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Dr.Talmage Points Out the Best
Plan of Christian Warfare.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD AIM
A felscouese in 'Which lie. Shows HOW
Ch,lstiani Should Work,: Poi. tee.
Overthrow of Their Fierce Foes -
The Reason of Diany pious Failures.
'Washington, April .S..- -Lion! an old
time battle. scene Dr. Tannage in this
ciiscouls% makes some startling sug-
gestions as to the best styles of
Christian work and poiais' out the
r'eason of So many , pious failures;
text,. Joshua 'viii, 7,'.Then shall ye
rise up from the ambush and seize
upon the city."
One, Sabbath evening, with my.
family around me, we were talking
over the scene " of the text. In the
wide open eyes and the catidk 'inter-
rogations .and the `ll1,,niched cheeks I
realized what a thrilling drama it
was. There 'is the old city, 'shorter
by name than any; other city in the
ages,'. spelled with two Letters, A, I,
Al,` :Joshua-' and his unci want "„,to
take it. I -low to do it is `the dues-
' tion. On a former' occasion, in • a
straightforward, face to face -light,
they:had,been defeated,- but now they
are going to take it by ambuscade.
General Joshua has, two_' divisions in
his army.' The one division the' bat -
tie • worn commander will lead hini-
self,'the other division'he:'sends :off
to encamp in an ambush on the west
side of the °'city of Ai.< ` No torches,
no lanterns, no sound of heavy bat-
talion, but 30,000 swarthy war-
riors' moving , in silence, speaking
only: in a' whisper; no' 'clicking'
swords against shields, lest the
watchman of Ai discover it and' the
stratagem be a failure. If the rois-
tering soldier in the Israelitish army
'forgets himself, all along the line the
word is' ''] ush!''
Joshua takes the' other: division,
the one with which he is' to march;
and puts it on the north side of the
city of Ai and then' spends: the night
in reconnoitering in the valley. There
he stands -in. the night and says to
himself: ``Yonder' is the, division in
ambush on the west side of Ai. Here
is the division I have under my `es-
pecial command on the, north side of
Ai. -There is the' old' city slumber-
ing` -in its sin. To -morrow will< be
the "battle.'' Look! The• morning
already begins to tip the hills. The
military officers of, Al look out in the
morning very early, ancl, vvliile ;they
do not sec the division in ambush,
they behold the other. -divisions 'of
Joshua, add' the cry;"To arms! To
arms!'” rings through all the streets
of the old 'town, and'every sword,
whether hacked and bent or newly
a-e1decl, is brought out,' and all the
inhabitants of the city rof Al pour
through the gates, an infuriated tor-
rent, and', their cry , is, "Come, we'll
slake quick work - with .Toshua and
his troops!
No sooner;had these people of Al
cone out against. the troops of Jos-
hua"than `Joshua' gave such a com-
mand as he seldom gave -"Fall
batik!" -Why, they could not be-
lieve their own ears! Is Joshua's
courage failing him? The retreat' is
beaten, and the Israelites are flying,
throwing blankets" and canteens : on
every side under this worse than
Bull Run defeat. And you ought to
'hear the soldiers of'Al' cheer and
cheer' and cheer.'But they huzza
too soon. ,The hien lying in am-
' bush < are , straining their vision to
get some signal- fr•oni Joshua that
they:may know what time to drop'
upon the. city. Joshua takes his bur-
nished spear, glittering in the' "sun
like'' a, shaft of doom, and, points it
toward the : city, and when the hien
up yonder in the ambush sec it with
hawklike swoop they drop upon Ai
and r without stroke' of sword or stab
of spear fake the city and put it to
the torch.
So +much for the division that' was
In ambush.- How about the divis-
ion under Joshua's' command? • No
sooner does 'Joshua stop in the' flight
than all:his' men stop with him, and:
as he wheels they wheel,,- for in a
voice: of thunder he - cried "Halt!"
one strong arm;driving back a 'tor-
rent of flying troops. And then, as
he points his spear through the':gol-
den light toward that:fated city, his
troops know that' they are to start
for `it. What a 'scene it-' was when.
the division' in ambush which had
taken the city marched down against
the men'of Ai"on the one side, and
the troops under ,Toshua doubled up
their enemies from the other - side,
and the men of Ai were ` =tight ,be-
tween these two hurricanes of isr,ae-
litish courage, thrust beCoi:ie and be
hind, stabbed in breast and'back,
ground between the tipper and ; the
nether' • millstones 'of God's indigna-
tion! Woe to the city of Ai! Cheer
for Israel!
