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: COPYRIGHT. 1293. BY iiarmg left Aleie to the care of Her Indian hostess and warned her for her life to keep from the windows. De Tatinat seized his musket and rushed down stairs. As lie passed, a bullet came piping through one of the narrow embrasures and starred itself in n little blotch of lead upon the opposite wall. The seigneur had already leseended and was eon versing with Du IJiut beside the door. "A thousand of Jieiu, you say?" "Yes; we came on a fresh trail of a lirge war party .100 at the least. They are all Mohawks and . Cayngas, with a sprinkling of Oneidas. We had a running fight for a few miles, and we have lost five men. "Wo Elyit of the covering parry were running with, their heads bent. had best have all ready to retire to the house If they carry the stockade. We can scarce hope to hold It when they re twenty to one." "All Is ready." "And with our cannon we can keep their canoes from passing, so we might 6end our women away tonight." I had intended to do so. Will you take charge of the north side? Yon .might come across to. me with ten of your men now." The firing came In one continuous rattle now from the' edge of the wood, and the air was fun of bullets. The assailants were all trained shots, men who had lived by their guns and to whom a shaking hand or a dim eye meant poverty and hunger. On the other hand, the defenders were also skilled in Indian righting and wise in every trick and lure' which could pro tect themselves or tempt their enemies to show. They kept well to the sides of the loopholes, watching through little crevices of the wood and firing swiftly when a chance offered. A red leg: sticking straight up Into the air from behind a log shdwed where one bullet at least had gone home, but there was little to aim at save a puff and flash from among the leaves or the shadowy figure of a warrior seen for an instant as be darted from one tree trank to the other. Seven of the Canadians had already been hit but only three were mortally wounded. The other four still kept manfully to their j loopholes.- The women sat in a line upon the ground, beneath the level of the holes, each with a saucerful of bullets and a canister of powder, passing lip the loaded guns to the fighting men. At first the attack had been all upon the south face, but as fresh bodies of the Iroquois came up their line spread lind lengthened until the whole east face was girt with fire, which gradually enveloped the north also. The fort was ringed in by a great loop of smoke pave only where the broad river flowed 'avast them. Over near the farther bank The canoes were lurking, and one, manlied by ten warriors, attempted to pass up the stream, but a good shot from the brass gun dashed in her side and sank her, while a second of grape left only four of the swininlers", 'whose high" f.calp locks stood out above the water like the back fins of some strange fish. On the Inland side, however, the seigneur had ordered the cannon to be perved no more, for the broad embrafciires drew the enemy's lire, and of the men who had been struck half were umong those who worked the guns. The old nobleman strutted about with his white ruffles and his clouded cano behind the line of parched, smoke primed men, tapping his snuffbox and shooting out Ids little jests. "What do you think of it, Du Lhut? fie asked. They seem to be drawing closer upon the east face, and I think. that they will make a rush there before Jong." said Du Lhut. The fire had indeed grown much fiercer upon the side which was defended by De Catinat, and it was plain bat the main force of the Iroquois twas gathered at that point. From every log and trunk and cleft and tmsu came the red flash with the gray halo, and the bullets sang in a continuous stream through the loopholes. Amos had whittled a little hole for himself about a foot above the ground pnd lay upon his face, loading and firing In his own quiet, methodical fashion. Beside him stood Ephraim Savage, his mouth set grimly, his eyes flashing from under his down drawn Lrows and his whole soul absorbed in the smiting of the Amalekites. De Catinat was bearing himself like an experienced soldier, . walking up and down among his men with short words of praise or precept those fire words, rough and blunt, which bring a glow ; to the heart and a flush to the cheek, teven of his men were down, but as the jsttsck. r Arci ud vm

BROTHERS it siacKenea upon rue otners. sniS seigneur, with his son and Du Lhut, brought ten men to re-enforce him. De la Noue was holding out his snuffbox to De Catinat when a shrill scream from behind them made them both look round. Onega, the Indian wife, was wringing her hands over the body of her son. A glance showed that the bullet had pierced his heart and that he was dead. For an instant the old nobleman's thin face grew a shade paler and the hand which held out the little gold box shook like a branch in the wind. "The De la Noues always die upon the field of honor," he remarked. "I think that we should have some more men in the angle by the gun." And now it became clear why it was that the Iroquois had chosen the cast era face for their main attack. It was that the clump of cover lay midway between the edge of the forest and