STOP, WOil AN!
AND CONSIDER THE
ALL-IMPORTANT
FACT
That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you
*re confiding your private ills to a woman
—a woman whose experience with wo
men's diseases covers twenty-five years.
The present Airs. Pinkham is tho
daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham,
and for many years under her direction,
and since her decease.her advice lias been
freely given to sick women.
Many women suffer in silence and drift al
from bad to worse, knowing full well that they
ought to have immediate assistance, buta natural
modesty impels t hem to shrink from exposing them
selves to tho questions and probable examinations
of even their family physician. It is unnecessary.
Without money or price you can consult a woman
whose knowledge from actual experience is great.
Mrs. Pinklinm’s Standing Invitation:
Women suffering from any form of female weak
ness are invited to promptly communicate with Airs.
Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
epened, read and answered by women only. A
woman can freely talk of her private illness to a
woman; thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs.Pinkham and the women
of America which has never been broken. Out
of the vast volume of experience which she
has to draw from, it is more than possible
that she has gained the very knowledge
that will help your ease. She asks noth
ing in return except your good-will, and
her advice has relieved thousands. Surely i
*ny woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if
•he does not take advantage of this gen
erous offer of assistance.—Lydia E. Pink* 1
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Alass.
Following wo publish two let
ters from ii woman who accep
ted this invitation. Koto the
result:
First letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—
“ For eight years I have suffered something
terrible every month. Tho pains are excru
ciating and t can hardly stand them. My
•doctor says I have n severe female trouble,
*nd I must go through an operation if I want,
•to get well. 1 do not want, to submit to it if
3 can possibly help it. Please tell me wtiat
to do. I hope you can relieve me.”—Mrs.
Mary Dimniick, 5'Jth and K Capitol Streets,
Washington, IJ. C.
Second letter.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—
“ After following carefully your advice,
land taking Lydia L. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound. I am very anxious to send you
my testimonial, that others may know their
Value and what you have done for mo.
“ As you know, I wrotn you that my doctor
said I must have an operation or I could not
live. I then wrote you, telling you my ail
nionts. I followed your advice and am en
tirely well. I can "walk miles without an
ache or a pain, and I owe my life to you and
to Lvdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
I wish every suffering woman would read
this testimonial and realize the value of w rit
ing to you and your remedyMrs. Maiy
Dimmick, With and E. Capitol Streets, Wash
ington, 1). C.
When a medicine has been successful
in restoring to health so many women
whose testimony is so unquestionable,
you caunot well say, withoutArving it,
“ 1 do not believe it will help me.” If
you are ill, don’t hesitate to get a bot
tle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound at once, and write Mrs Pink
ham, Lynn. Mass., for special advice—
it is free and always helpful.
Answered.
"Big Tim” Sullivan, of Tammany
fame, lells of an Irishman who, shortly
■after his entrance into the business life
-of the East Side ns a contractor, be
*gan to dispose of his superfluous wealth
by the purchase of diamonds, of which
he became a heavy buyer.
One evening a friend, meeting him In
the lobby of the theater, observed that
the Irishman was affording the public
more than usually liberal display of the
.gems, "Book here, Pat,” said the friend,
"you oughtn't to wear so many dla
mionds at once. It's considered vulgar."
"Vulgar, eh!” Indignantly repeated
it he contractor. “I don’t know about
<hat, but one thing I've noticed, me
friend, and that Is, them that has 'em
wears ’em!”
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And when I think of the agony I en
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“ ‘Doctors,’ did you say? Their medi
cine made me sicker. I couldn’t take it
ami I kept growing worse until a friend
.advised mo to tuko Dr. Williams’ Pink
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In buying a cough medicine, re
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- , --
Whore Basket Ball Originated.
From Everybody's.
Training young men to become pow
erful influences in the lives of others
is the work of another institution in
tlie city, the Y. M. C. A. International ,
Training school.
The school is situated on a pretty I
little lake, with generous athletic fields
in connection with it. for emphasis is
placed on physical training in this in
stitution. In fact, the work of tho
school has two objects: training young
men to become Y. M. C. A. secretaries
and to become Y. M. C. A. physical
directors. It was in the gymnasium of
>he Springfield Training school that
basket ball originated. James Nal
smith was its inventor, and the Idea
came to him when he was trying 1o |
devise an indoor game that should be
exciting and at the same time should
not he rough or dangerous. Mr. Nai
smith, now physical director at the
State University of Kansas, not only
solved a problem for the school in
which he was then instructor, but fur
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sportsmen everywhere. From the phy
sical department athletic, muscular
young men are sent not only into asso
ciation work, but also into colleges,
from which there has comp a demand ,
for men of Christian charA'Cter, educa- I
tion and technical ability to guide the
students in their sports and in their
gymnasium work.
