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pensing in half-ounce vials.
COULDN'T DO IT.
"That'll do! Dry up this minute!"
"I c-c-can't, pa. Willie just soaked
me."
LEG A MASS OF HUMOR
"About seven years ago a small
abrasion appeared on my right leg
just above my ankle. It irritated me
so that I began to scratch it and it
began to spread until my leg from my
ankle to the knee was one solid scale
like a scab. The irritation was always
worse at night and would not allow
rco to sleep, or my wife either, and it
was completely undermining our
health. I lost firty pounds in weight
' and was almost out of my mind with
pain and chagrin as no matter where
the irritation came, at work, on the ,
Eircet or in the presence of company, j
I wou'.d have to scratch it until I had !
the blcod running down into my shoe. '
I j.inply ennnot describe my suffer- ,
ing during those seven years. The
pain, mortification, loss of sleep, both
to nyself and wife is simply indescrib
able on paper and ono has to expe
rience it to know what it is.
"I tried all kinds of doctors and rem
edies but I might as roll have thrown
my money down a sewer. They would
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with hopo only to break out again just
as bad if not worse. I had given up
hope of ever being cured when I was
induced by my wife to give the Cuti
cura Remedies a trial. After taking
the Cuticura Itemedies for a little
while I began to see a change, and
after taking a dozen bottles of Cuti
cura Resolvent, In conjunction with
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment, the trouble had entirely disap
peared and my leg was as fine as the
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six months with no signs of a recur
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for me. I shall always recommend
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212 E. Cabot St. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb.
4 anl Apr. 13. 1909."
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Cholly Is your sister in, my boy?
Willie Just give me your card, and
I'll go and see if you're de guy she
told me to tell dat she was out.
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whito settlers.
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Jo the Rocky Roy Indians. The tract
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wheat per acre. 40 to 70 bushels of
oats and large crops of hay, alfalfa
and vegetables.
There are over S.000 ICO-acre home
steads in this tract, which is con
siderable more than the combined total
in the Flathead, Spokane and Coeur
d'Aleno Reservations, which were
opened to settlement last summer.
It is easier for men to got on finan
cially than it is for women to get ofE a
car forward.
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SYNOPSIS.
Tin- story opens with the introduction
Df John Stephens, adventurer, a Massa--lmsetts
man marooned by authorities at
Valparaiso. Chile. BcInR interested in
minim; operations In Bolivia, he was de
nounced hy Chile as an insurrectionist
and as a consequence was hiding. At his
hotel his attention was attracted by an
Knglfehman and a young woman.
Stephens rescued the young woman from
a drunken officer. He was thanked by
lier. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con
fronted Stephens, told him that war had
been declared between Chile and Peru
and offered him the office of captain. He
desired that that night the Esmeralda, a
Chilean vessel, should be captured.
Stephens accepted the commission.
Stephens met a motley crew, to which he
was assigned. He gave thein iltial in
structions. They boarded the vessel. They
successfully captured the vessel suppored
to be the Esmeralda, through straitgy.
Capt. Stephens gave directions for the de
parture of the craft. He entered the cab
in and discovered the English woman
and her maid. Stephens quickly learned
the wrong vessel had been captured.
It was Lord Darlington's private yacht,
J lie lord's wife and maid being aboard.
Ife explained the situation to her lady
ship. CHAPTER IX.
In Which I Learn Our Port.
I sank down into the depths of an
upholstered divan without, rested my
head within my hands, and endeavored
earnestly to collect thought and nerve
for the coming struggle. The terrible
ness of our situation only became
more apparent as I considered it in
the light of the discoveries already
made, and in my understanding of the
nature of those with whom I was now
associated. Neither Tul'le nor De
Nova had ever mistaken the Sea
Queen for the warship Esmeralda. It
was impossible to conceive that these
two trained seamen could have made
such an error, or that the men under
them could have been so utterly de
ceived. Tultle's boat came up directly
beneath the bows, with the riding
lamps burning brightly and revealing
the name; every man aboard must
have seen it plainly. Yet what ob
ject could have led to so desperate an
act of piracy? What part was I des
tined to play In the final working out
of their lawless scheme?
