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CHAPTER XVI.
As she looked about her. in the tan
gled and shadowy forest, where the
night was already coming darkly, a
new terror arose within her, and she
sought to return by the way she had
<x>me, but this was only to find her
steps cut off by still denser masses of
forest growth. Even as she stood
hesitating, there came a faint cry. like
that of a child, and a rush of hopeful
ness thrilled her at the thought of
something human being near in the
gloom and oppressive stillness.
Then there fell upon her a freezing
terror, as she suddenly recalled the
slaves telling recently of a panther's
voice having been heard at night, near
the settlement: and she remembered
that they had likened it to the crying
of a child.
Trembling with fright, she stood,
glancing about in terror, wondering
which way to turn, when another
sound came faintly. It was a sound
she had heard before, and one no
hearer could ever forget; a short,
quick bark, followed by a prolonged
howl—the cry of the timber wolf.
Gathering her draperies closely, she
spjang forward again, all color gone
from the dainty little face, now ashen
with fear, against which the bushes
and low branches beat unmercifully.
Again and again the fiendish cry rang
out, to be succeeded by another, and
then another, as if the first call had
summoned a multitude of wolves to
the chase. But, for all her dainty fem
ininity. she had a man's heart for
courage in the face of danger: and.
as she still kept on. with clenched
hands and panting breath, a small
cabin showed in a clearing before her.
A new strength came to her at sight
of this refuge, and she rushed toward
it. to find only an untenanted ruin,
with its door fallen from the hinges.
But she saw upon the floor a large
iron ring, which indicated the entrance
to a cellar; and, seizing this, she
pulled at it with all her strength.
A small section of the floor lifted,
creaking cn rusted hinges, and dash
ing wildly through dust and cobwebs
that rose with it, she plunged into the
shallow opening, earth-walled and
floored, the dust filling her eyes and
nostrils, and half-choking her, as she
panted sobbingly for breath.
short time before, and realizing that
what he had then feared was indeed
true, he stood before her speechless,
a new agony growing in his pale face.
For a moment she met his eyes un
flinchingly. Then, dropping her own,
turned from him with a shudder, as
she said coldly. “I wish to be taken
to the house. Captain-”
She stopped as if checked at the
thought of uttering his name.
‘ In a moment, mademoiselle,” he
answered with the cool courtesy he
would have shown a stranger. “Your
grandpere has been alarmed on your
account. He had sent for you to come
and bid me adieu: and then, when
your absence was discovered, it was
quite late.”
She said nothing, nor did he. for the
space of a full minute. Then, with
his face turned to the darkness out
side. he resumed:
‘If the day may ever come when
you can think of me with less con
demnation. remember always what I
tell you now. I do not. nor can I ever,
blame you. And, if I can ever serve
you. you have but to comamnd me,
always and forever.”
Some of the slaves, who had re
turned from the hunt, now sent up a
joyous shout at sight of their "lil’
Ma'm'selle” unhurt: and, rising, she
smiled upon them as they gathered
around her.
Two of them, under LaStte's direc
tion. made a seat of their interlocked
bands, and. bearing her between them,
set out for the house, with flaring
torches lighting the way.
The proclamation of Gov. Claiborne
resulted in inducing Count de Caze
neau to return to his New Orleans
home earlier than usual; and I.afitte’s
house in the city was closed, while a
trusted negro overseer was left in
chars? of the blacksmith shop, with
orders to say that his master had gone
away upon matters of business.
It was to Grande Terre that Pierre
had gone, feeling that a time was near
at hand for the joining of issues be
tween his confreres and the govern
ment. and wishing, as always, to share
the fortunes of his foster brother.
On the western shore of Grande
Terre, with several miles of forest
lying between it and De Cazeneau's
He stood before her, speechless.
A few moments later she grew cold
with an agony of apprehension, when l
she heard the noise of her pursuers’ i
fe'et upon the flooring over her head,
and their snuffling at the cracks in the
cellar door. How long it lasted she |
scarcely knew, cramped as she was
in the darkness, aching, throbbing—
half-swooning, with the dreadful crea ;
tures howling and snarling above her >
head: how long it was before the bay
ing of beagles, faint at first, sounded
in her ears.
