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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1909)
Wleterloaa Rtrn tnt Death. A most of us know, P. T. Barnum 114 but a few months after bis com petUor rn the "nhow" business, Adam irerepaugh. When Rarnnm arrived at the pearl; Cates he was welcomed by Forrpaush wnO exelaknod cxnltingly. "Well. Pete I got Ahead of you this time!" P. T. did not answer, but smiled a tie pointed to a larso blil posted near d main entrance, rt rend: Wa!t for Barnum Coming Soon." "-8ueeew Tii"'"' A Kpnrc Fll!rr. The elevator In the d partment ftnrt wae about to "tort on lt upward trip wtjen a fleshy customer came waddllnx toward It. "Room for thre more," said the ele vator starter. "Step Inside, madnm That will he all." "Clip! Clip! Clip!" went his casta-nets. Pllipi FASHION HINTS Caihimerein old resit uied for this 'spper. An ecru insertion hoarders ths uincn neck and comfortable little sleeves. A. medatiioa of the same lacs meets ths ajk silk crush girdle st ths waist line. TAs girdl. bs long sash snd, fiuishsd with fluffy silk uteris. til It of lladlaut. value of 4 a (milligram (equiva lent to 114,000 an ounce) has been placed aa radium by a contract Just entered int between the British met tfttfereus mines and Lord Iveagh and 8tr Ernest C&seel for the supply of frra and one-halt grams (rather more than a quarter of an ounce) of pnre radium bromide, the London Timet antra. This very Urge order for ra diant win be supplied from the above named company's mine near Grand CMnd road In Corn wait In the short history of radium there haa never been known aay greater order than a cram. The first recorded order on a largo scale will therefore be supplied from the British source from which several of the smaller orders have al ready been supplied. Messrs. Buchler . -4 Oo. of Brunswick will prodnce the radium from the Cornish pitchblende UMvr the superintendence of Prof. GtoseL their chief chemist The seven and one-half grams of radlnm referred to are to bo presented by Lord Iveagh ad Blr Ernest Cassel to the radium Institute, to the formation of which tb6y have already contributed very large funds. The radium Institute, which tin be under the surgical direc tion of 8h Frederick Treves, Is expect oil to bo ready to receive patients suf fusing from cancer about the end of the present year. TEB DIFFERENCE. OaCo TJeaallr Mmm Slekaees, hat r.Mtam Always Hmii Health. Those who have never tried the ex periment of leaving oft coffee and drinking Postnm in Its place and in tbia way regaining health and happi ness can learn. much from the experi ence of others who have made the trial. One who knows saytr "I drank cof fee) tor breakfast every morning until I had terrible attacks of Indigestion producing days of dlsoomfortand nights of sleeptesanM. I tried to give up the use of coffee entirely, but found It hard to go from hot coffee to a glass of water. Then I tried Post urn. "It was good and the effect was so pleasant that I aeon learned to love it and have used it for several years. I Improved Immediately after I left oft, coffee and took on Postum and am now entirely cured of my indigestion and Other troubles all of which were due to coffee. I am now well and content ed and all becatize I changed from cot- fee to Postum. "Postum Is much easier to make Tight every time than coffee, for it Is so even and always reliable. Wo never use coffee now In onr family. We use Postum and are always well." "There's a reason" and It Is proved ..by trial. Look In pkgs. for a copy of the fa tnous little book, "Ths Rood to Well- Tllle." ter read the above letter? A stew appears from time to time, Tfeejr ere genuine, true, aad full of sseaaaa te arrest. J What Gold f & Cannot Buy TJy Autnovof "A Crooks Path." "Meld. Wife or Widow." "D Woman's Wit." "Boston's DarXiln." "A Life Interest. "Mons'e Choice," "A Wemm'i Heart." t m CHAPTER XXI. (ConlinuorU "I am dying to read my letters." rried Mrs. Baville. "Hero Is a title one from Mr. Rawson." She opened It. and then, growing rather white, ex claimed, "Why, It encloses one from Iluch!" This she read eagerly, and then reperused It. "Ah, If I could believe he cares for me!" she said, at length. "The '-"er la like himself, tender yet obstinate, lie will be here nearly ns soon as this," she went on. her small, thin fingers closing tightly on the paper, "lie Implores mo to let him see his mother's face once more tho mother he has been so near losing. Rawsc has evidently told him of my lllaebS. He confesses I had a rl:it to be angry, but reiterates his conviction that he has done well and wisely In securing tho sweetest wife man could have." "You will see him, dear Mrs. Se ville?" cried Hope, witii wrhite, parched lips. "You. are so