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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-12-28, Page 3DAYS .OF FESTIVITY. Sunshine and Shadow On the • Cradle of the Saviour, •THE STORY OF THE INCARNATION Pr. Tatesaae Takes. His Text Prom What Many Consider the Toallest and. night chill between Bethlehem of matter now. Divinely pretectedl Judaea. and Cairo, will secure his de- , The most of your children would strUctiOn. All the powers of earth, have been dead loag ago but for that. 1 and all the demons of hell bombard- Another gleans of light scetterieg 'ed that cradle. . some of the gleme of that Christie Another shadbw upon that Cluestia pillow in Bethlehem was the fact cradle was the obscurity of the place that it was the starting- place of the of birth, Bethlehem was an obscure ' raost wonderful of all careers. Look - village. David, the shepherd boy, I ing at Chriet's life from mere world - had been, born there, but after he be- ' ly standpoints, it was amazingly be- came general and king he gave it DO YOrKi all capacity of pen or tanetue signiecance, I think never Mentioning or canvas to express, Without tale - it but to ask for a drink, of water ing a year's curriculum in any college out of the old well to which he used or even a day at any school, yet say - to go in childhood—the village so Ing things teat the mightiest MU:l- atest small and unimportant that it had lee% of subsequent (lees have quoted t tie be separated le mind from an -1 and tried to expound. Great lite Uramportant chaptele the Now Tea- o r- ther Bethlehem then existing and so ary works have for the most part r fitment. Rut He Finds It T'ull of Prae-- was ' called .13etblehena of Judaea. I been tho result af much elaboration. There was a great eapital of Jeru-, Edmund Burke rewrote the concha, saleire there were the 15 beautiful ; sten of his speeeh against Warren cities on the beads, of Galilee, any (a! Hastings 16 times. Lord Brougham them a good place to be born in; I rewrote his speech in behalf of Queen there were great towns famous at Certain* 20 times, but the sernia'n .cm that time, but the nativity we to- the mount seemed extemporaneous. day celebrate was in a village which Christ was eloquent without ever Christ intimated had been called by having studied one of the laws of some "the least among the princes of oratory. He was the greatest ore- Juda." Christ himself was to make tor that ever lived. It Waft not an the town famous for all time and all ; eloquence Demosthenic or Ciceroni° eternity. So heroes in later days by I or like that of Jean Deptiste Massia their deeds have given celebrity to len or like that which William Wirt, neighborhoods that would never himself a great orator, was overcome otherwise have been heard of beyond with in log cabin neeetiag houses of the radius of a few hundred miles. Virginia when the blind preacher What a place for Christ to arrive at • cried out in his sermon, "Socrates and to start PQM! The hero of the died like a pidlosepaer, but Jesus eternities! I Christ died Me a 0 men and women of Messianic op -1 Carist's oratory was unlike any- portunity, why do you not make the thing that went before or came a- piece of your nativity memorable for ' ter. Even the criticism of the world Yettis philantbropies—by the cburchesi ' said, "Never man spake like this yon build, the free libraries you open, ; mare" Dramatic? Why be took up a the college you endow? Go bach to ehild. out 01 the audience and Set him the village where you were horn, as on a table and by the embarrassed George Peabody went back to Dan- look of the child taught humility. II.* vers, Mass., and with your wealth • sent the proseeittorS of a poor, Sin - bless the -neighborhood where in ail woman, leashing and confounded, ehildhood you played and near by r out of the room by one sentence el where your father and mother sleep sarcasm. Nolive Ids power of ens - the last sleep. By some such charityphasis and enunciation when he re: invite the Bethlehem angels to come reeled himself after his resurrection back again, and over the plain house by the peculiar way be pronounced of your nativity ring out the old the one word "Mary." Ills power anthem of "Good will to aim." of look shown by the way Peter, the Christ, bora in au obscure place, great apostle, wilted under it. The made it so widely known by bis self- book says, "The Lord turned and *sacrifices and divine Charity that all looked upon Peter." It was an 0m - around the earth the village of Beth- nipotent facial eepression. lehern hes its name woven in gar- Ilis power of byperbolei A camel, lands and chanted In "Te Dears" trying to crowd its hump through and built In houses of prayer. the eye of a sewing woniares :wallet It was while the Peasant and his and all that learned talk about. a wife were on a visit for purposes of gate mace the "needles eye.