Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 13, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 March 1901 — Page 6

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Hy Lout j e '' CHAI'TEK V. (Continued.) "Were you looking for anything, M.ixon?" "There! then yea heard me shut the lraver!" said Mason, with srailin? sincerity. "Yes, miss. Mrs. Mortimer was asking me for some certain ring that I've mislaid somewhere, and I could almost have declared for certain that I had left them in that righthand drawer of yours before you came." "There were no rings there," said Janetta coldly. When Mason left the room Janetta opened the drawer and peered in. There were gloves and handkerchiefs, which had evidently not been touched; but on th? top of all were Neville's letters, which Janetta kept bound to-Kt-ther by an elastic band. One of them had been taken from the packet. and was half drawn from its envelope, and thrown back hastily into taj drawer. "It's very queer and uncomfortable. thought Janetta. ' I can't conceive -w hat oij t the sirl has in wishing to read my letters. She shall not have the privilege! I don't want any on-1 l.nv to t;i:t-ss how anxious I am about the boy. i wish I were sure that he had brokr-Mi with all his old friends; no effort of min will keep him .straight if he won't try himself." She slipped the letter back into tin; packet, locked the drawer, and put i!u key into her pocket. Her earthly paradise seemed failing her all in a minute. Then she remembered how often sir? bad found Mrs. Mortimer's eyes fixed upon her when she recti ved one of Neville's Ptfcrs with a queer, suspicious expression in them; and she iaughed aloud as the thought darted j :'-.rousih her mind that possibly Mrs. Af o tim-T was crediting her with a "young man" of her own. and was rady to make mischief about him. Hut. een if this were . it did no ephin tli' reason why Mason shoubi ! foraging about among her Utter.'. She finally decided to make no mention of whar had occurred. b:u to -;?tfuI about keeping her ; o. e.sio:' -under lo J: and key for the iirure. CHAPTKR VI. Clarice wa-. not a; all well fo;- t! e i:et tv-w days, so that it was no: . tri nit for .Janetta to r.voi 1 any iaV unite oa versa t ion with ;pt:iin M ilc;- la.tr-at .suspicion of Mason v.v i.!ioid inio a tiaine by toe f;,rt th-;t lit' atternoon, when she ran in ! .i" f'om the town, having gon- on -oo omnitssion for Clarice. oices talking in the .-i::; U e ;f the o:i cs was a .'I'' !i';ud ii"ar. . ih itiji' ry man'. i;;her Mason's. "I sha'n'l cio it. 1 teil you! There are plenty or" pet.p!c in the house who'd Jind me o !', and that new one is a; .-.harp as a need!!" Janetta hurried on her way. feeling Aery uneasy. What was it that .Mason was declining to do. and to whom could she be i ilking? Taut the "new o;e" re: red to her she was tolerably certain. I'erhap- if would be wise to mention tlu circumstances to Mis. Mortimer. Accordingly that evening, when Our:" hid gone to bed. sir returned to the drawing room and related to Mrs. Mortimer what she had overheard. i "It seems to me. Miss Howard, that ; you are making mountains out of ' molehills." said Mrs. Mortimer calmly. "Mason is an excellent servant, most civil and obliging; her character is beyond suspicion." I COUl 1 swear to her voice;" said ; Janetta. a little hotly. "Has she a yo::n man. do you know?" j "Oil. yes. Is there a law of the Medes and Persians that parlor maids .should be exempt from love-affairs?" .-.ked Mrs. Mortimer. "She's engaged to a very i-m table fellow who does ; not live here. Indeed. I happen ; ! know that he's not in the place at prest-nt, for she only asked my leave today for a few tlays holiday to go an 1 visit his people. She told me ti-rit sir- had iiea Mr-n him for mor. than six iiion:h. I really think. MisJlowai'd. that it will be wi--r if you I'-nvH the management, of the hous , and servant.-, (o me." " C'utu'i'.Iy I will in future," rrpl'pd Janetta, swallowing her vexation; "bur It is the second time that ! bue h -i : .suspicions about Mason's straiinfur- ; ward n ess.'' ' "A letter for you. miss," saiil a voie behind her, and Mason, with a p ri 'ctly immovable face, handed h r a : letter on a silver waiter. It was from Neville, and Janetta slipped it into her ' pocket; and she felt .somehow a. if '. ier actioas were noted alik by both ; Mason and Mrs. Mortimer. i "Straightforwardness, indeed! ' mut-t.-red Mra. Mortimer angrily. when Janetta bado hr good-night and v-nt J off to her room. "She's none too ; Mraightforward herself, with b tiers from one man nearly every day of her life, and playing fast-and-loose with ML Seymour's lover un.ier her very eyes, onlj ahe's too infatuated to see it." It will be seen that Mrs. Mortimer was letting her jealousy run away with her Judgment. That letter made Janetta very anxious and miserable. It was an urg?n: demand for money. "I literally haven't a copper to b'es; seif with," wrote Neville. "The landlady's usinjr awful language, and if you can't hIp me I believe soon she'll tum me out into the street. "I l:nr you won't want to draw any y.ilxry yet; but isn't th're .some more in the bank that you ciu lend me for a bit? rn pay you back directly my beggarly screw is given me. Do com'1 to the rescue, there's a dear girl! Tl e minute I can hear of something '..-! tr I mean to throw up this clerkship!" i'or once in ber lire the sortTi,inr " eii of almost motherly love and aiTeethat Janetta had for her bro.bew as torn aside, and she saw him as h" -..as weak, selfish, unscrupulous. She knew that she had left him with enough money to keep him in comfori for two months at least, and tho first vis not yet over. All thro'jgh the night she lay tossing and wretched, wondering what to do for the best. Io the wide world she

