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HYMN OF TF
By MR\ FELECFA DOltOTF
The poem printed below was suggested ti
'Thanks be to God lor the mountains." from
poem is sometimes entitled "Tuc Hymn of tli
inhabit the Swiss canton of Yaud. They are
known as the Waldenses. whose barbarous tr
France in lobo inspired Milton's immortal so
Saints."
For the strength of the hills we bless Thct,
Our God, our fathers' God!
Thou has made Thv children mighty
By the touch of the mountain sod,
Thou hast fixed our ark of refuge,
Where the spoiler's foot ne'er trod:
For the strength of the lulls we bless Thee,
Our God, our fathers' God!
We are watchers of a beacon
Whose lights must never die;
We are guardians of an altar
'Midst the silence of the sky;
The rocks yield founts of courage,
Struck forth as by Thv rod;
For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
Our God, our fathers' God!
H For the dark resounding caverns,
^ Where Thy still, small voi^e is heard;
J?or tne strong pines 01 uie lorests.
That by Thy breath are stirred;
For the storms on whose free pinions
Thy spirit walks abroad;
For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
x Our God, our fathers' God!
I I Mr.- Tibbets
R. TIBBETS was seated in
^ XT ^ asy c*iair reading the
? j\'i 2 evealnS paper and enjoying
his after-dinner cigar.
II is dinner had been a
good one; it liad agreed with hin:, and
he felt cozy, comfortable and disputations.
Mr. Tibbets is one of those men
who feel most belligerent when we
should expect them to feel most otherwise.
Mrs. Tibbets sat at the dining table,
"doing over' a hat according to direcr
tions contained in. the "Hints for
Housekeepers' Column."
Mr. Tibbets occasionally glanced at
her ever the top of his paper and over
the top of his glasses, seeking ma- j
terial for a controversy.
At length he wriggled impatiently.
- and, removing his cigar from his lips,
remarked:
"Bet you a dollar you don't know
how a steam engine works."
"Place the perforations on the bins
? - of the eighteenth flap?yes. dear, did
you speak?" inquired Mrs. Tibbets absently,
looking up from a tissue paper
pattern and"removing a few dozen pins
from her mouth.
"Oh, no, dear," returned Mr. Tib"fcets
in tones of oily yet sarcastic
Kxrrvatnpss.: "I wasn't sneaking, I was
merely talking in my sleep. But 1
should like to remark, Mrs. T., that a
woman's mind is content to dwell on
small things. Here you sit fussing
t over an old spring bonnet and a let of
foolery, when you might be improving
yourself, adding to your knowledge,
lots of ways. Have you any idea what
makes a trolley car go?"
"Now, dearest, what do you want to
read to me??the forty-fourth perforation?wha^d
I do with the scis?yoxi
know I always did just dote on those
dear scientific things when you explained
th&m. They always seemed so
fc clear." ?
"It's nothing," replied Mr. Tibbets,
somewhat inollified, "only I see the paper
speaks of a magnificent shower
of meteors, the grand bi-eentennial display
of the stars from the constellation
Unicorn, which is positively to occur
to-morrow morning at 3 o'clock.
It will be a most remarkable exhibi..
tion of celestial phenomena, visible
only once in two hundred years, and
I tell you what, Mrs. T., we ought to
thank our fortune that we were born
in the nick of time to witness this
thing. Just suppose we had lived a
hundred years ago; we never would
have had a chance. And think of the
bulge we've got on those to be born
a hundred years hencer
Mr. Tibbets paused. "I should love
to see those beautiful stars, William/'
observed Mrs. Tibbets meekly. "As
you say, we women do neglect our op-,
portunities. Can we see them from
the house? I should hate to go out of
doors at that awful hour."
"My dear, there Is a scuttle in the
roof. Leading from a platform up to
said scuttle is a ladder. It will not be
necessary to go out of doors."
"But how shall we wake up that time
of night?" inquired Mrs. Tibbets earnestly.
"I'm sure I could never keep
awake until 3 o'clock."
"My dear, did you ever hear of such
a thing as persistent mentality? Are
you aware that the mind never sleeps?
