THE TULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURQ, PA. I ! 1 1 i r Kyyxxxoooooooooo v THE QUARTERBREED 2OOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) I ,. II DOMING to tuko tho iieencv at Liikotuh I Ing tho murder of Agent Noycn, Copt. Floyd Hardy. U. S. A., rescues u quurterbreed girl nnl two men from mtiicklng Indians. They ore Jucques Hupont, pout trailer, Ms duuehter Jlurle, and Hegl nnld Vandervyn, iigenry clerk nn.d nephew of Senator (.'leiutner. Hardy learns Mint Vundervyn lmd been iromlsed ilie iigeney by his politician uncle, discovers that the Indian are disaffected because they have been cheated In n tribal mliie which Hupimt and Vnnder vyn nro working Illegally, Is pu.'.led when bis friendly speech to tribesmen. Interpreted by Vundervyn's tool, lingers I he Indians, and he determines to llnd out what's wrong nil around and right It. He becomes smitten with Marie, whom Vnndervyn Is courting, and pro poses to her. She holds htm off but nurses him tenderly when he Is shot and wounded from ambu.di. Itecovered, Captain Hardy, nc compnnled by the Imponts, Vundervyn, nn Interpreter and a few In dian policemen, Marts to the mines In the mountains. What occurs on that trip makes mighty good reading In this Installment. CHAPTER X Continued. 6 ' When Hiirdy saw the couple ride ahead, ho would have ordered them back had not Dupont again assured bin) that the girl would not be In the slightest danger nt any lime during the trip. "You were not so certain of (he friendliness of the Indians toward her the other day," remarked Hardy. Dupont scratched Ids head. "Well, no, I wasn't, Cap ; that's no He. That there, though, was dlff'rcnt. I'm going now by what Mr. Vuu nays about the feeling In the camps. Wlsht I felt as sure about you." "Never mind about me. If your daughter Is safe, that Is quite sulll clent. You say this mine Is centrally located with relation to the various camps. We will go to It first and en deavor to get the tribe to meet us there in council." "At tho mine?" mumbled Dupont. "Wc-c-ll, you're the boss." The party now entered Sioux Creek canyon and follywed the nnrrow path alongside the torrent until they came to the first small Indian camp. The Indians met Mario and Vundervyn with friendly greetings, but looked at Hardy with a stolid concealment of 111 feeling that, according to Dupont, boded 111 for the new agent's recep tion In the larger camps. Hardy set his Jaw, and ordered the party to start on Into the mountains. 1 Noon found the party over twenty miles from the agency by trail, though less than half that distance In nn nlr He Saw No Smoke, Not Look In Vain. line. They had come upon no more In- dlun camps and had seen no more In dians. Late afternoon found them fur In among the mountains, with snowy peaks on every side, let they were still a long ten miles by trail from their destination. Upon learning from Dupont that there was no desirable cnmp-slte nearer than the mine, I lardy asked his companion to ride forward and urge nil to n fasler pace. ' The rest of tho parly had rounded n heap of rock that towered up like n ruined custle at the ridge summit, mid Vundervyn was ubout to follow them out of sight, when 'he thoroughbred rntne to a full stop, thirty yards down tho trull, at the foot of the steepest Dart of the climb. Considerate of the fact that his tall mount was nt a ills advantage In such a situation as com pared with the lower-set ponies, Hardy did not urge the mure to carry him up tho ascent. He paused n moment, waiting to see If she would make the attempt volun tarily. She stood motionless. He put ted her neck and dropped down out of tho saddle. The suddenness of the movement alone saved him from the bullet that pinged down the mountain side uud passed above the saddle pre cisely where, an Instant before, had been his mldliody. The report of the ride had yet to reach Hardy's ear when he peered over the mare's withers In search of the smoke of the shot. Hut though he saw no smoke, be did not look in vain. Above a bowlder, high up In a cleft, be perceived a devilish painted face, surmounted by n war bonnet. He glunced Bidewuys up the ridge slope at Vandervyn. The young man had hutted his pony on the ridge crest and was staring buck down at Hardy. ' Hardy waved to him