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THE FOOL*;
ur e. it
| The roval feast was done; the king
j Sought some new sport to banish,
care.
And to itis jester cried: "Sir Fool,
Kneel now, and make for us a pray}
Jy
er!
The jester doffed his cap and bells,
j And stood the mocking court before
:
| They could not see the bitter smile
* Behind the painted grin lie wore.
[ lie bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
| Ilis pleading voice arose: "O Lord,
Be merciful to me. a fool!
I
I "Xo pity, Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool;
The rod must heal the sin: but, Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
" 'Ti?iot by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right. 0 Lord, we stay;
I 'Ti* by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
I II When t
I %| Tmck
Dudley explained liis idea "with enthusiasm.
"Something is bound to come of it,*'
he said. "We 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 up
this misfit correspondence I'll be sure
to get a plot."
"Quite likely," drawled Grant. "But
what do I get?"
"Tim satisfaction of seeing me make
a stake with an original story, and possibly
a check, if that delinquent Boston
firm comes to time."
Grant pondered the proposition
doubtfully.
"It's a crazy notion," he said, at
length, "but since I get scarcely any
mail up town except laundry bills and
circulars from local tradesmen, the
chances 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 willing,"
said Dudley. "My imagination
seems to be afflicted with a most aggravated
case of dry rot these days,
and the sooner I get to work on 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 on the second morning
there was a letter addressed to Grant
that promised interesting results. The
envelope bore unmistakable earmarks
of femininity, and in spite of their
agreement. Dudley hesitated before
opening it.
"It seems hardly fair to the 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 Dudley.
"He's got the check, confound him, so
I might as well get even by making
the most of this innocent little note."
The Mter was written in a. sprawling.
fashionable hand, and covered several
pages. Before he was half way
through Dudley perceived that lie 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 left by my late
husband, General McKeever, 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 memory.
The question is, Whom shall I
employ? I wish you would advise me.
I know that you have a large acquaintance
among writers, and it has occurred
to me that you might be able to
recommend some person for the place.
, From our previous conversations 011
the subject, you are tolerably well
aware of the nature of the data left by
the General, and consequently you will
know what qualifications are essential
in the man who undertakes to finish
the book. The payment will be very
liberal, and whoever accepts the position
can well afford to lay aside all
other work while engaged in this.
Kindly give the matter your earnest attention,
and advise me as soon as you
have made a choice. Yours sincerely,
"LtJELLA McKEEVER.
"Ilawthorne Apartments, 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 he made preparations
for answering it.
''She's the 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 up 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. He wouldn't have recommended
me in a hundred years, but I
shall have no hesitancy in recommend
ding myself. Luella refused me once,
in another capacity, and she may refuse
me now in this, but I certainly
shall not fail through want of endeavor."
Grant's was an easy hand to imitate,
and after a couple of hours' practice
Dudley flattered himself that his writing
would pass muster before anybody
less skilled than an expert. That feat
accomplished, he wrote to Mrs. McKeever.
"My dear Luella," he said. "I am
very glad that you consulted me in regard
to a competent literary man to
linish editing the General's papers, be,
cause it gives me a chance to recommend
a man whom I think remarkably
well fitted for the post. Clarence Dud|
ley is the man I mean. You have no
j doubt heard his name mentioned frel
quently of late, for lie lias been doing
j some very creditable work. Dudley is
| a particular friend of mine. 1 have
known him intimately for many years,
and have always found him the right
sort. I have never known a man whom
I have liked so well. He is, by all odds,
the best friend I ever had. and if you
can see your way clear to trusting him
with your book you will be conferring
a l'avor upon me personally. Aside
irom his attributes as an all-round
rood feilow. Dudley is so well equipped
mentally that I l'eol sure lie would
give excellent satisfaction, and I hope
: you can strike a bargain with liim. Let
me know at once what you think of my
| selection. If your decision is favorable
j X will hava Dudley call oa ;reu. and ?ou
3 PRAYER,
. SILL.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end:
These hard, well meaning hands we thrust
Among the heartstrings of a friend.
"The ill-timed truth we might have kept?
Who knows how sharp it pierced and
stung!
The word we had not sense to say?
Who knows how grandly it had rung!
*
"Our faults no tenderness should ask,
The chastening stripes must cleanse them
all;
But for our blunders?0, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall.
"Earth bears no balsam for mistakes:
Men ero,vn the knave and scourge the
tool
That did his will; but Thou. 0 Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!"
