Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1902 — Page 2

IRENE’S VOW

CHAPTER XXI. Sir Hulbert, followed Irene into the depths of the wood. Just for the time being his thoughts were going over and lover again in fancy every scene he had lever had with Irene. If she would but (forgive him, earth and heaven' would fceetn to him to grow clearer, his heart lighter, his life brighter. , More than once, as he parted the tranches, the gun that he carried so negligently xraught; more than once he said |to himself that he must be more caretful, or it would go off. Then he saw ithat she had reached a small, pretty opening in the wood, one evidently where huinan feet seldom trod. ’> ’‘lrene,” he called, and the sound of (his voice died away in the tall ferns. ‘‘lrene,” he called again, and this time tearing him, she turned quickly round; ter face grew white with anger and acorn. "He has followed Uls ‘fancy,’ ” she said to herself bitterly. ‘‘lrene, I want to speak to you for a few moments. I have followed you so •long and so far." (treat heaven! what followed? The scornful answer died on her lips. IThere was a sudden crash, a cry, the sharp ring of a shot, and he was lying In the long grass, With his face on the ■g round. With her quick, keen instinct, she knew Wt once what had happened. In parting *he branches of the trees to reach the open leel his gun had caught, in trying —<o recover it he fell,- ami thl* contents •f the gun entered his side. He fell, wounded, but not mortally; all 'this she saw nt a glance. A deep moan came from his lips, and she stood by in silence. With a desperate effort he turned over on his side and gasped for breath. The fall had not stunned hjm, but he jwas quite unahle to move. “ "Oh, help!” he cried, "help!” She did not move or stir, and then the strong man fainted from excess of pain. How long he lay in that swoon he did not know; it was the very torture of pain ♦ hat woke him from it. lie woke to find her still standing by him, mute, silent, motionless. "Oh, help me!’’ he cried; ‘‘lrene, help me!" He might as well have cried out to the grass, the ferns, the trees, for all the heed she took. "Irene,” he cried ■again, while the great drops of agony •ind exhaustion fell from his brow. ‘‘lrene, go quickly to the house and tell them what has happeend; all the shot is iiere in my right side. Bid them bring e litter: I cannot move." The words came out in gasps; he could scarcely breathe for pain. But the Duchess of Bayard did not move or speak; her ■face had grown very white, and there (was a strange, defiant light upon it. He looked at her in wonder. "Oh, Irene, hasten,” he said. “I am in •meh pain, such terrible pain. My side burns as though it were on fire. Ah, help me quickly, or I shall die.” There was a gleam in her face that ■almost frightened him —it .was so much like madness. Then she came a little mearer to diim, and, bending down, looked into his face. "Can you hear me?” she asked; "can you understand?" "Yes, I hear, Irene, Help me, for lieaven's sake!” "Listen. You have read the Bible, perhaps, when you were a child at sebool. Do you remember that when strange nations fell into the hands of the Jews it was said that heaven hail delivered them into the hands of their enemies? Do you remember that?’’ "Yes," he gasped. "Help me, Irone!" "As it happened to the Jews, so it has —trappeued tv-me,” she "yon ave-dcuJ Jivered into my hands; you have fallen I living into my hands.” “Oh, Irene, hasten for help for me!” "No," she replied, -lowly, "I >hall bring no help to yon." "Bring no help!” he cried. "You are mad. I .-ball die if yqg do not/’ "You must die," she replied. HThe ( life of the body is as nothing compared -AOlhfelife of the soul—less than nothing. Yqu tried to kill my soul. You would have taken from me my good name and fair repute, and it is just—heaven knows that it is just—that I, in my turn, should tike from you the life of your body, it is but just!" she cried, passionately. His eyes grew livid with horror, his eyes terrible with fear. "You cannot mean it, Irene. Y’ou are • woman, gentle and tender of heart, I know. dear. You are trying to frighten me. Anil I am sorry, sorry for my sin. •orry to my heart for the wrong 1 did you. I was following you just for that, Irene, to ask your pardofi—to ask you to . *ay that yon had forgiven me. Do you know that if you leave me here, without help. I shall die the most cruel, lingering, torturing death?” “As my soul would have died,” she •aid, in a pitiless voice. "I swore to be revenged on you. I had but to speak one word to my husband and be would have set his heel on your face. That would have been merciful revqpge. 1 prefer thia." “,I would not believe you, Irene,” ho cried, "if you went on your knees and •wore it.” She knelt down among the fern and dead plants. “I swear that I will do it,” she said, ■with the same strange gleam of defiance on her face. "I will leave you lying here to die in punishment of the wrong you did me." ‘‘lrene,” he said, “you are mad; you must be mart! Do you know that this .would be murder?" ‘‘lt is vengeance," she said, "righteous vengeance! 1 have thought over It by night and brooded over it by dny, what I should do to be avenged; how I could reach you; how I could best make you ifeel; and now I exult that you aYedelivered over to me, lanind, helpless as people were delivered to the tortures of old. 'lt is righteous vengeance. You tortured .my soul. I avenge myself on your body.” “Oh, heaven!” he cried. "Can this be true? To die while the sun-shines, and the birds sing—to He here through the Jong, silent hours of day and night! Oh, Irene, for heaven's sake take pity on me. Save mercy on me! Do you know," and broke down with a terrible sob, "do