Lesson the first Tb.cre• :is such a
. thing as victorious' .retreat. Joshua's
falling back'' was the'tirsii chapter in
his," successful bes'iegenient. And
there are times .in your life when,
best thing you can do is to run,You
were once - the victim. of strong drink.
The demijohn and the decanter were
your foes. They calve down upon
you with greater fury than the mien
of Ai upon the men of Joshua. Your
only safety is to: get away from
them' loin for your life! Fall
back! Fall back from the drinking
saloon! • Fall bile1c frrnn the wine
party! Your flight is your advance;
your retreat is your victory.
Here is a converted infidel. 1 -Te is
so strong now in his faith in the
gospel hc•says li.e can rend anything.
What are you reading` ? Bol ng -
'
bre e? Andrew 1n.cks0n Davis'
tracts'? Tyndall 's Glasgow tiei rer-
sity address? Drop thein: and 11111,
You will be : an infidel before you. die
if you don't quit that. 'These leen
of Ai will be too much for you. Turn
your back on the rank and! filet off u
belief, Fly before they cut you with
their swords and transfik you -with
their javelins,
Ste, niso there is eictorions rel real
in the ielif.;iotis world. 4!housands
of times the kineelom of: f.`'hris, tees
seemed to fallback. When the blood
of the Scotch Covenanters gave a
deeper dye to the heather of the
highlands, when the Vaudois of
France chose extermination rather
than make an' unchristian surrender,
when on St. ..Bartholomew's day
mounted assassins rode through the
streets of Paris, crying "Bill! 'Blood-
letting is good in August! 1111 1
;Death to the Huguenots l Kill 1"
when 'Lady Jane Grey's head rolled
from the ea,;ecutioner's block, 'when
Calvin was imprisoned in the castle,
when John Knox died for the. troth,
when John Bunyan lay: rotting in
Bedford jail, saying, "If God : will
help one and my physical life dontin-
ues, I will stay here until the moss
grows on my eyebrows rather than
give up my faith," the days of re -,,
for the church were days- of
vietory.
' But. there is ',a more marked illus-
tration of victorious retreat in the
life` of oeir .Joshua, the Jesus of the
ages. First falling back from an
appalling depth, falling from celestial
hills to terrestrial valleys, from
throne to manger'; yet that did not
seem to suffice him. as a retreat.
Falling back still farther from Beth-
lehem to Nazareth, from Nazareth to
Jerusalem; back ,from Jerusalem to
Golgotha, back from Golgotlta to the
mausoleum in the'rock, back down
over the precipices of perdition un-
til he walked amid the caverns of
the eternal captives and -drank of the
wine of the wrath of Almighty God,
amid the Ahabs, and the Jezebels,
and the'J3elshazzars. Oh, hien of the
pulpit and men;` of the pew, :Christ's
descent frbmn heaven to earth 'does
not measure half the' distance!; , It
was from glory; to :perdition. He
descended into hell. All the records
of , earthly retreat are as nothing
compared with this' falling back.
But let not the powers of dark-
ness rejoice quite so soon. Do you
hear that disturbance' in ' the tomb
of Arimathe e I hear 'the sheet rend-
ing! What , means that stone hurled
down the ; side of the hill? Who is
teens coming out'? Push him back 1
The dead must.. not stalk in this open
sunlight. Oli, it is our Joshua. Let
him corn out. He' comes forth and
starts for the city. Ile` takes the
spear of the Roman guard and points
that way. Church militant marches
up on'' one side, and the,church tri-
umphant marches down: on the other
side. And, the powers of -darkness
being caught between these ranks of
celestial and terrestrial valor nothing
is left of them save just eLTough 10 il-
lustrate the
1lustrate'the direful overthrow of hell
and our Joshua's eternal'victory. On
his head. be all the crowns. In his
hands be all;the scepters. At his
feet be all the human hearts; and
here, Lord, is ono of them.
