the liquor
traffic in Georgia. God speed that
Jong prayed for redemption.
WAXTKI)— SEVEn vr. TRUSTWORTHY rEß
sons in this state to manage our business i;'.
tlioir own ami nearby counties. It is mainly of
fice work conducted at home. Salary straight
SIMM) a year ami expenses- definite, bona tide, no
nnor\ iio less salary. Monthly S7.\ References.
Rnelose self-addressed stamped envelope* Her
bert E. Hess, Preut.. Dept. M. Ohicag*
Only 11 Clip of Tea.
A vast amount of so-called “char T
ity” lacks the loving impulse which is
the soul of true giving. Thousands
of dollars have been bestowed upon
the poor without expressing as much
of Christ like sympathy as the simple
act which someone has described as
follows:
A group of bright faced young
women were chatting together in the
pablor over their afternoon tea. when
a distant knocking caught the ear
of the pretty girl hostess.
“Excuse me a minute, please, she
claimed, springing to her feet. “1
nnisn t leave that knock unanswered,
for 1 suspect that it is mama's wash
erwoman bringing home our clean
clothes."
The surmise was quite right. Mrs.
Knott, the washerwoman, stood at
the back door with a heavy willow
basket in her arms. She was a slight
little woman, who always looked too
frail for hard work she was obliged
to do. This afternoon her lips were
almost colorless, and there were blue
rings under her eyes. She was al
most breathless from her long walk
with the heavy burden, and her chest
heaved spasmodically.
“Come in and sit down while 1 get
the money," said the girl sweetly.
She stepped into the adjoining
room for her purse, and as site came
back the white face of the woman at
the door stirred her sympathetic heart
to a sudden, quick pity.
“How tired you look! " she cried.
"Wait, and 1 11 get you a cup ot tea.
She had flashed out of sight in an
instant, and was back again betore
Mrs. Knott had recovered fiom (her
surprise. On a dainty tray she car
ried a cup of delicate china from
which rose a tempting fragrance.
“Drink this,” she said. “I'm sure
you'll feel better."
The woman's hardened hand trern
i bled as she took the cup and hastily
[ drank its contents. The warmth
seemed to spread through chilled,
exhausted body. Yes, her heart,
too, felt the comfortable glow. A
minute before she had been worn
out, discouraged, hopeless. Now a
new courage stirred within her. As
she had climbed the steps she had
thought how sadly insufficient for her
needs the pay for her work would be.
Now she thought of the neccessaries
it would purchase for her children,
and her face grew bright. She went
out into the dust and dampness of
the late afternoon with a step which
was no longer hopeless.
Only a cup of tea! Such a trifle
to give, and yet carrying such com
fort ! Surely there must have gone
with it the blessing of Him who mul
tiplied the loaves and the fishes ac
cording to the needs of the multitude
when they waited long on his minis
trations.—Selected.
Sick headache, billiousuesa, constipa
tion and all liver and stomach Doubles
can be quickly cured by using those
famous little pills known as DeWitts
Little Early Risers. They are pleasant
to take and never gripe.
Dn. W. A. Wright.
Life in l*orto Rico.
I have been in many Porto Rican
houses. I have been in the homes
jof the wealthy, in the dwellings of
i the middle classes, and in the huts of
| the indigent. I have seen but few
I rooms which had anything whatever
that would recommend them as sleep
| ing apartments. The salon anil the
I dining room may be spacious and
airy. The bed chamber will be a
den in the most unsuitable corner,
; small, dark and cheerless. The Por
i to Rican may enjoy his life as keenly
| as does anyone, but it is after a man
ner of his own, and that manner
! would be far from acceptable to the
average right minded American.
There should be several moderate
sized fortunes lying around on this
island for enterprising American Bon
ifaces who wiil come here and erect
modern hotels on American princi
ples. They need not be palatial.
The prime requisite would be that
they be provided with windows that
will admit light and air. One is led
to imagine that the l’orto Rican has
some bitter feud with both of these
rather desirable provisions of nature,
so diligently does he seek to exclude
them from his buildings, and particu
larly from his sleeping rooms.
