The Quest of
ietty
Hy MAGTOAl
Mo
Ccpyritht. 1909, by W. 0. Chapman.
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CHAPTER XX. j
TTlf an honur latpr Le Malheureux
Seined them In the rose and humming
bird patterned rhlnts drawing room.
Benonl withdrew and Le Malheureux,
till veiled, congratulated Uiny Morris
and Hetty.
"If you wish to be married before
yu leave here," he said, "there Is the
Id French priest who used to be my
mother's chaplain still here. He la a
ttonogcnnrlan, but still u priest for all
that. He will marry you yet to-nl;ht.
tt you wish, and I think, Miss Lantey.
It mlKht bn better If the ceremony were
celebrated. Io you not think so?
There's no knowing what may await
you."
Btty blushed, but Larry hesitated
ot a minute.
"Bring him on, bring him on." he
cried. "We'll be married to-night!"
"And I'll be the best man," shouted
Johnny.
"And City Kdltor Burton can usli
r." "Will you let Meta be the -brldes-"tnaMr
questioned Dctty. "Oh, but
.hat shall I do for a wedding gown?"
"If you weren't so big," said Tyoga,
urveylng.hcr critically, "we could loa I
you- Mrs. Hackleye's mother's bridal
robe. I have It still upstairs In an old
chest." f
Meta nnd Tyoga had come In silent
ly in the wake of Le Malheureux. "But,
tnother." interposed Meta, "there are
ther garments up In the old cheat.
Xerhaps we could make some of thent
at-
' "Your wedding clothes will lit as well
ma mine, anyhow," ventured Iarry.
, . Put a woman on a desort Island and
the prospect of a wedding will cause
tier Inventive faculties to evoke the
flesh-pots of Egypt from the barrcneil
and!
"The old chest" proved a treasure
douse. The towns, the youngest of
them, were at least a quarter of a cen
tury old, nnd some of them were of ths
mode of the French empire. All were
cich with rare lace and heavily wrought
tiand-embroldery. Borne were of cloth
f gold, tarnished now with the scowl
of time, but exquisite, still. There we-v
quaint old slippers, and a bridal veil
of the filmiest Honlton that ever cainn
ft" a loom.
No brldo could be decked with mor-!
Moving hands than was lietly for her
midnight marriage In mld-Afrlcu. Moti
bridesmaid, had a glowing frock of
carle t satin ana rainiest auiocr nice,
and great topazes about her shining I
ebony neck, and Tyoga produced a new
frock from somewhere. But Betty, ah,
Betty! An old court gown of cloth of
n!d and yellowed satin was her bridal
'obe. Over It all ran delicately
wrought roses In faded Tlfiks. - The
-marvelous web of Honlton draped her
-cwot-l race and rippled to the hem of
er dress. The neck of the dress was
4ow, and Betty's white shoulders were
. sparkle ot diamond pendants falling
(mm a high diamond collar Tyoga had
filaced around her throat, and her
tolump arms were half covered with
"flowery bracelets. When they reached
the chapel Le Malheureux himself put
a diamond girdle around the bride's
Done too slender waist,
"My gift to tho bride," he explained.
Johnny's head was the brightest
aoi in the chapel. From the musty
t4or within and the drip of water on
ho moss-grown walls, the chapel.
which had been reached through wolrd
rays, was evidently a subterranean
vom. The altar was of ivory, the ser
Ice dazzling beyond belief, and the
altar cloths of exquisite workmanship.
The ebony pews were miracles of the
carvers' art, and the ever-present leop
ard skin rugs were on the floor. The
priest, bent double with years, and
-With hair and skin as gray as the pelt
f a. field mouse, mumbled through the
Ions; Latin ritual, at a slow, nerve-
tacking pace. The candles flickered
and the scent of the Jasmine and lotui
with which Benofll-had wreathed tho
altar, and filled the great vases that
Banked tho sanctuury, grew unbear-
Able.
The wedding supper was laid in the
Uttle sitting room. There were many
'flowers, and the viands, oddly assorted
-to occidental eyes, rested royally on
platters and dishes of pure gold. No-
tody ate much, though Mta, Tyoga
and ISenonl served assiduously. Le
Halhoureux touched nothing at all.
Hetty, after several urglngs, forbore
to press him. Bho bad noticed that ho
aver. drank before anyonw, ami had
4a ug since grown accustomed to the
slown-dropplng veil, the closely shroud
ed figure, the well-conceuled feet and
hands. When the last course was
aerved Le Malheureux arose.
-Lrt me not be the skeleton ut the
TeasU" he temporized, "but Time does
. slot pause for us. The woman you
know as Cerloa Wuyn', In Teallty
Certsse Wayne Hackleye, wus my full
blooded sister. The letters that wora
found In her safety deposit box in San
Yanclsco bore reference lo the dia
mond mines at Tlougaley. l-'or reasons
t cannot now make known to you,
their location for years was known
wily to me. My father in some way
-i&lBcovcred their situation beneath and
feeyond the castle to which M!ss Lun
cey, now Mrs, Morris, was taken when
he llrst arrived In Africa, and from
which she has so recently departed.