• Lesson the second: ,The triumph of
the wicked is short. Did you ever
see an army in a panic? There is,
nothing so uncontrollable. .11 you
stood at; Long bridge, Washington,,
during the opening of our sad civil
war, you would.'know what it' is: to.
see an army ruin. And when 'those.
men of Al looked out and saw those
men of Joshua in, a stampede they
:expected easy work. But their exhil-
aration was brief, for :the tide of bat-
tle turned, and, these; quondam. con-
querors left their miserable carcasses
in the wilderness of'Ilethaven. So'it
always is. The triumph of.the' wick-
ed is'short. You make $20,000 at
the gaming table.' Do you expect to
keep it? You'will die in the :poor-
house. You made a fortune by in-
iquitous traffic. Do -you expect to
keep it? Your money will scatter, or
it will' stay long, enough tb curse
your children after you ,are dead.
Call over' the roll of bad men who
prospered and see how short was
their prosperity. For awhile, like
the men of Al, they went from 'con-
quest to conquest,'but after awhile
disaster rolled back upon them, and
they were r divided into" three parts..
Misfortune took their property, the
grave took their; body and ,the lost
world took their , soul.
Lesson :the third: -low much may
be accomplished' by .lying in_ ambush
for opportunities. 'Are you hyper-
critical of • Joshua's maneuver? Do
you say that it. Was cheating for him
to' take` that city by ambuscade? I
answer,; if the, War was right, then
Joshua was right in his stratagem.
He violated no flag of truce. He broke
no treaty, but by. a lawful ambuscade
captured the"city, of Al. Oh, that'
we all knew how to lie in ambush
for opportunities.to serve God. The
best' of our'opporti.mities do not lie
on` the surface, but are' secreted. By
tact, by stratagem, `ley` Christian am-
buscade,' you may take almost any
castle of sin for Christ.:Colne' up
toward men'with a regular,besiege-
ment of argument and you will be
defeated, but just wait.' until the, door
of their hearts : is set` ajar, or, - they
are off their guard, or'their' severe
caution is away from home, and then
drop in on them from a Christian
ambuscade.
Oh, make a flank movement!' Steal
a march on the devil! Cheat that
man into heaven! A $5 treatise that
will stand all the laws of homiletics
may fail to'do that which a penny
tractof Christian entreaty may ac-
complish. 011, for more Christians
in a`nbusca,de—not lying in idleness,
but waiting for a quick spring, wait-
ing until - just the right time comes!
Do not rub 'a mall's disposition the
wrong way; do not take the impera-
tive mood when the subjunctive mood
will do just as well; do not talk in
Perfervid' : style to a phlegmatic nor
try to tickle a . torrid temperament
with• an icicle. You can take any.
man for Christ if you know how to
get at hie.
Lesson the fourth: The importance.
of taking good aini. There is: Josh-
ua, but how are those people in am-
bush up ,yonder to know when they
are to drop on the city, how are
these men around, Joshua to know
when they are to stop their flight
and advance? There must be some
signal—a signal to stop" the one di-
vision acid to start the other. Joshua,
with a spear on which were ordinari—
ly hung the colors of battle, points
towards the city. He stands in such
a, COU spi stops position,. avid there is
so much of the morning light drip-
ping
iipping from that spear tip, that all
nt'ound the horizon they see it. It
was as much is' to say:. '•'Phare is
the city. Take it!"
God knows and we hove that a
great deal 'of Christian at
punts to; nothii ig siunply becau+1'e
do not, take good aim. iQobseoeiy
knows and we,do not know oursel-
ves which point we want to take
when we ought to make up our minds:
what God will have us do teed point'
our spear in that direction and there
hurl our body, mind, soul, time, eter-.
,pity at that one target, In our pul-
pits ,and pews and . Sunday schools
and prayer meetings we want to get
a reputation for saying pretty things,
and so we point our, spear, towards
the flowers, or we want, a reputation,'
for saying sublime things, and we
point our spear tovvarcls the, stars,
sir We; want to get a reputation 1or
historical knowledge, : -and we point
our spear toWards the, past, or ;we
want. isn get a reputation for great
liberality, so we swing our spear all
around, while there is -the old world,
proud, rebellion's and armed against
all righteousness, and instead of run
ning any farther away from its pure
suit we ought to, turn around, plant
our foot in the strength of the eter-
nal God, lift the old cross and point
it in the direction of the world's con-
quest till, the redeemed of earth,
marching up from one side and the
glorified of heaven marching down
from, the other, side, :the last battle-
ment of sin is compelled to swing
out the streamers of Emanuel. 0
church of God, take aiur and eon -
quer .
onquer!
