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NEW YORK.?Adele Clot Con- |
verRe. famous beauty. In Jewels,
silks and furs, stepped from her
limouBine after an evening spent
at the opera. She hummed a little
tune ar.d laughed front the Joy of living
as her fnther helped her up the
6teps of his Paris mansion. She loved
Paris, loved the society, loved the
ealetv of the Pronrh rnnltnl \'<'W
York and San Francisco wcro well
enough?but there was nothing to
compare with Paris She had come
for a three months' visit and she was
going to make the most of it.
"It was glorious, wasn't It. father?"
she beamed. "The lights, the gowns
A butler, bearing an envelope on a
silver tray, stood before her.
"A cablegram for madam."
She opened it quickly and rend this
startling message:
"Will you face death in Iqultos two
years with me? Great danger, no
comforts. Wonderful work for humanity."
It was signed?"Oeorge."
Adele Clot Converse, once one of
the most sought after young women
in New York and San Francisco society.
caught her breath. Just for a
moment she nervously twisted in her
fingers a rope of pearls that dropped
from her throat. Sh~ read the cablegram
over again She handed It to
her fnfher He read it
"Well?" he questioned.
A servant had brought her a cable
blank. She wrote her husband's ad
dress.
"Dr. George Marquis Converse.
Public Health ami Marine Service.
Washington. D. C.. U. S A ."
Without hesitation she stnrted her
answer,
"C?" she began. J'hen the Ink in
the fountain pen ceased to tlow She
shook it impatiently, almost frantically.
as if seconds were precious in
getting the answer back to America
"C?" she wrote again Her father,
looking over her shoulder, said halt
aloud. "Cannot?"
There wus a nourish of the pen. a
shrug and Adele Clot Converse smiled
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Babies Were Cut In Two.
proudly as she held up the message si
'ler father could read It.
There it was?unequivocal, terse:
"Certainly?Adele."
Father's Protest Unheeded.
She folded the paper and thrust 1
into the butler's hands.
"Send It. Horry," she ordered am
watched him until he left the room.
"But. Adele?" her father began
"Please don't argue." she smiled "I
!s settled."
"But where la this Iquitos place, urn
Wiiy should anybody go there?"
"I haven't the slightest Idea," sh
said flrrnlv
"Then why In the name of conuno:
sense?"
"Because George evidently want
me to."
That's how It came about that Mn
p Converse, Pr Converse and thel
three-year-old baby Jack are today o
a little steamer, chugging up the Ami
ton river, on their way to Iquitoi
Peril! threading fhe rhnnnol n-r.^?
through a matted forest which howl
with monkeys and flashes emeral
and turquoise and Is scarlet with trop
cal birds and butterflies
They're going to the vortex of
loathsome whirlpool Around thei
wild Indians will slay each other, br
gands will rob; within a day's ride <
vJhUb sLi Li.
v??-? & , --,'
ulation "Death's Favorite
fl^H
their homo women slaves will
in rubber foreBt under the lnsl^^^^Hj
brutes despeartely eager to gnthi^^^^^H
fortune, determined to go bnck to
lization rich. Disease will be
where. Life can be bought for a
of crude rubber. Money. monc^^^^H
hi any sacrince. Unit ts M
code in the forests about Iquttos.
Would Brook No Delay.
So quickly did she act, this dau^H^^H
tor of a banker many times a mtll^^H^E
aire, that she had her trunks pac^^Hjfl
and her passage to New York enga^J^^fl
before she received a letter from
husband, telling the details of this^BS^I
peditlon into the heart of the rub^^H^|
forests Peru.
Comforts, luxuries. cntcrtalnmeiH H
without regret she turned from tt^^^H|
to go to tight side by side with I H
husband who had been chosen by
Peruvian government to bring hei^^^^H
into the most disease-ridden city^J^^J
the
As for his going alone?that
possible In the first place. Mrs.
verse wouldn't have consented
separation for two years. In the
ond. his duties in Death's favorite t^H^H
reation ground were such that
would need the aid of his wife.
