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Evil Speaking.

l. l will speak no unkind or
harsh word of anyone.
2. 1 will repeat no unkind re-
marks l hear of anyone, and dis
courage others, as much as possible,
from saying unkind things.
3. l will judge my neighbors
leniently, remembering that my own
faults are probably far greater.
A. l will never say one thing to
others, and yet think quite differ.
emily; this is hypocrisy. deceive
not with thy lips"
5. L will make no Injurious re-
marks on the tailings of others, re.
membering these words: "Consid-
er thyselt, lest thou also be tempt
ed"
6. will put the best construc.
ton on the motives and actions of
all my neighbors.
I. / will act unselflshly, peace
ably, and forgivingly, obeying my
Masters command: glove one an
other.
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W0nderfnlG Gains.

DR.. Niles Nervine not only cures
all nervous disease, headache, blues,
nervous p,ostration, sleeplessness,
neuralgia. st. Vitus dance, fits and
Mysteries, but also builds up the
body. I am pleased to say that after
years of intense, suffering with nerv-
GUS disease, headache and prostration
I tried DIR. Miles Restorative Ner-
vine, and in two weeks gained eight
pounds in weight. I could not lie
down to sleep, but now sleep perfect
ly easy, and am still improving Won
derfully. Cannot say enough for the
Nervine.-Mrs. L. B. Willard, Dun
kirk. N Y" "One customer used
Nervine and gained fifteen pounds in
fesh.-Brown and Mayberry, Cort-
land, N. Y" Trial bottle and ele-
giant book free at A. NJ. Gilbert's.
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Apples as Brain Food.

German analysts say that the
apple contains a larger proportion of
phosphorus than any other fruit or
vegetable adopted for renewing the
essential nervous matter OF the brain
and spinal cord. Scandinavian ira
ditions represent the apple as the
food of the gods, who, when they
felt themselves growing old and fee
BILE, resorted to this fruit for renew
ing their powers of mind and body.
A modern maxim teaches US "To
cat an apple before going to bed, the
doctor then will bring his bread
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few figures, taken from official sources,
and referring to the first years of the pres
ent decade, will throw considerable light
on the matter Of popular education in Rus
STA. About 200, 900 recruits are yearly en-
listed in TIE army, and of these only about
$4,000 can read. Among the peasants
proper the percentage of iIliterates rises to
30 per cent In some parts there is only
one school to each 200 villages. If Russia
had the Same proportion as her neighbor,
Sweden, for example, she would have about
$50, 600 schools, while she actually has only
$4,000. Again, take Russia's enormous
budget of 1000, 600, 600 rubles. Of this
only 100000 is devoted to popular educa-
tion-that is, one-eleventh part of what is
devoted to the maintenance of the imperial
court, one six-hundredth part of the cost
OF the army, and one two-thousandth part
OF the whole AT about the same time
Great Britain was spending about Sc. 600. =
GOO for elementary education, ETC.. with a
population little more than a third of that
of Russia. Moreover, about two-thirds of
this paltry sum of 500, coo ruhles goes in
salaries Of inspectors. TN the Land of
Tolstoi,"
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international Sunday School Lesson FOR
April gath.