I have heard it said, "Look out for
a ma,n who has only one idea; he is
irresistible. T say look out for the
man who, has one idea, and that •'a
determination for soul saving. I be-
lieve God would strike me dead if dI
dared to point the spear in any other
direction. :Oh, for some of the cour-
age and enthusiasm of, Joshua! lie"
flung two armies from, the tip of that
spear. It is sinful for us to rest un-
less it is to get 'stronger muscle and
fresher brain and purer heart for
God's work. I feel on my head the
hands of Christ in a new ordination.
Do you not feel the same omnipoten t
pressure? -There is a work for all of
us. Oh, that we might stand up side
by side and point the spear towards
the city! It' ought to be taken. It
will be taken.
It•is comparatively easy to keep On
a parade amid a shower of 'bouquets
and hand. clappings :and the whole
street full of ,enthusiastic hiiwas, but
it is not so easy to stand up iu the
day of battle, the face ,blackened
with smoke, the uniform covered
with the earth plowed up by whiz-
zing bullets: a"nd• bursting shells, half
the regiment cut to pieces, . and yet
`the commander crying "Forev arcl,.
march!" Then it requires old fasli-
ioned valor: My friends, the great
trouble of the kingdom of ' God - in
this day is the cowards. They do"
splendidly on a parade day and at
communion, when they have on their
best clothes of Christian Profession,`
but in the great battle of life, at the
first sharpshooting ;;of skepticism,
they ;dodge, they fall bast,, they;
break ranks. ' 'We confront the enemy,
wo : open the :.battle against fraud,
and, lo, we find on our side a great
many people that do not try to pay
their debts. And eve 'open the battle
against intenmperance,', and we fired
on our own side a great many peo-
ple who drink too much. And n e
open the battle against profanity, and
we find on our side a great : many
men who make hard speeches. And
we open the battle against infidelity,,
and,'lo, we find on our own side •a,
great many 'men who are not quite
,`sure about the book, of Jonah. And
while we ought to be massing our
troops and bringing forth more than
the united 'courage of Austerlitz and
Waterloo and Gettysburg we have to
be spending OW' time in hunting up
ambuscades. There are a great many
in the Lord's army :w who would like
to go out on a campaign 'withsatin
slippers and holding umbrellas over
their heads to keep off the heavy dew
and having rations :of canvasback
ducks and lemon Custards. 1f they
cannot have there, they want to, go.
home. They think: it is unhealthy
among so many bullets!
I Believe that the next year will be
the most stupendous year that heav-
en ''ever saw. The nations are gunk-
ing now with the coming ;of Cod.
It will be a'year of successes for the
men of Joshua, but of doom for the
men of Ai. You put your ear to the
rail track, and yeti hear the train
coming miles away. So I r'put my
ear to the ground, and I hear the
thundering on of the lightning train
of God's mercies and judgments. The
mercy of God is first to be triedup-
on this 's nation. It will ho preached
in the pulpits. Year of mercies and
of judgments; year of invitation and
of warning; year of jubilee and of
woe. Which side are you going to
be on—with -the men of Ai or the
men of Joshua? Pass over this Sab-
bath :' into ` the ranks of Israel. "
would: clap niy' hands at the joy of
your coining. ' You will hav*ea poor
chance for this world and the world
to come ivJthout Jesus. You cannot
stand what is to come upon you awl
upon the world unless you have the
pardon and the, comfort and help of
Christ. Colne over! On this side
are your happiness and safety; on the
other side are disgltietude and des-
pair. Eternal: defeat • to the inen of
Ai! Eternal victory to the :men of:.
Joshua!
1 c ave T '!u In f S
tack ant-
Vitro q;:,, ib,ti, Steel.
It Is difficult to realize that so fra-
gile -looking a concern as a spider's
web is proportionately one of the
strongest things in existence; : The
ordinary spider's thread would sup-
port without
up-portwithout breaking a weight of
three grains.