the stockade. A storming party could creep as far as that and gather there for the final rush. First one crouch ing warrior and then a second and then a third darted across the little belt of open space and threw them selves down among the bushes. The fourth was hit and lay with his back broken a few paces out from the edge of the wood, but a stream of warriors continued to venture the passage until thirty-six had got across, and the little patch of underwood was full of lurk ing savages. Amos Green's time had come. From where he lay he could see the white patch where he had cut the bark from the birch sapling, and he knew that immediately underneath it lay the powder bag. He sighted the mark and then slowly lowered his barrel until he had got to the base of the little tree as nearly as he could guess it among the tangle of bushes. The bullet penetrat ed the bag, and there was an explo sion which shook the manor house and swayed the whole line of stout stock ades as though they were cornstalks in a breeze. Up to the highest sum mits of the trees went the huge column of blue smoke, and after the first roar there was a deathly silence, which was broken by the patter and thud of fall ing bodies. The blow was a heavy one. Of the thirty-six warriors, all picked for their valor, only four regained the shelter of the woods and those so torn and shat tered that they were spent men. Al ready the Indians had lost heavily, and this fresh disaster made them reconsider their plan of attack. Their fire gradually slackened. - "Is it possible that they are going to abandon the attack?" cried De Catinat joyously. But the wily Du Lhut shook his head. "A wolf would as soon leave a half gnawed bone as an Iroquois such a prize as this." "But they have lost heavily." "Aye, but not so heavily as ourselves in proportion to our numbers. They have lost fifty out of a thousand and we twenty out of threescore. No, no; they are holding a council, and we shall soon hear from them again. But it may be some hours first, and If you will take my advice you will have an hour's sleep, for you are not, as I can see by your eyes, as used to doing without it as I am." . Da Catinat was indeed weary to the last pitch of human endurance. Amos Green and the seaman had already wrapped themselves in their blankets and sunk to sleep under the shelter of the stockade. The soldier rushed upstairs to say a few words of comfort to the trembling Adele, and then, throwing himself down upon a couch, he slept the dreamless sleep of an exhausted man. When at last he was aroused by a fresh sputter of musketry tire from the woods the sun was already low in the heavens, and the mellow light of evening tinged the bare walls of the room. He sprang from his couch, seized his musket and rushed downstairs. The defenders were gathered at their loopholes once more, while Du Lhut, the seigneur and Amos Green were whispering eagerly together. "What is it, then? Are they coming on Y he asked. "They are up to some deviltry," said Du Lhut. peering out at the corner of the embrasure. "They are gathering thickly at the east fringe, and yet the firing comes from the north. It is not the Indian way to attack across the open, and yet, if they think help is coming from the fort, they might venture." ; , , "The wood in front of us is alive with them," said Amos. "They are as busy as beavers among the underwood." "Perhaps they are going to attack from this side and cover the attack by a fire from the flank." "That is what I think," cried the seigneur. "Bring the spare guns up here and all the men except .five for each side." The words were hardly out of his mouth when a shrill yell rose from the wood, and In an instant a cloud of warriors burst out and charged across the open, howling, springing and waving their guns and tomahawks in the air. Some of those In front bore canoes between them, and as they reached the stockade they planted them against it and swarmed up them as if they had been scaling ladders. Others fired through the embrasures and loopholes, the muzzles of their guns touching; those of the defenders, while others! again sprang unaided on to the tops of the palisades and jumped fearlessly down upon the inner side. The Canadians fired while they had time to load, and then, clubbing their muskets, they smashed furiously at every red head which showed above the rails. The din within the stockade was Infernal, the shouts and cries of the French, the whooping of the savages and the terrified screaming of the frightened women blending into one draadf.ul.vDrs&r. aho?- cs-ti

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heard the high, shrill voice of the old seigneur imploring his censitaires to stand fast. With Du Lhut, Amos, te Catinat and Ephraim Savage, he was ever in the forefront of. the defense. So desperately did they fight, the sword and musket butt outreacbing the tomahawk, that though at one time fifty Iroquois were over the palisades they had slain or driven back nearly all of them, when a fresh wave burst suddenly over the south face, which had been stripied of its defenders. Du Lhut saw in an instant that the inclosure was lost and that only one thing could save the house. "Hold them for an instant!"- he screamed, and, rushing at the brass gun, he struck his flint and steel ami fired it straight into the thick of the savages. Then, as they recoiled for an instant, he stuck a nail into the touchhole and drove it home with a blow from the butt of his gun. Dashing across the yard, he spiked the gun at the other corner and was back at the