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The king, and sought his gardens cocl,
And walked apart, and murmured low,
"Be merciful to me, a fool!"
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can settle the matter to suit yourselves.
Yours, IiEN 11Y GltAXT."
Dudley did not vie v.* tliis effusion
with unalloyed pride.
"It is pretty fulsome praise to sins
at one's own funeral." he commented.
"If she should ever find out that I am
the author of the panegyric she will
certainly think me too e{fervescent to
write a history of her deceased husband.
I must warn Henry to say
nothing about our compact. If lie
should give me away my vanity would
certainly prove fatal."
Grant did not come up to their roons
that night. He sent word that he
should be out of town for a day or two,
but that Dudley was to stick to their
bargain and continue to answer liis
share of their mail, as usual. There
was very little to answer, but it made
up in quality what it lacked in quantity,
for Thursday morning brought another
letter from Mrs. McKeever.
"I was somewhat surprised at your
choice of literary executor," she wrote.
"I knew Clarence Dudley several yea rs
ago, and have rather pleasant recollections
of him, but I had hardly thought
limit his literary qualifications are exactly
what I require. Still, you seem
to be in a position to judge him from
every standpoint, and I will gladly
grant him an interview. Before sending.
him to me, however, there is one
point that I must make clear to you.
I slotikl 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
McKeever. It was one of the provisions
of his will that no one except myself
or my second husband should write
a line of his biography. Naturally, he
preferred that I should do it without
assistance, but be was not a jealous or
a selfish man, and be realized that I,
being a young woman, should probably
marry again. If I found the book too
great an undertaking to accomplish
alone, and decided to marry before its
completion, lie expressly stipulated
that my husband should carry on the
? OU. JVU ?t'C, UClUi V t'illtU 1U? 1IIIU
?i literary agreement with any author
I must come to ail understanding with
him in regard to that clause in the
General's will. You will see, my dear
Henry, without further explanation,
that my position is most awkward. By
the General's commands I am bound
to see that the book is put on the market,
yet I am unable to finish it myself,
and am constrained to seek help 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 difficulty. Explain the situation
to Mr. Dudley as delicately as
you know how. I think it much better
that you, rather than I, should broach
the subject. Then, if he does not positively
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. Notwithstanding
your frank criticism of
his work, I still think him the very
man for the place, and if agreeable to
you he will call on you Saturday afternoon
a" 3. ' HENRY."
Mrs. McKeever was plainly nervous
through the preliminary handshaking
when Hiey met on Saturday afternoon,
but Dudley had braced himself for the
occasion and acquitted himself as be
came the literary trustee of a noted
General.
"I must confess." said Mrs. McKeever,
"that I was astonished when Henry
Grant proposed your name as an accomplished
historian. I did not know
that you aspired to fame in that direction.
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. lie seems very fond
of you. I really did not know it was
possible for one man to care so much
for another. I hope that your are
equally devoted to him. His praise of
you is uustinted. He says that you are
the best friend he ever bad, and that
he likes you better than anybody else
in the world."
"Does he?" murmured Dudley.
"Dear old Hank!"
"ADd, 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 be afraid that his judgment
? * a.
na? oeen warped uy uie neat ui mi-uuship,
aiul 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 probation
which I explained to him would
be required of you?why "
She shifted her eyes uneasily. Dudley
felt that he had skated safely over
the thinnest parts of his duplicity, and
he filled up the pause buoyantly.
"Now, see here. Luella." he said,
"you ought to know pretty well how I
feel about the matter. 1 put the question
to you six years ago. and you
turned me down most beautifully. I
swallowed the dose, I flatter 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. Ever
since you've been single again I've
been aching to sound you on the sub!
ject, but I felt rather afraid of you and
thought I'd better go slow. I want
you, Luella. and I want to write the
General's biography. Are you willing
til 1?+. It BO At tllfttl"
"Yes," sighed Mrs. McKeever: "if
you're satisfied, 1 am."
In the first thrill of victory Dudley
felt that the only way lie could honorable
square himself was to confess his
double-dealing. Many times in the
course of the afternoon he was on the
point of making a clean breast of it,
but modesty always forbade.
"If I hadn't spread it on so thick in
my own behalf I shouldn't mind," he
argued. "Since I did, I think I'd better
let things go as they are. I'd feel pretty
sneaking to have her know that I
blew my own horn so loudly."
