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" f'T r.. .iwa,g.?'-N'J'- !'.. ,-... ...-v.j-y....-i, ' '' ' - wt - 'Jvg v-t.-t,-f- vsy V-Sjf&'ii -J't. V "- - r , r-v asr ; ;,U , ' ' " T -- -,,'- -fa ' 4 A VICTIM OF tY THE "HIGHWAY AND BYWAY" s MtEACHER 40opriifkt.IMj Uw Author, W. S. Uob.) 1 -.- ' ftased on the Apocryphal book of zLJftlaccabees, 12 to 13:30. iPfcrtod of Maccabaean Wars. The varl iMtY'gtimpecs of national life which can Vra'-gained during the period, show, on the -wmlc. a steady adherence to the ilosalc lair.. Probably tlio law was never more rigorously fulfilled. The -interruption of tbe succession to the high-priesthood was Hie most important innovation which was fiiade and one which prepared the way for the dissolution of the state. After various.-arbitrary changes, the office was .left- vacant for seven years upon tho 'death, of Alcimus, Th last descendant. mf'Jezadak, in whoso family it had been for: nearly four centuries, lied to Egypt, ami established a schismatic worship, and at. last, when, the support of the Jews be came; important, the Mucoabaean lead er. Jonathan, of tho family of Joarib, was elected, to the dignity by the nomination of tho" Syrian king whose will was con firmed as It appears, by the voioe of the people. Little can be said of the condi tion ot literature and tho art. In com mon intercourse tho Jews" used the Ar amaic dialect which was established aft er the- return; this. was their own lan CUaBC. and It is evident from the narra tive." quoted that they understood Greek, which, must have spread widely through the influence of the Syrian officers. There is not, however, tho slightest evidence Uiat.Greek was employed in Palestinian literature till a much later date. The de scription of the monument which was erected, by Simon at Modin in memory of his family, is the only record of. the architecture of the time. The only recog nised relics of the time are the coins Which. bear the name of "Simon" or "Si mon. Prince of Israel," In Samaritan let ters. The privilege of a national coin-.age.-was granted to Simon by Antiochus Vir. Sidotcsr and numerous examples oc jcum which have the datr-s of the first, second.. third and fourth years of the lib eration of Jerusalem. tgQg010gO01Cx010056iO fie'- SERMON ETTE. O g -O "For we have help from M J8 heaven that succoreth us, so we te' are delivered from our enemies, Q S and our enemies are brought un O der foot." J5 - This declaration made in a la letter written bv Jonathan, the O 7r v . i Is! r iirrnrimic Marraiwv innffr. in W.WWW. .WWW ...WWWWWWW .wwww., -w o O the Lacedemonians when he 8 sought peace and alliance with g Ij tnem, is inaicative or tne mans w (gj cnaracier ana me secret ot nis 10 power. q With David he could sing: K ul will life up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh P my help. q "My help cometh from the S Lord, which made heaven and j earth. J . I XL. A. o 6 6 juj nc win noi suuer in iuui iu n be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber. "Behold, he that keepeth Is- jg rael .shall neither slumber nor M sleep. & "The Lord is thy keeper; the Q y-f : u.. .u.j. ....... au... 5' g right hand. g O "The sun shall not smite thee g by day, nor the moon by night. s "The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve j3 they soul. "The Lord shall preserve thy Q going out and thy coming in q from 'this time forth, and even j for evermore.' O OaCaQsOaOKOsOOsOlOlOsQlOl THE STORY. TRYPHON had set his heart upon gaining the throne, and he plotted to kill Antiochus, the king, but he feared the power of Jonathan. "If he knew of my purpose he "will never permit me to pass through his land," Tryphon exclaimed one day to one of his captains. "Why not do away then with Jona than, and then shalt thou be able to compass thy purpose," the other coun seled. "But how can I? No army has yet been able to withstand his prowess. ,Thou surely bast not forgotten what tie has already done to the forces which Demetrius sent against him, and. how he has fortified the walls of r Jerusalem as never before and has strengthened himself in all the king domf i "No, I have not But what thou cannot do by force of arms thou canst da fn 6ubtlety. Draw Joaatban forth from the walls of" Jerusalem and whea thou has made as though thou wouldst fight with him make over tnres to him and draw him to one of , thy cities where thou canst do with Mm after the purposes of thine own heart" "But he is too wise to be -thus caught." replied Tryphon, dubiously. "Nay, his very security now will make such plot possible," was the re ply. - So it came to pass a short time later that the alarm was 'sounded -through Jndea that Tryphon had ' rajied a mighty army and had come into the border of Judea and was then at Bethsan. Jonathan lost no time in gathering his forces and a few days after the report was brought to him he was marching to Bethsan with 40,000 ckvoaea