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Show JOKE ON THE JOKER. Illustration FfttEST KILGS OF Eote The following article has been widely published and is one of the most remarkable illustrations of the value of careful marshalling and subanalysis of facts in presenting a to the public. ject THIBET. of Henry Ward Beecher Excellence at Repartee. That Henry Ward Beecher was spared much embarrassment by his quickness at repartee is illustrated by the following story: One evening, as he was in the midst of an impassioned speech, someone attempted to interrupt him by suddenly crowing like a rooster. It was done to perfection; a number of people laughed in spite of themselves, and the speaker's friends felt that in a moment the whole effect of the meeting, and of Mr. Beechers thrilling appeals, might be lost. The orator, however. was equal to the occasion. He stopped, ltstened till the crowlDg ceased, and then, with a look of surprise, pulled out his watch. "Morning already!" he Said; "my watch is only at ten. But there can be no mistake about it. The instincts of the lower animals are infallible. There was a roar of laughter. The "lower animal" in the gallery collapsed, hnd Mr. Beecher was able to resume as if nothing had occurred. Romance and Mystery Connected With HeaJ or Buddn-smAway off in eastern Rusis, at where Russia a"1 Europe come toge'her in annua! Lit o buy and barter, the Mongolian are saying tint the Daai Lama is not a fugitne from Lha-rbut that he has been done to death In his monks. That may he merely the talk of the market place, or, again, .t at any rate, may he the truth. It no impossibility, hut a leil piohabi! ity. that the Mongols ron.ig up through the desert-- , may have better sources of irtormetlon as to the Dalai Lama's fate than the British at I.has.sa have had. Be thk, i it may, the deposition of the Dalai Lama by the Chinese Emperor, and the substitution In his stead of the Techu I ama. is Itself a fact to thrill every livhg man who has a trace of romance in his soul. For wl.at human figure has been so supercharged with mystery and wonder in this last century as the great Dalai spiritual King of Buddhism? Vast as the Ocean, Lamas, there Success. win doubtless continue to he, for the series of reincarnations will not Six Doctors Failed. cease. But they will ho lesser lights, South Bend, Ind., Oct. 24 (Special) end the Teshu I ama. "Great Gem of After suffering from Kidney Disease Learning, will he the sun in the Budfor three years; after taking treat- dhist sky. Thibetan history Is vague and the ment from six different doctors without getting relief, Mr. J. O. Laudeman accounts are in many details conflictof this place found not only relief but ing, but we know that the yellow a speedy and complete cure in Dodd's cap Dalai Lamas have been the Kidney Pills. Speaking of bis cure priest kings of Thibet, with some Mr. Laudeman says: slight Interruptions In troublous times from Yes, I suffered Kidney at- the start, since 1641. Before that Trouble for three years and tried six "red cap priest kings reigned at bai.-y- a for 400 years, while the line of doctors to no good. Tien I took Just two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and military kings before them runs back they not only cured my kidneys, but to Srongtsan Garupo in 640. The Dagave pie better health in general. Of lai Lama who has just met his fate course I recommended Dodds Kidney has posed as the reincarnation of all Pills to others and I know a number the Dalai Lamas before him, of a line now who are using them with good re- of yellow cap abbots running still further back, of Srongtsan Gampo, sults." Mr. Laudeman's case Is not an ex- and also in th9 stil more fabulous past ception. Thousands give similar ex- of the Compassionate Spirit of the who released from tails periences. For there never yet was a Mountains, case of Kidney Trouble from Backache and gifted with speech the progeny and the monkey, from to Brights Disease that Dodds Kid- of the ney Pills could not cure. They are whom all Thibetans are by legend the only remedy that ever cured descended. This Compassionate Spirit Is also Identified with the god Brights disease. who lives in the Buddhist heaven. A Celestial Office Seeker. The Teshu Lama cannot claim all Yes, said the BUlville citizen, "he this wonderful past, but he himself was a natral born runner fer office Jest run in hts blood, so to speak an is in a line of reincarnations which back historically into the Its my firm belief that when he land- stretches ed in paradise the very fust thing he fifteenth century, and there is some did wus to git out a opposition ticket dispute as to whether the Ar.ltabha to St. Peter for gatekeeper. Atlanta Buddha, whose soul Is In him. Is not spiritually higher than Avaloklta.' Be Constitution. that as It may, the Teshu Lama of Shlgatse is ready and waiting for