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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-7-27, Page 7„TR1CF.ERY IN 'T. .RAD. Rev. Jr. Talmage Draws a Contrast Between it and Fair Dealing. He Condemns Business Processes by Which Values Are Mie• representeci—Many of Our Merchants Are Models of IntegraY• • Washington, July 23.—Intem1ty and 4)r c'Qu1" 15 18 exPecze4 the"' Will—atia hie they de--Mhe o drsok. Other merch- ants lodging in adjoining rooms find it hard to sleep for the clatter of decanters, and the coarse carousal of these "bail fel- lows Welt met" waxes louder. But they sit not all night au the wine cup. They must see the sights. Tber stagger forth with olteeks flushed and eyes blooishot, Tbe outer gases of hell open to let in the Yectims. The wigs of lost souls flit among the lights. Rad the stepsof the carousers sound with the rumbling thole:Mr; of the lost. Farewell eo all the sanctities of home! Could mother, asters father, slumbering in elle inland home. in some vision of that night catch a glbapest of the ruin wroughv they would rend their hair by elle roots Ana bite the tongue till tbe blood spurted, shrieklug Qat. "God eeve him!" telehenteseyes wayd. What, *appose you, will come upon such bust -nese eetablifibments? and there are bundt'eds of them in the cities. Thesr may beget of fabelous sales, and they =ay have an unpreeedented run of towers, and the name of the house may be a terror to all rivals. and from tine thrlfty root there may spring up branch houses in ether (titles, sued, all she partners of the Arm may• move into their mansions and drive their full blooded spaus and the farailieS may sweep the street witle the most elegant apparel that binneu betot ever wove or earthly sungniacessee ever achieved. lint A 0=48 Is gethering surely for those teen, and if it does not Mee hold of the pinata and in slue wild runt briug (learn the temple of comeeereial glory it will break np their peace, and they will tremble with elekniew and bloat with die- alpatione. end, pusbeil to the preeipice of this lire, they will zry to hold back awl cry for help, but no help tr,Pi come. and they will olutelt their men to take 15 along with them, but at. will be snatcbed frotn their grasp and a voice will sound through their *Out "Not a farthing, thou beggared spirit)." Aud the judgment Will come, and they will stand aghast before it, and all the business iniquitithe of a lifetime will gather around thous, saying, "De you remember this?" and "De yon remember timer And (-larks) Mat they compelled to diebonesty and runuers and drupelets, and bookkeepers wbe saw bettlud the scenes will hear testimony to their =Carious deeds, and Seine VirtUOUS SOW that once stood aghast.' at the splendor and power of these busi- ness mea will say, "Alas, this is all that Is left of Out great arns that occupied a block with their merohandise and °vete shadowed the city with their influence and made righteousness and truth and purity fall under the galling lire of avariee and erime," While we admire and approve of all acittenese end mot ixt the sale of goods. we must condemn any process by whieh a fabric or product is represented as poto sessiog a value which it really does not bave. Nothing but sheer falsehood can represent as perfection boots that Hp, silas that speedily lose their luster, cell - coos that Immediately wash aut. stoves that crack under the first hot flre, books insecurely bound, earpete that unravel, old furniture rejuvenated with putty and glue and sold as having been reoently manufactured, gold evatehes made of brass, barrels of fruit, the biggest apples on the top, wine adulterated with strychnine, hosiery poorly woven, cloths of domestic manufacture shining with foreign tabels, imported goods represented as rare and hard to get, because foreign exchange is so high, rolled oat on the counter with matchless display. Import- ed, indeed, but from the factory in the next street. A pattern already unfashion- able and unsalable palmed off as a new print upon some country merchant who has come to town to make his:first purch- ase of dry goods and going home with a largo stock of goods warranted to keep, eveget Stand Light. Again, business men are often tempted to make the habits and oustorns of other traders their law of rectitude. There are commercial usages which will not stand She test of the last day. Yet men in