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+ By AMELIA E. BARR *
Author of “Friend Olivia," "I. Thou and. ihe Other One," Eto. +
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CHAPTER I—(Continued.)
On a lounge an elegantly dressed
woman was sitting, reading a novel
"La, child!” she cried, “come here and
give me a ki33. So you wear that
sweet-fancied suit again. Is that the
Dutch style, then, child? It must be
extremely charming. La, here comes
Richard! He is going to ask you to
take a sail on the river; and I shall
lend you my new green parasol. 1 do
believe it is the only one in the coun
try.”
“I came to sit with you, and work
with my worsteds. Perhaps my moth
er—might not like we to go on the
river with—any om,”
But Katherine had no time to de
fend herself; for, with liis cavalry
cap In his hand and a low bow, Capt.
Hyde entered the room. In a few
minutes afterward she was going
down the terrace steps with him; and
he was looking into her face with shin
ing eyes, and whispering the common
est words in such an enchanting man
ner that it seemed to her as if her feet
scarcely touched the low, white steps,
and she was some sort of glorified
Katherine Van Heeinskirk, who never,
never, never could be unhappy again.
They did not go on the river. Capt.
Hyde did not want a third party near,
In any capacity. The lower steps
were shaded by great water beeches,
and the turf under them was green
and warm. A sweeter hour, a lovelier
maid, man could never hope to find;
and Capt. Hyde was not one to neglect
bis opportunity.
"Let us stay here, my beloved,” ho
whispered. "I have something sweet
to tell you. Upon mine honor, I can
keep my secret r.o longer.”
The innocent child! Who could
blame her for listening to it?—at first
with a little fear ami a little reluct
ance, but gradually resigning her
whole heart to (he charm of his soft
syllables and bis fervent manner, un
til she gave him the promise ho
begged for- loro that was to be for
him alone, love for him alono among
all the sons of men.
What an enchanted afternoon it
was! how all too quickly it fled away,
cne golden moment after another!
In a few minutes Joanna and the
elder came In. He had called for her
on his way home; for he liked the
society of the young and beautiful, and
there were many hours in which he
thought Joanna fairer than her sister.
Then tea was served in a pretty parlor
with Turkish walls and colored win
dows, which, being open into the gar
den, framed lovely living pictures of
blossoming trees. Every one was eat
ing and drinking, laughing and talk
ing; so Katherine’s unusual 6ilence
was unnoticed, except by the elder,
who indeed saw and heard everything,
and who knew what he did not see
and hear by that kind of prescience
to which wise and observant years at
tain.
Joanna was talking to Neil Semple
in the recess of a window; but Neil's
face was white with suppressed anger,
and, though lie seemed to be listening
to her, his eyes—full of passion—were
fixed upon Hyde. Perhaps the young
s pc’., ler was conscious of It; for he oc
casionally addressed some trivial re
mark to him, as If to prevent Neil
‘J losing sight of the advantages he had
jg over him.
“The vera Eir o’ this room is gun
s'.' powdery,” thought the elder; “and ane
or the other will be flinging a spark o’
passion into It .and then the dell will
be to pay. I'll e’en tak' the lasses
hame myscl'; and I’ll speak to Juris
for his daughter—as good now as any
other time.”
Then he said in his blandest tones,
“Joanna, my dearie, you’ll hae to tell
Neil the rest o' your tale the morn;
and, Katherine, put av,a' now that bit
o' busy idleness, and don your hoods
and mantles, baith o’ you. I’m going
to ta' you hame, and I dlnna want to
get my deathe wl’ the river mist.”
"Pray, sir,” said Ilyde. “consider me
nt your service. 1 have occasion to
go into town at once, and will do your
duty to the young ladies with infinite
pleasure.”
"Much obliged, captain, vera much
obliged; but it tak’s an auld wise
headed, wise-hearted man like mysel’
to walk safely atween two bounie
lasses.’
While he was speaking, Neil left the
room. He was glad to escape from a
position which he felt to be both pain
ful and humiliating. He was in a
measure Cart. Hyde's host, and sub
ject to traditions regarding the du
ties of that character; any display of
ongo* would be derogatory to him.
and yet how difficult was restraint!
f,c .is father's interference was a
welcome ore; and he was reconciled
to hist own disappointment, when,
looking back he say the old gentleman
slowly taking the road to Van Heems
kirk's, with the pretty girls in their
quilted red hoods, one on each side of
him.
