°*t t. ri£ 'l u - 5. $y,:> •v " V 4 '-V&BSfu. Su Brette—How did your play, "The Snowstorm," make out? Xnight Stands—it was a frost. <» v China Adopting Civilized Ways. Philadelphia Press: If China i-untiii 3es to send its young' men to the Uniteo States, Englnad and other countries to educated it will in time become what may be called a thoroughly civilized country. An illustration of this tend- ency is furnished in the good wot k of the Chinese minister at Washington, who was educated in the United States, in the bringing in of the empire of China as a signatory of the Geneva convention. That involves an agree- ment on the part of the China to ob- serve the rules of civilized warfare anu renders possible international oo-oper- ation in the care of the wounded. The government of China has not only become one of the signatories of the Geneva convention, but a Red Cross association has already been organized under the auspices of the empress dow- ager who gave substantial evidence .if her sincerity in this movement by a personal subscription of the equiva- lent of about $70,(100. The influence of Japan is having a great effect on China. Her rulers are ab'ie to see how Japan has become a great nation in a com- paratively short time, and Japanese in- Iructors are becoming numerous in China. Japanese are drilling the Chinese troops, and no doubt the next war will show the Chinese to be much more ef- fective than heretofore. But if they have higher aims and*adopt Japanese methods in dealing with foreigners there will be no more ground of com- plaint against China. That seems to be the present tendency of the empire. The Weak Spot. A weak, aching back tells of sick kidneys. It aohe« wlion you work. It aches when you try to rest. It throbs ill c li a ti g c a b 1 e weal her. Urinary troubles aild to your misery. No rest, no comfort, until the kidneys are well. Cure them with Dean's Kidney I'ilis. Mrs. \V. M. Dati- sclier, of li.j Water street. Bradford, l'a., says: "1 had ;in almost continu- ous pain in the small of the luck. My ankles, feet, hands and almost my wtiole body were bloated. I was languid and the kidney secretions were profuse. Phy- sicians told me 1 had diabetes in its worst form, and I feared I would never recover. Donn's Kidney I'iUs cured me in 3STIC), and I have been weJl ever since." A FREE TRIAL of this jireat kid- ney medicine which cured Mrs. Dau- srher will be mailed to any- part of tlie United States. Address Fosler-Mil- burn Co., Buffalo. X. Y. Sold by ail dealers, price 50 cents per box. The Southern Pacific will use electric: •cars on its street railway lines in Oak- land, Cul.. instead of steam. Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me of a tenacious and persistent cou^'h.— Win. H. Harrison, 227 W. 121st street. New York, March 2'j, 10U1. f"W'Si ; 1 I'.V There is not a single qualified practic- ing dentist in the English protectorates of East Africa and Uganda. ~DOMFnion EXHIBITION WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA) JULY 26th to AUGUST 6th The Best Exposition of Agricultural and Indus- trial Resources of Canada ever made :: :: :: An aggregation of attractions never before attempted at an exhibition of this kind :: :: Ample Accommodations for Visitors Low railroad rates from all United States points. Particu- lars given by C ANADIAN G OVERN- MENT AGENTS or nearest ticket agent. FREE to WOMEN A Large Trial Box and book of in- structions absolutely Free and Post- paid, enough to prove the value of PaxtineToilet Antiseptic Paxtine is In powder form to dissolve in water — non-poisonous andfarsuperiortoliquid antiseptics containing alcohol which irritate* Inflamed surfaces, and have no cleansing prop- erties. The contents of every box makes more Antiseptic Solu- tion — lasts longer-» goes further—ha* more uses in the family end dees mere good than any antiseptic preparation you can buy. The formula of a noted BostoVi physician, and used with great success as a Vaginal Wash, forLcucorrhcea, PeivicCatarrh, Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, and $11 soreness of mucus membrane. - In local treatment of female lLs Pcxtlne is invaluable. Used as a Vaginal V/swh we challenge the world to produce its equal for thoroughness. I cm a revelation in cleansing '.ir.aod nealing power; it kills all germ* wh:cti cause inflammation and discharges. All leading druggists keep Paxtine; price, GOe. •box; if yours does not, send to usfor it. Don's