The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 33, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 June 1896 — Page 3

HEART OF TH WORLD. BY H. RtDER HAGGARD. A toaar* Stnry. Takes From * Maaswript Be* •walked by aa Old Mexican ladlaa to Bit Frlaed tad Comrade, aa EagUit mm Kuatd Jones. Ospyrighted. BW. by H. Rider Halyard. CHAPTER XL—LoXIIXrxO “There were none left upon the mainland to replenish the race, and thia la . our law, a law that, cannot be broken under pain of death, that no rnan or woman may leave our territories to seek • husband or wife of different blood, i “Thus,,then, it has come about that the people have grown fewer and fewer. Wasting away like snow upon a mountain t<>;> in summer, till at length they krc dwindled to a few thousands, who in bygniv' days c< v. 14 e.mnt their number by" tens and twenties of thousands. “But nn any-ivut prophecy has come down to us from four forefathers, and it is that, w-hen '• in-re. more she two halves of the HVtalbol of the Heart arc laid side by side in their place uj*>n the altar in the sanctuary of the, holy city, then from that hour she slpll grow great •gain. Over this saying I brooded long, ■rid oitfii did | pray to that Gvxi whom I worship that i might find that which was lost, and save -the people from perishing. “At length aiyoiee spoke tome in a dream’ answering my prayer, bidding me to wander forth fr->m the country of the heart and follow the ancient road toward the sea. for there, near to the •astern shore,. 1 should find that which was !<>st. . , —, "Then 1 summoned the Council of the Heart and told them of my dream and tltfit 1 purposed to obey it. But,they made a mock of me and said -that .1 might go if I wished, but that no man bi the people should accompany mo ■cross the mountains, for that was against the ancient law. “To be short," continued Zibalbay, “since my bear! wa« set upon this mistdou and mv daughter yonder, who ia willful, would not l»e gainsaid.of her dc> aire to accompany me, Tikni. tny was placed over the city to rule at cacique in my stead, until I should return again. “Alone we crossjed the ..mountains, and alone, following the traces of the ancient road, we traveled through the desert and the forest that lies beyond iti till at last we reached this secret place. ' „■ ' . •‘There is no need to tell'the rest of the Into, for it is known to yon. Now, if it pleases you. let us’ hear; yours, and learn what purpose led you and your companion here in time to save us from the grip of that white devil who lies dead upon the stairway." Then lajuike. •telilngtoZihalhayand his daughter the at--ry of my life, and of my grva - . sclo-nw to build up again that empire which fell in, the day of Montczunia. “Now you speak" ordy that are after lav own heart." an hl-the old man; “but tell .me, hoW is it to l><- d-me . ' “By your help." 1 answered. “Men are here in plenty, but tousvthem I must have gold, whereas yonder, it seems, you have gold and no men. Therefore 1 ask of v--u tuane portion of your useless wealth, that Inr its help 1 txiay lift up ybur people ana my own." “Follow me to the city, and if 1 can bring it about you shall have all thnt you desire.’ he Answered, "Now, daughter, lead, inc to my rest, fpr 1 am overwhelmed.'hot w ith toil and suffering. but with tpo much joy.” ■ When he had gone the m nor spoke to me. . "This is very wail, Ignatlie said, "and most interesting, but just now, as I tnny remind you, there are things more pressing than the regeneration of the Indian raoej for Instance, our own safety.. To-morrow, at- the latest. men will come to seek those vlUains who lie yonder, and if we are found . here it seems likely that we shall ba shot down as murderers. -Say, then, what d<> you propose to do?” "l pn>poae, senor. t hat at the first light of dawp we should take the mules and ride away. The forest is den > and it will be difficult to find us in it; moreover. two days' journey will take us beyond the reach of white men. Tell me. lady,” I added to Maya. who hail returned from the chamber, “do you 1 know the road" .' X. "1 know the road.” she an»'.sir*. before y--u take it. it is right - that"l shou’d t<-U you something. "You have heard my father s words and they are true, every one of them, hut they are hot ail the troth_,Herules that city of which he hanspoken teyou. but the nobb-s there »rv weary of his rule,’that at times is somewhat harsh, also they deem him mad. It was for this reason that they suffered him-to wander forth, seeking the fulfillment of a prophecy in .which none of them have faith: For they were certain that He would perish in the wilderness and return no more to trouble t hem." “Then why did they allow ywa. who arc his heir, to accompany him, lady?? "Because I would have it: so. I hire my father, and if he was, doomed to die