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be continued.
“Hello, Phil, di
old farm yet?”
The speaker, leaning languidly
against the top rail of the fence, held
a cigarette in the most improved style
between his two forefingers and oc-
casionally puffed slowly at it.
Phil Dryden looked up from his
ging away at the
ne
plantinz and responded: “Why, EQ,
is tha. you? When did you come
down?”
«Ran down last night on the early
train. Taking a few days’ vacation,
and thought I'd like to see the old
place.” Phil glanced rather enviously
at the well-dressed smoker, and then
dropped his eyes a little shamefacenly
to his own coarse, ill-fitting and faded
clothes.
“Why do you stay down here, Phil,
and use yourself up on this old farm?’
Ed Spencer continued. *l
think you'd go to the city and get a
better job. If you hate farming 5 1
always did, you would.”
Phil's face flushed a frifl The
contrast between his appearance and
that of his old school friend made him
uneasy.
“I have thought of it several times,’
he replied slowly, “but there's so much
to do here, and then——"
“Oh, shucks! You hate to make the
plunge. So did 1. But after the first
break it’s all so much better. Cleat
sailing then. 1 just picked up my
things, and made the start. And now!
—well, I'm going to get a raise next
month, and then I'll take it easier
than now.”
“I suppose the work is pleasanter,”
Phil stammered, “and the pay is bet.
ter.”
“Beiter?” answered Ed, a little con-
temptuously. ‘Why, cash
there for your work, but on the farm
you don’t. I'll bet you haven't seen
as much money as this in a year.”
Producing a roll of bills, the speak-
er flipped them carelessly through his
fingers, exposing to view several of
high denominations.
“That's what you get
“It’s cash-—cvery
should
you get
in the e¢ity,”
week
or month.”
Phil said nothing, but his mind was
feverishly active. Suddenly he asked
apxicusiy: “I suppose it's hard to get
a geod position at first, isn't it?”
“Yes, and no. If you have influence
it’s dead easy; if you don’t you have
to hunt around a bit.”
1d Spencer flung away his cigarette,
and added confidentially:
“1f you're thinking of making the
change, let me know. I may help you.
I know the ropes a little. Just send
me word when you've made up your
mind.”
Phil kicked a lump of dirt with the
toe of his shoe. Ed seemed to compre-
hend the state of his mind, and asked,
gmilingly: “How are the crops, any-
way ?—slow as ever?”
A flash of resentment appeared in
Phil's eyes, for he knew the question
was asked in well-bred derision.
“Oh, they're pretty good,” Phil re-
plied with dignity. “1’ll harvest a
good crop this season if——-"
“If potato bugs don’t eat up every-
thing, and cabbage worms don’t finish
what's left,” laughed Ed, as he turned
to leave. “Well, I must be going. 1
want to see the old place and get back
to the city soon’s I can. Its pretty
slow here.”
He consulted a watch
which hung at the end of a gold
chain.
“Remeniber me to he called
over his shoulder. suppose she's
well.”
When the two ated, Phil Dry-
den picked up his hoe and stood for
retreat-
several minutes staring at the
ing form. Contending emotions pos-
gessed him. The old rebell i
roge up to make his thoughts bitter
and disquieting.
Life on the farm was drudgery, he
thought, and a dozen times he had sec-
retly longed to leave it behind, to be-
gin work in the city. The opportunity
had never been presented quite so
forcibly as today, and he felt that the
decisive moment had come.
«111 do it,” he firmly muttered after
the space of five minutes of silent
thought. “I'll do it now. Uncle Ned
can get along without me. He can
hire someone else in my place. I've
delayed too long already.”
Thereafter the planting progressed
slowly. Phil's mind was not on his
work and several times he had to go
over his hoeing to repair damages
carelessly done.
It was late in the afternoon, and
Phil cut the day's work short by an
hour. As he trudged up to the old
farmhouse his face was brightened by
the thoughts of his newly-formed
plans.
“Hello, Bess!” he called, as a slim
girt of sixteen met him.
