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Middletown transcript., 1899-04-29
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.
Topic For the Week Beginning April
8O-COmment by Rev. $. 81. Doyle.

Topic For the Week Beginning April
3O-Comment by Rev. s. II. Doyle.
ToPIc.-How shall we divide our timer
Eccl. iii, 1-15.
The proper use of cur time is one.o of
the most important duties Of life. tits
gift of God which once gone never
returns. Our success in life depends
upon our ability to properly divide and
properly use the time which God. .a1lots
to us. In these days, when the demands
upon the time Of those who are active
and industrious are so multitudinous.
the question of the proper dividing of
time becomes all the more important
Alfred the Great of England divided
his day into three periods of eight hours
each-one period for work, second for
recreation and the third for sleep. Thus
he accomplished much in life.
The wise man in the topical reference
teaches us that God has set time for
all things. The changes that are going
on in life are constant, and yet nothing
is done haphazardly or without system.
There is time for every work of God,
and each comes in its season. If God
finds it necessary in order to carry out
His purposes in life to have a time and
a season for everything, how much
more certain it is that If we are to ac-
complish the purpose for which God
made US we must have time for the
duties Of life and perform them at their
time.
Just how each one is to divide his
time is a question that he only can de-
eide But there are certain principles
which should have due influence upon
all in the use Of time. 1. We should
use our time in conformity to the will
of God. Time is a precious gift of God
that should be eonsecrated . to Him,
just as we consecrate our money or our
talents to Him. O.. In the division and
use Of our time ample provision should
be made for all religious duties and de-
votions The spiritual is often neglected
for the material and sacrificed for that
which is of less Importance Many who
allot sufficient time each day for the
feeding of the body make no provision
for the soul, yet it is just as necessary
that the soul should be fed as the body
8. We should divide and use our time
in the light of eternity in view Of the
fact that time will some time end. and
we shall be called upon to render an ac-
count for the use we have made of it.
We should strive to use each moment,
hour and day of our lives as we shall
wish we had used them when the end
of our time here comes. No better
motto or rule for the proper division
and use of time could be suggested than
that.
Bible Readings.-Ps. xxx, 1-5; &c,
1912; Eccl. xii, / lisa. ", 1-6; Math.
vi, 24-S4; Luke xix, 41-44; John *, 4;
xii, 35; Rom. xiii, 11-14; II Cor. vi, 1,
Q; Gal. vi, 9; Eph. V, 1921; Col. iv,
s, Rev. K, 5, 8.
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GETTYSBURG, LURAY, AND WASH
INGTON.

PersonalIy-Conducted Tour via Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
arranged for five, day PersonalIy-Con
Quoted. Tour to Gettysburg, Lurav, and
Washington on May g. A full day will be
spent at Gettysburg, three hours at Luray,
aftording ample time to make the tour of
the wonderful cayerns,. and two days at
Washington.
The party will be under the guidance of
one of,the company's experienced tourist
agents. A chaperon, whose especial charge
will be unescorted ladies, will also accom-
pany the party throughout. Round-trip
tickets, including transportation for the
round trip, hotel accommodations at Gett-
ysburg and carriage drive oyer the battler
field, luncheon, transfer, and hotel accom-
modations at Washington, and dinner gor
ing and supper returning, at Broad Street
Station in connection with tickets from
Trenton and points east thereof, will be
sold at the extremely low rate of s25 from
New York, S24 from Trenton, $22 from
Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from
other points.
For itineraries and full information ap-
ply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 1196
Broadway, New York; 789 Broad Street,
Newark, N. j., or address Geo. w. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
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The Peculiar Danes.