By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME.

you know that it will take a week to die? lam so strong—ah, so strong! But you do not mean it. A man might do such a deed—no woman cbuld.” Her face neither softened nor trembled; she looked quite as steadily at him. "Say what you w,ill, I shall leave you here to die; no prayers, no pleading will prevail, and what is more, I shall have the courage to come and see you die, just as, day by dny, yon watched the slow’ crushing of my soul.” ”*ls there no help for me?” he groaned. "No, none. The sunbeams wrll-*be warm and bright over ybir; wondering birds, with .bright eyes, will perch on the boughs overhead, and will Watch you; -the leaves will fall over you, and the wind murmur all the saddest songs in your ears. The hour will come when thesame wind will bear your soul to the judgment seat—remembcwthen xhe wu’oug you havc done to me.” She turned slowly away. Before she quite left- she drew from a pocket their false wedding-ring, and scornfully tossed rds Inin. -He, lying there in his agony, watched the blue dress as it disappeared among the trees. He cried aloud as she went, uttering every imploring word of which he could think as she went away, with the sound of those terrible cries ringing in her ears. CHAPTER XXII. Back through the sunlight and gloom, through the tangled brake and the ferns, through the great forest aisles to the beaten track of the woods, once more under the blue sky with the fragraqt air whispering round her —an altered woman. There was little trace in this haggard face of the duchess; all the exquisite coloring had faded, the lips were white, the wide-open eyes had a frightened, startled look, the dainty bloom and the-freshness, the youth, the brightness had gone, leaving it like a stone mask, — She entered the house by the pretty side door in the rose garden. Almost the first person she met was the duke, who had returned from the shooting party. She averted her face lest, seeing it, he should mistake it lor the face of the dead. "Irene, my darling!” he cried, “where have you been? Your dress is covered with dust and grass.” Her heart almost stood still at the words. The pale face of the wounded man seemed to float before her, his voice to till her ears. Then she remembered that she must be herself, that she must speak and act naturally, or he would ed her white hands and looked at them to see if a red stain was on them. Her husbgnd saw the curious gesture, and, not dreaming of its cause, said to her: - ,

