Ligonier Banner., Volume 33, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 September 1898 — Page 7

? . TOGETHER. - I tell you, this here country—she’s gittin’ . whar she’ll do, : : : When the northern bands play ‘“‘Dixie,” an’ thé people cheer it, too! ‘ ; We’'rée mighty clost together when they ' mix the music so— " - An’ yet, we wuz divided some thirty year 2 ago! g I tell you, this here country—jest take us, - _ -.land :an’ sea— : Is 'boutbas nigh urnited as the Lord ’ud have it be! e 25 : We're marchin’ on together through summer time-an’ snow— _ | We that wuz divided some thirty year ago! Together! That's the music that’s ringin’ to the:sky! L& _ Lhe : That’s 'what the winds is singin’ as they blow the blossoms by! . Together! Hear the bands play, an’ all -the bugles blew— . , - ‘We that wuzdivided some thirty year ago! Together! Sing it—ring it! Send the music ripplin’ 'long, : Till the whole world hears the echoes of © the swéellin’ tide of song! Till the whole world jines the chorus—bands play, an’ bugles blow— We that wuz divided some thirty year ago! —F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.

¢ A Grim Wager. & ) o : = % .BY CECIL HAYTER. 5 .o SR A RS R i

ff NPESHUL! spes-shul! ’Orrible v murder in the Dalton road!” And then again another voice, pitched in-a ligher key, teokmup the cry on the farther side of the street—“Speshul! speshul! ”_andthe rest was lost: in inccherency ds the sound of the-voices. mingled and intertwined, gradually faded away in the distance. “What a loathsome noise that is!? said Peel, with a shudder. “There is something positively ghoulish about it.” 1 ‘. .

“It always gives me the creeps; especially at night. It suggests all sorts of horrible] morbid ideas,” joined in lelange. who was perched on the model throne, .smoking innumerable cigarettes. *

Kovno, the owner of the studio, said rothing, but smiled in ratheria superior way. He was a person of somewhat unusual taste—his pictures betrayed hinr in that. ' " We were rather a edsmopolitan lot gathered in the big-studio that night. Lelange. was a merry, light-hearted little Frenchman, clever to the tips of his restless fingers, .-but quite incapabie of serious work. Peel and mys«lf were English-—painstaking, not wholly unsuccessful, but without half Lelange’s versatility. Ferguson was Scoteh—serious and argumentative, and Kovno—the owner of the studio—was a Pole by birth, though much of Lis life had been lived in Paris and London. s -

*. He wastwoor three yearsolder than tlie rest of us. |As far as bis art was coneerned he was brilliant, original and startlingly unpleasant. For himsclf, he had a fine head—the head’of a dreamer. [Usually a-reticent man, he would.at rare intervals flash out into a fiery, animated flood of tallk, . accompanied by wild gesticulation. - Only one other person was in ‘the setudio—Dora | Smith, our model — a pretty. nervous little person, at the nresent moment toasting her_toes at ’ the#)ig stove and enjoying a cigarette durfng her well-earned 'rest. “Well, there’s only one good thing about a murder?* said Ferguson—‘4it will out! And that, as a rule, ends in ‘hanging.” = - “Nonsense, my dear chap!” ssaid Kovno. “It's only the clumsy idiots who are found out. Anyone who isn’t a fool could kill as many people as he pleased, and never be even suspected P you grant him an average amount of ‘luck? . : = Lelange began dru_mmi-hg a sort of “danse Macabre” on the model throne with his heels, and struck a tragic at- . titude which made Dora laugh.” - “I wish you wouldn’t all be so horribly gloomy,” she said.. “I believe this great big barn of a studio is haunted. Do, for goodness’ sake, talk about sovething cheerful!” . - ‘ “It’s not gloomy at all; it’s most interesting,” persisted Kovno. “Idon’t mind ‘owning that the possibilities of undiscovered erime have a great fasciration/for me.” . : o “The possibilities of -an undiscovered shilling in my trousers pocket would be more attractive to me personally,” said. Peel, ruefully surveying his worldly possessions. “Archie”— turning to me—*“we shall have to pad ~ the hoof to-night. “Can’t afford an omnibust - .

