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4? AVCLURE
She Spent Most of Her
BEAUTY
When Older Brother first called her
Beauty the- wholo family laughed.
That was a raro compliment to Older
Brother's wit, for tho family was one
seldom given to mirth But when they
looked from tho thin, pinched llttlo
face, with its buttermilk expression,
down the angular young body to the
too long legs, and back again to the
straggly hair the nicknamo created for
the girl by Older Brother waB so in
congruous that even Mother, who had
never wanted any one of her six chil
dren (least of all Beauty) could not
help laughing outright. Naturally
Older Brother was much pleased with
himself and saw to It that tho namo
clung to tho llttlo girl all through tho
days of her childhood.
The years that camo and went made
Beauty no Icsb a misnomer, for the
girl's face grew smaller and moro
pinched and moro sour with every ono
of them. Tho youngest and least wel
come of all tho unwelcomo six at
homo she was always pushed asldo to
shuffle for herself as best she might,
getting but tho frazzled end of every
family deal. In school things wero no
better. Other children called her
Beauty and roared with laughter until
the girl designated by tho name al
ways slunk unhappily away to somo
far corner whero no ono would find
and taunt her.
So Beauty grew up for all tho world
liko an uulovely, scraggly llttlo weed
crowded in among hardier plants which
never gavo her room to thrive and bo
healthy.
When Tho First Man mot her, and
heard someone call her Beauty he fol
lowed tho earlier example of her fam
ily. That is ho laughed almost In
Beauty's very fico. And whenever ho
was alone nnd .nought of the ungainly
young woman with her sour face, ho
laughed again.
Then to keep up his reputation for
doing odd thingB Tho First Man paid
court to Beauty.
Tho girl's family was thrown almost
Into cachinnating fits, and Tho First
Man's friends said ho must bo crazy,
all of which made him tho moro deter
mined in his attentions.
Ono day when he was in a particu
larly spiteful and contrary mood Tho
First Man asked Beauty to marry him,
and tho girl, who was every whit as
resentful of tho gibes and Jest of his
friends and hers said yes.
When they wero married they led-a
cat and dog life, which was qulto to
have been expected. Tho First Man
called his wife Beauty with a sneer,
and sho told him in turn that sho had
married him for splto and hated him
cordially, all of which was truo enough
to bo sure
Ono day Tho First Man told her that
he wob going away for a long time.
Ho said her face had made him sick;
that ho couldn't stand it any longer.
Sho spat back a sharp retort, and ho
went.
After a long while Beauty received
a letter from Tho First Man telling her
ho never Intended to como back. Sho
loked in tho mirror at her buttermilk
faco nnd told herself quite honestly
that she didn't blame him In tho least,
and Btraightway got her dlvorco.
H was different with The Second
Man. Beauty novcr know how it hap
pened that he gravitated to her unless
LrvonciiGrrvcirK
NEWSPAPrR ayrtOICATEr
Hours In the Garden.
it was, as he said, that thero is always
something away down in tho soul of
every woman which somo tlmo or an
other drnws her mate to her.
He got down to tho causes of tho
caustic temper of Bcnuty when ho
lirst met her, and learned that her soul
was asleep becauso thero had been no
lovo In all her ilfo to awaken it. So
when they wero married he Just loved
her. Ho mado his homo tho most
radiant plnco Beauty had ever scon In
all her young lifo through the tender,
ness of his smile, and the gentleness
of his presence Ho helped her make
a garden in which the flowers seemed
only to need his touch to mako them
grow moro luxuriously than in any
other garden sho had ever seen, and
tho young wlfo was happy because she
spent most of her hours in tho garden,
either working among the flowers or
listening to tho resonant volco of Tho
Second Man as bo read to her from
somo old and wonderful volume, of
which ho had hundreds.
Beauty was so absorbed in her now
lifo that sho never stopped these days
to look In the mirror and talk to her
self in tones of disgust. Tho divinity
within her had been touched by an
other divine spark, and fanned by the
power of love Into a sculptor. And
this sculptor had remolded the
peaked llttlo faco of Beauty into the
countenance of a woman so lovely
that tboso who laughed themselves al
most sick when Older Brother first
gave her tho name of Beauty looked
at her now with something of awe
mingled in with their wonder.
