GALLANTRY.
" -
If"
Weary William Excuse mo , miss ,
but I see that you have bad a tiff
with your lover , and ho has left you.
Allow mo to escort ydn homo Instead.
Caved From Being a Cripple for LIfo.
"Almost six or seven weeks ago I
became paralyzed all at once with
rheumatism , " writes Mrs. Louis Me-
Key , 013 Seventh street , Oakland , Cal.
"It struck me In the back and extend
ed from the hip of my right leg down
to my foot. The attack was so severe
that I could not move in bed nnd
was afraid that I should be a cripple
for life.
' "About 12 years ago I received a
sample bottle of your Liniment but
never had occasion to use it , as I
have always been well , but some
thing told mo that Sloan's Liniment
would help me , so I tried 'it. After
the second application _ I could get
up out of bed , nnd in three days
could walk , and now feel well and
entirely free from pain.
"My friends were very much sur-
ITrlsed at my rapid recovery and I
was only too glad to tell them that
Sloan's Liniment was the only med
icine I used. "
An Indignant Editor.
Last Saturday evening after sowing
two patches on our Sunday trousers
and cleaning and pressing , them wo
hung them out to dry. An hour later
wo found that they had been stolen.
This will explain why wo were not In
< > ur accustomed place in church on
Sunday. The human being who will
deliberately steal a pair of ttqusers
from the editor of a weekly paper , and
knowing that they are his only pair for
church-going , deserves a worse fate
than'otfrj indignation will allow us to
mention. It seems to us as if civiliza
tion had been turned back hajpa con
tury. Hometown ( Pa , ) Banner. . ,
- - - Between Doctors , . _ >
"Wasjthe operation successful , d'
v ' ' * *
tor ? " . < Jt i - !
1 'Entirely. I charged $600"Snd < his
executor signed a check for It with
out winking. " Kansas City Times.
Smokers appreciate the quality value of
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or Lewis' Factory , Feorm , I1J.
A good life Is the readiest way to
rv procure a good name , Whlchcot
' More proof that Lydia E. Pink-
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Mrs. S. A. Williams , of Gardiner ,
* j."i'- > Maine , mites :
* " I was a great Bufferbr from fernalo
troubles , and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
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\ declared that an operation was abso
lutely necessary. "
Mrs. Alvina Sperling , of 154 Cley-
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"I suffered from female troubles , a
tumor and much inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia E. Pinlcham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
nn operation. "
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r "Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinklmm invites all sick
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I PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
A RISING CONGRESSMAN
John Joseph Fitzgerald , or "Fltzie , " ns ho Is
known among those who enjoy his friendship , IB
ono congressman who Is making a nnmo for him-
"self in Ihe present alleged "do nothing" session.
John Joseph is"a member of the minority and u
loyal follower of John Sharp Williams , hence ho is
in his clement in those closing days of the ses
sion , when John Sharp Is milking campaign mate
rial for the Democracy.
John JosephJs gindtmlly , but surely , working
his way to leadership on tho'Democratic side.
While Congressman Do Armond of Missouri is
the man upon whom will descend the mantle of
John Shaip Williams when the latter goes to
take the senate scat to which the Mississippi
Domocrals olcclod him last fall , the Democracy
will want ono or two others to bear the brunt of
bnttlo on Ihe floor. Fitzgerald appears to bo sure
of being ono of those.
Fitzgerald was born In Trolleydodgorvlllo
March 10 , 1872. After a course In Brooklyn public schools ho went to Man
hattan college , giaduatlng with the degree of bachelor of arts. Then ho
studied law In the Now York law school ) and was admitted to the Now York
bar when 21. It wasn't long before ho became Interested in Brooklyn poli
tics. Ho was a delegate to Iho nntlorial Democratic convention in Kansas City
In 1000 , when W. J. Bryan was nominated for the second time. Ho was then
a representative in congress , having been elected from the Seventh Now
York dlstilct to the Fifty-sixth congress in 1898 , when only 20 years of ago.
Ho was re-elected to the Fllty-sevcnth , Fifty-eighth , Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth
congi esses by big majorities.
AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN
Hnblbullah Khan , nmeer of Afghanistan , "Do-
loved of Qed , " "Lamp of the Congregation , "
"Light of the Faith , " and "SeekOr After God's
Help , " is waging an ofllclal war against Biitlsh
India. He has not declared war yet , but ho has
allowed 20,000 of his soldiers to invade India and
attack the fiontler guards. The first losult of tills
indiscreet act will probably bo the withdrawal
of the subsidy of $000,000 n year ho has been
drawing fiom the British government ; the second
end a sound thrashing and the third may bo the
withdrawal of the titlct "Your Majesty , " con
ferred upon him by King Edward when the ameer
visited India lately.
