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Missouri. Though told that Whittier
had a headache he forced his way in-
' ! to the poet's study , where he declared
that he adored all Whittier's works ,
i : which he knew almost by heart. Hs
Asked Whittier to write his name sev
' eral hundred times on a large sheet of
i -foolscap. , so that he could cut out and
"illHribute the autographs among his '
Missouri. friends. In fact , it was all
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iastic Missonrian from clipping all the
I buttons from his coat as souvenirs.
I 'f nom' 31r.tbe time" - so Whiter
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A. Typical Tale of Suflerinar from
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Mrs. L. C. Fridley , 1034 N. Main
I St. , Delphos , . Ohio , says : "Five or six
years ago I began to
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me so much that I kept on using them
until rid of every symptom of kidney
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Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
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J / Efficacy of Prayer. I
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. Violet Mummy , 'dear , are our pray-
ers answered ?
: Mother ( in shocked surprise ) Why ,
yes : , dear ! What a question !
Violet - Then , mummy , why do you
amack me ? Why don't you pray for
me to be a good girl-it would be so
much more comfy ? - M. A. P.
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put these , into half a pint of good
whiskey and use in doses of teaspoon-
-ful to a tablespoonful every four t
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Any druggist has these ingredents In
. stock or will quickly get them from
his wholesale house. The Concen-
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and comes only in half ounce vials ,
-each enclosed in an air-tight case ; but s
be sure It Is labeled "Concentrated. "
This formula cured hundreds here last s
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Tubb - Old boy , I want to congratuf
-U.te you on your speech at the banquet fcO
last night. O
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the country than all other diseases put to-
gether , and until the last few years was e <
upposed to be incurable. -For a great many e <
years doctors pronounced it a local disease .
! and prescribed local remedies , and by con s ,
j stantly failing to cure with local treatment , ai :
pronouneed It Incurable. Science has proven aifl
- catarrh to be a constitutional disease and flhi
therefore requires constitutional treatment. hih
Ball's Catarrh Cure , manufactured by F. J. le '
ti Cheney & ; Co. , Toledo , Ohio , Is the only cono
titutional cure on the market. It is , taken 01tt
Internnlly in doses from 10 drops to a tea.
gpoonful. It acts directly on the blood and tt ;
: mucous surfaces of the system. They offer to :
one hundred dollars for any case it falls to i is :
, cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address : F. .T. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , 0. lo )
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" Why He Qnit. sigc
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" did throw job at
"Why you up your ql
old Spotcash's store ? "
I , . "Well , to tell the truth , I didn't like SI
, I his position on the labor question. " "I
, II "What was his position ? " .
ii \ , . . "Why - er - the last time I saw him ar
1 . > he was sitting in his chair looking are
Ii ' . ternly at , and pointing straight
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The Devil-Stick . I
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By the Author of i
"Th Mystery of a Hansom Cab , " Etc. i
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CHAPTER II. - ( Continued. )
"Come , come , boys ! " said Jen , an-
noyed at this scene between two hot
headed young men , who were not yet
gifted with the self-restraint of ex-
perience. "Don't talk like this. You
are at my table. There is a stranger ,
or shall I say a friend , present ! "
"Say a friend , " observed Etwald ,
calmly , "although I am about to say
that which may cause these two young
gentlemen to look upon me as an en-
emy. "
"What do you 1 mean ? " asked Mau-
rice , turning his still frowning face to- .
wards this strange and enigmatic man. i
"What I say , Mr. Aylmer ! You-
admire Miss Dallas ? "
"Why bring her name into the ques-
tion ? Yes , I admire Miss Dallas. : "
"And you , Mr. Sarby , I can tell from
your attitude , from your look , you
love Miss Dallas. "
David was taken aback by this
strange speaking.
