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Spread of the Drug Habit. With tlio facie brought to light by tho ulnte bonrd of pharmacy, which ban secured Indictments against cor tain druggists nllogod to havo sold co calno Illegally, the need of energetic, concerted acilon to suppress tho dure habit becomes apparent. Tho most dangerous feature of I he nbuso of drugs Is that once established In a community It becomes almost Ineradi cable A few of the victims aro cured, but tho olliora do not oscapo Its clutches until they dlo, and meanwhile tho vlco Ib steadily securing new re cruits. There is reason to fear that wero It lott unchecked the Indulgence In cocaine, opium, chloral and slmtlar drugs might become as great a menace ns drunkenness. In Us effort to stamp out the habit by preventing tho sale of these drugs, thn board of pharmacy should have active support not only from boards of health and states attorneys, but from the druggists themselves, both indi vidually and through their associa tions, It would be n wise nnd timely nctlon lor druggists to tako the In itiative In discountenancing the at tempt to gain profit In this way. It should hardly be necessary to add that n conscientious physician who finds It necessary to prescrlho drugs for his patients owes it to society to exert every precaution to keop his patients from becoming habituated to their uso. Chicago Nows. French Taught by Phonograph. They are beginning to uso tho phon ograph In teaching foreign languages. If French, for example, 1 the languago uudor study, a natlvo of France talks Into tho phonograph and tho record Is seat to the pupil, who with the aid of a phonograph of his own, hears tho correctly spoken French nnd tries to reproduce It with his own vocal or gans. The rcsuIU thus obtained are 110 doubt better thnn the student could achieve by studying the language from books and guessing at the pronuncia tion, and tho phonograph method might be employed advantageously by ciluaitlonaPcatabHshmentB which un dertake to toach the modern languages, but cannot nfford to employ fully com petent Instructors. Oh, yes, there are r.uch Institutions. Ono of them is the United States Military academy at West Point, whero one man has solo charge of tho department of modern languages, Including English, French und Spanish. They have a Frencli npcaklng phonograph at "the Point," and Superintendent Mills says It 13 a "wonderful help." He thinks that it would be well enough to have a Spun lard and n Frenchman to talk to tho cadets, In class, In their respective tongues. Superintendent Mills' con clusion seems reasonable. But the United States Is so poor! Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. THE LIONS WHELP A Story of Cromwell's Tlmo BY AMELIA E. BARR. Author of "Tha Bow of Orno Ribbon." "I, Thou and tho Othor On "Tho Maid of M!drt Lt.no," Cto. (Copytltht, 1901, by Dodd, Mead & Company. Alt tights reierved.) CHAPTER I. Blessed is Work. 'Work Is the blessing of blessings if only, we aro properly Instructed in It, and If wo choose wisely what wo aro able to do. Merely as a resource In times of troublo nnd perplexity of mind, work Ib worth all the exertion nnd pains one has put Into learning It, especially work where the brn'n takeB Its part. Tim most wearing thing about routine housework Is that It does not occupy tho mind while ono is about it. One can think of one's trou bles over dishwashing: I suppose thero has been an ocean of tears" shed over that prosaic worlc. I knew a girl onco who was in great grief over tho death of her sister. Sho diligently practiced Hinging her scales every morning whllo Kite worked about the kitchen. It kept her from brooding over her trouble. 1 never hear "do, re me, fa," without thinking of this brave, cheery girl, who became a great singer, and what Is much more important, a very hap py, helpful woman In after years. February Womnn'n Home Compalon. A Careful Lad. A school teacher in Kentucky had fiome troublo in teaching a little fel low to say "double 1," "double e," "dou bio k," etc. But aftor a whllo his ef forts wero fruitful, and he was grati fied by uti extraordinary appoaranco of Interest on the pupil's part. In fact, the hoy becamo 11 double-letter hunter, and ceased altogether to require atten tion nt that point. About that time they reached tho losson concerning tho early riser, boginnlng with "Up! Up! and sec the sun!" Ho read it, "Doupblo up! and see tho sun!" February Woman's Homo Companion. A Professional Interest. Caller "My husband read this poem nt a public celebration, before hun dreds of people. It was the last poem be ever wrote." lOditor (glancing over manuscript) "All, yes, I see. Did tho lynching take place at once, or did the mob wait till nightfall?" Mother Gmj'a HnrootPotviler fur Children. Successfully used by Mother Uiay, nuruo in tho Children's Homo in Now York, euro Constipation, FevorialinodH, Bad Stomach, Tcothiug DiKonlors, move and regulato tho JIowoIb mid Dostroy Worms. OverJW.OOQ tes timonials. At nil druggUtii,3jc. Sample FUEE. Address A. B. Olmitod, LeUoy, N. Y. The quiet man is generally there In an emergency. To Onto n Cold in One it ay. Tnko Laxative llrouio Qululuo Tablets. AH druggist rotund money if it falls to euro. 5J5a A had promise Is like a-good cake better broken than kept. fowls' "Single Hinder" straight 5o cigar. Mode by baud of ripe, thoroughly cured, tobacco, which insures a rich, satis fying binoke. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. A beautiful woman enhances her charm if (.lie can surround herself with an air of mystery. AM, UP TO DATK IIDUSF.RKKPKRS use Defiance Cold Water Staroh. because It lb better und 4 01. more of It (or ume money. It U easy to forgot a slight when it it the othor fellow that is sllghtod. I do not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption I'.rs ao equal lor cousbs and cold. John F Uoveu, Trinity Springs, Ind Feb. it, 1900. Illusions arc the veils that destiny throws over our eyes to blind us or to enchant us, Gwaffham and De Wick. During tho seventeenth century flwnffham Manor House was one of tho most plcturcsquo dwellings In Cambridgeshire It was so old that it had a sort of personality. It was the history of the Swaffham family In stone and timber. The contral tower built of the white stono of tho neighborhood was tho fortress which Tonbort Swaffham erected A. D. 870, to defend his, lands from an invasion of tho Danes; and live generations of Tonbert's descen dants dwelt in that tower, before Wil liam of Normandy took possession of tho crown of England. The Swaffham of that date becamo a friend of tho Conquoror; and the Mnnor House had the singular fortune to be identified with tho stirring events of every dyuaBty. In the middle of the seventeenth century it still retained this character. Puritan councils of offense and de fense had been held in its great hall, nnd parliamentary soldiers drilled In its meadows. For Capt. Israel Swaff ham was the friend of (Jen. Cromwell, and at tho time this story opons .was with Cromwell In Scotland. A great fighter, he had no parlia mentary talent, and no respect for parliaments. He believed England's religious nnd civil liberties wero to bo saved by tho sword,- and when the King's fast-and-looBe proposals had been discussed by the men of Cam bridgeshire, in Swaffham, he had closed the argument with this passion ate declaration: "Thero is no longer disputing with such a double mind as the mind of Charles Stuart. The very oath of God would not bind him. Out, instantly, all of you who can!" His threo sons rose at his words and tho rest of tho council followed, for all felt that the work was but half done thero was to be a Second Civil War. Then homo was again deserted for the battlefield, and Capt, Swaff ham's wlfo and daughter wero once nioro left alone in the old Manor House. Mrs. Swaffham was the child of a Puritan minister, and she had strong principles, but there were hours when she had pitied the late King, excused his Inoxcusable treacheries, and re gretted tlo pomps ann ceremonies of royal state. Jano Swaffham was of a different spirit. She had a soul of the highest mettle; and she had listened to those English mystics, who came out of tho steel ranks or triumphant Puritanism, until she had caught their spirit and been tilled through and through with their faith. This was tho maiden who was sit ting, ono sunny afternoon, at the open window of tho household parlor in Swaffham. Sho was thinking of her father and brothers, of tho unhappy condition of England, and of the un rest In their own household'. For she know that her mother was worried about many things, nnd tho fret that was bred In tho kitchen and tho farm offlces in spite of all her efforts Insinuated itself Into tho still order of the handsome room in which sho was Bitting. At this moment thero was tho sound of wheels nnd tho tramp or horses, and Jane said, "It Is Matilda do Wick. I know the roll of the car riage" Then Jape Jifted nor sewing, and the wheel began to hum, and the door opened swiftly and Matilda de Wick entered. "I have Just been nt Ely." she said, "and if I live seven-and-fifty years longer in this sinful world, I shall not forget the visit. I havo been visiting Lady Honeage, and I have heard so much of tho Cromwell's full cup that, In faith, I think It has gono to my head." "I trust Lady Heneago is well," said Mrs. Swaffham. "Sho had need to be well. Her house Is as full as the ark. Mrs. Elizabeth Hampden is