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't .. had not a sinjjle friend of whom sh? could ask advice. Fifty pounds was all that was left of the wreck of their little fortune, and she dare not drawit out. Supposing that by any unforeseen i circumstance she was thrown out of J her present situation, she must have some small reserve fund, so that she could support herself until she coulJ obtain something else. Clarice would have been the first to notice her heavy eyes the following morning, but that her heart was full of her own troubles. "He's going tomorrow. Janetta," she said, when the girl entered her room. "I can't think what is the matter with me. 1 never crv at the thought nf : his going; but today I could sob my J heart out. I've a weight like lead oa it. I feel something as if I had come j to an end of it all." j "An end of what?" questioned .lanetta kindly. "Of life or. rath?:-, of the love which is my lite. lie's going right ! j away irom me, and lie mav be to his death!" 'You can trust him to Cod's hands." j said Janetta gently. "Oh he may forg't mo. "You trust him t o "'II to lillUK OL I ' ,,,,,, ! I shah ,erl that he has passed b- , oui my reacn; uure is something which seems to warn me that 1 am losing him fore r." Whei Clarice was drsed and carried to her boudoir. Harry Merivale fame and sat down by her. and Janetta ( watched the restless look die out of Clarice's face, all doubt and di-conteiu c'lspelb'd by the sunshine of her lover's presence. Then .she slipped quietly ' from the room, and went to the study to answer her brother's letter, j She did not b"gin it at once, her heart was full o( Ikt friend, ami be misery at li-r lover's dep u iure; and ; et. was .he .so great v to be pitied" wM , , 1 " " he thought ot ill;- adorat m she had . i seen wrunn Put now noon her fea tures, of the tender, loving sympathy of his. To love and be loved, after nil. were the two chief factors of human happiness, and that Clarice had. One difficulty Captain Meriv.ile's departure would ir-moe from li-r path she ii . wouiu HOT necil lo UiriKe c(USes aoid going out with him. Their to l : ' - (maintain e would be brought to an ablupt termination. Tlifi; he opene 1 and re-mul ;py brother's letter, and the oi'teuer she lead it the more perplexed she became. ;;s to what the answer s'.ioriM be. De- . tpite her love ami warning. Neville was steering straight for the rock on 1 which their father wrecked Iiis life! Janetta laid down her head upon h"r arras and sodbed ;'b,i:d. "".Miss tlowaitt, t'ouiee wants t. know " Captain Merivale stood in dismayed astonishment l)eh;nd .Ian- , etta's c!;air. the quest ion he came to ask living on his lips. This man. who would have focd an army without tin ning color, was inclined to run away at the sight of a woman's tears. "I'm sorry- I'm afraid I've intruded upon you," he stammered. i l es no at bast, it doesn't matter, but said Janetta. "I'm in trouble, i no one can help me out of it. j What did Miss Sevmour wish?" t "Forgive me." said Harry gently; i "but in your great kindness the other ! day you assigned to me the position j of friend. If you fel me to be such. I tan 1 1 n,':l' ' 'f ' are alone in

the world, as Uance hinted to me one i P1'1 r the station to the ntlur the iay. it is possible that just a common, i entire tribe of Skaggs moved after her. everyday fellow like myself may be of IJetween their moving around and their use to you. might give you advice, fo- lying the attention of everybody in example, on any business matter that the main waiting room was attracted is bothering you." ; and the Skaggs family was the cynoThcre was a dawning hope jn ,iau. wiro of all eyes. Mrs. Skaggs said she etta's heart that here was the friend ' was going lo surprise the old folks, she needed: this kind, capable, eul- , as tluy did not know bow many chiltured man of the world would be able : dren she had. and ihe.. wnni.i u