men. But instead of battle array he found Tryphon coming to . steel him. "Why hast thou put thy people to so 'great 'trouble, seeing there is no war -between us?" Tryphon exclaimed,, half "reproachfully when he had come into the presence of Jonathan and had exchanged greetings. And then before Jonathan had time to answer, he went, on: "It is a fine army thou hast, Jona than. And I am glad of this occa sion which has come to me of seeing thy perfect discipline and the obedi ence of thy men to thy every com mand. Happy must thou be with such an army." "And why hast thou come with such a great army to Bethsan?" ques tioned Jonathan, not altogether satis fied by the cordial words which Tryphon had spoken. r "That I might have thy judgment upon them and mightest give them into thy hand 'for discipline as thine own army is disciplined." he replied, jrith evident sincerity. "See," he ex ,?, 'JJEREACHERY claimed, "here are the orders which command that the men in my army shall obey thee in all that thou shalt say to them, and fortunate indeed will I count myself if thou wilt but come with me and show the manner of thy orders in thine own army." Jonathan" took the proffered parch ment bearing the seal and writing. "Yea, thou knowest that I may well covet thee as a friend,, for do I not know that Rome has again made league with thee and have not the Lacedemonians likewise entered into convenant of peace with thee?" Tryphon continued to argue, and Jonathan seemed satisfied, for the next day when Tryphon urged him to return with him to Ptolemais he consented thereto. "Send home thy army, but take with thee those whom thou wouldst have serve thee until thy return." Tryphon counseled, and Jonathan, believing such advice was good and that his men were better back in their homes and busy on the land, he dismissed them and sent them back. But 2,000 he sent into Galilee and 1,000 picked men he took with him. Now as soon as Jonathan had en tered into Ptolemais with his men the men of the city shut the gates in subtlety at night, and going forth they slew while yet they slept all the men whom Jonathan had brought with him, so that when he went forth in the morning he found himself a prisoner in the hands of Tryphon, and he expected that he would be killed, but instead, Tryphon hastened 1 back into Galilee to destroy the forces there before the rest of the army could assemble. ' But when Simon, the brother of Jonathan, heard all this he hastened to gather the men of Judea. But they were in great dismay until he had spoken boldly, saying: "Ye yourselves know what great things I, and my brethren, and my father's house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen. By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israel's sake, and I am left alone. Now be it far from me, that I should' spare mine own life, in any time of trouble; for I am no bet ter than my brethren. Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanc tuary, and our wives, and our chil dren; for all the heathens are gath ered to destroy us of very malice." Now when the people heard these brave words their spirits revived and they shouted: "Thou shalt be our leader instead of Jonathan thy brother. Fight our battles and whatsoever thou com mandest us, that will we do." In this spirit Simon and his army met the great army of Tryphon, which came into Judea, Jonathan be ing held in ward. And Tryphon sent messengers to Simon, saying: "Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the king's treasury, concerning certain business which was committed unto him. Wherefore now send a hundred talents of silver and two of his sons as hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not re volt from us and we will let him go." "Now Simon suspected further de ceit, but he knew that his followers would blame him if he consented not to these terms and would charge that he had caused the death of Jonathan. So he sent Tryphon the children and the money. But Tryphon kept not his word, but when he had come to Bascama, he slew Jonathan and burled him there and then returned to his own land, and Simon went and took the bones of Jonathan and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers and he built a monument and all Israel made great lamentation for him and be wailed him many days. Spiritual Exercise. A new pastor was met by one of his parishioners who was fat and of many years, who said to the pastor: "You must feed the sheep." Where upon the pastor replied: "My dear old man, you do not need food, you need exercise." In this repartee there is a great deal of truth, appropriate to the spiritual conditions of thou sands of Christians. There are peo ple who are constantly clamoring for preaching and this particularly true among our people; we are not given to relishing lectures on econom ic, educational, and varied subjects. Whenever there is a gathering and it is possible to