THE NORTHWESTERN.
BESSCIIOTKR a BIII80N. Kil» arid I'nb*
LOUP CITY, - * neb
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Mrs. Robert Lou's Stevenson has
had a fire-proof vault built in her San
Kranelseo house, where she keeps the
numerous unfinished or unpublished
manuscripts of her husband.
A commercial weekly, in reviewing
current prices, says that lemons are
"stronger" and raspberries "firmer."
Unfortunately this does not mean
that a dozen lemons will make more
lemonade or that It will oe harder to
convert raspberries Into jam.
The first gold pens made in this
country were all manufactured by
hand, the gold being cut from strips of
the metal by scissors, and every sub
sequent operation being performed by
hand. These hand-made gold pens
cost from $5 to $20, and were far in
ferior to the machine made article of
the present day.
The sixth contract for American lo
comotives to be delivered in Japan lias
jnet been dosed with the American
locomotive company and will be filled
from Schenectady. It is for eighteen
digines. An order for thirty locomo
tives for the government railroads of
New Zealand is being filled at the
Baldwin works in Philadelphia.
The tendency among the British
middle classes is rather to live above
their incomes than within them. There
!s also a passion for luxury in London
and a desire to display, which seems
a peculiarly stupid and useless desire
In a huge city, where one seldom
knows one’s neighbors. And so, too.
the cordial "pot luck” dinners of a
generation ago have given place to
ceremonial champagne functions, in
which a man out of dress clothes is
out of place.
A detective of a big department
store said the other day: “Winter is
toy all means our busiest season. In
eumtner time the stores are bothered
hut little by shoplifters, but as soon
cool weather sets in their annual
reapparance begins. Why? Well. 1
figure it this way. First, there are
fewer persons in the stores in hot
weather and the nimble-fingered ones
run a greater risk of discovery. Then,
again, winter clothes—long overcoats
and wraps- are the best possible means
of concealing their booty. That is prob
ably the main reason for the shop
lifter's inactivity during the warm
months.”
Probably the most, elaborate meer
schaum pipe in this country iR now in
process of coloring by a New York
merchant, who bought it from a local
manufacturer recently for 11,800. Th“
pipe is known as a "character” pipe
to tiie trude, and is a wonderfully
carved reproduction of the painting
'St. John at His Bath.” It represents
six maidens grouped around a fountain
and either St. John 1s concealed be
hind the fountain or in it: he is not
in sight, at any rate. The figures are
chiseled from a solid piece of meer
schaum. which was imported from
Turkey. The labor expended upon it
extended over a period of two years,
and the amber mouthpiece alone cost
1500.
The money value of a title in other
than a matrimonial market is illusirat
ed hy the policy of an old established
manufacturing business in New York
city which sells its products all ove
Europe. The present manager, like his
father, is very democratic, but for
business reasons he continues the pol
icy established by his father. No
agents are employed abroad except
rnen with litles. This is easily ar
ranged In Germany and France and
Russia, but it sometimes causes in
convenience in England. A titled
agent on the continent, no matter how
poor he may be, can usually get a
hearing in a business house easier
than a man without a title. No bogus
titles are allowed, and the company's
list of foreign agents reads like a
court circular.
Hooks tha* sell bv the hundred thou
sand are not common, yet there are
some instances that are not modern
It is now just about two hundred and
forty years since one John Banyan
was shut up in Bedford jail. He stayed
there twelve years: hut a book of
his went free, and no man since that
day could have suppressed or impris
oned it, even had he wished. Millions
•jf copies of it have been print d. Prob
ably more copies are sold in any one
month, now. than could have boon dis
posed of in a year during the au
thor’s lifetime, and the book is as
vital a part of this twentieth century
as it was of any preceding time. There
are excellent books among the - popu
lar novels.” hut spite of all the
idulatory comment it w-ould.be hard
to point out one that seems likely to
w-pather two centuries and more as
bravely as has “Pilgrim’s Progress.”
During a recent French duel one of
:he combatants acidentally touched the
point of his sword to the ground. The
leconds immediately stopped the com
sat until the sword could he sterilized.
