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ELIJAH AND
ELISIIA
A Minion Ended and a M1uion Decun.
S ORY DY TilE "JlJCHWAY AND
DYWAY" PREACHER
( CoP1thtMI90 br ho Aulhor , W. S , ! : d'OD. )
Scrlpturo AUlhorlly-l Klnss Chnp.
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i SERM TTE , $
, Greatness and goodness are
$ marred by self.consclousness of
$ the possession of such qualities. 1
t When 1 man comes to feel
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. . that the succesI of the cause of
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righteousness centers wholly
. " within himself his practical use.
fulness h < ls ceased.
i No work of reform ever de.
pends wholly upon one man's of.
. $ . forts.
$ The more a m'nn realizes that
< t' he Is not absolutely essential to
; the success of 1ny good work ,
the more' effective will his ef.
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, forts be. . . .
" The mission that Is not bigger
i" than Ita leader Is not of God.
The discouraged leader of a
$ reform always falls to see the
j'seven thousand" who are stili
loyal to God.
God always has some one
$ ready to take up his work which
: ; another one lays down. i
"What do est thou here ? " Is a
I searching question , when God
asks It. i
$ When a man gets ready to
/lsten / to the "still small 'voice" i
I of .God he Is In a condition to
understand himself better and I
to know that loyalty to , God Is
'as possible It , another as In him. $
self. .
To see only the wickedness In
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the world is poor preparation to
$ the carrying on of God's work.
$ One may be so busy looking . 1
, for the workers of Iniquity as to
$ wholly miss those who stand for
$ righteousness and truth. ' "
$ No Christian ever has any
$ businean being a pessimist.
$ It Is the busy people whom I
; God calls Into his service.
Faithfulness to present duty
$ Is preparation for the larger
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$ miselon.
In the field of busy toll is the
' most likely Iacc of meeting
$ God's prophets and catching the I
$ Inspiration of tholr message.
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' " No work Is ever so urgent or
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" Important that it cannot be
$ promptly abandoned for a
higher commhslon from God. I
There mut be an abandon-
mcnt of the temporal hi.ngs be.
4' fore God can fill with the splr- i
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THE STORY.
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THE conscientious ! JCI'son there
To often come : ! thc IICflllcxliJg ncce ! ! .
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slt ' of choosing between two conrses
of 'conduct both of which seem r'ght. '
Smnptlmes It Is 11ICI'eir a cholG.o be.
twpen two lines of conlluct. which per-
tarn wholly to hunHII1 neolls and obll-
ntlons. and then again It Is apparent.
Iy II choco , batween duty to man amI
duty to God. In the latter case thel'O
11 : ; Hlngular distress to the devont , can-
Rclentious heart , for it Is hal'll to think
that the plain duly of life runs coun.
tel' to lhe oxprosslon. of rQal devotion
to Gail , anll it Is ul1l"ensonablo to thlnl {
tliat Goll wOlll1l require 1sm'vlce
which woulll In any way' lead to a vlo-
"Iatlun 01' neglect of real Iluly to
ttJfI'fi'lenlis or loved ones. It Is cOl'talnl '
> a hafc principle to lay Ilown that ob.
li/ation to Oed ' '
/ : novel' bl'lngs violation
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t' . , of duty to man. hut sometimes there
. ) do come clrcu11lstances which are 1101'-
{ IIIcxlng amI malte enc hesitate In
( ) doubt rlS to which l > I1thway Is the right
onf' . At such thnes enc neells to
pause" anll stl'ive earnestly to clmu'ly
know the mind of God and to see
IIlnlnl ) ' the eonilitions confronting enl
, and ono's obligations thereto.
It was to such a perpl xlng Ilel'lod
th t Elisha had come. 'He was at
Bethel alleniling the school of lho
prophets when word came from his
hume at Ahel-l\Ieholah that they wcre
, : : : hort.handed and necdell his help In
the farm work. At the same time
had como the startling news that Ell.
c' jah , the prophet , had suddenl ' dlsal" "
J1eared , anll the stullcnts of the school
had proml'tly ol'ganlzed to go In
fcarch ; of him.
'rhus Ellslm found himself wrest.
) (11 ( with lho question as 10 which
llUthwny of conduct he should follow ,
Should ho bur ) ' hhnselt In the drudg.
