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MR.1&YD0N,S" BRIDE
By Nancy Cavaungh.
CAN'T REALIZE
It! And, what's
more, I don't think
I ovor shall. If It
wasn't for tho ring
on tho third flngor
of my loft hand, I
should certainly
think I had boon
asleep and dream
ing. How did It nil
bnppon? That's an oany question to
ask, but n hard ono to answer.
People always used to say, from my
girlhood up, that Penny Lllhnvcn was
born tobe an old maid, I wasn't a
pretty cnlld. My oyoa wero too big,
and my, hair grow too low on my fore
head, and thcro was a sallow look
about my skin. And then I had a way
of always putting things away and
tidying up rooms aftor other people,
and iny trunks and bureau drawers
wero neat as wax, and I couldn't bear to
boo anything In tho way of careless
ness or disorder; so Urn peoplo would
look at mo and laugh, and say:
"Oh, she'll bo an old maid, as suro as
fate"
I Used to cry soniotlmca to myself, all
about It; but no ono else know how I
feit about tho matter, lloydon Groy
was the most mercllona tease of them
nil, I was always afraid of him when
wo went to Sunday school together, for
ho Used io hldo behind tho doors and
pounce QUt at me, and throw stones at
my pet kitten, and call mo names, and
twit mo with my pug noso and big
oyos. My unlucky name, too, was a
sourco of aggravation on his part.
"You'll bo nn old maid, Pen," ho
would say, "Nobody with such n namo
as Ponclopo over got man led."
I hated Roy Grey, and yet thero was
something nbout the boy I couldn't help
liking," 'dftcr nil. I could not forget
that when I had tho Bcarlot fovor, and
lny at, death's door, Roydon sat under
my window, and I heard him say, tho
first day I sat up In a big easy chair:
"Well, I'm not sorry that Pen is bct
toj. She's a queer llttlo concern, but I
should have missed her If sho had
died." "
-' I wasust fifteen when ho went away
to Venozuoln, and ho told me the night
before" ho sailed, that "ho did think I
wns tilt-queerest girl of my ago ho had
6ce.n--p, fact, nothing less than a
frlghtl'v I burst out crying at tho not
particularly courteous criticism.
",I nnglad you nro going away," I
cried, Impetuously.
"So. am I," said Roy, indifferently.
"Thcro nro monkeys there, and I dnro
say;jhoy
yours."
have got faces much Hko
iTlyit wns our parting. Doar mo, how
little weJTuncIed then thnt It would bo
tverity years before we saw each other
again.
IjjWas an old maid In good earnest
when Roy camo back. They say no
woman passos tho ago of twonty-flvo
without recolvlng at least ono offer of
marriage, but I bellovo I was an ex
ception to that rule I never had an
offer. All tho girls who had grown up
nt my side married, and became bloom
Ingvwives and happy mothers; but Pen
Ltlhaven remained unsought and un
wpoed. Itjiscd to mortify mo dreadfully un-
If
WM
TWSIT ME WITH MY PUG NOSE,
til I got to be thirty, and then by de
grees;' I left off caring for It, and mado
up my mind to bo as happy as 1 could
all by myself, So, as my near rela
tions wero all dead, and I had a tolera
bly snug llttlo sum to fall back upon,
I took a pretty llttlo cottage, nud had
my niece, Edith Lonsdale, to live with
mo, for Edith was pretty and penniless,
and IJelt as If Provldenco meant mo to
stand in tho place of a mother to that
poorvmothcrless child.
Sho was soventcen, and as pretty as
tho freshest rose in nil my garden.
Tall and slim, with deep nine oyes, hair
like heaven's sunshine, and a complex
Ion all Pink and white, you loved to
look at her Just as you loved to look at
n flower or a statuo, or any other beau
tiful thing.
"You'll be married some of these
days, Edith," I said to her, "for you're
too pretty to bo left long with the
lonely old maid, and then I shall be,
oh! so busy and so happy, helping you
to furnish your house, and make up
your pretty wedding things."
