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" F" ? ' 'Z'nwn- ' '.', m-ar t wan-1 an in T iutrt ' to m i W5 Vane smiles. ' [generally happy-go-lucky air, you would "No, eount," he says,” "let us uttlefdo so on the moment his blithe, cheer, the matter of the princou lint. Your; voice rings out in friendly response to on shoot me afterward, if you like; the ttffeetionnU greetings of the tutter. nd " you no 3 much better shot than men. Ta-ji-tdoubt-rooms. his“ '-bsryotgrrhers,nnequhttrtt" "mthtn,GrMfu,"hoat to u womyounudtomioehmyM'oflundythm "You no “rte, my lord," he says. "that you lay my courage under an im- putation. I am not “flaked with suitable weapons; my walling pistols no Jn ps holster an, the ndpining "In one word. my dear count, I refuse to deliver up the princess to Four ten. der mercies. and, in another. I very much doubt whether you will call for any Str- ni-tnce other than I um willing to "ruler you." _ . .. . . _The Gd, men mnfmrt ouch other with keen, scrutinizing kneel. At last the count shrugs his dtllfli'kC . The count. trembling with passion, twirls his moustache. "In one word, my lord," he says, "I demand the Princess Verona. I demand her on the authority of her father; on the authority which my position as her future husband gives me. Do you yield her. or shall I be compelled to call the mietnnce of the local nuthoritieyt", "Lilten to me, want; these young people have made up their minds to fall in love with each other, and the princess is so much in earnest that she elects to run all sorts of dangers-conventional and otherwise-rather than go to St. Petersburg." The count starts. "You see," says Vane, significantly. 'hre know something of your plans and though they do you ingenuity infinite credit, the present condition of affairs only goes to prove that lore laughs not only " locksmiths, but at diplomatists." But the count, having succeeded in! tracking his prey, refuses to be led tool far. and pulls up, as straight and up- right as a soldier, outside the door. Vane smiles in spits of himself. "Do not be alarmed, eount," he says: " will answer that our young friends will not attempt to eseape." l "Soht" says the count. livid with. passion. but making a last attempt to keep up his old carelessness. "You will answer for them, my lord.' It is well; I am only too de- lighted; but permit me to remind you: that her highncss the Princess Verona; is possessed of a legal guardian, andl that. if she were not. P-and he touches! his breast with a pointed finger-N an): her future husband." I "Count," says Vane, gravely, and with a certain kindliness, “I doubt that." l "Mr lord!” " expected yuo, eount," he says. "Will you stop outside with met" and, putting his hand on the count’s arm, he leads him out. 'llal springs to his feet, but vane,1.pr.event you from leading the princess with n gesture of command, forces him into tt mistaken ttmon, whieh would down again. and goes forward. White rm.tke bothe her and yourself unuttembly us death, Verona falls back upon Trtu's.,miisyya.hl.t", I arm. and Jeanne. no less agitated, flies} "And if I stand upon my rightst" says. to her. Vane alone seems cool and self- i the count. ( possessed: with quiet composure. he,' "Then I telegrnph to the Austriani places himself between the count and the i Government that Count Mikoff, who can rest, and holds out his hand. I!ill,t the key to the assassinatiOn of The count, grinning and grimaeing, re- I which I spoke, is here at Durbaeh. I am fuses to take his eyes off the group. and also aware thet your oble brain devisedl is about to speak, when Vune stops the able eonseiraey.syhieh led to his, per-l him. ahaps deserved punishment. Come count, " expected yuo, eount." he sayts.l, such a. di.phynttist as yourself knows "Will mu Mon outside with met" ',riiiwhen he as beaten." 1 "Everything," says Vane. smiling. "Eat your breakfast, and we’ll lace the But the enemy is impatient, for just as Hal has taken his cup of coffee, and began to whisper to Verona, the door opens and the count appears. In the middle of the breakfast there comes the sound of a horseman. and in a few minutes there is the clutter of boots, and Hal bursts in, to stop at the door and stare at Vane as if he had been a ghost. "Vane!" he exclaims; "you here?” "Why not t" says Vane. "Do you think you can ride backward and forward along a. country road in the night with- out people knowing it? Here, come and sit down, and keep the news until you have had your breakfast. Princess, will you make some room for him.'" and Verona, blushing almost as deeply as Hal. does as she u bid. "Wen," any: Hal, with a long breath, "if this doesn't beat anything; but, oh. Vane, I'm so glad. Has Jeanne told you--" As for Jeanne, still attired in her rid. ing habit. she is like a girl just from school for the holidays, who has