Now, a bar of steel one inch in di-
atneter, will sustain :fifty ,toms. 11
you take the die meter of a spider's
thread, and calculate what weight
the same threecl oin inch in. diameter
Would support, the conclusion we er
ivied at is no less than seventy-four
tons which means that `the strength:
of the seemingly feeble thread is, as
near as possible as much as one and
a half times that of the steel.
It nt.l l nC . 1 .. r,l -1,1-.!”
r, k.
Mac --That f'.t"tech count is a, fraud,.
T:
'Spoke 1,"reneli to d 11 anti he didn't
tinders aed nit;,
labeleat 5.hiiti:Id coneidcr that ey-
trellent lit sof tbet he is just What he
pretends to be,
. 1 rel, t gs or unlmer owns..
Lace trimming will be much used
011 summer gowns, the Heavy Renais-
sance and the handsome applique or
floss -worked nets being given the pre-
ference. The heavy piece laces and
insertings are of very deep, and pale
cream shade' rather than white. They
come in heavy designs connected by
delicate threads, heavy lace is used
on fine woolen and silk materials, and
the lighter 1llechlin, Valenciennes
and black Chantilly insertings will.
be used on cottons. Black lace will
be worn on black and. white. Swisses.
.-Ladies' tfotno Journal.
The Public should bi'ar in mind that
Dr. Thomas' Eclectric O!1 has nothing
e0i17uton With 111e imp ore, deteriorating
elass of so.called medicinal oils. It is
eminently pure itud really of is ecious
relievllig Dain awn! Itutc 1css, Stiffness of
the joints and muscles, and sores or hurts,;
besides being' au excellent specific for
rheuniatisin,'coughs anti bronelihyl com-
plaints.
When the Baby Iias Convulsions.
The, e is little to be done when a
child has convulsions except to put it,
as quickly as possible, into a warm,
bath. 1Vloisten a tablespoonful of
dry mustard, rub it smooth, and add
to it the water in the bath after the
child is in it do not wait to do it be-
fore. The doctor will order one or
two teaspoonfuls of syrup of ipecac,
until vomiting is produced, if the con-
vulsion has been caused by undigest-
ed food. If from nervous irritation,
as in teething, five or ten grains of
bromide of soda : dissolved in water
may; be given. -Ladies' Home Journal.
A.101'EIER VICTORY
Won in Grey County by Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes Tells Her Story-
N. Leflar, J.P., Corroborates It-
Dodd's 'li;idtiey Pills, and
'They Alone. Cure All
Kidney Diseases.
Morley, Ont., April 2. -This .little
town is excited over an occurrence
that world, in early clays, have :.been
looked upon as a ' manifestation of
Magic. The circumstances axe clear-
ly detailed in the following. letter
sent by Mrs. Thomas Hughes of this
place to The Dodds Medicine Co.,
Limited, Toronto :-
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especially over the eyes, in my left,
and occasionally in my right side.
"Five doctors treated me, and I
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American specialist. All failed to
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medicines I could get, but none of
them did me any good.
"For two and three nights at a
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I could neither sit nor walk. My
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"Finally :1 tried Dodd's Kidney,
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-"I have known Mrs. T. Hughes ` for
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J. P.
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Miller's Worm Powders ire the beet
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sugar.
The Worm .Turned.
Clara (after a tiff) -I presume you
would like your ring back?
George -Never mind ; keep it. No
other girl'I know could use that ring,
unless she -Wore it on her thumb:
Ask for btinard's and take no Other.
Method in ills Madness.
"Why do you send marked copies
of papers with accounts of runaway
accidents to your wife. Does she like
that sort of reading?''
"No; but she wants to keep
horses."
A Cure for. Fever and Ague;-Parme-
lees Vegetable Pills tore compounded for
use in imy climate, and they will be found
to preserve their P0Wi 5 in any latitude„
In fever and ` ague they act upon the
secretions and neutralize the poison which
has found its way eito the Mood. They
correct the impurities which find entrance
into the system through drinking water,
or food and if used as 11 preventive fevers
'er'e avoided.
Hebrews in Austrian Army,
The Austrian army, active and re-
serve, includes over 2,000 Hebrew
officers.
