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Christianity as Taught by Christ
Eighth of the Series of Sermons Delivered by
Dr. H. S. Bradley and Published by The Constitution.
The Ninth Will be Printed Next Monday.
Subject: Meekness and Its In
heritance.
Text: “Blessed are the meek: for
they shall inherit the earth.’ Mat
thew, v, 5.
The beatitudes are not a string of
pearls. They are vitally related to each
other. The kingdom of heaven belongs to
those who have open, eager minds for
great truth—the poor in spirit. Heavy
experiences that break the spoil of the
external world teach great truth, and
lead those who are willing to follow' to
God—the mourners are made strong and
courageous. Those who, finding God, adopt
His will as their own enter into their
rightful inheritance—the meek possess the
earth.
Let us Inquire what is this quality of
soul which Jesus says Is powerful enough
to win the world Meekness is not mere
passivity, not weakness, not limpness, not
shrinking, not cowering, not insensibility,
not loss of power of Indignation. The
meek man Is not an animated rag. 5 u
confuse a manifestation of meekness "...
meekness Itself is to mistake the tint
Illumination of the glow-worm for the
aurora borealis. To cm.fuse simple fl' 1 ”'
rcsist.ance with m p ekn<ss Is to mistake
burning punk forth ■ meridian s in.
Webster defines me-kness as “submis
sion to the divine will; patience and gen
tleness from moral and rGlgions
fives.” The Century dictionary defines It
as “gentleness or mildness of tomi*e. .
not easily provoked or Irritated: seJ.-,< .
trolled and gentle.” But tho word which
Jesus used that Is translated "meek”
mffir.s more th'in that. II" described «a
quality and nnt a symptom.
I offer four (tofil !':■ is <•' meekness '■
It Is perfect conformity tn God's will .and
cooperation In it. 2. Self-control t-i.tt • -
the result of ib - d Fation ’’ s-e's
great truth or princi- m. 3. ih- «.!.••>.••.
nation of self and sei* Intemst to a great
end. 4. Calmness produced by the con
•elousness of power.
Even an inanimate substance water
may Illustrate on® quality of me kness.
In that water readily conforms to a
stronger pnwf XVI * n water is subject
ed to heat It evaporates a id bursts its
containing ve«-1 Tim explosion is the
result of meekness. It conforms to the
law of heat.
The Book of Numbers tells us that
Moses was the meekest n. tn Bet us look
for a moment at his character ami see if
we can find the qualities which give him
the right to that tit! ll . The first time
Moses Is men” " -1. ■ the s'-'.im o,
his finding In tho river an entrance to
Pharaoh's h il 1, is on the day when
In his indlgnat!- -’. he slays i'. Eir . pt: m
He ran away from Egypt after this ad
venture and spent forty years in the
country of Mi lian I:: th. land of Arabia.
At the end of thia period, he had an ex
perience at what is called the “burning
bush.” al! th*? features of which wc maj
never und-'-st .’ H n experience s '
deep that In it found God and his
better self, anj became willing 1 to co
operate with Go . . •; • gre it work whioh
needed to be don® i.: freeing his enslaved
brethren.
When Moses felt called of God to un
dertake this sta a; w :k he f-'lt Ids insuffi
ciency for the task Ilf offered all sorts
of excuses why he ou’d refuse to un
dertake It. b-it fin illy cam® to the point
of absolute surrender of his own will to
God's and "onp. :.ition In the purpose of
God. He did : ' so ■ u-h lose his will as
he found his wi 1 in God's.
For forty years Moses had been doing
th«> work of a <l. In the eyes of
the Egyptian, the most degrading work
in the world An Egyptian locked upon a
Fhepherd with *' • • 1 nt hlthat a
Jew looked it: M i sw.neheni. As a pig
was an Incarnate devil . > > Jew. a .-Ip'ep
was an Incam i -.lvll to ar. E::\;-u>u
From the ’..■■l'c r.r i.• 1 of Midian
Moses survey-?.? mind's l ••ye the •. n
t!r lai -. ' lie < sthnatt d Its
wealth, and it v, is t ibi > tinw the r'. h
»st nation in I'l® w-rbl, it:-- ■•• irnmg, .md
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nation In th’ w ell: its p .--.•-••:. ,:•. 1 it was
at this , :
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by all the Egyptians, for they looked
upon Pharaoh not simply as their king
snd the favored one ■ : G 1 ' but as in ar
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Nile country.