"Yes. I - I - I do love Miss Dallas. "
"I guessed as much , " resumed Et-
wald , with a cold smile. "Now it is
strange - "
"It is strange that a lady's name
should be thus introduced , " said Jen ,
annoyed at the tone of the conversa
tion. "Let us drop the subject.
"One moment , Major. I wish us
three to urderstand one another"-
here the doctor hesitated , then went
on in an impassive voice-"about Miss
Dallas ! "
"Why do you speak of her ? " asked
Maurice , fiercely , while David looked
loweringly at Etwald. :
"Because I love her ! " .
"You love her ! "
The two young men burst out sim
ultaneously with the speech in tones
of - - sheer - astonishment . _ . . . . , . - . , _ and : : - stared . - at
Etwald as at sonie ' strange animal.
That this elderly man - Etwald was
midway between thirty and forty , but
that looked elderly to these boys of
twenty-five - should dare to love Isa-
bella Dallas was a thing unheard of.
She so young , . so beautiful ; he so som-
ber , pale , and worn with intellectual
vigils ; with a mysterious past , a doubt-
ful present , and a problematic future.
Maurice : and David , divided the one
against the other by their passion for
the same woman , united in a feeling
of rage and contempt against this in-
terloper , who dared to make a third
in their worship of Itabella. They
looked : at Etwald , they looked at one
another , and finally both began to
laugh. Jen frowned at the sound of
their mirth , but , Etwald , in nowise
discomposed , sat unsmilingly in his
seat waiting for further developments.
"Oh , it is too absurd ! " said Maurice , .
resuming his seat.
,
"Why ? "
Etwald put the question with the
greatest calmness , stared steadily at
the : young man , and waited for the re-
ply , which he knew would be difficult
to : make.
"Oh , because - because - "
"Never mind explaining , Mr. Alymer.
can guess your objection. I am too
1d-too plain-too poor for this I
charming young lady. You , on the I
contrary , are young , passing well off ,
and handsome ; all the gifts of fortune I
are on your side. Decidedly , " added
the doctor , "you hold the best hand.
Well , we shall see who will win this
game ; - as we may call it. "
"And what about me ? " said David.
'You forget that I am a third player. :
Come , Etwald , you have prophesied
about Maurice ; now read my fate. " J
"No , " said Etwald , rising. : "We have :
talked long enough on this subject It ]
is plain that we three men are in love ]
with the same woman. You can't blame j
me , nor I you. Miss Dallas is a suffic c
ciently : beautiful excuse for our madI I
ness. I spoke out , simply because I
want you both to understand the posi-
ion. . You are warned , and we can
now do battle for the smiles of this
charming : lady. Let the best man
win ! "
"Not ing could be fairer than that , "
aid Jen , quickly ; "but I agree with (
you , doctor , that the subject has been
sufficiently discussed ; but , indeed , if
you will pardon me spying so , it
hould never have been begun. Let us
go to the smoking room. "
Thither the three young men went in
he wake of the Major. It was a com I
fortable room , with one wide window ,
tvhich at the present moment was
pen. ] Outside the light of the newly-
isen moon bathed lawn and trees and
owers in a flood of cold silver ; and C
the warm radiance of the lamp poured
ut rays of gold into , the wonderful
white world without. The three men
sat down In comfortable chairs.
Self-contained as ever , Etwald look- n
id up at the wall near him , and seem- t
d to be considering a decoration of
savage arms , which looked barbaric v
md wild , between two oil paintings.
fVhen Jen came back with the cigars , [
lis gaze followed that of his guest , and
e made a remark about the weap- b
ns. - 1
"All those came from Ashantee and il
he West Coast of Africa , " said he ,
ouching a vicious-looking axe. "This ii
a sacrifical axe ; this murderous- Ii
coking blade is the sword of the exe-
mtioner of King Koffee ; and this , " e
icre he . . laid his finger lightly upon a
ender stick of green wood , with a 1
jolden top set roughly with large turb
luoise stones , "is a poison wand ! " a
"A poison-wand ! " echoed Etwald , a d
ludden light showing in his cold eyes.h
: never heard of such a thing. " H
David , who was watching him , had
1 instinctive feeling that Etwald was a
elling a lie. He saw that the man P
ould hardljr : keep his seat for his eaSl
erness to examine and handle the a
wwwn ;
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strange weapon. However , he said
nothing , but watched and watched ,
when Maurice made a remark about
the stick.