, el'r of the farm life aI' should he be
< umong these who should
. . go ullon thai
Jl\lnlstr ' of search (01' t1ic mighty
prophct Elijah ' ?
Wben , he had left home It hall bee:1
l with the understanding that he was
, I to tinlsh his courl3o nt the Bethel
't. 'school , and he ( olt "el' ) . lII.naturee ]
: t und Impathmt _ whcn the unexpecte
conditions had I1rlsen which seemed
Ii tu reQulro his help at homc. Wns II
, ] 116 duly to go ? As sludmir at thf :
Bclhpi school , Illd he JlOt OWe It tr.
hlmtelf ! and the ethers 10 do hlg lit'
most 10 try amI fIncl ElIjnh ? It
1 8eem d specially unfortunate jual
when the achool was rcollenlng thnl
Elijah should have been ( arced to fIoe
nobody know wblther , anll now It
ecmed IU\lIeraUvo that Ellsba shoulel
Ii'nd his orrorts to discoverIng the
wheteabouts of the Ilrophct.
He recalled the thrilling events 01
the "RAt Cew wel\lca. of ElIjnh's Dud
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dell a\1IJenrnnc \ ( ' nCler nn nbsenco or
lhrl'o ' ( 'l1rH , of the mighty test on
1\Iount ( 'nrmel In which the IH'ophots
of lInal had been defeated und thl'n
slalll , nnd then of the comlus of the
rovlvlng , refl'ellhlng rnln. .
' 1'ho nation hall eon lro fa 1I ncll y
stlrl'cd ytho rcmarkable events , nnd
III the fuco of the populnr n111H"Ovnl of
lho prophl't IWj:1h the threat of J07.e.
bel wns us lho mere Idle bOllllllng or
It stll . child , for there WHI no one who
would havc dared CI\I'r ) ' out her de.
CI'CO of death ugalnsL the prophet ,
oven lhough thcr had been so In.
cllned. And because of this the dls.
appearance of the 111'ollhot wus nil
thc mOl'e dlaconcOI'lIng , and It seemed
as though the welfare of the school
dCIJelllled upon his tieing found.
All lhrough the long period of fant.
Ine which hM been marked b ' the
fIel'ce persecution of the prollhets of
OOe ! , the school had been closed , but
with the re\'lvul which hall come with
Elijah's retul'll the school had re.
opened nnd the studcnts had returnee ! ,
umong thcm being Elisha. And now ,
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scnrcel ) ' n week hud clap sed after ho
had resumed his shldlcs before the
clrcm lstances had nrlson which
brought hll\l ( nce to face with the
question us to what Was his duty.
Thm'e was the strollg desh'o to bo
omong lhoso who should o In search
of the III'ollhet , and It WIIS not ellmcllit
for him to llI'gllC that slIch mission
was larger nnd more hllllol'tunt 011\11
IIny demand which the farm cOllld
mak upon him. But Nllshl1 realized
thnt his own strong Inclinations wcre
not altogelhel' 1snfc gllldc , nnd his
deep purpose to do Ood's will and not
his OWn led him at Inst to see cloar-
Iy that thc highest service to Goel
&ometlmcs Icd lhrou h the homel ) '
humdl'Ulll Iluties of life rather than
Into thc maI'o con8plcuoIIS aud dig ,
tlnctlvo I eliglous activity.
ThuH it came to IIllS ! ! that when the
searching parly stu1'ted fm'th ] ! : lIslm
turncd his face rcsollltely hOlllewa1'll ,
llete1'mlned to do his IHlrl. there anll
to bo 1'oady when the school should
again bogln worl < . So the duys llUssed.
And while Elisha wonllol'cd wlmt tlUC-
CCStl attcnded the efforts of the search.
ers , he stroye to stny his Impatlenco
:11I11 : forgct his dlsalJpolnlment b ) ' earnestly -
estly plunging-Into the work of the
farm. He coulll not hclp but Cn\ ' ) '
lhose who should' find the prophct ,
anll pictured to himself the students
gathOl'ed about him and listening to
his teachings. How hc wlshcd he
might be with them ut such time.
What n 'earnlng there was In his
heart to know God betteI' . How milch
he felt he was loslug by bclng shut
nway upon lhe fal'll ! .