«you're back carly, Phil,”
it
1t
ums spl
Jess re-
plied. “You can’t expect supper yet
a while. Why, the sun is an hour
high.”
«Qh, I'm not after supper,” the hoy
responded. “I've made up my mind
to quit for good. Bess, I'm going to
the city!”
His sister stared at him in amaze-
ment for a moment. Phil continued
in explanation of his sudden an-
nouncement: “I'm going to gei a po-
sition in the city, and leave the farm
for good. I've just had a talk with
Ed Spencer, and he says he can get
me a position when I want it.”
“Ed Spencer? Is he home again?”
asked Bess.
“Only for a few days. He can't
stand it here much longer than a few
days at a time, it’s so slow. I don't
blame him, either, for it is slow—
terribly slow and dull.”
The boy removed his hat and wiped
his forehead. 0
“But, Phil, if you go to the city
what will become of me?’ queried his
sister in a weak voice.
“You? Why can’t
with Aunt Matty and
There was genuine
boy’s voice, and this was increased
when he saw that Bess had turned a
shade paler than usual.
“Oh, suppose |
was the quiet answer,
occur to you that 1
and-—and-
There was a suspicious weakness
in the voice, and when it grew husky
the girl stopped and turned her face
away.
“Why, B I don’t see—why, in
time I'd take you to the city, too.
I'd get a good position and work up
in it and then we'd live there togeth-
er.”
“Yes, but how many years would
I have to wait?’ resentfully replied
vou stay here
Uncle Ned?”
surprise ‘in the
ves, | could stay,”
“hut did it ever
might be lonely,
the l. “Do you think Ed Spencer
could support his sister? And if he
could, why doesn’t he? I'm sure he
hard enough time to pinch
Jut,” began Phil in self-extenua-
tion, “I'm not like Ed Spencer in some
respects, and-—--"’
“No, and I'm thankful you're not,”
interrupted Bess.
A glow of pride made Phil quiet and
more thoughtful. He remembered
now that Ed's sister worked hard at
dressmaking, besides her duties on the
farm, to make both ends meet. In a
dim way he seemed to remember sev-
eral of Ed's selfish ways when they
were school companions, and he ad-
mitted that he did not treat his sister
very liberally. The flash of the roll
of bills appeared before his mind, and
he wondered if Ed would present his
hard-worked sister with some of the
money. Probably they were all for
her—a birthday present, perhaps, for
Mandy was sixteen that month.
“Oh, Ed has his bad points,” he re-
plied, “and so has every fellow. But
he’s doing well in the city, and I don’t
see why I shouldn't do as well. TI wag
always smarter in my studies than
Ed.”
“Yes, and in everything else,” loyal-
ly responded Bess.
“Then, why shouldn't I go to the
city and make something of myself?
I can never do it here.”
“Phil, T don't think you would do
much better,” protested Bess. “In a
few years now, you—we—will have the
farm all to ourselves. Uncle Ned and
Aunt Matty must turn it over to us
then—they only hold it in trust until
you become of age, you know—and
they'll be glad to get rid of the re-
sponsibility. Then we can—"
Phil kicked viciously at a stone.
This sort of argument did not please
him.
“But, Pess, there's no money
‘Uncle Ne:
What's
ng yourself on the farm
farming,” he interrupted.
says that, and
the use of ki
for nothing’
“But w
everybody else,
woitld you do with it?
prise.
or let
come of age. Then”
his eyes—‘“the
me in business.
and—and—"
—a new
ithe money
I'll have
will start
rience,
the ex
“Qh, - Phil,” exclaimed Bess in a
rained voice. “How would you sell
it?”
not?’ stubbornly asked Phil.
did not reply. If he could not
nd the sacredness of
sociations that clustered about the old
homestead, could not make him.
She turned abruptly and walked away,
but not until Phil saw a tear glisten-
ing in her eyes.
“Girls are so funny and-—and-——un-
reasoning,” the discontented hoy rve-
marked aloud.
Phil was strong
mined in his way.
was made up, it was difficult for him
to change his point of view. For three
years now he had been steadily drift-
ing toward this important decision.
