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FAMILY FINANCIERENG.

They tell me you work for dollar day
How is it you cothe your boys such pay:
I know you will think it conceited and queer,
But do it because am good fnancier
There's Pete, John & Jim, joe William e Ned,
half dozen boys to be clothed and fed;
buy for them all plain victuals to eat D..
When Pete's Clothes are too small for him to go
Ny wife makes them and gives them to john
When for John who ten they have grown out OF date
She lust makes them over for Jim who is eight.
When for Jim they have become too ragged to fix,
She just makes them over for Bill who is six,
And when for young Bill they will vii no longer 49,
So YOU see if get the good clothing for Pete
The family is furnished with clothing complete whom
H has thrown them aside what you do with then?
WIN once more we go round the circle complete
And begin to use them for patches for Pete,
Rnt where dear friend you buy clothes that wear,
From Pete down to Ned without rip or tear:
7 90 down to CLICKS his stock is the best,
He can suit the Whole family, my VIE and toe rest.
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Ont of the w,leern css.

Several cargoes of lumber of con-
siderable interest from an historical
point of view have just been delivered
In Philadelphia. The lumber was OBJ
tanned on the Wilderness battlefield.
and the bills Of lading show that the
trees we're felled and the lumber
sawed on the field where Lee and
Grant fought so fercel. and stubborn
IL for supremacy. In some Of the
blanks the mimic balls can be plainly
seen, particularly where the bullets
have been cut through by the saw,
which seemed to so through the lead
as easily as through the pine. The
parts of the wood touching the spots
where the bullets were found are dis
colored and rotten, but not enough to
damage the lumber.
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Foot Washsngs Now Seldom Prac-

ticed.
"Old time religion seems to be dying
out, ever In the SOUTH" said A. ].
Presley of Clayton, Ala. Il can re-
member the time when foot washings'
among the hard shell Baptlsts were
quite common, but 1t is rare that one
sees anything of the kind today. 1
went out into the country from Clay
ton last spring and saw the first one
| had seen since the war. The custom
is one Of the most interesting and
UNIQUE that was ever observed by any
religious body. would have thought
nothing about the matter 80 years ago,
but when saw the observance few
months ago it struck me as belonging
to another generation. These people
are among the most dcyout we have
in the south, yet they would be viewed
in the light of curios;tics in many COM
munities. The ceremony was the Gil
max of several days of revival meet
ings. and II was conducted with pray
ers and singing of hymns. Yet sup
pose the time will come when 1t Will
be nothing more than memory, even
in our extreme rural distrcts.-Wash-
inston Post.
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ana the bringing Of men to tic Lord.
DR.. Duff visited man who had In
herted IL great fortune. The man said
to him: II Ind to be very busy for
many years of my life getting my live
lihood After awhile this fortune came
to me and there has been no necessity
that toll since. There came time
when l said to myself, Shall now re-
tire from business. or Shall 80 on and
serve the Lord in my worldly occupa-
tion|" He said: Il resolved on the
latter. and have been more indus
trious In commercial circles than ever
was before, and since that hour have
never kept Il farthing for myself. |
have thought II TO DC Il grent shame II
couldn't toll as hard for the Lord as
had toiled for myself, and Ill the
products of my factories and my COM
mcrcial establishments to the lart
fnrthlng have gone for the building Of
Christian institutions and supporting
the church OF God" Would that the
same energy put forth for the world
could be put forth for God. Would
that a thousand men in these great
cities who have achieved fortune
could see 1t their duty now to do all
business for Christ md the alleva-
ton of the worlds suffering.
Again. remark that business life Is
school of patience. In your every
day life how many things to annoy and
to disquiet? Bargains will rub. Com
mercial men will sometimes fail to
meet their engagements. Cash book
and money drawer will sometimes
quarrel Goods ordered for special
emergency will come too late or be
damaged In the transportation. People
intending no harm will go shopping
without any intention Of purchase,
overturning great stocks Of goods and
insisting that you break the dozen.
More bad debts on the ledger. More
counterfeit bills in the drawer. Moro
debts to pay for other people. More
meannesses on the pnrt of partners in
business. Annoyance after annoyance,
veXatlon after veXation and loss after
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We talk about the martyrs of the
Piedmont valley, and the martyrs
among the Scotch highlands, and the
martyrs at Oxford. There are just as
certainly martyrs Of Wall street and
State street. martyrs OF Fulton street
and Broadway, martyrs of Atlantic
street and Chestnut street, going
through hotter fires. or having their
necks under sharper axes. Then it be-
hooyes us to Danish all fretfulness
from our lives, If this subject be true.
We look back to the time when We
were at school, and we remember the
rod. and we remember the hard tasks
and we complained grievously; but
now we see it was for the best. Busl-
ness life Is q school, and the tasks
ARE hard and the chastlsements some
times are very gricyous; but DO not
complain. The hotter the fire the bet
ter the refining. There are men before
the throne Of God this day In triumph
who on earth were cheated out of ev-
erythlng but their coffin. They were
sued. they were imprisoned for debt,
they were throttled by constables
with whole pack Of writs. they were
sold out by the shcrlffs. they had to
compromise with their creditors. they
had to make assignments. Their dying
hours were annoyed by the sharp ring
ing of the door bell by some impetuous
creditor who thought it was outrageous
and impudent that n man should dare
to die before he paid the last half dol
lar
l had friend who had many mis-
fortunes, Everything went against
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The obcrnmmergau Passion Play.