"Oh , that is Uncle Jen's greatest
treasure , " he said , smiling. "He can
tell twenty stories about that innocent-
looking cane ! "
.
' "Innocent-lookingJ. " achoed " 't-Jen ,
taking down the green wand. "How
can you say such a thing ? Look here ,
Etwald , " and he laid the stick on the
table. "No , don't touch it , man , " he
added , hastily , "there is plenty of
venom in it yet 'Tis as dangerous as
a snake bite. If you touch this slen-
der iron spike projecting from the end ,
you die ! "
Again David noted that the tigerish
light leaped up in the eyes of Etwald ,
but he had sufficient control of his
features to preserve a look of courteous
curiosity. He carefully handled and
examined the instrument of death.
It was a little over a foot long- , of a
hard-looking green wood ; the handle
of gold was coarsely moulded in a bar-
baric fashion round the turquoise
stones , , and these , of all hues from
green to the palest of blues , were em-
bedded like lumps of quartz in the
rough gold. Round this strange imple-
ment there lingered a rich and heavy
perfume , sickly and sensuous.
"See here ! " said Jen , pressing , or
rather squeezing , the handle. "I tight-
en my grip upon this , and the sting
of the serpent shows itself ! " Where
upon Etwald glanced at the end of the
wood and saw a tiny needle of iron
push itself out. When Jen relaxed his
pressure on the gold handle , this iron
tongue slipped back and disappeared
entirely. .
"I got this at Kumassie , " explained
Ten , when . he , had fully exhibited the I .
gruesome'mechanism of the stick. "It
belonged to the high priest Whenever
he or the king disliked any man , who
was too powerful to be openly slain ,
they used this wand. What excuse they
made I don't know , but I suppose it
had something to do with fetish-wor-
ship. However , the slightest touch of
this needle produces death ! "
"It is poisoned at the tip ? "
"Not exactly. The needle within is
hollow , and a store of poison is con-
tained in the handle up here. When
squeezed these turquoise stones press c
a bag within , and the poison runs
down to the point of the needle. In
fact , the whole infernal contrivance is
modeled upon a serpent's fang. "
"But it is quite harmless now , " said
David , as Jen replaced the wand in its
old place on the wall , "else you
wouldn't have it there. "
"Well , no doubt the poison has dried
up , " said Jen , with a nod. "All the
same I shouldn't like to prick myself
with that needle. I might die , " finished
the Major : : , with the naive simplicity I
of a child.
Etwald said nothing. With his eyes
fixed upon the deviKstick , he meditat-
ed deeply. The barrister , whose be-
lief was that Etwald knew more about
the wand than he chose to say , watch-
ed him closely. He noticed that the
doctor eyed the stick , then , . after a I
pause , let his gaze wander to the face 1
of Maurice. Another pause , and he 1
was looking at David , who received S
the fire of this strange man's eyes
without blanching1. ;
There was something mesmeric
in the gaze that David felt uncomfort-
able , and as though he were enveloped m
in an evil atmosphere. To his sur- ti
prise , he found that his 'eyes also were tl
attracted to the stick , and a longing to i
handle it began to possess him. Clear- irsi
ly Etwald was trying to hypnotize him siPi
for [ some evil .
purpose. By an effort ti
of will David broke through these
tist
nightmare chains and rose to his feet.