He longed for the city, and wished to
make his mark in a wider field than
farming.
“Bess will be terribly disappointed
at first,” he reasoned, “and she'll be
the as-
she
minded and dete:
Once his mind
lonely the first month. But she'll
soon sce the wisdom of my way.
When I can take her to the city she
will have a happier time of it than
here.”
Nothing further Ww said of his
change of plans for a few days, but
{ knew
down, neglected farm of some half a
dozen acres. The only one of the fam-
ily, in Phil's estimation in the past,
was Mandy; but the odds were against
her in the up-hill struggle, and today
Phil's heart beat sympathetically for
her.
She was pale and thin, and a wor-
ried expression marked her face. At
the sight of Phil she flushed and tried
to straighten out the stray locks ot
hair on her head and to arrange her
faded dress.
“I’ve been so busy,”
“that 1've hardly had
decently.”
Phil laughed and tried to make her
feel at ease.
“I've come over to get Ed's address
in the city,” he said pleasantly, after
a few moments of conversation. “I
want to write to him.”
“I'm not sure I have it,” Mandy re-
she apologized
time to fix up
plied, blushing deeper than before.
“Ed has changed it several times late-
ly. He doesn’t seem to stay in one
piace lcng.”
“I've always heard that they move
often in the city,” Phil answered. “1
suppose he’s rising so rapidly that he
has to change every little while to bet-
ter quarter
Mandy tried to laugh at this
gestion, but it was a poor attempt.
“Rd is very restless,” she ventured
sug-
finally. “He lost his old position, you
know, and I don't know whether he
will like his new one.”
“No: I didn't know he had lost the
old one,” returned Phil slowly.
“Yes: there was sometl.ng that—
that—well, Ed is very restless. 1 wish
he was nearer home, so I could look
after him a little.”
“IT think all sisters want their broth-
ers under their wings,” replied Phil,
with a laugh. “Bess, now doesn’t
want me to go to the city to work.”
“Are you thinking of going?” quick-
ly asked Mandy Spencer.
“yes—that is, Ed said he could get
me a position if—"
Mandy dropped her sewing, and with
flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes said
vehemently: ‘Please don’t go then,
Phil—for Bess's sake and mine.”
“Why—what——-"
“Well, becanse—we’ll miss you, and
then you'll be happier here. Ed is not
doing as well as you think, and——-7"
“I'm not so sure of that. He seem-
ed to have plenty of money with him
last week. But I suppose he gave it
to you for a birthday present.”
“Birthday present? Oh, did you re-
member that my birthday was last
week? I'm so glad. I thought———"
“Didn't Ed remember it?”
Mandy bent over her work and made
no reply. She was too loyal to make
any confession that wouid reflect upon
her brother.
‘When they parted a few minutes
later she took Phil's hand and said
earnestly: “Please do not leave Bess
—and me. We should miss you so
much, Phil.”
Phil walked home in an uncertain
state of mind. Somehow his desire to
go to the city had cooled down and
the sight of two anxious faces made
him hesitate.
“md is about as selfish as ever,” he
acknowledged. “A fellow with all ot
his money who doesn’t remember his
only sister’s birthday is a good deal—
deal of a—a—"
He didn’t finish the sentence, but he
pretry his mind
what he meant. Suddenly he stopped
in his walk. A strangely unpleasant
thought occurred to him. Was he also
well in own
|
i
|
{
i
| nored Pess’'s wit
world—even if he
he ig-
selfish and thoughless because
ies and desires?
make his way in
did sacrifice
No: |
boy had to the
the old
homestead.
Phil deferred writing his
Bd for a full week. Then something
happened that made if unnecessary.
In one of the city papers there
a small item tucked away in a
corner that greatly excited the people
living in Greenville. It was. no less
than an account of the arrest of Ed
Spencer for robbing his employer.
The details of the case were not
given, but one could read on the sur-
face the old story of temptation, weak-
ness and final failure. Phil's heart
nearly stopped beating. He could not
show the paragraph to Bess and in his
letter to
wan
news
Lear: he hoped that no one in Green-
ville would see it.