Subject, "a Lesson on Forgive
ness.n Matt. Is: 2l-35. Read the
whole chapter. Golden T,x,-"For-
give, and ye shall be forgiven"
Luke 6: 81.
Peter had asked the Lord, Chow
often shall my brother sin against
me, and | forgive him-till seven
times ~ and Jesus answered, 81 say
not unto thee, until seven times, but,
until seventy times seven.' And
then He told him that the Kingdom
of Heaven is like certain king
which would take account of his
servants, and one of them owed him
more than fifteen million dollars,
which be could not pay. And the
the king commanded him to be sold,
with his wife and children, and all
he had, and payment to be made.
And when this servant asked for
time to pay, the king had compass
sion on him, and forgave him the
debt.
But this servant found one OF his
servants who owed him less than
fifteen dollars, and he demanded
payment. And when his fellow SER
want asked for time to pay, be would
not wait, but put him in prison
And the other servants told the
king, who was very angry with bis
servant whose great debt he had
forgiven, and he delivered him to
the tormenters, till he should pay
all that was due unto him. And
Jesus said, $50 like shall Ny Heav-
emily Father do also unto you, if ye
from your hearts forgive not every
one his brother their trespasses."
Jesus had told His disciples that
the kind Of judgment which they
gave one another would be given
them and the kind of forgiveness
which they bestowed would be given
to them, and He taught them to
pray, "Forgiye US our trespasses, as
we forgive them that trespass against
u.s. That Heavenly law is still in
force, "If any man have quarrel
against any; even as Christ forgave
you, SO also do ye." "But if We for
give not men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your tres
passes"
How many debts there are, greater
than money. How often kindness,
and gentleness, and patience, and
forbearance, and love, are due to
others, and payment not rendered.
How often Others owe US courtesy,
and consideration, which they do not
pay, and manhood resents it, like the
servant who demanded of his fellow
all that was due forgetting the vast
debt which the king had forgiven.
Some one has suggested that com
plant of others debt to us, be made
to our King; telling Him of their
faults, and adding those Bible words,
"Search me, o God, and know my
heart /; try me, and know my
thoughts; and see if there be any
wicked way in me, and lead nee in
the way everlasting" 1t is said
that forgiving and forgiven spirit
will be the result.-American Sun
day School Union, Philadelphia.
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There are some women in the
world who are determined never to
be pleased, no matter what is done
for their happiness. They begin
married life with challenge, as it
were, and always keep it up.
They are always on the alert for
a grievance. 1t would be impossi-
BILE for any man to love such wo.
man.
There are too many reasons why
couples get married nowadays
when there shouldn't be but one
Lowell
You may marry for wealth, social
position, influence, a title, home,
for convenience sake; but you'll
never know what bliss is, unless you
marry for love-and love only.
Perhaps you say you can get
along without love, if you can only
get what you want besides, wealth
or whatever it may be you are hop.
ing to attain.
Very well, then, you couldn't love
if you would, if you can argue in
that cold blooded manner about it,
because you lack the essential quail
ties of the heaven-made husband or
wife.
Perhaps you can get along without
love, but there are those who can't.
Love tc them is more than meat and
drink, and fine raiment it is more
than wealth or title, or worldly posi-
ton, or fame, or everything else the
world holds besides; they would
starve without love, and heart star.
walton is the most awful suffering
that o human being can know.
To such woman / would Say
don't marry, even if you haven't
where to rest the sole of your foot,
or crust wherewith to be fed, until
you find the man whom you cannot
possibly live without-whether rich
or poor.
Marry no man unless you love
him enough to face any fate with
him; unless you love him enough to
take him for a husband even if he
hasn't dollar in the world, other
wise that most sacred of sacrediy
intimate relationships will, in the
course of time, pail upon you and
life will lose its interest. the heart
It's vitality, and the soul its inspira
ton !!
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THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
Caught Through a Continuance Made For
Another Purpose.