We 'were sitting on our little porch
In the summer evening twilight, my
niece end I, when a tall, straight fig
ure tame up the walk, and I looked
wonderingly to Bee who It was. Wiyi
halrblack as a raven's wing, skin
bronzed by years of sun and exposuro,
features straight and clearly cut, and
eyes In whose dark, mirthful glimmer
there'lfngercd a strangely familiar
light, he stood there smiling down into
my face.
"Ib this Glen Cottage?" he asked,
wlthhe utmost gravity.
"Yes. sir," I answered, "but '
"Doh't you remember me, Pen Lll
baven? Don't you remember Roydon
Grey?"
And'then, sure enough, I did remem
ber Jhe boy who had gone away
twenty odd years before.
Well, he had made his fortuue In
Venezuela, in the gold mines of that
fmmemm n m
country, and camo bank to enjoy It'
nmonr his friends. All! to think that
thoro woro so few loft! Of courso wo
had a great deal to say to oao another,
and a thousand and one questions to
nsk; and, as I don't claim to have any
thing of tho saint in my composition, I
don't deny thnt It did make mo fool
Just a llttlo hard when I saw him sit
down by Edith Lonsdnlo and talk to
hor, and look Into her honost bluo eyes,
before I had half told him what had
happened In tho villago during tho
dreary years of his nbsonco. JJut tho
feeling didn't last long.
"It's nntural enough, I'm sure," I
reasoned with myself, "and only what
I ought to expect. Sho is as protty as n
picture, and now, if Roy will fall In
lovo with her, I can bo Just an happy In
their happiness as If It had come to mo
tho blessing of a good man's love."
So I persunded mysolf; yet It was a
llttlo hard to feel mysolf shut out from
all tho boauty and swectnoss of a
woman's nntural lot. I think I never
felt tho bitterness of being an old
maid qulto as acutely as I did that
night, when 'Roydon had gono to tho
villngo Inn, and Edith lay sleeping on
tho pillow nt my side, and tho scent of
tho honeysuckles camo wafting in at
ovory stir of tho dewy night breeze.
Well, ho enmo often to our house, and
I used to raako all sorts of llttlo ex
cuses to loavo him with Edith, whllo I
wont up stnirs to sit by mysolf and
weave little threads of romanco In and
out of tho meshes of my fancy knitting.
Ono dny Roydon Grey camo to me,
for young Burnhnm hud called, and
wan chatting with Edith, and I daro say
Roy thought I looked lonoly with my
work In tho hall.
"Pen," said he, "what do you think I
am going to do?"
A dim idea he was going to mnko mo
his confldanto flitted across my mind.
"I don't know," I Bald, smiling.
"What Is it. Roy?"
"I'm going to refurnish tho old house.
It looks dim and dusky and old-fashioned
now; and I wnnt It to be fresh
nnd sunny and winsome. Will you help
mc with your ndvlco and counsel?"
Of courso I promised; and for tho
next two or three weeks wo woro as
busy as bees.
"Wo mustn't lot her know what wo
aro about," ho Bald that night, with a
motion of his head toward Edith.
"Oh, no, to be suro not," I answered;
"it would opoil tho surprise."
How protty wo did make tho old
place! Every room was Hko a casket
ready to recelvo a Jewel; tho bright
carpets glowed in bouquets and mosses
and trailing arabesques of Persian
brightness, all ovor tho floor; tho win
dows wero draped with neat and taste
ful shades; tho pictures on tho walls
seemed prospectlvo of tropic sunsots
nnd soft Alpine moons; whllo ovory
vaso nnd stand and bookcase was ar
ranged as I know Edith would Hko It.
"Roy," said I, guardedly, tho after
noon that our work of transformation
was complete, and wo stood congratu
lating each other on our micceascul en
deavorsfor up to UiIb time I had tiocn
very discreet, nnd asked no questions
"whoa shall tho queen of this en
chanted realm tako possession of her
fairy bower? In other wordB" and 1
could not help laughing at his puzzled
look "when Bhall you bo married?"