** only enrollment that Jesus was born. The belittling the byperbole. Power of Bible translators got the wrong earcaSine The hypocrite styled by hiln word when they said that Joseph athe whole who need not a physt- and afary had gone to Bethlehem to elan." His power of peroration,: The be "taxed," People went no farther crashing of the timbers of the poorly then to get taxed than they do new. built !souse on the beach of the The effort of MOSt, People always has elediterraneen. Power to take ad- beea to escape taxatiott. Besides vantage of circumstances: ahen an that, these two humble folk had auditor asked lain whether they" nothing- to tax. The man's turban ought to pay taxes to Caesar. Christ that protected his head from the sun practically said, "If any gentleman was not worth taxing; the wouten's in this audience bus in his porket a sandals which kept bar feet front be- Raman penny, I wish he would just in. cut by the limestone rock, of hand it up to me." And someone whieli Bethlehem is mostly made up, handed him a penny, and then came were not worth taxing. No; the the overwhelming ansa er of Christ, feet is that a procatinatiou had been "Render to Caestir the things that made by the emperor that all the are Caesar's and to God the things people between Great Britain and that are God's." Parade. and of those lands included So I have shown you the shadows should go to some appointed place tux, at the sunshine of that Christie and give their names in, be registered cradle of Bethlehem. In these Christ - and announce their loyalty to the tient, $tartling and Eternal, litteret4t. Washington, Dec. 24.—The story of the incarnation is here told by Dr. Talmage in a new eva,y, and practical use is made of these days of festivi- ty; text. Matthew i, 17, "SO all the generations frora Abraham to David are 14 generations, and from David lintel the carrying away into Baby-. Ion, are 14 generations. and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are 14 generatione." Froui what many consider the dull- est and most unimportant chapter of the New Testament I take met text and And it full of practical. startl- ing and eternal interest. This cattea ter is the front decor of the New Tes- tament, througb whieh all the splen- dors af evangeliszn and apostolicity enter. Three times 14 genera -tions are spoken of izt ray text—that is, generations, reaching down to .t' irist, They all had relation to im. And at least 42 generations petit effect ug, It they were good, we feel the result of tho goodness. If they were bad we feel the results of their wickedness. If some were good and some were bad, it is an inter- mingling influence that puts ite mighty hand upon us. And as we feel the effect of at least 42 genera- tions past we will in turn influence at least 42 generations to come, if the world shall last 1,000 years, So you see the cradle is more important than the grave. 1 propose to show you some of the shadows upon the Christie cradle of Bethieliera and then the sunshine that pourel in. 'upon the pillow of strew. Notice among the saadows on that lisfa.nt's bed that there was here and there a. specimen of dissolute ances- try. Beautiful Ruth his ancestress? Oh, yes! Devout Aa one a his forefathers? Oh, yes! Honest Jo - sores his father? Oh, yes! Holy Mery his mother? Oh, yes! But in that genealogical tablet were idolatrous and cruel Ammon and oppressive Re- hoboati and some uten whose abomi- nations inay not be particularized. So you see bad men may have good descendants. One of the most eon - secreted men I ever knew WnS the son of a. num who lived and died a blasphemer. In the line of an op- pressive Rehobiatm comes a gracious ir and merciful and glorious Christ. Great encouragement for those who ,) I had in the -la generations that pre- ceded them, however close by or however far back, some instances of pernicious and baleful and corrupt ancestry. To my atnazensent I found in those parts of Australia to which many years ago felons were transported from England that the percentage of crime was