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HER BUT
TER ART.
>Jtt ry Ilrllr tr*rm limp Bc
cuitte n Futuoita %rtlt.
lit (iprlrwlr "*mmli.
n „ hd been falling for lhref
j u <t before lundown the wind
1 and the country lay white and
aas one of the last of the old historic
of New KncUu 1 High ain)V’t he
- th* gr*t drifth rolled In bilk>%v
v> -amachl end the wild black
w re completely hidden,
vn bv the brook In the meadow the
, r i hr a stood waist deep, and th*
,r in the wood beyond were cent
* i twisted With the greet weight of’
W- ;i it lias stopped snowing. I declare'
y j t suppose they will turn out arid
, dance after all. do you. Mary
v Hell was eurled up In the cornet
rg' old-fashioned sofa eat ng a
, ~j pic. and reading Jane Kyre It
third tim* she* htnl read the book
} the Morm t>egan.
! did you ever'” she exclaimed
.... , ?jf to her feet and running to the
v . i a l just believe It ha* slopped
{ e so w- can have the dance!'•
. j. * Providence doesn’t change her
. * to convenience your going *o a
1 r mother said with a scornful
ion of her under lip.
i aven’t anything ready for supper
f e> should come. They will have to
f ,% i out rupper, If they have one to
( r *, 1 y urs. *’
Stearns brought a chplr, and <-tand
i(t ia it by the window look'd out o\er
i drift* toward she red brick sehool
uii th* other side of the meadow.
M: Whitcomb has a rous.i.g big hr*
I* v kitchen. She |s likely thinking they
r want notncthing warm there to*
i ru.
Yo needn’t worry; If they have tht
f— they will come here and take what
j i tm give them rather than eat het
f Mary Beil answered laughing
rt t s the fun of it; she giver. th
i\' *# and we make nil the profits.”
Wi and 1 don’t know as I can help thrlr
< ng over here to get a bite I'm sure
1 uni wart to stand In Mrs. Whit
<• mb’s way. Thev are free to ask her,
< me. to serve them. I suppose."
Mrs 8 earns got down from the chair
e i set it securely back against the wall
Mrs. Whitcomb never will forgive you
when she does find out." Mary Wei!
laughed, taking a largo bite out of hei
urc ■ • "but. my gracious, mother, no one
v l blame you because they come her
everybody in tha country knows your !
c <4rmg ”
Vi.r'\ know your butter art. It w >
that drew* the young people here in th*
first piece Kveti If Mrs. Whitcomb stop
p i having her dances you’d draw run
t m with that. You’ve made a name."
My
right to stop where they please on theli
way home from a dance." Mary Bell an
Mverd, irting up on tiie sola again and
op*n:; r her book lfer bright black eyes
f wed the lines eagerly
"Here one** the wviwplow withs dou
tie ) ke of oxen, from Horton's renter’.'
Mrs Stearns called from the next room,
s moment later.
Mary Fb*N throw Jane Kyre on the sofa
an! etching a shawl from its hook on
*■<* kitchen door rushed out on the door*
•tep
Hoiderman, hello! Walt n min*
she shmfted The snowplow stop*
pW and the smiling face of a young man
eoked over the drifts.
"Hero! Hasn’t this been a corker? Are
r r folks all alive?"
Ter v .* are all alive, and doubling to
know if 'here is going to be •• dance at
t• Whitcombs to-night. Have you
Uard." /
“Yo. of course there I g-Ing to be
one What * to hln er? WeM have a
<Ur * p we bad o tunnel all the wav
fom Horton's Center."
Ar* yeti go'ng?"
Y cert dn."
* V, ho are you going with?"
1 the youi g man answered lauah
in*r "You'll not g t an in\itttk>;. un
!•“ t ke mine ti is Lite day." be
* ha-t !y
■ h won't I? The road is open to the
Or t**r. Mary Bell answered, laugh! g
Weli. will you go with me'’
Ye- if you will never tell that I hint
* ?■ r '• u to ask me."
"Never!"
M Bel! ran Into the house and e’os
*■' *'• door.
l*ti**y are going to have one all right,
r other. Now. let us get to work and
*•’ up the finest supper we've ever had
1-1 bring up the butter bowl and e t
up som kind of surprise that will open
! i*!r eyes wider than ever before."
Phe went tiown Into the cellar, and
im >jp presently with the gr at butter
bawl in her arms
W . <to you think that was on the
•M V \** * *he asked as ahCf began swift.
1 to mold th* butter.
' hv J hn Ho lerman. wasn't P?"
Ye* he invited me to go to the
da* e •
ire B*earns turned and looked at her
daughter with happy eyes. "Mary Bell.
i don't really mean he ask* 1 you to JT
? the danca?"
