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—__ A. Romance of Russia. By JOHN K. LEYS. - Connrnrrrrgrrerrrnerrare) CHAPTER XX1V—(Continued.) So intolerable was it to sit there by myself in the-darkened room, waiting for the decisive moment when I must assume the Czar’s personality to the | State room. It was the last time Tever world, that I went over to the row of ivory buttons.on the wall to ring for somebody to keep me company, To my great satisfaction, one of them was | and I pressed it, | marked “Stewar knowing that Oristovitch would be sure to answer the call himself. He came in and closed the door be- hind him. Is there anything wrong?” he whis. pered: “I must not stay here long.” “You must stay until I go on deck,” T retorted. “I'm not going to remain here alone with-—" I glanced towards | the bed. “I suppose the Czar is there?” I spoke in a whisper, and tion. “He can’t hear us, the bed. “I put a drop of morphia into His Majesty’s coffee after dinner. He is safe for six hours to come. Of course, I took good care to be in the saloon when I saw the sleepiness com- ing cn, and suggested that His Majesty should lie down for a short time. You had better go into the private saloon now, and I will lock the door and carry off the key.” “What do you mean to do with the “Oh, that is fully arranged. After you and the Czar’ lite leave dis- cipline will be relaxed, and it will be an easy matter for me to get leave for f and one or two of the u rds to go on shore. We will strip the Czar of b iform, and put on him the under rd’s things that you have been wearing. Then no one will be surprised if they see Beltoff and me helping ashore a comrade who has taken a little too much of the wine left over from the dinner table. The Czar will be put in a carriage, which our friends will have w: Naturally, in his half-conscious state, he will suppose it to be the ¢: sent to take him to the palace, will make no resistance. will take him to a lonely spot on the 9 did Oristo- | vitch, but there was no need of precau-' said the steward, | nodding his head in the direction of | Jone on board coming into the saloon at | this moment, to imagine that you are anyone but the Czar.” With these words Oristovitch left the ; beheld him. ' [I had no doubt fhat he had spoken as he had done simply for the purpose of giving me the necessary confidence. But his words failed of that effect. To | tell the truth, I felt horribly frighten- ed. It seemed to me that Iwas so un- mistakably myself, and none other, | that the man who imagined I was the | Czar must: bea fool or blind. It need- ed all the self-control I was possessed | ' of to sit there patiently waiting for the coming of the captain of the yacht. It seemed to me highly probable that the | moment .he saw me,, or at least, the | mement he heard me speak, he would } sumon the sentries and have me put in irons. CHAPTER XXV. ~ Imprixoned in a Palace. —* | underge | few hour iting for us. | The carriage | shore, where a boat will be ready to re- , ceive us to the Narka. The moment the Czar is on board she will set sail.” “It was one of the conditions I made when I undertook this business said, “that no disrespect, much le: olence, is to be shown to the C; as not been guilty of abduc ning prince, as his father w “I assure you that the only froce used will be, in any case, just as much as isp ry to prevent an alarm be- ing But even that will not be necessary. ‘The dose. of morphia. w: given me by a chemist, whose name the Czar would be surprised to hear. It enough to numb the faculties and ren- moment,” about to leave the cabin. aim curious to know how you con- ved to get me past the sentries. Are y members of your society? Had We know they he sentries? Not they! nothing about them. Of course, imagined you to be the ‘Little Father. ut they must have noticed that the r passed them on his way to. his ite state rooms, and had not re- ed them?” ‘hey would have noticed it, I dare say, if they had been on guard when the Czar went to lie down after din- ner. But they were not. The guard is -changed every night at half-past eight; and I was careful to bring you past them when they had only been posted a few minutes. They did not know that the Emperor was in his own state rooms.” “One other thing before you go. Von Mitschka recommended that when I assumed the persvaality of the Czar { should order the yacht to go to Peter. hoff instead of to St. Petersburg. D: Petrovski, who is to help me to escape from the palace, is to meet me there. ‘Good heavens! Why did you. no! tell me this before?’ cried the steward; and, for the first time since I had known him, he showed signs of agita- tion and doubt. I said, as the; a suspicion that I was not the | nd a short row will take us | | i ! { ' to the v T had eintertained some idea of mak- ing the coming interview a test wheth- | er it was possible for me to carry on | the deception. But as the moments hur- | ried by I shrank from the ordeal. Afier all, I decided, it was- not necessary to | y such test. The great thing ‘y on the personation for a | was toe: or at the most a day or two. | By that time, I thought, surely Dr. Petroyski would be able to devise some means of my leaving the villa in safe- ty. The great thing was to avoid de- tection as long as I possibly could. So I turned down the light, and bezan to pace up and down at the end of the cabin farthest from the door. A knock was heard. I called out, and a servant entered, barely glancing at me as he announced Capt. Suranieft. | A tall, elderly man, in naval uniform came in and gravely saluted me. I re- turned the salute b nod; and then, speaking in a voice which the stuff Or- istevitch had given me had rendered hoarse, I said: “1 don’t feel very well to-night, cap- tain. I think I must have caught a ehill, and 1 should like to get ashore as soon as possible. Could you put me in at Peterhoff, instead of going on to St. Petersburg “We are rather nearer to St. Peters- burg than we are to Peterhoff, your Majesty.” “Then it won't take much longer to go to Peterhoff, and I will be spared the drive ftom St. Petersburg. I want a s’ vest, and I shall be quieter | | it is as your Majesty s ut your Majesty is expected at St. Petersburg. and I fear the villa at Peterhoff will not be in readiness to | receive you. There will be no es- | “Pooh! What does that matter? There must be some soldiers at the palace at Peterhoff, and a few of them ‘an be sent down to the landing stage. Will you kindly ask one of the equer- ries to arrange it for me? And I would be obliged if you would go on to St. Petersburg and tell the Czarina that I am sorry not to be at home to-night, put want a quiet night's rest. and I can always rest better at the villa. Prey tell her Majesty not to trouble to come . to-night on any account. I right in the daresay I shall be all morning.” 1 will structions. “Thank nd please say that I am | not to be disturbed until it is time for me to step ashore.” The captain bowed and stepped back ry out your Majesty’s in- in the direction of the door. “And you must accept my best | thanks, captain, for your care and at- H tention to my comfort during the eruise,” I said, going up to Suranieff and holding out my hand. The white-haired officer dropped on | one knee and’ kissed it. I was on the point of withdrawing it, but, luckily, I | remembered just in time. There was | a pleased smile on the veteran’s face as he left the state-room. At that mo- | ment I felt smaller than I had ever | done! in my life. ‘denounce me on the spot! | Brey. “When we are so near—it will be " * Sit oh sut the peril was passed. Unless thought very strange—it may make the old man was a consummate actor. them suspicious—no; that is impossi- ble!” I heard him muttering to him- self, as he took a few steps, this way the hand of his m: gt és Shoah: TEMA AS = ti is master he had kissed. aud that, across the rich Turyey car- Ang [ was not likely to be disturbed pet. till the time came when I was to quit ; which was ye unlikely, he was e tirely without suspicion that it w: “It must appear to be a sudden whim, arising from indisposition,” he said, at length. “We will go at once to the private saloon, and I will lock up this doc Then—” “And what if His Majesty should suddenly awake and ring for his val- et?’ I asked. “It is impossible,” the steward sai emphatically; but he went to the row of ivory buttons and disconnected the wires from all the bells except that marked “Steward.” He then led the ‘way to the Czar’s private saloon, and, r, said, hurriedly: “From this moment you are the Czar. I will go to Capt, Suranieff, and tell him that you feel ill, and that you de. | Waved them an adieu. sire to see him, hinting that you wish to go on shore as soon as possible. think we are still nearer to Peterhoff than we are to St. Petersburg. If the Captain says we are not, say that you prefer Peterhoff on account of the qui- et. There is a landing stage at the gardens, so that you will be able to go ashore without any fuss or difficulty. I would go for one of the aides-de-camp; ‘but there will be less chance of the captain of the yacht noticing anything amiss with your conversation. Keep your back to the light and lean your forehead on your hand, as if in weari- ness, so as to shade your face. But these precautions are not really neces- sary. It would be impossible for any- imy alnes ‘yards’ distance, and, scarcely daring to | [T soon the yacht. The next hour passed very slowly. Strange to say, although it was doubt- less a relief to feel that 1 was not at the moment incurring actual danger of detecticn, yet I found my own compa- insupporteble all the time the liateful personation was going on. | Half an hour after the Alexandra reached the landing stage I was told that the escort had