met by chance her lover. George has not been forgotten. for Vane has been outside, and given him a _scolt}ing 'yy) a gel! popnd Jtptet _ lt is very - little to say; but Vernon knows the power of the great marquis, and gradually grows much at ease, though she looks every now and then at the window wistfully. table, he says, quietly, but with calm Ct nfidenee: "Jeanne has told me all, princess; you must let me be your friend." And Vane, when Verona appears, timid and blushing, is all kindness Ind consid- eration. Ilia own newly found happiness makes him more gentle and sympathetic than ever, and, as he leads her to the There is a pleasant bustle and confu- sion downstairs; it is not every dny that the inn has such distinguished guests an the Marquis and Marchioness of Fem. dale and a live princess, and when the three arrive downstairs they find it breakfast which would not do discredit to the castle in the matter of fresh trout, eggs. cream and venison. I. .... p" As YOU WILL Black. nixed or Green. 40c LOVE MO l TITLE CEYL ON TEA Contain the finest tea grown You will always fi/iT/ii, the sealed lead packets branded (ll-eon. 40c. Me and 60c [HONEST AWARD ST, L1 If you did not recognize him by his short, curly hair, unburned face and generally happy-go-lucky air, you would do so on the moment his blithe, cheery voice rings out in friendly response to the ttffeetionnU greetings of the fisher- A few minutes literwurds there comes the sound of happy voiceg and laugh- ter, and presently a young man bounds from u bowlder on to the beach, and makes his way down to the boat, in which a. coupe of the yum-men are wsiyins- -_- A A -- - -- fer. There is the Ferndale crest on its ids, and on the caps of the men, gleam- ing brightly in the sun, is the name of the ,tuht---Namry Bell. Presently a couple of sailors in the neatest of nautical attire, come down the cinch, coaxing lu [my picnic hap- It is spring again, early summer, in- deed, and the breeze that blows across the rocky little bay of Newton Regis is so gentle and zephyr-like that it sends the tide rippling in with scarcely a. foam head on the distant waves, and at a. litt- tle distance a handsome yacht, that rides at anchor, looks like " painted ship upon a painted oettut.", A On ihe briteh is gathered as usual, 3 little group of fisher folk, looking at the yacht with admiration and pleased in- terest. "Good," says Vane, go_otH11tmoredlr, and he holds out his hand. "Then come in and have some breakfast. And, by the way, as the princess has kindly agreed to accompany us to England, and as we have to start at once, I will avail my- self of your kind mediation with the prince." The count smiles, ironically, but bows. "Sou press me, Ferndale," he Bay8--- 'press me hard. I am to carry the tidings of my own defeat. Well, I yield." Vane smiles. "One thing. more count. We leave he- hind us at the castle some friends for whom Lord Nugent has offered to play host. Pon't desert them. If you do, I know two young ladies who would miss you very much. Let me beg of you to honor me by making the castle your home for the present. You are such a host in yourself that Maud and Geor- gina Lambton will not miss us if you re- main." The count only too quick to take the hint, bows again. and they go in Inn-in-arm. The count, with a slow smile creeping over his pale face, shrugged his should- ers and bows. "True, my lord," he says, "I am van- quilhed/', 'The Bertrams came over with the Conqueror, count. As to his Boverty, I will remove that disability. T P. day he marries the princess I will settle three thousand a year on her highness" Tho. count bit his lip. "in fact, you are determined to oust me, my lord." "Say, rather that 1 am determined to prevent you from leading the princess into a mistaken union, which would make bathe her and yourself unutterably miserable." "Exeuso me, my lord," says the count, "hut this alliance which you appear to encourage, is scarcely an advantageous one, for her highness; Mr. Bertram is not only young, but untitled and poor." "It is a fault which every year will mend, and all too soon, eount," retort: Vane. mBoy, as he is, he is old enough to know his Own mind, and both he and her higlmess appear to have made up their minds with tolerable firmness." "I think not," says Vane, Then sud-I denly he alters his tone, and laying his hand on the count's arm, he says, with a smile: "Count, let us be candid with each other. You wish to secure the Prin. I was Verona tor a wife; you have been betrothed to her sinee--well, too many years ago for her consent to have been asked to the arangement. The prlncess is no longer a child, but a woman, and a very chnrming young lady, too. Not- withstanding her engagement to you,lne V has given her heart elsewhere-Ao my brother-in-law." . "A boy," says the count, shruggging? his