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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD i n jii i w m rrrp '' A J. v ,J SUFFERING OF II E "Words Can't Express Gratitude I Feel Toward Tanlac," Says Mrs. Burrington. "From childhood until I got Tnnlnc, I suffered from Indigestion and stom ach trouble," snld Mrs. J. A. Burring ton, 510 Stanford Ave., Los Angeles, MRS. J. A. BURRINGTON Los Angeles, Calif. Cnlif., "and tlmt's been a long time, for I'm now In my sixty-eighth year. "I remember when I was n child I was kept on a strict diet of lime water and milk for weeks and I have been in constant distress all these years. I suffered terribly from bloat ing and had to be very careful of what I ate. I became so weak and nervous I could hardly go about my housework and was In a miserable condition. "About two years ngo my husband got such splendid results from Tanlac ho Insisted on my taking It and the medicine wasn't but a llttlo while in ridding me of my troubles. It gave me a splendid appetite, and I could enjoy a good hearty meal, even things I hadn't dare touch before, without any fear of It troubling me. "Then I had the Intluenza and no. enmo dreadfully sick, and weak, but my stomach kept In good order and It only took four bottles of Tanlac to build mo up again to where I'm now feeling better than at any time"! can remember. I have gained eleven pounds In weight, too, and words can't express the gratitude I feel toward Tanlac. I keep Tanlac In the house all the time now, for I know It is a medicine that can be depended upon." Tanlac Is sold by leading druggists everywhere. Adv. Decorative Splendors. "Riches have wings." "True," replied Miss Cayenne. "But the effect depends on the intelligence with which they are utilized. The most beautiful ostrich feather is like ly to look a trllle shabby on the orig Inn 1 bird." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy tor imams anu cnuuren, uuu see uiul n Bears the Signature of In Use for Over 80 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria I'eople who seldom nttend church frequently register a protest when the pastor desires a vacation. Catarrh Catarrh la a local disease greatly Influ enced by constitutional conditions. HAIitS CATAKWI MEDICINE Is a Tonlo and Blood Purifier. By cleansing tho blood and Imlldinj; up tho System, HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE restores normal conditions and allows Nature to do Its work. All Druggists. Circulars free. V. J. Cheney & Co , Toledo, Ohio. Fifty jonr ago it was an uncom mon thing in England for women to attend funerals. HUM D1E1 r-J-''""'' '" i mi" , ..,.. m &&ffij&t& Cigarette To seal in tho delicious Buriey tobacco flavor. If 5s Toasfted fyjy -...... .. t W. N. U.7 SIOUX CITY, NO. 2CM921. CONDENSED CLASSICS LITTLE DORRIT By CHARLES DICKENS Condensation by Charles E. L. Wlngato fe:-:-:-:-::-xx-:":-::-:-x-xH:-feji Z K "A" rFERY, what girl was that In my mother's room Just now?" "Oh, she? Llttlo Dorrlt? She's nothing; she's a whim of hers." And thus Mrs. Fllntwlnch, wifo of the crafty, crablikc walking footman of the household, Introduced to Arthur Clcnnam tho name of the poor little seamstress of the paralytic Mrs. Clcn nam. IIo had noted her pale, transparent face, quick in expression though not beautiful In feature, except for its soft hazel eyes. A delicately bent head, a tiny form, a shnbby dress it must needs have been very shabby to look at all so, being so.ueat wero Llt tlo Dorrlt ns she sat at work. A strange presentiment camo into Arthur's mind that, in some way, this gentlo mnldcn was connected 'with his history. For 20 years young Clennnm had lived In China with his father, only to return now, puzzled over a mysterious watch which that father, in tho very last moments of his life, had given to ids son, murmuring faintly nnd in distinctly at the time: "Your mother." Naturally Arthur had assumed Umt it was intended for Mrs. Clennam, whom he nnd the world supposed to bo his mother. Inside the watch casing was an old silk paper with tho initials D N F worked Into It In bends. It was a mes sage but the young man could not fathom It and the old woman would not enlighten him. Wns Little Dorrlt, to whom the stony Mrs. Clennam pnld such strange, unusunl kindness, con nected with the mystery? They grew to see more of each oth er the girl and tho young man nnd Arthur learned that the gcnorodK lit tle Amy Dorrlt wns supporting not only her poor old father, who had been condemned to a debtor's prison, but also her pretty, frivolous sister, Fanny, nnd her wild, lazy brother, Tip. Under th then existing