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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT X. M. RIO * , F KUltv. TALENT1NB , 1O2BKA8CA. If It rained only on the unjust there would be plenty to get wet A woman Isn't old as long SLB she can keep her daughter In short skirts * Doubt Is one of the greatest curses which humanity has to contend. If a bell rang at every chestnut all 1 &ther sounds would be entirely drown ed out It Js a pity that pleasures do not leave pleasant scars to match the ones pains leave. The Red Cross Society Is In danger bf letting its bookkeeping obscure Its record In the flel'd. Life's burdens would be greatly lightened If collars with saw edges were done away with. It Is not what a man thinks but tvhat he thinks he thinks that deter- .mines his mental status. The more the mcrgerites chew on the merger decision , the greater troubles : hey have with their undigested securi ties. Hetty Green says every woman > ught to know how to keep house. Does knowing how to keep house do Hetty my good ? The. only way in which the Germans : an get control of Brazil is by going ? ver there and raising children who may some day fill the important offices. Both Norway and Austria are getting hcrvous about the increasing emigra tion to this country , but -they don'r teem to know of any way to improve the situation without violating their traditions. Gladstone , in-marble , now stands in SVestmlnster Abbey ; near Sir Robert Peel and Lord Beaconsfield. Although titles give distinction in England , one 3oea not need to be a/lord to find a place in the British Valhalla. . A New York young man , Alexander Smith Cochrane , who inherited $14- OO'O.OOO from his uncle , is going to Btudy sociology and try to benefit maii- fcind. How Mr. HarryLehr and Reg gie Yanderbilt must pity a boy like that The London Lancet opportunely sug gests that , since bacteriology has lie- come a recognized branch of medical science , "too much attention has been directed to the germs , and not suffi cient to the soil in which they grow. " Alarmist articles seldom suggest the comforting truth at which the Lancet hints : that although countless bacteria assail us , they cannot flourish in a healthy body. International trade touches as many diverse and Interesting articles as an "old curiosity shop" handles. One of the latest and most curious items Is cat-o'-nlne-tails. A Maine man lately shipped two hundred barrels to Lon don. Last year he sent four hundred [ and fifty barrels. It is odd that there should be little demand in the United States for an article which grows so commonly here , while in London there Is a constantly widening market. The /Jowny floss of the head of the cat- flll is used for filling high-priced sofa pillows and cushions' . A Harvard student of exceptional physical vigor , as he and his friends be lieved , was stricken in 1S83 with com plete paralysis of the legs. He took up his studies at home , worked , under reg ular rules and examinations , and in 1SSS gained his degree as of the class of 1884. Then , although frequently in terrupted by illness , he undertook to compete for a prize offered by a learned society. The task occupied him two years. Unanimously the committee awarded the prize to his manuscript but he died before their judgment was oiade known. That seems a sad con clusion. Yet many a story of "success" lacks the uplifting and Inspiring qual ity of this simple , brave , pathetic tale. It Is a popular fallacy with ybung America that the salesman , clerk and bookkeeper occupy a higher place in the social scheme than the farmer or me chanic. One of the deplorable consequences quences is seen whenever a merchant or manufacturer advertises for help of this kind and the applicants turn out by scores and hundreds to get the place ready to work at almost any price. It would be found on investigation that most of these had come up from the country and smaller towns to "accept positions" attracted by the promise of < easy life at large salaries In the city. Nine in ten have no special training or nbiiitj' , and if thrown out of a place are \J as helpless as babies. The salaries which looked so large from the country prove in the stress of city life to be m re pittances. Friendships , even ac quaintances , are Impossible ! ! At best the life is slavery , at worst It Is star- va'.ion. Civilization of the richest fullest typo lifts from the shoulders of wom en the burden both of overwork and of