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Keera the whole, fmi- ir?o pnrkuKe ,,-I.T There are 247,000 nKD In Australia. more men than $100 Reward, $100. The readers, of this pnper will he pleased n learn tkat there Is at least one dreaded aUaraae that science has hern alile to curs a all Ita stajre. and that la Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure la the only positive cure now aaowa ta the medical fraternity, Catarrh win? a constitutional disease, requires a fnastiluUonal treatment. Hall's fntarr't trw la taken Internally, artlnj dlrw-tlj pnn the Mood and mucous siirfir-es of th ars.'em, tlierehy destroying tue f.mnil.itlon f tlie dlwaHe, and glTing the pallpnt Srenjrth hy tuilldlnir up tlifl ront!tiitlon mid ewltinr nature In dolnir Its work. The proprietors hare so much faith In Its eura rlre poirers that they offer One Hundred ' rollara for any cane tliat It frlla to cure. aVnd for list of testimonials. Ad.reji K. J. CIIKVKV CO.. Toledo, O. Bold by all DniKirlsfs. 7Se. Take Hail's Family Tills fur constipation. Ilia Name Killed film. Not very long ago a wealthy Wash ington gentleman had a new valet vbose name was somewhat of a puz Tie to him. The initial were V. D. C. Cheney, and his employer wondered at time what Cheney's name could be. One morning ho inquired. "It's like this, sir," replied the valet, who happened to be an Englishman. '""My mother dearly loved to read nov la when she was young, and some of tna names stuck in her memory. One was valet de chambre. She never Jtnew Just exactly what It meant, but the French aounded well, and she had we christened that. It fits me, don't you thing so, sir?" National Maga zine, i TIHE.TY TEARS OF MISESY. Terrible Suffering from Kidney Trouble and tirarel. eamur-1 J. Taylor, 312 North Second treet. Goshen, Ind., says: "Any per son desirous of learning of my e xperlence with Doan's Kidney Pills, can ohtaln tbe facts from me direct. I suf fered from kid ney trouble for thirty years. often passed gravel and at times had to use crutches. I re- srelved B relief until I began taking loan's Kidney Pills.' They cured me aand I hare been free from the trouble Sot some jmara." Remember the) name Doan's. ' Fur f."0 by all Seniors. . f0 cents n Vox. Koster-Milbuin X. Y. Co., Du"ila FASHION HINTS A Bovelrw chiffon MirquSietta of roie color is used hois as an ovcrdreu for a lingeria go-wn. It's a fin way to ra fuvenat a latt yeu'i creation and one sDverdrcsa, being entirely complete in ittelf, hit tvoik its ruagio on Mveral gowaa. I . ... The Appetite Calls (or more Post ' Let a saucer of this delightful food served with cream tell why. , Tfcc Memory Lingers .:. Pi 0c' Posvtaaa Cereal Co., Ltd. Bitttsj Creek, Mich. "iipii life loastscs nntxnnnnuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnis n n n n u n n n n n M THE QUICKENING :DY: FRANCIS CopyrlrM. 1 906, br " A" STORY of vast scope and power, begin ning with the weird experience oft a strug gling soul among the working classes of the moonshiners and the old aristocracy of the reconstructed South this is the locale of Ai Mat LJ) the wonderful !rv i ji a "The Quickening" is truly a remarkable literary production. Its main motive is in touch and sympathy with those complex questions of sectional prejudices and new industrial prog ress which are interesting every thinker in the country. It will be a life-like experience to the reader to trace the career of Thomas Jefferson Gordon, the hero, from an humble beginning through the grades of mental develop ment to a point where all the sentient elements of his na ture are called upon to meet souls of great men. It will be a pleasing revelation to study the destiny of the peerless Ardea, the heroine of this sterling romance, whose love is the guiding star of "the Young Captain of Industry." There are scenes of strife, more than interesting they are educational a9 demonstrating fighting for principle and right. Not many recent stories intense interest, the inherent tfiown in "The Quickening.' CHAPTER I. The revival in Paradise Valley, con ducted by the Reverand Silas Crafts, of South Tredeaar, was In the middle of Its second week, and the field to use. Brother Crafts' own word was hlte to the harveet. Little Zoar. tho suuare, wenther- nired wooden church at the head of the valley, built upon land donated to the denomination In times long pant by an impenitent but generous Major Dubney, stood a little way back rrom the plko in a grove of young pines. By half-pftBt six of tho June evening the revivalist's congregation bud begun to assemble. Those who came farthest were firm on the ground; and by the time 12- year-old Thomas Jeffernon, sputttng Imrefnnterl iin the dusty pike, had reached the church-house with the Key, there was a goodly sprinkling of un hitched teams in the grove, tne noraea champing their feed noisily In tho wag- on-boxes, and the people gamerinu u llttlo neighborhood knots to aisi uss gravely the one topic uppermost In all mlnds the present outpouring 01 on Paradise Valley and tne region roundabout. "D've reckon the Elder'll make it mm time with his brother-in-law?'