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4IW IDidlM FeelTht I Could " Dear Mrs. Pikshak :?It i . / , E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coinp me. My work keeps me standing long. Some months ago it didn'i would get so dreadfully tired and with the pain. When I got home go right to bed, and I was terribly lar and the flow was scanty, and I a girl friend who was taking you I ought to take it too. So I got at table Compound and commence After the first few doses menstir some time. It seemed to lift a loai :i * I felt brighter than I had for mon I never have an ache or pain, and time. I am regular and strong ar "I recommend Lydia E. Pin! vr ever I hear of a girl suffering, for you feel so sick." ? Miss Mamie K Women shou^ not fail to j women; just as surely as the: mer&ted in their letters, just so Vegetable Compound cure ott bles, inflammation of the ovar ? painful menstruation, nervous tion; remember that it is Ly< /,. ' pound that is curing women, sell yon anything else in its p) u Amanda T. Petterson, "Dr. will pub reach ot vBSBH s* wondejrf ^ Vegetal ^ s^ ' No other f received such widespread an other medicine has such a re< Those women who refuse warded a hundred thousand ? a cure. Sold by Druggists c Arnnft FORFEIT if W? cannot for mm above testimonials, which w:U ] ). ITOfclSNO.??: SLlCltEB LIKE? forty yzara ago and alter many year-: of use on the eastern coast Tower's Waterproof Oiled Coats were introdbcec in the West and were called dickers 5> the pioneers and cowbeys. This graphic none has come into such geaeral me that it is frequently though wrongfully appliec ... to many substitutes. YoO wdht the geniine Look for the Sign of the fish, ani the Mine Tower on the buttons. Al/ HAM ? HACX AKS YUIOW AM S SOLO or PEPRESENTATIVE TRADE XfHv THE world over. ? J&JLJ A.J.TOWCI CQ.5CST0X.MASS.U.S.A. So. 20. fkem. The Great R sppiiur^ ri r y PmiiMy rar? all diwn?e^.iriMii; fr?:n tion, Chronic Constipation. Kidney and Live ? powerful blood putl.lcr cvfcry Spring. Vou nee 1 rheu: 1 BEWARE OF DAN< B RHEUMACIDE benefits instead of injuri: RH EL"MAUDE is a powerful alterative, but i <H . f Price fi.oo at Druggists, or Bobbltt Chemical Co., - I Cotton Gim jt Jt Mj fe CONTINEN . Birmi: ' ENGINES Send for new catalogue just iKuL^cari - . s fev- ' V s with thankfulness I write that Lydi ound has been of the greatest help 1 ; on my feet all day and the hours ai fc seem as though I could stand it. my back ached so I wanted to screai ; at night I was so worn out I had t blue and downhearted. I was irregi was pale and had no appetite. I tol r medicine how I felt, and she said ottlc of Lydiu E. PinkhanTs Veg< d to take it. It helped me right of Lation started and was fuller than fc i off me. My back stopped aching an ths. I took three bottles in all. I go out after work and have a goo id am thankfub to you for the changi pAmnAiin/l TT'flPT K.UUU1 a ? tf;* kiuic v"ui|>uuiiu ??v^ I know how hard it is to work whe EiExs, 653 9th Ave., New York City, profit by the experiences of thes y were cured of the troubles enu ' certainly will Lydia E. Pinkham" icrs who suffer from womb trou ies, kidney troubles, irregular am excitability, and nervous prostra lia E. Pinkhant's Vegetable Com and don't allow any druggist t [ace. Box 131, Atwater, 3Iinn., says: ar Mrs. Pixkilam.? I hcie that yo lish this testimonial so that it ma hers and let the 111 know about you al medicine. fore taking Lydia E. Pinkham' >lc Compound J was troubled wit ;t kind of fainting spells. The bloo ish to my head, was very nervous an pit tired, had dark circles around eye; have now taken several bottles c % E. Pink ham's Vegetable Com d and am entirely cured. I had take r's medicine for many years but it di > good. Please accept my thanks for this mo* lent medicine which is able to rcstoi ti to suffering women." emalc medicine in the world ha d unqualified endorsement. N corrl of cures of lenmie tromucs. ; to accept anything else are re times, for they pet what they wan 'very where. Refuse all substitute tliwith produce tli* oripin.nl letters and signatures prove their absolute xenuiticncss. ilia L. J'lnkhtw Medicine Cc., Lynn, Hase. Spread of Marconi's System. 