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Mistress Rosemary Allyn By MILUCCNT E. MANN Copyright, 1904, by LUC AS LINCOLN CO. l' ' : CHAPTER XIX--Continued. "I do not know," she said, and «hook her head. "I am sorry if Mar­ tin annoys you, sir; he is restless to­ day--I cannot quiet him," she Added. "Poor devil," I ejaculated, as hold­ ing my heavy head tightly between . my hands I was able to follow what lie was reciting. "'Oh, God! Oh, God!'--*How weary, et&le and unprofitable'--'Get thee to a nunnery'--'Alas, poor Yorlck'--'He poisons him in the garden."' "Poor devil!" I repeated; "a mad Hamlet truly." Turning to Alice I safd courteous­ ly: "I see in some way unaccount­ able to me I have intruded upon your hospitality--I am waiting to know why?':. "I will tell yon If you promise to talk no* more, dnly' listen," she added. 1 I assured her of my Willingness to listen, and she began: "It is now going on the fifth day since Martin and I found you ajl un­ conscious--dead, I thought--but I wilj begin at the beginning. You see, Martin and I were coming into Lon­ don--I know, sir, it is risky--but I did so long to see the town before I left it never to return, for you must know we are on our way to Bristol to sail for America. I thought I could easily stay hidden, here for a few days." "You mean to say that 70a will burden yourself with a daft person In a new land?" I found myself asking. "What else can I do, sir?" she quer­ ied; "I could not leave him here alone --he has no one else in the world save me--it would be cruel to leave fclm alone." "Nothing else," I replied, not will­ ing to spoil her fine charity. * "We had not come into London yet, when a fog closed in upon as--such & fog as London had not seen in many a day," she said. "We w^re lieavily laden. Each of us had a pack •--our little belongings. I was fearful «s we trudged along, groping our way from street to street, lest we be set upon and our few possessions taken from us. A fog in London's a fear­ ful thing! Hardly a light anywhere save the few lanthorns carried by provident wayfarers. You shrink from everyone and everyone shrinks from you. Gentlemen carry their naked swords in their hands. Men and wo­ men prey upon one another. All is fear! We had reached the end of Sow Street when Martin stumbled over something huddled in the road my father? I had told no one but the King of that. I bade Alice bring me my coat when I recollected that I had given the locket with the note still intact within it to Rosemary. For the other paper, perhaps? Well, chuckled with satisfaction, if it was a paper they were after, they got not what they wished. "I thank you, .Alice," I said; "but for you and Martin I might be by now food for the worms. Again I thank you, for I honestly believe that I owe my life to you." "Oh, sir," she cr:ed, tears starting to her eyes--they seemed ever ready to flow upon the instant--'1 am not worthy to take it. Did I not steal from you--and you so good to poor Martin and me?" "That is past and done, iny girl," I said. "And as it happened you did no harm." I grasped her hand. "From now on I am your friend," I added. While speaking, for Alice, seeing that it made me more excited not to talk, had let me have my way, we had paid slight heed to Martin, who still spouted Shakespeare,, now Hamlet, now another. Suddenly "fie came toward us; he strode with the stage glide of the vil­ lain. As he neared us he pointed to the window and said: "Enter the ghost--he cornea, he comes--make way, ye slaves." A shadow spread itself upon the shade of the window and faded away. Alice put her finger upon her lips to silence Martin, while she went to the door without a sound and stood listen­ ing. CHAPTER XX. A Wager and What Came of It. A sword handle fell heavily upon the door, wielded by no slight hand« "Open, it is I--Gil Monte; open I say," cried a voice, and again there was a tremendous banging at the door. "Open," I too cried--"It is Gil." "Yes, yes," Alice answered, as she made haste to unhasp the latch, and Gil rushed in. "At last! my lord, at last!" he cried, as he hastened to my side. From the break In his voice I understood plain­ er than words could have told me the anxiety he had passed through. "It is as I feared--you have been hurt?" he questioned. "Not much, a crack on the back of the head," I replied, "and this cut." new* Enter the ghost--lie comes, lie