But so busy was Beauty in loving
and being loved that sho did not notice
them nor hear tho things they said,
and when at last motherhood complet
ed tho work Tho Second Man had be
gun, and ho knelt besldo her ns she
sat In a great arm chair with the little
new soul cradled in her arms, and
whispered "Beauty" In a tono akin to
reverence, her laughter sounded like
tho gurglo of a cooing brook, and hoi
eyes shone liko two stars.
Ono day The First Man camo back
from abroad. When ho saw Beauty
for tho ilrst time ho did not know her.
Thon ho was 'told that it was she and
ho said a mlraclo had been wrought.
"Aye," answered tho man to whom
be spoke, "tho miracle of lovo."
Lampa of Early Tlmea.
Lamps wero In general use among
tho Jews, Greeks and Romans, and
the other great nations of antiquity,
but they wero of tho rudest descrip
tion, and consisted for tho most part
of a slmplo vessel which held oil,
greaso or wax, from tho surface of
which projected a wick.
Tho light obtained was of tho fee
blest description, tho flamo had no
protection whatever from tho wind,
and tho smell which nroso could only
have been rendered endurable from
the fuct that "uso is second nature."
Tho Greeks nnd Romans lavished
much artlstlo excellence upon their
lamps, making them with ono wick,
two wIckB, or 30 or 40 wicks. But
they did not Improve their construc
tion ono stop, and to all practical in
tents and purposes they wero no bet
ter than tho saucer of tallow with itn
floating cotton which may yet bo
found flaring and guttering and smok
ing in somo of tho out-of-the-way cor
ners of our own far western land.
IlffliraiONAL
SBNMrsaiooL
Lesson
(Hy E. O. 8KI.1.KUH, Actlntf Director of
Humlay School Connie, The Moody Hlble
Institute of Clilcngo.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 15
JEROBOAM LEADS ISRAEL INTO
8IN.
L.KSSON TKXT-1 KlnRS 12:15.33.
OOI.D13N TKXT Thou nlmlt not mnk
unto thco a graven liniiKi', nor any like
liens of anything that Is In hrnvnn nliova,
or that 1b In tho earth beneath, or that li
In tho water under tho ourth, thou nlmll
not bow down thyself down unto them,
no'r eorvo them. Kx. 0:4, So.
Whether Jeroboam incited Israel's
robelllon or was summoned homo be
causo of his being known as nn op
ponent to Israel, wo cannot say. Ho
must havo remembered AhlJah'B
prophecy (11:29-40) and ho had nnoth
or prophot on IiIb side, Shemalnh
(12:22-24), though Ahljnh afterwards
deserted him (14:1-18). In Egypt,
Jeroboam had learned of tho worship
of tho bull Apis and upon sotting up
his kingdom, saw nt once tho need of
contoring tho rollglous lifo of tho peo
plo elsewhere than In Jerusalem.
I. "Calves of Gold" vv. 25-30. Given
these ton tribe's by God (11:31) tho
pcoplo had chosen Joroboam without
seeming consultation with God, nnd
tho result was a tragic future for tho
Hebrows. David's monarchy laBted
scnrccly two generations, ltehoboam'a
second attempt nt coercion (12:21-24)
is rebuked nnd ho settles down in
Judca but fortifies many citleB (11
Chron. 11:6.12; I Kings 12:24; 14:17).
Jeroboam likewise built cities, She
'chom nnd Ponuol, but tho result of tho
schism was a weakened peoplo nnd
Israel wns tho first to bo carried Into
captivity nnd to extinction as a na
tion. Dofcnsed cities nro not adequato
safety for a nation (11:38; 2 Chron.
20:20; Zech. 1:4, G). Witness Llego
and Antwerp. Ab a matter of political
prudence Jeroboam's scheme- of re
moving tho center of worship from Je
rusalem Buccoeded admirably. Tho
center of gravity of a man and of n na
tion is that placo where ho centers
his worship. Tho templo hnd no Im
ago, and his sotting up of his Images
of bulls was a backward step, though
doubtless it was regarded as best for
tho nation. Jeroboam's fatal error
was in deflecting tho peoplo from tho
invislblo Jehovah to tho visible crea
tions of their own hands. Mankind al
ways prefers to trust to their own do
vIccb and to plan their own deliver
anco rather than to trust in God. Tho
evidence of our tnmt in God is to obey
him. Nolo Jeroboam took counsel, not
an did Rehoboam, of tho aged or the
young, but "In his heart." Wo nro not
to lean to our own understanding but
upon tho Holy Spirit (John 1G-.13).
