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The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-08

with q severe case Of organic weakness.
/ had backache, pains in my hips and
over my kidneys, headache, dizziness,
lassitude, had no energy, limbs ached
and l was always tired. Twas hardly
able to do my homework. I,had taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound on one other occasion, and it had
helped me so / took it again and it has
built me up, until now ! feel like a new
woman. You have my hearty consent
to use my name and testimonial in any
way and / hope it will benefit suffering
women. Mrs. ORPHA TURNER, 431 S.
Wayne St, Piqua, Ohio.
Women who are suffering from those
distressing ills peculiar to their sex
should not doubt the ability of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
store their health.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia E. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (cOnfidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held i'm strict confidence.
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BIGGEST MAN IS IN GEORGIA
Balancing Scales at 585, He Weighs
1o5 Pounds More Than Giant
of Michigan.

Savannah, Ga.-When Leonard Bliss
died a year Or two ago at Blooming
ton. Ill, the country was told that the
world had lost it's largest man.
But Georgia came forward with a
specimen that overtopped Baby"
Bliss by 45 pounds.
Now comes Three Rivers, Mich,
with a bid for fame in the person of
Sam Irwin. who boasts that he weighs
$50 pounds and asserts that he is the
largest man In the United States who
engages in active work daily.
The largest man in the world goes
to work every week day morning at
the usual hour in the enjoyment of
better health than he has experienced
in a number Of years. This is w. T.
Brinson Of Waycross, who makes no
claim to distinction other than being
a Georgia Cracker"
Leonard Bliss is said to have weighed
$40 pounds according to official figures
at the time of his death. Brinson tips
the scales at $50 pounds in his stock
ing feet. He has weighed as high as
600, but he complains dismally that he
is now worn to a shadow by overwork
and Is losing flesh SO rapidly that it
The Michigan man has hopes" that
makes him uneasy, 1t took him Is
years to lose that Is pounds.
he will eventually weigh 500.
Crimson laughs and jokes at his i'm
mense proportions, and continues to
gather and distill the turpentine from
his pine forest. He drives out to his
distillery daily in a buggy built espe-
cially to sustain his weight. He is an
active man of business, a merchant
and farmer as we'll as a turpentine
operator and Is famed for his shrewd-
ness.
When visiting it requires two chairs
to sustain Brinson's huge form. He
has had all of his home furniture
made to order. The bed in which he
sleeps has been doubly reinforced in
order that he may turn over in the
night without danger of bursting
through his resting place. All the
doors in his home have been enlarged.
Brinson has had many offers to be-
come a vaudeville or circus attraction,
but he says he does not are to leave
Gods country" He says now, how
ever, that he is almost inclined to
travel about a little, just to show such
people as this Irwin fellow how very
small they are.
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HAPPY NOW
Family of Twelve Drink Postum.

at certainly has been a blessing in
our home" writes a young lady in re-
gard to Postum.
81 am one of a family of twelve,
who, before using Postum, would make
a healthy person uncomfortable by
their complaining of headache, dizzi-
ness, sour stomach, etc., from drinking
coffee.
For years mother suffered from
%palpitation Of the heart, sick head
ache and bad stomach and at times
would be taken violently ill. About a
year ago she quit coffee and began
Postum.
"My brother was troubled with
headache and dizziness all the time
he drank coffee. All those troubles of
my mother and brother have disap-
peared since Postum has taken the
place of coffee.
"A sister al i'll nearly all her life
with headache and heart trouble, and
about all she cared for was coffee and
tea. The doctors told her she must
leave them alone, as medicine did her
no permanent good.
"She thought nothing would take
the place Of coffee until we induced
her to try Postum. Now her troubles
are all gone and she is a happy little
woman enjoying life as people
should"
Name given by the Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow.
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers
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OLDEST GANDER DEAD AT SO
Henry County (Mo.) Fowl Was a Gay
Old Bird Right Up to
the Last.