We will wake up because we will put
our minds on it; we will, as it were,
set our minds to go off at three
o'clock," declared Mr. Tibbets authoritatively.
Mrs. Tibbets looked admiringly but
doubtful.
When they had retired for the night
Mr. Tibbets became aware, after he
had put out the light and turned over
with a sigh of solid comfort, of an
unusual noise proceeding from near the
tta shivered, for it
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sounded like the noise made by certain
insects, prophetic of a death in the
house.
"Kitty, my dear, do you hear that
curious noise?" he asked.
"Yes," admitted Mrs. Tibbets, in
muffled tones.
"What can it be? It sounds as if
it was under the bed?in the bedin
the pillow?in my ear."
It is the alarm clock."
"Alarm clock? What for?"
"Why, I was afraid you might be
sleepy and forget to wake up, so I set
the alarm clock. It is a real big one,
with a nice loud gong, almost sure to
wake you up. I got it for a dollar
eighty-nine, and it's warranted to last
a year."
"H'm," commented Mr. Tibbets,
"and where vis the delightful bargain
concealed?"
"In the bureau drawer. I thought
we could hoar it go off at three without
hearing it tick. It's wrapped up in a
stocking."
"If it goes off much louder than it
ticks, we'll wake up, all right," observed
Mr. Tibbets sarcastically. "I
hope you don't expect me to go to
sleep with that infernal machine plaj?5
?? oov rJ rn m qH
ing ping-puug un u-ij tiii *...
night, do you?"
And Mr. Tibbets crawled wearily out
of bed aud made deliberately for tlie
bureau. But be bad neglected to allow
leeway for the steamer trunk that lay
in bis path. There was a sound as of
a shin-bone coming into quick contact
with some resisting substance having
a sharp edge. Mr. Tibbets set suddenly
down on the trunk, seized his foot by
the heel, and hugged it to his bosom.
For a space there was no sound heard
cave a seething of the breath as it was
sucked in between the teeth, closely
followed by a long moan in a descend*
JmggsJ
?E VAUDOIS.
IEA HEMAXS (BROWNE).
3 the authoress after reading the lines,
Howitt's "Book of the Seasons." The
le Mountain Christians." as the Vaudois
i of the Protestant faith, of the _sect
eatment by an army of Louis Xi\ . of
>nnet, "Avenge, O Lord, Thy Slaughtered
Tiie royal eagle darteth
On his quarry from the heights,
And the stag that knows no master
Seeks there his wild delights:
But we, for Thy communion,
llave sought the mountain sod:
For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
Our God, our fathers' God'
The banner of the chieftain, \
Far. far below vs waves;
The war horse of the spearman
Cannot reach our lofty caves:
The dark clouds wran the threshold
Of freedom's last anode;
For the strength of the hills we bless Thee,
Our God, our fathers' God!
For the shadow of Thy presence,
Bound our camp of rock outspread;
For the stern defiles of battle,
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j?earir.g recoru 01 our uer.u;
For these snows and for the torrents,
For the free heart-' burial sod;
For the strength of the hills we bless Xhce,
Our God, our fathers' God!
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Meteors. 1
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' ii'iiiiujii iii i I'm ? iii nun mm1 n
ing scale. Afterward, in explaining the
matter to his wife, Mr. Tibbets accounted
for his temporary silence on
the ground that so many strong words
came to liis mind in a hurry that his
sense of selection was temporarily
paralyzed. But it soon returned, and
Mrs. Tibbets, who was experienced,
confessed that she had never before
heard such a variety and profusion of
powerful language. It was ornate and
original, and greatly augmented Mrs.
Tibbets' opinion of her husband's resources
when reduced to extremities.
When Mr. Tibbets was able to wall;
he made his way cautiously to the
bureau and proceeded to open and rummage
each drawer but the right one.
He finally secured the clock, however,
and deposited it in the corner of The
hall furthest from the dcor.
Once in the night Mrs. Tibbets
missed him. She looked about in
alarm. Had he gone alone to see the
meteors? She got up hastily and crept
into the hall. A white-robed figure was
emerging stealthily from tbe a; tic
stairway.