No 1 aked Mm." Mary Bell laugh-
H* r mother rested the egg beater
c • the e*!ge of the bowl and dropped
' a chair near by.
Y.i asked him* How could you do
* * "hlng? You’ll never win him that
r ’ in the world. It does seem since
took up with your butter art
v- own more end more b*>ld I sup
-4
S' *rn paused, and leaned for
v wi'h eyes full of interes' t'nder
'* Be!i> quick handling the mold of
*' r on the plate before her was a*-
he f rm of a fan-failed pigeon.
" • ! dfully **xact was the stroke
* * bin ludef the figure w.i
- -ted
• * • he a beauty**" >! <ry Bell said.
the t out toward her molh-
Now- I* !l kno 'k up a Hon or somc
v wild for contrast."
cer*jiniy r* wonderful. Mary
l don’t see how ever you do it."
I l r* know how 1 do it myself.** the
r mwered. going pepidly on with her
"Something Jst toil* me how to
1 * he ! <dle down everv time ”
' 1 i ould be one of thoc peojde who
marble images. 1 believe if you
u*d t —a sculptor, they call It.’’
" 1! T wouldn’t want to be. Knork
‘■<’i * off marble wouldn't b<* much
•* rking in th a soft buffer. I guess."
"* * '-dt r you tak that 111 1 e plec** • f
our fat’-.er brought home ft- ni
; re on, nrvl try some day what you
VI rirbf T* 11 se If I can mike you
' |S * * f TtotNe*s face. 1 made It one *'nv
1 ter and It wa ilovns' exit, but
u ! In'? show it to voit. I was afraid |
o lin t ike i?. There now. mother
, •• r-ry,**
*arv tme to erv I must t!r
If If we -,fet things rcd> for the
Mary Bell molded a lion In the
yellow hntlfr she ; I;fitted the cast
” BBe dead brother's fie io le* chi*-
sn marble. Her ambition w' aw k
-• f tha? moment in a way she little
r *-d. Bhe bad no doulit of her abil
‘h • h i* the seer# of genius
Hfl n t* only s4xt'en. S‘.l spring
*rom a Jong lire of gentle an- r
t r
B ah#*# and poetry In her thought
he knew.
"-to the butter molding was compet-
ed Mary Bell helped her mother with the
bakinK Mr- Btearns wax famous for her
cooking. The art of paetry he knew to
perfection.
Two hours Liter the p.ir.try was stor<Hl
with goo<i things— pi* s, mince and apple
and pumpkin uni custard, mmh K< > ca g*
cream cake, jelly rolls and molas>es
cake The mohtsses cake was Mrs
Stearns’ especial pride, and It wa* truly
a marvel ot delicacy and sweetness.
To larr> chi krn* wen bolting on the
tove, aii,l four < ar* of cove ojiirra etooj
on the table ready for th. (oup.
At . 0‘ ock Mary ltd! cumc downittatra
ready for the iNirty.
Hho a* drosiod m *crb-t wool dre,.
■ - ■ ' 1 11 *■ • Ilk wait! and wit# only
- liny lino of lace at her tisroat. Site was
n iiretty girl and the simple dres was
very brooming.
Her mother looked at her critically.
"1 should think you would have put
•m your h. , ht; there is m<ra
tnmtnins or that.”
"I like this one best.” Mary Hell an
swered. standing In the chair by the
window, and looking over the drifts to
ward Horton Center
Hero ,-omes John Ho drrman a blue
rut ter. Now. mother, don't you dare act
surprised when he . otnes in because he
is s'ing to take me.”
l am turptbetl if you really mean you
'k,d him n> lake you. hut oh Mary llell.
f ,r he is the only young man about here
I could ever, cottaent to your "
"Vou haven't been askrd to consent
yel. Mary H,;l interrupted, laughing. ”1
t.iy asked him to take me berauay I knew
it would please you so much."
Tile little hluo culler stopped at the
Kut- and the young man waded up .he
narrow path that Mary Hell had shoveled
to the front door.
I h ie will lie thirty-six In here to sup
per. niter the dance. Mrs. Stearns.” John
Hold rnian said after his first greeting.
” lx ' ,m ’’ nv r from Maplewood on the
it-i' I tell you, your suppers, nnd Mary
I I.- butter art I- getlit.g more and more
famous.
I guess Mrs. Whitcombs hardwood
floor is what realty draws,” Mrs Stearns
answered smiling.
Now l am going to carry you out to
the cutter. Mury Bell” the young m.,,
-"it. when they were re idy to start.
A.l right.” Mary Bell lioghed. “l'||
m.ibs myself as light as possible "
The young man took her easily up In
Id - arms and carried her out to Ih* cut
”Some day I am going to bring over
some of our Jersey butter and let y., u
make mv mother mold.” John said,
when they were well tu< ked In between
the intffu o "| have told her whit
wonderful thing- you • an do. but she Jus:
laughs and think- I am prejudiced.”