Imperatively. "Oo on I" he shouted. "Guard Miss Dupont. May be more of them. Send tho police around to Hank" Vundervyn's pinto leaped out of sight. A shot gruzed tho mare's with ers. In a flash he flung up his rllle ond 11 red nt the down-peering devilish face. It vunlshed us he pressed the trigger. Swift us a puma, he sprang around the mare's head and dashed up the slope, keeping n large bowlder In lino between himself nnd Ids enemy. A bul let enmo pinging down over tho bowl dur find pegged under his upraised Though COXXXX)OOOOOOOOOOOOCCOOOOOOOOOC The Story of an Army Officer on an Indian Reservation By ROBERT AMES BENNET iiidinn ri'srrviiuu '::.iMi:ti;i!'E::K nrni. A few seconds more and, safe behind the huge stone, ho slowly edged his hat above the top. The ancient ruse drew u shot. Instantly he scram bled obliquely upward towurds another bowlder. It was n desperate move. A bullet grazed his thigh ns he Hung himself behind the bushes beside the second bowlder. Hardy waited. . The. twilight was fast failing. Still Manly walled, bis ga'.e scanning tho . -left nnd the rocks on either side. It v,:is lime for the police to come creep ing around on the flank of the assas sin. A little more and the dusk would render close shooting dllllcult. Yet the precious moments slipped by, and no sign of the police. Over on the far side of the cleft there was a fulnt glint of metal In the deepening shadow. Without n mo ment's hesitation Hardy aimed and fired. The mountainside rang with a shrill yell. The bullet bad found Its mark. Hardy leaped to his feet ami dashed up the mouutaln-slde, keeping behind shelter where it was uvallable. but In pluces boldly rushing up over open spaces. There, on the spot where he had seen the glint, he found a trace of blood. The wounded junn had crept away tip the cleft. For several yards Hardy followed the trail by the splash es of crimson on the leaves and rocks. Then the traces ceased. Hut over In one of the many clefts on the far side of the gap he thought he saw some thing move nmoiii! the bowlders. Ho sprinted down the slope und across the gap, his face Hushed with exertion, but his eyes still cold nnd hard. Among the heaps of broken rocks In the bottom of the gap Hardy lost sight of the cleft for w hich he was heading. When he started to return along what he supposed to be the passage by which he hud entered, he soon found himself In a cnlde-sne. Dusk was now deepening Into night, lie came out and Into a steep ascent between overhanging ledges. This certainly was not the way by which he had en tered, but he kept to it, eager to es cape out of the maze. Night hud fallen when ot last he reached the top of the cleft and clam bered up on a ridge crest. Hut the sky was clear, and the starlight enabled him to see the outlines of the moun tains that cut the skyline. A star lower down than any of the others caught bis eye. He peered nt It fixedly. The little twinkling point of light was not a star It was n lire, two or three tulles away across the intervening val ley. Hardy took his bearings by the stars and started down the mountain side directly toward the fire. Once clear of the rocks of tho shat tered mountain top, he found the going unexpectedly easy. Almost from the first he had lost sight of the lire ,und at no time did he see nny trace of the trail to the mine. GIT to the left he heard the diminutive roar of a moun tain rill dashing down a ravine to Join iKo main stream In the valley. At last he came up over the edge of the ridgelop, or terrace, on which the rill headed. The moment his eyes cleared the low underbrush below the few scattered pines he perceived the flicker of the lire for which he was looking. He could make out the up penrance of the dark forms urouud the lire, but their number nnd the half- dozen white tepees grouped around the lire told him that he had not found the camp of his purty. lie hud no more than tnude this dis covery when n number of yelping snarling mongrel dogs rushed out ut him like n tmck of wolves. He met their attack by swinging his rifle bar rel around In a circle. The cowardly curs closed about him, but were afraid to leap In within reach of the club. He had not stopped his advance. Nor did he pause or hesitate when over the beads of the leaping, yelling pack he