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H?MLIN^S Vy/ZARD OIL BURNS: S^LDS A '. ? : ti R?'G <j?.STS-".>S"?Ltv "lt THE FOOL1 BY E. r Thc roval feast was done; the king Sought some new sport to banish care. And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool, Kneel now, and make for us a pray er!" The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the mocking court be fore; They could not see the bitter smile Behind the painted grin he wore. Ile*bowed his head and bent his knee Upon thc monarch's silken stool; His pleadiDcc voice arose: "0 Lord, Be merciful to mc, a fool! "No pity, Lord, could change thc heart From red with wrong to white as wool; Thc rod must heal the sin : but, Lord, Bo merciful to me, a fool! " 'Ti* nr;t by guilt thc onward sweep Of truth and right, 0 Lord, wc stay; 'Tis by our follies that so long Wc hold the earth from heaven away. Thiel ?99999 fr?v999999999**v*v*i Dudley explained his idea with en thusiasm. "Something is bound to come of it," he said. "Wc will exchange mail for one week. You must read my letters and answer them as if they were your own, without consulting me, or even telling me their contents, and I will do the same with yours. By following np this misfit correspondence Bil be sure to get a plot." "Quite likely." drawled Grant. "But what do I get?" "The satisfaction of seeing me make a stake with an original story, and pos sibly a check, if that delinquent Boston firm comes to time." Grant pondered the proposition doubtfully. "It's a crazy notion," ho said, at length, "but since I fret scarcely nay mail up town except laundry bills and circulars from local tradesmen, thc clianees of your prying into any of my secrets seems exceedingly slim, so I suppose I can safely accommodate you. When do you wish to put the system into operation?" "To-morrow morning, if you're will ing." said Dudley. "My imagination seems to bc afflicted with a most ag gravated case of dry rot these days, and the sooner I get to work ou a plot from real life the better." At no delivery on the following day were there any Letters of importance for either of the friends, but in the 10 o'clock mail ou the second morning there was a letter addressed to Grant that promised interesting results. Tho envelope bore unmistakable earmarks of femininity, and In spite of their agreement Dudley hesitated before opening it. "It seems hardly fair to thc girl," he thought "Still-" He looked across the table at Grant, who had finished his breakfast and was smiling over a communication to Dudley from the ponderous Boston firm. "That settles it," growled Dud^s-1 "He's got the check, confoufl^^jj^ 's0 ! \ fflffi # 90 J?? Lffinby making L???e most of this innocent little note." Thc letter was written in a sprawl ing, fashionable hand, and covered sev eral pages. Before he was half way through Dudley perceived that he had been precipitated into the thick of a plot far more unique than any he had counted on discovering. "My dear Henry," the letter ran. "After many months of hard work I have come to the. conclusion that the editing of the papers loft by my late husband, General McKecvcr, is too big a job for me to finish alone, and I have decided to place them In the hands of some trustworthy literary man who will do justice to the General's mem ory. Tlie question is, Whom shall I employ? I wish you would advise me. I know that you have a large acquaint ance among writers, and it has oc curred to me that you might be able to recommend some person for the place. From our previous conversations on the subject, you are tolerably well aware of thc nature of thc data left by the Genera!, and consequently you will know what qualifications are essential in the man who undertakes to finish the book. The payment will lie very liberal, and whoever accepts ihe posi tion can well afford to lay aside all other work while engaged in this. Kindly give the matter your earnest at tention, and advise me as soon ns you have made a choice. Yours sincerely. "LUELLA McKEEVEll. "Hawthorne Apartn- Sept. 2." Dudley read the letter several times. Even after he knew it by heart he kept on reading it. Presently Grant started down town, and then lie made prepara tions for answering it. "She's tho same old Luella," he mused, over ink and notepaper. "I've been thinking, ever since I heard that the General was dead, that I would look her un and see if she were as sweet and pretty as she used to be. This is an unparalleled opportunity. It's a blessing I made that contract with Grant. Ile wouldn't have recom mended me In a hundred years, but I shall have no hesitancy in recommeml ding myself. Luella refused me once, in another ca pac! ry, and she may re fusa mo now in this, but I certainly shall not fail through want of en deavor." Grant's