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Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, undoubtedly the greatest living divine, occupies ia the hearts and minds of the people position of pre-eminent esteem and regard. No other preacher Is so widely known, no other clergyman Is so distinguished throughout the world. A great orator and writer, his sermons have the widest dis scmination, until there is scarcely family where his name and works are not known. When such q man, a recognized leader and teacher of the people, testifies by his written testimonial that Dr. Greene's Ner- vura blood and nerve remedy has helped him and that he recommends it's use for invigoration after over-work, to restore the strength, energy, nerve force and vitality of the system, when for any reason they are lost, weakened or im- paired, those who are sick and suffering, who are weak, nervous, without strength, energy and ambition, who are discouraged and disheartened by repeated failures to be cured in fact all who have need of a strength-giving and health restoring med icine, can take renewed hope from the words of this great preacher, that Dr. Greene's Nervura Is the one remedy among all others to give them back the health and strength they have lost.
 Rev. Dr. Talmage says
 HOO Mass. Ave, Washington, D. C
 I commend Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy for invigoration after over-work. I have used the Nervura for that purpose.
 T. Dewitt Talmage.
 Hope of cure should not be lost while Dr. Greene's Nervura remains untried no one should be discouraged or despair of n cure who has not yet sought in this wonderful remedy relief from the pain oi rheumatism and neuralgia; restoration from nerve-weakness and nervous prostra
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Guarding Her Employers Secret.

A Lasalle street lawyer, who had spent three months in securing a power of attorney which would enable him to complete an important real estate deal, gave the paper granting him the desired authority to his stenographer.
 He wanted copy of the instrument for reference. A few minutes after the young lady had received the paper she handed to her employer the copy of the power of attorney.
 Where is the original7" queried the lawyer as he looked at the unconcerned typewriter.
 "Oh, tore that up," said the young woman with a smile. "I tore it into fine pieces so that no one would get hold of it"
 The astonished lawyer spent the next half hour in picking bits of paper out of the waste basket. These he pasted on a sheet of paper and presented the patch work to his clients to convince them of his good faith in their interests. He is now using the mails to secure again his power of attorney.-Chicago News.
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confirmation of this we, by permission, refer to the following women, all of whom speak from experience: Mss CELIA VAN HORN, 1912 Sharswood St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mss GRACE CoL- LORD, 1434 Eastern Ave, Cincinnati, O.; MRS. NEWELL, 50 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; MRS. ISABEL OBERe, 22O Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass; MRS. A. H. COLE, New Rochelle, N. Y., and many others.
 Women suffering from any form of fe- male weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.
 You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private ills to 8 man
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Thackermy,s 1Kfndnesa.

Payn knew Thackeray intimately, and has some entertaining "reminiscences of his editorial troubles when Thackeray presided over the fortunes of The Corn hill Magazine Communications from his contributors, and especially the would be ones, annoyed and often dis tressed him. Payn recalls his complain ing of one of them with vigor and ir- ritation which amused him exceedingly. A young fellow had sent him a long story, for which he demanded particu- lar attention "from the greatest of nov elists'' upon the ground that he had a sick sister entirely dependent upon him for support. Thackeray was touched by the appeal, and, contrary to his custom, wrote his correspondent long letter of advice, inclosing also-which was by no means contrary to his custom-some pecuniary assistance. "I feel for your position, he said, land appreciate your motive for exertion, but must tell you at once that you will never do anything in literature. Your contribution is worthless in every way, and it is the truest kindness both to her for whom you are working and to yourself to tell you so straight. Turn your mind at once to some other industry"
 This produced a reply from the young man that astonished Thackeray a great deal more than it surprised Payn. It was couched in the most offensive terms conceivable and ended by telling the "great novelist" that, although he had attained by good luck to the top of the tree, he would one day find himself where he deserved to be, at the bottom of it. For my part, said Thackeray (upon Payn showing some preliminary symptoms of suffocation), II see little to laugh at. What stupid, ungrateful beast the man must be! If ever I waste another half hour in writing to crea- ture of that sort, call me a horse or ISS-Doon1a
The Press., 1898-01-13