’Ine cannot hell) recalling the famous
•artoon in Punch which represented
Jie two Irishmen w-aiting behind a
rock for their landlord, one with a
ihotguu. the other with x club. "Sure
:he master do be very late,” says one.
tnxibusly. "He is,” says the other. 1
lope he have met wid no accident.”
\fter this one cannot regard that car
oon as merely a humorous fancy.
I
TAEM ARE'S SERMON.
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I ‘ CHURCH DECADENCE’ LAST SUN
DAY S SUBJECT.
—
Sue* Thai t'hnrch Attendance I* mi the
Inrri'iur “Not Fnnmklnjj the A*ftent*
hling «f ttur.-.elve* Together" He
brews x: tft.
I Copyright. I»ni. by Louis Klopsrh. N. V.)
Washington. Sept. 15. Mast encour
aging to all Christian workers is this
discourse of Dr. Talmage while deny
ing the accuracy of statistics • which
represent Sunday audiences as dimin
ishing; text. Hebrews x: -5, "Not for
saking the assembling of ourselves to
gether."
Startling statements have been made
In many of the pulpits and in some of
the religious newspapers. It is heard
over and over again that church at
tendance in America is in decadence.
1 deny the statements by presenting j
some hard facts. No one will dispute ,
the fact that there are more churches i
in America than ever before, one de- !
nomination averaging two new church- ;
es every day of the year. The law of i
demand and supply Is as inexorable In
the kingdom of God as it is in the t
world. More churches supplied argues
more church privileges demanded, j
More banks, more bankers; more fac- j
lories, more manufacturers; more !
ships, more importers; more churches,
more attendants.
in all our cities witnin n few years
churches have been built large enough
to swallow up two or three of the old
time churches. I cannot understand
with what kind of arithmetic and slate
pencil a man calculates when he comes
to (he conclusion ihat church attend
ance in America is in decadence. Take
the aggregate of the number of people
who enter the house of (Sod now and
compare it with the aggregate of the
people who entered the house of (Jod
twenty-five years ago. and the piesent
attendance is four to one. The facts
are most exhilarating instead of being
depressing That man who represents 1
the opposite statistics must have been
most unfortunate in his church ac- I
qualntance.
1 of tlmlern U^llioiU.
Churches are often cleared of their
audiences by the attempt to transplant
the modes of the past into the present, j
The modes and methods of fifty years
ago are no mote appropriate for to-day
than tin* modes and methods of to-day |
will be appropriate for fifty years !
hence. Dr. Kirk. Dr. McElioy, Dr. j
Mason. Dr. De Witt, Dr. Vetmllyea and
hundreds of other men just as gooii as
they were never lacked audiences, be
cause they were abreast of ihe time in
which they lived. People will not be
interesting in what we say unless we
understand the spirit of the day in
which we live. All the woehegonish
statistics are given by tliosp who are J
trying in our time to work with the ^
wornout machinery of the past times. |
Such men might just as well throw the !
furnaces out of our church basements j
and substitute the foot stoves whim i
our grandmothers used to carry with I
them to meeting, and throw out our I
organs and our cornets and take the
old-fashioned tuning fork, striking it i
oil the knee and then lifting it to the
ear to catch the pitch of the hymn, and
might as well throw out our modern
platforms and modern pulpits and sub
stitute the wineglass pulpit up which ;
the minister used to climb to the dizzy
height of Mont lilaiie solitariness anil
then go in and out of sight, and shut
the door after him. When you can get
the great masses of the people to fane
passage from Albany to Buffalo in
I stage-coach or canallioat in preference
to the lightning express train which j
does it in four hours, then you can get
the great masses of the people to go to
n church half a century behind the
time.
V)IU|Mtllil'< <>r the tViiple.
At a meeting of the general assembly ;
uf the Presbyterian church ot the
l States a clergyman accustomed
on the Sabbath to preach to an audi
ence of two or three hundred people,
in tiu audience room that could hold
fifteen hundred, was appointed to
preach a sermon on how to teat h the
masses. I am told the incongruity
was too much for the risibilities of
many of the clergy in the audience.