The preparations for the passion play
next year are in full swing. All the
actors for the chief parts have not yet
been chosen. but the singers have been
selected and arc practising diligently
in conjunction with the musicians.
The part Of Christ will be performed,
as before. by Anton Lang. Workmen
are actively employed on the new
buildings which the committee have
decided to erect. The auditorium is
being covered with an iron roof of not
less than a. meters span, at cost Of
fully 10000 marks.-Berlin Letter
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,corr-;r,, I.ou,s Elon,ch. 1so9.l

copyright. Louis kop'ch. lS09.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2I.-In this dis
course DR.. Talmage argues that re-
!igion may be taken into all the affairs
ol life and instead Of being hin
drnncc. az many think, is re-cnforce-
n,rnt. The text Is Romans xii, IL: Not
rluthful in business. fervent in spirit
serving the Lord. :"
Industry. devoutness and Christian
service-nll commended In that short
text. What, Is it possible that they
shall be conjoined? oh, yes! There
is no war between religion and bust
ness, between ledgers and Bibles, be-
tween churches and counting houses.
On the contrary, religion acceleratcs
business, shnrpcns mems wits, sweet
ems acerbity OF disposition, lillips the
blood of phlegmatics and throws more
velocity into the wheels of hard work.
1t gives better balancing 10 the judg-
mcnt, more strength TO the will, more
muscle to industry and throws into
enthusiasm q more cOnSecrated fire.
You cannot in all the circle of the
world show me man whose honest
business has been despoiled by re-
liglon.
The Industrial classes are divided III
TO three groups-producers, manufac-
turers, traders. Producers, such rs
farmers and miners. Manufacturers.
such as those who turn corn into food
and wool and flax into apparel Trad
ers, such as make profit out of the
transfer and exchange Of all that
which is produced and manufactured.
A business man may belong to any
one or all Of these classes, and not one
is independent OF any other.
When the prince imperial of France
fell on the Zulu battlefield because the
strap fastening the Stiliup 10 the sad'
die broke as he clun. 10 il. his COM
rades all escaping, hit liz fallinS I'M
der the lancrs of the savagci. great
many people blamed the cliprcss for
allowing her son 10 20 forth into that
battlefield. and others blamed the Eng
fish government for accepting The sac
rifice, ana others hlanl'i tn" ZlllUs for
their barhariSnl The one NEST to
hlanie vaS thc harness maker who
shut stra:, Of the siirrnr ont
of Shoddy ana imperfect material. as it
was found TO have hern aficrwarI. If
the strap had held. Tia prince imperial
would prohahly haze been alive today.
But The ,.;.,r hrok". No prince indie
pendent Of harness maker! High.
low. wise, ;eno;mn; yea in one occupa-
ton. il ano;ic: all bout ''.,:eti:cr-
= ;hat therc must hc ono .irinuons
FAC If synos.,lr W. ea"A olher's
~. E..t w,...t.v,'r o. roco !. Y
ou nave r,ul,i.liei;Y 9. age
..oC.s, i into your life there come loss
- and anHoyanrcs ala rer'urhati"i.s
IS wall rs rcrcsatagcs and dividends.
+. you are pursued from Monday morn
Ing En,i, Saturday night ana from
.fanaa.y +, January bs nexnra6lc OBJ
llEn.iel du,' lhcii you are bust
ness u.an, Or are business wo-
r,an. ard my Subject is appropriate to
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nf TERMINATION thew went oyerboaro.