The next st
moment he
was in the open stw
air , in the cold moonlight , breathing w
hard : and. fast. a
Within , Maurice and the Major were fi 1
talking : gaily , arid the sound of their ri
voices and laughter came clearly to tl
tke : ears of David. 'But ' silent in his tt
deep chair sat Etwald , and the burning
lance of his eyes seemed to beam
menacingly through the air la 1
, and com
pel the young man to evil thoughts. ith
David looked at Etwald dark and h
voiceless ; and over his head , in the st
yellow lamplight , he saw the glitter h
ng golden handle of the devil-stick.
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CHAPTER III. " ,
Some little distance from the Major's : '
abode stood a long , low rambling house C
on a slight rise. Surrounded by deep ti
tin
verandahs , it was placed in the mid- n
dle of emerald green lawns , smoothly lu :
clipped ; and these , lower down , were luC
girdled by a belt of ash , and sycaC
mores , and poplars , which shut out
he house from the high road. The T
mansion , with its flat roof and wide P <
verandas had a tropical look , and inm
deed it had been built by a retired InIf [ f
dian nabob , at the , beginning of this is
century. : When he died the house had st
been sold , and now it was occupied by st
Mrs. Dallas , who leased it because of
Ie [ ;
its suggestion of tropical habitation. j
She ; from the 0
came West Indies , and
had lived in "The Wigwam , " as the CE
house was called , for over ten years.
Mrs. Dallas was a large , fat , and
eminently lazy woman , who passed b <
most of her time in knitting , or sleep .
ing , or eating. Her husband had died Id :
efore she had come to this country , Idh
nd it was the desire to preserve her h : :
daughter's health which had brought to
her so far from the sun-baked islands
which , her soul loved.
Her languid Creole nature and leth-
rgic habits were unsuited to brisk , pI
ractical grey skies , the frequent ab
sence of sunlight , and the lack ' of rich w :
nd sensuous coloring. Often she H
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threatened to return to Barbadoes , but
she was too lazy to make ] : the effort of
again settling herself in life. With all
her longings' for the fairy islands of
the West , she was out of place in this
northern land , and so was Dido.
This latter was a tall and massively
framed negro woman , with very little
of the black about her. She looked
rather like a priestess , with her stern
face and stately mien ; and , indeed , in
the West Indies , it was known among
the negroes that Dido was high in
power among the votaries of Obi. She
could charm , she could slay by means
of vegetable poisons , and she could-
as the negroes firmly : believed - cause .
a human being tn dwindle , peak , and
pine , by means of incantations.
This black Canidia had left a terrible
reputation behind her in Barbadoes.
Dido was not a favorite in the ser-
vants' part of "The Wigwam , " but for
this unpopularity she cared little , be-
ing devoted to Isabella Dallas. She
adored her nursling. The girl was
about twenty years of age , tall and
straight , . with dark hair and darker
eyes , with a mouth veritably like Cu-
pid's bow , and a figure matchless in
contour. With her rich , southern col-
oring and passionate temperament-
she was of Irish blood on the paternal
side - Miss : Dallas looked more an An-
dalusian lady. She had all the loveli
ness of a Creole woman , and bloomed
like a rich tropical flower with poison ,
in its perfume , amid the roses. I
If Mrs. Dallas was a bore-and her
friends said she was-the daughter
was divine , and many young men came
to "The Wigwam" to be spellbound by
her beauty. More men than the three
who had dined at "Ashantee" were in
love with Isabella.
Upon her Dido exercised a powerful ,
and it must be confessed , a malignant
influence. She had fed the quick brain
of the girl with weird tales of African
witchcraft and fanciful notions of ter-
restrial and sidereal influences. Isa-
bella's nature was warped by this do-
mestic necromancy , and had she con-
tinued to dwell in the West Indies , she
might almost have become a witch
herself. Certainly Dido did her best
to make her one , and taught her nurs-
ling spells and incantations , to which
the girl would listen fearfully , half-be-
lieving , halfdoubtingBut her con-
tact with the sunny side of life saved
her from falling- into the terribly abyss
of African superstition ; and how ter-
rible it is only the initiated can de
clare. It on.y needed that she should
be removed from the bad influence of
the barbaric Sybil to render her nature
healthy and fill her life with pleasure.