1 The attorney of the Marconi co pany, in London, has stated that th [ expect shortly to encircle the eai with vlreless messages, and hoped apply his system to heating, to tri , tion lines and to publishing daily net \ papers. | Japan to Uso British Engines. The Japanese have decided to i Eritish engines on their state n j ways. taundrrioi; the Uiby'< Clothe*. I I Many mothers are ignorant of the s< ri< ' J injury that may result from washing ' ' eloihing of an in Ten . with strong wash: | powders and impure soap. For this real ;t should he laundered at home tinder 1 > ; mother's directions. and only Ivory S< j used. To throw the lhtle garments into : ordinurv wash shows gr^at carelessness, ELBA son 15. PAUSE* The one thine that every man is will i to share is trouDlc. heumatic Cure and >GD PURIFIER impurities in the Mood, including Catarrh. Indijrest Troubles, rtc. F.very perse.n in the lard needs a d it. You want the l-cst?the standard. That is MACIDE.. jSROUS substitutes. IK the digestive orcansas many so-called medicines do. old people or children can tahe it with absolute safety. express prepaid on receipt of price. s and Presse *DE BY J* J* !TAL GIN CO. ngharo, Alan and BOILER issued. a w / FMYNHE I r BY ST. QEOR( 9999999' Copyright 189% Ec cX? CHAPTER XX. EVEN THE THUGS OBEY HIS NOD. There is another factor in the game, however, which Sandy has not suspected. Knowing Mynheer Joe as he I does lie fails to sound the full depth I of that strange man's nowers. Alj though the traveler has also produced a revolver and shows an entire will' ingness to use it should occasion arise, I he still holds back. j There is a method in his madness. (| For Sandy thinks it borders on this, I not to begin operations upon the eu! cmy at.once, so they may in a measure j paralyze their attack. Mynheer Joe knows what he is j about. From his lips there suddenly 1 issues a strange sound, unlike any1 thing Sandy ever heard. It is unI doubledly a signal of some sort. ITis amazed eyes are glued on Joe. He sees hira make a peculiar pantomime gesture with his hand?the one which has not been occupied in grasping a weapon. ,e This must mean something. Sandy j knows it is not intended for him, and ^ ; hence he turns his attention upon the q enemy to discover a solution of the 1- mystery. d Whether he can find this out or not, I the effect of Joe's action is speedily > manifest in the actions of the Thugs, i. fie hears their exclamations of ainazement, sees the looks of wonder which d they cast upon the traveler.. Instead v of a forward rush to annihilate him d and his friend, there is a shrinking back on the part o. the thirteen. l" What can this mean? Mynheer Joe n continues to wave his hand in that . strange manner, and the thirteen terrl0 ble foes retreat slowly but surely in ~ every direction. Sandy is forcibly reminded of a certain picture in the pantomime where L. the good spirit appears upon the sceno i. and the evil workers ictrcat in dismay, 0 endeavoring to shield, their eyes from the dazzling light that nearly blinds them, for everything that is evil hates u the light. y lie is bewildered by what he sees, r and yet, although the cause is a perfect blank, the effect is plainly evident s -even he who ruus may read: These ii Thugs fear Mynheer Joe. d Sandy's admiration for the man d takes an upward bound. lie realizes that much as he has known of the other, Joe possesses qualities which l~ he has never even suspected as exist11 in1 "Je. In less than half a minute after the .. traveler has uttered that strange ] sound the thirteen Thugs have backed out of sight. The coast is clear and gradually the people resume their ins tcrrupted trade relations?the iner chant calls attention to his stock, the customer takes it upon himself to buy. As the people come thronging back s> upon the road of the bazars It can be noticed that they cast anxious glances around them. They seem to expect to | look upon something lying hither or yon?something that is apt to fill their m- souls with horror, and yet which posey sesses a deep attraction. 