take a substitute— there is nothing like Paxtine. Writ© for the Free Box of Paxtine to-day. 2L PAXT0N CO., 6 Pope Bldg., Boston* Mass. LAND SCRIP—Safe, quick, economical Tiethod acquiring Rovcmincni. land. Hugo Seaberg, Raton. N- ii. Fudge. Mrs. Pevorsay—My first husband wasn't up-to-date. He was awfully ild-fashioned. Mrs. K. Z. Marke—In what way? Mrs. Devorsay—Well, he had the :hance to rob a bank of two hundred thousand and he didn't do It. Be Cheerful. B cheerful. Give this lonesome world a smile. We stay, at longest, but a little while. Hasten we must, or we shall lose the chance To give the gentle word, the kindly glance. Be sweet and tender—that is doing good; 'Tis doing what no other good deed could. —Exchange. s 1 An Invisible Hand Couldn't. First Playwright-—Somebody always steals my plot, but I got one today the> won't steal. Second Playwright-—Where is it? First Playwright—In the cemetery. C)l' Wide Interest. Rreod, Wis.. July 18.—Special.- Chits. Y. Peterson, Justice of the Pence for Oconto Co.. has delivered a judg- ment that is of interest to the whole United States. Put briefly, that judg- ment is. "I (odd's Kidney Pills are the best Kidney medicine on the market to- day." And Mr. Peterson ^ives his reason for this judgment. He says: "Last win- ter I had an aching pain in my back which troubled me very much. In the morning 1 could hardly straighten in.v back. 1 did not know what it was. but nil advertisement led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. After taking one box 1 can only say they have done more for me than expected, as I feel as well now as ever I tiid before." l'ain in the back is one of the first symptoms of Kidney disease. If not enrol by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may develop into Hright's Disease. Diabetes. Rheumatism or some of the other dead- ly forms of Kidney Disease. By FITZCER.ALD HOLLOY. AutNor of An £xc«l!«i\t Knave, A Tr&i(or's Triumph, Etc. Copyright 1900 by F. Molloy Pyrotechnical Birds. New York Globe: In Nagasaki Jap- an, there is a fireworks maker who manufactures pryotechnic birds of great size that, when exploded, sail in a life-like manner through the air and perform many movements exactly like those of living birds. The secret of making these wonderful things has been in the possessioif of the eldest child of the family each generation for more than four hundred years. ABk Your Dealer for AJlen*s Foot Ea<*e, A powder to shake Into your shoes. It rests tlie feet. Cures Corns, Ilunlons, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous. Aching. Swepitlug Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Koot-Ense makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by nil druggists and shoe stores, 2r>c. Sample mailed FltKK. Address Allen S. Olmsted, we Koj'. N. \\ CHANDELIER FOIL. One Item in the Stock of Dealers in Bai and Hotel Supplies. New York Sun: A few years ago a New York saloon proprietor hit upon the idea of covering his gas fixtures over in spring, for the protection from (lies throughout the summer, with tin foil instead of the familiar red or pink or blue or yellow netting. He saved the tin foil wrappers from the tobacco he used and his friends combined in like manner, and .pretty soon he had foil enough to cover them all. It was a novel covering that the shiny, silvery looking foil made, and it caught the eye and fancy, and in the course of a year or two this custom of covering gas fixtures at this sensun with tin foil came to be the one com- monly observed: and foil covered gas fixtures were to be seen in many places. The tin foil manufacturers saw a chance for them in the observance of this custom, and they began putting up a tin foil that is especially de- signed for his use, and that Is "called chandelier foil. Chandelier foil comes in packages of one pound each, such package being of about the length an 1 thickness of an inch-wide chisel blade. Kach package contains six sheets of foil, each sheet forty-eight inches long by live inches wide, or sufficient to cover, with all its arms, a good size chandelier: It would he enough for a number of buckets. Chandelier foil doesn't cost much and it is smooth instead of wrinkled, as the tobacco wrappers always were: and be- ing made in considerable lengths it can be made to cover better and more easily than could the tobacco foils, cov- erings of which must, of course, always be made in patchwork. And with these advantages chandel- ier foil has come now to be a regular item in the stock of dealers in bar and hotel supplies. The output of coal in both France and Belgium last year was greater than ever before, that of France being 3S.