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Mt CHAPTER I IL The hasty, unequal marriage made no sensation. Few knew anything of Mr. Hurst, except that he was one of the gentlemen who visited the Hall. The beautiful girl who lived in the quite seclusion of Brynmar Woods was known and admired; no one expressed any surprise at hearing that she had married a “gentleman from - Ixmdon.” Stephen Hurst married the beautiful, simple country girl, and took her to London. He established her in third rate lodgings in Pimlico. When fortune favored him lie supplied her liberally with money; when it frowned he contented himself by abusing her. He was not naturally a cruel man; he would never rejoice in torture for torture’s sake, but he was selfish and egotistical, mean and false. It was some time before she discovered that he had no source of income save what, he derived from gambling and betting. It was a bitter sorrow to her. She Implored him to try some honest method of living; she offered to work for him, but he only laughed at her ideas, and told her when he could afford it he should open a gambling saloon at home. Before long he did so. and then the real torture of her life began for Magdalen Hurst. Stephen Hurst seemed all at once to lose his good luck. He never touched a card without losing money; he grew moody and irritable, then desperate, and in an evil hour he fell into the lowest depths. He forged the name of a young nobleman who had frequently played at his house. The forgery succeeded, and the sum of money he obtained was a large one; but, as invariably happens, detection followed the crime closely. He was watched, arrested and tried. The gay, dashing Stephen Hurst, who had purposely thrown off all principle, and hated all restraint, found himself now a prisoner for one of those crimes which the law punishes most severely. Then, when the world justly fell upon him, when good and bad looked alike with abhorrence upon him, he learned the value of a wife’s love. Magdalen Hurst clung to him still. Others might believe him guilty—he might be condemned and punished it made no difference to her, he was her kin, though a fallen one. Woman-like, she loved him oven more tenderly and truly in his adversity than she had done in his prosperity. Others blamed him; she knew how he had been tempted; she ytmde a hundred excuses for him. even while she deplored his crime. When the day of his trial came men gazed with wonder on the beautiful white face, so full of anguish and despair. Her eyes never left him, and her lips quivered with every word that told against him. When the sentence of ten years’ transportation was given, one long, low cry, never forgotten by those who heard it, rang through the court, and Magdalen Hurst fell as one dead. Five weeks before Stephen Hurst left England, little Hilda was born; he only saw her once. M hat there was of a better nature in him was touched when his fair young wife laid the little babe in his arms. He half wished he had been a better man; but the good impulse vanished almost before he kissed the little face. He made his wife promise that she would come to him if she could, and she intended at any cost to keep her word. Magdalen Hurst never knew how the । day passed that took her husband away, j it was one long dream of unutterable ! anguish. Awakening from it, she found j herself alone in the great city of London —alone, save for her little child. She would not go home, where they would talk continually of the man she loved, where every idle word uttered against him would pierce her loving, faithful heart; so for three years Magdalen remained in the great city working hard to maintain herself and Iter child. During that time Donald Burns and his wife died. Miss Erskine, who married Lord Hutton, returned with him from abroad, nrgl went to Brynmar. Then Magdalen received a letter from her husband, begging her to go out to him; but she had not the means. She tried to save money, but found it impossible. out of her small earnings. Another ycftrpnHfto«l. and than Magdalen put aside her pride and went back to Po x umar. 1 She found her foster-sister. Lady Hutton, , in the bitterest depths of sorrow; her hus- I band and little child, to whom she was passionately attached, wore both drowned by the upsetting of a boat upon the lake. She stood upon the bank and saw them die before her eyes, unable to render them the least assistance; she saw her iittle daughter’s golden head disappear in the cold