good as to think I was of use to you; If you woujd amply repay me, see your son let him plead for bis wife. They are married, you cannot separate them, and I' she Is a true woman It will break her heart to know she has parted mother and son. It Is in your power to confer such happiness." "I will receive my son. As to his Ife, I cannot say what I shall do. I gave Rawson directions to have her watched; It was a shabby thing to do, but 1 did It. He has had her closely shadowed, but she haa been absolutely well conducted. Still, if It is In my power to confer much happiness. It was in hera to create much misery and she did it! Why, Hopo, what Is the matter? Are you ill?" Hope fell back In her chair so dead ly white and motlonlea that Mrs. S.i ville was terror-struck. Sho rang vio lently, and, rushing to the fainting girl, began to rub her cold hands. "Bring water, wine! send Jessop! call the doctor!" sho cried, In great agitation, to tho astonished butler, who bad never before seen his Imperl oos mistress so moved. "The doctor has Just driven off, 'm; but I will send Jessop." Boon the lady's-maid, the butler, and the housekeeper were trying to bring Miss Desmond back to life. When she did open her eyes they sought Mrs. Savllle's; she smiled and feebly put out her band. "Now she must go to bed," said Mrs. Baville, holding the offered hand in both her own. "She had better be carried up-stalrs." "I can walk quite well; at least in a lew minutes," murmured Hope, "ir Jessop will help me." Thus Hope was relegated to her own room, where Mrs. Baville Insisted sliu must remain all ths next day. Won derful to relate, that lady spent most of It at her bedside, reading or knit ting. Neither spoke much, yot they had a certain comfort in the compan ionship. Miss Rawson called, and was admitted during Mrs. Savllle's ab sence, when she went tor a short air ing, which she contildered essential for her own health. To her Hope explained that she must for the present refuse her hospitable Invitation. Then they talked long and confidentially, and Miss Rawson took charge c ' couple of letters hen she bade her young friend good by. It was now established that Miss Desmond was not to appear till lunch eon-time, Mrs. Saville being content to read the papers herself. The doctor was not quite satisfied; his young pa tlent did not recover strength or tone; she was depressed and nervous, avorse from food, sleepless. Some complete change to a bracing place might be necessary. Mrs. Saville, who waa deeply concerned, went eagerly Into the question rf localities, but Hope Im plored, almost plteously, not to be sent away. It was the end of September, and London was at Its emptiest; Mrs. Su villa was therefore spared the visit and kind inquiries of her kinBfolk and acquaintance. She was HI at ease from anxiety concerning Hope. All that was kindly and grateful In her strong nn ture had been drawn forth by the ties olate orphan girl who had the spirit to withstand her hlthe'to unrr-'-ted tyranny, and the perception to appeal to the better self which lay beneath It. So Mrs. 8avtlle sat by herself, think Ing deeply of her past, her present and the possible future, one warm rainy morning. "Horrid weather fo Hope," she thought; "Impossible fo nerves to get right under such skyey influence." Yes, she must get Hope ou of town. How desolate her lift would be without that girl! and sh would need comfort and support 1 coming years. Even If she brought herself to accept Hugh's wife, she would probably turn out a thorn In their side aud keep her and hur sou apart Here the old butler, with a beam I u faie, announced, "Mr. Hugh, ma'am, and her son entered. How well, how distinguished, he looked! his strong face deeply embrowned, his fine look ing eyes eager yet soft. "Hugh!" cried Mrs. Saville. rising, and trembling from head 'o foot. "My dear mother!" ti- returned, ten derly, with the slight hoarseness of warm emotion, aud he clasped her In his arms, kissing her affectionately. "Are you indeed safe and well?"' "My son! you have nearly broken my heart!" Her tones told him ho was already half forgiven. "Rawson told me this morning, Just new, that I might venture to calL You rant forgive me, moUr. I know I deserved your nngT, and this I regret. I only want you to let me come and see you sometimes, and I will trouble you no more. I can fight for my own hand; but you must accept my Inno cent wife, too." "It will be a hard task, Hugh. I am a prejudiced woman, and my preju dices nre strong against her." "I think they will melt when you see her. mother." "I doubt It," Mrs. Saville was be ginning, when the door opened, and Hope Desmond walked slowly Into the room. Sho seemed very pale and fra gile In her simple black dress. No sooner had