English lnws they were, nil allowed to live with their father in that drenry prison. Little wonder thnt Clennnm often spoko kindly to her and that he helped tho family. But love had not yet come to him though It lind to Little Dorrlt. IIo hoard the thrill In her voice, ho saw the quickening bosom, nnd yet the remotest suspicion of the truth never dawned upon his mind. It must bo added here that Llttlo Dorrit had innocently won tho lovo of nnother man, jjie sentimental son of the prison turnkey, small of stat ure, with rather weak legs and very weak eyes, gentle but great of soul, pootlcnl, faithful. If one were to doubt his devotion he need only rend the inscription for his own tombstone, which tho romnntlc youth hod com posed when Little Dorrlt said "No" to him. It ran thus: Here Lie the Mortal Remains of JOnN CniVERY Never Anything Worth Mentioning Who Died of a Broken Ilenrt Re questing With nis Last Breath That tho Word AMY Might Bo Inscribed Over Ills Ashes Which Was Done by His Afflicted Parents. But, nt Inst, tho tables turned for our little heroine. A queer, kind hearted rent collector, ,1'nnckg a panting llttlo steam-tug of n man, with Ills pulling nnd his pauses had I'i'rncd to value tho friendship of tho motherless girl, niul so, having nccl dentnlly discovered thnt her father wns the probable heir to an enormous estnte, had run down the clues until llnnlly the great wealth was turned over to old Mr. Dorrlt. Then nwny from the dreary prison hurried tho entire family. Yet riches brought slight pleasure to Llttlo Dorrlt. Tho much-chnnged father became ashamed of his debtor life, and with tho now richly dressed sister nnd the gambling brother, put on many airs. The father even em ployed a chaperon nnmed Mrs. Gen tiral to tench Llttlo Dorrlt society mnnners. "Don't sny 'father,'" declared this lndy, "papa Is a preferable word; It gives a pretty form to the lips. 'Fa ther' Is rnther vulgar, my dear. You will find it serviceable in tho forma tion of n demeanor if you sny to your self, on entering n room filled with company, 'Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism,'" At this juncture tho wealthy Mrs. Merdlo took nn nctlvo part in tho Dorrlts' lives. The chuckle-headed son of the Merdlos fell In lovo with Fnnny, nnd nfter their marrlngo Mr. Dorrlt put ull his wealth Into Mrs. Merdle's schemes for hnd not this wonderful Merdle, through various mysterious movements, mode tremen dous fortunos for hlmsolf and others? By a strnngo fatality Arthur, too, was led to Invest his tlrm's money in the famous Mrs. Merdle's schemes. And then the bubble broke. Merdle committed suicide. The Dorrlts' money wns gone. Arthur's firm was ruined and Arthur himself was thrown Into prison the same poor debtor's prison thnt hnd, for so long, been Uio home of Llttlo Dorrlt, The days dragged wearily on. At Inst 'Arthur, despondent nnd crushed, haggard from brooding and stricken with fever, one dny saw, ns In a vision, kneeling before him the figure of denr Llttlo Dorrlt. She had hastened to make hnppler the lot of tho man who hnd helped her family in the same gloomy surroundings nnd whom she loved. She nursed him in his sickness. She offered him nil her money to help him overcome his dis tress. Aud then, ns he refused tho money, ho realized, for tho first time that she loved, him and that he, too, loved her. A feeling of peace comes over his mind. The clouds begin to brenk. And strnngo'to say It is n rascally adventurer, Rlgaud, a murderous Jail blrd with drooping nose and nscendlng mustache, who opens the rift still fur ther for the sunshine. lie has discov ered Mrs. Clennnm's secret, having stolen tho strong box thnt Fllntwlnch had smuggled Into Holland nnd In which lay a page of tho will of Ar thur's uncle, n page which Mrs. Clen nnm had concealed for years. Rlgnud visited tho strange old lady. Leaning over the sofa, poised on two legs of his chair and his left elbow, conrse, Insolent, rapacious, cruel, he reveals to her Ids knowledge. Then, torn by the explosion of her passion, tho old lndy vehemently tells her own story. She hnd learned, after Mr. Clen nnm's mnrrlngo to her (a marriage commanded by his overbearing uncle), that her husband had loved nnd gono through a sort of ceremony with n beautiful young singer whom Fred eric Dorrit, a kind-henrted musician (the uncle of Little Dorrlt), wns be friending nnd giving nn education. Sho had obtained the first clue from those Initials In her husband's watch which sho found yenrs ago, signifying "Do Not Forget." She accused both her husband and tho woman, who put tho Initials there. Instantly Rlgnud, seeking