Had to See a Dentist.
A well known artist was walking
with a friend one (Jay, when his com
panion suddenly discovered he had a
tooth In bad condition. As the pair
were passing a drug store the man with
the throbbing molar asked the other:
"What would you advise for the
toothache?”
“Why," innocently replied the artist,
"the lust time l had toothache I went
home and my wife kissed it away.”
The friend paused a moment and
then asked: “Is your wife home now?” ,
HOW MANY OF US?
- !
Fail to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward Off Ailments.
A Kentucky lady, speaking about
food, says: “I was accustomed to eat
ing all kinds of ordinary food until, for
some reason Indigestion and nervous
prostration set in.
“After 1 had run down seriously my
attention was called to the necessity of
: some change in my diet, and 1 discon
tinued my ordinary breakfast and be
gan usingGrape-Nuts with a good quan
tity of rich cream.
“In a few days my condition changed
In a remarkable way, and 1 began to
have n strength that I had never been
possessed of before, a vigor of body
and a poise of mind that amazed me.
It was entirely new in my experience.
“My former attacks of indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was dis
tressing with blind spells of dizziness,
rush of blood to the head and neural
gic pains in the chest.
“Since using Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast I have been free from these
troubles, except at times when I have
Indulged in rich, greasy foods In quan
tity, then 1 would be warned by a pain
under the left shoulder blade, and un
less I heeded the warning the old trou
ble would come back, but when 1 finally
got to know where these troubles orig
inated I returned to my Grape-Nuts and
cream and the pain and disturbance
left very quickly.
“L am now in nrime health as a re
sult of my use ol Grape-Nuts.” Name
given by I’ostum Co., Hattie Creek,
Mich.
^ ' ~
i The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
Copyright. 1903, Copyright, 1905. |
by A. Conan Doyle and Collier’s Weekly. by McClure. Phillips ® Co. ■
—
XII.—THE ADVENTURE OF THE
ABBEY GRANGE.—Continued.
“Yes, sir, it is true that lie ilirevv the
decanter at me. I heard him call my
mistress a name, and I told him that
lie would not dare to speak so if her,
brother had been there. Then it was
that he threw it at me. He might have
thrown a dozen if ho had but left my
bonny bird alone. He was forever ill
treating her, and she too proud to corn
plain. She will not even toll me all
that he has done to her. She never
told me of those marks on her arm that
you saw this morning, but 1 know very
well that they come from a stab with
p hatpin. The sly devil—God forgive
me that I should speak of him so, now
that ho is dead! But a devil lie was, if
ever one walked the earth. He was all
honey when we first met him—only
eighteen months ago, dial we both feel
as If It were eighteen years. She had
only just arrived in London. Yes, it
was her first voyage—she had never
been from home before. He won her
with his title and his money and his
false London ways. If she made a mis
take she was paid for it. if ever a wom
an did. What month did we meet him?
Well, I tell you It was just after we
arrived. We arrived In June, and it was
July. They were married in January
of last year. Yes, she is down in the
morning room again, and I have no
doubt she will see you, but you must
not ask too much of her, for she has
gone through ail that flesh and blood
will stand.”
Lady Brackenstall was leclinlng on
the same couch, but looked brighter
than before. The maid had en
tered with us. and began once more to
foment the bruise upon her mistress'
brow.
“I hope,” said the lady, ' that you
have not come to cross exami. j me
again?”
"No," Holmes answered, In his
gentlest voice, “I will not cause you
any unnecessary trouble, Lady Brack
enstall, and my whole desire Is to make
things easy for you, for I am con
vinced that yon are a much tried wom
an. If you will treat me as a friend
and trust me, you may find that I will
Justify your trust.”
“What do you want me to do?”
"To tell me the truth.”
"Mr. Holmes!"
“No, no, Lady Brackenstall— It Is no
use. You may have heard of any lit
tle. reputation which 1 possess. I will
stake It all on the fact that your story
is an absolute fabrication.”