"I will make her anything you win!
me to Mary Hell answered sweetly. ”f
am going to try and make something in
nurble that will last."
The young man put his arm around
her.
"What are you going to make out of
marble'” he ask' and, tenderly. He was not
In the least impressed by Mary Bel '*
awakened ambition, but he was at that
moment grettlv taken with the pretty
face in the white-hmded hood.
"Take you arm away!” Mary Bell said,
with all the dignity her sixteen years
could muster -'I shall nev'er lei any
young man pin his arm around me until
I am engaged!”
"Well, then, let us be engaged right
away. " John Hoiderman wtld, laughing
and holding her closer to him.
"Vou ore making fun of ns-. I.et me
so!" Mary Bell demanded
No Indeed I am not making fun of
you, little girl. I hav* loved you for a
keg lime, but you had so many sweet
hearts there has been no chance for m*.”
“Why didn't you ask me to go to the
as: dance? You know you almost did."
“Yes. I know I did. but you switched
me off talking about Frank Warren. You
i-ki-l rne to-night, debi t you?”
T didn't ask you. I only hinted "
"Weil, you Just hinted for me to pro
•>.• to you, and 1 have In go-id earnest
Now what do you say?”
Mary Hell did not answer. Bhe sat very
.tilt In !its turns xttd lot him coax her
mill they had reached the crossroads
ihat led up to Mrs. Whitcomb's.
You'll always tell every one that 1
hinted for you to ask me.”
"N'o. honor bright I'll never tell a soul
I've hinted hundreds of times that I'd
Ike to go with you. but you were always
off like a roeket "
I tu ivc always wanted to go with you
but mother talked so much about you I
wouldn't please her by giving you a
ban e to ask me."
"Oh she favors me, does she?" th
)oung man laughed.
• Yes She thinks you are everything."
And Itow do you feel about me’"
' I know you are everything.” Mary
He!l said, in a low voice. John Holder
man held her h-se |n his arms, and kies.
<d her many times.
”! am glai I have gained your prom
- before vou get any m >re famous
With your butter molding No knowing
tvho you will see that you'd like better
than me. If they are going to come In
from other towna to the dancee. so ns to
eat supper afterwards ar your house ”
Mis Whitcomb's large hrtek house was
ablate with lights It was one of the
last of the old historic wayside Inns of
the country.
Many of the dancers had already ar
r.ved. and the music of the violins came
pleasantly out to the happy couple tuck
ed into the little blue cutter
' Now, don't you tell any one we are en
gaged to-night,” Mary Bell whispered, as
er lover carried her up the walk to the
house.
"Oh. why not’ Let us tell them to
night and have a celebration.” John
Hoiderman answered In a disappointed
tone.
"No. I'll not go If you do!” Mary
Bell answered, unclasping her arms from
Ids neck
"I'ut your arms hack where they be
long, and I'll promise you anything ”
Mary Bell obeyed with Interest and
John S' t her down on the step, and they
w*nt Into the house.
It was a very happy evening Mary
Bell, In her scarlet dress, was the life of
the party.
The young men who had eoirto over
from Maplewood were Introduced to her
early In the evening by Mrs. Whltcom •
' This Is Mary Bell Steams, who dears
sti h wonderful art work In butter." she
said.
No one spoke of the experted feast that
was to coin- after the dtnee. It was
understood that It would be most dang r
•us policy for Mrs Whitcomb to lea n
tlxit thev wen! anywhere else for their
supper. The fine use of her dlnlng-roim
for the parties would he at an end. and
there lay the only hardwood floor In the
county.
It was nearly 1 o'clock Mary Bel!
ti,. | on Iter w hite-headed hoot before t-e
lone mirror In the parlor, and rame out
- thl dining-room, where the Others
wep walling to bid her good night
Mrs Whitcomb stood In the doorway
smiling.
i just asked them all to wait till I
spoke a word before you go Mary Bell,"
she aald.
Mary Bell sloppe l. She knew In a
m meni th-iath" s<vret of the suppers
bad been discovered.
”1 have let you all come here every
Saturday r.labt for two wln ers, and I've
enjoyed your coming bur I And I am not
t !ua used In a fair and open way. so
your privilege Is at an end. Ton’ll have
to And some place else to have your |r
tlss.”
•Oh, Mrs Whitcomb, this Is the only
place we can have them!” the young peo
ple ex lalmed. crowding around her.
Mary Bell's cheeks were the color of
her dress. She stood one side twirling
Hie ta*el of her hood and said nothing
"There Is no u*c your leasing.” Mrs
Whitcomb said good naturedly. "I'll come
to your dances wherever you have them
if you Invite me to share all the fun with
you. but you can't come here."
