THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
North of Fifty-Three
BY BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
I (Copyright: Little, Brown & Co.) .
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HAZEL ATONES FOR HER THOUGHTLESSNESS BY MAK
ING A LUCKY "STRIKE."
Synopsia Miss Hazel Weir, 11 stenographer, living nt Oranvlllo.
Ontario, Is placed under n cloud by circumstances fur which who In
entirely blameless. To escape from the groundless gossip that pursues
her, she secures n position as schoolteacher nt Cariboo Meadows, In a
wild part of Hrltish Colmnlda. There, at a hoarding house, she first
sees "Itoarlng Iiill" WagstafT, a well-known character of the country.
Soon after her arrival Hazel loses her way while walking In the woods.
She wanders until night when she reaches "Roaring Rill's" camp fire
In the woods. He promises to take her home In the morning, hut she
Is compelled to spend the night In the words. After wandering In the
woods all the next day, "Roaring 15111" finally admits that he Is taking
Hazel to his cabin In the mountains. Hazel finds upon their arrival nt
the cabin that she cannot hope to escape from the wilderness before
spring. Iniring the long winter "Roaring Rill" treats Hazel with the
tfreulest respect. He tells her he loves her and tries to Induce her to
marry him, but she refuses. In (lie spring he takes her to Rella Coola,
where she can get a boat to Vancouver, At Vancouver Hazel takes a
train for Granville, but on the way she reidizes that she loves Wagstaff
and decided to return to him. "Roaring 15111" Is overjoyed and to
gether they travel to a Hudson bay post and nre married. After
several mouths they decide to go farther Into the mountains to a spot
where Rill Is confident there Is gold. Arrived at their destination, Rill
builds a cabin and cuts sufficient liny to feed the horses till spring.
Hazel allows sparks fi;om the chimney to set fire to the stable, which Is
burned with idl the liny. To keep the animals from death by starva
tion, Rill Is compelled to shoot them.
CHAPTER XII.
11
I Jack Frost Withdraws.
i All through the month of January
each evening, as dusk folded Its som
ber mantle about the niendow, the
wolves gathered to feast on the dead
horses, till Hazel's nerves were
trulned to the snapping point. Some
times, when Rill was gone, and all
bout the cabin was utterly still, one,
bolder or hungrier than his fellows,
would trot across the meadow, drawn
liy the scent of the meat. Two' or
three of these II:v.el shot with her
own rifie.
Rut when February marked another
span mi the calendar the wolves came
no more. The hones were clean.
' There was no impending misfortune
4r dr.nger thnt she could point to or
forecast with certitude. Nevertheless,
rniggle against It as she might, know
ing it for pure psychological phenom
ena arising out of her harsh environ
motit. Hazel suffered continual vague
forebodings. The bald, white peaks
eeined to surround her like a prison
from which thpre could he no release.
From day to day she was harassed by
dismal thoughts. She would wake In
the night clutching at her husband.
Such days as he went out nlone she
passed In restless anxiety. Something
would happen. What It would be she
ifld not know, but to her It seemed
that the bleak stage was set for un
toward dranin, and they two the pup
pets that must play.
When Rill drew her up close In his
arms, the intangible menace of the
wilderness and nil the dreary monot
ony of the days faded Into the back
tronnd. Rut they, no more than oth
ers who have tried and failed for lnck
of understanding, could not live their
lives with their heads in an emotlonnl
cloud. For every action there must
be a corresponding reaction. They'1
.who have the capacity to reach the
heights must likewise, upon occasion,
plumb the depths. Life, she begnn to
realize, resolved Itself into an unend
ing succession of little, trivial things,
with here and there some freat event
looming out above all the rest for its
bestowal of happiness or pain.
February and March stormed a path
furiously across the calendar. Higher
and higher the drifts idled about the
cabin, till nt length It was bunked to
the eaves with snow save vt'here 15111
shoveled It away to let light to the
windows. Tny after day they kept
Indoors, stoking up the fire, listening
to the triumphant whoop of the winds.
