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. * » • • « ' j j • • i . l i i i . . i ' i i W££. r^viPi &$v By SBWARO W. HOPKINS, •f "Jack RtkMai o# America." "ta tlM SEE." "Tw* Qentlemen ml Hawaii." "Oa a Pal** m. >WI*H "W. by »Q»WT tonal IWfc CHAPTER XI. "Let us go to the prefetto," said the Monk, "and give him warning of the svil work that is planned against him to-night. The prefetto is our master. We must protect him, for he is the representative of the king. What is four name, son?" "I am called Dambo, father." "Come with me to the prefetto. Gome, traveler; I will need your evi- Atsnce as well." Wondering what desperate game the monk was about to play, 1 followed fclm, The monk spoke a few words to the guard. A servant was sum- atoned, and we were led into the pres­ ence of the master of all Cagliari. "Your excellency!" said the monk, by way of salutation. "Yes, Brother Michael," responded the prefetto. "You have news of im­ portance to convey. So said the serv­ ant. I am ready to listen." "Your excellency," said the monk, **lt is my good fortune that I have become possessed of important knowl­ edge that concerns your safety and that of the fair Signorina Barlotti, who ,• il under your roof." The prefetto started. "That cursed American?" he said. "No. This time it is one of your trusted^triends who is plotting against jrotf, and who would, but for our friends here, murder you this night and carry away the signorina for his own." "Sacre!" exclaimed the prefetto, turning pale and looking at Dambo and me with staring, eyes. "Is this true? Have 1 a friend so false? His same! His name! 1 demand hk> name!" "Slow, your excellency. Do not be­ come excited," said the monk, calmly. "It is the Count di Pordino who thus plots against you." "Pordino? Impossible! He was here to-day and drank wine with me, •nd we spoke of his approaching mar­ riage to the ward of my poor brother He! Is he so bad as that? Let him •nter here and my own hand shall alay him!" And as the enraged prefetto uttered his threat against the count 1 thought •f the words carved in the wall of the call in the Torre dell Elefante and in the marble of the grotto, "Henry Thor- lane. I will avenge." The prefetto called the officer of the guard and told him the facts. The Qbunt was expected about midnight, ft&u it was nearly that now. "Remember," said the prefetto, as : Us captain was leaving. "Kill all the ' ethers, but leave the count to me!" The bells of the monastery were ffnging the hour of midnight, and the darkness of a cloudy night was over everything, when we, who stood in a waiting attitude on the front porch of the prefetto's villa, were startled by • yell that came from a coppice to the light. A shot was fired, evidently by One of the prefetto's guards, and the flash of his rifle lighted up the grounds lor an instant. And in that instant , ve saw the forms of men running to­ ward the villa. Suddenly some one placed lights In the windows of the villa, which threw • glare out into the night, and by this light the guards of the prefetto saw the attacking party, and formed to ' meet them. The villa became the scene of inde­ scribable excitement and activity. The Sfcreams of frightened women, the Servants of the household, pierced the air, and rang out in unison with the hoarse shouts of the soldiers and the cries of the attacking party. The leader of the attacking crowd Was but thinly disguised. The Count • Pordino was a tall man, and bore himself with a carriage that was too parked In character to be easily over­ looked. He was not wounded in the charge, and In the glare of the lights |& the windows he could be seen urg­ ing his men on. The prefetto, with a muttered curse, aprang forward, evidently to meet the count face to face. As he leaped from the porch, the Jesuit slid after him. I . was about to follow, when I missed Dambo, who had been standing be­ hind me. A rush of fear came over me. Dambo had had another purpose in coming to the villa than to warn the prefetto. He had before attempt­ ed Nlta Barlotti's life--he would do it again. Dropping my peddler's pack I bound­ ed through the hallB and up the stairs toward Nita's room. iu the excitement the door of Bar­ lotti's room had i)cC n opened. I reach­ ed the upper hall just in time to see Dambo, knifj in hand, enter her door. Then a scream, in a voice which 1 recognized as Nita's, told me the vil­ lain was at his work. Panting, I . ..tflunged on. and reached the room, to lee Dambo, with a knife upraised In his right hand, while his left clutched the frightened girl by the throat. • .