idleness. The right and the possibility of a moderate leisure are conferred on them , and they share In the higher ac- ( ivi'ics of the race. There has proba bly never been In the history of the $ wor 1 a. life conforming better to these renditions than that of many I American -women. The wise mother of | a family of sons and daughters is the object of their devoted love. She is quick to serve them with hands and feet and head ; and they In their turn spring to do her wish. There is no subject that concerns the life of the home or of the community on which her opinion Is not sought. The hours of her day are filled with happy work , every piece of it gaining dignity and importance from her touch. Whether it Is the planning and serving of the meals , the adjustment of education to the individual needs of her children ; the furnishing of relaxation for the j tired husband , the administering of Ju- dlcious help to the needy , or the con sidering of a large public question , Hko that of the liquor traffic , this modern American woman justifies her position. The oriental man confides in woman only when she is wrapped in veils and imprisoned behind iron bars. The American man gives his life , his for tune , his children and his honor into the keeping of his wife , and she re wards his trust. She must not and she will not presume upon her leisure or her liberty ; but she will regard as sa cred privileges won for her by those sacrifices which are the inevitable con ditions of progress. She knows that privilege imposes responsibility. Recently with fitting pageantry tut nation began the celebration at St. Louis of the centennial anniversary of the signing of the treaty by which on the 30th of April , 1803 , Napoleon , then first consul , ceded to the United States'an 1 the territory of Louisiana. The day J was also made memorable by the dedibe catidn of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition - ' ( sition , which formally will be opened May 1 , 1004. Unlike the , Columbian ' Exposition , which was dedicated sixfr 1 mbnths before its opening , the St. Louis exposition was dedicated a year in adto j ' vnnce the postponement of the opengo ' ing for a year having wisely been decid * ' cd upon that it may be in greater readihe IK/SS when the exposition's gates open. 1 Unless St. Louis should secure the two Presidential conventions , it would bo well even now to postpone the opening until 1903 , for political excitement may militate against large attendance : The event commemorated justifies all thai St. Louis and the country can do. By the terms of the treaty made with Na poleou , Prance ceded to the United States the greater part of the region west of the Mississippi River now inye 1 eluded within the national boundaries , exclusive of Alaska , for the considera-J 1 i tion of $11,250,000 , and the assumption of claims of United States citizens against France amounting to § 3,750,000 a large sum of money In those days ] ! but much less than will be spent upon ' St. Louis exposition. The occasion ] ( to be celebrated was also one of thq most important in American history. II wa3 our first great natlonl expansion1' ' What have been the material results i The territory then ceded now constitutes - / tutes fourteen States of the Union , 'of comprises one-third of the national area , and is inhabitedby one-fifth ol Its population. A hundred years ago it had about 50,000 people , now it has about 15,000,000 , or three times as many as" the whole Union contained when the annexation was made. St ! Louis itself has three times as manj citizens as all the American cities had at that time. The Philadelphia Ledger , apropos of the occasion , makes thesq interesting comparisons : "The wool . product alone of the States made ouj of Louisiana would pay that price , ! Last year's corn crop of Iowa alou < would have paid that price six timesefl The wheafyield of the territory , mor < , to than half that of the whole country. ! for any single average year would buj the territory a hundred times. A singly | i State carved out of the purchase ha ! , gu added over 51,000,000 to the world'ijtu I wealth at the cost of digging it out ci of the ground. " Those are irnpressiv < figures. Smell Death. There's an old superstition that i howling dog in front of the house oi ? . ill . death. Ont ! an in person portends utiixA v * * prominent physician believes absolute j Ci ly in ? * - . The physician Vine . a wonder , fully acute sense