“Are your hands dusty? We had no dust at Durntou—it has been a very pleasant day.” She mastered henself so far as to speak, but her voice was quite unlike any other sound; the horror of the scene was on her yet. "I have been wandering about the grounds.’’ she said. "1 had a headache and could not talk.” He looked at her and eried out in genuine alarm. "You do look ill, Irene; 5011 must rest an hour before dinner. It is nearly five now,” Five! And she had left the wood at three. Ah, then, two hours of this mortal agony were over—two long, cruel, dreary hours. “Have all the party returned?” she asked. "All but Sir Hulbert,” he replied. "Lady Estmere seems anxious about -binii” ■ She could not help the horrible blanching of her face or the shaking of her hands. "He did not go with us,” continued the duke. "He followed us to 'Durnton; strange to say, we saw nothing of him. One of tlie keepers passed him in what is •vailed the* Lower Woods, and no one has seen him since. AA’itliout doubt he lias made up a capital bag.”She kaew that »t was a mistake; no keeper could have'seen him, for the best of all reasons—he was not there. The keeper must have soen someone else whom he mistook for Sir Hulbert. She saw at oence and quickly how the mistake would' benefit her. She went away, smiling to herself with bitter a'orn, but she could not endure her terrible burden, front the horrible tragedy lonely room; she must go down to the Indies nnd talk to them—anything to make her forget, anything to take her thoughts from the greensward and its terrible burden, from the horrible tragedy. on which the sun was shining. She met Lady Estmere in the hall, who went up to her with a wistful face. "Duchess, she said, "I was looking for you. 1 want a few words of comfort about jny husband. Sir Hulbert.” •’AA'hnt about him?” she asked, her lips burning, and so stiff she could barmy articulate. "ID followed the duke’s party to Durnton, gad none of them has seen him. I am tfraid he has missed his way. I would give all I have in this world to see Lim just at this taqnient—l would, indetd. You always comfort everyone—comfort me.” Slia tried to laugh, but the sound was horrible, even to herself. "AA'hat comfort do you want? Are you so love sick that if your husband be n few minutes late you must fancy nil kinds of evil things have happened to him?” Lady Estmere looked up in wonder. "How strange your voice is. Surely you are not well.” “I am quite well; and I am inclined to think that j’ou are fanciful,” she said. "1 hope I am, duchess, for I feel really unhappy dliont my husband. I had a strange feeling, a strange presentiment, when he was going away a? though some evil was hanging over him.” "You are not well,” said the duchess; “those fanciea often come when one feels weak and languid.” The dianer bell rang, the duchess gathered up her dress of blue velvet, with its rich, trailing lace and diamond ornameata. They talked much of Sir Hulbert dur-

Ing dinner,, perhaps ont of pjty for the pale face of his yotjng wife. They laughed at the idea that anything had happened to him; perhaps carried away by love of sport, he had gone farther into the wood and so had missed them; but that he should be lost was all nonsense. He would be here soon, laughing at his misadventure. Ladies left* the the gentlemen drew their chairs nearer together, the' ( Waylight faded out of the skies, and yet 'Tie had not returned; but they did not begin to feel really uneasy until 10 o’clock had struck and there was no sign of him.