The longer I studied over the prob
lem the more thoroughly did I become
mystified and confused. What could
these men ever hope to accomplish in
this lawless fashion? They must be
fools or madmen. This was not the
age of piracy; every league of sea was
pat rolled; every port protected by
telegraphic communication.
Difficult as my own situation un
doubtedly was, apparently helpless
among this crew of sea devils, with
out a man on board in whom I could
put tnist, it was rendered a thousand
times harder by the presence of those
two women. In what way could I pro
tect and serve them? I wondered If
all the crew forward were in the plot,
or were the leaders alone involved?
Could I count on finding a single hon
est sailor in all that riffraff who would
stand by me in revolt? There were
others on board the three seamen
and the engineer of the yacht's crew,
the Chilean officer captured on shore
but they were prisoners, far more
helpless even than myself. The longer
I thought the darker grew the pros
pect, the closer the cords of Fate
pressed about me. There was noth
ing to do except to face the conspira
tors boldly, and thus ascertain the
whole truth. I glanced upward at the
telltale compass overhead the ves
sel's course had already been altered;
we were now headed westward, direct
ly out into the broad Pacific.
I met Tuttie at the end of the
bridge, clinging to the handrail, his
oi'.-kins Happing in the head wind. He
ijever gk.ui'Cd toward mo, the cool,
studied insolence of the fellow causing
me to feel more deeply than ever be
fore his consciousness of power.
"The yacht is several points off her
course. Mr. Tuttie." I said, sharply,
determined to test him. "May I ask
if the change was made by your
order'.'"
He swept one long arm toward the
north, and. following the direction of
his linger. I dimly perceived a spiral
of black smoke barely visible above
the horizon.
"I thought wo had better sheer off,
as there was no guessing who that
fei'.ow yonder might prove to be."
I remained silent, watching the dis
tant smudge, and occasionally glan
cing aside into his imperturbable face.
He awned sleepily.
"I rather guesa one of us had better
turn in, Mr. Stephens," he suggested
finally, "for we'll have to arrange
about our watches aft."
"Presently Mr. Tuttie; we haven't
breakfasted yet. Meanwhile I should
I prefer to understand matters a little
more clearly. I've just been through
le cabins. None of the yacht's offi
ce: s are on board."
I could s.ee his thin lips drawn
back in a sinister grin, which re
vealed his yellow teeth.
'The Ixml helpeth those who help
themselves." he returned, piously, up
rolling his eyes. "The race is not al
v.ays to the swift, nor the battle to
the strong."
"1 also ciscovered," 1 went on. an
gered by such abominable cant, "that
this vessel we have captured is not
the Chilean Esmeralda at all. but the
yacht Sea Queen, owned by Lord Dar
hauton, and flying the English flag."
"The hell you say."
"Moreover. I have not the slightest
doubt that you knew it from the first.
Now I demand some explanation. Mr.
Tuttie. What does this mean?"
He ricod leaning back against the
rail facing me. the disagreeable grin
gone from his lips, his half-closed
eyes glinting uneasily.
"Well, what of it?"
"Onlv that we have committed an
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"The Hell
act of piracy. Every naval vessel of
the civilized world will be used to hunt
us down. We shall not be safe on any
sea. nor able to land in any port of
the globe. If we resist we shall be
blown out of the water; if captured,
our crime means death. You have de
liberately decoyed me into this affair
for some secret purpose of your own;
you have Involved me in your crime,
and now I insist upon some knowledge
of your plan, and an explanation re
garding my future authority on board."
"Oh. you are the captain." snering
ly. "What more can you want?"
"Then, if I am. we will head direct
ly back to Vaijaraiso."
"Oh, I rather guess not:" and Tut
tle's eyes became instantly hard and
ugly. "Nevertheless you're captain all
right, just so long as you keep the
nose of the old girl pointed the way
we want her to go."