The elder was very polite to his
charges; but he noticed that Kather
ine was silent and disappointed, and
that she lingered in her own room
after her arrival at homo. Her subse
quent pretty cheerfulness, her delight
in her lilies, her confiding claims upon
her father’s love—nothing in these
things deceived him. He saw beneath
all the fluttering young heart, trem
bling, and yet happy in the new, sweet
feeling, never felt, before, which had
come to it that afternoon.
But he thought most girls had to
have this initiative; it prepared the
way for a soberer and more lasting
affection. In the end Katherine would
perceive how imprudent, how impos
sible a marriage with Capt, Hyde must
be; and her heart would turn back to
Neil, who had been her lover from
boyhood. Yet, he reflected, it would
be well to have the matter under
stood, and to give it that “possibility”
which is best attained on a money
basis.
So, wlill3 he and the Van Heems
kirks discussed the matter—a little
reluctantly, he thought, on their part—
Katherine talked with Joanna of the
Gordons. Joanna had r.ot a suspicion
of the joy ami danger that had come
to the dear little one at her side. She
was laughing softly with her, even
while the fearful father stood at the
closed door, and lifted up his tender
soul In that pathetic petition, “Ach,
mijn kind! mijn kind! mijn liefste
kind! Almighty God preserve thee
from all sin and sorrow!”
CHAPTER II.
Oranjs Boven.
"Well, well, to-day goes to Its fore
fathers, like all the rest; and, as for
what comes after it, everything is in
the love and counsel of the Almighty
One.”
This was Joris Van Heemsklrk's last
thought ere he fell asleep that night,
after Elder Semple's cautious disclo
sure and proposition. In his calm,
methodical, domestic life, it had been
an “eventful day.” We say the words
often and unreflectingly; seldom paus
ing to consider that such days are the
results which months, years, per
chance centuries, have made possible.
Thus, a long course of reckless living
and reckless gambling, and the conse
quent urgent need of ready money,
had made Capt. Hyde turn his
thoughts to the pretty daughter of the
rich Dutch merchant.
“She is a homespun little thing,”
laughed the colonel’s fashionable wife,
“and quite unfit to go among people of
our condition. But she adores you,
Dick; and she will be passably happy
with a house to manage, and a visit
from you w'hen you can spare the
time.”
It was In this mood that Katherine
and her probable fortune had been dis
cussed: and thus she was but one of
the events, springing from lives an
terior to her own and very different
from it.
Also, in her father's case, the mo
tives influencing his decision stretched
backward through many generations.
None the less was tlielr influence po
tent to move him. In fact, he forgot
entirely to reflect how a marriage be
tween his child and Capt. Hyde would
be regarded at that day; his first
thoughts had been precisely such
thoughts as would have occurred to a
Van Heomskirk, living two hundred
years before him.
Joris’ age was not an age inclined
to analysis, and he was still less In
clined to it from a personal stand
point. Kor ho was a man of few, but
positive ideas; yet these ideas, having
once commended themselves to his
faith or his intelligence, were em
biaood with all his soul. Semple’s
communication regarding Capt. Hyde
and his daughter had aroused in him
certain feelings, and led him to cer
tain decisions. He went to sleep, sat
isfied with their propriety and justice.
He awoke in precisely the same mood.
Then he dressed and went into his
garden. It was customary for Kath
erine to join him there; and he fre
quently turned, as he went dow’n the
path, to see if she were coming.
But this morning she did not come.
He walked alone to his lily bed;
hut his face brightened when he heard
her calling him to breakfast and very
soon he saw her leaning over the half
door, shading her eyes with both
hands, the better to watch his ap
proach.
Lysbet was already in her place; so
was Joanna, and also Bram. Joris
and Bram discussed the business of
the day; Katherine was full of her
visit to 8<?mpTe house the preceding
evening. Dinorah was no restraint
The slaves Joris owned, like those of
Abraham, were born or brought up In
his own household.
