Me in mst THE FASCINATION For Twenty Years. Woman Lived ci Misery. Being Seemingly Under an Unaccojntable Sped. Mrs. Alice tti'ture of Cleveland. O., «t Cast Fctre Courage to Break the Shackle* That for So Lcr.g Had to-*-•*. there Used A Are Lsiuiae Br* in Th-- Browns base bees* shorn akers for many (<■« *—ale as. and Jeremiah Brown. Alice's father. sti.l makes the shoes for the parish at Modem*ley. county of Dur ham. nod practically the entire rcus '!)*>•- tt was in Medomsley that Uki lived until »he Ic-catne a woman ■ad 4 li la Medi'tKaiey that thla tale ‘ «d fta beginning lJke any thrifty, ■ediralsad English inaid. Alice was framed in all the domestic arts from drhnaf 8he could c.. k and was a »c*rfeet bona. keeper Besides all this ■be was pretty It ls little wonder th«n (hat she was the belt# of tha • oast? and that her hand was sought by batf (he yonog men of the parish Her beauty and go«.ness of heart •bade her almost m eueen among the pie folk of Medoaisley and it is still fold tnnrc tow Alice was ha It cl on the highway cave day by tbo lord and lady «g the n-anor and how she otic* stayed at tlsir great house for weeks. But •*<1 Is waiter story There was to Medo—sk-y in the fall «# Um> year 111) Prank Mliburn. a athir lad front Urerpuol He was not ■•.andsome nor was be possessed of worldly goods In excess. Yet there •-slated a singular fascination of per •onaUty about the man that enthralled »na heart cf tfce country maid Never baring known love. Alice Brown felt •We poster of the man and when he ! •uade love to her she accepted his at- ! rations and they became engaged Perhaps It was done rather In spirit •4 pride at isrit.g conquered the heart «d the stranger that led ber on At -*> re'e the engagement continued and In February. Hit®, they were mar rind. Shert Term cf Happiness. 'mu then Mi burn's actions bad been ssi Mplary Hi* manner bad won ®*d only the heart of the girl bet of her toiler and mother and brothers and slaters besides The couple went *U tire in a nearby town of the same parish and for a time all was roatent n-*it and happiness Although Mtl n«rn did not work, he seemed always •*» hn»e money enorrh for their simple needs, and A'ic». girl-like she was not ye* twenty never slopped to worry «l»>nt 'he eon fee tlwn the trouble twgan One day a few months after the w.-ddliig an offi -er from at. tber unty appeared at • tm due* of the tittle borne with a war rent Urn 'be arrest of Ml'burn for a penal offen-e eotnr tilted a year before In a distant part of Britain Shame and consternation took poa ■essu.0 .if the girl Wife when she earned the . Beer's mission That her I.urban .. whom >he had trusted no lm 1 tacitly and thoroughly. could be guilty •d a »ared Ac cording to Eagllrb law. however, the warraat having been served at the vw «* tfee accused, be was senten«-ed t« lasiw.'* trnent for five years in .■fcmth Khi> Ids Jail Since that time Mliburn. allbough much of his time <**• been spent In England. has evaded •he KagUvh potlee Alice returned to her fathers home tw Mcdomsley Her heart was broken. v»«t» -gfc treated kindly by her family awd her old associate*, she knew that ad was changed Lowe for Mliburn >*» tad none, and now that he was Arising. She Went Downstairs. gone, calm reflection tol.l ber that she never had lovej him. Yet the thought of him tilled her with a strang- sensa tion Terrible were these thoughts and yet sh ■ longed to see and talk to him. To this lay she cannot explain the na ture of the man's weird power over ber. yet It was always present. After a while time soothed her heart and she began to sc- some degree of happln*-'* in the future with her baby girt. Emaline. who bad been born after Mllburn's departure. Site began to lorget. In a measure, the man whose subtle power had ruined her life. Then suddenly, one night after she had re tired. the old longing and fascination came over her aud she knew Milburn was near Arising, she went down stairs, her heart crying out in terror ye* unable to resist the spell. He was there and declareJ that he still loved her devotedly. She forgot all he had done and listened. At daybreak he went away. Miibum's Power Complete. When Alice arose In the morning all the lightness of heart that had come upon her had vanished. The man's power she felt more strongly than ever. His visits were repeated, al ways secretly, and none but the girl , ever kii- w of his presence in the par ish Sh- dreaded his visits but could not or would not avoid him. Finally she resolved to leave the tdace of her birth forever, and with her daughter, Alice slipped away from her father’s home, telling no one