"William, you've been without me.*'
"I suppose I didn't need yon to carry
it."
"Carry what?"
"The clock. What do you think 1
am prowling around at this hour for
X- x xi. .1 r .t ~ .1 xb ~ ^,,4. i
n not to get xn;it cuuiuuuueu mitig uui |
of hearing? Do you imagine I am out {
here practicing a cake-walk?"
Mrs. Tibbets said nothing, but retired.
In a short time both were
asleep.
Then there came a sound of an alarm. !
hideous and clanging, disturbing the
hallowed quiet of the night. Mrs.
Tibbets seized her husband by the
arm.
"There it is!" she cried.
"There's what?"
"The clock. It just went off. Didn't
you hear it?"
"No?did it? Come along quick,
woman, or we'll be late." Thrusting
their feet into their respective slippers,
the pair proceeded hastily toward
the attic stairs.
"Ma, oh, ma!"
The voice came from the chamber of
William, Junior.
"Say, ma, that wasn't the alarm
clock. It was only an automobile. 1
think it was Jimmy Bloodgood's Pink
Devil."
Mrs. Tibbets crept quickly back to
bed, and was shortly feigning slumber.
Mr. Tibbets followed, but whether it
was on account of his sleepy condition
or his indignation, he again neglected
to make the necessary calculations for
the steamer trunk. There was another
collision with that obstruction, and lie
resumed a sudden seat thereon.
"O?0?Oh!" lie moaned, as soon as
he had breath to spare; "it's the same
one."
"The same what, dearest?" inquired
Mrs. Tibbets in some alarm.
"Oh?the same?shin."
Mrs. Tibbets said no more, for she
knew it was best just then not to disturb
her husband in lii? travail.
When Mrs. Tibbets next awoke it
was due to a violent shaking of the
shoulders.
"Kark!" whispered her husband.
"There's burglars."
They looked at each other in alarm
and listened. Sure enough, there were
footsteps comiDg down the attic stairs.
But it was apparently a very careless
burglar, for there seemed to be no
attempt at stealth.
"Do. hurry, William, and see what it
is," urged Mrs. Tibbets in excitement.
Mr. Tibbets thought of pistols, sudden
death, and?of the steamer trunk;
but he was valiant. He jumped out of
bod and rushed into the hall just as
the door at the foot of the attic stairs
burst open, owing to a violent impetus
bpinsr imnarted thereto by the cook.
who appeared suddenly with her arms
full of garments, her best bonnet od,
and her purse in her teeth.
"Where's the lire?" she gasped.
"Where is It? Have we time to git out:
The saints presarve us."
"What fire? Where's the fire?"
"Sure an' didn't yez hear th' alarrum?"
"Where? What alarm? The womj
an's m^d."
BulSthen a light suddenly dawned
upon him, and he said, in a sorae|
what apologetic tone:
"Oh, Bridget, that wasn't a fire
alarm. It was only our alarm clock,
you know. I set it for 3 o'clock, and
forgot you were sleeping in that room."
And here Mr. Tibbets, suddenly realizing
that his costume was hardly adapted
for a lady's reception, plunged back
into the privacy of his own apartment.
"Th' alarrum clock, is it? You forgot,
is it? And a mighty fine time of
night it is to be settin' an alarmm
clock," shouted Bridget, through the
closed door. "I'll hev yez understand
yez'll be playin' 110 jokes wid me. An
alarrum clock! Sure, an' it's as loud
as a fire bell. It's to-morrow I'll be
afther lavin', an' I'll not go to bed in
the place again. An alarrum clock!
A-a-anr
And this was the passing of Bridget.
"Aren't you going to get up, William?"
iuauired Mrs. Tibbets as her
husband returned to bed and buried
his head in the clothes. "You know I
set the dock on purpose, and it seems
too bad to ruin it all, now we happen
to be awake at the right time at last."
Mr. Tibbets sat up, scratched his
head, and, remarking that a woman
never was satisfied until she had a
man miserable, proceeded to get Into
his dressing gown,
f
"I suppose "wo ought to take Willie
with us," echoed Mr. Tibbets, swe^My.
