I h IV- L 5- r rt -U i r j JL N V ATflOROUGB INVESTIGATION ASTONISHING FACTS BROUGHT TO LIGHT BY A NEWSPAPER REPORTER JPromincnt Citizens Corroborate Vnri ons Statements Blade DruECista Also Interviewed Many Testimoni als as to the Cnres Effected by the Use of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People From the Herald Clinton Iowa For the purpose of thoroughly investi gating the uierits of Dr Williams Pink Pills which have been so widely advertised a reporter was detailed to visit thtee towns taken at random between Clinton and Cedar Rapids Clarence Stanwood and Mechanicsville were the places se lected and thither our representative went Clarence is a village of seven or eight hundred people with two drug stores run respectively by GooTB Smith and W H Blair Both of these gentlemen spoke en thusiastically of the Pink Pills Mr Blair wiid he handled them extensively that they had become a staple article of trade among druggists and now he would as soon think of conducting a drug business without quinine as Pink Pills He then asked if the Herald man had called on Mrs Curley and recommended him so to do as hers was looked upon in Clarence as a most remarkable case of recovery from advanced stomach trouble Mrs Cur ley told her story briefly as follows j A year ago the doctors gave me up to die with disease of stomach and I was very near death While I was very low a friend persuaded me to try Dr Williams Pink Pills though I had very little faith in them After using part of a box I want ed to give it up but my people made me keep on and before I had used up the fourth box 1 was cured Mrs Peter Gortner is another who has been greatly helped by the Pink Pills Mr Gortner is a retired farmer and he and his wife occupy a pretty cottage in the southern part of the town Mrs Gortner said While my case is not as wonderful as that of Mrs Curley I think and know indeed that Pink Pills have cured me no less truly My nerves were weak for many years and I suffered greatly as a result Something like a year ago I was affected with stomach trouble largely dependent I think upon the condition of my nervous system Hearing of the cure in Mrs Cur ileys case I consulted her and on her ad ivice tried the Pink Pills They have cured me My stomach no longer troubles me and my nervous system is restored We always keep them on hand now and my husband and I use them whenever we are threatened with any trouble of this sort I recommend Dr Williams remedy when ever I have opportunity Mrs Laura Neely is one of my friends who has used the pills with particularly good results Mrs Neely was visited Her story was very similar to that of Mrs Gortner Her nervous system had been almost shatter ed she was threatened indeed with spinal meningitis Pink Pills had relieved and strengthened her She told of several oth er cases within her circle of acquaintance where thepills had been used and in every case speedy relief and cure followed At Mechanicsville the reporter found onlv additional testimony as to the merits of Pink Pills The proprietor of the Pal ace Drug Company assured him that no proprietary medicine had a greater sale than this This company buys the pills in wholesale quantities C E Gould also 6ells large quantities of the medicine Both druggists told of many cases in which the remedy had been very successful Among these cases was that of Michael Zerbe a retired farmer living in the village The case was one of rheumatism and was cured by one box of the pills Mr Zerbe himself said I was in bad shape with rheumatism in the spring I was induced by a friend to try Dr Will iams Pink Pills One box relieved me took the disease out of my blood and in fact cured me I am now as well as ever The visitor found Mr Zerbe at work about his home and he seemed the picture of rugged health despite the fact that he as- sured the reporter that he had been but a few months before bent and bowed with rheumatism The results of the experiment cannot be regarded as anything less than mar velous Of those visited not one refused to recommend heartily the pills and everyone could suggest many others whom the reporter was unable to visit but whom he was assured were just as well satisfied as to their merits and just as enthusiastic in their praise Dr Williams Pink Pills are sold by all dealers or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price 50 cents a box or six boxes for 2l0 they are never sold in bulk or by the 100 by addressing Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady N Y The University of Bonn by the will of the lately deceased widow of Privy Councillor Prof Dr Schafer is made the recipient of a sum of 100000 marks Nothing so Clean so Durable so Economical so Elegant tJK 4A L VP BIA5 VELVETEEN SKIRT BINDINGS You have to pay the same price for the just as good Why not insist on having what you want S H M If your dealer WILL NOT supply you we will Sarrplcs mailed free Home Dressmaking Mads Easy