Before accepting the Peruvian
slon. Br. Converse talked the mat^^^l
over with his brother officers In
service. They told him that his nHH
chance to live to rlean up a tropi^^^B
pesthole that is menacing health
the Panama canal would be to set
In Iqultos a personal estnblishmc^^^H
governed by the strictest rules of
lie must live In a rat-proof and
sect-proof house, which must be
sterilized from top to bottom to I^B|B
the death floating in the mtasmlc
of the jungle. Utensils must be bcii^^^H
ed always before use; all food
be cooked, except fruit, which
be sculded; cooked food if tourt^^^^
by a fly or other Insect, must
thrown away; clothing must be ca^H^B
fully sterilized, and only certain f^^^H
ries must be worn; the house.
course, must be kept scrupulou^^^H
Love Called for Sacrifice.
Money could not buy the sort
noiiRt'iioia service me preservation
Dr. Converse's health and life woi^HB
demand; only love could he relied
to give such service, never to
in Its adherence to the scientific ru^^^B
of hygiene. So he must take l^HH
young wife with him to the plagt^HB
stricken city. Her work in mainta^^H
lng a sanitary household in lquit^^U
would he fully as important a part
the government mission as her ht^HI
band's and fully as dangerous
I)r. Converse didn't need the
a month tho Peruvian governrneSH|
contracted to pay htm for two yeaaHfl
service. The Converse family is wfl||
known In California and has lan^^HE
and wealth In abundance, and youHHj
Cleorgo Converse went Into the pub^^^B
health and marine hospital service
cause he wanted to amount to son^^^H
thing; because a life of uselcssne^^H
held no charms for him. 811
"Suburb of Hell."
J Men who have come out of Iquit(^U0
alive call It "a suburb of hell." Thei^^H
are no "old Inhabitants" In Iqulto|^^|
They talk of events of a year ago an^^|
believe they are discussing histnrj^H
1 Men visit Iquitos us a river visits
sunken treasure ship; they enter th^H
^ city as a fireman enters n hurnln^^|
building, rendy to flee as soon as th< B^B
find that which they seek.
1 The rubber trade must bear th^H
blame for this. When Charles Cnoc^H
year discovered the process for turr^H
ing crude rubber Into an article o^H
? commerce there was n wild rush oH
adventurers Into the forest regions
n South America. Here gold gr?-w jr|i d
trees. Rubber gathering is slow worfc. o
s Impatience brought out the brut-.- In e
t> ese men. They made slaves c?f the 1
Indians who lived in the mnntana. as t
r the forest region Is called \ c
n Whispered tales began to ci)me out r
*- of the Amazon rubber district, espe- o
3- dally from the Putumnyo district at
the northern end of it?bl <o<t curdling
H tales of barbarous cruelties and tor*
lures?old women locked Into cribs d
I- and Btarved to death because they (I
were too feeble to gather the quota
a of rubber their drivers demanded of e
it them; babies cut In two with one
1- stroke of the mache e when their 1
>f mothers protested that they must 1
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>rgan. in the prayer room at the othei
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ndependently of the great organ or by
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Hypocrites.
Mayor I..unn of Schenectady was
llHCusslng a certain smug type of unlesirables.
"The motto of these chaps." he
ml/1 ^"
Ittmf pc rum tu UV
" 'It Isn't what a man thinks it
an't even what he says and does
t'a what he gets caught in.' "
low WALKS
MOST ANYWHERE j
ut for Fifteen Long Years, Mr*.
Dickson Could Not Stand on
Her Feet for Any Length
of Time.
Pallas, Tox.?"I cannot recommend
ardui. the woman's tonic, too highly."
writes Mrs. R. J. Dickson, of 2907
ryan Street, this city. "It Is tho
reatest boon to those suffering from
ronianly trouble, in existence.
For 15 years, I was a sufferer from
ach severe pains, caused from woman*
trouble, 1 could not walk, or even
tand on my feet, long at a time. I !
lso had backaches and headaches. I
omiuenced taking Cardui, the worn- cc
n's tonic, and now 1 can walk anyrhere
I want to. do my own work, and ,
eel better than I have for ten years.