OF temptation they went overheard.
Never 80 many temptations to scoun-
drelsm Us now Not law on the
statute book but has some bnck door
through which miscreant can escape.
All, how many receptions In the fabric
of goods; so much plundering In COM
mercial life that II man talk about
living life Of complete commercial
integrity there are those who ascrlbe 1t
to greenness and lack Of tact! More
need Of honesty now than ever before,
tried honesty. complete honesty, more
,han in those times when business was
n plain atiair, and woolens were
woolcns, and silks were silks, and men
were men.
How many men do you suppose there
are in commercial life who could say
truthfully, I'm all the sales have ever
made have never overstated the value
of goods, in all the sales l have ever
made | have never covered up an I'M
perfection in the fabric, Of all the thou
sands Of dollars | have ever made l
lngT There are men, however, who
can say 1t, hundreds who can say 1t,
thousands who can say 1t. They are
more honest than when they sold their
first fierce OF rice or their first ilrkin OF
butter because their honesty and In
tegrlty have been tested, tried, and
come out triumphant. But they re-
member time when they could have
robbed partner or have absconded
with the funds Of q bank, or sprung
snap Judgment, or made q false u.s.
slgnment, or borrowed illimitably with
out any efforts Mt payment, or got
man into sharp corner and heeced
him. But they never took one step on
that pathway Of hell fire. They can
say their prayers without hearing the
chink Of dishonest dollars. They can
read their Bible without thinking OF
the time when with Il lie on their soul
in the custom house they kissed the
book. They can think Of death and
the Judgment that comes after 1t with
ont any hinching-that day when all
charlatans and cheats and Jockeys and
frauds shall be doubly damned. 1t
does not make their knees knock to-
Qethcr, and it does not make their
teeth chatter to read "as the partridge
si,tcth on eggs and hatcheth them not;
so he that gctteth riches and not by
right shall leave them in the midst OF
his days and at his end shall be q
fool"
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Grand and GIorioun.

We are under the impression that
the moil ana tug OF business life are
prisou Into which @ man is thrust or
that it is an unequal strife where IN
armed man goes forth to contend.
shall show you this morning that
business life was intended of God for
grand and glorious education and dis
ciplnc, and II shall be helped to say
what want to say | shall rub some
of the wrinkles Of care out Of your
brow and unstrap some Of the burdens
from your back am not talking OF
an abstraction. Though never having
been in business life. know all about
business men.
In my first parish at Bellcville, n. j.,
ten miles from New York, large por-
ton Of my audience was made up of
New York merchants. Then went to
Syracuse, a place of immense CONNER
cial activity. and then went to Phlla-
delphia and lived long among the mer-
chants Of that city. than whom there
are no better n,en on earth. and for %
years | stood In my Brooklyn pulpit,
Sabbath by Sabbath, preaching to au-
diences the majority Of whom were
business men and business women. 1t
is not an abstraction of which ] speak,
but reality with which am well ac-
quainted.
In the first place. remark that bust
ness life was intended as a school OF
energy. God gives us certain amount
of raw material out Of which we are to
hew our character. Our faculties are
to be reset. rounded and sharpened up.
Our young folks having graduated
from school or college need q higher
education, that which the rasping and
collision of everyday life alone can eff
feet. Energy IL wrought out only In
the fire. After man has been In busi-
ness activity 10. 20, 30 years, his ener-
gy is not to be measured by weights or
plummets or ladders. There is no
height it cannot scale. and there Is no
depth 1t cannot fathom, and there is
no obstacle 1t cannot thrash.
Now, my brother, why did God put
YOU In that school of energy? Was 1t
merely that you might be yardstck
10 measure cloth or Il steelyard to
weigh four: Was 1t merely that you
might be better qualified to chatter
and hleglp: No God placed you In
that school of energy that you might
ne developed for Christian work. If
the uudevcloped talents in the Chris
t!an churches Of today were brought
ont and thoroughly hnrnessed, be
lieve the whole earth would be con-
verified to Cod in twelvemonth. There
are so many deep streams that are
turning no mill wheels and that are
harnesscd To no factory bands.
God Demands the Best.
Now. God demands the best lamb
out Of every mock. He demands thu
richest sheaf Of every harvest He de
mands the best men of every genera
ton. y cause in which Newton an(
Locke and Mansfield toiled you and
can afford to toll ill., Oh, for fewel
idlers in the cause Of Christ and fol
more Christian workers, men who shall
take the same energy that from Mon
day morning to Saturday night they
put forth for the achievement OF
livelihood or the gathering Of a for
tune and on Sabbath days put it fortl
} to the advantage Of Christ's kingdom
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The Bird Tint Tells.

