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J3heta’sPouble
By HELEN V. GREYSON.
(Copyright, by Robert Bonner’s Sons.)
. CHAPTER XIII.
NEMESIS.
A* Carlos Montori determined to find
out where the girl Inez had gone in
thecompany of a -stranger, he knew
the only way to accomplish his object
would be to follow the station-master’s
advioe and make inquiries at Brent
wood Park.
Ho in that direction he bent his foot
steps. Lingering around in the hope
of seeing some of the servants whom
he could question, he was finally re
warded by the appearance of the but
ler. Beckoning liim to come down to
the gate, he stood awaiting his ap
proach.
“Wqll, sir?” asked the butler.
“My man, would you be kind enough
to ‘tell me where Miss Danton has
gone? I wished to see her on impor
tanfbusiness and was on my way here
when I saw her, in the company of a
stranger, get on a train. I must know
hor destination in order to send a tele
groin to her.”
“Why, sir, she lias gone to reside
with her grandfather, so Mr! Eric, told
me, not five minutes ago. It soems
that lie just learned of her existence,
‘and seut tho gentleman to take her to
him. Tho place is known as Iiavens-
moro. Yon have heard of it no doubt,
"Oh, yes,” returnedCnrlos. "Here,
my man, take this for troubling yon,
You needn't mention that I inquired
for Miss Danton, because Mr. Brent
wood might think it strange I didn't
make my inquiries of him, but the
fact in I have. no time to lose, so I
asked tho first one I saw, and that was
you."
«*.“Yes, sir, I understand,” roturned
the butler, an ho pockotod his foe.
“Oood evening, sir."
"By Jove!” ejaculated Monteri, as
ho turned away to retrace his ntepB.
"Itavensmerel Of course, I know
where it is, nud have often heard it
npukeu of, but I never once thought of
oouncoting the names. 1 wonder how
it all came about, anywny. Danton,
of ltuvensuirro, grandfather of Breta
Danton! Well, surely, Inez in play
ing a bold game, Imt [ must have a
finger in the [lie. Ho hero goos for my
gripsack nud—Bavensmere."
He quickened his footsteps, and
upon reselling tho farm-house where
ho had been boarding ever sinoe his
advent to tho vicinity of Brentwood
Park, lie packed his gripsack, paid his
expenses to the woman who hail been
kind enough to accommodate him, and
■wet out for tho station to inquire when
the noift train stopped ‘there. Ho
■found that the next would not arrive
for thirty minutes, so ho wandered
around outside for a while, and llion
seated himself in tho waiting-room.
At last, to his grant satisfaction, for lie
did not have an over-supply of pa
tience, he found liijnself seated in tho
oar bound for Bavensmere, not two
hours behind Cecil Doniphan and his
companion.
Inez knew that he would find whore
she had gone and would follow her,
but she did not think he was so close
on her track as lie’ was.
He was tho one person whom she
really feared. Ho had sworn to kill
her, and sho felt that in the end he
would keep his word if sho did not
forestall him by turning tho tables on
him. When he first made li ih appear
ance at Brentwood Park she .thought
her end had come, but for reasons' of
his own he did not attempt to harm
her. Perhaps ho bow a better way to
revenge. .
Beaching the neighborhood of
Bavensmere, Carlos Monteri did not
make his presence in the vicinity
known to Inoz, but set out to look for
lodgings at a convenient distance,
saying to himself that he would wait
several days until, she had gotten .set
tled in her new position ns grand
daughter to a wealthy old man.
"Ah!" he murmured. “Here’s luck
-for mo, certainly. And it’s time for
something to turn up, for funds are
not abundant just at present. As soon
as I find n place to sleep I must write
u letter to Nitn and tell her not to let
her prisoner escape under any circum
stances, ns if would ruin all my plnns.
It will do’ the girl no harm to be
locked up ns long as she*gets plenty
to eat, but her incarceration will do
me lots of good, or my nnuio isn’t
Carlos Monteri.”
He Hnnlly obtained a room nt tho
Morning-Star Inn, and before retiring
be penned the letter in question, so
that he could mail it the first thing in
the morning.