busi- ness are apt to do as their neighbors do. If the majority of the traders in any locality are lux in principle, the com- mercial code in that community will be spurious and dishonest. It le a hard thing to stand close by the law of right when your next door neighbor, by his looseness of dealing, is enabled to sell goods at a cheaper rate and decoy your. custoraers. Of course you who promptly meet all your business engagements, paying when you promise to pay, will find it hard to compete with that merchant who is hope- lessly in debt to the importer for the goods and to the landlord whose store he occupies and to the clerks who serve him. There are a hundred practices prevalent in the World of trate° winch ought never to become the rule tor honest men. Their wrong does not make your right. Sin never becomes virtue by being muliplied and admitted at brokers board or merota ants' exobanee. 13ecanse others smuggle a few thingtrin passepger trunks, because others take usury when men are in tight places, because others deal in fancy stocks, because others palm off worthless indorse- ments, because others do nothing but blow bubbles. do not, therefore, be over- come of ternptatic,n, Hollow pretentions and fictitious credit and commercial gambling ;nay awlaile prosper, but the day of reckoning cometh, and in addition to the horror and condemnation of out- raged coaimunities the ourse of God will coma blow after blow. God's law eorever awl forever is the only standard of right and wrong, and not commercial ethics. Young business man, a•void the first business dishonor, and you will avoid all the rest The captain of a versel was walking near the mouth of a river when the tide was low, and there was a long, stout anchor chain into one of the great links of which his foot slipped, and it began to swell, and he could not with- draw it. The tide began to rise. The chain could not be loosened nor filed off in time, and a' surgeon' eves called to amputate the limb, but before the work could ,be done the tide rolled over the victim, and hie life was gone. I have to trickery be business life Mem the snielesst of Dr. Talmage's stoniest to -day, and the contrast he establishes 'between the twa Is a striking one The text is Proverbs xx, 14, "Iv is naught, it is naught, sael tbe buyer, hut when he is gone bis way, then he boasteth." Palaces are not sucb prisons as -the world imagines If you think that the only time keep and queens come forge from the royal gates is in procession and gorgeously Isetended. You are mistaken. 4 Incognito, by day or by night. and cloth- ed in citizen's apparel or the dress of a working womeaa they come out and see the World as it is. In no other way could Hing Solomon, the author of inyteXt. *eve Itnewn everything that Was going on. From my text I ant sure be mese in diettleifee Fenno day have walked into a shore of ready-made teething lo Jeruettleee *ad kneed near the counter and beard a eonversation between a buyer Anel seller, no merceaut put a price on a coati, and the customer began to dicker and said: "Absurd: Time wet le nest Worth what you as for it, Why,, eelse leak At the embreeness of the *brioi etee that spite on the eolistal Besides that, It doee not lite Twenty &elan for Wet? Why, it isnot worth more than CO. They have a better article then tbat and for lower price down at Clotheni, Fitem Bros, Besides tea, I don't want it at any prime Good looming." "Hold." says She mercbant. "do not go cae in that way. I want to soil you that coat. I bare smile payment.; to snake and I want the money. Come, now, how tomb will you give for that coat?" oWelless says tee onetomer, "I will split the difierence. VOU asked $20 and 1 saki $10. New. I will give you SM." "Well," **aid dm merchant, "it to a great sacrifice, but take it at that price." Then the customer With a roll under his arrn started to go out and enter his own plitee or business, and Solomon itt disguise followed hum He heard the ens - tomer as lie laurelled the goat sae: "Boys, I have Made a great bargain. Haw much do you guess I gave for thav coat?" "Well, saes:one, wishing to com- pliment his enterpriee. "you gave el30 for it." .A.Pother siva "I ;Moulbl think you got 15 clump 15 you gave MM." "No, says the over In triumph; "I ghee it for We I heat htra down and pointed out the impedes:0one until really tondo him believe it was not worth hardly anything. It