N s~AoAA8 1JRos
 Only lately have Philadelphians be- gun to realize and reflect upon the dis appearance of the Quakers as we knew them; only lately has it been brought home to us that a gradual obliteration of the old uncompromising orthodoxy has set in which means the ultimate absorption of the sect. Even now, rare as is the old garb on the streets where it was such a common sight not so many years ago, the assertion that the society is diminishing would meet with doubt and hesitation. We are so famil- jar with the Quaker, he is so necessary and potent a type in Philadelphia, that we would not accept the warrant even of statistics, yet, now that the visible limit has been reached, what can we do but awake to the change? We see few broad brimmed hats and drab bonnets where we once saw many. Of those who wear them, the most are old and trembling.
 If there are young Quakers, how are we to recognize them? Not by their dress, at any rate, except in so far as plainness of cut and sobriety of color still rule the taste of Friends whether wealthy or in moderate circumstances. The distinctive costume is being laid aside, with many of the distinctive cus- toms. And why? Because the society is losing its control over its younger meln- bers? Because it's rigid rules no longer suffice to hold in check the human spir- it, with its unconquerable love of free dom? This is the common explanation, and the one desired by those who love romance. Wharton in Lippin- cott's.
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THE FUNCTION OF ETHER.

Without It There Would Be No Light,
 Radiant Heat or Magnetism.
 Whatever difficulties we may have in forming a consistent idea of the con- stitution of the ether, there can be no doubt that the interplanetary and inter stellar spaces are not empty, but are CO., cupied by material substance or body which is certainly the largest and prob ably the most uniform body of which we have any knowledge"
 Such was the verdict pronounced some 20 years ago by James Clerk Maxwell, one of the very greatest of nineteenth century physicists, regard ing the existence of an all prevailing plenum in the universe in which every particle of tangible matter is immersed. And this verdict may be said to express the attitude of the entire philosophical world of our day. Without exception the authoritative physicists of our time accept this plenum as a verity and req son about it with something of the same confidence they manifest in speaking of 'ponderable" matter or of energy. It is true there are those among them who are disposed to deny that this all per NAdAhB PAChh4A AuCAASn NAC O4 u0E- ter, but that it is a something, and @ vastly important something at that, all are agreed. Without it, they allege, we should know nothing of light, of radiant heat, of electricity or magnetism. With out it there would probably be no such thing as gravitation-nay, they even hint that without this strange some thing, ether, there would be no such thing as matter in the universe. If these contentious of the modern physicist are justified, then this intangible ether is incomparably the most important as well as the largest and most uniform substance or body" in the universe. Its discovery may we'll be looked upon as the most important feat of our century. Henry Smith Williams M. D.. in Harper's Magazine.
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From Sire to on
The Former Dahlia Craze.

The dahlla. named after the famous Swedish botanlst Dahl, appeared early in this century. and was as popular Ill the flower garden as were the cameIIlas and fuchslas Ill the greenhouse. and still holds it's own This plant, which is a native of Mexico. was practically intro duced into England by Lady Holland in 1904. as It had been lost since it's first appearance some IL years previous ly, when Lady Butte imported It from Spain During the first 40 years of it's popularity double dahllas were all the fashion, and slnce then the single varie- ties have had their day while at the present time the new cactus kinds hold the foremost place A florist, writing about 1850, compared the fashion for dahlias which was then at It's height. to the tulip mama two centuries earlier. and, although the comparison is hardly correct. it shows the dahlia craze must have been very marked to have even suggested it.-Longman 8 Magazine
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THE CHARM.

Slight is the thing it needs to wake The embers that have siumbered long Within the poets heart and make Them burn again with song. A rose, a star, a voice, a glancet
 Echo or glimpse-it is the same; Some mystery of time or chance
 That finds the hidden flame Embers of song and songs desire.
 Flushed in the singers heart they lie And softly kindle into fire
 If but . dream go by And none may say. since none can know. Whence comes the vtvifying spark That sends a transitory glow
 Of song across the dark n ts a secret summons, such
 As oomVs unto the spray when spring Wakens the blossoms with Q touch
 That bids the poet singl Frank Dempster Sherman in New York Com merciaL
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A Unique Law.

A unique law is still in force at Stratford, ill Prussian Pomerania- A paragraph of the police regulation of 1S4O, which is still being enacted, reads, Smoking ill the streets. or promenades of this town is positively prohibited, violators of this law being punished by a fine, or eventually by a number ot marks the fine amounts to-"
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Quite Natural.