because of his folly.it was my wish to die with litm Moreover, if you would - know the truth, 1 hate that city where I was born and the man in it to w hum 1 •m destined to I* married, and desired tocsi-ape from it if only for awhile.” "And 4<-es that man hate you. lady?' “No," sh<» answered, turning tier head aside "but it he love* me. I believe that he lores BUweir more. Had I ■tayvd. my father wmld have appointed me tv rule in hik place, and Tikal, my cousin, would hake been next to the throne, not on it; therefore it was that he consented to my going, or at least I think so. ' - "Sirs. 1 learn now that you are to aceompany m to the City of the Heart, should we live to reach It. “C.une if you will, but be warned, my - people are a jealous people, and the name iff a stranger is hateful to them. Few such b*«e ever renclH-.l the City of the Heart for many generations, and of . the*. «BvC one or two. aonc have escaped from it alive. They do not dealt* new things, they have little knowledge of the world beyond their walla, and seek fur none. “Now. sirs, choose whether you will accompany us in bur march toward the City of Waters, or whetiier you will set your face to the sea again and forget that you chanoed to hears certain story from * wandering doctor, whose misfortunes had made him mad, and an Indian girl who tended him.” Now 1 listened to these words which the lady Maya spoke very earnestly and with power, and un lerstood that th> y meant mr.ikfShcy meant that in going to the Citykff tho Heart we were, as she believed, going to our doom. “Lady." I said, "it may well chance . that death w*ita me yr nder, but thither 1 shall go if my strength does hot fail me and death will suffer it. For the sc nor here it is different. He ' has heard your words, and if he will harken to them and to mine, he will b d us farewell to-morro’v and go his ' ways, leaving us to go ours." She listened, and turning toward him, said: "You hear. What say you. white man*.*" And it seemetl to me that she awaited his answer anxiously. "Yea. lady. 1 hear.” he replied, with a laugh, "and doubtless it is all true enough, and I shall leave my bones yonder among your countrymen. Well, so be it; 1 have determined to go. and go I will, aince lam too Idle to change my mind. Also, it ■seats to me that »/urtbieday'» hmtnesp ther? temore

danger in staying here than in pushing forward." “I am glad that yon are gplhg. sthch you goofyour owh free will," she said, smiling. “May oiirfearsbe confounded ■nd your journey and ours prove prosperous And now let us rest, for you must be very wearv, as 1 am, and we should be stirring before the dawn." Next morning at the first break of light we started on pur journey, riding on three of the mules that we had captured, and leading the fourth laden with our goods and water skins. Very glad were all of us to see the last of that ruined temple, and yet it was sad to roe to leave it, for there, hidden beneath tf>mo of the masses of the fallen masouiw. lay all that was lef t of my friend and foster brother, Molns, lie whose bravery and wit had saved our lives at the cost of his own. Our plan was to avoid villages where we might be seen by men, and keep ourselves hidden in the forest, for we feared lest we should lie followed and brought ■'to account because of the death oft Don Pedro and his companions! and this we were able t«»do. since having guns and ammunition in plenty we shot birds and deer for our daily food. Trav-ling thus ofi mule back soon our strength returned to us, even to the old man Zilbalbay. who had suffered the must from fatigue and from 111treatment at the hands of the white men. In something less than a week we had passed through the inhabited districts <>f Yucatan aud far out of the reach of the white man, and now were journeying through the forest toward the great sierra that lies beyond. The senor was never weary of questhe silent Zilbalbay as to the history or rather the legend of the land through which wo journeyed, or of listening to the lady Maya's description of the City of the Heart, till even she grew tired and begged him to speak instead of th® country across th® water where he was bom. of the ceaseless busy life, and the wonders of civilisor tiori. ... j; Strange as it -nav seem, LwhO watched ‘them both from day to dav, know it to be true that she was in mind the more modern of the two, so much so indeed that in listening to their talk I might have fancied that she was the child of the new world, filled u-ith the spirit of to-day. aud he the heir of a proud and secret race, dying beneath its weight of years. “ 1 cannot understand you, ‘ she would say to him “Why do you so love hisand ruins and stories of people that have long been dead? I hate them. Once they lived, and doubtless were well enough in their place and time, but now they