shoulders. I "I f you think, my lord, thai-tLt fact has any interest for me, you are mis- taken." "You have the advantage of me in the matter of your memory, my lord." "Yes," says Vane. "I was not sub prised that you did not remember me, for I was at that time only Lord Eldsworth, and wore a plentiful beard and moustache. But I remember you, count, can fix the date. It was the Fear when all Venice was convulsed by the assassination of the Minister of po. liee." The eount's eyes went like glass in his effort te.rttain his c9mpoaure. The count sudiieirf -irTri'eeTift' the next moment he looked as cool and fixed as ever. the St. Petersburg shooting gallerr" m” -----= .. . . - - grown in the world 60c per lb. '. LOUIS. I904 At all grocers. x. ArTmme. Again, it is argued that the mjodty --_------ of poker: have not encouraged the pro- Ro Tatum". dilation of hogs of the keen t and Sunday School Teacher - Tommy, weight. Fora number of you: grove- dong: yam conscience tell you when ‘ment in the hog stock ot 't country you "doirrongt "rd.ouHnetorrreu-, this. Tu-r-w-art,. mum ,','rgruh"l'gt"dt", chm 'dttrtrirtottrer. of ”aluminum-on- A German lieokeepor undertook tol carry some of his choicest bees to a bee show. He took a train in Hanover with his bees in a basket at his feet. The' bees escaped from the basket and new ( led up his trousers legs. His actions soon amused suspicions in the hearts of the' women who occupied the same companrt- ment with him. They pulled the bell. cord and stopped the train. When the fancier explained the situation he was‘ placed in an empty compartment to have it out with the bees all by himself. Here he removed his trousers and began shak- ing them oat of the window to free them of the swarm. Unfortunately they caught a telegraph pole and Were mrept away, been, money and all. At the next station the irate station master brought forth the reluctant bee fancier in a rug, and he pawned his watch to sequin decent. niment to walk back along the line in search of his bees and his 'tau"c--iil Y. Tribune. l For a moment or two they look down l at her in silence, and Hal’s summons is disregarded. Jeanne looks up, and, l, though her lips smile, there is a suspi- cious moisture in 1yerfsioquent eyes. “The friend knew of his peculiarity and went after him. When the watch had been secured the absent-minded man went on, and it was not until late that night that his wife discovered the letter he had started to mail reposing in his cvereont pocket. In the excitement he I1:09.11 placed it there instéad ot in the x." “Less- than an hour afterwards he started downtown, when she handed him a letter which she wished dropped in the post office. He promised not to forget it and to make good carried it in his hand through the street. Just as he reached the letter slot in the past office a friend asked him the time. He drew his watch from his pocket, answered the question, dropped the watch through the slot, and started off, with the letter still tightly held in his other hand. "We have the prize tvbrAsnt-minded man in Streator, Ill.," said Henry Os, wald, of that city, to the Milwaukee Sentinel. "Not long ago his wife took him to task for his absolute helplessness when it came, to remembering things, and he promised to do much better. Farewell, Jeanne! happy at last. We would rather part from you thug than in the crowded salon of Castle Ferndale, where, though Tou reign supreme, be- loved and admired, you are not so per- fectly happy as when with your hus- hand-lover by your side, and your chosen friends around you, you art once again the light-hearted girl who sailed the Nancy Bell in Newton Regis Bay'. And the fishdr folk, as look at one another, and back across the beach. Then, roused at last by Hal's frantic shouts, they go hand in hand to the boat, and five minutes afterwards there comes from the yacht a. musical "Heave ho, yo! Heave hor." The anchor is weighed, and like a. swan, the vessel spreads her wings and sails out of the hay, leaving on her trail the faint sound of Hal's cheery voice _an§l hearty langh. - - _ "Come along," Gis Hal, who seems unable to keep still, but insists upon arranging the hamper and tossing up the cushions that have been placed in the boat for the ladies, and generally get- lting in the way of the sailors. "Come along--don't let’s waste a minute. Look, Verona, isn't she a beauty?” and he nods enthusiastically at the yacht, which is Vane's present to Jeanne on her last birthday. "Isn't she a clipper'. Como ialong--we shall have a glorious sail! lWhat a jolly party we make. I wish Georgina and that foreign swell, her hus- l band-l never can remember his name--. were here; we should be complete then.) And I say, have you got a watch on, darling? The last words Aunt Jane said to me were.. 