comes!" * ' ' ' . : • : • * , v ? . a taper--I recog-knd fell. 1 lighted nieed you!" I thought (my head was clearer now) of Rosemary and our wild ride through the fog that night as con­ trasted with this poor woman's wan­ derings with her daft mate; of Rose­ mary as she stood at the door of the Inn. her cloak half slipped from off her; of the petals which lay on her shoulder, shaken from the roses low In her hair, nestling against her neck. Ah, there was no one more beautiful than she! And so thinking, I lost the thread of her discourse. When I came back from soaring near to heaven I heard her say: "I tied a bit or ribbon on one of the spikes of the gate, so that I should know the place, and because we had to hide our bundles beneath the hedge so as to be free to carry you. When I went back for them I learned who owned the place and who lived there, thinking that if you recovered you might wish to know. The house is on Bow street surrounded by large (rounds, inclosed by high brick walls, irj grown." "I know the place," I murmured. "We carried you between us," she •leontinued. "Often we had to stop and I would leave Martin and you--a madman and a corpse--and go to in­ quire the way of the first passerby f could meet, my heart thumping in my breast for fear I should ask some eril inclined person and be directed wrong. Thus, after hours of wander­ ing hither and thither within a radius of a few miles, we came to Mag's. 6he is a charwoman," she explained, "who used to clean at the old Drury when I acted there. I was once able to do her a slight service, and for the sake of those old days she took us in." My brain wjjp not idle--the night of the fog after I had left Rosemary I had been struck upon the head and rendered unconscious. Before the miscreants had attempted the dastard­ ly deed, however, they had made sure of the identity of their victim, for I remembered a light ,)>eing swung be­ fore my face, and ati unknown voice crying. "It Is he." Who had struck the blow? What wis the object? I had been searched--I saw from the wall where my clothes hung some of the pockets still lay turned out. For what? Not money, Alice was positive, for there was plenty In the pockets which had been left In their original position. For the paper given me by % • J A ^ J' - ' • • sfeJi-k "You did indeed," I could not help, smiling at his manner. "But they; also perfbrm good services, witness; what Alice did--and would you havO been any the wiser as to my where­ abouts if Mag had not informed you?" "What did Alice do?" he quickly asked. "She dragged me here from where she found me on Bow Street, and has since cared for me," I said. "It It ti&d- sot been for her iJistesd of ing a quick man, you would have found a corpse, if anyone at all." • "Em!" he muttered. "I care not--- they serve best where best paid. I must get you hence--I will send for Torraine and a stretcher. Who knows but it may be a trap?" "Beast!" ejaculated Alice. "Know, sir, that Mag would do no one a mean trick," she added to me. ^ • I reassured her with a smile. .. The madman, Martin, whom she had taken care of as a mother her sick child, came out of his corner at her raised voice, and laid his hand timidly on her arm. "Pretty Alice Lynson--pretty Alice Lynson," he murmured, "I know where violets grow the color of your eyes--rosemary, too, and fennel, and here's rue for you. Why do you cryf I will get you some." And he ctarted for the door. "No, no," she said; "Alice Is not crying--you must stay with Alice." The madman hesitated and looked longingly at the door. "Alice will cry, indeed, if you leave her," she said. Thereat he came back, and went Into his corner, from whence the crooning began again. Gil watched the couple with shamed eves, but he was not satisfied an| muttered: "I think It best to go and call Tori raine. I kept Pat and him with me', sir, for they could go Into places that I dared not venture for fear of recog­ nition. I will be back with a stretch­ er in a wink." He would have gone, but I called him back. "It Is early yet, Gil, be in no haste," I entreated. "My lord, I hare much to tell yon,** he pleaded. "Tell it here and no#," I com* manded. He gave a sigh of resignation. "Do you know where the locket is that you wore pinned upon your coat the night you left me?" he queried. Yes," I replied. Had I not given It myself to Rosemary? Where is it?" he demanded. « It appears to me, Gil, that yon are busying yourself about something which does not concern you. My God!" I started up only to fall back again. "How many days have I lain here?" Five days, sir," replied Alice and Gil in the same breath. V' > (To be continued^ NAVAL HISTORY OF RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR BEFORE THE LAST GREAT BATTLE WEAR GEMS OF PHARAOfi|& "It is enough, from your looks," he said dryly. "Tell me how you succeeded in find­ ing this hiding place?" I asked anx­ iously. "For what you have done others may do--and so Alice's safety be imperiled." "Ah! 