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~ C H A P T E R X . ~ ( C o n t i n u e d . ) 1 " I f y o u m e a n it a n d can s l i c k t o

it, t wi l l t h i n k ove r w h a t I can do o to he lp you . No, y o u n e e d n ' t t h a n k

me,; i t ' s for y o u r s i s t e r ' s sake , no t ycmr~. She ' s a g i r l one c a n n o t b u t r e s p e c t ; "

T h e y w e r e n e a r i n g t h e G r a n g e as he spoke . The m o o n w a s l o o m i n g blg o~ the hor izon as it n e a r e d its se t t ing , and a f a in t s h a d o w y l igh t r es ted on

t h a h o r s e and on t h e l i t t le t o w n be - ]o~g, a n d t h e qu i e t g r a y sea beyond . Th~ D o c t o r w a s w a l k i n g his h o r s e cau-

4 i o u s ! y d o w n the s t eep de scen t w h e n lm b r o k e in to a low, so f t whis t le .

"B~ J o v e ! t h e r e ' s s o m e t h i n g w r o n g t h e r e . ~ I 'm ce r t a i~ t h e r e ' s a m a d a lm~t tl ie p lace! H o l d h a r d for a min - u t ~ wi l l y o n ? " And he h a n d c d the r e i n s to Nevi l le .

' % e t m e c o m e , t o e ! " imp lo red No- v:Ire.

"No, w a i t o u t he re ; and , if I shou t , l eave ~he ho r se and come a f t e r me. I t m a y h a v e been a p o l i c e m a n m a r c h - ing round .

I~2ville's ear~ strained to catch eT-

cry sound ; bu~ t h e r e was nothing ~o Be ] ,card, for th~ Doc to r was m a k i n g 11~ w a y r .oiscle~sly acroa~ the gz'~¢sa t a tI~o d r a w i n g r o o m w i n d a ~ , 1Tara wh ic lb su r e enough , a m a ~ wa~ c a m t i ~ s ~ y d e s c e n d i n g with a bag ia hi~ hand .

~te did no t e i t he r see or h e a r the Doctor , for his back was turned to- w a ~ / s h im, so he w a s u n p r e p a r e d for

- the ~udden , ca t - l i ke s p r i n g t h a t t he D ~ t o r m a d e upon him. W i t h a a o a t h h~ d ropped his bag and t u r n e d ~ t r i - o u , ~ u p o n his aasa i lan t . T h e y wore un'~ql~ally m a t c h e d , fo r Doc to r D r a k e w a s "of s l i g h t ba i ld and sma l l in s t a t - u i% w h i l s t t he m a n w h o m he t r ied to h o ~ w a s b r e a d and p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y

T h e b u r g l a r ' s h a n d s o u g h t his pock- e t ; b a t D o c t o r D r a k e w a s t oo qu i ck fo r l~im. W i t h o~:e h a n d he k e p t a s~eady gr ip on t h e m a n ' s col lar , w i th the o t b m he s o u g h t and f o u n d the re- veL:or t'hat ~a.-,~ concea l ed in his coa t pocke t , and t h r e w i t f a r a w a y f r o m h i m m~ the grass , and two r a p i d sho t s in ep/ick succes s ion s h o w e d t h a t i t had oxptodeck

~ r t h a d e s p e r a t e e f for t he f reed him~lf.~ h n r i c d the Doc to r to t he g[umnd vzitl~ s:unning force , and m a d e f o r t lm ga te ; bu~ t h e s h o t s had b r o u g h t Nev i l l e ~ushing to t h e rescue. The hove'e, f inding h imse l f a b a n d o n e d and f r i g h t e n e d b y t he qu i ck sho ts , t r o t t e d off t m v a r d s h o m e ; w h i l s t Nev i l l e d r e w oacR to let t he m a n pass , and s p r a n g aport h im with the deLermina t io~ of a b u ~ d v g no t t~ r e l a x his' ho ld un t i l oil ' ,ors c a m e to' t he rescue.

]~is l i the a r m s c lung t i g h t l y a b o u t t he b m ' g l a l ' s neck, and he was s h o u t - i ng a t the top of his vo ice as he c lung ~ '%~Mp} he:p! m u r d e r ! "

'Ithe ~ w r d s r eached t h e D o c t o r ' s ea rs as he rose to .his feet , dazed b ~ t n o t d i s ab l ed b y his fall, and he g~ve an a n s w e r i n g shmlt .

" H o l d on, H o w a r d , I 'm h e r e [ " B u t as he u t t e r e d the w o r d s t h e r e was a thn8 and a fa l l and h e a v y g roan , and up the hil l t he sound of f o o t s t e p s run - n i n g a s if l i fe d e p e n d e d on it.

Nevi t ]e lay a c r u m p l e d heap by t he ga te ; and :n t im r a p i d l y f a d i n g l igh t t h e DocLor caw t h a t Lhe poo r fe l low w a s s t e e p e d in b lood.