'Don't be late for dinner!' I shall make you responsible. Vane has no idea of time, neither has Jeanne when . she is once on board; and as for me, I {never could get a watch to go properly I in my life. You’ll have to keep the time I when we're married!" And as he speaks, he-lifts her hand to his and kisses it. "When a certain Jeanne could not steer her own boat home. Shall I ever forget. Jeanne?" and his voice thrills with a. love that gorws stronger every day. "Jeanne, I dream sometimes that I am lying at your feet, with the spray beating across my face, and my hand grasping yours, as it grasped it that af- ternoon when our hearts went out to.. ward each other in that fhst hour of live. Jeanne, all my life I shall remem- ber and love the Nancy Bell. Yes, it is Jeanne and Vane; they have lingered behind the rest, and are stand. ing looking at an old boat that lies hifh and dry upon the beach. Though old, every plank is sound, every rope in its place; for does not old Griffin keep her Lit jealous care? It is the old Nancy te 1. "Dear old boat," she éays. “Do you remember that pienie--long-1ong ago, Vane t" Verona blushes; he has spoken quite loud enough for the men to hear, and she looks at him with loving rebuke, but Hal only laughs as he makes her com- fortable," and looks around, all impati- ence. "What on earth are we waiting fort It_i_s Jegnpe _an(1 vtsne.Ali--cornt alopgi" summons, it a part around fizz down the ' To see them-so light-hearted, so like a pack of schoolboys and girls just out for a holiday--yod would never in“: that there was a. marquis and mare ion- ess and a 'count and countess, to as; nothing of an earl and clergyman. -- , But so it is; for here, bile}: at News Case Substantiated by Sn ton Itegis, are Vane and Jeanne, and the . . , . . count and his new-made bride, whom Dr. William? Pink Fills are not a we know as Maud Lambton; and ”Patent medicine, but the prescription also are Charles Nugent and dear old of a physician, plaeed on tsale with Bell, the last smiling through his spec. full directions for use under a. trade taeles as if life were one perpetual holi- max-lg that is a guarantee of their day;. and here also is Verona-Verona, genmneness to every purchaser. They as beautiful as we knew her, but no sontain no stimulant, opiate or nar- longer pale and wistful-eyed, but with cotic, “id while they have cured roses growing on her cheeks, that the thousands they never injured any- English" soil and happiness have planted.l,body, To Show that cures effectea A Bee in His Bonnet. pea, Absent-Minded. THE END, they hear smiling, t' a!!! r it, turn Investigations by we Live Shock Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture into the alleged shortage of hogs have shown that for some months ‘put the supply ct bacon hogs in Can- ada has been falling off. Even before the order was issued debarring packers from importing United States hogs to be slaughtered in bond, difficulty was experienced by Canadian packers in pro- lcuring suffieient hogs. The amount of i the shortage during the summer and fall 'is indicated by the fact that packers iclaim to have been able to secure only ifrom 30 to 50 per cent. of the capacity iof their factories. I Enquiries as to the cause of the short- age brought from packers and producers a. variety oi replies. The packers claim that for the past three years or more the competition between buyers of hogs has been so keen that top prices have been paid continuously, and that these prices have been high enough to give a profit to the producer. They claim, therefore to be at a. loss to understand why there is a shortage at this time, Speaking from the standpoint of the piodueer, well informed authorities claim that the price In: not been as uniformly high as it should have been. At times of the year when the gaskets mticipnted heavy runs, prices opped to a point where no profit ms left to the feeder. This, they claim, took place but season when sow. should be bred for the supplies of the in just put, ml to some gains were high and labor we " that time, nhy brood so" were sent to the market. Hog tuners. on the other hand, claim that the production is oonsid :rably nearer the normal than would appear from the statements of the packers. It is, they say, partly tut increase in pack- ing house capacity rather than a de. crease an hog raising. In some of the dairying sections the supplies are re- ported to be very little if any below the normal, while in other districts the shortage is placed at about 20 to 25 per "During two years of my affliction I had six different doctors. but none of them gave me an relief. A spee- ialist from Al"iia'h7phrd treated me for three months, but he was of no benefit to me. These doctors gave me up, and said it was only a question of a. few weeks with me, as nothing more could be done. After the phy- sicians had given me