was an easy hand to imitate, and after a couple of hours' practice Dudley flattered himself that his writ ing would pass muster before anybody less skilled than an expert. That feat accomplished, ho wrote to Mrs. Mc Keever. "My dear Luella," he said. "I ara very glad that you consulted me in re gard to a competent literary mau to finish editing tho General's papers, be cause it gives me a chance to recom mend a nvm whom I think remarkably well fitted for the post. Clarence Dud ley is the man I mean. You hnvc no doubt heard his name mentioned fre quently of late, for he has been doing some very creditable work. Dudley is a particular friend of mine. I have knuwu him intimately for many years, and have always found him the right sort. I have never known a mau whom I have liked so well. He is. by all odds, tile best friend I ever had. and if you cai: see your way clear to trusting him witli your hook you will bs conferring a favor upon nie personally. Aside from his attributes as an all-rouud good fellow. Dudley is so well equipped mentally that I feel sure he would give excellent satisfaction, and I hope you can strike a bargu in with him. Let me know at once what you think of ray selection. If your decision is favorable I will have Dudley call on you. and von 3 PRAYER. "These clumsy feet, still in thc mire, Go crushing blossoms without cud; These hard, -well meaning hands yee thrust Among thc heartstrings of a friend "The ill-timed truth Ave might have kept Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung! The word wc had not sense to say Who knows how grandly it had rung! "Our faults no tenderness should ask, Thc chastening stripes must cleanse them all; But for our blunders-0, in shame Before the eyes of heaven wc fall. "Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; Men crown the knave and scourge thc tool That did his will; but Thou. 0 Lord, Bc merciful to mc, a fool!" The room was hushed; in silence rose Thc king, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, "Bc merciful to me, a fool!" teaed. ?4?*AA AAA <t? A?M****; A A A? A A <?f j? Si ar P I 1 V v" ?>r % 9 ?" ?, A A 99999999999999994? 999999 eau settle the matter to suit yourselves. Yours, HENRY GRANT." Dudley did not view this effusiou ?with unalloyed pride. "It is pretty fulsome praise io sins at one's own funeral," he commented. "If she should ever find out that I nm the author of the panegyric she will certainly think me loo effervescent to write a history of her deceased hus band. I must waru Henry to say nothing about our compact. If he should give me away my vanity would certainly prove fatal." Grant did not come up io their rooms that night. He sent word that he should IK? out of towu for a day or two, but that Dudley was to stick to their bargain and continue to answer his share of their mail, as usual. There was very little to answer, but it made up in quality what it lacked in^quan tity, for Thursday morning brought an other letter from Mrs. McKeever. "I was somewhat surprised at your choice of literary executor," she wrote. "I knew Clarence Dudley several years ago, and have rather pleasant recollec tions of him, but I had hardly thought that his literary qualifications are ex actly what I require. Still, you seem to b? in a position to judge him from every standpoint, and I will gladly graut him an interview. Before send ing him to me. however, there is one point that I must make clear to you. I should have mentioned it in my last letter, but shrank from doing so. But it is too important to be put off longer. It relates to the commands of General McKeover. It was one of the provis ions of his will that no one exc-?pt my self or my second husband should write a line of his biography. Naturally, ho preferred that I should do it without assistance, but lie was not a jealous or a selfish man, and he reali being a young wjn"?>dnrald probably marry '^m^^r^^^ the book t00 ^i!L-frftundertaking to accomplish one, and decided to marry before its completion, he expressly stipulated that my husband should carry on the work. So, you see, before entering into n literary agreement with any author I must come to an understanding with him in regard to that claus.' in the General's will. You will see. my dear Henry, without further explanation, that my position is most awkward. Ky the General's commands I am bound to see that the book is put on the mar ket, yet I am unable to finish it myself, and am constrained to see'" bely only from some man at whose head I am virtually bound' to throw myself in marriage. For pity's sake. Henry, help me over this difficult}*. Explain the sit uation to Mr. Dudley as delicately as you know how. I think it much better that you, rather than I, should broach thc subject. Then. If he docs not posi tively