less than in those parts of Australia originally settled by hon- est men and good women. Some who aro now on juditeal benches in Aus- tralia and in bigh governmental posi- tion and in learned and useful pro- fessions and leaders in social life are the grandsons and graaddaughters of men and women who were exiled from Great Britain to Australia for arson and theft and assault and fraud and murder. Since we axe all more or less af- fected by our ancestry we ought to be patient with those who go wrong, remembering that they may be the -victims of unhappy antecedents. Ilow lenient it ought to make us in our judgments of the fallen! Perhaps they had 42 generations back of them pushing them the wrong way. Five hundred years before they were born there may have been a parentage of iniquity augmented by a corrupt par- entage 200 years ago. Do not blame a man because he cannot swim up the rapids of Niagara. Do not blame a ship captain because he cannot out- ride a Caribbean whirlwind. The fa- ther of this man who does wrong /may have been all right and his mo- , year all right, but away back in the rtanturies there may have started a ‘bad propensity which ho now feels. One of the Ten Commandments given on Mount Sinai recognizes the fact that evil may skip a generation, when the commandment speaks of visiting "the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation," but says nothing about the second generation; and if evil may skip one generation why not two and three and four and five generations, makiug a mighty leap and alighting very hard upon the head and the heart of some poor vic- tim? Better be a littlr merciful to - Wards the culprit lest after awhile sopeseliereditary evil born in the year -1-00 or 1700, havitig skipped the centuries, alight just as heavy upon you. Another shadow on the Christie cradle- was that it stood ander a de- praved king. Herod was at that time ruler and tee complete impels- sonation of all depravities,. It was an unfavorable time for innocence to expect good treatment. Historians say that it was at a time of peace that Christ was born, but his birth aroused an antagonism of which the Bethlehem massacre was only a feeble expression. War of the mightiest nation of tho earth opened against that cradle! The influence that came forth that night from that surrounding of camels and sheep and oxen challenged the iniquities of all the centuries ti,nd will not cease un- til it has destroyed them. What a pronunciamento went forth from that black and barbarian throne, practi- cally saying, "Slay all the babes un- der 2 years of age, and that wide elaughter will surely include the death of the one child that most threatens tny dominion!" Awful time was it for the Oecripa,nt of that cradle! If he escape the knife of the assassin, then the wild beast's paw, or the bandit's clutch, or the mid - CHILDREN'S QRESS. Party awl Day Gowan* For School- girls—Coats For Little Tots. Caildren's faslaioeS are miniature reproductions of the modes for growu Up people just as far as Small awns eau represent the varied details of fasbiou within their limited space and the boands of good taste, says the New York Sun in betreellietion to a summary of the same, as followe: There are don - ale skirts, skirts with a circular flounce and eairts with plaits in the baca Vari- ously iliaisbed with the lueriteble rows of stitching. Then there nre guimpest yokes and vests of all kinds not too elaborate for ehildrexas wear. ^reeked taffeta silk yokes seem to b. a speeial fancy, and yokes of white cloth striped with double rows of sou. Who bread, one of white and one Roman emperor. During that patri- otic and loyal visit the first cry of the Divine Boy was beard. They had walked 80 miles over a rough road to give in their names and take the oath of allegiance, will never rook again. lauthel Would we walk 80 miles to announce mouring for her children and will apt our allegiance to our King, one be comforted because they are not." Jesus? Caesar Augustus wanted to But through all the shadows break know by the record on -which that gleams of sunshine, as the clouds of Man and that Woman wrote their the Christie. cradle were Cleft by .numes, or had them ,yvritten, just glorious light. Escaped from the how many people in his empire he struggles through which we have all could depend oa in case of exigencY. passed and must yet pass, those lit - In all our churches there are so tle ones took heaven at one bound. many