to tell h"r what was the really wise tiling to do about Neville. "I have on" brother, and I'm in trouble about hiui." slr said .simply. "Yes." said Harry, seating hini.eir in a chair with grave attention. Then ! bit by bit Janetta told him the story. ! bist the simple facts; and Harry, as he listened, saw how the girl's life ' bad been one long self-sacrifice, and ; offering for the :-:;h;ition of another, j who apparently er!in"d to be saved, j His heart burn" ! with indignation. j "And you v.v.h to know if it is rinht ! I) throw good money after bad, to rob yourself of your lo.t farthing so that your brother v.v.w !, saved for a week or two longer fr uu the consequences of his own v. -iifulness?" he .said, when .Janetta paused for a moment. "It does nor :-e";u to me a difiicult question to decide. If von want to fmpbte thai you-tg fellow's ruin, you will ir o n I -Chie. him denend nixm you as he has don hitherto. You tell .---,.-., me that he canuft live on his salary, and thNt you h no taken this situation in ord. r to supplement it. Mind, I think it is a wholly wrong principle for a biothe.- to take help from a sistor; but, still. ou have promised to help him. Very weil, .stick to the exact letter of your promts:, and don't go a farthing b'-yond it. "I'm passing through town tomorrow, and will go and see him if you IM i. It might not hurt him to hear t' e opir.ion of a man about his beh:i vior. "Oli. no!" cried Janetta quickly. "I ould not. bear to think that I had ever discussed hirn with anybody. It is the first time in my life that I have done it. and I'm only driven to it now because I am at my wits' end." "Well, then, v.oite i,jrn a short, wholesome reMa!. Von can't think what good it does. It brings a young fellow to bis bejnnig V said the Captain, with a smile, remembering SUch a refusal himself. Janetta rose. ran't thank you enough. I mu t have been fanciful the other tl'-y, but I wis silly enough to think : oat. you were vexed with me when said f hoped always to keep you - d Miss Seymour as friends." I' ry looked down at tho beautiful, vv ful face with an odd twitching or his own.

"Tea drive me hard," he said. "Shall I tIl you something, that you, and you alone, are the cause of niy sudden departure to-morrow, that there are moments in the life of a man when all he can do Is to run away? "Miss Howard. I did not know upon what rock I was drifting until that appeal of yours to my friendship; and then, like a Hash of lightning, the true state of things was revealed to me. Friendship with you? Impossibly! Friendship could not satisfy me! Had I been free " Janetta heard him thus far "With eyes that grew larger every moment with terror and despair. "No. no!" she cried; "please stop! You niun not say it. and I niust not listen. Forget that you have ever said or thought it. Ah!" she cried, wringing her hands, "what have I done but betray my best, my kindest friend?" He could have taken her hands; but she snatched them from him and flew fronT the room. Just outside the door she cannoned against Mrs. Mortimer, who glanced at the girl's red eyes and dishevelled hair with cynical contempt. "Is Captain Merivale In the study?" she asked. "Miss Seymour wants to speak to him before he goes out." Janetta did not stop to answer, but ran upstairs to her room; and Mrs.

: Mortimer heard the kev-turn in thn iock. V very agony of shame shook Janet -

going j fa-s whole frame, and she threw heri self sobbing on her knees. A mist of