- 000,000 tons and that of Belgium 2'J,- ''OO.OOO tons. A BACK LICK. ' Sittled the Case With Iter. Many great discoveries have lieeti made by accident and things better titan gold mines have been found in this way, for example when even the accidental discovery that coffee is the real cause of one's sickness proves of most tremendous value because it lo- cates the cause and the person lias then a chance to get well. "For over -5 years," says a Missouri woman, "1 suffered untold agonies in tuy stomach and eve'n the best physi- cians disagreed as to the cause without giving jne any permanent help, differ- ent ones saying it was gastritis, indi- gestion, neuralgia, etc., so 1 dragged along from year to year, always half sick, until finally I gave up all hopes of ever being well again. "When taking dinner with a friend one day she said she had a new drink which turned out to be l'ostum and I liked it .so well 1 told her I thought I would stop coffee for awhile and use it. which I did. "So for three months wo had Postum In place of coffee without ever having one of my old spells, but was always healthy and vigorous instead. "Husband kept saying he was con- vinced it was coffee that caused those spells, but eveu then I wouldn't believe it until one day we got out of Postum and as we lived two miles from town I thought to use the coffee we had in the house. 'Tlie result of a week's use of coffee again was that I had another terrible spell of agony and distress, proving that it was the coffee and nothing else. That settled it and I said good-bye to Coffee forever and since then l'ostum alone has been our hot mealtime drink. "My friends all say I am looking worlds better and my complexion is much improved. All the other members of our family have been benefited, too. by Postum in place of the old drink, coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ten days' trial of Postum in place of coffee or tea is the wise thing for ev- ery coffee drinker. Such a trial tells the exact truth often where coffee is not suspected. Look in each pkg. for the famous lit- tle book. "The Road to Wellville,'" 111 thr jTeselU instance he thai Dunstan Hurbage should never have been placed in the dork. It was not in the nature of the man standing for trial, yountj in years ami experi- ence, humane in disposition and of blameless character, to take the life of another man. The deceased had won the prisoner's money, but neither before nor after was there a shred of evidence to show any illl feeling between them; on tlie contrary, they had always seem- ed good friends. Would any man among the jury stain his soutd with blood, incur a haunting remorse, risk his liberty and life that he might get back an 1 O U? The pris- oner was a man of heart and feelings and conscience like themselves, but was more unfortunate than any one of them, because suspicion had stealthily wound itself round him, caught him in its toils, and threatened to destroy him. For this lie deserved their sym- pathy. Hut it must be remembered that when the coroner's jury returned tlndr ver- dict he was practically undefended, his name had been bandied about by an irresponsible press while he was being sought for. and his condemnation, ow- ing to various causes, had been a fore- gone conclusion. Xow. the fads of the case were ex- tremely simple, and when justly stated undeniably proved his innocence. He had lost moiu'y at c;;rds and used phrases already unduly dwelt on. show- ing; thai he deplored his foolishness. Immediately afterward be went up- stairs with tlie deceased, a kindly hearted, wealthy young fellow, who in- vited him to his room, where he gave him back the I O l*'s the prisoner had signed. The latter took them to his own apartment, where lie burned them. Owing to a disappointment received the previous evening, he left Knowlesworth Hall early next morning, but instead of going to London as he had intended and stated, he made his way to a farm- house, miles fro-n the nearest post town, where newspapers were slow to reach. Here he remained, without striving to conc.eal himself, until he read of tlie murder and was horrified to see that suspicion had attached itself to him; when he at once gave himself up. The motive of every act of his could be