"That is it. is it?"
"Yes, that's exactly the ticket."
I turned partially aside, glancing to
ward the wheelman. The fellow was
leaning forward over the spokes, evi
dently deeply interested in our contro
versy and endeavoring to hear all wc
had to say. Tuttie followed the direc
tion of my eyes, but with apparent in
difference. "Oh. they all understand about It."
he remarked, carelessly. "And now I
guess maybe it's about time we gave
you the main points to chew on. Ifyou'll
step down into the charthouse. Mr.
Stephens, I'll fetch some things I
want to show you, an' be along myself
in a jiffy. Then I'll spin a yarn that'll
cause you to come with us wlllin
enough, or else you're a dam' fool."
There was nothing else to do, and I
followed him down the bridge steps
to the main deck. The charthouse
had its single door opening aft, and
was a small, plainly built structure
painted a dingy gray, with two narrow
windows on either side, and just
enough space within to contain a
deal table, locker, and three rude
benches. I sat down upon one of
these, filled and lighted my pipe and
waited in silence, gazing Idly at the
chart pinned flat on the table. It was
a map of these waters lying off the
Chilean coast, and a vessel's course
had been pricked upon it from Juan
Fernandez to Valparaiso. This did
not particularly interest me. and my
thought drifted naturally to the wom
an impatiently awaiting my return in
the cabin. What a distressing situa
tion for one of Lady Darlington's birth
ami refinement! And yet with what
dignity of manner had she met the
unexpected! It was plain to be seen
that hers was a heart of courage, not
easily broken under adversity.
And how could I hope to serve her?
What would this crew of hell-hounds,
these merciless sea-wolves, permit me
to do? Trans-ship them upon some
passing vessel? Put into some iso
lated island port? This was scarcely
likely." for either act would involve
the danger of an exposure they would
be little inclined to assume. I com
prehended already that it would be
according to their decision, and not
mine. I had been plainly informed
how little my control extended over
their desires. And whither were we
bound? Into wliat strange seas? Into
what species of wild adventure? The
utter Impossibility of keeping those
two concealed below for any length of
time was clearly evident. Ship life was
far too restricted. Both Tuttie and
De Nova would naturally expect to
lodge aft. and it was a privilege they
could not easily be denied. Yet what
would they say, how would they act,
when they finally discovered these two
unwilling passengers aboard? What
was my duty in all the circumstances?
It was all a deep, unsolvablc mystery.
vet out of its mist constantly Coated!
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You Say."
the appealing face of that woman
awaiting me below. I could not desert
her. I could not consider anything
except how I might best serve her in
terests, best protect her from the con
tamination of this hell afloat.
Three shadows suddenly darkened
the doorway, and Tuttie, accompanied
by De Nova and the big seaman named
Dill Anderson, entered. The second
officer nodded to me in genial fash
ion, his white teeth gleaming, but
Anderson slouched surlily past and
dropped heavily on a bench, his coarse
bulldog features devoid of all expres
sion, his square jaws munching the
tobacco in his cheek. I took notice of
his eyes, staring straight out of the
window opposite, dull, dog-like, deeply
sunken under thatched brows, his skin
like brown leather drawn tight, his
short red neck, and gnarled hands. Al
together he appeared a repulsive
brute, no more easily subdued than a
jungle tiger. Tuttie sidled along to
the opposite side of the table, upon
which he placed a tightly rolled, yellowish-backed
paper, evidently a navi
gating chart. As I watched him curi
ously, he suddenly pressed the point
of his thumb down upon the paper.
"There's our first port. Mr. Steph
ens," he announced dogmatically.
"There, where you see that red cross."
I bent over, startled out of all as
sumed indifference as I studied the
position indicated.
"Longitude 110 '.'.0' west, and lati
tude JG 17' south!" I exclaimed,
scarcely crediting either ears or eyes.
"Why. good Gcd. man, that Is almost
upon the antarctic circle!"