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. It, he made his way to the capital city
of Egypt and, taking his shepherd
brother with him, walked modestly,
r calmly, but firmly, into the very presence
” of the most splendid and regal potentate
on the earth and demanded the cnian-
• cipation of his brethren.
There was nothing In the air of Moses
that suggested the swaggerer, the bully
or the braggart ns lie faced Maneptha.
But, on the oiher hand, there was noth
ing of shrinking, timidity or cringing ns
Tie gently, but calmly, made his demands
known.
Maneptha, seated upon a gorgeous
throne of ivory and gold, surrounded by
priests and priestesses, flew into a tow
ering rage at the impudence, the pre
sumption. of the loathsome keeper of
sheep. He refused the demand, and.
pointing to his head upon which rested
the red and gold cap. the symbol of
power over upper and lower Egypt,
called attention to the golden asp with
blazing ruby eyes which encircled his
forehead. “Look,” said Maneptha, “at
that asp. the egis of victory, the talis
man of death. Get out of my presence
les’ the serpent of Egypt strike you
dead.”
Moses calmly took the shepherd’s
crook from the hand of Aaron, and.
casting it upon the floor, said to Manep
tha. “Yes. I see the asp. tho symbol of
bloated power, but this shepherd's
crook, the emblem of despised and down
trodden right, is more powerful than it.”
And the shepherd's crook ate up th' 1 asp
of Egypt, a symbolic way of saying that
might went down before right.
It Is a long story, but Moses tri
umphed. Maneptha emancipated the
slaves. “Blessed are the meek, for they
shall Inherit the earth.”
Martin Luther in his best moments il
lustrated meekness. Born of humble pa
rents at Eisleben. in Saxony, ho reached
the age of IP before he was converted.
The story of his conversion Illustrates
the former beatitude, “Blessed are they
that mourn.” for he was shocked into
consciousness. Returning home to Er
furt one day with Alexis, his bosom
friend he had reached the gate, when,
a thunder storm coming up. a bolt of
lightning struck Alexis and ho fell dead
at Luther's feet. This was the turning
point In his life. He determined to de
vote himself to God and God's service.
He Identified God's will with his own
and became a monk In the Augustin- con
vent. Some years later he found in th’
■’rfurt library an old Latin Bible, a book
which he had never se»n before From
It he learned other lessons than the
keeping of fasts and vigils. This Bible
became his deliverer from darkness. From
it he learned what God’s will for him
was. Years passed by and Luther found
himself in charge of the flock at vvit
tenberg. Leo X, a man who disgraced
the great Roman church, as many a
Protestant bishop has disgraced Protest
antism, occupied the pontifical chai'-.
He sent Tetzel, a monk, to Wittenberg
'n seii Indulgences for the purpose of
raising money. Luther's flock bought
the indulgences. Ho knew that it was
wrong, but what could he, a poor, ob
scute monk, accomplish in re isting the
power of Homo? Little. 11 might .-■• om
but Luther determined that whatever
of power he had should be thrown on
the side of t'.e right. He determine.l
that, however y -or tie- weapon, he would
use it on God's side. Ho chnlLngeJ Tct
zel. and In doing so outraged the pope.
For three years various mild methods
were employed to bring Luther to terms,
but they all failed. At last the order
went forth to the hangman to burn all
of Luther's writings, and bring Luther
himself bound to Rome.
Luther knew the probable end, for lie
was familiar with the burning of Huss
' and Jerome.
Luther's friends tried to dissuade him
from his course. But. in spile of their
entreaties, he marched to the gate ot
Wittenberg and burned the pope's de
cree in tlie presence of the assembled
multitude.
■ There was nothing of the braggart and
I seif-assertive man in laither at this
i time. There was In him the man who
; asserted God as he understood Him. At
I the diet of Worms there was nothing
j ot showy ambition or ostentatious self
i Importance, but rather the calmness of
• self-control, the gentleness of conscious
i power.
i Luther was meek when lie said, “Were,
there ae many devils in Worms as there
I are roof tiles, I would go on.” He was
tncek when, before the assembled digni
taries, after hours of patient argument
and pleading for the sake of his con
fidence, he cried. “Here stand I; I can
do no other; God assist me.” Insignifi
cant as he felt himself to be, Luther
struck a blow for conscience and free
dom which made possible the voyage of
the Mayflower, free America, the French
1 revolution and an emancipated world.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth.”