ex- plained, and there was not an atom of direct evidence to connect him with this crime. Circumstantial evidence had before now led to deplorable mistakes. Kven within the past lew years there were striking examples of men condemned to death or penal servitude for crimes of which they were subsequently proved innocent. Many cases could be cited where jur- ors. relying on circumstantial evidence, wronged beyond repair the unfortunate men ihey had Jound guilty: but he felt sure that no such deplorable blunder would be made here, where every cir- cumstance had. been accounted for to the satisfaction of the most exacting. Finally, he stated that there was no case whatsoever upon which to convict the prisoner, whom their judgment and conscience would tell them was entitled to be discharged as an innocent man. The profound silence succeeding this speech was interrupted by tlie deep, grave voice of the judge, who with slow deliberation began to sum up and bal- i ance the sa ,5 "nl points of the evidence for and at, nsl the prisoner; at the i conclusion of which he left the fateful j •y.sue in the hands of the jury. CHAPTKU XI. i THE VI-RDICT. ' Having agreed regarding the verdict they should pass on Dunstan Kurbage, the jury returned to their places with tlie slow and solemn gait of men weighted by the heavy responsibility of another's fate. At sight of them the conversation of those who had remain- ed in court sank to a whisper and died out in.ominous silence. A sudden glv.im of scarlet, on the bench told that the judge had taken his place, from where, within a couple of minutes he would pronounce a sen- tence that meant life or death to the prisoner, who, almost at the same in- stant, was brought into the dock. A tremor went through all when the judge, in a voice hollow as the rum- bling of an underground current, in- quired of the jury if they had agreed upon a verdict. "Yes. my lord," the foreman an- swered. Then, in reply to the inevitable ques- tion, came the verdict, "Not guilty." The second of profound silence that followed was smote by the sob of a woman's voice, and Dunstan. touched to the quick, turned to see Lady Uysshe lying back in her seat. Edith holding her hand. At the same instant he caught sight of Yeneto wildly gesticu- lating. After that all seemed confusion and noise to him. He knew that the judge addressed him. but his words seemed far away, as though spoken through a telephone; he saw the jury rise and file out of the box and the general crowd make toward the doors, as an audience in a theater when the curtain has dropped. Then in a moment or two he was in the private room of an hotel, where Lady Bysshe had embraced him and Edith had told him of her gratitude at the result of his trial, and the count had wrung his hands in silence. Even Max was there, patting him o nthe shoulder and saying in an excited voice: "I am awfully glad, old chap, at your escape—that is, 1 mean that they have let you off." His hilarity was a little cooled by Lady Bysshe's stare, and he began to feel that he had not expressed himself as he should. "You will, I hope, come back and stay with us as long as you can, Dunstan," Lady Bysshe suggested. "We shall be very glad if you will," Edith added. "And we shall do everything we can to soften the painful impressions the hall may have for you,' remarked the count. "Oli, thank you; I know that you are all very kind, but just yet I could not bear to see the place; besides, I have promised a friend to stay with him. Signor Veneto has asked me to return with him." "Yes, he has arranged to come with me," said a tall, handsome man, with a brown face and pointed beard, a trifle untidy in his dress, but with a free, breezy, picturesque air, who had just entered the room unnoticed by the oil- ers. "Signor Veneto," Dunstan said by way of introduction. Lady Bysshe 'ooked at the Italian shrewdly, and then held out her hand to him, over which he bowed with the air of a prince. "I have heard Mr. Burbage speak of you, Signor Veneto," she told him. adding, "Perhaps it will be better if he goes with you." "My place is very quiet," responded Veneto; "there he will be far from the world, he will recover himself, for you see how he has suffered. The darkness of the prison is still blinding him, but in a little while he will begin to see clear. My daughter and myself, we will take care of him. He is dear to us." "I think," said the count, who at his request, was led forward by Edith, "I am addressing a fellow-countryman?" "It is true, count," Veneto replied. *T have heard of you." "From our young friend here?" "No. from my friend Sasari."