1RtarsaiA AHTOuSH GOubTIFdHcS NAAue EOT
Another Purpose.
"Wby, say" said the retired burglar,
81 got caught once in the very simplest
sort of way. l stepped over doorsill in
to room one night raising my foot rather
high, as l always did, whether I had on
rubber shoes or not, so as not to scrape my
foot on the doorsill and set it down
smooth and easy inside. But the instant
/ bore my weight on that foot the floor
under it gave just little bit But it was
plenty.
II don't suppose 1 think any quicker
than electricity, but certainly knew what
was coming before heard the sound of
the bell. Still, the bell was in the next
room, and, of course, it took little time,
some small fraction of a second, for the
sound to get where 1 was. There was a
broad plate set into the floor just inside
the door and covered with the carpet.
Pressure on that plate connected some
electric wires and set bell ringing.
"Well, | didn't stand there any longer
than could help. 1 jumped back and
started along the hall on the way out. To
get out l had to go past the door of the
room where the bell was ringing. Just
as l got to it there was a man came bounc-
ing Ouu VI IUUlu anu turning IN my
direction, and he collared me, and we
whanged and banged around there in the
hall for awhile, knocking down more or
less plaster and things, and finally I'm
blest if he didn't get the bulge on me, and
get few turns of clothesline round me,
that some of the folks had brought up.
"Of course the most important thing
about all this was the time it cost me, but
it was interesting about the electrical ap-
paratus. You know, I'd been surprised,
even then, to hear the bell ring in another
room instead Of in the same room where
the plate was. 1 should have thought if
anybody wanted a contraption of that sort
in his own room he'd have wanted the bell
there too. But it seems it wasn't bur-
glar alarm ut all They had young son
there that Was somnambulist; used to
get up and walk around in his sleep
nights, and they didn't always hear him,
and they wanted to. So they put this
plant in, so that he couldn get out of his
room without ringing bell, and they put
the bell in the old mans room. New
York Sun.
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Healthy, happy children make
better men and women of US all.
A little care and a little planning
before birth is often more import
ant than anything that can be done
after. On the mothers health and
strength depend the life and the flu
ture of the children. A weak and
sickly woman cannot bear strong
and healthy children. Most Of the
weakness of women is utterly mex.
cusable. Proper care and proper
medicine will cure almost any dis
order of the feminine organism. DR..
Pierce's Favorte Prescription has
been tested in thirty years of prac-
tice. 1t is healing, soothing,
strengthening. tits perfectly natural
in its operation and effect. By its
use, thousands of weak women have
been made strong and healthy
have been made the mothers of
strong and healthy children. Taken
during CESSATION, it makes child
birth easy and almost painless and
insures the we'll being of both moth
er and child. Send 81 cents in one.
cent stamps to Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y,
and receive DR.. Pierce's 1908 page
"Common Sense Medical Adviser"
protusely illustrated.
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What Wives Should Remember.
That Adam was made first.
That she pays the freight. !"

That Adam was made first.
That she pays the freight"
That "blessed are the meek"
That nine men in ten detest gos.
sip.
That all angels are not of your
sex.
That confidence begets ccnf-
dence.
That men sometimes have
NERVES
That there should be no place like
home.
That it takes Two to prolong a
family jar.
That the least said is the soonest
mended.
That with all his faults you love
him still.
That you should have no secrets
from him.
That husbands have troubles of
their own.
That he's call right when you
know him.
That woman's best weapon is her
weakness.
That home is more than half what
you make 1t.
That he is just as anxious to get
rich as you are.
That wives are unusually favored
in this country.
That his typewriter cannot help
it if she is pretty.
That he likes to hear that tie
baby is his dead image.
That six pairs of slippers are
enough for any man.
That a man likes neatness in your
attire at all times.
That candy in excess is worse
than rum in moderation.
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Indigestive poisons are the bane
of the dyspeptic's life. When sick
see if your sickness is caused by in
digestive poisons. If so, take Shak-
err Digestive Cordial. This is the
only certain way of being perma-
nently cured, because it is the only
way that gets rid of the poisons.
You know that termented food is
poisonous. You know that poison
is unhealthy. Shaker Digestive
Cordial clears the stomach of fer
menting food, and purifies the blood
and system of indigestive poisons.
1t cures indigestion and the diseases
that come of it. Headache, dizzi-
ness, nausea, stomach ache, weak
ness, fatulence, constipation, loss OF
appetite, irritability, etc. These are
few of the symptoms, caused by
indigestive poisons, cured by Shaker
Digestive Cordial.
At druggists, price 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle.
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Humorous Letter Writing.