I am so thankful that I took your 1
tediclne, as 1 feel like a new woman
ntlr.iU
My advice to all women Is to try 1
'sruui. the woman's tonic, when they j ..j
?el they need a tonic, as it will cor- I j
ainly do for them, what it has douo
jr me." I ni
Cardui goes to the weak spots and I
rips to make them strong. It is for le
tie weak, tired, nervous irritable j of
omen, who feel as though everything fc
ere wrong, and who need something j
3 quiet their restless nerves, and o)
trengtlien tlieir worn-out systems. ,
Thousands of women now enjoy ' (
ood health as a result of taking Carut.
Why not you? Try it. At all r;
ruggists. ? M
N. P.?H'rltt tr: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. I.adin*
.dvuory Department, ChatUm*nja, Tcnnr*#**. for
'?ei.11 Inrtruiti'fti t?n your caw and I >00 It. "Doom
fulfil nit f of Woman." ten tn plain nffipfUfi Adv.
In a Literal Sense. W
Juvenile remarks arc not always so 1,1
aughty as they seem. Small Sam. for 1
lstance. had no Intention of using bad ^
tnguage when he got into such severe ei
rouble in class. ! ?
His teacher was trying to press j
ome certain fncts concerning a vol- I
ano. In reviewing the lesson she, j
11-w on inc niaciux.aru nor own conoption
of u tlamitig mountain, using j.
oiored crayon with extraordinary ef?ct.
I ^
"What is it?" she asked, the picture
nished. | ot
The scholars shook puzzled heads. ,
"Yoti don't know? Well, what does
; look like?" the teacher persisted.
Piped Sanimle, whose home boasts
colored pictorial Rible.
"I think it looks like hell."?Chicago tl
'.ecord-1 lerald.
ECZEMA FOR TEN YEARS
: tii
1S09 Idttle Walsh St.. Baltimore, s'<
Id.?"I was nfflicted with eczema for
bout ten years, the most tormenting
nd agonizing. It was dry eczema, all
tchlng. It was scratch, scratch,
cratch and burn. burn. burn. Ry di
crntching I brought sores which
cabbed. I tried all remedies which I
new or neara or; some Rave me ternorary
relief, but none permanent '
ure. I couldn't Bleep for scratching, si!
fter which there was burning. 1 saw ^
be advertisement for free samples of
'uticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
nd wrote for them. They did me he
ood immediately and I then bought a
iox of Cuticura Ointment and a cake
f Cuticura Soap. I was cured In two
keeks" (Signed) George Wooden, st'
an. 21. 1012.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
hroughout the world. Sample of each 8,1
ree, with 32 p. Skin Tlook. Address
ost-card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Doston.'
idv. d(
Some men begin to economize after ,
larriage by growing whiskers. co
It takes a genius to save money or
rrite good poetrv. is
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fj you? You (
$ cumstances.
and every or*
Dr. Pierces G
IB ' Will ]
I Dr. R. V. Pi ere
extract of Golc
3 queen's root am
y, would aid in 11
^ stomach, corrcc
I# enrich the blooc
jr, sequently help in
U who have used i )r
R tify that they hav
'c from stomach and
start today to lead
A'oir?if yn
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j People's Common Sen
? reviser!, up-to-date ec
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| Pleasant Pellet
I liver and bow
GOT LEFT IN THE RUSH. I
"Ruth is engaged to bo married the ' ^
niing winter." I cj
"The mischief she is! I intended ! j
i propose to that girl myself when jj
got time."
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Fair to All. n
"Recently," 'says a Richmond man, ii
received an invitation to the mar- b
age of a young colored couple for- e
erly in iny employ. 1 am quite sure o
at all persona similarly favored were fi
ft in little doubt as to the attitude w
' the couple. The invitation ran as a
Hows: p
" 'You nre Invited to the marriage b
' Mr. Henry Clay Barker and Miss \s
>sephine Mortimer Dixon at the E
suae of the bride's mother. All who
innot come may send."?Lipplncott's h
ngazinc. v
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A Household Remedy.