Grant came home that evening, but
Dudley was too busy pondering ovet
the outcome of his epistolary enterprise
to say much to him. Just before they
went to bed he remntbered that lie
must caution Grant to keep their
scheme a secret.
"By the way. Grant, you haven't told
anybody about our exchanging letters,
have you?" lie asked.
Grant yawned. "No," 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."
"Slie?" echoed Dudley. "Who is
she?"
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She's all right."
Dudley caught his drooping hcail in
both hands.
"Cood Lord." he said. "I've got a
plot. now. with a vengeance."?New
York Times.
FIRST FICHT UNDER THE FL.AC.
Fouclit on Loud, Was nt Fort Slan\r x
Nktp York.
The first eon diet waged under the
thirteen Stars and Stripes on land,
after their direct authorization, is
known to have been at Fort Stanwix
(suhscquenty re-named Fort Schuyler),
in Rome, N. Y. The fort was invested
by the British cn the -d 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 banner; and in
one sortie made by the Americans they
captured five of the enemy's standards.
By an order of Congress, approved
by the President January 33, 171)4, the
flag was changed on the first day of
May, ensuing, so as to consist of fifteen
stripes and the same number of
stars. This continued to be the design J
of our dag until the year 3818, when I
the Union embraced twenty States.
On the 23th of March, in that year, on
the motion of the Hon. Peter H. Wendover,
of New York, Congress passed
an act entitled "An Act to Establish
the Flag of the United States." It ,
read as follows: I
"Section I. Be it enacted, etc., that
from and after the fourth day of July 1
next the flag of the United States be
thirteen horizontal stripes alternate j
red and white; that the Union have
twenty stars, white in a blue field.
Section II. And be it further enacted.
that on the admission of every new
State to the Union one star be added
to the union of the flag; and that such
addition shall take effect on the Fourta
of July next succeeding such admission.
Approved. April 4, 381S."
The flags of the United States have
since continued to be of this construe
IIUU, SU lllill, uu.il.Oi.-l IUCI1 Idiiauuiia |
to indicate the branch of the Government
service to which a special flag
belongs, every one shows by Its red
and white stripes the number of colonies
which originally formed the nation,
while its white stars in a blue ground
will tell the number of States now embraced
in our local Union.?George J.
Yarney, in New England Magazine.
A Useless Industry.
*Thi.s is the age of feats?Alpinecliwbhig,
Channel-swimming, fasting
for weeks, searching for the North and
South Toles?the most of them being
more or less useless, and Involving
quite unnecessary dangers. But perhaps
of all fatuous attempts to accomplish
something because it has not
been done before, says the Dundee
Courier, nothing caps the feat of play- j
ing the piano against time. An out- l
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 J
that they shall play for thirty hours
with at most only four intervals, each
of ten minutes, for rest and refreshment.
Considerinsr that these who
have !:o play the piano are very much
liable to ailments of the muscles and
nerves of the fingers and wrists, it
might be supposed that pianis.s would
not take up meaningless tasks that
would exhaust muscles and nerves
were they made of steel wire, and
tasks which, even were they accomplished,
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 it
may be hoped that, the building in
which they are carried on is situated
at a respectable distance from the
paths of an innocent public.
The New Jewelry,
In one of Hoyt's farces two characters,
Reuben and Cynthia, used to come
out en the stage and sing to edch other
about the topics of the time and about
topic:; that were of 110 particular time,
but which offered the excuse of putting
words to music. Oue of theih would
sing a verse and then the other would
reply iu like strain. One of these
verses by Cynthia was as follows:
"lteuben, lteuben, I've been thinkin'
What au awful thing 'twould be
If they took to burning diamonds
And sold coal for jewelry."
This was Reuben's response:
"Cynthia,Cynthia,I've been thinkin'And
I know you'll take my wordNot
one-half the population
Evejr'd know* it had occurred."
This passed for merely nonsensical
rhyme. No one ever thought coal
would be sold for jewelry, but that is
whac is being done in Chicago these
days. A man stood at Adams and
Dearborn streets yesterday and offered
"genuine black diamond stickpins" at
fifteen cents apiece. The "black diamonds"
were lumps of hard coal fastened
to washed gold pins. The sale of
these jewels was brisk at times, and
scores of men wore thorn in their cravats.?Chicago
Itecord-Herald.
Not u Good I.ilceuess.
The little daughter of the house
watched the minister, who was making
a visir, very closely, and finally sat
down beside him and began to draw
on Iter slate.
