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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
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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
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The pleasant effect and perfect safety
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under all conditions makes it tueir favor
ite remedy To got the true and genuine
article look for the name ot the Califor
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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
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I believe Pisos Cure is the only medi
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They are grumbling in Paris that bi
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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
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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
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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
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ine use it just as directed no soap with it
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