"Oh , God , ' " he groaned ono du ' , his
chaslened spirit cr 'lng' out , not In rc.
helIlon , but In fervent longing ufl r
the privilcges hc felt he waa being' de ,
nled , "Oh , God , help me to prov'
worthy of th ' blessing by falthfulncss .
to the present llt1t ' . "
And as he hreathed the praycr h )
took fl'csh holll Ullon lhe plow handles
and sent his .oxen at a amart pace
uround tho' field , Ul\'nlng as true a. Cur-
row as wus ever tmned on It Jullean
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hillside.
So inlent was he upon the task In
} IHIIII that he did not observe thc solitary -
tary flgUl'e aiJjll'oachlng In the dla.
rance. In fuct hc was wull around the
field on his sccond tUI'll whcn hc oh.
s : -ved that those worllng with him
had stolllJcll l\I1cl were looking' at
something hlfentlr. A rehukc rose to
his 1I1)S ) at this se'cmlng' loglcct of
dul ' , his own zealous spirit being al.
ways Imlntlenl with anylhlng which
lolted IIkc the Hlighting of one' ! ! wol'1 < ,
but It rested thcrc , unspoken as he
fclt something fall softly upon hili
&houlders and tUl'l1ccto see-
ELIJAH : !
For a full mlnule Elisha stood us
though rootell to the spot while a
flood of thoughts rushcll In upon him
-wonder and exullatlon , joy and gmt ! ,
tulle slruggllng for expression. Could
I t all he rcal ? He raised his Imull to
feel the m ntle which had hcen cast
upon him and thcn his eyes followe(1 (
thc I'etl'oatlng flgUl'c of Elijah , lie
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Imcw lhat he had been culled to (01-
low 1 lIjah ; hc knew what the presence -
ence of the mantic U\lon \ his shoulders -
ders beloltOncd , and with a glad crr
he siled artcl' lhe prophet.
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God Is fuII of compassion to the sin.
ner , whoso worst of sin lie knows. It
Is not plt ' merely lhat comes from
him , but sympalhy ; and how wille the
difference hetween lhese lhe atrug-
gllng hcart underBtan II , Our comfort -
fort Iloes not begin In forgetting OIU'
sins , bul In remembcrlng thcm , unci in
bringing them all under the vlcW' of
his mcrcy , whIch Is as wldc and wake.
ful as his omnlsclence.-Kol' .
Believe undCl' 1\ cloud Gnll walt rOl'
him when therc Is no moonlight ( /1'
starllghl. Let fnlth live nnd breathe ,
and lay hold of the SUl'C salvntlon of
God. when clouds and dllrlmess are
about you. Who dreamelh lhat a prom ,
I Iso of God can fail , full aswoon , 01'
die ? When wc are plcnsed to seek a
plea with Christ. lot us lllead that
we hope In hlm.-Hutherford.
The IJromlfes are lhc food oC faith
anll the soul of faith. Aa fnlth Is lho
lIfo of a Christian , so the promlscs are
the life of faith. As the Ilromiscs are
of no usc without faith 1'0 aplily thcm.
so faith is of no use without a III'om.
Ise to la . hold on.-Calumr.
The doclrlno of Divine Provldcnco
bec01l1es a , delusion whcn It Is regarll.
ed us an escape ( rom cver 'llay duly.
The most harllcned slnnors are
the o pctrlficd by prille or thch' own
porfcctlons.
The best way o have a law.abldlng
community Is 10 abldo b ) . ' lho lawd
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PlilIJPPINl ; A SOflJl.Y
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The 11:1 alwa ' of
present : s 1)\'OllhoUo
the futlll'e , unct while the Phlllllilino
assemb ! ) ' , which Is nearing lhe end of
Us fil'st session , Is Htill too young and
Its hlslor ' 100 brlcr to 1I00'mit definite
conclusion bclng drawn conccrnlng Its
future , stili the personalities and Jm.
pulsl's which has dlrecled the 1)\'C6ont
s08slon anll the exposilion of mon anll
llIeaslll'os , as expressed In actual log.
Islatlve wm'k , make Inhrestlng sludy
and point maI'o 01' less accuralo ! ) ' to
the possibilities of lhe futme.