f-.lbnod -,n.i wro,,-.l,.in - - - - . - ..-a.-n-..i'jif.s All I T km vejoping her like a cloak, and for the: first time in her life she found it diff,, ul: tri iliscrvii nVlit fr.., v.-vr.n.r Her heart was her witness that sh haf, inlpn,,P(, lo m, hurt to tho ' friend to whom she was bound by f vf ry , tie of gratitude and affection, and yet ! Captain Meri vale's unfinished sentence j had awakened an answering echo in her heart, had roused her to the awful kn0wledge that" she. on her side, "loved him with an intensity as great a Clarice's own. "I can redeem the past, it's not too late for that! I am sure she said, in fever- ! springing to her fept isb misery. ""He has no clue as to my feeling for him that is my own secret: and when he gets away from ! me he will return, as in honor bound. . i n , , , to his proper allegiance. He leaves , , , . morrow and I need never see tohim again " (To be continued. A LARGE FAMILY. I ChrUtiiKK Migration of the SLhehm j Throijiih st, l.oni. .Mo. Mrs. Ceorge Skaggs passed through : the station last night with her family, e:i route from her home, near Huntsrlale. Mo., to the home of her father, at Pollard. Ky., says the St. Iuis Clobe-Drmocrat. The family consisted of Mrs. Skaggs and ten children, the eldest of whom was IS and the youngest il years old. She stated i that .she had three other children be sides !he string which accompanied her. but that they were married and "settled down" out wfst. Mrs. Skag?s said that she was married twenty-two years ago. ;:nd that a year agj her husband died. She continual to work th. farm with the aid of her offspiing and they managed to keep the plac? in a prosperous condition. She said that she had not heard from her father directly for several years, and as "Christmas was coming on." the thought she would go over and spend the holidays with the old folks. The cniidren, when placed in a row. look li,p stair .steps. The big bustling crowd at the station and the clanging of th ,ra'h bells and screeching of the 'hi.stlea greatly excited the children, rm' whenever a new sound greeted their ears the youngsters would begin lo r.v. If Mrs. Skaggs moved from great Christmas gathering at her old homestead. The last heard of th'! family was whin the engine pulling the Louisville & Nashville train whistled for the cross-over switch and as the screech died away a sound which was easily recognized as the Skaggs chorus floated back through the train shed and died away amid the arches f tli" rrdting room. for IliaiiioniU. j Ureent arrivals from South Africa j have brought, says a correspondent, I the most wondrous specimens of "diaI monds" with thorn, beautiful to ' ...- j hold, but alas! they would not scratch I glass, while some of the most beamij tul of all can be cut with a pocket -. knife, says the London News. p. u j lolorably simple to say whether a stout is a. diamond or not. If you an : scratch ? sapphire with it. you want no I further test; it is a diamond. If you ; rib it w.'th wcol t-r on wool in the. uaiK ami it pnospiioresees, ;t is a diamond, if you look through it. at a light, and se only one light, it is most probably a diamond. TPe X rays have discovered that a diamond is nearly, if net quite, tranduceni to those rays, whereas the brightest "paste" coPü,ic:; most lead and throws the blackest hh?dow. And a diamond tastfs cold, whereas a paste gem tastes warm. MaJ. Hattrrsby. O. S. )., writing on ibis subject, .said I hat Solor.on'a words were very tru? as applied to parsons giving information to those in possession of "precious stones." Very orten "ne that iicreaseth knoA'Ie,g,i incnai ts. sorrow." (ioil mother to the Itrll. ..n oild ceremony took place in France not long ago in the baptism of two new bells for th Chunh of I'reignac, in the department of the (lironde. Two pr;tty children. Miles. Mirveille de (Jirodor and Odette de Hraquillanue, were godmothers to the bells, and Wero dressed, respectively, in pale blue and pali pink. A man whoso word will not inform you at all what he means, or will do, is not a .nan you can bargain with. You must yyH out of that man's way, or put him out of yours. Carlyle.

Inf1iinr.i Oldest Church Ed. nee. It is generally conceded that the eldest church edifice in Knglaud is the Winchester Cathedral. The history o: this structure is older than the authentic history of Hritahi itself. It is said to have been erected in the year 177. by Lucius, a liritish King, who was convene,! to Christianity. It was destroyed during the persecution of Aurelian, and rebuilt in '2. In 5i: CVrdic converted the cathedral into a temple of the Saxon gods. Some of tho most substantial walls and pillars of the present structure were erected by St. Ethelwold. who completed a restoration of the cathedral in 9S0 and dedicated it to St. Swithin. In luT. having been much damaged by tha Danes, it was repaired by Bishop Wal kelin, who built the present tower, with part of the nave and transepts, and in 10S.1 rededicated the church to St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Swithin. The east end. from the great east window, was rebuilt about a century afterward, by Uishop Godfrey de Lucy; and the whole of the vet end was repaired and renewed by Uishop Edgington and Wykeham. to the latter of whom the grandeur of the west front is due.

AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS. Mr. Dot jr. of Illjhi.uxl. Iowa. KcttoreJ lo Health . Mirttrc.lou Ca-e Her Hutband Is Cored of might' IMt':le bjr Jiume 3!c.im. Highland. Ia. March !. (Special.) Frknds of Mrs. W. II. Doty are very much pleased to r.othe the wonderful improvement in her condition. For eighteen years he has been a sufferer from rheumatism, and the torture she has (T.dured durins this time is pj: nil des-npjjon. Mrs. Doty tt-ils th. following story: "I have suffered for the past eighteen years with Kidney Trouble and 1th-::-ntatisni. I have tried doctors, patent medicines, plasters: liniments electric treatments, and nothing did me any good. I had nearly bist all faith in anything, when I sent for six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I s;id to my husband I expected that it was .-ome more money thrown away, bit when I had taken them a week I could see that they were helping me. The lameness I had suffered with for so long is nearly all gone. It. is no: a quarter Us bad as it was. For years I had to wear a warm bandage n'ound my forehead to prevent the pain. Since using the Piils I have been able to remove this altogether. "I cannot lir.d words to express my heartfelt thanks to Dodd's Kidney PiiN for their wonderful cure of my case My husband has suffered from Kidney Trouble for years. Last spring a doc tor said he lud Plight's Disease, ami treat d him. but he received no benefit, and he Kent growing thinner and weaker all the time. When I got Dodd's Kidney I'iMs he conim-ned taking four a day. lie has t;i!., n them thremonths and is nearly well. His strength is increased, and the improvement in his c ase is almost m:ra ulou-. Dodd's Kidney Pills have certain'.)been a (Jod send to us." It is just cases like those of Mr. and Mrs. Doty that have made Dodd's Kidney Pills so very popular in Iowa. They are 00 a box. six boxes for $2.".(i Hay then fiom your local druggist if you can. If he cannot supply you. s.nd to the Dodd's Medicine Co. Puffalo. X. V. Mother of Many lilldren. Mrs. Henrietta Dunn of Kent Island. Mo., recently gave a party in honor of her two sisters, Mrs. Lliza Drown and Mrs. Margaret Weeks. Mrs. Dur.n is the mother of twenty-live children. Mrs. Weeks has twenty-one and Mrs. Drown has eleven, making a total of ftfty-sevtn. all of whom ire alive. Fifty-one of them were at tne party. 8100 Xlewiird. 6100. Th r-MilTs cf this pi f r l!l he yltd to kam in.it thtre cs hi least one tireailfd diseuse that M-iein-tf Kits bein able to cuip in a!l its Mnvfs und that is Catarrh. Hail's I'ntarrh I "ure is the etily p'Itive cure new known ti the in dical frutfruity. t'atarih l" ia, ; nnt itutiotiul discap. requires a cen-tituti 'tial treat-im-nt. Hall's ("atari h Cure i :.ik;u intrn:iUv. acting il'rcctly Upen the Mnd und uiurnu surface ef the wstMn. thereev destroying: th fmiudatk'H of riiedca-e. and jriviuj.' the patient. str iipth by luili!it:g m the iiiitituthin at.-! ssi.tiri nature m leü.t-r it.s work. The proprietors l.ai' so touch faith in its dilative Miners that they i.rerOiii li'indred Dollars fur any . thai it Tail- to oi.ic Send for lit of iotirnoioal ddres V. .T CIU'.NKV CO. Tulrdo. O. Sold hv m mvSst 7 l aiiiily I'id.s are ihr u t. Ihm l.'i.ir-.O. i. ........ I i ,i. r 4.. ' l ' III II jillll ll.lll.l JMUIHl.-M'S III rxi lüde all accounts of dm Is and the names of duelists participating therein from the newspapers on I lie grounds thai if no notice were taken of Ihein most ilueiisls would be willing to let. their honor plole! itself. A Itriiiiilv for the 4rl Physicians rei-omniend KAMI'S 1". A LS. AM for patients ufllit ted with the grippe, as it is espei ially adapted for tho thi oat and lungs. Don't wait for the lirst Symptoms, hut get a oottle today and keep it on hand for use the moment it is nTdd. If neglected, the grippe brings on pneumonia. KEMP'S KAI.SAM prevents this by keeping lm cough loose and the lungs free from inflammation. All drugHisds. L'öc and 00c. The co-t of the police force of Paris grow steadily year by yeai. In 157J it was 14.0.! 1.725. of which IJ.iMT.raiu was paid by the cily, and the rest by the government; in ISjJÖ, $1,901, :!imi; hi 1891, G.m.17o. TT hit In thr CUII.Irri. IJrlnkf Dcu't give thiun tea or enlfert Have V011 tTieit the new food drink ended (iKAIT-Of It is delicious ninl nourishing, und take tht pl.iee of roftet. The mote lii'iin t) you giv the children the more hcaltli you di-trihutc through their svstt'ius C'raiii I i niadt? of pure rrnin. nud when properly pri'unl lH-te- like the clmice gradi" ef eohVt. tiüt cost-. M I Kiit ;4 da u-... h. All grocer? seil IU löc n 1 -.V. The worst iiiO-'iito-infested neighborhood in the world is the toast of Doineo The stieams of that reguni are. at certain seasons, unnavjgaldc because of th cloud of mosquitoes. Cntighlnc I-eail to CoininiipUoti. Kuup'a Dalsain will btop the cough at once, do to your druggiat tuday and get a. sample bottle free. .Sold Ja and ÖJ cent bottles. Co at once; delays are dangerous. The small st coin now current !u lairepe is the (Jreek lrpton. It is worth one -tenth of a penny.