are past and done with, and it is we who live, live, live." and she stretched out her arms as though she would elasp the sunshine to her breast. “I tell you.” she went on, “that this home -ff mine of w hich you are so fond of talking is’nothing biit a great bury- - jng place, and those who dwell in it are like ghosts who wander to and fro thinking ofcthe things that they did, or did not do, a thousand years before. "Did my father but know it. he wastes time and trouble in. making plans for the redemption of t the People of the Heart, who think him mad for his riins. They cannot be redeemed. If could have my will wldle I'am still young. I would turn mv back upon this cit vjwhich you to desired to see, taking wit hme the wea Ith that is useless there, but which .it s- ems would bring me manv goixl thing# in other land#, and live out my time among people who have a present and a future as well as a past.". - / Then the senor w r ould laugh, and argue that the past is more than the pn-sent. and that it is Better to be dead than alive, and many other such fol lies; iand I would grow'angry and reprove her for her words which shocked me, whereat she would yawn Ond talk of sometldMg else, for I and my discourses wearied her. Only Zibalbay took no heed, for his mind was set upon other things, even if he heard us,‘which I doulA. tHArafii xit mata r-ascasna tax ctrxVA. One evening after we had left the forest country and with much toil climbed the sierra till we reached the desert beyond, a desefrt that seemed to be Isuindiesa. We set bur camp among a clutnp of great aloes that grew at the f,K»t of a stony hll,. This hill was marked on Zibalbay s map as being the site of an underground reservoir, known as a cue.va. whence in the old davs, when this place was inhabited, the Indians draw their supply of water in the dry i* -asson from deep down in the bowels «’f the earth. That this particular cueva existed was proved by the fact that the ancient roa<l. which here was plainly visible, ran through the ruins of a large town whereof the po»ulatie|n must once have been supplie<l by it, but when Zibalbay and his dnughwr slept here on their downward journey they Wbre spared the ncessitv of looking for it-by the dioebvery of a fain,p,a>l in the hollow of a rock. Now, however, no rain having fallen for weeks, alter we had eaten and drunk sttch water as remained in the water skins, we determined to seek for the cueva in on.ler to refill the skins and give dyink to the thirsty mules. Acconlihgl v we began to examine the rocky hill, aud presently found a stone archway now nearly tilled up with soil and half hidden by thornbushes, which we judged to b* the entrance to the cueva. Having provided ourselves with torches we lit four of them, and 1 led th<> way through the hole to find myseif in a cave where a great and mysterious wind blew and sighed in sudden gusts that almost extinguished our lights. Following this case we come to a hole or shaft at the end of it. which evidently led to the springe or poolj of aster. This shaft of unknown depth was almost it not quite as smooth and perpendicular as though it had been hollowed by the hand of man. but the strangest thing about it was the terrible stairway that the am- lent* had used to approach the water, which consisted of a double row of notches, eight Or ten inches in depth, eut in the surface of the shaft. I'p and down these notches the water carriers must have passed for generations, for they were much worn, and a groove made by tl e feet of men ran to the top of this awful ladder. The senor finding a fragment of rock let it fall over the eage of the pit, and several seconds pass,-,! before a faint sound told us that it had touched the bottom. “What a dreadful place’" he said. “I think that 1 had rather die of thirst than attempt to go down it." “Still, people have gone down in the post,” answered. M*ya,“for look, this ia where thegr stewed off the edge." “Come •wav. said Zilbalbay. "none of us here could take that road and live. The mu lea must go thirsty; five hours' journey away there is a pool where they can drink to-morrow." Then we turned and left this cave of the winds and were glad to be outside of it. for the place had an unholy look, and, all the draught notwithstanding, was hot to suffocation. Zilbalbay walked to the camp, but I and the otbera stayed to pluck some forage for the mules. Soon they grew weary of this task and fell to talking as they watched the sunset, which was very beautiful on these lom-lv plains. Presently I heard the Lady Maya say: “Pick me that flower, friend, to wear on my breast." and she pointed to a snow-white cactus bloom that grew among some rocks. He climbed to the place and stretched out his hand to eut the flower, when of • sudden I heard him utter an exclamation and caw him atart back.