turn it into a preaching service, this is done. The sheep must be fed. But as a matter, of fact, what our people need more than feeding is the spiritual exercise. They are fed; abundantly so, and if they were to put into practice only a small part of that which Is given them in pulpit ministrations, they would be better and the world would be better and happier. No, we are not in need ot feeding. Truthfully, we are not In need of much preaching; we are well fed. What we are in need of Is the evercise of that which has been given to us by the pulpit. This done and there will be a quickening, of our church life. Southwestern Christian Advocate. Our Responsibility to Christ. As all real-character is produced by the sense of responsibility, so all real Christian character is produced by the sense of responsibility to Christ Re sponsibility makes men, responsibility to Christ makes saints. It makes them when it is freely -and unreserv edly undertaken by Individuals in the position in which the call of God has come to them. The individual is too often lost in his heredity and environ ment; the key to what he is has been sought hi nature and in history, not in the living God and the living soul. It is vain to look for saints along this line. They are not the product of he redity and environment; they are pro duced one by one, free, original, un paralleled phenomena, as individual souls, conscious of their obligations to the Redeemer, face their life from mo ment to moment .in the sense of what they owe him. ' It is virtue which should determine us in the choice of our" friends, with out inquiring into their good or ill fortunes, and when we find in our selves resolution enough to follow them in adversity, then may we bold ly and with an honest freedom, culti vate their friendship in the greatest prosperity. 1 Bruyere. mresruv 'V YAUM MrMAm03r Test your cows. "No waste land on the farm," Is a good motto. 4 The run-down farm is where the sheep are needed most The way to enjoy the fair Is to have some kind of exhibit there. Corn can be too ripe for putting in the silo. Guard against it Current and gooseberry bushes If setvout in the fall should be well mulched. Easier to keep the hogs healthy than it is to get them well after they are once sick. The drudgery of the farm can be largely eliminated by planning and systematizing the work. What was done with the cultivator after the last time through the corn? Hope it was not left out to weather. When digging potatoes be sure they do not lie in the sun. They will turn green if they do and will have a bitter taste. Don't let the sheep get wet Takes a long, time to dry out their heavy coats of fleece. Provide shelter. It will pay you. Last call for the state, county or township fair. Of course you ought to attend. It will do you good and wife will enjoy it If the field is not tile drained and is inclined to be a little wet, plow an occasional, deep furrow. This will carry off much of the surplus water and make your crops better. Not the farm work first, but the ed ucation of the children. Days taken from the school for work on the farm should be placed on the debit rather than the credit side of the account Cow-testing associations as organ ized and managed in many of the states now include between 20 and 30 dairy farmers who own 300 or more cows. The purpose is to make an in dividual study of each cow in the herd. The plan is to secure a compe tent man to visit the farms once each month and remain there for 24 hours. While there he weighs the feed which the cow eats, also weighs and tests the milk. This is done not -merely to 'see how much milk and butter fat the cows will give in a year, but also to determine the cost of producing that milk and butter fat,- and to ascertain the profits. He also makes a study of each herd and suggests improvements. :For this work the man whom the association employs usually receives $1 per cow per year for each cow tested, together with his board and lodging. Besides this expense there is an assessment of rom 25 cents to $1 per member, for covering necessary .expenses. Why not plant nut trees? Their .product is valuable. The accompany ing table shows the Imports of nuts for consumption in the United States during the last nine years, and it is ievident from the increase each year :that nuts are entering more generally into the food consumption of the na tion. This may fairly be considered an encouragement for the planting of nut trees. The values in the tables are only those of the imports and does not -include the .