He nodded, running his long fingers
through his thin hair.
"Right you are, sir. I guess there
won't be no warships a-trailin after us
down in them latitudes; not at this
season of the year."
"Hut there's nothing there!" I con
tinued, staring incredulously at the
map. "Nothing but fog and floating
ice. There is no land marked within
SOI) miles."
"Just the same there's land there."
he retorted, positively, his thin lips
pressed together. "I've seen It; two
islands, an' that's where the Sea
Queen pokes her nose."
I could merely sit back, staring at
the fellow, who remained leaning both
hands on the table, his glinting eyes
on my face.
"It's a rum yarn. Mr. Stephens, I'll
admit." he said, slowly, his nasal tone
much in evidence, "hut it's all true,
Kitty Wanted
Story Well Illustrates the Workings of
the Childish Mind.
When little Catherine first besan to
lisp she was suitably instructed by her
mother in religion. The omnipresence
and the omniscience of God were ex
plained to her in words of primer
length. All this religious training evi
dently impressed her profoundly, but
she kept her meditations to herself
until the other evening.
Tho four-year-old had been tucked
into bed after saying her prayers, and
as her mother stooped to kiss her good
night the child asked eagerly:
"Is mamma go'ms downstairs now?
"Yes. dear."
"An Is God going to stay In dls
room?"
"Yes, yes, dear."
"Well, Cath'In wants mamma tc tell
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sir. so help me. God! Here's the
straight of it, an' you listen quiet till
I get done. Then I'll answer your
questions as long as you've got any to
ask."
CHAPTER X.
In Which 1 Hear the Tale of the First
Officer.
Tuttie required a while getting
started, pulling aside his dangling
coat-tails to sit down facing me, and
then twiddling his long fingers with
his gaze bent on the deck. I take It
that his intellectual operations were
naturally slow, although he was swift
enough in all matters appertaining to
seamanship. Anyhow, he sat there for
so long, his whole appearance so sleek
and oily, that I lost all patience, shuf
fling my feet on the deck. The noise
served to arouse him.
"It commenced somethin like over
two years ago sir," he began, mouth
ing each word with care, "a little
earlier in the season than this is now.
I was master of the whalln' bark
Betsy, sailin from Province town,
an we were homeward bound after
about IS months' cruisin' in the South
Pacific, carryiu' a fair cargo of oil an'
whale trimmings. We were roundin
the Horn, being about 70 degrees west
and 5G degrees south when the real
trouble began. I know that was rath
er a low latitude, but wc had been
buckin' against head winds an' a high
sea for more'n a week, an' besides
were short-handed, five of the crew
havin' skipped out at Soniers island,
where we put In after fresh water.
Anyway, it was about there that a
storm hit us from out the nor'east. I
guess it must have been one end of a
hurricane. 1 never see nothin' fiercer,
even in those seas. There was nothin'
to do but turn tail an scud, the ropes
and canvas being so stiff with ice.
Well, we battened down, an took
chances, but for a while I thought
every wave was goin' to do for the ol'
hooker an' send us all to Davy Jones.
I couldn't see five feet from the rail,
an I had to keep diggin ice out o
my eyes to see at all. The wind had
the feel of a solid wall, sir."
Tuttie was leaning forward now, his
elbows on the table. His lean, solemn
countenance had lost its listlessness,
and I also noticed the eager interest
imprinted on the faces of his two com
rades. "We was jest roundin the point,"
he went on as soon as he took a long
breath, "the Betsy keclin over so's
her deck was half awash, an with no
more than maybe 100 yards o clear
water to the good. Hack o an ugly
Inokin headland the coast seemed to
fall away sudden into a sort o cove,
which was piled high with great ice
hummocks, behind which the ice wall
rose up sheer almost to the top o the
rocks. There was a sorter shelf along
the edge of it, an a-scttin up there in
full view was the damndest lookin
vessel ever I saw in 50 years o sea
farin. So help me God, sir, I saw
it with my own eyes, as plain as I'm
lookin' at you! It was h'isted up all
o' 20 feet above the lower ice-field, an
sort o careened over where it was
froze fast so as to show tho decks
amidships clear to the inner rail. You
remember them ships what Columbus
sailed in? Well, this hooker was that
kind, only a blame sight bigger. I
guessed her at S50 or 900 ton, but she
bad the same sort o build a big high
stern, with an after-cabin clear acrost
it, the waist sunk down in a curve, an
the fo'castle raised up like a house,
with blunt bows, an' a monster bow
sprit forkin straight up into the air.