''The Danes" wrote Julian Ralph
from Copenhagen, 'tare not satisfied
with the alphabet. They have invented
a twenty-seventh letter, which is an
o with mark run through it diagonal
" from the north northwest to the south
southeast, and this amazing !. letter
comes in most of the words. They are
so proud of it that they paint it, all by
itself, in heroic size on the front Of the
second stories of the tram cars. Ialways
used to think. that when British or
Russian or Swedish prince came here to
get wife all he had to say was. will
yjou mjarry mjeT
"But I didn't know great deal of
Danish then. In fact, only knew the
word .tandstikker. which means ran
cid match'-at least | think SO after
using these matches all over the world.
Since I have come here I've not only
the o with skewer through
it, but find that the language Isl i'm
possible that the Danes themselves have
given it up. They spell Copenhagen
Kjopenhaven, Kiobenhaven. Copenhague
and Coepenhabn.
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Lord Bramwell, says the biographer
Of that jurist, used to tell a story illus
trating the complete paralysis which
may affect the human mind at trying
moments.
One day when he was on board q
Rhine steamboat he noticed lady, evil
IDENTIFY in great distress, trying by signs
to explain to the officials some matter
Of Importance. Fancying that she was
a countrywoman Of his own, he asked:
t'Do you speak English r.
The poor lady had really lost her head,
and she could only stammer out, ttUn
peu that is, little.
Then Lord Bramwel continued the
conversation in French, but it became
evident that the lady understood scarce
ly word. German and Italian gave
equally bad results. Finally she NUT
tered audibly to herself:
Glow I wish were safe at homel''
"But surely you do speak English n
exclaimed the baron.
81 can't speak anything else, she
sobbed 'sThat's what makes me so
helpless among these foreigners. =
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From NeIsl, to snanish.

A very long time ago the British
government ordered that English should
be taught in Welsh schools. Asaresult,
in 1865 colony Of prosecuted Welsh
miners fled from the. British tyranny
and settled in the deserts of Patagonia.
These men were heroes, and with most
magnificent courage they dared to live
in a desert where not plant would
grow, where the water was brackish
and the heat intolerable. They were
surrounded by wild tribes of hostile
savages and made them warm friends
they were ruled by foreign govern
ment and became loyal citizens.
Through long years of want and
famine they never despaired. They
have turned the desert into beautiful
fertile country, have become rich, num-
Der 8, 900 people. have extended their
string Of settlements right across South
America, own paying railway and
ship large crops of wheat, wool, ostrich
feathers and qnanaco skins.
They left Wales to escape the tyranny
of the English language and now, rather
than talk Welsh. they converse largely
of their freedom in excellent Spanish.
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rntemnerance In Drugs.

There is source Of nervous ailments
entirely special to this age and the un-
expected outcome Of our present.day
chemistry and advertising. Intemper-
ance in drugs is becoming more COM
mon, and it may possibly outstrip the
abuse of alcohol in its evil results The
manufacture of new chemical products
Is supplying the public with endless car
bon derivates Of high molecular power
and of imperfectly known physiological
action Some are most dangerous, and
their continued indulgence leads to con-
firmed neurosis or hopeless neurasthe-
MIA, andit thus comes to pass that as
the therapeutic activity Of the profession
tends to abolish disease that of the pub
lie is manufacturing it. Medical Jour
nal.
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oman rhnu NIine Erea.

Not what one reads with the, eyes
but what one sees with the soul is the
valuable thing in Bible study. The il
Illumination needed is not on the text,
but On the human understanding. Often
one has read passage SO frequently
that it has become memorized and
stereotyped and almost meaningless.
Suddenly under some new stress Of cir
cumstances, danger, sorrow, helpless
ness or new found joy, the passage
beams out as the fash of some great
lighthouse far over the sea. The word
grows luminous, the soul is flooded with
pure radiance, and the eyes see as never
before beauties and glories which no
tongue can describe, but which one's
own spirit eyes must behold if he is
ever to comprehend. The finger Of God
has touched the eyes before blind or
held and has opened the vision.
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SPANISH lNsoLENcE.
Masculine Manners as They Are Dis
played In Madrtd.