'pretty Alice Lynson'--more petticoats," Gil said, laying his hand upon his breast and bowing low be­ fore her. "Poof! You!" Alice cried scornful­ ly, and swung round on her foot, pre­ senting her back to him. He gave a perplexed look at her back and then turned to me. "When you did not meet us at the marsh as agreed," he said, "I sent all the men on to Long Haut, except Torraine and your linkman, Pat. We came back to London by separate ways and ever since have been searching high and low for you. It did not take us long to find that you had been hurt or killed, we knew not which, near the Bow Street mansion. Then what had become of you was a mystery--I could learn nothing. In despair I hung about the Duke's the­ ater--" "A risky thing to; do," I Interrupted him. "Perhaps," he acknowledged; "but I kept my hat slouched over my face, and I put me on a wig, and long coat; you see it alters me somewhat?" I smiled--a babe could have seen through the trick. But no doubt my enemy, he who had been instrumental In my hurt, thinking me dead, did not care to mole3t him. "At last, desperate, I asked the services of both Lady Felton and Mistress Gwyn--they could ferret out nothing new," he continued, "and was about at my end, when--it is hardly an hour agone--I received whispered word, 'Back alley, foot of Chune Street.' Although I was after her like a flash--it was a woman--she escaped me; hid herself among the wings or stage gim-cracks, where came near to being lost. As soon as I found my way out I lost no time in coming here." "It must have been Mag," Alice put In. "Who is Mag?" questioned Gil. "The woman who rents these room* and lets us stay here with hsr," the replied rather tartly. "That settles it." said he. "Did not say that all the mischief was eon cocted by the petticoat army?" London Society Women Proud of Jew­ els From the Pyramids. Happy the woman of to-day who owns some gem worn by a princess of Egypt when the world was younger; joyous is she who adorns herself with any ornament taken from a mummy, for such jewels bring the best luck, women firmly believe at the* moment, and they all yearn to wear them. Mrs. Clarence Mackay of New York possesses a weird carnellan necklace that decked a daughter of the Phar­ aohs and Mrs. St. John Broderick re­ joices over some quaint, priceless jew­ els that shone by the Nile. Many fashionables are wearing a little pend­ ant fer charm made <Jf New Zealand Jade, the Pounamu stone, which al­ ways bestows good fortune. • Sarah Bernhardt's favorite mascot is a necklace of gold nuggets which the admiring miners of California pre­ sented to her. An English actress, Miss Irene Van Brugh, pins her faith to a girdle of splendid turquoises. All Right, But the Ring. Yarnall Abbott of Philadelphia, w!w, though an amateur, is admitted to be one of the very best photographers in America, collects with much zesl stories about the camera. "A North Ninth street photogra­ pher," he said the other day, "told me bis morning of ao odd and amusing episode. "He said that a young woman brought back to him a dozen cabinets that he had made of her the week be­ fore. " 'What' he exclaimed in dismay. Bringing them all back? I thought they were very successful.' "The young woman reassured him with a smile. 'Yes.' she said; 'oh, yes. They are I only want you to touch cut the ring. I've got a new young man.' "--Salt Lake Tribune. Liverpool's Literary Streets. "The most literary street names In the world," said a publisher, "are those of Liverpool. There is hardly a writer of note whose fame is not commem­ orated in some way In a Liverpool street name. "Dickens is highly honored In Liver­ pool. There is a Pecksniff street, a Dombey street, a Winkle street, a Tupman street, a Dorrlt street, a Nickleby street, a Copperfleld street and a Micawber street. 