"Snow, snow!" Hazel hurst out one
day. "Frost that cuts you like a
knife. I wish we were home again or
some place."
"So do I, little person," Rill said
gently. "Rut spring's almost at the
uoor. iiang on a ill tie longer. We ve
made a fair stake, anyway, If we don't
wash an ounce of gold."
', "How are we going to get It nil out?"
.She voiced a troublesome thought.
"Shoulder pack to the Skeenn," he
answered laconically. "Rulld a dugout
There, and float downstream. Portage
'the rapids as they come."
"Oh, Rill!" She came and leaned
fcer head against him contritely. "Our
poor ponies ! And it was all my care
lessness." "Never mind, hon," ho comforted.
"They blinked out without suffering.
And we'll make It like a charm. He
,Sume It'll soon be spring."
! Ry April the twentieth the abdica
tion of Jack Frost was complete. A
kindlier despot ruled the land, and Rill
Wagstaff began to talk of gold.
'
. . . thnt precious yellow metal sought
by men
In regions desolate.
Pursued In patient hope or furious
toll;
Breeder of discord, wars, and murder
ous hute;
The victor's spoil.
So Hazel quoted, leaning over her
husband's shoulder. In the bottom of
his pan, shining among a film of black
Band, lay half n dozen bright specks,
varying from pin-point size to the big
ness of a grain of wheat.
"That's the tuft" Rill murmured
"It looks as If we'd struck It pretty
fair. R's time, too the June rise will
hit lis like a whirlwind one of these
duys."
"About whnt Is the value of those
little pieces?" Hazel asked.
"Oh, lift v or sixty cents," he an
swered. "Not much by Itself. Rut It
seems to be uniform over the bar
and I cau wash n good many pans In
day's work."
"I should think so," she remarked.
"It didn't take you ten minutes to do
that one."
"White y Lewis and I took out over
two hundred dollars a duy on thnt
other creek last spring no, a year last
spring, It wns," he observed remlnls
cently. "This Isn't ns good, but It's not
to be sneezed nt, cither. I think I'll
make me a rocker."
"I enn help, can't I?" she said en
Rerly. "Sure," he smf-1. "You help a lot,
little person, Just sitting around and
keeping me company."
"Rut I want to work," she declared.
"I've sat around .now till I'm getting
(he fidgets."
"All right; I'll give you a job," he
returned good-naturedly. "Meantime,
let's eat that lunch you packed up
here."
In a branch of (ho creek which
flowed down through the basin, Rill
had found plentiful colors as soon as
the first big run-off of water had fallen.
He had followed upstream painstak
ingly, panning colors always, and now
and then a few grains of coarse gold
to encourage him In the quest. The
loss of their horses precluded ranglnir
far afield to that other glacial stream
which he had worked with Whitey
Lewis when he was a free lance In the
North. He wns close to his bnse of
supplies, and he had made wages
with always the prospector's lure of
rich strike on the next bar.
"In the morning," said he, when
lunch wns over, "I'll bring nlong the nx
and some nulls and a shovel, and get
busy."
That night they trudged down to the
cabin In high spirits. Rill had washed
out enough during the nfternoon to
make a respectnble showing on Hazel's
outspread handkerchief. And Hazel
was in a gleeful mood over the fact
that she had unearthed a big nugget
by herself. Beginner's luck, Rill said
teaslngly, but that did not diminish
her elation.
As the days passed there seemed no
question of their complete success.
Rill fabricated his rocker, a primitive,
boxlike device with a blanket screen
and transverse sluts below. It wns
faster than the pan, even rude us It
was. and It caught all but the finer
particles of gold.
A queer twist of luck put the cap
shenf on their undertaking. Hazel run
n splinter of wood Into her hand, thus
putting a stop to her activities with
shovel and pnll. Until the wound
lost Its soreness she was forced to be
Idle. So she rambled along the creek
one afternoon, armed with hook and
line on n pliant willow lu search of
sport.