" G i v e c h a s c ~ h e ' s done for m e ! " sa id Nevi l le , with c lenched LeeLh. " H e ' s n:a~]e off u~ the h i I ] ! " And s c a r c e l y knov~ll:g w h a t lie did, the Doc to r did

Aa a t .oy, he had been famou~ for h i s r unn ing , an5 his t r a i n i n g s tood h i m in good s t e a d now. E v e n n o w he wa~ consc ious t h a t he was g a i n i n g on t im m a n wl'.om he pu r sued . H e could h e a r d his h e a v y b r e a t h i n g . As he reacI~ed t h e top of t he hill he s a w the d a r k f igure in f r o n t of h i m running a l o n g tile din:, w h i t e l ine of road on t op of t he cliffs, and t he D o c t o r t h o u g h t w i t h fierce d e l i g h t t h a t he h a d ]:is p r e y safe enough . H e could t u r ~ n e i t h e r to the r i g h t no r lef t ; he was c o m m i t t e d to t h e road b e f o r e h im.

Doetor D r a k e w o u l d b r e a t h e h i m s e l f a bl t . a n d fhen he was p r e t t y ce r t a in to p r o v e f h e b e t t e r m a n of t he two , f o r }~e could see b y the w a y t h e b u r - gla~ s w ~ y e d f rom s ide to s ide t h a t he w a s g e t t i n g spent . T h e y m u s t h a v e run for a mile when the man gave a f e a r f u l g l a n c e b e h i n d him, l iko.a hu~ t - ed a:ntma}; and t h e D o c t o r a n s w e r e d t h e gIance b y a w i l d ha l loo of t r i u m p h . H e w a s no t m o r e t h a n a h u n d r e d paces f r o m ~iim.

S ~ d d e n l y t he b u r g l a r s topped , r an to the edge of the cliff, l ooked o v e r it for a ~ , . i n s t a n t , and ~ the n e x t had throwr~ h ' lmself u p o n his h a n d s and k n e e s a n d was l e t t i n g h i m s e l f cau- t i ous ly ove r the edge. As his head d i s a p p e a r e d t h e D o c t o r c a m e up to the spot , amL in hor r i f i ed a s t o n i s h m e n t , lookeff d o w n ove r t h e cliff. The bu r - g la r fia(~ e v i d e n t l y fe l t t h a t h is one chance of escape lay in m a k i n g his w a y dow~z Its face.

T h e r e w a s a d rop of t w e n t y feet f rom the lcveI of the road to a p r o - i ee t ing ledge of r ock be low; a f t e r t h a t a good c l imbe r m i g h t make his w a y ?afe ly fo the shore , and the m a n had dec ided on t h e leap. B u t he misca1 : eulateff his d i s t ance ; t he r o c k y l edge was s I i p p e r y w i th f ros t , and one wi ld yel l b r o k e the n i g h t s i lence as his fee t b a r e l y t ouched t he ledge he s o u g h t to r e s t on, and he t u m b l e d l~eadforemost , b o u n d i n g l ike a bal l f r o m p o i n t to po in t , un±il a final t hud told t h e , D o c - ~or t h a t he had r e a c h e d the shore . H e

could d imly see him, a d a r k speck, as he lay t h e r e a h u n d r e d feet be low, and s i lence r e igned s u p r e m e againr- -a si- l ence Chat could be felt!

C H A P T E R x r . Nevi l le , m e a n w h i l e , l ay w h e r e t h e

D o c t o r le£t h im; b u t no t for long. The sound of the pis tolshoLs and t h e s h o u t s t h a t f o l l owed had r eached the ear~ of a p o l i c e m a n in ~lle t o w n be low, who , wh i~ t l ing for one of his c~mpeers , r an a t ful l speed t o w a r d s t he spo t f r o m w h e n c e the s o u n d s so'creed to come. A t t h e b o t L o m of t he hill t h e y w e r e m e t b y t he Doc to r ' s e m p t y dogca r t , w h i c h hi.~ fast-Lrotting h o r s e was t ak - ing s a f e ly home. T h e y s t opped and t u r n e d ira head in t h e d i r ec t ion f rom w h i c h i t came.

'°We'l l need it v e r y l ike ly ," sa id one ; " there '~ a n acc iden t . "

" W i t h violence," rep l i ed t he o the r , h u r r y i n g on his w a y ; "o r e'lse w h a t ' s tho m e a n i n g of t he s h o t s ? "

T h e s o u n d of a g roan close a t h a n d a r r e s t e d his s lops, and the n e x t mo- m e n t b o t h the men were k n e e l i n g b y N ~ i l l o % side.

" J ~ d b u s i n e s s ! " n: l / t tered one. " T h i s i~ m u r d e r , or very like i t ."

Nev i l l e unc losed his eye~ fo r a min - ute. " D o c t o r ; bu rg l a r ; f o l l ow on; ka ' l l w~nL you," he gasped fa in t ly , moving kis head s l l gh t l y in t h e d i rec- t io~ w h i c h the b u r g l a r had t a k e n . B u t ,l~t3~ men fe l t t h a t t he i r : ) resent task wa~ to t r y and save tha l i fe o f the poo r fo l i~w w h o w a s e v i d e n t l y so despe r - a t e l y w o u n d e d .