"So you have guessed it, you demure
llttlo Oedipus?"
"Yes, I have guessed It."
"Well, what do you think would be
an auspicious tlmo?"
"Let me see; this Is July. Why don't
you say tho first of August?"
"Tho first of August bo it then," he
nssonted. "You aro sure thero is
everything hero you can possibly
think of?"
"Yes, everything."
"Because," ho went on, "when you
come hero to live "
"Am I to live here?" I asked. "But,
Roy, perhaps sho wouldn't Hko it."
"Sho? Who Is sho?" he inquired.
"Why, Edith, to bo sine."
"What has Edith got to say, 1 Bhould
llko to know?" cried Roydon, laughing.
"My darling llttlo Pen, If you are satis
fied, tho rest of the world mny say, do,
and think what it pleases. Sinco you
hnvo promised to bo my wife "
"I!" The cozlly furnished little break
fast room seemed to swim around mo.
"Stop, Roydon, for a mluutc, please; I
I don't qulto understand."
"You said yourself, iha first of Au
gust!" "But I thought it was Edith!"
"Edith, Indeed! A mere child a
schoolgirl, whoso wholo heart, moro
over, Is wrapped up in Harry Burnham!
Why, Pen, where have your eyes been?"
Where, indeed? Could I have been
blind all this time so lesolutcly, In
corrigibly blind?
"Do you love me, Pen? Don't look
tho other way; I will be answered!"
I did love him; I had loved him long
and tenderly, and I told him so, not
without some blushlngs and misgiv
ings, however.
"Oh, Pen," he whispered, holding me
close to his heart, "If you know tho
years and years I had been looking for
ward to this time!"
.So I was married quietly, of course,
and with no bridesmnld but Edith; but
I think the sun never shono on a hap
pier bride. And I live in tho old plnce,
and Edith Is here with me, but next
week wo are to have another wedding,
and my blue-eyed blossom goes from
me to Harry Burnham's care.
But, as I Bald before, it all seems like
a dream; and as I sit alone In my
beautiful home, r almost fancy myself
a solitary old maid again, until Roy
don's footstep in the hall, and his
voice calling for his "dear little wife,"
rouses mo to a sense of my new life and
new happiness.
And I dare say I shall get used to it
after a whllo!
The world may kill God's man, but it
has never been able to hurt his truth.
TYWMYlP'R A TTP, PAPTV I
AMJiu.UULV.ft LIU I LLX X .
VOICE OF OUR PRESS
ISSUES OF THE DAY.
ON
How Would Our I'timier 1,1 ko Uoo
of tho llnphlnV llllt AruIii What Hn
Cone rem I)ono J'rco Cdimnorco with
All Nullum,
Representative Hopkins Informs tho
public thnt hlB reciprocity bill is much
"higher Up and wldor out" than was tho
third section of tho McKlnloy bill. It is
"comprohensivo enough to covor all
phason of our commercial rolatlons with
other countries." It specifies five dif
ferent conditions under which tho pres
ident Is authorized to mako commer
cial dickers, as folows:
First, whero tho exports of such coun
tries or colonics arc In oxcess of their
imports from tho United States.
Socond, whero their chief articles of
oxport aro admitted freo into tho Unit
ed States.
Third, whero their exports nro ad
mitted into tho United Stntos at on
averago rato of duty lower than the
avorago rato of duty ImpoBOd upon the
productions of tho United States by
their customs tariff.
Fourth, whoro thoy impose higher
ratoo of duty on tho products of the
United States than aro Imposed on tho
Bamo or similar produots of other na
tions. Fifth, where thoy Impose restrictions
and regulations to govern tho lmporta
tlona of merchandise of tho Unltod
Statea that In tho estimation of tho
president may be unjust, excessive and
obstructive to commerce.
Mr. Hopkins professes to believe that
If his plan should he adoptod and put
In operation this country 'could "drlvo
out English trndo nnd monopolize the
Brazilian markets," and for that matter
all Latin American markets. The
nbovo conditions aro given in full In
Mr. Hopkins' own words In order that
tho reader may bo able to examine
them and see for himself that the vory
samo conditions could bo mado the basis
of trade dickers by England and other
European countries not only with tho
Spanish American countries, but with
tho United States also.
