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ipCPttnr c O? rafflnriN® MLILIBDFJ y?r CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER. »</ J?erenpe a/~ /¥ann*C 5"? Te/te/nmf Tr&pec&P&itfJBkl ijZc i^jSk £*v. "'fi' .J*'., , V'f Copyright 1905, by Charles Morris Butler. CHAPTER XVII. Th» First Night in the Convict City. John Rogers and Richard Golden led the way toward the well-lit build­ ing in the center of the city. "What relation are you to Golden?" asked Wilson of Lang. "No relation," answered Lang. "How is it you appear to have power to influence Golden for good? I feel that Golden is a better man now than before he -met you." "I saved his life," wag Lang's simple answer. "Why did you interfere in my be­ half?" was the grateful question of Wilson. « "My sense of justice. Gould I stand Idly by and see a1, human being torn to pieces by dogs, When I might, save him?" "What do you think of tour chances now? You understand in what danger you have placed yourself by aiding me?" "Oh, my chances are all right Gofr den haS sin object in view in keeping me alive--and I mean to keep you alive! Now that I have seen your face, I have an idea that you and I can pull pretty well together. How many men, placed in your position, •would have refused aid as you did, just because your willing friend would become involved? That showed me that you were worth the risk I took." Wilson gazed on Lang in amaze- tnent. "You are the queerest man I ever met. It is hard to believe that you are a scoundrel--yet I presume you are, or you would not be here!" "So? Well, I robbed Jim Denver, the Chicago detective of ten thousand dollars!" said Lang, as if in excuse for being In the convict city. "You damned scoundrel!" said Wil­ son, and he threw himself upon Lang as if to annihilate him. Lang was taken by surprise at the onslaught, trat was quicker than Wilson, who had scarce recovered from the fatigue of his chase. "So you love Denver?" said Lang in a low tone, as he deftly pinioned the other's arms to his side. "You love him enough to kill the man who has done him a wrong! Suppose I tell Golden that Denver is a friend of yours?" Wilson and Lang had dropped and spotless linen. Upon the plat­ form were four other seats. Upon one sat Pearl Huntington, her face bathed in tears; and Louis Lang thought that he had never looked u]pon a more lovely and pitiable sight. Upon another, with a gavel in his hands, and a small table with a marble top before him, sat the crier of the city The two other chairs were empty. Schiller bowed to Golden, coldly, but showed no surprise in seeing him, and nodded also at Rogers, motion­ ing them to occupy the two seats upon the platform. At a motion from Schiller, the crier Struck the stone with his gavel and commanded silence. "Ladies and gentlemen of .Paradise," the crier said^ "we are about to ad­ minister the oath to these men and women, and that you may judge of their merits intelligently, I shall give you a brief history of each, after which, if there ar£ no objections reg­ istered, the king will read the oath." Then he introduced each candidate, giving an account of their many sup­ posed virtues and vices. Lang being unknown to the crier, Golden was then requested to give a short biography of our hero. This was done in quite a dramatic man­ ner. He ended up his little intro­ ductory speech with words something like this: "In a hand to hand fight, the pretti­ est of its kind I ever witnessed, he killed Long Rope, the Indian chief, the head of the band who attacked our train! Three days ago he saved my life from the hand of Revolver Rob, who would have assassinated me but for his interposition. He is a white man; a true man; he is worthy to be one of us!" "The candidates will now stand be­ fore me," said Schiller, rising, "whilfe the oath of allegiance is administered. I--repeat your name after me----" "I, Louis Lang," said our hero, "re­ nounce allegiance to the President of -the United States, the State of Illi­ nois, or any other state wherein I may have resided, and declare my al­ legiance to the king of Paradise, and intention of obeying all orders aiid laws originating from him! That I will do all in my power to make the others do the same thing. That I will « ¥, V.f'v^Y / fltrew himself upon Lang as If to annihilate him. # - about twenty feet behind Golden and Rogers, and as the scuffle had been a noiseless one, no one had noticed it. Wilson hung his head. "I couldn't help it, Lang. Your admission was so sudden. Denver has been a friend of mine--(doggedly) he is now, and when I heard you say you had robbed him, I could not restrain myself." "What am I to think of you?" asked Lang. "Are you a