'In honor of Tennyson Liverpool has a Maud street, a Geralnt street, an Enid street, a Clarlbel street, a Gwen­ doline street, a Shalott street and so on. 'Falstaff street, Portia street, Rosa­ line street, Oberon street, Macbeth street, Cordelia street, Hotspur street, Ariel street and a dozen others do honor to the Bard of Avon." .• : ADMIRAL T0G0'8 FLAGSHIP, THE M1KASA, IN ACTION. Drawn from Cabled Descriptions of the Battle. GREAT NAVAL CONFLICTS QF THE PRESENT WAR, Feb. 8, 1904--First attack by the Japanese on the Port Arthur squad- rofc, the Russian battleships Retvisan and Czarevitch and cruiser Pallada being hbled by torpedoes. Feb. 9--Cruiser Varlag and gunboat Korietz practically destroyed at Che­ mulpo, Korea, In a battle with Ad­ miral Uriu's ships; Russian command­ ers return to harbor with their ves­ sels and blow them up. Feb. 9--Long-range bombardment of Port Arthur by Admiral Togo, the Rus­ sian battleships Poltava and cruisers Diana, Novik and Askold being dam­ aged. Feb. 14--Japanese destroyers torpe­ do the Russian battleship Boyarin. March 10--Engagement between de­ stroyed flotillas, one Russian destroy­ er being sunk; Port Arthur forts and town bombarded. April 12--Japanese flotilla lays mines outside Port Arthur harbor en­ trance despite sharp resistance. April 13--Russian squadr&n lured from Port Arthur harbor; battleship Petropavlovsk is blown up, the Po- bieda is damaged, and a destroyer is sunk; 750 men, including Admiral M&karoff and the artist Verestchagin, go down with the Petropavlovsk. April 15--Port Arthur fortress and town again bombarded. May 12--Dalny and Talienwan bom­ barded by ships under Admiral Ka- taoka. June 23--Sortie by the Russian Port Arthur fleet, in which the Sevastopol, Pallada, Poltava and Diana are dam­ aged. July 2--Four Japanese destroyers at­ tempt to enter Port Arthur harbor; two are sunk and one damaged. July 9--Another sortie from Port Arthur Is attempted, but the Russian ships are driven back by Togo's flo­ tilla. July 26--Naval fight off Port Arthur harbor, the Russians claiming to have disabled three Japanese craft. Aug. 10--Naval battle off Round Island, southeast of Port Arthur; Rus­ sian fleet dispersed and Admiral \tit- soeft killed; five battleships and a cruiser return to Port Arthur; three large Russian war vessels take refuge in foreign ports. Aug. 12--Two Japanese destroyers enter Chefoo harbor and, a|ter a des­ perate fight, capture the Russian de­ stroyer Ryeshitelni, which bad taken refuge there. Aug. 14--Cruiser Rurik of the Vladi­ vostok squadron sunk in a battle in Korea strait by Kamlmura's ships; Gromobol and Rossla badly damaged, but escape. Aug. 21--Cruiser Novik destroyed at Kbrsakovsk, Saghalien Island, by two Japanese cruisers. Dec. 6--Gun fire directed from 203- Meter hill destroys the Russian ships Peresvlet, Poltava, Retvisan and Se- bastopol and the cruiser Pallada in Port Arthur harbor. In Lent. Henry M. Flagler, at a dinner party at Palm Beach, said, apropos of Lent: "A clergyman told me one day in Lent how, the Sunday before, he had preached from the text, 'All flesh la grass.' f "The next day he met a parishioner of his. a lowly laboring man to whom fasting was anything but congenial. This man said to the clergyman with a smile: " *1 much enjoyed, sir, yesterday, yer sermon about all flesh bein' grass, and I wish to know whether, in this I>ent- en season, I cpuldn't he after bavin' a small pleee of pork by way of a sal­ ad?' " LIST OF BIG WAR CRAFT L09T ON BOTH 8I&ES. Since the war began the losses In big ships to the fleets of the belliger­ ents have* been as follows? RUSSIA. *' Sunk Off T»u Islands. ? Orel, first-class battleship. | s Borodino, first-class battleship Three cruisers, names not learnei One auxiliary vessel. Sunk at Port Arthur. Boyarin, blown up by a mine. Chance for Model Young Man. An advertiser in the Wimbledon (Eng.) Gazette wants "a lad about twenty; must be a churchman, of good education, who can drive a horse and cart, assist in the stable and garden (melons and cucumbers), milk cows and understand pigs; must be accus­ tomed to wait at table and of gentle­ manly appearance; early riser and tee­ totaler; good references required." The wage of this paragon Is to be $50 a year, but he must lodge out and furnish his own meals, except dinner. Retvisan, slink by gun fire. Poltava, holed and sunk. « Pallada, torpedoed and hilt cab- merged. > Blown Up at Chemulpo. Varlag, first wrecked by Japanese shot. Korietz, hulled by Uriu's ships. Sunk in Korea Strait. •Vi' '• 'IS.'