.' asked a tall, flat-chested mountaineer trom me Pine Knob uplands. Samantha Parkins, she allows mat Caleb has done sinned away nis aay o grace," s:.id another Pino Knobber, bi. T nln't iro n" that far. i:aiens a sight like the Iron he makes In that old furnace o' hls'n honest and even- grained, and just as good for plow- points and the like as it is ror soap- kittles. But hot 'r cold, it's Just the annie. vo cavn't change hit, and yo cayn't change him." "That's about right.", said a third. "It looks tj mo like Caleb dono sot his takes where he's goln' to run the fur. row. If Uvln" a doien years and mo' with auch a sancterfled woman as Mar tha Oordon won't make out to toll a man up to the pearly gates, I allow the ain't no preacher goln' to do It." "Well, now; maybe that's the rea son," drawled Japheth Pettlgrass, tho only unmarried man In tho small cir cle of listeners; but he was promptly put down by Jhe tall mountaineer. Hold on thar, Japhe Pettlgrass: 1 allow th' ain't no dyed-ln-the-wool hawss-trader llko you goln' to stand p and say anything aginst Marthy ordon while I'm a-llstenln . I n ree- ollectln' right now the time when she sot up day and night for more 'n a weok with my Malvlny." Thomas Jefferson had opened the church-house doors and windows and was out among the unhitched teams looking for Scrap Pendry, who had been one of a score to go forward for rayers the night before. So It hap pened that ho overheard the fiat-chest ed mountaineer's tribute to his moth er. It warmed him generously; but there was a boyish scowl for Japheth ettlgrass. Whut had the horse-tradrfr been saying to make It needful for Hill Layne to speak up as his mother's de-. fender? Thomas Jefferson recorded a black mark against Pettlgrass' name, nd went on to search for Scrap. "What you hiding for?" ho demand d, when the newly-made convert w discovered skulking In the dusky shad ows of the pines beyond the farthent outlying waeon. 'I ain't hldtn'," was the half-dcflaur answer. . "Come on out where the folks are,' urged Thomas Jefferson. "Sim Can trell and the other fellows ure allow hi' you're ofeard." 'I ain't afeard," denied the convert. "No; but you're sort o' 'shamed, and that's about the same thing, I reckon. Come on hut; lit go 'long with you." Then spake the new-born love In th" heart of the big, rough, country boy. "I cayn't onderstand how you can hold out, Tom-Jeff. I've cobe thoo', praise the Lord! but I Jest natchelly got to have stars for my crown. You say you'll go 'long with mo, Toin-Jeff: say It agin, and mean It." It was admitted on all sides that Brother Crafts wus a powerful preach er. Other men had wrestled mightily In Zoar, but none to such heurt-shak-Ing purpose. When he expatiated jii the ineffable glories of Heaven and the Joys of the redeemed, which was not too often, the reflection of the ce leatlal effulgences could bo seen rip pllng like sunshine on the sea of faces spreading away from the shore of thrt pulpit steps. When he spoke of hell and Its terrors, which was frequently and with thrilling descriptive, even so hardened a scoffer as Japheth Petti- n n n n n n n n LYNDE Francis Lrn4 0 serial now presented. a climax such as tries the plotting and peril that are thrilling in their details and the power and fervor of men have even approximated the merit of theme and purpose grass was wont to declare that you could hear the crackling of the flames and the cries of the doomed. The hush that remained unbroken till he announced his text In a voice that rang like an alarm-hell pealed in the rtcn-a of night. There are voices and voices, but only now and then ona which is pitched In tho key of tho spheral harmonics. When the Rever end Silas hurled out the Baptist's words, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven Is at hand! the responsive thrill from the packed benches wag like tho sympathetic vibration of harpstrings answering a trumpet blast. Ho passed from pleading to denun ciation. The setting of The Great White Throne and the awful