The trout were hungry, and struck
fiercely at the bait. She soon had
plenty for supper and breakfast.
In the Bottom of His Pan Lay Half a
Dozen Bright Specks.
Wherefore she abandoned that diver
sion and took to prying tentatively
In the lee of certain boulders on
edge of the creek prospecting on her
own Initiative, ns It were. She had no
pan, and only one hand to work with,
but she knew gold when she saw 14
and, aftw all, It wns but nn l(lo
method cf killing time.
In this search the cninc upon a
large, rusty pefelle, snuggled on the
downstream etde of nn overhanging
rock right at the water's edge. It at
tracted her first by its symmetrical
form, n perfect oval; then, when she
lifted It, by Its astonishing weight.
She continued her search for the plnk-Ish-red
stones, carrying the rusty
pebble nlong. I'resently she worked
her way back to where Roaring Rill
labored prodigiously.
"Look at these pretty stones I
found," she said. "What are they,
BUI?"
"Those?;" He looked nt her out
stretched palm. "Garnets."
"Gurnets? They must be vuluable
then," she observed.
"Yes, If you can find any of nny
size. What's the other rock?" he In
quired casually. "You making a col
lection of specimens?"
"That's Just a funny stone I found,"
she returned. "It must be Iron or
something. It's terribly heavy for Its
size."
"Kh? Let me see It," he snld.
She hu tided It over.
He weighed' It In his palm, scruti
nized It closely, turning It over and
over. Then he took out his knife and
scratched the rusty surface vigorously
for a few minutes.
"Huh!" he grunted. "Look nt your
funny stone."
lie held It out for her Inspection.
The blade of the knife had left a dull
yellow scar.
"Oh!" she gasped. "Why It's
goid !"
"It Is, womnn," he declnlmed, with
mock solemnity. "Gold glittering
gold!
"Say. where did you find this?" he
asked when Hazel stnred nt the nug
get, dumb lu the fnce of this unex
pected stroke of fortune.
"Just nround the second bend," she
cried. "Oh, Bill, do you suppose
there's any' more there?"
"Lead me to It with my trusty pnn
and shovel, and we'll see," Bill smiled
Forthwith they set out. Tho over
hanging boulder wns n sennt ten min
utes' wnlk up the creek.
m Ithln five minutes his fingers
brought to light a second lump, double
the size of her find. Close upon that
he winnowed a third. Hazel leaned
over him, breathless. At last he
reached bottom. The boulder thrust
out below In n natural shelf. From
this Bill carefully scraped the accumu
lation of black sand and gravel, glean
Ing ns a result of his labor a baker's
dozen of assorted chunks one giant
that must have weighed three pounds.
He sat back on his haunches, und
looked nt his wife, speechless.
"Is thnt truly all gold, Rill?" she
whispered Incredulously.
"It certainly Is ns good gold ns ever
went Into the mint," he nssured. "All
laid In n nice little nest on this shelf
of rock. That's a real, honest pocket,
And a well-lined one, If you ask me."
"My goodness!" she murmured
'There might bo wagonlonds of It In
this creek."
"There might, but It Isn't likely."
Bill shook his head. "This Is a simon
pure pocket, and It would keep n grnd
uate mineralogist guessing to say how
It got here, because It's n different
proposition from the wash gold In the
creek bed. It's rich placer ground,
nt thaf but this pocket's nlmost un
believable. Must be forty pounds of
gold tb -re. And you found It. You're
the original mascot, little person."
He bestowed a bearlike hug upon
ner.
"Now whnt?" she asked. "It hnrdly
seems real to pick up several thou
snnd dollars In half an hour or so like
this. Whnt will we do?"
"Do? Why, bless your denr soul,"
he laughed. "We'll Just consider our
selves extra lucky, and keep right on
with the game till the high water
makes us quit."
Which wns a contingency nearer nt
hnnd than even Bill, with a first-hand
knowledge of the North's vagaries In
the way cf flood, quite anticipated.