thero, and daughter Flambord, nnd daughter Clayton, and all their children and retainers. It Is their last gathering before they go away. Do you wish to know where they are going? To London, of Course." "And they are going to Loudon? Is It really so?" asked Jane. " 'Tls not very civil to doubt It. But that Is not all of my news I heard also that Jano Swaffham was going to London a thing I would not be lieve without Jane's assurance." "It is very uncertain," replied Mrs. Swaffham. "Jano has an Invitation from Mary Cromwell, and if Doctor Verity comes hero soon, he may find the time to take her to London with him. Wo know not assuredly, as yet." "Jano must move mountains to go. The Cromwolls are now living in the stately Cockpit. They will hold court there, and Jane Swaffham will bo of It." "I am cure of ono thing," answered Jane. "Public honors please not Gen. Cromwell. Ho would thauk God to oscape them." "I do not say that the wish to see him honored Is universal," 'continued Matilda. "Father Saoy thinks there are a few thousand men still living In England who have not bowed the knee to this Baal." "Children! Children! can you find nothing more lovely to talk about? Matilda, you know that you aro bait ing Jane's temper only that you may see her loso It." Then Matilda laughed, and stooping to her friend, kissed her and said, "Come, little Jano, I will ask your pardon. Kiss and be friends, Jane. I came to get your receipt for lavender conserves, nnd this Is nothing to It. Come, let us go to the still-room." Sho spoke with an unconscious air of authority, and Jane ao unconsciously obeyed It, but there was a coldness In her manner which did not disappear until the royalist lady had talked with her for half an hour about tho spices nnd tho distilled waters. When tho electuary had been pre pared, tho girls became Bllent. They wero as remarkably contrasted as wero the tenots, religious and civil, for which they stood. But If mere physical ascendency could havo domi nated Jane Swaffham, she was In Its presence. Yet it was not Matilda, but Jane, who filled the cool, sweet place with a sense of power not to bo dis puted. Her pale hair was full of light and life; it seemed to shine In Its waving order and crown-liko coll. Her eyes had a steady glow in their depths that was invincible; her slight form was proudly poised; her whole man ner resolute and a little cold, as or one who was putting down an offense only half-forgiven. Matilda was conscious of Jane's Influence, and she called alt her own charms forth to rival It. Putting out of account her beautiful face and stately figure as not likely to affect Jano, sho assumed tho manner she had never known to fall a manner half-serious and wholly affectlonato and confidential. She knew that Swnffham was always a safe subject, and that a conversation set to that key went directly to Jane's heart. So turning Blowly round to observe ev erything, she said, "How cool and sweet is this place, Jane!" "It is, Matilda. I often think that one might receive angels among these pure Bcents." "Oh, I vow It Is the rosemary! Let mo put my hands through It," nnd she hastily pulled off her white embroid ered gloves, and passed her hands, Bhlnlng with gems, through tno delici ouBiy fragrant green leaves. "I havo a passion for rosemary," sho continued. "It always perflgureB good fortune to me. Sometimes if I wake In the night 1 smell It I smell miles of It and then I know my angol has been to see me, and that some good thing will tread In ber footseps." Then sho said with an attempt at Indifference, "When did you hear from Cyraltn? And pray lu what, place must I remember him now?" "I know not particularly. Wherever the Captain-General Is, there Cyralln Swaffham is like to be." "Why do you not ask after Stephen's fortune good or bad?" "I did not at the moment think of Stephen. When Cromwell Is in the mind 'tis impossiblo to find him fit company. It is ho, and he only." "Vet if ever Stephen do Wick gets a glimpse of home, It is not home to him until he has been at Swaffham." Jane made no answer, nnd they walked Bilently to tho door where Ma tilda's carriage was waiting. Mrs. Swaffham Joined them as Matilda was about to leave, and the girl said, "I had come near to forgetting some thing I wished to tell you. One or those men called Quakers was preach ing his new religion at Squire Oliver Leder's laBt night. There was much disputing about him today." "What said Lady Heneage of tho preacher?" asked Mrs. Swaffham. "She thought he ought to be put In the stocks; and her sister Isabel said that he was a good man, and had the root of tho matter In him. I heard that ho was to preach again at Deep ing Den. Now, I must make what haste I can; my father will be angry at my