Jesus referrid to Himself ns an iiius-
• tration of meekness. His public appear-
TH K WLT-KLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1903.
ances before this time were few, but one
of them was the occasion of His visit to
tlie temple, when, In majestic indigna
tion, He seized a wisp of straw and
drove the money-changers and dove
sellers pellrnell from tho court of the
Gentiles. He referred to Himself as
meek Upon (he occasion of the behead
ing of John the Baptist. It was as if
He said, “Yes, I know that Herod has
cut oft John's head and that they say
he is likely to cut off Mine; but go tell
that jackal] that I have a programme
that I shall carry out and am not to bo
terrilled or turned aside.”
Jesus was meek, the meekest, man that
ever lived on the earth, hut Jesus stood
in the presence of die scribes and Phar
isees and poured out a volcanic flood up
on them. The “woes” which He pro
nounced upon them have been called a
philippic, but Demosthenes’ arraignment
of Philip is not to lie mentioned In tho
same breath with the terrible arraign
ment of these hypocrites who were shut
ting tlie doors of the kingdom in men’s
faces.
Jesus was meek, calm in the conscious
ness of great power, when, in Gethse
mane on the night of His arrest, He
stood undaunted before the rabble that
had come with lanters. sticks and blud
geons to take Him. His very meekness
struck them dumb and they fell back
ward upon the ground as dead men.
lie was meek when, in the presence of
Pilate, He stood calm, self-nossessed
and dignified while the mob hooted, jeer
ed and screamed for His blood. There
was self-control. There is not one sug
gestion in the stories we have of Jesus
that He ever lost this perfect poise, this
self-mastery, this meekness.
What is the reward of a character like
this? Jesus answers that they shall in
herit the earth. This expression was a
great surprise to most of His hearers.
His auditors were composed prinelp.illy
of Jews and they had been caught to
believe that th. children of Abraham
should possess the earth. The rallying
cry of the Romans was, at this time,
‘ The earth for the Romans!” Jesus
t ew in the face of both of these notions
when He said: “The e:-rth is tin? rightful
Inheritance of the meek." It was as if
He hud said to the Jews: "AU that fine
matter about your being Abraham's send
and therefore entitled to the earth has
played out God is able of these stones,
ns John the Baptist said, to raise up
children unto Abraham that are better
than some of you. The call now Is for
every man to repent, to think again, to
identify his own will with God. to bo
nu k. It is such as these that shall
inherit the earth."
The old Jewish idea that the earth was
to belong to ci i tain ;>• o; b. bin rise of
race, or color, or previous occupancy,
controls in some quarters today. When
foreigners prove themselves worthier
than ourselves, we set up the cry,
“America for Americans!” When tlie
black man excels tie v. iiite man it: some
kind- of work tmd is therefore preferred
by employers, we hear the cry. “Tills
country for the white man!" Such a
cowardly cry !•• longs not to any one
si ..•lion inn to all sections of our coun
try.
This in the light of Jesus' teaching is
all wrong. We should not cry Amer:. 1
for Americans, ot tlie south for the
whites, but America and the south for
the tit, for the worthy, for the virtuous,
for the gentle, for those who identify
their own wills with God’s.
Very likeiy tlie American Indian in his
own dialect cried, "America for tlie In
dians!” But the descendants of the Pil
grim Fathers who were gentler men than
di., bnody Indian:; have got it notwith
standing.
No doubt the Hottentots cried, "Africa
for Afii.ans!" But Africa is for the
me< k of whatever color, whether yellow,
black or white.
We had as well recognize the fact that
an eternal principal of God controls here,
and adjust ourseß es to it. Brute strength
and selfasserlivenes and bluster mid
thunder must ;:o down before tlie calm,
quiet, patient, determined gentlemen who,
knowing Goli s will, dare do it.
Those who finally win and control aro
cot li..- t rbulent, the violent, the blood
thirsty, tlie swaggers, the braggarts, tho
stlt-asserii ve siormers, but loose who,
having mastered themselves and dedieat
ed themselvea to God, have in tlie con
sciousnes of His power become gentle,
patient and calm. Themislocles used to
nay: “You are angry, tiieictore you are
wrong." The mail who raves and tares
1 is hair may convince his hearers that
lie is crazy, but he seld-oin convinces
them that li; is right. People do not
follow a fire-eater long. Men soon come
to- think that the very fact of one's Im
patience with opposition, one's raving
self-nssertiveness is an evidence that he
suspects that his own position Is un
tenable. They think he talks extrava
gantly because lie isn't sure of his own
position, that he whistles loudly in the
grave yard to k< ep his courage up. One
wlio storms does not make himself bet
ter understood than one who speaks calm
ly, and he gets not as good results.