door as the remnants of the garrison) were burled against it by the rush of the assailants. The Canadians darted j in and swung the ponderous mass of wood into position, breaking the leg of the foremost warrior who had striven to follow them. Then for an instant they had time for breathing and for counsel. CHAPTER XXIII. , IB" JT their case was a very evil one. Had the guns been lost, so that they might be turned upon the door, all further re sistance would have been vain, but Du Lhut's presence of mind had saved them from that danger. The two guns upon the river face and the canoes were safe, for they were commanded by the windows of the house. But their numbers were terribly reduced, and those who were left were weary and wounded and spent. Nineteen had gained the house, but one had been shot through the body, while a second had his shoulder cleft by a tomahawk and could no longer raise his musket. Du Lhut. De la Noue and De Catinat were uninjured, but Ephraim Savage had a bullet hole in his forearm and Amos was bleeding from a cut upon the face. A few shots from the barricaded windows sufficed to clear the inclosure, for it was all exposed to their aim, but on the other band the Indians had the shelter of the stockade now, and from the farther side of it they kept up a fierce fire upon the windows. Half a dozen of the censitaires returned the fusillade, while the j leaders consulted as to what had best be done. "We have twenty-five women and fourteen children," said the seigneur. "I am sure that you will agree with me, gentlemen, that our first duty is toward them. Some of you, like myself, have lost sons or brothers this day. Let us at least save our wives and sisters." "No Iroquois canoes have passed up the river," said one of the Canadians. "If the women start in the darkness they can get away to the fort." "By Ste. Anne of Beaupre!" exClaimed Da Lhut, "I think it would be well if yci could get your men out of this also, for I cannot see how It Is to be held until morning." "Tut! tut! What nonsense Is this!" cried De la Noue. "Are we to aban don the manor house of Ste. Marie to the .first gang of savages who choose j Trt i n : i w o an siTTacir nnnn it f rvn n n i 4- ... ' w gentlemen; there are still nearly a score of us, and when the garrison i learns that we are so pressed, which i will be by tomorrow morning at the latest, they will certainly send us re lief." "If you stand by the fort I will not desert you," said Du Lhut, "and yet it is a pity to sacrifice brave men for nothing." "The canoes will hardly hold the women and children as it is," cried Theuriet. "There are but two large and four small. There is not space for a single man." . The Iroquois . were very quiet now, and an occasional dropping shot from the trees or the stockade was the only sign of their presence. The twilight was gathering in and the sun had aleady sunk beneath the treetops. Leaving a watchman at each window. the leaders went round to the back of the house, where the canoes were lying tipon the bank. There were no signs of the enemy upon the river to the north of them. We are in luck," said Amos. "The clouds are gathering, and there will be little light." "It is luck. Indeed, since the moon is only three days past the full." answer ed Du Lhut. "I wonder that the Iro quois have not cut us off upon the wa ter, but it is likely that their canoes have gone' south to bring up' another war party. "In an hour it might be dark enough to start "I think that there Is rain in those clouds, and that will make it darker still The women and children were assembled, and their places in each boat were assigned to them. To Onega, the Indian wife of the seigneur, who was as wary and as experienced as a war sachem of her people, the command of the women was intrusted. "It is not very far, Adele," said De Catinat. "It is but a league or two." "But I do not wish to leave you. Amory. We have been together in all our troubles." "My dear love, you will tell them at the fort how things are with us, and they will bring us help." "Let the others do that, and I will stay. I will not be useless, Amory. Onega has taught me to load a gun. I will not be afraid, indeed I will not." "You must not ask It, Adele. It is impossible, child. I could not let yon stay. It is for my sake. dear. Y'ou do not know what a load it will be from my heart when I know that you are safe. And you need not' be afraid for me. We can easily hold the place until morning." Adele was silent, but her hands tightened upon his arm. Her husband was 6till endeavoring to reassure her when groan burst from the watcher in the window which overlooked the stream. "There is a canoe on the river to the north of us !" he cried. "How many warriors are in It? asked the selgnenr. "I cannot see. The light Is not very good, and it is in the shadow of the bank." "Which way is it coming?" "It is coming this way. Ah. it shoots out into the osn now and. i

ltj May tne good Lord be praised!"