arrived—a few , horsemen hastily summoned from the ; palace—and I went on deck. A group | of officers surrounded me at some turn my head in their direction, I | The gangway was in position. I | crossed it, and a few steps brought me to the carriage that had been sent for me. The drive lasted barely ten minutes, and I alighted at a house of moderate size, which might | have been the seat of a country gentle- man of good standing. I encountered the housekeeper in the ‘hall, at the head of three or four ser- yants; and here began my first real | difficulty; I yeither knew her name nor the relations on which she stood with | the Czar; I feared to create surprise | by being either too stiff or too familiar in manner. But the difficulty was not so great as | herself. did nearly all the talking, and 1 took care to stand with my back to the light, refusing all offers to relieve me ¢f iny naval cap and cloak.” The housekeeper was full of apolo- gies for the unprepared state of. the villa, but there was really no necessity for them. A fire was burning brightly in the Czar’s bedroom, and. the samo- yar was ready to furnish me with the cup of tea I longed for. The only di rection I gave was that Dr. Petroy: should be sent for. “Now, that.is fortunate!” exclaimed the housekeeper, “Dr. Petroyski-came down from St. Petersburg to-day, and is staying at the other villa. I will send for him at once.” I was sitting alone before the fire, thinking how well things were going, and wondering whether it’ would be prudent fo light a cigar, when Dr. Pe- trovski was announced. He was a short, dumpy little man, wearing a coat considerably too tight for him. His red, bristly hair was brushed straight from. his. high, white forehead, giving him the Inok of a man newly-awakened out cf sleep. He greeted me with the deepest re- | Spect, expressed his sympathy in rev- erential: murmurs, and lamented that Dr. Lorenheim had not returned from his holidays; adding that he thought there was nothing beyond a slight cold the matter with me, and that he had no doubt he would be able to treat it successfully. dh, that’s all right!’s I exclaimed. “My cold is ene of the artificial order. 1 adopted it partly to account for the hearseness of my voice, but-chiefly to enable me to see you without giving rise to any suspicion.” The somewhat large mouth. of Dr. Petrovski fell open as I spoke these words, ‘revealing a beautifully strong and even set of teeth. I was wonder- ing whether they were real or artifi- cial, when it struck me that the doc- ters expression of surprise wa. ne- what out of place. He looked as though he thought I had taken too much wine at dinner. A sudden terror seized me. Was this man not in the secret, after all? T daresay my face blanched; [know my hook as T said, in as indifferent 1 vo a mann s I could: “You look slightly surprised, Dr. Pe- trov i?’ “Yer y—that is—no, not exactly surpris But it seems to me —that is, I fear I somehow failed to quite grasp your Majesty's 1 ning.” Good heavens! It was true! There had been some awful blunder. The man thought I was the Czar! And here I was, in a house guarded by sol- diers as well as servants, without a friend to help me, sentenced under the penalty of death to achieve the impos- sible—that is to say, to make my way out of the house and out of the park that night unobserved. What was Ito lo? “You are Dr. Petrovski?” I asked. The doctor bowed. “Physician to the Another bow. “Then—” I stopped with a new misgiving. Had Yon Mitschka deceived me? It might be untrue that Petroyski was a Nihil- ist. If I told him my secret he might Yet I saw no chance of escaping but through his help. The thing must be risked. “Do you know Von Mitschka?” I said, abruptly. An involunt 's household?” start, a swiftly-pass- ing look of surprise and fear came be- fore the answer—‘‘No.” “Think again,” I said, calmly. “Paul Von Mitscka, whose nickname is the White Fox. He is a leader of the Ni- hilists. Have you never met him? This time the doctor was so agitated that his “No’ was barely audible. “He told me that he knew you—that you are, if not a member of the Socie- ty. at least one of their sympathizers. He told me—” “Sire. I confess the truth,” said the doctor, and his voice shook so that he was forced to pause a moment before he could go on. “When FE was a stu- dent I was, unhappily, infected with revolutionary doctrines. I have listen- ed to detestable opinions, and it may be that I have given utterance to them. But I was a very young man then. It was a long time ago; and for years L have served your Majesty faithful! And I never joined any secret society “So you say.” I said, sternly. “Are you willing to remain im this house while your rooms in the palace in St. Petersburg are searched?” It was a chance shot, But it went home, It was a bull’s‘eye. The doc- tor’s pale complexion became an ashy- The sweat of terror broke out on his brow. (To be continued.) She Knew the Difference. “Have you discovered the difference between sleighing amd ice-boating?’ asked the belle of several seasons, “Oh, yes, indeed,” answered the in- genuous young thing. “What is it?” asked the belle. “When you are ice-boating,” was the answer, “you have to be bundled up im so many wraps that you. can’t tell how tight he is holding you, but while sleighing—” She sighed in a way that convinced the belle the difference was well de- fined.—Chicago Evening Post. Newspaper Men at the Front. “Can you account, general. for the , small percentage of fatalities from bul- Iets as compared with the great num- ber of shots fired at our soldiers during the battle at San Juan Hill?” “Yes. Since reading the war articles in the magazines, I have decided that the reason so few of our men were hit was that there were so Many newspa- per correspondents in front of them.”—- Harper’s Bazar. A New One or None. Mrs. Proudfoot—Yes, Mrs. Malaprop, that’s an heirloom. It’s been in, Mr. Proudfoot’s family over a hundred years. Mrs. Malaprop—Do tell! I’ve been nagging at John Henry to get an heir- loom ever since we moyed into the city; but he can’t find any except sec- ond-hand ones, gnd I won't have them.—Jewellers’ Weekly. What She Needed. “The man I marry,” she said, “must havo no bad habits; he must be hand- ! some, manly, loving, generous, liberal, thoughtful—” 5 Miss Frieze,” he interrupted, coldly. “you should marry a department store.”’—Philadelphia North Ameri- Jt had anticipated, for the good lady | C@2. ~ : 7 THE INITIATIVE _ AND REFERENDUM CONSERVATOR OF THE RIGUTS OF MAN. , Points of a Bill and What It Will Do —It Will Simplify Government, Kill Monopoly, Purify the Ballot, Broaden Manhood, Prevent Revo- lution, Make People Think, Ban- ish Sectionalism, Accelerate Pro- gress, Sever Partisan Bondage, Emasculate Plutocratie Dicta- tion, Reduce Taxation, Prevent makers, Establish Home Rale, Permit Honest Men to Serve the People and Give Us a Government Of, For and By the People, With Equal and Exact Justice to All. By 8. A. Steck well. By W A. Marin. | From Hennepin Co, From Polk Co. A BILL. An Act Propesing an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Min- nesota: Be It Enacted by the Legisiature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. constitution of the State of Minnesota is hereby proposed unto the people of the state, as Segtion 37, of Article 4 of the constitution: Section 37. All legislative power herein granted is subordinate unto the inherent legislative authority of the people, which is to be exercised as fol- lows: The qualified electors, in number not less than ten thousand, may, at any time, propose legislative measures by delivering, in person or by agent, a pe- measure to the governor of the state. three day governor shall, within filed in the office of the secretary of state. The original petition and copy shall be safely kept, but shall be sub- ject to public inspection. of the state may, by a written docu- ment, delivered to the governor, pro- test against the enactment of the mea- sure so propesed. In like manner, any citizen may question the authenticity of the signatures to any petition and the electoral qualifications of a number of those purporting to sign such peti- tion, sufficient, if the number ques- tioned be found unqualitied, to reduce the number of qualified electors sign- ing such legislative petition to less than ten thousand. All questions of fact arising against any such petition shall be decided by the supreme court of the state, and it shall be the duty of the governor to notify said court of any protest, within three da ter publ cation, The supreme cor hall make and file its decision, in writing, within the period of twenty days from the hibi- filed within thirty days from the tion of a legislative pet.tion, or, in a protest shall have been made and shall have been determined by the su- preme court to be contrary to the fact, then within a period of thirty ys from such adjudication, the governor shall send a message to the legislature, if WW Session, cr, 1b -MOt in YeSs.0u, UL- inediately on its assembly, stating the matters petitioned for, and, if the les- islature do not pass it as petitioned, then within three days after its ad- journment, the governor shall issue a proclamation, under the great seal of the state, announcing that the matter petitioned for shall be voted upon at the next general election, and that if a majority of those voting thereen vote in favor of it, it shall become a law of ! the state. No law passed by the legislature of the pane hed spat roll Ara raat entitled ‘An act proposing an amend- the immediate preservation of the pud- | ment to the constitution of the State of lie peace, health or safety, which are passed by & three-quarter vote of the members of each house, shall go into effect under ninety days after