terrors of the Judgment Day were depicted in worus mat fell from the thin lips like v..o m-mence ot an Inexorable judge. ucpari rrom me, ye cursed, into everlasting lire, prepared for the rtovtl and his angels!'" ho thundered, and a snuauer ran through tho crowded church ns IT an earthquake had shaken the valley. "There la your end. Impeni- lent soui; ana, alas! for you, it is only me beginning of a fearful eternltv! Think of it, you who have time t.i think of everything but the ealvution of your souls, your sins, and the awful doom which Is awaiting you! Think of It. you who are throwing your lives away In tho pleasures of this world: you who have broken God's commands; you who have stolen when you thought no eye was on you; you who have so often committed murder In your hating hearts! Think not thut you will be suffered to escape! Every servant --f the most ntgn Uod who has ever de clared His message to you will be there to denounce you: I, Silas Crafts, will meet you at the Judgment-seat of Christ to bear my witness against you!" A man, red-faced and with the do- mon of the cup of trembling peering from under his shaggy eyebrows, rose unsteadily from his seat on the bench nearest the door. 'Sh! he's fotched Tike Bryerson!" flew the whisper from Hp to ear; but tho man with the trembling mudness In his eyes waa backing toward the door. Suddenly he stooped and rosj again with a backwoodsman's rifla In his hands, and his voice sheared the breathless silence like the snarl of a wild beast at bay. "No, by Jacks, ye won't witness ag'lnst me, Silas Crafts; ye'U be dead!" Tho crack of the rifle went with the words, and at tho flash of the piece the man sprang backward through tho doorway and was gone. Happily, he hud been too drunk or too tremulous to shoot straight. The preacher was un hurt, and he waa quick to quell the rising tumult and to turn tho incident to good account. "There went the arrow of conviction Silvering to the heart of a murderer! he cried, dominating tho commotion with his marvelous voice. "Come back here, Japheth Pettlgrass; and yon William Layne: God Almighty will deal with that poor sinner In Ills own way For him, for every Impenitent soul hero to-night, the hour has struck.' 'Now Is the accepted time; now Is the day of salvation.' While we are singing. 'Just ns I am, without one plea, let the doors of divine mercy stand opened wide, and let every hard heart be soft ened. I nine, ye disconsolate; como forward to the mercy-seat as we sing The old. soul-moving, revival hymn was lifted in a triumphant burst of sound, and Thomas Jefferson's heart benan to pound like a trip-hammer. Was this his call his one last chance to enter the ark of safety? Just there was the pinch. A saying of Japheth Pettlgrass". overheard In ilargls' store on the first day of the meetings, flick ed Into his mind and stuck there: illt'a scare, first, lust, and all the tlnu' with llrother Silas, lie knows mighty well that a good bunch o' hickories, that'll bring tho blood every cut. beats a sugar kittle out o' sight when it conies to llllln' the anxious seat." Was it really his cull? Or was he only cured? The 12-year-old brain grappled hardily with the problem which ha thrown many an older wrestler. This ho knew: that while he had been lis tening with outward ears tq the rest less champing and stamping of the horses among the pines, but with his Inmost soul to the burning words c his uncle, the preacher, a great fear had la 14 hold of him a fear ntightle than desire or shame, or love or ha 1 tred, or any spring of action known to I him. It was ltfttng him to his feet; It was edglnc blni past the others on the bench snd out Into the aisle with the mourners who were crowding the spat e In front of the pulpit platform. At the turn he heard his mother's low-murmured "I thank Thee, O God!" and saw the grim, set smile on his fath er's face. Then he fell on his kneesj on the rough-hewn floor, with the tall countalneer called William Iayne cn his rlRht, and on his left a young gM from the choir who was sobbing softly In her handkerchief. To bis new young life after that 't seemed but a step to June, the queen of the months jh the valleys of Ten nessee. The revival converts of Little Zonr had the pick and choice of all the Sundays of the year for the da of their baptizing. , The font was of great nature's own providing, ns was the mighty templ housing It a clear pool In the creek, with the green-walled aisles In th June forest leading down to It, and the blue arch of the flawless June sky for a dome resplendent. All Paradise was