the new honor which the Chinese Emperor, overlord of Thibet, has betr;ed Schillings stowed. The Dalai Lama was the thirteenth Best, and been buying tea priest king of his line. Fifty years for the past ten years? ago, long before his birth, Nain Singh, t t an Indian frontier surveyor, recorded You've lost a good deal of the popular Buddhist saying that the Dalai Lama would transmigrate as what you drink tea for. temporal king only thirteen times, f this belief has been widespread In the Your pocw Mw yourMnoylfyeodon'lIilulL Buddhist world, and not merely local, the change in Grand Lamas will be Kill Weeds With Poison. Weeds grow so rankly along the much more easily effected than might Guayaquil ft Quito railroad, at the otherwise be the case. foot of the Andes, In slxty-twmiles GAMBLE ON RULERS LIVES. of Jungle,, that watering tanks filled with a strong solution of arsenic and nitre have to be sent along the track English People Make Practice of This Form of Insurance. every ten days in the rainy season to spray and so kill the vegetation on "'Policies, Ill wager, are already b fjlng taken out In London on the life each side of the track. 1 of little Alexis, the new heir to the ! '? t t -? I Russian throne, said an Insurance ft,, The English gamble horribly agent. I In life Insurance, and Alexis must ap) Anti nervous prostration. peal to them as a wonderful risk. r will pay high for him, though. little more, tea; take a They "The insurance rates on all royal little more time ,with your lives are a tribute to the power of the nihilists and anarchists, for they tea. are so huge as to be almost prohibl- tlve. The rate on the King of EngCity Named for Queen Victoria. land Is enormous, and among monQueenstown, the famous Irish port, arch his Is the lowest rate of any. of call for American liners, was origin- That on the Russian czar is the highally the Cove of Cork and changed its est. The czar is a bad risk. Many name when Queen Victoria landed companies would not Insure him on there on her first visit to Ireland. any consideration, But Lloyds, the great I.ondon concern, would insure anything or anybody Prof. Langley going up In one is a companion in pleas- of his flying machines, a Japanese spy i, a-- LEVELERS. Narrow Escape. Gajboy My wife came within a hair of leaving me last week, Kouuder Within a hair? ' ' Gahuy Yes; but fortunately the one she found on my coat collar matched her own. Ideal Standard-Bearer- . But Taftleigh your candidate doesn't strike me as being a man of any great political ability. Graftem Well, he is, all right. Why, he has two barrels to the other fellow's one. "She's In Serious Trouble. in a frightful dilemma proof Positive. know I need glasses. Smithby Oculist How do you know? Smithby Because last night I was rtading a newspaper and 1 couldn't tell whether or not a certain word was "building or blinding. Oculist Which did it turn out to be? Smithby It turned out to be "bulldog. Judge. 1 "How to? "Why, Jack purposed to her last night and insists upon having an answer before she will have time to learn whether Tom intends to An Point of View. That new soubrette cerManager tainly covered herself with glory tonight. Criticus Yes; and she didn't have any too much on at that." Classifying Him. I d have you know, sir, said the pompous city chap on vacation in the that I work with my head country, instead of with my hands. exclaimed the honest farHaw! mer, I Towed at first that jew wuz a jay, but accordin' tew yore state ment, yew must be a woodpecker, b gosh! Mrs. Cumrox in Error. now? ou studying asked Mrs. Cumrox. We have taken up the subject of molecules, answered her son. I hope you will be very attentive I tried to and practice constantly. get your father to wear one, but he couldnt make It stay In his eye. What are The Bachelors View. Miss Passay still protests that she hasnt reached the right age to marry. said Miss Pert. Well, shes about right, replied the savage bachelor. What do you consider the proper age to marry? Dotage, of course. she-dev- Ava-Iokit- TEA Never o TEA ' . , V TEA It The first two letters of each of these three words when put together name a fragrant spring flower. She Knew the Man. Whats the matter with Mrs. Cayman? asked the deaf old lady at the railroad station. Whats she fussin about? Her husband's trunk, replied Mrs. It seems Subbubs; Oh, interrupted the old lady, she ought to he used to that by this time. He's always In that condition. Making Sure In Advance. Skinner, said the family physician, I must positively refuse to undertake to cure you unless you promise solemnly to obey ipe. I solemnly promise, xePHed the . sick man. Very well. Now, first of, all, give me your check In full for my .last bill. Mr. Philadelphia Press. Comparison. Here comes Gussie Gluecose. Eva He almost reminds me of a Chicago river tunnel. Edna Because you are stuck on him? Eva Of course