anew 72 page fcooV by Miss EmmiM Hooper of the Ladies Home Journal tells in plain words how to make dresses at home without previous training mailed for 25c S H M Co P O Box 699 N Y City Cheap Traveling August 4th and 18 Sept If 15 and 29 Oct 6th and 20th Eound trip tickets to points in Nebraska Kansas Colo rado Utah the Black Hills Wyoming Texas Okla homa Arizona and 2Tew Mex ico will be on sale at all rail road ticket offices In Iowa and eastern South Dakota at oxe WAV RATE plUS 200 Tickets will be good for 21 -days Call at nearest ticket office and obtain lull information or write to J Fkaxcis General Tassenger Agent Omaha Neb BvMiiilfrsffawiirf firMff I niLBCC WUlDCMICIKCiTiC Beet Cough 8jmxp Tastes Good Ue si wine bom by arnralsts BLOOMERS AT BOWIE FORKS 1 1 py HIS wheelin game struck Bowie Forks an struck it hard you bet An most the boys in Rileys place is talkin of it yet For all was kinder startled like an owned to bein beat The day that Mar tins Sary Ann came sailin down the street We knowed shed got a two wheeled thing on which she aimed to ride But not a one expected that shed try to ride astride In fact we hadnt figgered on the clothes shed likely wear An when she scooted through the town youd oughter seen us stare She had two bags upon her legs that end ed at the knees An not a skirt of any kind as all the boys agrees These bags were red an fastened with a little belt of blue While jest above a waist of white showed that her heart was true And as she went a scootin by a sittin there astride Ole Martins bosom seemed to swell with great an joyous pride An puttin down his ole clay pipe an givin us a smile He said the things was bloomers an the very latest style Then Six Notch Hank declared himself like one who knowed the game That he was shy in dealin with a queer new fangled name An these things may be bloomers gents that much he says I grants But if thats so then bloomers is another name for pants MISS T0FS PRINCIPLES There were two Misses Pemberton but only one of them avowed princi ples or the principle and that ws the property of Miss Tauline Miss Gri selda had never subscribed to It open ly neither had she ever opposed it openly which was probably the reason the Pemberton household struck out siders as the dearest coziest most peaceful little dove cote that ever was Miss Griselda sitting quietly night after night on one side of the student lamp which stood on the center table with her noiseless knitting needles that never clicked nor stopped even when she talked partly because she never talked seemed even more placid than she was by the contract of Miss Pau lines extreme restlessness on the other side Miss Pauline herself declared that Griselda excited her Sitting still all evening and every evening like a dumb clockwork knit ting machine may be good for the poor folks that get the stockings she com plained but its mighty hard on the poor folks that have to live with the machine For me its a matter of prin ciple to stir about some Sister would you please let that man or woman whichever it is be a few minutes be hindhand in getting that stocking and tell me what you think we ought to do about that child This is the third meal shes had from us as I suppose youve kept count Annie Bergen sitting at the tiny table in the tiny kitchen finishing the last crumbs of a meal large out of all proportion to the table the kitchen and Indeed to everything except the appetite that attacked it heard herself called that child with a vague sense of alarm She slipped down from her chair walked over to a door between the kitchen and the living room knock ed gently and stood waiting for an an swer that did not come She was a short stocky little girl of twelve or fourteen neatly and not so very shabbily dressed whose face might be described as honest looking Miss Paulines voice drowned the sound of Annies knuckles on the door No I dont want you to leave it to me You know my principle never to encourage poor people to get something for nothing If I was rolling in riches Id think the same But I havent the heart either to turn a child away hungry Annie heard that could not help but hear it for she had pushed the door open without ceremony Please could I work fer me board she inquired in one anxious breath lest Miss Pauline should say something which like the laws of the Medes and Persians could not be recalled Gracious child say it slower Could I work here for me board Mother told me to ask and say she could keep me home nights if you hadnt anywhere to let me sleep I can sweep and dust and make fires and wash dishes and redd up the houe real nicely Ive tried so many houses to giet work and nobodyll believe 1 aint too little Annie said Miss Pauline slowy and judicially we dont need any on to hell us I told you that yesterday and the day before when you aske and weve not grown any more nor the work grown any heavier shi then But if you are going to co here till it does and look