there to see and hear and bear witness, as a matter ol course; and there were not wantlm fnrm-wagon loads from the great val ley and from the Pine Knob high lands. Major Pabney was among tin onlookers, sitting his clean-llmbe II imttlotonlan. and twisting his huir white moustaches until they stood ou like strange and fierce-looking horns Also, In the outer ranks of skepticism Major Dahncy'a foreman and horse trader, Japheth Pettlgrass, found I place. On the opposite bank of thi stream were the few negroes ownlni Major Dnbney now as "Majah Boss.' as some of them most of them. Ii fact had once owned him as "Maws tun Majah"; and mingling freely wltl them were the laborers, white antf black, from the Gordon Iron-furnace Thomus Jefferson brought up mem ories from that solemn rite administer ed so simply and yet so lmpresalely under the June sky, with the many pointing forest spires to lift the soul to hclnhts ecstatic. One was the singing of the choir, minimized and made ce lestially sweet by the lack of bounding walls and roof. Another was the sight of his father's face, with tho grim smile gone, and the steadfast eyes gravely tolerant as he Thomas Jeffer son was going down Into the water. A third and this might easily become the most lasting of all was the mem ory of how his mother clasped him in her arms as he came up out of the water, nil wet and dripping as he was Hnd sobbed over him as If her heart would break. (To be continued.) DIAMONDS AND PROSPERITY. Phenomenon of Italxliitc 1'rlcea foi nil linnrrlahalile I'rnilucl. Among the most Important of thi world's diamond mines are those 01 the Premier Diamond Company In th Pretoria district of the Transvaal. A comparison of the sales of that com pany is not a bad guide to the world'i prosperity. In 1906 the diamonds sold realized 1,277,7:19. In 1907 there was a drop of nearly 17 per cent In th sales to l,064,r9r. There was some recovery In the following year, but In the year ended Oct. 30, 1909, the sale! had risen to 1,412,928. No doubt w were the buyers of a good many ol theRe ornaments, the Wall Street Jour nal says, but there seems to have been a fairly world-wide demand. The figures show how Instantly the luxury market felt the crisis and also how little disposed we are to save, even with so recent a lesson In mind. The figures ' before us give not the slightest indication of any desire tc curb extravagance. The diamond pro dueers are selling us more of their preposterously useless product than they were In the boom year 1906. The diamond Is the actor's strongbox, the bookmaker's savtngH bank'. It is a channel for Investment as well as adornment, as most people acquainted with the seamy side of life are well aware. A good clea! of value can be stored in a very small compass and a taste which Is Intellectually not essen tially higher than the Zulu bead ban gle or tho Papuan nosering has some sort of excuse. It will be remembered that in 1907 we saw some important failures in Maiden lane; but even these arose not from Insolvency so much as from In ability to realize stock for which the market had suddenly become very con tracted. The market for diamonds la one of the miracles of human affairs. The price )s sustained in defiance of all the reasoning of the economist. People who bought diamonds ten years ago, mocking the counsel of the wise, have a demoralizing profit on their in vestment. And apparently nothing produced could have a market position more unsound. Tho diamonds offer ed for sale are not only competing with the rest of the current year's out put, but with all the diamonds that have ever beet4 found. They are Im perishable, and, Btrlctly speaking, there is no consumption. It is ImiKisslble to estimate how long an apparently impossible condi tion can last. It Is rendered doubly absurd from the fact that the output of the mines Is strictly limited by agreement between the diamond com panies, whllo the quantity of diamond clay in sight seems illimitable. All these considerations and more would make a conservative man feel that If tho diamond Itself were Imperishable its value might crumble away in a night. Apparently our people do not think so, for there Is no indication so far that 1910 will see any reduction In the demand. A Vnlqne Speech. "The speech of that departing sen ator is said to have been unique, al most unparalleled in the annals of the senate." "I heard it," remarked Senator Wom bat. "It was unique. He didn't want anything." Pittsburg Post. o Time to 8are. "Yes, I do niOi.i my work at night now." "What's the reason?" "Why, I'm a Wileylte and cook my food four hours, and being a Fletcher- ite It takes me threo hours to eat." Cleveland Plain Dealer. A patent has been granted a Minne sota man on a sleigh provided with wheels that can be lowered so as to raise the runners from the ground should its driver rind a road bare of Bnow. He who knows mankind humors them; he who has not that knowledge thwarts them; U Is wise to humor and not thwart mankind. Scuders. Vammj Willow. 