But this was a foolish wish, fer
within twenty-four hours the news had
svread all over the village and the
farming section. Phil thought of
Mandy. How would she take it? How
would Bess take it if he were the pris-
oner?
“Oh. Phil, suppose it had been you!”
exclaimed Bess, when she heard the
rcws. Then, blushing deeply, she
threw her arms around his neck and
stammered: “But, of course, I know
it couldn't have been you.”
Nevertheless she sobbed rather ner-
vously for a few minutes until Phil
was tempted to say:
“1 don’t know, Bess. I—I might
failen, too. Who knows?”
“No, no,’ protested Bess loyally.
Phil picked up his hat and strode
toward the door,
hi
1 colts,
“He will come back—in time,” Phil
replied. ;
The gir] raised her head and laugh-
ed hysterically. “Yes; now he will
came home,” she said wildly, “and no-
body will have anything to do with
him. He won't be able to get work
gain, and we—we shall nave to move
away.”
Phil twisted his hat nervously, but
his voice was clear and firm when he
spoke. “He will always be the same
to me, Mandy, and if—if he'll work
on the old farm with me, he’ll never
lack employment. I'm going to stay
on it, and keep Ed, too. Maybe in the
end it will be a good thing for both
of us. We'll make better farmers for
the—the experience.”
Something like a hopeful expres-
sion entered the stricken girl's eyes.
“phil—if—if you could bring him
ome now, I—you know they're not
going to prosecute him. Mr. Barrows
has discharged him, but he will not
have him imprisoned for the—the——"
«1 understand,” Phil replied. “I
shall bring him home right away, and
we'll run this farm together.”
The door suddenly ovnened and Bess
appeared on the threshold.
“Bess!”
“Mandy!’
And the two girls were sobbing in
each other's arms. - Phil looked on
with wet eyes, and hen whistled soft-
ly.
“I guess,” he said finally, “with two
such sisters, Ed and I ought to keep
straight. If we don’t, we deserve
something worse than a thrashing, and
I'll be the one to do the licking.”
“Why, Phil, what are you saying?
demanded Bess wiping her eyes.
“You've been talking to yourself, while
wp—we were—"’
“Acting like two silly school girls,”
prompted Phil. “But I'm off now!
I'm going to the city, Bess—sgoing a
last.”
“To stay?’ demurely asked Bess.
«Until I can bring Ed home,” re-
sponded Phil as he pulled the door
softly shut behind him.—Country Gen-
tleman.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The Canadian Pacific Railway, vffers
a 12,000-mile trip under one flag.
The new Japanese uniforms are the
same for officers and privates, except
that those of officers have small stars
on the shoulders.
Two cents is the standard price for
an ordinary trolley fare in Italy,
France or Germany. and four cents is
the London standard.
Chicago's restaurant and luncheon
rooms must henceforth pay the city a
license fee of $25 a year. The fund
thus created is to be used for the peri-
odic inspection of their kitchens and
to check the serving of foods that are
spoiled or unwholesome.
The island of Cuba is 860 miles long
and 80 miles wide. In shane it is like
a scimitar, with the point of the blade
extended toward Kev West 80 miles
to the westward, and the curved blade
swinging up into the Atlantic Ocean
toward the United States on the
North.
A Pike county, Missouri, man has a
mare that isn’t in debt to him for
beard to any extent. He bought her
_when she was three years old, and
since then she has raised thirteen
of which sold for an average
of $100 apiece, still leaving seven
which he values at $1000. The origi=
cost of the mare was $85, so ue
val
nai
{ thinks he has made pretty good infer-
est on the prin
ar.
pal.— American Farm-
When a passenger boards car in
Copenhagen he exchanges gi etings
with the conductor; a gentleman, on
leaving the car, usually lifts his bat
in acknowledgement of a salute from
that official. When a fare is paid, the
conductor drops it into his cash box,
thanks the passenger, ana gives him
a little paper receipt. He offers
change with a preliminary “Be so
good,” and the passenger accepts with
thanks.