half and half disciples, so many Instead of an earthly career it is a one-third espousers. They rather heavenly career, with capacil ies, think the Bible is true, at any rate with velocities, with opportunities parts of it, and they hope that some- beyond our comprehension. Instead how Christianity will disenthrall the of celebrating on earth the Saviour's nations. They stay away fmra birth they stand in the Saviour's church on communion days and hope presence. Instead of the holiday When they have lived as 'Ong as they celebrations of the old homestead it can in this world they can somehow is to them eternal jubilee at a, table sneak into heaven. Oh, give in your where the angels of God are the names! 13e registered on the church d a mid th festivities utas times I realms that there are many cradles under shadows. Oh, the story of empty cradles all up and down the earth, in mishit; and in palaces! There are standing in garrets or in storerooms cradles that V,11 j Ii DUSK ON THE WIDE, LOW PLAIN. - neee on as aide, low plain. And s glint in the foregrotted lying Water fringed by a ring of tremulous whiePerloff reeds, aYer it circling hats eat the sound of the kilideete crYing. Ate/ emend it the sigh of tire wind in a netwees et shiverinir weeds. Dusk on the wide, low plain, Aod a star in the distaece peering aver tee serried peaks of shifting, vandshing blue. And en oak tree black en the nand, end a hare loping off through the clearing, And. out where the terweeds toss„ the bleat of wandering ewe. Dusk on the wide low plain. Aud crone to the pools eleseellditir. And soft where the molleios wait. the AK 0 ground owPs wing. And a Isawk beating hnme to his perch Where the clouds Mth the crests are Wending. And shade S 0 the hostelling night round the leas- etaieg foothills glen:. --William Higgs Youth** Cempartion„ HE ATE ANOTHEii DINNER. aid Eve* et That He Get His Netters Worth, °Speaking of the man who 'wants to get even' reminds me." sold the room clerk., "of semething that happened laet season when I was working in Gwen oowes eon ems. black, sewed close together. are very effective. Plaid sill: useful. too. for tbe yokes of serge seine)! gowns, anal Plaid silk waist trimmed with narrow braid and made with a Vetrei vest la eilether Useful adjunct the school- girl's outfit. 'laid wool gowns are always a feat - um In children's dress. and this season Is no eseeptiou In that reeetat. BLit the plain main awed tames. venetian Oa aths, caslneres and stages have ate lead, and the dainty pastel velem 'are ;seal for their dressy gowns. as well as for the older ones. For girls 14 or 9 years old pale pink or blue Is very pret- ty trimmed with lace insertion and tiny little folds ha leeks in the Moth. Cbiffou point trespril, erepe de chine tad thin silks are quite es popular as ever for the party gowns. and they are quite as elaborately decorated with lace and ribbon trimmed frills. Ver- tical bands of white and colored velvet ribbon nn inch and a half wide falling from the belt at intervals all around the skirt are very effective on the gauzy naaterials. Put ou the width of the velvet apart at the belt. the spaces widen in proportion to the fullness of the skirt. The bands are sewed very lightly on to the shirt and extend to the top of the mulles which edge the bent where they end In a srnall bow. It Is pretty to alternate the lengths. malting every other one a few inches shorter. Muslin:3 in dainty plain colors are used both in summer 'and winter. and a soft sash of liberty satin with netted Muse tied In the clads is a, pretty addition. The motlels illustrated are more par- ticularly for cloth. showing something of the variety in machine stitching and the styles a skirts. A simple gowu with sailor collnr stitched to forma plait Is one novelty, and by varying the colors of tbe silk used the effect Is made at least unusual. The new coats are in short jackets finished with stitching; also long gar- ments to the hem of the dress, xvith triple capes around the shoulders, the middle one of cream white or some pale color harmonizing with the cloth of the coat. Castor color and the tan shades are favorites for the long cloth coats, but there are velvet and velveteen coats of various colors trimmed elegantly with fur and lace applique on the collars. Coats for little tots of a years are made of white cloth, white silk poplin and corded silks and taimmed with Irish lace, a tiny edging of beaver fur and feather