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fetttil glance lor tbe customer* at a
ibu* -use near the window. The
! -ou.su stood wun her back turned.
cLaa*-ring volubly to tbe assistant in
l-dlfluctu French: a small, slight tig
an aiib aitus uplifted, bolding a
. bain oi gold and imperial jade lo the
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s rated by a 1 nr lined coat, bis ait.n
>rve pus. owning a trace of proprte
iniy Interest As Coast drew near be
r. owed op and laeca about, stripping
08 a glove
Why. b ar ye. Coast!"
Tone and manner proclaimed tbe
imoubtei ol old Irlends Perforce
t -st look brs band, pausing iben
dropped H vviib a giave "Good even
ing blackynk His distaste for the
man -b‘ cud bun intensely, but be
uied io Conceal it beneath a forced
t—oily truly < miniums shopping
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Yes in- -hi you might care for
a iann -l it. - tonight: just a few
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i.jtd-i you.seif and me We 11 cut
m -nn out W bat dye say?"
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"I'm a Persistent Beggsr, You Know, Katherine.”
batn.i. been eileaded aim at any iliac
tel ore tool, of that same day. bis re
ins! r.oufd have bee a prompt if
..oe.ibiU by aa la Vented engagement
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Wbut o'clock?"
Ob between nme and ten—any
ime i u know where 1 bang out?
V>e it count on you ” lilackstock
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an irresolute eye lor bis companion
Abe bad turned away from the cage,
with an assured attitude Imperative
of an introduction Coast bowed to
in wellstock's constrained words of
- presentation
Miss Fancber —7 my friend. Mr
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etc raid, ooddiog emtibaticaily “Ginl
to know you "
And I ve enjoyed your dancing
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Mm oi you to nay that i ® who
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I'm piumbiing toy keif the pleas
Aeii when you cotne. *ukt let me
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just in time. That isn't coincidence:
it’s-” He sought the word.
What do you think?”
' Predestination—another name for
luck.”
You're ingenious.”
•'Grateful, rather.”
She laughed, a gentle laugh that
laded in a sigh, and alter a moment
of anticipative silence, almost appre
hensive. ieit obliged to ask: "What
were you thinking about me. Gar
rett?"
Much the usual thing. I’m afraid—"
"Oh. Garrett!" Her voice was rue
ful though she laughed. "Again?”
“I’m a persistent beggar, you know.
Katherine But otherwise,
also, i happened bo hear your name
mentioned today . . . gossip
an idle rumor . .
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
LOCKING UP THE JURYMEN
Outrageous and Possibly Illegal Cus
tom That Has Come Down From
Old Times.
Some of tbe shabby brocade of court
etiquette has been cleared out of our
courts, such as gowns and wigs Some
ibat still bangs in faded shreds is
dusiy. but tnofleusive But some sur
• lving practices are seriously objec
| uonable
tur instance, tbe outrageous habit
| of locking jurymen up. Wby? Our
; ing the progress of a civil case which
! lasts three or lour days jurymen can
go bciiite nights But when tbe case
( is given to tbe jury, tbe jury must go
I into continuous session, under lock
| ami key. until It reaches a verdict.
! i‘here is no sufficient reason wby we
1 should not go borne at the end of a
I day. and come back to our work next
morning, just as we men do in any
other business The imprisonment of
| a jury tends no hasty decisions, to the
] iorced verdicts of weary minds in
capacitated for thinking Much bet
ter to drop a difficult case, go home,
sleep, come fresh to the jury room in
the morning and resume deliberation
if jurymen are in danger of being
tampered wfth after a case is given
to them, then they are in eqniygient
danger oi being tampered with dur
mg the progress oi the case
The incarceration oi the jury is. 1
bold, against the rights and liberties
nf citizens
i am willing to give a portion of
mjr time, without pay. ip public bust
ue£$; 4m i resent ffty tMjnioi of tfrt
sberi*’# juey behind my hack I re
hear paving tp walk down ip the street
tp supper ipr breakfast!) in mitturv
nr crimlCAJ f^nmn-hpJwnfl Tfai
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very often has (to spend several day#
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as again be was called—"Garrett! liu
reit Coast!"—out of the corner oi an
eye he detected the uplifted salutant
two hugers of the driver of a town
car at halt in the outer line oi north
bound traffic in the window oi the
car a white glove fluttered, moth-like
lie-side the door, with a hand on the
latch, he spoke through the lowered
window.