water; she saw her husband struggle in vain to save himself and his child. Many suns rose and set before Lady j Hutton saw anything again: and. on the very day that her husband and child were brought homo to Brynmar to be buried, Magdalen Hurst reached the little cottage whore her simple, happy childhood had been spent. She waited there many long weeks until Lady Hutton was able to see her; then, taking iittle Hilda -by tin* hand, she went to the Hall. Sorrow and illness had so completely changed Lady Hutton, that her fostersister hardly knew her again. There was but little greeting between tlumi until Lady Hutton’s eyes fell upon the child; then her pale face grew whiter, and her hands trembled. “Is that your child, Magdalen?’’ she asked. “Is that Stephen Hurst’s daughter?” When Magdalen replied that it was, Lady Hulton led her to her own room, where hung the portrait of a lovely little girl, not unlike the one who gazed upon it “See,” said she, “your child is like mine, Magdalen; you must give her to me: look at the violet eyes and the golden hair.” There was, indeed, some faint resemblance between the two fair little faces. “Yin? want money, Magdalen,” said

Lady Hutton—“money to take you to your husband; you shall have it as much as you like to ask me for if you will give me your child. Let her be mine.” At first Magdalen Hurst was deaf to all entreaties; she would not hear of it; then the master-passion of her life came into play. Ho whom she loved had sent for her, and sent again. She yielded at length, and consented that Lady Hutton should adopt her child. It was a hard struggle; how hard none knew but herself. It was arranged at last to give little Hilda a trial; she was to visit Lady Hutton; if she appeared happy and contented her mother agreed to leave her there; if not, she would forego the great wish of her heart. But Hilda was quite contented; she liked her new and pretty dresses, the grand house, and, above all, the stately lady who was so cold to everyone else, and so kind to her; for Lady Hutton loved the child with a love beyond all words, and when that little golden head rested on her heart it seemed as though her own Maud was there again. Better, a thousand times, the pattering of little feet than the hushed calm of a house where no child lives; better the musical prattle of a stranger's voice than the unbroken silence; better the clasp of those tender little arms, the kisses of the sweet, childish lips, than the haunting memories that were never still. So for three weeks Magdalen Hurst lived alone in her little cottage, ami then consented to part with her child. The conditions Lady Hutton made were hard I ones, but she would not alter them. Hilda was to be as her own daughter; never again was Magdalen Hurst to claim her, or call Hilda her child; never, let what would happen. Lady Hutton was liberal in her own way. She did not spare gold, and Mag Jalen Hurst left England amply provided for, and never saw the face of her fostersister.again. CHAPTER IV. Ten years passed by and brought with them great changes to Brynmar. Sir Ralph and Lady Erskine slept with their ancestors in the family vault. Lady Hutton was sole mistress of the Hall and of the large fortune left by her father. Shi' heard once from Magdalen Hurst; and then a silence, deep and unbroken as the silence of death, hid the mother of Lady Hutton's ward from all who had ever known her. The letter was a brief one, stating that she had found her husband, and, in accordance with her promise, i never told him to whom she had confided her child. Hilda had been adopted, she ; said, by a lady who did not wish her name to bo known; he seemed quite indifferent about it. and asked no questions. Lady Hutton read correctly enough that a broken heart was revealed in every sad word of that letter. Magdalen Hurst sent no address; she asked no questions, and Lady Hutton never heard from her again. Day by day Lady Hutton grew fond- r of her adopted daughter. Hilda was taught to call her matnnm, and in every way she was treated as her own child. No one knew the girl’s history, and even among the servants only a small number knew that sht' was Lady Hutton’s adopted daughter most people believed her to be the lady's own child. She was ; called Miss Hutton, of Brynmar, and it was generally known that she would inherit Lady Hutton's fortune. No question ever came to Hilda as to what she would do with her life. Its calm, simple pleasures suflieed, she nev r looked beyond