Man is "slow of heart" and that one
at all familiar with Hebrew history
should repeat tho mistake Aaron mndo
is scarcely to bo understood (Ex. 32:4
8). Tho errors and "Isms" of today
are but a repetition of tho fnlso teach
ings of former days dressed in a new
garb, labeled with a now name; such
Is the decettfulncsB of tho human
heart (Jer. 17:9). Jcroboam'B excuso
was plausible enough (v. 28) and ap
pealed to tho ever-present weakness of
tho human heart to seek some easier
way of serving God. But man's way al
ways becomes tho hardest way. Jero
boam today would bo classed as a
"liberal" and held up as a "broad
minded man."
II. "Priests of tho Lowest" vv. 31-33.
Jeroboam's real concern was not thnt
of tho people but the permanency of
his kingdom. Jeroboam was not intro
ducing a now God but a new way of
worship. Ono step always loads to
another, and to fully establish this,
now way, and nt tho samo tlmo en
tirely to control tho situation, ho se
lected from nmong 'all tho people",
priests who were to carry on Jeho
vah's worship. God had selected tho
sons of Levi and specially ordained
them for this servlco (Num. 3:10).
When tho devil Introduces a new re
ligion, or any falso idea of Christ, or
tho Bible, ho always appeals to sa
cred memories, or elso claims a "mod
ern expression of tho truth." Jero
boam not only chose thoso who would
bo beholden to himself, but bo also
selected positions in his kingdom, at
either end, each of which was easily
accessible Thus to build and thus to
select others than the sons of Aaron
as priests was expressly forbidden.
But such is tho natural perversity and
stubbornness of tho human heart that
It readily follows its leaders into all
sorts of apostasy and error (Rom.
8:7). Jeroboam also changed (v. 32)
tho feast ordained of God on tho lGth
day of tho seventh month (Lev.
23:33, 34) to ono occurring in tho
eighth month. No possiblo appeal of
local interests warranted any such
substitution; to obey is better than to
modify (Matt. 1C:C; Mark 7:13).
III. The Main Teaching. Jeroboam's
chief purpoBo wob not tho glory of
God, but this new religion waB for per
sonal safety and glorification. Ills
cunningly devised program becamo
tho agent of his own and tho nation's
destruction (13:34; 14:7-11; 2 Kings
10:20, 31), and his bpproblous title has
becomo "Which mado Israel to sin."
Graft and trickery succeed for a tlnto,
but only thoso who obey God in all
things build on a solid and lasting
foundation. "Nothing In this world
Is worth doing wrong for." Boys do
not Bucceod by breaking tho rules of
the amo.
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SBJBSSBBBBBiBBBlsfcM. -
Danger in Delay
Tho great danRer of kidney trouble-! Is
that they so often get a firm hold before
tho s u (To re r recognizes them. Health
wilt be gradually undermined. Back
ache, headache, nervousness, lameness,
soreness, lumbago, urinary troubles,
dropsy, gravel and Bright's disease may
follow as tho kidneys get worse. Don't
neglect your kidneys. Help tho kidneys
with Doan's Kidney rills. It is the best
recommended special kidney remedy.
A Nebraska Case
Mm. AnBellno nick-"hlfyfWrti,iblr
ford, mime, Ord w
Noli., nays: "iBlralned
tho miiHclcs of my
tmck nml my kidneys
Victh weakened. 1 wan
lielplers nt times with
pains In my back nnd
1 was aluays Btiro to
hove, nn attack when
I llftrd or worked too
hard. Doan's Kidney
l'llls removed t lie h o
aches nnd tialtin nnd
corrected the trouMo
with my kidneys."