Very remarkable is the machine
which husks and shells the corn. Shack
corn.is fed into it and the ears are cut
from the stalks and the shucks from
the ears; stalks and shucks are blown
through a pipe by a revolving fan and
forced into a barn loft or silo. Ears
go to another part of the machine and
the shelled corn to a granary or wagon
and the cobs to a place where the
housewife may get them for her
kitchen range.
Up to Date.
“I don’t know about calling in Dr.
Rybold. Do you consider him a safe
physician?”
“Perfectly. He shaves his face clean
and he hasn't a spear of hair on his
head.” —Chicago Tribune.
has the fragant scent of lemon ver-
bena, gnd has noted many species in
Africa with such odors as thcee of
chocolate, vanilla and various flowers.
The agreeable odors belong to males,
being a charm to attract females. The
offensive odors, shared by both sexes,
are protective, repelling enemies,
In the manufacture of denatured al-
cohol for power, light and fuel, any
substance containing starch may be
used. Even scabby cr half-decayed or
coarse potatoes may be used. Corn
cobs, by fomentation, yield eleven gal-
lons of alcohol from a ton, and by sim-
ilar methods six gallons of alcohol may
be secured from a ton of green corn
stalks. The Germans use a potato
too large and coarse for food in the
manufacture of alcchol. In this new
liquid are great possibilities through
the conversion of waste materials into
light, heat and power.
Sir Andrew Noble has reached the
highest pcint of temperature in ter-
restrial thermometry. He has accom-
plished this by exploding cordite in
closed vessels with a resulting pressure
of fifty tons to the square inch, and
a temperature of no less than 5200
degrees C. Sir William Crookes saw
that one incidental result of this ex-
periment should have been the form-
ation of diamond—that is, if his cal-
culations were correct. On working
over the residues of the explosion-
chamber he has recently extracted from
them small crystals that seem to be
veritable diamonds.
The metal tungsten is remarkable for
the great density of its alloys, and on
this account, since the introduction of
repeating rifles of ‘small caliber, many
attempts have been made to flatten the
trajectory of the bullets by augmenting
their density through the addition of
tungsten. This fact has led to a sing-
ular situation with regard to the tungs-
ten deposits found in the easterm part
of France that have hitherto been ex-
plointed hy a German company. The
question is now seriously debated
whether the French government should
not assume entire control of this sup-
ply of what may become an important
material of war.
CARE OF DOGS.
Proper Food to Give—How Often to
Wash Them—The Kennel.
Remember that a dog digests its
food very slowly, so should never have
more than two meals a day when in
health. For a house dog that gets lit-
tle exercise one meal is sufficient.
The food should be plain, wholesome
and nutritious. Above all things, says
Country Life in America, avoid -pre-
gar, hot toast, tea and other stuff of
that kind.
Feed your dog regularly. If you give
him one meal a day, let it be at mid-
day; if two, morning and evening, and
always at the same hour.
Jet the animal eat until be is satis-
fied, for if he is fed regularly you
need have no fear that he will gorge.
If your pet is to be kept in the house
he will require very little meat—a
small piece every third day with a
bone to gnaw on. A bone is a great aid
to digestion and Keeps ‘the teeth in
good condition.
Give bread ‘soaked in
biscuit soaked in milk, oatmeal or rice
or potatoes, and once or twice a week
green vegetables. Scraps of beef, mut-
ton, etc., from the table are all that is
meat gravy,
needed in the way of meats. Avoid
giving liver.
is good
feed fish
bh
for a. change.
now and then
t we have had dogs
yo always caused to suffer
from skin disease.
Let your dog have water as often as
he wants it.
Give your dog regular exercise. Do
not take him out for ah airing at the
end of a chain—that is not eXercise.
Turn him loose and let him run. Exer-
cise either befcre feeding or some time
afterward, for exercise’ on a full stom-
ach is likely to cause fits.
Do nct wash your dog more than
twice a month; if you keep his coat
well combed and brushed, once a
month will be encugh.
When washing use tepid water and
some good dog soap, as in this way
you will kill fleas and clean the dog
at the same time. Rinse out the soap
thoroughly and then douche the dog in
cold water, after which rub dry.