CHAPTER XXIII. As the evening wore on and the beautiful face of the young wife grew pale, the gentlemen did their best to sustain their courage. Such things often happen, they said; Sir Hulbert might have missed his way and sought a night’s refuge in some of the neighboring villages or mansions; he might have inei.wjth xQmgjfriend who had detained him; he might have gonp to spend the night with some of the neighbors, and have sent a messenger who had delayed; a thousand probable ideas suggested themselves to them, all of which were possible and probable. Earlier than usual that evening came to a close. No one seemed inclined for the usual evening’s amusement, for dancing, charades or music. Al though they would not apprehend danger there was no doubt that the absence-of Sir Hulbert weighed them down. The greater part of the visitors retired early. The duke, with one of his footmen. went down to the keeper’s cottage to send the men Out to the woods. Lady Estinere went to her room, where her maid sat up to comfort her the greater part of the night, and the Duchess of Bayard Went to rest. She had barely patience to wait while the maid took off that sumptuous drw of blue velvet, with its rich, trailing laces, and the diamonds with their shining light; she hurried her, and seemed possessed by the very spirit of impatience. “I am going to read, Marcia,” said her grace; “give me the blue dressing godwn, and you can go.” But first she must take the diamond stars from the queenly head and brush out the silken shower of golden hair. More than once while that -was being ~avne tlie~duchcss asked the question*. “What kind or~niglit~ts it, Marcia—does the moon shine?’2_ And each time the maid answered: “No; your grace, it is dark yet; but the clouds ap? breaking over the moon.” More than once she started so violently that the golden waves of hair were almost torn from the girl's hand. "Did you hear a cry?” she would say. And the maid’s answer Was always: “No, your grace; it is the wind among the trees; the wind is high to-night.” —At last the door closed and the maid was gone. > Ireen was alone, and she locked the door, lest any interruption .should come. She flew rather than walked to the window and opened it quickly; she leaned half out of it, and bent her golden head as though she was listening intently. Just then the clouds parted, and the moon shone out clear as day. Those silver beams never fell on any sight more tragic than the beautiful head and face framed in roses and passion flowers, bent with such eager, desperate intent. The windows of her room looked toward that part of the woods where the living horror lay. She could not take her .eyes from the group of trees that led to it. The wind stirred the branches, and they were like great arms stretching to her, like huge giants beckoning to her. She cried out with terror, and then the eldtids parted still further, and the moon shone out clear and bright as day; it was as though a flood of living, clear silver TiadJallen over everything, and she knew —she knew now that light would fall <n the upturned face, the dark, handsome face she had loved with such a passionate love, on the white hands that would now probably be tearing the grass and beating the ground in the wildest agony. The moon would be shining down upon him; the light lying on nis face and hair just as it lay"on hers; the wind would whisper, and moan, and wail; the pure, pale stars with golden eyes would be watching him; the night birds singing over him; the hares pause in their leapings at the terrible sight before them; the bright-eyed squirrels would halt in solemn wonder as they saw what lay oa the ground. She shuddered and trembled as she thought of it; she stretched out her hands to the east, where he lay. Her whole soul seemed to go out to him with a rush of pain. She clasped her hands as she cried to herself: (To be continued.!

Science Could Not Explain It.

A distinguished naturalist recently gave a dinner to a number of learned men. At the conclusion of the repast the company went out into the garden, in the center of which stood a large glass globe, on a pedestal. Happening to touch this globe one of tlie guests discovered, to his amazement, that it was much warmer on tlie shady sidu than on the side facing the sun. He immediately communicated bls discovery to his friends. A warm argument sprang up, and in the course of the debate the phenomenon was attributed to the law of reflection or repulsion or something equally formidable. The host, however, had his suspicion as to the correctness of tUese theories, ami sent for bis gardener. AVben be put in an appearance, the gentleman said: > "John, can you tell us why this globe Is warmer on the shady than on the sunny side?” “AA’.eU,” replied the man, slowly, "the fact is, I just turned it round, for I was afraid that the heat would crack it."

“A farmer ought to read a groat deal, Just the same as any business man.” "Yes,” answered Farmer Corntoseel. “It keeps me so busy posting up on railroad rates and the tariff that I’m sometimes afraid I won’t have time to raise the stuff to send to market.”—Washington Star. Whenever we hoar a girl called “wlllowg,” we are reminded of a certain rouud-slmpldered tree that stands with its feet in a mudbole, and -can’t see where ths compliment oomea in.

Art.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS AT THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.

Wednesday was "President's day” at lhe Charleston exposition. The events as the day began with a grand procession through the principal streets of Charleston, and afterward there were speeches in the exposition auditorium, the presentation of a sword by the President to Maj. Micah Jenkins, a luncheon at the Woman's building and inspection of the grounds and buildings. The parade was the most important that Charleston has ever seen. Besides the President and distinguished visitors. United States artillerymen, United States marines and jackies, there were soldiers from various States and cadets from two military academies,' At noon the President proceeded .from the reviewing stand into the auditorium, where the formal ceremonies took place. Addresses were made by Capt. I l ’. AV. Wagener, president of the exposition company; Gov. McSwccney of South Carolina, Gov. Aycock of- North Carolina, Mayor Smyth of Charleston and the President of the United States. President Roosevelt’s Speech. President Roosevelt spoke in part as follows: Witl) delicate and thoughtful courtesy you originally asked me to qome to this exposition on the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The invitation not oiily showed a flue generosity and manliness in you, my hosts, but it also emphasized what hardly anything else could have emphasized how completely we are now a united people. The wounds left by tlie great Civil War, incomparably the greatest war of modern times, have healed and its memories are now priceless heritages of honor alike to the North and to the South. The devotion, the self-sacri-fice, the steadfast resolution and lofty daring, the high devotion to the right as each man saw it, whether Northerner or Southerner—all these qualities of the men and women of the early '6os now shine luminous and brilliant before our eyes, while the mists of anger and hatred that once dimmed thetn have passed away forever. All of us, North and South, can glory alike in the valor of the men who wore the gray. Those were iron times and only iron men could fight to its terrible finish the giant struggle between the hosts of Grant and Lee. To us of the present dny and to our children and children's children, the valiant deeds, the high endeavor and abnegation of self shown in that struggle by those who took part therein will remain for evermore to mark the level to which we in our turn must rise whenever the hour of the nation’s need may come. When four years ago lids nation was compelled to face a foreign foe, I lie completeness of the reunion became instantly and strikingly evident. The war was not one Which called for the exercise of more than an insignificant fraction of our strength nnd tlie strain put upon us was slight indeed compared with the results.. Bnt it was a