" W e ' d 'best c a r r y h im in t h e r e , " sa id one o f the men , g l a n c i n g ' a t th~ house. " T h a t ' s w h e r e the b u r g l a r ' s been, and the f a m i l y is a r o u s e d s a f e enough . I see l igh ts m o v i n g to and f r o . "

W i t h o u t more ado t h e y l i f t ed Ne- vi l le as g e n t l y a s t h e y could in t h e i r s t r o n g a rms , and made the i r w a y to t h e door , r i ng ing l o u d l y a t t h e be l l . It w a s Mrs. M o r t i m e r w h o a d m i t t e d them, and who, w i t h qu ick p r e s e n c e of m ind o rde red t h e m to c a r r y IN-c- ol l ie inLo the s tudy , w h e r e she r a p i d l y t u r n e d t h e couch in to an e x t e m p o r i z e d bed.

" B a n d a g e s , p lease! he ' s bleedil~g to dea th . The b r u t e ' s s t a b b e d hi ,m!" sa id o n e of th~ po l icemen. And as h~rs. M o r t i m e r ha s t ened off to o b e y t he order , J a n e t t a pa s sed he r on the w a y to t h e s tudy . The g i r l ' s face w a s as w h i t e as the wall .

" D o n ' t go in there! T h e y ' v e b r o u g h t in a man w o u n d e d 'by a bu rg l a r , w h o has m a d e his escape as f a r ~s I can m a k e out . D o n ' t go in! y o u ' v e gone t h r o u g h t oo m u c h a l r e a d y ! " Bu t J a - netLa, draven b y s o m e u n a c c o u n t a b l y s t r ~ n g ins t inc t , p u s h e d open the doo r and en te red .

An a g o n y so in t ense as p a r t i a l l y to p a r a l y z e al l fee l ing poss~'ssed he r as she recogn ized t h a t t he d y i n g m a n be fo re h e r was he r o w n b ro the r . She k n e l t d o w n qu ie t ly bes ide him, pu t - t ing her a r m u n d e r his head.

" N e v i l l e , " she said, with ' n n u t t e r a b l e t ende rnes s , "do you k n o w 'me? l t ' s I, J a n e t t a !"

The eye l ids unc losed for a m o m e n t and the g l az ing eyes r e s t ed u p o n he r w i t h a smi l e of recogni t ion . "IL's all up, J e n n i e ! & :bad l o l l " he sa id f a in t - ]y. And the po l i ceman s t a n d i n g by t h o u g h t t h a t he s p o k e of the m a n w h o had m u r d e r e d h im; b u t J aneL ta knew- t h a t i t w a s t h e lad ' s final c o n f e s s i o n of fa i lure .

She b e n t and k i ssed him. A q u a r t e r of an hou r l a te r the Doctor , h a g g a r d and disheve led , e n t e r e d the room, to see 3 a n e t t a ' s b e a u t f u l head b e n t 'over he r b r o t h e r , and her a r m s c lasped t i g h t l y a b o u t h lm; and the f irs t g l ance s h o w e d h i m t h a t t he lad was dead.

A k n o t c l imbed in to the D o c t o r ' s t h roa t . " C o m e away , Miss H o w a r d ; I m u s t see y o u r b r o t h e r a lone , " he said.

J a n e t t a 1.ooked up w i t h a qu ick s h a k e of t he head. M u s t he be the one to b r e a k i t t~ he r t h a t he r b r o t h e r had passed beym~d al l h u m a n he lg? T h e door w a s pushed g e n t l y open, and Ciar ice e~me so f t l y in to the room. One look f rom Doc to r D r a k e to ld he r w h a t had occur red . H e r o w n w e a k n e s s and h~lp le~sness s eemed f o r g o t t e n in he r s y m p a t h y for her f r i end ' s o v e r w h e h n - ing t roub le . She k n e l t bes ide her , s t r o k i n g he r ha i r ca ress ing ly .

"Janet ta , we can do n o t h i n g m o r e for h im , " she sa id , fee l ing t h a t to tel l the e x a c t t r u t h was the w i s e s t c o u r s e ta adopt . "God has cal led y o u r b r o t h - er. Oh, m y dear , t he s h o c k i s ' e n o u g h to kil l you ; .but you ' l l let me, y o u r sis- ter, hetp you to bear i t ? "

J a n e t t a l i f ted he r scared , w h i t e face a~d gazed in to t h a t of her f r iend , t r a n s f o r m e d , i l l umina ted , b y t he pow- er of a g r e a t emot ion . She w a s u t t e r l y exhaus. tcd by the awfu l r a p i d i t y of the e v e n t s of the l as t few hours , her b r a in s e e m e d too dull even to u n d e r - ~ta~d Clar ice ' s words ; b u t t h e r e w e r e he r open a r m s r e a d y to r ece ive her , and ,TaneLta t h r e w he r se l f in to t h e m and suf fe red he r se t f to be led away .

C H A P T E t ~ XII . Six m o n t h s had passed , and one sun-

n y a f t e r n o o n la te in Oc tober Cla r fce S e y m o u r and J a n e t t a we re s ea t ed o n t he wal l w h i c h s u r r o u n d s the A l h a m - b r a in Grenada .

On one side lay the ru in s of the beau t i fu l Moor i sh palace , wiLh i ts v i s t a of cour t s , e n c h a n t i n g a l ike to t h e eye and ehe i :maginat ion; on the other t h e y could see d o w n the s l op ing side~ of t he hi l l on which the pa lace is bui l t , a c ros s mi les of smi l ing plain, to the purp l e l ine of t he S ie r ra Nevada .

