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Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
HIRAM CARPENTERS WONDER.
Full CURE OF PSORIASIS.

II have been afflicted for twenty
years with an obstinate skin disease,
called by some NJ. DIS. psoriasis, and
others leprosy, commencing on my
scalp; and In spite of all | could do,
with the help Of the most skilful doc
tors, 1t slowly but surely extended I'M
til a year ago this winter it covered
my entire person in the form of dry
scales. For the last three years | have
been unable to do any labor, and
suffering intensely all the time. Every
morning there would be nearly a dust
painful Of scales taken from the sheet
on my bed, some Of them half as large
as the envelope containing this letter.
In the latter part Of winter my skin
commenced cracking open. | tried
everything, almost, that could be.
thought of, without any relief. The
18th Of June | started West. in hopes
/ could reach the Hot Springs.
reached Detroit and was so low |
thought l should have to go to the
hospital, but finally got as far as Ian
sing, Mich, where had a sister liv-
ing. One DR.. -- treated me about
two weeks, but did me no good. All
thought had but a short time to live.
l earnestly prayed to die. Cracked
through the skin all over my back
across my ribs, arms, hands, limbs;
feet badly swollen; toe-nails came off
f~lnger-nails dead and hard as a bone;
hair dead, dry and ~lifeless as old
straw. o my God! how l did suffer.
MY sister wouldn't give up; said
We will try Cuticura.' Some was ap
piled to m hand and arm. Eureka!
there was relief; stopped the terrible
burning sensation from the word 60
They Immediately got Cuticura Re
solvent, Ointment and Soap. l com
menced by taking Cuticura Resolven,
three time a day after meals; had a
bath once a day, water about blood
heat; used Cuticura Soap freely; ap
Piled Cuticura Ointment morning anG
evening. Result: returned to my
home in just six weeks from the time
l left, and my skin as smooth as this
sheet of paper. Hiram E. Carpenter
Henderson, N. Y"
The above remarkable testimonial
was written January 10, 1880, and is
republished because of the perman
ency Of the cure. Under date of Apri
%, 1910, Mr.. Carpenter wrote from his
present home, $40 Walnut St. SO.
Lansing, Mich: II have never suf
fered a return Of the psoriasis and al
though many years have passed l have
not forgotten the terrible suffering
endured before using the Cuticurs
Remedies"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
PRAYER WITHOUT RESULT
Boys Patience Is Exhausted After
Frequent Petitions to Throne
of Grace.

A young man who is prominent in
church work in Philadelphia tells this
about his nephew:
Harold is the Youngsters name, and
neNt door lives another boy by the
name OF Dewey. They are each seven
years I'D, and. like most children OF
their age. are disposed to gel into mis-
chief as often as possible. Several
days ago they found a mans coat lying
on the front pavement Will" the own
"r was fixing a gas main. From the
pockets Of the coat the two boys alb
Stracted seycra! tickets. and when
llarOlGS mother found it out she made
him return the tickets and explained
the sin which he had committed,
warning him 10 pray that he be for
given that night. He Obeyed. and
while on his knees added a prayer for
Dewey as Well.
The ext night HarOld's mother was
IN the next when he said his
prayers. and she heard him ask God to
forgive Dewey for stealing a piece Of
cake. On the following evening he
again was moved TO ask forgiveness
loT his friend, this time for stealing
three pieces Of candy. Apparently his
patience was exhausted, for the next
evening his mother was in the adjoin.
ing roOm when he offered his evening
prayer, and this is what she heard:
Gosh darn it, God. | have done the
best | can for Dewey. | guess you
will have to watch him YOURSELF
Philadelphia Record.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Census Quiz Jars Germans