Three days nfter the finding of tho
pocket the whole floor of the creek
was awash. His rocker went down
stream overnight. When BUI saw
that he rolled himself a cigarette, and,
putting one long nrm across his wife's
shoulders, said whimsically:
"What d'you say we start home?"
CHAPTER XIII.
The Stress of the Trail.
Roaring Bill dumped his second nnck
on the summit of the KInppnn, nnd
looked nwny to where the valley that
opened out of the basin showed Its
blurred hollow in the distance. But
ho uttered no useless regrets. With
horses they could have ridden south
through a rolling country, where everv
stretch of timber gave on a grass-
grown level. Instend they were forced
back over the rugged route by which
they had crossed the range the sum
mer before. Grub, beddiue. furs nnd
gold totaled two hundred nounds. On
his sturdy shoulders Bill could pack
naif that weight. For his wife the
thing was a physical Impossibility,
even had he permitted her to try.
Hence every mile ndvanced meant that
he doubled the distance, relaying from
one camp to the next. Thev cut their
bedding to a blanket apiece, nnd that
was Hazel's load all he would allow
her to envy.
"You're no pack mule, little person,"
he would say. "It don't hurt me. I've
done this for years."
.But even with nbnormnl strength
nnd endurance, it wns killing wofk to
buck those rngged slopes with a heavy
load. Only by terrible, unremitting ef
fort could he advance any appreciable
distance. They were footsore, nnd
their bodies ached with weariness that
verged on pain when they rained tho
pass that cut the summit of tho Klap
pan run 4c.
"Well, we're over the hump," Bill re
marked thankfully. "It's a downhill
shoot to the Skeeua. I don't think it's
more tjian fifty or sixty miles to whure
we can take to the water."
They innde better time on the west
ern slope, but the Journey became a
matter of sheer endurance. Food wns
scanty Hour nnd salt nnd tea; with
uieut and fish got by the way. And
the black files and mosquitoes
swarmed ubout them maddeningly duy
und night.
So they came at lust to the Skeena,
nnd Hazel's heart misgave her when
she took note of Its swirling reaches,
the sinuous eddies a deep, swift,
treacherous stream. But LIU rested
overnight, and In the morning sought
und felled u sizable cedar, and begun
to hew. Slowly the thick trunk
shaped Itself to the form of a bout
under the steady swing of his ax.
Iu a week It wus finished. They
loaded the suck of gold, the bundle of
furs, their mcuger camp outfit umld
ships, und swung off Into tho stream.
The Skeena drops fifteen hundred
feet In a hundred miles. Wherefore
there are rapids, bulling stretches of
white water In which many a good
canoe has come to grief. Some of
these they run at Imminent peril. Over
the worst they lined the cunoe from
the bunk. And In the second week
of July they brought up at tho head
of Klsplox Cuuon. Hnzcltou lay a few
miles below. But the Klsplox stayed
them, a sluice box cut through old
stone, iu which the waters ruged with
a deafening roar. No man ventured
Into that wild gorge. They abandoned
the dugout. BUI slung the suck of
gold nnd the bale of furs on his buck.
"It's the last lap, Hazel," said he.
"We'll leave the rest of It for the first
Siwash that happens along."
So they set out bravely to trudge
the remaining distance. And ns the
fortunes of tho trull sometimes be
full, they raised an Indian camp on
r
(J
"Oh Bill," Hazel Called from the Bow.
"Look!"
the bank of the river nt the mouth of
the canon. A ten-dollar bill made
them possessors of another ennoe, and
an hour later the roofs of Hazelton
cropped up above tho bank.
"Oh, Rill," Hazel called from the
bow. "Look I There's the same old
steamer tied to the same old bank.
We've been gone n year, nnd yet tho
world hasn't changed a mite. I won
der If Hazelton has taken a Rip van
Winkle sleep all this time?"
"No fear," he smiled. "I can see
some new houses quite n few, In fact.