saw the Indian women and children scurry to the tepees and the bucks spring up with their bows and guns. CHAPTER XI. Light in the Darkness. Soon Hardy had approached Into the circle of the firelight. Some of the Indians started to aim their weapons at him. He held up his right hand palm forward. A deep voice called out a gulttirul order. The threatening bucks drew apart to right and left and a naked boy ran forward with a blazing stick to drive off the dogs. Hardy calmly advuueed to the tiro between (he grltu and stolid bucks. There was not one among them who was not Itching to drive n bullet or an arrow through his body, and he knew It. Yet he faced them ns coolly and quietly as If they were his own party. The bucks looked toward tho far sido of the fire, as If for the Signal to strike down the nudticlous Intruder. Hurdy followed their glances and per ceived a blunkct-wriippcd Indian who sat In the midst of the volcanic hush seemingly us placid and immobile a n Huddhu. Ills fuce was down-bent, and so mullled In tho blanket that Hardy could not mako out the fea tures. It wus, however, easy to di vine Mint the mun was the chief of the band. Hardy walked around the fire with his most illgnilled bearing, sat down beside the chief nnd laid his -rllle on the ground between them. He then folded his arms nud waited, his eyes fixed on the lire In u culm, unwavering gaze. There followed u silence of u full minute's duration. He knew that It might end at any moment In an rt tack. His hand gripped the hilt of his pistol on his breast under the edge of his cont. The bucks stealthily shifted their positions until they hud com pletely surrounded the unwelcome vis itor. Hardy sat motionless and gave no sign that he observed them. At last, when the suspense had be come almost unendurable, tho ciilet mu'tered a word to the nearest bin-is. The man glided back toward the larg est tepee. The chief pushed the blan ket fi un his head. Hardy slowly looked n. hie lit him nnd perceived the powerful puilllu of Tl-own-konza, the Thunderbolt. He was to deal with the head chief of the trihis There followed another silence. It was broken by the tread of light feet, and n girl appeared beside tho chief. Hardy caught a glimpse of a gingham skirt, nnd glanced quickly up at the face of the girl. He was met by the frightened ga.o of Oiiiiiu Itedbeur. (Mi I" she murmured. "It Is bud! You oughtn't to'vo come here, sir. f hoy don't like you. Mr. Van said he was going to tell you" A grunt of disapproval from Tlown- konzn cut short tho hurried statement. After n dignified silence the chief spoke to the girl. She clasped her hands and Interpreted In nn anxious murmur: "He says I must be only the tongue between you uud him. He says, why did you He? Why have you not gone away, as you said you would?" I lardy turned and looked direct Into the hnughty face of the chief. "Tell him I did not He. 1 did not sny I would go nwny. I wished to stay and prove myself the friend of the tribe. Your brother told the lie to keep the chiefs from destroying the tribe by attacking me." Olnna's Interpretation brought gut tural exclamations from the surround ing bucks. Hardy was equally un moved by their ferocious glances and the contemptuous rejoinder of Tl-owu-konzu : 'Does the chief of the Longknlves think to destroy a tribe single-hand ed?" "No, nor do I wish others to destroy tho tribe," answered Hardy. "I do not wish the Longknlves to come nnd make war on the tribe. Yet that Is what they will do If I am harmed." Again Olnnn Interpreted In her fluto- Hke tones. This time the chief consid ered .before speaking. Olnna's gold- tinted skin turned n sallow gray. "He he says he will fight if you do not promise to go away!" she gasped. Hardy smiled. "Have no f on r, Olu mi. lie is too great n enter to kui a guest in his camp. Tell him I enme to the reservation to be a friend to the tribe. Though I am a chief of the Longknlves, my heart is good toward his people It would be foolish of him to kill or drive away the friend of his people." This time Tl-nwn-konza gave the In truder an open stare of contempt. The surrounding bucks glared more fero ciously than ever. "He says you are fork-tongued,' Olnnn translated the reply. "He says, If you are a friend, why did you say at the council that