she caught sight of Hugh than her cheeks flushed, her great brown eyes lit up with a look half Joy, half terror, and her lips parted with a Blight cry. CHAPTER XXII. Hugh Baville sprang forward. claiming, "My own love; my own dar ling wife!" and folded her In a rap turous embrace, kissing her hair, her eyes, her lips, forgetful of everything else. Mrs. Baville again rose from her chair, and stood petrified. At last Hope disentangled herself from her hus band's arms, and, crossing to where her mother-in-law stood, said, broken ly, "Can you forglvo me the deceit 1 have practiced? Can you have pa tience to hear ni7 explanation?" "I am bewildered," cried Mrs. Sa ville, looking from one to the other. "Is Hope Desmond your wife, Hugh.'' "She Is! Can you forgive me now?" said Hugh, advancing to support Hopo's trembling form by passing his arm around her. "It Is Incredible! How did you come to impose upon me In this way?" "I will tell you r 11," Hope began wnen sne was interrupted by a mes sage which the butler brought from Mr. Rawson request'-g to be admitted "Show him up; he Is a party to the fraud." said Mrs. Saville, sternly. Hugh drew his wife closer to hlra aa Mr. Rawson entered looking radiant. "I trust you do not consider me an intruder." he said. "You come Just when you are want ed. I feel my brain turnln," returned Mrs. Saville. "If you will listen," urged Hope, with cAasped hands. "Yes, pray hear Mrs. Hugh Saville," said Mr. Hawson. Mrs. Saville turned a startled look upon him and Hope went on: "When I came tu this good friend, who offered me the shelter of his house so soon as he found I was the niece of his old rector, I was In despair. I began to realize the mistake, the dlsobedleic? that Hugh had been guilty of. 1 siJ leldod too readily to the temptation of spending my life with him. I felt that I was the cause of his troubles, and I was overwhelmed. I wished that I could die; anything to be no longer a burden and an obstacle. Then I heard Mr. Rawson speak of finding a com ivaulon tor Mrs. Saville, and the thought came to me of being that com panlon, and perhaps winning her affec tion for myself and restoration for Hugh." A sudden sob Interrupted her, then, with an effort, she went on: "Mr Rawson was startled at the Idea, but his daughter at once took It up, and, after some discussion. It waa agreed that I should make the desperate at tempt. I was therefore Introduced to you by two of my names Hope Des mond. I was called Katharine Hope Desmond after my mother, who was Uncle Desmond's only sister. How I had the courage to brave such an ex perlment I cannot now understand, for my heart" she pressed her hands against her bosom, and, d'sengagiug herself, made a atep nearer her moth er-In law "seems to flutter and fall me. Dut the desire to retrieve the wrong I had wrought sustained me. I did not tell Hugh what I had under taken until 1 bad been some weeks with you. He was much alarmed, and begged me not to risk too much to leave as soon as I could, if the strain was too great; but he did not forbid me to stay. So I stayed. How dread ful the beginning was! Yet, though you were cold and stern, I could bear It, for you are too strong to be suspi cious, or petty, or narrow, and I dared not let myself fear you; and then I grew to know you had a heart. That Is what makes this moment so terrl hie; I fear your disapproval more than vuur displeasure. Now, can you, will you, forgive me?" Mrs. Saville was silent; her brows were knit, her eyes downcast; yet Hope dared to take the fine small hand which lay on the arm of the chair. Mrs. Savillo did not draw It away. The 'ookerson held their breath. Then ho drew Hope's to her, and gently stroked It. "I think," she e slow 'y, "that you are the only creature that ever understood me. I forgive your husband, und accept you not because his disobedience is pardonable, but be cause, when I camo back from the J.iws of death, the first sight that met my eyes were your tears of Joy at my recovery. Yet, had I died intestate, you and your husband would have 'x'en far better off than yon will be; nni you knew It. You are the first hat has ever given mo what gold can not buy." "Mother." cried HngU Saville, in a tone of wounded fewllng, "I always 'oved you as mm 3 as you would let ma." "Perhaps you did. I believe yon did," said his mother. Hops had sunk on her knees, anJ kissed ths hands which held hers, then her head fell forward, and Hugh sprnng forward to lift her. She Is quite overcome," he exclaim ed, almost Indignantly. "She Is but a ghost of her former self. A"d he placed her In an easy-chair, where she lay with closed eyes. "Happiness will be a rapid restora tive," said Mrs. Saville. kindly. "Now. what punishment Is to be dealt out to you, trallor