spy?" "Hush!" said Wilson in alarm. "Not so loud, for God's sake! If the people thought that my life wouldn't be worth a picayune!" "Never mind," soothingly returned Lang, who guessed at the truth, "I have my suspicions. After we have settled our present difficulties, I may see you later. By the way, do you recognize this?" squeezing the man's hand in a fashion peculiar to Jim Denver. Wilson was puzzled for a moment. He would have replied, but the party now had arrived in front of the As­ sembly Hall. "The king is here," said Golden to Lang. "You will be requested to take the oath of allegiance!" It was not strange that the quar­ tette had -met no one in their Journey to the hall. This was a gala night in Paradise on account of the arrival of stores and the fact that the girls brought into the city were to be auc­ tioned off (or rather raffled off). All persons able were assembled in the hall. ** Quite a commotion was aroused at the sight of the four, and for several minutes Golden's name was on every­ body's tongue. There was handshak­ ing and general greeting. The hands of a clock on the front of the building pointed to eight; and the striking of a gong on the outside notified the people that the opening ceremonies were about to begin. At this Juncture the usher led the way into the room, the formation of which tu a revelation to Lang. The in­ terior, instead of being in the shape of a hall or theater, was finished in : a circle, circus-like, with an enclosed ring and raised seats from which in any part of the house the spectators could command a clear view of any­ thing transpiring in the pit. It was undoubtedly modeled after the Coli­ seum of Rome. John Rogers walked with Lang and Golden with Wilson down the incline and into the ring. The renowned Dr. Schiller sat upon the raised platform. There was noth- T ': lag about him to denote that he was 7 king. He was -dressed as the ma­ jority, in plain black evening dress Sv ! not Bee a citizen wronged If In my power to prevent It; and that I will share and share alike with all that I possess or may possess. That if I fail in any essential degree, or prove a traitor, the- law, through its head, the king, may extract from me whatever punishment it will, even to the taking of my life. These I do solemnly swear and agree to before these, the citizens of Paradise!" This was the oath as repeated by all. Then the king pronounced each and all members of the Colony, ending up with: "Let me impress upon you the sol­ emnity of the oath you have just taken. You are no longer citizens of the United States, but belong body and soul to Paradise! You have ex­ pressed your assent to abide by its laws; this is clear to you. You-will be expected to work, to do your share in supporting the country and increas­ ing its wealth. You cannot leave the city without a written permit from me, the king. If 7ou prove yourselves traitors, death is the penalty! Death is also the penalty for other misdeeds, but here you hiave one chance of es­ cape; but to be a traitor is death in- stanter. Now that I have, I hope, made myself plain, I warn you. Study the law, that your dajte may be long and happy ones!" After delivering his speech Schiller sat down, while several ushers sup­ plied seats for the several groups and alotted t<J them places to sleep. Thus far the king had seen fit not to notice Wilson to the extent of "speaking to him, presumably weighing well his words before compromising himself. During the lull he sat glaring at Wil­ son like a savage beast, seemingly getting more angry every minute. Wil­ son calmly returned the glance, smil­ ing frequently, which seemed to mad­ den the king more and more. "What are you doing here?" the king finally asked, in a voice showing suppressed excitement. The assem­ blage was on the qui vive. Wilson did not flinch nor tremble, but like tftfe brave man he was, with slow step approached the platform which represented the throne. Lang approached also. Before Wilson made answer, Golden spoke up. "He is here by my authority," he said, coolly, realizing that the crisis was at hand. Then Schiller turned to Golden. Being in a measure prepared for Gol­ den's championship, he was not sur­ prised. "Why do you bring him here?" he ^sked. "For no other reason than that I desire to see fair play accorded him!" i was the quiet reply. "You know then that he has been oondemned to death?" was the fierce question,. 