last ten years is double the rate at
which Germany is growing.
The census Of Germany is not TAX
en- by official question askers, as in
the United States, but by means of a
series of intricate blanks which every
householder in the country is obliged
to fill out. Millions of otherwise in
telligent Germans spent last week
wrestling with the mysteries of the
census forms.
These are some Of the searching
questions which the kaiser's perplex-
ed SUBJECTS had to answer:
eff you don't know the exact date OF
your birth, how many full years old
are you?"
whats your main occupation in
life?'
Were your babies nursed on their
mothers breast or by wet nurses, or
from a bottle?"
Are you subject to epileptic its?"
How many of your house windows
look out on the street?"
What was your mother tongue
German, Dutch, Friesan, Danish, Wal
lonian, Polish or Lithuanian-and
what are the names Of the various
rooms In your dwelling?"
What is the religion of your ser
vants".
How many bathrooms have you?"
DO you cook with gas or other
fuel?"
German economists cherish ambi.
tious hopes for the future Of Ger
many's population. One authority says
there will be $50, 1000, 900 by 1880. An.
other expert, Prof. Won Schneider of
the University Of Berlin, peers into
the distant future as far as 2135,
when he sees a vision of EOS, 000, O0G.
Such increase" he writes, Should,
will and must come if we wish to re-
main a great and powerful nation, but
we must have fruitful colonies abroad
to take care of the surplus"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
British Monarch Deliberately Has
Watch Set Ahead-Father Addicted
+ Same Habit.

London.-Modern human beings
have an extraordinary prediction for
fast" time.
Even the late king gave way to this
little weakness, and every timepiece,
including the church clock, at Sand.
bingham, was kept deliberately half an
hour fast. This custom, in fact, still
Is kept up by King George.
This fast" time habit is, in the opin-
ion OF a we'll known medical man, a
form of self deception and "a praise
worthy, but often unconscious, attempt
to rectify a very common fault--un-
punctuality."
The number Of clocks and watches
in England that are kept fast is ex-
traordinary,' he said. "A slow watch
or clock is uncommon, and usually the
result of an accident. But everywhere
fast time is to be seen-outside rail.
way stations, in railway refreshment
rooms, in public. houses, and in private
residences.
In m opinion the psychology of
this habit is as follows" continued the
doctor. "a man distrusts his ability to
be punctual, and to rectify this ad-
vances his watch, or allows it to re.
main fast, deluding himself that after
a short time he will have forgotten
that his watch Is fast, and so will un-
Willingly be p%unctual.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
The Great Art of Dvino.

Inc Great Art OF Dying.
To die without rebellion and without
weakness is the masterpiece of a man.
A mountain guide-whose name the
London Daily News does not mention
in %narrating the story of his heroism-
with two others, was leading a party
owe n Of the most dangerous passes
Of the higher Alps.
The men. as is usual, were tied to-
gether by a long rope. AS they scaled
a wall Of ice they slipped on the
edge Of a frightful chasm. The guide
was at the end Of the rope.
Without his weight there was a
chance for the others to regain their
footing; with it, his experienced eye
told him, there was non With in
slant courage he drew his knife from
his belt and said quietly to the man
next him:
Tell mother how it happened, Ed
mond.'
He cut the rope and fell. never to be
seen again.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Keeps His 7imepiece Fast

Again, a man acquires a sort Of sub
conscious feeling that he could never
hope to be punctual unless his watch
Were fast. He feels that he can keep
up to time when he IS calculating by
a fast watch. but never if he has to
calculate by a correct watch"
Said one man: 81 always keep my
watch fast-anything from five to
twenty minutes-as l am terrified that
1t, may get slow should | put it back to
the right time"
Another: my watch always gains
a few seconds a day, and l let it go on
gaining for about a month or so. Then
| put it back to the right time. Why
don't always try to keep it right? Be-
cause it is too much bother, and be-
cause l have grown accustomed to
having it fast and feel strange when
it is right"
A we'll known business man said
that he always kept his watch exactly
two minutes fast, first. because it had
a tendency to lose, and, second. be-
cause it made for greater punctuality
and avoided the risk of missing trains
by half a minute or so. Most business
men of his acquaintance did similarly,
he added.
The secretary of the Magneta Time
company, limited. which has control of
10000 clocks in the United Kingdom.
said that in his experience almost
every one preferred to keep their
clocks fast and requested that they
should be set for this purpose.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
$500 BLEW INTO HER HANDS
Woman's Dislike for Litter Causes Her
to Pick Up Old Skirt Contain.
ing Money.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-It Is the ambi-
ton of Mrs. James Connolly of No, Z
Spruce street to keep her neighborhood
like spotless Town. Because of her
dislike for litter in the streets she
picked up an old skirt which the wind
blew against her as she walked. She
was about to consign the skirt to an
ash heap when a roll of $500 In bills
dropped from its folds.
The money which came to her N
such a surprising manner. Mrs. Con.
molly surmised, belonged to a neigh.
Dor, Mrs. Margaret Maher, who was
burned out a few days ago and whose
household belongings, including the old
skirt, were carried outdoors. Mrs, Ma.
her had not missed the lone but She
eadiiy identified it when Mrs. CONNOLLY
brought the roll in and dropped if IN
the table In front of her.
sne Is a poor woman and had been
q long time saving the $500, and
thought the skirt was safe in A trunk
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Resident Of New Jersey Town Has
an Astonishing Experience
With Timepiece.