Clinton, Mo.-The thirty-three-year-
old gander belonging to w. H. Ross
in the north part of Henry county,
died recently with the inirmities of
old age. The average life of a goose
is from twelve to fifteen years, the old
est previous record here was twenty
years. The thirty-three-year-old gan
der was a gay old bird and got much
sport out Of pulling hens from their
nests. He never would hurt them or
eat the eggs. He just liked to hear
them cackle. He was a mammoth
white bird. ate much corn and was a
great pet.
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CITY HOLDS HOT BUN RECORD
chicagoans Ate 100000 on Good Fri.
day, Bakers Of Windy
City Report.

Chicago.-In celebration Of Good
Friday, Chicagoans ate 100000 hot
cross buns, according to the bakers.
At one cent each, the sum expended
for the delicacy was 10000.
I'VE eat more hot cross buns in
Chicago on Good Friday than the peo-
pie of any other city in the world,
London not excepted" said one baker.
Il have taken the trouble to get sta
tistics from several of the large cities,
and Chicago is the champion bun-eat-
ing town of the world"
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Blqqest Rubber Tree of All.

What is believed to be the largest
rubber tree in the world stands in the
Brazilian territory of Acre, on the
frontier of BOLIVIA. It's stem is q feet
2 ITO inches in circumference at the
base. For 120 days every year this
colossus gives % pounds of rubber
a day. At present prices this brings
in $3.50 a year, or a fair interest on
about $4,000, to it's owners, a fam
lily of seven Seringueiros.
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Be SURE it's WRIGLEY'S
What He Did Know.

One day Johnny was digging pota-
toes when a man came along the road.
The man was surprised to see Johnny
working so hard. Then he asked:
Johnny, what will you get for dig.
ging these potGtoes?"
Johnny turned around and said. Il
don't know what l will get for digging
them. but l do know what l viii get
if / don't dig them!"
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So Clad.

A story is going the rounds to the
effect that at a performance of Ber-
nard Shaw's delightful play of AN
tony and Cleopatra" by Forbes-Rob-
ertson, the following conversation was
heard between a sprightly damsel and
her friend:
do you know, this is the very first
of Shakespeare's plays I have ever
scent" The friend: mo, really? I'm
so glad we came"
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rransferabIe DISTINCTION.

Markley Ito Fostering insurance
man)-'Look here, when you talked
to me last year, you told me that
the company you were with was
the best in the world" Agent
my dear sir, it was at that time,
but the company I am now with, hav-
ing since had the benefit of my serv-
ices, has, of course, taken the honor
away from it."
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A Washingtonian who was touring
the Shenandoah valley stopped his
motor a in the road one day and
asked an aged darby who was pain
fully proceeding in the opposite di-
rection whether he knew where Mr..
Simpkins lived.
"Yessuh," was the reply. HE live
heah in de valley"
DO you know where his house is?"
The aged negro chuckled. "Deed
1 do, boss he said. Il only wisht
l had as many dollahs as 1 knows
where dat house Is"
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ONerconfidence.

District Attorney Whitman said the
other day of a business man who had
failed disastrously:
He didn't work hard enough. He
was too self-confident. That is why
he failed"
With a laugh, the district attorney
added:
"He who feels sure that the world
has an opening for him is apt to land
in a hole"
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-08

. VegeC0~
BILE Compound the
praise it deserves,
for I have taken it
at diferent times
and It always re-
lieved m W b 9 n
other medicines
failed, and when I
hear . woman COM
plain / always rec
ommend it Lastwin-
ter I WAS attacked
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NOTHING Short of Calamity.

Holding a glass Of clear honey In
his right hand, father observed i'm
pressively: TT cost the little bees
many a weary trip to fill this with
sweetness from the flowers" Little
Laura, who had been listening close
ly, exclaimed. with great ~earnestness:
Wouldn't it have been too bad If one
of them had dropped the glass?"
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Heard a Song by Wireless.

Paris.-Communication by wireless
telephone between Laeken, a suburb
Of Brussels, and Eiffel tower was es-
t%ablished, and the voice of a tenor
singing at Laeken could be heard.
This was made possible through a new
and powerful ~microphone invented by
an Italian engineer.
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Woman Fined for CARVING Pistol.