them; but Lady Hutt >n was ambitious for her. Day by day she watched the growth of that wondrous loveliness, and built her hopes upon it. The world she had given up and censed to care for should smile upon her ward. She spared no pains over her education, and she rarely allowed her to be long out of her presence. As soon as she reached her seventeenth year Lady Hutton intended taking her to London. With her beauty and prospects, lovers in plenty would surround her. and from them Lady Hutton decided she should choose the noblest and the best, hut not one word of these plans did she ever mention to 1 lilda. "Her heart will be untouched.” thought Lady Hutton; “her fancy will be free. If I use my influence, she will marry whom I please, and that will be the most eligible man who presents himself. She will be something different from the general run of young ladies. I shall have no troublesome love affairs with her.” With her talents and wealth Lady Hutton could do much, but she could not control fate. Once, and once only, had the girl asked any questions about her parents. "Mamma." sho said one day to the 1 stately miatross of Brynmn r. “I am not your very own daughter, am I v j “Who has been talking such nonsense to yon, Hilda?” was the impatient question. "Elpsie, your old housekeeper,*' replied Hilda. “She says I am your adopted daughter, and that I have another mother living away from here.” “Elpsie will leave Brynmar if I hear any more gossiping,” said Lady Hutton, haughtily. “Listen to me, Hilda. Von are my adopted child; no one else in this world has any claim upon yon. I had a little daughter all my own once, and when site was taken from me you supplied her place. You have no friend but myself.” "Lady Hutton,” said the young girl, earnestly, “who was my mother? Tell me something of her.” Iler fair young face was pale and wistful. “There is nothing to tel] you, my dear,” replied Lady Hutton; “she was my friend we wore children together I adopted you; and surely, Hilda, you want no one else save me?” Seeing that the very mention of the matter agitated and annoyed Lady Hutton, Hilda never alluded to it again; ami as years passed on, and she grew older, the fact that she was only the adopted daughter of her stately benefactress grew more vague and indistinct. It was a pleasant life when Hilda reached her sixteenth year, for then Lady Hutton dismissed her governess and mast ers. “You must give yourself up to reading now," she said, “for a few months, and then I will take you into what you will think another world.”

The large library was thrown open, and Lady Hutton selected the books, and Hilda read for the first time masterpieces of poetry mid prose that enchanted her. X Such reading was the one thing wanted) to complete and perfect her. J The beautiful young face which bent* over the volumes was a poem in ItuelLi It changed with every thought, some*! times glowing bright and radiant, again, sorrowful and half sad. From the fairy! world of poetry and romance she learned* something of the mysteries of life, mystery । f human love and human suf< feting never dreaming it would one da/j reach her. One beautiful morning in May, Hildt rose earlier than usual. Elpsie had toh her on the previous evening that nny lad] > who for nine mornings together bathe) > her face in May dew would be beautifii l forever. Hilda resolved to try it, and o| I this particular day rose almost with tU | sun, while the dew still lay upon the floH I ers, little dreaming that on that day tragical story of her life would begin. '» A golden glow seemed to have falw J over the earth when Hilda stood on iK hill near Brynmar woods: the air was of an indescribable melody and fragranniij the birds sang, the Howers bloomed, tfcq hawthorn shone white upon the hedKOL all was fresh, fair and beantifuL^J^K* on seemed smiling upon the brigS^^P, of the earth. There was plenty of heather; it glistened on the Vong bt^'g of grass and shone upon tjZ' green and before long the fair Voting sace WTs .bai hod in it. _ | An artist meeting then Vzalh’.iJ. have sketched her and called his piCtWro Ihe May Morning.” She looked justpss fair and bright; the violet eyes were clear ami lustrous; the beautiful face tinued with the loveliest color, ami the go^en hair waving over her graceful neck fond shoulders. “1 will walk home through the woods,” thought Hilda. The way was long and pleasant, and । she lingered in the deep shades watching with loving eyes the wild flowers that ■ grew round the tali trees: watching the ; bees, which could never decide whether cowslips, bluebells or primroses were the most delicious ami sweet; forgetting, as the warm sunny hours rolled on, that , Lady Hutton would be waiting for her, i and that the time for breakfast had long i passed. While looking at the flowers ‘ some pretty fantastic lines she had ’read came into her mind: "My own bluebell, my pretty bluebell, 1 have come from tin- bower where the roses dwell; My wings you view of your own bright hue. And, oh! never doubt that my heart’s true blue." “What words!” said the young girl, laughingly, as she bent over the bluebells, : “what words to put on a butterfly's lips'" Then in her rich, musical voice, she began ' to sing them. The sweet voice rose high in the clear morning air. until one could have fancied the trees, ami flowers, and i wind listened in hushed silence. Hilda thought she was quite alone, sing- ! ing, as she gathered the pretty bluebells, but down the broadwood path there camo a young and handsome man. He stood for a few minutes silently watching t!io j beautiful g<>lden haired girl, doubting whether the figure before him wab real. I Turning suddenly. Hilda saw himJand a ' rush of eolor dyed tier fair face He advanced toward her. holding Mis hat in his hand and bowing reverentially though she were a prinee-.s. “I beg you to forgive tnc if I have alarmed you." he lid. “1 Lave lost my ‘ way in the wood and cannot find the i path to the high r< id. Will you have the ! kindness to point it out to me?" "The one to the right." replied Hilda, i raising her eyes to the handsomest and I ! noblest face she had ever seen. Then he should have bowed and left j ; her, and she should have walked away, | never once looking behind; but the sun shone and the birds sang. They were i both young, she beautiful and fair as the i morning; and instead of leaving her he I spoke again. " These are bonny w Is." he said. “I have not seen fairer in all Scotland. They belong to the Brynmar estate, I supI pose?” Hilda bowed. She had not recovered her powers of speech. Who was this handsome stranger? Where had he come from? "You are losing your bluebells," he said, gallantly. He stooped and, gathering them together again, offered them to her. "Those were pretty words 1 heard you singing." he continued; "they are’quito new to me. May I ask whose they are?” । Hildi forgot her shyness then, and told I him that she had read them the day before, and could not forget them. His eyes were riveted upon her beautiful ! faee. his ears were charmed by the sound : of her voice; he could have stood there, he thought, forever. Was ever picture so fair? In the soft light that fell through the green foliage, her fair faee and golden hair shone brightly. He never forgot her as she stood then, with shy, dtMppiag eyes, and the bluebells in her prettyTvhite hands. He lingered until he knew he i ought to go. “Will you give me one of tho«e_-flox-ers?” he said, touching the ••just ns a little memento of tniljnost pbnsant morning I ever spent, fhg most beautiful picture 1 over , one; I beg you will not refuse.” mk Half-smiling, half-coyly, she druSfe^ a single flower, and offered it to hiii^^^ face flushed as he took it from her. Ottmr words trembled upon his lips. He longed to tell her how beautiful, how ftPr and modest she was, and that he could never forget her; he longed to ask her name, I where sho dwelt, ami why she was alone I in the shades of Brynmar woods. But he did none of these things he bowed as > he would have done to a queen, and left : her. (To be continued.) Quite a Knowledgable Mule. Many instances tire related of “presence of miud” in mules. One notable case was reported by Professor Wilder at a meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science some years ago. He said a quartermaster’s mules al I’ensacohi, being shut out of a grass plot, one of them opened the gate held closed by a ball and chain, by hooking his heel under the ball and chain and then, after live mules had pass’d in, one of those inside backed up anjil held the gate open for the one who hud first opened the gate for its companions.— Brooklyn Eagle. Nice Discrimination. 'The Mohammedtins believe In he existence of seven hells, the hoa est of which is reserved for liars and hypocrites. 1 i