What is it then?" cried De la Noue impatiently. "It is not an Iroquois canoe. There is but one man In it. He Is a Cana dian." "A Canadian!" . cried Du Lhut springing cp to the window. "Who but a madman would venture into such hornets' nest alone? Ah. yes; I can so him now. He keeps well out from tho bank to avoid their fire. Now he is in midstream, and he turns toward us.' "It is a Jesuit," said one, craning his neck. "They are everywhere there is most danger.' "No. I can see his capote," said an other. "It Is a Franciscan friar." An instant later there was the sound of a canoe grounding upon the pebbles, me aoor was unuarreu. ana a man strode in attired in the long, dark gown of the. Franciscans. He cast a rapid glance around and then, stepping up to De Latiuat, laid his hand upon his shoulder. "So! You have not escaped me," said he. "We have caught the evil seed bej fore " Uul tinie to rootY iiat do you mean, father?" asked the seigneur. "You have made some mistake. This is my good friend Amory de Catinat, of a noble French family." "This is Amory de Catinat, the here tic and Huguenot!" cried the monk. " have followed him up the St. Law rence. and I have followed him up the Richelieu, and I would have followed him to the world's end if I could but bring him back with me." "Tut, father! Your zeal carries you too far," said the seigneur. "Whither would you take my friend, then?" "He shall go back to France with his wife. There is no place in Canada for heretics." Du Lhut burst out laughing. "By Ste. Anne, father," said he, "if you could take us all back to France at present we should be very much your debtors." "And you will remember," said De la Noue sternly, "that you are under my roof and that you are speaking of my guest." But the friar was "not to be abashed. "Look at this," said he, whipping a paper out of his bosom. - "It is signed by the governor, and calls upon you, under pain of the king's displeasure, to return this man to Quebec. But I have you now and I shall never leave you until I see you on board of the ship which will carry you and your wife back to France." De Catinat could but admire the en ergy and tenacity of the man. "It seems to me, father, that you would have shone more as a soldier than as a follower of Christ," said he, ""but since you have followed us here and since there is no getting away we may settle this question at some later time." A great brown cloud had overspread the heavens and the night had fallen so rapidly that they could hardly see the gleam of the river in front of them. The savages in the woods and behind the captured stockade were quiet, save for an occasional shot. Suddenly a dull red glow began to show above one of the roofs of the cottages. "They have set it on fire!" cried Du Lhut. "The canoes must go at once. or the river will soon be as light as dav. In! in! There is not an instant fn k ifl;tr" There was no time for leave taking. One impassioned kiss and Adele was torn away and thrust into the smallest canoe, which she shared with Onega, two children and an unmarried girl. The others rushed into their places, and in a few moments they had pushed off and had vanished into the drift and the darkness. The great cloud had broken and the rain pattered heavily on the roof. "Thank God for this storm!" murmured Du Lhut. "It will prevent the cottages from blazing up too quickly." But he had forgotten that, though the roofs might be wet, the interior was as "This is A.mory de Catinat, the heretic and Huguenot!" dry as tinder. He had hardly spoken before a great yellow tongue of flame licked out of one of the windows, and again and again, until suddenly half of the roof fell in. and"he cottage was blazing like a pitch bucket. The flames hissed and sputtered In the pouring rain; but, fed from below, they grew still higher and fiercer, flashing redly cpon the great trees and turning their trunks to burnished brass. Their light made the inclosure and the manor house as clear as day and exposed the whole long stretch of the river. A fearful yell from the woods announced that the savages had seen the canoes. "They are rushing through the woods. They are making for the water's edge, cried De Catinat. "They have some canoes down there," said Du Lhut. But they must pass us, cried this seigneur of Ste. Marie. "Get down t the cannon and see if you cannot stop them." They had hardly reached the gun when two large canoes filled with warriors shot out from among the reedj below the fort. "Jean, you are our best shot," cried De. la Jvoue. Xjlt fr het.u