F critUzing Apparatus. Among all the numerous devices and schemes to induce plants to grow, the idea which we illustrate below is probably a novelty, and it is not unlikely that it will serve its purpose to some advantage in the forcing of shrubbery, plante, etc. The inventor is C.ardner M. Sherman of Massachusetts, and he claims that the arrangement is not only of great utility and value in accelerating the growth of plants by giving them with the utmost directness the most suitable fertilizing ingredients which they are known to require, but in experimenting, in series modifying or varying the constituents employed with a view to the observation and comparison of the results. The device is a hollow, porous reeeptable. with a vertical tube at the top. The device PitOVIDuS FOOD FOK PLAXP ROOTS. is buried when the plant is s? t out.' leaving the end of the tube exposed above the surface of the earth. Then the ingredients of the fertilizer are mixfd and poured in through th" tube, being absorbed through the porous vessel by the roots of the plant. In this manner the roots and cveuiual!y the whole shrub are stimulated and made to mature rapidly. It wouid seem that i ven an application of warm water at intervals would lie of advantage, in that it would warm the ground and moisten it at the .snnie time, which could not help but stimulate plant growth. Single Wheel LaWn Motvcr. l.;dov we illustrate a in w jiatt- rn of lawn mower, which the inventor claims will run easier than the t wo-wheel. d rotary grass cutter now in u.-e. Ti-e wheel u.-ed is similar to the ordinary wheel, except that it is much huge:-, affording greater traction on the surface of the earth than was possible with the two small wheels, and therefore providing more power for the cutting nun nanism. This latter feature consists of a cutter bar like that of a large mowing machine, with the snard and reciprocating blades complt te. Dy :i .single gear arrangement th-:' power is taken from near the center of the traction wheel and delivered to an eccentric which in turn reciprocate.the knife har. The swath cut is ahout equal to that (tit by the old mower, hut the height of the cutter bar can he adjusted to cut the grass close to the ground or at any height desired. The mower has a clutch mechanism which enaldes the operator to draw it HOW IT WORKS, backward without operating the knives, and when not in use the c utter bar can be lilted into a vertical position to facilitate the removal of the machine from one place to another. We Arc Still Ahead. The Hermans are claiming that, in spite of all our boasting, they are increasing their production of pig iron faster than the Fnited States. This I ueenis to be the fact. The Cerman output of pig iron the past year was S.:."1.7t- tons, leprescnting an increase, of ?." per cent since 1S!X. 'I no I'nited States output last year was i:'.,7S!VM2 tons, representing an increase of 00 per cent since 1SD0. "Brande East Indian Officer. This is Captain (J. V. Hood, the adjutant of the Seventh Rajputs, who now form a part of tho China field force. The Itajputs are one of the recognized lighting races of India, and is it an honor to any native to belong to a regime n t called by that name. After the arduous march to Pekin U relieve Hp a m bass adors Captain 11 o o d w a s the lirst ot the British e o n t ingent rillt. I. 1'. Hood. to enter th" legation?. He made his way into the Tartar city by a sluice i;;te. The Autograph Fiends. (leneral doe Wheeler claims that it is harder soldiering now than it was when he wore the gray, because there are more autograph hunters now than there were then.

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Allajlng: Iral Iluslianti's .7eatony. Widows in all countries are supposed to be full of little wiles, ami certainly some of them have very strange practices. Take, for instance. an Arab woman who intends to marry again. The night before the wedding she goes to pay the late husband's grave a visit. There she humbly kneels and prays him not to be jealous or offended. Probably she believes that he will be both, and that she must make a definite act to appease his wrath. Accordingly she takes with her a mule Inuring two goats' skins of water. When her prayers are ended she takes the water .skins and proceeds to saturate her husband's grave. Whether a plentiful libation of cold water has a soothing effect n the spirit of the departed or not may be a matter of conjecture, but having made it the widow feels that she has done all that can be required f her, and enters wedlock again wkhout misgiving.