"You must know that though he. 'i
'American born and bred, that for thlr
ty years my father has lived In this
notion, as absolute king over several
thousands of the moat desperate rao
f blacks that Inhabit this continent,
tie subdued them years ag-J through
er of what they considered his mag-
e- Tyoga. there, was the wife of the
rightful king. Meta, her foster daugh
ter, and Benonl, as you have guessed,
tier son. For love of my poor mother.
-hey not only served her, but have
(ended the family most faithfully ever
since.' Father but sent the blacks up
there to pre-empt those mines, and
.tiargrd to bring back with them .
" sjoodly loud.' Unknown to him his sub
tecla have long been rebelling against
ktm. Hut the half ot them went to
flougaley. The other half remained
Ridden here, anc' at any lime may
- -storm the castle. . Many of the. house
servants are will, the mutineers, and
'that enhances tne danger. I cannot
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blame thPin for revolting. My father
hrts been a cruel and despotic master.
Their woes have been many. Tyoga
can usually check them. It was dur
ing her absence in America that they
roke bonds. That Is why she left
Tlougaley so long alone with but Meta
and Mrs. Morris to iruard it. We
thought they were safer there than
they would bo here. We did not kno-v
that father had discovered Tlougaley
and had sent ,-i force there to storm
it! At that time we knew only of the
mutiny."
Then we did come Just In the nick
of time," exclaimed Johnnv Johnson.
Larry squeezed llettv's hand thank
fully.
''No time for congratulations now,"
admonished Le Malheureux. "We must
depart with the dawn."
"How many of us will there be?"
asked Benonl.
"See the two children, Mr. and
Mrs. Morris, Johnson there, myself,
Meta, Tyoga, my father, if he will Ro;
the Cure, and Huekleye," counted Le
Malheureux.
"The murderer of your sister?"
broke In Johnson.
Le Malheureux raised his hand.
"Hush," he said, curtly. "You have no
right to accuse! We are not lawmak
ers we dare not Judge nor charge.
And be careful what you say before
the children. I beg of you that. We
will try to get to Khurtoum. From
there passage for you and the children
to England will bo eaty. And It will
leuve mo free to deal with what I
must"
CHAPTER XXI.
An hour later brought the dawn.
Guided by Meta, Larry and his wife,
and Johnny reached the yacht that had
brought Betty from America and found
the children still sleeping and Tyoga
and Hackleye already a hoard. Th--Cure,
fat and waddly. was trying his
jest to clamber on. lienonl was not in
sight, neither was Le Malheureux. A
few moments later they appeared, L9
Malheureux with n wallet In his hand,
llenonl carrying the old man, who.
cursing and screaming with all his
might, was struggling against the Iroi
grip of the black.
"My diamonds, my diamonds! Let
me. nave tnern.. What else is worth In
life to me now since Ccrisse has died.
Murderer, murderer!" he shrieked at
Hackleye. "Ah, let me at him!" Mr
wuyno ravea like a maniac and tried
to leap on shore again, ljut they lashed
him to a chair and put a gag in ls
mouth.
"Many as are his crimes, we dare
not leave him to J.helr hands," said Be-
nonl, fialf regretfully. It seemod to
Ln rry.
Tho yacht took the river like a gull
on tho wing. The morning breeze was
chill und portent of rain hung In thn
sky, though tho sun was lighting to
prick the thickly banked up clouds.
Fifty leagues had they gone, when City
Editor Burton, who had not been left
behind, to Betty's great delight, roared
like a hurricane.
Following the lion's staro to the left
of them on the shore, they saw advanc
ing up the river bank toward them ;
horde of blacks. Benonl hurried the
women down stairs where the children
and the Cure already were, and reached
to lift the senior Mr. Wayne from his
moorings. But ho was too late. The
yacht was now abreast of the barbar
ians, whose leader with fine aim shot
his quondom tormentor straight I
through the heart with a long, fine ar-
row.
Benonl drew the gag from the old
man's mouth and leaned over to look at
the arrow. Even superficial examina
tion showed him the futility of aid. He
knew too well the poisoned barbs of
the tribe. Hundreds of arrows whis
tled about the yacht, but glanced harm
less from its sides, and by rare chanoo
none struck Benonl. When he realized
that Mr. Wayno was beyond human
help he left the body as It was and
crawling to the hatchwuy dropped be
low.
There he found the women In a tor
ment of terror and the children, awak
ened by their sobbing, nervously com
plaining about the cramped quarters
and the rocking motion of the yacht
'What Bort of fiends' work is this
boat?" questioned Iarry, though Beno
nl and Le Malheureux had both risen
in his estimation since they bad seen
- nlni successfully married to Betty.