up, a friend sent me a pamphlet containing statements of ‘two men who had been afflicted some- lthing like me, and who had been cured by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. a began taking them at once, and al- though my improvement was slow, it was certain. Now I can walk most of the time without a cane and everybody 'around here thinks it is a miracle that I can get about as I do. Your pills have certainly been a God-send to me. Within the last three years I have answered dozens of letters from invalids who had heard of my case, and who asked ine if it was true that I had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I have told them all that this remedy cured me, and I am glad of this opportunity of telling about my case, so that others may find relief as I have done." (Signed) F. A. MEANS. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of April, 1901. ALBERT S. GIBBONEY. Notary Public. One day recently Mr. Menus was visited at his handsome home over- "I had the grip for four winters and as a result my nerves broke down. I lost the entire use of the lower half of my body. My stomach, liver, kidneys, heart and head were mever effected, but the paralyzed con- dition of the lower part of the body affected my bladder and bowels. For a whole year I lay in bed perfectly helpless, with no power in either limb and the feeling gone, so that I eouldn't feel a pin run into my legs at all. I eouldn't turn over in bed without help. To move me a pulley was rigged up on the ceiling and awind- lass on tre floor. to-----------"", Iof a. physician, placed on-sale 'with full directions for use under a trade mark that is a guarantee of their genuineness to every purchaser. They sontain no stimulant, opiate or nar- cotic, and while they have cured thousands they never injured any- body. To show that cures effected Iby the remedy are really permanent and lasting, we recently investigated the case of Mr. A. Frank Means, of Reedsville. Mifflin County, Pa. Mr. Means has been an elder in the Reedsville Presbyterian Church for many years, has served three years Ins county commissioner, and as 'echoot director for nine years. He was afflicted with creeping paralysis, losing the entire use of the lower half of his body, and for a year was a helpless invalid, confined to his bed with no power or feeling in either leg, and physicians had given him up as hopeless. Mr. Means was cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and his testi- monial was printed five years ago, as follows: ' - WWW AFTER SEVERAL. DOCTORS HAD PRONOUNCED THE CASE HOPELESS. (1!"an DuvnKAHWVIUKS nAU PKUNUUNUEU ' Six Day. Out of Seven nine unio- THE CASE HOPELESS. Are “WWW“ -------- l I Iuppose runny readers will be start. . . . ed and some offended, at lent in their Convincing Proof That Cure Was Permanent-ln Five Years Arst impression, when they see our . . . yhurehes arraigned " misusers of Wealth. the Patient H.ad no Relapse-Facts m a Remarkable/E,','.' is that possible, they will protest. Case Substantiated by Sworn Statements. [Are not our churches obviously and con- . . , . . .spicuously devoted to the general good! Dr. Winning Pink Fills are not. it looking the valley of Honev Creek, "re they not guided by able and unsel- patent Ped.itine, but the prescription near Reedsville, where he made" thqfol- (fish men who devote their lives to the of a . phxaicmn, placed on sale with lowing statement: 1 spiritual needs of their fellowmenl And full directiohs for use under a. trade "Before I began taking Dr. Williams' is it not preposterous to charge them mark, that Is a guarantee of their Pink Pills I had been treated for a long with misusing wealth, either airman"! genmrteness lo every purchaser. They time by mv home doctor, who pronounced or otherwise, when everyone knows that sontam no stimulant, opiate or nar- my trouble creeping paralysis. I alwavu most of our churches are struggling un- Robe, In“! - while they have cured balhnmd Hm in in m“ "mum. .mi T in der a. burden of debt.' PARALYSIS YIELDS TO DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS The Canadian Hog Raising Industry TORONTO dealing 'and intelligent coma“ , With ther-ai-ei-iso. an put of the probes- of the mutte- ot the “my, to. midi; and. an the factories going at . norm] a ir. oity. What appears to be most neared " the premot the is that relation: of 'stmtidemq be restored cud mqitetained Igetgeen 'teer.aPWreer through (air if the farmers who have been in the habit of raising hogs will accord the ba- con industry a. steady, consistent sup- port begotten of the knowledge that Bog raising pays year in and year out, the future has very large possibilities for the Canadian bacon industry. Cana- dian bacon having won a place on the British market commanding respect, " it increase. in quantity and improves in