of smell. Frequent ly. he says , he can foretell the coming ° of death within forty-eight hours of 4 , patient's demise. Witljln two days. i death , he says , a peculiar earthy - " - ref becomes noticeable about a persoj j about to die. He tells of one. casljtiQ where he became aware of the peculiaj odor while talking to aa apparentlj j m healthv man. That night the mai u dropped dead of heart disease. Thi for physician is far from attributing thj be peculiar manifestation to other thai physiological reasons. His own sens/ of smell is abnormally acute. . no Shifty. "Parson Sisterlove , how in de namj ob de Lawd did yo' eber settle da { free-cohnehed shishem in yo' church ? ' "Simply , Bishop Passplate , by a li'j teological diplomicatin' , 'riginal wrj ly. mi'self. IV sees , I hoi's sehvice in di a } arly inawnin' fo' de high eh crittaliks -to sehvice at noon fo' de mih&cle. be di llevehs , an' sehvice at night fo' de dan Stl cm1 crowd. " Atlanta Constitution. IJ A \1 W V * * J * * fffr - * * w * * w - - 511 thi A Simple Sample Recipe. an As to his patient he did turn re And handed him a slip cial Whereon he had prescribed a wise ciari are Admixture for the grip , Cl law He said : "If that should do you good , Come back and let me know. Fve had a touch of grip myself will About a week or so. " Richmond Dispatch. In Long and Short Hani Rates. the The average railroad rate across th American continent in carload lots \ the $15" a ton ; the rate on similar good of from London around the -world to Seal tie Is $10 a ton. If BUILDING A CHRISTIAN HOME. By Rev. Theodore L. Cuyle- . D. "I never let fools or buirns see my work until it is done , " said a famous Scotch painter ; he knew that no pro duction of human art could be rightly judged until it was completed. I re member that when I first saw C logne Cathedral nearly fifty years ago , it liaJ a stumpy and unimpressive appear ance , for it was towerless. The next time I saw the edifice it was disfigured by scaffolding on which workmen were busy. But when , in the summer of 1S94 , I beheld the completed towers in their flashing splendor , I felt that it was a mighty and magnificent poem written in marble. THat illustrates the way in which the Master builds a true Christian. The Bible declares that the Chr is "Christ's workmanship created anew unto good 'works. " Any one who looked at a company of church members - bers in a prayer meeting or at a sacramental - mental < table might say that some of them - were quite imperfect specimen- * jpf workmanship , as he could testify from intimate acquaintance. Very true ; but if that same person wished to purchase a melodeon he would not go intft the manufactory Avhere the 'different parts were being fashioned ; he would go into the salesroom and hi- ' spect the completed instrument. This world is the great workshop in which Jesus Christ by his Spirit constructs Christian character. "Ye are God's building , " wrote the Apostle Paul to his brethren at Corinth. Of himself he wrote at another time , " 2sot as though I have already attained , either one alreadj * perfect. " He was still in tin hands of his divine and loving Architect. The scaffoldings we're not yet taken down , and the work of grace ' was not yet completed. It is easy' to discover some flaws in even the best men and women ; but the ( critic must consider what materials nlj our Master has to work with in frail and fallen human nature , so often disfigured and defaced by innate de- 'pravity. Napoleon used to say that "he had to make his marshals out of mud. " Certainly no power less than .that ' of the Holy Spirit could bav ? con- 'structed such a conscientious and ef fective Christian as John Newton out of so hardened and desperate a sin ner. . A very eloquent and spiritually minded minister once said to me , "Be fore I was converted I wonder how any one could live in the house with ( During my forty-four years of pastorates , when I received converts into the church , I often recognized the ' that one candidate for membership - ship had been reared in a frivolous and worldly family and another had a naturally violent temper and another was constitutionally timid and irreso lute and still another had to contend with hereditary sensualities of tem perament or practice. Some of the overhasry had to be held back and tested efl , and some desponding doubtless had be encouraged. A study of the ex perience of our blessed Lord in building twelve desciples out of the