“What is It?” I said. “Have yon pricked yourself, or cut your hand?" He made no answer, but his eyes grew wide with horror and he pointed at tomething gray that was gliding away among the stones, and as he pointed I saw a spot of blood appear upon his wrist. Maya saw it also. “A snake has bitten yon!” she cried, In a voice of agony; then she’ sprang at him. and before 1 guessed what she was ■bout to do, seized his brm wi|b both hands and applied iVr lips' to the wound. He tried to wrench it free, but she clung to it fiercely, then calling to me to bring a stick she tore a strip off her robe and made it fast around his wrist above the puncture. By now I was there with the stick, and setting it in the loop of linen, 1 twisted it till the hand turned blue from the pressure. “What snake was it?" I asked. “The deadly gray sort,” be answered, adding! "Don't look so frightened, Maya; I know a cure. Come to the camp, quick!” In two minutes we were there, and the senor had snatched a sharp knife and a powder flask. “Now, Triend,"he said.handing me the knife, “cut deep, since It is life or death to me, and there are no arteries on top of the wristj" Seeing what had come about. Zilbalbay held the senor’s hand, and I cut twiee. He never winced, but at each cut Maya groaned. Then, having let •the blood fall till it would run no more, we poured powder into the wound, aa much as would lie on a twenty-cent piece, and fired it. It went off in a puff of white smoke, leaving the flesh beneath black and charred. “Now, as we have no spirits, there is nothing more to be done except to wait,” said the senor, with an attempt at a smile -Zilbalbay went to a bag and produced from it some cnca paste. “Kat this." he said; “it is better than any firewater.” The serdr took the srdff and began to swallow It till presently I saw he could force no more down, for a paralysis seemed to be creeping over him; his throat contracted, and his eyelids fell a-- though weighed down by Irresistible sleep. Now, seeing that notwithstanding our remedies the poison had got hold of him, We seized him by the arras and began to walk him to and fro, encouraging him at the same time -to keep a brave heart and fight against death. “I am doing my best,” he answered, feebly; then his mind began to wander and at length he fell down and his eyea shut. “I’nless we can rouse him the white man will die," said Zilbalbay. “Oh, awake!" cried Maya despairingly, placing her lips close’ to the senor’s ear. He seemed to hear her, for though his eyes did hot open, he smiled faintly and murmured, “ill try.” , 1 . Then, with our help, he struggled from the ground and oegan to walk again like a man who, is drunk. Then ijie fell again, and putingour hands upon his breast we could feel the contraotions of his heart growing weaker every moment, till at last they seemed to die away. But of a sudilen,. when we had already abandoned hope, it bounded violently in his breast, and from, every pore of his skin, which till now kail been parched-and dry. there burst so profuse a perspiration that in the light of the rising moon we could see it running down his face. “I think that the white man will live now; he has conquered the poison," said Zilbalbay quietly, and hearing his words, 1 returned thanks to God in my heart. Then we laid him in a hammock, piling blankets, and serapes over hira till at length the perspiration ceased, all the fluid in his body having evaporated, taking the venom with it. For an hour or more he slept, then awoke and asked for water in a faint voice. \Vc, who were watching, looked at'him in dismay, for we had not a single drop to give, and this we were obliged to tell hiny He groaned and was silent for awhile, and then said: “It would have been kinder to let me die of the poison, for this torment of thirst is more than I can bear.” vCan we try the cueva?” faltered Maya. “It is .impossible," answered her father. "We should all be killed." “Yes. yes,” repeated the senor, “it is Impossible. Better that one should die than all four:” “Fear not," I sajd to the senor, “it is the poison that has dried you up, but thirst will ‘ not kill you sb soon, and presently you will Feel it less. Oh! that we had medicine here to make you sleep!" He lay silent for awhile, making no answer, but from the workings or his hands and face we eould see that he suffered much. “Maya,’’ he said at length, “can you find me a cool stone to put ip my mouth?” She searched and found a pebble, which he sucked, but after a time it fell from his lips, and we saw that it was as dry as when it entered them. Then his briiifl gave way. and he began to rave huskily In many languages, “Are you devil?" he asked, “that yon suffer me to die in torment for the want of a drink of water? Why do you stand there and moek me? Oh, have pity and give me water.” For awhile we bore it, though perhapa our agonies were greater than his own—then Maya rose and looked at his face. It was