-value .c-f nuts., raised jin this country: J900 I3.4S4.C99 1901 3.736.131 1902 4,214.676 B 6.038.726 l3Uft --- l"(-JW li30o D 19 9 Id 1906 7.228.607 J907 6.315.891 pOS 9.563.742 In this connection, Robert T. Mor ris ot New York says: "I believe that nut trees are hugely to take the place of the useless trees which are at pres ent planted for decorative purposes in public and private grounds. The rea son for this belief Is,' because there are 'no more beautiful trees or more attractive than those to be found in the nut-bearing group."' A nurse crop for alfalfa is not fa vored by the most successful grow ers. In cutting such a crop consider able damage is apt to be done the young alfalfa plants. With few ex ceptions where experiments have been tried at experiment stations it has been found that the second and third years have brought heavier yields where no nurse crop was used. The theory that the nurse crop will pre vent the weeds choking the alfalfa is apparently, as a rule, not well found ed, la the first place, alfalfa should not be sown on foul land, and in the second place proper discing and har rowing at near intervals for four or six weeks before sowing will disturb or kill far more weeds than can any nurse crop. Besides, the oats or bar ley sown as a nurse will, when cut, leave weeds in good growth, or dor mant and ready to spring up as fast or faster than alfalfa. No nurse crop is ever used with fall growing. -When ground has been properly prepared for the preceding crop, and then properly cared for, and -made ready for the alfalfa by the preliminary weed de struction, it will be found advisable to sow alfalfa alone, even in the spring. -fa--f r--vmi m. isjaivv The well-kept tool is .the long-last: lag tooL .Care and food Sfe the requisites in profitable stock raising. s No profitable winter dairying is possible 'without a silo. - - .. When the tins begin to show rust discard them from the dairy. The weed which is allowed to go to seed means a lot of extra trouble next season. Feeding experiments have proved that silage is good in fattening cattle K properly fed. The root of a hog like the root of a tree helps it to grow, therefore give the hog a chance to root Clean water for the hens should he the rule. Have the water dish so ar ranged that the chickens cannot foul it. Cold fall rains .never helped put milk in the udder of the cow or flesh on the backs of steers. Provide proper shelter. . S Keep the ground stirred and the weeds out of your strawberry patch. You will reap the rewards of your la bor next season. Even with the flock which has range it is well to provide a box of grits and charcoal so that they can easily help themselves. Keep the machinery on the farm up to date, but don't go to the foolish ex treme of thinking that every new ma chine is better than the old and tried one. More dairymen are following the practice of keeping individual records of their cows and of also keeping a debit and credit account of their en tire business. Look over your fields carefully, con sider the varying conditions of your soil and then consider if there is not some other layout of fields and crops which would improve the farm and give greater profit An old dairyman declares that farmers make a mistake by looking too much at the creamery, the price they are to receive for their milk, and not enoughs at the farm end what their milk is to cost them to pro duce it. That piece of meadow which is get ting thin but which is hardly ready for the plow can be greatly improved by a liberal scattering of seed follow ed by light harrowing. If. this is done just before a rain so much the better will the results be. Don't let the long ladder stand against the building after getting through with it for the night. A strong wind might throw it over to the wrecking of the ladder and damage of other things. Pears are best ripened In doors. The time to pick is determined, first, by their known season of ripening, and, second, by the ease with which the stem parts from the branch when the fruit is slightly lifted. Most pears are marketed in "& green, but mature, state. Loco disease, which afflicts stock in some sections of the west, has been investigated by the bureau of animal industry and proved to result from eating certain poisonous plants, known as purple loco-weed and rattleweed, which are common in a dozen plains states. The best remedy is to destroy the weeds and remove the stock from access to them. Ordinarily the stock will soon recover when so removed and fed upon alfalfa and other nutri tious grasses. The square or oblong silo are ob jectionable because it is difficult to build the walls strong enough to stand the pressure caused by the great weight of the silage, and the amount of silage lost in the corners will amount In a few years, to a con siderable value. The best shape is circular. A silo should be more than twfee as high as wide. Do not build a silo too large in diameter, as the amount of silage spoiled from day to day will more than pay the interest on the' cost of an- extra' smaller one. The main qualities of a silo are that the walls be strong enough to with stand the pressure and it shall be air-tight To get this the first step Is to build a good, solid foundation, commenced below the