Mistress and maid were both staring
at Holmes with pale faces and fright
ened eyes.
“You are an impudent fellow!” cried
Theresa. “Do you mean to say that
my mistress has told a lie?”
Holmes rose from his chair.
“Have you nothing to tell?”
“I have told you everything.”
“Think once more Lady Brackenstall.
Would it not be better to be frank?"
For an instant there was hesitation
In her beautiful face. Then some new
strong thought caused it to set like a
mask.
“I have told you all I know.”
Holmes took his hat and shrugged
his shoulders. “I am sorry,” he said,
and without another word we left the
room and the house. There was a pond
in the park, and to this my friend led
the way. It was frozen over, hut a
single hole was left for the convenience
of a solitary swan. Holmes gazed at
It, and then passed on to the lodge
gat. Then he scribbled a short note
for Stanley Hopkins, and left it with
the lodgekeeper.
“It may be a hit. or it may be a miss,
but we are bound to do something for
friend Hopkins. Just to Justify this sec
ond visit,” said he. “I will not quite take
him into my confidence yet. I think
our next scene of operations must be
the shipping office of the Adelaide
Southampton line, which stands at the
end of Pall Mall, if i remember right.
There is a second line of steamers
which connect South Australia with
England, but we will draw the larger
cover first.”
Holmes’ card sent in to the manager
ensured instant attention, and he was
not long in acquiring all the informa
tion needed. In June of ’95, only one
of their line had reached a home port.
It was the Itock of Gibraltar, their
largest and best boat. A reference to
the passenger list showed that Miss
Fraser, of Adelaide, with her maid had
made the voyage in her. The boat was
now on her way to Australia somewhere
In the south of the Suez canal. Her
officers were the same as in ’95, with
one exception. The first officer, Mr.
Jack Crocker, had been made a cap
tain, and was to take charge of their
new ship, The Bass Hock, sailing in two
days’ time from Southampton. He
lived at Sydenham, but he was likely to
be in tnat morning for instructions, if
! we cared to wait for him.
No: Mr. Holmes had no desire to see
him, but would be glad to know more
about his recovd and character.
His record was magnificent. There
was not an officer in the fleet to touch
him. As to his character, he was re
liable on duty, hut a wild, desperate
fellow off the deck of his ship—hot
headed, excitable, but loyal, honest and
kind hearted. That was the pith of the
Information with which Holmes left
the office of the Adelaide-Southampion
company. Thence he drove to Scotland
Yard, but, instead of entering he sat
in his cab with his brows drawn down,
, lost in profound thought. Finally he
! drove round to the Charing Cross tele
graph office, sent off a message, and
then, at last, we made for Baker street
once more.
I "No, I couldn't do it. Watson," said
he, as we re-entered our room. “Once
that warrant was made out, nothing on
earth could save him. Once or twice
in my career I feel that I have done
more real harm by my discovery of
the criminal than ever he had done by
his crime. I have learned caution now,
and I had rather play tricks with the
law of England than with my own con
science. Let us know a little more
before we act."
Before evening, we had a visit from
Inspector Stanley Hopkins. Things
were not going well with him.
"I believe you are a wizard, Mr.
Holmes. I really do sometimes think
that you have powers that are not hu
man. Now, how on earth could you
know that the stolen silver was at the
bottom of that pond?"
I "I didn’t know it.”
I ‘But you told me to examine it.”
, ‘You got it, then?”
I “Yes, 1 got it.”
1 “I am very glad if I have helped you.”
' ‘‘But you haven’t helped me. You
have made the affair far more difficult.
What sort of burglars are they wl.o
steal silver, and then throw it into tHe
nearest pond?"
"It was certainly rather eccentric be
havior. I was merely going bn the idea
that if the silver had beeil taken by
~“7“
ly took it for a blind, as it were, then
they would naturally be anxious to get
rid of it.”
"Hut why should such an idea cross
your mind?”
''Well, I thought it was possible.
When they came out through the
French window, there was the pond
with one tempting little hole in the
ice, right in front of their noses. Could
there be a better hiding place?’
“Ah, a hiding place—that is better!”
cried Stanley Hopkins. ”Yes, yes, I
see it all know! It was early, there
were folks upon the roads, they were
afraid of being seen with the silver,
so they sank it in the pond, Intending
to return lor it when the coast was
clear. Excellent, Mr. Holmes—that is
better than your idea of a blind.”