Chicago.-Loraine Williams was ar
rested for carrying a revolver. Judge
Hopkins asked her why she had armed
herself. 81 was going to a suffrage
meeting" she replied, and you never
know what might happen" Tween
ty-fve and costs" said the court.
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HAND ITCHED AND BURNED

R. F. D. No. 2, Friendsville, Pa
suffered for five years with my left
hand supposing the trouble to be salt
rheum. What l think started my hand
to be sore was by using I've. My fin
gers used to crack and bleed. l was
unable to use my hand at all. / could
not sleep night nor day; it panied,
itched and burned. ' could tear my
fingers to pieces. My index and mid
die fingers were swollen twice as large
as they ought to be and they were
white as could be and full of little
water blisters and they would burn
and itch something awful. I could
hardly stand it.
Il used -, home made letter
Salve, - and -" and could
not find any relief. 1 discovered that
Cuticura Soap and Ointment were re-
lieving me. l washed my hands with
Cuticura Soap and applied the Cuti-
cura Ointment and it was cured in
four weeks" (Signed) Mrs. Chas.
Anderson, May 1, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
freewith 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston."-Adv.
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Standard University, Cal.-James G.
Ray, a geology student, caused the ar
rest of five fellow students because
they "forcibly and with malicious in
tent did mutilate with a razor a grow
ing beard on Rays face, the face
Of the said Ray"
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c+rikino Effect.

rs you g'ineter wear dis new !
Of colored hair?" inquired Mr.. Eras-
tus Pinkley.
"Ps thinkin' bout it." replied Miss
Miami Brown. "I's plannin' a COM
bination of green an white an pink
dat l 'specks is g'ineter make me
look like a human watermelon"
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London.-The Koran, the Mohamme-
dan Bible, is never put away in a case
Holds the Koran.

or left to lie about with other books.
1t always rests upon a dainty little
M~ushraheeha stand, which is a thing
of beauty of itself.
Even when carried in procession, as
it is at funerals and other public &C.
casions, it is ON the stand and never in
the hand.
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Chicken Thief Is CAUGHT.

Cornwall, N. "a constable hid in
Howard Taylor's chicken coop for five
nights to catch Samuel Cronk, who
stole 1872 chickens. Cronk was sent
to prison for 1913 days.
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P-oIlcewoman Loses Job.

Chicago.-Policewoman Anna Hou-
kom neglected to take out ~naturaliza-
ton papers and was dropped from the
Chicago police force by Chief Glea-
son.
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DISQUALIFICATION Causes rrouhIe.

Chicago.-Alderman Henry D. Capt.
tain, a Republican, will compel the re-
printing Of the city election boards
official list of candidates because he
is classified as a Democrat.
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Hold awake" for Dead ca,

Goshen. N. Y.-Friends and rela9
tives Of Mrs. Giles Goodrich attended
the wake" Of her pet cat. The ami
NAL will be buried in a vc!ta siash
coffin with silver handles
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Movies to cure stammerlno.

Paris.-Moving pictures have been
successfully used by Professor Arson
val in curing persons for stammering.
The film demonstrates the correct way
to open the mouth.
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How a we love our neighbor as
ourselves if he declines to praise our
virtues and overlook u faults?
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-08

Use Roman Eye Balsam for s~calding SEN
sation in eyes and Inflammation of eyes or
eyelids. Adv.
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The Tapestry Mode.

The Millionaire declining to pur-
chase post-impression creation)-
Noth'n' doin'! Why, my maiden
ant cud darn a better picture n
that.-Punch.
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ARE YOU CONSTIPATION

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills have
proved their worth for IS years. Test them
yourself now. Send for sample to 3T2 Pearl
st.. New York. Adv.
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Kill the Flies Now and Prevent
disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do it.
Kills thousands. Lasts all season. All dealers
or six sent express paid for 81. q. SOMERS,
$50 De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, n. Y. Adv.
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DECENTRALIZATION

Wilby-How is your wife, Billy7
Bilby-She's holding her own.
Wilby-Is it a boy or a girl?
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Shop girls in London have a u
try house where they rest at inter-
walls from their labors.
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"Bings has a perfect mania for
speeding. Is he scorching YETI"
How do / know? He died last
week"
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Awful.