“I am willing to bet,” Kovno.continted, without noticing the interruption, “I am willing to bet that I could commit a murder without a possibility of detcction.” 'He was getting into one of his excitable moods and gesticulatIng freely. o : -

“Rubbish,” said I, laughing. “Anyone can talk like that. ‘But, in the first place, it’s absurd; and in the second, I don’t suppose for 2a minute that you'd be such an abject fool asto try.” Kovno himself laughed at that, for by nature he is one of the mildest creatures imaginable. = “No, no. I don’t mean to say that I want to harm anyone in particular for the mere satisfaction of proving to a parcel of lunaties that I am talking common sense:’ but still I maintain I could do so 0.” j “Well, you prove it to me, and I'll take your bet,” said I, jeering.: “Will you?” he asked. - “Of eourse I will,” Ireplied. “Frank, we’ll have a dinner on the strength of this.” : o ; “Done with you, then,” said Kovno. “I’ll bet you five pounds to a shilling. I sold a couple of sketches to-day.” - “That’s all very well,” put in Fergugon, slowly, “but short of actually murdering the man, and then confessing to us—in which_ case we should inevitably trct you off to the nearest police station—how are yourgoing to give us proof of your ability ?”. : Kovno thought for a moment. o . “Look here,” he said, speaking quickly, “su;)p'os‘in'g ‘I manage to, spirit a’ man away and cause him to vanish for a week—ten days, if you like--without any inquiries that may be made enabling anyone to connect me with the matter; and supposing that I obtain a written confession from that man, acknowledging that it was in my power to kill him, if it so pleased me, will that satisfy you?” . 2 _ “It's hardly a fair test,” grumbled

Ferguson. = “Still I suppose you can’t manage better—short of actually committing a crime.” ' “You’ll have the deuce to pay when you let Lim go,” suggested Lelange..

- “I shall make his release conditional on n® further steps being taken,” answered Kovno. “Come, are you satisfied 2” - :

After a little more discussion the terms were agreed to, and Ferguson was appointed to hold the stakes. The meeting broke up and Peel and I started out on our weary way to Wandsworth, = 1 :

For the next three days we sawnothing of Kovno or the others, as we were both hard at work at the art school. On Saturday, however, my weekly alTowance having arrived,. I made up my mind to go down to the country for a few days and make some studies. Feel eouldn’t come, as Dora was sitting to him on Monday. So, while he started off to the art school as usual in the morning, I sauntered out to invest in a sketchbook. On-my way back I met Kovno. I had clean forgotten all about the wager, and, having an Lour cr so tospare, I walked back with Lim {o his studio. He was in a ccnversationalt mood, and kept chattering on about some wonderful masterpiéce he was starting on. ' When .we got to the studio—a great big barrack of a place, which had once béen used by a.sculptor, and stoodina little isolated plot of ground back from the road—he produced some whitky and .glasses, bade me help myself, rolled a cigarette, and started work. - It was a very hot day. and-I had been working late at black-and-white work the night before. Ileaned back drowsily in a rickety old chair and watched him rapidly sketchihg in his picture on a large canvas. I'lit my pipe, and took a lang pull .dt my whisky and water. After that I suppose I went to sléep (I found ous after-ward-that the whisky had been doetored). Anyhow, the next thing I remember is waking up with a horrible shooting pain running through all my limbs. It was pitch dark. I tried.to move and stretch myself. T couldn’t budge an inch in any direction.” I was securely bound hand and foot. In an instant -the truth flashed upon me. Kovno had heard of my intended jaunt to the country, had lain in wait for me, and deliberately lured me to the studio. What he had done then beyond ‘drugging me, or where I was, I had not the faintest idea. I Was at the sante time immensely relieved and distinctly annoyed—relievedto remember that it was only a joke, annoyed to think of tke simple way in which I had been taken in. : o o