"Quite so, you have got an'admirable
theory. I have no doubt but that my
own ideas were quite wild, hut you
must admit that they have ended in
discovering the silver.”
"Yes, sir—yes. It was ail your doing.
Hut 1 have had a bad setback,”
“A setback?”
“Yes, Mr. Holmes. The Randall gang
were arrested in New YTork this morn
lng.”
"Denr me, Hopkins! That is certain
ly rather against your theory, that they
committed a murder in Kent last
night.”
"It Is fatal, Mr. Holmes—absolutely
fatal. Still, there are other gangs of
three besides the Randalls, or it may
he some new gang of which the police
have never heard.’’
"Quite so, it is perfectly possible.
What, are you off?”
“Yes, Mr. Holmes, there is no rest
for me until I have got to the bottom
of the business. I suppose you have no
hint to give me?”
“I have given you one.”
"Which?”
“Well, I suggested a blind.”
"But why, Mr. Holmes, why?”
"Ah, that's the question, of course.
But I commend the idea of your mind.
You might possibly find that there was
something in it. You won’t stop for
dinner? Well, good by, and let us
know how you get on.”
Dinner was over, and the table
cleared before Holmes alluded to the
matter again. He had lit his pipe and
held his slippered feet to the cheerful
blaze of the fire. Suddenly he looked
at hte watch.
"I expect developments, Watson.”
"When?”
Now—within a few minutes. I dare
say you thought I acted rather badly
to Stanley Hopkins just now?”
”1 trust your judgment.”
"A very sensible reply, Watson. You
must look at it this way: what I know
is unofficial, what he knows is official.
T have the right to private judgment,
but he has none. He must disclose all,
or he is a traitor to his service. In a
doubtful case I would not put him in
so painful a position, and so I reserve
my information until my own mind is
clear upon the matter.”
“But when will that be?”
“The time has come. You will now
be present at the last scene of a re
markable little drama.”
There was a sound upon the stairs,
and our door was opened to admit as
fine a specimen of manhood as ever
passed through it. He was a very tall
young man, golden moustached, blue
eyed, with a skin which had been
burned by tropical suns, and a
springy step, which show'od that
the huge frame was as active
as it was strong. He closed the door be
hind him. and then he stood with clenched
hands and heaving breast, choking down
some overmastering emotion.
“Sit down. Captain Crocker. You got
my telegram?”
Our visitor sank into an arm chair, and
looked from one to the other of us with
questioning eyes.
I got your telegram, and I came at
the hour you said. I heard that you had
been down to the oflice. There was no
getting away from you. Let’s hear the
worst. What are you going to do with
me? Arrest me? Speak out, man! You
can’t sit tfcpre and play with me like a
cat with a mouse.”
‘‘Give him a cigar,” said Holmes. “Bite
on that,' Captain Crocker, and don't let
your nerves run away with you. I should
not sit here smoking with you if I thought
that you weie a common criminal, you
may be sure of that. Be frank with me
and we may do some good. Play tricks
with me, and I’ll crush you.”
“What do you wish me to do?”
“To give me a true account of all that
happened at the Abbey Grange last night
—a true account, mind you, with nothing
added and nothing taken off. 1 know so
much already that if you go one inch
cff the straight. I'll blow this police whis
tle from my window and the affair goes
out of my hands forever.”
The sailor thought lor a little. Then he
struck his leg with a great sun-burned
hand.
I’ll chance it,” ho cried. “I believe you
are a man of your word, and a white man,
and I’ll tell you the whole story. But one
thing I will say first. So far as I am
concerned, I regret nothing and I fear
nothing, and I would do it all again, and
ho proud of thj job. Damn the beast, if
ho had as many lives as a cat, he would
owe them all to me! But it's the lady,
Mary—Mary Fraser—for never will 1 call
her by that accursed name. When I think
of getting her into trouble, 1 who would
give my life just to bring one smile to
her dear face, it’s that that turns my soul
into water. And yet—and yet—what less
could 1 do? I’ll tell you my story, gentle
men, and .then I'll ask you, as man to
man, what less could I do.
‘‘1 must go hack a hit. You seem to
know everything, so 1 expect that you
know that 1 met her when she was a
passenger and I was first officer of the
Rook of Gibraltar. From the first day
i met her, she was the only woman to me.