He was invited to India in the hope that the
sight of an Asiatic nation of 300,000,000 people
prospering and peaceable under British rule would
reduce his bumptiousness , for ho had begun to
entertain the Idea that his capital , Kabul , was the
center of the universe. The sight of the riches
of India seems only to have stirred up his cupidity and the predatory instincts
of his robber ancestors. '
The ameer is an autocratic ruler and has an army of 50,000 mon. Tills
by no means accounts for his full fighting force , for every man of the
1,000,000 population is a born fighter and goes about armed at all times , ready
to defend his own life and take that of his neighbor if a good opportunity
offers. The Kentucky mountaineers could learn much from the Afghans.
The ameer is not a. bad ruler , as Orientals go. lie has a total lack of re
spect for human life , and his punishments are sometimes what wo would
consider exqcsslve. The Btory told by Rudyard Kipling of the nervous sen
try who rushed into the ameer's presence and announced that the Russians
were coming' illustrates this trail. The ameer ordered him into a tree to
watch for them and posted guard below to keep him there. When unable to
hold out any longer he dropped upon the bayonets below.
REAL RULER OF IRELAND'
Cardinal Michael Logue , archbishop of Ar
magh and primate of all li eland , the man who is
regarded by all , even the British govprninnnt , as
the "real ruler of Ireland , " quite appropriately took
a leading part in the centennial celebration of the
archdiocese of New Yoilc. Not only is he a fellow-
countryman of the majority of the people of the
diocese , but ho is the direct ecclesiastical descend
ant of St. Patrick , who was the flist bishop of
Armagh ; the Armagh cathedral , like that of New
York , is named after that saint , and Armagh is
Archbishop Farley's home county.
Caidinal Logue Is possessed of the truest soit
of patriotism , a patilotlsm that urged him in the
first speech ho over delivered in America for this
is his first visit to this country to urge ills hear
ers never to forget , the old sod , but not to allow
their love for their native laud of their fathers to
render them less devoted citizens of the land of
their adoption , where no man could say that ho
had not a chance to get on in the world.
It was Cardinal Logue to whom the British government owes the defeat
of its half-way home rule measure. John 13. Redmond had undoi taken to have
it adopted by the national convention. The opposition of Timothy Healy ,
William O'Brien and other politicians would have had little weight , for the
people knew the antipathy that exists between the two factions , had It not
been for the pronouncement of Cardinal Logue that the bill was utterly un
satisfactory and that any politician who endeavored to secure its acceptance
by the convention would incur the grave suspicion that lie was endeavoring
to deceive his countrymen in the interests of the ministry. The archbishop
of Dublin and the bishops of Klldaie and Limerick Joined in the cardinal's
denunciation and the measure was killed.
Caullnal Logue was created a cardinal In 1893 when IIP succeeded the late
primate , whose coadjutor he had been. He Is a stern disciplinarian , as some
of his clergy know , and will tolerate no shirking of duty.
SON TO RIVAL KING EDWARD
Mrs. Bradley Mai tin Is In the llmollglit once
moie , not as giving a ball that cost moro than
any other ball ever given in America , or as man
aging mamma marrying her daughter to a foreign
earl , but as the mother of the director-general
of New York society , the man who lias extended
its bounds to include 2,000 of the elite instead of
the original 400 Frederick Townsend Martin ,
better known among his Intimates as "Bachelor"
Martin , ho being a single man.
The passing of Waid McAllister and the panic
left Now York society demoralized , and it was
Bachelor Martin who pulled it through the past
season. Now he is going to England to plan enter
tainments for his sister , the countess of Craven ,
to devise novelties to give a fillip to the jaded
appetites of English society. It is no light under
taking to go into exclusive English society in the
role of professional entertainer , so much different
are their tastes from outs , but this young man
goes without any qualms whatever , for ho has supreme confidence in hlnifaelf.
He has tact , oilglnallty and determination , and a total lack of self-conscious
ness , and does not fear to rival that prince of the art of entertaining King
Edward himself.
Mr. Mai tin has been the Ward McAllister for the three great functions
of the year tlio theatricals * in which Mrs. George Gould , Mrs. Frances Pruyu
and Kyrle Belle\vplayed the characters , the function which Mr. Martin terms
the "Gould Tea ; " the reception to the Duchess d'Uies , and the tea at which
Mrs. Elinor Glyn , Bllllo Burke nnd Bishop Potter figured prominently.