. Hours passed, and the pain of ropes cutting -into me was intolerable. I began to get furiously angry—Kovno was carrying the thing too far. I shouted and yelled till I was Jicarse; and stamped my bound feet against the wall, to which 1 had rolled in my struggles.. The air was close and stifling, and thére was a foetid, earthy’ smell about it. ¥ began to lose my nerve. I tried to count, to reckon t(jhe time—anything to distract my attention; but to no purpose. Atlast, utterly worn:out and exhausted, I lost cdnsciousness again. . ' :

The next thing I remembered was a faint glimmer of light and Kovno bending over me. He was laughing silently, and his eyes glittered weirdly in the uncertain light. I cursed him furiously in no measured terms, but as he only continued to chuckle to himselfin that hateful, silent| manner, I got more and more alarmed. I implored him to undo the ropes, I promised to sign any paper he liked, and to confesg that he had won his bet, but not a word would he answer. Ie merely bent down, and; holding the light nearer to me, gloated over my helpless condition. o

5 111. t 3' His face [was all distorted by the dancing shadows, and his eyes gleamed in -a perfectly detestable manner. Suddenly the awful, horrible truth dawned upon me: He had gone mad! 'H‘is mind, always of a morbid turn, had been unable to withstand the fasc naiions of putting his theoviesinto practice. The lust of secret crime had got Liold of him, and the man was to all iztents and purposes a raving lunatic. ‘As soon as Irecognized this my last vestige of self-control left me, I bab‘bled at him incoherently, I begged, I prayed, I laughed at him, but ail|in vain. After standing looking at me in silence for a short time, and evincing a keen delight in my mental agony,}ﬁﬁe turned and left me without a word. Hunger and thirst soon added to T‘nv tortures. "Then the earthy smell |of the place, and the absolute hlackness and silence, must have made me delir—ious. I remember nothing more dis-tinctly-—save ome thing, toc horrible almost to mention. Inone ofmy m(&)re lucid intervals I became aware |of Kovno sitting at 4 little sk.etching easel, a light beside him, calmly and rapidly making-: sketches of my distorted features, muttering and laughing to himself thé while. - . .

It was only after weeks of devli_riu'm that I came to myself and found Dora sitting beside me in my own attic in Wandsworth, and it was from her that I learned the manner of my escape. My absence, it aiapears, was not noticed for the first three days, and ITwas supposed to be in the country, -~ Then Peel got alarmed, and he and the others held a consultation. Two ‘more days passed, and at last Dora’s ~suspi¢ions were aroused by a strange‘ness in. Kovno’s manner—something furtive, but at the same time triumph~ant. A chance oversetting of a port“folio confirmed their suspicions, as among the sketches were those of me as Ilay bound in the darkness. ‘A search was organized, and at last I was found behind a whole pile of lumber and studio refuse in an old cellar under the building in which the sculptor, the original tenant, uged to keep his store of modeling/clay. Poor Kovno became dangerously violent on his return, for he had been absent when the search was made. He was taken to an infirmary, and thence :t0 an asylum. The doctors say that it is only temporary insanity; but then they never have seen his eyes gleaming -through the darkness as.] saw them in that loathsome hole, and as I sometimes fancy I see them still— Answers, E } | : s o s e s S Spain’s National Flower. The mignonette is the national flowerofSpain. . g e

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WHAT IS THE FARM FIT FOR?

A word to the restless people—to the fast and feverish age: A perfect manhood is' better than' any wealth or wage. B . Some are for gold—some, glitter; but tell me, tell me, when . Will we stand for the farm and the college that go for the making of men?