'Soft little Pussy upon a brown stalk. Why don't you ever start for a walk? urled up and snoozing, so lar.y you , He, Rocked by the breeze to Its sweet lul laby. Soft little pussy upon a brown stalk. Tell me, why don't you to out for a walk?" "Maybe you think that you know, lit tle girl, Just what is best for a pussy like me, You, dancing gaily with frolicsome whirl. Wouldn't quite like to be still on .1 tree. Maybe you don't know that I havo been told Just to stay here till my fur soft and white, Grows long and longer and yellow as gold. To the brown stalk I must cling very tight Till I have grown to a big yellow cat, do not know what I'll do after that You may go waking and running, I know. But 1 was told Just to stay here and grow." The New Babea In tha Woods. Aunt Effte came into the nursery, and found May sitting before the Are with her fairy-book open on her lap, looking very serious Indeed. "Aunt Effie," she said, "don't you think It's very sad about the Babe in the Woods? I've been reading about them In my book, and I wish I could have gone Into the forest and found them and brought them home." Aunt Effie did not laugh, for she re membered that she had felt just the same way when she was seven. In stead she said: "Come into the garden with me, May, and I will show you some babes in the woods that I found this morning that really lived all winter long." "Why, what do you mean, aunty?" asked May, in surprise, and opening her eyes wide. "I thought you Bald that fairy-tales couldn't happen now." But Aunt Effie only smiled, and hand in hand they walked across the grass until they came to the old pine tree bank. Then Aunt Effie stooped down and pushed aside a thick bed of leaves and pine-needles, and there was a little cluster of pansies, purple and yellow, only waiting for the spring to come. "Last summer, May," said her aunt, "some little pansy seeds blew away from my bed under the sitting-room window, and sowed themselves here and began to grow very happily, for THE AGE OF CHIVALRY. At the World's Columbian Exposi tion, conspicuously placed in the beau tiful Court of Honor, rose a fountain representing the ship of state, on which Columbia rode in majesty, with Fame before her. On each side four female figures, symbolic of the arts. sciences and commerce, bent graceful ly to the oars, seeming actually to Im part a foreward movement to Colum bia's barge. An old lady, waiting for her party to come up, was one day seen gazing earnestly at the fountain; but the ad miration It was wont to stir in the spectator was lacking in this case. Her indignation finally burst bounds, and she turned to a stranger sitting near. "Do you s'pose," she demanded, that they reely did make women do that kind of work in them days?' However one's sympathies nfay turn. in regard to tne sunragists anu me "antls," there can be no reasonable doubt that this is the day and Amer ica Is the country of and for the women. The demand of the ladles themselves for exemption from the se verer tasks Imposed upon their sex "in them days" Is paralleled by the deep-seated determination among them to accord them the privileges ana tne honors. A small boy, a member of whose family Is connected with the army, re cently visited New York. As military affairs are as the breath of life to this youngster, his cousins, taking him to Central Park one day, natural ly called his attention to the Salnt Gaudens equestrian staue of General Sherman, at the Plaza entrance to the park. Before the general's splen did charger steps the proud figure of Victory. The boy stood silent, although red dening cheeks and flashing eyes show ed that he was moved deeply. But In this case also the emotion was not admiration. "I don't believe he was much of a soldier!" he finally exclaimed, indig nantly. "Why didn't he get oft that horse and let the lady ride?" FOES OF THE FOOD TRUST. Y. M. V. A. Giving; fW York Sub. urbanltea I.eaaoua In Farming. Hundreds of suburbanites and small property owners in Brooklyn ate get ting ready to give the food trust the merry ha ha, the New York Evening Telegram Bays. They are preparing to fool the