revolt, let him come to see me. Yours. LUELLA." Dudley spent less than ten minutes on his reply to the second note. "My dear Luella," he said. "Dudley understands the situation thoroughly. I must say that his remembrance of you seems to be exceedingly vivid, and he is anxious to meet you again. Not withstanding your frank criticism of his work, 1 still think him the very man for the place, and if agreeable to you he will call on you Saturday after noon at 3. HENRY." Mrs. McKeever was plainly nervous through the preliminary handshaking when they met on Saturday afternoon, but Dudley had braced himself for the occasion and acquitted himself as be came thc literary trustee of a noted General. "I must confess," said Mrs. MeKccv cr, "that I was astonished when Henry Grant proposed your name as an ac complished historian. I did not know that you aspired to fame in that direc tion. Furthermore, I didn't know that you and Henry were such close friends." "Oh, yes," said Dudley, carelessly. "I've known Grant for years." "So he tells me. Ile seems very loud of you. I really did not know it was possible for one man to caro so much for another. I hope that your are equally devoted to him. His praise of you is unstinted. He says that you are the best friend he ever had, and that ho likes you better than anybody else in thc world." "Does he?" murmured Dudley, "Dear old Hank!" "And, besides, he is so very proud of your literary attainments. If I didn't know Henry to be such a level-headed fellow I should accuse him of gushing. I should bc afraid that his judgment had been warped by the heat of friend ship, and that his recommendation was not entirely reliable. However, I have decided to take his advice, and if you are willing to-to enter upon the proba tion which I explained to him would be required of you-why-" She shifted her eyes uneasily. T" ul ley felt that he had skated safely < r the thinnest parts of his duplicity, he filled up the pause buoyantly. "Now. see here. Luella." he sa "you ought lo know pretty well how feel about the matter. I put the que: tion to you six years ago. and you turned me down most beautifully, i swallowed the dose. I Halter myself, with fairly good grace, but. I kept on thinking of you pretty constantly, even after you married General McKeever and went to Chicago to live. liver since you've been single again I've been aching to sound you on thc sub ject, but I felt rather afraid of you and thought I'd better go slow. I want you. Luella, and I Avant to write the General's biography. Are you Avilliug tn IP* it ero at that?" "Yes," sighed Mrs. McKeeverj "Jf you're satisfied, 1 nm." V* In tho first tlirill of victory Dudley felt that the only way ho could honor ably square himself was to confess his double-dealing. Many times in the course of the afternoon he was on thc point of making a clean breast of it, but modesty always forbade. "If I hadn't spread lt on so thick in my own behalf I shouldn't mind." be argued. "Since I did, I think I'd better lot things go as they are. I'd feel pret ty sneaking to have her know that I blew my own horn so loudly." Graut came home that evening, but Dudley was too busy pondering over the outcome of his epistolary enterprise to say much to him. Just before they went to bed he remmbered that he must caution Grant to keep their scheme a secret. "Ey the way, Grant, you haven't told anybody about our exchanging letters, have you r" he-Asked. Graut yawned. "Xo," said he, "only one person. I told her the evening the plot was hatched, but she doesn't count. She'll never say anything about it." "She?" echoed Dudley. "Who is I she?" I "Oh, nobody but Lucila McKcevcr. ' She's all right." Dudley caught his drooping head in both hands. "Good Lord," he said. "I've got a plot, now. with a vengeance."-New York Times. FIRST FICHT UNDER 1 HE FL.AC. Fought on Loud, Wns at Fort Slnmr a New York. The first conllict waged under I he thirteen .Stars and Stripes on land, after their direct authorization, ls known to have been at Fort Stauwlx (subsequenty re-named Fort Schuyler), in Home, N. Y. The fort was Invested by the British on tho 2d of August, at which time the garrison was without the authorized standard; but they had a description of the design, and soon formed a Hag from materials in the fort. Victory perched upon their rude and hastily constructed bauner; and in oue sortie made by the Americans they captured five of tho enemy's standards. By an order of Congress, approved by the President January 13, 1704, the flag was changed on tho first day of May, ensuing, so as to consist of fif teen stripes and thc same number of stars. This coutinued to bc the design of our Hag until the year ISIS, when tho Union embraced twenty States. On the 2,r)th of March, in that year, on tile motion of