.Yes, what is the old farm fit for? The word ) is wisely said; : There may be stumps in the pasture and the house may be a shed; . But what if a Lincoln or Garfield be here "~ in this boy of ten? . And what should the farm be fit for, if not the Traising of men? =

*Tis a scanty soil for a seeding, but here " we win our bread, : J{.nd a stout heart may grow stronger -‘where plow and harrow are sped; Then break up the bleak, high hillside and trench the swamp and fen— For what should the farm be fit for, {f not the raising of men? g

The crop by the frost is blighted, a niggard . the season seems; . Yet the ready hand finds duties and the ‘heart of the youth has dreams— ) The bar and the senate to-morrow; to-mor-row the sword or the pen; ) For what should the farm be fit for, if not the raising of men?

And what if our lot be humbler—if we on the farm abide? . There is room for noble living and the : realm of thoughtis wide; : A mind enriched is a fortune—and you will ~ know it—when You see that the farm is fit for the rearing of noble men. =President Harris, Maine State College.

ROADS AND VEHICLES.

The Relation They Bear to Kach " Other Explained in a Way That . t Should Carry Conviction.

Machinery is always constructed with reference to the conditions under whiech it is to be used, and its separate parts are of such material and strength that no one part will unduly wear or injure any other part. The plan of the deacon, in constructing his celebrated chaise; is followed as far as may be, and each part is made just as strong as the rest. ’

~ The American Machinist calls attention to this principle and shows that it is not observed in building wagons", these vehicles not being constructed .-with reference to their relations to the road.. *“A wagon,” it says: “is a machine for the transportation of

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2 PRIZE BAD ROAD. . (Located Between Vickery and Clyde, 0.) goods from one place to another. A road is a necessary adjunct to this machine, and common sense would seem to dictate that the wagon and the road should be so adapted to each other as that neither. will immediately destroy the other. Yet anyone who observes wagons and roads at all knows that the pressure per unit of area between the ordinary tires of a wagon and the surface of the road on which it runs is far beyond. the resistance of any practicable road-making material, especially when roads are wet, as they must often be.. It is a common experience to see a two-wheeled cart or wa‘gﬁn with narrow tires follow a steam roller and cut déeply into the surface left by the roller, illustrating what isin fact true—i. e, thatnosteam road .roller ever gives mnearly so great a pressure per unit of area as is imposed by narrow-tired and heavily loaded vehicles.

. “By requiring wagon-owners to use tires wide enough to limit the pressure per unit of area between tires and road surface to an amount which ordinary road-making materials can resist, wagons will pack, harden and improve roads, instead of destroying them,, and by making the forward axle shorter than the rear one, by an amount equal to twice the width of the tires, the surface rolled will be again doubled. Good wagon roads are as important, perhaps, as good railroads, if not, in fact, more so, and when the public has constructed them individuals should not be allowed to destroy them, especially when it is a demonstrable fact that there isno need whatever for doing so. Tests have shown that the wide tires lessen draft as well as protect roads, and they should everywhere be required by law.”

.-HORTICULTURAL NOTES. Pull the suckers off the sweet corn. Feed the raspberry. It is a big feeder. - | ; Never cut large branches off the cherry trees. e | : ~ Market gardening is hard, work, but it pays near a city. - ] The pear is ripe and ready for picking if upon lifting it gently it parts from the tree. : : : ‘The tomatoes that we are training to stakes are doing excellently. We are pleased with the plan. S - Remove the bearing canes of the raspberry and blackberry as soon as the fruiting season is over. : The best fruit grown in the irrigated districts of the west is grown in Wash: ington and Idaho, we think. It is {c‘,laimed}‘, that sweet potatoes grown from vine cuttings are better than those grown from slips or sprouts. ] : The banana is a veryj profitable crop and it will gfow in Florida.- Honduras is a'great place for the banana, which never fails in a proper location. Grape vines can be transplanted when five years old, we would say to a suhscriber, but the wood should be eut back near the soil. Transplant in spring.—Western Plowman, - |

VALUE OF SEPARATORS.