Glass is not unknown to the island.
It is familiar to all in the shape of
bottles, goblets and mirrors. Mir
rors are placed in the back of the
front set in many of the carriages.
But window glass is a rarity, both for
stores and private residences. In
dwellings, either the solid shutter or
blind is used to close the openings
in the walls. Stores seldom use show
windows. According to the frontage
of the building will be the number of
the openings closed by wooden doors.
For an hour or two at midday these
doors are shut. Commercial Porto
Rico goes to its breakfast and sus
pends all transactions while it does
so. At such an hour in the morning
as suits one's convenience he takes a
sup of coftee and a roll and perhaps
an egg. At midday one eats his
breakfast. It appears to be an im
portant function, and business is sus
pended while it is in progress. In
other words, business seems to be
conducted between meals. One
finds many customs which are strange
to American eyes. Cows, often ac
companied by muzzled calves, are
driven about the streets. Would you
have milk! You get it direct from
the fountain. The driver will stop
in the street and milk for you, a pint
or a quart, into a bottle. Whether
or no the ladies go to market or to
the stores on shopping expeditions I
cannot say. One rarely sees a wom
an on the streets in street dress.
The markets are thronged during
the morning hours, but the customers
seem to be of the poorer classes.
The quantities purchased would in
dicate only a day-to-day provision.
—Ex. ‘
It may rain too much or not
enough, according to man's view,
but all things come out for the best
in the end. Man's sight is short here
below.
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PLOW POINTS:
Too much land is expensive if it is
hot kept in good condition, as the
taxes thereon will be an expense
which must always be met. But few
farms are well supplied with manure,
and tne result is that the land is not
adequately furnished with plant food.
Nothing is gained by spreading the
manure neccessary for five acres over
ten times that area, for the smaller
the yield the greater the expense of
growing a crop in proportion to re
ceipts. The largest yields are on
small farms, and the profits are greater
because less labor is required in
hauling and harvesting the crops.
The distance in hauling the manure
to a field regulates the number of
loads, but the expense for labor is the
same for a few loads as lor many
where the hauling of the manure is
an important matter. It is in the
concentration of effort that the ex
penses are lessened. If a farmer can
secure eighty bushels of corn from
one acre he will make a larger prot.t
than from forty bushels per acre on
two acres, as he will have only one
acre to plow and cultivate, and his |
land will become better every year 1
because of bein 5 well manured.
The area of the ground that can
be used for conducting a number of
experiments need not be large. An
acre will give sixty-four plots each
25 x 25 feet square, and a comparison
of different crops, under various
methods of cultivation, will give more
practical experience and information
to those interested than can be
gained by many years’ cultivation
without regard to system or regular
ity.
The individual characteristics of i
animals cannot be overlooked, but
where breeds are used greater uni
formity results. Butter fat may be j
forced by generous and rich feeding
to a limited degree.the limit of profit
being soon reached, but while rich
feeding will increase the total flow of
milk and total yield of butter fat in
some cows of breeds, other cows will
dry oft and become fat with the same
feeding. This peculiarity of individ
ual cows must be studied, and each
animal compared with the others in
order to select the most profitable.
Select the seed corn while the
stalks are standing in the field.
Much can be done by selection.
Over 160 bushels of corn were raised
on an acre in Nelson county, Vir
ginia, by a former member of Con
gress by selection of seed. Some
stalks contained from five to seven
ears, and grew to the height of four
teen feet. This may appear re
markable, and may not be repeated,
but it shows that in order to secure
the largest yields the seed corn must
be selected every year until the va
riety is made better.
The souring of milk is caused by
bacteria which are in the dirt of the
cows udder, milker’s hands, pails,
strainer and cans, and in the dust in
the air. Under favorable conditions
these bacteria double every twenty
minutes, and a single germ in a pail
of warm milk increases to eight
germs injan hour, 64 in two hours,
4,096 in four hours, and at the end
of twelve hours, if the growth was un
checked it would require eleven fig
ures to write the number of bacteria
springing trom a single germ. With
careless milking 500,000 germs have
been found in a cubic inch of fresh
milk.—U. S. Bulletin.