Tommy-Why do ducks dive?
Harp-Guess they must want to
liquidate their bills.
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Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DR.. Peery's Vermifuge Dead
Shot, Adv.
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FEELS like
A new WOMAN
As Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Dispelled
Rackache, Headaches
and Dizziness.

Piqua, Ohio.-"I would be very un-
grateful If I failed to give Lydia E.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-08

Everybody has a lot to tell that you
have no right to hear.
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1t is generally possible to get away
with graft, but you can't bride destiny.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-08

The pawnbroker acts as timekeeper
sor many q man who fights hard luck.
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growths of weeds. The new system
is more efficient than the old ditch or
wooden fume, and needs little or no
repairs or renewals. Little water is
lost by evaporation and the orchards
look more slightly than under any of
the older methods of irrigation.-Popu-
lar Mechanics.
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Important to Mothere
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-08

Putnam Fadeless Dyes guarantee
satisfaction. Adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-08

The complexion that is honest is the
one that won't come off.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-22
SHOWS TOWNS PROGRESS
Substantial improvements Made
in Buildings and Other
Properties

During the year now closing, a
great many improvements have
been made in Punta Gorda. These
include new buildings erected, old
ones repaired and enlarged, ex-
tensions and additions to public
utilities and many minor improve
ments, all aggergating in cost a
considerable sum for town of the
this size and having as little cap
ital.
A full and complete record Of
these things has not been made /;
but with the assistance of an OBJ
servant friend, we are enabled to
give a list, which though not full
and may be, in some instances
slightly incorrect, will serve to
show that our city is making graf
flying progress. The following is
the list of improvements made
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-22
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SPENT IN
PUNTA GORDA DURING PAST YEAR

during 1913, prepared as correct,
ly as possible under the ciccum.
stances:
Punta Gorda Cigar Factory,
new building, burned last Friday
night, $500;
Norman G. Hewitt, new cottage,
1000; M. v. Williams, two cot
tages, 81, 900 each, $4,000 y. H. Han
cock, residence, $50, 500; John Hur-
ton, Sr. cottage, $2.250;
=. w. Rountree. Ave tenant
houses, $2,50C; s. J. Chadwick,
enlarging dwelling, $1,000; Fred
Bell, cottage, $500; Octave Bell,
cottage, $500; additions and la
Dor on the electric light system,
$4,000; same things, telephone
system, $4,000;
Repairs on railroad dock, ST.
600; addition to railroad ware
house, $3.50; Mrs. Mary r. Sand
lin, improvements on residence,
$3.50; J. NJ. Driver, new cottage,
$3.50; Colored Odd Fellows, new
lall, $1,000; DR.. L. u. Welsh, re-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-22
Intertype No. 28O, which has recently been
added to The Herald's Equipment

acres of land preliminary to clear
ing and planting. This company
owns 1000 acres Of land near Ac-
line which is said to equal in fer
tility the finest lands of Illinois.
The company is composed Of A.
F. Dewey, J. r.. Sandlin, j. j. Me-
Cam and j. HI. Treadwell.
All the crops mentioned above
are flourishing beautifully, an I'M
petus having been given them by
the recent good rains. Anyone
who wishes to see lovely gardens
growing here in the middle OF the
winter with vernal luxuriance has
only to go mile or so south OF
town where most of our truckers
are working
A good many vegetables, chief
ly beans, eggplant and Irish pot
atoes, have already been ship
ped and many more are ready for
marketing. Thus far prices have
been good and the growers are
encouraged and satisfied.
The conclusion is that any,
one who wishes to engage In
truck farming, growing vegetab-
les through the winter for the
northern markets, cannot find a
better location than Punta Gorda.
(N.B.-The editor of THE HER
AID, by whom this is written,
has no land to sell.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-22
HEALTHIEsT TOWN ON EARTH