Get Doan's at Any Stars, EOc a Bos
DOAN'S "iRSS
FOSTER-M1LBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
act surely ana
gently on the
liver, cure
Biliousness,
Head
ache, Dizzi
ness, nnd Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
BLACK
LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED
by Cutter1 BlMkUl rill. I-
Brirrd. trwh. rMUUti prttrrred t
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r.tMt wtiir thar vmcIum til
Writ for booklrt nd IrtttmenliU,
" -P "J ll.ftM skit. BlMkl rim 4 IS
Vn r lajtrtor, but Cutttt'i brat.
Th. Mprtorlt7 of t"uttr product, la du to tr IS
rrtn of aixxiiltiltii lii elw ' Mranii Mly.
lull! n Cuttn-'l. If unofeUUttiU. crdtr direct.
! Cuttw Uktrttsry, BirkMty, CU sr Cktuit, III,
GETS 2-CENT MONEY ORDER
Two-Cent Balance Is Paid Through Ex
press Company by Kansas
Woman.
Tho smallest money order over mndo
Dut by tho agent for the locnl express
compnny was given to a woman to pay
on nn account owed to u mailorder
house, according to a Blackwell story
printed in tho Ardmorelto. Tho worn
nn hnd received a letter from the mail
order houso notifying her thnt sho
owed tho firm two cents. Indlgnnnt
and uuablo to reallzo tho spirit that
would prompt any ono to mall a bill
for two cents, tho woman decided that
a post ofllco stamp would not sulllco
and that only n money order would do.
Tho feo or tho order wns thrco cents
and tho postago stamp necessnry to
carry it cost two cents more, so that
with tho two-cent postage stamp that
carried tho bill to tho woman soven
cents was expended in collecting a
two-cent debt. Kansas City Journal.
Whom He Dreads.
It isn't the girl who grows Indignant
when he tries to kiss her that a man
dreads. It is tho ono who laughs at
him.
Curious.
"Young Fetherheddo has gono In
sane." "How did they find it out7"
Vigor
f
Krhurptis
.LbbbbbH bbbitti r
KKr liurrj
HsHw I PILLS.
asfr MB?syj i n
S0&u?&&zif
A determination to "get
ahead" is found in every
action of the
or woman.
Vigor of body and brain comes
the food one
Grape-Nuts
and cream
Is the regular morning ration (or thousands who are "making (pod,"
and who know that a dear brain and stead nerves are necessary
to success.
Made of Wheat and Barkv, Grape-Nuts contains all of the
vital tissue-building elements of the grains thoroughly baked, concen
trated, and easily digested.
"There's a Reason90 for Grape-Nuts
Sold by Grocers. -
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PLENTY FROM TIME BEFORE
Old Parishioner Found Way to Cling
to His Original Position About
Miracle.
One Sunday morning n certain
young piiRtor In his lirst chnrgu an
nounced nervously:
"I will tnko for my text tho words.
And they fed flvo men with llvo thou
sand loaves of bread and two thou
sand fishes.'"
At this misquotation nn old par
ishioner from his seat in tho amen
corner snld audibly:
"That's no miracle I could do it
myself."
Tho young preacher said nothing at
tho tlmo, but tho next Sunday ho nn
noiincod the snmo toxt again. This
tlmo ho got It right:
"And they fed llvo thousand men on
flvo loaves of bread and two fishes."
Ho waited a moment and then, lean
lug over tho pulpit nnd looking nt tho
nmen corner, ho said:
"And could jou do that, too, Mr
Smith?"
"Of courso I could," Mr. Smith re
plied. "And how could you do It?" said
tho preacher.
"With what wns left over from Inst
Sunday," snld Mr. Smith. Advance
Chocolate Soldiers.
Captain Dean of tho commlRBlonnry
brnnch of thu British nrmy In Franco
reports, says tho Westmlnutor Ga
zette, thnt Tommy Atkins Ih striving
with all his might to llvo up to George
llernnrtl Shaw's "Chocolate Soldlor."
Chocolato sweets and, In fnct, sweet
meats of nil kinds are In such great
do ma ml that Hrltish enudyumkers nro
busy night nnd day.
From Cairo comes the report that
tho Australians stationed thero lmvo
absolutely eaten tho cntlro chocolato
supply.