The whole outfit was so cased with i
ice an glittered so in the sun that it
seemed like a part o the ice cliff. (
which had took that queer shape from
thawin an freeziu. Damme if I
didn't think it was somethin' like that
for a minute a blame freak o natnre
but when I grabbed the glasses, an'
got a good look through them, it was a
ship all right, the kind you read
about in the books what navigated
these waters a hundred or more years
ago. I was still a-starin' at it with all
my eyes when we raised the stern,
which stood h'isted up a bit higher
than the bow. an where the steady
dash of the waves didn't break clean
over It, an the sun fell just right so
I read the hooker's name. By God, I
did, sir! It was there plain as day:
Donna Isabel. Cadiz."
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God to go downstairs, too. 'cause she
wants to wear dat pretty dress to-morrow
i!e one dat's on de chair an if
God sits down in dat chair he'll muss
dat dress all up. An God can see de
candy In de drawer dat I'm saving to
fttt in d morning, an he might eat
it all up in de night if he feels hungry.
So Cath'in wants mamma to take God
downstairs to play bridge.'
Easy Money.
Griff You look prosperous, old man
Grafton Yes, I suppose you read
about Nuritch's ambition to be a sen
utor? Griff Well, yes: I see by tho pa
pers that he says he's in the bands
of his friends"
Grafton That's it. I'm one of his
friends. Catholic Standard and
Times.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
Items of Interest Around the State
House
Educational Statistics.
Statistics" compiled by Superintend
ent Bishop show the following totals
for the year ending July, 1909:
Total resources of all districts were
$8,689 352.47. Of this amount $1,336,
516.01 was in the hands of the district
treasurer at the close of the previous
year, $5,445,462.03 were received from
township and county treasurers. $835,
701.56. from sale of district bonds,
$113,481.07 from tuition of non-resident
pupils, $695,378.24 from local fines and
licenses, and $262 813.56 from all other
sources. The expenditures were as
follows:
Paid male teaciers $676,149.84, paid
female teachers $3,606,619.46. for
building house and site $905,799.00,
for repairs $341,525.63, for fuel $300.
227.36, for library books $32 243.50. for
text books and supplies $318,525.87.
for furniture $90,586.59. for all other
sources $887,627.54, leaving on hand at
the close of the year $1,529,047.68.
The total value of school district
property is $15.239 382.71. Indebted
ness reported at the close of the year
was a bonded indebtedness of $3,723.
454.21, unbonded indebtedness $613,
458.79! The total amount of money appor
tioned by county superintendents last
year was $637,055.73. $560,325.40 being
the amount received from the regular
state apportionment, $25,004.00 as
state aid to weak school districts and
$51726.33 received from fines and li
censes. The number of teachers employed in
the public schools of the state last
year was 1,322 males, 9.357 females,
total 10,679. The average monthly
salary paid to male teachers was
$57.48, to female teachers $51.36.
The school census shows that the
number of pupils in the state between
the ages of five and twenty-one years
is 373 067. of which 189.67: are hoys
and 182 394 are girls.
Cost of State Institutions.
According to figures compiled by
Land Commissioner Cowles it cost
$6S.f06.24 to pay all expenses of state
institutions during the month of Feb
ruary, or $10,941.41 more than the
amount of vouchers allowed for the
month of January. The following is a
comparative statement of the total
amount of vouchers allowed by the
state board of public lands and build
ings for the month of January and
February:
Lincoln asylum. $10,016.09 $11,132.74
Norfolk 9.937.02 C.676.04
Ingleside 11.982.73 19.110.4S
Feeble minded. 3.696.07 5.156. 7
Penitentiary
. 4.807.47 6,806.8:,
. 6,481.20 7.776.92
Burkett
Soldiers' tome.
ford .........