.: -.W.'.H? Rurik, one of the Vladivostok squad­ ron. Sunk Off Saghalien. Novik, one of the Port Arthur ships. Dismantled in Foreign Ports. Czarevitch, now at Kiaochau. \ ; Askold, in harbor at Shanghai Diana, sheltered at $aig§» Indo-Chlna. JAPAN. * Sunk Off Tsu Island*, One cruiser. Ten torpedo boats. , ^ Sunk by Mines. ^ Hatsuse, went down near Dalny. Yashima, sunk east of Port Miyaka, lost.in Kerr bay. Haiyen, blown up Oct. 9. Rammed and Wrecked. Yoshino, sunk in collision by t&e Kasuga, May 16. A number of smaller craft has been lost on both sides, but in this respect Russia is the heaviest sufferer. Japan lost five transports sunk by the raid­ ing Vladivostok squadron* and lost sixteen other vessels In the four at­ tempts that she made to bdttle up Port Arthur. Newspaper-Reading Americana. "One thing which is most charac­ teristic of you Yankees," said the sub­ ject of King Edward who had been here for a few weeks on a visit, "is the universal reading of newspapers. Every one, from messenger boy and errand girl to the grayhalred man and woman, seems to carry a newspaper wherever he or she goes, and to de­ vour it with eyes hungry for news. I believe it has much to do with the supremacy of your nation In commer­ cial fields." MERCHANT VE8SELS CAPTURED AND SUNK. From the beginning of the war un* til Jan. 23 last the following vessels had been taken by the Japanese, ac­ cording to a report sent from Tokio by Mr. Grlscom, the United States minister. In some cases, however, protests against confiscation, are still pending: Russian--Mukden, Feb. ^ ̂ il904; Rossia, Feb. 7, 1904; Argun, Feb. 7, 1904; Nicolai, Feb. 10, 1904; Michael, Feb. 10, 1904; Alexander, Feb. 10, 1904, Manjurla, Feb. 17, 1904; Ros- nick, Feb. 10, 1904; Ekaterinoslav, Feb. 6, 1904; Juridea, Feb. 17, 1904; Manjurla (second of the name), Feb. 9, 1904; Kotlk, Feb. 10, 1904; Talia, April 13, 1904. French--George, Aug. 19, 190 German--Fuhplng, Oct. 12, 1! British--Veteran, December, 1904; Ni- gretia, December, 1904; King Arthur, December, 1904; Rosalie,. Jan. 11, 1905; Redlngton, Jan. 12, 1905. Dutch--Wilhelmina, Jan. 16, 1905; Bawtry, Jan. 17, 1905; Oakley, Jan. 18, 1905. Most of the foregoing twenty-three steamers are fine vessels. No mer­ chant steamer flying the Russian flag, nor any merchant vessel of non-Rus­ sian nationality carrying contraband of war, has been sunk by the Japa­ nese. In addition to. the foregoing, two sailing vessels were captured in February, 1904, namely, the Nadejjita and the Bobrlck. * Vessels Sunk by Russians, tl ^ The Japanese steam vessels sunlc by the Russians were as follows: Nagano-ura Maru, Feb. 11, 1904; Hanyel Maru, March 26, 1904; Goyo Maru, April 25, 1904; Kinshu Maru, April 26, 1904; Haginoura Maru, April 26, 1904; Hitachi Maru, June 15, 1904; Izumi Maru, June 15, 1904; Selsho Maru, June 80, 1904; Takashima Maru. The vessels sunk by the Japanese for the purpose of blocking the har­ bor of Port Arthur numbered seven- Fighting Tuberculosis. Remarkable results in curing chil­ dren of tuberculosis are being ob­ tained by the fresh air treatment at Coney Island, according to Health Commissioner Thomas Darlington of New York. The treatment at Sea Breeze, West Coney Island, is the modern hygienic one--fresh air, sun­ shine, rest and good food The chil­ dren are 'kept in open pavilions or tents and soon show Improvement. The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor is In chatga, ' ,A..- • Dowries for German Girls. ̂ The sum of 92,500 a year is dis­ tributed in dowries to the girls of the town of Hachmann, in Germany. A Polish nobleman left the money for this purpose, and the amount of the marriage portion that each girl re­ ceives is regulated by the measure of good looks that she possesses. A plain bride'gets $250. and the prettier a girl la the less she receives from this fund. The benefactor's aim was to equalize the chances of marriage of the plain and the pretty. teen, with atotal tonnage of $5,208 tons. V; '• y V1 SUMMARY OF RU88IAN LOSSES IN RECENT BATTLE. Men killed 5,105 Battleships sunk................. 6 Cruisers s u n k . . 8 Monitor sunk. 1 Destroyers sunk^3 Repair ship cunM. 1 Men captured....^ Battleships captured.....*...... 2 Monitors captured............