At last tlie quiet forces are the power-
ful ones. Thunder makes a great noise,
but the force of gravitation. is a mil
lion times as strong. A tornado at
tracts much attention, but its power is
infinitesimal as compared to the soft, si
lent, gentle power of the sunbeams. You
remember tlie old fable of the contest be
tween the wind anq t) ie HU n. Each tried
to take the cloak from the back of ne
traveler. The wind whistled, roared and
blew a great gale, but the harder it blew
the tighter the traveler wrapped his
clonk about him. The wind gave up In
defeat. Then the su n came out with be
nignant rays. Warmer and warmer It
became and presently the traveler remov
ed his cloak of his own accord.
The meek shall possess the earth. They’
have a title to it which is less likely to
l>e broken, because they have fewer ene
mies. and, more than that, they are like
ly to live longer in the enjoyment of it.
Passion and revenge work their Own
destruction.
It has often been remarked that the
great word of th New Testament la
"faith,” but that it does not appear in
any one of the beattitudes. The reason
Is clear. It Is he who, having found God
and identified his wll] with God's, writes
his name along side >f the long catalogue
of “worthies" in the eleventh chapter
of Hebrews.
The meek may not have the world vet
but they are getting it more and more
every day. No question is ever settled
until it is settled right, and it is a con
summation devoutly to be wished that
good men, gentle men. meek men. should
control the world.
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THE SOO CRASH.
How the Sad and Sensational Break-
> down Began.
(From The Chicag.i Record-Herald.)
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.—Recklessness,
bad management, Incompetency, too
much money and p- rhaps stock jobbing
brought about the ruin of the great
Consolidated Lake shiperlor Company,
which was capltaiiziG at SI 17.000.000. and
into which eastern investors put $30,-
000,000 in cash. X i other explanation
ot the crash that occurred early this week
is to bo found here, tvlicre the properties
of tlie company are looked upon ns in
vestments that in tie future, under eco
nomical and pro;, sive development
may earn someth!: But as regards
tlie past and the pi nt, it is clearly the
plans ot another c ipoleon of finance
i have ended in oilier Waterloo o f
I f'lii.ince. And it is t; old story as re
: gar,is tlie Jos.«es--th< y fall on the credu
• lous investors led u, :o tlie brink of ruin
. by a plausible pron; ’ ,>r who had visions
of developing an f. : istrinl empire, but
whoso plans were >ut of all harmony
with sound business practice.
Tin re. are more in , riant losses, so far
as this community i >w corn., rued, than
those to the stocl . Cders. More than
$200,000 is owing the thousands of
employees of the co rpany in mines, iron
works, lumber cam m i railroads. For
a month and a hal' ’io tvtges have been
paid, and the de.-p? ■ ion of hunger has
seized many of tin ■ men, remote from
possibilities ot' ot! : employment at J
with families to si .port. Most of the
men have time rhe : ■ which are worth
less at stores or b, .as. There is much
bitter feeling againsi he company among
the Mlchipicoten mm-rs. who have been
corning Into this to'sn for several days,
and unless some <!■ lite arrangements
; are made for early ; .ment of the wages
i due trouble is almost certain to follow.
! According to the n rs’ statement they
i have been encourag to buy their win
ter's supplies from t'im company's stores.
These supplies are worthless except in
the mines. The miners' transportation
from the mines her has also been de
ducted by tlie comp my, so that few of
tip in have cheeks ("•• more than $25.
| Tli'.-c is some hope ; ■ ■ the men in trie
statement of Premi ■ i.oprge W! Ro -, of
ill.? Ontario governm< , that if the wag s
due are not paid to ' <■ nployc-'s of tan
company by next M . '.ty he will witli
holtl .ill certificates m land grants due
tlie company o . accomil of the construc
tion ••/ tbs.- Algoma • ■•■ Tr il railway The
80 miles already oviit would entitle
1 ihe railway to ainbul GPO.OOO acres.