'th Sandy notes these glances cast to around, and being a bright-minded ac* chap. Intuitively guesses their meanvs* ing. r?hey are looking for the victims of the Thugs, and upon failing to discover one or more bodies lying upon is? the road, with life rendered extinct all- through the agency of cord or creese, cannot but feel the greatest amazement. his Then their look's turn upon the two Americans, as though they have guessed that these worthies are the th? ones against whom this unrisiug of the secret society took place. It must have been some mistake, after all. i. Philosophically they determine this, ;ng and Teturn to their various pursuits. though glances full or wonder greet Mynheer .Toe an<l his companion at I every turn. As for Sandy himself he follows the other along the street in a half stupe* fled way. It seems to him Joe can do anything. If the Hindoos were about to place them both upon one of the funeral pyres along the ghauts bordering the river, Sandy believes Joe is wizard enough to change the fire inco lee, and cause the vengeful destroyers to fall upon their.knees in humble servitude. After this exhibition he will not doubt Joe's power to accomplish any wonder. So they pass along, and by degrees enter among a new lot 01 natives who, ignorant of the event that has so recently transpired, do not view them in that strange way. Sand;; is burning with deep curiosity. Bj nature he abhors mysteries, and U just as curious as any woman could ever be. Plainly, then, he puts the question ^ to Toe, begging"tolnow by whatsplrli ;j^ or necromancy tne otner managea ? dissolve the dark clouds that hung s< threateningly over their heads. "It's all as simple as falling off i log. The whole thing lies in knowin; how to do it," he remarks, wherea Sandy adds: "A second Columbus making the egj S stand on end? Suppose you illustrat< matters, my dear fellow, and show u; how the thing is done." "Perhaps you saw me make a signa and the rascals obey. You wonde: RR TOF.. T ? J j ;e pathbornl iBKn-.r BONN-EE'S SOH?. I Ivrliat that could moan. Truth to tell, Sandy, I am a member of the very organization which our unscrupulous enemy, the baron, has suusidizod in order to complete our downfall." At this intelligence the newspaper man loses his head and looks silly. rHis ideas even become confused, an': he wonders whether Joe is not giv.ng him a little chaff. Up to the present he has believed himself too old a bird to be caught In this way, but such strange things have occurred of late that he stands ready to take almost anything as go^o.ftl truth. "Oh, you're a full-fledged Thug, eh? he manages to murmur. "Xot only that, but an officer In the organization. It was as such I gave the sign that threw these fellows into a fever." "How do you come to belong to such a lovely crowd?'' asks Sandy. "Ah, my dear fellow, teat is a story you shall hear some day! Iteally. it is worth telling, since it is founded upon strange incidents such as only a Haggard could use with credit. F> . the present let It suffice to say that this ancient order has more about It than the general world knows. It is not organized for murder, as you and other people believe, although the Thugs of India, like the Nihilists of Russia, do not hesitate to remove any one who runs against their will. "A series of strange circumstances threw hie into the midst of them some years ago, and to preserve my life I 1 .was obliged to join the order, attain- I ing a high place of honor before the j opportunity came to quit India's shores. "I can now see very plainly why that same thing occurred to me, for you and I must have fallen victims to the fury of the mob only for my power." "By the way,. Joe, have yon any more of these little bombs hidden away? If so, put them to good use, Tlrnvn'o r,rt tolling IVlion \CP 111.1 V 1J Will. Xiitl V O UV .. .. ? w need them in tliis country. Bless my soul! I have a strange feeling all the while a? though invisible danger was hanging over our heads. What can it mean?" "When the baron ceases to annoy us you will get over lhat, Sandy. The truth of the matter is you have fallen into the habit of feeling his presence near you. These men of evil seem to exhale a something that impresses itself upon those they hate, even as might the rattlesnake when charming a victim. Once the serpent is trampled under foot and all that uneasiness vanishes." "You've changed your mind, then, and intend to make away with the ba- j rou?" says Sandy, quickly. "Well, it becomes more evident every hour that it's a desperate case of Greek against Greek. Unless I demolish the baron lie will down me." "Eureka! That's niv policy to a <lot. Tlio question is how it shall