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! do you take the other gun." The two wrinkled old artillerymen glanced along their guns and waited for the canoes to come abreast of thei.t. The fire blazed higher and higher, and the broad river lay like a sheet of djll metal, with the 'two dark liues whleh marked the canws sweeping swiJ.'Iy down the center. One was fifty yard in front of ?he otht-r, but in each the Indians were bending to their pad Hes and pulling frantically, while t.:eir comrades from the wooded stores whooped them on t. fresh exertions. The fugitives had already disapj ared around the bend of the river. As the first canoe came abrecst of the lower of the two guns the Canadian made the si.-n of the eras over the toucahole and firel. A c!ir and then a groan went up from the, eajer watchers. The charge bad strtick the surface close to the mark and dashed such a shower of water over it that for aa instant it looked as if it had been sunk. The next moment. hvrev-r, the splash subsided, and the cano shot away uninjured save that one of the rowers had dropied his paddle while his head fell forward upon tha ;ack cf the man in front of him. The second gunner sighted the same cani as it came abreast of him. It was a beautiful shot. Thn whole charge took the canoe about :ix feet behind the bow and doubles her up like an egc-hell. Before tta sinoke had cleared she had foundered and the second canoe had paused to pick up some of the wounded men. "Quick, quick!" cried the reigueur. "Load the gun! Ve may gej the second one yet T But it was not to be. Lous before they could get it ready the Iroquois had picked up their wounded warriors and were pulling madly downstream. As they shot away the fire died suddenly down in the burning cottages, and the rain and the darkness closed in upon them once more. "My God!" cried De Catinht furiously. "They will be taken! Let us abandon this place, take a boat and follow them! Come, come! Not an Instant Is to be lost!" "I do not think that they will be caught," said Du Lhut, laying his hand soothingly upon his shoulder. "Do not fear. They had a long start, and the women here can paddle as well as the men. Besides, these canoes of the Mohawks are not as swift as the Algonquin birch barks which we , use. In any case, it is impossible to follow, for we have no boat." "There is one lying there." "Ah, it will but hold a single man. It Is that in which the friar came." "Then I am going in that! My place is with Adele r lie flung open the dor, rushed out and was about to push off the frail skiff when some one sprang past him and with a blow from a hatchet stove in the side of the boat. It is my boat," said the friar, throw ing down his ax and folding his arms. I have found you and you shall not escape me again." The hot blood flushed to the soldier s head, and, picking up the ax, he took a quick step forward. The light from the open door shone upon the grave. harsh face of the friar, but not a mus cle twitched nor a feature changed as he saw the ax whirl up in the hands of a furious man. He only signed himself with the cross and muttered a Latin praver under his breath. It was that composure which saved his life De Catinat hurled down the ax again with a bitter curse and was turning away from the shattered boat when in an Instant, without a warning, the great door of the manor house crashed inward and a flood of whooping sav ages burst into the bouse. (To Be Oontlnud.) MILTONMilton, Ind., Jan. 1, (Spl.) R. II Newman and wife of Richnfbnd were at E. B. Newman's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Warren left Monday for Malabar, Florida to spend the winter. James McCollum of Raleigh is the guest of relatives. Rev. F. C. McCormick was at Ben tonville Monday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kerlin a son, Sunday, December 30. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral of Mrs. George Rothermel Sunday were Mrs. JoLj Cornthwaite, Kokomo, Mrs. James Paxton and son, Dayton, O., George Clee, Miss Volaria Clee and Robert Clee, Troy, O.; Messrs and Mesdames Will Bradford and Jacob Clouds and Will Rothermel, Connersville; Harry Rothermel, Montpelier; Oliver Hess and family, Indianapolis, Mesdames David Bertsch, Emma Wharton, Mrs. Henry Lons, Winters and Baer, East Germantown. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ferris and son Albert are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mills near Hopewell. Earnest Doty of Indianapolis is the guest of his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Doty. Mrs. Florence Johns and daughter Miss Francis Wise are the guests of relatives in Richmond. , , Mrs. Chas. Murray of Denver returned to her home Saturday after an extended visit with her father E. Hurst, east of town. Mrs. Linda Hindman of Knightstown visited her mother Mrs. Olive Williams over Sjinday. Verne Bragg has returned to India- i napolis after a visit with his parents W. A. Bragg and wife. The annual business meeting of the Christian church will be held at the church Thursday evening. January 3. Reports will be given from various departments of the church work and afterward a social hour will be spent. The Ladies Aid Society will serve refreshments. The members of the church are urged to be present. Messrs and Mesdames Oran Hemphill and Carl Weyl of Franklin are visiting local relatives. Miss Emma Kellar returned to her home in Bentonvnie after a visit with her sister Mrs. J. E. Moore.

Miss Ida Smith risked In East Germantown Sunday. Miss Eunice McClung returned home Sunday from a visit with the Misses Sbepmaa of New Castlaf

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I COKHIIT, TT Ml ECONOMY. Economy, Ind., Jan. 1, (Spl.) Miss Edith Lamb visited friends at Richmond Wednesday. Miss Bessie Taylor who has a school at Whitewater spent the holi days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor. Glen Shively returned to Peru after spending Xruas here. The Misses Effie Wilson and Minnie Marshall were at the state capltof last week. Luke D. Fisher made a business trip to Rcdkey last Friday. Mrs. Celia Shively of Pern, and Master Vaughn Chamne?s visited friends at Moreland Saturday. Frank Marvel, of Troy, O., who. visited the Fisher's last week has returned home. Dr. J. B. and Mrs. Clark are back from Indianapolis after a three days visit with their son, Dr. Ed. Clark and fam'ly. Miss ilena Clark, teacher in the kindergarten at Kendalville, has returned to resume school wovk after

WOMAN'S l&IGHHETS. The Dignity and Saoredneu off Zlotherhood. Think of the greatest mart who has ever lived ttpon this earth, and then think of him as he lay, an infant, in his mother's arms. Does it seem possible that he should have grown, become great in the world's estimate and perhaps had monuments erected to perpetuate his memory, and yet that the world should have forgotten even the name of the woman who bore him ? The son's work is the mother's primarily and, therefore, the recognition of the dignity and tender sacredness of moth erhood should no longer be delayed. It is high time that this country's greatest treasures the women who have contributed largely to make IT what IT is should be recognized. Why should not these good mothers be given the right to vote and have a voice in our government a right that is accorded to some of the most ignorant, most insignificant and vilest of men ? It has been well said that "for every monument to a great man there should be a monument to his mother and the mother's monument should be built first.''