‘ Way 1 hcg a lift. Katherine?"
"indeed you may. Didn't i call you.
Garrett?"
"Good of you I am fortunate. I've
been yvanting to see you—"
He got in and shut the door at the
moment when, by the grace of the om
nipoteut policeman motion became
again permissible Tbe racking motor
quieted into purring: tbe car slipped
forward, gaining momentum. Others,
a swarm, swirled round and past like
noisy fireflies. He ignored them all.
blessing his happy chance. Katherine
Tbaxter in her corner had a smile fot
him. dirniy to be detected through the
gloom wherein her face glimmered
like come wan flower of the- night,
beautiful, fragrant, mysterious.
"Where were you going, Garrett?''
"Oh . . .” He emerged from
reverie with a little start at the sound
of her voice. “No place in particular
I believe i had some hazy notion of
(he club when you bailed me. And
you? Home, of course."
"Yes. I've been shopping”
"Tired?"
"Not very. . . . Curious i should
have Lceu thinking of you just when
the ear stepped”
I don't agree: U was telepathy."
"Ob. that's overworked, Garrett.
Can’t a commonplace coincidence be.
explained any other way nowadays?”
"Perhaps: but not this time. I've
been thinking about you all day Some
impulse--! don’t know what—moved
me to .aik uptown from Twenty-third
Street and delays insignificant in
themselves brought me to that corner
New News of Yesterday
I == 1 By E. J. EDWARDS t hi I
W. M. Evarts and the Potters
Story of the Witty and Famous States- !
man and His Friend, the Protest
ant Episcopal Bishop of
New York.
William M Evarts gained interna
tionai fame as an orator. His speech
as the leading counsel in the deieuse
of President Johnson In the impeach
mem proceedings before tbe senate is j
one of tbe finest examples ol Ameri
can professional oratory His speecfi
before tbe Geneva tribunal, organized
to arbitrate tbe so-called Alabama
claims, is regarded as a masterpiece;
and it won the case As secretary of
state Mr Evarts added to bis other
great achievements by very success
ful dipiomac} in tbe senate be was,
until illness incapacitated bim. num
bered among the leaders. But in ad
diticn. Mr Evzats gained tbe highest
reputation as * wit ever secured by an
American That reputation was en
hanced by tbe fact that there never
was any malice 'a his wit. although
i be was prone srinetimes to exercise
it at the expense of friends who en
i joyed bis closes: intimacy One of
i the most intimate of Mr. Evarts' per
j sunal friends was the late Bishop
Henry C Potter of New York Af
j Bishop Potter himself was a very
i witty man. there always was an e«
I change of wit between these two when
: they met. Mr. Everts sometimes
gently chiding the bisPop on the emi
nent respectability of his various
flecks.
About 1S£5, when Mr. Evarts was
elected a member of the United
States senate, he entertained a cum
ber of his friends at his country place
at Windsor. Vt., during a week end
One evening after dinner, as Senator
Evarts was chatting over the coffee
with his guests, one of them said to
him;
"Senator, you are of course ac
quainted with Bishop Potter?”
The senator hesitated and an ex
pression of doubt came over his coun
i tecance as though the name seemed
j familiar to him and yet he could not
- identify it with any of his acquaint
ances At last he said, hesitatingly
I enunciating each syllable, each word
j almost as thouget it stood alone
"Potter—Bishop Potter—no. 1 don’t
seem to recall the gentleman ”
"But you must know him,” per
; slated the guest- "He is the Protest
I :ant Episcopal bishop of New York ”
Again Senator Evarts hesitated, ap
: parently trying to. recall whether he |
. had ever met tbe Protestant Episcopal
i
Cleveland’s Act Explained
He Made Pearson Postmaster at New
York to Prove the Sincerity
of Hie Advocacy ol Civ*l
Service.