the Hon. Peter H. Wend over, of New York, Congress passed an act entitled "An Act to Establish the Flag of tho United States." It road as follows: "Section I. Bc it enacted, otc, that from and after the fourth day of July next thc Hag of thc United States be thirteen horizontal stripes alternate red and white; that tho Union have twenty stars, white In u blue field. Section ll. And be it further enact ed, that on the admission of every new State to the Union one star be added to the uuiou of the flag; and that such addition shall take effect on thc Fourta of July next succeeding such admis sion. Approved, April 4, ISIS." The flags of the United States have since continued to be Cf this construc tion; so that, whatever their variations ?lo indicate thc branch of tho Govern ^?fr^vice to which a spechU-,*-^ belongs^^' 0UCJ^r&T1ts red and whi'e s\?|[?^??enumber of colon ies which origraally formed the nation, while its white stars in a blue ground will tell the number of States now em braced in our local Union.-George J$ Varney, in New England Magazine. A UfioleBS Industry. ""This is the age of feats-Alpine climbing, Channel-swimming, fasting for weeks, searching for the North and. South Poles-the most of them being more or less useless, and involving quite unnecessary dangers. But per haps of all fatuous attempts to accom plish something because it has not been done before, says tho Dundee Courier, nothing caps the feat of play ing the piano against time. An out break of this mania is announced from Marseilles, where a couple of pianists, fired by the example of an Italian musician who played for nineteen hours at a stretch, have started to break the record. The conditions are that they ebal] play for thirty hours with at most only four intervals, each of ten minutes, for rest and refresh ment. Considering that those who have to play the piano are very much liable to ailment? of the muscles and nerves of t lie fingers and wrists, it might lie supposed that pianists would - not take up meaningless tasks that would exhaust muscles and nerves were they made of steel wire, and tasks which, even were they accom plished, would make no one wiser or better. It is well, however, that there is no compulsion of the public to attend to hear these musical freaks, and lt may be hopeu that the building In winch they are carried on is situated at a respectable distance from the paths of an innocent public. Tho Now Jewolry. In one of Hoyt's farces two charac ters. Reuben and Cynthia, used to come out on thc stage and sing to each other about the topics of the time and about topics that were of no particular time, but which offered the excuse of putting words to music. One of them would sing a verse and then the other would reply in like strain. Ohe of these verses by Cynthia was as follows: "Keuben, Beuben, I've been thinkin' What au awful thing 'twould be If they took to burning diamonds And soid coal for jewelry." This was Reuben's response: "Cynthia, Cynthia, I've been thinkin' And I know you'll take my word Not one-half the population Ever'd know it had occurred." This passed for merely nonsensical rhyme. No one ever thought coal would be sold for jewelry, but that Is what ls being done in Chicago these days. A man stood nt Adams and Dearborn streets yesterday and offered "genuine black diamond stickpins" nt fifteen cents apiece. The "black dia monds" were lumps of hard coal fast ened to washed gold pins. The sale ol* these jewels was brisk at times, and scores of men wore them in their cra vats.-Chicago Record-Herald. Nut it Good Likeness. Thc little daughter of the house watched the minister, who was making . visit, very closely, and finally sat i own beside him and began to draw i ber slate. "What arc you doing?" aoked the clergyman. "Pin making your picture," said ilie child. The minister sat very still, and the child worked away very earnestly. Then she stopped and compared her work with the original, and shook her head. "I don't like it much," she said. " 'Tain't a great deal like yon. I guess I'll put a tail to it au J call it a dog." Duluth Tribun?a Furniers and Good H?nde. %-i-j HE advocates of good ronds I . will find plenty of arguments I ' in tlio recent report of the In "jj" dustrlal Commission on thc marketing and distribution of farming products. This report SIIOAVS the value of good country roads and the immense saving that could bc effected througt them. It also furnishes arguments lr favor of the construction of electric lines through the farming sections ot the country, not only for the hauling of passengers, hut for the hauling of freight. The report shows that the cost of hauling farm products over country roads is $9(10,000.000 a year, or more than the entire cost of operating all the rnihvnys in the United