- Before the count could make any further remark (Jeoffery Bysshe en- tered the room *ith the buoyant air of a man expecting a hearty welcome. Nor was he disappointed, for his aunt warmly expressed her gratitude to him for what he had done, and praised his ability. • t "And you must let ' me add my thanks." Edith said, giving him her hands, which he quickly pressed in his own. "you spoke splendidly." As she said this both Max and Dun- stan. watching her face, were surprised by the sudden brightness that over- spread it. like a burst of sunshine, and reflected itself on that of the individ- ual she addressed. Both young men jumped to the conclusion that he was in love with her. and Max suddenly felt himself boil with anger at the thought; while Dunstan, though knowing that he probably owed his liberty to <>eof- frey Bysshe, could not at the moment forgive him for daring to lose his heart to her. "It is not every day a man has such a reward for simply doing his duty," the barrister remarked, "You're about right there," Max said, readily agreeing with him: "but that's where you lawyers gel the pull over other men.'' (Jeoffrev Bysshe laughed at the jeal- ousy recognizable in every word. "Wait, until you are a full-blown doctor," he replied, "and you will see how grate- ful your patients ' ill be to you for sparing their lives." A sudden glare of savage anger Hashed into Max's eyes, as if he had received a blow in the face, and with lips pressed tight to prevent his anger escaping them, be turned away. Half an hour alter and Burbage was seated in a railway carriage with Ye- neto and lloma on their way to Lon- don. As for him. he seemed scarcely aware of his surroundings, and looked like a man untimely waked from deep sleep. His words were few and spoken with' weariness, and he showed impatience when the train halted at various sta- tions, as if swift motion corresponded with his thoughts, or gratified him by the knowledge that it carried him farther and farther away from the hateful scenes through which lie had passed. It was lale at night when the fly they bad taken from Barnet station turned down the narrow road leading to JJad- ley < 'ommon. When Dunstan got. out at. the hall door he staggered, and was kept from falling on his host, who assisted him into the hall, looking shrewdly into the young man's face, which was deadly white, while his eyes biased. "You hav(- eaten nothing all day," Yeneto said, assisting him to a chair, "but we will have supper presently. Meanwhile Koma will bring us some wine: it will warm your heart and mine, for it comes fr-v.n the vineyards that once belonged to me." "Wine, wine." muttered Dunstan. "Yes. let us have wine; it is the color of blood; we will drink and be merry, like that night long ago—the night he died. Blood, blood, blood! its every- where—see. see!'" "Hish." Yeneto said, looking nt him with eyes full of horror and alarm. "I know, 1 know, but we will drink it, you and I; but lie can drink no more— no more. Come." He rose suddenly, lurched forward like a drunken man. and struck against the wall. Yeneto was beside him in a second, watching his twitching face and counting his pulse. Then he shouted for his servant, Matteo. who on arriv- ing was told to help his master in put- ting the guest to bed. Burbage. now scarcely conscious, al- lowed himself to be guided upstairs, but on reaching the lobby stood still and gave a. wild uncanny laugh that echoed through the lonely house. "He is mad." Matteo said in fright. "We must get him to his room." - "Father." Roma cried out in alarm, as she pushed toward them. Yeneto waved his hand frantically. "Stay there, don't come near us," he told her. She watched them ta\e the helpless figure along the passage, lighted by a. single lamp and into the bedroom prepared for him, the door of which was hastily closed. She knew he must be seriously ill, whilst remaining ig- norant of the nature of his sudden malady. A numbness fell upon her heart, which was already sorely tried by the suspense it had suffered for weeks regarding Dunstan's fate and the terrible strain it had endured during the trial. She went down stairs wearily and sat waiting in the dining room until her father came to her. "When he did. half an hour later, his scared expression impressed her pain- fully. "He is suffering from fever, brain fever, but is quieter now. I have left Matteo with him: he will want con- stant attendance," he said in a slow thoughtful way, as if some weight lay on his mind. "I feel sure I can do as much for him as any doctor, and that if he were conscious he would not have me act otherwise than 1 am now doing. So rest satisfied with that assurance, my daughter." "And can I do nothing for him?" she asked, a look of despair in her pale face." "Nothing, save to pray that the best may hapj»en for him.'