satisfaetory lliing t<> see-ffiirway In which the sons of the soldier of the Union and the soldier of the Confederate leaped eagerly forward, emulous to show In brotherly rivalry the qualities which had won renown for their fathers. Hie men of the great war. It was my good fortune to serve under an ex-Confederate gem-ral, gallant old Joe Wheeler, who commanded the cavalry division at Santiago. In my regiment there were certainly ns many men whose fathers had served in the Southern as there were men whose fathers had served in the Northern army. Among .the captains there was opportunity to promote only one to field rank. The man who was singled out for this promotion because of conspicuous gallantry in the field was the son of a Confederate genernl and was himself a citizen of this, the I’almetto State; tfhd no American officer could wish to march to battle lieslde a more loyal, gallnut and absolutely fearless comrade than my former captain nnd major, your fellow-cltizeu, Micah Jenkins. • A few months ngo, owing to the enforced absence of the Governor of the Philippines, It was necessary to nominate a Vice Governor to take his place—one of the more important places in our Government at this time. I nominated as Vice Governor an exConfederate. Gen. I,uke Wright, of Tennessee. It Is, therefore, an ex-Confederntc who stands ns the exponent of this Government •nd this people, in. that great group of islnnds In the Eastern seas over which the American ling floats, it Is an added proof of the compivteness of the reunion of our country that one of the foremost meu who have been Instrumental In driving forward tine great work for civilization and humanity In the Philippines hits b<*cn a man who in the Civil War fought with distinction in a uniform of Confederate grax. Sectional Lincs Wiped Ont. If ever the need comes in the future the past fans made abundantly evident the fact that from this time on Northerner nnd Southerner will In war know only the generous desire to strive how ench can do tlie more effective service fcr the flng of our common country. The same thing is true

Sign a Treaty.

Secretdry Hay nnd Mr. Raikes, secretary of the British embassy, hare signed a treaty extending to the British colonies the provisions of the original treaty between the United States and Great Bfliain for the protection of industrial property. The home of Edward Lyttle, near Uniontowtv Pa., was destroyed by fire and two children, aged 2 and 3 years, were cremated. The fire occurred during the absence of Mrs. Lyttle, who had gone to a neighbor's. J Got. Montague of Virginia vetoed the joint Assembly resolution appropriating $300,000 for pensions for Confederate veterans on constitutional grounds. Canada refused to let Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen carry on insurance for the benefit of members.