' 1'he actions of most leglslall vo
bollics 1\1'0 ch'cumscrlbcd and Illrected
through Illutiea ; anll whllo the Philip.
pine I\tlscmbl ) ' Is not an cxceptlon to
this genoml rule , It has so far IH'e.
sented some modifications or It. AI.
lhough thc cllmpalgn fOl' election of
delegates was conducted In part ) '
names , and the members took theIr
scats us relJ\'escnlatlvcs of these par-
tics , there wns lIttle l'Cal political co'
heslon nmong thc various groups at
the tlmo thc assembl . convencd. Flvo
so.called purtles secmed l'eIII'osouta.
tion : ' 1'he Naclonallsta , with 32 seats ;
the Independent , with 20 scats ; the
Progreslsta. with 16 seats ; the 1mme-
dlatista , with seven scala , and the In-
dopcndlsta , with foul' seats. Thet'e Is. !
In addition , membel' who avowedly :
reprcsents the Inlorcst of the Roman
Catholic church , and whllo ho mil ) ' bo
classcd as a NaclonnIlsta , he disclaims
nn ) ' Illrect party afillintion.
Of thc so-called par lies mentlonell ,
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anI ) throe I'opresentell political vlcws
dcltnlto enough to 'pcrmlt clear ells-
tinction among thom. The Immeilla.
tleta and IndolJendlstn partlos al'c
really only subdlylslons of the Nuc-
10nallsta , pari ) " . TheRe groups w\\re
held togelhel' by n common eXIII'essed
desh-o fOl' n completc severance from
the Un lied States. The Progl'eslsta.
while rcgardlng Independence as a .
goal In the dlstuncc. Iloes not favor :
prcscnt agitation to altaln it. ' 1'he
strong IndeJlenllent gl'oUI ) la composed
of JUen who befOl'e elccllon dccllncll 10
commit themselves on this Ilrollo'sl- I
tion. So only two parties had exI I
pl'csscd pre'election convictions slIr. '
ficlonlly tunglhle 10 11I'escnt Il posll\'e !
pollc ) ' : The Nnclonallla und Pro.
greslsla ; I1nll thc Ideals which these
re lI'csenlcd may bo cogenll ' expressed -
pressed b ) ' the cuslomar ) ' appcIla-
ltions of Railical and Conscrvatvl' ! ,
The 'Vl1l'lous l'\uclonallsta groups com.
blnell had a l11ajorlt . ot seals , but b '
a vCI'Y nanow margin. which uve the
Indepcndcnt g'roull a vlrtulII balancc
of 110wor.
Whllo the hand of the commission ,
whercln a majorlt ) ' are Americans ,
was not ollcnl ) ' vlslllio In thc , clecllon
of Osmona. there Is no doubt thai It
contrlbutcll Its Influencc 10 lho result ,
which mnde It posslblo fol' the two
branchcs of the Icgislattu'e 10 com'
mencc thclr joint lubol's harmonlousl ) ' .
'rhe Rcsslon was not very alII hefore
It became ovldcnt that lJarty lines , liS
they hall been drawn In , the electlou
campaign , wCl'e resting Yer. ) ' IIghllY
Ul10n thc shouldcrs of the dolegal ( > ,
Indepcndcnee hall beeu Il gooll CI1lU'
palgn slogan , hut resllOnslblllty was
bringing the memlJcl's face to fare
with prnctical political nJ\lters which
rcquh'cd acllon lhat musl. Ii posslhle ,
stand the lest of crltlclf > m. 'fllCn llwrc
Is no douht that the bOdy as n whole
felt that It Is In n sense on trial. nllil
that any cxcess would 111'OmptIy read
ullon It. MI' . 'raft's words of wumlng
were freflll In mind. Speakcr Osn1l'IIu
was elected as a NncJonalistn , bul his
COllnle so fur rcvcals Jlhn to bc as COli'
I sorvatlvc In practice as thc most pronounced -
nounced Progl'eslstn ; and the same is
true of ollIeI' Naclonallstu : : ! . A sense
of Its own dlgnlt ) . Is growing upon llw
assemhl ) ' , which OIJetales to , chpe k
TI1sh nctlons. 'I'hon lIlOI'o Is no douhl
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that It haB Ils 1I0llticai car to. thp
, ground , nl1l1 Is nClltol ) ' sonlth" ! , to the
cxternul fuctors which alYcct It.