But it is not so much the purpose of this brief article to advocate the just rights and privileges due to the women of this country, although it has afforded the writer great pleasure to pen the foregoing brief tribute to their worth and just deserts, as it is to call attention to the fact that when broken down in health and strength by over-work, the too frequent bearing of children, the never ending toil, worry and care of the household, or by whatever may overtax the strength and delicacy of her sensitive system, there is one, tried and proven, safe remedy upon which ehe may rely to regain health, strength and the power to fully enjoy life. That remedy is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription a remedy made wholly from the roots of native forest plants which have been proven to be most efficacious, reliable and safe in the cure 'if woman's peculiar weaknesses, periodical pains, irregularities, wasting and weakening catarrhal, pelvic drains and kindred ailments. It is a remedy, the makers of which, print its formula on every bottle-wrapper and attest its completeness and correctness under oath; a remedy devised a adapted to woman's delicate constitut. m by an educated physician an experienced specialist in woman's diseases; a remedy, every ingredien?twhich haa received the written endprsetaent of tV most mfnent mdtcaJVr iters of all theVevcral schools ot prsxticeWoK the cnreW woman's peculiar diseases; a remwlyrhich has more bona-fide dures to its credit than any other sold by frngristsJoftOTiman's epecial require me which contains nSalcohol make op Delicate, weak, nervous women should especially ehun the use of alcoholic medicines which, from their stimulating and exhilerating effects may seem, for a time, to do good, but which, from the inevitable effects of the alcohol' in shrinking up the red corpuscles of the blood, are sure to do great and lasting harm in the long run. Besides they beget a craving for stimulants which -is most deplorable. "Favorite Prescription" is the one remedy for woman's ills which contains no alcohol. Only invigorating end nerve strengthening effects can follow the use of this famous medicine for women. It can not possiblv do harm in any state or condition of the system. If a woman has bearing down, or dragging pains, low down in the abdomen, or pelvis, backache, frequent

Bought, and which has been has borne the signature of has been made under his perSignature cf siendit.v: the holidays with ner reoiher, Mjs. Ida Clark. 7he E.'ilham, DePauw inl Purdue students r.f this place have ieluiie.1 to the col'eges after spending tho vacation wir'i (bcir parents. Mr. anl MrE. Norman Lntey and baby of Foimtsln City viiited at W. Jrraziers last , week. Protract?'! meetinps at Morgan's Chapel this week. Miss F'oroce Wa'ters viited her friend, Mtes Martha Weyl, from Tuesday until Friday last week. Miss Julia Jackson of .Vn'.-rscn anent iciit A the hcljdavs with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jamc.i Jackson, Miss G!.idy Walters visltcl Ml Ruby Monism two dpys last week Mrs. NelUa Fenlmore and vm. Howard, returned to their home In M uncle Saturday mem Ing. There is to be a week of prayer at the M. E. .cnurch commencmu January 8. Alice Sharon, of Wichita, Kansas, visited Mrs. E. Hiatt Friday. Miss Blanche Fenimoro ave a party last Friday evening in honor of the college students that attend barlham. DePauw and Purdue. A dainty two course .'ivicheon was served. headaches; dizry or fainting tpells, Is nervous and easily startled, has gnaw ing feeling in stomach, sees imaginary floating specks, or spots before her eyes, has melancholia, or " bines," or a weakening disagreeable, catarrhal drain from pelvic organs, ehe can make no mistake by resorting to the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It will invigorate and tone op the whole system and especially the pelvic organs. Dr. Pierce' Favorite Perscription i$ a scientific medicine, carefully devised by an experienced and ekillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicats system. Being made of native American medicinal roots, and without alcohol, it is perfectly harmless in its effect in any condition of the female system. As a powerful invigorating tonic,' Favorite Irescription" imparts lasting strength to the whole system and to the organs distinctly feminine in particular. For over-worked, worn-out," rundown," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, " Bhop-jrirLs," honee-keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being unequsled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. As a soothing and strengthening nervine, "Favorite Prescription' is uneqnaled and is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous ctbanstion, nervont prostration, nenralgis, hysteria, spasms, St.Vitus's dance, ami other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant npon functional and organic disease of the womanly organ. It induces refreshing sleep and rrlieves mental anxiety and despondency. No woman suffering from any of tht above symptoms can afford to accept any secret nostrum or medicine of un knourn composition, as a substitute foi a medicine like Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which is or KJfOWK COMposition and has a record of over forty years of cures and sells more largely to-day than ever before. Its maker withhold no secrets from their patients, believing open publicity to be the very best guaranty of merit. Dr. Pierce invites all suffering womei. to consult him by letter free of charge, All letters of consultation are held at strictly private and sacredly confidential ana all answers are returned id plain, sealed envelopes. Address: Dr. K. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and 6or gical Institute. Buffalo. 2f . v- -. J