It would bo a waste of spaco to go
over them ono by ono nnd show how
thoy nro all In a greater or less degrco
available for tho purnoso of English
dickers with tho Latin Americans,
leaving us at tho samo disadvantage
relatively, as at present, and leaving to
tho English tho Bamo advantage of low
er cost of manufactured products. Any
one who will look over the conditions,
keeping this point In mind, will read
ily bco that wo have no advantage In
such a contest that would not bo fully
offset by tho advantage the Latin Ameri
cans would secure by buying the cheap
goods of England and other European
countries.
Tho point specially deserving of at
tention Is thnt Europe could serve us
precisely as Mr. Hopkins' proposes that
wo shall serve our neighbors to tho
south of us. England takes half of all
our exports and admits them all free,
with tho exception of tobacco, which Is
taxed solely for revenue, as England
produces no tobacco. On tho other
hand, we Imposo our highest duties on
such articles as the peoplo of Great
Britain manufacture. Hero aro pre
cisely tho conditions, which, according
to Mr. Hopkins, would warrnnt Great
Britain In saying to us: "We take
your products freo of duty. Now we
demand that you cut down your duties
on our goods from one-half to three
fourths or wo will clap high discrimin
ating duties on your wheat, your flour,
your cotton, your beef, your pork and
tho various other things you are selling
us In great quantities." Great Britain
can do that to us as well as wo can do
It to Brazil, and with as much assurance
of success In bringing us to terms with
tho "reciprocity" club.
How would Mr. Hopkins like that?
How would our farmers llko It those
toilers of tho Hold in whom Hopkins
and his republican brethren profess to
tako bo lively an Intorcst? Probably
they would not relish It at all. Ex.
"Freo Cpinmerce with All Nation.
Instead of ombarraBslng commerce
under piles of regulating laws, duties
and prohibitions, could It "bo relieved
of all Its shackles In all parts of the
world, could every country bo employed
In producing that which It Is best fitted
to produce and each to bo freo to ex
change with others mutual surpluses
for mutual wants, tho greatest mass
possible would then bo produced of
theso things which contribute to human
Ufa and human happiness. Tho num
bers of mankind would be Increased
and their condition bettered. Thomas
Jefferson.
I am for freo commerce with all na
tions, political connection with none
and little or no diplomatic establish
ment. Ibid.
Tho second of these utterances, so
far as it relates to commerce, seems
to bo tho matured and epitomized ex
pression of tho philosophy set forth In
tho first, with the qualification com
pletely and purposely eliminated. In
Jefferson's dny all the nations of Eu
rope were practicing "protection" nnd
carrying It to the extremo of self-Impoverishment.
Their statesmen almost
without excoptlon took It for granted
that It was necessary to the success of
their respective industries to fence
themselves around with high tariffs and
bar out each other's manufactured pro
ducts, while admitting their crude pro
ducts. Their treatment of commorco
was still based upon the assumption,
tacit or avowed, that what ono gained
by commerco another must necessarily
loso.
Jefferson waB far In advance of that
assumption when he said that It would
be better for all If every country could
bo employed in producing that which it
was best fitted to produce, each being
perfectly freo to exchange its surnhiR
for tho surplus of others to supply Its
wants. Ho was far In ndvanco of his
contemporaries oven when ho Intimat
ed that It might not bo safe for ono
country to allow lteolf this commorclal
liberty so long as others did not do tho
flame. "With his clear vision ho saw
that complote commercial liberty was
tho ideal condition. It is not surpris
ing thnt ho did not at once rid him
self so entirely of tho influences of his
Intellectual environment as to see that
what would bo good for all If all would
pursue tho samo policy would also bo
good for each acting for itself.