Now. a young man coming out front
such bodwarfing influences, how can lie
enter into the wants and the woes and
the sympathies of the people who want
on the Lord's day a praittcal gospel
that will help them all the week and
help them forever?
Young ministers are told they must
preach Christ and him crucified. Yes.
but not us an abstraction. Many a
minister lias preached Christ and him
crucified in such a way that he preach
ed an audience of five hundred down
to two hundred, ami from two hundred
to one hundred, and from one hundred
to fifty, and from fifty to twenty, and
on down until there was hut little left
save the sexton, who was paid to stay
until the serve • was over and lot k up
There is a great deal of cant about
Christ and him crucified. It is not
Christ and him crucified as an ubstrae
tlon, but as an omnipotent sympathy
applied to all the wants and woes o: '
our immortal nature a Christ who
will help us In every dome tie. social,
financial, polithal, national struggle
a Christ for the parlor, a Christ lor the
nursery, a Christ tor the kitchen, u
for the hanking house, a Christ for the
street, a Christ for the store, a Christ
for the hanking house, a ( hri.-t for the
factory, a Christ for the congressional
assembly, a Christ for the courtroom,
a Christ for every trial and every
emergency and every perturbation .
■Meeting f’utdlc Xeeiln.
Ah. my friends, churches will he
largely attended just in proportion as
we ministers can meet their wants,
meet their sufferings, meet their be
reavements and meet their sympathies,
if there be a church with small help,
small audience, medium help, medium
audience; large help, large audience.
If there be a famine in a city and three
depots of bread and one depot lias 101)
loaves and another 500 loaves and an
other depot 10.000 lo ves, the depot
that has 100 loaves will have appli
cants, the depot that has .loo loaves will
have far more applicants, the depot
that has 10.000 loaves will have
throngs, throngs, throngs.
Oh. my brethren in the Christian
ministry, we must somehow get our
shoulder under the burden of the peo- j
pie on the ixird's day und .five them a ,
good stout life, and we can do it. Wc j
have it all our own way. It is a great
pity If. with the floor clear and no in
terruption. we cannot during the i
course of an hour get our hymn or out .
prayer or our sermon under such mo- .
mentum we can. by the help or (iod.
lift the people, body, mind and soul. |
clear out of their sins, temptations and j
troubles.
' think that ministerial laziness i
often empties tiie ehtireh of auditor*.
Hearers, who are intelligent through '
reading newspapers and by active as- j
soeintion in business circles, will not ;
on <he Sabbath sit and listen to plati
tudes. Hearers will not come to ser
mons which have in them no Import
ant facts, no information no stirring,
power, no adaptation, no lire. The pew j
will not listen to tlie pulpit unless tlie
pulpit knows more that: the pew. Min
isterial laziness lias cleared out many
churches. Such ministers saunter :
around from parlor to parlor under the I
name of pastoral visitation and go j
gadding about through the village or !
the city on errands of complete noth
ingness and wrap their brains around i
a cigar and smoke them up. and then
on Saturday afternoon put a few crude 1
thoughts together and on Sunday -
morning wonder that the theme of ,
Christ and him crucified does not bring
a large audience, and on Monday sit
down and write jeremiads for the re
ligious newspapers about the deca
dence of church attendance.
('hurrhgoli)g u« a Uni;.
People will not go to church merely ;
as a matter of duty. There will not
nexi Sabbath be a thousand people In
any city "ho will get up in the morn- j
ing and say: "The Bible says 1 must j
go to church, it is niy duty to go to '
church, therefore I will go to church."
The vast multitude of people who go
to church go to church be
cause they like it, and the
multitude of people who stay away
from church stay away because they
do not like it. 1 am not speaking
about the way the world ought to he.
1 am speaking about tne way the world
Is. Taking tilings as they are, ,ve
must make the centripetal fore" ol'
the church might lev than the centri
fugal.
We mu:>t make our < hiu< ties mug
nets to draw tiie people tl.ereupto, so
that a man will feel uneasy if he does
not go to church, saying: "I wish 1
had goue this morning. I wonder if
I can't dress yet and get there in time,
it is 11 o’clock; now they are siuging.