Geneva ........
Orthopedic ....
Kearney
Industrial home.
Milford
2.012.32
1.579.67
1.294.76
4.908.72
3.754.91
1.621.67
1.289.29
4,007.60
1,298.73 1,172.99
$38,014.83 I6S.50C.24
Grand Rifle Practice.
The report of Major Ernest 11.
Phelps, inspector of small arms rifle
practice of the Nebraska national
guard for the year 1909. shows slight
improvement over the previous year.
More improvement is expected during
the present year when the plans of
Adjutant General llartigan have been
fully carried out.
The figure of merit attained In
shooting last year by the guard was
r.3.GG. The year before it was 32.60.
More men shot last year than during
the previous year.
In the First regiment twelve qauli
fieil as cxnert riflemen, five as sharp
shooters and 111 as marksmen.
The figure of merit attained by the
First regiment was 37.82. an Increase
of 5.29. The ficure of merit attained
hv the Second regiment was 29.21 and
the year before It had 31.40. The per
centage of the average strength quali
fied was 80 for the general staff and
40 for the First and Second regiments.
field and staff.
Express Rates an Issue.
Nebraskn was the pioneer state to
pass and enforce a law regulating and
reducing express rates. Attorney eGn-
eral Thompson fought the caso
through the state courts and won. but
it has been appeiled to the federal
courts. Wednesday an attornoy was
at the state house to examine the evi
dence and findings of the court. The
attorney is from Wisconsin where tho
question of reduction is before the
state railway commission. Attorney
General Thompson has received re
quests from Illinois. Misnuri. North
Dakota and South Dakota. Kansas and
vsitiauuiiin iui i";ia in; n i ,
press rates cases In the Nebraska i
courts.
Bee Inspectors.
Governor Shallenbergcr has appoint
ed George D. Caley bee and honey in
spector for Dawson county. John Al
bert, jr., inspector in Saunders county.
The governor has appointed Dr H.
L. Paine of Lincoln delegate to Tam
pa.. Fla. to attend the celebration in
commemoration of the beginning of
the work on the Panama canal, which J
is to be held February 12 to 26. I
Insurance Commissioners Agree.
State Auditor Barton has roceived '
assurances from several state insur- j
ance commissioners that they will co
operate with him in requiring tho fra
ternal insurance order known as the
Tribe of Den Hur of Indiana to have
a representative form of go, eminent. ;
Auditor Barton has ruled, under tho
Nebraska law. and decisions of tho
Nebraska supreme court, that frater
nal Insurance companies can have no
voters in its supreme governing bodies
who have been appointor! Voters
must be elected by the membership of
surh orders.
The Burlington railroad rompany
has raised the question whether or
not unincorporated associations, such
as the Omaha commercial club, have a
.ight to complain before the hiate rail
way commission of rates charged by
railroads. Deputy Attorney General
Grant .Martin has given the commis
sion an opinion holding that a fair con
struction or the railway commission
act and the Aldrlch rate law would
Hermit unincorporated associations to
make complaint challenging tho reas
onab!enes of rato on commodities
over which the railway commission
nas jurLsdictioa
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydlaEPrnkhain's
Vegetable
IHIIINHJTM1
De Forest Wis.
"After an opera
tion four years ago
I bad pains down
ward in both sides,
backache, and a
weakness. The doc
tor wanted me to
hare another opera
tion. I tookLvdiaE.
Pinkham's vegeta
ble Compound and
I am entirely- cured
of my troubles."
Mrs. Augusts Vesperxakj. De For
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operatic AroidecL
New Orleans, La. "For years I suf
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces
sary. IveLydiaILPinkhamsVeg,
etaole Compound a trial first, and
was saved from an operation." Mrs.