States. The total operating expenses of railroads is esti mated at only $18,000,000 annually. The average haul to thc nearest shipping station in the transportation of farm products is twelve miles, and the aver age cost is twenty-five cents a ton a mile, or $3 a ton for thc twelve miles. Ey comparing this ton mile cost with tho average ton mile revenue of the railroads in the country, which amounts to seven mills a mile, the -in menso opportunity for saving that would be effected through good roads may readily bo seen. If farm products could bo hauled to market at seven mills a ton mile, as is tho case with railway traffic, tho entire charge fo: transportation would be less than ??2c\ 000,000, as compared with the ?5000, 000.000 it costs the farmers to haul their products over ordinary roads. The building of good roads and thc construction of electric lines will mean an enormous saving to the farming classes. Some of the advocates of good roads believe that the two could be constructed jointly, as tho cost would be proportionately less for the building of good wagon roads, which could also be used for electric railways. These electric railways could be constructed through those sections of tho farming community which would offer tho best possibilities In the way of freight and passenger traffic returns, and wagon roads could bo built connecting these with all sections of the country. The farmer who did not live on the direct line of an electric railway could haul his freight to the nearest point, where it could be quickly transferred to an electric train. That this possibility is fully realized by the builders of electric railways is \ shown by the rapid development that these lines are making as freight car- . riers. Throughtout the country they j aro extending their lines into new terri- j tory and standardizing equipment and roadbeds in order to provide for thc ; hauling of thc- heaviest freight. It is said by James J. Hill that trunk lines ' ns at present constituted are capable of handling from three to five times the amount of traffic they now carry. To parallel existing lines would, there fore, be ImprnctlcnldnmnLaMffiffltf^ ???^?WflrWu coil id era 11 on ? he almost Insurmountable difficulties the new companies would encounter in attempt ing to secure suitable right of way with adequate terminals in any of the larger cities, it is certain that no bank ing house would consider for a mo men? the underwriting of the securi ties of nny proposed company parallel ing existing lines. The field of tho electric railway is not in paralleling, lint in supplement- j ing. the steam railroad systems of the ! country. It has been pointed out in the Commercial that electric railways have materially lessoned the number of passengers carried by steam railways, and that moro and more of the short haul passenger business is going to thc more cheaply constructed aud more cheaply operated electric lines. This competition is welcomed by the steam railways. A similar situation exists in regard to freight traffic The steam railroads of the nitcd States would wel come any addition to transportation facilities which would result in the centralizing of traffic at shipping points by a moro economical method than the ? present cumbersome one of hauling it in wagons over country roads. Electric railways can be made feeders for tho \ steam railroads, and if built with due regard to the avoiding of competition Jthcy will supplement and increase the traffic of tile steam railways without In any way interfering with the earn ings of the latter.-New York Com mer- ! cia! Advertiser. Should Set nu Example. New Yorkers want good roads and good canals aplenty. The thorough fares on land should be numerous and well constructed, firm and safe, strong i and spacious, while the thoroughfares ; of the water should be broad and deep. The Empire State should set a magul- ? ?icent example to every other common- . wealth in its highways of travel and traffic, both on the solid earth and In the water channels of trade. - New ; Jfork Tribune. Cost Twice M Great. It has been demonstrated that the cost of power in operating automobiles ls twice as great in traveling over rough roads as over smooth ones. Still this is no reason why the improvement of the public highways should not be i continued.