It is half-past II; now they are pleach
ing. [ wonder when the folks will be
home to lei! its what was said, what
has been going on." When the impres
sion is confirmed that our chun hes. by
architecture, by music, by sociality and
by sermon, shall he made the most at
tractive places on earth, then we will
want twice as many churches as we
nave now, twice as large, and tlmn
they will not half accommodate Un
people, * * *
\imriou* HiilTerinif.
Wliy should wt' go away off to get ;
an illustration of the vicarious suf- i
feting of Jesus Christ v.fien at Hlooni
fleld. N. J.. two little children wcr" |
walking on (lie rail track and a train
was coining; but they were on a bridge j
of trestlework. and the little girl took i
iter brother atm let him down through j
the trestlework a> gently us sin could
toward tin' water, veto carefully end
lovingly ami eautloudy. so that he ;
might not be hurt in tit- fall anti 1
picked up by those- w ho were standing i
near by; while doing th; t tht train (
struck her. and hardly enough of her !
body was left to gather into a funeral ,
casket? What wots that? Vicarious!
suffering. l.ike Christ. l’ang for
others. Woe. for others. Death for j
others. What is the u-e of our going
away off to find an illustration In past !
ages when in Michigan a mall carrier
on horseback, riding <>n. pursued by j
those flames which had swept over a
hundred miles, saw an old man by the
roadside, dismounted, helped tin* old
man on the horse, saying. "Now, whip 1
up and get away" The old man got j
away, but the mail carrier perished. 1
Just like Christ dismounting from the ■
glories of heaven to put ns on the way !
of deliverance, then falling hack into i
the flames of sacrifice for others. Pang |
for otheis. Woe for other.-. Death for
others. Vicarious suffering. What is
the use of our going away off in
ancient history to find an illustration
of tin fa.-t that it is dangerous to defy !
Cod 'vlien in the Adirondacks I saw a
flush of lightning and holt so vivid i
-aid. "That strut k something very
; near?" \ few hours afterward we
found tiiat two farmers that Monday
! morning had la- n seated under a tre>.
the one boasting how the day It -fore
, - on the Cords day—he had got his
hay in atnl so cheated the l.ord out of
that part of the time anyhow*, and
both of them laughing over the
achievement by which they had
wronged the l.ord of his holy day.
whin the lightning struck one dead
instantly, and the other had been two
weeks in lied when wc left the Adiron
dacks and has became an Invalid. I
suppose, for life. He did not make
as much out (,i th£ Lord as he thought
he did. Was it any less an illustra
non for my soul localise T met the
clergyman on his way home from the
funeral, ami lie told me of the facts
and said the body of the man who had
been destroyed was black with elec
tricity?
Tli«* Itlfsietl Krit.
What is the use of going away off
to get an illustration when in a
house on Third avenue. Brooklyn. 1
saw a woman dying, Hnd she said.
".Mr. TaImage, heaven used to lie to me
a great way olT. but it now is just at
the foot of the tied?" What, is the use
of your going away off to get illustra
tions of a victorious deathbfd when all
Wales wras tilled with the story of
the dying experience of Frances rtid
ley Havergal? She got her feet wet
standing on the ground preaching
temperance and the gospel to a group
of bo>8 and men, went home with a
chill, and congestion set, in. and they
told her she was very dangerously
sick. "I thought so," she said, "but it
is really too good to be true that I am
going. Doctor, do you really think I
am going?" "Yes." "Today?” "Prob
ably." She said. "Beautiful, splendid,
to be so near the gale of heaven."
Then after a spasm of pain she nestled
down in the pillows and said. "There
now. it is all over—blessed rest." Then
she tried to sing, and she struck one
glad note, high note of praise to
Christ, but could sing only one word,
"He." and then ail was still. She fin
ished it in heaven.
No NrH for Aiioloyirii.