And yet, this morning, Joris waited
until Lysbet dismissed her handmaid,
before he said the words he had de
termined to speak ere he began the
work of the day. Then he put down
his cup with an emphasis which made
all eyes turn to him, and said:
“Katryntje, my daughter, call not
to-day, nor call not any day, until I
tell you different, at Madame Sem
plo’s. The people who go and come
there, I like them not. They will be
no good to you—Lysbet, what say you
in this matter?”
“What you say, I say, Joris. The
father is to be obeyed. When he will
r.ot, the children can not.’
Katherine had drawn her chair close
to her father’s and taken his big hand
between her own and was stroking and
petting it; then as she answered she
leaned her head upon his breast.
“Father, I like to see the English
lady; and she is teaching me the new
stitch.”
"Schoone Lammetje! There are
many oilier things far better for thee
to learn. In these things the best of
all good teachers is thy mother.’
“1 can <io these things also, father.
The lady loves me and will be unhappy
not to see me.”
"Then, let her come here and see
thee. That will be the proper thing.
Why not? Always honor thyself, as
well as others. That is the Dutch
way; that is the right way. Mind
what I tell thee.”
His voice had gradually grown
sterner, and he gently withdrew his
hand from her clasp, and rose as a
man pressed with affairs.
When he had left the room Lysbet
instantly began to order the wants of
the house. Katherine still sat at the
table; her eye3 were cast down, and
she was arranging—without a con
sciousness of doing so—her bread
crumbs upon her Delft plate. Roused
from her revery she comprehended ir
a moment how decisive her father's
orders were intended to be. Yet in
this matter she was so deeply inter
ested that she instinctively made an
appeal against them.
“Mother, ray mother, shall I not go
once more to see Madam Gordon? So
kind she has been to me! She will
say I am ungrateful, that I am rude,
and know not good manners. Yes,
mother, I may go once. A young girl
does not like to be thought ungrateful
and rude.”
“More than that, Katherine; a young
girl should not like to disobey a good
father. You make me to feel aston
ished and sorry. Here is the key of
the best parlor; go now and wash
carefully the fine china-ware.”
So Lysbet turned and left the room.
She did not notice the rebellious look
on her daughter’s face, the lowering
brows, the resentment in the glance
that followed her, the lips firmly set
to the mental purpose. “To see het
lover at all risks”—that was the pur
pose; but how best to accomplish It
was not clear to her.
She lifted the key given her and
went to the parlcr. It was a large,
low room, with wainscoted walls, and
a big tiled fireplace nearly filling it.
The blinds were closed, but there was
enough light to reveal its quaint and
almost foreign character. The oval
tables were full of curious bits of
china, dainty oriental wicker-work, ex
quisite shells on lacquered trays, won
derfully wrought workboxes and fans
and amulets. As she moved about
among the strange carven toys and
beautiful ornaments, she couold think
only of him—of his stately manner
and dark, handsome face. She re
called every word he said to her as
they sat under the water beeches.
More vividly still she recalled the ten
der light in his eyes, the lingering
clasp of his hand, his low, persuasive
voice, and that nameless charm of
fashion and culture which perhaps Im
pressed her more than any other thing.
Among the articles she had to dust
was a square Indian box with drawers.
It had always been called “the writing
box,’’ and it was partly filled wii’h pa
per and other materials for letter
writing. She stood before the open
lid thoughtfully, and a sudden over
whelming desire to send some mes
sage of apology to Mrs. Gordon came
into her heart. She could write pretty
well and she had seen her mother and
Joanna fold and seal letters; and, al
though she was totally Inexperienced
in the matter, she determined to make
the effort.
All difficulties were overcome, one
by one; and the following note in
trusted to the care of Diedrich Becker,
the old man who worked in the garden
and milked tho cows:
“To Mistress Col. Gordon—
“Honored Madam: My father for
bids that I come to see you. Ho thinks
you should upon my mother call. That
you will judge me to be rude and un
grateful, I fear very much. But that
Is not true. I am happy, indeed. 1
think all the day of you.
“Your obedient servant,
“Katherine Van Heemskirk.”
(To be continued.)
A Dally Change.
Richard P. White is credited with a
etory of personal experience while
traveling through the north of Ire
land, his birthplace, many years ago.