not. Because he Is always in the way and hard to get rid of. Force of Habit. Nothing Rash. Your church organist is fine, but The Man What are you reading the effect of his execution is marred there, my boy? I hope it isnt a somewhat by the words he mumbles story. to himself during the music. Why The Boy No, but Its a thunder don't he quit It? story. He cant, old man. He was a pasThe Man Thunder alone? senger brakeman in his youth and The Boy Yes, it is the weather rehas never qlute recovered from the port. habit of calling out the stops! Not His Place. An 'Afterthought. robbers had the conductor train The 1 never saved a penny before I down. was married, said the man, Quarter! Quarter! he shouted. who was surrounded by a group of Not a bit of It! roared the leader women. The Pullman of the masked men. They beamed upon him gratefully. is the only one on this train porter And yet I always managed to keep who has any right to demand a quarout of debt," he sighed as an after- ter." sad-eye- d thought. - the-sry- t .... Cause for Alarm. Mrs. Newkid John, for goodness sake, wake up and run for the doctor, quick! Eh? What's Newkid (drowsily) Arthur, a Russian ure or misery, one or the about to enter Port matter? battleship going Into battle. And hence theMrs. Newkid Im afraid there is to Insure the poor is willing Lloyds and of some us don't o'her; little Russian heir, and a certain class something dreadful the matter with know one from the other. of men, taking advantage of this fact, baby. She has stopped smiling in her ' sleep. Sailors Baggy Trouser. Sailor do not wear baggy trouser for custom sake. They are built" wide so that Jack can turn them up above the knees when necessity demands, which is often. tea Moneyback buys your you cant help it You can't help it con-fidenc- life. Gambling on lives Is a ghastly form of sport, and I believe that it is practiced nowhere but In England. It ought not to be practiced there. The law ought to prohibit It. At Lloyds, however, it Is always going on. Policies at Lloyds are continually being taken out on persons of eminence all over tho world. . Canadas New Governor. An American boy who was traveling In South Africa In 1896, toward the close of the Matabele troubles, recalls NMr immm j rw mo My f Ski Awl jm his first sight of Earl Grey, the new Hia governor general of Canada. Pulling a Hair I Mean, Too. lordship, says the American referred We take some credit for having ac- to, did not look a hit like a belted quired wisdom with years, because earl. Though administrator of Rhodewe no longer drop a caterpillar down sia at the time, he was in his shirt a girls back just to hear her scream. sleevs, with a pair of obviously readyAtchlaon Globe. made trousers and a disreputable slouch ha. He and a couple of friends were having a drink at the bar of the Lord Grey, by the Buluwayo club. was born In a royal residence. way, with goes His father was private secretary to good tea; good tea with good Queen Victoria, and Lady Grey waa stopping In SL James palace at the deahi g. , , i time. . TEA i And bad with bad. ft! ih miwi tV 1 A Case of Intuition. , , Seated In an L train the other day were Jones and Brown, , . Brown Who is that homely woman at the end of the car? Jones Thats my wife. Brown But you are not looking. Jones I dont have to. New York Times. Professional Secret. Police Magistrate How did yon manage to extract the mans watch from his pocket when it was provided with a safety catch? Excuse me, your honPickpocket or, but that is a professional secret I am willing to teach you, however for $10. , Easy Money. pity young - Oldest Naval Veteran. IwMBi Fully Occupied, a cook wrote to her folk at home not lpng ago that she was not satisfied 'with her place, say 4 the Cleveland She first wrote with a penLeader. cil, and then copied her letter with a Her mistress found the pencll-pen. copy in the kitchen and very Improperly read IL Here Is a part of the epistle; "They make me work very hard, they do. Its cookin', bakin and awapin all the time; and here I am now at th's minit writin to yez wid me right hand, claynin the snow from tha sidewalk wid me left hand and hovelin coal into the furnace wid me d I Yilliam Maccabee, Americas oldest naval veteran and an inmate of the sailors home near Philadelphia, has been celebrating hia one hundred and first birthday. The old man who was born In Baltimore. Sept. 22, 10S, entered the navy as an apprentice boj on the frigate Constitution. His bir.hday anniversaries In recent years have been memorable events. Last year Attorrey General Moody, then secretary of the navy, was in Philadelphia, ami made It a spedpt point to congratulate the oh: man. Billy Is still nimble on his feet, and on his birthday danced a couple of iteps of the sailors hornpipe, to the unmeasured delight of bis aged fellow inmates. Four tree of different kinds are represented by