that you are?" she con tinued, turning to Mr. Rawson. "To enter Into a conspiracy against your trusting client! Shall I degrade you from the high office of my chief ad viser? I must hold a council, and the council-board shall be my dinner-table. Bring your daughter to dinner this evening, and wo shall settle many mat ters. And, Hope. If you feel equal to the task, write to Richard, Inviting him to dinner to meet his new sister In law." "Very few fellows have so rood a right to be proud of a wife as I have," cried Hugh, exultlngly. "Our old na val stories of desperate cutting-out ex ploits are poor compared to the endur ing courage that upheld Kate, as I al ways call her, throtfh the long strain of her bold undertaking." "She has enlightened me, at all events," said Mrs. Saville. "Now go away to the drawing-room and have your talk out. The doctor Insists that a complete change Is necessary ror Hope's recovery; so take your wife away to-morrow for your longdelayed honeymoon. But, remember, whenever you are pursuing your profession on the high seas, I claim the companion ship of Mr. Rawson's pleasant pro tegee." "Dear Mrs. Saville, I will be your loving daughter so long as you care to have me near you,'' cried Hope; and, no longer hesitating, she folded her formidable mother-in-law In her arms (The end.) TRANSFORMATION OF TEXAS. Spectacular Pioneering on the Rio Grande, "the American Nile.' Texas is beginning to come Into Its own, aays Henry A. Harwood in Har per's Weekly. Ten years ago an immi gration began which haa steadily gain ed strength and breadth, until to-day a country nearly as large as New Eng land is feeling the impact ot vigorous colonization. Land that had remained for ages as nature made it la feeling the touch of the plow. Vast stretches of waste land where only cattle roamed yesterday and buffalo the generation before are being opened up aa farms and settlers are coming in from every State in the Union, but especially troni the Middle West. It is another act In the great Amer ican drama of conquest. Thesti farm ers played, too, in some of the earlier acts. They are the men who pushed on into the undeveloped West. But what a difference there Is to-day! They do not come now in prairie schooners, and the privations of those davs are unheard of. They come to Texas in special railway coaches, with an attendant who answers questions. with a dining car for their comfort. with automobiles to meet them wheu they arrive at their destination. It Is pioneering do luxe. What must the old-timers think when they come into this new country to pick a farm If their thoughts go back only a single generation to the days when they fought their way against hardship that seems now to be only tradition? The most spectacular boom of all is going on In tlie g-lr coast country. In the northern counties they are mild in their rlainiH, they say they have land that is fully as pood us the av erage and at a much leas price; but on the gulf coaBt they know no limit. And they have good reason. No one knows what the limit will be. What ever has been tried has blossomed, water Is plentiful and Beemlngly In exhaustible, the sun is kind and the people are flocking in so fast that they cannot be counted. Is it any wonder that they shout Instead ot talk? On the western end of the gulf coast country la the Rio Grande valley. Un til the St Louis, Brownsville & Mex ico road was put through this section was practically off the map, so far as commerce went Now it Is distinctly on the map. For centuries the Rio Grande has been depositing a rich lot of mud all over the delta, as It in an ticipation of a hungry lot of settlers who would some day come Into the land and call It the American Nile. Irrigation canals are stretching out from the river at a half dozen points, giving drink to thousands of acres ot fine land In this newly-dlscovercd Eden, and farmers by the hundred are already taking from the rich soil the heritage that centuries has brought it The first strawberries, watermelons and other vegetables that reach the Northern markets come from this re glon. That Is what makes the open ing up of the land so valuable; for when the facta that it la 1,500 miles nearer to St Louis than is Califor nia, and that It can supply the North ern markets with fresh vegetables in the dead of winter, are taken into con slderatlon, it Is plain that no one can estimate with any degree of accuracy1 the future that lies before it Her OrteTaaee. "Never mind," said Socrates, "yos may disapprove of me. but posterity will lend an attentive ear to my teach logs." "That's what exaspetates me!" re plied Xantlppe. "To think a man would go to such lengths la order to have t?te last word. Washington Star. Utlllnf Wlae. "I want to be