"l'1my had 'been t r a v e l i n g a b o u t tee~ g e t h e r eve r s ince the ~wful b u r g l a r y , w i th i ts a t t e n d a n t d e a t h s of the bu r - g la r and his v lc t im, Nev i l l e H o w a r d . Of t h e e v e n t s w h i c h had i m m e d i a t e l y fo l lowed , J a n e t t a , p r o s t r a t e in mind and body, k n e w l i t t le or no th~ag; and the m o m e n t it was poss lb t e to m o v e her, D o c t o r D r a k e had s u g g e s t e d t h a t she ~hould .be s e n t a b r o a d w l t h a n l ] r S ~ .

"I sha l l t a k e he r , " Clar ice had said. " I wil l h a v e a ~erv iceable maid ; b u t J a n e t t a wi l l need so,me one she k n o w s a~bout he r if she is to ge t wel l . "

" Y o u ? " the D o c t o r had exc la imed, h a l f i nc redu lous ly . "Are you equa l to t he t a s k ? "

"I am equa l to. a n y t h i n g t h a t wil l m a k e J a n e t t a w e l l / ' Clar ice had re- pl ied. A n d the ~Doctor w e n t on his way , g r e a t l y w o n d e r i n g .

A f t e r all C la r i ce ' s i m p r o v e m e n t in h e a l t h was on ly the fu l f i l lmen t of his own pred ic t ion . The s h o c k w h i c h bade fa i r to w r e c k J a n e t t a ' s lifo, o r dep r ive her of reason , had he lped her f r i end to the b e t t e r exe rc i se of ,both. The need for e x e r t i o n had come, and in he r d e v o t i o n to J a n e t t a , Cla r ice had laid as ide her o w n w e a k n e s &

.So the two s t a r t ed off on t h e i r t r av - els t oge the r , and b y slo,w deg rees Ja - n e t t a 'began to r a l ly f r o m the awfu l m e n t a l s h o c k she had u n d e r g o n e ; and Clarice, in he r l o v i n g care and w a t c h - fu lness , had ca s t a s ide the l as t t r ace s of i nva l id i sm, and had g r o w n as p re t - ty and an im a tcd as in the d a y s b e f o r e he r acc iden t .

To h e a r J a n e t t a l augh w a s suff ic ient r e w a r d for an h o u r ' s a m u s i n g cha t t e r , and the first day she could w a l k a mi le the fac t had to be du ly ch ron- icled in a long l e t t e r to D o c t o r Drake , who, f r o m time~ to t ime , c a m e o u t to see h o w his p a t i e n t p r o s p e r e d .

H a p p i l y t h e s e days w e r e passed , and Clarice, as she w a t c h e d J a n e t t a ' s beau- t i fu l face th i s a f t e r n o o n , t h o u g h t t h a t he r t a s k w a s c o m p l e t e d . J a n e t t a was r ea l ly as wel l and s t r o n g as ever aga in , o n l y t h e r e w a s t h a t t o u c h of p a t h o s a b o u t t he c u r v e s of t h e m o u t h t h a t told t h e ta le of s o m e g r e a t sor- row. J a n e t t a t u rned , consc ious t h a t she was wa t ched , and smi led a t he r co.mpanion,

" W h a t a r e you t h i n k i n g of, d e a r ? " " T h a t y o u a r e as b e a u t i f u l as ever,

t h a t a t I as t even I t h i n k y o u qui te w e l l ~ . w e l l e n o u g h to go home, Jamet- ta. W e ' v e w a n d e r e d a b o u t so m a ~ y m o n t h s t h a t I 'm homes i ck , and I be- l ieve ~ s h o u l d w e l c o m e the ~ight of Mrs. M o r t i m e r ' s g r i m b u t w o r t h y coun- t e n a n c e . "

" L e t us go," 3 a n e t t a a n s w e r e d , a f t e r a m o m e n t ' s pmme. " I have o f t e n t h o u g h t t h a t I shou ld l ike to h e a r ev- e ry de ta i l o f t he n i g h t of t h e bu rg l a ry . I w o n d e r if y o u wou ld tel l ane a b o u t it n o w as we s i t h e r e ? "

C la r f ee g l anced up quick ly . B y ' D e c - tor D r a k e ' s advice , e v e r y t h i n g t h a t was pa i~ fu l had been k e p t a w a y f rom J a n e t t g .

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O d d D i s h d ~ T h a t A r e l ~ l a e e d l ~ e f o r e