j HONOR TO BISMARCK. I COMPATRIOTS CELEBRATE HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY. Devotion to the Iron Chancellor Shown by Bnthuaiastic Citizens of the Fatherland - Friedrichsruhe Besieged with Crowds Anxious to Do Homage. All Germany in Gala Dress. n • 0 {P under of the German empire, 1 rince Bismarck, was 80 years old Monday, and never was birthday celebrated more royally. All Germany participated, ana I’riederichsruhe advices say many ) thousands came in person from all parts \ Os the empire to offer their congratulai tions to the veteran statesman. Not since the battle of Sedan has anything occurred that has been so inspiring for the cause of German unity as the celebration of Prince Bismarck’s birthday. Germans all over the civilized world joined in doing honor to the greyhaired ex-chancellor. Telegrams and letters poured it? upon the old man from the o rs of t,,r If > 9 said that cards nrriv«"t n fu , r letters and post multitudinous "’-ri,"“J ° f are paid to a man the like of wim'in'ajl* few in history, and on the occasion of an event in his life such as is vouchsafed to /f Fife w PRINCE ItISMAKCK. but few mortals. The man who rounded out his eightieth year Monday has earned his honors as the creator of united Germany. From IS3G almost continuously until his disagreement with the young emperor in Bismarck was in the public service of his country. He it was who contended with iron will for the unification of the German States while that idea was as yet but a drcam in a few large minds like his. He it was who in 18(12. on entering upon the office of minister, forced upon an unwilling constituency the project of military reform and the expulsion of Austria, which was achieved at Sadowa. He if was who drew up the constitution for the new Ger man Federation, and he. too, was the one to cement that federation into perpetuity by inciting the war with Frame. According to the dispatches, the weathI er on the morning of the celebration was ! glorious. By 8 o'clock live trains. en< h i bringing about 1, ,MM1 persons, had arrived I from Hamburg. In t Idition great num ’ bers u s people flocked in by the various i roads from the surrounding country. The | railroad station was hung with garlands, I flags and Chinese lanterns. 'The dis patch of congratulation which King t »sI car of Sweden and Norway sent to I’rim-e Bismarck alluded to the latter as the creI ator of German unity. Emperor Francis | Joseph of Austria was among those who I telegraphed congratulations to the prince. Tliotisands Gather in the Meadows, The general public was not admitted to I the castle gardens where the reception was held, but thousands of persons gathj cred in the meadows on the other side of ' the stream overlooking the gardens. At i 12:3<> p. m. the band of the Fourth regiment of foot guards took a position in the garden opposite the palace and played the “Hallelujah Chorus” from the "Messiah” and other popular airs. Soon the strains of “Die Wacht am Rhein" were heard in the distance, announcing the approach of the students’ procession. The terrace was then occupied by Prince Bis marck, his family ami their numerous guests. As the students were marshaled in front of the terrace and on the rising i ground to the left the band played "Heil | Die Siegeskranz." i Prince Bismarck appeared on the teri race. The crowds about the castle had by that time been swelled to quite 12, persons. At the moment the prince’s stately form was recognized by the students and the public there arose a mighty cheer, which echoed far and wide, and the students clashed their swords together in the air. Prince Bismarck wore a cuirassier uniform and was without a cloak. He raised his helmet and stood bowing until the cheers had subsided. The spokesman of the students’ deputation, Bruch, a theological student of the University of Bonn, then ascended the tribune and conveyed to Prince Bismarck THE BISMARC K COAT OE ARMS. the congratulations of his fellow students, representing thirty universities. He concluded by presenting to the prince an ad dress and requesting him to accept as a birthday present, a handsome shaft of marble, iron, silver and gold, with symbolical figures and surmounted with the German eagle. Prince Bismarck having inspected ami admired the monument, which occupied a prominent place in the corner of the terrace, advanced to the balustrade and amid renewed cheers and clashing of swords, replied to the address of the students. The ex-chancellor spoke for about twenty minutes, clearly and distinctly. Richard Vatix. who died in Philadelphia n few days ago, is the only American who ever danced with Queen Victoria.