hungry eve j time you come 1 dont see that we s do any better than to let you do fo thing for your meals Its not my prin ciple though to let any one work for me for nothing If youre going to be worth anything youll be worth n dol lar a week to us and you can have that and your meals - That your doings said Miss Pau line severely to Miss Griselda after the radiant Annie had departed No you didnt say anything but you look ed You dont feel about these things the way I do Were just giving that child work out of charity and she kno us it and its the worst thing in the world for her Not that being hngry is any better for her I suppose she quickly added for fear Miss Griselda might say it before her It was not long however before An nies value to the household became so dazzlingly apparent that Miss Paulino ceased to charge her to Miss Griseldas account and almost unconsciously transfened her to her own frequently remarking in self congratulation It was a lucky thought of mine to have a little girl in to help with the dishes and things It takes considerable off sister and Annies a capable little crea ture I must say Miss Griselda said nothing but she silently approved of Annie and charac teristically showed it by quietly al most surreptitiously presenting her with two pairs of the stockings she knit for the poor of the City Mission She did not tell Annie to conceal these but she did hope that Pauline would not notice that the child wore them Miss Paulines approval of Annie in creased after a visit to the childs home The mother goes out washing she reported to Miss Griselda and leaves the little twin boys theyre nothing but babies at a day nursery Annies dollar helps pay for that she said and seemed so grateful to us Theres a younger girl attending school whom Mrs Bergen says she can get in a Home if she wants to I told her I thought it would be an excellent thing for the child but it only sent her apron to her eyes so I was sorry I had said anything Shes a very nice tidy wom an and must be quite thrifty since she keeps the place and the children look ing far more presentable than I had expected and they dont seem to be in need Did you ask said Miss Griselda No but if they were needy theyd be quick enough to say something We know how it is with the people who come to the City Mission Yes but do we know how it is with the people who dont come to the City Mission This was a distinctly disagreeable suggestion to Miss Pauline and it prey ed on her mind so that when she took stock of their winter clothing before laying it away in faith and hope and hideous smelling moth proof bags she called Annie up to her resolutely slammed the attic door on her princi ples and said Annie have you any sort of wrap for these spring days Me beaver coat said Annie stur dily But nothing lighter Nom Would you like this cape Yesm Take it then I suppose your moth er can shorten it And if you care for this dress and skirt you can have them too and here would you like this yel low ribbon for your little sister Its too gay for a big girl like you Miss Griselda had meanwhile boldly knitted a striped red-and-white for Annie and felt a surprise she was too wary to express that it was not worn They saw the yellow ribbon the next day decking the person of a large eyed child smaller shyer and more eager looking even than Annie had been when she first came to them To her Annie was delivering many or ders in an important tone as she stood on the dresser redding up the highest shelves Its Maggie Her school was out so she came up to help me house clean Here Mag take these bottles down cellar and dont you break one mind now Well give her some supper before she goes was Miss Paulines incau tious injunction for which she after ward excused herself to Miss Griselda with the perturbed query How could I know she was going to come again the next day and the nextj and the next She putters around and I suppose thinks she helps but we dont need her and Annie dont need her more than a coach needs a fifth wheel and she getting dinner and supper here regular as can be You know I dont grudge the child her food its the prin ciple of the thing I call it cool of An nie and not to be encouraged Annies no more than a child Well then of her mother It is no more nor less than a scheme to make us give Maggie her meals and Im not going to do it Either her work is worth money and weve no right to it for nothing or it isnt and then shes no right to her board any more than if she brought those twin brothers of hers and maybe thatll be the next thing Nevertheless the word of dismissal was not said Miss Paulines heart failed her as the mouse like little crea ture crept around after Annie like her shadow doing whatsoever any one commanded her She doesnt eat but a bite of bread and butter that I can see confessed Miss Pauline Its only principle makes me feel I must send her away And then sister have you noticed An nie wearing any of the things I