Nearer and nearer came the sound,
growing strong and clear; and then |
she heard the shouting of voices.
This brought a new fear—for might j
not these come from those fully as
much to be feared as were the wolves?
The island, as she knew, was several
miles long; and she had always known
that it held others besides her grand
father's household .
She listened tremblingly, a new
dread encompassing her as the voices :
of the beagles now broke otit close to
the cabin. Then there was a rushing |
sound, followed by an uproar indicat
ing a fierce struggle. At length the
combat seemed to surge through the i
cabin door, and a voice which she rec
ognized as that of black Zebo. one of
her grandfather's most trusted slaves,
shouted, “Dar goes de last debbil,
makin’ for de woods: Shoot him. boys
—shoot ebry hide yer can see!"
Roselle called to him. but her voice
sounded faint and unnatural to her
own ears. Then the door was lifted,
and the blinding light cf a torch
flashed in her face.
‘Take me out; take me home!" she !
cried, raising her arms appealingly, j
w hile she sobbed like a terrified child.
A man s voice, one she was too be- ;
wildered to recognize, answered her. .
“Utile Rose—my precious little Island
Rose!”
A husky, shaking voice murmured ;
these words against her car. where !
she felt the pressure of warm lips.
‘ Ah. thank God, I have thee safe j
again!"
The touch and the words struck !
sharply through her benumbed senses; !
and with a cry of affright, she strug
gled to free herself.
‘ What is it?" asked Lafitte. now j
speaking firmly and quickly. “Are you
hurt, child—are you injured in any
way V*
“Do not—do not!” the girl com
manded, now uncovering her face, and
looking up at him with an angry light
sparkling in her eyes. “How dare
*
you?
Drawing back a step, Lafitte stared
at her in amazement, until suddenly
recalling what Nato had told him a
house, was the so-called “fort" of the
Baratarians. standing upon a grassy
eminence dotted with magnificent live
oaks, and terminating at a bluff not
many feet above the sea.
It consisted of a fair-siz**d building
and several smaller ones, all of wood,
enclosed within a stockade; and a
few cannon protected the fleet—now
consisting of two brigatines, some
small schooners and sloops, and a
large number of smaller craft—an
chored in the harbor at the rear of the
island.
Outside the stockade were many
huts, constructed of logs, and with
thatched roofs, where were always
domiciled a small army of Lafitte's
retainers, while he—when at Grande
Terre—and a few of his sub-leaders
had their quarters inside.
Shell Island, already mentioned, up
one of the almost inaccessible bayous,
was his most frequent abode, where
he kept about him only a few devoted
followers; and here, amid impene
trable forests, was conducted the
building of vessels.
War between the United States and
Great Britain had been waging for a
year or more; but it had not yet
threatened Louisiana, nor had any
preparations been made at New Or
leans to resist an attack from the
enemy.
But. in the summer of 1813. occurred
the horrible massacre at Fort Mims,
in the Mississippi valley, occupied by
some two hundred and seventy per
sons, many of them women and chil
dren. of whom all but seventeen were
put to death by the Creeks, one of the
tribes which the English had won
over for allies.
Gov. Claiborne had foreseen this
threatened peril, but was powerless to
avert it. for his forces were few and
scattered, while the Indians seemed in
numerable.-and moved with wonderful
activity. But the governor did all in
his power to restore confidence; and
not long afterward Gen, Jackson ut
terly destroyed the Creeks at Talla
dega.
“Mv heart may be telling me wrong
fully. Pierre." Jean said, as the two sat
talking in their abode at Grande Terre
—a cabin outside, but luxurious with
in, “but I have a feeling that if I now
go to the emperor I may find the op
portunity for serving him; and that
this may prove to him the love that
has never died.”
“Perhaps.” answered Pierre, hesi
tatingly. “But what is it that makes
you think you may be of service to the
emperor and France?”