Mery Bell pushed her way through the
crowd and threw her arms around Mrs.
THE MOHNING NEWS: SEN DAY, DECEMBER ft. 190 ft
CHILDISH COMFORT.
“Never Mind, Mamma, Baby
Love# You.”
But the childish voice is almost on
heeded. The wife and mother has come
to a place where love cannot comfort
her. where even the voice and words of
love are so blent with her own misery
that they seem to increase it.
Imagine a magnificent orchestra play
ing in a factors amid the rinjf of ham
mers and the rattle and groaning of ma
chinery The discords would dominate
the hartnonv and the harmony itself
merjfe into discords. That is the way it
is with all the music of love when a
woman is wrenched and racked by pain.
It seems to become part of the very dis
cord of her life.
When the cause of this suffering is
regularity, dries disn
fi - 'll I’ll yt enable and weakening
jPBFy ■-- j ||l f II drains, heals tnfUmtna
f^ptL*'Oo 111 If if tion and ulceration and
i'i li fit fl cute * * rn >ate weakness
' ! ? ' // I J*ct todic headache,
a j,j |||4 | n I the distressing backache,
jKM TVajtu W‘ f-' • *a*cJ' H /if * ni * f *l>*“’tmn t tearing
Swered and womanly
4 ‘ confidences are guarded
Vs -'*~ Tm *** / by the same strict pro
fesstonal privacy which
sought it will almost always be found
to be womanly disease. The throbbing
head, the aching back, and the dragging
down feeling are but symptoms of a
disordered and diseased condition of the
delicate womanly organism. When this
fact is understood the one thing for the
weak and sick woman to do is to look
for a cure of the diseax which causes
her misery.
WHKRK SHALL Slflt TORN
for healing? If a woman were lost in
a western prairie and found several paths
which might lead to saffty, she would
take the well-trodden path in preference
to the one which shower! faint signs of
travel. Why not the aame in sickness?
There is a road to womanly health
which has been traveled by hundreds of
thousands of women. Head what some
of these women say.
" 1 take great pleasure in recommend
ing Dr. Fierce’s medicines to other suf
fering women.” writes Mrs Mary Adams,
of Grassy creek, Ashe Cos., N C "I had
internal trouble very badly until it re
sulted in ulcers of the uterus. 1 was
troubled with it so that I never slept a
night for seven week* The doctors
said I could not lie cored, but I com
menced taking Dr Fierce'* Favorite
Prescription and ‘ Pleasant Pellets.' Af
ter taking two bottle* I could sleep all
night, and after taking six bottles of
‘ Favorite Prescription ' and two of
‘ Golden Medical Discovery ' and three
vials of ' Pleasant Pellets,’ my cast was
cured. I thank God and your medicine
for saving my life "
" Words cannot tell what I suffered for
thirteen years with uterine trouble and
dragging-down pains through my hips
and back,” writes Mrs John Dickson, of
Grenfell, Assiniboia Dist., N. W. Terr.
I can’t describe the misery it was to be
on my feet long at a time I conld not
eat nor sleep Often I wished to die.
Then 1 saw Dr Pierce's medicines ad
vertiaed and thought 1 would try them.
Had not taken one bottle till 1 was feel
ing well. After I had taken five bottles
Whitcomb'* m-< k.
"It was ti iru an thlnif io do. Mr*. Whtt
oontb. but mother tan't to blame' I'm to
blame an*l thry would all come, and
you don’t know bow we needed the mon
ey."
"Yen. we are to blame, Mrs Whitcomb.
Yu musn't hold it n*piln‘* Mrs Stearns,
or Mary Bell either." came In a ehorun
from the young |teoj>lc. "You mustn't hold
It nKiiln— Mrs. Sieorn*.
"We will make it up to you Mrs Whlt
eomb." John Hoiderman said. steppuiß
forward "We'll each ayree to i—y Vou
Just the same as though we had been
liere to supper every time "
•No you can't pay me for what I
haven't given you I don't want money,
tut I -lionld think I might have ben
asked over to Mrs Stearns’ to supper
with the rest of you. I Rueae I know
there Isn't any cooking In the county
equal to hers, or any butter molding tn
the work! equal to Miry Belt's."
"You are going over io Mrs. Stearns'
to supt>-r to-night, Mrs. Whitcomb!" John
Hoiderman shouted "You ar<- going with
Mary Beil and me tn my cutter "
"Yes. Mrs Wtiltcomh. !>!—•• say you
will go'" pleaded Mary Beil.
"Of course I'll go. when I am asked,
t haven't had a meal over to Mrs.
Stearns’ for nearly two years," Mrs.