His first intention was to stop at
the house of the woman he called Nita
and inform her of his movements; but
he decided that ho could write to her
after reaching his destination, which
would do just as well as seeing aud
speaking-to her, for she never dis
obeyed his commands.
% CHAPTEB XIV.
ESCAPED.
Bretn Danton had been an inmate
in the house of tho woman Nita for a
week, still she found no chance of
making her escape. The door was
always kept locked, and it was almost
impossible to make an attempt to
leave ,by way of the window, for there
was no frieudly vine or portico to aid
her in reaching terra flrma.
Although the wornnn treated her
kindly, it was natural that she should
long for freedom and the protection
of her mother’s friend.
Several times sho had made np her
mind to tear the bod-clothing into strips
by whioh she might descend from the
one window in the room. But tho woman
kept so close a wntch on her that even
at night she was afraid to attempt it
lest she be caught in the act. Sho
still hoped, however, that, tho woman
wouldhe less watchful. What puzzled
her most was why the man Cnrlos
should lock her up in that house.
What was his object, she asked horsolf
again and again, and ntthe end of the
week she was no nearer to a solution
of tho nots of Mr. Carlos Monteri. than
she had been when she awoke from the
stupor when she was first brought
there.
But at loot, fate, or whnt you will,
came to her aid. All day the atmos
phere had been lioavy; hut when night
approached, the clouds seemed to
gather, into one solid mass, and what
was feared came to pass. The clouds
burst, and suoh thunder.and lightning!
The woman Nita cowered back in
corner, in fright at the wild war of the
elements. At each peal of thunder
she would shiver and cover her faoe
with her hands to keep out the glaring
lightning.
But not so the girl confined in tho
upper room. Although she was of i
timid disposition, a storm had no ter
vor for her. And now, Bhe told, hor
solf, was the time to mako her escape,
if possible.
Tearing tho sheets of her bod into
strips, site tied them together until
she had what she thought enough to
roaoh the ground. Wlmtevor noise
sho made in hor preparations was
drowned by the roaring of the Btorm
outside. However, she raised the
window oh cautiously as possible, and
as she did so the cold rain dnshed in
her face. But not heeding that, she
securely fastened the impromptu rope
to the old-fashioned post of the bed
and then to the bureau, which stood
near jhe window. Having done that,
sho prepared to make the descent. It,
would be useless to say that she was
flllodwith misgivings as to tho success
of hor dangorous attempt.
“Will tho cotton bear my weight?”
sho murmured to herself.
"At any rate, this is my only chance
of making my escape, nud I must make
the most of it.”
Climbing out on the sill, shogrnsped
the lino and let herself down, while
with difficulty she held on to the sill
with one hand, half fonring to let go,
lest tho cotton brenk and sho be
hurled to dentil below.
"Courage!” she murmured as sho
slowly began the descent. As she
found out that the cotton was strong
enough to bear her weight, she felt
less afraid of falling to tho ground bo-
nenth her.
She was half way downyhnn—snap!
—went tho impromptu rope and Bretn
Danton, in another instant, lay on tho
earth beneath, breathless, stunned.
For fully five minutes sho must
have lain there, while the storm still
raged and the rain dashed upon her,
soaking her clothing. ,
Hlowly consciousness returned, nud
with it the thought Hint she must
hasten lest her osenpe from tho room
bo discovered aud sho bo returned to
captivity after her perilous attempt to
gain lilerty.
The fall and the effects of the vain
Beamed to have shocked her nerves,
and it was with difficulty she made her
way from the vicinity of the house
where she had been a prisoner.
Him did not know which way to
turn. Tho occasional streaks of light
ning showed her nothing save trees on
every side. Hurrying onward as fast
ns Jier limbs would carry her, sho
prayed that she might come in sight of
some habitation wliero she could - seek
slieltor until morning, but as hor steps
became slower and slower, it dawned
upon her that her strength was giving
out, and that, lest sho obtained help
soon, she iwould sink on tho sodden
ground beneath her.
Nevertheless, she went on and on,
not regarding the fact that she was
soakod to the skin by tho downpour
ing rain which had not abated a par
ticle since it first began. But at last
she gave out. She could go no further.