And look by Jlininy! They're work
ing on the grade. That railroad, re
member?" He drove the canoe alongside a flont.
A few loungers viewed them with
frank curiosity. Bill et out the treas
ure sack and the hule of furs, and tied
the cunoe.
"A new hotel, by Jove!" he.ro
mnrked, when upon gaining the level
of the town n new' two-story building
bluzoned with n huge sign Its func
tion us a hostelry. "Getting quite
metropolitan In this neck of the woods.
Say, little person, do you think you
can relish a square meal? liuuked
steak nnd lobster salad huh? I won
der If they could ruktle a sulud In this
mnn's town? Suy, do you know I'm
Just beginning to find out how hungry
I urn for the flesh-pots. Aren't you,
hon?"
She was; frankly so. For long,
monotonous months she hud been
struggling ugaiust Just such cravings,
Impossible of realization, und there
fore all the more tautullzlng. She had
been a year In the wilderness, nnd
tho wilderness had not only lost Its
glamor, but had become a thing to
flee from. She bestowed n glad pres
sure on her husband's arm as they
walked up the street, Bill carrying the
sack of gold perched carelessly on one
shoulder.
"Sny, (heir enterprise hns gone the
length of establishing u brunch bank
here, I see."
He called her nttentloti to n square
footed edifice, Its new-boarded walls
ns yet guiltless of paint, except where
n row of black letters set forth that
It was the Bank of British North
America.
"That's a good plnce to stow this
bullion," he remarked. "I want to get
It off my hands."
So to the bnnk they bent their steps.
A solemn, horse-faced Englishman
weighed the gold, nnd Issued Bill n re
ceipt, expressing a polite regret thut
luck of facility to determine its fine
ness prevented him from converting it
Into cash.
"That means a trip to Vancouver,"
Bill remarked outside. "Well, we cun
stand that."
From the bnnk they went to the
hotel, registered, nnd were shown to
a room. For the first time since the
summit of the Klnppan Range, where
her tiny hand glass had suffered dis
aster, Hazel was permitted a clear
view of herself In-a mirror.
"I'm a perfect fright !" she mourned.
"Huh!" Bill grunted. "You're all
right. Look nt me."
The trnll had dealt hnrdly with both,
In the matter of their persoiid appear
ance. Tanned to nn abiding brown,
they were, und Hazel's one-time
smooth fnce was spotted with fly bltun
and marked with certain scratches
suffered In the brush ns they skirted
the Klsplox. Her hair hnd lost Its
sleek, glossy smoothness of arrange
ment. Her hands were reddened and
rough. iUit chiefly she was concerned
with the and state of her apparel. She
had ctine a mutter of foiiy hundred
miles lnhe clothes on her back acd
they bore unequlvocul evidence of the
Journey.
"I'm n perfect fright," she repeated
pettishly. "One's manners, morals,
clothing, and complexion nil' suffer
from too dose contuct with your be
loved North. BUI."
"Thnnks!" he returned shortly. "I
suppose I'm a perfect fright, too. Ltjug
hair, whiskers, grimy, calloused bunds,
and all the retf of It. A shave aud n
hair cut, a bt.lh and a new suit of
clothes will remedy that. But I'll be
quality thut I wus when I sweated
over the Klnppr.n with a hundred!
pounds on my buck." I
"I hope so," she retorted. "I don't
require the shove, thank goodness, but
I certululy need a bath and clothes
I wish I had the gray suit that's prob
ably getting all moldy and moth-eaten
at the I'lne River cV'In. I wonder if
I cun get anything fit to wear here?"'
"Women live here," Bill returned
quietly, "and I suppose the stores sup
ply 'em with duds. Unllmber that
bank roll of yours, and do some shop
ping." She sat on the edge of the bed, re
garding her reflection In the mirror
with extreme disfavor. BUI fingered
his thick stubble of a beard for a
thoughtful minute. Then he sat down
beside her.
"What's a mollah, hon?" he wheed
led. "Whnt makes you such a crosser
patch all at once?"