It is high time that the church of
God stopped writing apologies for the
church. Let the men who are on the
outside, who despise religion, write
the apologies. If any people do not
want tlie church, they need not have
it. It is a free country. If any man
does not want tlie gospel, he need not
have it. It is a free country. Hut you
go out. O people of God. and give the
gospel to the millions of America who
do want it! It is high time to stop
skirmishing and bring on a general
engagement I want to live to see the
Arimisgodon. all the armies of heaven
and heli ill battle array, for I know
onr conqueror on the white horse will
gain the day. Let tile church of God
lie devoted to nothing else, but go
right on to this conquest.
When Moses with his army was try
ing to conquer the Ethiopians, profane
history says, it was expected that he
would go in i. roundabout way and
come b> tin banks of the river, as
other armies had done, because the
straight route was infested with
snakes, and no army and no man had
dared to go across this serpent infest
ed region. Hut Moses surprised them.
He sent his men out to gather up
ibises. The ibis is a bird celebrated
for serpent slaying, and those ibises
were gathered into crates and into
baskets, and they were carried at the
head of the army of Moses, and, com
ing up to the serpent infested region,
the crates were opened, and the ibi
ses flow forth, and the way was
cleared, and the army of Moses march
ed right on and came so unexpectedly
on tlie Ethiopians that they flew in
wild dismay. <) church of God, you
are not to march in a roundabout way,
but to go straight forward, depending
upon winged influences to clear tlie
way. Hosts of tlie living God, march
on. march on! Church attendance,
large now, is going to lie larger yet.
The sky Is brightening in every direc
tion. I urn glad for the boy and girl
five years oi<j i think they may see
the millennium. Tlie wheel of Christ
ian progress has ne\er made one revo
lution backward. The world moves,
the kingdom advances. All nations
will vet salute the standards of F'rince
Immanuel. To him be glory in the
church throughout all ages! Anion.
ARSENI-MINDED SCIENTIST.
Tin- I'riirfiinr'i Ki’iimrkitble li»l« ,,f
l.«i-k of >]fnmr,v.
The absent-mindedness of I)i. Alfred
Enter-on. the arc biologist, formerly of
ih. Johns Hopkins t’niverslty, and
who i- now abiond making a collection
of antiquities for the museum of th *
t’niversity of California, is well known
among his Baltimore friends. Thu
memorable oceasion when, booked for
i public lecture at the Hopkins, lie ,et
iiis audience wait in ghastly si spenso
while h«, all unconscious of the en
gagement, was found busily c'nplo.ve.d
unpacking a box of casts, will long he
; eniember ed. His carefully adjusting a
fresh collar over one already on, his
going to the station and forgetting to
take his train, me historic in univer
sity lore; hut it remains for his friend
and co-laborer. Joseph Thatcher Clark
of the British Museum, to toil the fol
lowing story. The pair wei< en route
to make some Important excavations
and had reached Southern Europe,
when Dr. Emerson appeared with an
indignant face and a letter from Amer
ica In his hand. He explained that the
letter was from one of his several
brothers, accusing him of having ab
sent-mindedly carried off several shirts
belonging to the brother when starting
abroad. “To prove horn basely false
and unjust hi.* suspicions are." said the
troubled doctor. "I will get all .my
shirts and spread them out before you
and see if you can find a single one
bearing any initial other than my
own." The shirts, eleven in number,
were produced, and consternation fol
lowed when they were found to be
variously labeled Arthur Hale, (!. Em
erson, H. Emerson. 1. '/... X. F. K. la
fact, all except two—these hearing no
label at all. and presumably Dr. Em
erson's— bore Initials other than his
own.—Baltimore Sun.
"What is the name of that book that
shows the social standing of the aris
tocratic families?" inquired the seeker
after knowledge. “ ‘BradstreetV "
promptly replied the man who knew.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON XIII. SEPT. 29 A REVIEW
OF THE QUARTER.
Guldru Text “The Memory of Uu 1.11 l‘d
l» from Everlasting to Everlasting
I'pon Them That Eear Him” 1’*a.
103: IT Beginning* of History.
The history may be tulight In three
method* according to the guiding prin
ciple we choose.
I. Tty the Historical Method. Noting th.
gieat event* which mark the progress by
epochs. It Is not worth while to learn by
heart ttll the details; but the great event*,
which are like milestones, denoting the
stages of progress in the onward marcl
of humun history, should be committed to
memory.