'rhe dlrcct external Inlluem. . . ashl ! )
from congress , Is thn commlsslun ,
The AmOl'lcan commlssloncrlJ uxerclso
oxceutlve ( uncllons npul't froUl theil'
legislative dutlcs ; In foci , the commln"
Ion embraces ull lho executive authority -
thority or the Insular govurnmmlt.
which Iii 1I0W concentraled In the
hnnds of the five mfH'lcm ITItlllhors ,
So the commission holds II doubh , '
check upon the assemhly.
ElghtBI" bills huvc so fal' dden In.
troduced , and of these on I ) ' twn 113\0
passed , und both have become laws b ) '
the nllsent : or the commlslo\l. ! The
first bill passed by the a950mb1) ' waste
to approprlale 1,000,000 pesos for the
Ir Uo ! > lIarrlo schools ; the secon ( ]
was 10 Incl'cnse the Sl\IRrr of the
speakcl' .
'I'ho bills which have hcen Intro.
ducell , but I\bout which no Ileflnlto
ucllon hl\s 'et hoon takcn , COVOI' a
wldo l'nuge. Agl'lculture , laxation nnd
cllucnt/on / seem to be populur quos.
tlons with the delegates , and II numher
of bills relating fo eaeh of these tOlllcs
have tlcen presented , 'l'here Is n bill
llroVlellllg fot. compulsor ' cclucnUon ,
one rCQulrlng that natlvo languages
he taught In lho primary school" , ono
pr.ovldlllg for the further establish.
ment of manual tmlnlllg classes In the
schools , one IJro\'ldlng for an nll'lcul.
tuml college In each pl'ovhlCO , ono to
cstatlilsh Inllustrlal schools , ono CO\ll.
IJolllng the tcachlng of English In the
barrio schools. ' 1'ho state or ugl'leul.
1111'0 In the Islands Is evldentlj' on the
minds of many delegates , half a dozen
bills on this sUbjcct hl1\'ing been In.
lroducell. One provides fa I' the fl'eo
dlslrlbutlon of agricultural Imple-
mcnts undcr cCI'laln conditions. an.
othcr provides for the rovoc'tlon ' of
land sold under failure to 1)1eCI.taln \
laxes. 'J'het'c It ! a bill to nbollllll the
death Ilcnalt . , one to IJCrmlt Chlneso
Immlgmtlon undcr rostrlctlons , I1IllI
ono 10 IH'OVO the Insular walerways.
Forty.slx bills npilly to revision and
amcndment of various laws. 81 : < of
these pl'Ollose nmcnllmonts to the
elcctlon law. A bill provldeB for UII )
cSlablishmont of thc wl'lt of habeas
corpus. Ono pro\'ldes fOl' the orectlon
of Insular government bullilings In
Manila.
. \llOrt from Its legislative efforls , It
is Interesting to note some effects
which thc nssemhl ) ' Is having n\1on \ the
gencral llOlItlcnl state of the Islanda.
Thomas 1" . Millard , the New Yol'1 {
Times cOlTcspondcnt , sa11 on thlli
1I01nt : "I have Jmt relllrned from 1\
trli ) about lho ! ) I'o\'lnces , nnd I 11m
convinced that the sontlmenlal errccl
cuuong lho people Is VCl'y grent. At
1111) ' rate It has provldcd a Illvel'slon.
Peollle , IInd conlwQllentl ) ' the' poll.
liclan : ! ! . no langei' dltlcuss with the
sllmo Interest what the Amerlcnnos 1\\0 \
doing or Inlend to 110 ; they are talk.
Ing abollt theil' own assembly. What
Is thc Ilssembly.dolng ? What Is the
aSHemhl ) ' IH'olloslng 10 do ? Have : ) ' 011
relld Queson's spcoch ? Ah , yes ; hnt
I do not agrec wllh him. Osmena'a
reilly was milch hellor. 'l'ho lalld law
should bc rcvlscll. Yca ; let liS write
10 ollr IIsscmbl'man. And so on
lhroughout the Islalllls. "
Hens Aid Her ThrQugh College.
With the asslsillucc or 32 hens ,
1\IIss Mnud I. . , Loud or Wcslchestm'
county , New York , Is paying her Wa ) '
through collegc. Dnrlng Novemhm' ,
Deccmher and Jamuu'y l\I1s11 1.01111
sold to prlvato customers In Now York
cll ) ' 225 dozen eggs at 55 cmlts
dozen. Along with hCI' sludles she did
all the work rCQlIll'od In cnrlng rm'
the fowls , coll3ellng ! and selling all
the eggs wllhhl 2.1 hours from the
time they wel'e laid.