If you keep the dog outside provide
a good dry kennel with a southern
exposure and with clean bedding of
wheat or rye straw. Change the bed-
ding frequentiy and sprinkle a little
oil of peppermint over the straw now
and then—just enough to let you know
jt is there. If you can get the dry pep-
permint > that. It will help to keep
the dog cl S.
Remember if the kennel is not
clean and dry and cheerful, or if your
dog is pampered and overfed, he will
be likely to have distemper.
S
serves and sweetmeats of all kinds, su- |
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PITY. Phi{ couid not 1ail to notice. the “Where are you going?’ she asked. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. If You Read This
- change in Be appearance. Her face ~{ am going over to see Mandy.” ee . hat the leadin -
3 Pity those who wander fhurough the (A hundred sach one mecis when once | was p and demure, and the eyes | was the hae Timber in the South is of guickes Te as of all oe
From fall of night until the dawn is red hie saris) looked as if she had spent Sleepless | Without further explanation of his|Browth end, more hush and brittle | g,561s of practice recommend, in the
WA hundred of the kind asser meets) Whose so are strangers unto love : night worrying over the matter. sudden resolve he walked across the than timber grown in the North. strongest terms possible, each and every
fhont's single plate to 1g, 72 mn we : | “I wish she wouldn't ‘take it so to | fields until he reached the Spencer re ingredient entering into the composition
1 pity those who wander through the Without a single place ta ay (RCH | heart,” Phil reflected more than o | home. Without waiting for any for-{ The tensile strength of catgut musi-} of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medien! Discovery
earta Sere thos orient. Times Democrat, fouen, a dittle 1r7itably, “Girls expect | mality, Phil entered and caught the |cal-instrument strings is 60,000 pounds HO ac pd
SO ch of brothers. They want to | girl curled np in a heap, with her |per square inch, the elongation at rup- ame liver, or Dbiliousness. chronic bowel
tie m down to their apron strings.” | sewing scattered in a uopeless mass ture 15 to 19 per cent. affections, and all catarrhal diseases of
doofoce forte choofesfoaforfocfosfoofesfecfecforfefeofectesgococfeofecferterd Jeoorordoke This sort of argument did not tend | around — whatever region, name or nature. It is
* delhi ada % | to convince Phil of his mistaken line “Mand he said softly E ney iv + lake steamers use also & specific remedy for all such chronie
3 Fr feddebbdebbbdedd db bbb id bP Lor : vp TH ied pan : Riropean river or lake steam or long standing cases of catarrhal affec-
+ i 5 i Of thought. She raised dull, red eyes to his. 2 horizontal engine and all of them are | tions and, their Josuliants, 5s Droncatsl
3 * Leavin ’ t e | A week later he had fully made up “Mandy,” he repeated, “I'm going to | long, low, rakish craft, much faster ral nih SR h
ge 8 2 his mind to carry out his long cher- | the city.” than American boats, in addition “to SORACE 64 for acute colds and Songhs,
+ = ge ished plans. One afternoon he walked “Oh, Phil!” she cried. being safer. : but for lingering, or chronic cases it is
o* I over to the old Spencer home to get “Pm going, he continued, ‘‘to see nn especially Rm Bake
i By GEORGE E. WALSH. T | Ed's city address. He would write to | what I can do for Bd. Then I'm| Certain butterflies have marked i ag Hy odront, oY
z &* iiss ses . his old companion and find out what {| coming home to stay.” odors, some good, some bad. Dr. F Mandrake root and Queen’s root—all of
i ny 4 | he could do for him. “If Ed had only stayed,” she moan-| A. Dixey, a British entomologist, men- which are highly praised as remedies for
Jroforfoofe Jeofeoodesfeferfoforfecfededed The Spencer home was a tumble- | ed tions a white butterfly of England that | all the above mentioned afféetions by such
eminent medical writers and teachers as
Prof. Bartholow, of Jefferson Med. Col-
lege; Prof. Hare the Univ. of Pa.;
Prof. Finle Hngwood, M. D., of Ben-
nett Med. Lollege, Chicago; Prof. John
King, M. of Cincinnati; Prof. John
M. Scudde ., of Cincinnati; Prof.
Edwin M . M. D., of Hahneman
ed. ege, Chicago, and scores” of
Othe 21ly eminent in their several
sc
ractice.