you would punish all the tribe for the killing of Nogen? "That is a mistake. I did not say I would punish tho tribe." Olnnn Interpreted the answer nnd tho grim old chief's rejoinder: "The Longknife's mouth was big nt the agency. Here he Is alone In my camp and his mouth Is small." "I talk ns I talked nt the agency. What Tl-owa-konzn claims I snld about punishing the tribe Is not the truth. He Faced Them as Coolly and Quiet ly as If They Were His Own Party, There must hnve been a mistake In the lnterpretiitlonf or tho chiefs did not henr aright. I hud only peace and friendship In my heart. I said that I did not bluine the killing of Mr. Nogen on the tribe." This statement fulled to break Thunderbolt's mask of stolidity though some of the other Indians slightly relaxed their menacing nttl tude. Hardy took off his hat to show the red scar above his temple, und spoke again: "I do not blame the killing of Mr Nogen on the tribe; nor do I blame tho tribe for tho wrongdoing of the badheurted Indian who shot mo In the head five days ago. The same man, or another man with a bad heart, tried to shoot me, lifter sundown to- lay, ns I came up the trail over an the other side of the broken-topped moun tain." Olnna's Interpretation wns met by n guttural "Ugh 1" of surprlso even from the chief. He asked shrewdly: "If the Longknlfe does not lie, Is he not afraid to be In my camp? It Is the nearest to the trail." Hardy smiled and held out his open palm to the chief. "I trust Tl-owa- konza und his people. There is only one bud Indian, nnd even ho may come to feel good In his heart toward me when he lenrns that I nm the Mend or the tribe." Still the old chief's face remnlned Inscrutably Immobile. Ho pondered, and at last niudu another sharp query: The Longknlfe claims that he Is n friend. Why, then, did he say nt tho council that ho will do tho way Nogen did and make my people dig stones ind dirt from the big holes, without Ivlng them nny trade goods for their work?" Hardy's clear eyes dimmed for a moment, und then spnrklod with com prehension, lie unswered with nn arnest sincerity of tone that com pelled belief: "I now see that at tho council Ited beur mistook much of what I told him ty sny, or else, in their anger, Tl-owa- konzn and his siibcblefs fulled to un derstand aright the Interpretation. The place where stones nre dug Is on In dian ground. It belongs to the tribe. No white man has nny right to make your people dig stones. If they ure willing to dig, they must be given trade goods for their work." Tho response to th'.s statement wus unmistakable. The moment that Olnnn had interpreted it the last trace of menace disappeared from the bearing of the Indians, and even the chief began to relax. Yet he had still an other query: "Did the Longknlfe sny he would slop the Issue to the tribe of all gov ernment goods and that he would tuke nwny from the tribe all their lands and give them to the white men?" At last the real cause of the failure of the council was disclosed. Either Intentionally or through stupid blun dering, Uedbear had made the chiefs furious by n twisted Interpretation that hud given the exact reverse of what had been intended. With the key to the situation in his hands, Hardy at once began to make clear what he had tried to tell at the coun ell. He explained why the Issues of goods would cense tho following spring, and what was meant by an at lotting of tribal land In severulty. He added that If there was gold on any of the reservation land It would bo well for the tribe to sell Mint part of whnt they owned; otherwlso bud white men would, soouer on later, come In and steal It. More than half convinced of Hnr ly's sincerity, though with still a lin gering suspicion, Tl-own-konza ox- plained In turn Mint the tribe was not only willing to nllot tho farming lund of the reservation and sell the min eral land, but n treaty to that effect had been agreed upon by the tribe, the previous yenr. All that remained to be done was for tho white chiefs nt Washington to agree on tho price to be paid for the mineral land uud for n delegation of tribal chiefs to go to Washington and put their murks on the treaty pnpor. A question or two from Hardy brought out tho angry complaint that when Nogen began to dig stones he told the chiefs there