Montclair, N. J~.-Frederick G. John.
son, who lives at 9 Oxford street.
thinks the ghost of a pet cat which
he owned haunts his alarm clock. Up
to a few weeks ago the clock behaved
as we'll as any good domestic alarm
clock should. On Nov. Is the alarm
clock, which had been set inadvert-
emily for the noon hour, went off. The
Johnson cat was doing near where
the clock stood and the noise awak-
ened her. She dashed about in a
frenzy. The kitchen door was open
and through it the cat ran. That
evening Johnson found the cat dead
in the yard back Of ais home.
The next night the alarm clock be.
gan its strange antics. The timepiece
switched suddenly into the Ananias
circuit. The hands would suddenly
jump forward for several swings
about the face and the alarm would
go off at all hours without any appar.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Mariner VINO Is 102 Despises
Steam-G Going Vessel.
Captain Jackson Tells Of Sailing Ship
Days and of Fierce Storms That
Swept Decks Of Craft He
Commanded.

Misunderstanding the close of his
Observation-Disclosures year. Capt.
Daniel Jackson gazed mournfully
across the ~raln-sWept gardens of the
roofing home for the aged as he
compared the gale then raging, with
the hundreds he experienced in the
days when men went to sea in ships
OF wood. Strangely enough it was the
present storm that had brought him
his sorrow.
It's only a little capful of wind"
he said, Just enough to make a good
craft swing along like a wal horse.
But it's brought me more trouble than
any gale that has blown since | made
my first voyage to Archangel. more
than nlnety-three years ago. It's only
a little capiul, yet it stayed me from
performing the last service my dear
sister Maria will ask of me.
She had sent me a message from
the WandsWOrth infirmary, saying that
she wanted to see me very, very
soon, because she had something to
tell me. So | buttoned up my coat on
Wednesday afternoon and started to
walk over there, but the little capful
was too much for me and the rain
'Swept into my eyes. Never mind
said, I shall see her tomorrow Next
morning they told me Maria was
dead"
Tears rolled from the tired old eyes
as Captain Jackson's thin, twisted
fingers beat upon the window pane,
and it was many minutes before an
other word escaped him. He told Of
gales in many seas. fierce storms that
had swept the decks of the ship which
he had skippered when a boy of nine
teen.
We'll ! remember my first day of
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Mrs. Roosevelt an Economist.

Mrs. Roosevelt is said to have kept
her gowns from one year to the next
and ever the third year, and yet was
always beautifully dressed. The best
dressed woman in London is said to
be Mrs. keppel. who wears her gowns
more than n season, having them
made over for the second year, as her
income does not allow Of a great va
riety Of gowns~
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Cal Ghost in Alarm Clock

ent cause. Johnson says he does not
remember having wound the clock
before these untimely capers.
The climax came Tuesday night.
Johnson was sound asleep. He had
left the clock on a %chiffonier in his
room. About two o'clock he was awak.
ened by something striking him in the
chest. When he got his bearings he
found it was the alarm clock. The
thing was ripping out alarms. John
o says that when he went to sleep
the clock was at least four feet from
the bed. The clock was finally rele-
gated to Johnson's cellars. The own.
er ascribes the strange actions to the
TRANSPORTATION Of the spirit of his
vengeful cat.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
The Victor.

Cassidy-Harrigan was around tn
day braggin' about tn b'atin' he gev
Finnegan last MOnda'.
Casey-Last Monda'? Sure, that's
neal a week ago. IT'S a wonder he
wasn't around sooner
Cassidy-Aye. but 1t seems he only
recovered from it this mOrnin'.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Mean of Her.