"Shan't we invite the cook, too, unci
make it a family party? She happened
to wake up at the right time, too, you
know."
"You had better bring a candle, too."
said Mrs. Tibbets, ignoring his thrust.
I "Certainly, by all means, a caiidle.
But why a candle? Let's have an tlectric
light. Let's get a searchlight. Sou
can see the stars so much better, you
know."
Mrs. Tibbets said nothing, but followed
her husband up the stairs, dragging
William, Junior, by the hand.
Mr. Tibbets explored his way cautiously
up the ladder leading from the
platform under tl?e scuttle.
"I don't see where that confounded
hook is gone to," he exclaimed testily.
"A man never can lay bin hand on
anything in this house when ne "
"What's the matter, William? Did
you hurt yourself?" inquired Mrs. Tibbets,
as her husband's words were
ended in a sudden sharp crack, followed
by a growl, indicating that that
gentleman had found the hook by
moans of the crown of his head.
(tTT?,i?u Urt+fo,. nut nnt tlio candle
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if you want to see the stars?" ho
hinted. as Mrs. Tihbets cautiously
poked her head up through the scuttle
aiul liold the candle aloft as if hunting
| for something 0:1 the top shelf of a
dark closet.
''Where are the meteors?" she asked,
in a tone of some disappointment. "I
don't see anything but stars, and they
| don't seem to be moving, I'm sure."
| "Woman, you wouldn't know a meteor
if you saw one. Just have a little
patience, will you? In n minute I'll
show you more meteors than you "
But here Mr. Tibbets' remarks were
cut short, for he had suddenly vanished.
There was a sound of revelry,
as of tin pins being bowled over by
011c large ball, and of that bail striking
the door from an indefinite distance.
"Oh, William, dear William," cried
Mrs. Tibbets hysterically, "did you
hurt your poor head? Oh, dear, are
yon killed?"
And in her excitement Mrs. Tibbets
loosened her grasp on the hand of William,
Junior. There was a shriek, a
scrambling sound of a body in sudden
descent, terminated by a sudden th'-d
which in turn was followed by a hollow
groan. William. Juftior. had alight
cd upon the very pit and marrow of his
father.
Wlim Mrs. Tibbets reached the tool
of the ladder she "was just in time tc
observe her husband slowly and painfully
eratlier himself together, as for a
final effort.
"Woman." he said, as he attempted
to straighten out a lump on the back
of bis head, "don't you ever try to drag
me into any tomfoolery like this again,
do you hear? You just stick to your
sewing, and don't you go meddling
with things you don't understand."
"But the meteors, dear; aren't you
going to?"
Bat Mr. Tibbets had disappeared into
his bedroom and slammed the door.
And the rest of that night Mrs. Tibbets
slept with William, Junior.?New
York Times.
LIQUID FUEL.
Kecent DJecoTcry an Argument For Docreasing
Use of Coal.
The recent discovery of new oil fields
so extensive that there is good reason
to believe that the oil wells will not
scon be exhausted and that there is an
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assured supply to meet tne u em anus m
the future; th? construction of pipe
lines which very materially reduce the
cost of transportation, and the high
price of ccal which has prevailed in
many manufacturing districts, have
combined to give a new argument for
t-hc burning cf crude oil for power purposes.
But in the Western and Southwestern
States, where strain coal has always
been both scarce and poor in qualj
itv, and where the question of transportation
from the new fields in Texas
and California has beeikJess of an obstacle
to the installation of oil burning
equipments tban has been the case on
the Atlantic coast, the interest is even
greater and the use of oil has become
far more extensive. In California oil
is rapidly driving coal out of the field
I for power purposes throughout the
I State. The same is true in Texas, and
I of much of the territory lying In be
| tw-een. This general use of oil has nfI
fectrd not only the power and lighting
and manufacturing plants in these regions,
but also the railroads and ma|
rine transportation as well. With .the
relative economy at present prices, oetween
the oil ami coal varying from
one-eighth to one-half or perhaps less,
according to the cost of transportation
from the wells to the different points
where the oil is consumed, this unusual
development is not surprising, and the
use of liquid fuel for power purposes is
still rapidly growing.