One of the first appointments made
by President Cleveland after fie find
sect the names oi l>is cabinet nomina
tions to tfie senate a few hours alter
bis brst inauguration in 14SS. was mat
of Henry 0. Pearson as postmaster
at New York.
ft bas always been a public mystery
wfiy President Cleveland, tbe brst
Democratic president since Uucfianan.
should have decided to ma»e practical
ly bis first important appointment out
side of bis cabinet appointments that
of a very prominent Republican to a
very influential office- Mr Cleveland,
when there came a Democratic bowl
over tbe giving oi me country s largest
postoffice into me keeping of a mem
ber ot tbe opposite political laitn. gave
no reason ior bis choice Nor die ne
offer any explanation to many ot fits
more Intimate political friends wbo
hinted tl*at they were puzzled over me
appointment. Now. however, t am
able m give the reason as President
Cleveland gave it to one wbo. alter
Mr Cleveland bad retired to private
life, asked him the cause ox the ap
pointment; and 1 think ibis is me first
public explanation ever made ol me
appointment.
"Mr Pearson’s appointment was
urged upon me by just one Republi
can. and because be urged it ft was
made," said Mr Cleveland "The He
publican wfio urged the appointment
in lace of tbe fact that be knew there
were plenty ot Democrats who were
hungering to be appointed postmaster
of New York was Dorman It Raton,
tfie civil service retormer. He told me
that if I would reappoint Mr Pearson
postmaster at New York i would do
more to advance tbe cause ol civil
service than 1 could accompiisfi in a
dozen recommendations to congress
"Mr Pearsou. Mr Raton told me.
j had been the executive head ot the
' civil service system is the New York
post office irom the time ot its incep
tion. both as assistant postmaster and
| as postmaster under Arthur He fur
1 (her told me that it was largely
| through the succeess of the civil ser
j vice in the New Y'ork post office that
he had been able to induce congress
l in ]&&; to act iavorably upon the first j
| civil service blit ever presented to
j congress That was the bill chain
| pinned by George H Pendleton of
Ohio in the senate Mr Eaton matted
i (hat act. though it came to bear ijen
a tor Pendleton's name, and it was
Eaton who largely kept the members
of congress who were fighting tor the
passage of this civil service bill sup
plied with arguments and moral cour
age
'But tnat was not ail that Mr Eaton
told me." continued Mr. Cleveland J
He did not hesitate to remind me
that as 1 was known to be a warm ad- .
vocate of civil service it would be dll-1
ticult tor me to make my public advo
cacy ot civil service consistent with :
my conduct if 1 were to ignore Post- j
master Pturson. who had done so
much for civil service, and give cis
office to a Democrat Dn the other
band. Mr Eaton w ent on to to say that
if 1 were to reappoint Mr Pearson
postmaster. Republican though he was. j
] would thereby show now consistent!
and sincere my attitude upon civil!
service was
"That was a line ot reasoning that
it was bard to escape trom. and so i
decided to Dominate Mr Pearson lor
postmaster, and i did I had some of
the party leaders harking at me. one
in particular criticizing me severely
lor giving one of the best offices at tbe ■
disposal of the presiffieJU to a Kepub- ;
11 can But 1 never regretted making *
that appointment, and 1 am certain j
that the making of It did much to per- |
suade the public of the sincerity of my
advocacy of the civil service "
(Copyright. 1911. lij t J Edwards All j
Rights lit served t
bishop of New York At last bis face
cleared
"Ob, yes," be said—and bis man
ner of speech was that of a minute or
two before—"you mean Henry Potter
the apostle to the genteels Yes, 1 am
acquainted with him "
On another occasion, when Bishop
Potter was entertaining at dinner a
considerable number of distinguished
Americans and a member of pariia
ment whose surname, like his own.
was Porter, Senator Evans was called
upon to make a speech There have
been various versions of that speech,
but i believe the one here given to
he the correct one
With an assumed solemnity of man
ner, which always prepared dinner
guests who knew his ways for an un
usual outburst of wit. the senator be
gan by saying that as be found him
self sitting at table in companionship
with a Potter wbo was a bishop, a
Potter who was a member of pariia
ment, a Potter wbo was a great
lawyer and bad been a member of
congress and chairman of the presi
dential election investigating com
mittee in 1877. and a Potter who
was a great architect, he. Evarts, was
Eloquent Speech of a Sailor
How James Marlow's description of a
Naval Engagement Was Praised
and Later Rewarded by Wil
liam M. Evarta.