But when onco his mind had grasped
tho groat truth that universal commer
cial liberty would be conducive to tho
welfare of all men he was on tho high
road to tho groat, comprehensive con
clusion which ho condensed Into ono
lino: "J am for freo commerce with all
nations." Many a mnn who calls hlm
solf a .Tefforsoulan democrat today has
a long road to travel before reaching
that grand conclusion townrd which
enlightened mankind Is steadily and
suroly moving. Chicago Chronicle.
l'.iiklriR (intlerlr nt St. T.011U.
Chicago Chronicle: The quadrennial
strugglo and scramble for tickets of ad
mission to republican national conven
tions is In high progress at St. Louis.
Previous to each republican national
convention the. supporters of different
candidates attomp to pack the outsldo
scats and tho galleries with shouters
nnd howlers to raise an uproar as tho
ballot progresses for favorite names
and to lniluenco future ballots. Accord
ing to indications this abuse will bo
greater at St. Louis than ever be
fore. At present the loudest complaint Is
against the McKlnley faction, which
nppears to havo more to say than all
tho other factions together In regard
to the arrangomont of the St. Louis hall
where the convention will bo held. Tho
clamor raised by many factions Is heard
nbovo tho mild denials of thofactlon
that Is successful In the accomplish
ment of Its purposes.
As a matter of fact tho fight for tick
ets of admission to the hall whero a
republican national convention Is hold
Is of llttlo Importance except to tho In
dividuals who are preferred at tho tick
et distribution. Not a vote nor an ap
preciable body of votes is changed by
applause or marks of disapproval from
tho galleries. No delegation nor a mem
ber of a delegation changes on account
of tho outsido hiss or howl. Tho bar
gains are made before the decisive vbto
is taken. Tho secrecies of tho combine
rule nftcr It Is formed.
It Is, therefore, of little or no use to
take stock In the rumors regarding at
tempts to pack tho floors and galleries
at the St. Louis convention. Tho howl
Is now being used to hurt McKiuley.
Afterward It will bo used to hurt some
other candidate who uppears to be
ahead. The outcry Is merely that of
discredited ropubllcan factions seeking
to recover from a disadvantage by an
appeal to popular sympathy. Let the
factions alono to fight it out in regard
to gallery seats.
IVImt Han CongreM Dono?
Why is tho congress of tho United
States in session?
It met early In December last. More
than four months havo gone by. Can
It point to a single useful accomplish
ment? It Is republican in both branch
es. Tho house, overwhelmingly repub
lican, has mado Mr. Reed, a leader of
tho republican party, speaker. Repub
licans have organized the committees
of the senate. The party is in legis
lative power as a protest against hard
times, and hard times, of course, have
been charged up to the account of the
administration. Tho party successful
In 1894 encouraged dissatisfaction for
which it was responsible and an
nounced its ability to cure all evils from
which the country Is suffering. Give
to the country a republican congress
and watch the Instant preparation of
nanacnan for nnlillr Ills'
Well, where are tho results? Mr.
Reed has held his congress down to a
do-nothing policy. Ho has prevented
tho members from indulging their de
sire for Immediate extravagance by per
mitting such legislation in appropria
tion bills as will lead to extravagance
when tho elccton 1b over. But appro
priation bills are matters of courso.
They form no part of the legislative nos
trum that is to euro the distemper of
the country.
Whero aro the affirmative measures
for which wo are told to look, those
measures that wero to make us finan
cially whole, entirely satisfied, unpre
codentedly prosperous?
Congress drones out Its existence,
gives no hint of a purpose to adjourn,
does nothing day in und day out. But
It is there, serving no other useful pur
pose than that of an awful example of
the inability of politicians as legislators
to make good their promises as candi
dates. Ex.
Tin Plato Iniluatry Still Flourishing.
Indianapolis Sentinel: Tho tin plate
industry continues to flourish in spite
of the awful Wilson tariff. The metal
workers' quarterly publication of tin
plate statistics furnishes tho ' conclu
sive ovldenco of this fact. In tbo first
quarter if this year seventeen new
black plate mills were finished, increas
ing the annual capacity 500,000 boxes
and a like increase will be effected when
tho sixteen additional mills now under
construction aro completed. This will
ralso the capacity of tho works In thja
country to 1,700,000 boxes a year. It Is
a waste of time to talk about the pres
ent tariff law being Injurious to manu
facturing interests.