to blnck. mail the old lady, declared he had de posited with tho niece, Llttlo Amy Dorrlt, then nt the prison with Ar thur, a packet containing the sup pressed section of the will with in structions to open it at a certain hour unless reclaimed by him. What would Mrs. Clennnm pay him to reclaim It? To tho nstonlshment of all, the par alytic old lndy rises to her feet and rushes from the house to the prison; seeks Llttlo Dorrit; calls for Uie pack et, nnd then bids Amy rend It, nt tho same time begging her to forgive tho pnst. "I forgive you freely," cried tho gen erous girl. "God bless youl" was tho fervent nnd broken response. And then enmo the good new3 Uint Arthur's firm had re-established itself and that he would bo able now to leave the debtor's prison. So theyv wero married but not be fore Little Dorrit had handed to Ar thur a folded bit of legal paper ask ing him not to open it but to burn it In her presence. "Is it n chnrm?" ho asked, smil ingly. "And does the chnrm wnnt nny words to bo said?" ho added ns ho held the paper over the flnmes. "You enn say (If you don't mind) 'I love you I' " nnswered Little Dorrlt. So ho snld it nnd tho paper burned awny. With it died tho secret of Arthur'." birth, never to bo known to him; with it, nlso, Little Dorrlt hnd volun tarily destroyed tho evidence of her own legacy. And they wero mnrrled with tho sun shining on them through the pnlnted figure of Our Savior on the window. Then they went quietly down Into the roaring streets, Inseparable and blessed; nnd, ns they passed along in tho sunshine nnd shnde, the noisy nnd the enger nnd tho arrogant and tho froward nnd tho vain fretted, nnd chnfed, nnd made their usual up roar. -opyrlRht, 1919, by tho Pont Publlshlnc Co. (Tho Doston Post). CopyrlRlit In tho United Kingdom, tho Dominions, Its Col onies anil dependencies, under tho copy rlRht net, by tho Post PublinhlnK Co., Boston, Mass., U. S. A. All rights ro "served. From Coal Gas. An Kngllsh engineer, Ernest Bury, clnlms that ho has 'succeeded In ex tracting ethylene nlcohol from coal oven gas on a commercial scale, says the Scientific American. Tho practi cal working of tho process at tho Skin nlngrovo works, where 5,800 tons of coal are carbonized per week, reveals nn average yield of 1.(5 gallons of nl cohol per ton of conl. The total weight of coal reduced to coke In this coiintr" during 1018 was 14,0:s.ri.000 tons, so that tho application of Mr. Hnry's process to this quantity of cool would yield 3,410,010 gallons of nlcohol, which would bo avnlloble as liquid fuel. Coal treated nt gas works would yield n further 27,000,000 gallons, or, taking alcohol and benzol together, 114,000,000 gallons of liquid fuel per an num could ho produced from the car bonization of coal In this country toward meeting tho total requirement of about 100,000,000 gallons. Ancient Iron Column. There Is In Delhi a wrought Iron 'olumn which was nhicod there near ly 1.IJ0O years ngo, uiul nt tho present time shows practically no signs of dotorloratlou. THE SHADOW FOLK OF TAHITI Pretty Legend Full of the Peculiar Ro. mance of the Fascinating South Seas. Wp were In the land of tho Little People of the Shadows. We had been told that we must offer them all our pos.M"slons, but thnt they would take for themselves only the shadows of the things they wanted. So we put slender sticks on tho ground,' all along the open side of our room, between thu high tree-roots, nnd hung on them our tnim garments, our necklnces nun ornaments of feathers and of pearl nnd of green Jade-stono. Ono precious thing we could not offer them, nnd thnt was the bracelet fit Iridescent pearl-shell set with cnt's eyes of tho sen It had been put on my sweet heart's arm when she wns a little girl, and now sho could not tako It off. We hoped tho Little People of tho Shadows would understand that tho bracelet also would have been offered them If It had been possible. I feared nnd resolved to stny awake, to pro tect my sweetheart If they did not understand, but I was tired nnd soon fell asleep on tho soft mesa beside her warm body. Suddenly I awoke. The Ribbons of Light were nil about, going and com ing, rolling nnd unrolling, lighting up the open spaces, where hundreds of the Llttlo People were carrying oft the shadows of all the ornaments wo had hung on .the slender sticks. They were dancing In the light of tho Roll ing Ribbons, nnd the place where my sweethenrt had been lying wns no longer warm. She was dancing In the midst of tho Little People. ... I saw my sweet heart my full-bodied woman, my beautiful one, the Flower of the Moun tain becoming smaller and