material a that came to his hand is full of solemn suggestion , and one of those twelve - tumbled ] into ruin under the very eyes the Master Builder. . Character building is like cathedral building a gradual process. No Chris tian is born full grown , else there wculd be no sense in the divine in junction to "grow in grace" and to "press towards the goal of the high calling | of God In Christ Jesus. " The corner-stone of every truly regenerated character is the Lord Jesus ; other foundation can no one build on with out risking a wreck hi this world and 'eternal ruin in the next world. The first act of saving faith is the joining the new convert to the atoning Savior. Then upon that solid founda- must be added the courage , the meekness , the patience , the conscientiousness - tiousness , the honesty , the loving kind- ° ss and the other graces that make godliness. Let no young beginner disheartened. Oaks do not grow like hollyhocks. A solid Christian character cannot be reared in a day nor is it to be done simply by Sabbath of services or by sacraments. Some poor ni pumice stone has to be thrown out , nim and not a little bad timber rejected in test spite of the varnish on It st The Bible is the only plumb-line to dc build by ; and it must be used constantge . All tie showy ornamentation that man can put on his edifice amounts ' _ nothing , if his walla are not perpen dicular. < Sometimes we see a flimsy of structure whose bulging walls are SO shored up by pcops and skids to keep them from tumbling into the street. I afraid that there are thousands of reputations ] in trade , In politics , in so of life , and even in church life , that of shored up by various devices. No up Christian can defy God's inexorable" of gravitation. It Is a mere ques of time how soon every character to "fall in , " Jf It Is not based on the rock , and built according to Jesus Christ's plumb-line. It may go down to this world ; it Is sure to go down in next. Let every one , therefore , take heed how he or she buildeth ; for last great day will test the "work , what sort It Is. Finally , let us all bear In mind that we are Christ's workmanship , we must let cur wi. e and loving Master take his own way. We must allow him to use his own tools. Oh , how much cutting and chiseling we often need ! How keen , too , and sharp Is the chisel which he sometimes uses ! The sound of his hammers is constantly heard ; and with it are also heard the won dering cries of some sufferer who ex claims , "Why are you applying to mo the file , the saw and the hammers ? " Be still and know that whom he lov- eth he chasteneth ! If we are Christ's building , then let him fashion us ac cording to his divine ideal of beauty , at whatever cost to our selfishness or pride , or indolence , or vainglory. Christ working In us , and upon us and we working with -Christ and for him that is the process that produces such structures as he will present be fore his father and the holy angels. Nothing is too small and nothing Is too great , that involves' a Christian's influence before a sharp-eyed world. We are to be his witnesses : -Jesus Christ builds Christians to be loojed at and to be studied. He rears as to be spiritual lighthouses in a sin-dark ened wcrd. ! Michael Angelo s&kl that he "carved for eternity. " In an .infin . itely higher sense is every blood-re deemed Christian carved and fashion ed and upbuilt to be a habitation of God through his Spirit , to his praise , and unto his everlasting glory. AN UNSOLVED WORLD. ' By Rev. ' . A. Bartlctt. D. D. We keep hearing this word problem until we are impressed that ours is an unsolved world. There is the prob lem of the negro , and the problem of the trusts , and the problem of mimic- ? ipal government and clean streets. No two voices suggest the same solution , although the dominating tone is re- course to the law. But Jesus solved airthese problems there by that little Lake of Galilee. When 5,000 , . people intruded on His privacy He had "compassion on them. " To His sympathetic vision they were not wolves , but sheep unshepherded. When men have.compassion on the , multitude and use their enormous pow ers to bring coal and bread and meat ; cheaply to all who need them the trust problem will be solved. When city officials , take the view of Jesus and forget their politics and their own sordid did ambitions , and tax dodgers pay what is their debt , and there is a common civic pride , the problem of good government and clean streets will be solved but not till then. The disciples said : "Send the multi tude away to buy food. " Jesus said : "Give ye them to eat. " Then He showed them how it could be done. Selfishness says send the negro away , send the poor away , send anyone away who troubles us and makes a problem. Jesus says teach them and feed them , and those you have thought were wolves will appear to be sheep after all. SERMONETTES Two Types of Religion. History li.