Forty Endeavorers offered them
selves as volunteers to the mission
field at the Michigan state convention,
April 1-3.
AT THE AMATEUR REHEARSAL. '
TJio Slur Itoilo it Wheel In a rink Silk
(iown.
"I think you woro to enter on the
right instead of tho left," said tho man
agor, according to the San Francisco
Examiner. "Yes, that would be a great
deal hotter."
"But tho left sldo of my hair is
much prettier than tho right," said tho
star, decidedly. "I can always do It
bettor. The loft has got to bo toward
tho audience."
"But you will havo to face Sir
Thoma3 anywny, and ho 1b over hero
by tho side-board," the manager ex
plained. "Well, we'll turn the stag around,"
said tho star, cheerfully.
"I'm nfraid that will confuse tho
others," said tho manager, apologetical
ly. "You see, thero are only a few moro
rehearsals, and thoy have all practiced
this way.J'
"They can easily get accustomed to
it," said tho star. "In an amateur play
looks do mako such a difference. I've
been In loads of them. Of courso you
are used to professionals, and that Is
quite different, I suppose they have to
bo fussy about exits and cues nnd
things llko that."
"Yes, we consider them quite essen
tial," murmured tho manager.
"With nmateurs it's all clothes and
looks," went on tho star. "Now, tell
mo, would you wear pink Dresden silk
or white molro In tho second scene 7 I
can't make up my mind."
"But, considering it is a garden sceno
and you come In on a wheel "
"I won't wear a bicycle rig," broko in
tho star. "They don't suit my stylo at
all. I'll do anything but that."
"I suppose the bicycle might be left
out altogether," said the manager, with
a perplexed frown. Tho star turned on
him indignantly.
"Leavo it out after I've broken half
tho furniture In tho drawing room and
ruined the carpet and torn three dresses
learning that entrance!" she exclaimed.
"Indeed, I won't. Tho audience can
suppose I've been receiving at a tea
and camo home on my wheel or any
thing else It chooses. I don't care."
Tho manager gavo up tho point and
reflected It was a good thing that stars
were usually dependent on salaries.
"I wish before the next rehersal you
could manage to learn a llttlo more of
your part," ho said, deferentially.
"Then we can tell better how It will
go."
"Oh, I'll know It all right when the
tlmo comes," said the star. "I never
can mako up my mind to learn it till
tho last minute. Why, last tlmo I
acted I left out two of my most impor
tant speeches at tho dress rehearsal and
mixed the others all up and the man
ager had perfect fits, but in the play
the next night I didn't havo to bo
prompted once. That's Just tho way I
am. I can't help it."
"But it would greatly help the oth
ers If you have the speeches more ex
actly, so they could havo their cues.
All of them arc not so experienced as
you."
"Well, I'll learn the ends of the
speeches anyway, so that they can tell
what comes next," said tho star, gra
ciously. "I know a lovely Bklrt dance," sho
added, after a moment's reflection. "It
might be a good idea to run it in in tho
garden scene."
"Do you think it would bo exactly
suitable?" suggested the manager. "You
seo you aro there to stop a duel between
your brother and the man you are in
love with."
"Oh, I can always get It In some way.
I managed It even in 'Romeo nnd
Juliet,' " said tho star, easily. "I can
say something about being downheart
ed and dancing to cheer up my spirits,
whllo they are loading tho pistols nnd
talking with their seconds. It would
look prettier In the garden scene than
anywhere."
WISDOM.
I want to help you grow as beautiful
as God meant you to be when he
thought of you first. George MacDon
ald. Blessed Is the hand that prepares a
pleasure for a child, for there Is no
saying when and where It may bloom
forth. Jerrold.
A life of real virtue, of nobleness, of
true greatness, 1b not nn accident. It
comes, If It comes at all, from lofty
aspirations, from incorruptible mo
tives, long cherished and held sacred
as life Itself. John Learned.