He sat at the writing desk of his hotel,
where he was a guest, to prepare some
letters. When be was about to use
the blotter he noticed that it was
clean, apart from a single and very
^ clear impression, which, when held
r up to a mirror and read as reflected,
proved to be a bill for washing for a
month. The items entered were on®
ehirt and thirty-one collars.
Recommended Firmness.
A very matter-of-fact old gentleman
the other day called to see a neigh
bor, an old Irishwoman, who had been
ailing for some Ume, when the follow
ing conversation took place at the
door: "And how do you find yourself
to-day. Bridget?" "Sure, your honor.
I’m mighty bad. This shocking
weather’ll be the end of me; I’ll bo a
dead woman before long.” “Hoots,
toots, woman! you’ve been saying that
for the last twenty years! I’ll tell ye
i what It is, ye want firmness o' mind,
j Fin a day for deeing and stick to it."
Woman Suffrage Advocate.
Miss Anna Hvosley of Christian'*,
Norway, is now in this country. Miss
Hvosley is an advocate of the woman
suffrage movement and she says that
few nations are more in sympathy
with that movement that hers. Con
siderable reform legislation has been
enacted and the Norwegian Woman’s
Rights society has been in existence
since 1884. Miss Hvosley is on the
editorial staff of an Influential Chris
tiania paper, drawing a handsome sal
ary.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, DEC. 7: RUTH 1:16-22—
RUTH AND NAOMI.
Golden Text—‘‘Be Kindly Affectioned
One to Another”—Romans 12:10—
Lessons to Be Learned from the
Story of Ruth.
Scene I. The Emigrants.—Ruth 1:1-6.
Some time during the period of the
Judges, under Gideon or later, there
arose a famine In Judea which lasted in
some degree for several years. At this
time there lived a family at Bethlehem
consisting of Elimeleeh. his wife Naomi,
and two sons, whose names indlcato
feeble health. Finding it dleult to obtain
a living on the hone- farm on uccount of
the famine, and perhaps afraid of the
roving bands of the Invaders, the family
determined to emigrate to some safer
arid n.ore fruitful region, even though It
would compel them to bring up their chil
dren amid heathen surroundings. They
went across the Jordan, turned to tlie
south along the eastern shores of the
Dead Sea, and settled among the rich
fields of the Moabites, in the course of
ten years the sons married Moabitlsh
wtimeii, Uiilh and orpah; and both sons
and Elimeleeh, their father, died in the
land of Moab, leaving the three women
widows.
The widow Naomi, poor, In distress,
among strangers became homesick for
her native land, her kindred, the peoplo
of God, and the religious aids and con
solations of her youth. The famine was
over. One of the periods or revival and
prosperity was shedding its benediction
over the land from which she came, and
she resolved to return.
Scene II. The Parting. Huth’s Choice.—
Vs. 6-18. The two widowed daughters-in
law, Orpah and Huth (“the Hose of!
Moab”). went part of the way to see
Naomi off. When the time came to part,
when they had kissed each other and
wept together, they both declared they
would not return, but would go with her
to Israel.
lfi. "And Ruth said." Ruth's passionate I
burst of tenderness is immortal. Like ‘
David's lament over Jonathan, these
words have sunk deep Into the human
heart. "Intreat me not to leave thee,"
for the very reason that she is old and
poor and childless. Their hearts are knit
together like the souls of David and
Jonathan. "Whither thou goest, I will
go." “Compare the very similar entreat
ies of Elijah, and the steadfast deter
mination of Elisha not to leave him (2
Kings 2:2-6). In Elisha's case, ns In
Ruth’s, the reward of steadfast persist
ence was very great."—Cook. "Thy peo
ple shall be my people," even though sho
went apparently to lifelong poverty
among strangers.
17. "The Lord do so to me.” calling
upon herself the severest punishment if j
she should break her promise. Ruth's j
use of the name of Jehovah shows that
she was already a believer.
IS. "Was steadfastly minded” in ma
king herself firm to go with her.—Beech
er. "She left speaking unto her." She
had wanted her to go with her, but It
seemed selfish to permit her. But sho
yielded at last to Ruth's steadfast de
termination.