Anolent mid MoUern I'roverl . "He who knows not, and knows not that Ik' knows not is a fool; avoid him. ""He who knows not. and knows that he knows not. is simple; teach him. "He who knows and knows not that he knows, is asleep: wake him. "Hut he who knows and knows that h " knows, is a wise man: follow him." From the Arabian Proverbs. "He who travels by the New York Central knows that he rides over smooth and level tracks, in luxurious trains, at great speed, through the most delightful country, and at a cost of but two cents per mile. "This man is of souri I judgment. Follow his example, and you will be happy." An American Drover . - From the Brooklyn standard I'nion Itiver ( liij;-fil vtitli Hyacinth. The St. John's Kiver is again c'.o-rg.'d with hyacinths. The Florida TimeFnion. in a recent issu suid: "Down the river yesterday all day long lb.ited thousands and thousands of hyacinths. In the slip at the foot of Hogan street, the water could not b seen, and at the other slips down the river the hyacinths had hacked in with ;he tide, and navigation for small boats in ami out of the slips was almost impossible. It was reported yestrj-day that at Dalatka. in several s-.vtion of the city, navigation was almost impossible, and the rive;- steamboat men and the pilots are beginning to be alarmed and fear that the same state of affairs which existed before the freeze killed out the hyacinths will again have to be contended with." I : hi njj in l.oiiilmi I'arUn. t'orresjiondeiu-e (llasgow News: Nearly all the London parks are will stocked with eatable birds, ;md it is the easiest thing in the world for the loafers to kill them, clean ih'in and carry them off to the neanst hot plate for roasting. A story is t ld by Londoners of a cc.uple of impecunious Scotch black and white ar;:sts who took a garret in Lincoln's Inn Fields and lived for a week on t.aw Cotut pigeons, which are plump. lively, plentiful and tame, anil would doubtless make a g'wol meal. In addition io poaching in the parks there is also good reason to believe that many of the rare birds sold to shady bird dealers are snared there. For Sle. ll'ow are your feet".' Do tliey sweat'.' Are they lender ;nd callous? In you have rheumatic pains'.' Are you afraid of the Krip".' If you want relief from tieabove ailments, try the l.uden:i Medicated Anti-ilrip Shoe Insoles. They are a iue preventative of ;ri. rheumatism, sweaty callous and tender f-et. W will on recept of '2't cents, send by wh!! Io your address, one pair of insoP-;. Kev .-tmie Clu-niical Co.. IteadhiK. la. SIik Felt frfiti!rl. "Yes. she couldn't spc-ak to the edUor when she met him." 'Had he offended her?" " I should say he had. His society reporter c alled liwr one cd' the last conturv's buds." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Century is to nave a serial story by Irving Dachelkr. the author of "Lben Holden." It is a border tale of 1S12. The scene in the neighborhood of Lake Chamnhiin. and the1 title is "D"ri and 1." It will begin in the March Century and run for six mouths. Commercial travelers in Italy coming from other countries have, formed it "Unione internazionale,"' the object of which is to come to the aid of such members as may fall ill or meed, with an accident. An inactive Liver, Stomach disorders. Sick Headaches and other ills arising from an imperfect digestion are cured by (l utiehl Tea, which is made from Herbs. It. is not an art to lie to vourself and believe it; it's human nature iatts ;.rs ton !. Are recommended by the lnst drugci-t. 25 cents. They eure safely mid ipiiekl v . Before thf discovery of sugar, drinks were sweetened with honey. Tiso's Cure for Cor.svnjptlen is .in !t!t:ili'.b!e jiedirin for oouidis ar.l coMs.-N. ". Saui'li., Üceau ürorc, N. J.. Feb. 17. IW(X5. ICmpty compliments and Mnse!e s abuse are on equal footing. Don't Spell "Your ilmid-c Use Maple ity Self W'n-d-.lni; Soaj. It faves rubbing and ma Le cloUus lock while as when new. An old bachelor says that marriage. Is a synonym for trouble. The prent pubUp school of the !:ir--e citilue Carter's inn exclusively. It Ih i t st ;4i.d custs no more th.oi ihe jHnn'.st. to i it. A coward encounters a great many dangers' that don't exist. Mr. Wintdow'i Soothing Syrnp. For c-hlitlrf-a treihtiiir. H'fin I h- if um. reln'e fnBuiuUuD. )!) i Mia.cuitt wtu.lcoUc. rclioii,e. The millstone that lies undermost also helps to grind. Co' t'imi h ltUtiit Is th tdet and lcnt. 1 1 I'l Im-nlc up a r.oM ipd. kcr than uj ihiui; 'lue. It Iii aiuyb rctsahle. liju A man without a country is one v.dio lives in a town. 1'nseball jiln vers; (iolf pb'.v er : r.V. plnyra chow W lute's Vucalnn whilst laying. All wish to live long, but none to be cae