quality, will undoubtedly become 1 daily necessity of the British consumer. That it my occupy this enviable posi- tion both farmer and packet must oo- operate, the farmer by producing a steady supply of the right class of hogs, the packer hr paying a fairly uniform price from month to month Mid from your to you; any! he must gm value be: pounil whoa-ding to the iiunatr “i Tiii," visitor an the node of mimo- the product he receives ut' each do oTysutn""r"ice1asewit,andth" his part and there will be little trouble 'aid.. about ,ttheP't1,iu1 hogs for liming! "Welt, I give IT. w in h the putt 2t, "it,trftuete. ti tA'fe'f -23; . - Battaages, mplied the perth-tr, blaatb In 1800 there were only two packing houses in the export trade with a week. ly capacity of some 3.000 hogs while in 1905 the weekly capacity of the sixteen packing houses in operation was some 50,000. While this limit has not been reached within from 10,000 to 15,000 hogs weekly, according to the season, the output from Canada hers reached about $15,000,000 annually, or 20 per cent. of the total quantity of bacon im- ported 3' Great Britain. To jeépurdizo so vain lo an industry would be noth- ing less than a national annuity. eourtrgernent to continue their good work; a. flat rate has been paid tor good and bad alike. The hogs fit only to compete with the low American priee stock brought quite as much as the sort, that competes with Irish and Danish bacon for the highest. place on the Brit- ish market. Whatever may be the extent of the shortage or the real cause of it, the fact remains that unless producers and packers grapple in sympathetic co-Oper- ation with the sibuauon, Canada's valu- able bacon industry. which has cost years of strenuous effort to build up, may' l??yynts seriously demoralized. 85,000' REWARD-rhe Dr. William' Medicine Company will pay the sum of Five Thousand Dollars for proof of fraud on its part in the publication 00 the fore- going testimonial. -33; sufferer from paralysis, iocomotor Traced Back to the Cave Dwellers of ataxia, St. Titus' dance or an}' of the Swiss Lakes lesser nervous disorders can afford to i . . longer neglect to try Dr. Williams' Pink! Among the fruits of the rose family Pills, the great blood builder and nerve are apples, pears, peaches, plump, cher- tonic. Sold bytallf druggistgoor ',',et',,'t by ries and quinees, as Well as strawberries, mail on recei o price, cen S per . . . box; six boxespfor $2.50, by the Dr. Wil- raspberries and blackberriea. The apple li ms' Medicine Co. Brockville, Ont. ‘18 a. fruit. of long descent. Among the la - , lruins of the Swiss lake dwellers are s-----------"- . . . w.------------------------' , found remains or small seed apples which WWW ;show the seed valves and the grains of flesh. The crab apple is a native of . Britain and was the stock on which were d Ian Hog grafted the choicest varieties when brought from Europe, chiefly France. Apples of some sort were abundant be- Ind ustr fore the conquest and had been intro- duced probably by the Romans. Yet often as Saxon manuscripts speak of F apples and cider there is no mention of NW {named varieties before the thirteenth couragement to continue their good century: Then one may retul of lhe work: a. flat rate has been paid tor good pearmain and the costard, Chance” ....,. .1“; -mm ’l‘laa in“... in mm, tn ”mellow eostard." "I certify that the facts stated in the testimonial of Mr. Frank A. Means are absolutely true. I knew him when he was unable to move, and I see him every day now on the streets and in my office." Signed DANIEL W. REYNOLDS. "I have personally gnown Mr. Frank A. Means for the past forty-five years, and know that any statement he makes is entirely reliable. I personally visited him when he was confined to bed and utterly helpless. I now see him daily and know him to be in as good health as most me not his age.” (Signed) JACOB KOIILER. Mr. Daniel w. Reynolds, postmaster at Reedsville, Pa., stated that he had re- ceived many inquiries from all parts of the country concerning Mr. 3feags' mar- vellous cure, and he cheerfully added his confirmation of the truth as follows: Here is evidence that must convince the most skeptical. But because many of the cures accomplished by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are so marvellous as to chal. lenge belief, the following offer is made: Justice of the Peace. Justice Kohler, of Reedsville, before whom the above affidavit was made, vol- untarily gave and signed the following statement: "Before I began taking Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills I had been treated for a long time by my home doctor, who pronounced my trouble creeping paralysis. I always believed that to be my trouble, and I do ye tbelieve so. I had also spent five weeks in the University Hospital in Philadelphia without