he done." "That will come out all light, old tuan." "I give myself no uneasiness with regard to it. Toor old ropoff! He'll carry out the name to a letter presently. liut since he's shown himself to be such a consummate rascal, I no longer feel pity for him. Let him go. The king has commanded it; the decree must be entered," and Sandy makes a royal sweep with his arm that would cause many a monarch to turn green with envy could he see it. Mynheer Joe looks beyond, and sees things that a wise providence screens front the eyes of Impulsive fellows of Sandy's stripe. He knows that the life of the baron is exceedingly pre eious to tlio Russian authorities, and that they will make a searching investigation into matters in case he is downed; it may even he considered a casus helium, and the two great conntries be embroiled in a terrible conflict. Thus Mynheer Joe. feeling the responsible nature of his position, resolves to do nottiing rash. He desires to consult with some one who has a long head, and knows of no person more eompcteut than Mr. Grimes. Sandy is a'J right, when it comes to action, but lie does not make the hesr adviser in the world, as Joe has learned before now. It is high time they turn their steps in the direction of the hotel, its the hour is getting late. Through the crowds they pass without any fear of violence, since they hold the good will of the great secret society of India. "Ah! There's the haron!" says'San' dy. And Joe witches a glimpse of the Russian's face among the dark ones 1 just beyond. t He reads surprise and bailled rage > upon it, as though Popoff had already > begun to understand that again his plans have been defeated by circum stances over which lie has no control, f ' Mynheer Joe cannot help showing 1 something of his feelings in his expression. The look is not a coutempT luous one, for he has considerable re spect iu the direction of the shrewd M haron. At the same time lie despises a man who will descend to the ineth - ods practiced by this ag-Ut of the i" Czar. If Joe chooses he can meet him on t level, and, employing the same meth ods, Influence the secret order of Thug! against the Russian, for he has powei behind the throne. This docs not happen to be his way. If the barot will not enter into another duel witl him he must employ some other honor able means for accomplishing his end. They finally bring up at the hotel The hour is not so late for those whe make day out of night, hut with tray elers weary from a long sea journej and sightseeing all day It is an entirely different matter. All have retired, and Joe is compelled to let the matter lie over to the morrow or else wake Mr. Grimes. This latter he would be tempted to do, a: he believes the case requires prompt attention, only that he remembers the pseudo silver king complained of a headache as well r.s a lame ankle. So he determines to let matters rest until the morning. If all goes well they can then discuss the affair with clear brains and decide upon the besi course to pursue. The day dawns upon the city oi Bombay, and, as is usual, all soon becomes bustle and confusion. As the hour grows nearer noon this enthusiasm will gradually die out and leave a sort of lethargy in Its place, common to all warm climates. Mynheer Joe Is early on foot, and awaits the coming of his friend. When Mr. Grimes finally shows up he is greeted with a wink and a beckoning finger that draws him over to a retired spot, anxious to learn what new deviltry is in the wind. Itapldly Joe sketches the adventure of the preceding night. The lapse of lime has not changed his mind with regard to things, and he sees matters in just as serious a light as when the events occurred ten hours before. Mr. Grimes hears the otory gravely, lie makes a good listenc, for Le says nothing until the end is reached, but all the while ho keeps up a-thinking. I Of all people he Is the last to make a mountain out of a mole-hill, but there can be no disguising the fact that their situation is desperate when a man like the baron can set such diabolical machinery in motion against them. lie agrees with Mynheer Joe that the time has come to strike back. Perhaps his methods may differ from those of the traveler, for Mr. Grimes is a believer in the homeopathic adage, similia similibus eurantur?like is cured by like. When