* Raising my club. I uttered a prayer for muscular strength. It must have been answered. Tae club descended upon the skull of Dambo, and he fell hack, half stunned, the hand that had been at Nita's throat relaxed its hold, ftnd the knife fell from the other to the floor. "Nita!" I cried, seizing the half fainting girl, and seeking to reassure Iter. "You are safe! You know me! | am Wilberton, your friend!" "Signor Wilberton!" she gasped. "What does it mean? And what means fell the noise, the shots and the cries? I*". Are we attacked? Are they friends *>r foes? Is the prefetto's house in life' "•anger?" •• 1 threw aside my wig and beard to "1 ^ Assure her of my identity. v *'"• $">%•-' "The villa is attacked by the Count '^4.4/;Pordino," I said, "who seeks to take > - '"y*311 away by force. But the warning ^ Was brought in time, and the soldiers the prefetto are fighting off the »*.<: i - «fo *ces of the count." Nlta was now beside herself with ^ gp-ief, passion and fear. Stooping, she ; v ' lucked up the knife that Dambo had ' '• >T' *-^Uropped. 0' 'Hft - » ••• PP *> WUhertea,- she ri:- •$' 5 £ $ • " said. "I am no longer weak. 1 am a woman, but I can light I have been a circus performer, and can take my own part. Let them come. 1 will kill the prefetto and I will kill the count, iiut if they conquer me and I fail to kill them, I will plunge this knife into my own heart rather than become the bride, the slave, of the Count di Pordino." Her eyes flashed as she spoke, her bosom rose and fell in an excess of emotion, and the delicate but muscu­ lar little fingers grasped the handle of the knife in a most determined way. Now Dambo, who had been motion­ less under the effects of the merciless blow I had given him, began to crawl away from me. Springing to the win­ dow, which was shaded with heavy lace curtains, held in festoons by cord, I tore the cord away, and seizing the Italian, bound him strongly and se­ curely, and warning him not to make any further attempt to escape, left him in a heap on the floor. The din in and around the villa was now something awful. Sounds of rifle shots, cries, shrieks, moans and curses reached us through the doors and win- dqws, and 1 rushed out on the balcony to get a peep at the scenes of war be­ low. More lights had been brought Lan­ terns flashed all over the villa grounds. The monastery bells were clanging the midnight alarm. The battle had be­ come a hand-to-hand struggle, the forces of the prefetto essaying not only to defend the villa from attack, but to drive the invaders from the place, and the horde of cutthroats un­ der the Count di Pordino still hot in the hunt for Nlta Barlotti, and what­ ever else of plunder they could lay their hands to. Backward and forward the clashing groups ran, shouting, shooting, stab­ bing, blinded by rage and passion, in­ flamed by the blood already spilled, de­ stroying life where they could, fearing noi death themselves. To my eye it seemed as if the Count di Pordino's bandits were gain­ ing. And if the military failed to arrive from Cagliari, all would soon be up with Nita Barlotti and me. Apart from the other struggling combatants, two stalwart men swayed to and fro in a fight to the death. One had worn a mask, and it had fall­ en off, disclosing the features of the Count di Pordino. The other was Maligni, the prefetto of Cagliari. . They were armed with knives, and as they writhed' and twisted in each other's grasp, the knives were plunged first into one and then into the other, until it seemed as if they surely must drop dead from their wounds. Near these two struggling princi­ pals in the affray stood Brother Mich­ ael, the Jesuit, and so silent and cold was he, amid the boiling and seething of the caldron around him, that his calmness thrilled me as in another some great deed of valor might do. And Nita saw him, and watched the silent figure a moment in wonder, so distinct and apart from the entire scene did he seem to be. "Signor!" she whispered. "See that silent monk. Is he not grandly calm amid all the horrors around him! He is different from the others. See how noble and still he Is." "Yes," I replied, in a whisper. "That is Brother Michael--a Jesuit. He saved me from the soldiers and prison guards when I ran away, and he saved my life from a wound they gave me. I have my suspicion that Brother Michael is one whom the pre­ fetto tninks is doing servile penance In the monastery. Perhaps you have heard of Henry Thorlane. I think that Brother Michael is none other than he in the " "Henry Thorlane!" The cry rang out from Nita's lips with a wildress that frightened me, and caused the silent monk to look toward us. "Henry Thorlane!" she cried again. "No, no; it cannot be Henry Thor­ lane. Henry Thorlane is deau! He died when " She reeled. Her hands went up to her head. With a gasp and moan, she sank into my arms and lost all con­ sciousness. I nurriedly carried her Into