Not only to tho God that Is above us,
but to the God that is in us, let us di
rect our prayer; and to that God let our
Importunity be Buch that, like tho man
of the parable crying for bread at mid
night, it cannot, will not, be denied.
John Chadwlck.
Much of life is only fragments un
finished things, broken sentences, In
terrupted efforts, pictures left uncom
pleted, sculptures only half hewn, let
ters only partly written, songs only
begun and choked In tears. But not
one of theso fragments is lost It it has
love's blessed life in it. J. R. Miller.
In our keen look at tho strong out
ward practicalities of life, do not lot
us forget Its Inmost secret of power:
J that all noble thoughts, all noblo pos-
Biuiiuius ui me, spring out or nils L.ovo,
or touch their finest meaning In It;
that there is no factor like It In tho
makeup of tho world. Brooko Her
ford. To be religious Is not to bo a seer
of visions and a dreamer of dreams. It
is not to be a dweller on the Mount of
Transfiguration. It Is not to be rapt
In sweet and serene meditation. It is
to be yourself, nnd being yourself, to
tako tho nature which God has given
you and use It In his service by using
It for your fellow men. Lyman Abbot.
The first newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1G52. ,
rorB For Stride
Next to alfalfa, sorghum Is probably
tho best green forago plant for bogs.
Wherever alfalfa grows, It is advised to
plant alfalfa along with sorghum for
hog pasture. A good authority as C. C
Georgeson of tho Kansas station advis
es hnvinjy a fow acres in alfalfa for hog
pasture tho greater part of the summer,
nnd in addition grow a pieco of cane,
cultivating it ns when growing for su
gar, and feed this in tho fall to fatten
ing hogs.
Cripple
Tho Iron grasp of scrofula hah no
mercy upon its victims. This demon
of tho blood is often not satisfied with
causing dreadful sores, but racks (ho
body with the pains of rheumatism
until Hood's Sarsnparlllu euros.
"Nearly four years ago I becamo af
flicted with scrofula nnd rhoumallam.
Running Bores broko out on my thighs.
Pieces of bono camo out nnd an operation
wa3 contemplated. I had rheumatism in
my logs, drawn up out of shape. I lost ap
petite, eould not sleep. I was a perfect
wreck. I continued to grow worso and
finally gave up tho doctor's treatment to
tako Hood's Sarsaparllla. Soon nppotito
camo back; tho sores commenced to heal.
My limbs straightened out and I threw
away my crutches. I am now stout and
hearty and am farming, whcrenB four
years ago I was a cripple. I gladlv rec
ommend Hood's SarBaparilla?' UBDAN
Hammond, Table Grove, Illinois.
Hood's
Sarsapariila
Isthc One TruoIUood Purifier. All druggist?. 81.
Prepared only by C. t. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Hnnri'c Pi lie ?",ro ,lv,;r. 1113' ca,y to
1IUUU I'll IS take, easy to operate. 25c.
The Columbia Catalogue is not a mere
price-list. It gives convincing reasons
why all who love pleasure and comfort in
bicycling should select
i
STANDARD OF THE WORLD
$100
toollallka
Your knowledge of bicycle
making will grow by read
ing this interesting book.
Free (rom the Columbia agent or by
tnall Irom us for two 2-ccnt btamps.
POPE Mfg. Co., Hartford, Conn.
WHAT IS ALABASTINE7
A pure permanent and artistic wall coating
ready for tbo brush by mixing In cold water.
FOR SALE BY PAINT DEALERS EVERYWHERE.
rnrr I A Tint Card showing IS desirable tints,
rilfcr 1 a,s0 Alnbastine Souvenir Hock sent free
i 1 1 hi. to anr one mentioning thiijiapcr
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2 oz. for 5 Cents.
f CHEI10OTS-3 for 5 Cents. ?
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Catalogue.
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1102 FarnamSt. Omaha, Nob.
BD6GIES inVrfor III
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to T11K MKCltEM IN
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