stitching. record down here and in the Lambcupbearers and that resound with a laageter and a Book of Life up there.. Let all the music and blaze with a brilliance world know -where you stand, if you and a glory "that eye bath. not seen have to go as far as Joseph and nor ear heard. No use in wishing them a merry Christmas, for the rnerriments of heaven ring out upon them from temples that are always open, amid pleasures that never die. Oh, it is not a dull heaven, but a lively heaven, for there are so many children there! They throng the streets; they look out of the "House of Many Mansions:" they stand on the beach to see the fleets cast an- chor within the vale; they crowd the gates with greetings when the old folks come in; they clap their hands in an eternal gladness; they dance in an eternal glee. See you not the sun- shine that pours into the shadows of that cradle until they are all gone? But the shadows have their uses. There must be a background to every good pictere. Turner alvtra,e,s out at least one fleck of cloud on his can- vas, and the clouds of earth will be the backgromid to bring out more mightily the brightness of heaven. And will it not be glorious if after all this scene of earthly vicissitude we meet again in our Father's house and talk over the past in an ever- lasting holiday. But meanwhile look out for the crstclles. How much they decide for this world and the next! When Christ was born at Bethlehem, that decided the redemption of the world. Oh, look out for the cradles! May a Bethlehem star of hope point down to each one of them and every hovering cloud be filled with chant- ing angels of mercy. Mary walked, if you have to go 80 miles , before you find just the right form of worship and just the right creed, start in this modern Decem- ber, as those villagers started in an ancient December, and amid the con- gratulations of church militant and church triumphant give in your names. It. was while Joseph and Mary were on a visit of duty and obeying a reasonable couunand of Emperor Augustus that the star pointed. to the place of uativity. Another gleam of sunshine striking through the shadows above that Christie cradle was the fact of a special divine protection. Herod was determined upon the child's destruc- tion. The monster put all his wits together in stratagem for the stop- ping of that young life just started. Ile dramatized piety. He sudclealy got religious. He would leave his palace `and take chariot and have steeds whipped up so that he-, could kneel at that cradle. We have to smile at what the imperial vain said when he ordered, "Go and searoh diligently for the young child, . aid when ye have found him bring me word, that I may go and worship him also." All the detectives he sent out failed in the search. You cannot reasonably account for • that unhurt cradle except on the theory of a special divine protection. And most cradles are likewise defended. Can you understand why so many children, with all the epidemics that assail them and all their climbing to dangerous heights and all theia peril- ous experiments with explosives and their running a,gainst horses' .hoofs and daring of trolleys and carts fast driven, yet somehow get through, especially boys of high spirit and that are going to amount to inuoh? account for their coming through all right, with only a few wounds and bruises, by the fact that they are divinely protected. All your charges of "lDon't do , this and "Don't do that , and "Don't go there" seem to amount to nothing. They are tho same reckless creatures about whom yoe are c on s Lan tly anxious and wonderine what Is the Just I.ike You may see young gar -fish play- ing a gable of leap -frog, just as you have seen tho big isbass at it. A floating hawk's -bill turtle just now is the under boy, and again, and again the gar -fish leap over him. Sometimes in the game the gar -fish lands squarely on the sleeper's back, when the indignant turtle takes a long breath and dashes away, cat - tet 4, tho various lietle fishes that have assembled to see the fun. li you have ever had an aquarium be sure and have some gar-iish in it and the turtle, ,and you can see the sport for you.eselve.e. WOMAN'S PLUCK WINS A Lady Who Cured Her litisband of tho tAquor Habit Writes a Pathetic Letter. She writes: "1 lute for a long thee been thinking of trying the Samaria Preserlp- -Oen treatreent ow zny tersbaud for 14o drinking kabite, but I weir afraid. lifh would discover