frost line. Hogging down corn saves the labor of harvesting. The hogs become the harvesters and turn the corn into pork right on the field. At some of the ex periment stations and on private farms a certain definite acreage of corn has been fenced off and a num ber of hogs turned in to eat the corn. The hogs were weighed before they were turned in and again weighed when they had cleaned up the corn of a definite area. This gave the ex act gains the hogs made on the corn. In most cases cash net gain has amounted to as much or more than the market value of the corn, which makes it an economical method of dis posing of corn, since harvesting and marketing are saved. Another value in hogging down corn at maturity in the fall is the enriching of the soil with the droppings of the animals. The value of this fertilizer amounts to much, either when the same land is to be planted to corn the following year, or is to be used for other crops. The manure is well distributed through necessity of the animals feeding even ly over the entire area, and the break ing and tramping down of the stalks places them In a position to be quickly acted upon by the fall and winter rains and to be in an advanced stage of decomposition at plowing time the following spring. Corn stalks lying on the ground over winter will decay more quickly than when allowed to stand, and flat on the ground they will hold the soil from erosion on sloping or hilly land. At the time for hog ging down cornthe soil is usually comparatively dry, ".hence little or no damage Is done from the pasturing. j j rTo Tm mfflLAtfBsi I-HH3"9-JH ------------------------w9---------.---V---P-P-------EH ---------------------------iM---ll----K--Rti----------H ----------HKi&ll-------iiii--iii- --------h---i----hw-.-.-.-:----":o:S--FI?yT----BT?' A F. - Ufa- vv5iHlHPS8-i! .dfl&.-Bl iP!-P iAWHBii:1:7 Jl--.'w. H Kfe:?5;:::;: u-l-----tJ-fcyr--------K------l---! KVK'Xb-i-K-'-'-V.'.v h---V-Hi h-flVEEBv v.y.vuB--VTl-; a. 4sV-' 'jKKIK'''VKVB&BI91W H99Br9:-:V::i'x:rSo!-Sr' '',.-----HlMF.v-- -----------------------t-L---,':'-'TS--l 2H-9!ni-EQheX-7...-snHr'Lk . Pv L.-" -7lst-H Tans orocs? SOME people imagine that In verness is the end of the high lands. Nothing could be more untrue. Inverness is the cen ter, and, in many respects, the best and most beautiful portion of the highlands is to be found "farther north." The population in the. far north Is sparse and there are do manufacturing towns to assist in the prosperity of a railway company. It is not possible, therefore, to have a dally service of express trains to the north; but the Highland company has adopted the system so common in the great tourist countries on the con tinent and offers express train ser vice on certain days of the week. Time tables should be examined, as changes, may be made from time to time, so that the very latest informa tion as to train service may be ob tained and passengers will do much for their own comfort and conven ience if they will try to arrange their journeys on the days on which special provision is made for 'them. The "Farther North" express, on Fridays only, was most successful and prob ably an improvement even on the run ning of this splendid train will be made in the future. AU the way from Inverness to Helmsdale (101 miles) the scenery is simply magnificent As the train winds round the three great firths of Beauly, Cromarty and Dor noch, with the great hills towering above on the opposite side of the line, the scenery seems to grow ever more and more entrancing. Through the woods of Beaufort castle, across the Beauly river and over the neck of land that separates the Beauly and the Cromarty firths, the train goes all too quickly for the eye and reaches Dingwall, the capital of Ross-shire, within half an hour of leaving Inverness. On its way It passes, at Muir of Ord, the junction of the Black Isle line and the main line. The Black Isle, which is really a pe ninsula and not an island at all. con tains some of the best agricultural land In the highlands and is famous for the crops it grows as well as for the cattle it rears. There are some Interesting historical spots well worth visiting in this part of Ross-shire; but the chief attraction for the summer visitor is the town of Fortrose and Its suburb. Rosemarkie, where a fine sandy beach affords excellent facili ties for bathing. Excellent hotel and other accommodation Is available and Fortrose is worthy of a visit If it is only for a day. for the purpose of see ing the ruins of the cathedral, which are well preserved. The difficulty of deciding on ! the most beautiful scene In the highlands Is no small one. but certainly tfle pass of Killiecrankie has good claims to first place and It Is doubtful if there be a stretch of railway line three miles in length In any part of the British islands that can hold its own with the three miles between Pit lochry and the tunnel at Killiecrankie. To