They Can Be Used to Advantage Wherever Five or More Cows ‘3 i Ave Kept. 3

As the economy in using the separator in the dairy becomes better understood- the number used will increase. It is a recognized fact that to secure the largest per cent. of fat in the milk there must be a speedy s¢paration. Here is one of the principal advantages of the separator. The cream 1s taken out of the milk before it has had time to cool and before the milk has had time to be subjected to: any considerable extent to deteriorating influences. ° , : Milk so readily absorbs-any odors rhat may be in the air after it cools that it is quite an item to get the cream from it before there has been a#n opportunity for the milk to come in contact with foul odors of any kind. 'l‘hgn, a good separator will take the cream more thoroughly out of the milk than is possible by any system of Iwilk setting for eream raising. Any cream left in the milk is a direct loss that cuts into the profits. Of course, getling practically all the cream is one of the greatest advantages of the separator, butitisnot: the only one. Taking the cream out before the milk has cooled gives it always sweet and there is a much better opportunity of ripening it uni-" formly; and in making.of good butter uniformity in ripening of the cream is as important item. It is essential to use the waste products to the best advantage. Having the skim milk perfectly sweet and fresh, as it is when the separator is used, affords a much better opportunily of using to the best advantage. The sweet skim milk is better to use in cooking and to feed to all kinds of voung stock, so that more can be made out of it.

‘To this'may be added the saving of time and labor, which helps to reduce the cost. Fewer utensils in handling the milk are needed and it is less work to properly care for a separator than for a creamery with the ‘cans and other vessels when the cream-raising plan of managemeént is followed. .

Whenever five or more cows are kept and it is an item-to make the most and the best butter from them, a good separator can be made to pay.— Sf. Louis Republie. R

ABOUT FODDER CORN.

An Eusilage:Pit, This Writer Tliinks, . .Is Its Proper and Most Profit- ‘ able Destination,

With present knowledge of the profits of wintexr dairying ‘it hardly pays to put surplus cornfodder into shocks to be cured. An ensilage pit is its proper destination, as thus the fodder mnext winter can be made to yield you: twice the amount -of milk that it would if fed indry state. I am well acquainted with an energetic progressive dairyman who raised one of the finest fields of fodder corn I ever saw grow. He had heavily manured his land to start with, and then cultivated the growing corn so assiduously that it had all developed into strong, vigorous canes. He fed out perhaps a third of this noble field before frost threatened, and then to my surprise cut and shocked the remainder for dry feeding in winter. By so doing, instead of converting it into ensilage, he lost at least 50 per cent.in its feeding value, as viewed from a possible milk-yielding standpoint. It was an illustration ¢f a dairyman being partly wise and partly foolish. ' I earnestly enjoin all dairymen not to, waste-their ccrnfodder this fall. There is too much good milk encased in every stalk and leaf, which needs only intelligent. economical feeding to conduct it into the milking pail. Many people have an unwarranted prejudice against ensilage-produced milk on account of its flavor. If they would aerate their milk thoroughly, as all milk should be treated anyway, this objectionable flavor would be largely if not entirely eliminated. " Do not let a question of possible milk flavor deter you {from putting your surplus corn:fodder down in ensilage.— George E. Newel!, in Ohio Farmer.

- WAGON FOR ENSILAGE. How to Get the Fodder to the Cutter from the Field Without " Much Delay:. - - Where there is a large amount of corn to be cut up for ensilage, a number of teams are required, and much speed in getting the fodder to the cutter from the fieid. Itis often necessary to extemporize a wagon to meet the demand. - The cut shows such a

‘ . |; / ' N Y - N\ N | Nk = S ‘ =< S = R = PE . WAGON FOR ENSILAGE. : device. Two long pieces of joist are held the right distance ap/a;'t by strips 'of board nailed across them. The forward ends are fastened upon the. axle of a pair of farm wagon wheels, while trucks support the rear ends.:- A very good load could be hauled without the trucks by rounding off the rear ends of the joist, so'they will drag easily over the ground. Such a frame is exceedingly handy, as it is low, and can be approached se readily from all sides, there being no.large wheels in the way. — Orange Judd Farmer. e : ¢ ‘ Plum Trees on the Farm, Driving about the country and seeing so many fence corners and wasie spots about the houses and barns "where something might be grown, I have been tempted to suggest to the owners to plant more plum trees, says a well-meaning correspondent. It is true the plum is the one tree of all others for these corners. It requires little room and takes but two or three years from planting to come to fruiting. All you will need will be to cut out the superfluous shcots. And then what is the farmhouse good for that lcan‘-t_huve cherries and plums? —Mid land Farmer. i : |

UNTRANSLATABLE.