A few weeks after tbe historic
naval battle in Hampton Roads, in
(be early spring of 16C2, between tbe
Merritnac and tbe Monitor, a grea'
mass meeting was beid at tbe Acad
emy of Music in New Vork city to
celebrate (be triumph of the little
The chairman of tbe meeting was'
William E Dodge, of national reputa
tion as a philanthropist, member of
one of tbe greatest mercantile dims
of tbe time, and at one time a mein
ber of congress William M Evarta
who needs no introduction even at
this day. was tbe chief speaker of
tbe evening
When tbe tumultous applause which
came- at tbe close of tbe speech bad
died away. Mr. Dodge ruse and said:
"We have upon tbe platform a saiCr
wbu is a survivor of tbe galhun crew
of tbe man-of-war Cumberland which
tbe Merrimac sank i am sure you
will ail be glad to bear bis description
of tbe battle."
Mr Dodge led forward a mart of
modest appearance, a young man per
haps thirty years of age, who seemed
cot at all abashed t>y the great trib
ute which went up from that vast
audience to him. He stood modestly,
smiling slightly, awaiting the moment
when what he said couid he heard
At last he began:
"1 suppose you all would like tc
know just how that battle was fought;
well, / saw it and 1 can tell you The
captain of the Merrimac called out
wiih loud voice to the captain of our
ship just as he was closing up on us:
“ Will you surrender?'
“Says our gallant captain: 'Never!'
And then he put a broadside at the
Merrimac, but the bails were only
hailstones against her armor
“Then the captain of the Merrimac
ran his ship into the side of the
Cumberland and it shook her like a
leaf. When he drew the Merrimac
hack there was a great hole In the
side of the Cumberland and the water
rushed in
“Once more the captain of the Mer
rimac says in a loud voice:
“ Now. will you surrender?'
“Says our gallant captain again:
'Never!* So the Merrimac gave us
her broadside, and as we went down
then 1 took a dead bead on her cap
tain and he must have felt U, be
cause I heard that he was shot.”
That was all that this sailer. James
Marlow, by name, said But the great
audience went wild with enthusiasm.
They saw the battle as this plain
spoken sailor had described it. And
as the multitude before him was
shouting itself hoarse. William M
Evarts went up to James Marlow and
took his band, and his voice shook
with emotion as he said:
"You have described a great sea
battle better than it has ever beet)
described before, and I want to say
to you that if at any time you need
assistance of any kind you must come
to me.**
Sixteen years later, when William
M Evarts was secretary of state,
there came to him one day a gen Ue
man who asked him if he remembered
James Marlow and the description be
gave of the battle between the Mer
rimac and the Cumberland at the
great meeting in the Academy oi
Music.
"Welt." said the gentleman. “James
Marlow is in need of help He baa
a large family and be finds it almost
impossible to support them. He
things you may keep your promise to
him ”
“I certainly will keep my promise.”
said the secretary of state; and pick
ing up his pen he wrote as follows to
Thomas L James, then postmaster of!