the room and placed her on the bed. Water was bandy, and I bathed* her face with It. When the fight should be over, I would call for liquor and give it/to her. I steppecKout on the balcony again to see how the fight was progressing. Suddenly the prefetto and his murder­ ous foe, Pordino, relaxed their hold and fell together. Encouraged by this, the bandits re­ newed their attack. The villa must certainly fall into their hands. Just then, by a sudden movement, the silent monk drew from his bosom a peculiar symbol and held it aloft. He spoke a few words, and I heard exclamations of surprise ejaculated among the crowd of Pordino's hire­ lings. They swarmed around the Jesuit, who spoke to them again, it seemed in a commanding way. Then the attacking party turned, and just when they seemed to have everything in their grasp, they filed silently out of the place, leaving the defeated soldiers of the prefetto dum- founded at this new turn that affairs had taken. Bending over the fallen chiefs, the monk felt their breasts as If to learn whether they were alive or dead. The investigation evidently satisfied him, for he turned and signaled for some of the house servants and soldiers to carry the prefetto and the count into the house. Thoroughly bewildered now, I made sure that Dambo's cords were secure, dragged him out of Nita's room and into that in which Pacho Maligni had been killed, and, locking both doors, put the keys in my pocket and went down to meet Brother Michael. On the stairs I met Mutterelll, who was sauntering carelessly along smok­ ing a cigarette. "You here?" I cried. "I did not see you In the fight." "No, signor," he said. "A^man whp has prospects of fifty thousand lire never risks his life in a fight with bandits. I was looking for you. I have something for you." From under his jacket he took a box--the red tin box that had been taken from Pacho Maligni. "Where did you get that?" I asked. "In Dambo's quarters," he said. "It seems to connect him with the murder of Maligni." "It does, It does!" I said. "And Dambo is this minute lying bound Mi Pacho Mallgni's room. And in the next lies Nita Barlotti In a dead faint. I was g ing after some cognac Cor' her. The doors are locked." "Give me the keys," he said. "I have a flask. I will bring the »if- norina round. You go below--Broth* er Michael may wish to see you." I felt that I could trust Muterelli, and handed him the keys. Then I went down into the library, where the prefetto and tj^e Count di Pordino had been carried. Two broad, low couches had been hurriedly drawn out into the center of the library,. Upon one lay the pre­ fetto, and upon the other the Count di Pordino. It was evident, even to my unpracticed eyes, that both these men were dying. Physicians who had hurried to the villa, aroused by the alarm bells of the monastery, were working over them, and by the side of each stood a monk, holding a crucifix in his hand. "That is all we can do," said one. "The wounds are fatal. Neither the prefetto nor Xhe Count di Pordino will live till daylight" The wounded men looked about them. They were conscious, and heard their doom as pronounced by the physician. Brother Michael stepped nearer to tnem, and said: "Sons, you have heard the sid words of the physician. Make your peace with God, for you will soon stand before him to be judged for your deeds on earth, and if they have been evil, for the degree of repen­ tance and reparation you have given. Have you, Count di Pordino, any sin or secret on your soul which you wish to confess and receive absolu­ tion and forgiveness before you go before the final and the Almighty Judge?" The count looked at the monk fee­ bly a moment and slowly shook his head. "Is there nothing? Think, count, of your past life. Is there nothing? Have you ever borne false witness against another?' A frightened look came into the count's eyes. "Ah!" softly said Brother Michael. "There is something. Is It about Henry Thorlane?" The count made a sign of assent "The crime with which he was charged, and for which he was sen­ tenced to a servile penance for twen­ ty years, and for which his estate was confiscated and turned over to your hands--did he commit that crime? Was he an enemy of the prefetto?" The lips of the dying count formed the word "No." The monk then turned to the pre­ fetto. (To be continued.) ird 8OME ONE-LINE AUTHORS. Writers Whose Fame Rests Upon a Single Book or Quotation. It is one of the many odd experi­ ences of life that, while some men in pursuit of fame write a library of books and die and are forgotten, other men, under some happy inspiration, write a single line, poem or volume, and are forever ranked with the im­ mortals. In some cases Immortality goes a-begging from the modest