-is been a struggle between two types of religion one which makes the Deity convenience , and tbe other wliicb makes him .1 sovereign. The time is come . for some stout , open denying of these superstitious notions , which have gathered like barnacles around Chris- tiauity. / Rev. W. B. Thorp , Congrega- tioualist , Chicago , 111. Altars of Prayer. In the home there should be more altars of prayer ; many are tumbled down and need re pairing. Tliere is a wonderful power attached to the earnest prayer of a parent , and the home that has its altar for family devotion is apt to be a home of happiness , for God's blessing will rest upon that home. Rev. IM. . Zim merman , Lutheran , Baltimore , Md. Life and Death. In every sphere the wisest and most powerful and the richest move on between life and b death. The foreign substances in the a flesh may be seen , but the marrow in the bone is veiled for the wisest of al men. and the scholar who knows all the books of time can not tell what a itl day may bring forth. Rev. J. B. gear Stoeflieb , 'Lutheran , Jersey City , N. J. The Sense of Duty. It is this sense duty which calls upon you and ar tl upon me , which guides you and guides me , which pushes you and pushes me fo do the thing we do not want , to fohe stand in the strain , to lift heavy bur cii th dens , to go without the comforts , to thV seek weariness and not rest , sweat and not sleep , that is the greatest , dl gift of God to us , because It makes th thDi us creators with God , makers of Di something and through this making we prove our divinity. Rev. J. L. Jones , Independent , Chicago , 111. The True Revival. A true revival religion would mean the smashing many programs , the breaking of many cherished place's , the sacrificing pr hi rificing of many personal interests. 1 Theaters and card parties would have Hi be abandoned and business now con lie ov ducted upon dishonest principles would vai vaia have to be given up. There would have bri a be a general cleaning up In all our churches and all the ritualistic .ve tomfooleries and red tape religion would have to go. God wants none of ' these things. All these things are In . P : 1 the way of a true revival of religion. Rev. A. R. Holderby , Bap&t , At lanta , Ga. , A PROMINENT COLLEGE MAN One of Indiana's Useful Educators Says : "I Feel Like a New Man. " Mr. John W. Moug , T > 4 Jefferson * Ave. , Indianapolis , Ind. , State Representa tive of Iiidiniiapolia Business College , writes : " / firmly believe thr.t I'owe my fine health to Peruna. Constant travef find change of food and water wrought havoc with my stomach , and for months , / suffered with indigestion and catarrh of the stomach. I felt that the only J thintj to do was to give up my occupation which I felt very reluctant to do. * Seeing an sd. of Peruna as a specific for catarrh I decided to give it a trial , and' used it faithfully for six weeks , when I found that my troubles had all disappeared - peared and I seemed like a new man. I have a bottle of Peruna In my grip all' the time , and occasionally take a few doses which keeps me in excellent 1 most/conmion phases of summer | catarrh are cutnrrh of the stomach and bowels. Perunn is a specific for summer catarrh. Hon. Willis Brewer , Representative in Congress from Alabama , writes the following letter to Dr. Hartman : HOUPC of Representatives , Washington : D. C. The Peruna Medicine-Co. , Columbus , O. : Gentlemen " 1 have used one bottle of Peruna for lassitude , and I take pleas ure in recommending it to those who There is no evidence of race suicide in tbe family of Tbomss Wilson , a staue driver of Stockton , Utah. lie and his wife are the parents of six teen sons each of whom is over six feet in hei th. The fish hooks useci today are of 'precisely the same form as those of two thousand years ago. The only difference Is in the material : then they were made of bronze , now they are of steel. A "Woman's Baclc. Dublin. Mich. , June 29. To the many women who suffer with weak back ; and