takes sue to make a bargain. Be! Ha!" Omen, yon got the goods for lees than they were worth by positive fatleebood„ :mil no wonder, when Soloman went hack to his palace and had put off his diegnise, that he sat down at his writing sleek, and etude for all ages a crayon sketch of you, "It Is naught, it is naught, Keith tbe buyer, hue when he is gone his Way, then be boast- eth." Word ai Good ne Bead. There are no higher styles of men in all the -world than those now at the betel of mercantile entorpelses in the great cities of this oontinene. Their casual promise is as good as u bond with piles of collatorals. Their good reputation for integrity is as well established as that of Petraroh residing in the family of Colon- na, It is related that wean there was great disturbance in the family the cardinal called all his people together and put them under oath to tell the truth, except Petrarch. When he came up to swear, the cardinal put away bis book and said, "As for you, Petrarcb, your word is sufficient." Never since the world stood have there been so many zaerobants whose transaotions can stand She test of the Ten Commandments. Such' bargain makers are all the more to be honored because they have withstood year after year temptations which bave flung so many flat and filing them so hard they can never, never recover themselves. While all positions hi life have powerful besetments to evil, there are specific forms of allurement wbich are peculiar to each oxsupation and profession, and it will be useful to speak of the peculiar temptations of business men. First, as in the scene of the text, busi- ness men are often tesnpted to sacrifice plain truth, the seller by exaggerating the value of goods and the buyer by de- preciating them. We cannot but adrnire an expert salesthan. See how he first in - duos the oustoiner into a mood favorable to the proper consideration of the value of the goods. He shows himself to be an honest and frank (.'falesman. How care- fully the lights are arranged till they fall just right upon the fabric] Begins niitig with goods of Inedium quality, he gradually advances toward those of more thorough make and of more attractive pattern. How be watobes the moods and whim* of his ouatorneri With what per- fect calmness he take e tha order and bows the purchaser from his preset:tote-who goes away having made up his mind that he has bought -the goods at a price vahloh will allow hint a living margin When he again sells theml The goods were worth what the salesman said they ware and were sold at a price wile% will not make it necessary' for the house to fail every San years M Order to fix up thingo Privetices Condemned. But with what leurnina indignation we think or the iniquitous stratagems by' which goods are sometimes disposed of 1 A glance at the Inorning papers shows the srrieol at °tie of our hotele of a young merchant from one of the inland cities. Be ie a comparative stranger in the great city, and of course he must be shown around, ana it will be the duty of tome of our enterprising houses to escort him. Haifa a large purchaser and has plenty of time and money, and it will pay to be very attentive. The evening is spent at a place of doubtful amusement. Then they go back to the betel. Raving just corae to town, they must. of courSe, drink. Ao friend from the same mercantile establishment drops In, and usage and generosity suggest that they must drink. Business prospects are talked over, and the stranger is warned against certain dilapidated zoeroantile establishments that WU about to fail, and for such kind- ness and magnanimity of caution against tat .411PlorastY o.5 or bugloss hedeest 4dt* I11 you, young peen, that tust one wrong into wbieb you help may be a link of a long cbain of circuntstances from which you cannot be extricated by eny ingenu- ity of your own or any help from others, seed the tamps, wal roil over yen Sul thee have over nany. When Ponepey, the wars xior, wanted to take possession o * eitY and they would not open the gates, he persuaded them to admit a sick soldier. But tbe sick soldier after awhile got well hend strong, and he threw open. the gates and let the dtwastatieg army rAnne One wrong admitted into ths eoul may gain in etemegelt utltil After awbile flings open oil the gazes to the attack of ein, and the ruin to complete. testi, iti eat ftesem.st bit ity Again, business men are