in Rome he does as the Romans do, and adapts himself to circumstances. This has been one reason lor his remarkable success. To a certain extent Mynheer Joe has followed the same plan, but lie cannot go so far as his friend In these matters, drawing the line at a certain point. Thus, in order to meet at a common level these two must both give way. It is advice Joe seeks, nothing more. Mr, Grimes ponders over the matter. He does not often act from ImI pulse, and eliews the cud of reflection at the beginning of a crisis, not when it has passed by, his policy being that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Finally he turns around and lays his linger upon the arm of the traveler. The light In his eye proclaims that he has conceived an idea, and Joe feels satisfied something is coming which it will pay hhn well to lay hold of?something that may cause the baron to believe he Pas struck an hvalanchc. "Mynheer Joe, we must be up and doing. This miserable Russian shall not say lie has beaten three Yunkecs in a game. I know your principles and resnect them, but the baron is an ob staele to our progress. Lie must bi removed." CHAPTER XXI. tiir b.vrox is booked for Valparaiso "In the llrst p:ace," remarks Mr. Grimes, in that steady voice of his tiiat nqver deviates, no matter what the excitement around him. "we must have .lie secret co-operation of the aa thorities in anything we undertake." "There will be no trouble about that ?I have already put a tica in their ear. They know who the baron is and what the nature of his mission to India may be. Naturally then they hate him?naturally it is to their interest to dispose of this spy who comes ts foment trouble. The question is liow far will they go?" "You can see some of them asniu, Joe:" "Readily, sir.' ' Thnn wo must fight fire with fire. Since the baron has inaugurated this system of tactics, we'll give him all he wants. Ilis Russian ways don't gc with people from the States. I wisli we had hini out there. A noose am] the limb of u lice would transport him o eternity, unless Ave thought it bes! to use a ccat el tar and ornament il Avitli feathers." "That AA'ould be a prime ending oi the game. sir. but unfortunately av( are in a country where such enlight cned arts are not known. Boston the Government would he held respon sible for such a public lal:iug-off. I will be better for us to have him trans ported." "Certainly." remarks Joe. althongl he docs not yet grasp ihe idea that it sioAvly taking iorm In the other',' brain. "In order to accomplish that, yot and I must exercise our minus and ar range a plan by means of tvliicb tin baron will step into a trap. We knov I Ins cuuuing, and Avhatever is done wil ha\-e to be sugar-coated." "That is quite right, Mr. GTimcs." I To be Continued.] n ;| BILL ARP.1 > % 9 I S<S^S^^^S?S3iS?SaCA%5^SiSaOj I am feeling sick and sad. Another friend has gene ana left me. Jim Warren was my college mate and I loved him for near sixty years. He was only two months my junior and I cometimes wondered who would be called away first. What an awful death was that. Crushed and mangled and bla poor old body torn and dragged for a quarter cf a mile and his dlsmembe-ed limbs strewing the track and ! hii brains larding the rails. Alas, how 1 little do we know about life or death! Sometimes I watch the cattle going to i the slaughter pen and am thankful L that providence conceals from them their- impending fate, but we do not know much more about our own. How shall we die and when? James barren was one of my true friends. I 1 loved to love him and it gave me com fort that he loved me and always called me Charley as tenderly a3 a brother. His body was killed and that . was all. His pure soul went back im( mediately to its Creator and is now resting in the bosom of God. That Is my faith and I hope it is the faith of all those who loved him, for my heart i bleeds with them. siriKe ior your altars and your fires. Strike for the green graves of your l sires. . Strike until the last armed foe expires." I used to speak that speech, and when I got to that part which e&ld, "They come?they come?the Greek? the Greek!" I put on martial agony and elevated my voice and shook \be 'door. I thought of all this the otner , day. when I read about the strikers in Atlanta going to Mr. Byrd's puhlishing