One railroad operating in California
is now burning oil on more than 180 ol
its locomotives. Another of the greal
transcontinental systems is alreadj
using oil on about 500 of its locomo
tives?which is thirty per cent, of tb?
total number operated by the systemand
is equipping others as rapidly as
possible. In addition to the use on lo
comotives it is using oil on its steamers
in San Francisco Bay, and on its rivei
steamers with very good results.?-A. L
YYilliston, in Engineering Magazine.
The Trro Thieves.
A FABLE.
A man who had stolen a half millioi
dollars once went to a lawyer for ad
vice.
"Where is the swag?" asked the law
yer.
"Alas," said the thief, "I undertool
to corner the onion market and i
proved too strong for me. The dougl
is gone. I have just $1.83 in my gar
ments. I squandered the money ai
fast as I stole it, though my wife ma]
have saved a couple of simoleops."'
"You arc crazy, or else a fool," saic
the lawyer. "Or may be a lunatic
Perhaps all three. You certainly an
not sane. But you have no money t<
hire experts, so you had better plea<
guilty and bog for mercy. You wil
got off with a sentence of perhapi
eighteen years in prison. Next tim<
have sense enough to save what yoi
steal."
The next day another thief visite*
the lawyer. "I have grabbed off $803,
000," he remarked cheerfully.
"Where is it?" asked the attorney.
"Buried," said the thief. "Eurie*
deep. Er.t not so deep that it can b
dug up."
"How much of it?"
"All, and more, too. I invested it s
well that it has grown. Not a con
has been wasted. I lived on my salar;
and no one suspected I was becomin;
wealthy."
"You are a genius," said the Iawyei
"You certainly have the keenest intcl
lect I ever encountered. Let me shak
your hand. We will hire experts, prov
that you are crazy, that you alway
were non-compos, that every one kne\
it, and in a few months you will b
out of legal troubles."
Moral: It sometimes takes money t
dots ft palpafcte fftqtj-New York Sua
UktaMHMHHaMMMaUUMMMM
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IT.
"Candidly, Biggus, weren't you a ;
good deal of a lobster when you went
to college?"
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salad days."
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HIS OLD GAME.
La Montt?I see where a once fa- :
mous baseball pitcher is working as a !
motorman.
La Moyne?Well, I suppose his ;
curves still knock people silly.?Clii- i
cago News.
1 PROOF.
Mother?Why, my child, that little J '
1 hurt couldn't possibly have made your
^ knee so stiff as that!
Little Lizzie?Yes, it did, too. Just '
, you try to bend it and see if I don't ;
! scream.?Baltimore American. !!
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Progress of the Good Roads Idea.
y I > HERE is no subject to which
I , the Constftution has giveu
| more undivided attention thau
that of good roads, and we
ire highly gratified to see that the
eaven of road improvement is Avorking
n almost every county in Georgia.
From day to day the Constitution
ins contained excerpts from the weeky
press of the State telling how one
;ounty after another is directing its
ittention to improved highways, and it
s evident that before many years the
?ounty in Georgia that hasn't a thor>ugh
system of modern, well-graded,
naeadamized or graveled roads will he
he exception and not the rule.
The frequent rains of the past winter |
iave. ps usual, made the roads almost
mpassanie m a iuajuruv m u.c iumr
ics of the State, and tins lias helped
o place the good roads idea uppermost
n the people's minds. Farmers, v."hose
muling has been so seriously interfered
ivith thereby, and merchants. whose
rade lias been correspondingly hurt,
ire coming together on the propesiiou
that good roads are the cheapest
11 the end?that bad roads, in fact, as
lie Constitution has so often said, are
ibout the most expensive luxuries that
my community ever indulged in.
In connection with the good roads
novcnient in Georgia it is both iUtcristing
and important to study what
)tlier States arc doing in the effort to
mprove their highways. The Pennsylvania
Legislature, for instance, lias
ust appropriated $6,500,000 to be spent
n road building throughout the State.
S'ew York and other States have a
imilar law providing for State aid
'or those counties that undertake to
ecure modern roads.