Paganini Rediviyus, having seen an IN.
hattering notice of musical performance
OF his, wrote the following letter: 'I Iool,
upon all critics who praise me as men of
intelligence and worthy of the greatest re-
spect, and look upon those rare ones who
dispraise me as having screw loose in
their cerebral development. Ioonsider that;
If the person who wrote the notice was
present at the performance he is only
worthy to be an inmate of {. home for
Idiots, and if he was not present he is u
mean, unmanly cur, and should get seven
years hard labor"
An autograph hunter, begging a well
known journalists autograph, wrote; "If
you deem the request unwarranted ON nv
part, send the refusal in your own hand
writing and with your own signature that
may know it is authentic"
An Oxford undergraduate wrote to Dick
ems, "sir-Seeing that you insert rhymes
In your serial, send you some
The reply was, "Sir-We don't insert
rhymes without reason. London Tit
Bits.
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and advice at this critical stage of her exist
ence.
Young Girls suffer vast amount of I'M
necessary pain and misery for lack of frank
and G., afidential instruction about their own
physe4 i selves.
The special weaknesses and diseases in
cideut to woman's organic development are
completely and permanently remedied by
the q Favorite Prescription " prepared by
DR.. r. ". Pierce, chief consulting physician
to the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute
OF Buffalo, N Y.
More than oo, COO cases of obstinate female
difficulties have been absolutely cured by
this wonderful Prescription It heals,
strengthens and completely rejuvenates the
tissues and nerve-centers of the feminine
organism. 1t is the only medicine devised
for this special purpose by regularly
graduated experienced physician. 1t is the
one authorized preparation which may be
positively relied upon to cure.
Mothers and daughters may consult DR..
Pierce by letter without charge and in the
most absolute confidence. Their letters will
be answered not by any mere nurse, but by
an educated skilled physician. DR.. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser will be
sent free If 81 one-cent stamps are inclosed
to defray the cost of mailing only.
Miss Edith Cain. of Clinton, Allegheny Co.,
Pa writes: +" / take pleasure in expressing my
faith in your Favorite Prescription After two
years of suffering began taking Dr. Pierce'S
medicine and now am entirely cured. 1 had
time and also with troublesome drain on the
system. but now l am happy and well. VIII
cheerfuily recommend DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scrption to all invalid ladies'"
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LIFE IN JAPAN.
Lafcadfa Hearn's Description of q Ban
qUet at IzUmo.

LaNcadia Hearn's Description of O Ban
quet at IzUmo.
BY invitation went in the evening to
Farming little banqaet. at which I met
some dear old friends There were recita-
tons Of poems by guests and there were
dances by dancing girls. One of the lat
ter, whom L remembered having seen
when very small child mako, during an
Official dinner given at the governors
mouse IN the twenty-third year of Meiji,
had grown up into a tall and graceful
woman. She attircd herself like a young
warrior OF old tinAe-a two sworded busni,
with white cloth tied round her head,
sleeves bound back and skirts tucked up
TO Stag national song of the war now
all the rage. This was for me one of the
most interesting incidents of the entertain
HheDt Tbs song is not one of loud tri-
uInph, but the melody expresses q pecul-
Ear something in japanese national char
acter that the occident knows yet very lit
Tie about The air is excessively simple
ana must be sung in a low, slow wav.
But every tone in it is a tone of penetrat-
ing irony, the tone of one EXPRESSING
amused contempt for an enemy, vet care
ful not to seem bo6stful Now it is inst
this vocal irony which takes O Japanese
audience by storm, provoking wild shouts
and old salnurai battlecries, as it did on this
occasion even before the girl had finished
the first four lines
Then at my request the girl danced the
dance Of Urashima. 1 asked her because I
HAD seen hor dance it when she was a
chlld. This time she danced it using q
mask-the mask of old age-leftly slipped
on at the moment when Urashima looks
into the box which he was told never to
open. Aftorward she brought me the mask
to look at. thought that its pasteboard
features had faint, hooking resemblance
to my own, and l suppose that I must
have fallen into little reverie, for friend
laughinglJ handed me a wine cup with the,
wise remark, Tonight we must think
only OF happy things" AS matter of
TACT, L ought to have been very happy.
-Latcadio Hearn's "A Trip to Izumo'' in
Atlantic
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What is
IG!.';;,'S!';1|.7|||',slii1l;sy

fastcria is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription Ter
and Children. ct contains neither Opium, ISarp
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless Substitute
for Paregorc, Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor o.
II ia Pleasant It's guarantee is thirty years use Oy
millions of Castoria destroys and aSS
favershness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curds
eures Diarrhoa and Wind Collie. CastoTa removes
teething troubles, constipation ana nasUeAcy'
Cascria assimilates food, regulates the stoacn
ord boyveIs giving healthy and natural sleep CASE
toria is the Childrens Panaceate zother's Friend.
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A Queer (?) Medicine.

There is a medicine whose pro-
prietors do not claim to have dis.
covered some hitherto unknown in.
gredient, or that it is a cure-all.
This honest medicine only claims to
cure certain diseases, and that its
ingredients are recognized by the
most skilled physicians as being the
best for Kidney and Bladder Dis
eases. It is Foley's Kidney cure.
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Convincing.