of ! her plans. She went to Whitehaven aud there sought employment. This 1 she obtained and after a while life again assumed a brighter appearance. Hut once again the old feeling came. Milburn found here there and again i Is attentions continued. When the , man was away she despised and loathed him. Yet she could have rid herself of him by a word to the police authorities. This she would not do and to escape him she moved again Into a n mote hamlet in a distant coun ' 'y. But again she was found out. Comes to America. For the sake of her daughter, who was now growing into happy girlhood tn blissful Ignorance of the spell that bound h-r mother about like a hidden, f lent less web. Mrs. Milburn bore up. and at length. 14 years after her mar riage. she left England and came to America. She settled in Hamilton. Province of Ontario. Canada. There .-be obtained employment and once again sought contentment, but It was the old story over again. Here, as everywhere else. Milburn found her. and after a few months she migrated again, this time tn a farm in Portage county, where she secured a position as housekeeper. Months went by without wi*d from Milburn and for the first ilme since the day long ago when she stood on the vine-covered porch of her little cottage in England and listened to the death knell of her hopes from the lips of a police officer, she began to achieve a feeling of se ■e.rity. But one night there came a knock at the door Emailne. the daugh 'er. >r-ened it and there stood Milburn. Father and daughter had never before seen one another, yet each recognized the other. Claims to Have Reformed. Milburn came Into the house and stood before his wife and child. He I begged forgiveness of his wrongs and ! declared undying love. He had re formed. he said; had been converted to Christianity and was now prominent in the ranks of the Salvation Army in Pittsburg. He begged his wife to go with him to Pittsburg, where he would .show his changed condition of heart and life by uudyiug devotion and man ly living. At length his fervor pre vailed and. mistaking the fascination of the man. which she well knew, for love and forgiving all the wrongs he had caused her, she promised to go. i In Pittsburg therp came a repetition ! of the first days of their married life i in England. After a few weeks of sup posed happiness Mliburn's true nature showed itself and his wife’s sorrows began to multiply even more rapidly than before. He disappeared for days at a time and Mrs. Mllburn was forced to support her child and herself by her own efforts. Then he became abusive until one day the cord that bound the beartsore woman to the man broke. She brought about Mliburn’s arrest. ; He was convicted of abusing his wife j and failure to support herself and j child, and was sentenced by Judge Ford to four months in the Allegheny ; county workhouse. I Friendless and homeless, the wom an and child returned to Cleveland. When Miiburn's sentence was up he came directly here and located her in apartments on Woodland avenue near j East Fifty-fifth street. He came at night and in an ugly mood. With i drawn revolver he threatened the lives j of mother and child unless they re turned to him. Bravely she stood her ground until his rage grew to such proportions that it seemed probable that he would carry his threat into ; execution. Then she called the police, whereupon Milburn withdrew, threat ening vengeance. Strain of Years Too Great. The day following Mrs. Milbnrn went to a hospital. The strain of years had been too much for her and she lay for weeks between life and death. When she recovered she instituted proceedings for a divorce, which was granted a few weeks ago in Judge Vickery’s court. Mllburn could not be I found and did not appear at the trial. Among other things, the evidence brought out the fact that Mllburn had five wives living in the United States, j Milburn was once convicted of burglary and sentenced to a long term In the penitentiary by a Pennsylvania court, only to escape because of a i technical defect in the indictment. With no apparent means of support he was always supplied with money and it was rare indeed that a crime could be fastened upon him. He was known to the police as a criminal yet provo him guilty of any specified offense they could not. Mrs. Mllburn now lives on a little farm a few miles east of Wellington. O. She knows too well what a fickle goddess Fortune is but feels sure that at last the goddess has smiled upon her. Milburn has disappeared. He may be in the West Indies, he may be In Africa or South America or he may be right here in Cleveland, but Alice Louise Brown, of Medomslev, White haven. Hamilton. Cleveland. Portage county. Pittsburg and Wellington, doesn’t care. The charm is broken. HORSE TRADING CALLED ART £«»|of Virginia Judicial Authorities tc Make >t a Business Will Be Resented Hors* Trad:ng Is not a business, but is - .1 one of the arts that began *Nh lie first dij.loioeus. and has b.»eii .