“To say truth. I have no idea that
is definite; but I feel an irresistible in
clinatiou iO go, and see if the oppon*
tunity offers.”
"If you should find service over
there—then what?”
"Why,” r'plied Jean, "then you can
wind up our matters here, and come
over to join me. Why not?”
"Why not, indeed? That is assured
ly what I would do, if—” and Pierre
hesitated-for an instant—"I could.”
"And what can prevent?”
"In such a case,” Pierre replfed de
liberately. "there would be a valuable
cargo to come with me, and watchful
enemies here to blind. Then possibly,
or most probably, by summer or fall,
with the English vessels patrolling the
waters around us, the safe getting
away might not be so easy a matter.”
"Summer and fall are not now,” was
the oracular declaration; "and by the
time they come, it may be that the
English will have been made to slink
home again, as once before.”
"I don't feel at all sure as to that,”
Pierre commented, as he rose to cover
the embers upon the hearth. Then,
turning to Jean, he continued, as
though there had been no interrup
tion. "I tell thee, lad, that Louisiana
has always possessed a great attrac- j
tion for Great Britain.”
"Grant it.” said Jean, rising and
stretching himself. "Then all the more
reason why, in case they succeed in ;
; obtaining it, that we should wish to '
i live somewhere else.”
"Ah. but I am not saying that they |
will rule here!'’ exclaimed Pierre, with ;
a showing of anger at thought of the
possibility suggested by Jean's words. '
"God forbid!”
"Amen to that," said Jean, laughing
at the quick change in his foster- I
brother's manner and look; and they
soon parted for the night.
It was a bright morning in May that
the "Black Petrel,” with Jean Lafitte j
and a picked crew, and bearing a car
go of rich merchandise, sailed from
Barataria; and Pierre, his heart filled
with loneliness and misgivings, sat on
the bluff, watching her sails until they
melted away on the horizon.
(To be continued.)
ABOUT THE AGE OF A CROW
A Tag Would Indicate That One Lived
More Than Twenty Years.
A farmer living near Orrville, Ohio,
says a correspondent of the Toronto
Globe, has just received a much-prized
little aluminum plate marked as fol
lows: "Return to George McCarren,
Orrville. O,” with which an interest
ing story is connected.
George McCarren. Sr., father of the
man who received the little billet of
aluminum, was an eccentric naturalist
and spent much time in the study of
birds and insects. During McCarren's
youth, about twenty years ago, he
says he remembers being told by his
father, the elder McCarren, of a dis
pute the latter had with a fellow nat
uralist at Akron, Ohio, as to the age
to be attained by a common crow, and
finally, to settle the matter. McCarren
attached an aluminum tag to the crow
captured in the fields and sent the bird
forth with the plate securely fastened
to its neck by wires. The legend on
the plate requested the finder to re
turn it to McCarren in case anything
should happen to the bird.
As McCarren. Jr., remembers it, the
two men made a bet as to whether the
plate would be returned wdthin twen
ty years. If the crow were killed or
died they counted on the little biilet
being found and returned to the ad
dress on the plate. If this were not
returned they believed it would be suf
ficient evidence that the bird would
Te still alive. McCarren bet that the
plate would not be returned within
that time; hence he won the bet. The
crow was killed by a farmer boy
named Angers in Holmes county last
week, and the billet returned to the
son of the better, the elder McCarren
having died before he could realize the
proceeds and the satisfaction of win
ning his wager. The little billet is
highly prized by the McCarrens as a
memento of the father's eccentricity
IS AN INTELLIGENT PLANT,
How Wild Fig Tree in Mexico Spreads
Its Kind.
! Among all the forms of vegetable
ufe in the Mexican tropics the wild
: fig trees are the most remarkable,
I says the Geographic Magazine. Some
of them show such apparent intelli
! gence in their readiness to meet emer
| gencies that it is difficult not to credit
i them with powers of volition.