"Oh, I don't know," she answered
dolefully. "I'm tired and hungry, and
I look a fright and oh, Just every
thing." '
"Tut, tut!" he remonstrated good
nuturedJy. "That's Just mood again.
We're out of the woods, literally and
figuratively. If you're hungry, let's go
and sec what we can make this hotel
produce In the way of grub, before
wo do anything else."
"I wouldn't go Into their dining-
room looking like this for the world,"
she snld decisively.
"All right; you go shopping, then,"
ho proposed, "while I tnke these furs
up to old Hack's place and turn them
Into money. Then we'll dress, nnd
make this hotel feed us the best
they've got. Cheer up. Maybe It wus
tough on you to slice a yenr out of
your life and lcavo It In a country
where there's nothing but woods nnd
eternal silence but we've got nround
twenty thousand dollars to show for
It, Ilnzel. And one enn't get some
thing for nothing. There's a price
mnrk on It somewhere, always. Be
my good little pnl nnd see If you enn't
mnkc one of these stores dig up a
white wnlst nnd a blnck skirt, like you
had on the first time I snw you."
He kissed her, and went quickly out.
And after a long time of sober stnrlng
nt her image in the glass Hazel shook
herself Impatiently.
"I'm a silly, selfish, Incompetent lit
tle beast," she whispered. "Bill ought
to thump me, Instead of being kind.
I enn't do anything, and I don't know
much, and I'm u scarecrow for looks
right now. And I started out to be a
real partner."
The occasional use of Roman T.y Balsam
at lilnht will pi event anil relieve tirad
eyes, watery eyes, and eyu strain. Adv.
Aerial Post.
"How did you send your fugitive
poetry?"
"Naturally, In the flying mall."
Whenever You Need a General
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Tata the Old Standard UllOVK'S TASTKMSH chill
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True.
"Pa, what Is success?"
"Something that every
have If he'll go nfter It."
man can
8oothe Itching Skins
With Cutlcura. Buthe with Cutlcura
Sonp and hot water, dry nnd apply the
Ointment. This usually nffords relief
and points to speedy henlment. For
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Soup 25, Ointment 25 and 00. Adv.
Natural Difficulty.
"I want lids boy flogged, sir. He Is
a bud egg." "In that case, It Is no use
trying to whip him."
Bill suddenly realizes that
Hazel Is tired of the wilderness
and he decides on a move that is
to have a big effect on their
later lives. A hint of what is to
come is given in the next installment.
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v i-criiiiii jiietlj snow IIIHI ng
savoir faire. A wealthy Madison lir
ker took her to n liroailway cafe m
evening after the show, ami i1H,
their cocktails were set before t!ii.a
mo broker lifted his glass ami hm
" 'I should like to propose u llttfo
toast.
"The show girl shrugged her bea
til ill white shoulders.
"'Xothln' doing, dear boy,' she suH
i want a square ineul.
What is Castorla
C ASTORIA la a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing: Syrups. It is pleasant It contains neither
Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is . its guv
nntee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief
of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverish,
ness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels,
aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep,
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over
80years, has borne the signature of Chua. II. Fletcher, and has been made under
his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-Good" are bet Experiments that
imiu wiw ami enuunger me neuun 01 iniants ana y
Children Experience against Experiment. rSFJ j "f
Genuine Castorla always bears the signature of LduZiy fJUJt
EES2S
(TO UK CONTINCED.)
ANIMALS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS
Polar Bear, Who Passes His Time In
Icy Waters, Is Regarded Best,
Though Not Swiftest.
Nearly all animals are better swim
mers than man and take to the water
naturally. The rhinoceros nnd hippo
potamus nre wonderful swimmers und
divers, while the Indian elephant
crosses great rivers with heavy loads,
London TIt-Itlts states.
Tho elk and the reindeer nre first
class swimmers. The elk keeps his
bend above water and crosses directly
from hank to bank to avoid turning.