would be no treaty, and that the tribe must dig tho stones for him, or they would re ceive no more Issue goods. Chief Van and Illg-mouth (Dupont) had tried to get Nogen to give trade goods to the young men and women who had dug holes. Hut Nogen would not allow It. Then a bud Indian had shot Nogen and Van had shot the killer. The tribe did not blame Chief Van. But they hnd felt bad toward Nogen and they bud felt hnd toward the new agent be cause they thought he would do us No gen hud done. Now they would like the new agent. No Indian would wish to kill him when It became known what he Intended to do for tho tribe. After the old chief finished this ex planation, Hardy found himself u wel come and honored guest in tho camp, At his suggestion Tl-own-konza rendlly agreed to send out runners In the morning to cull a council at the mine the day after. Hardy, In turn, prom Ised to draw up papers to make smooth the way of the delegation of chiefs In Washington. At a sign from her grandfather, OIn mi now brought food to the guest While he ntc he talked with her ubout her experience in the camp. She told him Joyously that her mother's father and all his family und band had been very kind to her and hnd been hosplt able, though not so kind, to her broth er. Rut when Hardy casually Inquired whether Itedbeur had left the camp nt the same Mine as Vandervyn, the girl's flow of conversation came to nn abrupt stop. She blushed and stammered and became so painfully shy and confused that Hardy considerately feigned drowsiness. CHAPTER XII. His Duty. At dawn Hardy was roused by Tl-owu-konza with a greeting as friendly ns It wus dignified, though Hardy had to surmise Its meaning from the chief's expression. Olnnu wns already out side, helping with breakfast. While she served her grandfather and the guest, Hardy suggested that she go with him to tho mine, where they prob ably would find Mario nnd the rest of the party. Ileluctunt c.s was Ti-own-konzn to part with his half-white granddaughter, ho ordered her pony brought in and saddled. When she ex plained to Hardy that the mine was only n mile uwuy across the mountain, ho declined the offer of a suddleless mount, took ceremonious leave of the old chief und set out up the mountain side with the girl and a young Indian guide. Hardy noted the bearings nnd dis tances of all prominent points around him with tho rye of one well trained In tho art of topography. A quarter hour brought tho little party to the top of the low mountain. Refore them the far side of the mountain pitched down a steep nnd rocky Incline Into n narrow valley. The silent Indian guide pointed to a terrace" midway down the descent. From amidst the pines wns rising n cloud of blue-hluck smoke. I Soon Olnnn pointed out n cabin i among the pines. They were within fifty yards of It when Vandervyp and . Dupont cume out of a hole in the cliff end of a spur-rld;;o near the cabin, nnd stood staring at the newcomers In un disguised astonishment. Hardy swerved and hastened toward them, his eyes bright and cold. The two men glanced nt one another and ud vanced to meet him halfway. I Dupont wns the first to speak : "By Gnr, Cap, we sure lire mighty glad to see you ng'ln all safe and sound!. Thought you'd gone und lost yourself on thut cussed mountain. The p'leece ure back there now, looking for you." "And you two nre here, I see." dry ly rejoined Hurdy. "I beg your pardon, Captain Hardy," replied Vnndervyn, his eyes Hashing with quick anger. "You told me to go ahead and guard Murle." "I added for you to send the police around to Hunk the assassin." Vnndervyn drew himself up stiffly. "You have my word, sir, Mint I heurd nothing of that." "In common decency, you might hnve returned to sec what had become of me," returned Ilnrdy. Dupont hastened to Interpose: "Mr. Van got the Idea you meant us to rush Marie through here to the mine, where she'd be safe. So we lit out fast ns wo could. The p'leece found your m nre, but lost your trail up In the rocks. First thing this morning we sent tho whole bunch buck to trail you." The honest bluffness of Diipnnt's tone nnd his straightforward statement compelled belief. Hardy nodded. "Very well. I could not expect that either ot you would trouble to go back for me." 