Mr. Martin doesn't go in for a town house , for lie believes that In the
future , because of the growth of society , the hotels must serve in a largo
measure the purposes of private homes.
WHAT FOUR
IEPEMS DID
An Incident ot ( lie Slciie of Samaria
In Dn > * ot Lllslm.
STORY UY THE "HIGHWAY AND
UYWAY" PREAClinU
l * * , by tl.o Autliul , W.B.KJiou )
Scripture Authority 2 Klnga G:2t- :
7:120. : *
SERMONETTE.
Self-help lends to God-help.
The limit of human endeavor
marks the borderland of God's
power.
Wo must do before v/e can
discover what God has done.
Many a soul la famishing In Ig
norance of the plenty which
God has provided just outside
the closed gate of the will.
Realization of a desperate
condition Is the first step in the
direction of deliverance.
Tflo one cast out by men may
become the messenger of God.
The depth of human med Is
often God's recruiting ground ,
The discovered good thing
may become a curse unless It Is
shared with others suffering a
like need.
God can make the food of the
enemy feed his famished chil
dren.
God can turn the famine Into
a feast every time.
Samaria turned the lepers out
to die , and the lepers returned
with a message of life. Evil was
returned with good. ,
God's blessings arc best en
joyed when passed along.
Dearers of good tidings al
ways find" doubting hearts to
question the truth of their re
ports.
The doubting heart Is always
5 ready with Its plausible theory
as to why It should not believe.
The doubting heart misses
many a blessing at God's hands.
It was a simple test which the
servants of the king suggested
to prove whether the message ,
of the lepers was true. It was
"just "let us send and ceo. "
This Is the appeal of the Psalm
ist when he cries to the doubtIng -
Ing heart : . "Oh taste and see
. " Jesus' In-
that the Lord Is good. -
I vltatlon to the first Inquiring
i disciples was : "Come and see. "
< : When Nathaniel doubted that
the Messiah had come out of
. ! ; Nazareth , Philip responded with
the simple test : "Come and
see. " The woman who met
Jesus at the well cried to her
fellow townsmen of Sychar :
"Come and see , " and this Is the
simplest , the quickest and the
surest way of proving that
Jesus has delivered the soul be
sieged by oln and has spread n
feast for those who hear the
glad tidings and "Come and
THE STORY.
WAS during the BleRo of Samaria
IT by the mighty Ben-IIailrid , king of
Syria. For long , long months the city
had been shut within Its strong walls
nnd the famine was pressing- sere
upon the people. The scant supply of
provisions grew less nnd less and
finally those who had not gold and
silver to buy at exorbitant prices
were unable longer to obtain food ,
BO that many died.
Awful was the suffering of the people
ple , and dark and terrible were the
deeds which the people crazed by hun
ger were led to commit. It was no
uncommon thing to hear of the eating
of human flesh , the stronger prevail
ing over the weak and taking life
that the life of the other might bo
sustained. Such was the condition
in the city of Syria , whore the king
of Israel dwelt.
And without the walls of the city
wore four lepers suffering from the
scarcity of food , but missing the aw
ful Bights and Bounds which those
within the walls had to endure. Now
It had bean that during the earlj
months of the siege the friends ol
these leprous outcasts remembered
them and cast food down * to them
from the walls. Those food supplies
which they hud carefully stored and
used as sparingly as possible wore
finally exhausted , and then they realized
as never before that they were face
to face with death. They know the >
could not look for further help from
their brethren in the city of Samaria
and they understood equally well thai
the enemy encamped all around the
city would not listen to their cry for
bread. '
Thus In their misery they sat wait
Ing for death , and while waiting thoj
talked over their helpless condition.
"Surely wo have fallen upon ovl
days , " exclaimed one , dolefully.
"Yea , as though our condition was
not miserable enough there must be
added this that wo perish with him
ger , " responded a second , drawing
Ills ragged mantle about his emaclatec
form. And then he added with on ah
of utter hopelessness : "I3ntvh >
should wo deslrs to live ? Is not on
leprosy but a living death , oven now ? '
"Starvation Is but a quicker road to
the grave , " gilrnly assented a third.