The reindeer, on the other hand, turns
ns often as he likes, keeping his head
only n little above the surface. But of
all swimmers of all climes the best,
though not the swiftest. Is the polar
bear, who passes half his time In the
wnter swimming aud diving. His
swimming power is nothing short of
miraculous If It be remembered that
the water In the regions he frequents
Is Invariably cold and that cold Is nor
mally prohibitive to good swimming.
There tire bears that can swim from
twenty-five to thirty miles without
great effort.
One of the swiftest swimming ani
mals Is the squirrel. A sportsman on
one occasion, having at hand a squir
rel born In captivity, which had never
seen water, wanted to see if it could
swim and took it with him in a row
boat to the center of the lake. Tho
squirrel turned toward the bank, head
and paws above the water, back and
tall underneath It, and began to swim
so rapidly that It was with the great
est dllllculty that the man recovered It
when It reached the shallow water
near the land.
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)(F0R YOUR STOMACH'S SAKD
Most Startling Endorsement
t m Ever Published
Mr. A. W. Cramer. Reirlatered Pharmacist anil
pniKiriit of Piano, Uliooia, write under data of
Llaceinber 12, VMi y
Eutnn!e Remedy Co-
Chicago, 111.
Cenflamen-'-ThefoIlowlnirfneiaentwIiteh hap
pened in my place of uuainca I know will be of
great intcroat to you, and, I hope, of great benetit
wnumauiir, morally ana nnysical v.
jp quantity Of A TONIC piled on my
As I recentlv minaed aho. mil Lnnwind
neither myself nor clerk had sold It. I could not
show case.
Comes Back
and Pays For It
It's the Acid Test
of Man and Eatonic
They Both Win!
It takes a bis man to stand up
and aay "1 am wrong and willing to
do right" and it ia needless to aay
that thin poor lufferer will not want
(or EATONIC as long as he livea.
r To stomach aufTvrers and those
not getting full strength out of
their food. Buffering from iudi
sreation, dyspepaia, sour stomach,
bloaty, gatiy feeling after enUng,
stomach diitreaa of any kind, we
say. Go. get a box of EATON IC to
day, uae it according to the direc
tion! and you will know what real
etomach comfort rme&na. TenB of
thnufliimta all over tho land are tialng
t ATONIC and testify to Ita powers to
heal. If vera auSer another day it la
your own faulty
EATONIC eiwta llttla-a cent or two a
day. UuycAlUNlCframyourdruuiist.
Sox) for lha "B.lp" Book, AddroM Estonls Roiaadr Co., 1018-24 So. Wiosib An.. Cbkaia
tw-aiytav'jjiwiii
IQaarffiflaTr-'
Bccuuuworiia Disappearance, leatcrday morning
man walked into my store and said: "Mr.
Cramer, I owe you fifty c enta for a bos of
EATONIC which I atole from your show case. I
am bothered with stomach trouble and, not hay
ing the money to spare to get a box, I took it.
EATONIC has done me ao much good my consci
ence bothered ma until I had to come back and
poyforit.,
This is the most wonderful testimonial state
ment to all my experience in the interest of
anypreparation. It ia positive proof.to my mind,
that EATON It! Is all that is claimed for it If it
bad not helped this man hla consciencewould bave -kft
him unmolested. Very truly yours.
A. W. Cramer."
Evolution of the Lamp.
Ir. Walter Clark of I'hlladelphlu
has recently made some Interesting In
vestigations to find out how the old
time lighting conditions In his city
compare with those of today, says the
I'opulur Science Monthly. Ho hns dis
covered that until ns late ns 1835, only
dickering sperm oil and cundles were
In use. Not until the following decade
did the "highly Improved" kerosene
lamp appear. Cias did not come out
until the period between 1805 nnd 1875.