Whitcomb answered and hurrbst out of
the room to get her hood and shawl.
"That woman Is ti Chrieilon!" John
Ho'.derinan ex-lalrncd "She really knowis
how to heap cool* of Are on your head
We Id raise h purse for h r a birthday
present. What do you say?"
The young people agreed with Interest,
and a few mom< nis later ilte sleighhrlls
were Jingling merrily, and the big bole
sleds and the cutlers were going down
the road toward Mrs Steams'.
Mrs. Whitcomb held .Mary Bell In her
lap In the little blue cutter.
•'How did you Arid out that we went
to Mr- Steam* to supper?" Jt fin H
man a*ked. as they w<- n t slowly along
between the rrett drift*
"Know? Why. I could smell her cook
ing across Ih- meadow I guess." This Is
what Mr* Whitcomb always answered
when she was asked how she knew the
secret.
' You will have <n marry John and get
him lo put In a hardwood floor In your
dining room and nave the dances up
there. Mary B'll." she added after a mo
ment.
"Will you come up to our dances’”
Mary R. li answered after a mom n\ look
ing .it Jchn arid laughing
Mrs. Whitcomb drew Mary Bell back
Into her arm and looked searrhlnttly Into
her face.
"My gracious *ko, I believe you are
eng iced o John Hoiderman now! I
thought I was making a match,"
■Mary Bell hinted that w.- w-ere en
gaged didn't she Mrs. Whitcomb?” John
vikl with a loud liugh.
"Are you engag'd. Mary Bell Steams,
tell m**?” Mrs. Whitcomb said shaking
her.
"Ye* this evening comlrtc ov ro your
bouse, hut don't tell ary ore " Mary Bell
answered, hugging her rapturously.
"No i'll not tell s sou!' Mv. won't
you have a ehsr.ee with si! 'bat splendid
rreem from tho*e Jer-y cows for your
butter art? How Old are you. Mary
Bell?"
"I was 1* last month"
"Well. I was married Ju*t after I was
18. too People don't mtr y as young
as they used *O. I think myself It Is
better. You ar.- surer of getting wonted
to each other If you do.”
Air*. Stearns’ supper wa* a grand suc
of ' Favorite Prescription' and one of
' Golden Medical Discovery ' I was like
anew woman. Could eat and steep and
do all mv own work I would entreat
of any lady suffering from female weak
ties* to give Dr Pierce s Favorite Pre
scription a fair trial, for I know the ben
efit she will receive.”
Mrs. Mattie Venghaus, of Tioga, Han
cock County, 111 . write* "1 had been
sick for seven years, not in bed but just
dragging myself around. At last 1 took
three !rttle* of Dr. Pierre'* Pavonte
Prescription ami five of ‘Golden Med
ical Ihacoverv,’ and was well. It is iws
peutbie to detent* in uvnti the good
these medicines did me. No praise ta
too high for Dr. Pierce s medicines ”
woman's confidknch jfstifihd.
The woman who begins the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is justified
in feeling that she has taken the first
step in the path to perfect womanly
health. All womanly diseases medically
curable yield to the healing power of
this wonderful remedy It establishes
is observed by Ih Pierce and his staff tn
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Dr R V. Pierce, Buffalo, N Y.
In a little over thirty years, assisted
by his staff of nearly a score of physi
cians, Dr. Pierce, chief consulting physi
cian to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, N Y., has treated and
curd hundreds of thousands of aick and
suffering women.
There is no similar offer of free con
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{lower to have the opinion of a specialist
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" Favorite Prescription " contains no
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If yon are persuaded to try Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription because it has
cured other women, do not allow the
dealer to foist on you a less meritorious
medicine which he claims to he "just as
good.” There is no motive for such
substitution except the little more profit
made by the dealer on the sale of the
less meritorious preparation
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cess that evening Every one seemed In
unusually good spirits, and never was any
work of Mary Bell's more praised than
the Iktn and the fan-tailed pigeon which
decorated the enter of the table
During the happy weeks that followed
her engagement. Miry Bell, using his
daguerreotype, chiseled from the block of
marble a east of her little brother'* face.
The likeness was exact, and Mrs
Stearns prised It highly and showed It to
every one who came to the house.
Mary Bell Stearns' talent was unmis
takable. She might, without doubt, un
der th# right training, have become a
very good sculptor, but she lived many
miles from any art center and her ambi
tion only wakened for Ihe time. That
was the last piece of marble thsit ever
•me into her hands.
She married John Hoiderman In the
spring and her "butter art" continued to
draw the first prize at all the county
fairs as long as site lived.
AMID SEA OF VEGETATION.
Ship Was lie-aimed for Honrs Snr
rnonded by Floating terdnre.
From the New York Journal.