In the endless work of peace, the neverending work of building and keeping the marvelous fabric of our Industrial prosperity. The upbuilding of any part of our country is a benefit to the whole, and every such effort as this to stimulate the resources and industry of a particular section is entitled to the heartiest support from every quarter of the Union. Thoroughly good national work can be done only if each of us works hard for himself and at the same time keeps constantly In mind that he must work in conjunction with others. You have made a particular effort In your exhibition to get into touch with the West Indies. This is wise. The events of the last four years have shown us that the West Indies and the isthmus in the future occupy a far larger place in our national policy than in the past. This is proved by ’he negotiations for the purchase of the Danish Islands, the aequlsition of-Porto Hico, the proparation for building an isthmian canal and finally by the changed relations which these years have produced between us and Cuba. As a nation we have an especial right to take honest pride In what we have done for Cuba. Our critics abroad and at home have insisted that we never intended to leave the island. But on the 20th of next month Cuba becomes a free republic and we turn over to the Islanders the control of their own Government. It would be very difficult to find a parallel in the conduct of any other great state that has occupied such a position as ours. We have kept our word and done our duty just as an honest individual in private life keeps his word and docs his duty. Be it remembered, moreover, that after our three years’ occupation of the Island we turn it over to the Cubans in a better condition than it ever has been in all the centuries of Spanish rule. This has a direct bearing upon our own welfare. We have rightfully insisted upon Cuba adopting toward usanattltudedifferingpolitically from that she adopts toward any other power; and in return, as a matter of right, we must give to Cuba a different—that is, a better—position economically in her relations with us than we give to other powers. This is the course dictated by sound policy, by a wise and far-sighted view of our own Interests, and by the positiofi we have taken during the past four years. We are a wealthy and powerful country, dealing with a much weaker one; and the contrast in wealth and strength makes It nil the more our duty to deal with Cuba as we have alcrady dealt with her, in a spirit of large generosity. Period of Prosperity.* This exposition is rendered possible because of the period of industrial prosperity through which we are passing. The wellbeing which we are now enjoying can be secured only through general business prosperity, and such prosperity is conditioned upon the energy and hard work, the sanity and the mutual respect of all classes of capitalists, large and small, of wage-workers of every degree. As is inevitable in a time of business, prosperity, some men succeed more than others, and it is unfortunately also inevitable that when this is the.case some unwise people arc sure to try to appeal "to the envy and jealousy of those who succeed least. It is a good thing when these appeals are made to remember that while It Is difficult to— Increase- prospari ty by. .la.w_.lt Is easy -enough to ruin it, and that there is small satisfaction to the less prosperous If they succeed in overthrowing both the more prosperous and themselves in the crush of a common disaster. We are certain to fall If we adopt the policy of the demagogue who raves against the wealth which is simply the form of embodied thrift, foresight nnd intelligence; who would shut the door of opportunity against those whose energy we should especially foster, by penalizing the qualities which toll for success. Just ns little can we afford to follow those who fear to recognize injustice and to endeavor to cut it out because the task is difficult or even—if performed l>y unskilled hands—dangerous. This is an era of great combinations, both of labor and capital. In many ways these combinations have worked for good, but they must work under the law, and the laws concerning them must be just and wise or they will inevitably do evil; and this applies as much to the richest corporation as to the most powerful labor union. Our laws must be wise, sane, healthy, conceived in the spirit of those who scorn the mere agitator, the mere Inciter of class or sectional hatred; who wish justice for all men, who recognize the need of adhering so far as possible to tlie old American doctrine of giving the widest possible scope for the free exercise of individual initiative, nnd yet who recognize also that after combinations hare reached a certain stage it is indispensable to the general welfare that the nution should exercise over them, cautiously and with sclf-restra'nt but tirmv, the power of supervision and regulation. Above all, the administration of the Government, the enforcement of the laws, must be fair nnd honest. The laws are not to lx administered either in’the Interest of the poor man or the interest of the rich man. They are simply to be administered justly— In tlie Interest of justice to each man, be he rich or be he poor, giving Immunity to no violator, whatever form the violation may assume. Such Is the obligation which every ptlbllc servant takes nnd to It lie must be true under penalty of forfeiting the respect both of himself and of bls fellows.

Short News Notes.

J. T. Fitzpatrick, ex-police inspector Chicago, is dead. x. ■* Four men were killed with twenty-four hours by trains in Baltimore. Highwaymen are making bay in St. Ixtuis. Seven bold-ups in one night recently. Tly; revolver Czolgosz used in killing 'President McKinley is now in possession of the Buffalo. N. Y., bietorical society. John Cookwood, a negro barber of Oklahoma City, O. T., was assaulted on la and shot in the neck and jaw ny an unknown assailant. At a depth of 780 feet gas was struck in the fourth well sunk at Blackwell, O. T. There is greatly Increased pressure over that in the other wells. During February 421 cases of smallpox were reported to the Kansas State Board of Health, bnt thare was not a single death from tiM disease recorded.