barons who have caused the cost ot living to soar to such a height that table luxuries are within the reach only of the very wealthy. They Intend to raise their own vege table this summer, and In order to equip themselves to do It successfully they are taking a course of lectures in farming and agriculture that is now being given by the Bedford branch of tne Y. M. C. A. During the last few years hundreds of New Yorkers, who have never been nearer to a farm than the highway or railroad that cuts through it, have moved to the suburbs of Long Island. Many of them have gardens iurround- lng their detached houses, but their knowledge of garden truck raising ha been so limited that they have not been very successful at it. Some of them have planted watermelons where only tematoei and potatoes covJd they' had not any Idea how cold and long the winter would he. But some one found them late laat. fall and cov ered them up carefully with leaves and pine-needles, and told them to sleep until April came again." "O aunty, that wm Just like the robins!" cried the little girl. "I won der who did It?" "I think that I played robin," an swered Aunt Eflle. "I knew that un less the poor little runaways were covered up closely that Jack Frost would nip them. I wanted them to grow and spread and make a pretty patch here under the old pines. So every fall. If you like, you and I will come down here and play that we are the robins, and every spring we will look to see how our babes in the woods lived through the winter." "Oh, yes, aunty!" said May. "Then perhaps I wouldn't feel so about the fairy-tale." Youth's Companion. The ; reedy Hoppr Toad. A hoppy toad grew very ill. With head bound In a towel, His doting mother carried him To see Old Doctor Owl. Who said, while feeling of his And looking very wise: "Acute gastritis. Madam Toad, From eating fireflies." puUii llalir I'lclarm mt m Party. A good way to make a party cheer ful and inrormal Is to Introduce a baby contest. Each guet must bring the very first picture ever taken of himself or herself, and the hostess must arrange these around the room. Then each guest la to guess who the various babies are not an altogether easy task and the one who makes the beat list wins. A Youns Selentiat. Little Margaret, 3 years old. was ex amining her chubby arm. She laid one finger on It solemnly. "What Is my arm made of?" she asked. "Oh, skin, and blood, and bones said her 7-year-old sister. "Fish bones?" asked Margaret. grow; and others have devoted a big patch to onions and a very small one to cabbage. With the knowledge they are aciulr- lng now from-the expert lecturer they expect to raise enough vegetables to supply their own needs and have some to spare. Aside from the lectures, tho classes, personally conducted, are taken every Saturday to near-by farms and given practical lessons. Tho pupils watc' the farmer at work a nwijiy of them lend a hand. Sessions are held every Wednesday evening. The plan of the Y. M. C. A Is not only to help suburbanites who want to raise their own vegetables but those who have a longing to ge back to the farm. "There is an earnest desire," said one of the officials, "on the part of many young men to get away from the crowded cities and take up the free and independent life of the farmer They are handicapped by their lack of knowledge and many are taking ad vantage of our lectures to acquire it. We teach not only vegetable farming, but dairy farming as well." A WIFE WORTH HAVING. She Tamed Oat Well, So Hobby In- crenaed the Marrluae Fee. A certain American husband, rich In more ways than one, recently cele brated the fortieth anniversary of his wedding by sending a thousand dollars to the old minister who performed his marriage ceremony. That was fine tribute to the success of the marriage but not so valuable as testimony as a "fee" of which the history is cherished by the descendants of one New Eng land minister. A young farmer brought a pretty girl to the village pursonage one even lng In the first quarter of the nine teenth century, and the minister, him self scarcely more than a youth, made them man and wife. The farmer paid him a dollar, with the joking remark "Maybe I'll better that if she turns out well!" ine next autumn tne farmer ap peared with some bags of potatoes for the minister's family. "My wife's doing pretty well, so I thought I'd set up that wedvlin' fee a little," he said, as he set the pota toes on the doorstep. That was the first of many autumn visits. The minister stayed on fifty years in that pastorate. He had seven children. Like