'T had often heard of the Saragos-a sea
before my present voyage to Philadel
phia." said C'apt, Costa of tha Italian bark
Gregorio as he signed his clearance pa
pers at ths custom house, "but 1 never
expected to encounter the surprising ad
Venture therein which was tha ftite of
myself and crew whila crossing It# bor
ders during Ihe taster days of September.
"We mai.ed from Genoa In ballast on
Aug. 7. and bad a favorable wind for
nearly two weeks after we had psssed
through the straits Then our troubles
began. We were struck by an adverse
gale, which swept ua far lo the south It
Iw Id u* tn Its grasp for several days, dur
ing which it was ltnpoa* bla to take an
observation. People In Philadelphia won
dered what made my voyage so long 1
didn't arrive here until Oct. 28, but Ihat
s a of grass liad all tn do with It.
"f>n H-pt. l‘> the weather cleared and
we found ourselves becalmed in the midst
of floating yard*ns of verdant green As
far as the eye coukJ see to the west and
- nth there stretrhed a bound 10-.*, heav
ing plain of vegetation.
' Several of the floating creepers were
at least 180 feet long Caught up by a
cikklen gust of wind they would en
twlre themselves about the masts and
r'ggltig. and soon the ship a**um>-d the
otpeatance of an immense nrlior It was
a good tf.ing that they were there, for
the heat of the sun during that awful
week was Intense Before we had he- n
there three days It had drawn out the
pitch In the de> k seams and caused It to
run In fantastic traceries over the
planks.
"The scene was weird In the extreme
and It h.el its natural effect on the erew-
The majority were beside themselves with
terror. • xpe 'lng a perpetual confinement
in that dreadful waste I knew, however,
that our Involuntary Imprisonment would
be of short duration The barometer httd
been falling rapidly for two days ar.d a
furious gale soon aroae. Providentially,
It • from the southwest and we were
driven clear of the floating verdure dev
• tail days were required before we could
dislodge the last of It from our rigging.
—John A. Johnson, the Wisconsin mll:-
karalre manufacturer, ha* offered BO M
to the supervisors of Dane county, Wis
consin, for a home fur aged people.
ABOUT UGLY MEN.
(|u##n llhrlmitm** < iiotre of the
riMliirat I'rlnpp In lirrmini I'rtw**
o*r AiiHin flint Women nre To
tnll) Intlllfereni to taMl I.imiL# In
Hrii.-UltlaH, n I moo Italy Homely
Ht, vn* Abnolutely lrre|tihle
to the *e%, n naa the I'tmer K
errUeit In the Mnl Htikr of
It Irhel lew, Theodore I look, nul
Other*,
I.ittle Queen WHhelmlr.Va t>|ectlnn of
i Ihl‘lmi .1 ha* ctvatri! no uni.ill annum?
of astonishment in the Huron* *n courts,
for on ',h# least of nil her suitors. In a
worldly sense, her c ulee Ims fallen liik >
Heinrich of Mecklenburg*!* hw* rifi has
up to this time pl>eil th* part of a %*et y
small potato f*r a more or less royal
personage lie t* the ***an in a
family of many boys; he is the l *.m
handsome of the brothers, h** ho* never
distinguished hm> If In court, or imp,
or grove in ail his twenty-four v*ai
and ye? It i* no secret that since Wi; i d
mina, the proud and independent, ftr t
saw him at Potsdam, marly two vat*
ago, she ha* had hts Image graven on
her loyal and ro>**l little Duictt heart.
At Potstlam Duke Hfinr *n. who wa*
not h*dr to even pett> go >*l cvj * :at ion
appear#'l as a tner* ha idem *1 II w* -
r#t sup|Mpd to *ispirt to i he hand of
Doe Henry of Mwchetenburg flehwerknt. t’gly Wilks.
the Quta n, he even paid her no more
than ths perfunctory courtesies due a
young lady and a sovereign, atwl his for
handsomer, far cl* verer and for more
interesting elder brother, 1 Hike Adolph,
liclr to the Mecklenhurg-Hchwerln dttehy,
was fiotieringly rega d* and as standing high
In Ihr young (Jue. n's grace*
Asa matter of t.u t, nobody iatd very
much attention to the clean shaven, stout
young Duke, but Wllhelmlna fell in love
with him and he did not Know It Never
theless. ho had made his Impression, .an I
when th* Queen want lo see her cousin.