51 "I do," replied Golden rising. "And yet you dare to bring him here?" "Certainly! I made "the laws by which this colony is governed," proud­ ly, "and I say that there ij| no law which gives even the king right to un­ justly condemn a human being to death without cause!" There was a suppressed murmur of admiration from the crowd. "The king is supreme!" said Schil­ ler for a moment off his guard at the seeming audacity of dolden. "Most powerful czar!" said Golden, bowing in mock honor to Schiller while a smile of scorn played round his face. The king saw his mistake and flushed scarlet. "And so it has come to pass that the people of Paradise have granted to you the power of life and death-- without question? I won't believe it! I still maintain that^the king is not the law, simply the instrument--and I appeal to the people of Paradise! No one has the power to condemn an* other to death but in open assembly!" The vast assemblage seemed to rise to their feet as if of one body. Their cries were deafening. "No! he has not this power!" "I thank you!" said Golden, flushed with victory. "I knew that such could not be the case. Without hesitation t% n, I place Wilson in your keeping! Condemned last night to death for daring to restrain the king from com­ mitting a crime against humanity, he has successfully "evaded capture! Hunted by the bloodhounds who guard your gates, by the aid of Louis Lang (whom you have granted equal suf­ frage with yourselves) he has killed his savage pursuers, and I maintain that he deserves freedom at ^gpur hands!" "Yes! yes! So be it!" was the cry. Schiller arose. He saw his power slipping, from him. Crafty to a high degree he did not attempt to stem the tide by retorting harshly, but bowing in mock humiliation, fearful of en­ countering further obstacles and hu­ miliation, he said, "Ye people of Para­ dise! I bow to your decision! It is just; I was a little hasty; I forgive Wilson the indignity he has heaped upon his king!" The words were spoken humbly, but Lang and Wilson were not deceived. They knew that Schiller would never rest until he had wiped out the bitter sting1 of defeat. (To be continued.) RAI9KD PROM A DEATH-BED. Mr. Pit**, Once Pronounced !nct»rs!j!#» Has Been Well Three Year*. B. E. Pitts, 60 Hathaway St., Skow* began, Me., says: "Seven years ago my back ached and I was so*run down t h a t I w a s laid up four months. I bad night sweats and f a i n t i n g s p e l l s and dropped to 90 pounds. The urine passed ev­ ery few minutes with intense pain and looked like blood. Dropsy set in and the doctors decided T could not live. My wife got me using Doan's Kidney Pills, and as they helped me I took heart, kept on and was cured so thor­ oughly that iW been well three years." * Sold by all deaiers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. CHANCE FOR A GUESS. Dorothy's Directions Strong Where Mother's Fell Down Worst. Twelve-year-old Dorothy is already a cook of no mean proficiency. Satur­ day morning frequently finds her in the kitchen, being initiated into the making of some simple dish. 'Oh, put in a moderately generous pinch of salt," hfer mother will reply to her anxious inquiry. Or her grand­ mother will give a professional glance at"the stew pan and say, "Well, if I were making It I think I'd probably put in quite a little more butter." Such remarks, coming easily from the tongues of artists who have only to look at a bit of cookery in process of making to know exactly what it needs, are exasperating to a youthful cook, especially one who inherits from "the other side" a predilection for sci­ entific accuracy of statement. Recently Dorothy, returning from a visit,, excited the interest even of those past masters, her mother and grandmother, by making a wonderful new salad dressing. The two ladies shortly afterward tried to make the dressing, under Dorothy's instruction. "Well," said Dorothy, with unnat­ ural deliberation, "if I were making that dressing I shouldn't be surprised If most likely I'd put in a moderately generous heaping tip-end^of-a-medium- sized-tablespoonful!"--Youth's Com- • panion. WORK OF FLYWHEEL EXPERT. Only dne Man Engaged In This Form of Insurance. Only one company issues fly wheel insurance, because only one man can write It. He is monarch of all his in­ spectors survey:* his right there is none to dispute. Two years ago he was a professor in a small engineer­ ing college with some theories and figures of his own about flywheels. His success is largely due to his own formula, for flywheel insurance is almost pure mathematics. When a wheel is revolved at a high enough speed the centrifugal force exceeds the centripetal and the wheel flies apart. Solid cast iron explodes when the speed at the rim 'is; roughly, three miles a minute. A thick rim explodes just as easily as a thin one of the same material. Wood explodes at a greater speed, jointed iron at a less. The underwriter allows a rim speed of a mile a minute, one-third the ex­ plosion rate, as a safe limit'for solid iron wheels. This permits a two foot pulley wheel sixteen revolutions a sec­ ond, while it keeps a sixteen foot fly­ wheel down to two. A jointed wheel is allowed still less. The underwriter has only to name the number of revo­ lutions he authorizes, and to propor­ tion his premium to the size of the wheel. The larger the wheel, of course, the more destructive its ex­ plosion.