"God, Creation, Man. t’arndlse, Thi
Kail, The Progress of Wickedness. The
Deluge, The Call of Abraham, The Great
Covenant."
The exact dates no one knows. Hut It
is will to keep In mind the date* In tin
margins of our Hlblcs, so that we may
realize the time element and the relation
of the events to one another. Head the
brst thirty-live chapters of Genesis.
II. By the Biographical Method This
Is the basis of the selections of the Inter
national Committee for the present
scheme of six years. "Universal history.
>ay* Carlyle, "the history of what man
lias accomplished in Ibis world. Is at Iwd
11mi the history of the great men who
have worked here." "(me comfort Is
that great men, taken up In any way, arc
profitable company. We cannot look upon
a great man without gaining something
from him." "We all love great men.
"Does not every true man feel that he I*
himself made higher by doing reverence
Hi what I* really above him?" "It I* well
sold. In every w use. that a man s re
ligion t> the chief fact with regard to
him A man's or a nation of men's." Let
us. therefore, make character sketches of
the men we have been studying, giving
first a brief biography, and tht traits
which make them influential, the char
acteristics that make them attractive, the
fa tilts to be avoided!
"Adam, Kvc, Cain, Abel. Enoch, Noah.
Abraham. Sarah. Bot. Isaac. Rehckah,
Jacob. Esau. Buhan."
III. By the Travel .Method. The differ
ent places, and the Journeys between
them, are the connecting thread of the
history. Bsc the map, or draw an out
line. and have the scholars locate the
places and trace the journeys:
"I'r, Chaldea, Hiiraii. Canaan. Phecheni
Bethel. Hebron, Heersheba, Oaks of
Manire, Cave of Aluchpclah, Gcrar, Kgypt.
J’adaii-aram. IVnlel. The Brook Jabbok."
In The Outlook Itnd the followInR.
which can lie used by many students with
great advantage:
"Another new course will be Introduced
this year In Brooklyn, following the meth
od of the study of literature In the
schools. Kor instance, a boy in studying
Whittier Is told to make for himself a
book (hi the cover which he will design
he will Introduce a picture of Whittier’s
home. Then lie will write for thb book a
brief life of the author, and a list of Ids
principal waitings with quotations, gaining
as a result i simple clear, and permanent
knowledge of Whittier. What boy* would
fail to be delighted with such study? Ap
plying 'hb nn thod, a portion id the Bible,
sach ;*s (the Book of (lenesis for this
quartet or) the Pentateuch will In- taken,
torn fi'iu i its binding, and each boy will
design a cover for the same, either in
black and white, or In water colors. He
will, by tin inductive process, seek in tin
book tin suggestions for ills designs, lb
will also writ** an outline of tin* principal
historical or religious facts, and other
Items ot information, that will give a
simple idea of that portion of scripture.
The books 01 the Bible will be divided
Into their nutnral groups, and : fter cm
ors are d* signed for these, the whole w ill
lie enclosed in a cover designed for the
entire Bible.
"It Is hoped that Utter this coursi a
boy will liaie such all Intelligent grasp
of the Scripture, with its wealth of his
tory, poetry, prophecy and spiritual heln.
that he will reverence a.iid love it, and
have a foundation for rapid progress In
the study of the Word, which will lead
to rich results in succeeding years.
"Theie is room tor much more work in
this kind of Billie study, and i! is suggest
ed that tlios" in charge of work utilize tin
privileges suggested and make an effort
to Introduce other courses.”
Once Reporter, Non Oil King,
D. K. Beatty, one of the new Texas
oil kings, was a reporter when the
news of it great oil •'strike' came in.
He got together $10 and by putting
that up its a security he "bluffed" the
discoverers and goi valuable lands,
which proved so fruitful that he was
able to pay the balance due on them
in a few weeks.
JACKSTRAWS.
Ready for the Tray a wornout gir
meat.
The land of plenty from the immi
grant ship.
Even a big fat man may feel a per
sonal slight.
It takes time to bring nuinj « jail
bird to his senses.