this, what they are? Do you know Jagglea Does he regret the time he spent as a waiter while working his way through college? Waggles I should say not! Since he graduated It's the only thing that has brought him living. Judge. Point of View. Mrs. Weeks There can be no mestic happiness unless there are tual concessions. Mrs. Strong Nonsense! Me and husband get along all right, an make him make all the concession Urging Him On. Bliffktna fellow Youngun That called me a liar and a scoundrel. Would you advise me to fight him? Oldun Sure. A man should never Lesitate to fight for the truth. Natural Diffidence. Truth, remarked the moral! Ib stranger than fiction. Yes. rejoined the demorali and the majority of men seem tc shy of associating with strangers Good Intentions. The Wife I fully realize that I ; ought to economize, Jack, but The Husband But what? Don't you know where to begin? The Wife Oh, yes; but I can't decide on the time. Town Topics. Not Vary Consoling. Madam, said the uulaundered hobo, you ne before youse a pore mrn wot Is slowly starvin ter death. answered the Serves you right. heartless female. You are not fit to die suddenly, like decent folks. Historical Question. Ikey Fader, vos it der Dutch bought Manhattan Island for dve: four dollars? His father It vos. Ikey How vos it der Hebr missed such a pargaln? Ptick. Still Belligerent. Nell She says she's ready to make up If you are. Belle Tell her I suppose I'll be ready to make up, too. when my com hers. plexion gets Righteous Indignation. Nell Yes, he actually had the Impudence to kiss me. Of course you Belle The idea! were indignant? Oh, yes. Every lin-- Its a Biggs Swift doesnt take advantage of the many good opportunities offered him. Diggs Yes; but. I guess te finds It less strenuous to take advantage of those who offer the opportunities. - 1 - No Wonder. Inkerton Does your wife ever discourage you by laughing at .your efforts? - Pennibs I should say not You sec, I write jokes for the comic papers. - ' 1 half-aslee- p d ater. Certain it is that while the Great Father of us all does not seem to mind if some of his children are observer that these stimulant narcotics are real blessings. foolish and stupid, he seems to select Right there is the ambush that con- others (perhaps those he intends for some special work) and allows them ceals a killing enemy. One can slip into the habit of either to be threshed and castigated most whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough, fearfully by these levelers. If a man tries flirting with these levbut to untangle is often a fearful elers a while, and gets a few slaps as struggle. It seems plain that there are cir- a hint, he had better take the hint, or cumstances when the narcotic effect a good solid blow will follow. When a man tries to live upright, of these poisons is for the moment beneficial, but the fearful argument clean, thrifty, sober and undrugged against them is that seldom ever does manifesting as near as he knows what one find a steady user of either whis- the Cieator Intends he should, health and peace seem to come ky, coffee or tobacco free from disease to him. Does it pay? of some kind. This article was written to set peoCertainly powerful elements in their ple thinking, to rouse the God witheffect on the human race. in, for every man It Is a matter of dally history, testified to by literally millions of people, and woman has times when they feel that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are a something calling from within for them to press' to the front and be smiling, promising, beguiling friends Dont on the start, but always false as hell about the Fathers business. Itself in the end. Once they get firm mistake it; the spark of the Infinite hold enough to show their strength, Is there, and it pays in every happiness, peace and even they Insist upon governing and drive the victim steadily toward ill health worldly prosperity to break off the in some form; if permitted to continue habits and strip clean for the work to rule, they will not let up until phys- cut out for us. , It has been the business of the writical and mental ruin sets in. er to provide a practical and easy way A man under that spell (and under the spell is correct) of any one for people to break away from the of these drugs frequently assures him- coffee habit and be assured of a reself and his friends, Why, I can leave turn to health and all of the good oil any time I want to. I did quit for things that brings, provided the abuse a week just to show I could. It is a has not gone too far, and even then sure mark of the slave w hen one gets the cases where the body has been reto that stage. He wiggled through a built on a basis of strength and health week, fighting every day to break the run into the thousands. It is an easy and comfortable step spell, was finally whipped, and began to stop coffee instantly by