I Indinstrially the coll ips, means the
abandonment ol high hop ■■ eatert.lined
by thousands of residents of northern
Michigan and the adjaeen- province of
Ontario. I'inb r the alluring plans of
Francis H. Clergue, the i omoter of the
I enterprise, a.l this region " is to be made
| the greatest mining, wo-, -pulp making
I and manufacturing distri ■ in the world.
! At the Soo a great power Cant was con
structed. to develop 60.0 b.: horsepower,
with one of the most e> pensive equip
ments In the world, th. work costing
83,500,000. Into the dev. pment of the
company's property the ■ . dulous inves
| tor poured millions, waie were spent in
I the wildest fashion unde < the direction
I of Mr. Clergue.
I Tli.'U came the era h. The directors
! were forced to admit ti.nf th -y could not
i pay a Juan of $5,050.00 • three months
i overdue, and Speyer <!-■ *.'e tlie New' \ oik
; bankers who held as coil ••ral securities
i <if tie* companies sub-: li y to the Con
' solidated Lake Sup . io: company au
i nouneed that the coll.i’ei ■ would be sold
;at public auction U lime ■ Meanwhile
a receiver for the eompai. lias been ap-
, pointed, B. F. Franken M. Jr., presi
' dent of the Thomas lr Company of
Easton, l'a. On behalf ■■' the receiver
Attorney Bicknell, o: 5 ■ mto, has ar
rived iiere, and is now :: charge of the
compamy's local affair
Mr. Clergue also is her . He is full of
roseate promises tor the Im are and talks
much of English eai lta that is to de
velop ids enterprise to . fullest possl
\ bllities as soon as the resent trouble.
’ which lie ascribes to ':' <.• unexpected
! continuance of money j ssure in New
Fork.” is over. He a H that only a
i fraction of tlie capital ' sted has been
' earning money, and now he wlio.e plant
is ready to be revenue p liKtng. There
is a faction here that : dl believes in
Clergue, but the gn-ater umber of thosu
' w’ho know him and his enterprise look
upon him as the sour's- o ' liie w’H’i" trou
ble, through his roekles 1 unbusinesslike,
extravagant tnanagene i“
Where did the monej that has been
■ sj. nt bv Clergue go i ' ' good part of it
went Into tlie water p<» • -r development
plant; millions more were pent for docks,
wharves and railroads, i-'or nearly six
years the Satllt Ste. V ric region has
been largely subsisting ■ if ttw? Consoli
dated Lake Superior Company. There is
something to show fur io money; the
power plant exists, besid the railways,
rolling mills, car shops, . ulp works and
numerous other structur . The presence
of raw material in tlie : -’ion is undeni
able. and under a prude t. conservative
management something may ultimately
be recovered from the reek. Probably
something might hit'., b n made out of
tlie enterprise by this tin, ■ had the works
now in existence been b alt on a smaller
scale, trusting to the plai: of development
as the business grew But apparently in
vestors in tlie scheme must now eat
i humble pie for a long tin ■ to come.
I On good authority it i. i'i be said that
there is no truth in the reports that the
Consolidated Lake Super: >" Company will
be used with other .■m - ns to forestall
the plans of the Unjted Stares StiVl Cor
poration to open plants '■ Canada.. Tlie
Consolidated compan;, s plans and devel
opment me widely at variance with any
such contemplated uses
In addition to the $5,050,000 claim that
precipitated the company a failure, there
must be satisfied at the a .ctlon sole other
claims aggregating at !‘ ast $5,000,000,
making the total amou’ ' that will be
needed to satisfy ail claims about $lO.-
000.000. The chief of ims“ underlying
claims are bonds Issued ■;gainst tlie sub
companies, the stocks of which are part
lof the collateral securlth hfld by Speyer
& Co., as follows: Mi ulmin Lake Superior
Power Company, $3 500 000; street rail
way and t'errx companies. $600,000; Ta
goiia Light and Water Company, $160,-
000; town debentures a- med when the
franchises were obtained from Sault Ste.
Marie. $300,000. in addition there are
numerous meclianies .yn.l -rvlit'-rs' liens.
Talk of a grand jury investigation of
the company's affairs is increasing, and
will doubtless amount to investigation
when the grand jury meets, October 3.
Public sentiment is such ns to make it
probable that an indictment or indict
ments will be voted, charging conspiracy
to defraud Canadian stockholders. Those
who are agitating the movement for an
investigation by tin grand jury have
succeeded in interesting the authorities
itn Ottawa and Toronto, and if no indlct-
I ment is ordered an order for tlie investl
| gation of the company will almost cer
| tainly come from one source or another.