* "The best?" "Yes, whether that be life or death," her father replied gravely. CHAPTER XJI. MAX SETS OFT. At the conclusion of the trial. Max returned with the family to Knowles- worth hall. It was now the last week in Septew- I her, when early autumn had tlung an ' incomparable glory of color over tht I country. | In the evenings he steadily devoted himself to Edith, so far as she would allow him. Occasionally she sang ot played to him at his request, or took a hand at dummy whist with him and her aunt, but as much as possible she avoided being alone with h'im, and did what she could to discourage tht labored compliments he continually strove to pay her. Somehow, since the morning on which news of the tragedy was broken to them, some subtle coolness, whost origin she had no wish to trace and shrank from analyzing, had risen be- tween them; but if he were aware ot this he steadily ignored it. Years ago, almost from boyhood, he had come to regard her as his future ; wife. They were in a way connections; • his father was her guardian; they had ! been brought up together; and she was | an heiress whilst he was penniless; all 1 solid reasons to his mind why she ! should marry him and thank provi- . dence for sending her such a man. He understood her so little as to ! wonder if her coolness to him was sim- ; ulated in order to make him more ardent; a plan he knew was adopted by many girls. I'erhaps she wished to llii*i. Dunstan would hardly have proposed to her without encourage- ment; when he did he got the reward of his presumption. Then she had cer- tainly seemed very friendly with that barrister fellow, though, of course, she could not be in love with a man twenty years her senior. When he told his father lie wanted change, and would like to run across the channel and stay a few days in the , French capital. the count who was ; fond of and indulgent to him, agreed I that it was necessary he should have j recreation and amusement. ! "1 know it mu;-»i be v~r> dull for you here, my.dear boy," he said in his soothing, gentle voice, "and that it will i brighten you to rub shoulders with the c: liWiis of a great city." "Yes, my dear boy," he said, "go to ( Paris my all means." ! "It's awfully good of you, pater, but." : answered .Max with his practical air, i "1 must tell you that, what, with one , thing and another, I have only a few . shillings left of my quarterly allow-- j ance." | "You are hopelessly extravagant," 1 the count remarked. j "J fear 1 am. J can't keep money." ; "Because you don't try. 1 should* feel j terribly anxious about your future, if ; it weren't that you are to marry an ! heiress," the count told him jestingly, i "The heiress doesn't seem to care much about me at present," Max an- swered in an irritable tone, recollect- ing the many slights he had recently received. "You must have patience and perse- verance. At present she is upset by that unfortunate occurrence, and by the tri^l. But 1 am sure she cares for you, with whom she was brought up and taught to think of as her future hus- band." "Girls think for themselves about their future husbands," Max comment- ed. "of late 1 have had a hard time striving to please her, but without much success." "Don't despair or you will never win her," his father advised. "Hope is the forerunner of victory. By the time you come back she may be more inclined to j listen to you. She knows it is the ; great desire of my life to se.e her your • wife, and 1 think I have some influence j over her. At all events, in your ab- | sconce 1 will prepare her mind to ac- j cept your proposal." "(iood. When#! return I will plainly ! ask her to marry me. If she refuses—" "Don't let us anticipate anything so unfortunate," replied the count hur- riedly. i On the morning when Max started j from the Hall his father gave him a hundred pounds for his expenses. I "This is more than I expected, pater," he said, gratified by this evidence of