G u o s t ~ a t l ~ ' a s h i o n ~ b l e F u n c t l o n n o

Odd food fanc ie s a r e m e t a t n e a r l y eve ry house. I k n o w a hos t e s s who ~ses rock c a n d y for s w e e t e n i n g in her a f t e r n o o n tea and marasch iam che r r i e s for f lavor, one to each cup. N o b o d y else b r e w s such del Ie ious tea, her f r i ends declare , and t h e y n e v e r seem to u n d e r s t a n d why. The rock candy comes in n e a t p a c k a g e s of c rys ta l , w h i c h a re d ipped up by an a n t i q u e su- gar spoon. A n o t h e r y o u n g hos tezs m a d e a s p e c i a l t y of c a k e a n d b e v e r a g e s in w h i c h s h e could ° se rve w h i p p e d c ream. She was unde r s a l a r y f r o m the p r o p r i e t o r s of f l avor ing ex t rac t s , w h i c h t h e y we re c o n t i n u a l l y booming , and w a s supp l i ed w i t h the mate r i a l , w h i c h she d e m o n s t r a t e d in he r re- f r e s h m e n t s e v e r y a f t e r n o o n . She was a pol~ular gir l and had i n s t i t u t e d a t ea hour be fo re she b e c a m e an a d v e r t i s i n g agen t . She was devo ted to cooking , and t h e r e i n l ay he r vaIue to he r em- p loyers . She began wi th van i la , m a d e cakes f lavored w i th it, and pu t i t in her tea. I t adds a m o s t f a s c i n a t i n g f lavor to the f a v o r l t e f e m i n i n e beve r - age. T h e n she added choco la t e to her t ea ou t f i t and used wh ipped cream. The n e x t day she c h a n g e d to l emon f lavor ing , t h e n to a l m o n d and o r a n g e and c r e a t e d such a degree of l n t e r e s t t h r o u g h her a f t e r n o o n s t h a t q u e s t i o n s b e g a n to be p o u r e d over h e r . . T h e r e was he r c h a n c e to s p e a k a good word for the me&ors of the f lavors , and she used it in such a c lever w a y tha t t he i r p o p u l a r l t y wa~3 e s t a b l i s h e d wi t tmu~ a n y b o d y s u s p e c t i n g her i n t e r e s t in it. You can r e a d i l y see how v a l u a b l e an a s s i s t a n t ~h~ w a s . ~ P i t t s b u r g Dispa tch .

Strange W o o | n ~ o f L u c k .

E v e r s ince the a s s a s s i n a t i o n of K i n g H u m b e r t h u n d r e d s of I t a l i ans have been t r y i n g to win pr izes in t he na- t iona l lottery by playing those num- bers which correspond with hls age. Thcse numbers are 56, 1.0 and 49, the king havi:~g l ived for f i f ty-s ix years , ten hou r s and f o r t y - n i n e minute~. If t he se t h r e e n u m b e r s should win t he p l a y e r w o u l d reee'ive 4,250 t imes t h e a m o u n t of his s take . Stone u n u s u a l l y o p t i m i s t i c g a m b l e r s h a v e t r ied to win even m o r e t h a n this , b y p l a y i n g a f o u r t h n u m b e r (73), w h i c h is the s y m - bol of a regic ide . I f th is c o m b i n a t i o n , 56, 10, 49, and 7a, w e r e to w in t he gov- e r n m e n t w o u l d h a v e to pay 60,000 times the amount of the s take . The l as t d r a w i n g was held in Mi lan a f ew d a y s ago, and , s i n g u l a r l y enough , t he w i n n i n g n u m b e r s w e r e 55, 10, 48 and 72. T h e s e c a m e p r e t t y c lose to t h e m a r k , a n d as a r e s u l t I t a l i an g a m - b le rs a r e m o r e d e t e r m i n e d t h a n eve r to keep on p l a y i n g t h e i r f a v o r i t e com- b i n a t i o n un t i l i t ,brings t h e m go~tl for tune .

~Take y o u r s e l f ~ e c e s s a r y to s o m ~ . h o d F , ~ E m e r s o n .

S T A T E OF OHIO CITY OF TOLEDO ' ' SS. LUCAS COUNTY', ~ "

F r a n k J . C h o n e y Inakc~s o a t h t h a t he i s t h e s e n i o r p a r t n e r of t h e f i r m of F . J. C h c n o y &Co. , d o i n g b u s i n e s s In t h e C i t y of T o l e d o , C o u n t y a n d S t a t e a f o r e s a i d , a n d t h a t s a i d f i r m w i l l p a y t h e s u m of O N E H U N D I ~ E D D O L L A I ~ S f o r e a c h a n d e v e r y c a s e of C a t a r r h t h a t c a n n o t b e c u r e d b y t h e u s e of H a l l ' s C a t a r r h C u r e .

F I ~ A N K J . C H E N E Y . S w o r n t o b e f o r e m e am1 s u b s c r i b e d in m y

, p r e s e n c e , t h i s 6 t h d a y o[ D e c e m b e r , A. D. 188(L [SEAL.] ft.. W. G L E A S O N ,

N o t a r y P u b l i c . t t a l l ' s C a t a r r h C u r e i s t a k e n i n t e r n a l l y , a n d

a c t s d i r e o t l y on t h e M o o d a n d m u c o u s s u r f a c e s of t h e s y s t e m . S 0 n d f o r t e s t i m o n i a l s , f ree .

F..T. O H E N E Y & CO,, T o l e d o , O. S o l d b y D r u g g i s t s , 75c. H a l l ' s F a m i l y P i l l s a r e t h e b e s t .

I g o r ] a n d i n ( ~ y A t t i r e .

T h e H a g u e , as w e l l a s e v e r y o t h e r ~ity, t o w n and h a m l e t t h r o u g h o u t Ho.1- ~and, ha s a s s u m e d ga l a a t t i r e fo r t h e )cele,brations anff f e s t iv i t i e s in h o n o r ~of t he queen ' s ,marriage.

D o n ' t G e t F o o t s o r e ! G e t r O O T - E A S E .