While farmers with large areas
sometimes claim that “farming don't
pay,” other farmers manage to live
and save something on ten acres.
One of the successful farmers on a
small farm made it a rule when he
went to market to bring home more
money than he carried. His rule
was to endeavor to sell, in value,
more than he purchased, and to grow
everything on his farm for his own
use than the land would produce.
Those who ship fruit to market
mav not be familiar with the meth
ods’ of handling fruit by the carriers
and merchants. Fruit started from
the farm may be apparently well and
properly packed, and yet arrive in
the market in poor condition. The
packing of fruit for market requires
judgement and experience. 'lhere
is something to learn and every grow
er should give some attention to se
curing information in that direction.
One of the most important points is
to have the fruit uniform, and of the
same quality at the bottom of the
basket or box or at the top, buyers
always making close examination.
DEBTORS TAKE NOTICE.
The books and accounts of Drs.
Clark & Clark, and of Dr. B. J.
Clark, dec'd., are in my hands for
collection and settlement. Parties
indebted to either or both, will please
call at ray office and make settlement
without delay, as collections will be
pressed. J. J. Rogers,
Attorney-at-Law.
An Afflicted Msfhar
BOTH OF HER BOYS KILLED BY DISASTERS.
Cue Met Death, with Six Other Children, by a Cyclone while at
School, the Other, a Married Son, was Run Oyer by a
Railroad Train—The Mother's Health Shattered.
From the limes, Paw Paw, 111.
go much lias been said regarding the al
most miraculous cure of Mrs. Ellen A. Oder
kirk, of Paw Paw, 111., from a serious illness,
that a reporter interviewed her and ascertained
the facts. Mrs. Oderkirk was found to be a
very genial lady übout fifty years of age, and
a prominent member ot the TV. R. C. fehe
has met with many sad misfortunes in her life.
On June 20th, 1890, her younger sou, Robbie,
a bright lad nine years of age, and the sun
shine of the home, was one of seven children
who were killed in an awful cyclone while at
school. That was not the only sad experience
of Mrs. Oderkirk’s life, for on November 11,
1893, her only remaining child, Lewis, a mar
ried son, was run over uud killed by a Burliug
ton train.
Mrs. Oderkirk’s health was shattered and
she was a constant sufferer for years. Her
principal trouble was neuralgia of the stom
ach and this was very severe.
, The story of her complete and wonderful
I cure is described in her own words, as fol
lows:
“About eight years ago I was attacked
with severe pains in the stomach which
would usually waken me from a sound sleep.
These pains were pronounced by local physi
cians to lie neuralgia of the stomach. At first
the attacks occurred every two or three weeks,
but they became more severe and I would
often suffer three or four nights in succession,
especially if I overworked or became fatigued
or excited.
“1 was treated by four local physicians
for neuralgia, indigestion and nervousness,
none of which however succeeded in giving
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;me any permanent relief. I became dig.
couraged and it seemed that I was doomed to
I be a constant sufferer the rest of my life.
“About this time I learned that Hr. Wil
liams’ Pink Pills for Pale People contained
in a condensed form, all the elements nec
essary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves.
“I was willing to try anything that offered
relief, and as the pills cost only 50 cents a
box or six boxes for $2.50, and could be had
at any druggist’s, or direct by mail from Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Company, Scheneciady,
N. Y., I supplied myself with a quantity of
them. I had not taken them two weeks
when I noticed a marked improvement in
my condition. I continued taking the pills
until I had consumed seven or eight boxes
of them, and I considered myself entirely
cured. 1 can cat all kinds of food, which is
something 1 have not been able to do for
years. I am not troubled in the least with
nervousness as I was during the time of my
stomach troubles.
“So far as I know I am well and because
of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
a complete cure has been made.
“ If any one would like to hear more 0#
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Mrs. Ellen A. Oderkirk, whose name ap
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peared before tne, Police Magistrate of the
village of Paw Paw, Cos. of Lee, and State of
Illinois, this the 23rd day of June, 1897, and
made affidavit to the above statement,
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