gave her N no unwillingly owned Miss Gri selda She wears that same old plaid shawl and you gave her a cape didnt you- Yes and Im afraid she vague ly recalled all she had heard read and heivelf said about the possibility of good clothing given to the poor finding its way to the pawnshop and continued afraid were going to be disappoint ed in that family Ill tell Maggie this very day that wq dont need her ljere and she niustnt expect to get her vic tuals provided this way The difficult thing was done kindly enough and taken as the two children took all orders with a quiet Yesm and then the kitchen that had known Maggie knew her no more Her sister went about -her work with irsvollen eye lids aud a dull apathetic maunc r which smote the Misses Pembertom with some remorse I wasnt so very sharp vroa 1 ask ed Miss Pauline of Miss Griselda I had a good mind to ask hor what she meant by pawning those ciothes but dearie me I havent the heart now If I had the mind How do you know site nus pawned them asked Miss Griseida nobly covering the with the mantle of charity Miss Pauline was able to answer that question sooner than either expected The following evening as they walked home from prayer meeting along a gaily lighted street that they sometimes took for a short cut their attention was attracted by a glittering window pane over which hung three brazen balls There their eyes caught the odd ly striped conspicuous among the pathetic collection of host ages flung to the wolves of want as the Russian mother flung one child to save the rest She did pawn it cried Miss Pau line in subdued tones compounded of triumph and dismay Sister we must go immediately to the house and tax them with it What different aspects it might pre sent to those to whom the pawnship is enveloped in a lurid halo of disgrace and to those to whom it is but a means to a necessary end naturally did not occur to either of these estimable la dies as they indignantly hastened to the very humble abode of the Bergen family The mother opened the door looking so pale and haggard that they asked in alarm whether she had been ill No maam not ill Wont you comt in ladies The room had somehow a desolate look neat as it was and an air of al most funereal quiet which even the boisterous voices of the twins playing in one corner could not dispel Wheres Annie asked the Misses Pemberton In in the closet said her mothei rather stiffly in a tone which forbade curiosity on the subject And wheres Maggie Oh shes in a Home Theyve gone and took her to a Home my little only sister It would be impossible to con vey in written words the grief and de spair in Annies voice and face as she burst from the closet where she had been softly crying and confronted the astonished ladies Shes in a Home she reiterated with a tragic emphasis We havent got her and she hasnt got us I know shes crying for us every night of her The tears in Miss Griseldas eyes con vinced Miss Pauline that her own must be forced back Why did you send her if it breaks your heart so she asked Must Is must said Mrs Berget quietly It was all I could do with the washing and Annies dollar to keep the roof over our heads espe cially when one of the twins was sick and I had to stay home you know Annie never told us about it Nom Ive always tried to teach em not to talk about their troublesv and wear out peoples patience with whining You see Annie got her meals from you and when Maggie was there helping her and me getting mine where I worked and the children being fed at the nursery we could get along though I had to pawn some things Id have been glad to keep You dont deny having pawned the clothes we gave you then Mrs Bergen looked surprised Why should I deny it she asked simply It was more than once they helped the rent out or bought a bucket of coal though it hurt me to see Annie going without the warm cape these sharp spring nights But oh it hurts me more to lose my little Maggie and her getting adopted out maybe and for getting me her own mother and her calmness suddenly broke down Into tears and sobs So would Miss Griseldas have done If Miss Pauline had not given her arm an authoritative shake Wheres that Home she demanded or Maggies mother Ill go down right away and bring her back if I have to kianap her She shall have three meals a day at our house or four if she wants them Annie stop crying for your sis ter and watch for her at the window Im going to bring her back I tell you You know sister began Miss Griselda timidly as they hurried away from the house faster than they had nastened toward it Well You know Maggie will be getting something for nothing just as she did before and though I never said so I always felt you were entirely right in your principle Griselda Pemberton Miss Pau lines eyes were flashing Id be ashamed to talk in such a hard hearted way grudging a cup of cold water or her bit of breakfast or dinner which Is the same thing to one of these lit tle ones Were not