pains and tired feelings In the small of the back , the experience OJbi Mrs. Fred Chalker of this place will be interesting and profitable. bie Mrs. Chalker had suffered a very great deal with these back pains and although ; she had tried many things , she could find nothing that wculd re lieve her. The pain kept on in spite of all she could do. At last she chanced to read the story of another lady who had suffered with the backache , and said she had been cured by a remedy called Dodd's Kid ney PUJfi , and Mrs. Chalker thought she would try the same thing. After the first two boxes had been tajcen according to directions , she be gan to feel some better , and she kept on till at last she % vas cured. Her pains are all gone , and she ia very < grateful. She shys : "Dodd's Kidney Pills helped me greatly , and I will always recommend them as a cure for Pain in the Back. " Bishop Fetter's Conundrum. A conundrum propounded by Bishop Porter was told as follows : "Why Js it that in the mauj pictures and statutes of angels exhibited PIb hibited : the angels are always eithei ? women , or yountf men withou beards or mustaches ? The bishop's answer , which always J alTords him keen enjoyment , is : "Everybody knows women inherit the IdDgdLra of heaven , but men only get in by a very close shavft. " How's This ? 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Doan's Kidney Pitta tnova calculi and grareL uieve heart palpitation , 'eplessness , headche , rvousness , dizzisesi. r.orLQBSVILLB , MlSS. "I ed everything for a weak ck and got no relief until I edDoma'aFilla. " J. N. Lzwzs. i need a good remedy. As a tonic it is ex cellent. In the short time I have used- it it hns done me a great deal of good. " Willis Brewer. If you do not derive prompt and stitis- . factory results from the use of Peruna , , write at once to Dr. Hartmau , giving a ; full .statement of your case , and lie wilLf be pleased to give you his valuable advice - vice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartninn , President off The Hartman Sanitarium , Columbus Ohio. Cooling shower on a SoM everywhere or by mall for 25 cents. A package make * fire gallona. OUBr.XSE.mRI3 must have their walls tinted and decor ated with ALABASTINE , the only durable wall coating , to insure health and permanent satisfaction. Write for full information and free suggestions by our artists. Buy only in packages prop erly labeled "Alabastine. " ALABASTINE COMPANY , GRAND RAPIDS , MICH , and IO5 Water Street , New York City A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Foreveri. DK. T. FELIX CorRATTD'S OKIKNTAI * CREAM , lt MAGICAL. J ! ACTIUEU. i Tan. Pimples , Freckles. Moth Patches , Hash , and Skill diseases , aart erery blemish on beanty , and defies i detection. It hn * [ stoodths test of 51 Tears , and fa go harmless tve taste It to bo sure it Is prop erly made. Accept no counterfeit oC similar name. Dr.L. A. Sayre said to a lidy of tbe hant-toi ( a. patient ) : "As you ladle j will use them. I recommend'Gour- and's Cream' as the least harmful of all the Skin prepara tions. " For rale by all Drupfrists and faney-Gooda Dealers In the IT. S. , Canadas and Europe , F RD. T. HOPKINS , Prop'r , 37 Great Jonea St. , y.Y. . Ten Things There are ten things for wh Ich no one has ever yet been sorry. These are : For doinpr good to all. For speaking evil of none. For hearing before judging. For thinking before speaking For holding an angry tongue. For being kind to the distressed. For asking pardon for all wrongs. For being patient toward everybody. For stopping the ears to a tale- * bearer. For disbelieving most of the ill renorts E FREE KIDNEY DOCTOR. 'Doan's Kidney. Pills , rmct. so Jk , Wtt\7\C. TO * . NAME. P.O. STATE , Tor free trial box , mall this coupon to Foster-MUburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. If above apace Is Insufficient , write address on sepa rate slip. The reason you can get this trial free is because they cure Kidney His and prove It to you. "WEST BRASCH. . Dean's Kidney Pills hit the case , \vhlch was an unusual desire to urinat e had to pet up five or six times of a night J. think diabetes was vrell un der way , the feet and ankles swelled. There was an" in tense pain in the back , the heat of which would feel like putting one's hand up to a lamp chimney. I have used the free trial and two full boxes of Doan's Pills with tha satisfaction of feelhjffthatL am cured. They are tne rem edy par excellence. " B. F.