"It's my own Invention," replied le
Mulheureux, with not a little pride In
hs tore. "Simple enough, too, If you
Just know how. Merely the sclentlllc
application of a few of the fundamen-
tal principles of electricity. This lit-
tie mirror hero reflects your whole
course as plainly at U you were nbove
deck of standing on the highest cap
tain's bridge that ever was built. That's
Just the application of the rules of
convergmce and Infraction of light. As
for the propulsion of thlj boat well, a
series of buttons on this keyboard does
It all. It's as easy as playing on a
piano or writing on a typewriter, or a
sewing muehlne or running a telephone
swltchl ourd, If you Just know how.
This is my wireless apparatus. I've
found It useful no. Indeed," us he read
the query on Iurry's face "no ;vhs
dispatches from this. I told your wife
that on the way over. And I warn you
us I warned her not to tamper with
It."
When I.e Malheureux paused, Beno
nl went to him and spoke in African
putols. Betty mmle out that be wis
telling him of his father's death. I u
Malheureux turned his post over to
Benonl. Then he went up nlnno to
view his dead.
He was gone a vrry long while, and
when he caino back he neither ques
tioned nor was questioned. Afterward
when the Americans went abovw und
found the body gone, and the duck
freshly scrubbed, they asked Benonl
what had been done with . the corpse
Benonl pointed silently to the river.
All day tluy followed the river and
Its i-buln of lakes. At every possible
Interval lietty or Iarry or Johnny
tried to hasten the solution of the mys
tery still palpable before them, but nol
ther Le Malheureux, nor llackleyt, nor
the Cure, nor the three I lack would
speak, and tho yacht sailed on and on.
CHATTER XXII.
December was crisping the air when
they told Xarclsse Harcourt she might
leave the hospital.
"Not for any length of time, but Just
for a trip down town, If you wish," said
Dr. Fotherglll. "Who do you want to
go with?"
"I'd like you, and Mr. Hartley," an
swered Mrs. Harcourt, frankly. "I want
to go and buy some presents for these
nurses who have been so kind to me,
and I want I want to go and see my
huslm rid."
Dr. Fotherglll telephoned for Philip
and he was there shortly before noon
as the doctor had asked. Philip had
not been able to buy a new overcoat
that winter, and he felt more the Perl
outside the gate than ever, when Mrs.
Harcourt, In her rich furs and radiant
beauty, followed tho doctor Into tho
parlor. The months In the hospital
bad worked wonders with Mrs. Har
court. The old, unfathomable, brillian
cy had left her eyes, but there was a
sweeter, a more human . look within
them, and the weird alabaster tones of
her skin wer replaced with a more
babyish purity of luster. She was
mure a woman, less a strange, unreal
phantom from another world. They
did their shopping first, but curtailed It
because the crowds In the stores stop
per to gaze open-mouthed at the start
ling beauty of Mrs. Harcourt, the grim
plainness of Dr. Fotherglll. and Philip
Hartley's assiduous attentions to both
the ladles. Then In one department
store, some one whispered that tho
woman In tho luxurious furs was "that
mysterious Mrs. Harcourt, you know,"
and Phil had much ado to get both his
charges unharmed Into a waiting taxi
cab. Thither they went direct to the Jail.
Harcourt had not been told of their
coming visit, as his wife had expressly
wished It so. She went rapidly through
the dingy hall, and rattled imperious
ly at the bars of the door. Harcourt
was sitting moodily In ono corner of
the room, as had been his habit of late.
He did not heed the rustle of silken
skirts nor the faint perfume that au
reoled his wife.
"Harold," she called, "Harold, oh,
Harold."
At sound of her voice he turned and
gasped. Then ho rose, and like an old,
old man. walked over nnd thrust his
hands through tho door.
"Narelsse," ho faltered, and whethor
It whs. foar, or wonder, or admiration
in his face and voice, one could not
tell. Plulnly he was ill at case.
(To be continued.)
AN UNMISTAKABLE BOND.
me Illnafrntlnna of the llelatlon
of Victual to Mimic.
As we have more than once atiir
Rested In the past, there Is a sort ol
subtle bond between great victuals and
great music. The exact nature of that
Dond e.udes scrutiny, but there It Is,
the Baltimore Sun says. Find a lovei
of sauerkraut and you will find a man
w ho understands and admires the ntn
superb symphonies of Ludwlg von Bee
thoven. Such a man would warmly
Indorse the Idea of playing the grand
flnule of the fifth symphony during the
kraut course at dinners. The deter
mined reiterations in the coda of thai
movement seem to suggest in a mystic
way the benign endlessness of th
krautlan skein. Like a rubber band
Haucrkruut I without beginning ami
without end. Each strand clings tc
another. Eat a yard of It and another
yard lures you on. Once started it Ii
difficult to cease.