Which works from outside. CUES- \
OLi (Chest Ointment) will rellovo tl
jickly croup, coughs, colds, pneu- si
lonla and nil affections of chest and a
iroaL Uso freely nnd RUB! HUB! ^
l*B! Now sold by all medicine deal's.
Should be In every home. Burwell I'
Dunn Co.. Mfrs., Charlotte, N. C. Adv. d
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Whipped Child's Protest.
"Mamma whips you only when she
is reason for it."
"1 won't stand it any longer, papa! j
m not married to her." . f
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ANI) ill IU) I I' TIIE SYSTEM C
Cake the oiil standard (iltiiYKS TAKTKI.KKA .
111.I. TllNll". You know wliut you ?r? taking. I
n? formula la plainly prlnie.1 uu every linitlr.
owing It Iftxlniply tjulnlno nml Iron In a nvMrless i
rm. ami thi mo?l flrrlnkl fnrui. Kor grown _
*>plo uud children. bit iiuiu. A W
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The Kind. | g
"What would you recommend as ^
le fish diet for sailors?" a
"Hoe, of course." j ?
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M1AKK INTO Yrtt'H SIIOKS Si
Urn's loot-liim.. 11??- A Hilar pile powder for I
nil. Itching. avvolli n. nervous frrt. Glvrl
at nnil comfort Makes walking n d<-1 Irrli*.
>lit i vrrywlu rc, ir-c. l>nn't ncccpt any tubUtile
For KIIRI3 snntple address Allen S.
limited. la Roy, N. Y. Adv.
Real Test.
fin bo -How do you tell a genuine ?
amond from a fake? I ?.
Steve?Try to hock it. bi
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DOKS YOt'R IIKAI) AC1IRT
Try nicks' CAPUDINE. It's liquid?pleas- : fri
it !< take - I'llertH Immediate?pond to prevent ui
ck lleinlneheH nnil Nervoun llcndurliex ulno t<
>nr money Dark If not Milistlnd. 10c., IkStf. ikud J,
B. ut medicine Htoreu. Adv.
Manv a woman nrnvs to ret into I
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;aven and lights to net into society.
I)r. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar routed, _
,s v to take as cumlv. regulate ami Invigorate a
utnach, llvurand ImjwgIm. Douotgrlpo. Adv. I Ej
When fools are Kind wise men are i LI
id. ~
It takes a practical fisherman to u
itect the lie in a flsh story.
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ITCH Relieved in 30 Minute*.
iVoolfonl'H Hnuilnr/ l.olion fur till ktnda of |,t
n Lag Ion a Itch. At DriiggititH. Adv. I?
Nature generates facts, but fiction fij
manufactured by man. b?
a Disordei
tomach an
the day feeling that the"
cannot hope to "make g
Nobody can. You musl
ran in riovfonf fwim +a A1
^uii in X^/V/U l/l 1111 IAS U
olden Medica
Bring Quick Relief
e found years ago that a gb
len Seal and Oregon grape i
1 bloodroot with black cherry
io assimilation of the food h
t liver ills and in nature's owr
I, tone the entire system and
tlio restoration of perfect health.
. Pierce's Golden Medical Discover
e been restored to health when suf
liver ills. Let this famous old me
I you to health and strength.
it prefer?you can obtain Dr. Pierce*
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#m. ii^kiciic, .iiiumuiy, medicine, etc., rr
iso Medical Adviser, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, i
iition of which ia now offered, in cloth
i in one-cent stamps, to cover cost of wi
dress, Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel, Buffalo
ted by sluggish bowels. Dr. Pier
:s regulate and invigorate atom;
els. Sugar coated, tiny grant
.IFE'S STRUGGLE 1
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Wlin ILLNtSS I
Irs. Stewart Tells How She
Suffered from 16 to 45 years
old?How Finally Cured.
Euphemia, Ohio.?"Because of total
piorance of how to care for myself
hen verging into womanhood, and from
iking cold when going to rffchool, I suf- red
from a displacement, and each
lonth I had severe pains and nausea
hich always meant a lay-off from work
>r two to four days from the time I
as 16 years old.