III. Th« Emigrant's Return and Wel
come.—Vs. 19-22. 19. "They two . . .
came to Bethlehem,” the early home of
Naomi, where she had a small estate
(Ruth 4:3). "All the city,” a small walled
village (Micah 5:2). "was moved.” ex
cited and Interested, "about them." She
had belonged to a prominent family, and
as probably little or nothing had been
hoard from her for ten years, her re
turn was a glad surprise. "And they"
t feminine), the women of Bethlehem,
"said. Is this Naomi?" Can this lonely,
traveled-stained woman be the Naomi
who went away so happily ten years ago?
20. “Call me not Naomi," "lovable,”
"pleasant." The name once belonged to
mo. "Call me Mara,” "bitter” (Ex. 15:23),
for this bettor expresses my condition.
"For the Almighty hath dealt very bit
terly with mo." My life is In his hands.
He has given me this bitter medicine for
my soul. "The Lord gave, and the Lord
bath taken away; blessed he the name of
the Lord."
21. ||The Lord hath testified against
me" that my going Into a heathen land
for a better living was a sin.
2?. "In the beginning of barley har
yst." usually about the middle of April.
This fact was an essential circumstance
In Ruth’s future life.
IV. The Reward.—The rest of the book
lolls In a delightful way the story of the
effect upon her life of self-denying love
to her mother-in-law, and to her God.
Still, we are to be careful not to con
found outward rewards with the real re
ward of virtue. Virtue contains In Itself,
in the approval of God, In peace of con
science. In spiritual life and character, in
helpfulness and service, Its best reward.
And yet the reward is not perfect without
outward conditions to match the Inward
grace. So it shall be In heaven.
IjeSSOriH iruill UIC oumj ui «uiu. ».
Here Is a beautiful example of God’s
providential cure over private affairs of
an humble family. God Is "no respecter
of persons.” Often from the humblest
homes spring persons who influence the
destiny of nations.
2. All this passionate utterance of Ruth
Is a -perfect type of what every one who
becomes a Christian says to Christ and
Ills church. He chooses them for better
or for worse, In prosperity and in af
fliction. A11 he has and all he hopes for Is
joined with them. He will suffer with
them, rejoice with them, work with
them, worship with them and at lust
abide forever with them In heaven.
3. A large part of the opposition to
our serving the Lord, whether It arise
from friends or enemies, will cease when
It becomes manifest that we are In
vincibly determined on our course.
4. Choices between good and evil, ever,
in small things, ure the most important
acts of our lives. They ure the creative
acts of the soul. Often these fateful rises
come in our lives in connection with de
cisions. of the Importance of which we
do not dream. We know what is right,
we do not know the far-reaching effects.
5. “Ruth's choice cost her something,—
separation from her kindred, the sacri
fice of her prospects of marriage, ex
patriation, poverty, and the consciousness
that the course she was taking was un
usual. und would cause remark.
6. “But Kuth’s choice teaches us that
true love is supremely desirous of the
beloved presence. That Is true about hu
man love, and it is true about heavenly.
7. Through doing her humble daily du
ties faithfully for the support of her
mother and herself. Ruth found her re
ward in her character and destiny.
Miracles of Our Lord.
We believe tlxere is a very great
difficulty about the question of the
relation of inirac't* tff the ?)ivtne
VWrd and how far ♦»»» proved the
Ir.vine Word. I am a thorough believ
er in miracles, but I want you to note
how our Lord wrought many miracles,
but rebuked those who sought him
for miracles only. It is the Word,
and its power to give life to the soul,
that is the miracle. It is by the in
herent potency and divine proof which
that Word carried that the heart of
man was comforted.
(i
PROPOSE TO BEAT NATURE.
Diamond of Powerful Ray Will Soon
Be Made by Niagara’s Power.
The manufacture of artificial dia
monds has long been regarded as an
impossibility. A score of men learned
In chemistry and skilled as lapidaries
have spent years in a fruitless endeav
or to equal the product of nature in
this direction. Now, howsver. the
prospect of the manufact tr« of dia
monds by scientific means is consid
ered so likely as to be predicted in a
government report. T. O. Martin, an
expert special agent of the census
office, has written a long and very in
teresting report on the electrical in
dustries of the United States, in which
he incidentally refers to the attempts
that have been made to produce dia
monds artificially. He recalls the
fact that Moissan, the Frenchman,
pushed the employment of the electric
arc so far as to produce minute frag
mentary diamonds in his furnaces.