In tropics, where the wild figs flour
! ish. there is a constant struggle for
j life among numberless species of
; plants. Certain of the wild figs appear
j to have learned this and provide a
1 fruit which is a favorite food for many
birds; then an occasional seed is
dropped by a bird where it finds
! lodgement in the axil of a palm frond
j high in the air.
There the seed takes root and is
nourished by the little accumuluation
of dust and vegetable matter. It sends
forth an aerial root, which creeps down
the palm, sometimes coiling about the
trunk on its way. When this slender,
cordlike rootlet reaches the ground it i
secures a foothold and becomes the i
future trunk of the fig tree.
Egg of Captive r.attlesnake.
One of a boxful of four rattlesnakes
* sent to Fred Kempel from California
j three or four days ago laid an egg,
; which is said to be almost without
precedent, as snakes in captivity nev
er breed.
The egg is only a little smaller
than a hen's egg. and the small rat
tler can be plainly seen curled up in
side of the opaque membrane. It is
expected to hatch within a day or two.
Few naturalists have ever been able
to locate the eggs of the rattlesnake,
owing to the fact that the snake is
exceedingly torpid at the time, and
seeks the bottom of its hole, so as
not to be prey for the birds, which
attack it.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Gotham's Child Labor Evils.
Robert Hunter, the wealthy oead
worker of the university settlement in
New York city, declares that despite
the child labor law. and undetected by
the labor inspectors, there is one fac
tory in wrhich are at work 300 children
under 14 years of age. In another
factory, he adds, one boy 9 years of
age was employed; his sister, at the
age of 7, and a younger brother, 4
years old, earning 19 cents a day. In
another place a girl of 3 was at work.
i
Parisian Trotting Gowns.
For morning saunters short skirts
and long jackets are most popular.
And every Parisienne who is a woman
of fashion deems it her duty, as well
as her pleasure, to walk for an hour in
the mornings in the Avenue des Aca
cias. and so smart broughams and vic
torias are drawn up in a double line
near this favorable promenade along
which the elegantes love to loiter and
meet their friends.
Tha only frivolous notes in the build
of these tailor suits are the touch of
color in the velvet of collars and cuffs
and a line of embroidery upon a light
velvet waistcoat.
1 wmed surah is having a renais
sance.
Cashmere is becoming the vogue in
Paris.
Aurore is the name given a delicate
pinkish blue.
Bloused jackets look particularly
well on small women.
All the muffs are ;arge and most of
them inclined to flatness.
Old rose, shading to a brick red, is
a popular shade for a hat.
A few are wearing bright green net
face veils, with curious effect.
The pearl-laced cap of the ill-fated
Juliet is again a popular ornament.
Women with very plump faces
should never wear a thick neck ruche
Apple Sauce.
Pare and cut into small pieces
twelve good-sized tart apples, put
them into a sauce pan with half a pint
of water, cover and stew them all till
tender; add one cup of sugar, press
it through a sieve or colander; pour
into a glass dish and serve either hot
or cold. Apples should never be
stewed in rusty tins or iron pots, as
they will spoil the appearance of the
sauce.
Ladies' Costume.
Fashion has decided that all smart
costumes must be made with waists
and skirts to match, and a charming
design in plum-colored crepe de chine
is here pictured. The full waist is
made over a vest of embroidered ba- '
tiste. Graceful fullness is given in
front by tucks in the upper part, and
the wide shoulder effect is success
fully carried out by the shoulder
straps that extend irom the neck out
over the sleeve. The full puff sleeve
is prettily finished by a small turned
back cuff. The skirt is one of the
latest models and is exceedingly grace
ful. The fullness in the upper part is
disposed of by small tucks around the
hips, although the pattern provides for
rows of shirring or for a plain gath
ered skirt. It is cut in seven gores,
and wide tucks at the lower edge as
sist in giving the fashionable flare.
All fabrics that are soft and pliable
are suited to the mode, such as eta
mine, voile, chiffon cloth and liberty
satin. The medium size requires
three and one-quarter yards of forty- :
four inch material for the waist, and
six yards of forty-four inch material
for the skirt.
Cashmere Very Popular.