Hats M < lde of Horse Hair.
Horse.hah' hat l\I'e to hc the vogue
this season , the hats to he mode of lhc
very finest materlnl , sueh as was used
In 0111' grandmothOl's' chairs. Imitation -
tion blossoms made of lealhcr will hc
worn as trimming on thc new hats ,
amI finest glluzo flowers will alao he
emplo'od. A new Idea In flowers will
bo 10 make lhcm Imltale pJumes , a
lII.of.the-vnllo ' Illllme , fm' Inalancc ,
bclug VCl' ' orrecllvc on a crlnollnc
hat.
Wins In Textile Competition.
'rhe Cmflsman announces lhllt l\lIs't
1 II mhelh C , Niemann of Philadolllhia
Is thc wlnnol' of tht ) first prize orrOl'el1
In It compclltlon fot. lhc hest Ilesign
for textile decomtlon. HOI' dcslgn
was for Il peacock lJOrtlcrc IInd III In ,
tended 10 be carrlnd Ollt In appllcuf !
emhl'older ' of hrilliant darl , hllte. light
hlne , green nnll Ivory \Il1on abacI , .
ground of nalural color RusHlan crash.
For Ugly Streets Only.
It Is annollnced lhat the Berlin tlo.
IIca are taking sleps 10 pl'event the
dcfacomcnt of strcets b ' : olectrlc
slgnf ! . No ohjectlon w1ll bo orrorell to
lheh' erccllon IIIIgl ) ' or confined
sllllces , bnt the ' w1ll be exclllded fl'oni
the hcst slreets und frolll ) llncci
where lhe ' are likely to IlI'oduce a
dlscorllant erfccl.-l < : nglncOI. .
Enormous Coral Reef.
Fronting lhe coast of n01'11l AilS'
i h'alla Is the Great Bt\l'I'lor reer , the
larsest coral recf In the worlel. It Is
ovcr 1,000 mllcs lon and 30 mlllJl
wide.
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CHELSEA OLD CHURCH ,
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London Edifice of M1\I1Y Historic Mem.
oriel Has Lost Its Pillltor.
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J.ondon-'rho donlh of nC' , . . n. H ,
Davlos ha9 lert the Chelsca aiel
Church } lnstol'les8. Now Homo zeal.
oUs 'oung oumto w1ll bO Rought whoso
eloquence witt attrnct congrcgnllolls
to this IIhuost dcsOl'tod plnco of WOI' .
shllJ.
I or Ci:1 : 'cars 1\11' . Davies Irencheet
In a IIttlo anllctllal' ' , nt fIl'lit to con.
Rl'egnllol\s n lIn'go 08 the place woull1
hold , then , ns the glorle of Chelsea.
dopal'ted nnel the old famllics died or
w\nt to more faRhlonnblo prechlcls ,
to II I\1oro handful of peoplo. The Olel
Chnrch-It hnR been known thllll for
eenlm'lell-liIeJclom shows all . slgnR of
lite excelt ) when thOl'o nro sel'vlcoll.
It wns In this chmch thut Chltrles
1 lngale . worshlled , and ho null MI' .
Dn\'les WOI'O close fl'lonlls. So deal'h'
did h' . Davlos love the old pIneo lhat
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Xavier Mllslon Near Tucson , Arizona.
ho would not nllow Illa8tOl' 01' whlto.
wash to touch Its walls. nnd the roe
Ilt\h's made during hili tlmo wel'o enl ) .
these ahsolnteh' neCeSIlI\l' . to Itcell It
from deslrucllon.
In lhe nave of the cl1ul'ch IIle1)t
Iho chained boolts. ' 1'IIO ' WOl'O once
fnstoned to n dCBI { , hilt have now been
plncod on a high shelf wllh theh' an.
clent chalntl still cllnglllg to them ,
'I'ho bools comprho a "Vlnegltl' Blblo. "
I"ox's " "nool { of Ma\'t 'l's" IInd 1Ioslt (
III'n 'el' hoolt.
' 1'ho Olll Chttrch has seen some mag.
nlflcent ceromonles , notnhly the
fnnol'nl of Lord nm ' . It was hel'e ,
too. thnt tlent' ' VIII. IUIIIO : In slale the
do ) ' uCtOI' Anne nole 'II's executloll 1.0
well J 11110 SeYlllollr.