Mkt 1 Walt giving elui tavaleine, and the timegat unaerved Me. 4 hesitated fee nearly a week, but one dee when be came hornet Ter," :tench intoxicated and his weeWs *altar liketle ail spent, I threw or et fear end determinee to vela an efeort to eave our korne from the ran I saw coining, at alt bizards. I sent. Pr your Samaria Preicrip- *ion gall put it le his coffee as directet next morelee. and watetsee eud prayed for the result, Akt mese t gave elm more end also at supper. Re never suspected is ;1111'r• and I then boldle kept right on giving it regularly, 1#8, X bad tliseovered *something that set every nerve in my body tingling with bope arid liappluess. arid 1 mild see a bright fetere spread out before meate peaceful, happy home. a abort! la rho good things of life. nn atteutire. loving uusbane, comforts. end everything elee deer to a woneents hetnrt. for my husband h d told me Gat ealskey wee elle stuff Chicago. Man trona South Bel end. end tie was taeg a dislike to ie TrAt. Ind.,put up at the botel OA the Amere only too tate, for before I lied given tare II rse ee had stopped drinking an elan one day and took, dinner out - aide with a friend. When he came to pay his bill that evening. he retinal lie ilea been charged for the meal anti in, mediately raised Cala. Tim clots tried to explain that the Allierleall plan was based entirely upon time, and if be chose to eat elsewhere it was his owu looimut. but the mau from South Betel couldn't get it through WS bead Ile paid the hill muter protest and ineuir• d whether dinner was still Me 'Yes. sir; said the clerk. 'It lasts 0119 p. by liege he exclaimed. 'I'll just go up and taelde it! I've eaten one dinner already. but you bet I'm going to get my money's worth out of this old house if I bust!' "He rushed Into the dining room. grabbed a bill of fare and ordered ev er.ything he could think of, his sole idea being to get even for that Mime. It was a sumptuous repast, and what be couldn't eat be messed up so it would be of no use to auybody else. When he finally got through. Ow wait- er handed him a cheek for $4.10. ." 'What', that for? be asked in sur- prise. 'Your dinner, sir.' eald the wafter. "'But I've already paid for it in nay WV be protested. 'I'm staying here en the American plan.' '"Tben you should have gone to the other dining room.' saki the waiter,. 'This Is the European plan Pate.' "The man from South Bend maid tl.e hill In silence and walked out, Whou he reached the sidewalk, his pent up ematIou exploded, aud he said things that shocked even die cab drIvers."— New Orleans Times -Democrat, Separate 'Waists. No sign of decadeuce does the taps - rate waist yet show, and here are a few examples of popular styles: The upper blouse is in rich yellow silk trimmed with white feather edging. The waistcoat is of tucked lawn, with insertion of lace and full blue tulle. STYLISH BLOUSES. At one side is a. rich silk velvet blouse composed of cords outlined in narrow r. fuThe inner waistcoat is of fell white lisse and six frills edged wall lace falling over it At the other side is a bodice pattern- ed in narrow black lace with tucked yoke and full front of blee silk. The lower hgure shows an embroidered glace silk blouse with full front of tie- corclion •pinitt,d 'hese trimmed awith bands of heliotrope. The new variety in taffeta silk lane the pliable gealities of a soft foulara, while it if4 mech heavier and more suitable for gowns than the tkinner kind. eitogetber, bet t kens faring the medicine till It wns gnee. and tben sera for smother lot to bave ea here if he tamale relapse -at e had done frets. ble premises before. Zs never bate and 1 MP -writing YOU tbla atter to tell eon how thenitfel I nue I tieneetly believe It will cnre the worst eesese' panipinet In peen, smiled envelop. /Writ free, giving trolmentais grd fun tu. for/nation, wifb efroe...lons how to take or adminleter Sernarie Preterietion. Corm - *monde -nee ensvIde,10 egerr.111, counden, tial. Addrese The Semerla 'Remade Co. 2$ Jerdnneartet. Teenere nee An Aura Prom Arkansas. "Virben X was on the bench." Mates Judge J. J. Du Bose. "we were once malting up a special jury for a naurder trial. The lawyers were examining the venire, and 1 wasn't paying Dthell at- tention to what was going on till one of the lawyers attracted my attention by saying; "'Your honor, this man Is Incompe- tent for jury service. He's a foreign- er.' "I looked at the man under examina- tion and didn't think be looked like foreigner. He looked, anyway. like he -was acclimated. So I asked him: "'Hare you ever been naturalized? 