see the pass as it ought to be seen, one should walk through It; but- a magnificent view of it may be ob tained by sitting with one's back to the engine as the train runs north and looking out towards the river. Unfor tunately, immediately after reaching vjjjjrsrirrrrv'mmm Tardy Reward After Sixty Years of Waiting French man Becomes Officer of the Legion. An old man of 88, Guillaume Hol land, has just been made an officer of the Legion of Honor for a deed of hero ism upon the battlefield, which he per formed 66 years ago. It was in Al giers. Holland was bugler in the Chasseurs d'Orleans when Ab-del Kadir thinned the French ranks after one of the most desperate battles in France's history. His regiment was charged. The Arabs rushed over it like a cyclone over a cornfield. - Only 30 men were left Again they charged, and left but 15 standing. A third charge and Holland with his bugle stood alone. Brought before Ab-del Kader, he was auestioned. There was still some hun dred Frenchmen left upon the battle field, and Ab-del Kader knew that they would fight until the bitter end. He qnestioned the lad. "Is there no tune you blow," he said, "which makes the spot where the most beautiful view is obtained, the train runs into a tunnel and the passenger finds him self in darkness. Perhaps the almost dramatic contrast may, however, en able him to even more greatly appre ciate the beauty of the scene thus xuthlessly cut off by nature and the Inartistic though practical mind ot the railway engineer. At Blair-Atholl visitors, will find ex cellent hotel accommodation and those who are interested in highland history will be delighted with a visit to Blair castle, the seat of the Duke of Atboll. to which they are admitted between the hours of 9 a. m. and 6 p. m.. on signing their names in a book and on payment of one shilling each to a guide, who will accompany them and explain the various points of interest as they proceed. An interesting drive or walk may be enjoyed from Blair Atholl to the Falls of Bruar (three miles) and to the banks of that nver, which owe their beautiful woods to the petition addressed in 1787 to the then Duko of Atboll by Robert Burns during his travels in the highlands. Leaving Blair-Atholl, the train com mences the long, steep climb across the Grampian mountains. For 16 miles the highland engines have to grapple with the hardests task allot ted to any British locomotives, the line rising ultimately to a height of 1,484 feet a short way beyond Dalna- spidal station, the highest point reached on any railway system In the kingdom. The Findborn river, beautiful be yond description, and with some ro mantic history attached to every mile of its course. Is. a source of unending delight not only to summer visitors, but to all the residents for miles round; no one can ever tire of the FIndhorn; the angry waters rushing between the crags, at Randolph's Leap, or as in calmer mood they flow by the Meads of St John, the site of many a tourney in the days of old. or sparkle through the trees as one looks down at the river from the hill above the Heronry, will ever preserve their irresistible attraction to those who love that mixture of wildness and nat ural beauty for which the FIndhorn river is so famous. "I wish," wrote one who visited the river in 1906, "I wish heartily that I could picture to the intending tourist the wonders of the FIndhorn river, the historic sites of ancient fights and the feuds of clans that never died until the last well-guided claymore had drunk its tale of blood."' Perhaps the most beautiful spot on the river, as it is the most famous In romance. Is Randolph's Leap. This part of the river is open to the public on Wednesdays throughout the sea son; it Involves a drive or cycle run of about 10 miles from Forres, or a short walk from Dunphall station and no one should fall to pay a visit to this, the most beautiful piece of river scenery in the country. Curiously enough. Randolph never leaped over this chasm, wisely preferring the com- lparative safety of. a plank, bridge; It was one of the Cummlngs of Dunphall who performed this feat during the fight known as the "Battle of the Lost Standard." TjTjTjnjtnjyjijTjLiUTfwTfW"irinnrM'Vvvvir''rit irniii'VYirvnrinnM'vvvrwr'ini For Bravery - your countrymen give up the battle?" "Yes," said Holland. "Then blow it. or your life is forfeit," answered Ab del Kader. Roland was about to throw down his bugle and bid them take his life, when a sudden notion, half heroic, half, born of the Impertinence of the Paris ian street boy, caught him. He smiled, stepped out, put the bugle to his lips, and, as loudly as he could, blew the charge. It turned the tide of battle. Late in the day Rolland was told by his captors as they hurried him away with them in their flight, that the French had, after all, been victors, and eight months later, when he was released from captivity, the cross