In Pennsylvania the State aid idea
.as taken firm hold. The plan just
dopted is for the State, the county and
he township to co-operate in the work
f building and improving the roads,
flie State is to pay two-thirds of the
expense and the county and township
n which the work is done each onesixth
cf the expense. The State krs
nade available for this purpose $0,500,)00
to be expended during the next
:ew years.
The .principle involved in the State
lid plan is exactly the same as that
ntolved in the scheme for National
lid which has developed such popularly
recently. The fundamental idea of
)oth is that road improvement is not
nerely a matter of local interest and
esponsibility, but a matter of interest
ind concern to the whole people: or.
:o put it another way, road building
s coming to be viewed as a species
)f "internal improvement" belonging
In the same class as river and harbor
improvements.
Another reason advanced why National
and State aid are becoming so
popular is the realization that, unless
something of the kind is adopted, the
liurdcn of bad roads, like the poor,
tvill be always with us. The bottomiess
roads of the country constitute a
sort of "slough of despond," in which
people are destined to flounder until
some one comes along to help them
Dut. In fact, the expense for improving
the roads in many localities is a
burden which the local population is
tvholly unable to bear. It is urged
[hat whenever the Stat? or the Nation
reaches out a helping'hand to such
Communities, they will grasp it and
bend all their energies to the great
;vork of improving their highways.
An Eastern man who has recently
:aken a trip through Texas says the
mthusiasm with which the people have
:aken up the "good roads idea" is woniprfni
Tn come counties they are in
ianger of "going wild" on the subject,
rounds are being raised, mainly by
:he issue of county bonds, and a simJar
plan is being adopted in North
Carolina.
All of these plans can be studied
with profit by the people of Georgia,
Sow that we have become aroused to
the necessity of improving our highways.
Too much attention cannot be
jiven this all-important subject.?Atlanta
Constitution.
Worthy of Emulation.
Judge W. A. Falconer, of Fort Smith.
Ark., has applied the principle of State
aid in a new way. As State aid is not
yet forthcoming in Arkansas, though
it will soon be provided for Judge
Falconer put himself in the State's
place, and offered to donate $2500 to
that one of the four most important
roads in the township which would
raise the largest bonus to obtain it.
Line roaa raisea ju j^umumccu
cash subscriptions, in addition to the
engineering work and unlimited quantises
of stone. To the road coming next
h this friendly contest the Judge
)ffered one dollar for every dollar it
ivould raise, provided it would raise
is much as $2000 by April 1; that road
Pad on March 8 in cash and in checks
payable April 1, $1S00, and expected
:o raise $700 or $S0O more. Judge Falconer
has done more than help Fort
Smith to get good roads; he has set
in example that may well be emulated
hroughout the Nation.?Good Roads
Magazine.
| Legislative Activity.
As an indication of the growing in
:erest in the subject of highway improvement
it is worthy of note that
nore' than seventy good roads hills
lave been introduced in the various
State Legislatures this year. Most oJ
hese were general measures, and Stats
lid was a prominent feature in manj
if them. In the near future we purpose
giving a review of the legislator
ittempted and accomplished this year
is several important bills have already
passed, while others, quite as import
int, were defeated.
Give a Rebate.
the council of Hammonton, N. J.
aas passed an ordinance allowing a rebate
of $1 in taxes for each wheel or
i wagon having a tire four inches 01
nore in width.
An Old-Time Footman.
The epithet of "footman" is of honorable
origin. First, the real footman
was a soldier. He then became a runner
in attendance upon a person of
rank, and afterward a servant win.)
ran before his master's carriage for
the purpose of rendering assistance <?a
bad roads or in crossing streams. lie
was a mark of the consequence of the
traveler. His dress was a light black
cap, a jockey coat and white Jinc-n
trousers. He always carried a pole
six or seven feet long. The real footman
of to-day is a male servant who
attends the door, the carriage and the
table.?New York Press.
Some men are like wheelbarrows.
Ihey won't accomplish much unless
they are pushed
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ATARRII is a very frequent cause
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known as female weakness.