New York, and now the dean of na- :
tiona! hack presidents of the United
States:
“In 186? 1 promised to help James
Marlow if he ever needed help He
is a survivor of the man-of-war Cum
berland that went down in tbe battle ,
with the Merrimac at Hampton Roads
Will you cow aid me In redeeming
my promise to bim?*'
Five days after Postmaster James
received this letter from the secretary
of state be appointed James Marlow to
a position in the New York office, and
there, until Ute day of his death. Mar
low proved as faithful a civil servant
as he had been sailor
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reminded of an anecdote which he
had beard when be was taking one of
bis brief excursions from bis sum
mer home in Vermont into tbe delight
fully rural villages of tbat stale And
this was tbe way Senator Evarts
told tbe anecdote:
i'Tbere came among tbe people of
4>ne of tbe larger communities of Ver
mont a young clergyman, who was
to be tbe pastor of tbe largest cburcb
in that community. He was a modest
>oung man and of little experiece In
tbe world He perceived tbat among
bis parishioners were men and worn
tn oi great intelligence and high cut
tivation. He. therefore, desired to
prepare bis first sermon In such man
ner as would be acceptable to tbe
people Hut wben be began tbe ser
mon he was very much agitated by
embarrassment and diffidence: and be
said, by way of preliminary prayer:
O. Lord, in this presence we now
acknowledge that Thou art tbe clay
and we are tbe potters.' And.” con
: tinued Senator Everts, when tbe
laughter bad subsided so tbat ne
could be beard: ”1 am now satisfied
tbat these are tbe potters to whom
that embarrassed clergyman re
ferred ”
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Rights Reserved !
Center of Hardvood District.
Nashville, Tenn.. lays claim to the
production of more hardwood than
any other city in the world it lies
la the center of the immense forests
cf hardwood lumber In whai is known
as the central-sou them hardwood field,
extending westward from the Ap
palachians to Central Arkansas and
from the Ohio Klver to midway of the
Gulf states Within these limits not
fraa than 76 per cent of all the hard
wood lumber used tn this country and
exported is contained
It was Getting Dangerous
A father found it necessary 10 se
verely admonish his flve^rear-old
daughter After a severe homily, of
which her misdeeds were the subject,
be usked her Don't you think you
ought to be spanked f
The child looked up from her dolls
on the nursery floor and in a '-usual
manner remarked. "Please be uuiet.
papa you re rocking the boat'
And wpat can you do With a chip*
like that *’ tpe father helplessly ex
plains
Pet Canine Saves Jewelry I
Valuables in Handbag Are Picked Up
by a City Hail Dog and
Returned to 0*ner.
It'a (be limelight once more for lit
tle dog Spot at city hail Spot has a
varied ancestry, and somewhere in bis
family tree there is a drop or two of
retriever blood Which explains why
he retrieved a few hundred dollars in
Jewelry and cash, to the Joy of a
young woman visiting this city.
Miss Genevieve McDonald, who Is
visiting Mrs. Nunes lairing of Mount
Vernon, came here and went down
i town to see the big buildings When
she looked through city ball she was
so busy thinking about what she had
seen that she never noticed that she i
had dropped her handbag
The bag fell on the floor, with poll j
Helens passing by U by scores, yet
not one of them felt the call of its i
valuable contents to be picked up
£j(Mi fAKUAi
mg when be noticed It- He sniffed at j
it. and decided that “Joe" Ryan, the ,
son of the custod:an. and John Lar- I
kin. the night watchman, might like
to see it. He brought it to them. J
When they opened it up there was a ;
flash of three dig diamond rings and '
the glow of a splendid pearl necklace
Also |290 in bills.
Ryan found the cards of Miss Me- ,
Donald and Mrs. Doling in the bag.
and telephoned to Mrs Doring She
said that Miss McDonald had discor- |
ered the loss of the bag after getting j
to Mount Vernon and would really be
very grateful if Mr Ryan would bring >
It back to ber. “Joe" said ha would.
Mors to the Dollar.
George Ade. at the recent lambs’ j
gambol is New York, objected to the |
extravagance ot the modern tf:<e. "U
is true that the married men ot to
day.” he said, “have better halves, j
but the bachelors base bettor tjuar
tors-"—Mirror. |
TOWN IS BEING REBUILT
Flood of Waters Has Not Taken Black
River Falls, WIs., From the Map.
More than a million dollars absolute
ly disappearing in the short time of
two hours was the toll collected by the
waters at Black River Falls, Wiscon
sin. Even the residents of the town
could not realize what it meant until
the lake formed by the Hatfield dam
was dry, and the rush of waters hud
passed on to the Mississippi.
Just out of reach of the flood the
business men and residents of the
place watched the waters carry away
the buildings that represented the
homes ol' business enterprises which
it bad taken years of effort to build.