Moissan also noted the production of
graphite from a diamond heated in the
arc. and from the similar treatment
of sugar charcoal purified by chlorine
and of purified wood charcoal.
“In fact,” says Mr. Martin, “it was
due to his investigation In this field
that he was led to his celebrated ob
sorvation on the formation of dia
monds by the sudden cooling in mer
cury or lead of molten iron saturated
with carbon. Out of all such work it
was but natural that fanciful specula
tions should arise as to the possibility
of establishing factories for the regu
lar manufacture of genuine diamonds
at Niagara Falls, where the cheap
current and other essentials would be
available, but nothing has resulted
within the period under consideration
from these plausible and sanguine
iheories. The fact remains, however,
Lhat in our modern electrical furnaces
liamond dust has been produced, and
the steps leading to the manufacture
of larger crystals will be but sequen
tial."
LUXURY AS A HANDICAP.
Majority of Successful Men Have
Risen from Indigence.
The history of our country is a rec
ard of the successes of poor boys who
seemed to be hopelessly shut off from
books, culture and education, except
that of the most meager kind—from
almost every opportunity for mental
development. The youthful Lincolns,
Franklins, Haiuiltons, Garflelds,
Grants and Clays—those who become
presidents, lawyers, statesmen, sol
diers, orators, merchants, educators,
journalists, inventors—giants in every
department of life—how they stand
aut from the pages of history, those
poor boys, an inspiration for all time
to those who are born to fight their
way up to their own loaf.
The youth who is reared in a lux
urious home, who, from the moment
of his birth, is waited on by an army
of servants, pampered and indulged
uy over-fond parents and deprived of
every Incentive to develop himself
mentally or physically, although com
monly regarded as one to be envied.
Is more to be pitied than the poorest,
most humbly born boy or girl in the
land. Unless he Is gifted with an un
usual mind he is in danger of becom
ing a degenerate, a parasite, a crea
ture who lives on the labor of others,
whose powers ultimately atrophy from
disuse.—O. S. Maiden in Success.
Tonics for Tired Women.
With each year woman is busier,
hence the growth of the ‘•pick-me-up”
aabit, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
With the increase of their duties, so
cial and otherwise, comes the neces
sity for something to brace up tired
eervcs and enable the “weaker ves
sels” always to face the world with a
-mlling, happy face.
A nip of cognac, a glass of Benedic
tine, or the “tiniest drop” of green
Chartreuse produces remarkable ef
fects the first time used. The result
is the “pick-me-up” soon becomes an
iudispensable part ot the day's pro
gram.
To such an extent has the custom
grown that fashionable modistes keep
a bottle and a dainty glass in a
sequestered spot, and obligingly come
forward with a “drop” of something
to win the gratitude of the patron and
insure her return.
X-Rays as Germ Killers.
A German sicentist reports a con
tinuation of experiments begun in 1898
relative to bactericidal power of
Roentgen rays. The power of the
Roentgen rays to kill germs was tested
against the cholera spirillum, the ba
cillus prodlglopus and the colon bacil
lus. The micro-organisms were Inocu
lated into gelatin and exposed to the
action of the rays. After twenty to
thirty minutes continues exposure to
the rays many of the bacteria were
killed, and multiplication ceased In
nearly all. In every series of experi
ments, however, a few of the individ
ual bacteria were not affected.
Protest.
Better the poet'e Alpine snows.
Than deadly deserts of repose;
Better the martyr's fiery hour
Than Buddha on the lotus flower.
It Is the level road that kills;
The secrets of the heavenward hills
Are ethics of an endless quest,
A.nd the novitiate Is unrest.
The opiate vapors of the plain—
The clogging marshes—leave their staler;
Oh. that we might take wings and flea
Where sky-born winds blow healthfully.
Oh, for the glorious lack of guile
That leaves the crowd to fawn and smile,
The level road with all Its Ills
i’or the fine freedom cf the hills.