well Informed," said the ambitious girl. "I want to know what's giing on." "Well," answered Miss Cayenne, would suggest that you get one of those telephones that will put you oa a line with Dve or six other subscrlb ers." Exchange. A Stroaa- Attaeanrat. Jinks I called on your friend. Miss Swcetllps, last night and could hardly tear myself away. Miss Charming Was she so dellhfc ful as that? Jinks Oh, It wasn't she I had U tear myself away from; It waa the big dog. Illustrated Bite. rhtneae Child's Tor. Few, indeed would be their play things If the Chinese children had to depend on toy shops for them, says Pearson's Weekly. Aa It Is, the hawk er Is n familiar sight In every Chinese city, and when the children hear the gong of a toy seller It is a signal for a rush to the front gates. At a call these men slip the pole from their shoulders nnd set their baskets on the ground, and there Is always a group of children ready to gather round them. A display of toys carried by one of thpse toy sellers Includes many things familiar besides kites, made in the shape of birds, fish, serpents, dragons and even Inanimate objects, like bells and houses, will have wind harps fastened on to make them sing while In the air, and will have eyes set loose In their heads, so that when tho wind blows the eyes will turn around and look as if they were winking at you. His paraphernalia alio includes a lot of clay molds of different kinds of animals or fruits or other familiar objects, and for "one cash" yon can take your choice. Tho seller then opens up the bottom tray In his rear basket and shows a bowl of yellow sweets set over a pan of burning charcoal to keep them soft. He rubs a little flour in the molds to keep the sweet from sticking, picks up a little of the soft substance, which he works Into a cup shape in his An gers, and then draws it out. closing op the hole. One end Is drawn out longer than the other nnd then broken off. He places his lips to the broken place and begins to blow, and the lump slowly swells. Then he claps the molds which you have chosen round It, and gives a hard blow, breaks off the stem through which he has been blowing, opens the molds, dips a little bamboo stick Into the soft sugar and touches it to the side of the sweetmeat figure In the mold. lifts it out and hands it to you on the stick, all In much less time han It takes to tell about it. A sweet little girl went shopping, And never in her life felt worse Then when, after choosing her dolly, She found she'd forgotten her purse Youth's Companion. It Para to Be Good. The editor likes boys, they are often abused unjustly. And he often regrets that he hasn't the power to emphasize this fact: A boy can have a better time as a polite and well-behaved boy than as a rough. Having passed through the mm, we Know, when we were a boy, we did so many unneces sarily foolish things that we spend most of our time now in blushing. Here is one thing that boys can think of wltt profit: Good boys are always admlrid. By a good hoy we do not mean a sissy or a mollycoddle. A good boy can have a better time than a boy whose parents are always wor rying about him. There Is nothing wh'ch promises a good time that good boy may not do. The mean things boys do always cause them trouble And we firmly believe that boys are becoming better all the time. Yester day we witnessed a boy ball game without hearing an oath or rough word. A boy should always bear his future in mind; be Is rapidly becom Ins: a man. and it is uncomfortable to become an unsuccessful man Therefore, boys should remember that good boys are the first to be offered positions. Employers are always con tending with each other for the good boys. But employers always say of a boy with a bad reputation: "He Isn't worth powder and lead to blow him up." The Cornucopia. The cornucopia, or "horn of plenty. s a familiar figure In architecture and sculpture, where it Is represented as filled to overflowing with fruits and flowers. Most of our little reader have seen It, no doubt, but It may be that they do not know how it orig inated. The old writers say that it came from Jupiter, th supreme deity of the Romans, and this is the way of It: Rhea, Jupiter's mother, soon after be was born, gave him to the daughters ot Mellsneus, ktng of Crete, as his nurses. Tbey fed him with milk from the goat Amalthea, an ani mal that was sometimes badly treated by the Infant god. One day. It Is said, la ft Ot of temper, he broke off m of Amidthea's horw and gar M to his nurses, endowing it with the power of becoming filled with what ever Its possessor might wish. That horn became the cornucopia. Ilnd Heard Fatber pcalc nf Tt. The minister was addressing the Sunday school. "Children, I want to talk to you for