sunken jas though with a heavy illness, thick black rings had appeared beneath his blue eves, and hia lipa were flecked with blood. "I can endure this no more,” she said in a dry voice., “Watch your friend, Don Ignatio.” “You are right,” I answered; “this is no place for a woman. Go and sleep yonder, so that I can wake you if there is need." She looked at me reproachfully, but went without answering and sat down behind a bush about thirty yards away. Here, it seems—for all this story she told me afterward, and for the . most parti do but repeat her words —she began to think. Only one thing could save him—water*. In the depths of yonder hill, within a few jiaces of her. doubtless it lay in plenty, but who' would dare to seek it there? And yet the descent of the eueva must be possible, since the ancients used it daily, and why could she not do what they had done? Yea, she would try it! When once she had made up her mind. Maya set about the takk swiftly. ( She provided herself with flint, steel, timber, a rope, and a small water-skin of nntanned hide, which she strapped upon her shoulder. In another minute she was running across the desert like • deer. At the entrance to the cueva she paused to gather up the aloe torehea which had been thrown down there, and also to look for one moment at the familiar face of nig lit—the night that she might never see again- Then she lit a torch and crept through the narrow opening. The place had been awful in the evening when she visited it in the company of the rest of us. Now, alon« and at night, it appalled her. Ito aa cownml ? That Was IMOSreat. Tenant—You said the house was not cold and we have nearly frozen todeath ever since we moved into it. Beal Estate Agent—l had every rea- 2 son to think I was telling the truth. I had never heard the house complain of feeling chilly. Aa to the people in it, of course, I knew nothing. That ia quite another matter, yo« know.—Bow Um Transcript.

TAKE UP TELLER, His Nomination Is Urged by Leaders of the T’optilis’Ji. They laaae a Manifest® Aaking That th® Senator from Colorado Bo Selected aa tho Tarty’a Nominee for the Presidency. St. Louis, June 22.—As the result of a series of conferences between committees appointed by the seceding silver men of the recent national republican convention and a committee composed of prominent populists an address was issued Saturday night from the headquarters of the people's party national committee in this city advising populists throughout, the country to make Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, their national standard bearer. Immediately after the silver men walked out of the convention they appointed a cotn,tnlttee, of which Charles tl. Harttnan, of Montana; Senator R. F. Pettigrew, of South Dakota; C. F. Cannon, of Utah, and Senator Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho, w ere members, to confer with a similar ecmmlttee of populists. That evening nt the Planters’ hotel they tnet H. E. Taubeneck, of Illinois, chairman; Dr. Howard S. Taylor, of Chicago, and Thomas M. Patterson, of Denver, of the national populist committee, and as a result of that and subsequent conferences the following address was issued: ■'Kxpressly disclaiming any purpose or right to blnfl any party or person by the views here set forth, wo but yield to SB overpowering sense of duty In saying what we do to members of the people's party and to all other good citizens who. apprehending the approach of a momentous crisis In our country's life, are wUfing to avert ttby acts of exalted patriotism. We came to Ft. Louis as citizens, members of the people's party, to be -present at the meetings of the national republican convention,dhat we might determine mora definitely for ourselves the true atm of that organization tn the. present struggle. Here we have seen the ‘boss’ in politics more securely enthroned, more servilely obeyed and more dictatorial as to candidates and policy than was ever witnessed before in the field of national politick Ona man, the perfect tion of his type, representing the millionaires. tho banks, the corporations, the trusts and every other remorseless and plutocratic element In our country’s life, has. through the power of money, dictated the nomination of Mr. McKinley and shaped the platform of his party. "This convention, slavishly responding to the will of the money power, has forced an Issue which must be met. It Is a challenge 'to the yeomen of the land. If it Is declined, or if It shall succeed, the fetters of a tyranny more grinding than that of the czars and emperors will be riven upon the plain people of the country, fetters which must be Indefinitely worn with the contemptible spirit inseparable from willing serfs or in the end be broken with the irresistible power of a mighty revolution. That issue is formulated in the demands that ‘the existing gold standard must be ■preserved’ and for the enactment of ‘all measures designed to