So much for Beethoven and his gas
tronomlc affinities. Coining to th(
symphonies of Johannes Brahms. on
discerns a suggestion of another de
lightful German delicatessen, to v. It
linderbrust mit ineeirettlg (breast ol
beef with horseradish sauce). If one
contemplates a rasher of rlnderbrust
boiled in the simple German fashion,
one comes Inevitably to the thought
that, In itself, it has no epicurean
merit whatever. It Is, in fact, the
most Insipid of dishes--tough, bleak.
monotonous and uninviting. Eating it
as It comes from the pot would bo an
appalling experience for a true con
noisseur of victuals. Is there not in
all this some hint of Brahms? Isn't
It a fact that his symphonies, as they
appear In the cold black and white
score, lnipreui one chiefly by their uttet
luck of fla'.or? One seeks In vain for
luscious aevlltry. The bassoon lacks
buffoonry. The bass Addles have no
piquant wriggles. It la magnificent
true enough, but it is not appetizing.
But JiiBt as the flat rlnderbrust Tits
Its saving meerrettlg, just so the sym
phrnles of Brahms gain favor in the
playing. The meerrettlg give tle rln
derbrust an Indescribable tang, an In
effable sting, a quaint flavor of dlftb
lerie, and in the same way the emo
tions nnd mistakes of orchestral per
formers Innoculate the scores of
Brahms with the blest microbes of hu
man weakness. In the midst of a de
velopment section as academically
perfect as the binomial theorem some
Irresponsible viola player (suffering,
perhaps, from the fumes of cheap liq
uor), sounds a wolf tone or snaps a
string, and the result Is a golden mo
ment. The music, thus mutilated, In
sults the Intellect, but touches the
heart. One ceases to admire It, and
begins to enjoy It.
The whole subject, of course, is full
of snares, and we pause for refresh
ments. But there is need in the world
for a philosopher who will work It
out to ten places of decimals who will
explain to us tho subtle relationship
between music nnd viands. We have
hinted at the nature of the chains
which bind sauerkraut to the great
Ludwlg. and rlnderbrust to the aus
tere Johannes. But why does the Bis
marck herring suggest Wagner and
the succulent kartoffelkloss Weber and
"Der Frelschuetz," and stewed prunes
Haydn, and hosenpfeffer Mozart. And
why, when we hear the music of Rich
ard 8trauss, do we think Inevitably of
pink lemonade and snake-eaters, shell
games and tight ropes, jugglers and
peanuts?
stun.
"Deur, if the old clothes man comes
around this week you had better sell
him what old clothes we have."
"Not till you get me some new ones."
Houston I'ost.
Step lr Step,
I believe in Improving environments,
but when we have made the world fit
for men to live In we shall still nsed
to make men lit to live in it. Sir
J sines Duck worl h.
QUEER TWO-WHEELED AUTO.
"UltYCI.E" MOTOR CAR.
A most extraordinary two-wheeled
automobile, designed on the principle
of a "dicycle" bicycle which drew at
tention In England twenty or more
years ago, has been built In London
and sent to this country for exhibi
tion.
It consists of a couple of large solid-
tired wheels, connected by an axle from
which hangs a platform sufficing for
the engine, which Is at the rear, is of
the single-cylinder type and develops
four and a half horse power. The
countershaft lies parallel with the axle
of the vehicle, and on the ends are a
pair of roller chains driving sprockets
that engage with the wheel hubs. The
steering la accomplished by an ordi
nary auto steering wheel, which act
uates wires that move friction discs
between the sprockets and the wheel
hubs, the drive being released from
one wheel or the other to effect a turn.
The chief feature of this remarkable
type of machine Is the cheapness with
which It can be built and the lack of
vibration that results from the use of
large wheels. The seat for the driver
and passengers rests JuBt over tho
axle. Popular Mechanics.
BURNED PAPER MONEY.
Source of Great Profit to the Govern
ment and Hank.
At the redemption windows of tho
treasury and of the subtreasurles oi'
the country any silver coin that ha3
not been mutilated willfully and which
still is recognizable as from the mints
of tho United States will be redeemed
at face value, this In spite of the fact
that the silver In the worn coin may
not be worth half Its face value. As
to gold coin, the government stand3
only a small portion of the loss from
abrasion; but, according to weight,
these worn gold coins always are re
deemable. In the case of the- paper currency
two-fifths of a note must be presented
If Jt shall be redeemed or a new note
Issued, and no matter what the evi
dence may be as to total destruction
of this paper currency, the govern
ment regards it as the holder's Indi
vidual loss with which it is no further
concerned. Fire may melt $1,000 worth
of silver coins and it is wprth its
metal value. It may melt J1.000 in
gold coins and the mint will pay
$1,000 In new twenty-dollar gold pieces
for the mass. But the ashes of $1,000
in paper currency is without value.