Mrs. Galley (back from the noun
tains)-Well, my dear, did you keep
open house during my absence?
Galley (earnestly)-I should say I
didn't, Louise; why, there wasn't a
night that I didn't lock the doors at
nine o'clock.
Mrs. Galey-Yes? And where did
you go then?
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Brltish-Canadian Cable,

London.-The Times says that a
proposal is under consideration for a
s~tate-owned cable between Great Brit.
ain and Canada. The route was sur.
veyed in 1860. 1t runs from Scotland
to the Farce islands, thence to Green.
land and thence to Hamilton inlet,
Labrador.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Subjects Of Kaiser PerpIexsd by
Some Searching Questions-Total
May Be $4,000, OO0.

Berlin.-Gernany is in the throes
of a census which will not end for
many weeks. When it is over the
fatherland expects to wake up and
find itself the possessor Of 65, 900, 900
souls, or a gain of 4,5OO, 900 since 1905.
The German population experts are
deeply impressed by this weeks an
nouncement that the United States
has over 90,O00,000 inhabitants. The
American rate of increase during the
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Incredible Brutality,

Willis-Under this years football
rules, you can't assist the man with
the ball.
Gillis-Great Scott! What do they
do-stand around and let him de-
Puck.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
a SILVER FIGURE,

Now, Arthur said his father,
you've been going to school long
enough to write decently. Don't you
know how to make a figure three"
Sure said the boy. You put
your pencil on the paper and then you
SILVER"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

We have no more right to consume
happiness without producing it than
10 consume wealth without producing
it.-G. Bernard Shaw.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Quite Different.

DO you always do a little more
than Is expected Of you?"
mo, my boss always expects a lit
tie more than you can do"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
Penalty for Shaving Self.

New York.-The Italian-American
BARRIERS Of Jersey City organized a
union the other day and in framing q
schedule Of prices agreed to charge
so cents for every hair cut when the
customer shaves himself
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

Stop guessing! Try the best and most
certain remedy for all painful ailments
Hamlins Wizard Oil. The way it re-
lieves ell soreness from sprains, cuts,
wounds, burns, scalds, etc., is wonderful.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
The Significant Wink.

." think said the weary stranger,
that III 60 somewhere and take &c
Winks."
The hack driver looked puzzled.
Whats the troubleo"
II was wondering whether you
wanted me to drive you to a hotel or
a drug store"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children ~teething, softens the gums, reduces In
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

It is often a shorter way. and more
useful, to fashion ourselves to others
than for them to adjust themselves to
us.-La FOntaine.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

Dr.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig.
crate stomach. liver and bowels. Do not
grippe.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

No matter about yesterdays short
comings; today is yours.-Annie H.
Ryder.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
A Great Invention,

,Nance-I think Ferdie ranks with
Edison as an inventor and benefactor
Of man.
Luella-What did he invent?
Vance-He invented a device to pwe-
vent cigawette papers fwom blowing
away in a stwong breeze.-Scraps.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD Up THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELRSS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing 1t is simply Quinine and Iron in a taste
less form. The Quinine drives out the malaria
and, the Iron builds up the system. Sod by all
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

itch Cured In 30 Minutes BY Woolford's
81 nitaryLotion. Never falls. At druggists.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

When the virtues are only on the
surface they easily find vociferous
evaporation.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

Free Cure for Rheumatism and Bone
Pains.
Botanic Blood Balm CB. B. b. cures
the worst cases of rheumatism, bone
pains. swollen muscles and iaints, by
purifying the blood and destroying the
uric acid in the blood. Thousands of
cases cured by B. B. B. after all other
treatments failed. Price $l.W per large
bottle at drug stores, with complete direc.
Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga, DepartmentR.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
lmnov+ant "a Mo+hore

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

s' s::s ':s,'s';sslAMMzN7M
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31

She-Do you think that athletic
training Injuries the heart?
The Professor-No, indeed. 1t is
only when it causes a man to lose his
bead that it does any damage.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
REST AND HEALTH

at Eureka Springs, Heber Springs and
Armstrong Springs. Ark, in the Ozark
Mountains. Write
o. p. WHITNEY
Traffic Manager, M. g. N. A. r. R., Eu-
reka Springs, Ark, for water analysis,
rates, and bow to get there.
Putnam patriot., 1910-07-01
 Leadership in China.