With a last effort to go onward, she
sank on tho roadside with a moan.
“Oh, Father in heaven! Must I die
out here in the s^orm, after all? I
cannot go any further—my strength
has failed me. If I oould only have
reaohed shelter before giving out-like
this! Huvo I escaped from that house
only to find death awaiting me? I feel
so faint, and my head seems to be
whirling. Oh, mamma! I nm com
ing to you! I am dying, I feel it, I
nm so cold—so cold and sleepy! I am
coming, mamma, I—”
The words sink into a moan, and
Breta Danton lies still, with the storm
raging around her, nud only the dark
sky above her.
Has her soul iudeod joined her
mother’s?
still figure, and bending over it, the'
man Jock remarked; i
"She's a beauty, and I see no mark !
of violence. I don’t believe she’! j
dead.” j
“Ah, no!” placing his hand on her yjf
wrist. “Tho pulse is heating feebly. '
Hnud your flnsk over, and I’ll give liei
a draught that’ll bring her around.”
“What are you going to do with
her, Jook? Take her to camp?"
“Why not?” returned Jook. “Slie’i
in no condition to leavd hero; and whe
knows but there may be a rejvard out
for her? Sho haR evidently run away
from home. I thought at first Unit
there had been foul play; hut there
hasn’t. And she hasn’t been robbed,
for she has her jewelry on. She hat
either run away or been driven out.
It remains to he found out which.
She has a fine face, #nd I feel certain
that she belongs to the upper class.”
“Well, Jock, tho whisky doesn't
seem to revive her.”
“Her pulse is beating more rapidly.
But come help me on my horse with
her, and we’ll take her to the old wo
men and have dry garments put on
her. Why, sho must havo been lying
out in the storm all night, for it has
not rained since two o’clock, and she
is soaked clear through.”
Hnving placed her before him on his
•horse, holding her limp form with one
arm, they turned in the opposite direc
tion from which they were going when
they discovered her.
They had not gone far, when they
were met by a gentleman on horse
back. Seeing the burden they were
carrying, he cnlled out:
“Hello, my men! What have you
got there?”
The mon halted, and the one who
was unburdened doffed his hat.
"A poor young thing we found half
dead by tho roadside up yonder,”
with a backward motion of his bend.
“She was soakod clear through, and
wo are going to take her to camp to
boo what wo can do for her."
Eric Brentwood, for it was he, drew
his horse close up to that of Jook, and
peerod into the lovely, white face of
the uncoiiBoiouH girl, as sho reclined
in the arms of the coarse-featured man
who had found her.
“How benntiful she is!” lie said,
us a queer thrill passed through him
—a feeling of divine pity for the help
less girl who hail been oxpoeod to the
fury of tho storm.
You will call u doctor at once?
questioned Erio.
‘The old woman is the boBt doctor
hereabouts. Hho'U bring her around,
sir." ’
I dnre say. But, my men, sup
pose you bring her to tho park. It
would he much inoro comfortable for
the poor little thing there.”
“The camp is near,” returned Jock,
‘and we’ll seo that she’s made com
fortable.”
GEORGIA STATE NEWS.
WRECKED VESSELS
NEW ENGLAND COAST.
CHAPTEB XV.
ERIC MEETS HIS FATE.
“Hey, there, Jock! What’s that
lying over there by the roadside?"
called out a gruff voice. The man ad
dressed as Jock turned his horse, and
looking in the direction indicated by
his companion, exclaimed:
“By Jove! It’s a woman or a child.
Come, let's investigate. A case of
foul play, no doubt."
Dismounting, they approached the
“Well, bore, take this, and get
whatever Bhe needs," passing him a
crisp note. “I fed a great pity for
her, and I’ll call around this evening
and seo how sho is. ■ I wonder who
sho is, poor child!” ngain gazing at
tho 4ace that has awoke so strange a
fooling in his henrt.