---Leslie's Magazine. Two Keys, But Only One Keyhole. The Father Mathew society of Lynn, Mass., presented two well "known young business men of that city with a nice roll-top desk. The elder brother, having been in the country the long­ est, is more up to date. He said: "Dinny, this is a fine present. H^re are two keys; one for you and one for me." "But," said Dinny, "where is ay keyhole?" Woman's Hat Causes Suit...... Prevented from Beeing the stage at the Sarah Bernhardt theater* by a woman's hat, a Parisian went into a better seat and sued Mile. Bernhardt for the difference in price.% But he losl his case. What Did He MeanT Crlmsonbeak--Did you ever eat any alfalfa? Yeast--Certainly not! I'm no horse "No, bat other things besldes'hottoefe eat it" Passing of the Indlsrfi. It fs a lamentable thing that the red*; Skin should be steadily growing ex* tinct, for of all the aboriginal races with which the white man has come into contact he is in many respects the finest and possesses some of the greatest qualities. But he remains a nomad, though he is restricted to a few reservations; he refuses to adapt himself to American civilization. In spite of the best attempts of American philanthopy his degeneration steadily continues. "Lo, the poor Indian," is no longer the noble savage, after Rousseau's own heart, whom Fentmor^ Cooper delighted to idealize in his ro­ mances. He is savage without being noble, incurably idle, and, instead of being a pattern of chivalry, is treach- erous and uncertain. Cooper's books may require youth as a necessary quality in the reader, but even so they have been left sadly out of date by events.--London Telegraph. Every housekeeper jnould know that if they wilj buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.--one full pound--while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack­ ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem-> lcals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large let­ ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand De­ fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the ijron stick­ ing. Defiance never sticks. President Roosevelt, in his recent article in The Outlook, about Mr. E. A. Robinson's poems, incidentally mentioned three or four American poets, whose work, like that of Mr. Robinson,- in Mr. - Roosevelt's judg­ ment, belong to the first rank. Two of those names were Clinton Scollard and Madison Cawein; and by an odd coincidence The Outlook's Magazine number for October contains poems by both of these authors. . Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, Is put up 16 ounces in pack­ age and sells at same price as 12- ounce packages of other kinds? England and Japan may not think so much of their little plan to divide the control of the Orient when China gets that army of l,000,o00 men or­ ganized. ' - • Acetylene Gas. All country people will be interest­ ed in reading about it in another part bf this paper. The announcement of the failure of a French sugar firm is made public. It takes sand to win out in the sugar business. DEATH T AKES 8PLENDID ACTOR* Sadden Calling of Sip Henry Irving Widely Regretted. As the foremost English actor of his period and one of the foremost stage managers; as the force which did more than any other in decades to place the stage and the dramatio profession upon a dignified and lofty level; as the medium through which a true revival of Shakespeare and the classic drama was made possible; as the man who won official recognition from the crown for the achievements of.the stage, in being the first actor to gain the distinction of knighthood, Sir Henry Irving, whose sudden death at Bradford, England, is announced, always will bulk big across the his­ tory of the English drama. After 1871 Irving held the indisput­ able premiership of the stage In Eng­ land, if not in the world. His versa­ tility, his scope, his keen dramatic Ask Your Dealer tor Men's Foot-Eats &,.pow^«r, It the if-et. Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating Fees ind Ingrowing Nails. At ail Druirrrists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE. 