" I went to Kansas to live with my sis?r
and while there a doctor told me of
le Pinkham remedies but I did not use
lem then as my faith in patent mediines
was limited. After my sister died
came home to Ohio to live and that
as been my home for the last 18 years.
"The Change of Life came when I was
7 years old and about this time I saw
iy physical condition plainly described
I viiv VI jvui uuvvi UOUIIIUIIUJ. ltlCQl
cgan using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vogtablo
Compound and I cannot tell you ,
r any ono the relief it gave me in the I
rst three months. It put me right
,-hcre I need not lay off every month
nd during the lost 18 years I have not
aid out two dollars to a doctor, and have
een blest with excellent health foraworoman
of my ago and I can thank Lydia
1. Pinkham 'sVege table Compound for it.
" Since the Change of Life is over I
ave been a maternity nurse and being
rholly self-supnorting I cannot over
stimate the value 01 good health. I
ave now earned a comfortable little
ome just by sowing and nursing sinco
was f>2 years old. 1 nave recommended
he Compound to many with good reults,
as it is excellent to take before
nd after childbirth."?Miss Evelyn
lDElia Stewart, Euphemia, Ohio.
If you want special advice write to
ydfa E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conflcntlal)
Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will
e opened, read and answered by a
roman and held in strict confidence.
rhe Wretchedness
>f Constipation
an quickly be overcome by
ARTER'S LITTLE
IVER PILLS.
-act surely and jfHHflPADTTtfQ
ently on the ^iVipr
ess, and Indigestion. They do their duty.
MALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE,
Genuine must bear Signature
REE TO ALL SUFFERERS
yon feel "out of sort*"?"run down"or"?ot tba
urn." Buffer f rotn kldner.bludder.net. ouadiaoaaea,
ironic weak tics aoa, ulcerm.aktn rruptloiia.pllea.*0.,
rlto foruijr Kit KIC book. lllslbetnoM Inatrurtiv*
cdlrul lh?ik err nrhlrn. It Leila till about theae
arnica andthe rrmarkablncurca effected bylbuKear
reneh Remedy "TIIKKAPION" No. I. No.lNo.l
id 70a ran decide for you rae if If IList be remedy for
uir ailment. lain t M'nil a cent. Ira abmitntely
HKK. No follow-up"olrculara. ltr.I.cOereMoiC
o.. Ifuverntock lt<l.f llaiiipaleuil, Uadw, ha
SnRnP^Y THBATHf). Giro quick ra""Till
Het, iiHuully remove swelling
and short breath In it few daya and
entlm relict In 16-tbdaya, trial treatment
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>K SAKE- !io3 A IN MKi'KI.KNHfRU
?.. N. C.; SOO a. cult., 7, 8 and 3 r. hoiiaca, f
irna. etc. J W. Croaa, Huntcravllle, N. C,
red
id Liver?
whole world is against
ood" under these cir;
have a clear brain
0 justice to yourself.
1 Discovery
Many NAJL, /
ry tes- ^*0538*^
feringr The Best Physicians
idlCine Gave Him Up
MI was nttackod with a severe
nervous JlK'UK, which was caused
t>V a disordered stomach snd llv?
er." writes Mi. Jaa. P. Lrv*LT,of -.."tig JS
Washburn. Tenn.,Routs3, Doe ss,
"All my Iidsnds tlx night I would
die and tUe bust physicians gars
me up. I was advised to try I>T?
Tierce's Oolden Medical Discov.
om the *'rT> end derived much benefit
. ,l? from same. My ceso li.id run SO | it
1 newly lone. It had become so chronic,
covers, that nothing would effect a psr- .. tWl
pnnninrr msncrit tui*, but l>r. Pleens't
?t i' medicine has dona much for ma
N. l. and 1 highly recommend It. I ,
heartily advise Its use aa a Spring
, tonic and further edvlss ailing
CP q people to take lir. Pierce's medlcine*
before their diseases have
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