08'
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poorest classes being lar,cre conurners of the very
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liquoring" kind similar to Canadian
111
A Scheme That Ts Bound to Make a
llit-of Some Sort.
"Fusby is going to revive 'Hamlet.' "
"Bight. You know that's his hobby.
He says be thinks it will go like a house
afire if he puts it on in up to date fasn-
ion. For instance, he's going to introdnee
a barnyard scene in the first act to bring
on Ophelia. She'll be feeding tke real
chickens with real corn mush, while Po-
lonius has a comic struggle with the real
bull calf. Hamlet sits' on the top rail ef
the real stake and rider fenee and whit-
tles while he delivers his soliloquy.
"The players' scene will take place in
a barn, with Elsinore seen through the big
doors at the back, and there'll be a barn
floor dance by all the ellaraeterS. Hamlet
will interview his mother in a china
closet, with real jam and other preserves
on the shelves, and 1?olonius will be
caught rubbering from the dumb waiter.
"In the graveyard there'll be a spook
ballet, and the scene will wind up with a
spirited football match between the Gob-
lins and the Hants, with Yorick's skull
for the ball.
"An eight round go with four ounce
gloves will be substituted for the fencing
scene between Hamlet and Laertes, and
a vial of knockout drops will take the
place of the rather clumsy idea of the
poisoned foils. '
"01 course all the characters will come
to Life again in time for the cake walk
wind up, in which Hamlet and Ophelia
will take the. honors, with the king and
Lnan's Illannlia a close second. If there
is a recall, the biograph curtain will be
dropped, and a series of moving- pictures
l•opreseuling real and imaginary scenes in
Shakespeare's life will be given-tlie
whole closing with the allegorical red
light tableau entitled 'Peace or War.'
"Inusby says he ain't going to have any-
body leave the theater feeling as if he
hadn't had his money's worth."-Clevea
land Plain Dealer.
Brother Dickey's Philosophy.
De raiu falls on de jest en de unjest,
en de anjest better thank de Law(' dat
cley ain't enough ter 'drown nm.
De rainboiv don't often keep his prom-
ise, but dat conies fun.' long association
and mankind. 4 ,
De man what go ter bed wid politics.
soniehow wakes up only ter find dat his
bed folle.r done run off wid kiver.
Slost er de offices what seeks de mens
Ivorn, but des ez soon ez time come ter go
De worl' may:be gittin better, en hit
may be gittin wuss, but hit's no better
ner wuss dan de people what's in hit. -
Atlanta Constitution:
The F'rofessor Owned Up.
"This," said the Delsartean professor,
"is, one of the best things I do. Now,
please, what would you call this expres-
sion?"
"I should call it hunger," said the vis-
itor without hesitation.
The professor faintly smiled.
"I guess you're right," he said. "I
usually call it 'Unrequited Love,' but I
fancy your description hits a good deal
nearer the truth. Haven't got a loose
dime as a starter for a square meal, have
you?" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Whales' Teeth As Currency.
Whales' teeth form the coinage of
the Fiji islands. They are painted
white and red; the red teeth being
worth about'20 times as much as the
white. The native carries his wealth
round hie neck. the red and white of
his coinage forming a brilliant con-
trast to his black skin. A coMmon
and curious sight in the Fiji islands
is a newly married wife presenting
her husband with a dowry of whales'
teeth.
New Vigour and Energy are soon at-
tained by the use of Miller's Compound
Iron Pine. 50 dcares 25 cents.
Migration of Swallows.
Swallows migrate to Central Amer-
ica and the southern past of Mexico.
They like it pretty warm. Early in
March they begin to appear in the
southern states, but they seldom get
far north until the latter part of
g.'he robins don't care for sueli
te warm climate, and very few of
them get as far south as Mexico.
Flourishing University in chili.
The University of Santiago, the
head of. the educational system of
Chili, has from 1,200 to 1,500 sin -
dente, and the professional schools
are well kept up and well attended.
New life for a (Pallet'. Miller's Com-
pound Iron Pills -
A Lover's Inquiry.
Mamma -Did Mr. Smiddle eay any-
thing that leads you to think that he
intende to propose?
Daughter -He asked me if there was
a mortgage ou the house.