nil the vill-ige clergymen of his generation, he kept open house for guests and for tramps His salary was never large, and the larder was often poor In meat; bu the potato bin was never empty and the minister's wife learned how to fall buck on that "free gift" when ever there was a domestic emergency Her grandchildren still remember the delectable potato stew and potato soup and the mealy, snowy potatoes bursting out of their Jackets which used to Issue from her kitchen. She would deny nay special skill In the cookery, and declare that she simply had better potatoes than anyone else in town. The price of those potatoes at com pound interest for that half century would doubtless have put to blush the millionaire's check for a thousand dol lars. But the best of this wedding fee was the fart that each fall, when the husband decided to take the load of potatoes to the parsonage, he rati fled bis early judgment that his wife "taned out pretty well!- TJN 7-U Sarsaparilla Will purify your blood, clear your complexion, restore your appetite, relieve your tired feeling, build you. up. Pc sure to take it this .prinp;. (let It In uunl ll'i'il'l f irm or choco lated tablets railed SarsatatM. in0toe!. Five collections of stamps have real ized an aggregate total of $595,000. kiihv llivm' 1WIMUI.I.FK la "an uum: of ireTentiin'' an well a "pounrt of rure I- or IMiwei unno -'n wound, old, and other UN. Kie and M A Cruel J?'i?. Oswald, a witty and o.ilnal Pari sian, had a mania for practical jok lng. He was very amusing to his friends, but when his talents were tx- erted to avenge som! wrong There was more bitterness than fun In bis wit. One evening whrn a nun whi had not treated him politely ,vve a re ception he avenged himself cruelly. The man was slightly deformed. All the hunchbacks of Pail.. ,00 In num ber, presented thcnis.lvcs at his re ception. They had r.-vclvcd notices from Oswald that If they should ,to ta this address on this evening they would learn of a legacy which ha. I bfien left them. a m FREE Send postal tor Free Package of Paxtine. Better and more economical than liquid antiseptics FOR ALL TOILET USES. Gives one a sweet breath ; clean, white, germ-free teeth antiaeptically dean mouth and throat purifies the breath after smoking diapela all diaagreeable perapiration and body odors much ap preciated by dainty women. A quick remedy for sore eyea and catarrh. A little Paxtine powder du- 2 solved in glasi o( hot water make a delighllul antuepttc to lution, possessing extraordinary cleansing, germicidal and heal ing power, and absolutely harm less. Try a Sample. 50c a large box at druggifls or by maiL THE PAXTON TOILET Co., Boston, Mass. PARIS PLAGUE OF RATS. Return of Rodenta Flnda Rat Catch ers' Guild Oat of llnalnesa. In the days when Eugeue Sue wrote hla novels of the uncW world of ParH the Rat Catchers' Guild formed a hich ly remunerative and active profession so active. In fact, that the rodents gradually disappeared except along the river front and were rarely found In cellars as high as those on the Mont martre when the new system of drains were instituted. With the rising of the Seine, how ever, and the "backing up" of the sew ers, says a Paris letter, the animals came back to their old haunts and again took up their lairs in cellars and basements of houses, and at night could be seen scampering about the streets. Unfortunately Parts was quite unprepared for the invasion. The Rat Catchers' Guild, whose members used to receive a handsome price for rid ding a house of the pests and then sold their skins to furriers, was no more. Only one rat catcher Is left, an old man named Henri Dayve, who Is the municipal rat catcher of the city of Paris. He alone is left, and he has no apprentices, for the calling Is no long er lucrative, and so he finds himself suddenly lifted into notoriety by the new plague of rats as being the only rat catcher left in Paris. However, it seems that he is setting to work brave-' ly, but It Is something awful for a great city to be attacked by a plague of rats and to possess only one rat catcher, and he not a Pied Piper of Hamclln. n,-m(--iif nnrl VUIIIIV1 . New Strength Await the person who discovers that a long train of coffee ails can be thrown off by using: POSTUM in place of Coffee The comfort and strength come from a rebuilding1 of new nerve cells by the food elements in the roasted wheat used in making; Postum. And the relief from coffee ails come from the absence of caffeine the natural drug in coffee. Ten days' trial will show any one There's a Reason" for POSTUM ,' H