In the thousands of fires over the
country every year Involving office
buildings, factories, business houses
nnd family residences an untold total
of legal tender notes ot all kinds are
destroyed. Every piece of such paper
lost la loss to the holder and gain to
the government or to a, Rational bank.
It is a promissory note hopelessly lost
to the holder. It Is even more, for In
many cases an individual man might
redeem his debt obligation If he were
assured by the holder of It that the
piece of paper to which he had signed
hla name had been destroyed by acci
dent and by no chance could turn up
again against him. Chicago Tribune.
GAME OF GOFF, GOUFF, OR GOWF.
Origin Traced lo the llomana, Al
though Scotland Ilae Credit.
One of the foremost of the games
which we have adopted is the royal
and ancient game of goff, gouff, gowff
the last the genuine old pronuncia
tion or golf, which, curling excepted,
Is the game most peculiar to Scotland,
as characteristic as baseball In Amer
ica or cricket in England. The word
was derived from the Dutch kolf, a
club, but the game is not of Dutch
origin, though In early days golf balls
were Imported from Holland and per
haps the name came with them, Arthur
B. Reeve in Outing Bays.
The date of the origin of golf, even
approximately, like that of most sports,
is unknown. Tradition has It that the
game originated with the Scotch shep
herds knocking a ball about the heath
with their crooks. But among the Ro
mans a game called paganlca was
played with a ball stuffed with feath
ers. AS eariy goil uaus were uiuue iu
the same way In Scotland, It has been
surmised that the Roman game was
nerhaps a forerunner. An early name
In England was bandyball, and In old
prints reproduced by Strutt in his
"Sports and Pastimes the club, some
four and a half feet long, had a curva
ature, much like a crook. Later the
heads of the golf Btlcks were affixed to
ash shafts and were faced with horn
and backed with lead.
Golf in the early days was a highly
democratic game laird and cobbler
were competitors; everyone played
even the women. The links were the
common land along the seashore.1 The
prizes were simple a golf club or
dozen balls, and only later the more
elaborate medal and cup. Even tho
great national prize wus a silver stick
which never became the property of
the winner.
Mot ill ml Kind.
"That old millionaire phllanthropisi
is reported to be living in the odor ot
sanctity."
"No such thing. I see him riding
In a gasoline car." Baltimore Amerl
can.
We wish we were a young girl who
has Just returned fiom school. We
saw one yesterday, and four girls had
their arms around her.
If all the Inventive genius wasted
on excuses were exerted along more
practical Hues, an extension would
have to be built on the patent office. .
It Is a great bleating to be able to
pay your debU.
CANCER
Its Proper Treatment and Cure.
In morbid anatomy tne one great
ubject In which the great interest
cnter3 Is Carcinoma, it is mentioned
In all the writings of the ancients and
considered by all of the moderns.
The interest In this subject centers
In Its malignancy. The Intrinsic ten
Jency of Carcinoma Is to destroy life.
The Interest Is heightened and intensi
fied by the wide-spread prevalence and
vigilance of the affection and the in
adequacy of the present Knife Sur
gical resources to successfully co le
with It. Statistics reveal an alarming
death rate from Cancer. In England
and Wales during one decade (I860-
1870) 2,379,022 persons above the age
of twenty died and of this number
81,699 died from Cancer, a ratio of 1:29.
The disease Is thought to be on the m
creape. The general public is aware ot
the inability of Knife-Surgery to suc
cessfully treat it. It Is almost univer
sally considered Incurable. There Is
need of the establishment of successful
therapeutic measures as well as the dis
covery of the real cause of the disease.
Until recently Carcinoma has suc
cessfully defied all medical prac
tice, but while Its cause is still a
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SPRINGS. SOUTH DAKOTA.
mystery, that a method of treatment
has been discovered by which It can
be utterly destroyed Is the most sig
nificant fact in therapeutics since the
discovery of the circulation of the
blood. We have now for the first time
in the history ot clinics a few young
scholarly physicians ot genius who,
having the confidence of a righteous
cause and the ability to advance it
rightly, believe the future belongs to
them. It required courage to announce
the fact of having the ability to treat
Carcinoma. The schools denied the
possibility of cure and held up the an
nouncement to ridicule. Nearly all the
regular physicians and surgeons treat
ed Carcinoma specialists with con
tempt. One very prominent specialist
In another line of surgery declared that
"cancer specialists cured twenty pe."
cent of their cases because twenty per
cent were not cancer." Now we want to
quote from a surgeon who was Pro
fessor of Surgery in Rush Medical Col
lege, Professor of Surgery In Chicago
Polyclinic, Attending Surgeon in Pres
byterian Hospital, Chicago, Surgeon in
Chief to St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago,
and author of the great work, "Pathol
ogy and Surgical Treatment of Tu
mors." Dr. N. Senn. M. D.. Ph. D., LU
D., of Chicago, Illinois. On page 218
of his Pathology we find these word3
Id italics: "Every Carcinoma has
benign durable) period." Again on
page 2C6: "Every modern writer on
Carcinoma insists upon the importance
of early operative treatment. Card
noma is no longer regarded as a con
stitutional or Hood disease. It has a
binign (curable) stage during which it
resembles benign epithelial tumors.
and it is amenable to successful treat
tnt-nt by thorough removal."