delay. Good-bye! faithful till we meet again." "She says 'faithful,' yet knows not bow to bo faithful." "Sho is much changed." "It would be strange indeed If sho was not changed. Before these trou bles she was a girl living at her mother's knee, petted by her father, and the Idol of her brothers. Two of her brothers fell fighting by the side of Prince Rupert, her mother wept herself Into the grace for them, her father Is still nursing the wound ho got at Na8eby, and her only brother, Stephen, ts with Charles Stuart, wher- evor he may be. If such troubles did not change a girl, she would be hewn from the very rock of selfishness." On her way home Matilda sat erect, lost in thought, and her eyeB had a look in them full of anxiety and sor. row. The sadness of an Immense dis illusion was over her. Her life had gone to ruin, but she trusted that some miracle would restore it. All her old friends had departed. The grave had some; others had taken dif ferent wnys, or battle and oxile had scattered them. By tho side of hor sick father she stood alone. Oppressed by such considerations, bho felt like a child that suddenly realizes it has lost Its way and is left alone In a wilderness. Nothing in her surroundings offered her any holp. The road was flat and dreary; a wide level Intersected with deep drains and "drovos" a poor, rough, moist land, whose horizon was only broken by tho towers oC Ely, vast nnd gray In tho distance. Largo Iron gates admitted her to de Wick park. Tho houso was a quadrangular build ing of various datos, and gray walls rising from trim gardens with box edged flower plots and clipped yow hedges. An old-world sleepy air, lone ly and apart and full of melancholy, pervaded the placo. Tho door stood open, and she passed without delay into tho wide entrance hall, and went leisurely up the broad stairway. Her hat, with Its moist drooping feathers, was In her hand; ber hair hung limply about her brow and face; she was tho very picturo of a beauty that had suffered the touch of adverse nature, and the depression of unsympathetic humanity. But tho moment she entered her own room sho had tho sense of covert and refreshment. She put off her sense of alienation and unhapplncss with her damp clothing, and as tho comfort of renewal came to her out wardly, tho inner woman also re gained her authority; and tho girl conscious of this potent personality, erected horself in its strength and in dividuality. She surveyed hor fresh ly clad form In its gown of bluo lute string; she turned right and left to ad mire a fresh arrangement of her hair; sho put around her neck, without pre tense of secrecy or apology, tho rosary of coral and gold; and admired tho tint and shimmer of its beauty on her whlto throat. Then she asked "Was any stranger with the Earl at dinner, Delia?" "My lady, ho dined with Father Saey alone." "And pray what did they eat for dinner?" "There was a sucking pig roasted with Juniper wood and rosemary branches, and a Jugged hare, and a pullot, and some clotted cream and a raspberry tart. All very good, my lady; will you please to eat something?" "Yes. I will have some Jugged hare, and some clotted cream, and a rasp berry tart and a glass of Sapnlsh wine, Delia, nnd a pitcher of new milk. Have them Berved as soon as possible." She took one comfortable glance at herself, and in the pleasure of its as surance went down-stairs. Her step was now firm and rapid, yet she paused a moment at the door of the room she wished to enter, and called up smiles to her face and n sort of cheerful bravado to her manner ere she lifted the steel hasp that admitted her. In a moment her quick eyes took a survey of its occupants. They were only two men Earl de Wick, and his chaplain, Father Sacy. Both were reading; the Earl, Sir Philip Sidney's "Arcadia"; the chaplain, the evening service in the book of common prayer. Neither or them noticed her entrance, and she went straight to her father's side, and covering the open page with hor lmnrl Bnlil In a mnrrv tnnp "Here Is a noble dwelling in Ar- 1 cadia, while tho great Captain-General Cromwell " "Tho devil!" "Is going "up and down and to nnd fro in the land, seeking whom he may devour. I have been at Ely and at Swaffham, gathering what news I can, and I assure you, sir, thero Is none to our comfort." "What have you heard? Anything about the Scots?" "Cromwell is in Scotland. What do you expect from that nows?" "That Leslie will be his match." "Then you will be disappointed. 