the date of its passage, and if, within that time the qualified electors, in number not less than ten thousand, sign and file with the governor, in person or by agent, a petition or petitions for the reference of a law to a vote of the people, the governor and supreme court shall follow the same course as with initiating petitions, and the governor Lobbying and Bribery of Law-, Give the People Their Rights, } An amendment to the} tition for the enactment of any such | Upen receipt of any such petition, the cause a copy thereof to be made and | Any citizen! se government and. by. every. citizen of the State of Minnesota to be valid and con- stitutional. No law enacted by the ref- erendum shall ever be subject to ex- ecutive veto or, be declared unconstitu- tional by any court of this state. No such law shall be repealed or amended THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE THE | or modified. save by the operation of the referendum. The title of all laws enacted by the referendum shal be “The People of ; Minnesota Enact.” Within a period of thirty days after the date of any general election the governor shall, by public proclamation, under the great seal of the state, an- nounce the result of the vote upon the several legislative measures subjected to referendum at such election. At any election at which one or more than one legislative measure shall be proposed to the people for adoption or rejection, a copy of each such legislat- ive measure shall be personally deliv- ered to each elector appearing at any public polling place, and each elector ; Shall vote upon each of such measures i before voting for any candidate for public office. A separate ballot shall be furnished to each elector for the purpose of vot- ing upon the adoption or rejection of ' legislative measures and the various measures to be voted upon shall be des- j ignated thereon, in the manner direct- jed by the petition for such measure. The colcr of such ballot shall be green. | Each legislative measure shall be des- ignated in a separate paragraph, and at the right of each paragraph shall be writien or printed the word “Yes,” and immediately under, the word “No.” At the right of each shall be a space not less than a quarter of an inch square, and in such space opposite the word “Yes” the elector desiring to vote in ihe affirmative shall place a cross mark, and a cross mark shall be placed in such space opposite to the word “No” by each elector desiri ring to vote in the negative. All ballots shall be furnished by the secretary of state at public e& pense, as now provided by the general election law, and the secrecy of the bal- lot shall be preserved by the general election law, 28 now provided. See. 2.:The aforesaid proposed amend- | ment to the constitution of this state shall be submitted to the electors of the state for adoption or rejection at the general election to be held in the year 1900. The d amendment shall be designated upon such ballot and sub- mitted to the ¢ ors in a paragraph ing thus: hall the proposed mendment to the state constitution, jes ablishing the initiative and refer- le m, be approved, ratified and adopt- Immediately to the right of such graph as it shall appear upon such ; lot shall be printed the words “Yes” the werd “Yes” being placed | immediately above the word “No.” At ; the right of each of such wore es” shall be placed a Square not yvarter of an inch, and each elector desiring to vote in the aftirma- tive upon the question of the adoption er rejection of such constitutional amendment shall make a cross mark in the square at the right of and opposite the-word “Yes,” and each elector desir- ing to vote the negative upon the question aforesaid, shall place a cross mark in the square opposite to, and at the right of, the word “No.” { Sec. 3. This act shall take effect the date of its passage. This bill for the initiative and refer- | endum is a bill most important and de- sirable. Every labor organization of | this state has considered the initiative tand referendum as the only sure cure for political cor ion, and it be-/ | hooves the business men and laboring H date of its notification by the governor. | 3 s Ly sia Iga td 4, | Men throughout the state to call meet- ; If no such protest shall have been | ings at ence and pa ass resolutions de- |manding of their representatives and ; H ors to pass this bill; or, if meet- ; nnot be called, write personal | to your representatives. Mr. J. ! Steiner, editor of the Twin City n, Room 214 Washburn Build- | . Paul, Minn., s done yoeman in the onward movement of asure, and it might be better to all communications to,him for He will then know, and you can keep a record of, members who have been urged te support the initiat- ive and referendum by their constitu- ents. ‘he following is suggested as a form of petition: “We, the undersigned, citizens, voters and residents of ——, Minnesota, do respectfully present the following petiticn to your honorable body; that, “Whereas, there is pending before : your honorable body a bill for an act delivery. : Minnesota, ereating the initiative and referendum, and designated as Senate : Wile No. 431 and House Tile 426,’ | “Resolved, That we, your petitioners, | pray that you pass Senate File No. 431 ‘and its companion co-warker, House : Vile No. 426; amd your petitioners wil) i ever pray. ! “The King of Rome” was the first ; title bestowed on the unfortunate son i Empty Titles. of Napoleon and Marie Louise; After shall make proclamation within thirty | is father’s fall. his g1 1 abe ge eRe tse . grandfather, the days of its filing or its Laden ee Austrian emperer, made him Duke of that the law, w one Hse bah 18 Peto Reichsiadt. The Duke of Reichstadt tioned for, sae wae argptes Pe Mex was haunted by memories of the day of the peop le a . uae Oe = IM ee | when he was King of Rome. ‘The story soe che etek as acai oui clec- , 20S that he once said to his grandfath- ect until a _— - er: “ “I remember once that people tion, and not then if a majority of those voting on it vote against it. Members of the legislature, in num- bers not less than one-fifth of euch house, may demand within ninety days after the adjournment of the leg- islature, a referendum on any measur whether passed by the legislature or not, by filing a petition with the gov- ernor, which petition shall follow the same course as if signed by ten thou- sand electors. Should more than one measure for the same purpose be submitted to the people at the same time, the ballot shail provide, first, an opportunity of voting on the principle and then on the vari- ous laws to carry it out. If a majority of those voting thereon vote against the principle, all of the laws shall be lost; but if a qnajority of those voting on the principle vote in favor of it, the Jaw having the largest number of votes shall be declared enacted and the oth- ers lost. Any law for the immediate preserya- tion of the public peace, health and safety, which may be referred to a vote of the people, shall be repealed from the day of the voting, if a majority of | those voting on it shall vote against It. Any legislative measure which shall become a law of this state shall be held by all the departments of the state called me ‘The King of Rome’ What | did they mean by that?” “About as ; much as people mean when they hail ‘me as ‘King of Jerusalem.’” The’ lat- ter was among the the mpty titles ap- pertaining to the Hapsburgs, and, per- haps, still belonging to them.-—Bestop ; Transcript. Vaudevilliany. “George Washington,” said the gen- | tteman with the grech whiskers, “was ! puried standing.” ju wu io Gd- emfwyp wy wyp mm 1 “And for why was George Washing- ton buried standing asked the gea- tleman in the bald wis. “Because,” said the gentlemair with the green whiskers’ “they knew not how to make him lie!” : Im the Near Patuare, “Got the latest accident?” “What is it?” % “An autocab, in trying to dodge An autoambulance, ran into an autopatro) wagon.”’—Cleveland Plain. Dealer. Set Him Thinking. . “Millie,” said her six-foot. husband, “you are a jewel.” “Yes,” said Millie, sweetly, “a jewel with a big J."—Indianapolis Journal a “Spring Unlocks The Flowers To Paint the Laughing Soi.’” And not even Nature would allow the flowers to ody and blossom to perfection without good soil. Now Nature and people are much alike; the former must have sunshine, latter must have pure blood in order to have perfect health. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures blood trou- bles of all sorts. 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Surely, the cause has progressed better than that.—Indianapolis Journal, A FAMOUS ROUGH RIDER. Buck Taylor Says “Pe-ru-na is the Best Catarrh Cure om Earth—Cured Me.” Sergeant Buck Taylor, one of the famous Rough Riders, is a personal friend of Governor Roosevelt of New York. He accompanied Governor Roosevelt om his great stumping tour through upper New York state. He was promoted through gallantry in the field during the late war. The Sergeant has the following to say of Pe-ru-na: “I think there is no better medicine on earth than Pe-ru- na, for eatarrh: It has eured me. It Sergeant Buck Taylor. would take a yolume to tell you all the good it has done me. Pe-ru-na-is the best catarrh cure on earth, and I know, for I have tried nearly all of them. Respectfully, Buck F. Taylor.” ‘Winter weather causes catarrh. Everybody knows this. But everybody does not stop to think that winter weather delays the cure of catarrh. It ‘takes longer to cure a case of catarrh in the winter generally, than in the warm season. Spring is here. Now is the time favorable to the treatment.of oe snd especially stubborn cases of Send for book entitled “Facts and Faces,” Sent free by The Pe-ru-na ‘Drug M’t’g Co., Columbus, 0. ;