Our Messenger from Le Loup, Kansas • 12

12 OUR MESSENGER. TRUST. The following poem was a favorite of Miss Willard, and was repeated to her every night when she was tired and found it difficult to Seventh has served notice on Third that next year the banners must come west. Remember that every subscription you send in from October 1, either new or renewal, counts for next year. When you send the paper to a friend outside your own town, keep a record of the fact that you may state it to awarding committee.

Do not ask the editor to keep that record for you, for she cannot do it. The importance of medal contests can be understood when the liquor peo ple, through the papers, declare them to be their most harmful opponents, 1 a v-t oecause so successrui. une papr 'The W. C. T.

U. oratorical contest was systematically training voters and shaping public sentiment against us. They are making headway and we should organize to fight them. The Emperor Menelik, of Abyssinia, has issued an order strictly forbidding RESIDENCE OF F. C.

SHELDON, BELOIT. sleep: Since thy Father's arms sustain thee Peaceful be; When a chastening hand restrains thee It is He. Kr.ow His love in full completeness Fills the measure of thy weakness: If He wound thy spirit sore, Trust Him more. Without murmur, uncomplaining, In His hand Lay whatever things thou canst not Understand. If the world thy folly spurneth, From thy faith in pity turneth, Peace thy inmost soul khall fill, Lying still.

Like an infant, if thou thinkest Thou canst stand Childlike, proudly pushing back The proffered hand, Courage soon is changed to fear Strength doth feebleness appear; In His love if thou abide He will guide. Fearest sometimes that thy Father Hath forgot? When the clouds around thee gather Doubt Him not. Always hath the daylight broken, Always hath He comfort spoken. Better hath He been for years Than tby fears. Therefore whatsoe'er betideth Night or day.

Know His love for thee provideth Good alway. Crowns of sorrow gladly take, Grateful wear it for His sake, Sweetly bending to His will. Lying still. To His own thy Savior giveth Daily strength, To each troubled soul that liveth Peace at length, Weakest lambs have largest share Of the tender Shepherd's care, Ask him not then when or how Only bow. the importation of all spirituous liquors into his dominions, and has prohibited his people the use of tobacco and snuff, on pain of severe penalties.

He has informed the foreign re presentatives that he attaches the greatest importance to these edicts, and expects to recesve the assistance of friendly powers is his efforts to keep the "curse of intemperance" out of his empire. Union Signal. Young Men and Women Who Have Recently Gone on to Positions From the National Business College of Kansas City. James M. Bunch, Linn Creek, book-keeper Western Tie and Timber St.

Louis, Mo. Miss Ida Clark, Optical Supplies, Kansas City, stenographer. Chris Holcomb, Olathe, Kansas, stenographic clerk, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Kansas City. II. S.

Hamer, Slater, time clerk, Midland Hotel, Kansas City. Herbert Williams, Siloam Springs, stenographer, Live Stock Commission Kansas City. Miss Belle Roper, Western Union Telegraph Kansas City. Chas. Leslie Stockwell, clerk New England National Bank, Kansas City.

Carl Culp, city, book-keepea, Hart Pomona, Sept. 13 Dear Mrs. Kemp: In the June Messenger, in speaking of the contents of No. 1, Vol. 1, of Our Messenger, I saw the name M.

B. White, of Sabetha, Kans as as president of the First district. The same Mrs. White is at present recording secretary of our Union, but thinks of going to Arizona soon to be near her children. Her husband died a year or two ago.

Yours for success, Jennie A. Ramsford. No man is expected to stop the whole saloon business, but merely to stop his part of it, as represented by his ballot. Pacific Ensign. Driving Power.

"General Chaffee's driving power materially hastened the relief of the legations." So telegraphs Barry from Taku. Every one admires the capacity to accomplsh things. No one needs to be cultivated to this. It is native with everyone to despise a dummy and admire the man who makes things "go." Driving power is at a premium. One day Ralph Waldo Emerson and his brother tried for many a warm minute to put a big calf into a barn.