"What are you doing?" acked 'the
clergyman.
"I'm making your picture," said the
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 you. I guess
I'll put a tail to it and call It a dog."-^
Dwlutk Tribua* - - ?
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L8SSS?
Farmers and Good ltoadg*
*?r~r IIE advocates of good roads j
I . will lind plenty of arguments {
| 1 in the recent report of the In*
"q tlustrial Commission on the j
marketing and distribution of farming j
products. This report shows the value |
of good country roads and the immense j
saving that could he effected througt j
them. It also furnishes arguments ir J
favor of the construction of electric j
lines through the farming sections of
the country, not only for the hauling of I
passengers, but for the hauling of j
freight.
The report shows that the cost of j
hauling farm products over country j
roads is $000,000,000 a year, or more ;
than the entire cost of operating all the j
railways in the United States. The total !
operating expenses of railroads is esti- j
mntpd nt nnlv S18.000.000 annually. The
average liaul to the nearest shipping j
station in the transportation of farm j
products is twelve miles, and the aver- !
age cost is twenty-five cents a ton a j
mile, or ?9 a ton for the twelve miles.
Iiy comparing this ton mile cost with I
the average ton mile revenue of the
railroads in the country, which j
amounts to seven mills a mile, the im- !
niense opportunity for saving that :
would be effected through good roads
may readily ho seen. If farm products j
could he hauled to market at seven j
mills a ton mile, as is the case with i
railway traffic, the entire charge for '
transportation would be less than ?20,- j
000,000, as compared with the ?900,000.000
it costs the farmers to haul
their products over ordinary roads.
The building of good roads and the ;
construction of electric liDcs will mean |
an enormous saving to the fanning j
classes. Some of the advocates of good j
roads believe that the two could he !
constructed jointly, as the cost would !
he proportionately less for ihe building j
of good wagon roads, which could also i
he used for electric railways. These j
electric railways could he constructed j
through those sections of the farming j
community which would offer the best
possibilities in the way of freight and
passenger traffic returns, and wagon
reads could he built connecting these
with all sections of the country. The i
farmer who did not live on the direct [
line of an electric railway could haul !
his freight to th? nearest point, where j
it could he quickly transferred to an j
electric train.
That this possibility is fully realized |
by the builders of electric railways is \
shown by the rapid development that j
these lines are making as freight car- I
riers. Throughout the country they ;
are extending their lines into new ferritory
and standardizing equipment and
roadbeds in order to provide for the j
hauling of the heaviest freight. It is j
said by James J. Hill that trunk liucs !
as at present constituted are capable !
of handling from three to five times !
oninnnf of tvoffip thr>V nn\V pavrV. '
141V H1UVUIM Vf* * ?. ?? liiv. --V, .. ? . ,
j
To parallel existing lines -would, there- :
fore, he Impracticable and unprofitable.
Leaving out of consideration the almost
insurmountable difficulties the new
companies would mcounter in attempting
to secure suitable right of way
with adequate terminals in any of the j
larger cities, it is certain that no bank- ;
ing house would consider for a mo- j
ment the underwriting of the securi- j
ties of any proposed company parallel- j
ing existing lines.
The field of 1be electric railway is !
not in paralleling, but in supplement- j
ing, the steam railroad systems of the |
country. It lias been pointed out in j
the Commercial that electric railways
have materially lessened the number of j
passengers carried by steam railways, !
and that more and more of the short i
haul passenger business is going to the
more cheaply CQiistructed and more j
cheaply operated electric lines. This ;
competition is welcomed by the steam I
railways. A similar situation exists in ;
regard to freight traffic. The steam ;
railroads of the nited States would wcl
come any addition to transportation
facilities which would result in the j
centralizing of traffic at shipping points
by a more economical method than the I
present cumbersome one of ha#nling it |
In wagons over country roads. Electric :
>1 1.. 01.P fn,. +hr> i
railways Villi im?iuc iccucia >u<..
steam railroads? and if built with due i
regard to the avoiding of competition ;
they will supplement and increase the !
traffic of the steam railways without J
in any way interfering with the earn- i
ings of the latter.?New York Commer- i
cial Advertiser.
Should Set an Example.
New Yorkers want good roads and
good canals aplenty. The thoroughfares
on land should be numerous and
well constructed, firm and safe, strong i
and spacious, while the thoroughfares i
of the water should be broad and deep. !