A WISCONSIN PAPER ON WESTERN CANADA.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, One of the Favored Districts. The following, clipped from the correspondence columns of the Eau ClaJre (XA isconsin) Leader, is but one of many letters of a similar character that might be published concerning Western Canada, the land of No. 1 hard wheat and the best cattle on the continent. It is a simple matter to reach the lands spoken of, the Canadian Government having agencies established at St Paul and Duluth, Minnesota; Grafton, North Dakota; AA’atertown, South Dakota; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa; Wausau and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Sault Ste. Marie and Detroit, Michigan; Toledo and Columbus, Ohio, and by writing to or calling upon any of these agents fit these points full information can be secured. This is a great opportunity to secure a home free of cost, or If you desire to purchase lands, they can be bought now at prices much lower than will exist in a few months. But read what the correspondent referred to has to say of one particular district; To the- Editor of the Leader: “The rush of the land seekers will be to the prairie provinces of the Dominion of Canada. The allurements of a soil that yields 40 bushels of wheat to the acre are too great to be resisted and an immense migration from this country may be confidently predicted. People here laughed at first at the idea of any one leaving the United States for Canada, but the Dominion authorities knew they had a good thing and they stuck to It. Their officials evidently knew the value of printer’s ink. They spared no expense in letting the people of this country know that these lands were there and that they were exactlv as represented. They did more. They sent out specimens of the crops raised and samples of the grain. We have bad them here at four consecutive street fairs presided over by One of their ablest immigration officers. This gentleman spared no pains. He explained the value of the lauds and the richness of the soil froim morning to night to all comers. “All this told in the long run, Several went up from here to spy out the land and, like Caleb, the son of Jepunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, brought back a good report and now some ten families will leave here in a few weeks for Saskatoon to settle upon farms there, and others are preparing to follow. Of course many will appear shocked at the idea of any one leaving the Stars and Stripes for the Union Jack, but patriotism is but a nomenclature after all, and our experience has been that in nine hundred and ninetynine cases out of a thousand, a man is the most patriotic where he can make the most money and do the most harm to those whom he hates.”

CHANGE OF LIFE.

Some Sensible Advice to Women by Mrs. E. Sailer. Deab Mns. Pinkham :—When I passed through what is known as * change of life,’ I had two years’ suffering, sudden heat, and as quick chills would pass over me ; my appetite was variable.and I never could tell for

MRS. E. SAILER, President German Relief Association, Los Angeles, Cal.

a day at a time how I would feel the next day. Five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound changed all that, my days became days of health, and I have enjoyed every day since—now six years. “We have used considerable of your Vegetable Compound jn our charitable work, as we find that to restore a poor mother to health so she can support herself and those dependent upon her, if such there be, is truer charity than to give other aid. You have my hearty l endorsement, for you have proven yourself a true friend to suffering women.”—Mrs. E. Sailer, 756 K Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal.— ftooo forfeit iftbooo totimonlal It not gonulnt. No other person can-give such helpful advice to women who are sick as can Mrs. Pinkham, for no other has had such great experience—her address is Lynn, Mass., and her advice free —if you are sick write her —you are foolish if you don’t. Rashness is the faithful but unhappy parent of misfortune. —Fuller.

Recognized as a Specific.

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treatment by Ely’s Cream Balm, which la agreeably aromatic. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole surface over which It diffuses itself. Our plan is to give every one a chance to try the merit of Cream Balm for the cure of Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in the Head, by mailing for 10 cents a trial sise to test its curative powers. We mail the 50-cent size also and the druggist keeps It Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment. Relief is Immediate and a cure follows. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street. New York. A remedy for Nasal Catarrh which is drying or exciting to the diseased membrane should not be used.

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