«uord down even unto this time of l vrd HaHloKirr an>l tiie Pimlico Wfiiurhbn 4c The itfempt of the an Our:lew of Shenandoah county. Vlr zmm :a treat it aa a business, with all the >gal limitations that ensue, will • .“Ti* the traders of the •-ntire roan in At the some time the Virginians wifi t» cheered by the knowledge that • *e r -dormers of the nation welcome then Ir-to the ranks of those who ■trim U r 'he moral uplift. home time ago a resident of that aetMi purchased a very "tine mare" •.» tbe «um of till When he dls o-red shortly afterward that she had •he "porrct mouth." be was deeply as>s4 but not so much as when he tound that her legs were adorned with a :imr~honored spavin, that her breath >sg wan not so free aa Tetrazzini's, a:..l shat she had a way of stopping to ■ think and refusing to move forward j until spring came. The mild-eyed gen- ] t!--nian who had sold the mare did not claim that she was perfect. He bad sol! only the animal, and charged n es ra for whatever she might !-ave But the Irate purchaser here violated tfce rules of the game. In st' ad of attempting to trade the mare iff to some one else, he had the ven dor indicted for obtaining money un der false pretenses. Furthermore, he must have secured a Jury composed of ni n who had bought horses them selves. for they declared the seller guilty and imposed a fine of $50 in coin of the realm. If this verdict stands, it threatens 1 to disturb business conditions. Doubt i 'ess it will be denounced as a blow to i the vested Interests, as a menace to ! the capital Invested in horseB. If a ! man is compelled to tell the truth in a horse trade, no branch of the noble , art of doing your-neighbor is safe. In time he may be compelled to tell the I truth about everything he sells, and oven after he has got the money the ' man who pays may be able to get some of it back. Thus the great doc trine of caveat emptor—the buyer must beware of the dog. or he will get hit—disappears. The Order of Da vid Hamms should take this case up to the United States Supreme court and let that tribunal decide whether it is constitutional to give back any money in a horse trade. When the Virginians do succeed In putting horse swapping upon a high moral basis, the sand will have dis appeared from the sugar, milk will go unwatered, oleomargarine will have thrown off the masquerade of Jersey butter, and the millennium will be in plain sight.—Baltimore Sun. Cautious. "Do you believe in the psychothera peutic effects of music?" "First tell me how you get those effects and I'll tell you wbat I think." Easy to Find Fault. It does not require any genius or talent to find fault; but to give credit where credit is due is indicative of a good heart and sound Judgment. f New News Of Yesterday —nr———r———— i -. Little Grand Opera Romance Col. Mapteson’a Story of His Son’s Elopement With Premiere Dan seuse Explains Why the Im presario Kissed Girl. Patti, Gerster, Ctimpanlnl. Del Puen te. Albani, Nordics. Minnie Hauck— these were a few of the great operatic singers that were introduced to the American public by the most famous Impresario of his day, the late Col. J. H. Mapleson. who brought Italian opera to New York in 1S77 and for a number of years thereafter was the chief figure in the production of grand opera in the new world. When Col. Mapleson. who remained an Englishman to the day of his death in 1901. made his last business trip to this side. 1 renewed my acquaint ance with him, and in the course of our conversation I mentioned the name of Cavalazzi. The colonel smiled reminiscently and said: "Do you remember the time the New York newspapers printed a story to the effect that I had been discovered enthusiastically kissing a very hand some young woman in the public wait ing room of a railway station? Well, it was a true story, and some of the papers gave considerable space to it. Hut I have often wondered how much greater space they would have given the Incident had they known the ro mance back of it 1 will tell you of that—and. Incidentally, you will be able to get some idea of the worries that constantly beset a grand opera impresario. "As you may recall. I brought over here as my premiere danseuse Mile. Cavalazzi. who was at the head of her profession and a young woman en dowed with unusual charm of person and character. Her debut in New York was an operatic event; she achieved a remarkable triumph and speedily became one of the most pop ular members of my company, shar ing the honors with my prima donnas. "Of course so attractive a young woman soon had a host of admirers in her train, but her dignity and cir cumspect manner kept them at a dis tance, a fact that pleased me might ily; for I was anxious to keep her in my company and feared .aat she might marry and retire from the stage. Indeed. 