Now whose opinion shall we take?
The opinion of the Hurgeon who
makes no attempt' to treat the disease?
or shall we believe the statement of
that surgeon who stands at the head
of the world's great pathologists and
s so recognized by every great school
of medicine and surgery on the planet?
We believe an Intelligent public will
accept the statement of Dr. Senn
What causes the enmity to Cancer
Specialists? Ignorance.
The arguments against the Cancer
Specialists have been like the slides
In a magic lantern. The first stereo
typed objection was that Cancer was
Incurable by any process whatever,
hence the Cancer Specialist was
fake. In reply to this statement It Is
sufficient to say that the objection can
not be stated In the presence of any
well Informed modern pathologist
The second objection was that Can
cer specialism was contrary to the code
of ethics of the profession. In answer
to that argument it is entirely compe
tent to Btate that nearly every great
discovery In clinics Is being made by
specialists and that every disease anl
every kind of surgery is being treat
ed by specialists. The noted person
ages in science, arts, philosophy, aJd
finance and the great Captains of In
lustry seek the services of specialist -j,
The third argument was that Cancer
Specialists were Ignorant quacks. In
answer to that statement will say that
no branch of therapeutics or clinics
tan name as its representatives any
higher scholarship and professional
ibllity than are found ' among some
Cancer Specialists. The day when too
Cancer Specialist can be disposed of
with a sneer has passed with the day
that held the tuberculosis specialist in
contempt. There are thousands of per
sons in the various walks of lift; from
the dally laborer to the capitalist who
can testify lj the fact that' Carcinoma
baa been cured In their Individual
cases. That there was a time when
there were a great many cance
specialists who were not physicians
and were ignoraut ot the remedies
for common diseases, and that
there are such to-day is unques
tiouably true, but that there are
aow learned and able physicians and
urgeons who make a specialty of can
cer Is equally true. That there are a
rmy of ignorant, incompetent, irre
ponsibe quacks in the regular prac
lice of medicine and who are carrying
11 pi en as from regular medical schools
no well-informed person will deny, but
that there are grand scholarly, good
men also in the profession who are
blessing humanity and are an honor
to the profession all will admit. The
great Dr. Senn of Chicago, on page
26S of his Pathology, says: rerwo-
ntnt results Kill follow the operative
tnatment of Carcinoma tne opera
lion i performed before regional
infection has occurred. Every case
ol sxternal cancer can bt cured It
well removed before regional Infec
tion has occurred. Why any one should
doubt that proposition Is more than I
can understand. I have recently ob
served the force of the argument and
position here presented. I lately had
the honor of visiting a specialist on
the subject of cancer, which visit was
ery Impressive to ne on account of
having known this physician in his
boyhood days. I knew him on both
social and business planes, and I saw
him grow from an humble position to
physician now with a national repu
tation, impregnable and Invulnerable,
as ha3 been demonstrated by the suc
cessful resistance against thousands of
attacks from unscrupulous and preju-
Iced physicians, characterizing the
ame spirit against progress that was
shown in the days when Harvey dis
covered the circulation of the blood.
This specialist Is none less than Dr.
Perry Nichols of Hot Springs, South
Dakota.
Whatever may be said of Cancer
Specialists in general and of their
great pretensions to secret treatment.
I have both the pleasure and the hon
or of clearing that physician from the
stigma from any accusation of reserv
ing to himself any pecuniary or selfish
ight In using that which the world
may not know. The work as I saw
there was as an open book.
TREATMENT.
The method used will commend It
self to any one who will Investigate.
( is radical and thorough. It destroys
the tumor. It is not knife surgery,
but more effective. Does not weaken
the patient by destroying needless
healthy tissue, or by loss of blood, but
destroys all diseased parts and leaves
the wound In condition to heal rapidly.
It is the highest form ot chemical caus-
ic known; the most powerful, yet easy
to control. We have witnesses ot
cures from ocean to ocean and from
the Great Lakes in the North to the
Gulf In the South, and no rational
man visiting such an institution,
whether physician, surgeon or other
wise, will fall to corroborate these
statements. It Is surely a disgrace to
the medical profession that It does
not more generally recognize this line
of treatment. They are not working
for the good of humanity in their pres
ent attitude of opposition.
E. M. CATHCART, A. B.,
Chartv Oak, Iowa.
A Word from Friends Who . Hare
Been Here.