The very latest fabric employed to |
build midwinter frocks is cashmere. 1
This material has been, so to speak,
put upon the shelf for several years,
but its popularity is now reassured.
It is one of the most attractive of light
weight cloths, it lends itself readily
to drapery and it is especially suitable
for house gowns. Draped waists and
full sleeves are row universally worn,
and this sort of light weight mate
rial is particularly practical for the
purpose. Perhaps the most popular is
red, and cashmeres are found m every
shade from bright scarlet to the deep
est claret or dahlia tones. The pas
tel shades are as well modish and
chestnut brown is also fashionable.
Velvet and siTk braid is the popular j
trimming. Velvet is fashionable in
ruches and in flat bands the same tone j
as the corsage. Another fashionable
material is crepe de paris. There is j
as well a soft serge that has made its
appearance, and it appears in new
weaves and designs, and the diagonal
serges in fine checks are much used
for street costumes.
To Offset Gray Fur.
The gray furs are apt to prove
rather trying to most complexions, and
a clever milliner gave this hint anent
their adoption for hats and headgear.
Where the hat is such that the hair
shows between the hat and the face.
the color of the hair will often offset
the trying effect of the gray fur; but
where the hat comes close to the fore
head then an underfacing of rose-col
ored chiffon, of geranium red velvet,
or whatever especial tint in pink or
red will prove most complimentary to
the wearer is used, with the result that
a rosy reflection is cast upon the face,
and the hardening result of the fur is
entirely overcome.
Neck and Hat Sets.
With every hat there must go some
thing for the neck these days, and
the most beautiful creations are
planned to go around the throat and to
fasten in the front.
There are lovely art noveau boas
made of ermine and decorated with
art noveau buttons, which are set on
about six inches apart. And there are
dressy things in peacock feathers to
match handsome breast ornaments for
the hat. It can be taken as a settled
thing that neck trimmings must match
hat trimmings and that they must be
alike no only in one way, but in all
ways. The colors, the materials and
the general style must match.
Perhaps the best hat and neck
effects can be obtained with crushed
velvet. A hat can be trimmed with a
band of the .velvet and The very same
material can be used for a four-in
hand necktie. It must be about five
inches wide and finished up precisely
as though it were made of fur. Its
ends are trimmed with fringe or with
tails.
Handsome fluffy neck ruffles are
made to match hats and there are ruf
fles that are in the most attractive
shade? of green to go with Charlotte
Corday hats that are made of green
velvet with flnticgs of green muslin
and green chiffon.
To treat paint spots that painters
have left on your panes of glass soak
in turpentine. If they have been left
long enough to be very stubborn
scrape the spots with the edge of a
penny. It will not scratch as would a
knife.
Mice have the greatest dislike to the
smell of peppermint. A little oil of
peppermint sprinkled round their
haunts and holes will soon make them
look for other quarters and forsake
those which have become so disagree
able to them.
A piece of camphor forms a popular
barometer. If the lump of camphor re
mains dry when exposed to the air.
dry weather is to be expected. If. on
the other hand, the gum absorbs mois
ture and appears damp, rain may be
anticipated.
To renovate a black fel; hat brush
the hat to remove all dust and then
sponge with equal parts of liquid am
monia and boiling water. Rub this
on the felt thoroughly, then set the hat
on the table or some other fiat surface
to dry. for if this precaution be not
taken the brim is sure to get out of
shape.
Open Work Belts.
Patent leather belts, so glossy and
alluring in their dainty shades, have
not escaped the fad for open work no
tions. some of them showing off very
oold designs, through the vacant
spaces of which gleams the color of
the blouse.
In Gray Velvet.
A fascinating frock of gray velvet
has a skirt that fits the hips perfect
ly, and plaits are let in at the bottom
to give the fullness desired. At inter
vals from below the hips are strips of
braid reaching across from one seam
to another, and then a space. The
r.pxt breadth has the space filled in
with the braid. The skirt frees the
ground all the way round. The loose
fitting jacket has a loose-stitched gir
dle bolding it closely to the figure,
above which it blouses all the way
round. Braid is applied at each side
of the back seam and over the shoul
der and down the front on each side
of a white waistcoat embroidered in
black and gray. Full puffed sleeves
come below the elbows, and they are
caught into deep cuffs of the embroid
ery.