Every day of that voyage I loved her
more, and many a time since have l
kneeled down in the darkness of the night
watch and kissed the deck of that ship
because I knew her dear feet had trod
it. She was never engaged to me. She
treated me as fairly as ever a woman
treated a man. 1 have no complaint to
make. It was all love on my side, and
all good comradeship and friendship on
hers. When we parted she was a free
woman, but I could never again he a
free man.
“Next time I came hack from sea, I
heard of her marriage. Well, why
shouldn't she marry whom she liked? Title
and money—who could carry them better
than she? She was born for all that is
beautiful and dainty. I didn’t grieve oyer
her marriage. 1 was not such a scllish
1 hound as that. I just rejoiced tnat good
luck had come her way, and that she
had not thrown herself away on a pen
niless sailor. That’s how 1 loved Mary
Fraser.
‘‘Well, I never thought to see her again,
but last voyage 1 was promoted, and the
new boat was not yet launched, so I had
to wait for a ccuple of months with my
i
people at Sydenham. One da. out in «
country lane I met Theresa Wright, hei
old maid. She told me all about her,
about him, about everything. I tell you,
gentlemen, it nearly drove me mad. This
drunken hound, that he should dare tc
raise his hand to her, whose boots he was
not worthy to lick! I met Theresa again
' Then I rret Mary herself—ana met hei
j again. Then she would meet me no more
But the other day I had a notice that
! I was to start on my voyage within a
! week, and I determined that I would see
i her once before I left. Theresa was al
| ways my friend, for .she loved Mary and
j hated this villain almost as much as 1
did From her I learned the way of the
house. Mary used to sit up reading in hei
own little room downstairs. I crept round
there last night and scratched at the win
dow. At first she would not open to me,
but in her heart l know that now she loves
me, ar 1 she could not leave me in the
frosty night. She whispered to me to come
round to the big front window, and 3
found it open before me, so as to let me
into the dining room. Again i heard frorr,
her own lips things that made my blood
hoi!, and again 1 cursed this brute, who
mishandled the woman 1 loved. Well,
gentlemen, 1 was standing with her just
inside the window, in all innocence as God
is my judge, v\ hen he rushed like a mad
man into the room, called her the vilest
name that a man could use to a woman,
and welted Iter across the face with the
stick he had in his hand. I had sprung foi
the poker and it was a fair light between
us. See here, on my arm, where his firs!
blow fell. Then it was my turn, and 1
went through him as if he had been a rot*
ten pumpkin. Do you think I was sorryf
Not I! it was his life or mine, but fa/
more than that, it was his life or her*
for how could I leave her in the power cl
this madman? That was how I killed
him. Was I wrong? Well, then, whal
would either of you gentlemen have done
if you had been in my position?
‘‘She had screamed when he struck her,
and that brought old Theresa down froi'
the room above. There was a bottle oi
wine on the sideboard, and I opened it
and poured a little between Mary’s lips',
for she was half deau with shock. The I
1 took a drop myself. Theresa was as coc^
as ice, and it was her plot as much ;t
mine. We must make it appear tha*
burglars had done the thing. Therest
kept on repeating our Ltory to her mii4
tress, while I swarmed up and cut th4
rope of the bell. Then 1 lashed her i I
her chair, and frayed out the end of th(r
rope to make it look natural, else the>
would wonder how in the world a burglaf
could have got up there to cut it. Then J
gathered up a few plates and pots of sil
ver, to carry out the ea of robbery, an,)
there I left them, with orders to give th%
alarm when I had a quarter of an hour’s
start. I dropped the silver fnto the pond,
and made off for Sydenham, feeling that
for once in my life 1 had done a real good
night’s work. And that’s the truth ant)
the whole truth, Mr. Holmes, if it cost.)
me my neck.”
Holmes smoked for some time in silence.
Then he crossed the room, and shook oui
visitor by the hand.
“That’s what I think,’’ said he. “1
know that every word Is true, for you
have hardly said a word which I did not
know. No one but an acrobat or a sailoi
could have got up to that bell rope from
the bracket, and no one but a sailor could
have made the knots with which the core
was fastened to the chair. Only once had
this lady been brought into contact with
sailors, and that was on her voyage, and
it was someone of her own class of life,
since she was trying hard to shield him,
and so showing that she loved him. Yoi)
see how easy it was for me to lay my
hands upon you when once I had started
upon the right trail.’’
