Pittston Gazette

              taCMfa taa *fl»»nt«rjr eoort of orUtn- Mon, ■ .take of thing. In (be tothnstto oo»l Add* oonld kin bMO hthM to g«nml view thai would !»»• brought (nob SELFISH TItOl wn«fi bo pniM mr ftla friends, bat i5t like Job when he caned the day of hie nativity I - Tke Trial jf Job. toe snip in wbtpb ner son wto sailing. But a hurricane struck the ship and destroyed It on the rock*, and the wreckage was strewn on the beach. Bat the mother continued all night in prayer ftDr her son's safety, and in the morning a knock was heard at ber door, Snd the floor opened. nnd in came her long absent boy, exclaiming, "Mother, 1 knew you would pray oie home!" But you need not go so far for illustration. I have in my ,/wn lift had answers to prayer so pointed, so direct, so startling, that 1 dare not recite them leat 1 be misunderstood. 1 could pick many startling instance* right out ot this audisnce. Ton dare not doubt the integrity of those who present such evidence. You would believe them as. witne*ses In any court of law standing before jndge and Jury, and certainly you ought to believe them when they give solemn testimony ss to what they haTe seen and felt In answer to prayer—silent prayer, audible prayer, ejaculatory prayer, intercessory prayer, extemporaneous prayer, liturgical prayer; prayer In the morning to start the day right, prsyer In the evening to correct the mistakes of the day. prayer at the beginning of the year as we launch out upon its uncertainties and prayer at the close of the year reviewing the vicisaitndss of ths 12 months; prayer for ourselves, prayer for others; not formal and heartless prayer, which is of no more use than the prayer of tke heathen of Timbuktu, who writes his petition on * board and then washes it off and catchee the water In a cup, giving it to tke sick to drink for bis recovery; or the prayer of the people of Tibet, who put their petition in a cylinder and turn the crank, and as many times as the cylinder turns is ths prayer offered; or the prayer in India, which is made in behalf of the wealthy by the people hired to read the Koran day and night for the benefit ot the employer. Q So when in prayer a multitude of twobloat thoughts invade yoor peace, or when the winds and waves of temptation arise, look out for the rope, lay bold of the rope and stay yourselves ou the faithfulness of tiod keeping his promises."DEAFNESS & HEAD UCfllNOISESCURED «se Cfc*sic i*ii«5nrrIcoxfwS^J'WIy, f||rr ;.T.fo»lllus.bockottMUmoalak.48 Maw ■ H"® Jonas Long's Son "nbBrtort MPIIMn, tiUMiwOoh Pb. REV. OR. TALMAQE URGES A LIFE OP HELPFULNESS to others. Notice • that this flagellation by the three friends was premeditated. They did not merely happen in and come anddenly upon trouble for which they coold not offer a compound. The Bible asys, "They hsd msds an appointment together." The interview was prearranged. They had agreed aa to what they would say to the aick man. You can aee that their remarks were not extemporaneous. What they said was sublimely poetic. They rose in style into what In later times we would call the Homeric or Danteeque. Bat Job was not in ueed of pottry so much as a salve for his eruptive liaorder. He was not dying for lack of a paragraph in blank verse. Hs was not so much In need of a didactic lector* about the justice of Qod aa an assurance of the divine mercy. Some pious rustic of the land of Ua not able to pat three grammatical sentences together coold have said something more consolatory. Tflto. MART. HIM and Propria**'. ■ pnblto of tha u Naw Dress Goods " TUB OAEBTTB (aatabUahed 1800) latta o««at Newspaper of oonttaaou pobllcattan la Um Wyoming Anthracite Coal Field, to«ued m»D tTTOlnc (except Bandar) at •i.M per aanam la adranoe by mall; dehr•nd at M oarta a month or 10 ceata a week by carrier* aankaa « ihihm noon auaa unB. to CUM them to harry to a eettl-ment, test the people, obtaining euch aurprlslng remits from the Inquiry, might get ll In their head* to oarry the luveetlgetlon of railroad operatlona still farther end come the more qniokly to the lnsvltebie qaeettoa of the pabllo ownership end operation of rallroida." Prist teal Ltaam Draws From Ikt CeptlTttr Of Jok, Who Pw«l ret nil n-rT»« Maurel F»ere». My hearer. 1 will tell you the time when you can afford to ceaae praying. It will be when you have no sin* to be pardoned, no sorrows to be comforted, no more friends or foes who need your intercessions. Queen Elisabeth said to Walter Raleigh. "Raleigh, when will you stop begging)" Raleigh replied. "When your majesty leaves off giving." And your time, my hearer, to stop prayer will be when God has no more pardon and mercy and strength to bestow and the resources of the Infinite are exhausted. Havelock knew the value of prayer wheu h*» insert 4 o'clock In the morning for his devotions. The soldiers of the Fourteenth Massachusetts regiment showed that they knew the joy of worship wheu they took a delegate of the Christian commission to see what they called their "praying place." There is practically no end of the new styles here. We a,-, p sweetening the stock continually with new things; that is what is putting our dress goods htore so handsomely ahead. Kxtra quality 50 inch vide Pebble Cheviots, shrunk and sponged, regular value fl *$; this week special at. a yard. yS cents. Washington, Not. 11.