'There Is a tide In the affairs of men,' and this tide of Cromwell and the Commonwealth is going to sweep all royalty and all nobility Into tho deep sea." "Well, then, I may as well return to my 'Arcadia and learn how to be rus tical. We nobles may play at Canute If we like but " Miss Rose Peterson, Secretary Park dale Tennis Club, Chicago, from experi ence advises all young girls who have pains and sickness peculiar to their sex, to rely on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound How many beautiful young" girls develop into vrorn, listless and hopeless women, simply because sufficient attention has not been paid to their physical development. No woman is exempt from physical weakness and periodic pain, and young girls ju&t budding into womanhood should bo carefully guided physically as well as morally. If you know of any youncr lady who Is sick, and needs motherly, advice, ask her to wrlto to Mrs. Plnkham at Lynn, Mass., who will give hor advieo free, from a source of knowledge which is 1111 cnualed in tho country. Do not licsltnto about stating detail wlijch one may not llko to talk about, and which arc essential for a full understanding of the case. Hiss Hannah E. Hershon, Collings wood, N. J., says: "I thought I would write and tell you that, by following your kind advice, I feel liko a new person. I was always thin and delicate, and so weak that I could hardly do anything. Menstruation was irregular. " I tried a bottle of your Vegetable Com pound and began to feel better right away. I con tinued its use, and am now we1! and strong, and menstruate regularly. 1 cannot nay enough lor what your medicine did lor me." How Hrs. Pinkham Helped Fannie Kumpe. v "Dr,A.n Mrts. Pinkham : I feel it is my duty to write and tell you of tho benefit I havo derived from your advice and the use of Lydia 12. Plnkham's Vegetablo Compound. The pains in my back and womb have all left me, and my menstrual trouble is corrected. I am very thankful for the good advieo you gave me, and I shall recommend your medicine to all who suffer from female weakness." Miss Fannik Kpmpe, 1022 Chester St., Little Hock, Ark. (Dec. 10, 1900.) L,ydla E. Pinkham s Vegetablo Compound will euro any woman in tho land who suffers from womb troubles, inflamma tion of tho ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous excitability, nervous prostration, and all forms of woman's special Ills. W Qb. THp iMiJr F "It is useless, while this man's star flames in the firmament. If he con quers the Scotch army, what more can they offer him but the crown?" (To Be Continued.) WOMAN NOT SO FRAGILE. To Make Popcorn Balls. Popcorn balls are quite in order at this season, and It will afford the chil dren entertainment to make them nt home. Pour ono pint of New Orleans molasses in a rather deop saucepan and set over tho fire. After It comes to a boil, let it cook five minutes. Add threo cupfuls freshly popped corn, cook two minutes, stirring carefully, and pour Into a buttered pan or on oiled marble. As soon as cooled, shape- into balls and roll In some fresh corn, so that the outside will not be sticky. Think of the 43,000 Pounds of Bread and Meat She Eats. "A young man of my acquaintance visits me occasionally," said Dr. Cynl cus, "who is very much in love, but who wearies me excessively by his ravings over his sweetheart, her an gelic qualities, ct cetera, Sho is too fragile for this world, ho thinks. " 'Fragile?' says I. 'How fragile? Ever test her fragility? Let me glvo you some figures about her, and wom ankind in general, showing tho extent of their fragility. " 'We will suppose this piece of per fection Is In moderately good health. She will live to, say, CO years of age. Women do not like, any more than men do, to die not so much, for wom en never grow old, you know. Listen to me? Sho will eat ono pound of beef, mutton or some other meat every day. That's 2G5 pounds of flesh In a year. In sixty years it's 21,900 pounds. How's that for fragility? " 'She will eat as much bread and as much vegetables per diem, and there you have In CO years 43,800 pounds of bread and meat. "'If sho is not too angelic she will drink daily no less than two quarts of coffoe. tea, wine or beer. And by th time she is really to have a monument sho will have consumed 175 hogs heads of liquids. Fragile? " 'Now says I to this young man, 'these figures do not Include tho 40 or 50 lambs she will worry down with mint sauce. It does not tako Into con sideration her Ice cream,' hor oysters, her clams and such. AH this moans about 45 tons. " 'Fragile? Think of your affinity in connection with these figures and then rave ovor her being fragile. Young man. you're a fool. Bah!" Nei York Times. It Is better to enjoy a laugh at your own expense than at the expense of others who may not be able to stand It. Dealers say that as soon a a custo mer tries Defiance Starch it is im possible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Ignorance Is the stepmother of prejudice. 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