having his slavery all over again. Postum Food Coffee served rich The slave (Coffee slave as well as Tobacco and Whisky) daily reviews his and hot with good cream, for the color condition, sees perfectly plain the and flavor is there, but none of the elesteady encroachments of disease, how caffeine or other the nerves get weaker day by day and ments of ordinary coffee. On the contrary, the most powerful demand the drug that seems to smile and offer relief for a few minutes and rebuilding elements furnished by Nathen leave the diseased condition ture are In Postum and they quickly plainer to view than ever and grow- set about repairing the damage. Seling worse. Many times the Coffee slave dom is it more than two days after realizes that he is between two fires. the change is made before the old He feels bad if he leaves off and a stomach or bowel troubles or comlittle worse if he drinks and allows plaints of kidneys, heart, head or nerves show unmistakable evidence the effect to wear off. So it ' goes on from day to daj of getting better and ten days' time Every night the struggling victim changes things wonderfully. Literally millions of promises himself that he will break use Postum, having the habit, and next day when he feels Americans a little bad (as he Is quite sure to), found the value and common sense in breaks, not the habit, but his own res- the change. C. W. POST. olution. It is nearly always a tough with sure diseaster if ahead the fight, PAID DEARLY FOR CAUTION. habit wins. There have been hundreds of thousands of people driven to their graves Womans Distaste for Publicity Cost Purse and Handbag. through disease brought on by coffee For Mrs. Storeys life had years it and is alone, drinking quite certain that more human misery is caused been haunted by the fear that some by coffee and tobacco than by whisky, day she might be called upon to serve for the two first are more widely used, as a witness In court. Her grandand more hidden and insidious in the mother was a witness once, and when effect on nerves, heart and other vital Mrs. Storey was a little girl she used organs, and are thus unsuspected un- to hear all about it. Grandma, it aptil much of the dangerous work is pears, had been so scared she couldn't tell the Judge her own name. done Now, Reader, what is your opinion And, said Mrs. Storey to her husas to the real use the Creator has for band, If there Is anything more disthese things. Take a look at the ques- graceful than to be unable to tell tion from this point of view. your own name, Id like to know what There Is a law of Nature and of it is. Nature's God that things slowly evolve In order to reduce the possibilities from lower planes to higher, a sturdy, of such a calamity to a minimum, steady and dignified advance toward Mrs. Storey would walk on with deafmore perfect things in both the Physiened ears and averted head whenever cal and Spiritual world. The pondershe happened to be near a fire, a fight ous tread of evolutionary developor the scene-o- f an accident. Only the ment Is fixed by the Infinite and will other day she had occasion to shut not be quickened out of natural law her eyes and ears to the seething by any of mans methods. world about her. She was waiting in Therefore we see many illustrations the Grand Central station for Mr. showing how nature checks too rapid Storey who had gone around to the advance. Illinois raises phenomenal baggage room to check a trunk. crops of corn for two or three years. Presently she became aware that If she continued to do so every year her farmers would advance in wealth something exciting was happening shut far beyond those of other sections or close beside her. Hastily she Into her and Btuck her eyes fingers So Nature interposes a countries. bar every three or four years and her ears, but before these protective measures could be accomplished she brings on a bad year. had Here we see the leveling influence learned that a female thief had which she a snatched handbag at work. was beA man is prosperous in his business found lying on the floor, and crowd. Not for a number of years and grows rich. ing pursued by an excited being entirely devoid of the curiosity Then Nature sets the leveling Influhave ence at work on him. Some of his of her sex, Mrs. Storey would to know more, but the old fear liked Investments lose, he becomes luxuriheld ous and lazy. Perhaps It Is whisky, of being detained as a witnessreturn. her Inert untl her husbands tobacco, coffee, women, gambling or Then she ventured to ask If they had some other form. The intent and purthe thief. caught pose is to level him keep him from Yes, said Mr. Storey, but they evolving too far ahead of the masses. A nation becomes prosperous and couldnt do anything with her. Evgreat like ancient Rome. If no level- eryone was confident the bag didnt ing Influence set in she would domi- belong to