The calf remained on the outside. Whereupon an Irish girl came out of the kitchen and understanding that a hungry calf is manageable, soon led it quickly through the barn door. With considerable submission the philosopher and poet went to his desk and wrote: "I like people who do things." Driving power. One day down in Manila bay, Admiral Dewey taught the world how much there, was in grit and gunpowder. He did not shillyshally.

He found out what there was to do, and went and did He executed a clean piece of work before the average man would have resolved to do. You remember the Chinaman's version of the situation: "The German he talkee, talkee the Melican man he Dewey, Dewey. is what the American man is still doing in the Orient. Driving power is the password to success. President Lincoln desired this quality in his general.

After the Army of the Potomac had suffered many repulses he wrote to General Hooker: "Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. ford Life Insurance Company, Council Bluffs, la. S. H. Caruthers, Clawson, Texas, book-keeper, George Fowler Kansas City.

J. W. Kittinger, stenographer, Menefee Hay and Grain Kansas City. Miss Emma C. Porter, Hiawatha, Kan stenographer and book-keeper, Phonographic Supply Kansas City.

Be a master of something. Do not be catalogued with the incapables. The first man created was a king. The Lord gave him dominion. Adam's kingli-ness should be an example to all.

Every man has the birthright of will power. Here is his royalty. We are made to gain mastery over things. Why not expect things to obey us? "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Who is a king? You are if you will to be.

Who is a drudge? You are, if you care to be. Be a master. Have driving power. Blessed is the man that has this joy of his own. He lives in an atmosphere of lightness and liberty.

Is not this saying in another way what a true endeavorer is? "I can do all things in Christ who strength-enest me. The Kansas Endeavorer. To save the beer barrels, they are now making them with aluminum linings. What is needed is such a patent contrivance for the beer drinker's stomach. Independence Union is prospering finely, has 29 active members, nine honorary; twenty-five members take our Messenger, 4 take Union Signal.

Have sent $5 to India sufferers, $2 to Willard fund, $3 to Rescue Home, Wichita. A lad recently died in New York from excessive cigarette smoking. He had smoked as many as ten packages a day and finally used camphorated oil to supply thecravingfor narcotics. His stomach was in a frightful Sure Cures. If you are getting lazy, read James.

If your faith is below par, read Paul. If you are impatient, sit down quietly and have a talk with Job. If you are just a little strong-headed, go and see Moses. If you are getting weak-kneed, take a look at Elijah. If there is no song in your heart, listen to David.

If you are getting sordid, spend a while with Isaiah. If you feel chilly, get the beloved disciple to put his arm around you. If you are losing sight of the future, climb up to Revelation and get a glimpse of the promised land. IIIIIB If you are out of sorts, read Heb. xii.

If you are down with the blues, read Psalm xxviii. If people pelt you with hard words, read John xv. It is well known that a beautiful etching of Miss Willard has been made by Mr. Henry Taylor, the noted artist. From a dozen different photographs of Miss Willard Mr.

Taylor chose the picture known to white ribboners as the Evangeline picture, because, in his opinion, it was the most artistic for the larger reproduction. This was also very satisfactory to the national officer as they consider it the most life-like and desirable. It would be a great inspiration to all and an education to the young if these etchings could be placed in every school room, public library and W. C. T.

U. headquarters. They are also especially suitable for the home. The first prints are sold by Mr. Taylor for $10, but the national has now entire control of the etchings, and they If you feel lonesome and unprotected, read Psalm xci.

If you find yourself losing confidence in men, read 1 Cor. xiii. If there is a chilly sensation about the heart, read Revelation iii. If you don't know where to look for the month's rent, read Psalm xxi are getting discouraged about your work, i read Psalm exxvi and Gal. vi.

7, 9. If the stove pipe has fallen down, and can be obtained for $2 by sending to the cook gone off in a pet, put up the pipe, wash your hands and read James Mrs. Helen M. Baker, Rest cottage, Evanston, 111. iii.

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