Pauline of Wurtemburg s baby hapii*e.|
last spring she wrote princess Pauline
til* stole of her heart, and her eousln
prom'sed lo see that the Duke duly re
ceiver! a hint.
flossl|e whls|er that the Duke was
taken by surprise and yet It was not the
111 st time. In spile of io Inga good deal
of a detrimental, that be has beeu ad
mired by royal ladies Everybody knows
that when pretty Princess llcletw of
Russia suddenly broke her engagement
with Max of Baden II was because she
hoped to persuarW* her parents lo let
her marrv the stout blonde young duke
ling whom Wllhelmlna has *e|e*'icd; and
the youngest daughtei of Ihe Duke of
1 dlnhuigti has loved the young duke In
vain In short, Heinrich of Mecklenburg
Schwerin Is a good dettl of a lady killer
and he knows It Eat and plain of face,
and, for a royal pets- n, dlstln- Hr poverty
Stricken, he baa a (as lr,at lon for woman
kind Th* sort of fa Imttlon that there
Is no use trying lo explain, because 11 is
not perceptible to any but the persons
faaclnated and they are always plainly
beyond rue r< • u of reason, though (te -
ar* often Just as sensible, matter of fact
mid unrutnanttc Individuals tts Queen wu
helmlna.
lads of men have exercised this piwer
before, and Duke llelnrb'h i no es option
r*. the rula thst Providence often sec*
fit to bestow this peculiar and potent
quality on curiously unhandsome In
dividuals Sim* he wis first ulsmt Die
well nondil’trd rourl* of tiny Mccklen
burg-Schwerln and pompous Russia he
her hud not Ihe least difficulty In win
ring feminine friend* The Herman
Empress lias treittd him as though be
were a nice young Irrolher, the ladles In
walling yield a smile and >tgh as h>-
prances by tn his while uniform and yet
he is not overfund of feminine so-lelv
lie had accepted his betrothal, lo the
sw.s-test little Kill queen In Ihe world,
very calmly, while the Queen herself Is
madly happy, and the other young
MUSCLE AND NOT FAT
Wimt Thin Propl# Weed to Itoond
fllf the ( omen.
Whit thin folks need I* flesh or muscle,
not ft
To be symmetrical and reoperly propor
tioned every person should have a cer
tain amount of excess flesh, hut to t>*
plump does not necessarily m an to bo
fat
Fat Is undesirable; It cloys sni rKords
ths action of the muscles, int^rf*‘r with
the healthy action of the heart and lungs
mt when very e*ce-slve. predisposes too
fatty degeneration of vital org ar*. to say
nothing of the discomfort resulting from
too nt ich adipose tissue.
Common senna would suggest thst lr
one wishes to become fleshy and plump
the thing most needed would be fi*sli
formli.g food—-that i- albumtnmia to ods.
lik*? egss. beef, oatmeal, etc.
The kinds of food whi • make flesh are
•he foods we have on our taMes every
lay. but the trouble Is that our atom j
a hs. from weakness or derangement of
some kind, do not promptly snd properly
digest It.
Really, the principal reaon so many
people remain thin i* because th* ir etom
iphi do not properly end comp! l> i
Jfe#t ar *1 asslmllat** the flesh-forming
beefsteak snd egg* ae eal every dy.
There ere tnousands of such people, en*l
they ur** really dy*|epflrs. although they j
may not suffer any particular |*nn <*r
Inconvenience from their stomachs
If such perso * end ii t?dl pe o je
would take aft?r their meal* eome simple j
and natural digestive, like Stuart a Dye- |
fw’psia Tablets the f<o*i would be quickly j
digested and the ptotr degree of p -mt
news very eoon result becau* l # th**-*' faiv- j
lets are prepared egactly for tht pur
pose. They dig* t every variety of flesh- j
forming food, which is the real n-aon
why they no quickly bulkl up arid
strengthen thin, dyspeptic men and wo
men
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet* cure every
form of indig*-tlon on this commoti-emee
filan, Ihat they thurou hij dig
prompt, giving strength !** evry nerve
and organ in the bo*i>. and the weakened
stomat is a rhaiM** to ltd and recover its
natural vigor# Nothing further P require*!
to cure any stomach trouble, eicept rare
cer of the a tom ach. The% mike i.un dys
peptic |>eo)p!c strong, plump and well
This excellent preparation Is sod
cents for fuJt-idied treatment by aii
druggists tn United Sitatss, Canada and
Great Britain.