her, but as nobody appeared nate the world perhaps for all time. to claim It the policeman had to let But Dame Nature sets her army of her go. At that Mrs. Storey opened her "levelers at work luxury, overeating and drinking, licentiousness, waste eyes. I am so glad, she said, that and extravagance, indulgences of all it is all over. I am ready to go now. kinds then comes the wreck. Sure, But oh, dear me, where are my purse ' Sure, Sure. and handbag? I had them here a law of the is The unit They must have the law of moment ago! the mass. Man goes through the same dropped oh, I wonder Weakness (in childhood), process. "Yes, said Mr. Storey, heartlessly, the stolen bag undoubtedly was gradual growth of strength, energy, New York Press. thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth, yours. comfort, ease, relaxation, luxury, idleness, waste, debauchTeaching Gunnery. The new system of giving young ery, disease, and the wreck follows. The "levelers are In the bushes along British sailors a six weeks prelimithe pathway of every successful man nary gun drill to see if they are capand woman, and they bag the major- able of further tunitlon works fairly well and is a great improvement on ity. Only now and then can a man stand the old system, when a man was illv out against these levelers and hold trained in gunn ry, whether he was his fortune, fame and health to the fitted for It or not, at the expense of the country, says the London Exend. Bo the Creator has use for Whisky, press. The only drawback to the scheme is Tobacco and Coffee to level down the successful ones and those who show that gunnery is so complicated nowasigns of being successful, and keep days that a man toes not have time them back in the race, so that 'the to grasp the details thoroughly. The great field" (the masses) may not lie admiralty tries to make him a fighting machine before he la an Individual. left too far behind happi-nes- highly-organize- A Friend In Need. , Spiteful. He But couldn't you learn to love ' me, Ida. She I dont think 1 could, George. He It is as I fearpd. You are too old to learn Ptrav Stiries. d way-he- alth, well-mad- e , nerve-destroyin- g brain-workin- g 1 ' , , other!" - . to stand upr'-- ht fWk in the armor of a cleanout mind, and say unto himself, i dec.: exchange my birthright for a me8 pottage. 1 w ill not deaden , my s .jjpS my grip on affairs and keep a if cheap, common and behind in tune and fame by drugging Wlth wh"r' tobacco or coffee. Life i8 tm ky, short. It is hard enough to win th good things without any sort of handk cap, so a man is certainly a fool tras! er' when he trades strength, health money and the good things that com' with power for the condi tion of the drugger with the certainty of sickness and disease ahead. it is a matter each individual must decide for himself. He can he a lead er and semi-goif he will, or he can go along through life a drugged clown cheap hewer of wood or carrier nf y Real Sufferers. Effectual Way. Rodrick They say automobiles are I thought Smeargle was a friend Condition Va. Theory. terrible on the nervous system. ' of the loquacious party Shay, began yours." I believe It. Van Albert who had been trying to assume more He was until lately. I had to drop But you have no automoRodrick than his share of liquid trouble. Fve him. He was always wanting to bor- bile. (hie) got a the'ry bout (hlc) whazzer row money. Van Albert No, but I cross the matter Refused him sharply, did you? . street occasionally. , .To the station house with your No; I lent him some. Hard Pressed. Interrupted the policeman, as he Is mighty gathered him In, "its your condition Whyness. Ragson Tatters Dese Giles Tan shoes are said to be more hard times, ain't dey? .hat confronts me. popular In Boston than elsewhere. Hungry Hawkes Dats wat dey 7 False Alarm. Mites How do you account for are, Ragsie, old man. So many peov, Mrs. Crossway I think your hus- that? r, , ple Is offerin me work when I asks , Giles I suppose Its because they fur grub dat Im runnin out of exband is the most attentive man I ever cuses. require Browning frequently." Attentive? To Mrs. Strongmind whom? Mrs, .Crossway r To you, of course. Who else? Mrs. Strongmind (fanning herself) Hed better be! are procuring policies upon the babys The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee. The Creator made all things, we believe. 11 so, He must have made these. We know what He made food and water for, and air and sunshine, but why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee? They are here sure enough, and each performing Us work. There must be some great plan behind it all; the thoughtful man seeks to understand something of that plan and thereby to judge these articles for their true worth. Let us not say bad or good without taking testimony. There are times and conditions when it certainly seems to the casual nowrer of man |