The American Phrase, “Get There,” Is Difficult for Foreigners to it Translate. i

“What gives me most trouble,” said a foreign military attache, “is trying to translate your American language into ifnglish first, and then into mv own language, so as to give my government a correct understanding of the spirit and character of your soldiers. I ﬁng the phrase ‘get there,” for.example, difficult. When I saw your infantry going forward against the opposing troops in the forts and intrenchments, I said to the officer with me that the infantry should not attempt such a movement without the artiliery. - ‘You're right,” he told me, ‘but the boys will get there.” At night, when we were all so hungry, I ventured to inquire if a further movement were contemplated till your army was provisioned. Then the officers, who were gentlemanly, all laughed, and said the army would think about rations when they ‘got there.” The second day we met many of your wcunded men coming back as we were going forward. When the colonel asked them about the fighting, so many times I heard them say ‘We got there.” And afterwards I also heard those words used very often. But it is so difficult for me to ‘exg)lain so my own people wijll understand it, what nature of tactics is ‘get there.” ”’—Boston Transcript. -

WOMAN’S HEROISM.

From the Register-Gazétte, Rockford, 11l

During the civil war nearly as much heroism was shown by the women of our nation as by the brave soldiers. Many a woman, weeping for her dead son, bound® up the wounds of his suffering comrades, rejoicing

. " in their 3{%%/ renewed ] A" : ¥ 4 strength, == _~ even while KN £y ~——, Sorrowing I\ RT L for the - - 4‘&"‘»’3\;‘.— -—~ .~ one who AL ‘l"’ M @ was gone. B< 2 "Qj At that /-.'-..f‘.ig,/.A g‘\h__, time was A GARET ' laid the <% J‘l( SeaC S S~ foundag : ® = ' tion for * ~ On the Battlefleld. theworldil - famed or%amzatlon known as the Woman’s Relief orps, whose aid to the soldier of to-day, fighting a§ainst; the world for a living, is no less notable than the heroism of the ’6o’s.

One of the most earnest members of the .corps at Byron, 111., 1s Mrs. James Houseweart, but illness once put a stop to her active work. A year or so ago, when she +was nearing fifty.years of age, ‘the time -when women must be most careful of their -strength, Mrs. Houseweart was taken seriously ill. The family physician told her that she had reached a critical Yeriod‘of her life, .and must be very careful. His Erescriptions and treatment did not benefit her, “and other treatment proved unavailing. . At last Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale "People were brought to her notice, with indisputable evidence that they were helpful in cases such as hers, and with renewed hope she tried the remedy. Last March she took the first box of the pills, which gave much relief. She was determined to be cured, .and kept on with the medicine, until now eight boxes have been consumed, and she feels like a new woman. - : Mrs. Houseweart said: “I have taken eight boxes; and ‘have been improvinf since I took the first dose. .Ido not believe I could have lived without the pills. They have done me more good than any physician or- any medicine I have ever tried.”

Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2:50, and may be had of all druggists, or direet by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine C 0.,; Schenectady, N.Y.

“Why did the commanding officer order a retreat just as the advance%egan?” “He decided that there was no quorum of the enemy present.””—Town Topics.

- - Some people speind money only when they have an audience.—Atchison Globe. .

The best cooks are those who can’t always pronounce correctly .the names of the fancy dishes they cook.—Atchison Globe.