NEW SENATOR FROM IENTUCKY.
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Ex.Gov. Bradley Elected , Breaking
Long Deadlock.
Fralll < fol't , K-I ol'lnel' Gov. WII.
lIam O'Collnoll Braello ) ' , HepuhJltlln : ,
wall I'ecolltl . cleclfll United StllteR
Ionalm' ! to SCl'VO six 'enl's fl'Om 1\I1II'ch
, I , I ! JOO , wholl the t01'1II of .1 nmes B.
lcCrenl' ) ' will exph'o.
' 1'ho IInlll bnllot was the twont ) . .
ninth taken In nn effort to hl'cal { the
dClullocl { which lIovololod ) on , lonnaI' ) '
Hi he tween' the llecldllun anel HI'UIller
fOl'ccII , Brndley's oloctlon wlla accom.
! IJlshed by II II\llI\bel' of Dcmocmlll : go-
In ! ; over to him.
Senlltor-elcct Bradlcy Is II nnllvo
Kentucklnn. tlo was lIol'U In 18,17
nelll' Lancnster , and hils long maelo
hla hOlllc In Louisville. 110 has been
11. POWCI' In Hopul.JIIcnn llOliticlI : In Ken.
luclt ) ' since 1S0r ; whell , though he
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ff.O.
Was only 18 'oars aIel , he was ndmltted
to lhc prucllco of law lIy a tIloclal ) lIet
of the stale leglslaturc. He at once
u.lJlcll hhnsolC wilit the pl1rty of Lin.
coIn and won honors from hili fellows.
Ho Is lhe , olll ' RClublican ) who was
OVOI' ololtell : governOl' of Kentuckr.
In 1896 ho was Indol'scll by his slalo
fol' the IlI'csldcntlnl nomination , but
his claims wcre lIot pushed before the
convcntlon. III 1895 1\11' . Bradlcy was
olcetell govol'nor of I\cntllcky : , ancl
sOl'vcd enc tel'ln. 'l'he 1I0W sonalOl' Itl
II civil wal' vlorall : , ha"lng 1'1I11 nWII '
froll\ homo In 186 to join lhe unloll
arm ' .
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Makeup of French Families.
The numllol' of I.'rench . families , that
18 to say households wllh 01' wilhout
children , Is nstlmateel at 11,315,000. Of
this totnl 1.804,720 fumllles hnvo no
chlldrl' ; . , 2,966,171 Il\vo one child ,
, OOI,978 have two children , 1,643,45 : !
have three , 987,39 have fonr , 566.768
havA five , 327,241 have six , 182,998
ha\'o seven , 94,720 have eight , 44,728
ha'/o nine , : ! O,639 have ton , 8,305 have
c1tlvclI , 3,508 have twelve , 1.437 ha.ve .
t tlrtcen , 564 have foul'teen , 249 ha\'c
Mlcen , 7t1 hltvo slxlt'cn , 34 havo'Seyen ,
t&on nnd finally 45 families have elgh ,
teen or more.-UcpubJlQuo l"rancalso "
1 - = )
Billion Dollar ar . . .
: Arost rcmnr1u1ble grn $ of the century.
Oood ror three rouRI" < < crop. ftl1tlUnlly.
Olle low" fnrmer on 100 nere ! ! Bold 1 , .
800.00 worth of , ccd nnll hnc1 300 ton. of
hAY bCRlclc. . It III InllllenRe. 1)0 try it.
11'0" 100 AND Till ! ! NOTloe
,011I1 to the John A. Snller Secel Co. , 1.1\
Groue , Wil ! , to PRY pORtnce , 4to. : ! RM
they' wilt mntt ) ' 011 th. . , onl. . . orlRlnnl BeCII
cnlnlolt Jlubll hed In A merlcl\ with ahl'
plrs or .I1l11lon DolinI' OrnS ! ! , Mncl\ronl
the Illy miller mixer , Sninroin the
WhcAli luxurinlor. VletorilRnne , the 200
" Ion Kreen lood producer , Silver leinR
Darley yielding 173 1m , pcr nere , etc. , etc. ,
etc.
'AM If YOII , cnd He we will Rdelpack. / .
ago of n w fnrm Beed ncver .before Sef'n
. bl ) 'ou. , Tohn A , Snlzcr Seed Co. , La
. Croasc , Wis. K. & W.