It seemed as if lie could not tnko his
gaze nwny from hor, bat he knew lie
was detaining tho mon, so with a lust
look at the beautiful profile, he con
tinned oil his canter which he was wont
to tnko early every morning. Aud that
morning, after the rain the night be
fore, tho air was so refreshing and in
vigorating that Eric Brentwood had
comci out even earlier than usual. As
lie left tho mon with their beautiful
charge, his heart was filled with strange
emotions. Pity for the poor child, for
ho could • seo that sho was not over
eighteen, eonibinod with a fooling chat
lie could not define. Only this—he
longed to seo her again--to learn who
she wns and Uow she became exposed
to tho mercies of ro severe a storm as
had raged the night before,
“1 wish now,” he murmured, “that
I had insisted on their taking her to
the park, but they didn’t seem to care
to relinquish her to my cure. ’ Why, I
wonder? Surely that coarse-visaged
gipsy hasn't fallen in lovo with her!
if I thought that—but no; that surely
isn’t it. However, I intend to keep a
watcli over hor until her friends nre
found, for there is no trusting those
gipsies.”
Lnte that eveniug, Erie Brentwood
started out for tho gipsy camp. He
mot the man called .jock outside, and
uskod;
“How is the young lady?”
“Afraid she’s going to hnvo a spoil.
Don’t seem to be sonsiblo any length
of time.”
“I would like to see her,” said Erio.
“Well, sir, come in, as you wore so
kind this morning.”
Erio followed him into a tent, where
an old crone was sitting, making a
basket, and on a low cot reclined the
figure of the young girl who had
aroused such a strange interest in the
heart of the master of Brentwood Pnrk.
The old woman bowed to Eric as he
entered, and pushed forward a lough
woodeii stool for him to be seated,
“Sit down, sir,” said Jook. “It’s
tho nearest thing to chair that we
have. ’’
He took the proffered seat close to
the ooucli of the girl. As he did so,
sho turned her head restlessly, and
eye looked into his with a half-con-
soious expression.
Unconsciously she held out her
hand, ns if in pleading, and Eric, see
ing the movement, took it in his.
“Who are you?” she asked in a low
tone. •
“My name is Brentwood—Erie
Brentwood,” he answered, with a
smile, ns he held her hand more close
ly lest she would take it from him.
[To bo continued. ]
A poet indited a sonnet to his sweet
heart., entitled, “I kissed her sub-
rosn." The compositor knew bettor
than that and set it up, “I kissed her
sub-uosa.”—Fun.
J The military committee of the house
[of representatives visited Savannah the
past week for the purpose of inspeot-
ALON'fJ > n 8 the Third Georgia regiment and
looking into the situation so far as the
local state militia is concerned. There
is no question that the committee will
STORMS FEARFULLY DESTRUCTIVE ""
|
The house committee on the lunatic
i nRylum has found on interesting sub-
! iect of.investigation in the sale of
! goods to that institution by Mr. Jos-
j cpb, of Milledgeville, who is one of its
Special dispatches from Boston state trustees. This is against the law and
that it is now known definitely that a 8»>nst well settled principles of pub-
more than seventy lives have been lost l io P 0 . 1 * 0 ?’ “ n<1 ,l ‘ e committee will
in *i,» „ i , . , , doubtless report the facts and bring
in the wrecks of tugs, schooners and in n 8tri ngent resolution prohibiting
coal barges during the storm of Satnr- such Bales in future,
day night aud Sunday morning, and if
llnndrriU of Bout* Driven Alhnre
Torn to Atoms on the Rocks.
Dentil List Appalling.
the nieAmer Portland has also gone
A long batch of local bills were
down, as uow seems possible, the list ! P aBSe<1 in the hd"® Saturday. Among
nf oniiaaiiiiau -.in no „ ... 11hem were amendments to the charters
‘ * | of Macon, Augusta and other cities in
over one hundred vessels of all descrip- | the state. The bills to abolish the va-
tions ashore, two score of them total rious commissions in tho city of Sa-
wrecks and an unknown number prob- vaun ab also went throngh. Gonspic-
ably beneath the waves of Massachu- dous among the large number of new
sotts hoy. bills presented wsr one by Mr. McFar-
There is scarcely a hay, harbor or lunJ ' of Franklin, to reduce the per
inlet from Penobscot to New London (,iem ?f the “embers bf the general
that has not on its shores the bones of
some stanch craft, while along Massa
chusetts hay, and especially Boston
harbor, the beaches are piled high
coal barges. The record, although
hourly lengthening, is still incomplete,
for Hint ocean graveyard of Cape Cod
is still to be beard from.