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Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it }ty or quantity. ^ „ * . • Possibly Editor Stead has a dfm, misty idea that it is his mission to de­ tach the khan of Tartary from the tail of the Russian beat. :f•'* -•">* . -- -- " / > Storekeepers and Hoteikeepera Should investigate acetylene gaS- Write "Acetylene Jones" to-day. Divine, coming from "diurnal," the Greek god of Day, is "living to-day." Dealers say that as soon as a cus­ tomer tries Defiance Starch it is Im­ possible to sell them any other cold vvptpr starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Red-tape is the bandage around de- crepid and mummified things to keep them from falling apart. I do not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption hts an equal for coughs and colds.--John F. Bo/ek, Trinity Springs. Ind., Feb. 15,1S00. What man has done woman thinks she can do better. THIN BLOOD-WEAKNERVES One Follows the Other, but Dr. Wil­ liams' Pink Pills Quickly Cure Both. The steady use of a particular set oi muscles tends to chronic fatigue, which produces faulty or difficult motion trembling, cramps and even paralysis Writers, telegraphers, tailors and seam stresses are among the classes nios threatened in this way with the loss o: their power to earn a living. The fol lowing instance shows that nerve poweJ may be recovered after it seems entirelj lost, if the right means are taken. Mrs. O. S. Blacksten, of No. 684 North Bow> man street, Mansfield, Ohio, pays : " For years niy hands would becomf so, numb at times that I would droj anything I attempted to lift. Latei they became so bad that I could not sew any longer, and at last I'could scarcely do anything at all with my hands. Al night the pricking sensations would come on worse than ever, and my hands and arms would pain so that I dreaded to go to bed. My family doctor gave me some nerve tablets. They helped me a little, but only for a 6hort time after I had taken them and if I happened to be without them for a day or two I would be as bad as ever or even worse. Finally I got a box of Dr. WilliamB' Pink Pill* and began to take them. " The result was surprising. By the time I had taken the last pill in my first box I could see a gain. Thanks to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, lam vow all right. I can sleep undisturbed by pain, and for two years I have been as well as ever." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills feed the nerves by making new, rich blood and in this way have cured nervous diseases of every description from simple rest­ lessness to paralysis. They have ban­ ished the tortures of neuralgia, the weakness of nervous prostration, the disability and awful pain of locomotor ataxia. They are sold by all druggists or direct by the Dr. Williams Medicin# Company, Schenectady, N. Y. ' The Late Sir Henry Irving. Instinct, his magnetism, his power of expression, his scholarly attainments --these made him great and assure him of being always one of the chief figures of the strvje. He did not be­ long merely to England, for his art swayed America also. After 1883 Irv­ ing made tours of the United States at intervals of two or three years, and he was admired ahd loved by Ameri­ can playgoers as no other foreign ac­ tor ever has been. Irving was not only notable as an actor, but admirable as a man. His perseverance, pluck, energy, charm of manner, generosity and his hlgh-mlnd- edness were known to his friends, and among those friends he numbered many of the prominent merf of Eng­ land. He was a delightful and eager­ ly sought companion and possessed to a large degree the social qualities of tact and diplomacy. CASUALTIES DUE TO FOOTBALL. Many Deaths and Injuries the Last Five Years. Forty-five deaths and hundreds of serious injuries is the record of foot­ ball for the last five years, according to a canvass made by the New York Herald. In almost every Instance the death or injury was due directly to the heavy .mass plays, against which, the Herald says, President Roosevelt and the country at large are protesting so vigorously. Sixteen died as a result of internal injuries, four from broken necks, six from concussion of the brain, eight from broken backs, three from paraly­ sis, two from heart failure, one from lockjaw, one from blood poisoning, due to a cut received Jn a game, one from herorrhages, and two from men­ ingitis, Induced by spinal injuries suf­ fered in play. The Injuries included ten legs and fourteen collar bones broken and four skulls fractured. TOO MANY CHURCHES, HE 8AYS. Minister Thinks Much Money Is Wast­ ed on Structures. The Rev. M. W. Stryker, president of Hamilton college, is a sermon at Bing- hamton, N. Y., made the sensational statement that there are too many P