They were bowling along the boule- wards just after their arrival in Paris the other day. They were Americans, and the wife was more conversant than the husband with the French language. Most of the time since their arrival had, of course, been spent in racing from one hotel to another in search of various fellow countrymen. This accomplished, the wife said that they would drive to the Louvre, where, it so happened, neither of them had ever been before They accordingly made for the big square, with its shops on one side, the hotel on the other and the museum in front. AS the latter burst upon the wife's vision, bringing to mind so many cherished associations and signifcances, she could hardly contain herself. "Oh," she cried, fairly jumping up and down with excitement, "there's the Louvrei Do you see, my dear? It's actually the Louvre. :" The husband "saw" all right enough, but not what the wife intended. The big art gallery is not labeled in any way, you know, and, moreover, the twain had spent all their previous time in hunting up their friends at various hostelries. With his eyes, therefore, fix ed upon the sign Hotel de Louvre' the husband calmly remarked, Well, who's stopping there?'-New York Sun.
The Press., 1898-01-13
Lamps Invented by Chinese.

It is supposed that the earliest lamps were made of the skulls of animals, in which fat was burned. Afterward sea- shells were used, then pottery and metals The invention of lamps, like so many other implements of present day civilization, has been attributed to the Chinese.
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Getting Out of It.

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, said the hypnotist, ''I will make this young man think he is under the infiu- ence of alcohol"
 But the subject sat still, and appar- ently sorrowful.
 "That doesn't look much like jag to me-" said the red nosed man in the front row.
 Cant you see," retorted the hyp- notist "that he has a load on his mind?"-Indinaapoli Journal
The Press., 1898-01-13

Mrs. M. B. Ford, Ruddell's, Ill.,, suf- fered for eight years from dyspepsia and chronic constipation, ,and was finally cured by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for all stomach and liver troubles. w. D. Heald.
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ADVICE TO WOMEN.

You cannot have nerve trouble and keep your health. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the womb. the
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A V&nishing Type.

One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly. That's what you want. w. D. Heald.
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Raunuux For Tartar.

The tartar on human teeth is filled with auimalcules. which are destroyed by vinegar. Vinegar itself contains eel like insects.
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The man who breaches for pay never loses any sleep over the non-success of his sermons.
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Prosperity comes quickest to the man whose liver is in good condition. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are famous little pills for constipation, biliousness, indigestion and all stomach and liver troubles. W. D. Heald.
The Press., 1898-01-13

It is easy to catch a cold and just as easy to get rid of it if you commence early to use One Minute Cough Cure. It cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and ant to take, safe to use and sure to cure. w. D. Heald.
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Some men with short memory will tel long 11yarns.
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time or 1t must wait to be settled at the day of judgement.
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The higher life is lived in the lowest vale of humility.

Mrs. etark, Pleasant Ridge, O., says, After two doctors gave up my boy to die, saved him from croup by using One Minute Cough Cure" It is the quickest and most certain remedy for coughs, colds, and all throat and lung troubles. w. D. Heald.
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Sin unpardoned shows heart that's hardened. A forgiven offender reveals a heart that's tender.
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The eruption of Etna has entirely de stroyed the chestnut woods on the mountain slopes, the trees being devas lated by the lava
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1Acy give out soonest.
 Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's V e g e t a b le Compound, by b u il din g up
 the nerves and ing woman's or Q to its natural re1i ve s all 3 troublesome p Svmnt0ms Tn
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The sharper gets most out of the man who is getting least out of what he pos seSSes.
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REV. I. DE WITT TALMAGE,
The Most Eminent Preacher in the World Recommends Dr. Greene'S NerVura.

Rev. pr. Talmage Finds Help in the Use of Dr.. Greene's Nervura and His Commentator of this Grand Remedy Will Influence and Encourage the Weak, Sick and Suffering to Use It and Be Cured.
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Lord NeIson,s spirit.