A c e r t a i n c u r e fo r Swo l l en , Smar t - ' ing, B u r n i n g , S w e a t i n g Fee t , Corns and Bunions . Ask for Al len ' s F o o t - E a s e , a

:powder . Cures F r o s t - b i t e s a n d Chil- b la ins . A t al l D r u g g i s t s a u g Shoe Stores , 25c. S a m p l e s e n t F R E E . Ad-

:drcss Al len S. Ohns ted , L e R o y , N. Y.

J o b w a s w i l h n g to s e rve God for naught but God would not let him.

T i m e is monev and both a re scarce.

A ] R e n ~ e d y for t h e G r i p p e .

P h y s i c i a n s r e c o m m e n d K E M P ' S t3ALSAM fo r p a t i e n t s af f l ic ted wi th the g r ippe , as i t is e s p e c i a l l y a d a p t e d for t h e t h r o a t a n d lungs . Don ' t wai~ for t h e f i rs t s y m p t o m s , b u t ge t a b o t t l e t o d a y and k e e p i t on h a n d for nse t he mo- m e n t i t is needed . I f n e g l e c t e d , t h e g r i p p e b r i n g s on p n e u m o n i a . K E M P ' S B A L S A M p r e v e n t s th i s b y k e e p i n g t h e c o u g h loose a n d t he h m g s f r ee f r o m in- . f l ammat ion All d r u g g i s t s , 25c and 50c.

E v e r y man fo r h i m s e l f is s y n o n y - m o u s w i t h t h e devi l f o r u s~ 11.

Wlm~; Do the Clilldro~ Drlnk~ :Don't give them tea or coffee. Have yO~

tried the now food drink cMled GRAIlg-O? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Gruin-O ~ou givo ~ho children the more health you dzstributo through thotr systems. Grain-O is m a d e of pure grains, and when properly propared tastes like the choice grados of coffee, but costs about ~ aa much. A1/grocers s ~ l it. 15a an4 25c~

Y o u r l i g h t m a y be k i n d l e d in p r a y e r but, i t m u s t ' shine in p rac t ice .

T h e I I e r b C u r e f o r G r i p .

Grip , aud co lds m a y be avo ided b y ,~ecping t h e s y s t e m c l eansed , t he b l o o d p u r e a n d t h e d i g e s t i o n good. T a k e Garf ie ld Tea.

A raffle is n o t r e d e e m e d b y b e i n g run for re l ig ion .

WHAT IS OW ITISP A dul l , t h r o b b i n g pa in , a c c o m p a n i e d

b y a sense of t e n d e r n e s s and h e a t low d o w ~ in t h e side, w i t h an occas iona l s h o o t i n g pa in , i n d i c a t e s i n f l a m m a t i o n .

On e x a m i n a t i o n i t w i l l be f o u n d t h a t t h e r e g i o n of p a i n s h o w s some swel l - ing. T h i s is t he f i rs t s t a g e of ova r l t i s , i n f l a m m a t i o n of t h e ova ry . I f t he roo f of y o u r h o u s e l eaks , m y s i s te r , y o u h a v e i t f ixed a t once ; w h y n o t p a y t h e s a m e r e s p e c t to y o u r o w n b o d y ?

Y o u need no t , y o u oug 'h t no~ t o le~

~ our se l f go, w h e n one of y o u r o w n sex o lds o u t t h e h e l p i n g hanoi to you , and

w i l l adv i se y o u w i t h o u t m o n e y , and w i t h o u t pr ice . W r i t c to l~rs. P i n k h a m , L y n n , Mass . , a n d ~ell h e r Ml y o u r syml>

~[I~S. 2kSTNL~ fl.STOl~o

~ m s . t i e r e x p e r i e n c e in t r e a t i n g fe- m a l e i l l s is g r e a t e r t h a n a n y o the~ l i v i n g pe r son . F o L l o w i n g is a l e t t e r f r o m a w o m a n w h o is thanlr=h~ f o r a v o i d i n g a terrible operation.

" I w a s s u f f e r i n g to such a n ex ten~ f r o m o v a r i a n t r o u b l e t h a t m y phys i - c i a n t h o u g h t an operation w o u l d bo neces sa ry .

" L y d i a E. P i n k h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e Com- p o u n d h a v i n ~ b e e n r e c o m m e n d e d to me, I d e c i d e d to t r y i t . A f t e r u s i n g s eve ra l b o t t l e s I f o u n d t h a t I w a s cured . M y e n t i r e s y s t e m w a s t o n e d up , a n d I s u f f e r e d no m o r e w i t h m y ovaries."--gdI~s. ANN& ASTON, T r o y , ]~o,

It Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, In- fluenza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and A~thma. A certain cure for tonsumptlon in tirst stages, and a sure relief In advanced'stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent etleet, aiter taking the iirst dose. S01d by dealers every- where. Large bottles 25 cents and 50 cents.

T r y Gruh:-O! ~ r y ( ] r a l n - O ! Ask y o u r Grocer to-day to show you a

~ackag'o o~ GRAIN-O, the new food drink chat takes the place of coffee. The children m a y dr ink i t wi thout in ju ry as well as the ~dult. All who t r y it, like it. GRA1N-O has Chat rich seal brown of ~locha or Java , bu~ it is made f rom pure ~rains, and the most .flelieato s tomach reemves i~ wi thout dis- ~ress. }~ the price of coffee. ]So and 2,5 g ~ per package. ~old by all grocers.