J7/KXlEZy~iftt churches in this country, and that it would be better if many of them were burned. Five thousand churches, he said, might be disposed of-in that way. He declared the cause of religion would be better conserved if the peo­ ple of a community were gathered into one large church and the money ex­ pended in erecting unnecessary churches used in carrying on religious work. Wives Dined by the Dozen. "Lerothodi, the Basuto chief, who died from drink, left a hundred wives to mourn his loss. The jjoung wives were not permitetd to gq outside the village walls, the shopping, etc., being effected by the older women. They lived in huts built for them by the chief, and when they dined they dined a dozen or more at a time. These dusky damsels, says one who saw them, seemed cheerful and contented, and were very pleasant. Some of them were very good-looking, others were not so.. Change In Meaning of Word. When did the word "cad" come to have Its present odious meaning? In 1837 it was applied to a London omni­ bus conductor without „the slightest disrespect. In a letter from Carlyle to Abraham Hayward in that year oc­ curs this passage: "When you have time to write answer, pray pack up the quarterlies along with it; send your famulus into Fleet street and he will see a Chelsea omnibus; the cad will bring1 it msr for sixpence within an hour.", '• •' :? , • Tiiedf Nezvoiis -Mothers MaKe.Unhappy Homes--Their Condition Irritates Both Husband and Children--How Thousands > V of Mothers Have Been Saved Froipci Nervous Prostration and Made Strong and Well. •v.rf " j V f r l J M r s . | A nervous, irritable mother, often on fhe verge ol hysterics, is unfit'to care .for children ; it ruins a child's disposi­ tion and reacts upon herself. 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Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. j4.l-DOUCj.4j SHOES ALL PRICES Eslitmishen ,hil v 6.1878. ft MAKCSAMO SfltS MORE S *3. &O SHOES THAM AMY OTHER MfiMUF&GTVRER. ^ em nun rFWARO to anyone who can $IU)UUU ri spiove this itiittment. W. L. Douglai $3.50 shoes have by the# Cellent style, ensy fitting, and superior weuring qualities, achieved the Inrftest «ale of any $3.50 shoe In the world. They are fust a» good as those that cost you $5.00 to $7.00-- the only difference Is the price. If I could take you Into my factory ut Brockton, Mass., the largest In the *vorld under one roof making men's fine shoes, and show you the care with which every pair of Douglas Hhocs is made, you would realize why W. L. (tou -tas $3.50 shoes are the btst thou produced In the world. If I could show you the difference between the Shoes made In my factory and those of other makes, you would understand why Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater Intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day. W. L. Dmvglmm Sriwif Mmdm Shotxm far Men. *2. BO, $g.OO. Bnym' School« OroM Shoo*,*2.BO, $2, $1.7a,91.BO CAUTION.--Insist upon Laving W.L.Doug- las shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. WANTED. A shoe dealer in every town where W. L. Douglas Sho«s are not. sold. Full line ot samples sent free for Inspection upon .equesfe Fatt Color uted; thty will not tmar brattf. WUt* for Illustrated Catalog of Fall 8tyleflb- Tr 1 Aa -- **1111 I n W e s t e r n Canada is the amount many f a r m e r s w i l l r e a l i z e f r o m t h e i r w h e a t crop this year. 25 Bushels to tho Acre Will be ttM>~ Average Yield of Whoat. Tbe land that this was grown on cost many of the farmers absolutely nothing.*"'whne. those who wished to add to the 160 teres the Govern­ ment grants, can buy land adjoining at from $6 to $10 an acre. < Climate; splendid, school convenient, railways closc at hand, taxes low. Send for pamphlet "80th Century Canada" and full particulars regarding rate, etc., to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to the following authorized Canadian Government Agent--C. J. Brouphtoa, Koom 430 Quincy BMs?., Chicago, 111.; W, H1. Rogers, third floor. Traction Termipal Hide;.., Indianapolis, Ind.; or T. O. Currie, Boom 1%$L Callahan Block, Milwaukee, Wis. : r (Mention this paper.) FOR WOMEN troubled with ill# peculiar to their sex, nsed as a douche is marrefously cessfak Thoroughly clean set, kills di teas* cermi. stops discharges, heals inflammation and local •oreness. Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in put* •rater, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal. Ufed economical than liquid antiseptics for all ^ TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USE# . For sale at drugi^ists, 50 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Pre#. TMC R. PMTON COMPANY SMTON. M«M, ; ,*4