the treatment bene. fiting me, and had returned home to die. I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pill! in 1897, but did not give a statement of my case for publication until I was sure that I was cured. After returning from the hospital I did not take any other medicine for my trouble. and I owe it to Dr. Williouf Pink Pills, and to them alone that I am able to be about to-day. Since my cure, as related in my state- ment of April I7, 1901, I have never suf- fered any relapse nor had occasion to employ a physician except for minor troubles, such as coughs. colds, ete. I endorse Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as fully and heartily to-day as I did five years a o." g(Signed) FRANK A MEANS. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of January, 1900. JACOB KOHLER, 'ff/true""' o." The vixitor nu the node of lien)- orggnimuhruke new“,th Not ‘long Mo a friend dropped in " the laboratory of a young London pr.- feuor and found him bending over . spirit lamp, on which a Imnll pot bub- bled. -- "WUt is it to-night?" asked the vb- Once in a while, if the London Tale graph may be relied on, something In- sides microorganism in grist to the ue. teriologitrt. itor. - _ "Yue" turned the prnfnsnr, ir, John Winthrop is usually held re- sponsible for the introduction of the apple into the new world. But an I matter of fact when Winthrop anchored off Cape Ann the recluse Blackstone llmld had apple trees growing about his caiin at Shuwmut Neck. Some of the best of American apples were brought over by the Huguenots, who let- tled in Flushing, L. L, in 1660, end plant- ed there, emong others, the pomme roy- elo or epice epple. In the roll oi household expenses of Eleanor, wife of Simon De Mention, up. ples and pears Ire entered. In the year 1286 the roynt fruiterer to Edward L presents a hiil for apples, pears. gainer-s, modlars and nuts. Pipins, belieitt to be seedlings, hence called from the pips or seeds, are said not to have been grown in England before I525. The exact Drayton, writing of the orchards of Kent " that. period, can name only the apple, the orange, the russcnn, the sweating, the pome water and the reinette: _ Of course we have grown up in the idea that it is the right and natural state of churches to be closed and silent most of the time, just why no one can. say, but, being creatures of habit, we accept things as we find them. We ex- pect our houses to be used every day, our barns to be used every day, our shops, libraries, hospitals, office build. ings, all the structures on our soil we expect to be used every day, save only the churches which ere the most costly and the most beautiful. These we ex- pect to be used oeettsionally, less than half the time, yet the churches repre- sent a huge material investment based on infinite labor and saving, a. nine far greater than all the gold coin in the United States, vnlue, counting land and buildings. that certainly exceeds two thousand million dollars! On which the money interest, at 6 per cent., would be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a day'. And the spiritual daily equiv- alent,--we1l. that is beyond our rock- oning, but it should be very great and prccious to offset so huge a sum. And most of the days it is wasted'.----),)). All is true enough, yet the briefest eonitderntion mites it clesr that the hundred thoussnd churches in Americas (let us take that number for the sake of argument) are trying to do ' work under conditions that would be considered foolish Ind wssteful if they existed in sny or for four or five even- ings! Imsgine s. hundred thOussnd depart- ment stores doing active business only one day in seven and remaining closed for the other six days or, " best, do- ing languid business on one or two odd afternoons! Imagine a hundred thou- sand theatres giving performtutees two or three evenings a week and then re. maining closed and silent for four or five evenings; [msgine n hundred thou- sand factories working 10 hours . day for a single day in seven and perhaps working five hours a (bi for two other days, and then letting t eir fine mech- inery lie idle all the rest of the time! We should call it stupid and extrsvsgnnt folly, we should expect such foolish tae. tories, theatres and department storm to lose both in money and general es- teem and, if such conditions persisted, we should conclude either that the dir. ectors of three activities were hapeless- ly incompetent, or that there wss s very small demand for what they were try- ing to furnish. _ _ _ 4hthbrst---Yor cook'a - aargtq.. sr, 1"...“YL - - _ 'ut ieroeoecie" "No." "Stnoeoee't t" to be on of the moat profitable bull‘s of Winn agrieltyre - -- - APPLE HAS A LONG DESCENT. - Lin Stock Bunch. Dominion Derteypt of Agricultm The Professor's Pot. CLOSED CHURCHES. Amman“ 'aR,iteu"-tthm