"True , and wo nro well on our wn >
to the valley of dry bones , " spoke up
the fourth , and by way of emphasis
he extended his arm which was mote
skin and hones , the white spots of leprosy -
rosy making It the more ghmtly ,
A deep and long silon/e followed
thla round of comment from tlio four
forlorn outcasts. From their place
without the walls the citoB and groaua
nnd curses fiom within could bo faint
ly heard , and occasionally a flgmo
could bo seen passing along the top
of the lamparttt of the city far above
them. Far out across the valley could
bo BOOH the tents of the Syrians glis
tening \\hllo in the last rays of the
afternoon sun. Long months they had
been thuro , until the sight had be
come" monotonous and uninteresting ,
ami to-day , as on other days , these
four lorfCfs let their oyoti wander out
In that direction , bccnuso they luul
nothing hotter to do.
Smoko. could bo aeon curling up laz
ily fiom the multitude of camp
fires , bringing n suggestion of food
nnd the evening meal. A wistful look
came Into the face of ono of the lep
ers , nn ho modltnttvoly enld :
"Thoro is no lnclc ot food with the
Syrians. "
"Thou art foolish lit the thought , "
came the sharp rebuke from the man
sitting next him , "for dead mon need
10 food. "
"Well , wo can dlo but onro. Hotter
o polish In the effort to got food thane
o Idly sit still until wo peilah , " wna
ho rotoit.
"Yes , and soon wo shall ho so weak
vo shall bo unnblo to move , even
hough wo want to , " spoke up another ,
encouragingly , nnd ho struggled to
Us feet. "Why should wo sit" here
mill wo dlo ? Como , let us go out
o the host of the Syrians. If they
save us allvo we shall live ; and If
hey kill us , wo shall but dlo. "
Saying which , ho started off with
mcortnln wtops toward the distant
camp. By this time the evening shadows
wore beginning to fall and by the
time they had reached the outskirts
of the Syrian camp darkness had
come. A strange alienee brooded In
ho air , but sojntont were the lepers
n creeping in unnoticed that they
lid not become conscious of the
ominous sllonco until they had stumbled
over some garments lying upon the
giouml nnd fell headlong Into the very
nldst of ono of the tents. In fear and
.icmbllng they lay quiet whoio they
uul fallen , expecting to bo killed any
minute for their abiupt entrance , but
ns the moments wont by and nothing
inpponod , they became conscious of
: ho stillness which filled all the camp.
Not a Hound could bo hoard save Uio
noise of their lapld btctUhlng , nnd at
last they grow bold to rlao and inves-
tlgato the tent Into which they had
so unexpectedly stumbled. Food and
gaiments were scattered nhout In the
utmost confusion , as they could toll ,
even In the darkness.
"And thla tent Is empty , lee , " shout
ed one of the other lepers , who hud
tottered farther on.
Then followed a hurried investiga
tion , the lepers as they wont from
tent to tent gathering up articles of
value , and at last exhausted with their
efforts they Bat down to oat moro
leisurely , for In their astonishment
they at first had only oaten a few
mouthfuls as they wont.
"Wo do not well , " suddenly ex
claimed ono of the lopoi-B , "for this Is
a clay of good things , and wo hold our
peace. It' wo tarry till the morning
light , aonio mischief will como upon
us ; como now therefore , lot us re
turn and carry the good tidings to the
city. "
That had boon a wonderful day In
Sanmiia. Wonderful , for the hungry
had been fed ns though from the very
hand of God. All day long the people
had streamed forth to the camp of
the SyilaiiB , and spoiled the tents
there so that everybody had an abun
dance nnd to spare. Then with the
coming of the evening' came the bugle
call for the closing of the gates of the
city. The few last stiagglora have
como In nnd the gate keeper has begun -
gun the task of shutting the ponder
ous Iron dors , when ho notes a llttlo
group of mon standing at Homo dis
tance outside the gate and looking wist
fully within. Ho beckons them to come ,
and there comes the answering cry :
"Unclean ! Unclean ! "
"What ! " cried some one from wltli-
In the gate , "are the lopes who
brought deliverance to the city to bo
shut out ? "
Again the cry sounds forth :
"Unclean ! Unclean ! "
It waB at that moment that a figure
was Been to press tlnough the gate ,
and us the people noted his long hair
and coaise lobe they whispered : "It
Is the piophet. "
f
With nipld atrldos the prophet pro-
cccdod stialght to the gioup of four
lepers , not heeding the cry of "Un
clean ! Unclean ! "
And that night when the gates of
Samaria closed they shut within , not
without , the four lepers who had so
nobly served the city In Its sore need.
Saloon Town Reformed.