“When your wife wasa young girl she-used to paint still-life pictures very prettily. . Has she improved in her accomplishments since?” “Indeed, she has! She can now cook all the things she used to paint.”’— Fliegende Blaetter. - »

Compulsion.—As for the beautiful ;;)a.riah; she merely sneered. “Wretched neighbors!” she exclaimed. “They shall yet corge to me! Look, I'have wealth! I shall have a telephone put in my house! Ha, ha!” Oh what a power have riches to compel sociai recognition.—Detroit Journal. .

Mistress—“T should like to know what business that policeman has in my kitchen every night in the week?” Cook-—‘‘Please, mum. I think he’s.suspicious of me neglectin” me work or somethin’.”—Tit-Bits.

Customs O'fﬁcer-—»“Anlytrlﬁn% dutiable?” Mrs. Brown’s Husband—‘Nothing but me. I’'m a dutiable husband, you know.”’—Boston Transcript. L v -

Habit.—“ Col. Bloodyfield’s old war traits still cling to him.” “How so?’ “I dined with him last night, and he gave the waiter no quarter.”—N. Y. J‘ournai :

Living Up ‘to His Habit.—“ Why are you always borrowing trouble these days, ‘my son?’ “Because it’s the only t-hing left that I can borrow without security.”—Detroit Free Press. [

Generally, when people tell you how somebody asked their advice, it means that they volunteered it.—Washington (la.) Democrat.

We don’t care how good a musician. a person is, it spoils the effect to have to coax too long for a performance.—Washington (la.) Deniocrat. S )

“Debts,”” said an oL(i philosopher, “are the gl‘er}l)t partners of experience.”’-—Atchison ono. : A

MRS. PINKHAM’S ADVICE. What Mrs. Nell Hurst has to Say -~ About It. DEAR MRs. PINkHAM:—When I wrote to youlhad not been well for five years; had doctored all the time but got no better. 1 had womb trouble very bad. My womb pressed backward, causing piles. I was in such misery I could scarcely walk across the floor. Menstruation was iiregular and too pto- : fuse, was also oo troubled with ~ - B leucorrheea. I S 1k (™ \2. #3 had given up all . f§ /. L 3 hopes of getting RO Ly “© G well; everybody SR B thought I had. e . consumption. . A - After taking s‘jr}‘ /) five bottles of ‘{ \ it f Lydia E. Pink- _ A / "ham’s Vegeta--2 ble Compound; . I felt very much better and was able to donearly all my own .work. Icontinued theuseof your medicine,and feel that lowemy recovery to you. I cannot thank youenough for your advice and your wonderful medicine. - Any one doubting my statement may write to me and I will gladly answer all inquiries.—Mrs. NELL HURST, Deepwater, Mo, . - Letters ' like the foregoing, constantly being received, contribute not a little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs. Pinkham that her medicine and counsel are assisting women to bear their heavy burdens. ; e T ‘Mrs. Pinkham'saddressis Lynn, Mass, All suffering women are invited to write to her for advice, which will be ﬁj‘iv:: without charge. It is an exW woman's advice to women, -~

Swallowed a Needle and Died. . A tailor in Chicago accid‘fentallg' swallowed a needle and died as a result of the inflammation set up by the small needle. Little things have ?requently great power, as_is seen in a few small doses of the famous Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which, however, has an entirely different effect from the needle in this notice. The Bitters make nervous, weak and sickly persons strongand well again, They are also good for dyspepsis and constipation. : i —_———————— The Best Reason. Little Clarence (who reads and ponders)— Pa, I have just been reading a paragraph, which says there are various reasons why a man who talks in his sleep should not marry; what are some of those reasons, pa? . Mr. Callipers—The_ best reason, my son, is because he talks in his sleep.—Puck. Thirty-Five Thousand Miles : of Calico. There is enough calico made in the United States every year to make a sash which would go completely around the earth with 10,000 miles of material left for a bow. The great popularity of this fabric is justified by the fact that the goeods known as Simpson’s Prints are of t%ne highest standard of quality and finish. The colorsare absolutely fast and will not fade nor will the goods brj come limp with washing and wrmgmg, an as the material is cheap and exceedingly pretty, there is little wonder that many millions of yards are used annually in the dresses of women and children. )

Mamma—*“lt is naugthy to tell lies, Eva. People who do so don’t go to Heaven.” Eva —“Did you ever tell a lie, mamma?”’ Mamma—‘“No, dear, never.” Eva—“ Won’t you be fearful lonely in. Heaven, mamma, with onlys George Washington ?”’—Oswego Daily Palladium. - o i

To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25¢c.