4' `No. sit,' be answered. "'And you say you're a foreigner and not uatuailizede a hat country are yuu a native of?' "'Arkansas.' "Well, everybody in the courtroom laughed. I told the man be could go. He wasn't mueb of a foreigner, but too much to sit on a jury in my court." —Memphis Schutter. Secret Drawer.. "Most people seem to think," says a maker of furniture, "that secret draw- ers and hidden receptacles In furniture only exist in novels and plays, but this is by no raeans so. 1 very frequently take orders for such items, and I em- ploy a clever woman designer, who shows positive genius in planning places of concealment, whicb no amount of tappiug or measuring could reveal. In most eases. even were the hollow receptacle discovered, the wood- work around would have to be cut away, so complex are the fastenings. Most of the orders come from women— and rich people, of course—and I have no doubt that a desire to hide articles from too curious servants dictates the orders.' Bxasperntlnsr PernaIes. Quinn- \ e17 women imagine them - h -es wits they are a meteor to the Foute—Yeu must have met some of late. Quinn—Yes, my wife. She tasked me if a sea bursa was in may way related to a bay mare.—Chicago News. Profitably rannioyed. "I am now." said the manager of the Roily lice Conde Opera Colossal Aggre- gation as he stuffed the most of the re- ceipts into a separate pocket, 'ffigurina to beat the band." Naturally the ehorns and others were soon to be up against the same prepaid - ion, ant they were net necessary to the easItition of the jest.—Indianapolie Jour' nal. ••••• my .1.1.• Her Irate Parent i to youth who has arried late of au evening) — Young mme do you know it is past 11 'dock? The Tarrying Youth—Yes, sir. Bat sbe has been sitting on my bat for the past two hours and I didn't want to tell her. "Then hereafter don't keep your hat on your lap. 'Haug it on the peg in, the boll." ' Letters to Legislators. Iiear Sir—I wieh you'd put in a bill to rea1t4 Bill Jones of Bill's Crossroads, who is the son of old Bill, who married Bill Green's widow at Bill Jinkins' grocery store, about the time Bill Sperlin broke 13111 Brown's left leg in a wrestliu match at Bill Peters' house, respect the stock law hill more than what he is a-doin of!—Atlanta Cousiitution. A Twain for the Debilitated.—Parmelett's Vegetal,- by acting mil ily but thor- oughlr on the secret:nos of the body are a yelltnoisi tonic. stimulating the lagging organs to loalthful action and restoring them to full suor. Alley can be taken in graduated doses and so used that they can be discontinued at any time without re- turn of the ailments which they were used to allay. New EIng of the Gypsies. At Yetholm, in Scotland, a man named Fall was erowned king of the gypsies in sucem-sion to his late another, who was known as Queen Esther. The -crown of tin and tinsel was placed on his head by the village blacksmith, whose family is said to possess the hereditary right of crown- ing the gypsy sovereigns. The "king" rode in a earrieee drawn by six asses. His Way. Young Mother—Arthur Oldhean ia always paying queer compliments. Friend—What's his latest? Young Mother—To-day he congrat- ulated the baby on having such • pretty mother to look like. To Prevent is Better Than to Repent.— A little medicine in the shape of the won derful pellets which are known as Panne- 1ee's Vegetable Pill', administered at the proper tune and with the directions ad- hered to often prevents a serious attack of sickness and save money which would go to the doctor. In all irregularities of the digestive organs they are an invaluable corrective and by cleansing -the blood they clear the skin of imperfections. Bow to Dodge Lightning. Some of the simplest things in the world are the most efficacious, says the Scientific _American wise man. Now, for instance, if you are afraid of lightning, here's a very simple safe- guard. to remember—simply put on your rubbers and then stand so that your clothes -won't touch anywhere. Whether you're indoors or out of doors you're perfectly safe, for rubber is a non-conductor and you are completely insulated. This is worth remember- ing. If the child is restless at night, hal coated tongue. sallow eomplexion, a dose of Miller's Worm Powders is what is "re- quired; 'vei7 pleasant andperfectly harm- less. 11 ife:// w "7' ‘14q, ee(4