shrinking of an author to claim his offspring, as in the case of the oracle who penned the eloquent word "Don't" in answer to Punch's request for advice to those about to marry. Very few read Congreve nowadays, and fewer still could quote half a dozen lines from any of his poems and dramas; and yet to many who have never even heard his name there are few lines more familiar than the oft-quoted and misquoted, "Musio hath charms to soothe the savage breast." Charles Wolfe, the Irish divine and poet, wrote many poems of excellence, but only one redeems him and all his works from obscurity, and of this few could get beyond the first line, "We buried him darkly at dead of night" Thomas Gray has left one legacy only from all his writings, but that is an imperishable one--his "Elegy Writ- ten in a Country , Churchyard," the most widely quoted poem in our lan­ guage. Yet those who can recite every word of it could probably not even give the name of a single other poem by the same writer. Lady Anne Barnard would have no place at all in the public memory if she had not written "Auld Robin Gray." DAY TURNED INTO NIGHT. Extraordinary Abode Built by Eccen* trie Millionaire. Another transformation of the in* terior of a family mansion resulted in an extraordinary inversion of the plans 01 nature. The owner, Mr. Brownjohn, a retired stockbroker, was determined to turn night into day, and it cost him thousands of pounds to do it All the outside windows of the house were built up, so as to exclude every ray of natural light. Entrance to the man­ sion waq by an underground passage, and every room had a door and win­ dow opening onto a magnificent cen­ tral space, which was open to the root. From the roof, when it was night outside, an imitation sun shone forth an electric glare, which filled the whole place with a light as of day. The wealthy eccentric rose at nine o'clock each evening, and, having breakfasted, started on a day's routine of work and pleasure. He lunched at 1 in the morning, drank a cup of tea about 4 a. m., and dined at 7 o'clock, retiring to rest about 10 and 11 a. m., when, by an ingenious sliding arrange­ ment in the room, the bright sky and imitation sun were at once trans* formed into a concave expanse of Inky blackness, from out of which a host of false stars twinkled, and an artifi­ cial moon shed forth her spurious beams.--Pearson's Weekly. Long Time In High Position. Adjutant General Dalton of Massa­ chusetts, who announces his Intended retirement, will on Jan. 1 next have completed a twenty-year, occupancy of a position which Is practically the ad­ ministrative head of the state's mili­ tary establishment. Gen. Dalton was originally appointed by GOT. Buttfo SNAKE CATCHES A QUAIL. Hunters 8hoot Rattler With a ^1 In It* Mouth. A hunting party which went out after quail yesterday returned to tfce city last night, with a unique trophy in the way of a very large rattlesnake. The huntsmen vouch for a remarkable story in connection with the killing of the snake. They say that the reptile was found with a quail in its mouth. The party stopped near a field, which seemed to hold good promise of game, and the horse being hitched, the three went out into the woods to hunt for quail. There was only one dog for the party, a pointer, that soon flushed a covey. Dr. Dancy managed to get two on the rise, and he was then attracted by an exclamation made by Mr. Drysdale, who said that he had almost stepped on a snake. The two together made an investiga­ tion and found a big rattler in the very spot in which the birds had risen. The rattler was fired at and killed. In his mouth, the huntsmen say, the snake held a quail, which was still fluttering with life, though the shot had also struck the bird and It soon afterward died.--Florida Times- Union and Citizen. Mrs. Hildebrandt's Discovery. Lake Sarah, Minn., Nov. 24th.--Mrs. Hildebrandt of this place claims to have discovered a complete cure for Rheumatism and numerous people can testify that as Mrs. Hildebrandt had the terrible affliction and is now a well woman, she appears to have good grounds for her claim. Mrs. Hildebrandt speaks of her cure as fol­ lows : "I had the Rheumatism in my arms so bad that I could not sleep at night I was^indueed to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and before I had taken two boxes I was much better. When I had taken four boxes I was completely cured." It is only fair to state that others have made the 'dame discovery as Mrs. Hildebrandt and that for Rheu­ matism and other diseases arising from the Kidneys, Dodd's Kidney Pills are recognized as the one sure and permanent cure. PROPOSE TO BEAT NATURE. A Cat's Long Captivity. Strange noises coming apparently from a supposed solid brick foundation