Answered Truthfully.
During the Into financial fIurry a St.
( .ouls b\1slncss JIIl1n wns cnlled to
8orvo on jUt ) . , ' 'What Is yoer
lIan101" nektJc1 the nllorney. "John
8mlth , " the Imslness man rOIIJled.
. 'Yollr color ? " the attol'lIey contlnnod.
"Whlto , " Bald John Smith. "Your
ngo ? " "FOI.ty.olght , " quoth 1\11' .
Smllh , " "YonI' buslne8D ? " " ! totten , "
salll John Smith.
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How's This ?
We olrer 000 II undroll Donau Itllwu tOli III'
eato at Catlnb bat caonot bll curod' IIr aU' ,
Catarrh Oure. F. J. Cl1&NKY "CO" Toledo , O.
We. the uodllrllgne,1 bun koown F. , r. CheDer .
tor htll. . III ) 'eaff , and bolle"o hIm p.rtoctlr bOlt.
"rablll In all 1lIlIlne.1 trAo.acllona &nIl OOiDellU1
_ bla to earrr out no , obll.aUnolmadll br bll . . OrRI.
W 4LI111\CI , Itllf1f4N I M4a..IN ,
Wbole.ale JlrulCltlu. . Toledo. O.
11111' , Catarrh Cum \I tllken 10 erDall , . actlnl
Jlrectlr upoo he blood aDd mltrOUI lurtace. or the
" .tem. Testlmonlall leot tree. l'tlell 7:1 : conU POI
bottle. 80ld br aU lJrulllsta.
Take UaU' , F&nlJ1r 1'1111 tor conaUpltloa.
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A Diplomat.
"So YOIl cave your husband a. boxer
or elg/U's ? "
"Yes , " nnowcred young Mrs. Tor-
Ins.
"Did ho appreclnte thcm ? "
"Indced ho did. lIe vnlucs them so
highly thl1t ho 10 8molt1ng n 1'111'10 80 ns
not to use them up too faot. "
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Important to Mothors.
Examillo ca.rofully e\'CI'y botlIo of
CAS'1'ORIA n safe nnd slIro remeel ' for
Infllnts nnd chlldrcn ; nud sco that It
Dears the
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Signature Of i'
In Use For 0"01' : JO Yenro.
The Kind You lIa\'e Alwn's Bought.
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-.he Price.
"What does It cost you , Forcllnand ,
that handsome umbrella or ) 'ours ? "
"Etornnl vlgllanco , 11I ' boy. "
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It Cures Wl1l1c You Walk.
Allcn'y Foot.En c III n cerlnill cure ( or
ll"'t , Rwcnlillg , c1l1l01l8 , Rlld Bwollen , aching
Ccet. Sold 11) ' nil ] ) rllggiol . Price 25e. Don't ,
AecepL nuy Rllbslilute. ' 1'l'il\l pacl.nge lHI * .
ddreB8 Allen S. Olmsled , 1.0 ! toy , N. Y.
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Success selllom comes to Ii man who
Isn't expecting It. .
S'yY'p' ' ffi s
1) Ehxir9rSenna
acts entlY yet prornpt-
ty on tile bo\vels , cleanses
the s/sten. ' effectua ,
assists \\10Verconung
habitual constipaTion
pe\n1anenty. } 1'0 get its
'beneficial effects 6
the genuine.
iF tN
PO SYRUP C .
SOLD BY t1:1\OI : NC" DRUCGISTS- , . . .B01TIL
LOW
ONE. WAY RATES
FROM
Missouri River Termin.als
( KANSAS CITYTO COUNCIL BLUFFS INCLUSIVE )
:
EVERY DAY
to April 30 , 1908
to San Francisco , Los
$30 Angeles , San Diego , and
marry other California
points.
To Evcrctt , Bellingham ,
$30 V.ancouver . and Victoria ,
Via Spokane ,
To PortiandandAstorin.
$30
1:0 : ' ncoma and Seattle ,
$30 Via Spokane.
To Ashland , Roseburg ,
$30 Eugene , Al ban } ' and
, Salem , including So. Pac.
brauch lines in Oregon.
To polmn and intermediate -
$30 mediate points. O. R. & N.
VIA
Union Pacific
For fun information inquire of
,
E. L. LOMAX , G. . A.
OMAHA. E .