DEMAND FOR HORSE-MEAT. Western Breeders May Find a Market in (icrniany. In view of the closing of German markets to American cattle there is another direction towards which American paekers n llgllt well turn thejr attenfion and ’ that is the preparation and sale of horse meat. The above is the suggestion made by I mted States Consul E. W. Tingle at Brunswick, Germany, in a report to the State Department. He says that in large German cities the consumption of horse meat is almost as great as that of beef and mutton and it is growing in the smaller towns. Os course the customers are exclusively of the poorei classes, but they compose nine-tenths of the consumers of the country and the meat is sold for 7 cents a pound as against beef at from 15 to 25 cents. Hie consul sets out reasons to prove that horse meat is quite as good as beef. He says the demand has increased so rapidly in f.ermany that it is difficult to meet it, and whereas butchers formerly paid trom to $lO for a wornout horse for slaughter, they now pay $45 ami SSO, and prices are rising. The consul sees here a great opportunity for American packers. He says the horse supply in America is practically inexhaustible; they can be ' n West cheaper than cattle ‘'"’"‘•'•t' li , ’" s ''y shipped. The meat [ salted or " '”■ furnished , it is used in Germany. "" «« The report touches upon the astonishingly rapid disuse of horses in America conseipmnt upon the introduction of the trolley car, which has made horse raising in the Most unprofitable, and urges that the ranchmen may find relief by raising horses for food; the prejudice against the meat in America being no good reason why he should not profit by the different state of things in another country. TO SETTLE WESTERN LANDS. Organized Campaign to Relieve Overcrowded Eastirn Cities. Chairman William E. Smythe of the National Irrigation Committee, representing the irrigation congress of twenty Western States, inaugurated an Eastern campaign for his cause in Wells Memorial Hall, Boston, the oth'T night. Edward Everett Hale presided and made a vigorous speech in favor of an organized effort to divert surplus population to surplus lands and develop industries and social institutions that would prove a strong attraction to the masses. He thought this movement one of the most important undertaken in many years. Mr. Smythe declared that “the cause of the West is the cause of the nation," arguing that there is a direct relation between the surplus lands in the new States of the far West and the pressure of economic conditions in the East. He believes it is necessary to provide an out let not only tor the unemployed, but as a means of bettering the conditions of the middle । classes. He claimed that a larger per- ! centage of tenants is found in the United I States than in any other civilized coun- ! try except < »rea t Britain. INCREASE IN WHEAT STOCKS. Nearly 35,OOO.OO<» Bimhcto i.. the Northwest. Tie - Minneapolis Market Record reports t>,lG2.t*Mt busluds of wheat in large : country elevators in the Northwest, I against 5,457JMH) bushels last year in the same elevators; in Minneapolis private i houses. 7oljK)O bushels, an increase of ;a; ihmi bushels, against 1.151,(km last year lin the same houses. The total stocks of I wheat in the Northwest, including Minneapolis public and private stocks, Duluth slocks and country elevator stocks, is ;: 1.'.i.",2.5:;1 bushels, against a little more than oIi.IMMUMm bushels on April 1 last year. The total receipts at Minneapolis, Duluth and Superior for the last week were I.<*!)(>.Hit bushels, against 905,000 : bushels the same week last year, with shipments amounting to 121JHXI bushels, i With receipts of 730,000 bushels the past ' week in Minneapolis, there was an inI crease in public and private houses of 54,(MMI bushels, showing a milling consump- : tion of approximately 100/kio bushels ; daily. The consumption this week is exI peeted to be about the same. At j Women registered at Cleveland and gave their ages without protest. Sam Woi Tai, a Chinaman, is a candidate for Mayor of Lexington, Neb. Supreme Court of Michigan has aecided that the Shaw antifusion act is legal. Meat packers of Chicago and Kansas City are endeavoring to kill a bill in MinMinnesota is considering a bill which, if adopted, will prevent nuns teaching in public schools. At a meeting in New York representatives of six parties gave reasons for their political faith. Arizona Legislature adjourned in a fight, file general appropriation bill fail- ' ing of passage. (Iver lint men prominent in the reform I movement in St. Louis were appointed I judges of election. The Humphrey racing bill, the measure supported by the gamblers, passed the Illinois Senate. . Friends of Senator Davis, of MinneI sota, are urging him as a Republican can- | didate tor I’resident. The Delaware House defeated the bill j ermitting the City of Newcastle to adopt the single tax system. Revisors of elections in St. Louis completed their work by eliminating 11,548 ' names from the poll books. Both Houses of the Nebraska Legislature passed the bill providing that a bounty shall be paid on sugar. The Utah Constitutional convention laid on the table the section referring to the taxation of church property. Illinois House lias passed a bill calculated to abolish truck stores in connection with coal mines in the State.