This vMjtJiT
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Bt WAHL Of 'JUST AS 6PQAf|
princelings and dukeiings who w re on
t!**' nnUMi. II al fling, wonder b.'WT the
l **avy fa • I ..**> going, unambitlnu <
lieinrich carried off the prise, without
dancing any attemLim***, without eoi I*'-
seetKling io flafler and call uj** sn*l
placate the * ,prh ious ladv and Hie erlti
< sil Dutch I‘-oplel ‘-ople on.* tiling is eermln.
and Pup. in a w *y a*hS - t* gl< rv of 11 • In
rich s •*> quest, that if she loyal l>utc!i
had oh jet led to t ! ils ch.dce of Ihe Queen
she would have married him anyway
Hhc Mid as mu h when pme lnhtH w r -
* xi*i* * *■<! a it* Id w he would please th
nation
All this goes to prove that the future
King roiiftnfi of 11**1 lr*n i is one of thoae
men who-** charm is with wmien tm*
qut liotiPtl, aid ven -I Qn***li w.aiitl make
iag' rdi fi him One *f th** men
who ih ~~ I this fit uhy to a most
MtrprUli g di gree wa Nai>o|c*ai Ilona
parlf'a rival in the affection of Marie
lamive, the infoinoim and ail powerful
| Nel|)prg Ih l w.is in tigiy enwture, with
r-mall abiiHi* and yet smaller fohimr.
an i he had brok* n many hearts about
the Atiefrlan ewitt i>**f>re Marie lamlflw
saw and f**|| furlattsly in lov* with him
Mith everything to |on nnd nothing o
gain by her encouragement of the man,
sh left no stone unturned until -"he w is
able to make herself NVipperg's wife
In the eyes of the w rld It w a terrp
i>!e d*rfiliation for the widow of tha
French Kmperor t leoomti flie wife of
un Austrian count, but sh* arel not a
whit w tun the win Id said, as was the
c**ee with the women who ran after the
Frank Liszt.
ugly spendthrift, Wilkes and the mad
I Due dc fiichelteu
Wiikt mu h famous in his dav alt over
litigi nd. nH only es Lord Mayor ata!
Chamber hi In and a very loud talking
l-mint, hut as the ugllett man <f his
time and the mod admired by the women
Ho flouted snd ill treated all of them,
with th** exception of Ms daughter, but
It had not the desired efT***t of cooling
their affections As to the Duke da
Klchelleu. though n***n could *>t tolerate
him. when he was shut up In the Ilaatlle
crowds of women, old and young and
rich and poor, li-ed to collect every day.
at lha hour when he took his exsreiM
on the fur4| t*. and adow him from a
distance, and deplore th* Incarceration of
so charming a person
Theod**re I!<vik wms another ugly man
who was IrrcHlstible to the softer te*.
to r It was proven clearly that when o
man is agreeable to women hey rare
not in the bast what fits personal ap
pcaranee may be Liszt proved this;
when an old man with a hard, ugly face
woman tagged permission to kiss his
ugly hands end raved arvd sentimental
ized ov* r him as though he were Adonis'
self. I**zenp rf school girls and count
essaiN who worshiped at hfa shrine cared
not a pin for his music, nor understood
a note of M, but were keenly alive to the
charms of his personality which no wo
man so far m w kn->w was ever able
or willing to withstand.
Fanny Rndara.
Wood Mosaic Co.'s
Parquetry Floors
l|av h*#n loftl in many at ths rotn
fortsbl# home* tn N w York. Boston and
othrr ritl#* Mor# cleanly and economical
than <-nn,*ds Plain sml fancy floor* laid
and polished complete over nld floors,
making a solid and beautiful Improve
ment
Having * number of floor* to lay In Ha
vannah this month we ean quote eloaa
flgurea ( srslog ie and eatlmaie, may ba
had hy addressing J M ADAMS,
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From the Dhlladelphlu Times.
Paterson, N. J.. I>**<•. Mr Halie P.
Ward of Water sir*.' 17 years oil. and
the bride of a week, was icirled yestsi
day n*l the story of her fate bos
Just come to light,
laisi Monday Hadie Powers sat withs
ftleikl, James II M std. <f H! Iton, Confl.,
in the parlor of her 11 tie it * tn* on W iter
street The pair were t * iKir - together,
discussing cnsrrtsge. Hadie w* r* iitfrg
the (UKpericiue of a friend, aid happened
to remark
I never took a *lare from any one.'*
‘Never ’ queried Ward. "Weil, I Ur#
you to marry me,"
Hadie hesitated, ami then Ward con
tinued “i *nme now, I hiv dire*l you"
landing Into the spirit of the affair
James sent a friend out for Jtpdl*# Percy,
When ti. arrived he j*kei the u ual <iues
t|>‘cs uid in a few moments had pr*>-
nouiiced th** words that made the pair
man nnd wife
* * orphan am! live.| with Itsr
aunt, who nt and t ti ua le her from tier
' * h a She ••? et to back *kwn and
that v**rv night left with Ward on a
honey fi. < i
Ini** dtv i later Fhe returned home de
sert. I, heartbroken and U k he mptdiy
g*ew wm mid l*r Hili on wa* rolM in.
He could do i dhltii un i Hadie died, th#
*i i for end. fl nt g t Ht- fever. Iler hut
ha ml haH iwi been heard from.
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