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4 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 It was at this time tile most inbiligcnt nation In th’ w ell: its p .--.•-••:. ,:•. 1 it was at this , : the v. ■rid. He tl: • wilt '•' M.immtha, w! . was now s-ate-l a; n the throne of the Pharaohs. 11 fa..ight us the super natural reverence lr, will. 1: h was held by all the Egyptians, for they looked upon Pharaoh not simply as their king snd the favored one ■ : G 1 ' but as in ar bate God. Ke r 11 tl., pri ,-ts gnd soothsayers id magicians of tbe Nile country. 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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. Don't fail to read the advertisement of the Kellerstrass Distilling Co. on the last page. It will amply repay you. 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 Pumelan relieving children’s disorders, while the ease with _ which such a pleasant -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. f/so/wfAww - SS h Flavor. J HROI ■JA ■ A perfect Remedy for Conslipa GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS i i Z? Bean, tho Signature of I : ness and Loss of Sleep. $ j FacSjnule Signature of NEXV VOUK. -j & Tlio Kind You Have Always Bought EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. In Use For Over 30 Years. ■ ™ E OINTAU. COMM.XV, TT WV.RA. STIISCT. WtW CrTV. 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 T© I V I I a i HAVE YOU PLAYED IT? It. is the Greatest Card Gaine of tho Day. SIMPLE, YET SCIENTIFIC. INTERESTING FOR fill AGES. 136 double numbered cards. Those numberin'’ 5 or the multiple are the TRIX cards. Play to save your own and win others. They all count for game Only Four Cards in your hand Play one, draw another, keeps Hand Constantly Changing. It is no fad, but a game that you will never tire of. Dealers ail around you sell it. Ask for it, or sent by mail by us, prepaid. Regular edition 50c. Fine gilt edge edition sl. National Game Board, No. 1—73 best games ever played on a board $3.50. No. 2—50 games $2.50. 'Die finest boards ever produced far the money. Ask your dea'ers, or forwarded by express prepaid on receipt of price. PEAD & WHI < E Cfi'VlE CO., Drawer C 391. Bloomington. Illinois. E2Z 3 fasa 17223 n?*. eLLS ■KF' ‘n i '^' ! "‘«tfii'A? -u.-•>..--* v^-^> t - a■' ,y. * ' A*. ".'*• ‘"^y -_\w ■,■' .;. *-;, M |M3 iMMT Kr“L P7T;U e | tr% toa I Ibi * Breakfast, I Dinner or Tea Set I paid to any person wlio can prove we ■W'.': 1 \P« «9 ■VW do not mean what we say— A chance of a 7E£>) —vc/d r • ’ ’ "’’ lifetime. An honest proposition—No humbugging. No beating about p)j-\* V ( •I'’• » 1 . •X'-'- the bush. We willgive away rooo beautifully decorated Breakfast, (’ ’ V'' "A Dinner or Tea Sets, Each set 56 pieces. Latest design fata T; 1 it'- ■ X;i Size for family use—to quickly introduce Carbolettes, the greatest I > ■ < .. '.' Remedv on Earth to regulate the Bowels, stimulate the Ap- I’l jX? petite, and beautify the Complexion, A good set of dishes >f ’ \ i I ?7 i$ 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. / / 1 Remember our Dishes are beautifully decorated and are packed, boxed and shipped. Free of Charge ‘Ji MANUFACTURERS’ SUPPLY 3EPL132),Q1 Park Place, M, Y, City m 1 '"-- - ' “ . 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. Beautiful Cloth Toys, Dolls, Pillow Tops i and Gonuino Iniian liovol ios for Xmas. ; FREE Harmonica with a sl.-50 order of Toys or Dolls. Send Stamp for Illustrateil Circular. EXCELSIOR COKPiHY, Washington, 0 G. BOX SO. A Clear Head; good digestion and a ripe old ! age arc some of the results of i the use of Tutt’s Liver Pills. 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