Save the Babies.
fNTANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that of
all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-two per cent,, or nearly
one quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven per cent,, or more than
one-third, before they are five, and one half before they are fifteen I
We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a ma
jority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these
infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures
and soothing syrups sold for children’s complaints contain more or less opium, or
morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity,
they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria
operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of
Chas. H. fletcher. Castoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the
pores of the skin and allays fever.
Letters from Prominent Physicians
I II addressed to Chas. li. Fletcher.
<Dr. A. F. Peeler, of St. Louis. Mo., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria
‘'■'s 5n man y cases ami have always lound it an efficient and speedy rein y.
•| I> r . E. Down, of rhd.id’iphia. Pa., says: "I bav- prescribed your rar or »
f- — 1 lyl in lry p.active fur many j.uis with great satisfaction to myself and benefit t<»
' Dr. J. 1< Waggoner, of Chieago. Ills., says: “T can most heartilv recommend
your Pastoria to :!,e public as rmnedy for childrens complaints. I bav«
W-W® ' tried it and found it of great value."
Pl Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. says:
wiy vs- )n my ow;1 with grriri results, and have advised several patients to
USO it for its m.'kl laxative effect and freedom from harm.
i\z .it n *’ r k Dr J P Fllfott of Now York C!tv, says: "Having during the past Hi*
Avegc table Preparation lor As- S year, m-ikcribed yem- Cas’orla for infantile Stomach disorders, I most heartily
ting the Stcaadfi and Bowels Os Os Sprague. Os Omaha, Neb., says: "Your Castoria
’’medklTK for children, and I frequently prescribe it. V. hile I/to not ®"f s
.Uii r? r J A p-.-k'-r of Kansas City Mo savs: "You- Castoria. holds the esteem
Promotes Dtgcstion.Cheerfu! - $ " f VTd ’m;
BCSS and Rest .Contains neither W universal household remedy for infantile ailnK.r.ts.”
nor Mineral.
; AotNARCOTIC. it castoria b-m suv.-d tb.r.’.: i-c-. from an caGv grave. J '-an furnish hundreds of
j L; testimonials from this locality as to its efficiency and merits.
j Dr Norman M. Goer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: “During the last twelve
vf-ars I have freqm.ni.ly recon-.mended your Castoria as one of the list
; Rtapr'.ofOIdDrSAMI'ELPITQIER pri-reiratioi.s of tlie kind, being safe jn tlie hards of i uron ■’ and very effective g
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-tUdinna • } preparation can be administered is a great advantage.
-!lrA> - / ?■;: Dr F. 11. Krle. of St. Paul, Minn., says: "It affords me pleasure to add my
.frelre r I £» name to the long list of those who have used and now endorse your Castoria.
Pmtrmint . > SS The fact of the ingredients being known through the printing of the formula
pi a.-diriaAJrae> ( Wj on the wranTier is o"e good and sufficient reason for the recommendation vfi
film Seed - I any physician. I know o* its good qualities and recommend it cheerfully.
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POPULARITY OF MOLESKIN.
A Fur That Promises to Be the Fad
of the Season.
(From The New York Times.)
With the introduction of moleskin,
which is tin- fad of the season this year,
there have been brought out two other
low-priced furs of similar appearance,
the musk mole and petit gris mole, mak
ing three practically new furs, which is
a rare occurri-nci in one winter. The
introduction of moleskin is an evolution.
Fashion works in tills way, sei lorn mak
ing dc-i-jiied jumps, ln.it changing in a wav
which makes prognostL ations of what is
to be worn from one season to another
possible. I.ast year tlie market was
inundated and the feminine world cloth
ed in squirr 1 skin, and it is still much
worn alone and iu combinations. The
fur had not staying qualifies for general
use, it wis believed, but ir had admirers,
for the . est gray was becoming tn many
compl’ -vions. lienee, tin? French arbiters
Os fashion have .:fi<-r •! tills year another
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Changing. It is no fad, but a game that you
will never tire of. Dealers ail around you sell
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lifetime. An honest proposition—No humbugging. No beating about p)j-\* V ( •I'’• » 1 . •X'-'-
the bush. We willgive away rooo beautifully decorated Breakfast, (’ ’ V'' "A
Dinner or Tea Sets, Each set 56 pieces. Latest design fata T; 1 it'- ■ X;i
Size for family use—to quickly introduce Carbolettes, the greatest I > ■ < .. '.'