'Just the same, we would've, Cap, you can bet your life on It only on ac count of Marie and" The trader turned a dubious glance on Olnnn, and remarked: "I see you stumbled onto old Thunderbolt's camp." "I did," said Hurdy, and he smiled. Thanks to Miss Oinmi, I was able to mako myself better understood than when her brother ncted as Interpre ter. I have renson io believe Mint he wilfully misstated what I snld to the chiefs." "Ry Our!" swore Dupont. "Thnt old Thunderbolt Is a deep one Just like him to try to throw you off the track by laying It ull on Charlie." "I'm not so sure of that, Jake," broke In Vandervyn. "You remember, Char lie wns scared stiff, lie may huve be come muddled." "We-ell, mebbe that had part to do with It. Just tho same, you can't tell mo the whole tribe ain't sore. Look nt tho wuy they've twice tried to gll Cap and potting Churl iu lust night." "Charlie?" gasped Olnnn. "You say Oh, Mr. Dupont, he's not not " "No buck up," brusquely replied Vnndervyn. "Ho was only nipped through the nrni. Ho will be nil right In a few days." RILEY EASY TO UNDERSTAND For That Reason There Is a Class That Refuses to Recognlxs Him as a Great Poet Widelv enloyed and beloved, the poetry of Jumes Whitcomb Itiley will probably always In our lifetime en counter a species of objections In the minds of muny Americans. Ills poetry sings. Its force Is emotional. Its sincere charm Is ubsoluto, and de pends not nt all on being something like something else on the audience's recollection of Greek verse, or fa miliarity with Japanese art, or Im pressionistic landscape. To the kind of render for whom n recognizable, muslcnl Idea limits, Instead of greatly liberating the coinmunlcutive faculty of poetry, to the kind of reader who thinks of poetry as a species of mere tight-mouthed nnd cryptic prose, to the kind of render who Is worried by poets who will not give him, so to speuk, any reliable library references for their Inspiration to such Ameri can readers ns these James Whit comb Riley's poetry must nlways seem ull wrong und misguided. Any one enn understand his songs. I'eo plo hnve ulways been cutting them out of the newspapers nnd reciting them nt Ice-cream sociables and church benefits. They ure u part of the nntlonul consciousness. New Re public. No Danger. "I ought to go nnd see a doctor, hut I'm afraid he'll order me to give up smoking." "Don t let that worry you. 1 know a doctor who owns stock In the tobucco trust." All right? O-o-oh, lliuuk you! sighed the girl. In the stress of the moment she for got Mint they were not nlone. She held out her arms to him nud looked up U.co his face, her soft eyes beaming wttli love und adoration. He frowned, and his voice grateft with harshness: "Don't be a fool I He's In the cabin. Miss Dupont Is taking cure of him. Go nud thank her1, not me." Tears gushed Into (he girl's eyes. Shu drooped her head uud slunk nwny as If Vtindervyn had struck her. Hardy's face became like Iron. "Mr. Vandervyn," he admonished, "do not let me uguln hear you speak to any woman In (hat tone." Vnndervyn shrugged. "The chival rous chevalier! Have It your own way. Now I suppose you'll go In and worry her and rag Charlie Into n fever about balling up Ids interpretation at Iho council." "As for that" began Hurdy. lb stopped short and raised his hat. Marie had come out of the cabin, and wns hastening forward to greet him, her beautiful face radiant. "Cupliilii!" she culled. "You're here really here, safe nnd unhurt I" "Thanks to Miss Redbear." rcpK.-d. Hardy. "Hut how could olnnn surely she did not help you escape the murder er?" "No. It was easy enough to dislodge, the fellow. The difficulty was (o track "In Common Decency You Might Have Returned to See What Had Become of Mo." blm nmoiig those rocks. Soon lost him nnd myself also." "And he escaped to shoot Charlie tho wolf! The poor boy wns tracking a deer over on the ridge half u mile or so this way." "All's well that ends well." Hardy assured her. "I'm here, unhurt, us you see; Itedbeur, I understand, has only n slight wound; nnd the old' chief now knows that I am u friend of the tribe, lie will cull a council to meet us here tomorrow." "A council here?" queried Vander vyn. "Why not?" demanded Hurdy, fix ing him with his keen glance. "Could there be n more suitable place for a tribal council Mum at -the mine which has been the source of all the recent trouble on this reservation?" "Norn d'un olden!" muttered Du pont. "What's that breed girl gone und blubbed?" "Nothing." rejoined Hardy. "She has done no more than interpret be tween the head chief and myself. I huve learned ull ubout Nogen's dishon esty uud his harshness to (lie tribe. It Is well that you and Mr. Vandervyn tried to induce him to be more Just, else I should order you both off the reservation for lying to me." "Lying? Whnt d'yoii mean by that?" blii-:tered Dupont. "Tho word is explicit," said Hardy "Mr. Vandervyn, take your bund from your holster. Miss Dupont, I regret the necessity of making tips reprimand In your presence." The girl's eyes were ablaze with In dignnnt anger. "Regret Is u mild ex cuso for Insulting my father, sir!" Do you believe thut under vyn had anything to do with the attempt to aiuhush Captain Hardy on tho way to the mine and what about the story of Reiulbuur's wound? iir:T:i:i:t;!i,ii!',i-,:;:'!'T;iT,,::P,',i:,!ir;:",!iv::!T::v!':;:;T iP:t!fi:i3'ir::"i!::'!ii: (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tips Cost More Than the Hat. 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Imam tVxm virtual nf T.vrlU I Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is & ability to correct sterility in t. cases oi many women, ims i&ct, well established as evidenced by ti f.illnajlncr luttar nnd hundreds tit ritk- we have published in these colums. ropiar mun, wo. 1 warn ott table Compound r, been to mo. V, had always war a baby in our hc hut I was in tv, health nnd not i' to do my work. I mother and ho band bothureoih tatrvLvdinK.Pii ham's Veg''tl Compound, j j n mv honllh I. iroved and I am now the mother ot I no Viahv irirl And Ha nil mv own hx work."-Mrs. Alua B. Timmons, i Almond St, ropijr uiuii, mo. In many otner nomes, once cnun, there ore now children becouso of t fact that Lydia E. Pinkhom's Vegeti! Compound makes women normi benlthy and Btronff Write to the Lydia E. Plnkham Met cine Co., Lynn, Muss., for advice will be confidential and helpful. w Tho flrat doaa often aitonlsltet the lm,. giving clutlcltv ol mlBi!, bunyrncy flku, GOOD DibtfcllUN, p. regular towel and tollii Ucih. 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M ( there nre 70. , Pessimism Is mental Indigestion, IsWorkToollardM Mnnv kinds of work wear out lf kldueys, and kldni.y trouble w.A-v any kind of work hard. It brln;-M morning lameness, backache, lnM ache, nervousness, rheumatism bl. urinary troubles. If your work i conflnlnc. strains the back, or n poses you to extreme heat or d;'. j or damp, U s well to Keep me k -rn neys octlve. Doans Kidney iei nro reliable and safe, ThousaW recommend them. . ( A Virginia Case e C. I j. Cook, Wi uan St., C'ovlnKton, Vl.. snv: "A bad caso of diphtheria left my kld ny very weak. The Hi t symptom was back arlie that kept growing; worse nnd then the kid ney ceeretlona begun to puss ton frequently and were painful. My limbs swelled nearly twice their normal size and tlioiiuh doctors treated nii. 1 kept getting worse- until l gave up iinpe oivi recovery. Finally. I uscd'ilP Poan'n Klilnev Plha and they curt" me. During tho pant seven ye.'ira, It bavn lmd no further trouble." ,. Cat Doan'a al Any Store), BOe Be ' DOAN'S kp,1dlnlVJ FOSTER MILBURN CO BUFFALO, (it TAG I 'cSs-wlH r nctt JCOl? vtv When you buy Yager's Lini ment vou eet splendid value I The large 2i cent bottle contains four tinir mora than the uiual bottle of Uw meat sold at that price. Try It tor rheumatiun, neuralgia, sciatica, sprains, cuts and bruut. At all dealers price 25 cent. YAGER'S t GILUFRT BROS. A CO. llnlilmore. Mil. STOCK LICK IT-STOCK For Horses, Cattle, SJ"J and Hogs. ContainsC. peras for Worms, Su for the Blood, Saltpf for the Kidneyj, J' Vomlca,aTonlc,andW( Dairy Salt. Used by V erinarians 12 yer 7 Dosing Drop BricKJj (ced-box. Askyourdcir for Rlnrkman's of pl BLACKMAN STOCK REMEDY COMrt) CHATTANOOGA. TENNEStf Thooaanda In Silver "What pnwent tor miani to Hocheator Octupui Mine '"t,; prodni-erfS,0lJ0. Leaie uplrwl leaTlnt o"Bni p audi In ore. Write SttmuelO'Oonnell.liOTelw, tjj niTrilTP WataonE-Colenian, Patents raj W. N. U., BALTIMORE, HO. s vm I c -e v 2 . zrr- LIKE It
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