1 was so eager to achieve my purpose of keeping her heart free that 1 overlooked an Impending catastro phe that was close at hand. My son Charles, who was associated with me i. business, had fallen a victim to the charms of '.he beautiful Italian and Mile. Cavalazzi returned his affection. “I was as blind as tne traditional bat to the situation. The first inkling I had of it was the newspaper an nouncement that my son had eloped with the fascinating dancer. It really wasn't much of an elopement—they ferried across the river to Hoboken one afternoon and were married I could scarcely credit the amazing news. I couldn't understand how they had managed to conduct their court ship. for my son couldn't speak a word of Italian and my new daughter in-law knew no English. “Well. I wasn't pleased—for busi ness reasons exclusively. I knew that Charlie couldn't have found a more charming wife on the round earth, but 1 feared that Cavalazzi married would not be so acceptable to the American public as Cavalazzi single. It seemed to me that it might give my rivals a chance to say: 'Mapleson is booming Cavalazzi because she is his daugbter in-law.' It made me grumpy and I can celed my contract with the dancer and declined to conduct further business of personal relations with her as Mrs. Charles Mapleson. My wife, who was very fond of our new daughter and awfully pleased over the match, de dared that I was foolish, but I was ob stinate and refused to be persuaded “For two or three seasons after this I tried to get along without Cavalazzi. though 1 did not succeed in satisfac torily filling her place In my company, and I knew 1 never should. Then, to add to my worry in this particular, and just when I was all ready to leave New York for a short operatic season in Boston, mj premiere flew the track and left me in the lurch. As luck would have it. Charlie and his wife were in town—the madame had open ed a dancing school—and. in my di* lemma, I was actually obliged hur riedly to ask her to resume her old position in my company. She sent back word that she would meet me in the railway station, as we were on our way tc Boston. "An bour later, when Mrs. Mapieson and 1 entered the waiting room of the station, there sat Charlie and his wife awaiting us. At the first glimpse of her radiant and appealing face l melt ed completely, and after that, as there seemed to be nothing to do but take her in my arms and kiss her. that is precisely what I did. •That is what the reporters saw me do. but they didn't hear me say. as 1 did: ‘My dear. I don’t blame Char lie a bit. 1 give you both my fatherly blessing and hereafter you are not only one of my company, but also one of my family.’ “ (Copyright. 13ifl. by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) Leader Foretold Own Future Samuel Gompers, When Still Yeung. Predicted He Would Form the American Federation of Labor and Be Its President With an intermission of one year. Samuel Gompers. whose name and ac tivities are about as well-known in England, his native land, as in this, his country of adoption, has been pres ident of the American Federation of Labor since 1SS2. One day several years prior to Mr. Gompers' first election to the presi dency of the A. F. of L.. a very young and apparently very bright young man got off a train at South Bend. Ind.. and j informed the two residents who wel j corned him at the station that he had ! come to their city for the express pur pose of establishing a local order of the National Cigar Makers' union. One of the men to whom he confided the Accident That Aided Sothern Ludicrous Little Hop-Step of Lord Dundreary Was the Result of the Actor's Tripping Once at His Entrance. A few years before his death, which occurred in 18S0. it fell to my lot to call on John Brougham, the Irish actor and playwright, whose “London Assurance,” written in collaboration with Dion Boucicault, and other plays of a rather light character greatly amused American theater-goers du ring the decade that preceded the outbreak of the civil war. “The actor who is