sconeeieneli tempted so throw off personot responsibilt ity, flatting it to the institution to which they belong. Direetore in banks And rail- road and insurance compenies sometime” ehirk personal reeponsibility underoeata the action of the corporation, and llow ofteeh when some eaniting house or Onancial iststitution explodes through fraud, respectable men tu the board of direotore sae. "Why, I 41°110 All WAS going on in an *smart way. Mad I ant uzterly confouuded with thie demeanor!" Tbe banks and tbe ilre end life mut marine lusurance companies and themile road companies w11 not stand up for judgmene in the lase day, but ehose who be them oceed righteolisla Will receive, each for himself, reward, owl those who acted the pelt of negleet er trickery will, each for leimeelfs receive eendersella. tien, Wowed eividends am net clam be- fore God became there am those soisoolat- eel with you who grab jnst as big a 'pile es you do, He who eanntenal4COS the dis- honesty of the firm or of the corporation or esioaietion tekes upon himself all the morel liabilities. lf the Anent:cell lustiest - n steals, be h'teAlS. If they go into wild speculationa he Mansell is a H they xmaileesly embalms* a coeditor. he himself is guilty or cruelty.. If they swindle the upinitiated, he bineself is a defaultor. No elnaucial inseitution ever bad a ;slope)* -vault strong enough, or credit stoutest) enough, or divideuds large enough. or policy moue enough to Wile the individual sins of its members. The old adage that corporations eave no souls is udeleading. Every corporation has as many eoule tie it he weathers. Again, many busineest men Item been tempted to postpone their eniortnents and dudes to a uture season of entire leisure. Wheo A sulative the Christian religion would be to an our business Juott if instead of poetponing its esees to old age or death they 'would take it Into the store or fattory worldly engage- ments -rime! It is Rely to go amid the uncertainties of bustneso life with no God to belp. A merehant in a NOW Nng. land village wits see:ailing by a hOrsa and the horse lifted it foot to stamp it In a pool'of water. and the merehant to escape the splash, stepped into the door of an insurance tigent tout the agent said, 'X suppos-e you have come to renew your fIr e insuranee." "Ohl" said the merch- ant, "1 bad forgotten that." The "insur- ance was renewed, mid the nexe day the house thee had been insured WW1 burned. Was iv all aceidental that the merchant, to osteipe a spliseb from a borate; foot, stepped into the insurance office? No, it was providential. .A.nd what a mighty solace for a business man to feel that things are providentiall What peace and equilibrium in such a coustideration, and -what a grand thing if all business men could realize iti A wakened Proin Lethargy, Again, business men aro often tempted to les their calling interfere with the interests f the soul. God sends men into the business world to get educated, just as boys are sent to school and college. Purchase and sale, loss and gain, distil). pothtment, 'prosperity, toe dishonesty of others, vanio and bank suspension aro but dieterent lessons in the school. The =ore business the snore tneans of grace. Matty have gouts through wildest panic 'unhurt. "Are you not afraid you will break?" said some ono to a merehant in time of great commercial excitement. He replied, 'Aye, I shall break when the fiftieth psalm breaks, In the fifteenth verse, 'Call upon Me in the day of trouble, and X will deliver thee.' " The store and tee counting bouse have developed some of the meet stalware ober - actors. Perhaps originally they had but little sprightliness and force, but two or three hard businest thumps woke them up from their lethargy, and there came a thorough development in their hearts of ell that was good and holy and energetic) and tremendous, and they have become the front men in Christ's army as well as lighthouses in the great world of traffic. But business has been perpetual depletion to many a man. It Bret pulled out of him all benevolence, next all amiability, next all religious aspir.ttions, next all conscience, and, though he entered his vocation with large heart and noble char- acter, he goes out of it a skeleton, enough to scare a ghost. Bad Partners. Men appreciate the importance of having a good business teaud, a store on the right side of the street or In the right