The more a man is envied the less
real happiness he has.
"There's no use talking." thought
the conceited uarrot, "I'm a bird."
1
and all wise mothers
make
St.
Jacobs Oil
a household remedy for the
aim pie reason that it always
Conquers Pain
Started m Fortune With Ten Dollar*.
I). It. Beatty, one of the new Texas
oil kings, was a reporter when the
news of a great oil “strlko” came In.
He got together $10 and by putting
that up as a security bo ‘'bluffed.” tho
discoverers and got valuable lands,
which proved so fruitful that he won
able to pay'the balance due on them
in a few weeks.
OH, MAMA,
Something 1» Biting Me."
It is not itching piles that ails you or your
child. It Is the pin or seat norm that cause*
you or your child to have rectal trouble. Soou
after retiring for the night the worm appears
It bites and stings and causes scratching aiel
aching. Mothers know what it means when the
child cries out: "Ma. Ma. something is biting
me." And sure enough, upon examining her
child,shednds the naughty, white.shurppoint
ed at both ends, the troublesome pin worm lm
bedded In the child's rectum. Th*s worm
causes more tie rvousueas to young or old persona
thun any other disease. And the itching Is not
plies hut pin worm. The only sure and barm
less remedy is STEKF.TEE'S PIN WORM
DESTROYER. Ask your druggist for Stcke
tee's p'u Worm Destroyer. In order that you
get the right meutclue, send me 26c postage.
Will send by return mail. Address
GEO. G. STEKKTEK. Grand Kupids, Mich.
Please mention this paper.
Cranks are persons who do not sea
things as you do.
Row Clothes Art Blistered.
Many of the starches now being used
in washable fabrics contain ingredi
ents that break anti blister the goods
so that after a few washings they are
of little service. Defiance btarch (made
in Nebraska) is manufactured with a
special view to obviating the difficulty.
It contains a solution that can in no
way injure the linen but instead
give3 it a .smooth, glossy finish that
makes goods look new after each iron
ing. Sold by leading grocers. Made
by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb.
Hope is the froth that hides the
dregs in life's cup.
lT3 PAINT
When you paint you want
it, 1 to last; 2 look well; 3
protect your house. Some
paint does 1, not 2 or 3;
some does 2 awhile, not 1 or
3; lead and oil does 2 well, 3
fairly, 1 badly.
Better have it all; 12 3
paint: Devoe ready paint;
the best isn’t too good.
Get Devoe of your dealer; take noth
ing less. Pamphlet on painting sent
free if you mention this paper.
GOOD-PAINT DEVOE, CHICAGO.
CSIOJi MADE.
For MoreTlinn .iCJuarlerof a Century
The reputation of W. L. Douglas $3.00
and $3.50 shoes for style, comfort and
wear has excelled all other makes sold at
these prices. This excellent reputation has
been won by merit alone. W. L. Douglas
shoes have to give better satisfaction than
other $3.00 and $3.50 shoes because his
reputation for the best $3.00 and $3.50
shoes must be maintained. The standard
has always been placed so high that the
wearer receives more value for his money
in the W. L. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50
shoes than he can get elsewhere.
W.L. Douglas sells more $3.00 and $3.50
shoes than guy other two manufacturers.
W. L. Douglas $4.00 OUt Edge Line
_ cannet be equalled at any price.
W. L. Dougina 03.00 and 03.80
•ftoea ormrnailo of tha mama high
prado leathcrr uaod In 08 and 0O
mhoaa and am fuat am pood.
Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere
Insist upon having W. l„ Donglns shoes
with name and price stamped on bottom.
flow to Onler by W t rVtnnlaa
V»lrth»twill ruusl %!, and U cut
It * o Aw -lftK m**R*u wnents of
f V*‘L ? • ■7>s*,1,l1*‘,e,J,rwl: slzrandwidlh
m •V-hV^Aw. U8u,l^y worn; plain or
/ *°*{ **‘av7* mert
t t W fif \1Uni g[ •W ■OlM.
'k# 1 ;V A flt guaranteed.
fa«l I'alar Kftlata
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