But Dido _ was ma upas tree , and
the moral atmosphere - with which she *
surrounded Isabella was slowly but
surely making the girl morbid and un
natural. Mrs. Dallas - \ $ rsed in the
negro character-half-guessed this , but
she was too indolent to have Dido re-
moved. Moreover , strange as it may
appear , she was more than a trifle
afraid , of the negress and her unholy
arts.
arts.Maurice
Maurice had met with , and had fel-
len in love with , Isabella , and she .re-
turned his affection with all the ardor
of her passionate nature. His hand-
some and frank face , his sunny nature
and optimistic ideas appealed strongly
to the girl who had been environed
from her earliest infancy by the pes
simism of Dido.
Maurice saw well how Isabella had
deteriorated under the bad influence of
the : negress , and he did his best to
counteract her insidious morality and
morbid teachings. He laughed at Isa-
bella's stories avid superstitions , and
succeeded in making her ashamed of
her weakness in placing faith in such
degraded rubbish. While with him Is-
abella was a bright and laughing rill ;
quite another sort of being to the
grave and nervous creature she was
while in the presence of Dido. She
felt that if she married Maurice his
bright , strong nature would save her
'rom a lamentable and melancholy ex-
stence ; and as all her affections and
instincts inclined to the young man ,
she hoped to become his wife.
( To be continued. ) 1
The Irtlrmd of Nickels and Dimes.
This past summer seven to eight 1
million people made twenty million 1
rips to Coney Island. They spent
there * forty-five million dollars ; mostly
ir [ nickels and dimes , and the total
sum was three times what the nation
paid to Napoleon for Louisiana , or six
imes what we paid Russia for Alaska.
There are in' Coney Island peanut
tands , the size of a broad top desk ,
which rent for fifteen hundred dollars
season. The men who sell "frank- ]
furters" pay enormous sums for the (
]
ight to stand where they do , and get
their ! money back in the nickels of
the twenty millions.
On week-days the attendance is
large , but on Sundays and holidays
: rises to a point where each visitor c
tas
has ; room only to be happy standing
still. On the Fourth of July four
i
undred thousand people crowded into
I
the little island , bathed , shot the
chutes , were photographed and ate
red-hots. " It was believed then that u
oney would not hold a single addly
1
tional visitor , but on August 15th a <
aew < hundred thousand came , making
half a million in one day.
It is a wonderful business-this n
oney ( Island-but a very risky one. C
rhe nine hundred million nickels de- n
end upon the weather. When the n
mercury drops , profits fall to nothing.
: a plague should break out and the
land : be quarantined , boats would n
stop : running and the people would c
stay : in their city homes. The Coney tl :
sland ; farmer must harvest his crop
f E nickels while the sun shines. - Sue-
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cess Magazine. r
Between Friends.
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Miss Homeleigh-Perhaps you won't
believe it , but a strange man tried to
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kiss : me once.
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( Miss Cutting Really ! Well , he'd "
have been a strange man if he'd tried
a
. kiss you twice. - Illustrated . Bits.
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Xll and Tuck.
He-I wouldn't marry a girl who
put on false hair. H
She-And I wouldn't marry a man a '
ivho put on a false front ! - Boston g ,
Herald. 3 * '
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A STBANGE ANIMAL.
The Giraffe la a Striking Feature of
the African IAand"eapc.
Of all the beasts in an African land
scape none is more striking than the
giraffe. Usually it is found in small
parties or in herds of fifteen or twenty
or more individuals. Although it will
drink regularly : if occasion offers , it is
able to get along without water for
months at a time , and frequents by
choice the dry plains or else the
stretches of , open forest where the
trees are scattered and ordinarily some-
what stunted. Like the rhinoceros-the
ordinary or prehensile-Ii pped rhinoceros
-the giraffe is a browsing and not a
grazing animal. The leaves , buds and
twigs of the mimosas or thorn trees
form its customary food. Its extraor-
dinary height enables it to bring into
play to the best possible advantage its
noteworthy powers of vision , and no
animal is harder to approach unseen.