successful," said Mr. Brougham, at one point in our conversation, “passes through some very strange and unusual experiences •n this connection, I may say that it frequently happens that the most carefully thought out ‘business' is found to be an utter failure with the public, while, on the other hand, some unexpected or chance action— some trifling thing that accidentally happens—is accepted by the public as a part of the ‘business’ and is re ceived with such applause that It Is spoken of as one of the hits of the play. I could tell you of half a dozen instances of the sort in my own ex perience; but the best illustration of the point I am making is to be found in a little adventure that befell E. H. Sothern not so very long after he be gan to play the part of Lord Dun dreary in *Our American Cousin.’ “Have you ever seen ‘Ned’ Sothern in the part that made him famous— and that in spite of the fact that, as originally intended. Lord Dundreary was to be a minor character in the play, a kind of walking gentleman part? Then you will doubtless recall that Lord Dundreary, a moment or two after he enters the drawing room, makes a little hop-step, as though he were trying to catch step with some one. It has always been an excruciatingly funny piece of 'busi ness;* it looks so ridiculous to see a perfect gentleman hop-stepping t around a drawing room, as though i.e were trying to keep step with an in visible person. It has never failed to convulse the house. Yet. I have it on the authority of Sothern himself that Lord Dundreary’s funny little skip resulted from an accident pure and simple. “It seems that some months after Sothern had created the part—the play was first produced in 185S by Laura Keene—he was making his en trance upon the stage in the first scene of the play when he tripped at the entrance. In order to recover himself he took a hop-step, almost in voluntarily. in the presence of the house. Instantly, the audience giggled, and locating the cause of the merri ment with equal quickness, Sothern said to himself: ‘I will do the same 1 thing purposely in a moment and see what the effect will be.’ So. as he approached the chair of Lady Mount Chessington. he took another little hop-step, and the house was so con vulsed with laughter that he had to wait for the merriment to die down before beginning his lines. That was enough—he knew for a certainty that he had accidentally discovered a ’hit.’ and from that time forth the hop-step became one of the permanent features of Sothern's acting as Lord Dun dreary. a part that he would not con sent to take from Miss Keene until he had received her permission to let him do with it what he wanted to. For. when he was offered the part— Joe Jefferson had already accepted the part of the American cousin— Sothern saw in it an opportunity to satirize in a kindly manner a certain type of the English nobility He wanted to be free to do this satiriz ing as he thought best, but though he patterned his ttsp and drawl on those of a certain nobleman he knew, be had never a thought or giving Lord Dundreary that comica! hop step of his until the step Itself came into the part quite accidentally." ♦Copyright. 1910. t>v E. J. Edwards. Atl Rights Reserved.) object of his mission was his cousin; the other was Mr. R. li. Donaughey, now a resident of Wilmington, Del. “I had gone to meet the young man at his cousin's suggestion.” said Mr. Donaughey. “and though I was then a traveling man and not particularly in terested in matters pertaining to la bor. I became so impressed with my ; new acquaintance's mental alertness and his presence that when he told us of the object of his-trip I decided to attend the meeting of the cigar makers of the city, which, I learned, was to he held in the town's old skat ing rink. “As I now remember, about five hun dred persons were present at that meeting. The principal speaker—I may say the sole speaker—of the even ing was the young man in question. He had hardly got well started in what he had to say when it became plain to me that, without recourse to fervid oratory, or any of its accessor ies, he had managed to get the entire audience absolutely under his control. This was all the more astonishing as the fact dawned upon me that the speaker appeared to be without any great amount of self confidence. Yet he was earnest and apparently sin cere. and his enthusiasm in the cause, he was pleading was catching, so that when he declared to the cigar makers that it was absolutely essential to their well being that they organize a local union, a ready assent was given anu an organization was perfected then and there. "After the meeting was over I hunted up my new acquaintance to congratu late him on this successful outcome of his trip to South Bend. He received what 1 had to say with becoming mod esty. and then, in the same spirit, made a confession to me. “ 'My life's work has now begun.’ he said. 'As a part of this work I am establishing a union of cigar makers in each of the principal cities of In- i diana. But all this is only incidental to my greater project. 1 predict that some day I shall be able to form a fed eration of all the labor organizations of the United States, and that of that i federation I shall one day be prCsi- I dent I would much rather be presi- | dent of an organization of the sort ! I have in mind than president of the 1 United States, even did not my for- j eign birth make that prohibitive. I' ; would rather perfect a federation of j American labor, so that American ! wage earners may have an organiza tion by which they can adequately protect themselves and secure their fair share of the prosperity of the country, than to wield the scepter of the world'.* most powerful potentate. And I repeat to you that I am ab solutely certain that I shall be able to perfect such an organization, and shall serve as its president.” "The name of the young man who so boldly and yet, in all modesty, prophe sied his future with the accuracy of one inspired was Samuel Gompers,” concluded Mr. Donaugfcey. (Copyright. 1310. bv E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) The Old Man's Holiday Petitions. “As 1 said before, the oi' man never wnt much fer Thanksgivin-.” said the old lady, but ’long t’wards Christmas time he’s alius up extry airly, lookin’ after his jug interests. Ef he docs any prayin’ at that time, it all runs to axin’ ITovidence to please see that he trains get in on time—I mean the trains with the Jugs on ’em. f tell him it’s flyln’ in the face o’ Providence to pray fer that sort o’ thing, but he says we’re told to ax fer all that is needful, an’ ef that ain’t needful en durin' the holiday season, he dunno what is! That’s the way he goes on. An’, come to think of it, I do need a little fer eggnogg purposes, as it is the sociable season, an’ eggnogg \ has to be; but the ol’ man says it's a shame to disguise good licker in a egg broth —that la should take its own course, an' speak fer itself. An’ I'll make this remark, here an' now, that when it’s In his company it shore speak to be heard!”—Atlanta Consti tution. Do you try never to have an unpleas ant subject discussed at table? Touched Him Once Again Stranger Recalls Favor of Years Gone and It Costs Newspaper Man Another Coin. A plainly dressea stranger made Ills way into a local newspaper office and inquired for Elmer Bates. A moment later he strolled over to the desk where Eluier sat pounding out some copy, and inquired: "D'you used to live down at the old Kennard house?" “Yes.'' replied Elmer, “but I'm aw ful busy right now. Some other time mebby-” “Oh, I see you're busy," interrupted the stranger, “but I was bound I was going to hunt you up to tell you something. You did me a great favor one time, and I never have forgot it. 1 blew into the Kennard house one night without a cent in my pocket, and hungry as a wolf; and I'd just re ceived word that my mother was sick in Chicago. 1 was sure up against it. and you helped me out, friend. You got me my supper, bought me a ticket I to Chicago and gave me $2 to keep tue cheered up on the way, oh. how I did appreciate it. You never ex pected to see me again, of course, but here I am—after all these years." •Well, well." reflected Elmer, “the fellow who thinks there's nothing in bread cast upon the waters returning after many days ought to be here now." He leaned back from his work and gazed up at the stranger, to see just how much be was going to leave as a token of his appreciation after the many, many years. “No, you didn't think we'd ever meet again." repeated the stranger, "and I didn't think we ever would. Cut”—he paused for a fraction of a second—“here 1 am and in the same 'dentieal fix that I was in then." Elmer rose from his chair and started to run. “Here's a dime," he said to the stranger, tossing him a coin, before he rushed on away That's my limit nowadays."—Cleve land Plain-Dealer. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cures all humors, catarrh and rheumatism, relieves that tired feeling, restores the appetite, cures paleness, nervousness, builds up the whole system. Get it today in nsual liquid form oi chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. NEVER GOT TO KNOW HIM Seemingly. This Husband Was Some what of a Hard Man to Get Acquainted With. "I met a queer old woman charac ter on the train between here and Buffalo one morning," remarked Po lice Judge McGannon 'Then talk had drifted around to queer people one meets. "She was traveling with her grown son, whom I had met in the smoking compartment, and later on I got talking with the old lady. She spoke of several people the knew here in Cleveland. "Did you ever happen to know James H. Soandso?" I asked her casually, judging from something she had said that she did know him. "She gave me a strange sort of a look. ‘Well,’ she replied, *1 don't I know whether to say I know that ] man or not. He’s a queer sort, you ■ understand—the kind of a man that nobody really knows. Why, l was ‘ married to James Soandso, and lived \ with him for four years, but I never ; felt that I was really acquainted with him.’ “And the funny part of it," added McGannon, “was the woman was in deadly earnest about it. She didn't make the remark by way of springing any comedy at all.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. STUBBORN ECZEMA ON HANDS “Some nine years ago I noticed small pimples breaking out on the back of my hands. They became very irritating, and gradually becama worse, so that I could not sleep at night. I consulted a physician who treated me a long time, but it got worse, and I could not put my hands in water. I was treated at the hos pital, and it was just the same. I was told that it was a very bad case of eczema. Well, I just kept on using everything that I could for nearly eight years until I was advised to try Cuticura Ointment. I did soy and I found after a few applications and by bandaging my hands well up that the burning sensations were disappearing, I could sleep well, and did not have any itching during the night I began after a while to use Cuticura Soap for a wash for them, and I think by using the Soap and Ointment I was much benefited. I stuck to the Cuticura treatment,- and thought if I could use other remedies for over seven years with no result, and after only having a few applications and finding ease from Cuticura Ointment, 1 thought it deserved a fair trial with a severe and stubborn case. I used tho Oint ment and Soap for nearly six months, and I am glad to say that 1 have hands as clear as anyone. “It is my wish that yon publish this letter to all the world, and if anyone doubts it, let them write me and I will give them the name of my physi cian, also the hospital 1 was treated at" (Signed) Miss Mary A. Bentley. 93 University St, Montreal, Que. Sept 14, 1910. Their Last Hope Gone. When the minister praised the rasp berry jam at Mrs. Green’s bountiful Saturday night supper, he could not imagine why Angie and Horatio, the twins, gazed at him so reproachfully. “Don't you like raspberry Jam, my Mt lie man?” he asked Horatio. “Yes, sir, I do,” and Angie does.” said Horatio, in distinctly resentful tones, “and mother told ns that she was afraid the last she made wasn’t quite up to the mark, and if you didn’t pr;Hse it Angie and I could have It for luncheon on our bread, for Mra. Willis and Mrs. Shedd never said a word when they ate it, and you’ve made tin third; but now she’ll nse it for the church sociables," and Horatio looked gloomily at his twin, who returned the look in kind.—Youth’s Companion Father of the Man. Miss Amelia Austin listened with breathless attention to Mra Ama-a Hunting's radiant account of the do ings of James Hunting, her husband s younger brother, who had left Wo brook-in-the-Hills In his youth and had become a millionaire. “Where is Jim this summer?” Miss Amelia inquired, at the end of the re cital. “He has gone abroad for baths,” re plied Mrs. Hunting. “I ain't one mite surprised te hear that,” Miss Amelia said. “His mother never could make him wash hie neck."—Youth's Companion. A Brush With Madam. Artist—Madam, it is not faces alone that paint. It Is souls. Madam Oh, you do Interiors, then —Boston Transcript. OLD COMMON SENSE. Change Food When You Feel Out of Sorts. A Sxeat deal depends upon yourself and the kind of food you eat,” the wise old doctor said to a man who came to him sick with stomach trou ble and sick headache once or twice a wefk-and who bad been taking Pma and different medicines for three or four years. to 8top eatlnK sort of fried food or meat for break fast, and was put on Grape-Nuts and cream, leaving off all medicines In & few days he began to get bet ter. and now he has entirely recover ed and writes that he is in better twenty years. This man la 68 years - - Ever reag the shave a ose appears (ns time toIlZl. ‘jf*