"Wo'vo got a town on our road the
boys call 'Hell. ' If you want a real
hard thing to try out .the Y. M , C. A.
on , put ! ( . theio. " This was the. remark
made ten years ago by a railroad pres
ident to an International Y. M. C. A.
secretary , who had urged that this
organization could better the condi
tions of living and the service on the
road. "That anils us , " said the sec-
rotary. The company put up ? 1,500
for an equipment , and the citizens
$2,500. At the end of a month saloon
men piotested that the new organization
tion- was ruining their business , Ono
of them , who had the biggest paying
corner saloon In town , said lila month
ly receipts had fallen off from over
$3,000 to $700 , and ho or the associa
tion hud to quit. Now a handsome
Episcopal church occupies his corner.
A brakeman who came back to the
town after an absence of two years ,
hunted for his former associates In
their accustomed seats in the saloon
and found them in the Y. M. C. A.
building.
SOPHIA
KITTLE5EN
HEALTH VERY POOR -
. ' RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh Twentij-fivG Years-
Had a Bad Cough ,
Miss Sophia Klttloson , Evanston ,
Illinois , U. S. A. , writes :
"I Titivo been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twonly-Jlvo .vqnrs nnd have
tried many euros for it , but obtained
very HUlo'hclp ,
"Then my In other nilvlsoil mo to try
Ferunn , and I did ,
"My health was very poor at the Itmo
I began talclnjr Poninn. My throat waa
very sore and 1 had a bad coutfh.
'Pcriina hns cured mo. The climnlc
catarrh is gone nnd my health Is very
much Improved. .
"L recommend Poruna to all my
friends who are troubled UB I wan. "
PCHUNA TAULETS'-Somo people pre
fer tablets , rather than medichio in n
fluid form. Snub people can obtain 1'cru-
mi tablets , which represent the medici
nal ingredient's of Poruna. Each tablet
equals ono average dose of Pcrunn.
Man-a-lln the Ideal Laxative ,
MnnuTnclurcil by Pcrunn Drug Manu
facturing Company , Columbus , Ohio.i
COMMON PHRA3E.
"Something hard U beat. "
Deafness Cannot Bo Cured
t > y local appllcntlogi , 11 thny cannot roacli the dl
cased portion of tlie our. 1 fioru U only oao way to
euro djBfnun.nnil tint It by conitltuiloutl remctllei.
Dcafuoii U canned by in Inflamed coudltlun of ilia
inuconi lining of tlio Kmtaclilnu Tulio. When thlj
tube la ItiflvueU you liavo n rumblluu lound or Im
perfect lioarlnK , mid when It In otitlroly closed , Deaf-
no li tlio result , nd unleti tbo Inflammation can t > o.
taken out and tbii tuba rcitorcd to lit normal condi
tion , bearing will bo destroyed forever ! ulna cs ei
out of ten are cauiad by Caurrli , wlilcli li uotblax
but nn IntUmml condition of tlio muooui aurfnccii.
Wo will KVfl | Ono Hundred Dollari fur any cans of
Ieafne t ( caused by catarrh ) that cannot bo cured
by llall'i Catarrh ( Jura. Bond fur circular * , freo.
K. J , C1IKNKV & CO. , Toledo , 0.
Bold liyDrURRUU , 75a.
Take Hair * r mlly 1'jllt for constipation.
Waited for a Man.
First Cyclist What's in tlio baud ,
box , Dill , nnd whore's the girl ?
Second Cyclist That contains my
puncture-mending device. I got them
mended quickly nnd well without liftIng -
Ing a finger.
First Cyclist Tell us !
Second Cyclist That box contains a
lady's skirt and picture hat ; when I
puncture 1'vo only to don them and
wait !
First Cyclist By Jove , that's clever !
Conquer by Cheerfulness.
It is our duly to preserve cheerful
ness. LIfo has its sunshine and pleas-
nrcs , Its cheerful heights which any
one may climb , if ho have but the
courage and faith. Kcndrlck.
Qualify
appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accoo
ingly , it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
end Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value , but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is tlio fact that it cleanses ,
sweetens and relieves tlio internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative , and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians , ns it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine-
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. , only , and for sale by all leading drug
gists ,
It yon inQer from Flu. Fall IDE Blrknra or
bpannu , or have Children that do co , my
New DUcovery and Trcatmwit
will Eire them Immadlat * rall r , and
all ion are lukoJ to < lo U to Mail tor
A Fr Bottle ot Or. Maj'a
EPILEPT1CIDE CURE
I OompllMwlthF < Kxlan4PruK ActoiOcmT M
I Juno30th 1804. < \ > inplc : direction.aliate -
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