Theater or Evening Waist.
Bodice of ivory colored silk, tucked
at the top and draped below the bust ■
1 he slightly cross
ed fronts are bor
dered with a fine
embroidery of silk
cord to match and
ornamented at the
bottom with ro- k
settes of the silk. (|
The plastron is Q
of lace, also match- ]
ing the waist. ®
and is ornamented
with bows of lilac
*ejvei riDoon. me
little collar piece and the shoulder
straps are composed of narrow bands
of the silk, fagoted together. The
sleeve is composed of two puffs, fin
ished at the elbow with a little frill
of the material and a deep frill of lace.
Vitality of Wild Mustard Seed.
In the Seed Laboratory at Ottawa.
Canada, one hundred fresh seeds of
Wild Mustard were planted in good
soil in a box. and under the most fav
orable conditions only thirty-five of
them could be induced to grow. The
box w as then placed in the open air j
for a week with the thermometer be
low- zero. When again put in the ger
minator, seventeen more of the seeds
produced plants. The soil was then
allowed to become thoroughly dry and
again put out to freeze, after which
twelve more of the hundred seeds ger
minated. This operation was repeat
ed several times, until finally every
seed demonstrated that the mother
plant had not lived in vain.
Lace Robes in Favor.
Lace robes are growing more and
more into popular favor and they are
shown in all varieties, from the ordi
nary machine laces such as Lierre
and Alencon, to the very costliest
hand made varieties, point and duch- j
esse and Irish crochet, which lattei
varieties, by their costliness, are for
ever debarred from the average pur
chaser.
Iridescent effects in silk are also
high in popular favor. They were first
j developed in taffetas and louisines,
but they are now shown in crepes,
eoliennes and voiles. Along with them
are displayed iridescent spangled and
beaded embroideries.
_
Child's Winter Frock.
Child's frock of dark green cloth.
The skirt is made with box plaits and
trimmed with a
band of ermine
and straps of black
braid. The blouse
is box-plaited at
the top (where it
is trimmed with
) straps of braid) to
a yoke of black as
trakhan bordered
with a band of er
mine.
y The yoke is fin
C ished around the
\ neck with a little
collar of the cloth
forming tabs in
ui ualuv.uicu
with buttons- The vest is of the ma
terial braided with black soutache,
and over this is a little scalloped
waistcoat, ftlso of the material, em
broidered with soutache.
The sleeves are box-plaited and
trimmed with the braid at the top,
then are plaited in at the bottom to
form cuffs finished at the wrists with
bands of astrakhan. The* girdle is of
the material or of silk to match.
BRIDESMAIDS’ GOWNS
The gown at the left is of white
voile. The skirt is gathered at the
top and trimmed at the bottom with
wreaths of mousseline de soie roses,
which are united by blue ribbons. The
blouse has a yoke of guipure bordered
with roses and the bretelles are of the
blue ribbon. The short puffed sieeves
are finished with bands and knots of
the ribbon. The wide, draped girdle
is of blue or white silk. The other
gown is of white mousseline de soie.
'r>»e full skirt is trimmed at the bot
tom with little ruffles of the material,
in. two groups, separated by a
band of guipure. The blouse is en
tirely covered with the ruffles and is
finished around the low neck with a
band of guipure. All these ruffles
are edged with white taffeta, of which
the girdle is also made, the latter fin
ished on one side with a knot of the
siik. The sleeves are each composed
of two puffs, separated by a drapery
of the mousseline de soie and finished
with frills of the same.
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the trouble.”
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price 50 cents per boa. Fo»
ter-Milbura Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Spanish Bridal Customs.
In Spain a bride has no girl ab
tendants to stand at the altar with
her. but instead a “madrina,” or god
mother. Neither does she have a
wedding cake or any festive departure
after the ceremony. The wedded pair
go quietly to their new home, where
they remain until the following day,
when they start on their honeymoon.