-..; 2 Destroyer captured.............. 1 Escaped 2 RUSSIAN 8HIP8 SUNK. Kniaz Souvaroff, first-class battle­ ship, $5,200,000. Borodino, first-class battleship, $5^ 200,000. Alexander III., first-class battleship, $5,200,000. Oslabya, first-class battleship, $5,- 200,000. Navarin, first-class battleship, $5,- 200,000. isso! Vellky, second-class battleshipi $3,980,000. Admiral Nakhlmoff, armored cruicer, $2,860,000. Dimitri Donskol, armored cruiser, $2,110,000. Vladimir Monomaklv armored cruis­ er, $2,080,000. Aurora, protected cruiser, $1,800,000. Spietlana, protected cruiser, $1,380,- 000. Jemtshug, protected cruiser, $1,060,- 000. Ural, volunteer cruiser, $2,800,000. Irtessim, auxiliary cruiser, $1,100,- 000. Admiral Oushakoff, monitor, $2,050,- 000. Kamtschatka, repair ship, $2,600,000. Destroyers, three unnamed, $1,080,- 000. RUSSIAN SHIPS CAPTURED. Orel, first-class battleship, $5,200,000. Nikolai I., second-class battleship, $2,650,000. Admiral Seniavin, monitor, $2,050,- 000. Gen. Ad. Aprsxlne, monitor, $2,050,- 000. Bsdovl; destroyer, $360,000. RUSSIAN SHIPS ESCAPED. Almaz, protected cruiser, $1,080,000. Grozny, destroyer, $360,000. FATE OF RUSSIAN COMMANDERS. Vice Admiral Rojeetvensky, com- mander-in-chief, captured, severely wounded, after escaping from sinking flagship Knlaz Souvaroff. Rear Admiral Enqulst, seoond in command, captured, severely wound­ ed, after escaping from Kniaz Souvar­ off, Rear Admiral Voelkersam, comman­ der of second division, captured after escaping from sinking 8issoi Vellky. Rumored at 8t. Petersburg that he Is dead. Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, comman­ der third divi«ionr surrendered on board the Nikolai I. Capt. Roshinoff, commander of Cruiser Nakhlmoff, picked up by Ja­ panese boats, exhausted after swim­ ming several hours. Staff officers of the flagship Kniaz Souvaroff taken prisoners while trying to escape on destroyer Bsdovl. Captain and staff of battleships Orel and Nikolai I. and six cruisers taken prisoners. LOS8E8 BY JAPANE8Et Reported by Togo--None of fleet seriously injured; casualties of first division more than 400. No other casualties reported. Fighting Strength of Natidns. - In Brassey's "Naval Annual" for 1905, which has Just appeared, the figures on effective fighting ships of the five great nations are as follows: Great Britain, all ships, 178; battle- shops, 65; France, all ships, 93; bat- tlesMps, 36; United States, all *hlps, 75; battleships, 36; Germany, all ships, 69; battleships, 86; Russia, all ships, 44; battleships, 26. As to first- class battleships the figures are: Great Britain, 50; France, 17; United ss, 25; Germany, 22; Russia, 13. ^tatea Zimmerman a Naval Veteran* Eugene Zimmerman, the millionaire railroad man, the other day was asked to what special circumstance he at­ tributed his great success in life. "Largely to my training and general experience as an officer of the United States navy," was the reply. Very few, even among his acquaintances, are aware that Mr. Zimmerman served through the civil war In the navy, participating In numerous en­ gagements, including the bombard? ment of Vlcksburf. v; ffOT FLASHES AffD SDfKIM SPEtW 00NQUEEED AT LAST. - - ̂ IBM. Murphy Tells Her Fellow-Snfffeaw* How She Got Bid of Serions Troubles v by Simple Home Treatment. Vj.' " T tmaw fAr oopft>a1 years," said Mrs. Murphy, "by stomach disorder, aud filially I became very weak and nervous. Flashes of heat would pass over me, and I would feel as if I was sinking down. At such times I Could not do any household work, but would have to lie down, and afterwards L would hare very trying nervbus spells." " Didn't yon have a doctor?" she una asked. ««Yes. I consulted several doctors bat my health did not improve. One day a friend asked me why I did not try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. She assured ma that- they had proved of the greatest ben­ efit in the case of her daughter. In fact, she praised them so enthusiastically that my husband got me a box." "And what; was the result ?" " Before I had taken half of the flril box my condition was greatly improved. The quickness with which tuey reached and relieved all my troubles was really surprising. After I had used only three boxes I had no more heat-fiaslies or weak spells. Thanks to them, I have. become a well woman." 