L o v e n e v e r w o r r i e s a b o u t f u t u r e re- w a r d s ; i t h a s i t s r e w a r d in lov ing ,

~ou C a n G e t A l l e n ' s front-Ease ]F ree . ]

W r i t e t o - d a y to Al l en S. O lms ted , Le t

Roy, N. Y., fo r a F R E E s a m p l e of Al l en ' s Foot-E~{se, a p o w d e r . I t c u r e s s w e a t i n g , d a m p , swo l l en , a c h i n g fee t . M a k e s n e w or t i g h t shoes easy. A cer- t a i n cu re for C h i l b l a i n s and F r o s t - b i t e s . A t a l l d r u g g i s t s a n d shoe s to res ; 25c.

T h e f r u i t s b y w h i c h t h e h e a r t is k n o w n d r o p s f r o m the lips.

C o u g h i n g L e a d s t o C o n s u m p t i o n .

K e m p ' s B a l s a m wi l l s t o p t h e c o u g h a t once. Go to y o u r d r u g g i s t t o - d a y a n d g e t a s a m p l e b o t t l e f ree. Sold in 25 and 50 c e n t b o t t l e s Go a t once; d e l a y s a r e d a n g e r o u s .

To l ive in h e a r t s we l eave b e h i n d is :not to die.

l ~ e m e d y f o r Grip S u f f e r e r s :

Garf ie ld T e a c l e a n s e s t h e s y s t e m , pu r i f i e s t he b lood , a ids d i g e s t i o n and h e l p s n a t u r e t h r o w off d isease . I t is m a d e f r o m I Ie rbs .

T r u e f r e e d o m is t h e p o w e r to choose t h e bes t .

T O C U R E A C O L D IN O N E D A ~ ' . Tal:e LAXATIV]~ t~I{()MO QmN INI~ TAIJLI,ITS. fl.].~ dru, ,zgists r e f u n d t h e m o n e y t f i t f a i l s t o curo~ ~ . 3,V. G r o v e ' s s i g n a t u r e is o n t h e box . 25c.

T h e f e e t w i l l go w h e r e t h e hear~ is inc l ined .

E a c h p a c k a g e of P U T N A N [ F A D E - L E S S D Y E co lo r s m o r e g o o d s tl~an a n y o t i l e r d y e a n d co lo rs t h e m b e t t e r , too.

L o n g p r a y e r s a re n o t a l w a y s t a i l o n e s .

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DOWN FALLe Sometimes 'in wlnter'at everff¢ step flmre ia'd~*igc~ of

SPRNINS n i ld

BRUISES which,cripple or hurt dceply'(bnt at any time from whatever' cause

St. Jacob w i l l c u r e s u r e l y ; a n d p r o m p t l y

, ~ .h o ffiC.~: i :~Wes:e f:} L~I:. ~

[llustriftmY ~ ;~a j i~ ;%

informa~m~ its to redUo~t'Taltwa~%'ate,~mlo, Lb:e" had on applteatio~,,.~o ,ha?/SuperI~tt~C4~c'¢f~ f,t~,Y Immigration, 'Dep ar tree2! ~::df) h~ ~er~).r,"~33.&t~'~ Canada. or tO J, G.r~evcf.S'aglnaW;~MTc~J~"g NL V. Mclnnes. No. '~ Jqcrri l l '~tock;i~)ctrol~I~2~-

eases. Book of testtmcnlal~and:10':l~A~--v~.~r~l~P-~x~, YltE~. DR, IIo'III~OII£EN'S'SONS, Bo~E~'&I~I~v'~ , ' t ~

i f affllcted~vltI£ ~ . . . . . : .

It is ~Iw.~ys easier .to iweep '~::~ Chin~ t h a ~ ~ w o r k ~for y o ~ ~eigTi~@:r.

'~ ~ ,~ # ~ • " -7' Soak the nands on reh mg m a shong creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAP[ Dry> and anoh:t fi'eely with CUTICUR , the great skin cure and purest of emo11 ents. Wear duflng the night, old, loose kid g!oves, with the ] ge2 ends cut off and ho!es cut the palms. red, rough, chapped hands, dry, flssured 'itCfi sag everish paims with zhape!ess nai!s an4 pa nfd finger ends, this treatment is slmply wond ful, and points to a speedy cure of the most distress-. ing cases when physicians and a!t else fail

W A S trouSI~d wi th hangs so sore that wher~ I put them {n w a t e r tfic~ pa~=,;, would near set me crazy, the skin wou ld peel off, and the fl&I~ v¢oul&ige~aa'~ and break) then the blood wou ld f low f rom at least fifty p l a ~ s orreaC~.'~a=6.:

Words never can tell the suffering I end~re.g for three year~ I tried at least eight doctors, but m y hands were worse than yzhe~ I~commenc~ ,

doctoring. I tried every old Granny remedy that was eve r thodghf Of iwithou~ oa r - cones wor th of good and could not even 'get relief. "