Again 'and again I have made It out
a mile off , or rather have seen it a '
mile off when it was pointed out to me ,
and , looking at it through , my glasses ,
would see that it was gazing steadily
at us. It is a striking-looking animal
and : handsome in Its way , but its length
of leg and neck and sloping back made
it appear awkward even at rest. When
alarmed it may go off at a long swing-
ing pace or walk , but if really fright-
ened it strikes into a peculiar gallop
or canter. The tail is cocked and twist-
ed , and the huge hind legs are thrown
forward well to the outside of the fore-
legs. The movements seem deliberate
and the giraffe does not appear to be
going at a fast pace , but if it has any
start a horse must gallop hard to over
take It. When it starts on this , gait
the neck may be dropped forward at a
sharp angle with the straight line of
the deep chest , and the big head is
thrust in advance. They are defense-
less things , and , tHough they may kick
at a man who incautiously comes with-
in reach , they are in no way danger-
ous. - From "African Game Trails , " by
Theodore Roosevelt , in Scribner's Mag-
azine.
SINGULAR JEWELRY.
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.1'Y M/W VL1
The esthetic and decorative uses to
which barbarians will turn objects
which to civilized races are things of
the 1 humblest utility are amusingly il-
lustrated ] by this "fashion note" from
West Africa , taken from an Italian
newspaper :
For some time the officials of the
German colony in Southwest Africa no-
ticed 1 that the telegraph wires and
other < accessories of the electrical plant
disappeared as by magic immediately
after they had been put up. The most
diligent inquiries remained fruitless.
From other parts of the German pos-
sessions came reports of strange
predilections for articles of German
commerce , as , for example , rubber
heels , garters , buckles and so forth ,
things which the natives of those coun-
tries do not generally use.
The governor of the colony gave an
entertainment one year in honor of
the emperor's birthday , and invited
the chiefs of the different tribes to it.
What was his surprise when he saw
these native gentlemen appear with
his stolen telegraph wires twisted
, round their illustrious necks. The
higher the dignity the more rings of
the wire were round the neck.
Inquiries were soon started in the
outlying villages , and it came to light
that the white china insulators of the
telegraph poles had become ear rings.
A young lady of the highest distinc
tion in native society wore a rubber
heel hanging from her nose , and a
young man who was a well known
dandy : wore dangling from his ears a
pair of beautiful pink silk garters
You Can't Beat a Tmatee.
August Belmont , at a dinner in New
York , adverted to his recent words on
the decadence of Uncle Sam.
"There are too many of us , " Mr. Bel-
mont said , "wl ' o desire to win , to come
out on top , whether by fair or foul
means. To win by fair means Is splen-
did but to win by foul means1 - well ,
It is better to fail. But too many of
IS are like the trustee who expected
his great-uncle to leave him his fortune
of $5,000. The great-uncle died , and a
few days later the trustee appeared in
his old haunts , dressed In deep mourn1
ing , with a huge and perfect diamond 1
In his black silk tie. r c
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" 'Ah , ' said a friend , 'your great- ]
uncle is dead. Sincere sympathy. Left ]
you that legacy , I suppose ? But where (
did you get that beautiful stone I
"The trustee smiled grimly. ,
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" 'My great-uncle , ' he explained , 'did
not include me among the beneficiaries ]
of . his will. He left , in fact , all his
money for a stone to commemorate his
memory. This Is the stone. ' " 1 c
Possibly.