And then only the wealthy could use
It. It sold nt $2.00 per thousand cubic
feet I The elllclent Welslmcli mantle
came out ten years later, revolutioniz
ing artificial Illumination. The pres
ent era began In 1S95, when gas nnd
electricity came Into general use gna
selling nt $1 per thousand cubic feet
and electricity nt 10 cents per kilo
watt hour. Since that time the gas
mantle nnd the electric filament have
seen vast Improvements, so that today
tho overage family Is obtaining nboiit
eighteen times ns much light ns the
people of half a century ago.
"Doctoring" Heliotrope.
The delicate helV.tropc Is Scarce and
unprofitable to the perfumer. Ho de
tects In Its odor, however, the p.roma
of vnulla combined with tho sharper
scent of bitter almonds. Therefore, ho
adds to n tincture of vnulla a small
quantity of the otto of hitter almonds
nnd rose nnd orange flower essence,
and thus easily makes extract of hello-trope.
It meane a miserable condition of ill health that leads to all sorts of special
ailments such as headache, backache, dyspepsia, dizziness, indigestion, pains ol
arious kinds, piles and numerous other disorders CONSTIPATION is a crime
against nature, and no human being can bo well for any length of time while
constipated. DR. TUTT'S LIVER PILLS i. the remedy and has been used
uccessfully all over this country for 72 years. Get a box and see how it feels
to have your liver and bowels resume their health-giving natural function.
For sale at all druggists and dealera everywhere.
Dr-'TutTs Lhrer fills
Cheerful Greeting.
The other day I went to n bakery
shop In the West Knd. While I was
waiting for my war bread In came n
man In khaki ' who had just returned
from the front.
"Why, Lieutenant ," snld the bnk
eress, "are you bnckT I've been look
ing nnxiously for you every day In the
casualty list." St. Louis Star.
Everything comes to him who wuf
but the chap who hustles usually geU
It first.
rnr speedy snd effective action Dr. Vttff
Tead rihot" has no equal. One doao ""
will clean out Worms or Tapeworm.
In most cases n man seems to thin
that his wrongs begin almost Hi""
dlntely nfter his wedding rites.
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY
h(n you're fifty, your body begins to
creak a little at the hinges. Motion is
more slow nfid deliberate. "Not so young
as I used to be" is a frequent nnd unwel
come thought. Certain bodily functions
upon which good health nnd good spirits
so much depend, are impaired. The weak
spot is generally the bladder. Unpleasant
symptoms show themselves. Painful and
annoying complications in other organs
arise. This is particularly true with el
derly people. If you only know how, this
trouble can be obviated.
For over 200 years COLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil has been relieving the in
convenience and pain due to advancing
years. It is a standard, old-time home
remedy, and needs no introduction. It is
now put up in odorless, tasteless capsules.
These are easier and more pleasant to tuke
than the oil in bottles. .
Each capsule contains about one otae of
five drops. Take them just like you would
nny pill, with a small swallow nf water.
Care of Flutes.
Flutes sometimes suffer from nny
abrupt change la the weather, and T'iev pk int0. the "'tcm and throw off
should therefore be kept la chamois VLV"Z """tK m "liZv:i:
Um game newonality. In every essential leather, I
those stiffened joints, that backache, rhetf
matiam, lumbago, sciatica, gall stones,
gravel, "brick dust," etc. They are J
effective remedy for all diseases of "j
bladder, kidney, liver, stomach and a"ica
organs.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Carm,!f
cleanse the kidneys and purifv the blot
They frequently ward off attacks of tl
dangerous and fatal diseases of the k,aj
neys. They have a benelicial effect. J
often completely euro the diseases "f i".
bodily organs, allied with the bladJc J4
kidneys. ,
If you are troubled with soreness RCfJ
tho loins nr with "simple" aches and Psl
in the back tnke warning, it may ,(i
preliminary indications of pome lre"J"j
malady which can be warded off or cu
if taken ia time.
Go to vonr druggist today and get J"
of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cap
Money refunded if thev do not help 1"
Three sizes. GOLD MEDAL are the pu
original imported Haarlem Oil CPSU"
Accept No Substitutes. Adv, i