—In thle dlacoune Dr. Talmage ware on narrowneaa of Tiew urges a life helpful to others; text. Job xlii. 10, "And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for hie friends." Comparatively few people reed thle last chapter of the book ot Job. The earlier chapters are eo fall ot thrilling incident, of erents eo dramatically portrayed, of awful ailmente and terrific dieaster, of domeatlo Infelicity, of ataceato pasaage, of reeoonding address, ot omnipotency proclaimed, of utterances showing Job to have been the greatest scientist of hie day, an expert in mining and precious atones, astronomer and geographer and soologiat and electrician and poet, that most readers stop before they get to my text, which, strangely and myeterlooely, announcee that the Lord turned the captivity ot Job when he prayed tor his friends." VERY SWELL. AS saOOHD \11 Wool Black Suitings, for tailor suits and skirts, extra weight; special at a yard, #1.45 56-inch wide Cheviots, j ponged and shrunk; also Stonn Serges, all are best black dye; special at a yard; •« *5 French Flannels, the most complete assortment shown outside of New York City; come in plain colors; alto printed and embiroid ered designs; the finest is $1.19 a yard; a special lot are mjAed 48c A special lot o! Back Dress snitieys. including Cove ts. I'heviots. aed Bjdik ckburn Suitings. in widths, $0 to 58 iCtch«s; spt c;ai at. a yard. 98c. I'lao back CloaHi. gs di d Skirtings. in rich color i l trbinatiens; special at, a yard, fD 6DD Corduroys, in all Ch-D utw color ings. for dresses aid ski. ts,  a yard, 48 cents. £Dittston Ctoclte. ■Mink's Uoi Herre ▼as the result of hie eplendld heslth. Indomitable will and tremendous energy ere not fannd where etomeoh, liver, kidneys end bowels are oat of order. If you want these quantise and the auoseae they bring, use Dr King's New Life Pills. Only «5-Is at Stroh'e pharmacy, Weet Plttston. and W. 0. Prloe, Plttston. MONDAT, NOVEMBER It, 1000. Tma Gaxxtts Is oompllmented by the Wllkesbarre Keoord's disapproval of Its somse In the reeent eampalgn. Bat the HseorC will hot be allowed to eay, without the truth of ltestatement belnn ohsilenged, ttt the Qanrni "olelms to own and ccn- M" any of the Luxerne legislators-elect. What the Beoord oonslders "deoent support" of a party oandldste may be Inferred from ita treatment of Jndge-eleet Ferris, filling In Its efforts to get Woodward to stand for a re-eleotlon after the announcement of Mr. Ferris see candidate, we find the Beoord, In the oloslng days ot the eampalgn, taking money bom his Demooretlo qoponent, Ool. Martin, to boom his oandl dSey. The Beoord may regard Its own political oonree ss a model but we are glad 11)11 QiORl Is not oo anted la that class. The BMbosM Air l«lee loliviy* "IiotHs aid West ladle Short Lise," Is Foeltlvelv the Shortest Baste to Southern Mies ud rioshorst, *. O.. lid Osbdel, ■. O . the Vuseas Wlitel Beeirte of tie Carolina. V—  The meanness of the attack of these religious critics waa augmsntsd by the fact that they had the sufferer In their power. When we are well and we do not like what one is saying, we can get np and go away. Bat Job waa too 111 to get op and go away. First hs endured tke seven days and asven nights of silence, and then he endured their arraignment of his motlvss and charactsr. and after their cruel campaign waa ended by a sublime effort of soul, which I this day uphold for imitation, he triumphed in prayer for his tantalisers. In all history there is nothing equal to It except the memorable lasploratlon by Chriat for hla enemies. No wonder that after that prayer of Job waa once uttered a thrill of reoejery allot through every nerve and vein of bis tortured body and every paaelon of hi* great soul, and Qod answered It by adding nearly a century and a half to hla lifetime, and whitened the hills with flocks of sheep, and filled the air with the lowing of cattle, and wakened the ailent nursery ofrhl* home with the swift fset and the laughing volcee of childhood—seven sons snd three dsughter* celebrated for their beauty, the daughter* to feline the eon*, the *ons to dsfend the daughters. There is nothing that pars so well as prayer, and the more difficult the prayer to make the greater the reward for making It. Now. if Ood has during these- remarks shown us the uses, the importance, the blessedness of prayer, suppose we try to do whst Job did when n« prayed for his exasperators. Many of us at the beginning of this subject felt that, while we could pray for ourselves and pray for those who were kind to us, we never could reach the high point of religions experience in which we could pray for those who anuoy us and uiake us feel worse lnstesd of feeling better. That was a Matterhorn. that was au Alp. to the top of which we feared we could never climb, but we thank God that by hi* omnipotent grace we have reached that height at last. Let us pray! O Christ, who didst pray for thine assassins, we now prsy for those who despitefully use us and say all mauner of evH against us. For their eternal sslvstion we supplicste. When time is no more, may they reign on thrones aud wear coronets and sway scepters of heavenly dominion. Meanwhile take the bitterness from their soul and make them soon think as well of us as now they think evil. Spare their bodies from pain and their house holds from beresvemeut. After ell the misunderstandings aud controversies of this life sre over, may we keep with them eternal jubilee In the mansions on the hill. And as thou diet turn the cap tivicy of Job when he had prayed for thoae who badly used him aud health came to his body aud prosperity to his estate, now that we have by thy grace been able to make supplication for our antagonists, cure our diseases if we'are ill, and restore our estate If it hap scattered, and awaken gladness in our homesteads if they have been bereft, and turn the captivity of our physicsl pain or financial misfortune or mental distress. And thine shall be the kiugdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. "• / * Sale of Ladies' Suits. Winter excursion tickets are now on sals to Southern Pines and Pinehnrst, and similar tlokets to Camdsn may bs purchased at prlnolpal points oouth of and Including Washington, O. 0. Double dally aervloe and through Pullman drawing room and buffet aleeplng cars from Nsw Tork, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washingion and Blohmond. Trains arrive and depart at Pennaylvanla Ballroad stations; also dlrsot connections via steamer lines are made at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. For further Information call on or address W. 0. Shoemaker, General Eastern Psssenger Agent, 1,908 Broadway, Nsw Tork; C. L. Longsdorf, Nsw England Paassnger Agent, 800 Washington street, Bo-ton, Haas ; W. If. MoOonnell, General Agent, 1,484 New Tork avenue, Washington, D. 0., or the General Passenger Agent st Portsmouth, Va. L. R. Alleh, Now, will yea pleaee explain to me how Job'e prayer tor hip friends halted his cstastrophes7 Give me some good reeson why Job, on his knees In behalf ot the welfare ot others, arreeted the long procession of calamitlee. Mind you. It was not prayer for himself, tor then the ceaaatlon ot his tronblss would have been only another lnatance ot prayer answered. But the portfolio of his disaster wss rolled up while he supplicated God In behalf of Eilpbaa the Temaalte, BUdad the Shuhlts and Zophat the NMmathlte. I most confeea to yoa that I had to read the text over and over again before I got lta full meaning—"And the Lord turned the captivity ot Job when he prayed for his friends." Well, if you will not explain It to ma I will explain It to yon. The healthiest, the most recuperative thing on earth to do la to stop thinking so much about ourselves and go to thinking about the welfare of others. Job had been etudylng his misfortunes, but the more he thought about his bankruptcy ths poorer be seemed, the more he thought of his oarbundss ths worse they hurt, ths more he thought of his unfortunate marriage the more Intolerable became the conjugal reiatloa. the more he thought of hla houae blown down the more terrific aeemed the cyclone. Hla mlafortunee grew blacker and blacker. But there wee to come a reversal of these sad conditions. One day he said to himself: "I hsve been dwelling too much1 upon my bodily aliments end my wife's tsmper and my bereevemente. It is time I began to think about othera and do aometblng for othera. add I will start now by praying for my \hr*e friends." Then Job dropped upon his knees, and as he did eo the last shackle ot his captivity of troubles snapped and fell off. Hear It, all ye agea of time and all ye ages ot eternity, "ths Lord turned the captivity ef Job when he prayed for hla friendel" When you see the stitching and the work that has been dose in making these handsome suits you'll wonder how we can afford to sell them a such a price as this $14.9$. Made of line Venetian Cloth, in colore, biue, black, tan and b*v*wo. Jackets-silk lined; lapels taced with Pean-de-S©ie silk. Skiits lined with best percatine and bound with velvet binding; a regular $18.00 sait 1 in every respect. WAL8T HEALTH.. Ladias' Flannel Waists. Many of the prayers offered In Christian Isnds are as seneeless aa these artificial prayers of the pagans. What Is needed is not only heartfelt prayer, but direct prayer, such aa David mentions, drswing his figure from srehery. with Its bow and arrows. As the notch ot the arrow la pot against the string of the bow snd then the archer takes aim and In a flash ths arrow strikes the mark, so David resolve* that hla prayers shall not be aimless. He alma hla prayer at the heavens. "To thee will I direct my prayer." "Hsve you said your prayers?** is a misleading question. You may say your prayers a thousand time* without praying. Th* Bible *p*ak* of Elias, "who prayed in his prayer," implying that one can seem to pray when no prayer I* offered. Prayer is the soul on the wing. It Is the private door Into the King's palace. It is ths barometer showing what the spiritual weather will be. It la stepping into the holy ot hoUes. It Is telegraphy with the heavens. It Is the winding np of the clock of the Immortal soul. It Is Intercommunication between the finite and the fefinlte. Prayer suggested by circumstances, aa when the child went outdoors in the snow to play and said afterward to bar mother, "Mother, 1 could not help making the snow prayer," and when her mother aaked hejr what the snow prayer waa she replied, "Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow." OE A cew lot made with Vandyke front, gilt buttons; plaited backs; colors and black; price, ABUSBS III SECOND CLASS MAIL. ""WOMEN! Wmw's », U.UadtMISIw. Surprising shoe values are what make this, shoe store always busy. Women who have bought shoes here befor* are coming again. We make it a point to suit them with good fitting and good looking shoe* at tower prices than they have been in the habit of paying, and what's more we guarantee every shoe that goes from this store. The fa.aay |ij« snd $3 00 shoes advertised today are worth fully a third more. Iks news comas from Wsshlngton that rnslaisslii General Charles Emory Smith, la his annual report, will sgaln eall the attention of Congress to the enormous abases In ssoond class mall matter. Theee Involve, according to ths last annual repot t, "a ahssr wanton wests of 180,000,000 or upward a year." It would be ths natural supposition, ssys ths Philadelphia Prase, that when Congress oan so saslly savs 180,000,000 or more annually It would rash to the nsoos of ths Treasnry; bu\ uafortunalsly, suoh Is not the oaae. In his last annual report Mr. Smith thoronghly diassoted the methods under whlob tide vast sum money bee been "swallowed np In the maw of private Intestate without any pnblio advantage." Bat the private Interests are able to employ a powerful lobby, whloh, every thae ths question oomss up In Congress, successfully oozibets ths publto Interacts These shoes are made of the finest materials the markets afford, pot together by the most skilled work men, and they have the touch of excluslveness and refinement which alone make the articles of high class production. The lasts embody the comfortable, ease-giving qualities of the manish modeled lasts, but have not the extreme clumsy appearance which has been the objection of so many women to the man ish style. Made of the a j nn finest vid kid, enamel calf \A and box calf; price IPlillU E. Sr. John, V.-P. ft %M. TIM iMbOtld in Liu Ittmr, "Florldi Mi Wwt Irfdla abort Liu," to Poll, unlr tb« abortoM Boat* to Inuou, JukioBTllli, Trap* Bad All Otbor Florida Point#. G«n. Pan Ant. 5n 18t Let us all make similar attempt to pray (or tboae who vex and mlsnpr*- sent and tantalise us. You may be very popular In the city or neighborhood where you lire, but I warrant If you an In «ctlve lit* there are thoee who wi«h yon the opposite of wlahlng yon well. An you benevolent? They aay It la on your part a matter of personal display. An you eloquent or learned? Tbey declare you an overrated and that what you say or write la of no Importance. Do yon try to make yourself effective in church or hospital or board of dlnctonT They call you officious. An you well dressed T They say you an proud. Does a false report start In the community against your character? They bell ere It all and add to the fabrication. pretend to be frlenda, but the cudgels all ready for you—Elipnas the Tsmanlt*, Bildad the Shuhlte, Zophar the Naamathlte. Now, pray tor them. "Ob," you say, "1 cannot do that." I thought yon could not. But you will (raw In grace until you oan do ft as easily and aa well aa did Job pny for his exasperators. You ought to pity them, tor detainers and detracton and the envious and jealoua an not happy. They hart themselves more than they hurt you. Better be the pursued than the punuar. Better be the infant Christ than Herod the robber of the Bethlehem cradle*. You want to b* a better man. Yon want to be a better woman. Then seal* this height of triumphant prayer, and you will be ten times mon of a Christian than you ever have been. It will prolong your lite, a* It prolonged Job's life. You will feel a glorious reaction that will last through all time and all eternity. It will steady your nerves. It will reduce your spleen. It wlO ngulate the pulsation of "your heart. CseleassiesB st Asisr. Warm Undarwaar. You don't knew what day the mercury will dtp below the seto Bid Warm und rwear may mean health. It wont neaa much expense, as t we are setting it. I Ladles' ami GMMrea's IMtrwur. / Ladies' Heavy Ribbed Cotton Comb; ration Suits, fleece lined, 50c. ( Ladies' Half Wool Grey or White Combination Suits 98 cects. I Three quarters Woo), #1.50. Nine tentts Woo), ft.98. Children's Combinations at Djc. Doable dally servloe and through Pullman drawing oara from New York, Phlla delphls, Baltimore, Washington and Bichmond. Bonnd trip wlntar tonrlat excor■lon tloketa are now on sale at all prlnolpal points to JaokaonTllle, Tampa and Florida points. Trains arrive and depart at Pennsylvania Ballroad stations. For farther lnformstlon oall on or addreaa W. 0. Shoemaker, general eastern paaaenger agent, 1,209 Broadway, New York; 0. L. Longedorf, New England osssengsr agent, 806 Washington attest, Boston, Mass.; W. K. HoOonnell, general agent, 1,484 New York avenue, Washington, D. 0., or the generel pseeenger agent at Portsmouth, Ya. E. 8T JO**, , L. S. Aixik, V. P. dtQ. M. Qe-. Pass Agt. [Copyright, 1900, Louis Klopsch. K. T.J Eclipsc Shoe Parlor, H. Q. WEEKS & CO. Ladies' Ribbed Cotton Fleece Lined Vests and Pants, ijc. Mei s Heavy Fleece Li led V*- der«ear at 490, Men's Natural Gray Wool Vederwear at fjc. That hacking cough 9asily cured if you use Ladies' Ribbed and Pants, half wool, grey or white, 59c. Bepreaentetlve Load, ol California, ehalrman of the Boose Post Office Committee, has mads a ooorageoue and unselfish battle In behalf of this reform, though so far without suooess. But the more the jMbUa doom to understand ths ohsrsoter of IMS abnae the stronger growe the demand Ik Its abolition. The bill that waa defeated at the last ssaaton of Congress wss nnobjesttooable in every reepeot. Bat the sompavstively lew pereone who are pockettag this |K,000,000 were sble, by their lobbyists, to msks many eountry newspaper publishers bsltere that the bill ln- Juriooaiy affeotod them, though that seesr Hon waa abeoiutsly false. The weekly newe papers, sating under s mlsapprehenelon, Msd their InAoonoe on met-.ben of Oongtsae, sad in that way did mush to dsfeat ths meaaurs. Ths government pays eight seats s pound for oarrylng books and admllsliiu sTints "ti Q~i trade Journals," aa Postmsstsr Oeneral Blesell called them —tat ths malls, while it reoelvee only one «ata pound in postage, s clear loeaof asvan oente on every pound carried. That sevaa cents a pound aubsidy to certain book publishers and advertising agents enables them to grow rich. So far as wsekly aswspspsrs sis concerned, they softer bom thte illegltimste competition Important postal improvements for the bensit of the entire nation are now lmpoeelble, owing to ths paymsnt of this |90,000,000 study to s few Indlvldnala. Too Mack gait Coaoaatratioa. RMflMtloa •* «*• Soil. miners' lank latUla*. Of Wright's Hea th Uadetwear at 98 cents. The fault with most of us Is too much self concentration—our health, oar fortunes, oar advancement, our social position, oar achievements, our looses, oar dsfssta, our sulfsrlngs, oar persecution, oar life, oar death, our Immortality. Of coarse there Is a lawful and rlghteoue selfishness. In a world and in a time of euch activltiee and rivalriea and temptatlone we must look after oar own lnterests and oar own destiny or wo will go undsr. Do not'wait for othsrs to take care of you. Take care of yourself. But It will not hinder oar preservation and prosperity if we enlarge the sphere of onr wishes and prayers so aa to taka In othsrs. The law In the natural world would do well for the moral and eplrltual world. The centripetal force in nature would throw everything In toward the center and the centrifugal force In nature would throw everything out from the center.' Bat the centripetal and the centrifugal work beautifully together. The one force that would throw everything toward the center Is balanced by the force that would throw everything outward. m Prayer is what some one haa called 'the Blender nerve that moveth the matcles of omnipotence." Prajer la the healthful respiration of the souL It is the whisper of helplessness into the ear of help. It is laying hold of almlghtlnees, omniscience and omnipresence at one and the same time. Prajer enlists all divine and angelic re-enforcement Prajer la laying hold of a pullej fastened to the heavenly throne. Prajer la the first breath of a newborn soul and It la heard in the laat gasp of earthlj Christian experiences. Prajer I In an Instant It mount!,the highest heavens. Neither seraph nor archangel ever flew swifter or higher than the lnfant'a petition at her mother's knee. What an opportualtj ia prayerl Whj not oftener one It praying for ourselves and. like Job, praying for others? What better work would we do, what better lives would we live, what better hopes would we entertain. If we multiplied and intenalfied our prajera! Some one aaked a soldier of Stonewall Jackson the secret of the great general's Influence over his men. "Does jour general abuse jou, swear at jou, to make »ou march?" "Swear!" replied the soldier. "No! Ewell does the swearing; Stonewall doee the prajing. When Stonewall wanta us to march, he looka at us soberlj, just aa if he were eorrj for ua, and sajs, 'Men, we have got to make a long march.' We always know when there is going to be a long march and right smart fighting, for Stonewall is powerful on prayer just before a big fight." When Stonewall Jackson was asked the meaning of the passage, Instant In prajer," he aaid: "If jou will not mistake and think I am setting myself up as aU. example, which I "am not, I will give an illustration from mj own habit. I have so fixed the habit of prajer in mj mind that I never ralee.a glass of water to mj lips without a moment'a asking of God's bleesing. I never seal a letter without putting a word of prajer  the seal. I never take a letter from the post without a brief sending of mj thoughta heavenward. 1 never change mj classes in the section room without a minute'a petltlou for the cadeta who go out and those who come in." "Don't jou sometimes forget?" said a friend. He replied: "1 think 1 can saj that I scarcely do. The habit haa become almoat aa fixed as breathing." "But," says some one from a different section of the country from that in which General Jacksoo lived, "were his pray era answered?" Yes, aa earneat prayers are alwaya answered, in God'a way, which is often quite different from man's way, and God'a way is alwaya the best way, while our way maj be the wrong waj. DR. JAMES* CHERRY TAR SYRUfe Ladies' Natural Grey Wool U« derwear, special value at 75c. Ladies' Mercerised Silk Vests and Pants, special at fi.aj. KHSTLYIIU IIILIIIB. Silk Fleece Lined l adr rwear at $1 00 Pleasant and easy to take. Never fails. iDUCIT DIYIBIOR um COM Fine Camel's Hair Unikrwesr. warranted not to shrink, at |i j% (VIRMIU *• 1 \ At drug stores. 85 cents a bottle* Getting Ready for Christmas. The roots of the "Atlanta Special" la via the Seaboard Air Line Railway, "Florida and Weat India Short Line," with through Pullman dtawlng room and buffet sleeping oara from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Biohmond to Athsns and At'anta, where dlreot oonneotlons are made in Union Depot for Montgomery, Usoon, New Orleans and all points Sonth snd Southwest. Trains arrive and depart at Pennsylvania Ballroad stations. For furthsr Information oall on or address W. O. Sbosmsker, General Eastern Pasasnger Agent, 1*06 Broadway, New York; O. L. Longadorf, New England Pssssngsr Agent, 800'Wsshlngton street, Boston, Item ; W K McDonnell, General Agent, 1484 New York avenue, Waahlngton, D. O, or the General Pcsasnger Agent at Portsmouth, Ya. L. a Alls if, "The Atlanta Special." ::e }| »§§ I illij Sunday school teacher* and church committees will do w«U by communicating with us in regard to supplying them with books for GhMftmas gifts. The earlier you do so the tater It will afford the Makers more time to make them well and will lessen your work daring the busy days of the holiday time. You May Need "Fam-Kitter Jonas Long's Sons Nothing Is so unhealthy aa to g*t audit Is a shock to the whol* physical organisation aa well a* to your mental and moral condition. It la no unusual thing for people to drop down dead In a fit of anger. You people who weigh over 200 pounds avoirdupois had better n*ver lose your temper, for *t such tlmee apoplexy ia not far off. Oet the equipoise of Job In the text, and it will help you In business directions. Praying for all offenders you will hav* more nerve for larg* undertakings; you will have a better balanced judgment; you will wast* no valuable time In trying to get even with your enamiee. Try thla height of prayer for your antagonist today, and If yon tall try It tomorrow. Keep on until yon accomplish It, and I should not wondm If, In addition to th* moral and religious strength it gives you. It should add a hundred p*r cent to your worldly proe- Serlty. Job xlll, 10, "Th* Lord gave ob twice aa much aa he had before." For Out* toNTs ii 1® §kfi f JT WU.KKSBARRE'S GREATEST STORE. (Qrampa Diarrhwa All Bowel Complaint* tkion, ah tuxt quick r*.a«4j. WUUMMport....... tM T.M INIt™ Ml... W» Mi?? :::: LSn* Oar world, with Itf own Interests, feelr the pall of other worlds. No world, no nation, no community, no men, no woman, can afford to exist only for itself or himself or herself. The hoar in which Job has that soliloquy about the enlargement of his prayers so as to take in his friends, and he put into execution his good resolution, was the hour when he felt a tonic, a sedative, a nervine, a cataplasm that helped to cure his body.,wd revived his fortunes till they were a hundred per cent better than ever before, for the record Is "the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before," and tended to make him a wonder of longevity, for he lived 140 years after his troubles were gone. Oh, what a mighty medicament is the contemplation of and the effort for the welfare of others! PIANOS sma*'1 ESTIIUSIEIlt TCAIS There's ONLY ONE ggSSffs: '■  crjBiKrr.: E ST. JOBH. Y.-P. dt G. U. Gen. Peas. Agt. 6nl8t Pain-KiUet • ••• «M« 11.16 W ji| 11 woiTP* '■" S1" rS BS£=~ &*» » —Mm m (IS* tM Mi fi« ——^-f— vkm .... ».•mjF rakNith 11.M u i«u« ——i— urn noun.1?# - .. « KJ"-" SnUVB ••••••%»••»••»»*•••»» »»*« •»* *» Perry Davis*. Tmialses, Mc and Mc. From South Africs comes ilie latest story of the second lieutenant who stop ped a costless, grisxled old soldier because he did not give the military sulute and after It whs given learned that be bad been ordering the brigadier general of hia brigade. Foe Sale bv FKIKI GORDON Strike Prices naaaa mm iraaitactar; ta aaer. Urmp~S*»* uanal ratall MM OM * 4cfecttv* tattruKais r*f*ln4 *r mailt at MtMk Ca*C itlfcnf ■  KELLER Cf VAN DYKE. This is u very good story, that (so far as known) was first told 22 ceuturies ago, when, after the battle of Arhela, Alexander the Qreat had a somewhat similar experience with one of his subalterns. Then after 200 years it again told, with Hannibal the superior officer, und after 200 more years Pompey received orders from his inferior. Just before the battle of Blenheim, in the shade of night, the Duke of Marlborough was told to get out of the way of an uoderling, Washington received direction* from a corporal, the unfortunate qecond lieutenant told Grant of the respect due to the barless shoulder straps, and General Chaffee, when in bis shirt sleeves, was halted to salute a first lieutenant LADIES' $1.25 OXFORBS Tax WUkssbarrs Reoord smiles over the pjoeptot of an anti-Quay delegation from this county in the next legislature. It is wsll thai everybody is happy awaiting the lta»-np "But," aays some one, 'it is easy enough for Job to pray for his friends. Anybody can do that. There are those to whom we are obliged for years of kindness. They stand so close to us In sympathy and reminiscence and anticipation that It Is easy for us to pray for their welfare." Well, I see you do not understand that these friends of Job were the most tantalising snd exasperating frienda a man ever had. Look at their behavior. When they beard of his bereavements and the accidents by whirlwind and lightning they came in and aat down by him a whole week, aeven days and seven nights, and the record is "none spake a word to him." What a disreputable and wicked ailencel Mind you, they professed to be religious men and they ought to have been able to offer some religious consolation. Instead of that they were dumb as the sphinx which at that time stood in the African desert and stsnds there still. Why did they not say something about reunion in the heavenly realms with hie children who had been slain? Why did they not taik to him about the satisfactory explanations in the future world of things we do not understand In this world? Why did they not go to the apothecary and buy a poultice 'that would have soothed the carbuncles, or some quieting potion that would calm his nerves, or a few drops of febrifoge that would cool his heated frame? Not For seven daya and aeven nights they did nothing and aaid nothing for hia relief. They must have almost bored him to death. What we all need la to (et out of oar■elves and go to helping other* whether friends or foes. As beautiful an instance of how this can be done I found last ■ simmer In London in the person of Florence Nightingale, th4 heroine of hospitals and of battlefields when there were no hospitals. The lounge on which she Ues prostrate In a throne of pawer, and, though she has psssed into the dghtiee, she trains nurses for sickbeds, and her Influence is now felt among the wounded In, South Africa, while her memory is full of the storj of Bslsklava, Sevastopol and Inkermsn, where England and France and Russia grappled. She told me that she had not been happy nntil she undertook to s Deviate suffering and that since she begsn that work she had never seen an unhappy day. To that work ahe consecrated ber life, her classic sttainment8, her social poaition, her brilliant personality. Her whole life* for others, and her face shows it. ~ I think so much of hesven Is to be found in no other human countenance. Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade" la not more thrilling to me than the womanly bravery and sacrifice that took care of those who were shot from the saddles of the 'immortal six hundred.** OUT TO 49c. MEN'S $1.50 DRESS SHOES OUT TO St. grOo to Brown A Co.'Oo Mar tt» to— oI»—» [haw If nuns sver was the basis for a doubt1 thai the pet verted Australian ballot used| In Ibis stats under the existing laws is an aflennj of svll rathsr than good In oon- We nil ftui attenden h w m In it-...: DAVENPORT'S Shea Store. dnoting alectlons, It was removed, says the *a... 1.1**1 STRAIGHT flte IFRONT CORSETS! flaifkborg Independent, by reoent experiences lo this eity and oounty. It nakss lndspendent voting practically im- Pittston Directory iHtirn. tan TJ»u.5 u *»W ■••• M .... u pinrible and ssereey of the ballot an unknown element. It Is oumbereome, inoonveston! and forbidding and the first duty of Iks legislature la to abollah It and substitute some system that la leas objeo- Tfc. PmiIm Piny. ft 8. FEJUUS, Attorney, offloe. lixkl S VI. ohoutf. Bonding, Rtw ud M.rk.t Pta., D °»o'« e»5 PttMm.. Lt. Oberamwergau baa been casting up the accounts of this year's Passion play. There were 48 performances and 200,000 visitors, who paid $800,000 for admission, The profits of the Tillage from lodgers, the aale of trinkets, and ao forth, were between $750,000 and 81,000,000. Munich and the Bavarian railroads have also profited, tha latter showiag a surplus of *2,800,000. * LU ™ HAmtetoo. NMcopcck Dafl rD OOa m In all the tossing of this life lay hold of the rope of prayer mentioned by John Newton, who was couverted on shipboard from being a blasphemous sailor to become * great preacher of righteousness snd who ssid: "When I first amused myself with going to see, when the winds rose and the waves became rough, 1 tumbled and tossed about like a porpoise in the water. At last 1 caught hold of a rope that was floating about, and then 1 was enabled to stand upright. Jefca lltwlom'i Prayer. kw, Morgs- ALDERMAN, ' It will snrprlae away, aays the Philadelphia Inquirer, to learn that the Bepubliaaa campaign thla year was oonddoted with am expenditure of money amounting to tan than one-half the amount spent v foai jeam ago. TOOS. a LOTTO*. Aujw.ee, No. a WK ■ street. Collations .olefcly alt«p-»eD 1 t | snd proeapt returns pamWioj  gD. BARBKTT We keep the celebrated W. B. Erect Form. No. 701. at $1 per pair. They are well worth your notice. GLOBE WAREHOUSE, pittston, pa. Bdltor »eee Weadeie. AIJDZRMAN, Nm Wm. Ofltae, M South Main bt. OoUecttons r+TSP srectal and prompt atteaUc Editor W. V. Barry, of Lazing'on, Tenn., in exploring Mammoth Oars, contracted a severe caee. of pllaa. Hia quick cure through using Buoklen'a Araloa Salve oonrlnoed him it la another world'a wonder. Ouree pllee, injtulee, inflammation, and all bodily eruptlona. Only SBoanta at Stroll's pharmacy, Weet Plttaton, and W. 0. Price, Plttaton. Subscribe for the Gazette Tke EBcmt of Prayer. OiVIL BNWNmmR. ▲oooBBUfCi to oomplete, though not official, raturna of tho Tote in Penneylvania UoKtnkj imifid 700,484, whloh Is 31,- 876 laae than tho number om! for him four years ago. Thaaa Totaa, however, did not go to Bryan, atnoa the Bryan rote thta year •gM'ejalee 416,107, aa agalnat 488 888 four ytaro ago, a loaa of 17,071. The total rote of an partiee In the State four yeare ago wee 1,104,856 My text enthrones prayer and gives it a scepter to wave over our temporal and eternal life. Under God ft cured Job and fixed up his finances snd restored his home and made him so robust of health that he lived 14 decades. "But.** some one says, "I do not believe in prayer for friends snd foee, because I do not think that Qod Is going to chaage the laws of nature because we ask him so to do." Neither do I think thst God will change the law of nature at our request, but I am sure that he answers prsyer through natural law. Not a physician of any skill, allopathic or homsopsthlc or hydropathic or eclectic, but has some time been surprised that what was thought to be a fatal disease suddenly relaxea its grasp of the and he recovers. Not one law of nature has been fractured. Prayer may have given the sudden turn to that illness. A business man may be in difficulty inextricable—mortgagee against him foreclosing, goods to be sold for some reason become unsalable, new Invention In machinery making the old machinery of his factory worthless, all kinds of commercial troubles pouncing upon him st RECORD OF THE PAST «u wyrvm —rant, wwt nwewn. WHOUBBALm flKOOMS. CARPETS! Oron stoeei.  Chamberlaln'a Stomach and Liver Tableta cure billouaneea, oonetlpation and headache. They are easy to take and pleaaant in effect. For sale by Farm, Peek A Roberta, apothecaries; Pltteton, one door above Eagle Hotel, and Weet Pltteton, Wyoming and Luaerne Area. After theae three frlende had completed their infamoga silence of a week they befan to lecture Job. Firat, Bliphaa the 'emanite open* with a long storj about a dream which he had In the night and Irritates the sufferer with worda that make things worse Instead of better and aeis mm in an attitude of defense against the lecturer. Then cornea Bildad the Shuhite, who gives the invalid a round scolding and calls him garruloua and practically tella him that be deserved all that he got and that If he had behaved himself aright he would not have lost hia house or his children or hia eetate. He practically aays: "Job, I will tell you what ia the matter with you. You are bad; you are a hypocrite; you %re now getting paid for your wickedness." No wonder that there came from Job an outburst of Indignation which calla out the other quondam friend, Zophar the Naamathite, who begins denouncing Job by calling him a liar and keepa on the discourse uutil Job responds to all three of them in the sarcastic worda. "No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom ahal) die with you." Thm Prarw of Jek No Stronger Evldenc* Can B« Had. J# B. CARPENTER, . HabIAA 4kMjl AamIABAV rwrw MM MUMfi Look veil to their ncerd. What til,; have done many time, ia yaar, fone by, la the beat guarantee of futore reanlta. Anyone with a bad back; any reader suffering from urinary troubles from any kidney Ula, will find in the following evidence proof that relief and cur, la near at hand: OMSiaNS. FLOWMS. LARGELY DRESS A ROOM. Pneoauvo voluntary and compulsory arbitration for the eettlemeot of l.boD teoublea, Henry George quote. J oho Ml'obeli aa follow*, writing for Mm North iKHlua! "During tbagwei ooal *trike, I talked' with Preeldent Jobs Mitoholl, of the United Mine Worker*, about the two hi, da of arbitration. Ha aald that ba ahC old ba etrongly oppoaed to oompolaorj arbitiattoD, for be waa M re that the power* wh'oh will ahow themeelvee to bare auoh large Influence over the regnlar law ooort* woo Id In aoaia way gat control of the maobln.rr of eotirta of arbitration, and tho* torn tbe equitable principle of arbitration agalnet worklngmen, Irrespective of tbe narlta of tbalr ceeee. Ba aald that what be Urn*); raHed npon In arbitration waa tba i nbHottr that moat ooonr In a volnnfHj coo,, of arbitration, and that whan a caae lo dlapute bad there bean /ally examined and tba foot* been publlabed to tba prr'- at large tba judgment moet to ta depei ded upon, aa governed by real joelice, would not ba the deelalon of tba eosrt, but the eoneltudon of tba graat body fftlb* people. Ha aald, .peaking apeclOeally of the ooal atrike, that oonld tba .Irlklng mine worker* hare mat th* railroad magnates oc tbab si Lowest prioee. Orders left with the Mines Kmlgh, 7 Water street. Ptttaton, will receive prompt attention. ▲ supply of Cnoloe Roeec always la stock. 'Phone Connections. Blood Humors It doaan't make any difference whether you believe In the modern theory and apeak of the causes of diseases as referable to germs, microbes or bacilli, or Whether you use the older and better understood terms of "humors" and "blood diseases".—Hood's Sarsaparllla cures them all. Mr. John Ryan, engineer, of J77 B. Union street, CircleviUe, 0., uy*: "For D0 year* I Du an tnsiotu seeker after • kidney remedy which would do what it claimed, but it waa not until X had got hold of Doan'a Kidney Pilla that I waa able to ny at laat I had found one, the value of which had not bean over-atated. Strong aa thia atatement is, there are many of our citiaaaa who will andotae my worda to Ifce Mtot extent. If ever a man had cauae to be thankful, it ia one relieved of paina from which he Buffered aa long and aa much aa I. Whan I triad Doan'a Kidney Pilla I waa almoat without hope of ever finding a remedy.to effect a cure. In a day or two I realised I had a kidney cure that cured. Thia experience continued until I waa abaolutely without ache or pain of any kind. Ask Your Grocer for We are carrying: samples as well as a large stock of carpets, from which ourjcus- "JUNIOR GINGER SNAPS *' SOMETHING NEW. ■rreiiER iaibt. ***« ffff once. Most business men have at least, once lo their lives, been pat in such agonizing crisis, but the harried merchant or manufacturer gets out of it. Creditors hecume more lenient, the wheels that were made useless for making one  of fabric turn out to be good for making another style of fabric, the stock of goods that could not be sold comes into unexpected demand, and whereas all things were against him all things are now for him. No law of nature Is broken and no law of trade. Prayer may have given that extrication. God, by making a law, does not tie bis own hands with it. If you are free to do what you are asked to do, is not God just as free, or are you mightier than your Maker? It cures scrofula, salt rheum or eczema, catarrh, rheumatism, malaria and all other blood poisons; nervous troubles debility and that tired feeling.' tomers choose. I Printers •"Hp- Write EBBSMpm ANTIBTAM PAPER CO.. f BAtoarrawv. xu till II i«i— ■■■ This is not merely modem theory; It Is solid up-to-date fact. Oh. what friends Job hadl Heave* deliver us from having one auch friend, to .ay nothing of having three of them. It was for auch friend, that Job prayed, and wa. It not a religion, triumph for him .o to do? Would you, the very beat of yon, be in very devout mood and capable of making intercession for people n ho had come to you lu a day of trouble and .aid: "Good for you. You ought to be chaetlaed. You are being taken In hand by eternal justice. If yon bad behaved yourself aright, you would not have been sick or persecuted or Impoverished or made childless." Oh, no, uiy friend, you not have felt like Job " Salt rhanm on my hands so saver. I had to wear gloves meet of the time, and could not aMSHseesn?* Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises to cure and keeps the promise. No substitute for Hood's acts like Hood's—be sure to get Hood'*. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN EACH Doan'a Kidney Pilla tor aale by all dealer*. Price 50 cent*. Mailed by Poater-Milbam Co., Buffalo, N. Y., aoh agenda for the D. S. MANAQKB-OU aataffltahart marcaatile oronc— a"1* 9800 ctu rMuirw. Sxperieno* m HELP WANTED- MALE. WILLUIS i KIWI Prayer Answered. What a scene It was when that tvhallnf ship, after a cruise of three years, approached a New England harbor! From *&• Jfrt. kntw that it was Remember tha name, Doaa'% aad Uka •oanbaftitute.