The military man walked nervously
sack and forth till his spurs jingled
ike slelghbells. Stopping abruptly be-
lore the woman who had confronted
aim, he asked:
"Iow do you know all these things
about my past?"
"a little bird told me-"
"Sieathw he Kissed. Another
.ound robinw-Washingto Star.
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.gnGsS]ER,s AND BIBLES
itlERe Is NO WAR BETWEEN RELI-
GloN AND BUSINESS.

,,r. rnlnn@e Dec,avcs That Right
co.ss,>.n s. II Reimbursement and
No. IA !iin,,rnncc Ia the Affairs OF
tifr
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Only Once.

What school of Integrity business
life is If you have ever been tempted
to let your integrity cringe before pres
ent advantage if you have ever wax
cned up in some embarrassment and
said: Now, will step little aside
from the right path, and no one Will
know it. and | VIII come all right
again. 1t Is only osce." That only
once has ruined tens of thousands Of
men for this life and blasted their
soul.i for oJ.lity.
:. uIccc!.. Il il Liverpool got a. To
Bank ~. ENGLAND n0tc. and, holding 1t
III toward the light he saw some in
;crl..laat.U..s N What seemed red nk
IL tna.iy ,irciphcred tile letters and
fo:.nd oct ;!la; tic wr.t.ng had been
ma,.c by slave in AlgIers. saying in
substance. whoever gets this bank
note will please TO inform my brother,
John Dean. living near Carlisle, that |
am slave of the hey Of Algiers." The
merchant sent word. employed govern
mcnt officers and found who this man
was spoken Of In this bank note. Aft
or awhile the man was rescued. who
for II years had been slave Of the
hey Of Alglers He WAS Immediately
emanclpated. but was so worn out by
hardship and exposure he soon after
died. Oh, If some Of the bank bills
that come through your hands could
tell all the scenes through which they
have passed 1t would be a tragedy
eclipsing any drama Of Shakespeare.
mightier than King Lear or Macbeth!
AS go on in this subject ! nm I'M
pressed with the Importance Of our
having more sympathy with business
men. Is it not shame that we In our
pulpits do not oftencr preach about
their struggles. their trials and their
temptations? Men who toll with the
hand are not apt to be very sympa-
thetic with those who toll with the
brain. The farmers who raise the corn
and the oats and the wheat sometimes
are tempted to think that grain mer-
chants have an easy time and get their
profits without giving any equivalent.
Plato and Aristotle were so opposed
to merchandise that they declared COM
merce to be the curse Of the nations,
and they advised that cities be built
at least ten miles from the sea coast.
But you and know that there are no
more industrious or high minded men
than those who move In the world Of
traffic. Some of them carry burdens
heavier than hods of brick. and are
exposed to sharper things than the
east wind. and climb mountains higher
than the Alps or Hmnlayas, and if they
are faithful to Christ will at last say
to them: well done. good and faithful
servant; thou hast been faithful over a
few things. will make thee ruler over
many things. Enter thou into the JOY
ALL, o,1
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The One Day Cold Cure.