"Now my SON." began the father,
the next morning.
"Never mind the lecture, pop
didn't you ever paint the town?
"Well, my boy, it's great many
years ago, at least fifty"
Fifty years, popl Don't you
think .he town needed another coat?"
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An Opportunity You Now
Have

Of testing the curative effects of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most posi-
tive cure for Catarrh known. Ask
your druggist for a 10 cent trial
size or send 10 cents, We will mail
it. Full size SO cents.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren St., New York City.
1t is the medicine above all others
for catarrh, and is worth its weight
in gold. / can use Ely's Cream
Balm with safety and it does all that
is claimed for it.-B. w. Sperry,
Hartford, Conn.
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Mr.. Millyuns (briskly)-Want my
daughter, eh ? Well, no wmuch are
you WORTH Money talks, you
know.
Bob Hardup (cheertully)-Yes-
/ know-but I'd be willing to let
her do most of the talking.
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Uncle Tbeophilus, what is a gross
absurdity ~
"Well, It is 40-year-old woman
who weighs 200 pounds ard calls
her father and mother papa and
mamma
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Your Should Not Hesitates

If you are troubled with dyspepsia,
or liver and kidney trouble, DR.. John
w. Bulls Pills will cure you. 81 find
Dr. Bulls Pills good remedy for dys-
pepsia and biliousness, and / do not
hesitate to recommend them to every
one in need of such a medicine. T.. J.
Burke, Davenport, Ia" DR.. John w.
Bulls Pills (sixty in box) cost but 25
cents; trial box, 10 cents, at all dealers,
or by mail. A. G. Meyer & Co., Bal
tinore, Md. Don't buy counterfeit.
For sale by Nj. A. Snodgrass, I'm. Que en-
street
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The Maui of Lincoln.

DR.. Bozzell of Clifford, this county, has
Gn old beech maui used by Abraham Lin
coin for splitting rails during his boyhood
days. Tho DOCTORS father borrowed the
maui of Lincoln's father during Abra-
hams boyhood days when they were neigh
hors in Illinois, and never returned it. 1t
Is now valued relio.-Columbus Qnd.)
Letter In Chicago Times Herald.
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BAKED Triple WITH TOMATOES
Boil two pounds of fresh tripe until
tender. Drain, season with one tea.
spoonful of salt, one quarter tea
spoonful Of pepper put in we'll
buttered pan. Pour over it one
pint Of canned tomatoes, one small
onion minced, one tablespoonful of
parsley chopped fine. Pour over
all two tablespoonful OF melted but
ter and bake for one hour.
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The Oldest University.

! The Oldest university in the world is at
Picking 1t is called the "School For the
Sons of the Empire " Its antiquity is very
great, and granite register consisting Of
stone columns, 800 in number, contaius
the names Of 90, 900 graduates.
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TONGUE CRoouErrEs-Bring one
cup of milk to the boiling point, rub
together one tablespoonful of but
ter, two of -four and stir into the
milk. Cook until thick. Add one
pint of cold tongue chopped, one
tablespoonful of minced parsley one.
half teaspoonful Of salt, pinch of
cayenne and one teaspoonful OF
lemon juice. When cool form into
cylinder-shaped croquettes dip in
slightly beaten egg, then in crumbs
and fry in smoking hot fat.
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BAKED Eocs-Cut three hard
boiled eggs in. halves lengthwise !;
take out the yolks, mash, and add
one tablespoonful of chopped pars-
ley, one minced mushroom, one salt
spoonful of salt, a dust Of cayenne
pepper. Fill the followed whites
heaping up the mixture /; brush the
top over with raw yolk of egg and
brown in a quick oven. Serve by
laying each half egg on a broiled
slice of cooked ham. Pour over
one-half cup of white sauce.
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"Kissing," said the Boston youth,
sis not only vulgar, but exceeding
/ disagreeable-the powder gets on
ones glawses, you know"
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He-Will you love me if I give
up all my bad habits 7
She (protesting)-But, George,
how could you expect me to love a
perfect strangerf