called on you and I to run this world on principles but on facts taking them as they are Mag gies a fact and were going to take her and if we are wrong why thats another factr and folks can just get rec onciled to it Are you coming In the door of this Home with me or will you stay outside and hug your principles Louise Betts Edwards in Youths Companion His Opinion Great is the Blarney stone An ex change says that a lady of great beauty and attractiveness who was at the same time an ardent admirer of Ire land once said to a party Really I think I was meant for an Irishwoman Madam said a son of Erin thou sands would back me in saying that you were meant for an Irishman A Singular Form of Monomania There Is a class of people rational enough In other respects who are certainly mono maniacs in dosing themselves They are con stantly trying experiments upon their stom achs their bowels their llvere and their kid neys with trashy nostrums When these or gans are really out of order If they would only use Hostetters Stomach Bitters they would if not hopelessly insane perceive Its superio Ity The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has had plans under way for several months for the erection of a new sta tion and terminal faciltles In Richmond Ya on which it designs to spend 2 000000 The Ladies The pleasant effect and perfect safety with which ladies may use Syrup of Figs under all conditions makes it tueir favor ite remedy To got the true and genuine article look for the name ot the Califor nia Fig Syrup Company printed near the bottom ot the package For sale by all responsible druggists Maple sugar was first made in New England in 1752 Halls Catarrh Cure Is laken internally Price 75 cents Early Celtic rings were made in in terlaced work often of very intricate patterns A sickly pimple covered skin is often transformed as if by magic into the full bloom of radiant health by the use of Glenns Sulphur Soap Of druggists For headache bathing behind Che ears with hot water often proves of im mense benefit I believe Pisos Cure is the only medi cine that will cure consumption Anna M Ross Willianisport Pa Nov 12 9o They are grumbling in Paris that bi ycling spoils the shape of the ballel dancers Bobbins Floating Borax Sap contains all the Rood properties of Dobbins Electric combined with those of the Dest floatlnff soap No chapped hands where this soap Is used Same price as adulterated soaps without Borax Ited wrapper Anglo Saxon rings were fashioned after knotted cables the knot being worn on the outside of the hand Bin WlnsloW Soothing Syrup for Children teething softens the Rums reances inflammation tllays pain cure lnd colic a cents a bottle Cromwells ring bore his crest a lion rampant Great Sales niturally result from the great merit which makes the thousands of wonderful cures by Hood S Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Puriiler All druggists 1 Hoods Pills cura all Liver Ills 25 cent The Cyclists Necessity ii aii m a BOTTLE KIINHX OF I Villi V Is th REPAIR KIT for all ACOIDENTS Onequaled for Quickly Heal in jj Lameness and Soreness of iluscles Wounds Bruises Stiffness Rheumatism Rub thoroughly with PONDS EXTBACT after each ride to keep muscles supple pliant strong Try Ponds Extract Ointment for Piles Avoid Substitutes Weak Watery Worthless Ponds Extract Co 76 Fifth Ayenue New York pTEoYEllOW by Btron Andrews will be sent tree to any addrrss upon receipt or only 2 1 cents In posta e samps The grand book la llustrated with sketches and po traits of the leading statesmen and orators It discusses iu ly the gold and silver que tlon and Rlve t a com 1 t his tory of currency and tariff Ieirlsl turn nmce the war It U a library on current pontics Addru s AV JT CABLKTO XO Sjproic St TSe w York S C N U - - - - 30 00 Habit Cared But in 1871 Thousand cured Cheapest and best cure Frextri al State case Da Marsh Qulncy Mich Forbid a Fool a Thing and That He Will Do Dont Use SAPOLIO - The Popular 7 CANDIDATE FOR ALLlPARTlES 6 m Battle Ax is popular with all parties because of its remarkably fine flavor its high quality and the low price at which it is sold The people of the United States know a good thing when they see it and they wont pay 10 cents for other high grade tobaccos while they can get Battle Ax for 5 cents Mm - Old age comes early to the clothes tRat are dragged up and down over the wash board Its ruinous Nothing else uses them co so thoroughly zna so quickly This wear and tear that tells so on your pocket ought to be stopped Get some Pearl ine use it just as directed no soap with it and see how much longer the clothes last and how much easier and quicker the work is Pearline saves the rubbing Ptl H ed1ers and some unscrupulous grocers trill tell von v iJU this is as good as or the same as Pearline ITS it Ria fAr FALSEPeariine is never peddled and if your sct vn grocer scuos you sometnms m place of Fearline be honest send it lack 13 JAMES PYLE New YoiJc