The Empire State should set a magni- I
ficent example to every other common- j
wealth in its highways of travel and
traffic, both on the solid earth and in :
the water channels of trade. ? New 1
tork Tribune.
Cost Twice as Great.
It has been demonstrated that the j
cost of power in operating automobiles '
Is twice as great in traveling over !
rough roads as over smooth ones. Still .
this is 110 reason why the improvement !
of the public highways should not be j
continued.?Kansas City Star.
Poor Economy.
Great loss lias often been occasioned
through temporary and unskilful fixing ,
of 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 i
-A J il. _ tncfc
SUII1U Ui?: SLMUir.->i iiMic.
Serviceable Material.
Burnt gumbo is a very serviceable j
material for use on country roads. It
is not as durable as crushed stone, but j
Is superior to dirt.
Nothlne: if Not a Fatalist.
A sergeant of a company of British j
j infantry quartered in a Dacoit-infested j
part of Burmah avus a firm believer in i
destiny. Xo amount of argument with j
bis more skeptical comrades could j
shake his belief in the slightest, he In- !
variably closing the controversies with
' the rather illogical assertion that
f "When a man's- last day comes, it
comes."
j One evening, when dressing prepara- i
tory to taking a stroll in the jungle, he
was noticed by a corporal, a persistent J
opponent of the destiny theory, quietly
to slip a revolver into his pocket.
"Halloa!" shouted the corporal, who
saw a chance of ridiculing the sergeant.
"What are you taking the revolver
with you for? That won't save
you iryour time has come."
"Xo," replied the sergeant without a !
moment's hesitation; "but, you sec, I j
tuay happen to run across a Dacoit I
: trhnaa laat dor has noma."
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THOUSANDS OF '
November Colds Should Not Be Allowed
to Develop Into Chronic
Catarrh.
Pe-ru-na Cures a Cold Promptly and
Permanently.
"I am glad to recommend Peruna, as it
has done so much for me. I had been a
great sufferer from catarrhal colds until I
was urged to trv Peruna, and I am happy
to say that it lias entirely cured me. I
shall never be without it, and most cheerfully
recommend it to others who are afflicted
as I have been."?Katherine Dauter.
239 13th St.. Milwaukee, Wis.
Most people think the success of Peruna
depends upon the use of advertisements.
Undoubtedly the advertisements help
some. But by far the greatest number of
people who hear of Peruna have their attention
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 the
news spreads from tongue to tongue.
All the advertisements in the world
could not make Peruna as popu'ar
as It is. Peruna cures. That is the
reason people like it. 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 and San Francisco R. 11.
Offers to the colom'st half fare, plus *2.03,
to points in Arkansas, Missouri, Nelriska,
Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territories, on the following dates :
Nf v. 4 and IS, Dec. 2 and 16. Ja . <> and 20.
Feb. 3 and 17, March 3 and 17, April 7 and
21. Write for advertising matter, rates and
information to W. T. Sauxdebs, G. A. P. D.,
Atlanta, (ja. *
Imperfect Vision.
The handicap of imperfect vision
naturally interferes with the progress
of the child in his studies, says Dr.
Grace Peckham Murray, in an article
in the Delineator on backward children.
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 be examined when
he is old enough to attend school, in
order to be sure thai he docs not suffer
from lack of good eyesight. One
writer has jaaid that he never met
with a case of chronic bad spelling
that he did not also nna some visual
defect. It must he 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 one of the most remarkable
in a time distingushed by
generous bequests. .
Beware pf OInlAients For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense ol
smell and completely derange the whole sys.
tern when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles shouId never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derivo from
them. .Ilall's Catarrh Curo. manufactured
by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O.. contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directJy upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curo
be sure to get the genuine. It is taken internally,
and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F.
J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials free.
$?\Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
, Hull's Family Tills are the best.
American fiour is used for the bread
baked in Palestine.
FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerveitestorer. 3s2triai.bott!e and treatisefree
Dr.R. H. Klisk, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Some mighty stupid young men are clever
enough to have rich fathers.
Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ieething,soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays
pain,cures wind colic. '25c. aboltlo
Carp are said to live hundreds of years,
and pike are also hardy old fellows.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the hands or spot the kettle, except green
and purple.
American desk.<? and business system files
are in use in Europe.