-Kansas City Star. Poor Kcoiiomr. Great loss has often been occasioned through temporary and unskilful fixing af roads and the erection of flimsy and Insufficient culverts and bridges. It is poor economy To erect anything but permanent structures, built to last and stand the severest tests. Serviceable Material. Burnt gum no is a very serviceable material for use on country roads.' It ls not as durable as crushed stone, but ls superior to dirt. Nothing If Not a Fatal I Kl. A sergeant of a company of British infantry quartered in a Dacoit-infested part of Burmah was a firm believer in destiny. No amount of argument with bis more skeptical comrades could shake his belief in thc slightest, he lu- ! variably closing the controversies with the rather illogical assertion that "When a man's last day comes, it comes.'' One evening, when dressing prepara tory to taking a stroll in the jungle, be \ was noticed by a corporal, a persistent opponent of thc destiny theory, quietly to slip a revolver into his pocket. "Halloa!" shouted the corporal, who saw a chance ol* ridiculing the ser- 1 g?ant. "What are you taking the rc- '.? volve? with you for? That won't save you ir your time has come." "No," replied the sergeant without n moment's hesitation; "lint, you see, I nany happen to run across a Dacoit whns? lii?t ?siv Imo pomp." November Colds Should Not Be Al lowed to Develop Into Chronic Catarrh. Pe-ru-na Cures a Cold Promptly and Permanently. "I am glad to recommend Peruna, a* it has done so much for me. I had been a great sufferer from catarrhal colds until I was urged to try Peruna, and I am happy to say that it has entirely cured me. 1 shall never be without it, and most cheer fully recommend it to others who are af flicted as I ..ave been."-Katherine Dau ter. 239 1.3th St.. Milwaukee, Wis. Most people think the success of Peruna depends upon the use of advertisements. Undoubtedly the advertisements help some. But hy far the greatest number of people who hear of Peruna have their at-' ter.tion called to it by a friend. Some one gets cured of chronic catarrh by Peruna. After he is certain of his cure he is sure to recommend it to his friends. Friend recommends it to friend and thc news spreads from tongue to tongue. All thc advertisements in the ivorld could not make Peruna as popular as it ls. Peruna cures. That is thc reason people Ilk", lt. Peruna cures a very stubborn disease. That is why everyone recommends it. Peruna cures chronic catarrh after all other remedies fail, which explains why neighbor St. Louis ami San Francisco li. lt. Offers to tho colonist half fan;, plus 82.00, to points in Arkansas, Missouri, Noir ?ska, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma mid Indian Territories, on tho following dat? s : Nov. 4 and IS, Dec. 2 and IC, Jo .. ('. and 20. Feb. 3 and 17, Mundi 9 and 17, April 7 und 21. Write for advertising matter, rates arid information to W.T. SAUXDBBS, G. A. P.D., Atlanta, Ga. Imperfect Vision. The handicap of imperfect yjchiyl ^naturally jjffiffigy^fffa |"" ' |"| m | | of the child in his studies, says Dr.. Grace Peckham Murray, in an article In the Delineator on backward chil dren. A well known oculist of New York City states that defective vision Is a very common cause of apparent mental dullness in young children. A child's eyes should- bc.examined -wie?- - he is old enough to attend school, in order to be sure that he does not suf fer from lack of good eyesight. One writer has said that he never met with a case of chronic bad spelling that he did not also find some visual defect. It must be remembered that trouble from imperfect seeing comes not only from seeing words and figures ! wrongly but also from fatigue of the brain caused by eye strain. A Remarkable Gift. The gift by the late W. E. Stratton, of Colorado, of $1.000.000 to build a hospital home, and practically all the rest of his great estate of $14,000,000 to maintain it, is ono of the most re markable in a time distingushed by generous bequests. UciTaro oT Oiritmmtn For Catarrh That Contain Mercury, ns mercury -wi11 surely destroy tho sonso ol smell and completely derange the whole sys. t'?m when catering it through tho mucous surfaces. Such articles should never bo used except on prescriptions from reputable phy sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to tho good you can possibly derivo from thom. Hall's Catarrh Curo, manufactured by P. J. Cheney ft Co., Toledo, O.. contaius no mercury, and is taken internally, actin:' directly upon tho Mood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curo bo sure to get thc genuino. It is tareen in ternally, and ls mad'.* In Toledo, Ohio, by P. J. Cheney ft Co. Testimonials free. QSTSold hy Druggists; price, 75..'. per bottle. Hall's Family Tills are thu best. American Hour is used for thc bread baked in Palestine. PIT8pormanentlTcarcd.No fttsornervoas ne.'isaftor li rsl day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great Norv?llcstorer.32lriul bottle and treatisefroo L>r.H. H. KLINE, Ltd., 031 Areli St.. Phila.,Pa. Some mighty stupid young men are clev er enough to have rich fathers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for ;hlldroa leething.softcnthoguins, reduces inflainitia tion.allays pain,cu res wind colic. 