house and trying to seduce his non-union printers to leave him. His partner, Tom Lyon, showed fight and used some cuss words and drove them off, and they had him arrested and the recorder fined him for disturbing the public tranquility, but if I had been the recorder I would have excused Tom. This thing has come home to me at last, for Mr. Byrd is printing a book . for me and I can't get a copy, and am fighting mad about it. The striking Interlopers get all his printers away, but two or three and the rascals hnng around the back door and all that Tom could do was to watch them aad exclaim, "They come?they come?the Greek?the Greek." But Tom is game and says he will whip the fight and have some books for me by the last of the week. The flr3t edition has all been sold and the second is in tha press and has besn delayed and enfiladed and barricaded and .paralyzed by these contemptible strikers, and if there ever wa3 a justifiable excuse for using cuss words a man ought to be hired to stand at the back door and cuss 'em by the day a3 fast as they came. I've no patience with these strikers end less with their lead*-?. One of my boys has just established a telephone plant in Houston, Texand had about forty girls employed at good wages, when suddenly som'e interlopers came and made them at* 6trike and he hired others to take their places and the interlopers went round to all his patrons and tried to get up a boycott, but failed. The rich Mr. Huntington is the chief owner and he telegraphed ray boy to v/hip that ngui regardless ui expense auu uc has whipped it. Last year at Dayton. ) Ohio, a big hearted rich man cstal?" lished a cash register plant and had two hundred giris employed and he cared for them just like they were bfa children and had bath rooms on every floor and hot and cold water, and mirrors and soap and towels, so that they could bathe and clean up before they went home and the girls were contested and happy, for all this was no part of the contract, but sonic interlopers came along and ordered & strike because some poor old woman who did not belong to the union* had the job of washing the towels that the girls "sed in thsir bath rooms. Well now. that is one side of the case, but it is said every case has two sides. The war between capital and labor still goes on, but labor has but little to complain of In this blessed land. We see by the papers that these union strikers in Atlanta hare plenty of money in their treasury to live on. while they are idle and some of them have gotten up a baseball club and are having a good time generally. There is no suffering here like there . as in London seventy-five years ago when Torn Hood wrote the song of the shut and the lay cf the laborer. It would make an angel weep to read that poor woman's song: "For its work, work, work?my labor never flags. And what are its wages?a bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags. This shattered roof, this naked floor, a table, a broken chair. And a wnli so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there." ! Her sad song aroused all London. i but there was no strike. Our own i George Peabody was there in the i banking business and it aroused him. I Immediately he bought the ground in the suburbs and gpent $2,000,000 in building cottages for the poor. Nice " cottages, with bath rooms and hot and ' cold water and flowers in the front yard and vines over the door and paid f the taxes and charged only a little, > nominal sum for rent, just enough to . keep up the repair^, and in less a year he had comfortable homes ror ' over 20.000 people. That's the kind of philanthrophy. 1 Our wisest statesmen ask for an in' come tax as they have in England and it is based on that principle that the i more a man accumulates the heavier , his tax should he?a graduated income , tax?and ro if he has piled up $10,000.J 000 in a year, take half of it for tax. This would stop Rockefeller and Mor1 gan and Carneg'e and the surplus would be as Bob Toombs 3aid. e "poured back in the jug." It is no great 7 honor to a man to give a good part j of his prcflt3 to charity. It is a surprise and that is all. Men forget that all they have got is but a loan and sooner or later they must give It up and pay the debt.?Bill Arp In Atlanta *' rv.nrtitctJra. -^l * ii ill iilifillff iilwB