'I VI? Y IV n. I1 The Talm (liven to Doctor Greene's A'ervura TMP t.ltXND .11 KV. TKK rEOI'LE. M YE SO DECIDED I scd liv Htindrcil of Thousands in Spring as a Pdootl .Medicine Dr. (Ireene's Nervura blcod and nerv !emedy is indeed "The Worlds (Ireat Spring Medicine." It has como to be recognized by almost everybody as the best possible spring medicine to take, and hundreds of thousands of our people ue it during the trying spring months, to tone up anew the relaxed nerves and re-invigorate and enrich the blood. A spring medicine is a necessity if one wishes to keep in perfect health and vigor during the changes from winter to summer. This grand spring tonic, this perfect spring medicine. Dr. (ireene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, is exactly what the system needs at thU season. It not only purifies, but ir.ak"s rich, red blood; it not only strengthens and invigorates the nervous system, but re-emrgi7.es and revitalizes the nerves by fe. ding them with renewed nerve force and power. It is not only an. aid to digestion, but it creates a regular, natural and healthy action of the bowels, liver, kidneys, whh h in the spring are always idtiiir-h and inactive. In fact, it is just what people need to make iluni well and keep th mi well luting these months, so t h: oa tenin to the health of all. and when it i consider- d tha: Dr. (Ireene's Ne rvura blood and m-rve r medy is nude entirely from pure, health-giving vegetable it medio.-, and that people give it more tes: iinonials of cure than any other r medy on earth, no one can doubt that it is the very best spring remedy for everybody to u.- '. Mr. (lustave Lelba'-'i. of First St.. Jersey City. N. .J.. says: "I was troubled with sick headaches, and -on!d n.l sb p "U account of th" pains in my head. I va- sufierinc night and day with dyspepsia, could not eat anything, my stomach would sour o. ! had to starve myself to havany case. I had t' give up work at last. 1 was so nervous and miserable, and I was falling ..way in f!eh so that my friends naidly knew me. 1 tried several remedies, but without avail. At last someone recommended Dr. Ireene's N'ervura blood and nerve remedy. 1 tried o.ie i-ottle and began to improvo . I started in to eat all right; then I po ked up my health; my headaches dis.ippe;,! -.!. and my weakness and sour stoma h went away. 1 used three bottle-; and coual sleep all IligT.l With ease; 1 nsed SIX bottles and felt lika new man. I can now do a hat day's wirk without anv trouble, aio am as happ as a in spring. 1 waso miserable, alwovs suffering, always in pain. but now 1 a;n like a n w man." l'se Dr. (in e:ic X'-: vura blood and nerve remedy this spring, for it is th" discovery and prescription :' a weiiknown phy.-ii i.in. Dr. Ciecnc. of '.'.' V. Ulli St. New York City, who is responsible for its beneficial aclk,n. and who i-;iu l.e t in.-n lted f i -e of charge. peM)ii;illy or by letter. lloiv He C:ini-il His Ouurti-r. Several small buys were bro tg;;j up b-.'fote Rei oidei- 1 I li.- t of West liubokep recently op th" charge of "crap shooting." Th- unticot was asked by the recorder; "Where did you get the money with which to play craps?" "My mother gave me a quarter for bting a good boy. sir." replied the youthful gambler. He received the minimum tine. Try ;r: in-cot Irr .ralti-O! Ak your H rower to-biy to show you it package of (ItAIN-O. the new food'ilrinlc that t:ili tlie pbiee f utlVe. The children mav drink it without injurv ns wvll ms the ndiilt. All who try it. like it. (JKAIN-Ohai that rich senl br wn of .!T.cha or Java. I ut it is made from pure grain, mi l the iust delicto stomach receives it without distress. J the jn ice of itFee. l.V and 'JÖ ft, per package- Sold by all grnrrs. Not That. I. Kure-1 fear. sir. that you hav been living too high. -Jaui.diee- It can't be that, doctor you know we've moved out of th.c eighl-story riut.- Ohio State Journal. I.:iii'" lainily jMrdii-ine. Jloits t.i. uowoi ad uay. ia ordor lo be lieilihy this is necessary. Act$ Sent'y uu thelivot and kidneys. Ca:.kick headache. Trite and 50c. Kxperimeiits made in Arizona and northern Mexico indicate that the dato pa!:n can be successfully, profitably ar.-l a.-iiy c ultivated there. The prominence ac hieved by Oarlitl l T'i as a blood puritier has not been ecjualed by another remedy; an imju o c-no ut in the comph xioa can ba i-e n aider a few days use. Tiie iron who is afraid to think for hiro.-odf should acquire a wife. BUY. Genuine arteir5s Little Liver Pills. Must Dear Signature of e rSImIU Wrapper Blow. Terr niU aed et W7 to t a.Ilo as ingnr. rOS HEADACHL ron oirziNCss. CARTERS KJlTTLE FC!H BIUOÜSRESS. FOR TCXPID LIVER, f 03 CONSTIPATION FOR SALLOW SKIN. roa THEcowruxisi IYER I I M i 1 .J..'.JbUL'.t ! J 1 .CURE SICK HEADACHE.

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