Catarrh of the pelvic organs produces
such a variety of disagreeable ana irritating
symptoms that inanv people?in fact,
the majority of people?have no idea that
they are caused bv catarrh.
If all the women who are suffering with
any form <>f female weakness would write
to Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, and give
him a complete description of their symptoms
and the peculiarities of their troubles
he will immediately reply with complete
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! Mrs. Eva Bartlio, 133 East
12th- street, JV. T. City, N. Y.,
| writes:
" / suffered for three years
iv/'fh tenenrrhea and ulceration
of the womb, llie doctor
i advocated, an operation which
J dreaded very much, and.
I strongly objected to go under it.
I .Yow I am a changed woman.
i Parana cared- me; it took- nine I
! bottles, but J felt so much improved
J kept talcing it, as I
I dreaded an operation so much.
1 am to-day in perfect health
and\ have not felt so ivell for fif|
teen years."?Mrs. Eva Bartho.
Miss Maud Steinbach, 1309 12th St., Milwaukee,
Wis., writes:
"Last winter 1 felt sick# most of the
time, was irregular and suffered from nervous
exhaustion and severe bearing down
pains. I had so frequently heard of Peruna
and what wonderful cures it perj
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! Everywhere the women are using Peruna
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j simply; it cures by removing the cause of
: female disease.
Dr. Hartman has probably cured more
i women of female ailments than any other
; living physician. He makes these cures
j simply by using and recommending Pe:
runa.
If you do not derive prompt ant
of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Ha
l
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Address Dr. Hurlman, Preside
j Columbus, Ohio.
Lawyers With One Client.
The poverty of briefless barristers
Is as proverbial as that of tne
[ church mouse. It wrould not be an
unnatural mistake to consider a bar
[ rister with only one cneni uaruiy i
bettor off than one with none. But j
the modern "one-client lawyer" is
usually a prosperous individual. Said I
a man well known in the business
j world some years ago to a friend: "I
want a' young lawyer to put dotfn at a
desk beside mine. I'll familiarize
J him with my affairs, and then I want
him to keep me out of trouble." The
counterpart of this lawyer, whose
duty it is to act as his own client'3
ounce of prevention, may be found
: in the office of many large concerns.
He is often connected with trust com|
panies, banks, banking houses, rail!
road and other transportation com|
panies and large wholesale mercan,
tile houses. When a merchant
! found himself in a tangle, it was once
| the custom for him to go to a lawyer
for advice. The results were a
| written "opinion" and a toe. The
business m3n today obtains a lawyer
who shall work for him alone. Again
I the field of the general practitioner
! is narrowed.?Tho World's Work.
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SORE FEK.FL,EAI<;U.
; The man with wealth to give away
I Is sore perplexed;
1 So many crowd about and say
"It's my turn next."
| ?Washington Star.
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| Marian Warner Wildman, whose I
"Not His the Silence" will be one of
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i won The Century's 1898 prize of two !
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1
i The July Century will have for its
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! Timothy Cole, the Menippus by Velasquez.
The original hangs in the Salon
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A King's Weakness.
Even kings are not exempt from
the foibles of ordinary mankind, and
here is an interesting sidelight on a
little weakness of our own good King
Edward VII. A certain royal lady was
at an afternoon tea party, and one of
the guests told a decidedly amusing
little story. "Oh," cried the lady in
question, clapping her hands, "that In
capital. I must tell it to the king.
No," she added, after, a moment's reflection.
"I won't, for if one tells the
king a good story he forgets in a day
or two that it was told to him, and
goes about repeating it to everyone as
?_ ?? A" T>
X^JS VWil. fJ a. x
Necessity Versus Law.
"Necessity knows no law?except to
conquer." A woman of sixty was
foaled before the judge, charged with
stealing fuel from a woodpile. She
.pleaded guilty, but said she-was trembling
with -cold and was compelled tc
.'steal tfce wood to avoid being frozen
to death. Inquiries proved the state
inent of her circumstances to be true,
{and consequently the judge acquitted
foer, remarking, "Sheer necessity is superior
even to law." A Daniel come
to judgment.?New York Press.
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Mrs. Damrich?I have to eat everything
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