a few moments about one of the most wonderful, one of the most Important, organs in the whole world," he said. "What Is It that throbs away, beats away, never stopping, never-ceasing, whether you wake or sleep, night or day, week in and week out, month In and month out, year In and year out, without any volition on your part, hidden away In the depths, as it were, unseen by you, throbbing, throbbing, throbbing rhythmically all your life long?" During this pause for oratorical effect a small voice was heard. "I know; It's tho gas meter!" Th Interior. THE GHOST AT THE FEAST. What (he F.nalarn Saw and What Happened After Dinner. In "The Story of My Life," by Au gustus Hare, is told the following creepy story: A regiment was passing through Derbyshire on Rb way to fresh quar ters in the north. The colonel, as they stayed for the night in one ot the country towns, was Invited to dine at a country house in the neighborhood and to bring any one he liked with him. Consequently he took with him a young ensign for whom he had a great fancy. They arrived, and it was a large party, but the lady of the house did not appear till Just as they were going in to dinner and when she appeared waa so strangely dlBtralt and preoccupied that she scarcely attended to anything that was said to her. At dinner the colonel observed that his young companion scarcely ever took his eyes off the lady of the hoase, staring at her in a war which seemed at once rude and unaccountable. It made hlra observe the lady herself, and he saw that she seemed scarcely to attend to anything said by her neighbors on either side of her, bt rather seemed, in a manner quite un accountable, to be listening to some one or something behind her. Aa soon as dinner was over the young ensign came to the colonel and said: "Oh, do take me away! I en treat you to take me away from th! j place." The colonel Bald: "indeed, your conduct Is so very extraordinary and unpleasant that I quite agree with you that the best thing we can do is to go away." And he made the excuse of his young friend being ill and or dered their carriage. When they had driven some distance the colonel asked the ensign for an ex planatlon of his conduct He said that he could not help it During the whole of dinner he had seen a terrible black, shadowy figure standing behind the chair of the lady of the house, and it had seemed to whisper to her and she to listen to It. He had scarcely told this wheu a man on horseback rode rapidly past the carriage, and tho colonel, recognizing one of the ser rants of the house they had Just left, called out to know if anything was the. matter. "Oh, don't stop me, sir!" he shouted. "I am going for the doctor! My lady has Just cut her throat!" Mountain Climber Escape. Plunging headlong from the rocky side of a mountain in the Olympic range, near Lake Cushman, a distance of fully 600 feet, and yet escaping without a broken bone, is the expert ence that befell Ferd Baker, says the Aberdeen correspondence of the Seat tle Post-Intelllgencer. In company with several others from this city Mr. Baker climbed the moun tain yesterday. About 4 o'clock the party started downward and bad taken but a few steps when Baker lost his footing and plunged over a precipice. How far he fell he does not know, but he was rendered unconscious by the fall, and in this condition his body rolled down the mountain until Anally caught by a bunch of shrubs. There he lay until found by W. J Patterson, one of the party. With the application of snow and ice Baker was revived and after a time walked to camp, where his wounds were at tended to. He was frightfully brnlsed about the body and face and suffered much pain. He was made as comfort able aa possible and at daybreak this morning the start for the city was made in an automobile. The party reached there about 4 o'clock, and Baker's injuries were attended to by a physician. Poaalblc and lmiolblr. The enterprising manager of a little lyric theater In Northern Pennsylva nia believes In profiting by the misfor tunes of others. One day he displayed the following tdgn in his house: : Do Not Smoke : Remember the Iroquois Fire So great was the elDcacy of this that before the end of the week he put up another: : Do Not Spit : Remember the JohnHtown Flood : Everybody's. Whri Women ore. FiMt Suffragette What did think of the candidate? you Second bunrageue j was very much disappointed in bim. "How so?" "I thought when he took ray hand to shake it he was going to hold it tor a little while!" Yonkers Staee man. day's walk, except one who conceal his goodness, MUNYON'S Eminent Doctors at Your Service Free Not a Teney to Pay for the Tilllest Medical Examination. If you are in doubt as to tho rau.e ef your disease, mall os a postal