Those afflicted with anv malady very
properly desire evidence as to whot they
may expect when they are in searcn or
a cure, and especially so it they have al
rendr emended monev for treatment
Therefore we herewith append a very few
brief extracts from letters received iroui
those who know from experience what
Dr. Nichols can do.
WHAT A SKILLFUL SPECIALIST OF CHICA
GO SAYS.
Dr. R. B. Miller, one of Chicago's most
skillful specialists, of 14.1 Oakwood Blvd.,
who was successfully treated for cancer
upon the nose at Dr. Nichols' Sanator
ium in the autumn of I'.MK), writes on
Jan. 10, l'.HO: "I want you to tell me
any time l can ne or service 10 you in
the way of recommendation or reference.
any place and any time, and 1 will be
only too glad to he of help to you, as
well as to any one in need of your ser
vices. 1 am nne ana nanny, vtounu
looks remarkably fine. Dr. Pusey (one
of Chicago's most eminent X-Rny special
ists) says It is the finest senr he has
ever seen from any operation. 1 cm look-
in for cases to start your way. I-rnter-
nally yours. Dr. R. B. Miller."
AFTER SPENDING HUNDREDS OK DOLLARS
CAME TO Ilil. NICHOLS AND WAS CURED.
Mrs. Bell Scott of Sr. Paul. Nebr.,
writes a friend on March f, 1!10: "Af
ter spending several hundred dollars try
ing to get my cancer removed I went to
Dr. Perry Nichols' Sanatorium at Hot
Springs, South Dakota, upon the advice
of friends, as it seemed my only chance
for life. I was rhere five weeks. When
I went I could hardly sit up, the pain
was so severe, but I came home cured
and shortly after did my work. I want
to do all I can to help suffering people.
Respectfully yours.
"Mrs. Bell Scott."
"loud in her praises,"
A sufferer from cancer at Early, Iowa
consulted Mrs. James Grace, of that
place, regarding her treatment for cancer
at Dr. Nichols' Sanatorium, and writes
as follows concerning Mrs. Grace: "Her
face is all right and she is loud in her
praises of you and the treatment of her
terrible cancer, which she now believes
cured. I was so pleased with all she
told me that I want further informa
tiou."
A BANK PRESIDENT'S OPINION.
"That the public may have the benefit
of my experience, I will state that I had
a sore or growth in the palm of my baud
which was diagnosed as a Cancer. I treat
ed with a number of prominent physi
cians without receiving any good results
I finally heard of Dr. Nichols, of Hot
Spriucs, South Dakota. I visited his
Sanatorium and after examination, Dr,
Nichols pronounced my trouble to be s
soft cancer. I remained at the Sanator
ium three weeks and came home wi:h
my hand perfectly cured so far as tho
cancer is concerned and I have had no
further indication of cancer since that
time. During my stay with Dr. Nichols
I witnessed many permanent cures, and
I cau truthfully make known that in my
judgment Dr. Nichols can cure any ex
posed cancerous sore or growth if the
same is put under his treatment at tbe
proHr time and without delay. ery
respectfully, J. J. MllNTOSH
'President American Bank, Sydney
Nebr."
A HAPPY COLORADO WOMAN.
"Perry Nichols, of Hot Springs. S. D
cured me of a cancerous lumor in th
breast which had been growing for twen
ty-six years, and for some time before I
went for treatment I suffered very much
It would soon have caused my death. Dr,
Nichols Is a muster of his profession Mini
everyone Is made perfectly ut home iu hi
Sanatorium.
"I would say to all afflicted as I was,
'Do not put it off until too late.'
"I should be glad to answer the ques
tion o' any one in regard to this mutter,
"Mas. I.inda Keiff.r. Sterling, Colo."
I'ANCEB REMOVED NEW MP PUT ON.
"1 was sufferer from cancer on my
upper lip. My trouble was made very
much worse by use of X-Ray. I could
not sleep nights on account of the pain
I dually went to Dr. Nichols, whom I
f'Miml to be purely a specialist on can
cer.
"His treatment in my case killed th
cancer and stopped the pain in twenty
four hours from the beginning. My en
tire upiier lip was diseased sad was sooa
removed. I he name doctor performed
plastic surgical operation tar replsce-
ment ef !!?. It was n mceess. I might
write msny page In 'praise ot the bridge
that curried v.ie over.' But t'.ie u'jove !
the truth and word cauuot make rC
stronger. Write tne, any one who is
seekisf lsformation.
"A. II. Livinostoh.
"Missouri Valley, Iowa."
ANCFR MTCEHSrui.LT REMOVED FBOI
NOME NEW NOSE GRAFTED.
"Thanks to you and your skill, I have
been so well that I have worked every
day since Aug. 0, Sundays included. I
am sure if you could see me you would
be very well satisfied with the results of
last year's work. My nose is shaping up
well and in. y scars are rapidly fading;
my forehead has token on a nearly nat
ural shade, nnd the nerve system is well
established both in nose and forehead.