smaller. . . . Sho liccnmo ns a little child. As tho bracelet of shining pearl slipped from her tiny wrist, tho Llttlo People picked it up nnd hung It on one of the slender sticks, where Its cat's eye glowed. Soon, as they danced, my sweetheart, was no larger than the other Little People and was among them. The Ribbons, of Light rolled nwny among the trees nnd nil was dnrk ngnln. The Shadow Folk wero gone; my sweetheart wns gono to bo with the souls of all the other people who liiivo been lost In tho forests of purplo Orohcuu. From the Shadow Folk : X Tnhitian Legend, by E. Lloyd Sc chrlst, In Asia Mngozlne. Has Own Idea of "Progress." A dllferent Idea of progress from thnt usually held Is given by A. Ed ward Newton, who, In the Atlantic Monthly, writes: "I was dining oncu In London, quite informally, with n great electrlcnl engineer, it very trig mnld In attendance. On tho table near my host's right hand was n small block of white marble and u tiny silver mal let. When he wanted the mnll ho struck the marble a resounding blow. I wns somewhat ntnused nnd nsked him If ho hod ever heard of a push-button for tho same purpose. 'My boy, I have,' wns his reply, 'but I get enough of electrical duvlces in the city; I don't wnnt n single one of them In my own homo. I've not yet come to using gas; I prefer candles; they are not so like ly to gqt out of order. I hnte this push ing n dimple and waiting for some thing to haupen. When I make a nolso myself 1 begin to feel a sense of prog ress that's what wo stand for In this country' with n knowing wink 'prog ress.' " "Safety Net" Worked Well. The thrilling rescuo of a four-year-old boy occurred in Hrooklyn n short lime ngo. The boy had Ills tonsils and adenoids removed nnd was on tho third floor of u hospital. Tho nurso left the ward for throe minutes and when sho returned sho missed tho child. The little patient hnd climbed to ono of the windows, squeezed through tho bars and wns hanging outside. Tho flutter at tho child's nightie attracted tho attention of pass ersby. Two young men stripped off their coats, knotted them together by tho sleeves, and stretched them out lis n makeshift saftey net. A moment later the boy's grasp on the window ledge relaxed and ho went hurtling down. Rut the safely not proved ef fective nnd he dropped Into it unin jured. Old Almond Trees Bear Well. That ngo Is one of the assets of tin almond orchard In point of bearing Is claimed by Kdwnrd Wyekoff, pioneer resident of the Woodland district, who has on dlhplny In the board of trado rooms limbs from almond trees on his place planted In 1857 by his brother, David Wyekoff, former sheriff of Yolo county, writes a Woodland (Calif) correspondent. Though 01 years of age, tho orchard Is the host bearing In tho valley and tho trees' aro strong and virllo. Records of the production aro being kept for grandchildren that Ihey may make some comparisons of crops when tho orchard reaches tho century mark. , People Lacking Curiosity. If there is a skeleton In your closet, rest usHiired that the few Inhabitants of Raster Island, 2,1100 miles off tho coast of Chile and tho easternmost In habited Polynesian Island, will make no effort to bring Ii forth Into tha light at ono traveler siijm of them that they are not curious enough to turn nround on tho dock to look ot tho boat 41i..t- .nllu thorn nlimifr fifwik In pii'Iif iin tnonthH. TShsiinllc stntiies, stono houses and sculptured rocks.Tollcs of nn an cient people, uro found on tho Islnml National Geographic Society Untie-tin. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Beware I Unless you see tho name "Buyer" on package or on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin pre scribed by physicians for twenty-one yenrs and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only ns told In the Bayer package for Colds, Headache, Neural gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothoche, Lumbago, nnd for Pnln. Handy tin boxes of twelvo Bnycr Tablets of As pirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger pnekages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufncturo of Mononcctlcncldester of Sallcyllcacld. Adv. ound to De Saved. Ilnzel Aren't you afraid of going In beyond your depth? Helen No; nil tho men hero think I'm nn heiress Portland Express. Get Ready for Hot Weather By Purifying the Blood Jinny peoplo simply melt in sum mer. They enn't work or enjoy life. They lack vitality. Ten to ono their blood is impoverished. Rich, wholcsomo blood Is tho basis of vitality. If you liavo it, you sturdily withstand summer tem peratures. But if your blood is