in the northern corner of the new post- office ^uildlng have been puzzling workers upon the structure for the past six weeks. Yesterday the mys­ tery was solved by the removal of a portion of the foundation and the discovery of a black and white cat secreted In a space barely large enough to permit of the entrance of its body. As a layer of rock was removed the cat leaped out and three workmen who stood about fell back in surprise. For six weeks the cat had been lying in the little space. No one knows upon what it had existed, as the work­ men were unable to find any food in the small enclosure. Day after day peculiar sounds were heard about the foundation stone and workmen had become superstitious, re­ fusing to work about the stone. Final­ ly the foreman decided to clear up the mystery and ordered a huge stone removed. Then the cat, almost starved, leaped out and made its escape.--Chi­ cago News. Just Arctic Lunacy^ Dr. Dedrick tells a weird tale of his quarrels with Peary in the Arctic and makes strange charges against the fa­ mous explorer, but nobody can guess what the row was about or wno start­ ed it. Some exaggerated personal sen­ sitiveness, due to conditions of life in the Arctic, probably was the original cause of trouble, and what would have been a teapot tempest elsewhere devel­ oped into irreconcilable conflict. Dr. Dedrick's explanation does not ex­ plain, and unless Peary sees fit to make a coherent statement and clear up the mystery the affair will be re­ garded by most persons as nothing more than another exhibition of that crankiness which seems to be com­ mon among Arctic explorers.--Phila­ delphia North American. But It Will Be Done. The New York World thinks that recent advices from Bogota, the capi­ tal of Colombia, indicate that "Uncle Sam will carry a musket if necessary on one Bhoulder and a pick on the other when he starts out to dig that isthmian catlal." MEDICINE AGENTS WANTED. Men owning good road team can secure a per­ manent S.tles Agency for the beat line of Family and Stock Remedies, Flavoring Extracts, Perfumes, etc., in the market. We furnish our agents with the handsomest wagons and harness on the road and give exclusive territory. Ele­ gant premiums given to customers. $50 per week can be cleared the year round. No capital re quired. Write for further particulars. Joseph Skinner Co., Manuf'g Chemists, La Crosse, Wu, Average Youth's Delusion. Lucille--But he has no imagination. Hortense--He hasn't? That's where you wrong him. Why, he thinks there are fully a dozen girls in this town who have hearts that he broke all to pieces. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity an J superior quality of Defi­ ance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flow­ er Is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.--T. Starr King. Ten thousand demons gnawing away at on*'8 vitals couldn't b« much worse thaa the tortures of itching piles. Ymt there's a ear*. Doaa'c Ointment never lmil*. A word or a nod from the good has more weight thaa the eloquent speeches of others.--Plutarch. PITC permanently cured. Wo Bwotiiii 'imwup iW» r i l 9 B r a t d a y ' * u s e of Dr. Kline's Great Ner»e KasUN^ er. Bend for FRKK «2.00 trial bottle and treaitaSk Ob. B. H. Kum, Ltd., 931 Arch Stmt, PhlladclpbM, Pm The man who wears a small hat gen­ erally has a big opinion of himself. It is when a man is in a pickle that he asks to be preserved. * I am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.--Mrs. Thos. Bossnrs, Maple Street, Norwloh, N. Y., Feb. IT, 1900. Influence Is the exhalation of char­ acter.--W. M. Tayior. Diamond of Powerful Ray Will teen Be Made by Niagara's Power. The manufacture of artificial dia­ monds has long been regarded as an impossibility. A score of men learned in chemistry and skilled as lapidaries have spent years in a fruitless endeav­ or to equal the product of nature in this direction. Now, however, the prospect of the manufacture of dia­ monds by scientific means is consid­ ered so likely as to be predicted in a government report. T. G. Martin, an expert special agent of the census office, has written a long and very in­ teresting report on the electrical in­ dustries of the United States, in which he incidentally refers to the attempts that have been made to produce dia­ monds artificially. He recalls the fact that Moissan, the Frenchman, pushed the employment of the electric arc so far as to produce minute frag­ mentary diamonds In his furnaces. Moissan also noted the production of graphite from a diamond heated in tho arc, and from the similar treatment of sugar charcoal purified by chlorine and of purified wood charcoal. "In fact," says Mr. Martin, "it was due to his investigation in this field that