block, yet every place et business is a good stand for spiritual aulture. God's angels hover over the world of traffic+ to sustain and build up those who are try- ing to do their duty. To-inorrow, if in your place of worldly engagement you will listen fOr it, yon may bear a sound louder than tbe rattle of Mays and the shuele of feet and the clink of dollars stealing into your soul, saying, "Seek ye fires the kinadom of God and his right- eousness, and ell other things shall be added 'unto you," Yet seine of those sharpest at a bargain are cheated out of their immortal blessed- ness by stratagems more palpable than any "drop game" of the street. They make investments in things everlastingly below par They put their valuables in a Safe not fireproof. They give full credit to influences that will not be able to pay one cent on the doliar. They plunge into lsbyrinth from which no bankrupt ,law or "two-thirds enactment" will ever extricate them. They take into their partnership the world, the flesh and the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness will boat through eternal ages that the man who in all his business life could not be outwitted at last tumbled into spiritual defaloation and was 'swindled out of heaven: Perhaps some of you saw the lire in New York in 1835. Aged men tell us that it beggared all description. Some stood on the house tops of 13rotetlyet and looked at the red ruin that swept down the streets and threatened to obliterate the metropolet. But the aommenial world win yet be startlea by a greater confla- gration,. even the last one. nillo of ex- change, policies of insuranee, mortgagee anci bonds and government securities will be consumed in one lick of the flame. The *surge and the 'United thetas mint will tarn to, asees. Golcl will sett molten into the dust of the isereet. Exchanges and granite blocke oe merobandise fad with a creels that will make the earth tremble. Tbe aashing op, of the great light will show the tegbteotts the way to their thrones. Teeir best treasures in heaven, they will go up and take posses - sem of them. 'rho toils of business life, whieh rack,o1 their brains and rasped teeir nerves for so ninny years. will have forever ceased. "Tbere ebe 'week -est Cettat from •troubling and the weary ore at rect." ^ THE BACHELOR'S BEcacom. In ib. C�Unrt Haw. one 3r.y Ida 4,t- treetiVely FFtrnirhed at Solna Colic.. "If a new bouse is to be furnished, or an old one refurnislatiO, and the house- mother is thinking of buying an -therein carpet or leaking n carpet for the sleepe ing-roolo, here is a bit of edvice—don't, ' writes Mrs. John B. Sims, in an 'article on "Tbe Sleeping -Room on the Feral," in The Ladies' Home Journal. "A hand- some carpet is a thing oe benuty in its place, but as place is net in the farra- bouSe we are fernishieg, The sleeping - room should be cool In seine:tea alia alwaye and eitsy to keep so, as free from dust as passible. and reetful to look at. It cen be all of these if a little thought be judielously mixed with the pbenning of it One very pleasant room 1 'save in Mind is in the *goo ef a "beehelor man,' The eloer is bare of covering with ebe exceptien 05 ewe heme•nustle rugs; ehe hard pine namely -board floor has been oiled until it has Acquirtiti a rich brown tint; She bed, dresser mune evethstaud are of WAIllUt; A elven cove,red with cotton drapery of a harmonizing eolor, an ann- ohair and an old-fathioned Tooker com- plete the feenisbing, A few sod. pic- tures are on the wails. It is elways the pletere of immesh:, and is etssily kepe so, probebly beraime of the simple Arrange - recut of is fume -etre. The large ward- robe opening from it will bear coustapt inspection, met could give u le*Sen itt neatuete to anyone." Surpriwd. The young reformer was a superlative- ly feminine criature whose soul abhorred sounds Mustier thtsta those which come from the lump, but her sympathies bad ben aroueed tool she bed entered her name on the roll of Friendly Visitors. She felt that she could no longer face her dear soelety friends without being Able to tell of her experiences lu reforeaug some - beet!. Arming hermit with dieiufectonte she started on her errand. Climbing a stab. - way in the tenement diserieu, she unv- ersed a dark bell, feeling au inieginary clarapnets mop throughher shoes and thinking of cough drops for the morrow. Entering one of the rooms, she found