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When a worthless man isn’t staring at the clock he is f;azing at the thermometer.— ‘Atchison Globe. o ‘

I could not get along without Piso’s Cure. for Consumption. It alwafs cures.—Mrs. E. C. Moulton, Needham, Mass., Oct. 22, '94.

An actress is often indebted to the florist for the flowers she gets over the footlights. —Chicago Daily News. | T, . A A S Why isn’t metrory, the thing we forget with ?—Chicago Daily News. :

Hall's Catarrh Cure Is-taken Internally. Price 75c.

He who rides behind another does not travel when he pleases.—Span.

If mirrors portrayed us as others see us we wouldn’t use them.—Chicago Daily News.

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“1 have gone 14 days at & time without a movement of the bowels, not being able to move them except by using hot water injections. Chronie constipation for seven years placed meg in this terrible condition; during that time I did everything I heard of but never found any relief; such was my case until 1 began using CASCARETS, I now have from one to three passages & day, and if [ was rich I would give $lOO.OO for ea¢ch movement; 1% is such a rellef.” AYLMER L. HUNT, - 1689 Russell B¢., Detrolt, Mich, - CANDY : ¢ . : CATHARTIC - ' : . TRADE MARK SECISTERED “REjs P : R A - WONELE : Plesunt. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good, Do Qood, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, 10¢, 20¢, 50c. -+ CURE CONSTIPATION. ... #verling Remedy Company, Chicago. Montreal, New York. 322 ! T e ———— Qm | - R And make no fallures, | b Write what you need, 17 oSSt ‘ TIF FEE 1 00MIS & CO. TR

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‘A UNITED STATES WALL MAP : A copy of our handsome map, s 48x34 inches, prinéﬂ in colors - and mounted on a roller, will 5 besenttoanyaddresson receipt of 15 cents in postage to prr for packing and trans. portation. P.S. EUSTIS, General Passenger Agent, C.B. &Q. R. R,, Chicago, Il i '

. We will give above amount for the .first case of Rheumatism I our device fails to benefit. Retains the electricity of the human body. It stops the pain of Rheumatism and Neuralgia and greatly assists -weak vit.alitf. Cures Bleeflessnesg etc. Write at once for cireulars giving full particulars. Agents Wanted. . . A. W.SLAYTON. Mgr., Tecamseh, Mich,U.S. A,

AT This beats Wind. Steam, or. Horse Power.. We offer the WEBST ER 2% actual-horse power for .1%, less 10 p. c..discount for cash, Built on interchangeable plan. Built of best materiak Made in lots ot : 100 therefore we can make the price. Box for shipment, weight 800 pounds. - Made for Gas or Gaseline. Also Horizontal Engines, 4 to 30 horse power. ¥ E¥" Write for Special Cutalogue.. WEBSTER NFG. CO., 1098 West 15th Stee CHICAGO, ILL. ] an BEAUTIFULLY Thﬂ BGSt BOOK the WAH bound and sumptuously illustrated (priee $2), free to anybody sending twoannual subseriptions at sll each to the Overland Monthly. SAN FRANCISCO Sample Overland Se. D R o PSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives : quick relief and cures worst ‘cases. * Send for book of testimonials and 10 days’ treatment Free. Dr. M. H, GREEN'S SoNS,Atlanta, G 5 | READERS OF THIS PAPER e ‘DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING _ ADVERTISED IN ITSB COLUMNS SSHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING ° - 2 WHAT THEY ASK FOR, REFUSING ALL SUBBTITUTES OR IMITATIONS. A N.K—A 17nG

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