re questing a medical examination b.'ank. Our doctors will carefully diagnose your case, aad if you can be cured yon will bo told so; if you nnnof. Tie cured you will be told so. You are net obligated to tis in any way, for this ndvtce is absolutely free. You are at liberty to take our advice or not, as you see fit Munyon's, 63d and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia. Pa. Too K penal ve. It is an elementary although a genu ine kind of humor that prompts a mas to make a ridiculous remark in a seri ous manner. The fun increases If th remark Is taken at its face value. A case in point la that of a gentleman, who, according te a writer in the. Twiggs County Citizen, was talking tp a crowd on the street about ehlngflni a bouse. "The old rule," he said, "was to allow six inches of the shingle to show to the weather, but that Is too much. You really oughtn't te let more than foui Inches show." Some wag asked In a matter-of fael voice: "How would it do not to let anj shew?" "I've seen roofs mi.'e that way," re piled the other, not thinking, "bat II takes a grest nw fv'nr1es." HELPLESS WITH RHEUMATISM. The Experience of Mirny Who Do Not Knew the Kldnera Are Weak. Jacob C. Bahr, 18 Broadway. Leba non, Ohio, says: "For three months I was helpless In bed with muscular rheumatism and had to be fed. My feet swelled, VDJ legs were rigid", black spots flitted before my eyes and I was sore nil over. Doctors didn't help me and I couldn't raise band or foot Te please my wife I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and In two weeks I was improving. Then by leaps and bounds I got better nntll well and back at work. After such mortal agony this seemed wenderfnl." Remember the name Dean's. Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. . rRNCE WORKED lit SLUMS. "Father Max" Gave Dp Herat Lm nry to Live Among the I'oor. It will be sad news to many a pool man and woman In London to hear that "Father Max," as he was affec tionately known by them, or, to give htm his full name, Prince Maximilian of Saxony, has developed consumption and. In order te save his life, has been ordered by the doctors to leave his work and take the open air cure, a London newspaper says. For four years he worked devotedly in one ef the poorest parishes of London, this being the scene f his labors after his ordination. In violent contrast to this were the earliest years of his life. He Is a brother of the present King of Saxony and began his career as a lieutenant of the Saxon guards. But court II r was thoroughly distasteful to him, be ing always a serious-minded man and inclined rather to stndy and medita tion than the activities or worse, the idleness of. meek soldiering. He In herited a deep religious feeling from his mother, the Archduchess Loulss Antoinette of Tuscany, and when he turned to the church mnch was hap pening at the court of Saxony to dis gust and depress bim. His brother, King Frederick Augustus, married the unfortunate Archduchess Lonlse ot Austria, whose divorce and subsequent matrimonial affairs occasioned so much scandal, and one can guess how glad the young prince would be to cut himself loose from such surround ings. He, therefore, threw np his commis sion In the guards and began his stud ies with a view to entering the Roman Catholic church under Bishop VBn Leonard of Bavaria, and was ordained In 1896. When he took up bis work in London the late Queen Victoria, al though a strong Evangelical, showed her approbation of the life he had chosen by presenting him wtth a gor geous set ef priestly robes. This Is the mere remarkable as he was an extremist in his religions views. In 1901 he was called to the chair f theology In the University of Frl bonrg, Switzerland, where be has lec tured on this subject nntll this late sad development has pnt a midden stop to his work. In 1003 he was mnds archbishop ef Olmntz. Prince Max Is still on the sunny" side of 40; he is tall and has an ear nest face and a strong, resonant voice which lent much charm to his preach ing. All the Convenience. Mr. Stoplate had showed Miss Ter Slcep all his Imitations ef famous act ors, and she had md a Muff at ap plauding. Then ho aUr,d, To you think I ought to ge on the Biage?" "Oh, you don't have te k on e stage. If you're thlnklns "f Knlm;," she an swered. "We are Inside the city lim its, and an owl car goes every half hour." Shortly after that he went Cleve land Leader. Time. "It's sort a' curious," Haiti T'm-V Jerry Peebles; "but when a mas in work in' for another man he's always wantin' to end see the ball eame. When he's work In' en his own time be pfts sUiitry with U and cant spare k." I'liicajo Triboae. CASTOR I A For XniaAU and Children. Tha Kind You Have Always EoM Bean th fjlgaatwa JSC