generosit y. "1 hope you will spend only what is necessary to give you a pleasant holi- day. "I will do my j^est not to be extra- vagant," the young man answered, meaning what he said. "Above ail things, don't gamble; promise me you will not gamble," Hie count said earnestly. "I am not likely to have any tempta- tion to play iu Paris." "One never knows. There are gam- bling hells iu all great cities, and like the magnet with the steel, they at- tract those whose weakness lies in that direction." "As mine does," Max admitted. "As yours does," said the count sad- ly. "You know that?" "That knowledge is tUe punishment of my sin; for in my young days I was a gambler, and with me it was a pas- sion in the blood, a madness in the brain, drunkenness was sanity in com- parison. When ] think of that ] am tilled with fear for you: vices are in- herited, or, in other words, the sins cf the, parents fall upon the children." "My dear pater, don't be so tragic," Max said lightly. "Ah, my boy, you CJMHOI know, and I cannot tell you, where such a vice may lead a man, who seeing his weakness dues not renounce it firmly, without compromise or daiiiance; for once caught in its force, it is a cataract that sweeps him to destruction." (Continued Next Week.) Faithfulness! Now York Times: John Newcoinb, of Dover, N. J., a shoemaker at Sussex and Clinton streets, occn SU, nally .sends Nero, his big Nt-wfnundhind dog, to fetch his luncheon from homo. Nero went on that errand yesterday, and .Mrs. Newcoinb prepared the meal In two parts. One she put in a pail, and the coffee she put in a glass bot- : tie, having a ball by which it could he I curried. Nero started for the shop at a dog trot, and decided that he eould shorten the trip a quarter of a mile by i going cross-lots, and then over the ! footbridge of the canal. The bridge is ' a narrow plank, and In crossing it Nero ; hail to be so watchful of his .steps that i he forgot to keep his Jaws tightly shut I on the handle of the coffee bottle, and I it dropped Into the water. Forgetting that he also had the pail in his mouth. Nero jumped in after the coffee can. arid thus lost both of them. Then he began to swim around fran- tically In the canal. The accident had been witnessed by two boys, arid after they had watched the dog swim around for half an hour they went to the shoe shop and told Mr. Newcomb about it. Mr. Newcoinb hurried over to the canal and found the dog still swim- ming about, plunging here and there, •seemingly endeavoring to get the lost luncheon. He called to the dos to come out of the water, buL Nero would not leave the canal. All efforts to get him to the shoie were fruitless. The dog was becoming exhausted, but still he swam around, yelping plteously, seem- ingly heartbroken at having met with the accident. Then Mr. Newromb saw that the only way to get the dog out of the wa- ter would be to fish up the lost lunch- eon. This was done forthwith. After about fifteen minutes the dinner pail was pulled out. and after that the cof- fee bottle. Nero then consented to come out of the water, but was so •weak he could not crawl, and had to be hauled up on dry land. The dog had been swimming about for more than an houi. BP* His Idea cf Exercise, "You don't take enough exercise for a rnan who drinks as much as you do." "Tut: tut! I've been playing pool for drinks ail mornine!" What He Wanted. Johnny—Mister, do you write colored songs? Musician—Yes. Johnny—Write me a blue one, please. Rich. He—I don't see why she should love him. She—There are thousands of. reasons why she should love him. He—What are they? She—Dollars. "But you said you'd learned how to smim!" "Yep; I took swimmln' lessons in a ^ correspondence schooil" Miss Alice M. Smith, of Minneapolis, Minn., tells how woman's monthly suffering may be quickly and permanently relieved by Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound* "]>E .\n Mns. PIN inr AM : — I have never before given my endorse- ment for any medicine, but L.vdia IS. I'inlcliain's Vegetable Coin- pound has added so nnich to my life and happiness that 1 feel liko making an exception in this case. For two years every month I would have two days of severe pain and could find no relief, but one day when visiting a friend I run across Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Com- pound, — she had used it with the best results and advised me to try it. I found that it worked wonders with me; I now experience no pain and only had to use n, few bottles to bring about this wonderful change. I use it occasionally now when I am exceptionally tired or worn out."