Yes, it is true, was very weak and
Miller's Compound Iron 1,)1110 made 'me*
'taunted Houses in London.
Over 1,000 houses in London are
tenantless because they are poptiarly
supposed to be haunted.
alleetricity and Life.
Dr. Richard H. Cunningham, of
Columbia university, who has long
been making experiments.at the Van-
derbilt , dogs, turtles and
frogs, asserts that it has been 'demon-
strated that an animal apparently kill-
ed by contact with an electric current,
and in whose body respiration and
circulation have ceased, may be
brought to life. He declares tha,t an
ordinary, industrial electric current
such as is used in performing- legal
executions in New York- state, does
not produce instant deatli, and that
if it were,possible to have in constant
readiness suitable apparatus, the sus-
pended Vital functions and conscious-
ness could be restored. The method
he employs is the infusion of defibrin-
"Yeas," said Cholly. "1 did , contem-
plate a trip abroad, but on second
"Goodness!" interrupted Miss Pepprey.
"Have you really had two?" -Philadel-
phia Press.
A Point For Elim.
"Tell me why you consider Kipling a
great poet."
"Well, one of my chief reasOns is that
he 'doesn't write sonnets.”-Ohicage
F1?.01,11 PAIN TO 11E11,111'
A Chippewa Lady Tells a Story of
Suffering and Release.
Suffered From Heart Trouble for Years
--Her Misery Further Aggravated
by Kidney and Stomach. Trouble.
From the Star, St. Catharines, Ont.
lu the village of. Chippewa. and
along the Niagara frontier, there is
probably no better known or respected
resideuts than Mr. and Mrs. David
Sehabel. Beth axe of German descent
and display much of that old hospi-
tality so often found in the father-
land. To a correspondeut of the St.
Catharines Star, who recently called
at Mr. Schabel's home Mrs. Schabel
related the following story :--"Years
ago my physician told me I had heart
disease. I have been troubled at in-
tervals with palpitation and severe
pains, and sometimes my heart would
almost cease to beat. I would become
dizzy, restless and frightened. At
other times I slept badly and had
troublesome dreams. I lingered in
this state until last winter when ex-
posure to cold affected my kidneys
and completely prostrated me. The
spring came, when my complaints
were further aggravated by stomach
trouble. loatLted food and could
realise that I was daily growing
weaker. My physician's treatment
would sometimes slightly benefit me,
then again I was worse than ever.
Finally, after all hope was apparently "
gone and a large sum of money had ,
been thrown away for medicines that
did me no good, a friend strongly ad-
vised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, two boxes of which were
brought me at the beginning of the
summer of 1399. I used theni and to
my joy noticed improvement. I con-
tinued the use of the pills faithfully
until I had taken eight boxes. I am
now able to attend to all my house-
work, feeling entirely cured. I have ,
never had better health than I. am
now enjoying, and since discontinu-
ing the pills have had no symptoms
of the old complaints. I feel that I
am under life-long obligations for
the benefit I have derived from Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills, and will con-
tinue to praise them when. opportunity
offers."
Fruit Souns for LUOtelleOtkli.
FrUit soups are made from fruit
juices and water, slightly thickened.
with arrowroot, and sweetened or not,
as one pleases. To make an orange
soup, add to one pint of orange juice
one pint of water, bring just to the
boiling point; add a tablespOonful of
arrowroot moistened with a little cold,
water ; cook for a moment, and
strain; add four tablespoonfuls of
sugar and stand aside to cool. When
ready to serve, put a tablespoonful of
finely cracked ice in the bottom of a
lemonade glass, and over it the
orange eoup. Currant, raspberry,
blackberry and cherry SOUDS are all
made in the same way. Frilit soup
is served as first course at luncheon.
-Ladies' Home Journal.
It may be only a trifling cold, but, 0 OP:-
leCt it and it Will fasten its fangs in yonr,
lungs, and you soon be carried to, an
untimely ,grave. in this country we have
sudden changies and muSt ex.pect, to have
coughs and oolds. 4We cannot; avoid 'them, '
Anti -Consumptive Syrup, the )neclicine
that has never been keowe ta fall in (air-
ing coughs,, colds, bronchitis end all at-
fectione of the throat, linegs and eliest,