The annoyance nnd inconvenience
of the railroad and street car embargo,
covering tile Whole of southern New
England, sunk into insignificance be
fore tho story of destruction wrought
by wind and wave, yet it will be mnny
a day before tho full import of the
disaster is kuowu or even realized.
Wrerkaim On All Nine.,
The islands of Boston linrbor nre
without exception strewn with wrecks
nud wreckage. No less than twenty-
nine vessels nre ashore at Gloucester.,
Over twenty in the supposed snfe
harbor of Vineyard Hnveii partn.1 their
anchor chains Sunday and arc high
and dry on the beech; Nnutnsket
beach saw two schooners nnd a coni
barge dashed to pieces on its sands;
the rocks of CohasRett claimed a staid
fisherman, Scituate, a well known
pilot boat; Manchester, a down east
lumberman; while one tug and three
barges, known to linve been blown
by Cape Cod and Boston, are probably
lost.
The upper hnrbors of Boston, Ply
mouth, Salem, Portsmouth, Portland
nnd other places where vessels were
supposed to- be comparatively snfe,
wore the scenes of numerous collisions
between the ships nnd the wharves.
Every life saving crew performed
deeds of heroism in rescuing crews
from stranded vessels and tug bont
captains risked life and property in
their endeavor to snve life.
Many Head Hollies In Sight.
At Hull bench, whero two barges
anil two schooners went ashore, more
than n dozen bodies wore visible in
tho surf, hut it was impossible to get
to them. At Shag Bocks, between
Boston light and the Brewsters, where
tho schooner Calvin F. Baker wns
ashore, two Railors were taken from
the rigging by tho life savers, nearly
exhausted, nnd the dead body of an
other wns recovered. Three others
from this vessel wero drowned, but
their bodies could not he found.
Tho old citizens of Hull say that in
fierceness the storm equaled that of
1852, except thnt while the ser. did
not run so high the wind was stronger.
CATASTROPHE IN HAVANA.
nwilwr EX|)loile., Killing or Injuring
Forty I’pruoiifi, Mostly Boys ami Girin.
A special from Havana-sayi: An ex
plosion ‘occurred on the nvenuo In
fanta, between the Santa Clara hud
Roinn batteries, Monday, injuring
thirty-eight persons, three of whom
died, while fifteen others cannot sur
vive. Many boxes of powder were
stored in a private house, whioh also
contained five rooms full of Mauser
nnd other cartridges.
The careless handling of one of the
boxes of powder, or one of tho boxes
of cartridges, caused the explosiop.
Most of those employed in emptying
the cartridges were young boys and
girls, and they formed the greatest
proportion of the victims.
4HUINALD0 IS OBSTINATE.
Inform* General Otl* That He Will No*
% lteleane 1'risone
Advices from Manila state that
Aguinnldo, tho insurgent lender, has
addressed a second communication to
Major General Otis on tho subject of
the Spanish prisoners in the bnuds of
the insurgents. He hns declined to
elense the clericals and civilians,
arguing that both carried arms volun
tarily against the insurgents. Agui-
ualdo then refers General Otis to the
local papers published since the insnr-
l for “irrefutable pyoof” of his
assertion that the clericals were the
“most active and vengeful ageuts in
sacrificing tho lives nud honor of inno
cent natives.”
‘LIE” IN WASHINGTON.
K*.«Jue
of Hawaii to Lay Clalu
Proficient McKinley.
Ex- Queen Liliuokolani of Hawaii
is now in Washington, where she will
lay before President McKinley her
claims to 1,000,000 acres of - Hawaiian
land.
She will nlso submit -a proposition
offering to dispose of the property in
question to the United States govern
ment for the sum of $6,000,000.
assembly from $4 to $3.