— Miss ALICE M. SMITH, 804 Third Ave., South Minneapolis, Minn., Chair- man Executive Committee Minneapolis Study Club. Re.auty and strength in women vanish early In life because of monthly pain or some menstrual irregularity. Many suffer silently and see their liest gifts fade away. Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vege- table Compound helps women preserve roundness of form an<l freshness oi face because it makes their entire female organism healthy. It carries women safely through the various natural crises and is the safeguard of woman's health. The truth about this great medicine is told in the lette-s from women published in this paper constantly. ,^.(1^ . Mrs. C. Kleinschrodt, Morrison, III., says:— ^ "DEAR MRS. PINKIIAM: —I have suffered ever since I was thirteen \( MIS of ago with my menses, They were irregular and very painful. I doctored a great deal but received 110 benefit. "A friend advised me to try Lydia I-J.. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound, which I did, and after taking a tew bottles of it, I found great relief. "Menstruation is now regular and without pain. I am enjoying better health than I have for sometime." now is it possible for us to make, it plainer that Lydia 12. Pinkliam's Vegetable Com- pound will positively help all sick women ? All women arc constituted alike, rich and poor, high and low, — all sutler from the same organic troubles. Surely, no one can wish to remain weak and sickly, discouraped with life and without hope for the future, when proof that Lydia 12. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound will is so unmistakable cure monthly suffering peculiar to women. - all womb and ovarian troubles, and all the ills $cnnn FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the orlrfnul letters and signatures of iftulf (ill testimonials, wliish will prove their ji)>«oiute gunuiPAness. Xjydla K. Piukham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mail, Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. ™ E FAMILY'S FAVORITE 25c, 50c. 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Starch lor sale by all dealers. — — • • m- • • • — - Cattle raising is at present the only profitabe business in the African region where the Germans are at war with the Hereros. IWr*. W lnslow's oooxanra B-ratjp -=r Children ceeibuip; Boftenu the gums, reduces.iufiAramauoa .1 tuyu Willi, cum wind colic. Zi cent" a bottle Great success has attended the efforts 'jf the troops and coast guards in Egypt to combat the locust plague by destroy- ing the young insects without wings. Miss Sarah Louise Oilman of H;;llo- well. Me., hap Just resigned as a school teacher, after constant service of fifty- two years, during which time she has had as pupils «e of the leading men of the states' history. All the writing and copying inks used by the Russian governmer.: are of for- eign origin. mn RPR IP 5"'*- 1 ulck ' economical method, arnuliln. LHtlU wunir Oovernmeut Land. Uujfo Se*berg, Itaton, N U AUKNTS—Either sex; light work: quick stili'r; good money; 2-cent stamp lor particulars; write now. Odo-Alann Co 346 West !>8th St., New York. i'OH SAL.E—Chautauqua hand corn plant- era; ail inotai; the best tiiere arc; yuar- bnteed. ij.very com grower needs one or P"ce or 75 cents. AUilre&» 1 tie lribune Co., Sioux City la SIOUX CITY P'T'G CO., 1,043—30, 190* BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds.' to time. Hold bv drugglam. 'H' >> 1 - 1 " 5 r- f< W" I# "J&VJ .Sjg * ; ' r *i 1 m : M • J 'v$ I Rats Imperil Lines, , Hats imperiled the lives of 200 ma- rines (|uartered on an old wooden pon- toon In Toulon harbor the other day. When revelle sounded on the Mars, nn old wooden man-of-war, on Satur- day morning, several of the men ob- served ihat the vessel had sunk much below the water line, and the pumps were set to work, as it was known that on several occasions rats had endan- gered some of the pontoons by gnaw- ing holes near the water line. As the old vessel continued, to sink ,in spite of the measures taken to pump out the water, the men Were ordered to leave her. She very quickly sank another six- teen feet deeper in water when a swarm of rats swam out from the doomed pontoon, which five minutes, later glided noiselessly from sight. No lives were lost. M w-41 Aprs ,11 - •• erj*ffV