Smart life is very little seen in the
streets of Madrid. Women never walk
about unattended and seldom do more
than descend from and enter their car
riagea. Men,, as a rule, are gravely po-
lite, the best of them genuinely SO and
the others with varnish which does
very well when not scratched. They
stare out of countenance every woman
who passes. This, they explain, means
nothing, and is indeed delicate sort of
fiattery, but by American ladies it is
often taken for insolence and is always
very trying.
In the Royal Opera House at Madrid
an apparently wen bred Spaniard will
not hesitate to walk down the aisle
during the entr' act, and, taking fa-
vorable stand near the woman be wishes
to regard, stare at her for two minutes
at a time, with or without glasses. No
sooner is the curtain down than nearly
all the men in the house-as rule
handsome fellows and well dressed
bunch together in the middle aisle and
take the measure Of their surroundings
It is a solemn moment Nobody smiles
or jokes, and there does not seem to be
much talking. Hats are worn, and
every man looks about and stares.
When an acquaintance is deserted in
one Of the boxes, he grayely lifts his
hat and replaces it, but his features re-
tain their impassive gravity.
The women, when one does see them,
seem to be handsomely gowned, but
they are not as good looking as the
men. They go about in fine looking
carriages, drawn by spirited horses or
by spanking pair Of mules I have
never seen such mules as are to be seen
at times on the shopping streets Of
Madrid You will often find on these
crowded thoroughfares equipages that
would look well on Fifth avenue, focks
Of sheep and turkeys and slow moving
oxen, not to mention the omnipresent
donkey. The cafelife is an imitation Of
the French article
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UPSET BY AN UMBRELLA.
Il Came Very Handy, but Made Three
Men Miserable.

~
Men Miserable.
ssTalking about stealing umbrellas,
said a New Orleans business man. II
had whimsical experience last week.
One afternoon, when it was raining, I
happened to see a very good umbrella
/ in the hall, and-well, annexed it, or
rather established protectorate. in
tending to return it before night to the
gentleman in the adjoining Office, who,
supposed Of course, was the owner.
stBut somehow or other didn't, and
for several days / dedged him in and
out of the building, feeling particularly
uncomfortable and guilty. Finally he
dropped in and, seeing the umbrella in
the front Office, walked off with it. I
witnessed the incident unobserved from
the rear room and naturally said noth-
ing. Next day we encountered in the
elevator, and he handed me the una-
brella.
"sHere's your parachute, he said.
I'll have to own up that appropriated
it yesterday, but it was raining, and
the temptation was too strong for my
morals
81 took it rather gingerly and re-
Trained from offering any explanation.
That afternoon set it just outside my
door and had the satisfaction of seeing
it disappear under the arm Of an arc !
tect who is prominent member of my
church and generally regarded as q
very moral man. Since then he has had
pressing business whenever I hove into
sight, and infer that he issufering
duplicate of the pangs recently expert
enced by myself and my neighbor. The
fellow who originally left it hasn't
turned up, so / suppose that he, too, is
a member of the robber band. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
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Tp4s syan rxIn Trouble.

Some queer letters find their way to
an EDITORS desk And here is cne Of
them, which is warm with life and feel
ing and means business:
To the Editor:
sIR-I sent you three weeks ago come Sun,
day sketch Of poetry which was wrote by my
wife on her birthday. Itoid you to print it en-
Sunday and send. the bill to me; but nary 9
sketch of it or bill has / seen. You has placed
me in dalnagin perdieament, by not printin
it 'cordin to instructions, for my wife thinks
| either didn't mail it or got sfull and lost
II. viii you please drop me a line and set me
right about it, | know mailed it to you IN
the pestoffce, but I amt got no Witnesses Il
you viii SET me right in the matter, will
write piece for you myself!
Atlanta Constitution.
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plaster OF Paris.

The setting of plaster Of paris may
be retarded by the addition Of 2 to
per centof powdered althea root. This
addition not only retards the hardening
of the plaster, but also enables it to be
cut, fled, sawed and turned. An addi-
tion of IS per cent retards the complete
setting of the plaster for about an hour,
SO that the mass may be used for any
purpose where it is to remain plastic
during at least portion Of that time.
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IF only Lord" the happy voices sing
'sIf only we have Thee who faileth neY
spafn,s Greatest Need.

Mr.. R. r. Olivia, Of Barcelona. Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken. S. O. Weak
nerves had caused severe pains in the back
of his head. on using Electric Bitters,
Americas greatest Blood and Nerve
Remedy. all pain soon left him. He says
this grand medicine is what bis country
needs All America knows that 1t cures
liver and kidney trouble, purifies the bload,
tones up The stomach, strengthens the
nerves puts vim, vigor and new life into
every muscle nerve and organ Of ne body.
II weak Tired oF ailihs xen need Ii Eeely
bottle spAran Iced. only 30 cents: Sold II
Vaughan Pharmacy
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our New Poasennions.