maintain inviolably the obligations of the United States and all our money—either coin or paper—at tM present standard.' "This means that stiver shall be permanently degraded into mere money of change, and that It be deprived of its legal tender quality except for some paltry sum: that the greenback and all other forms of government paper money shall be redeemed and destroyed; that the national banks shall be swollen into a pqwer of triple their present ability to contract the volume of money, to absorb the earnings of Industry and to grip the throat of ‘all Industrial and commercial life, while from time to time it terrorizes the voters into choice of-Its tools for all legislative, judicial and administrative positions. "The money power has forced this issue now, because, in tts Judgment, those whom Its policy will enslave are divided into hostile political families which cannot be united In time to resl»U4> onset. It regards it as impossible that harmonious action can be secured between the different organizations that favor monetary reform and resistance to their Insatiate greed. With populists, silver democrats and Independent bimetallists supporting different nominees for president and the national congress, it feels assured of vic ■ tory. and It has determined to press now and without abatement the. advantage which this apparently lamentable condition raises before it fa this, the most threatening crisis that has menaced the country since the civil war. "Though simply Citizen members of the people's party, we venture to make momentous suggestions to you. our brethren. In doing this we have neither desire nor thought to impair tn the least degree the efficiency of our noble organization. Charged as it is with the liberties of present and future generations, and whose integrity and growth is essential to the perpetuation of qur free institutions. Our constant aim will be to defend it from foes Within and without and to preserve it as a power consecrated forever to the defense of humanity's dearest rights upon the American continent, in view, of the shameless submission by the republican convention to the most extreme demands ever made upon Americans by the money power, every thought and effort of American manhood should. from this hour, tend toward creating and cementing a union between those who would resist t,he conspiracy of wholesale robbery and grinding oppression. Measures must be gained or defeated through men. After all. the chief problem fa this crisis Is to find a man upon whom patriots can unite, whose life Is witness that if intrusted with authority over national legislation and enforcement he will defy every allurement of wealth and every menace of power, standing unflinchingly by the cause of the people In the fierce Struggle inseparably connected with the enactment of our proposed financial reforms. ' "We fee in the private and official life of Henry M. Teller a beacon, burning brightly, warning the people oft of the threatening shores of dissension. He has but now publicly abandoned the republican party, with which he has been associated since Its first organization. When to his official record are united an unsullied private Ufa, a character without blot or stain, a grateful, generous nature, a patriotism that knows neither state nor section, we feel that we are but performing a duty to our beloved country In thus calling attention tu Mr. Teller's merits and availability as a candidate for president; as one upon whom all populists may consistently unite, while they strenuously preserve ana strengthen their organization. The •necessity and wisdom of a dispassionate consideration of his claims upon the support of Amerk'an people have become the more apparent since the patriotic republican leaders who abandoned their party under his inspiration, have announced him as their nominee for president of the United ■tatea" ' ' ■ ■ Fire la an lawn Town Walnut, la., June 22.—The most serious fire that ever visited this place broke out Saturday morning, and before the flames could be stopped had swept through the principal business block of the town, totally destroying 13 buildings, damaging as many more neighboring properties, involving a loss of nearly $50,000 and tompleately paralyaIng the town. WoaM Censnro t'nele Sam. Madrid. June 22.—The liberals have introduced in the senate a motion censuring the United States for their attitude regarding Cuba. Laus Tkaa Ike Estimates. Washington, June 22.—The monthly statement of the international revenue bureau shows that the receipts from all sources during ‘he 20 days of the present month aggregate $8,415,192. This indicates that the receipts for the whole fiscal year will be about $14«,500,000. or $ 18,500,000 less than the cat»■nates sent to congress. ' A Brakemaa Killed. Perry, la., June 22.—Isaac Waxford, abrukeman, was killed near here. He was leaning out of the gangway of the engine and was struck by■» overhead bridge.