he was led to his celebrated ob­ servation on the formation of dia­ monds by the sudden cooling In mer­ cury or lead of molten iron saturated with carbon. Out of all such work it wws but natural that fanciful specula­ tions should arise as to the possibility of establishing factories for the regu­ lar manufacture of genuine diamonds at Niagara Falls, where the cheap current and other essentials would be available, but nothing has resulted within the period under consideration from these plausible and sanguine theories. The fact remains, however, that in our modern electrical furnaces diamond dust has been produced, and the steps leading to the manufacture of larger crystals will be but sequen­ tial." A DAS TOD WHO WAS BEFRIENDED rrtO I UK BY AM BMKI 38k>' 9X AH m:.w SAVED BY PE-RU-INA. LUXURY A8 A HANDICAP. Majority of Successful Men Have Risen from Indigence. The history of our country Is a rec­ ord of the successes of poor boys who seemed to be hopelessly shut off from books, culture and education, except that of the most meager kind--from almost every opportunity for mental development. The youthful Lincolns, Franklins, Hamiltons, Garfields, Grants and Clays--those who become presidents, lawyers, statesmen, sol­ diers, orators, merchants, educators, journalists, Inventors--giants in every department of life--how they stand out from the pages of history, those poor boys, an inspiration for all time to those who are born to fight their way up to their own loaf. The youth who is reared in a lux­ urious home, who, from the moment of his birth, is waited on by an army of servants, pampered and indulged by over-fond parents and deprived of every incentive to develop himself mentally or physically, although com­ monly regarded as one to be envied, is more to be pitied than the poorest, most humbly born boy or girl in the land. Unless he is gifted with an un­ usual mind he is in danger of becom­ ing a degenerate, a parasite, a crea­ ture who lives on the labor of others, whose powers ultimately atrophy from disuse.--O. S. Marden in Success. William Craig's Generosity. William Craig, the victim of some one's carelessness in the accident at Pittsfield, was one of the most gener­ ous men in the service of Uncle Sam. He was always trying to do something for somebody else. He al­ ways Insisted on spending his money freely among his friends. A few nights before he left for Oyster Bay he was walking along Pennsylvania avenue and stopped for a moment before a haberdasher's store. Just then one of the White House attaches passed along and Craig hailed him. "Wait a minute, Jim," he said; "I want you to come in here with me." "What for?" asked the friend. "I want you to take a necktie with me," answered Craig. The friend protested that he had all the neckwear he wanted, but Craig, who was a physical giant, grabbed his friend and forced him Into the store, where he made him accept a tie at Craig's expense.--Washington Post. Mrs. Austin's Pancakes will help yoa to regain that lout appetite. At grocers. A hearty laugh would often put liver Villi art of business. Great Day for Tipplera. John Massengale, a wealthy 60-year- old ranchman of Macon county, Mis­ souri was married last week to the widow of his cousin. He and his in­ tended drove to a preacher's house in Macon, and were married as they sat In a buggy. Then the happy bride­ groom called up his lawyer by tele­ phone and told him to see that for the remainder of the day no saloon­ keeper should accept money from his customers. "It's my treat," said he, "and you send the bills to my ranch." Such a Jamboree resulted as Macon had never before seen, which was probably the bridegroom's idea of s fitting celebration. Protest. the poet's Alpine snows, Than deadly deserts of repose; Better the martyr's flery hour Than Buddha on the lotus flower. It Is the level road that kills; The secrets of the heavenward hills Are ethics of an endless quest. And the novitiate is unrest. The opiate vapors of the plain-- The clogging marshes--leave their stain; Oh, that we might take wings and lies Where sky-born winds blow healthfully. Oh, for the glorious lack of guile That leaves the crowd to fawn and anil* The level road with all Its Ills For the flne freedom of the hills. Chicago Optimist. They breed a flne class of optimists out in Chicago. Laurence Hamill of that parish came from Berlin to Paris in an automobile. "Three days," he said, "and rain all the time--it rained day and night." We condoled with him, saying: "Dear me, what wretched weather!" "O, well," said the Chicagoan, "it was better than none."--Philadelphia Post Envlousnese That Is Pardonable. Most women think they would be truly happy If they could only have their neighbor's hired girl.