There is a vacant chair in the hall
of the house of representatives which
has been r<
from Coffee. As yet tho repsesenta-
tive has failed to appear, and no one
has made application for the seat. In
several counties there have been con
tests, and two candidates have con
tended before the committee on privi
leges and elections for the honor of
becoming members of tbe geueral
assembly. But from Coffee there has
not been a single applicant.
It is probable that the railroads will
ask for more time to work out their
plans for a new passeug r elation at
Atlanta. The thirty days granted by
the commission have expired anil
nothing has been beard from the
roads, lmt it is presumed that they
ufill present n request nt tbe next
meetiug of tho commission for more
time. Tbe city will not object to an
extension, because, tlie managers of
roods hnvo gone seriously nnd sin
cerely to work to solve tho perplexing
problem.
...
• HIc I.and Ca.e,
A suit to recover n half interest in
140,000 ncreH of land, located i(j sev
eral counties in Georgia, was taken up
before Judge Newman in the United
States court nt Atlnntn Saturday. It
wnR motion day in tbe court nnd a
demurrer in this case was argued.
Fourteen grounds wero stntcd in the
demurrer. It is claimed in each case
thnt the bill in .equity filed by tin-
plaintiffs is insufficient aud that for it
to stnnd in court, it must be nmondod.
Judge Newman sustained about ten of
the grounds of tho demurrer and
agreed to allow time for the plaintiffs
to amend their hill.
The plaintiffs nre residents of Mnry-
Ininl, Delaware, nnd West Virginia, nud
tho defendants reside in Dawson coun
ty, this state. The litigation dates
back to 1848,when tbe grandfathers of
tlie parties ad litem ongagod into a
partnership .to buy and sell large
tracts of land in North Carolina nnd
other southern states.
Spanker Little’s Tax Bill.
A comprehensive statement of the
plan ami purposes of the tax bill in
troduced by Speaker little has been
made public. It is tlio result of a
year's study of the ta* laws of the
various states, tho reports of tux com
missioners and leading authorities on
the subject of toxntiou.
The measure is intended to roach all
kinds of property in the hands of all
classes of people, nud is, indeed, in
tended to furnish tho basis of a gen
eral scheimj of taxation. Mr. Little
does not claim thnt it is perfect, but.
think.s that it will furnish n plan for
legislation of this subject,
The plan is a straight assessment
system, nud voluntary valuation of
property by the owners is, done awoy
jvith. All kinds of property, real and
personal, are to be listed, nnd the as
sessors in ench county are to fix the
valuation.
A state board of tax commissioners
is to hear appeals and see that the sys
tem is properly administered by the
local hoards of assessors.
The state tax commissioners are also
to attend to the assessment of the
property of foreign corporations which
is more effectively tnxed under this
bill than it has been heretofore.
The system of assessing railroad
property, which has been found to work
well, is left untouched, except that it
is to be administered by the state tax
commissioners, including tbe comp
troller geueral, instead of by the comp
troller general alone.
Express companies, telegraph com
panies, telephone coinpnnics, sleeping
car companies nnd chair or parlor car
companies nre tnxed under a system
similar to that in operation in Ohio,
Kentucky, Michigan and Massachu
setts. The value of the whole prop
erty of such foieign corporations is
arrived at upon the basis of the market
value of. their securities, with due al
lowance for real estate returns, and
the amount tnxed by this state is pro
portioned to the mileage of their lines
in Georgia.
ESTERHAZV COMING HERE.
Report Thnt He Him Set Sail For America
III Confirmed.
A dispatch from Brussels to The
Paris Journal reaffirms the report that
Major Count Esterhazy has sailed for
America. The dispatch also asserts
that he embarked at Rotterdam.
An Impressionist. '<
The Old Friend—I don’t believe yon*
realize the dignity of yonr position.
The New Millionaire—Don’t have
to. I’ve a bntler hired for that.—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Confession of n Millionaire.
A millionaire confessed the secret of bis sue.
cees in two woids— hard work. He said be
put In tho tjpst pnrt of his life in gnlnlnp dol.
lars and losing health, and now ho was nht-
tliig Ju the other half in spending dollats to
get back health Nothing equals Xloatettor'a
maph hitters for rcsiorlut? health to tho
overtired body aud brain. It gets nt the start
ing point—the stomach—and overcomes ner
vousness, slcrpleaBiioss, dyspepsia and in
digestion.