of the legion was his reward. A few months afterward he had left the army and became postman in his na tive village of Lacalm. A few' days ago the old man exchanged his red ribbon for the rosette, and when he dies he will receive full military honors. HER PHYSMAN . ADVISED Takbg Lydia E PinWum's Vegetable Compound Cornmbos. Ohio. "I have taken Lyd-a E. Pinkhain yggfttabfa Com- potma a u r i n g change oi uie. juy doctorMold me it was good, and since taking it I feel so much better that I can do all my work again. I thins Ljdia a. inJiam s Vegetable Com pound a fine remedy for all woman's troubles, and I (never force t to tell my friends what it has done for me." Mrs. E. HAK30X, 304 East Long St, Columbus. Ohio. Another Woman Helped. Gtaniteville, Vt "I was passinr through the Change of Life and suffered from nervousness and other annoying symptoms. LydiaE-Pinkham's vege table Compound restoredmyhealthand strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me. For the sake of other suffering women I am willing you should publish my letter." Mrs. Chables Barclay, RF.D., Granite ffle,Vt Women who are passingtnrough this critical period or who are suffering from any of those distressing ills pe culiar to their sex should not lose sight of the fact that for thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is' made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills. In almost every commu nity yon win find women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. And He Suffered. Little Willie, suffering from an at tack of toothache, had paid his first visit to the dentist, accompanied by his mother. Father, on his return from the office that evening, was nat urally much interested. "Didn't it hurt?" asked father. "Sure, it hurt," replied Willie. "Weren't you scared when the dent ist put you in that big chair and started all those zizz-zizz-zizz things?" "Oh, not so much." "That was a brave boy. But, surely, you suffered?" "Of course I suffered. But I just kept repeating over and over the golden text we had in Sunday school last Sunday." "The golden text? What was It?" "Why. 'Suffer little children to come unto me" replied Willie, glibly. "I kept saying that over and over to my self, and the first thing I knew it didn't hurt any more." Poker Finance. Mose Coonley (a winner) Guess I'll cash in, boys. Abe Mokeby (also to the good) Guess I'll do de same. Jefferson Yallerby Me too! Bill Bingy (the banker, a big loser) Well, I guess yo each done got an uddeh guess a-comin. gen'lemen! Ownin to dis heah attempted an' un-called-fo' run on de bank, 8e instertoo tion am now suspended an' won't re sume oppyrations till de panicky feel In' hab fully subsided an' de foolish depositahs continues doin' business as fohmahly. And it's youah deal, Mose Coonley!" Illustrated Sunday Maga zine. -xv5f-. She Buried Her -Face in Her Hans. On a Time Limitation. In spite of the reputation for latltu dinarjanism he gained from his early trial for heresy, the late Prof. Jowett of Oxford was intolerant of preten tiousness and shallow conceit One self-satisfied undergraduate met the master one day. "Master." he said. "I have searched everywhere in all phil osophies, ancient and modern, and no where do I find the evidence of a God." "Mr.. 'replied the master. after a shorter pause than usual, "if you dont find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave this college." CHILDREN SHOWED IT Effect of Their Warm Drink in the Morning. A year ago I was a wreck from coffee drinking and was on the point of giving up my position in the school room because of nervousness. "I was telling a friend about it and she said, 'We drink nothing at meal time bat Postum, and it is such a comfort to have something we can enjoy drinking with the children "I was astonished that she would allow ihe children to drink any kind of coffee, but she said Postum was the most healthful drink in the world for children as well as for older ones, and that the condition of both the children and adults showed that to be a fact "My first trial was a failure. The cook boiled it four or five minutes and it tasted so flat that I was in despair but determined to give it one more trial. This time we followed the direc tions and boiled it fifteen minutes aft er the boiling began. It was a decided success and I was completely won by Its rich delicious flavour. In a short time I noticed a decided improvement m my condition and kept growing bet ter month after month, until now lam perfectly healthy, and do my work in the school room with ease and pleas ure. I would not return to the nerve destroying regular coffee for any money." Read the famous little "Health Clas sic," "The Road to Wellvillc," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read tke nbove letter? A kw .-bcv appear" from time to time. Ther -i re seaulae, tree, mad foil ( kamaa Uttcrest. .:-v.-v-i,-iBifc-s-.w:..w-x: ! f II.