“I thought the police never could have
seen through our dodge.”
“And the police haven’t, nor will they,
to the best of my belief. Now, look here,
Captain Crocker, this is a very serious
matter, though I am willing to admit that
you acted under the most extreme provo
cation to which any man could be sub*
jected. I am not sure that in defence of
your life your action will not be pro
nounced legitimate. However, that is lof
a British jury to decide. Meanwhile I
have so much sympathy for you that, it
you choose to disappear in the next twen
ty-four hours, 1 will promise you that nc
one will hinder you.’
“And then it will all come out.”
“Certainly it will come out.”
“What sort of proposal is that to make
a man? I know' enough of law to under
stand that Mary would be held as ac
complice. Do you think I would leave hei
alone to face the music while 1 slunk
away? No, sir, let them do their w'orst
upon me, but for Heaven’s sake, Mr.
Holmes, fnd some way of keeping my poor
Mary out of the courts.”
Holmes for a second time held out his
hand to the sailor.
"1 was only testing you, and you ring
true every time. Well, it is a great respon
sibility that 1 take upon myself, but 1
have given Hopkins an excellent hint, and
if he can’t avail himself of it I can dc
no more. See here, Captain Crocker, we’ll
do this in due form of law'. You are the
prisoner. Watson, you are a British jury,
and I never met a man who was more
eminently fitted to represent one. 1 am
the judge. Now, gentlemen of the jury,
you have heard the evidence. Do you find
the prisoner guilty or not guilty?”
“Not guilty, my lord,” said 1.
“Vox populi, vox Dei. You are acquitted,
Captain Crocker. So long as the law does
not find some other victim you are safe
from me. Come back to this lady in a
year, and may her future and yours jus
tify us in the judgment which we havi
pronounced this night!”
(Continued Next Week)
In 1950.
Give me a spoon of oioo, ma,
An the sodium alitalai,
For I’m going to a make a pie, mamma!
I'm going to make a pie.
For John will hr hungry and tired, ma.
And his tissues will decompose;
So give me a gram of phosphate.
And the carbon and cellulose.
Now give me a chunk of caselne, ma,
To shorten the thermic fat,
And give me the oxygen bottle, ma,
And look at the thermostat.
And if the electric oven is cold
Just turn it on half an ohm.
For I want to have the supper ready
As soon as John comes home.
Appreciate Them.
"I think it is a shame,” remarked
the new boarder. "This paper says
the Russian soldiers only get 12 cents
a month."
■‘Well, don’t worry," replied the com
edian boarder. "The Japs will make
them look like 30 cents."
Wall Street.
Atlanta Constitution; "What are the
bees doing?”
"They are working hard to make
honey."
"And what Is the man doing?"
"He is loafing around till the honey Is
made."
"And what will he do then?”
"Bless your Innocence! He’ll rob the
bees.”
Dr. Macnamara, M. P., said at a cler
icn. conference the other evening that if
the clergymen of London were to spend
U week under the present housing con
ditions of the poorer classes they would
return to their homes the most violent
set of socialists that ever breathed,
and their first act would be a demon
stration in Hyde p jrk
A clergyman, returned /tom Manila,
lectured iri San Frarcisco the other
day. He said that m a municipal pa
rade in Manila among the procession
ists was a company of city rat cati-*-■••3.
Crowded German Universitie*.
i From the Athenaeum.
The number of matriculated studentt
at the German universities during the
summer term is over 44,942, an increase
of over 3,000 on last year. Of these 6,599
are in Berlin, 5,734 at Munich, 4,147 at
Leipsic, 3,275 at Bonn, 2,350 at Frei
burg, 2,128 at Halle, 1,025 at Gottingen,
1,922 at Heidelberg, and 1,362 at Jena,
while the rest are distributed among
various universities. There are 12,413
students of law; 10,752 are studying
philosophy, philology or history, 6,584
medicine and 6,212 mathematics or
natural science. The number of stu
dents has nearly trebled during the
last thirty years, the returns for 1876
showing that in that year the entries
amounted only to 16,812.
Dangers of the Gum Habit.
From the New ^ork Weekly.
Miss De Sweet—I’ll never touch an
other chew of gum as long as I live.
Proud Mother—I am glad to hear you
say so, my dear; but what has re
formed you so suddenly?