herself unexpectedly in the presence of a Pale. nooleeedresate woman, and conclud- ed she would begin her work ot reform by reminding her thet cleanliness is akin to godsinose. end an inspection of the premises was In order. Turning cautiously toward the utantide bed, suspicious of seeing "the terror which ereepeth by night" her eye rested upon a woman with it newborn babe at her side. "I did not know that you had others living with you," remarked the visitor. "She does not live here. She is ray noighber." "Why is she In this room and in your bed?" "Well, lady, you see I have a window and a bit of carpet, and I invited ber to come because I thought. it would be a decenter place to be born in than her house is. and it was for the sake of the baby I did it." The refornsee apologized Lor ber call and hurried out of the presence of a greatness of soul which was a revelation she is not likely to forget The Manly Boy. Welting abouv boys in The Canadian Magazine, the editor says: "Above all things a boy must be taught to be man- ly. In Bngland this is taught mainly through the sports in wbich the youth are trained either by intelligent masters at the great boarding sohools, or under the immediate supervision of sympathetic parents. It is also taught at home. In America it Is not taught to so great an extent in our publics schools, because the children's .play is under much looser supervision, hence it must be taught more at home. • The best way to teach it is by example. The next best method ±3 50 deal with specific oases—not too many of them—as they arise. "What does manliness xnea,n? It means a dignity which makes the young man respeot his own rights and those of others. It includes a moderation in speech, a temperance in action. a magnanimity in conduct towards others; and an earnest loyalty to duty. It has no limits. no defined bounds. It is a garment which envelops and surrounds the man, so that he may always be distinguished from the cad, the sneak, the drone, the criminal. It is the first and most necessary equip- ment of the man who would write his name in silver letter's on the golden page of history. It is the concentrated essence of all virtues without a trace of impurity. It is the halo which makes the man a god." Alcohol Orain Yuison. It is so to all intents and purposes. It seizes with its disorganizing energy upon Shat mysterious part whose steady. and undisturbed action holds roan in true and responsible relations with hie family, With society, and with God, end it is this fearful part that gives to government and society their tremendous interests on She question. Is not society, is not every Individual who tnakes, sells or patronizes She use of alcohol ahe leads the wretch to temptation and death, responsible? Must not alcohol be a subject of law? Surely it mast. There bits always been a jurisprudence of alcohol; there is still; end the necessity for it will contioue. But the demand of the age is for a new, s higher and muster legislation, for more thorough and potential law, through which the most ubiquitous and entrap°, bent energy of government shall be ex- preesed for the protection of society. Anthony noon's Latett Bomanee. Anthony Hope's new romance, "The Countess Emilia," beginning in The Ladies' Home Journal, will be read with the greatest interest by its author's ad- mirers in this country. In the very open Ing chapter the reader's curiosity is ',roused in the liveliest possible way. The tory is in Anthony Trope's characteristic rein, and carries one's interest as un - Waveringly as did "Tim Prisoner of &m- ils "'with which he entertained and de- istecl every loyer of a good story well 1tal.teee'reehtse'teterteleettet-- THE TROTTiNG REVIEW. Sherman Clay, 2:07, paced it quarter * 80 seconds at Wheazon, SUL, reeentie. Betonica (3), 2:10%, recently worked an easy mile in 2:1o24 gad a hail in 1;053/4, The famous actor, ellehard Illanseehl, lately bought a Keetucky bred read horse for $1,600. CePhas, 2:11% and Mr. Middientae have worked a mile to pele at Cleveleue in 2;24%, last quarter in 334,. seconds. efambrino King, now iu hia tweutyt etghth yeers is reported very decrepit and, uolikely to more than live the year out. Another tasteful Maine mats shows up la the owuer who has decorated imis Trot- ter witts the name of Johnny Game Late - The $T,500 Askey, 2:08eet, was not bro- ken until he was 5 years old, never 