According the records kept by health officer DR.
George Stone Punta Gorda is the healtes earth His
records that during the 1913 just ended there was only
death within the corporate limits Of the town. one being
the death of an infant months old
The last that of 1870 the town population of
1900 and since that is estimated the popu
aon has been increased by at ea 200 Dr. Stones report how
includes Soana and other suburbs the population of which
that of the proper brings the estimated popuIa
ton up to 1900
The death rate therefore according to population is lower
than that Of other town the world which has been
kept The doctor attributes this wonderful heahfuness to the To-
cation of the the climatic conditions and the rigid sanitation
which has virtually eliminated flies and mcc4uos thus made
il impossible for either typhoid malaria to exist
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Vital Statistics Of Punt;
For the Year 1918

Report to the State E y
Health by George S. Ston -
Health Officer: y
Births, "a males II, e
10. ~
| Deaths, 1.
Deaths distributed and caused
as follows:
January O.; February 0; March
O; April O; May O; June L.; July
| O.; August O.; September O; Octob-
er O; November O.; December 0,
sMale, age s months ileo-co-
litis.
| Communicable Diseases:
Tuberculosis O.; Diphtheria O;
Hydrophobia O.: Scarlet fever 0;
Measles IA; Typhoid Fever @; Ma
larial Fever 4; Smallpox i;
Whooping Cough IL; Anterior
.Poliomyelitis 0.
Population 1900
We are proud Of the fact that
Punta Gorda is the healthiest
community on the American con-
tinent. This is due to it's location
and climatic conditions and our
rigid sanitation. No flies, no ty-
phoid fever; no mosquitoes, no
malaria. We will make Punta
Gorda even healthier by driving
out what few flies and mosquitoes
may remain.
/ certify that the above is true
and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
(Signed) GEO.s.STONE, MD.
Punta Gorda, Fla, Dec. 80, 1913.
Sworn and subscribed to before
me on this 30th Dec, 1918.
(Signed) John II. Hancock,
(SEAL) Notary Public.
=
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pairs and alterations on business
block, $1,000;
THE PUNTA GORDA HER
AID, brick veneer building, ST.,
900; type-setting machine and
other equipment, $4,000 ~ total,
$4,000; George Dewey and Henry
Ainsworth, equipment for press
ing club, $500; III. r. Dreggors,
moving and altering cotrage,S200 !
j. F. Corbett, painting and re-
pairing dwelling, $3.50; Mrs. Sa-
die B. Harrington, ditto, 5000; p
w. Meadow, sundry improve
ments on property, 5000; G. M.
Carrier, ditto, $500;
Mrs. Minnie Quednau, new ten
ant house, $500; F. S. Strobhar,
painting and repairing cottages,
5000; Mrs. Wall, moving and re-
pairing cottage, 800; George
Brown, painting cottages, 800;
M. E. Church, south, brick and
other materials for new building,
$500; James S. Golf, improve
ments on dwelling, 800; cost of
setting shade and ornamental
trees along the streets, $3.50; H.R.
Dreggors, tin roof on brick build
ing, $3.50;
Punta Gorda Ice Company
l ,000-ton storage building, $780,
500; new boiler plant, 1886; 25-
ton ice plant, $1S,600; Repairs to
$1,000; new office build
ing, 1915; electric plant, 1878;
railroad track and dock, $5,76O
total, $43,72S.
Adding up the above amounts,
it will be seen that the total val
ue of improvements made during
1913 amounts to $79,228.
Now, if we include in this the
100000 Of bonds voted for wa
ter and sewerage system, we have
s139,S7S as the grand total.
Comparing this with the total
assessed valuation of property in
the city, which is 100000, it is Z
shown that the improvements
made and votess for amount to
80 1-3 per cent. of the taxable
wealth of the town. We doubt if
any other town or city in the state
can show greater per centage Of
improvements in proportion 20
wealth and population.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-22
LOVE YOUR NEICHBoR.

Think what it is not to hate any
thing but SIN. to be full Of love to
every creature. to be angered at
nothing, to be sure that all things
will turn to good. not to mind pain
because it is our Fathers will. to
know that nothing mo, not i the
earth was to be burned up or the
waters come and drown usnoth-
ing could part us from God, who
loves US and who fills our souls with
with peace and JOY. because we are
sure that whatever he wills Is holy.
just and good George Eliot.