--Chicago Beoomt*- • , ' s • 1 & Rev. H. Stnbetivoll, of Elbhorn, Wis., is pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church of that place. Rev. fcitubenvoll is the possessor of two bibles presented to him by Emperor William of Germany. Upon the fly leaf of one of the bibles the Emperor has written in his own handwriting a text. This honored pastor, in a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co,, of OollUt* bus, Ohio, Bays concerning their famous catarrh remedy, Peruna: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen: "/ had hemorrhages of the lungs for a long tima, and alt despaired of me. S took Peruna and was cured. It gave me strength and courage, and made healthy, pure blood. It Increased my weight» gave me a healthy color, and / feel well. It Is the best medicine in the world. It everyone k$pt Peruna In the house U would save many from death every year."--ti. STUBENVOLL. Thousands of people have catarrh who would be surprised to know it, because it has been called some other name than catarrh. The fact is catarrh is catarrh wherever located; and another fact which isof equally great importance, is that Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. If you do not derive prompt and sattS* factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad* vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman; President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,Ol EXCUR8ION8 TO THE SOUTH. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad have announced a series of excursions to the South, which should prove popular with the traveling pub­ lic. They are so arranged as to best suit the needs of the various classes of travel and in all cases are available for transportation on the daily fast through trains of the Chicago & East­ ern Illinois R. R. and its southern connecting lines. The homeseeker, the colonist and the tourist have all been provided for. The rates vary according to the length of time the traveler wishes to devote to the trip and in all cases liberal stopover privileges are grant­ ed. Detailed information can be ob­ tained on application to nearest C. & E. 1. R. R. ticket agent or to W. H. Richardson, Gen'l Passgr. Agt.^? Chicago, 111. There are many excellent maga­ zines but none exactly like "The Pil­ grim." You may get a magazine that Interests the women and girls, but there is not much in it for the father and brothers. Or, you can get a man's magazine, all politics and business. Or, you can get magazines just for the children. But "The Pilgrim" aims to have something to interest every member of the family. Can Recover Gambling Debt. Bets on billiards are recoverable at law, so the Paris courts have de­ cided. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Gold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25ft When we hear of other peopled troubles it reconciles us to our own. Mrs. WInflow's Soothing Mjrrtip. For children teething, soften* tbe gum*, reduce* tsp lUmmatlor.. allay* pain, cure* wind colic. 23c a 'jottla Let him that would move the wor^ first move himself.--Socrates. ' PUTNAM FADELESS DYES 00It* but 10 cents per package. A rope often gets tight because that is the way it Is taut. Mrs. Austin's famous Pancake flottf Is la town--fresh and delicious an ever.. ] The early bird occasionally gets stuck on a hat. HAMUNS WIZARD OIL H CUTS.WOUNDS ALL DRUGfjISTS BELL IT flsthsa. Mlei'Xr, D!sjjs|!^jJSIMLOi Sold by all Druggist*. or by mail. 8i rents, a STOWKLL A COM Mfrm. Oharlettown. Miii* . j».' California. The Passenger Department of the Chicago & North-Western Railway has just issued a beautiful book of 60 pageB, relating to California and the best route to the Pacific Coast. The book is artistically arranged, beauti­ fully printed and fully illustrated-- portraying the scenic beauties, hotel and transportation advantages, and de­ lights of outdoor life in the favored climate of the Coast. This publication is of special value to those interested in California or con­ templating a trip to that State, and may be obtained on receipt of four cents in stamps, sent to W. B. Knis- kkr.n, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chi­ cago, 111. Bunkoed Again. "Yas," said Mrs. Trulirural, "my Si­ las got plum tired o' being gol'-bricked an' bunkoed every time he went t' teown." "Did he fool them?" "Not 'xactly, but he tried ter. Jes' as th' train wuz leavln' a man in th' station sold him a book, 'How to De­ tect a Confidence Game.'" "Was it any good?" "NoJ> why, when Si got out his glasses an' opened th' book he found thet all the pages were blank." 20 % Month on Everything You Buy That's the amount yon can save by trad- ins with us regularly. 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