Lilt Feybouz; 1111 iverlerec St, New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years of unparalleled success
confirms the power of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume of
unsolicited testimony constantlypour
ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
a remarkable remedy for those dis
tressing feminine ills from which so
many women suffer.
If you want special advice abont
your case write to Mrs. Pinkbam,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice m
free, and always helpful.
KOW-KURE
is not a "food" it is a medicine, and the
only medicine in the world for cows only.
Made for the cow and. as itsname indicates.
a cow curb. Barrenness, retained after
birth, abortion. scours, caked udder, and all
similar affections positively and quickly
cured. No one who keeps cows, whether
many or few. can afford to be without KO W
KUKE: It is made especially to keep cow:;
healthy. Our book "Cow Money" Kent FUKK
Ask yoar local dealer for EOW-KTJKE or seu.t
to the manufacturers.
I DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO. Ljrfainltle. Vt
HE MEANT EVENING GOWNS
Well-Meant 'Compliment to American
Woman Somewhat Marred by
Unfortunate Error.
Mons. Pruger. who from his triumph
at the Savoy hotel in London has
come to New York to conduct a very
fashionable restaurant, was compli
mented by a reporter on his perfect
English.
"Well." said Mons. Pruger. smiling,
"my English is. perhaps, better than
that of the Marquis X.. who supped
here after the opera the other evening.
"Our fine supper rooms looked very
fray and fine, diamonds flashed, paio
fabrics shimmered, and everywhere,
turn where it would, the eyo rested on
dimpled, snowy shoulders shining like
satin above decollete bodices of Paris
gown3.
"These decollete bodices Impressed
the Marquis X. He waved his hand
and said:
'l ave knowd parfaitement that
the American young ladies was beau
tiful, but ah I cannot say how far
more beautiful they seem in their
night dresses.' N. Y. Fies3.
Iron.
Pure iron is only a laboratory prepa
ration. Cast iron, tho most generally
useful variety, contains about five per
cent, of impurities, and the curious
thing is that it owes its special value
to the presence of these. Pure iron
can be shaved with a pocket knife;
impure Iron can be made almost as
bard as steel.
CLEAR-HEADED
Head Bookkeeper Must be Reliable.
Thc chief bookkeeper in a large busi
ness house in one of our great West
ern cities speaks of the harm coffee
did for him:
"My wife and I drank our first cup
of Postum a little over two years ago.
and wc have used it ever since, to the
entire exclusion of tea and coffee. It
happened in this way:
"About three and a half years ago
I had an attack of pneumonia, -which
left a memento in the shape of dyspep
sia, or rather, to speak more correctly,
neuralgia o" tho stomach. My 'cup of
cheer had always been coffee or tea,
but I became convinced, after-a time,
. uat they aggravated my stomach trou
ble. I happened to mention the mat
ter to my grocer one day and he sug
gested that I give Postum a trial.
"Next day it came, but the cook mado
the mistake of not boiling it sufficient
ly, and we did not like it much. This
was. however, soon remedied, and now
we like it so much that we will never
change back. Postum, being a food
beverage Instead of a drug, has been
the means of curing my stomach trou
ble, I verily believe, for I am a well
man today and have used no other
remedy.
"My work as chief bookkeeper in our
Co.'s branch house here Is of a very
tronllning nature. During my cofTee
drinking days I was subject to u r
outness and 'the blues in addition to
my sick spells. These have left, nie
sinca I began using Postum and I can
conscientiously recommend it to those
whose work confines them to long
hours of severe mental exertion."
"There's a Reason." .
Look in pkgs. or the Utile hook,.
"Tho Road to Wcllvllle." .
i:er rcml the nlicvr- Intterf A neir
om.- npprarn f-o:n tlinp to tint?. Tliyy
n-r Kenwlne. true, sm r:' vt bureau
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JOHN I. BROV7N 3c SOS. Bcctcc. V