ACUTE DYSPEPSIA. SYMPATHETIC HEART DISEASE OFTEN ATTENDS IT. The Modern Treatment Consists in Removing the Cause. (From the Republican, Cedir Rafids, laiua.} Mrs. V. Curley, who has resided in Clarence, lowa, for the past twenty-two years, tells an interesting story of what she considers rescue frrnn premature death. Her narrative is as follows: y ^ nrs prior ,o 1894 - 1 was a troohu nt T B i lff a re n i from acute stomach of manifold symptoms of acute dyspepsm. ami at times other troubles were present in complication-1 did not know what it was to enjoy a meal No matter how careful I might be as to the quality, quantity and preparation of my food distress always followed eating I was despondent and blue. Almost to the point of insanity at times, and would have been glad to die. Often and often I could not sleep. Sympathetic heart troub"' s ot in and time end again I was obliged to call a doctor in the night to relieve sudden attacks.of suffocation which would come on without a moment’s warning. My troubles increased as time wore on' and I spent large sums in doctor bills, be-' ing compelled to have medical attendants almost constantly. During 1892 and 1893 it was impossible for me to retain ‘ w . at o r brushes plagued me. I tion of A consnlta- - mine just what ata n’T 1 gave us as their opinion that the probable e trouble was ulceration of the coats of the stomach and held our. no hope of recov- * ery. One doctor said, 'All I can do to relieve your suffering is by the use of • opium.’ ’ “About this time a friend of mine, Mrs. i Symantha Smith, of Glidden, lowa, told me about the case of Mrs. Thurston, of Oxford Junction, lowa. This Indy said she had been afflicted much the same ns I had. She had consulted local physicians without relief, and had gone to Davenport for treatment. Giving up all hope of recovery, she was persuaded by a friend to take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. The result was almost magical. “I was led to try them from her experience, and before many months I felt better than I had for a dozen years. I am now almost free from trouble, and if through some error of diet I feel badly, this splendid remedy sets me right again. I have regained my strength and am once more in my usual flesh. I sleep well and can eat without distress. I have no doubt that I owe my recovery to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I only wish that I had heard of them years ago, thereby saving myself ten years of suffering and much money.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists. or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 50c. per box, or six boxeu for $2.50. Bees' Working Capacity. A bee expert says that when the weather Is fine a worker bee can visit from forty to eighty flowers in six. or ten trips and collect a grain of nectar. If it visits 200 or 400 flowers It will gather five grains. Under favorable circumstances it will take a fortnight to obtain fifteen grains. It would, vuonofor#-. take several years to manufacture a pound of nouey, fill about 3,000 cells. A hive contains from 20,000 to 50,000 bees, half of which prepare the honey, the other half attending to the wants of the hive and the family. On a fine day 16,000 or 20,000 Individuals will, in six or ten trips, be able to explore from 30,000 to 1,000,000 flowers, say several hundred thousand plants. . To Teachers anti Others.^ For the meeting of the National Educational Association at Denver, Colo., in July, next, the Western trunk lines have named a rate of one standard fare, plus two dollars for the round trip. Variable routes will be permitted. Special side trips at reduced rates will be arranged for from Denver to all the principal points of interest throughout Colorado, and those desiring to extend the trip to California, Oregon, and Washington, will be accommodated at satisfactory rates. Teachers and others that desire, or intend attending this meeting or of making a Western trip this summer, will find this their opportunity. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway (first-class in every respect) will run through cars Chicago to Denver. For full particulars, write to or call on F. A. Miller, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Chicago, HiDarkest England. Bramwell Booth's report concerning the “Darkest England” movement for 1891 states that London contains 100,000 paupers, 30,000 abandoned women, 33,000 homeless adults and 35,000 slum children; 10,000 new’ criminals are added yearly. 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