Cold In head and sore throat cured by ker-
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine. AS easy
70 talss "a candy. Children cry for them
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Business Martyrs.

many things. Enter thou into the JOY
Of thy Lord"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-15
"A Few Items
Taken at random from our
great stock.

Ladies' Satin Belt Hose Supporters,
silk elastic excellent fasteners, ex-
ira quality, colors, cardinal, orange,
pink, light blue, yellow, black. Sent
post paid for 25c.
Childrens Side Elastics, fancy frilled
webbing Orange, pink, light blue
red. Three sizes. Greatest value
we ever offered. Sent postpaid lie.
Misses and Children's Kid gloves,
one clasp, colors assorted tans and
reds, sizes AZ to 81. A high grade
glove at S1O0.
Adler's one clasp, heavy, silk lined,
dressed cape skin gloves for men. 81
Adler's one and two clasp, silk lined,
fine reindeer undresSed gloves,
browns and slate, at $500
Adler's black. clasp, silk lined mocha
gloves, extra stock, at Sl.75.
Mems heavy dressed gloves, spear point
backs at S1.50.
Shetland Floss. Selling worlds of it.
Women are making the new umbrel-
la shawls-6 skeins for small one
g for large size. Have all colors.
1870 skein or S1.25 a box of II
SkeinS.
French Flannels, SO much in demand
for waists Here can be found
large variety in plain and fancy at
60c and 75c.
Ribbon all silk, for fancy work All
colors at sc for 5, and &c; 1Oc for
y, Is and %.
Silk Elastic, beautiful styles, extra
strong, all colors including purple
and cerise at 30c.
Wool Fascinators, black, white,
pink, blue, extra qualities, at Il, 70,
IS, 80 and 75c.
Velvet, lovely grades, all the new col
ors, Is in. at 81 and $125. Also good
silk velvet, II in, all colors, at SOC.
Black velvets, Is inch, at l, II, IL,
IL, and 2 dollars. Black Velour,
for capes and rich costumes, 80 in.
at $3.50 and $500. Boulevard Vel
veteens, rich fnish, close pile, all
colors and black, % in, 6Oc; also
extra heavy "a inch, in cardinal roy
al blue, cinnamon brown and black
at soc.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-15
THE LASS WHO :
LOVED A HERO. ::

Some one has said that the time is not
far away when "scallopers" and summer
visitors will be the only residents of Nam
tucket island. This opinion savors Of
the pessimist and ought not to be toler-
ated.
But if this prophecy should ever be-
come fact it is not unlikely that the
"scalloper'' would stand higher in "the
kingdom of heaven" This does not i'm
ply that the summer visitor is not all
right. Decidedly it would be hard to get
along without him. But give the man
who knows life his choice, and it will be
the Nantucket fisherman every time.
When Tim Henderson first saw Per-
sis Hayward. he was sailing up and
down the harbor in his catboat, the Nan
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-15
A CHRISTMAS SONG.

Shining sprays of ivy bring!
Irvine carcanet for Mirth,
Who shall make the echoes ring
Round the genial Christmas hearth.
Hunchbacl1 Care away shall creep,
With Distrust and Doubt, forsooth!
And the nimble quip shall leap
From the lip of Age and Youth.
And while Marian, trim of tread,
Sets the candles all aglow, :
Slyly DER the maiden's head r
One shall hang the mistletoe.
Then it's ha! my lass, and hey!
And it's no! my lad, and hi!
Faith, his wits are gone astray
Who would let the chance slip by!
Clinton Scotland.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-15

said: .T'd done the same thing any time
if | hadn't stopped to think. The first
thing l knew was out on that line, an
wouldn't swear that / was glad on it.
When Tim and Persis were married the
next summer, there was good deal Of
fuss made, especially by the summer Wis
itors, but Tim says .'their water line is
jest about right to take 'em over the bar,
an they wouldn't do for deep water
craft
Perhaps the best thing about the whole
affair is that they understood each other
before the fatal tie was bound, and at
least one woman has proved that matri-
mony and a woman's independence are
not necessarily Incompatible. = Boston
Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-15
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