I do not bolieve PIso's Cure for Con9umpj
Hon has an equal for coughs and colds?Johk
F. Loyeb, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1503.
Bad habits grow rapidly without much
cultivation.
| Colds 1
" I had a terrible cold and could |
hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's 1
Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im- \
mediate relief."
W. C. Layton, Sideil, 111. I
fHow will your cough \
be tonight? Worse, prob-1
ably. For it's first a cold, ?
thnn hrnn- m
III1C1' <X VUUgn, viivn w.w. g
chitis or pneumonia, and |
at last consumption. |
Coughs always tend |
downward. Stop this I
downward tendency by 9
taking Ayer's Cherry Pec- ?
toral. 1
Three sizes: 25c., 50c.,'SI. AU drnfglsts. 1
Consult your doctor. If he says take it, I
then do as he says. If he tells you not n
I to take it, then don't take it. He knows. I
Leave it with him. We nre willing. 3
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WOMEN <?ITDYIN(
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Pc-ru-na Cures, That is Why the
People Like it.
1 All 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 me about,
a year ago for catarrh, with which I had
been troubled nearly all my life, but which
had given me serious trouble a few months '
before I took Peruna. In two weeks my
head cleared up, I did not have headaches,
and in a short time felt perfectly
well."?Margaret Donnelly.
neighbor. Peruna ^\*?vMJ/ r
cures catarrh parma- "'1 J$pf <gj
ncnt'.y, and this way W *
has gained a lifelong friend. Vi
People who have Been cured
by Peruna many years ago
have been eager to recommend Peruna to
their friends ever since. This is the way
Peruna is advertised. It advertises itself.
Its merits are its chief advertisement. Once
cured of so distressing and exasperating a
malady as catarrh it becomes the duty of
every one to pass it along, to call the attention
of those who are still victims to a
remedy that rarely fails to cure.
Beware of Cheap Imitations ol Peru-na?Be
Sure That Yon Get
Pe-rn-na.
There are no substitutes for Peruna. Allow
no one to persuade you that there is
something just as good. The success of
Peruna has tempted many people to devise
cheap imitations. Beware or them. Be
sure that you get Peruna.
Miss Jennie Driscoll, 870 Putnam ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:
"I heard so much in praise of Peruna
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| I will be sixty-one years old next
j April, and all my life had been a great
I sufferer from dyspepsia and indigestion.
Up to three years ago I was sure
that nothing would help me, as I had
tried almost every known remedy, none
giving me much relief. One day my
I family physician told me to try Kipans
Tabules, as he had found them of great
I benefit in several obstinate cases of ini
I riirrocKnn and dvspepsia. I will say
! -andidly tliat I had little faith in them
or in anv other medicine when 1 began
taking the Tabules. Much to my surprise
I felt better within a day and
was soon greatly relieved. I kept taking
them and continued to improve. I
felt like a new woman, and my neighbors
and friends saw a great change
for the better in my health.
The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary
occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents,
contains a supply for a year
f Telefraphy,
Louisville, Ky., (founded in 1864), will teach
you the profession quickly and secure position
for you. Handsome catalogue fbsk.
II Auto Wear Jflffi
Red Seal Shoes
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as a specific for catarrhal affections that '
when I found myself with a bad case
of catarrh of the head and throat
Peruna was the first thing that I
thought of. And my convictions were not
wrong, for in a few weeks after using Peruna
systematically I was entirely nd of
his aggravating and distressing disease,
catarrh.
"If people knew how efficient Peruna
was for tnis trouble they would not hesi- "
tute to try it. I have all the faith in the
world in it, and have never known of a . /
case where the person was not cured in a
short time."?Jennie Driscoll.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory
results from the use of Peruna write
at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement
of your case and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis. .
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
/erybody Knows J
it to have your Dress Fit you /
?t Wear the Proper Corset S
oyal Worcester fi|
Bon Ton Corsets y
are the most stylish made M
STRAIGHT FRONT f
?k your dealer to show then*. g
ccept no substitute. I - > :
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WORCESTER, MASS. \
don't jam, catch, or fail to extract.
:y are the only reliable repeaters,
ifles are made in all desirable
;hts and styles;! and are plain,
borately ornamented, suiting every
y pocketbook, and every taste.
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W. L. I)ousfIa.s made and sold more men's Geod.
year Welt (Hand Sewed Proceed ehoes ! the int
six months of 1S02 thsn any other manufacturer. ?
nnn REWARD willl-e paid to anyon* who , ->
0 I UiUUU ran disprove this statement.
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