—
Enviousness That Is Pardonable.
Most women think they would be
truly happy If they could only have
their neighbor’s hired girl.—Chicago
I Record.
THE PINKHAM CURES
ATTRACTHG GREAT ATTESTIOS AIOJG
THISkISG HOMES.
_
Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 E.
124th St., N.Y. City, adds her tes
timony to the hundreds of thou
sands on Mrs. Pinkham’s files.
When Lydia E. Pinkham’s Ur me
dic a wore llrst introduced skeptics
all over tho country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group of women who had been
cured by tho now discovery has
since grown into a vast army of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and
skepticisms have been swept away
as by a mighty flood, un-Sl to-day
tho great good that Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the women of America is
attracting tho attention of many of
our leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people
Merit alone could win such fame;
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for a euro relies upon Lydia E.
Pinkham’sVegetableCompound.
The world doesn’t pause to examine
a man's tracks after he gets there.
“I Buffered for months from sore throat,
Eclectric Oil cured me In twenty-Ion*
hours."—Id. 8. Gist, Uawesville, k».
"Our most exclusive circles are sli
ver dollars,” wrote the rural editor.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS
Use the liest. That’s way they l>uy Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading grooors, 5 cento.
One stocking doesn’t make a set of
tights.
Defiance SUrch Is guaranteed big
gest and best or money refunded. 16
ounces, 10 cents. Try it now.
A man can steal and reform, but a
politician is Incurable.
Builds np tho systemputs pure, rich
blood in the reins; makes men nnd women
strong and healthy. Burdock Blood Bitters.
At any drag store.
Love makes the bravest an abject
coward.
Mrs. Winslows nooirung Syrtip.
For children teething, soften, the gums, reduces trv
IhuiiuiaUou, allay, palu.curee wind colic. 25c a bottle.
Any man who has a poor memory
for debts has a good memory for
faces.
London Sea Breezes.
The manager of the Tivoli Music
hall, Loudon, has discovered an Inven
tor who has found a way of turning
out sej. breezes at will. It consists only
In a small machine which will stand
In the promenade at the back of the
grand circle, occupying about tho space'
of a couple of people, and by lue ac
tion of electricity upon certain chem
icals make ozone In huge quantities,
and breathes it gently forth. It is to
drive all tho barbonic acid out of the;
house and keep the Tivoli filled withi
as pure an atmosphere as natnre,
makes on tne sea. Sometimes it will
be Brighton that will be laid on. A
different pinch of the cnemicals or a
turn of the wheel, and it may be
Bournemouth or Scarborough or Nice
or any ot~er place—where the air is
good.
The X-Ray In Dentistry.
The X-ray is being used in dentistry
with considerable success. It some-,
times happens that the permanent or1
•‘second” teeth are not properly cut.
The mouth is thus disfigured by tha
loss of the first set of teeth and the
non-appearance of the second teeth.
With the X-ray the dentist can deter
mine whether the second tooth is in,
the gum, and if so, why it has not ap
peared. The obstruction is removed,
a passage openea and the tooth works
gradually down to its place.
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Mrs. Hlldebrandt’* Discovery.
Lake Sarah, Minn., Nov. 24th.—Mrs.
Hlldebrandt of this place claims to
have discovered a complete cure for
Rheumatism and numerous people
can testify that as Mrs. Hlldebrandt
had the terrible affliction and is now
a well woman, she appears to havo
good grounds for her claim. Mrs.
Hlldebrandt speaks of her cure as fol
lows :
“I had the Rheumatism in my arms
so bad that I could not sleep at night.
I was Induced to try Dodd’s Kidney
Pills and before I had taken two
boxes 1 was much better. When I
had taken four boxes 1 was completely
cured.”
It is only fair to state that others
have made the same discovery as
Mrs. Hlldebrandt and that for Rheu
matism and other diseases arising
from the Kidneys, Dodd’s Kidney
Pills are recognized as the one sure
and permanent cure.
Attacks on wagon trains were in
cluded in the program of mimic wai
carried on at Fort Riley. Command
ers should not forget that the earnest
ness of such attacks always depends
on what is in the wagons.—San Fran
cisco Bulletin.