Captain Alfred T. Mahan writes an account of ''Nelson In the Battle of Copenhagen" for The Century. Captain Mahan quotes the following from the account of the engagement written by Colonel Stewart of the British forces: "Lord Nelson was at this time. as he had been during the whole action, walk ing the starboard side of the quarter deck, sometimes much animated and at others heroically fine in his observa tions. A shot through the lnainmast knocked 8 few splinters about us He observed to me with smi.e It is warm work, and this day may Ee the last to any of us at a moment, and then, stop ping short at the gangway, he used an expression never to be erased from my memory and said with emotion, But, mark you, I would not be elsewhere for thousands. With this spirit may be compared his rebuke some days after the battle to lieutenant, who during the action had made a hopeless report about the grounded ships, At such a moment the delivery of anything like despond- ing opinion, unasked, was highly repre- hensible and deserved much more cen sure than Captain Foley gave you.''
 The Chinese divide the day into 19 parts of two hours each. The Italians reckon 24 hours round, instead of two divisions of i2 hours each. as we do. From Sire to on.
 AS family medicine, Bacon's Celery King for the Nerves passes from sire to son as a legacy. If you Kidney, Liver or Blood disorder, Constipation, Headache, Rheumatism, this specific will cure you. B. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. P. Full Ter, Somers Odell & Jones, Staffordville, are sole agents, and are distributing sam- ples free. Large packages soc and 25c.
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ovaries and the blad- der are affected. They are not vital organs,
 hence they o;va ont.
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Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa, says, My child is worth millions to me; yet l would have lost her by croup had I not invested twenty-five cents in bottle of One Minute Cough Cure" It cures coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. w. D. Heaid.
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J. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, O., was for thirty years needlessly tortured by physicians for the cure of eczema. He was quickly cured by using Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve, the famous healing salve for piles and skin diseases. W. D. Heald.
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FREE P1LLs.-send your address to He E. Bucklen & Co.,, Chicago, and get free sample box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and partic- ularly effective in the cure of Constipa- tion and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious sub stance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giv- ing tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size, 25c
 per box. Sold by B. K. Taft, druggist. 4
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The Chinese divide the day into 12 parts of two hours each. The Italians reckon 24 hours round, instead of two divisions of i2 hours each. as we do.
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O. w. 0. Hardman, when sheriff of Ty- Ter Co.,, w. Va, was at one time almost prostrated with a cold. He used Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, and was so much pleased with the quick relief and cure 1t afforded him that he gave the fol- lowing unsolicited testimonial: "To all who may be interested wish to say that 1 have used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and find it invaluable for coughs and colds" For sale at the drug stores of E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phil lips, South Coventry.
 Emerson is reported often to have spent from six months to year in the compost tion of one or two short stories.
 Miss Allie Hughes, Norfolk, Va, was frightfully burned on the face aud neck Pain was instantly relieved by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, which healed the in- jury without leaving scar. It Is the famous pile remedy. w. D. Heald.
 Goldsmith wrote "The Vicar of Wake field' in six weeks. It Is said to have been story of his own recollections.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-15
INTO A CAMP OF NINE MEN.
Police Investigated the Complaint of
Two Women.

While Sergeant Schwab, with Patrolmen
Merz and Shepard were making their usual
trip in the neighborhood of the West Wash
inton-street car barns Saturday night, they
were accosted by two women, bareheaded
and excited, who claimed that they had
been assaulted by nine men near the Van
dala bridge over Fall creek. Questioning
brought forth questionable story, but the
case was investigated. After some search
the hats of the women were found near the
bridge and also several small articles of APP
parel, which they claimed had been torn
from them.
The older gave her name as Mrs. Mat.
Kelly and said the other woman was her
daughter, and that they lived at SO Ken
lucky avenue. Saturday evening they had
started for a stroll and at the corner of
Illinois and Washington streets they were
met by two men, who asked to walk with
them. They were allowed to do so. The
stroll developed into a long walk, and they
found themselves at the bridge. When they
reached the other side the women say they
were pushed down the embankment, where
nine other men were waiting. The women
fought, screamed and succeeded in getting
away and reporting the matter to the po-
lice. Descriptions of the first two men We're
furnished and the creek bottoms were skir-
mished, but to no avail. The police give lit
tie credit to the story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-15

of the church The rite having heen per-
formed the camp retired for the last night
and to-day will witness the return of rearly
all to their homes. A few families VIII re-
main on the grounds for a week or mOle
longer, but the place will be much more
deserted than during the weeks preceding
the opening day.
The season just ended has been quite sue
cessful for the association. 1t is thought
that about $500 can be paid upon the debt.
and this showing, as one of the trustees
said. is nothing to complain of. The tenters
are very anxious to wipe out their debt. for
until that is done it is not likely that any
extensive Improvements will he made.
The morning services yesterday were con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr. Hartsock, who preached
on the subject THE Baptism of the Holy
Ghost The attendance was very good
The evangelist developed the thought that
regeneration was only the crossing of the
threshold of Christianity, and that the Dap
tism of the Holy Ghost was an ever in
The afternoon service was given over TO the
Murphy Temperance League of the city,
but owing TO the short time in which 10 nc
tify the members of the league there we're
only a few present. The president OF
the league, James Martin. Marvin E. Race
among those who occupied the platfoIm
The tabernacle we'll filled when Mr.
Martin opened the meeting with short
story of the good the league has done 10
many a man ruined by drink. Mr.. Race
sang several songs, after WhlcA MIR. NC
Whirter delivered an address hat Was par
ticularly fervid. He said that low prices
traffic. He deprecated the fact that the L.
A. w. visitors were given to understand
that their visit would not be complete with
out q trip to the breWerieS.