Deeper than the interest we have in
the political future of Cuba, Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines is the care
we must have for their religious uplift.
Already plans are maturing for our
church to send its missionaries into the
islands not before occupied by us. We
have had mission for some years in
Honolulu, but none in the West Indies
or the Philippines.
Magazines and illustrated papers have
for months been filed with articles on
these newly opened lands. 1t would be
of much profit and awaken new life in
the literary work of the League to spend
an evening in review of the religious
condition and needs of these lands.
Short papers or addresses by several
members could without great labor be
prepared and illustrated by maps and
pictures cut from current periodicals.
Even when one has read much there is
a charm in having condensation of
facts gathered from many sources and
placed in new language. The exercise
will well repay those who do the work
for all exertion they may expend.
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LINCOLN AS A LAWYER.
How the immortal Abe Won His
Early Successes at the Bar.

How the Immortal Abe Won His
EARLY Successes at the Bar.
A suit was brought in the United
States court in Springfield against a
citizen for an infringement of a patent
right. Mr.. Lincoln was employed to
defend it. Mr.. Lincoln went to the
most skilled architect in the city, in
quired how he spent his winter even
ings and received the reply: "If times
are brisk, I sometimes work. Otherwise
I have no special business. 2
Mr.. Lincoln said: 81 have. patent
right case in court. / want yeu as a
partner and will divide fees. / know
nothing about mechanics made
it a study. want you to make list
Of the best works on mechanism, as /
don't suppose they can be purchased
here. I will furnish the money, and
you can send to Chicago or New York
for them. I want you to come to my
house one night each week and give me
instructions. In a short time he had
witnesses to meet him, and they were
thoroughly drilled.
When the trial commenced, Mr.. Lin
coin put his questions at the cross ex-
animation SO scientifically that many
witnesss were bothered to reply. When
his witnesses were put on the stand, SO
.skillfuI were his questions that the
court the jury and the bar wondered
how Abe Lincoln knew SO much about
mechanism. His witnesses could reply
promptly. He gained the suit and a
reputation such that Mr.. Lincoln was
sustained in every patent right case
brought into that court up to the time
he went to Washington. He went to
Chicago, st. Louis, Iowa. Ohio, Ken
lucky and Michigan to try patent right
cases, and the last year Of his practice
did little else Thomas Lewis tRecol-
lections of Lincoln" in Leslie's Weekly.
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EPWoRTH LEAGUE.
Topic For the Week Beginning April
80, 4sHow Shall We Divide Our
Time s''-Text, Feel. iii, Is.

y 5E
"That which hath been is now, and
that which is to be hath already been,
and God Fequireth that which is past "
No one truth is more pressed home
upon me by the Bible than that Of per-
sonal accountability for the use Of per-
sonal power and opportunity. The
world of things moves in regular lines
Of law, and man can know assuredly
what is to be in the future from what
has been in the past. Circumstances
may change, but the great fundamental
principles Of human nature and the
rules which apply to conduct never
shift ground. We are what we make
ourselves. God has given the raw ma
terial Of our lives, and we manufacture
character. For this He holds us re-
sponsible, and offers rewards for right
results and pronounces penalties for
wrongdoing and evil The only sober
thing for every man is clearly to recog-
nize his duty to God and then to set
himself to work to use his time and tai
ents and opportunities SO as to bring
the largest and best results to God and
himself
It is folly to devote ones time and
energy SO fully to securing business ad
vancement that the ether needs of life
are neglected Soul needs should be rec
ognized and fully provided for. Social
duties and wants are real issues Of mo-
ment in every life One must cultivate
neighborliness for his own sake and the
good Of others He must learn to give
and take or be less the man than he
should be. knowledge of men and
things at large, the world and its great
movements and interests, also have a
claim on our attention and time
Above all. a man should take time to
be alone with himself and bis God.
The ''quiet hour is needed daily in
every life. 1t is needed to sober one
from the intoxication and excitement
of the worlds mad rush around us. It
is needed to cast the anchor Of faith
and hope deeper and more securely in
the unseen but resl things CT existence
Time must be given to think of God,
Of heaven. of holiness and the real hap
piness.
Stint your sleep if necessary, cut
short your pleasures, economize time
in your business be frugal in social
exertions, but give yourself ample time
to get acquainted with God. If you
can't bear to talk few minutes day
with Him now, how can you ever ex-
pect to enjoy an eternity with Him
hereafter?
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Thex WOMB Get There.