Before leaving they pay a formal visit
to their respective relatives.
Professor's Atrocious Pun.
Professor Strunk of the English de
partment of Cornell university is a
fond papa, a3 well as a desperate pun
ster. His favorite form of exercise is
trunding a baby carriage along the
campus walks. On day while he was
so employed a friend hailed him with
the query: “Giving your son an air
ing, Billy?” “No," replied the profes
sor with dignity. “I'm giving my heir
a sunning.”
Library and Its Contents.
A library is like a butcher’s shop?
it contains plenty of meat, but it is
all raw; no person living can find a
meal in it till some good cook comes
along and says: “Sir, I can see by
your looks that you are hungry; I
know your taste: be patient for a
moment and you shall be satisfied that
you shall have an excellent appetite.’*
■ G. Ellis.
HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM
That Dodd's Kidney Pills will cura
Bright's Disease. Remarkable case
of George J. Barber—Quick recov
ery after years of suffering.
Estherviile, Iowa. Jan. 23d.— (Spe
cial)—The experience of Mr. George
J. Barber, a well known citizen of this
place, justifies his friends in making
the announcement to the world
“Bright s Disease can be cured.” Mr.
Barber had kidney trouble and it de
veloped into Bright's Disease. He
treated it with Dodd’s Kidney Pills
and to-day he is a well man. In an
interview he says:
“I can't say too much for Dodd’s
Kidney Pills. I had Kidney Disease
for fifteen years and though I doctor
ed for it with the best doctors here
and in Chicago, it developed into
Bright’s Disease. Then I started to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and two boxes
cured me completely. I think Dodd’s
Kidney Pills are the best in ths
world.”
A remedy that will cure Bright’s
Disease will cure any ofher form of
Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure Bright's Disease.
It is very difficult for a man to bo
lieve that a girl with golden hair and
blue eyes would ever tell a fib.—Balti
more American.
10,000 Plants for 16c.
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wi*., makes.
r
1
Salzer Seeds have a national reputation
as the earliest, hnest, choicest the earth
produces. They will send you their big
plant and seed tatalog, together WiJ*
enough seed to grow
1.000 fine, solid Cabbages,
2.000 rich, juicy Turnips,
2.000 blanching, nutty Celery,
2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1.000 splendid Onions,
1.000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1.000 gloriously brilliant Flcveers.
This great offer is made in order to in*
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, and
ALL FOE BUT 10c POSTARE,
providing you will return this not.oe, and
if vou will send them 26c in postage, they
will add to the above a big package of the
earliest Sweet Corn on earth -Salzer'a
Fourth of July—fully 10 days earlier than
Cory, Peep o’ Day, etc., etc. [W. N. U-]
The Y. M. C. A. in England ha3 an
army branch called “The Christian
Soldiers’ association.” The other day
at the eighth annual meeting, in Lon
don. 600 delegates from the reglmenu
were present
Bank of England Trade.
On a rough average, 45.000 sover
eigns pass over the Bank of England
counters every day.
A Rare Good Thing.
“Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and
can truly say 1 would not have been without
it so long, had I known the relief it would
give my aching feet. I think it a rare good
i thing for anyone having sore or tired feet —
; Mrs. Matild* Holtwert, Providence. R. L"
Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Ask to-day.
Obsequious Clerk—“Of course, mad
am. I can’t sell you a tail like the on*
you have on at the same price.”—
Woman’s Home Companion.
A GUARANTEED CERE rOR PILES.
Itchinir. Blind. Bieedlug vr Pr truiila* P iw. Tot*
will refund m'>o«y If PASO Ol.Mlliil
tala te care you in i lu U day*. Set. *
The best way to avenge ourselvea
is not to resemble those who have in
jured us.—Amiel.
Smokers find Lewis* “Single Binder**
straight 5c cigar better quality than most
10c brands. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, I1L
It la said that the Turks have no
war songs except those they havo
translated from other tongues.