25c. abott lo Carp arc paid to live hundreds of years, and pike are also hardy old fellows. PUTNAM FADELESS DTES do not stain the hands or spot the kettle, except green and purple. American desks and business system files arc in use in Europe. I do not believe Plso's Cure for Consump tion hos an equal for coughs and colds-.1 OHN F. BOYEII, Trinity Springs, Ind., Fob. 15,1900. Bad habits grow rapidly without much cultivation. " I had a terrible cold and could hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im mediate relief." W. C. Layton, Sidell, 111. How wi!! your cough be tonight? Worse, prob ably. For it's first a cold, then a cough, then bron chitis or pneumonia, and at last consumption. Coughs always tend downward. Stop this downward tendency by taking Ayer's Cherry Pec toral. Three sizes: 25c, 50c.,'Jl. AU druggists. Consult your doctor. If ho savs take lt. thon do as he says. If ho tolls you not to take lt. thon don't take lt. IIo knows. Leave it with him. WP aro willltie. J. C. AYER CO.. Lowell. Mass. ARE SLOWLY DYING ?e-ru-na Cures, That is Why the > People Like it. ^ \\\ the Advertisement in the World Could Not Make Pe-ru-na as Popular as it is. Miss Margaret Donnelly, 21 Webster Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "Peruna was recommended to mo about i year ago for catarrh, with which I had jcen troubled nearly all my life, but which iad given me serious trouble a few months before I took Toruna. In two weeks my licad cleared up, I did not have head aches, and in a short time felt oerfectly tvell."-Margaret Donnelly. recommend it to i neighbor. Peruna cures catarrh perma nently, and this way lias pained a lifelong, friend. People who have been cured by Peruna many years ago have been eager to recommend Peruna to their friends ever since. This ?fl the way Peruna is advertised. It advertises itself. Its merits arc its chief advertisement. Once cured of so distressing and exasperating a malady as catarrh it becomes thc duty of evcr}f one to pass it along, to call the atten tion of those who arc still victims to a remedy that rarely fails to cure. Beware of Cheap Imitations ot Pc rn>ira-Be Sure That You (?et Pe-ru-na. There arc no substitutes for Peruna. Al low no one to persuade you that there ia something just as good. The success of Peruna has tempted many people to devise cheap imitations. Beware of them. Be sure that JTOll get Peruna. M ia* Jennie Driscoll, 870 Putnam ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "I beard so much in praise of Peruna repeat. They d In a word, they Winchester rif calibers, weigh partially or elah purpose, every WINCHES' made for all kine FREE-; WINCHESTER REPE rbis ein is BOG thu machine but sim ply ?hows thc man uer nf fastening the steel rope to lio stump. We cannot tefl you Ul euout it liens. Oiircat alonua shows Full Linc of Stump Puliera testimoni?la, Mgm prices, etc. it K&SSt will surprise irpnso arni interest you. APUNE I.Ii GRIPP IC, <Ol.US and If BADACHKS. Sohl by all Druggists. I will be sixty-one ye irs old next April, and all my life had iieen a great sufferer from dyspepsia and indiges tion. Up to three rears ago I was sure that nothing would help me, as I had tried almost every known remedy, none riving me much relief. One day my family physician told nie to try Ripnns Tabules, as he had found them of great benefit in heveral obstinate cases of in digestion and dyspepsia. 1 will say sandidly that I had little faith in them or in anv other medicine when 1 began taking the Tabules .'.Inch to my sur prise I felt better .. l.hin a day and was soon greatly relieved. I kept tak ing them and continued to improve. I felt like a new woman, and my neigh bors and friends saw a great change for the better in my health. Tin? Fivp-Onf purkot is enouirh f?T an ordi nary occasion. Tte family Ixittlo, 60 cent?, contain? ? supply for ? year THESCHOOLTF AL Telegraphy, Louisville. Ky., (founded In 186-1). will tonoh you tho profession quickly ?nd secure position for you. Ilanilsome catalogue KKKB. U Auto Wear 13 SURFS wStB AM risc FADS. HT CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use | in time. Sold by druggists. T GONSUMPTIOIV K as a specific for catarrhal affections that when I found myself with a badcaso nf catarrh of thc head anti throat Varuna was the first thing that I thought of. And my convictions were not wrong, for in a few weeks after using Pe runa systematically I was entirely nd of this aggravating and distressing disease, catarrh. "if people knew how efneient Toruna was for this trouble they would not hesi tate to try it. I have ail the faith in the world in "it, and have never known of a case where the person wns not cured in a short time."-dennie Driscoll. 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