Among tbe larger industries seemingly
wiped out within a few mlnuies was
the plant of Coles CarboHsalve. This
plant, along with others that suffered a
like iate, is today being rebuilt, and
the business men of Black River Fulls
promise that a better town shall re
place the one destroyed by the raging
floods, and that just as rapidly as men
and material can put it together. It is
caiastropbies like the breaking of the
Hattield dam that demonstrate the
American spirit.
Oxen in Massachusetts.
i. D. A very of Shelburne Kalla is
surely the king of oxen in this part
of the country. At the Uratileborq fair
recently he has had the most wonder
ful exhibit of oxeu. and in all the lest#
of strength for pulling heavy boat
loads of atone his oxen have cleaned
the decks. One of the secrets in these
tests is the way the oxen are man
aged and driven. Air Avery does his
owu driving apd is a master at the
business. The other day again, as the
day before, he cleared every thing be
fore him in the ox pulling ring by tak
ing all three prizes in the tree for all
class and first and second in the 3.6110
class.
The load drawn in llie 3.6ml class
was about 9,1 ou. while the veteran ox
man made an exhibition pull of nine
feet in the free for all class with a
fancy pair of Devons with a load of
10,339. which is the biggest load
drawn at Brailtehoro since be pulled
over J1.000 with his famous pair of
| Holsteius.—Hampshire Gazette
Successful Economy in Bakina
Most housewives assume when they buy
a big i an of baking powder at a low price
that they have bteu economical. They
have to a slight extent—but when they
use that, cheap “big can” baking powder,
and find it so uneven In uuality, of so un
reliable that the baking fallB, there isn't
so much economy In it after all, for the
wasted materials far outweigh the few
cents saved in the price.
SUCCESSFUL economy, is in the reach
of every woman that desires It. She has
only to order Calumet Baking Powder,
and use it according to Instructions Then,
she will achieve economy. For r.ot only
does Calumet sell at a reasonable price—
5c per pound—but It Is so carefully made
by experienced chemists that failure is
impossible. Only the best mat rials ax#
used and the proportions of the Ingredl
! ents are so exact and so uniform that
EVERY baking comes from tltr .yen,
light, sweet, and beautifully raised Calu
met guarantees you against failure, and
that Is what constitutes real economy in
baking.
Why not use Calumet, a baking powder
that you ran always rely upon? You can
get no better at any price, for at tho
World's Pure Food Exposition, Calumet
received the Highest Award.
Salve to Conscience.
It was at a concert, where the re
, moral of hats was no: obligatory, still
the woman with a conscience wished
: to be accommodating. She turned to
the woman sitting beside her and
said:
"Does my hat bother you?"
"Not in the least," said the other
i woman sweetly, so tbe woman witn a
conscience settled complacently back
to listen to tbe music wbile persona
on tbe back seats twisted their necks
out of joint trying to see around her
hat.
Association of ideas.
"Yon have a great many flies and
mosquitoes,” said the rather super
cilious girl.
"lep," replied Farmer Corntoisel.
i didn't like to mention it. but Iv«
noticed every year that flies, mos
quitoes and summer boarders ail ap
pears to be on hand at the same
time.”
And So On.
“What is this domestic science?" in
quired the engaged girl.
"It consists of making hash out of
the left-over meat, and croquettes out
of the left-over hash.” explained her
more experienced friend.
. Accident*. Burns. Scalds, t-prains.
Bruises, Bumps. Cuts. Wounds, all arc
painful, ifainline Wizard Oil draws out
the inflammation and gives instant relief.
Don’t wait for tbe accident. Buy it now.
You may have noticed how differ
ent men are from hogs The latter
never want to do things that are not
good to them.
Jrs Window's Soothing Syrup /or CliUdrea
teething, soften* the gum*. reduce* inilamma*
Uoia, cures wuiJ colic, Site a Lottie.
Tbe shortest words sometimes carry
tbe most weight _
STOMACH
WEAK?
Too much depends
upon the stomach
to allow this condi
tion to continue.
You can tone,
strengthen and in
vigorate the stom
ach, liver and
bowels by the use of
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
m a row mi