poor, loaded with poisons that should bo cast out, you nro limp nnd useless in "shirt elcevo" weather. Eflgaira S.S.S. mmm REALLY FLOWERS OF SPEECH Sayings, Witty and Wise, That Aro Worth Being Preserved In an Anthology. Professor Sir Arthur Qulller-Couch, In tho course of his lively lectures "On tho Art of Rending," gives some exnmples of Irish pendants' sayings with tho largo simplicity, tho cadence, the accent of Scriptural speech. The best Is tho benediction bestowed upon ono of tho two nuthors of tho Incom parable "Irish R. M." by nn old wom an In Sklbhoreen: "Sure yo'ro always laughing! That yo may laugh In tho sight of tho Glory of Heaven I" Tho writer once thought of mnklng nn an thology of, such wild flowers of way side speech. Ho would linvo Included In It some far-traveled sayings, such ns that of tho freighter In tho alkallno districts of Alberta, who snld, point ing with his whip to an Intensely bluo lnke on tho horizon, "Hitter ns n dy ing man's sweat Is thnt samo wntor," nnd the perfect definition of n ghost Implied In tho words of n Newfound land fisherman, "Thcro I sees 'era warming themselves In tho moon light." Very Absent. Mnld "Mum. tho Knrbago mnn Is" hero." Mrs. Nowlywed"Tell him i don't want any this morning." As n rule worthless peoplo havo tho best dispositions. let the Children in,too ! It's no longer necessary to maintain a dividing line at the "breakfast table tea or coffee for grown-ups no hot cup for the youngsters Serve NSTAMT Pos to each member of the fam ily, and all will he pleased and benefited by this pure, wholesome cereal drink. There's a Reason tor Postum Sold b- all grocers Made by Postum Cereal Compazine Battle Creek, Michigan. SWAMP-ROOT FOR KIDNEY AILMENTS There is only one medicine that really stand out pre-eminent n a medicine for curablo ailments of the kidneys, liver and bladder. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands tho highest for the reason that It has proven to be just tho remedy needed in thousands upon thoueands of distressing cases. Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be cause its mild and immediate effect is soon realized in most cases. It is a gentle, healing vegetable compound. Btnrt treatment at once. Sold at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi um nnd large. " However, if you -wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for sample bottle. When writing bo sure and mention this paper. Adv. i i Essentially thS snmc fishes extend from Florida to Brazil. Shave With Cutlcura Soap And double- your rnzor elllclcncy as well ns promote skin purity, skin com fort nnd skin health. No mug, no slimy sonp, no germs, no waste, no Irritation even' when shaved twlco dally. Ono soap for all uses shaving, bathing nnd shampooing. Adv. Goats are the oiUy nnlmuls that enn digest cellulose. To avoid this, got from your druggist S.S.S., tho famous vego tnblo blood tonic nnd nltcrntive. It is just tho thing for poor blooded people. After starting S.S.S., writo us about your con dition and wo will send you expert medical ad vlco free. Address Chief Medical Advisor, 839 Swift Laboratory, At Inntn, Georgia. iionsi;s cooauiNo? cbe SpohVs Distemper Compound to break It up nnd Kt them twclc in condition. Twenty-serea years' use has made "SrOIIN'H" Indispensable in treattns Couch and Colds. Influenza anil Distemper with their reiultlns complications, anil nil (linemen of the throat, none and lunc. Acta murvclously ns preventive; nets equally well aa curt, 00 centtt nnd SI. IS per bottle. At all druc stores. si'oitN sn:nioAii company, aosiutx, na. BOBBY WANTED THAT AGATE if Persistency Could Have Got It for Him, We Must Admit He Deserved It. Tho older boys were plnylng mar bles. Threo-yenr-old Hobby wished some ngntes llko his brother had and asked father for two cents to buy one with. Tho money wns given to him and he Immediately wished to go to the store to make tho purchase So persistent did ho become that futhor snld: "If' you don't keep still nbout Unit ngato I will tako thoso pennies away from you." "Whnt will you do with tho pennies If you do tnko them away?" ho asked. "Why, I'll put them bnck In my purse." "Will you tako them uptown when you go to tho ofllco?" "Yes; I will." After a fow momentB' reflection, Robby enmo bnck with: A "And will you buy mo an ngato with them?" Undoubtedly. Old Man "And If you hnd $500 and multiplied it by two, whnt would you get?" Little Roy "A motor car." About half of the residents of Lowe? California aro Indians. Tho man with a lobster appctlto hae often a primo Income. 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