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use in allsuch cases. The “Discovery” is
a concentrated glyceric extract of native,
medicinal roots and is safe and reliable.
A booklet of extracts from eminent,
medical ‘authorities, endorsing its ingre-
dients mailed free on request. Address
Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buftalo, N. Y.
pee —
Marion Harland.
The celebrated authorezs, so highly es-
teemed by the women of America, says on
pages 103 and 445 of her popular work,
ve’s Daughters; or. Common Sense for
Maid, Wife and Mother:” :
“For the aching back—should it be slow
in recovering its normal strength—an All-
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combining the sensation of the sustained
pressure of a strong warm hanc. with cer-
tain tonic qualities developed in the wear-
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uneasiness for several days—in obstinate
cases, for perhaps a fortnight.”
“For pain in the back wear an All
cock’s Plaster constantly, renewing as it
wears off. This is an invaluable support
when the weight on the small of the back
becomes heavy and the aching incessant.”
The port of London was entered in
1905 by 27,098 vessels.
AWFUL PSORIASI 35 YEARS,
Terrible Scaly Humor in Patches AlL
Over Body—Skin Cracked and
Bleeding—Cured by Cuticura.
“T was afflicted with psoriasis for thirty-
five years. It was in patches all over my
body. 1 used three cakes of Cuticurs
Soap, six boxes of Ointment and two bot-
tles of Resolvent. In thirty days 1 wes
completely cured, and I think permanent-
ly, as it was about five years ago. The
psoriasis first made its appearance in red
spots, generally forming a circle, leaving
in the centre a spot avout the size of a
silver dollar of sound flesh. In a short
time the affected circle would form a
heavy dry scale of white silvery appear-
ance, and would graduaily drop off. To
remove the entire scales by bathing or
using oil to soften them the flesh would
be perfectly raw, and a light discharge of
bloody substance would ooze out. That
scaly crust would form again in twenty-
four hours. It war worse on my arms and
limbs, although it was in spots all over
my body, also on my scalp. If 1 let the
scales remain too long without removing
by bath or otherwise, the skin -would
crack and bleed. I suffered intense iteki-
‘ ing, worse ab nights after getting warm
in bed, or’plood warm by exercise, when
it would be almost unbearable. W. M.
Ohidester, Hutchinson, Kan.,Aprii 20, 1905.”
St. Paui’s Sinking. ;
The building of St. Paul’s Cathe-
dral, London, is solid, «t appears,
notwithstanding its age, but the
whole mass is gradually sinking
“about half the
thickness of a sheet
of note y
paper evi three years.
$100 Rewnra, S100.
The readers of this paner will be pleased: »
jearn that thereis at least one dreaded dis-
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ilsstages, and that is Catarrn. Hall’s Caturrh
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the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
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treatpient. Hall’s CatarrhCureistakeninter-
nally acting directly upon the blood andmu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy-
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faithin
its curative powers that they offer One Hun-
dred Dollars for any casethat it fails tocura.
Send for list of test als, Address
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Sold by Druggists, 7 !
‘fake Hall’s Family Pills for constipation
Automatic Stamp Machine.
An engineer of Frankfort has. iu-
vented an automatic postage - stamp
selling machine which not only sells
the stamps, but sticks them on the
letter. The machine possesses the
additional! advantage of being impos-
sible to rob.
A PUBLIC DUTY.
Montpelier, O., Man Feels Compelied
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Joseph Wilgus, Montpelier, O.,
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posure and driving
brought kidney trou-
ble on me, and I suf-
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regular passages of
the kidney secretions.
Sometimes there was
retention and at other
times passages were
especially at night.
too frequent,
There was pain and discoloration.
Doan’'s Kidney Pills brought me re-
lef from the first, and soon infused
sew life. I give them my endorse-
ment.”
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