I would feeI so badly mornings w h e n I got .up, to tfihak tha~ I t i n , to , go to ~ r l r . and stand pain for elzht or nine hours) that t often felt like g i v i n g ' ~ u p ' m ~ : ~ which was in the bottlhag works of ~Tu ~. E. L Kern~ the l eadh~gbdt t~ 0 f Tre.Bfgn~, o N . ~.~ w h o will vouch for the truth of m y ,Mferings. c fin ' I~

Before I could start to work , I wou ld have to v,n'ap ea h " get on Bet Lha ~ and then wear glovc~ wh ich I hated to do~ for w h e n I came t0 ta~e then~oLr/ i t . would take two hours and the flesh w o u l d break, and b l e e d . Some of ' my ' f~engs , w h o had ~ m y hands wou ld say) a i r they had such h a n d s they~0i~f~ : , l~ve them a m p u t a t e d " ~ o ther~would say " t h e y would never Work/* and mor~ would~ : turn a w a y in dls~u~t. But t h a w to Cuticuroe the ga'eate~ of r&{t~ eure~ i~ ended all m y sufferings. .

Just to think, after doctorln~ three yea r~ and spending dollar after gel|de g ~ i n g that time~ Ct~ficura cured me. It has now- been t w o years slnce I d S e c ~ R a n d : do not k n o w wha t sore hangs are. I never lost a day ' s w o r k while ' I ~,was uslng, it or s in~ , and I have been workln~ at the s~me buslness~ and inactds ,"e tc .

T H O S . A . CLANC~, 310 Mon tgomery S£~ Trer i tog, I~L J?o

0mple o External ant] Informal Treatment f0rEVe ,]fun r. N ~ . : scales, and soften t h e t h i c k e n e d cut icle , CUTZCUR~ Olnt racn~ { 5 0 e . ~ -

. . . . . . . i ') i n s t an t l y a l l ay i t ch ing , i n f l ammat ion , a n d t r r l t a t l 0 n , a n ( t s o o t h e - a n d [ l i | ~ ~ O ~ ~ * ~ L.,~al, and (JUTrOtJnA R~:sor.vr,~r't, (500.), to cool anf fc leanSo t b d i b l o o d . a | | ~ ~ . ~ . a ~ $ " ? A . SL~O'[,u S~T, is o f ten . suf f ic ien t to cure the m o a t ' t o r t u r h ~ , ' d | s t i ~ r -

~ r l n g , and h u m i l i a t i n g sMn, scalp, nhd blood hnmor~, w ith ]o~a of ha | r , w h e n all e l se fail~. I~o14. t h r o u g h o u t the wor ld . ['O'CTElt D~U~ aND C~E~[. Co~P., ~o]0 Props . , Boston~ U. 8. A .

A s s i s t e d ' . b y C u t t c u r a O i n t m e n t f o r p rcserv in tg~ p u r i f y i n g , a n d b e a u t l f y i n ~ ~lio"~ld'n, ! ' ~ ) r - c l e a u s t n g t h e s c a l p o f c r u s t s , s c a l e s , a n d dandru f f ' , a n d t h e s t o p p h ) g o f f a l l l n ~ h a h ' , t ' o f s o f t e n i n g , w h i t e n i n g , a u d s o o t h i n g red~ rough, and s o r e h a n d s , in the form o f , b a t l # ~ ~of annoylng IrHL~tlon~, Inflammatlnns, and chnfl,gs, orto2 free ne offensive persplraflOi~.IL~ the form of Washes for filcerative wem~,uc~ses, an~ lqr many. sanatlvo ':an~Isep~;Io'p~w. poses which readily suggest the:nse~ve~ ~o wo2nen, antl.espeemlly mothers,;a]~(1 fo~'~l], tim purposes of the toilet, bath, mm .nursery. .~o amoun~ o[.per~uasmu can mauco~those~ w h o l l ave oIteo" L, ned I t~o u s e ~tnv o¢ller , e s D c e l a l l y i o r p r e s e r v i n g amz p m ' l f y i n , tl)~oloh~ scalp, and hatr of Infants and cl~!],lrcu.. CI:rlc~ ~.~ S/?.,~ ~ ~,ombhms (lelieato ?mgll~ent prop. ertles derived from CUTICURA, tile g:'ea~ stun mire, wmaJ;ne)n.n'es~o r c l e a n s i n g ll'~g'redlell~3, and the most roh'eshing of ilowcr odors. No othcr mca~ca~easoapovey compoundo~M~to be cornDarod with it for prese rving~.purlf;v~nz, an(~ ,cauury]ng tu 9 skin, :m(fllk hatrlimn~ hand~,. No other foreign o r ~om}~.s~q rg~tf?, sol,J), however C~<l)C~mve , !at.to 90~(~omparod with. it tot',all the t)ur poses o[ ~ne cm~e~ ¢ w~m, ann. | l u r s e r y ' , ~qlUS 17; COD]DI nell. lrl ON|;J, ~._ £~, ['~O AX

E VIZ ~,VleN r~ ~ [~ i C] NTS~ t~hc ~ES: ~Idl~ 5~4 compl0xio~a ~OaO t~t ONE PIglC ~, %., r ,~ • - ~ . ,~ ~ ~ - . ,~ ,~ . . . ~0Ilct and B2,~'~ baby ~oap in the worl~ . .,, ~ao /~s~