4tart. ed until he was 7, is now 9 and has woe 12 out of 17 races Millard Sanders, 2:27%, by Altteeeete elayenua by Wedgewoocl, in Allie Mer- rifield's stable at elaltiptore, is stepping halves in 1:05 and bit* fair to be a fast leorse. On May 9, at Eapialaul perk, Honolu- lu, in a totem match. James Quillies Pacing mare Violin defeated J. Gibson's Directress and equatee the *land record et 2;16, held by Irish Lassie. Jimmy Bums bas very press:tieing greea 3 -year-old by Constautiue, 2:12/de, ut of a Pilot eledium Mare, at Grootot Po** trace, Detroit. Fie has trotted a mile in 2:31. last quarter lu 34 seeonds. The Beachy Bros. hare one et the swiftest youugsters at the Lexingtoe rack in the green 3 -year-old Miss Mae by Simmons—Willamore, 2:25, by leout bon Wilees, She bas trotted a quarter in. 33% secouda Princess Pauline, the Happy Weeder- er mare, wee won the 2:e0 trot at Nor- a few weeks atm and the 2;40 trot itt Baltimore tee other day, tatting a. ree- Ord of 2:223/4, wears a shoe weighisig 20 ouuces end a 6 ounee tee weight—Horse Reyiaw POULTRY POINTERS. Sweet skis:mains can always be given to fowls with profit. Feet) young ecrwle eve thikeS a day n Su. they are s. month old. One advauteme with geese es that they -will eat nearly all kinds or weeds and grasses. There is no good reason for keeping roasters if eggs are not wanted for hatching. keven itt summer, if fowls are coufined, a dusting and scratching place is essen- tial to health, Do not permit the setting hens to have their neste where they will get too hot and leave them, If raw raeat is fed too often, it tends to produce bowel disease and does niore harm than good. Lean meat only should be fed. Fat does them no good. In testing eggs at the tenth day of in- cubation observe the air cell. It it seems entirely filled, you can usually rest assured that you are giving too much moisture. One advantage -with geese is that in ad- dition to their being good fowls for mar- ket a regular income may be derived from the feathers. They are easier reifi- ed titan turleeme THE BEDROOM. Sunlight is good for everything but feathers. Away with hangings, either above or below the bed. Do not fail to provide some means for ventilation during the night. Beware of a dusty, musty carpet; bet- ter sweetness and a bare oor. Keep the head cool while sleeping, but not by a draft of cold air falling upon it. 15 a folding bed must be used contrive some way to keep it aired and whole- some. Let the pillow be high enough to bring the head in a natural position; no more or less. A dark, out of the -way, unwholesome corner is no more fitted for a sleepiug room than for a parlor. Thoroughly air the sleeping, room every day; place the beds and bedding outside as often as possible. TRUST THRUSTS. The coolest thing in the way of truste is a combination which takes in all the ice business in 12 states. ---Clinton Age. The grocers who are organizing a whis- ky company to compete with the whisky trust propose to fight the trust devil with fire water.—Ste Louis Post -Dispatch. Ten states are said to be hi the grip of a huge ice trust. It is possible to be "froze in" all the year round in these days of ice combines.—Boston Globe. Now the New Jersey supreme court has rendered a decision in favor of a trust, which may be called a new method of protecting home industries. — Tacoma Ledger. The solution of the trust question would be greatly simplified if the other 44 states in the Union could devise an effective quarantine against New Jersey. —Indianapolis Journal. weenies neginnibew. Wealth begins in a tight roof that keeps the ram and wind out; in a good pump that yields you plenty of sweet water; In two suits of clothes, so as to change your dress when you are out; in dry sticks to burn; in a good double wick lamp and lie three •meals. --Emerson. tIREll OF EPILEPSY, The Story of $t. Catharinee Lady Who is Restored to Health, Rol suffered smehrelr, Semetissiee *metes 35 *ias s 1our ae 817:1Z1,16tnd111 ia aW7.1:-11 thel:tSi. tosleauharaintheaa. S. li.Wright,lrines4 has for a number of years beea a severe sufferer freta epilepsy, from wbich sirtsad disease she 10 uow happily free. To a reporter who recently calleO upoO her to ascertain tae 'warmer of her cure, sbe said:—"It is to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I owe my release. It its some years since 1 tied rriy Oret attack.. At the time