Respectfully yours.
"Mrs. Moi.ue Crew,
"I'JS S. West St., Galcsburg, Ills."
Persons desiring further information
upon this subject may obtain a booklet
free upon "Cancer, Its Proper Treatment
and (Jure," a very interesting and in
structive publication, also containing
numerous testimonials from former pa
tients, with shout ."iH references, by
addressing,
DR. PERRY NICHOLS' SANATOR
IUM,
Hot Springs, S. D.
CHARLESTON'S ANCIENT BELLS.
How They Have Heen I'reserved for
Centuries.
The corner stone of the Church of
St. Michael was laid in 1752 on the
site first occupied by old St. Philip's.
one of the most ancient colof.TaT
churches In America. It was not until
twelve years later that the chimes of
eight bells was installed in the high
steeple, which long served as a guide
to mariners along that part of tbe
Carolina coast. The money for these
bells was raised by popular subscrip
tion, and they were cast in London.
It was a gala day when they arrived
and were swung Into place in the
lofty belfry where every one thought
that they would ring for all time to
come.
A life of devotion and peace had
been arranged for them, hut it con
tinued only eighteen years. Then their
vlclssitudinous history began. When
the British evacuated Charleston Ma
jor Trallle, of the Royal artillery,
claimed the eight bells as one of the
perquisites of war. He took them back
to England and there they were sold.
Sir Guy Carleton, who was then at
New York, was appealed to, and he
issued an order for the return of the
bells. Meanwhile they had been
bought In London by a Mr. Rybenau,
formerly a merchant ot Charleston, as
a "commercial venture." He had
them shipped back to their former
home, hoping to make a profit on
their sale when they arrived.
Just after the battle of Secesslon
vllle, In 1862, St. Michael's chimes
were taken down to escape being in
jured in the bombardment of Charles
ton. They were sent to Columbia, S.
u., ior saieiy. iuis move lunieu uu
disastrously, or during the occupation
of Columbia by Sherman s army the
bells were burned in the fire of Feb.
17, 1865. But they were so loved that
the fragments were sacredly guarded,
and when the war was over these
pieces of old metal were shipped to
England, to Mears & Steinbank, in
London, the successors of the first
founders, and recast. Strange, as It
may seem, the original molds Into
which they had been poured a century
before had 6tlll been preserved. In
February, 1867, the eight bells came
back once more to Charleston. The en-
tira oat rt rhlmpa tlfl1 rrnflRpH the A t-
lanuc live limes ana iwo or. me uejj
seven.
Since then they have passed un
harmed through many dangers. In
spite of cyclones and earthquakes that
nearly demolished the church, they
still swing uninjured high up In
their steeple. Every Sunday they call
the people for half an hour before the
time of each service. They toll or
ring joyously to mark anniversaries
or holidays; In fact, their mellow
sound is one of the chief beauties of
the picturesque old town by the sea.
Harper's Weekly.
. . I r- . . 1 . . 1 1
The late Dr. Edward Everett Haie
was a great student of child life. Dr.
Hale once dilated on the Incorrigibly
bad tastes in books that children have.
He Instanced the case of bis own son,
now a famous architect, whose taste
he had a hard time forming. Jack
Harkaway and Dead wood Dick seemed
to him the very topmost pinnacle ot
literary excellence. He yawned over
the splendid historical works his father
read to him.
One day, however, Dr. Hale had a
gleam of hope. The little boy brought
him a volume of English history, and
said, "Will you read me some more
out of this, please?"
"Why, certainly, my hoy," the fath
er answered, cordially." "What part
would you like to have?"
"Read me," said the little boy,
"about Mary Queen of Scota getting
her head cut off!" '
IllKh Clan .Sulfide.
In China suicide has been a fine urt
for several centuries. If a .mandarin
is guilty of misconduct he is requested
to put himself out of the land of the
living. There is a distinction, too, in
the manner in which the oriental m.iy
die. If he Is of exalted rank and enti
tled to wear the iieacock feather he Is
privileged to choke himself to death
with gold leaf. This is regarded as a
distinguished manner ot ending life.
If the mandarin is only of the rank
that is entitled to wear the red button
he muet. be content with strangltjg
himself with a silken cord. Such are
the distinctions of caste.
TalLlnar In Clreie.
"From what I've heard about Cuba."
said Mrs. Lapsing, "they don't use the
automobile very much down there. A
rich Cuban rides around in a sort of
two wheeled vocabulary.
ArtUUo nepnrlee,
"How are you getting along with
your statue of war?" asked the land
scape painter.
. "I'm putting as bold a face on it a
possible," answered the sculptor.
Knllablenlna; II I m.
jlgy Doctor, what aw Is the fl
vmii" "" .. v. "
Medical Adviser The possession of a
brain, my dear boy.