4 Mrs. Mary D. Mcirphy lives at No, 1903 Force street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills, the remedy which she found so satisfactory, furnish directly to the blood the elements that give vigor to every tissne of the body. They can be depended 011 to revive fail­ ing strength, and to banish nervous­ ness. Their tonic properties are abso­ lutely unsurpassed. * As soon as there is drag, or dizziness, or pallor, or poor circulation, or disordered digestion, or restlessness, or pains, or ir­ regularities of any kind these famous pills should be used. They have enred the most obstinate cases of anaemia, dys­ pepsia, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous prostration and e.ven partial paralysis. If you desire information specially suited to your own case write directly to the Dr. Williams Medicine Company* Schenectady, N. Y. Every woman should have a copy of Dr. Williams' "Plain Talks fb Women, "which will be mailed free to any address ou request. Any druggist can supply the pills. " Letters from Prominent Men. In a list of unclaimed letters Hshed by the New York postoffice a' few days ago were missives addressed to Harry Thaw, the young Pittsburg- er, whose marriage caused a sensa­ tion recently; Rider Haggard, the Eng­ lish novelist; Marconi, the wireless telegraph man, and Craig Wadsworth, secretary of the American embassy in London. "The Flower of Destiny," by' William Dana Orcutt, Is the love story of Na- polean III. and Eugenie, here woven into a dramatic romance. Interest In this all-absorbing love affair seems to never lag. Mile, de Montijo is a most fascinating heroine and the love affair leading up to the crown of violets has many idyllic qualities. The book is written in a most charming manner, and Is an ideal love tale. The illustra­ tions and marginal decorations make it a work of high artistic merit. (A^ i** McClurg & Co.) Who's Got the Button? , It was one day after the call special alms for the heathen. ^ The pastor bade her proceed. - "Tell me all," he urged kindlyl c "I put a butto%4a-;ti» ^ box;" she said. - " • He smiled. \* "And did your conscience trouble you?" he asked benignly. The wolnan raised her eyes ear­ nestly, '• "No, it Is not that," she said. ^i put in the wrong button and broker * set, and would like to exchange it, if you please."--Washington Life. . "Raise Cain and Holler/' •:w District Attorney Jerome of York visited Philadelphia not long ago, and delivered a lecture for the benefit of the men who are trying to reform the politics of the Quaker city. At the conclusion of his dis­ course, which was eminently prac­ tical, one of the local reformers went up to him and said, with the air of a man who was about to put a poser: "Your remarks were very interest­ ing, but what would you do If what is known as the 'organization' was composed of the machines of both political parties?" The pugnacious district attorney from New York did not even pa\l|l$ to think, but exclaimed: " ^ 1 ' "Raise hades and holler murder,?-# Harper's Weekly. " r - FEED YOU MONEfi/j^^r.. Feed Your Brain, and It Will Fead You Money and Fame. "Ever since boyhood 1 have been especially fond of meats, and I am convinced I ate too rapidly, and failed to masticate my food properjy. "The result was that I found my­ self, a few years ago, afflicted with ailments of the stomach and kidneys, which interfered seriously with my business. "At last I took the advice of frlenda and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead of the heavy meats, etc., that had con­ stituted my former diet "I found that I was at once benefited by the change, that I was soon reliev­ ed from the heart-burn and the indi­ gestion that used to follow my meals, that the pains in my back from my kidney affection had ceased, showing that those organs had been healed, and that my nerves, which used to be un­ steady, and my brain, which was slow and lethargic from a heavy diet ot meats and greasy foods, had, not in a moment, but gradually, and none tho less surely, been restored to normal efficiency. Now every nerve is steady and my brain and thinking facultiaa are quicker and more acute than for years past. "After my old style breakfasts 1 used to suffer during the forenoon from a feeling of weakness which hin­ dered me seriously in my work, bat since I have begun to use Grape-Nuta food I can work till dinner time with all ease and comfort." 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