I did not know what the trouble was, but the (lector who was (need be to attend me at once Said it was epilepsy, sued that the disease was ineurttbie, After this. I bad the spaetat) as often as two, three and tour titneo week. I had no premonitory symptoms, hat would fall, no matter where I was. I Maws slept heavily after an attack. Finding ttiat the local treatment Wan not belpinr, use, um husband Mee. me to (tooter rn itamillou. He else SAW that he meld not eure me. but that he could give rise medicine that would prolong the period between tbe spasms. This he aecompliehed, but I longed for a cure rather thou for relief, and 1. enmity eon - salted a specialist. who told me Gad he eased eure me, but that I Must have pae lienee. 1 asked Wm how Mug tie thought it \meld require to effeet it eure, and he replied at least six months. lie germ Me mediehm and I took it faithfully, but intend of getting better I was surely growing worse, After following this treatment for some mouths -without avail, I felt that I could not hope for a em e, end was about resigning myself o my fate. My sister. however, urged me to glye Dr. Williams' Piet; Pills for Pale People a trial, and reinetautly J.. decided to telt() 0er advice. For a tele after beginning to use the eels I eon - tinned to bare the spasms, but I felt that gradually they were less severe and my strength to bear them greater. aud persisted in the treatment mad the Vine tame when the seams teased and I. was as well and strong as ever 1 had been, I took in all twelve or fourteen boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and although several years have elapsed sinee 1 discontinued their use, I have not in that time had any return of tke nudely, 1 owe this happy release to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. aud al- ways have a good word to say for them." Tee eeperlence of years has pro-cee that there is absolutely no disease due to a vitiated eondition of the blood or shattered nerves Cud Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will not promptly cure, and those who are snittring from stub trou- bles would avoid mueh misery and save money by promptly resorting to this treatment. Get the genuine Pink Pills every lima, and do not be persuaded to take an inatation or some other remedy from a dealer, who. for the sake of the extra. 'profit to hansele, maY say is "just as good." Dr. Williams' Finis, Pills cure 'when other medicines fail. • Itnyornvotannt tha Pitoaortraph; At a recent meeting of the Aoademte des Sciences, Pari, Mr. Marcy present- ed a new phonograph which speaks so distinetly that one tan scarcely recog- nize any difference between the original voice and IM reproduction. On the same occasion Mr. Dusaur described a new method of amplifying the sounds of the phonograph, just as a photogeaph is enlarged. It is done by causing the phonograph to speak into a second phon- ograph having a eylinderof larger di- ameter. You need not cough all night and dis- tnrb your friends; there is no occasion fox you runniug the risk of contracting in- flammation of the lungs or consul:4de); while you can get Bickle's Anti -Con- sumptive Syrup. This medicine cures coughs, colds, infiatinnation of the lungs and all throat and chest troubles. It pro- motes o floe and easy expectorationewhich immediately relesse.es the throat and lungs from viscid phlegm. • - A Ilifferont Commodity. Mrs. Newlywed — I don't see why you are in such a hurry to get to work mornings. You used to say that you could love me throuch all eternity. MoNewlywed—And so 1 can and will, dearest. But tinie on earth is more vale waste, you know. A. new back for 50 cents. Miller's Xidney Pills and Plaster. Where Art Thou, Romeo? The Angel—Don't you think Feeler's Romeo is out of sight? Critic—Exactly. There isn't a trace of Romeo to be seen in his performance. --e Philadelphia North American. Weetern Cow Catcher. "Pardee me," said the tourist as he gazed at the country's first locomotive, "but why is that lasso hanging under the smokestack?" "That," responded Amber Pete, acting engineer, "is the cow catcher. Thar was an iron concern that canie with the en- gine, but the boys didn't exactly under- stand how it could catch a cow, so they unscrewed it and put On one that they knew something about. It's the best cow catcher this side of Denver too."— Chicago News. 7",..eree'ete, 'e'reettestriteteeee: