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7 I An and Work. Old fieople make a great mistake when they give up work. Many men xho have made a competency In busi ness ami feci entitled to retire from active work find themselves declining In health and becoming prematurely o4 for want of occupation, tn most god persona the vital functions con tinue In active exercise under normal conditions, but If the regularity and moderation of business life ale depart ed from trouble will surely follow. .London Lancet for Home. "No, Mr. Smalley," said the beautiful young girl, "I never can marry a man ma little and abort as you are." "Oh, I'm too short, am I?" he aaid. with a hollow, mirthless Innrh. "Well. J Miss Ermyntrude, with your permission I will' just go out an J stretch myself a mie. Drawing himself up to his full height, such as It was, he took his hat, cum', e-loves, and departure. mm m Tha llalcv "I.T KII.I.ERlntnra all Ilia DIM n J a tic vaiay (T.d( r.,i.ri t, )nl t,-i dimni 1 room, alMvlnf rn.u ana all ira wharf II ta ara .rmihlfttrimii I NiaM, Back, and wil: nntHI ortnjur any thing. Try lhm onr atfl yon w 1 1 1 na.r bt wlthmii lham. If not trafl hj daalara. aant hwwf, l( DKill 'An., SravaJr. tt. I Ills Natural Modetr, "Two mutual friends nut near a mat. at lunch one day. " 'Whnt makes blin look bo glum this morning?" said the first. "Why, said the other, 'he visited an Egyptian palmist lust night, and the fellow told him bis wife would marry twice, and the second husband would be a remarkably fine chap." "'Ahol lie thinks that's rather a renVitlon on himself, eh?" "Not at all. He thinks bis wife was married before, and never told him.' "Washington Star. THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE. Whole Dodr Covered uvlth Cuban Iteu Cotlcura Iteraedlee Cared - at Coat of Seventy-live Cent. "My little boy, when only an Infant -of three mouths, caught the Cuban Itcb. Sores broke out from his head to the bottom of his feet. lie would itcb and claw himself and cry oil the time. He could not sleep day or tilght, . and a light dress Is all he could wear, jl called one of our best doctors to . treat hfcn, but be seemed to get worse. 'JJe suffered so terribly that my bus band said be believed he would have -to die. I bad almost given up hop? "When a lady friend told me to try the Cutltura Remedies. I used the Cutl cura Soap and applied the Cutlcura Ointment and ho at once fell Into a -sleep, and he slept with ease for the first time since two months. After three applications the sores began to dry up, and In Just two weeks from the day I commenced to use the Cutl cura Remedies my baby was entirely well. The treatment only cost mo 75c, Jand I would have gladly paid $100 If X could not have got It -cheaper. I feel are In saying that tho Cutlcura Rem dles saved his life. He Is now a boy of Ave years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union City, R. F. D. No. 1, Branch County. Jkllch., May 17, 1000." ( A Remarkable Church. A small watering place In Austria named Etchwald can boust of possess, lug a most remarkable church. It was first built by an Italian architect at Venice at the expense of Prince Carlos Clary-Aldrlngen, a grcAt admirer of Italian architecture. When It was fin ished, the church was taken to pieces again and packed lu thousands of num bered cases for transportation to Elch wald. At this place lu Austria It was oventully rebuilt and then made over to the Inhabitants as a free gift from the prince. The Story of a Medicine. Its name "Golden Medical Discovery raa suggested by one of Its most Import ant and valuable Ingredients Golden eal root. Nearly forty years ago, Dr. Pierce dl covered thst he could, by thi use of purs, triple-refined glycerine, aided by a cer tain degree of constantly maintained beat and with the aid of apparatus and appliances detlgned for that purpose, ex tract from our most valuable native me dicinal roots tholr curative properties ?nuch better than by the use of alcohol, o generally employed. So the now woi Id famed "Golden Medical Discovery. for the cure of weak stomach. Indigestion, or dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and kindred derangements was first made, as it ever slnse has bWn, without a particle -of alcohol In its maK-up. : A glance Vsjajk iu list of Its ingredl itnti, printed Oh "every, bottle-wrsppex. will show that It Is oiata from the most -valuable medicinal rocjiSfound growing In our American forests All these In gredients have repel yed the HfyUp'sTriV- ffiTr'''UjviiLfo r..ri.-tcai-l.fTs !rrlir .ii. iCKTfc Xtt'tol Who rei.mmr-iiri Uioin . ir Ycfv .Zt'Kl'l WIQ rei.mmr.nrt Uioin . i r y(.ry It r rt;""ri1'!', f'T '""'"'VJOK AjUUfl bookof tli-te endorwjmcillS tiR been compiled by 1. R. V. Pierce, of uunaio, n. x.. atui win tie mailed free tc :any one asking sumo by postal card, or letter addreaaud to the lkictor as above. 1'rom these endorsements, copied from standard medical books of all the differ ent schools of practice. It will be found that the ingredients composing the "Gold en Medical Discovery are advised not only for the cure of the above mentioned diseases, but also for tho cure of all ca tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections, Accompalued with catarrhal discharges, hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or hsng-on-coushs, and all those wasting laflectlons which, If not promptly and 'Drooerlr treated are liable to Urmlnate In consumption. Take Dr. Pierce's DIs- covery in time ana persevere in Its use until vou crlva It a fair trial and It is not . likely to disappoint. Too much must not bo expected of it It will not perform miracles. It will not cure consumption -.In its advanced stages, No medicine will. . It will cure the affections that load up to aoonsumpuon, v lanm in (tma. I r tit. I By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS I CT? ATT Eft VI Th 4ws f Mrs. i'raser's s;idden In crease of rvskoess snd ill ho-tllh resrhed Mrs. Thorngate the following afternoon, ss the vicar' wife was returning from some of her parochial mlnistcTings. "What Is wrong with her?" she ssked Dr. Sentance, anxiously, aa she met him riding homeward. "1 confess she pussies me," h answer ed. "I sounded the heart this morning and, except for extremely veak action I can trace no definite signs of a malady." "I think I will go on to Dlnglewood and see her," Mrs. Thorngate said to hcrsdf, as she was alone again. Con stance Fraser and she were warm friends. "I wsnt to see how that ch'Id Is getting on, too." She was Just passing 'her own gate as she thought of this, and was suddenly sstonlshed by bvlfig confronted by a rounj man, who proceeded to fold hhi arms about her and kiss her cheek most hesrlily. "Well, Aunt Agatha, here I am once' again, you see," said a soft, singularly pleasant voice. "Heverlcy, my dear boy I How you startled me I Oh, dear !" ind poor Mrs. Thorngate fairly gasped for h'cath. "Poor Aunt Agatha I What a shame! I am awftilly sorry, dear. I thought you saw me. Come In and sit down, you dear old thing. Where's Uacle Gus?" Mrs. Thorngate allowed berelf to be led up to the rectory by tho strong arm. Her surprise wns vanishing and only pleasure remained. Beverley como home once sgslnl She could sca.-cely believe It. Beverley, that dear, han.Isoine, scape grace son of her dead and gone, yet still beloved sister, Margaret I Mrs. Thorn gate's child-bereft heart slang to this young man with the tenacfy of an Ivy plant. He was, after her husband, ber dearest and most treasured possession on earth. Onco Inside the cozy dining room she embraced him warmly. "Let me look at you, c'arllng." she said, holding him off at arm's length and feasting her eyea on his extremely hand some face, with its dark orbs, olive skin, elear-ent features and short-cropped beard. "Oh, my dear! I am glad to see you once more. You bad creatnre, never to have written me a lino all these months I And now you waut something to eat, and there is nothing decrnt In tho bouse." "Vou will sit down and take your ease. I have already ransacked tha larder, and wltli very good results. Voir cold beef was beyond reprosch, my Ujlt aunt." Mrs. Thorngate laughed. "How good It Is to see you In yoor Id chair," she said, tenderly. "How I wish Gus was at home." "He will be bark in a few Oays, I sup pose?" Beverley Rochfort observed cas sally, after having learned the reason of bis uncle being away. To an onlooker It might easily have been perceived that the young man had no very great regret In v.a rector's absence ; but Mis. Thorn gate did not observe It. "And now you will make up your mind lo stay with us, will you not, my desrest? 1 can assure you we are mt very dull dowu here, now ; we have the Duchess of Ilarborough, with the Marqjts of Iverne, and Lord John Glendurwsod at Craig lands. The Frssers are at Dlnglewood; the Everests settled In GUs'.on for tha hunting; no end of smart people oue way ami another." Beverley smiled complacently and troled his short, silky 'jcard. Since necerslty would fores him 'o make the rectory his headquarters for at least soma few months, he was not at all averse to hearing his aunt's tens. "I am not surprised they vhould come hers; it Is a good country. I don't know a better, sad I havs traveled through a good many In my time. I sup pose 1 can get a sort of mount in either Gisston or Montberry?" "No need to go so far," smiled Mrs. Ihorcgste. "Your uncle has two hunt ers In the stables, and he will be Infi nitely obliged to any one who will give them a little exercise, mor3 especially as he cannot be here to use them himself. Would you like to go and nave a look at hem, my dear boyV . You will find Pot wr still In the stables; In fact, very little Is changed In the year and a half joa havs been away." "1 don't mind if I do. Bat where are you off to?" Mrs. Thorngate explained her reasons lor going to Dlnglewood. "I think I will leave the horses, and accompany you," he said; "It Is just as well to resume acquainting hlp with the folk around." And so, ahattlng languidly In his soft, musical voice, Beverley liiochfort walked throcgh the muddy lanes to Dlnglewood. Us remembered he had made a distinct Impiesslon on Sheila Fraser when he met her before, and, although he had m defi nite plana in bis mind, he felt he should be wis to renew ths friendship with this sxtremely wealthy young woman; He let Mrs. Thorngste's rheery tongue run en, and was not very ."omtrnnlcative about himself. "Just back from the Cape," he ob served, when his aunt pinned htm on this point, "and an uncomfortable tlms I have hsd of it. Gold mlues. Indeed! Mots liks treadmills. Never worked so hard In my life, and nothing for It!1 He laughed softly. "Aunt Agatha, I have come home with empty pockets !" A slight shads passed over Mrs. Thorn gate's face. Wr must not let that last, Beverley," sh replied; then a little more hurriedly, you still have your small licoms, of course T "1 sm sorry to say, dear aunt, that m; Ir.ooms Is a thing it the past. lealited ths cspltsl when I waa In Eng land before. I bad absolute reed of the money, and there was nothing rise to do. i thought l told you of this." Mrs. Thorngate uttered a quiet "No, dear, you did not," and somehow the lano grew misty before Her. Sh recall ed how hard ber sister had sf-nggled to keep this smsll smount of messy safe for her boy. Beverley's Indlffrreat tone Jan id on her a little, but aha was too fond of him to let that last. "You must have a chat with Gua when be cornea back, and until thn, dear, look upon me as your banker," she said, gent ly. "Dar Aunt Agatha!" Beverley mur- 'nured, pressing ber band. Ills gratitude waa entirely assumed, since he had set I Uvd this srrsngement In his mind before he left Port Elisabeth; but Mrs. Thorn L i1' never doubted it for a moment 'Sou mill be a rich man soma, dsy, Beverley, you are so clever. Brains like louts slwsva euccaed." "They certainly havs servsd me very well.eo fsr," agreed Mr. Uo?bfort. There was a curious smile on bis face as he reealletf, hew often his brains had carried nirreeable and awkward crises. "I mtat fell you Lll shout my 1lans to-mocriw, Aunt Agatha. Are those fin I. ghts otnilnglewood? I had an Idea U was mfch further away. What a fin property It is! Miss Fraser Is a iucky ybung woman. Is sue i pproprlated ','There Is no definite otiirsment ; but V' don't think I am far wrong If I say Sheila's fancy leans toward lord John Glendurwood. I think y?u met bim whe.i you were here before." A prim look settlod on Beverley Rorh fort's handsome face ; his lips compressed theirselves Into a tight, ugly Une. "Yes, I know Glendurwood," waa all he st id; but a keen listener might have detected something hard and strsnge In his voice. "He Is a very dtxiried prig, Ann Agatha." Mrs. Thorngate made no reply to this, Tot, truth to tell, she had a weak spot in her heart for Lord John, ami was one of his warmest admirers. "I hate prigs! I knew one out there" with a comprehensive nod backward at some unnamed bourne "to whom I took a fnncy." Beverley laughed softly. "He waa the surliest chap I ever tame acroes, but what a plnrky one ! We knocked against earh other pretty often. I felt sorry for him, somehow ; lie recmed al ways so glum. He gave me a packet to bring home to some lawyers here, and mae me swear I would honestly deliver It He called himself John Marsh, but I am quite sure that was ne: his name. He must have been a good-looking fellow when he was younger, with eyes as blue wrll, as your larjre sapphire ring. Aunt Agatha, and coal-black hair. A strange corrh'natir'n ! I never snw it before." "Why, lint's just what that child Is like ::' cried the rector's wife. "What child?" "Miss Frnser's maid, and a protvge of (Jus! "11011 a lovely iittlo creature. I wisn joii could see her, Beverley." '1 never waste my admiration on ser vants," he snid as they renrhed the low, wide porch-like entrance of Dinglewood Hone. Miss Eraser was dispensing tea to her grace the Duchess of Ila.toroiigh and one oi two other people. Phe received Mrs. Thorngate in the wrrm, pretty fanhlon she always asuined before Jack's mother. "How gwod of you to come ! Dear mamma will be so pleased lo see, you ! Thanls, she is really better thU afternoon at least I hope so. Oh ! she frightened me terribly when she fell down in that fair-ting fit ! I did not wajt her to go, but she would do It. Mr. Rochfort, will you come and sit nerc? Dear god- n-. a iii ma, may I introduce Mr ueverley Kochiort to you? He has Just pome back from foreign parts, and will entertain you. I am sure ! The d n oh ess moved her art'tle skirts so that Beverley might sit down. Lord John was speaking very plainly and earn estly. "fhella," he said, as he drew the girl apart from the rest for a mment, "how comrs that man here?" ' What man? Oh. Mr. Rochfort? Wh;. he is dear Mrs. Thorngate'a nephew. Stupid Jack, as if you did not know that !" "I did not know It, or I should not have asked the question. I have never seen bim dowu here befors, and I have ntver heard Mrs, Thorngate speak of bim." Oh, he Is her Joy and her beloved. I rail bim handsome, don't you? But, of course, no man ever aumtres another; I forgot. "Whoever he may be, I know him aa one of the greatest blackguards It has ever been my, lot to meet." "Good gracious, Jack, ho- awful; and Mr. Thorngate a clergyman, too !" "Mr. Thorngate has nothing to do with him. I donbt if he would ever let lnnj Inside his house If he l-new aa much about him as I do." Beverley was In the best of. spirits. He bad carefully noted ch.U whispered conference at the fire, just as be bad noted that Lord John Glendurwood did not vouchsafe bim any greeting. He was much relieved as Sheila cams up to them and treated him to a smile. He did not quite understand her expression, but he studied It well and determined to think It oer. lie was a most amusing man; he could tell an anecdote with Just enough disregard for the truth aa to tcint it well and make It more palatable. His voice was so pleasant, his bearlag so grace ful, and bis face so hands uie, that he won everybody's heart. "Yon must come to Craig'.ands," cried the aocbess, with decision. Meanwhile Jack Gleniu'wood waa striding through the chill February after-neon ; a slight frost and tali of snow had prevented the meet tbat morning, snd he felt a trifle bored. By this time he was at he stables. and, going In, he examined Sbeila'a mare Dlaue and gave a word of praise to the bead groom. Aa be was sauntering acroas the court yard he ran against a man harrying In from a ' side avenue, which was the servant's entrsace and exit from Dinglewood and ths village. "What, Downs, you nerel Is Lord Ivern ill, or what Is the matter?" he txcln.med In urprlse, as be recognised his own servant. Downs stammered out son aort of explanation about having left something belonging to him at the house the day be f oi a. Jack looked at the man. He had not bad him long, and did not particularly ear for him. He felt that Downs was lying at this moment. He whistled to ths dogs scattered about, snd turned down the avenue from which his servant nac Hurried, lie Had not gone many steps before be came to a standstill. Thne, Just in front of him, her hands prersed close to her breast, cWhed In tha black cloak and veil In which he had first seen her, stood Audrey. She was perfectly erect, and held her head proud and high. The light was fist growing dim, but he ceild see how white ber face was, and how her eyes wire glowing. "What are you doing hers alone T" ha etclhimed, almost peremptorily, coming cleet up to her. As ha did so be noticed thai her breath waa coming In great palii.g sobs, ss from soma one who hsd bvm moyslly fright' aed. "Wbat la It? Whit Is tha matter?" he aakod, hurriedly. "WiC gsu not spvak to me, little friend?" '' ave uo friends," sbs said In a voice that was hoarse with agitat'on and er citement; "I I sm all state in lbs world. Evcu Jean cannot help me now." Jack Glendurwood moved a stew near er, aud bis foot kicked at tret a bag tbat was on ths ground; hot be did not uotke It. "Soiuethisg baa happened," uim tnrotign dig he SJild, earnest ly snd Slnlly. "Will yws tell ise what tt is'" Audrey gazed before fier !-i . set,' fixed dated fashion for (mother monent or so; tlwn she gave a little cry, snd pressed her two hands before her tyes. Oh! If I could have on y killed him!" she said, fiercely, yet kindly. "How dare be! How dare he!" Lord John started and nls pdlsea thrill ed. He was about to I'jeuion her, snd then, like a flash of lightning, the truth enrre to him Downs' stt.miering swk waidness, the girl's sl'ame and misery. The man had evidently inaalted her periisps had kisred her! A tot tide of color surged to Jark Giendu-weod's face. "it shsll not occur again," bo toothed her, and still Hasping ner tarda; "you miint not Come out here !n '.be dusk alone If you can help it; you am too young. too too pretty, my child. New you are going to be brave, you will no. cry any mriX!?" But the tears were fast coursing one another down her fair, waite checks. 1 am going away," she snid, as well as he could speak. "Miss F'r.ser won't ke-p me any longer. She laid I was to go st once. I I know I n.n stupid, but f sho would only give me a chance I should do better but he won't, and now I j'.ust so hack to the home and they will scold me, - and " "Sent you away like this at this time of night? Oh, there must be some mis takt !" Jack's voice wis full of just ind:t-natlon. Audrey assured him .'t waa only too true, and eased her sorrowf.il little heart by pouring out her disappointment and misery, until suddenly aha remembered, with a start, that she was preaumlng drwc'dfully on bis kindness, and came to a pit mature stop. I shall never, never forjet all you have done for me!" she nid In low, brok en cttcs, ami then she Sad lecsened her bo'd and was out of sight. He stood gazing after her, and then," n-j tl ough urged by some wild, unconquer able impulse, he lifted his iitnd and kiss ed Ihe spot her lips had toi.bed. "I love her!" he aaid to cimself, vague- y, yet with a rush of joy HIPnz his heart. 'I love her! My darling! My darling!" (To he conrinued.) THE REAL LINCOLN. lie Warn Neither 1'nk.raerf ol. Nov Awkward, Nor I Kr. For many years It hits been the fashion to call Abraham Lincoln home ly, says a writer. He was very tall and very thin. His eyes were deep sunken, his skin of a snllow pallor, his hnlr coarse, black and unruly. Yet he was nclthc-r ungraceful, nor awk ward, nor ugly. His large features fltred his large frame, nnd his large hnnda nnd feet were but right on a body that measured six feet four Indies. . Ills was a sud and thoughtful face, nnd from boyhood he had carried a load of care. It la small wonder that when nlone or absorbed In thought the face should take on deep lines, the eyes appear as If seeing something be yond the vision of other men, and the shoulders stoop, ns though they too wero bearing a weight. But In a mo ment nil would be changed. The deep eyes could flash, or twinkle merrily with humor, or look out from under overhanging brows, as they did upon the Five Points children, lu kindliest gentleness. So, too, In public speaking. When his tall body rose to Its full height, with bead thrown back and his face trans figured with the fire and earnestness of his thought, he would answer Doug las In the high, clear tenor that came to him In the heat of debate, carrying his Ideas so far out over listening crowds. It has been the fashion, too, to say that he was slovenly and careless In bis dress. This also Is a mistake. Ills clothes could not fit smoothly on his gnunb and bony frame. He was no tailor's figure of a man, but from the first he clothed himself as well as his means allowed and In the fashion of the time and place. In the same way he , cared little for the pleasures of the table. He ate most sparingly. He was thankful that food wns good and wholesome and enough for dally needs, but he could no more enter Into the mood of ths epicure for whoso palate It Is a matter of Importance whether he eats roast goose or golden pheasant than he could have counted the grains of sand under the sea. Tha Ileal Attraction, It Is good reportorlal fiction or fact that Solid Abdullah, a native Arab brought over by Homer Davenport to tend his Arabian horses, was taken into the New York horse show at Madison Square Garden yesterday. When he saw the horses with 'docked tails bo broke out: "It Is a pity. It Is wrong. Where Is their glory? Where Is their tall?" When It was explained to him that the tails were docked because some people thought It Improved the horses' appearance, Salld Abdullah, muttered a prayer to Allah and cried: "It Is not so. Tne tall, the leg, the head! They are al) the horse. If you take one away, why not the other?" Altogether he did not think much of the display of horseflesh, but when his attention was called to the women in the boxes he clasped his. hands and exclaimed: "Ah! they are the faourls of paradise. ' They are perfection." Af ter all, what Is the horse ahow fori Springfield Republican. I'Breaeonable. Little Claud Browuback Olmmt soiuo 'lasses! Pupa Brownhack (reprovingly) To ortuh be mo' gramuiatlc, muh son I Don't say 'lasses ; say molasses. Little Claud Browuback How s I gwlue to say nio'lusses, poppy, when I Isn't had none a-tall yit? Puck. LooklaaT Ahead. Foote Lights I hear your brother la saving his money now. Miss Sue Brette Yes, he la, "What's that for?" "He's going on the road with a com pany very soon and he's discovered that a man la fined for walking on soma railroads." Youkera Statesman. Their Dread. "Did you know that politicians have a particular kind of sweets to which tbey are partial?" "I didn't know It about polittclaaa especially. Wbat Is the kind?" "Candled dates, of course." Btttt more American, 1NEW5 OfrgCENT, COOKS G. W. K. Uus'cll n't 't.'s n Iniok story In his "Social Silhouette" which he heard Israel Zangwlll tell at n din ner. The author met a Indy who, on hearing his name exclaimed, "Oh, Mr. Zangwlll, I admire 'The Children of the Ghetto' bo much that I have read It six times." "Minium," the novelist answered, "I would rather you had bought six copies." Sirs. Lew Wallace, devoted to the memory of h"r distinguished husband, has kept everything lu the library where ho wrote In exactly the condi tion In which he left It. Kvcn the bixik which he was! last rending Ilea open nt the page as he laid It down. The library Is a large building which the author had put up In the middle of the garden, with every arrangement for writing nnd with shelves for his thousands of books. Tho nveragojpers.in has no Idea how much niuaculur effort Is expended In writing a letter. A rapid penman can write thirty words In u minute. To do this, he must draw his pun through the space of sixteen nnd n half feet. In forty minutes his pon travels a furlong, and In five hours a third of a mile. In writing an average word, the penman makes In the neighborhood of sixteen curves of tho per. Thus In writing thirty words to the miiiuL', his pen would make four hundred and eighty curves ; twenty-eight thousand eight hundred curves In an hour, and eighty six million four hundred thousand In a year of three hundred days of ten hours each. The man who su.'eeei'.ed in making one million marks with a pen In a month was not at nil reiiiiiikalile. Many men make four nillllju v.hUn merely writing. Harper's Weekly recently celebrated Its fiftieth anniversary. Reminiscences nnd tributes from former editors and contributors, reproductions or interest ing features lu the first issue uud of ninny of the famous cartoons, mrtde nn entertaining anniversary number. John Kendrick Bungs, apropos of his expe riences as nn editor, told of an experi ence with one of Rudyard Kipling's ar ticles which arrived by cable after the paper was made up: "Three thousand solid words of portentous Interest and not nn Inch of space In which to place them and the copyright lost unlessWed nt once. The article camo over the cable without a capital, a comma, a pe riod or even a semicolon from start to finish, plus the Inevitable errors in phraseology In transmission. I yield to no man In mjl admiration for the genius of Rudyard Kipling, nnd I would cheerfully Join a vigilance coin juittee whose avowed object Is the skinning of the Yale professor who re cently announced In a lecture that Mr. Kipling made a mistake lu getting well after his Illness In 1S99, but I frankly confess that I hope never again to have to edit one of his cabled stories." HOW CHEWING GUM IS. MADE. Chide la the Principal Ingredient, Flavored nnd Sweetened. Twenty million dollars' worth of chewing gum Is sold over the retail counter every year. This Is the esti mate made by S. T. Britten, manager of the Kansas City branch of the American Chicle Company, the so-called chewing gum trust, says the Kan sas ajlty Star. Few persons know whnt the sub stance Is made of. Now and then some one speuks of tho horses' hoofs nnd the cows' horns that are by some secret process transformed Into n de licious lot of gum. But these nre de tractors of the popular product. There Is no foundation In fuct for such tales. The chief Ingredient of chewing guru Is "chicle," n substance produced from the snpodllla tree in Mexico and tropical countries of South America. Chicle is a resln-like snp, which oozes from the sapodllla tree when It is tan Ied, ns are maples In this country. It Is sent from these tropical lands to the cooler crTmate of Canndu to he cleaned nnd refined. It leaves the factory look ing very much like red clay. This is the body of chewing gum. Chicle Is absolutely Insoluble. No liquid has been found to dissolve It Alcohol will not afreet It, nor will any acid. It might be chewed for 091) years and more, and still lose none of its volume. The manufacture of chewing gum Is a very simple process. A quantity of chicle Is put Into a vat with about an equal quantity of glucose, made from corn. This Is hosted by steam and churned or beaten until thorough' ly mixed. Then peppermint, winter green, banana, orange and other fla vorings are added to give It the do- slsed taste. The whole mass 500 pounds at a time Is steamed nnd churned by machinery until It begins to harden. It Is then placed on a work Ing table where girls and women shape It Into squares an Inch or more thick. and a foot square. It Is then run through rollers, which press It Into thin sheets, the thickness of the cake sold at retail. These sheets are about six feet long by two feet wide. An other machine cuts tho sheets Into cakes the sire we buy. Wrapping, boxing and crating are done by band. "Chewing gum never grows smaller from chewing," Mr. Britten said. "After a cake of gum has been chewed for a while the glucose and flavoring gradually work from It Every one ha noticed that gum Is sweetest and oest when It Is fresh. After It has been chewed for a certain time nothing is left but the chicle, and It Is harmless. However, there Is little or no taste to It" Tho durability of gum would limit Its sal were It not discarded soon after U loses Its sweetness and fresh flavor. Then, too, many a treasured "quid" Is misplaced. Who could estl mate the number of millions of these tbat are even now sticking to the un der side of tables, mantels, chairs, and ou the headboards of beds? An ordinary slxed factory will pro duce several tons of gum In a day. Nlmbls fingered (Iris wran it. And every oi.e In the ,fnetory chows the I product. From the mixer down to the smullest glil wrapping the gum In pa pers, the Jaws are working. KEEr-EXS OF T.AIVATE PBIS0IT3. Severe Discipline for Dad lloya t'cll for a CtKod-Looklntr lloslmud. With Hie denth of Herr Muller re cently nt Vienna a private prison which in the course of the htst thirty years had received many occupants has closed Its doors, says Tit-Bits. Possessing the reputation of being a thorough marti net, Herr Muller was much sought nf tcr by parents of rocnlcltrant sous, who, needing nourishment or discipline, were confined to his keeping. For faults of which the law would have taken cognizance not a few delin quents received their due In the house of Ilerr Muller, preferring to undergo this unolllclnl Imprisonment to being haled before the authorities. Scandal was thus avoided ut a moderate cost, while at the same time the fault that had been committed received Its Jus? corrective. A somen hat similar establishment was some jears since kept at Birming ham by n man who had a great repu tation among the poorer classes as a itlselplluarlan. Many a boy reputed to be Incorrigible was confided to his care with the happiest result, for there were but few Instance's In which a week or two enforced sojourn under his roof did not work the desired chnnge. For a while after his rcmovul from Fonthill to Bath William Beckford, the author of "Vathek," may be said to have been an amateur Jailer, ns he paid a man n large wage to undergo a vol untary imprisonment of some months' duration, during which time ho was neither to wash his body nor cut Ills nails or hair. Another condition was that his only t'.usten;uico should consist if bread and water, barely sulllcleut to support his existence. An amusing case was heard some while back in the Bavarian law courts, when a man accused his wife of having incarcerated him lu a cellar of his house. The woman pleaded guilty to the charge, but advanced In extenua tion the fact that the good looks of her husband had had such a mngnetic effect upon the women of the neighbor hood that unless she had taken strong measures her husband would have be come the common possession of nil her female acquaintances and neighbors. But of nil keepers of private Jails, perhaps tho most singular Is a rich landowner of Fogga, lu Italy, who built one solely for his own use. Sentenced In 1S!18 for tho murder of his servant to ten years' Imprisonment, he mnn aged to escnive from custody. Ills whereabouts remained unknown until lately, when the police raided his house and effected the capture of the long-lost criminal, who was discovered locked up in a cell which he had him self constructed and In which by his orders one of his servants held him confined on the usual prison diet of bread and water. Already has he thus served eight years of his sentence, but It Is more than doubtful whether this self-inflicted punishment will be taken luto consideration by the authorities. "POPPED" AFTEB HER HINT. Lucky Kaitrr Sought a Houaekeeper Found a Wife. Miss Dora Bennett came as neat proposing marriage to John Kostor as n self-respecting girl can when It iRn't leap year, says the Wlnsted (Conn.) correspondent of the New York World. As It wns, Miss Dora's gentle hint proved effective. She first uict Koster yesterday. . She will marry him to morrow. Koster, a farmer at Hartland, need ed a housekeeper. He heard of Miss Dora, n thrifty and Industrious young woman, who, alone, ran a poultry farm ot Montvllle, across the State line In Massachusetts. Koster drove there yesterday. "I will keep house for no man un less I am his wife." said Miss Dora with determination. "I shall not budge from here unless I have promise of marriage. Bejsldes, where I go my chickens go." "Dora, I lovo you," said Koster, promptly. "Incidentally, I love your chickens. Will you be my wife?" "Yes," she sighed, coyly. Koster boxed and loaded 100 hens nnd several "roosters on his wagon and drove them and Miss Dora to his home. To-day he engaged Justice John F. Slmmcns of Wlnsted to tie the knot to morrow. Then he drove to Montvllle again nnd carted back his prospective bride's household effects. Her Own Expreaa. During the rush of Christmas shop ping a young woman entered a store In Washington, says the Star of that city, and bought a smoklng-Jacket "Of course you will pay the express charges on this for me?" she said, with a win ning smile. "Certainly, madam," replied the clerk. "We will pay express anywhere within one hundred miles." "What will the express charge be to Blankv-llle, West Virginia?" she asked. "Never mind how much It w.111 he," said the clerk. "Whatever It may be, the amount will be paid." "But I want to know the cost." she persisted. "I would have to phone the express company to get It Why are you so anxious?" "Because I am going to Blankvllle, and I will carry the package out there myself and deliver It. I want you to deduct from the price of It the amount you would have to pay the express com pany." And then with the sweetest of smiles she added, "Remember the say ing of the good old woman, 'Let nothing go to waste.' " , Social. "Are you gvttlng acquainted In your i.ew neighborhood?" "Well, some. The postman and the Icemnu seem to be quite cordial, but I haven't met the ashman yet" Phil adelphia ledger. An expert opinion may not be worth any more than the ordinary kind, but It costs more. The finger of scorn Is more effective lrlth most people than ths Big SUck. HERVOUSCOLUPSF IS OFTEN PREVENTED BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. Taken Whan the First Warning Symp toms Are Noticed Much Needless Suffering May Do Saved. Aro yon troubled with pallor, loss of pirits, waves of het passing over the body, shortness of brenth after slight exertion, a peculiar skipping of the Leart beat, poor di 'estion, oold extremi ties or a feeling of weight and fullness? Do not make the mistake of thinking that theso are triseasos in themselves aud bo satisfied with temporary relief. This is tho way tho nerves give warn. Ing that they are btw.tiug down. It simply moans that tho blood has become impure and cannot carry enough nourish ment to the nerves to keep them healthy and able to do their work. Rest, alone, will smetimes give tha needed relief. The tor.io treatment by Dr. Williams' Pink Pillii, however, pro vents tho final breakdown of the nerves and the more serions diseases which follow, because tho pills act 'lirectly upon the impure blood, making it rich, ted and pure. Mrs. K. O. Bradley, of 103 ParsrHi avenue, Rochester, N. Y., says: " I wns never very healthy and some years ngo, when in a run-down condi tion, I suffered a nervous shock, caused by a misfortune to a friend. It was so great that I was unfitted for work. "I was just weak, low-spirited and nervous. I could liardly walk and could not bear the least noiao. My appetite was poor and I did not care for food. I couldn't Bleep well and once for two weeks got scarcely an hour's Sleep. I had severe headaches most of the time and pains in the back and spine. " I was treated by two doctors, being under tho care of or.o of them for six months. I got no relief aud then de cided to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I soon began to feel better and the im provement was general. My appctito became hearty aud my sleep better. Tiie headaches all left aud also the pains in ray back. A few more boxes entirely cured me and I was able to go back to work. I folt splendid and as though I liad uever been sick." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are invaluable in such diseases as rheumatism, after effects of tho grip and fevers, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance and even partial paralvriis and locomotor ataxia. Dr." Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will bo sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per lxix, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams filodicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. ATTACKING A SYSTEM. It Involve AltackliiK the Men thtt t'pholil the SyntiMii. On every side I hear strange. Insist ence upon the fact that It is only the system thnt is wrong. I hear people utter the following extraordinary words : "We do not attack Individuals." What, In the name of the seven plan ets, can you attack except Individuals? How can one fight a .system? If a sys tem came Into this room, what would you do to, it? Would you take a gun 3r a fencing foil or a butterfly net or a horsewhip or a disinfectant? A system only exlHts in the minds of men, and If there is a very vile system In the minds of men there must be something very vile about their minds. I do not say that they may not have other virtues along with the qualities that make the bad system. I do not say that the upholders of any bad sys tem are without any moral merits. I do not say that Italian brigands are without any moral merits. But, how ever good or evil may be mingled In the character of an Italian brigand, nobody ever said that In dealing with persons of that profession you were not to at tack individuals. You do not, In dealing with brigands, say that you merely attack the system. You attack the brlg:mds that Is, sup posing that you are in possession of the adequate bodily courage. C. K. Chesterton In Illustrated London News. Plent? of Parent. At Qulmper, In Brittany, the wife of n man named Lo Saux gave birth to a boy. The father took the child and sold It for 8 to the wife of the local butcher, Mme. Bonan. The woman pre sented It to her husband as her own newly-born infant and Bonan hastened to register the child's birth. Le Saux, fearing that he might get into trouble with the police, next con sulted the butcher, whom he sur posed to be a pnrty to tho fraud. The duped husband threw Le Saux out of the house. The latter then registered the birth of bis own child. In the eye of the law, therefore, the Infant has claims on two separate families and en Joys the unique distinction of being the son of two mothers. Paris News. Stranger Xott. Mrs. Newcomer My husband has been a collector of curios and old relict for a number of years. Mrs. Knox Indeed!- I have often wondered why he married you. DOCTOE'S FOOD TALK. Selectloa ot Food One ot the Host Important Acta la Lite. A Mass. doctor says: "Our health and physical and mental happiness are so largely under our personal control that the proper selection of food should be, and . Is one of the most Important acts In life. "On this subject, I may say that I know of, no food equal In digestibility, and more powerful In point of nutri ment, than the modem Grape-Nuts, four heaping teaspoons of which 1 suf ficient for the cereal part of a meal, and experience demonstrates that the user Is perfectly nourished from oue meal to another. "1 am convinced that the extensive and general use of high class foods of this character would Increase the term of human life, add to the sum total of happiness aod very considerably Im prove society In general. 1 am free to mention the food, for I personally know of Its value." Grape-Nuts food can be used by babes In arms, er adults. It Is ready cooked, can be served Instantly, either cold with cream, or with hot water or hot milk poured over. All sorts of pud dings and fancy dishes can be made with Grape-Nuts. The food Is concen trated and very economical, for four heaping tensiMxms. are sufficient for the cereal part of a meal Read tho lit tle book. "The Road to Wetlvllle," In pkgs. "There's a Reason." 1 1 1 i