Captain Dean's oniclnl report snya:
"Our canteen has llvo tlmoH tho do
mnnd for Bwoets nnd soft drinks thnt
wns expected, and ouc-llfth tho de
mand for boor."
Quests Forced to Drink.
Compulsory abHtlnenco would havo
seemed n comploto inversion of tho
natural order to somo of our unccstors.
They belloved in compulsory drinking,
nnd in some old country mansions may
mill bo scon, I believe, a ring lot Into
tho wall of tho dining hall for tho pun
ishment of tho man who would not, or
could not, drink his allotted sharo of
liquor.
Tho culprit's arm was fixed In tho
ring, and ho was glvou choice of drink
ing In tho ordlnnry way or having the
liquor he rcfusud poured down his
sleeve. Hence thu medieval Jest.
"Leavlng'B sleeving." Loudon Chron
lclo. Her Country's Need.
Secretary of Agrlculturo Houston
said at a luncheon in Washington:
"An English hon has broken tho
world's record by laying 288 eggs In
a year."
Mr. Houston smiled nnd added:
"Sho must havo understood hor
country's urgout need for bIioIIb."
Never.
Somo peoplo nro always saying
"Thoro ought to bo something done
about It," but they never do anything
themselves.
Nearly COO women in Abordeon,
Scotland and district havo enrolled
themselves on tho war register at tho
Aberdeen labor exchango.
In 1898 lathers in Daston mado $15
for a 64-hour week. They now rocolvo
$28X0 for a 44-hour week.
successful man
eats.
mum.'.w,
lJlniLtf.-'Ill
THE CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi
cal Health.
The oxperionco of Motherhood Is a trying-ono
to most women and marks dis
tinctly nn epoch In their lives. Not on
woman in a hundred is prepared or un
derstands how to properly care for her
self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at mnls
times, but many approach tho experi
ence with an organism unfitted for U
trial of strength, and when it is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes tho nervous strain
of caring for tho child, and a distinct
change in Uio mother results.
There Is nothing- moro charming thaa
happy and honlthy mother of children,
and indeed child-birth undor tho right'
condiUons need bo no hazard to health or
beauty. The uncxplalnnblo thing to
that, with nil tho evidence of shattered'
nerves and broken health resulting from'
nn unprepared condition, and with am
ple timo in which to prepare, womra
will persist In going blindly to tho triaL
Every woman nt tills timo should rely
upon Lydls E. Pinkhnm's Vegetable
Compound, a most valunblo tonic and
invigorator of tho fcmnlo organism.
In many homes
onco childless thero
are now children be
causo of the fuct
that Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vcro tabic
Compound mnkoa
women normal,
healthy and strong.
If yon want special ndrlco write t
lijdla E. i'lnkhnni Medicine Co. (conl
dentlal) Lynn, Mass. four letter will
be opened, read and answered by m
woman and held in strict conHdeaeaJ
HE NEEDED PLENTY OF ROOM
And Was Willing to Pay for Tw
as Ono Didn't Seem to
Serve.
During tho run of a play at tho'
Cohan theater in New York last witt
ier a wobbly person tootorod up taV
tho box olnco ono Saturday nlgw
whon tho placo wh packed and deV
manded n good scat.
"Nothing loft oxcopt BtnniUng room,"
snnd tho box olllco nmn. "Sell yoa
standing room for a dollar."
Tho wavering ono produced n dollar
and went Inside. Hut so tunny general-'
ndmtsslons wero grouped nt tho rear,
that, over tho intervening hodgo of
heads hn caught only vagrant glimpse
of what went on upon tho stage.
Ho foggily considered tho sltuatloml
for a spell. Then ho rocked his wemvV
ing way back to tho box offlco window;
and put a second dollar on the shelf.
"Olmmo nozzlr ono of them standlsT
rooms," ho ordered; "can't see tk
show at all If you only got one." BasV
urday Evening Post.
Willing to Oblige.
"Nora," said tho mlstreBs to tM
now servant, "wo always want oar
meals promptly on tho hour."
"Yls, mum. An' If I miss th' On'
hour shall I wait for th' next?"
Tho man who says bo Is glad he to
married 1b either an optimist c
liar.
Experlenco Is a great teacher, Is
oven experlenco can't toach somo p
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