In a recent address before the Jnita- rian Club of Boston, Prof. Albert Bush- nell Hart, of Harvard, who has just returned from trip around the globe, predicted that before many years China would lead the world in power and ci- vilization. Christian schools there have played an important part in the educa- tional revolution now going on in the Empire. Dr. Percy T. Watson, one of the youngest of the American Board that the mission academy for boys in Fenchew, his headquarters, has over five times the applicants that can be received, although there are eight new government schools in that one city. Nearly every temple in the place has been turned into school, and the ex- animation halls where the old Chinese literati received their degrees, have been converted into cloth factory. A teacher in this academy, Mir. Watts 0. Pye, another new recruit of the Amer ican Board, was offered about three times his present salary if he would teach English two hours day in a go- vernment school. The officials find 1t difficult to secure good teachers even at large salaries, and in spite of the fact that some of them have been educated in Japan.
 Ii is recognized that our Christian schools turn out a superior quality of men, both morally and mentally, and the advantages are eagerly sought. 1t was great compliment when a gov ernment school teacher, in a town six teen miles from Fenchow came and asked for position in the academy, saying that he was dissatisfied with his life and wanted something better He k a Chinese degree man, and his father holds an office in neighbering prov ince, equal in importance to that of a Lieutenant Governor.
 When the boys go home for vac ation people remark upon the change in them. Many fathers beg to have their sons kept through the summer vaca- ton, that they may be saved from eyii surroundings, and offer 10 pay all ex- penses, with something in addition.
 Dr. Watson says; "We do not force religion upon our school boys, but most of the older ones are already church members. They seize every opportuni- ty on Saturday afternoons and Sunday to go To sing and help the native preach CTS. Some spent their entire summer al their own expense, al our eutsta- tions, trying 10 help, and we are told that they have shown great ability, preaching nearly as effectively as their elders. They are just now coming back 10 school full of life and energy, and il does one good 10 think what it will mean when they get their education"
Putnam patriot., 1910-07-01

opportunity for an open discussion of missionary problems without binding the delegates as a whole to any parti- cniar policy. Those attending confer red, but took no definite action or per mitted their deliberations to lead them into a discussion of dene minational differences.
 There had been two similar confer the second in New York city in 1900.
 The progress of Christian missionary work in many countries, from small beginnings to it's present state of wide development, was described. One by one the various countries of the world were taken up and the progress which had been made in each was described. Ii told Of the Fiji Islanders who, not many years ago, ignorant of Christian ity, were strongly under the influence of the church; of the thousands of Christians among the aborigines of Australia, the converts from the wild and savage inhabitants of New Gui- nea, the hundreds of thousands in Ja- pan who are Christian worshippers, of the church in Manchuria, still persist. ing in the work despite the persecution to which 1t has been subjected repeat edly and of the converts in various countries on the continent of Asia and in the regions of Africa, which are in the sphere of Christendom. The coun- tries yet almost untouched by mission workers were also alluded To, such as Mongolia, Tibet, Turkestan, Afghanis- tan, Arabia and large portions of Af- rica.
 The conference made decided pro nouncement on the Belgian Congo question. concluding it's report with an assertion that "the claims of humani- ty and the rights ot missions have been so hagrantly and continuously viola by the government of the Congo State that ian appeal fer action should be made by the conference to all the pow CTS which are signateries to the general act of Berlin.
 This new state came into being un- der conditions which make the whole family of nations more directly respon- sibe for its existence than is usually the case: they did not merely accept an accomplished fact, but lent an &C., tive hand te the accomplishment. This makes it doubly imperative that the conference should presen. a full weight of Christian sentiment, effectually voiced, 10 overcome the natural and usually cammendable indisposition of governments 10 meddle.n
 J. K. Mott. in his address at the con- ciading meeting of the Conference, ap- peaked To all present To be awake To their responsibilities and make them. selves worthy of them.