"Here is a story of a New York
man who raised a forcible protest be-
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cause his wife gave him pigs' feet at
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hirty-two consecutive meals. " c
"Perhaps he felt that .he had been f
sufficiently : feted. " - Cleveland Plain 1
Dealer. I
Eva's Chance. I
Eva-I see Prince Edward Island's
nnual catch of lobsters amounts to 1
0,000,000. t
= the : . . . . Why don't you run up there Q
and see if you : can catch one ? Tent a
ers Statesman.
You often hear people say of a sick s
man : "His will power is keeping hfcn
live. " Nothing In it. When you can't n
get your breath , will power won't keep 1
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TRIALS of/he NEEDEM
THIS ISA BUM SHOW. CANT'
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THAT SHOW TO - BIGHT. , - , , „ ,
LETS TAKE THE KIDS ! & & , '
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Mnnyon'fl Paw Paw PlIlM coax the
liver into activity by gentle methods.
They ! do not scour , gripe or weaken. . They
are a tonic to the stomach , liver and
nerves ; invigorate instead of weaken.
They enrich the Blood and enable the
stomach to get all the nourishment from
food that is put into It. These pills con-
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gists In lOc and 25c sizes. If you need
medical advice , write Munyon's Doctors.
They will advise to the best of their abil 0
ity absolutely free of Charge. 31UX-
YON'S , 53d and Jefferaon S < . . , Phil-
adelphia , Pa. ,
Munyon's Cold Remedy cures a cold la
One day. Price 25c. Munyon's Rheuma
tism Remedy relieves In a few hours and
cures In a few days. Price 26c.
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A deep pointed waist line , back an4
front , is the feature of this dinner gowm.
The overskirt is gathered on in lomewbll i
generous fullness , and the trimming for thi
entire gown is the material corded.
It is a very dashing style for slendor
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A Mother's Trouble .
The mother of a large family fell ill
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and died , and the attending physician :
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reported that she died of starvation.
It ] was Incredible , but he proved it.
The woman had to get the dinner and
then spend the next two hours la
waiting on the family and getting thl
children to the table. It was never
on record that she got all of them
there at the same time , and they cami
straggling In all the way from pota
toes to pie. By the time she ha *
wiped the last face her own hungM
had left her and she had no desirt
to eat. Chickens , the doctor said ,
come running at feed time , but chil
dren don't. A hen has a better chancf
to eat than a mother. - Atchison' Glob
HABD : TO DROP ,
But Many Drop It. .
A young Calif wife talks about co ! .
fee :
"It was hard to drop Mocha and Java
and give 'Postum a trial , but my nerves
were so shattered that I was a nervous
wreck and of course that means all
kinds of ails.
"At first I thought bicycle ridlnf
caused : : it and I gave It up , but mjr
condition remained unchanged. . I did
not want to acknowledge coffee caused
the : trouble , for I was very fond of it.
& .t that time a friend came to live witk
us , and I noticed that after he had
been with us a week he would not
drink : his coffee any more. I asked
him the reason. He replied , 'I have
not had a headache since I left off
drinking coffee , some months ago , till
ast week , when I began again , here at
your ; table. I don't see how anyone
can like coffee , anyway , after drinkinj
Postum ! ! '
"I said nothing , but at once ordered
a package of Postum. That
was fiv *
months ago , and we have drank no
coffee since , except on two occasions
when we had company , and the result
each time was that my husband could
lot sleep , but lay awake and tossed
and talked half the
night. We
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convinced : that toffee caused his suffer
Ing , so he returned
to Postum , coa-
rinced that coffee was an enemy * -
Btead of a friend , and he Is troubled
no more by Insomnia.
"I , myself , have gained 8 pound
In weight , and my nerves have cease4
to : quiver. It seems so
easy now t *
jult [ coffee that caused our aches an4
ills and take up Postum. "
Read the little book "
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rellville. " In pkgs. "There's a Be *
son. : "
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to tim *
Fhey are genuine , true and fuJJ
of ' human interest.
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