It was lecture delivered by learned
purveyor of liver pills and illustrated
by diagrams Of the frame of man.
That, he explained. pointing out q
totally different spot sis where mans
liver Is. !"
Excuse me, observed the man in
spectacles, ''but am surgeon. and
that's not where the liver ia 2 ,ss.s
'.Never you mind .Ylh4se hia Liver is
setorted the lecturer IF it was in his
big tee or his left ear my pills would
reach it and shake it for him. On that
you can bet your gig lamps. "
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a Narrow ESCAPE.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada q.
Hart Of Groton. S. D. WAS taken with a
bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough:
set in and finally terminated in Consump-
ton. Fonr Doctors ga We me up. saying /
could live but q shcrE time. gave myself
up to my Saviour determined if / could not
stay with my friends on earth, would
meet my absent ones shove. My husband
wa 3 advised to get DR.. Kings New niscoy-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I
gave Is trial, look ia alI eight bottles. y
has cured me and thank God. am saved
md now well and healthy woman.
Trial bottles fraa ST Vaughan RhafnaEF.
Regular size 800. and II loo Guaranteed 81
pxics refunded.
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Innnressiona.

Only a ray Of sunshine.
Only passing thought,
But it left an imprint on the heart
Like iron. deeply wrought.
Only a swift winged arrow
Shot from the bow of love,
But it healed a weight of sorrow
That ages failed to move.
Twas but a f1eeting shadow
But 1t lent tender grace
And covered the lock of anguish
Reelected on the face.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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ReIigion with Trimmine..

Many church members turn up in
Sunday clothing at popular conventions
and for all dress parade occasions, but
when there is real battle with evil to
be fought they are missing. As one has
well said, "The tendency in our day is
to take our religion with too many
trimmings. ID. W. Whittle
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A Modern EIopement.

The agitated girl looked back through
the cloud Of dust that rose in their rear.
"Algernon, !" she exclaimed in terror,
''pap is pursuing usl''
Let him pursueY' chuckled Alger-
non. 1.-THE last thing I did before we
started was to slip out and change his
storage battery. It's only got about one
more mile in it, and then it'll stop
dead. /" 8
And even as Algernon spake these
words his automobile drew away from
the pursuer, while from the tagging ma
chine far in, the rear came family to
the ear hoarse cries of impotent rage
from the baf1ed parent. Chicago Trib-
une, asA "a 4a4ia4tf
Within mile from CongIeton, Eng
land. on the high road from MaccIes6eld,
there is a deserted village consisting Of
over so houses, not one Of which is
tenanted. 'ss s4s
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II Was ToaY,afl

Thredd Bayer'H 'How's DAT town down
de raiIroad2 Emmy chance ter beg me din
ner defean
Ragson Tatters tdisgnsted1 d1-aNawl I
struck nine houses fer me break fast, an all
90 women sed dey didn't have nothin'
cause II wuz Lent, !.
'sThreda Bayertdisconsolately) W. v,
dat,s wot dey told me IN de udder town.
woEder who borroWs all dat grub2n
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Ihat Throbbine headache

Would quickly leave you, if you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands Of
sufferers have proved their maichless merit
for Sick and Nervous headaches. They
make pure blood and strong nerves. and
build mp Eonr:health. Easy TO take. Try
them Only 25 cents. Money back ifs mt
cured. Sold at Vapghan's Pharmasssa 81
hsskl0a eEIs
JipEa4.'Thas man dees 4iBt ab0R 9sfyy
smart. and yst you sasa he Mas szAsad
millioa. Winks M BsS a1ssi83i7a
Hess gzaatin nvenssa ds ss5l
What dld b lnYeni2 lza invented is
applahaEzsl tAss holds acarsaly augGaIns q
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You should Know

What Hoods Sarsaparilla to do for those
who have impure and impoverished blood.
1t makes the blood rich and pure, and cures
scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia, catarrh,
rheumatism, nervousness. If you are
troubled with any ailment caused or pro-
NOTED by impure blood, take Hoods sarsa-
parilla at once.
Hoods Pills are prompt and efficient,
easy to take, easy to operate.
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