Fowls nre plucked alive In the public mar
kets in England.
No-To-Bnc for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco haldt cure makes v«ak
men strong, blood pure. 50c. 41. All druggists
Everywhere in life the true questiou is not
what we gain, but what wo do.
Enginkh and noti.Kits. — Read the advertise,
mentof Malsby A Co. in this tss’ie. Their es
tablishment is largo and full of tho best goods--
lu tliclMlne. Prices low and terms reasonable.
Ono of tlie .constituents of the best-qualities
of varnish is a resin known as kauri.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
. T**® £ a 1 caret8 1 Atnlv UsthartP;. 10? or *P.\
lie. c. t. fall todUre, druggists r at and m-may. **
Nearly 10.000 white churches in the South
have no Sunday schools.
Catarrh Cured
Blood Puriflod by Hood's Sarsapa*
rllla and Health Is Good.
"I was troubled for a long time with ca
tarrh and a bail feeling in my head. I bo-
gan taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and it 'did
Be a world of good. My sufferings from
oatarrk are over and my health Is good.**
Mrs. A. A. Libby, Powsul, Maine.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
|e Amorlcq-s Greatest Medicine. $1; six for 95.
Hood's Pills cure njl Liver Ilia. 95oeuta.
German Vlcwol Vt omen Politicians.
The defiant appearance of some of
the "Indies” on the platform of the So
cial Democratic Congress cannot hut
linve a repelling effect on every person
of fine feeling. When one hears llicm
one thinks involuntarily of those wo
men who turn Into hyenas, and one's
flesh creeps. The Social Democrat*
themselves seem to have hail enough
of women's clilt-cluit, for the following
words of a delpgmle from Bndcii met
with lively applause: “If women wish
to take part in debates, good; but they
must then gjve up tlielr prerogatives
ns women, and not demand that men
show them more politeness than'they
do when criticising n speaker of their
own sex.”—Die Post (Berlin).
The Brier Girls and Bicycles.
A South .Afrlcnn paper prints the
following: "The Boer girls are be-
eoming altogether too shameless: they
now ride tli ■ "bJslkel," presumably
in order to appear more English. It
Is to be regretted thnt the fair sex
should so far mlsuso themselves,
shame the liner feelings of tlielr
mothers nnd prove false’ to tlielr
national character.”’ 1
“I DO MY OWN WORE? "
So Says Mrs. Mary Roohiette . of
Linden, Now Jersey, in this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.
“ I wns bothered with a flow which
would be quite annoying at umes, and
at others would almost stop. ,
“ [ used prescriptions given me by my
physician, but tlie
sane state
of affairs
con inued.
“After a
tim i I was /
taken with)!
a flooding, \
tli a I was i
obliged to
kee »<mybed.
Fin illy, in
dcs] air, I
gav s up my doc
tor, and began
takhgyour medi
cine and have certainly been greatly
bem ted by its use.
4 4 1 .ydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Cora-
poui d has indeed been a friend to me.
* 44 ain now able to do my own work,
thar ks to your wonderful medicine. I
wnsJas near death I believe us X could
be, w:» weak that my pulse scarcely beat
anduny heart had almost given out. I
coulfl not have stood it one week more,
I am sure. I never thought I would
be so grateful, to any medicine.
“f shall use my influence with any
one suffering as I did, to have them
use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.”
Every woman that is puzzled about-
her condition should secure the sympa
thetic advice of a woman who under
stands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham at.
Lynn, Mass., and tell her your ills.
E very successful
farmer who raises fruits,
vegetables, berries or
grain, knows by experience
the importance of having a
large percentage of
Potash
in his fertilizers. If the fer
tilizer is too low in Potash the
harvest is sure to be small, and
of inferior quality!
Our books tell about the proper fertilizer*
for all crops, and we will gladly send them
free to any farmer.
GERHAN KALI WORKS,
OA Nassau St., New York.