“Last evening Mr. Richfellow pro
posed to me just at the moment when
my jaws got stuck so I couldn’t say
anything, and he went off.”
Ask Your Dealer for Allen’s Foot-Kaae
A powder to shake into your shoes, it rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nalls. Allen’s Foot-Ease
rnake3 new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FIIEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted.
Le Roy, N. V.
Convenient Absence.
An Irishman once went to a pension of
fice to apply for a pension.
“Where were you shot?” asked the pen
sion officer.
“Roight here,” answered the Irishman,
pointing to his heart.
“But if you had been shot there you
would have been killed,” said the officer.
“Whin Oi was shot,” said the Irishman,
"me heart was in me mouth.”
BABY’S TORTURING HUMOR.
Ears Looked as If They Would Drop
Off—Face Mass of Sores—Cured by
Cuticura in Two Weeks for 75c.
“I feel it my duty to parents of oth
er poor suffering babies to tell you
wliat Cuticura has done for my little
daughter. She broke out all over her
body with a humor, and we used ev
erything recommended, but without re
sults. I called in three doctors, they
all claimed they could help her, but
she continued to grow worse. Her body
was a mass of sores, and her little face
was being eaten away; her ears looked
as if they would drop off. Neighbors
advised me to get Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, and before I had used half
of the cake of Soap and box of -Oint
ment tbe sores had all healed, and my
little one's face and body were as clear
as a new-born babe’s. I would not he
without it again if it cost five dollars,
instead of seventy-five cents. Mrs.
George J. Steese, 701 Coburn St., Ak
ron, Ohio.”
There Was No Compulsion.
A family who had struggled many
years in a poverty stricken portion of
the city suddenly came into possession
of an income. They moved to a little
place in the country and tried to im
press their neighbors with their im
portance. They talked constantly of
what "people in our position” should
and should not do.
Some of their city acauaintances came
to visit them one summer and the lit
tle daughter of 7 or 8 was showing
them about the place.
-'What nice chickens!” exclaimed one
of the guests when they reached the
youltry yard. "They lay every day,
loo. I suppose. 7"
"Yes.” said the youthful hostess, who
re;dly knew nothing about it; that is,
they could, of course; but in our posi
tion they don’t have to."
Verdict for Dr. Pierce
AGAINST THE
Lacies’ Home Journal.
Sending truth after a He. It Is an old
maxim that "a lie will travel seven
leagues while truth is getting its boots
on,” and no doubt hundreds of thousands
of good people read the unwarranted and
malicious attack upon Dr. R. V. Pierce
and his " Favorite Prescription ’’published
in the May (11(01) number of tho Ladies’
Home Journal, with its great black dis
play headings, who never saw tho hum
ble, groveling retraction, with its incon
spicuous heading, published two months
later. It was boldly charged in tho sland
erous and libelous article that Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, for tho cure of
woman’s weaknesses and ailments, con
tained alcohol and other harmful ingredi
ents. Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit
against tho publishers of the Ladies’
Home Journal, for $200,000,00 damages.
Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Holt, the
editor, maliciously published the article
containing such false and defamatory
matter wHJr the intent of injuring his
busine&H'furthcrmoro, that no alcohol, or
other fcjurious. or habit-forming, drugs
are, orycer were, contained in bis "Fa
vorite description"; that said medicine
Is mady lyom native medicinal roots and
contajios/no harmful ingredients what
even/yfa that Mr. Holt’s malicious state
nmiftg were wholly and absolutely false.
Inthc retraction orbited Inlaid dri’p’njj
they were Rircturto:ieki)owl(‘d!jei|l|iurricY
n»<fbHialueJ~ititaIysos of "FaVorite fer.
frenntion.” from omiiipnf chemists. :\IT ,Vf
wmorn cTmtirTernTPa fTf (TiTTi i>VT r7> 7 m
<‘<7! mlorj*uyoj^lYETlhTgod harm f iijji r11
'These facts were also proven in the ImTof
the action in the Supreme Court. But the
business of Dr. Pierce was greatly injured by
the publication of tho libelous article with
Its great display headings, while hundreds of
thousands who read the wickedly defamatory
article never saw the humble groveling re
, traction, set In small type and made as incon
! spicuous as possible. The matter was how
ever brought before a jury in the Supremo
J Court of New York Stjate which promptly
, rendered a verdict in the Doctor’s favor.
, Thus his traducers came to grief and the±r
i base slanders were routed.