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petite, and beautify the Complexion, A good set of dishes >f ’ \ i I ?7 i$
costs S2O or S3O. Don’t waste money. We will make you a present of a complete niece J> H\ j i ? ' !
set, beautifully decorated in Palo Blue, Brown Green or Pinlt, exactly as we claim or forfeit our /> 'V ! ’ M
money. Take advantage of this if you want to get a handsome setof dishes absolutely free. /'I ' 4 H
£3F* This is ail we ask you to do f\\ '/ j $
Send us your P. O. and Express Office address and agree to sell only 12 Boxes of Carbolettes / < :j i’i
at 25 CtS. a box. We will send them at once. They sell like hot cakes. When sold f) I jii ■’? ra
send us only $1.50 and keepthe other £1.50 of our money until you receive // fi! \ ll* pi
the dishes. No two ways about us. We talk straight from the shoulder and wear© f l I* H
bound to introduce our Remedy, no matter what it costs. When we say we will give
away these magnificent sets of dislies we will do it. This is a great opportunity. / /
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fur in gray, but of a. finer quality and
witli a beautiful lustir.
Moleskin l-.as been practically unknown
tn tills country. it is more familiar ro
Ixmdrm p< opl<-. and has been used in
England for coat linings as we have, in
previous years, used the gray squirrel.
Many of the skins that aro used for fash
ionable furs still come from Great Brit
ain. They may be f and in many parts
of many countries, for the mole is npt a
rare animal. Tlie finest skins, however,
come from Siberia, the colder countries ;
giving, in these as in other animals, th<
thickest, softest pelts.
The new fur has a beauty that the '
squirrel can not boast. Each hair has a ,
conformation like the coifing of i lii;< ■
diamond, which produces in the fur. as a :
whole, exquisite shades, ami it ton-s from <
gray into green infl into brown .is It is >
seen in different lights. For this reason. |
it makes up delightfully witli gowns of
green, and is frequently seen in this com
bination. and occasionally, tlre.igh less
often, with brown.
Furriers say that tlie fad will not be
of long duration, for 'he skins are ex--
penslve, me only from tl> dr small size I
they arc barely 5 fuel: s long when !
stretched—but also because of tlie thin
less and delicacy of the texture, which
causes It (■• crack and br ik The gr- .il
er number. If not all, of ihe skins must
be mended after they aro dressed before
they are made up.
in its wake tlie moleskin has brought I
•the two other furs which resemble it in
appearance and are sometimes said to be
in it at ii A They are really individual
skins soid at much lower price®. Ono of
these, in plain language, is simply a rat
skin, a variety of muskrat, and Is what
is known as the muskmole, the mole lend
ing its name to give it. standing. This is
of a similar gray color, a heavier, coarser I
fur, and as can be seen in the made I
pieces a much larger skin. It also comes I
from Russia. It is inexpi nsive, and ,
where at a tirst-clnss furrier s a moleskin ■
muff will cost from S4O to $45, a musk I
mole muff can b<- bought for sl2. It
makes an attractive fur and its wearing
qualities are much bitter than those of
the finer skin.
The third fur is our old friend the squir- !
rel, or. as It is called by tho French, ■;
petit gris. little gray. In its new form I
this year it is called petit gris mole. Il is }
tho squirrel skin clipped, the shorter hair I
giving it a. molelike effect. Tlie fad of |
last year, which h is by no means di- >1 i
out, still holds the squirrel skin up in :
price, and the clipped squirrel is more ex
pensive than the long-haired. While ■<.
muff of the latter will cos sl6. one of the
new style, petit gris mole, will cost S2O.
World’s Press Parliament.
St. Louis, November 21.—The executive
committee having in charge the world’s
press parliament to be held in 3t. Louis
during the week beginning May 16. 1904.
! has annovneed tentative plans for the
: parliament The parliament will include
| representative newspaper men from everj
i country where newspapers are published.
, Arrangements already perfected indicate
i that It will be the largest and most nota-
Ibl gathering of newspaper workers ever
i h.’ld.
i White farm labor Is producing an in
creasing proportion of cotton, and the
dictum that tho negro is absolute.y in
dispensable for cotton culture is fast be
coming a wornout tradition.
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