A POSTMASTER’S WIFE. ▲ Leeds Woman Who Astonished Her Friends and Neighbors. Xe»f to Death But Restored m Completely That She Haa Been Accepted by • Life Insurance Company as a Good Risk. From the Journal, Mfe A bright little woman* rosy and fresh from her household duties, dropped into a chair before the writer and talked witli enthusiasm shining in her snapping, black eyes. The people in the pretty village of Leeds Center, Me., have watched with some interest die restoration to complete health of Mrs. W. L. Francis,'wife of the postmaster. Bo general were the comments on this in* teres ting case that the Writer who visited Mrs. Francis and learned from her that the statements regarding her troubles and her subsequent extrication therefrom are entirely true. All of her neighbors know what has been the agency that has performed this cure, but that others may be benefited by her experience, Min. Francis has consented to allow her story to appear in print. ••If there is anything on earth I dread more than another,” she said, “it is to see my name in the papers. But in this case I conquer my repugnance and give publiclythe same credit to the savior of my life as 1 would to one who had dragged mefrorn * death beneath the waves. In fact, I have extolled my preserver so enthusiastically and unreservedly; have soughtoutsufferera and recommended the remedy to so many friends and acquaintances that already my neighbors jocularly call me ‘Pink Pills Francis.’ But really, iny recovery is something that I consider wonderful. I know that there are so many testimonials of medicine in the papers nowadays that people do not pay as much heed as formerly, burl do Wish folks who are suffering would remember that what 1 say c >mes right from the heart of a woman .who feels that she had a new lease of happy life given her ‘■Eleven years ago 1 was afflicted with nervous prostration. My existence until two years ago was one of dragging misery. Anyone in the village will tell you of my Condition. My blood seemed exhausted fra tn my veins and month after month I grew weaker. 1 was able to undertake only the lightest household work, and even then 1 could i>erform it only by slow,and careful movements. During all these sorry months and years 1 was under the .•are of this doctor and that, but their,medicines helped me only spasmodically, and then I fell into re lapses more prostrating than ever. •‘ln the night I used to be awakened by the most excruciating pains in my heart and side, and wasoblige 1 to use pellets of i>owerful medicine'that the doctor gave me for relief In such attacks. At last my condition became so grave that f went Ont only infrequently. We live upstairs, yon notice, over my husband's store} and in descending the stairway I frequently was obliged to sort of fall and slide over the steps in order to descend, such was the strain on my system resulting from even this slight exertion. Occasionally I visited the neighbors, but I was obliged to sit and rest to recovet breath while ascending any elevation. In short, it did npt seem that I could live, such was my complete physical prostration. “One day I saw an advertisement of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and although my faith in remedies was wealthy that time, I ’sent for a box and tried the’m. That was two years ago.' Now 1 call myself a well woman. Isn't it wonderful! “I haven't had one of those excruciating pains in the heart for a year and a half Why, even the first box of pills helped me, lean walk miles now: can do my work easily; have gained in weight constantly, and you would scarcely believe it. but a little while ago I was examined for endowment life insurance and was accepted un- ’ hesitatingly after a careful examination by the physician. “Do you wonder that I’m shouting ‘Pink Pills’ all through our village! l-lia\en't taken any of the remedy for some months for it has completely built me up, but at the first sign of trouble 1 know to what refuge to flee. “Last year my aunt, Mrs. M. A., Blossom, of Dixfield P. 0., was here visiting me. She suffering from lack of vitality and heart trouble, but she was skeptical about my remedy that 1 was so enthusiasti< ally advocating. At last, however, she tried it and carried some home with her v hen she went. A Utile while ago 1 received a letter from her and in it said: ‘1 am '< ured. thanks to God and Fink Pills/ Sic also wrote that her husband had been prostrated but had been restored by the remedy. “We feel up this way that such a sovereign cure cannot be too widely known. That la the only reason why 1 allow my name to be used in this connection. I know also that by personally recommending them 1 have helped many’of my friends back to health, for i never let an opportunity pass when a word of counsel may direct some one.” One of the person’s to whom Mrs. Francis recommendtuPink Fills is station agent. C. H. Foster, of Ixeds Center, and thereperter found him j strolling the platform awaiting the arrival of the morning train. Mr. Foster, whp is one of'the most trustwi rthy, ca,>ab!e and energetic men in the employ of the Maine Central railroad, appeared in unusually good health, and spirits and we made inquiry as to the cause. ••IK> you know,’’ replied he, “1 think I’ve made a’discovery, or at least Mrs Franiis has for me. 1 have been in poor health for a long time with a heart trouble variously, complicated. We have been so fully interested in M: s. Francis' wonderful rev every that I at once determined to give the medicine rei i mmended a thorough test. Sb, about two months ago. I bought the first box of Dr. Williams’ Fink Fills, Only two months, please note, yet already I am so much improved, so much better able to fulfill my duties, so sanguine that 1 am on the road to recover? . that 1 feel like a new man. “1 can now walk without the fatigue I once experienced, my heart affection appears tow relieved, and J have joined the Fink Fills' Band in our community,” Mr. Fester commented taking the pills at a time when he was <<n pletfly p< stilted after he had suffered smha severe attack of heart trouble that it was ne< essary to carry him heme from bis office Since tl>«nhe has faithfully adhered to the remedy and is constantly improving, so much so as to excite his enthusiasm and his gratitude. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the element* necessary to give new life and riel ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an un failing specific for sui t diseases as loco motor ataxia, partial paralysis. St Vitus' dance,sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism.nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, paie and sal lew complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, oi- will be sent post paid on receipt of price (50 cents a box. or six boxes 1 for >2.50— thev are never sold in bulk or j the ’OO by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y-

Thosb there are whose hearts have a look •oathward, aud are open to the whole noon of nature.—Bailey. Hometeeken’ Exenreloda Soath. On the 13th and Iftth of June. also July 6, 7,3 U and 21st aud several dales dunug August. September and October. the Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. will sell first < las* round trip tickets, good 31 days from date of sale, for one fare »lus $2 UO for the round trip, to all point* in Florida and Ute South. Tracks, trains, time, all the best. For further information address C W. Hump* rey, X. P A.. St. Paul. Minn City TicketOfthe, Ijfi Clark St., or C. L. Stone. G. P. A T. A., Chicago. , Fifth is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps, at the divine command, not knowing what we shall take.—Faber. If Beaeote from Medical Help. Double essential is it that you should be provided with some reliable family medicine. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the best of its class, remedying thoroughly as it does such common ailmentsvaa indigestion. Const:pation and biliousness, and affording safe and speedy help in malarial cases, rheumatism and inactivity of the kidneys. Falsehood is susceptible of an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.—Rousseau. MeVleker** Theater Chicago. -Lost. Straved or St len.’’ an entireh new musical comedy, first production on an y stage. under management of Jas. C. Duff. There are follies as catching as contagious disorders.—Rochefoucauld. . Arrm six years' suffering, 1 was cured bv Pisos Ccke—Mart Thomson, Uhio Ave-t Aliegbcuy, Pa, Muxh 18, *B4,

One Thousand Farmers Wanted To settle On one thousand choice farms oa the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway in Dakota. These lands are located In twenty different counties, and are to bo had now at prices ranging from $7 to >ls per acre; a few mouths hence their value will be doubled. • ’ « ' For a home or for investment no luckier chance in the West has ever before been offered. Now is the time to invest. No better farming land exists anywhere. No greater results can be obtained anywhere. School* and churches abound everywhere. Nearby markets for all farm products. South and North Dakota are the banner diversified farming and stock-raising states of the West Everything grows in Dakota ageept ignorance and intemperance. A new Doom is on. Take advantage of the tide which leads to Dakota and to fortune. For further information address or call , upon W. E. Powbll. General Immigration i Agent, 410 Old Colony Building, Chid*- j go, Ill*- , One Fare to Washington. D. Cm and Return. On July 3,'4, 5 and 6 tickets will be sold from all points north and west of Chicago to Washington and return at one fareac-! count International Convention Young People’s Society Christian Endeavor. Ask for ticket* via the Bia Fat a Rovte and ChbsaFbake axd Ohio Rt. This route com bines every essential feature of a first class Touri*t line. Finest mountain scenery in America, Virginia battlefields, electriclighted trains, perfect track and dining car service unsurpassed. Tickets may be extended returning until July 31. For further particulars, beautifully illustrated pamphlet and sleeping car reservations address, U. L. Truitt, N. W. P. A,C. A 0.-Big Four Route, 234 Clark Street; Chicago. Grand Excursion to Buffalo July Sth and eth.- A ' The National Educational Association will hold its next annual meeting iu Buffalo, and the Michigan Central, “The Niagara Falls Route.” ha* made r.ite of one fare for the round trip plus >2.00.’ association membership fee. Send stamp for “Notes for Teachers,” containing valuable information relative to BUffa'o and Niagara Falls, and 10 cents for a “Summer Note Book” fully descriptive and profusely il ustrated of the Summer Resorts of the North and East : City Ticke' Office 119 Adams Street O. W. | Rchclbs, Gen’l Pass'r A Tk't Ag'L

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Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many physical ills, which vanish before proper efforts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts — rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual disease, but simply to a constipated condition of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, promptly removes. That is why it.is.the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes .internal cleanliness without debilitating the ; organs on which it acts. It all important, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note when you purchase, that you have the genuine arti- ■ cle, which is manufactured by the Cali- ' fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, ! one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely . used and gives most general satisfaction.

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